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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snakbr:
So. I want a custom ROM for my i9305 LTE. I'm in australia on optus.

I found this article but its 1.5 years old

http://joyofandroid.com/best-custom-roms-for-samsung-galaxy-s3/

Ages ago i tried to revive my gs1 with CYAN but it didnt go well. It crashed a lot and some things didnt work.

Is this article still current? Is CYAN and omega still the best things to go with? I want something that gets updated and that just runs smoothly. I dont care about novel features.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syntaxerrol:
hello did you manage to fix your problem? im currently facing that problem too.

i tried flashing back the default rom of the device but still the problem wifi exists.

please help
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harshanaleela:
May be your vol up key is not working properly. Looks like a joke. But once i had to face it with a Galaxy Y.....:(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexfx:
Recently had my S3 i9300 start freezing while in sleep mode and had to reboot to get it to work again once in 2-3 days. Then it started randomly rebooting again while in sleep mode - i'd be watching a movie or something on the computer and id see my mobile screen light up with the rebooting animation.

Decided to wipe and clean flash thinking it was an OS issue so i factory wiped and then advance wiped cache/dalvic/system/data/internal and installed a clean Ressurrection Remix final version rom (which i was previously using before wipe) and SuperSU after using the magisk uninstaller.

After that i started getting force close errors while using random apps - sometimes a couple minutes of using the app. sometimes as soon as i launched it(any app) . Then it started happening with the rom settings and launcher too. ( and still had the random reboots while in sleep mode but no freezes that ive noticed)

Thought it was a bad flash and wiped everything again and using Odin i flashed the stock Samsung rom. That too had FC errors while trying to launch apps or change system settings so i wiped again and installed RR again. FC issue on 70% of the time im trying to use an app and random reboots once or twice a day in sleep mode still remain.

-Have tried Dummy file generator to see if it was a memory problem but memory seemed fine

-Checked battery and there is very slight (not noticeable unless u spin it on a table) swelling, but ordered a new battery just in case. ( The last time i had a battery issue it messed with the display and rebooted the device but no FC errors on the software.

Anyone know whats going on?

Device: Galaxy S3 i9300

ROM name: [7.1.2_r2][i9300]RESSURRECTION REMIX N [5.8.3][OFFICIAL] / Samsung stock rom

Build number: Ressurection Remix Nougat android-7.1.2_r36-NJH47F

flashing "style": clean
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tmzdroid:
Your power button could be playing up I had a similar problem a while back.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexfx:
the plastic button or the actual electronic switch?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tmzdroid:
The power button on my phone was sticking and just touching it would register as a push I fixed it by giving it a shock.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?client=opera&q=galaxy+s3+button+fix&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTrEmEe:
That will cause random reboots or bootloops(because button will stuck on pressed position, and phone will register that as reboot command), but not force closing, that's probably caused by something other, probably bad flash.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexfx:
Clean flashed 5-6 times in total up to now between RR / LineageOS (latest nightly) and Samsung stock for my region and they all have had force closes in apps / launcher and settings. ( in safe mode too )
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTrEmEe:
Hm strange, did you tried to reinstall system with KIES? And if the phone is not from your region you should check S/N for proper ROM(under the battery, if board is not changed).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexfx:
Reinstalled with Odin and the stock ROM i used was one i have used in the past with no issues. Will try via KIES and see if theres any difference.

Hoping this isnt some hardware issue because i dont think the service centers here even support this model anymore lol.

[MENTION=6104076]ExTrEmEe[/MENTION]

Edit: Checked on KIES and it says i have the latest firmware installed and no option to re flash or restore a fresh one.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTrEmEe:
You have to do it through firmware update and initialization, first enter download mode on phone. You have some tuts on youtube.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexfx:
Tried but i keep getting a "GT I9300 does not support initializing" error on the latest version of KIES

Download mode details:

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME:GT-I9300

CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (6 counts)

CUSTOM BINARY: Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: Official

Seen other posts around Google of ppl having the same initializing issue but couldnt find a workaround for it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTrEmEe:
Maybe they changed something in kies, i did it a while ago. Did you tried with kies 2.6 or kies 3 ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexfx:
update: (re wiped to stock 4.3 with wifi/net disabled / playstore and gapps not updated or software ota update or anything. Still random reboots 2-3 times a day sleep mode on/off doesnt matter / no ROM FC erros but random stock apps do)

Was on Kies 3 - then uninstalled and installled 2.6 today to try that and tried connecting with ROM running and it said model not supported, - then i disconnected and reconnected in download mode (usb debugging enabled and disabled) and Kies is stuck on the connecting window with the circle thing spinning for 30+ min or it says device not responding- reboot the device. Rebooted into download mode again- connected cable - pressed vol up to continue, and still the same.

Closed Kies and launched Odin (without disconnecting or rebooting phone) and it says connected in the com port so Kies just being annoying
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTrEmEe:
Just tried with mine, and same problem. Probably they dont support it anymore for this model. Try to download rom from updato, 4.3 version or older 4.1.2, dont know which one you tried and flash it with odin.

You can try this, but its risky.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexfx:
Skipping the unroot/stock process for now and downloading from updato now to see if a fresh stock will help. Thanks

Update 4/06 : clean flashed a new stock downloaded from updato, no ota update or wifi/net connected yet. Waiting to see if theres any change. So far it reboots only when charging and thats like a soft reboot, under 5 seconds to get back to wallpaper. No FC issues yet with stock apps
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexfx:
Update: new battery in/clean flashed a different stock version for my region and still reboots/Fc on random apps - and i noticed before a reboot or FC the phone gets choppy and slow even though nothing else is running besides the app i have open.

Are there any apps that monitor your hardware and logs failures?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CanadaChino666:
My question

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/help/bootloop-t3810123

Is at that link.

Thanks ???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prataap:
What's a good ROM for s3 i9300 atm? I have slimkat currently which I installed about 3 years ago. Haven't used s3 since then, thought I'll renew it with a new ROM.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fullmetaldwarf:
The ultimate GPS navigation monster

Hi,everybody.

In a few days i will go on vacation :cool: ,i have an S3 just lying around and had a idea to turn my trusted device in an GPS navigation.My question is,whats the best ROM for that?And if any of you have other suggestions.

Thanks in advance for any information :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zakku:
This is my third attempt at posting here. I keep getting the forums' IP address bug, so this post is going to be pretty concise. I've spent much time looking for this answer, over the past few weeks, and no one on these forums seems to have encountered this issue.

The only information I have is that it's the Korean LGU+ SHV-E210L model. There is no way for me to look at any other system information. I cannot get past the pattern, no matter what trick I use. I haven't used this phone in about five years.

The problem is, every time I use the Home + Volume Down + Power button to get into the menu, there are two error screens in Korean, and only some bare-minimal information on the second screen. There is no way to get into other menus, it seems. Therefore, I cannot format, I cannot use the debugger, I cannot use this phone in any way.

Has anyone experienced this before?

I appear unable to post the pictures, so I'm not sure what else to say. I can neither read nor type Korean.

TL;DR: What other methods are there to format a SHV-E210L model when the recovery menu is inaccessible?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zakku:
Okay, so an update on my SHV-E210L. I managed to translate the messages by learning how to type a little Hangul and then using a translator.

First screen:

Second screen:

It would appear that this is just a screen to directly download something to the phone, from the ADB terminal. However, it won't even detect as a potential device.

[EDIT]

In case it's relevant, here's the upper-left corner:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sia abedi:
Flash problem

Hi everybody

my phone(I9300) locked in Samsung logo because of factory reset; so I try to download one firmware with Odin. I downloaded one firmware with build number I9300XXUGPB1; till now I haven't known my phone build number and the region and use this rom with knowing only my phone and this rom have the same model without knowing anything about region and ...

in the midle of download process I get failed and now neither I can boot my phone or download anything. all the time download process mentioned failed. I am sure that in download process I only check 2 checkbox : "auto reboot" and "F.reset time" and all another is unchecked.

how I can repair my phone? I wrote wrong rom on my phone?

I forget my first log error but if now again I try to download this log apeare:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Seems like flashing a pit file might get it to work again. Make sure to get the right one for your model (check the sticker under your battery if unsure).

I suggest leaving auto reboot unchecked too.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sia abedi:
I am sure my model is the same. the phone is GT-I9300 and the firmware is I9300.

I unchecked auto reboot and again retry download process with the before firmware but the result is same.

I don't know what is the PIT; can you refer me to a topic or explaining?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Well the PIT file contains the partition table for the device. Therefore it is vital that you use the one for your storage size (16GB or 32GB). Sorry I don't have them handy. You need to do some searching around.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mousman:
Hello, I recently revived my old SGS3 and got an idea on how to use it, so I thought maybe there are some new ROMs that can help.

