Anyone getting laggy performance after the update? I feel like Project butter is broken. Animations are very jerky and stutter. Scrolling is even worse. Only good thing about the update is feature brought to the camera
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Nope. Mine is fine. TPR is just as fast as it was on LJ7.
Looks like someone else shares your pain:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2177866
Perhaps you 2 can figure out what you are doing different. Odexed, deodexed, kernel, settings, governors, i/o,.... compare.
Flash only after your wipe cache and dalvik cache. My phone was laggy too until updated to MB1 from MA6. Rebooted to cwm, did a cache wipe, and dalvik cache wipe three times each, finally installed deodexed full firmware.
Then flashed optimized kernel and modem. Rebooted to find out the phone was stuck on bootanimation. Press and hold power button till.the phone reboots.
After doing all this I found the phone to be smoother, no lag at all.
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Try getting yourself a cache cleaner app and cleaning cache. I've found that on JB the cache builds very quickly. I can clean about 20 - 25 MB of cache every hour when I'm on a JB rom
Hey guys. Looking for some information or pointers here. I have been searching but not having too much luck on xda. I do not have much faith in other sites. Maybe one of you can point me in the right direction or tell me if there is even a point in doing what I am thinking. So I rooted my Sprint S3 using "Team Epics" method a few months back. Over the past weekend I flashed the Goodness ROM. My G3 is currently 4.1.1/LJ7. I am thinking about unrooting, clearing the flash count and returning to stock to update to 4.1.2/MA6 then root and flash the Goodness ROM again. So first, is there added benefit in doing all this? If so, does anyone either know of a good method of doing this or a method to update without the need of unrooting? My goal was to get Multi View support which I now have but my internet speed when downloading apps etc, when NOT on WIFI is incredibly slow now. Takes about 20-25 mins to download a 20mb app. Im hoping that this update will help. What do you guys think?
I already have Triangle Away and OTA Rootkeeper. But I am not sure if OTA rootkeeper will even work with Team Epics root method. I read that on another site over the weekend.
Much thanks guys.
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Hey guys. Looking for some information or pointers here. I have been searching but not having too much luck on xda. I do not have much faith in other sites. Maybe one of you can point me in the right direction or tell me if there is even a point in doing what I am thinking. So I rooted my Sprint S3 using "Team Epics" method a few months back. Over the past weekend I flashed the Goodness ROM. My G3 is currently 4.1.1/LJ7. I am thinking about unrooting, clearing the flash count and returning to stock to update to 4.1.2/MA6 then root and flash the Goodness ROM again. So first, is there added benefit in doing all this? If so, does anyone either know of a good method of doing this or a method to update without the need of unrooting? My goal was to get Multi View support which I now have but my internet speed when downloading apps etc, when NOT on WIFI is incredibly slow now. Takes about 20-25 mins to download a 20mb app. Im hoping that this update will help. What do you guys think?
I already have Triangle Away and OTA Rootkeeper. But I am not sure if OTA rootkeeper will even work with Team Epics root method. I read that on another site over the weekend.
Much thanks guys.
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Some people have reported better internet speeds on MA6/MB1. If you want to update just your baseband, just head over to Freeza's thread and you can flash the "MB1 Firmware/modem/baseband update" file. That should work to upgrade your baseband, regardless of what ROM you're on (I flashed it while on Carbon Rom, v4.2.2). No need to run back to stock unrooted.
And if you're running Goodness, it's still on v4.1.1 (LJ7), but according to Mijjah74 will be updated to 4.1.2 sometime this week (don't hold me to that, though).
Just to clarify, you can be running an LJ7 ROM but have an MB1 baseband. They don't have to match up. In fact, there are a number of people here on XDA that prefer older basebands because, for them, they provide better speeds.
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Some people have reported better internet speeds on MA6/MB1. If you want to update just your baseband, just head over to Freeza's thread and you can flash the "MB1 Firmware/modem/baseband update" file. That should work to upgrade your baseband, regardless of what ROM you're on (I flashed it while on Carbon Rom, v4.2.2). No need to run back to stock unrooted.
