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[Q] Help with Galaxy S3 Black screen

Very similar http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1838832
My S3 had a failed install and now the screen won't turn on. If i can get it to connect to Odin then i can fix it, but i can't. One of the people on the other similar thread said to PIT it? It makes a noise when i plug it into the computer, it just doesn't pick up in Odin. Really need some help here it's the verizon SCH 1535. Taking any suggestions

How was your install failed? What were you trying to do?

Zalithian said:
How was your install failed? What were you trying to do?
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I was trying to install a new rom. I was on stock and it started installing but then it said something was wrong with the zip. So i hit reboot phone and it went straight to where its at now

kylewiddz said:
I was trying to install a new rom. I was on stock and it started installing but then it said something was wrong with the zip. So i hit reboot phone and it went straight to where its at now
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I meant which rom . It's kind of important.

Zalithian said:
I meant which rom . It's kind of important.
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Oh crap... It's Criskelo I downloaded it on my phone and I can't remember exactly if i got the one for the sch 1535
(also I have to wait 5 minutes between each post because im new...)

kylewiddz said:
Oh crap... It's Criskelo I downloaded it on my phone and I can't remember exactly if i got the one for the sch 1535
(also I have to wait 5 minutes between each post because im new...)
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You can only flash ROMS made for YOUR SPECIFIC MODEL. Just because it's a Galaxy S3 ROM doesn't mean it's okay on your phone. You need one for your specific version. I don't know what Criskelo is, but I have never head of it.
A quick search pulled up this:
Criskelo ROM for Rooted Galaxy S3 i9300!
If you want to know which ROM I am running on my Galaxy S3 GT-i9300 right now, it’s this Criskelo ROM. (PLEASE DO NOT FLASH THIS ROM ON U.S. or Canadian Galaxy S3s! PLEASE!)
If you did indeed flash an international ROM on your phone, it's probably a paper weight at this point. Go to mobiletechvideos and spend $60 to get it jtagged. Do some research before flashing next time.

Zalithian said:
You can only flash ROMS made for YOUR SPECIFIC MODEL. Just because it's a Galaxy S3 ROM doesn't mean it's okay on your phone. You need one for your specific version. I don't know what Criskelo is, but I have never head of it.
A quick search pulled up this:
Criskelo ROM for Rooted Galaxy S3 i9300!
If you want to know which ROM I am running on my Galaxy S3 GT-i9300 right now, it’s this Criskelo ROM. (PLEASE DO NOT FLASH THIS ROM ON U.S. or Canadian Galaxy S3s! PLEASE!)
If you did indeed flash an international ROM on your phone, it's probably a paper weight at this point. Go to mobiletechvideos and spend $60 to get it jtagged. Do some research before flashing next time.
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SHIIIZZZ i see that now... I just want some clarification on that other thread i posted about it said that a PIT would work? Is there anyway to get that for a stock sch1535? I think thats my last hope as it sounds... also thank you for helping i totally didn't realize what i was doing til now... hindsight

kylewiddz said:
SHIIIZZZ i see that now... I just want some clarification on that other thread i posted about it said that a PIT would work? Is there anyway to get that for a stock sch1535? I think thats my last hope as it sounds... also thank you for helping i totally didn't realize what i was doing til now... hindsight
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I'm pretty sure most international roms make a dometic S3 completely unbootable. I don't think you can even boot into ODIN to flash anything. Looks like you've tried. I don't think a PIT file will help, especially if you can't make it into ODIN to flash.

Zalithian said:
I'm pretty sure most international roms make a dometic S3 completely unbootable. I don't think you can even boot into ODIN to flash anything. Looks like you've tried. I don't think a PIT file will help, especially if you can't make it into ODIN to flash.
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Im gonna throw up... I'll fiddle with it. that pit thing sounded like it would pull it up though i just can't find a download for it. I think my lucks run out on rooting... thanks for the help though

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30618458&postcount=57
32GB pit if you have 32GB S3. But not sure how you'll flash it without ODIN.

