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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kryogenik:
Hopefully by posting in here I won't get my head kicked in for not searching.

I have searched, but I'm very confused so some of you young one's help and old guy out please, and I'll get the cyber beers.

UK (unlocked, currently on Tesco) Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-19300

Currently running Cyanogenmod 11 4.4.2 from installer.

All fine and dandy up until I bought a wearable device that requires Bluetooth to work, and well, BT doesn't work on this device with CM.

I have no backup, not arsed about that fact, happy to start from scratch. I just want to flash back to stock vanilla firmware so I can get this piece of kit working.

I know I need ODIN, but that's as far as I can get.

Am I looking for 4.4.2 or 4.3?

And, is there a tutorial? I found one for "noobs" but it has a bucketload of old links and missing files.

Any help would be appreciated. :good:

Edit: KIES tells me CSC: MK6 BTU

So I'm trying to download SGS3INT-XXUGMK6-BTU-20131216.zip but it's taking an age - hope it's the right one...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prelude_JJ:
Hi guys,

Normally I would just look at the tutorials, and read them 5 times over... but I need your guys help and support.

Yesterday I tried to flash my gf`s S3 to Miui, this all went very smooth.. until I noticed the phone would not get any reception.

- The famous EFS issue.

I flashed it back to stock, and everything worked like magic - I know I dodged a bullet there.

Thats why I need your help:

I still want to give it a try to install Miui on my gfs S3.

The info I can provide you with atm:

- Phone is back to stock, so it needs to be rooted once again.

- Android version: 4.3

- Kernel:3.0.31-2429075

I followed the en.miui.com tutorial but...read above...

So can you guys tell me what steps and files I need to to install Miui on my gfs phone?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] midhila009:
Thank u shivram fr ur suggestion. I wish to try it. Can anybody provide a link to download s5 sensation rom from google drive. I m not able to find it frm mega. N facing difficulty in it. Google is fast. So if anybody have it..pls provide d link to download s5 sendation rom fot s3 from google drive.. pls pls ..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themismar73:
Touch key lights

S3 Touch key lights not open on s5 mini v14 rom any idea

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How the best S5 rom on SGS3 stable fast
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wassimo78:
Hi, I have S3 with CM11 nightly 06302014 (4.4.4), I have huge issue... The incoming call mute the existing call... Anyone have the same issue? Thank you!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jreiz:
KitKat Update

Hi, I am new to the forum, but not new to Android. I recently cracked the screen on my Moto X pretty bad, so I resorted back to mty S3 for the time being. I knew from doing some research that my US Cellular GS3 had recieved an update recently, so Ive been trying to obtain it by going into About Phone under settings and checking for it. Here's where the problem occurs.... When it says "checking for software updates," it never ends. That same phrase stays there, and never changes to tell me if it finds an update, or not. This is irritating because I know my SCH-R530U GS3 is due for an update that occurred in May (The KitKat update.) Can someone help me figure out why it doesn't tell me if there is one or isn't one? Or tell me why the screen never changes? My Wi-Fi is connected to my home Wi-Fi, great signal and all. I am currently on 4.1.2 JB and my device is not rooted.

Thanks, JReiz
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koj:
Bluetooth

Hi having just gone back to stock 4.12 from 4.3 due to issues with bluetooth. Can anyone recommend a custom rom that works reliably with bluetooth.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pushkarsoorma:
cm 4.4.4 incoming call issue

Hi currently im on CM11 nightly 07012014 (4.4.4)..

the issue that i am facing is that the call gets muted when i receive another incoming call(call waiting)..

The incoming call mute the existing call.. i have read othe members too having the same problem.. is there any solution to this?

Thanks in advance :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pushkarsoorma:
incoming call mutes the existing call( solved in latest nightly)

hi.

incoming call mutes the existing call( solved in latest nightly i.e 07012014 cm11 4.4.4

but i dont noe why the settings theme automatically get back to holo each time i rebbot the phone:confused:..

m using miui v5 1.9 theme ..

any solutions??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sunnihith:
s3 battery draining i9300

Hi

Google services is draining my entire battery..almost 60% of my battery.i m onStock Rom 4.3..I had recently rooted my phone..i dont know what to do now..to stop my battery drainig..Can any one help me out.plz.Im new to this
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anik.se:
What to do if I want to use Android kitkat on my Galaxy SIII ???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arj8:
U can try using custom kitkat based roms

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Use betterbatterystats for knowing what exactly is draining.

And use greenify to hibernate apps.

Try Disabling google search=> location.

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Try cm 10.2 stable.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KingVlad:
Hi, i've changed my i9300 to i9305 and i'd like to know: are there anybody who can port i9300 Googy kernel to i9305?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ahhmad:
cyanogenmod vs S3 stock ROM

hello everyone,

i am really tired of my GS3 slow speed and i rather to use a custom ROM instead of the stock one which is full of bloatware.

battery life is the most important subject for me. Does Cyanogenmod ROM have excellent battery life? i mean significantly better than stock S3 ROM? and also would you please compare the Stock and Cyanogenmod Securities together.:confused:

thank you in advance for your replies.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wassimo78:
How remove the google search bar now?? I've Cm11 nightly 07022014.. Please...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlienJust:
You may use any custom launcher with such ability. For example, Nova launcher has removable search bar ;)

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Custom ROMs (with custom kernels) provide an ablility to choose. You can balance beetween slow speed with good lifetime and fast speed and bad lifetime. IMHO You could got more battery life than on stock rom with the same speed.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tony2k14:
help plss...!

Guys! im still new here.. i just want to ask for help.. i have samsung Gt-i9300 or galaxy s3 .. running on 4.0.4 ICS android os.. why is that my Real Boxing v1.6.1 force stop? dont know y but it is said to play store it is compatible.. but i try to open it it just force stop..any one can help me? plsss.. thanks for your response. :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptechlabs:
Unable to unlock on custom ROM

Hi all,

Im running 11-20140630-NIGHTLY-i9300 and when I place the foreign sim in and type the code given from carrier (3) it continuously says "network unlock request unsuccessful". When I go back to android 4.3 from kies I still have the same result, is this from custom roms or is it just a bad code? Any suggestions on next attempt of unlocking?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tywynn:
Haptic Feedback

Phone specifics:

Rogers network

Samsung Galaxy S3

Model Number : SGH-I747M

Android version : 4.4.2

My phone updated yesterday while I was sleeping. I used it for about a half an hour trying to figure out why it felt awkward and uncomfortable before realizing that the haptic feedback wasn't working. I looked online and found plenty of places where people were trying to get haptic feedback turned OFF, but I want it turned on.

So, I've gone through settings to language and input, to Samsung keyboard settings. It's showing as just vibration now instead of haptic feedback but it's grayed out and not selectable. I despise not having my haptic feedback. Is there any way to fix this?

Also, I had a screenshot, but I'm at work and I apparently can't just upload pictures from a computer?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaultboybos:
After updating to kitkat, my text messages arent displaying properly. When I get a new one, it just says new message and I have to click on it just to see who it is from. It always used to show who it was from instantly without having to click on it. Also, when I open a text thread, it jumps to the first text in the thread instead of the last. This is super annoying. Using the stock messenger app.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tistitus:
back to factory...

Post deleted.

Problem solved
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Al.Gray:
Google Services (Play Store, Google Search, etc) stopped functioning on my S3

I've reposted this on a more recent page, please take a look and try to help us out, thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmajali:
recovery mode

Hi guys.

I am trying to open the recovery mode

By pressing volume up+home button+power on button

But it does not open

Help me plz
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] digitalpressure:
Hi,

Yesterday I have updated my Galaxy S3 I9300 to Kitkat 4.4.2 using a custom ROM. While I wasn't satisfied with the performance of that custom ROM, I have downloaded the Stock 4.3 firmware and tried to downgrade it using ODIN.

