yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
What are you saying? All these phones are the same a user already proved the metro PCs ROM works on his t599v yes there is another version.

T599 T-Mobile codinatmo

T599n T-Mobile but branded under metropcs since they merged codinanewcotmo

T599V Canada videotron/wind named Galaxy Ace IIe because its successor to ace II its codename is codinavid. The Galaxy Ace II codename name is codina.

Yes its confusing just know that we use the same stuff
[Galaxy S III Mini General] mcspeedy:
After a LOT of trial and error, I think I may have discovered a clue about the rebooting into cwm problem I was having. First of all, I finally did get CWM properly installed thanks to drevil00's recovery.tar (from post #273 - I can't post the link because of the rules here) by flashing in Odin.

NOTE: I made sure to "power off" instead of restarting (because the phone restarted itself with no problems after the Odin install with no problems), and manually restarting (out of superstition more than anything else) after the Odin install, just to see what would happen: no problems.

I think that the problem I was having earlier was that I was rebooting into recovery via ROM Manager instead of using the 3-button method (I'm lazy). BECAUSE:

Using 3-button method, I could log into CWM and used "advanced" menu to power off and then manually restart (no problems).

Using 3-button method to get into CWM and then "reboot system now" from CWM menu: no problems.

"Reboot into recovery" with ROM Manager: no matter what I do, it reboots into CWM every time.

FYI: I was using ROM Manager v4.8.1.5 (from a backup from old phone - I just got this one!), so I updated to the latest version (v5.5.3.0), but it doesn't make a difference.

So, anyway, I guess my advice (to anyone who cares) is to NOT USE ROM MANAGER, at this point in time, which kind of sucks for the lazy, but, whatever. My guess is that there are a lot of lazy people out there who might be having the same problem.

Hope this helps somebody/anybody.

Stoked to have CWM, though!

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Thanks for clarifying that, and thanks for all the hard work you are doing.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] roncato:
upp lol
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Spam your post somewhere else . I see you trying to get 10 post :p
[Galaxy S III Mini General] SWisaiahAG:
lolz , I remember those days
[Galaxy S III Mini General] cyb3rs3c:
Thanks for this tip

Thanks for posting that about ROM Manager, I had the same problem with Quickboot. The T-599 needs to be wiped clean, I can't believe how finicky and slow it is.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
Repack 5.15.9??? External SD Card Problem

Hi, Phil [MENTION=4666971]Phil3759[/MENTION]. Could you check this link you provided above for the repack v5.15.9. Is not listed and the one in the link still doesn't have access to external SD Card. [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] stated it was working but I tested and External SD is still not accessible. The previous repack 5.15.0 works but the latest repack v.5.15.9 for the T599N doesn't. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Did you mess with any settings? Reset options to default I promise mine works.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
[MENTION=4666971]Phil3759[/MENTION] I didn't mess with settings. I went straight to External SD card to see if it works and no access. I'm curious why the latest repack doesn't have the word "repacked" in the file name like the previous repacked version does. It's almost like the one in the Phil 's link is not the updated one. Could you check your file? Do you have the latest repack on your Goo? I only see the previous version on your site. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Harlingen:
Let me know if any of you brilliant android developers package a stock ROM .zip thats flashable via CWM.

Also to the guy who asks if the government shut down was affecting me? No.

My car was having problems after I found out someone was trying to

steal something " valuable " under the car. So I had it replaced thanks for asking!

:)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
I know [MENTION=3245411]tys0n[/MENTION] managed to make a pre-rooted Stock ROM here... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46359891 but is not CWM flashable. You have to use Odin. Also, in order for it to work if you are using the T599N, (Not sure if other devices have same issue) you have to remove the .md5 extension, open up the tar, remove the modem file, and flash it as a tar on Odin. Once flash, boot into Recovery and do a Wipe/Factory Reset so you avoid having a boot loop. I did all of this with the help of [MENTION=3245411]tys0n[/MENTION] and got back on Stock. See here... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46508278
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Harlingen:
Thanks for the information but the reason I'm in need of a flash able .zip

is because my laptop is pawned and there is no possible way I can gain access to

one for ODIN. :(
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
So sorry to hear. I wish you the best.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Harlingen:
Thank you so much! I get paid in a few hours so I can finally get some bills paid.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] jony1512:
I can also use the recovery to the original rom from s3mini?

