yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMC2 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [02-04-13]

Yup, no problems...just tick the cache wipe boxes....system gets wiped in the flash...so come and join the party :D

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Trying to pretend he's on aosp ;)
[Galaxy S III General] babyyeobo14:
who have Mirror link of our latest firmware uploaded in MF? can i have the link? thanks
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
MF? Mother****er?
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMC2 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [02-04-13]

Perkas stash
[Galaxy S III General] jurijvi:
The forums are flooded with people having issue with mediaserver. No one has been able to pinpoint the problem.

If you don't have issue, good for you.
[Galaxy S III General] Agaranda:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMC2 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [02-04-13]

Have you tried «Rescan media»?

I9300XXEMC2, Boeffla 2.10b2L, Earsonics SM3v2
[Galaxy S III General] drelite08:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMC2 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [02-04-13]

Well I'm getting the best battery life I've had out of any combo with XXEMC2 and boeffla kernel 2.10 beta 2 with just medium undervolt to CPU and GPU. Very happy.
[Galaxy S III General] babyyeobo14:
what do you mean by that ? sorry for being noob im new to android world...
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMC2 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [02-04-13]

Search on Google play for perkas file stash, fast downloads of stock firmware amongst other things(kernels/boot loader/modems)
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
he means get it from stash server :) Link in my sig or perka.zapto.org
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMC2 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [02-04-13]

He meant this..

http://perka.zapto.org/
[Galaxy S III General] babyyeobo14:
thank you sir perka...

is it resumeable capability using IDM?

hmm so i have no worry... when my connection is lost.. i can resume it easily...
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Perka's file stash

Perka's file stash pro, worth every cent
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
Dont think so sorry.
[Galaxy S III General] G1032:
Its not just him though, is it? Same for me. But I will say its only happened on this latest build. Full clean wipe. Reflashed. Still getting this mediaserver battery drain

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Yep

I'll go and do another full wipe tonight and leave all bloatware there just to see. Some who did that reported that the mediaserver drain went away.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/t-galaxy-s-iii/236517-media-server-killing-my-battery.html
[Galaxy S III General] MrDSM:
Hi,

I see that the % of "System Android" grow up when i set network to "Automatic" and i see that the system is working hard in standby ("Awake" is full in the battery status).

But when i select "GSM Only" this disappear.

Somebody has the same thing? Where this come from? The modem?

I use the I9300XXEMC2 BTU Firmware.
[Galaxy S III General] johnkhor123:
got any mirror links for I9300XXEMC2 firmware??? hotfiles is too slow
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Mega is your friend: https://mega.co.nz/#!k88lyTKL!EKeh4QSv9S6ONulPb_HdRnhpr119ljIjh7fQAHhAvhA
[Galaxy S III General] d4c:
Just downloaded mc2. Seems okay, will give it a few days un-rooted to see what it is like.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Seriously, why unrooted? I'm unable to understand why people insist on not rooting. :p
[Galaxy S III General] MrDSM:
Any idea please?
[Galaxy S III General] KartofeLone:
Patric here, Patric there, Patric everywhere...

BTW any thoughts on MC2 vs MR7?

I'm currently on MR2 and I'm wondering which one flash now.
[Galaxy S III General] d4c:
I've been rooted using cm10.1 for ages and just want to test the new release un-rooted.
[Galaxy S III General] Dean-xXx:
Root doesn't affect performance in any way, so its nothing really to test un-rooted.
[Galaxy S III General] d4c:
Is it so hard to comprehend that I am un-rooted and using stock firmware? It's a personal choice and as I said a test, not a definitive decision on my part. I will most definitely root again but don't badger people to root because you think it's cool...
[Galaxy S III General] BLEK0TA:
This update is gr8. Everything is open imediatly, no waiting on dialer and fast gallery. Perfect update. Benchmarks have same scores like in ella. Emc2 is perfect fast update.
[Galaxy S III General] Dean-xXx:
First of all i said that will make no difference in performance if you are rooted/or not. I don't think that i pushed anyone to root or said that is "cool". So stop with your attitude, cause its useless.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Come on guys, let's stop the bickering before things escalate ;)
[Galaxy S III General] d4c:
This comment is directed at you because I have quoted you, the last one was a general comment. So please check your attitude.

Anyway back on topic...
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Rooting is not cool.

It's ULTRA COOL :D

So.. U like not having full access to ur phones file system?

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] d4c:
As I said before I have had my phone rooted many times...
[Galaxy S III General] saprer:
i myself just use unroot cuz of warranty :crying:
[Galaxy S III General] The S3 Kid:
What's the battery like on this latest rom?
[Galaxy S III General] LenAsh:
Same as every ROM since XXELLA

There are no significant changes between any of them in reality, mostly minor app updates or additions, further junk apps and localisation changes - even the XX modems are the same just with different code numbers attached. There won't be any major updates until 4.2 is released later this quarter. Samsung are not going to spend time or money on 4.1....

Suggest you follow DeadSol's reviews in the "General " thread for his take on the subtle changes where they may exist.
[Galaxy S III General] gchindi:
I would like to say that they have fixed home redraw issue in this latest rom,

Similarly if they can fix the dialer and contacts opening delay/lag, s3 would then become a complete phone :)

Hopefully in next update..
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
So how did you check the modem.bin? Hex?
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
I think there's been a few changes at a kernel level and so forth, I definitely think there has been incremental performance improvements over the last few BTU releases, nothing major, just small steady improvements
[Galaxy S III General] LenAsh:
Kernel wise, the various source updates (6,7,8,9,10) do have subtle changes, but as far as overall performance (or "efficiency") is concerned, nothing to write home about. I would e surprised if anyone could "blind test" the various stock ROMs with stock kernels and state the difference. I suppose the cumulative improvements are better than none, though they tend to focus on security holes, IIRC.

Modem.bin files are compiled C++ files and using something like GCC and Dev C++ reveals mostly file codification naming differences. I think you can twist Eclipse to do the same but that's beyond my desire to dig. I suspect the lib files are all the same too ("RIL").
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
Yea latest updates for kernels has not been huge, we need a version update.

But as for modems, how can one check if they are the same then? Are they not region specific?
[Galaxy S III General] LenAsh:
As another thought, I would like to see a later stable kernel version used, (such as 3.4). Or, at least a later version of 3.0.x - other most of the changes are linked at i386 type Distros, there are some memory handling improvements in some of the updates (3.0.39 springs to mind for some reason). I suspect other "under the hood" fixes are in there somewhere too, although whether these would translate to our use of the kernels would require a more expert view than me.

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We only looked at the non-branded "BTU" variants. I would fully expect regional ones to be very different, and indeed those intended for 3UK, for instance, would be designed to suit the higher frequencies that 3UK use (whereas O2UK tend to use the lower GSM band frequencies) - for interest, ERP for ERP, 3UK cell tower to phone ranges are less than O2s. As the frequency increases, the transmission distance decreases. Hence Oceanic aircraft use "HF" to communicate with ground or other aircraft rather than "VHF".
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
3.0.39 patch breaks my code :( have to disable # CONFIG_DMA_CMA if not it dont build.

Any way maybe I am drifting off topic now, but hey LenAsh, feel free to join my kernel thread :)
[Galaxy S III General] LenAsh:
Cheers - I've been tempted to try your recent A version...
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Fantastic..as LenAsh said above.. Same as every rom for the last 10 releases or so.

Sent from my GT-I9300

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Two things...

1. Home redraw issue doesn't matter to many people As prob 75% of people on here use 3rd party launchers.. Which don't have the issue.

2. Dialer and contacts lag issue won't be fixed on touch wiz in my opinion. It's coded too badly. Jkays framework and deluxe app allows to "whitelist" these and keeps them in memory for faster opening.

Sent from my GT-I9300

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Just checked... BUALE6... Haha

Damn u Mobile Odin.. Lol

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
I've run an old bootloader for ages now. I was only briefly on a JB one but I quickly went back. Flashed it through CWM which of course is uber dangerous, but I'm an adventurous git. :D

Think I run LFB something (bootloader)
[Galaxy S III General] Erahgon:
Yup, same here! Heh.

Sent from the present, which is now in the past.
[Galaxy S III General] Enea307:
Hi i have just installed I9300XXEMC2 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [02-04-13] my phone say Not registered to Network mine is factory unlock. Do i need another Rom? Before i had JZO54K.I9300XXELLA any sugestion? Thnx
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
apn is set?
[Galaxy S III General] Enea307:
Yes but APN type not
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
try the modem from the last working firmware.
[Galaxy S III General] key_r:
:thumbup:

Sent from Tapatalk 2

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+1

Sent from Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] Enea307:
i have just installed xxella modem but still no network???
[Galaxy S III General] c_shekhar:
This is the most common SPELLING mistake. ;);)
[Galaxy S III General] -error:
Hello.

I've found minor issue with emc2. It was fixed in previous rom version and now it's back.

I have phone hang today while trying to turn on nfc with a switch in notification area. Can someone confirm this?
[Galaxy S III General] psyntific:
I just checked it... seems to be okay... I only tried toggling it.. have not tried sending a file though
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
The NFC toggle works fine for me, too.
[Galaxy S III General] d4c:
Anyone else having issues with wifi forgetting a password and not connecting? I also seem to have no wifi signal strength indication on status bar. Weird.
[Galaxy S III General] drakexpl:
No, it's perfectly fine. NFC too.
[Galaxy S III General] Mikulec:
I had problems with the NFC toggle too. After reset it was gone and the toggle was working, then after another reset it was not working again.
[Galaxy S III General] d4c:
Might try a factory reset for my wifi issue...
[Galaxy S III General] adararnon:
NFC Bug

I have the NFC bug on EMB5. I've had it for a long time... A few firmwares before that as well.

I did a factory wipe, doesn't seem to go away.
[Galaxy S III General] Mikulec:
Me too, but I think its related to some of my titanium backup restores. But I am too lazy to find out which one.
[Galaxy S III General] babyyeobo14:
mirror link of this firmware? I9300XXEMB5 coz HOTFILE is very slow :((((((((( please give me like mirror link in Mediafire...
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Mediafire mirrors would take like 20 of them because these firmwares are huge.

MB5 --> https://mega.co.nz/#!YhVyzQzD!HNs6twkDyIyq0IPFkkEzhmi4Zp1pZQnGwD6o8-Nc81w

MC2 --> https://mega.co.nz/#!k88lyTKL!EKeh4QSv9S6ONulPb_HdRnhpr119ljIjh7fQAHhAvhA
[Galaxy S III General] babyyeobo14:
huhuhu icant download this big files... if resume capability is NO, in my IDM huhuh always...lost connection so back to zero again :(
[Galaxy S III General] andrewilley:
I tried allowing the recent OTA to install. It got to 25% in a progress bar and then I got the red triangle with the exclamation mark, and the phone rebooted itself. Seems exactly the same as before so I guess nothing got installed. I guess it didn't like CWM recovery being there.

On the plus side, it's not prompting me every three hours now. When I do get round to upgrading again, it'll be WanamLite.

Andre
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
So.. More than me on an old bootloader then hehe :D

Do I really care? Nooooo :D:D:D

Bring it on #SDS

Sent from my GT-I9300

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Can u see ur imei number?

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
If the bootloader would need patching for SDS, then we'd risk bricking our phones everytime we're booted into the bootloader. IIRC, LenAsh is also on an ics one.
[Galaxy S III General] Mikulec:
Loosers. :P :D
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
Not really... Sds = new phone from Samsung :D

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] Mikulec:
I have to confess that I too am really hoping I get SDS. Because now I have a small defect on the silver bezel. :o
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
Hi

Two days on this latest version. And terrible battery life.

Not even a day (12 hours).

Skickat från min ADT 2.0 via Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] Enea307:
Please can anyone help me? I have flashe 3 diferent Stock Roms whith odin , flashed diferent modem, changet CSC whith CSC-Changer, Tryed GalaxySim Unlock (im not sim locked) No Lucky . My phone was Sim Free from Factory. When i try to change CSC whithout Root it says com.android.Preconfig not found on your device. What can i do? I would appreciate your help. Thnx
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Flash stock Rom

Root

Use galaxy s csc changer from play to change csc
[Galaxy S III General] Enea307:
I have flashed stock Roms have Rooted used CSC changer but same thing. CsC changer give me just 2 options ATL and VD2 and nothing change when i use both. Maybe is from com.android.Preconfig missing?
[Galaxy S III General] fredy204:
tighlenc sense

waiting for the next 4.2.1
[Galaxy S III General] alvaro_lsrs:
Is a great firmware

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] MattyDip:
Is this ROM better than EMB5?

Is it possible to flash the new rom without wipe?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] Enea307:
I have flashed stock Roms have Rooted used CSC changer but same thing. CsC changer give me just 2 options ATL and VD2 and nothing change when i use both. Maybe is from com.android.Preconfig missing? I see that my importin Country is Austria. Does this help for something?
[Galaxy S III General] gchindi:
yes, this is better than EMB5, they have fixed home screen re-draw issue, so home screen stays in memory even after coming using RAM heavy app and come out of it.

visibly, no other major changes that I have noticed.

so I would say go for this rom without any second thoughts!

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i think you cant change CSC in the latest roms due to new bootloader, old bootloader allowed you to change CSC,

however, the solution is to manually flash the required CSC as usualvia ODIN,

there is a thread with all CSC packages in "general" section, so check it and flash it, not sure if it wipes your device, read the thread before going ahead.
[Galaxy S III General] Macchinista:
+1 :) And, for me, phone and message are faster tham MB5!
[Galaxy S III General] LenAsh:
I am indeed... and glad to be so. For reference, I don't flash Odin versions of new firmware, I use Wanam's Stock versions and then further amend. This avoids several issues for me, bootloader overwrites being one of them. Plus - I remove around 64 apps from /system/app, including his huge CSC.apk, I remove the bootsound from system/media/audio/ui (poweron.ogg), I modify the gps.conf file in /system/etc to change the "north-america".pool to "europe".pool to improve the AGPS time (minor but every little helps), delete the modem.bin and boot.img from the wanam folder and replace with my favourite modem (EMB5 - the RILs match in /system/lib already) and something like Boeffla 2.10 beta2 kernel. I also add a few of my favourite HTC sounds to /system/media/audio/notifications and ringtones.

I could use the ROM kitchen, but I'm so adept at the above now... old habits and it gives me an opportunity to compare file for file for changes between releases (there aren't many).

I use 7-zip to OPEN ARCHIVE (NOT extract) to perform the above and Notepad ++ to edit the .conf file.

I ALWAYS clean flash too. I never use backups. Again, probably over the top, but I never have issues, so...

I generally select BTU on first boot - again a habit of mine.

If anyone wants to try the actual CWM image I have flashed of EMC2 like the above, I can upload it.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Before flashing the zip, have you tried putting BTU as default? I.e. copying the stuff from the BTU directory and pasting it in the CSC directory?
[Galaxy S III General] LenAsh:
If I remember to, yes! Interestingly, MB5 and MC2 were both already set to BTU - used to be KOR.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
I think that might be because wanam downloads from perka, and he sets csc to btu
[Galaxy S III General] MattyDip:
Thanks but can I flash it without wipe? (With one of the last rom this wasn't possible because some apps were downgrated)
[Galaxy S III General] nachos3382:
radio

I tried all day the rom, I use a lot the radio app, with the oldest firmware there were issues, there were freezing and the notification bar had some crash, with XEMC2 at the moment it's all perfect.
[Galaxy S III General] LenAsh:
And.... your point is?

I'm waiting for my tea, but nobody wants to know that either.
[Galaxy S III General] Mikulec:
I do, really do. :laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] cathome:
OK, so in the end I decided to bite the bullet and go for a clean install, backed up everything, did a wipe/factory reset and switched from XXEMA2 / XEF to the latest XXEMC2 / OXA-BTU. As I mentioned in an earlier post in this thread, I wanted to switch CSC for a while, since there are not as many updates for the XEF CSC and so they lag behind the OXA/BTU variety ... besides, moving from a single CSC to a multi CSC gives me a bit more flexibility.

To cut the long story short, I have flashed the pre-rooted deodexed XXEMC2 firmware provided by 'as i9000' in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1825272, together with the XXEMC2 modem and the OXA-BTU CSC. I haven't updated the bootloader so I still have the one which came with the XXEMA2 firmware.

So far so good, everything worked out nice and smooth, the CSC change worked perfectly, I've got HD Audio enabled, the counter is zero, I'm rooted, and I'm still rearranging my many apps icons back and tweaking a few settings to their previous values (which Titanium Backup didn't manage to preserve)...

