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[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
This thread is starting to sound like Whingepool forums... Telstra sucks, Vodafone sucks, Optus sucks. So best is to throw out the SGS3, and use good ol'fashioned landlines and paper cups on strings?
[Galaxy S III General] rxw:
^^^^ HAHAHAHAH comedy gold!
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
Funny thing is my SG3 has never made nor received a voice call, so none of the above would work for me. :lol:
[Galaxy S III General] NewAussiefromCanada:
+1 lol
[Galaxy S III General] 1jz68u:
I updated to the vodafone one and now my NFC has stopped working :(
[Galaxy S III General] jamsori:
Heh yeah i know - i'm not scared to flash (done it with my old Samsung phone over and over and over again...) but i was hoping to keep this completely stock and keep my warranty*. I bought it outright to avoid Vodafone and Optus branding, and ssslllooowww release cycles, but from what i can tell, even these devices are on more recent firmwares than mine... :/

*I know i can use triangle away etc. if needed, but the S3 is expensive, and i don't want to risk anything, lol

Starting to feel like i'm being forced too - damn you Samsung! :P
[Galaxy S III General] fendushi:
That sucks! :( Maybe you can flash to a previous firmware if you want to stick with Vodafone ones? Just google sammobile Vodafone Australia S3 firmware.

You DO NOT have to root to flash the leaked firmwares, it's like stock. You just use ODIN to flash, its quite easy. So it does not increase your binary counter, you don't have to use triangle away if you want to flash back to stock firmware to claim your warranty if anything goes wrong.\. You can find a collection of stock firmware here or at sammobile's site.
[Galaxy S III General] jamsori:
Ahhhhhhh, ok. I'd definitely consider it then. Thank you very much. :)
[Galaxy S III General] Pep71:
Wat are you saying that I can use my SIII to talk to people....... Wat an awesome device:p:p

Pep
[Galaxy S III General] 1jz68u:
All the NFC settings have been removed!!! they have disabled NFC on the phone!! Why the hell would they do this???

I have downloaded a custom Rom that i am going to use.

One question though, can you use ICS modems with JB?
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
jsut a guess but did they remove NFC as part of the Apple lawsuit? i know thats why the removed S-Voice previously
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
Since when apple owns NFC technology?
[Galaxy S III General] NewAussiefromCanada:
Anyone else got DLI2 up and running out here?

Working fantastic. Very stable, smooth, signal in the house is up at least a bar or two... which is awesome. Just got to see how battery life is meow.
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
Wow, there are more leaked builds of JB than there are sex tapes of Paris Hilton.
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
Apple think they own everything. Thing is even if it's not proven until the court cases are finished they still have to remove it. But like I said, just a guess. It's either that or they found some big security flaws in it
[Galaxy S III General] NewAussiefromCanada:
Haha +1
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
Yes, very happy with it, used it all morning for GPS and still have 75% battery left :)
[Galaxy S III General] yellowplease:
Does anyone know why Vodafone removed the customizable dock with the maintenance OTA?

Too bad if you were mucking around and had some random app on there that you where playing with and you are now stuck with it, unless you know how to flash older firmware.

I think Vodafone will be getting a lot of less tech savvy people complaining about that one.

Edit: I have been looking into flashing the leaked JB but have no idea what version to go with. All the guides don't really say if it will work with my phone or not... any advice? thanks

Galaxy S3 gt-i9300T Voda 4.0.4 maintenance release 2 Rooted
[Galaxy S III General] dantheman122:
Use Omega v20, based on latest LI2 rom, it'll work on the i9300t but not sure if the consensus was that t model modems are better than non-t, since the LI2 modem isn't t model based.
[Galaxy S III General] wasubi:
Just stumbled upon some interesting info regarding Jellybean, i havent been on XDA for a while, so i dont know if this has been mentioned, so forgive me, and apologies if you already know this.

