yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nintendolinky:
Yeah I was gonna go with them but went direct with O2 today, and no just trying all the things out, such an amazing phone, hope you get yours soon, loved all your official roms on the SGS2.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mimsy:
I've managed to reset flash counter and go back to stock. Everything works properly except for messaging app, which FCs everytime I use it. It makes no sense at all, why would messaging app FC when I'm using fresh, unmodified (no root or anything) stock ROM?

EDIT: I too came from SGS I, which took flashing like there is no tomorrow. Flashed almost everything possible there and always managed to revert back to stock somehow.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotallydubbedHD:
messaging FC's?

Can you wipe your SD & factory reset?

I think that might help.

Remember this will wipe everything from your INT SD, and wipe your phone of the apps.

You do this via the settings factory reset (NOT CWM)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mimsy:
First thing after the wipe is the messaging ap FC pop... I guess the only solution is to install stock firmware... again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mroek:
I just downloaded the LF5 stock firmware for the Nordic region with Check Fus, HIDSWVER:

I9300XXALF5/I9300NEEALE4/I9300XXLF5/I9300XXALF5

I flashed the firmware with Odin (didn't want to install Kies), and the flashing went without a hitch. The phone booted normally, and seems to work. However, when I check the version info with *#1234#, I get CSC: Unknown. It should have been I9300NEEALE4, and I'm a bit bummed. The other versions (phone and pda) are as expected.

The phone reports status normal, and if I re-enter the download mode, it reports everything as official (I never rooted or anything).

What side effects can I expect with the CSC being unknown, and what can I do to fix it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
What side effects can I expect with the CSC being unknown, and what can I do to fix it?

Read the instructions for CSC at the beginning of this thread ,

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotallydubbedHD:
all of this because of CM9?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mimsy:
I've installed different stock firmware and everything seems to be ok (...for now). Problem was so insanely weird that I'd rather not blame CM9 for it. Sometimes it just happens.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mroek:
I've read it all, but I can't see that my question is answered there. I know what the CSC is, I'm just wondering why the CSC now shows up as unknown (and the consequences of this) on my phone, even if I flashed a correct stock firmware for my region.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotallydubbedHD:
well as I said, I had problems on my S1 going off Cm9 for some reason.

Had to repart the S1 via odin.

---------- Post added at 07:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:04 PM ----------

well from what I think/know CSC relates to several things - the most notable one is mobile/sim recognition.

When I was on KOR on my S1, it showed T-mobile network, then when I switched to XEU, it went to Virgin, giving me the option to choose between the two.

And, although I got told it had nothing to do with it, I used to have problems connecting to wi-fi via KOR, but on XEU, it was instant.

So that's the things it affected for rooted/custom roms.

On STOCK it had to do with connecting to kies, and kies recognising it :)

Hope that helps!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
That begs the question did you read the instructions for changing your CSC .

As i don't use a CSC i don't remember the exact instructions but they are posted in this thread .

CSC is used to supply local area network connection settings as to manual set up of APN etc .

Its also part of the codes from HDSWVER that is shown to Kies and referenced to firmware on the server to match upgrades .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mroek:
I have read the instructions for changing the CSC (*#272*imei# on the dialpad), and if I do that, I get one choice, which is NEE. That is my correct region, but I've read that by installing a CSC from this menu, the phone will be wiped, so I haven't dared pressing the "Install"-button. However, I guess this indicates that the correct CSC has indeed been flashed to the phone, it just haven't been activated correctly.

I can't try to individually just flash the new CSC either, because I don't have it as a separate package. My previous CSC (NEEALE3) is available for download in this thread, but I'm not sure if it is wise to flash an older CSC when the other firmware parts were flashed just fine.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotallydubbedHD:
Ticking install will factory reset your phone.

If you are changing CSC I suggest backing your apps + settings.

What I would do is install/get TB (pro) and backup everything.

Flash CSC, then restore everything with a click of a button via TB :)

CSC is the first thing I check when i flash new roms, which I'm unsure about :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mroek:
The thing is that I'm not changing the CSC (or more correctly, not changing the region). My phone came with this CSC:

NEEALE3

Then I flashed (via Odin) the new firmware LF5 (for the Nordic region, i.e NEE), fetched from Samsung by Check Fus, which (supposedly) contained a new CSC:

NEEALE4

Flashing went fine, and everything seems to work, but CSC is now reported as unknown. That probably means I can't get OTA updates or Kies updates, so I'd like to fix it. What I don't want, is to wipe the phone. Titanium backup requires root, and for now I was planning on not rooting.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotallydubbedHD:
well...you could be able to flash the CSC on ODIN, although i haven't tried.

But I can't tell you if it will or won't wipe your phone via ODIN.

More so, not backing up or rooting, well that would be your choice...but seeing as you've ALREADY flashed an un-official rom via check fus....what's the point of not doing so?

You already "voided" your warranty in essence. As kies won;t pick it up, and if you send it in, they might ask where you got the rom from in the first place.

Remember un-rooting, and sending for warranty is dead easy - I have a guide on that - but anyway, that's up to you :)

If I were you, and really didn't want to root, nor risk losing apps by wiping, I would ignore the CSC unknown, as long as everything is working fine (phone carrier showing correctly etc)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sango2:
Based on the last few posts above.

It seems like mixing and matching PDA/Phone/CSC is possible if I read correctly.

I was thinking of using the latest PDA/Phone for the UK and using the HK CSC. No harm with this?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotallydubbedHD:
none at all - my pda/phone/csc are all different atm on omega 6.0

But I dont get why you would use a HK csc, for the UK....

Get BTU
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sango2:
Because there is no Chinese input built in for the UK.

I was thinking about the Omega 6.0 too but not too sure about it. I notice in the notes they took out the boot sound and the shut down animation which I actually liked.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotallydubbedHD:
ah ok fair enough - don't know if CSC will change that...but have fun trying :D!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sango2:
Yeah me neither, I guess there is always a first.

Ideally, I want to go with the a Canada version whenever someone posts it up. Whether if it works for the international phone is questionable since the hardware is different than international. I look forward to seeing that.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mroek:
Thanks for trying to help, but I think there is a small misunderstanding. The firmware I downloaded via Check Fus, is the official and correct firmware for my region, and the phone still reports everything as official (status is normal). The only unofficial thing I did, was to use Odin instead of Kies.

However, I was actually able to fix the problem:

1) I downloaded the standalone NEEALE3 CSC package from this thread (thanks Intratech), which was on the phone when I first got it.

2) I flashed this via Odin, and after a reboot it showed CSC: NEEALE3 (no longer unknown). PDA and phone was still LF5.

3) I then reflashed the whole PDA-file, and this time the CSC updated correctly to NEEALE4, so now all the version numbers are correct.

Fortunately, nothing was wiped in this process.

When it comes to rooting, I will surely do that later on, but I want to stay stock and unrooted for a while first.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamzata:
What the best modem for Vodafone - Italy?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frostfree:
Sorry if I'm doing something obviously wrong, but I've downloaded the AL2 file twice and it's GT-I9300_BTU_I9300XXALF2_I9300OXAALF2_I9300XXLF2.7z which Odin doesn't pick up because it's looking for a .zip or .md5 file. Are there additionl steps to convert the file to something flashable by odin?

Edit - Sorry I just went over the instructions again where it says

1. Just download the firmware version you want from the second or third posts and extract the .tar or .tar.md5 file in the archive.... I've now extracted with winrar :facepalm:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotallydubbedHD:
yeah was going to say extract...

7z - is a 7-Zip file type.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stromkern:
Hi everyone, I'm from Mexico and I would like to know wich firmware and modem are the best for my region (Latin America), my SGS III is Telcel branded, for me it's kind of confusing with all those firmware and modem versions posted around this thread, thank's in advance for your help.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sango2:
Just a follow up. Gave it a shot and used the HK rom for the whole thing. Chinese IME keyboard input is put there.

Initial impression is that, it's no differnt than adding the Chinese IME keyboard right from the Google which is in the market, it's the same thing.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tagadroid:
What is the best modem (SGS3) for Austria! and how to change the CSC?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bumz:
Ty gan.. Nice info
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarbe:
Copy the media folder from system, put somewhere safe, flash Omega, copy media folder back to system et voila.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirRafy:
Thanks for this is good stuff:good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmrmrmr:
my stock baseband and build versions are below:

Baseband: I9300XXLE8

Build: IMM76D.I9300XXALEB

Where can I get that firmware ?

thx.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sango2:
What is your CSC? Sammobile most likely has it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmrmrmr:
how do I learn CSC ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sango2:
Cool!! I just tried the Omega 6.0 not long ago. It actually has the kitchen stuff to add them back in. Great stuff!

*#1234# on the phone.

http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/

If you register you can get any roms you like and can also change CSC as well depending on the package it has.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kitch9:
Has Intratech been around recently or is he solving the Natwest bank computer crisis?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xsannz:
he said he was busy this weekend...

said he would update when he could....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kitch9:
Yeah he said he had a major IT issue and the biggest in the UK at the minute is one of our major banks systems have crashed and been down for days.

Its causing chaos for those affected. I was wondering if if he was involved with sorting it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markn73:
I have a rooted s3 on t mobile. Forgive my ignorance, but if i wanted to flash it back to stock which of the roms would i use. Any help is appreciated.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotallydubbedHD:
any ideas which it came with?

Mine from amazon UK came with LE8 LE8 LE8 (phone, csc, modem) with a BTU CSC
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markn73:
I dont mate. I foolishly rooted it without making a note. Im happy with it as is, but im just thinking in the case of warranty etc i would flash it back to stock if ever required.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
T Mobile whatever country from the stock rom thread and or match it to the latest TMobile firmware via CHECKFUS .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotallydubbedHD:
god I don't know where it was - but there was a site (apart from sammobile) that had all the stock roms!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markn73:
ran check fus and got these results ...

product code ... gt-i9300rwdbtu

pda ... i9300xxalf2

phone ... i9300xxlf2

csc ... i93000xaalf2

does that mean anything to anyone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Firmware LF2 latest for the UK download and flash via ODIN .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markn73:
so if i flash with the xxalf2 download from the first page i would be back to stock t mobile.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] schrickm5:
Hi Gents

Does anyone know where I can get the XXALF5 Kernel?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markn73:
I put the phone in download mode, started odin and connected phone. Loaded the LF2 image, however the colour wont change from yellow to blue to show odin is ready to flash. I have the drivers installed as it detects the device and i previously used odin to root the phone.

Anyone have any idead or how long it would take to turn blue and be ready.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Image ?????

Do you mean a tar or MD5 file that should be flashed as PDA .

Normal time span half an hour is to long .

jje
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markn73:
Yes mate. The PDA tar file. I left it ant ten minutes but it still stayed yellow. Should I have left it longer? Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmrmrmr:
Ok;

I got my CSC as I9300OJVALE7 , and then found the firmwareon Sammobile. Now I'm downloading a 783MB file.

But that's the whole rom.

What if I just want to try a kernel and if I'm not satisfied go back to my stock firmware ?

ISn't there any possibilityof just flashing stock firmware ?

thx.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamzata:
edit
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altusan:
I don't know but did you kill the samsung kies application process? Odin and Samsung Kies don't get on well with each other.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markn73:
Kies wasn't running when I started Odin. I didn't kill the process. It worked fir root OK and I didn't kill the process then. Perhaps I just didn't leave it long enough.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcvigo:
Any1 have any UH modems from the caribbean or most specifically dominican republic?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] storvay:
I had an issue recently when my phone stopped making calls, but only to landlines. It was so weird that I could call mobiles. It wasn't a mast issue as it was the same in different parts of the country on the same day and 3 UK said there were no network issues. I also couldn't receive calls but signal strength was good and mobile data unaffected. So, sounds like your situation?

I had flashed stock modem a few days previously but not rooted. Was going mad and tried everything I could think of. In the end, I pulled the battery -didn't work the first time but tried again and left it out for a few minutes and it worked!

No recurrence since. Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmrmrmr:
I'd appreciate a reply.

I don't know how to revert my kernel to the stock kernel.

The file I download from sammobile is 783MB and it is the actual rom. Not just the kernel.

How can I get only the kernel ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misugek:
I9300XXALF6 Stock Kernel?

Hallo and sry for asking. But i didn`t find the Stock Kernel for the unbranded Firmware I9300XXALF6 from Italy. Does anyone here know where i can get it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Siberian Tiger:
Have a look here

http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmd512:
Hope Intratech's alright, he's been gone for quite some time...!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xsannz:
Right so just did this cooked method and it worked

put the following on PDA

ITV - LF6 Rom

http://samsung-updates.com/get/1775/Samsung_Firmware_GT-I9300_ITV_I9300XXALF6_Android_4_0_4.html which has the lf5 modem.

but just to be safe i used the following and put it under modem

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1cy83jd49rdc9jw/Modem_I9300XXLF5.tar

and then for my csc i used EU BTU LF2 as it covers VNZ.

Put this under csc in odin

https://androidfirmwares.net/PhoneCSC3/Download/24

hit flash and away you go.

phone displays

AP:I9300XXALF6

CP:I9300XXLF5

CSC:I9300XAALF2

in kies it states my csc as above with (VNZ) in brackets showing i am still stock standard and using a csc matching my original firmware and origin country.

hope this helps anybody else thinking of doing this while we wait for intratech.

if this did helps - please use the thanks meter.

cheers Xsannz
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drreality:
Same here :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Siberian Tiger:
Yes this is the latest FW for UK
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] n70shan:
hey people i need a help i m from pakistan and running stock lf2 rom and lf2 modem and kernel but when i try to update via kies it says ur phone is not supported and yes i know the reason which is there is a csc problem i need it

jplf2(pak)

where as it is showing jvlf1(AFR) some aprican version i think

so where to download new csc lf2 file for my country? so that i may flash it via odin individually.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luke05dee:
Hi, please could I have a bit of help. :) I am wanting to use the latest available firmware which is unbranded, but I have a branded galaxy s3 (3UK network). Am I ok to use odin to just flash the latest none carrier branded firmware, when my s3 is branded please? Will it cause any problems? :) As I am downloading unbranded stock LF2 now. :) Any help would be appreciated :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xsannz:
you will have no problems flashing the unbranded lf2.

you can flash it with odin no problems.

also if you want to go back just download your branded Rom from Sam mobile or here.

if this helps don't forget the thanks button
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xsannz:
kies won't update.

even from stock it wouldn't on my phone.

not all countries have lf2 csc the moment best to use is the lf2 Europe csc from intratech pages
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamalmawa:
Can someone upload Optus Australia firmware ?

or help me how to unroot as I have to send the phone back.. Only thing I did was flashing the CF-Root kernel . Flashing the stock kernel doesn't replace the CF-Root.. Need to flash the whole firmware.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SyLvEsTeR20007:
Hello guys,

I'm new to Odin as I have come from HTC devices. I have a rooted S3 (Quad core version) and I am not able to flash Kernels or it seems anything from Mobile Odin. If I try to flash it from the desktop Odin program, I will setup it up, give it the file, and then click start. It starts the proceedure and stops on writing to NAND and never gets any further (phone is in download mode).

I get the same error as the guy I have quoted above. I have tired multiple kernels all with the same result "partition could not be found in file." from mobile Odin and the desktop program just stopping and never doing anyting after the above error.

I bought the pro version of Odin from the market and downloaded the thing it says it needs for the S3.

Also, could my partition be broken or not right, the phone is a 16GB and only shows 11.5GB of space as Total Int storage.... thats kind crappy?

Any ideas?

Sorry to have made it so long.

Many Thanks

Syl

PS, is there a guide on how to repartition the phones memory or is that a seriously bad idea to even attempts with the guided advice of the OP?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OldHairyOne:
I have an Orange UK branded SIII. Am I able to flash it to just an unbranded stock firmware? The phone is rooted and I have Mobile Odin.

Check Fus says my current firmware is I9300BVALE4. Can I flash to XXALF2?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Siberian Tiger:
About the memory part it is correct only 11.5 are available because the rest are used for the phone to work.

When using odin from pc did you kill any processes from kies?

If you didn't do that then try again but be sure kies tray agent not running in the background ;)

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mariotme:
Hey Intratech

If you have the spare time i would like to ask you if you can upload OJVALE7 CSC.

Thats for my country Jordan.

looking forward to hear from you

Here are the ROM info
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SyLvEsTeR20007:
Thanks for the tip bro,

I dont have kies installed on my computer to the best of my understanding.

I only installed the samsung drivers from post one 1

Got any other ideas?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diegomtoscano:
Hello can someone help me out with only the csc file as a tar so I can use it with mobile odin pro thanks for anyone that can help! !

PDA:I9300UBALE6

CP: I9300UBLE6

CSC: I9300ECOALE4

:):thumbup:

EDIT:

ok so I found the I9300UBALE6_I9300ECOALE4_ECO.zip (about 706 MB) i Download it extracted with winzip and got two files

1. I9300UBALE6_I9300UBLE6_I9300ECOALE4_HOME.tar.md5

2.SS_DL.dll

i then used a 7z to extract the files from the .Tar file

and got a bunch of .img files and a .bin file

1.boot.img

2.cache.img

3.hidden.img

4.modem.bin

5.recovery.img

6.system.img

so the big question how can i create a .tar file for each one of this .img and.bin and can someone let me know in which one of this is the CSC info included?? ( by the way I only can do all this on a windows xp laptop no unbuntu or linux knowledge hehe)

thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ko77:
Create tar for odin

Create tar for odin

Windows using Cygwin http://www.cygwin.com/

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1082288
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nofam:
Extract CSC from a Nandroid backup?

Hi Intratech,

Would you be able to extract the CSC from a Nandroid backup of a particular ROM if I uploaded the parts you needed?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicesoni_ash:
@Intratech

First of all Thanks for this wonderful thread. +1 added.

Now since I am completely a newbie, I have some questions.. Kindly answer them if you have enough free time and patience..

1. I am not familiar with Stock or Insecure or Custom Kernel concepts.. Since you are using an Insecure kernel to root device, will it void warranty? Also is it region dependent, since I am from India so can I flash with this Insecure kernel?

2. If I want to flash back the Stock kernel, where can I get that or how and will it unroot my handset if I flash with Stock Kernel?

3. There is a new tool to Unroot by Chainfire that's CF-Root, is that more secure and better to root your device instead of flashing this insecure Kernel?

I have few other questions to ask if you allow me I will ask them later which are not related to your thread but about Android itself.

Thanks once again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diegomtoscano:
Quick question should the "hidden.img" and "cache.img" go together as one .tar file to create the CSC for odin mobile ? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ko77:
Cache.img, hidden.img create .tar and flash with odin with windows
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diegomtoscano:
Ok cache.img and hidden.img in one single .tar.md5 and......it seems I have compiled my own CSC for my region now I'm afraid to use it lol:p any advice before using mobile odin with it??? :rolleyes: