yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gusfk:
SGS3 selection of default launcher still has problem!

I'm not currently having the GO Launcher but the Smart launcher. Is there any other solution in order to avoid resetting?? I've done it before but nothing seems to change! It is not saving the selection of the Smart launcher as default! Could it failing because of an app or update?!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suspect008:
how is your ram usage in normal usage?

are you rooted? if so you wont have any problems backing up and restore them one by one checking what causing the problem but still I prefer a reset if this continues.

as you ask, first try clearing defaults for touchwiz and your launcher both and remove and reinstall the launcher. to do this go to application manager and all apps tab and select touchwiz and you ll see clear defults button below uninstall buttons and do the same for your launcher.

if its still exist, try clearing all apps defaults and preferences, but this may lead you to reconfigure some of your apps but more easier than resetting :D to do this, in the same application manager window, all apps tab press menu button and select reset all app preferences.

see if it helps.

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thanks for that, hint: you can contribute to off topic thread and get your posts :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sicoooo0:
s3 stuck

i have read many threads in many sites but now im confused about wt to do.in short my s3 stuck on Samsung Galaxy S III and it can get into download mode only.

plz help me

wt can i do and from where i should start

I dont know any information about the phone
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashraf sharif:
WHEN YOU GO INTO DOWNLOAD MODE DOES IT SAY PRODUCT NAME GT-I9300 IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF YOUR SCREEN?

IF NO THEN MOST LIKELY YOUR INTERNAL MEMORY / EMMC IS DAMAGED

YOU MAY NEED TO REPLACE THE MOTHERBOARD.

THIS IS A HARDWARE FAILURE THAT IS COMMON FOR THIS PHONE

YOU CAN READ ABOUT THAT IN THE GS3 SUDDEN DEATH THREAD HERE http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/general/ultimate-gs3-sudden-death-thread-t1993044

NOW, IF IT DOES HAVE THE PRODUCT NAME,

FIRST THING TO DO IS TO TRY AGAIN TO GET INTO RECOVERY MODE.

RECOVERY MODE IS VOLUME UP/HOME /POWER .

BUT YOU NEED TO STOP PRESSING POWER AS SOON AS YOU SEE THE"SAMSUNG GALAXY S111"SCREEN BEGIN TO LOAD. OTHER WISE THE PHONE WILL JUST CONTINUE TO HANG. IF YOU GET INTO RECOVERY MODE, SELECT CLEAR DATA / FACTORY RESET.

CANT GET RECOVERY MODE?

YOU CAN TRY TO USE SAMSUNG KIES HERE http://www.samsung.com/ca/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/JSP OR IF YOU PREFER ,AS MANY HERE DO ,YOU CAN TRY TO FLASH ANY FIRMWARE FOR YOUR GT-I9300 FROM SAMMOBILE HERE http://www.sammobile.com/ .

GOOD LUCK
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stasiune:
Hello,

after flashing my phone to http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-i9300-aosp-neatrom-t2603155 this rom i can't use my free internet. (in Ireland you top up by 20eur and more and you get free mb)

any suggestions?

thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahmoud shady:
straming

while trying watch match online on browser they asked me for flash player how can i do this???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suspect008:
you need to set your access points. its a most stable rom for kitkat by sale...so cant be a issue with rom. but if so wipe everything and flash again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k-semler:
Is there a way to restore my IMEI here in the USA without having to send it off to the UK to get it repaired? Even Samsung USA won't support my pocket porno machine!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yahoonuts:
brick

So my s3 came in the box already updated to 4.4.2 and i then rooted it and flashed a 4.4.2 rom to it. Now, i made the mistake of flashing a 4.3 ROM dedicated for the i9300 and i now have no boot. All i get is the red LED when the phone is plugged in. I have the US cellular S3 r530u. What do i do ? I'm aware that i would need a debrick file but so far i've only managed to get access to a 4.3 debrick file.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BaNaNa_DroiD:
battery Drain

my s3 battery drain's when the screen is off even more than when i'm using it

please help!!

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maybe it's due to the recovery

try cwm recovery or philz recovery
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Justin Thought:
I had this problem when first upgrading to Kitkat 4.4, through trial and error I discovered I could eliminate the problem by changing the backup folder. Kitkat by default uses /storage/emulated/0/ to enable multi-user operation. Go into your preferences, select backup folder, then click back-back until you are looking at /storage/. select sdcard0, then choose the TitaniumBackup folder and press Use the current folder; do not copy. This solved my issues with what might be an older version of TiBu.

Would be interested to know if it works for you as well.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdk1988:
Can you send the screen shot of the log from the beginning
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Versatil2010:
Im running Mokee 4.4.3 nightly, just wanted to know what would be the latest kernel i can flash? Its a d2att.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack-the-Dwarf:
Hi, thx, but did not work for me.... Its annoying, but only thing that helps, is installing manually from the store and tben restore data...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J 3 M:
Probably a noob question but better to be safe than sorry. I've flashed my S3 to Kit Kat hypermax rom & have noticed my signal strength isn't very strong, so I've removed the modem bin file from the stock modem which I believe is JB or ICS. So can I flash this file in Odin to get back to stronger signal & will it work fine in KK ? Thanks for any help. :good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sajeed_sa:
cm11

can you please tell me that monthly snapshot on updating also gapps have to update along with that???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xyncs:
Samsung s3 help!

here it is.. any idea what caused this or how to recover it? samsung service center says it might cost $200 to repair it
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AshrafDev:
galaxy siii i9300 charging problem

i have an international i9300 running stock android 4.3 not rooted and unlocked.

the problem is when i plug it in the wall charger (original Samsung) it charges(for like 1 second) then stops then charges again and so on..BUT when i plug it in the computer via USB it charges normally.

can anyone help me please and thank you for reading :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verny94:
Try another charger ;) Its look like broken :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] volt00:
Need some help ^^

hey guys i don't know if it's right place for this situtation but i need some help.

i can't use notification bar while an app running i don't know if it's a problem but i'd be awesome if i could use it.

another problem is NFC isn't working. When i try to use it suddenly google play runs

(CyanogenMod 10.2 )

Any idea guys ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazorMC:
Try a different charger

~ RazorMC

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Seems the internal memory in not accessible. Maybe because it has been formatted (not possible on stock recovery) or corrupted. I don't know if anyone else will agree, but try to flash a stock ROM via Odin (download mode).

If it gives "NAND Write Fail" then this could mean a corrupted/damaged storage. Repair centre is the only option after that.

My suggestion for a $200 repair is to leave it and get another phone. There are countless pre-owned i9300 for that price.

~ RazorMC
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BaNaNa_DroiD:
5611

It may be a bug from the rom you're using try another rom and see if the problem still there or not
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osa993ma:
no need to update gapps (google apps) ...

you can update any new app manually using play store ... :)

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about "notification bar" you can do that using "exposed installer" app ...

but about NFC i guess that the problem came from the ROM itself ...

have a nice day :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xyncs:
Yup I tried Flashing it with ODIN and it said write fail, sigh.. might as well go with option 2

Is there a way to repair the damaged storage?

Thanks Mate.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raidenfreeman:
Hey, I'm looking for a ROM for gt-i9300 (and the gt-8190), as close to the vanilla android as possible. version 4.4.2 kit kat if possible too.

If you could also link me a walkthrough on how to install them, even better!

Also I'd prefer not to lose the radio support.

Thanks in advance!

(I thought of that, but if there's something more vanilla please point me there!)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RazorMC:
Not that I know of, sorry :(

~ RazorMC

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Temasek is pretty much what you're looking for. Instructions are available on the ROM's thread and simple to follow.

There's Spirit2 radio app for AOSP roms so you won't have to worry about that :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raidenfreeman:
Tyvm RazorMC!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Laurisss:
I want to root using this method: http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/general/howto-rooting-wiping-flashing-ultimate-t1911726 and the 2)method directs me to this for instructions of how to install custom recovery:http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=39433857&postcount=4&nocache=1&z=4869322041049600 and one of the steps there are "start odin3 and configure it as in picture below" but the picture is not there. What settings i have to tick? I have the sgs3 i9300 international version.

And what about the triangle ? Do i have to block it or its not needed? Is it for warranty purposes so that the company cannot trace that i installed custom firmware?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osa993ma:
here is the way for downloading recovery ...

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/orig-development/recovery-clockworkmod-touch-6-0-3-2-gt-t1719744

and about "triangle away" yes ; it is for saving your warranty ...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Laurisss:
Will this work with cwm 6.0.4.8? I think you need version 6.0.4.5 and above for kitkat.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osa993ma:
aha ...

this is the thread for the version that you want : http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development/i93xx-philz-touch-t2002953

and follow same video for tutorial ...

if i helped you press " THANKS " button ^_^
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dylankerwick:
[URGENT] Help Needed

Today I installed Cyanogenmod 11 (cm-11-20140609-SNAPSHOT-M7-i9300) on to my International Galaxy S3, GT-I9300.

I had already installed ClockWork Recovery mod, I uploaded the Cyanogennod .ZIP file to my device and installed it using the ROM Manager app.

I would like to remove the root but everything on here and YouTube isn't helping as all methods I've tried are unsuccessful (meaning I can't get TriangleAway on to the device as Cyanogenmod can't open APKs, I can't use ODIN or install .ZIPs using the Recovery mode - the Recovery file was also somehow deleted when installing Cyanogenmod!)

Help is much appreciated.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajish002:
TWRP recovery booting even after installing rom

i installed TWRP from google play

since then i was using omega omni v3 rom (kitkat) and had cwm recovery

now when i changed the cwm to TWRP

and i got the upadte of omega omni v4 rom

booted to TWRP recovery

wipe

cache

dalvic cashe

factory reset

then installed the omega omni v4 rom

after it shows reboot and then it again boots to TWRP recovery screen

not loading rom

please advice step by step details

not familiar with developing
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] persian___boy:
can anyone tell which custom rom based on kitkat is most stable, powerful battery consume and speedy for GS3?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osa993ma:
you need to wipe cache and dalvic cache again after you finish downloading the .zip file (before the reboot) ...

press THANKS if i helped you :)

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most of kitkat roms which based on google stock roms are battery consumers ...

BUT : by my experience i felt that "cyanogenmod" is the most stable and "resurrection remix" is nicely customized

AND if you want to get a less battery consume >> you can flash a custom kernel like "boeffla kernel" :)

if that was helpful for you click THANKS please :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SmokeyKhan786:
siyah kernel and googy max kernel not flashing

i tried many times in my s3 i9300 via cwm and twrp but after flashing siyah and googy

phone got a bootloop why

plzzzz help:(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verny94:
Did you do full wipe after install? Newest version of CWM or TWRP? Newest and right version of kernels?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arj8:
Which rom are you using?

Try reinstalling recovery

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Every rom has its specialities.

I have used resurrection remix and archidroid.

Both are excellent and smooth roms in my opinion. They give superb battery backup with boeffla kernel.

Archidroid v2.4.6

Philz recovery

Viperandroid

Boeffla kernel
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SmokeyKhan786:
thank u sir

error because not full wiping

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plzzz suggest me a good kernel for s3

i am using paradus hd premier rom 4.3

this rom is very good but give some lag whyy
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peerfunk:
hey guys i dont know if this is the right place to post it but i just do it:

i have a problem with my i9300. it looks like its a sudden death syndrome but i think its not.

i plugged it in over night to charge and in the morning i couldnt unlock it. i pulled the battery out and tried to reboot. it did nothing i read that people whoes phone had sds could see the samsung splash screen, my phone however does nothing and the battery is dead it does not even charge in another phone and putting a new battery in my phone also didnt change anything. whats also strange is that the pinout of the battery connector is not the same as i could find it on the interent..

hope i am at the right place here
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nic2215:
Boeffla kernel is wonderful, if rom lag then it isn't good.. Try temasek
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osa993ma:
that maybe because of your rom is not compatible to their kernels ....

if this was helpful click on THANKS button please :) :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darren9659:
S5 sensation rom v3

When i install v3 sensation rom via twrp everything goes fine.

