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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DroidInTheRain:
How to backup/recovery sprint S3 kitkat

Well, I was trying to flash a custom ROM to my Sprint S3.

I think it might be prudent to do a backup first. So, I searched and found lots of videos on youtube.

They all talked about using the volume up, home and power keys to boot into recovery mode.

I did. But, the menu is completely difference from what those guys described in the videos. There is no backup/recovery option.

All I got are:

reboot systen now

apply update from ADB

apply update from external storage

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

apply update from cache

So, what should I do? What is the latest way of doing ROM backup, recovery and flashing?

Plz, help a noob out.

Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdsingle76:
You're seeing that menu because you are still on a stock recovery. Before flashing a custom ROM, you have to have a custom recovery, which you flash through Odin in Download mode. I recommend Philz recovery. You are definitely on the right track(it took me forever just to figure out how to boot the S3 into recovery mode) but you missed that crucial first step.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
You still have stock recovery. Go to the Android Development section in this forum and scroll down till you find Philz Touch Recovery. Odin the .tar file and then you will have a custom recovery and be able to backup, restore, flash, etc.

Dang, ninja'd by JD

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DroidInTheRain:
Happy Camper (rooted, tethered sprint galaxy s3)

Finally, I got my Sprint S3 tether working.

Many thanks to both bilgerryan and jdsingle76.

So just to help out other noob out there, what I did was:

1. root the S3. www idigitaltimes com/samsung-galaxy-s3-android-442-kitkat-update-how-root-sprint-sph-l710-variant-and-install-custom-roms

(Sorry I am not allowed to post links yet)

2. Install a custom recovery. I did not use Philz. I am sure it must be very good. However, I am not very good at using Odin yet. I used CWM. Installed it directly from play store. There are lots of youtube videos on how to do it.

3. copy the Hotspot ROM zip file to the SD card in the phone. In my case, the ROM is the ND8 odexing version

4. Back up my stock rom (rooted) with the CWM recovery, in case something goes wrong. Lots of youtube videos too.

5. install rom from the zip file using CWM recovery. (again, lots of youtube videos available)

6. factory reset and wipe the cache

7. reboot and setup the phone from scratch.

There you go.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdsingle76:
I've still got it!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DroidInTheRain:
Did I really backed up my ROM?

I installed CWM and did a backup on my Sprint S3 (SPH-L710, kitkat).

I noticed that there is an img file at /storage/emulated/0/clockworkmod/download/download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.5-d2spr.img.

The file size is only 6.2M. I heard that the full ROM is about 500M to 1G. So this cannot be the full ROM backup. What is it then?

How do I backup the full ROM? (It is so confusing ...)

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mattzeller:
That .img file is your recovery, it's only going to be a few MB
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DroidInTheRain:
I see. So, if I flashed my phone with a custom ROM, such as CM, something goes wrong. How do I recover? I suppose I will need to do the following, correct?

1. get a stock ROM, download to the phone

2. boot into CWM recovery and install the stock ROM

3. apply the saved recovery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
1) Power down the phone

2) Once it is fully off, press and hold Volume Up, Power, and Home until you see "Booting Recovery" in Blue at the top of the screen. If you don't get it the first time, pull the battery and try again.

3) If you end up with a screen that doesn't have "Backup & Restore", you still have the stock Recovery and you should use Odin to install Philz Touch Recovery.

4) If you have a screen that says " Backup & Restore", go to that and Press Backup to SD. It will be saved to clockworkmod/backups on your SD.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
Well Ryan since he's asking how to recover that would imply that he already made the back up but he/she has his/her own info confused since he/she put

"I see. So, if I flashed my phone with a custom ROM, such as CM, and something goes wrong. How do I recover? I suppose I will need to do the following, correct?

1. Get a stock ROM, download to the phone

2. Boot into CWM recovery and install the stock ROM

3. Apply the saved recovery"

(he/she can just skip their 1st and 2nd steps and just restore the backup they made)

Ryan what you put is correct except for the last steps since he/she did state they did back up so it should end with

4) wipe everything in the recovery (system, cache, dalvik cache)

5) If you have a screen that says " Backup & Restore", go to that and Press Restore. You will need to choose the back up that you made in clockworkmod/backups on your SD; when you restart your phone it will work just like before :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DerekGreul:
Please help this super noob...

Sorry for my lack of terminology... But it breaks down like this... I have a SG3 that was (when I bought it 3rd party) a Boost Mobile phone. I called Straight Talk and had it activated... Switched the network mode to CDMA from CDMA/EVOD/LTE and it worked okay. Only had 3G service and couldn't send/receive pix, but whateve... a cpl months go by and now have a need for pix msgs,bad... So at the end of my service w/ Straight talk when deactivated purchased a Boost card and called Boost to reactivate... First they tried to tell me it wasn't a Boost phone... then they said to just continue use with Straight talk... Really??!! Then they told me to go to my nearest Boost retailer to have them "Flash" the phone... cool!! My nearest Boost Store is 2 1/2 hrs. away... Im really not into driving my ass that far to do something I can hopefully do myself. I'm reasonably computer savvy but phone retarded... Can someone PLEASE walk me through the necessary steps so I can get this damn thing activated through Boost Mobile?

