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Flashing insecure I9100 ICS kernels to I727

I was reading over the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619525 with a list of secure and insecure kernels for ICS. What I am a little confused on is that since I am on the skyrocket SGII I727 these kernels from I9100 don't cause problems? And also, if your running Cyanogenmod 9 I am guessing that it uses its own custom kernel since it doesn't match any of the listed kernel names at all that are listed in that thread, as it would with a stock ICS image from ATT in the Settings--> About. I know that with Cyanogenmod i am already rooted but i was doing a little research for a friend with a stock ICS skyrocket (white) and i wanted to read up on all the ways to root since when i flashed the cwm recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.1.3-hercules and booted into it to flash the su binary it just kept looping back to the first menu entry, not allowing me to select the install update.zip from sdcard.
Thanks for any clarification.

Don't flash an i9100 kernel or i777 kernel. Like ever.
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Hahahaha please flash them see what happens
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Illnevertell said:
Hahahaha please flash them see what happens
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haha, ok then, that resolves that. I thought it didn't make sense, i think i figured that i was still on the I727 section, but reading all those tutorials and stickies on the general page refer to other things un-skyrocket related im guessing, like I9100 insecure kernels for example.

No we had secure and insecure at one point since ics sources are out those died off
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Does is matter what galaxy s3 your using when installing CyanogenMod? For example, my friend has the CyanogenMod 10 rom but he has a galaxy s3 i9300 while i have sch-i535. Can i use his CyanogenMod rom?
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Appdroid98 said:
Does is matter what galaxy s3 your using when installing CyanogenMod? For example, my friend has the CyanogenMod 10 rom but he has a galaxy s3 i9300 while i have sch-i535. Can i use his CyanogenMod rom?
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No you can't. However you can go onto cm's website and download the one for this phone. Or follow the links in original android development section.
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That's probably not a good idea, as the kernels are different between different carrier versions. Generally.

Flashing a rom for the international version is the fastest way to get a true brick. Jtag is the only way to fix. Flash roms for your version only.
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just to add to whats alraedy been said you might see your verizon s3 come up as d2vzw on some rom downloads.

Rerooting because of camera issue, can someone confirm these steps please?

This has been fixed using the following methods in my original post, however I still cannot update the modem/firmware in any way, it seems. I fully give up on it, as nobody seems to have a conclusive 100% fix for AOSP ROMs. There are so many fixes on the internet, different ones work for different phones, at my wits end with it and not bothering with the increased signal. Not worth a broken camera.
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Hi, I'm unrooting and rerooting due to the camera issue many people are having "failed to connect to the camera" when opening any camera app. I still never found a way to fix it on my phone and am rerooting in order to attempt to fix it now that CM10.1 is out. Can someone please check over this steps to make sure this is the correct way of doing this so I don't brick my phone or end up stuck with this camera issue again? Again, I have tried absolutely everything under the sun other than rerooting, methods on other forums, this forum, etc. Nothing works. Anyway, these are the two methods I will be following:
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Following the steps from this site:
http://theunlockr.com/2013/04/10/how-to-unroot-the-samsung-galaxy-s-iii/
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Following the steps from this page, including the optional:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332825
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Download CM10.1 (CM official update on main site) and gapps 20130301 (http://goo.im/gapps, uppermost version).
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Flash
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Pray I have a working camera.

Are you running either MD3 or MF1 firmware?
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thesoldier said:
Are you running either MD3 or MF1 firmware?
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Flashed MD3 which caused the inital re-break (Forgot to post that I actually had this problem before, and fixed initially by going through the camera files and bringing the .bin files back from a TW ROM, onto my CM backup. Anyway, after breaking, I'm back on MB1 and still broken, the TW .bin file "trick" doesn't work anymore for me now.

What kernel are you running?
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Did you even try the current firmware? MF1?
Get it here: http://invisiblek.org/sch-i535/firmware/d2vzw_VRBMF1_firmware.zip
Flash in recovery and you should be good to go. If that doesn't fix it you may have to ODIN back to stock.

sbenson1226 said:
Did you even try the current firmware? MF1?
Get it here: http://invisiblek.org/sch-i535/firmware/d2vzw_VRBMF1_firmware.zip
Flash in recovery and you should be good to go. If that doesn't fix it you may have to ODIN back to stock.
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Isn't that what's causing the issue, MF1?
Or was MD3 the cause? I had MB1, it was fine, flashed MF1 and the latest CM10.1, and one of those caused the camera issue for me :/
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MF1 is the one you want. Download from the link I posted
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XdrummerXboy said:
Isn't that what's causing the issue, MF1?
Or was MD3 the cause? I had MB1, it was fine, flashed MF1 and the latest CM10.1, and one of those caused the camera issue for me :/
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MF1 and MD3 are essentially the same and both would break the camera unless your kernel is updated to fix the problem.
Isn't the new Tz file the problem? I have MF1 firmware which broke my camera, so I flashed the MB1 Tz and now I'm all good.
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sbenson1226 said:
MF1 is the one you want. Download from the link I posted
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Tried all of this already. All of his firmware downloads break it for me.
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Yeah but what kernel are you running like I said before? You are in aosp they have a cm fix for camera, you can try lean kennel
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Fixed it by flashing the MB1 AIO from the original updated post. Thank goodness! Haha
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[Q] camera not working on synergy rom r484 verizon galaxy s3

Well ive flashed over and over again. i have a completely unlocked bootloader and recovery. synergy rom just doesnt to want to work completely on my phone. i thought maybe my download was bad so i downloaded again from my phone and that didnt work. either. once i select all my options from the installer from synergy it fails on ziggy kernel. is says values not updated and but still gives me kernel install ok. tried it with the stock kernel too and that installs just fine but camera still fails. thats pretty much the only problem im having and i cant seam to find an answer anywhere so thats why i posted. i know most people arent worried about the camera but i got a baby girl and i take a lot of pics lol please any help

I'm having similar problems. If you find a fix please let me know. Will do the same.
vitokes said:
Well ive flashed over and over again. i have a completely unlocked bootloader and recovery. synergy rom just doesnt to want to work completely on my phone. i thought maybe my download was bad so i downloaded again from my phone and that didnt work. either. once i select all my options from the installer from synergy it fails on ziggy kernel. is says values not updated and but still gives me kernel install ok. tried it with the stock kernel too and that installs just fine but camera still fails. thats pretty much the only problem im having and i cant seam to find an answer anywhere so thats why i posted. i know most people arent worried about the camera but i got a baby girl and i take a lot of pics lol please any help
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Baseband version?
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Addiso said:
Baseband version?
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of what my stock rom or the synergy rom?
cause my stock rom is baseband I535VRBMF1

Need to flash a different kernel. I use KT747
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sjpritch25 said:
Need to flash a different kernel. I use KT747
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ive tried searching for this kernel. do you by any chance have a link?
or any other kernels available

vitokes said:
ive tried searching for this kernel. do you by any chance have a link?
or any other kernels available
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nevermind i found it i will post results

deputyvanhalen said:
I'm having similar problems. If you find a fix please let me know. Will do the same.
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hey kt747 kernel worked. it fixed the camera and now its running perfectly good. try that way

can you link me to the kernel you downloaded? I've found one but it says it's for AT&T and I'm on big red (verizon)
vitokes said:
hey kt747 kernel worked. it fixed the camera and now its running perfectly good. try that way
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deputyvanhalen said:
can you link me to the kernel you downloaded? I've found one but it says it's for AT&T and I'm on big red (verizon)
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41733434
that should be it if not just copy paste it. its a little down the line and it has all 4 carriers.
big red is in green and make sure you get the touchwiz JB 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 download
install:
1) flash your rom and get it started
2) Back to recovery and flash KT747
3) After it install stay in recovery and wipe dalvik and cache
4) Fix Permissions
all of this at the same time you flash kt747
hope it works

Flash any kernel that has been updated to md3 source and up, just so you aren't just left with Ktoonsez as your only option, Lean kernel also works.
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Thanks, i'm running cm 7/16 nightly. Flashed the ktoonsez aosp kernel and still camera can't connect. Idk why this won't work on my phone.
Addiso said:
Flash any kernel that has been updated to md3 source and up, just so you aren't just left with Ktoonsez as your only option, Lean kernel also works.
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Is it possible to downgrade?

My girlfriend went full retard and installed the OTA 4.3 update for her S3. She uses Straight Talk, which works on the OTA 4.3 download. The only thing that doesn't work is 4G. She is stuck on edge. I think the best solution to getting 4G is to put a ROM on it BUT in order to do that I need to revert back to 4.2.1 or so. Any thoughts? I havent found anything on here that explains how to do so, but if I missed one please send me in the right direction.

AFAIK you are stuck on 4.3 but can use safestrap.
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I looked on the development threads and didn't see any ROM's for safestrap

xImposter said:
I looked on the development threads and didn't see any ROM's for safestrap
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639337. Try this
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If you're on straight talk you can't use 4g. Even with safestrap you won't be able to use anything other than 4.3 TW roms
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