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  1. Higgs_Boson

    Root [Virgin Mobile] Nightlies for Paranoid Android [4.4.4]

    Here is the G+ link regarding legacy devices and downloads, under which the S3 (D2LTE) is categorized: https://plus.google.com/+ParanoidAndroidCorner/posts/VcD8eB7KSD6 I have noticed that this link has not been hosting the latest builds. So, if the latest and greatest is not up when you...
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    Root [Virgin Mobile] Restoring Apps + Data from 4.3 to 4.4.2

    I finally made the jump from TW 4.3 to Paranoid Android 4.4.2. It is smooth and all is well at the moment. I am getting ready to restore apps (+ data, hopefully) via Titanium Backup. I was just wondering if I do a batch restore apps + data, will there be any known issues since the data would...
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    Root [Virgin Mobile] VM Galaxy S3 Dialer Codes

    Hello all, I'd like to present an interesting finding that I made by scourging the Internet for some dialer programming codes. I am still trying, howerver, to do more research into possibly finding a way to edit APN from stock dialer on TouchWiz 4.3. I know that with the AOSP dialer, one can...
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    Root [Virgin Mobile] APN Settings for Google Hangouts

    As some of you may, or may not, know, the general public received an update for Google Hangouts today, which brought the ability for the user to manually set an APN. I still have my old apns-conf.xml file from 4.1.2. However, I still haven't gotten to rooting stock 4.3 yet, and wanted to make...
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    Root [Virgin Mobile] VM Galaxy S III - Android 4.3 Confirmed

    I know. I know. Android 4.4 is what really matters. But, the fact that VM even bothered to update us is great news. Perhaps, this means an official 4.4 update down the road? Screen shot captured directly from VM's webpage. View image: S III 4 3
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    Root [Virgin Mobile] [Q] Third Party Messaging Apps

    Does anybody know why third party messaging apps are able to send and receive SMS, and are only able to receive MMS on stock Touchwiz 4.1.2? Any third party apps that I have tried thus far are not able to send MMS, but can receive them? (NOTE: Even though I can receive them, I wasn't able to...
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    Root [Virgin Mobile] Question Regarding Custom Recovery

    If I flash the custom recovery via ODIN, as part of the root process, obviously that will trigger the flash counter. Will that also render the device status as "modified"? (The reason I ask is that the OS will still be stock, as I do not intend to flash any custom ROMs. I only intend to flash...
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    Root [Virgin Mobile] [Q] PIT file for VM GS3?

    Does anybody have a .PIT file for the VM GS3, or know where I could download one? The reason I ask, is because when I try to do the MG2 update after restoring stock via KIES, I get a message that there was an error restoring from cache specifically in mmcblk0p1.