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[Galaxy S III General] adr6ian:
Using I9300XXBLFB with its included Modem , and also have enabled Fast Dormancy (since Telstra supports it) which has made a big difference to my battery use with the phone idle (not speed related, but thought it worth mentioning. Purely empirical evidence at this stage, but last 2 days I've had much better battery usage at the end of the day than I have had in the past month of ownership... so well outside of the 'extra use period' that new phones get which causes people to perceive their shiny new phone has poor battery life).

I previously have used the stock LE8 that came with my XSA firmware from launch day and tried the TDULF2 for a week or so as well.. Can't say I've noticed any difference with LFB in terms of performance so far. Getting 2-3Mb/s on Telstra in Canberra across most of the major cell locations (work northside, live southside).

I'm basing my opinion off of having done multiple speed tests at the same time of day at the various test sites I've been using. In practical use, I haven't seen any slowdowns... Sure I can run a speedtest and get crap results occasionally depending on who else is (ab)using the cell at the time, but over the course of 'usual' day, I'm not seeing any differences worth noting. And I can get the same 'results' on all the modems available to download... T variants or otherwise. So no speed differences reported here on the 850Mhz Telstra Network outside of *isolated* results that I also get on *other* modem variants (i.e, 'its mobile broadband'....)

If anyone has some reliable suggestions for controlled testing of throughput, happy to give it a go. But random one off speedtests isn't ideal, as Mobile Data is by its very design dynamic in nature and has so many variables at play (size of cell (long range telstra cells are low-bandwidth, only the short-range cells deliver H+ speeds close to H+ specs), cell usage, cell capacity, other cell activities, etc). ... Does anyone know of an Android/SGS3 Cell Radio Signal Strength and Data Tester that we could just leave on our phones for a few days to get some at least more 'quantified' numbers about the various modems ? "Sensorly" can dump cell tower data, so its doable... Working off of Speed Test alone though is like judging a Cisco Routers Performance based on its Ping response times (i.e, entirely useless and often entirely misleading...)

I also note that its important to check what 'server' SpeedTest is using.. Here in Canberra on Telstra Mobile it wants to select an "Internode" server, which whilst geographically close, is distant network wise from MobileNet... changing to the Telstra Sydney or Melbourne Servers always produce better results than the auto-selected 'closest' (geographically) server..

EDIT: Attached a Speed Test Image taken just now on Mobile Data. Only time I've ever seen better than 3Mb/s on a mobile data service I've owned here in Canberra is when its WiFi is turned on! :) :)
[Galaxy S III General] 7tOny4:
The Optus and Telstra roms were released on Samfirmwares today waiting to see when Vodafone is released.
[Galaxy S III General] ManojKBanga:
Sorry if this is a duplicate,

is there a unbranded Australian SGS3 stock firmware somewhere? Searched everywhere but no success :(
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
As mentioned above - seems sammobile have uploaded Australian firmwares today...

http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9300&r=4#regiona

Select GTI9300 then Oceania region
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
Also - it seems Checkfus is also working now FINALLY - currently downloading Optus version :D
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
Can someone upload the Optus file from SamMobile once they get a chance please? :)

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never mind... I will register on there :)
[Galaxy S III General] rxw:
I have tried many modems in Victoria back to back same location same time without moving the phone. T modems I was getting 2.4-2.8mbit flashed lfb and using the same server I get less than 1.5mbit, flash t modem back on and have close to 3mbit again, repeated the process again with exactly the same results all within 10mins. I know its not perfect but clearly it was a lot slower.
[Galaxy S III General] me_ashman:
Got mine from DSE and no swype installed. Then I downloaded swype beta and it wont install. Anyone else have swype on theirs? I'm using swipeit.
[Galaxy S III General] leedavis:
If it's just the stats, then yes they tune in after a few cycles. But when the phone runs flat after 6.5 hours, that isn't to do with statistics :rolleyes:

I'm finding a few application/widget incompatibilities. The current widget for example does not work at all. I've now reset and over last 24 hours the battery life has been great. I'll add the apps back in slowly.
[Galaxy S III General] reservin:
isnt T supposes to mean that works on 850 Mhz?

So we better use stock modem to use 850Mhz?

