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[Galaxy S III General] mrm43:
When i ran samsung kies this morning just right after I flash official Samsung firmware 4.1.1, I had this error in kies "your device current firmware version is not supported to update firmware via kies". When I had this error the country code was still AFR.

Now I found a way to fix it by doing a factory reset. Upon boot, country code has changed to GLB (globe) and kies is now supporting it.
[Galaxy S III General] pdmusico:
All you Omega v33 users out there satisfied with battery life? Can anyone help me please? I flashed this rom coz I wanted the multi window feature but the battery drain is impossible.

Edit: Like last night, my phone had 38% battery with wifi off when I went to sleep and in a matter of like 3 hours it was completely drained. I never experienced this with the stock rom.
[Galaxy S III General] putibuhok:
have you gone through a full charge already after you flashed the rom?

what was your battery level when you flashed the rom?

this usually happens if you flashed with bat lower than 80%. try to observe after doing full charge after 2 to 3 times. bat should be better. you can also wipe battery stats before charging.

sent from my GT- I9300 on Omega Rom v33.3 with Siyah kernel 1.8
[Galaxy S III General] rab1412000:
directory bind.

http://www.xda-developers.com/android/how-to-properly-use-directory-bind-on-samsung-galaxy-s-iii/

edit: warning, you have no choice but to root your phone if you want this feature.
[Galaxy S III General] pdmusico:
Yes. I think? I've only been charging my phone for at most 8 hours at night. But I read somewhere that to be able to complete the battery life cycle of S3, charging time is between 12 and 16 hours. Can anyone verify this? But if this is true for how long should I charge my S3 for 2-3 times so the battery can get back to normal? Thanks!

Edit: I think my battery level when I flashed was around 80% exactly.
[Galaxy S III General] putibuhok:
I'd say until it says full. then use the phone until bat is around 20 percent then charge again until full then repeat cycle for 2 to 3 times. let me know if you see any difference in bat drain after.;)

if you have not read this yet, you might want to check the faq on omega rom thread.

sent from my GT- I9300 on Omega Rom v33.3 with Siyah kernel 1.8
[Galaxy S III General] Chaitanyapatel8880:
Go to Settings>Battery.

in the bottom of the graph, you will find a few lines. Please check if the phone was awake the WHOLE time while the screen was off? if the phone was awake all the time than you have too many wake locks that wont let your phone go to deep sleep mode. and you will consume a lot of battery.

If this is the situation than I might be able to help you...
[Galaxy S III General] pdmusico:
Sorry I can't make heads or tails on this graph. Hehe. Here's the screenshot though. Thank you!
[Galaxy S III General] baste07:
Your device is awake or running something even though your screen is off

that can drain your juice
[Galaxy S III General] pdmusico:
How will I know what's running?
[Galaxy S III General] Chaitanyapatel8880:
D A M N.... Your phone is not going to deep sleep. that's why your phone is draining too much battery. usually it should drain 2 to 8 % during the whole night.

Try the following things.

1. go to SETTINGS>DEVELOPER OPTIONS

go to very bottom of the developer options, you will find an option saying "Limit background processes". access that and chose "At most 4 processes"

2. Before you go to sleep every night, do the following,

go to SETTINGS>APPLICATION MANAGER

Now slide the menu and you will be is the tab saying RUNNING, in that STOP all the processes that are useless at night. When done with it, tap on the RIGHT SIDE-TOP saying "SHOW CACHED PROCESS" and it will open another menu and do the same thing. STOP all the un-needed processes.

After that you will not need the third option but still Incase you need... :)

3. Download latest version of Perseus Kernel and flash it using CWM...
[Galaxy S III General] pdmusico:
Thanks will try this tonight! Quick question though. Will reflashing also fix this issue?
[Galaxy S III General] Chaitanyapatel8880:
May be... but just simple advice... Why to reflash if you can solve the problem... I am doing this every single night and I am loosing around 2 to 5 % only...
[Galaxy S III General] pdmusico:
Well just that I never had to do this before and the solution you've provided doesn't seem like a permanent one. But hey.. correct me now if I'm wrong. And I don't mean any disrespect. :) I just don't want to be doing that every night. That's why I thought of reflashing.
[Galaxy S III General] vincecabz101:
Guys, how would we check the kind of custom ROM we flashed?
[Galaxy S III General] baste07:
Check the phone info in the about settings
[Galaxy S III General] bogs218:
After I flash omega v33.3 my I can't receive new email notifications and other notifications from apps..
[Galaxy S III General] imjoRDz:
share the great game u have in your s3..
[Galaxy S III General] rab1412000:
Install better battery stats and localize the offending app. That's not normal behavior for omega or any rom for that matter.

