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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarlosMBM:
i9300 w/ CM11, Severe Battery Drain, Please HELP!

Hello everyone!!

A couple months ago I decided to install CM11 on my phone because its performance with the stock ROM was absolute garbage. When I did, everything was exceptional until a couple weeks ago when I started having severe battery draining issues and today was just THE worst day of all.

I charged my phone overnight and I disconnected it from the charger at exactly 6am (when I woke up to go work) only to find out that at 2pm (when I finished my shift) the battery was at 0%.

Now, some time ago I was diggin' around some forums and apparently this happened because Google Play Services were draining 60-80% of my battery overtime. A user in another forum (Calkulin, XDA Developers) posted some modded Google Play Services that would fix the issue, it worked perfectly until Google was updated again and the problem came back. That same user posted an updated version of his modded G.P.S. but unfortunately this time it didn't fix the problem.

I also found an app that would stop acquiring the wakelock causing the issue called Wakelock Terminator but it didn't work either and I am currently using it since I don't know what else to do. I'm really desperate to solve this issue because I depend on my phone to do all sorts of things, specially work related stuff.

Can I please get some help regarding this issue? This is very very urgent to me.

Best regards,

Carlos M.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawaiihemd:
Had the same once. AFAIK that is a stock ROM bug. No fix there.

Just get the firmware on sammobile.com
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michazer7:
Hi guys, I have a weird problem, I flashed Resurrection Remix 5.4.3 and it worked fine, but after I flashed Archi Kernel it's not booting... Maybe it's a kernel problem? Should I pick different kernel?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] globularity:
Hi, I flashed my s3 with a sammobile stock rom now it is very slow to charge

I also drains the battery very quickly, can you point me to a website which has working roms or suggest anything that will get my battery working again
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stiffknot:
S3 Intl Version on boot loop; doesnt load recovery but loads into dl mode

I would truly appreciate some guidance here!

Some details:

I use a Samsung GT i9300 International Version, rooted and had flashed Nameless Rom based on Android 5.0.

Flashed TWRP or Philz Touchwiz CWM recovery (I dont really remember now) :confused:

The phone worked fine until recently when the battery started behaving bad!

(Small story short : On a vacation, my 1.8 Amp charger broke, and my phone crashed saying "Do a factory reset since the encryption during a restart failed". Forcefully, had to factory reset and my battery has been draining like mad ever since) Even when on wifi, the rate of draining was faster than the rate of charging on a 1A charger)

I was previously on a Slimkat Rom then.

I decided to flash Nameless Rom to see if the behavior changed.

The Rom was smooth but the charging issue persisted. I decided to buy a 2.1 A charger but one fine morning after an overnight charge, the phone didn't boot up. I assumed that the charge wasn't enough and I let it charge a bit longer. After several attempts, it booted up all of a sudden.

I believe this was a significant warning/indication of something possibly wrong but I didnt bother to really investigate.

Then came the surprise a couple of mornings later. The phone went into a boot loop displaying the WHITE Samsung logo with GT-I9300.

Tried booting into recovery, but it just doesnt load into recovery with the usual Volume Up combination.

However, download mode comes up with the Volume Down combination. So I was happy in a way that it wasnt hard bricked just yet!

Read somewhere in the forum asking someone with a similar issue to flash recovery alone from which i could wipe cache and dalvik and try rebooting - So I downloaded TWRP latest version and flashed, but Odin failed to flash - Got a FAIL message and on repeated trying, got no response sometimes.

Tried flashing Philz CWM, but failed again. Also tried flashing the Stock recovery too, but it just didnt pass!

Doesnt flash the recovery in whatever way I tried.

Now, I did read that flashing the stock firmware of GT - I9300 Intl version is the option I have left (approx 900 MB).

Will this flash the stock rom and reset the root?

Is there something that I have missed out on? Or I need to try something else before I try flashing stock firmware?

I need some pointers now guys, help me out!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baltics:
Flashing stock ROM with Odin will restore it to stock.

You need nothing else but Odin and the stock ROM file you intend to flash.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsung lo:
Can I flash Andriod Revolution HD over S5 sensation v10??

Hi...As mentioned,so can i downgrade from 4.4.4 to 4.3 without any problem?!

thanks for helping in advance:confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTrEmEe:
Sure, just flash 4.3.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsung lo:
you mean that i can flash AndroidRevolution directly without flashing official 4.3 rom via odin previosly??

thank u for answering..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTrEmEe:
Yes you can, if you have any problems, flash stock then Android Revolution.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fausto412:
Anybody recover an imei on an s3 while on CyanogenMod? Pm me if you've death with is issue.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stiffknot:
Thanks, did as suggested.

Flashed stock through Odin, got back to 4.3 but lost the IMEI

Got a generic 0049.....etc IMEI and I dont have a EFS back up (read this in the forum that I should have)!

My bad, looks like I am stuck now...

Read this link and I am kinda losing hope recovering the IMEI

Also, after flashing the stock from sammobile for my region, I seem to have this data on the screen almost all the time like a permanent banner.

Any idea why, and how I could remove this?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sriram231092:
If you have a corrupted IMEI, you will have that on your screen. Anyhow, once try as shown in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My_g28MrlwU. If this doesn't help, you may have to repair your IMEI.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
You are on Factory Mode.

I had that once I screwed up my EFS partition somehow..

Fix with this post #21 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=45428411

You just need to download Terminal Emulator from playstore

Report if you still have 0049 IMEI

No sweat man

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stiffknot:
Emulator helped me get rid of the Factory mode :o

But the IMEI is still a 0049....

I read elsewhere that flashing a modem file could help, but not sure which baseband would be right?

I am currently on stock 4.3 I9300 Intl (Indian sotck from sammobile)

I have backed up my EFS now, if that even helps later :confused: Read about the EFS V2 against V1, and I am not sure which version my firmware points to!

This pic might help, just in case
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stiffknot:
The video didnt help! I did edit the file using Root explorer, but the value didnt get saved despite doing an explicit SAVE/SAVE&EXIT :(

The emulator helped though, and I got rid of the factory mode....The IMEI issue persists!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
Good. Just as I expected..

Hang on man will guide you shortly..am still outside..

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stiffknot:
Sure, will wait....And thanks btw :good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
Back.

Mate download EFS V2 from here http://d-h.st/bnH and install from custom recovery. You will be asked to chose a modem..just chose MJ3 (the latest in that zip)

BUT!!! please make a backup of your current modem DDUGMK1 first coz I couldn't find a flashable one for that.

I use SAManager to do the backup you can search it in xda.

Backup modem only coz no point in backing up your current corrupted EFS..and once you are sure you have it backedup (file should be around 50mb) then flash the EFS V2 zip, reboot, and then flash the backed up modem

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stiffknot:
Will do it today and let you know the progress....got held back with work last night

Cheers mate,thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
No worries mate.

Never mind the backing up the modem DDUGMK1...

here is a flashable one https://www.dropbox.com/s/84rwqjo9qo6jl4w/modem_CWM_I9300DDUGMK1.zip?dl=0

So

1) flash EFS V2 (Just chose MJ3 modem in the Aroma)

2) Reboot

3) Flash modem above

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ebod:
i9300 keeps crashing to bootloop

Hi all, my old i9300 is currently being run by my 12y/o kid and it was running OmniRom.

But in recent times he keeps coming back to me telling that for no obvious reason it keeps dropping into a crazy bootloop cycle. My first thought was maybe a corrupt rom, so I did a full wipe incl. delvic etc and put on the Revolutionary rom instead.

But it made no difference. Basically it can occasionally start and run okay for hours, but then for no apparent reason it will just go into a bootloop cycle. Even if I hold down the vol-up/pwr/home buttons it goes for a few seconds into rom-flash mode..but then jumps backing into bootloop on its own.

Its 3yrs old so wondered if something is going wrong with the power button or charging socket ???

It also has suffered a cracked screen repair due to being dropped, so could it have damaged something else?

Any ideas ???

If I must go back to stock rom , the sim is a UK Tesco mobile one , but the phone was originally via Orange.

Thx
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTrEmEe:
I'm sure it's power button, i had that problem. Try to smash power button on edge of table, don't smash it too hard, you can broke screen. Try with few light taps, if that doesn't do trick, then try harder, it will work.

I fixed mine with this trick, it worked for 6 months after that, then started again so i replaced it.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stiffknot:
Thanks buddy for the modem.bin for DDUGMK1.

Just got done with my work, will flash things now!

But before I do, I would like you to clarify some silly :confused: things maybe

I have the EFS V2 zip in my ext card. Now, I believe I need to flash the modem.bin in MJ3.

Can I flash directly using TWRP recovery directly? Or do I need to use ODIN? ( I saw you mention Aroma, and I got confused with the need for a AROMA installer here for this flashing?? :eek:

<OR> You just meant the EFS V2 Zip file as a whole as Aroma?)

Assuming that I flash EFS V2 MJ3 modem.bin from TWRP recovery. Now, I reboot the system normally, then reboot into recovery again and flash the modem.bin in DDUGMK1? And reboot the system! Thats it?

Sorry for bothering you with too many questions, but I dont want to mess it up after realising that I dont have a EFS back up, and how generally important it is :cowboy:

Thanks a lot btw
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
Hi buddy

No worries with your questions. .

The EFS v2 is an aroma installer and has EFS V2 + some modems that you need to select..that is why I suggest just select the latest one which is MJ3.

This is done from TWRP (or any custom recovery) of course.

Then reboot and re-enter TWRP and flash your modem which is DDUGMK1 ;)

Hope it's clear and fix your IMEI issue..

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stiffknot:
Did as suggested mate, but the IMEI still remains as 0049...

Flashed EFS V2 in Aroma, selecting MJ3...Rebooted and checked that baseband changed to I9300..MJ3

Then rebooted to recovery and flashed DDUGMK1, rebooted and checked now...Imei is still the same :(

Log from EFS Flashing :

AROMA INSTALLER version 2.56

(c) 2012 by amarullz xda-developers

ROM Name : AROMA INSTALLER

ROM Version : 2.56

ROM Author : <support@amarullz.com>

Device : GT-i9300(T)

Start at : Wed May 6 11:54:07 2015

Starting baseband selection

mount: failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 at /data: Device or resource busy

Creating EFS backup

about to run program [/tmp/backup_efs.sh] with 1 args

mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 on /efs failed: Device or resource busy

mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 on /efs failed: Device or resource busy

run_program: child exited with status 255

EFS backup complete (Check /sdcard/MG_EFS)

Extracting MJ3 baseband

Installing MJ3 baseband

about to run program [/tmp/flash_image] with 3 args

MJ3 baseband installation complete

script result was [MJ3 baseband installation complete]

Installer Sucessfull (Status 0)

End at : Wed May 6 11:54:09 2015

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Posted from the mobile, post got a bit messy...my bad
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
What happens if you only flash the EFS V2 + MJ3 modem without the DDUGMK1 zip? Do you have network? / correct IMEI?

Add: just curious...which version of TWRP are you using? Please try using TWRP V.2.8.1.0 up

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stiffknot:
Using twrp 2.8.1.6 bro.

Now,tried flashing just the MJ3 baseband from the EFS V2...Checked imei ,unfortunately its still a generic 0049... :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
You mean 2.8.6.1 ?

I'd like to suggest you try flashing from TWRP 2.8.50.. https://www.dropbox.com/s/a4w9ty6wgqn1gsy/TWRP_SGS3_v2.8.5.0.zip?dl=0

Add: If after that you still have IMEI 0049 I suggest you flash again your stock ROM..