Wondered it from D-1 use of S3..
[Galaxy S III General] rlorange:
Indeed! If I use XXLH3 or XXLPJ modems I get the desired idle on 3g and jump to H when needed. Other modems are stuck on H all the time. This is Vodafone
[Galaxy S III General] leedavis:
Great, thanks. I just found something similar on the Vodafone forums in the S2 section.

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
Yes, so if you have a T phone, use T modems... everything else (kernel, roms etc) can be used as if it were an international model
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
I'm pretty sure that the non-T models also work on 850mhz as well as they are quad band. I think with the T versions the other bands like 900 have been de-tuned so that Optus etc won't work as good on them.

I have an S2 T model running virgin/optus sim and I must use a T modem to get 3g.
[Galaxy S III General] Aust S5:
Still can't figure why but Vodafone is sending me a sgs3 as an upgrade without renewing my current contract. Any of you guys heard that one before?
[Galaxy S III General] dmihaleff:
Someone else may be able to confirm but at least speaking from my experiences with the SGS1... The SGS1 was quad-band EDGE/GPRS with tri-band HSPA - it was only 850MHz on EDGE/GPRS and not actually 850 on 3G. If the non-T models are quad-band and have 850MHz listed next to HSPA, then you'll be fine with your handset on Telstra or Vodafone, I believe.

Judging from the mobicity listing, I think the International version supports 850, but if someone has a box from Optus or Virgin and confirm, that would be the better way to know for sure :)
[Galaxy S III General] yuhaohuang:
The AU (DSE) S3 does have swype, except its called continuous type. Its under the samsung keyboard config.
[Galaxy S III General] reservin:
Will it be able to extract modem only from the phone itself? then flash unlocked version of PDA and T modem?

Also often firmware is in 1 file, which means PDA and PHONE are in one file..
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
The easiest way as with the S2 is to flash any firmware you like then flash a T modem after that. Not too sure how to extract it from a 1 file firmware but it should be possible.
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Correct, the S1 didn't support 850 on 3g but the S2 did - T and non T models. The S3 also supports it.
[Galaxy S III General] salada2k:
Thanks for the reply, I have had speeds that good, but Im finding reception drops out in areas where the signal is slightly weaker. I wonder would you mind telling me what your actual signal strength is and post it here? Trying to compile some info.. Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] reservin:
AH! thank you for such a fast reply! You rock!

I had S1 then I used iphone4 for a while and now i have S3..

My sister has S2 and I saw T when I boot her phone up.

no wonder my S1 didnt have T.. :)

So now I dont need to worry about flashing modem and PDA together and wait for T modem for S3. :D

Thanks again!
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
My Telstra model S2 initially showed as a i9100T when booting up as well, until I flashed a stock i9100 rom. Same thing with custom roms. The only place it now shows as a T model is on the sticker under the battery.

Pretty soon, as with the S2 there will be available just the T modems on here and whirlpool. These can be flashed on top of any custom or stock rom.
[Galaxy S III General] reservin:
So you using international firmware on T version S2?

then if you are using Telstra or Vodafone that uses 850Mhz, dont you get less reception? since you arent using T version supported modem?

BTW, that modem means PHONE when you flash using odin right?
[Galaxy S III General] daisun:
I'm a bit confused with all this talk of the T version supporting 850MHz and the other not. I bought a S3 outright, so its the non-T version, the baseband is XXLE8 and I'm on Vodafone. On the box it says 'HSPA Quad-Band (850/900/1900/2100 MHz). So what radio should I be using?
[Galaxy S III General] reservin:
hm.. samething on my vodafone S3.. now i am confused too. lol

on the bottom of the box, it shows GT-I9300T and as well as when you start up the phone.

AP: I9300TDUALE6

CP: I9300TDULE6

CSC: I9300TVAUALE6

Mine is like that.. maybe only vodafone australia has that kind of firmware..

I dont know what I should be using or what you should be using..:confused:
[Galaxy S III General] daisun:
Well if you got your S3 from Vodafone and its the T version, I'd assume that would work best on their network? Could you post your baseband version also? Settings >About device > Baseband version
[Galaxy S III General] wrp10:
Pretty nice speed in Hobart on Telstra mobile, using DULF2 modem (although ping could be better).
[Galaxy S III General] rexinu:
Hey guys, so im relatively new to the whole android scene and recently got myself an S3. Its currently got the vodafone branded firmware on there which i want to get rid of (currently using telstra sim). Would going for the telstra firmware on samsmobile be the best option? I noticed that its only the LE6 firmware which doesnt seem to be the latest one?

