Hey guys I am a new owner of a T989D from Telus. I have rooted and installed CWM and flashed Beast ROM without backing up with Nandroid. I wanted to go back to stock ROM so I followed this threads directions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1323878. Unaware this was for the T-Mobile version and a Telus version was available I flashed the Telus stock ROM as well. So when I boot my phone i get the Telus message as well as the T-Mobile boot screen. If anyone can provide any help as to getting back to just the Telus stock ROM I would highly appreciate it.
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Anyone? :/
I'm confused: you flashed the T-Mo ROM, then re-flashed with the (proper) Telus ROM, and now you get two boot-up messages? Can you be more specific?
Hey guys.. I'm new to this forum and to flashing ROMs and all that so I need your help..
I used the search option and didn't find a clear answer to this..
I have bought about a month ago an at&t SGS3 SGH-i747 and I am not very happy with the current OS (android 4.1.1 at&t stock ROM) and I want to upgrade it to 4.1.2. After searching google a bit i found out that there IS an official 4.1.2 android from at&t for my device and wherever I go they say to go to settings, about device, software update and update my phone from there but it says that there is no update.
I have searched for a ROM on sammobile and only found a 4.0.4 ROM for my phone.
However, I found out that there is a 4.1.2 ROM for SGS3 SGH-i747M, and some people say that their ROMs will work on my device and some say they won't.
Can someone tell me, if I install a Rogers (for example) i747M ROM on my device will it work without problem? I don't want to stay with the at&t ROM because it has too many limitations on them.
I prefer not to install custom ROMs because they are all a bit unstable..
Sorry if I have bad English, tried my best..
First off an (att) rom will work with a (rogers) phone. I'm using one right now.
Secondly, if you do manage to install a (rogers) rom on your s3 it will probably be missing apn settings and you'll have rogers apps.
Lastly, through my experience with custom roms, I have found that they are far more stable then stock, if you're looking for a good custom touchwiz rom. Look at hyperdrive
ChaosG said:
Hey guys.. I'm new to this forum and to flashing ROMs and all that so I need your help..
I used the search option and didn't find a clear answer to this..
I have bought about a month ago an at&t SGS3 SGH-i747 and I am not very happy with the current OS (android 4.1.1 at&t stock ROM) and I want to upgrade it to 4.1.2. After searching google a bit i found out that there IS an official 4.1.2 android from at&t for my device and wherever I go they say to go to settings, about device, software update and update my phone from there but it says that there is no update.
I have searched for a ROM on sammobile and only found a 4.0.4 ROM for my phone.
However, I found out that there is a 4.1.2 ROM for SGS3 SGH-i747M, and some people say that their ROMs will work on my device and some say they won't.
Can someone tell me, if I install a Rogers (for example) i747M ROM on my device will it work without problem? I don't want to stay with the at&t ROM because it has too many limitations on them.
I prefer not to install custom ROMs because they are all a bit unstable..
Sorry if I have bad English, tried my best..
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What you are describing on Sammobile are the stock firmwares that are flashed through a program called Odin. If you tried flashing a Rogers image, you could potentially brick your phone, or as the user above said, there would be a lot of issues since that is not the firmware for AT&T. Are you rooted? If you are, that is what is causing the upgrade issue, since you have to be 100% stock.
dbaler said:
First off an (att) rom will work with a (rogers) phone. I'm using one right now.
Secondly, if you do manage to install a (rogers) rom on your s3 it will probably be missing apn settings and you'll have rogers apps.
Lastly, through my experience with custom roms, I have found that they are far more stable then stock, if you're looking for a good custom touchwiz rom. Look at hyperdrive
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Thanks for your answer. Well, if you say that custom roms are more stable than stock, I won't argue. Just some friends told me otherwise.
I'll try to find a good rom that suits me.
Btw, I don't care if ill have Rogers apps or AT&T apps, they are both useless to me. I just don't want to brick my phone.
drx895 said:
What you are describing on Sammobile are the stock firmwares that are flashed through a program called Odin. If you tried flashing a Rogers image, you could potentially brick your phone, or as the user above said, there would be a lot of issues since that is not the firmware for AT&T. Are you rooted? If you are, that is what is causing the upgrade issue, since you have to be 100% stock.
