yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiliyo:
i think so. mine was like 238 after tax. it runs super fast and fluid. feels durable, no ugly skin, decent camera, water resistant, swappable back plates, microsd support, good compact size, loud speaker, impressive battery.

there isn't much that really matches it in real world usage for the price.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xancow:
This SGH-I747 (I think it is for AT&T, but I'm in Canada so I'm not sure) updated OTA from 4.3 to 4.4.2 (I think), and rebooted OK. Next, I let it update KNOX, and on the next reboot it went into a reboot loop. Now I'm trying to fix that. I can't get into recovery mode (it shows the blue "RECOVERY BOOTING..." text at the top of the screen, but reboots before reaching the recovery menu), but I can get it into download mode. Neither Kies or ADB recognize the device when it is plugged in my Windows 7 machine, but Odin can connect and flash firmware to it. This is my first try fixing a bricked phone.

I've tried flashing a few different versions of stock images from sammobile, but most fail within a few seconds of starting the process with Odin (1.85, 3.9, or 3.10) with 'Fail (Auth)' in Odin's messages. I guess that is KNOX blocking downgrades to anything under 4.4.2 or 4.3. I can get all the way through the flashing process with I747MVLUFOB1_I747MOYCFOB1_I747MVLUFOB1_HOME.tar.md5 (Bell 4.4.2 for SGH-I747M) however the phone is still stuck in a reboot loop afterwards. Odin's output from that is:

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

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> I747MVLUFOB1_I747MOYCFOB1_I747MVLUFOB1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/003> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003> sbl2.mbn

<ID:0/003> sbl3.mbn

<ID:0/003> rpm.mbn

<ID:0/003> tz.mbn

<ID:0/003> boot.img

<ID:0/003> recovery.img

<ID:0/003> system.img.ext4

<ID:0/003> cache.img.ext4

<ID:0/003> NON-HLOS.bin

<ID:0/003> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/003> RES OK !!

<ID:0/003> Removed!!

<ID:0/003> Remain Port .... 0

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

Right now, the top left of the phone's 'Downloading...' screen says:

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I747M

CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL

SYSTEM STATUS: OFFICIAL

QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE

Warranty Bit: 1

BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 2

The sticker behind the battery says the phone is an SGH-I747 (not a SGH-I747M). I think I should be looking for a AT&T 4.4.2 ROM, but I haven't found one yet (just the Canadian carrier versions, or OTA upgrade packages that look too small to be useful). I don't have a SD card to use. What should I try next to get this phone working again? There's no important data on this phone to lose, and I don't mind using non-official software if I have to. I don't know much about boot loaders or custom recovery mods yet.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Do not try to flash i747m bootloader to an i747 as this would probably brick your phone.

There is no stock ATT 4.4.2 ROM as AT&T never made it available. 4.4.2 was only available as an OTA update.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xancow:
> Do not try to flash i747m bootloader to an i747 as this would probably brick your phone.

Too late! Did it before I even posted here :D The fun part is to figure out what I can do next. I can still get to the download screen. I've tried flashing it with an AT&T 4.1.1 ROM (I747UCDLK3_I747ATTDLK3_I747UCDLK3_HOME.tar.md5), but Odin fails like this:

<ID:0/004> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/004> aboot.mbn

<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/004> FAIL! (Auth)

<ID:0/004>

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

From what I'm reading, it is a bit more work to downgrade from 4.3 (even I hadn't flashed the I747 with I747M firmware) because KNOX locks the bootloader somehow. I'm guessing that putting a new bootloader on the phone is a step in the right direction towards getting the stock 4.1.1 firmware running. I found this thread, but I'm not sure if it is what I need: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2321310
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
If the phone does not say i747m on the label in the battery compartment, the phone is an AT&T version of the s3. I have 3 s3 phones is various states of disrepair and they all say i747m.

You flashed a 4.4.2 i747m ROM, including bootloader and modem, onto the i747. You cannot flash any bootloader that is older than the one you installed. It is not knox that is blocking the bootloader downgrade.

Knox has nothing to go with locking the bootloader as all bootloaders on the i747 and i747m have never been locked. Using apps that "unlock" the bootloader will probably brick the phone, as will flashing an internation s3 ROM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xancow:
Thanks for helping me confirm it is the AT&T version. Since there is no official AT&T 4.4.2 (or newer) firmware, restoring the phone using any sort of official Samsung firmware must not be an option. Do you think using a newer 3rd party ROM is an option? I see this list of ROMs with Android 4.4.4 and 5.x (http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-att#romList), but I wonder if I can install any of them over what's on the phone right now (Bell 4.4.2). I don't think I have anything to lose by trying these out, unless there is something more reliable I should try first.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
The phone may not be booting because the file ROM, boot, and modem paritions on an i747 maybe different from an i747m.

You could flash a custom recovery (CWM, Philz Touch, or TWRP) to the phone and use that to install a custom ROM. If the ROM boots, that would be a start. If the ROM can start and you can get a signal to make a call and surf via cellular networks and wifi, that would be great.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Enewman17 has a thread with stock 4.4.2 for the i747, he built it from image dumps. I believe there is an option to revert to stock recovery if needed.

---------- Post added at 11:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:02 PM ----------

This is the thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2788357
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xancow:
> The phone may not be booting because the file ROM, boot, and modem paritions on an i747 maybe different from an i747m.

Is this something that a PIT file can help with? I found one called sgh-i747-16gb.pit at d-h.st/x9S that I could try running with Odin.

I rooted the phone with CF-Auto-Root (CF-Auto-Root-d2att-d2uc-samsungsghi747.zip from autoroot.chainfire.eu) via Odin, and flashed it with CWM 6.0.4.7 (CWMS3ATTrecovery.tar galaxys3root.com/cwmtwrp-recovery/) with Odin as well. Now I can get into CWM Recovery! That's progress. I could not get into stock recovery earlier. I'll try more tomorrow.

I'll be very happy if I can get this device running and connecting to Wi Fi. Cellular is not important right now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Since the phone has a custom recovery, are you able to flash the latest cm11 to the phone and have it boot properly?

The pit file may not help without a stock rom that can be flashed in Odin but I am not sure about this as I have no experience with cross-flashed bootloaders or modems.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xancow:
Yeah, this must look pretty weird. I bought a SD card and I'm deciding what to try next. I know the bootloader version is I747MVLUFOB1. I downloaded some Cyanogen builds for the I747 and I'm looking in their `updater-script` files to see if any will install over what I have.

cm-11-20140210-SNAPSHOT-M3-d2att is looking for certain boot loaders and won't install on a device with I747MVLUFOB1.

Then there are the newer unified builds:

cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-d2lte isn't picky about boot loaders. It just checks ro.product.device and ro.build.product is acceptable (d2att in my case), so that could work.

cm-11-20150426-NIGHTLY-d2lte isn't picky about boot loaders. It just checks ro.product.device and ro.build.product is acceptable (d2att in my case), so that could work.

I'll try cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-d2lte, then cm-11-20150426-NIGHTLY-d2lte if M12 doesn't work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xancow:
I tried installing cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-d2lte and cm-11-20150426-NIGHTLY-d2lte from a .zip file on the SD card (16GB class 10). I wiped the phone's caches first. Neither resulted in the phone booting successfully. After rebooting from CWM, the Samsung logo appears, and then the screen goes back to black. I wait a few minutes, and then pull the battery when it doesn't look like there is any activity.

I can still access CWM which is promising. I'm going to look into riskier stuff like dawgdoc's suggestion, or trying to install a I747 boot loader unless people have other suggestions.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
how about trying a different recovery as [MENTION=4673498]audit13[/MENTION] suggested earlier. if i'm not mistaken cwm development stopped long ago.

good luck.

"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xancow:
Thanks for the reminder! I skipped over Philz Touch and installed TWRP (twrp.me/devices/samsunggalaxys3att.html) with Odin 3.10.6. TWRP looks like it hasn't been updated in 3 years (github.com/TeamWin/device_samsung_d2att) but it was able to flash cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-d2lte. This time I can boot into CyanogenMOD, use WiFi and both cameras. ADB recognizes the device. Big success! The funny part is the phone still thinks its model number is SGH-I747M in Settings > About Phone.

Next step is installing the Google apps, and then curiosity will drive me to try out other versions of Cyanogen or other operating systems.

Thanks for the help audit13 & mrrocketdog! Hopefully I've left a good trail of info for anyone else who screws their phone up line this.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mrrocketdog:
good to here. all credit to [MENTION=4673498]audit13[/MENTION].:good:

"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xancow:
A pleasant surprise (I swear, this wasn't the goal) - I put a Fido sim card into the phone and it could make and receive calls, and use data. I didn't try texting.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Does everything now work? Your phone is still recognized as an i747m?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xancow:
Everything I've tried so far works. No stability issues browsing the net over WiFi which is what it will mostly be used for. The OS thinks the model number is SGH-I747M. Baseband version is from the Bell 4.4.2 ROM I flashed to it. The Kernel and Build # are from CyanogenMOD.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] audit13:
Well, this is certainly interesting because it appears that cross-flashing will turn an i747 into an i747m which makes recovering from a bad flash much easier.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tr0pecs:
Okay so I was trying to install cwm and because I'm stupid I forgot to s-off... So anyway I flashed it using rashrs and when I turned it back on it started bootlooping. I tried the usual volume down+ power but too no avail. when I connect it to my pc it shows the charging icon. I tried the tradition method with sp flash tol, but it didnt urn on whilst connected to the pc but without battery. please help me. If its unfixable, can HTC fix it ? (yes I know my warranty is voided anyways).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK0087:
You could try this:

http://xdaforums.com/android/help/tuto-how-to-unbrick-htc-desire-310-dual-t3057203
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] eva_d:
We've been waiting quite a long time for this moment, and finally it's here. :) All of you who already flashed official WM6 ROM into their Hermeses - please post your thoughts about it, how does it look like (screenshots are welcome), is it stable, does it lack some of the features, etc. For example: does it have VoIP on board? Is dialer and comm mgr 'old-style', or maybe 'touch-style'?

I hope that this topic could help us to decide whether to go for flashing official WM6, or maybe our chefs ROMs. Personally, I'm a little bit confused, if I should flash official, or Black Majik, or maybe wait for freshly cooked ROMs..? Thanks for all your input in advance.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chunkymonkey:
My plan is to take this new ROM and do my first stripped-down Hermes ROM (used to do it on Blue Angel but not Hermes so far) for speed and simplicity.

If I work out how to add in any updated drivers our cooks here have fiund I will but at a later date once I've got the procedure down.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] lynxxx:
definitely wait for freshly cooked ROMs
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] joecruz:
A2DP

Basically, i'd like to know how the a2dp is on this ROM. I use a2dp a lot since my phone is also my mp3 player. So does this rom have updated/latest a2dp driver? or is it no different than the other official roms when it comes to a2dp? So far Sleuth's latest has been the one with the best a2dp but if this rom comes with new/updated/latest a2dp drivers then it should be better right? user opinions please
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] amuroray:
Dialer Screen SUCK... looks the same as old wm5 one, Office does not include onenote Splash suck. everything else at the moment ok.. i think i start using it for just few hours..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] edward-riko:
Wm6 Official

Pleas See The Screen Shotes
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] edward-riko:
Wm6 Official

Screen Shots
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] danik:
Doesn't look like it.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] edward-riko:
Scree Shotes
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] edward-riko:
More Screen Shotes
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] stesa:
one hours later the first boot it seem a good ROM

so good to be quikly coocked :D
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] consul:
What version is Voice Commander?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] toxicated101:
Its Cyberon Version 2.0 Build 705142
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] consul:
@toxicated101

Cool, should be big improvement over 1.1 version then

What version is Midlet Manager?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] caferoom:
Installed

Xbutton1.51

Live built1400

Mapking 10 (SD card)

CE-star R2C

Kaiser home plugin & comm manager

Disable Security Warning

NO hang and run smoothly
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] toxicated101:
Midlet Manager

Runtime MIDP 2.0 : v10.1.7.575 (Build 20070403)

I'm a little disappointed that voip is nowhere to be seen.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mlalahoi:
Caferoom, does that rom come with CE-Star or did you install it? Does it seem stable when you use the pinyin input from hardware keyboard? I have yet to fid a ROM that wasn't totally wrecked by installing CE-Star...THANKS!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ctohang:
I install the Tradition chinese one with HTC X-button 1.51, but i got some problem,. When I end the program by X-button, I got the "shell" error and reset, after uninstall it works well, anyone have same problem?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ctohang:
But it work fine with X-button 1.5, no any problem this moment.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] keithung:
I m just wondering how much memory it takes?

Do this new rom take up more memory than wm5?

thx
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] uglybee:
do u have problem adding exception program to the list in x-button 1.5
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] ctohang:
I'm not test it yet, and May i know How to add the exception program, I tap in the exception program area, but there no any response!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] eva_d:
OK, since jasjamming had troubles with releasing stable Black Satin release, I've given an official upgrade a go yesterday evening. My first impressions:

- generally works pretty stable and is a little bit snappier than my previous ROM (Sleuth's fix on lastest LVSW), however I've encountered a few glitches already, one of those ended up with SR (while changing settings for Tasks today plugin - to be specific) :(

- indeed, there is no VoIP, but installing MajikVOIP.cab from www.4winmobile.com forum made it work great

- there was that ugly Cyberon Voice Commander installed by default, but fortunately it could be uninstalled easily and replaced with Cyberon Voice Dialler from cab file

- I've installed 'touch-style' Comm Manager, dialer and also 5-tab Home plugin - all working great, with no problems at all

- seems like Bluetooth works stable with headset in my car FINALLY :)

- I thought it was a bug in previous ROM, but here's the same: little amber light still is NOT flashing after missed call - does anyone else experience it?

Overall, so far so good. :) I think I'll stick with that ROM and patiently wait for Kaiser, unless one of the chefs would come up with some new, groundbreaking release. ;)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] chrisjasper:
Personally I'm just going to wait a few days for Jasjammings fixed Satin.

I'm in no rush.......

:cool:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] nbedford:
So far for me the official dopod WM6 ROM with the 6 button HTC Home plugin, plus kaiser comm-manager and 2g dialer is working very good
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] eva_d:
6-button Home plugin?? Wow, where did you get that? :-o
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] froos:
One of the things that annoy me alot in my current ROM LVSW/Elf's release is that my TomTom 6 navi is so terribly slow. If I compare it to how it runs on the Wizzard of a friend of mine, where it updates the screen almost every half-a-second, mine does every 5 seconds. This is extremely irritating when you are in a large city with alot of turns and small streets i.e. Amsterdam. because TomTom is constantly catching up with you instead of leading you.

Does anyone run TomTom 6 on the new ROM and experiencing the above or is it (finally) running smoothly?

Cheers,
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] robt2379:
Which car kit are you using? This is whats important to me, I have a Parrot CK3300 nad it hasnt worked properly with any of the cooked WM6 roms.

Cheers
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] edward-riko:
official rom

this rom is fast and stable the best i tried till now

edward
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] eva_d:
I'm just using a BT earpiece, and it's quite old Siemens HHB-600.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] basilrsa:
HTC Hermes WM6 expectations

Just my 5c worth!

I feel that we cannot expect much more from HTC, as they have now supplied a basic version of WM6 as an upgrade.

One of the reasons they have done this was to resolve outstanding issues with the WM5 platform. I have a email from HTC Europe confirming this.

Remember the Hermes is now nearly outdated and they are obviously putting their efforts into the Kaizer and other new releases.

Therfore they would not want to create competition from an "old" model.

Any further enhancements are going to to have to come from our own development, based on their latest releases for other products.

In other words if you want all the bells and whistles in an OEM ROM, you will have to buy the device with the features you need.

I still feel that the way forward for Hermes fans is to rely on our cooks to provide hybrids that suit our needs.

Unfortunately the Hermes has speed limitations on HSDPA and to enjoy the move by Network Providers to 3.6mb and greater it will be necessary to upgrade -THATS THE COST OF PROGRESS.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] zomig:
Installed this rom yesterday and took it straight off purely for the reason that once again it changed the device ID so i cannot use my TomTom Traffic Subscription. This is the only thing that is stopping me using this. Tomtom are useless so wont change it, cant change it on the site either as it states once every 6 months when trying to reset it.

As of yet i have not seen anyway to get any of the newer roms to keep the same device id so now back to Faria's Super Clean Rom. Which is a shame.

just my thoughts which maybe useful to others.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] simjo:
I don't post a great deal but couldn't miss the opportunity to contribute.

I have been using this official WM6 for almost 24 hours. I have NOT used any of the pre-official cooked WM6 cooked ROMs other than the HTC RTM.

I have the following installed (all installed on micro-sd):

Agile Messenger

Flexwallet

Pocket Informant

Pocket Music

TCPMP

TomTom 6

Resco Picture Viewer

Resco Explorer

and a few other odds and ends.

I have sync'd between home machine (Vista) and business laptop (XP).

So after 24 hours, I don't remember having to do one reset (RTM required several per day due to Sleep of Death).

I do not believe that there is any lag since adding the above software.

By comparison to the RTM, the official WM6 is definitately quicker and alot faster than the WM5 roms used before the WM6 RTM.

I do not like the presentation of this ROM the .tsk and dialler are awful.

All the software is working without errors so I am really pleased.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Saxie:
Where to download WM6 official from?

Hi :-)

I've logged in to my HTC profile and don't find a download for WM6 for Hermes (TyTN). Where do I get it? Thanks guys.

W
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] simple:
Upgraded 12 hours ago, it seems ok, but then LVSW wa allright as well!

X-button 1.51 gave trouble, used 1.5 instead. VC 1.6 working fine but not tested with unknown callers yet.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] eva_d:
What kind of trouble by X-Button 1.51 do you mean?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] eva_d:
I have one little addition - after an upgrade in-call volume is incredibly loud! I usually had maximum volume setting, which was just fine, but after upgrade I need to set in-call volume all the way down to get roughly same effect. Ah, and I did NOT upgrade Radio ROM. I believe that's quite good thing, especially when talking on the street. Did you guys notice same thing?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] Ronnymes:
I like this ROM, verry fast and stable no freesups... Big Up !!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] simple:
I posted it in another thread, the issue is when u close all running programs X-button seems to kill itself, then if u start anything then close it by pressing x; it resets the device. This did not happen with LVSW release.

Anyway, there are two new releases from HTC; I guess they will be out soon.

All in all, my main concern is freezing and missing calls. which seems ok, to date!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] rockrichard:
TT6

I use Black Majic Rom + 5 button HTC Home + new dialer & CommMgr.

Basically, Tom Tom 6 flies like wind. TT6 in my p100 is a lot slower.

Cheers,

Richard