yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
Yes as long as you don't flash LFB or later firmware
[Galaxy S III General] androb0t:
BLG8 is faster than LFB ...but LFB got better battery life .....
[Galaxy S III General] jok4h:
Currently on Omega (XXBLG8) and on Telstra.

What are the most popular modems to use currently if on Telstra.

P.S I own the GT-I9300 not the T version.
[Galaxy S III General] Simmo3D:
I think you can pretty much only use anything above BLFB or LG8?
[Galaxy S III General] sabaramo:
I'm on lg8 and getting some bad instability on Voda. The problem is none of these ROMs seem to work with lf2. Lf2 is the best modem by far for me.
[Galaxy S III General] gger123:
hey kamalmawa,

just wondering how you finding LG8 on i9300T vodafone in glenny area, in comparison to LF2?

Cheeers
[Galaxy S III General] jok4h:
Testing out Modem XXLG8. as the Telstra Model i9300TDULF2 didnt work for me (microphone played dead)
[Galaxy S III General] hero000:
Hey guys check out " Wanam's " ROM it's based on the latest XXLG9.

No need to wipe just flash it on top of your current ROM if you are using Stock one.

Do you guys like the new JB ? I personally don't like it. May be if it's mixed with Stock ROM. I like GS3 stock ROM. I'll stick to stock ROM for now. Rumors are that we'll get JB update by the end of September.

I
[Galaxy S III General] yldlj:
Temasek's cm10 ROM for me. Very fast and stable. Never going back to ics or samsung based ROM
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
Data speed wise I prefer LF2 modem. But since I flashed a latest LG8 firmware it's not an option anymore due to call voice problem.. Sammy did some changes on LFB or later firmwares sources which made older firmware modems incompatible with latest firmwares. Do a speed test early morning if you can because Vodafone doesn't have much capacity compares to Telstra.. I was able to reach 11mbps using LF2 modem and posted a screen shot few pages back

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28658659&postcount=715

but during the day it doesn't matter which modem you using speed will be around 3-5mbps with Vodafone. So unless you using a ROM other than stock Vodafone ROM stick to LF2 modem. I'm testing DXLG2 modem which came with LG9 firmware at the moment will report back later

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I used CM9 over a year with my old S1 and really loved it... But with S3 i'm still on that stage where I show people all the cool things only stock Sammy ROM can do such as best photo & other sensor stuffs (im surrounded by iPhone users :rolleyes: ).. AOSP based ROMs such as CM or AOKP will never mixed with sammy ROMs. yes sammobile posted that S3 will get JB update end of Q3 and hopefully I9300T will receive ofiicial JB update end of the year. And I am thinking of making a custom ROM based on I9300T JB ROM later this year.. now don't see the point and don't have much time in hand with uni..
[Galaxy S III General] sabaramo:
for those with i9300T, isnt the LG8 radio killing your battery?

My battery performance took a nose dive when going to lg8.
[Galaxy S III General] goughymachine:
I'm on optus, but my perception was that my battery was better on lfb than on lg8. I flashed the lfb modem yesterday just to see if I notice anything.
[Galaxy S III General] hero000:
Overnight battery drain. None. I'm amazed.
[Galaxy S III General] rxw:
I've got a T model phone and on Telstra. With all the modem testing I've done nothing compares to the stock T based modems (TDULE6 & TDULF2). LG8 was horrid for me so i'm sticking with the stock modem and CM10.
[Galaxy S III General] aussiesausage:
Where do I get just a T modem from? Want to keep my custom rom just put a new modem on it.
[Galaxy S III General] koken2:
Hi,

Has anybody else got their phone from Virgin? I'm having an issue with download speeds over 3g.

On my old Galaxy S I was getting up to 6mbps (averaging around 3mbps) from my house on the Fair Go Plan. Now on the Galaxy S3 on the Big plan $29 cap the highest download speed I have gotten is 0.84mbps.

I'm using the speedtest app, I live in Brisbane and my baseband version is i9300XXLE8. I'm thinking it has something to do with the modem.

Does anybody know what modem the Optus Galaxy S3 uses? I used the Optus modem for my Galaxy S and it seemed to work fine.

Thanks guys!
[Galaxy S III General] pbarbaro:
I am interested to know what the gs is like in Telstra vs Vodafone. Had issues with gs on my sgs 2 with Vodafone that i had to sort out so just checking that there are no issues on the 3.

Also can I use my spare sgs 2 batteries with the 3??