All went smoothly till my S3 stuck on Samsung Logo while rebooting with 4.3 installed. It does nothing now except stuck on the Samsung Logo.

I am afraid that I did brick my phone.

Any help will be highly appreciated as I need my phone back to work urgently

Thanks...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbek:
Help guys am getting this message.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tallman43:
This is normal behavior after flashing stock rom just boot into recovery and wipe cache and wipe/factory reset.:)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amadcajuan:
Hi guys I recently installed Cyanogenmod 11 Nightlies on my i9300 and a week later which was yesterday my phone just died. No sign of life, at all. I tried everything to recover it but it stays dead. So I brought my phone to the repair shop and the technician told me that the motherboard failed. Can it take a week for a custom rom to destroy a motherboard. And no, I didn't messed anything with the CPU, no overclocking, no underclocking. I checked the ROM forum and no one else have this problem. And I am aware of SDS. Just, I want to know, is it the ROM that caused this. Is there any chance that I can recover my phone. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Impala3411:
Data Not Working

Ok guys I'm currently with Virgin Mobile but have a sprint variant of kitkat on my phone. I'd like to start from the beginning first so you guys know everything I did.

I used to be on a custom MK5 build but wanted the new kitkat update and couldn't get it because of my Recovery/Rom. So with that being said I searched and all I could find was a Stock Sprint Rom. I assumed OTA updates included a modem so i wasn't worried about making sure i had data after this stock sprint rom was flashed and honestly I didn't even pay attention because I went straight from that to the OTA update. Once receiving the update I realized I didn't have data anymore. Keep in mind I have Virgin Mobile and I think my phone Downloaded the Sprint OTA KITKAT version which really doesn't bother me, I just want my data back. So I did some more searching and supposedly found a Boost/Virgin Mobile STOCK version of the kitkat release with modem included. I flashed it last night and my data still doesn't work. I'd like to get my data working and stay on the KITKAT update however at the moment I don't care as long as my data gets fixed. The Rom I'm on now was a Clean (Full Restore) Install and below is a screen shot of my Info. PLEASE HELP!!!!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fernandokie:
Pit file for Galaxy S3

Please could someone post me a proper link of PIT file and Original Stock ROM for:

GT-I9300

SSN - I9300GSM

FCC ID - A3LGTI9300A

I dowloade many files but keps getting stuck.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GTRSkyR34:
My S3 is dead.

I prepared for flashing to custom ROM (it's not my first time).

I was on stock 4.1.2 rooted, with stock cwm.

I everything needed copied from my computer to external sd.

1st step I need to flash recovery, I choosed PhilZ.

I opened CWM, and choose apply from external sd, and choosed philz.zip

I give a message of error. Ok, I will try with odin then.

I rebooted phone, he started, get on home screen, and then black screen an some short message in 3 sentences, then full black screen.

I tried with recovery - nothing, with download mode - nothing, tried to turn on - nothing. Battery is 99%. I buyed USB Jig, nothing's happening.

So I can't get any sign that phone is alive.

What I should do?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Faivon:
Everytime I run my apps, they're mostly sluggish or froze. I'm pretty sure my background apps is clean as I did not install any weird third party apps and I still a lot of storage capacity left. I root my phone but did not do any modifications on it and as for my kernel... I'm not sure.

Is it something to do with kernel? Do you guys have any recommendation to optimize my apps for performance with rooted device?

Thank you
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KingVlad:
Is CM11 more battery friendly than Stock Rom with Root and custom boeffla kernel ??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlapJack1337:
I tryed Cm 11 M7 and my battery lasts longer than before. I have a bigger battery but it last for 2 days even with Playing games and stuff :good: with stock rom even the increased batteri was empty after 1 day at school...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pagioss:
S3 keyboard lost

I have a SGS3 international version. My keyboard lost and I can't live without it. The only way to write a text or something else is by using mic. when i stop the mic, a keyboard icon appears but when i press it, anything happens. I try to clean the cache of samsung keyboard from the app manager but the keyboard apk it's not there.I do a factory reset but anything change. I'm confused :confused: :silly: Please help me!! My device is rooted. I'm Greek and my English isn't good at all.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] froodman:
Data connection not working after root, except some Google services

Hi,

I rooted my GS3 I9300 a couple of weeks back using CF root. It's running stock 4.3.

A couple of days after rooting (not sure exactly if it happened at the same time as rooting), my data connection stopped working. No apps would connect/update and the browsers didn't work either. Auto-sync is on.

My service provider (Telenor Sweden) replaced my SIM and even pushed some new connection settings to my phone, but still no app seems to connect. Except that the Google services are working....Google search, YouTube, Play store, all connect fine. Search on Chrome browser also works but selecting a result gives a server error. Loading any Google or non-Google site on other browsers gives a server error.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j61101:
Im not sure if this applies to your phone because I have a sprint USA variant (no sim card) but you may be able to get your service back by reactivating your phone on the network. Rooting shouldn't change anything to your service or connection. It only changes your ability to access the root files of the phone and install root apps. Have you tried clearing the dalvik cache and other caches? A lot of times this will help clear up lots of issues.

If you would like you could flash a custom kernel that could possibly fix your issue. I was having data issues on my phone and after I flashed a custom kernel, everything worked great.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KingVlad:
Thanks a lot for the useful information)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlapJack1337:
Sorry i ment 2 days of course. With stock rom even the increased battery only last for 1 day. With CM now 2 days. Depends a little on your settings but it definitely lasts longer.

Your welcome
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arj8:
When phone is in deep sleep if a missd call or message comes proximity sensor is activated and thus powermanagerservice.display wakelock starts draining my battery. Anywy to stop this feature? Its draining my battery a lot.

I use flip type cover. Without flip cover there ia no problem but i need it for protection of my phone. I tried closing proximity sensor with hand and checked and same problem appears. Anywy to disable this??

Plz help
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poker1234:
[ROM][08.07.14] Blekota S5 Lite [4.4.2] [STOCK] Beta 5

hy, which efs baseband structure (efs v1 or efs v2 ) did use this rom [ROM][08.07.14] Blekota S5 Lite [4.4.2] [STOCK] Beta 5 ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mydoom5:
My S3 is constantly shutting down

Please help me :crying:

About a month ago, my phone started randomly shutting down. This always happens when it's sleeping and to turn it on I always have to remove the battery and put it on again.

My phone has the defective eMMC chip, but I've ran the eMMC check app and it passed. I've neved had any problems with the sudden death issue before, and honestly I don't know if this is related. Some users also reported a problem with the power button, which works fine, so I also don't think it's related to that.

To make things worse, every time this happens, the device loses about 15% of battery, which is ridiculous.

I tried better battery stats to track any possible problems, but I couldn't see anything unusual.

I've also switched roms and tried various versions of touchwiz roms to no avail, the problem is still there... I'm currently using Temasek's CM11 rom.

What should I do?

I'm really desperate with this... :crying:

Cheers guys
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Al.Gray:
5 days later.....

I'm getting rather desperate too, after 5 days nobody has even attempted to address or help my SGS3 problems :crying:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amadcajuan:
You can try to boot into safe mode and see if things working fine. Or at least see if you can access your application manager without fc's.(here's the how to link http://www.booksmobile.com/how-do-i-start-my-samsung-galaxy-s3-gt-i9300-in-safe-mode .

About the backup question, sorry but maybe someone else knows how to back your app data up but if im in your shoes i'll just backup my personal data and go on with the update.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] isragal:
Hi, I've recently bought a GALAXY S3 from alixpresss if anyone knows this site..

I have a few problems if you can please help me

on the back of the Galaxy and in Settings>About it said its Module GT-I9300 but when i connect it to KIES it says SHV-E210L

the version on the device is 4.1.2 and i cannot seem to be able to to be able to update it from the Software update on the device

to 4.3 it says processing failed' through kies it says this is the last firmware aviable installed(PDA:EMC1/ PHONE:GMJA /CSC:EMC1 (XXX.

Also i notice i have a only 10.5 GB ROM on the device.

And last i can only connect to a green 3G and not H+ i asked the technical support of my carrier they told me its the same, is that true?

Thank you very very much for the support:)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amadcajuan:
Hi SHV-E210L is the Korean version of s3.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Al.Gray:
Thanks amadcajuan, I'll try that and get back here with my findings on your suggestion. I actually do have a number of backup apps, as well as Kies, things like 'MyBackupPro', that I can try for backing up all my data from the internal storage.

If anyone else has any other suggestions of help, please don't hold back.

Peace Yo:good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maaljen:
My phone crashed a while ago, and I forgot about The kernel. Now when I try to reflash it (downloading the zip, opening width bfk2 and flashing, my phone is zeroed at boot). What am I doing wrong?

I am using KitKat RR 5.5.1
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
Have you tried to revert all to stock? Factory reset? Try it without any custom roms and kernels... :confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
Wow, one in a million chance for that and it happens to you :( . Sorry for that. Nightly builds are not stable so I never install them, I just wait for M build.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmarceau:
Verizon Galaxy S3 "Custom" splash screen after root and CWM, but now want stock 4.4.2

I recently rooted my Verizon S3 using Towelroot. Everything went fine, so I installed CWM Recovery to only do a nandroid backup. However I've messed something up, now have the modified Samsung "Custom" splash screen. I've tried using Triangle-Away, then unrooting, but the splash screen still always says "Custom". What I want is just to have the newest stock 4.4.2 rom but it won't install itself.

So I guess my question is can I just use Odin to install the 4.4.2 stock rom, or do I have to install the 4.3 stock rom first, then let it upgrade it's self? Also is there something else I can do so I don't have to lose everything when I reinstall the stock rom? I would much rather keep my apps installed and not have to flash a stock rom.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pagioss:
My keyboard is lost. What to do? I have rooted S3 international version with CWM recovery. Thnx.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaryab360:
Screen mirroring doesn't work in my S3!

ROM: SimpleDroid 9.9 (4.3)

Kernel : Boeffla ⭕
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovegurulavdev:
some question

does the pocket mode drain the battery ??

As the led always turn on while screen off it blincks ,, it affect the led ?? or age of lead ??

there is no any disadvantage of enabling the pocket mode ??

afraid of enabling it dont know why ?? i should enable it ??

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pagioss:
I think that drains the battery a bit more. While screen off the led is always turn on but it don't affect the led(I think so). The only disadvantage is that it drains the battery a little. But if you use the phone normally you don't have any problem. In my S3 I have it unable, but if you want to try it, do that. (My english isn't good I'm greek :))

Sent from my SM-T210
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mydoom5:
Yes, I've done a factory reset and also reverted back to 4.2 stock (with no custom kernels) and it's still happening :crying:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
All S3 firmwares

Samsung S3 has had several firmware updates. For me, Android version 4.1.2 was the fastest but it drained and overheated my battery and phone really fast. Android 4.3 - the battery lasts very long and doesn't overheat that much, if not at all, BUT it's very sluggish. Opening and closing apps takes a millennium. I still haven't tried the first OS it came with - 4.0.4. I'm thinking of installing that one, but can someone tell me how good is it? What features will be removed if I downgrade it back to 4.0.4? Is it fast as 4.1.2?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
I wish I could help you, but I can't. Sorry friend, I hope you will fix that problem.:good: