yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
Yeah but I kinda have this sense of responsibility to the dev community to wait for a stock ota to come out before modding to far outside of stock, I can live without multiwindow, I just thought it would be cool to get it working on this stock/Base rom. I won't be flashing anything until doc, myself or someone else finishes compiling a stock rooted odin flashable rom, or until sammy releases the original firmware when they release the next update, consider me our support group for stock files until we get a legit stock odin. Thanks anyway though guys.!

I have a stock rooted odin built, but we are trying to figure out if the T999L rom actually is 1.58GB or if there is an issue, I'm leaning toward the idea that the rom is larger as the dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 of=/sdcard/system.img.ext4 comes out to 1.48 by its self just working on getting enough balls to flash it with odin, I don't doubt it will work, but if it doesn't then I will no longer be able to keep my stock recovery which I really want to do for now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] shafter13:
Can this be flashed to TNT I747 galaxy s3 to use on tmobile network? will this give lte or at least better signal then th t999 is t999L Better then the other files given on this psot? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42881877#post42881877
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tower_gilead:
Read my friend.... more than just OP or title.

Sent while sleeping in chair.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] athlonxp2300:
Do you think you could try to back up the nv? They are ready to try messing with it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42917849

Thanks for all your work.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
Yeah sorry, I've been pressed for time since last thursday, no sign of it slowing down, I will get it up as soon as I can.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Need Testing!

Hey guys, I have a few new items up for testing if someone cares to give them a go!

:cowboy:

Flash In Odin!

:cowboy:

Stock Recovery UVAMB7

Stock Kernel UVAMB7

(not modified)

If these flash succesfully, I will post the link to the MB7 firmware file. It does not contain the system image or kernel, just the underlying parts of the firmware. More on that if we get there! You may see it on my SF download page, but I do not suggest flashing it until we have these tested first. This is just me erring on the side of caution! I hate not being able to test this stuff on my own before releasing. Obviously I dont want to damage anyones phone!

BUT!!!!!

REMEMBER!!!!!

This is untested and though I am confident, I cannot make you any guarantee that it will not brick your device. TESTING IS AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

We are ever closer to the full Odin flashable. Im just trying to solve a slight mystery first!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] slivingston:
So no way to run a rooted T999 with 4G LTE capability? Just wondering
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Re-read the very first sentence in the OP please.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SaHiLzZ:
Can anyone provide NVData files from a T999L?

How to create NVBackup:

1. Using NV back up tool from this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1804117

Take a NV backup of your device using the tool mentioned above. 00550 (0x0226) is your IMEI, you can remove it and post the file here, or upload to pastebin, or PM me.

2. Using QPST: Download from: http://www.mediafire.com/download/nsh7wyw4ssmxd3d/QPST_2.7_build_323.rar

Once again, please post the .qcn file here or PM me with it. I can safely remove your IMEI from the file. If you want to remove IMEI from qcn file yourself it was found on 1708 & 1EDD0 for i747 and 1708 & 1F7E8 for T999.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
I might get a chance to do this tonight, just have to see how work goes.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SaHiLzZ:
If you can provide backups from both methods, that would be super awesome!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
Okay guys, looks like I get to play with QPST tonight, its will be pretty late, but I feel good have plenty of energy so, the only hurdle I have is win8's device manager sucks and is completely non descriptive, if anyone knows off the top of your head how to fix that pm me, it will make my work with QPST much faster tonight.

Nevermind, did a quick google and figured it out should go well!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Just thought I'd add, if you already have Odin installed, it'll tell you what com port you are connected to. Might be easier for some that way.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] athlonxp2300:
Incase others are wondering, aftet changing modes from phone keypad and drivers installed I put my mouse in the upper right corner of win 8 desktop screen then choose settings from the sidebar. Then control panel, thenview devices and printers then chose the phone. Clicking on the hardware tab of the pop up window showed the serial port

With it's com number.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Ugh, windows 8!

First thing I did when I got my laptop? Format!!!!

Btw, another shortcut or two. Worked on all previous Windows, so I'm assuming it will on 8.

Hold windows key and press Pause/Break. Advanced Tab, Device Manager

Right click and choose properties on My Computer does the same as Win+Pause/Break.

I love hotkeys! :cool:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
Starting work on QPST NV Data backup

QPST Doesnt like my COM PORT and even though i have changed slots rebooted plugged other devices in my PHONE stays on COM3 QPST is hating COM3 it wont even configure to connect on COM3 and i cant get my phone to Switch to COM5 or 6 im going to try the other method, if someone else has a different OS than WIN8 and your willing to use QPST to get that backup done,i will work on the other.

