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New S2x koodo - cheap unlock, good rom ect..

Hi,
So just had to replace a broken s2 LTE (rogers) with a deal from Koodo, pretty nice unit, I am happy to have a brand new phone..
Seems the unlock code for it ( i am on speak out) is $20, is there any where cheaper out there ?
I am not sure if i should just use the stock JB rom, or try to do some rooting and flashing right way...
what are fellow S2xers using on this phone ?
I don't want to void my warranty, i guess i could always unroot and go back to stock..
what you guys think ? i guess i am moving over to this forum from now on, nice to meet you all.:laugh:

Here is a free unlock option: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024514. If you're on JB, you might have to revert to an ICS rom. Follow the instructions and all should be fine. People say that the unlock remains after upgrading, flashing another rom afterward.
There are several custom roms in the dev thread that are based on T-mobile or Telus stock JB with various mods, tweaks and improvements. I'm currently using djmatt604's NorthernTouch (since release) - it has been very stable for me and I'm enjoying it.
Don't want to void your warranty? You might be asking the wrong questions. Hope you enjoy the T989(D) community.

treefrog321 said:
Here is a free unlock option: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024514. If you're on JB, you might have to revert to an ICS rom. Follow the instructions and all should be fine. People say that the unlock remains after upgrading, flashing another rom afterward.
There are several custom roms in the dev thread that are based on T-mobile or Telus stock JB with various mods, tweaks and improvements. I'm currently using djmatt604's NorthernTouch (since release) - it has been very stable for me and I'm enjoying it.
Don't want to void your warranty? You might be asking the wrong questions. Hope you enjoy the T989(D) community.
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OK, so will the standard Koodo radio be good for rogers network too ?

[Q] experience with Android 4.3 post here please

Hello again
Dear xda developer's and visitors
I'm up to install the new firmware 4.3
So please before going for this step I want your help and experience
People who tried this version .. I want to know if it's stable as 4.1.2
If it's fast as 4.1.2
If its smooth as 4.1.2
If it has any issues ..
Tell me about ram consumption
Telk about lag
Tell about any point of view you have about this new firmware through your experience with
Thanks all again

One more question
What is the meaning if custom rom ... is it same as roms on Sammobile.com

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Any boooody say something

elemary said:
Any boooody say something
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Custom ROM is simply slightly or much tweaked Stock ROM. It can contain themes or new functionality, added or removed apps etc. Most of the Custom Touchiz ROMs are pretty similar to stock ROMs and have added bits and pieces that most people would add anyway - like Xposed framework and some Xposed modules, etc, sound enhancements, Note 3 software but still look much like Stock Samsung ROM.
After 4.1.2 I flashed Criskelo (Custom TW ROM) and it is smoother than 4.1.2. I am very satisfied with this ROM, and can't understand why so many people complain about 4.3. IMHO this is the single BEST update on android I had on any device ever. 1st time I can really tell it is smoother than the previous version.
I strongly reccomend updating to 4.3, just follow all instructions and you should be fine. IMHO best ROMs are DN3, Phoenix and Criskelo. You can also try pre-rooted de-Knoxed stock ROMs, but you would loose any of the extras in these ROMs (Note 3 sw etc).

Really thanks for response ... but many says battery drains fast and fast after 4.3 update
And ram consumption very high
Could you clarify this for me and I would be thankful

elemary said:
Really thanks for response ... but many says battery drains fast and fast after 4.3 update
And ram consumption very high
Could you clarify this for me and I would be thankful
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Battery for me is the same as on 4.1.2. Maybe on 1st boot it is higher because if you erase everything it has to run media scanner for a long time to scan all your photos. But for me it is the same.
Don't worry about RAM consumption. I can't get it why people want to have EMPTY RAM??? What good is empty RAM, just doing nothing? If it uses more RAM, it means it is using it for something, probably caching disk, processes, apps.... Everything works just fine, Android manages RAM by itself. If it all works fine, why should I care how much RAM there is? Also it depends on your apps more than anything. I have like 290 USER apps, together with system apps it is like 510. And NEVER have I noticed any problems... so just forget about RAM, Android manages everything automatically, and our device has a lots of RAM. Even with TSF shell running which is huge, all is fluid and no apps have problems.

