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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken920:
Have you ever done a backup of efs folder? You can restore it from previous backup.

Try to riflash Rom but before do:

- wipe data

- wipe cache

- wipe dalvik cache

- format system

- format preload

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eortegaz:
Dandroid

Hello,

I have an SGH-I747M (Canada, Rogers/AT&T) and I recently flashed Dandroid 5.4 (4.3 TW) coming from CM11 (4.4). I really like the ROM but some functions of the kernel like WiFi and GPS don't work and the battery is draining pretty quickly (probably for the same reason). I read somewhere that you should never downgrade from the newer 4.4 kernel, so I wanted to ask, did I actually brick the device? Is there a kernel I can flash to make my device work with Dandroid? I haven't flashed CM11 back yet but I'll keep you posted.

Any ideas?

Dandroid thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2121506

I am new to XDA, so I'm sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place. Please feel free to move it!

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omarblu:
Will rooting & flashing a custom ROM sim unlock my i9300? If not how can I achieve sim unlock/network lock?

Any help appreciated
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snaikdev:
No.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinc06:
I can suggest two things

1) try doing a factory reset (you will lose all your personal files: photo, video, etc...)

a. Reboot into Stock Recovery (hold volume-up, home button, power button simultaneously until you see the Samsung logo)

b. Use the volume keys as arrows and select "Wipe data/factory reset" and press the power button to confirm. Select "Yes - Wipe data" and confirm

c. Do the same with "Wipe cache partition"

d. Reboot

2) or re-flash a stock Samsung firmware

a. this guide can be of help http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/general/restore-to-stock-rom-galaxy-s3-i9300-t2187081
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docky666:
Hello,

I flashed my SIII with Cyanogenmod 11 M9 and I replaced the kernel by Boeffla.

Can I still use the OTA update (nighlty or stable) even if I changed the kernel ?

Thx for the reply
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinc06:
Yes, you can still use the OTA update but I think you need to re-flash the Boeffla kernel every time (after) you make a firmware upgrade....I'm not 100% sure.

What I generally do, is: flash the updated rom, boot up and check that everything works and, only then, flash a custom kernel.

Edit:

Also, keep in mind that there can be problems if you try to switch from stable releases to nightlies or vice versa, especially if you make a "jump" too high with versions.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ll The Black ll:
000049*** IMEI and false S/N Isuue GT i9300

Hi all. I guess im a NOOB also, and probably shouldnt be rooting phones, however we all need to learn somehow.

I have a no signal generic IMEI and false S/N issue post root. (i backed up EFS but lost it during ROM flash somehow.

Im Running Dirty Unicorns v3.8 ROM, CWM Recovery Touch 6.0.1.2 and have tried patching in a stock modem I9300XXEMH1 although im sure this is incorrect as im UK H3g Bandwith or whatever its called.

I started a thread earlier and I'm sure its not the first one that has been put up regarding similar issues. Please see the link for details

-----> . Essentially I have managed somehow (despite having it written down on a piece of paper, to get a stock or generic IMEI number and a bizarre 15 digit serial that is nothing like the RFC**** that you normally get. Im desperate for some assistance!!

The ROM works great as does the recovery, just the signal issue thats troubling...Please HELP I've tried KIES, EFS Pro, Hex code app thingy and Terminal, you name it... NO LUCK...:(:(:crying:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bel911:
i do not have a backup of efs folder. sadly. I did all that over and over. :( still the same issue.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bel911:
what could be causing this. been reading forums searching for someone who has the same issue. or a fix to this. I hope the video was of any help.

hoping a developer could see it. would be easy for them to lock-in on the problem.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken920:
When you install a new rom is possibile that efs folder is overwritten.

You should flash stock rom with odin.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bel911:
I have tried flashing stock rom. still doing the same thing. flashed again Philz touch 6.48.4 and Revolutionary S5-V3 everything is fast up until the system boots up. really fast from power off up until the system boots up. maybe something wrong with kernel? or could it be a hardware issue? been reading the whole day, havent seen a post regarding this issue

It can play movies smoothly as long as its on full screen. but wen you go back to the UI it slows to a crawl. just like the video i posted.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken920:
Try another rom without s5 theme like Imperium: S5 theme uses more ram.

Seem that CPU takes 2-3 seconds to wake-up. Have you tried another kernel configuration?

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bel911:
any other rom still lags... kernel configuration. :D been reading about it but cant seem to get the right information about it. point the way sir.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken920:
Have you already read this HELP? Try to decrease Early suspend delay to 50 ms and set ZZMOVE/ZZMOVE-MODERATE as governor
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d.panchal:
unknown device.

S3 not being recognized as media device by computer..plz help
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeevanreddy58:
Good for Enterprise is not working

Hi Friends,

Can somebody help regarding the installation of Good for Enterprise on my Galaxy S3 I9300.

Mine is rooted device and CM 11 and latest snapshot version is running.

I have gone thorugh one thread and could not understand the Xposed and so on...

Please list the steps so that I can use GoodFE in my mobile.

Thanks,

Jeevan
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docky666:
Thanks for the answer.

Not a problem if I have to flash Boeffla kernel after every update. I will do only snapshot updates, it should be ok :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bel911:
did all this. still not working... placed the board on another S3. still lags. could be hardware issues. maybe its time to raise the white flag and call it a day. getting a new board. love playing with the S3.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken920:
Good job, Doc Frankstein :P

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omarblu:
Where can I get stock firmware for s3? I tried samfirware but when I tried flashing it doesn't work. I'm using Odin but my phone doesn't boot it just goes back to recovery. Any help?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken920:
Have you put your phone in download mode? Power+home+vol down

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omarblu:
Yes I'm in download mode while using Odin. When I try flash a ROM via recovery it fails. Error code 7
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andjeomilosrdja:
You are doing something wrong . Aare you sure you downloaded proper firmware version?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MissLaniS:
Just a quick question, before I answer my main question...

I had a sprint galaxy s3, which I got flashed over to straight talk. It works perfectly. I dont have the phone with me at the moment, so I dont know exactly what rom or kernel is on it...

It is rooted.. it has android 4.2 maybe...

Is there a way to upgrade it to 4.4??

Ill post the phone info in a bit, when I get the phone back... thank u
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken920:
Would you flash stock or custom rom? excuse me but i don't understand.

You can flash only custom rom via recovery: have you latest version?

You can upgrade it to 4.4.x flashing custom rom like CM11 (aosp) or Imperium (Sammy - Note2 porting).

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jiggajigga88:
hi,

since i installed cm 10.1 i cant reach the recovery mode anymore. power+home+up will bringme directly to download mode, power+home+down will give me the choice between continuing to download mode or to restart the phone

how can i fix this?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omarblu:
I can enter download mode & recovery. When I flash stock with Odin it fails. When I try flash custom in recovery it fails also. Error code 7.

Where can I find other stock ROMs to try flash apart from sammobile because download takes too long.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maaljen:
Hello! I have some kind of problem with entering Recovery Mode.. Holding Vol Down+Home+Power makes the screen black, then boots/reboots the and show the Samsung Galaxy-logo, and then starts the phone. I can reach the Recovery Mode if I use the CWM Rom Manager App, but that's it... Am I missing something?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nunuilusion:
Hi all..

Anyone maybe can help solve my problem..

I have problem with my S3,, if my S3 standby or not restarted yet then open application or games it will close the app or games it self.

But if my S3 restarted then the app or games still open not closed.

Note: I'm using S5 Sensation ROM™ v6.0 and i'm sorry if my english not good
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scousejimg:
first time rooting i9300 international

Hi, i apologise for a question what will sound dumb to you but ive never rooted a phone before, ive got an i9300 international i9300XXUGMK6 i used the OTA to upgrade to 4.3 jb ive read up on a lot about how to root my phone but im not exactly sure what philz recovery is or about Odin, is there a certain one i need to use and the last part about "just boot the rom" sorry for the long question i just want to make sure i do it right, Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FireBlazeGT:
Help and Suggeestion

Hello guys

Can someone suggest me a good combination of rom (android 4.4.2 sammy) and kernel?

And another problem is odin doesn't recognise my s3(in download mode ovio)!

Help and suggest please

Thank You all! :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken920:
Try with another version of Odin: 1.85, 3.07 or 3.09.

Sometimes error 7 is due to old recovery: try with latest philz or twrp.

Turn on your phone holding vol down+home+power. When show the galaxy logo release only power button.

I suggest you Imperium with boeffla.

Install usb driver: http://goo.gl/0cUzy0

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ghost_SL:
Sorry for this noob question, why CyanogenMod based roms are posted under Android Development instead of Original Android Development ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bel911:
hello... regarding this bugging S3 problem. i hope this Antutu score could help.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sgnsng0k94wxx9m/Screenshot_2014-09-05-14-31-12.png?dl=0

it seems that my s3 cant render anything. weird. but it can play movies buttery smooth. sorry for being such trouble. thanks for the help guys.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FireBlazeGT:
Thanks

Thanks buddy! Gonna try it soon!

Any particular settings of boeffla kernel to get best performance and battery life?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken920:
my configuration on 4.3 but I think it works also on 4.4.2: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=55234132

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Try only 3D benchmark or delete cache of an tutu...I think it's a bug because when I do a full test, my phone "jumps" 3D graphic test.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mowsolicious:
Broken camera

Hy !

