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[Galaxy S III General] mihir_s9:
How to Upgrade and Root

Yes, so I do realize that this question may have been answered already, but i cant seem to find it,

I am from India, we just got the official 4.3 from sammy yest, I have already rooted on stock 4.1.2 (Using the Unified Toolkit : link : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27239761#post27239761 )so i cant get the OTA, i did download the 900mb from sammobile, now i would like to know,

1) Is there still a way to get the OTA :confused:

2) How do i Upgrade to 4.3 - Odin--Instructions? :confused:

3) Will it be possible to do so without having to loose/wipe the data :fingers-crossed:

4) how do I re-root the phone after the update :silly:
[Galaxy S III General] Vishnu pv:
Hello, my s3 from UAE. But now im india. India has got 4.3 update yesterday. But I haven't got the update via or kies yet. My region code is XSG (UAE). So how can I upgrade my s3 to 4.3? Should I need to wait for official UAE 4.3 update?
[Galaxy S III General] darkshaft:
No lower than that of Samsung's, and if you increased the volume with kernel sound will be louder but no clear at all
[Galaxy S III General] popoyaya:
If this is true I shall be avoiding cm11 and aosp roms like the plague. Sound quality on stock rom (with custom kernel) is one of this phone's greatest strengths.
[Galaxy S III General] syedkamal92:
how can i bind directory from extsdcard to sdcard? i have put game data to my extsdcard and want bind it to sdcard, but failed on 4.3

v4.1.2 was working fine..is there any solution?
[Galaxy S III General] amit3880:
update through kies

I was rooted also before updating so was not getting the OTA,

But the with kies, I would able to update without any issue and without any data/app loss.

Working as good as before.

Hope this helps. Let me know if more help needed.
[Galaxy S III General] darkshaft:
well you will trade crystal clear loud sound for performance, its a hard equation actually, hope someone can mix both speed, performance, and Samsung goodies into one ROM
[Galaxy S III General] Simonna:
Few days ago updated to XXUGML2 firmware for seb region. And overally I'm happy with performance it's better than it was on Android 4.1.2 and when I forced GPU rendering scrolling seems smoother.
[Galaxy S III General] Millenium3:
Hey guys, I noticed faryaab has been teasing S4 users the 4.4 TouchWiz update and now a tweet says tomorrow is the next update.

https://twitter.com/SamMobiles/status/421259436221399040

Not sure whether it will be a leak or an official update, but either way it's coming! Now another waiting time for us maybe?
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Well,new colors for status bar icons and new touchwiz would rock!
[Galaxy S III General] ZappMasteR:
GS3 I9300 android 4.3

Hello, I have a GS3 I9300 using a stock rom and my pgone is not rooted, and still have NOT received the update to Android 4.3.

I spoke these days with a friend who has the same model as me and is on the same network (RO COSMOTE) and he received the Android 4.3 update.

My baseband is I9300NELK2.

Can you help me with some information?

It is a problem in the phone or i need wait and update will come?
[Galaxy S III General] FLASH_44:
search a flashable stock recovery of android 4.3 for s3 gt-i9300 can any help? cf-auto root has a old recovery want the new mk6 recovery :(
[Galaxy S III General] Lammy696:
I prefer Dynamic. Everyone's different I suppose. Is there any noticeable battery differences between modes or is it just brightness that determines that?
[Galaxy S III General] Marcovanbasten:
You just need to wait ;)

Envoyé de mon Nexus 7 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] alexferdean:
Technically should be a difference, but it's so small that is not even noticeable.

I like dynamic too, that's what CM uses as default mode, but when watching YouTube videos, some dark and saturated colors get clipped (I guess this is the word)

Sent from my S3
[Galaxy S III General] dkionline:
Hope someone port it

Ciao
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
I'm on ML4 right.

I know how to enable on screen buttons but can anyone tell me how to resize them as they are too big.
[Galaxy S III General] GIJS053:
I totally dislike this update, way more FC's, it's slower, the battery life is not so good as on 4.1.2. Bye Sammy, going back to aosp based ROM's.
[Galaxy S III General] Simonna:
Did you make full wipe before installing Android 4.3? Because on doing major updates it's always recommended to make full wipe.
[Galaxy S III General] zubr0w:
France has the update.. At last. , just done it, hangout doesn't display all contact name when it's an sms... And I agree, my battery drains quicker than before... Dammit

Envoyé de mon GT-I9305 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
First of all,always wipe after you install new firmware.

