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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thajukh:
I am from India I have taken the second hand phone s4 i9500 Indian . So when I am trying to update ota it's showing. Your device has been modified. How to check whether the device is rooted or not. The phone is still under warranty. So will I get warrant. Pls help me for changing the device status it to normal.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benni_1994:
To check if your knox counter is tripped, boot into download mode. (Power off your phone, press volume down+power button)

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamrul.auntu:
Use TriangleAway. It will make your device official. But it will not reset your Knox counter.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thajukh:
Thanks.. Can u Pls tell me the procedure. After that will I able to update the phone by ota
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamrul.auntu:
Here is the procedure

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/triangleaway-reset-flash-counter-tool/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thajukh:
Will I able to do ota updation after this
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Droidcore:
When back becomes official yes, you can update via ota again
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mjs2011:
Hi, so I've noticed this happen a few times on my trips to and from work, usually when I have bluetooth enabled. Once this morning when I had bluetooth connected to my car stereo, but was just listening to the radio, I unlocked my phone and music started playing. It happened again when I shut my car off too.

I've looked all over the setting menu, but I feel like I must be missing something that I have enabled that's causing this. Either that or this is the beginning of Toby from Paranormal Activity choosing me as his next victim.

Any help is much appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Anthonicia:
I tried to re - create this with John Zaffis the Haunted Collector and he thinks Harold Ramis hid a secret back to the future sports almanac in your trunk. He wants to do an investigation, what day and time is good for u?

As for the music playing automatically I couldn't get mine to do it. I have poweramp and there is a setting in it to allow/disallow automatic play when bluetooth or headset is detected. If u have another music player see if you have that in settings and disallow it maybe. I tried digging through stock music settings and couldn't find anything.

Good luck with that almanac though. RIP Ghostbusters

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There's an app in the playstore called blutooth connect and play that should let u control it better. It actually gives u settings that will allow u to pick what music player plays over bluetooth and if it autoplays or not when connected. Check it out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mjs2011:
So I think Voice Control was the culprit. I noticed twice this morning that the music started playing right when I started my car, and I think the sound of it starting triggered the voice.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhanda:
Hi,

I would like to change the default dialer program on my Samsung Note 3 which is rooted and installed with Xpose. I am sorry but I am new to Android and not sure how to get this done. I haven't installed any custom ROM's at the moment but thought there would have been a way to make the default dialer program. Although I tried installing many programs like "Contacts+", "RocketDialer" and others, none of them show up in the "Complete Action Using" Menu. Only the Samsung default dialer is presented.

Yes I have reset cache for all the Apps and tried the same too.

Any help would be appreciated.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhanda:
What no one knows or hasn't wanted to change the default caller app ?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Settings -> Application Manager -> Menu button -> Reset app defaults

OR

Open up the Task Manager by holding the home button, then clicking the first ourt of three icons. Click on Clear Defaults icon, select to clear an application.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhanda:
Hi,

Thanks for your revert but only options I am getting are 3 apps, Kaspersky Av, Skype and touchwiz phone. I have already tried clearing the app for Phone as well as reset all apps.

Also downloaded "default app " from play store but no go. Any other suggestions are welcome.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
I think there's either something wrong with your Xposed configurations, or you might have to try a full wipe.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhanda:
Hi Nicholaschum,

Could you kindly tell me where exactly in Xposed settings do I change the dialer default app.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
Have you tried disabling all Xposed modules and eliminating all possible problems?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankbonatelli:
Well the short answer based on your setup is that touchwiz will not let you change dialers. You can download them from play store but it will only be for you to call out with. If you get in coming phone calls it must be handled by touchwiz dialer.

I've been trying to get an AOSP dialer to run but no joy. I've deleted all phone apk files I've deleted all contact apk files all that happens is I loose connectivity with cell providers.

Enough googling and it seems touchwiz must have its own dialer for incoming connections.

I'll keep trying tho, never know.

Not much help I know but at least it's an answer of a sort.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicholaschum:
For sure you can set the default SMS apps though, I have set them many times, but I use 8sms right now as it is to me the best alternative to BiteSMS on the iPhone 4 (during the old days haha!)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhanda:
In regards to incoming calls, I used rocket dialer and was able to see their screen. Touchwiz wasn't invoked. But when trying to make outgoing calls, although rocket dialer is invoked for call logs and contacts, as soon as I hit the call button, touchwiz is invoked.

I guess the option then is to use custom roms which I dint want to install.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fabioperri1:
Hi everybody and excuse me for my bad english. I'm a young owner of a used Galaxy note 3. From what I can see from boxes it's a german note 3 but the antecedent owner had flashed a 4.4 poland android firmware, fortunately the knox counter hadn't changed to 0x1 but still is to 0x0. Today was released the 4.4 german android firmware and i want to flash it using Odin will that modify the counter? Thank to everybody
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaythenut:
No it won't change knox at all flash away
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fabioperri1:
Thank you. Unfurtunately my note 3 is stuck in download mode everytime time Odin3 says FAIL in red. I'm becoming mad trying everything.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
Hi guys. I finally made the change to android a few months back after iphoning for several years. I'm so glad I did. Everything I wanted that Apple wouldn't let me have is here. I wasn't too bothered about rooting up until I saw a video on youtube detailing the advantages. I was quite surprised you can get free tethering (which is something that would be very handy). Also since the jelly bean update my phone became a bit laggy and i heard you can speed it up via 'setcpu'.

After days or reading, reading and yet more reading I took the plunge and rooted my s3 i9300 via Odin. The first file I used said successful but a 'check root' app said it wasn't. I found another file for my spec and tried that and it seems to have rooted now.

So here are my questions that although I've read alot about I haven't really found an answer I'm confident with to take the next step....

1) Can I just turn on tethering on my settings or do I have to install or download a certain app to run it through? I'm on T-mobile if that makes a difference and I'm from the UK.

2) The CWM that is installed is not the same one I keep reading about. I found an updated version on this site but can I just install it via ODIN or do I need to uninstall the one currently on the phone.

3) I would like to try a fresh install of a ROM so i have a clean foundation. I'm not fussed about backing up my apps etc and all my contacts are sync'd via google. At this time I'm quite happy to keep the phone standard-ish looking while I learn more about rooting and roms and have heard cyanogenmod are more popular for the close to stock roms. I have also read they have released a 4.4. Is there a stable version yet? After I have my CWM can I just flash the ROM straight on. Any links for a stable cyanogenmod??

4) Any info on removing the bloatware?

Thanks guys in advance. I'm sure you've heard these questions time and time again. I was an Apple Jailbreaker for along time so hopefully I wont be too hard to educate.

Ben
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
1. What are you tethering? Simplest way is wirelessly but that doesn’t require root anyway.

2. Yes just update via odin.

3. CM is aosp based rom so it's actually fairly close to stock android rather than stock Samsung, have a look in the Android development forum for a list of custom roms. I won't recommend a particular rom as they all have benefits. Aosp roms cm included have issues due to Samsung controlling some of the proprietary software meaning some things hdmi out, FM radio etc either don't work or have limited function.

4. If you flash a custom rom, you are reducing bloat to a greater or lesser extent. But you may also be sacrificing some Google or Samsung apps depending on your chosen rom, again have a look at the rom threads as there are seriously too many to list.

And welcome to the dark side and enjoy the freedom.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Basics

STICKYS FAQS and GUIDES

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2344125

UNDERSTAND FIRST

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2362743

Network IMEI EFS

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
Ghostofcain

No by tethering I just meant for my laptop or the kids ipad's etc if we're out and about with no wifi. So I can just use the usual stock tethering as opposed to having to use an app?

Is CMW the better one to use?

I shall browse the roms and try and find something that's compatible.

Thanks for your time :D

JJEGAN I shall have a read of these. Thanks very much.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
Stock tethering should work fine, that's what I use. If i was you I'd stick with a Samsung based rom to start with as you'll find most of the apps are available and all features should work, but once you've got the bug the skies the limit.

CWM is probably the benchmark recovery, but if you want a slightly more featured one you could go with Philz.

Just remember nandroid is your friend, keep a backup and if a ROM doesn't suit you just restore.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
Many Thanks. Will read the above links tonight and let you know if I still have any questions.

Appreciated!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
Hi. Well I've tried to update the CWM through Odin and it says it has passed etc but when I go back into the phone it is still the old version.

Do I need to unlock my bootloader first? I was under the impression the i9300 bootloaders are unlocked from stock?

If so I'm running 4.3 so am I right in reading that it cannot be unlocked?

Another thing. When I plug my phone into Odin nothing happens. If I connect my phone first then open Odin it recognises it. All be it could be an issue with Odin I did it this way for the initial root and it worked fine?

Please helppppppp. I got the bug now. Just like the old apple jailbreak days:)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallman43:
You do not need to use Odin to change recoveries if you already have a custom recovery installed..There are two versions of recovery .tar.md5 (you flash these with Odin) or .zip files (you flash these with your current custom recovery)

I would also recommend using PhilZ recovery it as alot more options.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
Ok thanks. So do I add the zip version to my SD card? If so how do I run it from there? Via the CWM app on my phone?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallman43:
Yep.. Add to Ext SD card and choose same option you do to flash a rom (install zip option)... Then reboot!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
Cheers pal. I'm out at the mo but will try this evening and report back. Cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
Well I tried it an still the same thing. It's been like this from the start but could this be the culprit.... View attachment 2610571
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthony2424:
Woah wait... Isn't TWRP recovery available for the S3?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
Should I try that then? Any particular version of the I9300 I need?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
Don't flash using CWM, use the recovery, I have read reports of issues using CWM on the i9300

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
I did plenty of research and didn't see anything myself. What can I flash with Instead? Can I flash something straight over the top?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] west421:
You need reboot recovery: vol+,power,home at the same tyme.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallman43:
Sorry my confusion I didn't realise you where using the cwm manager app! This is why you are having problems I never use apps to flash roms or recoveries they always seem to have problems.You need to manualy flash from recovery itself boot into recovery volume up + home+power and flash from there.

Flash PhilZ recovery from there....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
Hi thanks. Maybe that's why. I've been doing volume down, home and power.

Flash using odin?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallman43:
That's download mode lol easy mistake your not the first! Yes flash with Odin takes less than a minute to do..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthony2424:
Well all these people totally ignored me. Don't use philz or cwm. Honestly as of right now TRWP is a far better recovery. But you can always flash one or the other afterwards and decide which one you like better.

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http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/114
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
What a spanner i am :(

I'll give it a go, thanks!

Thanks aswell Anthony. I just need one that's plain and simple really till i get my head around this.

Once I've sorted the recovery I'll start to move on. Am I right in thinking bootloader is already unlocked?

Been looking at kernels and roms too. Does it matter which one I flash first?

Thanks again guys
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallman43:
First of all nobody ignored you! I will answer you now...:D

Quote "Woah wait... Isn't TWRP recovery available for the S3?" Yes it is

Quote "Honestly as of right now TRWP is a far better recovery." In your opinion :D

Also to the op:

(1) Once I've sorted the recovery I'll start to move on. Am I right in thinking bootloader is already unlocked? (Yes never been locked :))

(2) Been looking at kernels and roms too. Does it matter which one I flash first? (All roms come with a kernel so flash the rom then if you want to change the kernel just flash afterwards just make sure it is compatible with your particular rom ;) )
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
Your a legend. Will have a look tonight and report back. Thanks again
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
In regards to the kernel I'd give stock a fair chance before swapping, because 1) it gives you an indication of stability, nothing worse than flashing an experimental kernel on an unstable rom, 2) the kernel that the dev ships has, hopefully, been optimised for the rom.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
Ok thanks. Any you would recommend. I'd like to try kit kat but read it's still unstable
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
Currently I'm running aosp neat rom, with no obvious issues at all.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
Ok thanks. I'll have a read. Cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthony2424:
So I'm guessing backing files up to OTG-USB means nothing to you? And yes cwm or twrp is a decision, however everyone else failed to mention anything but cwm and philz

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Just informing the op there's more than just cwm and philz
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
OK Thanks guys. I managed to backup my original system and install the neatrom 4.2.2. Have started researching Kernels now but doesn't seem to be many compatible so I'll just wait a bit. Seems to be a bit more of a battery drain than my standard ROM but I can live with that for now.

Thanks again guys
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
Boeffla (omni) and yank and devil 2 are all compatible with aosp Neatrom or are you running his sammy based rom? I only ask as I thought the sammy one was 4.3 and aosp is 4.4.2.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
Hi. No im running the AOSP version from here... http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-i9300-aosp-neatrom-t2603155#post35760601

I'll give those kernels a go. Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
Boeffla is apparently best for battery, but personally I've stuck with stock, any particular reason for wanting to change kernel.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b_kennedy:
Only because the neatrom seems to be sucking a bit more battery than stock but its not essential. I'm not too sure what I'm looking at anyway. I did have a look but didnt find any definates that it would be compatible. Do the modems have to match for example or will any i9300 kernel work from Omni?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
I suspect any Omni kernel might work, but as long as you back up before flashing just try and report back. Bear in mind that it takes a couple of days for a ROM to settle down after flashing, and for the user to stop experimenting with stuff so first battery impressions are often worse than real world usage.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] ddiddy22:
is there any work around?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] jb8von:
Does NBA Jam still not work on the Sony Xperia Z Ultra? I'm thinking about getting this device, but if NBA Jam doesn't work, I might not. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Been flashing roms for years across many devices and this is the first time I have encountered such a bizarre issue. As the title says I could only text on touch whiz based roms. Aosp roms of any kind (CM,AOKP, Gummy, Slim, any) text messages all fail no matter what sms app I use.

How to fix - (You are responsible for your device. I am not responsible for ANYTHING if you choose to continue)

Here is the DreamFX Official Unofficial fix credits to lacoursiere18's first build that is considered to be the magic build to fix our SMS issue permanently. The funny thing is that texting doesn't even work in his first build but something with that is the magic sauce to fix our phones. Follow the below directions.

1.) Wipe everything raw (i wipe everything but external sd, but others have reported not wiping internal and this working)

2.) Flash 4.4.2 TW Wip Build 1 (link below)

3.) Boot up, skip setup screens, and try to send a few texts. They will fail every time as texting is broke in this build (but this is how the magic happens)

4.) Reboot, maybe try and send a few more texts again (again they will fail)

5.) Reboot into recovery and wipe everything raw

6.) Flash latest CM11 or any other AOSP rom (you can also restore a nandroid of aosp and texting will now work)

7.) Reboot and Profit!

Downloads

http://www.mediafire.com/download/t4e8a7uzeul79ug/4.4.2_WIP_BUILD_1_BETA.zip

If this didn't work for you then you may have a different issue at hand. Try replacing your sim and/or odining back to stock to see if that fixes your issue. This fix only fixes texting working on TW but not AOSP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Fixed see above
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] ITGuru48051:
Do you have any ad block programs installed?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Nope. These are fresh installs with 0 apps installed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thejudgement223:
Do you by any chance live in the NEPA/central pa area?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Yes that's creepy. How you guess!?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thejudgement223:
Apparently this problem is localized to this area. There are others with the same problem with other devices on Verizon.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2654822&page=7

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2658572&page=3

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2657822
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
I thought I was going nuts. So your having the issue too? If you find a resolution let me know please. I have contacts for Verizon I can get a hold of that are high up in the chain. But I can't just tell them texting works in tw but not aosp.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] thejudgement223:
Yeah I have been having issues since the 20th. The only fix I will do is switching to CDMA only, but that is an unreasonable fix to this problem. Or switching to crap touchwiz. Keep us posted

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Another fix is cycling airplane mode for every sent text. It works most of the time for me. I'm calling Verizon later.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] amoot329:
Did either you tried flashing the rom before the 20th? Especially the audio mod by Sbrissen?

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407573327

I have not updated the nightly since then because its working beautifully.

PS I'm in the Washington county, PA. 412 area code Haven't had any texting issues.

If need be, I can always make a backup of my current system and update to a nightly and see if the texting is broken.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
I can't even use older aosp builds now. Your County is not really in the affected area.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] harshybar:
I am in DMV area, just south of you. I started having this issue too. I called Verizon and they offered me a new phone but I am out of warranty.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] harshybar:
The lates 3/12 CM Nightly seems to be working, I will Dload it and install and report ASAP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
How do you know it's working if you haven't tried it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] harshybar:
Because many people on that thread are saying that it does.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] DreamFX:
Some people are saying that this has been fixed in VA. Anyone in central pa want to try today?