Root [Virgin Mobile] [Virgin Mobile Source] SPH-L710 MD7 Jelly Bean

[lordmage]

i managed to find this in Samsung Open Source Release Center via a personal login. free to obtain, which i am sure other devs have. in case not i decided to at least for now post the link.

according to there terms:

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now that i have done so.
i provide to you the unmodified files that i have obtained and provided the same notice for legal purpose. the information is provided as-is and neither i, nor Android forums or Samsung claim any responsibility from your use of said information and any possible side effects be them positive or negative.

Mods please Feel free to move edit or otherwise if not appropriate.

SPH-L710_VMU MD7 SPH-L710_VMU_JB_Opensource.zip According to Samsungs OSRC

http://download.negalite.com/downloadlist/click.php?id=63

Spoiler

SPH-L710_VMU_JB_Opensource.zip

http://download.negalite.com/downloadlist/click.php?id=64

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[Palmetto Fellow]

So they've release source code for our specific flavor of S3?

 

[spacepanda]

interested..stock jb would be an improvement

 

[lordmage]

So they've release source code for our specific flavor of S3?

they have source for the jelly been flavor of virgin mobile and others at the link provided just search for are model SPH-L710 you get 8 flavors listed. ill screen shot it https://www.dropbox.com/s/p0u1alt2q0gg9xj/OSRC.png

 

[HiiiPowers]

Still no boost ? Just asking

 

[lordmage]

not according to the release center. i can pull the rest if need be and post them asap but i reserve that to be redundant concerding the devs can register for the info just like me. the screen shot provided has all they have at the moment see op for where. how ever if a dev request via pm the file they want then i will pull them and link it to them after pulled and uploaded.

 

[punkmaxx]

YaY!!!!!!

 

[FatalIll]

What exactly does this mean for us?

 

[g60madman]

I already have kernel, and device files setup for cm10 branch jellybean just needs more work and testing. Since I'm leaving Virgin Mobile I'm sure some new can pickup where I left off. Hell I don't even own the s3 but this does boot.

https://github.com/vmobi-d2vmu

 

[XAL2]

I already have kernel, and device files setup for cm10 branch jellybean just needs more work and testing. Since I'm leaving Virgin Mobile I'm sure some new can pickup where I left off. Hell I don't even own the s3 but this does boot.

https://github.com/vmobi-d2vmu

Why are you leaving? Where are you going?

 

[Palmetto Fellow]

Why are you leaving? Where are you going?

He's going to the Dark Side

Verizon

I assume it's because they have a sweet ass (expensive) network.

 

[lordmage]

He's going to the Dark Side

Verizon

I assume it's because they have a sweet ass (expensive) network.

and the new upgrade when you want plan 10 bucks a month wait 6 months and upgrade when you want basically. with out contract extensions.

 

[Palmetto Fellow]

and the new upgrade when you want plan 10 bucks a month wait 6 months and upgrade when you want basically. with out contract extensions.

Whoa. Is that one upgrade within 6 months without extension, or can you do a full 4 upgrades over the 2 year contract without extending? If you can upgrade 4 times, you can sell phones new in the box for hundreds of dollars.
Also what happens at the end of the contract? Can you keep upgrading every 6 months while on month to month?

 

[lordmage]

here ya go Phone Upgrade Twice a Year | Just Upgrade My Phone | JUMP! | T-Mobile from what i read it is 10 bucks a month which is also the phone insurance. if you trade in a phone broken then the deductible applies. any unpaid balance is waived but you dont get refunded on the old phone.

 

[Revenant Ghost]

Why are you leaving? Where are you going?

He's going to the Dark Side

Verizon

I assume it's because they have a sweet ass (expensive) network.

Damn shame too, since I was looking forward to see how his rom will progress. Oh well.

And as far as Verizon is concerned, besides them being too expensive, I've been hearing some somewhat controversial things about them lately...

 

[Palmetto Fellow]

here ya go Phone Upgrade Twice a Year | Just Upgrade My Phone | JUMP! | T-Mobile from what i read it is 10 bucks a month which is also the phone insurance. if you trade in a phone broken then the deductible applies. any unpaid balance is waived but you dont get refunded on the old phone.

I thought you were talking about Verizon. I was taking about Verizon, so I assumed you were too. Also tmobile has that non-subsidized thing going on, so this seems awkward to me. I skimmed the terms briefly but didn't spend much time. Do you give them your old phone when you upgrade? The way I see it, if you aren't buying subsidized phones, you can upgrade anytime (every week if you want)...after you pay off your current phone at $20 per month or all at once if you want out.

 

[lordmage]

I thought you were talking about Verizon. I was taking about Verizon, so I assumed you were too. Also tmobile has that non-subsidized thing going on, so this seems awkward to me. I skimmed the terms briefly but didn't spend much time. Do you give them your old phone when you upgrade? The way I see it, if you aren't buying subsidized phones, you can upgrade anytime (every week if you want)...after you pay off your current phone at $20 per month or all at once if you want out.

you do turn in your old phone then they way any remainder balance and you start on your new phone. some carriers used to extend you even when you paid out right for the phone it happened to me back in the day under cingular wireless.

 

[lordmage]

in keeping with the OP the aformented upgraded
ota for Virgin mobile MG2 Source is posted on the

osrc link i provided in the OP. yes it is VMU flavored.

 

[Higgs_Boson]

VMU flavored...meaning?

Touchwiz? Stock Vanilla?

Is this flashable in recovery?

 

[lordmage]

VMU flavored...meaning?

Touchwiz? Stock Vanilla?

Is this flashable in recovery?

VMU flavored meaning the MG2 is for the VMU edition. Stock (as in right out of the box then applied update without rooting or anything) Touchwiz. if you build it from source it would flash in recovery yes.