Model #SPH-L710

Android version 4.4.2

Baseband Version L710VPUCNDC

Kernel version 3.4.0-1368792 blah blah blah

(I don't know what other info you might need...):confused:

Thanks for the patience in advance, lol, I hope someone can help
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
PM me the mied number (DEC) i activate boost mobile phones at my dads store so i can run it through our dealer set up and see if the mied can be activated with boost
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
Sorry it seems as if Boost just completely gave straight talk your mied number for good if straight talk didn't flash it. I say this cause if you look at the attached picture you'll see want the system gave me when I ran your mied.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Android Sketch:
JB v5

I know that it has been along time since you posted this question, but I will try to answer. Yes, you can can find the newest Android Based Roms outthere.. Some will include all the way back to 4.1 if you are so inclined to what that. Just search for Roms with what ever version you would like.

Hope this helps..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
That question was posted in 2012.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] denisezx12:
help with basic android commands

I have rooted my android phone and installed Supersu, and I am lost. I thought that I would get a command level type of structure, but I cannot find anything familiar. I have work with Unix and Dos. Nothing appears similar.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
you mean like having to use a terminal for SU commands? cause android isn't like that you just have to install root apps and then let the prompt that SuperSU gives you come up and you decide to give root permission or not.....and then there's the endless amount of stuff you can flash in the custom recovery if you have one......but yeah SU is different when it comes to Android and Linux/Unix/Ubuntu
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Download terminal emulator. Android is based on Linux, the file structures are almost identical.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
i stand corrected since i haven't seen the terminal really be used in the phones i had i thought you didn't need it...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Technically you don't, only if you want to run commands like with Linux/Unix.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TujungaGuy:
Hi everyone, first post on the forum. Found lots of great info here that has enabled me to root and try some cool roms but I'm having one issue I cannot, for the life of me, find a concrete answer to: no cellular/data service with any rom other than the first I installed. I tend to express myself best when writing things in a chronological list of sorts, so here goes....

1. Purchased Sprint Galaxy SIII, hated the stock OS, decided to root and try some roms.

2. Used Odin3 v1.85 to flash Sprint CWM recovery v6.0.4.5.

3. Copied SuperSU v2.00 to internal storage on phone.

4. Rebooted into CWM recovery and installed SuperSU v2.00.

5. Rebooted into OS and ran SuperSU, disabled KNOX. Phone was now rooted (yay!)

6. Decided to try Gummy ROM (M3.0-07-16-14-RELEASE-d2lte), Installed without a hitch along with gapps (pa-gapps-stock-4.4.4-20140629-signed)

Up to this point everything is wonderful. Phone is now running a pretty stripped down Kitkat reminiscent of what I had on my Galaxy Nexus (RIP).

Couple issues like screen rotation, camera and compass being reversed of what they should be but still a huge improvement over stock.

Baseband is reported as: L710TVPU0ANF4

So now I want to try some other roms. I make a backup in CWM recovery, wipe cache, dalvic, etc....

1. Install Bliss Stalk 4.4.4.001. No cell service/data. Baseband version = unknown. Cellular signal strength meter is blank. Everything else appears fine.

2. Reboot into recovery, load my backup I made of Gummy, all is back to normal and cellular is fully functional......ok.

3. Install Gummy ROM M4.0. Same as with Bliss Stalk, no cellular/data. Baseband version = unknown.

And this brings us to the present. I have yet to try any other roms since Bliss and Gummy are the only ones I've seen that meet my requirements.

What is up with my cell service/data? Why don't the radios show up with any rom other than my original Gummy install?

Thanks for reading, appreciate your time. :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
What was your baseband to begin with? You might be on the wrong modem.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TujungaGuy:
Hi bilgerryan, I don't know what the baseband was prior to root. Currently Gummy is reporting it as L710TVPU0ANF4.

I was under the impression that installing a rom did not alter the baseband files/firmware, is this not so?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
No, you're right... You said it was unknown. Well I'm guessing that your problem is that you have the L710T. Which is a different model (the new tri band model) and that's why you're having all these troubles with data/signal. Because NF4 doesn't exist on the L710, the latest is ND8.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TujungaGuy:
Hmmm, with my current Gummy 3.0 install, its reporting the baseband as: L710TVPU0ANF4. Cellular and data is working fine.

If I try Gummy 4.0 or Bliss Stalk it reports the baseband as "unknown" and I have no cell or data functionality.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Then I would stick with 3.0[emoji2]

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TujungaGuy:
Good point, I'll just never install another rom. Thanks! :D

.......but seriously, would it be worthwhile to try the ND8 radio firmware? Any danger?

Another thing is that with Gummy 3.0, my signal strength meter is greyed out and reports 4 bars all the time. In the end, if i can sort out the rotation issues (screen rotates the opposite of what it should and compass points in the opposite direction too) I am content to stay with Gummy 3.0.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
I honestly wouldn't, at least not until there is a stock NF7 firmware available to Odin. You could potentially ruin your data/phone capabilities completely. It boils down to the fact that that model is brand new and nothing had been made specifically to work with that phone. Once it's around for a bit you might start seeing some stuff for the L710T... I'll PM you a link to a thread specifically for that phone that might help you figure some stuff out, just give me a few hours... I gotta finish my work now.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TujungaGuy:
I appreciate it!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
PM sent

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bthorne79:
Hmm didn't know they put a Spark s3 out I know of the spark s4 and that's a sph-l720t and they work with the normal s4 ROMs with out an issue
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
The only problem with using the ND8 ROMs is the rotation on video and some other things is upside down. Which is a kernel issue, so if you deleted the custom kernel (boot.img) before flashing from my ROM, in theory it should work perfectly on the L710T.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xirin:
My apologies, there's a good chance this question has been answered before, but this thread is a bit longer than bedtime reading :)

Is it possible to only gain root access to the phone without a complete reflash (or without losing all your configuration and other things)? My goal is to be able to use titanium backup, as well as uninstalling some of the evil bloatware that is messing with me.

I did try the advice from the thread about rooting your phone from your phone, but the script in it failed :(

Thank you!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Odin Philz Recovery (the file that ends in .tar). Reboot into Recovery. Go into Philz Settings and hit ReRoot. No changes to your setup whatsoever. You'll have to download SuperSU from the Play Store, open the app, update binaries (if needed), and you'll be good to go.

My ROM: WICKED X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xirin:
Thank you, bilgerryan! That worked beautifully!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jesterjames1212:
super noob

Hey guys, i am looking into rooting my sprint samsung galaxy S III, been doing some reading into it and just unable to determine what is the best route for me. The simpler the better. What are some of the methods you would recommend? and then once rooted what are some of the first apps i should grab?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mattzeller:
See the post two above yours.

First app you should have is Titanium Backup, it's a must have especially if you plan on flashing any ROMs. As well as Xposed framework and Greenify
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jesterjames1212:
Bring on the punishment.

Okay, so i have successfully rooted by S3, i have also downloaded xposed framework, greenify, titainium backup, and a rom manager for clockwork mod recovery...I would now like to be able to a version of cyanogenmod as my ROM, done a ton of reading and watching videos, how ver still unsure where to start....does anyone where to find a more clear concise step by step instruction on how do this? All the ones i have viewed all appear to me to vary user to user and am not knowledgeable enough to determine which ones are correct for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mattzeller:
It's a fairly straightforward procedure. Follow the instructions of the beginning of this thread to install CyanogenMod.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2030660

Keep in mind you're in a need to flash gapps as well
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TdiGuy:
I have a samsung s3 on ting ( sprint ) and i just installed slimkat. I can't seem to get my phone to connect to LTE now. It connects to 3g fine if i select 3g prefered but if i leave it on lte it does not connect.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ajswish:
lost root rom stuck

I lost my root now my phone is stuck on a rom. It won't sync to my laptop or to odin any more. Every attempt I make to remove the rom results in a soft brick. Obviously I can tix the soft brick. My question is how do I remove the rom so I can prep my phone either for stock or a new root and rom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Are you doing a full wipe when trying to switch ROMs? System, data, cache, and dalvik? What ROM are you on? Which one are you trying to switch to? There is no syncing inclined in the Odin process, what do you mean by this? I'm guessing your USB port is shot. I also recommend that you use Philz recovery as it is the only recovery for this device that properly flashes all ROMs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] aaront596:
Am I Unlocked for T-mobile?

Here's a noob question. I have T-mobile and my girlfriend just gave me her old sprint galaxy s3. So I rooted it and installed Slimkat on it. Now what I cant seem to find out is do I need to unlock it or do anything else special to it to in order to use it on T-mobile? I'm confused because I don't know if the process of rooting and installing my custom rom took care of any unlocking that needs to be done or if I still need to do some unlocking to make it work. Is there a way to check to see if my phone is unlocked?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
You can't use it on T-Mobile... ever. It is a CDMA phone and T-Mobile is GSM.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] arcolino1:
strange phone information showing in google account for the SPH-L710

