None of this sounds too exciting.... Never had the no sim error personally.
www.ubergizmo.com/2012/09/verizon-samsung-galaxy-s3-software-update-fixes-no-sim-error/
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Ryno77 said:
None of this sounds too exciting.... Never had the no sim error personally.
www.ubergizmo.com/2012/09/verizon-samsung-galaxy-s3-software-update-fixes-no-sim-error/
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well that's underwhelming for people who like to use the stock firmware, wonder if verizon will get jellybean out for the s3 this year...was at my local vzw store yesterday and the sales guy was surprised to see a touchwiz-less S3 running jellybean. then i got an earful about voiding warranty when all i went there to do was get a sim for my wife's nexus. (my old phone, just replaced it with the S3 this week)
Happy to see that error being killed. A couple of areas around Rochester are basically s3 dead zones thanks to that. Not quite as exciting as jb but... enough to make me happy.
galaxy. s3. synergy. yadda yadda.
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well that's underwhelming for people who like to use the stock firmware, wonder if verizon will get jellybean out for the s3 this year...was at my local vzw store yesterday and the sales guy was surprised to see a touchwiz-less S3 running jellybean. then i got an earful about voiding warranty when all i went there to do was get a sim for my wife's nexus. (my old phone, just replaced it with the S3 this week)
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The JB upgrade will most likely come in late 1st Q.
No new radios? Nothing updated that needs to be?
Typical verizon and this ****, didn't a UK Update come out in July that fixed some issues? Where the hell is that one...
I had a sim error once, when I went to install my SD card I realized the vzw rep didn't fully insert the sim card... never again since then.
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No new radios? Nothing updated that needs to be?
Typical verizon and this ****, didn't a UK Update come out in July that fixed some issues? Where the hell is that one...
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This is a Verizon only issue that NEEDS to be fixed. It is bull that Verizon wasted time locking down the bootloader that they screwed up their device... but to people who live in one of the "dead zones" the phone is all but useless as anything except a music player. Just because it's not an issue you have suffered doesn't mean it's not a necessary and needed fix.
galaxy. s3. synergy. yadda yadda.
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No new radios? Nothing updated that needs to be?
Typical verizon and this ****, didn't a UK Update come out in July that fixed some issues? Where the hell is that one...
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Typically, Verizon updates follow general releases to the international and other carriers by 6 months.
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Typically, Verizon updates follow general releases to the international and other carriers by 6 months.
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The NO SIM error is ridiculous, and I am glad this will fix it. For those who don't know, some people can hardly use their S3 at times. I've had instances where every time I try to send a text for 20-30 minutes, it says sending, I lose all connections (no network at all) for a minute or two, then it reconnects, rinse, repeat. This happens when trying to send texts AND making a phone call. Imagine if you had an emergency and every time you tried to call your network dropped for 2 minutes.
But I don't know what else this will do to the phone. Disable current root methods? Bootloader issues?
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But I don't know what else this will do to the phone. Disable current root methods? Bootloader issues?
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Yes, many of us have the same issues, even in great 4G areas like DC. No new sim card or handset replacement would ever fix it. Took long enough for VZW to release this fix.
As usual if you are rooted/unlocked/running a ROM do NOT download the OTA update. Wait less than 24 hours for someone on the forums to debloat and flash manually. Obviously if you are stock, rooted, and locked go ahead and take the update VZW pushes out.
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Yes, many of us have the same issues, even in great 4G areas like DC. No new sim card or handset replacement would ever fix it. Took long enough for VZW to release this fix.
As usual if you are rooted/unlocked/running a ROM do NOT download the OTA update. Wait less than 24 hours for someone on the forums to debloat and flash manually. Obviously if you are stock, rooted, and locked go ahead and take the update VZW pushes out.
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Yep, planning on it. I'll wait a little longer to be safe. But I would love to be able to use my phone where I have full bars on campus.
Anybody else surprised there was no leak for this build? Or any other build for that matter? Especially having it go live within the week. I don't know maybe seeing so many leaks on previous devices over the years has left me spoiled. Regardless I am looking forward to some new radios.
