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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hogol:
guys i have a galaxy s2 i9100 and its on cw10 now and i want to go back to stock 4.0.4

but i really am confused with which firmware i should download

any help is appreciated and if ask away anything else you need to know about this dilemma

thanks in advance :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perka:
Seems you are very confused ;)

Ask in a thread that is for your phone ;)

Search for stock roms I9100

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Factory reset from recovery.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drolevar:
Hi!

I have a branded S3 with 4.0.4 FW which uses a TEN CSC. I want to upgrade it to official 4.1.1 FW with NEE CSC.

When I flash this official 4.1.1 FW, the CSC is shown as 'Unknown', and Kies shows that this phone is not upgradable. Also, when I boot to stock recovery, CSC is shown as TEN.

Thing is, that with the 4.0.4 TEN firmware I'm able to get to the CSC selection, but only TEN is available. With 4.1.1 NEE FW I'm not able to do that at all, because it's a SingleCSC.

So the question is: how to get 4.1.1 with NEE CSC correctly installed?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steve_Goral:
This is another "stupid newbie" question,

Is there much difference between the carrier versions and the stock version?

My handset was bought from Vodafone (UK) but the carrier I'm using is 3(UK), is it worth putting the 3(UK) firmware on? Or just go for the stock firmware?

And also, can I still update the handset in the usual OTA way?

Thanks in advance,
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayghost:
I flashed the LJ4 and everything looks fine except when opening emails from my internetprovider the screen is darker than normal.

Mail from Gmail appears with the correct brightness on the screen. I didn't have this issue on Ice Cream.

Any suggestions about this problem?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarbe:
Check power saving options.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Damage:
Hi all

i have the SG3 which has i9300xxle8 baseband version

my question is which firmware Jelly Bean do i need to flash with Odin

i've downloaded I9300XXDLJ4_I9300OXADLJ4_BTU is this the right one?????

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayghost:
Thanks, now it's okay :good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarbe:
Yes you can, BTU is the CSC for UK.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cynofield:
thanks for this, this tutorial saved my life!!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dawnsky945:
Sudden Brick

My Phone: Samsung Galaxy SIII. from Hong Kong

My phone was looping on the SAMSUNG Logo animation this morning.

Then after tries, I went to RECOVERY and clear the boot cache, I did not factory reset

I used Odin and used [GT-I9300_mx_20120329.PIT], then it reloaded on the screen before the logo (Samsung Galaxy SIII I9300)

I then tried several stock firmware but non managed to write to my phone.

Also I cannot access RECOVERY Mode. What I can do is get into Download Mode and an infinite loop of a b/w screen.

If anyone could help... Without the phone I cannot reach my family... and I ain't giving up on my S3.

When I try to load the firmware this is the result

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> boot.img

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003>

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Please..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Never ever use PIT unless you know why and it is the correct PIT .

You can try a search for bricked phone and PIT .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyLegend:
Sounds like dawnsky945 has a brick.

Looks like a service centre job.

Sent from my I9300 on XXDLJ4
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tunizizou:
Thank you ! Works great :good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dawnsky945:
So there is no way to fix it myself? I don't know whether i have partition my phone right again because now it does not loop the b/w screen but go straightly to a warning ( Firmware Upgrade encountered an issue. Please Select recovery mode in Kies & try again.)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyLegend:
I'm not sure mate to be honest. U should NEVER flash pit files unless u know what ur doing and experienced at this.

Sent from my I9300 on XXDLJ4
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perka:
Is it the GT-i9300 16gb you have?

Was it the right pit file you used?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siavash_Skh:
Hi every body

I have some basically question :

Some of Custom Roms are based on the official samsung ROMs ( like Omega, Android Revolution HD, FoxHound, ... ).

And they say that their ROM on based on an special version (for example JB 4.1.1 [XXDLJ4] ).

When i want to flash this custom ROM, should I flash the official version via Odin (for example XXDLJ4) before flashing the custom ROM ? Is it necessary ? Is it better ? or basically is there any difference coming form which official rom to this new custom rom ?

Basically I want to know a custom ROM based on the official samsung ROMs have all elements needed for the phone ? or use some elements that previously installed in the phone ?

Please inform me about it, It is a big question for me.

thanks a lot.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siavash_Skh:
Thank you

I mean for example after doing a megawipe that delete all data in the phone we can flash a custom rom without flashig a stock rom before it ? or depends on the custom rom ? if a custom rom didnt tell anything about flashing a stock rom in their instructions it means that it includes all we need for a complete rom ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Yes thats how it is .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luisbanz:
I want to downgrade JB to ICS as I find it very laggy and the battery doesn't last as long.

My current baseband is I9300XXDLID and build number JRO03C.I9300XXDLJ4.

The version I want to downgrade is a different country one.

Base Firmware: I9300ZSALED (4.0.4)

Region Asia

Country: Taiwan

Carrier: Unbranded

Build Date: 23 May 2012

Modem: XXLEF

CSC: OZSALED

I just want the firmware but keep the UK version of Modem + CSC. Should I just get any unbranded UK CSC and modem from 4.0.4? The only reason I want to a Taiwan firmware is because of the language input. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the input is stored in the firmware?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paha77:
FOTA zip repack

Can somebody help me how to repack update.zip coming from FOTA update to an update.zip for CWM?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luisbanz:
I ran into a bit of problem with this. I had to wipe the device in CWM after mixing csc, pda and modem. Also had to use the bootloader or else my messaging option is broken. The service will just stop every time when I open up message.

I also backed up the phone using KIES but after downgrading, I realise KIES wouldn't connect to my phone so I couldn't restore my pictures etc. I've now reverted back to JB and kies is now doing a restore.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chris_84:
I also got that issue of message app stop after installing ics with Odin. The only way for me was to flash an ics version with 3 parts. That mean it ain't got only one file for pda, it got 3 files. One for pda one for modem and one for csc.

Throwing out of the window from my flying Ferrari killer S3 driven by a proud omega team member :P
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huzy85:
Hello everyone,

I'm new around here and i apologize if posting in the wrong place....

I have a similar problem: I decided to root my S3 (UK unlocked) and followed one of many tutorials on YouTube (made by galaxys3root). Everything seemed to be easy and started well until at the point when the S3 must reboot. At that point the phone got stuck, and the only thing i can do is to go in downloading mode.

Odin gives me this

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> recovery.img

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003> cache.img

<ID:0/003> param.bin

<ID:0/003> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/003> RES OK !!

<ID:0/003> Completed..

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

<ID:0/003> Removed!!

While the phone is stuck on the boot screen my PC (Win 7 Ultimate) does not recognize the device, while if the phone is in downloading mode, the PC has the driver for it.

I went through a few more topics on this forum which described something similar, tried a few of the suggestions made by others but nothing seems to work.

Does anyone has a solution for this or I should take the phone in service?

I would appreciate any advise!

I'm quite the beginner so if you could use a technical "friendly" language it would be great :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perka:
Flash again :) make a factory reset after the flash before booting.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huzy85:
thanks...

i am trying to flash it again but... i'm still stuck on the boot screen. Can I do a factory reset if the only thing i can do on the phone is to go in downloading mode?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perka:
After the flash you should have the recovery back. So when you flashed and it dont boot, pull battery and try recovery
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huzy85:
Today is not my day...

I've runned into another problem, i downloaded the stock firmware for Uk, that i found here and i can't extract it with WinRar or 7z
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morts:
utestspe gilkes

I've just unlock my S3, which ROM have the better batery life?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] huzy85:
Problem solved.

I just tried to do the root again, and surprise, this time it worked. So the phone is rooted now and i'm debating with myself if i should put Jelly Bean or not on it, will i get stuck again or not?! :)

Thanks for your replies and all the help provided by this forum and its members!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mairon08:
Factory Unlocked S3 from China Flashed w/Official JB ROM Globe Telecoms Philippines

Hi there!

I really hope someone could help me with my problem.

Well first of, I'm an entire noob with Androids as I have been a Nokia loyalist (sucks to be me).

I have a factory unlocked S3 GT-i9300 bought from China and was sent to me here in the Philippines. I have tried upgrading it to JB 4.1.1 via OTA and Kies but I've had encountered roadblocks for the longest time. That's when a friend of mine suggested to use Odin but the mofo didn't tell me that there were other stuff that I need to consider (all the Phone, PDA and CSC stuff posted in the first post of this thread). So I downloaded from www.samfirmware.com an official JB 4.1.1 ROM for Globe Telecoms Philippines since that's the network that I'm using and flashed it on my S3 via Odin. Everything went well except for the part where I'm being asked for a network unlock code! WAAAAH!

My phone is now locked and I don't even where it's locked to.

Is there a way for me to unlock it again without having to pay those unlock code generators?

PLEASE HELP!!! TIA!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhruvdhawan:
galaxy fit rom problem

i did not installed the clockwork mod recovery on my galaxy fit and installed the ROM by the manual mod...:rolleyes:

now my phone is showing the start up screen only:eek:

and if i press other keys it also shows the downloading mod:good:

and the manual mod....:fingers-crossed:

plz help me wht cn i do nw.?????????:confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAAFNAV:
Please,

How do I figure out which modem will work for my network?

Vodacom, South Africa.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angelofmusic:
Touch screen dead after root!!! HELP???

Hello everyone! I deeply need your help!

So last night I had my S3 i9300 on XXDLIB working just snazzy. I messed up big time out of being exhausted. I didn't pay attention that I loaded the n7000 CF-Root into PDA in ODIN (I own the n7000 Galaxy Note as well).

Soooo.... it boots up and looks just fine. I look for super user and it is not there. So I decided to boot into recovery to see if it is indeed rooted and I just need to flash the binary....like before.

Anyway. When I tried to boot into recovery the poor phone freaked out! Banding all across the screen then the SIII i9300 black screen phased across a few times, then the screen went black. OHHHHHH FUDGE! I REALIZED I FLASHED THE WRONG CF-ROOT!!!! So, I reflashed the correct CF-Root PDA file this time ***success*** and it would not even boot. So I went and found stock XXDLIB that I still had on my computer and flashed that. It booted after a VERY LONG TIME! Then I was so excited to see the lock screen with all my settings and then I go to slide unlock...NOTHING! THE TOUCH SCREEN IS DEAD!!!!

I tried reflashing CF-Root again and after several minutes of booting it booted into CWM and I did a factory wipe and cleared out the Dalvik and cache. I restarted. It booted after a long time and then again there was the lock screen. This time it was the language screen after factory wipe. THE TOUCH SCREEN IS STILL DEAD! So I decided to just flash XXDLIB again and call it a night.

I am able to boot into recovery in XXDLIB but it is not instant with the button combination. It takes several minutes of sitting on the SIII i9300 screen. Then finally boots into stock recovery.

So now I have a dead touch screen...I have no idea what to do now! I cannot find the full ROM image with .PIT and CSC, PDA, etc. There isn't one!!! Just a bundled .tar

HELP!!! I don't understand how a software flash could kill the touch screen controller. Is that even possible???? Has anyone experienced this???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cammel:
Hi! I'm really sorry about what happened to your phone after flashing the wrong cf-root file..:(

Here you have the link to the pit file

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pxsypbplozh5wgy/GT-I9300_mx_20120329.pit

and a 3 files firmware (an old ice cream sandwich)

https://hotfile.com/dl/156320160/eb4a939/I9300XXALE8_I9300OJVALE7_OJV.zip.html

I think it should work, I used this files myself to fix a problem with my international galaxy s3 16gb version and had no problem at all. Everything is working perfectly!

Before flashing this I just turned on usb debugging under development options in settings, then power off the phone, enter download mode, and once in odin select the pit file from the dropbox link, and then extract the file from the hotfile link and you will find 3 more files:

CSC = CSC

PHONE = MODEM

CODE = PDA ONCE

re-partition will be automatically checked when you select the pit file, then hit start and that's it!

After flashing this you can flash over it any jelly bean firmware you want! Hope it helps!

I think this will fix your problem!:D

Good luck!!;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris151722:
your touchscreen already dead, you better reset your counter to 0 and send it for warranty if it is still has.

use usb otg and attach usb mouse to navigate the phone.

if already resetted flash again stock firmware(this will not increase counter)

send for warranty.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nintendolinky:
Can I use CSC_I9300OXAALE8.tar.md5 with the ZSALED rom.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dessection:
Just flashed GT-I9300_BTU_I9300XXALE8_I9300OXAALE8_I9300XXLE8.tar into my SGS3, to get it "unrooted".

But now my keyboard is missing the Æ Ø Å function. The keys are showing, but they are not functionable. This also means that my keyboard have moved the function of the other buttons.

So that if i try to type "Dessection" it will end up as "Fessebtio." Does someone have any idéa of what i can do to fix this? Have i used the wrong firmware?

I live in Norway, Europe. GMT+1

Edit:

Fixed this by using GT-I9300_TMC_I9300XXALE9_I9300OJVALE9_I9300XXLE8.tar

Everything works perfect now :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beautyangel:
A bit help here

Intratech and friends, All gone well, root, super su, insecure kernel too, as i install CWM Manager, move to clockwork mod, reboot into, install zip from SD and here U go my 64gb sandisk E: failed to mount SDcard. what to do from here friends. All help most welcome.:(

Edited Working now thanks chainfire. but root explorer is not able to find any external sdcard
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
Yes I will add CF's method as well.

Yes unroot with SuperSU

Always backup but if you're flashing these firmwares your data will be preserved.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Segovia:
Rooting the Singapore Version SGS3

Hello all,

Is it possible to just root the phone without flash the firmwares and such?

Please advise.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
Yes it is.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funk_doc:
Yeah sure before I'll flash a custom ROM I'll backup my phone with Titanium Backup or Nandroid(?).

You said I can flash the stock firmware after I rooted the phone. But Faryaab said that the phone will be unrooted if I flash the stock firmware. I'm a little bit confused right now about this two opinions.

Can I flash the stock firmware after rooting the phone? If yes, that'll be strange :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 9Lukas5:
So, the ZSALED (China) firmware includes a European (XXLEF) modem :eek: :confused:

L
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
Yes
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beautyangel:
intratech a question bro.

Actually I flash Insecure BUALE6 kernel so Can I flash from Insecure BUALE6 kernel to ZSALED Kernel. because I want to flash Omega 2.0 XXALE9 or 3.0 Rom ZSALED. Can u advice me. Thanks for taking time to help nearly all of us here. Great Thanks Buddy.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timberwolf60:
Based on my S2 experience, when you flash an official firmware by Odin PC, the root gone. But when you flash the firmware by mobile Odin, your phone will remained rooted.

Send from my GT I9100, XWLPF Jkay theme Odex using Tapatalk2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R4M30:
Intratech,

Can you post a stock Rom for the sgs3 for Australia and branded on the Optus network?? Is that possible?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sythean:
Aust.

Is there any info on the stock firmware for the Australian Models from vodafail?

EDIT: Sorry for the near dup post here, missed being the first post by mere moments.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
Will do, I'm upload a few files and lets just say my upload speeds are not stellar. :p
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] R4M30:
Thanks heaps. I have the sgs3 on Optus but would like a stock rom to go back to in case something happens while rooting and installing other roms and I have to go back to stock for warranty.

If you need any info from my device let me know

Thanks again
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
I'm sorry but I don't understand what you're asking.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
You can flash the firmware if you rooted or not. If you want to keep the device rooted then use Mobile Odin to flash.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
Modems DDLE8 and DXLE8 now available.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Segovia:
The rom setting for Singapore Galaxy S III(Starhub)

Hi, If I want to get root using the insecure Kernel, Which insecure kernel should I use?

Or are all kernel the same? Please advise, I am really noob for Odin.

AP : 9300XXALE8

CP : I9300DXLE8

CSC : I9300OLBALE5
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
Insecure XXALE8 mate.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moustic_moustic:
Sounds bad for ur mobile, sorry for that. Maybe you can try something to recalibrate the touch screen. The thing is to know what tool can do the magic...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mloc33:
Have you washed your hands, could just be dirt that's the cause... :p
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danmanbad:
Hello everybody

i was woundering if it could be posible to make the phone update in kies after a odin flash using the same menus as the ones used to unlock your phone *#197328640#
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolmmp:
witch country version in GT-I9300RWDDBT code?

hi..

I have a Samsung Galaxy S III/S3 GT-I9300 Factory Unlocked Phone - International Version buy from amazon .com

modal is GT-I9300RWDDBT

how to find country code or country version like india-INU, United Kingdom-BTU, Germany-DBT for update Firmware...?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedman2202:
hiiii ..... thx for ur great thread .... i need all necessary files for my phone (PIT , PDA , CSC , Phone , Bootloader)

how i can get right files for my phone .... me live in egypt and bought my phone from Qatar ..... and here a thread about my problem

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2052547

here a quote from my thread of my problem

w8 ur replay ..... thx :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmo_RA2:
New Zealand GT-I9300

Model Number: GT-I9300

Android Version: 4.0.4

Baseband Version: I9300XXLF2

Kernel Version: 3.0.15-671647-user se.infra@SEP-74 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jun 5 04:08:30 KST 2012

Build Number: IMM76D.I9300XXALF2

Purchased in New Zealand, is pebble blue/black

Unsure as to where to find the Samsung country codes, but above is the info on the about page

I am wanting to know which files I would need to do this to end up with the original stock firmware once root is finished

Any help is greatly appreciated
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darass:
im looking for stock XXELKC kernel but cant find it... can anyone post it here? ty very much:)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Perka:
Goto: http://goo.gl/zlDkX. Then:Galaxy_S3 > Stock_kernel > Kernel_Stock_XXELKC_I9300.Odin.tar
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pxloaded:
null IMEI

Hi All,

Anyone has any insights as to how to recover my i9300 IMEI? It shows null/null now and I have reflashed several roms but to no avail... Am I supposed to do something with the .pit file?

It all started months ago when I tried upgrading to JB 4.1.1, then somehow I got 000000 for my s/n but IMEI still intact. Then I used this patch by Ariza and it all worked well. Until few weeks ago, out of nothing, the phone just stopped getting reception and when I checked, IMEI is unknown already, baseband is also unknown.

Going to the service center has no use, they can't do anything, I tried..

Thanks for any help anyone can give!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Waz5:
Hi,

I tried to flash my S3 I9300 T-mobile UK (got it unlocked but not rooted) with new firmware but it has failed.

The firmware I downloaded is titled: KIES_HOME_I9300XXELL4_I9300OXAELL4_566833_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5.

Any help would be great how do I get out of download mode?

<ID:0/007> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> KIES_HOME_I9300XXELL4_I9300OXAELL4_566833_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/007> Odin v.3 engine (ID:7)..

<ID:0/007> File analysis..

<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/007> Initialzation..

<ID:0/007> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/007> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/007> boot.img

<ID:0/007> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/007> recovery.img

<ID:0/007> system.img

<ID:0/007> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<ID:0/007> Added!!

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

---------- Post added at 03:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:43 PM ----------

Panic over I flashed the new firmware again and that has done the trick panic over. :D