yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] Lonski:
I noticed on my battery logs that the "drain" is slightly less on LF2 on standby by a couple of mA compaired to LF5 and stock modem. Both had high Cell Standby values reported. Estimated battery life from "Battery Monitor Widget" was around the 24hr mark on all modems.
[Galaxy S III General] Tornhelm:
And if you lived in Adelaide, treat it like regional areas. The Optus/Virgin coverage was absolutely horrendous (at least for data) so I ended up switching to Vodafone, which was actually decent.
[Galaxy S III General] zziggy:
I've done the patch and I really think it's all from a typo. The 3.4 value matches with most other phones and it's relegated cell standby right down the bottom where it belongs. Of course no increased battery life but at least realistic graph of what's using it.
[Galaxy S III General] kelvinyap9:
Oh, that's not very good news (in terms of battery life) :(

Do you think maybe the 720x1280 screen resolution is killing the battery instead?

I mean, of course a dense pixel density is very nice to look at, but I would rather shave off a few of those for some much increased battery life, personally.
[Galaxy S III General] cheetah2k:
Lonski, did you find the 9300T modem FW? I'm thinking about flashing the new Italy EU firmware, and might need the "T" modem FW just incase. ;)

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] UpInTheAir:
Two rules before posting; search and read ;)

The OP has a link to the CWM flashable I9300TDULE6 modem found in my [guide]. Link also found in my signature. :)
[Galaxy S III General] skuzy:
so annoyed optus have said pay $280 otherwise wait until oct when contract finishes before i can upgrade!! i think it will be bye bye optus when that time arrives
[Galaxy S III General] kelvinyap9:
Bit of a mix up with the SGS2 there :P
[Galaxy S III General] Lonski:
I extracted my stock modem before I started using UpInTheAir's method This one , so I have a copy to replace if needed.
[Galaxy S III General] UpInTheAir:
Ha

I'll correct it :)
[Galaxy S III General] cheetah2k:
Appreciate your feedback, but I was waiting for Lonski to respond not you and your 9100, er 9300.. :p
[Galaxy S III General] UpInTheAir:
Actually,..... I was the user to first extract it and share (also the method) :D

In all seriousness, Please make sure you do search though, it is rule #1 ;)

We're all here to help buddy, that's what the XDA community does.

If this was not the case, you would have PM instead ? :)

Did have the SGS2 for quite a while, and luckily techniques are much the same. Do get mixed up (and auto correction) too :p
[Galaxy S III General] LJE:
My last contract was ending in October as well.. the 2nd of October

I went over to all phones a few weeks ago to check out how smooth the S3 was and walked out with it.

They got on the phone with Optus and knocked the 4 months off.

I also got the $5 handset fee knocked off the price as well.

It might be worth walking in there and having a look around, if they want your business they'll try to help you out.
[Galaxy S III General] MrIwik:
Basically the same as my experience. They want your business, make them work for it and you might even score a good deal out of it..

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] goughymachine:
You can certainly upgrade at no cost when in the last 3 months of your contract with optus. I rang them in April and asked for the date that I can upgrade with no payout costs. So I would guess you should be right some time in July.
[Galaxy S III General] Mikee.H:
Skins.

Hey guys, recently purchased the S3, and decided to buy an Xtreme body guard aswell, which is working quite well in my opinion. Ive searched over google and found a product called GelaSkins, which im sure some of you may already be aware of. Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with them, and are they any good to protect the screen and case.

Here's a link if any of you would like to check them out.

http://www.gelaskins.com/store/phones/Galaxy_S_III/collection/Most_Popular

was able to pick up a few cool wallpapers from the page too. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
After about 13 years with Optus & Virgin, I will be moving to Telstra when my contract runs out. I have a second phone on Telstra prepaid and now I know the difference, I'll be jumping ship.

Optus was good for me in the days when data didn't matter so much. For me it's useless having data on Optus because most of the time I can't use it. I live close to the city but my place is in a blackspot.

I'll just use prepaid as Telstra has some good deals. On my second phone I recharge $50 and get $1000 calls + 2gb data. I then spend the $50 credit on a 3gb data pack so 5gb in total. Not bad I think.
[Galaxy S III General] mhale71:
Did you guys who flashed chekrom do a wipe before flashing it?

My Virginmobile sgs3 arrived today, and i spent all arvo moving over apps, files.. etc etc... getting settings and accounts etc all up and running... but would kinda like to try out checkrom without doing all that over again!

