yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Thank you for telling us.
[Galaxy S III General] Squall-Leonhart:
such tests are purely BS.

exfat is ALWAYS faster when the allocation unit is properly specified (android does not do this!)
[Galaxy S III General] Lctwisk:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

I'm using your clean rom (XXEMB1). And it's the best I've ever had in terms of battery life (performance is also just fine). Hard to imagine how this base performes with some battery tweaks added. To bad most of the devs are skipping this version..

Thanks anyway!
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

You're welcome ^^
[Galaxy S III General] JagDave:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

I've been away for quite some time, does anyone know if the bootloader has changed or need updating since ELLA?

Sent from the App that Time Forgot.
[Galaxy S III General] The S3 Kid:
Anyone got a fast mirror for EMB1?
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
Check my posts.
[Galaxy S III General] rmarcus:
I can see that it's been controversial but this rom has been the best for me so far. I get no redrawns, it's very smooth. I have tried almost all, LLA, LL4, MR2, MA1, MA2 and from my recent experience this had been the winner so far. :good::o
[Galaxy S III General] rock4hell:
touchwiz crashes when try to delete homescreen pages
[Galaxy S III General] cybermungo:
AW: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Do you have an alternative link for his Rom. I can't download from mega. ..
[Galaxy S III General] Smartie36:
Not for me it's not, first thing I did after the phone booted up was delete a number of the homescreen pages as i didn't want them all, nothing crashed.
[Galaxy S III General] wanam:
It's a know "random" bug (same as removing shortcuts from the lock screen), fixed on my customs.

Btw the Russian MB2 is a downgrade too.
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Thanks, Wanam!

So, you heard it guys! Stick with your MR2! No need to flash anything else! I'm not going to do so, either!
[Galaxy S III General] KartofeLone:
When I flashed EMB1 over EMR2 touchwiz was crushing but it was caused by weather widget, so i cleared data of weather widget and the problem was gone. I hope it will help.
[Galaxy S III General] whiskerp:
By "this" you mean XXEMB1 ?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] ricnar456:
Is not a downgrade there are two separated branches, one more conservative and only solving bugs (MBX) and other more risk and trying new features (MRX)

In ICS s2, we had the same thing one conservative and other branch trying new features (battery percentaje in notif bar, supress the text on the unlock screen, etc) with high changelist both.

Both was developed in parallell, and in one point both was mixed in one only branch.

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

That explains this smoothness on MB1 then
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
contacts problem when flashing latest MB1?

Hi!

Is everyone getting the contact problem after flashing EMB1 and must clear data or something likewise?

Yep apparently YES, i flashed and now it ended with a full wipe to get rid of the stoping process. :(
[Galaxy S III General] drakester09:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Thanks for the insight.

That would be my guess as well, performance seems better on the conservative branch (Bx).

I'll stick to this one for the moment.
[Galaxy S III General] xbranex:
MB2 on sammobile now ! its for rusia :)
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
Whats new?
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Feature-wise, not a thing, a downgrade from MR2. Though MB2 has a much higher changelist. :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] xbranex:
higher than this or 921399 ? i dont get it..its downgrade from mb1 or upgrade ?!

(found it..changelist for mb2 is 936857 and mb1 921399..that is the smallest changelist ive ever seen...doh its much much more MB)
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
Playstore can't update my apps?

Hepp!

After the update to MB1 playstore can't update my apps... is there a solution for it and WHY does it do this? NO other ROM has been like this before. REALY hope it's worth it. :)
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Are you absolutely sure it's the rom doing this and not Google themselves? They have server issues from time to time. Try clearing Play store data and see how it behaves then.
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
Thanks, will try tomorrow if it does'nt work. Lucky me, the last 5-6 apps that i don't use that much! :)

Thanks agaiN!
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Okay, okay. There was no confusion before MR2 came into play now we have mass hysteria. Let's all calm down and stop flashing! :p Now, here are some pointers:

1) Anyone on MR2 should stay on MR2. Period.

2) Those people currently on MR2

should not

flash MB1. You're going to have problems and some of you may have to perform a full-wipe.

3) For those of you saying that MB1 is smooth, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. It's the same as the MA series and it's the same as MR2.

4) There probably won't be any noticeable difference between MB1 and MB2 due to a fractional increment in the changelist.

5) Let's wait until MC series comes out. If it does, then we can consider MR2 to be a rogue firmware (under development by a futuristic Samsung development team). :silly:

So, don't worry if you're on MB1/MB2 or MR2. They're the latest. :highfive:
[Galaxy S III General] floxigen:
I'm on MB1 should I install MR2 ?
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
I'm SO stupid! ONE person say MB1 is smooth and nice and i flash. Now i have to use my backup. :)

Thanks!

