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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidshadow:
so what entails for the future of samsung phones?

So what is the going to happen to the future of Samsung Phones? Are we no longer going to be able to put custom ROM's and custom Recovery Managers on Samsung Phones?

Will KitKat + SELinux + Knox no longer allow us to enjoy the true beauty of Android? I think that is major BS.

So what are our options now? Are we going to simply have to choose different phones like future Google Nexus phones? I love Samsung phones and I love having the options of flashing custom roms or reverting back to stock and I really really love CWM recovery or TWRP recovery.

These phones are our property...

I understand that the software and the code is Samsung's or Verizon's yet we should be able to do what we want to our property. Could you imagine if Toyota or Chevy said that after you purchased one of their cars you could never paint it a different color or add custom rims + wheels! That would be ridiculous... It is the same concept here really.

It is really sad that Samsung and Mobile carriers such as Verizon have resorted to this...

-droidshadow
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] landshark68:
Difference is though, if you were to somehow screw up your car by customizing it you wouldn't try to take it back to the dealership and get a new car under a warranty claim. I would have to think at least part of the reason phone manufacturers and mobile carriers are locking down phones is all the "warranty" claims people are submitting after screwing up while rooting and flashing their phones. Warranty claims are for inherent manufacturer defects, not a hard brick from flashing the wrong software. If more people took responsibility for their mistakes and bought a new phone instead of making the carriers or manufacturers pay for their mistakes, perhaps this wouldn't be happening. I'm not saying absolutely, just perhaps. OK, I'll get off my soapbox now. Happy New Year everyone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 5ft24:
Different animal. You own the hardware, but the providers have the right to control the firmware since it can change how the phone interacts with the network.

Just like the firmware in your cars computer. The manufacturer and the federal government have control over what went in. Modifying it can be done, but it is a violation of EPA emission laws.

Modifying the paint, tires, rims etc is like putting a different case, bling etc on your phone

Your phone needs to have the 4.3 odin tar installed to clean the recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DigitalMD:
Its really Verizon, They have had many Moto and HTC phones with locked bootloaders , unless Verizon unlocks it, it won't be cracked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 5ft24:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidshadow:
I know but still i think it should be our choice! While there are millions of us out there that love to customize the software on our phone's by adding new recovery managers or custom rom's we are a small population to the rest of the stock phone using world...

Insurance companies make big bucks by all the people who never file a claim...but i won't get into that.

Many of you have made excellent points and i respect that. I especially liked the comparison of car rims to phone cases i thought that was great!

Hopefully someone will work it out soon or some how an unlocked bootloader will get leaked.

Come one Verizon developers! Leak it! We wont tell!

I was planning on getting the NOTE 3 but i doubt that phone comes with an unlocked bootloader so this d2vzw (sgs3) will most likely be my last samsung phone that I ever buy. I guess i will have to stick with the Nexus phones... I am going to miss micro sdcards!

-droidshadow
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hallstevenson:
Having that debate at this site is kinda silly.... Fact is, "we" will lose the fight against the carriers and/or manufacturers as it stands. The only way to really impact them is to STOP giving them our money, but you know what ? The number of people who "hack" their phones is a tiny percentage in the grand scheme. We'd probably get a "good riddance" response from them anyway.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xs11e:
That's correct and.... read on.

That could be the only solution. I believe the success that Samsung/Verizon have had with locking down their phones will soon result in ALL phones on ALL carriers being locked down with little or no possibility of rooting or flashing.

I suspect we've seen the end of modifying any phone on any network. I sure hope I'm wrong....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Chris Kurisu:
It would be a shame....

I just rooted and got into CM in the last month. Got rid of all the bloat and installed some neat little apps. And now, just when I get hooked, it's possible that my drug of choice may be going away.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cjthompson:
hey there guys, i know this post is a little old, but i just wanted to share my story real quickly with you and to reiterate that messing with the boot loader on an sch-i535 running 4.3 is a HORRIBLE idea.

this is the first phone i have ever tried to root. i successfully rooted the phone, immediately i tried to run cwm recovery. HARDBRICK. i was so proud for all of five minutes that i rooted a phone on my first try. The phone would not power on in ANY mode. i could only get a red light to come on by plugging my phone into my computer with the battery out of the phone. after three days and alot of reading and some help from xda i managed to (amazingly) debrick my phone. I am now very VERY cautious of what i do with my rooted sch-i535 with its HORRIBLE 4.3 crap.

If you are truly hardbricked, im told that jigs (despite what is all over the internet) will not work. (maybe they do but a shop in texas told me a hardbrick will not revive by jig).

JTAG is the most dependable repair.

I revived my phone via debrick image on an sd card.

Bottom line, do everything you can to avoid the situation in the first place.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Germanlopez007:
Never take updates. I unlocked boot loader on 4.3 with ez-unlock app booted into recovery and hard bricked my phone... The fun is over after 4.3...Had to send it to Tampa fl. To get JTAG and it worked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xs11e:
That's correct, given the amount of time the Devs have had to find a way to unlock the bootloader on the S3 and S4 w/o success, I believe it's hopeless.

Worse, I believe Samsung will share their technology and ALL cell phones will eventually have locked boot loaders and be un-rootable, un-flashable and, to me, at least, un-desirable!

I sincerely hope I'm wrong but I believe in a year or two any cellphone will be locked down to whatever software is installed at time of purchase.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] An0nYm0u5.bat:
How's the fun over??? Haha I've seen this same junk many times... I'm running 4.3 rooted. Safestrapped (cwmis garbage) alliance 23 build ROM CSC & build prop tweaks on sch-i535v on straightalk att side. Knox removed manually by me. All bands open except domestic 3g. (Working on it now).

So the funs over? I'm confused.. And how is that? Lol take your time. Research. Learn. Adapt. Achieve. If it can be locked. It can be unlocked. I've yet to run across a phone that I couldn't bring back from the supposed "hard brick" but I did find one I COULDNT brick on purpose. And I threw everything at it. Huwaei m8665 I think it was. I tried for two days to brick that little piece of junk, and not even wrong roots etc could. Lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Davilae1:
I agree with you if there is a way to lock it there is a way to unlock it.

is just a matter of time some smart brain will figure it out how to and share LOL

:cowboy:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xs11e:
OK, let's see you install TWRP on your phone Galaxy S3 that you can unlock.

Can't, can you? SafeStrap is a GREAT advance but it's not acceptable to me and many others as the bootloader is still locked so let me know when you can unlock it, OK?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
*** If you break the glass can you glue it back?

is just a matter of time some smart brain will figure it out how to and share LOL

***We need a spy that work for Samsung!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] An0nYm0u5.bat:
Huh? What difference does twrp make? Lol they are basically the same. And question. If flashing is your only use for an unlocked boot loader. What is it you so badly want to flash but can't??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
AOSP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xanderdeuce80:
EZ Unlock with S3 running 4.1.2

Does EZ Unlock work with S3 running 4.1.2 or will that brick the phone too?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] landshark68:
EZ unlock works on 4.1.2, won't brick the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xanderdeuce80:
Ok great, thanks! Once I unlock the bootloader, do I need to reboot before running Triangle Away to reset the flash counter?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xanderdeuce80:
OK I got everything to work. Flash counter is reset and phone was unrooted successfully! Before I take back to Best Buy or Verizon do I need to lock the bootloader again? I want to make sure I cover every angle so I don't void any warranties. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] landshark68:
If you are fully stock rooted, in order you should relock bootloader with EZ unlock, run triangle away, then unroot before returning the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xanderdeuce80:
I read that bootloader needs to be unlocked in order to run Triangle Away so I did that and my flash counter was reset. Then I unrooted. I read that EZ Unlock 1.2 only works if rooted so am I out of luck now?

I also read that getting an OTA relocks the bootloader but will the OTA work over wi-fi only? I activated an old phone in the meantime so the S3 is offline for now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] landshark68:
Yes, OTA should work over wifi only.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xanderdeuce80:
The OTA did not work over wifi. I factory reset the phone but bootloader is still unlocked. Oh well. I'm just taking it to Best Buy this way and play dumb.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benben972:
Since my update on official 4.3, I have a high consumption of ram ... after starting the system already uses 1GB ram and after a while the RAM is full, even if I stop all applications Recent ... am I the only one in this situation?

I'm on the official 4.3 UB with Xposed framework and gravity box.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegahanggara:
Try this command on terminal emulator, then post the result here

# ps | grep system_server
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raziel123:
thats why I went back to 4.2.2,

ram usage is about 200 mb or more higher in 4.3 also actual usable ram drops from 1751 to 16xx ...

regards
[Micromax A116] sp1312:
Pls can anyone port latest updated walkman player nd sony keyboard...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] emsti:
Hi,

I'm looking for some kind of custom rom which does not have video bug(out of sync or low framerate). I'm a noob, I've read some threads in development section and I've found that even some stable roms have issues with video recording. So I wonder if there is a single rom which doesn't have that issues. (I am afraid that all CM based roms will have some issues related to video, am I right?).

Basically I need stable, battery savy rom without wifi/video bug. Responsive UI would be nice.

I don't need super fast games or other extra features.

I'm kind of OK with 2.3.6, there are some applications which work only for Android 4.0 and above versions, that's why I want to switch, that's all.

I'm living in Europe if that matters.

I know that "best rom" threads are not liked here:o, but it's quite hard to find proper rom, unfortunately I couldn't find many I9003 related forums with opinions about roms.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mehran 92:
You can try qwerty cm10 rom

Its stable and fast with some cool features

All of the cyanogen mod based roms have video recording issues only at 720p

SD (480p) recording is fine
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] shahzeb420:
Good Realy Good Rom...:good:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] rockykabir:
The possibility of T-Mobile bringing unlimited GPRS is great. I can't wait to get my Direct Push email sorted. BTW - will we have to pay for an extra service from T-Mobile (UK) to enable Direct Push or would having the GPRS be sufficient?

Another thing that has hit me was whether we'll have to enable GPRS on all day....Is this necessary or will it use a sms based system?

For people who leave their GPRS on all day (for Messenger+email for example), how long is your average battery life on your Wizard?

I don't think many complained about the battery life on the Blackberries - but I suppose they weren't that power consuming right compared to the Pocket PCs?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] lvlolvlo:
my battery life is pretty much the same....using push mail service for a little more than 2 weeks now......
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] rockykabir:
I haven't actually got my Wizard yet (still stuck with Magician) - but how many hours are you looking at - and what usage is that based on?

So I presume you will have to keep GPRS on at all times right?

Thanks again for your replies ;)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] lvlolvlo:
my GPRS is always on. Usage is as follows:

I mainly use my wizard for phone, text, and e-mail. Occasionally streaming some audio, and surfing the web (slashdot.org, wap.yahoo.com, etc...)

I need to charge my phone at night before going to bed and I'm using it the following morning by 9am. I charge it in the afternoon and during lunch when I'm in the car, and by the end of the day before I put it on charge I have about 18% battery left.

From 2/28 until today (3/13) I've used

980 anytime mins

260 weekend mins

200 mobile to mobile

300 nights (after 9pm)

11MB Internet Data

221 text messages

12 picture/video messages

so from that you can surmise that i'm a moderate user (some might say upper moderate).

hope that's enough for you...

note: in the begining for about 5 days i didn't have the push mail
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] flamingcrumb:
GPRS on all day and battery life

I am planning on getting a Wizard (have a Magician right now). I have found that keeping GPRS on all day to use my push email client prevents my phone from going into standby and massively drains my battery. (Backlight will go off, but screen does not switch off entirely, seems to be GPRS over-riding my power settings.)

How does the Wizard handle this? Are you able to keep GPRS ticking over but still have the device go fully into standby mode?

Wondering if my issue is device specific or this is a normal facet of GPRS always-on usage?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] kristiandg:
Mine goes to sleep/stby as-designed with GPRS constantly connected. I, too, have noticed very little (if any) difference in battery life since the new ROM upgrade.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] stevieg:
I've been using the qtec test since the WWE version came out and now the iMate Rom on tmobile uk.

I've had push mail working for an entire month of my contract now, and my data usage dropped by at LEAST 10mb a month. I mainly use the web for an hour a day surfing bbc news, the register etc. I have the push mail enabled from 6am until 6pm. using I use about 32 of my 40mb, this month I only used 16mb. I was syncing every 30 minutes on the earlier ROMs during the day, so I has been an amazing improvement.

The other good news is my battery life has increased by a large factor with the iMate rom. On an evening after just GPRS usage (no wi-fi) I had 98% battery, the best I had managed before was approx 70% so I am very very happy.

I don't use the phone very much,only about 5 minutes per day so obviously this helps my battery life too!

By the way yes the GPRS keeps the constant connection while in standby, and wakes the phone a little like a text message.

I am confident my findings are accurate, I read in the exchange server blog direct push works by opening a http request and waiting for a response or timeout. There is little overhead in this, I believe the battery overhead should be little more than having GPRS connected permanently (or between the times you use direct push)

Hope this is useful!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] rockykabir:
wow thanks stevieg (glad you are helping us pocket pc users as well as liverpool! ;) )
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] footang:
Direct Push and Standby

Have anyone of you had a problem with Direct Push when the Wizard is in standby mode? It works fine when I test it and the screen is alive, but when it's on Standby/Sleep the mail doesnt come in.

Is there something I need to config on the phone or Exchange?

Thanks
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] AayushPathak:
I've created this thread just to make it easier to find the ROM's and kernels for our beloved phone. The list will be updated regularly as new ROMs are added/updated. I've listed all the active ROM's and kernels alphabetically separately by the Android version. There are some inactive ROM's and closed threads that I have not included :p

ROM's

Based on Android 4.1.2

ULTRALITE ROM | Dev: k2wl

Based on Android 4.2.2

AOKP for i9082 *NEW VERSION* | Dev: k2wl

CyanogenMod 10.1 | Dev: pawitp

GENNXT SUPERIOR ROM | Dev: balliboxer

GhostReconOPS©ROM | Dev: Techix18

MIUI INDIA ROM | Dev: adityaf

MoKee OpenSource Project | Dev: k2wl

PAC-man ROM - All in One | Dev: xenon92

PyramiD K3 | Dev: medozse7s

Resurrection Remix® | Dev: xenon92

RVR's stock-based rom | Dev: rutvikrvr

SlimBean ROM | Dev: xenon92

XperiaZ Flavor To Galaxy Grand Duos | Dev: balliboxer

Based on Android 4.3

CyanogenMod 10.2 | Dev: yajnab

PAC-man ROM - True All in One | Dev: xenon92

Based on Android 4.3.1

CyanogenMod 10.2 | Dev: k2wl

Based on Android 4.4.2

Carbon ROM | Dev: xenon92

CM 11.0 for Galaxy Grand Duos (I9082/I9082L) | Dev: pawitp

ProBAM KK | Dev: k2wl

SlimKat ROM | Dev: xenon92

Kernels

Based on Android 4.1.2

Splendiferous Kernel | Dev: yajnab

Based on Android 4.2.2

Stock 4.2.2 | Dev: k2wl

Project Engine Kernel™ | Dev: Techix18

Splendiferous Kernel | Dev: yajnab

Based on AOSP/CM Android 4.4

evolution kernel | Dev: k2wl

nebula kernel (aosp only) | Dev: xenon92

​

If i missed anything at all (except closed threads and inactive ROM's), please let me know, I'll update it straightaway! Cheers!
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] wiryawang:
Great thanks for the effort
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] iceyhotguy:
chotu222 is already maintaining an Index of everything (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2306366)

But it's good to have everything sorted based on the build version, nice effort :good: :)

Never the less, this doesn't belong in the development thread, please have it moved to the General section.
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] AayushPathak:
Moved :P
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] iceyhotguy:
Three things that I'd like to point out:

1. The UltraLite ROM you mentioned is actually a 4.1.2 ROM based on XXAMF7 firmware not 4.2.2

2. JellyMix V1 ROM is buggy and out of development, it's OP said no more updates in this post - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46488712&postcount=60

3. You missed GhostReconOPS 4.2.2 stock based ROM - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2575016
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] AayushPathak:
Thanks a lot!....thread updated!
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] sushantraje2000:
Waiting for otg support kernel

Thanks for all information

But I search for all kernel

Still no stable kernel available which can support otg

But

Will

Kernel tunner give otg enable option in

Custom kernel
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] NiTesh:
Any working jb rom? Any experts working on jb with galaxy grand dual sim? ?
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] sushantraje2000:
Please suggest

Can I update or downgrade kernel jellybean to kitkat or vice versa

Plz tel me how
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] Kishan14:
@OP

you have missed many roms in 4.4.x section... check my, jackeagle, rutvikrvr signatures .... u ll get some :p
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] #Prototype:
try gennext superior rom by balliboxer!! afaik it is best jb rom with dual sim (i didn't try any other jb rom)!!
[Galaxy Grand Duos i9082 General] tanvir071:
you don't say about android 5.0 or 5.0x

you missed say about bliss rom
[General Questions and Answers] speeedcc:
Lephone bd dm902_c05

spreadtrum

i want to root it

plz tell me how i do this
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxy110:
On my htc one with viperone 4.0.1 I'm having trouble connecting to the internet when I'm not on WiFi. I can rarely do anything internet related when off WiFi and I have a 5 gb a month data plan
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bihslk:
Check your carrier setting
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fremenos:
Flash the newest viper rom 4.1.0. Some people were reporting signal and WiFi issues with 4.0.1 and it should be fixed in the 4.1.0 build.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sreinst1:
Hi,

I am running Beanstalk 4.4.2, with Holo Launcher. My desktop (in Holo) contains 5 screens, which I've filled with shortcuts and widgets. Is there a way to re-order the screens? (and how?)

When I select "edit screens", I get to see all screens horizontally. I can select which one will be the "home screen", and I can add or remove screens, but I don't see how to move screens to a different location (e.g. I want the first one on the left to the the 2nd one on the right).

Thanks,

Shlomy
[M.O.J.O. General] scorpio16v:
With the Gamepad " C.T.R.L.R " and the included universal Smartphone clip, it should be possible to made your phone to a mobile game console.

In theory ...

+ Nexus 7 - the gamepad connects and works like expected

- LG G2 - the device can hardly find the controller. It couples the devices, but I get never a working connection in all 3 modes.

- Sony Xperia Z1 compact - same problem as the LG G2.

So the second reason for me to buy the M.O.J.O is invalid.

What are your experiences ?
[M.O.J.O. General] ExtremeRyno:
My HTC One X connects (and works) just fine. My wife's got the same phone, so we've nothing else to compare to.
[M.O.J.O. General] gwaldo:
The mouse mode works on a PC.

PC game mode works as expected.

Using x360ce (XBox360 gamepad emulator) gives good PC compatiblity.

It's a bit buggy, with crashes but still very useful.

I hope that GameSmart app is also ported to PC and can emulate the xbox360 contoller, that would be sweet!

I tried pairing on iPhone5 but didn't pair, I thought iPhone5's have BT4, no biggy.

I haven't tried my phone (Nokia N900) as I doubt the BT dongle will be detected by the kernel, and I don't want to recompile support for it just yet :p