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[Galaxy S III General] BrikHaus:
Hey Guys!

Wondering if someone who's kept up to date with firmwares and so forth can give me a bit of advice?

I am currently running an I9305 on stock 4.1.2, rooted and with TWRP bootloader.

I can see that Sammobile have an update for my phone (optus network) 4.3

Is it possible to upgrade and keep both bootloader and root? Does the Optus 4.3 have KNOX?

Thanks in Advance!

Brik

EDIT: I should note re:KNOX I don't care at all about the warranty, only the custom bootloader & root access.
[Galaxy S III General] h4ck3rc1:
When flashing a stock firmware, you would need to re-flash the custom recovery and su package as stock will overwrite them, but that is quick and easy so i wouldn't let that stop you.

As far as Knox, to my knowledge, they did not implement Knox in the S3, but if they did and you don't care about warranty (phone would most likely be out of warranty anyway) then just ignore it and flash as normal.
[Galaxy S III General] BrikHaus:
I'm pretty sure I9300 doesn't have KNOX, but the i9305 does.

My problem is if this is the case, then one cannot simply re-flash recovery and su.

I have read accounts that some have and other haven't managed to get around Knox on I9305,

but as I haven't found a definitive answer or thread detailing how,

which is why I'm asking..
[Galaxy S III General] h4ck3rc1:
Ok, well my i9300 doesn't have Knox, so I did realise that, but it's handy to know the i9305 does.

I still don't see why it is an issue though because I have an S4 (i9505) and it has Knox but I flashed CWM and SU anyway, then loaded SlimKat on to it and it works fine, Knox flag is triggered but I don't care about that, I don't see why the i9305 would be different...
[Galaxy S III General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
Ive just updated My i9300 to 4.3 XSA and to be quite honest I wish I had left it on 4.1.2 as Im finding 4.3 to be very laggy and freezing quite often ...also battery life has dropped significantly ... its totally up to you but im almost thinking of flashing back to 4.1.2 as it was more stable.

I didnt have KNOX on My SGS3 either after updating to 4.3 but trying to get odin to recognize My device again for rooting was a PITA :crying:
[Galaxy S III General] andrewbat:
Yes it has Knox...you'll just have to c.f.-auto root again
[Galaxy S III General] BrikHaus:
I've updated mine (I9305) too, to 4.3 (Boeffla) (from here - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=49352842&amp;amp;amp;amp;postcount=1 MOD7) as it leaves the bootloader, and strips non-essential crap. I'm loving it, fast and snappy for me. Though I did note that my initial install was a bit laggy too, I did a full factory reset (wiped everything) and the did a fresh install, and it has been great. (Did lose all some stuff from the internal sdcard, I never knew TWRP didn't back this up. I thought it did everything! :( )

Regarding battery life, I use Juice Defender, and Automagic to control radios etc and battery life has been OK. I'm finding that Google Account Services seems to be my biggest offender in the battery drain department, so I am trying to tweak what services I need syncing. (There is no option to say sync every hour like on 4.1.2)

The I9300 are Knox free, lucky you. That was a bullet I had to dodge. Rooting on the above firmware was simple - add a blank file oon the internal sdcard called 'autoroot' and bam! Rooted.

Good luck with it. Hope you find your sweet spot.
[Galaxy S III General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
sounds good ...Ive kept Mine as stock 4.3 at the moment ... but will possibly go the route of a custom 4.3 ... Ive killed quite a few of the apps and other resource hogs with titanium backup etc but still not very impressed with it ... I flashed the hell out of My old SGS1 and had that running sweet as before I got the SGS3 ... I guess im just being stubborn trying to keep it stock ... but time will tell ... Im sure when I have time I will read up more and start playing with mods etc :)

*EDIT*

Ok Im a bit confused at how many roms are out there now ... any advice on whats a decent rom to replace stock 4.3 as the lag and freezes are killing Me even with everything tweaked ... Ive been looking at NeatRom ... is it worth a shot or is there something better ...Im on standard XSA 4.3 at the moment ... many thanks in advance :)
[Galaxy S III General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
sorry for double posting but anyone have any advice please ?

a kernel too would be helpful :)
[Galaxy S III General] maatsby:
I found Omega to be very reliable, I had the latest version on my phone for ages and forgot I wasn't using stock

There's also android revolution HD that's similar, but I found omega gave me better battery life

For a kernel I used Boeffla

YMMV
[Galaxy S III General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
Hey maatsby ...many thanks for the reply

is this the one you mean ?

