yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] Steelhog:
+1 :good:

Been running Viking Rom 7.1,7.2 and 7.3 for a month now, not a single FC or problem of any kind. Has been flawless, fast and silky smooth.

Been running Wanam 4.0 for last 6 hours and so far very very good also.

Using Vegeta"s JB fusion V2 theme on both and is awesome.
[Galaxy S III General] neo18:
S3

I am on Omega v29 JellyBean with Siyah S3 v1.7 rc1. Works great
[Galaxy S III General] cyanisblue:
I'm loving ARHD 13 right now, wasn't really impressed with 11-12. But 13 is much better and smoother.
[Galaxy S III General] zimzoid:
Installed the english btu 4.1 and its working great on my vnz phone, batteries alot better, only thing was you have to change the csc to btu with the csc changer app from the playstore doing that allows the phone to be fully recognised in kies
[Galaxy S III General] cyanisblue:
On the 14th (13th US) Google is opening up Google Play Music and Movies to United Kingdom, Germany, France, Canada and Australia.

Its sad seeing Australia getting it and not us.
[Galaxy S III General] sean.geary:
Blame Universal, Sony BMG, etc my friend and not Google. It's all tied up in licences, the distribution right, and who holds those rights. With the video side, look at sky for a lot of this.

I do agree with you, this is getting a little 'old. In saying that though, we pay through the nose for broadband so bandwidth would also be an issue if we had both services available.
[Galaxy S III General] NZ_Nitro:
I have just installed the new V32 omega rom its really good plus with the themes you can get rid of that anoying brightness slider

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[Galaxy S III General] Bwwwww:
Hi other kiwis!

It's easy to sign up to Google Music. Just use a vpn to sign your Gmail account up and then from then on Google does not care if you don't use a vpn.

But I agree, it's stupid that we still don't get it here.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] JohnnyGT:
fellow kiwi's

I am using new leaked 4.1.2 with Siyah latest v1.7 released kernel and works great , except GPS dropping out after 1min, tried FastFix but still having trouble. other than that video mod installed, Multiview mod installed and running fine.

Photoshere camera and gallary works
[Galaxy S III General] kiwiflasher:
Thanks for the tip I'll try that one. Just to clarify does the computer you are remoting over a VPN to sign in on need to be in the states for example or anywhere.

Cheers.

BTW I blame our lack of access to Google music etc on that giant German child..
[Galaxy S III General] P1n3apqlExpr3ss:
I used this guide to get Google Music set up, it's pretty easy really

http://mobilekiwi.co.nz/item/1736-guide-activating-google-music-in-new-zealand
[Galaxy S III General] comnam90:
Evening bro, nice link
[Galaxy S III General] Squall-Leonhart:
They mad coz NZ Court is telling big media the big F-U for the megaupload travesties :D
[Galaxy S III General] Salmaniac7:
Need Help

Hey Guys, I need to flash stock ICS on my phone. How can i do this? I have tried Flashing copies from UK but I keep getting errors, and after a while my phone starts bootlooping. Can anyone help please ?

Will be much appreciated.

Thank you
[Galaxy S III General] Bwwwww:
I was comparing bandwidth speeds with a friend who was an iphone 5. He is also on telecom, we were using the same spee test.net and were both at the same physical location, but he was getting twice the speed I was.

My s3 is a import from France with a XXDLID modem.

Which is the best (or default) modern for telecom?

Thanks

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
Telecom have a i9300t here in nz, which is designed for telecom networks specifically,

i would do some research but you could possibly use the i9300t modem, but dont quote me on that.

your model if its a french import will be the i9300 international version same as voda or 2 degrees use,

the safer and easier option is to grab a 2degrees modem file and flash that, they have the closest settings to the telecom modem file without the possiblity of messing something up with an i9300t modem on an i9300.

lots of threads detailing the differences in the vversions but all it really is is a diff modem file and a slightly different internal antennae connection.
[Galaxy S III General] NZ_Nitro:
Go to sammobile get the n zee copy and flash with Odin after a full wipe
[Galaxy S III General] Obagleyfreer:
Right now I'm using DLID modem and on Telecom, everything is fine. I get great signal.
[Galaxy S III General] sean.geary:
My friend, you do realise that the iphone 5 has DC-HSPA and that our GS3's do not? That is why your friend is getting double the speed, you can change your modem software but you will never get close as your friend can get theoretical 42mb/s,
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
The i9300t variant does support it.
[Galaxy S III General] JohnnyGT:
see Sumsung camera >> ek-gc100 got 4.1.1 update before S3 so hopefully soon we'll see it available for S3 then

anyone here in NZ using new Polish 4.1.2 on 2 degrees S3 ?

Version:

AP: I9300XXELCK

CP: I9300XXELCK

CSC: I9300XXELK4

3g intermittent and signal on H+ all the time and work well with no issues so far ....... GPS bit slow to update location
[Galaxy S III General] JohnnyGT:
Jelly Bean 4.1.1 for Vodafone NZ just released over OTA (2Degrees with Voda sim updating aswell)

seems like telecom OTA ready too

EDIT:

JellyBean 4.1.1 (2 Degrees)

Baseband :

I9300XXDLID

Kernel:

3.0.31-488302 se.infra@SEP-97 #1

SMP PREEMPT Thu Nov 8 19:47:38 KST 2012

Build number:

JRO03C.I9300XXDLK1

CSC:

I9300NZCDLK3

JellyBean 4.1.1 (Vodafone)

AP: I9300XXDLK1

CP: I9300XXDLIF

CSC: I9300VNZDLL1
[Galaxy S III General] scoffyburito:
I was on 4.1.2 stock and its fine
[Galaxy S III General] JohnnyGT:
yeah its good i am still on it and works great (signal is weak where i work so blame it on that)
[Galaxy S III General] versd:
Thanks for the heads up, many work mates will be updating asap! They are all jealous of my stock nexus experience
[Galaxy S III General] NZ_Nitro:
just go with the Omega rom and Siyah Kernel
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
Just a heads up folks if you are not already aware there is a serious security issue with our devices.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35469999

[ROOT][SECURITY] Root exploit on Exynos

Luckily fixes are already being posted on XDA and kernels such as Yank555's have addressed the issue.

Don't wait for official fixes as Samsung have not issued one yet and i'm guessing we will be last in line as we're only getting android 4.1.1 now while 4.1.2 is being rolled out to the rest of the world.

ROM Sotmax Ultimate V10

Kernel Yank555.lu-V2.8c
[Galaxy S III General] JohnnyGT:
and for those with issues of GREEN camera after Exploit apk from "chainfire"go here for fix

>>>> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35587020#post35587020
[Galaxy S III General] jeffnz:
Why would s3 peeps be jealous of a nexus???

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How many have been effected by this or is it just that they could
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
Everybody is effected by it. What it means is that anybody with enough skills to build an app could produce one that takes total control of your phone. The app can simply root the phone and give itself any permissions it wants.

You can imagine the possibilities.

ROM Sotmax Ultimate V10

Kernel Yank555.lu-V2.8c
[Galaxy S III General] jeffnz:
So no one has but it is an issue was my point.

there will always be security issues given the open source environment but they seem to get fixed quickly with the help of this type of forum
[Galaxy S III General] JohnnyGT:
for those who run 4.1.2 roms >>> go here for Multiview fix for all your apps to show

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1995697
[Galaxy S III General] Grustni:
Camera MOD

Hi guys,

Could anyone recommend a camera mod, so I could take a picture by pressing a home button or volume keys?

EDIT:

ROM - Omega v36 JB 4.1.2

Base - XXELLA
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
Just came across this interesting project. There are only about a dozen kiwis so far. :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2018821

[APP 3.0+] pressureNET 2.1 is released: open source Android barometer network

ROM Sotmax Ultimate V13

Kernel Yank555.lu-V3.1c
[Galaxy S III General] JohnnyGT:
OK 4.1.2 New Zealand was released today for vodafone on Sammobile !!

GT-I9300 - New Zealand (Vodafone)

PDA: I9300XXEMA1

CSC: I9300VNZELL1

Version: 4.1.2

Changelog: 801460

Date: 2013-01-16

Regions: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

Download:

http://www.hotfile.com/dl/191796194/96d2839/I9300XXEMA1_I9300VNZELL1_VNZ.zip.html
[Galaxy S III General] Sanvell:
Anyone know when Telecom is going to release the update?
[Galaxy S III General] ifrit723:
Dammit. Wish 2degrees would release 4.1.2. Hope it happens soon!

Also do you recommend rooting atm? I bought my pebble blue 32gb during Christmas. Not sure if I should custom kernal as I wanna keep my apps instead of going to a custom rom

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
I would guess that telecom and 2° will release 4.1.2 update soon as it contains the sds fix. Your 32gb version should not be affected by this though.