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] aussiesausage:
Nope different sizes I tried that.
[Galaxy S III General] Muke88:
@ KOKEN2:

You can check here the details of all official stock roms: https://sites.google.com/site/rizandroid/galaxy-s3

As you can see, the Optus uses the same phone/modem as you have, the i9300XXLE8. By the way, I assume you have this firmware? :

I9300XXALE8/I9300XSAALE6/I9300XXLE8 (PDA/CSC/Phone)

If yes, that's the australian unbranded firmware I am so desperate to get my hands on. Do you think it would be possible to upload your firmware somehow and share it with us? If you need the optus one, I will upload mine too, provided someone explains me how you extract the rom.
[Galaxy S III General] koken2:
Thanks for the link, and yes that's the version I'm running. I'd upload the ROM if I knew how to and if I didn't have to root. I'm not looking at rooting or installing any custom roms until a few months on.

I'm a little annoyed at the 3g reception at the moment though. As I started earlier, I've gotten better speeds on my Galaxy S with virgin in the same house in the space of about 2 weeks.

I've got a micro Sim converter coming this week to test the new Sim on my old galaxy though. Hoping it's not the GS3's fault!

EDIT: I've fixed this problem. Turns out I forgot to change to the Optus APN instead of using the default Virgin APN. Works much better now. Speeds are back up to around 3mbps like on the old phone.
[Galaxy S III General] uf21:
Does optus use fast dormancy?
[Galaxy S III General] SirRufio:
Nope :)
[Galaxy S III General] uf21:
So hown do i turn it off?

Or best ye how do I check if it's even on?
[Galaxy S III General] Muke88:
Does anyone know how to extract the stock firmware out of the phone? Without using root then nandroid backup/ ROM manager.
[Galaxy S III General] daisun:
Regarding the T and non-T versions of the S3, this thread over on whirlpool seems to suggest that the T version is slightly crippled: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1926135&p=3
[Galaxy S III General] UpInTheAir:
[Guide] Dump, package & CWM flash your current Modem

[Guide] Dump, package & CWM flash your current Modem

For those that want to flash alternative firmware (custom or official), but wish to continue to use the original modem.

This is handy in the above circumstances, particularly for those using the GT-I9300T, and where no firmware is yet released for download.

Hope this helps :)
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Excellent work. Very helpful. The modem you have linked is the same as I have on my Vodafone T model. So, I probably don't need to do anything other than download and flash.

Looks like we have our first T modem :D.
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Hey guys and gals, a big THANK YOU to fellow member 'UpInTheAir' for his very useful post / thread 2 posts above.

As a result we now have our first I9300T modem. I have updated the OP to include UpInTheAir's thread as well as the modem.

Looks like I'll be flashing my first custom rom tonight: D.

If anyone is thinking of doing the same remember to backup your current rom in cwm just in case you want to go back.
[Galaxy S III General] UpInTheAir:
No problem.

Unfortunately due to official T firmware not being released for download yet, I am unable to package cwm zip file for further T modems (other than the dump from my own firmware). :eek:

So if you're rooted with CWM Recovery, follow my guide and you'll have a T modem for your device/carrier, and hopefully able to share with the community. :cool:

Obviously, you're all welcome to download and flash I9300TDULE6 if it's suitable for your device/carrier :D
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Based on past experience flashing modems on a T model S2, the modem will be fine with any T model. Basically all the T modems I flashed in the past provided similar reception and 3g.

Seems like the Thailand T and Australian Vodafone T models use the same modems. Thanks again.

See below. Although it shows model as I9300 it's actually a I9300T. I changed it in build.prop so that Mobile Odin would work.
[Galaxy S III General] Lonski:
Stupid irrelevent post.
[Galaxy S III General] lokhor:
Does Telstra support Fast Dormancy?
[Galaxy S III General] UpInTheAir:
I think you misunderstood, or didn't read the previous posts here and also my answer to you in my thread ....

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27332907&postcount=7 :rolleyes:

Your modem is the SAME as I previously packaged & posted! My guide is a method to extract & CWM zip for any currrent/future modems that aren't yet released for download.

You may link your post to my thread or signature for I9300TDULE6 download.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] Lonski:
Sorry... my bad.
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
That because you disabled your mobile data... I like to use mine as a smart phone which runs exchange email push notifications, Facebook etc.. let us know about your battery life when you really using it as it supposed to :)

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LE6 & LF2 working with cm10 for you ?
[Galaxy S III General] sabaramo:
Good to know it's not just me. I'm surprised CM10 allows you to use LE6/Lf2.

I'm going back to stock :/
[Galaxy S III General] rxw:
Yes and no, I still seem to have the odd (enough to be pretty annoying actually) call where the other party struggles to hear me, absolute garbage. Still testing though.

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Dunno to be honest, i'm pretty much a CM fan... hate TouchWiz so I stay away for most of the roms.

Lets just hope Samsung (and Telstra for that matter) release an official JB rom complete with a new radio that plays with CM10 nicely.
[Galaxy S III General] illuzi0n:
dont know why people having issues with lg8 modem, working perfectly fine here
[Galaxy S III General] rxw:
Please delete
[Galaxy S III General] sabaramo:
Its not that it doesn't work, just chews battery at double the rate of LE6/LF2.
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Absolutely no problems with LG8 modem. Using checkrom and siyah kernal and battery couldn't be better.

Been on battery for 8 hours with data on, wifi on, over 1 hour screen time and have gmail push, email and a whole heap of other widgets syncing every few hours and battery is on 82%. Absolutely beautiful.
[Galaxy S III General] illuzi0n:
im not too certain of that as with my experience with lg8 i hit around 68% at 9pm with me making constant phone calls, downloading and browsing all day
[Galaxy S III General] rxw:
I don't know this but LG8 might react a little different to a the different phones (i9300 & i9300T)?
[Galaxy S III General] copycutter:
LH1 modem was just linked in the CM10 discussion thread.

Giving it a go now. On cm10 rom it had very similar speeds to LE6 this morning, so I'll leave it on there a while and see how battery goes and if there are any audio issues etc.
[Galaxy S III General] poczynek:
Yes I installed lh1 this morning at 6.30 and have been smashing it since then and going ok battery wise. Down to 57% from fully charged since 6.30. Screen on for 2 hours 25 mins through continous browsing - so have been giving it a good go and speed also good.
[Galaxy S III General] rxw:
I back to backed TDULE6 and the new LH1 on a T phone on telstra and there is still a fair speed difference.... 3mbit down and .6mbit up on LH1 compared to 4.7mbit down and 2.3mbit up on LE6.
[Galaxy S III General] LJE:
Just tried LH1.

Works great for me. Noticeable speed increase and battery life.

Gold coast/optus/ CM10
[Galaxy S III General] XdividerX:
Hey guys I just got my au Vodafone gs3 a couple days ago and have rooted using cf root and Odin.

I am using latest ARHD Rom and cwm touch and I can't seem to back up my Rom properly.

When I boot back up into the Rom as normal and check the backup file it is only 17mb, however there is a folder that appears called blobs that is 1.2 gb, what is this?

Sorry for noob question but I have come from a sensation XE and am not familiar with Samsung roms, firmwares, Odin... etc.

Sent from my GT-I9300T
[Galaxy S III General] yldlj:
Flash the normal recovery not the touch one
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
I have the T model with I9300 rom (checkrom) + LG8 modem & siyah kernal. As I mentioned a few posts back no battery issues whatsoever.
[Galaxy S III General] XdividerX:
I have done this already with no luck.. any other suggestions?

Sent from my GT-I9300T
[Galaxy S III General] Sirako:
Call Audio dead as a doornail

Hello,

Anyone with the call audio issues got a fix? I can't hear any call audio, and i've tried a few things. Clean installs. Wipes. Different radios (all the ones mentioned in this thread including the latest LH1 and LG8. I've put a few different cm10 roms on. The latest 10-20120810-EXPERIMENTAL-i9300-CODEWORKX but still no call audio.

Anyone know how to fix this?
[Galaxy S III General] poczynek:
This happened to me and only fix that worked for me was to reflash Siyah kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] Sirako:
I'll try that now. DId you stay on that kernal? or go back to cm10 ?

I even tried going to cm9, still no audio. Freaking me out.

The siyah-s3-v1.4-cwm is only like 7.1mb in size? is that right?
[Galaxy S III General] poczynek:
Yes Siyah 6.9mb. Stayed on that kernel and all fine now. And yes am still on CM10. Oh and flash current Siyah kernel too - Beta 6.
[Galaxy S III General] Sirako:
No luck. Still no audio at all when making calls.

How do I get the phone back to factory so I can start from scratch? I've tried looking it up, but getting quite confused.

p.s. thank you for your help
[Galaxy S III General] yldlj:
Restore your backup if you have a stock one or flash original firmware with odin and start over you will lose root.
[Galaxy S III General] Sirako:
Yeah, I am on a mac, so can't use odin. Is there a way to flash original firmware using cwm ? also, i can't seem to find the original firmware stock for australia on the xda. looked here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671969 but no luck.