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-omega-v25-aokpandroid-4-4-2-kit-kat-t1720628

or this one

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-omega-v58v50-14-34-1-2omega-t1663656

Im not too worried about it having touchwiz as I use Apex Launcher which I find to be good and I can customize it how I want.

although im not sure if the Boeffla would work with that first link of omega as it says in the boeffla thread not to use with AOKP versions ...or maybe I misunderstood it.
[Galaxy S III General] trein91:
Anyone has a link to the latest possible Australian firmware? XSA if possible
[Galaxy S III General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
I got My XSA from samMobile ... join for free and all the links are there ... search under firmware and it will give you the latest one
[Galaxy S III General] maatsby:
I meant the second one, I was interesting in keeping the phone close to stock with just some minor modifications. I find that the roms that do this tend to work the best. I have a Nexus 5 now and I'm using paranoid android because I like their extra features and it is very stable, but I found that PA didn't work very well on the samsung in my opinion.

With Boeffla there are also two versions, a stock and an AOSP version, so whichever one you choose make sure you pick the correct boeffla kernel
[Galaxy S III General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
one last question ... on the boeffla page it says 4.3 kernel V5 only ... how do I find out what Version I have or will V5 be the last XSA 4.3 update I got from sammobile ?
[Galaxy S III General] maatsby:
it means that for any 4.3 rom you need to use a kernel from the 5.x.x series or it won't work. The latest stable is 5.3, the latest beta is 5.4-beta1:

http://www.boeffla-kernel.de/
[Galaxy S III General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
Many many thanks for the help maatsby ... your a legend ...I think i'll have a bash at the weekend on trying omega and the boeffla kernel :)
[Galaxy S III General] BassTeQ:
Download flashable Telstra 4.3 modem

Hi all,

Looking to update from my 4.1 rom to a 4.3 version. Does anyone know if there is a download for a flashable version for the Telstra stock 4.3 modem?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
Hey Bass

if you go to sammobile and look up your phone there will be the latest version of 4.3 for telstra

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-I9300T&pcode=TEL#firmware

that should be the list of latest Telstra firmwares but please double check it and make sure it is for your phone ... as in correct version etc
[Galaxy S III General] BassTeQ:
Thanks, I have a custom rom, I was looking for a flashable modem update only, not the full stock rom.

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] Lord_Lucifer_666:
ah ok ... I guess an option is to download the stock telstra 4.3 firmware and extract the modem

this might help for an idea how to do it

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/help/how-extract-modem-driver-official-t1948061

if not im sure someone will correct Me ... I just found that info through google
[Galaxy S III General] BassTeQ:
Thanks looks like I may have to.
[Galaxy S III General] Omegasenpai:
Hi folks.

I've got recently an S3 GT-I9300T from a friend ( with broken volumes buttons, i have to use ADB to go into download mode ) the phone is from vodafone and it is version 4.3 and it has a Simlock on it also . I've tried so many ways to unlock this damn thing that i dont know what to do anymore, what i've done :

- The only thing that ive done right i guess is to root the phone via odin with ( CF-Auto-Root-m0-m0xx-gti9300 )

- Try with many Playstore app which says to be able to unlock the S3 but they all fail

- Tried to downgrade the phone to a lower version but i brick the phone , am waiting for the volume buttons that i have order from ebay , so i can replace them and i bought an USB download mode jig also

So now i dont know what to do , the phone is stuck into a reboot loop and i cant go into recovery/download mode , ADB is not working as the phone keeps on rebooting. Helps are welcome .

Regards
[Galaxy S III General] limbot:
Anybody running Telstra i9300t running either Cm or slimroms based on 4.4.4 on Telstra?

Since going to CM from Android Revolution (Samsung based) have had issues with "robotic voice" on some incoming calls. Thought it had got better with slimrom but has reappeared.

If anyone is running these roms successfully can you tell me what modem you're using please :)
[Galaxy S III General] dietzr:
I am running a 4.4.4 Stock ROM ported from a Korean S3 LTE to our GSM. The XDA thread is here http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development/i9300-to-n00t-bring-lte-fun-to-3g-t2886574

Prior to using this ROM I installed the latest 4.3 Stock ROM which comes with XXUGNA8 as modem. I have no issues with call quality.

I should add I am on the international S3, but don't think that matters.
[Galaxy S III General] emsee:
I'm running Omni ROM 4.4.4 (http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-omega-v4-0-omniandroid-4-4-2-kit-kat-t2675735) and love it.

