yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
No, no. No need to wipe, my friend! Wiping sometimes makes apps work better and wiping is always recommended if your applications start force closing!

The LLA ROM is the official ROM for Britain and all phones sold in Britain. So, yes, it is official. Although, if you may want to claim warranty, some sellers do take note of where the phones come from and if they spot a British ROM in their non-British batch, they may void your warranty. That's a very rare and extreme case (and I've never heard of it happening) but it can happen. So, if you are the VERY cautious type, you can stick with your current firmware.

Although, I would highly recommend upgrading because this is an official firmware so you should have no worries! :good:
[Galaxy S III General] Inaam24:
Thanks. Can i use samsung kies to update it directly? will it update my uk unbranded 4.1.2 from 2 weeks ago to this new one?
[Galaxy S III General] Motogp1:
If you csc is uk then yes as the uk is the only country this has been officially released . This is for kies only .

Sent from nexus 4 or SGS3 using xda premium.
[Galaxy S III General] demirisdemir:
Yes sir,I understand that,but I'm interested only in bootloader update,not the whole process going back to stock.

I've watched the whole video,but there's nothing about bootloader.

I have two files sboot.bin (I assume it goes in bootloader section of PC Odin) but the second file tz.img where that file is going,do I need it or what?
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
this you need to ask in siyah thread.

Goes in PDA pc odin.

EDIT, needs to be in a .tar

here it is, pls spread this thread as I cant post it every time some one ask how to change CSC ;)

enjoy!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36224599#post36224599
[Galaxy S III General] Inaam24:
Cool, thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] Motogp1:
Page 19 of this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2077844

Sent from nexus 4 or SGS3 using xda premium.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
I can confirm that in my video I don't have the mention of bootloaders.

As for page 19:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2077844&page=19

Direct link to it.
[Galaxy S III General] SavanTorian:
but there's still no confirmation from samsung, if this new sboot.img /tz.img stuff will fix the sudden death bug in FW XXELLA! :mad:
[Galaxy S III General] Gainn:
flashed ELLA + CF AutoRoot and all is happy.. thanks for the updates as always.. :)
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
Video posted - I hope this helps someone and gives you info/security on triangle away on this firmware version:

[YOUTUBE]rrkVb-QgmIQ[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S III General] olavopb:
You did not mention the CSC!

And, CWM Recovery, will always generate the mini exclamation mark, and increase the counter. Use Stock recovery mode, after all + triangle away.
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
1.

Nop - never seen the exclamation mark in the last 24 flashes, and year that I've been flashing roms on my S3 -> only noticed it now on this new firmware

2.

I didn't mention CSC, as there was no need for me to mention it.

it is in the video DESCRIPTION for people to read, and enquire about it if needs be ;)

3.

I'm not flashing BACK TO stock, just flashing a firmware and putting to bay people's concerns of triangle away with this particular firmware.

4.

I want a cookie. :victory:
[Galaxy S III General] cammel:
One question... I was on stock rooted LL4 UK with KOR csc when I checked on stock recovery last time.

Now after flashing this ELLA Firmware without wiping and rooting it using cf-auto-root, under stock recovery it still says KOR under CSC, is that OK? Is KOR one of the multi csc's included in this firmware like BTU?

And also why there is a lot of people trying to change their csc to BTU?? what is the big deal about it?

thanks in advance for the help!

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
info on what's included in the list & how to change it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36227977

-CSC changing will cause a factory reset.

-Changing CSC is usually down to CARRIER problems -> Each CSC related to each country/carrier/area - thus KOR is for korea. Usually it is advised to have a CSC that corresponds to your country/carrier.

-Changing CSC isn't a need, or requirement for your phone to not operate properly, however if you come across some carrier related issues, then this is the reasoning behind it.

Thus BTU is the STOCK unlocked, UK CSC.

Just to show you what CSC can do, or did do, in the past for me - old school video, but still applies in understanding what it did/does.

[YOUTUBE]h9oTXwP1fAM[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S III General] gchindi:
wild shot

i know its highly unlikely, but did Sammy fix dialer/phone lag we had/have from day one..??
[Galaxy S III General] sarbe:
No they didn't.
[Galaxy S III General] mdfpido:
Every time there is a new ROM I always find myself saying that that ROM is the fastest/smoothest, thus far. True to form, this XXELLA BTU ROM holds that title. Which leads me to my second point, that there's really no way to go for this JB on S3 but to get better every time it gets updated. Duh, right? I still hope though that by the time it ever gets updated to 4.2.1 Project Butter is fully working.

Can't believe I'm saying this, but good job Samsung!
[Galaxy S III General] acidemic:
All works definetly smoother than Polish. No need to wipe.
[Galaxy S III General] macrosat:
Does the CSC code for Turkey?
[Galaxy S III General] Shamus69:
Beware when flashing for those people using device encryption!

Hi All, first post, long time lurker :)

A word of warning for all those people choosing to use device encryption (or those like me who are forced to use it because of their employers security policy)...

When I flashed ELLA using PC Odin I was unable to enter my password on restarting the phone, the only option I had was to do a factory reset. To put it simply the device refused to recognise my password. A search revealed that some people have had this problem previously when flashing OTA updates.

I believe it has something to do with the new bootloader, although I could be mistaken.

Sequence of events:

Previously running ELL4 BTU, rooted, stock recovery.

Flashed ELLA with Mobile Odin, no wipe, kept root, cleared cache and dalvik cache. No problems.

Read on the forum about the new bootloader and rumoured "sudden death" fix, so decided to flash again using PC Odin (Mobile Odin doesn't flash the bootloader).

Flashed ELLA with PC Odin, no wipe, obviously lost root.

Rooted with latest CF Autoroot (first time I've used this, have previously used CF-Root, and used Mobile Odin since so not lost root). CF Autoroot was successful.

Upon restarting the phone refused to accept my password and had to factory reset.

Has anyone else encountered this problem? I would like to avoid this happening again! I had everything backed up with Titanium backup, so no data lost, I just didn't expect to spend the next couple of hours reinstalling all my apps and reconfiguring settings :(

Shamus.

Lol! Ignore my old signature! ;)
[Galaxy S III General] donalgodon:
In summary, it appears that there is no way to get full "Normal" status while using a CWM custom recovery?

Is that accurate?
[Galaxy S III General] rmsa786:
try this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36231958&postcount=329
[Galaxy S III General] marbedMB:
I've encounter problem with e-mail. My company using exchange and on omega and other ROMs it works great but when flashed newest rom from here suddenly cant connect to company server and so my email doesnt work. Still got message: Update security optioons. Have no idea what to do to push it work good
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
Quite an interesting find....

I got an interesting revelation on XXELLA.

Now this might come across as odd, and weird, but here goes.

On XXELL4 - Darkyrom v 8.2 and 8.3 (with an without siyahs 1.8.6 kernel) (UK branded previous 4.1.2 version) here's what happened when I connected the following chain:

Earphones with iPod enabled mic + splitter + amp + interconnect to phone = earphones wouldn't play properly, and had to be lodged 1/3rd out in order to play properly, or if the mic button was held down, permanently it would play properly.

(the reason I would semi-lodge them out, is because the 3rd pin on the jack, wouldn't make proper contact, thus disabling "communications")

On XXELLA (current newest 4.1.2):

Earphones with iPod enabled mic + splitter + amp + interconnect to phone (same setup) = earphones play normally, whilst being connected the same way, however they are fully lodged into the splitters naturally - thus not lodged out or anything like that.

The picture should give you a better idea of what's going on.

So, have Samsung changed something with their audio codec, in order to better accept audio devices? Possibly.

PS. I'm doing so many earphones at the same time, to "burn-in" for those that don't believe in burn-in, then that's your call.

Anyone noticed this difference?

The things you need to test:

-A splitter, or a connector that has only a 2pin 3.5mm configuration

-Earphones that aren't designed, nor work properly with Android, but work fine with iPods.
[Galaxy S III General] zimzoid:
I have this as well, is it really a problem? Running stock 4.1.1
[Galaxy S III General] lucidafollia:
1,478,000. NCMore

This firmware is multi csc ?
[Galaxy S III General] delsus:
Only if you really want to reset the flash counter, I if you don't just use CWM.
[Galaxy S III General] olavopb:
What "SysScope" service is?

And why if I frozen/defrozen ir, status goes from modified to normal???

I found a discussion about this: http://goo.gl/yPwO7,

and a

Thread here: http://goo.gl/PmGeQ --> "ok so it seems like the application SysScope scans the phone and is what makes the device show as modified under Settings>About device>status> system status. it might also be the reason why the flash counter goes back up after using triangle away and rebooting. so i decompiled secsettings apk. and sysscope if the one that scans the device to see if it is modified. i also decompiled sysscope.apk and in one of the smali files it shows it scans for this..."

BUT!!! I tested it and don´t work in XXELLA!

