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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PClouser:
I use Philz Touch Recovery, there's also CWM and TWRP. Just do a search on here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Is xposed safe to use and install on the sprint galaxy s3 sch-s960l?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PClouser:
Should be. Just make a backup before installing that way you can go back if it fails.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Xposed is safe to use on any ROOTED device... Except for it doesn't work with ART... Yet.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Is your device an LTE S3 (does it get 4G LTE)?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
It says lte/CDMA. But i do get 4G with gpod service

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Will a d2lte recovery work on my phone? A twrp recovery app had that option but didnt wanna risk it. Also will towel root allow a custom recovery??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
This recovery should work for you and it is the best for this device- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2446393
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Thanks my friend. Will i need to unroot for this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
no you don't need to unroot for it just go into download mode and flash the .tar file in Odin
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Even with towelroot? I thought i read somewhere that towel root doesn't allow custom recoverys.?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Whoever said that probably meant that it doesn't give you a custom recovery. It gives you root... Which has nothing to do with recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Could you please assist me on how i could flash this? Anyway way i could without pc? Like through rom manager?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
You've used Odin before haven't you? On a PC?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
No never before:/ im kindve new to this stuff and i rooted with towelroot and i need a custom recovery to backup my ROM before i use xposed. This is my first rooted device
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Here's a guide which also has links to the files you'll need- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45563190

After you get Odin installed correctly, go to the previous link I posted and download the latest file that ends in .tar for the d2lte. Run the file in the PDA slot, put your phone into Download Mode (power off, after fully powered off then hold Power+Home+Volume Down until it goes into Download Mode). Then connect the phone to your PC. Make sure you Uncheck Auto Reboot. Then run Odin and wait till it says PASS. Then pull the battery, put it back in, and hold Power+Home+Volume Up and you'll be in recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Do i need to boot into recovery right after? Or could i just boot the phone up regularly?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Well it's best to see if it worked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
If it doesnt what can happen? What if it does work, what would i do? Sorry for all the questions
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
If it doesn't work, try try again. If it does work, go into the Backup & Restore and make a Backup... That was the whole reason for doing this right? Then if anything ever gets screwed up you have an exact copy of the way your phone is now and all you have to do is go back into recovery and to Backup & Restore menu, hit restore and you're back to the way it is now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Ok thank you! :) Sorry if i got annoying. Ill see what happens. Do you know long the process will take?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
A few minutes, 5 at most. Well, that is after you get everything setup, which might take an hour depending on how quickly you catch on.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Everything setup meaning the downloads and the pda thing right? Also what if the flashing messes up my phone before im able to make the backup?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
It won't, Odin verifies the md5sum before flashing. It won't flash a bad file. The worst that will happen is no change at all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Is there Odin for mac? I cant find it. With my version could i get mobile odin?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
It's called jodin. I can't help you any farther than that though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Oooh ok thank you [MENTION=4310299]bilgerryan[/MENTION]! You helped me alot! :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roirraW "edor" ehT:
And Mobile Odin will brick your phone if you try the stock ND8 tar with it.

Recovery FLASHABLE version now posted near the bottom of the first post of the 3Minit Battery Mod for Conquest-Singularity and both Stock ND8 and NDC with 1000+ animated battery icons..

[BATTERY] Plasma Battery! ??? & wickeddecimalbarwide_colors

Charging still shot

Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII on TouchWiz 4.4.2 with Conquest: Singularity v7.0, Ktoonsez' latest kernel and the latest Philz Touch Recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
I went to that link but nothing ended in .tar? There was onea with .tar.md5 tho
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Is it possible to brick a phone while flashing a custom recovery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
I've never heard of anybody doing it except for people trying to use Mobile Odin. Why?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Just taking precautions. Thisll be my first flash and just wanna know how to resolve a problem in any case

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What about a boot loop or soft brick?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roirraW "edor" ehT:
That's what you want.

Just do it, mate. LOL. It's good to be prepared but you have to be practical, too. No offense meant, FYI.

Recovery FLASHABLE version now posted near the bottom of the first post of the 3Minit Battery Mod for Conquest-Singularity and both Stock ND8 and NDC with 1000+ animated battery icons..

[BATTERY] Plasma Battery! ??? & wickeddecimalbarwide_colors

Charging still shot

Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII on TouchWiz 4.4.2 with Conquest: Singularity v7.0, Ktoonsez' latest kernel and the latest Philz Touch Recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chaoticrevolt:
Ok, I have tried Carbon ROM and I liked it, so i decided to flash my backup before Carbon and pretty much no issues. I would like to try the "DeSamsungizer and DeKnoxer" scripts on pretty much a stock system.

