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[Galaxy S III General] mhale71:
ARgh! Im now having the same problems that made me get rid of my SGS1!... (to a lesser extent).

I havent had any problems dropping calls or connecting outgoing calls, but i have now, 3 times, had people call my home phone and ask why my mobile was switched off/disconnected when it wasent! I just got the phone about 2 weeks ago and was loving it so far but this is very dissappointing!..

Phone is I-9300, Virgin mobile, stock as a rock rom, rooted with this method: http://www.androidnz.net/2012/06/at-your-own-risk-how-to-root-your.html

I was going to flash checkrom but never bothered, but it is on there to do so if anyone thinks it will help.

Modem is standard xxle8

Of note is that i just purchased this case: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/33075288...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2648#ht_5800wt_1121 which has a magnet in the side of it.. i started using that the day before yesterday, starting to think it might be causing the issues, since the 3 failed-to-recieve calls all happened yesterday, although i did recieve plenty of calls/sms/facebook updates without issue.

Another thing thats noteworthy is that the speedtest.net app always fails, the phones internet service still works, but the speedtest app always says 'network communication issues'

cheers.
[Galaxy S III General] madmattoz:
Probably not the answer you'd like, but that's a known issue with Virgin. I was with them for about 10 years, and finally switched to Telstra last year after having your exact problem every few days.

That said, you could try flashing a newer modem and see if that makes any difference.
[Galaxy S III General] Bluephantom3:
I wouldn't use a magnet case on any phone as the magnetic fields would interfere with the battery and probably other electronic components.

before you flash any new ROM or Modem try these APN settings.

Name: yesinternet

APN: yesinternet

MCC: 505

MNC: 02

Authentication Type: PAP

APN type: default

Everything else is Not Set or blanked out

It worked for me and I'm on Virgin. do a speed test a few times after changing the settings and you will probably find that it works better.
[Galaxy S III General] mhale71:
I found the posts refering to those settings earlier in this thread, i did try them out but strangly enough it gave the error of 'proxy registration failed' or something along those lines, whenever i tried anything internet related. Although i did not blank out the other fields, just changed name and apn to yesinternet... the other fields you've mentioned were already the same., ill try again blanking everything else out.

I just flashed dulf2 mentioned earlier in this thread but didnt find it that good, the speedtest app still doesnt work for me but it seemed slower in time-to-connect outgoing calls, and in general download speeds... so for now ive flashed back to xxle8. the speednet test still doesnt work... 'network communication issues'

edit:

just made a new apn with the above settings, this time everything not mentioned is blacked out, The internet DOES work now, not sure if its much faster though,
[Galaxy S III General] dantheman122:
I'm on Virgin and haven't had any issues, but I got a case with a magnet to shut it too and it screws with the compass when navigating. Did you make sure you followed those APN settings exacrly? It should definitely work, otherwise I have no idea why speed test won't work :S XXLE8 seems the best to me too, got 950kb/s download with it yesterday

Edit: Actually, I got exactly the same case as that.
[Galaxy S III General] cheetah2k:
Any of you tried the new UK unbranded ROM just released??
[Galaxy S III General] madmattoz:
Yes, running it now. Some nice UI tweaks no real changes to battery life or signal.
[Galaxy S III General] Bluephantom3:
I found the best modem was DXLEA.... but I haven't tried all of them.
[Galaxy S III General] ewok666:
It's actually the crap optus network. This started about 2 years ago and most people on Optus (that I know) and have suffered from this to some degree.

Same here : when I switched to Telstra the problem went away.....
[Galaxy S III General] MrIwik:
I'm on Optus and haven't really had a problem, except in the sticks. Which can be a problem as I work in the bush but I can deal with that.

At any given time I average 3mbps down and if I'm lucky can sometimes see 7 or more and I'm still on complete stock. So I think the problem is virgin, personally I wouldn't go near Virgin, Vodafone or the like. I have never understood why there are so many on second rate providers.