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] :
Still has the YouTube bug where if you go from full screen to portrait there is a black bar
[Galaxy S III General] gojo2207:
Can anyone tell me how to check if bootloader is updated with new one from XXELLA?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
adb shell then cat /proc/last_kmsg
[Galaxy S III General] Motogp1:
Apart from the exynos fix and possibly a bootloader sudden death fix is there any other difference from Decembers 4.1.2 BTU release.

Sent from either Nexus 4 or SGS3 using XDA premium.
[Galaxy S III General] rizdroid:
Seems Exynos exploit is gone, even though ExynosAbuse v1.40 says XXELLA is exploitable...

Anyways, this is for those who want a rooted firmware as "near" to the original one as possible:

ROOTED XXELLA

root method: Root it Yourself

binary counter: NO

device status: MODIFIED :(

su & Superuser by ChainsDD

Flash it via PDA option in ODIN.

DOWNLOAD (password: rizdroidoxaella)

Cheers!
[Galaxy S III General] marbedMB:
Still no answer for exchange security updates bug
[Galaxy S III General] buge boyo:
Here my battery life on XXELLA
[Galaxy S III General] Serdxx:
sory, anyone can help me?

:)
[Galaxy S III General] deepgrass:
+1 This no longer work -.-

it can refresh counter on download mode

but Settings>About device>status> system status is still MODIFIED
[Galaxy S III General] delsus:
Because SysScope rescans the system every boot to check for any modified system files, if you go into Settings, About Device, Status fast enough after boot you can see it saying "scanning".
[Galaxy S III General] deepgrass:
Is that mean I should avoid going to Settings>About device>status if the phone is rooted?

It will activate "SysScope" scan and turn your device status as MODIFIED?
[Galaxy S III General] cyberdroxxx:
It will turn to Modified eventually if you have root. You only loose OTA.

I will only reset my device status back to Normal if I want to update via OTA. Once it is done I will root again and won't brother about the Modified status.
[Galaxy S III General] Tundrun:
Hi there.

So, I have a few questions. I've got the Iranian GT-19300, and I want to root it so I can install this ROM (I think).

I live in the US, does it matter if I use this or not?

Also, what do I change the CSC to so it matches this ROM? All I see are three character CSCs, and nothing like OXXELLA.

Do I change my CSC before I root? I haven't rooted yet. Is there anyway I can root my device on a Mac? I can't find Odin for Mac ;[

For rooting, I just do what this says: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1957273 right?

Thank you very much, sorry for the many questions. I really want to go to the U.K. version so I can use Google Wallet and actually be on Jelly Bean.
[Galaxy S III General] hieupham:
Oh seems like the newer ROM is out :D

GT-I9300 - Hong Kong

PDA: I9300ZSDLL1

CSC: I9300OZSDLL1

Version: 4.1.2

Date: 2012-12-28

Regions: China, Hong Kong

http://www.hotfile.com/dl/187354160/8864325/I9300ZSDLL1_I9300OZSDLL1_TGY.zip.html
[Galaxy S III General] siavash_Skh:
Some people said that the triangle away didnt work any more by flashing the new official rom (ella) ? Do you confirm it?
[Galaxy S III General] ToddeSwe:
Did you wipe after flash? This is a couple of hours more usage and screen hours than me without wipe.

Sent from my I9300XXELLA Android 4.1.2
[Galaxy S III General] mdfpido:
How about silky smooth sounds to you?
[Galaxy S III General] stshhh:
I just flashed XXELLA ... and my CSC is KOR! how can i change it?!
[Galaxy S III General] TotallydubbedHD:
by searching the interwebz for bacon:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2080181
[Galaxy S III General] lokhor:
Does XXELLA come with the bootloader fixing the sudden death issue?
[Galaxy S III General] TieNN89:
Is there any reason/benefit to change it?
[Galaxy S III General] Przekret:
I9300XXELL6

Base Firmware: I9300XXELL6(4.1.2)