Sent from a Galaxy far, far away

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I see a lot of issues posted by users of 33.3 on the omega thread that's why I haven't upgraded yet.

But in your case, try to clear caches of gmail and play store. If that doesn't work reinstall the apps.

If that still doesn't work, full wipe and reflash. Note that this will delete everything though.

Sent from a Galaxy far, far away
[Galaxy S III General] vincecabz101:
Hello there, plan to shift my stock rom to custom rom omega v33.3. I was wondering if do we really need to do factory reset/wipe data before you can flash custom rom? What will happen if don't do it?

Also, if i do factory reset/wipe data, how would i restore my apps at once like i don't have to install them one by one? I'm kind of new here so forgive my ignorance. Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] rab1412000:
If you are coming from an omega v3x.x rom then there is no need to full wipe. If you're coming from another rom you better. The method I use is actually a more complete wipe- I format system, data, cache.

You can use titanium backup to back up your apps and then restore them after you flash the rom. Be sure to to back up only downloaded apps and not system apps like gmail as that will cause conflicts.

Good luck :)

Sent from a Galaxy far, far away
[Galaxy S III General] kanin_rider:
Install m.globe app from the playstore. Thats exactly what you need buddy. :)

Here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=m.globe
[Galaxy S III General] callaris:
Still. Stuck in ICS.

Been tinkering with my wife's SGS3 and it's still in ICS, tried updating with KIES or the OTA and it still says no update available. Asked a few of my SGS3 owner friends and they ALL had their JB updates last November.

Any ideas why this phone ihas no JB update yet? It works perfectly BTW, judt want to experience the new JB features.

TIA
[Galaxy S III General] imjoRDz:
post your csc pls
[Galaxy S III General] callaris:
EDITED: Sorry. Noob here. Just found out what csc means.

CSC: I9300OJVBLF3
[Galaxy S III General] Chaitanyapatel8880:
No problems.. it's ok.. reflashing.. if the problem still stays than try what I said buddy..

Capt. Chaitanya Patel

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It's ok buddy.. no problems. Try reflashing. If still the problem stays than do what I described

Capt. Chaitanya Patel
[Galaxy S III General] mrm43:
I did have the same csc as yours and from what I have learned is that the country code it has is either Kenya or United Arab Emirates. No update yet available. To update mine to 4.1.1 I downloaded the official Samsung firmware 4.1.1 Philippines (unbranded) from sammobile.com. Flash it via Odin. (look for instructions in youtube, very easy). Boot your phone check if your csc change. After booting I recommend you to factory reset your phone so that your phone will register to our country zone. If you don't factory reset kies will not recognize your region and you won't receive OTA.

Before flashing :

Csc - (AFR)

After flashing

Csc - (AFR)

- typing *#1234# yields new values

that are set to our specific region

- kies could not recognize your

region yet because it's still AFR

- Philippines is not detected at

Prompt at initial setup

After flashing and factory reset

Csc - (GLB)

- Kies recognized your region now

and is now (GLB)

- and Philippines is detected when

when prompt at the beginning of

setup

Note :this is based on my actual experience, others may have it differently.
[Galaxy S III General] Mabsen:
the same as mine, not supported in Kies. But I don't wanna do factory reset coz' my files and apps are all organized and I don't want to reinstall them again. :crying:
[Galaxy S III General] mrm43:
I too had that dilemma, what I did was install sms and accounts backup apps and send my backup files to Dropbox. For the organization of my files, since I was using the paid nova launcher all I did was make a backup from inside nova settings and upload the backup file to drop box. Did the factory reset afterwards and installed the backup apps and retrieve my backups from Dropbox. All was done in a short time. Everything was back to where it was. Only the wallpaper was not restored. Painless.

Note: all apps installed previously were all installed automatically, just sync everything during the first initialization.
[Galaxy S III General] offgrey:
NFC stickers/tags

Does anyone know where to get nfc stickers or tags locally? :D thanks in advance for any replies.

Also, just a very paranoid s3 owner question here: has anyone ever heard of the back plate snapping in half or getting damaged in the process of removal? Whenever I take my phone out of my neo hybrid, it usually removes the back plate. o:
[Galaxy S III General] Mabsen:
wow, i'm gonna try that now. thanks for this! feedback later. =)
[Galaxy S III General] vincecabz101:
How am i going to restore my back up apps & data at one installation for all? I can't seem to find any option in stock file manager or astro file manager that facilitates the installation of all back up apps & data in one click. I have over 100 apps, so I find it so irritating to install them by one by one. Thank you again.
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
For stock users out there, samsung is already pushing updates for 4.1.2. I might try going back to stock if it is already available in sammobile just to check if it is stable.
[Galaxy S III General] callaris:
Great! Will try to do that as soon as I get a grasp of flashing. Will backread for some tutorials. Last Question: Will this (flashing) void my warranty?

Thanks a ton!
[Galaxy S III General] mrm43:
No. This is official Samsung firmware.
[Galaxy S III General] vincecabz101:
Yes, if you're flashing a custom rom will sure increase your binary digits so does void the phone's warranty. But triangle away apps on play store will make binary digits return to zero, when it does, you're good with the warranty as Samsung looks at it everytime you claim for warranty.
[Galaxy S III General] callaris:
Will veer away from custom ROMs for the time being. Until the end of my warranty. :laugh:. Downloading the needed files from sammobile.com.

Quick Question: (again) Since I bought the phone "factory unlocked", do I download the "Philippines-XTE" firmware? or "Philippines SMA" because I use a Smart sim.

You guys are great. Keep it up!
[Galaxy S III General] mrm43:
Download the unbranded one, the Phil XTE firmware. That is what others here recommended to me.
[Galaxy S III General] imjoRDz:
Use the unbranded..

yeah.. muti window.. keep us updated sir..
[Galaxy S III General] putibuhok:
you can try titanium back up. that's what I always use.:D

sent from my GT- I9300 on Omega Rom v33.3 with Siyah kernel 1.8
[Galaxy S III General] offgrey:
Does anyone have a problem where some of your settings suddenly change? I don't know if I accidentally activated it or something but sometimes auto screen rotation turns on. When I got home today, the wifi suddenly turned on. What gives? o:
[Galaxy S III General] pdmusico:
Does anyone know if this (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1941841) works on S3 and on rooted stock 4.1.2 Poland? Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] putibuhok:
I don't know, but if you want, omega rom v34 is already out with the final 4.1.2 release and multi window. downloading it now. :D

sent from my GT- I9300 on Omega Rom v33.3 with Siyah kernel 1.8
[Galaxy S III General] rab1412000:
If you read my post again the answer is there - titanium backup, which has auto scripts that will backup and restore all your user downloaded apps.

It can even do this as a background process, so you can surf, watch a video, etc while it's restoring.

Sent from a Galaxy far, far away
[Galaxy S III General] pdmusico:
Thanks but I just came from Omega 33v2. Where I experienced the battery drain. Haha. I think I'll stick to stock rom for now. :))
[Galaxy S III General] pdmusico:
Hi! I've already installed Better Battery Stats but I don't know how to localize the offending app as you have said. Can you please tell me how? Thank you very in advance!
[Galaxy S III General] aaron_flux:
hi, im also a nood here, but i have been using better battery stats, try to look if your deep sleep atio is low compared to the time the screen is off, then look for wakelocks and alarms,
[Galaxy S III General] rab1412000:
There is a good tutorial and people diagnose your logs in the better battery stats sub forum.

Basically, you charge your phone to full and leave it overnight. You then take a screen shot of your bbs showing partial wake locks or you dump your log file.

Check for audio 0,location services or apps that is causing your phone to wake.

Sent from a Galaxy far, far away
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
Try this one. Goodluck buddy! :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1878828
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
I just flashed the official 4.1.2 Poland, too bad same experience with stock 4.1.1 before. Slow charging and battery drain. It even drains my battery when I'm using it while charging. One thing on my mind is to give it a day or two to see if it stabilizes itself in time. After that and the problem still exists, I would consider going back to either omega or stock ICS.
[Galaxy S III General] rab1412000:
Just flash omega v34 which is based on that

Sent from a Galaxy far, far away
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
Yeah probably I'll do that tomorrow but thanks anyways. I'm currently having fun toying up with my little brother's tab so I can't download the new version of omega right now. Flashaholic is already getting into me lol. :D

Bear with me since I haven't experienced these things on IOS. :p
[Galaxy S III General] kerbiii:
Is the 4.1.2 release in the ph?

Im rooted on stock 4.1.1 if i want to upgrade on official 4.1.2 do i need to restore factory or i can just flash it keeping all my data and apps?
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
Nope, 4.1.2 for ph isn't released yet. I guess you need to wait for that for some time. You may try the Poland build though. Be sure to make a backup using titanium backup then do a full wipe before flashing.
[Galaxy S III General] kerbiii:
I guess i will wait, but if i want to upgrade 4.1.2. Do i need to wipe everything? And reroot again? The only thing keeping me away from customrom is becoz everytime they update i need to wipe and start all over again
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
Some says you don't need to do a wipe when doing an upgrade but I prefer to have a full wipe to avoid boot loops. The reason I suggested using titanium backup pro to backup your apps is for you to easily restore your apps whenever you do a wipe.
[Galaxy S III General] JeoffJimena:
Same here. Very smooth! V34 omega.. Do you use omega themes?
[Galaxy S III General] j0sefuz:
i wish there is an INK EFFECT for my stock JB.

I don't want modified roms..
[Galaxy S III General] aaron_flux:
hi sir,, i just flashed omega v34 also,, how the battery life? i know i just to give it 2-3 days to notice any changes but for my case the leaked 4.1.2 has good battery life than the omega v34.. any thoughts on this? thanks!!
[Galaxy S III General] rab1412000:
Hi I don't use omega themes, but I did install the transparent multi window mod, and I use nova launcher

Sent from a Galaxy far, far away
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
Omega is so awesome that it keeps me going back for it but why do every JB roms give me slow charging? I'm only bearing with it since I upgraded from ics to jb. I don't get this on ics but I love jb so I'm sticking with it. By the way I'm on omega v34 with siyah kernel right now.
[Galaxy S III General] pdmusico:
Do you think that transparent multi window mod would work for rooted stock 4.1.2?
[Galaxy S III General] kerbiii:
How about other files like documents and media,
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
Your other files wont be erased when you perform a wipe but you can always backup those files in your pc just to be sure.
[Galaxy S III General] rab1412000:
I haven't tested myself but I think it will.

Sent from a Galaxy far, far away
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
Does changing the charge rate on the kernel will be able to make my phone charge faster? What is the safe AC charge rate for s3? Will it cause any complications? I'm just cautious not to fry my s3. Thanks to those who could give me insights.
[Galaxy S III General] rab1412000:
Changing the charge rate will definitely make it charge faster at the expense of faster battery degradation.

And no you won't fry your phone or charger.

Sent from a Galaxy far, far away
[Galaxy S III General] Hwoarang04:
wrong gapps

hello sa lahat! :)

please help me, I installed a wrong gapps.

What should I do?

do I need to wipe all again and flash ROM and the correct gapps?

or is there a way to replace my wrong gapps?

or flashing the correct gapps will "overwrite" the wrong gapps"?

thank you in advanced! :cowboy:
[Galaxy S III General] mrm43:
It's better to do a full wipe. The cleaner the better.
[Galaxy S III General] Hwoarang04:
thanks!

as in wipe cache? ( I just want to be very sure)

sorry, just a noob. this is my first smartphone.
[Galaxy S III General] albertclim:
Interesting... coz my friend was able to upgrade his firmware via Kies, while I am not. Both our phones are rooted.
[Galaxy S III General] baste07:
Both rooted with still stock rom and same sw/fw?
[Galaxy S III General] albertclim:
Yes, both phones rooted (CF-Root), on stock ROM with same fw. I installed Kies on my desktop and my laptop and tried updating from both with no success. Unfortunately, the update is not available OTA yet. The previous update via OTA was a breeze, that was prior to rooting my phone though. Now scouring the forums for a custom ROM to try.
[Galaxy S III General] cruzargel:
Use odin to update. I never installed kies. Lol
[Galaxy S III General] civarch:
Nope, still stock rom. My first problem was the version of kies that took me half a day to.search for the updated version. When the update stated, my kies still collapses at the end of the process thus fails to download the files to my device, tried this three times still no luck. Samsung should ditch kies and adopt like htc....
[Galaxy S III General] kulisap:
You could search the galaxy note forums. I had mine upgraded to 50gb with a simple trick.
[Galaxy S III General] baste07:
Got 48gb of additional storage. But only for 2 years
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
2years is what Samsung give to you... It was stated before during the launching of S3
[Galaxy S III General] timoti.sy:
Hey jermitano. Nice seeing you here. Just got my GS3. :D
[Galaxy S III General] baste07:
How do i know if its up?
[Galaxy S III General] darkangel3182:
i9300xxblfb software/firmware update