EDIT: Could anyone also recommend a good ROM to start with for me?
[Galaxy S III General] ewok666:
Is this on a 9300t or the normal 9300?
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
I'm still confused what the difference is between the 9300 and 9300T. I thought all phones were quad band 3G and there is no difference between Next-G and non-NextG handsets?
[Galaxy S III General] wrp10:
From what I've heard the i9300T is optimised for the 850 mhz band. Might be a (modem) hardware difference I think.
[Galaxy S III General] rxw:
I9300T
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
OTA update for my Optus device now :)

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Updated to XXLF2.
[Galaxy S III General] rizky77:
just updated mine to, do you know what changes this brings us? cheers
[Galaxy S III General] BellerophonM:
Just got a notification for this on Virgin. Will this unroot me, incidentally?
[Galaxy S III General] Lonski:
Damn you Vodafone! I want my firmware!
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
most likely, yes.
[Galaxy S III General] daisun:
Also got the LF2 update on my unbranded s3. The keyboard looks different.
[Galaxy S III General] danben7:
I'm still using the ALE8, don't see any reason to update.
[Galaxy S III General] Nicholas68:
I just for the over air update to LF2, but how come the other international phones got this update a month a go? I really want the brightness slider in drop bar. I have the I9300. Bought it outright from JBHIFI unlocked. So it should be international right? Then why don't I get the OTA updates when other international ones do? If I flash my firmware to the new one, will I start to get OTA updates as they come out?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] dk125:
Just got the OTA update, im with optus and stock. took em from le8 to lf2

but now my phone is freezing every few minutes and a message pops up saying "application monitor has stopped working" is this happening to anyone else???? also xda app crashes :S

so far nothing but trouble!
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
best bet would be perform a factory reset (obviously will lose yours app and data)
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
Is anyone running a custom ROM on here, any reocmmendations on which to use?
[Galaxy S III General] dk125:
Weird it seems to have sorted itself out haha... Thanks anyway! Anyone know which update brings the brightness slider in the notification toolbar?
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
I'm using Omega (Samsung based rom) at the moment... haven't had any problems - very popular rom currently (which indicates its a good rom)

XXBLFB (the latest firmware available if I'm correct)
[Galaxy S III General] ActionBastardDV:
which model do you have (T or non-T) and which carrier are you with? also, which version of Omega are you running? based on samsung or AOSP?
[Galaxy S III General] Joshnz:
Update downloaded but fails on install, is this because I'm rooted?
[Galaxy S III General] wasubi:
No yours wont be an international model. Youve simply purchased an unlocked, unbranded model which will be running an australian specific firmware. Unless you buy it from overseas or from online retailers like Mobicity, you wont get an international handset from any retailer. The ones that got the update first were the euro unbranded models. They always get an update first out of Samsung themselves. My S1 was from europe and i always had updates before other oz handsets and updated more frequently. We will always wait as long as your provider has to tweak it/ bloat it with bloatware first. Rather than flash the new firmware thats going OTA (which is optus branded) your better of flashing to the I9300XXBLFB version released last week. Its the unbranded version from europe! You'll then get updates with no probs
[Galaxy S III General] Pitzbull:
Just updated to Checkrom 3.5 and cannot believe this phone can be so blazingly fast.
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
I have the I9300 (non-T) - with Virgin. Currently using the Sammy version (8.0), should have mentioned that, forgot the developer has both aosp and Sammy roms. I also would recommend waiting for v8.1 which will be released very shortly.

Edit: As writing that - v8.1 has been released :P
[Galaxy S III General] Nicholas68:
Ok thanks for the information, so If I flash with the latest from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646610 using Odin, then it will wipe my device? I'm fine with that, just want to know in advance, cause I read on some other forum that some firmware flashes will just update.

Does that rom I listed mess up any of my area codes or anything? Cause when I use to flash my old samsung bada phone, 50% of the time text came through as john smith for example because I entered the number as 04XX XXX XXX, and then when they called it didnt use their contact listing it just showed the number +61XX XXX XXX, cause some area code mix up. Just wondering if android gets this problem hacing a UK firmware with the australian devices.

And in theory it will let me receive OTA updates?

And lastly what is the best back up system for all my apps and so on, just kies? Or will I have to go and manually get each app and re enter all my info?

