GS3 Canadian SGH-T999V (CWM + ROOT + CM9)

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ONLY FOR SGH-T999V VERSION OF GALAXY S3
UPDATED 2012-12-29: Resources at the bottom

JELLY BEAN UPDATE FROM VIDEOTRON DECEMBER
If you have made the Jelly bean update from Videotron in december 2012, you can't go trough these step. You need to first restore the stock
firmware. (2012-05-28 12:10:55 - download from my resource folder) and after go with the normal step from the Android ICS 4.0 not from JB. That's what I had to do to return to CM10.

Install ClockworkMod and Root

Requirements:
• Start from ICS not from Jelly Bean (update from Videotron in december 2012), if you have Jelly Bean restore to ICS with the method bellow.
• Handset USB drivers (T-Mobile_T999_GSIII_Samsung_USB_Driver_v1_4_6_0.exe, 23.2 MB) installed on the PC
• Enable USB debugging on your handset. Go to Settings > Developer options > USB Debugging.
• Maintain a phone battery charge of at least 75%
• Download the following to your PC:
o Odin3 v3.04 (Odin3-v3.04.zip, 457 kB) https://www.dropbox.com/s/t7mhx4huex...din3-v3.04.rar
o ClockworkMod Recovery (clockworkmod.TAR, 6.8 MB) https://www.dropbox.com/s/1iplxgstic...ockworkmod.TAR
o CWM-SuperSU-v0.87 https://www.dropbox.com/s/xbe27r6khd...erSU-v0.87.zip

Instructions:
a. Copy the CWM-SuperSu-v0.87.zip file on your phone at the root of sdcard.
1. Extract the Odin ZIP file to a folder on your computer, preferably on your Desktop where you can easily find it.
2. Turn off your phone.
3. Reboot it into Download Mode by holding down the Volume Down, Home, and the Power buttons until you see “Warning!!” displayed on the screen. Press the Volume Up key again to continue to Download Mode. You will know when you are in Download Mode when you see a green Android with “Downloading” text displayed. If you don’t see it, try again.
4. Go to the folder where you extracted Odin and double-click on Odin3 v3.04.exe to run it.
5. Connect your phone to your PC and if drivers will install again, allow installation to finish first.
6. Odin should recognize your phone. You will know if it did when the COM box in the leftmost part of the window turns blue. An “Added!!” message will also be displayed in the message box.
7. In Odin, click the PDA tab and select the clockworkmod.TAR file.
8. Double check that the “Auto Reboot” and “F. Reset Time” options are ticked.
9. Click Start in Odin to flash ClockworkMod Recovery on your phone and wait for the flashing to finish.
10. Once done, your phone will automatically reboot and you will see a message in Odin saying “Pass!”. This indicates that you can now unplug your phone and close Odin.
11. Boot into ClockworkMod Recovery. Turn off your phone and hold down the Volume Up, Home, and the Power buttons together until the screen turns on. Let go of the buttons and your phone should now boot into ClockworkMod Recovery.

12. Click on install zip, zip from sdcard and select your CWM-SuperSu zip file and flash it.
13. You can press Reboot now.


Great! You now have ClockworkMod Recovery installed


Install ClockworkMod Touch

Requirements:
- done the previous step (Install ClockworkMod and Root)
- Download the following to your PC:
o ClockworkMod Touch https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ydtp2jyo5....4.7-d2tmo.img


Instructions:
1. Download ClockworkMod Touch from http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager for your device (for this tutorial i use the one in download list)
2. Rename the file cwmtr.img to make the task easier
3. Place the file in your root sdcard
4. install an terminal emulator like this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...51bGwsMSwyLDNd
5. Run this commands:
su
dd if=/sdcard/cwmtr.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
6. reboot in recovery mod,

Good ! you have the touch clockworkmod !

Install CyanogenMod 9 on T999V

Requirements:
- Done the two previous step (1. Install ClockworkMod and Root and 2. Install ClockworkMod Touch)
- Download the following to your PC:
o CyanogenMod 9 http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanag...3%20(T-Mobile)
o Google Apps http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanag...3%20(T-Mobile)

Instructions:
1. Place the Cyanomodgen 9 zip and google apps zip on your phone on root sdcard.
2. Reboot in recovery mode
3. Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, Select backup and restore to create a backup of current installation on the Samsung Galaxy S III.
4. Select the option to Wipe data/factory reset.
5. Then select the option to Wipe cache partition.
6. Select Install zip from sdcard.
7. Select Choose zip from sdcard.
8. Select the CyanogenMod zip and flash it
9. Install the Google Apps by performing steps 6 - 7 again and choosing the Google Apps zip
10. Once the installation has finished, select +++++Go Back+++++ to get back to the main menu, and select the Reboot system now option.

It's done ! you boot in CyanogenMod 9 !!!

