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[Galaxy S III General] wilsonpd:
Recently purchased a new, unlocked SC-03E on Ebay from a dealer in Japan. I am new to the world of Samsung mobile phones and have been doing a lot of reading about the SC-03E on this forum. My goal is to install a rooted European 19305 (CSC EVR) rom without bricking my $480 USD phone. So far, I've successfully flashed a rooted MC3 (DCM) ROM and CWM.

Reading through the posts in the SC-03E forum, I get the impression that it is necessary to use the make_japanized_rom tool in order for a 19305 rom to work on an SC-03E. I tried using this tool on several 19305 stock roms and each attempt failed. After several failed attempts using this tool with 19305 stock roms, I decided to satisfy my curiosity and try a CM10.1 nightly-build to see if my environment was setup correctly for the conversion. The CM10.1 nightly-build ran successfully against the make_japanized_rom tool and produced a japanized CM10.1 rom in the out folder.

Wondering why the CM10.1 worked but not the stock, I compared the stock 19305 rom packages with the CM10.1 nightly-build package and found the structure of these packages to be quite different. For example, at the root of the CM10.1 package, there are 2 folders (META-INF and system) and a boot.img file. In djembey's 19305XXBMD1_PRE-ROOTED_CSC_EVR 19305 package (mentioned by majin), all the files are .img files (boot.img, cache.img, system.img, etc) and there are no folders. Since the structures of the CM10.1 and stock rom packages are quite different, this is likely one of the reasons why the make_japanized_rom tool didn't work on the stock 19305 roms.

After the make_japanized_rom attempts on stock 19305 roms failed, I began re-reading the posts by majin and after re-reading the posts, it appears that majin may have been successful with a stock 19305 European rom on the SC-03E, I'm uncertain. Others may have been successful with stock 19305 roms on the SC-03E as well.

Is the make_japanized_rom tool really necessary with 19305 roms on the SC-03E?

Has anyone successfully flashed a stock 19305 ROM on a SC-03E? If so, please post your experience with the process and any recommendations you may have.

Thank you.
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Stock are Touchwiz based and the tool will not work with them. You must use an AOSP rom. I wouldn't flash an unconverted rom. You could soft-brick your phone or have things continually force closing which is just annoying.

EDIT:

I just updated the KBC links on the converting how-to instructions
[Galaxy S III General] wilsonpd:
Thanks for the reply. I looked at a few reviews on the Carbon ROM and it looks quite impressive. I'm making plans to go with your suggestion and use that one. I'll grab a Carbon nightly and start at your "Cooking (Converting) a rom" instructions.

UPDATE:

I just installed Carbon rom along with gapps using the instructions by DroidZombie. I now have a clean, beautiful, intuitive, rooted, custom rom with the latest Android software. This is one beautiful rom. Thanks for the recommendation DroidZombie. I'm so happy with this rom.
[Galaxy S III General] FlyingFlipFlop:
The answer to my question is YES - you need to make a backup of the Felica key somehow. I have now lost access to Suica and can't recover it.

Is there any way I can get the key to my phone so that the Extremetuner software can restore it?

I have been reading their instructions: dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40177430/app/GNT2eXtremeTuner/ReadMe.html

Google translate;

However, when I flash with official kernel and a rooted official ROM then eXtremeTuner still can't find any key stored on my device?

Does anyone have any advice on how to restore the key for felica/suica?

thanks!
[Galaxy S III General] djkawada:
Hi, i've tried for 3Hs to cooke a japanese rom with the tool (i've installed JDK6) but i still get this freaking error...

I don't know what to do ?

How did you manage to get the toll work ?

Edit : My bad ... i just moved the folder in C and deleted all the space in folders/file name and it worked !

Thank you for all your posts !

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Edit 2 : I'm a little disapointed by carbon rom since even with the conversion toll there is no Japanese keyboard included... I really need A stock Japanese keybord for my dailly use so is there any way to add the Japanese Keybord inside the Karbon ASOP rom ?
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Go to the play store. There are tonnes.

And really complaining that a stock based rom doesn't have a specialized keyboard is pretty lame. It's STOCK BASED. YOU customize it.
[Galaxy S III General] djkawada:
Thank you for your answer, i know that there is tons of japanese Keyboard on the market, but they are not as perfect as the stock one present in the docomo rom.