I am currently on the latest ArchiDroid but I noticed there are some android 7 ROMs and wanted to ask how good are they if the phone runs decently and is not laggy and how is the battery life and if maybe someone knows about some ROM that is battery focused but still doesn't makes the system pain to use. Just for comparison the Archidroid with battery saver governor, no OC, 50% brightness, wifi, and screen always on it says it can last for another 5h and its been 1h already, and the system is still usable.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msaad.arshed:
hi everyone, I have Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-I9300 phone. its internal memory is 32GB. its internal memory was almost full with pictures and videos. I was using it when its battery was low and it turned off. after I have recharged the battery my phone did not boot again. when it is powered on, its screen completely turn in white and not showing Samsung logo either. I have tried to boot it in safe mode by pressing and holding home key while turning it on again, but no change same white screen. I have try and the phone successfully boot in download mode. Is there any way or software that can backup the data from the phone??? how I can factory reset the phone again???? thank you in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sia abedi:
I try one complete set of file(BL,AP,CP,CSC,PIT) but again I face below failed:

<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1301)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> Total Binary size: 1543 M

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/003> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/003> FAIL!

<ID:0/003>

<ID:0/003> Re-Partition operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodman01:
[MENTION=9443718]sia abedi[/MENTION]

when you enter the download mode, is your device model and name shown on the screen?

It should be almost at the beginning, on top of the screen, when you are in download mode.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sia abedi:
its name is shown :I9300

you can see below photo:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodman01:
ok and fine, so far. I was asking, because I had a device where this was not shown anymore in this screen and I found no possibility anymore to get it alive again. Don't know anymore whether this was caused from a failed flash or update or a hardware defect (died ram chip on the mainboard), I bought it as used phone and for spare parts anyways, but the device could be only used as a brick.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deltasat:
hello world.

I have a S3 GT-I9300.

I tried to flash lineage16 from microSd card and the phone become unstable.

It saiys no OS is installed.

I tried to flash the lineage14 (this time either on / or on /sdcard) using TWRP 3.4.0-0 and in both cases I got two messages: "Failed to map file '/lineage-14....zip' and "Error installing zip file '/lineage-14....zip' "

what should I do to recover the S3?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hxr404:
Hi, just a quick question:

Whats the difference between the "android development" forum and the "original android development" forum?

thx
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lactarius:
Hi, my i9300 anabase:

Jelly Bean => Lineage OS 16: Great, but terrible consumption.

Lineage OS 16 => Lineage OS 17.1: Fantastic, but the phone does not detect the SIM card.

I'm sorry, the SIM card was damaged !
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] !SINGH!:
Whats the best way then - i9300 x 2 from 4.1.2 - Lineageos 18.1 or.. a very very good rom that is a great daily driver without the EFS nonsense..​

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So..

I have a few S3's knocking around.

i9300's... and i9305's

Even a couple of minis

They are all unmessed... maybe an odd root here or there.. but ok.

I want to update them.. so they can be emergency phones...

I know about the whole EFS and after a certain rom.. they went pants and lost imei..

( i have one of these... so currently trying lots of roms.. to see if one will bring it back to numbers... (strangely... looking in the phone... (files) the imei and SN are there... but the device is showing 0049 etc

So... I could really do with some help.. to say...

Use this BTU... then this custom... then on to end stage...whatever it may be. I used to use Omega for years... being based on the stock..but debloated and made good... but need something not on Android 4 no more....

I've backed up the EFS on the first one.. (test one)

its a stock i9300 from VOD

ap i9300xxemc2

cp i9300buemc2

csc i9300ztoemb1

(don't ask me why it's a mess of BTU/VOD/Brazil/India .... I didn't do it)

I've got myself soooo mixed in these threads... i could really do with just some clarity.

Thanks in advance guys.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] suku_patel_22:
Hey guys. I had rooted my phone way back on 4.1 and using CM 10.2.

Before moving to CM 11, I would like to upgrade firmware. How do I go about it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rudy83:
Hi. As the subject line says I deleted my official backed up Rom. I was using cwm and rom manager as my recovery.

Long story short I in one of the flashes I accidentally deleted the Samsung back up. Before all the XDA titans scream bloody murder I am not asking for a how do you flash post. my questions are a little. different.

I am currently using my phone on the ROMs provided here.. My recovery system since then has become Twrp taking this into account.

Do I still need Odin or can I use twrp to flash. The original , I presume I need the firmware file and not just the .tar file.

Do I have to flash Jelly bean 4.3 or can I go back to an older version. If so could I I was on version 4.2.1 before 4.3 and everything worked fine. No battery heating, no lost Wi-Fi issues.

I have found two region specific ROMs from Samsung. I am from india. The I 9300 of course, the website Sam mobile has listed these two options I9300XXUGML4. with two different names for India INS and INU. Which one if these should I use.

If I flash this ROM. Will I lose root access or it won't matter.

I really b don't want to loose root.

