Hey everyone! I have a basic question I would love to get imput on from the experts. I am close to pulling the trigger on getting an ATT Note II (sgh-i317) off of ebay. The plan is the get it working on Tmobile service. I think I have it all worked out, but would love to know if I am missing something important in my process. I would really appreciate any imput from you guys. I have experience with rooting and flashing custom roms, but am by know means close to an expert.
I plane to take the i317 and flash the 4.1.1 image so I can use the hidden menu to unlock my phone. Then I plan on flashing the Att mod to get the 3g/hspa+ working with my Tmobile service. This all seems very reasonable to do, but would love to know about any pitfalls I might encounter. Is this the straight forward technique it appears to be?
Next, I think I will really like to use the Wi-Fi calling available on the Tmobile service. So would like to either flash a custom rom (suggestions appreciated) that will allow the use of wi-fi calling on my sgh i317. I may just want to go all the way and flash the tmobile stock image. If I do that do I need to also change the kernal to tmobile, or is that also included in the stock recovery image?
You direction is much appreciated.
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Wondering if this was possible I have been looking at the new JEDI rom however I have tmobile and a ATT branded note 2 (i317) and really looking for the wifi call I onle seen one port and it was this one, but it seems to have quite a bit of trouble still.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2026569
I was wondering if anyone just tried a t889 rom on thier i317 also seen a few people say they have just wanted to hear back from them and how everything works ect.
For instance it was mentioned here I can dont know if anyone has done it though
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075331
Yes gsm is the same. Just flash your modem. Correct?
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why use a jedi t-mobile rom, if you have the same for at&t.
you need carriers files
blazin6969 said:
Wondering if this was possible I have been looking at the new JEDI rom however I have tmobile and a ATT branded note 2 (i317) and really looking for the wifi call I onle seen one port and it was this one, but it seems to have quite a bit of trouble still.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2026569
I was wondering if anyone just tried a t889 rom on thier i317 also seen a few people say they have just wanted to hear back from them and how everything works ect.
For instance it was mentioned here I can dont know if anyone has done it though
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075331
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It'll work fine. Just make sure you keep you're running an AT&T modem. The ROM itself shouldn't flash another modem, but if it does, just flash back an AT&T modem. I'm also on T-Mobile using an AT&T Note 2. I even flash the bone stock T-Mobile ROM and it ran 100% perfectly out of the box (because I had an AT&T modem on my device). You can enable AWS 3G/4G via a mod here, by the way if you haven't:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2068041
This mod sticks across ROMs, but anytime you flash or reflash a modem, you have to redo the mod.
Hey guys so I decide to get the SGH-147 AT&T S3 off of ebay for MetroPCS which enabled me to get a 2 year squaretrade warranty. After looking back at it now, I feel it might have been a bad idea since Metro has a MIR 349.99 deal for their S3 version which would mean easier android update since it would be on Metro servers if I'm not mistaken. Anyway I can't return the ebay phone now unless there is some software or hardware problems within 30 days
So my problem
I am stuck on 4.1.1 on Kies and when I check for update, because the phone is based on AT&T servers, it won't work since I'm on Metro. I wanted to see if there is anyway for me to update my phone to 4.3 which is the current version. Although, I've heard some people have 4.3 problems?
If that's not advisable, could y'all tell me how I could atleast get to Android 4.1.2? Also is there a 4.4 update in the works?
I just got the phone today and would like to be running on something better than 4.1.1
should I flash the AT&T phone to a MetroPCS ROM lol, if any of those are actually available, or if I were to flash, should I flash it to Tmobile?
First off, if its I747, you MUST flash only those Roms. No others. Now, that's indeed a nice phone with LTE Antenna.
You really heard correct. The 4.3 upgrade from the carrier (ATT for you) /Samsung has a lot of issues. I wouldn't do it for any reason. Particularly on T-Mo network, you will have severe signal issues as reported by others. In addition, it now flashes an EFuse onto your phone along with locked bootloader and other scary stuff.I really would not do it.
Lastly, XDA is organized by devices. So even though you are a T-Mo/Metro PCS customer, you will have to post on AT&T SGS3 forum over there.
Speaking of Rom update, Please visit Root66 Thread for this device. You will find Rooted version of your Current Rom. Dunno why but he does not have 4.2.x for you. Please do your research someone else must have posted it.
Now speaking to 4.3, yes there is a way to get 4.3 on your phone without the issues I mentioned above. But first you will have to flash a Custom recovery such as CWM or TWRP with the help of ODIN on your phone. Again do your research well. Once those are in place, take a look at this thread. It will provide 4.3 experience without ANY concerns or issues. Read it carefully and then read some more. Good Luck.
Perseus71 said:
First off, if its I747, you MUST flash only those Roms. No others. Now, that's indeed a nice phone with LTE Antenna.
You really heard correct. The 4.3 upgrade from the carrier (ATT for you) /Samsung has a lot of issues. I wouldn't do it for any reason. Particularly on T-Mo network, you will have severe signal issues as reported by others. In addition, it now flashes an EFuse onto your phone along with locked bootloader and other scary stuff.I really would not do it.
Lastly, XDA is organized by devices. So even though you are a T-Mo/Metro PCS customer, you will have to post on AT&T SGS3 forum over there.
Speaking of Rom update, Please visit Root66 Thread for this device. You will find Rooted version of your Current Rom. Dunno why but he does not have 4.2.x for you. Please do your research someone else must have posted it.
Now speaking to 4.3, yes there is a way to get 4.3 on your phone without the issues I mentioned above. But first you will have to flash a Custom recovery such as CWM or TWRP with the help of ODIN on your phone. Again do your research well. Once those are in place, take a look at this thread. It will provide 4.3 experience without ANY concerns or issues. Read it carefully and then read some more. Good Luck.
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THANK YOU! Looks like I got a lot of phone work to do over the weekend. SO do you think it was good/should I stick with this AT&T S3 or should I try to sell it for a discount and buy a Metro PCS S3? The ebay buyer won't take my phone back unless there is a hardware or software problem inherent to phone...unless I fake one ?
If it was me, I'd keep the phone. Metro's S3 does not have LTE Antenna. You'd have been stuck at lower speeds.
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If it was me, I'd keep the phone. Metro's S3 does not have LTE Antenna. You'd have been stuck at lower speeds.
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Metro's s3 does have lte
As for the OP you can flash at&t or T-Mobile ROMs it really doesn't matter because they are backwards compatible (I have done it) and you can flash 4.3 ROMs if you don't want to take the official 4.3 update which you can easily do with Odin without the need for kies or ota.. Now, I suggest the first thing you do is flash a custom recovery and then experiment with 4.3 ROMs, if you keep having problems flash 4.1.2 roms.. There are some things you need to do though to get 4.3 up and running so I suggest you read up on it first. Good luck my friend!
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It was my impression he wanted Stock Touchwiz Roms not AOSP.
Thanks for letting me know Metro has T999L
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It was my impression he wanted Stock Touchwiz Roms not AOSP.
Thanks for letting me know Metro has T999L
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I did mean touchwiz ROMs.. And the metro model is t999n which is pretty much a t999l
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I'm looking for all the help I can get.
I have a Sprint GS4 mini and I got this for my girl. all my phones I've always picked it up directly at sprint so it was always activated so I wasn't away that I would have problems activating her phone that I bought online.
Trying to be proactive so once I gave her the phone nothing would need to be done. I rooted it and installed a custom rom so I could have the bloatware and everything setup nicely for her.
I found out they can't activate it because of the custom rom and it didn't have the sprint PRL. I know the easy answer would be to flash stock, but the 1 stock file that's floating around online does not work, it crashes in ODIN.
I have the Dev of the ROM working with me but i'm hoping to help him and me by putting this out to everyone to see if anyone has any thoughts or a good stock firmware.
Also is it possible for anyone running SPHL-520 to upload a nandroid w/o Data so I can try to restore. I'm lost on what I can do now.
Thanks guys.
I have read a bit and can't find a definite answer. I am going to pick up a att note 3 tomorrow that's been unlocked. Guy says he uses it on tmobile fine but my question is in terms of installing custom ROMs, how should I go about installing a tmobile version? I have read where people get better reception using tmobile ROMs but am uncertain about how and what to do. I know how to flash etc but also never messed with att phones on tmobile.
Do you guys that are running an att version do any extra steps or? Do you flash Tmobile radios?
Any help is appreciated.
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Ducter said:
I have read a bit and can't find a definite answer. I am going to pick up a att note 3 tomorrow that's been unlocked. Guy says he uses it on tmobile fine but my question is in terms of installing custom ROMs, how should I go about installing a tmobile version? I have read where people get better reception using tmobile ROMs but am uncertain about how and what to do. I know how to flash etc but also never messed with att phones on tmobile.
Do you guys that are running an att version do any extra steps or? Do you flash Tmobile radios?
Any help is appreciated.
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It's too bad that you got the AT&T model phone instead of the Tmobile.
You will not be able to have the wifi calling feature (perhaps you don't need it)
Also the AT&T Note 3 requires "safestrap" before you can flash custom recovery,
roms, kernels or anything else which requires custom recovery (TWRP/CWM).
Here is a link which explains Safestrap and instructions on how to install it on
the AT&T note 3 phones: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2572978
Good luck!
Misterjunky said:
It's too bad that you got the AT&T model phone instead of the Tmobile.
You will not be able to have the wifi calling feature (perhaps you don't need it)
Also the AT&T Note 3 requires "safestrap" before you can flash custom recovery,
roms, kernels or anything else which requires custom recovery (TWRP/CWM).
Here is a link which explains Safestrap and instructions on how to install it on
the AT&T note 3 phones: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2572978
Good luck!
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Thanks for the information.
I just finished paying off my Galaxy Tab S4 (T837A), finished the unlock process, and now want to remove the AT&T link on it so I can use everything on it elsewhere. Specifically I'm wanting to get the stock android hotspot setup instead of being forced to do a weird workaround to bypass MyATT.
What is my best bet to do so? Rooting and flashing a custom ROM? Flashing different firmware?
It's been about 6 years since I've messed around with android systems, and I was hoping it would be as easy as ATT unlocking it and then getting access to all the base settings, but I'm not that lucky haha. Any help will be greatly appreciated!
You can try flashing T837V firmware, which is verizon version. Any function other than calling & sms works as it should.