yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
I think it's worth an upgrade. Feels a lot better than MC2.
[Galaxy S III General] omer7:
Did u find any improvement in ram management?
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Nope, still about as crappy as it can get, which means henceforth it can only get better,
[Galaxy S III General] omer7:
:(

Okay thanks mate.

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A week before i got this phone. My previous phone was htc one s, and only coz of Ram management issue in this phone, it seems i have downgraded my phone instead of an upgrade.
[Galaxy S III General] henrybravo:
If your phone wakes up almost instantly, then you've got a software wakelock that's preventing deep sleep mode. Recent Samsung Exynos phones will always delay waking from deep sleep due to hardware implementation, unlike some other hardware manufacturers which seem to have figured this out a little better. We will see if the S4 has the same waking from deep sleep delay like the S2 and S3 do.
[Galaxy S III General] kaynpayn:
That's wishful thinking, staying as it is its also a possibility :p

Actually, that's exactly how I think it's going to stay. Not sure how much is Samsung's interest in improving this phone now they have a new toy to promote.

No major problems seem to be addressed with these roms. They even work against their new tech, multi windows fails after using for a while (with weird effects) since it will get closed. Same for playing a video on a popup from their video app.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
You obviously don't remember the original firmware.....to say it hasn't improved is way wide of the mark....and the phone has only been out 11 months....and we have 4.2.x to come so there's a lot coming for the next year ;)
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Before next year I'll be on another phone anyway ^^
[Galaxy S III General] mooseboy85:
sorry if abit random. do u know how to flash cygenmod to my rooted gt-i9300 im using 4.1.1 and dont know how to update the firmware
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Hehe... B4 next wk I might be.. Lol

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] mooseboy85:
cant get my phone status official/normal. even tried triangle away.

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can anyone help me please
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
did u try to do full wipe ?
[Galaxy S III General] mooseboy85:
never done that before. how

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i know how to root my phone and flash roms using moblie odin but thats about it

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just need it updated. and rooted so i can flash some nice roms
[Galaxy S III General] kaynpayn:
I do. I didn't mean that far. Since multi window nothing improved much.
[Galaxy S III General] cb_jimmy:
You're right. I'm having a rough app.
[Galaxy S III General] Sigray:
Are there any changes in the kernel?
[Galaxy S III General] elspanish88:
Flash a stock rom with odin, root your phone with cf-auto, run triangle away, factory reset (power off your phone hold volume up and home key then power on it will boot recovery select factory reset), then in the SuperSU select un root... done!

If it still says modified do a factory reset again
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
How come Chinese MC2 has a higher changelist than Nordic MC3?
[Galaxy S III General] Dean-xXx:
Maybe more bloat than others.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Haha, fair point. Almost makes me wanna flash cm and forget all about this shîtwiz mess..
[Galaxy S III General] Sigray:
...and the camera too..:cowboy:
[Galaxy S III General] androidbpb:
Need Suggestion

Hey Guys...I need some help to decide..!!

Well I purchased my S3 from ebay (imported) with XFE (south africa) firmware (android 4.1.2 with ELLA baseband) preloaded on it. Now I want to switch to an Indian firmware because I am in India right now. I have already downloaded latest INU firmware from sammobile. Now please tell me if I will need to change the CSC after flashing the indian firmware. If yes then to change CSC do I need root access (as I think *#272*IMEI# is not working on JB). If I will root then I will not get OTA. And will kies be able to pick up my phone for further updates.

I want to be on a clean indian firmware without root and any other stuff. How can I do that.

A well explained response will be very appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III General] elspanish88:
Flash latest indian firmware and follow the instructions I gave 5/6 posts ago :)

You shouldnt need to change your csc if you downloaded the firmware for your country

If you do theres an app for that on play store... run it then follow the steps above
[Galaxy S III General] Or1994:
Today I flashed XXEMC3 for my galaxy S3. I live in Israel. Do I have to change CSC? I want to get OTA updates but I don't want to root my phone.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
You will get ota updates, but they will be for the nordic region, You can still use them like normal in Israel. :)

Your phone will just have the power of the Nords in it. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] elspanish88:
And the power of the Nords is really quite special!!
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Must be, look at our women. 95% are super hot.
[Galaxy S III General] cammel:
You're right about that, they are really REALLY hot!!! ;)

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] LenAsh:
I second that...
[Galaxy S III General] DaReDeViL:
Yeah. I guess they drain batteries hell fast ... :cool:

