yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] tonyt3rry:
Yeah i even like square design s3 is more pebble shape from side view specs are way better I hate how we don't have ir yet tab 2 does in us. People in other country's do have TVs and av systems etc I have sky HD box TV 5.1 system and PC ir
[Galaxy S III General] Hobbygamer27:
Well there are some points on the S4 which have been criticised in computer magazines and Youtube.

Three points out of them:

-more bloadware, like s health

-bad cam app

-settings menue now a bit confusing

I just dont know, why Samsung does not make the bloadware apps uninstallable but in my point I have to root freeze them every times, otherwise I wouldnt get lucky with my Phone full of rubbish.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
On topic :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] joevik:
Is there a changelog made available by samsung when releasing new firmwares? It would have been nice to know which changes have been made.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
No, just a change list number
[Galaxy S III General] SwiftSmoke:
Nope AFAIK they never release a viewable changelog :(
[Galaxy S III General] joevik:
Shame! sometimes the change is barely noticeable or to be honest not noticeable at all in terms of performance or battery life.
[Galaxy S III General] emokid09:
agreed. mother has the iphone 5 and was shocked when i said 'you cant send files via bluetooth.. oh and that ringtone you wanted, you have to pay for it via itunes'

she loves it but there just...crap. overpriced and not very good.

but like slaphead said, back on topic before admins report us for chatting about random stuff lol
[Galaxy S III General] yukou:
okay so let's make it clear

If I'm using modem before I9300XXEMG4 , just backup whole efs folder in /efs?

This back up will be needed when someday I want to use firmware bfore I9300XXEMG4

*just copy and paste if we use older firmware

If i wan to use firmware after I9300XXEMG4 so I just flash rom like usual

no matter what rom I use (Custom rom from some developers or stock rom)

is my conclusion correct?
[Galaxy S III General] kovai:
SO can i Flash MG5 over MG4

I didnt take any backup
[Galaxy S III General] ysrini:
Stop posting the same question in several threads once its been answered.

Have some patience and trust people. XDA is not your personal customer care.If not stay with stock and don't seek help here.
[Galaxy S III General] SavanTorian:
if you have vodafone as a german provider, try XXEMRD as latest,

if you have an unlocked/unbranded fone (no provider), try EMG4 with multi-CSC

if you had DBT, OXAEMG4 works

if you had VD2, you need to change csc, if you wanna run EMG4
[Galaxy S III General] emokid09:
im not german tho, and the rom/firmware is english. i tried the voda one but was german, then tried emg4 but that set up in german too.

doesnt matter now anyway ive managed to change it all to english. if i factory reset it does go back to german language but ah well. its all working thats the main thing.

not had any force closes or any misbehavior's yet. battery isnt too bad but i am addicted to minion rush so it doesnt always last long :p
[Galaxy S III General] androidloverzz123:
Any idea when XXEMG5 will be uploaded to the thread?
[Galaxy S III General] ysrini:
You can get it from sammobile anyway. Isn't it?
[Galaxy S III General] m1ket:
Ive put this rom on my phone and its solved my stuttering problems when playing music etc
[Galaxy S III General] yanqemil:
EMG5 has lower changelist number that EMG4.
[Galaxy S III General] popcorn1122:
Correct

But it has a higher release date !
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
MG4 and MG5 has the same framework ;)
[Galaxy S III General] danieldp1990:
Both MG4 and MG5 have the same imei problems? i mean if i came from XXEME2 and i flash the MG5 with different modem it would change my imei?
[Galaxy S III General] foronoob:
hi guys, any news 4.2.1 or 4.3 for s3?
[Galaxy S III General] Marsbar:
Yeah, we've all got it, we just thought it wasn't worth mentioning.
[Galaxy S III General] sarbe:
Ha ha nice one.
[Galaxy S III General] boomboomer:
Not problems, no. But both will change the format of the efs folder so that only EMG4 and later modems can read it.This only becomes a problem if you try using an earlier modem.

Bottom line is don't flash EMG4 or 5 unless that modem is designed for your country. You could flash EMG5 but change the modem before the first boot, once it's booted then it's too late.
[Galaxy S III General] siva.devel:
What should I do if I want to flash another ROM after flashing EMG5?

I have flashed EMG5 with Kies after a random reboot problem. The reboot problem got resolved, but now I am stuck with EMG5. If I try to flash any other ROM, the IMEI is something else and I could not connect to the mobile network. Is there any process or steps I could follow, so that I can move other ROMs?
[Galaxy S III General] Painman1963:
You can Flash any ROM but you'll need to then Flash an EMG4 modem as well. Unless of course you have a backup of your EFS folder?