Thanks, much appreciated for the help.

EDIT: Oh one other thing, I got the australian tom tom navigation software with the device pre installed for free. On the UK firmware Im guessing I don't get that, would I be able to go to samsung apps and download it?
[Galaxy S III General] Lonski:
My boss 's does the same.
[Galaxy S III General] Joshnz:
Is his phone rooted or stock?
[Galaxy S III General] Lonski:
Rooted, unbranded.
[Galaxy S III General] MrIwik:
I don't think OTA will flash over rooted phone, you may have to use kies and then re-root..

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] wasubi:
Id recommend fully wiping before and after flashing, just makes things smoother in the long run! Youll come to learn this from experience if you dont wipe your phone. it shouldnt mess up area codes or anything. Where are your contacts saved to? Best to save them to your google account first before anything, and wipe them off anywhere else you have them saved (sim, phone memory etc), so theres no conflicts with duplicate contacts.

Not sure about getting OTA updates while using an oz carrier, maybe somebody else can comment on that! Or ask in the thread of the firmware. I always was on ere back in the S1 days, so i was always in the loop when an update was available, and just connected to KIES for the update. I never really did get OTA, but KIES worked fine for me. And the firmware should be fine to work on our network, but it may pay to test it out once flashed. If not satisfactory, you can try the thread, im sure somebody will help you with the right modem to choose.

If your phone is rooted, you can backup app data via an app called Titianium backup, but im assuming your not rooted, so you will have to just re download them all again. Kies will backup other stuff, like your media, just not apps.

It wont come with Tom Tom either (unless the euro firmware does) but not a big loss. You can download Navigon from the Play store for free (for samsung phones only), with free maps for Aus and NZ. Honestly, ive been using the app forever, and love it.
[Galaxy S III General] bazzazz:
Just installed the update , through Samsung firmware update ..did it without issues. I was also rooted and unbranded on XLA firmware. It has upgraded to XLF2.
[Galaxy S III General] Nicholas68:
Oh didn't mean to say tom tom, too use to it on apple. Yer navigon from Garmin is what I was meant to say. That's good to hear. And yes I save all contact to my google account. Ill make a back up of my rom, and then I guess if something doesn't work I can always revert back. I did lots of flashing with my old phone but it didn't have modems and kernels and all that which could be mixed and matched. The OEM firmware im looking at flashing has it all combined into one as far as farI know. I don't mind not having OTA as long as I can get them through kies, would just like to get the modern update without having to reflash and re install all my apps and ect every time a update comes out. Thanks once again for all the help.
[Galaxy S III General] :
Just got the update from Telstra. Changed to LF2
[Galaxy S III General] rxw:
Did it change the baseband to lf2 also?
[Galaxy S III General] bazzazz:
I was rooted on XLA unbranded .. No problem flashing the OTA update at all. However I did lose root though.. will need to reroot after the update.
[Galaxy S III General] zziggy:
The Optus LF2 is available from CheckFus and the DL works.. So now we have a real stock rom for Warranty!
[Galaxy S III General] bazzazz:
I was able to download the XLA unbranded Australian rom also the other day . if anyone needs it i am happy to upload it. Just let me know .
[Galaxy S III General] Joshnz:
Download, reboot, attempts to flash then says failed due to file error failed verification, annoying.
[Galaxy S III General] P1n3apqlExpr3ss:
Is it true that the T version isn't quad band?
[Galaxy S III General] aarick:
T version is tuned to 850mhz network and have an extra hardware filter. It needs a t modem to get optimum speed on Telstra or Vodafone. The new LFB firmware will not work with T modem. Therefore, best to stay away from any LFB based custom roms..
[Galaxy S III General] gger123:
Purchased a S3, i-9300T from Vodafone Today,

- Want to flash phone to remove all vodafone bloatware,

- Thoughts on which version to flash to? stock? or other rom?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] cheetah2k:
Go the UK firmware LFB. Best one out there right now. I'm also on Voda in Brisbane, and works perfect!
[Galaxy S III General] 7tOny4:
I'm on Vodafone I9300T I'm running XXLFB firmware

These are some of the speeds I'm getting if I flash XXLFB with wipe not so good. I flashed it over the top of Vodafone rom without wipe seems to be running really well.
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
Do not use LFB firmware at this time - as you are using a I9300T you will most likely experience some issues with calling (LFB seems to only work properly with the LFB modem (not a T optimised modem) - which with an I9300T will most likely limit/hinder the speed of your data connection)

Try LF6 and then flash a T compatible modem to get the best network compatibility.

