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Hello everyone!

I just wanted to say hi to everyone, I have been jailbreaking iPhones and iPods for years but I decided to switch to an android so I went with a Galaxy S3
I am new to the ROM/rooting experience and I am looking forward to learning!
I did root the phone but I have not flashed any ROMS yet. I want to find the best one out there for the T-mobile S3 before I flash my first one. Could anyone tell me which, if any, improve signal strength? I have very bad signal in my area and was hoping that I could improve that this way, Gotta appreciate all of the developers who put so much time and work into this stuff for our benefit!

Well I would recommend Wicked rom if you want stock experience, if you want aosp, most are based on CyanogenMod 10 builds. If you want better reception, there is a flashable modem that SHOULD improve reception, but its dangerous I've read, I have not done that, but its what I've read. Some heads up tips, backup in recovery before flashing anything, read the original post of anything you'll flash and search before posting, you'll probably find what you need
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Where did you hear that flashing modems is dangerous? As long as you follow directions and don't use one for another device its really no more dangerous than flashing a kernel or recovery.
If you guys want to learn more about modems this thread is as good as any place to start!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1880987
Just please make sure you read and understand what you are doing before trying this or any other mod!
@op
The thread I linked to is stickied in the development section. Next to it is the firmware thread. I suggest keeping a copy of the stock fw on hand in case you run into problems. Sometimes odin flashing back to stock is the only solution.
There is no best rom. What is the best for you will most likely not be the best for me. You should get an idea of what you are looking for base-wise. Try a cm or aokp and see if you prefer it over stock. Say you prefer stock, then focus on the roms that are based on stock builds.
Read the op thoroughly! Find one that has features you want. Then while downloading read the first few pages and the last 5 or so pages to get an idea about any bugs or other info.
The rom you choose will rarely have any bearing on signal stregnth. There are lots of modems you can choose from.
Finally, do NOT flash anything that was made for another device!
Good luck and welcome!
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Well as actually you can flash most att ROMs to the t-999 as long as they are not updating the modem then you should be fine
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I'd flash the cm10 latest nightly
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Welcome all member of Xda-developers forum
Nice to meet you

As far as modems go it is going to be a testing process. While most modem updates are aimed at better signal it is not always the cases do to area. So what gives me the best signal my not get you the best signal so try one and run a speed test use it for a day then do another speed test before changing the modem again until you find what works for you.
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Please HELP
First I like to say hello as I'M A NOOB!! I just rooted my phone and would like to try a ROM now but not sure not to install or how to go about it I've been doing a lot of reading still to no avail!! I would like to try any rom to start and go from there but how do I go about installing the rom if that's what's it's called I believe it's called flashing anyway how do I go about flashing a ROM and hwere are they located so I can pick one out and try it? Can somoene please point me in the right direction so I can get a ROM installed I am so excited now that my phone is finally Rooted I need a ROM A.S.A.P. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME SO I CAN GET THIS DOWN TODAY PLEASE i need to try this now and want to try it now PLEASE HELP ME HERE GUYS YOUR HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED ALREADY AND i'M SORRY FOR THE CAPS. I'll be anxiously waiting for anyone's reply as a matter of fact I will not leave this computer until I get a reply on how to flas my first ROM!!! Thank you so very much guys I do really appreciate the help as I need it!!!!!:good: I have a Samsun Galaxy S 3 Running JB. 4.1.1 AND IT'S Rooted!!1

