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[Galaxy S III General] adrian_vindel:
Reset factory settings->clear all cache/data vía CWM- >flash XBLG8 vía odin.... What you think is that consider a full wipe?. :)
[Galaxy S III General] dezborders:
Yeah factory reset is all I did before upgrading the Rom.

Don't know then, maybe it's down to network reception and network provider

I also have my network settings configured for WCDMA mode only as GSM data is too slow
[Galaxy S III General] Demonhotrod:
I'd just like to add, im not rooted (I know... I know haha) so my stats and whatnot are with a completely stock rom, updated via KIES, rather than Odin
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
I don't receive any ota running stock rom and cf root 6.4. I've tried everything but it doesn't work for me, nor does it work for a lot of other people.

consider yourself one of the lucky ones haha:D

Dude i don't mean to be an ass but no need telling me to use the search function. I couldn't give a toss about any fix. The guy didn't know why the app was removed and asked about a link to the app. I simply explained why it was removed from Google play.
[Galaxy S III General] LiquidNarwhal:
I'm using the i9300 over in the US on the Att network and I'm wondering if I download this, will there be any network issues or such? or is this fully compatible?
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
I'm using it on AT&T just fine.
[Galaxy S III General] LiquidNarwhal:
any idea if this solves the battery drain?
[Galaxy S III General] Michael_P:
Damn s***ty Hotfile, I tried to download 4 times and keeps failing near the end so can't even try it yet.
[Galaxy S III General] insomnia:
I have the same crappy battery life issue after upgrading to LG8.

Everything was great until LG6. I notice the Data connection constantly going between 3G -> H -> H+ rinse and repeat in areas of full bar. This was not happening with prior builds.

Pissed right now.
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
Hmm. I haven't noticed any change in battery life. Still getting over 6 hours of on screen time.
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
+1 here
[Galaxy S III General] Jack Barrett:
XXBLG8 Mirror: http://bit.ly/MbHWPZ
[Galaxy S III General] ShironLive:
I haven't rooted, I'm using a stock Samsung Galaxy S3...
[Galaxy S III General] SoKoOLz:
With LG8 firmware, I have been having the duplicate contacts problem.

Anyone has this problem?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] wackyD:
Hey mate I had this problem and fixed it.

Prior to LG8 my radio always connected to 850MHz band 5

Then it started connecting to 2100MHz band 1 after the update for some reason and this connection always prevented data indling in 3G

I fixed it by changing the mobile network here in Sydney (I'm with Telstra)

Maybe check your available networks for your service provider and choose an alternative?

I realise this option was easy for me but maybe you can try it..

To check what frequency and band, type *#0011# in dialer

Hope you find a solution...
[Galaxy S III General] dezborders:
+1
[Galaxy S III General] kempzhong:
thanks for sharing

i will download and try this out!
[Galaxy S III General] dilse:
Just flashed I9300XXBLG8, 147 updates, no idea what so far. Would be nice to see Change Logs :)
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
Eh? Where do you see this?
[Galaxy S III General] alelas:
I think he meant 147 apps got updated Dalvik cache...on 1st boot
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
That was my guess, why would anyone think it the number of changes in the ROM. :D
[Galaxy S III General] eon_designs:
Hello all

rather nervous here as I am about to flash my brand new (t-mobile) branded handset to the latest firmware.

does this all sound right:

Downloaded Odin

Downloaded I9300XXBLG8_I9300OXABLG8_I9300XXLG8_BTU.zip file

and have in backup I9300BVALF4_I9300TMUALF2_TMU.zip to put back on the handset in case I need to return it (so that I keep my warrenty)

I have already installed and run Kies so the drivers are installed

From what I have read - all I need to do is launch Odin, select the tar.md5 firmware file in the PDA section, make sure that only Auto reboot and F Reset Time are ticked.

Then start the phone by pressing home key, vol down and powerbutton - press up to go into download mode and then plug in the usb and then press start

Is this right? do I have all the right files for a UK branded T-Mobile handset? or am I missing something?

thanks. eon
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
Yes, should work. Just so you know. I had to change one t-Mobile i9300 to unbranded ROM. It did work but I had to do a factory reset via recovery, because it would give tons of errors after boot and then freeze.

So save all your important data. ;) Good luck!
[Galaxy S III General] olisun39:
I have this same problem and I am with Three UK...

I had the same problem with the previous build also and I had flashed the LG6 modem... I might try the same with the current LG8 firmware.
[Galaxy S III General] dilse:
Yes, that's what I meant. :)
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
It's just rebuilding the cache. Nothing new updated there.
[Galaxy S III General] dilse:
I also moved from T-Mobile branded ROM to the Unbranded one, works fine. Upgrade procedure is correct.
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
Did you also had to factory reset after the update?
[Galaxy S III General] Matcarroll:
Can i ask for some help please. I recently flashed	I9300OXABLFB via odin as was having a problem with stock o2 firmware. Anyway, said version was fantastic and had brilliant radio quality which was my previous problem. Last night i updated it to I9300OXABLG8 and my poor radio reception is back.

Can i just flash the radio/modem version back to a previous version via Odin and if so, how do i do it, as in what options do i select in odin. Is it worth just going back to I9300OXABLFB and sticking with it? If i "downgrade" firmware via odin will it still keep all my settings?

thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III General] dilse:
No, I think as long as you don't change the CSC, this update is an update rather that a full flash.
[Galaxy S III General] dezborders:
I tried downgrading from LG8 to LFB and ended up with lots of FC on core phone service .... only way to resolve this was a factory reset, losing all my settings.

I don't know if its safe to downgrade only the modem or how to do this in Odin.

Suggestion for future: flash CWM recovery with SGS3 Toolkit then run a nandroid backup in recovery mode each time before you flash a firmware upgrade. Then u have a safe way to downgrade (restore) without risk of data loss
[Galaxy S III General] eon_designs:
Thanks for the positive replies.

Out of interest, if I had to return my t- mobile handset and I had put back the original t-mobile one. Would they know I had been using the Samsung official one and not theirs?
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Not unless it was rooted .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] dezborders:
And even then if u run triangle away before flashing back to t-mob firmware they won't know...

... UNLESS ... Nokia used to record the firmware version in use every time you ran the Nokia software update tool. Its quite possible Samsung Kies or handset software update check (or both) are reporting the illegal software version in use to Samsung every time they are run!
[Galaxy S III General] Tutsumi:
TTT had an upgrade today:

LG2
[Galaxy S III General] Demonhotrod:
It seems to be very... erratic? My stats for the latest charge have been included and so far, so good. But other than the stock apps, I only have Facebook, Swiftkey, Viber and Whatsapp installed. Screen on time is at 48 minutes though, which I am concerned about, because like you, pre-update I was easily able to get 5/6 hours screen on time out of a 24hour+ charge, which im not very confident I could achieve on this firmware. Meh, not really much I can do about it. I am tempted to backup all my messages etc and just factory restore the device, see if that helps *shrugs*

EDIT: I just want to add, the time between the first image, and the second the phone was TOTALLY idle the entire time, because I was asleep haha
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Facebook is a known drainer of the battery. It doesn't close when u exit. Fb upload service stays active. U need to shut it down With task manager.

Also viber and what's app drain the he'll out of ur battery. They're constantly searching for a network connection.

The apps u just mentioned are your problem.

Run a bbs scan and see for yourself.
[Galaxy S III General] azsamsancho:
Does Viber drain battery? I thought it was push, thus minimizing the drain..?
[Galaxy S III General] Demonhotrod:
No.

I hear what you are saying, and those apps DO drain battery, but i've had these apps installed since day 1, I think Facebook was the very first app I installed (because I like having Contact pictures), but my problem is that I WAS getting a good 24 hour battery life (with 5 hours ish screen on time), with those apps installed, before I updated to LG6/8 but now im having trouble clearing about 15, it has absolutely nothing to do with those apps. If I had just installed them, and then my battery life had taken a hit, fair enough, but that just isn't the case

Viber does use PUSH (I think Whatsapp does too? But I might be wrong) and whilst that does minimise battery drain compared to polling, because the app (or apps) give you real-time notifications, they are always open in the background of your phone, thus having them installed gives you more battery drain, compared to not having them installed (and obviously the more you use them, the more your screen is on etc etc etc) so it all eventually adds up.
[Galaxy S III General] insomnia:
Whats TTT ? explain ?
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
No? :laugh: :eek:
[Galaxy S III General] alankstiyo:
Today's there's an update for telcel's fw (mexico) I'll be flashing it today and report back, sadly I couldn't do it OTA the file was failing at 25%

note: update is around 87mb OTA update

edit: If anyone can provide me the guide to extract the fw so we can have it as backup for anyone I'd appreciate it
[Galaxy S III General] mario06:
Guys and Girls... this firmware does consume more battery but thats because they have overall better signal reception so it's understandable. I live in a bad reception area and am using the LG8 Rom with the lg6 modem but for people that don't have my problem just don't update.

Regards

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] eon_designs:
Does this latest firmware fix the refresh issue of the widgets?

If it does then I will certainly update regardless of the battery usage.
[Galaxy S III General] Rahabhim:
I think Its Trinidad and Tobago
[Galaxy S III General] laxity:
Unfortunately not. I still have the home screen refresh issue with LG8.

I suspect that this issue won't be resolved until Jelly Bean arrives with project butter in the next few weeks
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
I have no issues on LG8. I'm getting 24- 36 hours with about 5.5 hours screen time.

Have u run BBS to see if u have wakelocks like I suggested?

In fact, here's a little screenie from last night with about 12 hours uptime total.
[Galaxy S III General] varekkai:
Can someone point me to any sort of guide on how to dump a completely stock ROM from an unmodified phone? I'm trying to get mine back to stock to use the warranty but the ROM I need is nowhere to be seen, and I followed the steps of the OP but got into several issues (not able to change my CSC back to the correct one for example).

If I could find a guide on how to dump stock ROMs I could probably convince a friend of mine to let me extract it from his phone ;D
[Galaxy S III General] Byakuya88:
a little bit off-Topic.....

I noticed one thing in the screenshot you posted, the battery level is very very low ..... you kill your battery .... it is clearly not recommended to let a Li-ion battery emptied completely, it causes chemical damage and it kills your battery ....

Sorry for the off-topic
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
No offence but you sound new to this.

You are not supposed to empty the battery completely which for us means leaving it drain till it switches off. It is perfectly safe to run your battery down to 1% before charging. In fact you are supposed to do just that while charge cycling after flashing a new rom.
[Galaxy S III General] Byakuya88:
haha yes yes im new to this....if my brain work good tonight....you are talking about calibrate your battery right ???? since the Galaxy SII is out there is no need for calibrate your battery.....if you search a little bit, if you let a Li-ion battery drain till your phone switch off...it's cause a chemical damage....to prevent this chemical damage there is a system that protects the battery causing the loss of battery power..........it's just an advice, but seems that I am new to all this stuff....so forget wath i said.....back to topic
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
Everything went butter smooth, didnt have to reset any settings.

I actually see an improvement in battery use. But I came from LG3 so cant really compare this one to LG6.

The home screen is instant compared to LG3. No redraw at all. Believe me I tried hard to kill it. :D

Also the annoying "Android is updating" message after every boot is GONE! I guess it was some LG3 bug.

Now I want Jelly. :laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Dude i know exactly what u are talking about. I said NOT to leave it drain till it switches off. I am fully aware this causes battery. I said drain to 1%. This is not the same thing.

And yes, u are right about the battery not needing to be charge cycled on the S2. After flashing a new firmware You do however, need to charge to 100% + 15 mins, power off and pull the battery for a min of 90s before powering up again. This resets ur battery stats so ur battery reads properly again. But that was on the S2. (I know cause had one for 12 months ;))

Our S3 is a different device with an exynos cpu. It's not really known yet whether the battery on the S3 needs calibration or not so until somebody proves otherwise, I will still use the tried and tested method of charge cycling. ( 1%-100%-1%-100%).

The bottom line here is that anybody that flashes a new firmware simply cannot expect to have an accurate battery reading a few hours or even one charge after flashing it.
[Galaxy S III General] Sascha46:
this firmware version is running well on my device...the only point which sucks is that most custom kernels are not working well anymore
[Galaxy S III General] KingArthas88:
guys one question.

can i flash on my unbranded ITV galaxy s III just the PDA and PHONE from BTU rom and leaving the CSC ITV. so i can update just the rom witouth wipe?
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
It's because we need new Samsung sources. Check out Siyah kernel. It works perfect on LG firmwares.
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
PDA and Phone yes no problem .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] Demonhotrod:
I have, a screenshot of my BBS partial wakelocks has been included with this post

Image 1) Taken first thing this morning, about an hour after being taken off charge, hardly any use during that hour

Image 2) Screen on Time taken at the same time as Image 1

Image 3) Battery stats taken about 30 minutes ago

Image 4) Screen on Time taken at the same time as Image 3 (as you can see, in the 8 hours between Image 1 and 3, i've only use my phone for 9 minutes, yet my battery is down to 29%)

And here are two further images that show the info from BetterBatteryStats about my wakelocks: Here and Here

Whatsapp and Dropbox have entries in the list (the only 2 apps in the entire list that aren't system run programs) but if you look, Whatsapp is a grand total of 46 seconds

And i've had to put my phone on charge, after only 8 hours with a measly 15 minutes screen on time... something just isn't right. I don't know what, might be an app, might be the firmware, might be my battery, but something isn't adding up.
[Galaxy S III General] cmd512:
Siyah v1.4 working perfectly here on LG8. Camera, Wi-Fi, undervolting all works.
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
Stock Kernel is the most stable,im running Android Revolution which comes with Stock Kernel and battery life is excellent and ive had no problems at all.

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I suggest you freeze most of the Samsung bloatware you most likely don't use and you'll see a major difference.

This new firmware is amazing for battery life with stock kernel (Android Revolution ROM)
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
I agree with Jonny about freezing the Samsung bloatware. Not sure that's ur problem but it should help.

About ur bbs log, have u screen unlock/key sounds etc on? If so, disable them.

Also, go into settings, back up and reset and unchecked "Back up my data".

Do u use chrome? If so. Have u disabled the tilt scrolling in settings/developer setting? Chrome uses the motion sensor by default unless u turn it off. It doesn't register in bbs either for some reason.

Other than that, post ur logs in the BBS thread and Chamonix will help u further cause u have a serious drain problem my friend, wayy too big.
[Galaxy S III General] hstruik:
Same here
[Galaxy S III General] b-eock:
Anyone that has DL'ed LG8, would you mind unzipping it and uploading the recovery.img?
[Galaxy S III General] insomnia:
not sure about you guys, but I am ready for another "official" update :)
[Galaxy S III General] done12many2:
Let me know if this helps.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14945153/recovery.img
[Galaxy S III General] kaltan:
Do You know why there is no changelog when Samsung make an update?

Versions change everytime without any official information. Its weird.
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Yes. It has always been that way.
[Galaxy S III General] eon_designs:
Just installed this firmware over the top of my branded t-mobile firmware

Everything went well - phone now looks like it is running the official stock rom

However, if i go into Kies i now get the message:

"your device does not support software upgrading via kies" - is this correct?

Also the CSC now reads CSC:LG8 (KOR) - what does the KOR refer to? Have I used the wrong firmware of the UK? or is this right?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] shrikantk:
Need India Stock Odin

Hi

Can any one help me with India Stock Odin pls.

Thanks

Shrikant
[Galaxy S III General] neofral:
same here. i flashed the latest firmware from Post 1 and it doesn't show any OTA update and today i noticed this :eek:
[Galaxy S III General] adrian_vindel:
What app do you use to freeze apps?
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Titanium backup pro .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] juliano_q:
Quick question, after freezing system apps using Titanium, what will happend when I flash the next stock rom? It is better to unfreeze the apps before flashing it?
[Galaxy S III General] HomeStoned:
small OTA update

what a great demo!!

here is the 26mb I9300OXABLG8 OTA update unbranded UK GREAT I CAN'T POST OUTSIDE LINKS!

PM me for a link
[Galaxy S III General] eliashadow:
No needed to unfreeze the apps.

If the new version is no wipe the apps well remain freeze, if it's wipe, the apps will overwrite so will be unfreeze on first boot.
[Galaxy S III General] adrian_vindel:
I can find the menu/shortcut to freeze the app
[Galaxy S III General] Baldilocks:
1. Open Titanium Backup

2. Click on Backup/Restore

3. Now just click on an app you want to freeze.

Couldn't be easier really......
[Galaxy S III General] adrian_vindel:
Is not that easy in this spanish versión maybe Because of the tranlation of the menu that shows when you selectivo an app. I have to do it vía scheduled tasks all tasks freeze/unfreeze

Could you post an imagen with the direct link to freeze an app vía context menu?
[Galaxy S III General] adrian_vindel:
Nevermind i have just founded
[Galaxy S III General] adrian_vindel:
Nevermind i found it
[Galaxy S III General] luigig:
I did the same and my CSC info now reads: CSC:LG8(VD2) and I get the same message: "Your device does not support software upgrading via Kies". My phone was originally on the Vodafone Germany firmware (CSC code = VD2).

I am not an expert but It looks like the flashing process does not change the CSC code and maybe Kies does not like the CSC codes we have in our phones and, hence, the message "Your device does not support software upgrading via Kies".

Should we change the CSC code to BTU? How can we do it?

Anyone that can shed some light?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] FDisk80:
For all the "Your device does not support software upgrading via Kies" people.

You are lucky. :laugh: Why would you use that horrible horrible thing.

Every time I tried to use it it would freeze, mess up the already perfectly installed driver that windows 7 installed. Freeze and fail at data backup and boot loop the phone after firmware updates.

Only thing it's good for is to backup your contacts. Also pointless if you are synced with Google account. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] johnbanks:
You can use the *#272*IMEI# or download CSC s2 app from play
[Galaxy S III General] luigig:
Thanks. I changed the CSC code to BTU (I had to reinstall my apps but not a big deal) and now Kies shows that I have the latest firmware update installed and does not complain anymore about not supported software upgrades.
[Galaxy S III General] cristianjmunoz:
from LBF to LG8

Hey.

I'm using the firmware LFB and download LG8, and want to know if I should be prepared for any particular problem, especially since many speak of a sim if you lock the LFB to LG8.

stay tuned to your comments.

many thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
If u rely on a sim unlock be careful. There is a fix but search xda and read properly.

Stay on stock kernel or Siyah kernel and you'll have no problems. Any other kernels will give you wifi dropouts and lockscreen freeze. I
[Galaxy S III General] JinRoh3:
I was using sim unlock and lost it... what are my options?
[Galaxy S III General] cristianjmunoz:
Hi.

Hello,

Sorry but do not quite understand this sim lock.

because this blockage occurs?.

that I do so I would not happen.

thank you very much.
[Galaxy S III General] Mikulec:
Simlock means that the phone is locked on simcards from one operator. So u cant use other simcards. Tgis only happens if u bought SGS3 from operator. If u have unbranded phone u dont have to worry.
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Search xda for mike1986 fix. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] skivnit:
ehh, not true i was unlocked and have been using my phone from day one with multiple upgardes and never had the unlocking sim code messsage until i moved to BLG8 for some reason it is now locked
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
oh then my mis-conception then :/

Then his info he provided of the app was "wrong" as the S3 isn't supported (yet)
[Galaxy S III General] rizdroid:
Added three Brazilian hidswver (Tim, Unbranded & Vivo) on post #156 (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26997033&postcount=156)

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Actually, the author - LuffarJoh, created a thread about Check Fus!!! ;) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=834884
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
indeed I've seen :)!
[Galaxy S III General] rizdroid:
If the firmware you want isn't in presets you have to provide the info about it using Advanced option.

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[Galaxy S III General] Northern.dj:
Look through 17+ pages and still the Question has not been answered

were is the stock XEU firmware the one on is UK only but this does not cover UK/Irland on other devices
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
does ur phone have XEU?

If so, what is your PDA, phone, CSC?

I know for the S1 XEU was the CSC...not seen it yet for the S3.
[Galaxy S III General] Muke88:
Hi, I am trying to download the Australian unbranded firmware

Product code: XSA, I9300XXALE8/I9300XSAALE6/I9300XXLE8/I9300XXALE8

I downloaded the FUS downloader 2.1, and the program finds the needed ROM. However when I try to download it, an error occurs and it asks me if I want to quit or continue. Even continuing it doesn't change anything. I have attached the screenshot. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance

Ps. Do I need to flash the rom with Odin?
[Galaxy S III General] godowsky:
hello,

is there italian language in the last I9300ZSALED (4.0.4) - Taiwan (OZS) firmware?