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Zalithian said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30618458&postcount=57
32GB pit if you have 32GB S3. But not sure how you'll flash it without ODIN.
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16gb... I still messed with Odin but no go. I bought a JIG though A red light does come on when i plug it in with no battery, hopefully this will work.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8949252/sch-i535-16gb.pit
16GB PIT

Zalithian said:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8949252/sch-i535-16gb.pit
16GB PIT
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Wow thanks man you're on the ball. alas, I fiddled with this one as well for a bit still a dud

kylewiddz said:
Wow thanks man you're on the ball. alas, I fiddled with this one as well for a bit still a dud
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I figured as much. I'm pretty sure you'll need to get it JTAGGED. Mobile Tech Videos is a reliable vendor for this, and the only one I know if. Wouldn't trust anyone on ebay.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/

Zalithian said:
I figured as much. I'm pretty sure you'll need to get it JTAGGED. Mobile Tech Videos is a reliable vendor for this, and the only one I know if. Wouldn't trust anyone on ebay.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
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So I bought a JIG whatever that is... do you think that I should wait for it to get here It seemed like in a video i watched it pulled up download mode immediately I'd hate to drop 60 bucks just to find out my 5 dollar fix would have worked.

Kylewiddz, that 32Gb PIT file previously mentioned was mine. Hate to break it to you, but it sounds like you'll need a JTAG to bring you back. If you wanna try the jig, sure, give it a shot. Even if it doesn't work, with this particular bork, they do work and they're nice to have around. Either way, Josh at the aforementioned MobileTechVideos.com is the bomb. $60 is better than buying a new phone (or committing fraud by taking it back for warranty). Good luck, buddy (make sure you learn something from this ).
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app

letinsh said:
Kylewiddz, that 32Gb PIT file previously mentioned was mine. Hate to break it to you, but it sounds like you'll need a JTAG to bring you back. If you wanna try the jig, sure, give it a shot. Even if it doesn't work, with this particular bork, they do work and they're nice to have around. Either way, Josh at the aforementioned MobileTechVideos.com is the bomb. $60 is better than buying a new phone (or committing fraud by taking it back for warranty). Good luck, buddy (make sure you learn something from this ).
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
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The website looked really good, but the 60 dollar price tag is just enough to make me wait for the jig to get here. But if (most likely when) that doesn't work, they'll be gettin my business for sure. Moral of the story: I'm an idiot Thanks to everyone who helped

kylewiddz said:
Moral of the story: I'm an idiot
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At least you realize that hope you can get it fixed. Make sure you read, read, read before you flash.
And read it again after you read it the first 3 times.

mustbepbs said:
At least you realize that hope you can get it fixed. Make sure you read, read, read before you flash.
And read it again after you read it the first 3 times.
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Yeah, it's a hard lesson to learn when you've had the phone for less than a week:crying: The jig said 15 days to ship so I said screw it and just got my order done on the previously mentioned website. It was phone or Resi 6... anyways feeling much better about the whole situation knowing that I'll be up and running sometime in a week. (I came from the droid x which to my knowledge there is only one droid x type of rom, the whole multiple types of S3 that there are just went right over my head till I did some heavy reading post mortem:crying Also I feel like I can't over state the whole :crying: thing haha oh well

First one that find I9505G firmware

Please post here, going to flash it with odin to test if it works. I will properly be the only one with balls.

You'll probably be the first one with a hard bricked phone on its way to Samsung for a motherboard exchange.

