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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dies900:
Hi all. Didnt know where to post my problem so sorry if its a wrong thread!

So my problems started after i tried to use archikernel for cm12 . at first it didnt boot, well

it kinda booted but not all the way. Then i flashed through kies stock 4.3 to get my phone running again and then i saw something strange, imei lost, factory mode. Ok didnt know

what so i flashed it to cm12 again and took it to service where they restored my imei.

Then I could make calls again. Then came out weekly 2 cm12. I flashed it, did only cache and dalvik. Not booting all the way, restarted itself. Then flashed it again, cleaned everything, booted but not all the way. Then I got angry and connected my phone to pc (usb charging)

And a miracle, booted all the way to os and first setup. Then I disconnected the phone from pc and did reboot after installing my apps, then again booting but not all the way, restarts itself. Connected to pc and voila boots all the way. Then I thought maybe the battery is the blame (3000mah) samsung. Exchanged to my original battery and all is well (2100mah). So my question, why wont cm12 work properly or even handle tiny load from cpu with big battery because with original 4.3 stock and with back-to-n00t, there are non of these problems. That is extremely strange! Now running weekly 3 cm12(small stock battery) zero bugs.

My phone is galaxy s3 (I9300)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
That's great looks like I am ready to go and thanks for the links but just another question:

I have Kies3 Installed on my PC do I need to uninstall but keep drivers before I run Odin ????

I had a look at TWRP link and noticed there are a few options as regards install so was thinking is there a problem using the recommended way that is downloading TWRP from Play Store after rooting ????

I have downloaded CF-Auto-Root and I see the .tar md5 file ready to put into Odin PDA location.

I am considering KitKat but I am a very cautious person so may well install after I have got the rooting sorted.

Thanks again in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperBommel:
Hi,

About ODIN: Did you find this article? http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/help/guide-odin-flash-guide-t1671969

You could flash TWRP via ODIN. Download http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/114 -> http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/i9300 (tar file for ODIN). I'm using the latest version 2.8.4.0 without any issues. If you have KIES installed, you could uninstall it while keeping the drivers. You could also just kill the process - must not run in the background.

Root your phone first. After installing the recovery, you should make a full backup (also keep the EFS partition just in case of future emergencies :D)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
Downloading TWRP from playstore not recommened as many have reported problems

Sent from my handphone, not yours
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonners59:
Locked i9300 on OmniROM

I need some help here, please.

I have constructed a new S3 (i9300) for my son from bits n bobs of old handsets and a montherboard bought off line. I have flashed to the last OMNIROM nightly and all is good - except.

The motherboard is locked to the Orange network, and non of the apps work, nor does the "secret" code I have seen work.

I did think that flashing the ROM would have removed the lock, but clearly it does not.

Does anyone know how to unlock the phone, please??????
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r25txe:
:

Flash TWRP via the tar file I linked you. As long as Kies is not running you're fine with having it. Make sure there isn't any Kies services running either.

Then run CF Autoroot after rebooting into download mode.

When/if you upgrade to KitKat, you will likely have to re-root.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
First of all thanks again to all who have helped with information it is really appreciated.

My last question: should I root first before flashing TWRP or does it matter ???

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r25txe:
I don't think it matters, by flashing TWRP first you will be able to take a nandroid BEFORE you root, allowing you to have a fallback in the event of any problems.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
Correct. No need for root to flash TWRP[emoji6]

Sent from my handphone, not yours
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Again thank you for information, I am working today so I hope to root etc tomorrow or at the weekend,

But before I start somthing is going on with my S3 just now when I power up sometimes it goes into safe mode its happened in the past just a few times but It happened again when I powered up this morning any ideas why.

Just like to find out before I start rooting.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SuperBommel:
You didn't hold the menu key by accident?

http://www.samsung.com/levant/support/skp/faq/868663
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] $4ND!P:
Hii all...Recently i bought a new Samsung Galaxy S III (I9300)..Actually m bored from 4.3 Stock Rom n now thinking to install Custom rom..But m afraid bcoz i saw many users of S3 lost their IMEI numbers..Actually i also have Galaxy S Advance with Custom Rom.. After some time of use i change rom n tried every rom..But now i want to try in S3...my questions are:-

1). Is S3 have differnt Efs version comparison to Galaxy S Advance..

2) How to back up Efs folder in case if i lost my IMEI...(Can i restore IMEI Backup thru CWM...

3) whats the best method to root galaxy s3..CF Root or any other method..

4). In case of any issue in hardware of my mobile..Can i reset custom binary counter before claiming in warranty..does my phone support triangle away or not...

Finally thnx in advance :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrMcErrors:
So, I have two questions and I'd like some advice.