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ajd88 said:
Anybody else surprised there was no leak for this build? Or any other build for that matter? Especially having it go live within the week. I don't know maybe seeing so many leaks on previous devices over the years has left me spoiled. Regardless I am looking forward to some new radios.
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It is possible it won't include new radios.
I'm not familiar with how these updates work on a Samsung phone.....I had a droid x2 and when that phone received and OTA update it would prompt you to download and install the update. I am assuming this will work the same way? I'm stock unrooted but don't want to get stuck that way....I'll let a few people here download and install and say it's safe before installing
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I'm not familiar with how these updates work on a Samsung phone.....I had a droid x2 and when that phone received and OTA update it would prompt you to download and install the update. I am assuming this will work the same way? I'm stock unrooted but don't want to get stuck that way....I'll let a few people here download and install and say it's safe before installing
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Don't forget it could install without you actively accepting it. Recent Verizon phones have been known to do this.
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Don't forget it could install without you actively accepting it. Recent Verizon phones have been known to do this.
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Don't forget it could install without you actively accepting it. Recent Verizon phones have been known to do this.
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That's not good. I really have no desire to root the phone at this point but this may push me in that direction. I'm surprised that's legal.... When updating you typically lose all service briefly, which I would think is a choice up to the user. I would be pissed as hell if this thing updated without me ok'ing it.
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there is a new radio VRLG7
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phone search still nerfed, doubt that ones coming back in the USA.
I had this no sim error only in a few places around my home area... but one of those areas included my house. Two new sim cards and two new S3s later, I am extremely happy to hear about this fix! Oddly enough, I never got a no sim error here on a 2 week business trip to Utah.
Had to manually load the update tho, now all is well! Thx for the tip!
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Hrmph. I buy and sell a lot using the ebay app. The update killed the app.
Just got the update pushed to my phone. Deferred until we find out if the new version is rootable/unlockable.
Related
Here you go
http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57488091-85/samsung-working-on-android-4.1-update-for-galaxy-s-iii/
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Well, we still have to wait on Verizon...
Serinety said:
Here you go
http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57488091-85/samsung-working-on-android-4.1-update-for-galaxy-s-iii/
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Verizon will be Q4 or Q1 of 13.
Yeah Verizon blows. Q1 of '13 is a good estimate.
So do you guys know how to upgrade once this is released if I'm stock rooted? Do you have to unroot, update then root it again?
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So do you guys know how to upgrade once this is released if I'm stock rooted? Do you have to unroot, update then root it again?
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Some awesome dev out there will probably come out with a stock JB rooted for all of us to enjoy. Not saying that people like us shouldn't try, we should make an attempt to contribute to the community.
It only took a short while for NoSympathy to make a version of the stock rom that was easy to modify (deodexed) and rooted. Roms based off of that will follow, and will also be CWM flashable.
Don't hold ur breath. im sure one of our great devs will get it to us way before VZW does.
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Don't hold ur breath. im sure one of our great devs will get it to us way before VZW does.
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Agreed.
You spelled "soon" wrong, let me fix:
"February"
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Key lime pie will be shipping on new phones before Verizon gets around to an update...
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This is true !
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"coming soon" lol!
First, the update will be released OTA direct from Samsung for the international version (4-core Exynos).
Next, the update will be released to GSM carriers (2-core Krait, OpenSource radios)
Next, the update will be released Sprint (2-core Krait, CDMA closed-source radios)
Next, the update will be released by GSM carriers via OTA.
Next, the update will be released by Sprint via OTA
Next, Google will ship the 'K' variant (either 4.2 or 5.0 likely) to GSM Nexus devices.
Next, Verizon will soak-test the OTA on 6 devices.
Next, Verizon will send it back to have new versions of their ****ware loaded into /system.
Next, Verizon will soak-test the updated ota on 10 more devices.
Next, Samsung will release the 'K' variant via OTA to international GSM carriers.
Next, Verizon will send the update back to tweak more nanny settings including making it more difficult for third party tethering and Nav.
Next, Verizon will release 2 new phones pre-loaded with the 'K' variant.
Finally, Verizon will release the OTA for the rest of their customers. This will happen around July of '14, right around the time when most people who bought the GS3 will be ready to upgrade again.
Nice ^^^^
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Word!
The worst part is most of you are right but we all hope your horribly wrong. Our phone doesn't even need JB right now, we need some updates that fix a ton of problems. Some of which are already fixed in the International versions. Terrible signal and music playback problems are my main ones.
Hope at least a stable Rom comes out when the international update is released!!
Elite49 said:
The worst part is most of you are right but we all hope your horribly wrong. Our phone doesn't even need JB right now, we need some updates that fix a ton of problems. Some of which are already fixed in the International versions. Terrible signal and music playback problems are my main ones.
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Your signal got worse with this phone too, huh?
I came from a Bionic. Never lost 4G in my apartment and never got "text failed" messages. Now unless I go to one corner of my apartment, messages will not send or receive, nor will calls. And forget 4G. Thank God for Wi-Fi
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Your signal got worse with this phone too, huh?
I came from a Bionic. Never lost 4G in my apartment and never got "text failed" messages. Now unless I go to one corner of my apartment, messages will not send or receive, nor will calls. And forget 4G. Thank God for Wi-Fi
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Hope at least a stable Rom comes out when the international update is released!!
I'm either imagining things or illiterate, but wasn't today supposed to be the release date for the OTA official Jelly Bean patch? I browsed some of the other forums and news articles but haven't found any mention of it.
yeaa i been doin the same thing man
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I'm either imagining things or illiterate, but wasn't today supposed to be the release date for the OTA official Jelly Bean patch? I browsed some of the other forums and news articles but haven't found any mention of it.
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There was word JB would be pushed to International Versions of the S3 but I guarantee Verizon will be the last US Carrier and probably the last of the S3 phones to push the JB OTA.....
Samsung, vzw, and google all have to sit around in a room and stare at a gs3 that is sitting on a table in the middle of them for 6 months. They will literally have a team of engineers and marketing people just sitting there staring at it. The vzw guy on the team will have a thumb up his ass for reasons unknown. Their budget will be nearly unlimited. Meanwhile a few guys in their spare time and no budget will have a port running almost perfectly 2 days later. That 2 days happened the other week so we have over 5 months to go for an official release.
My bet is that the build's done. It's probably 95% identical to whatever is on the Note 2, with S-pen stuff being the only difference.
Now it's on to the carriers, which as we know (T-Mobile leak) some already have it nearly complete.
I bet a month for everyone but Verizon.
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My bet is that the build's done. It's probably 95% identical to whatever is on the Note 2, with S-pen stuff being the only difference.
Now it's on to the carriers, which as we know (T-Mobile leak) some already have it nearly complete.
I bet a month for everyone but Verizon.
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I month for everyone but Verizon
Everyone but Verizon
Verizon
Why do I torture myself with Verizon?
We'll probably get it next year and that is wishful thinking. I think my wife's Fascinate got Gingerbread at the end of our last contract while my DX got it a week after we got our phones lol.
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I've heard anywhere from today, Sept. 1st to next year...I'm very impatient so I went and installed Cyanogen Mod 10
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If I'm not mistaken, doesn't JB disable flash or has that been fixed at this point??
I called Verizon yesterday time complain about my poor signal strength, less than -100 DBm in metro Nashville, and he told me there was an update that improves "network connectivity" coming in the next two weeks. Now he was probably just telling me something to get rid of me, and nice one mentioned JB, so take it for what it's worth.
<3 roms. Much less waiting from a group of enthusiastic developers eager to push out the latest and greatest for the enthusiast community
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If I'm not mistaken, doesn't JB disable flash or has that been fixed at this point??
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I believe you can manually update flash.
http://www.youmobile.org/blogs/entr...sion-to-All-Android-devices-Tutorial-Download
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If I'm not mistaken, doesn't JB disable flash or has that been fixed at this point??
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you can manually update flash to work on jb...there is a thread floating around here somewhere on it.
^missed the post above somehow lol.
When the Detox drops.
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blestsol said:
When the Detox drops.
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I got it
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geech72 said:
I called Verizon yesterday time complain about my poor signal strength, less than -100 DBm in metro Nashville, and he told me there was an update that improves "network connectivity" coming in the next two weeks. Now he was probably just telling me something to get rid of me, and nice one mentioned JB, so take it for what it's worth.
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I hope so, I'm in Nashville too and can barely get 4G in my apartment. NEVER switched to 3G on my Bionic and it does all the time with GS3
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jmorton10 said:
If I'm not mistaken, doesn't JB disable flash or has that been fixed at this point??
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Not disabled, just not able to be installed through Play. You can still load the .apk and it'll work fine
I just read a couple Google articles that said jelly bean will be out in September for all versions of the s3. The caveat is all the carriers get to sit on it to ensure adequate bloatware comes with it.
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I just read a couple Google articles that said jelly bean will be out in September for all versions of the s3. The caveat is all the carriers get to sit on it to ensure adequate bloatware comes with it.
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The machine they use to cram the bloat up the phones ass takes a lot of power/time to get all of that crap up there.
Well I just came from the gnex boards and a new leak is out for vzw gnexs with new radios and possibly jb. So I'm gonna say we will get jellybean 2.5 months after all other s3's have it. But oh well....running paranoid android on my s3 right now and pretty darn stable. Also got 20 hrs or so with only 2 hours screen time but I was tethering for approximately 8 of those hours which IMHO is amazing.
Was going to have a couple screenshots of battery life but then playing that new space shuttle landing game which glitches out and caused a reboot.
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got556 said:
Well I just came from the gnex boards and a new leak is out for vzw gnexs with new radios and possibly jb. So I'm gonna say we will get jellybean 2.5 months after all other s3's have it. But oh well....running paranoid android on my s3 right now and pretty darn stable. Also got 20 hrs or so with only 2 hours screen time but I was tethering for approximately 8 of those hours which IMHO is amazing.
Was going to have a couple screenshots of battery life but then playing that new space shuttle landing game which glitches out and caused a reboot.
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Same here, PA 2.0 is pretty damn good. I had a few issues on restore but a quick reflash and everything is runing pretty well. I just wish App Devs are quick to optimize the Apps to JB.
The voice engine on JB is awesome, a lot less errors
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/10/1...verizons-galaxy-s3-definitely-not-jelly-bean/
Atleast it has the enchanced e-mail that most people want, thats specific to our S3.
is there a new radio?
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is there a new radio?
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Yeah - I love the samsungs but for some reason they don't work as well as other phones on the Verizon network. If I only used a few hundred minutes per month, I might not notice however I spend about 2-3 thousand minutes per month on the phone so I'm VERY aware of when a phone has a radio issue.
im shocked i haven't seen anything posted about this update anywhere but this thread.
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im shocked i haven't seen anything posted about this update anywhere but this thread.
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What about the droid-life article linked to?
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What about the droid-life article linked to?
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I believe he was being sarcastic because EVERY time something hits the news about our device twenty different people come here and start twenty different threads about the topic. So far this is the only one...so far.
Is this out yet or just coming... I run synergy and can't take ota updates.. Anyone have this pulled out yet
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With every OTA the question is the same - could this possibly lock the bootloader again? This looks like it's just an updated gmail and play store apk, wonder why its 62MB in size.
is allshare cast enabled now under more settings?
Brian Gove said:
I believe he was being sarcastic because EVERY time something hits the news about our device twenty different people come here and start twenty different threads about the topic. So far this is the only one...so far.
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no i meant no one else seems to be mentioning this new update but this thread. not even on rootzwiki. im shocked the new radios are not posted.
ECrispy said:
With every OTA the question is the same - could this possibly lock the bootloader again? This looks like it's just an updated gmail and play store apk, wonder why its 62MB in size.