Some reading on EFS/IMEI/Baseband http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=44303955

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stiffknot:
Yeah, it is 2.8.6.1...my bad

Will try flashing using the 2.8.5 version as you suggest, but does it really matter ?

Reflashing stock, which version...I have the 4.3, bit should I downgrade to 4.1.2 or similar and flash for a lower baseband... Or do you suggest just to reflash 4.3 again
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
Second thought...I think it's best to reflash the stock ROM 4.3

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klopp-o-mat:
My question is: since i have flashed stock 4.3 via odin i am getting a notifican that the sd card has been disconnected and then sd card conected... it happens very often.. what is the reason :( :mad:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stiffknot:
Reflashed 4.3 again, the IMEI is still generic 0049 :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klopp-o-mat:
And i have another question. I was using blekota rom 4.4 and then flashed back to 4.3 since there i am havin sd card issues^^ and with the battery. Can any one help me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
I think you should send it for repair at samsung's..

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andxit:
what's best Lollipop stable and daily use friendly ROM ?

For a stable use it's better 4.1.2 stock downgrade or a custom rom ?

Im with 4.4.4 Archidroid 3.0.2, the phone it's slow and unusable
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klopp-o-mat:
Can anyone heelp mee? ^^^
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] levostyle:
Hi gus? I am looking a way to backed up the hole my galaxy s3 E210s kitkat 4 4 4 system including stored files and apps. So, would you help me???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stiffknot:
Use Titanium Backup PRO / Nandroid

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Alright, let me check if its worthwhile to get this repaired....Gotta work out the cost.

Thanks a lot btw man :good:

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Try Resurrection Rom, based on Lollipop - Pretty Stable
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragojoe:
Most stable ROM for me is cm 12.1 by justarchi
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jusin_cartor:
After trying a large number of roms, I am back to Samsung Jb Stock 4.1.2, fully rooted.

I just want to know if there is any possible way to bring COLORED EMOJI'S to this 4.1.2 Stock Jellybean Version of Samsung? I awfully want it. The developers on here are really smart and I do feel they could somehow port the Kitkat-like emoji's to 4.1.2.

So, is it possible? :confused: :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klopp-o-mat:
I have a question!?!? Why nobody is anwsering my question in any thread!?!? Not here and not in the other threads.

I am sorry for that^^^ but i had to write it:screwy:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coldieee:
I think you can install Google Keyboard, as that includes the usual KK nice emojis. If it's not available or compatible via play store then you may be able to find an apk off the net to install in manually.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
You mean Phone (internal memory) connected-disconnected?

Have you tried with a different usb cable. Stock samsung's is known for its crappy quality cables..it doesn't last too long.

EDIT: Sorry now I understand you.

Possibly a bad sd card but not sure..try with another sd card to verify it.

Switching roms can coz this and I experienced it as well. What I usually do is flash Boeffla kernel on JB 4.3 and give it some time for the kernel to settle.

It could also be worn out battery of course. Try charging to full first and when it is full, keep charger plugged to phone and dial *#0228#

Press Quick Start

You will be taken to lock screen. Do this until phone stays Charged 100%

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klopp-o-mat:
Thx for your answer. I have already tried another sd card. But the same result. And if i wil reinstall xxugng3 via odin will my data or csc reseted? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
Xxugng3 as in a stock (full) rom right?

Then the answer is yes

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Sorry you weren't able to fix the 0049 IMEI issue :(

Don't mean to be a smart ass here but..if I were you I'd download another stock rom for my country. If you're in India I believe your modem DDUGxxx is not the latest one hence the rom is not the latest one..there that's a reason for flashing another stock JB4.3.

A few checklist for myself:

I'd make sure I have the latest ODIN or v2.09 at least (I have v2.09 and working fine always)

And/or try a CM11 ROM from temasek (latestbis v162.1) just to see if it's any different, flash the EFS V2 zip

I was on factory mode once before like I said but didn't know about wasn't aware of the thread to fix it and had Samsung service center to fix it only cost me usd 5 but still time consuming.

So try them out first if you have time.

Do share with us if/when you fixed it. It's always good to gain more knowledge.

Thanks and cheers buddy

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klopp-o-mat:
And what will happen when i reinstall only the stock kernel?:confused::what:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yusuf_adsas:
Nothing really. It's just that Boeffla kernel in my experience gives very good battery life + you can underclock/undervolt to give even better battery+ you can tweak sound+can charge faster

You need the Boeffla Config app installed too to do all that

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klopp-o-mat:
Ok i will do it after i have find the stock kernel
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sik1977:
Need advice.

Dear members,

I have read up as much as I can on the XDA forums to try and figure out the answer to my queries, but still not really able to figure out the answer to my basic query, before I move on to finding the right ROM for my S3 I9300, which is plagued with slow downs caused by lack of RAM since the last Samsung 4.3 update ages ago.

I have the stock Samsung Android 4.3, Kernel version 3.0.31-2168382, Build number JSS15J.I9300XXUGMK6, which was the last available OTA update my phone got through Samsung. Since this update, the phone has been suffering from lack of RAM, which results in the Apps struggling due to lack of RAM and resources. I have had some experience with flashing a Stock ROM on my phone 3 years ago when I bought this phone and flashed a UK released version of stock ROM using Odin (following the guide I found at androidromupdate dot com).

My query is, whether if, and how, can I backup and save all my existing phone data (not just pictures and music, which I can manually copy, but everything like my phone contacts, Apps related save data, etc.) and then restore it on a better working new ROM (which would cope better with the 1GB Ram of the I9300).

Thanks for the help.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTrEmEe:
contacts, messages, call logs can be backed up with Super Backup, apps and apps data you can backup with Titanium Backup if you have root, if you don't have root you can backup with Helium. I think this will do job for you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jusin_cartor:
Thanks for your answer! :)

But, that allows us to use the uncolored android smileys which have a jellybean face.

In kitkat roms, when you pull the notification drawer and on Instagram messages, you see colorful yellow smilies. Is there any way on earth to port that to the stock 4.1.2 ROM?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sik1977:
Thanks for the reply.

I'll download the suggested softwares and try them out. I read about ADB Backup in a guide as a free alternative to Helium (which apparently costs money). My phone is not rooted, and I would like to backup everything without rooting the device if possible. Is ADB Backup a good option for backing everything as an alternative to Helium?

Moreover, before I try anything with my phone, is there a way to fully backup the entire phone state as some sort of an image (with some software) so I can revert back to the existing state if I mess up anything, or the ROM that I try is not to my liking or has compatibility issues.

Could you also suggest some optimized 5.1/4.4 (whichever is better for S3 I9300) based ROMs, which are either similar to the stock Android or similar to the stock Samsung Touchwiz.

Thanks and regards.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brokey:
Gidday

I have the International S3 and am looking for a ROM that has the original FM Radio...I have previously installed and been relatively happy with the ROM's that I have tried to date but would prefer to use the original FM Radio app as opposed to the Spirit app....any help appreciated...

cheers

col
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ExTrEmEe:
i think that adb backup can do it, didn't use that one. For image, yes there is way, but you must have custom recovery, like PhilZ touch, CWM... there you can fully backup you phone, and if something goes wrong, you just flash that backup file and it will restore phone to previous state. But if you want to install custom ROM, you must have custom recovery to do it, and root, so why not root now, and backup whatever you want.

For 5.1 ROM suggestion, i don't know, didn't used them, i use Blekota Note 4 Lite, it's based on back to b00t (4.4 Kit Kat port), you can try them both and see which one better work for you. Blekota Note 4 have note 4 apps, system ui look (now look from S6, and some apps from s6), it's smooth, fast maybe it use little more RAM than back to n00t, because of note 4 apps, but you also get lots of interesting features from note 4.