And if you're running Goodness, it's still on v4.1.1 (LJ7), but according to Mijjah74 will be updated to 4.1.2 sometime this week (don't hold me to that, though).
Just to clarify, you can be running an LJ7 ROM but have an MB1 baseband. They don't have to match up. In fact, there are a number of people here on XDA that prefer older basebands because, for them, they provide better speeds.
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Great, I am gonna give that a go. Thanks for your help. I really appreciate it. I will report back after the update.
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I have looked around and am still not sure which way would be best to un-root my Evo 4g. Can I just use ( wipe data/factory reset ) then update my contacts thru asurion ? and reload the apps i want from the market ? right now i am in ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.05 ( it was originally rooted with unrevoked ) not unrevoked forever. I thought i would like to try the latest official build for a while. ( not looking forward to the sprint bloatware ) or would the easiest thing be to try and update to the latest ClockworkMod or some other build. Thanks for any info you might have.
Best way to unroot is to grab the unrevoked s-on tool. Flash that and run a ruu or grab a stock non rooted rom.
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so i guess wipe data is really no good ?
Can I just use ( wipe data/factory reset ) then update my contacts thru asurion ?
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Not really sure what you are asking here. A factory reset will NOT unroot you, it will just reset whatever rom you are on. And updating contacts through Asurion? Asurion is your insurance provider, they have nothing to do with contacts....
I thought i would like to try the latest official build for a while.
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You don't have to unroot to do this, just flash a rooted stock rom. This way you stay rooted. If you unroot, and then update to the latest stock rom, it will be VERY difficult to re-root.
or would the easiest thing be to try and update to the latest ClockworkMod or some other build.
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I think you need to read a LOT more about rooting before you proceed to do any more, you don't really seem to know what's going on. ClockworkMod is your recovery, which has nothing to do with your rom. Updating Clockwork will not update your rom, or unroot you.
LOL I guess you are right. A LOT more reading in my future.. Thanks though.
I guess I will go ahead with the idea to update to the newest rom. I thought because ClockworkMod gave me the option to " wipe data/factory reset. " it would set it to factory default, which I thought might be un-rooted.
Side note: Asurion also syncs my phone contacts. I had to use it once when my phone was lost. to update / sync the new phone. It worked very well. Google sync stopped working long ago. I get an error message every time.
But thanks again. that post was very helpful to point me in the right direction. and make me feel a little foolish LOL BE WELL
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Google sync stopped working long ago. I get an error message every time.
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did you try setting up a new gmail account? or maybe jsut delete it on your phone and re-set it up.
not yet. but i will soon. ill let you know how it goes. I've read that it works for some and not for others. haven't found a lot of info directly from Google though. it seems they don't acknowledge the issue. but I am sure i'm not the only one experiencing the error message.
If you really like the new sprint os but hate the bloatware, why not use a rooted sprint rom that one of the devs has made, kind of exactly what sprint/htc gives you but minus the bloat!
Thanks I will. i'm very new to this, how do i go about getting the correct one ? as you can see from above. I have Alot more reading to do.
just did a search on the rom you are running. How do you like that one.
The Rom I am running is great! Just can't post the link to it in this forum due to forum rules. But the Rom I am running is similar to a stock rom, just not a stock rom of an evo 4g. It's ics os which stands for (ice cream sandwich) the new HTC os. Its the stock upgrade for most of their new phones such as the Samsung Galaxy SII. Evo 4g was left out, but due to the devs on this site and others the evo 4g will be just fine!
Edit: Well there is alot of reading and research involved. But for me the best kind of research is trial and error. I read up on certain roms that interest me that have key perks. Such as ICS (newer roms), or wimax enabled (4g enabled and typically on the older roms). Then I read up on peoples response to the roms, what issues they have had, how they have fixed them, how the developer has fixed them. And then after that I'll flash the roms and see how they run. Usually a day or two of use can tell you if you like it or not. Its like a car test drive!
