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[General Questions and Answers] shabbypenguin:
The only steps you are away is buying one and flashing it, i released it over on the avant forum on phandroid. It's TWRP, cwm is kind of a dead project with koush moving on and updates slowing down (plus twrp is way cooler :P ). philz is abandoned and for personal reasons i would never build it.
[General Questions and Answers] QuickNET Tech:
Could you post it here or at the very least link me to it over at phandroid.con
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-11068

Small update of about

49MB

I updated and it worked fine,i had to do it via KIES since i was rooted

BE WARNED YOU WILL LOSE ROOT AND WILL HAVE TO RE ROOT

but it was simple, just re root, and open up SU app and poof!

just in case here:

[YOUTUBE]watch?v=dy-cD5_7aLo[/YOUTUBE]
[General Questions and Answers] EvoTheBoy:
I need 10 posts to post a URL -_- but here is the link. Just delete space in .com

androidforums. com/threads/twrp-2-8-1-0-afyonltetmo.887861/
[General Questions and Answers] glitchbit:
Looks like the source is here.

http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=search&searchValue=SM-G386T

I will be excited to see a custom rom. I really want to tether via bluetooth. I do not like running down my battery over wifi.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Hmm not even getting 17000 now.. lol guess greenify is affecting it.. but these are 3 tests I did.. the top one is actually the last one I did and got a message and phone call at the same time so I guess that dropped it down.. there's a YouTube video of this phone and the guy gets 17000 or so

heres the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlLdac8RMEo
[General Questions and Answers] scooty809:
Samsung Galaxy Avant Antutu

I really like this phone. I have the Avant, Galaxy Light and an S4. I will most likely never own a flagship phone again, as both the Light and the Avant are very capable. The specs for the Galaxy Light and the Avant are very similar, just the Avant has a larger screen and better resolution. Antutu benchmarks are the same. The Avant scored 17,348 and Light was 17,321. Is it worth saving the $110US, as the Avant is $219 and the Light is $99? That I cannot answer because they both work in basically the same manner. The Avant does have additional LTE channels.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
The avant also has 512mb more ram, and 16gb of storage vs 8 with the light but still cool
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
Hard to say, but the Light brand new for $100 is a freaking bargain. Phones with LTE at that price aren't exactly plentiful. It's worth picking up as a back-up device, or even as just a media player. Stick a 64GB microSD card in there for $35, and you've got one heck of an .mp3 player for way, way less than an iPod touch.

BTW, here's a tip. The Samsung Milk music streaming app works on ALL Samsung devices (even though it's supposed to only be for their flaghships). Sideload it (you can find the .apk by googling it), and it should work just fine on the Avant. You're still limited to 6 skips, but you get ad-free music. At work, I use PdaNet+ to Blutooth tether my Nexus 4 (which has my SIM) to my Galaxy Light, and use the Milk player on my Light for my music. I have to use the Fake Wifi Connection Xposed module to trick Milk into thinking it's connected via wi-fi (the Chocolate Milk Xposed module didn't work on my Nexus 4).

If you just use Milk on your Light or Avant (or whatever Samsung device), the best thing about all this is T-Mobile doesn't count music streaming against your data allotment if you're not on an Unlimited plan. This also works for Pandora, iHeartRadio, iTunes Radio, Rhapsody, Spotify, and Slacker as well. If you use PdaNet+ over Bluetooth like I do, it's within a VPN, so they don't know what you're doing and it doesn't count against your tethering allotment. If you don't have unlimited data, doing what I do might not be a good idea, since if they don't know you're streaming music, it might count against your regular data - I don't know.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
True the light at that price or less is good, not putting it down, I bought the avant cause I'm on prepaid and wanted something pretty high up the latter.. this fit the bill perfectly
[General Questions and Answers] Influxvisions:
I bought my parents two of these, but I need to root them to get free hotspot since they don't have internet at home. I guess it will come eventually.

