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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tj gamino:
I do have a IMEI..

Q.what if I install stock kernel?

Update: I am now getting data. Seems as something may be down in my area. I'm bouncing in and out of 4GLTE.. when I switch to WCDMA only.. I'm getting 4G .. just not LTE../ or you think it may be something else??
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Sounds like a tower problem to me. If its still going on tomorrow call T-Mobile support to verify.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tj gamino:
That has it be it Doc.. going to wait till tomorrow and hopefully everything will be gucci;).. Thanks for the help
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Posted an edited CM 10.1.2 on page 1 for you guys. Updater-script is edited and its ready to flash!

Untested atm.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
There was a mistake in the updater-script of the CM 10.1.2 Rom I posted. Fixed and updated so it should be working now if anyone wants it.

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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imblessed68:
Is that a rom posted Mr Doc
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Yes. It should be ready to flash on the T999L. All I did was edit the updater-script.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Odin is Windows based. So you will have to install in Wine and sort out the drivers. You can also use heimdall if you prefer.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itrustno1:
Ive got a t999l thats rooted, dont know who or how the previous owner rooted it, but if theres a way to find out id be more than happy to share that info for ya guys, just gota tell me how and what to check for.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
What do you intend to do ? Just find out how it was rooted ? Or something else ?

If its former, then why bother ? Just test to see if it really is and that's that. When the next update comes, it can be rooted as well without needing to know how the phone was rooted in the first place.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] RockstarCondoms:
Help! Can't Unlock Device.

I have a rooted SGH-T999L running CM11 for a few months now. I haven't added any new apps recently, but for some reason my battery died within minutes last night while barely using it. I carry a spare battery, and upon rebooting it with a fully charged battery, I could not get passed my lockscreen. It would not recognize my PIN. My internet and cellular network were active. I tried re-installing the original battery, after charging it and nothing. I have remote locate, lock and reset enabled. I have Lookout Premium and Gotya! installed and running. I tried to remotely unlock my device with Gotya! but nothing. I tried to lock or locate my device with Lookout Premium but nothing. I tried Google's Android Device Manager which was able to locate and ring my device, but it was unsuccessful in locking the device ("We could not lock your device. Please try again.") I tried it several times with different numeric passwords. When I tried rebooting it, I no longer have the option to reboot into recovery. I have to do it manually. When I am in recovery, I tried to back it up but it gives me an error. I tried backing up to my external SD card and then the internal one. Both unsuccessful. I think I might have lost root access. The one odd thing is I have a CPU Tuner installed and running, but it has a red icon in my status bar. It has always been green. Take a look at the screen shot I've attached. I also tried calling it to see if I can temporarily bypass, but no luck. I tried connecting it to my macbook via micro usb, but it is configured as a camera, not a usb drive (iPhoto loads up). Ultimately I can wipe it, but I am unsure if it will let me restore it from my last backup. Also, I would like to know why this happened. This is very scary that your phone could just lock you out and block all attempts to recover it. Could this be an intruder or virus? I don't know. I'm lost. Maybe there is a way to access my phone's system via PC or Mac? Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
While booted in recovery, you can use adb to dump/copy your partitions or files to your computer. Root doesn't matter with custom recoveries btw, thats only when the system is booted up. The insecure kernel is what will allow you to get your stuff via adb if im not mistaken.

If I had to guess at your ultimate problem, it sounds like some sort of data corruption happened when it died on you. Just a guess though. I guess it could be malware, but I think this is unlikely if you haven't recently installed new apps.

Your backup should work fine unless it got corrupted or you have a hardware malfunction.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
There are threads here on xda that tell you how to remove your security lock via adb. You'll have to search for them though. Dont remember where I saw it, just that I did.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Was your phone Encrypted ? Can you mount partitions within the recovery ? Do you want to do factory Reset the phone in the Recovery?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itrustno1:
I have no idea about any of this it seems like. Im floating around these parts hoping someone can help me get this t999l to accept a metro pcs sim card but everywhere I get pointed to gets me to dead ends and then I turn around to say WHAT HAPPEN AND WHAT DO I DO NOW but then nobodys there. I need someone thatll help me out with my particular s3 and its particular current firmware version baseband odin triangle away thing. Im willing to pay $ for someone to help me out, some call it spoonfeed. Im good for it, ask androidboi209.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
You cant Odin the T999N firmware on a T999L. The deviced are identical but the firmware is not. You probably need to get it SIM unlocked first. You can find services to do this on ebay for several bucks.

Once unlocked, put in your metro sim, then manually enter the mpcs APN. Ill post the correct APN settings here in a few min.