That's Great. I will look around a little more. and get a new rom, I'll probably try the one you mentioned, ( found the link ) Hey, I really appreciate the info, I just need the time to screw around a little more. LOL. Be Well. I'll let ya know how it goes. It is pretty interesting.
Yes on the site you are currently on, there should be a few helpful tips on how to flash the roms and kernels properly. Good luck, also a bunch of great tips on the CM7 Wiki
For whatever reason I have not been offered the OTA L710VPLJ7 update yet. Keis says I'm up to date with L710VPLI3 which is BS. I'm "unrooted" by Voodoo OTA so the update hopefully won't have any problems. I don't care how I get or how I flash (zip, Odin, whatever) it but I'm not interested (for the moment) working with a custom/themed ROM. I just want a stock rooted phone so I can be up to date and work on making wifi hot spot work which I understand is a problem with Jelly Bean. If I can't get it to work I figure I can always resort to my ICS Nandriod backup.
Does anyone have a link to where the actual update might be?
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For whatever reason I have not been offered the OTA L710VPLJ7 update yet. Keis says I'm up to date with L710VPLI3 which is BS. I'm "unrooted" by Voodoo OTA so the update hopefully won't have any problems. I don't care how I get or how I flash (zip, Odin, whatever) it but I'm not interested (for the moment) working with a custom/themed ROM. I just want a stock rooted phone so I can be up to date and work on making wifi hot spot work which I understand is a problem with Jelly Bean. If I can't get it to work I figure I can always resort to my ICS Nandriod backup.
Does anyone have a link to where the actual update might be?
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This is stock rooted: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32152586
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This is stock rooted: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32152586
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That's great. Thanks. I'm guessing of all the multiple choices, this LJ7KernelWithBootanimationSupportFIXED.zip is the one I want. I can use all the battery help I can get. Would you suggest I do the modem flash Galaxy-S-fre3-LJ7FirmwareModemAIO.zip too?
And would you know if I'm safe to just do a cache and Dalvik cache wipe without full factory reset? It would seem so to me but would appreciate a second opinion.
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That's great. Thanks. I'm guessing of all the multiple choices, this LJ7KernelWithBootanimationSupportFIXED.zip is the one I want. I can use all the battery help I can get. Would you suggest I do the modem flash Galaxy-S-fre3-LJ7FirmwareModemAIO.zip too?
And would you know if I'm safe to just do a cache and Dalvik cache wipe without full factory reset? It would seem so to me but would appreciate a second opinion.
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You should be safe to do it without a full wipe. Personally I dont recommend the firmware if anything I say take the lj7 modem and flash just that by itself but really it dont matter
And if u want it heres the official ota modified for cwm/twrp flashing. No wipe necessary
http://androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390135922294523494
Hope you don't mind my caution here but if I'm reading you right http://androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390135922294523494 will basically provide me with the OTA update to JB but rooted - correct. This is exactly what I would prefer.
The main thing is that my wife's GS3 isn't rooted and she has JB now and is showing off by telling her camera "smile" and such. But mainly I want to be able to give her "technical support" by being able to tell her how to do and change things with the same screens she is looking at.
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That's great. Thanks. I'm guessing of all the multiple choices, this LJ7KernelWithBootanimationSupportFIXED.zip is the one I want. I can use all the battery help I can get. Would you suggest I do the modem flash Galaxy-S-fre3-LJ7FirmwareModemAIO.zip too?
And would you know if I'm safe to just do a cache and Dalvik cache wipe without full factory reset? It would seem so to me but would appreciate a second opinion.
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Some people have reported issues with the custom kernel. I've never flashed it. Flash one of the LJ7 roms. Odexed is totally stock, deodexed will give you the ability to add some of the mods you can find in other threads. Flashing either of those will also flash the stock LJ7 kernel. If you do flash the custom kernel and don't like it, you can simply reflash the rom without wiping to get the stock kernel back. Flashing the firmware/aio files will change your modem/radios. They don't have to match the rom. I went LJ7 for rom and firmware, but some report getting better reception with other modems. A lot seems to depend on your location and signal quality. I live in northern IL and only have 3g in my area. I have traveled into areas with LTE and found the LJ7 rom to work fine in both. Others swear by LI3, LIG, LIH, etc. It's super easy to flash them and see what works best for you. You'll find the older ones a little further down on the post I linked you to previously.
Some people flash the rom over ICS roms without issues. Others report problems when flashing over ICS. I wiped everything and did factory reset. When flashing over a JB rom, there shouldn't be any need for a factory reset. Flashing the firmware files definitely does not require a reset or data wipe.
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Good data. Thanks. This will make you laugh. 3G? I'm in New York City, 200 feet west of Times Square. 4G is a complete joke. No matter what it constantly searches and drains my battery. If I didn't have the old Sprint unlimited plan I would have changed long ago becasue the Internet is soooo slow.
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Good data. Thanks. This will make you laugh. 3G? I'm in New York City, 200 feet west of Times Square. 4G is a complete joke. No matter what it constantly searches and drains my battery. If I didn't have the old Sprint unlimited plan I would have changed long ago becasue the Internet is soooo slow.
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This is a screen shot of the 4g data speed I got at the very far edge of the westernmost suburbs of Chicago (St. Charles/Elburn area). If it only extended another 15 or 20 miles west, I would be getting it at home.
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Hope you don't mind my caution here but if I'm reading you right http://androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390135922294523494 will basically provide me with the OTA update to JB but rooted - correct. This is exactly what I would prefer.
The main thing is that my wife's GS3 isn't rooted and she has JB now and is showing off by telling her camera "smile" and such. But mainly I want to be able to give her "technical support" by being able to tell her how to do and change things with the same screens she is looking at.
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in case you didn't upgrade yet and still needed insight, no what my file is the official ota from Sprint. but it's modified so it won't check your system and throw the dreaded status 7 error. and you dont have to use stock recovery to flash. it being the actual OTA means wiping isnt needed. to have it rooted just flash the root from recovery zip right after its done
Thanks. I already did it and it's working fine. Hopefully OTA are now disabled becasue moving on from here Sprint will want to down-grade me while thinking they are up-grading me.
My only regret is no longer being able to get wifi hotspot. It used to work sooooo well on my SG2 with ICS (native) and was pretty OK on the GS3 with wifi teather. I'm planning on getting a Nexus 10 and want to be able to wifi so might revert although I'll try USB teather first.
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I just want a stock rooted phone so I can be up to date and work on making wifi hot spot work which I understand is a problem with Jelly Bean.
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This modified WifiTether works on JB. I can confirm it works for me. http://forums.androidcentral.com/sp...652-wifi-tether-jellybean-here-confirmed.html
All right! Thanks. I got it to work too.
Coming from an EVO 4G I thought I had a pretty good grip on installing roms. A week after getting and rooting my S3 I'm still gun shy. I want to install Jelly Bomb but I keep seeing posts about flash counters and dirty flash. I've never heard this mentioned before. Are these Samsung exclusive terms? I wanted to go easy and find a Rom as close to Stock as possible with the ability to remove apps to get my feet wet but haven't found one. This phone seems easier to brick than the EVO. Am I right? Also, I see things referencing Touchwiz and fishing it. Very confused. Samsung's version of Sense I guess?
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Coming from an EVO 4G I thought I had a pretty good grip on installing roms. A week after getting and rooting my S3 I'm still gun shy. I want to install Jelly Bomb but I keep seeing posts about flash counters and dirty flash. I've never heard this mentioned before. Are these Samsung exclusive terms? I wanted to go easy and find a Rom as close to Stock as possible with the ability to remove apps to get my feet wet but haven't found one. This phone seems easier to brick than the EVO. Am I right? Also, I see things referencing Touchwiz and fishing it. Very confused. Samsung's version of Sense I guess?
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Flash counters can be reset pretty easy these days. all roms labeled as having TW or touchwiz are pretty much stock with things like battery saving mods or battery hogging apps removed that are usually not needed"debloated".
this post sent from my Jellybombed GalaxySIII
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Flash counters can be reset pretty easy these days. all roms labeled as having TW or touchwiz are pretty much stock with things like battery saving mods or battery hogging apps removed that are usually not needed"debloated".
this post sent from my Jellybombed GalaxySIII
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Thanks. I see you are on Jelly Bomb right now. What's your overall opinion of it? Any problems? Anything I should know not mentioned in the Dev's post?
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Thanks. I see you are on Jelly Bomb right now. What's your overall opinion of it? Any problems? Anything I should know not mentioned in the Dev's post?
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Here's what you do...former evo'er here as well...
Grab the one click Odin LJ7 that you will find in sg3/android dev. Titled (root)odin one clicks by billard. Read the post so you understand how to use it. Save it to your CPU. That will save you if you ever brick your shiny new phone.
Go on you tube and search qbking77....you'll find every video you want regarding rooting and installing cmw
After that its the exact same way to flash ROMs as your evo. I promise.
Good luck
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Here's what you do...former evo'er here as well...
Grab the one click Odin LJ7 that you will find in sg3/android dev. Titled (root)odin one clicks by billard. Read the post so you understand how to use it. Save it to your CPU. That will save you if you ever brick your shiny new phone.
Go on you tube and search qbking77....you'll find every video you want regarding rooting and installing cmw
After that its the exact same way to flash ROMs as your evo. I promise.
Good luck
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So I should be flashing through Odin the same way I rooted? I, did root btw using qbking77 very easy video guide. Took me all of ten minutes to root.
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Thanks. I see you are on Jelly Bomb right now. What's your overall opinion of it? Any problems? Anything I should know not mentioned in the Dev's post?
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I luv this rom, super themed though, not everyone likes all the blue. For me everything works. Just the statusbar after a reboot, you have to pull down notification bar once to get it to show up. Other than that no problems, kernal in 10.2 allows overclocking also.
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Your fine then...just install cmw and your good to go.
The galaxy 3 is different than the evo in the sense that its very easy to root and unroot using Odin. The evo is a pain to unroot.
Make sure your grab that one click Odin and save tho because it will bail you out of trouble if something gets screwed up. You could run that and it will return you to stock or stock rooted (your choice depending on what file you download).
Anyways. Install cmw. Download ROM to your SD or internal SD. Hold volume up, home, power to cmw. Wipe/factory reset x3, wipe cache, advanced/wipe dalvik, install ROM, reboot
By the way. If you want what you posted in op keep stock but rooted. If you want a better kernel flash team sonics or jelly bomb with kt747....but if I were you I'd go SlimBean...enjoy
One other thing. What's this business about downloading a modem?
The roms are not modem dependant. And chances are if you're on stock you already have the latest modem. If you want to confirm go in the about section of settings and look at your baseband. should end in LJ7. Like I said though its not really important
If the modem isn't that important, why can't I connect to Sprint's network at all? I was working on installing the Goodness ROM which said I had to install a particular modem. I downloaded all files to the computer as suggested, transferred them to the phone then used TWRP as my backup and installed the ROM and the modem as stated. When I went to reboot it told me that there was no ROM installed. So I went back to my recovery installed it and now I can not connect to the network at all. Can someone please help? I need my phone as I am a Paramedic and I talk to the hospitals with it when I am bringing them a pt.
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If the modem isn't that important, why can't I connect to Sprint's network at all? I was working on installing the Goodness ROM which said I had to install a particular modem. I downloaded all files to the computer as suggested, transferred them to the phone then used TWRP as my backup and installed the ROM and the modem as stated. When I went to reboot it told me that there was no ROM installed. So I went back to my recovery installed it and now I can not connect to the network at all. Can someone please help? I need my phone as I am a Paramedic and I talk to the hospitals with it when I am bringing them a pt.
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Not trying to sound harsh here but if that's the case just stay stock rooted. You need the phone brother...peoples lives are depending on it...lol
On a lighter side, I do t have experience with that ROM. But sounds like a bad flash. Wipe/factory reset...cache....dalvik...and I even format the internal SD...haven't had any problems
Open the dialer and hit ##72786# Should set ya straight
Oh well that didn't work. I watched the QBKing77 video and followed those instructions. Install took way less than I expected. Maybe two minutes? I pressed reboot and it rebooted back into recovery. That didn't go so well.
So I would like to get back into rooting, but I have some concerns from the last time I rooted a phone (HTC EVO 4G), that maybe you guys could help quell. :silly:
So the last time I rooted, everything went successfully and I made proper backups but unless I was using stock clockwork recovery mod I had some serious carrier issues, the biggest of which was I had absolute zero stock voicemail functionality only after a day of setting up a Google voice account I managed to get some Voicemail functionality in Cyanogenmod. The whole experience was unbelievably frustrating since the phone would also miss calls and not tell me (missed calls would show up out of the blue an hour or two after my friends had initially called). However I did have all the benefits of rooting. Maybe someone has an answer to what I ****ed up when I did this because other EVO users that were running cyanogen were clueless to what my problem was or what caused it.
Second I heard there's some strange IMEI bug that happens on galaxy s3s when rooting that I don't quite understand. I'm trying to get myself a list of successive steps to safely root my GS3. I noticed there's a lot of root guides but I'm wondering which is considered to be the most up to date and safest. found QB root guide if that's the most optimal.
Third, will rooting still let me wifi tether for free? This was a hugely important feature to me since my internet situation is more sketchy more often than not.
Fourth, I don't understand why CM10 is considered to be such a badass mod, is it performance optimization? Some killer feature that's going over my head? I assume it's a 4.1.2 version for S3 owners (one of the main reasons I'd like to root is so I can take advantage of the new multi-window feature).
Fifth, Can I still install OTA updates? Props to MikeWjF for the concise answer.
Is there any key things I'm missing out on, your advice is much appreciated guys!
Yeah I had weird quirky problems like that on my OG EVO as well on AOSP ROMs. I ended up sticking with Sense based ROMs and pretty much stayed problem free. AS far as this phone goes, i've only flashed Touch Wiz based ROMs so far and haven't ran into any problems.
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Yeah I had weird quirky problems like that on my OG EVO as well on AOSP ROMs. I ended up sticking with Sense based ROMs and pretty much stayed problem free. AS far as this phone goes, i've only flashed Touch Wiz based ROMs so far and haven't ran into any problems.
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Alright stick to my original UI thanks for the advice!
As far as OTA updates go, no, not unless the ROM itself has an OTA updater in it that updates said ROM. When rooted you should never accept a factory OTA update. I don't think it's even possible on AOSP anyway.
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As far as OTA updates go, no, not unless the ROM itself has an OTA updater in it that updates said ROM. When rooted you should never accept a factory OTA update. I don't think it's even possible on AOSP anyway.
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Thanks for the answer. Can you tell me why CM10 is all the rage? It is 4.1.2 right?
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Thanks for the answer. Can you tell me why CM10 is all the rage? It is 4.1.2 right?
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Couldn't tell you, I haven't tried it yet. I'm still weary of wasting my time falling in love with an AOSP ROM, only to have problems with it on the go.
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Couldn't tell you, I haven't tried it yet. I'm still weary of wasting my time falling in love with an AOSP ROM, only to have problems with it on the go.
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Been trying root with Odin keep getting stuck on Get PIT for mapping, have tried swapping usb ports and reinstalling driver with no avail.
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Been trying root with Odin keep getting stuck on Get PIT for mapping, have tried swapping usb ports and reinstalling driver with no avail.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743780
Using odin 3.04
I followed this and hadn't an issue with Odin hanging at all. Took maybe 2 min max to get everything done.
I'm a noob to the S3 development. It is configed for me a lot now. I dont want to have to reset my phone and have to do everything all over again. I have stock 4.1.2. All I want is to be able to have wifi tether and keep the stock rom. Will rooting it erase everything, and I will have to start back fresh, because when I had an HTC it did. Last question, when Sprint comes out with more stock roms as in updates, I know I would have to flash instead of doing them OTA which I know you can't do, will it restart/erase the phone when I flash those new stock roms on in the future?
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I'm a noob to the S3 development. It is configed for me a lot now. I dont want to have to reset my phone and have to do everything all over again. I have stock 4.1.2. All I want is to be able to have wifi tether and keep the stock rom. Will rooting it erase everything, and I will have to start back fresh, because when I had an HTC it did. Last question, when Sprint comes out with more stock roms as in updates, I know I would have to flash instead of doing them OTA which I know you can't do, will it restart/erase the phone when I flash those new stock roms on in the future?
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Let's tackle this question one piece at a time:
Rooting: "Getting Root" will not reset anything on your phone. You can go ahead and Root it and when you turn it back on most everything will be exactly the same as you had it before. You'll have a custom recovery (CWM or the recommended TWRP) and root access, but it won't format anything off your phone (apps, settings, etc.)
Wifi Tether: As far as I'm aware, you'll have to flash a custom ROM in order to get wifi tether working. I haven't flashed a TW ROM in a while (been sticking with AOSP 4.2.2 Roms for a bit), but I know that Freeza typically puts together a really nice ROM that is really close to stock. I don't think the one I linked has Wifi tether on it. There's also Kennyglass123, who put together The People's ROM (TPR), which I really liked and includes wifi tether. Also, with TPR, you can easily use Morphology to do all your customization.
The only thing about using custom ROMs is that the best procedure is to do a "full wipe" (factory reset, cache, dalvik) before flashing the ROM. The good news is that there are many programs available to help you get your programs/settings back up and running. I personally use Titanium Backup, but ROM Toolbox Pro also has this capability as well as a lot of other cool customization features. My only warning is that trying to restore system apps (the RED ones in Titanium Backup) can mess things up for your phone if you're switching between TW and AOSP or between versions of Android.
OTA Updates: Once you're rooted, you won't be able to flash OTA updates without going completely back to unrooted stock. The good news is that this process is relatively easy, just some Odin commands. The better news is that with the XDA community, you only have to wait a couple of days before they've come up with updated ROMs that include the OTA updates. Freeza is particularly speedy when it comes to that.
Last Note: I know flashing ROMs and "starting over" with your phone can be a daunting experience, but I've found that custom ROMs are the way to go. Nowadays, they're extremely stable, get amazing battery life, and include customizations that can really make the phone "your own." When I first got into flashing ROMs, I stayed really close to stock, but now I'm really enjoying AOSP ROMs such as Slim Bean, Liquid Smooth, and my current ROM, Carbon.
Hope I've answered your questions!
Thank You very much!!!
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To add on to the above, theres the TreveMod Wifi tether app that you can use on any rom, its specifically modded to work with the Galaxy S3
And yes, like he said, it can be overwhelming, we've all been there...but once you get started, there are some really cool roms out there, you just gotta find what it is you look for and what features you want
But trust me, you picked an awesome device to get started with
Good luck!
Oh and one last thing, do NOT flash roms/mods made for the international versions, or for other carriers. Chances are that you will either bork some functionality or brick your phone
CNexus said:
To add on to the above, theres the TreveMod Wifi tether app that you can use on any rom, its specifically modded to work with the Galaxy S3
And yes, like he said, it can be overwhelming, we've all been there...but once you get started, there are some really cool roms out there, you just gotta find what it is you look for and what features you want
But trust me, you picked an awesome device to get started with
Good luck!
Oh and one last thing, do NOT flash roms/mods made for the international versions, or for other carriers. Chances are that you will either bork some functionality or brick your phone
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Here is the link to TrevE's wifi app over in the Verizon SG3 Section. The late November version has been verified to be working on Sprint Stock (but rooted) MA6 roms. I haven't personally used it (don't have 4G in my area and the 3G is too slow to tether with), but others have and said that it works. It's also the app/mod that all the TW ROMs (with tethering baked in) are based off of.
Hope this helps!
-Topher