It's smooth, fast and fantastic on battery life.

emmsee
[Galaxy S III General] heywheelie:
Are there any I9305 australian users here?

I have an I9305 international version with HK firmware (came that way from the re-seller). Compared to my S2 the reception on my S3 is poor. I am on the Optus network and wondered if flashing the Optus modem from the Optus 4.3 stock firmware would help?

My I9305 is totally stock with android 4.3 unbranded HK firmware so no bloatware. I don't really want to flash the stock Optus firmware as it is full of bloatware.

Would flashing the Optus modem on my HK firmware work and should it improve my reception?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] limbot:
Emsee, if you go to settings -> about phone -> what does it say under Baseband version ?
[Galaxy S III General] emsee:
I9300BVUGN 2 baseband
[Galaxy S III General] OhBlihv:
You should just need to flash the Australian Modem (That's what I did with my i9305 from Kogan - Also HK)

Pretty sure this is the right file (linked), but just to be sure, make sure you back up your current modem (its too late for me to find a link).

Works with Vodafone 4G in Perth, completely fine except for a few APN problems I had when I first flashed it.

-- Make sure that you actually back up your current modem, since I don't really have experience with modem flashing and can't help.

(Dropbox link coming in the morning or whenever it finishes uploading)

EDIT: dropbox. com/s/dtdd6u2s78bvmmd/i9305-AU-Modem.bin?dl=0
[Galaxy S III General] mr_gibbon:
Flashing GT-I9300T to Andriod Revolution issues?!?

Hi All, My trying to flash my AU Vodafone S3 to us the Revolution HD ROM.

First I rooted the device using the instructions here:

hxxp://androidxda.com/root-samsung-galaxy-s3-gt-i9300t

(This was done before I decided to give another ROM a go.)

Now if I follow the instructions here:

hxxp://joyofandroid.com/install-android-revolution-hd-custom-rom-on-samsung-galaxy-s3/

I dont get the Wipe dalvik cache option. And the ROM install seems to work, but I get the standard vodafone image again on reboot.

I suspect this is due to the rooting I did before not giving me the dalvik option.

I have also tried to reflash to original state using the VAU-I9300TDUUGNA4-20140224095033.zip ROM

Revolution image I was trying was Android_Revolution_HD-SGS3_52.0.zip.

Is anyone able to help get back to totally standard before I try the Revolution ROM again?

Im a total newbie, I hope someone can help me out.

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S III General] Drew442:
You don't need to be on the standard Rom. You only need to have a third party recovery image like clockwork(cwm) or team win(twrp). You don't even need to be rooted.

Find a guide on clockwork out team win and you should be sweet.
[Galaxy S III General] reydelaselva91:
Softbricked Galaxy s3 GT-19305T

I tried to root my phone, and after doing what I thought was the correct thing I am now unable to boot android. The phone has a screen saying Do Not Turn Off Target Device, and when I can get it in to odin mode usually goes back to that screen, occasionally I can get into the recovery, and I wiped partition data and cache data.

When it goes to Odin Mode it says:

Product Name: GT-I9305T

Custom Binary Download: Yes (29 Counts)

Current Binary: Custom

System Status: Offical

Knox Warranty Void: Yes

AP SWREV: A2

I have no idea how to fix it. As I've tried using a CF Auto Root file and another file called I9305_CWM_Recovery.tar.md5 but nothing seems to work. Does anyone have any advice?
[Galaxy S III General] senaferdy79:
i have a GT-i9300T (vodafone, australian) with I9300TDUUGNA2 modem and I9300TDUUGNA4 bootlogo, i have flashed many i9300 roms without any single issue / problem (now i use CM12 temasek).

and my question is, if i want to go back to stock 4.3, what firmware should i flash?

can i use the international one, or i have to use only the Australian fw? if yes can you give me the specific link?

anyway, i don't live in Australia, so i don't understand so much about this.

my i9300T is already unlocked since first time i got it (got it from my friend couple months ago), now i use Indonesian provider and it runs flawlessly.
[Galaxy S III General] senaferdy79:
anyone, please?
[Galaxy S III General] Drew442:
If your phone doesn't have knox you can go back and forth between bootloader and android version as much as you like. This means you can go back to 4.3 official whenever you want, and it can be any version.
[Galaxy S III General] senaferdy79:
what is knox? :what:

and where can i download I93000TDUUGNA2 modem?
[Galaxy S III General] almosthere13:
Hello! Firstly, please forgive my noobness! I am completely new to this so I'm hoping that someone can help me or kindly point to the right direction :p

I recently managed to install Cyanogenmod on my i9300 without a hitch with their installer. My sister has the i9300T variant however and she wishes to get rid of the Samsung bloatware (ergh!) and I believe it's a little different since it's the 'T' variant...does anyone know if the installer would work or any idea on how I would go about with it?

