yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] johne105:
doc tired to install zip...seems to still have knox ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] scaredem23:
this is prob a noob question but ill ask anyway. What does it mean when you say its in your signature?:eek:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] masondoctorjt:
If your on the mobile app you can't see it. But if you're on a pc or run xda in a browser set to desktop mode, there is a signature at the bottom of his post with more links to stuff.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Can you specify what exactly you see that shows knox still being there?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] red rocket:
doc im back on ur build for the t999L i flashed the su zip from ur sig and still i cant get ad away to work. any thing you want me to report back by looking somewhere to find if knox is still there?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Adreaver:
PACman is running awesome, just saying.

Sent from my T999L on PACman
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imblessed68:
Wil give that one a try also
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jmcoffey:
If you have the t999l, you need to flash the kernel in the first post. Otherwise you will get connectivity with no data.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imblessed68:
How can I find out if I have stock recovery on phone? I don't see any on my ext sd card
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jjluv86:
hi i downloaded everything i needed and extracted odin, installed drivers, put my phone in download mode, and when i click pda an select the folder that my downloads are in it does not pop up for me to select one. yet when i go to the folder separately its all there. please help thanks.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Sounds like you didn't extract the firmware you want to flash. Extension has to be .tar or .tar.md5 for Odin to see it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Do you mean you want to know what's installed already? Or you can't find the download? Sorry, not quite sure what you're asking here.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jjluv86:
Thanks for the reply. How would I go about doing that I'm sorry for the noob questions
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
No worries. The file you downloaded should currently be a .tar.md5.7z. .7z is a 7zip extension.

Download and install 7zip (google will find it easy) then right click on the file and under the 7zip part of the menu choose extract. The resulting file is what you flash in Odin.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jjluv86:
OK thanks a lot found that and do I have to extract the clockwork recovery as well?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I don't believe so. I just archived that because of its size.

Just remember, for Odin the file extension has to be .tar or .tar.md5.

If you see a .7z or .zip you need to extract it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imblessed68:
Sorry wasn't too know what's installed already

---------- Post added at 02:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:14 PM ----------

Want to know what's installed already
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jjluv86:
Thanks again so much. You've been so helpful and resourceful!! Got my recovery and I'm rooted :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Adreaver:
Turn off phone. Pull battery. Replace battery. Hold power, volume up, and home until the phone vibrates, then release power only. This will boot you to recovery and you will know what you have.

Side note: you most likely have stock recovery. You need to go out of your way to install a recovery so unless you did that and forgot you are still stock.

Sent from my T999L on PACman
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] thetolsonator:
I rooted my GS3 using a method I found elsewhere and haven't been able to change the recovery...And because of that, I can't test out the roms because of compatibility issues...

My question is, can I make a backup of my ROM through the current CWM recovery and then go through the STOCK/Re-Root process and then restore my ROM? I'm pretty sure the recovery being that of the d2tmo shouldn't matter (as you've mentioned the d2tmolte ROM running on the original tmo gs3)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Jshin:
camera

Hello all. Thanks to Doc for starting this thread however I found it a day late haha. I bought my T-Mobile T999L a few days ago, My wife has a T999 I didn't know of the difference, So I rooted hers and flashed a custom app. Did the same to mine, worked good but no Camera on mine. I have tried all the roms and only found one where the camera works and that rom is pretty bad in comparison to some of the others. I did find where Doc posted the Camera data for the T999L, So my question is can I use this to get my camera working again. Do I flash the zip? 2. If I flash the Pure Rom listed on the front page only, will that fix it? 3. Does anyone know of a nice Rom that works great with the T999L as in no or very minor bugs etc. Thanks so much for your reply.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Only way to really tell is to reboot recovery. Unless you deliberately flashed back to the stock recovery provided in my dev thread, you will still be on either cwm or twrp (I think I remember you had gone with cwm, right?)

just curious why the battery pull? Shouldnt be necessary to get to recovery.

Some roms/mods will not flash if you're using the d2ltetmo recoveries. That's why I recommend the d2tmo version. The best way atm is to flash it in Odin. I will fix the zip versions so they can flash from a d2ltetmo recovery today. As for using a nandroid created with a d2ltetmo version, and restoring it with a d2tmo version, that's a good question. I can't see any reason it shouldn't work, but I will not guarantee that.

Be prepared to restore it using the recovery it was created by, then to change recovery and create a new nandroid. In case it doesn't work.

Better late than never!

I was told that those files I posted didn't work, but have since read that they do in other threads. Ill see if I can't just make up a new one to post here since I'm sure you won't be the last to see this issue.

Yes, if you flash back to stock the camera will work. I think its only on some aosp roms that it doesn't.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Adreaver:
It isn't strictly necessary. Old habit from my htc incredible days, when sometimes the device wouldn't power down fully. Battery pull was a "best practices" way to make 100% sure the device was off.

Sent from my T999L on PACman
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Jshin:
I flashed the pure rom and kernel and worked like a charm. Camera is back and good to go. Now I need to find some custom roms to satisfy my flashing addiction =(

Thanks Doc!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
FYI

I just created and added some recoveries to my folder linked in my sig.

Added a few recovery flashable zips for both TWRP and CWM, and Odin flashable .tar.md5 for CWM. I edited the scripts of the zip files so that they should now be able to flash from your current custom recovery. They are all d2tmo versions.

Let me know if you use any of them and if you have any problems. (Everything went perfectly fine on my T999)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Did you try to unlock the Developer Options first by tapping Build Number 7 times in Settings >About ? In Developer Options you need to enable Root.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zswielder:
Hi, DocHoliday77.

I just went through setting up my new phone, rooting, installing a modded stock, and removing bloatware via TB, so I'm not ready to move on to a new ROM, but I just want to say I'm impressed by how quickly you work! Do you plan to make your own custom ROM based on T999L stock in the future?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] beachbum40:
I'm assuming we root 4.3 T999L the same way we rooted 4.1.2 T999L. Do we root by Odin flashing a recovery then recovery flashing a super user? Reason I ask is im having issues with some games fcing after I root 4.3. Any help or advice would be appreciated
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I honestly haven't decided just yet. I may try using the T999L base to build a rom for all variants. Depends on how well it runs as is on a T999. If I do, I doubt it will happen quickly. The roms I've made so far don't take long at all for me to do, but actually modifying code tends to be a much more time consuming task.

But we shall see!

Hopefully mrRobinson will have root66 released soon. It will be the best way I think. For now though, you can't just root and be done. You have to remove Knox or it'll block root. There's several methods posted, I haven't really looked at them yet though since I haven't had use for them yet.

You could flash the rom I posted though. It should achieve nearly the same thing you want for the time being.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Muffycheeks:
I'm confused with what is or is not the latest Baseband version. Is it T999LUVUBMK4 or this listed on T-Mobile's site ?

Beginning December 9, the Samsung Galaxy S III LTE (t999L) will have an optional software update to Android version 4.3 / Baseband version T999UVUEMJC. This update includes KNOX and Samsung Gear support.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] red rocket:
i have developer options enabled but where do i enable root in developer options i dont see it? I flashed Su and have the app I just cant apply ad away files
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] beachbum40:
probably a stupid question but could we flash the T999 4.3 rom to the T999L?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
MJC is for the T999

MK4 is for the T999L

They got mixed up I guess.

Thats an option in cm/aosp if I'm not mistaken. He may have thought you were asking about the cm rom on page 1?

I'm wondering if this has anything to do with seLinux enforcing. If you're willing, try flashing the ATT kernel to see if it goes to permissive. Then try again.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] red rocket:
Doc ad away still wont apply host files but SE is Permissive. Everything works wifi calling and all but its crazy y i cant get triangle away and adaway to work.

Screenshot (since I can't post pics)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/m48o8h57rim9enm/Screenshot_2013-12-13-13-59-38[2].png
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Screenshot isnt showing for me.

Thanks for letting me know about seLinux on that.

Not sure about those though. Do you know how to manually apply a hosts file? Its in /system/etc

Maybe try copying it there using a file browser.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Make sure you have explicitly given Root Access to Ad-Away. Check the log of SuperSU/Superuser.

You'd want to remount RW before that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] johne105:
doc got it to work,,my fault with installion.i did notice after i got it installed and rooted.when you go into setting,display,fonts...when you go to change fonts style...it states unfortunately.settings has stopped. and she doesnt change.only thing i noticed so far other then i cant figure out were my cwm backups are going....seems to backup...memory shows reduction like a backup would..but i dont know where..not in usual spot on internal storage
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Muffycheeks:
Can't get WiFi to work. MJ2 kernel did not help.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Did you flash the modem as well?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
Go to /storage/emulated/legacy.

Copy files from there to /mnt/sdcard
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Muffycheeks:
My Baseband version is BMK4
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] johne105:
ok doc...looks good so far...got everything up and running..perfectly ,all my rooted apps etc ..so far have to test it for the next couple of days. heres what i did

installed full 4.3 firmware (unrooted)

installed cwm 6.0.31.....working

installed your knox free deox...no knox is good knox

installed super user 1.80...working

installed att kernal.....se is set to permissive

installed adaway....working

installed triangle away...working

installed quick boot....working

seems like everythings working good on 4.3 so far only issue was changing fonts in setting/display but downloaded Afonts for work around...good to go;

root explorer works

root app delete works to remove bloat

wifi works...even with the att kernal

data works

installed custom boot screen...works

gps works

installed custom google keyboard...works

ill keep you posted...if you like...thanks...man !! :cool:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] beachbum40:
How did you flash detox Rom with no Knox right after you flashed orig. Firmware No root? Did you use stock recovery or what? Just curious don't no how you flashed docs rom if you on non rooted rom.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
All I can really say is

start over by odin flashing mb7.

Unless you have anything else you can tell me, such as what hapoens exactly when you try to turn on wifi?

definitely! Thanks for being so thorough with both your testing and reporting!

You don't actually need to be rooted to flash anything, just need cwm or twrp recovery.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
AT&T MJ2 Insecure Kernel

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291680810
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Muffycheeks:
Thanks Doc, everything is now working including WiFi. I'm wondering though if TWRP (2.6.3.1) is functioning properly. I had to flash both my back-up and the MJ2 kernel twice before it would work.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] beachbum40:
I got note 3 launcher to work on my T999L here's the link if u want to try http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2214117 back up though
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] afwolfpacked:
Just wanted to say thanks DocHoliday. The 4.3 no Knox installed flawless did the att kernel then modem as mentioned. As an additional I also installed the volume booster mod and everything works flawlessly. 4.3 has not had 1 app fc but stock 4.1.2 started having fc's
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] clikonco:
Moved from different topic.

Hi guys, I have searched high and low through the forums and I am at a loss now. I recently decided to root the SGH-T999L, and so I followed DocHoliday's posts,

1) getting the "[Stock][ROM]Galaxy S3-LTE (d2ltetmo)" (MB7system.tar.md5.7z extracted)

2) Odin the system. At first the phone would not boot pass the splash screen "Samsung S3 LTE); so I flashed the stock recovery (build UVAMB7) and stock kernel (build UVAMB7); then the rom would boot all the way through.

3) I tested for root successfully.

4) I also then flashed at first TWRP 2.3.3 (openrecovery-twrp-2.3.3.0-d2tmo.tar) using odin as well.

5) Now I have tried flashing the newest CM nightlies, (each time with different modification combination to the updater-script: first unzipping and removing one or both assert lines then zipping back up; second not unzipping and directly removing one or both assert lines)

But I have always gotten the dreaded assert failed. (I even used the ROM DocHoliday had posted to allow flashing to T999L to no avail)

I dont know what to do now, completely lost at this point. Am I missing a step? or something? Thank you!

