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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] @ChefHooah:
I have got a GT-I93000 International that is soft bricked. I only have access to the download mode. But now I'm stuck. I don't even know if this is the right place to post this request.

I have searched the forum for solutions. Maybe it's me (it's me!) but can't find the firmware for my model. I would like to root66 my phone. But if I understand it correctly that's only possible with phones that have the models T999 and T999L and the T999V. Can I use root66 for my phone?

I googled the firmware for my S3 and I'm downloading the firmware TNL-I9300XXUGOC1-20150502113525.zip.

It's downloading at 48,3 KB/sec :(. I hope this is the good one.

Can somebody help me? What do I have to do to get my phone operational again.

Thnx
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] audit13:
Stock firmware for thr i9300 (international version of the s3) can be found on sammobile.com here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/GT-I9300/.

Sammobile.com is very slow for downloads unless you are a paid member.

Forum for the i9300: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Teracotta:
So is there a rootkit download to flash root via CWM?

OP says flash su and binary, but I don't have those.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
Just flash supersu, it has everything you need
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Teracotta:
You mean just sideload SuperSu as a system app? Because I couldn't install SuperSu until I rooted the phone (via CWM).
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
No, you flash supersu zip in cwm. It will give you root and install the needed binaries
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Teracotta:
Using both methods (SuperSu as a system app, CWM adding su to the /bin) I was unable to execute applications within the phone itself. For example, the deodex:

root@android:/ # dexopt-wrapper /system/app/TMServerApp.apk /system/app/TMServerApp.odex
ServerApp.apk /system/app/TMServerApp.odex <
sh: dexopt-wrapper: can't execute: Permission denied

I was able to make this work by moving dexopt-wrapper to SD card, but still dumping the odex file into systems apps. So, clearly a rooted phone otherwise that would fail. Why doesn't the execute work?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mika152:
Can anyone help me flashing a rom to my t999n. I cant seem to get any rom working :(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] veloc_h:
The most recent custom roms I found:

https://community.e.foundation/t/unofficial-build-samsung-galaxy-s-iii-t-mobile-d2tmo/8236

https://androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=77302

I have installed OCT-N-M2-20170825-d2tmo.zip

(t-mobile) on my T999L
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] veloc_h:
I would begin with https://xdaforums.com/t/firmware-ot...iants-official-root66-fw-ota-updates.1949687/

Yes, it takes some time, but It works.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imblessed68:
Ok soon as I get rid of grandbabies will give it a go
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] b0joker:
Hello, everyone I can not reboot into cwm recovery. Can someone help? Using stock sgh-t999l TIA
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Brad4891:
What roms can i flash to get LTE connectivity?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Need a lot more info than that I'm afraid. What can you boot into??

None. You MUST have the T999L. Roms do not determine what type of network you connect to.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] b0joker:
Nevermind I figured it out. I have a another question. I installed wicked v10. Camera not working and wifi won't stay on. So I try the camera zip and modules download on this post. Camera zip said aborted, module was sucessful how ever no camera or wifi. So I recovered back to stock using doc's info which is great btw. Really like wicked v10 and dathstalker (download link not working) . But I am stuck??
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
At this point I'd like to hear if anyone has used wicked and had the camera work. Only a few have reported it not working, and given the popularity of the rom I assume its working for most? Not sure anymore.

You said the camera zip aborted during flash? You may need to update your recovery, but it should work. Was confirmed by others.

If I get time this weekend ill try to look into it more, but since I don't have the T999L, I doubt ill be able to easily diagnose...

Ill try to get a T999L camera up that you can try to flash to wicked in a bit.

For now, try flashing the kernel plus modules (both MB5 and MB7) from the dev thread. This should take care of wifi at least.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
T999L Stock Camera

Here are a couple of flashable zips containing the stock camera app from the T999L.

This will only work on Touchwiz roms. Most likely you will need the deodexed one, but Ive attached both just in case. If this doesnt work, we may need to try copying the camera libs as well. Or a combination of the Camera, cameradata, and libs.

If you try this on a rom such as Wicked where the camera is not working, please let me know your results!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Brad4891:
I do have the t999L, just got it two days ago, i flashed a couple of roms like cm, hellfire and illusion and none give me lte connectivity, so i was seeing if anyone has flashed a rom with the t999L and gets lte
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AquaWater:
Newbie Q ( jumping in conversation, sorry) kinda on topic

Is there connectivity with the T999 US version. I am, very new to this and have been reading a lot, but now it motives that there is two versions of the Tmobile phone. Right now I'm on my AT&T I747, phone but it has some cracks across the screen but fully functional, and you kinda look right past the smashed lines I think I found the screen for $10 on eBay. The digitizer works perfectly
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] b0joker:
I have flashed wicked v10 and its giving me LTE. But no camera?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AquaWater:
B0joker., is there a volume or something to make our phone louder? Or so I can do some research, are there any other "fixes" I can do to either phone I have once rooted?