Lol ^

I wouldnt do that. Google devices usually have very different bootloaders. Maybe the device has a different partition layout etc.
You'll have a bricked device for sure. Let the devs look into it first

I also going to do it, idc maybe we have to flash I9505G .pit file =]:laugh:

Without all that Samsung boat the system partition will be smaller for sure
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Aerys said:
I also going to do it, idc maybe we have to flash I9505G .pit file =]:laugh:
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R.I.P. Aerys' i9505. :silly:

Theshawty said:
R.I.P. Aerys' i9505. :silly:
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psshh maybe i wait for OP to flash first :laugh:

meeh depending on how much different the devices are it can work,
i've flashed sprint version on SGS II international and it worked so if the hardware of I9505G isn't to big it should work

If hardware is the same I see no risks. Maybe iam the only one with balls and no brains?

I will only flash it if I can receive OTA updates for it... Otherwise I'll stick with stock TW
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boterkaaseneieren said:
If hardware is the same I see no risks. Maybe iam the only one with balls and no brains?
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atm it seems like the hardware should be the same, not sure though also it seems to have a little bit of different bluetooth sig but idk.
but i think it should be a go

LastStandingDroid said:
atm it seems like the hardware should be the same, not sure though also it seems to have a little bit of different bluetooth sig but idk.
but i think it should be a go
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You make me happy, I hope we can see soon a release of the firmware ore a system dump.

Modem will probably not be compatible. The Google Edition is being sold by US carriers, they use different frequencies for 4G.
The ROM will probably boot but you might not get 4G or worse: no signal at all.

MaKTaiL said:
Modem will probably not be compatible. The Google Edition is being sold by US carriers, they use different frequencies for 4G.
The ROM will probably boot but you might not get 4G or worse: no signal at all.
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You're forgetting that radio libraries are not an issue since we can just manually push them from the ordinary 9505 fw
This post is in compliance with the national potato safety regulation.
[Galaxy S 4 LTE]

Seeing all the posts and I can say it looks promising. Most of you think it will work. Now I only need that d..nm rom.

boterkaaseneieren said:
If hardware is the same I see no risks. Maybe iam the only one with balls and no brains?
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You'll have to excuse me. When it comes to an almost brand new 660 euro phone, I don't wanna take such stupid risks.

Theshawty said:
You'll have to excuse me. When it comes to an almost brand new 660 euro phone, I don't wanna take such stupid risks.
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Well that's why we have willing stupid people to take the risks no? :laugh:

kingzain900 said:
Well that's why we have willing stupid people to take the risks no? :laugh:
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Fair enough.

kingzain900 said:
Well that's why we have willing stupid people to take the risks no? :laugh:
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Or loaded people.

Verizon note 5 ever getting root?

Can I expect the note 5 to ever get root, maybe some one will find a way to do it or perhaps Verizon will lift Knox with Android n update

It happened yesterday, where have you been?!?

NeoandGeo said:
It happened yesterday, where have you been?!?
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Wot the heck are you talking about, fill me in!!!

NeoandGeo said:
It happened yesterday, where have you been?!?
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So is anyway to get root on Marshmallow N929VVRS3BPI1 on the note 5?

NeoandGeo said:
It happened yesterday, where have you been?!?
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Mean.

I'd love to know the answer to this as well. I've had Verizon Android phone after phone after phone and this is the first one I've not been able to root. Granted, this phone is really great and I can get away with not rooting but damn, it's like a cake without any icing. Some might say, "then that ain't no cake". I might agree.

Rooted i dont know what the problem is
Sm-n920v proof

dave28658 said:
Rooted i dont know what the problem is
Sm-n920v proof
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Yea thos that said could not be done works fine here

Freakyd[email protected] said:
So is anyway to get root on Marshmallow N929VVRS3BPI1 on the note 5?
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Yes done

dave28658 said:
Yes done
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Great! Give us the rundown. Please.

Just a thought, but what's the point of root when there are ZERO roms?

gregcapps said:
Just a thought, but what's the point of root when there are ZERO roms?
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There's zero ROMs right now because we didn't have root. This might be a bump.

tylerlawhon said:
There's zero ROMs right now because we didn't have root. This might be a bump.
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Well I've gone without root this long, I'm not messing with it now. If someone complies a bad kernel or ROM, this phone could be bricked too easily. And you can't exactly do a battery pull to get it out of a bootloop. I'm fine without root

Were u able to to root the note 5

I have root access eng m5 unlocked boot but im working on the finishing touchs and its loaded adb super user i get emu_ security
Im working on that but i work 14 hours a day to so please bare with me

gregcapps said:
Well I've gone without root this long, I'm not messing with it now. If someone complies a bad kernel or ROM, this phone could be bricked too easily. And you can't exactly do a battery pull to get it out of a bootloop. I'm fine without root
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There are tons of apps in the play store (and elsewhere) that allow you to modify or access various parts of the OS that are normally walled off. As you say, at this point I could care less about ROMs but I'd love to be able to be able to tweak things. Xposed Framework is good enough for me.

gregcapps said:
Just a thought, but what's the point of root when there are ZERO roms?
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ROM I don't need. Root, hell yeah! Ad block, tether, full Tasker functionality, uninstall bloat (not just freeze), titanium backup, are just a few that comes to mind.

monkeyhandler said:
ROM I don't need. Root, hell yeah! Ad block, tether, full Tasker functionality, uninstall bloat (not just freeze), titanium backup, are just a few that comes to mind.
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+1

simpsonr said:
There are tons of apps in the play store (and elsewhere) that allow you to modify or access various parts of the OS that are normally walled off. As you say, at this point I could care less about ROMs but I'd love to be able to be able to tweak things. Xposed Framework is good enough for me.
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Xposed is also what I miss.. I am with you guys and could care less about root at this point, with the exception that I cannot run Xposed..
Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Well.. i ended up installing DNS66 to adblock and it's working decently.. only thing i really hate on the phone now is all the bloat and the safe volume thing. but can live with it..

Are we ever getting root(update) we have root new thread coming soon

Wondering about root doesn't seem we are getting much development on our u11 life

twinnfamous said:
Wondering about root doesn't seem we are getting much development on our u11 life
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Wondering the same thing or maybe it take time to get us root...it was easy to unlock bootloader for me no problem...but twrp is a no good on T-Mobile U Life[emoji22] as of right now for me anyway
Sent from my HTC U11 life using XDA-Developers Legacy app

The lack of releases at this time is probably related to this phone being less than ten days old.

iamxaq said:
The lack of releases at this time is probably related to this phone being less than ten days old.
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Exactly haha. Not sure why people are jumping the gun on development for this phone already. My Moto g5 plus took longer than this from its initial release to get development going. And now that phone is very active in the community.
Anyway, point is, just give it some time like this guy said. The phone isn't exactly a flagship anyway. And the Android one version hasn't even been released here yet.

dpryor88 said:
Exactly haha. Not sure why people are jumping the gun on development for this phone already. My Moto g5 plus took longer than this from its initial release to get development going. And now that phone is very active in the community.
Anyway, point is, just give it some time like this guy said. The phone isn't exactly a flagship anyway. And the Android one version hasn't even been released here yet.
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thanks for the comments. how long have you been in the developer scene with HTC. Also nobody is jumping the gun. We aren't allowed to go to devs and ask for eta's so I just made this thread so they may see and hopefully give some love to this phone. All I need is root and a recovery I can do the rest.

Look on the bright side, pixel 2 been out for a month. And even we are slow on development. You'll get root and probably a few roms, it will take time though.
Also the fact that bootloader is unlockable when phone cost less than $400 is kinda big deal

twinnfamous said:
thanks for the comments. how long have you been in the developer scene with HTC. Also nobody is jumping the gun. We aren't allowed to go to devs and ask for eta's so I just made this thread so they may see and hopefully give some love to this phone. All I need is root and a recovery I can do the rest.
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I could ask you the same question. If you've been in it so long yourself, why don't you figure this problem out yourself? Hah.

dpryor88 said:
I could ask you the same question. If you've been in it so long yourself, why don't you figure this problem out yourself? Hah.
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Very well put. I only usually get the flagship HTC phones but this time I chose this since it was T-Mobile specific. And I waited to long to get u11 so using this till next HTC flagship comes. I look forward to seeing you around.

HTC phones from my experience don't take too long to get root. They average about a month or so. Keep in mind my last HTC was the EVO LTE.

You don't need a custom recovery for root.
You can use Magisk to patch a stock boot.img for your device (for example, one found here) and flash the patched image via fastboot. Then you're rooted, and you didn't even need TWRP.
I won't be purchasing this device, so unfortunately I can't build a TWRP for it (that and I'm retiring in 8 posts). If someone else wants to pursue building it, I'm willing to offer minimal assistance.

Captain_Throwback said:
You don't need a custom recovery for root.
You can use Magisk to patch a stock boot.img for your device (for example, one found here and flash the patched image via fastboot. Then you're rooted, and you didn't even need TWRP.
I won't be purchasing this device, so unfortunately I can't build a TWRP for it (that and I'm retiring in 8 posts). If someone else wants to pursue building it, I'm willing to offer minimal assistance.
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Thanks so much for the info. I'm on to something now. About building it what can I use as a pre-built kernel or will I have to wait for source to drop? Sorry for using your last posts to help us

twinnfamous said:
Thanks so much for the info. I'm on to something now. About building it what can I use as a pre-built kernel or will I have to wait for source to drop? Sorry for using your last posts to help us
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There's a thread on xda about building TWRP. I've never built TWRP before, but I know about using build environments and whatnot. Google "how to build TWRP" I believe haha, as simple as it sounds it should come up in the top few results.
Anyway, I think you and I should help each other out here like you said. I'm using an older imac since I sold my old PC. It only has 4gb ram, but I'm going to install Ubuntu tomorrow on the Mac as a partition, and then hopefully I can get a build environment going quickly and start work.
What are you doing so far? Are you able to build too? Or maybe we can both research and bounce ideas off each other while I try it out. Whatever you prefer. Just PM me I guess.

dpryor88 said:
There's a thread on xda about building TWRP. I've never built TWRP before, but I know about using build environments and whatnot. Google "how to build TWRP" I believe haha, as simple as it sounds it should come up in the top few results.
Anyway, I think you and I should help each other out here like you said. I'm using an older imac since I sold my old PC. It only has 4gb ram, but I'm going to install Ubuntu tomorrow on the Mac as a partition, and then hopefully I can get a build environment going quickly and start work.
What are you doing so far? Are you able to build too? Or maybe we can both research and bounce ideas off each other while I try it out. Whatever you prefer. Just PM me I guess.
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I can build I have a great machine and all ready downloaded the source. The only difference in building twrp for a new device is we have to make our own files from scratch. And it would be nice if we had an ruu to restore back from if things don't go well during testing. We can figure it out. Help is always good more people trying different things usually gets results faster.

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I can build I have a great machine and all ready downloaded the source. The only difference in building twrp for a new device is we have to make our own files from scratch. And it would be nice if we had an ruu to restore back from if things don't go well during testing. We can figure it out. Help is always good more people trying different things usually gets results faster.
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I read somewhere about an emulator sorta program for testing your TWRP build without messing up your device.

twinnfamous said:
I can build I have a great machine and all ready downloaded the source. The only difference in building twrp for a new device is we have to make our own files from scratch. And it would be nice if we had an ruu to restore back from if things don't go well during testing. We can figure it out. Help is always good more people trying different things usually gets results faster.
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Did you try that magisk rooting (without TWRP) method? I haven't tried it yet.
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You don't need a custom recovery for root.
You can use Magisk to patch a stock boot.img for your device (for example, one found here) and flash the patched image via fastboot. Then you're rooted, and you didn't even need TWRP.
I won't be purchasing this device, so unfortunately I can't build a TWRP for it (that and I'm retiring in 8 posts). If someone else wants to pursue building it, I'm willing to offer minimal assistance.
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Happen to know where there may be stock boot.img files for the Life that are free? I don't want to pay for a membership on that site you linked..

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Did you try that magisk rooting (without TWRP) method? I haven't tried it yet.
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Happen to know where there may be stock boot.img files for the Life that are free? I don't want to pay for a membership on that site you linked..
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that's gonna be the hard part. Finding a boot.Img for T-Mobile version. There's no links to software anywhere that I've seen. We may be stuck waiting for an update just to get the files we need

twinnfamous said:
that's gonna be the hard part. Finding a boot.Img for T-Mobile version. There's no links to software anywhere that I've seen. We may be stuck waiting for an update just to get the files we need
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Yeah I think we're at a road block right now

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Yeah I think we're at a road block right now
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I'm not giving up I'm still gonna try whatever I can on my end.
Hopefully something good or I'll end up with a bricked device till ruu comes

I would love to eventually see a ROM that gives the T-Mobile variant a similar appeal as the Android One version. I bought the U11 Life as a backup to my Pixel 2 (and to benefit from T-Mobile's Carrier Freedom promo, as well) and I was very surprised as to how much I actually enjoyed using the phone!
Brought me back to the days when I had the One M7.

Just so everyone is aware...... Once you unlock your bootloader you can then go super CID, once you are super CID you can flash ANY GSM boot.img , so there is no roadblock on that end. The roadblock is no custom recovery, if we had a custom recovery then we are open to a world of wonders and amazement. So get to work......

TW ROMs in snapdragon section

Just summering if anyone had tried any of those as some say they're for our model and some say they'll work with the correct kernel.
I've been on AOSP/LOS MM,N, and O. I just wanted to try something different.
Thanks and sorry if it's been asked before

griz.droidx said:
Just summering if anyone had tried any of those as some say they're for our model and some say they'll work with the correct kernel.
I've been on AOSP/LOS MM,N, and O. I just wanted to try something different.
Thanks and sorry if it's been asked before
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I haven't tried any but am curious myself.
Sent from my SM-G900V using XDA Labs

Maybe someone will chime in. If I take the plunge I'll let you know here. I see all sorts of threads like what is the best but none about those specifically

griz.droidx said:
Just summering if anyone had tried any of those as some say they're for our model and some say they'll work with the correct kernel.
I've been on AOSP/LOS MM,N, and O. I just wanted to try something different.
Thanks and sorry if it's been asked before
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I use this one if you're interested.

bbsc said:
I use this one if you're interested.
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This looks interesting, what kernel did you install after installing the ROM itself. I"ve seen Boeffla, SmartPack, and Phoenix for TW Roms for verizon. There could be others I suppose in other threads though.
Also, did you do anything with CSC, That's an acronym that I'll have to look up and I've never had to worry about that option. Debloated as it is, is really nice, I'd say it's one of , if not, the fastest TW rom out. But I'm looking for something to debloat myself if possible as I wanted the theme engine from another newer phone like for example the s7/8/9 or note series or whatever phone, but substratum would be the shiznit.
Thanks for the reply, and I'm still collecting info from everyone else the more opinions the merrier IMHO that way not only myself but maybe others can make a decision.
I ran Phoenix 15 a while bak and it was a pain to install and use. But the theme engine worked flawlessly. I have all the files from one of the newer phones I found somewhere that after you copy them to the right places and restart your phone you can use s7 or s8 themes I beleieve.

Ahh that's cool the csc code can meke you TW ROM think your phone is something else... VERY COOL>

griz.droidx said:
what kernel did you install after installing the ROM itself. I"ve seen Boeffla, SmartPack, and Phoenix for TW Roms for verizon.
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I like phones that look like "official", "untouched" and don't use rooted phones in everyday life.
That's why I use stock SM-G900V kernel for both CID15 and 11.
But if you have a CID15 phone, you can unlock the bootloader and use any kernel, of course.
Also, did you do anything with CSC, That's an acronym that I'll have to look up and I've never had to worry about that option.
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Yes, the most obvious options are the APNs for local operators (I'm on the opposite side of the Globe from Verizon ) and some useful features as the phone call voice recorder.
But mostly I use this ROM because it's international and contains many languages - I use 2 languages besides English in my everyday life .
On the other hand, SM-G900V is a very good and inexpensive device and works just excellent with this ROM.

bbsc said:
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Ouch that looks like a lot of work, or did miss something?
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griz.droidx said:
Just summering if anyone had tried any of those as some say they're for our model and some say they'll work with the correct kernel.
I've been on AOSP/LOS MM,N, and O. I just wanted to try something different.
Thanks and sorry if it's been asked before
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Thanks for making this thread. I have been wanting to know if there was a good rooted ,debloated, and themeable tw ROM available for our phones. I am chomping @THE bit to see if you come up with anything good.
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swiftbones74 said:
Ouch that looks like a lot of work, or did miss something?
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Nothing special.
The main idea is to use the system image from a good international ROM and the rest of firmware parts from the most recent G900V stock ROM.
Devbase idea is great and beautiful itself but I think is not that much needed for G900V.
Personally I use this ROM in stock unrooted variant.
The ROM (system image) is flashed to G900V from SafeStrap recovery.

bbsc said:
Nothing special.
The main idea is to use the system image from a good international ROM and the rest of firmware parts from the most recent G900V stock ROM.
Devbase idea is great and beautiful itself but I think is not that much needed for G900V.
Personally I use this ROM in stock unrooted variant.
The ROM (system image) is flashed to G900V from SafeStrap recovery.
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Personally you use which rom?
My issues or quirks so far, going back to older twrp, just the right one so that my SD can be read, and I think none of the earlier versions that allow aroma to function correctly, can deal with my ExtSD that is set as internal in storage in N and O. So, I bit the bullet and tried a couple taking care to flash the correct kernel in each case. However, my efforts were fruitless, and I ended up completely wiped. And while I keep a lot backed up regularly, It had been a while but I didn't lose much important stuff but more like stuff I just don't like having to chase down, like the latest magisk, nanodroids zips, xposed, custom kernel, and so on..
Either way, after trying two different roms, Nemesis and Noise, which I was really looking forward to running, neither worked well. I can't remember making calls or sending texts, but I do remember a lot of apps crashing constantly but perhaps there's more to do that select a kernel, the one thing they ask you to select doesn't have an option for vzw. The code thing, that's probably what screwed me on both attempts.

For those who are wondering, there's the phoenix ROM in the vzw dev thread. It does have the theme engine from Samsung. I just wanted to try something like Noise or another Rom.
Also I remember downloading the files needed from somewhere to add to a stock rom to add the theme engine. There's quite a bit, but I'm almost certain this would work, for the theme engine, but I'd like to try some of the newer samsung apps.
I kinda really hate going back to to stock based rom because I have a feeling it's not going to be up to date with security patches. That's one thing I like about running Oreo, and even Nougat, there have been several dev's / builders releasing roms with the latest security patches baked in.. RR for example on AndroidFileHost, I think I saw viper, and others as well.
I'm still undecided at this point, and I'm just getting my apps back and with everything else after my accidential SD wipe when I tried to install one of the roms. That really sucked because my last full phone backup was a year ago.
Keep me posted if you guys get any of those ROM's from there working.

Well I've tried a couple and none of them have cell service of any type working for me. I've tried Noise and Unique to no avail. Unique booted fine but no service, Noise wouldn't get past the initial boot screen. This is just my experience so YMMV.
Oh, I've had excellent luck with the Phoenix ROM for CID 15 phones. Everything works as it should. But I still prefer AOSP or LOS based ROMS. If I can only get data working as it should when I'm not on Verizon towers.