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[Galaxy S III General] :
All I ever care for is if it does support at&t lte bands :D
[Galaxy S III General] MirkoFG:
what language are selectable ? italian is included ?

in hong kong firmware the default language the first time when you select the language is in chinese or english?

hong kong firmware support other bands lte example european band LTE ?

why not try firmware hong kong in australian phone or germany and posted a video review?
[Galaxy S III General] Payam93:
Can you tell me where you bought the phone? I'm looking for retailers selling it in their webshop.
[Galaxy S III General] kevindd992002:
What does the "T" suffix in the i9300 signify anyway?
[Galaxy S III General] prodigiez:
hong kong LTE running on both 1800 and 2600.. about the language selection , my i9300 has more than 30 languages but only 6 in my in i9305

english uk

english us

korean

chinese simplified

chinese traditional

chinese

the asian ver and eu ver is not compatible with all us carrier...
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
I am shocked there is No FM radio app in the Hong Kong one either

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Hi, You are the guy with I9305 and has the FM radio APP can you please show us screenshot of your firmware I want to find out which Firmware has the Fm radio software
[Galaxy S III General] :
Hi,

Yes I have FMradio. Someone asked me where I bought this, I got it directly from Samsung from my sponsorship. When you say firmware, is it Android 4.1.1 or what do I look at. I will send a SH later when I'm back from school or something.

I don't even use FM radio... lol.... what does this mean if it has/hasn't got it...its only FMradio.
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
No Not 4.1.1 that is the Android version You got it right when you said in Inbox it is XXALI5

I'm am Baffled as this is the same Base Optus Australia and most of the carriers uses but now I think the base is the correct base only thing is the carriers must of adjusted it to suit there carrier and taken things out. It would be Great If you could make a Nandroid of your firmware lol

If you have a look at Sammobile there is a few countries/Carriers firmware in there I wonder which is yours, Maybe yours is not any of that
[Galaxy S III General] :
No need to wonder. I opened FMradio for the first time... its all greyed out even with headphones in... so I have the app there... No signal or something
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
Really? I wonder why samsung said to me " Its up to the carriers if they wish to include this" Why then do ALL the specs show FM radio in the I9305, Can you speak to your supplier about it? This is False advertising on a MASS SCALE, People dont even check they just assume it has radio and its a disappointment to all the people who listen to FM radio.
[Galaxy S III General] :
I think its when I was tinkering with it, looking for a root process... I'll do a factory restore when I'm home as I need it with my data at the moment
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
hopefully its not working only because you were tinkering with it, and with a factory reset it works properly. Fingers Crossed!
[Galaxy S III General] :
I'll report back :P Hopefully it'll work
[Galaxy S III General] MirkoFG:
I can not find shops in germany shipping to Italy who helps me pass the serious sellers who ship out nation?

I want to buy this model I like it too even if you do not have the radio, but I still think that the radio was not installed because the chip, radio is not included
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
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Yes thanks champ. I spoke to Samsung and they told me it's up to the carriers if they want to include FM radio which basically means it does have the hardware capabilities

Just inbox me if u wish so it doesn't get lost in amongst the thread
[Galaxy S III General] ausdim:
If you have an fm radio on your firmware,

now you can backup your firmware and upload it somewere.

