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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] puch0021:
I copied this from the g2 forum, but i looked through the directions and it should work for the note. Credit goes out to the Crashseeker from the lg g2 forum.

"I don't know about the other variants, but on the T-Mobile flavor of the LG G2 the default TTS is LG's. It sounds better than Pico, for sure, but it's still too robotic and mispronounces a few things. I couldn't put up with that. I set off to figure out how to get GoogleTTS back. It took a lot of google-fu, but in the end I had achieved my goal, to have that sweet voice talking to me again.

Before you begin, know that you'll need root access to continue.

Step 1: Download the latest GAPPS for your device (as of writing this, it's gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip): http://goo.im/gapps

NOTE: gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip IS FOR ANDROID 4.3! WATCH WHAT YOU DOWNLOAD!

Step 2: Unzip the zip to your computer or your phone's sdcard. Alternatively, if you have an application like Solid Explorer installed on your phone, you can simply browse the zip for the files I mention below without unzipping the whole thing.

Step 3: Mount /system as read/write

Step 4: Copy system/lib/libpatts_engine_jni_api.so and system/lib/libspeexwrapper.so to /system/lib/ and copy system/app/GoogleTTS.apk to /system/app/

Step 5: Fix the permissions of the above files to 644 and change the ownership to root:root

Step 6: Mount /system as read only

Step 7: Reboot

Step 8: Set Google TTS as your new TTS engine (under Language & input -> Text-to-speech output)

Step 9: ???

Step 10: Profit

TL;DR:

Download GAPPS

Unzip GAPPS to /sdcard/gapps/

Run the following commands:

Reboot

Set Google TTS as your TTS engine"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BrianBaker:
if I root i'll lose the ability to mirror to my Samsung TV with All cast...:(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] optimummind:
Wow, I can't believe the Sprint version has this crap too. Here's hoping for an easy fix in the near future.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Yuhfhrh:
For those with root:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46239078
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] abeggs:
Just did QBKing77 root video and went and tested allshare cast. did not loose mirroring and did not have to use triangle away. trying this voice steps shortly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BrianBaker:
you just made my night..im off to go root now..let me know how navigation goes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BrianBaker:
Well I'm rooted and did the fix for Google TTS..Screen mirroring still works and I got my Turn by Turn navigation lady back.

- I wonder if putting TWRP on here will cause an issue with screen mirroring.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] micrapple:
Don't know what Samsung is smoking. I thought my OG Google lady went on vacation the first time I use Nav on this phone. Google lady sounded much sexier.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] BrianBaker:
Well follow the instructions above and the original lady will be back..I think loading a custom recovery will nuke screen mirroring though, not making that jump until I need to I guess.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lean416:
Hey guys,

Just got the new Canadian model SGH-I257M and would like to know if there's any way to root this model? I have found the guides on here for GT-19195 and GT-19190, but can I use one of these guides for this model?

I really want to get a dualshock 3 controller setup but I need to be rooted.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s0ftcorn:
You sure that this is an S4 Mini? I cant find any info on it :/
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lean416:
Yep I'm sure. It just came out today exact same specs as the other models but has 16gb internal storage, no FM Radio transmitter. Haven't found any other differences
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whosat:
It might work with the S4 Mini root kit, but no guarantees!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s0ftcorn:
Does it have LTE?

But since the model number differs so much from the other S4 minis, i am not sure, if you can just use the "regular" Root-kit. Of course you can give it a go.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lean416:
Yes it has LTE

when you guys say root kit you mean "S4mini_RootKit_v1" right? what about the recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.7-serrano3gxx.tar file? is this file specific to GT-I9190?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ismellburnttoast:
Wait wait wait, so there's a _different_ variant of the S4 Mini?

Koodo (the Telus subsidiary) just got this phone in the other day and I was about to swap my slow-as-molasses Galaxy Ace 2x for the thing, but am a lot more hesitant if I can't load Cyanogenmod onto it.

The few links I've found on the the model SGH-I257M say that it may be a Bell phone, due to the M at the end... but the S4 Mini listed on the Bell site has the same specs as the GT-19195/0 LTE.

Do the telecoms really sell radically different versions of different phones under the same name?

EDIT: Just confirmed with Koodo that their model is indeed the SGH-I257M.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s0ftcorn:
Yes, this "S4mini_RootKit_v1" is what we are talking about. But be warned, this may not work for you.

