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Okay so I recently got this galaxy phone and I was wondering if there's any guys off any important things I should be aware of or anything I shouldn't do with this phone, I found one of them
I used to develop for the Xperia Play so I get the gist of ROM making and stuff like that other than the new base that change for the galaxy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2154983
But I would like to know anything else
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Hi! Welcome! First thing, if the phone is on stock TouchWiz 4.3 or 4.4.2, don't ever try to downgrade your bootloader or modem. Flash any ROM, even older ROMs, but to must keep your bootloader and modem (not normally flashed by a custom ROM or normally backed up by a nandroid.
Failure to heed this can result in a unrecoverable bricked phone.
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Wait so no downgradeing rom versions
Because I went from stock 4.4 to illusion rom also 4.4 and now I'm on miui v5 4.2 Jb
But phone works, did I mess up?
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oh ok, im reading up on boot loaders now, but also be careful if any zips contain bootloader files? if so what does the bootloadder file look like in a zip maybe bootloader.img?

xdarkmario said:
oh ok, im reading up on boot loaders now, but also be careful if any zips contain bootloader files? if so what does the bootloadder file look like in a zip maybe bootloader.img?
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Like I said, custom ROMs don't contain bootloaders or modems. There's a PC program called Odin used to flash original, unaltered stock ROMs from the manufacturer in tar format (sometimes within a zip you'd extract). Those contain both. So never Odin am older version of stock than what bootloader and modem you're currently on, which is in your About menu. You can also find modems people have packaged to flash in custom recovery. ND8 and NDC are the only "interchangeable" ones if your phone is on the ND8 or NDC bootloader.
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roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Like I said, custom ROMs don't contain bootloaders or modems. There's a PC program called Odin used to flash original, unaltered stock ROMs from the manufacturer in tar format (sometimes within a zip you'd extract). Those contain both. So never Odin am older version of stock than what bootloader and modem you're currently on, which is in your About menu. You can also find modems people have packaged to flash in custom recovery. ND8 and NDC are the only "interchangeable" ones if your phone is on the ND8 or NDC bootloader.
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ok, im a NDC
also i was wondering if it was possible to cross flash roms WITH CARE i know your not supposed to flash a different carrier brand on your galaxy thats like the first thing i saw. But i also was reading on how to port other carriers to other branded galaxies.
but on another note my phone is currently not activated to i do not care about calling or signal ATM so i was wondering if i can replace the boot.img in a Samsung S3 E210L rom and flash it? is that still bad?
the reason i ask is i really want to try the miui v5 Kitkat based ver 4.7.4 and the Samsung S3 E210L is due for the update soon, i want to install that phones os on my sprint L710 galaxy 3.

xdarkmario said:
ok, im a NDC
also i was wondering if it was possible to cross flash roms WITH CARE i know your not supposed to flash a different carrier brand on your galaxy thats like the first thing i saw. But i also was reading on how to port other carriers to other branded galaxies.
but on another note my phone is currently not activated to i do not care about calling or signal ATM so i was wondering if i can replace the boot.img in a Samsung S3 E210L rom and flash it? is that still bad?
the reason i ask is i really want to try the miui v5 Kitkat based ver 4.7.4 and the Samsung S3 E210L is due for the update soon, i want to install that phones os on my sprint L710 galaxy 3.
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I don't think I've seen any porting of other phone's ROMs at all available for the SPH-L710. If you want to do the work yourself...I know nothing about it really.
It was very common when I had the HTC Droid Eris. Newer stock ROMs from the HTC Desire and other HTC phones were ported over for us. I'm pretty sure there's official versions of MIUI available in our development section, though.

roirraW "edor" ehT said:
I don't think I've seen any porting of other phone's ROMs at all available for the SPH-L710. If you want to do the work yourself...I know nothing about it really.
It was very common when I had the HTC Droid Eris. Newer stock ROMs from the HTC Desire and other HTC phones were ported over for us. I'm pretty sure there's official versions of MIUI available in our development section, though.
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i was reading this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069850
Same phone different carrier so 99% the same hardware minus the radio
I did this a lot for my xperia play. My model number is R800x which is CDMA and the ROMs I mainly used were R800i GSM ROMs and the only thing that happened was radio didnt work. But for this phone it could be very different.

If you could become the master of porting TouchWiz once 4.4.4 and / or 5.0 are released, that'd be cool. ☺
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[Q] Question about Stock 4.4.2 and flashing

Hey guys got a couple questions see below.
1. My first question is, Is there a way to Flash Stock 4.4.2 without using a computer and odin, my laptop doesn't read my phone, ive done installed and updated drivers, and everything. is there a way to flash it like you would a custom rom. I know i read that i could use Mobile Odin Pro, but at the same time i read that its not to safe to use that, and tbh not sure why you have to pay for it... i know there cracked Mobile odin pro and i havent tried it yet.
2. My next question is, is there a simple way to flash my sprint s3 to another career, by flashing a rom that will flash it to another carier not sure if this makes sense lol, basicly my Phone was flashed to Page plus, and i accidentally updated it and lost the flash, and i dont really want to pay to get it flashed again, is there a real easy way to flash it with with a custom flashing rom, and if my laptop ever reads my phone is there a easy way to do it with a laptop besides paying for it( not looking for cracks). My phone number for Page plus and account is still active.
3. My last question is im looking for an awsome rom, One that does not overheat my phone like Hellfire does, ive tried hellfire, CM(also nighty), Vanir, PAc rom, Carbon. and others to.

angelofdooms said:
1. My first question is, Is there a way to Flash Stock 4.4.2 without using a computer and odin, my laptop doesn't read my phone, ive done installed and updated drivers, and everything. is there a way to flash it like you would a custom rom. I know i read that i could use Mobile Odin Pro, but at the same time i read that its not to safe to use that, and tbh not sure why you have to pay for it... i know there cracked Mobile odin pro and i havent tried it yet.
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talking about cracked apps is taboo and no you have to use a computer and what usb cable are you using? do you have the stock usb cable that came with your phone? and you can't use Mobile Odin to flash ND8 stock it won't work at all
angelofdooms said:
2. My next question is, is there a simple way to flash my sprint s3 to another career, by flashing a rom that will flash it to another carier not sure if this makes sense lol, basicly my Phone was flashed to Page plus, and i accidentally updated it and lost the flash, and i dont really want to pay to get it flashed again, is there a real easy way to flash it with with a custom flashing rom, and if my laptop ever reads my phone is there a easy way to do it with a laptop besides paying for it( not looking for cracks). My phone number for Page plus and account is still active.
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.....No, there's a thread to flash to Sprint though
angelofdooms said:
3. My last question is im looking for an awsome rom, One that does not overheat my phone like Hellfire does, ive tried hellfire, CM(also nighty), Vanir, PAc rom, Carbon. and others to.
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Stock ND8 and or any Rom based on TW and as long as you don't have your screen turned on for a long time it shouldn't Over Heat...

6th_Hokage said:
talking about cracked apps is taboo and no you have to use a computer and what usb cable are you using? do you have the stock usb cable that came with your phone? and you can't use Mobile Odin to flash ND8 stock it won't work at all
.....No, there's a thread to flash to Sprint though
Stock ND8 and or any Rom based on TW and as long as you don't have your screen turned on for a long time it shouldn't Over Heat...
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I have the stock sub cable and also a more expensive cable. Sometimes it does read and sometimes it doesn't,
Can I backup my stock Rom before flashing a custom rom, I mean I've tried it through Phil's recovery and find that once I restore it using Phil some apps and things don't work correctly.
What's a rom you would recommend.

angelofdooms said:
What's a rom you would recommend.
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I would recommend Tribute Rom or Wicked X 8.0.....and with the back ups make sure you have the latest Philz recovery which should be 6.48.4 and before each backup wipe cache and dalvik cache then your backups should work flawlessly

6th_Hokage said:
I would recommend Tribute Rom or Wicked X 8.0.....and with the back ups make sure you have the latest Philz recovery which should be 6.48.4 and before each backup wipe cache and dalvik cache then your backups should work flawlessly
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Good to know, Ive tried Tribute, its alright, havent tried wicked though i def give it a try.

the galaxy s3 can actually be flashed to a couple of different carriers including page plus and metro pcs i think unfortunately its not a simple process and its long i flashed mine to page plus awhile back

angelofdooms said:
Hey guys got a couple questions see below.
1. My first question is, Is there a way to Flash Stock 4.4.2 without using a computer and odin, my laptop doesn't read my phone, ive done installed and updated drivers, and everything. is there a way to flash it like you would a custom rom. I know i read that i could use Mobile Odin Pro, but at the same time i read that its not to safe to use that, and tbh not sure why you have to pay for it....
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If you're already on the ND8 or NDC bootloader, then you can flash the stock (although rooted) ND8 or NDC ROM through custom recovery like the latest PhilZ. I'm guessing you're not, though.
Mobile Odin had had its uses in the past, just not handy with more recent versions of TouchWiz.
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angelofdooms said:
Hey guys got a couple questions see below.
2. My next question is, is there a simple way to flash my sprint s3 to another career, by flashing a rom that will flash it to another carier not sure if this makes sense lol, basicly my Phone was flashed to Page plus, and i accidentally updated it and lost the flash, and i dont really want to pay to get it flashed again, is there a real easy way to flash it with with a custom flashing rom, and if my laptop ever reads my phone is there a easy way to do it with a laptop besides paying for it( not looking for cracks). My phone number for Page plus and account is still active.
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Here's the thread for flashing to Page Plus. I haven't done it, I'm on Sprint. I was having a lot of trouble getting my S2 on Page Plus. For phone it wasn't too bad, but I could never get data on and things were getting confusing with conflicting information, several third party programs on the PC, needing a donor phone, etc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55006058

roirraW "edor" ehT said:
If you're already on the ND8 or NDC bootloader, then you can flash the stock (although rooted) ND8 or NDC ROM through custom recovery like the latest PhilZ. I'm guessing you're not, though.
Mobile Odin had had its uses in the past, just not handy with more recent versions of TouchWiz.
v2.0 flashable version now posted near the bottom of the first post of v2.0 FLASHABLE-3Minit 1000+ Batteries for Conquest:Singularity v8 & v1.0 for NDC/ND8..
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My phone is rooted with the latest Philz, and is on nd8, 4.4.2.

[Q] Downgrade Question?

I have a Samsung Galaxy s3 SPH-L710 and it currently has firmware 4.4.3 and I want to downgrade so I can change my SPC, plus my MEDI and stuff. My question is can I do this due to KNOX?
I also was wondering if I could upgrade back to 4.4.3 after I change the SPC to "000000" and the MEDI.

I don't think you have to downgrade the bootloader to do that, just the ROM, and you can flash ROMs to your heart's content, just don't ever Odin a bootloader or modem older than what you have now.
4.4.2 is the latest official TouchWiz ROM, and ND8 & NDC are the latest bootloader and modem for our phone.
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roirraW "edor" ehT said:
I don't think you have to downgrade the bootloader to do that, just the ROM, and you can flash ROMs to your heart's content, just don't ever Odin a bootloader or modem older than what you have now.
4.4.2 is the latest official TouchWiz ROM, and ND8 & NDC are the latest bootloader and modem for our phone.
Recovery FLASHABLE version now posted near the bottom of the first post of the 3Minit Battery Mod for Conquest-Singularity and both Stock ND8 and NDC with 1000+ animated battery icons..
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I would like to use STOCK ROM so how do I change the SPC to "000000" Just to make sure this is the STOCK ROM for 4.1.2 (Check Attachment)? I would like to know what Recovery I should use, also how to be able to change the SPC on Stock Rom 4.4.3

w4rl0 said:
I would like to use STOCK ROM so how do I change the SPC to "000000" Just to make sure this is the STOCK ROM for 4.1.2 (Check Attachment)? I would like to know what Recovery I should use, also how to be able to change the SPC on Stock Rom 4.4.3
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you said you have 4.4.3 do you have a custom rom? like CarbonRom or CM11? and before you rooted and changed the rom was your phone on 4.1.2 or 4.4.2?

6th_Hokage said:
you said you have 4.4.3 do you have a custom rom? like CarbonRom or CM11? and before you rooted and changed the rom was your phone on 4.1.2 or 4.4.2?
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My phone was on 4.4.3 when I rooted it and No i Still have STOCK ROM on it.

w4rl0 said:
My phone was on 4.4.3 when I rooted it and No i Still have STOCK ROM on it.
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are you sure your not on 4.3 cause the latest boost has for the s3 is NDC 4.4.2 same with virgin and also Sprint that i know of the latest is ND8 4.4.2 for the s3....so either you have a different phone or a different company that has 4.4.3 TW already hold on im gonna Google search

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are you sure your not on 4.3 cause the latest boost has for the s3 is NDC 4.4.2 same with virgin and also Sprint that i know of the latest is ND8 4.4.2 for the s3....so either you have a different phone or a different company that has 4.4.3 TW already hold on im gonna Google search
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I'm an idiot, Yes it says Android version 4.4.2, with Baseband of L710VPUNDND8. Does that help?

w4rl0 said:
I'm an idiot, Yes it says Android version 4.4.2, with Baseband of L710VPUNDND8. Does that help?
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yes....yes it does this means you can't Odin any lower rom that comes with bootloader/modem and/or flash the bootloader/modem in recovery cause if you do you will Hard Brick your phone
and i mean Lower roms in Odin that means MK3 and MD4 and other roms lower than ND8 or NDC

6th_Hokage said:
yes....yes it does this means you can't Odin any lower rom that comes with bootloader/modem and/or flash the bootloader/modem in recovery cause if you do you will Hard Brick your phone
and i mean Lower roms in Odin that means MK3 and MD4 and other roms lower than ND8 or NDC
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So what does that mean? I cannot change the SPC and I am screwed? I just need to this phone to Straight talk service

I really need some help on this matter. I use CDMA Workshop can I load a PRL and is that what I need to change the service on my phone.

w4rl0 said:
So what does that mean? I cannot change the SPC and I am screwed? I just need to this phone to Straight talk service
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As I said. You can flash any ROM you want, including stock. You just can't ODIN an older stock ROM or modem than what you have already. I have no idea how to change those things, this thread is about downgrading. You can Odin a custom recovery like PhilZ Touch Recovery, which is the most reliable recovery under Stock 4.4.2. Then use your custom recovery to flash whatever older stock ROM: probably 4.1.1 because I had to downgrade a friend's AT&T Note 2 to 4.1.1 because it allowed easier unlocking that phone from that carrier. I have no idea if 4.1.1 on the SPH-L710 will get you what you need, you'll have to use the search field in the main S3 section and search for MEID and separately for SPC, or google for SPH-L710 MEID or SPH-L710 SPC 000000 and see if you find out how to change it those.

roirraW "edor" ehT said:
As I said. You can flash any ROM you want, including stock. You just can't ODIN an older stock ROM or modem than what you have already. I have no idea how to change those things, this thread is about downgrading. You can Odin a custom recovery like PhilZ Touch Recovery, which is the most reliable recovery under Stock 4.4.2. Then use your custom recovery to flash whatever older stock ROM: probably 4.1.1 because I had to downgrade a friend's AT&T Note 2 to 4.1.1 because it allowed easier unlocking that phone from that carrier. I have no idea if 4.1.1 on the SPH-L710 will get you what you need, you'll have to use the search field in the main S3 section and search for MEID and separately for SPC, or google for SPH-L710 MEID or SPH-L710 SPC 000000 and see if you find out how to change it those.
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Thanks for the help! Could you provide me a link to that recovery and a good ROM?

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Thanks for the help! Could you provide me a link to that recovery and a good ROM?
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Scratch that! I added the recovery, I now need to know do I need to change the SPC,and can it be changed in the STOCK ROM 4.4.2? If not do I need to downgrade the stock to 4.1.2?
That is the error I keep getting when I try and do anything in this app....

Did you try putting your original SPC in first?
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roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Did you try putting your original SPC in first?
Recovery FLASHABLE version now posted near the bottom of the first post of the 3Minit Battery Mod for Conquest-Singularity and both Stock ND8 and NDC with 1000+ animated battery icons..
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I am past that part I just need to know how to get the phone to recognize Straight talk

Please close this thread!!!

So how did you get your spc on nd8 4.4.2? Or did you downgrade to a different version?

update to 4.3/4.4

My S3 is still running 4.1.2. Haven't wanted to update, but the AT&T notifications are becoming VERY annoying.
I don't mind updating, but I do want the option of going back to 4.1.2 if I don't like the newer ROMs.
What I've read is I need to flash the MJB2 bootloader which doesn't carry eFUSE, correct?
Then I can flash a 4.3 or 4.4.2 ROM with modem?

MJB is 4.3 and Knox is included with the stock ATT 4.3 ROM.
Is your phone carrier unlocked? If not, you could flash to stock 4.1.1, unlock the phone, and upgrade to a newer ROM or bootloader if you want.
Once you are on a stock 4.3 ROM, you cannot go back to a stock 4.1.2 or 4.1.1 ROM as the 4.1.1/4.1.2 modem/baseband will not with with a 4.3 bootloader.

No, the phone is not carrier unlocked. I have read thru the thread on how to unlock an S3 on 4.1.2 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529200).
But as I posted in my OP, my question is about the MJB2 bootloader, not the EMJB. There are threads which differentiate that the EMJB is the stock 4.3 bootloader which enables the eFUSE, and the MJB2 is a modded bootloader which does not enable the eFUSE. I'm just trying to avoid all traces of KNOX.

Do you want to go to kk?

Doesn't matter to me, 4.3 or 4.4. I just want to use the easier process. That, and I want to use a rooted, stock ROM. I haven't found a stock ROM for 4.4 that is prerooted with KNOX removed, debloated, etc.
But I will keep looking.
Problem is most of the ROMs here state I need to update the modem. And if you update the modem, you need to update the bootloader with it.

deodexed/rooted/SElinux set to permissive/touchwiz 4.4.2/lot of debloting..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2848080
all the above, really bebloted (dont know about root)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2725750
one more....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2725192
on the side of kindness

Thank you for those. But they don't address my original question...
Is there an MJB or NE4 bootloader that has been modded to not activate eFUSE?

really dont know. hopefully someone more knowledgeable will chyme in.
err on the side of kindness

Sorry. I meant MJ2 bootloader, not MJB2.
My original question is does the MJ2 bootloader activate eFUSE, and if it doesn't, will it work with 4.3 and 4.4 ROMs?

i have not flashed a ROM that enabled KNOX. and at least one of those threads states that they are knox free. as i understand it, the mjb bootloader was 'official' upgrade the mj2 (which i had till just recently) is the OTA upgrade; but essentially they are the same.
yes, i have flashed many 4.3.x & 4.4.x ROMs on mj2.
err on the side of kindness

mrrocketdog said:
i have not flashed a ROM that enabled KNOX. and at least one of those threads states that they are knox free. as i understand it, the mjb bootloader was 'official' upgrade the mj2 (which i had till just recently) is the OTA upgrade; but essentially they are the same.
yes, i have flashed many 4.3.x & 4.4.x ROMs on mj2.
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Question: I am on the NE4 bootloader. Can I flash the MJ2 bootloader and boot custom ROMS / custom recovery without tripping the KNOX warranty bit?

radji said:
Doesn't matter to me, 4.3 or 4.4. I just want to use the easier process. That, and I want to use a rooted, stock ROM. I haven't found a stock ROM for 4.4 that is prerooted with KNOX removed, debloated, etc.
But I will keep looking.
Problem is most of the ROMs here state I need to update the modem. And if you update the modem, you need to update the bootloader with it.
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The latest cm11 and aosp roms will require a kk bootloader and modem to access the carrier's data network.
I have seen posts where people have flashed the latest modem and bootloader from a custom recovery but I don't know if flashing the bootloader will activate Knox or install Knox.

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Question: I am on the NE4 bootloader. Can I flash the MJ2 bootloader and boot custom ROMS / custom recovery without tripping the KNOX warranty bit?
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NO , dont flash mj2. you WILL BRICK
err on the side of kindness

audit13 said:
The latest cm11 and aosp roms will require a kk bootloader and modem to access the carrier's data network.
I have seen posts where people have flashed the latest modem and bootloader from a custom recovery but I don't know if flashing the bootloader will activate Knox or install Knox.
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Well, in reading more of the bootloader/knox issue, all of the current bootloaders will activate the eFUSE. But, activating KNOX is more dependent upon the ROM you are on and the one you want to load. I am on a 4.1.2 debloated stock ROM without KNOX, and am probably going to load up S3Rx 3.0 TouchWiz 4.3 MJB (4-13-14) Full AROMA as it says its totally KNOX free.
I just don't want that damn 0x1 flag to show up.

radji said:
Well, in reading more of the bootloader/knox issue, all of the current bootloaders will activate the eFUSE. But, activating KNOX is more dependent upon the ROM you are on and the one you want to load. I am on a 4.1.2 debloated stock ROM without KNOX, and am probably going to load up S3Rx 3.0 TouchWiz 4.3 MJB (4-13-14) Full AROMA as it says its totally KNOX free.
I just don't want that damn 0x1 flag to show up.
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I hear you! I don't want to trip my warranty bit either, mine is 0x0 right now and want to keep it that way. You're lucky you're on 4.1.2, my GS3 came with 4.3 and then one day it decided to update to 4.4.2 by itself since I forgot to tell the update no and just kept closing it instead. KNOX is an even bigger pain on 4.4, thankfully I disabled it and froze it. Also, what is S3Rx?

a very nice 4.4.2 touchwiz by @enewman17. good good builder.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2848080
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I decided to go with S3Rx 4.2. I've heard nothing but horror stories about Touchwiz on KitKat. Didn't want to touch it with a 10 ft pole. Good thing was S3Rx made it relatively painless to update.
So far the phone is running good on S3Rx.

glad to here.

No sound, please help me

UPDATE - I've updated to Fido 4.3 ofw via Odin (w/ Sammobile) . Still no sound, see the screenshot below
Phone is a Fido i747m
Hi guys, coming from Slimkat 4.1 tried to update to SR3x 4.4 and ended up back on v 4..3 with no sound.
Here's my (current) setup
>> Samsung Phone Info displays modem and bootloader versions matching - only the CSC has a different ID
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ba-dump

*ricochet*

ayyy lmao
/pls halp

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ayyy lmao
/pls halp
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is this the thread you got it from? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2848080
if it is , is fido and rogers the same because fido is not mentioned in OP. (?). sorry not familiar with the canadian carriers.
also what is your bootloader version?
"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
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if problem is after connecting to bluetooth , then see this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588361
you might also try getting a stock rom on your device from here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789917
"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"

mrrocketdog said:
is this the thread you got it from? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2848080
if it is , is fido and rogers the same because fido is not mentioned in OP. (?). sorry not familiar with the canadian carriers.
also what is your bootloader version?
"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
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if problem is after connecting to bluetooth , then see this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588361
you might also try getting a stock rom on your device from here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789917
"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
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>> Yeah, Fido is a part of the Rogers network, but sadly bootloader and modem files are different
Indeed, the first rom i installed was that same SR3x 4.0 (previously installed 3.0 on an AT&T S3 with no problems, that phone still works fine)
As you can see, my Bootloader version is now i747MVLUEMK5, which is the Fido variant of the 4.3.x Bootloaders.
At least, that's what phone info displays. I installed the 4.3 update directly from Sammobile using Odin 3.04
I noticed that the Bootloader and Phone files weren't directly included in the archive, so for these to be updated have me a bit skeptical.
The only time the phone makes any sound is when making a call, you can hear white (?) noise and static from the speakers.
I think this problem first started occuring when the phone was still on the 4.1 modem and bootloaders. I tried 2 OC bootloaders to get wifi functionality, but the sound never came back. All the deets are in the screenshot. S3rx comes with two OC kernels as well as a i747m kernel that i tried last silly me with that decision

what about flashing the latest cm11 nightly to see if you can at least get it back functioning.? sorry i dont have better answers.
"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"

any ideas mr. @audit13 ? if have time.
"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"

If you used the stock Rogers/Fido 4.3 firmware from sammobile and you flashed it, it should have flashed the modem and bootloader too. Try flashing again and post a screen shot of Odin.
SRX was designed for the ATT s3 and I could not get the SRX ROMs to work on an i747m.

thank you @audit13. i knew you'd have something.
"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"

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thank you @audit13. i knew you'd have something.
"all i can really do , is stay out of my own way and let the will of heaven be done"
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audit13 said:
If you used the stock Rogers/Fido 4.3 firmware from sammobile and you flashed it, it should have flashed the modem and bootloader too. Try flashing again and post a screen shot of Odin.
SRX was designed for the ATT s3 and I could not get the SRX ROMs to work on an i747m.
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I understand. I have a pic of my workbench before I get started.
I've realized that all the flashes I've done since I got the device were using a Philz Touch CWM designed for the d2att versions of the phone. The Rogers/Fido verison is under d2lte so i will also try to re-flash SRx3 to see if changing the kernel there will "unmute" the sound so I can use it again. I'm used to simple things turning into these sort of Maze Runner situations @@
>> Also wondering if I should hit the flash bootloader checkbox, even thoug im pretty sure it does that by default @@

Before unification of TWRP, CWM, and Philz for the msm8960, the files were either designed for the d2att (i747) or d2can (i747m). Everything was eventually unified under the d2lte because ROMs and recoveries could not be cross-flashed between the i747 and i747m with the exception of bootloaders, modems, and some kernels.
Flashing files designed for the d2can, other than bootloaders and modem, tells me the files are probably dated at this point.
I'm not sure if SRX includes a bootloader but, if it does, do not flash it.

audit13 said:
Before unification of TWRP, CWM, and Philz for the msm8960, the files were either designed for the d2att (i747) or d2can (i747m). Everything was eventually unified under the d2lte because ROMs and recoveries could not be cross-flashed between the i747 and i747m with the exception of bootloaders, modems, and some kernels.
Flashing files designed for the d2can, other than bootloaders and modem, tells me the files are probably dated at this point.
I'm not sure if SRX includes a bootloader but, if it does, do not flash it.
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So most roms are safe for the i747m now? I see. I've installed both overclocking kernels from the SR3x v3.0/4, and it was shortly after that the sound went out, if not instantly. I'll be doing the Odin flash sometime this week, the phone's now on 4.3 so it's either Stay with JB or upgrade to the Kitkat Bootloader/Modem pack
I should also try grabbing a 4.3 Slimkat to see if that does any magic. That'd be disturbing though.

The safest way to install the latest modem and bootloader is by flashing back to stock 4.3 and running OTA updates until you are running the latest ROM and bootloader.
SRX is based on a TW ROM and i747 bootloader. I could not get the SRX ROM to work properly on an i747m and switching the kernel may not resolve the problem because you do not have the latest i747 bootloader.
All ROMs are safe for the i747m unless it is a ROM that is specifically based on a stock TW ROM. In this case, it can be hot or miss.
I recommend just using Odin to flash back to stock to at least see if the sound issue gets resolved.

audit13 said:
The safest way to install the latest modem and bootloader is by flashing back to stock 4.3 and running OTA updates until you are running the latest ROM and bootloader.
SRX is based on a TW ROM and i747 bootloader. I could not get the SRX ROM to work properly on an i747m and switching the kernel may not resolve the problem because you do not have the latest i747 bootloader.
All ROMs are safe for the i747m unless it is a ROM that is specifically based on a stock TW ROM. In this case, it can be hot or miss.
I recommend just using Odin to flash back to stock to at least see if the sound issue gets resolved.
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Will do. I'll register for the Samsung updates to streamline the process. Thanks a lot in advance, I'm hoping for the best
Never knew TW could be this much of a problem, but then again, I think on the regular i747, TW was the sole cause of needing to touch modem/bootloader files in the first place
At this point better to install a launcher add root and be done with it. I'll have updates tomorrow