yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NeedHelpNow:
Tried and failed

Thanks for the advice. I tried it and still the same results. I get a failure. When I check what drivers are being installed I see "SAMSUNG Mobile USB CDC Composite Device" and "SAMSUNG Mobile USB Modem #3" the #3 I am guessing is the USB port for which I am connected to (This number changes with every port when my device is connected to the computer). Does anyone get the same exact messages when they plug in their phone and drivers began to install? Odin Message below:

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-v5.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
I imagine it hangs at "setup connection..." for several minutes? It's not communicating with the phone. It almost looks like the phone is not in download mode. Also idk where ur getting your drivers but these are the ones I swear by
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jester1974:
disable system update

not only am I new to root I am new to smart phone. My last phone I dumped about 6 months was an old school flipped phone. After getting my Galaxy s3 now have adopted it into my life, I just rooted it last week watched a you tube video and good to go. But I keep getting the system update starting a couple days ago. It makes sense not to update it as it my not recognize it. But how can I get rid of the notification. droid version 4.1.2 sph l710. The annoying notification is on the top left

Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tazfanatic:
are you using the stock cable? try a heavy duty blackberry cable.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Why not attempt the update. Its stupid to go without the newest ota with so many options available
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jester1974:
I read that if you try doing the update it will go into a loop as it would keep cycling to the main screen. Not sure if that's true or not. I wanted to ask before I was cause any phone issues
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Anthonyl123:
Any really good roms that you would recommend? Ive tried alot of roms so far and the only couple ive liked is liquidsmooth and hyperdrive. Im open to trying anyrom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tazfanatic:
Try them all no one can tell you what you are going to like and how you use your phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Anthonyl123:
Well yeah I understand that but I need some ideas because im not the best google searcher looking for other roms
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tazfanatic:
just browse the dev section there are some great Touchwiz and AOSP ROMs no need to google.

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1639

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1691
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jmcioc:
camera shutter sound

how do i get rid of the shutter sound on the camera. im runnung hjyperdrive rls13 sense
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Anthonyl123:
Ahh I see this is what I needed, thanks alot :)

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On your camera app there should be a settings button to the left of the screen, click it and scroll down you should see a setting that says shutter sound. Just touch over it and set it to off
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jmcioc:
wow that was easy. thanks cant believe i missed that
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Anthonyl123:
No problem :) im new to this app but I do know quite alot on these things. But its a common mistake, I missed it also for at least 2 weeks and was mindblown when I figured it out
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jricks:
Is there a certain number of times you can flash your phone before you ruin it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
I think so but by the time that has a chance to happen you would have already upgraded lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
There used to be on older phones....on newer phones the read-write lifespan is so huge that it's practically impossible to use up all the write cycles
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bigpappags3:
data speed.

Y'all please don't pounce on me..lol my question is do data speeds only have to do with the network or are there some settings to make the phone faster at downloading and uploading? I'm running TPR 3.17. I'm a true noob. And thanks in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topherk:
You forgot to uncheck the "give me slow internet speeds" in the Aroma installer! (just kidding)

For the most part, if you have a poor signal, you'll get slow speeds. Some people have reported that AOSP gives faster, while others say TW give faster. In my opinion, it's a bit of placebo and most people don't back it up with speedtest data. If it's enough of an issue to make you want to change Roms, you can try other Roms and see if there's a difference (I'd say use speedtests to compare).

I use the most up-to-date radios, but others have said that older radios give them better reception (and speeds) than the newer ones. Check out

Freeza's Stock Rom

page for flashable firmware/modem/basebands (look under "click to show content" tag) and see if those help.

There was a build.prop edit that people have used in the past, but I think TPR already includes those edits. I could be wrong though, and I can't find the link. I think CNexus will be able to find it for you, just say his name aloud three times and he'll show up in the thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Lol.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1331351

Try the ones under "data tweaks". Make sure to make a backup of your build.prop first though!

You can try.this too: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2018365

Note that the second method had HUGE variability in its effectiveness...for some it completely messed things up and for others it did wonders, so try at your own risk.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topherk:
You can't say it didn't work!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bthorne79:
You can try Hellfire ROM it has all the tweaks you need :D

Just throwing that one out there :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
You didn't even let me finish posting ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] A Giant Orange:
Okay, I have two questions :

If I change my recovery and flash a custom rom, can that interfere with my connection to Cricket? I ask because I had that setup before I was in cricket, and had to revert everything to stock to get it working on their network.

