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[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
I remember you mentioned that before. I'm guessing it's a device you personally recommend?:D That's odd though, because I've just never seen anybody with a Galaxy Light. I see small Samsungs all the time, but they're usually some cheaper hunk-o-junk from Cricket or something.

I've been told by friends/coworkers that I should work at T-Mobile or some cell phone store because I know so much about Android (comparatively speaking) and various cell phone models. But I don't think I could do that job. Or rather, I'd probably get fired.

"You don't need to spend 30 bucks more for 11gb of mobile hotspot, just spend $8 once on PdaNet. Just make sure you hide tether usage or we'll find out."

"Visual Voice Mail keeps giving you notifications and it's bugging you? Just root your phone and freeze that sh!t."

"Dude, you can get the Galaxy Light brand freaking new for $130 on eBay with free shipping and no taxes."

"You don't want to buy that class 4 32GB microSD card for $60. You can get a class 10 64GB from Amazon for $35"

"Dude, Windows Phone sucks. Buy this Android instead."

"You're an iDiot for spending $200 more for 48GB more storage space."

"Fired? Why, I was just trying to help the customer save some money and frustration!"
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
I'm not going to quote your whole post, but yes, I needed to learn to stop giving too much info. I do recommend the Light a lot, even though my manager hates it and has said if I sell any more, he'll beat me. He doesn't like the radio.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] M3gaBit3:
HD Voice

Since I have mentioned about HD calls and seeing a green phone icon with the HD next to it in the status bar, have been desperately trying to make a screenshot of the icon with no avail.

There are could be some factors why: One, I am running Xposed framework-Module: GravityBox; in which i may have altered the notification.

Two, I created a new APN in attempts to Wifi tether( which haven't been successful yet)

I selected back to the original T-Mobile APN setting and tried making phone calls to fetch the green HD icon, nada.:mad:

Took some screenshots to show HD voice calls:

Notice the "HD" in the call button in messages.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
In speaking with t-mobile tech support, I have learned that the problems I was having sending text messages containing images, despite having the t-mobile Wi-Fi calling workaround activated in my sms app, were caused because I was leaving Wi-Fi calling activated. It should only be activated when you are at home, or on a specific Wi-Fi.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] BlackAfroKing:
Guys I am doing a software update for Galaxy Light and I swear I was just about to root it until something in my head told me to check. But anyways will this root still work when I get done updating my phone to what eversion version this is? Crossing fingers that its 4.4kk
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Depends have you updated it before this, ie to the new baseband?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Just flash TWRP from shabby, and boot into recovery, it will say something about root and help you from there
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
no depends here, unless tmobile goes nuts and locks the bootloader you guys will have root forever now.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] autonomousperson:
Meh I doubt that would ever happen. I don't think tmobile or samsung would spend adding knox on lower end devices such as the light.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
knox doesnt mean locked bootloader, the flash counter can be tripped and root you just fine and all teh same. knox is going forward on many of their devices but its 4.3 and up.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Baddude8:
I would love to help but I don't know how to extract or backup my boot loader.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] afsharmirzayi:
no way to read full flash from t399?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] GenenRose:
Tether with Galaxy Light?

Any way to tether on T-Mobile for free with $30 LTE/5GB plan?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tossled:
PdaNet works well for me using this phone and that plan.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] GalaxySmokes:
I Got My Samsung Galaxy Light for Christmas!

I received my Samsung Galaxy Light SGH-T399 this Christmas from HSN and man, am I loving every single minute of it! My S2 died on me after paying an arm and a leg for it and I refuse to pay that kind of money for a phone again! A computer, yes. Phone, no.

This model was really inexpensive and well worth MORE. It's fast and I can do everything I want and need to do on it. If I lose it, no big deal.

The only problem is no root.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Classpro:
Pdanet with bluetooth teather or usb teather. Wifi teather does not work. Also, if using Windows machine as client, be sure you're using an android user agent because tmo tracks window's user agents and will shut you down.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] GenenRose:
First, thanks for the info and also from tossled.

I am planning to use this with a windows laptop with Trading software ... specifically thinkorswim, not a browser. Would you be able to elaborate on softwares that are NOT browsers? I'm sure others are using online softwares besides browsers.

Pdanet - are you using the free or paid version. Do you have a link to more info or is it straight forward using it?

Thanks again.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Classpro:
The only way to know if it will work is to try it. Use the free version, turn off your wifi, and see if it will work.

With a pc, you need to install their pc software and use a usb cable to connect. On an android tablet, I used pdanet for tablets to connect through bluetooth.

The free version of pdanet on the phone will disconnect periodically and you have to reconnect. If the free version works and you're going to use it often, it's probably worth buying the paid version. But don't buy the paid version until you've confirmed that the free version will work.

