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[Galaxy S III General] holdz:
Quick question guys - Thinking of upgrading from VAU firmware to the latest ELLA firmware due to the fixes it includes.

If I want to keep my VAU CSC, is it as simple as copying the nv_data.bin from my original efs backup save folder to the efs folder on the phone? (I think this could be done on the S1 but I don't remember :/)
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
go to settings>storage see if your phones detects your SD card like in the screenshot below

root ELLA and install Mobil Odin then extract the cache.img from stock Voda firmware and flash cache.img through mobile Odin. let me know if you don't have the cache.img from stock Vodafone firmware I'll upload it ;)
[Galaxy S III General] holdz:
Thanks kamalmawa for clearing that up! I'm pretty sure I have the cache.img as i downloaded the firmware package you provided :)

Also can I flash your modem CWM packages via mobile Odin?
[Galaxy S III General] lizbutler:
Noob question - sorry if it's in wrong forum!

My husband & I both have stock standard Samsung Galaxy S3s. My phone has no problems, but my husband's phone has an intermittent fault. When he makes or receives a call, he can hear the other person, but they can not hear him. This may only last a few seconds but his is a business phone so he finds it very frustrating. We are on Optus & the Optus dealer tried a new sim card but it made no difference. Is there some firmware upgrade or other such solution to his problem please? The other difference in our phones is that mine seems to automatically update any new changes whereas his phones seems to have to be attached to a computer & synced. If anyone can help, it'll be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Liz Butler.
[Galaxy S III General] gharrington:
I have seen this issue before a change of modem did the trick. Try latest XXDLID modem.
[Galaxy S III General] ididnt:
Yes it detects the SD
[Galaxy S III General] nats81:
I had high battery drain from wifi while running stock, to the point I left it turned off. Since flashing CM9 though its gone back to normal levels; I'm not sure if its specific to CM9 or whether flashing the newer stock ROM from the UK would fix it too
[Galaxy S III General] dan0s:
I've tried so many different modems and it seems the LF2 modem is best. I've been testing all day and have found that what is happening is that its switching from full GSM reception to low 3G and back and forth.

I think vodafone's reception isn't the strongest at the best of times but its just hopping from 1 tower to the next. At least i don't think I'll have to return it!
[Galaxy S III General] Geoff.Costello:
CM9 cell standby usage

Interesting. What was the typical cell standby usage before CM9 and now with it?

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] UpInTheAir:
[Guide] Return to Stock from Original CWM Nandroid Backup

This might be useful for some. ;)

This guide is for those that require to return to stock and their firmware version is not yet available for download.

You must be rooted, CWM Recovery and have made an original nandroid backup (made after first root, and before flashing any custom ROM or non-regional firmware other than recovery or modem)

[Guide] Return to Stock from Original CWM Nandroid Backup
[Galaxy S III General] cokebotle:
Well, that is discouraging to hear. Hopefully there is a firmware patch around the corner!

Late Edit: Hm... thought I had quoted the post I was replying to, I guess not. >.<
[Galaxy S III General] SirRufio:
Titanium backup

Hey guys,

Loving the GS3 as we all are with the exception to one problem, and just wanting to see if anyone else has it !

Here's the story - Backup apps & data with TB and that all goes well, install new rom (tried a couple so far) all goes well, then try to restore those apps with TB and not a thing happens it just loads up and stays dormant until i close it using task manager :confused: :mad:

This doesn't happen when using stock Telstra rom, can backup and restore without a drama ! Any ideas anyone ?!?!

I9300T - Telstra

ROM - Stock - until i work this problem out !!
[Galaxy S III General] dan0s:
Try formatting the interal sd under the backup and reset tab in settings then reinstall the rom.

That should fix the error, make sure you backup your titanium backup folder on your pc.
[Galaxy S III General] SirRufio:
I'll give it a shot n report back :)
[Galaxy S III General] SirRufio:
Nope same deal, tb (pro) just locks up...
[Galaxy S III General] dan0s:
Really!

That is very odd. I've never had a software problem that still exists after a full wipe!

When you get the error is it just when opening titanium or is it when restoring the backup?

If it's when restoring maybe the backup files are corrupted?

Have you tried using a different Rom as well?
[Galaxy S III General] lokhor:
What's the best modem for using on 850mhz networks?
[Galaxy S III General] Bluephantom3:
Xsa firmware

Has anyone been able to get this firmware

Product Code: GT-I9300MBDXSA

Latest firmware: I9300XXALE8/I9300XSAALE6/I9300XXLE8/I9300XXALE8

My phone came with some French firmware on it cause I bought it on ebay even though it was from an Australian shop.

If Anyone has this firmware available can you post it for download. There is a lot of people looking for it and its not working on Check Fus for some reason.

The optus version would be fine too if someone has it.
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
This has happened to me many times in the past and its usually 1 app that stuffs it up. When it locks up check what app its trying to restore, then retry without that app.
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Have been very impressed with the S3 so far. But I'm now blown away after flashing Checkrom. V1 had siyah kernal as default and I've overclocked to 1.6 and the phone is unbelievably fast. Over 1.6 I had some freezing.

Installed lf2 modem + call recording and more and its smooth as butter.

Been off charge for 9 hours and screen on time is at 1.5 hours. Battery is at 77%. I'm over the moon.

I guess there was a reason why I only used checkrom on my S2. It rocks. Tested every rom and leak but always went back to my backup. Seems the same will happen again with S3.
[Galaxy S III General] LJE:
^^ checkrom?

Got a link because I can't find it.... thanks
[Galaxy S III General] zziggy:
There's checkrom? WTF - Best rom I ever put on the wifes sgs2. I'm about to go look for the sgs3 version. Probably at www.checkrom.com

CONFIRMED
[Galaxy S III General] SirRufio:
of all things it just happens to be the XDA app that comes up first :eek: !

I'll give it a shot one by painful one and post results
[Galaxy S III General] beaver2233:
was also unaware of the existence of checkrom :P found it, downloaded and now using it :)
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Not only have I overclocked to 1.6 and the phone is blazing fast running without a hiccup, but battery is fantastic.
[Galaxy S III General] CheezyMeister:
At the risk of asking a stupid question, are Virgin and Optus using the same stock firmware with the S3s? Or just a general stock ROM?
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
No.... CWM packages only flashable in recovery

Type *#1234# in dialer on both your phones and tell me what's in there

No that issue only occoured when you have older Modem before LFB with newer firmware.. I'm pretty these guys haven't done any modifications to their phones..

What file manager you use ? and where did you look for your external SD ?
[Galaxy S III General] ididnt:
looked in settings, storage. CM file manager or androzip
[Galaxy S III General] shirahmad:
Samsung galaxy s3 vodafone au stock rom

hey guys i just bought a new galaxy s3 from vodafone and i rooted my s3, but now i want to unroot it so i can return it due to some defect on the phone, i am new to android and dont know where to find the stock rom for my s3.

Model Number

GT-I9300T

Android version

4.1.1

Baseband version

I9300TDUDLJ2

if any know the stock for vodafone please let me

thanks
[Galaxy S III General] thegh0sts:
not correct, you can flash the recovery.img file in mobile odin: i've done it a few times and it works as mobile odin accepts img files. so if you have a zip file just extract the recovery.img file and open it in mobile odin.
[Galaxy S III General] t.saddington:
Hey, SamMobile have the Voda GT-I9300T firmware :) http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3

Just search for "GT-I9300T" and you will see a few come up, look for the one that says "Australia (Vodafone" and that's the one you want (make sure you get the 4.1.1 version)

Then just flash it with Odin and you should be good!
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
lol read my comments on last page... I was referring to cwm flashable modem+ril zip... you didn't read my comment & his question properly either..Friday night had too much to drink mate ?. :D

where did you look for your external SD in CM file manager ? CM file manager won't show your external SD by default.. You need to open CM File manager then click on menu key Settings>General settings under ADVANCED change Access mode to Prompt User mode. Go back till you see your folders and path.Then you should see your path /storage>emulated>0 on top.. click on storage and see if sdcard1 is there which is your external SD... When you open CM file manager next time it will take you straight to home path which is '/' you need to select storage/sdcard1 to access your external SD & storage/emulated/0 to access your internal SD

PS: I personally use OI File Manager from the Play store as it's very close to stock Samsung file manger and very simple...it can easily navigate between your cards with CM10.1
[Galaxy S III General] ididnt:
Ok so I can see it...thanks....now what? I want my camera to record to SD..
[Galaxy S III General] fatherandroid:
first time rooting

hey all, I've been reading and want to root my Vodafone s3 for the first time.