Also, I have the app MobileOdin. Can I use this with stock recovery? I do have root access.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bthorne79:
It should not interfere with cricket you already have cricket PRLs your MMS APN setting will have to be set for cricket with any ROM you can jump over to the Epic4g forum and look for a MMS fix for AOSP based ROMs be Cornaljoe he has done great work on then flash it has been know to work with the SGS3 it has the APN's modified Messaging. Apk and fixes your carrier settings now with mobile Odin I've only used it with custom recovery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] biglion80:
How to fflash

How to fflash bad esn sprint phones to cricket
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kayton:
flashing liquidsmooth 2.4

tried using the latest cwm recovery and the latest twrp plus the cwm touch recovery as well as the open script recovery. im trying to install the latest liquid smooth 2.4 on my sprint galaxy s3 right now im running the 2.3 version but the 2.4 release wont flash because the Status 7 error. every time i try to install i wipe everything i can 3 times to make sure and it still hasnt helped. been struggling for 3 days now any help?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
You need to update your bootloader..

Flash this

http://goo.im/devs/freeza/d2sprFirmware/Galaxy-S-fre3-MD4FirmwareModemAIO.zip

reboot then boot back to recover and flash your rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jricks:
I have CWM Touch and lately when I do a Nandroid backup and save it to my ext sd card, the save file has a wierd date. Like it will say 1970-12-31. It's happened the past few times. Also, just a few minutes ago after doing a back up, It rebooted and after it came back on, an error message came on and said that the systemui stopped working. What does that mean.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
Your CWM backups will always have a weird date to your files. nothing to worry about.

The system ui crashes happens sometimes after performing backups. Sometimes it may even occur after a simple reboot. If it was a one time thing then that is also nothing to worry about. If it occurs consistently then that error is more than likely due to something on your end.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Juls317:
do the MIUI ROMs require a special kernel?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
The roms come with their own kernel, so you don't need to worry about that

And kernels other than what they come with penalty won't work, but you can always try it out
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Juls317:
I know they come with their own, they obviously have to xP

I guess my actual question is are they any custom kernels for the SIII for MIUI other than the ones bundled in? Just lookin for something to mess around with, as always
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Well, you can try done that are made for AOSP, but no guarantees on that ;)

Other than that, I don't know if any kernel built specifically for MIUI
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rem2beast:
Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 bricked

PLEASE HELP!!!!

I rooted my Samsung Galaxy S3 3 days ago and today it started randomly turning on and off. I didnt think much about it until it froze and got stuck at the boot screen. I have tried countless times to unroot it using odin but it get stucks at initializing every time. I cannot access the recovery mode but I can access the download mode. How do I fix this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tazfanatic:
First off slow down and take a deep breath. Second get a GOOD USB cable like a BlackBerry cable and retry Odin. Once you get back up and running re-root if you want. There is a link to the S3 FAQ in my SIG that can point you in the right direction for re-rooting and other stuff.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rem2beast:
Im using an htc cable for the evo, is that a bad choice?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tazfanatic:
Don't know the cable. It needs to be heavy duty like a blackberry one. The only stock cables worth a damn is the blackberry one and that is the only thing about a blackberry worth a damn (from experience) LOL. I have seen more issues with cables not BB then I can count. If your phone is recognized in Odin then fails it is usually a cable this is from experience. I ordered like 6 of them from Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/BlackBerry-Ca...69448881&sr=8-1&keywords=blackberry+cable+usb
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rem2beast:
Lol, I think I have one of those laying around, I'll have to do some searching! If it wasnt the cable could it have been a bad download? If so do you have a link to the download that i need?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tazfanatic:
Check the link my sig to the FAQ it will have the links to the latest and greatest links. Check the MD5 on your download. I use winmd5free.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rem2beast:
Ok, I will try the download again with a new cable and we'll see what happens!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cteq1:
I accept thats where noobs go first, just like I did, however some answers are too technical and really need to be less techie and may less with Jargon. Like previous poster there is still confusions on some jargon. May be a thread with all the Jargon and its meaning would be immensely help.

