yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] n00bhackin:
Thanks...patching now...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hilla_killa:
help returning to stock

so im on nj3 and I need my stock recovery back and unroot because I have to send phone out and im not sure where I can I find a stock recovery for my device if someone could point me in the right direction it would be great. also whats my best way to unroot?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mattzeller:
Flash the stock unrooted tar via Odin
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] generaldizzle:
My Sprint GS3 is currently flashed to Metro. It is using stock 4.42. It also is not rooted. I want to root and download a new room. I was going to use the toolkit to take care of all that. The main question is, do I need to redo the metro flash process again? I didnt flash this phone to metro originally so I am not really sure on what the next steps are.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mattzeller:
As far as root, flash Philz via Odin and update SuperSU through the playstore. I have no idea about flashing for Metro and what you would have to do
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] black_out78:
need help with liquidsmooth kk 10-27-14 nightly update

My galaxy s3's battery drains like crazy and it over heats a bit. I am a noon so ,does anyone have a suggestion.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
What ROM? How old is your battery?

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] black_out78:
My rom is the liquidsmooth 3.2 10-27-14 update

So far the update of the ROM is killing my battery. The battery is about one to two years old.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
It might be time to get a new battery, they're supposed to have a max life of a year, and Samsung recommends replacing them every 6 months.... It it's two years old, I almost guarantee it's on its last leg. I get WAY better battery life on TouchWiz ROMs for what it's worth. (mainly the two in my signature)

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] black_out78:
Thank you! Can you tell me how to install your Roms please?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Read the first post of the thread, there are specific instructions.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] black_out78:
I can't find them....??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Requirement: You must already be on ND8 or the equivalent (4.4.2, AOSP doesn't count)(or at least have flashed the tar/OTA)

-Users with the L710T Model go HERE for flashing instructions for your device

IF YOU ARE UNSURE ON THIS PROCESS DIRECT ALL QUESTIONS FOR THIS TO THIS THREAD-HERE

1. Download ROM and copy to SD

2. Check md5sum against the one on AndroidFileHost to ensure a good download (md5sum Checker is free in the Play Store)

3. Reboot into recovery

4. Wipe system, data, cache, and dalvik

5. Flash ROM

6. Reboot

7. Enjoy

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] black_out78:
Since I flashed this kk liquid smooth ROM , can I just flash the wickedx ROM?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
AOSP doesn't count. What is the last stock ROM you were on?

If you don't know:

1. Download Terminal Emulator from Play Store

2. Open app

3. Type "su" (no quotes for any of these).

4. Grant SuperUser permissions

5. Type "getprop ro.bootloader"

6. Report what it says

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] black_out78:
Samsung 4.4.4 or 4.4.3 I believe
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
4.4.2, then yes you can just flash away.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] black_out78:
Pardon me ,but which ROM is just like the s5 with its features and battery life. Also can you send me a link?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mattzeller:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57728620
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Kr8er:
Going from 4.4.4 to 5.0

I currently have CandyKat 1.6.0 installed on my GS3. After seeing that they are working on a Lollipop version, I am itching to update.

My question is, do I need to do anything different from if I were flashing to another 4.4.4 ROM (Wipe and then install ROM and GAPPS)? Will I need a Lollipop kernel, or does that come with the ROM or something? I currently have a Cyanogenmod kernel (3.4.103).

Here is the ROM I would like to install (Candy5): http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-sprint/development/rom-candy5-beta-v0-9-5-official-5-0-2-l-t3025953
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Criscola:
Boost galaxy s3

If I get the galaxy s3 from boost can i flash the radio to work on Metro?

Can you unlock these phones?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
You need Lollipop GApps, that's about it. The problem is after you flash. To go to a different ROM you usually have to wipe the internal SD after flashing Lollipop. So make a backup of it on your PC. Other than that just make a nandroid backup in case something happens.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
You can flash it to different carriers, but "unlocking" is really only on GSM phones. It isn't as simple as popping in a new SIM card.

Check out this thread- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2270191

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PS4AndroidHacker:
Is there an NJ2 update or .tar for the Virgin Mobile variant?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hilla_killa:
Just got this android system update on my rooted galaxy s3 triband l710t model. Does anyone know what this is? Its 106mb. Just dont wanna install if it updates baseband and then maybe wont have a full restore tar like nj3. So if I deleted this out of system/cache/update.zip will it get rid of the annying popup in my notifications?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mattzeller:
No, it'll just re-download, tap and hold on the notification, tap App Info, then uncheck Show Notifications
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] black_out78:
hello

i have a question, can i install a nd8 rom if i have a later firmware nj2?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdsingle76:
You can install only if it's a zip from CWM that does NOT have the firmware with it. You can not downgrade your bootloader once you've upgraded it, but you can flash zip roms through custom recovery.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] black_out78:
How can I install another recovery for example phillz if I'm on twrp?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bthorne79:
Flash the zip in recovery and reboot recovery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mattzeller:
If you don't have a zip of it, use Odin to flash the tar.md5
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] crazymanspider:
Ok I have a big question. See I dont have a computer so I was going to root my (Sprint galaxy s3 nj3) with towel root but it won't work because of the nj3 so I tried farmaroot abd that didn't work either. And i tried root pie, towelpieroot and every other kind of one click method.so basically I stumbled upon something called (mobile odin) and it claims that it can root my phone and install roms. It's on the play store by the way. So how would I do that I don't know what a lot of terms mean. I just really want to flash my phone. Please help
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] monsterpenguin5:
bootloader/firmware types questions

I'm trying to understand bootloaders and firmware better. I am running ND8, which is a bootloader. I keep hearing about NJ2, which I think is a firmware. I'm not really sure though. Can someone explain what NJ2 is? And what the difference between the bootloader and firmware is?

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
NJ2 is a firmware update. The Bootloader is part of the firmware. The firmware cannot be downgraded since the introduction of Knox in MK3. The modem is also part of the firmware.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] monsterpenguin5:
Thank you for clarifying that. If I'm on ND8, should I update my s3 to NJ2? would there be a benefit?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
No, there really isn't much benefit, they beefed up security and that's about it. The modem seems slightly better.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] monsterpenguin5:
The modem part is what appeals to me. Sounds like it wouldn't be worth the headache though, for a minor improvement.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mattzeller:
It's only a headache if you don't have access to a computer to flash a custom recovery to get root back since things like towelroot no longer work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] crazymanspider:
No.if I was you I definitely would not because now my galaxy s3 is nj3 and it took away root and now root towel and farmaroot won't work. I've spent countless hours trying to figure out how to reverse this to no avail.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bthorne79:
Have you tried Odin twrp and flash supersu
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] crazymanspider:
No because there is no real descriptive tutorials and I honestly don't know what I'm doing and can't afford to mess it up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] monsterpenguin5:
I'm already running philz touch. How does that affect things?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hilla_killa:
If someone could give me some insight on this I have like 5 different bootsamsung.qmg files an spr, vmu, bst, and xas what makes the phone know which one to run at boot? Reason im asking I flashed a rom and had my vmu boot and after I restored nandroid I have the spr one, weird. So how does phone know which one to run? Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
build.prop

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hilla_killa:
ive looked in my build prop but don't see anything that says vm, spr, bst whatever only thing I see that might be it is ro carrier, but mine says ro carrier is unknown
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
d2spr (Sprint), d2vmu (Virgin), etc.. it looks at ro.product.name and ro.product.device

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hilla_killa:
ok great thanks. I just tried to restore my nandroid of wicked s5 and it gives me an error about android secure counldnt restore than my backup just stops im using philz I restored it fine a couple of days ago and now I cant

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ro product name and ro product device were at d2lterefreshspr and I changed to d2vmu and still no go
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cluelessaboutroot:
Rooted Sprint GSIII 4.4.2 - can't get free tethering to work

I have a sprint GSIII w/4.4.2. I rooted using towelroot and was successful. The only reason I attempted this is for tethering. After rooting I downloaded the free wifi tether for root users app and installed it on the phone. It will not work. It keeps "connecting with errors". I've also tried Xtether, but the tether gets interrupted by the sprint subscription notice. Pulling my hair out here - this is why I haven't previously rooted - I don't have the time to screw around..

I have no idea if I should try a custom ROM or if I have done something wrong or what.

I am sure this has been covered somewhere, but there are so many phones and versions of android that this gets impossibly confusing. Can anyone help get me on the right path?

Thanks in advance!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mattzeller:
Go with a custom ROM, I'm pretty sure they all have built in WiFi tethering
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Do you have the L720T model? I have no idea what it's supposed to be, if it is.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cluelessaboutroot:
Thanks. Do I need to follow a specific set of instructions for 4.4.2? Or use a specific ROM? I remember there being issues with doing this on 4.4.2 - have those issues been overcome?

Thanks again!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hilla_killa:
Its the L710T triband s3. I think thats whst there calling it. But yea im not sure what or why my animation changed. I judt want to know how to fix it first time its happened to me

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mattzeller:
I think what you're referring to was to enable tethering on the stock rom, these days it's baked in. Follow this thread for the awesome Wicked S5 ROM on how to flash it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57728620
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cluelessaboutroot:
This is where I run into trouble. I am already rooted via towelroot. Do I need a specific bootloader or custom recovery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] danielpsx:
hello friends heres my question, ive bought a sprint s3 sph710t but i live in venezuela and i had to pay to my carrier a lot of money to make it work in my country and get a phone number that work with my s3, so if i update or install any of this roms on this forum will i lose my service or my phone number or get emergency only status? if this firmwares are for sprint i believe that my phone will lose any modificatios that my carrier made to that phone to make it work in my country please i need to know, i dont want to stay on android 4.1.1 i want at least 4.4. do i need to backup any file that contains my carriers access info? looking forward to know what can i do. thanks in advance, sorry for my english im from venezuela....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
I would stick to using a custom recovery for mods, I don't know about ROMs and if your carrier flashed it to their service I really wouldn't mess with it.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cluelessaboutroot:
I ended up downloading and installing the wicked ROM that you linked via ROM manager. It worked and I got busy trying to get things set up. Well I totally screwed up by setting off recovery in ROM manager (thinking I was just restoring backup data) and it tried to go back to where I was originally.

The phone is functioning, but google stuff keeps crashing and throwing up popups - I can't do anything.

I'm screwed - can't believe I did that when I had it in my hands!

Any help you (or anyone else) could give would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cBone1995:
sph-l710 virgin mobile stock rom

when i click the zip file for the ndc file theres no .tar after any of the files inside the zip folder. do u have to combine the files to make the .tar file. im on the sprint rom now but i need the virgin mobile to put the carrier back to original. i was gonna put a custom rom anyways, but i didnt know if the carrier being wrong would mess up anything
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
No, there's a separate thread for the Odin tar. Keep scrolling, you'll find it.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] spiderbam:
Help! After trying to flash a KitKat 4.4.2 through Odin 3.09 back onto my device, odin finishes and says fail. Now the device is saying 'firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.'

I connect to kies but it doesn't recognize my device at all. Is there any way I can recover this or am I going to have to go ins tore to get it sorted?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TJj33p3rz:
Which model and carrier of phone do you have?Make sure you have the correct tar file for your model.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tazfanatic:
Make sure you are using a Blackberry cable! 99.9% of odin issues is due to bad cables.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] numan_malik999:
Hi XDA Developers.

i want to use my arc gps in my laptop to see my location in pc.

i have win 7.

if any body know that please ans me.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daniel75:
See here:

bestsupertech.com/2012/03/connect-gps-from-android-phone-to-pc.html

(can't post full link since I don't have 10 posts yet)

I used to do this with my Nokia E72, never did it with Android, but it should work as described there. Same procedure I had on my Nokia, pretty much.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] numan_malik999:
It worked on my arc successfully
[Off-topic] DanceOff:
Whenever I am free I open XDA and see all threads :rolleyes: one by one ?

What do you do ?

I know archer you close threads all day but no this one :p
[Off-topic] M_T_M:
LOL...closed thread is closed!!

:cowboy:
[Off-topic] Archer:
I'd need to be more vigilant if it wasn't for my brothers in arms.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philbaines:
Hi all,

I got to say that I'm a little disappointed with the audio quality of the s3

I had an iPhone before this and the audio was much better.

Seems to sound a little muddy to me.

Are there any roms out there that would sort this problem out?

I'm rooted and using mark1986's Rom at the mo (android HD?)

Every time I try to flash DSPMANAGER it comes up with a message saying it stopped working.and have added the volume mod to give it more volume

I'm new to android but I have tried a few roms but notice this with every one of them
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harpsichord3626:
Try installing the siyah kernel.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riso123:
Install Siyah then install the below mod:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1873121

That will give you dsp that doesn't force close as well as better sound quality.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philbaines:
cheers guys

Do you have a link for the latest Siyah kernel?

I cannot find it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crys7y:
Here is it: http://www.gokhanmoral.com/gm/2012/10/06/siyahkernel-s3-v1-7beta1/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dondavis007:
Just use Siya and Google music player and use the eq its gives you pretty good sound. There is also a 3d i the kernel that is pretty nice. Thats my findings.

Sent from a gadget...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAMIE1000UK:
Search market for beats audio driver installer, actually makes a hell of a difference on gs3 (well mine anyways)

Bass is far heaftier, music clarity improved 100%
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TYA.:
1. Change to Jelly bean 4.1

2. Use kernel siyah 1.7

3. Install superb player : NeutronMp

4. Addition : instal dspmanager

4th step can be skip, but 2 and 3 Do Not.

Then, find Stweak (in app page after step 2) , go to tab Audio.

Main advantage here is

EQ = use preset

Eq preset =ear pleasant

FLL tune =enable

Dac oversampling =enable

Dac direct=enable

Then, open Neutronmp, go to EQ . Try much to know function of it. I am sure that player is beyon all the other player for android in sound and file format compatible!

Last , you will feel sorry for sound of any iphone!

P/s if you feel too hardly setting sound with neutron, I will help with a sample of its EQ

Gửi từ Galaxy S3/Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gkhncnk:
edit...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TYA.:
Siyah kernel has 2 extreme good features for audio (of galaxy s3) are Dac direct (mixer bypass) , and Oversampling.

Dac direct effect all music type

Oversampling effect for hi definition audio (96/24 and over)

VLC beta 0.0.4 is one king of player (but ui too ugly) even it is still beta.

It plays 96/24 flac, wav...and 5.1 dts 44/16

(Try 6.1 dts es got music with robot noise. Not sure when itll be fixed)

Neutron player is support .dts fron next ver

All of things good for audio

Gửi từ Galaxy S3/Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] FlowBizkit:
Hi guys,

I'm looking for a valid and portable media device for running or to plug it into my cars radio aux.

So it seems there's lot of nice stuff going on with the 4.0 version but almost nothing for 3.6 and 4.2 or am I wrong?

I checked the development section but I was a lil surprised.

So I just wanted to ask are there any ICS or CM things going on?

Does it make sense to move forward to a 4.2 or to grab a 4.0 where it seems that there is much more going on?

Are you guys able to give me a valid answer regarding the build in audiochip?

Thx in advance!

Flow
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] iJimaniac:
Well, as far as development, yes, the 4.0 and 5.0 have alot more going for them, since they have been around longer, and everyone that would buy an android pmp bought them, so no one was left to buy the 3.6 or 4.2, lol! As far as hardware, there is really not much difference. The 4.0 has an exynos clocked at 1ghz, the 4.2 have a omap clocked at 1ghz. The 4.0's exynos is actually slightly superior, but they are close to the same. Concerning sound chip, the 4.0 has a wolfson WM8994 and the 4.2 has a WOLFSON WM1811. I am no audiophile, so the 4.0 sounds great to me, never heard a 4.2 though. More info on all galaxy players here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1720457

Sent using Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] hanthesolo:
I would definately go with the 4.0. The only advantage the 4.2 has over the 4.0 is aesthetics, whic for me doesn't justify the lowe-power sgx35 (as opposed to the 40 the 4.0 has), a lower-res camera (2.0 vs. 3.2), and the support the 4.0 has (me and team supernova), not to mention the excellent DAC we have.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] stylemate:
Even if you are audiophile, SoundAlive's complete form is in 4.0 and 5.0 froyo. Gingerbread one doesn't have SoundAlive (Samsung says that they do but it's worse than equalizers in market.)

4.2 has half alive SoundAlive
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] FlowBizkit:
At first thx a lot for that detailed information!

How to define an audiophile???

Music is very important to me and I prefer to buy quality, if the sound is crappy then it was too cheap.

But even $100+ in ear headphones make no sense to me!

I was focusing on an ipod touch 5G but 4xx Bugs just to have 64GB of Music... and to be punished with itunes. NOPE!!!

So I definitely plan to buy one of the mentioned devices and to add 64 GB with a SD card.

This guy here wrote something regarding the good wolfson audiochip and the terrasilent kernel:

amazon.de/review/R1UR1YBD071LJ/ref=cm_cr_pr_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B005BN4X5Y&linkCode=&nodeID=&tag=#wasThisHelpful

So is it possible to add a rooted ICS and the mentioned Kernel to 4.0?

Or did this already happen?

Sorry for that low-profile question but until now I dont get the connection between kernel and OS :confused:

@ Han

I didnt get your sgx35 comment- is it a low performer a low consumer?

Did you want to say the CPU of the 4.0 is better than the one inside the 4.2? Did you mean 40 hours of playback?

Aesthetics is really an own point but I agree with you.

Is anyone of able to give a feedback regarding batteries with higher capacity?

Kind Regards from Germany!

Flow
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
I thought the 4.2 has a powervr SGX 530?

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And this is why I use poweramp lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] akashsgpgi:
dude dont go for 4.2 because of powervr sgx530

its ver bad when compared to sgx 540

omap 3630 is good but sgx 530 is no match for sgx 540

i have samsung galaxy sl (ompa3630 sgx530)

you would be stuck with 0 development and forget ics on the player

galaxy sl has good development but kernel 3.x is in development for 5 months due to broken code by samsung

forget development for the player

go for 5.0 or 4.0

btw i have player 5.0 and its smooth and nice

and due to the hardworking devs for 5.0 we would be able to jellybean soon

if you only use stock rom then maybe it would good
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] FlowBizkit:
Hi guys,

a white Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 4.0, 8GB (EU-Version) is on the way!

As well as a 64GB SanDisk SDXC Card.

Looking forward to fiddle around on that lil piece with your support! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] FlowBizkit:
It has finally arrived! Time to get things going!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] FlowBizkit:
Hi folks,

my 4.0 now has the terrasilent Kernel 1.35 and ethereal 2.4.

I also installed PowerAMP and Voodoo Sound.

The GUI seems to be a little laggy and the brwoser freezes pretty often.

Did I do something wrong or how can I speed it up? Settings?

W-LAN works and the cam, too.

I also want to use a 64GB SDXC, any hints on the formating?

Kind regards

FlowBizkit