So my question is, is there any way to add this keyboard in the Carbon rom ?

And if yes how can i do that.

I'm not a programmer but i'm not afraid of editing files in a rom.

But since i dont know where to look i cant start anything.
[Galaxy S III General] didoka_702:
I cracked my screen and cant send it to quarranty cause my custom binary is now at 2.and i cant reset it cause after get shocked my usb port got damage too.

now does anyone know that screen glass of S3 international version fix SC03E cause i gonna fix it myself.
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Don't worry about the usb. Chainfire created a mobile version of Odin. Use that plus airdroid to transfer files to your phone. You can reset your counter with triangle away (bundled with many ROMs or available on xda). Reset your phone and send it in.
[Galaxy S III General] Robobob1221:
You can also use wireless adb to push stuff to your phone
[Galaxy S III General] didoka_702:
Though of my custom binary is 2.im in offical rom now.so I cant use mobile odin.ăn thanks for u help.
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Wireless adb then.
[Galaxy S III General] didoka_702:
so that mean i have to

1.connect my phone to pc using wireless adb

2.root with adb command

3.so i can reset my counter

I can do that without my usb port,am i right? :D
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
That's what wireless means.

Once you're rooted install and run triangle away, then go into download mode to make sure it worked before you unroot.
[Galaxy S III General] s2k7:
cifs modules wanted

I cannot find any info on cifs modules.

I hex-edited cifs.ko etc. from a s3 thread, but no success.:(

My system:

shell@android:/ $ uname -a

Linux localhost 3.0.31-884168 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 24 17:04:38 KST 2013 armv7l GNU/Linux

----- log -----

root@android:/system/local/modules # insmod md4.ko

root@android:/system/local/modules # lsmod

md4 3473 0 - Live 0x00000000

btlock 1656 0 - Live 0x00000000

exfat_fs 18096 1 - Live 0x00000000 (P)

exfat_core 61846 1 exfat_fs, Live 0x00000000 (P)

root@android:/system/local/modules # insmod cifs.ko

insmod cifs.ko

insmod: init_module 'cifs.ko' failed (Exec format error)

root@android:/system/local/modules # grep 884168 md4.ko

vermagic=3.0.31-884168 SMP preempt mod_unload modversions ARMv7 p2v8

root@android:/system/local/modules # grep 884168 cifs.ko

vermagic=3.0.31-884168 SMP preempt mod_unload modversions ARMv7 p2v8
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
You'd need to talk to some of the i9305 devs who do the kernels, or if you happen to speak Japanese, you could try asking the KBC guys.
[Galaxy S III General] yauchildchew:
tried a few latest versions of CM10.1 nightlies for i9305 and converted with the make_japan file.

however, all trials showed very low volume problem.

before that, tried liquipsmooth v2.5 but phone reboots every now and then and showed wake-up problem after long time use.

also tried carbon, too many customizable settings, and it seems like TB backed up setting from CM or LQ does not work well to restore setting in Carbon. Also have volume problem like CM10.1.

So, back to the CM10.1 from the 1st post.

did i miss any step that volume is problematic??
[Galaxy S III General] Robobob1221:
Check the kbc dev forums, it's called slate blue, they've updated their aosp kernel for the note 2 and s3 alpha which has this volume issue fixed I believe

http://android.slateblue.tk/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=78
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Yeah the volume was a problem for every rom based off CM10.1.

The amount of customization in carbon may seem like a lot, but it outperforms CM10.1 by a huge margin. Benchmark them both and see for yourself.
[Galaxy S III General] logicsama:
Samsung Japanese Keyboard

This seems to be only one of very few SC-03-E related threads! Thanks for maintaining and keeping useful information here.

Thank you for the list and the methods. I am able to enjoy Cyanogenmod 10.1 on my SC-03-E in Japan.

The only thing I am missing is the Japanese handwriting input. I have back up of the samsung japanese keyboard and the mazec1.0 apk that came with the original rom, and would like to use this in the current cyanogenmod.

Is there any way I could do this ?

I tried this: Restored from Titanium backup. The Mazec handwriting keyboard and the Samsung Japanese keyboard show up in the input settings menu. The samsung japanese keyboard force closes. Also, the Mazec keyboard shows up and I am able to draw a japanese character into the handwriting area, but the conversion just does not happen

Thus something is missing that allows the Mazec keyboard to convert my kanji drawing from the handwriting area into a text.

Please could you help me figure this out? Has anyone tried to extract the japanese keyboard and mazec from the stock rom and get it working on cyanogenmod or other AOSP?
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Those apps are touchwiz based and won't work in CM10.1. You will have to go to the market and find some there. There are lots.
[Galaxy S III General] Robobob1221:
Like DroidZombie said, its probably not possible.

However you can try to make it work perhaps by getting the Stock ROM and following this extracted files list and pushing them to the phone: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=37398936&postcount=5

EDIT: Just realised you already posted in this thread. Did you try it?
[Galaxy S III General] nacuajo:
Parandroid SC-03E

please i want to try parandroid on my sc-03e.
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Go back a few pages, check my guide, and cook it yourself. It's not hard.

Remember the thanks button too.
[Galaxy S III General] FlyingFlipFlop:
Fixing volume. Suica fix?

I finally got sound working again by using:

http://android.slateblue.tk/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=78

Download the very latest rom at the bottom, reboot into recovery mode and install from zip. This was done on top of latest Carbon nightly and sound now works again.

Only remaining issue is osaifu keitai / suica. Can anyone help me get this to work? I have tried GNT2 / extreme tuner but there is no stored suica ID. I have tried to flash the device with the rooted stock firmware to "store the suica id/key" but that button is not enabled in GNT2.

Any advice? Sakuramilk?
[Galaxy S III General] Reamur:
if i flash new rom into my unlocked SC-03e, do i need to reunlock it again? :silly:
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Just so everyone knows, the guys at KBC don't read this thread, don't post to xda, and have said they will not in the future.

The primary language of this board is English. They know their demographics. The people they are doing this for speak Japanese and read Japanese boards. We are a very very small subset of their downloaders.
[Galaxy S III General] Umair.K:
Kernels!

Droid Zombie!

Can I use Kernels for i9305 with my Sc-03e? If so, how to do so?

Or are there any Kernels for the Sc-03e other than Stock & KBD?
[Galaxy S III General] IparryU:
Do you know what boards they post on?
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Check the SC-06D thread. I know they have twitter accounts and they post on a few Japanese boards (SlateBlue being one of them).
[Galaxy S III General] Robobob1221:
Its called slate blue, all their works are posted there. I posted a link a few back.
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
You can also get there through the ROM conversion tutorial I set up.

Since they moved their stuff off of GIT, I redirected all the links to Slateblue.
[Galaxy S III General] IparryU:
Slateblue main page

http://android.slateblue.tk

Thread for SC-03E

http://android.slateblue.tk/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=89
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
That is just the conversion tool. The main page isn't organized very well, but it has clockwork recovery and the kernels as well. I'm hoping they make a few subthreads to clean it up a little.
[Galaxy S III General] Tengis:
I installed Carbon... everything seems fantastic except that my home button no longer works... ? I messed with the hardware key settings and still nothing. The button its self is functional but the actual pushing of it does not return you to the home screen.

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Fixed it. I factory reset and cleared cache again, reinstalled, factory reset and cleared cache, installed gapps... and BAM! I dont know why it worked this time but I reinstalled like 4 times.
[Galaxy S III General] davidcsv:
Re-introduction

The latest firmware image (MF1), both full stock and pre-rooted, are now available in the OP's first post.

Finally, with the actual phone in hand, I have managed to get the three button root toggle to work properly like on my other Korean S3 models... read on...

I have FINALLY bought (and received) my very own SC-03E (delivered by personal courier from Tokyo :D). This means I can now more actively contribute to this thread, since I can now actually debug/monitor the stuff I put out here.

In the meantime, I have unlocked my phone (with a lot of inspiration from Majin's post/thread) and subsequently I've prepared 'yet another' unlocking guide which has been added to the reference post at the beginning of this thread.