EDIT: or maybe not... read below
[Galaxy S III General] Pitzbull:
I cannot agree with this. Using checkrom 3.5 and getting excellent speed on 850 vodi. Just need to go to service mode and set it to use 850 and it zooms. Probably all they do with the T version modems anyway.
[Galaxy S III General] Nicholas68:
So have people noticed any speed increases with LFB on optus/virgin on I9300?
[Galaxy S III General] poczynek:
How do you get to 'service mode'??
[Galaxy S III General] 7tOny4:
*#*#4636#*#*
[Galaxy S III General] poczynek:
Thanks. Yes into that menu but where is the setting to change to 850??
[Galaxy S III General] rlorange:
Just in case people weren't aware there is a cool little app to toggle fast dormancy on and off. Root required

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gokhanmoral.fastdormancytoggle.i9300
[Galaxy S III General] 7tOny4:
Device information. Scroll down you will see a box tap on it drop down list but I can't change them. What I do is press the bottom left button select radio band chose auto.
[Galaxy S III General] poczynek:
Yes have scrolled and in the drop down there are about 8 options - evdo only; gsm/cdma auto (prl); lte/cdma/evdo; let/gsm/wcdma; global; lte only; lte/wcdma and unknown. The 'gsm/cdma auto' one is already selected. Is that the one?? Thanks again.
[Galaxy S III General] 7tOny4:
Yes but I can't change them unless I'm doing something wrong. I press the left hand side menu button then chose select radioband. auto
[Galaxy S III General] poczynek:
Not sure what you mean! I definitely don't have a radio band button that I can set to auto! Speeds are ok at the moment so might just leave it. Thanks anyway.
[Galaxy S III General] For_itembine:
cwm it keeps getting an error

today, i was at work and someone tried calling, but no voice (using cm9) so i decided to flash back to stock, but i keep getting an error, even the other backup of cm9 i get a error, and when i try to install cm9 (zip) it just loops at the new boot animation

what can i do? is my cwm not working properly? its bizarre because yesterday all was working. any help will be appreciated

i flashed another rom (insanity) and it is stuck on the boot animation (just like cm9 was)

any thoughts aussie brahs?

-- wiping cache

formatting /cache

cache wipe complete

checking MD5 sums

Erasing boot before restore

restoring boot image

restoring system

restoring data

Error while restoring /data!
[Galaxy S III General] 7tOny4:
Have you tried download mode flash stock with odin.

I also had this yesterday on abyss kernel different recovery than my backups.
[Galaxy S III General] xRap:
XLA ? I didn't know there was an XLA rom.

I have an unbranded Australian 32Gb SGS3 (Pebble Blue) which I got through Virgin Mobile.

Product Code: GT-I9300MBOXSA

It came with this:

PDA: I9300XXALE8

Phone: I9300XXLE8

CSC: I9300XSAALE6

At the moment, SamMobile have 2 unbranded Australian roms.

1. PDA: I9300XXALE8 , CSC: I9300XSAALE6) <-Original Stock version that came with my phone.

2. PDA: I9300XXALF2 , CSC: I9300XSAALF2) <-Latest current Update.

So what was the XLA rom you were referring to ? :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] aarick:
*#197328640#

But I'm not sure how to set 850mhz there?
[Galaxy S III General] aarick:
Follow here for the steps to turn on 850mhz..will test soon myself!

http://androidforums.com/samsung-ga...rk-frequency-your-samsung-i9000-galaxy-s.html
[Galaxy S III General] Pitzbull:
*#197328640#

When you are in ServiceMode

Select [1] Debug Screen

Select [8] Phone Control

Select [7] Network Control

Select [2] Band Selection

Select [2] WCDMA Band

Select [6] WCDMA 852 (FDD V)
[Galaxy S III General] xRap:
Wonder why Checkfus isn't finding the updated rom via my phone.

Any ideas why it doen't show the latest unbranded Australian rom ?

It should be finding PDA: I9300XXALF2 , CSC: I9300XSAALF2

OTA also tells me there's no updates.

Note: My phone isn't rooted, yet.
[Galaxy S III General] 7tOny4:
Thanks Just tried it mines running on 850 network on XXLFB