hi… i just want to ask...any issues regarding the latest software/firmware update for the sgs3 (i9300xxblfb)? is this applicable to globe-issued galaxy s3′s? i have read from other forums that one problem after installing the update was that the phone can no longer send/receive calls.. a running service related to calls is being stopped/hangs.. kindly advise.. thank you

oh, i have an unrooted sgs3 from globe...is it safe for me to install the update?

hope you guys can help.. many thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] timoti.sy:
Go to www.dropbox.com, it gives the date of expiration.
[Galaxy S III General] jermitano:
can you give us link of your source? havent heard or read anyone having those problems...
[Galaxy S III General] jermitano:
you too as well...we have an fb group, you can join too...

https://www.facebook.com/groups/samsunggalaxys3phil/
[Galaxy S III General] knights.JayTana:
You will be notified weeks before expiration and will be ask if you still want to extend/upgrade the service.

jermitano

Can I join the group?;) Request sent...
[Galaxy S III General] darkangel3182:
hi...

im sorry but since i am just new to the forums, i cannot seem to post links...maybe you can try searhing for it in google..

here are the sites/blogs that i read it from though it came from one indian guy...(scroll down in the comments section)

site: androidauthority

article: OTA update to international Galaxy S3 brings improved stability and some minor features

date of article: july 06, 2012

commentor (the one who reported the problem): prabhjot bhatia

site: totally dubbed (.net)

article: New Samsung Galaxy S III I9300XXBLFB Official Update – GT-I9300

date of article: july 06, 2012

commentor (the one who reported the problem): prabhjot

i will look for others..i remember one instance happening in the UK and one in the US...

just wondering if the update is really safe for stock, globe-issued sgs3... i have already downloaded the update but i am just delaying the installation...

tia
[Galaxy S III General] adrian08:
OTA update is now available!
[Galaxy S III General] darkangel3182:
any issues with it after installation bro? especially on the calls side?
[Galaxy S III General] adrian08:
No issues with both SMS and calling. :)

Though I noticed that some of the rooted apps failed to work, what's more odd is Tweetcaster is forcing close on launch as well. Reinstalled the app and it worked.

As for the whole notion of Root, I think (might be noob of me) that updating the firmware makes the root access wonky. Tried to reroot and all are OK. :)
[Galaxy S III General] darkangel3182:
thanks bro.. i have not rooted my phone yet.. all is stock from globe...

here's hoping i do not get any (bad) surprises on my first update..
[Galaxy S III General] EtienneBordeaux:
I see, so it will wear down my battery in time. Will it also make my battery deplete faster? By the way what do you suggest, changing the charge rate on the kernel or use 2.1A charger? Thanks again.
[Galaxy S III General] rab1412000:
As in wipe system, data, cache in cwm.

Note that all apps and data will be erased.

Sent from a Galaxy far, far away
[Galaxy S III General] Hwoarang04:
got it! thank you very much! :good:
[Galaxy S III General] vincecabz101:
I was just wondering why cant I install apk files using my files manager or any other file explorer? Does anyone experience the same?
[Galaxy S III General] mrm43:
Full wipe = factory reset + wipe cache + wipe dalvik . You can add format system also. Like I said the cleaner the better.

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What is the error showing on screen if I may ask?
[Galaxy S III General] KristianKenneth:
Why are the Galaxy S3 sold in Greenhills so cheap? 21K for new unit?
[Galaxy S III General] neil05:
Because it doesnt have samsung warranty mate. Only store warranty:p
[Galaxy S III General] rab1412000:
Most are from the black market sources that don't come with an ntc seal and official warranty.

Sent from a Galaxy far, far away
[Galaxy S III General] anthony001:
Hi im going to apply for globe tatto super stick can anyone give me their experience on the internet speed, i live near tayuman.