Anyway, thank you to all who have been contributing and helping others in this thread (you KNOW who you all are!). I hope I can be a worthy contributor to the SC-03E community as well.
[Galaxy S III General] Edgrr000:
i got PACman ROM, it's a lot better. P.A.C. stands for Paranoid AOKP CyanogenMod, yes it's a combination of all these roms.

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877489996545
[Galaxy S III General] IparryU:
Great to hear davidcsv!!!!!

I have updated my guide for CM 10.1 with a link to your unlock guide and the Japanize ROM cooker guide hat [MENTION=5286099]LeathSeraph[/MENTION] had made.

It would be a good idea to bump LeathSeraph guide too!

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42784684&postcount=426

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I 100% agree with you... really sloppy and hard to navigate.

I was thinking of making a Japanese version of my guide too... but I just got back from vacation and have hella work to get done.

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a combination of all?!?!?!?!?

this is my next mission here! w00t!
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
PAC has ALL the features of those three roms which can make it sluggish. Before you flash it benchmark your current rom for comparison (antutu is good and free)

And just in general, read the full list of features on a rom and make sure you actually want/will use them.
[Galaxy S III General] Edgrr000:
I don't find it sluggish at all! :p quite fast for me. but i don't know the score for the stock version, anyone have it?

ps. (yea! i did the benchmark test inside halo!)
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
What's the breakdown of that score?

plus your governor and scheduler
[Galaxy S III General] Edgrr000:
Here you go, i tested it outside Halo and i got a much higher score. i'm not very familiar with governers and schedulers. On my SC-03E it was set to default as

Governer: pegasusq

IO Scheduler: cfq

on my Galaxy S4 the default was

Governer: intellidemeand

IO scheduler: row

what does this do? could you kindly explain to me?
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Basically, they let you set how your device reacts to usage requests. You can tell it to focus on performance or power saving. Just google the names of the gov, and io sch. and they will tell you precisely what they do. Depending on what you use your device for you may wish to change them.

And when you are running a benchmark the numbers you want to compare are the cpu and graphics. The sd card numbers shouldn't change much. If they do, be suspicious of the rom or kernel you're using.
[Galaxy S III General] IparryU:
i got 17539 and i was even copying 10GB of music and 3GB of pictures from my phone to my work computer.

Governer: intellidemeand

IO scheduler: row

FYI

Governer info:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2017715

IO Scheduler info:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36663293&postcount=27
[Galaxy S III General] IparryU:
Can you update the d/l link with this?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oajwpgejthncnvb/make_japanized_ROM_SC03E_20130704.zip
[Galaxy S III General] Tengis:
Any issues with flashing kernels? I keep getting the battery bug with android system eating battery. I've dove in a bit farther and looks like it's a bug that had mostly only been fixed with using different kernels.

Thoughts?
[Galaxy S III General] IparryU:
whenever you flash a new ROM, calibrate the battery.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration
[Galaxy S III General] Tengis:
Alright... so Ive reinstalled my phone with a few different roms .

I kind of like Carbon the best but I have a weird sound issue. Ive installed it on three or four separate occasions and the issue remains no matter how Ive done it. Yes, my sound works after posting the fix mentioned earlier in this thread but the sound doesnt work 100% properly. At random times (at no particular time) the sound wont work when it should be working. Alarms wont make noise, pressing the volume up/down buttons wont make the familiar beep, ringtones wont work... Im not exactly sure whats causing it because it seems to come and go.

I may try a different AOSP kernel (besides the one mentioned in this thread) with Carbon but Im not really sure about compatibility.

Also, the volume is very low when it does work compared to past roms which is a pain and Carbon doesnt have options to tweak the overall system volume for the speaker.
[Galaxy S III General] majidkhan:
Notification LED on CM10.1

Thanks a lot to all the active members of the community who made it possible to run CM10.1 on NTT Docomo SC-03E. As far as the Notification LED is concerned, CM10.1 is not driving it properly. When i was on stock ROM (full of bloatware), the LED showed solid colors as proper green, red, blue and white for battery status and notifications. CM10.1 doesn't provide solid colours. e.g. For charging, it should show a solid green light but you can see the Red and Green mixture of the RGB LED. Is something wrong with my configuration or is it a problem with CM10.1?

Why is USB debugging disabled by default in JB? Though it can be enabled from Settings -> About Phone -> Tapping Build Number 7 times but what is wrong with enabling it? Are there any problems with enabling it or only Google just wants normal user stay away from developer options?
[Galaxy S III General] IparryU:
sound is with the nightly that you are using. I had the same issue with the nightlies from 2013.07.01 onwards with sound.

flash the JP remix that i have on my guide in the OP.

you can change the LED to blink or fade in and out. i believe it is under advance settings or developer options.

USB debugging has "risks" to hackers/viruses/etc. I never had issues, but it is sorta like taking a safety off a gun. you still can get f'ed up either way, but for the mental weak, having something to feel "safe" makes everything ok.
[Galaxy S III General] IparryU:
does anyone know an alternative for the paid app GNT2/S3arufa eXtreme Tuner?
[Galaxy S III General] LeathSeraph:
Just updated, can you double check the link and make sure it works ok?
[Galaxy S III General] IparryU:
thank you very much, it works fine!
[Galaxy S III General] Tengis:
Im running an AOSP rom called Carbon and not CM... or are you saying flashing the JP remix will fix my issues in AOSP Carbon?
[Galaxy S III General] Tengis:
Ide also like to add that I have already installed a fix for it called "SC03E-JB-MR1-KBC-20130703-AOSP-boot-signed"

After I installed it my sound worked but it was splotchy.

If I cant fix the issue with my battery then Im just going to have to run the original samsung rom... this is pissing me off. My battery gets destroyed with zero use, lte off, wifi off, gps off. Ill leave it for three or four hours and it will have drained 40%.
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
There should be a free version on slateblue. Not sure if all the features are exactly the same though.

Scratch that, they seem to have removed it or the link is broken.
[Galaxy S III General] Tengis:
I installed CM remix and its working fine except... my battery is still absolute ****. I lost over 30% battery in three hours of deep sleep.

I have betterbatterystats installed but I cant decipher what exactly is draining my battery so much.
[Galaxy S III General] IparryU:
do you have WiFi, BlueTooth, and Sync activated?

Use Antutu's battery applicaiton

My battery dies really quick too, but I put my phone on airplane mode when I am not using my phone and I always have the battery saver on.
[Galaxy S III General] Tengis:
I turned the screen off on my phone and took it back out four hours later... it went in with 53% battery life and came out with 8%. Thats terrible.

I have sync activated but ever since android phones came into existence I havent had any problems with battery life and having sync activated.

Wifi was off, bluetooth was off (I never turn it on as I dont use it), and LTE was off. Putting my phone into airplane mode when not in use is not acceptable... I shouldnt have to do that. So far every single rom Ive put on this phone has absolutely destroyed my battery life.
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
Sounds like it might be a hardware problem then.

Put it back into stock and see if it improves. If not, reset your flash count and send it back.
[Galaxy S III General] IparryU:
Thus is the best solution for now. I have the same issue and i just tough it out.
[Galaxy S III General] eclipsemints:
Can't access data network in NZ

Hi,

I have just recently returned home to NZ with my S3.

I went through the whole root, sim unlock and flashed Sakuramilk's CM10 mod.

So I can call and send messages, but I can't access the data network (even on stock rom I had no data). Also, I can't use the gmail app even when using wi-fi.

I've tried searching for solutions however I can only find answers to using a International S3 in Japan, but not bringing one home.

Is there anything I can do?
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
If this is for your SC-06D then I suggest you read the information on changing the alpha's modem files then try to find modem files for a New Zealand version. The thread is here to be read. Don't just ask questions without first reading what is here.

Use the search bar!
[Galaxy S III General] JarodCB:
Hey guys, do you know if there is any kernel development besides kbc? I tried flashing another kernel the other day but it failed. I read that charging problems might be kernel related due to limitations by the kernel in case of unstable power sources. My charger shouldn't go over 1A but it seems like my house has ****ty wiring. Sometimes I charge fast, sometimes I cant even read the internet without draining battery while charging. Same cable.

Any leads?
[Galaxy S III General] DroidZombie:
As far as I know they are the only ones working on our models.

For your power source question, why don't you charge it somewhere else? Or get an external battery charger and see if you get consistent charge times. Or try charging it from a usb port on your computer.