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[Galaxy S III General] Kaibosh:
@kamsky: Took it to the Samsung service centre (Vermont in Vic - nice and close to work).. They were really nice, and said that if it's just software that needs to be fixed, there wont be any charge - which is nice - I guess I'll have to wait until I pick it up to be sure though.. I was totally upfront in the fact that it was my fault that it's stuffed.. A technician came out to have a look (it's the first i9305 that they've had in), and said that if I've buggered the mainboard, it'll be a wait until the 29th since they haven't received parts yet. Best case, just a software fix and I should have it back in 3-5 days (possibly later today but unlikely).

Original rooting post -> Agreed.. I posted a comment on the page warning people not to do it - hopefully either the comment will stay there, or even better the post gets removed.

I'll direct message you when I hear back from Samsung, since I'm guessing that most people reading the thread aren't going to want to hear the details :)
[Galaxy S III General] needydude:
That sucks guys...sorry.

It feels weird having a phone that can't be rooted. Lets hope more people smarter than us get it and work out how to do it!
[Galaxy S III General] Kaibosh:
Nothing to apologise for matey - It was our choice to try it :)

I agree about it being weird having a non-rooted device.. Hopefully it wont be long - I was concerned before I bought it that it woudln't get any attention being a device with a smaller userbase than the i9300. Hope it doesn't turn out to be that way..
[Galaxy S III General] uf21:
It's always going to be safe. The only difference with the T model is the modem.

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You didn't back up your efs folder?

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Question. Has anyone bought a bigger extended battery and if so, from where?
[Galaxy S III General] zziggy:
My phone has gone 3gb+ over my 1.5gb 3g data limit this month.

I think that when I did a full factory reset the instant upload apps went crazy. All the data was done by the gallery app. I had google+ instant upload set to wifi only and same with dropbox so I'm blaming picasa sync which I didn't even know about. How can I get some leniency from optus (it's $450 worth)? (I also had forgotten to set a mobile data limit after my factory reset)

I now have 2 apps monitoring my 3g data for me.
[Galaxy S III General] uf21:
Tell them, it's not my fault the phone messed up and I had to do a factory reset and the phone re-downloaded everything on its own.
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
just jump up and down and kick up a real stink and they will buckle..
[Galaxy S III General] ghampton10:
Being a telstra customer i bet youve had to do that a few times before :P
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Your kind of lucky. On Virgin it costs $2000 a gb last time I ckecked. Anyway, if they don't help you out tell them you want to cancel the contract. They'll be more sympathetic then.
[Galaxy S III General] zziggy:
Yeah but does anyone know who to talk to at optus So far I had no success with the online chat support staff. I tried to just buy a data pack before the month ended (the 6gig data pack for $44.99 would have covered it) but they wouldn't backdate it 3 days to cover it. I'd like to jump up and down and scream as long as someone was listening. They try and just re explain the contract.
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
Call up and escalate it until you speak with someone who has authority.
[Galaxy S III General] ehredman:
agree. Someone there will be able to do something. Demand and don't settle for NO.
[Galaxy S III General] phez:
Getting back on topic, has anyone managed to root the 4G phone correctly?
[Galaxy S III General] For_itembine:
Anyone know the outright price for the new i9305 on Telstra? Probably $800 - $850 lol
[Galaxy S III General] Ausboy 2011:
Yea probably I don't see a need to update :)

Sent from my omega jellybean powered sgs 3 :)
[Galaxy S III General] dewanusman:
i cracked my galaxy s3 screen. anyone knows where I can get it fixed and for how much?
[Galaxy S III General] Pep71:
Too much:crying::crying:

If you have contents insurace its proably covered under that, even if it didn't happen at home.

Worth a go.

Pep
[Galaxy S III General] JJJohan1:
Has anyone had the luxury of having their baseband becoming functional again after being unfortunate enough to lose it, after an attempt to root it?
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
I am not sure what you have done but the baseband is the modem you are using, you can flash other modems until you find one that works. Some are through CWM others can be done through ODIN.
[Galaxy S III General] dantheman122:
Purely out of interest, what scores on Antutu/Geekbench 2 does the new i9305 get with the extra ram? And does it suffer from redraws etc still?
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
First thing is to check if your imei is still intact. Dial *#06# and hopefully it's still 35****.
[Galaxy S III General] JJJohan1:
Nope, my IMEI is listed as 'null /null' :(.