Thank you all for your help, the fog is getting thinner...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bigdreco:
BlazerRom has a live wallpaper called windy weather.. Its one of my favorite live wallpapers ever.. I am now on CM10.. how can I get that wallpaper back?? its not in the play store.. or can someone post the .apk for me??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SiriusDoggy:
I've got a Sprint GS3 that's rooted & I'm getting a notification that I have a system update that wants to install. Of course when I let it try I get the Dead android with the triangle and the install fails. Fortunately I can reboot and it's back to where it was before, then a day or so later I start getting the notification to install it again. It's very annoying and I want to either install this update or somehow get rid of it so it will stop asking me. Any suggestions? The update is 81.5MB and is not a firmware update but a Samsung Software update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1743923 LI3 update

Or to just shut up the notification go here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1817460
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Back4More402:
I'm looking for help editing my volume keys. I want long press + while screen is off to go to next track. Thanks

Rocking JellyBomb Thanks to Teem VeNuM on My Sprint S3 xda Premium
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wild1z:
Not a noob, just new to GS3

Hello!

Just picked up one of these here Sprint GS3's, haven't even activated it yet. Coming from a rooted Galaxy Nexus CM10. Might be just were I live or just my luck, but this GS3 has really fast wifi compared to the GenNex. Can't wait to activate it. :) The battery life thus far is friggen amazing. IMHO.

I sort of like touch wiz, (sounds like my first time, all alone in the dark and scared. lol) maybe the novelty of that will wear off in due time.

Anyhoo. Going to read up on flashing a stock rooted rom so I can remove the sprint apps if such a thing exists?

Thanks in advance for conversations and the thread, I thumbed it up to the OP. ;) Cheers
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bigdreco:
Anyone know how I can. Get this live wallpaper??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bcougarj:
Extract it from the rom zip?

If you still have the Blazer rom zip then open it up on your computer and extract the wallpaper from /system/app/

Then put the apk on your phone and move it to /system/app/ directory and make permissions match.

ADB method:

open command prompt and...

adb remount

adb push wallpaper.apk /system/app/

adb shell

su

cd /system/app/

chmod 644 wallpaper.apk

Root browser method: (use Rom Toolbox)

put the wallpaper.apk on your sd card

open root browser and browse to your sd card

long press the apk and press move

browse back to root and then to system and then app

press the move button

long press again and press permissions

Read Write Execute

x x

x

x

and press ok

You're good to go.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Im pretty sure that wallpaper is touchwiz dependent . its not gna work on cm
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jiffener:
I am still stuck on step zero because my life is almost 100% side quests :)

I see recommendations all over for Titanium backup...

But... do you guys know of a backup solution that will basically image the entire phone (internal memory, microsd, all of it including os, apps, documents, files, contacts, email settings, calendar, music, photos, videos, EVERYTHING)? BEFORE I even root it?

Thanks for any suggestions you might offer.

EDIT: anyone ever try using the SDK for this per www.newsflaps.com/2012/09/28/create-full-android-phone-tablet-backup-rooting/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dragon_rckr:
Yup, it's called nandroid or system back up ;) It's done in recovery, both CWM and TWRP have this. Depending on which method you use it'll be part of the process.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bcougarj:
Okay your Google account will backup your contacts, calendar, etc. The media files will be on your internal and external storage and won't be erased unless you erase it but you're more than welcome to backup on your PC if you'd like before rootingd and flashing a rom. As for your apps the best app you're going to find is Rom Toolbox Pro. Go to App Manager and backup all user apps. When you flash a new rom you will sign in to your Google account, restoring your contacts, etc. Download Rom Toolbox again if you have to and go back to App Manager and restore all apps and select apps+data and restore. Boom! New rom, nothing missing.

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Yeah that wallpaper won't work on AOSP roms. Must be TouchWiz. Sorry, I missed the CM part. But now you know how to do it. :victory:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jiffener:
Hmm, I mostly use Exchange server, but there are some bits that my Google account will have. If I trust our home network administrator that data is safely mirrored as well. That's a big if, though,the server is kind of a sandbox for my techie hubster.

I guess mostly I just don't trust anyone else to have my data for me before I embark on a process where if I do something boneheaded it could get blown away. Because I do boneheaded stuff ALL THE TIME.

