hey guys so my sister bought the Samsung Galaxy S3 T999 (T-Mobile one) and she is using it in canada with the wind network .. the phone is nice but that blaotware is an noying (the wifi hotspot doesnt work ...) the wifi calling and ect ... now i do have some android experiance cause i own the G Nexus and its so simple to flash roms on here now what worries me is the samsung flash coutn and ect .. if soemone doesnt mind can you tell me which rom would be best, stock-like maybe performance increased? better batt life? clean, stock, slim, no bloat? ive downloaded the tool kit, id take the time to read but i want to set it up for her tmr and i have other stuff i have to do so if someone wouldnt mind taking the time pointing me in the right direction or writing me a mini-guide thanks!
First of all before you start going crazy, you can disable almost all of the bloat by going to Application manager. Unless your sister hates Touchwiz I'd leave it as stock. On the other hand if you're certain you want to flash a rom, there is an app to reset the flash counter called triangle away. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
Development has all of the links in stickies.
She can use a launcher if she doesn't like Touchwiz.
Personally, I would not do this for her - not to be mean, but because if she can't do it and doesn't understand the risks and responsibilities of having a rooted phone, she could get into more trouble than just having bloatware.
If she wants to root, show her a guide. Answer questions. Help her find resources. But the worst thing you can do is to do everything for her. That's great if you just want to make a quick $25 from a random idiot friend/coworker - but unless you hate your sister, I'd focus on teaching her, not doing everything for her.
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well actually she doesnt know anything about phones, but i want to remove it for her because shes used my galaxy nexus before, she like touchwiz i just want to remove all the bloatware D: coz i.e. mobile hotspot doesnt work i thought maybe some developers would have fixed a kernel for better battery life (something to do with data my freind has told me) other then turning on and off she wont be using root other then me flashing a custom rom on her phone
ed116 said:
well actually she doesnt know anything about phones, but i want to remove it for her because shes used my galaxy nexus before, she like touchwiz i just want to remove all the bloatware D: coz i.e. mobile hotspot doesnt work i thought maybe some developers would have fixed a kernel for better battery life (something to do with data my freind has told me) other then turning on and off she wont be using root other then me flashing a custom rom on her phone
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If you haven't found it yet, go to Application manager swipe over to the right until you get to all, and click on and then disable anything that looks like bloat.
You can also use titanium backup or rom toolbox to freeze bloat apps. But I wouldn't root and flash rom for her because she can break her phone if she would start going in places she shouldn't. Explain her the dangers of rooting and flashing, show her what she can do and what not with rooted phone. Explain which apps should be granted su permissions and which not. Teach her basics of advanced Android phone use and if she decides to go with it then flash rom and maybe we will have new member to xda family
As to the rom, if she decides to go with it, I recommend FrostyJB. But don't rush with flashing it, my own sister almost broke my rooted sgs vibrant when she was using it because she had no idea what she was doing. So teach her first then flash for her
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You guys are a bit exaggerating, I installed a rom on my sisters g2x and all she has to do is not mess with super user app. Someone who doesn't know about rooting wouldn't install a rooting app meaning won't have to mess with apps that gives you permissions. It's a big responsibility but not so much if someone is planning to stay on one rom forever. Heck I even showed her how to get into recovery and clear cache, fix permissions keep in mind she's far from being android literate. So as long as he explains the Basics she will be fine.
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Also first step before you root backup NV these phones tend to lose their emei rather randomly. Before you flash anything backup the stock rom in case something goes wrong you can always go back to that one
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You guys are a bit exaggerating, I installed a rom on my sisters g2x and all she has to do is not mess with super user app. Someone who doesn't know about rooting wouldn't install a rooting app meaning won't have to mess with apps that gives you permissions. It's a big responsibility but not so much if someone is planning to stay on one rom forever. Heck I even showed her how to get into recovery and clear cache, fix permissions keep in mind she's far from being android literate. So as long as he explains the Basics she will be fine.
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Also first step before you root backup NV these phones tend to lose their emei rather randomly. Before you flash anything backup the stock rom in case something goes wrong you can always go back to that one
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Yeah that's what I said. Just basics, so when something like permission pop-up will show to her, she will know what's that about and what to do.
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It's IMEI, or International Mobile Equipment Identity. I'm only correcting you because I've seen you make this mistake quite a few times. I know, I'm being incredibly anal. Sorry.
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Yeah that's what I said. Just basics, so when something like permission pop-up will show to her, she will know what's that about and what to do.
