yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] UncleSamPT:
Thanks for the bad news! Great work nonetheless.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Nice review, as always!

Funny thing is though, the actual branding is only in the csc zip in the cache image. The overall system is unbranded on "branded" roms.
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
It was even worse for me since I had to wipe my data due to an error! :crying:
[Galaxy S III General] drakester09:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Around 370MB free here with Tapatalk and Settings along with all the bloat :D

Seems to be better in this regard.
[Galaxy S III General] syamsoul:
Actually, you just have to clear data for contacts and contact storage

I also have process android.acore FC.

download MB1 from sammobile hotfile..

flash over MR1
[Galaxy S III General] sagemda:
thank you DeadSOL for such short-notice review... i always love to read your reviews when a new ROM comes out ! Peace
[Galaxy S III General] ozzyita:
R: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Anyone got GDrive MB1?

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
You're absolutely welcome! :highfive:
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
ANYONE with a MARQUE 2 Headset????

Hi!

Having problem with my Plantronics MARQUE 2 headset. When someone calls me they can hear me but i can't hear the caller.

Please tell me that no one here is having this problem and that my headset is just broken!?!? :)

If it's JB ROM that **** this up i don't really want to hear it :) Just kidding, you understand i hope!
[Galaxy S III General] Squall-Leonhart:
if you like being spied on, because thats the only thing its best at.
[Galaxy S III General] syamsoul:
still hv scientific calculator option
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Yeah, I've got it back now, too!

That. Is. So. Weird! :eek:
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
I don't mind being spied on by Google. They're not going to do anything with my browsing data that will negatively affect my life. Really.
[Galaxy S III General] esist:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9CiwQj3hEymQkgzSDBHcWd6SkU/edit?usp=sharing

Sorry it's already unzipped.
[Galaxy S III General] delsus:
I can't upload large file we have terrible upload speeds.
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
WOW thats good :)
[Galaxy S III General] DaReDeViL:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

I invite deadSOL to reconsider his review about MB1 and give it another chance ... there's really something different !

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9300 avec Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] DarthJe5us:
so should i update to MB1, stay on MA2 or go for something else? which is best so far?
[Galaxy S III General] chx:
Here it is, from another thread. Thanks to esist for providing the link!
[Galaxy S III General] kornelius1982:
Installed over MR2 and works smooth so far!

Freezed up some bloats and RAM stays 200-350mb idle.

I`ve uploaded to Dropbox

Enjoy!
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
What do you feel that's so different about the ROM? I can't even get my name to show up on the lockscreen (despite having checked the option in Lock Screen settings).

I've been playing around with it and I don't feel the difference. In fact, I have this nagging feeling in my head that the next BTU update will probably include "Cloud" in the Settings menu again.

It just feels... Like taking a step back.
[Galaxy S III General] DaReDeViL:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Well, as you say, it's a matter of feeling ... but why discourage people from trying it ?

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9300 avec Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Well, it's not really discouraging people.

You see, a lot of people (like me) like to flash the latest ROMs but we also like to have stability! When you want to flash a new ROM, you have to download 800MB+ of data, you might have to backup your ROM in case something goes horribly wrong (which it did for me today and, unfortunately, I hadn't backed up my data), and then you might have to waste your time restoring data (I've spent the last two hours re-downloading stuff and setting everything up just the way I like it). That was really annoying... all of it.

I try my best to save people's time and get them the most accurate and complete information as I possibly can (with the help of feedback from these amazing people here). I don't want people having to go through hundreds of comments just to find out if the latest ROM is any good. So, I'm not discouraging them; I'm merely helping. :)

Of course, anyone is free to try the latest ROM.

I hope that clarifies it for you. :)
[Galaxy S III General] kulisap:
Remove charger and you'll see it. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] LenAsh:
I don't see him discouraging anyone. I would prefer to read his views - based on the fact that over most others he has been testing and reporting on every release for some time and has sufficient experience to gauge any new features, if any, and improvements or not.

Keep it up...
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
You sir, are a wizard! :D

I should eat more than once a day, methinks. :silly:
[Galaxy S III General] gchindi:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

I would say MB1 is much smoother than ELLA, gallery app shows the smoothness, irregular lag is reduced by 75% i would say.. Also, usual lag faced when scrolling is reduced too... I would love to say RAM management is better in this rom but im not sure so would not comment on ram management... Overall a good upgrade i would say so far... Im on unrooted and fully stock UK rom... Have not tried german Vodafone rom, so cant compare this to that, can only compare to ELLA, MB1 is way better... Hope this helps..!
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
I'd thank you but my 8-thanks-a-day limit has been reached! :D
[Galaxy S III General] DaReDeViL:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

I do respect your point of view and it's all to your honor, no doubt.

But I still say MB1 has something special :banghead: :D

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9300 avec Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] nubcake:
Updated to the latest (XXEMB1) and I'm experiencing the same damn lag on the notification drawer :rolleyes:

And I have just noticed another problem, the message app is lagging, on both XXEMB1, XXEMR2 and XXEMA2. I haven't noticed it since when I first updated because I haven't sent/received any sms for a few days. Deleting a few of the conversations in the app didn't help.

:crying:
[Galaxy S III General] Mikulec:
I too am greatfull for the review from DeadSOL, but people should realize that its a review of only one person. Everyone that has flashed his phone at least one time have to found out that one rom can be great for someone and the same rom can be horrible for someone else.

So dont take these reviews too seriously.

BTW, DeadSOL, are u doing full wipes before flashing new roms? :angel:
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Hahaha. To each his own, I say! :laugh:

Thank you! :D

Well, I usually don't wipe but this time I had to perform a full wipe due to unforeseen errors! :silly:
[Galaxy S III General] Smartie36:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

I went from MA2 to MB1, the same issues like lag when opening contacts and the widgets is the same in both roms for me so no improvements there over MA2.

I can't see any major improvements over MA2 so I'd say stick with what you've got.
[Galaxy S III General] ricnar456:
not better not worst, more higher changelist is more bugs solved, other bugs not solved yet, not great difference with previous but a good rom.

ricnar
[Galaxy S III General] got-petrol:
Your always going to get lag this is Samsung
[Galaxy S III General] nubcake:
R: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Well, that is not completely true. I just installed back a 4.1.1 firmware, and it hasn't got any of those issues (notification drawer and message lag), while all the 4.1.2 firmwares that I tried had those.

They screwed up with the 4.1.2.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

They screwed up by creating touchwiz in the first place.
[Galaxy S III General] alankstiyo:
anyone was able to root this newest version? I tried with auto root and titanium backup keeps trying to get root access but not getting it :S
[Galaxy S III General] cb_jimmy:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Rooted fine here with CF-autoroot. Try entering recovery mode right after you flashed CF-autoroot with Odin. That should kick start the rest of rooting process.

Don't forget to install supersu.
[Galaxy S III General] alankstiyo:
Nope, not sure what happened :S it just cant find SU support
[Galaxy S III General] cb_jimmy:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

If supersu says that binary is not installed, that means CF-autoroot was not properly installed.

Flash CF-autoroot with Odin. Then get into recovery mode when the phone restarts right after finished flashing with Odin. You should see the rooting process on the phone screen.
[Galaxy S III General] alankstiyo:
not sure why, tried like 4 times and now it´s working

and I felt this way even after been flashing my s3 for quite a while
[Galaxy S III General] Squall-Leonhart:
its the flashing over MR1 that is inducing the issue

updating from XELLA or older has no problems
[Galaxy S III General] cb_jimmy:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

With a bit of googling, clearing data of Contact Storage and Contact should solve the problem. Beware that contacts will be wiped out unless you have them synced.
[Galaxy S III General] fcasoli:
R: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

I have this problem with Note ll, install Superuser again from Play store.

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] brainimpact:
can someone share the newest bootloader please, CWM flashable version would be prefererable
[Galaxy S III General] ludo53:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

No icon NFC in the notification bar. Same for you ?

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9300 avec Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] syamsoul:
yes..agreed. :highfive:
[Galaxy S III General] FeuchtVonLipwig:
AW: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Bootloaders cant be flashed with cwm, only with odin.
[Galaxy S III General] Quozl:
I had the same issue, if you read the CF Autoroot thread in the first post he mentions this issue and how to fix it.

Hope this helps anyone else having this issue.

Cheers Q
[Galaxy S III General] Mikulec:
OK, we already know u hate TouchWiz, could u please stop posting it in every thread? Or buy the N4 finally. :cool:
[Galaxy S III General] fbatti73:
Yes is possible. ;)

See enclosed.

Flash it at your own risk from recovery CWM.

Ciaoooo

edit:

updated updater-script to flash tz.img
[Galaxy S III General] kornelius1982:
If someone experiences problems with CFautoroot just use mobileodin with everroot and supersu inject.
[Galaxy S III General] edgarf28:
Is it true what some people are saying? That XXEMB1 is older than XXEMR2, although XXEMB1 has a higher change list number.
[Galaxy S III General] mastrix:
AW: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Download Link Not working pls hlp
[Galaxy S III General] kornelius1982:
Cloud option is not presented in MB1 and this is the only reason to say that it is older than MR2.
[Galaxy S III General] cbeckstein:
AW: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

tz.img included but not used in the update script (so would stay unupdated) ?

And what about param.bin?

Is it really okay to just update sboot.bin?
[Galaxy S III General] delsus:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

They can it's just not recommended because if it fails due to file corruption you are 100% screwed, with odin at least you can redownload the file and flash again before rebooting.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Bull. They can be flashed with CMW. I've done it quite a few times.
[Galaxy S III General] vjeta:
alternative download link for this latest version please? hotfile not working here

thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
Sv: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

How to remove headset connection completely to pair from scratch with password?

Sent from my I9300XXEMR2 Android 4.1.2
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Reset the bluetooth headset?
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
Sv: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Have not seen anything about that in the manual...

Sent from my I9300XXEMR2 Android 4.1.2
[Galaxy S III General] fbatti73:
tz.img and param.bin are not necessary.

But i've correct the updater-script now flash the tz.img.

Param.bin not present in Rom.

Ciaoooo
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
I knew it!!!!!!!! MB1 is actually a downgrade!!!!!

Wanam confirmed it. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38189225&postcount=1489

See? This is why I post my reviews. There was absolutely no reason for anyone to flash MB1. None at ALL!
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Well, to be fair, its name was actually MB1 and alphabetically it's an earlier release than MR2. ^^
[Galaxy S III General] drakester09:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

I think that MR2 is a customized version for Vodafone.

It was an oddity since the weird PDA. (built on 1 Feb and it skipped a lot of letters).

The unbranded versions seem to continue over what we saw previously.

Both MB1 and MR2 are built on the same day.
[Galaxy S III General] wanam:
I don't think so, we usually create dev branches for new change requests not for bug fixes, MR2 included some translation bug fixes (maybe more) that aren't merged on MB1.
[Galaxy S III General] IamIrene:
wow thanks for sharing this news

no wonder cloud option disappeared in MB1 LOL
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
I don't think it is. I mean, the actual branding is only within the csc zip file in the cache image. There doesn't seem to be any branding elsewhere, the rest of the rom is actually unbranded.
[Galaxy S III General] drakester09:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

OK, thanks great information. Good to know from a reliable source. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] Mikulec:
I have a feeling that MR2 was released accidentally, hence the weird MR2 "name". Does anyone get this fw via the official way like KIES? I cant remember a situation where Samsung didn't follow their marking of the official firmwares (since SGS, SGS2 and now SGS3)
[Galaxy S III General] pat357:
Have you tried Philz custom CWM ? See http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2002953

It has exFAT support IIRC.

BTW, why not format the SD as FAT32 ?

The rumours about exFAT being faster/better are just rumours : objective tests show that FAT32 has even better performance than old exFAT !!
[Galaxy S III General] qtwrk:
yeah... i was forced to format it to exFAT as i have some big file over 4GB to be stored ...
[Galaxy S III General] amradel:
i knw that really seams like am so stupid but i wanna ask if its necessary to flash my country software or just any software will do the job ??

Thx In Advance :)
[Galaxy S III General] livefree159:
plz can i know the difference between I9300XXELLB 4.1.2 and I9300XXELLA 4.1.2

and can i change from I9300XXELLA 4.1.2 to I9300XXELLB 4.1.2 or else ????

thank you
[Galaxy S III General] Mikulec:
any fw for your phone will do the trick

nobody know whats the diff. and yes u can flash that.
[Galaxy S III General] DarthJe5us:
does everyone have stutter/lag when scrolling messages and removing notifications? im on MA2
[Galaxy S III General] danieldp1990:
allshare

i dont know if im the only one but, when i play a video from phone to TV almost at the end of the video it says, allshare will close. any 1 solution?
[Galaxy S III General] JohnnyGT:
I9300XXEMB2 for SER was just uploaded

Details:

Russia

2013 February

PDA: I9300XXEMB2

CSC: I9300OXEEMB1

Modem: I9300XXEMB1
[Galaxy S III General] IamIrene:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

What the changelist ?
[Galaxy S III General] pat357:
OK, got it ; will flash it asap. Thanks again for "debloating" the ROM !!
[Galaxy S III General] vassagout:
does the stock firmwares have bootloadeer included?
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
Latest JB has them.

---------- Post added at 04:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:06 AM ----------

They can be flashed from custom recovery. using dd cmd.

Theres a thread with it.

Heres a fast link for MB2 SER

http://filecloud.io/0qlbn314

also uploading to stash.

MODEM is XXEMB1
[Galaxy S III General] vassagout:
I came from a custom rom and when I tried to flash via Odin I had a pit problem.... do you know guys where can I get a pit file to flash?

what is the procedure, flash both in a single run (pit file and the pda file) ?

regards
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
What was the error?
[Galaxy S III General] vassagout:
here is the log..

<ID:0/007> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> KIES_HOME_I9300XXEMB1_I9300OXAEMB1_921399_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/007> Odin v.3 engine (ID:7)..

<ID:0/007> File analysis..

<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/007> Initialzation..

<ID:0/007> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/007>

<ID:0/007> There is no PIT partition.

