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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Rooting for all S3 is pretty much the same. The thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=38172219 has almost all the answers to questions you will have. #2 thing mentioned is rooting it will take you to the guide with video just watch the video several times read everything it's rather simple in less than 5 minutes you will have it rooted and custom recovery installed.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ScrapHappy:
Thanks for the response, Ed. I haven't heard much other info about rooting this, so I appreciate the info. Really don't want to brick it, but I also am anxious to get rooted and set it up the way I want it....:)

Lisa
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eisawi99:
i beleive that youre phone is probably more related to the t-mobile variant since straight talk runs off of tmobile... check the model number under the battery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Skittlepunk32:
Actually I think ST runs off Sprint. This was what I was told. I have this model as well. Please correct me if I'm mistaken. There isnt much info around about the SCH-S960L :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eisawi99:
you might be right but i remember a commercial saying that you get t mobiles national coverage... but you may be right
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
ST runs on the Sprint network.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eisawi99:
actually, i looked it up and it appears it uses all major carriers... its a part of tracfone which makes it a subsidiary of a subsidiary... but tracfone has contracts with all major carriers
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ScrapHappy:
I was able to confirm this phone does run through Sprint, and got it rooted using Skunkape1's excellent rooting directions in the Sprint SG3 forum...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] LauraRenae:
did you rom it????????

Yes the S3 through straight talk runs on sprint.... if you rooted, did you use a rom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moejoe88:
I bought my wife and daughter these phones through straight talk. The box had the red verizon map on it, and the network type is LTE/ cdma. I'm on regular verizon and can get LTE, but they can't.They stay on 3g most of the time. Sucks. But I am curious if you were able to find a rom to run after you rooted it? I'm not really satisfied with straight talk service. Family seems to have a lot more dropped calls than me. Anything that can make these phones more bearable would be nice.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mattwarr:
Straight Talk doesn't "run" on T-mobile. Straight Talk is a Tracfone service, which depending on the specific device, runs on a variety of towers through a variety of companies. Verizon and At&t are the most commonly used towers.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moejoe88:
Well, I finally gave up and put my family back on Verizon. Weird thing was when vz sales rep was swapping numbers, he put the straight talk phone info into the computer and it said the phone was using sprint and some verizon variant network for data.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moejoe88:
Was wondering if anyone has ever found a rom to run on this phone. Friend wants the phone, but rooted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dragonhart6505:
I'm running everything (flashaholic) on my S960L. After I bricked I got it back to life and have been happily flashing since.

And yes, it does run off Sprint networks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] moejoe88:
Yeah, I'll probably just sell it to him and be done with it. It's a shame straight talk didn't work out for me. Might have better coverage in a city. But where I live, it's crap.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NYVET:
Now on Verizon

The FIRST GS3 offered by Straight Talk WAS on the Sprint network. But after S/T got absolutely blasted by upset customers (and POTENTIAL customers) they finally pulled their heads out of their butts and now they offer a CDMA-V variant...that's VERIZON for those who don't know the codes. There is a code on the lower left corner of the packaging that will say CDMA-S (Sprint), CDMA-V (Verizon) and GSM which will be either T-Mobile or AT&T (not sure of the codes after the GSM as I'm not familiar with those, but the person in electronics would (should) know if you ask).

So now you can have one of the best phones on the market, behind only the S4, on Verizon's network. I got this phone the day after the Black Friday sales, and it still rang up at the sale price of $299. I was prepared to pay the regular price of $399 so you can imagine my surprise and delight when it rang up at the sale price. So what if it only has 3G. I constantly hear people complaining about this fact, so they can either have their 4G LTE on Sprint and get no coverage, or have a contract and pay 3 times what I pay, or have one of the best phones out there with 3G and $45 a month for everything unlimited on the best network with no contract. The choice seems obvious to me. And I'm an ex-Verizon contract customer. Our bill was just too high. I'm happy to pay more for a phone with no contract.

Now, hopefully somebody can answer my question...would it be the same process to root this phone as the one on the Sprint network? Is there any possibility you could screw up your phone with no chance of recovery? I would like to root my phone but I do not want to be in a situation where I'm looking at my phone with a blank screen and no way to recover, or it won't turn on or it changes to Japanese...etc...you get what I'm asking. If there's any risk I'm not going to do it, it just wouldn't seem worth it to me. But if it's something that it works or doesn't and no in between then I would like to try it. Thank you for any advice.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mattwarr:
Wow! Great advice

Wow! Top answer here. Too bad it was a complete fail for the straight talk version.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bugeyeblue:
Is there any way to get a car head unit to work with the s4? Whenever I plug in my phone to my head unit using the use cable, it just charges and doesn't play music through the head unit. Anyone know of a way to get this to work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Jacob2kD:
use a AUX cable?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bugeyeblue:
I want to use the usb cable since it charges the phone while playing music at the same time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hotleadsingerguy:
If the headunit was designed to be used with an iPhone...then no. It depends on a specific format and directory structure in that case.