Additional Background info:

Had updated to the most recent Tmobile update for 4.3 (totally sucks) already; I have also tried to use TWRP_d2tmo-2.6.3.1.tar

UPDATE 1:

The potential fix: bootloader im running now is T999LUVUBMK4...

UPDATE 2:

In case for future reference for people with similar problems. Basically your bootloader needs to match the ROM that you are flashing. Which means your ro.build needs to be the same as one of the lines in the updater file within the ROM zip package your flashing. DocHoliday has all the necessary information regarding this in one of his post for T999L. For me even when I added T999LUVUBMK4 to the assert line and changed the assert line for product name (from d2tmo to d2ltetmo) it still did not allow for me to flash. It was only after I removed the first assert line, with the product name was I able to flash the ROM. No regrets thus far, though I did trip the warranty bit (which is also the infamous knox bit also known possibly as the efuse) to 1 :( Just a fair warning to anyone else who was tired of OEM crap.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tomprc:
For network unlock, my understanding is that

1) *#197328640# menu does not have the same menu on 4.3.

2) *#197328640# menu is all blank if I flashed an 4.1.1 modem.

3) *#197328640# menu actually only launches "Keystring_factory.apk"

So, can we:

1) flash an 4.1.1 modem, and

2) replace "Keystring_factory.apk" with the one from a T999 model 4.1.1 version.

Then it's possible that we can get the missing menu #4 back, AND we are not going to get blank menu? Would this work? I don't have the "Keystring_factory.apk" file from T999 4.1.1.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] dannystyles_1:
4.3

do these roms work for 4.3,sorry for the noob question im kind of new to this and last time i tried to install a rom i messed up my phone.?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] HellzYea:
firmware zip corrupted

Hello all,

I am trying to extract the firmware for my t999n but it keeps saying the file is corrupted or invalid.

can someone help me with this

Using the Galaxy S3 with 4.3 T999n
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] synpax:
QUESTION ;)

I have the original T999 and was having trouble with getting a quality connection at various times and places in the DC area and in the Miami area. I walked into a T-Mo shop and the guy at the desk said that the LTE deployment could be interfering with my ability to connect and that I should warranty my phone to get a T999L.

Well, I've done that, and the new T999L will be here in a couple days. However, do you think this will help with my connection problem?

By connection problem, I mean that:

a) When I am in the elevator or basement of my building and then go outside, where the connection should be fine, it can take a long time to find it again.

b) When I'm... pretty much anywhere, I can lose the ability to make a call or get data. It's pretty infuriating.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] synpax:
Follow-up; I received my replacement phone today and the model number is still "SGH-T999," it doesn't say T999L. Did I not get the LTE phone? Also, the internet connection just says "4g."
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] afwolfpacked:
the splashscreen on boot will say sgh t999l if lte version
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] coldfusion182:
Mine's locked... you can only use it with a metro pcs sim card until you unlock it
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zswielder:
I appreciate your taking time to respond, but that's common sense... I was asking about hardware capability. All locked phones cannot be used with other carriers until unlocked.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gotmilk702:
flash t999n on sgh-i747?

Does anyone have a recovery zip or modified odin tar to convert an att gs3 to metro gsm lte ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jamakai:
Exactly what i need

So, i saw your sig and it looks like you pretty much have exactly what i want to get. Is there any way that you can give me the steps of how you got pacman on your gs3? And whatever other steps need to be taken for it to work? I've been trying everything but nothing seems to work for me.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] afwolfpacked:
First did you flash stock firmware for T999L Lte to 4.3 as the boot loader would have been changed. If so then the Rom needs to reflect the correct boot loader to install another rom.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DJ_SpaRky:
You don't need to flash anything to get TMo/Metro LTE working on an I747, it works natively. The problem is HSPA+ on 1700 MHz, the I747 is disabled for that band.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gotmilk702:
Naw need t-mobile for wifi calling.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DJ_SpaRky:
Not sure how well that is going to work, but in theory you could just take the APK and try that. If not you might need to try a TMo TW-based ROM instead of the TMo stock image, since it wouldn't flash modem/firmware/bootloader.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Adreaver:
My Sig is out of date. I'm currently on cm11, as recent 4.3 PAC is very unstable and 4.4 builds aren't out yet. But the prep steps are the same.

