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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chaustik:
Try KIES?

(Ik ben zelf ook nederlander.)

You can also try TWRP Recovery to fix your issues. (Try googling about Teamwin - TWRP when you have TWRP Recovery contact me ;) )

Try downloading Samsung KIES to install an Official Firmware.

1. Download KIES (Google Samsung KIES it will pop up.)

2. Get the back cover off your S3

3. Get the S/N code (Write it down.)

4. Plug your phone into your PC

5. Start Samsung KIES

6. Press Tools (Hulpmi..)

7. Firmware upgrade and initialization

8. Put in GT-I9300

9. Type in your S/N code

10. Let it finish (10-20 minutes depending on your WiFi Connection)

11. Do your casual stuff like: Rooting, etc.

If this didn't help you, I'm sorry. :)

If it did.

No problem, glad to help. :)

I am totally new to this! Excuse my errors / mistakes.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] master64nl:
Oké, 2 things to try.

I have to flash twrp instead of philztouch, I hope this will work.

And the way via KIES.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chirag2718:
can anyone help me what causes my S3 overheat in just 5 minutes..

for this reason i have changed my battery too..

is it something related to my motherboard?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KeTuRr74:
Hard gamer ?

Wich Rom/Kernel ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chirag2718:
no not a hard gamer.. but ya i use to play poker n a bit of FIFA thats it (i played fifa 16 just to see how it works on S3 but it needed something more relating to graphics so i uninstalled it immediately)

earlier i tried CM12 (Arter97 kernel) which was worst in terms of battery drain so i shifted to bliss pop which was a relief in terms of battery drain but causes overheat.

Now m on CM 13 build 7 battery works smooth but ya not upto the mark
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
AFAIK thermal throttling / control is a samsung thing and does not work on non-stock (i.e. not sammy based) kernels. So it would obviously be worse on e.g. AOSP/CM based roms than on sammy based ones.

But IMHO "overheating" would result in a shutdown or reboot of the system. So as long as that does not happen and it just feels "warmer than usual" I would not worry about it. That is if you are "working" with your device.

If it is significantly warm while it should be idle (e.g. while in your pocket) there could be a wakelock or sth. running wild keeping your CPU busy. As above this would not be critical in itself and you can check that with the proper tools (e.g. BetterBatteryStats or wakelock detector).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chirag2718:
ya earlier it used to get laggy and it also hungged a lot and it cozed the system reboot...

but as of this CM 13 kernel the above things hav reduced to a gr8 extent.

hope beoffla kernel would solve every prob
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] master64nl:
Hi Chaustik,

Je had mij 2 tips gegeven om mijn S3 weer nieuw leven in te blazen.

Ik kan in CWM komen met Philztouch maar ik kan TWRP niet flashen. Krijg steeds aborted na het openen.

Hij kan nergens in komen. Ik ga kies nog eens proberen maar ik denk niet dat het gaat lukken.

KIES does not work either. Tried KIES3 and KIES. What a ****zooi :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surindersingh8:
Can anyone help me for installing xposed onto 6.0
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PycmShoma:
Problems with the installation? You are using old Xposed installer app and the new arm7 sdk23 framework?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flummi.FFM:
Try to write in english so more people are able to help you ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fashjesus:
Somebody help me on how to flash my s3 gt I19300 international version to KitKat ts currently running on andriod 4.3 jelly bean official
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
Go to s3 android development thread, search for any KK rom you want. There you will install instructions. But you need to root it first. Go to YouTube and search for s3 root.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fashjesus:
Thanx zlatan but another thing is that I installed supersu grom play store doesnt it mean that my handset is rooted or ts sth else
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
You can't root it just by installing supersu from play store. There are few ways to root your phone. As I said, check on YouTube, it can be done in few minutes, just follow simple instructions.

Sent from my GT-I9300.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
And please read the first thread in my signature. And just to be clear you DON'T have to root your device first to install a custom rom. You can always flash e.g. TWRP via odin and boot directly into it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surindersingh8:
Can u send link for new xposed installer app. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ghost_SL:
Is it safe to install cyanogenmod based ROM to a i9300 with sudden death syndrome eMMC ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PycmShoma:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58828974&postcount=1

Download and install in recovery xposed-v78-sdk23-arm.zip version

Download and install XposedInstaller_3.0_alpha4.apk

Rebooting

Install and configure modules.

for removing xposed use xposed-uninstaller-20150831-arm.zip
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surindersingh8:
Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vix_Sk:
i bought a used s3 and installed archidroid 3.15 on it... in these three day... between 7:30-7:45 the phone reboot 3-4 times and after it boots normally..from what can be this problem? sorry for my english
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdelkader azhar:
I'm using AD 3.1.5

But a haven't this problem

It works perfect for me

So i advice you to reflash the rom again

And follow this steps

1- use TWRP recovery

2- format everything ( data,system,cache,delvk cache...)

3- flash AD 3.1.5

4- flash boeffla kernel

5- Reboot and enjoy
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vix_Sk:
another think that i found is that...i can't upload a photo to viber or telgram and cant' send video throught telegram..i will flash another time the rom
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dhilipdharan:
My device :s3 gt i9300

Kernel :boefflo kernel for cm12.1

Rom : Blisspop 4.0.3 lollipop 5.1.1 official

Baseband version: I9300DDUGMK1

cant connect to the WiFi network... In poor signals..

But i can connect normally when the signal is rich...

I can't find solutions...

When i try to connect poor wifi signals (might be signal is average)

The router shows """connecting""" and """saved"""

I had changed my modem.....

Changed my rom

Nothing cure my wifi issue... Pls help me....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdelkader azhar:
Try archidroid latest version

And follow this

1- use TWRP recovery latest version

2- format everything ( data,system,cache,delvk cache...)

3- flash AD 3.1.5

4- flash boeffla kernel

5- Reboot and enjoy

---------- Post added at 09:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:19 PM ----------

Try archidroid latest version

And follow this

1- use TWRP recovery latest version

2- format everything ( data,system,cache,delvk cache...)

3- flash AD 3.1.5

4- flash boeffla kernel

5- Reboot and enjoy
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpjm15:
Sometimes the solution is to reset the router. If it didn't help, change ROM.

sorry bad english. :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onfire000:
I need help guys

Everytime i try to use my network, it appears that "No network found" please help.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA

That's all I have to say for now.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] relief12:
Hello, i flashed resurection rom 6.0.1 version based on cm 13... And my s3 efs has changed to 0049.....

Unfortunaly i have not backed up my efs. I flashed stock 4.3 rom but got no sucess. Can i restore now or not??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PycmShoma:
use the ariza patched modem or restore with chimera tools

read this topic http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/help/solved-siii-network-problem-update-sn-t1918601

and this http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52097383&postcount=1
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepjyoti30:
Hello guys. I wanna flash cm12.1 but i really have some imp data in some of my apps. If i backup this data by some app,will i be able to restore them after flashing the rom? I mean is it possible to restore it after flashing a rom from source like cm or aicp?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
You have to be on lollipop rom to be able to restore apps. If you are on KK the no, apps will crash.

Sammy S3 on latest ArchiDroid and Boeffla.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepjyoti30:
Now i am on 4.3 n i wanna flash 5.1.1 Is it possible then?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
No! Restoring any app will cause random crashes. Clean install of rom and apps is recommended.

Sammy S3 on latest ArchiDroid and Boeffla.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JH@Android:
Hello guys. New to the forum! :)

Does somebody have the latest CM11 version from Cyanogenmod for me?

Filename: cm-11-20151213-NIGHTLY-i9300.zip

It seems that it can't be downloaded anymore from the Cyanogenmod website.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a7medabdou:
Does anyone else have an issue with the bluetooth range with this rom )S5 Sensation ROM™ v11.0( ?

On my previous 4.4.4 TW based rom )Blekota Note 4 Lite v5.2( I was getting a range of 25-30 ft easily.

With this one if I get more than 5 feet away I have issues.

CAN YOU GUYS HELP?!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vix_Sk:
Anyone can help me to install xposed on my s3 with archidroid and boeffa kernel? What are The correct file to install.. I don't want to procede without help because i read that is not so easy and i can find bootloops if i do something wrong
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mokiwipeout:
Assuming you are in a KITKAT android version, as far as I know all you have to do is simply download the latest xposed for kitkat, install it and reboot
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vix_Sk:
I'm on lollipop..archidroid 3.15
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fashjesus:
Guys please help my s3 international version running on its official firmware got stack at the samsung log and it wont go into factory mode and if it I try download mode it does not show the phone number like gt i9300 I have tried everything's but nothing will help please am only left with you peoples help somebody help me I will be really greatful thank you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JH@Android:
Yes I'm quoting myself. :p

I've got the file.

And if somebody is looking for this file too. Then it can be downloaded from this link:

filedropper.com/cm-11-20151213-nightly-i9300

SHA1: 37a1d3c286712281ba90954d294c26d8ef0de7b0
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fashjesus:
Please even odin detects my s3 but it won't flash it. It always shows fail even when you try to flash it with a custom rom using odin it still shows failed but something I have noticed with my s3 while in download mode it shows the following

Product name:

Custom binary download:no

Current binary: samsung official

System status:custom

How do I get rid of those errors somebody help me please dont ignore me... thank you in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JH@Android:
Google for: "no product name in download mode". I found this thread where they are talking about replacing the EMMC chip.

So it's probably hardware related.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kush2.0:
Don't install kitkat xposed on your archidroid ROM!!!

When you installed the ROM I take it that it was aroma assisted?? If so did you include the "cool tool" app during installation?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vix_Sk:
Yes there is but i resolve reading on archidroid thread and i installed sdk22 version and all works fine
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osyeon:
Yes, this is a huge problem...definetly hardware related;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cram8086:
Samung galaxy S III I9300 does not boot and need to take backup of data

Hi guys,

Here is the description of my problem

I bought this Samsung galaxy S3 I9300 phone almost three years back and it worked fine except slowing down. When it becomes too slow i used to take backup of data (images,music,documents) onto PC an do a factory reset.

Yesterday it went down and i have some data that is not backed up.

It just simply keep on getting restarted. I understood that is called bootloop from different forums.

I have never done the rooting on the phone.

I know factory reset will get my phone back to working condition.

But do not want to loose the data that is not backed up.

Any help to get the data recovered would be much appreciated.

If any additional data required to understand the problem i can provide.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dordian K:
How do I get to the recovery screen?

I have a S3 SGH-i747 on 4.1.1 and I want to keep it there. Now every time I start up the phone, I get taken to a screen showing that my firmware is being updated. I've been taking out the battery in order to stop the installation.

Using the "Up-volume / Home / Power" button-press combination on start-up just puts me back into the installation process.

How do I get to the recovery screen so that I can start up without installing the upgrade?

Is there any way for me to avoid the firmware update at this point?

(How this happened: Several times a day since I got the phone, I've gotten the push from AT&T that asks if I want to either update Android or get another reminder in one to three hours. In the past I've hit the home button to escape but yesterday that didn't work: the phone took that as a 'yes' and started installing the firmware update. Within a few seconds I had the battery out, interrupting the installation.)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cescof:
wich are the kernels for galaxy s3 4.0.4?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mokiwipeout:
I am afraid that probably no one can help in this thread at least, since this thread is about the international version of the s3. You should try and ask the same question in the thread that is created for the variant that you are using.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dordian K:
Got it. I was in the AT&T, Rogers, etc., Forum when I did a search that bounced me over here... didn't realize I'd left that forum since this thread's original post was so generic. Thanks.

