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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jrowe820:
Noob- sm-g900p 4.4.4 trying to get up for s5?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
what version of android are you on? and does the Straight talk version of the S3 use a Sim Card or not? cause if it doesn't it might have the options to update the PRL and Profile like on sprint/boot/virgin.....but it could also be your APN....hows your data connection?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nachellew:
Android is 4.4.2... No sim .....I have already udated PRL ...And I will only get 3g for data... Is there a way to change APN with this phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
well i used an app called APN Backup & Restore from the play store i just had to make it a system app then i backed up every APN then transferred the backup file to my laptop then used a text editor (specifically i used notepad) to edit the APN's and remove a lot of the useless ones and i kept the ones related to boost in my case. After i saved the backup file i put it back in the folder in my phone where it was originally then i restored those APN's with the app mind you i didn't change the name of the backup file i kept it the same and then after i just did a simple reboot and i had perfect data :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nachellew:
:/ i am a little lost. So will the app do most of the work? Also I'm not really sure how to back up a phone. Do I connect my phone to the computer? I'm really sorry!! Thank you for being so patient and helpful! I am really appreciative!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
the app will make a backup file with the APN's your phone already has inside of it.....use a file explorer on your phone to find the file then move it to your SD card. After that connect your phone to your Computer and move said file to it. Then open it in a Text editor on your computer and remove APN's in it but keep at least one of them there; so you know the format of the text inside then Google the correct one/ones then basically write them in the file and delete the first one that you left then save the file then basically reverse the process to get it back into your phone :) but keep the changes you made lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jrowe820:
Sm-g900p 4.4.4 kit-kat downloads for s5? Please post link if possible.

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Looking to update sm-g900p s5 to 4.4.4. Link available my friends?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Hmgrepper:
Not sure how much of a noob question this is, but it's new to me ...

Is there a way to extract icons from a theme apk?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nachellew:
Ok it seems I would have to root to do so first, right? I am going to have a friend help me root the phone this weekend (I don't know why but I'm a little nervous lol but I want this fixed) then after it is rooted I will do what you suggested then report back with results. Thank you very much for helping me! I know its prob very frustrating for you guys to deal with tech Dummy's like me lol but I am very thankful!! :) Now just hope it works!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cornbreadd:
Hi so I attempted to install CM11 onto my Galaxy SIII on Sprint through the installer. So I did everything as the installer asked me to now it's asking me to activate. Only option is skip activation. What do I do???Please help!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] WWMTD:
So I understand that the bootloader introduced with 4.3 prevents going back to 4.1 but does it also prevent going from 4.4 back to 4.3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Yes. With Odin that is. You can flash a 4.1.2 ROM or a 4.3 ROM if you want. No guarantee that the ND8 modem will work with MD4 but I know it works with MK3. Also you can't downgrade the modem either. Don't use Odin and you won't brick... At least to the point where it's not recoverable.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Press Skip Activation and see what happens

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] windstrings:
Since they changed the ruling about unlocked phones, anyone know if Verizon will root or give you a rooted phone?

I would think "no" for fear people would screw it up but thought I would ask.

I know you can buy a developer version from Samsung but looking other options.

Looking to get a note 4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
they changed the rules?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] windstrings:
Verizon didn't but the government did.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
is it still legal to unlock a sim card compatible phone like everywhere else in the world?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Yes, but companies are making it harder. Like the Sprint Note 3 can only be Sim Unlocked (it's an international device) by Sprint. Nobody has cracked it yet.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GJOKER:
I'm a noob (to the forum) but my question is for LiquidSmooth thread in Android development section. It won't let me post there till I get 10 posts. So here we go. Post #1

BTW if anyone using LS V3.0 my camera not working on any of the latest builds and other AOSP roms. Works fine with stock touch wiz. Any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
You could download Google Camera from the Play Store. AOSP Camera and Touchwiz Camera are completely different apks, by the way. And if you want stable, you gotta go with Touchwiz. AOSP ROMs are built for a wide variety of devices, some devices' builds don't get the attention they need. Hence, less stability, things not working, etc.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GJOKER:
I briefly looked in to Wicked X rom. Don't like the fact that it's heavily themed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
There's a stockisg theme for it, check post #3.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TwinkieMurf:
Hi!!!! this are my questions: pls answer it in a term that i [a huge noob] would understand

1.) how to do a nanandriod backup and what is CWR mod. do i need it for nanandriod backup. what's the diff. between both of them???????:confused:

2.) yeah what is the diff. bet. rom and kernel.

3.) what do they mean by flashing.why. and when do i flash???

4.) i rooted my phone and put cwm(i backed it up)....what do i do now????
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
1) Get a custom recovery, I recommend Philz

2) A lot, Google is your friend... ROM is the system files, stands for Read Only Memory.

3) Flashing is pushing a file into system by way of a custom recovery

4) Read read read, because you don't know what you're doing and I recommend not proceeding to anything else until you understand what you're doing.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TwinkieMurf:
THANK YOU VERY MUCH^_^
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdsingle76:
Question..I know I've been away awhile. Hopefully now that the baby is a bit older and school is over, I'll be around more. I have an ND8.zip I made. Does anyone think it'd be worthwhile to post it for you Sprint folks? Let me know
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Is it stock?

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ruckstande:
Is rooting still possible on whatever the latest stock is? I need to replace a broken S3 with a used one and am scared to pull the trigger on buying one off Ebay or Craigslist if it can't be done. All root instructions I've come across are very old or if you already have root with previous versions. Thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdsingle76:
Sorry, forgot to add the word MODEM, lol. I have the nd8 modem in zip format

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Yes it can
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] windstrings:
Deleted
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ruckstande:
Thank you. I'm going to purchase a phone and see how it goes. Thank you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
i have a root method called PhilZ recovery that isn't old, but where did you look? cause i have posted everywhere on this about how to root properly what doesn't work anymore.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ruckstande:
I looked in the main S3 Galaxy forum on XDA. The portion with the tabs about phone info and rooting. Everything appears out of date by a couple years. I didn't see any stickies either. I found some info in the wicked thread. That's how I upgraded from my pre KitKat root.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
Ohhh I see most of the stuff I have posted has been in question threads and in the Wicked X thread
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] g_money:
While 6th_hokage has all the important stuff wriiten out, with some key points that need to be kept in mind, truth is I'm still rooting my s3 in almost the exact same way that i first did 2 years ago (load custom recovery through odin, and root through custom recovery ...)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ruckstande:
I will go back and review there since I want to go back to Wicked anyway.should I post all my questions there? Thank you.

Thats how I always did it. I didn't know if that method still worked with KitKat. I ordered a phone last night and have no idea what version OS I'm getting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] g_money:
Then u should be good to go. Works fine with KK. I would suggest using the latest version of Odin and flash the latest version of Philz custom recovery. And if u run into problems, DO NOT attempt to downgrade your bootloader to a older version...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ieRouli:
That thread is on the Verizon GS3 forum. I've done the first part of that thread: reboot nvbackup.

The second part, using a synergy rom derived standalone zip, doesn't work: It keeps claiming that my bootloader is locked.

As an aside: Isn't d2spr's bootloader unlocked to begin with?

(which is isn't since I'm on CM11). So I'm thinking the zip in the second part is only good for Verizon GS3s (which compares the shasum1 of the contents of mmcblk05(aboot) to determine lock status). I've unpacked the zip and looked at the commands; they're just dd's. I plan to do it soon.

The third part is a little too much trouble right now since I'm on Linux (Yes I know: Virtualbox: No, I have no time for that right now.).

I've done the first part "reboot nvbackup", and I'll do the second part, maybe manually, maybe modify the synergy rom zip, and forego the third part. Now, I've also read that there has NOT been a case of d2spr devices loosing IMEI at all. So do we REALLY need to do it?

Prophylactics are fine as long as they aren't more troublesome than the disease.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] labking:
HELP!!! Spring galaxy s3 with no ROM/OS and Back up

So I managed to delete my back up and my rom and now i cant get passed the Samsung s3 screen flash. i can get into recovery and it CLock work mod recovery 6.0.3.1 . It doesn't factory reset , and I tried odin to recovery and flash back to stock but becasue i cant select download from outside sources the system wont download the the stock rom....if you can make sense of this pleae help need to u[laod a new rom or bak to stock rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Download the ROM on PC. In recovery choose Mounts & Storage, then Mount USB Storage at the bottom. Move the ROM to your SD and then flash it. Or download the stock .tar and run that in ODIN/Download Mode, either way will get you to where you're wanting to go.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] labking:
The problem is that the rom doesnt load so I cant click mount Usb, when I turn phone on it stay on the Samsung Galaxy III banner, How can i upload a rom when I cant get into the the phones operating system to click mount usb ok ? this si my issue is there a work around for this.?thanks for your reply and help really appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
You have a custom recovery right? You said you have CWM... Pull the battery, then put it back in and hold Power+Home+Vol Up until it goes into recovery. Mount USB in recovery under Mounts & Storage.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iamdestruktor:
Return to stock

Time for an upgrade and I'd like to trade in my Sprint SPH-L710 but I probably should return it to stock first. I had a hard time searching for it. Any help is greatly appreciated.:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
go to the development section an search ND8stock .tar.....you will find it and just use Odin to flash it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xTMFxOffshore:
So I'm not too familiar with Samsung and my question is this. Is there an OC kernel that I can flash with the freegs3 rom? I have seen stock kernel but looking to OC and UV. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] treedog5:
Yes there is a kernel you can use with FreeGs3,