The other possibility is using it as a USB device, but the phone can't do it stock because of the 'Media' nonsense. What you need is for it to work as a USB mass storage when it's plugged in (which probably requires root).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bugeyeblue:
Thanks, that clears it up. If anyone knows of it can be done by rooting, let me know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kvswim:
It depends on the head unit - I know for my Kenwood system there's an app that allows for playback from local storage.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] wbbjason:
will the kenwood let you play pandora through the unit? or just stored music. i ask cause i dont store music on my phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] kvswim:
I couldn't get Pandora to work. Local music only. It's pretty stupid, so I just use an AUX cable and use the USB port to charge. I had an idea that someone could rip apart the Kenwood app, and make some sort of hack that plays all audio through the USB port. But I'm not experienced enough to do that and there's probably not enough interest for someone else to get it done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] persom55:
There is indeed a way to use USB mass storage on our phones. It was an app that was posted to the xda front page shortly after our phones came out
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] xM Minton Mx:
You know I was sitting here thinking after i read all this that if possibly there were a way to make androids react to head units like iOS does. For instance the Pandora crap. That way we didn't always have to grab our phones and look at them therefore distracting us from road conditions. Just an idea and if this were possible?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Evocm7:
Unfortunately, most head unit manufacturers have designed their decks to support crapple devices only. There are a select few that support Android. My deck will not play through usb on my s4 but I can connect with bluetooth and browse music on they phone from the deck without ever touching the phone. That will depend on the BT support of the deck. It's a pity that the vast quantity of stupid people on this planet with Apple products still ruin it for us educated people that want nothing to do with it.

Sent from my rooted S4 blessed with CleanROM 1.6
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Shantox73:
How I fixed my Kenwood/Galaxy S4 issue.

sorry if my response is late or outdated but I was having the same issue with a Kenwood head unit I installed yesterday. For me it would not work even with the Kenwood app so I downloaded an app from the Play Store call "USB mass storage enabler"... it's free. I simply opened the app after installing it and told it to enable USB mass storage. Now when I hook my s4 up to the head unit it takes about two seconds to read and then plays my music perfectly. I am able to search by folder, genre,artist Lor album etc. Works perfectly 100% ... even shuffling. just wanted to share if anyone else was continuing to have problems or had any in the future.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] guardzero:
I recently rooted my Prime using this method -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggpsVortObY

Does anyone here know if it's safe to do a factory reset on the stock rom (most recent version) after having rooted? Thanks for any insight on this if anyone can provide it!
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] sniffer:
Hi!

I read lots of articles about upgrading device soft but i can't get it clear enough. First of all: is it possible to upgrade my XDA/Wallaby to WM2003SE? I know it can be done with XDAII but I have Wallaby...

If Yes, can somebody write a detailed description about upgrading it or just paste in some links where the description and files are? What radio etc you recommend and why?

Here is what I'm running:

Microsoft Pocket PC version 4.20.0 (Build 13252)

ROM ver: 4.01.16 ENG

ROM date: 02/04/04

Radion ver: 4.21.00

Protocol ver: 32S54

What can i do with that? Thanks in advance
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] KTamas:
You cant upgrade wallaby to wm2003se.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] sniffer:
so therefore is it possible to upgrade it with wm2003? I looked at siemens site looking for update to wm2003 but it is no longer available... anyone having it? is there any news about wm2003se available for Wallaby any soon?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] Guest:
sniffer you have mw2003 all rom versions beginning with 4.xxx are 2003

all that are 3.XXXX are 2002
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] LumpiStefan:
http://lumpistefan.dyndns.org

HTH

Stefan
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] ezzkht:
>>>http://lumpistefan.dyndns.org <<<

this site contains only WM2003 and not the Second Edition (WM2003SE) !!!

can anyone please post a URL to download the new WM2003SE for Wallaby ??????

I have Qtek 1010 with WM2003 ROM (full of bugs)!

Please help, please! :cry:
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] M4io:
afaik there is no WM2003SE for Wallaby
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] LumpiStefan:
Not really true.

There is a WM2003SE Version for the Wallabys.

But it´s protectef by an unknwon key, that uses (i think) the IMEI. Until now it´s not possible to use it on every device, since this key have to be adapted in any way to each device....

:cry:

Stefan
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] ezzkht:
Damn!!!! and why the hell did they protect it with a key?!?!? :(

you mean that no one ever can crack that key? ohhh :cry:
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] kucuso:
Siemens Upgrade 2003

if any one interested I have the upgrade for 2003 from ATT Siemens Sx56

please email me

I tried to upload it but didn't let me
[MDA, XDA, 1010 Software Upgrading] ezzkht:
kucuso can you please upload it to an FTP server?

I have an FTP site ready if you want, and I can share it thru all members here :)

Please contact me on ezz_kht@hotmail.com

Thanx dude :D
[NFC Hacking] MakhouT:
I'm just asking this question to get more information before I buy NFC tags. Is it possible with a NFC tag to open my app that is in development and check if the user is logged in with Facebook? If the user is logged in, then the app will write something to the database. If user isn't logged in then he should be prompted a facebook login screen.

Is this technically possible? If so what type of NFC tags are best suited. I assume, I won't be needing a nfc writer/reader, as my samsung galaxy s3 can do that?
[NFC Hacking] shandy1996:
If your app uses a library to check for Facebook login onCreate(), then this will suffice.

But your user must have your app installed to launch the app from the tag, or you could alternatively link them to your Play Store listing.

As for writing to the tags, all tags come blank. So you will need an ap on your GS3 to write the requied code to the tag.

Then you can test it, and if oyu set it up correctly it should launch your app/take the user to the play store.

Because NFC Tags have limited storage, it is better to have the Facebook authentication in your actual app.

Peace,

shandy1996
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Crinkypops:
Thank you so much. I have been waiting for this day to come. All the best, Darkshado! :) :):beer:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jfive74:
Works. Thanks allot. Only thing I didn't do is restore the 3 files backed up via adb.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkshado:
Those are very much a belt and suspenders bit. They're not to be restored in the instructions, and my inclusion here is mostly because connexion2005 had requested a set for a JTAG repair. I'm taking a guess here, but if there's any calibration data or other phone specific parameters in there, having those from your device on hand can't be bad.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] sidmuer:
What if I suffer boot loops, didn't do any backups, and my IMEI is already Zeroed out on my T889V? How can I fix this?

I have my IMEI still since it's written on the purchase box of the phone.

I used to be wind, now virgin mobile with LTE sim. I flashed tmobile modem. No love. Flashed T889V modem back, then got boot loops.

Please help!!!

edit:

Hi Darkshado, really hoping you can help.

I've done more reading. I can't seem to make the boot loops stop.

I've done odin to factory rom image. No luck.

I tried i317 custom modem you have here on XDA, no luck. Also Tmobile modem, etc... no luck.

I used CWM and permission fix, etc.. no luck.

My boot loop is a little weird. It will boot and stay live (working - no signal though) for about a min, then it will say some android.media.process is not responding and reboot.

So I can't get NV to inject my IMEI as it will reboot too soon. From what I read, NV needs 5-10 min??

basically, I did JEDIX-15 tmobile rom install with latest tmobile modem. That's how I got into this mess. I have a T889V and virgin LTE sim such as yourself.

I just can't seem to make the boot loops end so I can move forward....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkshado:
Try writing flashing back the T889 baseband and restoring a T889 or T889V NV items backup.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/p5025pxtp9vgk4k/NV_items.7z
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] sidmuer:
Will this do?

T889UVBMD1

from: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2102380

I'm going to try and odin the factory image and see if that stops the reboots.

I'm guessing baseband is the same as modem correct?

I'll go give it a try now and use CWM to inject it first before I odin.

I've never done an NV restore let alone backup, so that seems to be my hick up. I'll do some research and get that done then and get back to you.

Thanks for the assistance.

edit:

I'll try to write NV, but that might be an issue since I need the phone not to reboot, and it does in under a minute usually.

Any suggestions, or specific rom I can try to write so I can eliminate the reboots so I can do the nv?

edit2:

ok, the tmo modem from that link above worked. It's not boot looping after a min now!

There is still zero signal. Does not connect. When I do *#2263# and choose automatic, it says menu does not exist, etc...

going to to try inject my IMEI with NV.

Will report back.

Edit 3

Ok, just used nv read/write to inject your t889v nv file. Then generated my imei and injected that.

reboot, and got signal! yay.

thank you so much!\

When I go to settings. I only see WCDMA/GSM/AUTO. No LTE option. I think I read somewhere that is cosmetic?

If I NV write the T889 NV file from deeznutz1977 will that fix it cosmetically?

Thanks again!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _Kippo_:
20% More Awsomeness

I switched over to Telus sine Mobilicity is going under :( . I could only get HSPA+ @ 5Mbps, Now I too have fully working LTE. Albeit with weaker signal strenth due to higher band freqency. But I can just toogle LTE when needed. I must admit that second reboot with IMIE 0 and no service was a bit nerve racking, but the backup was flawless. Thanks a million OP. ^_^
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] sidmuer:
i edited the csc called other....

and the LTE line was already not present.

The LTE option is still not in the mobile settings however.

When I do the *#2263# menu and set it to LTE the data does keep working. And I do see it in the system info. Also using a tmobile radio with the JEDI-X15 rom. yay.

But I'd like to solve the cosmetics side of it.

I did inject the t889V nv setting.... could that affect it? Would the t889 NV settings fix it?

edit:

still no luck getting LTE option to appear, although it works, I'd like to solve the cosmetic side of it.

Any help?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkshado:
You can also get confirmation that LTE is active by checking in About phone / Status.

I don't feel like going through the 664 pages of the Jedi X ROM thread to see if they've altered the network icons or not. Being based on the N7105 ROMs icons with either "4G" or "LTE" captions should be present. Are you editing the active CSC files? Namely those in /system/csc/ ?

I should mention that some CSC edits only apply upon factory reset, e.g. activating WB-AMR, (a.k.a. HD Voice). One neat trick is to make a backup in recovery (nandroid or TWRP), factory reset, then reboot to recovery and restore the backup. I don't recall if this applies to the network icon related lines or not.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _Kippo_:
Older Modems

Question?

As I stated before it was a smooth transition. But... Some claim the older modem worked better (I317M-I317MVLALJ2). I tried through TWRP as before but the return status says FAILED. No changers are thus made. Any ideas? Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkshado:
I've been able to flash back and forth between ALJ2 and BMA3. You're saying the linked ALJ2 zip refuses to flash? I'll have to check, but this might take a few days as I'm:

-rather busy IRL

-stuck using my old laptop (mushy, thoroughly worn out keyboard with an overzealous enter key that fires the moment you hint at touching it and a dead left shift key) while the other is in warranty repair (failing PSU seems to have damaged the motherboard and/or dGPU)

Goodbye,

Darkshado
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] sidmuer:
yep, I edited those CSC files as per your original write up.

I did not factory reset. And yes, you are right. A good example is the Nexus 4. It needs a factory reset to keep the LTE settings ( unless you go to the "INFO" menu, and then you need to reset again.

Okay, I'll try the reset tonight. See what happens. And yes, I see LTE in system info.

Also, when I use speedtest, it records it as lte.

Honestly, I'm just happy it works again... :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _Kippo_:
Problem Solved. The issue was I am using SDCard encryption. For some reason TWRP can SEE the cards files, but not use them. When I moved the modem to internal it installed fine. Sorry bout that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] hkfan:
If I enable lte using this method then will aws still works for WindMobile?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] _Kippo_:
Probably Not? There are threads of people trying to get there i317 to work with AWS. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2068041

Then again this is a t989v. Don't risk it unless your prepared to not go back.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkshado:
It should. My data in this department is very limited, since I don't have an active Videotron account on hand. With that said, I got a working speed test on Videotron's AWS HSPA shortly after sorting my phone out this winter. (I simply dropped by one of their stores while at a shopping mall and nicely asked a sales rep to borrow an active SIM card. Showed her the menu unlock method as a thank you.)

I also got to use the phone with T-Mobile USA earlier this year, getting both HSPA (some of it likely AWS, though I didn't get the time to check) and LTE.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] stephanes:
[MENTION=3966540]Darkshado[/MENTION] thank you very much for the T889VVLUDNE7 modem. I just flash the zip in cwm and it work perfect for my Videotron T889V.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] SpyderSL:
Thanks for putting this together!!

Quick question - I have a t889v from Wind Mobile. I switched carriers to Rogers, and in the process screwed up my phone and had no IMEI/Baseband. Had to send it in for repair to replace the board. It came back with the baseband T889UVUCMK7.

Do you think I can still use this method? I'm currently running a T-mobile Touchwiz 4.4.2 ROM (Test Rom v1.2).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkshado:
What does download mode give as product ID? You may well have a U.S. board in there now.

The later T-Mobile T889 basebands support LTE out of the box. Make sure your APN settings, plan and SIM card are correct, and that the modem you have does support LTE; if not, you might just need to update that.

I know some people here followed essentially the steps I did, but with the T889 modem instead, but I don't think it applies here.

Good luck,

Darkshado
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] SpyderSL:
Download mode says it's a T889, so I assume that means I now have a T-Mobile board?

My APN and SIM are correct, and from my research I found that my current T-Mobile baseband does not support LTE. I guess this means I can follow your steps but with a newer T-Mobile baseband? I'm just worried I'll lose my IMEI and Baseband permanently like I did before..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkshado:
I would say so, I just checked to be sure and mine says T889V.

Do the backups to be on the safe side, but simply flashing a newer TMO baseband should work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] SpyderSL:
Hey Darkshado, apparently I am on the newest T-Mo baseband. I backed everything up, and tried to flash a i317 (Rogers) modem but for some reason I can't restore my NV items or QCN file. No matter what I try, it says "Failed" in NV or "No Phone" in QPST. Any idea how I can restore my IMEI??

EDIT: I flashed the T-Mo MK7 modem back and my IMEI was restored. Funny how one screw-up to try to get LTE can make you want to go back to EDGE so badly!