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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] techfanatic9:
Welcome to your one stop thread to get all guides for your Galaxy S3!

This thread will consist of everything for the Galaxy S3 from unrooting your phone to learning on how to get free WiF tethering!

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Windows!

How to Install ClockworkMod Recovery on any Samsung Galaxy S3!- Install ClockworkMod on Any Galaxy S3 Variant. [U.S/Canadian/International]

How to Root Any Samsung Galaxy S3! - Root Any Galaxy S3. [U.S/Canadian/International]

How to Unroot Samsung Galaxy S3! [AT&T/T-Mobile/Verizon] - Unroot Samsung Galaxy S3. ONLY [T-Mobile/AT&T/Verizon]!

Mac!

How to Root Galaxy S3 on Mac OSX! U.S./Canadian - Root Galaxy S3 on Mac! [U.S/Canadian]

Great Useful Tips on the Phone!

How to Reset Flash / Binary Counter on any Samsung Galaxy S3 phone! - Reset the Flash Counter to 0, just like the day you bought your Galaxy S3. [U.S/Canadian/International]

How to Make a Nandroid Backup on any Samsung Galaxy S3! - Learn how to backup your current rom. Apps, homescreen layout, settings, everything! [U.S/Canadian/International]

How to Install Custom ROMS on any Galaxy S3! - Take your Galaxy S3 to a new level by learning how to install custom ROMs on your Galaxy S3! [U.S/Canadian/International]

How to Get Free WiFi Tether / Hotspot on Galaxy S3 T-Mobile SGH-T999 - Stop paying for something you deserve for free! [T-Mobile]

How to Unroot Samsung Galaxy S3! [No Computer] [AT&T/T-Mobile/Verizon] - Unroot your Galaxy S3 using Mobile Odin. [AT&T/T-Mobile/Verizon]

How to Install ClockworkMod on any Galaxy S3! [No Computer] [ATT, T-Mobile, i9300, Verizon] - Root, but don't have ClockworkMod? This is the guide for you! [U.S/Canadian/International]
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] asimons81:
Thanks for this. Has anyone gotten WiFi tether to work on frosty jb? I never see the connection when trying to use the hotspot with my nexus 7. I've changed the device profile to generic ics/jb wlan0 and still no go.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] khshapiro:
no go on the wifi tether for me as well
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ndwgs:
Tether will not work on JB Kernels, JB based ROMS, and JB Touchwiz leaked stock roms.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] asimons81:
It will on ICS though?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] techfanatic9:
Yes.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] asimons81:
Thanks for clearing that up.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] soccerdude612:
i was just wondering if i root my phone will i still be able to recieve ota updates? and also is the anyway to just delete cwm recovery? im not rooted by the way!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AlphaKennyBody:
Here's my Tip:

When using WIFI Tether, change your profile to Samsung Galaxy Nexus (CDMA/LTE).... Works like a champ with no issues.

__________

Stock Rom Just Rooted.

T-Mobile S3
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] otariq:
So there's no need to wipe when Odin back to stock to unroot?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] techfanatic9:
It will automatically wipe.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] otariq:
another quick question is the rom in the guide the same as the official rom on samsungs website.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=8&view=6010

the mirror is taking over an hour to download so i thought i would just get it from sammobile
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elesbb:
How is this development? This should be in general section..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] techfanatic9:
People come to this thread for rooting, custom ROMS, ect....so I think this is a great place for this thread so they can find all guides in one place.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Woody:
I agree that this should be in General.

Techfanatic9, this is good work and you keep supporting it which is great, but this would be better served in General.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DsturbD:
wifi tethering works fine for me using the root66 rooted stock 4.1.1
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] N3r0-666:
Yea how about if u are running linux and dont have windows or mac
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] playertee:
OTA wont work

Hey guys,

I unrooted my S3 verizon using the ODIN method, and I am trying to OTA update to JB...the unrooting method took me to ICS stock 4.0.4

Sorry for the silly question, i am a newbie and it's frustrating
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DsturbD:
what file did you flash onto the phone with ODIN?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Christopher4tw:
Thanks! Definitely using the hotspot option! It's my data, let me do what I want with it.
[EVO 4G General] surfingvette1:
I've been trying to root my phone and have not found a guide for hboot 6.16.1002 / S-OFF. What I have read explains that my phone must already be rooted with hboot 6.16.1002 / S-OFF. This phone came from Sprint and I am the original owner. I have never rooted the phone. I tryed downloading SuperUser app and it would not work, since my phone was not rooted. I downloaded root checker app and it said the phone was not rooted. What guide or steps should I use to gain superuser control and be able to flash custom roms. I am currently running Gingerbread 2.3.5.
[EVO 4G General] Soap:
Google revolutionary and it should be relatively simple.
[EVO 4G General] Magnum_Enforcer:
Sounds like you need to download the SU binary and flash it in recovery. After that, install either Super User or SuperSU from the play store and you should be good to go. As stated by Soap, Google Revolutionary-that's why your phone is Hboot 6.16.

Sent using my EVO 4G and a magic wand
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bc13:
I rooted my phone via the tacoroot method then i ran revolutionary and achieved s off. Now I am confused because the phone does not have super user on it and root checker says i am not properly rooted. when i boot into recovery I see

Revolutionary

Vivow_xb ship s-off rl

hboot 6.13.1002

Radio-1.09.01.1111

My question is why dont i have super user since I am soff. I thought super user downloaded with revolutionary. anyway I am hoping for a little guidance.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Addiso:
Flash a recovery through fast boot and then flash a su.zip or just simply download from the market

Sent from my Goonified Paranoid Jelly Droid Incredible 2
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bc13:
When I try to go into fastboot it just starts trying to download some update. It says

Sd checking

Loading (pg32diag.zip)

No image!

Loading (pg32diag)

It does not really let me do anything it just asks if I want to continue with the update or not I cant do anything else.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Jizzylax:
Have you flashed a recovery? It sounds like you aren't in a recovery but are in the bootloader.

sent from my Incredible ViperDIX
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bc13:
I have not flashed a recovery. Could you walk me through it so I don't screw it up?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Jizzylax:
What was the last step you took using this guide?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1751796
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bc13:
I got all the way through the codes and ran revolutionary and when it says do you want to install cwm i said yes it worked for a bit and then the phone booted up and everything, but i dont have super user or cwm on the phone.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Jizzylax:
Have you installed a custom ROM? Have you booted into CWM recovery? Do you still have the P32IMG.zip on your SD card?

sent from my Incredible ViperDIX
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bc13:
No custom rom, cant boot into cwm recovery, and i believe the zip is still on my sd card
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bc13:
this may be a stupid question but did I need to do anything with the vhwk files like I did on my first dinc2? I never used those files this time because I was thinking the process was different with the taco root method.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Jizzylax:
If you've gone through Tacoroot and Revolutionary (which it appears you have) and have installed CWM, you still need to install SU. You can't select Recovery from HBoot? You may need to move the P32IMG.zip files from the root of your SD card and reboot. It should allow you into Recovery to flash SU.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bc13:
When I select recovery from hboot it takes me to a screen with a pic of a phone and a red triangle with a exclamation mark.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nitsua98:
That means you don't have a recovery flashed.

Sent from viperINC2DIX
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bc13:
Why did it not download with. Revolutionary? And how do I do it now
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Addiso:
Downloading recovery of your choice locate it on your pc and go on flash boot, then open up command prompt on your pc locate cmd to where recovery is at and push recovery with what I believe is the command like

Fastboot flash recovery.img

Sent from my Goonified Paranoid Jelly Droid Incredible 2
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bc13:
It is just giving me an error in the command promp, I must be doing something wrong. This is really being a pain in the azz.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bc13:
Its just not working, anyone have a more dumbed down way of telling me how to get cwm to work?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bc13:
Got it! I finally got it figured out, thanks to everyone that helped me through it, I love the xda community. Thanks again everyone!
[HTC EVO 3D] fuhnoo:
I've been trying to figure out why Exchange doesn't seem to be working on ICS and JB AOSP ROMs... I've been attempting to connect to my work's webmail Exchange server so I can sync those emails, but they haven't worked on any ICS or JB AOSP ROMs.

Does anyone have any idea why and/or a way to fix it?

Thanks!
[HTC EVO 3D] raptoro07:
I'm using exchange on JB right now. Maybe your settings for the exchange served are not right.
[HTC EVO 3D] fuhnoo:
The funny thing is that I've never had a problem while using Sense-based ROMs... Only with AOSP.
[HTC EVO 3D] raptoro07:
I noticed that with my work exchange I have to enter the domain before my user name. so if the domain was google.com it would be google/username. It's been a while since I've set it up on Sense but I think only had to enter username only.
[RAZR HD General] Youngunn2008:
How's the cost on Verizon's plan? I was wanting to go prepaid but lte and Verizon's amazing voice coverage is alluring. I can get a 12% discount through work... our att bill right now on 2 lines is around 120 per month. Should I do it?
[RAZR HD General] DertyDOH:
2 lines on the new shared plan is about 120+ depending on how much data you want. I pay 160 for 2 lines and 6gbs. I'd do it, its worth it, coverage is awesome and lte speeds are better than my broadband
[RAZR HD General] mdt73:
If you have a very saturated 4G availability with Verizon in your area, I would highly suggest it. I have found my pain with big red in areas where there is poor 4G coverage. An example would be a business trip to Salt Lake City for 2 weeks gave me the best experience with my Samsung Galaxy S3. But at home in Tennessee, my phone would give me a NO SIM error 50% of the time when trying to send a text or make a call, rendering my S3 useless. Waiting on an alternate replacement Razr HD now, just need to get one in stock. In the mean time, Verizon sent me a Nexus to use. Long story short, Verizon has treated me pretty well even with all the problems with the S3.
[RAZR HD General] Youngunn2008:
If there's not good 4g coverage, can you turn off 4g on your phone?
[RAZR HD General] GoClifGo05:
Your phone will automatically revert to 3g if you have no 4g signal.

Sent from my JB'd X2
[RAZR HD General] Zodwraith:
Ironically I live in salt lake city so... Yeah.. Coverage here is amazing. Just last night my brother brought over his spanking new GS3 from sprint. Not only could he not get 4g in my basement, he couldn't get 3g, 1x or even phone service and missed an important call while we sat there. I popped open speed test on the maxx and my lte hit 18mbit. I laughed, he cried, it was good times to be had. He didn't think the $10/month he was saving was quite as appealing anymore.

I travel around the west a lot and anywhere I've been I always have the best reception of anyone I'm with unless they're also on Verizon. They're not perfect by any means but their coverage commercials are no lie.

Sent from my Droid RAZR HD MAXX using the XDA Developer App

---------- Post added at 05:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:50 PM ----------

Also there are apps to disable lte all together if you're in an area you know doesn't have it. Saves on battery if the radio isn't searching.

Sent from my Droid RAZR HD MAXX using the XDA Developer App
[RAZR HD General] Youngunn2008:
You guys are selling me. Lol
[RAZR HD General] leyvatron:
I just switched over to Verizon with an unlimited data plan and verizon is fast, a little expensive but the speed and coverage is awesome.
[RAZR HD General] Youngunn2008:
The wife only used about 200 mb per month with att, me about 2 GB. With the 12% discount I can get through work I think I could get it to be pretty close to around 150 or less. I just hate contracts.
[RAZR HD General] leyvatron:
Your data is not bad at all and should work well with a Verizon shared plan. Coverage is awesome and I wouldn't worry too much about the contract.
[RAZR HD General] Zodwraith:
The only worry is if you can hit 2GB per phone on 3g and you're in an area that does have good 4g you can get yourself into trouble really fast. It was worth the $650 for my maxx to keep the unlimited plan.

Sent from my Droid RAZR HD MAXX using the XDA Developer App
[RAZR HD General] mdt73:
Since I have Sirius in the car, I decided against streaming music, and I rarely, if ever, need to stream movies or TV shows as I download decent quality versions of whatever before it's available for streaming... long story short, I don't use as much data as I thought I would. With wifi at home, or in any hotel I stay at for business, I am having a hard time hitting 1 gb of data used. So the bottom tier verizon plan works for me, at around $115 for two phones after my military discount. Your mileage may vary.
[RAZR HD General] Youngunn2008:
I looked at the 2 GB plan and two lines, it'd be about 115 a month after our employee discount not including taxes and fees. Which I'm sure there'll be about 15 bucks worth.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lostmink:
Hi All,

Problem is my Wifi & BT not working on my phone.