Modem: I9300XXELL4

CSC: I9300OXFELL1

Build Date: 13-12-2012

Changlist: 699321

# begin build properties
# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh
ro.build.id=JZO54K
ro.build.display.id=JZO54K.I9300XXELL6
ro.build.version.incremental=I9300XXELL6
ro.build.version.sdk=16
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.release=4.1.2
ro.build.date=Thu Dec 13 19:29:22 KST 2012
ro.build.date.utc=1355394562
ro.build.type=user
ro.build.user=se.infra
ro.build.host=SEP-120
ro.build.tags=release-keys
ro.product.model=GT-I9300
ro.product.brand=samsung
ro.product.name=m0xx
ro.product.device=m0
ro.product.board=smdk4x12
ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a
ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi
ro.product_ship=true
ro.product.manufacturer=samsung
ro.product.locale.language=en
ro.product.locale.region=GB
ro.wifi.channels=
ro.board.platform=exynos4
# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device
ro.build.product=m0
# Do not try to parse ro.build.description or .fingerprint
ro.build.description=m0xx-user 4.1.2 JZO54K I9300XXELL6 release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=samsung/m0xx/m0:4.1.2/JZO54K/I9300XXELL6:user/release-keys
ro.build.characteristics=default
# Samsung Specific Properties
ro.build.PDA=I9300XXELL6
ro.build.hidden_ver=I9300XXELL6
ro.build.changelist=699321
# end build properties

Download:

https://hotfile.com/dl/187412361/daf0875/GT-I9300_COA_I9300XXELL6_I9300OXFELL1_I9300XXELL4.zip.html
[Galaxy S III General] TieNN89:
Isn't that older than XXELLA seeing as the build date on that is the 22/12/2012 IIRC
[Galaxy S III General] ricnar456:
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/01/03...ynos-security-exploit-sudden-death-issue-too/

UPDATE: Our sources confirm that Samsung has fixed the sudden death issue with the latest Galaxy S III Software Update.

ricnar
[Galaxy S III General] Isadora:
I updated to ELLA via desktop Odin, rooted with cf-auto root (so no custom recovery, no custom kernel), ran Triangle Away.

When put in download mode, my phone shows everything official, no red ! when booting up.

As usual though, the modified status is showing when going to settings > about device > status
[Galaxy S III General] TieNN89:
So apparently the Bootloader gets updated

So when I go to flash with Odin is it the same procedure as the OP?

Open Odin up and just put the file into PDA and plug the phone up and away I go?

Do I need to tick Phone Bootloader Update and/or do I need a file under Bootloader as well

:confused:
[Galaxy S III General] delsus:
Just update as normal, no need to check phone bootloader update, I in fact I would avoid that if flashing the whole update.
[Galaxy S III General] TieNN89:
Okay cool

Too easy then
[Galaxy S III General] fedealmendra:
where is the multishot cam mode @ newest uk rom?

thanks
[Galaxy S III General] pat357:
This means at this moment, you still need to have root, as TA needs root to run ??
[Galaxy S III General] stshhh:
Next time i want to get my updates over the air (OTA) because i'm tired by flashing every month new FW
[Galaxy S III General] AinsCrowbar:
Does LLA have auto-correction on the stock keyboard or is it still missing?
[Galaxy S III General] delsus:
The flash counter will not reset to 1 if you are rooted but some people have said if they run TA then boot to CWM it will reset to 1, I can confirm this doesn't happen in stock recovery and root. A
[Galaxy S III General] ironnius:
Try holding down the shoot button. I think you can also enable or disable Burst mode through the settings.
[Galaxy S III General] pat357:
OK, but then your counter is probably already f***ed up by PC-Odin.

What is the value of your counter ?

---------- Post added at 01:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:45 PM ----------

This is a known problem from LL5, I'm not sure if it's solved in LLA

---------- Post added at 01:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:46 PM ----------

Hi Perka,

I found the LLA bootloader in your stash ; do you also happen to have an older bootloader in the same CWM-flash format as the LLA ?

I searched in the older stuff from your stash, but couldn't find any..

Thanks !

---------- Post added at 02:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:52 PM ----------

I can't follow ...

Isn't flashing a recovery using Mobil Odin not the same as using CWM to put up a new recovery ?

Both use the same recovery.img (as .img or in .tar or in .zip (cwm) and dump this file on the recovery partition.
[Galaxy S III General] acikspingebu:
i dunno either it is me only or everyone else experience lagging on the drawer and also on the homescreen... sometimes take to long time to loading .... and also when enter the dialer and other part of setting .. ^^ ... on LLA ... ^^
[Galaxy S III General] pat357:
After flashing stock ROM, I suppose you don't have root, so, you can not run Triangle Away (needs root !!)

---------- Post added at 02:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:09 PM ----------

Yes, extract the "recovery.img" file from the tar.

In Mobil Odin, tick on recovery and browse for the "recovery.img".

