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[Q] New to Android/S3. Bought Unlocked S3 and have a few questions about Cyanogenmod

Hi All,
Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask these questions. Please let me know if I should move the thread.
Backstory: I bought an unlocked S3 off of craigslist last weekend. I bought a SIM card adapter so my nano-sim from my iPhone 5 will work in the S3. I really love the phone, minus a few issues. I can't get LTE to work, and the battery seems to be pretty bad as it's constantly searching and dropping my 3g cell signal.
It's running Android 4.2.2 via Cyanogenmod. All I know is that this is not the standard Touchwiz OS that ships with the S3 from samsung, and is a variant of the standard 4.2.2 OS from Google.
Questions:
1. Is my lack of LTE due to the OS? Someone recommended to me that I should put the phone back to the stock Touchwiz OS (via Mobile Odin), which would enable the LTE. Think that's the case? Or is this an issue with my Nano SIM and AT&T account?
2. Using this Cyanogen 4.2.2, I don't get any onscreen notifications when I get a text, email or calendar alert. My friends with stock S3's and Notes all get these types of notifications. Am I missing something with Cyanogen 4.2.2 or should I try to go back to Touchwiz?
3. If I were to go back to touchwiz, I was told I could just download it onto my S3 sim card and install/load it via Mobile Odin. Is this the case? This is my first time working with Android phones, so it's all greek to me for now. If I switch to stock Touchwiz, will I lose all of my aps and configurations and have to re-set it up? What other cool things would I be losing?
I really do love this phone and would love to stick with it over my iPhone 5. The lack of LTE, good battery life (probably can be improved with tweaks) and onscreen notifications are making it tough for me to make this my daily driver.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated!!

what is the model number of your device? i747, i9300, etc.
without getting too technical at the moment, you're running a nightly release (not always stable) of an operating system. it was probably flashed on your device half-a** and you are experiencing bugs because of these 2 things. the thing about buying a used phone that is rooted running a custom rom is, you dont have a clue about its history. how things were run/setup/installed, etc. not a deal breaker, as i bought mine used, just have to consider starting over with it from square A in order to get and keep it running properly.
before you start changing/flashing anything, i would browse the forum and begin reading up. the more you know, the smoother and safer everything will go for you

xBeerdroiDx said:
what is the model number of your device? i747, i9300, etc.
without getting too technical at the moment, you're running a nightly release (not always stable) of an operating system. it was probably flashed on your device half-a** and you are experiencing bugs because of these 2 things.
before you start changing/flashing anything, i would browse the forum and begin reading up. the more you know, the smoother and safer everything will go for you
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Model # is SGH-i747.
CyanogenMod version: 10.1-20130304-NIGHTLY-d2ATT
Build date: 3/4 2013
So the build is slightly out of date. Any recommendations on what I should do? Download the latest version? Buy MobilOdin and re-install touchwiz?
Thanks!

diggity said:
Model # is SGH-i747.
CyanogenMod version: 10.1-20130304-NIGHTLY-d2ATT
Build date: 3/4 2013
So the build is slightly out of date. Any recommendations on what I should do? Download the latest version? Buy MobilOdin and re-install touchwiz?
Thanks!
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in my opinion, i would start over. thats just me, though. you might not want to download and setup everything again, though. if you do opt to reset, decide if you want to continue using a custom ROM or stock Samsung Touchwiz. in either case, you wont need to purchase anything. do you have a PC?

xBeerdroiDx said:
in my opinion, i would start over. thats just me, though. you might not want to download and setup everything again, though. if you do opt to reset, decide if you want to continue using a custom ROM or stock Samsung Touchwiz. in either case, you wont need to purchase anything. do you have a PC?
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Nope I have a Mac, although I do have access to a PC at work if needbe though. When you mean start over, what do you mean? Sorry, gotta talk to me like I'm a 5yr old here for a bit. I'm not too versed or experienced with Android and development. I've been in the iOS world since 07.

diggity said:
Nope I have a Mac, although I do have access to a PC at work if needbe though. When you mean start over, what do you mean? Sorry, gotta talk to me like I'm a 5yr old here for a bit. I'm not too versed or experienced with Android and development. I've been in the iOS world since 07.
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by start over i mean wipe the phone and install an OS. but only once you're sure of what you're doing.

xBeerdroiDx said:
by start over i mean wipe the phone and install an OS. but only once you're sure of what you're doing.
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Would that remove the unlock?
How do I do that? What do install instead? Touchwiz or newest Cyanogenmod? If so, where do I get the latest/greatest of either?
Thanks!!

diggity said:
Would that remove the unlock?
How do I do that? What do install instead? Touchwiz or newest Cyanogenmod? If so, where do I get the latest/greatest of either?
Thanks!!
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is this an at&t S3 on tmobile?
you shouldn't lose sim lock when you flash ROMs/firmware. did you get the unlock code from the seller, in the event you ever do have an issue where you need it?

xBeerdroiDx said:
is this an at&t S3 on tmobile?
you shouldn't lose sim lock when you flash ROMs/firmware. did you get the unlock code from the seller, in the event you ever do have an issue where you need it?
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It's an AT&T S3 on AT&T (using my iphone 5 nanosim). I guess I didnt need to buy it unlocked, but that's what I got off of craigslist. I did not get the unlock code from the seller, but I could probably still get that from them easily.

diggity said:
It's an AT&T S3 on AT&T (using my iphone 5 nanosim). I guess I didnt need to buy it unlocked, but that's what I got off of craigslist. I did not get the unlock code from the seller, but I could probably still get that from them easily.
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Read the thread in the development section about how to root without flashing trip counter. It tells you where to download Odin, what file to download and flash, and how to do it. Can get you back on a stock touchwiz ROM (+ root) in no time!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747

phositadc said:
Read the thread in the development section about how to root without flashing trip counter. It tells you where to download Odin, what file to download and flash, and how to do it. Can get you back on a stock touchwiz ROM (+ root) in no time!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747
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Great thanks! I'll give it a shot! You think getting back to stock touchwiz will fix my LTE, battery and notificaiton issues?
Thank you for all your help!

diggity said:
Great thanks! I'll give it a shot! You think getting back to stock touchwiz will fix my LTE, battery and notificaiton issues?
Thank you for all your help!
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i think that returning to stock is the best way to get started on fixing these issues, whether you decide to stay on it or continue on to flashing something else.
here's the link to the stock firmware download: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390212717148635192
here's the link to Odin: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390275921635705049
here's a video i would recommend watching first: http://youtu.be/hqDW--uUX_8
Part 1: Backup and Wipe
Boot into recovery (vol up + home + power. release power button when device vibrates)
Go to backup and restore (use Volume Up / Down buttons in CWM).
Select Backup (power button in CWM).
After backup, go back to main screen and select Wipe data/factory reset
Select Wipe Cache
Select Advanced and Wipe Dalvik Cache
Part 2: Install stock firmware and Wipe
Extract the root66_xxx_.tar.md5 from the .7z file you downloaded.
Use Odin, put phone into download mode [with phone off, hold vol. down + home + power ], connect to computer and open Odin.
once in odin click the PDA field and select the root66_xxx_.tar.md5 you downloaded.
Leave F. Reset Time checked.
click start
When you get a PASS, unplug the phone and pull the battery. wait a second, replace and immediately go into recovery (vol up + home + power. release the power button at vibrate)
Select wipe data and wipe cache again.
Reboot and you're good to go

diggity said:
Great thanks! I'll give it a shot! You think getting back to stock touchwiz will fix my LTE, battery and notificaiton issues?
Thank you for all your help!
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I agree with the above poster, returning to stock using the described method should fix your problems then you can decide if you want to stay stock or flash another ROM.
I think you should stay stock for at least a few days to get a general sense of how things should work, that way when you flash custom ROMs you will have a better idea what is broken and what is just typical android behavior.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747

phositadc said:
I think you should stay stock for at least a few days to get a general sense of how things should work, that way when you flash custom ROMs you will have a better idea what is broken and what is just typical android behavior.
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agreed. as a matter of fact, stay stock for a week. the first 48 hours will really be just letting the software settle in. dont judge battery performance based off those first 2 or 3 days. let it get up and running.

Check your APN see if they are correct
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hey let me ask you a stoopid question do you have some kinda case that has metal on the back on that phone,i ordered one of those battery covers that was like a metallic silver thats around the edges of the phone the white one anyway,and for the life of me i couldnt figure out why i wasnt gettin gps it was that cover,some of the cases that have metal on them or the battery back replacements that i had stay away form,but anyway pull your cover off and see if you lock u can also tighten up the screw under the cover

[Q] I think my S4 got bricked

Hi all,
from a big smile to sad face... that is how it's been for the past 24 hours
I rooted the phone then went to back up the stock rom after that wiped data, cache, dalvik then went on trying to instal Omega 4.0 and suddenly i got this message my external sd is unreadable. rebooted the phone and noticed that it takes me directly to the downloader screen. i tried to fix the phone by bringing it back to it's stock condition but no luck. I used Odin and so far it's the only thing the phone responds to but no luck with fixing it... I am trying to download the official stock fw hint this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267895
but it stops and never finishes the whole amount of data... this seems the only way for me revive my phone back to life!
any suggestions what should I do now? it stopped showing the downloader screen now since I flashed the kernel drive for the S4 through Odin and now shows the black screen with the "Samsung Galaxy S4" writing.
by the way it keeps telling me that my phone isn't rooted but I did root it! am using twrp recovery.
I just got the phone from t-mobile 2 days ago and am debating on returning the phone back to them as the phone is still bootable to the recovery and that might revoke my warranty "i guess?"
Is it possible just to walk in to t-mobile store and swap the phone with another one since it didn't pass the 2 weeks returning window? I also got the phone insurance for it.
Please help, I sure need my phone back in working condition...

Omega 4 is for the octa core so thats why your phone bricked. If you can grt into download mode odin the stock files. If you can get into recovery try flashing a rom made for the phone. Dont freak out just read read read and youll be fine.

cwalker0906 said:
Omega 4 is for the octa core so thats why your phone bricked. If you can grt into download mode odin the stock files. If you can get into recovery try flashing a rom made for the phone. Dont freak out just read read read and youll be fine.
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ayeeee ppl trying to reach me over the phone and they can't because of this stupid brick! well stupid me because I didn't know that Omega is for Octa core phone version... Yeah I can get it to download mode and recovery mode but is it possible just flash the stock file from the recovery instead of odin? I am waiting for that stock fw download to finish hint it's on hotfile and going in turtle speed!

your bricked, im pretty sure flashing stock wont help you (hasnt from my past experience) but doesnt hurt to give it a try.
i dont think will just give you another one, even though its in the two week window, because its your fault and not the result of hardware failure. the age old "oh i updated and not it wont turn on" probably wont wort because there are little to none reports of that happening. plus (and this is me assuming, correct me if im wrong) but when in download mode it probably shows custom status, which auto voids any warranty. but once again, doesnt hurt to try.
Unfortunately, from my past experience, your SOL

If the phone turns on and has download and recovery you are not bricked....only soft brick and the odin file should work. Just be patient and wait for it to finish

TheAtheistOtaku said:
your bricked, im pretty sure flashing stock wont help you (hasnt from my past experience) but doesnt hurt to give it a try.
i dont think will just give you another one, even though its in the two week window, because its your fault and not the result of hardware failure. the age old "oh i updated and not it wont turn on" probably wont wort because there are little to none reports of that happening. plus (and this is me assuming, correct me if im wrong) but when in download mode it probably shows custom status, which auto voids any warranty. but once again, doesnt hurt to try.
Unfortunately, from my past experience, your SOL
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yeah i have that feeling but again nothing hurts trying... i hope something will work out
thanks for the cheer up though :good: lol

You can get to download mode so don't worry a bit.just flash stock with odin(is odin available for s4?)
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cwalker0906 said:
If the phone turns on and has download and recovery you are not bricked....only soft brick and the odin file should work. Just be patient and wait for it to finish
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fingers crossed!

josephnero said:
You can get to download mode so don't worry a bit.just flash stock with odin(is odin available for s4?)
Sent from my LT30p using xda premium
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I used odin for the flashing in the beginning i think i have odin v307
I am waiting right now for the download to finish, been waiting for the past 2 hours even though it's slow transfer but steady 250kbps, i failed doing that with the fast link and tried it over 15 times! no luck

theatheistotaku said:
your bricked, im pretty sure flashing stock wont help you (hasnt from my past experience) but doesnt hurt to give it a try.
I dont think will just give you another one, even though its in the two week window, because its your fault and not the result of hardware failure. The age old "oh i updated and not it wont turn on" probably wont wort because there are little to none reports of that happening. Plus (and this is me assuming, correct me if im wrong) but when in download mode it probably shows custom status, which auto voids any warranty. But once again, doesnt hurt to try.
Unfortunately, from my past experience, your sol
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yes unbricked!!!

Should I proceed with the rooting again and recover the rom then instal CM rom?

