Wind Mobile Galaxy S3 (T999) users UNITE

chevymeister · Feb 9, 2013

Lotagu said:
I am Not sure if this is been covered what custom ROM's can I use with my Wind Mobile galaxy s 3 phone I am currently running the latest official build from Samsung

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I'm pretty sure T-Mobile roms only.

Lotagu · Feb 9, 2013

Even though tmoble baseband is different than ours?

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Idyar · Feb 10, 2013

Lotagu said:
Even though tmoble baseband is different than ours?

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Baseband is not included in roms.

We can use any 747 (At&t/Bell/Telus/Rogers) or 999 (Wind/Videotron/Tmobile) on our phones (they have identical hardware)

Do not flash basebands from other carriers.

1range · Feb 12, 2013

Any known method of rooting using mac mountain lion 10.8.2...lost root with last t-mobile update baseband version T999UVDLJC (4.1.1)....plus pc died

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Idyar · Feb 12, 2013

1range said:
Any known method of rooting using mac mountain lion 10.8.2...lost root with last t-mobile update baseband version T999UVDLJC (4.1.1)....plus pc died

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Not sure what you mean by lost root with baseband. Flashing a baseband cannot by definition lose you root. Also if you are using t999 baseband on a t999v (assuming you own the handset from WIND) you are going to have major problems.

Personally I use odin + cf auto root. Or use my nexus 7 to root peoples devices. So to the specific Mac question I am afraid I cannot help.

1range · Feb 12, 2013

Idyar said:
Not sure what you mean by lost root with baseband. Flashing a baseband cannot by definition lose you root. Also if you are using t999 baseband on a t999v (assuming you own the handset from WIND) you are going to have major problems.

Personally I use odin + cf auto root. Or use my nexus 7 to root peoples devices. So to the specific Mac question I am afraid I cannot help.

Thanks, actually on t mobile, updated push by t mobile which upgraded bsseband version, lost root, so I not sure how to re root (Odin) sense all I have is a mac 10.8.2...thanks again pardon the lack of clarity.....

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winmx1 · Feb 15, 2013

1range said:
Any known method of rooting using mac mountain lion 10.8.2...lost root with last t-mobile update baseband version T999UVDLJC (4.1.1)....plus pc died

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You can, idk if you know how to download torrents and stuff, "illegal" yes.. but, you you know how to.. you can install VMWare and install Windows XP or any windows onto your Mac, and it'll you can root from there, that's exactly what I did.. I'm just starting out with Mac and learning everything myself.. so maybe that would help?

tdotdot · Feb 19, 2013

dakunclear said:
So hopefully Samsung releases 4.1.2 soon to fix the battery drain that was brought on by 4.1.1

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what battery drain?

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Idyar said:
Baseband is not included in roms.

We can use any 747 (At&t/Bell/Telus/Rogers) or 999 (Wind/Videotron/Tmobile) on our phones (they have identical hardware)

Do not flash basebands from other carriers.

we can use ROM's from that section too?

Idyar · Feb 19, 2013

tdotdot said:
what battery drain?

---------- Post added at 08:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:12 PM ----------

we can use ROM's from that section too?

I am using a 747 ROM right now so short answer is yes, the hardware is identical (except for the radios). You might have to do some APN config on some ROMs but not on mine.

DO NOT FLASH INTERNATIONAL ROMS
DO NOT FLASH BASEBANDS FROM OTHER PHONES EVEN 747 or 999

dakunclear · Feb 19, 2013

Doing the Odin root takes about 3 minutes give or take

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Idyar · Feb 19, 2013

dakunclear said:
Doing the Odin root takes about 3 minutes give or take

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Not sure I understand what you are asking? Are you asking about how long chainfires autoroot should take?

dakunclear · Feb 20, 2013

no but I'll post the link to root your phone this guy gives a 10 minute video and by the time its done so are you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoEVDgjTTdg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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sahanjc · Mar 2, 2013

Check out Sidebar by Mohammad adib (xda) epic multi task switcher similar to ubuntu

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dakunclear · Mar 5, 2013

Finally bought ghost armor for my phone which I'm loving so far had them put the red back on my blue s3

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sahanjc · Mar 20, 2013

Any one know how to lower the battery usage ( cpu awake ) problem

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Idyar · Mar 20, 2013

sahanjc said:
Any one know how to lower the battery usage ( cpu awake ) problem

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Custom kernels would be the first thing I would try. KT's kernel is absolutely amazing, get 5:00-5:30 screentime with it daily.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1871946

Deleted member 5239567 · Apr 27, 2013

Hello, I'm fairly new to all this. Just rooted my phone for the first time. I have TWRP on it right now. I tried cwm before this.