As I understand it, version 4.1.1 had a "feature" that allowed the S3 to be unlocked, but I can't seem to find 4.1.1 for my device (Orange, UK) anywhere, is it even available? Secondly, I'd read somewhere that this feature was disabled, is that correct? If so, how can I unlock this S3? I've tried almost everything and nothing is working.

Help?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Thanks for info I looked at the link (faq's) and I do think that's what has happened again thanks for info, now planning to root tomorrow and will come back with how things went.

Bye just now.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
UPDATE

Well I started rooting today (lots of free time) I used my Dell laptop D620 that has Windows Vista Business and where I downloaded: Odin 3.XX (installed) CF-Auto-Root zip (unzipped and saved .tar file) TWRP (saved .tar file) Uninstalled Kies @ Kies3 but kept drivers installed. Attached S3 via USB cable and checked device manager that S3 was found no problems.

Opened Odin and clicked on PDA to select TWRP .tar file then connected S3 via USB and clicked START in Odin and file was flashed and got pass notification in Odin, all seem to be ok.

Then proceeded to do the same with CF-Auto-Root went to PDA in Oden and selected the CF .tar file but for some reason the file would not go into PDA window in Oden tried a few times but would not place the .tar file in the window.

Tried the same procedure on my desktop PC with a fresh download and unzip of CF-Auto-Root opened Oden and clicked on PDA and located CK-Auto and this time the file was seen in the PDA window, connected S3 to PC and clicked start in Oden and CF-Auto started to flash to S3 and got a PASS on Odin.

From Play Store I installed Super SU and Root checker and It looks like the S3 is now rooted wow I also installed Titanium and Link2sd they all work fine except Link2sd it keeps asking "select the file system of SD card's second partition (the second partition was ext2 formatted by using minitool ) but Link2sd will not create mount script, any ideas why ?????

Another couple of problems that I can't get my head round:

I think I have TWRP installed but how do you run it, I was expecting to see some sort of UI as you see in the Play Store version ???

The custom binary download count is now at: YES 2 Counts can this be set back to zero ????

Well as I said it's looking good except for the above problems.

Hope you can help or advise.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r25txe:
Vol Up + Home + Power to boot into your newly flashed TWRP. You don't "see" TWRP during normal operation, it is your recovery.

While in your recovery (TWRP), use that to partition your SD card and Link2SD should work then. Naturally, make a backup of your pix, porns, and etc.., from your SD card first.

I'm curious, why do you need to use Link2SD? Can you not move all your media to your SD and use internal storage for all your apps? SIII has a lot more space than your previous device. Link2SD, while an amazing app, is nearly deprecated from its original usage intent now by virtue of modern phones with unified internal storage.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Thanks again for info.

Link2SD I thought I would require this because I had it on my Galaxy Ace but I see where you are coming from so do I realy require a second partition on the SD card should I just format it as one partition FAT32 ??

TWRP I went in to recovery mode Vol up etc and because I am not sure what you do here I have listed the options could you tell me what each option is-

This is what I see:

Android System Recovery <3e>

> reboot system now (understand this one)

> apply update from ADB (not sure about this)

> apply update from external storage (not sure about this)

> wipe data factory reset (think I understand this one)

> wipe cache partition (understand this one)

> apply update from cache (not sure about this)

Thanks again
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r25txe:
You don't have TWRP installed, when you see "<3e>" that means you have stock recovery still.

Have you confirmed you're rooted?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Hi, I thought it looked a bit funny although I was not sure.

I have used root checker and as far as I can see it gives info that S3 is rooted (I think)

Also installed:-

Super SU and it sees the apps that require root and any time I open an app that requires root Super SU aknowlages and asked to grant permission to open, same sort of thing I have seen on my rooted Galaxy Ace.

Lin2SD runs and it requires root and SuperSU has that loged.

AdAway (downloaded from FDroid) this requires root and the app is running also loged on SuperSU.

Titanium Backup requires root and it is running with no problems and also loged on SuperSU.

ES File Explorer in the settings menu has an option for switching on root explorer this would not switch on before I rooted but now switches on and recognises S3 is rooted also loged on SuperSU.

So my understand from the above it looks like S3 is rooted.

I have been wondering if TWRP did install I was not very sure after I did it but when I saw the custom binary count at 2 I assumed that TWRP and CF-Auto-Root had flashed, do you think I should try and flash TWRP again and would doing this increase the Custom Bianary count or does this matter or do you think I should download TWRP from Play Store ????

Thanks again in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r25txe:
For the moment, I'm going to ignore your issue with your custom counter until we resolve TWRP.

Since you are rooted we will use TWRP Manager from the Play Store to install TWRP.

First, download and install Sterricsson[sp?] busybox installer.

Install it, run it, grant it full root and install the busybox binaries.

A reboot here will certainly do no harm.

Then download, install, & open TWRP Manager and use that to do a "Live Install" of TWRP.

Reboot into recovery to confirm TWRP installed.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Hi,

I have downloaded Busybox installer by Stericson and did a install and ran it granted full root and app started to run on completion I eneded up with a load of info in green print (applets) with green ticks against each one but just above that there are three, looks like options, with a box to be ticked these are:- enable smart install, replace all (simlinks all) and clean mode should I tick any of these ??

Also where do I get and install busybox binaries ??

And should busybox gather enformation each time you open it ??

Sorry for all these questions but I am not shure how busybox behaves.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] $4ND!P:
Hi, i want to knw step by step method to root, install latest CWM, Backup Efs folder & Tringle away with Download links in easy method..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r25txe:
Use smart install. That app has the binaries and will install them for you.

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Start here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2148708
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ray.Z:
Hey that was the first thing I tried but my phone was locked with a pattern and when I connect it with kies to get my files it says to unlock the device (to draw rhe pattern) that I cant do because my screen is broken. And by the way thanks for helping me! What shiuld I do now???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Busybox / I tried to use "smart install" but app says I require pro version so I downloaded pro and then was given access to "smart install" wich I ran and at the end a notice came up saying "congratulations install complete you will be notified of any updates", does that meen binaries are installed and should I carry on with TWRP download and install ???

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r25txe:
Yes, use TWRP Manager from Play Store to install TWRP. It will need root.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
I have now downloaded and installed TWRP Manager started "Install TWRP" option and was asked for device and a list of devices was presented to choose from I chose i9300 then TWRP install asked for recovery version I chose the latest from the list "openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-i9300 and it did a live download and completed then TWRP gave me the option to reboot but nothing happened I decided then to exit TWRP and it closed with no problems. Opened TWRP again went back into "install TWRP" to check device info and device name= i9300 and recovery version is as above.

Because TWRP would not reboot the device as explained above I decided to try the "reboot options" in TWRP, NONE OF THE OPTIONS WORK for example if I try to do a "reboot to recovery" I get the option "no" or "yes" when I tap on "yes" nothing happens when I tap on "no" screen goes back to "reboot options" I get the same result with all the TWRP reboot options.

I tried power off and reboot to recovery useing vol up+home+power and sure enough the S3 goes to rcovery and TWRP v2.8.4.0 UI is seen with all the options buttons there and usable.

So a wee bit of a loss as to why any reboot options will not work in TWRP any ideas ??

Hope you can advise
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r25txe:
Don't use the reboot options from TWRP Manager would be my advice.

Have you enabled "Developer Options"? Tap on "Build Number" 7 times to enable it if you haven't and use the advanced reboot options to setup a way of getting into your recovery from Android.

(On a side note, TWRP Manager may depend on this being switched on to use its reboot options, but I am uncertain about this)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Yes I was sure I did but I double checked and yes developer options is enabled. :good:

Where do I get advanced reboot options I had a look in settings but can't find it there :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r25txe:
It depends on whether your ROM's "Developer Options" has those options. Most do, IIRC.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
No wonder I can't find it it's not there I don't have that option "advanced reboot" I went into developer options and I see "Take Bug Report" then "Desktop backup password" no advanced reboot under developer options anywhere so I am at a real loss.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r25txe:
If you really need a method to reboot into recovery from Android then download a rebooter app from Play Store. I suggest Inteks one.

I wouldn't bother though, you stated you can do it using the key combination from powered off state.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Understand what you are saying but will keep in mind the rebooter app I may try.

I now only have two problems left:

The second partition of the external SD card its ext2 formatted but will not mount ??

The custom binary should I reset to 0 and how would I do that ??

Again thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sajidm2121:
i9300 "cant mount sd card" to install bootloader and rom using cwm

I almost unbricked my phone using the link below but got stuck in flashing the bootloaded phase.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/help/solved-pit-bricked-dead-problem-gt-t2535367

Can access download mode and can use cwm recovery but cant access to sd card to flash bootloader and rom.

The error is "cant mount sd card"

Please help me
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r25txe:
Go to the Link2SD thread to seek an answer to your first question.

The SIII FAQ has a post dealing with your second question.

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You've already asked this in that thread, wait for an answer there. Stop doubling up.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
To r25txe:-

Thanks for info I will go to Link2SD thread and try and get info regarding mount problem and will seek info as regards binary count.

