yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
If you're going to flash Omega v9, you have no choice with what modem to use. As it is based on the latest firmware, for some reason it only works with the packed modem. If you flash another modem when making a call other people will not be able to hear you. This is on all LG1 and LFB based roms

Edit: seems I'm not entirely correct - there are a select few modems that are compatible - see below. Best thing is to test each one out for yourself to see which one offers the best speed/signal strength for you personally.
[Galaxy S III General] hero000:
Anyone wanna sell their device please pm me your quote.
[Galaxy S III General] rlorange:
Incorrect. Any modem from a "B" rom will work and they are rolling out daily now. Its confusing as an updated rom will have an updated compatible baseband but no clear name to indicate.

Go here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1740061

Any modem released on after 25/6/2012 WILL work. So far LE7 works best for me. I've tried em all
[Galaxy S III General] Skyburn:
Whats your location (in Melb)? I use RGUI v7 which is based on on XXLFB firmware and I find the LFB modem works best for me. I've tested DXLF3 and LFB so far.

I use the phone mainly in Sydney CBD, Kensington and Parramatta on the Virgin Network using Optus APN settings. Tested on same locations as well

If people testing modems could please also list the locations they tested the modem at (or most commonly use it at) that would help other users a lot in identifying what modem is best for them. :)
[Galaxy S III General] Pitzbull:
If you are rooted just use fasterfix. Does it auto.
[Galaxy S III General] rlorange:
Yeah Melbourne vodafone which has a different network to optus Voda favours 850mhz like telstra. BLFB was kinda crap for me
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
Have you wipe your data, cache ?
[Galaxy S III General] Simmo3D:
Yeah i wiped the cache and factory reset the phone before and after flashing Telstra's ROM.

When it first boots up to the setup, it force closes android.os over and over.

I also read on another XDA post (I think Intratech's ROM thread) that you can not flash I9300T firmware to i9300 phones. Only the modem will work.
[Galaxy S III General] rlorange:
Guys if you do a no-wipe rom install from stock vodafone it seems to retain the modem settings from stock T branded giving better internet response
[Galaxy S III General] reservin:
So.. is there anyone using T modem on custom rom?

I want to know what rom are you guys using! :)
[Galaxy S III General] rlorange:
No... only cos I'm waiting for a "B" rom compatible version to be released. DXLF3 seems the best substitute
[Galaxy S III General] reservin:
Ok.. I better stick with DXLF3 modem for custom roms..:crying:
[Galaxy S III General] z4ppy:
You don't mind sharing the link for this fix by chance? Not entirely sure if I've found/downloaded the right thing and want to double check before actually flashing the fix or not.

Thanks in advance.
[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 850 (FDD V)
[Galaxy S III General] :
Aussie Stock Roms

Hey Guys,

I'm new to the S3 Roms. Just upgraded from my xperia play (after ICS was not coming to the device)

Anyway I am looking for 2 things:

1. The closest thing to an unbranded Aussie stock rom

2. a copy of the optus stock rom ( for warranty purposes)

if you gents could point me in the right direction that would be awesome!

Kind Regards,

dougan636
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
Go to sammobile.com and download the unbranded or Optus stock firmware
[Galaxy S III General] LJE:
And about the rom, you're better off getting titanium backup pro and freezing all the bloatware and useless crap.

Then install a good kernel and you're good to go.
[Galaxy S III General] z4ppy:
How does that work when the post I quoted mentioned a fix to download/flash for Standby bug?

What does the above do exactly?

Edit: Also, where is this Optus stock firmware on sammobile?

I search to here (http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9300&r=-1#modelsa) and all I see is Australia. Is that the Optus one itself without any carrier listing as indication?

Edit 2: Found it. Completely overlooked the "Oceania" link on the side.

Now, given I've already updated firmware with Optus OTA, is there any need to download the Optus one provided or it literally the same thing?
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
I'm not familiar with the standby bug someone enlighten me what is that... and above method is to enable 850 band in your modem for Telstra & Vodafone users if it is not enabled but default. I have explained it so many times in last few pages. If you downloaded the Optus firmware from sammobile it's the same thing but small OTA updates you can't download from sammobile
[Galaxy S III General] z4ppy:
I saw the standby bug thing a number of pages back in this thread. It's to do with the cell standby usage percentage being quite high under the battery usage setting. Apparently this fix can correct this. It was said to be found in the Cell Standby thread but not 100% sure if I found the right thing or not.

I'm on Optus with an Optus branded S3, so the 850 band thing mentioned to me before doesn't really apply to me then if it's directed at Telstra/Voda users, correct?

I see, I wasn't 100% if there were any differences between the OTA firmware update and sammobile ones. Seems I won't need it then having already updated via OTA and running PDA: XXALF2, CSC: PSALF1 and Phone: XXLF2.
[Galaxy S III General] :
Thanks guys, downloading as we speak. I cant believe they are a 1GB each! gonna take me ages to download these
[Galaxy S III General] rizky77:
XBLFB

hey ppl sorry to ask prob being answered before ,but im on stock xxlf2 if i want to flash

I9300XXBLFB Download would it delete all my messages and phone logs?????????

chhers!!
[Galaxy S III General] yldlj:
Hey where can i get the latest Aus vodafone firmware from?
[Galaxy S III General] ActionBastardDV:
it should be available on Sammobile.com website
[Galaxy S III General] zziggy:
Safest thing to do is use SMS Backup+ to backup all your messages. (Can do phone logs too) (backs them up to your gmail)

There are many other ways. MyBackup pro can back them up,

Then restore if need be with same apps
[Galaxy S III General] ftoompsh:
+1 Mybackup Pro.
[Galaxy S III General] Rooster19:
To the blokes who have the blue version of the phone.

Apparently scratches are visible on the back of the phone and it's a fingerprint magnet, should I just get the white if this is the case?
[Galaxy S III General] Lonski:
Couldnt tell ya, mine is in a Casemate case.
[Galaxy S III General] yldlj:
It isnt that bad. I have mine in a case aswell tho. White is girly imo
[Galaxy S III General] s3ct0r:
Well after testing out XXLFB, DXLF3, and DDLF3. I've decided to stick with DDLF3.

Im in Brisbane region (on Telstra) and reception appears to be pretty decent 3G-3bars and H+ when using net.

Attached is a screen capture, when I was testing out the modems with SpeedTest.

Im on WanamLite 1.8 with FrancoKernel r11
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
I've seen light scratches and swirl marks on both white and blue. Original back covers only cost about $15 on eBay so not really fussed if I do scratch it. The phone is too beautiful to put a cover on it. Had both but the blue is miles ahead in the looks department IMO.

As for fingerprints, I can tell you it is nowhere near as bad as a black phone.
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
Is there a way to change the CSC from Optus to Telstra? Or better yet, debranded altogether.
[Galaxy S III General] Rooster19:
I see, might just order the blue one then :D
[Galaxy S III General] s3ct0r:
Anyone else receiving a lot of "multipdp" wakelocks?

In BetterBatteryStats under Kernel Wakelocks it just seems to be high.

I've tried multiple Kernels and Modems.. Might just have to go back to stock to see if it exists there.
[Galaxy S III General] octaner:
Guys I am having a lot of problems with my phone, I am starting to hate it lol. I am running omega v9.0.

every 3-5 hours i have to restart my phone because i got the proxy server thing and internet will not work, I am new to android and really starting to get grumpy. I have just learn about the modems and I am just trying this one now modem_CWM_I9300TDULF2

please can someone suggest me a rom and a modem please THANKS a lot :D

info :

Vodafone

I9300T white with a screen protector hahah

Sydney area

hope that's all the info I need to give :D 0 and i am white and drive a yellow car hope that wont affect the signal.......... "this modem stuff is so annoying"
[Galaxy S III General] ActionBastardDV:
which carrier are you with? I'm on Vodafone & this is the highest wakelock for me too. Haven't been able to control it either
[Galaxy S III General] Pitzbull:
I use checkrom. My signature gives rest of my stuff and it is so smooth. See my previous posts got modem in my signature.
[Galaxy S III General] octaner:
thanks i will look into it. but i just dont understand DT means Australia but no one is using them??
[Galaxy S III General] s3ct0r:
I'm with telstra :)

Are you on stock or custom rom/kernel?

