yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brjig:
need to make a save of these instructions, using a customs rom now so cant unlock it, but hopefully I will get a chance to unlock it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JDM STi:
No one able to unlock S3 with CM10 (10.1) ROM by this method, correct?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tybalt:
No. This apparently only works on stock roms.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TeflonMyk:
Will it work on a stock *rooted* rom?

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NVM. I guess a rooted rom is still a custom rom...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crixley:
lol a rooted rom is not a custom rom if it is only rooted...

did you root a stock Rom yourself or flashed one someone debloated, etc?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stoobie-doo:
Anyone having difficulty connecting to LTE once they do this? It may be coincidental, but since doing this I am only connecting on '4G' in San Francisco. It may be coincidental, but I was on LTE earlier today.

UPDATE: LTE has come back after a few phone calls; probably was coincidental
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sameer1807:
hi, i tried this but after selecting perso...off, and waiting 30 seconds and pressing back, i didnt see an option to select NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ. do you have to be on stock or is rooted working as well? thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wutbdat:
awesome thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bilalwiggles:
have to be on 4.1.1 ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theredmoose:
aa
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] VeryCoolAlan:
Not here

Im on Stock ATT 4.1.1 and the NVFlash whatever doesn't pop up after 30 seconds bbaha
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aaroncal:
Will I still be able to root afterwards and flash a custom ROM back on to the phone
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jmccool80:
Yes. Unlocking your phone will not affect your ability to root or flash custom ROMs etc.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Danieliyo:
Hey guys whats up,

I just did this to my friends AT&T S3 at my job and Im concern about something.He does not have anocher SIM card right now,he said he would get one tomorrow to verify if it works.but my concern is that when I got to the part [3] Perso SHA256 OFF I waited 30 seconds like it said.but I pressed the wrong button to go back.I pressed the home button.Im not familiar with the S3 thats why it happen.So I go again and tried it for the second time and it said something about :it doesnt exist press back button" something like that cant remember.so I went and did [3] Perso SHA256 ON & it changed.then I did the steps again when i pressed [3] Perso SHA256 OFF it said the samething.so I just left it like that and did the last step [4]NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ.when I did it it it said [4]NW Lock NV Data INITIALLIZ Successful.I rebooted the phone and I get an error SIM not provisioned mm#2.His phone was already disconnected,no service.only emergency calls.I just want to know if I could of mess up my friends phone with the mistakes a made.thats my concern. sorry for my bad english.if anybody can tell me ill appreciate it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MikeEthio:
How can unlock Metro PCS SGS3 I try everything including the unlock websites but they said they can't generated the code. Please if anyone know?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] optimus43:
+1 for working on Rogers canada

Just did it to two S3 on Rogers in Canada I then took them to the local competitors store (MTS) and asked them to see if they were really unlocked so that I could give it to my daughter who is on MTS. They happily stuck in an MTS card and tested them and verified that they were fully unlocked, phone and data both worked.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shawnj0:
I just did this to my Rogers S3 last night (interesting that the OP linked a blog that sourced the very thread I used on XDA :rolleyes:)

Anyways, it works, I put in a WIND sim, and it works. Calls/Texts/whatever
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lekennedy:
For me, being Canadian and going to the US a lot, it allows me to use a single phone for my FIDO account in Canada and my T-Mobile account in the US.:)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zexco:
telus/bell don't use gsm
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RanOver:
So with some more searching I found this post on a thead:

"Unlock your S3 for free"

I have went through the process. Its not difficult or long. Haven't tested it yet. Cross your fingers...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shiongha:
why cant we use with sprint or verizon?

they sell galaxy s3 as well
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Ohmna:
I managed to do this for my Bell SGS3. Tried it with a Rogers SIM card and got reception+data. Had to downgrade to a 4.1.1 ROM that I found on this forum first, but it worked out great. Saves me from having to pay Bell to unlock it so I can use it in Europe later.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] legendrocker:
Is unlocking different from rooting?

Once I took my Telus S3 to Korea and the guys at SKT said they cannot activate it because it's an international device.

Anyone used it in Korea with success?

Mine is rooted, but not 'unlocked'.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Gage_Hero:
Yes they are very different, rooting gives full access to all system files, unlocking allows you to use the phone on other networks... ( no roamimg charges). Unlocking is quite simple to do ... provided you follow the instructions.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] D0T-C0M:
I took a brand new Canadian FIDO S3 out of the box. It had JB4.1.1. I tried doing this unlock but for some reason it would not work. Maybe I did something wrong in the steps as this is my first android based phone. I rooted the phone then retried and now the phone is confirmed unlocked using a bell sim from my wife's i4 and it works great.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wrenhal:
CDMA vs GSM

They use CDMA/WCDMA technology. No sim cards. Thus you can't use this GSM based phones on CDMA networks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Gore785:
I unlocked it put a tmobile sim and it works great thanks only problem is play store or the apps on phone wont work on 4g. But browser works fine.. is there a fix or can someone direct me somewhere please and thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mackeystingray:
I probably should have done this prior to root and adding cm10 but not a priority since I neither travel abroad nor plan to switch carriers. I tried it with the changes and could not access the settings.

Will look into this further down the road when I upgrade and sell the phone or give it away
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vinadoros:
Excellent, method worked awesome on my i747 running a 4.1 JB touchwiz rom. Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] akj_1989:
Aah! Should've noticed this thread earlier..!

I bought my unlock code off eBay, would've been much better donating that to the developers..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] umvagia0:
I'm currently running CM10 Android 4.2.2. If I revert back to stock (rogers) and follow this method to unlock my phone, can I go back and install CM10 after and still be unlocked? Or will i be locked once I re install CM10 again.

Any clarification would be appreciated. Thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Tybalt:
Once you unlock from stock ROM you can flash CM10 and it'll stay unlocked.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] umvagia0:
Awesome, thank you! I will do a nandroid backup, re-flash stock, perform the unlock and then restore my backup through CWM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] codeboy2k:
So .... I am not sure if it worked.

I was on 4.1.1 stock Rogers S3 SGH-I747M about a month ago. At that time, I happily upgraded OTA to 4.1.2 from Rogers.

I never saw this posting before now. So today I tried the unlocking through the service menu, and there is no menu item [4] ...ever.

However, I did look at the info screen before I tried to change it, and previously it said:

SHA_256_ENABLE_FLAG[1]

Now it says

SHA_256_ENABLE_FLAG[0]

And this survives a reboot. Since I do not have another carrier sim to try it out, I will try next time I am outside and can check some competitor.

So, hope it worked, just the menu seems a little different on stock 4.1.2 from stock 4.1.1.

EDIT: So I just read up some more, realizing this is not about the JB version 4.1.2 vs. 4.1.1 anymore, it's actually the MODEM version that provides the menu item [4] Initialize NV ....

My device has modem version I747MVLDMF1 and I don't want to flash a new (older?) modem just to get option [4] initialize NV ...

So I am still sitting on the value of SHA_256_ENABLE_FLAG[0] which changed from [1] .... but don't really know if it worked.

FINAL EDIT: I might just use ODIN and samsung-updates website to get the Rogers stock 4.1.1 image, flash that with ODIN, try the unlock again, and reflash back to 4.1.2 using ODIN or OTA.. I might try that approach to be sure I get an unlocked phone, if its not already unlocked simply based on the value of SHA_256_ENABLE_FLAG[0] now.

sorry for all the edits, just hope this information about my experience here is useful. I'll update when I know more.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blaker13:
Why not just flash a newer modem to unlock and then flash back the old modem? Very easy.... and I'm not positive but I believe you do have to be on 4.1.1
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] codeboy2k:
I believe I would have to flash an OLDER modem, because I am already on a newer modem.

Yes I could use one of the modem flash tools to flash back an older Lxx modem firmware .. (I don't offhand know which version Rogers used)

However, if I did that, I run the risk that the interface API between the older modem firmware and the updated 4.1.2 system software

might be different and then all hell breaks loose and I have to break out the jtag ;)

maybe it won't be that bad.... but it seems safer to downgrade completely to 4.1.1 as you said... this way the modem firmware and the system software are in sync and we know it works on 4.1.1

I am still curious about what I did do on 4.1.2, if anything, given that I was able to change the value of SHA_256_ENABLE_FLAG from 1 to 0 and this survives a reboot. Did this work?? I have yet to find out.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blaker13:
Yes you enabled it but did not initialize it (step 4 in the tutorial) you can't just flash a modem zip in cwm or twrp? I have read to Dow grade to 4.1.1 and flash lh9 or newer (I'm on lk3) take a nandroid before you do and the. When all said and done nandroid back to your setup, unlock stays.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] codeboy2k:
Yep that's likely what I'll end up doing re: downgrade to 4.1.1 and nandroid back. Unlike most of my other phones I've owned in the past, this Galaxy of mine is totally stock, I've never had the need nor desire to root it or install a custom recovery... seems like I might need to now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blaker13:
I always do just to get rid of bloat and flash a stock custom ROM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] codeboy2k:
so today I had a chance to insert someone else's SIM card, and it did not work

as a reminder:

The current state I have is 4.1.2 still, just went through the steps for the unlock, but never saw the menu item [4] to initialize the NVRAM.

However, the value in SHA_256_ENABLE_FLAG did change from [1] to [0]

Although it did not work, it did not ask me to enter any unlock code either.

The device took the sim, started up fine, and did not ask for any unlock codes... but it also had no network connection. could not place calls, receive calls or access the data network.

So it looks like that final [4] initialize is clearly necessary... and I have to downgrade to 4.1.1 at which point I expect it to work as advertised :)

I'll update later
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blaker13:
Yes, you have to initialize. Make sure you have lh9 modern or later to get the 4th option.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] codeboy2k:
Yep.. thanks. done today. Seems like it should have worked now. This time I got the [4] NV Initialize option ..

I'll know conclusively when I get outside and can test it with another SIM card (I work from home so I don't have any co-workers nearby to grab a SIM from)

So as I said I never rooted or customized this device yet, so today I used ODIN v3.04 to flash the root_66 4.1.1 image (specifically, root66_RWC_I747MVLDLK4.tar.md5). Then I did a factory reset and then did the SIM unlock. No problems.

After this, I tried to also use ODIN to write a recovery.img for TWRP 2.6 ..(as a tar.md5) it said all was well, it said md5 check ok.. seemed like it was writing it fine... said pass and went green.. but it didn't work.. tried 3 times. once it hung for 30 minutes... I was afraid to pull the usb connector, but I did anyways, and it always came back to the stock 3e recovery image. So I did an adb sideload from the stock recovery and that also hung 30 minutes... so I pulled the USB again.. the screen said nothing on the device during the sideload, and nothing in the ADB window... it looked like nothing worked at all.. but when I rebooted, I had TWRP on the recovery partition...

After that I did the SIM unlock one more time just to be safe and sure :)

so now I have TWRP and 4.1.1 and most likely a successful unlock. Now to play with some custom images (although I *really* like the touchwiz interface and the stock samsung apps :)

Cheers!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blaker13:
You did it the hard way... Next time just download goo from the app store.