Hello all, my screen name is arcolino1 but it could easily be noob1, any ways. I have a galaxy s3 from sprint SPH-L710. The phone will not take the latest 4.4 update, I believe it’s due to the files don’t match because of the root and the sprint hot spot mod. But I noticed that my google play is not showing the right phone. It’s showing a GT-I9500 and my google security devices and activity are showing the galaxy s3 SPH-L710 which is correct, but when I click on find my device it shows a GT-I9500 which I never had, and it can’t find the device. Also under google security devices it is showing a galaxy s4 which I never had last synced 12/26/14 model GT-I9500 and I do not have the option to remove it. Also showing a galaxy s2 GT-I9100 last synced 12/13/14. I have not used my galaxy s2 in years, plus its deactivated and it’s a SPH-D710, it’s also showing a Samsung galaxy note 2 last synced 12/13/14 model GT-N7100 which I never owned or used.

anybody else seeing phantom devices in their security google information?

https://security.google.com/

I’m not sure what could be causing this? I only have done two changes on the phone, the root and the sprint hotspot mod. Whats the best way to proceed? remove both changes then do the update and see if those phantom devices go away? then root back the phone and put the sprint hot spot mod back? I cant lose phone or data. I am not phone hacking and moding guru. I’ve done it before with the oden tool but that is probably once or twice every two years. So as much walk through help will be appreciated. I am willing to donate to a helpful pro maybe we can get an online chat going knock it out in an hour or something.

PHONE INFO: under about device, model SPH-L710, android ver 4.3, baseband ver L710VPUCMK3, kernel ver 3.0.31-G1AC4B4-DIRTY CNEXUS@NODE2-C6100.CODEFI.RE #1 SUN NOV 24, 12.30.47 PST 2013, build JSS15J.L710VPUCMK3, se for android status PERMISSIVE, hardware ver L710.14
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdsingle76:
You're on 4.3, and there is a flashable tar 4.4.2 kitkat available for your device. Just download it and flash it through Odin. It'll kill root and load stock recovery, which will allow you to load the latest OTA that's out now for the S3. Once you're all done, you can root again :) Easy cheesy
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] arcolino1:
you mean this one?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=52752574#post52752574

It says,

"This one-click resets your whole phone to the stock ND8 experience, similar to a factory restore and it may wipe all data. It also contains the full bootloader and Knox"

can you recommend a good backup image software for the s3?

can you explain why the phantom phones and devices in the account, anybody else have this issue, I have not seen other post about it.

if all goes well I will need to root back, do you have a link for a good root and sprint hotspot mod,

thx,

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this link says will wipe data, is there something out that will not wipe, this is my real phone only means of contact, not a test phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdsingle76:
This is the update tar and should not wipe data. It never has on my device. Save contacts to your Gmail acct and they will follow you as soon as you log on the first time from your phone should you ever lose them. And tar doesn't wipe external data, so save pics and such there, just in case. Good luck!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2738533
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hilla_killa:
im sorry if this was already covered but can I use 4.44 gapps on 4.4.2 rom or do I need gapps for 442? can someone point to a good place to download gapps as well thanks?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
You should be able to, but if you experience problems you'll know what to do.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] n00bhackin:
figure I'd ask this in the noob section, because while I think I know the answer, I'm hoping there is a way around it.

I favor CM10, found it to be very stable, I was on CM10.1.2 on my old phone (was at MD4), but it got damaged. Got a new (used) S3 it is on ND8, I tried to load CM10.2.1 (d2spr) and got an assert error, status 7. I assume this mean that CM10.2.1 will not load on an ND8 S3...is that correct, or is there a way to get it to load?

If it isn't possible, anyone got a suggestion on what CM11 snapshot is the most stable? currently about to try loading M12.

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
http://highonandroid.com/android-r...-7-error-with-cwm-recovery-on-rooted-android/

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] n00bhackin:
Thank you, reading that now.

Are there any foreseeable issues installing cm-10.2.1-d2spr.zip on my S3 at ND8?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Shouldn't be. People use old ROMs all the time. That's why we root, so we can do what we want.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] n00bhackin:
Wonderful, thank you very much, you are extremely helpful.

I made a slight modification to what they had in their instructions, rather than remove the assert (for some safety) I just made an edit:

getprop("ro.bootloader") == "L710VPUCMK3" to getprop("ro.bootloader") == "L710VPUCND8"

Since it is basically failing because the ND8 boot loader is missing from the list

Status update: Ok making that edit did not work, install failed immediately, would have though it would have worked. Will try just removing the asserts.

Update 2: Nope, removing both assert lines didn't work either, guess I'll try TWRP and then flash back to Philz after load...if it works

Update 3: No luck using TWRP either, looks like I'm going to CM11 M12

Unless someone has another idea?

Well I do have one last option, pay to get my old phone fixed and hope the damage done isn't beyond just the usb port.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bthorne79:
Best thing to do is edit on computer just remove the get prop checks all the way with 7zip and notepad++

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If you really want to run it I can edit the updater scripts and upload for you