yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] evertking:
Find the clockwork mod 6.0.4.5 vzw img
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] evertking:
Wow.. I just now ran across this post! Good news. Everything working?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sethfoxen:
Seems the only thing not working natively is mms, but that can be fixed with a 3rd party texting app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cspiresucks:
Where and which recovery did you install?

Sent From Stock Rooted SCH-S968C
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sethfoxen:
I used the EZ Recovery tool I linked to earlier, available on the market, and flashed TWRP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cspiresucks:
That's what I used with my first sg3 I must have did something wrong because it messed my phone up

Sent From Stock Rooted SCH-S968C
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] evertking:
Same here.. I have tried several times now.. Thinking I may have done something wrong. I tried TWRP with the EZ recovery and Flashing the tar with Odin.. But both with the same results. Don't know why it will not work with this phone.

However, I did use EZ recovery and flashed CWM touch and later Philz. Just find the recovery IMG and put it on sdcard and open ez recovery, choose custom and pic the IMG and flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cspiresucks:
I'm basically new at this. I don't have a clue how to do that. I've been out of the loop awhile lol

Sent From Stock Rooted SCH-S968C
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] evertking:
It really easy.. ;) just install EZ recovery and then go get the recovery img .. Say cwm or philz for the d2lte and put it on sdcard. Open the EZ recovery app, choose custom and navigate to the recovery IMG and select it and than click flash! That's it! Make a backup!! There ya go.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cspiresucks:
thats what I mean, I don't know where to get the files from to do that. I'm having to do everything from my phone laptop broke and hasn't been fixed yet.

Sent From Stock Rooted SCH-S968C
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FTL_Ian:
I had CM11 running and everything was looking good, but then when I tried the camera, it says it can't connect to it. Anyone else having this trouble?

So, I've gone back to the default Samsung ROM and the camera works fine there.

Thanks for the great thread!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sethfoxen:
I had that, cleared the data in my camera app, and it worked fine after that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FTL_Ian:
Tried that, no dice. :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thuggn16315:
4.4.2 everything working???

has anyone had a kitkat rom with everything major working data wifi Bluetooth camera mms etc... it can be any kitkat rom
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gcrack97:
The cm11 nightlys work pretty good except cor MMS (at least last time I tried it) but it can be fixed by a 3rd party app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mookie2014:
Has anyone run a performance test of the stock 4.2 vs KitKat? If it isn't any faster, what is the advantage of converting?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gcrack97:
I am using cm 10 and it uses about half as much RAM as the stock does. I haven't really tested it thoroughly but I can definitely tell you that the stock ROM will give you better battery life.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mookie2014:
I probably average around 30 to 40 percent on the RAM usage, but I have removed most of the bloatware manually with cleanmaster. Is CM over clocking, and that causing the high battery usage?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gcrack97:
Ram is basically the same the I use 850mb of the ram that is with some services like Facebook WhatsApp running (services not apps running) in the background. I have the processor at 1512.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thuggn16315:
Battery life

i went from stock to cm 10.2.1 and battery slightly improved then I got a zero lemon 2300mah battery and it got a lot better that battery fits in the stock case and adds 200 mah then I started using lean kernel and it got even better even though im running it at 1700 max in the beggining I was lucky to make it last a full 8 hour work day with some heavy use to now I only charge at night and usualy have 30% left

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also the performance is much better I know people with the same phone stock and their like wow yours runs great
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gcrack97:
Anyone have any news on CM11 nightly's performance and stability?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gcrack97:
OmniRom anyone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] derrek22:
The M7 builds are out I've been running nightlies up until M7 and so far it's been pretty good still no MMS with the stock app though. But the new theme engine is pretty cool.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thuggn16315:
Kit Kat CYanogenmod 4.4.3 mms

I would love to know how mms works I tried the latest nightly on go SMS nothing goes through at all and handcent sent a text mms to my email but would not send a pic and it would receive the download on a incoming mms but wouldn't download it as always no apn specified comes up also I can't wait till straight talk gets a quad core verizon phone this feels slow already anybody hear of any new verizon phones
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thuggn16315:
mms not working 4.4.3

to answer my own question I guess its a 4.4.3 issue for no went to a 4.4.2 build and handcent mms works fine if anyone gets mms on 4.4.3 please let me know it seems to run smoother
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zzhondaxx:
help

can somebody post a super noob step by step how to!

i got su working but i dont know how to flash anything. and i really dont want to brick it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thuggn16315:
newer kit kat builds

anyone having any luck with mms on newer 4.4.3 and 4.4.4 builds of any roms????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] derrek22:
So my notification sound won't make any noise when I get texts. Usually the phone will make a beep sound when I adjust the volume but it doesn't anymore. Can someone help me?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Fokkusu:
I am using a 4.4.4 rom, runs great! I am hoping to find a TW rom tho. And idk, what rom do you have??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] evertking:
Still nothing... I just use 8mms or 8sms app from the play store or chomp and just delete the stock one. its the only way that i have found. just in stall it and go to mms setting and put in http:// mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms and your good to go.

