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Hi Peeps

Hey peeps, how are we all? im new here, i have a nag for fiddling woth my Android phone and customizing it to death. any good tips, Roms for the SGH-T999? AKA Galaxy S3?
btw i want a sammich

You might try posting in the correct section. The SIII has it's own. Good luck.

I see you're with Tmobile, so you will want to post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1714
This is the Tmobile GS3 question and answer forum. Just click the link and it should take you right to where you need to be even if you're using the XDA app, it will open the app to the right spot.
Welcome to XDA!
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Thanks this a huge Forum. Bigger and expanded than most ive been in.
But thanks for the welcoming.
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UrbanHybrid said:
Thanks this a huge Forum. Bigger and expanded than most ive been in.
But thanks for the welcoming.
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True..during my newbie days I was frequently getting lost.
Especially cuz my device had no subforum at that point of time.
Anyway..I'm sure u'll have fun here.
Ciao!

[Q] Root Help

Hello,
I am new to this and would be very greatful for some help. I would like to root my epic but can't seem to find any current root files. I have looked all over the fourm but everything seems to be old and I don't want to brick my phone with the wrong files. If anyone knows of a current root file that would be very helpful. Thank you in advanced for any help.
Phone info:
SPH-D700
KERNEL-2.6.35.7
GINGERBREAD.FC09

First of all you are in the wrong section, but concerning your problem...check out qbking77 on youtube, his videos are VERY helpful
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First Questions go in Q&A
Second you didn't look very hard. Right in the stickies of General section you posted in is the How to root thread.
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Odin a CWM 5.0.2.7
Then get a Superuser package (androidsu.com)
Flash that in CWM
As simple as simple can be. Detailed operation and links could.be searched if you seek harder. Good luck
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about 10 minutes after I posted that I saw your post with the instructions on how to root it and then I really felt stupid thank you for your help in advance
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eoliver12332 said:
about 10 minutes after I posted that I saw your post with the instructions on how to root it and then I really felt stupid thank you for your help in advance
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It's ok..we all have our "blonde" moments...lol. Hope it helped.
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how to flash from goomanager???

sorry for the noob question but how can i flash the downloads from Goomanager.. im new from android device and my first android is the amazing nexus 7 cellular... please help me and answer my question.. thanks!

virusburgzzz said:
sorry for the noob question but how can i flash the downloads from Goomanager.. im new from android device and my first android is the amazing nexus 7 cellular... please help me and answer my question.. thanks!
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Open GooManager, Browse compatible ROM > Choose and download suitable roms then sselect Flash ROMs > Add zip from another location > select your Goomanager folder > Select your downloaded rom > Order & Flash selected

Cani flash rom without rooting? Thanks...
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No.

**** me these noobish questions are getting worse every day :-\
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virusburgzzz said:
Cani flash rom without rooting? Thanks...
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Flash ROMs without rooting? Cmon man read the damn forums before you make a new thread. Jeez. I thought new users were required to watch the I'm a noob at XDA Developers video.

AFAinHD said:
Flash ROMs without rooting? Cmon man read the damn forums before you make a new thread. Jeez. I thought new users were required to watch the I'm a noob at XDA Developers video.
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+1.....lol
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Thats why im asking...im a noob man.. Dont read the thread if your ****s brick...
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virusburgzzz said:
Thats why im asking...im a noob man.. Dont read the thread if your ****s brick...
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LOL, okay for one don't get pissy around here, especially to someone that has far more experience with the site than you do.. That's very frowned upon at xda. Yes you are a noob, and in the video it said do not click the new thread button unless what you are asking cannot be found in a thread that already exists, and if the thread doesn't directly answer your question, don't make a new thread. Ask the damn question in a thread that already exists or pm a member that looks like they know what they are doing. But do NOT make a new thread unless it is absolutely necessary. You have no idea how many threads like this are being made that do not need to be made. We are getting sick of them. All it takes is a few minutes of looking around. Hell whenever you named this thread when you first created it the search system showed you similar threads that have already been made.
Use the search system.
Look around.
Don't click the new thread button unless you are 100% sure that there are no threads that answer your question.
EDIT : Also, DO NOT make stupid threads, like how do I use XXX's toolkit or something like that. The xda community will not spoon feed noobs. You guys have to learn like we did. Trial and error. Trust me. Once you learn how to use things without having to ask questions you will feel better.
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Well said! +1
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[Help]Wanting to flash to different carrier

So I'm on bs sprint and still have a little over a year for my contract to be up so if all's well I will be flashing me and my gfs phones to another carrier and buying out of our cantract since we're basically paying 200 dollars for the same service. I'm wondering if anybody is willing to help me out with the flashing process (this will be my 1st time) by directing me to the best carrier to flash to how toos and so fourth. I'm currently rooted and my gf isn't but I can have that done in minutes when it's time. I'm hoping to go to virgin boost or cricket if anyone knows anything about flashing to any of these carriers. Can online help? Please and thanks
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You know that search is your best friend on XDA. It's also the #1 rule.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27791079
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41195541
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41016561
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31773226
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Actually I searched the general and q&a thank you. I'm sorry there's a thousand and one posts on here with a million pages and no real way to weed out exactly what your looking for besides searching... sorry if this sounds rude but it seems like you Sr. Members don't get how hard it can be to search these posts when we don't really know much about them
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And I've actually seen 1 or 2 of these threads but they don't really tell me how to get what I'm looking for
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Roni P. said:
Actually I searched the general and q&a thank you. I'm sorry there's a thousand and one posts on here with a million pages and no real way to weed out exactly what your looking for besides searching... sorry if this sounds rude but it seems like you Sr. Members don't get how hard it can be to search these posts when we don't really know much about them
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Roni P. said:
And I've actually seen 1 or 2 of these threads but they don't really tell me how to get what I'm looking for
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Actually edfunkycold has been extremely helpful. No I'm not trying to be confrontational. My apologizes in advance if that's the way it sounds. The threads that edfunkycold pointed you to have the information necessary to complete what you want to do. There is going to be quite a bit of reading, and research involved. Especially as this is your first time. The best advice I can give you is read, read, and read some more. If you have any questions search the thread that pertains to what you are trying to accomplish. If you still cannot find the answer post up in that thread. Someone is usually around to help, in almost every thread. BTW, yes I do know how hard it is to search for answers to questions sometimes . Even though I've been around for a while, I still use the search function quite a bit. Sometimes more than I'd like to admit.