Thanks so much advanced.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] b0joker:
Doc, I flashed the deodexed and no dice, then did a flash with odexed and lost camera completly(no camera icon) in apps?:(

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Not that im aware of? Im kinda novice at this stuff. I know just enough to be dangerous.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Ok, gotcha. Some roms won't be able to show lte in the status bar, but if you check network type while a download is running

you will see lte. Unless its not in your market or the towers are under maintenance.

Settings, About Device, Status, Network Type

T999, no lte

T999L, yes lte

Odexed wont work becsuse wicked is deodexed. I just included it in case it is ever needed.

Ill see about the lib files and such and will post when I get to em.

If you need to go bsck to wicked csm, Just reflash the rom. Sorry bout thst
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] b0joker:
Open mouth insert foot. Jumped the gun on this one....... I m getting LTE speed on wicked v 10. It doesnt show LTE but the connection is there.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
There is a sticky thread in Themes and Apps section that lists all available mods for our devices. Check there for any audio mods such as Acid or others (sorry, other names escape me atm).

You can also look in other areas such as Android Development and Hacking.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Exia Gundam:
How Do I Install TWRP Zip?

Hi Guys,

Thanks Doc for helping me root my SGH-T999L. My goal is to get CM10 on it. I've already downloaded the CM10 from your post #5, and I have downloaded the TWRP from your signature. Do I put the TWRP zip on the root of my SD card and boot into stock recovery and flash the zip? Thanks a bunch.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chjema:
Hey doc, wanted to say thank you. Came over from the blaze and got the 999l I must say your threads were extremely helpful.

I've started the process of updating most rom's that would install due too the script not being updated (error 7). I'll be glad to share them. Just can only share via drop box or something. Just an fyi.

Thanks again for all your hard work.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AquaWater:
Thanks you very much for the info. I haven't tested it out fully but I was able to unlock the T999 from watching a youtube video and following the dial pad instructions using the phone dialer. ( which really surprised me. Bc I didn't get an unlock screen, it just worked) When I inserted my at&t card I was able to get phone and text messages perfectly. Once I turned off wifi, a red phone icon came on the notification bar indicating that wifi phone was disabled because " invalid sim." - but even with the icon there I was still able to make calls. So I'm a little confused there.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Glad i could help!

You have 2 options for this. You can use Rom Manager to first install cwm and from there you can flash the TWRP zip file.

Or get the .tar file from my download folder and flash that in Odin.

If you want to share them I'm sure they'd be highly appreciated! If your dropbox is a free account though, I wouldn't post links publicly. Unless its changed, they will lock you out if you have too many downloads in a short perood of time.

I was just going to do this upon request since doing a bunch all at once would eat up too much of my available space on my file hosts. I'd suggest looking for another hosting site that won't lock you out if you want to share several of the roms. Dev-host is good, but free accounts are limited to 500mb files, so TW roms wouldn't work there. CM roms should though.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
So was this with a T999 modem that you got it to work with? Thats awesome though that you got a successful unlock!

You probably have wifi calling enabled which won't work on att. Disable that and the notification should go away.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imblessed68:
Can you tell me what you tube video you used to unlock
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Wouldn't the steps in the thread be easier than a video?

Just flash the LJA T999 modem, follow the steps, then reflash the MB7 modem.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imblessed68:
Oh no too complicated lol you know I'm scared Mr doc
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Vyrus69:
Ok here's one for you guys. I just got the Gs3 on Metropcs, with model number T999N, LTE, and HSPA+..this was supposedly the tmobile variant of the phone but the build number is UVAME4 4.12.

Should I just treat this phone the same as the T999L?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] O0cynix0o:
I would like to formally request AOKP milestone 2 please. Don't quite know if this is the correct place to do this but hell it couldn't hurt to try.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] AquaWater:
I'm not home right now and the video is saved on my desktop. But it Litterly took me 3 minute and I was unlocked.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Vyrus69:
Well I was able root and install cwm touch without a problem, but was unable to get any rom to install. I tried deleting the asserts line in a couple roms with no luck. Am I supposed to rezip the rom with a certain app? I tried the one posted in post #2 here with no luck either. All I need is some guidance on how to semi port the roms to this version of the phone and Ill be golden.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Any idea when that was released? Never heard of a T999N before!

Also I was under the impression that metropcs was more of a sprint or verizon variant, at least that's been the case for other s3's coming from them.

If you would. Look under the battery and check if the model is the same there. Also, does it use a sim card?