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It just says 'email' not 'Gmail'. We wouldn't get an update to Gmail from Verizon, we'd get it from the play store. Or the leaked one that's kicking around the forums.
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no i meant no one else seems to be mentioning this new update but this thread. not even on rootzwiki. im shocked the new radios are not posted.
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It's on rootz.... http://rootzwiki.com/topic/35308-minor-update-vralhe-–-definitely-not-jelly-bean/
Maybe it will fix the horrible no sim error
ncwildcat said:
Maybe it will fix the horrible no sim error
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The no SIM problem I wouldn't think would be a software issue considering it doesn't affect all the phones. There are many many people who do not have this issue. I'm actually pretty sure I read something a while ago that said the SIM cards they are making are crappy quality, therefor that could be the culprit. I dunno tho for sure.
I don't know about that. That is something I have been thinking about lately..... I have been having a problem with my phones service, I live in a strong 3g and 4g area, and after I rooted both of my GS3's they started dropping service left and right where before they hadn't. The more I have read about the no sim issue the more it sounds just like my service dropping problem just without the no sim message appearing for me. So I wonder if more of the phone have it than we think and we think the terrible service is because of the radios when in all actuality its the no sim error and it just doesn't pop up the no sim message..... yes I know Samsung radios are crap on Verizon but I have plenty more Samsung phones that have never had any service issue whatsoever, whereas this phone you have to hold you head a certain way with both your arms stretched out and your tongue touching your nose just to send a message.
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Is this out OTA right now?
Has anyone seen this file posted anywhere yet? I want to take a look inside.
I can't get the OTA because it says service unavailable..... any ideas hoe to get this OTA?
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CAEM said:
I can't get the OTA because it says service unavailable..... any ideas hoe to get this OTA?
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You need a new sim card. Many people have had this problem. I'm not sure if the OTA has come out yet?
Running stock and it's not available for me yet
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I'm running the HD, so this new HE must be like one build newer I would guess.
I wonder if people running HD will receive the OTA to HE, or just those running F2, G1 and G7.
hi guys,
so i am in the market for a new phone and decided to sticking with Samsung and going to an S4. the problem is that with all the bs about the locked bootloader, i do not feel confident about buying the AT&T model and to be honest, i also don't feel like giving AT&T any of my money. so that leaves me with 2 options: go with the GE which is a lot more expensive and also only comes in white or just buy a T-Mobile model and get it unlocked so i can use it on AT&T. so my question is if anybody here did that and just bought a T-Mobile model and runs it on AT&T?
any other advice?
I bought the t-mobile s4. I run it on AT&T and have had no real problems. The one thing that I have noticed, running a few custom roms, is that LTE drops in and out.
I've also noticed some weird behavior regarding talk and data. If I take a phone call, data ceases to work for a few seconds. I'm pretty sure this is an apn setting or a rom issue. Nothing to do with the network I'm running on or anything like that.
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How much did it set you back the tmobile branded one? Can you just walk into a tmobile store and buy one outright?
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How much did it set you back the tmobile branded one? Can you just walk into a tmobile store and buy one outright?
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http://swappa.com/buy/samsung-galaxy-s-4-tmobile/us
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prata said:
I bought the t-mobile s4. I run it on AT&T and have had no real problems. The one thing that I have noticed, running a few custom roms, is that LTE drops in and out.
I've also noticed some weird behavior regarding talk and data. If I take a phone call, data ceases to work for some few seconds. I'm pretty sure this is an apn setting or a rom issue. Nothing to do with the network I'm running out on or anything like that.
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Are these roms AT&T roms or tmobile roms? That can be your issue, make sure if you are running tmobile roms to apply the right apn
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http://swappa.com/buy/samsung-galaxy-s-4-tmobile/us
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Are these roms AT&T roms or tmobile roms? That can be your issue, make sure if you are running tmobile roms to apply the right apn
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so technically all you need to do is get he t-mobile phone, unlock it and then run whatever t-mobile rom you want and simply manually set the ATT APN?