Secondly,wait a little. I had to wait full week and 1 day to make phone get used to new firmware.
[Galaxy S III General] UncleBeer:
Depends on the build too. First I tried Archidroid 4.3. A *huge* disappointment: FC's, lag, etc. Then I flashed Wanam 4.3. Like night and day. :good:
[Galaxy S III General] Kartik pat:
Urgent help required :(:confused:

My friend has flashed XUGMK6 4.3 firmware on his i9300 s3, which is not of his country i.e it's not of india. Everything is working fine but his imei is unknown :(

Which modem should he flash to get his imei back if possible, he hasn't flashed the modem of

XUGMK6 yet.

Any other solution?

He don't have efs backup.
[Galaxy S III General] cloudx720:
Samsung makes me so angry, there is alot of cool features with touchwiz you don't get with asop/CyanogenMod but stock ROMs are really laggy compared with asop/CyanogenMod. Personally I use cm11 it flies
[Galaxy S III General] darkshaft:
This is my battery usage with Deoxeded firmware ML2 that Archi made which is pretty good, the rom has high ram usage that limits me from doing like 3 or more multitasking ay same time but its ok, I greenified all the apps including facebook except whats app and viper, and it didn't lag up til now but I didnt use the ram for more than one day to judge, I use boeffla kernel with peqas freq setting and moderate boeffla with no overclocking. Thank you Archi
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
I can't believe that nearly all of people think that that's too much. I mean,I also have same RAM usage,but my phone is smooth with 6+ applications opened. It lags only when I'm trying to do something REALLY fast or installing a new downloaded app. Unused ram is WASTED ram. Also,battery life is much better (Stock ROM,stock kernel). 2.20 screen-on time (wi-fi on,heavy multitasking) and 40% drained,while yours shows Cell Standby at the first place and 52% juice left with that screen-on time. Man,I wouldn't like that.
[Galaxy S III General] darkshaft:
Perhaps I should give stock kernel a chance

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This is my battery now, with boeffla kernel for me not bad at all, BUT STILL compared to CM multitasking sucks on sammy firmware multitasking only with 2 apps if more it will close the app
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
My advice dude,if you don't care what firmware is installed,then just install stock firmware and don't root it or anything. Install it and wait 1 week for phone to get used to the firmware,with everything stock. Multitasking will improve and in overall you will get used to it and will not mind about multitasking performance,as it will be good enough and lags will be really rare. Battery will also improve from day to day. I also thought that sammy FW sucks,but after I installed CM,I noticed nearly NO difference + I didn't like it. No lockscreen notifications,bad battery life,so I reverted back to stock and I'm more than happy now. Fast,stable,sexy phone!

Also,don't forget to restart the phone everyday if you are leaving it always on every night. Most people have it always turned on and restart once a month,so that leads to bad performance, about which they always complain and think that's it's the phone itself.
[Galaxy S III General] Grafetti:
My battery life sucks, in 4.1.2, 4.2.2 & 4.3.

I don't think this does change something. Any help to get more battery life? This is driving me crazy all the time.. Thank you.
[Galaxy S III General] Chef_of_Sweden:
Any help to get more battery life? This is driving me crazy all the time..

Try this:

Disable auto sync for accounts

Disable GPS (and wifi gps)

Disable auto backup of Gmail account

Set wifi sleep policy to "Never"

Set brightness level to automatic

Disable motion

Check your apps settings and disable useless background sync

Disable useless animations

If it does not work, try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2357417
[Galaxy S III General] ezekionokia:
Define "sucks".

Mine lasts well in the 18h-20h range with high usage.
[Galaxy S III General] zubr0w:
OK for wiping when applying a custom rom, never thought it was necessary when upgrading official firmware. It Shouldn't be anyway

Envoyé de mon GT-I9305 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] creatorul:
can't download it yet via Kyes
[Galaxy S III General] Grafetti:
Tried that long time ago. Didn't fix my problem..

I'm still suffering from this battery.. It decreases every 5 minutes :c
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
That's normal for Galaxy devices. Sometimes it drains 1% every 3 minutes too,sometimes every 6. Depends on situation.

Screen is big for it's battery + poorly optimized software. If you want the battery to last longer,use slow chargers. I mean the ones that charge your phone slow. Battery will relax and will last longer after full charge.
[Galaxy S III General] Grafetti:
Okay I'll try that. Thanks for your time.
[Galaxy S III General] patriotaki:
My phone randomly goes into reboot it tries to bott 5-6 times and then noots normally still havent found a fix for this :$
[Galaxy S III General] QaisDroid:
how's the battery in 4.3 ?
[Galaxy S III General] patroll:
For me it was the same or little bit better than 4.4.
[Galaxy S III General] saulee.:
Neatrom it's the custom rom I'm using right now. It's awesome. Give it a shot!

Sorry for my english
[Galaxy S III General] patriotaki:
Link?
[Galaxy S III General] patriotaki:
can you link me to the correct rom 4.3 for my i9300? pls
[Galaxy S III General] dlogic:
For me, battery on 4.3 is very bad. It barley lasts a day.
[Galaxy S III General] GioMol:
Maybe its your battery fault you need a new one. i get the same battery with 4.3 and 4.1.2

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2060403
[Galaxy S III General] danierakes:
Change ur battery dude....dont blame the firmware/rom...

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Better than 4.1.2
[Galaxy S III General] rivhudson:
UI and Batery is very nice but a bit of lag when moving from one application to another. and rom for my country and not yet release. :crying:
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Task Manager and Gallery are two things which are a little unstable in 4.3.

Btw,there's always no ROM for my country lol,so I always flash the ROM of any country I choose.
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
Does anybody use camera FV 5. How to record videos with that app.
[Galaxy S III General] mihir_s9:
Thanks, but a little more help needed

Hey that worked for me too..kies did the job, although it took too long and wont detect my phone even after 10 restart, disconnect and reconnect the device attempts....

the phone is fine, battery drain is HORRIBLE to say the least, full charge at 1pm, airplane mode ON ,WiFi, Bluetooth, gps, etc ALL OFF and the battery was down to 40% at 7 pm (i dint use/touch the phone at all, charged and slept, woke up to this disappointment ), a 60% drain in 6 hrs...:crying:

thats not all, i lost root....HOW do i root it again??
[Galaxy S III General] amit3880:
Use CF Auto root method...

refer to this..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1957273
[Galaxy S III General] mihir_s9:
battery?

thanks,

and any idea on what just happened to the battery??
[Galaxy S III General] amit3880:
IMO, Battery should be better after root if you properly setup your phone with few tweaks.

But i dont have any issue till now with 4.3 stock (rooted) s3, it stays around 20+ hours and its good as I thought.

IMHO, In this android world 24 hr is more realistic! :)

Happy to help!

:)
[Galaxy S III General] Lammy696:
Yeah, that sounds like your battery is knackered dude. Only thing I'd suggest is wiping everything, reinstall and see if problem persists. If it does then your battery needs replacing
[Galaxy S III General] arghness:
Battery life was poor with my phone after upgrading through Kies as well, so I was forced to factory reset and reinstall apps. That fixed the problem for me.
[Galaxy S III General] ZappMasteR:
Hello, I bought a Galaxy S3 from ThreeUK. It neverlocked. Now I use it on Cosmote Romania. Is there any possibility to exchange baseband version? If there is, can you help me ?
[Galaxy S III General] alexmihai92:
I have a noticeably better battery life with MK6 BTU, and the majority do as well.

I wiped everything before flashing this ROM, and maybe you should had done the same. If this also doesn't help, maybe your battery is broken.

Sent from my Samsung GT-I9300 Galaxy S III
[Galaxy S III General] raulrares:
SimLock warning

So, I don't know if this is a known issue, but I want to post it as a "head's up". Today I flashed the I9300UBUGML3 Firmware on my S3. Everything seemed ok, until I performed a reboot. After reboot I got a message that my phone had been carrier locked to TELCEL Mexico (strange, considering my phone had always been locked to Orange Romania). I tried all the methods I could find to unlock - Heloz, Galaxy Unlock, the *#code in the dailer, nothing worked. So, I flashed back to CM, still had a carrier lock, but using Herloz's app I could break it.

I'm a noob, so please don't start telling me that I shouldn't do what I don't understand, constructive criticism is appreciated. Point is, flashing the new ROMS apparently has a locking effect (if they are injected with it), that has not been "cured" yet. To be honest, I flashed the TELCEL ROM because it downloaded the fastest! :silly:
[Galaxy S III General] alexmihai92:
From what I am gathering, you bought your phone carrier locked to Orange Romania, and flashed a ROM branded to Telcel Mexico.

Android 4.3 didn't came yet from Orange Romania, so you can't downgrade to 4.1.2 ORO, because you will lose your IMEI. That apps that you tried to unlock your phone require root, so if you didn't have root then they don't work.

