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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topspinner:
help with my S3 please

My S3 i9300 was rebooting suddenly after battery drain and kept rebooting forever till i found boot repair and fixed it and flashed it with stock rom 4.1.2 but i found that i lost my imei and got 004999xxxxxx generic instead

tried to fix it with every way but failed (i have not saved EFS before) tried to restor EFS from backup file on the internal SD but also failed

lastly i tried to fix it with qpst but when changing mode to DM+MOD+ADB windows cant finde the driver for it , tried uninstall and reinstall samsung drivers all versions and also through the ToolKit but also failed to finde the correct driver

what was wrong in the procedure (except no EFS backup because i m new to android used to have iphones )

i tried DM mode on my other S4 i9505 4,4,2 and it worked fine and windows recognised it

any help or suggestion please ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Darkside920:
The KT747 kernel included with Wicked X 7.3 works on my Boost S3. Can't get it to work with my AOSP ROM, however.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] swiggs98:
Flash counter

The flash counter is a number that is incremented everytime you flash a non-standard (i.e. not signed by Sprint/Samsung i believe). This provides a basic indication to a carrier or warranty provider that your device software was modified in some way. The Flash Player has nothing to do with this. For most device, there are clever ways to reset the flash counter should that become necessary.

Flash Player is no supported on Jelly Bean.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ariel123:
here is a noob question. my phone keeps freezing ever since i did the manual jelly bean update now could it be because i did it through the zip file or because it wasn't ota?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ChrisAC84:
Not really a n00b, but didn't wanna clutter the forum with a stupid question. Thinking about picking up the US Cellular version of this phone next week. I am confused which root method to use, and which ROMs/kernels would be compatible with the US Cellular version
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] curt_51:
I'm on the goodness JB 4.0 and was wondering if the is a way to turn the lock screen rotation off.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Root method is the same for all the us variants.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] studentjunk:
Can someone explain how the memory works. It looks like the 16 gb is an internal sdcard card that stores phone memory for applications. Is that right?

I uploaded a couple of pics to show my confusion. The first is from the phone memory app. The second is from titanium backup.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Rabscutle:
So I know to get a lower DPI I can edit build.prop... but... what would be the recommended value for the Sprint GS3? 220?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zuke66:
I'm looking for kernels I just can't seem to find them. I thought I read Devils kernel is a good one to have but I just can't seem to find anything. I'm running CM 10 Samsung Galaxy s3 sprint if anyone can help it will be highly appreciated thank you

Samsung Galaxy s3 sprint CM 10
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DizzyMP:
Look under Original Android Development
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Scrappy xyz:
Hi guys, Ever since my JB update, my battery hasnt been as good. I looked on the forums and couldnt find a sticky for battery and simple phone tweaks..Can any1 point me in the right direction?

thx.

Sprint GS3 Stock.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] potna:
Ok stock rooted. My ccamera flash was shutting off the Damn phone so I did a recovery to factory default....of course I loose everything but now I'm trying to put adobe flash on there send cant. I smells a rat...wtf is uP with adobe flash send android?!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] studentjunk:
I don't think flash is supported anymore. It's still working on my jelly bean though, after the update.

Try this though

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1774336
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shadricksimms:
When u flash sprint to boost if phone is asking for activation and wont connect with qxdm for last step to write , is it because I messed up somewhere
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Erwin.Ackerman.Sr:
Error message when flashing to jellybomb 8.0 - E: signature verification failed

I had no problem with 7.0 , flashed and ran great

If someone has any ideas? Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
shut off signature varification. If you dont have that option then get off of stock recovery and do it again
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ReverseSorrow:
Okay... here is a noob question... I'm using FreeGS3... Any camera mods that boost the picture quality by not compressing the pictures? also boosting the camera quality to 30MBs? extra frames per second would be a plus too... and yeah, i know about HXCameraMod but it seems for International quad-core version only, yeah i installed anyway and all I got was the slow mo or fast mo recording... as soon you turn on Superfine (30MBs recording) it fails and force close... Now please... Enlight my noob brain with an answer and a solution worth of trying.

Thanks in advance.:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] derf8966:
Here's a noob question does this look like good battery with normal moderate use with automatic brightness.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chuccck:
CM10

just ordered the GS3 on black friday from sprint for a $1 (got them to match the sams club deal). I used to love CM on the EVO and want to try it on the GS3. My question is which one i should start with, a nightly, a M build, or the stable 10.0.0? Anyone have any experience or suggestions? I know they have a new auto updater thing, will that require wiping data or just cache? THANKS!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Devtodi:
Not rooted, gapps crashing

My gapps started crashing a few weeks ago, and then I got the JB update OTA and still it crashes. How should I move forward? I don't really care to root, the phone works fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] decimalman:
That's the battery life I'd expect for the usage you mentioned. Most of the "OMG u guyz i hax0r teh fone battery lifes" crowd struggle to get better battery life than that.

