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Complete noob here, but willing to learn - need help!

(To most of you gurus out here this will probably sound pathetic)
I'm new to this whole world of mod-ing phones. I have been reading on this forum for months, but have never posted in fear of being humiliated via. an forum post.
I would like to begin flashing and experimenting but just can't afford to brick my phone, not that anyone really wants to....
Is there a particular group/chef thread that would be most beneficial to my stage of communicatory development?? If so, would someone be so kind as to direct me to the appropriate page?
Thanks guys, your knowledge and expertise is admired and envied!

1bad10r said:
(To most of you gurus out here this will probably sound pathetic)
I'm new to this whole world of mod-ing phones. I have been reading on this forum for months, but have never posted in fear of being humiliated via. an forum post.
I would like to begin flashing and experimenting but just can't afford to brick my phone, not that anyone really wants to....
Is there a particular group/chef thread that would be most beneficial to my stage of communicatory development?? If so, would someone be so kind as to direct me to the appropriate page?
Thanks guys, your knowledge and expertise is admired and envied!
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I would start here and make sure you read and understand everything first...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=550540

Since you're new to the Rhodium, I'd also advise reading the Rhodium wiki article on the XDA-Developers Wiki. The stickies at the top of each forum also can contain important information which is usually pretty helpful.

1bad10r said:
(To most of you gurus out here this will probably sound pathetic)
I'm new to this whole world of mod-ing phones. I have been reading on this forum for months, but have never posted in fear of being humiliated via. an forum post.
I would like to begin flashing and experimenting but just can't afford to brick my phone, not that anyone really wants to....
Is there a particular group/chef thread that would be most beneficial to my stage of communicatory development?? If so, would someone be so kind as to direct me to the appropriate page?
Thanks guys, your knowledge and expertise is admired and envied!
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A critical first question is whether you have a GSM phone (T-Mobile, ATT, most-of-the-world) or CDMA phone (Verizon, Sprint). ROMs (operating system and built-in apps, sort-of) intended for one type of phone are not compatible with the other type.
If you have a CDMA phone check out this sub-forum: Rhodium CDMA Start with the first/top thread.
(jhernand1102 already supplied the "start here" thread for GSM phones)
As far as installing custom/new applications (as opposed to ROMs) there's not much to fear -- bricking-wise. Most apps are easily uninstalled, and at worst you might have to "hard-reset" your phone, which wipes everything and resets to the orginal state (either factory-original or most-recent OS-rom).

[Q] Ultimate Noob Rooting Thread

So I am considering rooting my phone, and I have been poking around and noticed all of the "essential" rooting threads are ages old, I have had my evo 4g for a week, and coming from a noob considering rooting I have a few questions (secondly im sure most of my questions just involve digging, but I am the kind of learner who needs to see everything in one or two places, not 20 or 30 different ones) so here goes my questions...
1. Why should I root, what are the advantages
2. What is the difference between deoxed and odexed
3. what is the step by step guide to rooting (im running snow leopard, but can get access to windows, would prefer to do it in snow leopard)
4. What are roms, kernals...other lingo and definations I need to or should know before rooting
5. what does rooting disable
and 6. Whats the coolest thing i can do once I am rooted
A special thanks to any one willing to take there time and explain these items to me rather then link me to another thread.

you seem like you haven't done any research what so ever.

What OS did you come from?
Yeah, it's kind of important to be willing to read a LOT. Or you probably shouldn't even bother. If you don't wanna read and really examine, then I would just stay stock. Evo is a fine phone stock.
'What's the 'coolest'thing you can do?'
(Aside from reading), I would say, that would be up to you what's coolest.
ROM is read only memory. Kernel, as I understand it, is the resource your ROM relies on to run, and greatly impacts battery life, and various functionalities. And allows for overclocking/undervolting, etc.
Root would disable/disallow you from accepting OTAs directly from Sprint

Kornsaq said:
you seem like you haven't done any research what so ever.
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I have done some reading on it, just as i said everything is spread out, and I have a very difficult time combining stuff from different areas, I am currently using osx, and all of the noob rooting instructions im able to find need files to be modified in windows/linux (osx is unix based)

Read the sticky thread at the top of this Q&A forum. The thread is called "Common misconceptions and useful information." ricsim included some really good pointers at the top of the thread and I have my own contributions at the bottom of the thread. I know you'll probably be a little annoyed by the fact that you have to find your own answers but it's critical that you learn what you're doing to your phone and why. Unless you do you'll turn into the next user who gets flamed for posting something similar to "OMG WHRE r Da GOOGLKE appzzzz" or anything resembling that.
What I'm trying to say is the rest of us learned by researching and we have faith that you can too.
Good luck.

beatblaster said:
Read the sticky thread at the top of this Q&A forum. The thread is called "Common misconceptions and useful information." ricsim included some really good pointers at the top of the thread and I have my own contributions at the bottom of the thread. I know you'll probably be a little annoyed by the fact that you have to find your own answers but it's critical that you learn what you're doing to your phone and why. Unless you do you'll turn into the next user who gets flamed for posting something similar to "OMG WHRE r Da GOOGLKE appzzzz" or anything resembling that.
What I'm trying to say is the rest of us learned by researching and we have faith that you can too.
Good luck.
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Since i posted this, I have been doing some clicking around, and im very very slowly understanding stuff, i will read through the mentioned thread, and the reason im asking these questions is an attempt to help me understand some more of this, i really dont want to risk bricking my phone (however low the risk is) with out knowing what im doing

Are you a Noob with alot of questions? MYSELF & MANY OTHERS BEG OF YOU TO READ THIS!

Are you a Noob with alot of questions? MYSELF & MANY OTHERS BEG OF YOU TO READ THIS!
Hello Noobs, and welcome to the XDA Galaxy S3 US variant forums! I've been answering alot of questions in the q&a section, and many in the general section where they don't belong, regarding issues that I like to refer to as "Android Hacking 101". These questions are, but not limited to, things such as how do I root my phone, what is a bootloader, how do I get better battery life and maximum performance and make my gs3 the greatest most wonderful thing on earth that everyone will be jealous of? (I made that last one up, but you get the idea, lol) I was a noob not so long ago, and I still have lots of questions, but I've learned how to walk that fine line of asking a question without making anyone want to shoot me, and also how to effectively search. I have a website to share with you all and you'll find it in the link below. The website is galaxys3root.com founded by user zedomax and he has tons of sites specific to several phones! He's an amazing guy who has tons of knowledge that he's kind enough to share with the world. On his Site you'll find both written & video tutorials where he will personally walk you through the rooting process, installing a custom recovery image(cwm), and installing a rom! He will also review some of the top roms for each gs3 variant and describe the features of the rom in detail. His sites are a great way for beginners to not only get their phones rooted, hacked, & with custom Rom, but to actually learn what exactly all of these processes are. I will also leave a link to his Site androidroot.org, where you'll find a plethora of other Android hacking videos that will provide you with tips and information regarding android development, and he's also quite entertaining. Please check out both of these sites, and I promise you'll learn a few things if all of this is new to you! Please remember to thank zedomax if you see him here on the XDA forums. I answer most any questions for beginners politely and I try to be as helpful as I can by sharing anything that I understand enough to share. I'm far from an advanced user, but I'm an avid reader and I soak in as much as I possibly can here on XDA. If you are new and you have any questions after you check out zedomax's sites, then please feel free to PM me & if I can't help you then I'll at least get you pointed in the direction of a thread or someone that can. I did not make this post to bust anyone's balls, like I said I'm no pro & I had all the same questions not too long ago, but I've been seeing a lot of these questions floating around and I've been including these links in all of my answers so I thought I would just make a post with the links as opposed to answering the same questions over & over. Good luck to all of you, and enjoy your new device!
Sincerely,
Androholic
androidroot.org http://androidroot.org/
galaxys3root.com http://galaxys3root.com/

androholic said:
Hello Noobs, and welcome to the XDA Galaxy S3 US variant forums! I've been answering alot of questions in the q&a section, and many in the general section where they don't belong, regarding issues that I like to refer to as "Android Hacking 101". These questions are, but not limited to, things such as how do I root my phone, what is a bootloader, how do I get better battery life and maximum performance and make my gs3 the greatest most wonderful thing on earth that everyone will be jealous of? (I made that last one up, but you get the idea, lol) I was a noob not so long ago, and I still have lots of questions, but I've learned how to walk that fine line of asking a question without making anyone want to shoot me, and also how to effectively search. I have a website to share with you all and you'll find it in the link below. The website is galaxys3root.com founded by user zedomax and he has tons of sites specific to several phones! He's an amazing guy who has tons of knowledge that he's kind enough to share with the world. On his Site you'll find both written & video tutorials where he will personally walk you through the rooting process, installing a custom recovery image(cwm), and installing a rom! He will also review some of the top roms for each gs3 variant and describe the features of the rom in detail. His sites are a great way for beginners to not only get their phones rooted, hacked, & with custom Rom, but to actually learn what exactly all of these processes are. I will also leave a link to his Site androidroot.org, where you'll find a plethora of other Android hacking videos that will provide you with tips and information regarding android development, and he's also quite entertaining. Please check out both of these sites, and I promise you'll learn a few things if all of this is new to you! Please remember to thank zedomax if you see him here on the XDA forums. I answer most any questions for beginners politely and I try to be as helpful as I can by sharing anything that I understand enough to share. I'm far from an advanced user, but I'm an avid reader and I soak in as much as I possibly can here on XDA. If you are new and you have any questions after you check out zedomax's sites, then please feel free to PM me & if I can't help you then I'll at least get you pointed in the direction of a thread or someone that can. I did not make this post to bust anyone's balls, like I said I'm no pro & I had all the same questions not too long ago, but I've been seeing a lot of these questions floating around and I've been including these links in all of my answers so I thought I would just make a post with the links as opposed to answering the same questions over & over. Good luck to all of you, and enjoy your new device!
Sincerely,
Androholic
androidroot.org http://androidroot.org/
galaxys3root.com http://galaxys3root.com/
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Great thread! I will probably also be hanging around here answering some questions so feel free to ask!

Lets help out people and be respectful.

Most of us here join the site to learn and help each other out with different issues with our phones.Most of us are new to android and coming from apple just like me or just different android devices.We all know androids are all different and rooting methods also.We ask for help cause S3 can at times be difficult to root,so some people just would like some help,So please lets help eachother out.How bout go here to this link and can root the phone or go here...Im in the Same situation on trying to root my S3 T-Mobile version.We all were noobs at one point..

Learn how to; read, follow steps and use Google.
If everyone learned how to do those three things, there really wouldn't be any need for a Q&A section and there would probably be a lot less bricks happening or IMEIs being lost.
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Cheony81 said:
Most of us here join the site to learn and help each other out with different issues with our phones.Most of us are new to android and coming from apple just like me or just different android devices.We all know androids are all different and rooting methods also.We ask for help cause S3 can at times be difficult to root,so some people just would like some help,So please lets help eachother out.How bout go here to this link and can root the phone or go here...Im in the Same situation on trying to root my S3 T-Mobile version.We all were noobs at one point..
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XDA rules: http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?a=81
Rule #1 states: "Use one of our search functions before posting, whether you have a question or something new to share, it's very likely someone already asked that question or shared that news."
If you had followed rule #1, you would know you didn't need to post this, because posts just like yours already exist. Every once in a while, someone comes around accusing us all of being big meanie heads.
Now, if you are looking for info on rooting your phone, press the "Root Info" button on the toolbar of the main SGH-T999 forum. It has an embedded YouTube video that will explain everything. The information is readily available, you just have to look for it. If you have any specific questions or problems with this procedure, feel free to ask for help (if search didn't turn up an answer), and one of the hundreds of people that frequent these forums would be happy to help you. Well, perhaps less so now than they would have been, with being accused of being disrespectful, and all.

And read the stickied threads. They are stickied becsuse they contain important information that everyone should read. Just going through the stickies will tell you about several rooting methods, and will give you plenty of info to get well on your way without assistance.
If you have an issue with the tone someone conveys while answering a question, consider this: There are a few of us who answer tons of questions and try to help all we can. There are many times we see the same questions asked over and over and over. This tells us that you didn't bother to try finding the answers yourself and want others to do the work for you. While we do enjoy helping others, we don't intend to do everything for everyone. We prefer to help you help youself. If our answers are short and to the point, its not that we sre being rude, its because not every question warrants an in depth response.
If we are trying to be rude, you will know it.
Give us a detailed, thoughtful, well researched question, and you will receive the same in return.
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Another problem that results in bricks are people being too eager before reading enough into what they are doing. You need to read until you are confident about the steps. Search the threads because someone more than likely had the same problem as you. We're not being rude, we're just trying to keep things clean, easy to navigate and lessen down the work on the mods who do a fantastic job by the way.
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This phone out of the 5 I've owned is the easiest to root. I've rooted about 10 phones and only one other was easier. Like others stated its not hard to find the easy way of doing things on these forums, all stickied. That is my only reason for being blunt or direct and what some call mean, cause they're too lazy to read and do it them selves, after many others have done a lot to make things easy for users, so they don't make mistakes, or have to get flamed for asking ignorant things that are right in front of them.
People's laziness, and lack of respect have made me turn away from helping out here on xda for a while now, its just gotten to the point where its actually annoying me so I only check the forums once or twice a day now and laugh as I do it, and feel bad for the guys that are still repeating themselves over and over, continuously.
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mt3g said:
This phone out of the 5 I've owned is the easiest to root. I've rooted about 10 phones and only one other was easier. Like others stated its not hard to find the easy way of doing things on these forums, all stickied. That is my only reason for being blunt or direct and what some call mean, cause they're too lazy to read and do it them selves, after many others have done a lot to make things easy for users, so they don't make mistakes, or have to get flamed for asking ignorant things that are right in front of them.
People's laziness, and lack of respect have made me turn away from helping out here on xda for a while now, its just gotten to the point where its actually annoying me so I only check the forums once or twice a day now and laugh as I do it, and feel bad for the guys that are still repeating themselves over and over, continuously.
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Awww man I really valued and appreciate all your help. Don't let the ignorant ones ruin it for us plzzzzz lol

I think people should also follow the must do steps before flashing anything: making a nandroid and EFA backup. That would certainly solve many problems.
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[Q] [NEED HELP] I Am Using Verizon Galaxy S4 On T-Mobile.

As the title states, I am using my unlocked Verizon galaxy S4 on T-mobile. The problem I am having is that because it is loaded with all of Verizon's software it doesn't function the same way as an S4 from T-Mobile would. I get edge, 3G and, H+ Data connectivity but, it is spotty and more edge than anything.
My question is:
Is there a way to basically transform this Verizon phone into a T-Mobile phone by flashing T-mobiles radio firmware, Kernels and, OS? I cannot find this question being asked anywhere and I have been scouring the internet for 2 days. I am rooted and running CWM recovery. I have been an avid modder since the release of the first Cyanogen mod for the T-Mobile G1. I guess what I'm saying is, I don't care how technically complicated it is. If it is AT ALL POSSIBLE,,, I just want to do it.
I am not trying to be mean in saying what I am about to say next so please, no one take this the wrong way.
If you do not know the answer to this question please do not post one. Do not post a response of NO just because that's what you've heard or assume is correct. I am posing this question to experienced developers NOT modders like myself who simply use others work for our devices. I did find in a Google search where someone posted a tutorial on how to do this but, for reasons that I am not aware, the thread was discontinued.
Thank you for any help. I refuse to give up on this. I've made it my mission and I will not quit until the phone explodes.

yutzyscott said:
I am not trying to be mean in saying what I am about to say next so please, no one take this the wrong way.
If you do not know the answer to this question please do not post one. Do not post a response of NO just because that's what you've heard or assume is correct. I am posing this question to experienced developers NOT modders like myself who simply use others work for our devices. I did find in a Google search where someone posted a tutorial on how to do this but, for reasons that I am not aware, the thread was discontinued.
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This paragraph is unnecessary. If we are posting in the QnA section we are either providing our knowledge or telling toy that this question has been answered already. There is rarely any trolling on here. (At least in this section) If we are replying to your question with an answer than it is probably the beat answer we can provide. if we reply with a few word response than take it. We do this on our free will. Take any reply you get seriously no matter how long the post.
Now on topic, you can only flash an m919 ROM on any other s4, besides the i9500. Not sure about radios, but DO NOT flash an m919 Kernel* on your Verizon s4. Only do it if you want a fancy paperweight.
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'Murica said:
This paragraph is unnecessary. If we are posting in the QnA section we are either providing our knowledge or telling toy that this question has been answered already. There is rarely any trolling on here. (At least in this section) If we are replying to your question with an answer than it is probably the beat answer we can provide. if we reply with a few word response than take it. We do this on our free will. Take any reply you get seriously no matter how long the post.
Now on topic, you can only flash an m919 ROM on any other s4, besides the i9500. Not sure about radios, but DO NOT flash an m919v radio on your Verizon s4. Only do it if you want a fancy paperweight.
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I have been on here for years. there have been many times over the years that I have helped others do something that some said to be impossible and there are time when people have helped me do things that were said to be impossible. that paragraph was not aimed at you so do not take it personal. I've just been on here long enough not to be irritated by trollers but, rather by people who do not have any clue what they are talking about answering questions they do not know the answers to simply so they can attempt to look smarter than they are. if this does not apply to you then ignore that paragraph but, you cannot say that it wasn't necessary. You say, "we are providing our knowledge" this is a broad statement that you cannot make because you can only speak for yourself and those that you know personally. unfortunately there are many more than you and your friends on the internet. So if you understand that that wasn't directed at those that are helpful, there there is no need for debate
Thank you for the info though.

Not asking for debate not was I taking it personal, just informing that you don't need to add that extra paragraph. If you feel someone is trolling you then retort them
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Verizon is CDMA, T-Mobile is GSM. Different radio hardware required.

There are both GSM and CDMA radios in the galaxy s4. That is how I'm using it on t mobile now. This has been a topic of discussion since the phone was released and responses have been back and forth as to whether it was possible to use it on a GSM network at all. then it was discovered that it is in fact a world phone.it is simply carrier locked which under normal circumstances would make you right however, mine is unlocked and able to utilize both. Thank you for your response.
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