LG G3
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
It will just gotta give time.. should of known Sammy do this right off the bat, but it's cool roots come all the time unlike the iPhone lol
[General Questions and Answers] jmunjr:
One of the reasons I got the Avant is the replaceable battery. Unfortunately I cannot find a battery to buy as an extra. Anyone have a source? Is there another phone that uses the same battery?
[General Questions and Answers] Influxvisions:
Not sure, but you can use a power bank in the meanwhile. [emoji106]

LG G3
[General Questions and Answers] jmunjr:
Thanks but that's not close to the same for me. Access to a power outlet isn't an issue for me. Being able to charge my battery in under a minute is a necessity, and swapping batteries accomplished that, then the old one goes in a separate charger to be ready for the next swap. I'm sure you get that though.

I don't even have a power bank because I've never needed one.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
im sure there will be some soon.. ive went ahead and installed qualcomms app batteryguru and its helping, along with greenify.., and powersaver lol
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
The battery should have a model/part number on it, you could try searching for that. It took several months for OEM batteries to become available for the Galaxy Light, so you might be in for a bit of a wait.

The Galaxy S3 uses a 2100mAh battery as well. Possibly you lucked out and they're just using the same battery for the Avant.
[General Questions and Answers] AntiSyrum:
Loving this phone. Great phone with a great price tag. Imma hold on to this till the s6 comes out although I've been eyeballing the LG g3
[General Questions and Answers] idtheftvictim:
Has anyone tried to root with towelroot?

Didn't see anyone say they have....

I should have my hands on this by the end of the week and will try to get it rooted, will let you know the outcome.
[General Questions and Answers] Influxvisions:
Yes I did, is a not go [emoji21]

LG G3
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
we already tried it doenst work
[General Questions and Answers] Xdogg:
Hello Fellow Galaxy Avant owners!!! I recently picked one of these up for my son while we were upgrading my wifes phone to the galaxy S5. The Avant is Quit an impressive little phone for the price!!!

I was also trying to root the device with towel root to no avail as others have mentioned. I want to remove all of the Tmobile bloatware so my son doesn't accidentally subscribe to something that he isn't aware of. (some of the apps will auto-subscribe just by opening).

I have downloaded the stock firmware and extracted the necessary files to submit to the guys at the Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP) and as soon as i get a working recovery from them, i will attempt to root via recovery and let you all know how it went.
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
In the meantime you should still be able to disable them. They won't show up in the app drawer, and they won't show up in Play or Samsung's app store (whatever it's called) for updates.
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
Agreed and if u want them back just search for it in the playstore
[General Questions and Answers] Johnny M.:
Samsung Avant $120

I picked up the Avant at the T-mobile Store in the Mall for $120. they are having a summer sale also, they gave me a "loyal customer" discount.

Has anyone obtained root acces yet?
[General Questions and Answers] QuickNET Tech:
Either way, Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
PdaNet.
[General Questions and Answers] glitchbit:
PdaNet does not work. It appears things got striped out from the stock rom severely enough to prevent any bluetooth tethering via 3rd party apps. The laptops will connect and then nothing, it literally does not recognize the phone as Bluetooth DUN capable and the 3rd party apps never see the laptop as being connected.

I have even updated the framework-res.apk to enable native bluetooth, but when I went to inspect the services.jar as well it did not have anything listed for bluetooth connectivity at all. I am not sure where samsung has relocated that.
[General Questions and Answers] QuickNET Tech:
USB?

I know that a cable is probably way less convenient but, you should still at least be able to do USB tethering. Honestly it's only a last resort for me, but it always the works well even on my $20 LG L34C. Luckily you guys have a custom recovery. My phone does not so I have learned many times the consequences of having root without a custom recovery, this time my play store does not work no matter what I do. ( I've even formatted the phone and reinstalled the Play Store into / system / app ). Hopefully I get money soon and will upgrade to this phone. I do not wish to dish out another $20 for another one of these crappy phones.

