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[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] M3gaBit3:
I wanted to see what the update was too. After flashing a clean install and ran the update, I couldn't find what was the update for. So I tried flashing TRWP back with five tries, AND IT WOULDN'T FLASH TWRP RECOVERY!!

Somehow I believe the update locks the recovery and boot loader? So I downgraded and managed to flash TRWP back. Thank God!
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] vjgrace:
@ Planterz,

Where are you downloading the full Metropcs firmware?

Sammobile has yet to post the KK ROM link.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Planterz:
I'm talking about the T-Mobile version.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] vjgrace:
Oh...thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Planterz:
The persistent system UI flashes were because I made a flashable app backup through Titanium from my Nexus 4, and the XBlast Tools restore had the navigation bar global option set to "on". Even though I never turned it on or enabled the module myself, Titanium kept doing an auto-restore (can't figure how to turn that option off), which would change the settings and start things crashing.

As for the update icon, if you've been using Wanam to fake your system status to "Official", turning that option off and letting it show as "Custom" will get rid of the icon/notifications after your next reboot. I don't think you want the latest update anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] GalaxySmokes:
Thanks. I really needed this custom recovery, just in case. I'll be taking care of my whole family's phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Planterz:
Post your homescreen!

I'm curious what everyone's homescreen looks like on their Galaxy Light. I've heavily tweaked mine with Nova Launcher and various Xposed modules (mainly Wanam).
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Planterz:
Here's a tip for all you Galaxy Light owners:

Unlike some more premium Galaxy phones, the T399 doesn't give the option for haptic feedback on the capacitive keys. No idea why not.

You might think you can use an Xposed module like Xposed Additions, which gives you the option for haptic feedback on keys.

That doesn't work.

You might think you can use an SQLite editor to change the haptic_feedback_enabled value from 0 to 1 and save it.

That doesn't work.

But if you do both, it works.

With an SQLite editor (this one is the best...$3, but it's the best), load the apps, then scroll down to "System Storage", select that, select "settings.db" and then "system". Scroll down to haptic_feedback_enabled and edit the value (tap the pencil) to 1.

If you don't have it installed already, install Xposed Additions, enable it within the Xposed Installer, then reboot. Within Xposed Additions, find "Buttons", tap "Add new key" and tap the key you want to vibrate (it works on the other hardware keys too), then tap the key's name (it'll say "no conditions" underneath), then check "Force Haptic Feedback", and now those keys will vibrate.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] gunterm:
So is it possible to just download the Metro PCS version of the ROM and dump it into the T-Mobile T399 ? I'm unlocked and using with AT&T so I could give a flip if wifi calling works.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Sami_iss:
Bootanimation

Is there any links on how to change the boot animation for sgh-t399, will the other ways on changing the boot animation for other samsung devices (like the S3,S4,ect) work on the sgh-t399?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] GJSmith3rd:
I used this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2611682

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Just be sure to animations that see smaller than the available space on your system partition.

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Animations that are smaller than available space on the system partition
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Planterz:
I see there's (FINALLY!) a tempered glass screen protector available for the Light. Has anyone tried it yet? I'd love naked glass for this phone, but I'm worried the glass might make pressing the Home button too difficult.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Sami_iss:
How do I change the IMEI on my galaxy lte, It changed and I want to convert it back, or at least type it manually.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Sami_iss:
*#197328640# - Service Mode 1

*#2263# - Service mode 2

How do i change my IMEI, if I go to service mode 1, it says DEBUG SCREEN w/ basic info, as info, nas info, neighbour cell, amr, gprs info, and antenna.

The when I use service mode two, it says Network settings w/ band selection, hspa setting, and band disable.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] M3gaBit3:
For what it's worth....

SamMobile had the T399N for D/L.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/41159/T399NUVUANK3_T399NTMBANK3_TMB.zip/
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] drakeheart77:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=30506

shout out for activity, and feedback on my headway.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Myster X:
Need help with my Galaxy Lite.....Looking to gut out and change pretty much everything....Battery consumption and performance(watching videos primarily) are top priority....However, I know very very little about what is needed to get it done....Equipped with jus device and sd card, I would like to know easiest and safest way to change ROM n Kernel to best updated versions that may fully optimize my fone....Step by step instructions without PC.....please.....:crying:
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Planterz:
This phone has pretty much been abandoned. No stable custom ROMs, no meaningful kernel development, nothing. Install TWRP, Xposed, and have fun with modules and tweaks, and that's about all you're going to get.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Myster X:
What about the Tigerlilly ROM? Im not exactly lookin to trick this fone out....Jus wanna simplify it....Rooted n used jus about every ram cleaner available n nothin can slow this device down from runnin pointless apps....Even after they've been blocked....Why does it constantly overwork iteself like tha last slave to find out about freedom?....There must be an answer....All i need it for are to make calls, listen to my music n videos.....On airplane mode tha fone heats up.....On idle mode the fone freezes....Why would They release such a fone? Who authorized it? Every 2 hrs requires a reboot.....I jus need this crap to stop workin so hard fa no reason.....holla bak......
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Planterz:
I'm unfamiliar with Tigerlilly.

RAM cleaners are generally best avoided. When an app is first opened it's loaded from storage into memory (RAM) for quick access. When you clear your RAM (or that specific app from RAM), it has to load all over again from storage. That takes more time, processing power, and battery. If the phone needs to free up RAM for new apps, it'll close others down all on its own.

If useless/redundant/bloat apps are running in the background, freeze them. If you're rooted you can uninstall system apps, but It's better to freeze (disable) them than uninstall them. The phone might glitch out and you can always unfreeze them. Besides, deleting system apps does not free up any usable space as the system partition is a set size and is unusable for stuff like pictures or music.

Look into Greenify. Without root access it basically works as a RAM cleaner that automatically shuts down specified apps after closing. With root access it can prevent specific apps from loading until you want them to. Of course, there's a white list that you can add apps to that you don't want removed from running in the background.

I don't have my Galaxy Light anymore. Like you, I got completely frustrated with it. 30 seconds to load the damn dialer, 2 minutes to load the wifi hotspot, etc. Unlike you (so far, anyway), I hulk-smashed the POS into oblivion after a bit too much to drink.

When I bought my Galaxy Light it was the best one I could afford at that time (having switched from Verizon and paying way too much per month). Soon after I got my hands on a Nexus 4 and used that as my primary device, but still used the Light as my "phone" and internet mule (USB tether and wifi hotspot). I liked the Light for its small size (since I carried both phones), but after time it got less and less usable. I don't know if it was because I was running too many Xposed mods, or if I simply wore it out from use/abuse.

Do a factory reset (re-root if necessary), freeze/disable bloat and redundant/useless Samsung apps, and use Greenify to keep apps you don't need constantly running out of your RAM. Also, be sure to turn off S-Voice. Double tap the home button, load S-Voice, and then go into its settings and turn it off. S-Voice lags the phone because when you hit the home button it's waiting to see if you hit it again. Turn it off, and it won't lag from waiting.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Myster X:
Sounz simple enuff.....however if possible, how do i find the list of bloatware n pointless apps to remove without trippin this fone back into slave mode? N how do i gey rid of this repugnant metro pcs bootloader? .......thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Planterz:
I'm only familiar with the T-Mobile version, which also was stuck on 4.2.2 (I believe the MetroPCS one was updated to 4.4). Anything MetroPCS can be disabled, although if there's an account app, you'll probably want to keep that one enabled. There are ways you can replace the boot animation, but I've never done it myself, so I can't really help with that.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] marcdw:
I have a strange issue since being forced back onto the Galaxy Light (my G3 got bricked). I cannot seem to write to my external SD card anymore.

Regardless of the ROM I'm on (stock, TigerLilly, LightWave, CM12) I can't write.

Actually, writing isn't a problem. Write operations, file copying, directory creation, Titanium Backup backups, all work without error. On reboot, however, nothing is there. Not even in TWRP.

Existing files/directories are there but newly added items just disappear into the ether.

I'm thinking it's hardware. Back in the day my Light had googobs of apps as I used Link2SD and a dedicated ext4 partition for linking apps.

Even that's not working now. After a few links I get I/O errors and the apps are lost.

Is this problem disk-related or something worse.

I'll dig out my older SD cards to verify but just wondering if anyone has experienced this.

Samsung Galaxy Light SGH-T399, CyanogenMod CM12 ROM, Tapatalk 4.9.5
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] H2Five_786:
SGH-T399 Stucks on Boot Logo Need Help

When i use odin to install firmware it says

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Initialzation..

<ID:0/005> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/005> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/005> FAIL!

<ID:0/005>

<ID:0/005> Re-Partition operation failed.:(:(

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

The Main Problem is there Re-Partition operation failed

if i flash without RePartition it also goes to fail

Please Help to Solve This Problem
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] yungunz:
So I installed Tigerlilly a few months ago and everything was good except that it kept saying that I was only getting 4g and not LTE. I went looking for something to help this and ended up finding a modem in one of the Tigerlilly threads. I flashed the modem and now my internet is slower than ever, to add to my problems I found out that the 4g thing was just a dpi issue on Tigerlilly. I am here writing this to see if anyone out there has a TWRP flashable updated TMobile Galaxy light t399 modem. Thanks for anyone's help out there, I know this is an old phone but for now it's all I have, appreciate it.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] @root@:
great job !

this topic is a good reference for sght-t399's topics. Hopefully, a new forum for this device would be created.

So far, the phone has two major issues which are the messaging app (delay) and 2g & 2.5g connection (EDGE + GPRS) .

Creating a custom ROM now would not solve these issues.

we will keep waiting for the kitkat . Samsung might fix these issues in the new update.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] awd_fan:
Install the Android SDK & read the documentation.

https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html?hl=sk

Check these threads, or google "adb tutorial"

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1241935

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2266638

This is the Odin flashable stock recovery that was posted a week or so ago. I did not test flash it, but md5 check matches my phone's recovery.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/d279hame7gfgbp3/Stock-T399-MJA-Recovery.tar
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] WillieWonka1985:
Thanks I will try this and let you know. I've spent the last for hours researching adb push and haven't gotten very far.

Will get back with results.

Sent from my SGH-T399 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] GJSmith3rd:
The graphic qtADB tool can help with adb commands.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] WillieWonka1985:
Thanks AF and Gl,

The odin flashie worked without fail.

And I assume the adb tool will help me get push working for me. May I ask if it is a program or a chest sheet of sorts?

Hmm maybe sdk is necessary for push? Our can I get by with team nocturnal's adb tool?

Sent from my SGH-T399 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] GJSmith3rd:
I just used QtADB on a Ubuntu 12.04 x64 LTS box I built yesterday to begin working on building Cyanognemod 11 for SGH-T399. I used it to pull the build.prop from the device system folder to my PC. I'm using the ver 0.7.3 linux 64 because the newer 0.8.1 linux 64 produced segmentation faults on two different linux distros. It has some useful features. Just an easy way to do some things without having to remember syntax. Needs to be in an android sdk platform-tools directory with AAPT and ADB. I simply installed the latest Android Studio and downloaded the QtADB and APKTOOL with AAPT.

https://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/downloads/list

http://qtadb.wordpress.com/download/

http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/studio.html#Updating

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Thanks for the Team Nocturnal ADB Tool Tips - I quick look seems to reveal it could be useful on Windows boxes.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] GJSmith3rd:
I think i may have found a CM11 build that we can port at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2521593.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47331563

Any comments?

EDIT:

Edit: Looks like Samsung Galaxy S 3 International I9305 with the same SOC, CPU and GPU may be a better start.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] premiatul:
I love this thread, everything we need in one place.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] awd_fan:
If the Odin flashable worked and you're back to stock recovery, you're done. Don't have to push anything.

There are a bunch of tools out there that are novice friendly that use part of the SDK and have a nice GUI.

You probably will need the Android SDK at some point. The whole SDK is not required just to push a file, but unless you have limited hdd space, you might as well get it.

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[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
Didnt take people that long to find twrp eh? already at 5 downloads before i even posted about it
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
Very nice shabby will try in a few hours
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfmitchell:
Link?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-light/
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] mn1968:
So one final question - how to remove Lookout Security? Titanium BackUp goes through the motions but when all is said and done, Lookout is still installed. I've attempted to Force remove app but when the phone reboots into CWM recovery I'm not sure what to select (Yes or No for ROM flashing stock recovery - I select NO because I want to keep CWM). Again when phone reboots Lookout is still installed.

Is it safe/OK to navigate to system/app and delete the apk that way?

Thanks for the advice.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] awd_fan:
You could install Greenify and freeze it. Deleting it from /system/app might set the Custom flag or prevent OTA, if that is a concern.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
It doesnt that was the first thing I removed
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] mn1968:
Did you delete the apk manually from system/app or use another method? Titanium isn't doing it for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
I uninstalled all updates the removed it with root uninstall
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] mn1968:
It's gone! Yay!!! Thanks for the tip.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
Your welcome
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] WillieWonka1985:
Is triangle away yet supported? Or is there any other way to reset flash counter?

At any rate I get modified device at ota update check, And don't like it.

Sent from my SGH-T399 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] awd_fan:
Using the "Stock" kernel from http://shabbypenguin.com/?developer=Galaxy_Light_%28SGH-T399%29&folder=Stock or inside this package http://www.mediafire.com/download/tdtradjn1l6ozed/SGH-T399_Root.zip should fix OTA
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] awd_fan:
Online Nandroid Backup patched for SGH-T399 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.onnandbup

You'll also want it's companion https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.h3r3t1c.bkrestore

Thank you Ameer!
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] WillieWonka1985:
I see two links posted here, might i be correct to think this recovery .tar is for Odin ?

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Anything I can do to help get you devs get us some hack and mod sweetness,all you need is ask. ;):)

Sent from my SGH-T399 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tim1jr:
What program do I add under root cloak to get OTA update to ignore root?

Thanks,

Tim
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] mn1968:
I found this link for those that want to remove carrier IQ. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1768205

I was previously told that CIQ was built into the phone and not able to be removed, but I followed this procedure and it seems to work.

On another note, I rooted with the one-click method and got the "Device has been modified" message while checking OTA.I re-flashed the stock kernel but that didn't rectify the situation...oh well.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] awd_fan:
The first link is to Shabbypenguin's DL page for Odin flashable kernels, the second is an archive that contains Odin and the kernels used in Shabby's original root method. Shared with Shabby's permission, it is his work.

I had the Custom/modified flag get set after days of having root with the stock kernel. I cleared my cache, Force stopped "Samsung Apps" and cleared it's cache. Rebooted, back to Official status and OTA works.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Classpro:
Why do we need ota updates? Are there any updates, or are we all just waiting for kit kat to be released? awdfan, did you hide root or were you able to get ota with root still enabled?

My brother just bought this phone on my recommendation. It came without an activation card from newegg, but with a sim. Tmobile said that he would have to get a new sim card from them because the card that came with the phone was not activated within 30 days, and that this happens with any phone not purchased directly from tmobile. I bought my phone a few months ago from HSA, and it came with the activation card and sim, and activated just fine. Does any of this make sense?
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] awd_fan:
We don't really need OTA, but I prefer to stay as close to stock as possible. I did not have to hide or disable root to keep OTA functional. I am using the "Stock" kernel Shabbypenguin posted with his first root method, not the one in his One Click exe, and have not made any significant changes to system files.

KitKat is gonna be a while at T Mobile speed...

Sounds like BS from T Mobile, don't they want more customers? Is it an "Isis" labeled SIM? Try activating at t-mobile.com/simupgrade. The "Activate by" date on the card I have is in July 2016. Haven't used it, prior SIM works fine. Not a "secure" SIM, so no Isis, but don't need it.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Classpro:
To activate you need an activation code, which is supposed to be on a card in the box, but there was no card. Called to get an activation code and they said need a new Sim because more than 30 days old. I don't know if it's an isis Sim. I'll ask.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
Isis Sim cards have the Isis logo on them. If you had one, it would be clear.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] awd_fan:
If T Mobile won't give you a new SIM free, call Newegg to get the right card or a replacement phone with the right card.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
So I was having a freezing problem when I rooted this, after much tinkering I found a solution that fixed it 100% and it was simple.... I dod a factory reset lol. And now my pjone no longer freezes, and its faster then ever woth a steady 200-300 free memory. If your having this problem give it a try, wprks well.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
Factory reset didn't make you lose root? I thought that process returned the phone to stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
Nope still have root lol. And no system apps cam back
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] Proud2banoob:
Nice
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] awd_fan:
Nice find. Did you try clearing the cache & dalvik from recovery before resetting? I have a hunch that would would fix the freeze/lag issue without losing data.
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
Yeah I did
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] shabbypenguin:
assuming you dont root then the only thing on your device that you as a user can alter is your /data and /cache partitions, so with that in mind a factory reset would turn a stock phone into factory defaults. since you guys rooted and altered things it goes a bit beyond that, to restore everything and fix stuff youll need an odin tar or someone to make a flashable rom. i was expecting raver to have kicked something out by now but i guess hes busy.

i posted instructions on what should be to root 4.4 in the twrp thread on phandroid, hopefully it helps yall :).
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
I didnt lose anything with a factory reset, still tired, and everything is running perfect
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
OTA has been released!!!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] djshag:
APRIL FOOL!! At least I assume as I can find no other info on an OTA release today nor does my phone want to update today. Thanks though! I got excited for a few seconds...
[Samsung Galaxy Light Guides, News, & Discussion] tazmaniondvl:
Sorry lol. I had to do it