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[Galaxy S III General] wachamacalit:
Thanks for the info. Now I won't worry about sds, since my unit is still covered with warranty until feb next year. :laugh:

I think there's no way he can unroot it since he mentioned that it died.

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If this is it, then...

:laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] downshifter:
That is correct, I cannot unroot it anymore because the phone suddenly died. The phone won't turn on anymore so I don't have access on the internal sd. Luckily before my phone died, I was able to backup my files.
[Galaxy S III General] JDroid Freak:
glad it worked out :) goodluck with flashing
[Galaxy S III General] j0sefuz:
hi mga kabayan!

i would like to know if there is a Filipino INPUT language?

thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
Is this what you are talking about?

If yes, then try swiftkey app.

Sent from my GT-I9300 with Omega v43 + Yank555.lu v3.2
[Galaxy S III General] j0sefuz:
yes! but i am suing note 2 keyboard. i do not like swift key.
[Galaxy S III General] JeoffJimena:
Using SwiftKey myself and it's the best so far. With their current SwiftKey Flow everything is fast and smooth.. I also like how it looks...

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[Galaxy S III General] mrm43:
If you don't like SwiftKey then try slideit keyboard. It has tagalog input too.
[Galaxy S III General] bago_lang:
i am using swiftkey also, i think it has the best spot on Tagalog predictions i've ever used :)
[Galaxy S III General] antz88c:
S3 i9305 will work here? Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] j0sefuz:
i don't like the layout of swiftkey and other keyboards from play.

i like the stock look with the additional number buttons on top and it also uses system fonts to matchh my sonysketch font. it also has a feature like FLOW. it just don't have tagalog input language. :(

Arsaw adviced me to get the language file from a note 2 of a friend, but i don't have a friend with note 2. :(
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
Well thats the downside of the stock keyboard of GT-9300 as it's international the default will be always in English. Swiftkey has a theme manager though i just don't think it has the default look. :)
[Galaxy S III General] Abaddon:
how many of you here on a 32gb I9300?
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
Anyone one here have the link for our stock rom? GT-I9300 (4.0.4) Just need it for back up. Thanks :)

EDIT: Googled a little and saw this http://androidfirmwares.net/PhoneFirmware3/Download/15

is this the stock firmware for the GT-I9300 here in the Philippines?
[Galaxy S III General] OrangeRafi:
Just register on Sammobile, all the stock firmwares are there.
[Galaxy S III General] wachamacalit:
I really like the keyboard from the rom i'm using. :D
[Galaxy S III General] wicked1683:
Hi kabayans, I'm having a weird issue here that started 2 weeks ago. Sometimes when I tried to use my phone and press the power button nothing happened, my screen is just black and it stays black whatever button I press. And then after a while, maybe 15mins and above, it will come back to life! This happened 4 times already for the last 2 weeks.

My S3 is only 9months old, I'm not rooted and my unit is not from Globe or Smart. It's an open line unit that I bought from Samsung megamall branch. I'm on official 4.1.2 (EMA2)firmware I think from Spain. I flashed it using Odin.

Is this a sign of sudden death issue? But I thought starting from ELLA that issue was already solved?

I'm really doubting now the quality of Samsung devices, our Samsung aircon and refrigerator also did not last long! And I just bought a Samsung Led tv! This is my last Samsung device if this phone doesn't make it for 2 years, :thumbdown:
[Galaxy S III General] wyclef_chin:
as i've read on the two forums about SDS, there is no permanent fix for the sds (yet). even if the "fix" was applied, there is still probability the fone will die.
[Galaxy S III General] mrm43:
I

On the sds thread someone said that the freeze is the fix to the sds. Your unit is about to have an sds and since you're on EMA2 already the freeze fix is at work every time sds is about to happen. They said just let it freeze and unfreeze by itself. Later on the freeze will become lesser. Go and visit the thread if you want to read on their explanation on this.

Look here ;

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2091045
[Galaxy S III General] wicked1683:
Thanks for the reply mate, but in my case it's getting more frequent. It happened 2x already today, this never happened before. I will backup my data now as I'm afraid that tomorrow this piece of crap would not turn on anymore.

I will also send this to Samsung's service center and hope that after they fix this this would never happen again. Dyahe hayyzzz :crying:
[Galaxy S III General] JDroid Freak:
also checked this out, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36779145#post36779145

after XELLA's update our S3 is safe already
[Galaxy S III General] JDroid Freak:
Flashed the new V44.2 Omega ROM

As always - rock solid
[Galaxy S III General] wicked1683:
It looks like my Galaxy S3 (EMA2) will not survive another day. It's really malfunctioning now with lots of freezes and it is restarting every now and then. Right now I cant even use it properly. Good job and Good bye Samsung :p
[Galaxy S III General] mrm43:
So sorry to hear that bro.
[Galaxy S III General] wyclef_chin:
anyone listened to their recorded videos with an earphone? noticed the swapped/inverted audio channels (left channel is heard on the right, vice-versa)? :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] JDroid Freak:
Are you rooted? This is the best time to root and flash a custom rom and kernel..happened to me last january so decided to have a custom rom
[Galaxy S III General] Ms.Informed:
Hey guys, anyone using Slimbean 4.2.2? If there's any, please be kind enough to share some feedbacks.. Thank you! :)
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
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[Galaxy S III General] wicked1683:
Thanks man, but my S3 came back from the dead! :laugh: After I tried the method to install the latest Firmware (4.1.2 EMB1 UK), it is working flawless again. I did not do any wipe, I just installed the FW using Odin. So far so good, no freezes and it is like new again. I hope it stays this way :silly:

I wonder what happened, if it's a hardware issue why did it work again after I installed this FW? Really weird, Samsung should really improve their QA team.
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
It's a firmware issue present on (16 GB) VTU00M, revision 0xf1 eMMC like it was told here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2091045. Custom kernels seems to have fixed though.

But what's weird is i'm on EMA2 too but i didn't experience the SDS. Maybe because i was already using a custom kernel that contains a fix.

Anyway I think my post isn't making any sense at all lol. I was monitoring your progress since we were on the same firmware :D So yeah... I'm just glad that you got your S3 up and running again haha. :good:
[Galaxy S III General] mrm43:
Great. Welcome back. Hope it stays that way and thanks for the info.
[Galaxy S III General] thehavoc:
does anyone here use XEMB1 ? official stock from UK (?)

how's it? I'm planning to flash it via Odin tomorrow night as I'm busy at the moment with projects and such.
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
Anyone here noticed the their sim app is missing after flashing the kernel or other circumstances? I just noticed now that my "globe prepaid" app is missing from my app drawer. I can't seem to restore it and i can't find it either on the titanium backup. Any advice anyone?
[Galaxy S III General] mrm43:
I too had experienced this before. Base from that, some rom /kernel combo have it and others don't. It's not really missing it just that's the way others work. They disable it. Try others and see which one will have it.
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
Are you using a custom kernel now? I'm using boeffla.
[Galaxy S III General] wachamacalit:
I'm on plan, but i have "globe postpaid" app, using the latest siyah and codecrom 10.5.2. hope it helps. :)
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
Got mine solved by flashing (and starting over lol) the stock firmware. The app went missing went after i used ROM cleaner 2.0. Dunno why it deleted the sim toolkit though. Now i just froze everything that's considered bloatware from the stock rom. :D

So yeah it's not caused by a kernel or a custom rom. Please accept my apologies if I confused everyone :)
[Galaxy S III General] thehavoc:
Guys, I recently flashed XEMB1 last night. I noticed parang sobrang bilis magdrain ng battery ng phone ko. This unit was bought in the middle east and 2 months old. I also flashed XEMB1 in my little bro's sapphire black S3 and I think he's not having any battery drains or anything. I have the 16GB pebble blue unit.

Btw can't seem to take the screenshot with the palm gesture thingy, can't do it right lmao.

Hoping may magrereply. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III General] blessthefa11:
Weak Signal

hi po^_^ just wondering if anyone has a same issue as mine..

been googling and googling for hours and still no luck.. my network signal has only 0-2 bars on GSM only..

My phone is Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9305 LTE Version using XXBLL5 firmware on Globe Network..

been reading thread and found out that i need to flash my firmware through Regions.. but i cannot find Official Firmware Based on Philippines.. even in SamMobile or any other site..

its really frustrating BTW.. yesterday my wife really need me she cannot contact me by call or txt but my phone has a signal yet its still cannot be reach..

please help guys.. salamat..
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
Try flashing your kernel with a custom one. I recommend boeffla's kernel :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1964572

(Note: your device needs to be rooted with a custom recovery like CWM in order to flash the kernel)

or

download betterbatterystats and see if you can trace the app messing up with your battery

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809&

I see Globe firmware(s) though http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-I9300&pcode=GLB#firmware

here's tutorial on how to properly flash it http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646610

When you get to the CSC part of the flashing tutorial change it to "GLB" since you're on Globe.
[Galaxy S III General] y2quila:
The attempt to fix SDS by Samsung on the xella fw leads to the freezing-- it scans your emmc for any degraded blocks and would try to patch it up... The new emb1 fw is a patch to keep your phone from freezing while scanning emmc in the background... Hope that helps

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Try to flash just the radio, I flashed the latest for Asia which is elk1, so far I dun have any problems using both my globe and sun sim :)

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That is the stk apk, some roms won't back it up and restore once you flash a custom rom but i think you can load it up from the root folder
[Galaxy S III General] benjieg:
Haven't tried Slimbean on my S3 but I've tried a few other ROMs such as SuperNexus 2.0, ParanoidAndroid, RootBox and Omega 4.2. They're all good and have their advantages and disadvantages. I like testing ROMs so I have a dual boot setup. My main ROM is MIUI 3.2.22 and my other ROM is always changeable. That way I can keep testing ROMs and then switch to my "work ROM" when I need to get down to business.
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
Nope custom roms don't delete the stk as far as I've researched here. What i discovered was ROM cleaner. After i ran it, it deleted the stk permanently including the one from the root folder. What i just did now is just install Titanium backup and froze every bloatware the stock rom has.
[Galaxy S III General] NadMaj:
or you can just delete them at system/apps or data/apps instead of freezing them....
[Galaxy S III General] blessthefa11:
The links that you gave was for GS3 I9300 only.. im using GS3 I9305 LTE.. been reading threads if i can flash I9300 Firmwares to I9305, but unfortunately i cannot.. thanks for help though really appriciated^^

Sent from my GT-I9305

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[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
oh sorry i didn't see that you have the LTE one. (i posted that message at around 11pm-12am so i was a bit sleepy haha) anyway, LTE firmwares are quite rare here in the Philippines so firmware are scarce. Maybe just wait for y2quila to respond on how to flash the radio. :highfive:

Thanks for the advice but i rather have them frozen instead of really deleting them. It's also dangerous to delete some system apps so i just froze them to be safe.
[Galaxy S III General] imjoRDz:
sir where u got your LTE version s3?.. is the LTE working here in ph?
[Galaxy S III General] thehavoc:
I'm not rooted yet mate, can you give me some links so I can root mine. hindi ba magkakaron ng " !" mark everytime I will boot pag niroot ko? especially if I installed CWM?

btw I noticed, I don't have Google now in XEMB1. why is that ?
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
here's CF-AutoRoot: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1957273

Follow the instructions carefully and think twice before rooting XD I'm not responsible if you brick your device lol.

About your question about "!" mark. Yes it will have that but there's a workaround to flash the bootloader to the old ICS one. I'll attach it here. Place it on your sdcard or your extscard and install it via CWM. And as i said above think twice before rooting or flashing :D If you decide to root or flash make a NANDROID backup first after you flash CWM recovery just in case something goes wrong. (which I hope wouldn't happen)

If you want to be on the safe side just install betterbatterystats to trace the battery hog.
[Galaxy S III General] mhoysmerize:
Hi, guys anyone of you here have tried installing nba 2k13 & its data files...? I installed in my this morning but it didnt work... they say the data shud be push in sdcard android/data/obb folder but nothing happen after installing the apk...anyone help?
[Galaxy S III General] thehavoc:
that bootloader is compatible with XEMB1 firmware? will it not cause my phone SDS later on? I'm interested in rooting my phone but I'm worried that it'll cause SDS and may kill my phone :(

what's the latest version of CWM for the i9300?
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
I'm on XEMMA2 and i flashed that bootloader just fine.

The latest cwm is 6.0.2.8 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1719744
[Galaxy S III General] NadMaj:
i think you should ask this from the site you downloaded it from.... xda is also a site for apps and game devs so you shouldn't ask how to install cracked apk's here....
[Galaxy S III General] imjoRDz:
whose ready for the new GALAXY?? March 14 im ready for u!!

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[Galaxy S III General] thehavoc:
is it possible to deodex XEMB1? or any stock rom without worrying about the firmware version? I've been googling stuffs and I can't seem to find a way to deodex XEMB1.
[Galaxy S III General] NadMaj:
dsixda's kitchen.. but download size is too big since it's for making roms... try searching xda maybe you can find a standalone deodexer tool...
[Galaxy S III General] blessthefa11:
Is There anyone here using GS3 i9305 LTE.. Just want to ask what firmware your using?

Thanks in Advance^^
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
What do you guys think of the price range when I sell my s3? Planning to sell mine when the S4 hit our market.

Sent from my GT-I9300 with Omega v43.1 + Yank555.lu v3.3a
[Galaxy S III General] thehavoc:
Thanks a bunch for your help bro! I decided to root my phone today and installed CWM and flashed the old bootloader as well. everything is working well :)
[Galaxy S III General] blessthefa11:
My Friend Bought An S3 i9300 from sulit.com last month.. He bought it for 15k Complete Accesories and with Box:) im sure that the price is going to drop when the S4 came up.. Im Not That sure though:)
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
I don't mind the price going down as long as I get some "menos gastos". 12 to 13k will be fine for me. I'll probably sell these to either my friends or family so I won't have a hard time. Thanks for the idea of the price.

Sent from my GT-I9300 with Omega v43.1 + Yank555.lu v3.3a
[Galaxy S III General] blessthefa11:
Yah No prob. ^^
[Galaxy S III General] NadMaj:
i think you can sell it at a higher price... i sold my s2 a week before s3 was released and i managed to sell it at 14k.. and take note i sold it at market2 at cellphone centers..

you can definitely sell it at a higher price especially to people not buy and sellers..
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll reconsider my options. What I'm thinking is, if I sell my s3 to either friend or family then the phone dies on their hand then I am the one to blame. I don't want that to happen so I might just sell this to malls. Gonna canvas first to see who has the highest price.

Sent from my GT-I9300 with Omega v43.1 + Yank555.lu v3.3a
[Galaxy S III General] imjoRDz:
tommorrow 8 in the morning.. the nxt galaxy will be show to the public ... i can't wait ^____^
[Galaxy S III General] wachamacalit:
Let's hope it won't disappoint... :)
[Galaxy S III General] mharf:
Are you sure it's at 8 am?
[Galaxy S III General] mharf:
The announcement starts in less than an hour.
[Galaxy S III General] thehavoc:
Its already so announced guys! It didn't impressed me much lol
[Galaxy S III General] oman555:
Nothing ground breaking but it is good nonetheless. It is better than recently announced smartphones based on software and hardware. Only gripe is its build quality. I hope it is better than s3's build quality.
[Galaxy S III General] JeoffJimena:
Let's not discuss it here guys. Maybe someone can share link for official s4 thread for philippines if there is one already.... ;)

GT i9300 ***

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[Galaxy S III General] NadMaj:
nothing wrong with talking about s4 for some pages or so.. this is our thread so we can also discuss some off topics if we like but of course this thread was made for filipinos to help each other..

plus s4 doesn't even have a forum yet..
[Galaxy S III General] mrsioux:
Media server issue

Hey fellow S3 owners! I just stumbled upon this thread today after googling for sometime now. My issue is whenever I play music on my SGS3, when I check the battery stats, Media server is consuming from 25% to at most 50% of the processes. This really eats up my battery life. :|

Have any of you experienced this? Was searching for stock ROM for Philippine-bought S3, since the only ones I keep getting are for AT&T and Verizon models, but obviously we don't have those here. hehe
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
I think it is normal. The percentage you are talking about (25 to 50%) really depends on the duration you plays music. Media server also applies to watching movies and such. By the way, what is your battery life?

Sent from my GT-I9300 with Omega v43.1 + Yank555.lu v3.3a
[Galaxy S III General] wachamacalit:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-I9300&pcode=GLB#firmware

Just tick the carrier that applies to you... Can't comment anything about the media server since i don't really use my phone for music. :)
[Galaxy S III General] NadMaj:
S4 now has a forum.. no official PH thread yet so i bet one of you will start one...

SUGGESTION: i hope that the OP is an active user and willing enough to check the thread to help out our fellow pinoys especially noob ones.. would be great to have someone act as a leader and maintain our future thread.
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
I request you to be the OP sir. You are one of the most active here in the PH thread. :good:

Need a thread to discuss good deals for S4 when it is already available in our country.

Sent from my GT-I9300 with Omega v43.1 + Yank555.lu v3.3a
[Galaxy S III General] NadMaj:
i could've started one already instead of posting here but im not sure if i can buy an s4 as soon as it gets released.. all my devices are from kuwait and i always get my devices 2months late.. :(

maybe you can start one for us... :) you're active enough and you always help here and even in the omega thread... :good:
[Galaxy S III General] thehavoc:
Does the latest omega ROM has good battery life?
[Galaxy S III General] NadMaj:
you can also ask this on the omega thread.. :)

v43.1 yes.. v44.2 a little batt drainage since it's based on a leaked FW.. depends on your usage really..

but overall i say yes. :good: try and see for yourself.. :)
[Galaxy S III General] thehavoc:
Thanks, I'm on a rooted XEMB1 and the battery drains a lot easily. I just use the phone normally, occasional texting, some calls and tweeting, kakaotalk. I don't play games much even though I have intense graphic games installed.

what I'm curious and wondering is that, I flashed XEMB1 on both mine and my little bro's Galaxy S3 (Pebble blue and Sapphire black), both 16GB versions) and I noticed that his unit doesn't drain much, and he often play graphic intense games too which of course drains the battery a lot, but when he is just using it regularly without gaming, it's okay, no battery drains.

anyone thinks why it's like that ? my phone is currently rooted and using boefella's kernel. that's all.
[Galaxy S III General] NadMaj:
use bbs to monitor and see what's causing your batt drain... read OP for a how-to if you dont know how to read batt stats..
[Galaxy S III General] mrsioux:
I noticed the high usage of Media Server after an OTA udpate from andriod. Anyway, I play music on my S3 for about 1.5 hours everyday, during my commute to the office. Before, my battery life lasted a full 2 days in between charges. Now, if I do not kill tasks using Advanced Task Killer, the high usage of Media Server drains my battery and it doesn't even last half a day. I suspect that the process is keeping my phone from going to deep sleep.

Based on my googling, the normal usage to expect from Media Server should only be around 10-12%.

Thanks chief! Already registered and downloaded the FW. :good:
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
I am still thinking twice whether to buy the s4 or wait the announcement for note 3 to decide which one I like. For sure by the time note 3 is announced, s4 price will be down for a bit which will save me a few bucks if I choose s4 over note 3. I guess we just have to wait for our other fellow filipinos to make our s4 thread then so we could discuss the upcoming pre-orders from our local telecom.

By the way, are you rooted? If yes then try the post of nadmaj above your post. That will determine battery hogs of your phone.

Sent from my GT-I9300 with Omega v43.1 + Yank555.lu v3.3a
[Galaxy S III General] SignetSphere:
Most experts and developers here don't really recommend third task killers because they often bring harm rather than solving things. The built in task killer on android is much more recommended and more safer to use.

Back to your concern... Mediaserver is often triggered by your mediaplayers such as poweramp if not closed properly it'll drain the battery cause it constantly scans or caches the media files. If you are using poweramp just hold the play button until you see the song has returned to 0:00 mark then you can just press the back button and it'll automatically be idle in 5 secs. On other players they have a built-in exit button so make sure to use that instead of back buttons or home buttons.

Also i recommend that you use Greenify app, with this app you can safely hibernate apps that are not behaving properly. Just see the app on google play and you'll see what it can do :D
[Galaxy S III General] _Variable:
For those upgrading to S4, Heres the S4 Philippines thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2193039

Feel free to come by and hang out!

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[Galaxy S III General] m.garz:
i just came from v44.2 and downgraded back to v43.1..

v44.2 is still on Beta..
[Galaxy S III General] Abaddon:
Glad to see PH users still active here :D