On a side note how slow is your 2G after you've used your allotted high speed data. On net10 I get 10 kilobits per second download at most I'm just curious how much faster tmobile's throttled 2G is, if at all.

Quickdraw996
[General Questions and Answers] Cobra11Murderer:
I've never went over 5gb, got the 30 dollar plan, I would think though prob faster than 10 kilobits
[General Questions and Answers] zeroshot:
cable doesnt work either cause it uses the same app to send the internet
[General Questions and Answers] jesesp:
xtrestolite custom rom for galaxy avant??

I am wondering if XtreStoLite custom rom will work with galaxy avant since it seems xtrestolite is a modification of 4.4.2 kit kat . Has anyone tried it??? 4.4.2 which is what avant runs so it seems like it should be fine. The only reason i hesitate is that all the websites seem to be focused on using it with a galaxy s5 and i do not want to brick this new phone.
[General Questions and Answers] shabbypenguin:
Dont flash other phones roms, since the snapdragon 800 qualcomm and oems have used dtb in the kernel that makes it so that you have to have a kernel for your exact device otherwise major issues could be present (the most common one is a not booting phone). Its enough of a change that the moto g (2013)'s recovery/kernels wont boot on the moto g 4g (2013) even though sdcard slot, lte and a gyroscope were the only changes between the two.

It's also because of this dtb setup many people think they have a locked bootloader because they try to use some kitchen/script and when it doesnt work they dont understand why it didnt work.

Moral of teh story, unless its a universal zip (like supersu or enable init.d) dont flash it on your phone unless you are 100% certain you know what you are doing.
[General Questions and Answers] chaostic_2k1:
Dialup speeds

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It's just Chinese language support, doesn't even say bug fixes
[General Questions and Answers] Official_Rainbow_Dash:
Yeah, but i still lost root, i had to re-root, and give root perm to all rooted apps since they no longer had root, and with that, i had to re install SU file and same with xposed and vipersaudio. not a big deal since all i had to do is reboot when it installed files.
[General Questions and Answers] chaostic_2k1:
Doesn't keis auto wipe cache? Do you still have the update file?
[General Questions and Answers] glitchbit:
Bluetooth tethering & a request for a real forum

I and 30 others have put in requests for a new Samsung Galaxy Avant discussion area to be created in the proper thread, but so far it is going ignored.

At any rate I am looking into rebuilding our Kernel to restore bluetooth profiles that our S5 mini brethrens have in theirs. One or 2 of the S5 mini variations uses our MSM8226 chipset and in a few hours I will have the source downloaded fully. I plan to use TWRP to backup my phone and then I will either flash the kernel via Odin or TWRP and report back.

I have also seen that some users have ported the CAF bluetooth driver into the kernel of some Samsung devices, but this appears to create issues that are difficult to resolve fully. I do not want to introduce bugs without clear advantages to it and I see none moving to the CAF bluetooth driver when the driver from the SM-G800H should be similar. Hopefully other people will get involved soon and apply hacks and modifications, but I only have one goal - enable BNEP - bluetooth tethering.
[General Questions and Answers] QuickNET Tech:
So we have root and a custom recovery. Now who do we know that we can talk to to get a few custom ROMs running on this beautiful thing. Especially if someone is able to port a fairly AOSP Android lollipop ooh baby hehe I'm totally going to pick up one of these. ( don't mean to be creepy in any way, but the thought of it just gets me giddy. )

Quickdraw996
[General Questions and Answers] glitchbit:
Well I am stuck between two issues. I am having difficulty repacking the newly created kernel (which is just slightly a larger file size) with the correct offsets I believe. I have no plans to test the kernel until someone can direct me to the MetroPCS firmware file for this phone to restore to via Odin in the likely event that I screw this up.

So please, if you want bluetooth tethering then provide me with a link to download the MetroPCS stock rom and I will take it from there. Right now this is my only real phone... I really do not want to have to go back to my iPhone people.
[General Questions and Answers] Signa112:
Ill find it

Cant find it. Someone here needs to create a nand backup with the new recovery. Then compile it for odin
[General Questions and Answers] glitchbit:
Interesting Development

So I went back to the MetroPCS store and they actually allowed me to initiated the recovery process on one of their phones so that I might be able to restore my own phone to stock. Well come to find out even with a completely unmodified Samsung Galaxy Avant you cannot restore it via their software. It is not supported to put simply.

I also spent some time in a live chat with someone and they would not help me either. I am not sure what to say at this point other than Samsung does not want to support this device.
[General Questions and Answers] Signa112:
Create a backup of your device and upload it to drop box for be. Ill make it odin flashable
[General Questions and Answers] nashi20002003:
Not sure we have a metro pcs firmware but I know Masterchief has been able to do flash the original tmobile on the metropcs device. So you're not without recourse. The tmobile firmware works fine on Metro....see his post below

http://androidforums.com/threads/unroot-unbrick-your-samsung-galaxy-avant.880436/

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Here's below his comment about using the TMobile stock firmware on metro device.

http://androidforums.com/threads/root-your-samsung-galaxy-avant.880430/#post-6781685

I'm going to flash mine to tmobile.
[General Questions and Answers] glitchbit:
It is good to have confirmation on that as I was wondering. It is not too surprising of course. He is not accurate on the bluetooth tethering though, so far from what I have seen 3rd party apps do not fix the bluetooth tether issue. Although it may not need to be enabled in the kernel itself like it initially appeared as even the S5 mini appears to have bnep disabled in its kernel config file, so at that rate I am not sure what will fix it if modifying the framework-res.apk and maybe the services.jar (which on our phone does not contain the bluetooth connectivity files) does not work. I have modified the framework-res.apk to resolve the issue and some xml files, and it gave me the toggle in the UI, but beyond that the Internet Access profile is not working for BT.
[General Questions and Answers] j03lpr86:
You can Download the metroPCS stock firmware on sammobile. com/firmwares/

make sure u download the g386t1 its for metropcs even though sammobile posts it as t-mobile
[General Questions and Answers] glitchbit:
That's new! Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] nashi20002003:
SIM UNLOCK >>> Not needed for Tmobile after flash

Glad to report that I successfully flashed my metropcs bought for 129 from best buy to tmobile. Also glad to report that after the flash of tmobile firmware there's no need to unlock the device in order to use on tmobile. While before the flash a tmobile SIM was requiring the SIM unlock code. I had already requested one from the online service but it's not here yet. Would have I known I would not have paid the #$20 since for now I want just to use it on tmobile. it's still locked but it's locked now for tmobile. (tmobile locked can be used on metropcs but not the opposite).

Hopefully this post help others avoid the unlock fee if they intend only to use it on tmobile. Currently you can get the Avant for 100 plus a new line activation on metro. For me I need unlimited service with hotspot so metro use was no good. The tmobilie version is selling for $200. So the $129 Best buy price with no activation is a good deal for those intending to use this on tmobile. To avoid the SIM lock just flash the tmobile firmware.
[General Questions and Answers] ygb:
So what type of tethering DOES work right now with this phone?

(Have a User agent Switcher already)
[General Questions and Answers] glitchbit:
Just wifi, and I just flashed the custom kernel I made to enable bluetooth, but it caused my phone to no longer boot. I restored it easily though with the original kernel, and kept my root.

I need someone who can help me package my kernel into a tar with mktoolimg! The IRC rooms have not helped me much yet.
[General Questions and Answers] theemaster:
So the unlock code is $20 for metropcs version? where to?
[General Questions and Answers] alucardromero:
Android 5.0 Roms for Avant Fake

Just a heads-up for those searching Google for roms and such for the Galaxy Avant. There's some sites that need to be avoided. Do not follow any directions on THIS SITE and THIS SITE.