<ID:0/007> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
Sorry cant help, maybe someone else?
[Galaxy S III General] oae08:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

I rememver having a similar problem on my s1 and there was a .pit file i had to flash and click re-partition in odin but im not sure if its exactly the same on the s3
[Galaxy S III General] syamsoul:
do u check repartition option?
[Galaxy S III General] AinsCrowbar:
@ vassagout

I fixed a similar problem by using a different USB cable. The Samsung one that came with my phone died and caused that problem (now in the bin). I tried flashing a pit file and it bricked my phone. Luckily it was repaired for free under warranty. Phone was rooted when it died too :p
[Galaxy S III General] electrotune1200:
This is pretty common of phones with partial SDS...

It was running OK before you tried to flash the stock firmware?

Check out this thread though, as it has split firmware and a pit to flash. If any of these don't work, then I don't think it's a very good sign.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30087735&postcount=6
[Galaxy S III General] kornelius1982:
Any1 hear about MB2?

EDIT: XXEMB2 SER (russia) download hotfile link
[Galaxy S III General] drakester09:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Several pre installed apps, beware.

I had to remove around 5 different apps. Some seemed to be carrier bloat and 3 games (Dragon Hunter Russian and NFS Shift along them).

No comments on the rest. Just flashed.

Build date is February 6th. Changelist 936857.

No cloud on the settings.
[Galaxy S III General] kornelius1982:
That makes the point of 920.2 MB file size.

It seems similar to MB1, hence no reason for upgrade.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] Brotuck:
Flashed XXEMB1 yesterday and noticed no major changes.

But i did see that this ROM is fully optimized for batterylife.

I did do a full wipe and started fresh, but have no regrets about that.

I also would like to point out that i did test lots of launchers since i started with the Galaxy S1 but always come back to touchwiz.

Once you are tired of all the transitions like cube / windmill etc, the touchwiz interface is just great and smooth.

And if you are willing to launch the framework of JKAY, you can put Touchwiz and dialer on the whitelist. So this solves the lag.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Hmm. To try the russian MB2 or not.
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
I have just flashed it, I took all the Russian out first though. De-bloating makes all the Roms seem the same. :D
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
I'm currently downloading it now from Hotfile. Thank god I have a premium account there, else this download would have taken a long time. Gonna root, deodex and debloat it beforehand though. But personally I think I'll run the odexed system though for some performance boost.

What would we have done without dsi? :D
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
That kitchen is my hobby these days, I love it, not sure I am making the most of it but it works for me. I have written a de-bloat script for it but am leaving the list to remove pretty much fixed these days. MR2 was a shock though, lots of extra crap in there.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
I'm only gonna do some slight debloating, like remove the junk I really don't use.

Mind sharing that debloater script though?
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Thanks, but I don't think I'll use it. Seems a bit hard :P

Is it worth it keeping the system and framework odexed?

A positive thing with these Samsung firmwares are that the branding is only to be found in the sec-csc zip and it's dead easy to just ignore those apk's :p

But you're right, this time the zip has an assload of apk's. Never seen that much before.
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
I don't know, I always remove the battery-full notification, battery mod and transparent Accuweather. By the time I work out what needs de-odeing it is easier to just do them all :D

As for the script I got fed up with having to keep removing the same things and change the same settings, so I wrote the script. :D
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
:D

Hmm, dare I mess with the updater-script? Last time I messed with it (basing it on wanams, tweaking it a bit) my rom failed to boot. :P

Also, how can I blackify the statusbar? Not quite fond of the grey one.

EDIT: Which sound in /media/audio/ui represents the full charge sound?
[Galaxy S III General] TigerCourage:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

After trying it for some time now, I can only say that the UK MB1 firmware is great. Great battery life and very smooth experience. I tried latest Yank kernel but it was eating my battery for launch. Samsung is doing a nice job with these updates.
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
I remove all sounds, I'm deaf, but I hate the screen waking up when the battery is full so disable that as well. As for the status bar I seem to recall that was in secsettings but I am not sure as I like the grey! :D

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Have you tried the mb2? I agree mb1 was good on battery but have moved to mb2 now.
[Galaxy S III General] tczhang:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Would you please shed some light on how to disable the screen waking up at battery full or disconnect from USB? It's really annoying. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
First you need to de-odex systemui.apk, then decompile the apk and edit power.smali file. Look for the notification full line, around line 674 at the moment and just under that add on a newline and type return-void. Save the file.

Then re-compile systemui.apk and put it back into the rom.

If you are on a deodexed MB1 or MB2 you can copy the file below into /system/app with a root explorer. It also has a blue circle battery added, sorry about that.
[Galaxy S III General] ViD0:
this rom is such a garbage. It doesnt work normally at all. Laggy, slow. back to xxemr2.
[Galaxy S III General] Squall-Leonhart:
K :rolleyes: