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X-Nemesis

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Have any of you received a firmware update, about 64MB, for your S3 in the last few days?

I'm getting the prompt but when I select install it fails and directs me towards using KIES.

Is this because I'm rooted and Samsung updates only work on non-rooted phones?
 
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Any resources on SIM unlocking phones? I'd rather not pay the $30 that wind is charging (when I first signed up it was free but after I waited the period of time it went up)..

Should add that I'm running cyanogenmod 11 if that make any difference..
 
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DupleX01

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Gwai88 said:
Any resources on SIM unlocking phones? I'd rather not pay the $30 that wind is charging (when I first signed up it was free but after I waited the period of time it went up)..

Should add that I'm running cyanogenmod 11 if that make any difference..
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Hi there,

Please check out this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2023709

Make sure that you are stock ROM, with custom ROM it won't work.

Good luck!

Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
 
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DupleX01 said:
Gotcha!
You can always find unlocking deals on ebay, etc for the fraction of that $30, that Wind would charge.

Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
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Kind of afraid of getting my imei stolen, ie how do i tell a legit service from non?

I wonder if ottawapc.ca is legit.. they wont give me a price unless i put in my imei first.. seems scammy..
 
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cLogic

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Gwai88 said:
Ah that's too bad.. I'm not on stock and dont want to go through that back and forth..
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you have to be on stock because it has to be done via the phone dialer
this is how wind would unlock your phone, in store
it is a one-time thing ... once unlocked, it remains un-locked regardless of firmware/rom changes
it is worth a try ... especially if you have a nandroid backup of stock

however, whether it can be unlocked at all depends on the firmware version

I unlocked Mine (sgh-t999v on videotron) while it was on 4.1.2
at one point, 4.3?, samsung removed the ability for the s3 to be unlocked via the phone dialer menu ... so even wind could not unlock it anymore
if your firmware is beyond that point .. then the phone cannot be unlocked

I recommend that however you try ... make sure there is a refund/no-charge policy if unsuccessful

good luck
 
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cLogic said:
you have to be on stock because it has to be done via the phone dialer
this is how wind would unlock your phone, in store
it is a one-time thing ... once unlocked, it remains un-locked regardless of firmware/rom changes
it is worth a try ... especially if you have a nandroid backup of stock

however, whether it can be unlocked at all depends on the firmware version

I unlocked Mine (sgh-t999v on videotron) while it was on 4.1.2
at one point, 4.3?, samsung removed the ability for the s3 to be unlocked via the phone dialer menu ... so even wind could not unlock it anymore
if your firmware is beyond that point .. then the phone cannot be unlocked

I recommend that however you try ... make sure there is a refund/no-charge policy if unsuccessful

good luck
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Hmm, I was under the impression they'd give you a code that you enter when you put in a different carrier's sim.. Might look into flashing a stock rom..

Thanks for all the replies!
 
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    dakunclear
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    A while ago I was a part of the wind mobile optimus 2x (P999) users UNITE threads so to live on with the legacy I figured I would make a thread for the Wind Mobile Galaxy S3 users:

    have fun ask questions, shoot the breeze, and just chill with your windy friends
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    DocHoliday77
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    yo2boy said:
    Appreciate the help :). So now that radios are out of the question, what about the ROM?
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    Just fyi, I'm trying to help someone do I think the same thing but for Mobilicity here:
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2027661

    Hasn't been solved yet but thought it may help you as well.
    I'm going to go ahead and try to put out recovery flashable Roms based from the T999V stock firmware. So if nothing else there will be that fairly soon. They'll be deodexed to in case anyone wants to theme or mod or do whstever you want to them.
    Hope some of you find them useful once done!

    Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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    dakunclear
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    asaqwert said:
    ok cool thanks for the help here...

    so as far as calender stuff.... can i back it up and restore it, or am i hooped and just stuck losing it? since i have my google stuff, shouldn't it back it up for me? i know when i went from my optimus 2x (un modded) to my sgs3 i just signed into google and everything showed up... won't happen here though or what?

    also.....i've been reading about people having to install gapps (google apps i'm guessing?) separately? what's the deal there... do i have to do that? thanks

    one other thing i forgot to ask... i've had a few people tell me that, being on wind, i cannot use tmo roms etc like i used to be able to on other phones (apparently) but now it looks like those links above are all tmo roms... i'm confused... am i boing to bork up my phone if i put tmo stuff on it, or no? thanks
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    well they said that it could cause issues but my old optimus 2x aka g2x worked fine with tmobile roms and btw GS3 is T999 where as the Canadian version is T999V and should have no issues from what i can see if im not mistaken the optimus 2x up here was P990DW where as the tmo version was T990 but the roms and everything were the same for both.

    where as for the calendar its prob a loss and yes you install gapps separately but just follow the instruction and it will lead you through everything safely but here is another link just in case :D

    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1775616
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    Idyar
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    I have put together a ROM based on the new Canadian JB release. I am not a real developer just sharing what I have put together for those that are interested. Tried to get most of the features from Frosty that I miss when we updated.

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