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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sevenpioverthree:
Can I go off topic for a sec and say that I don't know who you are, I just see you posting everywhere and I love that you're a member of our community you're always helpful to everyone and I click the thanks button out of obligation on every one of your posts
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] twig49:
Thank you.

I did find a thread that got what I wanted and flashed it with no problem. After some research, I don't think I really have the time to invest in learning how to do it, so I scoured about until I found what I needed.

Again, the beauty of this site. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Haha, that always works too :good:

Could you post a link for posteriy? :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] AcidicTorched:
I love this phone but I hate trying to update my google contacts because of the many duplicates it creates. Is there a way to discard the duplicates? I have two google accounts on this phone. Is there a way to backup contacts that overwrites?

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bthorne79:
I know this has probably been asked before but new to the internal storage thing coming from the OG epic but my internal storage is filling up fast is it a bad idea to wipe it in recovery I don't care much about pics and music being lost but what about any important things when doing a fresh ROM install will it be a brick if I wipe internal storage.......

Sent from my Hellfired SGS3

Sprint SGS3 Hellfire™ Maintainer
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Notorious:
I wipe internal.storage.all.the.time when if feel im running out of space. Nothing important partition wise happens
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Nope, that would basically be wiping your 2nd, nonremovable sdcard

As long as you didnt put a rom on there that you were planning on flashing lol, then everything is good
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bthorne79:
No I use my SD for ROMs and gapps so I'm good to wipe than right

Sent from my Hellfired SGS3

Sprint SGS3 Hellfire™ Maintainer
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Hey when did you get here? Nice to see you bud!

SPRINT GS3 FAQ
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Yup, wipe away :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lip008:
Upgrading from Cyanogen 4.1.2 to 4.2.2

Do I need to do any wiping data/cache to upgrade from stable 4.1.2 to snapshot of 4.2.2?

I transferred the zip to my sd card and installed by booting in to recovery.

It seems to be working fine but sometimes I notice a stutter on the animation of opening a program.

I lost the setting to be able to control the CPU and the new swype keyboard doesn't bring up any words when swyping.

One more quick question...when I install GApps will those be removable one by one if I don't want some of them or baked in to the OS?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
I would suggest a clean flash whenever hopping between Android versions, files can be in different places and mess things up

I believe that gapps packages install the apps to /system/app, so you would be able to remove it either way, but not through Settings > Applications and instead with a root program like Titanium Backup
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lip008:
Thanks for the suggestion. It seems better after a clean flash. Any idea about the swype keyboard? Why would it show the swype motion but not suggest any words?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Have you tried going into the settings and seeing if its disabled somewhere in there?

Try clearing cache and data as well and then set up your preferences on it again, if necessary maybe even try rolling back a version
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lip008:
Nevermind...it's working. Thanks for the pointers. The GS3 is an amazing device and even so much better with Cyanogen!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bedtimehero:
I just flashed CarbonRom 1.6.1 JB 4.2.2, the latest. and im wondering what kernal to use?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dante32278:
I am not a NOOB, but I guess I am when it comes to this phone and AOSP based ROMs. I flashed the PACman ROM yesterday night, and after everything booted I couldn't find my internal SD card with root explorer. Where would it be stored? I loved how responsive the ROM was and would like to try it more, but I have things on my internal SD that I need to access.

Also the SD card was not erased. I use TWRP and did a factory reset/wipe cache/wipe dalvik before I flashed. I restored my nand after trying out the ROM and everything was still there on my internal SD after reboot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] silentone1313:
Switching roms

YES I AM A NOOB AND I HAVE A QUESTION . AT THE MOMENT I HAVE A ROOTED SPRINT SG3 WITH THE LATEST GOODNESS ROM INSTALLED AND IT RUNS GREAT BTW I HAVE TWRP BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TRY I OMEGA ROM SERIES FOR SG3 BUT IT STATES I NEED TO USE CWM RECOVERY . HOW WOULD I FLASH THE OMEGA ROM ? CAN I USE TWRP OR DO I HAVE TO FLASH CWM WITH ODIN FIRST?...... THANK U IN ADVANCE:cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
First off, looks like you need help finding the caps lock key on your keyboard also :D... you can most likely flash with twrp, but if you want to be safe and use cwm check the link in my Sig, read through the faq and find the link for the recoveries that can be flashed in recovery... download the cwm recovery and flash in twrp, you can then reboot recovery and you'll have cwm and can flash that Rom