Mobile Odin can directly flash .img files too, PC Odin can not.
[Galaxy S III General] Lancey:
Is it really true that audio on XXELLA is better?
[Galaxy S III General] pat357:
No need to make a .tar : Mobil Odin can directly flash .img files :good:

BTW : to convert img to TAR, you can use the Toolkit from mskip. :D

For I9300 international see : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1703488
[Galaxy S III General] RorixRebel:
so i flashed XXELLA yest and my wifi is now terrible, am i the only one? should i try another modem?

the rest of the features remain the same and i can tell it's a little more fluid than my previos Omega v34 rom
[Galaxy S III General] delsus:
Could be a random flashing issue, a reflash could fix it, no need for a data wipe.
[Galaxy S III General] alijee:
i have a problem... whenever i fully charge my s3, i can not switch on mobile data... i have to reboot my mobile for that. it only happens after charging 100%, otherwise it works normally... there is no problem in wifi.

I am on elk4 rom pre rooted, and on stock kernal..... can anyone help to solve this, or is it a bug in this rom??
[Galaxy S III General] stshhh:
i don't have this issue on my phone
[Galaxy S III General] onesolo:
This is not entirely true...

The previous BTU rom, I decided to begin from the zero. I was sick to dirty flash, rom after rom... cause my device became so slower and battery was a mess...

So, I decided to flash a new rom. I wipe it and rooted only using Mobile Odin. Until the new XXELLA appeared, my device never changed status to modified, always stayed Normal, even when I went on settings to check status...

And yesterday I decided to apply the OTA, and I did via Kies.

A few weeks ago, with an older oficial rom, I also did the same thing procedure, but after a week or so the status changed to Modified...

I still don't understand why sometimes the status changes to modified or stays the same (when flashing via Mobile Odin)... don't understand why this second time, the status stayed Normal... gues I was luck
[Galaxy S III General] PjotrFias:
It's simple, this is the first time you encountered a FW that had sboot.bin. If you would update OTA you would have had it long before.
[Galaxy S III General] thegh0sts:
this is the first full firmware package that i've seen the sboot.bin and tz.img cos all the previous packages like XXBLFB (4.0.4) XXDLJ4 (4.1.1) XXELL4 (4.1.2) don't have these files.
[Galaxy S III General] celll:
thanks

no change xxll5
[Galaxy S III General] sunrider07:
which is the latest - truely latest

i'm currently running on stock & rooted 4.1.2 LL5 of UK,

and my kies says it's the latest firmware.

yesterday, i flash LLA but kies says not latest and i can't update thru kies.

so i reflash back to LL5.

:confused:

also, i notice LLA is KOR while LL5 is VD2.
[Galaxy S III General] kaiur:
A lot of LL4 firms are launched today by samsung for serveral countries Have they got the new bootloader or not?
[Galaxy S III General] sarbe:
LLA is UK and it is the latest, Kies may say no update available depending on your carrier. Some people after flashing have KOR CSC.
[Galaxy S III General] dkionline:
That ROM is UK. KOR will you have after flashing custom/root on your Phone.

[tapatalk]Taped with GT-I9300[/tapatalk]
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
You can change it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2080181
[Galaxy S III General] denny666:
weather

anyone have problems with accuweather widget updating every hour? ive set everything normalt. gps is on and sync

it cant be just me?
[Galaxy S III General] dkionline:
I know, but i don't need to change it. After next FW release you can make the same again. ;)

[tapatalk]Taped with GT-I9300[/tapatalk]
[Galaxy S III General] siddhu0302:
Hi

I am going to install I9300ZSDLL1 rom can any one tell me will this rom have same problem like UK Rom

Regards

Siddharth
[Galaxy S III General] mati69ase:
Doubt

Hi! I bearly begin in this Forum, i registered about a few! and I'm tryin' to get what ill be the best for my S III, i allready installed 4.1.2 (Poland version) and the question is: Which one of the newest version of JB 4.1.2 is the best and the one with less bugs?

I leave an image if it helps.

Thank u anyways.
[Galaxy S III General] cammel:
The latest and most stable (less bugs) firmware is the one from the first post XXELLA 4.1.2

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[Galaxy S III General] Dean-xXx:
Flash the latest one XXELLA. Its works perfectly, smooth , no problems with this.

The best so far.
[Galaxy S III General] mati69ase:
Ok, I should give it a try and Tell you then.. I simply dl the ROM, make a wipe, put it on Odin and no more problems? Is anything else i should do?

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[Galaxy S III General] Dean-xXx:
Factory reset/wipe cache -> Flash it
[Galaxy S III General] johnfranz29:
Uk firmware XXELLA had the fix for the kernel exploit... and the update includes a new bootloader that the sudden death issue is no longer be a problem... check the link for info

http://www.youmobile.org/blogs/entr...fix-for-Galaxy-S-III-kernel-exploit-in-the-UK