As for treating it like a T999L, don't. They are different. Some things will be ok to treat the same, others will not. T999 roms, recoveries, and kernels should be ok to use, but do not touch firmware from any other device! I hope you can use that info to kind of determine what's ok to use. Unfortunately, you are the first I've seen here with this device, so do NOT take my word as anything more than an educated guess!

Ill be glad to answer any questions I can but be careful whatever you do! If you mess up somewhere there is not any stock firmware you can flash.

If you are rooted, and comfortable enough with android I can walk you through pulling the necessary parts so I can make one for you. In the meantime, I personally would hold off on flashing anything, roms, recovery or otherwise.

I will look into it for you. Can you post a link so I don't have to go searching through everything for the exact one you want?

Did you delete the signature files?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Vyrus69:
Nope I didnt...where are they located?

And metro was a full cdma carrier before the tmobile takeover...just about a month ago they replaced the cdma s3 with this gsm variant now from tmobile.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Vyrus69:
Ok under the battery it says model number t999n..but the fccid ends in t999l...either wait i wws able to install ktweaker kernel with no issues, lte and camera work no prob
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
They sre in the Meta-Inf folder. (Two Cert files and a Manifest file) delete those and rezip.

gotcha. Didn't realize T-Mobile bought Metro PCS.

I would fully expect any of the T999 roms or kernels to work anyway, but if it and the T999L share the same fcc Id then I'm almost certain they are identical. Its possible I'm wrong, but not likely. Still, your stock build is different, so while MB7 would be very close, there will be some differences. This only means not to sssume you can go back to original stock using MB7 files.

Can you check if you have multi-window? Go to Settings, Display and there would be an option for it there. (To use, long press Back). If you do, would you be willing to pull a system image for me? I could use it to make a rom for the T999L with this feature. I could also make an Odin flashable version for you. Its not difficult to do. Shoot me a PM if your willing and ill send you instructions.

Considering the ID, it probably is safe to apply most of what you read on the T999L to yours.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Oh, and I'm guessing you've already installed a custom recovery since you've flashed a kernel. Where did you install it from?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Vyrus69:
I used your odin method to install recovery and motochopper to root.

No dual screen unforunately.

I'll be home in 30 mins so I'll try deleting the cert files and see if the rom flashing works
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Cool, if it doesn't work let me know which rom you're trying to do this to.

Also, Check your PMs please.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DJ_SpaRky:
[MENTION=4716203]AquaWater[/MENTION], Was this on a T999L or the original T999?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Toast55445:
Help

So I rooted my sgs3 t999L with root66 method. Everything went fine. I downloaded cm (the one in the thread) when I try to flash it, i get E: Signature verification error and i cannont flash, pls help
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Have you installed CWM or TWRP?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Toast55445:
If I try to install CWM, It tells gives me the same error. I'm installing it from stock recovery

EdIt: According to rom manager, I have TWRP as my current recovery

EDIT: I flashed CWM Through ODIn, Everythings works fine now, thnx
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Ok, glad you figured it out. You can't flash anything unofficial through stock recovery is why that wouldn't work.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Toast55445:
No Motion setting?

Ok, So I installed CM (The one in the thread) In settings, I do not have an option for motion.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Vyrus69:
Cm is stock android so you lose all of the extras from touch wiz. Including the tap screen gestures and things like that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
And just to be clear, questions about specific roms functionality like that are better in the rom thread. Ill try to remember to post thread links anytime I put a rom up like that. I don't know enough about too many roms to support them all.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Need Testers!

Hey everybody! I think I have something you might like to try!

For those of you keeping up with this thread, you may have noticed one of the new guys around here, Vyrus69. He has a new version Galaxy S3 from US Cellular, model SGH-T999N. It appears that this is identical to your T999L! (I have not verified this with concrete evidence yet, but the FCC ID appears to be the same, which means they used the certification from the T999L and applied it to the T999N. If I am right, this means that the T999N is just a re-branded T999L)

What might this mean to the rest of you? Well, the OOB build for the T999L is UVAMB7. The OOB build for the T999N is UVAME4, making it a later version. (I doubt there is much difference, but there will be some.)

Now, what is it that everyone always wants from a newer firmware? The Modem!

Vyrus69 was kind enough to pull his modem for me so I could release it to all of you! (So dont forget to show him your gratitude!)

Now,

what I need is for someone with a T999L to test it out

. If I am correct and the devices are the same, it will work with no problems. If I am wrong, you will basically get either degraded signal or no signal at all. I do not see any reason that this should brick anyone's device as several T999L phones have flashed the T999 modems, and vice versa. All that happened was there was no signal and the original modem had to be flashed back.