Having trouble flashing a custom rom onto my phone.. seems to complain about the model number.. anyone know what I can do to avoid this? or maybe a better resource for getting custom roms?

I'm sort of in that "I've rooted my phone.. now what.." time..

edit: should add that I'm on Wind with T999v.

Idyar · Apr 27, 2013

Gwai88 said:
Hello, I'm fairly new to all this. Just rooted my phone for the first time. I have TWRP on it right now. I tried cwm before this.

Having trouble flashing a custom rom onto my phone.. seems to complain about the model number.. anyone know what I can do to avoid this? or maybe a better resource for getting custom roms?

I'm sort of in that "I've rooted my phone.. now what.." time..

edit: should add that I'm on Wind with T999v.

A common problem. Because some ROMS check to ensure that people are not flashing them to the wrong device

There is a couple of solutions but here is the one I would suggest trying this:

Manually open up the rom you are installing in 7zip and goto the installer script which is in
META-INF\com\google\android\update-script
assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "d2tmo" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "d2tmo");

See how this rom is searching for d2tmo. But we are not d2tmo ! So it fails if you remove this line you should be able to install.

Sorry for formatting / spelling posted quickly from phone.

Deleted member 5239567 · Apr 28, 2013

Idyar said:
A common problem. Because some ROMS check to ensure that people are not flashing them to the wrong device

There is a couple of solutions but here is the one I would suggest trying this:

Manually open up the rom you are installing in 7zip and goto the installer script which is in
META-INF\com\google\android\update-script
assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "d2tmo" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "d2tmo");

See how this rom is searching for d2tmo. But we are not d2tmo ! So it fails if you remove this line you should be able to install.

Sorry for formatting / spelling posted quickly from phone.

Awesome. That's good to know it's a common problem. I had this moment of dread thinking that I voided my warranty for nothing

Is that generally safe? ie if i install a rom like that would I be able to restore to backup if it breaks? Also I'm hoping to put cyanogen 10.1 on my phone, do you know if either sprint or tmobile will work with wind?

Edit: when I try to boot with cyanogenmod it just spins.. luckily I was able to restore my backup.. with a bit of difficulty

Edit2: For anyone else that might be on a similar path as me, factory reset from cwm prior to installing the rom fixed this issue.

Idyar · Apr 29, 2013

Gwai88 said:
Awesome. That's good to know it's a common problem. I had this moment of dread thinking that I voided my warranty for nothing

Is that generally safe? ie if i install a rom like that would I be able to restore to backup if it breaks? Also I'm hoping to put cyanogen 10.1 on my phone, do you know if either sprint or tmobile will work with wind?

Edit: when I try to boot with cyanogenmod it just spins.. luckily I was able to restore my backup.. with a bit of difficulty

Edit2: For anyone else that might be on a similar path as me, factory reset from cwm prior to installing the rom fixed this issue.

Hey Gwai,

Going between AOSP -> Touchwiz and reverse requires a factory reset. You seem to have figured this out.

Safe is a relative term. Technically the "Safe" ROMS to use would be any At&t SGH-I747 (Telus/Rogers/Bell/Others) or Tmobile T999 but other ROMs can be made to work with out phone safely. There are many ports from Sprint or Verizion which would be incompatible natively but some clever people have got to work with our phone.

The long and the short is that our phone is hardware identical to 747 except with one big exception the LTE radio. If you are starting out I would recommend sticking with t999 ROM's as many 747 roms won't have APN setup properly for us, and most t999 ROMs do.

Welcome to this amazing community, CM 10.1 is a great place to start out with. Make sure you do lots of backups and read everything you can!

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