Thank you so much! :D
[Galaxy S III General] Drew442:
It's the same phone. Go ahead and do the same as you did on your phone.
[Galaxy S III General] teeedubb:
Hey all,

Im wondering what peoples opioins are as to the best modem to use for Optus in sydney? I'm about to flash the modem out of the Telstra firmware I9300TDUUGNC1_I9300TTELGNC1_TEL. Im mainly concerend about data connectivity / speeds and battery life.

EDIT after flashing my current modem reports itself as i9300TDUUGNA2
[Galaxy S III General] geoffwl:
can someone please update my s3 i will PAY i am an old man and i am finally getting used to this phone but the banks in there infinite wizdom say i have to have android 5 or above i am willing to spend up to $200 ish dollars i am talking about installing a custom rom please help

regards Geoff
[Galaxy S III General] teeedubb:
Nokia phones seem to be good bang for buck.
[Galaxy S III General] davebelling:
Hi Geoff, what carrier is your phone using? Optus? Vodafone?
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
Yeah I was pissed. Really wanted to get one as well. We tested it on the weekend for about 2 hours. It was definitely affecting reception. Which answered his question as to why his reception on Telstra had dropped so much over the last day.

I've seen this happen before on other phones as well, including iPhones.
[Galaxy S III General] LJE:
I'm with Optus and after changing from LF2 to LF5 my reception is heaps better and my data is twice as fast (at home).

I have bad reception in my lounge room and normally have 3 bars and get 1000 kbps download.

Now with LF5 I have full bars and 2000 kbps download.

At work I got 4kbps download so it'll be good to see what speeds I get tomorrow at work.
[Galaxy S III General] Lonski:
Not convinced yet, but will test some more.

Cell Standby still seems rather high, and im getting an initial peak download with Speed Test which then tapers off to bugger all. Upload speeds are constant. This is at home, I will test some more at work tomorrow.
[Galaxy S III General] kelvinyap9:
Yeah. I'm with Vodafone Australia as well (as you on see on the left side, under my profile pic :)), and cell standby seems to still be chewing up the battery like it's breakfast!

Hopefully next Vodafone Australia's firmware for SGS3 has a much, much improved modem/fix for this. Really, the only thing holding me back from getting "blown away" by this phone is the battery life. Everything else is very, very good!
[Galaxy S III General] copycutter:
Solved the call audio problems by wiping all data, clearing cache and dalvik cache, and wiping system partition. I installed v6 omega xxalf6 rom and 3.0.2 siyah kernel and made an hour or two of calls and all seems to be good.

I'd recommend this if anyone else notices call audio issues.

The battery life seems to be pretty amazing with this combo compared to stock.
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
Can the modem be flashed without voiding warranty or increasing the counter?
[Galaxy S III General] cheetah2k:
Sounds like LF2 might be the best modem then?
[Galaxy S III General] Amrut223:
Just picked up my SIII on an Optus contract today. Loving the phone so far it was an upgrade from my Note. Love the fact is faster then a One X and isn't plagued with all the issues the One X had like Heat.
[Galaxy S III General] cyrax83:
i have optus S3, but auto rotation doesn't work in the gallery app, and there is no way to disable camera shutter sound (even on silent).

Does anyone know how to fix these two things without custom firmware?
[Galaxy S III General] madmattoz:
Unfortunately auto-rotation in the gallery isn't included in the stock Optus firmware for some reason - it's in later overseas firmwares.

There's no way to disable the shutter sound in the stock camera app, but give Camera ICS+ a shot, it has a silent mode.
[Galaxy S III General] UpInTheAir:
Flash a later firmware, or custom ROM for rotation, then ensure enabled in settings.

For camera hack, require root: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1691145

Allot of custom ROMs will also have this.
[Galaxy S III General] ftoompsh:
LF5 seemed to chew through my battery. plus i had drop outs now and then.

That could be vodafone though. they are rubbish at times.

Might try the LF2 and see if it's any better.