Just on Gizmodo, found an article regarding the 4G versions of the S3, and its imminent launch. From optus's page, if you pre-order by the 17th Sep, delivery will be made approx. 20th Sep. The interesting part.........it will be shipping with Jellybean pre-loaded. To me, this is the best news. Pretty much all but confirms JB will be here very shortly for our normal 3G S3's. They have JB, and i cant see why JB on th 4G version, would be any different to having it on the 3G version. Optus is the only one not mentioning the OS version, but yet others like Virgin and Telstra state it being JB, the test model Gizmodo used was from optus, and running JB - links below! :D

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/09/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-optus-4g-hands-on/

http://www.virginmobile.com.au/4g

https://www.optus.com.au/shop/mobilephone/samsung/4ggalaxys3?sid=AFeat:4GSGS3:04092012NHP
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
I read somewhere that the T and non T model roms are completely interchangeable. I think the T represents something other than difference s in hardware

now i am home i searched and found http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1748785

in particular post 4;

The T model is tuned to favour the 850mhz band. There is a difference in hardware but very minor. Other than that they are the same.
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
The 4G version has a separate radio for LTE as Samsung hasn't yet incorporated LTE on the quad-core SOC. I believe that only snapdragon and krait have their LTE radios incorporated into the SOC. Surely this will require different firmware than the 3G version

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[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Pretty pissed actually. Might get it anyway but why not just release it straight up? There's going to be more than a few unhappy customers.
[Galaxy S III General] Badelhas:
I agree. If I knew they were launching it so soon I think I wouldn't bought the international version. I would really like to get the quad core with 2gb ram and lte
[Galaxy S III General] wasubi:
Who knows :confused: -

1. Wasnt ready to work on our networks?

2. To steal a lil thunder from the soon to be released iPhail 5?
[Galaxy S III General] Badelhas:
One of the Korean versions (there are 3) does work with my country lte band so that's not it.
[Galaxy S III General] uf21:
Have any of you guys on omega flashed v20 over the 4.0.4 rom without a full wipe?
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
tell me abt it, i read about the quadcore 2GB version for a while, and the consensus was that it wasnt going to be sold outside of korea, feel cheated :S
[Galaxy S III General] rxw:
Has anyone actually read the Telstra press release? It says nothing about LTE, it does mention dual link HSPU+ labeled as 4G. I wouldn't be overly worried about it to be honest.

The S3 comes with so many radio configurations its not funny so wait and see what Telstra actually release.
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
Why? For Samsung it was pretty good. You bought a phone you were really happy with, but something nicer has come along, so you'll be tempted sell the one you have and upgrade. They got you in hook, line and sinker now, a loyal customer. Much better than the usual two-year cycle that most customers get.

... of course, iPhone 5 is coming soon, with 'new' technology like NFC, you might just sell your SGS3 and get an iP5 anyway :D
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
negative, u cannot flash a JB rom over an ICS rom. u will just get FC after FC, unusable. even going from v16 to v18 which were both JB gave me multiple FCs.
[Galaxy S III General] cosimor:
New stock firmware available through Kies this morning I9300XXBLH3 / I9300XSABLH2. For those scardy cats like me who hesitate to flash, it's been a long wait! I know it's not JB but still better than nothing. Updating now!
[Galaxy S III General] ghampton10:
Besides all the errors, it specifically says you have to wipe to use v20
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
even some users have factory wipe, cache and dalvik and STILL have FCs. in this instance u will need to go to CWM recovery > mounts and storage > then format /system, /cache and /data/.
[Galaxy S III General] NewAussiefromCanada:
Just flash :p JB is worth it!

Flashed my phone several times without issue.. Got to love increase in Ram from 780 to 833 :victory:
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
Says who? I went from Omega 13 (ICS) to 14-16 (JB) without wiping.
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
says the devs. Many and myself included have found that a full wipe is needed, if not even formatting /cache /system /data. if u didnt have to, u must have been one of the very lucky few. they are very different firmwares so any residual settings etc left in /cache /system /data will jsut cause FC after FC.
[Galaxy S III General] ghampton10:
Just because you can do something doesnt mean you should ;)

And yes jelly bean is worth flashing. i didnt want to do it at first, now ive flashed my phone 8 times in 3 days lol
[Galaxy S III General] poczynek:
Yes definitely. I have no idea how anyone could go from v13 to a JB ROM with the leaked versions - it's a completely different base - like a square peg trying to go in a round hole! Strange but good luck if it worked for you!
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
bahaha my flash counter is about to hit triple digits
[Galaxy S III General] ghampton10:
Is "flashaddict" a thing? lol. Flashing is like pringles, once you pop!..
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
bahaha my name is Lee and im a flashaholic.. :P
[Galaxy S III General] ash_hermiz:
I'm currently running a rooted SGS 3 GT-I9300. The firmware that I have now is I9300XXALF2 (csc is xsa) which I downloaded from sammobile. I just downloaded the leaked jb firmware I9300XXDLI2_I9300OXADLI2_I9300XXDLI2_BTU.zip from sammobile. I want to flash this firmware but before I do, should I flash some other rom before I put the leaked jb in? Thanks in advance and sorry if someone has already asked :)
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
not necessary, just make sure u have CWM recovery installed as flash as per usual method, welcome to flashing, its like the smack of the phone world.
[Galaxy S III General] VanHermiz:
Thanks :)
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
Yes, that is exactly how it is! lol
[Galaxy S III General] Badelhas:
Every time you flash you have to set the phone again like restore your contacts and sounds?
[Galaxy S III General] NewAussiefromCanada:
Unless something goes wrong no all your settings should remain. Mine have after a few flashes now
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
well ur contacts should be synced with ur google account anyways, if not, u can use a free app called go backup for contacts, sms and use titanium backup pro for apps and app data, keep those saved games. unfortunately after full wipe u will need to set ur screens and widgets etc.
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
To be honest not too worried about it myself. Just a bit annoyed. Either way I get so many phones I'll probably get the S3 4g and i5 as a second phone. Not that I'm a big iphone fan but use iphone as a work phone. Ever since the S1, the iphone goes into my pants pocket, next to my a*s where it belongs lol.

More upset for other Samsung S3 fans who couldn't resist and bought the phone straight away. Most people can't just upgrade if they are on a plan so they'll miss out on the 4g quad core 2gb ram S3.
[Galaxy S III General] ghampton10:
I am one of these people :/

Im not too phazed though JB is smooth as and have no probs with the phone at all. Ill get the s4 when it comes out :p
[Galaxy S III General] Badelhas:
But when do we need a full wipe?
[Galaxy S III General] ghampton10:
When the rom youre installing asks you to do it. May not always be necessary. Same rom but updated version you dont always have to unless otherwise stated. If youre having a problem with a rom and switching to another, i would do a wipe. Theres probably some other good reasons to do it but im no expert :P
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
Going from ICS to JB didn't require a wipe for me, but I read on another forum that you couldn't go from JB back to ICS without wiping. *shrug* on CM10 ParanoidAndroid now!
[Galaxy S III General] NewAussiefromCanada:
+1
[Galaxy S III General] Badelhas:
Do you think I should do a backup before updating to the official jellybean rom, when it comes out? Which program should I use, Kies?
[Galaxy S III General] ghampton10:
Well kies is fine (i think anyway) if youre going to only do official updates directly from samsung. it will back up your texts, contacts, media and heaps of other stuff. thats the whole point of the app. i also use it to restore my media and notes etc after a full wipe. if youre going to flash all different types of roms then youre probably going to want some programs like titanium backup and maybe something like this: s3 toolkit have a read about what they do exactly. Again i am no expert, do your research on these forums and youll be ok. heaps of other people in the custom rom threads that can help you if you get stuck with one :good:

And yes personally i do backups on kies as well as those other apps i mentioned regularly. you never know whats going to happen :)
[Galaxy S III General] Badelhas:
Thanks man, I appreciate it. I don't think I will be flashing with custom roms kies will be fine. I am very eager to get the jellybean rom, I feel that the s3 is a great phone but I kinda feel that the animations and transitions could be smoother.
[Galaxy S III General] z4ppy:
I'm still running unbranded XXLG8 and am thinking of flashing XXBLH1 that's on here. I noticed there is also XXBLH3 Australia release mentioned in the XXBLH1 thread. Is there any real difference going with either one?

Also, I am assuming the flashing process with Odin is all the same as it was to get to XXLG8 previously?

Thought I'd get some clarification prior to downloading/flashing.
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
DLI4 is now out so I would wait for that one, they seem to get better and better. :)
[Galaxy S III General] z4ppy:
Ah cool. I'll wait it out then until that's released.