EH ....

ERROR mounting SD card... can't i use ext3 card for CWM recovery?
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
We don't know yet, as in, we don't know which is the culprit. I suspect Samsung Germany pulled a move too early with MR2, they skipped a whole lot of letters.
[Galaxy S III General] Mikulec:
Well I have the opposite opinion, for me on my S3 MB1 is smoother then MR2. Especialy the screen transitions.

---------- Post added at 08:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:40 PM ----------

did u changed the animation scales in developers settings? changing these values (to 0 I think) causes this bug.
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Well if one say it's smooth, don't take his or her word for it. You mightn't have the same experience with that firmware as the other person.
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
I want a better rom SO badly i can do something stupid just because ONE person says it good. :)

I hope the lack of updates from Samsung meens that the 4.2 is around the corner... :)
[Galaxy S III General] TigerCourage:
I wiped everything after I flashed though.

For me it's the best after trying ELA,EMR and MB1.
[Galaxy S III General] drakester09:
Better is subjective. The best tester is yourself.

Don't fall for others' perception and try it yourself, it's fun. ;)

Actually don't believe anyone, regardless if they tell you to flash to something or not. :highfive:

(Unless there's a critical bug or some highly important reason... opinions aren't relevant. :laugh:)
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Well, you're not going to get a better rom by just flashing stock roms. They all look the same, act the same, etc. You need to step out in the rom world, my friend. I bet you'd make it better than I do. There are heaps of roms out there just waiting for you to flash them, and some notorious are (in no specific order):

Omega

CheckROM (when Gadget updates it)

Codec

Ultima

The extra performance is gained when you lighten the system a little, tweaking it, installing tweaked custom kernels. Deodexing is a must.
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
I HAD a working ok installation but as soon as someone say that the new rom is better i want to believe it. :)
[Galaxy S III General] Brotuck:
1. Why because you say so ? I think people come here to have a ROM that fills their needs. Can you say you know them all ?

2. Flashing usually gives problems when the framework works different. But a full wipe is recommended anyway most of the time.

3. MB1 is way smoother then MR2. Batterylife is way better on MB1. On MB2 i noticed more glitches.

4. True but the kernel is different, so you actually will notice something. Depending on the circumstances.

5. MR2 is different on many levels. Many developers have said it already. It is not the first time that we see a rogue firmware popping up. Samsung needs to test new features somewhere.

Ok now i have said what i wanted, bring on the fanboys :angel:
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
WHAT THE ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why can't i mount my SD card now?! :)

Soon i throw this ****ty device and buy me a new one with buttons and a VERY tiny display that NEVER gives my any problems. :)

What have i done wrong since i can't mount my SD card to restore my clockwork backup?

anyone? What is happening? This is new to me! :(

Had to re-format my SD card to get it to work with this ROM ... strange...

Now back on MA1 :) On with the MR2. :)
[Galaxy S III General] xbranex:
Im on MB1 for 2 days and its fine. MR2 have much more problems than MB1. Yes, contact and phone open much faster but that is about it. Anyone tried MB2 ?

PS: I always do a factory reset from settings cuz in recovery somehow it does not reset fully. Things like vibration settings, some sounds and once even my wallpaper stayed the same when i did factory reset from recovery :D:D weird eh ?!
[Galaxy S III General] ricnar456:
trying mb2 noticed smooth animations, improved from mb1 or mr2, no problems at all, no new features,fluid, smooth, for battery duration opinion is needed more time, only one hour using.

I have my phone in english but when upgrade without wipe, the phone starts in russian languaje, is very complicated to me found the languaje menu in russian, but when I found, easy change to english again no problem.

ricnar
[Galaxy S III General] oae08:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

I dont think we will see 4.2 before the s4 is released :(
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Stick with MB1 now that you're on it.

For those of you claiming that MR2 has bugs, can you tell me WHAT bugs you're talking about? No one has even mentioned any bugs specifically and, yet, I see people talking about them.

Also, I'm not going to respond to that trolling comment with a long and honest reply. Feel free to do what you want.
[Galaxy S III General] KMino:
More interested in what 'R' means in the MR2 version myself :) Request version perhaps? Anyway on MB2 now, was on MB1... Would be nice if a Sammy dev would spill the beans! Probably more of a chance of meeting Santa, before that happens..
[Galaxy S III General] dajumper:
some people say it is a downgrade from mr2 but samsung do this with a reason i think! not?
[Galaxy S III General] gchindi:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Whoever is on MB1 and feel its good n daily driver, just use it, otherwise use a different rom, why is this thread being mis-used... This thread needs cleaning for last couple of pages at least... Lot of unproductive comments... Please keep in mind that your comments should help the community before posting it... Otherwise you are all wasting both your's other's time... Let sense prevail.. Peace!
[Galaxy S III General] drakester09:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

MR2 might have come from a newer, more bleeding edge branch. It allegedly contains some newer versions of some apps and some translation fixes.

