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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PluckyJokerhead:
Using galaxy fame efs partition?

So the other day I screwed up my efs by installing a kitkat rom that installed a new modem and changed the country code, which stopped me from being able to get signal. I then couldn't work out what was wrong with the device and thought it was the sim card slot, so I replaced it. When that did not fix it I researched a lot until i came to the conclusion that I could use the phone as a phone ever again because I didn't have an efs backup. So to my question: can I use my brother's old Samsung Galaxy Fame's efs partition to restore my phone to fully working order?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stevica Smederevac:
You CAN use your phone. Go to the service center and they will repair the efs folder as long as you have one on the sticker or original box.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PluckyJokerhead:
I understand that, but there is no service centre local to me and i have no way of getting to one a bit further away.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chartreux27:
Do you have Sprint?

I'm not sure if GSM providers have PRL or an equivalent to PRL. I believe PRL stands for "Preffered Roaming List" and it has to do with deciding which cell towers to connect to get service (not sure exactly).

I'd first find out if your mobile provider is GSM (satellite) or CDMA (cell towers) and find out if there's even an option to update the PRL and or Profile.

Might want to just call your service provider's customer support and describe your problem to a representative.

(That's how I found out that I needed to update my PRL/Profile.)

The reason I needed to update the PRL/Profile was that I was switching to a new phone so your problem might be caused by something else, unless your switching your service to a different phone too.

;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spanit007:
Sorry this post is certainly not for me.

Here we do not have sprint or At&T or verizon or whatever.....

I have exynos version of i9300.

Well thanks for all your help buddy!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinko975:
i got 2 years old GT-I9305 getting it of friend for gift, but in very good condition, with new original battery.

works good, but when i browsing with mobile data, lower part of phone is overheating. when i am browsing on wifi, it didt warm so much, little less, but still overheat. screen too.

perhaps graphic chip overheating? will changing os solve problem (CM12.1?)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stevica Smederevac:
It's normal with these temperatures, don't worry ;)

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oswald Boelcke:
How high are the temperatures you're talking about? CPU temperature? Battery temperature?

What's the system you're running? This may probably help in finding answers: http://goo.gl/s61WQF

In the signature block you'll find the system how I run my GT-I9305; BTW, without any heating issues.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinko975:
No battery, lower.. chipset is there. Lower part of phone. You used CM based rom. It had no issues with warming? I am thinking about CM12.1. Dont know will it change my problwm. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaleppo:
Hello, as said about stupid questions, i will shoot one, i have sgs3 4g and thinking about moving to android 6 from 5, i have now liquidsmooth 5.1.1, and what i'm looking for is most stable and least bloated custom rom, tweks are fine but i don't have the need for fancy animations or eyecandy, just stable and lightweight rom without too much of a hassle :), thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodman:
Among all MM ROMs I'm 100% happy only with p.a.n's unofficial CM13 for now. I think using SELinuxModeChanger with it (like I do myself) would be a good idea to avoid SELinux restriction possible issues. It's my recommendation.

Also, rodman01's Resurrection Remix (MM) is good/perfect for some users, but in my case, I have sometimes annoying issues.

Besides those 2 ROMs, I can't say but you should take a Nandroid backup and try yourself! :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mujeeb999:
I have S3 SCH-R530x cmda model. Is it possible to unlock it to use as gsm? If yes can you please tell me how? I tried language screen trick but it doesnt work. It is on 4.3 jellybean
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oswald Boelcke:
Running the configuration as stated in my signature block, and I'm extremely happy. I also flashed Resurrection Remix plus AGNi v4.5.5 on the SGS3 (GT-I9300) of our godson, and his device is running smoothly, too.

Thanks god, we are lacking the annoying issues of [mention=4752536]FLooDW[/mention].

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By my information, it's not possible to use a CMDA device on or as GSM because the hardware doesn't allow, i.e. no chances by any software/firmware modification.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeoMaers:
Hi guys.

My S3 is still running perfectly under cm-11, the only problem is that I can't connect any calls, if I try to make a call both phones rings normally, but when the person answers the phone (or the other way around) the connection goes mute, no sound at all. After I hang up the call the SIII loses the networks for a couple of seconds and then it comes back up.

Viber and Skype works, messaging works, 3G Mobile Data connection works with no problem, and the phone only loses signal when I place or receive the calls.

I upgraded from cm-11-20150901-SNAPSHOT to cm-11-20160115-SNAPSHOT, installed a new modem, checked APN configuration and IMEI, the only thing left to do is to Odin flash back to stock android, and actually I don't want to do that, I love cm since the day I installed it.

One thing to notice is that the SIII worked for quite some time with cm-11 without presenting this problem.

What else can I do? Thank you very much in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oswald Boelcke:
Regarding the loss of signal, I regularly experience a similar issue but I got a reasonable answer. Please see these posts:

Post 1, post 2, and post 3.

What I currently don't understand in your post, is this statement: "...if I try to make a call both phones rings normally,...".

Why both phones? What is your specific telephone setup?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeoMaers:
I'll check out the posts that you gave me, thanks for the reply!

Okay, let me try to reprase it, I said both phones trying to explain that it doesn't matter if I'm making or receiving a call or if I'm the one picking it up or is the other person, the call goes mute and the connection/signal disappears moments after regardless.

SIII GT-I9300

CM-11-20160115-SNAPSHOT-XNH0E0O00N-i9300 Android version 4.4.4

Kernel 3.0.64-CM-gc6c1bf0
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S3foibles:
Dud S3

Posting in this megathread rather than standalone post, as hopefully easy question:

which official firmware to flash??

four year old GTi9300 got the infamous `encryption failed` error whilst on holiday in Japan. Accepted the loss of files, but recovery mode sticks on formatting /cache, and download mode has the `downloading, do not turn off target` bug. Overall very tedious problems stacked together. I`ve never rooted the device or tampered with system previously.

Kies didn`t work so I want to flash the right firmware with ODIN, but unsure which one.

From what Kies told me, PDA: NB5, Phone: NB2, CSC: ML2 (ORA).

Seeing as the device died, that and the fact it was an Orange UK S3 from 2012, is all I have to go on.

Any help appreciated, so I can get phone working again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stevica Smederevac:
Flash any Btu 4.3(sim free). It's for England but not carrier branded.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] S3foibles:
Thank you for the reply. I downloaded the top generic UK 4.3 from Sammobile, but trying it with Odin 3.10.6 and 3.9 just gets me an almost instant `FAIL!`. It takes a hell of a while to download firmware on softbank wifi so I`d rather not download all the ones on sammobile to try. Unsure what to do now frankly :confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oswald Boelcke:
Probably more information might be helpful. If you like go through the following "checklist".
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xaiury:
[HELP][QA]Download Mode not Detected By Odin[Repetitive Question Yet Not same issue]

Hi Everyone, few months ago I have tried and successfully rooted/flashed my GS3 and used other ROM. Then I got weary of it and I have installed/revert original android 4.3 stock ROM to my device. last month.

Now my issue is that my phone is getting detected via Odin(when it is turned on) and KIES/Smart switch, But when I put it into the Download Mode phone it isn't getting detected by Odin. What I actually want to do now is to root, flash another custom ROM in order to play PKGO

But now even the Unified toolkit is not working and i have tried many tuts I can search. Please Help me out.

I have also tried to use different cables.

1. I have already installed drivers and phone is detected via KIES and ODIN when it is turned on.. Then suddenly disconnects whenever I put into download mode.

2. USB debugging is activated/On

3. I'm using 4.3 stock ROM.

4. I'm using PC with Windows 10 OS. but i think that is not the issue since it's being detected when it's turned on (means not using download mode).

I found similar issue thread but no solutions were yet available.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/help/gt-i9300-detect-via-odin-t3194558
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oswald Boelcke:
First, your link isn't working for me thus I don't know what you read (Error 404 - page not found).

Maybe this helps out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO7TVY2UXEY

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/general/usb-device-recognized-download-mode-t1600497
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xaiury:
1. I have updated the link.

2. I have tried removing the battery and reinsert the plug and it doesn't work.

3. I tried turning off the device, open Odin, then boot on download mode then connect the plug and got same result, Odin still not detecting my device. :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oswald Boelcke:
As your mail goal is to flash a different ROM how about to use Chainfire's Flashfire?

https://flashfire.chainfire.eu/

BTW: Why is a different ROM required for Pokemon Go? I see the point with Xposed and all the trouble newbies have there.

My personal opinion about Pokemon Go: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67792719&postcount=530
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xaiury:
I also want to try a different ROM again, I've tried blekota once..though my current issue is that my Download mode is not being detected.

For PKGO, my current OS version is 4.3 and the minimum of the game is 4.4.

Based on what i have seen, it is required to have a rooted device for this one to work. In which is my another issue since my device is not detected by Odin on Download mode.

Though what are your thoughts about Android unified Toolkit? Tried using it, ADB and other tools detects my device when turned on, yet same issue is encountered when entering Download Mode.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oswald Boelcke:
Probably I don't fully understand because in your initial post you stated you're rooted:

So, I now have to assume you lost root when going for stock Android 4.3 most likely with Knox bootloader?

Do you now have root or not?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xaiury:
My bad, what I mean about that statement is few months ago I have tried and successfully rooted my GS3. Then I got weary of it and removed it from ROOT and flash the stock rom and stock recovery. Updated my post above to avoid confusion.

Then my current situation now is that I'm not rooted and I'm trying to root it again and flash another ROM.