I'm using a vodafone GT-I9300T with Omega 6.0 and Siyah 1.2.6
[Galaxy S III General] Lonski:
seems to be a bit better today with the speeds, it did lose data connection mid morning (probably Vodafone's fault), Cell standby is still high, battery usage no real difference from the stock modem. Signal strength seems higher though.

Still not convinced.

Gone back to LF2 for a test.
[Galaxy S III General] sparky_boi:
After looking intensely for the stock Australian vodafone ROM, I've given up as I cannot find it anywhere - so came here to ask if anyone would be kind enough to upload their backup (after doing a restore to default settings of course), or somehow upload a ROM that I can flash (via odin or recovery).

I had the ROM on my phone when I bought it from a vodafone store, however it got deleted by accident so am unable to revert back to stock.

If anyone knows where I can find this ROM or has it and can upload it, please PM me or reply.

Cheers!
[Galaxy S III General] kelvinyap9:
Gonna try flashing the DXLEA modem and see how it goes.

Not sure if it will work with Vodafone Australia at all or not, but there's no risk involved anyway.

Will report back, especially with the cell standby thing (it's pretty easy to tell if your battery's been going down 1% every 20 minutes or not :P)
[Galaxy S III General] priyana:
Cell standby issue is resolved here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1732722

[FIX] compiled "power_profile.xml" file to fix cell stand by issue
[Galaxy S III General] UpInTheAir:
'Fixes' only reporting, doesn't fix any actual drain though.
[Galaxy S III General] day1118:
Choosing a provider for the S3

Hi Guys, I can't wait to get this phone, but having some trouble deciding which provider to choose.

At the moment I am tossing up

1.) Buy outright for $800 (ish) and get a $18 TPG monthly plan =~ $53/m

2.) Optus $50 plan + $12/month = $62/m

3.) Optus $60 plan + $5/month = $65/m

4.) Telstra $59 plan + $13/month = $72/m

I don't need heaps of calls or data so small differences between plans is not relevant.

TPG uses Optus network, so seams like they are a better option than TPG, but not sure what the support and customer service is like. Also has the flexibility of not being locked into a 24 month contract.

The difference between 2 & 3 is not much so lets rule 2 out.

I was reading earlier in this topic that people were saying that the optus network wasn't great and that is worth the extra for the better service. I mainly want to confirm that this is what people think as there is a reasonable difference in cost.

Is is really work $72 per month? Is the network better and the data faster?

So TPG, Optus or Telstra (Currently leaning towards Telstra because of people complaining that the Optus network is not good enough!)

What do you recommend?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] MrIwik:
I was thinking of moving to Telstra but considering what it would cost for the sgs3 when I was looking it put me off. Ended getting it on the $60 plan with Optus with no handset repayments so I'm okay with that.

Optus is generally okay in or near a town but it can be quite bad out of town. I work a lot in the bush and just divert everything to a Telstra work sim that (thanks to quad band) is interchangeable.

Depends on what service is like in your area really and/or if you don't mind parting with the lump sum to buy it outright..

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] ZacAttack:
@day1118

It depends on where you live. Optus is great for inner+metro suburbs and the city. But isn't as good in regional areas. Optus recently mad a coverage deal with vodaphone, so they're getting better. Telstra has great coverage but you have to weigh up if the extra price is worth 1mb more of speed and greater roaming.

Can't really say anything on RPG though, sorry.

Just remember, android phones aren't worth the money you pay outright 1 year later. The price cuts at least by half.
[Galaxy S III General] day1118:
Thanks for the response guys.

Are you both with Optus? Is it good? I mainly don't want to end up wishing I went with Telstra in 3-6 months.

I am about 15km East of the city and normally only travel to 25km East of the city, so not regional.

In hinesite would you stick with Optus or move to Telstra.

Obviously I don't want to throw money away, but an extra $7 per month isn't the end of the world is it will make a difference.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III General] MrIwik:
Forgot to add I'm in regional Victoria, a large town but definitely not Metro and at any given time average 2-3mb/s down 1mb/s up on Optus

I can live with that

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] tangcla:
If you were in regional areas, I'd probably recommend Telstra anyway. The amount of coverage blackspots you'd have while you were travelling... could be a very inconvenient predicament.
[Galaxy S III General] kelvinyap9:
Let's hope all this bullcrap wasn't because of some typo.

I'll personally wait for a fix by Samsung :)
[Galaxy S III General] UpInTheAir:
Yeah, is a load of BS, doesn't actually "fix" anything except reporting stats.

If you have battery drain, it will still be there after "patching", but points the culprit elsewhere.