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Yeah pretty much and it shouldn't come up often people tend to forget you can always put to remember your choice by checking it.
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It's IMEI, or International Mobile Equipment Identity. I'm only correcting you because I've seen you make this mistake quite a few times. I know, I'm being incredibly anal. Sorry.
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It's cool I figured I might be spelling it wrong but too lazy to try and go check in my phone lol
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So which ROM Would you guys best suggest - something that is stock like - yet slim no added crapware, that is snappy and a bit customizable? the customization is not as important (maybe a lil)
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Hey xda i'm new to the Samsung Galaxy S3 but not new to rooting/flashing roms.I'm coming from the Galaxy nexus and prior to that the GS2.I have a few concerns and need some advice..Is rooting completely safe? I've been reading up on people losing there imei's after flashing roms and also about the flash counter..I've never had to worry about that those before I seen there's fixes but i'm still a little skeptical...I cant afford to hard brick this gs3 I still have the Gnex which i will hold onto but my primary is the T999..Any advice would be appreciated thanks in advance..
Read and read is the best advice I can give you. There's ways to backup the IMEI in the dev section, and there is a way to root & flash w/o tripping flash counter.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771687
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
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Read and read is the best advice I can give you. There's ways to backup the IMEI in the dev section, and there is a way to root & flash w/o tripping flash counter.
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i've been reading but im holding back from jumping the gun,I wanna understand a 100 percent first..I spent the whole weekend reading but im still confused about the Imei's stuff,it seems complicated..I know not to flash any roms for the other variant gs3 unless it states for t999.
I rooted and flashed my phone within the hour of getting it... anything that you have read is old news and/or user error. Follow guides and you'll be fine, I've flashed well over 50 times (nandroids, kernels, modem/radio and roms) switched recovery through terminal, all without issue at all.
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i've been reading but im holding back from jumping the gun,I wanna understand a 100 percent first..I spent the whole weekend reading but im still confused about the Imei's stuff,it seems complicated..I know not to flash any roms for the other variant gs3 unless it states for t999.
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Its safe to flash now. After rooting with Odin, just do a backup of your IMEI. These have been random, I personally have been flashing at least every other day with no problems.
If I remember correctly you don't even have to be rooted to back up your IMEI. So you can do that first if you are paranoid about it.
Also just to be safe use TWPR instead of CWM recovery. Many people reccomend it and I actually like it more!
Either way though, i say don't let what is a relatively small risk keep you from the joy that is rooting and flashing!!
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If ya have issues backing up your imei.. i hope this helps this is what i used
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQkUozRhGvw&feature=youtu.be
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If ya have issues backing up your imei.. i hope this helps this is what i used
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQkUozRhGvw&feature=youtu.be
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btw.. the guy that has made this video hes made a few on youtube his name is moonfire711... FOLLOW him he knows his shizz.. thank him btw.. hope this helps
Welcome. Root, then flash the trinity kernel for some juicy overclocking, then install Google wallet. And for heaven's sake don't use touchwiz mmmkay?
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Welcome. Root, then flash the trinity kernel for some juicy overclocking, then install Google wallet. And for heaven's sake don't use touchwiz mmmkay?
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That was the plan i cant stand TW especially coming from a pure android phone....Im familiar with Trinity Kernels i've used them on the gnex they're awesome.I'm gonna root as soon as I get home,I already ordered a zagg screen protector and ringke slim case i know protection is minimum but im more worried about scratches since i rarely drop my phone.Thanks for all the advice seems like we have great support for this device both from the devs and the users...
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That was the plan i cant stand TW especially coming from a pure android phone....Im familiar with Trinity Kernels i've used them on the gnex they're awesome.I'm gonna root as soon as I get home,I already ordered a zagg screen protector and ringke slim case i know protection is minimum but im more worried about scratches since i rarely drop my phone.Thanks for all the advice seems like we have great support for this device both from the devs and the users...