[MENTION=5102237]upncoming[/MENTION] will QPST work Properly if i uncheck the show serial and usb/QC Diagnostic ports only box, if i do this it shows my phone as .COM3 - USB/QC Data Modem

just tried it to see if it would at least connect to the phone, its still a no go tried to use all settings on the phone that involve DM it shows my phone in the phones tab, it shows it as not connected, and with the COM port configured it says no phone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] upncoming:
You rock!

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I wonder if it's just a compatibility issue with QPST and Win 8? The help file says it must be run on XP or Win 7. You could try running the program in compatibility mode for XP and also set to run as admin. If not that, I'm at a loss. I'm confident you're doing it right.

Edit: Found someone else online saying with Win 8 to run as admin. Fixed the same issue.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
yeah i have tried all combos with compatibility settings admin all of it, guess this will serve as a warning for devs looking to upgrade to 8 for whatever reason, i cant stand The metro UI its useless and cumbersome on a non touch screen Workstation i just dont know whats worse having a fast OS that has Compatibility issues or having a older slower OS that is Semi-stable at best that is compatible with pretty much anything you throw at it and reformating 3TB to reinstall win XP is not on my top fun things to do list.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] upncoming:
Ah, now I want Windows 8 just to try to figure it out! Thanks for trying! I really appreciate it! Just out of curiosity, you're running QPST 2.7 build 378?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
the other method isnt working on win8 either with any settings, it connects to COM10 which is what my phone switches to in RMNET+DM+MODEM

when i click read it scans for a while and then gives the error " Failed.. Phone does not answer"
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] davidjavid:
Having a Windows 7 and/or XP virtual machine should help out with all the incompatibilities.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
That should be the same as using compatibility settings in win8
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
I have a laptop with xp on it, just finished repairing stability issues with it last night, I will setup QPST and the other NV backup software on there tonight and see how it goes. Sorry for the delay guys, but I'm confident we will get it finished tonight.

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Just googled to see if anyone else has issues with QPST on WIN 8

Found an article that said its not win 8 but the .NETFRAMWORK 4.5 that QPST is not compatible with, said you needed to install as admin, and run as admin either way I will try uninstalling and reinstalling on win8 and just doing it on XP and see what happens

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I also found this tool on another forum for nv backup and restore, http://unleashedprepaids.com/upload/devs/playfulgod/misc/NVBackup&RestoreTool.apk going to try it out after I have a QPST BACKUP and the other method as well.

[MENTION=2154886]moderator[/MENTION] I don't know if its against forum rules or not so if it is feel free to delete this. Here is the link to the other forum where this tool was posted, http://androidforums.com/metropcs-g...very-important-backup-nv-before-flashing.html if your going to use this tool PLEASE read the forum about the tool, the poster said some of the functions were password protected, and it might cause issues when trying to use them.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Is there a thread to go along with that app? Be careful installing stuff like that if you aren't sure about the source.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sci2:
Bummer. I'd definitely like to get a 'latest and greatest' modem firmware on my 747 and I was hopeful that this was going to do it. I've read this whole thing, but is it confirmed that the modem in the 999L and the i747 are the same piece of kit?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
Yeah, sorry I had to go back and look it up, it been added to my post.

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More than likely, unless you only flash the kernel and system, that should leave the modem in tact, not positive though.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
It is confirmed that the T999L modem will not work on the i747.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
Okay, can't find the backup from the nvdata backup.apk, probably stored somewhere in the app, so i would say great for personal use just not development purposes. but I definately recommend using this tool for all users when custom kernels, rom start coming out for this device, I ran the apk on my phone, it did the backup in less than two minutes, and auto reboots your phone when its done, I think this is going to prove a very valuable tool for those of us who are going to be flashing custom roms and kernels, I would still recomend using qpst for extra precautions as we all know it can be real hell if you loose your nv data and can't get it back! Cheers, we are one step further!:thumbup:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I read through that thread and apparently this backs it up to nand, in a place we do not have access to.

They discussed running the nvbackup cmd from the terminal and this app simply does thst for you.

So apparently, you have a backup now, but you can't access it. Its there for you if you ever need to restore though.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
I would definately say I would rather have a secure backup, than something that can get corrupted by external sources, and it is much less likely to get corrupted than a QPST backup. (This doesn't mean I won't be working on the QPST backup)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SaHiLzZ:
QPST only reads your NV data. How would it corrupt your system? Also, I am not sure how you would actually edit/modify the nvdata once the nvbackup command is ran.

As far as I know, nvbackup/nvrestore mdoes were first discovered on Verizon S3, listed here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1852255.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
Not saying QPST would currupt your system, however your backup saved to your computer can become corrupt due to all kinds of various errors with the computer itsself, so if you loose your nv items such as imei, meid, imeid, or any other carrier specific nv item related to your device while flashing custom kernels, roms which has been reported to happen on several occasions for odd reasons, and your QPST backup has been corrupted for any reason on your workstation, you can kiss your phone goodbye.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
OP Updated!!!