Model No : GT-S5830

Android Version : 4.0.4

Baseband Ver : S5830XWKPA

Earlier this phone was Ace M240 Korean version (on which Wifi & BT was working fine). On which i flashed the originial S5830XWKPA stock rom & then mclaw cyanogen mod version 9.

Please help me on this how to get it solved.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilfredcool007:
Check if the ROM u flashed has wifi and Bt working if not try a factory reset for a formal sake and check if workin :good:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lostmink:
Check

Hey thanks for the reply. I tried installing couple of stock ROMs but its not working on any one.

is there any other way to check before installing ?

Please help me in this...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilfredcool007:
Nop.... Looks like u've been held up with a hardware problem but hardware failures is a rare phenomena :confused: try a factory rest nd check else give it to the service centre :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] WarlockW:
[KERNEL][T-Mobile] Stock Insecure Kernels

T-Mobile Stock Kernel Bases!

Insecure Boot Image

Working /etc/init.d Support

Fully Working Windows ADB Support

Updated ADB Support

Stock T-Mobile ICS 4.0.4 T999-UVALH2 - Kernel

Stock T-Mobile ICS 4.0.4 T999-UVALJ4 - Kernel

Stock T-Mobile JB 4.1.1 UVDLI8 - Kernel

Stock T-Mobile Official - JB 4.1.1 UVDLJA - Kernel - With Boot Animation Enabled!

Stock T-Mobile Official - JB 4.1.1 UVDLJC- Kernel - With Boot Animation Enabled!

Stock T-Mobile Official - JB 4.1.2 UVDMD5 - Kernel - With Boot Animation Enabled!

( Need Compatible bootanimation.zip in /system/media < Folder! )

Get Some Cool Splash Screens Here ..

Link: [MOD] Stock & Custom Splash Screens

After Flashing I Recommend using ..

Android Commander - Link: http://androidcommander.com/

DroidExplorer - Link: http://de.codeplex.com/

Great Programs! No Need to know ADB Commands!

That Said .. I Use Android Commander .. It Rocks!

Installation:

KERNEL'S are flash-able zips intended for install from recovery.

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IF THINGS GO HORRIBLY WRONG ..

1. DON'T PANIC

2. RESTORE USING YOUR CWM OR TWRP FULL BACKUP !

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1. BACKUP - BACKUP - BACKUP

For God's Sake .. Do a CWM OR TWRP FULL BACKUP FIRST!

2. FLASH KERNEL IN RECOVERY

3. WIPE CACHE AND DALVIK CACHE

4. REBOOT LET ROM SETTLE 5-10 MINUTES THEN REBOOT

5. ENJOY!

How To Add init.d Support:

1. After Kernel Install and Reboot Run: init.d-Support-New.zip From Recovery

2. Reboot

3. Check to see it worked! :cool:

4. Look in the: /data/local/tmp/init.d_log_test.txt

Look Inside: init.d_log_test.txt - You Should See: INIT Working

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If you have a problem with WIFI or BLUETOOTH

Or if your coming from a Different Kernel Install This Module Zip ..

Download: http://d-h.st/GRX

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If You Do! Then You have A 100% Working Kernel !

Hope You Like .. Hit the Thanks ! & Please Leave Some Feed Back!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] marseillesw:
Nice, thanks op will be trying these out

Sent from my SGH-I747 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] WarlockW:
Cool .. Please Let Me Know ..
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] razielpr:
Enyone flashed these kernel how does the battery life good or bad.

Thanks for the kernels.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] WarlockW:
Well they are Stock Kernels ..

So Should be the same! :cool:

However I am Getting Really Good Battery Life From The: T999UVALJ4-Kernel
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] marseillesw:
So far kernel running smoothly. Still to early to tell about battery, but it's looking good so far. Do u have any plans to oc and add extra governors to these kernels? That would be the bizness if u do..just asking bro. Thanks!

