Hello Everyone!
I wasn't really getting anywhere with Google or searching on this form so I thought I would ask....
Does anyone know if it is ok to use the CyanogenMod installer for the SGH-I747M (Fido) phone? Can anyone confirm!? If so, was there anything that had to be done to prepare?
When I use the installer is says its supported and recognizes it as "Galaxy S3 (ATT/Canadian)".
It doesn't mention my carrier in the list of supported phones, this is why I'm worried, I don't want to brick the thing! However Fido is owned by Rogers so I would hope that they use the same version phones but when I look at the version number for Rogers on the CyanogenMod S3 supported list its mentions that the model number is "SHG-I747R".
If someones could clarify some things that would be great!
Cheers,
Jake
Personally, I would not use an installer. I believe you are better off installing a custom recovery and manually flashing a custom ROM. Also, I find CM11 is not as customizable as some of the other ROMs.
You can flash any ROM and custom recovery that is designed for the d2lte.
Before starting the process of installing a custom ROM, make note of your phone's current bootloader and baseband. Also, flashing a custom recovery will void your warranty if you are on a 4.3 or 4.4.2 bootloader.
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Hi there!
I have a Galaxy S3 SGH T999 version. It has Tmobile rom, but I am trying to install windmobile stock rom via odin (3.07 - tried other older versions) and it fails the secure check.
Is there way to resolve this? I really want to install the stock windmoile rom , and did lot of searching and couldn't really find a lot of info, except that someone with AT&T galaxy S3 had same issue when installing Rogers rom.
I would really appreciate it, thank you!
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LimitsX said:
Hi there!
I have a Galaxy S3 SGH T999 version. It has Tmobile rom, but I am trying to install windmobile stock rom via odin (3.07 - tried other older versions) and it fails the secure check.
Is there way to resolve this? I really want to install the stock windmoile rom , and did lot of searching and couldn't really find a lot of info, except that someone with AT&T galaxy S3 had same issue when installing Rogers rom.
I would really appreciate it, thank you!
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If you continue trying to ODIN flash firmware which is not intended for your specific phone
you will end up with a nice shiny brick sooner or later, in your case it will be sooner.
If you want the appearance of a windows phone, the best way to do it is to find themes and
launchers which make the phone look like a winmobile phone.
There are a lot of themes and launchers at the play store which do exactly what you are looking for.
Check it out B4 it's too late..
It's not a windows phone style, I think you misunderstood me.
I just don't like T-mobile rom and its bloatware. The windmobile rom is more clean.
Both phones models are same, exact. I don't see how it would be bricked. It's just a mismatch of bootloader, thus secure check fails. I've seen people with windmobile SGH T999V flash T-mobile rom, and it works perfectly.
It's just SGH T999 tmobile version isn't able to install SGH T999V (windmobile, mobilicity) canadian variant roms because of some block T-mobile setup. Some people had done this, but didn't specificy how though.
I would like to know that please.
If you don't like bloat, then remove it. Don't flash another carrier's rom.
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.
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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.
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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.
dawgdoc said:
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
Firstly, I am not new to flashing or searching on XDA! I have installed custom roms/recoveries on at least 10 different android devices and have been a member here for some time. I'd like to think that I have helped more people out than I've asked for help....
but my new (to me) Note 2 has me stumped!!!
I have recently traded in my much loved Note 1 (running a rock solid AOKP KIT KAT rom) for a SGHi1317m (I believe originally from Rogers). It was unlocked and I am able to get full LTE service from my carrier (Bell Mobility) after setting the APN.
I originally upgraded in order to get greater functionality out of my Gear 1 smartwatch (better battery life with BT 4.0, among other benefits)
24 hours in and I am dieing to get back to some form of KitKat! The question is How?
I have searched this forum and have come away with the impression that because of the different variations on this phone, Knox, differing bootloaders with differing recoveries, there are many ways to brick this phone!!
I have already found out that one cannot easily update the recovery via the simple solutions offered on the playstore for CWM or TWRP. I am familiar with ODIN and have multiple versions of it running on different laptops in my house ready to try. The question is which package will give me a recovery that will allow me to flash roms and persist through a reboot?
According to my phone info, I am on bootloader i317MVLUCMK5 ( a version I have not seen in any of the tutorials) My KNOX counter reads 0x0 but when I try to search for updates ( I am presently on stock android 4.3 rogers), it says that I will not receive any as my phone has been modified (i suspect it can tell that the phone is unlocked as I am using a Bell sim in a Rogers phone).
As I have no warranty, and don't really care if my Knox counter is tripped, I am hoping someone can help me get started in flashing this phone.
i think if you look in the cwm thread you'll find instructions. mostly everything i see is a soft brick meaning it just doesnt boot into rom. i suggest cwm as it seems more maintained than twrp, and twrp gave me issues.
download a stock modem because the international roms will overwrite your modem and you'll get no signal bars and need to reflash after a upgrade. check out the n7100 form, sub forum n7105 and look for roms there. this forum is really dead. i'm running international rom nc3 with my at&t mk6 modem. mj5 bootloader because its 4.3 but unlocked from downgrading.
i too didn't care about knox or warranty, but most of the good stock roms have it stripped. i can't find anything as good as 4.3 tw stock roms and the custom roms i've tried seem to have fc's and whatnot.
i also used devil kernel and got tons of fc's so i'm using the stock kernel for now. might try agni. but back on topic your best bet is to try and find cwm odin package for philz touch. really once you get past all the noobs here you find it works just like any other samsung. you can flash a recovery via odin, cf auto root, and you're done.
