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[Galaxy S III General] IparryU:
quite aware of that dude. I was talking about other people saying that they needed LK5 for some network issues they had...
[Galaxy S III General] majin:
Thank you for your answer.

Well, that option (National Data Roaming) is not present on my ROM and, if I'm not wrong, it was not pesent on the Stock ROMs too. Very annoying.

For now I did find just a walkaround: to edit the file [size=+1]\etc\spn-conf.xml[/size], adding

<!-- YourCountry -->

<spnOverride numeric="XXXYY" spn_display_rule="SPN_RULE_SHOW_SPN" spn="OperatorNameYouWantToDisplay" fake_home_on="XXXYY"/>

Where XXX is your SIM MMC value and YY is your SIM MNC value. (you can find those volues in the APNs settings)

Now my phone doensn't show Roaming status anymore, but I suppose that is just a fake status.

This is what I see dialing *#0011#.
[Galaxy S III General] LeathSeraph:
#2 Thanks for clearing that up! Since you did it this way, I assume we can make a nandroid backup in before flashing CM10.1 and make a backup of a rooted stock LK5 rom. That would be nice to have as a backup in case CM10.1 isn't working out.

#3 I wish I could switch to one of the LTE plans. If it was easy to switch to LTE I would ASAP but bmobile doesn't have the option yet; I would have to actually MNP to another company first then MNP back into bmobile, paying a bunch of fees along the way.

With band selection in CM10.1, can you actually individually select certain frequencies like in the service menu? Or is it similar to the stock rom with options like LTE/3G, LTE Only, and LTE/3G/2G without individual frequency selection? While you were traveling overseas did you ever have to completely shut off LTE for 3G sims to even be recognized on the network (if you ever used a 3G sim)? With Docomo a 3G sim won't be recognized on the Docomo network even if you pick the Docomo 3G network and the band selection is set to Auto in the service menu.

Also, you mentioned some of your thoughts on CM10.1 a while back, but after having a few more weeks do you have any additional opinions? Any instabilities?

To be honest I'm waiting for the final CM10.1 release to come out before seeing which to install since there isn't a guarantee the final release will be best for the SC-03E so it would be good to get some additional thoughts after some time of regular usage.

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In the context of keeping instructions for installing CM10.1 simple and uncluttered it might be better to keep it out of the steps. Cases like mine where I need LK5 to access the service menu's band and frequency selection seems pretty rare unless you are using bmobile and other mnvo's, and it isn't necessarily an issue related directly to custom rom installation.

I've been reading a bunch of Japanese blog posts on top of XDA when configuring my phone so I forget if there are instructions for configuring LK5 roms for frequency selection already on XDA in this thread. If not I'll write it up soon so we can sticky it somewhere. The directions for flashing LK5 are already written up here for the purpose of SIM unlocking.

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I can't recall a detailed list of steps anywhere in the thread, but if there isn't we should try to flesh out this brief list of steps that [MENTION=3270544]kizuki.buy[/MENTION] put up so people can also use this method to root their phones. We should also try to confirm when and where full factory resets and cache wipes are necessary too so we can limit people having to keep doing it.

Personally, if I could avoid it I would want to install CWM without a factory wipe so I can backup my phone as it is before installing a custom rom, saving me trouble in setting up my phone from scratch if I reinstall my stock recovery after installing CM10.1 or other roms.
[Galaxy S III General] fujimi:
Does anyone know how to get rid of that annoying Hatsune MIku picture on boot/shutdown?
[Galaxy S III General] majin:
I decided to make a test in my coutry with CynogenMod.

Yes, toggling National Data Roaming, the roaming status stops.

As you all can imagine, there is no chance with the Stock ROM.

[size=+3]HELP![/size]​

Since I did many works on my device, I'm worried I did some mistake about efs folder, so I hope to check it.

Can someone please provide me an original EFS folder from the SC-03E to compare to mine... or just some screenshots about the files and folders structure.

Then I need to know if on your phone there are the folders \factory and \efs\factory. Are they different?

Feel free to PM me.

Thanks to everybody.

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Someone talked about that in the previous posts. Check this thread.
[Galaxy S III General] LeathSeraph:
[MENTION=4584294]fujimi[/MENTION] This was covered not too long ago. Like the above post says, just flash the newest kernel of whichever kernel you are currently on.
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Deleted due to lack of interest/thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] majin:
Hello guys.

