AT&T tw Roms safe to flash ? - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

Just want a general consensus about flashing tw Rom and not losing imei? What's the chance and is it best to stick with those for now? And I think I have seen people post that they lost imei after just rooting ?
Thanks in advance
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The risk is low, but read up on it to reduce the chance of it happening. Most users are not affected, yet. Although the exact cause is as of now, unknown. So if your nervous, stay stock for now.
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I read everyday and hope that someone finds a fix . I just haven't been able to shake the fear because people who just rooted have even lost imei
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It almost seems like the luck of the draw. I originally rooted and installed CWM but reverted to stock out of fear of losing IMEI. Decided to rerooted, CWM, and flash WanamLite.
Great ROM..
But like I said, it seems like the luck of the draw. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and only flashing AT&T based roms.

I have made Rom, flashed Rom, odin, kies , and owner of many many devices and never once have had that happen wonder what's new? I wanna flash badly
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People have lost imeis also flashing tw Roms, to be honest I think the rom one flashes has no difference on the chance of losing imei, seems to me its like random, like winning a ****ty lottery with your phone. Hahaha
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Hi all i have a couple of question and rather put them all in one thread than opening a new one everytime... so here we go :
- i have a t999v which dev section is the good one for me ?
- Im loving my stock gs3 whit t999vvllh2 im rooted and do have clockworkmod but thing is im looking just for themes and not roms cant seem to find any ?
- is there any way to increase wifi signal ?
- my internet connection from my home routers sometimes drop out and its really annoying any known fixes yet ?
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shahkam said:
Hi all i have a couple of question and rather put them all in one thread than opening a new one everytime... so here we go :
- i have a t999v which dev section is the good one for me ?
- Im loving my stock gs3 whit t999vvllh2 im rooted and do have clockworkmod but thing is im looking just for themes and not roms cant seem to find any ?
- is there any way to increase wifi signal ?
- my internet connection from my home routers sometimes drop out and its really annoying any known fixes yet ?
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The one in this parent forums sub forum, try launchers like nova, apex, go, hold the phone differently or move your router or use 2.4ghz not 5g if that applies to you, I've heard wifi fixer helps.
psykhotic said:
The one in this parent forums sub forum, try launchers like nova, apex, go, hold the phone differently or move your router or use 2.4ghz not 5g if that applies to you, I've heard wifi fixer helps.
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Thanks for the answers however when i meant themes i meant more like statusbar changes and different toggles and such .. im gonna try wifi fixer and one more question :
Since i have a t999v will i need a rom specificly for t999v or i can use the t999 ones ?
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T999 roms should work. Just have a nandroid handy and don't flash any of the Tmobile modems.
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All the T-Mobile roms work on the T999v (I have a t999v on Wind). This includes AOSP roms, TouchWiz and the JellyBean leaks. Same goes for kernels. As mentioned before, just don't touch any radios/modems as they will not work.
DocHoliday77 said:
T999 roms should work. Just have a nandroid handy and don't flash any of the Tmobile modems.
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I hope so gonna try one later tonight just hope wont loose my epic battery life that i currently have :/ i can score easily 5h30 mins screen ontime
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shahkam said:
I hope so gonna try one later tonight just hope wont loose my epic battery life that i currently have :/ i can score easily 5h30 mins screen ontime
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Good battery life will be ROM dependent. The ICS roms based on touchwiz should have similar battery life. I also have decent battery life on the AOSP Jellybean roms. The Jellybean touchwiz leaks are a bit more touchy. Some users report lower battery life on some ROMs though it has been improving gradually
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Good battery life will be ROM dependent. The ICS roms based on touchwiz should have similar battery life. I also have decent battery life on the AOSP Jellybean roms. The Jellybean touchwiz leaks are a bit more touchy. Some users report lower battery life on some ROMs though it has been improving gradually
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Well thing is on my older device i used to flash tons of rom but always end up whit same battery but sometimes a bad flash caused my battery to drain faster...
Im really down to try a new rom but i want to make sure that roms that are posted for t999 tmo is compatible whit t999v from videotron...
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shahkam said:
Well thing is on my older device i used to flash tons of rom but always end up whit same battery but sometimes a bad flash caused my battery to drain faster...
Im really down to try a new rom but i want to make sure that roms that are posted for t999 tmo is compatible whit t999v from videotron...
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They are.. as multiple people have already said.
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Yeah just some roms wont work if i have t999vvllh2 right ?
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shahkam said:
Yeah just some roms wont work if i have t999vvllh2 right ?
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That's ypur baseband/modem. It will remain the same when you flash roms. No rom should affect the modem in any way (as far as flashing is concerned).
So yes you can freely flash roms. But do not flash any modems not intended for your model phone!
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DocHoliday77 said:
That's ypur baseband/modem. It will remain the same when you flash roms. No rom should affect the modem in any way (as far as flashing is concerned).
So yes you can freely flash roms. But do not flash any modems not intended for your model phone!
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Great i didnt know that ! I thought i could only flash roms if i have the same modem.. sorry for being soo nooby :$ this means if a rom has a different modem will i still get signal on first boot ? Or will i have to reflash the modem i had at first ?
Sorry once again for noob questions im not new here just new whit samsung :/
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shahkam said:
Great i didnt know that ! I thought i could only flash roms if i have the same modem.. sorry for being soo nooby :$ this means if a rom has a different modem will i still get signal on first boot ? Or will i have to reflash the modem i had at first ?
Sorry once again for noob questions im not new here just new whit samsung :/
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No you do not need to reflash your modem. They are independent of each other.
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joshnichols189 said:
No you do not need to reflash your modem. They are independent of each other.
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Exactly. They are on different partitions. When you flash a rom the baseband will remain the same.
The only time this matters is when you are flashing an ota patch. Then you must be full stock, modem and all.
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Thanks a whole lot guys i will be flashing my first custom rom today !! I want to try a jb/aosp but how is camera quality ?
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AOSP camera has less features than the touchwiz camera but it's not like you're physically changing the camera itself, so the quality should be the same.
This cm10 aosp rom is loaded whit win !
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Do i747 roms work on the t999?