Is the modem that comes with chekrom good for virgin? seems the stock one is XXLE8.. will flashing the rom without changing the modem stuff things up?

cheers.
[Galaxy S III General] dantheman122:
I got mine with Virgin, $49 per month, $450 of calls and text and 2.25gb of data. The highest speed from Speed Test has been about 170kb/s download and 150 upload whereas my old HTC Legend with Vodafone got like 450 dl and 300 up. Is there anything to improve speeds, I saw people saying different modems can be better? Or is Vodafone just quicker? I just left Vodafone Fir Virgin since the Optus network is meant to be better? Those tests were on HSPDA.
[Galaxy S III General] LJE:
I don't think a full wipe is necessary, but I did just so if I come across a bug I can report it without having to wipe and reproduce the bug before reporting.

Also the modem comes with checkrom. It's LF5 and no problems for me on Optus. Better than LF2 and heaps better than stock LE8.

After you flash the Rom remember to go into the kitchen and download/install kernel. (Unless you want to stay on insecure kernel)

I had a custom kernel and after upgrading from checkrom 1.5 to checkrom 2.0, I was back on the insecure kernel.

And I read somewhere it's better to download and install your kernel/mods/fonts/modems from the kitchen before you download and install your theme.

Make sure the themes installed last
[Galaxy S III General] actiff:
GT-I9300T Thai Modem File DULF2 *new*

Anyone who has a I9300T and wants to upgrade their modem baseband since we seem to be using the same file as Thailand. Here is the new one released in Thailand for the T version. Download link below:

https://www.sugarsync.com/pf/D7185644_67679814_76555

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] Lonski:
Sweet, ill give it a go.
[Galaxy S III General] noise36:
Hi,

Few questions :)

1) Anyone upgrading to Omega v7 know the best way to upgrade from v6 to v7?

i.e. Do you just install it over the top or wipe/format in CMW Manger?

2) Has anyone using a I9300 on Telstra found out how to enable HD Voice?

3) Is there a preferred CSC or Modem file for Telstra network with a I9300?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
Just install it over the top :)
[Galaxy S III General] cheetah2k:
Is this one Odin flashable, or must be done by a CWM recovery??
[Galaxy S III General] dan0s:
This one is cwm. The zip files are always cwm and about 4-5mb and the .tar files are for odin, which are generally around 12mb for modems.
[Galaxy S III General] Product F(RED):
You might wanna edit the original post; at the bottom you wrote "i9100" and "i9100T" instead of i9300 and i9300T.
[Galaxy S III General] UpInTheAir:
[REF] Galaxy S3 Modem Collection (I9300 & I9300T ONLY) CWM & Odin Flashable

For those of you wishing to easily try out different modems, I've repacked all the modems I could get my hands into CWM & Odin flashable files. Took quite a while.....

[REF] Galaxy S3 Modem Collection (I9300 & I9300T ONLY) CWM & Odin Flashable

Edit: I'll update the collection as newer modems are released ;)
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
Are the modems firmware dependent? i.e. do I have to flash a particular modem with a particular firmware?

And can I try different modems without being rooted, on a stock ROM (via Odin)?
[Galaxy S III General] UpInTheAir:
Yes, firmware dependent,.... All you need is a I9300 or I9300T, that's all.

You can flash any modem you wish using Odin and without root. Just check your current stock modem is available for download first, so if you need to restore or return phone for warranty.

Not sure of KIES will work or you can receive OTA update though. You can try....
[Galaxy S III General] Pitzbull:
I have been trying modems from both i9300 and i9300T on my 9300T and all work perfectly. Best so far probably been i9300XXLF2 although I will try this new i9300TDULF2
[Galaxy S III General] Lonski:
DULF2 so far has been the best for me with battery. 15mA down from 35mA while on standby.
[Galaxy S III General] Pitzbull:
Been playing with DULF2 since last night. Battery life seems ok. So far a keeper.
[Galaxy S III General] =Oberon=:
OK,tested at home where my signal isnt the best anyway and in better areas.

I found no difference with the 3rd part battery cover.

With it on or off gave same result,compared it also to my missus's Galaxy S2 (it has default battery cover) side by side and signal was same on both.

Only thing Ill do now is try a diff modem.

More on this here:

orum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740061
[Galaxy S III General] kelvinyap9:
Thanks for the DULF2 modem!

Will have a go at flashing it and see if it helps with battery life :)
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
100% agree. I have been with Optus / Virgin for about 15 years but after my current contract expires I am not going back. In the days when data didn't matter it was ok. Having a second phone on Telstra and the difference is massive at my place.

I think it only makes a big difference when using an Optus / Virgin sim in the T models.
[Galaxy S III General] Tornhelm:
I was with virgin too, and just switched to Vodafone, and have to say that I am impressed with the quality of their network since their upgrades. They aren't quite as fast as Telstra, but their coverage and network quality is leaps ahead of the Optus/Virgin network.
[Galaxy S III General] leedavis:
My patience are running out. Same issues as S2. Battery down to 35% by 12:35 and charged overnight and taken off power at 7:02am. I haven't really used it except for a couple of photos first thing and I checked Facebook once. 'Cell Standby' is chewing through the battery. I can only put it down to Vodafone bloat as my S2 was an Aussie bought S2 like this. My Nexus was an import with no carrier crap installed.

Is nobody else experiencing this?

I'll try reseting it.
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
The first thing I did when I got the S1 & S2 was flash a stock firmware (not carrier branded).

Intratech already has many available in his thread here (see 2nd post):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
[Galaxy S III General] leedavis:
Thanks, but I think I can see the problem. The phone maintains an HSDPA connection. On the Nexus, it connects using HSDPA, then drops the H (back to 3G??) when not using data. The S3 stays on H and occasionally flipping to H+. I think this is drawing the power. I've just read of S2 users on the Voda having a similar issue. Going to install Currents and monitor it.
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
For anyone interested in rooting and / or installing cwm recovery to flash custom roms, Chainfire has done his thing again:

Root: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1660918

Cwm recovery: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1684535

To get back to stock I would recommend backing up first in cwm recovery for future restore or check out Intratech's thread (Oz firmwares not listed yet but should be in future): http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
[Galaxy S III General] NIK516:
My experience tells me when there is crazy battery drain it is usually an app that is not optimized for the device.

I suggest you run the phone for two to three days with no apps installed just carrier apps and Samsung apps, if you still have the drain then it will be the carrier apps. Root the device and freeze the apps.

My friend has an s2 and has so many useless apps that he can't get 30min screen on time. Its a down side to android but its something a user can fix.
[Galaxy S III General] reservin:
I bought S3 from Vodafone, so its GT-I9300T.

Anyone else can not search any gameloft games such as NOVA 3 or Modern Combat3 from Play store?

It seems like since its GT-I9300T not GT-I9300..

Well I can tell they will update for GT-I9300T, since my sister using s2 which is GT-I9100T and her s2 can search every games.

So, anyone who bought S3, could you try to search some games from gameloft at Play store?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
Its a known 'issue' for all S3s at the moment... the apps haven't been updated in the market to be compatible yet (even though they are). Many stated they just transferred the purchased .apk file from their note or S2 and installed it that way and everything worked fine.
[Galaxy S III General] salada2k:
Anyone here got the s3 on Telstra? I'm finding my reception to be worse than the HOX and my 4s.

Wondering what you guys are experiencing, and if I might have a faulty handset .

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] reservin:
Ah.. so it wasnt the matter of 'T'. I should buy games from my sister's S2 then transfer it to my S3 to play..

Then are you saying if certain app is not compatible with certain device, the app will not show up from Playstore until developer updates the app?

I learnt something!! :)
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
That's correct. Only apps that are compatible will show in the Play Store. Same goes with all android phones / tablets.

There's a way around it I think. It would involve having a rooted phone, editing the 'build.prop' file using root explorer and wiping data for the Play app before reopening it.
[Galaxy S III General] yuhaohuang:
I find it funny not even Samsung has updated their own software like the Samsung remote and smart view which is a little disappointing.
[Galaxy S III General] fOmey:
This is normal behavior, My SGSII does this all the time.. Your battery drain has nothing to do with your reception.

Your experiencing shocking battery life quite simply because its a brand new battery...

After a few power cycles your phone battery life will become normal/better.

Stop stressing !

ON ANOTHER NOTE:

Im going to be patient getting a S3... my SGSII is great, no complaints. Thinking I might wait till the rom scene livens up first.

If I was to get the phone, would have to be either bought outright or on a Telstra plan... DO NOT GO WITH ANY OTHER COMPANY.. Iv tried them all Optus, Voda, 3 etc there all ****.