Is my only option to send it in to Samsung now or would I have a better chance waiting for the Aus I9305 model to be rooted and figure it out from there?
[Galaxy S III General] Kaibosh:
You're not alone - both me & kamsky have done the same thing.. I've taken mine into Samsung to get it sorted. Took it in Friday, waiting to hear back - tech said that if it's just software, I shoudl have it back soon.. If the mainboard needs replacing, it'll be a longer wait because of it being so new - they wont be getting parts until the 29th.

Kamsky is giving it a shot of trying to fix it himself if it's just a software thing..
[Galaxy S III General] JJJohan1:
Good to hear I'm not the only one. Do tell us what the Samsung tech says :). I'd actually be surprised if it's not software, but I guess we'll wait and see.
[Galaxy S III General] dantheman122:
I'm no dev or anything but from what I've gathered, if it's the IMEI stuff, it seems like the EFS file was corrupted, and that needs to be fixed then the IMEI should be fine. So it should all be software. I don't know if you can backup the EFS file before you root it, but make sure you get a copy soon as you can incase it happens again in the future :)
[Galaxy S III General] oswade:
Flashing a stock rom with odin can often fix imei problems on samsung phones. Plus it will restore your kernel to a proper i9305 one. Have you guys tried that?
[Galaxy S III General] JJJohan1:
Yeah, I'm afraid so, it's the first thing I did to actually get a bootable phone. IMEI data is still null'd.
[Galaxy S III General] ewok666:
Not sure how to fix this exactly but here is some advice: Stop doing ANYTHING until you have root and you can get the EFS folder. In the past, when these files were modified, the process made some backup files that could be renamed. If you do something else in that direction you may lose those files and then that's that...
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
LOL so true, so true.. i got out of a over data charge once that was about $400, my mistake as i connected the iPhone to tether to PC and forgot that torrent was running :S oh dear, DL 2GB worth of data.. just jumped up and down, escalated it, and i think they got sick of me so let it go with a warning that next time i will definately be charged.
[Galaxy S III General] andrewrh3:
A question for the experts....

I have the shv-e210k (south korean s3) which has picked up the telstra (and now optus) 4g network, but only for data. I have to go to the hidden menu and enter LTE mode, and then it picks up 4g data just fine. But the phone can't make or receive calls. So I have to go back to "automatic" or "WCDMA only" for network selection, at which point I can get voice and data, but only 3G or G.

Can I flash the Optus S3 stock rom on my phone? The shv-210k has the right bands in the hardware, but I imagine the software has held it back from looking to 3g for voice when on 4g.

Any help would be much appreciated!! Also, where would I download the stock Optus ROM? Is it this link? http://depositfiles.com/files/kn0b7ut1r
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
That's a big No No... it's a different hardware to I9300.. I don't think you can even flash Optus s3 4G (I9305) firmware as Korean model has a tv tuner making it different to Australian and international s3 4G model
[Galaxy S III General] mustang2012:
Rooting s3 is very CONFUSING please Help !!

HI guys...

I am very nervous about rooting this s3 which I got from TELSTRA about month ago and the reason I want to root is to delete the bloat ware from the stock rom that way, I can still update to JB via kies when it is ready....

can someone help me to root please??? All I want is root so I have a privilege to delete bloat wares on the phone so I there will be less battery drainage and perhaps more ram etc... that is all.

Please guys I need your help...

THANKS HEAPS IN ADVANCE:)
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
Go to this thread and follow the steps..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1695238
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
You need to flash the CF-root file in odin. See the sticky. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671969 Then look for Quick Root

The post above is better, follow that guide. :)
[Galaxy S III General] mustang2012:
Thanks .... this is what I was looking for....

cheers :D

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Thanks alot ....

Cheers :D
[Galaxy S III General] kamsky:
That was another thing I'm praying for hence the reason why I don't want to take it back to Optus yet. I am currently in contact with some "Samsung Mobile Specialist" based in Europe. They currently can restore IMEI on the i9300, i9300T, i9308 and all of the US Variations so I'm not panicking anymore. This is all done by the original cable also!! They told me Samsung actually uses a program called winimei. They are currently working on i9305 but shouldn't be too much longer.

By reading a few articles online about IMEI restoration. The only you can restore IMEI is through in house programs and ODIN cannot do this because of something to do with its checksums.

I fully regret it now, patience is a virtue..
[Galaxy S III General] needydude:
I am truly sorry for even posting that link. I'll take the next hit and if anyone has any other experimental method of obtaining root, even a temp root, I'll fall on my sword and go for it.

To me, a phone without root is faulty, and if it breaks it, but lets people progress the learning, then it is worth it.
[Galaxy S III General] Kaibosh:
@kamsky: Good to hear - Hopefully they'll get it pinned in a matter of days, and we'll all be up and running again.
[Galaxy S III General] andrewrh3:
Not the reply I wanted to hear, but thanks anyway. What would happen - the phone just wouldn't turn on?
[Galaxy S III General] kamsky:
They just emailed me back this morning (Samsung Mobile Specialist). They are not able to reflash my IMEI due to legal issues since they didn't know I was based in Australia. If I was in Europe it would be ok as they can verify the true IMEI on the back on the phone. However since it would be only a photo emailed to them with the back of my phone this causes many problems for them. I give up now. This phone is going back to Optus. Hopefully the technicians just look at it and see that everything is working besides it's stuck on Airplane Mode. I can hopefully just tell them I was syncing it to kies and the whole program and phone froze after numerous of attempts. This may be used when they ask me about the binary counter. Fingers Cross guys wish me luck.
[Galaxy S III General] Kaibosh:
@kamsky: Hope you get a freebie fix matey.. I heard back from Samsung today (well, I harassed them earlier today), and was told that it needs a hardware part to fix (so will likely be at least a week's delay or so). Seems to conflict completely with your dealings with the mob in Europe, but I'm not going to argue.

In another show of extremely poor judgement, I'm just going to go and buy a new one - waiting on a local Optus store getting stock this arvo - and when I get the other one fixed, will get rid of it on ebay or something. I'll be living on biscuits and milk stolen from work until then as I wont be able to afford food, but life's all about priorities ;)
[Galaxy S III General] JJJohan1:
Sounds like this isn't going to be a cheap and easy fix..

Worst case scenario: wait for a root for the I9305, reset the flash counter, restore it with a stock and try and puppy-eye Optus.
[Galaxy S III General] Drew442:
Afternoon all.

My wife picked up a new GS3 on the weekend from Optus.

I checked about phone an I was connected at UMTS:8 and I'm in an LTE coverage area.

How do I tell if they've given her a 4G version or an old 3G one? Is it a different model code or serial number sequence?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
Go to settings-> About device it should say model number... I9300 is the old 3G model. 4G LTE model is I9305. It should also display at the first start up screen from the bootloader
[Galaxy S III General] JJJohan1:
That should be fairly straight forward, the new model has a nice shiny '4G' on the back of it, so I'm guessing since she hasn't noticed that she has a 3G version. Alternatively, in the phone's settings menu at the very bottom should be 'About device'. If the model number is GT-9305 it's the new version, otherwise it's the old version.
[Galaxy S III General] Drew442:
Will do, thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] kamsky:
They are lying... its not hardware. They are just trying to rip you off either that or they just plain stupid and couldn't be bothered trying to flash a new imei for you. I can't believe they going to order a new board? Thats like the core of the phone -_-. The cost will be at least $300 to fix it. I feel for you brother. I just took it in today and kinda chatted up the Optus chick =). She was very helpful and she sent me to one of their approve repairers said it would be only a 2-3 business day turn around if I go down this route oppose to weeks -_-. Don't let them fix it yet just take it back and let it be for now.
[Galaxy S III General] Kaibosh:
I think you're probably right there matey..

I spoke to Samsung support today, as the repair centre forwarded stuff onto them in order to get the part quicker (or something along those lines - the point being that the issue is currently with Samsung itself rather than what I assume is a contracted repair centre). I was just after an ETA on when I could expect it to be sorted, and the guy mentioned that the mainboard was going to be replaced, and that they were waiting on the part, and mentioned it could be a couple of days - and then he mentioned that it was all being done under warranty. He explained why, but I wasn't really paying attention as I was a bit gobsmacked that the hardware replacement was being done under warranty when I'd been totally upfront about how it happened.