MB# seems to be from the same branch from where the MA# came.

It *seems* that MR2 is from a more experimental branch and MB is from a more stable one. The cloud section in settings seems very unfinished or barebones compared to the rest of sections.

We can only guess what really happened as MR2 sure seems to be out of the usual.

It's because of some people trying to overjustify their point of view.

If you feel that a comment or reply in particular does not abide by the rules, please report it.
[Galaxy S III General] cmd512:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

MB1 is a marked improvement over MA2, the feel of programs launching/multitasking is definitely faster. Only time will tell on battery, but MA2 was a hog... shouldn't take much to be better.

(Subjective, I know... but wasn't thoroughly impressed with MA2.)
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
MB1 and MB2 are much better, I almost don't need a car charger now :)
[Galaxy S III General] gojo2207:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

You need to enable animation in developer menu than restart. Worked for me.
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
Sv: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

You're probably right. :(

Sent from my I9300XXEMA1 Android 4.1.2
[Galaxy S III General] ranf:
There are a bunch of games in it and some Yandex.ru apps (yandex is the "russian google").
[Galaxy S III General] bruno12345:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

What's better in MB2 than MR2 ??
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
It's moddable, most of the mods don't work on MR2 but do on MB2
[Galaxy S III General] fcasoli:
R: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Hi,

I have a problem since long time, also changing ROM and with full wipe.

My free RAM is average 85 Mb, with a task killer obtain 160 Mb for short time.

On my Note ll the free RAM is 600 Mb, I know the big difference in hardware, but I would like to know what is the best value you have and what I can do to increase, if it is possible.

I have some apps added but not all active in background.

Thanks

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] kornelius1982:
What apps do you use in background?

My S3 has 250-350 free memory around, with basic sync and several apps (viber clipper, lookout) enabled and it runs MR2 wanamlite 5.8 ROM

SGN2 has 2GB RAM onboard, so there`s no point to compare.
[Galaxy S III General] XRahat2011:
Ahhhhh! HotFile is ****, I am from a country where light (electricity) keeps on going off & on & this **** website isn't abling me to download!

Please, upload them to a better server like mediashare!
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Firmware is from sammobile.com XDA does not upload .

Try a google search for alternative .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] bruno12345:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Anything else... what is with phone app?
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
They can't as long as they get paid by Hotfile. It's what keeps their crappy site down 18/7 instead of 24/7.
[Galaxy S III General] kornelius1982:
Check previous posts of this thread, you`ll find Gdrive link somewhere.
[Galaxy S III General] fcasoli:
R: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Zooper

Tapatalk

Cerberus

Pure Grid

Volume control +

S Voice

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] sohagpnk:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Direct download link with resume suppory of new BTU firmware is
[Galaxy S III General] ViD0:
np, i will do that again, till then leave your sarcasm for your self ;) If you dont want to read someones opinion than you should skip it. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] brainimpact:
Something is wrong SamMobile.com will not load for me in UK it acts like its down no matter the browser but as soon as I use a US proxy its ok, just wanted to search firmwares for various devices :(

Can someone confirm if they are having same problems in UK please
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Sammobile's up for me here in Sweden. I even loaded it in a GB proxy and it loads just fine. :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] dimkit:
Sammobile has been updated with new intarface and it is still beta. The last 3 days is sometime up and some others down . Try again later
[Galaxy S III General] brainimpact:
strange I just even swapped browser then swapped OS and booted Ubuntu and still cant load it.

I'm Thinking Sky Broadband are blocking it or having a problem with some servers.

Anyone using UK Sky Broadband abie to connect or not?
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
Which is which?

Hi!

Sorry to ask but i must learn this once for all.

Which is the version of my installed ROM, the upper or the lower one?

And, what happens if i try to "go back" latest available Swedish ROM?

Tired of all this ****ty rom that is released to us.
[Galaxy S III General] whiskerp:
Broken here on O2 broadband (output from my Squid proxy)

The following error was encountered while trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?

Connection to 5.9.110.44 failed.

The system returned: (111) Connection refused
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
Kompileringsnr is your Rom.
[Galaxy S III General] Chan74:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Guys...

