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[General Questions and Answers] jmunjr:
I just got mine for $120 in the summer special as well. I almost got the LG L90 for $48!!! but its screen has poor viewing angles though it can be rooted now. The Avant is mostly equal to the L90 except a slight smaller screen(4.5 vs 4.7) but the same resolution and the Avant has more memory, internal storage and not only supports LTE but it appears the new 700Mhz LTE spectrum which means even more coverage than most other T-Mobile phones.

I only tested it out in store but plan to open it up tonight and give it a go...

I too want to see this thing at least rooted in the near future.
[General Questions and Answers] crematorio:
Anyone unlocked this phone yet without using the unlock app?
[General Questions and Answers] kalani91:
I'm looking to buy those phone for my 13 year old brother .. He currently has an iphone 5c but wants an android phone when I switch him to tmobile
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
anybody try towl root?, what happened if ya did?, I would try but my phone is about to die and im trying to charge it right lol, also anyone know what the software update includes.. Im not gonna apply it till I know
[General Questions and Answers] spaniolo:
If you are still paying for the phone via extended payments t he only option to unlock is temporary. I believe once you paid off t he phone you may have permanent unlocking.
[General Questions and Answers] newappz:
Towelroot V3: " This device isn't currently supported"

PS. Even then phone is payed off, only temporary unlock is possible (30 days) ?
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
dang.. go figure, might be able to reconfigure it though... ill have to look into it..
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
the samsung avant doesnt have FM radio do not go by the sites.. I have it right now and there is no FM radio app.., this phone also supports the upcoming band 12.. , this phone is fast ive had it for 3 days now and it runs everything like butter even touchwiz, under system on cpu-z the app is saying its system board is a msm8226 which is qualcomm snapdragon 400

ill post a pic here in a min
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Here we go
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Awesome, thanks. I've been wondering this since it came out. It strikes me as odd that they wouldn't advertize that it sports the SD400/Adreno 305. Bummer about the FM radio though.

How about an Antutu score?
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
Yes, it usually happens when I'm in the YouTube app, rarely anywhere else. I did convert the YouTube app to a user app, uninstalled it and re installed and converted to system app so that might be it.

Sent from my Galaxy Avant
[General Questions and Answers] jamesm113:
Hmm. Mine reboots in the middle of the night, when nothing is running.
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
Mine did that once too, while charging. But I don't know if mine does it in the middle of the night. I wouldn't know. But I know when it does some apps need updating even though they were updated before

Sent from my Galaxy Avant
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Mine reboots every so often I think the one thing that gets me when I try to unlock it sometime it sits there as if the touch isn't being recognized... Few mins later it finally let's me unlock or I restart it
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
No mine will work fine. But it'll freeze randomly for like 2 sec and then reboot

Sent from my Galaxy Avant
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Hmm I don't have that many restarts it rare really but I gotta restart it myself pretty much every day cause of the issue.. Most of these issues are prob related to touch wiz and I'm sure will be fixed slowly or if not by a rom but we are a bit from that
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
I use Google now launcher

Sent from my Galaxy Avant
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Thats prob why, I want to but at the same time I'm not sure what to use lol.. Love folders and being able to hide apps guess Nova launcher could help to some extent, i just saw this device isn't gonna get 4.4.4 which none of us care about anyways rather have 5.0 than anything else hopefully Samsung comes out and tells us
[General Questions and Answers] Deceptitech:
Custom rom

Working on taking the stock ROM and cleaning out the clutter. Any suggestions? Using the AHNA firmware ROM download.
[General Questions and Answers] rubymunna:
How can unlock g386t. Please help me
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Unlock or root?
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Prob wanting to unlock it.. Which I don't think anybody can until 90 days are up with tmobile? Doesn't matter to me since I'm stickin with them
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
It still amazes me how people are so quick just to post a question before reading threads. Even a quick Google search could have told him that.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Haha right.. Geeze they can do it threw the unlock app
[General Questions and Answers] nyttliv7:
Just wanted to share my experience with you guys ☺

After testing everything possible, countless loops, freezes and crashes, I have to say, this phone is a blast ?