OP and OP#3 Updated!

Post #3 updated with instructions on how to revert to stock and unroot. (uses the recovery flashable files only)

Added Odin Flashable Firmware to the OP! These are as of yet, UNTESTED!

If any of you feel inclined to try it out, please post back with your results!

And Remember!!!!!

FLASH AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!

I cannot test these and as such I cannot make any guarantees! I believe they are safe, and even if they dont work I believe Odin would fail out before actually writing anything to the device. But until tested, there is just no way to know for sure.

Some of you have PM'd me with offers to test, but I would rather do it this way so that if there are issues you will likely get the quickest response, and Moto and others can also help out if needed.

Thanks!

:cowboy: Doc :cowboy:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Confirmed that the Odin flashable Stock Firmware did not work.

:thumbdown:

:confused:

:(

:mad:

:banghead:

:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

:o

Thanks to achmedkb01 for trying it out! Ill update OP when I get home.

:banghead:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] achmedkb01:
Flashed stock firmware and stock system +root via odin both failed within 5 secs....stock kernel and stock recovery both successfully flashed via odin
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Thanks a bunch for trying all of those! I'm relieved they didn't cause harm and acted as I expected them to if they failed.

So I guess we are 2/2 for victories/defeats!

Kernel and Recovery are good. Thats a start.

I have a theory ill test later tonight about the firmware.

The system though....I have no idea where I could've gone wrong on that. Ill test a few things tonight to see if I come up with anything. ...

Thanks again for testing!!!

Will update op when I get home.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] achmedkb01:
No problem! Thanks to you for taking the time to work with our device:thumbup:

I'm here to help! Just guide me!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
OP Updated!!!

I have removed the link for the Stock Firmware under the Odin Flashables. It is currently not working.

RECOVERY & KERNEL Odin files are WORKING!!! WooHoo! halfway there!!!

*******There is a new Stock System (Version 2) ready to go. It currently remains untested.

I noticed a verrrryyyy simple oversight on my part dealing with the Stock System. Basically, in all Firmware I have looked at, it is system.img.ext4. Well, I left the ext4 part off. I had been told that this is actually not necessary, so it still may not solve it not flashing. But it was such a simple and quick fix, I figure we may as well make sure!

Details, details, details....

I kind of figure at this point, that if we can get the System partition to flash, we can effectively call this project a success! We will still try to get a FULL working firmware put together, but I am actually not too terribly worried about it anymore. The only real reason it would be needed would be if someone forced the flash of another models firmware (probably would brick anyway) and they needed to attempt to revert to the correct firmware. This is highly unlikely to happen, and if it does, we do have it in a recovery flashable form as well as everything else. Considering this, and that we now have a working kernel and recovery for Odin, once we have the system working there just isnt much you cant fix!

As I said, we will still be trying to get this working, but we are pretty much at the point now where you can recover from just about any soft brick.

Thanks again to everyone!!!!

You guys all rock!

:cool:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SaHiLzZ:
Any luck.."?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
Starting to think the T999L is incompatible with QPST, I installed on my laptop with xp, it recognizes the com port and connects but still says no phone. Still looking for a solution
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Do you think it might make a difference to use the universal adb drivers?

Its a guess, but its all I can think of right now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Aerowinder has these in his sig, so thanks to him for making it easy to find!

Universal ADB drivers by Koush

http://db.tt/FkZCnrPr

ADB drivers - 1.0.31

http://db.tt/EDLY2d4t

In case you want to give em a try...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
I will definately try them out
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mryounghc:
It doesn't work with xp. Use windows 7
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
I have someone who offered to help, they are backing up right now Might be an issue based on version I.e. home, pro, media center, either way we have it going now, I will try to post the link later.

Thanks for the heads up though
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mryounghc:
No problem. It literally took me 2 whole days to figure out qpst then I found out about the windows differences. But once you get it it only takes luke 2 minutes to restore. Good luck
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Great news! The Odin flashable Stock System has been confirmed working! Achmedkb01 tested this one as well so hit his thanks button if you are so inclined!

Kernel, recovery and system are all working.

The firmware portion still is not. I'll look.into this some more tonight. Hopefully it's some small, minor detail that I overlooked, but we'll see.

I'll update the OP again tonight.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Happy Flashing!!!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
QPST update

i dont know if it will help the NVdata that he sent was in .txt format instead of the .qcn i cant get win8 to run it in win7 comp mode so im still stuck, but if you see achmedkb01 be sure and thank him for the effort. if the .txt of the NVdata will help let me know and i will load it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
On the contrary, yes I risked my device for this effort, but without your patience, advices and awesome instruction this wouldn't have been possible from just my end either, so give thanks to DocHoliday77 also, it was a team effort!