Iv been using Telstra prepay, its awesome ! great value for money.. free calls after 6pm till 6am.. Can automatically recharge your balance when your credit runs out or even set up schedule to charge up on certain dates of the month... its worth checking out.

They also offer data packs, $10 gets you like 1GB or something like that..
[Galaxy S III General] dmihaleff:
I'm on the SGS3 from Telstra and I'm finding the reception at home fantastic.

Some speed tests I've done at home recently:

Telstra SGS3: 9/2.5 Mbps - 850MHz

Vodafone SGS3: 4/1Mbps - 850MHz

Telstra iPhone4 (work device): 5/1 Mbps - 850MHz

Virgin SGS Intl: 0.7/0.2 Mbps - 2100MHz

Telstra SGS Intl: 1/0.5 Mbps - 2100MHz

Telstra Sony SK17a: 3.8/1 Mbps - 850MHz

The 850MHz band makes a massive difference for me in my area, as you can see that even an average device (the SK17a) does admirably well when using the 850 band. I think Vodafone had slower speeds as it probably doesn't support dual channel HSPA, but I believe Telstra does... Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Let me know if you want me to do any other tests to give you more feedback.

+1 you can see my speed tests from above... I get nothing less than fantastic data speeds everywhere I go, and I'm so used to being with Optus/Virgin (and getting no reception) and tried out Vodafone recently... The 850MHz Vodafone network is a step up from Optus/Virgin but it still has nothing on the Telstra network.

I still remember when my friend signed up for a SGS2 with Telstra a few months back, and I was on the SGS1 with Virgin. I wanted to run a speed test to see what our devices/network providers were capable of... The funniest thing was that she managed to download AND RUN a speedtest in the time it took my device to perform the search for the application in the android market lol. When we had both completed the speed tests (after mine finally downloaded), she got 12/2 Mbps, and my result was 3/0.8 Mbps... Shameful!

One thing to note though - to reap the benefits of being on their network, you really need to have a device that supports the 850MHz band (GT-I9300T) - not the international version, as this does not support the 850 band. The T on the end of the Samsung model numbers usually denotes support for 850MHz (this is true for older devices too, such as the GT-I9000T, GT-I9100T, etc.).

In addition to this, I signed up to a $72 24-month contract with Telstra. They're really reasonably priced, as I asked the girl what my repayments would be if I decided to get a handset upgrade and recontract with Telstra. She advised that I would have to pay out the remainder of the MRO owed on the handset... I asked her how much this was and she said that it was $672, so this divided by 24, multiplied by the months remaining on the contract is my payout figure. So, if you wanted to upgrade the handset in say 12 months time, you'd simply pay $336 and recontract with Telstra.

It's cheaper than buying the handset outright (from say Kogan or Mobicity), but you still have the liberty of paying it off over 24 months and have a decent plan to go with it.
[Galaxy S III General] interfreak:
I like the S3, but I don't think it's the real sucessor to the S2. The LTE GS3 is however, and I'll wait until its available before upgrading.

It has a much better processor (Krait S4), double the RAM (2gb vs 1gb) and of course much faster radio speeds.
[Galaxy S III General] okpc:
I'm with Optus, the speed on my sgs 3 is triple compare to my sgs 1 on net connection speed and it's only on 3g. I'm very happy. Stuff Telstra, trying to rip me off with their only plan $80. I'm on $55 with Optus
[Galaxy S III General] Cralis:
Just making sure - Australian Vodafone branded (locked?) SGS3s (9300T) can't be rooted yet, as we're awaiting an insecure ROM?
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
nah, they use exactly the same as the international version... same as the S1 and S2 (there are no differences in the software besides the modems used)
[Galaxy S III General] tids2k:
I'm on virgin. And the firmware comes as stock no optus or voda crap.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] LJE:
I'm on Optus and went from XXLF5 to DULF2 and for data speed and reception DULF2 is loads better.

Will test battery on LF2 now and see how it goes
[Galaxy S III General] 7tOny4:
Litepro,s first I9300 Rom has just been released I'm going to try as soon as I can.

http://liteningrom.zapto.org/index.php?threads/litening-rom-v1-0-gt-i9300-xxalf6.151/
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Fixed! Old habits die hard.

With the S2 it mattered whether it was a T or not. So far on the S3 it seems like it doesn't matter.

If it's just a plastic back that's ok but I found the one's with the metal back effect reception.
[Galaxy S III General] =Oberon=:
Well its plastic on the inside (bit that goes against the battery) but the back does seem to also have fine skin of metal,aluminium I guess.And again,reception seems as good as the plastic stock one.

On the topic of modems,Ive just tried XXLF5 and DULF2 and both are better than my default XXLE8 though not sure if the DULF2 is really better than the LF5.

Signal strength seemed same most of the time,perhaps the DULF2 did go slightly better sometimes but download speed defo seemed best on DULF2 overall.

Will stick with that one for a while and see how it goes.
[Galaxy S III General] goughymachine:
I thought the dulf2 modem was a T modem? So you find it works well on Optus?

I haven't bothered trying any other firmwares as id like to have a copy of stick Optus as a backup, and I'm not smart enough to pull anything myself.
[Galaxy S III General] MrIwik:
Being quad-band I'm pretty sure modems are interchangeable.

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] UpInTheAir:
Interchangeable between I9300 and I9300T, same as SGS2.

Depending on certain factors, the optimised T may be better for the 850 mhz band, but not always.

I9300 modems are released on are far more frequent basis. So may be far more mature and at times, some better in terms of performance and battery life.
[Galaxy S III General] LJE:
Yeah it works good on Optus...

Signal strength is slightly better for me than LF5 but data is definitely improved.

I have an area where my signal strength was very poor with every phone I've had (normally around 2 bars and **** download speed) and it's now pulling over 1.2mb download and 700mb upload.

And signal strength is now between full and 3 bars
[Galaxy S III General] ZacAttack:
Anyone on Optus should consider moving to the DULF2 modem immediately. Massively improves data speed and reception, at least for me. I got this on 3 bars:

View attachment 1167959

(Than again it is 7:30am on a Sunday)

Love to see what i get on 4 :) Also getting good speeds on 1-2 bars as well.
[Galaxy S III General] =Oberon=:
Yeah,check my post above too.

I would say overall the DULF2 is probably the best so far,on Optus too.

Signal strength seems pretty much same to me where I am usually,but download speed is improved yes.

btw: When you guys check download speed are you referring to the speedtest.net android app?
[Galaxy S III General] goughymachine:
Thanks guys, I'll give it a go. I don't get the best of reception where I live and work, and at times I can have 10% of it's uptime with no signal. So I'll give it a burl.
[Galaxy S III General] LJE:
Yeah I've been checking data speeds with speedtest
[Galaxy S III General] st3v3:
completely stumped

Hi all,

Ive been flashing roms for many a year (Since windows mobile 6) but this one has me stumped.

Got the wife a S3 from Optus (it was cheaper) and wanted to use a Telstra sim in it, rooted-flashed etc ok and got a micro sim but it cant connect to the network yet shows full signal.

Ive been trying to mess around with the CSC settings and have even changed the model number to have a T on the end but no luck.

Any ideas?

Last act of desperation was trying to put the Telstra stock rom on it to see if that works (although cant seem to find that either).

Only other option is the sim isnt active (thats what you get for going to a Telstra shop first thing sunday morning lol)

---------- Post added at 04:44 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:17 AM ----------

ok mystery solved..... *facepalm* they put the new sim against the wrong service (they did it against a prepaid wifi 3G instead of the account)
[Galaxy S III General] cheetah2k:
I've been on DULF2 modem for the last few days. Not much different to the stock Vodafone modem in terms of reception and data throughput
[Galaxy S III General] madmattoz:
For anyone interested, I've made a Nandroid backup of a stock Optus firmware, which can hopefully be used to restore to stock using this method: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1721380

I'll hopefully have it up on HotFile or somewhere tonight.
[Galaxy S III General] UpInTheAir:
So you're the "kind soul" for those Optus users that didn't make a nandroid before flashing custom ROMs. Good one.

All you need to do is;

1. Stock unmodified ROM with root and CWM recovery only

2. Factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik in CWM

3. Nandroid Backup in CWM

4. Zip the entire "clockworkmod" folder (original factory reset nandroid only inside) found on your sdcard

5. Upload.

To restore;

1. Just download and unzip clockworkmod folder to sdcard/clockworkmod

2. Boot onto CWM and restore

3. Follow my guide (in sig) if you need to return completely to stock

4. Done