yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanefirst:
I decoded your IMEI and it turns out that it is: Samsung SGH-T999

http://sndeep.info/en

Specs are ok:

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_t999-4804.php
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mafioso:
Definitely seems to be a USA or some other country variant if the reported specs by Antutu are true, otherwise its a fake.

But normally US variants like AT&T and T-Mobile have carrier logos on front or the back, did you notice any ?

Another thing, which you can do is remove the battery, there will a sticker with Model and FCC ID. You can google the FCC ID to conclude on model. Also try downloading CPU-Z for Android and see what it reports. Carefully note down the senors which your phone has. Normally you can map the sensor names to the chipset your phone has.

In any case, do not flash any software till you are sure of the model.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruznik:
i'm confused now

i asked my seller and he told me it's i747 version now i'm confused , can i trust this website for the info.?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanefirst:
Another site:

http://www.imei.info/?imei=353022053919608

I found one I747 IMEI on the internet and checked it with this tool and it was recognized correctly as I747, so I assume that your model was also recognized correctly as T999, because IMEI contains part of serial number also.

T999 - standard HSDPA

T999L - LTE

As far as I know the firmware is the same except for different modems.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
What does it say under the battery ???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinGEO:
The phone is FAKE and it is absolutely obvious.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanefirst:
You checked the physical device or just guess?

IMEI says it's one of US Galaxy S3, which can be true if you consider the phone was acquired via ebay...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinGEO:
Guess.

Well,just let him do a photo of the device and it's battery,then it will be absolutely understandable. Also,he can google himself FAKE vs Real. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jumaqidi:
BUT U SAID IT IS ABSOUTE :C I am confused now :c lmao
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinGEO:
Oh well,I changed my mind. Happens :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Dumbass the guy actually claimed it was I9300 .

I have linked enough wrong forum posts to the sticky with the relevant details regarding SGS3 variants .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1757755
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinGEO:
I was actually right.

The reason I wrote that post like I'm 100% sure is the picture in original post.

I mean,model is I9300 and has Dual Core processor with Andreno GPU. It's obvious that something is wrong.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jumaqidi:
Its not rly a fake. Its just tat the build.prop was edited by the seller.

Give a thank if I helped you :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mafioso:
OP, check if its an AMOLED display. It can be easily distinguished from regular LCDs (unless you have set the screen mode to natural in settings) with notably more saturated colors. If you have it, you can rest assured, 99% it would be some version of real s3 as fake phones don't come with amoled screen.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bornlivedie:
Yeah, because there's only one SGS3 variant and it uses a Mali, right?

lol

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_t999-4804.php
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinGEO:
Yeah!!!!!

LOL???????
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zevin64:
A coworker of mine has the same issue. Were you able to successfully flash a new ROM?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ruznik:
i didn't get one .

i'm still on the stock. i have official Update notification but i can't do it
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zevin64:
I just flashed stock firmware for the i747 to the device. Didn't brick (yay!) and everything seems to be fine.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muhammada1257:
hey there did u solve your problem. i replaced my board because i bricked and phone board totally dead by rooting and recovery for i9300. now new board says its i747 inside the board (i mean on the board itself) but in about device it says i9300 and in the download mode it says SGH-T999V. i dont know about it but it was rooted with recovery installed (CWM 6). now which roms should i be looking for.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
For stock ROMs, you need the sgh-t999v. For custom, d2tmo should work.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muhammada1257:
hey there i didnt get you sorry can u plz tell me in detail what u mean
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
The model number in download is the phone model number so you should be flashing roms for the t999v, sometimes referred to as the d2tmo.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] muhammada1257:
re

so u think its safe to flash t999 roms to it??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
There t999 and t999v are different models.
[General Questions and Answers] bublz654:
hey everyone.

I have b919 ics (if higher than b919 they have locked boot loader) I tried installing cwmr 6.0.1.0 with touch manually (since my device isn't officially supported) when I boot into 'pink screen' mode I plug my device into the PC and open up a file named image... so I open up file and there is no boot.img or recovery.img, only boot and image (without .img) so I renamed the recovery file to recovery-bak.img and replaced it with cwmr 6.0.1.0 and then I named it to recovery.img... so I booted into recovery and I got a blue screen... can anyone help me please ?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Ammitz:
INU ver. I9192DDU1BML1

OTA 96.79 MB
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Mitko:
Was hoping that the compability with Galaxy Gear would mean 4.3 but w/e. If we will be getting 4.4 Kit Kat directly then that's not bad either.
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] chemicalrage:
What is changed? Unable to get OTA since phone is rooted. Have to flash stock ROM, install updates & then root which is a pain in the a$$

EDIT: "You cannot downgrade to the old software after this new software upgrade due to the security reason" DAFUQ? Does that mean KNOX is added now? Oh crap!

Could you please boot into Download Mode and write everything what is in the output?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] SilviuMik:
Yep Knox is there :)
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Ammitz:
odin mode

product name : Gt-i9192

current binary : Samsung official

system status : Official

knox kernel lock : 0x0

knox warranty void : 0x0

csb-config-lsb : 0x30

bootloader rp swrev : 1

write protection : Enable
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] chemicalrage:
Thanks. Mother f@#kin knox
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] moises334:
this update is android 4.3?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Ammitz:
Nope... its still 4.2.2
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] calinormy:
I can confirm compatibility with gear!
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] sun_in_2002:
Connection symbol changed to H+ from simple H & started facing frequent disconnection.

Any one facing such issue?
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] kilouhm:
what is new with this update ?

i have rooted device so i cant try it out ...and why there is no rooms for our device :(
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] Kiwyxda:
Because there is not enought customer, if you count the number of post about i9192 you will notice that they are rare even though this phone is supposed to have great features.

Be carefull in the case of the new version it's as now impossible to root without setting the knox void warranty flag to 0x1 ==> warranty void
[Galaxy S 4 Mini General] kilouhm:
actually i don't care about warranty ...i bought the i9192 cause i don't have the choice to get the other versions in my country....the phone is great i like it so much better then my old xperia sl but the fragmentation from samsung and all these version is get in my mad
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RakeshRaja:
I have upgraded to 4.3 and it really sucks. Battery drains so fast that I have to charge almost 3 times a day.

Does anyone have stock 4.1.2 rom? I want to downgrade.

Please help.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ianchua:
There are 4.1.2 stock firmwares over at Sammobile.But i dont think you can return to 4.1.2 with a 4.3 Knoxed Bootloader
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RakeshRaja:
I have checked SamMobile it dont have 4.1.2 for India any more. just 4.3. I have downgraded to 4.1.1 and dont have any problem because of knoxed but just cant find any working 4.1.2 ROMS. I did tried few on XDA by Dr. Ketan.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exceptionalkhan:
Check out this link. the MSR is a working one.

NOTE: These links are not advertisment links nor profit generating Links

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48514702

Enjoy......

Happy New Year
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiaTheKing:
Hi guys!

Today i tried to flash android kitkat on android 4.1.2(stupid mistake)

I know that i need now flashtool and back official fw!

So when i connect my phone to computer it says unregonized device????[in flashmode]

Can someone help me!

Few days ago i installed windows 8?!

Here is SS:

http://prntscr.com/2fdg8b
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjTony90:
have u tried other USB port ?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dipesh1502:
Drivers installed properly?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjraider:
Remove Sonymobile drivers and reinstall them.

This should do the trick. I also advice you to restore your device on a Windows 7 machine. I am unable to restore mine on my Windows 8.1 machine and I have to use the one from my sister to restore my device.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] comscier:
Sounds like you are using Windows 8/8,1

Try again on a Windows 7 machine.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiaTheKing:
I tried it just now!

On usb 2.0 is same but on usb 3.0 is like that (SS): http://prntscr.com/2fdknd
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sadman Khan:
Windows 8 and 8.1 have problematic drivers. I suggest you use windows 7 to flash a stock ftf
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiaTheKing:
Ohhhhh is there any way to do it?

Or need to restore windows 7?!
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjraider:
There is a way. Download stock FTF, install flashtool on a Windows 7 device and restore.

Windows 8/8.1 got problems with the drivers. These problems cause connection issues with your Xperia SP and Flashtool
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] comscier:
On flashtool official download site, go to FAQ, it has instruction on how to install drivers on Windows 8.

http://www.flashtool.net/disabledrivers.php

*However, I tried it myself, but wasn't able to get it to work. (most likely because of my AMD USB filter driver problem)

You can check it out and try.
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadique_shiblee:
Are you using Windows 8.1 64bit? if that is the case, I can help...I have a solution. but first I have to go back to my home. the main thing is you have to uninstall USB driver from Microsoft and install modified intel driver for this purpose...
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiaTheKing:
Yup win 8 64 bit!?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sadique_shiblee:
Sorry, here is your solution...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2511210
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiaTheKing:
SO my problem with drivers is solved!

but i get this when i try to flash!?

http://prntscr.com/2fdknd
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjraider:
Because of the problems with the connection of the phone via Windows 8/8.1 and flashtool. Also touching the phone or cable will give this issues..
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiaTheKing:
What i need to do?!
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjraider:
Got a PC with windows 7?
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiaTheKing:
YUp! But im not home!

I will be there for 20 days and i need phone -.-!
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjraider:
Alright lets do the following things:

- Remove Flashtool and its drivers

- Reboot pc

- Follow this to install Flashtool and the drivers correct: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2095087 (only the drivers required for Flashmode and Fastboot)

- Reboot again

- Connect phone in Flashmode (dont open flashtool) and let it install the drivers

- Reboot again

- Connect phone in Fastboot (dont open flashtool) and let it install the drivers

- Reboot (last time) again

- After reboot, open Flashtool and connect phone in flashmode (dont do anything) and wait a few minutes. Via the log of Flashtool you should be able to see if the phone is connected properly and if the phone stays connected

- Try to flash a Stock ROM and see what happends

If above fails then you can try to use compatible mode (flashtool.exe > Rightmouse button > Properties > Compatible mode > Windows 7)
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KiaTheKing:
Thank you!

I reinstalled windows and it works!

WINDOWS 8 is sh..
[Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjraider:
Not on all installations it works. Most of the time you can fix it by reinstalling all the drivers for Sony Mobiles but sometimes it just wont work. Sony needs to work on this..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightmare_extreme:
I just upgraded my note ii to 4.3 and it's working great. The wifi is stronger and the battery for the age is working perfectly

Its so much faster than the 4.1. I'm never going back.

I have only one issue though. Everytime I place a call and the individual doesn't answer and i disconnect it Will automatically tey and call back and add an additional 0000 to the start of the number.

It does this all the time whenever I try to call someone with no answer.

I've searched online and haven't found anyone else who seems to be facing this.

Let me know if someone else has the same issue or has a solution to the same.

I've already checked a dn disabled the auto dialing and the auto country code option.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BDG91:
Ok so I flashed X-note rom v7.0 and its by far the best rom I have used yet but my stock and all other 3 party apps are mixing my messages up sp when I get one I dont know where or what or what it is is there an easy fix I new to xda and it would let me post in the rom thread thanks in advance for any help
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radicalisto:
Disable two out of the three and use one. - I use hangouts so enable sms and they default come through via that. If I go I to stock they are in there still also.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DijitalJB:
Hi all

Background: I'm no stranger to modding devices in general but I'm not an expert in Android modding. Just a tinkerer.

I love my Nexus 10 but it's feeling a little unloved after my attempt to update it to 4.4 KitKat. Until recently I was running:

Android 4.3 (JWR66Y build)

Rooted using the Nexus Tool Kit

SuperSU

Storage encryption using the built-in cryptfs functionality

TWRP recovery

The device automatically downloaded the KOT49H (4.4.2) OTA update. I went to the XDA IRC channel on Freenode and asked in there if it'd be OK to let it install. They said yes, it'll be fine but I might need to re-root. I let it install. It soft-bricked it. All I got was the KitKat boot animation.

I went into Fastboot, wiped and flashed the KOT49H stock build to the device. I don't have root and the device is fresh as a daisy (apart from having TWRP recovery still).

What I wanted to know is why the device became bricked. Judging by the other / threads / I found in the forum there seems to be some disagreement as to the actual process and even possibility of installing the OTA delta updates.

Can someone clarify why the device became bricked and help with avoiding such issues in future? I have a freshly updated device and I'd like to know what steps I should take to avoid having to wipe the tablet each time I want an OS update.

Thank you in advance
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DijitalJB:
New Years Eve

NYE was a bad time to post! Bump?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wantabe:
OTA updates will not work if you have a custom recovery installed (TWRP). You could have pulled the OTA update zip out of cache and moved it to storage and used TWRP to "Install" it or download it yourself and install it with TWRP. It's odd that it was bricked because normally it will just fail and throw an error (has unexpected contents). I know that if it fails while installing the update with TWRP, it will tell you what file or app in the system caused the problem. An OTA update will normally only work if you have the stock recovery and nothing in the system has been modified. Basically, the update will check to see if anything has been modified that is going to be updated. A major update like from 4.3 to 4.4 everything pretty much gets updated. A minor update like from 4.4.1 to 4.4.2 not a lot got updated so you might get away with some files being modified. Also... if you flash everything in the factory image Except the userdata image you will not lose your settings and user apps. If you want to install the OTA with TWRP and have modified the system or kernel you can just flash the system.img or boot.img so that the OTA will work. Make sense?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DijitalJB:
Flashing system.img and boot.img only

Thank you wantabe. That does make sense, yes. I've found the section of the Nexus Root Toolkit that will allow me to flash the individual images, and I've dissected the build archive from Google and found where those .img files are, which is cool.

My only follow up question is: when I first boot will the system do any kind of checking/upgrading of the existing userdata to make sure it's compatible? Is this automatic? I ask because I recall the update process involving something like this when I went from 4.0 to 4.1 on my phone.

Thanks in advance
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wantabe:
When you boot? No. When you update it will check the system not the userdata.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PeterBM69:
All, hope someone can help me out with following:

Phone: HTC Sensation Z710e

Version: 4.0.3

Status: rooted

Issue: features of Stealthgenie not working since phone was rooted

Information: I have Stealthgenie (monitoring app) installed on HTC Sensation. Before phone was rooted, I could only use some of the features offered by Stealthgenie. So I had the phone rooted in order to benefit from all features. Now as of the moment that the phone was rooted, the reporting of all features sometimes work, sometimes not at all. It seems that for some reason the app device.service is stopped after some time resulting in no longer forwarding all information requested by the app. I've set the "root" access in SuperSU (Chainfire) for this app but still it does not always perform as it should be.

My question, is someone also experiencing this issue? Has someone found a way to have this solved? Or can someone guide me on what to do? Myself, I'm a non-techy so I'm stuned by all the experts on here and hope someone can help me out somehow.

Thanks in advance for your support.

Non-techy Peter
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PeterBM69:
Any feedback??... :(

Can Anyone help me out with the below please? Would appreciate some experts knowhow. Thanks!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jserrano56:
So I've tried searching and I couldn't find anything... Umm since this is a member of the nook family is this the right thread for the nook tablet or could someone point me in the right direction please?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leapinlar:
Not right forum. Try here:

http://xdaforums.com/nook-tablet
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asawi:
Better reply posted while I was writing. Disregard this.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] twiggy626:
you know what i think its ridiculous that this site asks for donations nobody ever helps out its just ridiculous you might as well waste your money on a lottery ticket at least you 'might' get something in return!!!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] buzz_lightyear:
hi twiggy,

how can I help you (even that i'm not getting donations here)?

buzz
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] twiggy626:
no ive given up on asking for help ive posted several posts over the last few months and to be honest ive got more help speaking to a brick but thank you for offering DONT DONATE
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] cranny:
I have donated, but to be honest my meagre contribution is but a fraction of the value that I have had from xda-developers.

I have unlocked my xda and my xda2. I used the special ROM and later the ROM Kitchens to upgrade my xda. I have downloaded ROM images for my xda2 and learnt how to tweak the extended ROM. I have used buckets full of advice given by the members of this forum. I have had many laughs and smiles reading through the posts.

Xda-developers has been worth every cent/penny of my donation (and probably loads more too). I am waiting for an unlocker for the mda-pro. If it happens then xda-developers or buzzdev will get my next donation.

I haven't expected personal service with replys directly to me. I just read the posts that interest me (and some that don't) and make use of the services that many hardworking developers make available to us all.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] neilius:
Donations only keep the site running and finance its hosting/domain; they don't pay for help from other users of the site. If someone helps somebody else here, they don't get anything (financially) in return and are giving their time and expertise for free.

Regards,

Neil.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] leek:
I donated because I like my HTC phone and I do not want to lose a technical resource like xda-developers. Even though technical information on HTC phones is hard to come by, there is more information about them on this site, than there is technical information about other phones on any single site. You'd be lucky to find this much information about any phone.

twiggy626: Calmly tell us your problem, be it "bloody damn activesync", keys and screen not locking the way you want, upgrade not working, or whatever's bugging you. State your problems clearly -- what is happening, and what you want to happen. You might not be getting an answer because your questions are not clear enough and no-one knows what to say.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] neilius:
Expanding on what leek said:

A good guide with pointers on how to ask questions in a way that is more likely to yeild results can be found here:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Regards,

Neil.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] twiggy626:
ok ill try this one

how can i get active sync to keep the usb connection alive? because after sync it drops the connection?