yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NEO2598:
Hi all. I want to know if towel root will work on my galaxy s3 i9300(android 4.3) and if I lose my waranty if i root it or i can go back to stock. Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ziggycat:
Seeking S3 4.1.1 firmware

Hi all..

Yesterday I unlocked an S3 on 4.1.1 on the three(uk) network, I installed recovery, rooted and used galaxsim unlock.

All good, except 10 mins after returning the phone she has done an ota firmware update, and soft bricked it.

The phone will no longer boot to the os nor will it go into recovery mode, I can get it into download mode and it is recognized by odin.

Tried EVERYWHERE to find the 4.1.1 stock firmware for three(uk) - I9300XXDLJ1_I9300H3GDLJ1_H3G

All links are to hotfile (which of course no longer exists).

I could use 4.3 to restore the phone, but then won't be able to unlock it.

Any suggestions where I could find the firmware or is there a generic 4.1.1 I can flash?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verny94:
Android 4.3 doesn´t have Knox. So you don´t need Towel root. Use CF-Auto-Root by ChainFire.

Only one thing is reset flash counter by Triangle away :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRIPL3 H:
Good afternoon, comrades!

Very interested ArchiDroid V2.4.6 ROM, but I want to ask you a few questions about this ROM - ArchiDroid V2.4.6 really stable? Are there any problems with the camera, Wi-Fi, battery charge? :confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duoxx:
Can't Root SGS3

I'm on i9300 international, 1GB ram version.

I tried to root the phone after updating to 4.3 via Kies.

1. I have tried using ODIN to flash CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4 - didn't work

2. I have tried using SafeRoot method - didn't work

3. I have tried TowerRoot as well ...

Nothing works. Wanted to flashed supernexus 4.0 since the S3 stock rom is really very laggy now.

Anyone had issues with rooting as well and solved it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alzatan:
S5 sensation rom and AGNi kernel - low clock speeds

Hi all,

I installed yesterday the S5 sensation rom v3.3, and also AGNi kernel... It works all fine, but it's quite slow and laggy... But I may have found the reason why!

When opening CPUz it seems that the maximum clock speed of the CPU is 1000Mhz (instead than 1400), and when I increased the value in AGNi tools to 1500Mhz, CPUz showed 1100Mhz maximum...

Is it a false reading from CPUz or have I done something wrong with the settings in AGNi?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baltics:
Did you enable install from unknown sources in security settings?

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That post was about rooting.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alzatan:
Found a very strange behaviour: I'm learning as I write, but it seems to be down to the CPU scaling governor: if I select anything alse than "Performance" (which is maximum speed all the time), the maximum CPU speed is only 1.1Ghz (running AnTuTu in background, so CPU load is 100% all the time).

Something wrong with the kernel? Why all other governors don't ramp up the CPU speed up to 1.4Ghz?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duoxx:
Yes I did. I see the SU install, CWM installed, but when running root checker, it says i'm not rooted.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baltics:
I had this problem. Down load busybox from Google Apps. It should fix it.

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To see if that is the issue you can check with this app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=phone.master.root
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duoxx:
I tried to install Busybox, but it seems that the su binary isn't installed as well. So still stuck
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baltics:
Download Supersu from play store and install.

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If you already have it installed and check it it may need an update even though you have only just installed it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tueh:
Can someone help me

Samsung GT-I9300 I stopped at the logo samsung galaxy s3

I've tried several firmware and the results always fail

I was very sad in this case is there anything that can help my problem???

please tutorial explanations to revive my samsung galaxy s3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baltics:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2535367

(SOLVED) PIT/Bricked/Dead problem on GT-I9300 international
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herry menon:
s3 home screen issues

i am using samsung galxy s3 FTI9300 updated with 4.3 official update but my home screen is blurred at top most part where usually clock,battery logo and network is situated, initially on 4.1.2 there was no full screen i mean the top screen was black where clock,battery and network logo situated but not it remains blurred at top only,how to solve this
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herry menon:
screen shot of home screen

, u can see in screen shot that how to top most part of screen remains blurred
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlesglenn55:
Rooting issues.

Ok Ill be the first to say I screwed up. So we can get past that. Im using Verizon samsung galaxy s3 sch

I535 android version 4.4.2 ne1. Kernal is dated may 20, 2014. I got the kit kat upgrade and the first thing i did was root it using towelroot. I installed supersu after and thats when ii relized i screwed up. Tryed booting into recovery and got the yellow triangle message from verizon about unauthorized software. I puf it into download mode and was able to reboot. I reset the counter to 0. I think it was already at 0. The phone works fine but i dont have root anymore and cant boot into recovery. I tried to reset to factory settings and that didnt help. Im completely unable to do. A factoy reset. Im out of ideas any thoights.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arj8:
How to fix this powermanagerservice.display battery drain??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlesglenn55:
You were right
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowvolt1:
My wife and daughter both have S3 on virgin mobile. Lately they both have been receiving update requests. They fail. I do have them rooted and xposed. How do I update them? Both are on 4.3. Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duoxx:
tried that too ... didn't resolve the issue
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RJBPrime:
Re Getting a more recent Philz Recovery then 15/6/2014

Hi All,

How would I go about getting a more recent Philz Recovery, than the one that [MENTION=5161352]JustArchi[/MENTION] has compiled? As I would like to enable f2fs on my S3 I9300. I have no programming knowledge, nor compiling knowledge for that matter, but would like some help. Please?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tueh:
there has been no response from the problems that I face
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanthraxuk:
Galaxy S3 I9300 Connection Troubles

Hi There,

I've been a long time follower of XDA since I had a imate k-jam (showing my age lol) but I've never had the need to ask for help as I've always been able to find an answer in the forums, but this one has me stumped..

I'm trying to sort out my brother in laws S3 here are its details:

currently on Stock 4.3 (rooted)

Baseband:i9300XXUGNA8

build: JSS15J.I9300XXUGND2

kernel:3.0.31-2429075

on Virgin Mobile UK

I've tried to flash it multiple times (5 so far 2 via TWRP and 3 via ODIN) with stock and cooked roms but the problem remains

and a sim swap with my sim also on Virgin UK the problem stays with the phone.

so here's the problem when i'm on wi-fi everything works fine however when wi-fi is off and it is using mobile/cellular data it has problems with apps (BBM, Snapchat & Viber all don't work) as well as the play store.

the apn is correct for virgin and all web access works fine but for some reason i cannot get the apps to connect.

so the plan is at the moment is to concentrate on getting the Play store working.

at the moment it gives the error connection timeout, and in an attempt to resolve it I have tried:

clearing data and cache then force stop for play services

clearing data and cache then force stop for play store

I've updated and downgraded these also

I've checked the hosts file and that is ok (it only contains the entry for localhost)

also the time and date are correct for this region.

It has been suggested it may be due to security certificates on the device for SSL connections but I don't know how to update them

I would appreciate any help anyone could give before i completely lose my marbles

Many Thanks

Paul
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Magnum828:
Welcome everybody.

I have some questions about hard bricking.

I just owned SIII internation i9300.

If I will install a custom rom (cm11) will I destroy something ?

I'm not a noob, because I owned a Galaxy Young (GT-S5360), and when I install some bad ROM or kernel I just came back to my old friend Odin :) and flashed anything stock. And now my question is that I can hardbrick my SGS3 by installing bad rom od bad kernel ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlesglenn55:
Thank you

Im still unable to reboot into recovery but the battety drain is fixed. Thats way more important i wouldn't have come to that conclusion on my own.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gandoff:
reduced 4g lte speeds

Currently running rooted sg3 4.1.2 stock rom and noticed some serious reduced speeds during speedtests. Would usually get anywhere from 5-7mbps download and all of a sudden I've been only getting .5-.7mbps download for the past 2 weeks and speed test app gets stuck at a certain speed during upload test. Nothing has changed as far as the proximity of the phone as it always is mounted on the wall. No software changes at all (even though I get reminded to update my software often through a pop up) but will not, due to incompatible software on Kit Kat.

I have a note 3 that I use in the same location and it has not been experiencing the same reduced speeds.

Called in to Sprint they said everything was fine on their end and would send a tech out to check on the tower I use in the next couple of days ( 2 weeks ago). Advised me to bring to a Sprint store to see if there were any problems.

Brought in to Sprint store and the tech went on to say that 4G is so sensitive and that could just be the problem. Says phone looks good physically and is operating just fine.

Moved phone to a different location and it seems to be fine... so this post is solved.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arj8:
I am not getting deep sleep due to this kernel wakelock powermanagerservice.display.

Doesflip cover automatically enable proximity sensor??

How to disable it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] duoxx:
Yesterday I tried to flash using CF-auto root using Odin 3.07 and check the status using Root Checker Pro.

1. /system/bin/su: no such file or directory exists

2. /system/xbin/su: Setuid is NOT present BUT root user ownership is present. Root access is NOT correctly configured for this file!

3. /sbin/su: File system permissions restrictured and denied access.

4. /system/xbin/sudo: Does not exists

I tried to flash twice, but the results is the same.:crying:

I read some other forums that I9300 Android 4.3 is having issues with the traditional rooting process. Can anyone confirm on this?:confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Srinath_Newbie:
Hi there!

Recently my father's s3 started having a weird problem. The phone's screen is switched on automatically. And the standby time in settings shows 1440 minutes!! Anybody heard of similar problem?

Thanks in advance for the help!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] little_whisky:
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello all! I'm not too sure where to start with my issue so the beginning seems a logical place to start.

A few days ago I experienced some issues with my S3(GT-I9300, international); the screen was doing something strange, as if the battery was dying (despite being around the 25% mark). I thought nothing of it until it happened again, although this time the phone rebooted, with no issues. It happened a third time but wouldn't progress past the logo screen and so my problem was formed.

I was running SlimKat 4.4.2. I tried doing a hard reset and tried re-flashing slimkat 4.4.2 as well as the stock firmware to no avail. I also tried flashing an older version of slimrom (4.3.5) but am still stuck on the same screen =\.

I can still access download mode and recovery mode which is the good news. :highfive: .

I've strolled on the net for aaages and haven't found anything beyond trying a hard reset or reflashing the ROM =\.

Any help anyone can give me would be awesome!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lakshya666:
I have problem on the custom rom named "Revolutionary s5" version3

My whatsapp is not working as well as gallery issue.... I could not slide to the right side of the gallery...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YoLO13:
I'm just downloading this rom - Ill let you know how to fix this problem =]

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BTW peoples - what sort of apps do you use to overclock the CPU?? I cant seem to find any good apps that have the ability to do this?

Plus - CarbonRom need to build this feature in - I can only max out the CPU at 1400Mhz?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paresh Kalinani:
USB Tethering

Okay, this problem appeared after rooting my S3 (GT-I9300) and I'm still not able to solve it.

USB Tethering doesn't work! Wait, it works -but only once and I need to restart the phone every time I want to use it. No matter which Kernel or ROM is flashed. This problem doesn't go away. Either it says "USB Tethering error" or "USB not connected" every time I check 'USB Tethering' in Settings->More->Tethering and Portable Hotspot. The thing is when I restart the phone and again do the same, it connects immediately. Once I uncheck USB Tethering, detach the USB Cable, I'm gone. I can't use USB Tethering on my PC again until I restart it. Any help would be appreciated!

I'm sure that there's no problem with my USB Cable/PC Ports/Screen Touch or anything like that. I've tested everything individually.

This problem occurs on any and every ROM or Kernel but as the first post says to mention details, here are those of which my phone currently runs:

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ROM Name

: Slim-4.4.2.build.5-OFFICIAL-4081 .

Baseband Version

: I9300XXUGNA8 .

Kernel Version

: 3.0.101-CM Boeffla-Kernel-2.2-Omnirom-i9300-20140325 .

Mods Applied

: Xperia Z Wallpapers ZIP.

Flashing Style

: Clean.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fademyken:
Galaxy S3 model SGH-T999 - root procedure problem

Hello,

I tried looking for this before posting but I believe my issue is too specific to find.

I was following this developer post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1735561

with a great fail proof video everything was going good.. i downloaded kies, got all drivers onto my pc, extracted odin got the info to show up under the com port, ran the clockworkmod.TAR under PDA... the phone reacted just as the video showed, yet, when he goes back to the phone and reboots in recovery manual mode (vol up + home + power) and upon releasing the power button, the format of the screen that I see is much different.

.

I see this:

http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu154/fademyken/2014-06-26011545.jpg

rather than seeing this:

http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu154/fademyken/tutorialrecoveryscreen.jpg

regardless I attempted to access the .ZIP file from the "apply update from external storage" option and ran it through there. the phone automatically reboots soon afterward and I do not get super user.

I have re-tried this several times since always following the video posted to see if I am missing something but I am not. I dont know what to do to get the device rooted properly after I hit this roadblock.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

thank you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baltics:
Check out '_Knox' ... It prevents rooting.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swallen:
CM10.2 problem

Ok, i'm pretty noob here and i have a little problem. I wanted to try CM 10.2 first. I am with stock touchwiz 4.3 and i install a TWRP recovery via Odin, then i download the stable CM 10.2 from the official CM site and also download the GApps 20130813 version for CM 10.2 from goo.im and then go to recovery and install the CM10.2 and GApps and after the install was done i reboot system and the phone stuck on Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-I9300 logo and just stays there...i know the first boot takes a while but its not stuck on CM boot circle but on SGS3 i9300 logo (i've done a cache/dalvik wipe and factory reset) i pull the battery and go to recovery again and restore the backup of my stock 4.3 touchwiz which i've made before i start installing the CM. What am i doing wrong ? Thanks for the help and peace.

P.S: Sorry for my bad English. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verny94:
TWRP & CM aren´t friends. Try to use Philz Touch :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Swallen:
I've installed the CM11 M7 snapshot (montly) and everything seems to be ok. Thanks for the reply anyway if i deside that CM11 montly builds isnt stable enough i will try installing CM10.2 with philz touch. :good: :) From the first day of use i think CM11 is pretty good, i will see how it will hold in the next couple of days. ;)

Edit: What can you say for the custom kernels for the CM roms guys ? Is it worth to change the stock CM kernel with a custom one and if it is which one will you recommend me ? :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmajali:
GT-I9300

Hi guys.

i need the galaxy s3 GT-I9300 4.1.2 firmware....

can you plz give me it????

(sammobile doesn't have the 4.1.2 firmware)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallman43:
Here you go >> http://androidfirmwares.net/PhoneFirmware3 << ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivam.k:
Hey I have a s5 sensation rom on my Samsung Galaxy s3 but my wifi direct is not working , it switches on but neither it shows the available devices nor the other devices show it as available please help ...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] midhila009:
Hi friends..

I need a android 4.3 or above stock based rom for my s3. Which gives better battery back up and performance (not for gaming). Please advice. Currently i am using android 4.1 stock rom in my samsung galaxy s3.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivam.k:
I prefer you samsung galaxy s5 sensation rom for s3 I am using it and its just awesome and as per your need works on 4.4 kitkat and maintains good battery life

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I prefer you samsung galaxy s5 sensation rom for s3 I am using it and its just awesome and as per your need works on 4.4 kitkat and maintains good battery life

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Else is working well
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somey:
hot my phone!!!! :((

hi

while i played with clash of clans or subway surf sometimes, my phone is warming[HOT]. my rom is revolution v51

WHAT SOLUTION?????????:mad::mad::confused::confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shivam.k:
How to turn off led light in s5 sensation rom version 3.3 for s3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RibozoM:
you may try undervolt your cpu. but i does not affect too much, warming occurs while playing games. :good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] somey:
no

I dont change any sitting, just 'power save'' turn on,only

solution:rolleyes::confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verny94:
Its normal thing. Phone doesn´t has any coolpad, so its hot.

Also android manage CPU frequencies. If there is huge overheating frequencies slow down ;)

And if is very hot day a phone is hotter to :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sonicboom9004:
Mobile network not available

My phone number, MIN, PRL are all 0 or Unknown but my IMEI is intact though. Can't make calls but i can go on the internet with 4g. This happened when i flashed gummy rom.

Can't go to *#*#4636#*#* any apps that does the same function (Network, Phone info) either doesn't open or stops responding immediately.

I am on stock rom with twrp recovery. Noob out.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akaihayate:
Hi all. Just flashed Omni rom 4.4.4 nightlies and realised that it doesn't allow saving to sd for camera. Tried the solutions like SD Fix and Xposed module and picture2sd but it still doesn't work. Installed other camera apps and they say can't find external sd.

Would really love to be able to save to sd for my photos again.

Anyone has a solution?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verny94:
Did you try link2SD? :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akaihayate:
Hi how does it work? I've installed it but when I took a photo using the native google camera the photo is still stored in the internal space. There is no option to switch to external saving.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HanjalicH:
Several questions

Hi guys !

I have several questions for you , so feel free to answer them when you're available.

I have lost serial number on my S3 , it only shows zeros , and will I have mobile network available for calling and messaging if I install Cyanogenmod 11 on it ? Now everything works like a charm , but it's still stock 4.1.2 and it slowly gets old.

Second question is do you guys think will Cyanogenmod relase Android L for Galaxy S3 , or will it be available as standalone system , not themed KitKat ?

:good::good::good: You guys rock!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrThore:
Hey guys i have a big problem.

I install cm-11-20140622-NIGHTLY-i9305 but this system is not good for me and i want to downgrade this to stock (Poland-Play). I install I9305XXBMJ1 by the Odin 3.09 this system (4.1.2) but instalation was failed !

4.3 -> CM11 (Succes) -> 4.1.2 (FAILED!)

I can`t run my smartphone, when I run the samsung logo appears and nothing. I tried to instal CWM 6.0.4.7 TOUCH by Odin, but when i press vol +, home and power CWM does not start up so I can`t try to instal again Cyanomod 11 to my phone!

Please help me guy what i should to do

Sorry for my english

P.S. I`m instaling now once again CWM but its not work... i press vol+, home and power and the samsung logo show me again.

Can i try to install CF AUTO ROOT + TWRP?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verny94:
Flash a ROM with same modem or you can loose your EFS. Do you have backup?

And I think that is only one 4.1.2 ROM which is safe to install. I dont remember when.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrThore:
No i haven`t got any backup :/

I want to flash this same rom but I have a .zip file with Cyanomod 11, so Odin supported .tar/.md5 file. I cannot find any CM11 with enlargement .md5.

I flashed three-times CWM but i press vol+/home/and power button and nothing turns on :/ (if turns on i wipe/reset factory and flash CM11 )