Hello All,
After 5 years of programming, hacking, and cracking iOS and iPhones i decided it was time to quit and start fresh, I got myself the Samsung Galaxy S3 4g i9305 / Telstra
I am new to this entire Android scene, therefore I have several question to ask... your help will be greatly appreciated.
1) I would like to try and remove the preinstalled carrier (Telstra - AUS) ROM and install a stock 4.1.1 Jelly Bean ROM (without any adds or added crap) – How can I go about doing this?
2) Can I back up my current factory ROM so I can restore it if something goes wrong or I change ROMS?
3) How can I root and unroot the device?
4) Are there any precautions I need to take? Are there any irreversible changes that can occur? The main question is; can I always return to factory stock ROM (from the factory), settings ect if something goes wrong?
5) What are Android equivalent to Cydia or Installous?
6) Benefits of rooting the device?
7) Similar Apps to ‘Get Apk’?
8) Best sources for themes, apps, hacks, ect? Maybe a usenet thread?
9) Any interesting tips, guides, sites to help me get a full grasp of the entire Android system?
10) Best ROM available for the s3 4g?
I am sure some of these questions might have been previously covered elsewhere, I have searched for answers but I am still uncertain on several aspects.
thanks you, and I look forward to your feedback.
GODSPD said:
Hello All,
After 5 years of programming, hacking, and cracking iOS and iPhones i decided it was time to quit and start fresh, I got myself the Samsung Galaxy S3 4g i9305 / Telstra
I am new to this entire Android scene, therefore I have several question to ask... your help will be greatly appreciated.
>>> BASICS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927113
1) I would like to try and remove the preinstalled carrier (Telstra - AUS) ROM and install a stock 4.1.1 Jelly Bean ROM (without any adds or added crap) – How can I go about doing this?
See basics flash stock Samsung rom .
2) Can I back up my current factory ROM so I can restore it if something goes wrong or I change ROMS?
>>>>A rooted phone can gave a Nandroid backup see basics .
3) How can I root and unroot the device?
>>>>See Basics CF Root
4) Are there any precautions I need to take? Are there any irreversible changes that can occur? The main question is; can I always return to factory stock ROM (from the factory), settings ect if something goes wrong?
Yes factory rom must do first is backup EFS folder see basics .
8) Best sources for themes, apps, hacks, ect? Maybe a usenet thread?
I hop[e you don't mean stolen warez apps .Otherwise themes and apps are on XDA .
9) Any interesting tips, guides, sites to help me get a full grasp of the entire Android system?
BASICS
10) Best ROM available for the s3 4g?
BEST ROM POSTS ARE BANNED their is no best rom .
All answered in the stickied basic faqs and guides .
jje
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GODSPD said:
Hello All,
After 5 years of programming, hacking, and cracking iOS and iPhones i decided it was time to quit and start fresh, I got myself the Samsung Galaxy S3 4g i9305 / Telstra
I am new to this entire Android scene, therefore I have several question to ask... your help will be greatly appreciated.
1) I would like to try and remove the preinstalled carrier (Telstra - AUS) ROM and install a stock 4.1.1 Jelly Bean ROM (without any adds or added crap) – How can I go about doing this?
2) Can I back up my current factory ROM so I can restore it if something goes wrong or I change ROMS?
3) How can I root and unroot the device?
4) Are there any precautions I need to take? Are there any irreversible changes that can occur? The main question is; can I always return to factory stock ROM (from the factory), settings ect if something goes wrong?
5) What are Android equivalent to Cydia or Installous?
6) Benefits of rooting the device?
7) Similar Apps to ‘Get Apk’?
8) Best sources for themes, apps, hacks, ect? Maybe a usenet thread?
9) Any interesting tips, guides, sites to help me get a full grasp of the entire Android system?
10) Best ROM available for the s3 4g?
I am sure some of these questions might have been previously covered elsewhere, I have searched for answers but I am still uncertain on several aspects.
thanks you, and I look forward to your feedback.
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*******DON`T install KIES. If your Rooting and flashing your phone, you won`t need it, and it could potentially get in your way******
The simplest way to get you started is to .....
1. Install Samsung USB Drivers on your PC - http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/GT-I9100RWAXEU-downloads# (works on all Samsung Devices)
2. Download ODIN (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1432843&d=1351270936 - self contained Executable, run it "as is")
Download this (Unbranded UK Official Stock ROM - should work OK) (http://www.hotfile.com/dl/177306141/248b29e/I9300XXDLJ4_I9300OXADLJ4_BTU.zip.html)
Go to this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969 For an excellent guide how to flash your ROM using ODIN
Now go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957273 - Excellent Clockworkmod (CWM) recovery flashing guide
You should now have a rooted phone, with The latest official 4.1.1 JB, and a custom recovery flashed. Hope this helps..
If my phone has carrier specific rom, in my case Telstra, do i have to find another telstra? there is another guide here that uses the Optus rom (another Australian carrier) in this case Optus, can i use that one?
[GT-I9305] Australian Samsung Galaxy SIII 4G Root Guide - NOT for other variants
Is the process to unroot the device difficult? will something changeonce it is rooted?
I also noticed that once i get the phone into download mode, the seccond i press the continue button it goes straight into Downloading... Do not turn off target, and i cannot do anything other than hold the power button to reset...
Last issue i am facing, i have read many threads about this same issue, (it may be specific to Australian updates only) i cannot change,move, add, or remove any of the home screen (not lock) dock icons.. and yes i have tried every method but it may be very well something to do with the australian models as others have reported this problem and yet there is no fix for it... - so if i flash the rom will that fix the issue?
GODSPD said:
Hello All,
After 5 years of programming, hacking, and cracking iOS and iPhones i decided it was time to quit and start fresh, I got myself the Samsung Galaxy S3 4g i9305 / Telstra
...
I am sure some of these questions might have been previously covered elsewhere, I have searched for answers but I am still uncertain on several aspects.
...
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Please be aware that 9305 can have a different network circuit that the normal i9300 - read carefully the subforum for 9305!
Also you really need to start looking around - there is no magic tutorial, there are just a HUGE amount of separate posts (and with 9305 you need to be extra careful since there ARE small differences).
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Hey guys, I'm a bit of a Samsung n00b I'm afraid! I've just upgraded from an Xperia X10, which I rooted, primarily to get rid of duplicate apps (I was getting double text notifications having installed Handcent for example, so I used Titanium to remove the default SMS client). However, I always wanted Cyanogenmod, which was never available on the X10.
Now I have my Galaxy S II, I want a rooted Cyanogenmod ROM. Partly because it has loads of cool features (theme support, battery life, overclocking) but mostly because a new ROM seems like the easiest way to remove all the Orange Bloatware.
My question is, how do I go about this? I've never flashed a custom ROM before, do I need to root first, or can one simply flash a pre-rooted ROM?
About Phone shows the following (I don't really get this, as it's quite different from the Sony presentation):
Model - GT I9100P
Android version - 2.3.4
Baseband ver - I9100PBVKI2
Kernel ver - [email protected] #2
Build # - Gingerbread.BVKI3
Prepare to be flamed....
Wrong forum to ask the question in and there are countless threads to help you with this. Try the stickies in general, the FAQ would be a good start. Also, you don't need to remove the system messaging app to stop double notifications, just disable the notifications in the app settings.
Regards.
All your questions answered and more: [NIGHTLY][ROM][GWK74] CyanogenMod 7 (w/ Gingerbread 2.3.7) for Galaxy SII Q&A.
lynxboy said:
Prepare to be flamed....
Wrong forum to ask the question in and there are countless threads to help you with this. Try the stickies in general, the FAQ would be a good start.
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It's not as though the first thing I did was post this. I searched, but I couldn't find any info on build no's (as I say, they're a totally different format to the Sony I've had the past 18 months). I've searched "root Galaxy S II", "flash Galaxy S II" and other similar phrases and found nothing that matched , so I asked the usually very helpful folk in a thread instead
Also, you don't need to remove the system messaging app to stop double notifications, just disable the notifications in the app settings.