I just want to say a big thanks r25txe for all your help in getting my S3 rooted

Regards soundacer.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rzr86:
good morning everybody

i own a galaxy s3 device and i want to install the Official rom on it

the device is completely stock

can i install the Official rom in stock condition and if yes how?

probably i will need samsung kies or odin am i right?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nic2215:
Yes. U can even use the ota method.. By going settings and then about, software update or like u say Odin or kies both required the same steps but downloading from xda sources(mega for example from justarchi) will be much faster than kies and then best is to factory reset and not to forget to back up ur data.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlimOncul:
S3 Battery Problem

Hi guys.I asked a question about battery before 4-5 months.It was dead and i give the phone to service.They changed battery and plug.

:svetius:

My new problem is , my phone battery goes down like %5 then %4 then its %0.I return home and plug in to charger.It starts with %40-45 battery.

I dont know why this is happening.I need some help.Last time something different happened.Phone screen changed his colour like grey - white - grey - white then i closed it.

Now i am at home i plug in to charger and its again started with %40 battery.What is this problem?

Thanks For Answers.

Sorry for Bad Grammar.:)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rzr86:
i have the latest update

i just want to install the whole rom again because i am facing some issues

thanks for the info

edit: i am searching for stock roms and all i see is dead links

can someone send me a link for an official rom unbranded european for greece?

the details are: CP-> i9300XXUGNA8

CSC-> I9300DBTGNG2

AP-> I9300XXUGNG3

edit 2: i found this one

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/34566/I9300XXUGNG3_I9300EURGNG1_EUR.zip/

will it work?

from the search i realized that the DBT part corresponds to germany(Deutschland ) region am i right?

if yes the device probably is unbranded from germany so the above firmware will it work?

thanks in advance

edit 3: also i found this one

http://rapidgator.net/file/2f28c8d3...14/09/10/i9300xxugng3-4-3-galaxy-s3-gt-i9300/

definitely will work

taken from here

http://androidromupdate.com/2014/09/10/i9300xxugng3-4-3-galaxy-s3-gt-i9300/

sorry for bothering you guys but i am not so familiar with samsung devices
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maeni_93:
audio distortion when called

I have a very strange problem with my phone:

When I receive a call, audio gets really distorted. It sounds like clipped or something, even though my phone is not on its loudest setting. Now, when I make a call, there is no distortion. Also, when I receive 2 calls shortly after another, the second call sounds normal. It's a bit random.

What I tried:

- many different ROMS

- many different Kernels

- updating modem

I'm now running Archidroid 3.0.3 with the archidroid kernel

Is anybody familiar with this problem? Thanks for helping me! :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] casidus:
good night.

I have seen that from this forum has migrated MaxxAudio application, for the rest of android devices.

I wonder if this also is, and how to install a android 4.3.

if not, how I can improve the sound of the phone?

thanks for everything
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acezuti:
When ever I use Cyanogenmod based room my phone is overheating when I use it longer. I try archidroid v3. I love it my phone is faster and everything but it heats when I use it longer so I had to change back to Samsung room.

I have try different Cyanogenmod rooms I have the same problem with all and I really want to try them.

So if anyone can help me fix this problem i will appreciate it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
Boeffla kernel and then experiment with cpu governors.

GT-I9300 on MIUI Rom
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jassim007:
I factory rest my phone. Not knowing, my important media files got deleted. I'm running stock android 4.3. I tried this method to recover:http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-nexus/general/guide-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705. But I could not find anything. I tried undeleter diskdigger but nothing is found. At least if photos is recovered I would be grateful. My model is gt-i9300. Please suggest a solution and anyway to recover.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
updates

I have had great advice from this thread on how to root my S3 GT- i9300 and working well except for two little problems that I am working on, SD Card and Custom binary count.

But after rooting I just had a thought regards Samsung software update my phone at the moment has 4.3 installed and do not want it to update because I have rooted I have turned off auto update and wi-fi is also turned off is this ok to stop any future updates or do I need to do more to prevent updates ??

Could some one advise.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UnNaMeD__:
I tried two ROMs, CM12 by Temasek and CM12 by Archi. Both weren't fast as Kitkat for me. I was using boeffla kernel with battery saving presets (1ghz CPU, underclock GPU, and both undervolt). This is what I use on Kitkat too but it performed better. Can you guys give me your views that how you feel it performs and if you thinks its better than Kitkat, list me your kernel and ROM.

And my main problem is xposed modules. One is gravity box and other is hack connectivity services and last one my favorite is greenify. I use gravity box to turn on flash light on lock screen by holding home button. I also use it to skip songs by volume keys but I think its possible in LP without modules. I use it for other purposes too but I want any alternatives for my most used favorite functions. I use hack connectivity services module to do reverse tethering and use all apps. Any alternative for that too? You can ignore greenify.

Another major issue is that when I restored apps from Ti backup, most of them didn't worked. I think its related with runtime? Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help!