[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] StrumerJohn:
Misc. Info and Stuff

Misc. Tips, Tricks, and Mods​

Table of Contents:

I.Restoring your Network Connection (If loss of phone service, SMS, Data, or anything in that matter)

II. MIUI Tricks and Features

I. Restoring your Network Connection

The following is the method of restoring your Network I sent those who PM'd me. It may or may not work for you. More than likely if it doesn't work, and you've done everything it says, then you'll need to get a new phone from Verizon which is really easy by just flashing back to stock and showing them you don't have a connection.

Before we begin, please make sure that you're truly blocked out of getting service and it's not just a problem with MIUI (as we already know it is). Go back to TouchWiz, make sure the APNs are there in the Mobile Network Settings and tap to connect to one of the two, then use phone info to select LTE/EVDO/CDMA and reboot. Or do the same on CyanogenMod without Phone Info.

Please also make sure that your CDMA subscription is UIM.

If you happened to backup your EFS partition or have the folder or any part of it somehow, YOU CAN SKIP ALL of these coming steps and just put it back in the root directory of the phone / restore it / do whatever to get it back in there and then dial *2767*3855#. If you still don't have it working then feel free to follow along.

This issue on MIUI can cause a corrupted EFS folder, so like I said above if it doesn't work for you then it's permanently corrupted and you'll need a new phone. (Unless someone has another fix)

Here we go:

1. Backup any files wanted on your internal and external storage, including recovery backups.

2. Wipe your (If CWM, Battery Stats) Dalvik Cache, Cache, Data (Factory Reset), System, Internal Storage, and External Storare (SdCard).

3. Download the stock HE ODIN package or Root66, VRALEC bootchain, and VRALF bootchain

4. Take out your SIM card and SDCard

5. Reboot into ODIN / Download Mode

6. Open ODIN on your computer, Uncheck the Auto Reboot box, go to PDA and select the VRALEC bootchain, and flash, then WAIT for a green PASS. Typically takes 2-5 minutes after it says "RESET"

7. Unplug your device from the computer and click "Reset" at the bottom of ODIN.

8. (Plug your phone back in), Uncheck the Auto Reboot box, go to PDA and select the VRALF bootchain, and flash. Again WAIT for PASS.

9. Unplug your device from the computer and click "Reset" at the bottom of ODIN.

10. In the PDA slot, load the HE or root66 package and then to the left, check the following boxes:

Auto Reboot

F. Reset Time

Nand Erase All

Phone EFS Clear

11. Flash the package. Wait for it to start the boot animation and for ODIN to show PASS before unplugging. Always WAIT for PASS. If you don't get past the Boot Animation, but got a PASS, pull your battery and go into the Recovery by holding down Volume Up, Power, and Home. Then clear your Cache and Data / Factory Reset.

12. Reboot the phone, once it turns on let it lead you to the screen where it says you need a SIM and do as it says and TURN your device OFF.

13. Take your battery out and put your SIM back in.

14. Turn the phone on, go through the first two setup pages, and after you get your phone number, push the home button to skip the rest of the crap.

15. Follow the [Tool][Win] Repair IMEI & Roaming ERI issues Repair Guide and restore your IMEI (Even though you didn't lose it or if you did then yay we get to restore it!), and ERI.

16. After doing step 15 and the device reboots, turn it off once again, clear the cache and data in the recovery.

17. Reboot your phone, get through the first few screens again, then push home and now open the dialer again but this time dialing *2767*3855#

* All works credit goes to their respected developers and or authors. I only made the guide off of what I knew + info from others guides and others materials.

II. MIUI Tricks and Features

1. Long press on the icon in Toggles will launch the settings for that icon.

2. Press "Menu" key and "Volume Down" key at the same time to print a screen. The printed image is saved in the directory of MIUI in the sd card.

3. Press Home key at the first screen, you may preview screen thumbnails and add or move screens.

4. Slide from left to right to quickly delete a message or a call log.

5. You may hold down an icon by one hand to enter Edit Mode, and then use the other hand to slide the screen to move the icon to the target screen.

6. Your phone will vibrate when a call gets through.

7. Double tap the time zone to launch the Music Player when the screen is locked.

8. In the lockscreen, hold down the icon of Call or SMS, and you can enter the responding program.

9. Hold down Home key to quickly enable the torch when the screen is locked.

10. Click the contact image in Calls, SMS and Contacts, shortcut menus will pop up.

11. Long press on Search button will launch search via voice recognition.

12. Click menu in “System Update” to reboot and enter recovery.

13. The battery will display the percentage of left battery capacity by Settings>System>Battery>Notification Indicator Style>Percentage.

14. Long press on the Home button can go to “Program Manager”. Click the “Clear up” button at the bottom left to clear the extra processes in memory. And the system will inform you of the released memory and current available memory.

Note: System processes will not be cleared so as to ensure the normal running of the system.

15. How to set IP dialing?

MIUI ROM can add an IP prefix for the called number in a strange land. You may set it in Settings>Common>Calls.

You may also long press the contact item before dialing, and choose “Make IP calls” in the pop-up menu.

16. When you are not available to answer the phone, you may slide up the panel to reject the call and to send a message to the caller at the same time.

17. How to set custom ringtones?

Put media files into the Media/Audio/ringtones directory in the SD card, (If there is none of this directory, please create one manually) and then select in Sounds in Settings.

Note: there are three directories under Audio, corresponding to the following tones:

notifications--notification ringtones

ringtones--incoming call ringtones

alarms--alarming ringtones

Supported formats: MP3, WMA, WAV, Midi, etc.

18. As for those important messages you want to add to your favorites, you may long press the message in the pop-up menu and select "Favorites". You may switch to "Favorites" tab in the main SMS interface to view collected messages.

19. How to enable 720P to record a video?

Turn on Camera and switch to Video, select "High", and select "720P" in the pop-up menu of video quality.

20. How to quickly delete items?

You may slide from left to right on the item and click on the red "Delete" button when it appears.

21. How can I share my network to the PC or other terminals?

Firmware of Android 2.2 and above support the sharing of mobile phones to other Internet terminal in the following method:

Go to "Settings" -> "System" -> "Share mobile network", you may choose to share the Internet connection by USB tethering or setting up portable Wi-Fi hotspot.