SPRINT GS3 FAQ
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] silentone1313:
flashing rom while charging phone

will flashing a rom while phone is plugged in brick my phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
As long as you're flashing a rom made for your carrier and phone, the chances of bricking anytime are slim to none
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] silentone1313:
well my phone wont even turn on now the rom i was trying to flash was in sprint sg3 forum its the omega rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
I don't see any omega rom in the dev section. Link?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Notorious:
omega is for the International Galaxy s3 now you have a shiny new paper weight. Its hard bricked so now you have to Jtag it. These guys are recommended by alot of people mobiletechvideos.com :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sevenpioverthree:
In the future, make sure you see "d2spr" written anywhere on the thread title or page. You may have done a search and thought you were flashing a rom for the Sprint GS3 but it probably didn't say "d2spr" anywhere. You're more likely to see "d2spr" written on the page of a Sprint GS3 ROM than "sprint gs3"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Sami Kabir:
Can I use the same Updater Script (from a CWM flashable ROM) to make my ROM flashable via TWRP?? Or do I have to do some minor editing on the Script?

(Sorry for posting this Question here, but I couldn't help it when I read the Title of the Thread :p)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Yes you can, the only difference between any two recoveries is that they may store backups differently, and in this case they do
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Sami Kabir:
Cool!

But if they're both the same, then why do some Devs mentions that their work is CWM flashable instead of TWRP flashable.. can't they just mention that both recoveries are compatible or something...?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Well sometimes one can have a bug with a specific flashable...and that's just the dev giving you their recommendation for what they know worked with it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] offtheRIM:
I hate being a n00b! How many times do you have to post to get to 10 posts? :silly:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Only once more, or so i hear ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] offtheRIM:
thanx... and a "Thanks" for you! :good:

Sometimes, I feel soo dumb:silly:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
This is usually because that particular dev treated with one recovery and bout the other... when they know it works with one and haven't tried the other they say to use the one that is tested on, in most cases both recoveries will work just fine

SPRINT GS3 FAQ
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mehmeh27:
not full noob but need some help please...gs3 no data

Ok I know how to root and flash roms and wipe correctly etc...but I just flashed a new rom the hyperdrive gs4 multiview 4.1.2 rom for sprint and e everything works exxept for my data...I can get wifi, but I cant connext to 3g or 4g ...and I have tried everything ....can anyone help me....I have tred to reflash and use other kernals amd nothing...ive tried every setting possible and it will not connect...flashed modems etc nothing....please has anyone has this issue....I have a sprint gs3...thx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Grimstang:
Is there a Omega rom for Sprint? I searched for one awhile back and have yet to find. Everyone I found was for the 1900.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Don't think so, only for the international version, which will brick your phone...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Grimstang:
Thats what I thought. I think I seen in this tread that someone wanted to run Omega Roms. Just wanted to make sure I didnt miss it or what not. Thanks! :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] stanleybeerz:
I've got a n00b question:

Is there a difference in the quality of pictures taken with TW roms vs non-TW roms? After all the hubbub in the news about the One's camera and alleged "software glitches" that diminished the quality of the pictures I'm wondering if TW software might produce a higher quality image.

I'm pretty into mobile photography/instagram (laugh it up) so this is important to me. I'm constantly tempted by iPhones over this single selling point despite my love for everything else android.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] scruffy4386:
Noob question time. When i make a battery 1% mod for my system ( currently md4 ) it works fine, except the full battery icon is still normal. I placed my PNG in the drawable-hdpi folder. The only full battery icon left is the one in the xhdpi folder. Should i be placing my PNG in the xhdpi folder instead?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Haha, thats more of an "advanced noob" questions lol. But yes, the S3 has a higher resolution so it will read its icons from the xhdpi folder as opposed to the lower quality hdpi folder

Heres a link that might be useful: List of Android Devices with pixel density buckets
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] g_money:
Stupid n00b here.

How do senior members handle their backups?

My backups and recovery files are eating up more space on my phone then my mp3s!

Also, in checking, I have different types of "recoveries"? Some tar and some zip?

I'm using both cwm and twrp...

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
I backup and restore using a flash drive with usb otg and also save them on my pc.

Recovery tar files are flashable images for use with ODIN and zips are flashable within the recovery themselves.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] g_money:
Thanks for the response.

So here's my mess:

sdcard/clockworkmod/blobs 1.82 gb

sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/

1970-01-02blahblah. It's got the tars in it, boot image, recovery image, etc. 2gb

2013.03.01. .dup files, boot img, recovery.img. 20mb

Plus a twrp bckup in ()/twrp. 1.7gb

then:

I have 2 cwm bckups on my ext sd (1.8gb apiece) and a twrp recovery that's 6.44mb

I was using cwm, but just started trying out twrp. I guess I just don't understand the directory structure? And it seems I've made diff types of backups (maybe)? I copied the recoveries on the internal storage to my pc. But, don't know which would be best to keep on the s3 (sdcard or extsdcard)? I also have the md4 zips on my extsd. Good idea to keep them there?

