yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Can you boot into recovery (via 3-button-combo) after pulling the battery?

If you don't get into recovery to try and clean the caches, I don't see an alternative to a reflash of either recovery or stock rom via odin.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blu88:
Anyone have a mirror for 'boeffla-kernel-4.0-alpha3-CM12.1-NG-i9300.recovery.zip'

It seems i9300 users need this particular kernel to run the latest Paranoid Android, but its no longer available on the official boeffla site. I tried looking for mirrors but found none. Please help.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
But it is... http://boeffla.df-kunde.de/sgs3/boeffla-kernel-cm-ng/cm12.1_download/Test/old/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blu88:
Thanks, I couldn't find this for some reason. I was looking for legacy and old folders, but only ones I could find was for the latest alpha. Thanks again!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neliska:
Cant flash any rom to Samungs S3 GT-i9300. Stuck at samsung bootlogo

Hi Guys,

I tried to flash the latest RESURRECTION REMIX (Resurrection-Remix-LP-v5.5.4-20150817-i9300) with TWRP v2.8.6.1 to my girlfriends Samungs S3 GT-i9300 and I get the following Error: E: error executing updater binary in zip '/external_sd

Tried to install with wiping (factory reset) and advanced and format data in TWRP and without wiping.

Nothing worked and now i cant seem to get any Rom (android 4.3 and up) to install / work not even the official samsung roms when using Odin v3.10. Odin stops / fails at modem. Also my TWRP backup has been lost... Phone is stuck at Samsung boot logo.

Can anyone please help me out? I can't get anything to work anymore and i am out of options.

Could this maybe be because of the incompatible firmware? If yes can i first flash a new firmware?

All help is very much appreciated!!!

PS: It seems like the Samungs S3 GT-i9300 is a Korean version because when i put it in download mode i can only see Korean language. Could this be the issue?

Thnx
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Hmm, first to determine what device you actually have I would look at the factory sticker in the back. If it says gt-i9300, then international version is what you are holding. Korean S3 has a different device code (SHV-E210S). In 99.9% of cases that sticker tells the truth. If you tried to flash a wrong stock rom version via odin that would explain a thing or two.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neliska:
GT-I9300 is actualy SHV-E210L

Hi Hawaiihemd,

Thnx for the reply.

Just found out that my S3 GT-i9300 is probably actualy a SHV-E210L... Factory Sticker / original packaging etc says GT-i9300 but when in download mode it says product name: SHV-E210L. So i just tried to flash the SHV-E210L Rom i found here: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/orig-development/rom-d-rom-note4-t3005270. But still no succes. Installation seems to go well but after reboot phone is stuck at Samsung logo and then turns off automaticaly. Don't have a clue why and what to do now.

Can you please tell me if i can trust product name: SHV-E210L in download mode? Also there seems to be an SHV-E210L model with and one without LTE??? Maybe someone can point me to the right rom / stock firmware so i can use the phone again?

Thnx again!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
As I understand it there is no easy way to tell which product code to trust if the device has been bought second hand. If the sticker says Model A and Bootloader says Model B there could be two reasons:

1) someone put in a new motherboard

2) someone flashed the wrong bootloader (I did that once with the s5369)

I'm not sure what I would do in your place.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ahmad Tawfik:
http ://boeffla.df-kunde.de/sgs3/boeffla-kernel-cm-ng/cm12.1_download/Test/old
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neliska:
Is my samsung S3 GT-I9300 realy a SHV-E210L???

The S3 was bought new as a GT-I9300 @ www.dx.com so the seller might have changed something...

Just flashed the most recent stock android 4.4.4. (E210LKLUKOB1) (Korean version) for SHV-E210L with Odin V3.10 and phone is working again! :good: So one problem is solved. :D

Now it says it is the SHV-E210L with 2GB ram 32GB storage and LTE instead of 1GB ram 16GB storage...?:rolleyes: The mystery continues. Haven't tested the LTE function yet to determine if it works. Neither have i tried to upload more than 16GB data to test its storage capacity yet. Is there a way to identify the real product type / hardware of the phone by analysing its motherboard? (Opened it up yesterday to check if it might be a clone and made some pictures of the motherboard.) If it turns out to be a GT-I9300 instead of a SHV-E210L should i flash a new bootloader (how and what are the risks?) and then flash a GT-I9300 Rom / stock firmware?

Thnx
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psychok9:
Hello guys, I'm looking for a Lollipop ROM stable and full working... Does it exist?

I've tried many ROMs (CM, custom, etc) in the past, but they were always unstable for daily use.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedan55:
Hey guys. I was fixing a few devices and when I was flashing stock rom with odin I think my computer had a delayed reaction to usb being removed and odin failed to update my i9300 international version Btw.

Now when I try to go to download mode it's telling me firmware update failed and to use kies. Thought I'd ask for some advice before screwing up anymore.

Thanks for any help.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
Archi 3.1.3. But first do the full internal wipe. Don't backup any app with titanium or etc. Fresh install of everything
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
If you can boot into download mode just repeat and try flashing stock via odin again, then go from there. I would refrain from using kies for anything ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psychok9:
Is it i9305 compatible?

I found only these ROMs:

[31 Aug 2015] [OPTIMIZED] [F2FS] {UBERTC} SlimLP 5.1.1

[27 Aug 2015] [UNOFFICIAL][Lollipop 5.1.1][GT-I9305] PAC-ROM LP-MR1 Beta-2 *new addition (31 Aug 2015)*

[25 Aug 2015] [5.1.1][Cyanogenmod 12.1][UNOFFICIAL][23.8.2015]

[20 Aug 2015] [lp5.1][nightly] aicp 10.0

[15 Aug 2015] [OFFICIAL] Cyanide L RC-18.0-(5.1.1-R13)-I9305-8/15/15

[15 Aug 2015] [5.1.1][3.9][i9305][UNOFFICIAL] BlissPop by Team Bliss [Beta]

[07 Aug 2015] [5.1.1][i9305 OFFICIAL][PitchBlack] Resurrection Remix® LP v5.5.3 [07/08/15]

[07 Aug 2015] [5.1.1][F-AOSP i9305] The Android Open Source Project [07.08.2015]

[12 Jul 2015] [5.0.2][Cyanogenmod 12][UNOFFICIAL][024.06.2015]

[24 Jun 2015] [5.0.2][Lollipop][Official] NamelessROM 2.0 [Nightly][Blazing Fast]

[08 Jun 2015] [5.1.1][i9305][UNOFFICIAL] BlissPop by Team Bliss [needs testers] *thread closed*​
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
Nope, only for i9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brende:
i am using s3 and Rome is cm-11

tryed to add audio engine Aroma acid audio engine but

got failed ?

i remove player and equalizer then no sound in da phone

can u help me ?

Thanx in advance
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popcornstar:
GT-i9300 ON/OFF Problem

Hello, I have a GT-i9300. The problem is I cannot on the phone. Even if I put the charger, nothing happened. Last time before it cannot on, the screen become white and then off. Which part I should check? :confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
I'd say battery, power button, motherboard, chip... in that order.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popcornstar:
Battery checked, buy a new one, still same. Power button, try to put the charger on, nothing happened, no battery image. I don't know about the chip. :crying:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smaiarif:
Hi there.. please help me with choosing a suitable and battery friendly kernel for my s3 i9300..currently am on RevolutionHD Rom... have twrp installed... please do suggest...thanks in advance..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Boeffla Kernel. Can't go wrong with that.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rzr86:
hello everybody

i have searched a lot but i couldn't find any lollipop rom with touchwiz

so i am asking is there any lollipop rom with tiuchwiz?

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
No there is not. Problem is that we would need a lollipop ROM from Sammy for a technically similar device as a base to modify to work on our s3. Hope is that the note2 will get lollipop sometime... But as of now it has not.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rzr86:
yeah i didn't have much hope for touchwiz lollipop rom

also i am not expecting from note 2 to receive lollipop

nevermind thnaks for the answer:good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedan55:
Hi mate thanks for the help. I did manage to get back into download mode and successfully flash the stock rom but now it won't get past the Samsung boot logo. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Try booting into stock recovery then doing a factory reset, then reboot
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
How long have you waited? Cache needs to be (re)built after a new flash which means that the boot can take up to 15 min or so.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xShudyx:
s3 boot loop after install paranoid

Hi all!

I'm in troubles with my S3.

I downloaded paranoid 5.1 for S3 webparanoird /legacy/i9300 (pa_i9300-5.1-20150822.zip), then I saw that I had to download GAPPS , so I downloaded: androidrootz . com/2015/03/download-android-51x-lollipop-pa-gapps.html (STOCK version), and finllay I read that was recommended to use boeffla-kernel, so I went to his web and downloaded last version (boeffla-kernel-4.0-alpha13-CM12.1-NG-i9300.recovery.zip).

After get it all, I put it in the SDCard, I when in recovery, I did Wipes: dalvik, cache and data. Then I install in this order (I read this order somewhere) ROM, then, GAPPS, then wiped cache again, finally I install Boeffla kernel. Then wiped again dalvik and cache and rebooted the phone, but before reboot TRWP said If I wanted to root the phone, so I accept. Finally, phone restart, but is in bootloop from more than 30 mins.

How can -I make run the device,??

Thanks in advance

Shudy
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
First, you should never do all that at once. From an analytical standpoint, you can never know what is the culprit if you do all at once.

So, try going into recovery, do an andvanced wipe of everything except external SD and then install just the rom, reboot and test. If everything is fine, install GAPPS, test again and so on...

As I don't use CM and don't have the time to check, just an idea that comes to mind: I'm not sure Boeffla_CM-Kernel works with PA as PA is based on AOSP if I am not mistaken.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xShudyx:
OK, I have installed with out more problems.

What I have done:

I install first of all, the Stock rom, to run the phone. (so the pone was as stock)

then.

- Downloaded TRWP for I9300, and flashed with Odin.

- Copied Rom Paranoid, PicoGapss from OppenGapps and boefflakernel (this time, this version to be sure: boeffla-kernel-4.0-alpha1-CM12.1-NG-i9300.recovery)

- Restarted phne in recovery mode, and whiped Data, system, cache and Dalvik.

- Installed from SD, first the rom, then the gapps, and restarted the phone, but didnt worked, so I go again to recovery

- Install Boeffla Kernel, whiped chache and dalvik, and restarted again.

- TRWP asked for root the phone, so YES ! XD

The waint less than 5 mins, and phone started .

Thanks for all the help!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalhead131:
What's the latest bootloader and modem version for the SPH-L710?

Is there any such thing as a custom modem?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
You can always check @ http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/. I am not aware of "custom" basebands and I don't see what a custom baseband would bring?!

BTW there is a Sprint GS3 section on these forums! You might get more straightforward info there.

---- EDIT ----

Oh I'm sorry. I just learned that the modem/baseband/radio version (CP in *#1234# screen) does not necessarily match pda or csc version given on sammobile. I thought that is always the case. My bad.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REALLY?!:
Camera Issue

Hello there!

Guys, I have a problem with camera on any ANdroid 5.1.1 ROM: sometimes I see "Cant connect to the camera" (something like this).

Only reboot helps me.

There is any ways to solve this problem?

CameraRetsart.apk dont work 4 me.

Thank you in advance!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeTuRr74:
Take a look at my answer for the app.

As your s3 dont have a camera v2 you have the camera bug on all CM12 and CM12.1 roms. For me i use the app given in my answer on ArchiDroid thread and it works fine for me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sohail99:
Hey!

I have a Galaxy S3(GT-i9300) that my brother retired(after he got a one plus one)

He had some version of CM on it which had quite some problems as far as I can recall.

I plan on refreshing it, giving it a new life and user(mom) and so, I'm on the lookout for the most stable ROM yet with minimal to none issues.

She will be using it and wouldn't be able to troubleshoot the ROM issues if they crop up!

Any recommendations will be highly appreciated! :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Depends on what compromises you are willing to make!

Stock JB4.3 is definitely the most solid and stable, but quite old (security related) and lacking a good ram management.

Stable enough that I just put it on my mums s3 is back-to-n00t ROM. Stock samsung KK ported. I use it myself and had no crashes, reboots or whatever for 9 months now. And with the fixes provided no functionality is missing.

I personally believe you will never get such stability with aosp/cm and such. I used them with former phones, for me they work really well but I'm not afraid of small bugs so...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canadiangrizzly:
Please Help - Stuck at Galaxy S3 GT-19300 Screen

Hi there, and thank you ahead of time for the help.

About a month ago, I decided to flash cyanogenmod on my international Galaxy S3 i9300 phone, using there app/one step installer and it worked fine. Since then, I have been using my phone normally without any problems. Last night however, my phone for which I had recently bought a new battery, ran out of charge and therefore I connected it to the charging cable. It appears the phone has charged, but now when I try to boot the phone, it is stuck at the very first screen (Samsung Galaxy S III GT-I9300) and does not boot. I have gone into recovery mode (clockwork) and there is a list at the bottom saying the following:

E: Can't mount/cache/recovery/command

E: Can't mount/cache/recovery/log

E: Can't open/cache/recovery/log

E: Can't mount/cache/recovery/last_log

E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

E: Can't mount/cache/recovery/last_install

E: Can't open/cache/recovery/last_install

I have tried wiping the cache, wiping data/factory reset, and rebooting multiple times, however the phone simply won't go past that screen and boot cyanogenmod the way it used to. I don't know what has changed and have no idea what to do! I would appreciate any information on how I can solve this problem and get my phone back to working condition.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sorrylegend:
hello guys.. i need some help here,,

my problem : i cant connect to any wi-fi access point when i try my phone only save the ac/ssid and nothing happen, it can work/connect only when i put my phone beside access point or modem ,, so my wifi cant connect in specific range,, i try to solve my problem and found may be on "hidden Service menu" to turn off save mode on wifi config,,but i cant open hidden Service menu,, nothing happen to..

please help me guys,, so i can open hidden Service menu or something else so i can connect to wifi access point/modem

i am on lolipop ressurection 5.1.1

thanks before :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
I would try dirty flashing the rom from recovery. If that does not work, I'd try twrp, see if it works there. If not... start from scratch. It might not be the elegant solution as I don't know what went wrong, but it will work.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Austin Merriam:
Hey I have looked for months to try to figure this out but I can't get my data to work on any rom I've tried several.. I have a Samsung galaxy s3 straight talk (sprint) Ive tried the apns and they won't save and I don't a have a sim slot if anyone knows how to fix this please help me
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Just to let you know: There is a Sprint GS3 section on these forums!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedan55:
I did wait quite a while. I'll try the factory reset and see what happens thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AskinSavascisi:
Hi, ive tried installing twrp and philz. When i try to go to recovery i always get the old stock recovery.. im not new to flashing.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Well we have to start somewhere even if you are not new to flashing.

As you haven't given any more info I assume you installed new recovery via Odin which was successful. In that case only reason is you booted stock rom on stock kernel afterwards which would have overwritten the recovery again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juselec:
GCMService Wakelocks with fast dormancy turned on

Hello everyone. I am facing a problem since more than a month ago which is that if I turn on fast dormancy in my phone, the GCMService (Google Cloud Messaging service) causes a lot of multipdp kernel wakelocks and my phone cannot enter into deep sleep. This thing shouldn't be a problem but I have these ones. If I use an AOSP lollipop rom (to which I want to change) I cannot disable fast dormancy and if I disable the GCMService I cannot receive any notification message (e-mail, whatsapp, etc.), which for me are important, at least e-mail. Meanwhile I have a back-to-n00t based rom, in which fast dormancy toggle works.

I will now write a summary of the things I tried and how I realize that GCMServive was driving me crazy. First of all I used BetterBatteryStats to figure out what was going on behind Android OS battery usage and I saw a lot of multipdp wakelocks (arround 30% of total wakelocks and just 30% of deep sleep) under kernel wakelock tab. I did a search and I saw that it is related with fast dormancy. So I tried to disable with all the methods I could find on internet:

-Using Fast dormancy toggle for I9300 app (Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...cytoggle.i9300 ). Worked on stock roms, not working either in CM11 nor CM 12.1.

-Using Fast dormancy toggle for I9100 app (xda thead: http://xdaforums.com/gala...n-1-5-t2647015 ). Not working on CM11. On CM 12.1 I couldn't connect anymore to the 3G network.

-Manually editing the "nwk_info.db" file. No luck.

-Editing build.prop with "ril.fast.dormancy.rule=0 and ro.config.hw_fast_dormancy=0". Bootloop on CM11 and it is not maintained anymore on CM 12+ roms, as I read here: http://xdaforums.com/show...ostcount=13426

-Using the code *#9900# with phone keyboard. Just available on stock based roms.

-Different modems and kernels. No succeed.

After all these trials I started to freeze apps and when I froze Google Play Services I could get a 93% of deep sleep and just 1% of multipdp kernel wakelock. So it was clear what was causing the wakelocks. Then I started to disable the services running in the app and when I disabled GCMService I got again a 90% of deep sleep and 1% of multipdp wakelock. But there were no e-mail notifications anymore. So I am blocked here.

Does anyone know how to reduce the activity of GCMService and still be able to receive e-mail notifications but no having wakelocks? If it is possible I prefer a solution not involving xposed.

Thanks a lot in advance.

And I want to acknowledge in advance all the rom developers who created the roms I used and the developers and researches who made the apps and procedures I used here.

More info:

Test environment: WiFi off, GPS off, Bluetooth and NFC off. Just 3G mobile data on with full bars signal and fast dormancy on.

Roms I used: Blekota Note 4, official Cyanogenmod 11, and ArchiDroid 3.1.3.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
[MENTION=6761194]juselec[/MENTION] Just to let you know, cm12 roms (lollipop roms) have high battery drain when on mobile data. I would recommend you try minimal gapps with Archi 3.1.4 experimental. In aroma installer, deselect all Google Apps, then after installation, reboot into recovery, flash your new minimal gapps, wipe cache dalvik, reboot, and voila..

I had same problems as you, no deep sleep. Only clean install and minimal gapps helped.

Sent from my GT-I9300.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juselec:
[MENTION=5880579]Zlatan13[/MENTION] Thank you so much for all the info and for the quick reply. But unfortunately clean flash as you wrote me didn't solve my problem. I also tried freezing all google apps I have (without google play services) and neither worked. Now I will try to disable some services without touching explicitly the GCMService one and if it doesn't work I will have to use xposed and amplify.

Thanks a lot for replying!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
[MENTION=6761194]juselec[/MENTION] No problem m8. We are here to help. I would recommend you to try out Archi 3.0.2 then. It's KK rom, really battery friendly. Install it without GAPPS, then flash them later ( as i said, minimal or pico gapps).

I use sometimes greenify donation package (you need xposed for that module) for allowing GCM push but still hibernating apps. That is probably the only way you will be able to deal with those wakelocks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mpadhu:
Streaming from S3 to a TV via WD Media player

Hi Guys,

Is it possible to stream contents from a Galaxy S3 to TV via a WD TV media player. I wanted to play games streaming from my phone to TV via WD TV media player.

My WD TV Live media player does not have a built in WiFi. So I use a WiFi dongle for streaming.

Will it work?. Please help

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shailpancholi:
I lost my internal storage data.

I had cm11 by temasek

Then i had restored to official stock rom 4.1.2 xxemh4

And after that whole data was lost

Plz help
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wilherly:
Hi, I have a question concerning Samsung Galaxy I9300 n the official Samsung HDTV Adapter for it.

The Model is: EPL-3FHUBEGSTD and i have tried it with 3 different galaxy i9300 and it only works with 1. I wonder if there's a problem with the ROM of the other 2 maybe. The one that works fine is non-rooted and has an official Samsung Rom, the other two are rooted and have Android Revolution and Paranoid Android ( i just guess this one won't work as it's not Samsung based ). They don't work at all, as if i haven't plugged anything (there is no case preventing them to be plugged well).

Do u know what rom actually works with this?, I thought Android Revolution would have worked as it's based on Samsung but nothing happens when i plug it to the adapter.

Thank you
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loismustdie555:
EDIT: Nevermind
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sam.jaat:
root via flashable zip

I want to know is galaxy s3 can be root via flashable zip file cose I have no PC at this time....

I need root access only for firewall app and for some other apps.....not for any developments issue. .......

And is stock rom support usb otg features. ...or need any coustm kernel. ....?