I have tried MR2.. but had very bad battery life... then tried to install EMB1 over it..But ODIN stopped due to error and then tried EMB2. After booting, every other minute encountered "process.acore stopped "error. From other threat found out that, the contacts application data needs to be cleared.. after that everything is OK.. And EMB2 is smooth and having good battery performance.
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
And NEE is the code for contry/region? :) Just Nordic or?
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Yes. Grundversion is your kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] brainimpact:
Yea Broken on Orange too so thats 3 ISP's tested now, its safe to say its a def UK issue

Can someone outside the UK able to get on SamMobile notify them of it being down in UK.
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
Thanks, i was browsing my collection of S3 ROM's and i want the Nordic one because it gives me nice MMS that i think MMS is supposed to be.

What happens regarding bootloader and stuff if i flash this older version? Am i getting problems?
[Galaxy S III General] patch81:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Does anyone know if changing rom csc has much to do with unlock code
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Nothing at all see the FAQS and GUIDES for CSC details .

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

Dunno, don't think so. What do you mean with the mms thing?
[Galaxy S III General] stshhh:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Hi all,

I'm on XXELLA BTU... is it worth to update on MB1?!

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

My personal opinion is yes.
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
About MMS. when i was using this Nordic ROM i got REAL MMS when you tap the picture it is shown to you. Not as now when i tap the piccy it starts to play it for me in a stupid way. :) I don't want that, and i have asked here if it is a setting i can change in other non Nordic rom's but no one has replied to it. :(

I'm thinking of flashing the official Swedish ROM and stay there untill something happens as i said before, and did not keep. :)
[Galaxy S III General] Theshawty:
Well I say go ahead. There's no visual differences between the latest rom and the latest Nordic one. Just don't forget to keep root ;)
[Galaxy S III General] stshhh:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Thanks mate... I just gave you a thanks. .

Is that a reason why?! How is working this firmware?! Any bugs, lags?!
[Galaxy S III General] patch81:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Differences in EMR2 and EMB2/1 roms anyone? Which is better
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
Re: [Stock Official Firmwares] I9300XXEMB1 (4.1.2) - United Kingdom (BTU) [18-02-13]

Doesn't matter what version of Android they use once they put touchwiz top of it you will have typical phone, contacts opening lag and home screen redraws etc... those are the issue they yet to fix since the day one from android 4.0.4 ICS ;)
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
your on a wind up right
[Galaxy S III General] FallenOut:
strange

i always hav tat from the moment i purchased my s3
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
@ Kenny i just seen your other post i have no idea how you haven't got this as everyone else has, are YOU sure you have an S3 :D:laugh:

Again may i request that someone test this for me please, in my last post you can see the error message i get after clicking on music effects
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
nope.

never had that music effects in settings > sound , ever.

---------- Post added at 01:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:41 PM ----------

oh okay i think that error is because it's not meant for stock right?

since i think that's what peeps are talking here about the extra settings found in settings are when you have DSP manager installed.
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
I don't have DSP manager instaled mate
[Galaxy S III General] maximoz:
Hopefully a full wipe will help you. Else it's gonna be a pain to troubleshoot.

An update: I have since changed to Franco kernel v8 and it's also working
[Galaxy S III General] Wazzamatazz:
I don't see the Music Effects option; don't recall ever seeing it there either.
[Galaxy S III General] Siberian Tiger:
You have to install a 3rd party app e.g. dsp manager in order to appear ;)
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
oh okay.

can we have a screenshot of your *#1234# result please?

btw, were you on stock fw before xxbflb? or were you on custom rom?

if custom rom, did you full wipe?

---------- Post added at 02:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:00 PM ----------

see? it indeed is the dsp manager.

if he didn't install it, then maybe it's included from a custom kernel or rom from previous (if no wipe) or recent(installed custom kernels/rom after xxbflb)
[Galaxy S III General] sapphire88:
latest stock rom (XXBLFB) here without music effects in settings-sound, only in the music player..
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
you mean the sound alive right?

cos there's no music effects in music player's settings.

there are only sound alive, play speed, music menu, lyrics and music auto off.
[Galaxy S III General] Siberian Tiger:
I'm also running stock XXBLFB :)
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
I'm coming from CheckRom, didn't do a full wipe just flashed this via Odin.

This is indeed bizzare as it now appears some people don't have this whereas some have, ive always had this since i first got the phone.

I don't know if it's relevant but i use Equalizer for my music, but in CheckRom when i clicked on music effects it worked fine.

screenshot as per below
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Music Effects can misbehave/close on all roms i have tried .

Yes it only shows if you have 3rd party DSP app.

jje
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
But i don't have DSP Manager ive just checked again, i have Equalizer which is what i use.

This is all very strange :laugh::laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] KennyLegend:
It simply must be from a custom kernel or the result of leftover files from a previous rom maybe. Cause it is NOT included in the latest stock LFB.
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
But ive always had this mate since the day i got the phone before i even done anything.
[Galaxy S III General] nadram:
It did help!

Thanks all for the input

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
there you go.

it's a remnant from checkrom.

:victory: