yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Since sammy has not provided a KK update for the gt-i9300 - and most likely never will - don't worry about it.

But if you wanna make sure, just freeze the software updater apk. Keeping WiFi off should not be an option.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
Just stay on KK ,use Boeffla and be happy. Loli is still raw for S3, maybe in near future somebody makes it more compatible.

GT-I9300 on MIUI Rom
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlimOncul:
No answers yet i will calibrate battery with app(requires boot) and i will reply this if it works
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
1) Battery calibration should be nonsense. There is a technical thread around somewhere about why it helps nothing.

2) I'd say, damaged battery! Are you positive they changed your battery?

I had similar problems for a few days before I realized my battery was actually bloated... I got rid of it. New battery, no problems...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlimOncul:
alright i will buy new one.It came back from service 1 month ago.I think they put damaged battery inside
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Hi good point as regards KK

I had a look for the file you mention "software updater apk" in Titanium I think I found it, there seems to be two with this name: "software upate v3_1309_2_1" and "software update v6_1309_4_1" is it these ??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
TBH I can't really remember the exact name(s) neither can I look them up as I'm no longer on official JB 4.3. But that would be the ones I'd freeze in your case. In the past those apks had icons with one green and one white arrow if my memory serves me...

You can always freeze them and then make the phone search for updates and see what happens I guess...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Ok I understand what you are saying I may give it a try and see but being a sort of noob I am a bit hesitant, thanks anyway for your help.

Does any other member know if freezing the above mentioned files stop a Samsung update ???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rzr86:
one more question guys

is it compatible to use odin 3.10.6 with galaxy s3 i9300 or should i stay with odin 3.04?

or at least which is the latest version available for galaxy s3 i9300?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r25txe:
Stick with whatever one has worked in the past for you unless an instruction tells you to use a specific one.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
I got the reboot problem sorted I looked at the Inteks one but it did not get a great reviews and must admit was not sure about it, I downloaded Quick Boot from Play Store and installed and it worked flawlessly no problems so no need to fiddle about with the S3 buttons.

Got my other problem fixed, [Link2SD card not mounting SD ext] I used Minitool (on PC) and created 1st & 2nd partition and wiped both using 1's then formated 1st partition FAT32 primary and 2nd partition ext4 primary then ran surface test with no errors reinstalled SD card to S3 ran Link2SD app and it mounted both partitions with no errors and was able to link apps again with no errors so all is looking good, all I need to to now is work out the problems I have left: "custom binary count" and "stop any future Samsung stock rom updates"

Getting there lol
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gordonsmood:
Hi guys, i got a "problem". Im rooted and i have a custom rom on my i9300.

I want to return to stock just to clean up my device and then re-root and flash another custom rom. The problem is that i lost my CSC code and kies doesnt want to work on my pc.

So my question is, can i flash every firmware that i want just to clean up everything or i got to flash the original one that was on my phone when i bought it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
Delete fota.client.apk and fwupgrade with root explorer in system/apps.

Sent from my handphone, not yours
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Thank you for the info I think I will do a backup first ( S3 is due one anyway ) then try the files you mention, after I delete them is it preferable to run update to see what happens or do you know what happens after delete of files do you get some sort of error message ??

Sorry for the noob Q's
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brandon79:
need help finding the stock rom for a galaxy s3 sch 968c its a straight talk phone would like to find the combination file sch968cuduamh1 sch968ctfnamh1tar file so i can flash back to the older version so i can get root thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gordonsmood:
Hey guys anyone??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] $4ND!P:
Hii all..I just want to know that Before upgrading to unoffical 4.4 based roms..is there any possibilty to return back to stock rom 4.3 ???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vlado2910:
Yes, you can return back to stock 4.3. HERE you can find how to do that.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Well, I'd say from a technical standpoint, flashing stock to "clean up" doesn't make sense because "clean" in my mind means "empty". So I'd just flash e.g. TWRP and wipe the entire internal memory. That should be as clean as it gets far from flashing a new partition table (pit file). Then I'd just flash the custom rom of choice and be done with it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gordonsmood:
Hey,thank you for the answer.