(You can try this without unlocking first if you like, but I doubt it will work till you do)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Metro PCS APN

Name: MetroPCS

APN: fast.metropcs.com

MMSC: http://metropcs.mmsvno.com/mms/wapenc

MCC: 310

MNC: 260

APN Type: default,mms,supl
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itrustno1:
Im using a metro pcs sim in a tmo phone as we speak and nothing was done to the tmo phone at all. Sometimes I switch it with a tmo sim card once in a while when needed. In other words, I have a different tmo phone and use both metro and tmo sims in it with zero problems and everything works. The t999l im having problems getting to work has a baseband for 4.3 but the build number is for 4.1.2. And in odin mode warranty bit 1 in red with some grey wordings around the red wording. Slip in a metro sim, power on and says metro across the top for like 2 sec then searching forever.

---------- Post added at 02:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:27 PM ----------

Theres a post somewhere that says to leave everything with APN on tmo for better connectivity and that just swapping sims should work no problem. Let me see if I can post one of those links or whatever its called. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2476239
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Let me get this right. Your T999L has Android Version 4.1.2 but has a baseband of UVUBNC1 or UVUBMK4 ? If its the latter baseband, you may want to flash the former baseband as some people had reported better signal with it. See Doc's Signature for a thread for the basebands.

To your question, yes indeed T-Mo's APN does work well for Metro PCS customers. However, what Doc had asked and I too want to know is, weather this phone is unlocked from T-mobile. When you put in metro PCS sim card, do you get some sort of enter Pin screen ? If you don't then the phone is unlocked. If you do get one, then the first order of business is to unlock the phone. A locked phone won't get signal from metroPCS.

If the phone is unlocked and phone keeps searching for signal then you do need to enter the APN manually. An APN is Access point Name. Its a menu listed under Settings > More > Mobile Networks

In there, you have ability to enter a new APN. Do so and use the information Doc furnished above.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
If you're using a sim card from another phone it will never pick up service, you can't swap sim cards like that with metro, you have to change devices in your account

T-Mobile phones do not need to be unlocked in order to activate them with metropcs
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Oh Good to know. Thanks.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itrustno1:
Heres what it shows after odin fails. Not sure if it helps any but im tryin.

So if my baseband and build number are different, shouldn't they be the same, not completely but the last 4 characters at least right?

Oh, and no it doesnt ask for a pin or anything when inserting a metro sim. All my contacts show up, says metro pcs across the top of the screen for like a second then goes away ,then says searching. Thanks for stayin with me guys. Im gettin ready to pay anyone who can get me thru this once and for all. I dont care to be rooted or ROMed and I dont care what version of android, I just want my t999l to work with my metro sim.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cronikman84:
can you show where odin fails on you pc?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
You didn't say if it was a sim card from another device or not.. Looking at modem and firmware mismatch on your screenshot should be ok in this case, but it wouldn't hurt to go back to full stock, and I agree with the previous poster, what was the error message in Odin?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Agree with those above about odin. But I also see your warranty bit is already tripped, so have you tried flashing a different rom? Preferably one based on metro nc1 firmware. If you cant find one I can make one pretty quickly, but it wont be till later tonight.

Sorry if you already mentioned it, but have you factory reset?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itrustno1:
No sim inserted at all. I would think getting the t999l back to out-of-the-box then switch device on my metro account then pop in my metro sim and have it working, im guessing. Id prefer no root no custom ROM stuff so I dont run into any of this odin confusion anymore cause its taking too much time of my days and nights trying to get my t999l back to out-of-the-box. And yeah, ill post a image of the odin fail, NOW THAT I CAN DO, IM GOOD AT THAT. THATS EASY TO MAKE ODIN FAIL FOR ME, IVE DONE IT AT LEAST 20 TIMES THE PAST 4-5 DAYS (being funny). Ill post that in about 30min.

I am at my computer with t999l in hand and ready to get lost in these threads again. Help me out guys.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
I mean if it was a sim from another device when you said you couldn't pick up service.. If you have a question or get stuck I can try to help!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Check your imei. Does it match the one under the battery? Call metro and make sure it hasnt been blacklisted for some reason.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bejoe905:
Apologies for resurrecting the thread, but will any of these methods work under 4.3?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I guess youre talking about rooting? Yes.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ody12:
What is the best adblocker for rooted?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ody12:
Are there any adblockers that block ads on data connections, ads in browsers and apps?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Im sure there are some in play store.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
There aren't actually, they've been banned by Google for quite for time! ? they still exist of course, but you'll have to get them from their site or third party
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Oh ok. I never bother with ad blocking myself. But why not just get the hosts file from mvps.org or a site like that? Afaik thats basically what most of those ad blocking apps do anyway.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ody12:
I downloaded adblock plus but its only blocking the ads in the browser not in my apps for some reason
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Try ADAway. I think its been removed from Google Play so you will have to look for it in other App Stores such as amazon.

You may also try CrossBreeder mod.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
This is true, but you can also disable and re-enable ad blocking on the fly with apps.. Its ideal for some people.. Ok enough OT back on topic ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ody12:
For apps that don't need internet I'm using droidwall it stops the apps from using the wifi/data so it won't be able to display ads
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itrustno1:
Well, after all the searching, downloading, reading, re-searching, trying, and basebands, kernels, stockwork rod, (huhu, I said stockwork rod :D), I finally took care of all that confusion. Odin didnt fail within 5sec, this time it actually took 29min AND I WAS HAPPY THIS TIME THAT IT WASNT GOING FAST cause that meant it was working. I skipped all that mess and headaches and just flashed 4.3. Best thing I ever did. AND, if I understand correctly, now IT CANT clockrom root and all that, thank gah. Works like butter. Happy, I can get back to my life now instead of all the hours and all nighters I spent trying to get this done and being pointed to different solutions that always made a nother wall to climb over. I hope I never have to go thru this again. Thanks everyone forrrrr.....forrrr....for all the great advice and help.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Sorry you had so much trouble with it, but im glad to hear you got it to a point where you are happy with it!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ody12:
How can I fix this?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I dont know. Need more info.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ody12:
I recently factory reseted my device so in order to use the play store I had 2 resign in again with my google account so I put in my account and clicked sign In and this is what comes up
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Did you restore anything? Have you tried over wifi? Tried clearing data on all play store related apps? (Store, gmail, gsf, partnersetup, etc)?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ody12:
Tried em, no luck. Has anyone else experienced this problem before?.. Oh well that's alright I hope to flash to cyanogenmod soon anyways. For now I downloaded 1mobile1 and aptoide as an alternative.

Thanks for the answer though.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Try a factory reset again. Then after booting and going through initial setup, leave it alone for 10 mins. Then try again. Do not restore any data first. (You didnt say if you had done this or not in your last post)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] LexApp:
Hi DocHoliday77, thank you so much for your great work you're doing here. Pls is there any other method of unlocking S3 Tmo running 4.1.2 apart from downgrading to 4.1.1? I can't even find a link for the T999L 4.1.1 firmware.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
There are ways to buy unlock key on ther Ebay or internet. But you will have to provide them with your IMEI in some cases.

Otherwise, you could also ask the Carrier nicely.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
All firmware and modems are stickied in development and linked in my sig. I dont remember for certain right now but I dont think the T999L has a 4.1.1 build, so your only choice is to get a code from T-Mobile or buy one online.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ody12:
its pretty weird i've actually noticed alot of stuff different with my phone lately also when i factory reset its different it says something with teamwin or twerp or something like that.. i just will flash it to a stock rom with odin. how can i find a rooted stock rom?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Factory resetting from setting simply just boots recovery and runs it there. So if youve installed a custom one thats exactly what it should do.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] LexApp:
Please can you suggest one or two sellers on eBay I could use for unlocking this phone?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Look through the unlock thread. Im sure a few have been mentioned there. Dont know of any off hand.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gabe05:
I need help desperately, okay so since about 5pm today, my phone is acting up and being stupid, every time I send a messages I get the "message not sent" error in hangouts and "failed" in the native SMS app, the text only seem to go through when I'm in a call, I also can't receive any text messages, so far I've switched Roms, Odin the nc1 firmware, factory reset multiple times, took out the Sim card for about an hour and no luck, any ideas what it could be?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Sounds like a network problem on tmobiles side.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gabe05:
I was just on the phone they told me my area has "perfect LTE coverage" I don't know whether is bull**** or my phone ???
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
If you've odin flashed the firmware and factory reset afterwards, that tells me its either network issues, or it could be hardware, though that is less likely. Try in another location at least several miles away. If it works youll know for sure its the tower. If not then it becomes more likely its hardware. You might also want to borrow someone else's sim card to test. Go to a T-Mobile store if you cant borrow one from a friend or family member.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fraen:
Need help my samsung Galaxy s3 sgh t999 tmobile running on T999UVUENC2 Android 4.3 Jelly Bean is sim locked. Whe i try to flash any other rom like cm-11 nightly d2vzw or downgrade it to stock rom 4.1.1 so i can network unlock it through flashing with odin. Nothing works it brings fail message on odin. It bricked when i tried to unlock bootloader but i was able to flash T999UVUENC2 Android 4.3 Jelly bean all other roms refuse to flash please help
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
You can not Sim Unlock a phone that is upgraded to 4.3 firmware. There is no way to downgrade without bricking.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fraen:
Okay then why does upgrade also not working
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
You are on the most recent firmware. What are you trying to upgrade to ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fraen:
Cm 11 nightly
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Ok, first thing, you said you have a T999, so this should be posted elsewhere as this thread is strictly intended for T999L and T999N information.