I have not tried connecting a pc through bluetooth, only through the usb cable. It may work if you have bluetooth on your laptop (I do, but have not tried it). The cable works simply but you really have to be careful when surfing to install an android user agent on your web browser or they will block you. I ton't think using a secure finance program will be detected by tmobile, but there is only one way to be sure - try it.

I used pdanet mostly to connect through an android tablet using bluetooth, which works well, but some apps don't know there is an internet connection (android mail wouldn't update, for example).

If we ever get root, I suspect there will be a way to connect with wifi teathering, but right now Tmobile's built in wifi teathering pops up and blocks the connection.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] kineticarl:
Possible solution. Anyone tried it?

I searched Google for a root solution and found this: tinyurl(dot)com(slash)sglightroot (I can't post links). They make you take a survey before you get the info... Anyone tried it?

I'm interested in buying the phone, but may wait until there's a viable root solution.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] resutoran:
I think thats a scam and will just SPAM up your email account for life.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] awd_fan:
Agree that it's probably a scam. Wait for a root solution from a reliable source.

Even without root, this is an amazing phone. Hope to see some dev love soon.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] GJSmith3rd:
Samsung Galaxy Light and Cyanogenmod 11 Kit Kat

I'm hoping for Kit Kat support via Cyanogenmod 11 which may not require root. I used CM7 with Gingerbread 2.3 on a $25 Huawei Ideos U8150 / T-Mobile Comet for the last few years. CM7 severed me well on that device until app version upgrades required android versions greater than 2.3. I'm hoping the SGL will serve me well and long too.

CM just released an N1 with Cyanogenmod 11 and they're changing the installer for other devices so that it does not require root (I think?) and is easier to install for non techs. Samsung devices are usually supported so hopefully they will add the SGL soon.

But I really need root for Titanium Backup, ROM Manager, Link2SD and other apps and tools. Hopefully, we'll get root soon.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] fangtl:
It works fine for us. The $70 unlimited plan includes tethering.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Classpro:
The question concerned teathering on the $30 per month plan through third party software. I was not addressing using Tmobile's teathering app.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] resutoran:
I don't think this phone is going to get rooted. Might have to return it till it does :(
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] androitri:
Anyone try Cydia Impactor exploit?

This tool is awesome, I've rooted many device such as VZW Galaxy Legend and Droid Ultra with it, safer than Kingo...
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] awd_fan:
Cydia 0.9.14 does not work. Framaroot through 1.8.1, Kingoapp 1.1.7.1820, Root with Restore v33, none working. Seems like Samsung patched all the known security bugs.

Time to beg for help from Chainfire.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Classpro:
If Samsung is preventing root access on this phone, isn't it reasonable to assume that they are going to do the same thing on all their new phones? Seems like something the big devs would want to get ahead of.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] pennhaven:
Exactly. And isn't it better to experiment on an inexpensive phone, than on a top dollar flagship?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] kineticarl:
GJSmith,

I used the Comet a few years back too, and while I ditched it 2 years ago, I keep it around to play with now and again. Just recently I stumbled across a CM9 (Ice Cream Sandwich) port for it that works pretty well. I don't remember what it was called, but look around and you should find it pretty easily.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] BlackAfroKing:
Cant the light download xprivacy without it getting bricked because I think xprivaxy is like a custom ROM right?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
I don't have Internet or I would try this
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Raschal:
SD swap?

Has anyone successfully used a sd swap mod for a rooted Light? It is easy to use up 8gig of memory.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] jin03002:
Need Help

I'm currently trying to learn how to develop for this phone, but I'm having an issue with building CWM.

It will show up with a black screen and the recovery logfile doesn't really show why CWM is working properly.

I saw that others were having the same issue but we have working CWM now so someone must have a solution to this.

If you know how to fix this, can you please guide me towards the solution? (@smartguy044 - sorry to tag but I didn't have enough posts to PM you)

Any input will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] magicpudding:
Hello, I'm sort of new to the site but not new to Android, and the like. I had a lower-end Huawei that I managed to root and then flash various roms on it.

I've read all 79 pages of this thread and the development thread too but,

My question is: now that we have root, the bootloader isn't locked, and cw recovery, wouldn't it be easy-to-use to make a custom room? Someone said so before, "what use is cwm or twrp if there is nothing to flash. Sorry if I seem too drastic...

A bit off topic : does anyone know how to get the Theme Chooser package installed?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
Well, there's other tools, like making nandroid back-ups. But as for custom ROMs, we all want them, but either nobody's willing to make one or they don't know how. I'd love an AOSP ROM or even CM. The internals on this phone are pretty decent, but Samsung's Touchwiz really bogs things down, and stock Android would really fly on this phone. I'd try my hand at making a ROM myself, but I have no idea where to start. Apart from half a semester of programming (before I dropped the class), I have no experience, and that was years ago. I know there's threads on Android development for noobs though, and I just got myself a Nexus 4 (yay!), so maybe I'll take a look at that soon. Zero promises, of course.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tbillings_100:
Anyone who is still interested in taking a stab at porting Cyanogenmod to this device but do not know the block size of the partitions, I have determined that the majority of internal partitions have a block size of 4096. I have determined this by using the "fd" command in Terminal Emulator. I am trying to study and absorb the guides for freshly porting Cyanogenmod to an unsupported device, but not quite totally comprehending it yet lol. I have successfully compiled the kernel from samsung source though. :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
That would be awesome. I know root was talking about working on a port, im sure he would be willing to help =)
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tbillings_100:
Yeah. I was working on the kernel to OC, but the max I could get the CPU was 1.5GHz. Anything higher would render the device unbootable (probably due to improper variables.) Not sure if I would want an OC any higher anyways. The light runs hot as it is anyway. At least mine does...lol. As for Cyanogenmod porting, this is the guide I am trying to follow... http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_porting_intro
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Isnt the light already at 1.4 ghz?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tbillings_100:
Yep. Some apps incur a little bit of stuttering, even when I had the performance governor enabled in the kernel. So I googled around, finding out that the Galaxy SIII (I9300) has similar CPU, and was overclocked stable at 1.6GHz (some claimed to have overclocked it to 1.8GHz) so I wanted to try it out. But then again, My Galaxy Light runs hot sometimes even at stock settings with a ton of bloatware removed. Anyone else having this issue with their Light running hot?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
I use mine quite abit, it only runs hot with a case on it
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
Never had a problem with overheating, even with a case. Stock, tho.

Daniel Allen

Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G "The OG"

Samsung Galaxy S

Google Nexus One

Samsung Galaxy Light

Google Nexus 5 "The New Kid"
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tbillings_100:
I just remembered...mine runs hot when I use the mobile hotspot.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
That's normal. Happens with any phone. You're both receiving and sending data, so things heat up a bit. I USB tether with mine for my home internet, and while it might get a bit hot when pulling a lot of data, it's never actually overheated or even so hot that I was worried that it would.

Oddly, the only time I've worried about my phone overheating recently was with my Nexus 4 downloading a torrent. I've used my GL to download torrents plenty of times, and rarely saw anything more than 100-200kb/s, even with a strong signal and heavy seeding. USB tethered though, it runs as fast as it can be seeded (1Mb/s+). Then I tried torrenting to my N4, and it was every bit as fast as though I was connected to my computer, and my phone got blazing hot. It didn't overheat, but I also popped it out of the case and held it to dissipate heat until the download finished. I guess the processing power of the phone plays a factor in how fast it can accept downloads through a torrent app, but if you're tethering, it doesn't matter.

Anyway, an OC kernel and/or CM/AOSP ROM would be just peachy for this phone. A lighter ROM would probably be the better solution (especially if it's KK), and shouldn't need an OC kernel. I mean, if the Moto G can run lag-free on (practically) stock KK with a 1.2GHz quad core and 720p screen, then the T399 should fly on AOSP or CM.

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SWEET!
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tbillings_100:
I torrent the heck out of my phone. Through my computer anyways. I have my router setup to receive the hotspot signal from my phone, and rebroadcast it wired and wirelessly to my other computers. Oddly enough, my LTE is slower than HSPA+, which I can get 2.7MB/s on HSPA+ (1.5MB/s on LTE) in my town. I went to Portland, OR though and i got 5.4MB/s down on LTE. lol. I downloaded the LightwaveV2 rom for this phone and am trying it out. It runs pretty good. But for certain apps to work correctly, I need CM (from experience with previously owned TW based devices.) Which brings me to the ultimate goal of either waiting for a CM to come out or try to port it myself. But while needing to compile the kernel I figured I would give overclocking a shot. Hey a 100mHz OC is better than none! :p
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Wow on my light on lte I get 15-18mb download speeds. And torrents download at 1-3mbs even when tethered
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
Yeah, that's odd. Maybe it's a congestion issue and since LTE is clogged, HSPA+ is faster.. Sorry to be pedantic, but do you mean MB/s or Mb/s? Remember that a B is a byte, and a b is a bit, with a byte being 8 bits. Connection speeds (like those advertised by providers and apps like Speeedtest) are typically measured in bits/second.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tbillings_100:
As in Megabytes =)

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What type of tethering do you use?

I tether my light to my router which is wired to my PC. If I tether my light to my computer via wireless usb adapter or any other wireless NIC, my transfer speeds are slower. UPnP port mapping enabled in both torrent application and router. disabled encryption in torrent application and using peerblock. Also in my home the position of my Light is key as well. Like for best download speeds is on my kitchen windowsill pointed towards the glass. Any other place and I am looking at half the speed if any. :cool:

Sometimes my hotspot will crap out (meaning it is still enabled and connected, but no data transfer.) So either turn airplane mode on and off or reboot will fix the problem for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Lte might not be fully activated where you are. Im in Phoenix and its awesome. I use Wi-Fi tether.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tbillings_100:
True True. Tis why I use HSPA+ since it's faster than LTE here.

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[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
What settings do you use for Wifi Tether? I've tried it, and can't get anything to connect. It could be that my GL still has all the T-Mobile hotspot crap because I never figured out how to disable/bypass it properly (freezing it causes the native hotspot to crash). I'm still running M4J with Shabbypenguin's kernel because I've been too lazy to update it and until recently I didn't have a 2nd phone to use in case something went wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tbillings_100:
I use this under each of my APN settings under "Type"

default,supl,admin,mms,hipri,dun"

"dun" is what works its magic!!
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] RodimusConvoy:
So this phone is basically the S3 in a tinier shell? But despite basically being an S3 it can only be rooted and not use the same custom ROM available for the S3 like Dirty Unicorns and such?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
Sorta, sorta not. Maybe? The problem is we don't exactly know for sure what processor is under the hood. It seems that if it's similar enough to another Samsung with lots of development, then it should be easy to port it, but for some reason or another, it hasn't happened.

Nothing of that sort has been developed/ported yet. The problem in this case is that it's a relatively unpopular phone specific to a single carrier within the USA. So it's not a phone that developers are flocking to. Meanwhile, crappier phones like the Galaxy Ace get more development because it's widely available and a popular budget device.

All signs are pointing to the Galaxy Light is being discontinued soon. You can get one brand new from T-Mo for $100 off contract right now. That could either mean that sales will jump and we might see a similar jump in development, or it could be the the final nails in the coffin for this phone. We were promised KitKat, but if the phone is nearing its EOL, KK is becoming more unlikely each day.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
It is being discontinued thanks to the ace, basically the ace is an s4 budget and this was the s3 budget. If we can get a working cwm I can start porting roms. But without a working "base" I cant do anything
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
You mean the Avant, right?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] tazmaniondvl:
Yes, sorry
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
The Light is sold by at&t as an s4 mini. I've only seen one come in the store, tho. We can't keep Lights in the store. Hundreds have been sold since the price dropped, but the avant is almost as popular and is just a much better phone, in every way. My wife is going to start using the Light as i move to my new nexus. I updated shabby's Light and lost root. The calls got much better with voLTE, tho. Worth it.

Daniel Allen

Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G "The OG"

Samsung Galaxy S

Google Nexus One

Samsung Galaxy Light

Google Nexus 5 "The New Kid"
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] RodimusConvoy:
Thanks for the responses. The reason I ask is because I saw this in Walmart in what appears to be an offshoot of T-Mobile using the Univision brand. Still T-Mobile, just aimed at Spanish-speaking customers I believe. In fact here it is. For $169.88. The first thing I thought of is, can this be rooted / get custom ROMs, so here I am.

What appears to be happening is Samsung is putting S3s and S4s in smaller bodies and selling them for cheap under different names. Which is pretty smart and lets customers buy an S3 and S4, at least a version of it, when otherwise they probably couldn't afford it. Problem is apparently you can't use the same ROMs that you can for S3/S4s with these smaller versions, if I'm understanding correctly.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] shabbypenguin:
Luckily you can just reroot using recovery ;P
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Proud2banoob:
Yeah. I can reflash your twrp and it will root the phone. I just have to actually do it.

Daniel Allen

Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G "The OG"

Samsung Galaxy S

Google Nexus One

Samsung Galaxy Light

Google Nexus 5 "The New Kid"
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] killer-kondor:
I tried a SuperSU zip root: I downloaded ClockworkMod onto my Galaxy Light via Odin.

Then I used ADB protocol to send the device into recovery mode, running CWM.

With the SuperSU .zip on my SD card, I used CWM to install SuperSU.

I then rebooted my phone.

I installed a "root checker" app to check superuser access; the test returned negative.

So: the SuperSU method does not work for the Samsung Galaxy Light.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Planterz:
Try TWRP.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] killer-kondor:
Okay. Let's try TWRP.

>Downloaded TWRP from somewhere else (couldn't get the link in)

>flashed TWRP using Odin

>booted to recovery mode using ADB protocol

>flashed SuperSU zip from SD card.

>rebooted, checked root using root checker app.

=> no root access <=

I wish I knew what I was doing wrong....
[Samsung Galaxy Light Questions & Answers] Ashwani890:
Simply go to Shuame.com and click the green android logo icon..then download it..run it on your device ..it should work!