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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ed116:
hey guys so my sister bought the Samsung Galaxy S3 T999 (T-Mobile one) and she is using it in canada with the wind network .. the phone is nice but that blaotware is an noying (the wifi hotspot doesnt work ...) the wifi calling and ect ... now i do have some android experiance cause i own the G Nexus and its so simple to flash roms on here now what worries me is the samsung flash coutn and ect .. if soemone doesnt mind can you tell me which rom would be best, stock-like maybe performance increased? better batt life? clean, stock, slim, no bloat? ive downloaded the tool kit, id take the time to read but i want to set it up for her tmr and i have other stuff i have to do so if someone wouldnt mind taking the time pointing me in the right direction or writing me a mini-guide :) thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] CitrixLemon:
First of all before you start going crazy, you can disable almost all of the bloat by going to Application manager. Unless your sister hates Touchwiz I'd leave it as stock. On the other hand if you're certain you want to flash a rom, there is an app to reset the flash counter called triangle away. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1494114

Development has all of the links in stickies.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Pennycake:
She can use a launcher if she doesn't like Touchwiz.

Personally, I would not do this for her - not to be mean, but because if she can't do it and doesn't understand the risks and responsibilities of having a rooted phone, she could get into more trouble than just having bloatware.

If she wants to root, show her a guide. Answer questions. Help her find resources. But the worst thing you can do is to do everything for her. That's great if you just want to make a quick $25 from a random idiot friend/coworker - but unless you hate your sister, I'd focus on teaching her, not doing everything for her.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ed116:
well actually she doesnt know anything about phones, but i want to remove it for her because shes used my galaxy nexus before, she like touchwiz i just want to remove all the bloatware D: coz i.e. mobile hotspot doesnt work i thought maybe some developers would have fixed a kernel for better battery life (something to do with data my freind has told me) other then turning on and off she wont be using root other then me flashing a custom rom on her phone :p
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] CitrixLemon:
If you haven't found it yet, go to Application manager swipe over to the right until you get to all, and click on and then disable anything that looks like bloat.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] HajmeR:
You can also use titanium backup or rom toolbox to freeze bloat apps. But I wouldn't root and flash rom for her because she can break her phone if she would start going in places she shouldn't. Explain her the dangers of rooting and flashing, show her what she can do and what not with rooted phone. Explain which apps should be granted su permissions and which not. Teach her basics of advanced Android phone use and if she decides to go with it then flash rom and maybe we will have new member to xda family :D

As to the rom, if she decides to go with it, I recommend FrostyJB. But don't rush with flashing it, my own sister almost broke my rooted sgs vibrant when she was using it because she had no idea what she was doing. So teach her first then flash for her :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] daxecutioner24:
You guys are a bit exaggerating, I installed a rom on my sisters g2x and all she has to do is not mess with super user app. Someone who doesn't know about rooting wouldn't install a rooting app meaning won't have to mess with apps that gives you permissions. It's a big responsibility but not so much if someone is planning to stay on one rom forever. Heck I even showed her how to get into recovery and clear cache, fix permissions keep in mind she's far from being android literate. So as long as he explains the Basics she will be fine.

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Also first step before you root backup NV these phones tend to lose their emei rather randomly. Before you flash anything backup the stock rom in case something goes wrong you can always go back to that one
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] HajmeR:
Yeah that's what I said. Just basics, so when something like permission pop-up will show to her, she will know what's that about and what to do.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
It's IMEI, or International Mobile Equipment Identity. I'm only correcting you because I've seen you make this mistake quite a few times. I know, I'm being incredibly anal. Sorry.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] daxecutioner24:
Yeah pretty much and it shouldn't come up often people tend to forget you can always put to remember your choice by checking it.

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It's cool I figured I might be spelling it wrong but too lazy to try and go check in my phone lol
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ed116:
So which ROM Would you guys best suggest - something that is stock like - yet slim no added crapware, that is snappy and a bit customizable? the customization is not as important (maybe a lil)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkflint723:
I just received my N4 in Japan. Currently I am using NTT DoCoMo for my service provider, but currently I cannot find an APN that will allow me to use data. I have tried using mopera.net and spmode.ne.jp as well as a bunch of other random APNs. Has anybody gotten one to work? Or has anyone had any luck with a different network such as kddi au or softbank?

Thank you for any help.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snapper.fishes:
Can u ask your network provider to send the settings to your phone? That might be quicker than waiting for a reply.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkflint723:
I will try talking to them this week to see if they can help me. But it's usually pretty difficult to find someone that speaks English and understands what I'm trying to do. lol
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] starsafar:
Docomo are kinda assholes and don't let non-Docomo IMEI whitelisted phones onto their standard data plans, and they will charge you a decent sized fee for using a "Non-Docomo phone". So SPMode is out, if that's what you use. However if you add the Mopera plan to your data plan(costs about 300 yen a month), you can use the Mopera settings that are in your phone already.