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9300 avec Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] Or1994:
Thank you. My cellular company in Israel support in HD voice call. How can I enable it in although I have a rom of the nordic region? The newest version of my company is:

PDA:I9300XXELL4

CSC:I9300OJKELK9

Modem:I9300JKELK4
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Might find your csc here, or request one

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2198512

[REF] Individual CSC Packages [HD VOICE enabled] - CWM flashable for i9300/i9305(T)
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
And the tv show " VIKINGS" is really good too haha :p

*edit* even though a lot of it was filmed here in Ireland haha

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] patch81:
Ive been everywhere around the world but ive always found myself alot more happier in good old wicklow :)
[Galaxy S III General] BOZG:
Stop talking about my wife!
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Haha, mate, I bet she's hot. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] babyyeobo14:
whats new in C3????
[Galaxy S III General] syamsoul:
New numbering n changelist

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] Garreth88:
If you flash stock firmwares by your own, why you want OTA updates? Newest firmwares are pushed to different regions, so next update might be for different CSC and you will have to flash again manually or change CSC.
[Galaxy S III General] d4c:
What about the other 5%? Are they super cold?
[Galaxy S III General] enigma1981:
Well, it does get pretty icy up there!
[Galaxy S III General] whiskerp:
Wicklow is truly a lovely place [even though I'm a Dub! ;) ]

Peter

(ex-Rathgar)
[Galaxy S III General] patch81:
Dublin is where i spent most of my time along with waterford and kilkenny :). I got no wicklow friends haha
[Galaxy S III General] babyyeobo14:
What do you mean by new numbering nd changelist?
[Galaxy S III General] Dean-xXx:
I think he meant new numbering in changelist, which in MC3 is only about bloatware.... i really don't see the point in this thread changing to MC3 instead MC2 BTU unbranded.

You can also check DeadSOL's review here >> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40096718&postcount=10832
[Galaxy S III General] NaimC:
Can someone link me to the newest UK stock (non branded) FW that includes all the default apps etc. Also is there a Mac version of Odin yet?

Cheers.
[Galaxy S III General] b-eock:
Stop being so lazy, read the OP and/or second post. Find it. DL it. Flash it.

No there is no Odin for MAC. There is HEIMDALL but idk if it has the USB protocol to flash for the S3
[Galaxy S III General] NaimC:
I read the OP and saw the UK link, but firstly I'm not sure if it's the latest version, and secondly, I don't know if it is the full FW that comes with the apps etc. In the past I've downloaded FW versions from the OP only to find it's only installed a very basic version of the FW, so I just want to be sure before I go through all the motions.
[Galaxy S III General] b-eock:
What do you mean very basic version??? :confused: They are always full firmwares... They come with everything Samsung puts in them. Must have been somewhere else you DL'ed that...
[Galaxy S III General] NaimC:
Nope, downloaded straight from here. It was actually the FW in the first post, the featured FW at one point in time. I made a post about it somewhere in this thread or another I believe, about how it wasn't a fully featured version of the FW and I had to install a previous version to get all the relevant apps (the free one's it comes with that are loaded by default) and then update in Kies.
[Galaxy S III General] mooseboy85:
Sorry if abit random. I'm using CyanogenMod but can't get my ntfsc hardrive to work via otg
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
Wrong thread, try the thread for your rom.
[Galaxy S III General] chrismast:
There are only 2 versions of firmwares and neither is missing anything:

Unbranded firmwares include all standard Samsung stuff

Branded firmwares include additionally some carrier apps

Hence no clue what you are talking about. To download the firmware use this thread or go to sammobile.com.
[Galaxy S III General] Alexcxvtr:
Are there any important reasons to install a newest firmware?

I'm with ELLA since December. This should have fixed the "Sudden Death" issue. Right?

I mean should I flash a newest one or no?

P.S. I do have that "insane chip" in my phone but fortunately it functions fine.
[Galaxy S III General] gchindi:
If it's just your phone or life, you should always update yourself to the latest availability...
[Galaxy S III General] Dean-xXx:
You should flash the newest UK MC2 BTU. Is improved over XXELLA, smoother, apps opens faster, games running smoother, ect ... in one word... better. I also have insane chip in both phones, but in memory test comes perfect, no one corrupted block, so i'm happy. The SDS fix is included since XXELKC so no worries.
[Galaxy S III General] Alexcxvtr:
I see.

However, why not updating to MC3?
[Galaxy S III General] Dean-xXx:
Is no difference between the 2 of them, and usually the BTU versions are the best.
[Galaxy S III General] Alexcxvtr:
Ok then. Thanks man!
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Also btu are multi csc/open European
[Galaxy S III General] omer7:
BTU Versions?
[Galaxy S III General] Alexcxvtr:
Didn't know that. Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] gurpswu:
Where do I find this firmware you are talking of?
[Galaxy S III General] Alexcxvtr:
Post #2 in this thread.

I9300XXEMC2
[Galaxy S III General] xbranex:
Did anyone try the I9300ZCEMC2 firmware, im bored, gonna give it a try
[Galaxy S III General] Dean-xXx:
Whats the point in trying this , when you could flash the XXEMC2 BTU ? No branding and no bloats except the sammy ones.
[Galaxy S III General] xbranex:
i did try and odin said FAIL. then phone after manual reboot(battery out) instantly showed connect kies and use recovery :D:D then on the second battery removal it got into download mod and now im flashing again MC3...btw why after MB1 every firmware is crap ?!
[Galaxy S III General] Dean-xXx:
What do you mean by after MB1 all fw are crap? MC2 is amazing, works flawlessly. Didn't try the MB1 , but from what i see around, MC2 is improved, not any dramatic improvements but...every little helps :D
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
That's rubbish talk.. In fact they've got increasingly better depending on ur region

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] Murdhie:
I have just bought my device second hand and updated it to 4.1.2 XXEMC2. The phone seems to have really fast battery drain so I am going to flash stock firmware. Can someone tell me in laymans terms what the difference is between these three firmwares? I suspect one is slightly better than the next meaning the firmware I have should be the best. I am aware some updates can cause problems but reading back over the thread I don't see anyone else having problems of this nature.

Having written this out I have decided that, yes, they are simply slightly newer updates with minor fixes and that a complete wipe and re-install is in order. If this works I won't forget to thank myself (can I do that?). Might have a wee Jack D and coke....yes....that sounds good :D

Feel free to add any info you think might help. An alternative libation or a more excellent way of thanking myself perhaps.

I9300XXEMC2 Download (Thanks To SamMobile!)

Base Firmware: I9300XXEMC2 (4.1.2)

Region: Europe

Country: United Kingdom

Carrier: Unbranded

Build Date: 11 March 2013

Modem: XXEMC2

CSC: OXAEMC2

Change List: 1042335

I9300XXEMB5 Download (Thanks To SamMobile!)

Base Firmware: I9300XXEMB5 (4.1.2)

Region: Europe

Country: United Kingdom

Carrier: Unbranded

Build Date: 25 February 2013

Modem: XXEMB5

CSC: OXAEMB5

Change List: 996085

I9300XXEMB1 Download (Thanks To SamMobile!)

Base Firmware: I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2)

Region: Europe

Country: United Kingdom

Carrier: Unbranded

Build Date: 1 February 2013

Modem: XXEMB1

CSC: OXAEMB1

Change List: 921399
[Galaxy S III General] chrismast:
MC2 has a higher changelist and is the newest release, hence supposed to have some bug fixes etc.
[Galaxy S III General] Murdhie:
Was editing my post and missed your reply. Many thanks for that.
[Galaxy S III General] patch81:
Sammy has released 4.2.2 and its not the old one they relesed :)
[Galaxy S III General] Dean-xXx:
Where it is? I checked samsung-updates and sammobile and is nothing...
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
I seriously doubt that considering the S4 isn't even out.
[Galaxy S III General] norpan111:
You don't throw this kind of stuff out without a source

Skickat från min GT-I9300 via Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Would you care to provide a source? Or the ROM?

Anything?
[Galaxy S III General] id1k:
I think he had seen the news on the app Drippler which said that you can manual install 4.2.2 fw but that firmware is custom
[Galaxy S III General] LenAsh:
So - what does the changelist mean exactly and how does its incremental number translate to something tangible? And where is it written that it is supposed to have bug fixes?

If you cannot substantiate your statements, and you don't have insight from Samsung directly, you are making pure guesses. Which are largely worthless.
[Galaxy S III General] patch81:
Psych haha sorry
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
[YOUTUBE]BNsrK6P9QvI[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S III General] tiwas:
Tried upgrading from MC2 to MC3 - I'm now in a boot loop :S
[Galaxy S III General] Garreth88:
Does battery efficiency mode in XXEMC3 work properly? It seems that it needs a phone restart so that effects could take place, but I'm on Omega rom and not really sure if thats not rom related...
[Galaxy S III General] patch81:
Anytime you flash a firmware or flash anything for that matter your system needs a full battery wash meaning fully ran down and fully charged at least a few times to fully sync
[Galaxy S III General] Dtguilds:
Well, I've flashed the latest firmware in the OP using Odin. It's all fine.