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Not really the point, as I've now dumped that phone. I wanted rid of the app as I wasn't using it (having installed Handcent) and it was a waste of space.
oinkylicious said:
All your questions answered and more: [NIGHTLY][ROM][GWK74] CyanogenMod 7 (w/ Gingerbread 2.3.7) for Galaxy SII Q&A.
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I found that thread, but firstly I don't really want to flash nightly builds (stable is better for me) and additionally, it doesn't mean a lot to me. Whilst I'm relatively comfortable with a lot within this area (I've hacked Wii's, flashed routers, rooted my X10, overclocked my PC's CPU/GPU etc), as I say, I'm a real n00b to flashing ROMs to phones. For example:
1. Make sure you're running a rooted device. - so I do need to root first. How?
2. Root your device and install ClockworkMod Recovery (http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1118693) - This doesn't make any sense given instruction '1', and the thread on ClockworkMod is also confusing
3. Do a Nandroid backup! - Again, how?
etc. It's confusing that you find a thread on, for example, flashing CyanogenMod, invariably you need to root first (which is on a different thread) before installing something else first (following a another thread) which requires you download something else (on a fourth thread) and flash something else (within a fifth thread).
I trust the XDA-developers posters, which is why I want to follow these instructions (god knows I was lucky with my X10 and with my Wii first time around!) but sometimes it's quite difficult!
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I found that thread, but firstly I don't really want to flash nightly builds (stable is better for me) and additionally, it doesn't mean a lot to me.
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There is no "stable" build. If you are struggling with concepts like root and cannot follow the clear, concise instructions in that thread, I would recommend staying away from CM7. Otherwise later I forsee a thread along the lines of "stuck at yellow exclamation mark".
Concise instructions such as "do it for real" you mean? Or "Do a Nandroid backup"? A little too concise perhaps?
I am not struggling with terms like "root". As stated, I have rooted a previous phone. I regard myself as highly knowledgeable in some specific - indeed, I write code for the Debian GNU/Linux project and have improved upon some of the Wii hacking processes - but I have some gaps which I recognise, and I want to learn. However, no one will ever learn this stuff for themselves if they need a glossary and a google search after every bullet point. Making unintelligible instructions and then laughing at those unable to make sense of them is not going to advance the community!
With every new process, be it a Wii hack or just a recommended application configuration, I like to read the whole process first - precisely because I don't want to waste your time later with "stuck at yellow exclamation mark".
I can see I'm not going to get the help I need, so I'll simply figure it out for myself and leave it at that. Sorry to waste your oh-so-precious time.
Hi All.
I last rooted a HTC Desire well over a year (or 2) ago and I am now looking into rooting my Samsung Galaxy S2 - I9100, from Optus in Australia.
Although well versed, I am finding myself in noob land trying to read and firgure out what is the correct way to alter my phone.
Firstly I apologise for posting something that I am sure is answered out here. So please just point me to the right place and close this thread if so.
I can see that the standard boot loader (hope I refer to that correctly) appears to allow you to install another OS (ROM).
This appears to be called ODIN.
Am I able to load new ROMs by using the default ODIN on the phone, or do I need to load something like ClockworkMod?
I am intending to download and install the generic stock ROM (non-carrier) version before looking into other variants.
I am assuming to load other ROMs, like say Cyanogen 9, I would have to go through the root process.
Aside from rooting, I am reading posts that refer to updating the kernel. What is the kernel and why do I need to change it?
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Hi all and thanks for the precious and detailed information you posted in the Forum.
I am quite new with Samsung (Android).
Just left the other World few months ago.
I was using the iPhone and switched to Android because of different considerations like battery, higher display, etc.
I am interested in ROOTing my device (Samsung S3 - GTI9300 International).
May I ask you a couple of questions about this step?
- The ROOT process will remove my installed applications
- After ROOTing the GooglePlay will still be available to update my Applications
- Future FIRMWARES update from Samsung will be available also for ROOTed devices
- unROOTing the device means (easily) reinstall the original FIRMARE or there is an easier step
Many thanks for your (all) help!!!
Happy Android
It depends of how you root it (if you install acustom rom or not) but if it's only the root itself it will not change your phone at all, still your apps, google play working.
But you'll not be able to change firmware with kies, only with flashing new roms. Also unrooting is not hard, and everything is really weel explain on the s3 forum here in XDA
ghtdne mutatis
GT-af said:
It depends of how you root it (if you install acustom rom or not) but if it's only the root itself it will not change your phone at all, still your apps, google play working.
But you'll not be able to change firmware with kies, only with flashing new roms. Also unrooting is not hard, and everything is really weel explain on the s3 forum here in XDA
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I am just starting.
Interested in ROOT process only by now and of course the unROOT step after.
I will check the S3 forum as per your kind suggestion.
Trying in a while to load and use a "Custom Rom".
Thanks a lot for your replay!!!!!
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Hi all,
A few newbie queries, if anyone will indulge me please?
I've just got an S3 international verison, having had various Nexus's and HTCs in the past, which I've rooted & used custom roms on. I got this s3, rooted it, then started looking for roms, but i'm a bit lost. It's tricky when you're new to a model of phone and have to re-learn the root nuances.
One of the apps I need is ARLibertator (for pionieer's appradio) which doesn't play nice with any ASOP roms, so I presume I'm going to be stuck with stock.
So far, I've rooted, but haven't updated from mb5>mg4. I've backed up the factory state with a clockwork mod backup and i've done a dump of the EFS using K tool.
Can I update from mb5 > mg4 without any issue using KIES, or do I need to be careful about the change it makes to the EFS?
Also, if i decide not to bother trying to use ARLiberator, am I good to try Cyanogen or similar now, or have I missed any steps or done the wrong thing?
There are stock based custom roms .
Kies will remove root .
Thanks - when you say 'remove' - perfectly safe to re-root the same way again after the update?
Also, what terminology would I need to search for for Roms based on stock - something like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797334
Thanks for the help - really appreciate it.
james03 said:
Thanks - when you say 'remove' - perfectly safe to re-root the same way again after the update?
Yes just reroot .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1566
Mostly Samsung based roms but not all of them
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Yep as jje linked "android development" is mainly samsung based roms where as aosp are mainly in "original android development" as they're original, not reworks if existing work.
There are some aosp roms in "android development" as they are unofficial cm builds for example.
Samsung rom threads usually have the samsung build number in the thread title, eg XXEMG4
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Hi, I am a noob to the S2 forums, but not much to xda. I have been working with galaxy y duos development a little.
Right now when I switched my mobile to S2 I visited the development threads. I am very much scared on where to start since my last attempt on flashing a Rom went on costing my IMEI's corruption. Since I had no backups, I had to get it back to service center to recover it.
I have been through various rom development forums. I am confused on which threads are the latest and which threads give a noob friendly explanation on Flashing a rom and thing similar to dual boot and all.
I am in stock 4.1.2 JB. I don't wanna have risk my device again.
1. How to flash CWM from Stock rom?
2. Should I flash a odin flashable CWM with kernel before I would wish to flash Kitkat compatible CWM?
3. How to dual boot? And Is it compatible with all the Roms available (seems not)?
4. I would wish to have stock rom & a custom rom (Neat Rom) in dual boot. Is it possible?
All this information is easily found by searching. These questions have been asked/answered here many times before.
The only way you're not going to feel 'very risky' is by reading:-
*The stickied threads at the top of General (these threads will give you a great grounding in what makes this phone tick, and will give you the knowledge to handle anything that happens).
*The threads related to whatever it is you want to flash (I.E rom/kernel/whatever threads).
If you take the time to do this rather than rushing blindly into things like most people who visit here, you should have the knowledge & confidence to do whatever you want to do. If after doing this you don't have that confidence, leave your phone stock.