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I didn't flash a Rogers rom because I couldn't find a clear answer that says that it will not brick my phone. I just seen some people ask about it and didn't get an answer either. I have tried to unroot and flash a stock rom from "samsung-updates.com", a 4.1.1. Its the same as the one that I already had. Still, no update available.
ChaosG said:
Thanks for your answer. Well, if you say that custom roms are more stable than stock, I won't argue. Just some friends told me otherwise.
I'll try to find a good rom that suits me.
Btw, I don't care if ill have Rogers apps or AT&T apps, they are both useless to me. I just don't want to brick my phone.
I didn't flash a Rogers rom because I couldn't find a clear answer that says that it will not brick my phone. I just seen some people ask about it and didn't get an answer either. I have tried to unroot and flash a stock rom from "samsung-updates.com", a 4.1.1. Its the same as the one that I already had. Still, no update available.
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If you flash a ODIN package for rogers on an AT&T phone you may brick it due to bootloader and modem
if you flash a custom zip based on an AT&T rom from XDA you won't brick since they don't contain bootloader or a modem
hope this helps
Hey guys how are you all today? I have a quick question... I have rooted and installed MANY custom Roms on MANY different devices.... but never came across this problem yet. I live in Canada and I recently purchased yet another S3, but it is a US model i747 from AT&T.... now my question is, can I install stock rooted Bell or Rogers firmware on the device? Im currently running CM11 and it is a great ROM, however, when I had my S4 I was running Foxhound ROM and loved it as it was the best of both worlds. Now I would like to go back to a stock rooted ROM and use Xposed Framework so I can keep the stock Touchwiz functions, but would like to customize it to give it the AOSP look. So, am I able to flash stock rooted Bell firmware on an AT&T deviceÉ I know this is a newbie question but ive never owned a US device before so I never encountered this problem. Thank you all in advance for helping me clarify this.... Ive tried searching but didnt come up with a solid answer through search. Thanks again.
Jeff
Anybody
Do you have the 4.3 bootloader on your phone? If you do, flashing an older bootloader will brick the phone.
I would not try to flash a stock Canadian ROM as that may also brick your phone because the Canadian and US models appear to use different bootloaders.
Thank you for the reply dude.... no Im running cm11 4.4.2 but on MG2 bootloader... if this helps? I just figured that since the devices are basically the same and you can flash the same custom ROMS that you could POSSIBLY flash stock rooted ROMS from either country as well. You think its possible? Thanks again in advance for the reply!!
Jeff
Going along with what audit13 was saying, you should be safe as long as the ROM doesn't install a modem/baseband or bootloader.
Without the modem and bootloader the ROMs are interchangeable for the i747 and i747M.
If you install a Canadian bootloader there is an excellent chance you will brick your phone.
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Going along with what audit13 was saying, you should be safe as long as the ROM doesn't install a modem/baseband or bootloader.
Without the modem and bootloader the ROMs are interchangeable for the i747 and i747M.
If you install a Canadian bootloader there is an excellent chance you will brick your phone.
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Thanks again for the info... and on that note I believe I will just forget about flashing Canadian ROM.... better safe than sorry, right!? Thanks guys for all your help!!
Jeff
Hi guys I could use your help
I recently rooted my UK ee m8 successfully by the way, so I went ahead and flashed my first Rom also successfully, however I have gone and made the biggest rookie mistake and did not backup my stock rom, how do I get a stock backup without actually having one ?
I ask as the 5.0 update is almost upon us and would like to try it on a HTC firmware
ginjar81 said:
Hi guys I could use your help
I recently rooted my UK ee m8 successfully by the way, so I went ahead and flashed my first Rom also successfully, however I have gone and made the biggest rookie mistake and did not backup my stock rom, how do I get a stock backup without actually having one ?
I ask as the 5.0 update is almost upon us and would like to try it on a HTC firmware
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376
Have a good read over there
Hi im new to flashing roms and everything so i have rooted my phone and downloaded twrp and have flashed multiple roms to my phone but switched back to stock because whenever i flash a new rom i do not have a signal and it does not read my sim card i have tried backing up my stock then just recovering the modem but still no luck if any of you could help me it would be much appreciated I have a N7100 on under a Koodo contract.