Going to test out stock and other options today.
[Galaxy S III General] yldlj:
Does anyone have the vodafone firmware? I cant find it on sammobile and hate using kies

Edit: found
[Galaxy S III General] 7tOny4:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I9300T&r=-1#modelsa
[Galaxy S III General] yldlj:
Do you have to full wipe before uprgrading via odin?
[Galaxy S III General] 7tOny4:
Here follow this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=26530736
[Galaxy S III General] goughymachine:
If you are having a lot of issues, my opinion would be to flash back to the completely stock version for your phone (stock modem too), maybe at the most rooting it. Maybe a full wipe too. Then see how things go. I know you obviously prefer the custom rom, but I think you should confirm the problems you have exist when fully stock first. Then if things are ok, try the custom rom again. If things go bad again, then I'd look at keeping stock or trying a different one again. If you still have problems then you may be able to sort it out with your carrier. Just my thoughts...
[Galaxy S III General] adamo3957:
Ok so this is my first Samsung android phone on Vodafone in Perth using the DULE6 baseband know can anyone recommend modems that may improve internet speed? I must admit that it's not slow but still.

Also as its my first Samsung how old is the baseband and how would I check if something is newer or older?
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
Newer firmware with LF2 baseband available through Kies

First of all you are trying to use LF2 modem with LFB firmware which will not work.. have you received any calls yet? What proxy you talking about ? You mean APN proxy ?
[Galaxy S III General] LJE:
The way I thought it worked is the first 2 letters are the region. (Which isn't important) the next 3 is how you determine the latest release.

DULE6

(DU) region

(LE6) is like (L)month, (E)day, (6)patch

So DULE6 is newer then a modem that was DUKE6 or XXKE6 as the XX just means a different region.

Can anyone else confirm that because I'm not 100% on that
[Galaxy S III General] adamo3957:
Thanks and kies? Where can I download that.
[Galaxy S III General] Lonski:
http://www.samsung.com/au/support/download/supportDownloadMain.do
[Galaxy S III General] yldlj:
What ROM and modem do all use suggest? I have come from the s2 where i used mainly aokp roms. I would like to use cm9 but it seems to have too many problems with the in voice call. Maybe omega or checkrom.
[Galaxy S III General] gger123:
Anyone know if CM9 RC2 for s3 supports T modems?
[Galaxy S III General] nikorette:
Hi guys don't know if his helps some of you but these are my speed test results on voda LF2 in bankstown area of Sydney.

View attachment 1213978

View attachment 1213979
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
Don't think so..
[Galaxy S III General] zziggy:
Personally i'd go with WanamLite. Look how stable his S2 roms are - S3 are the same.

Checkrom I used to love, but GadgetCheck and LeoMar turned into arrogant p*icks in their threads. Shame

Omega - When they brought out their BLFG rom they left in so much LE6 stuff it was ridiculous.

They all use most of wanams additions anyway.

Funny that AllianceRom came out and someone commented "How come in "about phone" it says WanamLite" :) Busted.
[Galaxy S III General] s3ct0r:
By LF2 do you mean TDULF2?
[Galaxy S III General] nikorette:
Correct
[Galaxy S III General] rlorange:
+1 and you can use heaps of mods from Omega OTA app from the market. Blue ICS toggles for example
[Galaxy S III General] ididnt:
what i did was update stock via kies to LF2 first, then flashed CM9 nightlies which keeps the LF2 modem installed.

seems to work fine for me.
[Galaxy S III General] Skyburn:
Also RGUI and XLite ROMs. I've been using RGUI since I got my SGS3, not one issue and the dev is on the ball with updates/tweaks & bug fixes. :)
[Galaxy S III General] gger123:
Oh okay you also on i9300t? Cant you just flash CM9 via CWM then flash LF2 modem or doesnt work that way?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] reservin:
I just installed CheckRom 3.5 and its smooth as!!!!

However, Touchwiz OMM shows 6.. lol But still didnt experience redraw once..:confused:

LFB modem seems ok with Vodafone in Sydney
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
I installed Omega on Friday and so far it's been ok... no issues to report so far. Might try CheckRom in a week or two.

Any real difference between battery life?
[Galaxy S III General] reservin:
I was on Omega then moved to Checkrom and it seems both have similar battery life.

But I say Checkrom is little bit better than the Omega. :good:
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Personally, having owned S1, 2 & 3 and having flashed everything possible on them, Checkrom is the best for me.

On the S2, I stayed on V2 till the end even though they were up to V6. The rom was flawless.

Now on the S3 I can actually say I don't really need to look anymore. V3.5 with siyah kernal + some tweaks here and there and I am happy as.
[Galaxy S III General] copycutter:
What makes checkrom stand out so much over the others for you?
[Galaxy S III General] CheezyMeister:
So I finally got my second S3, although this time it came with branded Optus firmware. Comparing it to my first one (unbranded), I can barely get a days battery out of it, with most of it on standby. Is this an issue with the Optus firmware or is my battery just gone?
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
I love the kitchenpro app that comes with it. Instead of fishing around

for tweaks, they are all bundled into the app. As for the rom itself I just find it smooth as, no matter which phone I use it with.

I'd recommend you download an unbranded firmware from samfirmware.com and flash in Odin. Or if you don't mind custom, then root with cf-root and flash one in cwm recovery.
[Galaxy S III General] CheezyMeister:
Yeah I was thinking of installing a custom ROM on the new one, although figured I'd run with a stock one for now in case the phone acts up. And since I wasn't sure on this battery issue being hardware or software related figured I'd check it out beforehand
[Galaxy S III General] ididnt:
Yes im on a "T" also from vodafone. You should be able to flash a LF2 after CM9 also.
[Galaxy S III General] zuts1:
Foxtel issues

Hi

I am running a stock xxblg1 rooted rom. I have a telstra sim. I installed a copy of the

Telstra 1 app and get the free data indicator on telstra sites.

I have a foxtel subscription but when i access it using the telstra 1 app

I get the error in the attached screen shot.

Anyone have any ideas or a similar issue.

Edit . The phone was originally an optus international gs3. It has no mods apart from rooting. The error message in the

attachment is not due to a service issue. Telstra says foxtel only works on I9300T with stock telstra rom. I find

this hard to believe as it used to work on my previous rooted s2 with a custom rom no worries.

Cheers

Paul.
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
You can flash it.. but you won't be able to hear anything when you received call... use LFB or DXLF3 modem
[Galaxy S III General] z4ppy:
Just on this, what unbranded firmware would you recommend? Also have an S3 on Optus and having similar battery life.
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Personally I'd recommend a euro one, possibly UK. They always get updates months before the Aussie ones do.

Been on euro based roms since the S1 days.
[Galaxy S III General] p3t0r:
someone from whirlpool posted their pebble blue purchased today.

http://postimage.org/gallery/ake8xf0w/

original post: http://whrl.pl/Rdc0Tg
[Galaxy S III General] salada2k:
Haha I ditched my 4s for this so I was an Apple wanker. I'm just taking baby steps that's all.... ;)

EDIT: Actually there was a HOX inbetween. It was white too... :D
[Galaxy S III General] kanemari:
Can you post a link to the Telstra radio / modem firmware, since you say you've flashed it over an international firmware and I cant seem to find it anywhere? (TDU-LE6).

I'm having major cell standby issues that one person has reported can be fixed with a different radio, but in the event that I lose HSPDA+ with Telstra I want to be able to flash it back.

Although I would assume that the HK rom (TGY-LED) would be compatible with NextG seeing as CSL is part owned by Telstra and uses NextG too, but dont want to risk losing my 21Mbps :)

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] DebtMarkets:
Does anyone use their S3 with a Bluetooth headset and also use the same headset for A2DP? Does it stay connected the whole day?

I'm constantly frustrated that the Galaxy Nexus disconnects and I have to reboot to fix it.
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
I did flash a Telstra (or T modem) over international firmware but I'm talking about my S2 - T version. The S3 should work the same. So unfortunately I don't have the filen for the S3 yet but I will keep an eye out for it.
[Galaxy S III General] Lonski:
Yay! It's at the post office ready to be picked up. Guess what I'm doing tomorrow?
[Galaxy S III General] naka11:
Got mine today rooted via chainfires method, i will wait a while for ROMS:)
[Galaxy S III General] cantcompute:
I use bluetooth with my S3 and it works perfect all day. Only problem is the screen radomly turns itself on and off while im on a call. Some calls go for an hour at time so the screen is contributing alot to battery drain.
[Galaxy S III General] kanemari:
bummer... i want LE6 back... flashed the HK firmware (LED) and cell standby has gone through the roof. it was bad before but im sure its worse now.

@dmihaleff - you posted you were getting 9Mbps DL and 1Mbps UL on Telstra. where did you do the speed test?! was that at 2am or something? :p

you are right that telstra supports DC-HSPA, but the SGS3 doesnt. only about 3 devices do and they are all mobile broadband USB sticks (and 1 MBB gateway). SGS3 is HSPA+ (21Mbps) and DC-HSPA+ is 42Mbps.

now i need to find me a TDULE6 radio file...
[Galaxy S III General] naka11:
I have ran omega v4 for a day and stock voda TDULE6 modem remains so battery seems to last longer

---------- Post added at 08:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:15 AM ----------

I am now on second charge cycle and will see if new omega ROM is better, battery fell 1% overnight on omega when previously on stock it fell 8-9%.