prboy1969 said:
Actually edfunkycold has been extremely helpful. No I'm not trying to be confrontational. My apologizes in advance if that's the way it sounds. The threads that edfunkycold pointed you to have the information necessary to complete what you want to do. There is going to be quite a bit of reading, and research involved. Especially as this is your first time. The best advice I can give you is read, read, and read some more. If you have any questions search the thread that pertains to what you are trying to accomplish. If you still cannot find the answer post up in that thread. Someone is usually around to help, in almost every thread. BTW, yes I do know how hard it is to search for answers to questions sometimes . Even though I've been around for a while, I still use the search function quite a bit. Sometimes more than I'd like to admit.
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I honestly agree with u 100% edfunkycold cnexus and whiplash are always 1st on the scene when I need help. I just always see people saying to search. I always search b4 I post a thread and I only post a thread to get as much help as possible. There is no real filters on here and u could be stuck on the same thread for days b4 finding what u need. I also feel like posting new threads helps other noobs find things easier than finding something that was posted a year ago. I honestly meant no disrespect to anybody on these forums especially the people that's always helping and if any was taken i apologize
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No offense taken at all. But read what you wrote. You feel that by starting a new thread it helps new noobs find it. You don't think that adds to the already hundreds of threads which exist, many of them repeated questions on the same topic? Now that is going g to make it even more difficult for a new person to find the thread with the correct information.
Keep in mind the longer threads with more activity are usually the ones with all the right answers. Some reading and searching will be necessary. Within the thread itself you can search that specific thread to get the information you need and the results come back in order from newest post to oldest post.
I search every day, I search mostly for people that are looking for answers. Keep in mind I do it all from my phone mobile so I only use the app.
Food for thought.
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edfunkycold said:
No offense taken at all. But read what you wrote. You feel that by starting a new thread it helps new noobs find it. You don't think that adds to the already hundreds of threads which exist, many of them repeated questions on the same topic? Now that is going g to make it even more difficult for a new person to find the thread with the correct information.
Keep in mind the longer threads with more activity are usually the ones with all the right answers. Some reading and searching will be necessary. Within the thread itself you can search that specific thread to get the information you need and the results come back in order from newest post to oldest post.
I search every day, I search mostly for people that are looking for answers. Keep in mind I do it all from my phone mobile so I only use the app.
Food for thought.
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Yes I understand that but thanks to people like u and the others I mentioned links are posted to those threads right on the pages we often look for. Even tho there are repeat questions not everyone has the same desire there fore when the links a provided we get helped as much as we can by this. This isn't a dispute or argument in anyway but a "noobs stand point of thinking" if that's what u wanna call it. Maybe this explains it or maybe it doesn't but it shows we have a high regard for this Site instead of going to another forum or Google searching our issues (which most leads back to here). This is a good Site and everyone is loved here especially by us noobs. I'm not sure if u seen it but a while ago I wrote a thank you post cause what u guys do here is awesome and if it wasn't for u guys my phone would be plain old vanilla my mind bored and a bunch of noobs lost hopelessly. Maybe if we can get some filters on here maybe for dates or key words or different updates there wouldn't be soo many repeat threads. U said yourself u search using your phone (as do I 99% of the time) how long does it take u to usually find a thread you've never seen on a topic u barely have any info about?
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edfunkycold said:
No offense taken at all. But read what you wrote. You feel that by starting a new thread it helps new noobs find it. You don't think that adds to the already hundreds of threads which exist, many of them repeated questions on the same topic? Now that is going g to make it even more difficult for a new person to find the thread with the correct information.
Keep in mind the longer threads with more activity are usually the ones with all the right answers. Some reading and searching will be necessary. Within the thread itself you can search that specific thread to get the information you need and the results come back in order from newest post to oldest post.
I search every day, I search mostly for people that are looking for answers. Keep in mind I do it all from my phone mobile so I only use the app.
Food for thought.
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Oh and I can't find a search for the thread on the app... If there is one please share
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Roni P. said:
Oh and I can't find a search for the thread on the app... If there is one please share
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Its under the "more" tab.
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solehjeff said:
Its under the "more" tab.
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Don't seem to have one of those
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If your on the XDA app you can click on more in the upper right hand corner then the search button to search in general View attachment 2180302
If you want to search a specific thread on the xda app you need to be in the thread then click settings then click Web view to take you to a browser then use the search function View attachment 2180309
I would recommend the Tapatalk app which is much much better and you can search in general or within a specific thread right from the app. You can search by key words and also by specific username as well. View attachment 2180312View attachment 2180313
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Roni P. said:
So I'm on bs sprint and still have a little over a year for my contract to be up so if all's well I will be flashing me and my gfs phones to another carrier and buying out of our cantract since we're basically paying 200 dollars for the same service. I'm wondering if anybody is willing to help me out with the flashing process (this will be my 1st time) by directing me to the best carrier to flash to how toos and so fourth. I'm currently rooted and my gf isn't but I can have that done in minutes when it's time. I'm hoping to go to virgin boost or cricket if anyone knows anything about flashing to any of these carriers. Can online help? Please and thanks
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If you go Boost or Virgin you will need a donor phone,If you go Cricket you will not as they allow flashed phones on their system.Crickets service is OK but with a flashed phone you will always be 3G no 4G. The S3 is a fairly easy phone to flash you can do it with QPST. Or since you are in louisville the corporate stores can flash it for you pretty cheap.

tclemens said:
If you go Boost or Virgin you will need a donor phone,If you go Cricket you will not as they allow flashed phones on their system.Crickets service is OK but with a flashed phone you will always be 3G no 4G. The S3 is a fairly easy phone to flash you can do it with QPST. Or since you are in louisville the corporate stores can flash it for you pretty cheap.
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Yes it's about 50 to 100 dollars tho I think. But I'd rather learn it myself and hustle their customers instead of them hustling me lol. I'd be fine with 3g that's all I get with sprint anyway. Can u explain the qpst thing? I've seen it b4 but don't quite understand it
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Roni P. said:
Yes it's about 50 to 100 dollars tho I think. But I'd rather learn it myself and hustle their customers instead of them hustling me lol. I'd be fine with 3g that's all I get with sprint anyway. Can u explain the qpst thing? I've seen it b4 but don't quite understand it
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Use this guide only instead of using DFS use QPST http://www.cricketusers.com/cdma-sa...galaxy-s3-cricket-talk-text-mms-internet.html you could use DFS as well I just prefer QPST and a note if you use QPST write two profiles enable both of them and just make one active seems to work better that way.

tclemens said:
Use this guide only instead of using DFS use QPST http://www.cricketusers.com/cdma-sa...galaxy-s3-cricket-talk-text-mms-internet.html you could use DFS as well I just prefer QPST and a note if you use QPST write two profiles enable both of them and just make one active seems to work better that way.
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Have u done this b4?
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Roni P. said:
Have u done this b4?
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yes me and my wife both have S3s that I flashed to cricket

tclemens said:
yes me and my wife both have S3s that I flashed to cricket
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After I go to 4shared I can't dl the file... it says it may have been removed or somethin? What's the difference between the 2 and y do u prefer QPST over dfs?
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To Root Or Not To Root

So my question to you all is it worth it too root your device... Should you take the risk... or should you take the safe way and stay stock....

cdnsnOw said:
So my question to you all is it worth it too root your device... Should you take the risk... or should you take the safe way and stay stock....
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No one can answer this but you. If you are unsure then I would advise you not to do it. Educate yourself on the pros and cons and determine if it will hold any value for you.
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I understand everything my phone is rooted with hyper drive rom.. This question was ment too see how other people Feel about it
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cdnsnOw said:
I understand everything my phone is rooted with hyper drive rom.. This question was ment too see how other people Feel about it
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The way you phrased your post sounded like you were asking of you should root or not. And I think this is kind of a silly question to ask on a dev forum when the answer is so obvious. I believe that rooting is the only way to bring out the full potential. Even better is the development of custom roms.
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It's a must for me.

Well as personal experience I would say ROOOT!!, but only if you feel confident enough arround the system that you wont screw it up

Don't root. You will get pregnant and die
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As mentioned, do some research and decide what you need to do with your phone. Do you want features not available with stock? An Engineer at Qualcomm just stated at XDAevCon 2013 yesterday that a custom ROM can be one of the best ways to increase battery life, however ERD Jcase stated that it opens security risks so he chooses not to root. The choice is yours. But read, read, read before you decide.

I will never own an Android phone that is stock. Once I took the plunge back with my Inspire 4G, I couldn't run stock. It would drive me crazy. Too many features and Roms to try.
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Talking about risk, theres no risk if u follow and read the steps very carefully, although there are largely benefits of rooting, on battery, resources, space, and ofcourse using some rooted apps like root call blocker, titanium backup, greenify, and many more.....
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What are some benefits of rooting???
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What are some benefits of rooting???
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Please use search. This has discussed so many times it is not even funny. If you have to ask here on a developer forum then don't even bother considering the idea.
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Was not trying to be...
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cdnsnOw said:
Was not trying to be...
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Your question was already answered here on your very on posting. If that is not enough information for you please type that question on Google or yahoo and pick and choose from the results. There are so many articles, blogs, and forums on this that you should not need to ask what the benefits are.
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cdnsnOw said:
What are some benefits of rooting???
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You have to understand that they are trying to clean up these forums from the many and many useless questions and posts that have been asked and answered many times for years; What are the benefits of rooting being one of them, which actually takes longer to type in using a simple google search, than to find the answer.
They feel here that these types of posts only crowd the forums, and only get in the way of people's searches for more useful information.