My question is, now that I am back to my original ROM can I go into Philz and do a "factory reset" and will it return me back to an unrooted factory reset state and still keep the custom recovery?

If after I flash the DeSamsungizer and DeKnoxer scripts will a Philz factory reset return me back to a stock state with them returned?

If I odin the stick ND8 tar that will also return me to a stock state without the custom recovery correct?

When I install a custom ROM I know that you are supposed to wipe certain areas, Philz has an option under "Wipe Data/Factory reset" callled "Clean to install a New ROM" is that all that I need to run to wipe to install a new ROM? I know the title is self explanatory, just want to make sure.

Also in the same directory there is the "Wipe Data/Factory reset" option, that is what i would need to run to accomplish my goal in my first question above correct?

Thank you for your time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
maybe is the answer for this.....let me explain on that custom recovery will stay but so will root and any system app that you added the only thing that will be reset is your data aka Google account and other accounts and game and app data so you will have to add this again

NO

correct and will also wipe your internal 16GB memory

YES....just do it like 3 times to make sure everything from the previous rom is deleted

refer to my first answer :P
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Factory Reset just wipes Data and caches. Is there an actual option in PhilZ called Factory Reset? There's one option to wipe all to install a new ROM; it wipes system too, so there'd be no ROM to boot to until you flash something else.

As far as I know, no option in any custom recovery will get rid of the custom recovery, except to manually flash a zip file of the stock or another recovery.

No, since only Data is wiped with a factory reset.

Yes.

Yes.

Not exactly. It won't affect the ROM itself, so if you had root you'll still have it. If you removed system apps by debloating / de-noxifying they'll start removed. Only data will be wiped, so no user apps and system settings you've changed will remain.

Recovery FLASHABLE version now posted near the bottom of the first post of the 3Minit Battery Mod for Conquest-Singularity and both Stock ND8 and NDC with 1000+ animated battery icons..

[BATTERY] Plasma Battery! ??? & wickeddecimalbarwide_colors

Charging still shot

Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII on TouchWiz 4.4.2 with Conquest: Singularity v7.0, Ktoonsez' latest kernel and the latest Philz Touch Recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dichandcheck:
Illusion 4.4.4 d2spr - status bar settings?

I flashed the latest illusion rom for the s3 and have a question for anyone that might be in the know about this rom. I like the rom but is there anyway to turn off the auto hide settings for the status bar. i dont even realize i have texts half the time and am not to particularly fond of having press the top of the phone to show the status bar. My fat sausage fingers dont work well with this function.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chaoticrevolt:
So after I flashed my backup stock rom i cant access the internal sdcard. I can see files move stuff to and from the sdcard but apps for the most part cant access it. For example if i try and download a pdf in firefox it says "Download Error Cannot download file because the SD card is in use." I also cant save attachments from email. But like i said i can see it when I attach it to the computer and also with Root Browser. I can move and create files with Root Browser onto the sdcard.

Thanks for the help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] windstrings:
You may have forgotten that stock only allows write access to apps from which the directory was created.

Download nextappsdfix and it will fix that.

Hopefully your rooted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noknot:
Apps cannot save files to internal storage

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vagabond007:
I have a question I think qualifies as a noob question.

I'm getting ready to flash a ROM to my Sprint Galaxy S3 the SPH - L710 model, and I recently learned about needing to use a ROM that uses the same bootloader, like mine is ND8, I also was told that I need to use d2lte ROMs for my Sprint, but I was searching google and found a thread that said d2spr was changed into d2lte this is what it said -

Yep, all US variants of the Galaxy S3 is classified as d2lte and it's as safe as flashing an old d2spr ROM.

So does this mean I can use d2spr ROMs as well, or no?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Yes you can use both d2spr and d2lte. You don't have to be on the same version as your Bootloader, but don't try to Odin anything besides ND8 stuff like the modem or firmware. And d2spr and d2lte generally only refer to AOSP ROMs. Any ROM in the Sprint S3 (L710) forum should be safe unless otherwise stated in the OP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Is there a way to flash a recovery without computer? Having problems with mac JOdin.. Or is there a way besides xposed to customize my phone safely or less risky or could i use xposed without recovery??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 1BadWolf:
Mobile Odin can flash a recovery tar. It is not recommended for firmwares though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickbob26:
Few questions

So my gf's crappy iphone is all out of wack so I purchased a sprint galaxy siii to surprise her with. I have the t-mo version so I have a few questions about sprint. First in order to activate the phone do I have to be on stock touchwiz? or can I be on a custom rom like paranoid android? If I can activate it while on a custom rom, can I set it up first like download apps and what not and then activate it? Also if I odin the latest firmware I can still root it right? The bootloader isn't locked or anything? I'd imagine the easiest way to root would be to flash a custom recovery with odin and flash the superuser zip or is there a better way? I believe that is all. Any input is greatly appreciated, thanks. Really excited to give her the phone so she can experience how awesome android is :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
okay

1.

bootloader is not locked just if its on 4.4.2 witch has ND8 bootloader don't flash a Mk3 or older bootloader to it cause it will hard brick this can also be said for the Modem but you can flash the NDC bootloader and Modem or a combo of both (just for the combo you would need to flash Ktoonez TW kernel in the recovery)

2.

you must be on TouchWiz to Activate so stock TouchWiz or Custom Roms based on TouchWiz ie. Wicked X 8.0, Tribute Rom sadly not on AOSP

3.

you can download all he apps you want to it then activate it as long as your on stock but you can also activate the phone on stock then flash a custom rom and download apps

4.

root: there are several methods to root first and mostly recommended flash Philz recovery for the D2Lte in Odin just make sure your on the latest one then root your stock rom with the option under Philz settings called Re-root(SuperSU) or you can use any recovery and flash the SuperSU zip from Chain fire or you can just use TowelRoot for the actual rooting process then download SuperSU and BusyBox from the PlayStore
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickbob26:
Awesome. Thanks for the help!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
your welcome bro and check out my splash screen thread you might find something to surprise her even more :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j2rex:
galaxy note2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roirraW "edor" ehT:
1. This is the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 (SPH-L710) section. You might find better help in the exact section for your exact model number.

2. Whatever you try to Odin has to be made for your exact phone. If your country's Note 2 is a different model number then that phone's, you can't Odin anything other than what's made for that exact model number.

Example: Sprint, Boost and Virgin Mobile all use the same model S3, what I listed in 1 above.

3. You can only use Odin to flash tar and tar.md5 files. You can't flash custom ROMs with Odin.

Recovery FLASHABLE version now posted near the bottom of the first post of the 3Minit Battery Mod for Conquest-Singularity and both Stock ND8 and NDC with 1000+ animated battery icons..

[BATTERY] Plasma Battery! ??? & wickeddecimalbarwide_colors

Charging still shot

Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII on TouchWiz 4.4.2 with Conquest: Singularity v7.0, Ktoonsez' latest kernel and the latest Philz Touch Recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noknot:
Apps cannot see internal memory (sdcard)

I am very new to Android so any direction will be appreciated, if any of my assumptions are wrong don't hesitate to point them out.

Here is my current filesystem, does it look complete? Some apps cannot seem to write their data to internal memory (sdcard). Which if I understand correctly in 4.4.2 is now "data/media/0", also listed here as "/storage/emulated/0"? I think (But I cannot tell where that linkage takes place if it does.) Is it possible that the apps cannot/don't setup their own files to write to (that is required by KitKat) or there are missing symlinks? Or is it possible that the apps just don't function with KitKat yet (still trying to write to other app's folders) and I can only wait for an update?

edit*****

Ran the app "Rec" and got the '* ERROR' above. It seems to me that it was looking to '/storage/sdcard0' or '/sdcard' and was directed by the symlinks to '/storage/emulated/legacy' and could not find (or create?) the folder or file it needed there. And was not directed to '/data/media/0' where it should be? So I added (using ES File Explorer) a Folder named 'Rec' in '/data/media/0' and tried again. It worked! Now I don't think this is the way apps are meant to work (to much user input) need to find out who is dropping the ball?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Anyway to change the wifi, sound, bluetooth..ect.. Button colors with xblast xposed module?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Download SDfix by NextApp or install a custom ROM with the fix already added.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
XBlast is made for AOSP, so no.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Thats a type of ROM isnt it?or no.. Also when i hit remove the am/pm in the clock, it doesnt disapeer after reboot but other stuff works.. Whats going on?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Yes, and you aren't on it. You're on TouchWiz. It won't work correctly. Try Wanam Xposed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noknot:
My ROM (modified stock) already has that fix.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Mine actually has fixes for the internal and external. ;) (Wicked X-here)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noknot:
Unfortunately by "my ROM" I mean the one that came with my phone from my Sprint MVNO. At this stage of my understanding I am stuck with it, as I don't want to mess it up too much and lose functionality for an extended time. So I am just trying to tweak it for now. As I get more confident that I can recovery from a mistake (easily) . . .maybe...

(nicer edit by the way)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Which MNVO? I'm with Ting and as long as I stay with TouchWiz everything is gravy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Ah yes, I used then on my S2, any custom TouchWiz ROM is okay to use as long as you have their app installed. You may have to update Profile and PRL after flashing a new ROM but that's it. And if your data ever happens to randomly go out remember the dialer code ##72786# it's a data reset. Save it to your Contacts. It will go through a while reactivation of the phone and get it back in working condition.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noknot:
Thanks, good to know. There are talks about buyouts and new carriers over there, so I am taking a wait and see attitude.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noknot:
1. Should /storage/sdcard0, /storage/emulated/0, /storage/emulated/legacy, and /sdcard all be symlinks pointing to /data/media/0 ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Yes. Symlinks won't effect anything (as long as they're not removed lol).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noknot:
Should my Nandroid have a sboot.img in it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
i have a boot.img in my Philz Recovery backup
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chrisj22:
I'll ask here being apparently no one else knows in the other help threads. I have a GT-I9505 being used in the USA on AT&T and I need the ODIN stock Touchwiz files to restore my phone for a warranty claim. Does anyone have the files I need to restore
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noknot:
Me 2, but the sboot.img is 4 the bootloader. At least that is what I read in a GT-i9305 thread, was wondering if it needs to be backed up?

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
i personally don't have that .tar file so....the s3 that you have is it the international model?

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I've never heard of that before im sorry, i personally haven't needed too back up the sboot.img
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noknot:
Did not need the Nandroid for this mod, so good for another day, Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Go to your device's forum, this the L710, and go through the Android Development, look for "[STOCK]" and you should find it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cybridmonki:
Updating modem from LJ7

Is there a way to directly flash the new modem like ND8 from recovery to update it? Or would I have to flash tar files and whatnot in stock? I'm currently running the latest Pac-Rom with TWRP 2.7 recovery, and have the LJ7 modem. Thanks for all the help :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdsingle76:
No, I'm afraid not. In order to flash the ND8 modem you must be on KK boot loader(ie, flash the tar does and whatnot in stock). Flashing simply the modem has resulted in many a brick. Good luck.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] g_money:
6th_Hokage was dead on with what he told you to do...

Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kingofdanger:
noob q about WiFi

hey bros,

Noob here - I just flashed the latest CM 11 snapshot last night onto my Sprint Galaxy S3 (first time rooter). There are two open WiFi signals at work, and I can connect to both of them. Before, I could use the WiFi and download stuff with no problem, but today I can only use certain apps and downloading doesn't work. For instance, I can open the Play Store and find apps, when I try to download them it gets stuck on "Downloading...". Twicca and Facebook work fine, but reddit sync and Feedly can't connect. Any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
restart their modems lol.....on a serious note can you download apps and what not on your data plan? not WiFi but 1x, 3G, 4G/LTE
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
I'm guessing they restricted access on their network. A lot of companies do it to keep the Wi-Fi fast. Especially restricting downloads.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kingofdanger:
Except that it changed the day after I installed CM 11. I turned off Wifi and the same thing with the same apps was happening with mobile data (3G). Is there any explanation for some common apps working and some not on CM11? Is there any reason the internet would be worse on CM than stock? Should I download a stable build or a nightly instead?

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No, but I can't usually because I'm in the basement. The 3G connection is pretty weak, but consistent. Reddit Sync, for example, worked yesterday on 3G, but not today. Turns out the same apps aren't working on 3G down here. Is there any way that all internet stuff would just be weaker on CM?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
well yes CM based and AOSP based roms don't have as good data "reception" as on Stock/Stock based roms because of the being able to update/reset the PRL and Profile from Sprint/Virgin/Boost like on AT&T that's not really an issue since they don't do that but Sprint does
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kingofdanger:
Is that also the case for WiFi? Is there a fix?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
i don't know if its the same for WiFi but when on CM/AOSP based i tend to stick to the nightlys but for the most part i never have a problem with WIFI and have you noticed the WIFI problem on another WiFi source?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kingofdanger:
I just got home and am having the exact same problems on my home WiFi. Last night after flashing CM11 I downloaded a bunch of stuff from the Play Store and everything worked, and now I can use Twicca, Facebook, Gmail, and other stuff but I can't use Feedly or download apps or podcasts.

Unless you suggest a solution (or I can find one), I'm probably going to go back to rooted stock.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] g_money:
Have u tried to clear cache/data from Google playstore?

Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nachellew:
Problems with MMS with Straight talk

Hello!! I am a complete noob! I hardly know anything about this kind of stuff, but have learned some what this past month. I just switched phones with straight talk from a HTC EVO to the S3. Everything worked perfect on the Evo but since I switched to the S3 my data is shotty and I cannot what so ever send MMS. I cant even send MMS via email. I have talk to straight talk 3 different times with no luck and I have searched every where to fix this problem. I did obtain my MSL code. But I dont know where to go from there. Does anybody know how to fix this problem?? I am really sorry I dont know alot about this but I really need help. Any advice is greatly appreciated!!!! :)