yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bodybuzz:
Hello to the experts on xda-developers.

I f***ed up! It was me, no need to point that out, yes, i should have backed up my radio settings, EFS and such, yes i should have been more careful, and no, i don't know why i am such an idiot.

Now, with that out of the way...

I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGH-I747M) on Rogers that until recently, worked great. I was running Android KitKat 4.4.2 (CyanogenMod 11 nightlies) and happily so, upgrading to new versions of the ROM every few days or so. All was good in the world.

Then, tragedy..... I upgraded the CM a few weeks ago, and from that day forward, i noticed that i could not sustain a higher connection speed than EDGE save short bouts of LTE after reboot or flight mode disable. This would eventually (<5m) fail and i would be back on EDGE.

I found through troubleshooting, that the IMEI on the phone was all zeros, I could still make and receive calls, but data was capped at edge, except right after reboot, or flight mode, where LTE is available for up to 5 minutes before again dying back to EDGE Using instructions on another thread (can't remember which one) I restored the IMEI to the value on the sticker and did a factory reset. .... Still on Edge.

Next, using kies 3 I upgraded the firmware to the latest and greatest : (ro.bootloader = I747MVLUFNK2) followed by another Factory Reset. ..... Still on Edge.

And then most recently, i have been scrolling through, and performing instructions from tonnes of forum posts that suggest all sorts of combinations of : *#197328640# or *#2263# or others and fiddling with back-end settings, however I am still as yet unsuccessful.

Any assistance or pointers in the right direction would be appreciated.

thanks ,

./Darren
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bodybuzz:
Thought to check my APN settings. Using the 6th post (from DaveM) on communityforums. rogers. com/ t5/ forums/ forumtopicpage/ board-id/ Other_mobile_device/ thread-id/ 3904 As a reference, it suggests the APN should be:

(remove spaces from above url to get full link.... i have too few posts to post links)

LTE Smartphone

APN: ltemobile.apn

Username: not required

Password: not required

APN Protocol/Type: IPv4/IPv6 (use IPv4 if IPv4/IPv6 option is not available or if no "APN roaming protocol" option)

APN Roaming Protocol: IPv4

LTE Tethering

APN: ltedata.apn

Username: not required

Password: not required

APN Protocol/Type: IPv4

APN Roaming Protocol: IPv4
​

My APNs were the exact same as above, but with an APN protocol type of IPv4, greyed out with no option to change it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bodybuzz:
Another suggestion was to check my USBSettings (*#0808#) and check what they were set to.

Upon arrival, I found it to be set to MTP, multiple threads suggest that it should be MTP + ADB. So i made that change and rebooted and it has had not effect.

./D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
You used Kies while on CM11 to update the firmware?

Did you try flashing the stock ROM from sammobile.com using Odin? This should return the phone to completely stock.

If the imei has not been restored after flashing stock, try using nvwriter to inject the imei.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bodybuzz:
Hello Audit 13, thank you for your reply... I believe I have done this already but for the sake of completeness, i did it again.

Steps to complete:

1) Downloaded ROM - I747MVLUFNF2_I747MOYAFNF2_RWC. zip from sammobile->firmwares

2) Fully charged phone and opened Odin 3.07

3) Plugged in phone, (Added in the status bar)

4) Clicked PDA button and browsed to the tar md5 file

5) Clicked start.
​

Phone reset at the end and booted into a fresh stocky way.

The connection though? ---> EDGE :(

The IMEI is fine (i think), it reads the same number on the sticker under the battery, in Settings->About phone and also when *#06# is invoked.

Any other thoughts on steps to troubleshoot?

./d

Output from Odin below

<ID:0/006> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> I747MVLUFNF2_I747MOYAFNF2_I747MVLUFNF2_HOME. tar. md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..

<ID:0/006> File analysis..

<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/006> Initialzation..

<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/006> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/006> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/006> sbl2.mbn

<ID:0/006> sbl3.mbn

<ID:0/006> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/006> tz.mbn

<ID:0/006> boot.img

<ID:0/006> recovery.img

<ID:0/006> system.img.ext4

<ID:0/006> cache.img.ext4

<ID:0/006> NON-HLOS.bin

<ID:0/006> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/006> RES OK !!

<ID:0/006> Removed!!

<ID:0/006> Remain Port .... 0

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Looks like you did everything I would have done, that's for sure.

Did you try non-LTE APN settings?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bodybuzz:
Well, i hadn't, but i have now.... no dice.

(and there is nothing worse than the dashing of hopes, when you first start up after trying a new thing and it goes straight to LTE and is lightning fast....for about 90 seconds...then crash....sputter..spurt........Edge.)

./D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Maybe ask the OP from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-att/help/galaxy-s3-i747-stuck-edge-t3013978
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bodybuzz:
So I read his instructions....

downloaded nv reader/writer

downloaded it from here

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2374063

then i made a backup of my imei just incase it didnt wrk...dont know how? watch this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQkUo...e_gdata_player

came across this in a forum and injected this nv item into my s3

http://xdaforums.com/atta...9&d=1380728466

and then turned on mobile data and put my phone in and out of air plane mode and 4g poped up

im guessing that imei backup only works for i747.

this worked for me. my imei wasnt missing but this fixed it.
​

Problem is that i have an i747m and not an i747... so if i understand what is suggested is to.....

backup my IMEI from nvbackup

source a full nv backup from another i747m .... which I don't have readily available....

restore it to my phone....thus making my phone an illegal clone of the source

remove the IMEI on the backup and replace with the IMEI that I backed up in the first step.
​

Am i reading that correct? have i mistaken any of the steps?

ugh!

.d

...Still searching. Thanks for the help tho
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
You could also try using nvwriter to just re-inject the imei.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bodybuzz:
I tried that as well. The IMEI was set to a string of zeros (000000000000000) after a CM upgrade. I used nvwriter to inject the IMEI from under the battery.

I have also done a full export/import of the entire nv path, followed by a factory reset. Annnnd still no good.

.D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
I assume you flashed the Rogers version of the firmware from sammobile. Maybe try firmware from Telus or Bell? I doubt it will make a difference.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bodybuzz:
my project for tonight.

wheeee!!!

.d
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fausto412:
Did you fix it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bodybuzz:
Hi Fausto412,

Alas...no.

I worked for about 2 weeks trying to get the POS to work. Tried endless restores, of Bell, Rogers, Telus, and even US carrier stock ROMS. I followed recommendations from threads on XDA and on gsmhosting.com and on SamMobile.com. I even offered to pay a local cell unlocking "guru" if he could finagle it (he couldn't). I never got full data capabilities back..

In the end gave up when my wife's contract renewal came up and her Note 3 was available after she procured a GS5.

Sorry i couldn't be more helpful.

bodybuzz (Darren)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fausto412:
Yeah, I'm starting to think this isn't fixable lol...how do you like that Note 3? I'm thinking of buying a refurbished model.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bodybuzz:
Note 3 is a solid phone, big screen is great, battery life is **** (just like the GS3) but with a spare battery or two you are good to go.

I have been (understandably) gun shy about putting a custom ROM on this phone, both because of my previous blunders and because i have heard that custom ROMs do not perform very well with the s-pen, which i think is a killer feature of the Note series of phones. So stocky-stock-stock, for me (for now at least).

Good luck to you sir!!

./bodybuzz (Darren)
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
THIS PROJECT IS NO LONGER UPDATED, MOVE ALONG!

When I received my Nexus 9 I was immediately missing the real custom rom love for this device.

So as I like to build my on sh*t I decided to roll up my buildmachine and start building. And as I don't like to wait too long for the nice parts of CyanogenMOD to come to the official nightlies (at the moment there are no official nightlies:)).

So these builds will be pretty pure Stock CM12 builds + some very carefully selected (and tested) cherry-picks from CMs gerrit/code review.

This will not be a rom where features will be added from other ROMs. Features will be strictly CyanogenMOD and will be on their gerrit.

I have personaly tested (runningn currently) this rom on my LTE Nexus 9. So it definately works

FEATURES/Modifications to cm source:

- Kernel doesn't force encryption

- SeLinux has been set to permissive state (atleast for now)

BUGS:

XDA:DevDB Information

[DAILY][UNOFFICIAL][FLOUNDER](WIFI/WIFI+LTE] CM12 builds + Cherry-picks, ROM for the Nexus 9

Contributors

inffy

Source Code: http://github.com/Cyanogenmod

ROM OS Version: 5.0.x Lollipop

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.4.x

Based On: CyanogenMOD

Version Information

Status: Nightly

Created 2015-01-26

Last Updated 2015-02-10
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
DOWNLOAD

downloads

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[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
Changelogs

CHANGELOGS

(not complete, check http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/q/status:merged,n,z or http://www.cmxlog.com/12/ for all the merged changes)

​
[Nexus 9 Android Development] heywtf:
Thank you for this.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
New build uploaded

CHANGELOG

27.1.2015

- Synced latest cm source

- SystemUI: Lte -> LTE

- Add 2048x1536 boot animation

- Settings: add AudioFX tile

- cherry-pick Custom LCD Density

- cherry-pick Navring targets customization

- cherry-pick Wifi: add option to show quick settings detail view

DOWNLOAD: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934518012
[Nexus 9 Android Development] EnginEAR:
Awesome

I assume this works with the Wi-Fi only Nexus 9 as well...
[Nexus 9 Android Development] vboyz103:
Great ROM, been looking for immersive mode ROM for N9 and here it is.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
Works on both, wifi and wifi+lte models
[Nexus 9 Android Development] mpmilestogo:
What gapps are people using? Would like to try this later today.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
Personally with CM I usually go with the PA Gapps (micro package)
[Nexus 9 Android Development] badwiring:
I'm running this on my wifi Nexus 9. I used the full PA gapps package.

It's great so far. No issues. I like having the most recent nightly features. The new boot animation is great. Brighter, smiling vs vaguely malevolent.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] P3CO:
Hi,

Thanks for this ROM. It's running much more smoothly than stock 5.0.1. However, I have a problem with GPS. I don't get a GPS fix in Google maps.

Do you have GPS working?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dowenprs:
Question, does this include the new(er/ish) CM browser based on the AOSP browser? I've been running the official nightlies on my sons Galaxy Tab Pro 8 and it has their new materialish AOSP browser, and it's great, would love to see it on the N9.

Thanks

Dan
[Nexus 9 Android Development] zawata:
[MENTION=251020]inffy[/MENTION]

im gonna take a whack at fixing the APN problem tonight, though i dont have an LTE tablet i do know how to somewhat test if it works, do you mind if i use you as my dummy Test Subject device tester?

EDIT: i think i found out why this doesnt include the APN's and how to fix it but i need someone to test this for me If you have an LTE device, Please PM me

EDIT2: the possible fix is packaged and waiting for someone to test it...tick tock...
[Nexus 9 Android Development] vboyz103:
The AOSP browser on this rom is MD enabled...so it does look nice.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] badwiring:
GPS is working for me.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dowenprs:
Huh, I don't see it anywhere. Is it packaged in the gapps for some reason? I just went straight to the newest build, maybe it was only in one of the older builds?

*edit*

Figured it out, the gapps package I was using was removing the aosp apps.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
[MENTION=5285997]zawata[/MENTION]

PM me the link I will test it
[Nexus 9 Android Development] zawata:
Cool give me like 5 minutes

EDIT: you have been PM-ed
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
New build uploaded

Changelog:

28.1.2015

- Synced latest cm source

- Fixes to CM SetupWizard

- SystemUI: clean up Location tile

- cherry-pick Custom LCD Density

- cherry-pick Wifi: add option to show quick settings detail view

Download: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934518833
[Nexus 9 Android Development] gladiac:
Hi inffi,

thanks for your greate cm12 port! It works really well. Pretty much everything works as did in the original google rom - with the bonus of all cm12 features of course.

One thing that does not work (it also did not in google's rom) is usb thumb drive support via otg. Interestingly, mouse works which means that otg itselfs is working ok. Is the needed support just not enabled in the kernels kconfig?

cheers
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
Not sure actually. Did you try with stickmount app?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] gladiac:
I just did and it made my nexus 9 crash. On my xperia z1 which is also on cm12 the usb drive shows up in the storage settings as soon as i plug it in. This does not happen on the nexus 9. I will try to gather a logcat of what happens when i plug in the thumb drive.

---------- Post added at 03:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:43 PM ----------

Well, logcat shows that the kernel-side seems to be alright:

D/UsbHostManager( 474): Added device UsbDevice[mName=/dev/bus/usb/003/003,mVendorId=1921,mProductId=21863,mClass=0,mSubclass=0,mProtocol=0,mManufacturerName=SanDisk,mProductName=Cruzer Blade,mSerialNumber=22431009FD019519,mConfigurations=[
D/UsbHostManager( 474): UsbConfiguration[mId=1,mName=null,mAttributes=128,mMaxPower=100,mInterfaces=[
D/UsbHostManager( 474): UsbInterface[mId=0,mAlternateSetting=0,mName=null,mClass=8,mSubclass=6,mProtocol=80,mEndpoints=[
D/UsbHostManager( 474): UsbEndpoint[mAddress=129,mAttributes=2,mMaxPacketSize=512,mInterval=0]
D/UsbHostManager( 474): UsbEndpoint[mAddress=2,mAttributes=2,mMaxPacketSize=512,mInterval=0]]]]
W/ContextImpl( 474): Calling a method in the system process without a qualified user: android.app.ContextImpl.sendBroadcast:1338 com.android.server.usb.UsbSettingsManager.deviceAttached:741 com.android.server.usb.UsbHostManager.endUsbDeviceAdded:286 com.android.server.usb.UsbHostManager.monitorUsbHostBus:-2 com.android.server.usb.UsbHostManager.access$000:47

I don't understand the warning at the end completely though. It seems like the broadcast which is supposed to inform SettingsManager about the new device is being sent. Not sure what's going wrong. Fyi, the filesystem I use for testing is fat32.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
Sorry, no idea. It might need something to the kernel also. I will check if cm gerrit has any commits on this later today
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Hiro Nakamura:
Heyho, does the kernel of this rom come with forceencryption off?

And i have seen you have recently uploaded a rom named hoppySLIM-flounder-1.0

Is it useable?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] tenshi888:
I'm very thankful for this ROM, it is so much better than stock. Just to chime in on the USB OTG, I'm able to read my USB thumb drive I use stickmount and File Manager 1.0 by Virtual Applets (from the playstore). It does the trick, even ES File explorer would not read the drive after mounting with stickmount.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
Wrong thread dude. Go here: http://xdaforums.com/slimroms/general/rom-builders-collective-t2861778
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
This still forces encryption. I will try to make it not forcing in tomorrows build
[Nexus 9 Android Development] gladiac:
Thanks for the tip. However, vold should do the mounting. I just compared the fstab of my xperia z1 and the one of the nexus 9 and found that the following line is missing:

/devices/platform/xhci-hcd auto auto defaults voldmanaged=usbdisk:auto

But it's weird - I cannot test that because even after 'adb root' and 'adb remount' I cannot edit /fstab.flounder or /fstab.flounder64. [MENTION=251020]inffy[/MENTION] , do you know if those fstab-files in cm12 are being autogenerated at boot and how? Man, back in the day fstab was located in /etc and was editable like any other file.

---------- Post added at 07:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:19 PM ----------

Well, I managed to edit both fstab-files (just had to 'mount -o remount,rw /') but after reboot both files are reset back to how they were before. Something must be overwriting them...
[Nexus 9 Android Development] gladiac:
Well, after thinking about it it became clear to me that fstab must be part of ramdisk in boot.img. I just edited both fstab-files in ramdisk, rebuilt boot.img and tested it. No success though. There is still something missing...
[Nexus 9 Android Development] fazbender:
craigacgomez has it figured out I believe. Notes on his roms front page also mention randisk/boot.img , so you appear to be on the right track/
[Nexus 9 Android Development] bose301s:
Does anyone else have issues with charging in the CM ROMs? Mine says charging will take forever and when I unplug it and plug it back in the charge level jumps by 3% until it reads the correct charge level.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Max128:
Same thing for me.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
New build is up!