Here's one i know that works.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1956392

Just check in the android development thread to find more info..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] qs504792:
i would like to know what setup will give me truly the highest Quadrant scores. so many roms claim they are the fastest out there.. the highest i have gotten with custom rom is 5900.. people claim they hit 7000+!!! whytf am i not getting these lol. no one will help me with this matter. i am a noob and have a fear of kernels lol for i do not understand them. i understand the rom flashing and tweak stuff and am thankful for ODEN to flash me back to stock if needed. or i would probably not even mess with rooting and modding. the first phone i rooted in 2009 or 10 was a lg that i bricked years later trying to wipe for a friend ha. anyways, i would like to know how to get the best performance out of my phone. just to get that screen shot of quadrant lol.

anything helps!!

much love to the S3 community

edit: i do not care for battery life for i have already found ways to get me to 9 % in 18 hours with 4 hours screen activity.. good enough for me

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thats not very good.. maybe for stock. try Frankensteins killjoy rom. i have gotten best preformance and battery life. i posted a screen shot there. 3h 30m 55s on screen.

17h 12m 48s on battery

@9% battery left.

some good usage in there too. games and web browsing video recording my daughter.. pictures.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=34649515#post34649515

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try fixing permissions
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xTMFxOffshore:
It depends upon what benchmark program you are using. I have a couple and they both give me varying scores. But with my Photon on GB Custom ROM and 1.5 oc kernel I could hit 5200. ACS has a ROM with a 1.8 ghz kernel. You might try that. I'll post if I think of anything else.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chadharrop:
I have a question about prls no matter what prl I use I only get 1x rtt:6 sometimes I will get 3g for a short time(minutes) With prl 56009. This is when roaming. With or without roam control. Is there something I am missing?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tvsamson:
What about for the sprint version with 4.1.1?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xTMFxOffshore:
Should be able to root with QBKing's youtube video even on the 4.1.1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheocratIssak:
Getting Signal

Hi all -

I've been rooting for a while now, starting with my Moment then the Epic and now the SIII.

I just rooted with the Cyanogen Mod 10 yesterday. I used the latest nightly build first and had no issues. But that's because I was at home and able to use my WiFi. Today I went out in the Las Vegas area and attempted to use my GPS. I had zero signal in 98% of the places I went. I could make phone calls with no problem. But I couldn't download the attachment to an email. use TuneIn Radio or Waze or Google Maps. All would say no Internet Connection.

Thinking maybe it was the nightly that was the issue I came home and switched it out with the 10.0.0 stable CyanogenMod. Same issue.

I called Sprint Tech and they said I had to use the phone and enter ##72786#. After that last #, the phone was to shutdown and restart automatically, resetting my modem. I use Go Contacts for my phone. And it didn't shutdown my phone. So I used the base Phone, and again nothing. So I figure that the code doesn't work because of the ROM.

Is it the ROM that's causing me to have no signal? In two spots around town my 3G bars went to half, but the rest were completely grey. I'm unsure if Vegas has good LTE coverage. I checked a map that was posted and it seems that it might. But since there's not a choice for 3G or 4G like there was on my Epic, I don't know how the coverage actually is.

So is it my ROM that's causing me to not have Internet Connection? Is it that Vegas sucks and doesn't have LTE? If so, I always used 3G on the Epic with no issues. I want to say that I read a review that said the S3, while an awesome phone, had horrible connection issues - but I can't recall the site I'd read that on. Is the S3 horrible when it comes to connecting to the carrier? If Sprint's LTE is bad in Vegas, can I 'roam' on the other carriers network to get better coverage? I have free roaming, so if that's an option, how to do I set that up.

Or do I need to return to stock and download a modem option?

Thanks I appreciate the help.

Theocrat Issak
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] derf8966:
heres a noob question.

ive been flashing like crazy since i got my GS3 and i kinda want to restore to stock root for a little..

i created a Nandroid back up in CWM can i just restore from my backup..

will it put me on stock kernal and rom again
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xTMFxOffshore:
If not QBKING has a good video on youtube to go back to stock. Rom and kernel.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] qs504792:
To answer my own question.. the peoples rom with built in Ktweaker app by Ktoonsez. Quadrant.

edit: oc to 2100Mhz. boom. or others would say WTF. now trying to 7000 even.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheocratIssak:
Found the Issue

I found the answer to my issue.

Again, QBKing77 has a video about modems. Score Team created a modem program that allows you to switch out the modem's in about 3min. I was on L7J which isn't listed on Score Team's options - but they do have about 5 or 6 modem versions for the Galaxy S3. I tried two of them and they didn't give me any better performance or ability to use my GPS. Finally found one that worked and all day I"ve had zero issues with 'searching for network'.