CWM Recovery

After that we can restore that and we have also Fm Radio.. :silly:
[Galaxy S III General] :
NAND backup takes time to upload... first I'll upload the APK. If not, then I'll do the APK
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
One problem is that the APK is only the Application, The firmware must have the FM drivers inside of it, Because the firmware that does not have the radio app wont even allow 3rd Party FM applications like Spirit FM. But no harm in trying I guess. 1st lets see if it actually works on your firmware
[Galaxy S III General] :
Oh. I'll try both... I'm putting my I9305 for sale aswell so I'll do it quicker
[Galaxy S III General] kms108:
sometime the frequencies on the FM radio will not work in other countries.
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
This could also be true... Because he said he received it direct from samsung so it doesnt seem normal for samsung to have the FM radio application in there and it does not work..... Like he said he tinkered with it maybe this is why radio stopped working, so we will see if he resets it and then trys again and also uses 3rd party app Spirit FM.....You might also like to try if any other samsung phone with FM radio works in your area, Maybe KMS is right the frequencies dont work..
[Galaxy S III General] :
Yh. I'll do it it 2hrs as I'll be home then :P I'll need APKS for the other radios as I can't download stuff from PlayStore
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
Check Inbox
[Galaxy S III General] kms108:
come to think of it my korean S3 also have a digital TV and radio, non of it actually works, I know the TV doesn't work, korea's DTV is different than that of hong kong, but not too sure if the radio is also digital.
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
Yeh must be the area or something faulty with root or software.. as I had a custom rom installed before and my FM radio stopped working I then re-installed a different ROM and the FM radio worked again. And my belief is if a company installs an application on there device then it should be working. Its not like samsung to have an application in there phone and not working.
[Galaxy S III General] kms108:
this is a stupid question, If i flash this i9305 rom on my korean s3, if I do brick it, will odin bring this back to life.
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
well if you flash it and it Soft bricks which means you can still get into download mode then yes Odin will bring it back to life, just make sure you have backed up your efs folder if your willing to try, but why would you want the i9305 as its different to the Korean as it doesnt have the drivers for DMb antenna
[Galaxy S III General] kms108:
I live in hong kong, the dmb doesn't work here and all kt telecom bloatware as well.

I also have all the stock rom they have released so far.
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
yeh i know , reason you should of waited for the I9305 :P but I am pretty positive it wont work with the korean version but its up to you if you want to try it
[Galaxy S III General] monochrom13:
Hi guys, the i9305 is quite an enigma. Just bought it yesterday from my local operator. I'm from Singapore. Its clearly stated as i9305 on the box cover. I don't have FM radio on mine too... Now, here's the interesting thing, on my battery cover close to the headphone jack, there's a tiny sticker that say Qualcomm 4G. Yes, I'm on JB and have 2GB ram. Every site I've visited tells me that the i9305 is a Exynos chipset... am I missing something here... Seems like there are multiple version of the the phone i9035. Anyone has a clue?
[Galaxy S III General] kms108:
they are two different chipset, the Exynos chipset is for the four core, whiles the qualcomm is for the lte, as of yet, samsung have no idea how to combine these features in a single chipset.

hope this helps.
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
I read some where that the I9305 LTE is samsungs own chipset? is this right ? Is QualComm samsung? where does it say that the 4g is qualcomm chipset?
[Galaxy S III General] monochrom13:
Thank for the clarification, I mixed up the "Qualcomm 4G" with the Qualcomm S4 (snapdragon). Hmm.. so I can safely presume since the i9305 is on Exynos that it spot a Wolfson DAC since the SOC does not have an integrated DAC?
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
So far only seen the white one from Samsung UK that has the FM radio application pre installed.

Its funny tho every single Hardware spec sheet says FM radio heres another one

http://technodestiny.com/2012/09/samsung-i9305-galaxy-iii-specifications-price.html

Who ever says Qualcomm doesnt support Radio is not right even the Qualcomm website states it supports FM radio

https://developer.qualcomm.com/sites/default/files/snapdragon-s4-product-overview.pdf

Also The HTC One X has the Qualcom and Fm radio works on that also
[Galaxy S III General] :
It works. FM Radio works... I have to use headphones. That's normal yes? I have crappy signal for what ever. I dunno how to use it lol
[Galaxy S III General] kms108:
all I know it's individual chipset, if his phone is labelled qaulcomm 4G, I guess the 4g is operated by that, not too sure exactly if any place did state what the lte chipset is.
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
EXCELLENT FM RADIO WORKS ON THE I9305..... I thought I was right!!!! Why would samsung have installed the FM radio on your firmware for no reason Well Now its Officially announced LOL Yes its normal you need headphones. Now i wonder what firmware you have do you know how to make a nandroid?