So while I'd prefer that they didn't replace anything inside the phone if it's a software fix to get it up and running, if they're footing the bill, I'm somewhat more ok with it :)

I don't know whether I was just lucky in getting it covered under warranty and it's actually someone's mistake, or whether it's some other reason.

Ultimately, I guess I can only be sure once I have the device back and am not expected to pay a cent - but I've had it confirmed directly by Samsung that there wont be a charge, so at least I'll have some room to argue if they turn around and charge me..
[Galaxy S III General] nikorette:
Hey buddy I've had the same imei issue with my voda I9300T. I was packing shirt as all my imei backups failed to fix the problem.

Quick question have you done a full desktop odin flash with your stock Optus firmware (download it from sammobile)? It's bs that odin can't fix imei/efs corruption. I've had to do it 3 times after I flashed a file with a bad .md5 and all 3 fixed my issues without voda knowing.

Sent from a phone
[Galaxy S III General] BrikHaus:
I'm new to all of this.. So forgive the ignorance..

But isn't there a way to back-up the IMEI/EFS partition?
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
Not (yet) for the I9305
[Galaxy S III General] ManojKBanga:
Hi everyone :)

I have s3 from virgin and flashed millions custom roms before but now using odin flashed I9300XXBLG8 BTU UK 4.0.4

Will I get official JB in Australia.

Connected to Samsung kies it doesn't support my mobile :(
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
you can't get the official any ROM made for Virgin Australia as you using a custom ROM.. if you planning to use Kies updates re-flash your original ROM and wait for updates
[Galaxy S III General] fendushi:
Anyone here flashed the new Polish stock (DLIB) firmware yet?
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
yes stock DLIB.. so far good. having a bit of a wifi issue with no Data.. disconnecting & reconnecting seems to work.. don't know whether anyone else having the same issue..
[Galaxy S III General] sbm888:
yup - flashed mine last night and no problems.
[Galaxy S III General] BrikHaus:
Whats the best way to do this (normally)?

Cheers!
[Galaxy S III General] NewAussiefromCanada:
Using Omega v27 based on the new release. Working so well. Very fast and smooth, have to give it a day or two for battery stats.
[Galaxy S III General] tqgia2:
Yup, I held of flashing this whole time waiting for Aussie release but caved last night and flashed it. It's running sweet right now, I had wifi issues before on LH1 and it seems to be ok now... Will let everyone know how battery life goes in the next few days or so.

Also, flashed heaps on the S1 and only just started flashing on the S3, are there any S3 specific issues I should keep my eye out for besides the flash counter?
[Galaxy S III General] noise36:
Anyone on Telstra got HD Voice working with a custom ROM?
[Galaxy S III General] ihwydlive:
Seems to be working on CM9
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
The simplest seems to flash the ODIN file, but you lose root, easy enough to flash CF-root again though.
[Galaxy S III General] DMax99:
Flashing Polish Jelly Beans On My Vodafone S3

Hi all,

I have purchased an unlocked Vodafone S3 tonight for my wife. I am thinking about flashing the Polish Jelly Beans on it as taught in this Youtube Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOCKkS8e0yU

Will this work on my s3? or should I just wait for the Vodafone update?

ps. I have not root it yet also

THANKS!
[Galaxy S III General] NewAussiefromCanada:
What model number? Flashing the update is well worth it. Finally convinced the wife to let me update and use omega and she loves it
[Galaxy S III General] sbm888:
Battery life after first day wasnt that great on the new polish JB rom. Charged at 100% at 1am. unplugged phone and woke up at 6am, to see it was at 91%.

checked that it had lots of wakeups and wifi was always on even set at sleep... some wakelock problem... i'll check again tonight.

i've just restarted phone and put on charge again.
[Galaxy S III General] mick.wheelz:
I had some joy in flashing a custom boot.img to my i9305 last night, however still have not been able to gain root access.

I am going to try and modify the firmware image from;

h t t p : / / w w w .trickytweaks.com/update-i9305xxali5-4g-official-4-1-1-jelly-bean-official-test-firmware.html

and see if I can make something work.... I will be sure to share if I do.
[Galaxy S III General] noise36:
hmm interesting...I wonder what that rom is doing different to Omega.

Ive only ever run Omega so ill need to do some research before formatting and switching roms.
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
CM9 is an AOSP based rom (android open source project) whereas Omega is a Samsung based rom. they are quite different beasts. to get more functionality out of the S3 i think its better to use a sammy based rom.
[Galaxy S III General] DMax99:
It's a GT-I9300T :)

Can I just flash it the way it's shown in that YouTube video? Do I need to flash any modem after I flash that update?
[Galaxy S III General] tqgia2:
Can also confirm, 100% at 1:38am and 91% at 7:46am.

BBS shows wake locks going crazy with NetworkLocactionLocator and MediaScannerService topping the lists at 7m 11s and 3m 12 s respectively... Probably shows that I should turn GPS off (thought GPS only active when you use an app that requires GPS?)
[Galaxy S III General] jinda_pir:
Is there going to be a new category for 4g variation? ? Just got mine yesterday n can't wait to do mods
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
The network location locator is due to Google Now, since it scans for your location
[Galaxy S III General] DMax99:
No one is willing to answer my question??
[Galaxy S III General] Kaibosh:
I saw a mod say elsewhere that there would be - no mention of when though.

I just added a request to the "new forum" thread. I didn't know that there was a thread to request new device forums - I just assumed that they magically happened :)
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
ok, i have posted this process before but i cant find it and will post again for u.

firstly u need a few essential tools in ur S3 toolbox.

1 - Samsung toolkit v5 - this is an essential tool for S3 owners, it applies root, flashes CWM recovery which u need to boot into recovery to flash firmwares, themes etc.

2 - ODIN which is included in the above toolbox.

3 - A reliable ROM, i recommend Omega due to their massive dev support and thousands of pages in their forum. Android Revolution is another good one. These are both Samsung based ROMs not AOKP or AOSP (android open source project and android open kang project.) U will want to start with a sammy based ROM to get the most functionality from your device.

Firstly u need to root ur device, install CMW recovery. Go into Samsung toolkit, select the option for rooting and select ALLINONE;

ROOTING OPTIONS

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1. Flash Insecure Boot Image and Root Phone

2. Flash Insecure Boot Image, Root + Install Busybox

3. ALLINONE [Flash Insecure Boot Image, CWM Touch, Root, + Install Busybox]

Once this is done, u can then download Omega ROM, currently using either 13.1 for ICS or 27 for JB, the jellybean has just become an official firmware as before it was test firmware and was quite buggy. have to say that v27 is buttery smooth.

In a little while, Siyah will bring out a kernel that will enable u to OC to a possible 1800mhz though i dont recommend going above 1600. u will also be able to undervolt to -100 and have full control over audio, CPU and GPU. As Samsung have just released the final firmware for JB, the source code for the kernel has just been made available. Siyah should be ready soon though. Any other questions feel free to ask.

EDIT - once the Siyah kernel is out, u can use various tweaks to get Antutu benchmarks into the 15000's. all i did was apply OC to 1600 (speed) and undervolted by -100 (battery life),, this was a great combination. U can also look at other guys signatures from the Omega ROM thread. Here is an example of how myself and a few others run theirs;

CPU: 200-1600MHz, Pegasusq, -100mV for all steps

GPU: 266-350-440-533MHz with -50mV at each step.

I/O scheduler: deadline

CFS-defaults: linuxkernel

Cpu Idle Mode: Idle+LPA

Max-cpu-lock: quad-core mode

AC Charge: 1200mA, USB Charge: 900mA
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
why not just flash cfroot using Odin for root and CWM? so much easier and simpler ;)
[Galaxy S III General] DMax99:
Thanks. I really appreciate your help.

However, in this YouTube video it says that I don't even need to root the phone nor have cwn, that's why I'm asking the question. I have read the thread about Samsung tool kit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOCKkS8e0yU

My question is: can I just follow the way this video is showing and just flash the update with Odin without flashing any additional modem and just stay with my Vodafone gt-9300t modem.

If I can. I will just flash this update and then use cf-root to root it afterwards.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] priyana:
Agree.

Especially if you have linux, and use heimdall 1.3.1 to flash the cf-root recovery.

Dead simple.

sudo heimdall flash --recovery recovery.img --cache cache.img

(I think chainfire didn't confirm that it works, but it works for me)