Hi!!, I'm new in XDA developers Forum. I got a Galaxy S3, it was a present from my father and it is carrier locked (Vodafone). I know there is a tool called *Voodoo blah blah blah* that makes unlocking this phone so easy, and I'm using it, but I want to use CyanogenMod 10, and that tool doesn't work with it. I would really want to know if there is any method available for that, as I don't want to deal with all those manufacturer's customizations.
And also, another question, tomorrow Samsung is going to release the jelly beam update. Is the voodoo thing going to work on that?? Will I have to find any kind of trick, such as the *SIM fix* that someone here released to make the voodoo unlocker work with the latests firmwares??
Waiting for your answers geniuses!!!!
PS: I attach the sim fix if anyone wants to know what am I talking about.
Please!! Help me!!
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Hello from Edmonton Canada Everyone! This form is fantastic. Lots of info.
I do have a few questions though.
My phone currently runs 1.6 and is very slow, choppy and glitchy. I think the fix is to root and install a different Firmware or kernal or rom, get 2.1 or somethin. I also hope this will get ride of all the apps, and brand apps that come with the phone. Is this the right path?
Do I have to get the phone unlocked to do this. Or is unlocking just allow you to insert any sim card. I am currently locked to Rogers. It seems I can't do anything with a different sim card in the phone, or no sim card. Anyway around this. Will I need to have my rogers card in to root the phone?
Hii welcome. I'm new too! and from Canada
Hello and welcome new guys
If you want to get the best from your phone yes you sill need to root it but first thing you both should do is update to android 2.1 just download Sony Ericson PC companion and let it guide you through the process. And when you get bored of that there is plenty of custom roms to try out. When you feel brace enough you will everything you need to know in the guide from my signitiure just bear in mind any roms based android 2.2 or higher probably wont have a camera and just to let you guys know that Sony wont update your phone past 2.1, its official. Anyway have fun and enjoy the forum, its a great place to learn ;-)
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Sweet! finally, I see another Edmontonian....welcome man!
Root your phone first, clean the junk,,install busybox from the market, then install xrecovery, then install JIT v2.
Of course, all the threads you need are in the development section.
Any help, just pm me.
Danno1986 said:
Hello from Edmonton Canada Everyone! This form is fantastic. Lots of info.
I do have a few questions though.
My phone currently runs 1.6 and is very slow, choppy and glitchy. I think the fix is to root and install a different Firmware or kernal or rom, get 2.1 or somethin. I also hope this will get ride of all the apps, and brand apps that come with the phone. Is this the right path?
Do I have to get the phone unlocked to do this. Or is unlocking just allow you to insert any sim card. I am currently locked to Rogers. It seems I can't do anything with a different sim card in the phone, or no sim card. Anyway around this. Will I need to have my rogers card in to root the phone?
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hey welcome to the forum... i have a thread specifically for new users: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955703
u should find some useful info there... also there is an official 2.1 FW update for Rogers...
Hello!
I have recently bought HTC Desire HD, branded with T-Mobile logo on startup and bloatware, but otherwise unlocked (no sim-lock, no network lock), and I did a terrible mistake and updated it from 2.1 I think, to 2.2 and then to 2.3, software number 2.37. Now I want to root it and install custom rom and I realize that it will be much more complicated since I now need to create a goldcard and then downgrade. I read all the threads about downgrading and temp-root and goldcards and I'm asking, if anyone can help me out here by just being online on Skype when I'm doing this, because there will be questions and something can always go wrong and I don't want to wait hours or days for somebody to just tell me "your question has already been answered, use the search option". So if anyone who has already rooted a phone, preferably several times, preferably a branded phone and with 2.37 software, I would greatly appreciate it. I'm not a newbie in computers, also used to work on web design and I'm currently a photographer residing in Tallinn, Estonia, so nice to meet you fellow XDA member who is willing to help me out. I can donate some money, if everything goes well, that is not a problem at all.
rooted and flashed CM7 nightly, thanks to HTC Inspire/DHD Hack Kit V12.3 and fellow friends here on XDA!
Hi,
I would like to unlock my i9070p so as to use it with another operator's simcard.
My phone is locked on ORANGE.
I heard about a method with root, busy box and galaxy s unlock on the android market but i don't know if il will work on the Samsung galaxy s advance (i9070).
Can anyone help me?
Well it's a shame this phone don't own a proper section here at xda, but i can ease your curiosity. All apps that used to work on other galaxy models WILL NOT work on galaxy s advance. I tried them all and so far, there is no known application or method to do so without paying....
Perhaps some older members from this forum can be kind enough to explain potential ways to do so. Till then, we just have to wait...
did you manage to unlock your i9070?
how did you do it? I'am interested to, in unlocking it.
Alright, ladies and gentleman, I have an issue that most of you will know way better then me how to fix because I have not a clue.
I have a Verizon Galaxy S3 that I would like to use a local SIM card in for international use, however I have run into the issue of it not being able to work and I'm told its because I need to upgrade Android. I'm running 4.0.4 and it is rooted. I guess I need the latest update... However I'm deployed to Afghanistan so using data is out, and the internet is very spotty. So my question would be, what is the best way to go about updating? and would that solve my issue? Also, will I have to unroot to upgrade, and how do I get root back?
You don't have an i9300, so nothing here can help you.
Read the first thread in this forum for help on finding your forum.
I don't know if anyone has made a post about it yet, but I've been searching how to root my phone and I've only seen how to unlock it, people using KingRoot (just bricks it and I've successfully un-softbricked it), or rooting it for another version thats not the one I have. I haven't seen anything on rooting this version so for future references I hope this post will help people with the same question. Dunno if that effects it but just in case you needed to know I have metro-pcs and after unbricking it I used a t-mobile firmware so it has all the animations and t-mobile apps. All I need to know is if its even possible to root it.
how did u un-brick it I just bricked mine the same way you did an cant find anyway to un-brick it please email me ASAP!!!!!! [email protected]