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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
I don't like this modem. Is it possible to flash the 4.3 Modem (MK3) without bricking anything. I am running stock odex ND8. Previous versions you could flash back and forth any modem zip file. ND8 is horrible picking up and keeping LTE for me versus MK3. I would like to go back to MK3 baseband.

Is that possible? Can I just flash the MK3 modem zip file in recovery?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
I don't think anybody has tried honestly, I would be the first bit nd8 is working great for me, keeping an lte signal in the house when mk3 wouldn't
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
Weird. I just notice when I move into the interior of my work where I lose LTE when I get back to my desk(near a window) it takes a lot longer than it did on MK3 to switch back to LTE without toggling airplane mode. A few people on s4gru were having similar symptoms that I was.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jamespanget19:
4.4 on i9300

Is this 4.4.2 in sprint s3 i9300 can be flash in i9300 international version?

TIA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcran75:
No. This is ND8 for sph-l710. From what ive read the i9300 will not be getting 4.4.2 due to only having 1gb ram. http://www.android.gs/samsung-confirms-no-android-4-4-kitkat-for-galaxy-s3-i9300-and-s3-mini/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Soooperstar:
Nice.....love it! More more :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TJj33p3rz:
FIXED

Well I was messing around flashed different roms.So I decide to go back to this.I start from scratch like in op.Now when I flash the rom I get status 7 error E:data/media/0/downloads/rom name.Set_perm failed

Anyone get this its weird work perfect before?

Stupid me I wasnt using philz latest lol I need sleep.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Try updating PRL and Profile in System/More/System Updates
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] counterfeit187:
People are still using this with broken radio? I thought there was no data/connectivity still according to the OP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
No. People are just posting in here because it says ND8... Most of it is "Can I do this?""How do I do this?"
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] solcam:
Just as promised, here's how I've successfully rooted the stock ND8. First use the stock file from the OP but, DO NOT install either if the rooted one's, only the stock one! Download and run the CF Auto Root ADB script batch file for our phone. Boot into Download mode and fire Odin up. Install the latest Philz touch recovery for our phone. Go to philz settings and choose to re-root OS. Get SuperSU v.1.94 and install after rebooting to android. Reboot once more, open SuperSU and select "Try To Disable Knox." Reboot again and enjoy being rooted. I'm pretty sure this WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY but, I'm a Cricket customer and could care less about this since I have to root to be able to use U2NL in the first place. Happy rooting tho folks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] g_money:
Did it the same way last night. After going through that went into TB to start uninstalling/freezing and found out that Knox Notification Manager was already frozen. :p

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
You don't even need to do all that. I just odined the stock Tar immediately booted back to download mode, flashed Philz latest recovery tar file in Odin and then boot into the recovery. Then use Philz to root. Once you have the ROM up and running just download supersu from the play store since you are already rooted. Funny thing in download mode the warranty counter still says 0.

Edit: booting back into download now says warranty bit 1 so I was wrong on that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Yep. And if you are going to use SuperSU.zip anyway, there's no reason to use CF-AutoRoot at all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdsingle76:
This one is a fickle beast. For instance, simply flashing SuperSU.zip from recovery, which is how I root EVERYTIME, didn't work for me this time. And from what I've heard, and read, it seems like people are having to try different methods, because as we all know, YDMV. End of the day, it'll root, that's what's important. Regardless of the path, it's the destination that matters. Cheers, let's head to the cafeteria, it's Friday, drinks on me!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Ah! Good to know, thank you! I'll have to adjust my rooting instructions appropriately. One question, had you happened to deknox the ROM before flashing SuperSU.zip?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdsingle76:
I actually posted either here, or the stock restore thread, how I got root(I'm on Boost). And no, I did not Deknox before flashing. I actually checked enabled root option in philz, downloaded supersu from playstore, bing bang boom, rooted :) Actually, I'm still not Deknox'd. I flashed [MENTION=4310299]bilgerryan[/MENTION]'s debloater/deknoxer zip, but it took alot of stuff away that I actually used, so when I get some time, I'm just going to gut it myself using ES file explorer.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
I never even flashed the supersu.zip file. After I odined the stock Tar and odined the latest Philz, I never let it get a chance to boot in the ROM fully. I then just went to Philz advanced menu and chose reroot. It rooted it and told me to download the supersu app in the playstore. Didn't have any issues this way at all.

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Also supersu app once opened asked me did I want to disable Knox and I let it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] the_original_teknikl:
Just want to put this out there...

Vrtheme does still work.

I'm making one now.

Just a couple things changed.... battery and signal icons mainly so far can't be changed. ..

I have seen in the s4 forum that there is a battery mod somewhere to 're enable changing the battery with vrtheme... can't find it yet tho. ..

Edit 1 - MOST IMAGES STILL works FINE with vrtheme... some icons need to be redirected in xml.

But the edited xml file can still be flashed in vrthene.

Edit 2 - Also. . Some images have been removed or moved to a different folder or renamed. ... so make sure to check those too.

Edit 3 - I know some images above are over sized. ... WIP still lol.

Sent from my SPH-L710
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] g_money:
I froze my knox in TB after flashing super su...

I actually flashed the zip from my external sd first, in philz, but got fcs when trying to open super su. Thus, the extra steps mentioned before....

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdunham:
Does it work with systemui in the priv-app folder?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mholloway:
Here TD wait give me a min.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] the_original_teknikl:
yes... but some of the icons in systemui are directed elsewhere or have been replaced with colors and need redirected or find those folders... still looking... the phone icon and the signal bar icons on my status bar in the pics i posted are in the systemui.... just images got changes so some need renamed, some need redirected.... still working on that...'

also the settings pic i posted is located in priv-app and it worked with vrtheme

and kitkat disabled the ability to change the battery for some reason.. but i read in the s4 threads that there is a mod to re-enable that.... still looking for that too to see if it can be ported to s4...

and fyi.... those pics were from another vrtheme made for the s4 i just tried on our phone and some from my pcb theme i ported for the evo 3d....

\they work... its just that since so much changed... the themes need redone....

i also noticed that you can decompile an apk that needs the xml edited to change colors or redirect images.... can also be flashed with vrtheme.... just decompile the apk to edit xml.. recompile the apk... then extract the xml and put in that apks folder (in the right place) in the vrtheme and flash

i also want to state that i am NOT a dev.... i am only stating this on what i have noticed while trying to get the wicked sensations rom theme ported here... love blue lol.... so if i am wrong on something... please feel free to correct me....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mholloway:


Screw it can't get this to post link.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Has to be a way to change the battery because Wanam still changes it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Battery is in smali on 4.4

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY- eliminate white backgrounds and any form of ics/holo blue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mholloway:
I will try one more time.http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2652475

here you go link for vr theme for tw kit Kat 4.4.2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] spirithandler:
Can someone explain why I have multiple of the same Android apps running in the background most notably is android system with a total of five time and Google play services I think comes in a three times posted screen shots
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MrQuest:
What clock/weather widget are you using?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] the_original_teknikl:
ya.. its in smali... theres a mod somewhere on the s4 roms that allow it to be changed just like 4.3 and before... still looking for that tho...none of the rom devs that have it built in have got back to me yet....

i REALLY do not like the stock batteries so this is def a priority for me... if the s4 can do it on kitkat... we can too...just got to get ahold of someone who knows how lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
It's better than the ugly green on previous builds but yes it is not a good look. Cnex and I know someone that may know where it is. I'll see if he can share his knowledge.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY- eliminate white backgrounds and any form of ics/holo blue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
On the battery icon issue, I've been reading through this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2628560

but haven't had time to do anything with the info yet. Maybe one of you all can use it to fix our battery icon problems.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Solo Launcher and Solo Weather
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] solcam:
Glad you understand but, Cricket customers (on the right plan) can ONLY get data by being rooted and using specific methods! I probably should have said that I was posting on behalf of EVERYONE but, Cricket customers especially. So, he's also right but, before leaving 4.3 with your working data, download and/or backup SuperS 1.94 so that you can reinstall it on the new Stock ROM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
That's what I was told to use. It should work across the board on Sammy devices.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY- eliminate white backgrounds and any form of ics/holo blue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
For now I'm just using wanam module for the battery icon... Think I've finally got this setup the way I want it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tpike1296:
I have a few questions:

First. I have no working USB port on my phone (it broke), is there anyway to flash a recovery without a USB connection?

I'm currently on the 4.1.2 bootloader, if I somehow flash this, can I return to older TouchWiz roms or AOSP roms?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Try mobile Odin in the play store. It may work. People have been restoring to 4.3, not sure if you can do 4.1.2 though.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY- eliminate white backgrounds and any form of ics/holo blue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] succumbtothegreater:
It'd probably be best to flash to 4.3 then to 4.4 and yes you can because they don't have a different bootloader. As far as a recovery, I think you can flash TWRP from the GooManager app.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdsingle76:
First, if you are rooted, yes, you can flash recovery through Mobile Odin(why you need root) in tar format. If not rooted, no, but with a broken USB, because you need that to initially flash with Odin. Secondly, several experienced XDAers have bricked by but flashing the stock tar first, so my advice, do not flash this without flashing the stock tar first. And in order to do that, you need to either a) have root already so you can install mobile Odin and flash the stock tar first or b) have a working USB so you can flash this.

As to the last part, which has been said before, over and over, yes, you can return to older roms, custom AOSP, etc, just not flash other bootloaders. Good luck
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
He's on 4.1.2 which has a different boot loader. So I don't think it will work restoring for him.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY- eliminate white backgrounds and any form of ics/holo blue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdsingle76:
I just learned something. Thanks! But I read up on it just now, and you have to be rooted to flash TWRP that way, which requires usb :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] g_money:
I remember using rom manager to install cwm, then rooting from cwm, then flashing a twrp zip to upgrade my custom recovery. I think it can be done. I also think that he can upgrade, just can't downgrade (if he's just trying to upgrade)?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tpike1296:
I am rooted, and currently running a kitkat AOSP ROM (CarbonROM 4.4.2). My phone shipped with 4.1.2, and I only got 4.3 through M.O.A.R

But if I must flash the ND8 tar first, that would remove my root and TWRP recovery, right? Then, as I don't have a working USB connection, how would I go about re-obtaining root to use Mobile Odin to flash a custom recovery?

Sorry for the noobish questions, and I must admit that I only skimmed the thread, but I read the OP in full.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] the_original_teknikl:
sweeeet... no idea how that didnt popup in my search... bad seach term and didnt dig deep enough i guess lol.. and prolly wrong thread too lol...

def gonna play with this once i finsh my little themeing..;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
I think you can flash superuser thru mobile Odin as well. Look on the superuser website for the correct files needed.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY- eliminate white backgrounds and any form of ics/holo blue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tpike1296:
So I would flash this, and the superuser file simultaneously, right? Because I believe that Mobile ODIN requires root to function.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
I'm not 100 % sure on this but I think you would do it just like you would use regular Odin... Try and find some info about mobile odin. Personally I have rooted once the day I bought the gs3 in July 2012 and have just waited for a custom ROM. I can't stand stock. I would never flash a stock ROM. These are only posted for devs to build off of. I have no idea why anyone other than a ROM Dev would ever want to flash a stock ROM. It's just stupid.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY- eliminate white backgrounds and any form of ics/holo blue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] evo3d6:
S5 launcher plus widget
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tpike1296:
I was considering waiting for M.O.A.R, but seeing as the dev ran into some troubles I'm not sure how long I'd be waiting.

I was just going to flash and use Xposed to customize, but I guess I'll just stick with AOSP until a custom TW kitkat ROM is released.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
If you are into themes and mods and don't want the headaches, wait for a custom ROM or at least a stock rooted deodex. People are always in such a rush. Flashing this is like 500 steps backwards as opposed to moar running 4.3. I would never flash aosp. Stuff is pure garbage.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY- eliminate white backgrounds and any form of ics/holo blue.

---------- Post added at 10:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:34 PM ----------

Get that goodness up and running. Lol

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY- eliminate white backgrounds and any form of ics/holo blue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] g_money:
Tpike, stated I rooted directly from rom manager, but now (after looking) not sure about that. I think rom manager and mobile odin need root. U may want to search for everoot. And, there's this link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2352669 (yet again, thanks to cnexus)

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tpike1296:
AOSP based runs better for me. (Currently on QuantumKernel and CarbonROM) Smoother UI, better bluetooth audio, etc. The only con I've found is reduced battery life and worse camera quality. I'm hoping TW 4.4 fixes my performance concerns so I can benefit from the camera quality.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Not really, coupled with xposed and wanam you're not missing much from a custom rom anyways... And we have a deodexed script so as long as you know how you can theme anything to your hearts content, really no reason to wait unless you're lazy (or just don't know how) and want the devs to do everything for you. plus 4.4 is miles ahead of 4.3, even if it is stock it runs MUCH better than any custom 4.3 rom does by far
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Your opinion. I disagree. Xposed is just terrible to begin with. Causes lag and other issues. That is the lazy way of doing things. I will never see 4.4, nor do I want to. It's an old, obsolete build in about 3 weeks anyway. For my needs 4.1.2 was the best build for the gs3. But by flashing these stock Roms you are losing 99% of mods and functions devs spent months implementing back in. I would never, ever, ever run a stock ROM. And I would only run an aosp ROM on an HTC or lg. Waaaay too many issues with aosp Roms for Samsung.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY- eliminate white backgrounds and any form of ics/holo blue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Your opinion, what I stated is fact... 4.4 runs much better and xposed gets you pretty much everything the custom roms do... Saying it's stupid to update your rom to a stock rom is in itself stupid since all those custom roms are in fact based off the stock roms.... Only thing different is they add some mods (most of which can be achieved with xposed) ... Not everyone wants a modded out phone, some people like the simplicity of stock
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Sorry I forgot you are the smartest man in the world. Fact- you are smarter than everyone else only in your own mind. These are made for devs to build custom Roms with or to get a jump start on themes and mods. For everyday users they should know a bit more besides just flashing things. People need to have patience, as I'm sure there will be a stock based, debloated, odex and deodex rooted ROM soon enough for regular users to use. And if people want a stock ROM they should just be running the ota anyways. Anything but that is just a stock based CUSTOM ROM.

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY- eliminate white backgrounds and any form of ics/holo blue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Still a stock rom... The point I'm making is just because you wouldn't run it doesn't mean others shouldn't... Many like their roms debloated (meaning they can't take the ota) without all the other mods and over the wall themes that some devs add, so they flash these stock one and debloat it themselves... Just because you wouldn't run it doesn't mean it's stupid for others to do so....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roirraW "edor" ehT:
I love TW KitKat with my (seriously) 20+ xposed mods, for what it's worth.

Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII with M.O.A.R. v9.0, dkp kernel dated 3/20/2014 and TWRP v2.7.0.0.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] g_money:
Without a doubt, 4.4 has given me the best connections I've ever had with my s3. Faster, more stable. And all bells and whistles aside, at the end of the day that's what's important to me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
Hey guys, just thought id chime in with a little extra info about Mobile Odin.

I would not recommend using MO right now to flash as it does not have the ability to flash the full firmware. It can only flash system, kernel, cache, data and modem (when using a .tar). In essence, it would be like flashing the odexed rom, kernel and modem, which if I am not mistaken is not recommended without first flashing the full firmware.

Just thought id toss that in since I saw some folks discussing it over the past few pages. (Don't get me wrong though, I encourage the use of Mobile Odin quite often, but it does have its limitations)

If I have missed or misinterpreted something along the way here, I apologize. But if flashing the roms without first updating the firmware has bricked some devices, i would be cautious of using Mobile Odin for now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] galaxyman635:
What theme are those icons from?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Perhaps the first unfortunate example supporting your info:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=52546804

Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII with M.O.A.R. v9.0, dkp kernel dated 3/20/2014 and TWRP v2.7.0.0.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Voxel Icons applied with Unicon Xposed mod
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdunham:
That's interesting, I wonder what's different about this build.

On the SII, the JB build actually repartitioned the phone even using mobile odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
I hope its the last... I hate seeing that happen to people.

Theres never a shortage of "firsts" in this community! Im rarely surprised by much anymore, though this is one of those times for me. Afaik, no other devices have had these issues with KK (note3, s4, s5). But then I haven't been keeping up with them as much as the S3...

Tbh, I wonder if this is more a Sprint issue than a KK one (maybe accidental or intentional). As in, something they added or modded....but on the flipside of that, I wouldnt put it past samsung to pull something like this considering the way theyve been going lately!

Ive been watching closely over here to see what you guys come up with, hopefully to make things easier when T-Mobile releases our build. From what I can see, you guys have some very good and talented folks working on all of this! Looking forward to hearing what they find out! Doubt ill have much more to add, but if I do, I will. Good luck to all of you figuring out this mess!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdunham:
I can't speak for the other phones but the S5 already came with the KK firmware so they aren't going to have the upgrade/downgrade issues as the phone is already prepped with the correct partition info. I feel that my hard brick with the modem (Just for reference, I was NOT on ND8 firmware when I flashed the modem, it booted up fine too... just once :rolleyes:) may be a partition problem. I haven't been through too many OTA's but I think that if internal is undergoing a full wipe, there must be something going down with the other partitions as well during the tar/ota installation which is causing the hard bricks if not done properly.

Edit: This is a good idea actually.

Someone needs to get a full partition layout of ND8 and compare it to MK3 to see if partitions have been rearranged in any way.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DocHoliday77:
In my experience, otas dont actually wipe anything. They patch existing files with only the changes made. Not saying it isnt sometimes different, just thats my experience with them. Good point on the S5 though! Cant believe I didnt even think about that! Lol!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tdunham:
During an OTA upgrade, some partitions aren't that large so it's possible for files to get moved out of the partition during the upgrade process or just flat out replaced and then moved back after the partition gets altered or overwritten. And remember, we're talking about the partitions that contain modem, kernel, bootloader and such. It's all speculation I know but anything is possible.