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[Galaxy S III General] jonny_winters:
Hello from New Zealand

Hello from across the mighty ditch.

I am currently on Telecom in NZ and my phone is a I9300T.

Currently I'm on LE6, and from the forums and my friends on normal 9300 it seems people are getting updates!

I fear my carrier is going to disappoint me.

If I was to flash a rom for 9300T from Australia, would I get updates OTA/Kies and no longer be tied to my carrier for updates?

This is my first android phone (loving it) so my knowledge on roms and the like is poor.

Any help would be appreciated.

Jon
[Galaxy S III General] cheetah2k:
HAHAHHA @ 4.33am in the morning... try peak hour.... will be like 10% that speed LOL :D
[Galaxy S III General] madmattoz:
No, your product code would stop that from happening. That said, there's nothing stopping you from just downloading new firmwares as they're posted here and flashing them.
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
Lol yeah peak hours goes down to 1-3mbps . So if you really wanna test your phone you must do it early morning otherwise you will be testing your providers cellular tower capacity not the phone ;-)
[Galaxy S III General] mantaray56:
Can't find the thanks tab, so thankyou for your time and effort
[Galaxy S III General] adamhill212:
Have a look at the stickied post under android development called galaxy s3 tool kit. If you are interested in learning about root and Roms that's probably the best place to start :D. Took me about a day of fiddling to be pretty confident flashing Roms and kernels and all sorts. (Probably the most fun thing about android, flashing things!).
[Galaxy S III General] ActionBastardDV:
It appears that the Vodafone firmware (LF2) is now available on Sammobile. Gna charge up this bad boy & get into some custom roms, now that I've got a back up handy
[Galaxy S III General] shaandj:
I tried with 3 different headphones, at different locations, upgraded to LF2 .... no joy
[Galaxy S III General] Barracuda77777:
I am sorry to hear that, what about when you listen to MP3's is that in stereo??

when I was listening last night on Today FM, they had a song from Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" I could clearly hear that it was in stereo.

Other than that I think there might be something wrong with your phone I would take it back to where you bought it from.
[Galaxy S III General] shaandj:
Yes MP3's are in stereo. I was listening to samsung's "over the horizon" music in the phone and it was clearly in stereo.

I received the phone from Voda by mail. I am gonna call them now to see what they can do.

thank you barracuda
[Galaxy S III General] Barracuda77777:
you are welcome and good luck, I really hope you sort it soon so you can start enjoying this wonderful device.
[Galaxy S III General] Simmo3D:
I flashed BLG1 stock firmware to my i9300. The radio seems pretty slow on this.. can anyone recommend if I should just flash the stock EU ROM or the Telstra firmware instead?

Im with Telstra and have an unbranded i9300 and not a i9300T.

(Also I have tried setting this phone to AUS2 radio band with this firmware but it wont connect. For some reason it only gets a data connection on AUTO.)
[Galaxy S III General] eljuwenbur:
Vodafone stock firmware

On sammobile a new I9300T vodafone version firmware came out.

However it says to be it's I9300TDUALF2

when i have a i9300T vodafone I9300TDUALE6

whats the difference?

anyone help me out please
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
LF2 is the newest from Vodafone by the sounds of it... can you not update your phone? (via Kies or OTA)?
[Galaxy S III General] eljuwenbur:
Oh! ok didn't know that

Thanx, just updating it now
[Galaxy S III General] motorsportgod:
will ota updates lose root?

sent from either my rooted ICS Tablet S or Rooted and de-bloated blue sgsiii
[Galaxy S III General] sparky_boi:
Yes, however you can easily root again literally takes under 2min :)
[Galaxy S III General] gger123:
Hi,

Just wondering for anyone who is on Stock Vodafone rom, with I9300T, could you please

give me details of your flash counter, in download mode?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] Fnick:
Product name: GT-I9300

Custom binary download: No

Current binary: samsung official

System status: official
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
Does anyone think there's any real reason to run a custom ROM?
[Galaxy S III General] copycutter:
For the Sammy ones, only if the removing bloatware or custom kernels have a tangible effect on battery life (which I think they do), or if you like the pure android experience without touchwiz, then yes.