Clear data for the offending apps. Hopefully that will sort them out, otherwise you'll probably have to do a factory reset. :(

King Crimson in your sig just made my day.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] remotehugger:
yea I don't know why it doesn't work for me - I really don't want to change my ROM but I may have to so I can benefit -

VM GSIII/jdsingle76's deodexed NDC 4.4.2/stock kernel ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ejl2002:
180 degree rotation

Moving this post about screen rotation to new topic. New at this forum stuff.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PClouser:
419

That's been my problem. moonknightus has a AOSP themed, stock ND8 based rom that has the KT747 kernel. It's a great rom and he's constantly improving it. here's a link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2774902
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noknot:
If i have a rooted phone w/custom recovery and use that to make a Nanoid, then later lose root doing something noobish. Can I really set things back to the way they were by restoring the Nanoid in recovery mode?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperFeen:
Quick noob question, I just tried rooting my gf's s3 using CF AutoRoot through Odin and it doesn't seem like it worked, it installed supersu but root didn't take, can I use this method to achieve root or will there be a conflict having already gone through chainfire's method?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] windstrings:
Towel root wouldn't work?

That only takes 30 seconds!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=53406788
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperFeen:
ok just tried it and according to Root Checker Basic it didn't give me root either
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] windstrings:
But your working with a non virgin system now.. Haven't you flashed it etc already?

Read about another guy tw wouldn't work on after a flash and he said knox was tripped, but bet the flash tripped it not tw....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
okay when you flash through Odin unless it's just the bootloader modem or stock rom it will trip Knox so if you flash a custom recovery you just tripped Knox and if you have a virgin s3 running NDC rom aka stock for virgin/boost and you Odin the Sprint ND8 your all good no Knox will be tripped at all till you flash the custom recovery....now to [MENTION=2816345]SuperFeen[/MENTION] you you can use my method or just use towelroot it will work if you do it right let the app run then download SuperSU from the play store then let it update the binary then reboot and you have root

don't use cf auto root

it doesn't work all the time and

make sure you Odin back to stock NDC or ND8 before you try to root again
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Yes. That's what a nandroid backup is for.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noknot:
OK good.

Part two if I didn't make one, is it possible two use one made by someone else with the same phone model, ROM, and custom recovery?

Sorry, I ran out of thanks today.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Yes, you can. No sweat. Tapatalk lets you do unlimited thanks, I hate the 8 a day limit. I don't know if the free XDA only version of Tapatalk does too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Might need mentioning that if you are using someone else's nandroid you will need to disable md5 check in recovery or delete all of the text in nandroid.md5 file and save it. Also, it will be exactly like their phone including all their accounts, etc. Losing root isn't a problem, just flash a ROM that has root or flash the SuperSU zip from Chainfire. You might be creating more problems by using someone else's nandroid. There are definitely easier and better solutions.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Thanks, Ryan! I forgot about that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] schlepprock:
Is anyone else having issues with XDA app being wonky? When looking at the overall list of topics it will show say for instance bilgerryan as the last post, but when you open that thread it shows that someone else has posted since then but refreshing it doesn't fix it. I've even wiped cache with no change.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdsingle76:
The app has a tendency to be "wonky" alot. The longer you have it, the more you'll come to realize that. It's actually much better than it used to be, if you can believe that. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
^He's right... I used to have the biggest problem just accessing my PMs
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noknot:
Thanks for that (I am still out of proper thanks, will come back later) I was hoping to ask my Sprint MVNO provider for a "stock" one. They sent me the phone already rooted, but w/o a superuser app. Ya Da Ya Da. . . I (the noob) flashed superuser.zip via Philz and now have a phone with a superuser system app, but no root. So losing root my be a problem for me, looking for all possible solutions in my pay scale, thought might be safer. Also, does the Philz used to make (and restore) need to be the exact version?

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Thanks for that (I am still out of proper thanks, will come back later) The apps look interesting, will keep in mind, need to get proficient with that tiny keyboard first.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Go into Philz Recovery, go to Philz Settings, and hit "reroot system" and you should be good.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noknot:
My phone came with (and still has) PhilZ Touch 6 (CWM Base version v6.0.4.5),"d2spr" which as far as I can see does not have that option. Would it still work if I update Philz? Even though I have superuser not superSU installed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Yes, flash the updated Philz (make sure you get the zip), then hit "Reboot Recovery"... It's as easy as that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noknot:
So hit "Reboot Recovery" while updating Philz, then do I still need go back into updated Philz and hit "reroot system"?

Solution!

Worked like magic. And I found a lot of interesting threads to consume before my next adventure.

Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Anyone know a simple way to unbrick the galaxy s3 schs960l? Also how to get a recovery system that isnt stock?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noknot:
checking MD5 hash

I download the latest PhilZ zip, to my PC and checked the MD5 hash making sure it matched the MD5 provided. Do I need to do this again after I transfer it to my SD card in the phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
No, not unless the transfer speeds are slow.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noknot:
I am updating Philz to the latest,

1.Should I wipe cache partition and wipe dalvik cache before I flash the .zip?

2.Is the Nandroid I am going to make prior to this, compatible with the new Philz?

3.Is it good practice (necessary) to make a new Nandroid right away with the new Philz?

4.Is this as easy as it sounds or can something go wrong?

Update: I made a Nandroid in old Philz and it looked like it backed-up recovery (which I assume is old Philz) so I don't think I would want to use this after updating to the latest Philz. So?

2. Maybe but don't use it unless I want to go back to old Philz

3. Yes

My research says 1. is Yes, but it sounds so final, so thought I would get a confirmation based on my past experience following instructions that I did not fully understand.

4. For me at least. . .No

Found this great thread, this is what I have been looking for . . .every NOOB should read this first [REF] Understanding the basics before rooting your S3 (GT-i9300/i9305) Overlooked because it was not specifically about the SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] donclark:
cant figure out how to make it work...

I have 3 phones. They are all Samsung Galaxy S3 (SPH-L710) None can make calls via 3g LTE or whatever. I cannot figure out the combination of things to get them activated (HFA), update the PRL or PROFILE, or whatever else to get the phone working. 2 of the phones are rooted and are on 4.4.2. The other is on 4.3 (not activated with a provider). Its been a 4 week runaround trying to find things that may work. I feel like Ive learned a lot, but it doesnt count for much since I can get either phone to work. Is there a chart that provides answers on what ROM, MODEM, RADIO, etc will work on what version of OS? Any help is greatly appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Try ##72786# in the dialer, it's a carrier/data reset.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] donclark:
no dice
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] monsterpenguin5:
signal/modem question

Hello,

This is my first post on the xda forums!

I have a question regarding my Sprint SIII. I have noticed that on the conquest singularity rom I get a better signal than any other rom I have tried. According to the notes there it seems to be related to the touchwiz RIS framework (or something like that).

My question is if there exists a way to incorporate that framework or modem or something into a different rom. If not, is there something else I can check/mod/install to increase the signal?

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Any TouchWiz ROM (Wicked X, Tribute ROM, Conquest, etc) will give you the same results. The phone was built for TouchWiz so it performs better (at least data, call, and SMS/MMS) on TouchWiz. ROMs like PACman, CyanogenMod, and AOKP and ROMs based on them will inherently have some problems because they weren't not for this phone. Though some may argue, there is almost always a pretty major bug or problem that at least most people experience. So I guess if you are looking for a new ROM, look for a TouchWiz ROM (ND8)... Oh and it's RIL not RIS.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] monsterpenguin5:
Thanks for the info. I didn't see any comment about the modem or using a touchwiz file in aosp. Any thoughts on that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] XDM inc:
What is the "charger" file in the root of system files located at "\" and what does control?

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trichael Man:
What is the best way to unroot my Sprint S3 Marble White 16GB and return it back to stock? I'm about to sell my phone and the majority of the guides I've seen are for Jelly Bean and 4.3; my phone is on LiquidSmooth v3.1 Official (4.4.4).

Will Sprint activate a rooted phone? I think for phone activation I need to be on a TW rom, so I'm not sure if I need to go back to factory unrooted or not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
It won't give you the effect you want
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Go0b3R242:
Storage issues... WTF!!??##@@

Can someone PLEASE explain to me why I keep getting 'insufficient storage' errors whenever I try to download anything??? According to what I'm seeing, Ive got like 1.5 Gigs free on my internal memory, but it won't let me install a 20k file??? WTF?? And also won't let me move apps to extSdCard like I used to be able to...Running Spirit ROM 4.4.4... Any advice?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Odining any of the stock tars will bring you back to stock. The ROM you are on now does not matter whatsoever. What matters is what firmware you are on (MD4, MK3, ND8). So any way you do it, the ND8 tar is the newest and won't cause you any problems.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
I don't have that file on ND8
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] monsterpenguin5:
Thanks for the info!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trichael Man:
Will flashing the link from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2738533

remove my root completely? I assume so because it says that the tar is not rooted, but I was curious if I had to do erase the flash counter with Triangle Away or not, I don't want to give Sprint any reason not to reactivate my S3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Tech N You:
I cooked a ROM using dsixda kitchen. Rom installs correctly but when I boot it up I face bootloop i.e. I see splash screen of Sony then it again boits back and keeps on looking rebooting.