Whether to root or not really boils down to personal choice. But if you do I would certainly recommend the kernel in my signature.

ROM Sotmax Ultimate V15

Kernel Yank555.lu-V3.1i
[Galaxy S III General] JohnnyGT:
GT-I9300 - New Zeeland

PDA: I9300XXELLA

CSC: I9300NZCELL1

Version: 4.1.2

Date: 2013-01-03

Regions: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
[Galaxy S III General] ifrit723:
Hey corrsea, thanks for your kernel tip. Just a question, in your opinion what are the pros and cons of rooting? On my older phones i have rooted because they were out of date. However the s3 is almost a year old (not my phone but as in the production) and it is still good.

Also would Yank555.lu-V3 kernel work for I9300 with a baseband of XXDLID? (2Degrees 4.1.1)
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
The major con is that it potentially voids warranty. It also theoretically makes your phone more vulnerable to malicious software.

The major advantage is that it gives you back control of your phone. Not having root is like having a pc with no administrative rights. Like a work computer where the IT dept have locked everything down.

After that it really depends what you want to do.

In my case that means tweaking for battery life and performance, better sound quality, and the ability to theme.

As to XDLID yes it works perfectly.

ROM Sotmax Ultimate V15

Kernel Yank555.lu-V3.1i
[Galaxy S III General] ifrit723:
Just got the Jelly Bean 4.1.2 Update for Galaxy S3 I9300 for 2Degrees!

Model: GT-I9300

AP: I9300XXELLB

CP: I9300XXELLA

CSC: I9300OJVELL3

Power saving seems to lag a lot more now.

Baseband is I9300XXELLA
[Galaxy S III General] dibb_nz:
sammobile site is down, does anyone know if the 2degrees latest firmware can

be downloaded anywhere else?? I'm rooted etc and not keen on putting kies on my phone either??
[Galaxy S III General] ifrit723:
Here's a link from gpforums.co.nz

ftp://ftp.ravestyles.com/I9300XXELLA_I9300NZCELL1_NZC.zip

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] dibb_nz:
you're a champ! cheers
[Galaxy S III General] JohnnyGT:
Latest firmware info for VodafoneNZ

GT-I9300 Galaxy S III

PDA: I9300XXEMA2

CSC: I9300VNZEMA1

4.1.2

15.01.2013

836582
[Galaxy S III General] zimzoid:
Thanks for the heads up, was a ota 24mb update for me, may download the full version from samsungupdates and do a wipe, will see how it goes first.
[Galaxy S III General] JohnnyGT:
Telecom also available >>>

GT-I9300T	New Zealand	2013 January	4.1.2	I9300TDUEMA1	I9300TTNZEMA
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
Google music had just appeared on playstore :)

Anybody tried it yet.?

ROM Sotmax Ultimate V17

Kernel Yank555.lu-V3.3g
[Galaxy S III General] suua:
The thread should be renamed to Middle Earth SGS3 owners ;)
[Galaxy S III General] dibb_nz:
Hi there fellow galaxians - kwik q....when I click on the link s in gmail, say from xda, it used to open up in tapatalk....its changed now and will open in my browser instead....how can I change it back, does anyone know? It doesn't matter which launcher I use, and I've looked in gmail settings and app manager to clear defaults, but that option isn't available for gmail....any ideas?

,
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
Go to settings. From manage applications find your browser. If you open it there should be an option to clear defaults. You should then have the choice back after they are cleared.

ROM Sotmax Ultimate V17

Kernel Yank555.lu-V3.3h
[Galaxy S III General] dibb_nz:
Thx for that, it works....sort of, lol. I choose Tapatalk - Always, it tells me to go to settings, App Man, All, clear defaults which I did but it doesn't seem to save it I have to keep choosing default app???

On a slightly different note. Is there away to have Gmail open links like this.....gmail links open in the appropriate app I.e. fb links open fb app - the only options that show is to open in my browser.

I'm on stock 2 degrees xella rooted w/siyah kernel
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
Once you have set the default as always ignore the message to go to settings etc as all you are doing is clearing the default again :).

On the second point it really depends on the application. If defaults are clear you will always get the choice of every application a link can call up. If you choose 'just once' (or whatever it says) then you will always see all the options

ROM Sotmax Ultimate V17

Kernel Yank555.lu-V3.3f
[Galaxy S III General] dibb_nz:
Thanx m8 got Tapatalk to open fine but now fb opens via browser and not fb app...If I change defaults to fb, I lose Tapatalk...why won't gmail use the appropriate app for those urls....any workarounds does any one know??
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
Try a different browser?