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Hey man whats up i also had the gnex now the wife has it running aokp and trinity the gs3 is awesome i would first before anything back your imei up there is a way without root. Then after that throw twrp on there it also mounts and uses ext sdcard. I would back stock rom up. I would recommend freegs3 and trinity kernel especially with spice (colors) you know what i am talking about : p i feel that the stock rom with all its features kicks ass. So i use that and cm10 but find myself coming back to freegs3 it has all stock features theres an ics theme i use which is awesome and in freegs3 op. Also on top of that there is a working google now where everything works including voice. So everything just works killer theme . Google now and trinity.....its a win win. Oh also running nova launcher...edit if u do trip flash counter by using a different root method use Triangle away...its by chainfire and worked for me i had one on the counter now it is back to 0 or no flashes...anyways no worries dude just read up and be careful. Also if u are going to listen anyone else listen to mt3g very knowledgeable guy. Good dude
What does the flash counter do. Does it just void your warranty. I had the htc amaze before my gs3 and a g2x before that and I never even heard of flash counter before now.
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What does the flash counter do. Does it just void your warranty. I had the htc amaze before my gs3 and a g2x before that and I never even heard of flash counter before now.
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Google it for a better answer but yes that's kinda what it does, it tracks how many times you've flashed something through recovery.
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tgamble160 said:
What does the flash counter do. Does it just void your warranty. I had the htc amaze before my gs3 and a g2x before that and I never even heard of flash counter before now.
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Yes if u go to do a return or warranty exchange i think mainly samsung checks for warranty exchanges or if they have to fix something on your device. But now if u just grab triangle away from market it will erase the counter back to stock....which is awesome . Happy flashing
Edit...if u flash something through recovery you are fine it only ticks the counter if u flash an image through odin.
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Hey man whats up i also had the gnex now the wife has it running aokp and trinity the gs3 is awesome i would first before anything back your imei up there is a way without root. Then after that throw twrp on there it also mounts and uses ext sdcard. I would back stock rom up. I would recommend freegs3 and trinity kernel especially with spice (colors) you know what i am talking about : p i feel that the stock rom with all its features kicks ass. So i use that and cm10 but find myself coming back to freegs3 it has all stock features theres an ics theme i use which is awesome and in freegs3 op. Also on top of that there is a working google now where everything works including voice. So everything just works killer theme . Google now and trinity.....its a win win. Oh also running nova launcher...edit if u do trip flash counter by using a different root method use Triangle away...its by chainfire and worked for me i had one on the counter now it is back to 0 or no flashes...anyways no worries dude just read up and be careful. Also if u are going to listen anyone else listen to mt3g very knowledgeable guy. Good dude
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Awesome thanks for the great advice,stock rom features with nova launcher seems like a good idea..Does anyone know if WhiteHawk will be doing the Juggernaut rom or he's gonna stick to aokp..I was a huge fan of Juggernaut on the GS2.
Just wondering.....that is all. I don't have the knowledge or the "need to" to root my phone does everything I want it to, so I never rooted.
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I rooted my s2 as soon as I got last year. I've run many roms. My favorite was Juggs 5.0. When ICS officially came out, I Odin to stock ICS. I rooted it so I could add my 15 toggle panel back on. There are a few apps I had that required root. I'm eager to get some JellyBean on it though. I did flash the google now and google ears. Those are pretty cool.
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Just wondering.....that is all. I don't have the knowledge or the "need to" to root my phone does everything I want it to, so I never rooted.
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Same here, still running stock ICS. If Jellybean is as smooth as they say and we get an official release, I may not ever root. At least not any time soon ...
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I'm pretty sure we're all rooted. Why would anyone come to xda? And what good is xda to a non rooted phone? Just sayen'
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^This.
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I'm pretty sure we're all rooted. Why would anyone come to xda? And what good is xda to a non rooted phone? Just sayen'
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I come here, even though I am on the stock ROM on my current phone, to keep up with custom development for my phone. Even though I may not choose to load any of the ROMs or other mods provided here, it is still an excellent learning and news resource.
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I come here, even though I am on the stock ROM on my current phone, to keep up with custom development for my phone. Even though I may not choose to load any of the ROMs or other mods provided here, it is still an excellent learning and news resource.
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That's like going to culinary school then never stepping foot in a kitchen.......
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droptopMP said:
Just wondering.....that is all. I don't have the knowledge or the "need to" to root my phone does everything I want it to, so I never rooted.
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What's unrooted mean?
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That's like going to culinary school then never stepping foot in a kitchen.......
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Haha good analogy. Also if didn't want to root and tinker, I'd probably own a iPhone. But to each their own.
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Haha good analogy. Also if didn't want to root and tinker, I'd probably own a iPhone. But to each their own.
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A jailbroken ifone is still gay. I'll rock a stock android over that crap.
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I come here, even though I am on the stock ROM on my current phone, to keep up with custom development for my phone. Even though I may not choose to load any of the ROMs or other mods provided here, it is still an excellent learning and news resource.
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Let's not knock this guy's choice to not root. At least he's here, following development and learning. How many "HELPPPP MY PHONE IS BRICKED!!!!!" threads have you seen? I'd say this guy wouldn't be one of those people if he tried to.
As for the OP I'm glad you had the sense to realize that without the know how, there's no point in risking it.
I rooted on day one, but to each his own
(Edit to clean up the wording. I'm high lol)
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I come here, even though I am on the stock ROM on my current phone, to keep up with custom development for my phone. Even though I may not choose to load any of the ROMs or other mods provided here, it is still an excellent learning and news resource.
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Same here. My last phone (LG P500), which has now gone to my wife, is rooted and I like to stay tuned to developments for it as well. I expect that I'll root once I get 4.1 for my T989D (assuming it comes), then see what custom ROMs can offer beyond that. I've been reading these forums for over a month now to learn the procedures and of potential pitfalls so I don't wreck my phone when the time comes.
This phone is quite a step up from the P500, so I'm pretty happy without root for the time being.
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A jailbroken ifone is still gay. I'll rock a stock android over that crap.
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I'm guessing by this statement, that you are a young teenager. I am an Android user and have been for quite a while. I honestly prefer to live my life and not have to tweak a phone's core OS for it to work right. It should work correctly right out of the box. Having to reset my phone several times a day or deal with bloatware is not fun. The nature of Android OS to begin with requires de-bloat/hacking.
Anyway like I said this is coming from a SGS2 user and former iPhone user as well. Only reason I don't go back is iPhones are still physically small for my liking. That and I'm on contract with T-Mobile and live in a building with poor reception (need WiFi calling)
Bought the phone ... rooted it in less than an hour xD. But, after browsing through some roms, I am in stock now just because everything works. However, I do run some rooted apps that come in handy at times.
Battery
I wanted something close to stock, so I went infamous 3.0 and it's just as stable, but the battery life is so much better than stock ICS. Would never go back.
I think its insane to deal with bloatware. Its androids biggest flaw. And theaon reason I root.
Flash Jedi jelly. I promise you won't regret. ( you will lose WiFi calling tho)
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Just wondering.....that is all. I don't have the knowledge or the "need to" to root my phone does everything I want it to, so I never rooted.
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Rooting is essential to both experience android and master it
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So I've been using this thing for a few days and all I can say is wow. I've never gone a day without rooting and flashing a Rom on any android device I've ever owned. I can't believe how smooth and amazing this thing is out of the box. Battery life is unbelievable. Ok so I wanted to ask is that even a point of flashing a Rom on right now? What are you guys currently running and had your battery life remained as good or is it worse/better?
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Bunch of folks will tell you yes,
Me, as a seasoned Android user (4th phone) will say "not me".
I just can't see the point, at this point.
Maybe root for the sake of a rooted installation of Avast Anti Theft.
Maybe root and recovery to flash an OC kernel.
Personally I'm good just as I am.
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Well with rooting u can install an international rom that has the multi window feature. Also the perseus kernel has the exploit fix and u can also di a hack for google wallet to work.
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hysteresis said:
Bunch of folks will tell you yes,
Me, as a seasoned Android user (4th phone) will say "not me".
I just can't see the point, at this point.
Maybe root for the sake of a rooted installation of Avast Anti Theft.
Maybe root and recovery to flash an OC kernel.
Personally I'm good just as I am.
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What's the deal with avast anti theft and root?
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Personally, I don't feel the need to really make any modifications to the software on my Note II - it works well enough out of the box that I will more than likely leave it stock and unrooted. Battery life is amazing thus far, moderate usage today and barely put a so much as a dent in it (which is a big difference over my S III, which I could run down in a matter of a few hours depending on what I was doing).
I myself thought I was going to have an issue with touchwiz due to coming from various HTC devices as well as a few vanilla android handsets. However, this device has been amazing. I did root it as I have a few apps that need said access but as far as a custom rom, no need.
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I've had my Note about 6 weeks now. This is the first time I've came to the Note2 forum. This device is nearly perfect, for me, out of the box. I haven't found anything, yet, to make me want to root. :thumbup:
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I did to get multi window and use titanium backup. I tried clean rom jedi and jelly thunder which im on now. All three worked great without issues. I like jelly thunder now because of the skin it runs is nice on the eyes. S-pen note taking is the main reason I have the note 2 so all these 3 roms retain full usage. Im on AT&T and have not noticed any change in battery life between the 3 roms and stock...