I'm quite a noob and I don't even know how I manage to flash my sIII, but I did and now it runs on CyanogenMod 11.0, but I've got a problem with my camera. When I try to use it it says "impossible d'établir une connexion avec la caméra" (connexion with camera impossible) and yes I did try to turn it on and off again :D

Yet the front camera works pretty well I often use it with snapchat so I really dunno. Does anyone have the solution? :highfive:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashupulse:
little dev help !

hello guys , i am a small app developer, developing an app. need a help as i dont have verizon and att galaxy s3 with me.

i m in search of the full path and content(if u could attach one ) of a file named uevent in verizon and att variants of galaxy s3.:confused:

it is usually in this path in INTERNATIONAL devices.

/sys/class/power_supply/battery/uevent
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prateekchanda:
Still no respite

1 week no progress.....

moreover I've purchase a Bluetooth to 3.5mm audio converter and the same crackling problem is occurring.

I would request moderators to kindly transfer this post to liquidsmooth thread

"as I don't want to post extra superfluous posts just to get to 10 posts limit"
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FireBlazeGT:
kernel

Hello guys

Can anyone here say me about the performance and battery life of arter's kernel v2.0 in android 4.4.2 (QS note 2 kk port)?

I need a dualboot kernel so thinking to opt arter kernel!

And also can someone provide me the links of different sound mods for our ported android 4.4.2?

And also for walkman?

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spixycat:
The WM1181 of my I9300 gets very hot not the batt

Hi All,

I got a I9300 that doesn't charge the battery.

I don't know the status of the battery: I have to get one new I guess

When I take out the battery I do measure 4.9V on the 2 middle contacts of the battery connector when connecting the I9300 to a USB port, when I put back the battery I do measure 0V on the same 2 pins: That could mean that either the battery has become a short or the I9300 doesn't charge anymore.

I also noticed that the WM1811 (U605) get very hot, vèry hot which is a serious problem.

Questions

1) what does it mean that U605/WM1811 get to hot?

2) can the WM1811 get to hot by a hard or a soft brick?

3) can I use my charged S2/I9100 battery in s I9300? Are these pin compatable (I can't find an answer) : this would allow me to use a charged S2 battery in my possibly bricked S3 which could make a BIG difference

I may ask this question prematurely but you never know who encountered this problem before and is able to help me.

Thanks in advance

ps I did extensive searching on this hot WM1811 audio chip U605 but could not find anything usefull
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallman43:
You can try mobile Odin from play store you can flash stock Rom from there see if that helps [emoji6]
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spixycat:
Dear moderator : can you please remove the post or at least the text from my #909 post? Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjl321:
Installing Samsung Camera APK on i9305 running 4.4.4

Yes I am a Noob to all this so please be gentle but i would like to think i have at least explored the basics before asking for help.

I rooted my i9305 a few weeks back to explore new ROMs as i was bored of 4.3, i have tried many including PAC-Man, Liquid Smooth, Carbon, SlimKat but settled on CM11 as i found it the most stable. I am loving the new features and speed of 4.4.4 but the default camera (Google Camera) doesn't always play nice with the i9305. So i want to install the Samsung Camera from an APK. I thought this would be easy enough but i am really struggling to either find the right version or successfully install it.

I have managed to download what appears to be 3 different SamsungCamera.apk files but when i try to install i get a message saying "X App Not Installed". I have moved the file from SD Card to internal memory and no change, i have looked at the permissions and it looks like it have Read and Write. Kind of out of ideas now. Is what i am asking possible? I don't want to remove Google Camera as the Photospheres and Panoramics are really cool but i just want to use the Samsung Camera as my main camera as it's much more responsive, doesn't crash and it has many of the functions lacking on the Google Camera (for i9305) like HDR, Night Mode, Burst...

Hopefully this is a pretty basic oversight from me somewhere but would really appreciate being pointed in the right direction. I've attached an image of the camera app and some APK files i've tried to install.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andjeomilosrdja:
You can't install Samsung camera apk with custom rom. It's the price you pay,you lose some ,you get some . Can't have both,unfortunatly
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjl321:
Thanks for the quick reply, I guess i will stop wasting my time trying to get it to work then.

I am quite surprised given the skills these modders clearly have that they aren't able to make it work some how. I will have to go back to 4.3 as only this camera app that is any good with the i9305.

Is there definitely no way to install that camera on a Custom ROM? Something like this on galaxys3root website, search "how-to-install-galaxy-s4-camera-on-galaxy-s3" (I can't link you) but for the i9305.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hwap:
just help me please

So about 3 weeks ago I downloaded a rom for my GS3 Liquid smooth 4.4KK my battery was already kinda bad

Then my phone randomly flickered and shutdown it wouldnt turn on with the power up button so i took the battery out amd it was really really bulky.

I ordered a new battery for about £7 on ebay (hopefully it was genuine) but after a few days it too went only slightly fat. Also my rabbit chewed tbrough my official charger so i had to use i think was either my note 8.0 tablet charger or my dads note 3 charger.

I didnt use my phone for about 1 week. During that time i did some research and found out it could be either 1) the rom 2) the charger 3) 2 bad batteries 4 or just my phone.

P.s phone gets hot on the bottom when chargering... i mean hot enough to worry

I also just ordered a new official charger and a new genuine battery

Any idea what it could be ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjl321:
Or maybe something SamsungCamera_HX-MOD but for the life of me i can't find a single place to down load this.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parkall121:
Unbricked my Verizon Galaxy S3

First off This method actually works with the proper files:

Files needed Odin 3.09 and this odin file I535VRUDNE1_I535VZWDNE1_I535VRUDNE1_HOME.tar.md5

(I tried to upload them but could not)

As I have tried other files with no luck and came across this one and it actually worked.

First Step:

Put the phone in download mode

First shut down your device, then power on by simultaneously pressing the power button, home button and volume down key. Now you will see download mode and you will be asked if you want to cancel or continue. Press volume up to continue or volume down to cancel and reboot.

Connect your MICRO USB data cable

Then run Odin and make sure the following is checked

AUTO REBOOT

F. RESET TIME

Then go and check the box next to AP and then click on the AP button and go to where the file is.

It will take a minute or so and then the START button will be available and then press it. The flashing process will start.

This process will take approximately 20 minutes or so, once it is done the phone will reboot and BINGO!!! It's ALIVE!!! :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barcakid_:
E:Cant't mount sdcard, cache, preload, data, boot, modem etc after CM11 Update

I recently UPDATED my CM11 Rom "Nightly Updates", went to bed, got up and my S3 failed to boot

So I went into CWM recovery and noticed that my internal SD and other folders were saying E:Can't Mount etc

I tried flashing Stock Roms, PIT files, backups and everything failed

Do you know the reason for this? :(

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log

etc

etc...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken920:
test charging values with galaxy charger current or other similar apps. It could be damaged the micro USB attach.

Can you format cache, data, system and preload partitions?

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andjeomilosrdja:
Problem is that Samsung is not sharing drivers for the camera and they never will so Devs can do only so much. I think that difference is not that huge,in terms of picture quality, nowadays as it used to be.

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It's for Samsung based custom roms;)

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When this happened to me,Odin and stock rom did the trick. Not sure how it's not working for you if you did everything right:confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Back2Revenge:
My phone isnt reading the storage correctly, I will let the screenshots explain my problem because i cant explain it myself

I mean the graph of the internal storage is interrupted as mis. files shows 3.8GB and when i press on it I see files with sizes of Kilo Bytes only.

Also Used space section is disappeared.

So any suggestions about this problem?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barcakid_:
Unfortunately I can't...The only thing I can do is mount the external SD...it seems as the internal SD is corrupted

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I. myself don't understand whats going on. I normally have similar errors and flash Stock ROM and everything is fine after. Now it seems more serious, maybe the internal is too corrupted to even use ODIN?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smsm70:
Title

I rooted my galaxy s3 I9300 two days ago with CF Autoroot which instal custom recovery and root the phone then re-install the stock recovery . After this I flashed CWM through Odin and updated it with Rom manager to v6.0.4.6 and since then everytine I go to recovery and reboot it says

"ROM may flash stock recovery on boot, fix ?

THIS CAN NOT BE UNDONE

-No

- Yes , disable recovery flash "

I choose Yes and it says

"Root access possibly lost , fix ?

THIS CAN NOT BE UNDONE

- No

- Yes , fix root "

I choose yes and it reboots .

I searched about this problem and they say changing to TWRP recovery is the solution . Now I want to install a rom (archidroid) and I wonder if I can install it by cwm safelywithout danger or must I change to twrp and how can I do this (change to twrp safely) ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken920:
Are you sure that ROM file is not corrupted? Check md5sum.

If doesn't work flashing stock rom with pit file, internal SD is probably corrupted :(

Update SuperSu: http://download.chainfire.eu/452/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.02.zip

After this you can flash twrp ;)

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sck84:
why?

who can fix it: SecContacts.apk fullcreen?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankrajc:
Md5 checking

I want flash nexus 5 rom

When I installed md5 failed error message coming

How to check md5 before downloading rom

Pls help me
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken920:
You can check md5 with md5sum on Linux or WinMD5 on Windows ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Orel1996:
Hello.. My phone seriously seems to be awake for too long and I don't know why or what to do with it. I would be happy to get some advice. BBS logs attached
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smsm70:
Okay . The last question

Should I flash it from odin or TWRP Manager ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] broken920:
You can update from recovery: it's a flashable zip ;)

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