Telstra may be better than Optus but to me it's not worth the extra money, might be a bit different when 4g service and market grows in the future and is enticing enough for me to make the switch..
[Galaxy S III General] elgoog_zyrus:
I just want to ask which carrier you are with and if flashing this firmware has no effect on network issues since it is from the UK etc. Cause if I am right with my limited understanding and reading I understand the Aussie stock firmwares are still not available? I've tried downloading multiple times with the CheckFus program and it cancels on me every time...
[Galaxy S III General] dantheman122:
I just put DXLEA on, seems a lot faster than DULF2 for me, will test for a bit to compare to XXLE8
[Galaxy S III General] zziggy:
I'm on an optus business plan and never had a problem. They prioritise their cell network something like this

1. business plans

2. normal plans

3. prepaids

4. virgin,tpg etc

5. liveconnected etc

So if you're on virgin or liveconnected or whatever and think it's the same thing because you are actually on optus it's not. You're the first to get booted when a cell is full (you get dropouts) and the least speeds on the data plans due to prioritising.
[Galaxy S III General] cheetah2k:
I went ahead and flashed it before your response - it is way better than the stock Vodafone Aus ROM. Alot quicker, and the brightness bar in the pull down is a nice addition. The baseband modem that comes with this ROM is good too. Seems faster than stock Vodafone, and the DULF2 modem I have been trying the last 2-3 days. :good:
[Galaxy S III General] 7tOny4:
For anyone on Vodafone I just flashed the new XXLFB firmware everything runs really smooth. just ran speed test first run got this

Am not able to get that high again but it sits between 7-9 so a lot better than Vodafone rom.
[Galaxy S III General] madmattoz:
I'm with Telstra and no, flashing an overseas firmware won't cause any issues. Someone has actually managed to get the XSA (Aussie unbranded) firmware off CheckFus, see here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28353096&postcount=462
[Galaxy S III General] ewok666:
I was on a business plan. And the company I work for is on a corporate plan. It may depend on the area or the cell tower and if it's overloaded but both at that office and where I live this kept happening so I had to ditch them.
[Galaxy S III General] mhale71:
i just thought of a way that i can do a speedtest (because the official app doesnt work for me somehow)

I will set up the phone as a hotspot and use the browser based one on a computer... It wont give exact numbers but it will be the averages that i look at, and change in numbers from different modems..
[Galaxy S III General] dantheman122:
DXLEA modem is working pretty great for me, got 950kb/s a few times. Will try that new one soon and see how it compares.

Out of interest, does the speed test website work? It does the same as the app.

Edit: nope the website says it needs newer flash. Are there any other apps that do the same thing that might work?

Edit 2: my bad, didn't think and used Chrome. Normal browser works for it, try that and see if you can get your speed?
[Galaxy S III General] mhale71:
I tried the browser based one but it redirects to the market app

I have been made aware of an alternative that does work though:

http://speedtest.syd.optusnet.com.au/ this is browser based, accessing it from the phone on 4 bars got me

download speed : 1509kbps, Upload: 540kbps, Ping 255ms

thats on virgin with xxle8 modem and yesinternet apn.
[Galaxy S III General] dantheman122:
If you open menu, select View Desktop Site or whatever it is then you can get on to it. How many bars of signal is that with? I guess it just depends where you are etc too
[Galaxy S III General] mhale71:
that was with 4 bars, thats in kbps though... so like 160Kb/s down and 70ish up
[Galaxy S III General] z4ppy:
Got my S3 yesterday (w/Optus), rooted via Heimdall running Mac OS X this morning and have just left it at that. I've yet to even active the sim card for it as it will mean not being able to use my desire I would assume (kept same number) and I kinda don't want to use the S3 until my sd-card arrives.When it does, I'll do my nandroid backup and then can start tinkering a little further if desired.

Question is though, all the Optus bloatware that's on the phone. Can that be simply uninstalled or is it best to find and use one of the stock roms provided on here and flash?
[Galaxy S III General] dk125:
Anyone know when and if we'll get the OTA update?? I apparently brings brightness slider in notification toolbar
[Galaxy S III General] Barracuda77777:
You can do either, it's best to do a nandroid backup first in case you need to bring it back to stock for warranty purposes.
[Galaxy S III General] elgoog_zyrus:
Thanks! I'm going to try flash the UK firmware then. I'm still not getting any updates OTA or via Kies and I can't wait. I'll report back on how it goes. =)
[Galaxy S III General] Goobz:
What is thes new UK firmware you guys are talking about? Where would I get a copy?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] z4ppy:
Cool beans. I noticed that the Optus installed apps could be uninstalled but just wasn't sure if there is other stuff beyond those apps that would be deemed bloatware.

Either way, I'll be waiting for my sd card so said nandroid backup can be done first. Better safe than sorry.
[Galaxy S III General] eljuwenbur:
Anyone having similar problem

I have AU Vodafone 32G Pebble Blue SGS3

http://youtu.be/UppWuipHLPI

http://youtu.be/4LmkryeBYwI

been having this kind of problem (ticking/popping noise)

anyone have similar problem? none of my friends who have SGS3 different versions/country

didn't have this problem so...

someone told me to flash siyah kernel, didn't work...

Anyone had this problem?
[Galaxy S III General] madmattoz:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
[Galaxy S III General] Barracuda77777:
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/162402398/abc9bdb/I9300XXBLFB_I9300OXABLFB_BTU.zip.html

You can check other firmwares from here:

http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9300&r=-1#modelsa
[Galaxy S III General] rxw:
Thought i'd share my experence with flashing modems to i9300T on telstra's 850Mhz network...

The stock I9300TDULE6 was my baseline.

Flashed I9300TDULF2 and noticed a small improvement in speed... 5-10%

Flashed I9300XXLFB and had about a 40% drop in speed....

If people are using there phone on a 850Mhz network I would recommend using one of the two i9300T modems.
[Galaxy S III General] wackyD:
Yep I can confirm that the LF5 modem is much better that LFB.. LFB has high latency. And the LFB ROM is good - nice little improvements. I downloaded the whole thing as I wasn't getting the OTA.
[Galaxy S III General] rxw:
Just tried the LF5 modem and exactly the same thing as the LFB modem, significant performance hit compared to one of the T modems when used on a 850mhz network (Telstra)...

LF5 and LFB i get 220-240k/s

T modems I get 440-480k/s

Hopefully we will be able to use CM9 with other modems apart from LFB soon, TouchWiz just doesn't do it for me... :/
[Galaxy S III General] elgoog_zyrus:
Hey guys, just a quick update from my last post.

Flashed the UK Rom and it's running really well. It's gotten rid of all the stupid Vodafone bloat and I didn't have to wipe anything afterwards.. I had to re-root the phone though as it got rid of the root but that was as painless as always using CF-Root.

I will post anything here if anything happens relevant to us Aussies. =)
[Galaxy S III General] zziggy:
The last time I experimented with modems I lost speed going to LF2 from LF5 so went back and then the speed was worse on LF2. I then realised that you had to do more thorough testing in various locations and do an average, Even in the same place pointing the same way you can get different speeds 5 minutes later.

Now XXBLFB roms say that you must use the LFB modem or you get random problems like phone going into car mode by itself.

So i'm on LFB. The rom is nice enough with some new features. Modem seems good.
[Galaxy S III General] rizky77:
you can download nobloat free... remove unwanted apps..
[Galaxy S III General] copycutter:
Couldn't agree more, much prefer the look & feel of the vanilla ICS.

FWIW I'm running CM9 nightly (hdvoice one) from a week ago with TDULE6 and SiYah 1.2.6 kernel and it runs great! No call issues, no FC's or anything, it's weird for a nightly with such a mishmash of bits. With the onboard kernel the thing was munching through battery and I was going to go back to touchwiz, but I thought I'd take a punt on a different kernel and it worked! :p

I'm seeing consistent 120ms pings, 1300kb/sec down, 100-300 up with Telstra on GC.

Haven't really considered switching modems because this one seems to be pretty speedy anyway.
[Galaxy S III General] cheetah2k:
LFB ROM + modem has been working ok for me so far on Vodafone. I hit a nice 6.5mbits/sec download last night in Manly, QLD (finally matching my iPhone 4S) at about 9:30pm after the network congestion died down a little. With the stock voda and DULF2 modems I had no joy, and was lucky if I got 1-2mbits/sec at approx the same time previously..

Latency seems the same, sitting around 65-70ms :good:
[Galaxy S III General] aarick:
Warranty Sticker

Hi...

Can someone help me check for warranty sticker on the S3? Mine is from Vodafone 32GB pebble Blue and I just noticed that there is no warranty sticker on the bottom right screw. I'm about to send back for warranty and just want to make sure there is not issue.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] LJE:
I can see 10 screws and none of them gave a sticker over them
[Galaxy S III General] Crazy CS:
No stickers on mine as well....
[Galaxy S III General] Ahmato27:
Okay so this is how it is.