I want to try miui from the i747 cuz the one for the t999 is buggy....
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The att (I747) MIUI is made by the same guy as the tmobile version.. So whatever problems you're having might be present in that build as well.. personally I've had no problems with it.. But also the newest att MIUI won't work for tmobile..
Other than that, I've seen others in here flash att stuff and be fine.. Just don't flash modems from any other version but your own. Some have said not to flash other versions kernels either.
I've personally flashed att roms and it turned out fine. Just.. Be careful with it..
On a side note, someone in the att forums has made an auto porting script, for making any rom (mostly between the us gs3's) compatible with your version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32555463
if you feel confident in that, you could try that as well
Hope that helped at least a little bit..
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Yes, they should work just fine.
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Read before you flash them as people are saying some do but wont wven boot. Like the miui.
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Can somebody post roms that they are running with their t999 from the i747 thanks.
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Ariel is a good one, And it's like one of the first roms you'll see in the att dev section..just go browse there and after reading those threads you'll quickly find out if it's safe for your device
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Anyone else skipping roms?

I decided no roms this time around. I want everything to work. I will likely root to get rid of some bloat. Anyone else?
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You're not alone. I was trying the same approach. So far I like what the note offers.
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same here, want to just enjoy the amseome phone
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I doubt i even root
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I agree, I'm only rooting to get my apps from titanium back, but other than that, I'm pretty sure I'll be happy with touchwiz JellyBean
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+1 same here!
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DaveANH said:
I decided no roms this time around. I want everything to work. I will likely root to get rid of some bloat. Anyone else?
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I will say that this is one of the ONLY phones that I ever thought about NOT romming but I doubt I will be able to hold back if something really good comes out...Hello, I am Justin, I am a flashaholic!
GOTTA have root access though... Can't have any company telling me what I HAVE to keep on my phone! :good:
My exact same thoughts. I only rooted to get rid of the bloat. Quick question though. ... im a little nervous... would I still be able to update if tmobile decides to push one even though im rooted?
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I hope not to also but when a new version of android comes out and no update from the carrier then flashing seems like the only option..
Cm10 with S pen functionality is that possible?
Should get rid of CarrierIQ at least =/
Paranoid is a must on this phone. Will likely wait until there is a stable release.
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washjayb said:
Paranoid is a must on this phone. Will likely wait until there is a stable release.
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Deff agree on that one. But alas, i will miss alot of the OG functions from touchwiz on this phone. Although with GN1, they found work arounds for it. Especially S Note.
My plan is to root as late as I can to avoid messing things up. I figure we won't see an update for a few weeks and by then all the bugs that come along with rooting a phone should be worked out. I really enjoy this phone and can, surprisingly, wait on rooting.
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jghidalgo307 said:
My exact same thoughts. I only rooted to get rid of the bloat. Quick question though. ... im a little nervous... would I still be able to update if tmobile decides to push one even though im rooted?
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I know when I rooted that if I go to check for a software update it says it won't do it on a modified device so I am pretty sure we won't get OTA's through the rooted devices but you can just wait for someone to post the updated OTA and flash that and your good to go!
Or do you still have stock recovery?
Only rooted for bloat and spyware removal and a nice kernel. But im only flashing stock TW based roms!
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The only way I will install a custom rom on the note 2 is if they come out with Android 4.1.2 , 4.2, or Key Lime Pie.
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I'll still get a custom ROM but only those based on stick for full s pen and camera usage. Can't give those up
shojus said:
I know when I rooted that if I go to check for a software update it says it won't do it on a modified device so I am pretty sure we won't get OTA's through the rooted devices but you can just wait for someone to post the updated OTA and flash that and your good to go!
Or do you still have stock recovery?
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I guess I'll do that.
Seriously I don't understand why would anyone want aosp roms on this baby when spen features and touchwiz is what makes this phone awesome. To each its own. I just dont want the term flashing hipster to give birth.
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I want to root but I want the functionality of ISIS.
So no rooting at this point
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Im either going to wait to root until after the ota for multi window function is sent out or ill root if a rom including it is released first.

Warranty

Hello ive asked this already. But who has a note 2 under warranty and rooted with a custom rom. I have a galaxy s2 rooted custom rom but idk why im scared on rooting this one -.-
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I have one and lost imei, but Tmobile is sending me an exchange. I agree it is scary rooting this device
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Wouldn't it be fine if you just unroot before going through warranty?
chavist said:
I have one and lost imei, but Tmobile is sending me an exchange. I agree it is scary rooting this device
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You just scared me more -_- lol
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mopandasauce said:
Wouldn't it be fine if you just unroot before going through warranty?
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But ive read that theres problems when doing that?
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Its not hard to root or unroot, although its normal to hesitate on potentially bricking anything as expensive as the GNII.
Just remember, you only have to unroot if you have to take the phone back. 70 bucks on an otterbox has me covered for the occasional slip. As far as flashing concerns, theres generally a way to unbrick everything but lets say the modem (which apparently already has a fix) or system is corrupt, the stock roms and triangle away app are available for flashing and reseting counters respectively.
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PhxDroid86 said:
Its not hard to root or unroot, although its normal to hesitate on potentially bricking anything as expensive as the GNII.
Just remember, you only have to unroot if you have to take the phone back. 70 bucks on an otterbox has me covered for the occasional slip. As far as flashing concerns, theres generally a way to unbrick everything but lets say the modem (which apparently already has a fix) or system is corrupt, the stock roms and triangle away app are available for flashing and reseting counters respectively.
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Yes I am hesitate by rooting >.> since I had never paid a lot for a phone like this >.> so your rooted? And with warranty? I think I did the latest ota that gave me multi-window.?
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I am rooted, used cf auto root and gained superSU... then installed CWM (had a chat with my in law and he said to give twarp a try, so decided to go with that (2.3.3.2), then saw Jedi X9 and flashed that... currently waiting for CM10.1 to stabilize so im also looking into the perseus and bullet kernals...
So far today with jedi x and saber_7 kernal my battery went down to 10% off an amazing 8h+ screentime
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PhxDroid86 said:
I am rooted, used cf auto root and gained superSU... then installed CWM (had a chat with my in law and he said to give twarp a try, so decided to go with that (2.3.3.2), then saw Jedi X9 and flashed that... currently waiting for CM10.1 to stabilize so im also looking into the perseus and bullet kernals...
So far today with jedi x and saber_7 kernal my battery went down to 10% off an amazing 8h+ screentime
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I want to root but scared of bricking it. Ive used twrp in the past and I like it a lot. And I want to try that jedi roms from ptmr. But I just hesitate when I start thinking I might brick it -__- and lose warranty -__-.
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I've never went through for warranty for a phone I bought outright but for the last company (virgin mobile) when I went for the warranty, I just unrooted the phone and locked the bootloader and it was fine. I don't think they would go all out to check if you rooted the phone. I forgot if they could check or not, but most of the time (IMHO) they wont. Unless they really don't want you to fulfill the warranty.
Well im willing to root lol stock is slow and it lags -_- and I hear some echo. When im on the phone.
Is this rootable?
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That's rootable. I just re-rooted after the update to LL4 two days ago.
I bought my phone in November, which means it's still under warranty - I've rooted and unrooted and rerooted the phone about 3 times now just to make sure I've got the process down and nothing weird happens to it.
The way I rooted that worked for me was to root using CF auto root through ODIN. Then to unroot, I ran Triangle Away, then unrooted through SuperSU full unroot, and for good measure, I ODIN'd the T-mo stock firmware back on the phone. At the end of that process, I was factory reset back to a clean phone with 0 flash counter and status was normal.
So now I'm rocking an unlocked, rooted, stock rom phone, and I love it.
Galaxysm said:
Hello ive asked this already. But who has a note 2 under warranty and rooted with a custom rom. I have a galaxy s2 rooted custom rom but idk why im scared on rooting this one -.-
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I've sent phone back that were still rooted. Nothing came of it,honestly it will be fine. Ask you have to do is Odin Beck the stock image if you ever do need to return your phone. Hers the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1969551
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Okay...I wanna try #2...but I dont see any CWM or can I just download it from play store. The twrp...I like that one more since I would use it on my s2.
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Option 2 doesn't load a custom recovery (CWM or TWRP). It just roots the phone, but you'll still have stock recovery. If you want a custom recovery, you'll need option 1.Or, flash the custom recovery separately after you do Option 2.
What about option num.3?
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Option 3 only works if you're not on baseband LL4. Once you've updated to LL4, the exynos exploit was closed, so if you're still stock uprooted by LL4, then you'll need to do option 2.
If you're still on valk8, then yeah, you can use option 3.
nmw407 said:
Option 3 only works if you're not on baseband LL4. Once you've updated to LL4, the exynos exploit was closed, so if you're still stock uprooted by LL4, then you'll need to do option 2.
If you're still on valk8, then yeah, you can use option 3.
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Yeah..im screwed I updated to LL4. Lol might give a try to opt.2 since in stock you cant have xda and more apps for multi-window -_-
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Option 2 is really simple to do and only takes a few minutes.
I wont have problems? Ive been reading and ppl are having problems. Like not having a imei and things like that...
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[Q] pacman rom signal issue

Is any one else having signal issues with this rom
Mine will not lock in just comes and goes
Baseband imei and all are there but signal will not lock in for more than a second
To clarify im talking about cell and data
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I've had bad signal experience with Probam&PAC, I flashed the XXDMG1 modem, returned to older modem but nothing worked
Now I'm back to 4.2.2 roms and the problem seems to have gone away, I couldn't find any solution when using those 4.3 roms and it got really frustrating
It is very frustrating since this is the place to go for help and all ignore you when you have a problem
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taz44410 said:
It is very frustrating since this is the place to go for help and all ignore you when you have a problem
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I assume you're using Android 4.3
I'm having a similar issue on CM10.2 with severe signal disruptions even though it shows up as connected. Apparently it's a problem that exists on the rom itself, so I'd advise going back to stock-based rom or try a different rom that doesn't have this issue.
Thanks I have went back to crash rom from backup
I hope they work that out love 4.3 from what I've seen of it
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taz44410 said:
Thanks I have went back to crash rom from backup
I hope they work that out love 4.3 from what I've seen of it
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I understand your frustration fully Bro. Finding the right community is key
Have you tried probam by Codexc found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2336271
[4.3][SEP-18] ProBAM v4.4.6 HUGEST [PA 3.99.1][Sound5.1][Smart-S][FireStable][PAC]
Been running it for a very long time and it's truly a platinum rom in every way...LATEST FEATURES/stable/best community IMHO. 4.3 is where it's happening and probam rom could be all you have been looking for
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I had tried it on i717 bit just had recently had interest in getting away from tw based roms as I have bee learning alot and still have alot to learn
My goal is to be able to port tw framework to aosp sometime in the future
I love aosp but always miss tx features when I make the move
Sounds great I will give it a shot in the am down loading now
Thanks for the suggestion
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