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[Q] Will a 4.3 ROM (like CM 10.2) work with the ND8 modem?

Currently running stock 4.4.2 (ND8) and looking to try out Cyanogenmod 10.2, which is 4.3
The only other phone I have any experience flashing ROMs on was a Sprint S2 (D710) and no custom ROMs were compatible with its Jellybean modem, so you had to flash an old modem separately. Is there any similar situation with this phone? Does it make any difference that I'm trying to flash a 4.3 ROM? I'm not very familiar with how that stuff works.

This will answer a lot of your questions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2743554
But yes you can flash any ROM you like, still, but do not ever try to downgrade your modem (or bootloader) now that you're on the full Knox ND8 bootloader. You'll hard brick your phone if you do.
I have no personal experience with just how well the "old" ROMs work with the ND8 modem, FYI.
Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII on TouchWiz 4.4.2 with Wicked X v6.5, Ktoonsez' latest kernel and the latest Philz Touch Recovery.

[Q] set bluetooth internet sharing to on by default? other touchwiz questions too.

So I had been running carbon Rom 4.4.2 for a while and I just decided to update to touchwiz kitkat because I just got a gear and a note 8. When running aosp roms I had no issues with Bluetooth tethering, once I set it to on, it just stayed on. Now I updated to the kitkat boot loader and flashed wicked x 6.5, and it's worth mentioning the hotspot wasn't working out of the box, so I had to flash the fix he linked to in the thread. Once I check Bluetooth tethering, it stays on until I reboot. Usually that wouldn't be a big thing but I find myself rebooting a lot. I switch xposed modules, swap batteries etc, and I find it really irritating how it keeps resetting, because I like it when things just work. I have too many gadgets to be messing with the settings in all of them every time I want to go online. It's there any fix I can flash or like init.d or build prop tweaks I can make to get Bluetooth tethering to be on by default?
Also, what xposed modules would you guys recommend for remapping hardware button functions, and is there any way to add a fully customizable quick settings slide similar to the one in cm11?
Last but not least, my understanding is that once I've updated to the kitkat boot loader, there is no going back to roms that weren't made for that modem, even if they're kitkat roms (aosp/aospa or touchwiz or aokp etc). Is that correct?
Please and thank you

So... should I assume that this means there is no way to do this, and no one has any suggestions for re-mapping hardware ways, or anything? I've waited at least a day, usually I hate to do this but unfortunately, Ive gotten no replies

tooandrew said:
Also, what xposed modules would you guys recommend for remapping hardware button functions, and is there any way to add a fully customizable quick settings slide similar to the one in cm11?
Last but not least, my understanding is that once I've updated to the kitkat boot loader, there is no going back to roms that weren't made for that modem, even if they're kitkat roms (aosp/aospa or touchwiz or aokp etc). Is that correct?
Please and thank you
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I have no experience with Bluetooth tethering, sorry I can't help you there.
For remapping hardware buttons, I don't know either. Wanam Xposed will help with the notification toggles, besides the mods that have been posted. Look out for Wicked v7 tomorrow or you can flash the separate mods necessary to get the same thing.
I hope that's what your talking about. I haven't tried CM since v10 or 10.1.
You can still flash any old ROM that you could before. Note that I have read about at least some people having some troubles using old ROMs with the new modem, but again, I haven't tried so I can't tell you first hand.
You just can't ever Odin anything older than ND8 again, and never flash any old modem either - it'll hard brick your phone. I'm guessing you might've read that but I just wanted to make sure you know.
I love Wicked X and just ND8 in general.
Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII on TouchWiz 4.4.2 with Wicked X v6.5, Ktoonsez' latest kernel and the latest Philz Touch Recovery.
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This might answer some other questions you might think of.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2743554
Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy SIII on TouchWiz 4.4.2 with Wicked X v6.5, Ktoonsez' latest kernel and the latest Philz Touch Recovery.

i ended up going with 'xbutton' for mapping hardware buttons, tasker and auto bluetooth tether for the auto tethering (only when something that may be tethered is connected), according to the thread i was linked to, aosp roms will not brick you, and there are zips to add more toggles in the wicked X thread. thanks everyone.

Stock roms for sprint galaxy s3

whats up guys im having a bit of trouble finding the stock roms for galaxy s3 im looking for the latest stock rom thats rooted. it can have small tweaks for performance. If anyone can provide a link that would be sweet thanks again guys i tried looking up stock roms but it didnt help to much

Well with the information you've provided I'm left not knowing a whole lot, so I'll just assume you're on the latest nd8 build and if so here is the link to that stock rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2741413
please make sure you read the Op, because if you are not on the nd8 build you DO not want to flash this.
http://i1370.photobucket.com/albums/ag261/Droid716/IMG_20140615_114712_zpsf390205f.jpg

gears177 said:
whats up guys im having a bit of trouble finding the stock roms for galaxy s3 im looking for the latest stock rom thats rooted. it can have small tweaks for performance. If anyone can provide a link that would be sweet thanks again guys i tried looking up stock roms but it didnt help to much
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how'd you have trouble? and the latest ones flashable are under the name ND8 and NDC....

If you're on JB 4.1 it is mandatory you update via unrooted through PC ODIN first before you actually flash the KK TW Roms.
Stock Unrooted L710VPUDND8 or Stock Unrooted L710 BST/VM NDC
Once you're done then you can head to these two threads for the stock odex/deodexed versions of the ROM
Stock Rooted SPH-L710 Sprint Model or Stock Rooted VM/Boost ROM
Kudos to @jdsingle76, @DR_CDMA, @CNexus for these.
The stock ROMs don't carry tweaks. But there are great and standard tweaks you can find on XDA-D. But you should
only use it as a last resort if you're device really does need it. One tweak would be Operation Killjoy by Team Kernelizers
and the other is ComaDose v3.5 mod tweak mashup for d2spr by Goddly.
( Kudos to @Exit_Only, @kobridge, @Phakker, @j_ding84 and @idcrisis for all of the insane mods/tweaks and @Goddly for the mashup ).

Thanks guys I'm running miui 4.2.2 currently I'll look into the threads posted thanks again. Do I need to flash the nd8 tar if I'm on 4.2.2 already?

gears177 said:
Thanks guys I'm running miui 4.2.2 currently I'll look into the threads posted thanks again. Do I need to flash the nd8 tar if I'm on 4.2.2 already?
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ND8 and NDC are 4.4.2 kk are you on 4.2.2 jb? if so then yes but if you just did a typo then no

[Q] some help on choosing a rom

ive been out of the loop for some time now and finally looking to root my gs3
are the steps still mostly the same and are there any roms still updated?
i am on nd8 android 4.4.2.
All i am really looking for is good batt life ability[ to customize menus and wifi tether
any suggestions greatly appreciated

Ligerblue said:
ive been out of the loop for some time now and finally looking to root my gs3
are the steps still mostly the same and are there any roms still updated?
i am on nd8 android 4.4.2.
All i am really looking for is good batt life ability[ to customize menus and wifi tether
any suggestions greatly appreciated
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I would recommend Wicked X 8.0 and Tribute rom and most of the AOSP roms are always being updated
root: there are several methods to root; first and mostly recommended flash Philz recovery for the D2Lte in Odin just make sure your on the latest one then root your stock rom with the option under Philz settings called Re-root(SuperSU)or you can use any recovery and flash the SuperSU zip from Chain fire or you can just use TowelRoot for the actual rooting process then download SuperSU and BusyBox from the PlayStore

Battery life is dependent on your setup/phone/signal/kernel settings/sync/preferences and will be mostly the same between stock based to stock based and from AOSP to AOSP types. It is best to look through the recent threads in the 2 development sections and find which features are most attractive to you. Rooting methods are in the General section.
You are in good shape as you have already upgraded to ND8 with firmware and modem. It seems there are issues trying to run ND8 ROMs on phones that have not upgraded already so your choices are mostly wide open.
Happy Flashing

I've been trying out numerous ROMs this past week or two, because I was having terrible battery life as well.
I have tried WickedX, Tribute ROM, Conquest: SIngularity, CM11, SlimKat, BeanStalk, Spirit ROM, LiquidSMooth, Quantam and MIUI.
The ones I liked the best were Tribute ROM, and MIUI, they both gave me better battery life, and after tweaking the settings and stuff it was even better.

Thanks for the responses, haven't had a chance to go through with the rooting process but should be able to over the weekend.

[Q] Bootloader question :)

I recently updated my N7105 to the recent 4.4.2 Nordic ROM ( n7105xxufnd3 )that was floating round that tripped my Knox, which I dont care about.
When i got sick of the updates abysmal battery life i flashed the latest stable release of CM for the GNII LTE a 4.3 based ROM with out issues.
But I'd like to know if i can revert back to my original ROM i.e. WanamLite MC3 V1.3, a TW 4.1.2 based ROM, for its spen support, battery life, atpx and boeffla sound support (im a big music listener) w/ Wanam's Adam Kernel.
Can i do this with out running into any issues, despite the gap between a 4.4.2 boot-loader (as I've been told i cant roll-back from this version) to a TW 4.1.2 ROM?
Thanks in advance guys

greyhamism said:
Can i do this with out running into any issues?
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Based from what I remember, devs say that when you are with KK BL (ND3), you cannot flash a stock rom lower than it and the lowest custom rom that you can flash is 4.3.

Is there anyway i can flash an older bootloader? and/or is there a similar ROM to Wanam's that uses 4.3 as its base?
As awesome as CM is, there are touchwiz features specific to the note series that are hard to implement on CM/ASOP based ROMS :/

greyhamism said:
Is there anyway i can flash an older bootloader? and/or is there a similar ROM to Wanam's that uses 4.3 as its base?
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Do not try to install anything lower as it will break device. I'm sorry, I know nothing about wanam lite.

I have a unrooted note 2, manually installed 4.4.2 as 4.3 had major battery issues.
Things got worse for me in 4.4.2 nordic countries and I went and downloaded the offical roms from sammobile and am now back on 4.1.1 offical.
It can be done.
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hotkolbas said:
It can be done.
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Wow, I thought once you are in a higher bootloader, you cannot install a lower one. No problems at all?
I'm sorry if I gave out wrong info, that was how I knew it was.

I have no issues at all.
Apart from missing out on features from 4.1.2 and above everything works as if I didnt update the device at all.
I would not do a restore from higher up android versions but if you start feom scratch its all good.
And I can say my zero lemon battery is working at it should be, I now have days worth of battery life.

I'm getting invalid kernel/ ramdisk size error on bootloader screen. This is the first time I got this error while entering recovery screen. I'm don't know much about this. Please help.
I have rooted Moto X (2013) running LiquidSmooth v 3.2
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Sorry champ but this threqd is for a galaxy note 2 specifically a gt7105 and has installed a samsung stock rom, I have done this and have gone back to 4.1.1 but seeing as you have a rooted romed moto x it is out of my league.
I dare say this process is incompatible with the moto x and seeing as you can get into recovery or cwm or what ever its called you can still flash a rom with the relavent bootloader that was previous to your dilemma
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