I just bought a Galaxy S2 from HSN.com (http://www.hsn.com/products/samsung-galaxy-sii-no-contract-smartphone-t-mobile/1062786 )
and wish to ultimately use Lycamobile on it but I understand that I have to SIM Unlock it. I also understand it comes with 2.3 I believe and I'd like to go to something 4.2.2.
I've seen a lot of threads but I'm confused as to the exact steps that actually WORK TODAY.
I'm used to my Galaxy Nexus so know a little but this seems a bit different.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks
What model number is it; what does the sticker on the phone chassis under the battery say ?
The right direction is the T-mobile S2 forum (T989)
This is the I9100's forum, so yeah, you're in the wrong place.
Ask a mod to move this Q over there.
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I was about to get the SGS2 LTE and plan to flash it soon after getting it.. however I noticed all roms are currently made for the original 4g model.
I am not an expert but I know what I am doing for the most part (being an HD2 owner for 2 years). there are two issues I see... sorry, in advance, for the lingo i use
1) the LTE has 4 soft buttons in the front (like the infuse).. whereas the original has a hard button in the front. which means "Base rom" would be different, no?
2) I don't this is a big problem but ill ask any ways... All current roms are made for 4G so will that mean that the phone will only work on 4g, assuming the button problem is resolved?
If there is another thread that will answer this please let me know and ill remove this thread. I just could find anything. I clicked search thread, but only threads regarding random discussion about the lte version pop up.
Lol the LTE model hasn't been released yet... Sooooo yeah.
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Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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Rogers Samsung Galaxy S 2 lte
The Snapdragon processor will mean a delay on any custom ROM cooking until it is released. I pre ordered but feel confident it will get a lot of the ROM' s and kernels from G S 2 HSPA+ i9000.
What is the device name for the LTE? ~model. Number
Reprise420 said:
The Snapdragon processor will mean a delay on any custom ROM cooking until it is released. I pre ordered but feel confident it will get a lot of the ROM' s and kernels from G S 2 HSPA+ i9000.
What is the device name for the LTE? ~model. Number
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I'm pretty sure the model number is I727. I came across this http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1731269-Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-LTE-coming-to-Rogers
KayvinM said:
I'm pretty sure the model number is I727. I came across this http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1731269-Samsung-Galaxy-S-II-LTE-coming-to-Rogers
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Thanks I was trying to figure out what the model number was .. might make it easier to look for roms in the future
ogxku5h said:
Lol the LTE model hasn't been released yet... Sooooo yeah.
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I only ask because I was about to pre-order the phone as it will be coming out soon in canada for the rogers network and i need my custom roms
Different hardware so it wouldn't work unless you looking to make a nice paperweight.
thanks for the info ... even though it made me cry a bit
roms for rogers LTE
hey all , i just upgraded from the captivate to the
rogers samsung galazy s2 LTE
been searching and readign forums here for 2 days trying to locate best way to root this phone , and find a thread with roms on it
beig totally lost at all the different variations of the s2,lte ect.
anyone able to point me in the right direction for a list of roms for the actual rogers lte version and way of rooting it.
finding it verry hard to find anythign for this phone ,
thanks !
ex-28 said:
hey all , i just upgraded from the captivate to the
rogers samsung galazy s2 LTE
been searching and readign forums here for 2 days trying to locate best way to root this phone , and find a thread with roms on it
beig totally lost at all the different variations of the s2,lte ect.
anyone able to point me in the right direction for a list of roms for the actual rogers lte version and way of rooting it.
finding it verry hard to find anythign for this phone ,
thanks !
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Here you go, http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1399 That's the thread for the AT&T Skyrocket but the Rogers version is identical.
thanks verry much appreciated !!!!!
just got my s2 yesterday its running 2.3.5 for t mobile us is there a truly good combined rooting and adding kernals for dummies here? i have been reading for 12 plus hrs and i am more lost than i was. i just left my hd2 and want to do rooting, kernals and that kinda stuff can someone guide me in the right direction, please???
omg read Original Android Development and Android Development
when i said noob i meant it. besides if you were offended by my request to learn you didnt have to respond. thanks for nothing anyway..
Noob does not mean you have to get your information hand fed to you. Like a 3rd grader who doesn't want to make a model of the solar system so he asks his parents to do it for him. Seriously go search up t-mobile sgs 2 root or similar tags. I will bet you can find your answers. Unless you only look at page 1 and say "omg too much, might as well get spoon fed."
just to point out if you have the tmobile US version then this is also the wrong forum for your phone.
you want http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1329
Ok, so yesterday i bought a SG3 from Telus(Im from New-Brunswick Canada, so its Telus or Bell)... but the thing is, its not a I9300, its a SGH-I747M.... so i was wondering, if anyone knows about the hardware? Is it similar to the i9300? can i use the i9300 roots/recovery/kernels etc? Thanks
Canadian Galaxy S3 root
I just rooted my Rogers S3, i have the same model as you ..
This post here is a step by step on how to do it.
short url code on google:
goo.gl/ Bh4y4
Remove the space, i'm new here, and not allowed to post links.
Good Luck!
sherifyousri said:
I just rooted my Rogers S3, i have the same model as you ..
This post here is a step by step on how to do it.
short url code on google:
goo.gl/ Bh4y4
Remove the space, i'm new here, and not allowed to post links.
Good Luck!
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Thanks for the reply, this is a nice guide, but i already rooted the phone, thing is, i want to use a custom rom, and there is no forums for the SGH-I747M or whatever, so im wondering if the I9300 roms/kernels work for it
Sorry not sure if this helps you, but there are other S3 forums.