That said, and as with everything you do on XDA,

this is to be done at your own risk

. I make no guarantees. Only my promise that I would not release it if I were not extremely confident it was safe.

I suggest you do some Speed Tests on your current modem. Then flash the new one and run some tests to compare. And of course, please report back with your results.

Remember, always have a recent nandroid backup ready, just in case of a mistake!

Please post here if you are willing to test and I will PM you the link.

TIA!

Edit: Well, I'm off for a while. Since no ones volunteered yet, ill go ahead and post the link for someone to try. If you do, please report back right away so others know.

If you need the original MB7 modem, follow the link in the OP to the dev thread. You will find it there.

USC T999N UVAME4 Modem

http://d-h.st/nmo
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
ROM

Here you go!

Sorry it took so long for me to get to this.

T999L-T999V-aokp_d2tmo_unofficial_2013-08-07.zip

I have edited the updater-script to allow flashing to the T999L and T999V. Let me know if you have any trouble flashing it.

I will also add this to the post on Page 1.

:cowboy:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] b0joker:
I just installed it. I was getting 8to 9 mbps download 1 mbps on upload on my mb7. With the me4 I'm getting 12 to 14 mbps download and 1.8 upload. Thanks doc. Modem works for me:thumbup:

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Status 7 no go???
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Vyrus69:
Woohooo niiiiiiiice! I'm glad to be able to help out. I'm gonna myself start porting ROMs too.

I've already done it for Liquidsmooth and I'm running it without issues. The funny part is the camera was broken on the stock Ls kernel but flashing tk747 kernel fixed it :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
So the modem worked! Awesome! Thank you for testing it!

Looking forward to hearing more results!

Ill look at the rom soon. Mustve missed something...thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Can you verify under Settings, About Device, what does it say for Baseband Version?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] oldphone6700:
Baseband Version shows T999NUVAME4 on my T999L. My phone works fine with the modem from T999N. Cannot tell if there is any difference though.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Ok I completely removed the assert line and replace the update-binary with one I know works. Give this a try:

T999L-T999V-aokp_d2tmo_unofficial_2013-08-07.zip
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Thanks! The new modem will be better for some, worse for others, and will seem no different to others still. It mostly depends on your location.

If you can't tell a difference, try using it for a day or two, then flash back to MB7 and see if you feel any difference in your speeds. Also pay attention to signal strength.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
This is also good news for you too! It means that you can almost certainly use the T999L modem just the same as they can use the T999N. And this should remain the case for all future firmwares as well. So I would expect that The T999L will get updated to 4.2.2 first, then a short time later you should also get updated to the same. But as is the case now, you will probably get a slightly newer build. This can in a way, double your updates and available modems!

If you want to try the T999L modem you can download it here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/d2ltetmo/files/TMOGalaxyS3LTE_UVAMB7_Modem.zip/download

The camera issue is kind of common depending on the rom. Just remember, if you flash a CM/AOKP based rom you will of course have to use one of the compatible kernels.

If you flash a T999 touchwiz based rom, you will need to either flash the MD5 kernel (or one based on it, such as KT) or the MB7 modules. I need to revisit the camera issue, but I have a feeling that if it can be made to work, we will need to copy over the Cameradata folder, as well as any camera libs.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Vyrus69:
Here's the copy of Liquidsmooth 2.9 that I made and used myself to flash on my phone. Works perfect without any issues when using the kt747 kernel.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3c_enS_FZ-_Z20zODZ0akY2Sm8/edit?usp=sharing
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
OP Updated!!!

Hey guys! Finally!!!! I added the FAQ to the bottom of OP #1. Its about time, right???

These are by no means complete. I intend to edit, improve and make-over everything to make it as easy to use as possible. But the information is up now, so please read over them before you ask your questions. Thats what an FAQ is for, right? :silly:

As always, if you see where I have made a mistake, or left something out, please do let me know! And if you think of a question that should be added, tell me about it! I want to make it as thorough as possible while not being too overwhelming to read.

This of course goes for the rest of the OP's. If you think of a way to improve it, let me know and I will consider any ideas you have!

Thanks for everyones patience with me for getting everything completed for this thread. I think most of us realize its a work in progress as there is still stuff to learn about this phone!

Doc

:cowboy:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] francabernal:
Sorry wrong place to post
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] O0cynix0o:
You know.... If I could learn to be patient I wouldn't have hard bricked my last phone. If this works you are a god.....
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Toast55445:
Please

Can you please add more roms? :fingers-crossed:

I know you probably do not have time on your hands but please try.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] O0cynix0o:
I have two words for you Doc..... BAD ASS! I can verify that the AOKP is working great. I'm going to be tired in the morning, but it's going to be well worth it. Thank you sir for your help. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::cool::cool:;);):rolleyes::p:D