Still, thanks for the suggestions, you guys! As soon as I get to my PC I will be following up and choosing a course of action.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] amiblindyet:
Then back everything up to your internal storage. Rom Toolbox Pro will backup your apps + data to your SD card. When flashing a new rom the only way you can wipe out your storage is if you manually press the button that says "Wipe Internal Storage" or "Wipe SD" and I refuse to believe you're boneheaded enough to do THAT!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jiffener:
Hahaha, hopefully you are right :)

Ok I'm getting a little braver now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] danipoak:
I am not a n00b but do not feel this warrants a new thread. I rooted my wifes gs3 on day one and deleted a bunch of the bloatware myself. As a result the phone has never ever been updated. All of the OTA updates fail since it is missing certain stock .apk files. It has never been a big deal since she is not a power user and just wants the phone to work. Well now she has reason to use Google wallet but gets this message "Unfortunately, Google Wallet is not yet available for your device or mobile network." It used to work but now it doesn't. My best guess is that since it is running an older version of TW that it won't let her use Google Wallet. Can I update her phone to the most recent OTA manually without wiping everything? She'd be pissed if she had to reset up everything. You all know how women are.

Edit: I believe this is what I was looking for here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KeZx65twLk

I personally still use an original epic so not knowing what all the updates are called for the s3 was making it difficult to search for the right thing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Is google wallet up to date? I think that issue was fixed.

And to update to latest ota- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1743923
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kujetic:
anyone else have trouble with the palm swipe screen shot?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nbeebe24:
Oops
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bcougarj:
Trouble? If by trouble you mean every time I palm swipe my phone the SCREEN MOVES UP AND F****** DOWN and takes a screenshot of the wrong part of the screen then yes, I'm having trouble. If by trouble you mean it's not working then go to System Settings, Motion, and check Palm swipe to capture to enable it. Or... if by trouble you mean you just can't get it to work hold your hand like you're about to karate chop your phone and then drag just the side of your hand across your phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mikegleave13:
Sorry if this is in the wrong forum. My phone is completely stock unrooted. My Wi-Fi is always turning itself on. Is there a way to disable this or is it some sort of bug? Thanks in advance for any advice.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Sprint Optimizer it's in settings go in turn it off and exit. If you go back into it the system will turn itself back on. So you will have to turn it off again. I quite like the feature I pick up wifi hot spots everywhere.

Transmitted with a portable device using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] A Giant Orange:
I have had bad esn phones before. Just take them to the cricket store. Make sure you go to a franchise and not a corporate owned store.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Juls317:
we cant change the notification vibration intensity can we? this thing is ridiculously strong
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tazfanatic:
under settings and sound
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Juls317:
I don't see it anywhere. I'm on RootBox if it helps
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tazfanatic:
Not familiar with that ROM sorry.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] biglion80:
how to install roms to sprint s3 sd card

im a noob to root and roms i got my phone rooted but the wifi tetherin is not workin so tryin to learn how to put roms on my sd card
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tresveces:
I am a noob too, but here's what I *think* should work

1) since your phone is rooted, you can install "ROM Manger" app by CWM from Play Store if you haven't already

2) use "ROM Manager" to flash your recovery to CWM recovery

2) download your favorite ROM zip to your phone , personally I prefer Cyanogen

3) open "ROM Manager" and choose "reboot to recovery"

4) Let phone boot into recovery; In the boot recovery menu, use volume up/down to navigate and use power to choose install zip from sdcard

5) choose your ROM zip and voila, you have your ROM installed.

6) Latest Cyanogen comes with wifi tethering built-in
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MJGirl:
Okay, so here's my question. I'm a noob that's never rooted a phone because 1-I'm scared of bricking my device and 2- I never saw the point of doing it and 3- I wouldn't know how to retrace my steps if I found out that rooting wasn't for me. After a few months of being on this forum I've found myself being curious enough to try out this whole rooting business. Now, I do like touch wiz and want to stay as close to stock as possible but I am considering rooting for better battery life and the removal of all those sprint apps (amongst other things) . Is there a way I can root and still stay close to stock? Is there any benefit to doing that? I don't want to install something buggy on my phone because I don't want to deal with that. I just want something efficient, simple, clean, and as close to stock as possible. Thank you for taking the time to read my post.

PS. I forgot to ask, if I'm rooted will I still be able to receive and install updates when sprint sends them? I know unofficial versions can be installed but I'd rather wait for the official ones.