Well after a few hours of searching these forums I have learned allot. I am new to android I switched from a blackberry. Now as any eager new phone owner would do I jumped in and rooted my telus galaxy s2x the first day i had it without doing anywhere near enough research. I then had to leave home for work for a long time and decided that I should return my phone to bone stock and start fresh with all the things i had learned. I have scoured these forums and the internet looking for the stock telus rom and kernal. I found links to both but so far have been unable to download them. Dead links? i have odin and have read the guides but without the software i am stuck. So i decided to register and post. now i just hope that someone will take pitty on me and my undeniably mis guided android antics. my current phone info is:
Model number: SGH-T989D
Android version: 2.3.5
Baseband version: T989DTLKJ3
Kernel version: 2.6.35.11
Build number GINGERBREAD.TLKJ3
Now as far as i know I only rooted the phone trying to remove the telus junk and useing LBE privacy gaurd for permissions. No ROM or Kernel tweaking. I am currently running Avast security to but am haveing doubts as to its usefullness. Hope that someone can point me in the right direction and thanks for your time!
The thing with the security, is that its rather hard to have a virus on Linux due to the nature of the system.
Without Root access, there is no access to system files.
I do not run Avast, and have yet to run into issues. Just know what you are installing and what you are granting root access.
First of all, you don't need to go back to stock rom and re-root again if you are willing to use a custom rom. Because, rooting related files resides under specific to your /system and /data directory which are already replaced when you install a custom rom and do a factory reset.
Moroever, if you go back to stock by restoring an original nandroid backup you will most probably like to loose CWM recovery. You probably wouldn't want to double flash CWM if you are going to root your phone again.
What I can recommend you is,
1) After you backup your stuff, do a wipe data/factory reset from CWM. That will allow you start fresh
2) Then, based on what you want to do:
a) If you want to install a custom rom:
Look for the dev forum and choose whatever you want. I am currently using Raverx3x BLACKEDITION ICS and it is awesome.
b) If you want to stick with original rom with root access:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356739
Let me know if I couldn't answer your question.
Thanks
So i did find the stock rom and wiped all data and did a clockwork wipe as well rerooted the phone. So now i am bone stock. Again thank you for all the help. I am going to go with a custom ROM and from the reading i have done they all seem fairly good. Now I am just curious about custom ROM's and how well they work with lets say google play apps as well as some of the others you can get such as LBE. I dunno why but my phone when plugged into the comp wont start the auto play for usb storage and wont show up in the computer tab? weird. unless i run kies or start odin. then the auto play pops and i can see the usb. then windows tells me there is corrupt data on my external usb and if i scan it it closes all the usb stuff and seems to reset itself? i dunno i think that is a comp issue not so much phone. I guess my biggest issue is compatibilty with apps and custom ROM's and the like. Also if I flash a custom rom will that take care of the insane amount of telus and google crap. I dont really need most of what the phone came with but i am leary of deleting apps and system tools that are on the phone. I dunno totally new to android and in quite over my head. more reading i do more questions i have haha.
Idk if that was a phone app thing...
But for future, can you break up those huge paragraphs? Its hard to absorb all that information.
Anyways, I've never had an issue with computer connectivity... Might want to reboot the computer? That's a start at least
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I will again suggest ravers rc8 ics rom. I havent seen any issues other than missing wifi calling. No bloatware at all. Rare FCs...
Btw I amnot sure 989-d is also supported by that rom, but worth trying definitely
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I am a telus user with the same device... As other user suggested ravers rc8 ics rom... I am using this rom and love this rom.. Works awesome... other than wifi calling and wifi hotspot..
mauserruger said:
I am a telus user with the same device... As other user suggested ravers rc8 ics rom... I am using this rom and love this rom.. Works awesome... other than wifi calling and wifi hotspot..
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What modem are you using ? the original T989D's is KJ8 I think... ?
I was using it also but only up to RC6 until I switched to Darkside.. it has a t989 kernel but unfortunately required an ICS modem. After I flashed the Tmobile modem, I realized that I no longer have 4g. Its a price I am willing to pay for now.
EDIT: Turns out the modem is fine - only a bug in the ROM that does not display the 4G icon.
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What modem are you using ? the original T989D's is KJ8 I think... ?
