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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ralfbergs:
Which custom ROM to install?

Hi there,

I will have only a couple of hours to "revive" a 9300, and as I don't own this device myself I have no experience based on which I could decide what to install. I will receive the device on Sunday afternoon, and then I have a couple of hours to work on it. I have to return the phone on Monday.

Currently there's CM 12.1 official on this device (latest released "stable" version), but it's not perfectly stable (for the third time within only a couple of weeks it suddenly didn't boot up, so I had to instruct the user remotely to go into TWRP and clear /cache and Dalvik-cache), so I would like to install something else (I installed the current ROM myself, and it was a "perfectly clean" install will all filesystems formatted).

Ideally the new install would be CM 13.0 or something based on that, but a ROM based on CM 12.1 would also be ok. The absolutely most important thing is "stability." Performance doesn't matter as all, neither do "bells and whistles."

So, with that said, which ROM would you recommend to install? (For security reasons a stock ROM cannot be considered as it is vulnerable to a lot of exploits...)

Thanks for your help.

Kind regards,

Ralf
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
IMHO you have to decide what is more important to you / your friend because the way I see it you can't have both at top level.

So my(!) opinion on this:

In terms of stability 4.4.4 as in CM11 or Back-to-n00t is not beatable. All is working, and at least stagefright issues have been patched. If CM11 back ported patches for newer issues I personally don't know.

On CM12.1 stuff like audio via bluetooth was broken and never fixed. And there were other reasons why it never was official. This bug is still in CM13 which is not yet stable in my opinion. I follow the thread daily and there are many things which are not 100%. But of course it contains all available fixes to known issues until today.

So again IMHO you have to decide what matters most.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ralfbergs:
Thanks for sharing your opinion.

AFAIK he doesn't use BT, so BT issues would not be a problem for himself. I might run VTS on CM11, and if it doesn't detect any issues keep it. Or I might try a cm13 build and try it for an hour or two to see whether that particular build seems stable or not...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a n d 1:
Hello, I have a problem with a 4.3 Stock S III which I would like to put CM on. What hinders me is that it doesn't get recognised on any PC or Mac anymore so I can't start the process. I already tried a few things like reinstalling the Samsung USB Driver. I've read that for flashing directly without a Computer you need to have a rooted device to install the necessary recovery first. So I tried some apps like framaroot but they all didn't work. Any suggestions how i should go on?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cobras3:
Delete all drivers that you installed on your windows pc. Search via google "kies" and download it. Install and then Close it in task manager and then do exactly what he does. https://youtu.be/xRHRP5TfOvc
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
If you plan on installing cm anyway, I would not hesitate to use the kingroot app. Personally, I think it a bit shady so I would do a factory reset prior to rooting.

Then use MobileOdin e.g. and you're in the game. Have fun!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2n2u:
I've had to revive my S3 to lend to my girlfriend since she lost her phone. I have the CM12 installed but the battery life is terrible. What ROM in your experience is better regarding battery (I don't care about if it is KK LP or MM I just want good battery life, even if it is stock)? :)

Ty in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a n d 1:
thank you both, but unfortunately it doesn't work. The phone doesnt show up in Odin and kingroot says it can't root. Could it be that maybe just the data pins on the micro-usb port are broken since charging still works? Or is this unlikely because normally either no pins or all of them would be working?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndiMischka:
Hey guys,

I've got an S3 and wanted to ask some question before flashing anything.

I got it in an Galaxy S3 LTE (i9305) box but the firmware inside says it's an i9300. Is there a definitive way to find out, which device I have? There are no brandings of LTE on the device itself, it's a S3 from Germany.

The second question that I have is, whether or not it's safe to install TWRP through the TWRP Manager App. The phone was rooted before with Framaroot but doesn't not have a recovery.

My last question is, whether or not I have to worry about EFS when I want to flash the latest CM13 Nightly on it. Are there any problems with that?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeTuRr74:
1. If the firmware say its an i9300, your phone is an i9300.

2. Its better to install with Odin from a computer.

3. Always backup your EFS to not loose it in case of wrong flash. So you can restore easily.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marius009:
I have a problem with my S3. I have the stock rom(Andorid 4.3).

My phone was blocked on a operator, but now is neverlocked. It works on the operator which i use now but sometimes when i lose signal and after it come back and i try to call someone appears "not registred on network".

What can i do ?

Sorry for my english. Thank you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cobras3:
Which variant do you have? I can suggest to you to do a a backup and then to flash stock Rom via odin.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stunnaman0147:
Please guys how can I get my emei back on Galaxy s3 i9305, any help?

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I didn't back up before flashing it from kitkat 4.4 to resurrection remix 6 0 1 it's telling me no SIM card, any help will be appreciated..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ralfbergs:
Try flashing a stock Samsung ROM. If that helps back up EFS so that yes can later restore it...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
im a bit lost please help me. i was running jb 4.1.2 stock before (rooted and with cwm) i have succesfully flashed the omegarom v61 with full wipe and now my phone stuck on bootlogo. When i try to factry reset its says that "E: unkown volumw for path /sd-ext" i have no access to a computer right now is there any way that i could fix this using cwm?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdelkader azhar:
I think you have to change CWM to TWPR or philz recovery and try againe
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nouman Rana:
Hi..

My question is that can I replace the firmware of my device with an other firmware ??

I have Samsung SHV-E210L

and I want to convert my mobile to GT-I9305
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
I have no idea but this thread should have all you need: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/general/official-korean-sgs-iii-shw-m440s-shv-t1749214
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farhan336:
my samsung Galaxy S3 SHV-E210L official rom crashed... please give me a official rom for SAMSUNG Galaxy S3 SHV-E210L...

HELP ME PLEASE
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cobras3:
Can somebody suggest me a stable sammy, battery life rom for 7 day holiday? Tnx

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Sammobile.com is the place for all stock Samsung roms.

If you want Sammy I can recommend latest Back-to-n00t Rom.

Works excellent with the available fixes.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MVZE:
Completely ignore this comment. My mistake.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delegend:
Ok, i will make it short as possible.

Downloaded CM 12.1 UNOFFICIAL and after im flashing it i have no baseband/IMEI so luckly i did a backup so i flashed the backup

my phone bricked so i sent him into the tech lab. fixed it and no im with 4.0.4 baseband: I9300BULE6

before my phone bricked cuz i tryed to flash stock i had the cm with this baseband(ive flashed it with twrp) : I9300JKEMC1 OR either this one im not sure: I9300JKELK4 but it showed me Hot Mobile-No Signal (im in israel) so it recognized but i had no signal.. now im with the stock with supersu and twrp 3.0.0.2 and i would love to be with CM so what i need to do ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgellen:
bricks

would some please tell me what a bricked phone is, exactly? i think i have the wrong idea however if you have a bricked phone how do you fix it. i know all about the md5 files infact i have them. thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delegend:
i think it has a large meaning.. either you can go recovery and the phone stuck in bootloop

i couldn't go into recovery and only download mode was possible.. phone was stuck in a bootloop so i think thats a soft brick you may check up in the internet
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soupape50:
Any suggestion for the smoothest and fastest Lollipop or Marshmallow rom ? Thank you :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cobras3:
For me: unofficial cm12 Build 31

Official cm13 latest Nightly

You can't go wrong with them

+ Boeffla kernel tweaks

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrTechGuy123:
Hi I've been looking for ever for the NINTENDO 3DS BIOS FOR ANDROID. I HAVE THE EMULATOR BUT IT SAYS FAILED TO FIND BIOS. IDK WJERE TO PUT THE BIOS ONCE I'VE FOUND THE **CORRECT** BIOS. FOR SAME REASON I CAN'T WHEN FIND THE 3DSE FILE IN MY BROWSER. yes I'm rooted
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgellen:
sph-l710

there is a file in the samsung galaxy s3 sph-l710 system that allows google to or samsung to replace apps that they want on your phone after you have rooted and removed them. does anyone right off hand know or remember what file that is? thanks

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bogdan_wrc:
i just bought a SH S3, flashed a stock ROM with ODIN, to be sure i start from 0, installed cf auto root, installed twrp, but each time a try to flash a rom (tried with bliss and cm13) i got the “Status 7″ error issue..

any ideas, please?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cobras3:
Which variant is sh s3? On your screenshot I see GT-I9300. When you have the international Variant I can help you.

no root needed: via odin flash the latest twrp.tar (3 0.0.2 img.tar) from the twrp page(Internation Exynos I9300>google).

Root needed: If you have successfully rooted you phone you can simple download TWRP manager from the Play store>open it>give root permission> select I9300 and confirm and install.

The status 7 error is recovery error. You have not compatible recovery.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bogdan_wrc:
i ment to said its a second hand phone :)

believe there is 9300 (simple) not the I version... i saw on the internet there are 2 variants.. 9300 and 9300i? thats why i posted a screenshot...

i tried with "twrp-3.0.0-2-i9300.img" and with CWM...both the same error...

twrp took from here

https://dl.twrp.me/i9300/

so i flashed cf autoroot with odin, waited to do its job, and then flashed twrp also through odin...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cobras3:
"I"means International. Look under Battery. If you have I9300 you are good to go to try another time. Dont use CWM its outdated. Do you successfully installed TWRP?