I am using Xperia SP and also I used stock ROM only

Refer this thread for more information about my problem and help me please I'll be highly grateful :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] windstrings:
*Download nextappsdfix from Google store will fix your SD card.

*Clear your cached in System settings, more, storage, cached data

*Use your file manager or download Es file Explorer and move all your pics, movies, videos to SD.

*There's an app called disk usage that may show you where more crap is you can delete.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Plus since you are on ND8 you can't downgrade the modem without bricking your phone, so the only other modem available to try is NDC.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Yessir. As long as you didn't trip the counter before this will not because it is not custom software, it is the official KitKat software. Be aware that it will wipe your internal SD, so back it up first.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
I don't think you'll get any help here, this is the Sprint S3 forum. Different firmware, different phone, different network. Try asking in your device's forum or better yet the forum for dsixda's Kitchen.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
How to root SPH-L710T GALAXY S3??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
CF Auto Root by Chainfire or Towelroot should work. Not sure if there are any software differences for ROMs and such.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
How to used xposed running custom launcher and my model is sch-s960l galaxy s3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Install Xposed Installer, open app, Install Xposed Framework, reboot
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Could it brick my phone?

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Could a module brick my phone?

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How do i completely backup my phone rom and everything and how to restore it if it bricks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
No

No

Get a custom recovery, then start recovery up and hit Backup.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
How do i install one?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
What do i do
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Install the file ending in .tar from this thread with Odin- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2446393
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SomethinAmazinn:
I'm trying to root my phone but have no idea where to get started. All the posts I've looked at are for rooting older versions of my phone

I'm running the 4.4.2 OTA update.

Even the toolkit only supports up to 4.3

Is there something I'm missing, or is there no way to root my phone?

If someone could link me to a thread or a video I'd appreciate it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Swamphound:
What device do you have?

Sent from my VS980 4G running Rage ROM 1.2/Dorimanx 6.9 kernel
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2750846
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Swamphound:
Derp! Thought I was looking in Gen. Forum.

Sent from my VS980 4G running Rage ROM 1.2/Dorimanx 6.9 kernel
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
TowelRoot
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SomethinAmazinn:
Okay i ran the command and it tells me i am running a ND8 bootleader

The next step is to flash a rom. How do i go about doing this? Do i need to be rooted and have a custom recovery already installed? If so, how do i go about rooting/flashing?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
you can root with TowelRoot and you just need to flash the latest Philz Recovery in Odin then flash the ND8 Rom that you want in Philz
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SomethinAmazinn:
Can't seem to find the right link. All the posts regarding TowelRoot are from 2012. I'm a noob when it comes to all this, and I'm having a hard time filtering my results for my correct version. Links would be heavily appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
http://towelroot.org/

jus right after you obtain root download SuperSU and Busy Box from the play store if you want to stay on the stock rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Technically you don't need to root it. Flash the latest Philz Recovery in Odin (the file that ends in .tar). From there you power down the phone completely-after Odin treks you it passed (Uncheck auto reboot in Odin). After the phone is powered down, hold Power+Volume Up+Home until you see the text in the top right corner that says "Rebooting Recovery" then release. If you flash a custom ROM it will already be rooted (as all custom ROMs are unless stated otherwise). Follow the instructions in the OP of the ROM you choose after you get recovery installed and you will be on your way to becoming a flashaholic.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] umang2792:
Please help I am not getting backup and restore option in cwm. I want to take a full backup before I proceed flashing and I am doing ot foe he first time. Mobile is grand I 9082 samsung
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chaoticrevolt:
Just making sure I am on the right path. I took the ND8 OTA and have rooted the phone and installed Philz recovery. I like Carbon Rom and would like to give it a try.

My question, is it safe to install this rom on my phone. The thing that i am a little confused about is the whole baseband / bootloader. If I install this ROM, as i understand it,

the bootloader and baseband wont be altered. is that correct? Do I need a "ND8 Rom?" Thanks for the help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PClouser:
Correct, custom ROMs don't change the bootloader or baseband. You can use any d2lte ROM . just remember to make a backup before flashing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Anyway to get a recovery for the sch-s960l galaxy s3? I cannot find an exact answer on how to.. No computer possibly?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PClouser:
Vol up + home + power button. That's what it is for my sph-l710, I assume is the same for all s3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
Sorry, I meant a custom recovery for my model
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PClouser:
Sorry, misread post.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SLUDER4:
My bad wrote it wrong but do you know of a custom recovery that works with sprint galaxy s3?