If you're already happy with stock rom then no.
[Galaxy S III General] ActionBastardDV:
Im running Omega v9.0 atm, and to be honest, I dont notice any difference. Some bloatware has been taken out, but its still got the touchwiz look and feel which I've never really been a fan of. I think my signal strength may have been stronger on Stock too as it had the T modem (I'm on Voda with a T model phone) whereas Omega is based on BLG1, which does not work with other modems so I'm required to stay on the modem that came with it (not a T modem)

I'm going to try a AOSP/AOKP rom next and see if I can flash a T modem with it, to get a stronger signal while removing the bloatware and having a nicer, clean look (I really dont like touchwiz)

I'll let you know how the AOSP rom goes, but atm, between Omega and Stock, I might even return to stock and just remove some bloatware myself
[Galaxy S III General] danben7:
There's a few reasons, one off the top of my head is turning off the shutter sound on the camera

then there's the ability to get rid of some bloatware

extra status bar icons

reduced home button lag

fix for cell standby in battery
[Galaxy S III General] goughymachine:
No necessity, just personal preference. I'm one of the mad ones who likes touchwiz! I only use I've (now jb) in my tab because its features are nicer and on my galaxy s for that reason too. But on both of those if have liked a working port of touchwiz ics for them.

Look at the pics, read the threads, decide if you feel like a change. Like they say, a change can be as good as a holiday.
[Galaxy S III General] copycutter:
I'm using a T model with Telstra and am getting pretty much same speeds with Omega v9 BLG modem as I was with stock rom/modem.
[Galaxy S III General] ActionBastardDV:
maybe I'm one of the unlucky ones. Might also be due to Vodafones coverage here where I am. But I found that when using stock, with T modem, I was getting consistent coverage at home, with poor coverage in the CBD. with Omega, I've still got poor coverage in the CBD, but at home it's no longer consistent.

Gna try AOSP and see if I can switch modems and find something a bit more stable cz LFB modem that comes with BLG1 just isn't cutting it
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
Now that the Optus files are available for download, then it means I can try other ROMs so I might give Omega a go.

Does Omega implement any sort of incremental update for their ROMs? I don't want to have to use up 1GB of quota each time a new ROM version comes out. When I had my Sensation it wasn't so bad, at about 400MB.
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
Unfortunately not... Each update is ~697Mb
[Galaxy S III General] ActionBastardDV:
I dled Omega v8.1 on saturday morning (800mbs) and once that had finished, v9.0 came out (another 800mbs). Having said that, I've only recently started using their rom so not sure if because it was based on a new build, or if every update comes like that

I was on Slim ICS on my I9000 and their updates are generally alot smaller (60mb) and I think it's still about that size on the S3. I'm most likely going to try Slim tonight or tomorrow morning and see how that is
[Galaxy S III General] gger123:
Thanks mate, just got my Vodafone i9300T replaced today due to some screen issues
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
Has anyone used a USB Host adaptor with their SGS3?

I'm going to Africa in October, and would like to not bring the laptop if possible... if the SGS3 can do USB-host then this would be handy (though fidgety).
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
For me I don't see the point of using a Samsung ROM based custom ROM. But I would definitely switch to AOSP based ROM such as cm9 if it has all the camera features the stock camera has :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III General] samorgs:
Hey guys, I have just got SGSIII on Saturday from Telstra, as soon a s I got home I rooted it and installed Omega v9, has anybody else had a problem with Omega when making phone calls? I went to make a call and person on the other end could not hear me but I could hear them fine.

Tried reflashing with full wipe/data & cache rebooted and tried again still had the same trouble, yet if some one rings me it all works fine.

So far am loving the phone, been on a Motorola Defy for the last 18 months and was running CM9 on that for the last month or so, but the biggest problem with Defy is locked bootloader. When I went to upgrade on Saturday was tossing up between the SGSIII and the HTC One XL and decided to go for the SIII.

The other rom I had a quick look at was the DarkStar V3, flashed and it appeared to be very quick but did not try making a call with so do not know if it was going to have the same trouble as Omega.

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] LJE:
the latest omega Rom needs a specific modem.

It should be installed when flashing the Rom so make sure you don't flash a different one.

If you never changed the modem, double check to see what modem you have. I know 8.1 installed the modem with Rom but not 100% sure if v9 does as well
[Galaxy S III General] samorgs:
I've been doing a bit of a search, you don't know what modem Omega requires?