Changelogs:

B]29.1.2015[/B]

- Synced CM source

- Kernel set to not force encryption

- Settings : Add screen timeout tile

- cherry-pick Wifi: add option to show quick settings detail view

- cherry-pick Custom LCD Density

DOWNLOAD: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934519714
[Nexus 9 Android Development] bose301s:
As long as I'm not the only one I feel better.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] bynarie:
As for the rom, do you think its "safe" to use TWRP for nexus 9 wifi, as that is the only option i know of at the time for the LTE version. I been using it since I got my n9 lte and havent had any problems. Basically, i have Nexus 9 LTE, but no twrp exists for it so im using the wifi n9 twrp and it works as far as i can tell. I dont really see how TWRP would differ from LTE to wifi versions, but I would like to install your rom and try it. Do you think, in your opinion, installing your rom with twrp n9 wifi would be ok on an LTE n9? Thanks
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
I am using the wifi TWRP myself too. Has been working fine
[Nexus 9 Android Development] bynarie:
OK that sounds great, thanks for the info... I thought I might be the only one doing this, but it appears others are as well.. ::Hits Thanks::
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Me-So-M-El-Gee:
Where do we report bugs? I have quite a few so. But it is still and otherwise great ROM. Keep up the great work!
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
Cm doesn't allow bug reports from nightlies or unofficial versions as far as I know
[Nexus 9 Android Development] gladiac:
Hi [MENTION=251020]inffy[/MENTION],

would it be possible to add the following to storage_list.xml in framework-res and ship it in the next build?

<storage android:mountPoint="/storage/usbdisk" android:storageDescription="@string/storage_usb" android:primary="false" android:removable="true" />

This entry makes android aware of the usbdisk option (which otherwise wont be shown in the storage options). Mounting thumb drives will still not work -> meaning it will only be visible there. That is because fstab and some other things need to be adjusted, too. But these things I can do without your help.

I would have liked to hack my framework-res.apk and test that change myself but somehow apktool wont recompile the framework... Not sure why.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Jurrvoss:
I also have the problem that recents doesn't work..

Also, I can't seem to get google now launcher to work.. it just doesn't get recognized, any idea?

thanks
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
I'll put this on the to do list. My source is totally funked up right now so I will not post a build today. I'll try to get one up tomorrow/sunday
[Nexus 9 Android Development] gladiac:
Thank you :)
[Nexus 9 Android Development] jonhy25:
I love this ROM! Only thing I would change (my personal viewpoint) is the close all button in recent apps. I prefer lollipop theme (red circle with an X in the middle) instead of old aosp bars :)
[Nexus 9 Android Development] :
May I ask my tablet is taking so long to charge lol why and it skips battery percentage???

However beside this very good built rom
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dragonballz2k:
I would try the fire ice kernel it makes charging a little bit faster for me.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
[MENTION=362563]gladiac[/MENTION] could you sent me a pm for the full path to this file so I can do the addon.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] zawata:
https://github.com/zawata/android_d...mmit/ed44134cdc2ea247241fdaa07ec7ef8a8d650487

not what you were looking for but this a possible fix for APN issues

it does exactly what that zip i sent you did
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
Already picked and tested :)

Working nicely
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dom2684:
I'm unable to restore my apps from the play store automatically. I have to go one by one to install them. Has anyone had this issue?
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
Known CM bug
[Nexus 9 Android Development] dom2684:
That's odd , because my apps automatically downloaded with zawata's build.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
New build uploaded

CHANGELOGS:

- APN fix (thanks to [MENTION=5285997]zawata[/MENTION]) after a factory reset

- Update bootanimation (should now be a dark version)

- cherry-pick Custom LCD Density

- cherry-pick Extra settings under wifi tile in QuickSettings

DOWNLOAD: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934521125
[Nexus 9 Android Development] GiantAxe:
hallelujah, what's up with the super slow charging btw. is it this kernel?

Anyway, working really nice for me.

:good:
[Nexus 9 Android Development] zawata:
Prefect :D

I'll be sure to include that in the official support request

Is there anything still missing from CM that was present in stock? Apps, settings menus, features, anything at all?

If anything is missing without very good reasoning as too why, then we won't be able to get certification at all
[Nexus 9 Android Development] Me-So-M-El-Gee:
Is the theme engine being broken a know issue right now? Because as of now every single theme I try to install comes back with a "failed to install theme". Very frustrating.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] inffy:
As far as I know, there are lot of problems with the themes. Some install and some don't.
[Nexus 9 Android Development] gladiac:
Only new CM12 themes are supported due to internal changes of the theme engine. Please check if your themes are old or new ones.