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What's the deal with avast anti theft and root?
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With a rooted installation, GPS can be turned on remotely via sms or web portal for device location and you can protect the installation itself even in the event of a full wipe. Kinda. Just an extra layer of protection.
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Typically ill root a device to
flash a version of Android that isn't currently offered directly by the OEM, or simply to overclock a slower device. I'm ecstatic over this device as it is - stock.
I don't need root or some half-baked ROM with bugs.
If it doesn't improve my "user experience" then I don't want it.
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I love flashing new roms but honestly this is the first time I have been hesitant because of how good a device runs out of the box. I can't wait till we get a 4.2 update
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My 4th android phone as well and I agree with OP, the phone is unbelievable and is the first phone where I felt, "should I even bother rooting?". I only rooted it for the option to freeze system apps, use my backup from TiBu, and change my font (I hate stock font..), Multiwindow is a nice feature but not a necessity. I do like having a lot less system apps though.
i agree ...this phone is very smooth ...i did a no flash count root with no custom recovery... only so that i could have google wallet!!!!
if i didnt want wallet so bad i would not have rooted!!
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My 4th android phone as well and I agree with OP, the phone is unbelievable and is the first phone where I felt, "should I even bother rooting?". I only rooted it for the option to freeze system apps, use my backup from TiBu, and change my font (I hate stock font..), Multiwindow is a nice feature but not a necessity. I do like having a lot less system apps though.
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You do know you don't have to root to change your font, right?
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Had to root and flash. Just doesn't feel right not doing so. Running Jedi romantic with the Asylum kernel and it's awesome. Have noticed extra batterydrain with the oover clock and this thing is smooth as butter
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I have been the biggest aosp advocates since day 1....now I dont care about cm or aokp. Lol!! I just miss my sliding toggles and weather panel from aokp
what are we gonna do now?? I'm starting to feel like a normal phone user without flashing and rooting and kernels lol I would just do it but this thing is literally perfect as is
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Are source & kernel even out for this ROM?
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I've had mine for about a week now, coming from IOS then to the S3. I'm very impressed with it so far. I rooted mine the day after I got it and have three ROMs on it. I'm using CLEANROM 3.3 at the moment.
I unboxed mine and rooted immediately. Multi viewing is the bomb! I can watch YouTube and navigate at the same time in a split window. You gotta have it...root em baby!
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OK so I rooted all my previous phones with no issues, just wondering running stock this phone is pretty fast don't know how much "faster" it can get. I know all the features rooting can bring like removing annoying bloatware, carrier iq, build props etcc. What else could you do with these roms? With stock I already could do a lot of the stuff I couldn't do with previous phones running stock. I know overclocking, undervolting anything else I missed that these roms provide apart from asthetic looks?
I guess I just wanted the opinion from people rooted to see if you get that "night & day" difference effect that you get when you root
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If it wasn't for removing bloat and carrierIQ i would be satisfied with stock. BUT AOSP/AOKP is my main reason and 4.2. The TouchJizz ROMs aren't my thing overall. But i think stock out of the box is great, i have plenty of friends with the S3 that wont let me tough their phone cause they are so happy with it stock.
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There are way too many junkwares phone provider put on the stock TW. Even pure TW contains Samsung's junkwares. Rooting will allow you to remove or freeze those junkwares which makes the phone performs even better with better batt life. You can also install a firewall such as DroidWall to block internet access from apps. Block ads with AdAway. Block apps from autorun themselves when certain event occurs such as power is plugged in. There are endless helpful things you can do with a rooted phone.
I'd suggest reading more about rooting, flashing, custom recovery and see what you're missing without root.
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Yes rooting is really worth it.
People that I work with have note 2 and s3 and my s3 is much faster and snappier then all of theirs.
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If it wasn't for removing bloat and carrierIQ i would be satisfied with stock. BUT AOSP/AOKP is my main reason and 4.2. The TouchJizz ROMs aren't my thing overall. But i think stock out of the box is great, i have plenty of friends with the S3 that wont let me tough their phone cause they are so happy with it stock.
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Yeah this is one of the few phones that don't come messed up from the box, I would say battery life could definitely improve on jb so I know rooting will help that a bit. Thanks for input
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There are way too many junkwares phone provider put on the stock TW. Even pure TW contains Samsung's junkwares. Rooting will allow you to remove or freeze those junkwares which makes the phone performs even better with better batt life. You can also install a firewall such as DroidWall to block internet access from apps. Block ads with AdAway. Block apps from autorun themselves when certain event occurs such as power is plugged in. There are endless helpful things you can do with a rooted phone.
I'd suggest reading more about rooting, flashing, custom recovery and see what you're missing without root.
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Yeah all those things you stated I already knew, I like the adaway stuff several other apps that can do that too. Also voodoo sound is nice. Voltage control all that.. I'm pretty careful and all but I guess I just don't want to deal with all the hassle. Backing up nv, roms, apps whole nine yards.
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My question is i read around forums people stating that triangle away can't take away the tripping counter when you flash a s3 that came with JB already installed out the box any truth?
Just would like to know since I have a long warranty on it just in case.
Also backing up your emei would insure you will get it back if something goes wrong? Because I saw in that forum it was a mixed bag some people could get it others couldn't and had their 4G missing too
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Yes............
Rooting IS worth it, next QUESTION!
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And they have a thread on how to not trip the counter.
And as far as stock jb tripping the counter... haven't heard that but I honestly dont think it will unless you flash a new rom
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Counter thing is dumb in my opinion. I'm sure there is a work around, Odin back to ICS and then Odin JB then go from there maybe, idk.
Yes, banking up your imei is a full proof plan and use twrp instead of cwm!
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Oh okay one more thing backing up. Where you guys backup your roms internal or sd card Which one is more ideal? Just wondering since I never had phone with this much storage. I assume in touch recovery it let's you decide when you're backing up right?
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Ideal should be in sd card.
NOTE* always make a backup before you flash anything, I cant stress that enough because it will save your life*
Also do not mess with it while its in your card because it will not boot up. My suggestion is leave it as is
To be honest though either or, it would not be a problem... me, I have it in my ad card
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The_F_Word said:
Ideal should be in sd card.
NOTE* always make a backup before you flash anything, I cant stress that enough because it will save your life*
To be honest though either or, it would not be a problem... me, I have it in my ad card
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Especially a backup of your imei... Can't stress that enough.. I learned that hard way and I thought my phone was completely screwed so i got two new gs3's not knowing it was such an easy fix even if you didn't back it up
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The_F_Word said:
Ideal should be in sd card.
NOTE* always make a backup before you flash anything, I cant stress that enough because it will save your life*
Also do not mess with it while its in your card because it will not boot up. My suggestion is leave it as is
To be honest though either or, it would not be a problem... me, I have it in my ad card
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Thanks dude appreciated
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Rooting is definitely worth it. Probably the best things you can do with it is remove bloatware, install an Ad-Blocker, and control the CPU to increase battery life or performance. With the Triangle Away app, you can easily reset the Custom Binary counter for warranty exchanges as I have done a few times.
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Counter thing is dumb in my opinion. I'm sure there is a work around, Odin back to ICS and then Odin JB then go from there maybe, idk.
Yes, banking up your imei is a full proof plan and use twrp instead of cwm!
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The is an app called triangle away that resets the counter. If you don't know, don't offer useless advice.
Backing up your NV data is a "fool" not "full" proof plan indeed tho.
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Oh okay one more thing backing up. Where you guys backup your roms internal or sd card Which one is more ideal? Just wondering since I never had phone with this much storage. I assume in touch recovery it let's you decide when you're backing up right?
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When in recovery you can choose where to back up to. I would personally read thru the stickied threads and get some information that has been deemed infallible by the higher ups. Asking basic stuff on a thread sometimes leads idiots to respond like they know something. The info on the stickies is concrete and not opinion based or anything.
What you think?
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I see nothinnnng
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looks good, i miss your skills on here...
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Cool. Care to do a fix for not being able to install of cm10 after trying viper? Sadly the author of viper hasn't seen fit to do a fix for his epic fail. Haha. If not no worries. Icons are pretty!
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msolaw said:
Cool. Care to do a fix for not being able to install of cm10 after trying viper? Sadly the author of viper hasn't seen fit to do a fix for his epic fail. Haha. If not no worries. Icons are pretty!
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First, its not his epic fail... no one knows why it does it. Also, try anti-venom script. Worked for me. Also, please keep in mind, these guys do all this for free in their spare time... don't talk crap about them for something such as this. You kinda need to know why it does it before you can fix it.
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Seems standard one would test to see if other roms could be flashed after the fact. That would seem a normal behavior of anyone who flashes roms. Wasn't insulting the guy personally, just his rom for screwing up half the boards phones. Lol. Also I think that script requires a pay app or something for flashing. Cwm doesn't work does it? Or did that change?
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I'm facepalming so hard right now
I would also add that viper was beta tested for literally months before it was released. No genius tried flashing cm10 somewhere in there? Maybe the author didn't fail I don't know. Either that or the entire beta process is fail. Flashing other roms seems awfully basic. Just thought I'd add that to my last comment though. Again not insulting any dev personally. Just the rom. Months of beta testing to release a rom that screws up your phone is hard to describe in any way other than fail.
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I'm facepalming so hard right now
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Informative stuff.
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Seems standard one would test to see if other roms could be flashed after the fact. That would seem a normal behavior of anyone who flashes roms. Wasn't insulting the guy personally, just his rom for screwing up half the boards phones. Lol. Also I think that script requires a pay app or something for flashing. Cwm doesn't work does it? Or did that change?
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I would also add that viper was beta tested for literally months before it was released. No genius tried flashing cm10 somewhere in there? Maybe the author didn't fail I don't know. Either that or the entire beta process is fail. Flashing other roms seems awfully basic. Just thought I'd add that to my last comment though. Again not insulting any dev personally. Just the rom. Months of beta testing to release a rom that screws up your phone is hard to describe in any way other than fail.
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Actually, the script is something you flash in any recovery. Its rather simple. Also, I'd challenge you on whether its basic to test that as most of the people who were on the testing team weren't exactly worried about flashing other ROMs after viper... myself included. Whether you're insulting any person or not, you're still calling someone's work (something that shouldn't even be able to work on this phone no less) garbage is rather insulting no matter if you meant it as such or not. Also, check this: the ROM hasn't screwed up anyone's phone, and last I checked there's a disclaimer that says flash at your own risk. I was a beta tester and I'll have you know its one of the best testing groups I've been a part of and everything was covered. Absolutely none of the testing team encountered any issues that weren't soon fixed after. Any and all issues found through testing were eradicated. Only so much can be tested, however, and every device is different. In testing we encountered no problems whatsoever, and the fact that you would make statements such as this is appalling. Also keep in mind cm10 is currently running on a hacked up gingerbread kernel, also something that shouldn't technically work. I'm also typing this now from PACman which is part cm10 and not getting any hiccups. If you wish to continue this discussion, feel free to pm me and I'll even show you in detail the steps taken to get it all off the ground, but please do not reply here further cluttering the thread.
Also, in case you were wondering, if cwm doesn't work for flashing the script, you can always get the free version of the 4ext recovery app from 4ext.net…
Sorry dk for messing up your thread. Icons look sick bud.
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Actually, the script is something you flash in any recovery. Its rather simple. Also, I'd challenge you on whether its basic to test that as most of the people who were on the testing team weren't exactly worried about flashing other ROMs after viper... myself included. Whether you're insulting any person or not, you're still calling someone's work (something that shouldn't even be able to work on this phone no less) garbage is rather insulting no matter if you meant it as such or not. Also, check this: the ROM hasn't screwed up anyone's phone, and last I checked there's a disclaimer that says flash at your own risk. I was a beta tester and I'll have you know its one of the best testing groups I've been a part of and everything was covered. Absolutely none of the testing team encountered any issues that weren't soon fixed after. Any and all issues found through testing were eradicated. Only so much can be tested, however, and every device is different. In testing we encountered no problems whatsoever, and the fact that you would make statements such as this is appalling. Also keep in mind cm10 is currently running on a hacked up gingerbread kernel, also something that shouldn't technically work. I'm also typing this now from PACman which is part cm10 and not getting any hiccups. If you wish to continue this discussion, feel free to pm me and I'll even show you in detail the steps taken to get it all off the ground, but please do not reply here further cluttering the thread.
Also, in case you were wondering, if cwm doesn't work for flashing the script, you can always get the free version of the 4ext recovery app from 4ext.net…
Sorry dk for messing up your thread. Icons look sick bud.
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Not a problem. Thanks for the info. I didn't even intend to talk about any of that at length. I think you went on about it more than I. Lol. I simply repeat it was tested for months to release a rom that messed your phone up so bad you couldn't install cm10. Seems a big oversight. I know all roms have disclaimers. Doesn't mean where one fails a failure can't be pointed out anyways. That's all I've done. Thanks for the info tho. I actually asked about it in the script thread and never heard anything definitive or the issue really discussed. I'm a simple user. Just do all flashing through cwm. Sorry this thread got off track. Didn't need to be highjacked like this. Agree. Sweet icons. Always fun to change them up!
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I could install cm10 after viper...
And so can I technically. It's just my phone doesn't work. Same with many others.
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I never make posts like this. This is usually nitsua or jizzy lately (haha).
I don't like you. From all the things I can gather about you through your posts, you are ignorant and ungrateful. I hate so much the things you've chosen to be. If you want something stable, don't root your phone. Nitsuj17, the "author" of Viper, has released quite a few ROMs for this phone despite moving on to greener pastures. He and the various devs including aeroevan, chillybean, CondemnedSoul, khamsakamal, and others I might be missing have given us ICS and even JB, which is more than we can ask of them for free and more than we've seen from HTC.
Have I encountered lag on ICS/JB ROMs? Yes. Does it suck, yeah. But that's part of the game when you root your phone sometimes. All of our latest ROMs are using a kernel that's too old because newer source isn't available due to being left out to dry by HTC. Be happy you get to even see 4.0+ at this point. Have some respect please, and maybe you'll have ours someday.
Good day, sir.
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msolaw said:
Seems standard one would test to see if other roms could be flashed after the fact. That would seem a normal behavior of anyone who flashes roms. Wasn't insulting the guy personally, just his rom for screwing up half the boards phones. Lol. Also I think that script requires a pay app or something for flashing. Cwm doesn't work does it? Or did that change?
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msolaw said:
I would also add that viper was beta tested for literally months before it was released. No genius tried flashing cm10 somewhere in there? Maybe the author didn't fail I don't know. Either that or the entire beta process is fail. Flashing other roms seems awfully basic. Just thought I'd add that to my last comment though. Again not insulting any dev personally. Just the rom. Months of beta testing to release a rom that screws up your phone is hard to describe in any way other than fail.
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And so can I technically. It's just my phone doesn't work. Same with many others.
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you are a complete jackass......viper rom was tested for months, and part of testing isnt "can xyz rom work after using this rom", it was verifying the rom itself worked for the end user....the aosp install scripts dont wipe / format all partitions that viper does, so not everything was getting wiped properly for those trying to go cm9/10....someone else made a script to wipe between viper and cm9, so great
you have never contributed anything ot this community except to piss me off and make yourself look like a jerk, congrats...its people like you that make devs want to walk away and say make your own ****ing roms :good:
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you are a complete jackass......viper rom was tested for months, and part of testing isnt "can xyz rom work after using this rom", it was verifying the rom itself worked for the end user....the aosp install scripts dont wipe / format all partitions that viper does, so not everything was getting wiped properly for those trying to go cm9/10....someone else made a script to wipe between viper and cm9, so great
you have never contributed anything ot this community except to piss me off and make yourself look like a jerk, congrats...its people like you that make devs want to walk away and say make your own ****ing roms :good:
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Agreed! Learn to flash a rom before splattering threads with bs! I had no problems flashing aosp roms, cm or anything else after viper!
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...and back on topic for those who follow directions and appreciate the work these people do for us.
DK, I have an idea for a theme for viper, but lack the experience. I tried for a little while but I really have no time. If you or anybody is interested, pm me.
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msolaw said:
Cool. Care to do a fix for not being able to install of cm10 after trying viper? Sadly the author of viper hasn't seen fit to do a fix for his epic fail. Haha. If not no worries. Icons are pretty!
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the only epic fail is when you post.
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msolaw said:
And so can I technically. It's just my phone doesn't work. Same with many others.
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I've only been in this thread for 2 minutes and already I can tell you are a complete worthless contribution to this community and the Android system all together. It is people like you who make the iPhone people actually have a point. You are everything that Android should not be, do us all a favor and just shut your mouth or go get an iPhone because clearly you don't deserve the benefits of Android. You do nothing for this community, and just run your mouth like you know what you are talking about, offending contributors that spend hours upon hours of their free time to do this. If you are too dumb to figure out how to flash from one ROM to the next that is not the developers fault, it is user error, and not just user error you come here and bash people because of your stupidity. It's people like you that make the real contributors not even want to publicly release their work. Go away, grow up, get a life, and get off mommy and daddys verizon plan, we don't want you here.
Really like how these icons look. And **** the haterz.
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Really like how these icons look. And **** the haterz.
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Nobody's hating