The problem is that i want to re-partition my GS3, since i think that after a lot of flashing and things like that my memory partition isnt like it was when i bought my phone... For that i need to flash stock rom right? Or there are other methods?

Thanks and sorry for my bad english!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
If you have not flashed a modified pit before - which I doubt - your NAND is partitioned the same as it was when you bought the phone, just the contents of those partitions have changed. I suggest reading the first thread in my signature. That will make things clearer.

You can of course flash stock fw with a pit file via odin. That will recreate the partitions from scratch and put your phone back in factory condition. That will definitely get the result you want but I wouldn't go that far unless I faced problem with other methods.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r25txe:
Stock firmware contains a repartition instruction, so no need to flash stock pit followed by stock firmware. Unnecessary duplication.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
If that's the case why can't you just install a stock fw after resizing the partitions, like said here. And where would that repartioning instruction be stored in an stock rom?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
Hi

If you are unsure about it, just rename those 2 files I mentioned e.g. fotaclient.apk.bak (add bak in the end or whatever you like)

You will not get any error message coz you cannot update anymore, simple as that[emoji6]

Sent from my handphone, not yours
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Hi and thanks again.

I have done a backup useing TWRP recovery as regards to the .apk files renaming do I reauire to rename FWUpgrade.odex and FotaClient.odex or do I just require to rename the .apk files and is it ok to use ES File Explorer to do this

Again sorry about all the Q's
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
No worries with the questions mate, this is the right place to address them.

Yeah just rename the odex files as well and you're good to go.

It's good to have a backup just in case, although messing with those two files would not cause any harm to the system[emoji6]

And anyway if needed you can just rename them back to its original name and reboot.

Add: any root capability file explorer e.g. ES File Explorer or Root Explorer app is fine!

Sent from my handphone, not yours
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
That's great after I do a change name to files you have mentioned is it worth while trying to do a Samsung update and if I do would you expect to see some sort of response eg error ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
No need as 4.3 is the latest official FW for i9300 and do not expect any future updates from Samsung.

Besides, how do you intend to do an update (if there were any) when you have disabled this feature..

There shouldn't be any error of any kind after deleting/disabling the said apks

Sent from my handphone, not yours
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
Thats great info, I don't intend to update ever, at the moment I am perfectly happy with 4.3 I may go down the road some time in the future and install a custom rom but happy with 4.3

So looks like I should never get an update from Samsung even if there was one, great stuff.

Thanks again for info.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fastyy:
You think it's just because I didn't flash the stock kernel BEFORE flashing the stock rom ?

Normaly, The stock kernel come with the stock rom .. no ?

I had the same problem of lag, ... when I've wanted to install Sammy Rom..

Under Paranoid Rom, I have no problem but I want to sell my phone so..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warbrup:
Thanks

Thanks you for the reply I'm still pretty new to this hence the fact I soft bricked my phone could you give me a little more description or link me to somewhere I can find it
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maaljen:
My S3 has suddenly out of nothing started to reboot itself when I press the lock (power on/off) button. It also happens when I try to unlock it. Anyone here have a similiar problem?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mufrad:
CM supported kernels and rooms for your device can be found here

xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/orig-development

[Galaxy Note 3 - Dr.Ketan's K6 ROM]

[Galaxy Note 2 - DN3 v4 RC2]

[Xperia Neo L - Customized Stock ICS]
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaryab360:
Hey Guys!

I'm on rooted tochwiz 4.3 ROM can I flash any KK ROM over it safely?

Because I heard many time,If I flash Kk rom over stock it will give me booloop or brick?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dlads:
Might have been answered already but not sure on the firmwares for previous questions.