When i reboot i get the samsung screen then the phone boots back to recovery.

Could anyone advise please on installation

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cguymartin:
unlock the 4.3 bootloader yet?

hey guys and gals! has anyone got any information on weather there is a method to unlock the bootloader post 4.3 OTA?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verny94:
Do a mega full wipe (wipe data, cache & dalvick, system, internal SD) and try.

But I think that better will be flash stock rom and new start :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genecis:
Custom recovery without PC?

Hi everyone

Can anyone suggest a method to install a custom recovery on an i9300 running stock 4.3 without connecting to a PC?

The device actually belongs to my girlfriend. She's too scared of messing up anything to do it on her PC and I can't get it at my place to do it on my PC (its the only device she has).

My goal is to flash PA on it.

Any help would be appreciated :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] praveen55:
Thank you for your interest in solving our problems!!! Its appreciated.

Everything is going fine until i install new rom.

yesterday i installed s5glamour rom..then when i tried to connect to my wifi connection-it just says status as 'saved, secured'

i thought rom is problem..

so, today i installed hypermax rom.

again tried to connect to wifi network..then same again.

Please help me.

Thank you!!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arj8:
Try resetting binary counter and flash stock rom. Then check if wifi works. If it works then reroot and flash custom rom. This may help

Sent from my GT-I9300:thumbup:

Archidroid v2.4.6

Philz recovery

Boeffla 2.3b6

Viperandroid 2.3.3.0
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arj8:
U can try downloading tar file of recovery and i think u can flash it using Mobile odin

Sent from my GT-I9300

Archidroid v2.4.6

Philz recovery

Boeffla 2.3b6
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boosticles:
cm 11 installer

Need a little help on my ATT S3 that i used cm11 installer on. My phone was not rooted and the cm11 installer said that it would work on a rooted and non rooted device, so i went through with the install. I picked up a note 3 so i am going to give my wife my s3. I would like to put it back on a stock rom. I have flashed a stock ATT rom through Odin and it was successful according to Odin. when the phone rebooted it rebooted with cm11 still. I have tried different stock roms from stockroms.net and sammobile and it still boots in cm11. how do i get this thing on a stock rom lol? I was under the ipression that it was not rooted, just a custom rom. In my setting it does not have a super user. Also ran root checker and it said there is no super user access. When in the Odin boot screen it shows counts. I have attached a pic of the Odin screen.

Any help with this would be great. Thank you. Hope this is in the right area of the forum.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genecis:
It's not rooted. It's completely stock.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arj8:
Without rooting u cant flash a custom recovery

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genecis:
Ah okay. Thanks anyway
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] praveen55:
Thank you :)

But it is such a lengthy process to revert back..

and any ideas on why it happens?

Thanks again!!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arj8:
Mayb a modem file malfunction. Dnt knw exactly

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThermalGrease:
does anyone know if its possible to get access to media files and private contacts in clockworkmod with philz touch via usb connection to a pc?

my S3 wont boot anymore and I hope to somehow to get those files "out of the phone"
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] finisiustus:
[Q] How can i recover password?

Hi,

For security ends to my gf, i need to get a mmsms.db file on a S3, but

I don't know :

The PIN PROVIDER CODE

The PIN LOCKSCREEN

I know the WIFI by wich is connected the S3, wich is the same that i use

I have access to the SD card

I don't know if the DEBUGING USB MODE is activated

I can't reboot the S3 (because i don't know the PIN PROVIDER code and i need to be stealth and unseen) and so, i can't root it too

Can i, by circumstances, ask you some help for that kind of problem?

Thanks anyway
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cornelus2009:
Hello, there is a tool to sign zip archives for stoc 4.3 recovery ?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zaratoth:
Did you ever figure out how to fix this problem? I have the same problem at the moment.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul tomlin:
Hypermax ROM with s voice? I9300

Hi hope someone can help, I'd like to get my s voice back (the 2 push command on home button). can anyone tell me how to?

Its a awsome rom so far
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul tomlin:
Ok I've found the download for s voice it's works just not from the home button. Keeps telling me the application isn't installed and sends me to play store where item isn't found. Is there something else I need installed?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shokokatana:
Why does my fon went into downloading mode?

My fon suddenly went into downloading mode for the past 2 hours when I charge it just now. I did not press anything and now I dare not switch it off.. i'm using the official samsung jelly bean and never root this fon. Pls advise asap.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sallahdoudi:
good job
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gabe315:
S3 not recognizing SIM card

Hello!

Just signed up to this forum and it certainly is the best. Ok, so I had a rooted Galaxy S3 (SGH-I747), but i wanted to update to the recently released 4.4.2, so i went ahead and unrooted my device using Odin (now it is on 4.1.1). Everything went fine until I noticed that my phone doesnt recognize my SIM card. I really think the firmware I used was the correct one, because it was for the AT&T S3. I really dont know what could have gone wrong. Do you guys have any idea what could have happened? Maybe there was a specific ATT firmware for my region? Hope you can help me or at least let me know what could be the problem. Thanks!

Gabe
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RaySam:
S3 Stuck at Weird Download Mode

Hi guys,

I do understand that the last post in this thread was almost 2 months back, but the title was too alluring that I had to repost my question here.

I'm sorry if you might find this answered somewhere else. But as far as my xda and google searching skills go, I've exhausted all options.

The rooted S3 (GT-I9300 on stock 4.3 ROM) I've been using was working perfectly fine until I decided to flash touch CWM. (Note: I had already installed the app through play store or blackmart). Now my phone is stuck in a weird download mode loop. It's weird because it's not the normal download mode that comes when you press the Volume Down+Home+Power buttons. It's almost the same, except that the other details on the top-left corner are not being displayed (such as Odin Mode, product name, custom binary download, custom binary ...).

However, I can still access the normal download mode using the above key combinations, only that that phone isn't recognized in Odin. Thus, I couldn't flash the stock rom using the same. Secondly, I can also access the recovery mode, but it's not CWM; instead, it's the stock android system recovery <3e>

Now, to make things worse, all my attempts at flashing custom recovery and stock rom through ADB were in vain. Every time I tried flashing a custom rom or recovery (using adb sideload filename), the phone gave me the following message (E:signature verification failed). I understand it's the case with stock recovery, but I just can't install custom recovery. And to top it all, my attempts at installing CWM and stock rom (I9300XWUGML4_I9300DDGML4_INU.zip) using the 'apply update from external storage' option (yes, I can access my extSDcard) yield me same results (E:signature verification failed).

So there you are, I tried adb; I tried Odin; I tried applying an update through external storage; I tried removing the battering and reinserting it (after almost four hours); I even tried factory resetting the handset, yet no positive results. My phone still goes to the weird download mode when rebooted. Please help. I don't want to bother everyone with stupid questions. I'm ready to do my research and help my case, but for now I'm at a roadblock. Your help would be much appreciated.

Details:

Was running on stock 4.3; no custom ROMs were installed; it was only rooted

GT-I9300

4.3

I9300DDUGNB1

Kernel: 3.0.31-2363855

se.infra@SEP-122 #1

Fri Dec 27 20:00:26 KST 2013

Build: JSS15J.I9300XWUGML4

AP: I9300XWUGML4

CP: I9300DUGNB1

CSC: I9300DDGML4