Glad you got your phone back....knew you would like I said only a soft brick....if you do continue and please read always so you know what you are doing before you do it afterall these phones are expensive

redshark80 said:
Should I proceed with the rooting again and recover the rom then instal CM rom?
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Yeah go ahead and root again just be careful with the rom you flash make sure its for m919. I stayed with stock because no rom has the options that came with the phone such as motions and gestures and the camera.
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cwalker0906 said:
Glad you got your phone back....knew you would like I said only a soft brick....if you do continue and please read always so you know what you are doing before you do it afterall these phones are expensive
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Thanks! indeed they are expensive

atlprettygirl2145 said:
Yeah go ahead and root again just be careful with the rom you flash make sure its for m919. I stayed with stock because no rom has the options that came with the phone such as motions and gestures and the camera.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda premium
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I just did the motochopper method and as I am reading now about the possibility of loosing your root access by future OTAs so am planning to flash that file that keeps your root safe even from future updates "SetUID Restriction" I will prolly keep my basic rom and wait for something better in future.
Thanks

atlprettygirl2145 said:
Yeah go ahead and root again just be careful with the rom you flash make sure its for m919. I stayed with stock because no rom has the options that came with the phone such as motions and gestures and the camera.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda premium
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Ummm all TW ROMS on the development forum have the exact same features that come with the phone except they're tweaked....

whytechapel_x said:
Ummm all TW ROMS on the development forum have the exact same features that come with the phone except they're tweaked....
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would you suggest me instal the CM? I am debating over here and for sure I will make a good use with the space that can free if I do... hint I have a 64gb msd installed on the phone
the motochopper root didn't go through by the way so I used odin and patched twrp plus did the SetUID restriction thing.
thnx

redshark80 said:
would you suggest me instal the CM? I am debating over here and for sure I will make a good use with the space that can free if I do... hint I have a 64gb msd installed on the phone
the motochopper root didn't go through by the way so I used odin and patched twrp plus did the SetUID restriction thing.
thnx
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Well if you want to flash CyanogenMod, make sure its for the m919. I'm kinda lost though, did you still want all the features that Touchwiz has like air gesture, motions etc? Or you don't care for those?

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Well if you want to flash CyanogenMod, make sure its for the m919. I'm kinda lost though, did you still want all the features that Touchwiz has like air gesture, motions etc? Or you don't care for those?
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am not really decided about that, does it really matter? all i care about is the blazing speed, low battery consumption and for sure the freedom of moving all the apps to the extSD ... I think all these new features are gimmick and it may take another generation for it to get the best of it. I picked S4 over the HTC one just because the 1080p feature and the funny thing is that I missed on there is no HDMI port on this phone! lol no biggie
tell me more about the touchwiz kernel, is it worth it? I don't see many CRs out there at the moment

redshark80 said:
am not really decided about that, does it really matter? all i care about is the blazing speed, low battery consumption and for sure the freedom of moving all the apps to the extSD ... I think all these new features are gimmick and it may take another generation for it to get the best of it. I picked S4 over the HTC one just because the 1080p feature and the funny thing is that I missed on there is no HDMI port on this phone! lol no biggie
tell me more about the touchwiz kernel, is it worth it? I don't see many CRs out there at the moment
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Well right now I don't think CM is as stable compared to a TW ROM. FYI there are a lot or ROMS as of now. You have Wicked, Infamous, Darth Stalker, Deathstar. There is also faux and ktoonez kernal available for TW. As for the extsd, you will need to format the card to fat32 for the phone to read it properly.

[Q] root on p607t?

Am I just being stupid or is there a way to root the new note 10.1 2014 edition on t-mobile's network? The model is SM-P607T & I don't see that listed anywhere on odin/s list or anything. Or is it just too soon from release?
Extra info: Baseband P607TUVUANE2, Android 4.4.2, Kernal 3.4.0-1433887

riffy504 said:
Am I just being stupid or is there a way to root the new note 10.1 2014 edition on t-mobile's network? The model is SM-P607T & I don't see that listed anywhere on odin/s list or anything. Or is it just too soon from release?
Extra info: Baseband P607TUVUANE2, Android 4.4.2, Kernal 3.4.0-1433887
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I am looking for this as well since i got one today. It looks like it is the same thing as the P605 which is LTE. The non LTE ones do not use the Qualcomm chip. It also looks like 4.4.2 just came out for the P605 not to long ago and there really isn't anything out for it yet. Bigbuff is talking about updating TWRP to 4.4.2 for the P605. At that time I am sure we will get a recovery and be able to flash SuperSU. If it is out already I have not found it and would like to know as well.

OK so it's not just me then. Usually by the time I get a device all this stuff is out all ready.

I wonder if you can use the international version P605. That's got the qualcomm chip with LTE. I have the 605v and there's been no development for it. Verizon has locked the bootloader, as they tend to do, so we are stuck. If you understand Knox and how that works I would try the P605 method. I tried it on mine and it failed and it didn't cause any damage.
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Have you guys tried to put your tablets into download mode. My underdstanding you need to hold down volume down plus the power button for three seconds, but when I try this mine boots into regular mode and not the download mode. Can someone else try this and see if you get a different outcome?
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Haven't tried it but you have to add home to that as well I thought. Yeah, Google search:
Boot your phone into Download Mode by Pressing and Holding the Volume Down + Home + Power buttons at the same time till you see a warning message on your screen. You’ll be asked to hit the Volume Up to continue into download mode.

draigons said:
Have you guys tried to put your tablets into download mode. My underdstanding you need to hold down volume down plus the power button for three seconds, but when I try this mine boots into regular mode and not the download mode. Can someone else try this and see if you get a different outcome?
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its Power + Vol-D + Home gets you to a screen that says vol up to get to download mode or vol down to reboot. I can get to Download mode by doing that. I am going to try doing the P605 root they have out and see how that goes in asec. Make sure you down the Full Odin Firmware.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=29807
So you can use this if you need to.

Good luck! I'm not adventurous enough to try it.

WARNING: By doing this your Spen will not work anymore
Ok here is how to root the P607T right now. It is the same way as Root for the P605 right now. After reading http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2766394&page=9
on post 88. Someone with the P605 used the P905 CF-Auto root to root their 605.
here are the steps
1. Download to your PC http://download.chainfire.eu/385/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-viennalte-viennaltexx-smp905.zip
2. Reboot your P607T into Download Mode. You can do this by turning off the tablet. then hold Home + Vol-D + Power you will get a screen that says Press Vol D to get into Download mode.
3. Plug your P607T into your PC.
4. Open Odin 3.07 which is included with the down you already did. You should see a Blue tab that says something like Com1.
5. Make sure the only thing that is checked is Auto-reboot.
6. Click PDA and file the CF-Auto-Root-viennalte-viennaltexx-smp905.tar that was in the Zip file you just unziped.
7. Click start and wait.
Your tablet will now reboot into a P905 recovery and flash SuperSU. It can take awhile for the reboot into recovery to happen so just wait. After this is all done your tablet will boot back into Android. Go into the play store and update SuperSU. SuperSU will keep FCing until you update it in the Playstore.
Now here is the problem we run into if you do all this. After CF-Auto Root is done it is going to put a P905 recovery on your Tablet not a P607T recovery. If you want to get your P607T recovery back for future OTAs you need to Odin the full Firmware for the P607T which you can find here. http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=29807 Once they get a working TWRP for KitKat and the P605 we should be able to get everything else we need to get back our old recovery.
Now another problem That I have found as well is that the Spen does not work after doing this. I do not really care because I do not really use the Spen. I know there is a fix in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2766394&page=9 but I have yet to get it to work because I do not know how to type the *#2663# in phone app and then update wacom firmware from kernel to get the Spen to work. We do not have a Phone app to do that. So you are warned that your Spen will not work after doing this.
Other Wise enjoy root until a better way is out.

LTE still work?

riffy504 said:
LTE still work?
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No clue I don't use LTE I just opened a 200mb line to get the Tablet on EIP. I will pop in my sim when i get home from work and check it for u.
Edit: yes lte still works I am still trying to fix the spen however that still doesn't work.

Also looks like TWRP has a working recovery now for the P607T. here is a link to a odin file for it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53138918&postcount=776 I would use that and just flash SuperSU with it. should give you root and hopefully a working Spen.

May be possible to use mobile odin pro and inject root to the stock firmware, without tripping the knox flag?
This works on the note 3, upgrading to 4.3.
Edit: mobile odin requires to have already root, I used it when upgrading to 4.3
to not lose root.
Thanks.

To late... I already tripped stupid knox. hehe I love the samsung note lines but I really REALLY hate knox! Just a reason for them to deny warranty, or else it'd be optional.
That odin file worked great. Now to wait for some custom roms.....

Just jumping in on the got-this-yesterday train and glad to see some folks have jumped on ahead of me. Thanks for the information you've all provided thus far. I'm hopeful that development on this thing will be strong, I'm liking the device so far.
I'm interested in rooting ASAP but I've been out of the Android loop for a little while, so this KNOX thing freaks me out a bit (I'm just getting familiar with what it is). Seems like it is a simple warantee related thing. Is it irreversible? How common is flashing a custom ROM without triggering it? Does it affect usability at all to have it triggered?
I'm interested if flashing this this evening but not really sure what I'm in for as far as KNOX.

amirite said:
Just jumping in on the got-this-yesterday train and glad to see some folks have jumped on ahead of me. Thanks for the information you've all provided thus far. I'm hopeful that development on this thing will be strong, I'm liking the device so far.
I'm interested in rooting ASAP but I've been out of the Android loop for a little while, so this KNOX thing freaks me out a bit (I'm just getting familiar with what it is). Seems like it is a simple warantee related thing. Is it irreversible? How common is flashing a custom ROM without triggering it? Does it affect usability at all to have it triggered?
I'm interested if flashing this this evening but not really sure what I'm in for as far as KNOX.
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Edit: Originally used root de la vega method for the note3. Mobile odin requires root.
The procedure to inject root with mobile odin pro is on the international note 3 forum.
Worked for my tmo note 3 upgrading to 4.3 and not lose root, but only flashing the original firmware.
Any custom rom, custom recovery or custom kernel will trip knox.
This is not tested yet on the note 10.1 2014.
Will check on the mobile odin thread or Chainfire's blog.
Tripping knox for now is irreversible and voids the warranty.
Normal device operation is not affected. What is lost is the security feature.
Only a concern if your company uses knox, and you use your device for work.
I am going to wait a few weeks, hoping for a no knox tripping root method,
to keep the warranty. But I know that eventually will not care on tripping knox.

Well fudge! I never thought to test the s pen before I rooted. Guess what, it doesn't work.

riffy504 said:
Well fudge! I never thought to test the s pen before I rooted. Guess what, it doesn't work.
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I posted a big huge warning sign saying that the s pen would not work if you rooted
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No I mean it didn't work hardware wise. I thought the touch screen was off by 1/4th an inch but never thought to try the s pen before last night. I even flashed back to stock and it was the same way. Where ever you touched with the s pen it'd either do nothing or it'd randomly draw in a tiny little square up near a corner. The touch screen was really noticeable trying to click on links in chrome cuz I'd always missing, but I thought it was me till I realized the s pen didn't work either. Then I figured it was just the hardware was messed up. Messing around in the drawing app proved that the touch screen was off to a corner by 1/4th an inch. Even if I turned the device around it always was off to that same physical corner.

Oh! Also, I used the new Odin file btw. I assume the s pen works on that one. Never did use the one for the P905, that you posted with that warning.

How to install recovery if you used brute force root?

I used the Brute force app to Root tried installing CWR and bootlooped How do I install a new recovery?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/general/firmware-t-mobile-lg-g3-t2818667
Flash back to stock and start over.

Lol as far as I know cwm don't exist for this phone lol
BAD ASS G3

I got TWRP to work although I really don't see the point of rooting this phone I don't hardly see any ROM's for this phone

gtrplr71 said:
I got TWRP to work although I really don't see the point of rooting this phone I don't hardly see any ROM's for this phone
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There is the modified stock / AICP+variants / CM / SlimRom Variant Deviant
Still in the beta phases but progress none the less. My original link will take you back to stock without root so you will be all set without needing to re-root.

gtrplr71 said:
I got TWRP to work although I really don't see the point of rooting this phone I don't hardly see any ROM's for this phone
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Maybe for the g4 more devs will be pulled towards this phone. You have 2 devs but 1 of them has PC down. Think he just fixed it but it takes a bit to load PC with everything. This phone would have more devs if they owned the phone. Some guys are working blind.
BAD ASS G3

Toneman07 said:
There is the modified stock / AICP+variants / CM / SlimRom Variant Deviant
Still in the beta phases but progress none the less. My original link will take you back to stock without root so you will be all set without needing to re-root.
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BACARDILIMON said:
Maybe for the g4 more devs will be pulled towards this phone. You have 2 devs but 1 of them has PC down. Think he just fixed it but it takes a bit to load PC with everything. This phone would have more devs if they owned the phone. Some guys are working blind.
BAD ASS G3
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I hear you thanks for the insight. one ques how do you enable USB debugging on this phone? I saw it and cant find the thread.

gtrplr71 said:
I hear you thanks for the insight. one ques how do you enable USB debugging on this phone? I saw it and cant find the thread.
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Software information then repeatedly hit build number until you see toast message

upgrade kitkat to lollipop, is it worth it, considering the problems.

Before i make the upgrade to lollipop i want to know the positives and the negatives, I dont want to flash my UK T800 and am considering doing the OTA upgrade to lollipop when it is released in the UK.
Can you add to the for and against list please., and i will update the list.
Only owners who have the official rom for their country please contribute.
For : third-party apps can write to the microSD.
Against : Battery does not last as long, lagginess, flash led problem, too much white in the settings, Touch Key duration bug
Thanks
John.

Subjective - the battery life is better/no different for a large number of people, especially if you factory reset.

The finger reader works much better. Otherwise, I don't see a lot of difference personally.

LED FLASH
well since i upgraded my device the LED flash became a problem. I need to reboot the device in order for it to work, after a day or two it'll stop working and i need to reboot the device again for it to work. its not the camera app as i tried it with many flashlight apps and the problem still persist. Other than that, Lollipop is ok on the t700. no problem whatsover just the LED flash.

So is it really the lollipop upgrade that is causing the problem, or is it just a coincidence and it`s a hardware fault really, we need some other people who have upgrade to lollipop to confirm the problem if there is one.
John.
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well since i upgraded my device the LED flash became a problem. I need to reboot the device in order for it to work, after a day or two it'll stop working and i need to reboot the device again for it to work. its not the camera app as i tried it with many flashlight apps and the problem still persist. Other than that, Lollipop is ok on the t700. no problem whatsover just the LED flash.
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Tinderbox (UK) said:
So is it really the lollipop upgrade that is causing the problem, or is it just a coincidence and it`s a hardware fault really, we need some other people who have upgrade to lollipop to confirm the problem if there is one.
John.
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ok, i just read an old blog about this same problem on the samsung galaxy s4, unfortunately there are no replies on that blog. Anyways, im willing to consider that its a hardware problem but im 100% sure that when im on 4.4.2 kitkat everything works fine. when i updated my device on 5.0.2, thats when my LED flash became messed up but still works and will stop and then needs a reboot. Hopefully its just a software bug or something.

I have the same problem with flash led.Also there are lot of new problems which werent there in kit kat.
Random reboots
No service at network,ie networks disconnects as soon as I lift a call
Random green lines
Call audio drops incall
My phone is tab S SMT-705

Anymore reasons to upgrade to lollipop? it`s 1 for an 4 against at the moment.
John.

Tinderbox (UK) said:
Anymore reasons to upgrade to lollipop? it`s 1 for an 4 against at the moment.
John.
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For me I was having terrible lad problems especially in web browsing to the point that I thought of getting rid of it (SM-T800) but after I updated to the Canadian version of lollipop it got much better. I also did a clean install by the way but I was still having the odd lag but I then did a compleat wipe again and installed the German version of lollipop and it is even better. Still way behind my ipad air 2 though.
On a down side the battery has taken a bit of a hit but maybe after a few charges it might get better. My first charge after the install got me 8 hours of screen on time at 9%
As a matter of interest how is the best way to go from lollipop to kitkat? I tried to between the two lollipop installs but it was stuck on the Samsung for ages so I just flashed the German one.

Well if i can root my T800 without tripping knox i will stay on kitkat until lollipop is sorted out, as i have had no problems with it at all in 7 months, I just need root so i can write to my microsd, I tried that kingroot both the apk and the pc version neither worked.
John.

WRETCHED, WRETCHED, WRETCHED! If you have the ability to stay on KitKat, do it. I don't know if it's Lollipop itself or the new rev of TouchWiz but since I was forced to update I can't stand this device. It's just a huge turd. Notifications on the lock screen: all or nothing. you can either have Google Now style notification cards or nothing. You can't just allow the notification panel to be visible on the lock screen (it is, but it doesn't show notification icons). SD card? Forget you ever had one. I don't know what everyone's talking about with "3rd-party apps can use the SD card now" but I can't even get a file browser to create a folder on the card. Forget about using it as a default storage location (no problem before the update). The new blinding-white color scheme is both hideous and obnoxious. I don't care how much battery it conserves on the new AMOLED display; its fugly and its harsh. Like turning your 4g radio on and off? Get ready to click through THREE LAYERS of menu to get to it, and forget about using Tasker (or any other app) to automate that. In fact, you should pretty much give up on Tasker (or similar) automation entirely unless you manage to root your device.

If i have auto update not checked in the settings in kitkat, will i still get an lollipop notification when it is eventually release for my uk t800 if it still has all the problems, I dont want any update messages that i cannot remove on my taskbar.
John.