1. Download the ROM, kernel, and gapps you want, in zip format, to your phones (preferably external)sdcard.

2. Download d2tmo TWRP recovery (2.6.3.1 or newer) in tar format from [MENTION=4081205]DocHoliday77[/MENTION] 's sig to your computer.

3. Boot your phone to download, attach to Odin, flash the recovery.

4. Boot your phone to recovery, wipe data, cache, and dalvik (the standard wipe that twrp recommends).

5. Flash ROM and gapps. You can queue these to flash together, but the ROM must be first.

6. Reboot system. Set up accounts, make sure it's working.

7. If desired, reboot to recovery and flash a custom kernel.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] randy-247:
stable ?

I have a samsung galaxy s3 T999L and i dont like the stock rom so i found this post how to put my favorite rom cyanogenomod but can someone told me if the rom is stable Or nigthly

---------- Post added at 07:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:47 PM ----------

This rom is stable ??
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] culson_35:
This ROM is old,try another one like Beanstalk, cyanfox,...he has the last firmware in Android.... 4.5.2

S3 Beanstalk 4.4.2 (sgh-t999l)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] randy-247:
quote

I like cyanogemod cuz is the most stable but i dont wanna install that rom cuz i dont know if stable and cyanfox i went to the official page but i cant find nothing there
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] culson_35:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2480004

S3 Beanstalk 4.4.2 (sgh-t999l)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] randy-247:
You have on you galaxy ??
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] culson_35:
No,read now a have Beanstalk 4.4.2

S3 Beanstalk 4.4.2 (sgh-t999l)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brandogg:
I am trying to SIM unlock a T999N for someone. It is on stock 4.1.2 - the menu works (*#19728640#) and all parts work, except the "wait 30 seconds and go back" (of course using menu, back) - option [4] never shows up. Is there a T-Mobile radio I can flash onto this device? The person wants to use it on T-Mobile/Simple Mobile, which, amazingly, requires a SIM unlock, even though this is running on T-Mobile's network (Metro PCS) already.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Adreaver:
Don't make multiple posts on the same issue. I already answered you in the other thread.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] gabe05:
SD Card issues?

Okay so i'm very confused at the moment with a sd card hiccup i came across, anyways i have a sandisk 8gb sd card which every rom i have put on my t999l has read, and i also have a 16gb sd card i bought from a computer store called micro-center, now the 16gb is only seem to be picked up by TW-Based roms, do any of you guys have an idea as to why this is? i've formatted both sd cards with the exact same program to fat32 and still same issue happens, so any knowledge to this can be helpful thanks in advance
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
T999L on att not getting LTE

Currently I have a T999L that is unlock and I am trying to get ATT LTE but all I get is 4G. I have change the APN settings per other post but still no LTE. I know that ATT have LTE in my area. Any suggestions?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Adreaver:
Not all roms show LTE in the status bar. Have you checked settings/about phone/status while you have an active download?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] :
Currently I have a stock rom all I have is root
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] el_garicimo:
Roms from this thread for the T999L with edited script not working for me

Hey guys,

I have a T999L and have tried flashing through cwm both the CM 10.1 ROM posted in post #5 of this thread and the aokp rom that DocHoliday77 edited himself in Post 150, but I'm still getting the status 7 error on both...attached is what I get when I tried to flash the aokp ROM.

Luckily I did a proper nandroid backup so I can still just use my phone on stock, but it's been frustrating having these ROMs not work! any ideas?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Adreaver:
You have the wrong recovery.

Flash twrp 2.6.3.1 for d2tmo, not d2ltetmo. Most AOSP Roms don't recognize the LTE version recovery and will fail to flash.

There is no functional difference between the two versions, except that one works.