And those times when I messed up my libraries, so the phone totally died, I just updated the Android version again via odin, so don't worry, just a bit extra work compared to having a backup ?

Rooted of course. "Xposed installer" with the modules you can see on my screen shot. Among other things, I made the menu button reverse so single tap is menu and hold is recent apps. Holding the home button will open my phone dialer. And whatever tweaks you can make work. Heads up notification is great. "Hovering Controls" which I use to open Chrome. "3c Toolbox Pro" to edit permissions. "Gemini App Manager" to control auto functions and permissions. "Ram Manager Pro" to create swap file. "Tilt Scroll Pro" to scroll hands free in any app. "Zooper Widget Pro" to create my widgets. "AirDroid" to reach all functions on my phone from the desktop. "Auto Memory Manager" is the only app that worked on boot for me. "Ring Scheduler" for airplane mode at night. "WiFi Manager" to switch to the nearest and strongest signal WiFi automatically (why is this not built in Android?). And much more. My phone is super snappy and battery is alright. My memory is always around 300-600mb. I have Samsungs original blue circle boot animation. I'm used to Htc sense, so my favorite part is obviously "[MultiColor]Htc_BlinkFeed Port + HtcIME by gakugaku" http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2735764&highlight=dock+icons

So I have Blinkfeed and I love it. I have tried to change the built in icons (with Windows Apk Editor) in certain apps to make my dock look htc, but with no success??? But I'm not giving up on that one, hehe...

I would say it's like having a perfect ROM without unlocked bootloader ?☺?
[General Questions and Answers] nyttliv7:
I will post screen shots of deleted apps, frozen apps and the modules I use in Xposed, soon ☺
[General Questions and Answers] nyttliv7:
Xposed modules
[General Questions and Answers] nyttliv7:
This is the apps I've uninstalled ☺ and all is working great...
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
hmmm, not bad, anyone try to get a recovery dump yet? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771347 shouldnt be to hard, I may try my hand at it soon , but i have yet to root
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
So yeah, if anyone can hook me up with an LCD since I can't seem to find one PLEASE let me know, I'm crying.
[General Questions and Answers] Reaper351c:
The AOKP build is 4.4.4
[General Questions and Answers] DerpyTails:
Thanks, I'll personally wait until the CM 12.1 build is a little more polished then :)
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
Yeah. Developing is really hard to do, so it'll take much time.
[General Questions and Answers] DerpyTails:
I understand, I'm pretty patient with this kind of stuff :)
[General Questions and Answers] games906:
I FOUND A FIX FOR NETFLIX!!! :D

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3061124&d=1418414860

Fixes the (-9) error that the app gives you. Flashed it and it works!
[General Questions and Answers] AntiSyrum:
I know I'm running the AOD7 baseband but I'm not getting the speed is anybody else having the same problem
[General Questions and Answers] brad65807:
Anyone have a flashble zip of the AOD7 baseband??? I'm on metro and they haven't update anything yet.
[General Questions and Answers] jrny99:
thanks all

rooted, running AOKP and all is well : )
[General Questions and Answers] brad65807:
Is there a trick to get NFC on ???
[General Questions and Answers] DerpyTails:
I'd give them time as I don't think the Basebands are cross-compatiable
[General Questions and Answers] redsfan27:
Post #2000. This thread is huge.
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
Interestingly, I now have band 12 working, but I got there in a rather roundabout fashion:

1. I first tried flashing the newer, AOD7 stock ROM for T-Mobile. It freaked at my unlocked, foreign SIM setup so I went back to Metro stock (both via Odin).

2. I later installed AOKP and have been using ever since. But since I was overseas and on an incompatible LTE network, I never learned if the baseband portion of the AOD7 flash "stuck."

3. Now that I'm back in the U.S. and on my Metro SIM, I run LTE discovery and, lo and behold, it's connecting over band 12.

So, the bottom line: If you Odin flash the T-Mobile AOD7 stock ROM, then flash back to Metro or even AOKP, the band 12 update seems to stick between flashes/ROMs.

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] Djoec1983:
Anyone who is on aokp may wanna try this app its a lifesaver for me since the proximity sensor is broken.
[General Questions and Answers] brad65807:
I've activated band 12 manually on metro, just didn't know if there as any other upside to having AOD7. I just have to turn off band 12 at home. There is 5 bars of signal but no bandwidth at all. Totally unusable.
[General Questions and Answers] games906:
So I read a github tutorial on porting multirom. I probably won't be able really make it work, but I'm gonna try it and see how it goes. This phone have /data/media and ext4 filesystem. Gotta look at the other stuff like fstab and such. Anyone got any thoughts on it being possible?https://github.com/Tasssadar/multirom/wiki/Porting-MultiROM
[General Questions and Answers] brad65807:
Can I flash the tmobile aod7 firmware on my metro avant and it work? Or will it be sim locked?
[General Questions and Answers] KatanaRama115:
Hey, i downloaded the aokp rom from that google drive link and when i tried to flash it....it gives me an error something about updater binary. Do you mind helping me?
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
If you have SIM unlocked your Avant, flashing firmware for a different carrier will lock it again and you will have to flash back to the stock firmware in order to unlock it again.

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The zip is probably corrupted. Either that or somebody opened it up and made alterations.
[General Questions and Answers] KatanaRama115:
Is there a another link to the aokp rom? Right now im running cm 11 and so i wanna try aokp rom.
[General Questions and Answers] Reaper351c:
I would say try downloading it again that has happened to me when downloading a rom
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
Are you using twrp 2.8.6.0? That's probably it because I tried it with 2.8.1.0 and it works normally, but not with the newer one.
[General Questions and Answers] KatanaRama115:
I am using twrp 2.8.6.0. So should downgrade back 2.8.1.0

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Ok i guess i go try it with twrp 2.8.1.0
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
That's what I'd do
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
Twrp 2.8.6.0 was built from lp source you need the lp binary
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
Thanks. I'll check it out
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
I'll just build twrp from the kk source
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
Thanks again!
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
It will have to be when I get off work tonight
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
That's fine. Take your time
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
Did anyone notice that the MetroPCS Avant got an update?
[General Questions and Answers] redsfan27:
Did it ever get the band 12 update?
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
I think so. The version is AOF1
[General Questions and Answers] DerpyTails:
Okay

I tried to update to the new firmware, but TWRP blocks it, how do I update to the new firmware with TWRP installed?
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
You have to flash the firmware with odin
[General Questions and Answers] DerpyTails:
How do I go about getting the firmware for Odin and is Odin Wine-friendly? (I'm running Mint atm)
[General Questions and Answers] redsfan27:
I think you have to download the firmware through sammobile and flash it with odin in download mode. That's what I had to do to update to AOD7
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
I can download it and upload somewhere else, sammobile downloads are SLOW if you're not paying a subscription. As for wine I'm not sure, I think you might get some driver issues
[General Questions and Answers] DerpyTails:
I appreciate the thought

1. I'm downloading the Firmware via Sammobile (I'll deal with the slow speed)

2. I'm switching back to Windows via a backup I made with Reflect
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
Okay still doing it for others lol. Do report back how re-rooting and that stuff goes, I can't actually flash myself until later tonight
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
Anyone have any details in the new stock Metro ROM? Is it still 4.4.2? With band 12 enabled?

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] psycho_deth6:
It is, indeed still 4.4.2. It seems less laggy and I haven't checked band 12 yet
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
So, nothing compelling that would tempt me to switch back from AOKP then. Good to know...