Take a look here.

I can't translate this Japanese, but it seems they did a good job!

https://sites.google.com/site/rootsc03e/
[Galaxy S III General] kizuki.buy:
Yes, nandroid backup should not be a problem after CWM installation.

For band selection, individual frequencies can be selected through the service menu only. The default CM 10.1 menu has the options of 'LTE/3G/2G', 'LTE/3G' and '3G/2G' only.

When I was using the international 3G sim, I could successfully use it with both 'LTE/3G/2G' and '3G/2G' modes. Initially I was on 'LTE/3G/2G' mode but then to conserve battery I changed to '3G/2G' since anyway there was no LTE network there.

For CM 10.1, I have not noticed any major issues / instabilities yet in the last 3 weeks. Battery life is satisfactory for light to moderate use. Maybe once I completely lost signal but it was easily fixed with a reboot.

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When I check through ES File Explorer with root option, I can see that I have both \factory and \efs folders. However both of them do not contain anything in my case.
[Galaxy S III General] majin:
Try with "Root Browser Lite", probably you will see some file.

Sounds strange , but some Explorer doesn't show something.

Then, what about the \efs\factory\FactoryApp\serial_no file?

I have 00000000000 inside that file.

I suppose that the \efs\factory\ folder is the same on every SC-03E.

Can someone confirm it?

Is that folder important?

I did check with WinMerge and if I delete the \efs\factory\ folder, then \efs\ and \factory\ folders become exactly the same.
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Everything on that site has been covered here.

What exactly are you trying to do to your phone that you need help with?
[Galaxy S III General] promila:
Ok ...previously I posted that Im facing bad signal and call drop offs ....

After swithching off the LTE the problem is almost solved ..

But another major problem is still there.

My 3g speed every nightt after 9:00 pm till midnight I guess ...is really slow I must say dead

In morning when I do speed test its like 5800 kbs and after 9:00 pm its 120-150 max??

I dont know if its the busy hour effect or any messed up phone setting

Anyone if have any suggestion ...let me know....

Im using SC03E with softbank 3g black sim
[Galaxy S III General] kizuki.buy:
I doubt if it is a phone issue. Are you doing the morning and night tests in the same location?

For night test, once you have tested in sc-03e, can you immediately switch to an iPhone and check the speeds?
[Galaxy S III General] promila:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42177514

http://gadgetdamage.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-20.html

Thank you so much for the instant reply ...yes u r right the results are same in both iphone and s3 ...

I changed my sim and the speed is as low as in s3...

I guess I will have to live with this only...

Also im looking forward to rooting and unlocking my tab 7.7 sc01e

I surfed and found this site but its in japanese and the steps are not in detail if any one can give me translated detailed steps it would be really great
[Galaxy S III General] eldridge27:
R sign on top of my signal ( sc-03e )

need help with my SC-03e

question#1 = i just got my s3 here in the philippines from japan. its unlocked. im just having a problem with this "R" sign on top of my signal..does anyone know how to remove it?

question#2 = i cant use the tether. and it needs to turn the data roaming ON first before you can use internet.. please help me :(

please help..
[Galaxy S III General] IparryU:
1: You are roaming...so you can trun data roaming off under settings/mobile networks and see if you have a local connection. If that dont work, then you didn't unlock your device.

2: Tether is where your bridge your mobile network with your WiFi and to give off signal. If your mobile network is not working, you will not be able to tether. Fix the first issue and the second may be solved along with it.

There a couple other Filipinos in this thread... reaching out to them would be best IMO as they have already been through this.
[Galaxy S III General] eldridge27:
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I tried to turn the data roaming off but the R sign on my signal is still there...

I have an internet connection to tether..but the problem is, whenever i turn my tether ON, the H+ or E goes away..so icant use internet...

I hope someone can help me
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Did you unlock your phone?
[Galaxy S III General] promila:
The speed thing is totally a Softbank trick I checked my connection speed till 8:59 it was like above 5000 kbs and as soon as its 9:00 pm it sinked to as low as 50 kbs.....

Its everyday from 9; 00 pm to 2:00 am the speed is really slow like below 300 kbs....
[Galaxy S III General] eldridge27:
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Yeah its unlocked... i dont know why its still roaming when im here in the philippines and its factory unlocked from docomo
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Try doing the unlock procedure yourself. They may have a different way that doesn't work as well.
[Galaxy S III General] eldridge27:
Can i unlock this phone again? Even its already unlocked?..can you guys teach me how to do it?.. thanks
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Read the thread the instructions are in it.
[Galaxy S III General] eldridge27:
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I tried.. but it requires the docomo simcard.. i dont have it..i tried the procedure without docomo sim it didnt work
[Galaxy S III General] LeathSeraph:
What page are you looking at for the unlock procedure? It is done in the service menu, even though the directions say stick in a Docomo sim have you tried accessing the service menu anyway? I've read a Japanese blogger post their experience unlocking the phone using the same process on this thread and they did not have a Docomo sim.

You said it is factory unlocked by Docomo, which is unlikely to cause any issues if Docomo actually did it. But Docomo doesn't sell their phones unlocked, so either the retailer you bought the phone from unlocked it via Docomo or they used a method that didn't properly work.
[Galaxy S III General] eldridge27:
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I followed the service mode shortcut.the UMTS then debug screen bla bla bla.. but nothing happen.i got that procedure from xda developer too.. but it didnt work.. i dont know maybe because my phone is already unlocked... what if i flash 4.1.2 rom? What do you think? Im just afraid because maybe after flashing rom my phone will be locked again.
[Galaxy S III General] majin:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42299358&postcount=350
[Galaxy S III General] LeathSeraph:
What are you expecting to "work"? As in you are expecting the roaming icon to go away?

Considering you already inserted a sim and it lets you into the phone I would say it was unlocked from the beginning (from what I've read you need to enter a code with a non-Docomo sim on an unlocked phone).

And why would you flash a 4.1 rom? The stock rom is already a 4.1 rom.

More details might help. You told us you got it from some seller and it was unlocked by Docomo but can you take a screenshot/tell us the details that says what ROM and modem your phone is on? If it was unlocked that means your phone was handled somewhere along the line before you got it, so details would help to at least see no other changes were done to your phone before you got it other than having it unlocked. I think everyone here is assuming you're on stock, but no one has actually asked yet.
[Galaxy S III General] eldridge27:
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That procedure needs to be rooted first. The /system can be use if u are rooted... what if i flash 4.1.2? Is it gonna be locked again? Or still unlocked

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I might got the wrong info from the guy that sold this phone to me..i bought this phone here in the philippines. And the guy said its factory unlocked.but he didnt mentioned that this phone comes out unlocked..maybe he put different simcard and he put codes in it..

Yeah i want the Roaming sign to go away sir..
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Flashing 4.1.2 doesn't tell us anything. What is the name of the rom?

Is it a stock Samsung?

Rooted Samsung?

CM based?

Other?

Some roms have modems others don't. Modems affect unlocking procedures. Once a phone is unlocked it should stay that way. So my guess is whoever unlocked yours didn't do it correctly.

Be wary of buying any customized phones. Verify that what they say they did actually works. I know it's small consolation now, but remember it for the future.
[Galaxy S III General] eldridge27:
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Its a stock samsung+root. I saw that rom from here.. do u think it is safe to flash?
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
It won't change your roaming status.

My advice ditch the stick roms and get a custom one. I posted instructions but if you are too nervous about cooking I'll toss a few up.
[Galaxy S III General] davidcsv:
This phone is really starting to frustrate me big time!

Can you check if your phone has this directory...

/mnt/sdcard/Download/flashMB1
[Galaxy S III General] didoka_702:
this is log

1.sorry,there are no folder like that

2.this time i can access to recovery mode.this is what i have done

3.i dont know why but everytime i flashed SC03EOMAMB1_20130312.tar.md5

my Qualcomm usb setting automatic changed from MTP to MTP+ADB

4.im new so may be i forgot to do something so wait for another result
[Galaxy S III General] rpk2012:
My hash values are always being rejected. I have re-downloaded stock and rooted stock rom. No luck. Also, if I root, will I lose my "hardware" unlock from NTTDocomo?

I have rooted many Motorola phones without issue, the Samsung has me going crazy.

Thanks,

Ryan

Also, is there a way to flash a recovery without root?
[Galaxy S III General] ndruqltn:
rooted my sc-03e... thanks guys!!!

now all i have to do is to sim-unlock it...

any help with unlocking?
[Galaxy S III General] didoka_702:
yup.its have a way but its paid service so i dont know u like it or not.i used it.and successful unlocked mine.

//i rooted my phone and flashed 4 types of rom about 10 times.but sim unlock still remain.;)

and if u want to use aki's rom.after extract it,u must delete .md5 from .tar.md5.
[Galaxy S III General] rpk2012:
How do I wipe cache with odin before rooted rom?

Thanks,

Ryan
[Galaxy S III General] ndruqltn:
Has anyone tried this on SC-03E?

http://pakdroid.com/2012/12/05/how-to-factory-unlock-samsung-galaxy-s3galaxy-note-2-for-free/
[Galaxy S III General] davidcsv:
Wipe cache and reset to factory in recovery mode. Enter recovery with VolumeUp/Home/Power key combination (let go of power when the Samsung/Galaxy SIII logo appears, but hold on to the other buttons until recovery mode shows)

The menu is self-explaining (select with volume buttons and activate/enter with power button).
[Galaxy S III General] skylinerxz:
Pm me..

Im a new user so i cannot post link here..
[Galaxy S III General] rpk2012:
All is rooted, I just wish I could get the Google Wallet to show up in my apps. (I know, NFC supposedly not onboard).

Thanks,

Ryan
[Galaxy S III General] aki0306:
u can check and network unlocking!

http://www.fastgsm.com/en
[Galaxy S III General] ndruqltn:
any development?
[Galaxy S III General] junulrik:
please help

im from also from metro manila.. please provide the method you used in rooting docomo sc-03e.

im new with rooting.. thanks.. but for unlocking i have it thru fastgsm online paid method..
[Galaxy S III General] davidcsv:
Updated root ready MB1 image available in OP

The root ready stock firmware image, version MB1, is available for download in the OP.

This image incorporates the three button toggle to root/unroot. Flash with Odin and after your phone has booted root/unroot as follows:

- make sure you have enabled Settings->Developer Options->USB Debugging

- toggle between rooted and unrooted state by pressing VolumeUp/VolumeDown/Power simultaneously

There's no need to reboot when you toggle between rooted states.

Enjoy!
[Galaxy S III General] kizuki.buy:
Question about radio

Thanks a lot davidcsv. I had few questions about the rooted MB1. I could not find the answers anywhere in one place.

If I flash the MB1 rooted firmware,

1) Will my radio be unaffected (Can I still connect to Docomo LTE / 3G networks)

2) Will I still be able to use Felica IC (cashless payment chip) and One-seg TV

3) Will Docomo bloatware be gone

Since it is stock firmware, I am assuming that Docomo bloatware will be gone. But at the same time, I am worried that LTE, Felica IC and One-seg will also get imapcted.

I just got this phone 2 days back and so still playing with it and getting used to it.
[Galaxy S III General] IparryU:
LTE still works.

Docomo bloat ware still present

Not sure about Felica IC or One-seg.
[Galaxy S III General] didoka_702:
didnt try with new rooted Rom,but the old one 1-seg still working.
[Galaxy S III General] JarodCB:
Hello you all! First of all, thank you for your great work! Ever since I moved to Japan and switched from my beloved htc Sensation to the Galaxy S3 alpha, I have been looking forward to find a way to root this phone! The amount of bloatware docomo and Samsung force on you is really unbelievable. I was pretty excited to try out the above method.

However, I was unsuccessful!

Whenever I push Volume Up + Volume Down + Power at the same time, my phone just reboots immediately. (same as didoka_702 mentioned in his earlier post, even though it seemed that it didn't reboot his phone at first, mine did so from the start )

I have followed this method, after I made sure my phone was up to date.

1. Factory Reset / Cache Wipe

2. Flash Stock Rom MB1

3. Factory Reset / Cache Wipe

4. Flash Root Rom MB1

5. Factory Reset / Cache Wipe

Odin didn't report any problems.

I have a folder called flashEOMAMB1 in the Download folder of my internal storage, but no folder called flashMB1. However, the folder is empty.

I have used the MB1 files provided in the OP, both for Stock and for Root.

Can anybody maybe help me out with this one, please?
[Galaxy S III General] IparryU:
What I had to do was release the power button after the docomo logo appears. Try letting it reboot once or twice so you can get the timing down.
[Galaxy S III General] JarodCB:
Thank you for your reply! It sounds like you are talking about booting the phone into Download or Recovery mode, right?

Okay, I had issues with that too, at first, but my problem now is the three button combination to activate/deactivate ROOT :) (which immediately sends my phone to reboot from whatever it was doing before)

Or did I just get you wrong now?
[Galaxy S III General] LeathSeraph:
If you can, go into the phone details and actually let us know the name for the ROM and the modem, not just that it is stock.

While you might think it is stock and it looks like stock, there's no way to know what the seller did before selling it to you. And there are different versions of the stock rom, along with different modems they come with.
[Galaxy S III General] eldridge27:
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Im just afraid to flash a new rom because it might go back to sim locked again. What do u think?

Im about to flash mc3_sco3e-rooted-system.tar.md5.zip file.. but im still thinking if im going to do it.. i need to root this phone to remove the R sign :(
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Rooting won't change anything. All it does is give you access to change normally privileged files. Roaming requires more than read only changes.
[Galaxy S III General] eldridge27:
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I just need to edit something in /system.. but i need to root my phone first.bcoz theres no system folder if u dont have root
[Galaxy S III General] eldridge27:
CMW recovery

I flashed stock samsung 4.1.1+root.. i got root access but i dont have cwm recovery...even i do it manally by pressing volume up+home+power.. i donnt have a cmw anymore..pls help
[Galaxy S III General] Robobob1221:
Flash the recovery again via Odin. Download the cwm tar from the KBC wiki.

Also if you're unsure about being carrier unlocked downgrade your baseband, which I think was previously recommended in this thread.
[Galaxy S III General] eldridge27:
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Can you give me the link? Coz i might download the wrong tar file. I just dont wanna brick my phone :).. thanks
[Galaxy S III General] Robobob1221:
I believe it's in the op but here it is anyway, the wiki. Just scroll down to recovery and download the tar.md5

https://github.com/kbc-developers/release/wiki/SC03E
[Galaxy S III General] eldridge27:
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Thanks bro..i flashed it successfully!..

Now i wanna try custom rom like cyanogenmod 10.1.. do u think it is still be sim unlocked? Or it will go back to sim locked
[Galaxy S III General] Robobob1221:
As others said your ROM doesn't affect the sim unlock status. If you're unlocked now you will be on a custom rom.
[Galaxy S III General] nacuajo:
hello.

I want to try Parandroid could help me?
[Galaxy S III General] eldridge27:
Thank u so much for your help sir.. i changemy mind.. i will try to install rxtreme rom.. i think its better than cyanogen... is there any kernet for overcloking?
[Galaxy S III General] Robobob1221:
[MENTION=5305556]eldridge27[/MENTION] I think the only available custom kernel that allows everything to work is the kbc kernel, on the same wiki page. This means you can't OC. TBH you shouldn't need to OC the CPU this phone. Someone else might be able to guide you better about kernel choices. I've actually got the Note 2, but we had similar problems.
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Can you please read this thread. You're asking questions that are very easy to find the answers to. And before you ask anything more about custom roms read the post I wrote about cooking new roms. I will not answer any questions that are covered in that post.
[Galaxy S III General] eldridge27:
I cant understand the language on that site..its japanese...what about the siyah kernel?
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Same advice. Read my post about cooking new roms.

If you are too nervous post a link to the Rom you want cooked and I'll cook it.
[Galaxy S III General] eldridge27:
What do u mean by cooking rom? Sorry i just dont get it :(
[Galaxy S III General] Robobob1221:
Sorry I don't know about Siyah kernel, but in all likelyhood if you flash one of those kernels you will lose some functionality.

For example on the N2 we lost vibrate and flash on other custom roms, but kbc doesn't

On that page for the kbc kernel it tells you that its on the latest linux kernel, that its been compiled with the linaro, and the latest version allows for custom dpi to be set via the kernel.

Also it supports Felica (which isn't of use to you), Has a whole range of cpu governors (Sakuractive default) and a few I/O schedulers, the boot partition is no longer hidden so supports the use of triangle away.

It's not the most customized of kernels but it runs fairly well, at least on the N2