Gesendet von meinem GT-I8190 mit Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Yeah then get bricked :p they may look a like but the t599 threads are the only ones for us s3 mini has a few differences . if you need something let us know
[Galaxy S III Mini General] jony1512:
Thanks in advance for the answer. I wanted to have the recovery system because it has the recovery menu by Phil3759. can they tell me how I can use the on s3 mini GT-I8190 please?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Brytnee:
i need a cwm flashable zip for SGH-T599

Can anyone please make a version of cwm for SGH-T599 that is flashable via the stock recovery like a recovery.zip because I don't have a computer to use or atleast tell me how to or where to look for to be able to make it a flashable zip from stock?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
I'm afraid that won't be possible. Security is changed on these newer recoveries. There's crc check and I think samsung use a private key for zip signing.

I've tried to change zip's from OTA and the sec_csc.zip with no luck.

Computer is needed if you want root.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Has anyone tried framaroot on stock? I had recovery working before I got the phone so I used that.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Brytnee:
I just tried it and the device is not vulnerable to the exploit.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ggbhtg:
I got the T599N from MetroPCS 2 weeks ago with unlimited 4G, and it's been a shame, coming from the Samsung Admire, to hardly see any customization for this device. I have 2 questions about this phone:

1. I keep seeing this phone grouped with similar phones like the Galaxy S3 or W (even this thread is listed under some other phone) only to turn and see posts explicitly saying ROMs, OS changes, and such for them will not work on this phone. However, I still think I'm just missing something, like this Exhibit is actually the same as another phone with a different name. Is there any cross-device compatibility between this phone and another?

2. Following the last question, my reason for asking that is because I'm looking for some way around this pre-installed Mobile Hotspot app. I've seen threads on circumventing the wi-fi tether limiting that came with the update to 4.1.2 via a script, but it failed for me, and I don't know if it's because the Hotspot's settings for Metropcs are different/better with overriding 3rd party tether apps like Pdanet, (which I can use via USB while having the "hide tether usage" option on but it doesn't work for some sites, has form sending errors on others, Bluetooth mode fails, and Wi-Fi/Fox-Fi gets overridden by the built-in app). So I want to know, is there some way to use the tethering options without shelling out that extra $5 or 10? Maybe by downgrading to Gingerbread, so I can also get Flash Player back?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] SWisaiahAG:
I remember you from the admire forums on androidforums :)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
Hi, our device, SGH-T599N, Is very similar to the Samsung Galaxy S III Mini. XDA Forums have not created a Forum for our device hence we are using the S III Mini's Forum until one is created by XDA hopefully. This device is starting to get a lot of attention now in development. I felt like you when I first got the phone but you will see that there some great developers porting CM at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2442408 and working on a PAC Rom as well. Follow that thread closely since android 4.3 is coming soon but you can get 4.2 CM while you wait. Follow [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] and [MENTION=3245411]tys0n[/MENTION] who are developing for our device.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Testing 4.3 again soon
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
Thanks! Always looking forward to your work.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Look in general again
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ggbhtg:
Ok, but that probably won't help with my specific problems regarding tethering and Flash Player, not that this even seemed like an answer to that part. The problem's arose from OS updates, so I don't assume changing to 4.2 actually helps in this case. If it weren't for that, I'd even be fine with not removing any of the bloatware.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ggbhtg:
IS there a fix for either of those issues?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Don't have that issue on custom ROMs . I haven't used stock that long. I had cwm working before I got the phone. Got CyanogenMod rolling in a week or two. Haven't seen stock since.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] mcspeedy:
Flash Player

Instructions for downloading flash player: http://bit.ly/Hiswbt

If that's too long to read, just download this version. It works: http://bit.ly/HiswZ8
[Galaxy S III Mini General] SWisaiahAG:
Thanks omg it works
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Reboot to recovery is getting fixed
[Galaxy S III Mini General] SWisaiahAG:
Your taking bout PAC right ?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
No period it didn't work on 4.2 either. PAC won't be the only ROM I will build.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] SWisaiahAG:
So development for CM10.1 , 4.2.2 isn't over ? :D
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Yes it is . 4.3 ROMs now :)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] flip3601:
Sounds like CM10.2, 4.3 is in the works and fixes on PAC >.>

Sent from my CM10.1 SGH-T599
[Galaxy S III Mini General] SWisaiahAG:
I hope he builds CM10.2 , cause Pac room takes a lot of RAM ...
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ggbhtg:
Is there a bug-free ROM for my phone? (T599N, 4.1.2, MetroPCS)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
Are you running stock right know? You can flash [MENTION=3245411]tys0n[/MENTION] deodexed pre-rooted stock at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46596371 and customize it to look or behave how ever you like via Xposed Framework and Modules. Currently, [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] has build CM 10.1 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45541866 and is working on CM 10.2 but already realesed Pac-ROM 4.3 Android that you can find under the General Forum at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46692604 but he iron out a bugs that won't let you use it as daily driver. Unless you are OK with the sound problem and not been able to hear your ring tone when someone calls for example. I would keep an eye on his work. He is pretty quick on fixes and has done an awesome job so far.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ggbhtg:
I'm using rooted stock. Is this 10.1 the one with the sound problem/the one thatstill isn't bug-free?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
Pac-Rom 4.3 from the link above is the one with the sound problem. Everyone including me is waiting patiently for the next build that should have the fix since Pac-ROM is so much better than CM in the amount of customization and features.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ggbhtg:
Well, assuming 10.1 works and gets rid of my tethering problems (the Flash Player install did work for Firefox), that's all I need to know for now. Thank you.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
It should get rid of your tethering problems, and technically working but still has it's shares of bug, I think the most predominant issue with the latest build of cm 10.1 was video-recording was not working? Otherwise it was perfectly fine, and close to a stable release, imo. Just a heads up,
[Galaxy S III Mini General] julian.pitalua:
can someone help me?.I am looking for the stock rom of sgh-t599 T-mobile or a backup