I also when it did not work tried flashing Telstra modem and still no luck.
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
You need the lfb modem. Or just flash checkrom 3.5 which has it part of the firmware.
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
You need the DXLF3 modem - found in Omega files under Modems (DXLF3 will be the first on the list)
[Galaxy S III General] samorgs:
Thanks, will give it a try
[Galaxy S III General] nikorette:
Hey guys con'd Voda into swapping my ONE X for a S3 after conning them for the ONE X over a Desire HD. What should I expect in terms of rooting and custom roms in regards to warranty.

I had rooted and unlocked (removed flashing security) which voided my warranty on my ONE X. I've never used a Sammy device so am a Sammy noob but do know my way around ADB fastboot and the terminology involved with flashing. Read a little on odin but still have to pick up how you firmwares work

Any help is greatly appreciated
[Galaxy S III General] wrp10:
I bought a cheap usb host adapter off ebay (seller was in melbourne I think), works fine with flash drives (so far tried 4 and 16 gig). I also tried a portable usb2 hard drive but no luck, probably the s3 can't supply enough power to run it properly. Should be able to find the link to the seller if you're interested.
[Galaxy S III General] reservin:
I know mine is T version, was asking if you have T version as well.

as I wrote I9300TDULE6 is my baseband version.
[Galaxy S III General] daisun:
Lol lots of miss communication. I mentioned mine wasn't a T version. I wonder if anyone is able to provide info on the differences on the basebands.
[Galaxy S III General] reservin:
LOL really? my bad xD

yeah i hope someone could give us info about this..:D
[Galaxy S III General] poozali86:
I'm with virgin, they habe larger data which is 3gb at 64 dollar plan

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I got mine both from websites and not in playstore. it's an APK file

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Hi can you use swype while predictive text is off? cause I'm having trouble while it's on
[Galaxy S III General] Tornhelm:
Just use the normal radio - the main difference between the two versions is that the T version hardware+modem is slightly optimized/prefers the 850MHz band over the others (the non-T uses them all the same).

Edit: I had no real problems installing the Swype Beta myself - I think I had to toggle the wifi on/off once due to an error it was getting, but that was about it.
[Galaxy S III General] daisun:
So there is actually a hardware difference between the T version and non-T version? I thought it would simply be a software tweak, I was hoping I could flash a T radio later on.

\edit Looks like there is some hardware difference: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26938702&postcount=10
[Galaxy S III General] leedavis:
Damn, wish I could get it to install
[Galaxy S III General] millab:
I got my Galaxy S3 from Crazy Johns. Cost $40 per month ($15 for phone, $25 for crappy plan which I am not going to use anyway) (total of $900 over 24 months!) and i ended up getting a broadband modem with 2GB for another $10 per month.

It is NOT a T model. Crazy Johns uses the Vodafone network so not sure how this lines up with the info being discussed in this thread. It's great and no branding at all!

Anyway I have a Telstra plan and all seems well so far using the GT-i9300
[Galaxy S III General] Tornhelm:
http://www.mediafire.com/?z1hf0q6l4aswcs5

Thats the installer I used (you'll probably still need a Swype account). If it comes up with an error, try toggling the wifi on/off and if it still doesn't work try reinstalling the installer over the top of the old install and try again.
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Not exactly. I am using International firmware but flashed the T modem separately after that. As I'm using an optus sim, without it I wont get 3g.

And yes, if flashing in Odin, modem goes in the phone section.

So to summarize, the i9300 international and the i9300T are basically exactly the same and firmwares are interchangeable. But for optimum reception you will need to use a modem file for the model you have.

Both models support all frequencies. An international version will work on the Telstra Next G network just fine.
[Galaxy S III General] yuhaohuang:
Its a selectable option in the Samsung Keyboard as well. Indepedant of swype.
[Galaxy S III General] :
I'm with Telstra and my baseband is also I9300TDULE6 with the T version handset.
[Galaxy S III General] oneilljstn:
has there been any news as when we are to expect the pebble blue version? im trying really hard to be patient, but its hard when im hearing reports ranging from a couple of days to a few weeks.

Im sooo tempted to just buy the white version, but imo the blue just looks soo much better...
[Galaxy S III General] :
I would say the latter is true (a few weeks). Samsung had problems with the manufacturing process from my understanding.

Personally, I just got the white one, always had a black or dark colored handset until now. Tbh I don't mind the white, it is a pleasant change.
[Galaxy S III General] alexvic36:
I'm going to go straight to DSE or JB to buy the white one outright as soon as my iPhone 4s sells on ebay :(

Would JB maybe price match DSE?
[Galaxy S III General] reservin:
Now I'm clear!

Thanks:)
[Galaxy S III General] sencafe:
Just upgraded my contract with Optus from the Galaxy S on CM9 nightly. I'm loving the S3 so far.
[Galaxy S III General] salada2k:
+1 The white is more impressive in the hand than the photos I saw pre launch. Happy with the (somewhat forced) choice. All the blue ones that you see on mobicity etc apparently have the colour defect, the back cover colour does not match the colour of the front of the phone.
[Galaxy S III General] Lonski:
Im still happy to wait for my Blue/grey whatever dark colour it comes with. Better than looking like an apple wanker ;)
[Galaxy S III General] oneilljstn:
Just when i finally decide to just go with white, recent reports begin suggesting that maybe pebble blue will be changed to metallic blue... which i think looks amazing.

the waiting is killing me.
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
go to this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
[Galaxy S III General] nikorette:
Thanks that helps but what about warranty. I want to root and go asop/k with obviously a suitable kernel. How do I go about it without voiding my warranty is there Voda fw to go back on cause sammobile hasn't got it.

Thanks again sorry for the mundane questions
[Galaxy S III General] Anouk69:
Hey mate,

How are you finding the SGS3 over the One X?

As to your questions:

1. Your SGS3's flash counter will go up [from 0] when you flash a customer ROM, there's no way to prevent that. This value is displayed when your phone is in download mode (Volume Down + Home Button + Power Button). I'm also using a Vodafone GT-I9300T, but with a Telstra SIM and Telstra's stock firmware (LF2).

However, if you wanted to restore your phone to factory default, you need to use the Triangle Away method to reset your flash counter.

2. Stock Vodafone firmware is available on sammobile.com here.

3. With regard to flashing, I've used Chainfire's method successfully many times (and extremely quick & easy) - here.

Have fun!
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
Yes please if you could!
[Galaxy S III General] adr6ian:
I picked up the genuine samsung one and have used it with both USB sticks and a small WD Passport HD (one of the newer low-voltage drives inside). Works fine.

Just be aware only the genuine ROMs will support exFAT.. otherwise you need to make sure your device is formatted FAT32.

The SGS3 Easy USB app is also recommended to enable you to mount your SD card with devices that dont work with MTP or where you can't install USB Drivers.
[Galaxy S III General] daisun:
Does this apply to SD cards as well? I have a 64gb MicroSD in the phone formatted in exFAT. If I install a custom rom, say CM9, will I still be able to access the card in exFAT?
[Galaxy S III General] adr6ian:
That is my understanding ? Someone with more knowledge please jump in...
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
ROMs have NOTHING to do with SD cards - the kernel is responsible for this. SOME custom kernels do not support the standard SDXC format (exFat - all 64GB cards are formatted as exFat by default). If you wish to use a custom kernel that doesn't support the exFat format, you may reformat the card to Fat32 and it will work no problems.
[Galaxy S III General] z4ppy:
Just got my 32gb sd card for my S3. Quick question- is there any need for a ext partition like I had to use with my Desire?

I formatted the card via the phone (guessing FAT32), so will I be basically right now in terms of having app data etc be saved on the sd card? I want to nandroid a backup of my stock Optus system first before beginning to use the phone.

Also what would be the better option between FAT32 and exFAT? Other than performance and exFAT being able to have 4GB+ files.

Edit: Just went with FAT32 and left it at that, then done my nandroid backup.
[Galaxy S III General] Pep71:
How do you guys get such fast speedtest speeds?

I've got a non rooted (ATM) SIII on VF I9300TDULF2.

Bout the fastest I've seen my speedtest is 3400kb/s.

Do I need to do the *#*#4636#*#* thing and put mine into LTE/CDMA/EvDo/GSM/WCDMA?

Pep
[Galaxy S III General] z4ppy:
Just tried to do the OTA update (Optus) and it failed during the install upon restarting phone. Got hit with the CWM screen and that update had been aborted (guessing due to root). What other alternative ways can I do this Optus OTA update successfully while being rooted? I've heard of Kies via this thread, but unsure of how to use it/if it works with a rooted phone. If not, where would I get the files from and how would I update myself?

Note, I use a Mac (rooted via OSX also). Though can boot into an XP partition via VMWare if needed.

Apologies for the n00b like questions, I'm new to Samsung.
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
Thanks for that, any possibility of multiple USB devices (card reader + portable HDD) at the same time?

I'm going to Africa and I would rather not bring a laptop if I could avoid it, so I just need the phone to copy photos off a memory card onto an external HDD for backup.
[Galaxy S III General] Kaibosh:
Personally I'd just download the firmware (Checkfus Downloader is my preference, but you could download it directly from sammobile.com if you wanted to). Flash it with Odin (as per guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671969), and you've got the same firmware that you'd have if you got the OTA update..
[Galaxy S III General] danben7:
Yes, you can do this, you might need a powered hub if it's draining a lot of power (like an external HDD).

But you can have a 4 port hub with usb storage, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc, all hooked up simultaneously no problem.
[Galaxy S III General] z4ppy:
Cheers heaps.

I'll scope out both options and see how I go. I don't have Odin (since use Mac OSX) but if I must resort to using Windows then so be it.

Edit: Okay, so Check Fus Downloader won't even run via my XP VMWare boot. Get an error so basically rules out that method it seems.

Edit 2: Holly hell, seen the size of the firmware download on SamMobile (1078.4 mb) and can't really download that via http with my dodgy connection. No idea what to do now? :/
[Galaxy S III General] Simmo3D:
Does anyone else have issues download firmware through checkfus? I get to around 25-26% and then it fails.

Also, if I flashed the stock BLFB UK ROM, Modem and CSC, then set the CSC to BTU, will I recieve OTA updates?
[Galaxy S III General] z4ppy:
Just updated via Kies automatic update, lost root but that's no big issue. Will re-root phone, nandroid backup again and enjoy.
[Galaxy S III General] Ferdimage:
can someone kindly post the modem from the latest Vodafone I9300TDULF2.
[Galaxy S III General] Barracuda77777:
there you go:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28033541&postcount=3
[Galaxy S III General] ididnt:
idts if your phone was bought in oz. thats for overseas phones that are not put on an 850mHz network.

VF is hopeless mate. i get 50kb/s at home in Lidcombe, and similar to your speeds sometimes in other areas around sydney. VF dont guarantee good speeds they said, just a working network.

Also, on another subject, i updated my s3 to LF2 via kies before rooting to CM9 and its working great! Cant stand touchwiz:silly:
[Galaxy S III General] Rooster19:
Hey guys,

I'm coming over from the Galaxy S2 soon :D

Still undecided on the colour tho

I was on the paranandroid (spelling) rom on my S2, what are the more popular roms on the S3 that you guys could recommend at the moment? I'll have a look through and see if anything tickles my fancy :o

Is there any major reasons to even try a custom rom? Any issues with stock? I heard Omega is close to stock and fixes some issues? But really there isn't much?
[Galaxy S III General] adamhill212:
Omega seems to be the most popular, very stable stock look but for me, I am on cm9 as I prefer aosp (not big on touch whiz). There are quite a few selections, there is a stickie around the development section with a list of them all but the 2 I mentioned above are provably the most popular/stable Sammy and aosp roms. Have a browse of a few though and see what's best for you, the most popular may not always be your favorite.
[Galaxy S III General] Rooster19:
Yeah Omega seems like a sick rom.

What is the GS3 toolkit? It's the first I've heard of it. I just plan to root my phone, stay on stock for a few days to test it, then probably flash Omega rom.

Also test some modems.

Probably whack on the ICS Domination theme +jkay mods as well if the stock version is ugly. I factory reset my S2 last night and could not believe how poor the UI was, so bad haha.
[Galaxy S III General] adamhill212:
Its pretty much an all in one package for nearly everything you will need on your PC for your s3.

I know what you mean with returning to stock. Had to do it for my desire and man, is there a difference going back to stock on that... lol.

Good luck with the rom flashing :)
[Galaxy S III General] LJE:
Try checkrom as well. I was on v9 omega for awhile but just come back to checkrom and I'll probably stay on this for awhile.

With siyah kernel