Should be all sweet in flashing straight over XXLG8 I'm running currently?
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
Once the Odin version is out, yes. Don't flash the OTA update, wait for Faryaab to build the full odin file, then use that. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1835931
[Galaxy S III General] NewAussiefromCanada:
If you wait for the Odin release (later today) of DLI4, you should just be able to flash with mobileOdin or desktop Odin straight over with no issue.

Of course always make a backups, NANDriod and Titanium or your favour backup methods! :good:

Running DLI3 right now and it is quite nice... no issues at all, if you don't want to wait!
[Galaxy S III General] yellowplease:
I have found another change since the maintenance 2 upgrade.

They have removed the HDR feature from the camera. Sucks cause I used to use it all the time

EDIT. I am a moron. It's still there.
[Galaxy S III General] z4ppy:
Wasn't going to flash OTA anyway. Desktop Odin was my preference.

Alway make myself a backup with Nandroid first. One can never be too safe, plus allows me to go back to ICS if I don't dig the JB firmware.

Will make sure to keep eye open for when DLI4 drops.
[Galaxy S III General] ryan5181:
I have a SGS3 :

GTI9300T

I9300TDULE6

Already rooted, but I would like to upgrade to 4.1.1.

What is the best way please?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] Ausboy 2011:
:confused: use search maybe
[Galaxy S III General] NewAussiefromCanada:
Odin is the best way by far. Which is attached in the Odin DLI3 or soon to be DLI4 odin package. Download and follow instructions. Kind of hard to mess it up. But like always back up, back up, back up first!
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
exactly, ususally the devs of the ROM will tell u if it needs a full wipe. As a general rule if u are changing firmware like from ICS to JB, 100% of the time it will need a full wipe, if u are flashing a ROM that is on the same base then u should be able to get away with just a cache and dalvik. it really depends on so many things that u cant really get a definitive answer. but as always, u can ask here on xda and i found that everyone is more than glad to help, and very knowledgable. as my background is iPhone dev (obj C), i am still learning the ropes like urself... :victory:

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check out omega v21 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1663656

it is a great ROM, bloatware removed, superfast, great dev support and community support as u can see from the over 1900 pages in the thread.

android revolution is another good one but just doesnt quite have the support that omega does.

first u need CWM recovery installed.

download omega v21 rom and transfer to sdcard.

boot into recovery and flash rom.

any question feel free to ask, were always glad to help

good luck :good:
[Galaxy S III General] yellowplease:
Just loaded omega v20 onto my i9300t. The battery life kinda sucks it feels line slow but is getting better. A lot of tweaking is required to get it working.

How would one go about getting back to my previous installation? I made a back up via clock work mod before I installed jb... just boot into recovery and pick my old back up?

Only just started learning about all this yesterday''
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
Yes it will restore the whole system for you.
[Galaxy S III General] ryan5181:
Thanks heaps.

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Thanks heaps.
[Galaxy S III General] AUSTAB2012:
Hey everyone. Just got my new toy and will be loading omega 21 today.

I am looking for advise on modem selection. I'm in Perth south of the river any suggestion on what modem is good.
[Galaxy S III General] priyana:
Hahaha, it depends on which network and which model is your toy too.

You mean if there is a modem that suites you for your specific location, you would use it and won't go anywhere at all?

"let's go north of the river"

"Nope, I am good here."
[Galaxy S III General] AUSTAB2012:
Alright then smart arse I will re phrase my question.

What is a good modem to flash. I am with optus with a I9300.

I don't know if there is much need to change modem but if I can get better signal then why not
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
I have been using the daily leaks from Samsung and the LH1 modem worked well as did the LI2 and LI3. So it doesn't seem to matter.

Please note I am only helping you as I am also SOR. :)
[Galaxy S III General] ghampton10:
Hey mate i am with optus, im near rivervale/cloverdale area, ive used the last 1,2 and 3 firmwares with modems obviously and i havent really noticed any improvements. just my observations though i could be completely wrong from a technical stand point.
[Galaxy S III General] AUSTAB2012:
Sounds like it shouldnt matter then I was just curious gonna start plain with some custom roms once I get out of work and see if there is Sony improvement. Thanks for the help fellas.:thumbup:
[Galaxy S III General] DroidWidget:
Hi all,

New here. Just bought myself a Galaxy S3 (first smartphone). It's a bit tricky to get use too but is fun.