pda: i am not a developer or someone with to much experience
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
The only stock ROM we have is [MENTION=3245411]tys0n[/MENTION] deodexed pre-rooted stock at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46596371 Download the tar pertaining to your model number and follow the instructions on his thread to flash with ODIN.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
You should wait a while, there's no stock firmware to revert to if cm doesn't work.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
not smart since you all dont have stock odin yet
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Dont pull data from your phone without wiping it clean everyone will have your apps etc I believe but nice job I will tar it up with the zimage/kernel the boot.img is not needed for stock :)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Is there anything else you need me to pull to create the stock firmware?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Agree. I had some time and added support to kitchen, made a deodexed rom from the system dump, but without Odin it's not safe to give out yet.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
we do need data I think but it has to be from a clean wipe the most important was system.img and zimage i can send you guys a test kernel later hopefully no screen tearing issues like the other UX500 had

if we knew what was in s3 mini odin stock it would be nice since the partitions are the same we could figure what images and files are needed
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
I'll do a clean wipe and upload it, there's supposedly one more hour until system.img is uploaded.

My upload speed is horrible, lol.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
gee lol seems like we are the only active guys on this phone lol most people dont like phones without custom roms
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
I don't even own it. I got a i8190 :)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] robinjoo1:
Lol my is 10 mbps and 140 MB download using upc

And does someone have a kernel with otg support and overclock
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
I wish I could be of more help but I don't know much about android to help significantly.

It's close enough :p But thanks for helping though!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
could you see whats in the stock odin the files?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
Not yet if the mini gets it we will get it as well :)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] robinjoo1:
Im bus and compiling it tot work bad is that i van post 1x per 5 min

PS otg almost working (i think)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
i8190 fw.

STE_boot files is not always in fw if I remember it right.

recovery.img is not always included, like in this fw.

cache.img includes a csc_sec.zip with csc region codes, but I dont know if thats the same in T599. It's not an international model and when looking at the /csc folder from systemdump it's different than ours.

hidden.img is Media files,apks etc from Samsung/carriers. Probably not needed :P

Maybe I can get some more info when i'm on my other computer.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
This is from service software for i8190N. Got one for i8190 as well.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
I wish samsung would release the stock I may try asking sammobile for help since they have all firmwares that are released
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
I think within the next hour, the files should be done uploading. How long after would it take you to create a stock firmware?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
I am still at school :( if I get caught with my phone its $25 to get it back. So I am using the desktop pcs which have all access blocked I would be using my phone and teamviewer to develop in school. Highschool sucks
[Galaxy S III Mini General] camaro322hp:
Really exciting to finally see some activity on the t599. Thanks everyone for your efforts!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] julian.pitalua:
thanks man
[Galaxy S III Mini General] ggbhtg:
Oh, I need that. Guess I'll come back whenever there's an actually stable release of some ROM.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] vascotto:
Hello,

I'm trying to install cwm following these steps, but after odin finishes with the installation it says FAIL. When I checked, cwm was not installed. Can you suggest something to solve this issue?

Thanks

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I already found the problem and was able to fix it (should have looked better on this thread since I found it here). Special thanks to ty0sn and zeddicus71.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Mini General] vascotto:
Hello,

I was wondering if I could use this zip (the one mentioned in the quoted post) to stock recover (don't know if this the correct term, sorry) my samsung exhibit sgh t599n.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
Yes, you can. This is a flashable stock recovery you can flash in CWM. I have used this file many times and it works thanks to the above mentioned.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] vascotto:
Hey, I found a .tar version of the stock recovery. Is it better to do this process by odin or flashing the zip by cwm recovery? Also, if using odin do I have to reformat the phone and clear the cache?

Thank you
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
This flashable is fine via cwm if you want to go back to stock recovery. Its easier via CWM.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] vascotto:
The thing is that my phone is soft-bricked (jumps to cwm recovery every time it boots), so I was just wondering if this doesn't affect which method is more effective.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
I had this problem before. Try to keep a copy of this recovery in your phone so you restore stock recovery back if it boot loops. The boot loop is a bug that if you boot into recovery with a third party app or through the power option button it will boot loop into CWM recovery. If you need to go into recovery do it manually by powering off device then hold volume up, home button and power button. If you can't sideload the this flashable stock recovery via CWM use the tar and flash it with ODIN. You don't need to wipe anything. Make sure you have Samsung USB drivers install on PC. Just power off device. Boot into download mode with volume down, home button and power button. Connect USB into phone and PC, run ODIN 3.04, make sure auto reboot and f.reset is only checked, click on PDA and select tar file you said you obtained and flash. After phone reboots it will boot into Stock Recovery automatically then you restart system. You can reflash CWM recovery with ODIN later just boot into manually.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] vascotto:
Thank you for the quick responses, they really help. When you say "restart your system" do you mean rebooting or something? Sorry for the constant questions, but so far you've been the only person I've found that had this same problem.

Thanks a bunch
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
You're welcome. Yes, I meant rebooting or choose the the option "Restart System" from recovery.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] vascotto:
Just wanted to let you know that it worked.

Thank you very much for all your help (and bearing with all my questions).

Regards
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
Good to hear and your welcome. :)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] morepr:
Why I can't flash this recovery at all via Odin ?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
Try this one. See here. Last post by Unjustified Dev. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46952701
[Galaxy S III Mini General] SWisaiahAG:
that is a cwm zip. he needs an .tar

or .md5 .I suggest flashing philz original via odin then the repack through cwm . but u need to have the repack on internal memory because philz original doesn't allow sd mount
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Give me a link to whatever recovery you want a tar.md5 of and I'll make one ;)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] SWisaiahAG:
http://goo.im/devs/Unjust/Codinamtr/repacked_philz_touch_5.15.0-codinamtr.zip [MENTION=3245411]tys0n[/MENTION] thanks
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Here's a zipped tar.md5 for odin :)

View attachment repacked_philz_touch_5.15.0-codinamtr-tar.zip
[Galaxy S III Mini General] SWisaiahAG:
failed ..
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Something with your connection? tar.md5 gets success on md5 check here. Should flash ok.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
The repacked from Unjustified Dev's host site does allow access to SD card. He confirmed that it works plus I just installed it yesterday and was able to access it. Don't forget to reset settings to default. The repack from Phil's Host site is the one that the SD access doesn't work because it's his latest version and Unjustified Dev is waiting for Phil to come back so he can release a new version or repack it for our phone since it's the latest version.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] oteb1990:
there is no pit partition

so i rooted my sgh -t599 and was trying to get swapper2 to work, after me installing the swapper i had to reboot for setting to kick into effect. I reboot and it didnt even go into the black screen where it displays SGH T599m it goes straight into this image even though i am not pressing any buttons down to boot into download mode. I tried to use rooted using odinv 3.04 and thought if i used it again it would work. I tried applyying "SGH-T599_UVAMB5_TMO.tar.md5" i get a error message saying "there is no PIT partition" and a fail on the top. If anyone knows how to fix it i would greatly appreciate it!!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Unjustified Dev:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46596371

This is all you need contact us for more info
[Galaxy S III Mini General] romimpaired:
Scrambled SGH-T599N boot logo

Hi, newbie here and have been toying with my phone since september and avidly following these threads...Soooo, I am having a similar issue. The initial boot screen that identifies the phone model, i.e., black screen with white type::::Samsung SGH-T599N:::: that appears before the animated logo, is scrambled. It will sometimes take a static image of the Download screen initially and display that upon reboot. But mostly it will display a scrambled image of psychedelic colors when simply restarting (Ha). Note: the phone boots normally and operates fine...it is simply annoying not know why it did this or how to fix! What did I do??? Is there a static graphic file for this initial boot screen? Flashing back to stock does not fix the image. thank you...
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
I know what you're talking about, and yet to fix it too.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] tys0n:
Initial logo is in param partition. If someone can make a backup for flashing then you will be fine. I only got param for the T-mobile model.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] romimpaired:
Cool, thanks for the reply...any volunteers for the param partition for the Metropcs version to be uploaded? Thanks again!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] unlocked01:
I'll PM it to you.

I'm hoping someone can help me as well. I'm not sure how this happened but the first flash failed and now no matter what I flash my device memory is ZERO. If I try to flash a pit file found on these forums it fails.

Also, I'm hoping to get the param partition for T599V version.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] unlocked01:
Flashing with a T599 tmobile stock firmware resolved my issue. The only difference was that this included hidden.img and I'm guessing this resolved the problem.