Plus this gives me a bonus posting to my minimum of 10.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LlamaNinja:
I figured it out
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Devtodi:
disable Music Player?

Everytime I get in my car, music player turns on. I can have the radio off, or playing satellite radio, it doesn't matter and since my commute is an hour, it wipes out 10% of my battery. I have tried disabling it but it will not disable. I wiped out all defaults, data, force stopped it but somehow bluetooth is triggering it. I need the bluetooth as I spend a lot of time talking on the phone. I would prefer not to root as I do not have the time for the upkeep that a rooted phone requires...updates, kernels etc. does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xTMFxOffshore:
You can root the phone without flashing a custom rom or having to do any crazy upkeep. Root allows you to change around the system files but still lets you do the updates without issue. You just lose root, then have to root again. That's about the biggest hassle.

Sent From My Galaxy S3 With XDA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Expydude:
What are the steps to update gapps do I have to reflash rom

my awesome red Slll on CM10
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Devtodi:
I completely forgot about that. Now that I have JB, I imagine that updates will be infrequent anyway. It's been a long time since I had my Epic 4G or it seems so anyways. Thanks for the reminder. It's the perfect answer.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] doroyce05:
I asked on the freegs3 thread but I think the issue I'm having is more geared toward jb roms. Every time I use a jb Rom, my contact list eventually gets rid of my exchange contracts. These contracts are stored in my exchange account that just seems to disappear. Any good easy fix? I want to keep my stock Samsung email app.

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Devtodi:
bloatware

I have just rooted, remain on the stock rom and have moved the following to a file that I moved to system/ from system/app. Although I moved Sprintzone, It continues to show up in app drawer and still opens.

Is there an approved list of bloat that is okay to delete or move? This is what I have moved:

All accuweather

all allshare

all clocks

books.apk

chatON

all Kies

More services

Music player

My files

Sprintzone

Swype

all Yahoo items

Shell has been granted superuser permissions. Why does this keep coming up?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Devtodi:
bump
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] labking:
Here is an image of the mounts and storage in CWM 6.0.3.1 and there is no selection for mount usb any other Ideas?

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sorry pic to big but no option to mount usb in the recovery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Then Odin Philz Recovery.. I gave you another option as well.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] absolutky:
Question about Straight Talk SCH-S960l

Hello, first off I have rooted this phone in the past. I just returned it back to stock before I messed it up. i'm currently running 4.1.2 and I would like to upgrade to a newer version. I know the story about ST not offering OTA updates. is it possible to install stock Sprint firmware (or what ever its called) and if i did that would I be able to receive the OTA's? I will re root if it is required i just don't really need root access for my daily use. Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
So just to clarify you have the Strait Talk variant with 4.1.2 installed and would like to Odin the stock ND8 4.4.2 or other updated stock Sprint S3 Rom cause straight talk is dumb and won't let you....?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] absolutky:
Exactly:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Are you sure that your device uses Sprint towers? They use the Verizon network here and if they use any network other than Sprint you will probably brick your device by applying the firmware from Sprint.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] absolutky:
Yes im positive that it uses sprint towers.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
I just notice that your model number is not L710... Yours is the same model as the US Cellular variant I believe.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] absolutky:
It might be the same as the us cellular. It is also the same as the sph-l710 with a few differences for straight talk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Just don't want you to lose service... You won't be able to downgrade the firmware after Odining ND8. It has Knox and will brick the phone if you try to downgrade any firmware including the modem.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] absolutky:
I appreciate that. I dont want to brick it either which is why i went back to stock i was messing with it to much for someone who doesn't really know what im doing
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] michaelhijinx:
Trying to Select the correct Stock Rom

Ok, I need to get the stock rom back to activate my gs3. It has android version 4.4.2, but baseband version L710VPUCMK3. I currently have CM11 on the phone.

Everything I see says that 4.4.2 should have ND8 & the MK3 is associated with 4.3.

Will I be able to flash the ND8 rom onto the phone? Otherwise what do I need to do?

I have searched through forums to no avail. If this question is answered elsewhere please redirect me.

Thanx

Update:

I decided to chance it and flashed an ND8 stock rom and it works perfect and I was able to activate it, WOOHOO!.... Now to order a replacement screen for my wife's shattered S4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jrowe820:
Trying to goto ni4 from ni3. Sm-g900p S5 sprint
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mattzeller:
Any TouchWiz ROM will give you the dialer code access you need for activation. Make a nandroid, flash a 4.3 ROM and activate, then restore your nandroid. If you are trying to stay off the ND8 bootloader.