But, can I ask, if EMG5 fixes your problem, why change?
[Galaxy S III General] emokid09:
1. your in the wrong section

2. use google, it will have plenty of info on 4.3

3. if you did your research first you would of read that samsung are skipping 4.2.1 and going straight in with 4.3.. thus meaning we have to wait longer than expected

please remember to use the 'search' function before commenting :) thanks
[Galaxy S III General] JohnnyGT:
1. Right section

2. Yes google is your friend

3. Samsung is skipping 4.2.2 not 4.2.1
[Galaxy S III General] foronoob:
thanks Johnny :o
[Galaxy S III General] AdL2012:
hi guys...

anyone know if the new version of XXEMG4 for Romania from Sammobile it's ok?

it have the new modem version?
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
Model: GT-I9300

Country: Romania

Version: Android 4.1.2

Changelist: 1314436

Build date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:32:33 +0000

Product Code: ROM

PDA: I9300XXEMG4

CSC: I9300OXFEMG3

MODEM: I9300XXEMG4

As you can see it's completely the same as the one from UK. Only the CSC is changed.
[Galaxy S III General] AdL2012:
thanks...
[Galaxy S III General] mihailmi:
I am using it. No problem here. New modem
[Galaxy S III General] uberto.costanzo:
Hi, i install this rom now, i come from cm 10.1 Temasek 116.1 i have problem with update app from market error 920 can help me? thanks for reply. i have format system, wipe data cache and dalvik cache.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Try deleting your Google account then add it again
[Galaxy S III General] uberto.costanzo:
thanks solved:good:
[Galaxy S III General] kovai:
I am on EMG4 BTU

smart stay doesnt work, it actually doesnt appear on the notification bar itself

how to get it
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
Works fine here
[Galaxy S III General] MnCC:
Boot custom kernel/recovery exclamation mark GONE =)

Hi,

To my supprise after i flashed the 4.2.2_JDQ39_I9300XXUFME7 my red exclamation marks are gone from any customer recovery or kernel.

Anyone else have this experience ?

What i did:

- Flash 4.2.2_JDQ39_I9300XXUFME7 via Odin 3.04

- Flashed any kernel/recovery ( in my case TWRP 2.6.0.0)

Its awesome! :laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] k2xd:
del
[Galaxy S III General] danieldp1990:
MF6 IMEI???

Hello. pls i need to know if i flash the MF6 i would have the problems of the MG4??? i mean is it going to be problems with the IMEI?

I am on XXEME2. if i flash the MF6 and i go back to a different firmware my IMEI wont be affected?
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
No. it won't be affected.
[Galaxy S III General] danieldp1990:
it only happens on MG4? so i can flash the MF6 with a different modem? and nothing would happen?
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
From MG4 onwards we suspect that the change is permanent. You can flash any modem on MF6 but don't use MG4's and MG5's modem since it changes the format of the IMEI. You won't be able to revert it if you didn't backed up your efs while your on the MF6 modem or lower.
[Galaxy S III General] danieldp1990:
ok thanks :good:
[Galaxy S III General] whiskerp:
And here
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
btw more info on the EFS change here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2393289
[Galaxy S III General] jorgefcbastos:
Is there already a unlock solution for the internacional i9300 version on this stock firmware?

Because I saw I phone became locked again after update to 4.1.2...
[Galaxy S III General] theexperto:
my phone was initially DBT, i flashed the leaked 4.2.2 but noticed the phone overheats when using, i decided to flash this BTU stock, now kies does not recognize my device as update eligible, i see also classic CSC changing method is no longer working, framaroot 1.6.0 does not support this firmware in order to root it and use ROOT method to change CSC, could anybody give me an advice how the change it without root ? if root is required kindly point me to a tuto please :)
[Galaxy S III General] LegendM:
Damn samsung devices come with 4.2.2 but our device still got 4.1.2 <. <

GT-I9300 cihazımdan Tapatalk 4 Beta ile gönderildi
[Galaxy S III General] danieldp1990:
>.> yeh that sucks....
[Galaxy S III General] whitelyon78:
:eek:
[Galaxy S III General] JohnnyGT:
Why are you complaining they get 4.2.2 we will get 4.3 !!!!
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
It's because samsung is throwing the update on some older devices and completely ignoring the S3 which has sold millions. I know samsung will be giving the S3 a 4.3 update but seeing the slew of updates it seems to me that they don't care about the S3 at all.
[Galaxy S III General] boomboomer:
Coming from HTC I can't complain about support from Samsung, HTC stopped updates the moment the next model came out. 4.3 won't add any radical function to the phone, apart from the eye/wave things we all turn off after the first test, so not really bothered.
[Galaxy S III General] Seicer:
I just want a stock phone/contacts app that doesn't take nuch more time to open than my uncle's Galaxy Mini. :'(