I flashed an updated version of Foxhound which was version 1.1 which is 4.3

The previous version was 0.1 which was 4.2.2

After installation the IMEI read "null"

Wasn't sure what to do so went back to 4.2.2 and all is well again, but would like to flash 4.3, i'm guessing that I need to flash a modem to get this to work but not sure which one or when? OR even how? lol, sorry for this but i've been away from the S3 for some time and i'm a little out of practice.

If I flash the 4.3 rom and then flash the modem will it restore the IMEI or if i use the tool to back up the EFS partition and then restore it post 4.3 installation will that restore the IMEI?

Sorry for the load of questions.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiran187:
Phone stuck

So hello people, i am new to this forum but i have a problem with my samsung galaxy s3

I haven't rooted my phone and just used it for some games and social media.

And sometimes my phone freezes, which I tried removing with the app: Dummy File Generator but when my phone was completedly full on storage

it froze so i had to reboot it and after the reboot i can't do anything on my phone. So i want to ask if there is a way to 'recover' my phone, to delete all the dummy files throught a computer? I can still factory reset my phone but then i would want to save my contacts, which i have no clue how to save them as I can't use my phone to download a back-up ap and i don't know how to manually get them from the computer

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaryab360:
Is there any way to get touchwiz camera working on 4.4.2 like CM 11?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smishxda:
Can a Nandroid backup be used to revive the phone into the stock firmware?

I have a Samsung galaxy s3 (gt-i9300) with stock rom running android 4.3 Jellybean, I have a nandroid backup of the stock rom.

I also downloaded CyanogenMod 11 kitkat into my sd-card.

More info:

baseband version: I9300XXUGMK6

Kernel version: 3.0.31-2168382

se.infra@R0301-02 #1

My main concern is:

If I flashed the CyanogenMod 11 rom and for some reason I wanted to go back to stock, will it be enough to flash the nandroid backup I made?

Because I cannot download the stock rom file, the file is huge and my internet connection cannot handle it.

Thank you, any further advice would appreciated. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mufrad:
Sync your contacts with Google or Samsung account, then factory reset phone. Then after boot log in to Google or Samsung account, sync, and you will have your contacts back.

Yes, you can get back to previous state with a nandroid backup.

[Galaxy Note 3 - Dr.Ketan's K6 ROM]

[Galaxy Note 2 - DN3 v4 RC2]

[Xperia Neo L - Customized Stock ICS]
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YoLO13:
WALKMAN app

Hi there,

I know this is a specific question, but I can't ask in the relevant places due to not having enough posts.

Btw, I am an experienced user, so keep your mouths shut if you've got a problem with what I'm going to ask.

Current spec:

I9300 - International version

ROM: Carbon NIGHTLIES (2014-04-20)

RECOVERY: CWM 6.0.4.4

Right, my problem is that whenever I try to install a WALKMAN zip (the actually ported app), I can never seem to get the music working, even with Google Music. I've removed the Sound Enhancements, thus enabling the music to actually play, but I installed the WALKMAN app since I want the Equaliser from Sony itself. Has anyone actually got the equaliser file or found a way to make it work on their SGS3 Carbon device. I've tried numerous ports, with the latest one being this one:::

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1804609

But it never works!!! I like DSP manager, but the thing is I really want to try out the Sony version. I stuck with Sony for so long (W995), but decided to get an SGS3 due to its price vs quality ratio.

If anyone has a solution, please message me or post it here. - DO NOT SAY JUST USE THE DSP MANAGER ONE!

(+ I'd really like to stay with Carbon KK roms, not any previous gens (i.e. 4.3, 4.2) or even the stock Samsung - it's horrendous)

Cheers XDA mandems
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mufrad:
xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2730431

[Galaxy Note 3 - Dr.Ketan's K6 ROM]

[Galaxy Note 2 - DN3 v4 RC2]

[Xperia Neo L - Customized Stock ICS]
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YoLO13:
Thank you!!

I'm not sure if it works - I'm in the middle of testing it, but thank you anyway.

Whilst I'm here, I just want to ask you guys what your favourite ROM is atm?

Thank you guys!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mufrad:
No problem, I guess it worked? Hit the thanks button if it did!

to be honest I always prefer modified, debloated stock rom's, stable, reliable most of the times.

[Galaxy Note 3 - Dr.Ketan's K6 ROM]

[Galaxy Note 2 - DN3 v4 RC2]

[Xperia Neo L - Customized Stock ICS]
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] y4nkee:
where can i find the original ringtone?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robbooth78:
google ads on my s3

Hi all.

I've owned a s3 for 16 months and last week it really slowed down with a full length google ad appearing whenever I go to send a text or they just randomly pop up.

I reinstalled the phones software last night but its reared its ugly head again this morning.

I don't have any apps I've not downloaded from the play store but obviously I've downloaded something !!!

Can anyone help please, I'd be very grateful.

Rob
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YoLO13:
It's funny you say that - it didn't work AGAIN.

Don't worry though, thank you for looking for it!!

It must be Carbon ROM though - it just never works with it. BTW, does anyone know when Samsung is releasing their own KK for S3??

I hope it's soon!

Thank you though!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] YoLO13:
Hi there,

I've hit another hump. I was planning on trying out different ROMs, and I realised that I had to install gapps - I've done this before so I knew what I was doing. But, I seriously hate Hangouts, and in Post#4, I found a way to install Gapps and leave out Hangouts via::

.gapps-stock --> mms

But, where on Earth am I meant to put this file? It says in the sdcard, but I install off the sdcard1 (external) + am I meant to intergrate this file into the Gapps zip file??

Cheers!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blak24:
Hello everybody. A friend of mine owns an S3 i9300 international version. Is there a way to completely ERASE internal memory? (I mean, leave the ROM which is installed, wiping apps, data, but also internal memory such as photos, videos and other personal files). Please consider that the phone has broken display (it dropped some days ago), so I was thinking the only solution may be a sort of command pushed through ADB with the phone in download mode (the screen is broken but the combination to reach download mode should work fine). Is this possible?

Thank you very much! :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mufrad:
After installing gapps just delete hangout with a bloatware remover

[Galaxy Note 3 - Dr.Ketan's K6 ROM]

[Galaxy Note 2 - DN3 v4 RC2]

[Xperia Neo L - Customized Stock ICS]

---------- Post added at 06:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:23 PM ----------

Settings>general>backup and reset>factory data reset

[Galaxy Note 3 - Dr.Ketan's K6 ROM]

[Galaxy Note 2 - DN3 v4 RC2]

[Xperia Neo L - Customized Stock ICS]
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emannxperia:
Hi there.

Need some help with my wife S3. Its kind of bootloop. I manage to get it to download mod option, but it hang at the confirmation (continue or cancel) for few seconds, then it restart again. It does not respond to vol+ or vol- button.

Can't get it to recovery mod (vol+, home & power button).

It could be hardware button problem. I manage to get to download mod (vol-, home & power button) without actually pressing the power button, just vol- & home button while it reboot.

Or it could be a battery problem. It does not charge (while connected to charger), just empty battery icon and it just keep bootlooping. Is this effected by the fact that it some rom/kernel does not support offline charging.

Or worse case, it is already a dead s3.. [emoji26]

More info.

Rom: QS-KK-FINAL(NJI) - 4.4.2

Kernel: Boeffla - the latest one for stock

Recovery: TWRP 2.8.4.0

Bootloader: XXUGNA5

Any idea/help regarding this?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
Try installing a CWM recovery mode from ODIN coz if I'm not mistaken it will boot you to recovery mode where you can (re)flash your rom again

Sent from my handphone, not yours
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soundacer:
I have CWM on my rooted Galaxy Ace with stock rom did that a few years ago and works well, I had a problem with this phone and had to recover and CWM did not let me down and phone still working with no further problems.

I also just recently rooted my S3 with great help from members on this forum and now use TWRP and also installed Quick Boot (from play store) and works well no need to use buttons on phone but only thing is you still need to use buttons for download mode as far as I can see.

I also had lots of problems Charging my S3 it took 24hrs app to fully charge from 20% to 100% and charge only lasted a day. I tried my Kindle HDX Amazon fast charge adaptor with cable and now takes 1hr-1.5hrs to charge from20% to 100% and charge lasts 2-3 days. Retried my original Samsung charger and S3 again took ages to charge so looks like my Sam charger is US ready for the bin.

Samsung Charger: Output 5v @ 1.0amp / Kindle Charger: Output 5v @ 1.8amp (does not over heat)

Hope some of the above helps in some way.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emannxperia:
I can't get it to download mod. Just stuck at the option to continue or cancel. Then it reboot again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAndroidNoobie:
Rooting s3 with emc brickbug

Hi! I want to root my galaxy, but before that i would like to know about en brickbug think , It is 100 percent exact?Is there a way to root and install rooms having a phone with the brick bug? By the way it has 4.3 Jellybean and its 16 months old.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaredapril:
Bricking is very slim

Hi so I have been rooting for 3 years now on an S3 and a Kindle Fire HD 7" so I can tell you for certain that especially with Samsungs unlocked bootloader you won't brick your phone you have to be "the ultimate n00b" to do so I've had countless ROMs, Recoveries and have fiddled in places I shouldn't have and the S3 is safe anything can be fixed with a Odin or Heimdall flash. Just follow the great tuts here properly and you'll be fine :) Also a little tip for guaranteed rooting on stock firmware is CF-Autoroot
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] satujiwa:
How to edit systemUI shv-e210s
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAndroidNoobie:
Thanks i think i will be rooting it tonight

Thanks i think i will be rooting it tonight, but can you explain me about all the sudden death thing and what room and kernel you recomend me?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dark_bolt88:
i like to play games much more in my galaxy s3 and i have tried most roms from the development thread so my question is which rom is good for gaming is it android 4.3 jellybean based rom or 4.4.4 kitkat based rom
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wielku:
Hi

I would like to know if there is a rom - stock based, that has skip track via volume buttons and doesn't automatically connect to PC when USB cable is connected?

or at least maybe a .zip or some app that prevents i9300 from auto connecting to pc via usb please
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ismail92:
Please can you tell me how to fix speaker low volume on cyanogenmod 11 i9300?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
1) Skipping tracks from vol buttons can be done with Wanam Xposed or GravityBox and both need Xposed Installer

2) You can try doing this with Boeffla kernel and also flash the Boeffla config app and tick on UMS Mode

Make a rom back up first

Again there are some custom kernels that allow you to tweak the speakers/headset/mic volumes e.g Arter kernel, Archi kernel, Boeffla kenel..from which you can play with this in its app.

Check compatibility of the custom kernel with your current ROM.

For Boeffla you need to install the Boeffla config app separately to do this.

If not by kernel, you can read this thread it's the same for s3 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2777535

Sent from my handphone, not yours

---------- Post added at 01:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:29 PM ----------

Oh boy[emoji20]

So you cant go to recovery mode and now not even download mode?

I never tried this but there is another way by adb...perhaps someone else here with such experience can help you.. [MENTION=6104076]ExTrEmEe[/MENTION] ? [emoji3]

Else you might want to have a look at your physical power and volume button (s)..i suspect it is broken somehow?

Sent from my handphone, not yours
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTrEmEe:
Vol- and Home button work, since you can enter download mode(to the part where you must confirm with Vol+). Can you enter recovery mode? if can't then it's probably something wrong with Vol+. At the confirmation menu, when you press Vol-(Cancel) phone should reboot, and that's ok. You can test hardware buttons, but you must be in system, then dial *#0*#, and select "sub key", and you said that you stuck at boatloop, so this can't be done. Adb or fastboot can only be used if you are in download or recovery mode, or booted system. So only way to test button is with instruments.

And one more question, does your phone power on automatically when you insert battery?