dalanik said:
Battery for me is the same as on 4.1.2. Maybe on 1st boot it is higher because if you erase everything it has to run media scanner for a long time to scan all your photos. But for me it is the same.
Don't worry about RAM consumption. I can't get it why people want to have EMPTY RAM??? What good is empty RAM, just doing nothing? If it uses more RAM, it means it is using it for something, probably caching disk, processes, apps.... Everything works just fine, Android manages RAM by itself. If it all works fine, why should I care how much RAM there is? Also it depends on your apps more than anything. I have like 290 USER apps, together with system apps it is like 510. And NEVER have I noticed any problems... so just forget about RAM, Android manages everything automatically, and our device has a lots of RAM. Even with TSF shell running which is huge, all is fluid and no apps have problems.
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Thanks thanks thanks
Really thank you very much
One more question .. I'm going to flash a rom from Sammobile.com its for united arab Emirates
Do I have to flash any other kernals
Sorry, im new
And then , do you recommend me by special rom for android 4.3 ?

elemary said:
Thanks thanks thanks
Really thank you very much
One more question .. I'm going to flash a rom from Sammobile.com its for united arab Emirates
Do I have to flash any other kernals
Sorry, im new
And then , do you recommend me by special rom for android 4.3 ?
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If you flash ROM from Sammobile, you will be Knox-locked. You will have Knox and you can never again downgrade to 4.1.2. And if you root, you will loose your warranty and will never be able to use Knox again. Knox is preventing you from flashing anything without triggering Knox counter to 0x1.
If you do flash UAE ROM from Sam mobile, you don't have to flash anything else, bootloader and modem are included.
But I'd suggest flashing de-Knoxed ROM, so you can later (if you want) install any custom ROM, downgrade, etc.
If you want custom ROMs, I'd suggest Phoenix, DM3 or Criskelo.
D.

Thanks a lot dear
Last question
What do you think about tigrA rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2479698

dalanik said:
If you flash ROM from Sammobile, you will be Knox-locked. You will have Knox and you can never again downgrade to 4.1.2. And if you root, you will loose your warranty and will never be able to use Knox again. Knox is preventing you from flashing anything without triggering Knox counter to 0x1.
If you do flash UAE ROM from Sam mobile, you don't have to flash anything else, bootloader and modem are included.
But I'd suggest flashing de-Knoxed ROM, so you can later (if you want) install any custom ROM, downgrade, etc.
If you want custom ROMs, I'd suggest Phoenix, DM3 or Criskelo.
D.
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Thanks a lot dear
Last question
What do you think about tigrA rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2479698

which one is best
dalanik said:
If you flash ROM from Sammobile, you will be Knox-locked. You will have Knox and you can never again downgrade to 4.1.2. And if you root, you will loose your warranty and will never be able to use Knox again. Knox is preventing you from flashing anything without triggering Knox counter to 0x1.
If you do flash UAE ROM from Sam mobile, you don't have to flash anything else, bootloader and modem are included.
But I'd suggest flashing de-Knoxed ROM, so you can later (if you want) install any custom ROM, downgrade, etc.
If you want custom ROMs, I'd suggest Phoenix, DM3 or Criskelo.
D.
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which is the best one
phoenix or DN3

[Q] ROM

Just retired my Tmobile S2 / Jedi Mind Trick and purchased a new Tmobile S3 LTE. Just rooted it and put on CWM.... Which ROMS have the following.
1.WiFi Calling and MMS
2.Good Battery Life
3.Silky Smooth and Lighting Quick
4.Plenty of Free Memory
5.Bloatware free
Thanks

All Roms based on the Samsung Touchwiz Framwork will support WiFi Calling. So try S3Rx by @enewman17 or StockMod by @saranhai. Eitheer way, I suggest flash KT747 Kernel for Touchwiz.
In my opinion, (and this can be debatable.) AOSP Roms have more free Ram and slightly better battery life. However they will never support WiFi calling. Let me know if you want to explore that.

I found this thread in search before asking the same question.
Not all touchwiz based ROMs support Wifi calling. Read posts 31 and 32 in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735506&page=4
I am having a hard time finding the best ROM for my needs. I have to have wifi calling. I have tried several, and really like the KitKat based AICP, but that doesn't do wifi calling, so I started looking for Touchwiz based ROMs, but can't find a good stable one that works well FOR ME.

To rephrase Perseus' statement, only Touchwiz roms based on T-Mobiles firmware will have wifi calling.
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Yup. That makes it far more difficult to sort them out.
I am going to try out StockMOD Rom now.