lovetofly said:
First I like to say hello as I'M A NOOB!! I just rooted my phone and would like to try a ROM now but not sure not to install or how to go about it I've been doing a lot of reading still to no avail!! I would like to try any rom to start and go from there but how do I go about installing the rom if that's what's it's called I believe it's called flashing anyway how do I go about flashing a ROM and hwere are they located so I can pick one out and try it? Can somoene please point me in the right direction so I can get a ROM installed I am so excited now that my phone is finally Rooted I need a ROM A.S.A.P. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME SO I CAN GET THIS DOWN TODAY PLEASE i need to try this now and want to try it now PLEASE HELP ME HERE GUYS YOUR HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED ALREADY AND i'M SORRY FOR THE CAPS. I'll be anxiously waiting for anyone's reply as a matter of fact I will not leave this computer until I get a reply on how to flas my first ROM!!! Thank you so very much guys I do really appreciate the help as I need it!!!!!:good: I have a Samsun Galaxy S 3 Running JB. 4.1.1 AND IT'S Rooted!!1
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I'll take a leap of faith. Which recovery are you using. What method did you use to flash recovery. If I were you I would start simple and flash a touch wiz 4.1.1 ROM. Also, 2 things to remember before someone else tells you. 1 - CAPS aren't necessary for someone to read your post. 2 - asking for a ROM recommendation is generally discouraged due to what I like may not be what you want, per xda rules. For rom info just goto the development section and read. Find one you are interested in. Make a backup using your recovery method, follow guidelines set by developer and flash. Google and you tube are your friends when learning to flash. You might want to find a app backup utility like titanium backup to restore your apps after you flash your new ROM. Then read, read, and read some more and when you think your ready read again. Flashing wrong ROM can cause a bricked (locked and unusable phone). Also, if you were sorry for the caps you could have change prior to submitting post. Good luck.
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[Q] Newly rooted my Samsung Sgh 1747

I am new to having a rooted phone I have the Samsung. SGH 1747 and I am not sure. What it now allows me to do. What I can take advantage of with this. Any words of wisdom?

You now have the option of installing a custom recovery and running one of numerous Roms for your phone. Just be sure what you choose is for your model.

vance74 said:
I am new to having a rooted phone I have the Samsung. SGH 1747 and I am not sure. What it now allows me to do. What I can take advantage of with this. Any words of wisdom?
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Before you make any changes or utilize any of tweaks/mods out there....read,read and read again - what it is, how to install it, what it does and how to use it.
Prep on the front end is easier than panic when it goesnwrong.
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Any advice on this post? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011944

I would use rom manager Firstly to make a backup of your now working rom.... I too am fairly new at rooted phone...read read read
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Replying to the exsd card question.... If you update cwm via rom manager and install touch thru rom manager it will give you an option to install from exsd card at restore screen.
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vance74 said:
I am new to having a rooted phone I have the Samsung. SGH 1747 and I am not sure. What it now allows me to do. What I can take advantage of with this. Any words of wisdom?
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There are many apps, system themes, tools and tweaks you can't use unless rooted.
I know Android is highly customizable out of the box, but rooting opens the door and gives you even more control of your device.
Certain apps such a Vibrafix (haptic feedback disabler), AdAway(amazing ad blocker app that uses the same hosts file I have used on my PC for years), Inverted Gapps, and loads of great system maintenance tools that require root, etc, etc.

Welcome to the lovely world of root. I mainly root my phones to out new ROMS on. But they become to damn addictive so be careful lol. Now I just use root to take off all bloatware and ads custom kernels.... Have fun and yes read read read and read again. Before trying anything
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Are there certain apps or tools I can use to install different ROMs?
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vance74 said:
Are there certain apps or tools I can use to install different ROMs?
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First this is wrong forum. Questions should go to questions forum. About tools read this post first. Most of answers are there : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839

Read read read..... I know it sounds corny but everything you need to know is in the forumd
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Keep back-up of a good, working, configuration, and stick with your S3 variant. The same goes for flashing flashable zips - stick to the ROM you've chosen to flash (obviously this can vary with mods for any AOSP ROM, etc.).
General rule of thumb. I just rooted and flashed Slim Bean on my girlfriends S3, so I'm new to the S3 community too. Hoping I can find a solid AOSP build to flash on her phone.

Thread moved to Q&A.
@ OP, Do you see a general sense of the responses you're are getting? Reading, Reading, Reading is key. All of your questions are fundamental Android questions. You need to look into recoveries, root apps, different ROMs/Kernels - all of which can be found with a simple XDA or Google Search.
And please do not open and thread about, "Which ROM is the best?" or "What is your favorite ROM/Kernel combo?". Best advice I can give is to read a few OPs in the Dev section and if you find one that you like, check out the last 10 pages or so for bugs. Narrow it down to one that you want, then start reading.

wad3g said:
Keep back-up of a good, working, configuration, and stick with your S3 variant.
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Bingo.
Like yourself, I am new to the rom flashing scene. Once I get my phone set up exactly how I want it, I do a Nandroid.
After that, I do a standard backup at least ocne a week of my apps and their data.
Alot of backup apps will provide the ability to merge backups. This is a great feature because I could uninstall an app today that I like for some reason, and a few days from here when I do my next app backup, instead of having to reinstall it before the backup, it's already carried forward in the merged backup.

Just do your research before you flash ANYTHING!!!!!!. Any terms that you dont understand, just google. This is an awesome site, almost everything is already covered. Welcome to the darkside......or something.

New here!

Hey guys, I'm new the the SG3, I came from the amaze, I love this phone! A few questions... how easy is the rooting process, what are some of the really good roms, and should I use ext4 it cwm? Thanks in advance, guys!
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All the answers to your questions are covered in the stickies. If you need a little direction after spending some time reading pm me and I will do my best. I check in on a regular basis.

Rooting is very easy. You can flash rooted stock jb rom. Which will save you time on updating and rooting. You can find it in stickies, it's called root66, all steps are there.
As to rom, it comes down to what you want to heve on your phone. If you want to have everything clean and simple + android 4.1.2, go with cm10. But it doesn't have many stock futures of the phone.
If you like stock futures of sgs3 like motion. You can go with FrostyJB. It's great rom and my favorite.
You need to do some research on that and find what you like the most.
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I also followed the guide here to flash the root-injected ROM. I'd never done anything like it before, so I read the instructions several times - but it was a pretty simple process and I am very happy that I did it.
Personally, I have stuck to the stock ROM since I need T-Mobile's WIFI calling. I understand that TW-based ROMs will have this, but I haven't looked around yet. Simply having Apex launcher has made such a vast improvement that I am very pleased for now and have just about everything I have wanted as of yet.

couple questions regarding custom roms

I had a couple question and hopefully you guys can help me out.
I have a gs3 and was looking to install a rom, now do these roms just add features or do they completely replace the default rom? Im I going to be able to do everything I was able to do before the custom rom? Also what does "cm10" or "cm5" mean? Also my phones 4g isnt working, it stays at edge, no mateer if I have full bars. Would a custom rom maybe solve the problem? If I add a custom rom can I revert to stock without side effects?
Thnks

Read and read and Google and Google, or vice versa! And have you rooted and flashed already? If so check your imei and see if it has numbers or just 0 (settings, about phone, status, imei) oh and read some more like the resource guide I created, and Google other things.
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mtxhace said:
I had a couple question and hopefully you guys can help me out.
I have a gs3 and was looking to install a rom, now do these roms just add features or do they completely replace the default rom? Im I going to be able to do everything I was able to do before the custom rom? Also what does "cm10" or "cm5" mean? Also my phones 4g isnt working, it stays at edge, no mateer if I have full bars. Would a custom rom maybe solve the problem? If I add a custom rom can I revert to stock without side effects?
Thnks
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Buddy my advice to you is read more! And that's being serious because flashing things is no small matter but to answer you're questions.
Flashing a rom will replace the default.
It will change kernel, build, etc. The only thing that wont change is you're modem.
If you did install a touchwiz rom. You're most likely going to do everything you do plus more but make sure its based of T-Mobile... they tell you on the first post of roms.
Cm10 is cyanogen mod and they make asop roms. They best way to describe the rom is watch a video of the nexus stock rom.. u will get the jist of it.
For you're data make sure you're on a 4g area my friend. If u are then personally check you're data and make sure 4g is enabled. Still wont woek then maybe flashing the newest modem might work but be very very careful! !!!!
If u install cm10, akop stuff like that people recommend to odin back to your stock. Look up odin if you do not know what that means.
Ok I answered all you're questions
But truly watch out. From reading you're questions it sounds like you are new and want to learn which is good but keep reading and reading before you flash anything dude. Treat this like programming class and you're fighting for that A
Hit thanks if I helped
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The_F_Word said:
Buddy my advice to you is read more! And that's being serious because flashing things is no small matter but to answer you're questions.
Flashing a rom will replace the default.
It will change kernel, build, etc. The only thing that wont change is you're modem.
If you did install a touchwiz rom. You're most likely going to do everything you do plus more but make sure its based of T-Mobile... they tell you on the first post of roms.
Cm10 is cyanogen mod and they make asop roms. They best way to describe the rom is watch a video of the nexus stock rom.. u will get the jist of it.
For you're data make sure you're on a 4g area my friend. If u are then personally check you're data and make sure 4g is enabled. Still wont woek then maybe flashing the newest modem might work but be very very careful! !!!!
If u install cm10, akop stuff like that people recommend to odin back to your stock. Look up odin if you do not know what that means.
Ok I answered all you're questions
But truly watch out. From reading you're questions it sounds like you are new and want to learn which is good but keep reading and reading before you flash anything dude. Treat this like programming class and you're fighting for that A
Hit thanks if I helped
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You are the man.

What is the full model number of your GS3?

Dude you really look like you won't take advantage of all the rooting capabilities maybe it's best if you don't. Have you ever had 4G? It might be your area, tmobile doesn't cover everything. So custom roms most likely won't improve that, so before you do anything call tmobile and see what's up with that because most likely your paying for a service your not getting. If not then a warranty is in place if they cover it in your area, also let us know if you have mess with some settings in network.
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Since we are asking questions about custom roms... Let's say I install a custom kernel but I flash different rom after that. Would the custom kernel go untouched or would it change to whatever rom is present on the custom rom?
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jenaltals said:
Since we are asking questions about custom roms... Let's say I install a custom kernel but I flash different rom after that. Would the custom kernel go untouched or would it change to whatever rom is present on the custom rom?
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It changes with whatever rom you flash to my understand, roms comes with their equipped kernels. You should wipe before you move on to next rom
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Yes all ROMs come with a kernel otherwise they wouldn't boot.

Ahh, that's right. Thanks for clearing that up guys
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Coolest Rom?

I tried to install latest illusion and liquid JB 2.4 but dont like them, internet doesnt work on liquid jb and there is also no market app on either one, not sure if its the ROMS or my installation.
Now can any one plese help me to find the rom that has best features (good bettery life could be a bonus).
thanks in advance.

Your install process is way off. There are support threads and q&a's and instructions in the OP of the thread... No such thing as a "coolest rom" try them for your self with proper install procedures before saying they're ugly or don't work.
T-Mobile SGS III

Coolest ROM?
That made me laugh.
You need to go through and pick which ROM or ROMs fit your needs. No one can pick a ROM for you, another members ideal ROM may not be your ideal ROM.
As for the installation process and having certain apps not being there or not working properly, you need to read the first post of the thread, also know as the OP. Reading it will let you know what to download and how to install/flash it through recovery.
Here's some advice that will save you in the future:
-read the first post/op of each thread
-have questions or problems with the ROM? Read the first and last 10 pages of the thread, if the problem isn't addressed or your question isn't answered, then politely ask for help.
-Google is your "friend", usually typing your issue followed by xda in the search bar and you'll find what your looking for
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nasum daDevie
Ok thanks for your help guys. i'm not sure what i did wrong. here are the steps that did and one of you might be able to help me.
Downloaded odin and rooted and installed cwm through GalaxyS3RootUSCanada.zip (http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-r...gh-t999sgh-i747sph-l710-fail-proofnoob-proof/)
Downloaded the Rom and installed it --> cleared cache etc.
Now is there a problem with installing CWM throuth this file?

Why didn't you just use the toolkit stickied in development? I know nothing about the software you linked to.
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khanbaba59 said:
I tried to install latest illusion and liquid JB 2.4 but dont like them, internet doesnt work on liquid jb and there is also no market app on either one, not sure if its the ROMS or my installation.
Now can any one plese help me to find the rom that has best features (good bettery life could be a bonus).
thanks in advance.
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Maybe you should read the op before installing something.
Clearly says you have to flash gapps after flashing liquidsmooth. This is why you don't have the playstore.
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And wipe maybe.
T-Mobile SGS III

EtherealRemnant said:
Why didn't you just use the toolkit stickied in development? I know nothing about the software you linked to.
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Agree here. Never understood why folks would go to that site, then come here to find support for it.
Either root66 or cf-autoroot is the best and easiest imo.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Agree here. Never understood why folks would go to that site, then come here to find support for it.
Either root66 or cf-autoroot is the best and easiest imo.
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Beats me but I won't give support for things sourced outside of XDA. Not just because XDA always has the best but because I know nothing about external offerings.
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Khanbaba59, there is no "cool rom" so to speak. You have to read up on which is best for you, then try them. Be sure to READ the OP on installation process to avoid anything going wrong.
As your questions have been answered, I will close this now as it will cause confusion and bickering about roms.