I haven't unlocked it from the network yet.

it's currently running 4.1.1

can i just follow the instructions for the cf auto root here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1957273

I'm cautious because i read something about locked bootloaders and bricking your device.

thanks in advance.

Mark.
[Galaxy S III General] thegh0sts:
if i actually drank alcohol....but i don't.
[Galaxy S III General] fatherandroid:
Am i worrying for nothing?

Is it only the US Verizon model that has a locked bootloader?
[Galaxy S III General] gharrington:
Just follow the instructions you posted for cf auto root. All will be good its so easy to get rooted now:)
[Galaxy S III General] shirahmad:
thanks alot this is helpful for future, luckily i had a nandroid back and i restored from that backup.

thanks again

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you can unlock your phone for free just visit vodafones website and search for "Unlock your device" or "handset unlocking"
[Galaxy S III General] cokebotle:
Has anyone run into a problem with the gpsd process destroying your battery? I put my phone into airplane mode after charging completely before I went to bed, and about 6.5 hours later my phone beeped at me to plug it in. LINE carried half of that blame for some reason, but still. Worrying! First time it's happened to me, and I haven't installed any apps recently.

It seems restarting my phone has fixed it, but I'm not sure what caused it in the first place. Google Now is disabled, Google Maps doesn't report/save my location and my GPS was off when I slept. :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] fatherandroid:
thank you for putting my mind at ease. rooted last night with cf autoroot. all went well. now i need to go create a nandroid backup just in case. any suggestions would be great, would like to backup to pc rather than sd card and without installing clockwork.

I'll start searching forums later.

thanks again.

*edit*

installed twrp through goomanager and made a backup.

thanks
[Galaxy S III General] tqgia2:
Been out of touch with the thread lately purely because there's just no headway in terms of development for the S3. I am in total agreement with kamalmawa. I loved my S1 and while I don't mind my S3 I feel that there has really been no major developments as there was with my S1, where I could go away for a day and miss out on a tonne of new features... probably thanks to Samsung screwing around with us for sources.

Despite all this I was still loyal to samsung, but now the security bungle and this SDS issue has seriously reduced my faith in them...

Waiting to see what the next gen phones bring before I decide where I head. This phone cost an arm and a leg and will have to last me a long while before I replace it.
[Galaxy S III General] ididnt:
just showing that there is NO setting on CM10.1's camera to store to sd.

so ..that was a waste of $.
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
I might get a Xperia Z when it comes out if it's got a unlockable bootloader.. codeworkx mentioned few times Sony engineers been very helpful to him & other developers..

If you searched in CM10.1 nightly discussion thread you would have found your answer.. you can always manually move your stuff to external SD till CM developers add this function
[Galaxy S III General] ididnt:
true, but i thought recording HD video to a class 10 sd card would have better results, like no lost frames.
[Galaxy S III General] fatherandroid:
was going to download and flash the cm 10.1 nightly through TWRP, but the development thread mentioned i should be on a stock Ics rom or risk losing Wifi. I'm new to all this. any suggestions on a rom or experience with Twrp and/or cm 10.1?

*edit*

was looking at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2076326 by gharrington, it has lots of options and is making my head spin.
[Galaxy S III General] dantheman122:
Use Temasek's Unofficial Build, it works great and he's cherry picked it so you can save to external SD amongst other things.
[Galaxy S III General] ballmead:
Unbranded Australian I9300XXELLA 4.1.2 is now out on Samfirmware.com
[Galaxy S III General] Alyseon:
Neatrom for s3, best rom out there for s3 :thumbup:

Signature:

Device: Galaxy S2 i9100

ROM: Alliance 5.2

Kernel: Dorimanx 7.40

Modem: LS6

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[Galaxy S III General] fatherandroid:
thanks for posting.

was trying to sign up so i can download it but can't do the antispam captcha on the s3.

is the file a zip that i just drop on the phone and flash with my recovery (TWRP) or is it something i need to use odin for. will i have to root again? thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] gharrington:
Flash it with Odin mate.
[Galaxy S III General] fatherandroid:
thanks champ.

i liked the look of your roms but there were too many choices for a beginner. does this Australian ella run as smooth as your versions?

decided to download your 3minit rom instead. I'll post over on that thread if i have questions.

thanks again.

I'm too new to post in development threads.

I've read the whole thread and was just wondering if it's okay to flash in TWRP as i don't have clockwork like most. I was thinking of using syiah kernal and DUDLJ2 modem. I'm in melbourne on vodafone network and this will be my first rom. i have only flashed cf autoroot so far.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] gharrington:
Yeah Buddy that's fine. I know it can be overwhelming the first few times but once you have done it you will see how easy it is:)
[Galaxy S III General] omniwolf:
Fast dormancy / Telstra

Hi Guys,

I did some tests with Telstra and fast dormancy, it appears that Telstra have fast dormancy enabled, but it seems that if you have fast dormancy enabled on your phone, you'll have worse battery life than if it's disabled. Have a look here if you're interested:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36817828&postcount=33

HTH
[Galaxy S III General] yogioz:
Updated to JB 4.1.2 OTA...
[Galaxy S III General] furyau:
Or just use AOSP Camera v2.01 which has the ability to choose internal or external memory.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746611
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
If he used the search function like I said he would have found this & other solution above posted so many times in CM10.1 thread .. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] fatherandroid:
Just flashed 3Minit Roms v6.0 by gharrington

feels smooth and responsive. Love the true multitasking through multiwindow.

Plenty of options on setup, feels like your really able to personalise the features and apps you want.

I'm sure i didn't tick samsung apps but looks like it came through though. Should i go hunting with a root explorer?

Anyway, thanks for the rom, can't believe how simple it was in the end. :D
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
multiwindow is a feature for all S3 ROM's with android 4.1.2 and it's been out for months... Please keep the non Australian related ROM discussions such as this & CM 10.1 to related ROM threads.. Asking for ROM recommendation is fine.. that way we'll have a cleaner thread for many Australian users ;)
[Galaxy S III General] fatherandroid:
Thanks for the advice and info about the multiwindow feature. :o i'm not up to speed with these things i guess. Does 4.1.2 also allow regular beaming of photos from the gallery as i could never send to non sbeam devices on 4.1.1.

Sorry if i posted incorrectly earlier, i thought since this rom was from an Australian developer it might be appropriate to let other Aussies know what i thought about it.
[Galaxy S III General] neonlight8:
I encounter a strange problem with Vodafone Stock JB ROM, I had to return my phone back to Vodafone for repair when I got it back was already factory reset with JB on it. When I ran CF Auto root without finishing all the tutorial/tips pop-up. Then after rooting, if I try to hold on to any widgets, icons on home screen or any screen, it will keep telling me "You can press Medu, Edit to move icons, add / resize widgets...blah blah"

That pop up message never goes away, and I cannot resize or move things around simply holding on to widgets and icons. It's very annoying not sure if this is a new design from Samsung.

And also the default dock icons couldn't change them no options available also frustrating.

In the end, I gave up and flash 3Minit ROM by gharrington. All issues fixed and got the bonus of other tweaks. Cheers! :victory:

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Would be nice to know a list of Aussie ROMs for Galaxy S3 users...I don't know where to start yo ucan't search XDA forums easily to find those ROMs suitabled for use here
[Galaxy S III General] ididnt:
Get lost. I did search but didn't find what you thought I might have.
[Galaxy S III General] mustang2012:
Hi guys what is the latest aussie modem currently? I am on sotmax v13 and like to try the aussie modem.. I am on Telstra.

Thanks in advance :)
[Galaxy S III General] xchasa:
For anyone with virgin

First test was optus yesinternet apn.

Second was default virgin apn.

Whats going on Virgin??

All stock xsa XELLA 4.1.2 firmware
[Galaxy S III General] Ausboy 2011:
XXLLA current and best mate
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
solution about Teamsek unofficial build posted 20hrs before you posted here about no SD card option I found here on CM thread using searchhttp://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36659882&postcount=4396 and look who asked the same question there ;)

Even if you didn't find it there you should'v looked in other places like S3 Themes & Apps etc.. you would have plenty of solutions.. The reason no one answered your question about external SD in CM thread because they know you haven't follow the first rule of XDA which is search & read... I was just trying to be nice and helped you out to figure out that you were looking at the wrong place...But you sounded it's my duty & job to take your rudeness... look at your rude replies at me & gharrington

I know it's annoying when he kept posting about his ROM but think about the hard work he did.. I personally don't like any custom ROM but try to be nice to people here.. If you don't like it just ignore..

"Now what ?" do you even know how to ask a question politely ... The way you asked me that question is the main reason I told you to go use the search function and I also remembered reading the same question & solutions before... now you telling me to get lost because you don't know how to use the search function? :silly:

Seriously mate lose your attitude otherwise you will not last long in this forum... No one here getting paid to post anything. We all just love modding stuff & helping out other people.. I wasn't born with all this knowledge. I joined XDA when I couldn't figure out how to remove the Voodoo lag fix with my S1 back in 2010.. Thanks to nice people in XDA I managed to fixed it and learn a lot. Since then I learned so much from XDA by reading & searching even though I'm an IT student who leaned JAVA & web programming, Android & phones were all new to me. Have a nice day !!! :)
[Galaxy S III General] aussiesausage:
I got a 4G S3 so what roms do aussies recommend for my phone? Here's what I got in speed test

Sent from my Galaxy S3 4G
[Galaxy S III General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
hey all

upgraded from My SGS to a SGS3 ... I currently have the UK 4.1.2 rom on it which is rooted with CF root (which I flashed with odin) but whats the latest rom with all the fixes on it ...is it the XXLLA one or is there a newer one with the anti death fix incorporated too ?
[Galaxy S III General] zziggy:
Theres's LLC and MA1 but no advantage over LLA. A few days newer. I'm on LLC
[Galaxy S III General] aussiesausage:
I'm to scared to put a Rom on my new S3 and I've rooted every phone I've had, including a note 2. I don't want to lose my 4G like I have on another phone.

Sent from my Galaxy S3 4G
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
You didn't find MA1 to have better battery life?
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
Dude you are on wrong thread. .. you have a S3 4G version which is I9305 or I9305T.... do not flash any rom or kernel that made for international S3 I9300 & I9300T otherwise you'll end up with a bricked phone... go to I9305 android development section for roms, kernel & rooting
[Galaxy S III General] aussiesausage:
I only posted this cause I'm Australian to lol

Sent from my Galaxy S3 4G
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
Even so, be very careful, do not flash anything linked here as even mods and themes etc. can brick your phone.
[Galaxy S III General] kamalmawa:
Lol...Oh it's ok then because we had few people here with bricked phones & unresponsive touch screen after flashing I9300 stuff on their 4G model ;)

PS: we all agreed here not to post 4G speed test results in this thread due to many of us here get jealous :D
[Galaxy S III General] goughymachine:
I'm gonna give the XSA ella a go. Anyone know why it's like 300mb bigger? Don't care, just wondering?
[Galaxy S III General] Kangburra:
No, but being XSA the home icons are likely to be locked, you will need to change CSC to unlock them.

I have a copy of it here but have moved on to MA1.
[Galaxy S III General] xchasa:
No but its waay better than stock optus 4.4.1
[Galaxy S III General] ballmead:
It's most probably because of all the Navigon maps loaded into hidden files.

Sent from my SG3
[Galaxy S III General] goughymachine:
Never thought of navigon. I have it anyway. But that'd be about the right size.
[Galaxy S III General] aussiesausage:
Oh sorry guys didn't mean to ! And ok Thankyou very much for the information saved me a phone :)

Ps: awesome phones :)

Sent from my Galaxy S3 4G

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Not very good battery life though :( doesn't last me a day with medium usage :'(

Sent from my Galaxy S3 4G
[Galaxy S III General] zziggy:
Do you think it does? Could be reason to update but my battery life is good. it's only a few days newer, can't see the need to flash every new version plus I like sticking with versions compatible with Jkay mod now. Spoilt :)
[Galaxy S III General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
Many thanks for the replies guys ... I love this forum and thread as I ALWAYS get an answer from you guys ...not like on whirlpool forums where you get abused for not knowing something.

out of interest which is the best CSC for vaya (optus) in perth ... or will the standard one which comes with LLA or LLC be good to go