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No it is not currently confirmed
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
OK, just flashed the modem on Stockorama V2 (TW ROM) on my T999, and here's what I found out:

Good news: it won't brick the phone.

Bad news: negligible speed difference - I don't know if it really worked or not. Mind you, I'm currently in Orange County, CA, so I don't know if there's any LTE towers here.

Here's the order of my testing:

1. Ran speed test on MD5 modem: Download 6948 kpbs; Upload 2214 kpbs.

2. Nandroid backup :)

3. Rebooted to recovery (CWM). Flashed modem, wipe cache and dalvik.

4. Rebooted and reran speed test: Download 7924 kpbs; Upload 2039 kpbs.

5. Rebooted into recovery again and reflashed modem (no cache or dalvik wipe this time).

6. Rebooted and reran speed test - got same results as in 4.

Also, phone properties still show baseband as T999UVDMD5.

Screen shots enclosed.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Romcrazguy:
what were you getting with previous modem .. any difference?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
Download 6948 kpbs; Upload 2214 kpbs.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Romcrazguy:
i also think that lte has its own apn configuration ...maybe we should input this after flashing modem to see what happens
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
I found this guide on T-Mobile support which shows the APN config (scroll down near the bottom):

APN Settings Guide

So I added the new APN and reran speed test four times with LTE modem. Fasted times I got was: Download 7893kbps, Upload 2648kbps.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
HOLD THE PHONE!!!!!

As part of the guide, it said "APN type: <Not Set> OR Internet+MMS (depending on software version)". Originally, I had it set as <Not Set>, so I changed it to "Internet+MMS".

Download speed: 18660kpbs!!!!!

Upload speed: 2217kbps.

Ran it a second time and it confirmed the download speed.

--EDIT--

So, here's the APN setting I set up to get the blazing speed:

Name: T-Mobile LTE

APN: fast.t-mobile.com

Proxy: <Not set>

Port: <Not set>

Username: <Not set>

Password: <Not set>

Server: <Not set>

MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc

MMS proxy: <Not set>

MMS port: <Not set>

MMS protocol: WAP 2.0

MCC: 310

MNC: 260

Authentication type: <Not set>

APN type: Internet+MMS
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
This rom will NOT work on the T999 as of yet, wait a while and I'm sure it will be ported, the chipset instructions are different. The T999 and other non-LTE devices use the snapdragon S3 chipset the new T999L uses the snapdragon S4 chipset and the LTE modem in the T999L is imbedded in the infrastructure of the MSM8960 board.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Romcrazguy:
wowwwzaaaaaa
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gypsy214:
Those are the same apn I use. I got em from the gs4. And I get faster speed on stock t999
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
Hmm...this is interesting...every so often, the phone keeps getting set back to the epc.tmobile.com APN, even after choosing the newer APN. So, I deleted the old one and renamed the "fast" APN "T-Mobile US". I'll report back and let you know what happens.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Romcrazguy:
im at work so i get no reception in the building but i am trying to look for mms protocol and in my apn setting its not even there

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did you leave the bearer as unspecified or changed it to LTE
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
Unspecified.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] xftox:
Flashed the modem for ****s and giggles running pacman 4.2.2 rom still says I'm running old radio
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
So, I deleted the old APN setting and lost all data connectivity. :crying: Had to restore the old setting to get it back.

It appears that, on the T999, that the phone is defaulting back to the epc.tmobile.com setting. Even renaming the APN names doesn't work.

So, while we can get LTE speeds on the phone, the settings don't seem to stick and it's reverting back to the older APN setup.

(NOTE: That doesn't mean the APN settings are changing - the phone is automatically selecting the APN with the "epc.tmobile.com". I'm going to try deleting all APNs (including the hidden ones) and rebuilding the LTE setting to see if it sticks.)

---------- Post added at 04:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:10 PM ----------

Hey Dev, I wonder if we need to change the setting for the Baseband for the system to think we're good to go on the LTE network?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
That's where you, as an s3 owner are lucky, that is part of my plan for further development for the T999L the apn settings are locked, it doesn't allow user input or deletion of the apn settings, let us know if that worked for you as we may need to make a patch for the T999L to disable the apn lock for custom settings.

Correction, the T999L does allow deletion of apn settings, just not editing of the locked apn settings, not sure if it will reset the locked settings after deletion or not.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Slypnslyde:
I see inside of the folder the bin says modem instead of the name of the modem it is
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] MotoDefier:
Yeah, there is no modem name because of it being imbedded in the board