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yeah.. one of my favs.. vanir.. slim validus well sh#t i love em all

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There is a step by step posted and a tar file that you REALLY need to take the time to download in one of the ST s3 threads.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cspiresucks:
I recently left the sg3 behind for the sg4 kept it a week and a very close friend traded me a sg5. Basically I still have the sg3 and would gladly use it for a test phone. If someone could get me a stock kernel for it.

Sent from my Stock Rooted SAMSUNG-SM-G900A running on Straight Talk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] derrek22:
Can somebody post an updated list of all known working roms. (besides mms).

Also I'm on cm11 m8 4.4.4 so what Android versions are safe to downgrade to without bricking the phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] derrek22:
I'm on cyanogenmod m8 I want to try Omnirom where can I find the right 4.4.4 build??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
The straight talk version is basically the same as the vzw version, flashing Omni rom for the vzw variant should work

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent ICS Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] derrek22:
Where can I find a download link to the newest build? I can't find anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Let me see what I can find

Edit: Checked Omni roms website, didn't find an official build. There's only an unofficial build it the vzw s3 android development forums

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] derrek22:
Downloading one of the 4.4.4 unofficial builds right now. I'll let you know how it's goes. Wish me luck.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] derrek22:
Well it works but I lost root. This wouldn't be an issue if my charging port wasn't broken... Is there any other way to re root the phone without connecting it to a pc?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sjpritch25:
http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu

CWM flashable zip for SuperSu. I use everytime i flash a new rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] derrek22:
It won't work without root. It fails to install in recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
I was going to suggest cf auto root by Chainfire but I don't see your model number on his website

Ran across this topic in searching http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2516498

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aekel87:
I'm sorry if this has been answered earlier, as I cannot find a clear answer on this but.. I already flashed CWM recovery and it's working great. Im still on stock 4.1.2 for the S968C and just want to clarify that I don't need an unlocked bootloader to flash roms/kernels?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
You do if its something other than touchwiz roms. Otherwise you will brick your device

But seeming how you flashed a custom recovery you should be ok. Those with a locked bootloader can't flash custom recoveries

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aekel87:
Thank you for the quick reply! What I did to flash the CWM recovery is use EZ-recovery to flash the newest version of CWM for the verizon s3 that I downloaded from CWM website. Is there any kind of test I can do to check to make absolutely sure the bootloader is unlocked? I bricked my old S3 and I'm super paranoid about doing it again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
You can't flash a custom recovery without it being unlocked. As far as a sure fire way that I truthfully don't know

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This might help... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2265291

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] grave_digger:
So if I want to flash cm11 I need to follow the instructions on the cm11 web site to do boot loader with heimdall* ? Its not as straightforward as I thought then. I have read what I can find for our phone and I'm having a hard time piecing it all together but I'm still reading. I've read the root thread for straightalk but dont remember boot loader warning so I need to reread. I'm not a noob to rooting and flashing and I'm coming from ST959G S2 running 4.4.4 cm sabermod but I may have some questions in the coming days and thank you in advance for any help given.

A gravedigger will be the last person in the world to let you down in a tight spot.

Sent from my SCH-S968C
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
What version of Android is the phone currently running?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] grave_digger:
4.1.2

A grave digger will be the last person in the world to let you down in a tight spot.

Sent from my SCH 968C
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Alright to be safe I would read things before you attempt to unlock your bootloader. Anyone will tell you the same. Take a look in your settings menu then about device. Here is what mine looks like. Take a screenshot and post it here or if you have hangouts let me know

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] grave_digger:
Not sure if I did that right but here is a screenshot of where I'm at right now at stock.

A grave digger will be the last person in the world to let you down in a tight spot.

Sent from my SCH 968C
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
That's what I was looking for, the only thing different between the ST version and the vzw version is the baseband basically. It's the same hardware more or less. I'm not however certain the bootloader unlock on the ST S3 works the same as ours

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] grave_digger:
Thanks for your help and fast replies. I think the straight talk S3 community is going to grow since prices are dropping. At some point I would like to start an organized thread with step by step and all needed files in opening post. Mr Cook has one in the i777 community that was our bible so to say because just like this phone and the Verizon one there are just minor changes but those changes make big difference sometimes lol. The info is here and in the how to root ST S3 but its kinda scattered and leaves one unsure. I'm not knocking anyone by no means and I can see you guys are just as helpful as my buddies in the 959g threads so please dont take that wrong I would just like to help make the learning curve a little easier for the no0bs like me to navigate if I can. Bricked phones suck and there seems to be a lot of potential for that to happen. So thanks in advance for answering all the stupid questions I'm sure I'll have and hopefully I can become a productive member in this forum as I've tried to be in the past. :beer:

A grave digger will be the last person in the world to let you down in a tight spot.

Sent from my SCH 968C
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aekel87:
Honestly I used towelroot for my straighttalk s3 and it worked flawless and in seconds. I never unlocked the bootloader either to put the custom recovery on.. so I'm really unsure about putting any custom kernels on it still. I might just stay with the stock rom/kernel until more information is out there.

Posts like this make me think though it is already unlocked.. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53913536&postcount=2387
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Definitely a good idea and a safer bet

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No problem at all. If you ever need anything and I'm not online PM me or hit me up via email (ShapesBlue5@gmail.com) , hangouts (same as email) or even Twitter (ShapesBlue5)

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] derrek22:
Can someone please post a link to the latest stable of cm11 for our phones? I've been running Omni and I'm not impressed. When I wiped system I lost my downloads of the previous stables or I would just flash them. Thank you in advance.

Edit: sorry I'm stupid I forgot about the unified builds going by the name D2lte my bad.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ScottDB:
I would like to see a new forum/sub-forum dedicated to the ST SGS3. (I put in a request in the appropriate forum, but I don't see anything coming of it...) As you said, there is lots of info for this phone scattered all over the place. I had a hard time trying to get custom boot-animations working on my SGS3. Eventually I got it going and will try to write a howto for our ST S3s.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] derrek22:
If I switch phones to another phone will I be able to reactivate this phone without flashing to stock? Someone please help asap.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gcrack97:
As far I as I know I have been able to reactivate my phone without changing roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] derrek22:
Okay thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] evertking:
I used cydia to root mine. You can use any AOSP ROM for the d2lte on this phone. Some D2vzw work but some with no data. You have to go to settings check NV and toggle airplane mode on some to get data working. I have a copy of the Stock TW ROM if anyone soft bricks or makes a mistake. Hit me up(thanks Kenny!)

BMS and lean kernel are by far the two best kernels. I tried others and some even bricked my phone! I would even try KT aosp, not unless you have a tar and Odin ready. Also i was having crazy data drops with CM so i switched to AOSPA and not had one data drop with PA.

Also the d2lte aosp roms, the stock sms app will not let you send mms with this phone, for whatever reason, i have spent hours as well as other people and couldnt get it to work. But go to the play store and get 8 sms app and it is the same kikat app but has settings you can change. Go to setting and put in Http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms and your good to go.. Nice looking stock app with out all the adds and fluff.

Mklong34@gmail

But do yourself a favor, get the stock tar! There is a copy here and one at android area 51 Have it so when you have problems or want to take your phone back to new!

My email is up there so hit me up if ya need anything!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] matt_man:
How's your cell signal strength on PA compared to stock. I tried CM but went back to stock due to poor signal strength.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jakeou812:
Great Thread

This is the best thread I have found when researching whether or not I want to do a custom ROM on my ST sch-S968C. I am a total newb. I have rooted using Cydia Impactor. I'd like to wait until they have the SMS sorted out, which seems like the only problem. I have installed Busy Box. I've installed Clockwork Mod touch using Android Terminal Emulator. I still don't understand the difference between all the various forms of backup, so I'm trying to do them all, in case some work better than others.. I'm sure I'll have lots of questions, but so far, thanks for all the info in this thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Ask away. I personally use twrp for rom backups. I've tried every version available and they all have pros and cons. As far as apk/app backups I have two apps for that I use, app monster pro and mybackup pro. App monster works a little bit better in my opinion.

As far as custom roms that's a personal choice. You have to find what works for you

From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jakeou812:
Did it..

Okay, I wanted to add my info in case someone could use it. I have The Straight Talk Galaxy SIII SCH-S968C. I used cydia impactor to root it without any problems (there's videos on youtube.. very straightforward and easy). I installed Clockwork mod using this method by gunslngr

I downloaded click.xda-developers.com/api/click?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_14115111917266&key=f0a7f91912ae2b52e0700f73990eb321&libId=6d8ff0cf-f977-406a-a530-3b7e41ab470c&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fxdaforums.com%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D2516498%26page%3D22&v=1&out=http%3A%2F%2Fsdboyd56.com%2Fs968c%2FCOMBINATION_S968CUDUAMH1_S968CTFNAMH1_1304014_REV09_user_low_ship.tar.md5&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fxdaforums.com%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D2516498%26page%3D21&title=%5BQ%5D%20How%20To%20Root%20the%20Straight%20Talk%20SCH-S968C%20%E2%80%A6%20-%20Pg.%2022%20%7C%20Verizon%20Galaxy%20S3%20%7C%20XDA%20Forums&txt=http%3A%2F%2Fsdboyd56.com%2Fs968c%2FCOMBINATIO...w_ship.tar.md5 .. to get an unbrick file that I never had to use. I used this guide the whole way through http://www.droidviews.com/things-to-do-before-and-after-installing-a-rom-troubleshooter/

I used clockwork mod to install the latest snapshot of d2lte off the CM11 downloads dated 2014-09-15 21:12:14. Everything seems to have worked great. No trouble messaging and it didn't lose my straight talk data (but still follow that guide I put up and backup everything it says to back up.

I mostly wanted you guys to know that with this phone you can take the plunge without worry as long as you do everything right. I also watched a couple videos on youtube of people installing CM11 on GS3's. The one by Josh something.. is pretty informative, but watch some of his other videos for other phones too, because he thinks of newer things and ways of doing things. I have superuser by cwm instead of superSU and I still don't really know what it's for..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Superuser/supersu is the program which maintains root for you and allows monitoring of apps. Everyone has there own preference to superuser apps but I prefer supersu as the other one hasn't been updated in a long time.

From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] addchild:
Confirmed Working

Thanks for the great information found in this thread. I've been rooted for quite a while but have been very hesitant to install CM rom due to the reported issues with service, data, etc. After reading all the great info here I installed ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.4.5 using Odin. I then installed ROM Manager Premium and decided to install ClockworkMod Touch Recovery 6.0.4.5. Both recoveries work just fine on the SCH-968C.

I backed up my then current stock rom and downloaded the latest CM11 d2lte nightly build (cm-11-20140927-NIGHTLY-d2lte.zip) along with Google Apps (gapps-kk-20140105-signed.zip) and decided to try my luck. Everything seemed to go great, but once I was through all the initial setup and off my wifi network I quickly noticed I had no 3G connection.

I restored my stock rom, scratched my head and read through the posts again. This time I decided to try the CM11 d2lte nightly build dated 9-15-2014 (cm-11-20140916-SNAPSHOT-M10-d2lte.zip) along with Google Apps. Success! 3G data immediately began to work this time. I also tested the MMS and can verify it does NOT work with the stock messaging app but downloading 8 SMS and configuring properly fixed that. Just navigate to "settings > Multimedia (MMS) messages >MMS settings > MMSC" and enter "http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms".

After 2 days of heavy phone use I can happily report that using CM11 on this phone is amazing. Feature rich and much faster. Battery life really depends on how you use it. I've kept the GPS set to battery saving mode and performance to balanced mode and I see no difference in battery life which is impressive based on the performance gain over the stock rom. Another added bonus is the built in WIFI / USB / Bluetooth tethering also work flawless!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] evertking:
I have no issues with signal..

Oh and slim rom is MUCH faster
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MrsELF:
Help!

I'm missing something. I have rooted my phone. I have taken a back up with the following command: dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/Unbrick.img bs=4096 count=50000

I have terminal emulator, EZ - recovery, Clockworld mod, and superuser installed. I downloaded this recovery IMG (http://download2.clockworkmod.com/re....4.5-d2vzw.img) and renamed it to recovery and placed it in the root of my sd.

Now what do I do? Please help! I feel like I've read SO many of these posts and threads, and I'm still unsure of how to proceed. Thanks a bunch for any help!

ETA: I downloaded google apps (gapps-kk-20140105-signed) and cm-11-20140916-SNAPSHOT-M10-d2lte. I'm just unsure of my next steps. I just want re-assurance before I continue, I really don't want to brick my phone. Thanks again!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheBestModzHD:
So this will work if i use EZ Recovery on my Samsung Galaxy s3 SCH-S968C Tracfone from straight talk the white version? XD Just to make sure? :p

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EDIT: Went balls out and did it worked flawless. Now if you could tell me were you got the link to carbonROM that you installed that would be great.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] newbe1droidx:
Yes, looking for confirmation Carbon rom will work also! Used it on my metro pcs s3. All help appreciated very much...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jerrellars:
I could use some help with this process.

Can you explain to me the steps to how you backed up your apn's with RootToolbox?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jat099:
mount error

Iam getting I mount error and it will not back up on my s3 trough straight talk
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenny1974:
Which recovery are you using? Is this an H1 phone or an H2? I had this issue with an H2, but the problem was fixed with philz touch recovery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] galica9999:
CWM install backup

Hello, I was wondering if you had a backup of the CWM install app. It can no longer be found on the play store.