I have however noticed something strange. Since I entered the engineering menu (*#197328640#) to check the status for the HD Audio feature, I took the opportunity to check the various phone software versions and amongst others here's what I found:

Before (XXEMA2 / XEF firmware):

AP: I9300XXEMA2

CP: I9300XXELKB

CSC: I9300XEFELL1

CL Number: 1227487

IFX SW VER: SP6260_M0_MODEM_03.1247

After (XXEMC2 /OXA-BTU firmware):

AP: I9300XXEMC2

CP: I9300XXEMC2

CSC: I9300OXAEMC2 (sales code is BTU)

CL Number: 1214143

IFX SW VER: SP6260_M0_MODEM_03.1241

QUESTION:

What exactly are these two items: CL Number and respectively the IFX SW VER? Is the CL some sort of changelist, and if yes then for what and why is it smaller than the previous one??

It would appear that somehow this IFX software is older in the latest XXEMC2 firmware than in the two 'generations' older XXEMA2 firmware? :confused:

Any ideas? Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] dragon135:
Torrent for mc2, please..

I never managed to finish download from mega/perka/hotfile/gdrive. I need resumeable link like torrent.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] uberto.costanzo:
hi, does anyone know how to operate GPS TAG? in all rom 4.1.2, also XXEMC2 photo GPS does not work. error maps "address not found". In XXUMF3 leaked 4.2.1 works fine, can anyone help me, I need to work and 4.2.1 is still too young to S3. Thank you for answers and help.
[Galaxy S III General] wicked1683:
Wow looks like they fixed the redraw issue on MC2.

Even using nova launcher with aggressive desktop activated sometimes redraw happens after using a memory hog app. Most of the time I experienced this using flipboard. Weird is when I checked the running apps, nova launcher runtime still continues normally meaning it has not been killed.

Looks like they sorted this out. Hoping for better Samsung Fw releases in the future.
[Galaxy S III General] gchindi:
Totally agree, hope they do the same with contacts and dialer apps, all they need to do is that both apps should not be automatically killed after a short time, instead keep them in memory for at least 12 - 15 hours once opened. Hope it's not too much to ask for..
[Galaxy S III General] ricnar456:
is not a problem of a small amount of ram, s3 with 2g de ram redraws in the same form, is a bad memory managing in 4.1.x

ricnar
[Galaxy S III General] hmfakhri:
Thank you! Been looking for this :)
[Galaxy S III General] obionenairobi:
I am still on EMB1, is it worth to upgrade?
[Galaxy S III General] gchindi:
Yes, definitely worth d upgrade.. They have fixed home screen redraw issue in this rom,

No other major noticeable changes..
[Galaxy S III General] shafez:
Didn't feel any improvement here.
[Galaxy S III General] gchindi:
Well, not sure about your settings, but im seeing it to be more polished than the previous rom for sure..
[Galaxy S III General] KartofeLone:
I am still on EMR7, is it worth to upgrade to EMC2?
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
I hope this helps you decide; http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39841609&postcount=10475
[Galaxy S III General] pat357:
I wonder when Perka puts an EMC2 "insecure kernel" online in his stash.

I just checked, but the latest "insecure kernel" available in the stash is still EMB5... no signs of EMC2 yet..... :(
[Galaxy S III General] pat357:
Use Chrome for downloading from Mega or use their download-plugin for FF.

BTW : I thought that Gdrive supports resuming.... no ?
[Galaxy S III General] babyyeobo14:
:( still i cant download the latest firmware... i need resumable linkk... huhuhuhu
[Galaxy S III General] AdL2012:
I9300xxemc2

hi guys ....

this firmware is with BTU csc or KOR?

i'm asking you because i download it from sammobile and it have a KOR csc

thank you....
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
So none of the help in the post above yours helped?

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It is BTU but I am guessing it takes that from the original firmware when installed as an update, either edit the CSC before flashing or change it afterwards.
[Galaxy S III General] AdL2012:
so first i must change the csc from my phone in BTU and then i'm going to flash it with this firmware?
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
No, edit the CSC in the ROM before flashing, or change CSC after flashing.
[Galaxy S III General] AdL2012:
cribniz trickness

how can i change the CSC after flash? i try with *#272*IMEI# and the phone dosen't do nothing...i'm not rooted and don't wanna do this
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
Well you can't then, live with it as it is.