There are some great stock custome Roms out there...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] luisangel89:
Nice
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bonznumber1:
wow that's fantastic less than 5 min and my SGS3 sgh-i747m on Canadian sasktel is now unlocked!!! thanks for the share
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] stacilyn79:
help

I've tried unlocking my s3 n everything is as should be except the last step before reboot. It says some kind of support.... rat free supporting. Wth? Help!!!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
You have an i747 or i747m running completely stock 4.1.1, including the bootloader?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aaki_rocker:
couldn't find a way to downgrade from stock 4.3 to 4.1.1 including bootloader downgrade. !!

if anyone has a way please help.

thanks..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
There is no way to downgrade the bootloader from 4.3 to 4.1.1 at the moment.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aaki_rocker:
so can i use this unlock method on a 4.1.1 rom with 4.3 bootloader ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
No, you must also be running the 4.1.1 bootloader too.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aaki_rocker:
ok so any other free unlock available for the s3 on jb 4.3 ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
There are no free methods that I know of.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LaserSAIL:
First I will start out by stating I'm a complete noob. Now that my phone finally has the long awaited jelly bean update I figure it would be a good time to optimize my phone. What are some options that are reversible, meaning I can bring the phone back to stock, that will get ride or the bloat that Verizon has forced upon us.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dbeedle:
Some, but not all, can be disabled by going to Settings-Apps-All and selecting the disable button on apps you don't want to see. If there is an update to the app that may have to be uninstalled before disable becomes available.

There are some that the disable button will not be available. Those can be "frozen" using something like Titanium Backup...for which you will need root. There are other bloat removers on the market. Dunno if the all work with JB though.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itzik_man:
After all the applications removal, what is the value that was added to your phone functionality..?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PantherHeel93:
In my opinion, these apps do not add value. That is, there is no reason to have them pre-loaded and unremovable. I remove the ones that I find better versions of, the ones that I don't use for anything, and the ones that have better alternatives. For the most part, the apps added by Motorola and Verizon add no helpful functionality (in my opinion). Like VZW adds GPS and Backup, both of which are already included and done better by Google. The most useful non-stock app on there is probably SmartActions, although I still don't use it. Basically, the reason to freeze apps is to prevent them from running when you don't want them to, thereby speeding up your phone, and to remove them from the app drawer permanently (or until you need to upgrade). The reason for uninstalling them would be the exact same, except you also have the added benefit of them not taking up space on your device's memory. Basically, if you have it and don't use it, why have it? Your phone will be smoother and more efficient without it.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itzik_man:
That was not what I have asked you...

I understand the assumption that "these apps do not add value".

My question was practically what benefit you gain by removing (or freeze); better performance, faster UI, battery life, better connectivity..etc (more specific) ?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PantherHeel93:
Oh, sorry, I misunderstood. It performs faster because you won't have any unwanted apps or services running in the background. Therefore your UI will be faster and smoother. You will get better battery life because again, this is taking away apps that either run constantly or periodically in the background. This does not affect connectivity. You gain all these benefits whether you freeze or uninstall. If you fully uninstall, there are pros and cons:

Pro: Saves space on Internal SD card, leaving more room for whatever you want to do with it.

Con: You can no longer do OTA (over-the-air) upgrades from Verizon, unless you restore a backup you made before uninstalling. This is really easy to do, though.
[HTC One S] mr.tenuki:
Hi,

1st of all, I spent almost 1 hour searching for this issue, couldn't find my exact scenario.

I have a One S, T-Mobile USA version (believe it's S4) running stock ROM, rooted with CWM recovery and unlocked bootloader.

the phone discharged completely and now when I charge it the phone will show the CWM screen but after 2 hours of charging I still can't reboot system - it turn's off and then goes to recovery again.

When in recovery, there orange LED is not showing

Any help will be appreciated.
[HTC One S] Darknites:
Sorry but you didn't search hard, I have helped with this before. You going to need to leave it to charge for a bit say half hour but more the better. Now you could stay with CWM but TWRP is much better but ether way you going to need to reflash the rom and same with boot.img and this can take a few trys but if that don't work then you going to need to run a RUU.
[HTC One S] mr.tenuki:
Thanks for the response, but I think my issue is a little different. I have Stock ROM, didn't touch boot.img and my device have been charging for over 3 hours now.