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 4 Beta
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Contacts 2 seconds

Phone sub 2 seconds

jje
[Galaxy S III General] Cafofo:
Anyone else installed this I9300XXEMG4 and after that fell like everthing are with lag ?
[Galaxy S III General] carlosmozas:
Have you done the wipes after the installation? (Wipe caché, Wipe Dalvik Caché)
[Galaxy S III General] Pantherx12:
I think this may of happened to my phone as well.

Bought it as unlocked ( and it worked on my giffgaff sim) updated and can't connect to giffgaff or EE phone had vodaphone branded firmware at first.

Also I don't have OXA as an option when I try to change CSC : /
[Galaxy S III General] ballmead:
Netherlands MG6 is out on Samfirmware.com
[Galaxy S III General] Stevemeister:
Changelist: 1328525
[Galaxy S III General] MattBooth:
Uploading to ROMHut as we speak.

---------- Post added at 11:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:03 AM ----------

http://romhut.com/rom/samsung-galaxy-siii-i9300/stockfirmware
[Galaxy S III General] Perka:
In stash soon, eta 15min, modem is posted in modem thread.
[Galaxy S III General] popcorn1122:
does the I9300XXEMG6 change the efs format? I am sure it does change !
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
Most likely yes since it still uses an MGx modem.
[Galaxy S III General] kornelius1982:
I just can`t get why on earth you guys are changing 4.1.2 with 4.1.2?

I`m pretty sure there`s nothing new and worth to upgrade in latest builds till new 4.2.2 comes.
[Galaxy S III General] slaphead20:
MG4 is a good improvement imho, and especially the modem is far more stable, but then my csc is BTU so it's correct Rom for me ;)
[Galaxy S III General] boomboomer:
Battery life improvement while idling on GSM is a bonus, nothing major but I'm not holding my breath for 4.2 or 4.3 anytime soon.
[Galaxy S III General] SavanTorian:
EMG6 (PHN) solves the EMG4 efs issue. you just need to flash it over EMG4 +dalvik wipe, preferring mobile odin. :)
[Galaxy S III General] boomboomer:
EMG4 also solves the efs issue, it's only if you try to use a modem earlier than EMGX you will have problems -EMG6 isn't any different in this respect, to my knowledge.
[Galaxy S III General] sachilleas:
I believe that at some point Samsung just introduces bugs in every other version just to have a reason to release another future version! :sly:

I too believe that all these 4.1.2 releases are just useless.
[Galaxy S III General] Cafofo:
Yeah i wiped everthing ! that´s why im confusing about this "bug " with this stock firmware
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
I'm wondering about this too but I myself don't know why i keep on updating to newer roms. Maybe because this is just the nature of some power users? Newer roms doesn't always mean it's worth the upgrade yes but it doesn't hurt to flash this firmware right? In the end it's just you that will decide in the end :D
[Galaxy S III General] popcorn1122:
Hi can you give the link to modem of mg6... trying to hunt but cannot find !
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
here :D http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2188006&d=1376478194
[Galaxy S III General] gbswales:
because it is fun?

I suspect many people are like me. I enjoy finding out what I can do to things more than I enjoy using them. This started when my son first started installing floppy disk games on my first PC. He was rapidly running out of my disc space which was tiny in those days - so I got interested in writing batch files that would install the game with any saved game data, run the game and on exit update the floppy disk with game data and uninstall the game from the hard drive. It was not always easy because all games worked differently but I usually managed it and decided it was great fun doing it - even though I never used the games myself.

Now with almost any electronic device I instinctively look for ways to make it do more, or make it perform better, than the manufacturer intended - it doesn't matter to me whether I need the enhancements or not - it is the challenge of them that I find interesting - I guess it is my hobby!
[Galaxy S III General] popcorn1122:
The first program which I ran was in 1991 was lotus 123 on a 1.2 mb floppy disk after changing the boot floppy disk.
[Galaxy S III General] yanqemil:
Modem of mg6 is lower mg2

Model: GT-I9300

Country: Netherlands

Version: Android 4.1.2

Changelist: 1328525

Build date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 04:18:50 +0000

Product Code: PHN

PDA: I9300XXEMG6

CSC: I9300PHNEMG2

MODEM: I9300CEEMG2
[Galaxy S III General] popcorn1122:
even the MG5 PDAs have lower modems as MG2
[Galaxy S III General] danieldp1990:
Mg6 no imei bug?

so can any 1 confirms if the MG6 still have the IMEI problem? if I flash the MG6 with odin and i change the modem for example to ubell1 I will lose my imei?
[Galaxy S III General] d1rekt0r:
So MG6 has highest changelist ?
[Galaxy S III General] Macchinista:
I prefer don't call "problem" :o Like bootloader XELLA that didn't permit to reflash old firmware, now simpy we have to keep new modem:)

Yes, higher than mg4 that itself have higher changelist than mg5
[Galaxy S III General] tanseerj:
This is a known issue and I've been hunting for a solution as well. There are some cool apps like Airdroid that allow you to transfer files via wifi but no support for external sd cards, so that's a bummer.
[Galaxy S III General] stef_ladefense:
hello,

do you have indicators (3G and WiFi) that pass from gray to blue when you are connected to Google services with this XXBLFB rom?

Stef
[Galaxy S III General] juliano_q:
Thanks for recommending Airdroid, I was using AirSync by doubleTwist and is sucks, Airdroid is so much better and it is free.
[Galaxy S III General] Juan Kerzhoff:
Omega kitchen files has a little mtp app that made my android file transfer work again.
[Galaxy S III General] juliano_q:
What's the name of the app?
[Galaxy S III General] djstevie:
Ok i flashed my Three UK S3 with the latest unbranded rom on the first page. Flash went well but the messages app didnt work so i went back into Odin and flashed the CRC and then the messages app worked. What i have noticed is that the WB-AMR setting is now set to OFF whereas before on the Three rom it was enabled.

Anyone know how to enable this as i know the network supports it?
[Galaxy S III General] Siberian Tiger:
Omega files look at play store ;)
[Galaxy S III General] djstevie:
Could i reflash the Three UK CSC but keep the unbranded rom? Would this work?
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
YES no problem flash any CSC to any rom .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] rifmouk:
Hello,

For the bug about "nearby devices", i found a solution:

Put wifi on, go on "nearby devices", wait 20-25 seconds and it works.

before no need to put wifi on, phone suggest it.

bye
[Galaxy S III General] Juan Kerzhoff:
its called easy ums squire think theres a thread about it in the development section.
[Galaxy S III General] androg421:
Chnging Firmware

The SGSIII is my first experience with an unbranded "international" phone, so the learning has begun.

My unit presents the following:

I9300XXALE9 Download (Thanks To SamMobile!)

Base Firmware: I9300XXALE9 (4.0.4)

Region Africa

Country: Algeria

Carrier: Unbranded

Build Date: 15 May 2012

Modem: XXLE8

CSC: OJVALE9

Change List: 554452

I popped in my AT&T sim card from another phone and all appears to be working fine (as far as I know).

Would it behoove me in any way to change the firmware in any way? An entire different regional package? Perhaps change the CSC to something a bit "closer to home"? Something newer?

Just learning my way around, so any thoughts would be welcome.
[Galaxy S III General] juliano_q:
I think it works only for the external sd card?
[Galaxy S III General] Juan Kerzhoff:
Not sure fella never read the thread just found it on the kitchen worked for me on blfb,omega 9 and cm9 running a mac snow leopard and android file transfer could of got lucky though :-)
[Galaxy S III General] Skyburn:
New firmware out - I9300ZSALG3

Link: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=8&view=5487
[Galaxy S III General] cmd512:
Changelist #?
[Galaxy S III General] olavopb:
LG3— Multilanguage?
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
right.. so flashed the new lg3

its missing allcast share option in settings

and missing brightness slider in pull down menu.

seems slower

and yes i did a full wipe...
[Galaxy S III General] wanam:
CL=570657, it has a new build date (10 Jul) but based on a very old change-list :confused:

EDIT : by the way it's the same CL as the old ZSALED :)
[Galaxy S III General] cmd512:
Hah, nice... NOT newer then. Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
Changelist is not relevant as we have no information on what has or has not been changed .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] Macchinista:
Oh yes, but for me, changelist it's the only instrument that Samsung give us to know how many changes there are..
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
We already know that is not true .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] Macchinista:
Can you tell me something more? :o

Changelist + code of pda? which other?
[Galaxy S III General] fabianocruzdf:
Camera is working fine?
[Galaxy S III General] d1rekt0r:
No camera not working fine , FCs ....