Apart from the answers if there is any dos and don't

I would really appreciate that.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amd_pc:
is there a different between custom kernel and stock on speed and memory or voltage

i try to install different custom roms like slimkat and cm

the phone become over heat
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdldr9:
So I've updated my S3 i747 to stock 4.3 and my MHL adaptor now does absolutely nothing, when it worked great before. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bazilli:
My phone heats up often with stock kernel too when i do heavy tasks. I think that is normal.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rudy83:
Anyone
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FCG11:
No voice in call

I have a samsung gt-i9300 with cyanogenmod 11 M6. Everything is OK but when i want to talk with somebody on phone, i am not able to hear any voice but he/she can hear me, i restored my phone an older version of cyanogenmod nightlies but it couldn't solve the problem. than I plugged my sim to another device, there wasn't any problem, i plugged another sim card to my gt-i9300, there wasn't any problem too... Please help me ?? (sorry about my english )
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r.m.kh:
gg

Thanx
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerald197:
help please.

im from the phil. i update my phone i9300 to 4.3. and i lost my imei. and i dont have efs backup. iv already try the method that are posted here. and if there is anything you can share to me. please do. please i need help from the experts
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boosha:
Help

Smart stay icon doesn't appear on status bar .... i have installed many roms and there is nothing but on lock screen when make a ripple effect to unlock screen i noticed that it appear for a 2 or 3 seconds and then disappeared ,,, can any one help me, Please

Sorry for bad English
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] butcher33:
I'm on RR 4.4.2 KitKat v5.1.2 and would like to know if there is anything I can do on my SIII that I can receive MMS with data turned off. It really pisses me off when I receive only after I turn it on and its 3 hours late.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sfuma:
Try to ask directly to revoluzionary s5 tread. Find it on xda forum

sent from my [I9300]

---------- Post added at 12:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:42 PM ----------

Seems like your microphone is broke. Try record your voice whit an app and listen if the microphone work. If works try to flash stock 4.3 from samsung official site

sent from my [I9300]

---------- Post added at 12:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:46 PM ----------

U have installed the latest nightly? Try a stable version like the m6. You can find it in cyanogenmod offici site

sent from my [I9300]

---------- Post added at 12:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:52 PM ----------

If you have another battery try it now for 3 days and see if works. If u see the same problem try flashing another compatible kernel. Or change rom.

sent from my [I9300]

---------- Post added at 01:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:55 PM ----------

Says installation aborted STATUS 7? Try to look the guide for "how install miui on s3". U can find it on official miui.com site

sent from my [I9300]
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cavedwellr97:
Hi there!

Looks like your efs folder is corrupt/missing.

Do you have a nandroid backup of your previous working rom? if yes then restore it

or else flash back to stock. Next time make sure to back up your efs folder.

Your efs folder is where all the information related to your phone's imei etc are stored.

Cheers!

All the best :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sfuma:
Try mobile ODIN app to flash stock sam versions

sent from my [I9300]
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prasaad242:
Stuck on download screen!

Hi guys i just got a Samsung Galaxy S3 i9305! I tried rooting it using cf auto root but i accidentally used the i9300 version and now my phone is stuck on the download screen! When i try holding the buttons to turn it to recovery mode or to switch off it just switches back on to the download screen which says "downloading. Please do not turn off target!". I tried flashing the CF autoroot for i9305 but it says successful on odin but it still remains in download mode for my phone. Please help! i'm in Singapore by the way! my carrier is Starhub!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rudy83:
Thanks so much for c replying. So I presume I should c flash original firmware. I will read up on mobile Odin before I flash the stock room.

If I do flash the original using mobile Odin. Will I lose twrp and v all its files and backed up stuff?

Also on a side note what is the maximum number of flashing anyone can do before the counter starts to cause an issue when you try ace triangle it to unroot it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] azarualexandru:
Locked on samsung galaxy s3 screen

Hi all. My samsung galaxy s3 is locked on samasung galaxy s3 logo screen. I tried to instal the software again and i received this errors. Can anybody tell me what i need to do?Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RibozoM:
Same thing happened to me once. I flashed TWRP via odin and problem was gone. You could try that or some other people can answer this question better than me.

GT-I9300 cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illustrious.hr:
this sounds nasty. might be irreversible. hopefully i don't know how bricked phone acts, some one else might say with more experience. are you sure you didn't use repartition option? if you lost the filesystem layout and by that lost the bootstrap, rom and all that juice, i think you should visit some unlocker in your neighborhood. i hope you didn't brick the phone. other readers,please advise how bricked phone acts? is it fully blank and shows nothing on screen?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killerking92:
total body replacement s3

i found some complete case of samsung s3 in ebay i don't know it is good or bad please suggest some good complete casing
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boosha:
Can any one help me ,, Please ?