ADB works, reboot bootloader doesn't work and takes me back to CWM recovery.

If my only option is flashing a ROM, that is what I'll do, but I'd like to avoid it.

Thanks
[HTC One S] Darknites:
Sorry missed read that with you having CWM. Then you going to need to flash the stock recovery, I think the All-In-One Toolkit has it and then reset in bootloader but think you going to lose everything on the SD.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] anerik:
Hey, i was trying to change the background of framework-res.apk to change it on most Android's apps (to make a new ROM) but when i try to recompile i always get error, i followed guides that i found here in xda but none of them seem to work... I editet Styles.xml and then created my background.png file, resized it and moved it to drawable-mdpi, but i can't build the res.apk!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Ticklefish:
And what errors are you getting?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sandy7:
give the error log...
[HTC Desire S] 3lambda:
Firstly i'am french so i'am sorry for my poor english...

So my question is : where i can activate or install the htc ime with arrow ? in the viper tweaks there's isn't an option for this...

thx for your response :)
[HTC Desire S] Sotik11:
htc_ime with arrows

Here you go - just flash in Recovery
[HTC Desire S] petrevirgil:
I installed htc IME with arrow but unfortunately I don't have arrow.How shall I activate arrow?....i have arrow only in qwerty mode,in phone mode i don't have arrow....please,anyone has HTC IME with arrow working in both mode,phone and qwerty?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] guygamps:
Hi, my old HTC Sensation running Ginger Bread supports Flash videos in web-sites, my new Galaxy Nexus (and also my Samsung Tab 2) does not

Is there a solution? I looked in the Play store for Flash Player but couldn't find anything.

One reason I refused to go with the Apple crowd is Flash support, and now Google have gone that way too?????

Guy
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Carlos_Manuel:
Adobe Flash player is not supported for newer android versions than 4.0.4 but you can download flash player from internet and then install it and you have working flash player on 4.2, 4.2.1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] guygamps:
Thank you, can you tell me exactly what I download from Internet and how I install it in the phone, I have only so far installed via Play store and I can't see it there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Carlos_Manuel:
It's not in Play store because it is not supported for newer than Android ICS 4.0.4

So that's why you have to download it from internet:

put it to your Galaxy Nexus via USB Cable or download it via Galaxy Nexus's browser then install File Manager e.g. ES File Manager, open it: and scroll down and press Flash-Player.apk and the press install

http://ge.tt/6vtnVUK/v/3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] guygamps:
Thank you forum, once I learnt from you that I could do this via a PC download, copy/paste to phone and install from their I was able to do it fine,

will now do the same on my Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 :)
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rusty2k:
Okay, so we know that dual band WiFi is listed in the Nexus 10's tech specs, and I've had two Play Store tech support people confirm that it should indeed be 5GHz capable, but it just won't recognise or connect to my 5GHz network.

I've had 3 Nexus 10s now (all 32GB), and the behaviour below has been consistently observed on all of them, both in 5GHz only mode and Auto mode:

(The behaviour is identical on JVP15P, JOP40C and JOP40D)

- Does not show my 5GHz network in the network list

- Will not connect if the SSID and key are manually entered

- inSSIDer shows the 5GHz band as empty

I know this is not being caused by an issue with my network as I have half a dozen 5GHz capable devices all working on 5GHz without any problems at all, so my question is; has anyone successfully connected a Nexus 10 to a 5GHz WiFi network?

Thanks.

13 Jan 2013 - Just to update, it appears there could be ranges of channels the N10 will not operate on. These are 52-64 and 100-140. Channels outside theses range appear to work fine.

I would be especially interested to hear from anyone who has got an N10 working on channels 52-64 and / or 100-140.

Thanks.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhoutz:
I have a netgear router my nexus 10 connects to the 5gHz at 300 mbps

Sent from my SCH-I535