I basically purchased the phone as an import, so it came with French(?) software, though I wanted to change to Australian Firmware. I downloaded the latest Australian Firmware from;

sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-I9300&pcode=XSA&os=1&type=1#firmware

along with the "Additional Files" which came with Odin 3.04

I booted the phone into Developer Mode then loaded Odin, left "Auto Reboot" & "F.Reset Timer" checked & other boxes unchecked/unchanged.

The phone detected (0:[COM9]) highlighted in light blue.

I then loaded the downloaded Firmware into 'PDA' section (.tar.md5), then clicked 'START'

The phone and Odin did its thing then 'Green PASS' appeared and phone reset.

I input all the details into the phone and details from *#1234# are as follows;

~~~BEFORE UPDATE~~~ (French stock ?)

AP: I9300XXALEF

CP: I9300XXLEF

CSC: I9300XEFALE1

~~~AFTER UPDATE~~~ (Australian Sotck ?)

AP: I9300XXBLH3

CP: I9300XXLH1

CSC: I9300XSABLH2

Afterwards I went into system settings and did a factory reset. After phone loaded up again, re-did all the details, but, when I went to update (there was a system update available), it failed to update. I loaded Kies and it said "your device does not support software upgrading via Kies". After this, I remembered the PDF Flashguide from sammobile said to Factory Reset using *2767*3855#, which I then did, re-did all the info again. Attempted the update and it seemed to work (unknown if anything was actually installed as it was quite fast). Now Kies says "This is the latest Firmware"...did it work?

If this is all good, what went wrong during this process? (so I know for future reference)

Is there anything I can check to make sure everything else is all good ? I basically want Australian Stock Firmware and don't really want any issues downloading updates via Australian networks.

Another thing, I read a couple times where people are saying UK firmware is 'better'?...something to do with faster updates ??

Sorry for the long post, kinda new and wanted to be clear as possible (noob video told me to ).

Kind Regards,
[Galaxy S III General] no1bossman:
Hi,

I've been a Galaxy 10.1 owner for some time. So I'm familiar with the rooting process & installing custom ROM's.

I've just purchased a Telstra S3 which hasn't arrived as yet that will be used with a Vodafone SIM. So I've being reading this thread as I've never owned an Android mobile phone before.

It seems the CF Root process from Chainfire is the recommended method of rooting the phone.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1695238

I initially want to use a ROM that's very close to stock so I can learn the phone. It seems on this thread the Omega is popular. Can someone please let me know which ROM's maybe I should look into?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1663656

Also there seems to be some discuss on the modems used within these ROM's. If you can also tell me if I need use another modem with any of the recommended ROM's it will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] rippernz:
Just got a Blue 32GB from Kogan delivered today and its AU stock
[Galaxy S III General] Pitzbull:
Omega seems very popular, I personally went Checkrom and have not looked back. it has been awesome. All of these are very customisable. They remove most the bloatware and with their "Kitchen" type apps you can install as much or little bloatware from samsung as you desire.
[Galaxy S III General] ghampton10:
I would go omega or ARHD. Look through the forum at others though, there may be one there thats suits you better. Cant hurt to try a few either.
[Galaxy S III General] NewAussiefromCanada:
DLI5 running great. Quick fix of the grey bar and everything is perfect!

1% battery loss over night! Wow can't complain about that :)

Anyone else enjoying the newest leak?
[Galaxy S III General] ghampton10:
Sounds good. downloading the omega version now.:good:
[Galaxy S III General] achoucair@live.com.au:
hey guys, im from sydney

ive been following this site for quite a while but only just registered lol

ive had my s3 since the first week it was released and love it, ive currently got omega v23 running on it.. feels great, soo smooth and no lag
[Galaxy S III General] L335K1:
the guys are correct in Omega or Android revolution. They are the top 2 "samsung based" ROMs. u can also look at AOKP based CM10 but i believe it is still a bit buggy also but most importantly it is not a samsung based rom so quite different. Omega has GREAT dev support as u can see by their 2000 pages in their forum. also for rooting this is a very handy tool to have, i have used it for more than just rooting; http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1703488 good luck
[Galaxy S III General] Ausboy 2011:
Yea I'm also in Sydney loving omega v23 :D