I would think the telus/bell/rogers devices are more similar to the AT&T version, as it is also designated a similar model number SCH-I747.
Link to the other forums here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1667
According to www.pdadb.net your i747 is similar to AT&T's S3 http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=3602&c=samsung_sgh-i747_galaxy_s_iii_lte
BUT I would recommend you do a lot more research and ask the devs in that section before trying anything. As you will most probably end up messing your phone up in using something incompatible.
iShadowx3 said:
Thanks for the reply, this is a nice guide, but i already rooted the phone, thing is, i want to use a custom rom, and there is no forums for the SGH-I747M or whatever, so im wondering if the I9300 roms/kernels work for it
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I would definitely not use anything meant for the i9300 on your device as it is not hardware compatible, different CPU (quad samsung vs dual qualcomm)
clockcycle said:
Sorry not sure if this helps you, but there are other S3 forums.
I would think the telus/bell/rogers devices are more similar to the AT&T version, as it is also designated a similar model number SCH-I747.
Link to the other forums here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1667
According to www.pdadb.net your i747 is similar to AT&T's S3 http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=3602&c=samsung_sgh-i747_galaxy_s_iii_lte
BUT I would recommend you do a lot more research and ask the devs in that section before trying anything. As you will most probably end up messing your phone up in using something incompatible.
I would definitely not use anything meant for the i9300 on your device as it is not hardware compatible, different CPU (quad samsung vs dual qualcomm)
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Allright thanks for all that information i will post in the other section and see whats comes up ^_^
Hi,
I recently bought the new Samsung Galaxy S2 LTE SGH 1757M (Bell Canada) and is wondering if using the 1777 ROM (this forum) would be acceptable. I was unable to find a section dedicated to my phone.
Thank you
I would guess if you want to turn your phone into a paperweight, go ahead. But if you need a phone, I wouldn't try it.
jack man said:
I would guess if you want to turn your phone into a paperweight, go ahead. But if you need a phone, I wouldn't try it.
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i have already successfully rooted in the past (had the galaxy s). But i am also aware, that a slight change could cause error (this is why i am asking). Isn't there any section on this forum dedicated to the new Galaxy S2 LTE?
Your phone model is SGH-I757M. You could have searched, but you can go here as a starting place. Maybe you can find more info around there. BTW, this was the first result from a google search using the terms "sgh-i757m xda"
To make your life easier when searching, it's i757m, not 1757m. Same in here, it's i777, not 1777.
Thanks everyone for your input. case solved.
OP - please take a few minutes in the future, and do some searching. No need for this thread at all.
Hello guys,
Sorry if this thread were should be opened in another forum because I'm new here (from your grateful video - I'm noob).
Look, I have Samsung Galaxy SIII I9300, and I have a problem with the Lock.
After that last update that Samsung released to the devices, I've installed it but after that when I tried to lock my device (click on the right side button to lock) after couple of minutes or random time the screen is unlocked by him selves, and locked back after couple of seconds and thats happening a lot of times.
I've tried to turn off all the settings like the movement sensors, voice sensor everything I could think about, even I read that if I pull off my SIM card it may solve my prolem and the problem is with the SIM or something but I tried that and I still had the problem.
Maybe you guys can help me or you know how to fix that or maybe you had this problem in the past?
In Thursday I will give my device to the store I bought the device from.
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Another question, I've saw many forums abiot the device "Samsung Galaxy S3" but its the same device no? why there is like 5 forums abot this device? with the names: "Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T" and etc ?
What are those devices?
Thanks in advance for any help, please it is very important to me!
Not completely sure about your 1st main question but to answer your second question, the reason why there are other Galaxy S3 forums is because this is the International Galaxy S3 for example UK and europe. Verison and AT&T and Spirit and others are the different versions within America. Each has a different name. For example the International UK version are mainly GT-I9300 where as Spirit is SPH-L710. It makes all the difference when downloading the correct roms. Because if you downloaded a rom made for the SPH-L710 Spirit Galaxy S3 and flashed it to the International GT-I9300 then you could completely brick your device and would have one really expensive door stop or paper weight.
Hope this helped.
donsimmi said:
Not completely sure about your 1st main question but to answer your second question, the reason why there are other Galaxy S3 forums is because this is the International Galaxy S3 for example UK and europe. Verison and AT&T and Spirit and others are the different versions within America. Each has a different name. For example the International UK version are mainly GT-I9300 where as Spirit is SPH-L710. It makes all the difference when downloading the correct roms. Because if you downloaded a rom made for the SPH-L710 Spirit Galaxy S3 and flashed it to the International GT-I9300 then you could completely brick your device and would have one really expensive door stop or paper weight.
Hope this helped.
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Okay thanks for helping, so all those devices are the same but the difference is just the region? Like Spirit and Version are not better then the I9300?
And someone can answer on my first question? LOL this question is my main question the second one only side question
Someone can help me please?
BrandonSIII said:
Okay thanks for helping, so all those devices are the same but the difference is just the region? Like Spirit and Version are not better then the I9300?
No that's not what was said .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756338
And someone can answer on my first question? LOL this question is my main question the second one only side question
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No sorry lol your first question is not a problem i know off .
You can try a factory reset .
jje
JJEgan said:
No sorry lol your first question is not a problem i know off .
You can try a factory reset .
jje
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Okay thanks, so probably I will take my phone to the store I bought him.
And what is it a "Factory Reset" ?