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[General Questions and Answers] shabbypenguin:
The only point of teh request section on the cm site is literally be a cesspool of people who cant be bothered to read the sticky. They used to get overrun with people requesting device support so by making a useless section to have people dump requests on it it prevents people from spamming them. http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/72611-can-i-get-cyanogenmod-on-my-device/

TLDR of that post is if you want CM, you (as in you users) need to either work on it or find someone who will. No one spins a wheel and works on a random device.
[General Questions and Answers] j03lpr86:
Reset apn after flash wipe cache is not really needed.
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Cyanogenmod is for the most part ported to new devices by independent developers who get a phone or tablet of THEIR choosing and decide to go through the hassle of getting it working. The only way this phone will get an officially supported cm, carbon, aokp etc... is if a developer chooses to get the device for him or herself. If you look at all the officially supported devices you will notice that they are almost all high end flagship phones & tablets. All you can really do is learn to do it yourself or hope someone with the skill CHOOSES to.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/62jsaoibv1iwel1/ANK3stock.zip?dl=0

Stock rom. Removed a few apps. Nothing too crazy. Wipes system and cache for you.

On Dropbox so probably a slow download. If someone wants to upload it somewhere else that's fine.

I'm running it on my phone right now and haven't had any problems. The csc folder and customer.xml files are missing might want to flash the tether zips for your carrier if you plan on using the Hotspot.

If anybody flashes this and has problems let me know and I'll try to fix it. In any case make a backup just in case.

Specs:

Based on ank3 update.

Rooted- first start up will ask to update binary. Just hit normal and be done.

Removed all carrieriq apps.

Removed all printer apps. Does anybody ever use those? Seriously.

Can't remember all the apps. Removed a few you can get off the play store. Was just trying to get the zip size down. Removed close to 300mb of useless apps and files.

I did have to use Rickys kitchen for the updater - binary file but used my own updater - script. The one it had broke a few things somehow.
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
This is based on the T-Mobile firmware correct?
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Yes
[General Questions and Answers] neto1012:
Not yet , still searching and waiting
[General Questions and Answers] spaniolo:
Patient ly waiting...
[General Questions and Answers] whouwit510:
Hey everybody what a good affordable Samsung phone can't wait for root so we can see what it do
[General Questions and Answers] PaulaTheKoala:
This phone is great so far, hoping for root soon. For anyone looking for a phone case, I managed to find one on amazon after changing sorting options to show recently added.

http: //www. amazon . com/dp/B00N5TLN8Q/

Due to this being my first post, I had to add spaces to the URL.
[General Questions and Answers] spaniolo:
Wow... some phone calls, a lot of Facebook and tapatalk.. and some browsing... and so far two full days in one charge!!!!
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N5TLN8Q/

There's a Bodyglove case on eBay, as well as some TPU cases. $23 for a silicone case (the Bodyglove) is really expensive. I've kept my Galaxy Light in a $3.86 TPU case for months, after trying several other cases. Ironic that the cheapest case is the best (IMO).
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Only bad thing I've found on cheap cases is the smell of rubber, or other things stay strong for a while.. for some people it bothers them..

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Won't work got a att s3 here and I tried to see if it would but the s3 battery is actually a bit longer than the avant and cause of that it will not fit or work
[General Questions and Answers] PaulaTheKoala:
I know what you mean, I myself go for cheap cases, no point in buying a poorly made $20 case when a good $5-10 case.

I didn't know that there were any on eBay, I generally stay away from eBay due to problems I've had with them in the past and all of the stories I've heard about scams on there. :/
[General Questions and Answers] clu1688:
I don't write a lot reviews, but this one, Avant is very deserving a good review.

I have got this unit for 5 days now, including 3 days in Toronto Canada under Roger's roaming (3G shown on screen).

Overall fantastic phone. I never really liked iPhones (I do have and use iPhone 4S now), but I have to say all the Android phones I had always had some kind of lagging, maybe because I never used high end android phones. Optimus S (Sprint), Moto Admiral (Sprint), then switched to TMO, Blaze, Light, GS3, LG F6. Then this Avant. I have rooted Optimus S, Blaze, GS3, F6, not with this Avant yet, maybe no need.,

I deliberately did quick test to see how laggy this Avant is, to my surprise it has no lag AT ALL. I can open an app, Home, open another app, Home, open 7 or 8 apps in rapid succession, and quickly swipe home screens and switching between home screens and App launch screens, left and right rapidly, NO LAG AT ALL. This is most satisfying experience I have ever had on android phone, ever!

This is way cool! I paid $96 to TMO under their retention program (Aug 2014), additionally I paid $24 for Light and $24 for L90, and $240 for two GS4. I have not received GS4 yet, but hehe maybe I could cancel the GS4 order, or not :)

Again first thing I did was to disable tons of apps. I am no expert, so would appreciate if someone more experienced can share which apps I can further disable.

At this moment I am a happy camper. Samsung, you did good this time, finally. (GS3 was decent, but a bit large for single hand operation). Avant being mid size, perfect!

Battery lasts long. Camera is average, but I keep a Canon G15 in backpack all the time :)

In Canada it latches on Roger's 3G, pretty stable, no 4G. Quite usable. I used Maps for traffic all the time, web browsing, social apps, all good.

Thank you this forum to allow me to share!
[General Questions and Answers] spaniolo:
[MENTION=4742015]clu1688[/MENTION] can you share which apps you disabled to speed up the phone?
[General Questions and Answers] clu1688:
I use CleanMaster to disable apps. So far I have disabled following apps:

T-Mobile Name ID

S Voice

Mobile Print Svc CUPS

Samsung Sans

Samsung Print Servic

Travel wallpaper

Phase beam

Google Play movies &

T Mobile TV

CoolEUKor

Samsung Galaxy App store

Flipboard

Samsung Apps

EpsonPrintService

Google+

Goolge Play newsstand

ChocEUKor

RoseEUKor

Dropbox (I use Drive only)

HP Print Service Plugin

Samsung Galaxy

Google Play Music (I use stock music only)

Bubbles

Lookout Security

Adapt Sound

Google Play Books

Hangouts

ChatOn

Clock (digit)

Samsung account

Basic daydream

Play Games

Dual clock (digital)

BlurbCheckout

Chrome (I use stock browser)

T-Mobile My Account (I have grandfather unlimited everything -$20)

Nothing spectacular, would hope someone more experienced to share, or better provide root and detoxed ROM.
[General Questions and Answers] curro9:
Thanks for the inputs (plus a question)

Thanks to clu1688 and company for your inputs/suggestions. My Avant is on its way to replace my aging HTC G2 running 2.3.4!

Does anybody have any experience (good/bad) using a microSD card with this phone? I have read plenty of issues with the SanDisk card(s) and also other brands on other Samsung phones so I was considering maybe the Samsung EVO (around $40 for 64 GB). Any thoughts would be appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Just got this phone today. Was very surprised there wasn't already development for this. First phone I've ever gotten that didn't. Hope we can root it soon. Until then I'll be flashing away on my evo lte for shiggles I guess. Am loving the avant though so far. Didn't want to leave HTC but for the price and specs I couldn't pass it up. Also, Sprint just plain sucked.
[General Questions and Answers] :
Just got one of these today and I'm quite pleased. The higher end phones are nice but right now I need to be watching the budget. I got mine for a promo of $120 and that sealed the deal. :)
[General Questions and Answers] AntiSyrum:
So I see that no one is going to work on this phone maybe because all of the high end phones launching so quickly. What would it take to actually root the phone.anyone know a dev that would discuss the routing process
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
The Galaxy Light, which the Avant is replacing, took 4 and a half months after being released to receive root, and it was another few months before TWRP was ported allowing us to root by pusing the SuperSU binaries. A few months later, we have a debloated/tweaked stock ROM, and hopefully soon we'll have Cyanogenmod. It has been nearly a year since this phone was released, and that's where we're at with the Galaxy Light.

As I said before, hopefully the Avant will be a more popular phone than the Light is/was, and receive development love faster. It's been out for 2 months now. I expect it won't be too much longer before a developer picks up an Avant and goes to town on it. I got my Galaxy Light right after root was achieved, for cheap (used) off eBay from a vendor who sold (and still sells) a bunch of used and new ones. Right now you can't find the Avant for cheaper than retail. When you can, that'll probably be when devs get curious about the phone and things will start moving.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
If we can get someone to at least get us in the right direction, I'm down to help out however I can. I know my way around pretty well but nowhere close to knowing where to even begin to root this thing. Hopefully someone will take pitty on us and help us out haha.
[General Questions and Answers] spaniolo:
I took a shot and wrote a message to Rushing whom has done some amazing TW custom roms for the Galaxy S2 to see if I get him curious about playing with the Avant but unfortunately he is deep in with his new HTC M8.
[General Questions and Answers] redfox1187:
Just picked up one of the Avants as well. I just wanted to say I'm interested in root access for the phone too. The bubbly touch noise is driving me nuts, and I can't find any way to change it without root :p
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
I was going to get the m8. But on my budget I couldn't see any reason to break the bank for it. And I've had nothing but HTC phone's. I don't care about custom roms for my avant. I just want all the goodies that go along with rooting it.
[General Questions and Answers] OutaTheLoneWolf:
Force unlock?

Dose anyone know how to force the sim unlock from T-moble?

The unlock app dose not work.
[General Questions and Answers] j03lpr86:
use this zip in ur rom. it has an updated apns-conf.xml with tmo and metro apn so no need for for the separate tether zips and csc folders plus boot.img with init.d support, a init script to set selinux to permissive from http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52977311&postcount=1 and su running as daemon on boot
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Thanks, I'll add it to what I'm working on right now.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
alright well my dropbox account just banned public links for me, luckily androidfilehost.com gave me dev status so i can upload my stuff to there.

I just made a very, very debloated rom, removed touchwiz and more things than i can remember. using trebuchet launcher. about to flash it and see how it does. also included the zip file from jo3lpr86 for init.d support and apns-conf.xml for tmo and metro along with a few other things.
[General Questions and Answers] potd:
What am I doing wrong?

I have followed all the steps and it just doesnt take?

Instructions:

1. Go to website: autoroot.chainfire.eu

2. Download package for SM-G386T (donate to be a community member)

3. Unzip it.

4. Open Odin3-v.07 on computer

5. Turn off phone.

6. Hold Down Vol, Home, and Power, simultaneously.

7. Press Up Vol to accept

8. Connect phone to computer via USB

9. Confirm that the message in Odin says "Added"

10. Check box for PDA and click on PDA, to select the file "CF-Auto-Root...." that is in the unzipped folder

11. Click Start

12. It'll restart the phone on its own. Odin should say "Pass!" on the upper left.

13. When phone on, download Root Check and run it to confirm that its been rooted.

(Thank you TTan777)

or see here for more details

Any help would be welcomed
[General Questions and Answers] Stratis1978:
Did you download the driver for SM-G386T from here:

http://androidxda.com/download-samsung-usb-drivers

?

If not try that.

Also I followed both post #1 and:

http://androidxda.com/root-samsung-galaxy-avant-sm-g386t
[General Questions and Answers] potd:
Yes I downloaded the avant driver from that site and followed those steps and still nothing? My phone has a 1 at the end? The Metro PCS guy did a system update before he gave it to me could that be the problem?
[General Questions and Answers] Fernando valiente:
samsung galaxy avant metropcs usa

Is there any way to root this with no pc
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
No there isnt. Sorry.

The newest firmware seems to cause problems with rooting and installing twrp but it doesn't always happen. Sometimes it doesn't work and sometimes it does. You can always try it again and it might work the 2nd or 3rd time.
[General Questions and Answers] potd:
Anyway to roll back the update?
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Do you have an account with sammobile? You'll have to download the previous firmware from them and flash it with Odin in order to revert back. I'd suggest trying to root at least 1 more time first.
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Just in case you have a hard time finding it.
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
It will say T-Mobile but it is the MetroPCS firmware
[General Questions and Answers] codenamesql:
214

yep. try it again. I've been messing with this for a couple of days using the various firmware, and so far I haven't been able to find an exact combination that will cause it every time.

Also, you can try flashing the custom recovery, TWRP, through odin, and then use TWRP to flash the latest SuperSUxx.ZIP from chainfire right from your device.

TWRP here:

androidforums DOT com/threads/twrp-2-8-1-0-afyonltetmo.887861/

or maybe following this method using one version older SuperSU then updating it (this was my first root on the Metro version, no problem):

androidxda DOT com/root-samsung-galaxy-avant-sm-g386t

sorry for the weird links.. that 10 post rule
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Here ya go

Root: http://androidxda.com/root-samsung-galaxy-avant-sm-g386t

Twrp: http://androidforums.com/threads/twrp-2-8-1-0-afyonltetmo.887861/

Edit: I tried flashing the latest supersu.zip and it didn't work.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
What version of Odin are y'all using? I had problems with 3.9 but 3.7 worked fine.

I took the Ota for ANK3 and had no problem rooting or flashing twrp at all.
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
I'm using 3.07 the same one that comes in the cf auto root zip
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
That's weird.. I had zero problems.

Using windows 7? 64bit?
[General Questions and Answers] codenamesql:
3.07 here as well. I've dinked around with both 386T and 386T1 versions of ANH3/ANK3, TWRP 2.8.1.0 and 2.8.3.0 -- trying to fail root and/or recovery consistently. 386T+ANK3+2.8.3.0+SuperSU 2.40 did fail twice, but not consistently.

TWRP 2.8.1.0 appears to be more stable/consistent with backup/restore/flash than 2.8.3.0 (the latter has also exihibited a status bar glitch during system wipes not encountered with 2.8.1.0) I was also able to repro someone else's restore issue with 2.8.3.0. I'd recommend sticking with 2.8.1.0 for the time being.

SuperSU 2.01 (the one in the CF-auto-root.tar) flashes and roots more consistently than 2.4.0

Odin 3.07 + SuperSU 2.01 (CF-Auto-root.tar) works every time for me. Hasn't failed in 20 attempts.

I also did the OTA to K3 prior to first root and had no problem with root/recovery at all.
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
I have windows 8.1 64bit. Maybe its something weird with my PC. Based on what I have read so far it seems windows 7 would have been a better choice. Many programs having to do with android development and firmware flashing seem to be buggy on windows 8 and 8.1

I soft bricked my old moto photon 4g and RSD Lite wouldn't detect my phone, but it worked fine on windows 7. Sometimes I have to reinstall my phones USB drivers too. I have also had problems with KDZ FW UPD (kind of like Odin for lg phones) not working sometimes.
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
Something else that may be worth noting is that I've flashed back to stock a few times already and sometimes the system and binary status goes back to saying official and sometimes it still says custom afterwards.
[General Questions and Answers] vprasad1:
Re: sammobile firmwares

What's the difference between the sm-386t and sm-386t1 devices? Can the firmwares be used interchangeably?
[General Questions and Answers] Signa112:
That could be important.
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
The sm-g386t1 is for MetroPCS and the sm-g386t is for T-Mobile.

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Both the metro pcs firmware and the tmobile firmware are pretty much the same. The MetroPCS firmware comes with metro pcs apps preloaded MetroPCS boot up and shut down animations. The t-mobile firmware comes with T Mobile apps T Mobile boot up and shut down animations and the Amazon shopping app. The only other difference is that mobile hotspot app and the stock Android browser have different icons.

I know from experience that you can flash the t-mobile firmware to a metro pcs avant without having any problems but now that the metro pcs firmware can be downloaded from sammobile there's no reason to flash tmobile firmware unless you want to change carriers.
[General Questions and Answers] Michaelchka:
why cant i get this to work?

ive tried 3 different times to flash this it keeps failing?
[General Questions and Answers] codenamesql:
In order or anyone to lend any real assistance you will need to write out the exact steps you used along with exactly what happened when/where in the process along with whatever other possibly pertinent info you can think of. I'm working on a new Psychic Repair Response Bot, but the divination module still needs a bit of work. :D

I haven't tried this one yet because I'm waiting for the new one he's working on (much appreciated BTW).
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Make sure signature verification is not checked before flashing and md5 check as well.

I have a very debloated one I'm running right now. Just waiting on android file host to add the avant so I can upload. It removed TouchWiz and pretty much almost all stock apps except for the dialer and contacts.

Been trying to make a cyanogenmod rom but it's still a little over my head.

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B22RziW6xMBeb0RabzZxMkMyWkE/view?usp=sharing

okay heres the stripped rom, running tribuchet launcher and jo3lpr86's kernel and files for apns for both tmo and metro. ( go thank him for those) his post about it is 2 pages back.

DIRECTIONS:

1 download

2 copy to root of sd card

3 MAKE SURE SIGNATURE VERIFICATION AND MD5 CHECK ARE TURNED OFF IN TWRP

4 i personally would do a full wipe. data, system, cache and dalvik.

5 refer to line 3

6 flash and enjoy.

first boot might say gallery has stopped. just hit ok. its fine.

youll notice a lot of apps gone. even the camera. im using google camera right now.

i did leave in the stock messaging app, but also put a different one that i like more. people are picky on that subject.

if you have any thoughts, jokes, riddles or concerns feel free to ask. or to complain. either way
[General Questions and Answers] lox2013:
Does this come with apns and is it for MetroPCS to
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
yes..... yes it does have apns for metropcs and t-mobile.
[General Questions and Answers] Michaelchka:
I've got the rom wiring thank you so much sorry wasn't more specific! Quick question though ever since I've got it to work I have no mobile data connection and every time I turn it on it turns back off phone won't connect to any mobile data find any nothing changes l can't get it to do anything with mobile data only WiFi! Any suggestions? I've got tmobile.
[General Questions and Answers] Deceptitech:
I am getting a network error at the last moment when it gets to 743mb. So much fun.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Really? That's weird.. I always had data, it was the WiFi that I had to work on to get working. Like I said, it's missing the csc folder and customer.xml files. But you said when you try to turn data on it turns back off right?

That's what I had problems with WiFi doing.

I'll download the zip and see if anything is missing from the one I have.

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Downloading it from your phone or computer?

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okay so the first rom i uploaded to dropbox got messed up somewhere along while it was being uploaded. ill remove the link. i downloaded it and had no data conection either. sorry about that. but the one i have on my phone i had data after i flashed. if anybody flashes my newest one from drive let me know if you have any problems as well.
[General Questions and Answers] Masterchief87:
The answers to your questions are in the post you quoted.
[General Questions and Answers] ygb:
A question: I am running a Metro phone with Tmobile firmware on a Tmobile Sim. The phone has not been unlocked. Will flashing a custom Rom lock out the Tmobile Sim again?
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
I'm not 100% sure. But I'm pretty positive it won't.

So you have an avant from MetroPCS, but have flashed the firmware for tmobile and have a Sim from tmobile too? You should be fine. You're phone is a tmobile phone now by all standards.
[General Questions and Answers] Deceptitech:
Computer. Checking it once more time.
[General Questions and Answers] kdkirk08:
Okay, I was able to download it with no problem.

Almost seems like everything is fighting you here haha.
[General Questions and Answers] codenamesql:
Is there any reason installing PAGapps would break this? Of course, I'll try it and see if there's nothing obvious. I like those rather than the playstore versions just because they're installed into system memory rather than taking up user install memory.

And you deleted the stock camera app? And didn't take out that crappy camera with it? Man, the audacity!! ;) Just an OT question.. has anyone actually got a pic in focus with that thing? I've even mounted it perfectly still.. we have a saying here in the south that describes it well... "sucks.. out... loud"