Sent from my SGH-I747 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mike102871:
Yes oc would be nice.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] razielpr:
Im on stock rooted j4 i can flash the insecure j4 over the one im running without problems???
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mike102871:
Yes. I just did
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] razielpr:
Ok thanks will give a try.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] WarlockW:
Did it work ? :cool:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] datafoo:
Thank you for these.

Kernels work great.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elite-fusion:
I just rooted my T-Mobile Note 2 - T889 and have successfully backed up via the CWM by doing it via the bootup screen also did a titanium backup just in case.

Not sure how to install the insecure boot.img. I checked the instructions but not sure what it all means. please help

Also...forgot to ask....

How do I know which J2 or J4 to flash?

Please advise...any help will be GREATLY appreciated!!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ezsoulja:
Which kernel should be used on a stock Tmobile note as there are different versions I see
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I'm just guessing here, but you'll probably need a kernel from the Note forum.....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] marseillesw:
Quick question..which of these would work best with the serenity port? My guess would be the jelly bean version, but I'm not quite sure which leak the port is based on..thanks in advance

Edit: never mind, I got it

sent from GS3 disguised as a GNote2
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] WarlockW:
Yes .. These Kernels are for t-mobile Galaxy s3 .. NOT For the Note 2 !
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] elite-fusion:
Do you happen to know if there is an insecure boot.img for the Note 2?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] WarlockW:
Nope sorry .. Have you done a search ?>
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] WarlockW:
init.d-Support-new.zip - [Click for QR Code] (152.6 KB)

New Updated: init.d-Support-new.zip

Should Work In Most cases.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] acro34:
Whenever i take a video or capture a picture, everything looks nice in fine, especially black colors in low light conditions. But when i head over to the gallery to view it, all the black colors become this pixely, gross combination of black and purple. Why is this? It seems to be capturing fine but the displaying of it is not.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] swordfish123:
The slide to answer tab stays on even after I accept a call. This prevents me from hanging up or using any other in call menu. The issue started after I uninstalled truecaller app.

Tried deleting the data of phone app in settings. But it did not solve the issue.

Any other solution before I do a clean install.

Sent from my Gnex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DynamicRam:
i had this issue before what rom are you using? if you are using a custom kernel use the stock kernel instead
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] swordfish123:
Using XenonHD + Trinity kernel Stable63.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jerrycycle:
Have you changed screen density? It's happen to me depending on the dpi I've chosen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DynamicRam:
try the same rom without trinity if not try a different rom/kernel, sadly i don't remember the cause of this issue
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] marionite:
I tried it on my Wonder running on CM9 beta 3. I flashed the hdpi one and flashed it successfully but the aroma installation screen has a blue tint to it. Is this normal? I tried installing the tweaks but after the Samsung Galaxy Wonder logo it goes black, not showing the CM9 bootanimation. Did I do something wrong? Can someone pls help? Thanks :D
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] ghyeng:
The blue tint is normal.

You disabled boot animation (one of the setting in Pimp My Rom tweaks).
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] marionite:
Thanks but I think I didn't disable it. I tried restarting my phone but when it was on, all my apps started crashing. :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] ghyeng:
Did you apply any other scripts/engines before PMR? They may have conflicts with PMR tweaks.

You might want to try fully wipe and reflash your ROM before using PMR.
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] marionite:
Yes but I restored a backup. Okay I will try that. Thanks bro :victory:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] wong.izzat:
Pimp my rom

Hi there. Click this link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1933223 for the answer.
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] marionite:
Thanks bro
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] joverclock:
Hello everyone,

My fiancee is running an aokp jelly bean rom on her sg2 att. Now here is the question. She really likes the rom but .... go figure...she likes the text messaging in the original the best. She liked how her sent messages where in a blue bubble

(the text in the conversation) and the response was in a yellow bubble if you follow my drift. How would i go about chaning that. Would I just have to find the messaging apk and remove it. Than install with another. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dakleenupman:
Try Handcent in the Play Store. You can make your messages look ANY WAY you want.

Sent from one bad ass, highly modified, Samsung Galaxy Note using the BEST in mobile apps, XDA-Developers!