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] afr33sl4ve:
Thanks for everything people! I just switched off the Avant onto the S5. I'll be hanging out there now.
[General Questions and Answers] DerpyTails:
OK, so I managed to update to the new firmware by using Kies, then after I did that, I re-rooted using CF Auto Root, but now all of a sudden, my WiFi doesn't want to turn on, Is anyone else having this issue?
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
Go into your settings>about phone and check that your baseband and firmware versions match up
[General Questions and Answers] DerpyTails:
Baseband says ANK3 and Build Number shows AOF1
[General Questions and Answers] redsfan27:
Well that would be the issue (sorry I don't know how to fix it)
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
Then that's why, flash it with odin. I say install twrp and do two or three system, data, dalvik and cache wipes and then boot straight into download mode and flash the new firmware
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
You might have to flash the new firmware with odin multiple times before the new baseband sticks. My last avant came with the ank3 firmware/baseband and when i flashed a different firmware the baseband didnt change which caused wifi to not work. Others have reported that after flashing the firmware several times the baseband would finally stick.
[General Questions and Answers] Starflare5:
Um, there is a tool called SuperWipe, and it still works to this day with this phone, however, please be advised that this tool definitely will erase EVERYTHING on the device except for the Recovery and ODIN. Yes, this tool will erase your internal storage as well, so, make sure that you back up everything that you want to keep.

The link is here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1477955

This utility is only recommended for Samsung Phones.

And here are some alternatives as well....

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/general/tool-mega-wipesuper-wipefactory-t1832326

Once completed, use your recovery to restore from a previous backup, or, use Odin or Samsung Kies to restore to factory.

In Kies, you want to use the firmware upgrade and initialization option under tools, and for model name, use the one that is on the sticker under the battery.

This will completely restore your phone back to factory original on the latest firmware released from your carrier.

I hope this helps,

Starflare5.
[General Questions and Answers] DerpyTails:
UPDATE: I just updated the phone via Sammobile's Firmware Download and Odin and got the Baseband and BN to match up exactly first try (so Wi-Fi works now) by and by for anyone curious, here are a few root-related things I've learned (This is for Newbies, so no flames please):

1. After flashing the AOF1 Firmware, you need to re-install CF Auto Root and TWRP via Odin again

2. After installing both ROMs, you need to re-download SuperSU from the Google Play Store

3 (Optional). If you have Xposed Framework installed, you need to open the app and re-install the app_process part of it using the "Install/Update" Button and reboot

Have fun with your newly updated and rooted Phone ^_^

EDIT: I forgot to say that I didn't use the DriveWiper tool to help do the update, so it works fine with all of my settings and apps intact :D
[General Questions and Answers] games906:
What is the latest aokp kernel that doesn't bork the camera?
[General Questions and Answers] rck01:
The 06/12 build, but it's no longer on AFH, so... :(

RCK
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
Okay guys, I have uploaded all four firmware's for both the metro and t-mobile avants, as well as cm11 and aokp from D-FUSE, of course all credit is his, thanks for giving us these great ROM's man.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=35831
[General Questions and Answers] Lonnie355:
Odin won't see your phone if you run it in wine. And the driver doesn't install unless you know your way around the command prompt.
[General Questions and Answers] DerpyTails:
I've already switched back to Windows to do the firmware upgrade and all is well with the upgrade
[General Questions and Answers] HeaT420:
When installing the Dolby sound mod, do I just flash the 24bit zip to enable it then flash the sound mod? What chipset and install type do I choose since our phones chipset and ROM isn't listed? I chose the default chipset and Google play edition, did I install it correctly? I also removed DSP Manager before flashing, thank you for your time.
[General Questions and Answers] ninjasinabag:
Sound mod first then 24bit addon. Make sure to double check your build.prop for doubles of any lines. Any doubles of the buffer rate prop lines will lead to distortion, popping, and crackling in the background.
[General Questions and Answers] games906:
I had a crazy morning yesterday goi g back to aokp from cm12.1.

At first, I backed up my current ROM.Then I wiped the usuall stuff when installing a new ROM. I rounded up the files to flash in twrp but when I clicked flash, the binary / build date error came up because of the new twrp dfuse made. I got really nervous and confused since I had no system or idea what was going on. I then decided to just restore cm12.1. After it restored successfully, I booted into it. Unfortunately, it just stayed on the boot anation for the longest time. I rebooted back into twrp thinking that maybe if I wipe and flash the latest cm zip and restore only the system and data partitions, it would be okay. Turns out it actually worked :). A few moments later, I realized it was the twrp recovery that made aokp fail to install. I flashed the older twrp, rebooted into recovery, wiped, then installed aokp along with the other zips like 24bit, gapps, aznrice's newest kernel. It worked this time and now I'm back into aokp.

I missed my WiFi advantages and camera for some social media.
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
Restoring a nandroid of aokp with twrp 2.8.6.0 didn't give me any problem at all, so I would recommend backing up now or just before you go back to cm12 instead of trying to flash aokp
[General Questions and Answers] games906:
Sounds good. Thanks, blu :)
[General Questions and Answers] DroidJP:
Where can i download twrp 2.8.6.0 Recovery?
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
Either find d-fuse on android file host or find him on g+, only place he's putting links now
[General Questions and Answers] DroidJP:
Thanks a lot!
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
Don't thank me I didn't build it lol also do mind what people said above, flashing kk rom's won't work
[General Questions and Answers] brad65807:
Anyone have a link to dfuse on google+,?
[General Questions and Answers] redsfan27:
https://plus.google.com/+dustinwinings/about
[General Questions and Answers] DroidJP:
OK. I just flashed the new update using Odin. Now the Wifi won't even turn on. I also noticed that the basband is stuck on ANK3. How do i fix this? Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
Common problem, do the spaghetti at a wall routine. Just keep flashing the firmware it will stick eventually. It took me two or three flashes for it to work
[General Questions and Answers] DroidJP:
Ok. So far flashed twice already. Hope this works.
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
It's happened twice to me already, it's just a stubborn baseband. It should work
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
It is because you need to flash download mode back to official status for it to take
[General Questions and Answers] DroidJP:
Oh man this is not cool, i get nervous every time i have to flash lol. In other words. Still to no avail.
[General Questions and Answers] Blu8:
Install twrp and wipe system a couple of times and keep trying
[General Questions and Answers] D-FUSE:
Dude you're good nothing to worried about
[General Questions and Answers] DMedina559:
When you're done flashing the firmware the first time boot into it and when it finishes booting, power it off and back into Odin mode then flash again, I did that and it worked
[General Questions and Answers] AriesTV:
So updates on bugs for the CM 12.1 Rom?
[General Questions and Answers] DroidJP:
Finally it worked after i completely powered off and then boot it up.
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
I have a weird request for Avant owners.

I owned a Galaxy Light. Owned, as of last night, when in a rage (alcohol was involved), I hulk-smashed the hunk of junk for pissing me off for its last time. I used the phone to provide home internet for me. I USB tethered it to my computer for internet, and used it as a hotspot for my tablet.

Right now, I'm doing the same with a Galaxy S4. The problem though, is that it doesn't maintain its charge. With my Light, I plugged it in, even with a near-dead battery, and it'd charge up. With my S4 though, it slowly loses charge. I've tried different ROMs, kernels, etc, but doing what I need it to do drains the battery even though the POS Light would charge.

So I ask, does anyone with an Avant do what I do? If not, can somebody try and let me know the results? I've wanted an Avant from the moment it was released - it corrected everything I hated about the Light, which I only bought because it was all I could afford at that time. I'd much prefer buying an Avant than another Light, but this depends on if it can do what I need it to: Charge, rather than drain, while USB tethering while running a wifi hotspot.

TIA.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Hmm so your asking if it can charge, and wifi hotspot at the same time? Ya it can
[General Questions and Answers] josh2020glacier:
Be honest my dude. I have a galaxy light also t399n metro. Don't have any issues charging that phone. That being said my avant metro is pretty nice phone for cheap buy it does seem like if I'm playing a game it doesn't charge as fast as my light but it does charge. Have teathered and seems to be sloe but charges.

And u know what's even better avant has working cm11 and AOKP 4.4.4. Cm12 is aight still in being worked on.