Try to flash an unbranded ROM to your phone, and unlock it again, because the unlock method that you performed might be temporary,

Sent from my Samsung GT-I9300 Galaxy S III
[Galaxy S III General] patriotaki:
My phone randomly goes into a boot loop.

I mean when im using my phone it turns off randomly for no reason and i tries to boot but it cant.. It loops around in the samsung s3 logo and i have to press many times the power button to boot up normally

How to fix?
[Galaxy S III General] Robin2:
Do a factory reset. Turn the device off and press and hold power, home and volume up to get in recovery.

Backup data first!!
[Galaxy S III General] raulrares:
Hey, thanks for the reply! I just wanted to warn others about it! I sorted it out, I had a backup of my phone which I flashed and now everything works (CyanogenMod 11). I read that the new stock 4.3 had some perks, and I wanted to check it out, didn't know I'd be "stuck in Mexico" so to speak. So yes, be aware, there is a new sim lock script from what I've gathered that runs every time you reboot, so classic unlocking methods don't work anymore. I'm sure the devs are on the case!
[Galaxy S III General] patriotaki:
Didnt help..
[Galaxy S III General] raulrares:
Hey, can you give us more details? what ROM are you on, what you've done to you phone, when does your issue occur, can you reproduce it? I had a similar issue on my first Android device (HTC Desire bought off of ebay), I took it to a service center and guess what, it had a bad motherboard.
[Galaxy S III General] patriotaki:
I installed Samsung official ROM 4.3 did a factory reset and had the same issue. Then i rooted my phone with cf auto root and installed the CM11 4.4.2 nightly ROM i did again factory reset and also i backed up my official samsung 4.3 ROM

Also i think it occurs when i press the screen many times or try to acess the statusbar..

Oh and btw it hasnt occured few hours now dont know why

Heres a screenshot
[Galaxy S III General] mossy1963:
For all those moaning about 4.3 battery drain Settings>more tab>location services> then uncheck Access to my location. This turns off location services which uses all the juice. Consumption reduced for me from 100% down to zero in 12 hours to still having 60% left at bed time. Location services can always be reactivated when an app asks you then turned off again
[Galaxy S III General] alexmihai92:
This is exactly the way I use it. I activate location service when I use GPS, then turn it off as I don't always need it.

Sent from my Samsung GT-I9300 Galaxy S III
[Galaxy S III General] raulrares:
I don't know what the others think, but I suggest you take your phone to a service center, it might be a hardware issue (I hope it's not).
[Galaxy S III General] patriotaki:
Hmm is there a service center in cyprus?

And btw im rooted and have a custom rom installed wouldnt that be an issue for the service center?

Btw a whole day now it hasnt occured *.* lets hope it will keep that way
[Galaxy S III General] gabrieli33:
Hello everyone, I am new on this forum and I like it so much. sorry for my English.

I have one question and please respond me who really know.

Which kernel is best for I9300 4.3 jeally bean?
[Galaxy S III General] Moster2:
This question is not allowed. Test all kernels and find out on your own.
[Galaxy S III General] gabrieli33:
Thank you, but I need for good performance, without high battery drain, and no lags as it possible. Now I am using yank555 kernel.
[Galaxy S III General] Moster2:
Then you have a good choice. I dont know any kernel that actually drains the battery. Those issues are usually rom related. With similar settings custom kernels dont really differ in battery life ( my opinion). Its about the features that make me choose a kernel
[Galaxy S III General] ninogui:
Hi guys

This one is a vodafone pt S3 locked and never rooted but plan to do it at a later stage

data is

GT-I9300

4.1.2

baseband I9300BUEMC2

kernel 3.0.31-1042335

build JZO54K.I9300XXEMC2

I haven´t check for OTA software updates for a couple of months, did it today and got the screen to update to version 4.3 (450.22MB), no other details are given, my guess is the latest I9300XXUGMK6 from december for vodafone pt

My questions are very simple, let me just ask before advancing on the update

- Can I assume there is no knox on this version ?

- Backups relevant to me (contacts, sms history) are synced on a google account, anything else if I come to a problem can be reinstalled later. Should I wipe/backup anything on recovery mode before proceeding or in fact can I just forfait this step ?

thks guys
[Galaxy S III General] Higgy69:
Agree. I am using OMEGA V52 at the moment. And I had terrible battery drain. Although it was the Use Wireless Networks option within Location Services that seemed to be killing my battery. Location and GPS are still on and battery life is great.
[Galaxy S III General] Moster2:
No knox, the i9300 doesnt have that.

Wiping is not needed.
[Galaxy S III General] ninogui:
Thks man will try it out as soon as charge this zerolemon battery here
[Galaxy S III General] costin85:
Does anyone know if XXUGMK6 (Open Europe) have HD Voice enabled by default?

If not... how do i enable it?

I cant acces the service menu. It shows me some info. Cant change any values.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] LegendM:
Stock 4.3 still not yet released in Turkey

Thanks a lot samsung
[Galaxy S III General] Humayuncool:
Exactly and no news as well when can we expect !
[Galaxy S III General] istoyanow:
Hi guys, do any of you can suggest good version of 4.3 for Europe or specifically for Bulgaria?

Thanks beforehand! Excuse me of someone mentioned before..
[Galaxy S III General] rome786:
Ml2 Rom is good its for Switzerland unbranded s3 .
[Galaxy S III General] istoyanow:
If this was about me question then thank you. But I did not mention I prefer stock... :)
[Galaxy S III General] alexmihai92:
That version is the official 4.3 version of Switzerland, so it's stock.

Sent from my Samsung GT-I9300 Galaxy S III
[Galaxy S III General] istoyanow:
Thank you! As I'm not using SIII and I do not trace the threats I thought it is a custom ROM.

Again thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] alexmihai92:
Oh, wait, I didn't notice you have HTC One. I was mentioning the S III 4.3 official ROM. I don't know about HTC One.

Sent from my Samsung GT-I9300 Galaxy S III
[Galaxy S III General] chrcol:
Well I am using 4.3 now.

My thoughts.

Wow the brightness setting bug still exists, obvious bug but still lives over 2 major versions.

But wifi 5ghz bug fixed, stay awake when charging bug also fixed.

Is slower than 4.1.2

More google bloat.

The restricted data transfer option is removed, probably to aid the always on cloud rubbish google is pushing.

Mounting to pc is more restrictive, is media folder instead of sdcard folder.

On samsung rom the font size is bigger, probably in relation to the s4 been a higher resolution so now on the s3 it looks oversized, If I compare 4.3 on my s3 to 2.4 on my galaxy ace, both can show the same amount of notitications on screen even tho the s3 has a bigger size because the fonts are about twice as big.

I am also missing jkay big time, eg. I have no 2g/2g+3g toggle on the toggles no force kill back button and the other lovelies that jkay brought.

I did also try 4.4, which was fast, nice built in security as well however the white icons/text on status bar urrgh, and the stock aosp style dialer/contact apps suck compared to samsung.
[Galaxy S III General] AssassinGEO:
Agree with this post.

AOSP crap indeed sucks,though it's not their fault. You can change colours of status bar icons,though.
[Galaxy S III General] costin85:
Anyone?
[Galaxy S III General] zhuoxian:
Boeffla kernel, smooth and good battery life
[Galaxy S III General] popoyaya:
Xposed framework.
[Galaxy S III General] Iqbal Ansari:
As there are 3 versions for 4.3 i.e MK6, ML2 and ML4.

Has anyone tried all of them, which version do you find better.
[Galaxy S III General] NightSky256:
Absolutely ML4. Better battery and speed... After a little cleanup (disabled some bloatware manually like [a-z].*hub, chaton sbackup, ota updates, etc.. ) it's very fast and stable...

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III General] chrcol:
Some more feedback.

I am seeing no wakelocks during sleep, thats a improvement over 4.1.x

I seen some lag waking up the phone (what many others reported), I installed adam kernel and so far the wake lag appears to be gone, the phone is also notiebly faster with th adam kernel as well.

I am using MJ9 one of the older 4.3 roms due to most mods I found been for MJ9 only.
[Galaxy S III General] sanefirst:
I'm using ML2 now and all mods work with no issues.

I have Note 2 My Files, Note 2 Camera, S4 Semi-transparent Weather Widget, Kitkat Sounds, Kitkat Roboto Font, Wanam Xposed and the most important - Boeffla Kernel 5.1 Beta 13. Almost all of them were labelled MJ9, but they work flawlessly with any Sammmy's 4.3.
[Galaxy S III General] Falster:
MJ9 was the buggy 4.3 version which was pulled by samsung. There are so many mods and fixed for that because some devs wanted to use it without this bugs (wakeup lag etc). MK6, ML2 and ML4 are the bugfix versions officially from samsung.