Hello, it's been a long time since I messed with this but I'm smart. I'm also in a rush (unfortunately) to find a TW-based firmware that I can flash to from CM11.
The end goal is to use the unlock code I just purchased, but that won't work because I'm on CM11, I assume.
I'm knee deep in information, half of which I understand, half of which I think I barely understand.
What information do you need to help me?
From what I understand, being on a 4.4.4 CM 11 I must have a firmware that is at least android 4.3 or higher, is that correct?
If so, what other specs do I need to ensure I don't brick the phone from having the wrong bootloader, modem, ect from being incompatible?
Effectively, I'm tyring to find firmware to get back to any TW-based firmware from CM11 android 4.4.4. (Also somewhat unsure if it needs to be just TW based or 100% stock)
politelyowned said:
Hello, it's been a long time since I messed with this but I'm smart. I'm also in a rush (unfortunately) to find a TW-based firmware that I can flash to from CM11.
The end goal is to use the unlock code I just purchased, but that won't work because I'm on CM11, I assume.
I'm knee deep in information, half of which I understand, half of which I think I barely understand.
What information do you need to help me?
From what I understand, being on a 4.4.4 CM 11 I must have a firmware that is at least android 4.3 or higher, is that correct?
If so, what other specs do I need to ensure I don't brick the phone from having the wrong bootloader, modem, ect from being incompatible?
Effectively, I'm tyring to find firmware to get back to any TW-based firmware from CM11 android 4.4.4. (Also somewhat unsure if it needs to be just TW based or 100% stock)
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The first thing I would recommend is to verify your bootloader and modem version. There is a playstore app, Phone Info *Samsung*, by vndnguyen that will do this. Or you can use the terminal emulator that is in CM roms and find out with these two commands:
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getprop ro.bootloader
getprop | grep version.baseband
All I have seen indicates you will need to be on a stock rom with a stock dialer to use the code. You may even need to unroot before using (I am not sure about root/unroot.) Before recommending any stock rom source, are you using an i747 or an i747M?
dawgdoc said:
The first thing I would recommend is to verify your bootloader and modem version. There is a playstore app, Phone Info *Samsung*, by vndnguyen that will do this. Or you can use the terminal emulator that is in CM roms and find out with these two commands:
Code:
getprop ro.bootloader
getprop | grep version.baseband
All I have seen indicates you will need to be on a stock rom with a stock dialer to use the code. You may even need to unroot before using (I am not sure about root/unroot.) Before recommending any stock rom source, are you using an i747 or an i747M?
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I know that it is an I747. I will comment again when I have the info for bootloader and modem.
So lets assume we find a rom that is; i747 gs3 stock rom and stock dialer; meets android version requirements (which I would love to have confirmed, based on the OP); compatible bootloader and modem; and is rooted, and the unlock code doesn't work. If we assume the unlock failed because it is rooted, is there a way to unroot the phone that doesn't require flashing a different, unrooted, to spec, rom? That is something that I truly don't understand what is happening.
Is there a wiki, or a list, or somewhere I can go to learn more about bootloaders and modems? I don't understand how they play into the overall configuration; such as how they may be X or Y when I'm running CM11, instead of being mandatory for a given configuration. I guess that question is, what prerequisites determine the bootloader and modem options that one may be and can be running or that one can flash successfully.
politelyowned said:
I know that it is an I747. I will comment again when I have the info for bootloader and modem.
So lets assume we find a rom that is; i747 gs3 stock rom and stock dialer; meets android version requirements (which I would love to have confirmed, based on the OP); compatible bootloader and modem; and is rooted, and the unlock code doesn't work. If we assume the unlock failed because it is rooted, is there a way to unroot the phone that doesn't require flashing a different, unrooted, to spec, rom? That is something that I truly don't understand what is happening.
Is there a wiki, or a list, or somewhere I can go to learn more about bootloaders and modems? I don't understand how they play into the overall configuration; such as how they may be X or Y when I'm running CM11, instead of being mandatory for a given configuration. I guess that question is, what prerequisites determine the bootloader and modem options that one may be and can be running or that one can flash successfully.
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Some of the stock ROMs will remove root, that would be one way to resolve the issue. If you flash a stock image that is rooted, and it is rooted with SuperSu you can use the options in the SuperSu app to either temporarily unroot or to completely remove root.
I don't recall seeing a specific source for info about what bootloader / modem is needed in each situation. Most is accumulated knowledge from reading many posts and threads.
There are variations on what is correct, it all depends on the specifics of a device's status. For example, CM 11 would run on 4.3 bootloaders and modems up until about September of a year ago (or was that two years ago), since then you need to be on 4.4.2 bootloaders and modems. I think the same held true for AOSP based roms. I don't recall seeing where any of the 5.x.x roms have run on 4.3 bootloaders and modems. (Well, I think the devices run but have signal and data issues - both 4.4.x and 5.x.x roms.)
Generally you will see it said that the 4.4.2 Touchwiz based custom roms must be on 4.4.2 bootloaders and modems. In truth there were a number of such roms that would run with the 4.3 bootloader and modem IF one of a few specific kernels were flashed just after the rom was flashed.