Sorry this is so confusing:mad:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
Nandroids are recovery dependant so if you switch recoveries you cannot restore any backups made on a previous recovery.

Anytime you enter recovery it will automatically create a folder directory for your nandroid backups to whatever recovery you may be on. CWM folder belongs with CWM Recovery and TWRP folder belongs with TWRP recovery.

TWRP is always the recommended recovery

so if you plan on staying on TWRP then only focus on your TWRP directory.

If you don't care about your CWM backups then simply delete them, unless you need them, but if you want to convert your 2 CWM backups over to TWRP so you can use it as your one backup/restore method then what you'll need to do is

1) install CWM Recovery

2) restore 1 of your CWM backups

3) reboot

4) install Goomanager from the Play Store

5) enter app and grant superuser permissions

6) hit menu then select "Install OpenRecoveryScript"

7) hit "yes" when prompted to "Confirm Recovery Install"

8) hit" yes" again when prompted to "Confirm download, reboot, and install" and let it install

9) Once installed hit "Reboot Recovery" on the main menu of the app (should take you into TWRP recovery)

10) Now backup your ROM. Remember this ROM your backing up is the very same ROM you had restored from CWM in step 2 of this procedure.

You have now transferred your CWM backup to TWRP and is now compatible with the recovery.

Now, you will need to repeat the procedure again to transfer your 2nd CWM backup.

Once done all your backups will belong to TWRP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bonni_bee:
Updating

Hello all :)

So I have successfully rooted my phone.its 4.1.1,(WAS NERVOUS!) Stock root using QBKING77 method. Since Ive done this I keep getting the OTA update. and I believe there is a 4.1.2 or 4.2 out? what is the best way to update my phone to the latest. IS the method the same as rooting?

Sorry..noooob

Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Are you gonna stay on stock rooted? If you're gonna flash another rom, the easiest thing is to just flash the MD4 firmware and then flash your rom of choice

Check the following link for where and how to flash the rom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2267467
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] abssorb:
Changing to a different custom ROM

X10 Mini Pro Keywords: U20i aka “Mimmi”. Ages ago I loaded SE_Style_V1.1.zip

Noob Question.

I now need an ICS ROM, but I'm having a lot of difficulty. It is necessary to go back to stock before I can use a different ROM? All the tutorials seem to be written from the perspective of going from stock to a custom ROM, but I can't find much about switching ROMs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] darthburrito666:
Screen won't turn on.. rooted

So a couple months ago I had a buddy root my phone (galaxy s III Sprint). When I first got it back I changed my boot animation and I attempted to change it today, then reset it to see if it worked. And now it will load up to the "Samsung Galaxy S III" screen then the screen goes black and it completely loads up just there is no picture on the screen. Tried Holding down the power volume down and home button but it only brings up a screen that gives me an option to download a custom OS. Attempted to do that but it doesn't do anything. Am I screwed or is there another way to FDR? Thanks in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Do you have a custom recovery installed? You can check by pulling out the battery and then hold VolUp+Home+Power and release as soon as you see the "SAMSUNG" logo come up on the screen (don't release when it vibrates, because it'll do that first)

If you have a custom recovery installed, then it'll either say "ClockworkMod Recovery", or “Team WIN recovery project" somewhere on the screen

If you have a custom recovery, just use adb sideload to get a stock rom onto your phone (look it up).

Next time I would suggest doing these things yourself, because then you actually know what and where everything is and it's that much easier to fix it. Samsung devices are also the easiest to root, so no worries in that department.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bonni_bee:
OTA Question

Hello,

I am stock rooted and wanted to update my phone from SPH-L710 LJ7 to MA6. I followed qbking77 method. I installed Stock recovery,

downloaded the Ma6 update. booted into stock recovery and attempted the update and got the error in the image below..

What did I miss? :(

i42.tinypic.com/34gshnn.jpg
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topherk:
Did you freeze any apps while you were rooted? It looks like it's trying to update the Game Hub and failing ('cause it was either removed or frozen).

The good news is that you can use Odin to flash the newest stock rom (rooted or not, your choice). The download is

located at this site

, as well as instructions on how to flash it on Odin. If you choose the "nodata" option, you'll retain all your data (there might be some chances of Force-Closure issues). I'd flash the "restore" version, but that's just me.

Edit: Oh, and for future reference, Freeza always updates his Stock Rooted Rom

over in his thread

. Typically he updates his Rom even before I get the OTA update notification on my phone. Next time an update comes up, all you have to do is flash his Rom in TWRP or CWM.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bonni_bee:
thanks for the help topherk... the game hub most of been removed because I did not freeze any apps..

would I have to reinstall ClockworkMod Recovery since I put the stock in before I try the above method you mention?

Thank you :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] topherk:
The Odin link I provided does not need a custom recovery, so no, you don't need it to get it updated. I'd still recommend getting a custom recovery because it makes certain things much easier (like nandroid backups). Also, a custom recovery will allow you to flash Freeza's Rom without any issues. Once you have the rooted Rom, you can download

goo.im Goo Manager

to get TWRP on your phone (or

Rom Manager

for CWM). I prefer TWRP over CWM, but it really comes down to personal preference.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JollyGrnReefer:
I am thinking about choosing the s3 for my next phone. Making my decision based on active development which I believe out weighs the latest and greatest. Good decision or bad?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Azure Dragon:
So I just flashed SmoothROM with Franco kernel, and I've ran into some problems. They say the stock kernel is stable, so how do I revert the kernel to stock without wiping anything? Thanks in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gorgeouszeus7:
Looking for roms

Hello, I was wondering where I can find new roms. I just had my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 rooted and I have been without a root since I upgraded from the Evo 4g. I am not new to a rooted device however I would like to use this area to get more familiar with the terminology. I love to FLASH. I love to try new roms to see if everything works. I like to try new out new themes. If you could point me in the right direction or attach links to roms I'd appreciate it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LuigiBull23:
Sprint Galaxy S3 Android Dev and OG Dev forums..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Smac7:
just reflash the whole rom again. wipe cache and dalvik only. All your stuff will still be there.

alternatively you can find the stock kernel and just flash that, but we're lazy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NeedHelpNow:
Trouble Rooting

Having trouble rooting my phone, seems like my phone is recognized by my computer. I am able to drag and drop files to it. It registers in ODIN (COM#), but when I try to root, it gets stuck at SetupConnection and then fails. When my drivers are installing, they end up registering as SAMSUNG Mobile USB CDC Composite Device and SAMSUNG Mobile USB Modem #2. I did the Samsung S3 dialer code method and everything seems to be listed correctly. UART set to PDA and USB Qualcomm USB Settings are set to MTP+ADB.

Is there something I need to change (Yes, Samsung drivers have been installed)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] billard412:
Are you putting the phone in download mode before running odin?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Azure Dragon:
Thanks, cause it may be a considerable option if the developer of the SmoothROM says it isn't his fault, well it's the kernel.

Although, may I ask, which kernel goes best with SmoothROM on the N7? The one that's fast, stable and smooth. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Smac7:
Not too familiar with N7 specific stuff.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EpicPro:
Can i overclock my gpu for better gaming ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] datrult21:
Very Much Noob, Please Help....Stuck on Boot!

Hey all, so I rooted my phone perfectly and decided to install a stupid transparent bar that is now stuck on the Samsung Logo. It's a soft brick because I learned my lesson with my previous S3 installing an international version on it. Pretty stupid of me, but it is what it is. Because of this dumb transparent ROM, its now stuck on the Samsung Logo screen. Any fix around this? Please help!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jricks:
Data wipe question.

I have completed all of this so far:

I installed MD5Checker and loaded the boot.img file, and checked it. I compared to unlock code 0ba9ad45fc15cf3d62af7dd363686b3f and it is a match.

So all in all, over the past couple of days, I have read through tons of threads, spent hours researching preformed the following. I did a complete phone wipe on my unrooted stock phone. After that, I follwed the instruction video listed here, http://phonerebel.com/how-to-root-ve...-cwm-recovery/, as well as used the files in which he provided to root my phone.

I had an issue with CWM Touch, it wouldn't stick and would reset to stock after boot, figured out the problem there and moved forward. I preformed an IMEI backup using Terminal, then flashed CWM Recovery Mod. After flashing that, I preformed a ROM backup, and backed up my stock ROM. Just to verify I did indeed unlock my bootloader, I preformed the task listed in this thread using terminal and saved the MD5 file to my internal memory. From there I verified the code with the already verified unlock MD5 code and they matched. I preformed this using MD5 checker installed from the play store.

I think I am ready to flash my first custom ROM. Any steps that I may be missing?

I've litterally learned all of this over the past 2 days. My brain hurts. lol

I've read that before you attempt to download and install a custom rom you will need to do a factory wipe of your phone, then boot into CWM and install the rom of your choice. CWM will then ask you to preform a few other wipes such as cache and delvik. My question is this, If I do a factory wipe, won't I lose my IMEI backup and CWM ROM backup since they are on my internal card and not my external? Or do I need to go ahead and preform the factory wipe, rebackup my stock ROM with CWM Touch, rebackup my IMEI using Terminal, re-verify my MD5 file, then download a ROM of my choice and flash it?

I know in the abover post I said I already preformed a factory data wipe, however, that was a few days ago and I've since used my phone as normal, watching Youtube, Facebook etc so I am guessing I would need to complete another factory wipe just to be safe. Would I be correct in assuming this?

Thank you in advance.