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bogdan_wrc:
yeah..under the battery says 9300.

but from sammobile, there are different roms for 9300 and 9300i... anyway..i tried CWM only after failing with twrp.

yes, twrp installed successfully...it bots, starts...all ok.

and when i try to flash bliss or cyanogen...i got error 7 that..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Ok, to reiterate and a few things:

You have to be very clear which device you have: There are the "GT-i9300" which is the international exynos variant of the S3 and the "GT-i9300i" which is the snapdragon powered S3 Neo. Totally different phones of course.

IMO best way to make sure what you have in hand is to see on the sticker in the back AND check the info given in the bootloader when starting up. If they don't match, s.o. could e.g. have changed the motherboard before you got it.

Usually error 7 is caused by the assert function in the updater-script. See e.g. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2522762

So it would help if you could post the links to the exact files (!) you tried to flash. Or inspect the script yourself...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bogdan_wrc:
on the battery sticker there is no "i" after the 9300. startup logo..also no "i", bootloader, meaning when it enters intro recovery?

but also...ODIN should be able to write stock ROM of i version on non-i?

because i was able to write non-i version. ..

i wanted to flash BLISS

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-bliss-rom-6-0-team-bliss-t3305593

and cyanogen nighties

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/orig-development/rom-cyanogenmod-13-nightlies-i9300-t3272811
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bogdan_wrc:
i flashed another STOCK rom, and then all went fine..so the stock rom had something wrong..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pgellen:
rom flashing

hey,so, friday night i chased down octos 6 and gapps along with twrp manager and superus because i got a new s3 sph-l710. cant leave it stock. im obsessed. so, im rooted, i installed superuser in the recovery, -twrp.i always do the factory reset that twrp recommends every install and i did octos 5 w\gapps, 6 w\gapps both with different releases,yesz i was at it for a long time. nothing worked. nothing! the biggie,setup manager failed every single time. if that goes you might as well start over because its hard to get around then. so what did i do wrong

did i wipe wrong---that sounds sick-i did the factory reset every time. usually i installed the package, octos along with gapps,

will android 6 work on an sph-l710?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justinlaujustin:
Hi,

Does anyone have any idea why my shv e210k has such a short wifi range?

I installed a custom rom and somehow im not able to use the method call *#1100# and turn off wifi power saving mode to fix it. Any suggestions?

Thanks

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Also, do any of you know any lollipop custom roms that are compatible with shv e210k?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suarezsantiago:
S3 wont turn on or charge

I was using my phone, put it in my pocket (don't remember if i turned screen of) after a minute i pulled it out and the screen was glitched, filled with random pixels, i holded the power button and it turned off.

Since then i havent been able to turn on my phone again, tried preesing home +volume up/down + power, tried connecting 5v to the wireless charging pins, wired another battery 3.7-4.2V, nothing worked, noticed that pressing power button draw more current from 4.2V battery charger wired to battery port.

when connecting power adapter with battery on doesn't charge the battery, it doesn't get warm, nor the battery/phone, nor the adapter, i remember the phone whas like 30% charge before glitching.

Does a faulty battery prevents charging?

Could the phone be bricked or is the power chip dead?

what esle could it be?

i had CM13 installed on my S3, 03/26 nightly i think

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MVZE:
Okay, you should try some stock batteries and give that a go. And if that doesn't work it sounds like this thing is broken past the point of repair. Try booting it into download mode after you put in a stock battery. If not, you call take it to a Cell Phone Repair place that's closest to you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxFatiHxX:
What is the best rom and kernel for gaming ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sangriaman:
Hi. I have a GT-I9300 with TWRP recovery installed and tried the BlissPop ROM 6.0.

I successfully installed and during the configuration it asked me if i wanted to turn the samsung sd card into internal memory. I said yes.

After some time (and some bugs) i decided to try the remix marshmallow rom. So i downloaded the rom, the gapps and the SU.

Rebooted to recovery, performed the wipes, and when i was going to install the zips, they we´re gone.

Now i can´t flash it. I connect my phone to the pc and i can´t copy the files to the phone. I extracted de sd card, formatted it. Put the files on it and back to the phone, but every time i´m going to flash a message appears that sdcard1 is idle or unmounted.

Any idea to resolve this?

Thanks in advance,

sangriaman
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danman567:
help is this even the right form

my phone has been like this for at least a year now and i dont really remember how it happened :confused: i was on odin for some reason i think i was intsalling a custom rom i dont know if i was rooted or not but i probably was and i think mid way through installing my phone disconected and my phone screen went all weird and booted up with only half of the boot logo after this it took me to the setup screen but then i reallised i could not use my touch screen all other buttons work:confused: pls help me ive looked all over the internet
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mufrad:
Flash the zip files through adb sideload, if you dont know what it is then please search xda for detailed information about it, you will find easy instructions on how to do it.

Download stock rom from sammobile.com, boot phone into download mode, flash with odin and check to see if the problem is fixed.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sangriaman:
Thank you. Managed to solve the problem by formatting the sd card in NTFS filesystem. So simple...

After that it was a breeeze. Running temasek 6.0 ROM, by Darkened Sky.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mufrad:
Thats great.:good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaouthar:
my phone turn on with downloading "do not turn off target " i can't get the recovery mode even if i press (vlume haut + home + power) plz help me Know i don't have any rom working on my phone
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mufrad:
Flash stock rom with odin.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stunnaman0147:
Since I flashed resurrection remix 5.4.5 I lost my imei and baseband for like 6 weeks now, I ve flash different roms, param bin and all that still no luck, does anybody got any other solution? I would appreciate.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nponoBegHuk:
Hello. New user here, looking for an advice.

I would like to know whether it's reasonably safe to root the phone I own using "cf auto root", since I read that ODIN flashes sometimes mess up EFS data and I can't figure how to back it up without having root access already.

The phone specs are as follows:

Model number: GT-I9300
Android Version: 4.3
Baseband version: I9300BUUGNF1
Compilation number: JSS15J.I9300XXUGNH4

The phone is carrier unlocked via SIM unlock code after purchase, and I'm not sure if bootloader is unlocked.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Hey. As for the bootloader, it is definitely unlocked as are all gt-i9300 (Intl. S3).

There is always a small chance anything will mess up if you flash something but otherwise cf-autoroot will work just fine. I have never had a problem with Odin on my 4 phones...

On a side note, you could flash twrp instead, boot directly to recovery and then make a backup of your unrooted system, efs etc. but that you would have to do with Odin too, so same general risk as flashing cf-autoroot...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danman567:
odin wont recognise my phone
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ibuprophen:
Would locating a pit file help?

Just a thought...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mufrad:
Did you boot into download mode using vol down+home+power then connect to odin? If so try to reinstall samsung usb drivers, search google for it or search the forum for it. After installing that try to connect it with odin, if that doesnt work try an older version of odin or use a different usb cable to connect.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kiranrey:
How do I get Calibiri light and Calibiri fonts on my s3? I am running on TW based Hyper ROM. Please help me:confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danman567:
i tried all of this but nothing worked
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wisniew:
This is drivers problem.

Try other computer and install on it only one driver for Your odin and phone version.

Or unistall all samsung usb druvers and install only for Your odin version.

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I don't really know but I think that the TW based roms don't support other font.

If support, find flashable zip with this fonts and install via recovery.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hencel:
Did u enable USB debugging under developer in settings? Also, make sure u run as administrator for odin
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] $@k$h@m:
or follow this guide :P http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/general/galaxy-s3-i9300-basics-best-performance-t3111802
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blanketnam:
Hi All

My S3 is my old phone that I play around and experiment with. However, recently, something very strange has happened. It was working and fairly stable, running some or other version of TWRP and Archidroid, when suddenly it stopped booting. I could see the samsung logo, followed by the teamwin logo, and then it would just flash the teamwin logo constantly.

So I plugged it into Odin, reflashed TWRP, and now nothing happens after the Samsung logo. As in, screen is blank. I have tried flashing several different versions of TWRP and CWM, and nothing is working. I can still enter download mode and ODIN picks up the phone, but nothing is working.

Any help is appreciated.

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Sorted! I just flashed (using odin) the stock samsung image.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuzup:
Can any one suggest me the best stable rom for s3..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdelkader azhar:
Maybe you can try

Archidroid lollipop 5.1.1

Or resurrection remix lollipop 5.1.1

Or cm12.1 unofficial (i'm using it now]

Or note 4 lite latest version

Or cm 11 snapshot
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cobras3:
Stable rom : stock

Stable custom Rom: post above

Best stable Rom: 0

Try Them all and find yourselve which one is the best for you. For me the latest cm13 is nearly without bugs. And then if its boring I choose Sammy Hyper rom.(very stable)

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chafik94:
hello guys, i'm new here.

I have an S3 GT-I9300, I missed up while trying to root it via odin using root for wrong model and also missed with the bootloader once thinking i clicked PDA, anyways, now the phone won't turn on, or even charge, the only response i get from it is going to Download mode and only if it's plugged, once i remove the cable it turns off again, i applied the firmware but when it finished downloading to the phone and during the installation (when you see the little android robot "with an open stomach" charging ...) the phone shuts down again halfway through the installation, do you guys have any idea on how to solve this problem? I'd really appreciate it if someone helped, and thanks in advance.