Well atleast Its 100% confirmed that the I9305 can support FM radio which means there is not one single down side compare to the I9300

Edit: You said before that your firmware is XXALI5 Now I wonder If there is somewhere you can download this firmware unbranded Yours must be unbranded

http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&model=GT-I9305&pcode=0&os=1&type=1#firmware

Here you can see all the firmware most of them except hong kong is XXALI5 but the problem is the carriers have played around with it and removed things. Your phone seems fresh with out carrier brand. Hopefully this get released on sammobile soon.

How about a nandroid? :P
[Galaxy S III General] :
Got my One X+ from O2 now :P If I still had it and did that, wouldnt that get rid of my FMradio
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
Dam that was fast... Well atleast we know that there is firmware out there with FM radio or that developers out there will be able to do a workaround later in the future.

No I was asking you to do a nandroid backup of your firmware not to install a new one.

Hopefully the I9305 that I get in 1 week has this firmware Im going to get the white version so I hope its like your one.
[Galaxy S III General] :
As soon as I put it up it went. I was considering not too, but since I reset it I thought may as well... so its out there somewhere
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
Thanks for confirming the radio for us... I cant wait to get mine so I can start tinkering with it..
[Galaxy S III General] MirkoFG:
in summary what is the procedure to operate the radio? you can list the steps used?

thanks and congratulations for the excellent work

I thought that samsung did not put radio, but thanks to you it turned out the opposite

;)

what steps you have taken to operate radio?
[Galaxy S III General] Payam93:
Still no website selling the i9305 unlocked in Europe?
[Galaxy S III General] kevindd992002:
But the dev support fornm the i9305 will be limited compared to the i9300. That is the downside.
[Galaxy S III General] monochrom13:
Hmm... I'm still not convinced.

Just got my S3 LTE i9305. I'm from Singapore and here its against regulation to brand the phone, apart from a few deletable carrier app its unlikely that the carrier deleted off the radio app. So I presume its Samsung. Since its confirmed that the i9305 has the FM Radio hardware so why did Samsung remove the Radio App for most of us? And Spirit FM doesn't detect the hardware. Is it possible that its either not wired to the headphone jack or some batches or (my best bet) that the line crosses some LTE line so as it interferes with the FM reception...?
[Galaxy S III General] quasio:
Yeh maybe if you have a non-branded version it may be worth asking samsung what happened to it since btemtd mentioned that samsungs official response is it only removes it for carriers.

although u may be correct as weeeo mentioned the reception was horrible.
[Galaxy S III General] ripan.arora:
Not sure if I am to too late in the thread to reply..

Found another option cheaper than mobicity from bonzerdeals

but not sure if the stock is same.

Cheers
[Galaxy S III General] simsekm:
Is there any web side from Europe which sells International I9305?
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
The reason Weeeo had bad reception is because he lives out in the countryside and he told me it is normal for radio to be like this

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Well It was 100% confirmed that one of the firmware I9305 had radio the Hardware does support it LTE does not mean anything as there are other phones with LTE and radio, even qualcom chips.

This is my best bet, As samsung is so week they let carrier take control of there product. Now I am betting you have something similar to the Hong Kong firmware which is unbranded. Now we confirmed this did not have fm radio pre-installed. I bet you whats happened the people who were in charge of this firmware tinkered with a carrier firmware which didn't have the FM radio and took out all the carrier branding and then re-named it the Hong Kong firmware. And the reason most people dont have the FM radio is because Australiais the first to have this firmware out and I think all the other carriers took the firmware off australia and adjusted it to suit there carrier not knowing there is no radio in there, I have a feeling its a big mistake. And because FM radio is so minor not many people even bothered to complain, If heaps and heaps of people would of complained I bet you this issue would be fixed

If you have a look at sammobile you will see HEAPS of firmware that is going to be released one of them is bound to be fresh of samsung, which is untouched.

The longer the the phone will be out the more we will know about it.

So far the white version had the FM radio, and this was from UK samsung. UNbranded. There is no reason why samsung would have the FM radio on that version for no reason

EDIT: More interesting news here is a message from Mobicity they are importing there I9305 from Hong Kong check this out:

MobiCity

Some regions such as Hong Kong have a number of regulations when it comes to the software on mobiles

e.g.

FM radio cannot be included on mobiles (not completely sure why)

Camera apps have to make a sound, you are not allowed to disable the shutter sound

This is something new to me, now there might be some mobiles that break these regulations but I would say if any time they did have the chance to enforce there laws they would do it! and It looks like the laws won with the Hong Kong firmware.

And the Plot thickenssss

I also found out that to use Spirit FM your phone needs to be rooted So if you have a I9305 ROOTED and want to try something here is the link to the Spirit FM Unlocked, Try it and maybe play with the settings aswell if it doesnt work at first. Please PM me with news. Here is the link to the APK

http://db.tt/Y3W0fMVN
[Galaxy S III General] prodigiez:
just increased my counter to 1... rooted with cwm... and there is a red ! on top left of the screen now.. hope triangle away will support i9305 on coming days
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
Funny you say that , because When I root my G/f SGS2 there is a (!) at the boot screen aswell. I wonder what that is and why the normal SGS3 doesnt do that
[Galaxy S III General] simsekm:
I still search a seller in Europe :confused:
[Galaxy S III General] kms108:
It's strange that mobycity mention this about radio, if I recall, either my galaxy nexus or i9300 had radio, as for the camera, this is true.

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keep searching, it's a new phone, over time more places will start to stock them.
[Galaxy S III General] baileyjr:
They have just today gone up on the Orange UK (soon to be merged into EE) website.

http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-pho...=ON_OUK_P_ce_pane1_slot2_item1&WT.tsrc=Portal
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
Well maybe some products slipped through the radar. I Have also heard some thing about the hong kong and radio but can't recall where from and when they said it it brang back a memory. but either way I would like the option to turn my camera sound off if I want anyway. I have a feeling that this no fm radio bull**** is the cause of carrier devs using the wrong firmware and adjusting it to suit there brand not knowing there is not fm in there and because not many people are complaining it's not an issue to them. Only time will tell. I received another email from brexctech.com.au not sure of spelling but they confirmed they are doin pre orders and there phones do have the fm radio. Maybe as time goes on and firmwares are upgraded they will pick up on it and add it back on. As we confirmed the i9305 does have the hardware support as weeo had his phone direct from his sponsor Samsung UK which had a working FM radio.

But anyway the best firmware is the unbranded UK just like the I9300, but we gotta wait for that. Mean while our i9305 genius Mick.wheels is tryin to recompile a kernel to support FM that way you can use a 3rd party app like Spirit FM
[Galaxy S III General] kms108:
The reasons for the shutter sound, is people previously were taking illegal and indecency photo's in public transport and escalator.

The law cannot ban companies from making camera phones, so the disable of sound switching on/off is illegal.
[Galaxy S III General] hunhool:
https://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/pay-monthly/mobile-phones/ :cyclops::laugh:
[Galaxy S III General] Snow Monkey:
Is this the one?

Just found this I9305 from US seller on eBay, would this work on EE network?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221134136119?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619#rpdId

Reading the description it is unbranded, unlocked, 64gb with LTE 1800mhz coverage.
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
I don't believe it. 64Gb would no way be out before the 32gb. I think it's saying max storage is 64.

There are a few stores that sell this . He is looking for one in Europe so he gets local warranty
[Galaxy S III General] Jake_09:
I don't think it's a I9305. The product description states it's a I9300. Also, You can't get these phones unbranded yet. T-Mobile UK just got them and Australia's Telstra isn't getting them until the 9th and they're going to be first to get them as far as I can tell. I've been watching pretty closely because I want to get the unlocked I9305 if it is compatible with T-Mobile U.S.
[Galaxy S III General] Snow Monkey:
Hi, I'll let you know the sellers reply to my questions. At the top of the page it does state it's a I9305!. I think the description where it says I9300 is the standard details from eBay, if eBay does not have the I9305 specs in database then it can only be listed as I9305.
[Galaxy S III General] Payam93:
Guys, I FINALLY found a website selling a European version of an unlocked i9305. And that in the black color, which was exactly what I was looking for. It's unbranded and region free, and supports both 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2600 MHz frequencies for LTE (which is what most European countries support). Ordered from SimplyElectronics.

What's funny is that when I tried to order from them the last few days, it said that the item was removed from my shopping cart because I chose a destination country other than the UK. Then I sent them an e-mail complaining about why they wouldn't ship unlocked phones to other countries. As it turns out today I managed to choose my country (Norway) without the item getting removed from the shopping cart, meaning that I could order it without any problems for 660 Euros (16 GB version). Seems like they opened up for foreign shipping after they read that e-mail lol. :D

My concerns are finally resolved!
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
What about warranty ? Mobicity sends them worldwide but reason some ppl didn't want is because warranty is from Australia. Do you have local warranty?
[Galaxy S III General] kms108:
hong kong version is unbranded, it has been out from 28th september.
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
Problem Is since the I9305 Hong Kong version is restrictive on languages only has (6) and maybe other weird law restrictions,Like No disabling of Camera sound, and No FM radio confirmed.... the BTU.. UK unbranded Firmware best one hopefully comes out soon
[Galaxy S III General] simsekm:
As i saw UK version is more expensive(but not very much) than Hong Kong version.....
[Galaxy S III General] MasK:
Can you confirm that the latest FW for Hongkong is:

I9305ZHALI7_I9305TGYALI6_I9305ZHALI1 ?

My set came pre-loaded with carrier crap and I'm planning to flash something cleaner over..

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] rhinocort:
HongKong model is I9305ZHALI7
[Galaxy S III General] jhfchow:
Hi all, hope you're enjoying your new S3 LTE! We should have a forum for this phone...

I have the HK version and encountered a problem where the cut/copy function doesn't actually populate the clipboard. Is anyone else seeing this?
[Galaxy S III General] MartinEve:
A site called Plemix claims to be selling an unlocked version:

http://www.plemix.com/phone-samsung-i9305-phone

I've heard very mixed reviews of this company, though. Very keen to buy an i9305 off contract, though, so will keep looking.
[Galaxy S III General] prodigiez:
actually there aint lock version of i9305... no matter u buy it from hkg carrier or electronic shop , they are actually same device..is jsut that u will see some additional bloatware which is removable if your device is rooted... the rest like kernel , baseband , system all are same..
[Galaxy S III General] projectsome:
Didn't wanna starrt a new thread.

just picked mine up from the T-Mobile store. it actually seemed a lot faster. ran the antuntu test side by side.
[Galaxy S III General] MartinEve:
Can you confirm whether this device is sim locked to T-Mobile, by any chance, please? :)

(And just to clarify, when I said "unlocked" earlier, I was referring to sim network lock)
[Galaxy S III General] projectsome:
As it's only available on through T Mobile/Orange stores it's most likely sim locked but will double check this evening
[Galaxy S III General] MartinEve:
Many thanks; much appreciated!
[Galaxy S III General] projectsome:
It says "Invalid sim card: Network locked sim card inserted" don't know if it's the phone or sim though... it did ask me for a pin as well...
[Galaxy S III General] MartinEve:
Thank you; didn't really expect anything different, but worth a shot. The T-Mobile £7/month / £350 device works out at about the same as buying the device straight out, so if you can unlock it, you're back to that same point.
[Galaxy S III General] Badelhas:
Is it really that much faster than the 9300? In what way?
[Galaxy S III General] duowing:
I'm debating selling my i9300 and trying to pick up an i9305. The extra ram really would make a nice difference when it comes to multitasking. I've seen that http://www.negrielectronics.com supposedly can order them for $760-ish. I've been debating between i9305 or a Note II
[Galaxy S III General] demlasjr:
Here the unlocked version too: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...=DE_Handy_s&hash=item35c0656c34#ht_500wt_1156
[Galaxy S III General] rana_kirti:
hows the battery life on the 19305 ? any user have any inputs...? as good as the i9300 ?
[Galaxy S III General] prodigiez:
my s3 with custom rom , battery last 27hours for normal usage...on my i9305 normal usage with 4G (rooted bloatware removed ) = 14hours
[Galaxy S III General] Mithrandir007:
I'm guessing you can deactivate LTE, and it'll use 3G instead, right?

If that's possible, that should improve the battery life greatly.. and you can activate LTE only when needed.