If I click the software update arrows, I just get processing failed and I believe this is being caused by the ORA csc, or does that not affect it?

How can I solve this? As I said before, If I go into the #272 IMEI it just says ORA and then a blank space below it, I assume there should be a list, why isn't there?

Edit: Fixed it. :)
[Galaxy S III General] ash969:
i have flashed I9300XXBLFB-I9300XEFBLF1 from Sam Firmware.

It has Navigon :)

firmware came out in France
[Galaxy S III General] wackyD:
Dammit why did they remove the option to use either 5GHz or 2.4GHz for wifi??
[Galaxy S III General] juliano76:
Nearby devices

Hi Guys!

I keep having greyed nearby divices under settings despite trying everything including full wipe, chnging kernel, deleteing the folder under data/data.

Does anyone managed to have some success with this issue or we should all wait for the next firmware update?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] tawheed12:
Maybe this is a CSC thing? Thankfully, it works fine on mine
[Galaxy S III General] nadram:
I thought I had this fixed when I wiped from recovery and flashed lfb again. It worked then died the next day. Holding the switch or tapping it a million times wouldn't help

Sent from my SGS3
[Galaxy S III General] Quozl:
Sorry for the noob question but where can I get the Australian stock

ROM?

Cheers Q
[Galaxy S III General] spfrance:
Official update available in France : http://android.smartphonefrance.info/actu.asp?ID=2556 ...

Mise à jour officielle disponible en France : http://android.smartphonefrance.info/actu.asp?ID=2556 ...
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Stock rom thread or OZ thread ????????????

jje
[Galaxy S III General] tawheed12:
Is it safe to use Odin to go back to previous firmware? Would I lose data?
[Galaxy S III General] pacc:
I'm recently getting random but rare crashes in video player and internet browser, with the latest rom btu. Anyone else getting this issues?
[Galaxy S III General] Keep Walking Greece:
Can I flash CSC for.Greece.over this firmware?

Is it gonna.wipe. my sd card.or only data?

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S III General] odraciRRicardo:
Hi.

I'm quite the newb regarding android and specially flashing,

My S3 has a branded Portuguese ROM, and it's taking forever for updates to be released for it.

Therefore I want to install the unbranded UK version.

Will it keep all the installed application and settings?

Are these instructions enough, or is there anything else I should know or do?

"Extract the firmware

Open the included Odin

Turn off your device

Put your device into Download MODE (Home + Volume Down + Power)

Click PDA and select *.tar.md5

Then finally click START! "

Thank you.
[Galaxy S III General] got-petrol:
You are right with the way you flash but the modem in the firmware might be wrong for you country
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
Are on WiFi...

And does your WiFi support Dlna.

If I connect to a WiFi that doesn't support it my options stay greyed out.

Sometimes takes 5min to activate once on a WiFi...
[Galaxy S III General] BobFL:
Firstly, sorry for the late reply!

Well, I am certainly not smarter than you :) I just pressed the 'device name', changed it and then I just turned it on :confused: Sorry man, I really don't know how to help.
[Galaxy S III General] rizdroid:
HYBRID ZTO-BLFB

(Brazilian unbranded)

I'm pretty sure it will be of interest to Brazilians only...

No bootloader

Rooted

(su v3.1.1 & Superuser 3.1.3 by @ChainsDD)

Brazilian CSC (ZTOALF1)

Latest Brazilian modem (UBLF2)

If you want to give it a try,

do it at your own risk

:

Download ZTO_XXBLFB_ZTOALF1_UBLF2_ROOTED (password: rizdroidlfb)

Unrar it

Flash it via PDA option in Odin
[Galaxy S III General] TheZero-0:
Hm... NAVIGON, that's interesting!

which version is installed for? Navigon works completely? any restrictions?
[Galaxy S III General] red_guard:
hmm, NAVIGON would be nice :D
[Galaxy S III General] victorator:
08:02 GMT *NEW FW* Singapore/Unbranded (I9300/XSP) I9300XXBLG1/I9300OLBBLF1/I9300DXLF3/I9300XXBLG1
[Galaxy S III General] omer7:
Sorry if this question is already asked.

Recently i flashed MC2 UK firmware in my phone and since then i cant use adobe flash in my browser. I had MA2 before this ROM, and flash wud work on it. I could watch youtube videos in my browser. But now i m unable to watch videos in my browser.

Is it with everyone using MC2 rom?
[Galaxy S III General] patch81:
Jelly bean doesnt support flash it never has.
[Galaxy S III General] Garreth88:
No, no, no. Not what I meant. I meant the battery efficiency mode which limits cpu to 1GHz instead of 1400GHz. I've found out that when I make a change to that mode (turn it on or off), I need to restart the phone so that the changes are made.
[Galaxy S III General] omer7:
But my htc one S (on JB) also had flash and as i said this phone also supported flash when i was on MA2 :(

Officially flash is not available on JB i know. But some phones running JB have flash pre installed in it (what i know)
[Galaxy S III General] patch81:
The phones dont its the browser like chrome the a that does
[Galaxy S III General] Sleepycat3:
You need to reinstall the flash for android APK. You can download it from Adobe's website.
[Galaxy S III General] Motodoido:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/...roid/11.1.115.54/install_flash_player_ics.apk
[Galaxy S III General] deepgrass:
If you already got flash installed since ICS, it will still work on default android browser.
[Galaxy S III General] omer7:
But it is not working. Is it working in ur phone?
[Galaxy S III General] donza:
Just had S4 training at work, the software on the S4 isn't fully complete yet, some features are still buggy.

That said, that could slow down the S3 firmware production, because they need to iron out the s4 bugs before release.
[Galaxy S III General] Motodoido:
Works fine in my phone
[Galaxy S III General] omer7:
What ROM r u using?
[Galaxy S III General] Motodoido:
Emc2 btu, but ever works for me.

Try unstall the flash player, clear browser data/cache, wipe dalvik in recovery mode and install flash again, or, move the flash player app to System/app folder and change permissions
[Galaxy S III General] omer7:
Yeah i m using mc2 as well, dont know what is the issue. Anyway will check it out.

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S III General] Chlorophyll:
Pls dont think this s stupid question . Am from India but thinking to flash latest Nordic firmware. Is there any need i should change css. Pls tel y we shud change css? Wats the main purpose behind this job? Pls tel me n let me know
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Yeah, that's what I've been reading. I heard that Samsung might even get rid of 360 Panorama (Photosphere by another name). They're thinking of including it, along with a few other features in the Android 5.0 update.

The S3 probably won't even receive a full update (even for stuff our phone supports). That's just sad.
[Galaxy S III General] IamIrene:
anyone can help me download MC2 for my country and upload to mega ??

http://www.hotfile.com/dl/203237571/ccb7a08/I9300XXEMC2_I9300OLBEMC2_XME.zip.html

download from hotfile very very slow :(
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
On it.

EDIT: Here: https://mega.co.nz/#!9p9kWACR!Pwain35VmT8Ak-UwWMpyN2jMk-YqZzuvWXzy_jJElew
[Galaxy S III General] IamIrene:
thanks a lot

can I know what your internet download speed ?

mine maximum 5xx kbps :(
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
I got a 100/100 fibre line. I just bought a one year license on hotfile last year.
[Galaxy S III General] IamIrene:
that was insane :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Lol, no, it wasn't. I had a lot of money last year and $55 really isn't a lot for something I've used a lot, and by the time the one year license runs out (in August), I'll already be on another phone and won't be using Hotfile and Odin anymore. It's called planning. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] Or1994:
Is there an official stock rom of samsung that I can get OTA updates when a new version is available and it's doesn't matter from which region?

By the way

Sorry for my English
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Any, so long as you're on that country's rom and csc. I'd suggest BTU.
[Galaxy S III General] MrDSM:
Hi,

My Galaxy S3 is new (2 weeks now) and turn with XXMC2, but i see in these 2 weeks, that "System Android" take much more percentage in every recharge cycle.

Look here:

Is this normal?
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
I assume j stands for journées (days)? I'd say three days battery life is pretty awesome, depending on what the screen on time is.
[Galaxy S III General] raj_p:
How do you guys get such a long battery life? I live in Suriname (South America) and I never got more than 30 hours with 2 hours of screen time. I am on complete stock and have never rooted my phone. BTW I am running the latest Nordic rom.