:(
[Galaxy S III General] Simmo3D:
Look on samfirmware.com or samsung-updates.com for XSA (Stock Australian firmware).
[Galaxy S III General] poczynek:
If you're rooted then you can download mobile Odin and use that and it will also keep it rooted after a stock reinstall. It's a couple of bucks from Playstore.
[Galaxy S III General] rxw:
Chain fire also provides mobile odin for free on the xda forums if you Google it.
[Galaxy S III General] Sirako:
Yeah their mobile odin doesn't work on cm10 apparently. i bought it and it said "could not locate mobile odin package"

So basically. I have an international s3 that cannot get audio in calls now no matter what I do.

I've tried all the modems, i've tried installing all the kernals suggested above. I cannot get audio. Even if I restore to the nandroid. No audio.

Any suggestions of what to do now?
[Galaxy S III General] yldlj:
Go on sammobile.com diwnload the firmware you need. I am fairly sure you can use heimdal to flash using mac.
[Galaxy S III General] XdividerX:
I had the same problem today when I flashed TDULF2 modem. I couldn't hear anything during call and caller could not hear me. I fixed by using mike1986's galaxy s3 superwipe script and installing his latest ARHD 2.2 ROM.

Sent from my GT-I9300T
[Galaxy S III General] Sirako:
It's 1.1 gb. The downloads timeout as the server is crap. I've tried 3 times now. I have super fast internet at home. It's just a bad server.

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Hey.

So I am trying this. Ran superwipe. I have the rom on my external sd card. But when I'm in rcovery and I choose 'choose zip from sdcard' i get told 'no files found.' so I can't navigate to my external sd card even though it's there. :(

Any tips? Now I have no phone at all. As I can't get out of recovery as there is no rom to flash.
[Galaxy S III General] Skyburn:
Google CheckFus and use the app they have instead of sammobile. I dont think it has a mac version but if u can find a pc then u can dl the rom in like 5-7mins. Its much much faster than sammobile. And if u do find a pc just use Odin v3.04 to flash ur fone back to stock and send it bak to samsung for replacement :)
[Galaxy S III General] XdividerX:
What recovery are you using? I had problems with cwm touch so flashed cf-cwm 5.0 v1.5 through odin.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] Sirako:
I've tried a few. Where can I get cf-cwm 5.0 v1.5? I don't have odin. I am on a mac. I can't get past the samsung loading screen at the moment after trying to install the stock rom
[Galaxy S III General] yldlj:
You need to use heimdall and flash stock ROM.
[Galaxy S III General] XdividerX:
Have you got the corresponding firmware installed for your stock Rom?

I had the XXLG8 firmware installed when I tried flashing my stock Rom and the phone didn't boot. I had to download the firmware from sammobile and then flash stock Rom again.

You can download cf-cwm from chainfire's thread but I don't use mac so don't know how to install.
[Galaxy S III General] Sirako:
Sorry. I'm a bit of a noob. I thought flashing the stock would replace everything including the modem?

I replaced recovery.img hidden.img system.img boot.img cache.img and modem.bin

?
[Galaxy S III General] XdividerX:
Sorry dude, I meant my stock rom backup that I saved before I started flashing other roms.. Is that what you have or are you trying to flash a complete stock branded rom? If you are then yes, all firmware should be included..

Sent from my GT-I9300T
[Galaxy S III General] adamo3957:
The blobs folder is the new back method.

The backup folder is now used to save a map with the backup data in the blobs folder so that if you backup an two days later backup again only the new data is saved.

Incremental backups not sure if i like it yet
[Galaxy S III General] dantheman122:
Yeah I'm not a fan, makes it hard to save a single backup. Plus I had issues with new cwm recovery, wasn't backing up system and kept erroring, I much prefer Chainfire's cwm 5.5.0.4 or something, seems a lot more stable for me.
[Galaxy S III General] gger123:
Hey mate, how you find the DXLG2 and LG9 on i9300T?
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
Modem_CWM_I9300XXLG8 for Telstra

Modem_CWM_I9300XXLG8 for Telstra

hey guys,

i did some tests with these modems;

modem_CWM_I9300TDULF2

modem_CWM_I9300XXLF2

the modem i was using before was actually the best. Modem_CWM_I9300XXLG8. I have the International S3, bought through telstra with a contract upgrade. Rooted, blew away the stock ROM and installed Siyah 1.4 and Omega v11. It is running pretty sweet on 1.7Ghz, uv -100.

Speedtest results;

Telstra Server in Adelaide

Ping - 200ms

Download - 9.23 Mbps

Upload - 3.01 Mbps

Antutu Benchmark v2.9 Score - 14087

For some reason I cant upload pics through PC using chrome or the xda premium app. :S Always get error of "Invalid Attachment specified. This can happen for a variety of reasons-- most likely because the thread or post you are trying to view has been moved or deleted. Please return to the forum home and browse for another similiar post."
[Galaxy S III General] ActionBastardDV:
@Sirako

sounds like it could potentially be a hardware issue. I would consider returning to stock and taking it under warranty and getting it replaced if the sound doesn't return once you've got it back to stock
[Galaxy S III General] Sirako:
Thanks ActionBastardDV

I'm pretty sure I have it back to stock now? I haven't triangled away to reduce the rom count, but other than that it is at stock now. I think? Am I missing something?

Flashing the stock rom via odin should take it back to stock right?

I don't see how it's hardware when it was working fine and still makes sounds out of the speaker. Warranty is going to be a ***** as this isn't even my phone. I swapped it with someone.

CM10 did this to my phone.
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
i would suggest trying the Omega v11 ROM with Siyah kernel. It is a Samsung based rom, just basically debloated, rooted and zipaligned. Just as i searched for the link, i found out that v12 is available :D

Samsung S3 Omega V12 - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1663656

Siyah Kernel 1.5rc1 (OC up to 1.8) - http://www.gokhanmoral.com/gm/2012/08/12/siyahkernel-s3-v1-5/

DO all the usual crap like wipe dalvic, factory reset etc.
[Galaxy S III General] Sirako:
If the Samsung stock rom doesn't fix the call audio issue caused by cm10, I don't see how another custom rom will fix it?
[Galaxy S III General] ActionBastardDV:
@Sirako

Ok so it might not be hardware if your phone is still able to produce the dial tone when you make a call, but if you're on a stock rom and you still can't make simple calls, then atleast you know that software/firmware wise, there is nothing else you can do. Only thing left to do is to have warranty cover it due a "hardware" fault if they can't see any evidence that you have flashed custom roms.

After you tringle away the phone, you might want to see if Kies detects the phone and allows you to upgrade. That should confirm that the phone is legit enough to receive the Kies updates and therefore should be covered under warranty
[Galaxy S III General] Pitzbull:
Noticed on Omega files 2 new modems

DXLG2

and DXLF3

Does anyone know or has anyone tried these with a 9300T on telstra or vodafone??
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
I'll give them both a go tomorrow, run 3 speedtests and report back. Ive just flashed omega v12, siyah 1.5. Also omega is a Samsung based Rom so it's not aosp or aokp. I find it good as Rom development on these is early. Cm10 will be good once it matures a bit

Updated after installing omega v12 this is my modem firmware and speedtest results. So seems the new modem firmware is also good. I'm on Telstra in adelaide. It's actually faster than my home wifi :eek:
[Galaxy S III General] yldlj:
Cm10 is running perfect on my phone. Im using Temasek's unofficial ROM. Its very stable only thing is the RAM leak issue on cm10 but reboiting phone once a day is easily done and worth it
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
Yea I will definition go Cm10 once it's a little more mature. Ive been with cyanogen since I got the hp touched on sale. Big fan. I'm with omega now as it's Samsung based so basically everything works even all the special little things like smartstay etc.
[Galaxy S III General] Sirako:
I9300XXALE8_I9300XSAALE6_I9300XXLE8_HOME.tar.md5 is the firmware listed on that sammobile lists for australian s3's.

Can someone confirm what the stock rom should be for Australian s3 (non T) i9300 ?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] sabaramo:
Hi Guys,

Ive been rocking my i9300T on voda using the LF2 ROM. Just managed to convinced my wife to get rid of her 4S for a white SGS3.

I then proceeded to order one from Kogan which got delivered yesterday. Its a i9300 (not T).

The phone seems to be VERY slow on any 3G networks. its running on XXBLFB/XXLFB. Do I need to enable the AUS2 band (*#*#4636#*#*)?

I have tried downloading the stock XSA firmware which timed out after taking forever.

She has in excess of 10K SMS's which I imported and it has already shut down with errors claiming it doesnt have memory.

Not going well so far, iPhone was much less headache!!

any need to run up XSA or sould the base UK one work OK?

The most pressing issue atm is the 3G performance which is abysmal compared to my phone.

Thanks in Advance!
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
So, each time after I flash a new ROM, it installs all the bloatware rubbish on my phone again (Quickflix, and all the other Optus rubbish). Is this due to the CSC? And can this be changed so I can get rid of it once and for all?