I was using it also but only up to RC6 until I switched to Darkside.. it has a t989 kernel but unfortunately required an ICS modem. After I flashed the Tmobile modem, I realized that I no longer have 4g. Its a price I am willing to pay for now.
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Sorry way late on the reply was away with work... I am currently using the 4g blaze modem as I was having data drop with the KJ8
Rapalax said:
What modem are you using ? the original T989D's is KJ8 I think... ?
I was using it also but only up to RC6 until I switched to Darkside.. it has a t989 kernel but unfortunately required an ICS modem. After I flashed the Tmobile modem, I realized that I no longer have 4g. Its a price I am willing to pay for now.
EDIT: Turns out the modem is fine - only a bug in the ROM that does not display the 4G icon.
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I currently have the basic stock ROM unlocked on Koodo so I'd prefer to have a stable wireless signal especially with the tethering hot spot... I think my phone has the KJ3 but you guys have KJ8 modem?
Model number: SGH-T989D
Android version: 2.3.5
Baseband version: T989DTLKJ3
Kernel version: 2.6.35.11
Build number GINGERBREAD.TLKJ3
(pure stock?)
How is the GPS in the Ravers ICS ROM? I basically need a functional GPS and mobile access point (tethering) to work amongst something stable while not being crippled.
I have flashed my old Captivate to the Cognition 4.1 ROM but am definitely a noob to my new SGS2 T989D which is quite a pleasant upgrade
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I want to update my phone through Samsung Kies from GB to the official ICS update. If I do it this way, all of my data & apps should stay on the phone, which I want. My phone currently has:
ClockworkMod Recovery
Rooted
Bullet Kernel
Stock ROM
Android V 2.3.5
baseband- T989UVKL1
I know from before that updating the phone requires it to be stock, so my question is, what do I need to do in order to be able to update to ICS through Kies and can I do it w/o losing my apps & data in the process.
Thanks!
wrestlerkid said:
I want to update my phone through Samsung Kies from GB to the official ICS update. If I do it this way, all of my data & apps should stay on the phone, which I want. My phone currently has:
ClockworkMod Recovery
Rooted
Bullet Kernel
Stock ROM
Android V 2.3.5
baseband- T989UVKL1
I know from before that updating the phone requires it to be stock, so my question is, what do I need to do in order to be able to update to ICS through Kies and can I do it w/o losing my apps & data in the process.
Thanks!
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It should work fine through Kies although I'm not sure if the kernel might cause a conflict, I would doubt it though if you are still on a stock rom. I did mine rooted from GB stock and the latest radio update, also had CWM.. Maybe others have input..
VoiD_Dweller said:
It should work fine through Kies although I'm not sure if the kernel might cause a conflict, I would doubt it though if you are still on a stock rom. I did mine rooted from GB stock and the latest radio update, also had CWM.. Maybe others have input..
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I tried through Kies and it said that my phone could not be upgraded. It gives me the message "Your device does not support software upgrading via Kies" ...I went back, flashed the stock kernel and tried again with no luck. :/
..I think i'm going to stick with GB for now anyway though bc I've heard nothing but bad reviews about the official ICS release. I love the way it looks & I had darkside evo2 for a little bit back a while ago and it was super fast but I went back to GB bc I need the fully functionality of my phone and GPS wasn't working
I went from DEICS to Juggernaut GB and havn't looked back. Its In the RM app.
Most say its the best ROM out there and I wouldn't doubt it.
Plus 1.8ghz! BAM!
so i'm just about ready to root my phone and i noticed that there is a random chance of losing data or losing service when rooting the phone or flashing different ROMs?
i've seen a few threads that explain how to restore data, where you have to inject your IMEI or APN? fix radio?
examples:
IMEI injected, stuck on Edge
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1860012
LTE/4g gone on all custom ROMS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1853615
[FIX/TOOL] Backup/Restore/Fix IMEI Data Restore Tool Updated - Updated 9/04/2012!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
i've never seen stuff like this with all of my past phones (see sig). basically, my questions are, what can i do to avoid this from happening? and besides this, what other issues can arise from flashing ROMs? (i'm the type of user that likes to flash one ROM and be done with it- no further setup/customization until that ROM specifically receives an update)
This site explains very well all the info you should need and this is the link I used to root my phone - http://rootgalaxys3iii.com/root-at-t-galaxy-s3/
in my experience of rooting it is just to get a admin access to your phone to change things around, its getting a higher user and the risk for losing information isn't high. There is always a risk but in my experience it is low.
When you start flashing and installing third party roms is when you will lose everything and have to have a backup cause your basically reinstalling the OS just like you would on a laptop and everything gets wiped.
Its_Dave said:
This site explains very well all the info you should need and this is the link I used to root my phone - http://rootgalaxys3iii.com/root-at-t-galaxy-s3/
in my experience of rooting it is just to get a admin access to your phone to change things around, its getting a higher user and the risk for losing information isn't high. There is always a risk but in my experience it is low.
When you start flashing and installing third party roms is when you will lose everything and have to have a backup cause your basically reinstalling the OS just like you would on a laptop and everything gets wiped.
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The fun part after rooting is flashing ROMs, unfortunately the risk of losing your IMEI is when you start flashing, but IMO if you stick with ICS, or Touchwiz ROMs and you flashed the correct CWM you should be ok.
I've attached the ODIN and the CWM that I've used and so far so good.
cue_32 said:
The fun part after rooting is flashing ROMs, unfortunately the risk of losing your IMEI is when you start flashing, but IMO if you stick with ICS, or Touchwiz ROMs and you flashed the correct CWM you should be ok.
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thank you for the info. so it's really flashing JellyBean ROMs where this issue comes up? and/or having a 'bad/weird/incompatible' version of ClockworkMod?
i wanted to start flashing JellyBean on my Galaxy S3. i loved the JellyBean experience when i had my rooted VZW Galaxy Nexus.
I use TWRP instead of CWM and I've flashed a ton of ROMs. Most JB AOKP builds from task as well as a bunch of ICS TW ROMs and I've never lost my IMEI, but I also have a backup of my IMEI just in case.
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mrhomiec said:
thank you for the info. so it's really flashing JellyBean ROMs where this issue comes up? and/or having a 'bad/weird/incompatible' version of ClockworkMod?
i wanted to start flashing JellyBean on my Galaxy S3. i loved the JellyBean experience when i had my rooted VZW Galaxy Nexus.
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I flashed the JellyBean port off the TMob leak made by Smartguy. Its good enough as a daily driver, that can be your option if you want the Touchwiz kind. Otherwise, AOSP is your Galaxy Nexus alternative. (CM10)
I have a galaxy s3 from sprint which I rooted many months ago and is currently running android 4.04, It is constantly asking me to update however every time I do it always fails. I've looked around the forums and from what I learned I believe that the only way to update is to unroot and update or to install a rom with jelly bean. I experimented with a few roms including CM10, AOKP and liquid smooth but all of these had problems with sending text messages where long messages would not send or even short messages were split into multiple messages. So unless anyone knows a fix to this I prefer to stick to the stock rom for now at least.
That being said I would like to update my phone to jelly bean. Does anyone know a way for me to do this? If unrooting is the only way does anyone know how I can unroot my phone? All of the post I've ran into are either old(don't trust really old post as methods tend to change as time pases) or don't give enough information aside from "install original firmware". If anyone could help that would be greatly appreciated. I have a mac computer so any methods that could be used with a mac would make things easier. Otherwise I could always run windows with bootcamp so not a big problem.
If it helps I rooted my phone using Odin and currently have CWM, its a sprint galaxy s3 running 4.04
Liquid smooth doesn't have that problem anymore
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luigid92 said:
I have a galaxy s3 from sprint which I rooted many months ago and is currently running android 4.04, It is constantly asking me to update however every time I do it always fails. I've looked around the forums and from what I learned I believe that the only way to update is to unroot and update or to install a rom with jelly bean. I experimented with a few roms including CM10, AOKP and liquid smooth but all of these had problems with sending text messages where long messages would not send or even short messages were split into multiple messages. So unless anyone knows a fix to this I prefer to stick to the stock rom for now at least.
That being said I would like to update my phone to jelly bean. Does anyone know a way for me to do this? If unrooting is the only way does anyone know how I can unroot my phone? All of the post I've ran into are either old(don't trust really old post as methods tend to change as time pases) or don't give enough information aside from "install original firmware". If anyone could help that would be greatly appreciated. I have a mac computer so any methods that could be used with a mac would make things easier. Otherwise I could always run windows with bootcamp so not a big problem.
If it helps I rooted my phone using Odin and currently have CWM, its a sprint galaxy s3 running 4.04
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In order to OTA update the phone you need to be on a stock rom with all the stock apps installed and have a the stock recovery installed. (not CWM).
You could try to just reflash the stock recovery (which is what I did.) You could also just flash the current stock rom in Odin, which may or may not cause you to lose data. Dig around for all the roms and the stock recovery in the development forum.
Two things:
1. Please search. This has been asked (insert large number here) times
2. Head over to freezas thread and flash the MB1 firmware update. Then find a rom that is updated to either MA4 and up (including MB1) and flash it. I would recommended The Peoples ROM or MOAR (Mother of All Roms) if you wanna stay on a nice stock rooted rom
But thats it and you're done. Fully updated to JB
CNexus said:
Two things:
1. Please search. This has been asked (insert large number here) times
2. Head over to freezas thread and flash the MB1 firmware update. Then find a rom that is updated to either MA4 and up (including MB1) and flash it. I would recommended The Peoples ROM or MOAR (Mother of All Roms) if you wanna stay on a nice stock rooted rom
But thats it and you're done. Fully updated to JB
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You don't even need to flash all the firmware, could just flash a rooted deodexed or odexed mb1 rom and modem if you like, but it's not necessary.
☆SoA: Son's of Android™☆
I like to break stuff!
For no valid reasons AT&T Galaxy S3 stock ROM I747UCDLK3 has been nowhere to be found for download.
Both links from Sammobile and Samsung-updates only says "This file is either removed due to copyright claim or is deleted by the uploader"
There must be something fishy goin on right here, they don't even released the full stock of recent UCDMG2 update. This is the first time I heard somebody filed copyright infringement of those stock firmware? Why the heck it's only the UCDLK3 and not all other older stock versions like LEM and LG1. So watch out AT&T subscribers!
Its still up in the development forum if needed.
It can still be flashed from the official KIES software.
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Its still up in the development forum if needed.
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jack man said:
It can still be flashed from the official KIES software.
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I think the thing is not that can't find file, but that he noticed that specific file is target for ©/unloaded.
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DroidAngel said:
For no valid reasons AT&T Galaxy S3 stock ROM I747UCDLK3 has been nowhere to be found for download.
Both links from Sammobile and Samsung-updates only says "This file is either removed due to copyright claim or is deleted by the uploader"
There must be something fishy goin on right here, they don't even released the full stock of recent UCDMG2 update. This is the first time I heard somebody filed copyright infringement of those stock firmware? Why the heck it's only the UCDLK3 and not all other older stock versions like LEM and LG1. So watch out AT&T subscribers!
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4.1.1 and earlier can be easily unlocked thru dialpad... calculator then dial pad for tablets like tab 2. Can't think of a more money hungry reason. AT&T... Rethink Enslavement
Lt1streconbn said:
4.1.1 and earlier can be easily unlocked thru dialpad... calculator then dial pad for tablets like tab 2. Can't think of a more money hungry reason. AT&T... Rethink Enslavement
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I think it's more because of the boot loader update... Just to avoid idiots bricking their phones flashing software with odin. It was removed for avoidance of disaster...
Maybe
DexedrineXR said:
I think it's more because of the boot loader update... Just to avoid idiots bricking their phones flashing software with odin. It was removed for avoidance of disaster...
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But why take down the stock firmware? I just needed it to fix auro rotation in one of my kids s3. I found it with help from an op anyway and it did the trick. I just remember 4.1.1 and earlier were simple to unlock. 4.1.2 done away with that method. 4.1.2 is still available for download also. I elieve 4.0.4 is too though, so my theory has some holes in it if it is. Whats tough is finding US stock firmware for sgh-i497. I flashed umama1 or umama2 and lost my wifi for a day. Found 1 rom finally and fixed it with 4.0.4. Need to find or make a JB rom for it after it gets repaired y Samsung. LCD went bad Gotta update N S3 to kk soon also... I never like flashing a new bootloader and knox bugs me 8n the new version.
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I think it's more because of the boot loader update... Just to avoid idiots bricking their phones flashing software with odin. It was removed for avoidance of disaster...
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You were right about the bootloader, but wrong with the reason. Its identical to the S4 bootloader aside from the S4 having a critical value of '1' in this code somewhere... Thing us though, that the LK3 bootloader could remain intact and signed, therefore flashed and accepted by the S4 as an update... That us IF it turns out to be truly identical lol. I got a lotta code to read over. Caffeine time.
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I am VERY new to all of this. I had a Windows 640, which I hated. And got this S3, I love everything except the os. (Previous device Sprint S4 w/lollipop). Anyway, I have the 4.1.1 os. Its rooted to Metro (was AT&T). But I want to upgrade the os to slimkat 9.0. I just don't have a clue what I need or how to do it. And can it be done w/o pc? As a note (included r screenshots). I have supersu, it has a feature to "full root", do I want to mess with that? If so, what are the benefits. I don't want to brick this and want to learn how. Maybe someday try to unlock sim on Sprint S4 ( has knox)!
Anyone who can help with the right info will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Tried to upload sshots but couldn't. Here's the info
SGH-I747. ROOTED
AND VER: 4.1.1
BASEBAND: UCDLK3
TWRP (BASIC) RECOVERY
DRIVER NAME d2att
ROM INSTALLER APP Changelog 1.2.6.2
GOO MANAGER
SUPERSU V2.46
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mcrue69 said:
I am VERY new to all of this. I had a Windows 640, which I hated. And got this S3, I love everything except the os. (Previous device Sprint S4 w/lollipop). Anyway, I have the 4.1.1 os. Its rooted to Metro (was AT&T). But I want to upgrade the os to slimkat 9.0. I just don't have a clue what I need or how to do it. And can it be done w/o pc? As a note (included r screenshots). I have supersu, it has a feature to "full root", do I want to mess with that? If so, what are the benefits. I don't want to brick this and want to learn how. Maybe someday try to unlock sim on Sprint S4 ( has knox)!
Anyone who can help with the right info will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Tried to upload sshots but couldn't. Here's the info
SGH-I747. ROOTED
AND VER: 4.1.1
BASEBAND: UCDLK3
TWRP (BASIC) RECOVERY
DRIVER NAME d2att
ROM INSTALLER APP Changelog 1.2.6.2
GOO MANAGER
SUPERSU V2.46
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Before doing anything else, I would recommend doing the free sim (carrier) unlock while you are still on 4.1.1. This will give you more options in the future. The method can be found in these forums.
If you were on AT&T I would say there is a chance you could take OTA updates to get to a bootloader that would work with SlimKat 9.0. I don't imagine you can do this.
Just noticed you have TWRP. Which version do you have? you will need a fairly new version to flash SlimKat 9.0 and a newer bootloader and modem, check HERE for both .tar and .img files.
You will probably be able to run slimKat from the MJB bootloader and modem (from the 4.3 rom). You could even do so with the MJ2 bootloader and modem, but you would need a custom kernel such as ktoonsez to do so. If MJB does not work well for you NE4 definitely would, it is from the 4.4.2 release.
Thank you for your response. After posting, I did a root check and found that the phone had only been partially rooted. I downloaded the apk root master. From there I had already downloaded the slimkat 7.0, I was mildly impressed, and now desperate as this is my only working device. Plus, I was terrified I was about to brick it. Anyway, I found LiquidSmooth KitKat os. 4.4.4, downloaded it plus gapps. Everything seems great! Still don't get the connectivity Metro shows for my area, but no bad. But I do have an issue with the front camera. When you take a pic, the phone reboots. The gapps came with Google camera. Tried the camera 360...exact same issue. Not that big a deal. I know have far more flexibility with my service provider in the settings.
So, thanks again for the info. I still have a SCH-720T I wanna do a sim unlock. Between Sprint,Knox and lollipop. Everything I've read says I've got my work cut out !
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mcrue69 said:
Thank you for your response. After posting, I did a root check and found that the phone had only been partially rooted. I downloaded the apk root master. From there I had already downloaded the slimkat 7.0, I was mildly impressed, and now desperate as this is my only working device. Plus, I was terrified I was about to brick it. Anyway, I found LiquidSmooth KitKat os. 4.4.4, downloaded it plus gapps. Everything seems great! Still don't get the connectivity Metro shows for my area, but no bad. But I do have an issue with the front camera. When you take a pic, the phone reboots. The gapps came with Google camera. Tried the camera 360...exact same issue. Not that big a deal. I know have far more flexibility with my service provider in the settings.
So, thanks again for the info. I still have a SCH-720T I wanna do a sim unlock. Between Sprint,Knox and lollipop. Everything I've read says I've got my work cut out !
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I have seen reports that Open Camera solves some of the camera issues on AOSP/CM roms.
I am beginning to have some problems with liquid smooth. I would still like the slimkat 9.0. I have twrp v 2.8.0.1, and recently downloaded the tar and img. I believe the modem I have is 4.1, I'm not sure as I just downloaded the liquid smooth KitKat 4.4.4. I'm still new to ALL of this. So I don't know how to get the most appropriate bootloader or kernal you mentioned. Is the slimkat 9.0 better? My connection really sucks now and so does batt life. SOS!!!!
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SOS!!!, Need help with bootloader and modem
mcrue69 said:
I am beginning to have some problems with liquid smooth. I would still like the slimkat 9.0. I have twrp v 2.8.0.1, and recently downloaded the tar and img. I believe the modem I have is 4.1, I'm not sure as I just downloaded the liquid smooth KitKat 4.4.4. I'm still new to ALL of this. So I don't know how to get the most appropriate bootloader or kernal you mentioned. Is the slimkat 9.0 better? My connection really sucks now and so does batt life. SOS!!!!
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. i recently installed the liquidsmooth 3.1 kitkat 4.4.4, but my baseband is DLK3. i have terrible connectivity issuses as you can imagine. here is the info i have and please i need help asap as this is my only working device. Its a SGH-I747, Liquidsmooth kk 4.4.4, v 3.1, baseband UCDLK3, kernal 3.4.91-deathly-1.7, TWRP v2.8.0.1. i tried to flash MJB but recieved a message "failed to recognize signature" Please help ObiWan, you're my only hope!
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. i recently installed the liquidsmooth 3.1 kitkat 4.4.4, but my baseband is DLK3. i have terrible connectivity issuses as you can imagine. here is the info i have and please i need help asap as this is my only working device. Its a SGH-I747, Liquidsmooth kk 4.4.4, v 3.1, baseband UCDLK3, kernal 3.4.91-deathly-1.7, TWRP v2.8.0.1. i tried to flash MJB but recieved a message "failed to recognize signature" Please help ObiWan, you're my only hope!
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Are you having phone connectivity issues or data connectivity issues? If it is phone connection you may need a newer modem.
Before changing modems, have you checked that your APN settings are correct? You may need to verify this with Metro.
Since you said you tried to install the MJB modem but received an error, I guess we need to try to eliminate that problem. Did you try to install only the modem or both modem and bootloader? I would recommend installing the MJB baseband (=Modem) and bootloader together. Once you get past MJB version you must keep the bootloader and baseband matched, so we may as well start that practice now. Is it possible you had a bad download of MJB? Re-downloading may solve the problem.
Do not skip MJB and go to NE4 or NJ1, both newer versions of the modem and bootloader. All I have read indicates that you should update in order without skipping or risk bricking the device.
Your version of TWRP is recent enough that it should work with the files you need. (TWRP is now up to 2.8.7.0 for the d2att.)
I have data issues. I've located 2 sources to download the modem/bootloader you mentioned. The first is out of Quebec and has a bad signature. My device also skips md5 , not sure about the issue there. And the other source has too much red tape before I can get to the down load. I have the correct network settings. But I should have excellent 4g. I don't and I believe there is a conflict with the baseband/modem and the 4.4.4 liquidsmooth os.
And thanks a ton for all the help you have given!
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Should I undo the changes? And start over building from the original 4.1.1? If so, how would I undo these? Then just link me the the appropriate thread to do this correctly. Again, you have been a great asset. Thank you.
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mcrue69 said:
I have data issues. I've located 2 sources to download the modem/bootloader you mentioned. The first is out of Quebec and has a bad signature. My device also skips md5 , not sure about the issue there. And the other source has too much red tape before I can get to the down load. I have the correct network settings. But I should have excellent 4g. I don't and I believe there is a conflict with the baseband/modem and the 4.4.4 liquidsmooth os.
And thanks a ton for all the help you have given!
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Should I undo the changes? And start over building from the original 4.1.1? If so, how would I undo these? Then just link me the the appropriate thread to do this correctly. Again, you have been a great asset. Thank you.
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Frequently data issues are a matter of bad APN settings. Have you checked to see if yours are correct?
This thread by enewman17 discusses upgrading modem and bootloader starting at DLK3. He has links to bootloader and modem files. There should be no issues with signed files.
I have the SGH-I747
AND VER. :4.4.4
BASEBAND: MJ2
KERN #: 3.4.101 BMS-ASOP-G9528580
LS-KK-v3.1
BUILD: liquid_d2lte-userbug4.4.4KTU84P
8e3288b41test-keys
TWRP: 2.8.0.1
I have no WiFi, loses signal constantly, no front camera (shuts phone off when taking pictures )
Will not take MJ2 to NEW zip
And how do I UPGRADE TWRP?
Please someone help fix my issues. Connectivity was great at first, wasn't aware of WiFi issue till today. Front camera I can live without but if I can fix with the other issues, that would be great. The connection is stronger but drops like a rock, sometimes have to reboot phone.
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mcrue69 said:
I have the SGH-I747
AND VER. :4.4.4
BASEBAND: MJ2
KERN #: 3.4.101 BMS-ASOP-G9528580
LS-KK-v3.1
BUILD: liquid_d2lte-userbug4.4.4KTU84P
8e3288b41test-keys
TWRP: 2.8.0.1
I have no WiFi, loses signal constantly, no front camera (shuts phone off when taking pictures )
Will not take MJ2 to NEW zip
And how do I UPGRADE TWRP?
Please someone help fix my issues. Connectivity was great at first, wasn't aware of WiFi issue till today. Front camera I can live without but if I can fix with the other issues, that would be great. The connection is stronger but drops like a rock, sometimes have to reboot phone.
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That has information that may be the key to solving your issues.
I am extrapolating from much reading about people using the MJB, android 4.3, bootloader and modem on KitKat ROMs. The ROMs I read about were TouchWiz based, but the info may still apply. (MJ2 was the leaked release of MJB. The only difference I recall is that MJ2 did not include KNOX, and you can downgrade from it.)
People were having issues running the KK roms from both the MJ2 and MJB bootloader and modem while using the kernel that came with the custom TouchWiz ROMs. Their issues were solved by changing to one of two specific kernels. ibuddler developed one of the kernels, links to it can be found in the OP of LikeWise ROM. The other kernel was by ktoonsez, I don't have a link to his thread. You can not use a kernel for a TouchWiz ROM with an AOSP based ROM. Fortunately ktoonsez also has a kernel for AOSP roms.
Full disclosure, earlier Kitkat ROMs ran fine on MJ2 and MJB, it was later builds that needed either updated firmware or the custom kernels.
I found the kt747 zip and tried v3&v4 of ibuddler. Tried to reboot and each would not boot( over 10 min). But I was able to find this ad so far(fingers crossed) it seems to work just fine. I does switch from 4g to 3 when it is at idle.
3.4.101 leankernel-aosp_kitkat-9.9-+
lk_s3aosp_kitkat-v9.9.zip
I'm still trying it out,but so far so good. I'm still having issues getting an update for twrp. Speaking of updates. Liquidsmooth updated this morning. It updated the kernel and it was way wrong for my os.
Thank you so much for your patience with me in this journey into something I had no clue of. I still would like to update my bootloader and modem to NE4. But I want to wait before I screw something up. Do some more research as I am unable to use odin.
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I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but I just wanted to make absolutely sure I'm ready before I flash, so I don't brick my phone. I have been reading the forums for a few days now. I have an S3 (i747M) with Fido. I'm not totally sure which ROM to go with. From what I understand so far, I'm thinking StockMOD or Dandroid. I want a fairly minimalistic OS, latest version (4.3 vs 4.4?), so I can play the occasion game on it and get good idle battery life. I believe I have rooted my stock rom and I have disabled some of the bloat through the "Application Management" option under settings. Any advice on flashing? I have spent many years building, modding and generally tinkering with windows pcs but I haven't done anything with phones, android or linux. Any advice? Obviously do the backup of my current phone with the app mentioned on the related ROM installation page. I assume I can restore my phone back to this stock ROM is the new one fails? After the backup, do a full phone wipe and default restore. Then hook the phone to my PC via USB and use the related program to flash the phone? Thank you for any and all replies in advance. :good:
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I'm sure this has been asked many times before, but I just wanted to make absolutely sure I'm ready before I flash, so I don't brick my phone. I have been reading the forums for a few days now. I have an S3 (i747M) with Fido. I'm not totally sure which ROM to go with. From what I understand so far, I'm thinking StockMOD or Dandroid. I want a fairly minimalistic OS, latest version (4.3 vs 4.4?), so I can play the occasion game on it and get good idle battery life. I believe I have rooted my stock rom and I have disabled some of the bloat through the "Application Management" option under settings. Any advice on flashing? I have spent many years building, modding and generally tinkering with windows pcs but I haven't done anything with phones, android or linux. Any advice? Obviously do the backup of my current phone with the app mentioned on the related ROM installation page. I assume I can restore my phone back to this stock ROM is the new one fails? After the backup, do a full phone wipe and default restore. Then hook the phone to my PC via USB and use the related program to flash the phone? Thank you for any and all replies in advance. :good:
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in my opinion or anyone will say that 4.3 is the most stable right now, and 4.4 is only available for CM based roms.....Samsung Touchwiz will always be the last to update their devices to 4.4 while custom roms AOKP, SLIM BEAM, PAC ROM, BEAN STALK, CM, PARANOID, ETC they will always have nightlies on latest the Android version but will take sometime for stable roms to be released
1st before you think of flashing please research and know what you're getting into
2nd read all the info. ROOT your i747m with cf-auto root (i recommend it cuz its the simplest, easiest, safest way to root)
3rd install custom recovery there are two that i know of but am confident and comfortable with clockworkmod recovery....u can try TWRP
4th yu can either wish to stay stock touchwiz, 2types of stock
-one that comes from samsung all bloated and no tweaks and
-the one that is taken by devs debloated, modded, customized, xposed mod, minimalistic, faster and better.
--OR you can go completely Android vanilla stock, which has nothing but the normal google staff (ITS LIKE A NEXUS DEVICE from Google) you dont have any bloatware, or features/addons just plain stock
5th Once yu know the basic, the universe is yours, with Android comes endless customization and possibilities just like Microsoft Windows, Linux, ubuntu or even OSX
6th wish to become a DEV its your choice, wish to modify, play with the filesystem its your choice but without knowledge of what you're doing bricking is easy as just deleting a file yu think its not important
7th help the rest with android as you do with PC
PS am learning to code now but one thing at a time so am starting with Web design, plan to learn some computer languages, hacking, etc computer science :laugh: maybe yu can help me out
everything you need to know about what i said or root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839
Thanks for the reply. It's been a while since I originally posted this. I decided to hold off on a custom ROM at that time but I find myself back again, still wanting to customize my phone (especially now that my contract is about to expire). I figure that if I do brick my phone beyond repair, I'll just get another phone anyways so not so worried about it now.
Anyways, one concern I have about flashing a custom ROM on my S3 is can I go backwards in Android versions? I can confirm that I am running the stock (Rogers / Fido) Android 4.4.2 which I believe is Kitkat? I am very interested in going either StockMOD or Dandroid, which as far as I can tell are 4.3 Jellybean? Can I do that?
Yes, you can run a 4.3 rom on your phone as long as you do not try to downgrade the bootloader.
You can go back to completely stock Rogers by using Odin to flash as stock kk rom from sammobile.com.
audit13 said:
Yes, you can run a 4.3 rom on your phone as long as you do not try to downgrade the bootloader.
You can go back to completely stock Rogers by using Odin to flash as stock kk rom from sammobile.com.
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Thanks for the reply. Regarding the bootloader, the versions of Android I'm looking to install say they need the 4.3 bootloader. How can I check which bootloader I am running on my phone?
If you're phone is running stock Rogers kit kit, you have a kit kat bootloader which you can't downgrade.
If the rom needs a 4.3 bootloader and since you have a newer bootloader, you can probably load the rom.
Kwijybow said:
I'm not totally sure which ROM to go with.
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Using the most recent build of the most popular ROM has it's advantages.
cm-12.1-20150807-NIGHTLY-d2att.zip
fast, light, stable, secure, supported