To enable all this in English, just call their foreign-language customer service number. In Japan, it's toll free, 0120005250.

I got to learn all about this when I bought a Galaxy S2 in Taiwan a year or so ago. :crying:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] css_switchfoot:
So what do I need to do to get my nexus 4 to work in Japan? I will be there for the next few years
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkflint723:
I'm going to my carrier today so I will let you know if I can get the data connection to work.

Edit: Just got my phone working on DoCoMo. All I had to do was have them enable Mopera U for an extra 200 yen a month.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] css_switchfoot:
So I'm in the navy and just picked up a nexus 4 while on leave. When I get back to Japan can I just walk into au and get a Sim card? Or is Docomo the only way to go?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkflint723:
I'm sorry, but I can only personally confirm that DoCoMo works. I would imagine that if you talk to someone at AU they will be able to help you out.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martindesu:
au won't work, so go for Docomo.

My issue is that I cannot import one of the damn things.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkflint723:
I used apobox.com to get mine shipped.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martindesu:
Looks pretty nifty, but I have nothing to do with armed forces... or America!

I'm still looking for a way to get one of these from either the UK or US.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hahuhe:
I am using mine with softbank smartphone sim and iphone 4 sim. It works great. I get good H+ connection in Tokyo.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fugounashi:
Thanks, hope to get one soon. Any problems cutting the sim to fit?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martindesu:
Did you import it yourself?

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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] css_switchfoot:
Ok...so I just got back to Japan from a few weeks of leave in the states, where I pickedup my Nexus 4.

I went to Docomo and they said they do not sell SIM cards by themselves, and told me I would have to buy a cell phone from them and then take the SIM card out. Are they just selling me some **** or is this true?

I have things shipped to my parents address in the US and they just rebox it and lie on the customs forms about it having a lithium battery. I've never once had a problem doing this in the year I've been here in Japan.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fugounashi:
got mine from Australia, cut the SoftBank SIM, voice works but data doesn't. anyone else got theirs working?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JDMDingo:
Did you tell them you have a Non-DoCoMo phone? Got my N4 today and realized the SPMode APN did not work. I called DoCoMo and he asked me if I have a Non-DoCoMo, I said yes he said the flat rate will raise from ¥5,460 to ¥8,190...it is not pro-rated so I will wait till march first. If I say I have a DoCoMo phone they will know from the IMEI that it is not? Do they even check? Thanks
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hahuhe:
sorry havent been on this forum lately.

no problems in cutting the sim to fit. i did it myself. if you are unsure, you can buy one of those cutting tools on amazon jp. everything works. mms also works with slight modification (GO SMS)

i just ordered one from amazon jp. a bit expensive though. 56k yen for the 16gb.

just one small problem. although i get h+ in tokyo but I cant get h+ in my city (Sendai). I wonder weather h+ coverage for softbank does not include sendai.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martindesu:
I think you can change to a Xi plan and then they don't check imei

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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JDMDingo:
I switched to mopera.net APN and everything works fine. I love this phone....I'm using the Paranoid Android 3.10 ROM and it works perfect. Love the expanded desktop and pie buttons. Just wish I had the Japanese play store, I can't get the VS Pheonix dart app to install.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fugounashi:
turns out it works using the open.softbank APN, just not with the andglobal.softbank APN used with the original phone
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milesnapue:
Guess I will have to bite the 9k Yen for terminating early with Softbank. I bought this phone to use it and if DoCoMo is the only way then so be it. Thanks for this information. Any idea how hard it was for the sales people to set up? Or even for them to understand what you wanted? My Japanese isn't so good yet.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fugounashi:
it works fine with softbank, as you can see already in this thread...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milesnapue:
I purchased another smartphone from softbank and switched the sim card out. I also was albe to get voice and text but no data what so ever. I tried ever different APN configuration my Google fu could muster to no avail. If you have an APN that works with the silver softbank smartphone SIM card I would greatly appreciate the APN information. If I have to buy the prepaid, larger, SIM and cut it I believe I would still have to, or want to, cancel my monthly plan. Any help here is extremely appreciated seeing as I bought this phone in preperation for my moving to Japan.

Miles
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fugounashi:
my SIM is grey with an aqua bar at the end and it works with the APN I mentioned above. is the silver SIM from a smartphone? what APN is the original phone set to? have you tried this one: http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/support/usim/portout_procedure/

if you didn't already have a contract I'd say go with a b-mobile SIM instead: http://www.japanmobiletech.com/2010/07/general-information-for-smart-phone.html
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milesnapue:
Well I, via the application "Offline SIM APN", found an APN for my silver smartphone Softbank SIM that allowed my Nexus 4 to connect to voice and data. The phone went nuts and updated everything, as expected. The very same afternoon I saw I wasn't getting data. Apparently they only give the flat rate unlimited date to softbank phones so they threatened me with a 300,000 yen charge. I made up some story of how I was told it would be fine, they dropped the charge and told me not to use the Nexus anymore. Bummer. Though I know of people, on softbank who purchased iPhones, and put their black SIM's into unlock/rooted android phones with no problems. I probably should have done some more research before I signed a contract. Oh well. Live and learn. Might go the DoCoMo route because I still really want to use my nexus over this piece of junk moto razor I got free with my contract.

Miles
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JDMDingo:
Docomo is giving a ¥90000 credit right now to switch from other services like softbank or au.....at where I live
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milesnapue:
Now that is something I need to look into. Thanks for the information.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OkamiKun:
Hey guys,

thank you for all the information! I have one question to clarify something, though.

Would it be possible to buy a Google Nexus 4 via the Google Store in Japan and then get a b-mobile SIM card (Smart 1980 for data, maybe with additional voice plan)? Or just buy a Nexus 4 in Germany and then use the b-mobile SIM card=

I will be staying in Japan for 6 months and want a fully functional mobile phone for this time, that I can later also use back in Germany.

Would there be any problems? Anything that I wouldn't be able to use that way?

Hope you guys can help me!

Regards,

Fabian
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fugounashi:
you can't but one from the Japanese play store, but you can buy one overseas and import it yourself. a b-mobile sim should work as it's on docomo and others have reported docomo working ok, but check the details in the link below especially conditions for obtaining a voice sim etc. my softbank contract is up for renewal so I think I'll be switching to a non-contract prepaid sim of some kind. I might even go data-only and use SIP or something...

http://www.japanmobiletech.com/
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brian Bohrson:
How did you guys get sims from Docomo?

I have a nexus 4 and have been in japan for about 3 months now and so far au, docomo, and softbank have all turned me down. Docomo tried putting a microsim in my phone but the phone continued to say "No sim card". I'm willing to do the 2 year contract thing but nothing is working so far and google has been no help whatsoever.

Is there a specific sim card that i can request?

THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING ARG
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brian Bohrson:
hahahahahaha of course I figure out what I was doing wrong one day after i make this post. sigh

all good now. I've signed up with docomo.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thegut97:
Hi Brian. I'm about to move to Tokyo in July and I was wondering how difficult it was to up service with docomo? I just bought a Nexus 4 and I'm getting kinda of worried from this thread that the transition to Japan is not going to be all that easy. Once you got your service set up has it been fairly fast and good voice quality? Did you have to buy another phone from docomo or did they just let you buy a sim card and service?

Thanks!

David
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martindesu:
I think you'll have to get a 2 year Xi plan with DoCoMo, maybe try to get a free phone?

If you come meet me we can try my SIM.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenkii:
i'm using nexus4. I bought b-mobile sim card with 1G data for 30days package at yodobashi.

My Japanese friend has activated the simcard, however my nexus cannot detect the sim card at all. I went to the docomo shop asking for options but seems nexus cannot detect all type of simcard available in their stores.

this is really hopeless! when i tried to insert the simcard into iphone5 and it's worked. this really turned me down. Is it because of the phone?Today i plan to go to softbank. hope I find the way out....
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Minathevi:
I'm in Yokosuka and currently using the silver SoftBank SIM with no issues in my Nexus 4 w/ CM10.1 nightly. So far I haven't had any issues with them stopping data or charging me anything. I'll post an update if anything changes.

Edit: Turns out I am not exempt from this 300,000 yen fee when trying to use a non-SoftBank phone on their network. Quite the downer to not be able to use my Nexus. After only two days, my data was shut off. This post was originally written on day 2 and I had hoped I had slipped through the cracks. However, this fee is very easy to get dropped as long as you promise to go back to their ****ty Razr M.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hey guys, I switched from Docomo's spmode (yucky) to mopera (yuckier). I can make calls, but I can't connect to the internet despite the fact I'm connect to the NTT Docomo network. It seems I have to do something with mopera. Any experience with this?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryohansen:
Have you tried Tweakker? This morning I tried it, and in my case it worked.

R. Hansen | Nexus 4 | noob
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stremon:
If someone wants, I just finished a little program which modify automatically the Mms.apk of your phone to made it compatible with the softbank network. Maybe it can also works with other networks with some modifications.

Please let me know if someone's interested.

Sorry for my bad english, I am french :p
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Doug_74:
I havd been trying to do this for months. It would be greatly appreciated if you could get the stock mms app to work on my Galaxy S4 with Softbank. What do you need from me?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Doug_74:
I have been trying to do this for months. It would be greatly appreciated if you could get the stock mms app to work on my Galaxy S4 with Softbank. What do you need from me?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jason D3:
A little help with Nexus 4

So I'm about to terminate my contract with Docomo in favor of Softbank because my wife wants an IPhone 5 (but that's besides the point). Now I'm going to be stuck with Softbank and instead of getting jammed up in another 2 year contract with a phone I don't want (read Samsung) I'm batting around importing a Nexus 4 from the US. Does anyone have a definitive way to get the Nexus 4 to work for both voice and data on Softbank's network? I'm pretty familiar with the Android architecture so I can play with the settings without messing anything up, but before I make the investment, I want to make sure that it's not in vain. I appreciate the help!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stremon:
Here is your solution!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45753743#post45753743
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heilmaster®:
[YOUTUBE]watch?v=cYsw3WcDe14[/YOUTUBE]

screen have a problem and later phone will shut down. its happened 1 week ago later i try new roms, kernels but still doesn't work. can u have a suggest?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noteandfound:
Change your battery..

Happened to me a month ago, after replacing battery the problem went away...

click THANKS BUTTON if I helped…

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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rahool_26:
Same thing happened to me. Replaced battery and everything seems fine.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpyderTracks:
The stock batteries have a very short lifespan, around 10 months and there have been quite a few reports of duds out of the box. If your battery is under 6 months old of purchase then it's open to warranty replacement.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philgalaxs3:
Hello tech android people,

noob on Android ... but have read a lot in this forum (THANKs guys !) ... and have done some "few" things on UNIX systems in my younger days

My phone : I9300 (with VTU00M revision 0xf1 eMMC)

Current state :

- ICS 4.0.4

- root (CF-Root-v6.4)

- using CWM for nandroid backup/restore

- ExynosAbuse-v1.30.apk

Wished state :

- still root

- SDS fix !

- Exynos security fix (ExynosAbuse-v1.30.apk would be sufficient but why not use Sam fix ?)

- stock ROM , stock kernel (in a first time), a custom recovery

- NOT a boring bootloader (as the new stoke one)

What I intend to do (please Senior members/Developpers correct me if am wrong) :

- Flash I9300XXELLA_I9300OXXELL1_LUX.zip with Mobile Odin Pro (to avoid the bootloader and still have root)

- Flash PhilZ Touch 4.00-b04 (Has SDS fix) with PC Odin .

Waiting for Senior member/Developper 's confirmation or correction ...

thanks for your help/advise and hope my issue (and your answers...) help other beginners ...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
There's a new ELLC fw but youare correct, these are the steps you should follow. ;)

Edit: Next time post questions in the Q&A.

Enviado do meu Galaxy Note 10.1
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philgalaxs3:
Thanks for your quick answer and sory for the bad placed post :confused:

As you told me about ELLC , is there signifiant changes versus ELLA ?

(I'm still not familiar with CSC issues and dl Luxembourg ROM cos France was in the country list ...)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
Only Samsung knows because they don't release changelogs. But it is newer revision, as the last letter indicates.

Enviado do meu Galaxy Note 10.1
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philgalaxs3:
Yes I understand but seems not possible to download each new ROM ... and Im not sure about CSC issue with ELLC ...?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
Yes it is possible, and fairly easy too. CSC won't cause any issues unless you use Samsung's Kies software.

You can get any fw here: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9300

Enviado do meu Galaxy Note 10.1
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philgalaxs3:
Not using Kies. Thks for the link :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dandroid13:
Don't say thanks, use the Thanks button. ;)

Enviado do meu Galaxy Note 10.1
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philgalaxs3:
That's done :) ....... and thanks :laugh:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hagbard57:
Fellow XDAers,

My brain needs help from those who have a better memory than I do. What is the name of the website that is basically all homescreen screenshots along with breakdowns of what was used? Any help is much appreciated.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Logicsupraboy1:
Website or thread?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobAbooE:
deviantart?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jarredw:
mycolorscreen.com
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hagbard57:
See why I was stressed? Such an easy name and I completely brain dumped it. Thanks,man.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] loonie01:
Wow. thanks for the website and thanks for the ole brain not remembering so someone else can post the site.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hypera:
I never knew that website existed.