6 months ago when I bought my GNex it was carrier locked. I had to wait forever for Vodafone to release updates, I was stuck on 4.0.1 even though 4.0.4 had already been rolled out. At the point I snapped. I set up fastboot, unlocked bootloader and flashed the official Google yakju build. After that I received the OTA with in seconds and was able to update to the latest firmware.

About 2 weeks ago, I upgraded to the Galaxy S 3. It is also carrier based and I'm still on the initial release firmware:

I never receive updates and the bugs I'm facing are killing me. So my question is, would I be able to flash an unbranded STOCK Samsung Firmware in which will enable me to update via OTA or Kies without the carrier delays?

I'm on the I9300T as you can see and live in Australia.

Please make things clear..

EDIT: I have found this link.. what Di you guys think about this process?

http://www.theandroidsoul.com/restore-galaxy-s3-i9300t-install-latest-firmware-i9300tdualf2-guide/
[Galaxy S III General] madmattoz:
Wiser minds can probably shed a little more light on this, but as far as I'm aware the answer is no, because Kies will also check your product code, which doesn't change if you flash a different firmware.
[Galaxy S III General] Ahmato27:
So basically I have to manually flash the update when it becomes available?

Does it act as an update or does it reset everything besides my sd card?

Typed on my Galaxy S 3 ♡
[Galaxy S III General] elgoog_zyrus:
I'm not 100% sure what side effects it could have but I was like you. I couldn't wait for the official update via Vodafone and just flashed the new firmware as per the instructions in the first post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646610. I lost root but I just re-rooted via CF-Root method.

I had everything backed up but as it turns out I didn't lose any data but lost the Vodafone bloatware apps. It runs very nicely. =)
[Galaxy S III General] cheetah2k:
I'd flash any of the UK firmwares available rather than waiting for Vodafone to release updates.

I returned a GSII back to Vodafone with UK firmware for repair under warranty and they still replaced it....

Waiting for Vodafone will ki11 you! They are so slooooooooooooooow
[Galaxy S III General] Ahmato27:
Should I flash the UK firmware although I have I9300T? Would that have any effect since the UK firmware is I9300?

Typed on my Galaxy S 3 ♡
[Galaxy S III General] elgoog_zyrus:
I flashed it on my I9300T and it does say I9300 in the 'About Devices' section but when I reboot the phone it says I9300T. Other than that difference I haven't noticed anything else. =)
[Galaxy S III General] Ahmato27:
Okay cool.. I'm onto it :)

Thanks guys :)

Typed on my Galaxy S 3 ♡
[Galaxy S III General] Bluephantom3:
If your phone is rooted you can go in and delete apps that came with the firmware using root explorer. But be careful what you delete. If you do delete something you shouldn't have you'll have to flash your phone with a whole firmware to get it back.
[Galaxy S III General] LJE:
Titanium backup pro is better for that.

Just freeze apps/bloatware and if you start getting problems, un freeze them one at a time until you find the problem.
[Galaxy S III General] wackyD:
Just some advice to anyone flashing to LFB.. You can only use the LFB modem to make voice calls. I tried flashing LF5 but no one can hear what I'm saying on the phone
[Galaxy S III General] madmattoz:
That being said, Voda has started to push the LF2 update today, so they're only one behind.
[Galaxy S III General] wackyD:
Anyone hear / know anything about a Telstra LTE version of the phone? Would be really interested to know..
[Galaxy S III General] Ahmato27:
They started pushing it out on 5th of July.. I still haven't got anything yet though..

Typed on my Galaxy S 3 ♡
[Galaxy S III General] hrtrulz:
When I try to checking for updates on wifi I get could not connect to network, but it dies work on 3g anyone else get that issue?
[Galaxy S III General] Ahmato27:
Are you on stock?

Typed on my Galaxy S 3 ♡
[Galaxy S III General] Mikee.H:
anyone got any news on the jellybean update for our s3?

mines unlocked on Optus. and not to " up to date " on the technology and updating :)
[Galaxy S III General] MrIwik:
I don't think we will be seeing official JB untill towards the end of the year, at the earliest..
[Galaxy S III General] hrtrulz:
Yes stock unrooted from vodafone
[Galaxy S III General] hrtrulz:
Jellybean has not be released by Google yet
[Galaxy S III General] sabaramo:
Sorry if this is a duplicate, is there a stock voda firmware somewhere? Searched hi and low and couldnt find it.
[Galaxy S III General] Ahmato27:
Why do you need stock?

Typed on my Galaxy S 3 ♡
[Galaxy S III General] UpInTheAir:
There its none yet available (unless unknown to me released in the last few days)

If you need to return to stock for warranty purposes, check my guide in signature.
[Galaxy S III General] losblancoslos:
hi guys i was trying to register my sIII GT-I9300 on the samsung website. its a white 16 gb through optus.

i cannot find this model number when i try and register, i vhoose, mobile phones, moile devices and then bar for the type of mobile device.

any help would be appreciated! were you guys able to register it fine?
[Galaxy S III General] Ahmato27:
Why would you register? :/

Typed on my Galaxy S 3 ♡
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
Unfortunately no... if you wanted get back to stock phone follow this guide here.. I'm pretty sure someone uploaded a nandroid backup of Vodafone firmware on the thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1721380
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
Are there any OTA updates for the Optus SGS3 yet?
[Galaxy S III General] ShannonA:
Last night I flashed to latest stock uk rom I9300XXBLFB via Odin and afterwards tried to flash the latest thailand modem I9300TDULF2 to my telstra glaxy s3. THE BASEBAND updated but afterwards the phone would ring but no one on the other end could hear me. Can someone please put the original i9300TDULE6 odin modem up for download. It seems UpInTheAir's guide with the odin file for that modem is no longer there.

I flashed the modem via the TAR file, not the bin file. Is that what I should have done to get the Thailand one to work. The baseband in the phone showed I was using the I9300TDULF2 modem but the calls would not work. Anyone know why?
[Galaxy S III General] lucas777:
You will see jelly bean in a week or so. The source code is being uploaded right now check flip board android news and in the general discussion. Devs will have new Roman floating in very soon
[Galaxy S III General] lucas777:
See here. Picture below
[Galaxy S III General] dantheman122:
If you use XBLFB firmware you MUST use XBLFB modem otherwise it happens, it's a known provlem. I find the LFB modem pretty good though so not an issue for me.
[Galaxy S III General] LJE:
Agreed....

LFB is probably the best modem I've used so far,

(and it must be used with LFB firmware)
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
For some reason the LFB firmware is only fully compatible with the LFB modem... using any other modem will render calls unusable.
[Galaxy S III General] madmattoz:
EDIT: See above.

There's plenty of reports that the LFB ROM will only work with the LFB modem.
[Galaxy S III General] rxw:
Unfortunately the LFB modem absolutely sucks when used on Telstra's 850Mhz network. I'm seeing 40-50% speed drop with the lfb modem compared to either of the 2 T modems.
[Galaxy S III General] adr6ian:
Odd - I'm seeing nothing like that here in Canberra.

Allowing for the usual variances in Mobile Speed - It seems pretty much the same to me ? This is over the course of several dozen speed tests and time of days...

Don't know about in Melbourne, but here in Canberra you can run a speedtest and get 500k and run it 2 mins later and get 2500k... regardless of the modem :)

Curious how exactly are people judging their 'speed tests' given Mobile Data has such a huuuge variance even on the same cell (damn that old Baseband vs Broadband chestnut...)
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
same here.. LFB modem sucks big time with Vodafone 850 network too.. Can't use stock vodafone modem TDULE6 with LFB firmware due to incoming call problem.. went back to stock Vodafone firmware :(

I'm getting pretty good speed with LE6 modem

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1662/20120710143114.png
[Galaxy S III General] copycutter:
Anyone know what specifically causes this LFB modem to operate badly on our 850MHz networks?
[Galaxy S III General] ActionBastardDV:
LOL dude, you can't possibly be on Vodafone with those speeds. where the hell are ya? I'm in Adelaide and I barely break 200kb/s while in the city. In the burbs I get 400-500kb/s, but your levels are over 9000!!! haha
[Galaxy S III General] Ahmato27:
I know! This is at my address.. it freaking sucks!

Typed on my Galaxy S 3 ♡
[Galaxy S III General] adr6ian:
Perception?

Works fine here in Canberra on Telstra....
[Galaxy S III General] copycutter:
What ROM are you using adr6ian?

For now I've had fine speeds using stock everything, omega rom/dule6 modem, cm9 nightly/dule6 modem.

Tried going to a one week later cm9 rom and dulf6 modem but lost audio in calls so just went back to last setup from backup.