(I just now solved this, by the way. Sorry for being off-topic.)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sawyer303:
Can somebody recommend me a ROM? I'd like one that's fast, light and secure.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MVZE:
Hey, I'm running CyanogenMod 12.1 (12.1-20151101-NIGHTLY-d2spr) and I've been having issues getting the gesture typing to work. (Sliding your fingers to type) It worked on the early updates but not anymore... Can anyone help?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rishabh2720:
Not registered on network

I flashed roms like CM-12.1 and CM-13 - nightly on my device, but when i returned to stock firmware Android 4.3 jb, everything went fine except that thw device wont register on network...

i also saw that imei number was changed to something 00049... Though i managed to get the correct imei number, my device still cant register on network even with correct imei.

I searched the networks manually but it always showed unable to connect.. i cant place any calls..

any help would be extremely helpful.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinucisu:
do you know why the i9300 samsung keyboard app does not work on lollipop, because i want that swype cursor control ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sashankps:
Install 'google keyboard' from the play store.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinucisu:
but google keyboard does not have swype cursor control .... :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sashankps:
Gesture input (swipe input) I reckon? Google keyboard has it. I use it. Correct me if I'm wrong.

By cursor do you mean using the keyboard as a trackpad ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sinucisu:
i mean if you swype over the keyboard (left or right , up or down) the line that is flashing moves (left or right, up or down)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] odie_schnitzel:
ROM for my mom

My mum just got a Galaxy S3 and I don't know which ROM suits best for her. She has no experience with smartphones. It should be stable and should have a good battery life. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
MIUI V6.

Sammy S3 on latest ArchiDroid and Boeffla.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomi996:
Just put old stock 4.1.2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PycmShoma:
Stock firmware miserable . Try chinese firmwares. MUI or Lewa. Balance of performance and energy efficiency.

upd: although they are a bit specific , but eventually you get used
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zlatan13:
With miui you have iPhone like ui. Very easy to use, battery life is above average. Just delete chinese apps with titanium or app remover.

Sammy S3 on latest ArchiDroid and Boeffla.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lamsp:
I'll post here as well, hope someone can help.

So, yesterday I flashed latest cm-13.0-20160110 and stock gapps (previously I had cm11) , I'm have latest TWRP recovery, at first I did wipe, then flashed cm13 and gapps, everything installed good, first reboot went fine, and then after 1st login input (google, wifi), screen went black, I can see only upper notification (clock, battery and so on), ok from upper part of screen (home button not working, so I cann't get to menu were I can see installed apps, I can get to settings, themes, get more so this is only way how I can get to google play, from there I can download whatsapp and other apps. I can receive messages on whatsapp, facebook and I can read them and answer again only from screen upper side. Then when I lock screen (lock screen is beautiful, with colors and full screen is visible), but when I unlock by sliding up it shows could not start home. I can make calls only from lock screen and camera is not working and sometimes contacts has stopped working, once I had that software UI or IU has stopped working. So when I restart phone it's gets till android slashing head and booting like that for hours, only way to restart phone is to get in recovery and wipe and then reboot system and then starting everything from beginning. After that I even wiped and formatted everything on internal storage and flashed cm13 and gapps and still the same problems.

When 1st cm13 was out I flashed it and it worked very well, very fast, but due screen flickering I flashed back cm11, so I planed to wait some time for better updates, but now I'm facing problems mentioned above. I have 3.0.101-cm-g0512bc2 kernel, and phone is really slow. I read somewhere that there could be still some installation process or phone thinks there is and that could be the problem. So anybody could give some suggestion how to solve this problem!?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kush2.0:
If you still have the cm13 zip file check md5. Maybe corrupt download
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lamsp:
Thanks a lot :good:, you put me on the right way, yesterday I was flashing ROM and gapps like 4 or 5 times and I noticed that 1st time in 1st reboot there was 114 apps optimizing and other times there were 113 apps optimizing, I was using same zips all the time, so it and Yours post make me think and change SD card and now there where 116 apps optimizing and cm3 works like a charm :D, almost camera is still not working, will try to reinstall it. Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GGaD:
So its been more than 20 hours going through this excelent forum, but I cant still find my solution. I own atm a Galaxy S3 I9300 but network its not available and after a long search my problem its I have a wrong IMEI. 0049 *****

Ive rooted the phone with philz touch 5.0 and tried EFSv2 Basebands MG4 and MJ3 and nothing happens. I have my actual IMEI (the one that should be working, written down cuz I own the actual box and sh1t) but I dont know how to make my phone work with it. I please REALLY need your help to make it work... Ideas ? (BTW My Engineer mode DOES NOT WORK for some reason)....

Thanks for reading and sry for bad english.

EDIT: I am here now:

But I get this error:

adb pull /data/media/p/MG_EFS C:\Users\PC\Desktop\S3 IMEI\EFS remote object '/data/media/p/MG_EFS' does not exist

ZzZZzzZzzzz

What to do?

P.S.: To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding!

EDIT2: *FIXED* adb pull /data/media/p/MG_EFS c:\users\rootsu\desktop\MG_EFS -----> /0/ instead of /p/

Gets me 56 files pulled. 0 files skipped.

BUT NOTHING APPEARS IN THE FOLDER !!!!!!!!!!!! :@!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT3:

So I got to the folder, but as you can see I do NOT have a backup of this files... so I cannot replace these with anything else... what should I do ?

EDIT4: So ... I did everything but since I do not have backup files for step 6 I ended up at factory mode with unknown IMEI now instead of 0049***** ....... Im going to go back to last backup before I started all this and wait for you guys to answer... Hope to hear from you soon :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NeoLogY:
I don't think it's repairable without your original files. Only solution in my mind, Send it for repair, only Sammy guys can make it work again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatasiankid:
GPS on CM11 not working! help !

Hi guys,

I'm using the latest snapshot build of CM11 on my S3 i9300, which i think it's M13, but it doesnt have any official name to it. The issue is I use waze all the time, and it always shows no gps, try going outdoors. Sometimes, just sometimes, the gps is detected after like 30 mins or so and then it cuts off again. But most of the time it couldn't even detect. It's so frustrating.

Any help? Appreciate it. Thanks :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
I suggest you use latest nightly (from 13 Dec. 2015 if I remember right). The latest snapshot is a bit older and could have some bugs left.

Check if gps works correctly with GPS TEST app.

Link latest CM11 Nightly: https://mega.nz/#!RltlQYgA!vkA5fLTsmyauyVsencW7X9_xmavDFLBoI2D4rewfN38

SHA-1 checksum: 37a1d3c286712281ba90954d294c26d8ef0de7b0
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatasiankid:
So basically I just have to dirty flash it? Or do i need to do a full wipe? Since I'm going from snapshot to nightlies. Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Yep. That should be no problem. But add the saying goes "always have a backup".
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatasiankid:
Do i also have to install the gapps as well? Or do i just clear the caches and just install the latest nightly?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
I'm not 100 percent sure that Gapps will stay after a dirty flash. Just try and see. You can always install them afterwards if needed.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msat59:
JB 4.3 SystemUI with Flashlight??

Dudes,

As I searched and founds, SystemUI.apk and SecSettings.apk should be modified to have the flashlight toggle in notification panel.

I took these two files from a ROM that had the toggle, flashed into my phone (QS-i9300-JB(OB2)), and cleared dalvid-cache.

I don't know why the toggle does not appear.

Is there any other file that should be flashed?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jagoan_neon:
I've flashed JB or KK with no bootloop but Why i can't flash any lollipop and M custom rom? It's stuck on android is starting (2hours).. Sorry for my bad english. Please help