Wouldnt it be illegal to sell it under a different name then it really is? Besides that, i only know of the Nexus devices, which are also split up into different carriers, but they've got the same hardware afaik.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arco68:
Question: Does the SGH-I257M have FM radio?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoseyBAH:
Just bought one also, find any information on root ive searcheed everywhere but no sucess.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barnyw:
to get version of PDA, CSC

Lean416 & PoseyBAH : Type *#1234# on dial pad, you ll get version of your PDA, CSC.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoseyBAH:
This is what I got... Someone please help. I need cyanogenmod!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoseyBAH:
Our phone works with all 9195 roms
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
So your I257M works with the 9195 roms? Is there any changes or differences of running the 9195 rom on the 257M?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PoseyBAH:
Yes it works with 9195 roms. I don't really like touchwiz and I find the battery life better on cm10.2 than stock.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
Awesome. Touchwiz can be solved with a different launcher but at least we know what roms we can use
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gemor:
I257M BELL... root... FM Radio, LTE?

Hello,

I've got Bell version of S4... I257M. What exact root method should I use? CWM?

Does I257M have FM Radio or not? It is sure not visible in apps menu. If I257M has same hardware (except 16GB of memory) as international version does it mean that FM Radio in Canadian version is not visible simply because Bell wanted customers to use Data plans + Internet radio + intentionally removed FM Radio app?

Can I flash [FIRMWARE][ROOT][ODIN] Prerooted FW SGSIV mini I9195 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2375527 and get FM Radio? Will LTE work, I am on Fido network?

Thank you very much!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
Use the i9195, they work with the i257M. I257M doesnt have the radio hardware in so fm radio won't work and if you flash a I9195 rom, it will show the phone being a I9195 in the model number under Settings, and you will lose some features such as the smart gestures the the I257M comes with.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gemor:
Thank you for a quick reply, Omega2513. If there is no FM Radio hardware there is no point to flash I9195 rom as current stock rom suites me just fine. I just want to root + debloat + use apps that require root. What root + CWM version should I use?

Also, where can I get a stock Bell ROM for I257M in case I need to roll back to untouched stock rom? I can not find it anywhere.

Thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
The recovery and root I used was http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2364980 and it was easy to use, but any root for the I9195 will work. After rooting, you can go to ROM Mangers website and get the latest CWM from there. As for a stock Bell ROM, sadly I forgot to copy mine before I flashed so I don't know where one can be found. Since this is a newer model of the mini, it may be a while before someone uploads theirs
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gemor:
Thank you. Since I haven't touched my stock setup yet how can I backup a full stock rom without root? adb backup command?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
That I'm not to sure how. You can check over at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1964607 and see if any of those methods work, or just search on XDA here.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gemor:
Thank you!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
If you manage to backup the stock rom, can you upload it to here for other users?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr64fixit:
rooted my i257m with s4mini root kit ok, thank you :)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
Did you backup your rom first?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpulsar:
Hi and scuse my english... Me too I want root my i257m but for the moment, i can't find the original kernel for my phone on the net. So, if my phone have a problem, it seem impossible to come back with original kernel... cause it was remplaced by the modified 9195 in the rootkit. Even if I made a backup of my rom, the original kernel is gone forever...

Did you lost some features with your root? I think you lost smart gesture according to a post I ever read and your phone become a 9192. Other problems or lost applications?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsavard:
According to the official specs (www[dot]samsung[dot]com/ca/support/model/SGH-I257ZKABMC-techspecs), the SGH-I257M doesn't have a FM radio.

BTW arco68, you posted three sets of files to root each of these s4 mini models: I9190, I9192 & I9195. I noticed that the only difference between each set is the clockworkmod recovery image file.

1) Does it imply that SGH-I257M (s4 mini canadian model) owners should not use the I9195 rooting method since each model has its own recovery image file...even if two users reported in this thread that it worked.

2) All SGH-I257M owners would be grateful, if you could post a specific file set for this model, or a an indication that we could use the I9195 set without problems.

And, thumbs up for your contribution to the s4 mini community !!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
Your phone will basically become a GT-I9195 instead of a SGH-I257M. Everything will read the phone as being that. Any features that the I257M had, is gone unless we can find, or someone uploads their backup, of the I257M ROM

1) SGH-I257M owners can do the I9195 rooting method at their OWN RISK!! I suggest to look up on how to do a recovery with out rooting and do the following:

Do a temporary root and back up their I257M Rom.

Root using the I9195 method

Use any I9195 ROM

2) Samsung hasn't offically released the I257M firmware to the public yet so we're left with the option to have owners submit and upload their backup version. I'm gonna see if I can get a replacement phone from Bell later on under their DOA policy.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsavard:
If I understand well the arco68's rooting recipe, it would be easy to take a copy of the I257M stock ROM immediately after flashing the CWM Recovery image but before flashing the "S4Mini_RootKit_v1.zip" image file.

