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Root [Virgin Mobile] [TUTORIAL] CM10.1 on VM GS3

I can't seem to get root to work !!! 


If I recall properly you have to go into developer options and toggle it on. If developer options has not been enabled yet. Settings, about phone, scroll down to base band version and tap it like 7 times to do so.:screwy:


Edit : General statement /rule of thumb. please read and search the thread. Almost everything has already been answered. Read, read read, some more is the best advice. After reading and searching to no avail then by all means ask. Thanks :screwy:
 
I got this error using all the files provided here?

assert failed getprop ('ro.build.product.device") == "d2spr"
blah blah blah
getprop ('ro.build.product.device") == "d2spi"
blah blah blah
(Status 7)
Installation aborted
 
acewonders said:
I got this error using all the files provided here?

assert failed getprop ('ro.build.product.device") == "d2spr"
blah blah blah
getprop ('ro.build.product.device") == "d2spi"
blah blah blah
(Status 7)
Installation aborted
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Same here! I really want to flash MIUI and other ROMS. But this error is so annoying!
 
Quick question. I've been reading and flashing all afternoon and was wondering about how long does the initial boot take?

I followed the directions from the OP, using TWRP 2.6.0.1 because 2.6.0.0 asked for some kind of password.

I am trying to flash 10.1.2 d2spr

...and everyone's playing on their phones and I'm just sitting here, 9 minutes now staring at a screen with Samsung and a mean ass robot.

Thanks in advance for any tips or points in the right direction!
 
Okay I flashed test build 4 for 10.2 and everything works great except still no 4g in case anybody wanted to know. I switched back to stock for the LTE, but then reverted back to CM10.2 because it was just too smooth, I can live without LTE for now.
 
After about 20 tries of installing CM 10.1/10.2, I think I am hanging it up. I've tried everything exactly how the OP says to.

It must be the phone or something, I'm all out of ideas.

If anyone happens to know of a work around, I'd be grateful!
 
GREAT NEWS VIRGIN MOBILE USERS!!!

Last night after a bit of tinkering I found the correct APN settings to get 4G LTE fully functioning for the Virgin Mobile Galaxy S3

Go to your Mobile Network Setting>Access Point Names and you should see 4 APN settings. Ignore the ones that say APN0 those are already correct and don't need any editing. The other 2 should say APN2 or something similiar.

Edit the 2 APN2 settings with following details

<apn type="default,mms" mmsc="http://mmsc.vmobl.com" mmsprotocol="null" mmsport="81" mmsproxy="205.239.233.136" port="null" proxy="null" password="*" server="*" user="Sprint" apn="n.ispsn" mnc="01" mcc="001"/>

And then make sure to hit the menu button and save the settings after you edit. In my case after I edited each APN2 and save my changes, they both disappeared from the list of APNs, but as I said 4G LTE was fully functioning afterwards.

I would really appreciate if people could let me know if this works for them. I am using ShabbyPenquin's Build of CM10.2
 
acewonders said:
GREAT NEWS VIRGIN MOBILE USERS!!!

Last night after a bit of tinkering I found the correct APN settings to get 4G LTE fully functioning for the Virgin Mobile Galaxy S3

Go to your Mobile Network Setting>Access Point Names and you should see 4 APN settings. Ignore the ones that say APN0 those are already correct and don't need any editing. The other 2 should say APN2 or something similiar.

Edit the 2 APN2 settings with following details

<apn type="default,mms" mmsc="http://mmsc.vmobl.com" mmsprotocol="null" mmsport="81" mmsproxy="205.239.233.136" port="null" proxy="null" password="*" server="*" user="Sprint" apn="n.ispsn" mnc="01" mcc="001"/>

And then make sure to hit the menu button and save the settings after you edit. In my case after I edited each APN2 and save my changes, they both disappeared from the list of APNs, but as I said 4G LTE was fully functioning afterwards.

I would really appreciate if people could let me know if this works for them. I am using ShabbyPenquin's Build of CM10.2
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About a week ago I flashed one of the nightlys for cm10.1 and i saw those settings. I tried messing around with them to see if I could get 4g to work but i had no success.

So now I saw your post and I am very excited to try this out! Ill be trying this out later today and ill let you guys know if I have any luck.
 
I've only kept my phone stock & rooted, now it's time to venture out and try new ROMs but first...

Will 10.2 work on MG2 firmware or does it not matter?
How do I get 10.2?
Does MMS/Camera work on 10.2?

On a side note, I used this thread to flash 10.1 and its just getting stuck on the CyanogenMod splash. I've let it sit for an hour like that, the phone just got really hot and I did a battery pull. I followed the thread to a tee, and didn't skip a beat.
 
The camera issue causes nutty battery drain, unfortunately...

I'm doubtful at this point that there is a magic an setting for our 4G problem, my experience is these solutions seem to work but fail after a restart or longer use.

@fatal it should work if you did it all properly, try doing a full wipe and trying again, I usually see a stuck boot when I have not properly wiped system/data or something along those lines. If you followed the steps it should work, all our devices are identical
Are you on the latest modem?
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 4
 
spacepanda said:
The camera issue causes nutty battery drain, unfortunately...

I'm doubtful at this point that there is a magic an setting for our 4G problem, my experience is these solutions seem to work but fail after a restart or longer use.

@fatal it should work if you did it all properly, try doing a full wipe and trying again, I usually see a stuck boot when I have not properly wiped system/data or something along those lines. If you followed the steps it should work, all our devices are identical
Are you on the latest modem?
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 4
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I got it to work after doing a format of /system and /data, which I didn't want to do but I guess was forced to do. I just don't know how I feel about 10.1.2... I want to try PA or wait until 10.2 fixes the camera.
 
New vmobi owner here.

I noticed on the op:
2.* The Virgin Mobile stock ROM with firmware MD7.
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Here is my phone spec:
SPH-L710
4.1.2
Baseband: L710VPAMG2
Kernel: 3.0.31-1293602-userse.infra@SEP-73 #2 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 19 12:13:58 KST 2013
Build number: JZO54K.L710VPAMG2
Hardware: L710.14

Even though my phone isnt a "MD7" this procedure should work...correct? The MG2 is just the newest version they came out with if Im not mistaken. If Im not mistaken the "D" = April and the "G" in mine indicates July?

Im an old Vibrant T959 user. The one safety net we had were the stock Odin packages to reset the phone. We seem to not have that yet and that does make me a little worried to try anything more than rooting.
 
Question

I currently have Stock Build number: JZO54K.L710VPAMG2

This tells me I have the AMG2 Modem. Punk's modem to replace per the OP in the "MD4FirmwareModemAIO" I believe is the MD7 modem. I would like to keep my newer modem file, or just not replace the modem altogether.

If I simply removed the "NON-HLOS.bin" keeping the sbl* files it should upgrade only the bootloader correct?

I would have to remove the following from the script (and resign zip):
Code: 
package_extract_file("NON-HLOS.bin", "/tmp/NON-HLOS.bin");
ui_print("Creating modem backup...");
run_program("/tmp/dd", "if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1", "of=/data/media/modem.backup");;
ui_print("Writing new modem...");
run_program("/tmp/flash_image", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p1", "/tmp/NON-HLOS.bin");
delete("/tmp/NON-HLOS.bin");
delete("/tmp/flash_image");
delete("/tmp/dd");

Sound about right?
 
Possibly a better question.

Since my phone came from the factory AMG2 android 4.1.2 doesn't that mean I would already have JB bootloaders?
 
FatalIll said:
I don't know if that will help you at all.
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Yeah, unfortunately I tried that too. I think it must be my phone because even when I do a factory reset and let Kies restore everything back to stock, it won't even install the update to MG2 or MD2, I can't remember.

But last night, I tried installing JellyBomb to see if it would load up at all and it did. I wasn't interested in using it, I was just trying to see if something would install. So far Jellybomb and Midnight are the only ones I've had success in.

Thank you though!
 
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