Install CyanogenMod 10 on T999V

Requirements:
*- Done the two previous step (1. Install ClockworkMod and Root *and 2. Install ClockworkMod Touch)
- Download the following to your PC:
* * * * *o CyanogenMod 10 http://get.cm/?device=d2tmo
* * * * * o * *Google Apps http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip


Instructions:
1. Place the Cyanomodgen 10 zip and google apps zip on your phone on root sdcard.
2. Reboot in recovery mode
3. Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, *Select backup and restore to create a backup of current installation on the Samsung Galaxy S III.
4. Select the option to Wipe data/factory reset.
5. Then select the option to Wipe cache partition.
6. Select Install zip from sdcard.
7. Select Choose zip from sdcard.
8. Select the CyanogenMod *zip and flash it
9. Install the Google Apps by performing steps 6 - 7 again and choosing the Google Apps zip
10. Once the installation has finished, select +++++Go Back+++++ to get back to the main menu, and select the Reboot system now option.




It's done ! you boot in CyanogenMod 10 !!!



Update between CyanogenMod builds

- Make a full backup of your phone with Titanium backup
- Download the new build from here: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanag...S3%20(T-Mobile)
- Place it on the root of sdcard
- Reboot in recovery mode
- Make a backup of your phone (restore if the new builg is wrong)
- Wipe Cache
- Optionnal: wipe dalvik (by default flashing new rom clear dalvik anyway)
- Install your new build from zip
- Reboot
- If you loose some data or app restore from titanium backup.

Done! you have new your new build!

Download your Stock firmware

- Download http://fus.nanzen.se/download.php?id=12
- In the droplist (choose a firmware) select Android
- In the next droplist select the SGH-T999V
- Select your region, for me it's VTR for Videotron in canada
- Click on "Check firmware" and wait
- After under the result section click on Download.

Done! you have your stock firmware.

Reset Binary counter

- Go to the Play Store and get Triangle Away (https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...51bGwsMSwyLDNd)
- Give the root user rights
- Open triangle away and click on Reset Flash counter
- wait and reopen triangle away and check the status.

Now! you have your binary counter to 0.

Restore the stock firmware in Galaxy S3

- Download Odin (https://www.dropbox.com/s/t7mhx4huex...din3-v3.04.rar)
- Download your Stock Firmware (see previous step)
- Put your device in restore mode (press and hold home + volume up + power when device shutdown keep pressing only home and volume up until you see samsung logo)
- now wipe cache and wipe data
- Put your device in Download mode (press and hold home + volume down + power when device shutdown keep pressing only home and volume down until you see samsung logo)
- press volume up to go in download mode
- open Odin, now ou see a com port added to odin (it's your phone)
- check if checkbox Auto Reboot and F. reset Time are checked.
- Click on PDA and select your firmware md5 file
- when you are ready, click on start and wait


When your device is restarting you will see your stock firmware running !

RESOURCES ARE HERE NOW:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1f8zmsfzgeiuxku/XZ6_NvbcdW
(I'm not sure if I made the shared folder the good way, so don't be shy to inform me if there is a trouble.)

it contains:
-files
-url shortcut for download updated ressources (shortcut from chrome)

Has anybody else tried this yet on their Canadian gs3...???

Originally Posted by Rickkins

Has anybody else tried this yet on their Canadian gs3...???

i don't know but i'm customer of Videotron and i make 1 week research before apply this recipe to flash my phone, and my phone work perfect!

Try it !

Originally Posted by fox4305

i don't know but i'm customer of Videotron and i make 1 week research before apply this recipe to flash my phone, and my phone work perfect!

Try it !

Thanks, I may just do that.

What part of this procedure actually "roots" the phone...???
Yes, I am indeed that noobular...

Originally Posted by Rickkins

Thanks, I may just do that.

What part of this procedure actually "roots" the phone...???
Yes, I am indeed that noobular...

The first one root the phone.

Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium

Originally Posted by Rickkins

Has anybody else tried this yet on their Canadian gs3...???

I just did this on my Videotron (Canadian) GS3 T999V and it works great

Originally Posted by simondadiamond

I just did this on my Videotron (Canadian) GS3 T999V and it works great

cool !

Can someone with a Wind Mobile SGH-T999V comment on their experience with this?

I'm using a wind GS3. It's really a great rom. I've tried the redrum r4, but HSPA+ doesn't work, and a lot of t-mobile apps. Then I tried this rom, found out that every thing works. It won't overwrite the baseband. Mine is still T999VVLLE6. This is a rom that you really need to try.

Sent from my SGH-T999V using xda app-developers app

Originally Posted by grey43

I'm using a wind GS3. It's really a great rom. I've tried the redrum r4, but HSPA+ doesn't work, and a lot of t-mobile apps. Then I tried this rom, found out that every thing works. It won't overwrite the baseband. Mine is still T999VVLLE6. This is a rom that you really need to try.

Sent from my SGH-T999V using xda app-developers app

Do you know why the HSPA+ doesn't work? I've had phones flashing new ROMs and the data wasn't working because I forgot to add WIND's APN in the mobile network settings