The modem is way better than on my sg2 side by side both on vodafone.
[Galaxy S III General] aussiesausage:
I got mine today, rooted then installed the 205mb rom (forgot its full name) working fine, ditched a 4S for it ( how can people like iphones?)
[Galaxy S III General] reservin:
How did you keep TDULE6 modem then install omega rom?

I wanted to install omega or other custom roms but i could see separated TDULE6 modem, since custom rom doesnt have TDULE6 modem
[Galaxy S III General] gger123:
I'm thinking about getting this phone on the $65 cap from either Optus or Vodafone.

Any suggestions as to which is better?

I'm currently on a 3 cap which is due to expire at the end of june.
[Galaxy S III General] drknezz:
Hey guys, jumped onboard the SGS3 boat after having my SGS1 for 2 years. Signed up for the $60 cap through Optus which is $1 more than I was originally paying so no difference in price to me.

Just rooted and ad-blocked my phone, deleted all the optus bloatware. Gonna wait a week or so for some nice custom roms to iron out any bugs they may have as they are all still pretty new but still very very happy with my switch.

If anybody has any questions about the phone feel free to ask me anything and I'll help you out as best as I can. Gotta say though after playing with the S3 for a few hours then looking at my S1 it looks like a midget haha.
[Galaxy S III General] naka11:
I installed nowipe and read in the omega post before trying his ROM has no modem and that it keeps your modem , he is going to include other modems,kernels, etc later in the omega files as he devs.

I was surprised but glad as vodafone does not like other modems here
[Galaxy S III General] aarick:
My experience with regards to T vs non-T SGSII is that the difference is mainly the tuning of the modem to the different frequency. Hardware should be completely identical. I'm running Optus SGSII (on custom rom) with Telstra T modem as it gives me better 3g speed. (Although some international modem were pretty good too, eg. KI3)

I would assume this would be the case with the SGSIII?
[Galaxy S III General] pjmac88:
I've looked and looked for a TDULE6 modem file and cannot find it. Can someone lead me in the right direction? Thanks a bunch!
[Galaxy S III General] Lonski:
I got one!!!!... on my phone. I just don't know how to extract it.
[Galaxy S III General] MonkeyMage:
Pebble blue is everywhere, seems like all the optus stores in perth are getting 3 or 4 a day, same with vodafone but they are getting the 32gb. I did notice the vodafone one was different blue on front compared to back.

The optus one I saw was very metallic but the vodafone was much darker. Anyone know which is the one that's messed up?
[Galaxy S III General] neonlight8:
Hey guys, I was wondering where to download the stock ROM for Vodafone I9300TDULE6, its not on http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ nor the intratech thread, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671969

Unsure if rooting will do another flash count, and want to put stock back
[Galaxy S III General] z4ppy:
So would lead me to believe that this I9300XXBLFB from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1646610 is a good choice then to flash, if looking for an unbranded stock firmware?
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
I'm running that firmware on Checkrom. Checkrom starts off as a stock rooted firmware minus some base apps which can then be flashed as a separate package.

Only difference is it's tweaked a bit for smoothness etc. I then flashed a few things from the kitchenpro app like siyah kernal (+ extweaks from the play store to overclock and boost audio), modified touchwiz and call recording etc. It's up to you what you want to add.

But if your only interested in stock and want to get updates sooner than Aus roms then LFB is what I'd use without a doubt.
[Galaxy S III General] z4ppy:
I'm reasonably happy with stock look/feel, so when I decide to flash I'll probably just go with that LFB stock. I'll probably wait a bit longer before opting for a ROM with all the developments going on at the moment- providing I find one I like.

Thanks for the info.
[Galaxy S III General] Pep71:
Hi All

I'm running Omega v9.1, is there any mod or anyway of getting a few seconds of preview when taking a photo?

I understand that I can see the photo in the corner and click on it to bring it up but that's not the same as a quick preview.

Thanks Pep
[Galaxy S III General] Clinton93:
Just got my international S3. What modem should i flash it to? I'm on voda.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] ididnt:
Then how is mine working on LF2 with CM9 on a T version?