Most TW roms are built from a tmobile base. If not it should specify [PORT] in the title and/or OP.
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I can now confirm that wifi calling works on StockMOD.

custom ROM for tethering and wifi calling SGH-T999L
BenzE420 said:
I can now confirm that wifi calling works on StockMOD.
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Hi, I am new here to trying to figure out how to enable mobile hotspot/tethering and wifi calling with my SGH-T999L(t-mobile, prepaid 5GB data).
My phone(ver. 4.3) is rooted by Odin method with root66_TMO-L_T999LUVUBNC1.tar.md5 file. And superSU(ver. 1.94) was automatically(?) installed during the rooting but never used it since. Anyway, this was my very first dealing with phone software; I have never experienced rooting/flashing before. Please bear with my ignorant terms and questions...
q1. Isn't there any reasonably safe ROM to enable tethering?
q2. Can I flash the custom ROM with Odin, same process as my rooting but just change the MD5 file?
q3. Do I need to configure my phone before or after the custom ROM flashing for tethering?
when I rooted, I did not make any recovery. I had no clue about Knox counter before and still don't know where and how to check Knox counter with my phone.. I have just followed YouTube "safe rooting methods for s3" without much knowledge. How lucky my phone is not a brick now!!

1. Any of the Custom AOSP Roms will have tether built in. If you want to keep stock Touchwiz, you will have to use some Tether app from Play store.
2. Yes and no. You first flash custom Recovery with Odin. Same process except different file. Then you flash custom roms (which are in zip format) via the custom Recovery. A custom Recovery is TWRP, CWM or Philz Touch.
3. Usually yes after the custom rom is up and running. Just a few click to turn it on or customize to your preferences. No Rocket science there.
Knox Counter or Warranty Bit is displayed when you put the phone in download mode. If its zero that means its not set. If its 1 then you tripped it.

Is there any Tmobile based TW ROM that has HALO? If not, is there a good add on or app for notifications? Halo was one of the things I really liked about AICP. It seems possible, as Slimbean says it doesn't include HALO by choice.
It seems that all the ASOP ROMs are KitKat. Since KitKat is on the way to Tmobile S3 at some point. When that happens, will it allow ASOP type ROMS with Wifi, or am I mixing up several concepts?

HALO is a feature introduced by AOKP Developer community. Hence it is found only in Roms that are based on that code base such as PAC MAN. Other ROMs particularly Stock touchwiz will never the feature as is. Samsung did introduce something similar called floating Notifications that some liked but most did not. They base on Google's code so the AOKP code will never make it into Samsung Stock. However, I do recall there was bounty on Verizon's forum for bringing HALO to Touchwiz. Don't know what happened to it. I don't use touchwiz.
Speaking of all these terms, you indeed are mixing quiet a few things. AOSP Roms, based either on Google's code or CM's code will never use anything from the AOKP fork. This is by design. If you want to know why, you will have to understand the difference between AOSP and AOKP. Google is your friend.
I recall Liquidsmooth at one point in the 4.3 code had introduced HALO. Don't know if it continued or not. I do know, with the significant code changes to Kitkat, these prior features are not working and the developers are working to port them over. Its a matter of time. Speaking of which, all Custom Roms do have a 4.3 variant. Its just that users want the latest and greatest so you won't see much discussion of the 4.3 now. But it sure does exist.
After you accept Stock Kitkat update, I am sure you can continue to flash custom Kitkat Roms. Who knows, they might have moved to Key Lime Pie by then. But I don't think I understood the question. Are you referring to the Tether or WiFi hotspot ?

I was referring to wifi caling. That is a make or break feature for me. I found a few ROMs that were head and shoulders above TW (FOR ME), but because of lots of steel and concrete structures in my AO I really need wifi calling. I looked into multiboot, but I would have to toggle back and forth too much to make it work.

Wi Fi calling can and only will work with Samsung's Stock Touchwiz. So since that's critical to you, I'd suggest sticking with the stock Rom and Root it if needed. Once Rooted you can remove the bloat to make it more viable. You can also use the KT747 Kernel for Touchwiz. That will allow you to get better battery life.
As to your HALO wish, I guess, you'd have to stick with floating notification and Multi Window features Samsung has. You could try some of the ports of Xposed frameworks. But be cautious to make sure it does not break something else.

Perseus71 said:
1. Any of the Custom AOSP Roms will have tether built in. If you want to keep stock Touchwiz, you will have to use some Tether app from Play store.
2. Yes and no. You first flash custom Recovery with Odin. Same process except different file. Then you flash custom roms (which are in zip format) via the custom Recovery. A custom Recovery is TWRP, CWM or Philz Touch.
3. Usually yes after the custom rom is up and running. Just a few click to turn it on or customize to your preferences. No Rocket science there.
Knox Counter or Warranty Bit is displayed when you put the phone in download mode. If its zero that means its not set. If its 1 then you tripped it.
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Thank you very much. :good: Really sorry to bother you but more Qs..
1. When you say stock Touchwiz, does that mean the file I flashed for rooting? root66_TMO-L_T999LUVUBNC1.tar.md5
I have also tried many Tether apps found from google store and none of them worked. They just brings me to T-mobile error message.
2. Beyond tethering, I also like to have WIFI calling function although wifi calling is not as important as tethering for me. Benz said StockMOD works for WIFI calling. So, I was thinking about to flash StockMOD for my custom ROM as long as it will also work for tethering... Do you know whether it works for tethering? If so, would you tell me where I can find StockMOD? By the way, is StockMOD a custom ROM?
3. Did I really screw up my phone warranty? Ouch,,, I have just checked the message on download mode of my phone. It says following:
product name: sgh-t999L
custom binary download: no
current binary:Samsung Official
System Status: custom
DualDomm Secure Boot: enable
Warranty Bit: 1
Bootloader AP Swrev: 1
Any unusual status you notice beyond warranty Bit? Is this saying my phone is rooted? Frankly, I am still not confident to say my phone is rooted.. AGain, thank you very much for your help.:good::good:

Touchwiz is the name of samsungs launcher and modifications they made on top of Android. So whem you see stock, tw, or touchwiz its referring to the official firmware from samsung. Touchwiz based, tmobile roms are the only ones with wifi calling.
The warranty bit is tripped. No way around this if you plan to flash anything anymore. But yes, your warranty is now void im afraid...
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[Q] ROMs/flashing advice for T805

Hi guys,
I recently bought the LTE T805 variant of Tab S - which I've already rooted and loaded TWRP onto.
I'm traditionally a Nexus/HTC owner and I'm really struggling to enjoy TouchWiz, only made worse by my carriers bloatware. I'd like to flash an AOSP based ROM to achieve a stock look/feel; but I want to retain LTE functionality (some comments I've read suggest if I flash a T800 ROM, I'll end up wifi only).
Looking for a bit of help with...
- What the hell is Knox and should I be worried about tripping it?
- What AOSP ROMs are available which retain LTE functionality and are rock solid stable? I'm not fussed about Android version anything based on KitKat is fine if it means I retain functionality.
Thanks in advance for any advice on offer!

Knox is a security feature by samsung. You shouldnt be worried about tripping it but you lose warranty. but sometimes samsung can fix your device if there is any defects. I was worried too but... I never had problems since tripping it. If your device runs fine and all that, your good to go!
There are no AOSP roms which retain LTE at the moment. I do recommend xnote rom as it has some touchwiz in it, but has a ton of features and you will still have lte.
Hope this helps!

The other less drastic option is to use a launcher like the google now launcher for the stock android feel.
Have you disabled the carrier bloat? I have a T805 and flashed the latest Hong Kong ROM and has no bloat at all.

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
There are no AOSP roms which retain LTE at the moment. I do recommend xnote rom as it has some touchwiz in it, but has a ton of features and you will still have lte.
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Damn not the kinda answer I was hoping for! Thanks for the suggestion, will check it out
lynxblaine said:
The other less drastic option is to use a launcher like the google now launcher for the stock android feel.
Have you disabled the carrier bloat? I have a T805 and flashed the latest Hong Kong ROM and has no bloat at all.
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Yeah loading Nova Launcher was one of the first things I did; but was hoping to reclaim stock notification drawer/quick settings toggles/lockscreen from AOSP Android too. Currently working through pulling the bloatware off now. Thanks guys!

Maybe rooting and xposed would be of benefit to you?

Already rooted - I've had plenty experience with xposed, but hadn't even occurred to me to go looking for some samsung/touchwiz specific modules! Good idea thanks!

MIUI 6

Might my light sensor is damaged ...!! can i flash MIUI 6 stock os and claim warranty ???
else can i flash MIUI 5 stock with 2.0.1 MI recovery and claim it???
also how to flash clean stock rom like SAMSUNG stock roms when we use ODIN method ..!!!

No matter whether you have rooted or you are using any third party ROM like CM, you can claim your warranty anyhow (the perks of buying a Xiaomi)

abhi_qwerty said:
No matter whether you have rooted or you are using any third party ROM like CM, you can claim your warranty anyhow (the perks of buying a Xiaomi)
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are you sure about this ?? as i am pretty sure that sensor is gone die soon ! and i have to give it service center.
if you or any one of u know done this ??? calming the warranty rooted rom ??? i am asking this coz m on the 5.1.1 and i cant user stock anymore

gaurav bhoite said:
Might my light sensor is damaged ...!! can i flash MIUI 6 stock os and claim warranty ???
else can i flash MIUI 5 stock with 2.0.1 MI recovery and claim it???
also how to flash clean stock rom like SAMSUNG stock roms when we use ODIN method ..!!!
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Flash stock rom,miui v5 v50 via fastboot...that will reset evrything to stock...

flashing other rom wont void the warranty. Thats ehy i bought a xiaomi phone for that.