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so technically all you need to do is get he t-mobile phone, unlock it and then run whatever t-mobile rom you want and simply manually set the ATT APN?
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That or just run a AT&T Rom. I am under the impression they are the same device, once you confirm that I would recommend just running an AT&T rom to avoid issues. If I am wrong please someone let me know. It would have to be the non Loki version.
Their may be some international roms you can flash as well
Please double check this information before flashing, even though they seem to have almost everything in common they may differ in minor ways (radios and so on) I do not have a S4 to test and have not read around.
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That or just run a AT&T Rom. I am under the impression they are the same device, once you confirm that I would recommend just running an AT&T rom to avoid issues. If I am wrong please someone let me know. It would have to be the non Loki version.
Their may be some international roms you can flash as well
Please double check this information before flashing, even though they seem to have almost everything in common they may differ in minor ways (radios and so on) I do not have a S4 to test and have not read around.
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time to do some more reading but i am pretty sure that i will go for the t-mobile one (can you tell that i really really don't want to give AT&T any money?).
edit: looks like you are right and most roms will work on the t-mobile device, you just need the correct kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
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time to do some more reading but i am pretty sure that i will go for the t-mobile one (can you tell that i really really don't want to give AT&T any money?).
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Lets just say if I was in your shoes and had the option of paying for the full price of the phone I would do the same thing.
I am more than satisfied with my active but if tmobile sold the active you bet I would get it
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Lets just say if I was in your shoes and had the option of paying for the full price of the phone I would do the same thing.
I am more than satisfied with my active but if tmobile sold the active you bet I would get it
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trust me, if it was up to me, i would have kicked AT&T a LONG time ago since i really do hate this company and how they treat their customers. however, since i don't actually pay the bill (my company pays for my phone and it is their account), i don't have any other option.
Rattles said:
trust me, if it was up to me, i would have kicked AT&T a LONG time ago since i really do hate this company and how they treat their customers. however, since i don't actually pay the bill (my company pays for my phone and it is their account), i don't have any other option.
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Honestly I do not mind AT&T at this point. Yes, locking down phones and cheating people out of money bugs the crap out of me... but they have been really good to me.
In the last couple of months they have:
1. Let me upgrade to the HTC One for $200 without charging one of my upgrade and waived the activation fee
2. Gave me the option of canceling all my lines early or take credits for my trouble
3. Gave me about $300+ in credits
4. Told me that I can upgrade early on my line that isn't available for an upgrade until May of 2014 (just as long as it is not an iPhone)... I'm going to save it for the next big thing.
How can I complain?
joshuadjohnson22 said:
Honestly I do not mind AT&T at this point. Yes, locking down phones and cheating people out of money bugs the crap out of me... but they have been really good to me.
In the last couple of months they have:
1. Let me upgrade to the HTC One for $200 without charging one of my upgrade and waived the activation fee
2. Gave me the option of canceling all my lines early or take credits for my trouble
3. Gave me about $300+ in credits
4. Told me that I can upgrade early on my line that isn't available for an upgrade until May of 2014 (just as long as it is not an iPhone)... I'm going to save it for the next big thing.
How can I complain?
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your experience is much different than mine and i agree, hard to complain after what they did for you.
Rattles said:
your experience is much different than mine and i agree, hard to complain after what they did for you.
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Yeah I got really lucky. Talked to all the right people and they were great. I find that you have to push a little and they will help, don't accept the first thing you hear. Everyone at AT&T will give you a different answer so it can be hard. I also noticed that a lot of them have different policies and things they can do. They have no idea what the other call centers are saying.
joshuadjohnson22 said:
Yeah I got really lucky. Talked to all the right people and they were great. I find that you have to push a little and they will help, don't accept the first thing you hear. Everyone at AT&T will give you a different answer so it can be hard. I also noticed that a lot of them have different policies and things they can do. They have no idea what the other call centers are saying.
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looks like i am the new owner of a used T-Mobile Galaxy S4. just bought one off of ebay for $490 unlocked with a case and spare battery.
prata said:
I bought the t-mobile s4. I run it on AT&T and have had no real problems. The one thing that I have noticed, running a few custom roms, is that LTE drops in and out.
I've also noticed some weird behavior regarding talk and data. If I take a phone call, data ceases to work for some few seconds. I'm pretty sure this is an apn setting or a rom issue. Nothing to do with the network I'm running out on or anything like that.
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I have the issue where I can't use data while on the phone as well :/
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toxicpaulution said:
I have the issue where I can't use data while on the phone as well :/
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wait are you using the T-Mobile one like he is?
Rattles said:
wait are you using the T-Mobile one like he is?
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Nope. I'm on att with an att sim. Its weird.
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joshuadjohnson22 said:
That or just run a AT&T Rom. I am under the impression they are the same device, once you confirm that I would recommend just running an AT&T rom to avoid issues. If I am wrong please someone let me know. It would have to be the non Loki version.
Their may be some international roms you can flash as well
Please double check this information before flashing, even though they seem to have almost everything in common they may differ in minor ways (radios and so on) I do not have a S4 to test and have not read around.
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I have run AT&T as well as T-Mobile ROMs. I believe you need to (I have been doing so, after getting a black screen) run a T-mobile kernel though. None of the custom roms I have flashed have radios or modems in them. Generally, custom roms don't include them, because well terrible if you flash the wrong thing.
So I went in to best buy today to have them flash my phone back to stock. I had talked with the guy the other night for a while and he was pretty open to helping me out no matter what. I left my phone with him while I looked around. When I came back he said that the sock firmware was flashed and that the updates were installing now. I asked what updates and he told me that since my phone came with MDL that is what was installed and that the updates had to be installed to bring it current. I asked him if he could have stopped the process before the updates and he said he could have if his boss wasnt there. He said that Verizon has a single package that won't allow this but that it's possible with att.
That would definitely explain why AT&T hasn't made the MF 3 updates available via kies yet
Just thought I would throw this out there in case it helps the effort somehow.
I'm kind of out of the loop on this latest update and Best Buy stuff. Why are people going to Best Buy to flash phone back to stock. How come ya'll don't just use ODIN to go back to stock?
I bought my phone the first day it was released. But I can flash AMDL with ODIN.
Once you update to MF3 you cant downdrade to MDL using ODIN or Kies and there is no image that will work with ODIN or Kies for MF3
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The day I got my AT&T branded s4 before the clerk handed it to me he said that he updated it for me wish he wouldn't have. I didn't know best buy could flash the firmware. Would be nice to revert so I could flash.
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Well the only way that would work is if they flashed MDL with a different bootloader...just like Att most of these best buy people have NO idea what they are really doing,
Samsung provides them a program and they just press some buttons...in the beginning it seemed like every best buy had to call Samsung and have Samsung walk them through the process
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CZ Eddie said:
I'm kind of out of the loop on this latest update and Best Buy stuff. Why are people going to Best Buy to flash phone back to stock. How come ya'll don't just use ODIN to go back to stock?
I bought my phone the first day it was released. But I can flash AMDL with ODIN.
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The official mf3 update came with a new bootloader which blew a qfuse that makes it impossible to flash anything lower than mf3 ...problem is we don't have an mf3 image to use for Odin, and than Samsung gave best buy a special program that allows them to reflash mf3 firmware
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mg2195 said:
Well the only way that would work is if they flashed MDL with a different bootloader...just like Att most of these best buy people have NO idea what they are really doing,
Samsung provides them a program and they just press some buttons...in the beginning it seemed like every best buy had to call Samsung and have Samsung walk them through the process
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The official mf3 update came with a new bootloader which blew a qfuse that makes it impossible to flash anything lower than mf3 ...problem is we don't have an mf3 image to use for Odin, and than Samsung gave best buy a special program that allows them to reflash mf3 firmware
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All I can tell you is that the Samsung rep told me it flashed MDL and then updated to MF3. I have no way to verify that so it's entirely possible he was blowing smoke.
Soccer1725 said:
All I can tell you is that the Samsung rep told me it flashed MDL and then updated to MF3. I have no way to verify that so it's entirely possible he was blowing smoke.
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Could you just go back and ask him to reflash back to MDL for you? Just tell him you'll update on your own or just take the sim out when he flashes so it won't update itself.
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hmm all this sounds interesting, I may make the trek out to a best buy for some social engineering!
Please report back...... really want to get back to cm
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Yes please report bk
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Yes please report bk
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Let me see what i can do. I work for BestBuy (not Samsung) .
well, I am under a license suspension so it may be a bit b4 i can get out to a bestbuy,
But i have been calling samsung, and att customer support numbers, even live chatting. On every occasion, I have been told it's not possible to perform a downgrade. No reasons givin just it's not possible. Was even offered to send the phone to samsung for a free flash of firmware. Which when i asked which version it would be, I was told the latest.
Don't worry I will keep at it lol it's kinda fun messing with support
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l Frosty l said:
Let me see what i can do. I work for BestBuy (not Samsung) .
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Just dont do anything that may cause you to loose your job, would hate to see that happen. Looking for information on flashing tools, or procedures used by tech support, not ppl at best buy but when you send it to samsung, or the provider. Any kinda of info would be nice, like names of software/tools etc.
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well, I am under a license suspension so it may be a bit b4 i can get out to a bestbuy,
But i have been calling samsung, and att customer support numbers, even live chatting. On every occasion, I have been told it's not possible to perform a downgrade. No reasons givin just it's not possible. Was even offered to send the phone to samsung for a free flash of firmware. Which when i asked which version it would be, I was told the latest.
Don't worry I will keep at it lol it's kinda fun messing with support
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My only thought is (from what i read in other forums and possibly here as well) that its not possible (qfuse and such). But i will see whats the dealio with their stuff.
Im not gonna attempt to lose it. I'm Curious. I have an S4 so this directly would effect me as well. I know everyday i see people getting phones updated via ODIN/Download mode. They always say its quicker.
And honestly MF3 isn't so bad now that theres an alternative with Safestrap from Hashcode. But i can understand the potential of having a full bootloader unlock.
No can do. The software will not go below the latest. There Is no option for it either. It only shows MF3 available.
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man...thats a bummer :crying: my phone had some weird hardware issue where the screen contrast was borked so I had to go through the warranty replacement department and now im stuck with mf3 firmware and no way around it :crying:
Are basically all new S4s coming with MF3 installed already?
Knight613 said:
Are basically all new S4s coming with MF3 installed already?
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It's kinda of a toss up just depends on the inventory on hand at that location
ronnie498 said:
It's kinda of a toss up just depends on the inventory on hand at that location
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I'll keep that in mind. I would really like to get an S4, but I'm way too scared it'll come with MF3. Just feels like the odds of MF3 models ever seeing Kit Kat are very slim at this rate. Hopefully the 4.3 update that's scheduled to come out soon leads to new exploits though.
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I'll keep that in mind. I would really like to get an S4, but I'm way too scared it'll come with MF3. Just feels like the odds of MF3 models ever seeing Kit Kat are very slim at this rate. Hopefully the 4.3 update that's scheduled to come out soon leads to new exploits though.
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Do like I did & go to your good old local Walmart & ask them if they have one on MDL. When I got mine a week ago, the guy checked for me & all of the ones that he had were on MDL. They're cheaper at Walmart also. I paid like $135 ($65 cheaper than the AT&T store) & they threw in a $40 Walmart gift card.
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RobbieL811 said:
Do like I did & go to your good old local Walmart & ask them if they have one on MDL. When I got mine a week ago, the guy checked for me & all of the ones that he had were on MDL. They're cheaper at Walmart also. I paid like $135 ($65 cheaper than the AT&T store) & they threw in a $40 Walmart gift card.
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I would but there's literally no Walmart near me. Stupid city being against big corporations. We just got a Target this year. Is there a way to tell on the box what firmware it'll come with?