Both of these pages have the same exact thing. The only apparent way to download said files is to click on links for files, which in turn, end up requiring you to go through hoops (e.g. completing 3 offers and such). They also have the exact same comments from the exact same people. On one of the pages, it's not even an actual comment section; it's a picture. I'm not sure if the actual files are obtainable, but it looks pretty sketchy. If you do end up signing up for offers, keep security in mind.

Just thought I'd make that known for people's protection and all. :)
[General Questions and Answers] Planterz:
[MENTION=552406]glitchbit[/MENTION]

Tethering not working could be a problem with the APN settings. In your system settings, "Connections" tab, select "More networks", then "Mobile Networks", then Access Point Names. Tap the one that is selected (there might only be one), and scroll to "APN protocol". If you can, change it from IPv6 to IPv4 It might be greyed out and un-editable (it is on mine). No worries. Go back to the the list, hit the menu button and you'll have the option to add an APN. Call it whatever you want, it doesn't matter. Just make sure you copy all the settings from the main APN exactly into this new APN, except add ",dun" (no quotes) to the APN type and set the APN protocols to IPv4.

Give this a shot and let me know if it works. If not, there's a couple other things you can try.

I assume you're rooted?

Install an SQLite editor. There's some free ones, but they suck. This one is much better, but it's $3.

With SQLite Editor, select "Apps".

From either, find "Settings Storage". Not Settings, but Settings Storage. The icon should be a gear. Then select "settings.db" and then "system".. A long list of settings will load.

Now, my phone is a Samsung Galaxy Light T399 through T-Mobile, so things might vary at this point with your phone. On my phone, there are 2 settings way down towards the bottom:

10182 is named "bluetooth_tethering_enabled" and 10183 is named "usb_tethering_enabled" (but no quotes). On my phone the values are set to 0, which means "not", but PdaNet still work on my phone both with USB and bluetooth. So I'm thinking that maybe on your phone these settings were omitted. You can use the editor to add them. Hit the + button, enter in the names as listed above (no quotes). Don't bother assigning an ID number, it'll do it automatically. Reboot.

Interestingly, these settings aren't on my Nexus 4 (LiquidSmooth 3.2/4.4.4 KK ROM). My Galaxy Light is also running 4.2.2 JB, so maybe that has something to do with ht.

Another option is WiFi Tether Router. It won't help with your bluetooth or USB tethering, but it'll bypass any carrier tethering provisioning. If you can get it to work, that is. Follow these instructions. It's for the MetroPCS Galaxy Light, but it works on my T-Mobile one, so perhaps it'll work on you MetroPCS Avant.

[MENTION=480135]ygb[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4439441]zeroshot[/MENTION] might find this useful too. Have either of you tried PdaNet with your Avant?
[General Questions and Answers] glitchbit:
That was the first thing I updated, the sql. It didn't resolve the issue nor does it bring the toggle for bluetooth forward. Pdanet does not seem to work under any circumstance for bluetooth on this phone, or any other similar app.

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So I did finally repack the kernel correctly, but the issue now is that the file size is off. I am not sure how I am not compiling it correctly. I am using the official 4.7 toolchain and have done it both with and without selinux. I am just trying to recreate the 100% stock kernel at the moment.
[General Questions and Answers] leunaum:
I'm so excited and so amazing having xda come out with a custom rom and kernel, can't wait,
[General Questions and Answers] Michaelchka:
first time root ive ran into a snag on the avant please help asap

ok i have rooted it it all worked but i cant find a way to get the clockwok thing no app or post has it for the avant what can i use or get instead or how do i get the cwm?
[General Questions and Answers] QuickNET Tech:
CWM is one type of custom recovery. However it is rarely used nowadays for reasons that you may research on your own. Now most people use TWRP which is what was built for this device. If you look through the thread you should be able to find it was only a couple pages ago.

Quickdraw996

(Also, please forgive any errors. I use voice typing because I have big hands and a tiny phone)

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Actually the exact post his number 370.

Quickdraw996

(Also, please forgive any errors. I use voice typing because I have big hands and a tiny phone)