Remember to clear defaults in the stock browser.

I would recommend

Dolphin

Opera

Chrome

In that order.

ROM Sotmax Ultimate V18

Kernel Yank555.lu-V3.3f
[Galaxy S III General] STAticKY:
I freeze or remove the stock browser with titanium backup and use chrome(so handy to have it linked to my pc's chrome). That way whenever any app tryes to load a page up through the browser it goes straight to chrome no problems...
[Galaxy S III General] dibb_nz:
Trying dolphin - no flash with chrome. .

living with the fact android has limitations lol....

If I have a fb app then a url link in gmail like m.facebook.com should open in the app if it's installed.

Likewise, forum.xda.com should open in Tapatalk app

YouTube link in youtube app etc

Am I wrong or am I wrong??

Thanx for the suggestions! !
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
That should be the case, although I think FB is a bit hit and miss.

Just noticed that you are opening most links from gmail.

Try clearing defaults in the gmail application. That may help.

As to flash its slowly dying and most of the browsers no longer support it. Even skyfire (which was optimised for video) has finally abandoned it. The only way round that is to find an old apk for your browser of choice and install that. Then never update. :)

ROM Sotmax Ultimate V18

Kernel Yank555.lu-V3.3i
[Galaxy S III General] dibb_nz:
Yeh...no option for defaults in gmail...I use Gmail for notifications mainly so having flash is handy, dolphin works gr8 so I'll stick with it....thanx for the help:)
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
For anyone who is interested I've just published these 2 apps on Google playstore. I'll update the second one later today for all the Ford and Holden fans.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=corrsea.Carjam

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=alcheme.findmycarnz

ROM Sotmax Ultimate V19

Kernel Yank555.lu-V3.3i
[Galaxy S III General] evojulz:
Guess I'm still a kiwi owner even if in London.

A week after picking up my S3 from the Samsung store on pre release day and lovin it more everyday!

Gutted that you guys can get it cheaper in NZ but then I remember about the ridiculously cheap data rates here that make the S3 so enjoyable on the go :cool:
[Galaxy S III General] 0semaj0:
still waiting fro my 32 white...from Noel...was told possibly this week or next...

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it is very rare that NZ gets an electronic product cheaper than anywhere else...I see you are using SDXC, just to confirm...S3 supports EXFat? are you able to play files larger than 4GB?
[Galaxy S III General] jorkobe23:
Hey guys

Ive got my phone since last week and I'm very pleased.

But I've found some problem on my battery.

my one only lasts for up to 16 hours with 4 hours screen on..
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
howdy, picked up my s3 galaxy from telecom today.... was going to order unbranded pebble blue but couldnt wait...
[Galaxy S III General] 0semaj0:
I presume you got white? just dont lose it in the snow haha...Im pretty sure Telecom stock is not different to the others with the minor exception of a few bloatwares...which can be easily removed...and different CSCs...compared to Vodafone/2Degrees stock...
[Galaxy S III General] motorwayne:
Thanks for starting this thread, nice to see a thread for NZ that isn't mad with price hunters.
[Galaxy S III General] P1n3apqlExpr3ss:
So what determines where we get updates from on these Samsungs? The CSC? Whatever the Samsung equivalent of HTC's CID is basically..
[Galaxy S III General] 0semaj0:
Im pretty adamant that it is not through CSC but through your carrier...so in your instance...Telecom...when Samsung has made updates to Telecom users, Telecom will push notification to you about the related update.

My friend, she got her S2 in Germany but still received ICS update in NZ through Vodafone...her CSC does not correspond to Vodafone...I use CM9 on my S2 so dont know first hand...lol.
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
Has anybody received an update yet? From whatever carrier

I'm with Vodafone and have received nada.

It might be useful to compare what firmware all the various devices came with.

Initially I thought there was no branding at all on my phone but I've now noticed a selected by Vodafone ad on the first page of playstore.

I suspect this only appeared after I put a micro sim in the phone. As I played with it for a couple of days with out a sim and did not notice this. Sort of wish now that I had just cut the old one down.

My firmware version is here .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26879380
[Galaxy S III General] lokhor:
I'm on Telecom NZ but I bought the 2degrees version of the phone from DSE as it was cheaper. I know that Telecom don't support Fast Dormancy and pretty sure this is causing extra battery drain. I'm rooted but not sure how to disable it :/
[Galaxy S III General] NZtechfreak:
If you're still asking that then my question is: why aren't you following New Zealand's best Android blog?

We answered that already (first to do so, I might add!):

http://www.androidnz.net/2011/09/sandisk-64gb-micro-sdxc-cards-confirmed.html
[Galaxy S III General] 0semaj0:
usually look at your articles...actually started with your 64GB SDXC lol...cheers cheers...need the phone first though...GeekZone's having heavy rant about stock availability...
[Galaxy S III General] NZtechfreak:
It is indeed, personally I'm looking forward to most of the Geekzoners getting the phone so the thread can actually start talking about the phone and not its retail availability!
[Galaxy S III General] lokhor:
I flashed a different baseband - I9300BULE6 as this is apparently the version used by the stock Telecom ROM. It appears to increase my signal but Fast Dormancy still seems to be causing Kernel Wakelocks :(

The build.prop tweak to disable FD does not work
[Galaxy S III General] P1n3apqlExpr3ss:
Here's my firmware from that other thread. VF origin with Telecom sim

AP: I9300XXALE8

CP: I9300XXLE8

CSC: I9300VNZALE4
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
Hey .nz owners

Do me a favour please

Go to settings turn auto brightness off

Set to lowest brightness

Go to phone enter *#0*# choose the vibrate test

Do this in a dark room and tell me if you see any blobs or dark patches under the screen.

I am on my third elf replacement and my local Telco has 26 with this issue and they are chasing Samsung on Monday at the moment I am waiting to see before this one goes back
[Galaxy S III General] bungknees:
No problems with my one, all is fine doing this test. I didn't get mine thru any telco company, got it thru a little Chinese importer shop.
[Galaxy S III General] P1n3apqlExpr3ss:
That's a common issue with Super AMOLED displays known as black crush, mine has a little blob but it doesnt bother me 99% of the time
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
My first one had huge huge blobs everywhere

This one has a big black line about 1/3 of the screen
[Galaxy S III General] 0semaj0:
have a look at this link mate,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1658601

Umm, its definitely an issue and the OT suspect that high number of units will have this issue...

I read in that thread that it was related to the manufacturing process of bonding several layers of the screen...some of noted its glue, while others have said its just improper adhesion.

Apparently similar issue was also apparent on some iPad3s...screen made by Samsung.

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was Telecom quite happy to exchange the units straight away for you? Im concerned about the issue and may try to test the unit while still in store...ordered mine at NL...
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
I must say I've been really lucky with mine. Phenomenal battery life, no blotches etc.

This has actually held me back from rooting and flashing other roms, although there's not many out that yet that attract me.

I will probably root today and confine myself to testing kernels and applying the various tweaks and fixes that have appeared as well as removing some extraneous bloat.

I would like to have access to the original firmware just in case any hardware problems should arise and it needs to be returned under warranty. I will post a link in the opening post when I eventually find it. I'm assuming though that a phone returned with any stock firmware should still meet warranty conditions. Can anyone confirm this?
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
Yea the replaced straight away but I am on my third they checked all their 26 STOCKED units and all have issues...

I am waiting for them to contact Samsung.

A mate got his from Vodafone and his is perfect.

Looks like it's a bad batch but there is only 1 .nz supplier and they supply everybody....

Samsung said 14 day replacement for issues and telecom goes with that.
[Galaxy S III General] corrsea:
Mine was a Vodafone from Noel leamings. Manufactured in Vietnam. I wonder if telecom received the same stock?
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
As long as it stock firmware it makes no diff to warranty

Com didn't even check....
[Galaxy S III General] 0semaj0:
My understanding is that all Vodafone phones, even the iPhones are supplied through Brightpoint...but I am not sure about Telecom...sounds like a bad batch if all the units all 26 should I say have this fault...is the fault quite easily identified in a store environment? Im pretty sure that Vodafone and Telecom stocks are different due to their different modems and CSCs and some Telecom bloatware.
[Galaxy S III General] Xsannz:
Everybody is brightpoint supplied.

And no they have to check it with the lights in the Stockroom dark...

I discovered it on my first one then once the store knew how to check it they found the issue with all stock.

Playing movies at night highlights the issue as do black loading screens.

P.s software is done before brightpoint gets them....

The diff moderns are what the telcos want due to slight differences in the networks...

I am an ex cell tech...
[Galaxy S III General] lokhor:
Can someone with the Telecom variant post the customer.xml file from /system/csc ?