I was about to try it but was not sure if I could flash the I9195 CWM recovery image without breaking something in my phone. As stated above, the recovery image file is different for each of the three I919x phones.

Also, I would like to take a backup of the stock recovery partition before overwriting it with CWM Recovery but didn't find any way to do it. The fastboot method doesn't seems to work with Samsung phones.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
I do believe there is a method to use CMW temporary without installing a different kernel.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsavard:
Probably you refer to something like this one for the S2 : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1840223
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
Yea like that but I thought there was one in the S4 mini thread. If not, try it like it says in the S2 thread.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arco68:
The root file is the same for all s4 mini variants, but the recovery is different, and even though the one for the I9195 seems to work on the I257M, it would be better if it had it's own proper recovery. Mainly because it should identify itself with the correct model number, and that it should be using a kernel matching the device. If there was a copy of the stock rom available, there shouldn't be any problem making a proper recovery and CM rom for it.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
And sadly, unless you either have an in with Samsung or someone posts their copy of the stock rom, we may be waiting for a while until Samsung releases it
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickbike:
Hello, so may be to wait until Samsung will release stock ROM.. is there a site where to check if is there an rom released?

Sent from my SGH-I257M
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
sammobile is one site that you can check. They don't have it listed yet, but you can keep checking. Any chance that you can backup your rom and upload it to here so we have a copy of the stock rom and can work on getting a custom rom for it?

Also if you don't know that exact firmware to look for, download the Check Samsung FW at the play store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.checksamsungfw&hl=en it will tell you which one you have. Mine is the I257MVLUAMI3
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickbike:
???

mine is the same, did you root'ed yet?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
Yea I rooted mine thinking there was roms for this model without checking

Sent from my SGH-I257M disguised as a GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickbike:
back-up

is there any option to make a back-up/copy, and stok image with-out root, i also have installed all i need, so my phone is not like new...
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
Did you root yours yet?

Sent from my SGH-I257M disguised as a GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im302:
S4 mini model SGH-I257M convert to i9195

pls all xda user S4 mini model SGH-I257M convert to i9195 (imranmobile302@gmail.com and imranmobile302@yahoo.com sonrk 100.1608453)

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new S4 mini model SGH-I257M firmware pls all XDA users uplader or soultion here
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
There is no solution yet until either samsung releases the firmware or someone uploads theirs before flashing

Sent from my SGH-I257M disguised as a GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickbike:
no, i didn't because i want to have a stok firmware for back-up if someting go wrong..

i would root it just to improve ram management and start-up list because it starts with 700 mb used, and when i open programs i need i'd like to have more free ram
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
On these forums, there are ways to give temp root so you can backup your rom

Sent from my SGH-I257M disguised as a GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spyke555:
Guys,

I've gone ahead and installed CWM recovery, did a factory reset of my device and then grabbed an image of that from my stock Rogers SGH-I257M.

Here is a link to that:

http://spyke555.irc2.org/SGH-I257M/

I then installed CM 10.2-M1 for the 9195 on my device and it worked fine. I can even confirm that the FM tuner works just fine as well!

Hope that helps!

Spyke555
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
You're the best. You say the fm tuner works? I thought the I257M didn't have the radio hardware in it.

Sent from my SGH-I257M disguised as a GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spyke555:
Well I fired up the FM Radio app, plugged in a set of headphones and tuned into a few local stations. Worked like a charm for me.

Now mind you the stock ROM form Rogers did not have the FM radio app, not sure if the drivers were there in the kernel. So it might look like it is not there, but works fine under CM 10.2-M1 for me...

Spyke555
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
Ok so it may be possible to get the radio working if its software issue. Now to see about making this stock rom rooted
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
[MENTION=661882]spyke555[/MENTION] Having issues trying to install the backup file
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spyke555:
Did you check the MD5 for your download? Took me a while to get it up there.

I've also seen issues when the directory names don't match the original. I'll get you the path name from my laptop in a bit.

---------- Post added at 07:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:15 PM ----------

Okay some more info:

- Backup is stored on my ext-sd in clockworkmod/backup/2013-01-01.04.39.18 so you might want to put yours in the same place

- I am using CWM 6.0.3.7

- I just restored this to my phone and it worked fine

Now the upload took a LONG time on my slow connection here, so I'd recommend starting with the MD5 check first. The upload could be bad...

Then I'd check the nandroid.md5 against the files in the zip archive to make sure the files in the .zip are good.

Do also note that this is NOT a CWM flashable zip. You'll need to extract that on your PC and then copy to your device in the directory above.

If that still does not go then let me know and I'll try using the files I uploaded.

Spyke555
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
Ok so you're saying I can't install through CMW, but I have to go through Odin? That might of been my problem.

Sent from my SGH-I257M disguised as a GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spyke555:
No...

You can install with CWM but you need to use the backup restore feature.

You'll need to uncompress the zip file on your computer, copy the contents to a folder named 2013-01-01.04.39.18 under your CWM backup folder on your device and then you can restore in CWM.

Now if you've tried that and it failed then let me know where it is failing...

Spyke555
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
Ah gotcha. I'll do that when I wake up

Sent from my SGH-I257M disguised as a GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
Ok got it installed. Now need to figure out a way to get this rooted
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
SUCCESS!! Got it rooted. [MENTION=661882]spyke555[/MENTION] I'll upload the rooted backup with busybox, SuperSU, and the Rogers apps removed.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infamouskid:
did you guys upload it yet?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2520299

Sent from my SGH-I257M disguised as a GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sean548:
Overview of my flashing/rooting experience with the SGH-i257m

Here what I have successfully done.

Process:

+ Sold my iPhone 5C 32GB for $640

+ Bought a used S4 Mini (Telus SGH-i257m) on Kijiji Calgary for $320

+ Unlocked it for $15

+ Flashed clockworkmod recovery via Heimdall on my MacBook Air

+ Backed up my the Factory OS via clockworkmod recovery

+ Installed CM 10.2 M1 (cm-10.2-20131102-SNAPSHOT-M1-serranoltexx.zip)

+ Installed Google Apps (gapps-jb-20120813-signed.zip)

+ Installed RootKit (S4Mini_RootKit_v1.zip)

Things I Learned:

+ FM Radio hardware in there and works very nicely under CM 10.2

+ When I restored my factory OS via clockworkmod the system see the OS as "Modified" so I can't put it back to original. I'll be keeping an eye out for a factory Telus firmware.

CyanogenMod 10.2 M1 Issues:

+ So far the OS is working perfectly, I've only been running it for 4 days as my primary device so time will tell. I'm a little shocked, I was expecting some problems right away.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
Odd that it shows the phone being modified and won't let it be installed. When I install the stock Rogers backup, it let's me know that there is no root but still installs

Sent from my SGH-I257M disguised as a GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sean548:
Telus Factory Firmware?

I can successfully restore the OS via clockworkmod. When I reboot and attempt to look for updates in the Samsung OS, it says my device is "modified" and won't let me see any. I would like to see what Samsung has done with 4.3 once it's released.

Since I'm clearly a noob, I probably didn't backup the original OS correctly. I can defiantly see why Nexus devices are so popular with people of our persuasion, it's so easy to put it back to factory. If anyone knows where to find a Telus firmware for this device, I would be eternally grateful.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
That has nothing to do with the OS. The updates checks for the phone to still be locked. When the bootloader is unlocked, the phone sees that and won't allow updates.

Sent from my SGH-I257M disguised as a GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sean548:
I've used fastboot before to unlock and lock the bootloader on a Nexus S. I don't remember unlocking the bootloader on the S4 Mini. There was dialog waring me about the perils of using a custom OS when I booted into odin (download) mode. Did my acceptance of this warning unlock my bootloader? Was is unlocked already? Sorry about the rampant noobism.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
It was unlocked when you used odin

Sent from my SGH-I257M disguised as a GT-I9195
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khameleon:
Hi guys, wife just got the Fido version of this phone. I want to leave the stock rom, just want to root so i can install titanium backup and ad free.

Any way to do that and keep the phone as a 1257M?

What i thought i could do:

Flash CWM via Odin

Using CWM, flash superuser or SuperSU zip to get root access.

Go ahead and install titanium backup (delete bloat) and adfree.

profit.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickbike:
Just received new baseband version I257MVLUAMK5.. and some security update --88 MB (OTA) how to copy it here... from where?

Sent from my SGH-I257M

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There is an info that today s4 mini will receive 4.3 ... I just received an BB update and it rested 4.2.2 JB dissapointed. ..

anyone received something else???

Sent from my SGH-I257M
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omega2513:
You can, or wait until 4.3 comes out then root it.

Seems like you are right.

http://www.sammobile.com/2013/11/22...-and-s4-mini-to-android-4-3-from-november-23/
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickbike:
can some one to confirm that their phone also received only the baseband and no JB 4.3, may be other carriers like Fido or Rogers, Telus ...

mine is Bell
[Galaxy S 4 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Khameleon:
Tried to update my wifes phone and it wouldnt do it because its not modified.

I suspect Kit Kat will be along soon so no need to upgrade right now.

Anyone know if there would be a way to update now? I tried Kies and it wouldnt allow me either. Would hate to never be able to download.