Tinderbox (UK) said:
Well if i can root my T800 without tripping knox i will stay on kitkat until lollipop is sorted out, as i have had no problems with it at all in 7 months, I just need root so i can write to my microsd, I tried that kingroot both the apk and the pc version neither worked.
John.
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John, looking in the general section for a guide to rooting without tripping knox. I used it successfully on my SM-T800. Pay particular attention to the version of KitKat you require to get kingroot working in the OP. I suspect you are on a later version. Make sure to read the full guide and thread. Even though the guide gets you to Lollipop you can skip the last steps and remain on kitkat then disable updates in the settings.
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thorvindr said:
WRETCHED, WRETCHED, WRETCHED! If you have the ability to stay on KitKat, do it. I don't know if it's Lollipop itself or the new rev of TouchWiz but since I was forced to update I can't stand this device. It's just a huge turd. Notifications on the lock screen: all or nothing. you can either have Google Now style notification cards or nothing. You can't just allow the notification panel to be visible on the lock screen (it is, but it doesn't show notification icons). SD card? Forget you ever had one. I don't know what everyone's talking about with "3rd-party apps can use the SD card now" but I can't even get a file browser to create a folder on the card. Forget about using it as a default storage location (no problem before the update). The new blinding-white color scheme is both hideous and obnoxious. I don't care how much battery it conserves on the new AMOLED display; its fugly and its harsh. Like turning your 4g radio on and off? Get ready to click through THREE LAYERS of menu to get to it, and forget about using Tasker (or any other app) to automate that. In fact, you should pretty much give up on Tasker (or similar) automation entirely unless you manage to root your device.
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Why don't your just refresh KitKat with Odin? The downgrade will not trip Knox assuming it is not already tripped for some other reason. Once flashed you immediately need to boot into recovery and wipe user data or you will go into a boot loop. The default in Odin is to boot the device once a flash is completed and that must be disabled.
I made that mistake and got stuck in a boot loop. It was tricky to use the key combination to reboot the immediately switch to the recovery key combo so I could wipe user data. For a few minutes I though I had bricked but all was well. I downgraded so I could root it hour tripping Knox following the guide in the general section. The first few steps in that guide and other posts in that thread may be of benefit if you choose to downgrade.
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I dont really want to flash, just to get root while i still have warranty on my T800, I will wait for an root that does not require a flash.
Thanks.
John.

3DSammy said:
Why don't your just refresh KitKat with Odin? The downgrade will not trip Knox assuming it is not already tripped for some other reason. Once flashed you immediately need to boot into recovery and wipe user data or you will go into a boot loop. The default in Odin is to boot the device once a flash is completed and that must be disabled.
I made that mistake and got stuck in a boot loop. It was tricky to use the key combination to reboot the immediately switch to the recovery key combo so I could wipe user data. For a few minutes I though I had bricked but all was well. I downgraded so I could root it hour tripping Knox following the guide in the general section. The first few steps in that guide and other posts in that thread may be of benefit if you choose to downgrade.
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How? What guide did you use? It seems I need firmware specific to the t807a. Do yo know where I can find that?

Is the Samsung stock video player any different in lollipop, As in kitkat it does not support ac3 or dts when previous Samsung tablets did, saved some money on the licenses. :crying:
John.

Anyone who does not want to update to lollipop have a look at the link below, you can even remove the OTA notice.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856632
John.

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How? What guide did you use? It seems I need firmware specific to the t807a. Do yo know where I can find that?
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Here's the link to the guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...nox-kitkat-t3129484/post61214326#post61214326
The first part of the post include a link to a site with many Samsung firmware releases for multiple models. I don't know if a t807a is covered. Good luck.
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3DSammy said:
Here's the link to the guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...nox-kitkat-t3129484/post61214326#post61214326
The first part of the post include a link to a site with many Samsung firmware releases for multiple models. I don't know if a t807a is covered. Good luck.
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That's the guide I'm trying to use. Unfortunately, that website seems to have firmware for every variant of the T805 except the T807a. I'm hesitant to try it with firmware from a similar variant because I know there are subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) differences in the actual hardware.

thorvindr said:
That's the guide I'm trying to use. Unfortunately, that website seems to have firmware for every variant of the T805 except the T807a. I'm hesitant to try it with firmware from a similar variant because I know there are subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) differences in the actual hardware.
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I feel your caution is wise and I would not personally flash any ROM that was not specific to your devices model stock or custom. I feel your pain, hopefully someone will post a link to the firmware. Why Samsung does not do that itself like Google does for Nexus devices I have no idea.