I don't have root now.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oswald Boelcke:
Ok, thanks for the clarification. And I'm sorry for not having an explanation why the device is detected "regularly" by Odin and Kies but not in download mode by Odin. The "regular" detection should prove you have the right Samsung drivers installed.

Nevertheless, please confirm you installed Kies3 and not Kies on your Win10 PC! I doubt that Win10 is the troublemaker.

I hope you ensured that Kies is definitely not running, when you started Odin! Check by Windows Task Manager that Kies is not running, and in case terminate Kies. Kies and Odin don't go together; you just needed Kies to get the drivers.

Confirm you first booted into download mode and afterwards connected the USB cable to your phone and the PC.

Just for my information: Which type of SGS3 do you have? And a personal comment: I wasn't happy at all with Android 4.4.4, mainly due to the problems with my external SD card. For that reason, I've very quickly converted to Marshmellow, more precisely to my current ROM.

Last but not least: I know it's much easier to root via Odin. But if download mode doesn't work think of other ways of rooting. I'm convinced a respective search for "how to root SGS3" will provide the required results.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aureliomilitao:
Help please,

My S3 i9300 have mesage the factore mode after i instal ROM xperianze 4.1.2

I intall ROM 4.3 stock from Iraq with Odin. But the factore mode no desapear, i try change OFF ON in file factore inside paste EFS but not work too.

My alarm dont work in factore mode.

How to reset S3 in Odin?

4 files Odin and pit file is necessary?

I need the files for S3 back stock and fix the problem
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oswald Boelcke:
Hey, friends. I'm looking for some advice or idea. In detail, I'm looking for an (root) application or Xposed module that is able to freeze the Google Play Services just by one click. Additional, mandatory feature: To allow selection of one or more applications or services (e.g. Google Play Store or Location Service), and when these are selected Google Play Service defreezes.

My aim is to stop play services from permanently running its multiple services despite me not requiring them, and to only activate if desperately needed. I'm certainly able to achieve at least the result via my Titanium Pro but I look for some "automation" or "one-click-solution".

Did anybody already read about something like this. My searches were unsuccessful so far.

(Device details at signature block.)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Hmm, first shot I'm thinking standard terminal commands for package manager using tasker scripts. Would have the advantage of automation and/or one click option. Just one thought, no idea if this is elegant or can even be done in the first place.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musicisuniversal:
Need help...

Hey guys,

I would be really considerate if any one of you can help me with this, there have been some problems with my phone. I noticed that after using it for long hours and once the battery goes down to 20%, the screen would suddenly freeze and it would be impossible to try to turn it off or click on anything, so what i would do is leave it for some few seconds until it shuts by itself or try to take out the battery and then plug it into a charger and then it would work fine. So I didn't think that it was a serious problem but lately, the same thing happened and I took out the battery, then i tried to turn it on but it just stuck on the logo screen and it wouldn't turn on at all.Also, if i try to charge it, it would show a grey battery icon with a loading picture on it and it doesn't show the usual green battery loading, I tried taking off the battery for some time and put it back on but it's always the same problem. I also erased the cache on the recovery mode but it's always showing no sign of working. I've been wondering if I rooted my phone, would the data be erased? and is there any chance of it working afterwards or maybe I should try something else? and what is the best solution to try: rooting the phone or doing the factory reset? I don't want to loose data...

I'll be honestly so grateful if anyone can recommend me something because I tried looking everywhere for this problem but with no results.

By the way, my phone is samsung s3 gt i9300 and i posted a new thread about but still with no replies :confused:.

Thank you a lot in advance.

Best regards,

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Hey guys,

I've been getting this error message "failed to mount /system on my S3 GTI93000" when going on the recovery mode. It stucks on the logo screen and I've been wondering if there's any way to access the internal memory sdcard and is there a way to fix this problem without loosing any data or is it too late?

I'll be really grateful if someone could recommend me something.

Thank you a lot in advance.

Best regards,
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vicaruz:
*rooted

*android revolution HD 53.0 rom

*4.3

In the past 2 months or so my phone has been deleting apps by itself.. First android will start telling me over and over that "x app has crashed" and if I restart the phone the app is gone. I have already lost outlook, WhatsApp, Twitter, MinMinGuard and various games. Whenever I try to reinstall them, the playstore tells me that there's not enough space, even though I have 5gb of free space, I guess some part of the apps are still there.

It started before I flashed the rom. So I guess that's not the problem. But i hope anybody can give me a better answer as I have Authy and Google authenticator and I have already lost blizzard authenticator while it being active. So I don't have access as of now.

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjayviper:
hello. I have a carrier branded i9305. the latest firmware was released Dec 2015. I want to flash (via odin) a Samsung unbranded firmware. Which one should I flash? I looked at sammobile and it seems the one for Nordic countries is the latest one. Thanks! :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stevica Smederevac:
You can flash which ever you like as long as it's for i9305 .Just make sure it's not for Nordic carrier.I'll work but you want clean system.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjayviper:
can you please explain "not for Nordic carrier"? not really sure what you meant. thanks a lot
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stevica Smederevac:
I mean like this,not the first one for Poland since the carrier is in parentheses but like second one,just Region or state and in this case,Nordic countrys
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZionMainframe:
Need suggestion for lollipop based ROM

Hi all,

Can anyone suggest a good stable ROM for i9300 which is based on lollipop ?

I don't mind whether it's on CM12.1 or AOSP sources. I just need a stable and fast ROM as a daily driver. I don't want any high end fancy features. Just the basic things like phone, whatsapp, mail, maps, music and bluetooth connectivity working working stable and fast.

PS: Don't like TouchWiz based roms due to its lag. CM13 is not stable yet, so turning back to lollipop based rom.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vampyr7:
Hi!! I have a ROM installed now..can I install another ROM without wipe\reset this one, just over it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oswald Boelcke:
That's extremely little information! Please digest this.

It all depends, from what ROM you're coming and to which you intend to migrate. But anyhow, before you flash anything take a NANDROID backup.

If I have a backup I personally try dirty flashes. If working, fine; in case of problems I revert to my backup and do a clean flash. Personally, I'm also always wondering why people fear clean flashes; however, my favourite pictures etc. are on an external SD as well as my Titanium backups, which allow me to restore everything after a clean flash.

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I always find my ROMs by reading through the OP of all ROMs available at xda for my device because only I know what I want and what I don't want. I flashed our godson's GT-I9300 with Resurrection Remix (currently v5.7.3), and he's very happy with that ROM. I'm using a similiar RR mod on my device, too.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vampyr7:
What I mean its, if I have a cm13 ROM 6.0.1 installed can I install others cm13 based ROMs over it without any wipe\reset?

I would prefer not doing backup because my SD card its almost full and I'm playing a big game too and cause of some cracked apps also..hehe

Just to try them out and see which one I like more..right now I'm with nightlies 17-08 and seems good but I wanna try some others ROMs!! :good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amr sam33:
is there's will be MIUI 8 for s3 i9300:D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oswald Boelcke:
I personally doubt but I don't know. My personal best practice is to always clean flash unless flashing a (minor) version of the same ROM. My suggestion: Check the OP of your desired CM13 based ROM and follow its instructions.

Please allow me a very personal opinion: If you commence flashing without taking NANDROID and/or Titanium backups it's simply your personal problem. For me there's absolutely no rational behind such reluctance. Even a dirty flash might softbrick your device or whatsoever.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] achahin:
Galaxy S III I9300 International Battery Issues

Greetings!

I have Galaxy S3 Gt-I9300, I run *#0228# test, when I hit Quick Start the battery percentage drained from 94% to 59%.

Is that means that my battery needs replacement?

And if the battery is bad, this would affect the mobile performance? Because I noticed that my mobile hangs a lot specially when I am connected to WIFI.

And If I want to buy a new battery can I use this code to test it?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrdivi:
how do you minimize a game like pokemon go? When I press the middle button, the application closes, I see the application as "Running" in the Task Manager but when I open the application again, it does not resumes from the same point. I have tried this for various applications.

i am rooted. is there an app that let me minimize some apps?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTrEmEe:
You dont have enough free RAM to do that, that's why it always reopen.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxFatiHxX:
Any way to make status bar icons smaller on touchwiz based rom ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btsimonh:
GS3 uk TMobile or orange; wifi issues

Not sure if this is the right place to ask....

I've been searching for a solution t make my GT-I9300 (probably t-mobile uk, maybe Orange, now EE; unlocked & used on GiffGaff).

When i got it, it had been updated to 4.3; I assume the offcial update. It would not connect to wifi unless right next to the router.

Tried CM13; same issue.

I get the impression that the BCM4334 may not match the drivers in these later versions of Android, as many people seem to have wifi issues after updating to 4.3?

There are some errors in the kernel log in CM13, and I note that CM has a number of different firmwares for the BCM chip.

Is it possible that T-mobile UK had some special firmware int he BCM chip which is not understood by CM13 or stock 4.3?

Does anyone have a 4.0.4 version for a uk T-Mobile GS3?

Any thoughts appreciated...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Okay, here is my one thought...

I once had trouble with the channel my Wi-Fi was on. Strangely enough, my problems went away by switching the channel. I would therefore suggest switching the broadcasting channel and check if it works (better).

If there was an official firmware with that android version you will certainly find it at sammobile.com and then you can flash it via ODIN.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stefano.ninivaggi:
Hi, I have a problem with my samsung s3.

I don't know why, but my phone is blocked on samsung screen. I would recover my datas. It doesn't have any custom rom or custom recovery. What can I do?

PS Sorry for my bad English