But to your problem, flashing cm or any rom isnt what we refer to as upgrading in a general sense. Also, the bootloader is not locked. You only mentioned flashing failing in Odin, so im assuming your cm failure was in recovery, but you just didnt mention that. Or are you trying to flash roms via odin?

If you want more help, you need to post specifics about the failure. Did it flash but not boot? Did it not flash at all? Did it give you a status error? Did you check the recovery log to see where it failed? What recovery?

I suggest posting rom related questions in the roms thread if possible. Otherwise find a related thread in Q&A, or start a new one if you cant find one. Most all flash failure issues have been covered many times though, so you can probably find a solution to your problem already posted with a quick "search this forum".

Oh and just a quick tip, a brick is what happens when you cannot boot at all, as in, nothing happens when you press power. If you can boot download mode or recovery, its not bricked.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] fraen:
Hahaha i knw wht a brick is. The phone bricked whn i used galaxysim unlock n i used a dibrick method by micro sd.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SpeedsterPaul:
What to flash for T999N?

Hey Doc, I'm a bit new to the rooting scene and was wanting to root my SGH-T999N from MetroPCS. It's running 4.3, and was wondering what to flash on it. I went to get a T999N root66 rom, but there are none. Does this mean we have to use another method? And I assume we can't use one from a T999L, because of this:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Yup, for some reason we haven't got hardly any T999N users here. They all seem to want to use a different forum, but they just end up copying the information here to there! Anyway, it didn't seem right to ask for root66 firmware for it when there might only be 3 or 4 people work actually use it. Lotta work for not much return. Anyway, id suggest just use the old school method of flashing a recovery (cwm or twrp) via odin, then flash the SuperSU update zip from said recovery. Then flash a rom or the Knox removal zip and youre good to go.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SpeedsterPaul:
For recovery flashing would I flash the "TWRP_d2tmo-2.6.3.1.tar" or the "TWRP_d2tmo_2.7.0.0.zip" file? Or is there a specific one for MetroPCS?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
You can try either one. The more recent one the better.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gabe05:
You want the tar file if you're using odin to flash, you want the zip file if you're flashing through recovery, I personally recommend the tar through Odin is much more secured
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SpeedsterPaul:
Oh yeah I forgot a question..why can't we use .img files? They seem to be more recent than the .tar files.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
The IMG files are for when you are pushing via ADB. Odin works best with TAR files that are compressed like Zip Archive.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SpeedsterPaul:
Ok, I think I've flashed custom recovery, but how do I boot to it?

And on Odin, it said reset instead of pass. Is that bad?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Power Off the phone then Press Vol Down + Home + Power Button combo to turn on the phone. Keep them depressed till you get into Recovery.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SpeedsterPaul:
When I do that, it brings me to the regular warning screen. Did Odin not complete, as it said "RESET!!" instead of "PASS!"?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
You have to wait till it says pass!! What warning screen are you talking about?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SpeedsterPaul:
Ok, I tried it again and it says pass this time, but using that key combination I'm still sent to the regular download mode. Using Vol UP+Home+Power sends me to the 3e system recovery.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] serio22:
Flash recovery again and this time either uncheck to reboot manually and when it passes, take out battery, and reboot straight into recovery, or once it reboots press the button combo to enter recovery right away (you must be fast for this one!)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SpeedsterPaul:
Ok, now custom recovery is installed. To flash SuperSU, I simply have to put the zip on my phone, right?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] daggorlad:
Just copy it over to your phone or SD card and reboot into recovery and choose install, choose the directory where you copied the file to, select file and "Swipe to Confirm Flash"
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SpeedsterPaul:
Thank you, now I'm rooted. Thanks to all of you that helped me out!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jestincheppad:
How u download it for GS3 Tmobile T999L

Dude, I went to PACman's downloads website, and it took me to some site with a whole bunch of developers and im confused as heck...I have the same phone as u, could you plz tell me how u downloaded the rom for it?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Do a Quick Google for PAC Rom D2LTE.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] T_Dizzle.:
T999L

okay, so im having a problem. Everytime i try to install a rom on my T-Mobile T999L it always says it has a verification error, and wont install the rom. im rooted on the Root 66 way and i have 4.3
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] a2441918:
try flashing a latest cwm. or a latest twrp if ur device has one.. it should work.

Sent from my SOKP powered Galaxy S 4 i9500.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] T_Dizzle.:
well im new to rooting and what not so how do i do that?