For Gods sake its Stock official, ofc its working fine.
[Galaxy S III General] Marsbar:
It's been a bit longer than that, but here's where I was this morning:
[Galaxy S III General] jediknight111:
Sorry if this is a stupid question . I'm using the siyah Dual Boot feature. My first rom is rooted stock

Is there any way I can flash an UNROOTED rom for my secondary using CWM? Any rom, just unrooted

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III General] danieldp1990:
This post is official firmwares, not custom..
[Galaxy S III General] Stevemeister:
Yes it is. It tells you what the latest version is. Higher changelist usually means it's newer.
[Galaxy S III General] kovai:
so which is better

MG4 BTU or MG6 neherlnds
[Galaxy S III General] Oomahey:
Newer is not necessarily better. For that you'll have to try both firmwares and come to a conclusion on your own :thumbup:
[Galaxy S III General] danieldp1990:
I wont flash any MG......=imei ...
[Galaxy S III General] Seicer:
Since I flashed EMG4 my phone keeps continuously loosing signal, it's extremely slow and some times it restart doing nothing. I don't recommend this firmware at all. :'(

Is there any problem if I just flash another older firmware over this EMG4? I always use mobile Odin.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S III General] reS28raM:
You would loose your imei because the efs partition is not in the firmware you flash... Or you can restore it from a previous backup or you must stay with emg4 or newer, unless you installed the rom without installing the modem as I did (and without the kernel, which needs that specific modem).

I am on emg4 and it is a very good rom! I would try a factory reset and a clean reinstall... Or you can try the newer emg6 of course.

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III General] Seicer:
I'll try the EMG6 then, I don't wanna lose my info, apps, game achievements, etc. :'(

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S III General] ranchero76:
Just upgraded from 4.1.1 (I'm with Bell Canada, i9300 phone) to ME2 (MG a little scared me due to IMEI problems :) ). No wipe, but everything went smooth, works fine so far, I like some of the new features in 4.1.2.

Hope this might be useful for canadian i9300 users.

Thanks to all of you guys, making these upgrades and fixes possible for us! )
[Galaxy S III General] danieldp1990:
you can go for the MF6. and no IMEI problems.
[Galaxy S III General] ranchero76:
Do you think there's any real difference between ME2 and MF6? :) After all, it's not totally painless - couple apps crashed, I had to reinstall them, so, I'm too lazy to upgrade too often ))
[Galaxy S III General] chrcol:
md4 had a dodgy camera, and was more sluggish on my phone.

mg6 works better for sure.

I didnt try mg4 but now I know mg4 is uk based I might downgrade to that from mg6.
[Galaxy S III General] dragon135:
HTC OneX already receive 4.2.2 update while we still got nothing but 4.1.2.

Seems like HTC has improved.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] Simonna:
We probably will jump directly to Android 4.3...
[Galaxy S III General] boomboomer:
That's not all you get with a One X:

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/samsung/htc-one-x/21053/htc-one-x-explodes-while-charging

I'd rather stick with 4.1.2 until they get 4.2 or 4.3 right!
[Galaxy S III General] DeadSOL:
Everybody here seems so lost! :p
[Galaxy S III General] Seicer:
The only lost thing is my faith I had on Samsung, I'm not sure whether wait for the S5 or buy an S4.

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S III General] rod30cd:
What do you mean with loose of your imei how can i know which firmwares can i flash without f...k my imei?
[Galaxy S III General] Marsbar:
Yes, if only there was some place where like-minded types could get together and discuss these things in a way that could be archived and then read by others later so that they might benefit from others' experience.

Oh well, we can but dream.
[Galaxy S III General] JJEgan:
You mean like a forum where peeples like RootSu etc could post a how to sort of guide for noobs to read first . Sadly mankind has only progressed to the first part and has yet to gain the intelligence for the second part .

jje
[Galaxy S III General] whiskerp:
To clarify, you don't actually "lose" your IMEI. If you flash with XXEMG4 stock ROM or newer it upgrades the encypted database in your /efs partition which holds the IMEI and other data, and it is this which stops old modems (pre XXEMG*) reading the IMEI. If you use XXEMG* modems there is no problem.

The only way you can then use an old modem is to restore a backup of your /efs partition to the state it was in before the XXEMG4 upgrade.

This has been talked about in multiple threads for the last month if you bother to search.........
[Galaxy S III General] Marsbar:
Well no, I meant more something like this very thread.

Maybe there should be an IRONY bbtag?
[Galaxy S III General] BarnOwl:
I can just say after flashing a lot of updates this is the best so far. Smooth and fast. I live in the Netherlands though...........