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[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
Sorry, don't know those applications at all i.e. no clue why they crash. Maybe a logcat could help?

We own three i9305, and none of them has the hardware to receive FM radio transmissions and never had i.e. I never experienced the radio funcionality in any of the used ROM or supporting kernel. Guess it's exactly the way @alias_ z3d explained above.

With the first i9305 I came from Android 4.3 and moved directly to CM13 briefly, followed by RR v5.7.x. Since then I'm voluntarily stuck with RR, at the moment v5.8.3. The only time I used a 4.4.4 ROM (in fact Eclipse ROM V11) was for about half an hour when I'd to solve a GPS issue.

If you're unable to use the XDA search or Duck-duck-go I might support you in searching; however, in that case please provide more information about your system, maybe screenshots from CPU-X.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] AlexJumper:
Logcats for Tumblr and Soundcloud apps attached for anyone willing to take a look, I'm not experienced with getting info from them.

Now about the radio issue.

When I first got the phone, I never used the radio, but there was an instance at my school, we had a project course where we built an FM transmitter and a receiver. Now when we turned on the transmitter we didn't have an actual radio in the classroom, so we used our phones to try and see if it worked. (It did, though we kinda screwed up with a certain capacitor, the frequency of the transmission would slide off on it's own).

So I do have proof that the hardware is there, albeit not something I can present as this was a couple of years ago. And sometime after that, I got an OTA update to 4.3 or 4.4.4(can't remember if the phone came with 4.1.2 or 4.3) after which I lost the FM radio app and functionality. The second screenshot in my first post also kind confirms this, as the chip gets detected.

BUT.

I did disassemble the phone and could not find the chip on the motherboard, which is weird to say the least.

I also attached the screens from CPU-X, though I don't know how helpful they are.

And something else.

While lurking in system files I randomly came across this. These files referencing the Broadcom chip, but I have no clue as to if they are drivers/libraries/something else, I'm not familiar with the .hcd extension.

Now I'm willing to flash kernels/ROMs/drivers/whatever, as I'm way past warranty and I have got backups if anything goes wrong, but the thing is I haven't come across any that include FM radio functionality, so I'm kinda stuck here. Also I think all this info would be more fitting in a separate thread, but I don't know if there would be any response as this phone is a bit old as of now and people might not be interested in developing for it. Besides these devices(with FM radio hardware) are apparently incredibly rare so most people don't believe they do exist.

Once again sorry for the long post :p
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] fw190:
Hello! I have tried to install LineageOS and edned up with no IMEI. I have tried to google it but came out with no clear solutions. Any hints for a beginner friendly way out of this very bad situation?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
I've never seen one in person but the chip should be i think bottom right centre of the phone either next to or incorporated into the 4g radio. You can tell where the 4g radio is because when you remove the battery cover it has two external Ariel sockets for connecting an external ariel if it hasn't been used there will be two black circular stickers covering the sockets (it's possible on an i9305 to have an external ariel) remember that spot when you access the motherboard. Normal i9305 manuals don't show it but I'm sure if you look around you will find one that includes or at least shows the option for a FM receiver. But your phone is rare like a four leaf Clover lol :good:

Google i9305 manual
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
Your device exactly looks like mine i.e. I'm still confused about the availability of hardware to receive radio transmissions but anyhow... Did you try stock firmware from SamMobile? I know quite slow downloads unless you pay for faster accounts.

And in the logs it looks to me as both applications are missing some files to register. Did you try to uninstall and re-install them?

I'm only using Resurrection Remix but quite a lot of people experienced similar; me too, actually I didn't lose the IMEI but the SIM and baseband was unknown but in my case always related to the kernel I was using. Did you already check the thread of your ROM if others made the same experience. I guess that's the best plca to look it up unless you're also using a custom kernel that might be the culprit.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
It's very rare the FM receiver only 1 or 2 (small) countries added it. The screen shot showed he has the hardware for an FM receiver I remember a thread somewhere about it once about 4 years ago someone reported having one. So rare though.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] AlexJumper:
I came across a manual but the radio chip isn't referenced in any way nor is it in the components list. Now to be fair I didn't see it on the board but it might be under the SIM/MicroSD slots, where I didn't check, being unsure as to how to do that. Regarding the ariel sockets, there was a couple of points that looked something like that under the WiFi socket, can disassemble again and take pictures, might be helpful to other members, though I need to find how to take off the SIM/SD slots.

The apps yeah I've uninstalled and redownloaded many times now, starting to think that there's something missing in the ROM itself. Though that ROM saved me from issues with perma rooting(knox bootloader being a soab), it's quite ok for a daily driver and I'm satisfied with it.

Unless I find something more stable and feature complete I guess, but I'm not in search of something too fancy :p

Edit: I did disassemble the phone again, got under the slots but didn't have a good camera around, so nothing much worth showing, will try to get better shots tomorrow. Didn't find a BCM chip which is baffling to say the least, so this leads me to the conclusion that the FM receiver is built into the LTE, but I haven't found any datasheets for the LTE chip pair(Qualcomm mdm9215m & wtr1605l) to confirm that either of them does have an FM receiver. Most of the other chips I also had difficulty with finding out what they are or what they do, google didn't help much.

I'm also having trouble with finding older firmware, as samsung updates lists them but they're not available for download and sammobile needs them to be requested, I did make a request a couple of weeks ago, still no response from them.

So if anyone is in possession of stock NEE firmware(4.1.2 or 4.3), I'm willing to try to flash if you can provide a link.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
I'm pretty sure that it was built into the LTE. Most didn't add it cause it caused it's own set of issues from what I've read about the i9305 and FM reciever. It's already a task adding LTE to a quad core device they don't play well together. I do know there was a thread where someone​ reported having one and was using spirit FM radio to use it and they made a thread since it was the early days of the i9305 and others tried to get it going but didn't have the hardware and the capabilities of the device were still being unearthed..it was in 4.1.1 days though when this device just came out. Judging by your screenshot I'm also thinking maybe it's related to Bluetooth. Try searching the dev section for Android unified toolkit by skipsoft also made by an XDA retired mod (for windows) with that you can download stock firmwares for you device and also use it for adb,backing up apps and a whole heap of things just select your phone's build numbers when you set it up. It basically does everything for you. If you need I can get you a link :good:

[MENTION=5387099]AlexJumper[/MENTION] here's the link

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/orig-development/samsung-galaxy-s3-unified-toolkit-v8-0-t1703488

Edit: try the iFixit app in playstore and look under gs3 teardown and that will give you an idea of where and how the hardware is outlayed on the motherboard most importantly where on the i9300 they placed the reciever and see if it has any correlation to the i9305. It's been a good reference for me mind you I'm still only learning I work on the front desk at a repair store (which allows me to be on XDA while at work :laugh: ) but my boss teaches me in his spare time.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] AlexJumper:
Ah true *facepalm*

I completely skipped over the fact that it's built into the WiFi/BT chip for a second :D

In the manual it's referenced as SWB-B53, after a quick search I'm led to believe that it's actually the BCM 4334, but rather a proprietary/modified version, so that means there's little information about it(couldn't find a datasheet)

According to this site, the chip is made by Samsung Semiconductors, I guess this confirms the previous statement.

Now it's just a matter of finding something to compare against, as I didn't find any chip with that part name on it, will check again tho.

I also thought of the Unified Toolkit but it doesn't have its own server do download firmware from, it just points to Samsung-updates.

So I'm in search of the I9305XXBMI3 firmware for NEE region, if you can point me towards somewhere I can find it or know someone that may have it, that would be greatly helpful ^^

Also I did check iFixit's teardown of the I9300, but it isn't good reference as it uses separate chips for the WiFi/BT and the FM AFAIK
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Ok I wasn't sure if they used there own server or not, wasn't sure if the i9300 would be relevant. I'm not sure where to get firmware though as I know at work we also use sammobile and Kies for samsung firmware downloads (HTC is a lot easier in that respect) . I'm thinking it's a modified chip like you stated. I'll have a look and see if I can find something online.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Here's what I found on the BCM 4334 with FM reciever

http://www.cypress.com/documentatio...11-abgn-macbasebandradio-integrated-bluetooth

And the data sheet is attached

It has the exact same specs and is the same chip as your screenshot a

BCM4334 Single Chip IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n MAC/Baseband/Radio with Integrated Bluetooth 4.0 + HS and FM Receiver

It's a Broadcom chip. It's beyond doubt that you do have an FM radio.

I'm also thinking since we can't track down your needed firmware maybe if we could find out which firmwares came with a Broadcom BCM 4334 chip and flash a 4.1+ firmware from another country that is easier to get as long as it's on the same band it should work. For instance I'm running a u.s (T mobile) firmware on my old galaxy ace. Not that a u.s firmware would work on a s3lte their version is totally different but another European one instead.

Edit: sorry to double post but can't add attachment to edited post on labs.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] AlexJumper:
:D :D :D

Well it was a matter of time and we'd confirm it.

Now we just need to know which regions have similar firmware, searching through the forums I've seen that DTM region firmwares for example are pretty similar to NEE, and there actually is a download available for a 4.1.2, so I'll try that and report back.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Yes try it and let us know. At least we know now that you have the hardware :):good:

Edit: just remember that if you have the 4.3 Knox bootloader any previous Android version might have issues since it is the "old bootloader" .
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
List of Supporters

@limjh16: How about to add @alias_ z3d to the list of supporters?

Actually he's already acting exactly in that way; very pro-active, patient and helpful. And to be honest: Much more than me. I hope @Wood Man and @Trafalgar Square concur.

https://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=5072265
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] woodman:
I fully concur!
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] AlexJumper:
Flash failed with I9305XXBME3 firmware, Knox bootloader probably being a little twat, phone showed some "magic string error" just before the end of the procedure.

Odin log:

I've seen somewhere that either the tz.img or the sboot.bin(or both) files cause issues when flashing old builds, removing them and repackaging the archive seemed ok to flash, but now the phone is stuck in bootloop :S

Update: Can't enter stock recovery, flashed twrp and stock recovery again but can't access any of them, only download mode works :(

Update 2: Ended up doing emergency recovery through Smart Switch, noticed a newer build than the one I had previously, wondering what's new and if by chance I get radio back no radio :(

Update 3: Finally found the build I was looking for in here, download speeds are abysmal, and you have to register to download but OMG the hunt is finally over :D
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Thanks guys I'd love to be a thread supporter :o although I haven't seen limjh16 in a while hope he's ok . A chance to give back to a i9305 community that has helped me so much especially when I first came to XDA (or at least when I registered) with my i9305 in hand not even knowing the most basic things that I take for granted now. There is no shame in being new as long as you are willing to learn and at that learn for yourself. I think in the famous words of former forum mod Tony Stark (R.I.P) "n00b"= wanting everything and everyone to do it for you and "newbie"= willing to learn and capacity to learn to do it yourself. So I don't mind helping people at all :good:

Thanks WM, hope your enjoying your new role :)

Glad you managed in the end :good:

At work we don't have a premium account even for sammobile (although I don't know why :eek: ) and it takes 5 to 8 hours!
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] AlexJumper:
Oh that stings.

In other news, getting the new build from Smart Switch seems to have changed something in the phone, now any ROM I've tried to flash up to this point results in a bootloop and inability to access recovery. Flashing TWRP works but I can't restore previous backups for some reason, maybe because I'm not rooted, but I can't make root persist through reboots, everytime I boot to Android I get the "SuperSU has stopped" message.

Ugh. Nevermind, it's just that TWRP is being really particular about where it recognises its' backups :P
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
I went through a similar issue with twrp 3 .1.1-0 the other day so I know the feeling. Nothing would boot and it corrupted my whole internal/ext sd and even backups would not restore. So frustrating. Hope you have got back to a useable state.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] rodman01:
I fully concur too. But as far as I know, neither lim nor travalager square are active on xda anymore?!? Can you [MENTION=4752536]Wood Man[/MENTION] add [MENTION=5072265]alias_ z3d[/MENTION] on the suggestion list of the committee? And additional in my opinion also [MENTION=7408621]noc.jfcbs[/MENTION] would deserve it too!!! :good: I for myself (and I am sure other users will agree too) am very happy to have you both here in the i9305 section and especially in my rom related threads!!! You support me and help me a lot maintaining, will say sometimes, entertaining :), the threads, which I really appreciate and I am very thankful for that!!! Beside of that you are supporting users with they problems and needs daily, will say even hourly. Thanks for that!!:good:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Thanks rodman. :) Means a lot to me coming from you and I'm sure it does to schmidy :good: keep up the great work! . :angel:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
@rodman01: You make me shy but simultaneously I'm honoured...:o As long as private life allows I intend to learn for myself at and from XDA but also to support all others.

And yes, haven't heard or read anything from limjh and trafalgar square for a while but al least limjh was (briefly?) on XDA about two weeks ago. We all know that quite often the private situation doesn't allow for long periods on XDA.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] AlexJumper:
Thankfully I did, now I just need to either somehow make the stock build flasheable by TWRP or extract dependencies/drivers/libraries/whatever else for the FM radio from it and incorporate it into the ROM I'm using now.

Or find a ROM that does have FM support (not much hope for that one :D )
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Tmzdroid:
https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/help-i9305/fm-radio-tuner-gt-i9305-t1947873 i9305 doesn't have the hardware required for any fm radio unlike the Gt i9300 which does.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
You're correct; regularly, the i9305 didn't have the hardware for FM radio reception. But obviously, there were a few different i9305 distributed that included hardware for FM radio reception. I think the screenshots and other discussions above prove this statement. ...and my experiences at XDA provide me personally with the impression that not all i9305 are the same. Maybe a reason why some guys have issues other don't have. In turn it means that everybody having issues must provide as many information as possible about the system and underline best with a logcat.

And I fully concur you can't compare the i9305 with the i9300 hardware-wise at all.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] AlexJumper:
Please read a couple of pages back, I can prove I have the chip once I get a good camera if you're not convinced.

And it is as noc says, not all I9305 devices have been made same(perhaps they have if the service manual has anything to say about that, but definitely not all builds for it across the world)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Have you even read the past 3 pages??? You took the time to find a 2012 post yet obviously you didn't read the preceding posts. He has a BCM 4334 Bluetooth chip that supports FM reciever it's a Broadcom chip,the usual i9305 chip is made by Samsung semiconductors. Read the data sheet and look at the screenshot!

It is not well known but they do exist. Only a couple of carrier based phones and maybe Nordic region phones added it.

[MENTION=5387099]AlexJumper[/MENTION]

I think if you could get the radio working or even if not you should make a thread to debunk the myth that the i9305 (or at least not all of them) don't have an FM reciever. I'm sure there are people who have the bcm4334 and don't even know it has the capability. Could get a lot of opposition though.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] AlexJumper:
[MENTION=5072265]alias_ z3d[/MENTION]

Will probably do at some point, I just want to get as much data on this as possible, and maybe even get the radio working first, then a thread would be in order :P
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Yes definitely, I'll have your back on that if anyone wants to try and tell you your wrong lol :good:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] AlexJumper:
Thread created here.

If any of you would be of help or know anyone who would, have a look :p
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Cool I'll have a look and thank your post once I get some back. I think [MENTION=7408621]noc.jfcbs[/MENTION] would offer invaluable assistance since he's started a lot of threads I've only got one.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] kklaine:
Odin no longer detects no phone

Hi guys, I was looking to restore my phone to stock nordic firmware because I want to sell it. The problem is, I previously installed the latest German t-mobile firmware and now Odin no longer detects my phone. The usb also doesn't work on Kies or even with the normal file transfer. Only charging works. This means I'm unable to flash anything because it's an odin-flashed firmware. Right?

I've searched on google and tried all the suggestions like different cables, usb ports and reinstalling the driver. Is there anything else to try, or should I just give up?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
Just to retrieve a few more information that might be helpful. Which ROM and version are you currently using, and to what firmware do you intend to revert? I know DEU T-mobile firmware and stock Nordic firmware, but which versions are that.

I'm convinced you know that there are two different Kies versions around (Kies unto 4.2.2 and Kies for 4.3+) and also Samsung Smart Switch (Android 4.3+). I always only install the respective Kies in order to get the correct driver on my PC then I immediate uninstall the programme (but not the driver obviously).

And you are certainly aware that Odin is only able to recognise the phone if Kies etc. are definitely not running or even better no longer installed.

However, your description of the issue leads me more to the assumption that the USB/charging port of your device might be broken that way that it only allows charging. You re-installed drivers, tried different cables, used different USB posts at your PC, but - and that is curious - even the "normal" MTP transfer doesn't work.

I couldn't do it but I believe I saw videos that replacement of the USB isn't to difficult with the right equipment and steady hands.

Sorry for not being more helpful.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] kklaine:
Thanks for a quick reply!

I'm now on this one:

2017-05-30	Germany (T-Mobile)	4.4.4	I9305XXSFQA5	I9305DTMFQA1

I don't really care which version I'd install. I guess preferably a nordic one, because the German stuff might cause some confusion if I sell it to someone in the nordic countries. Primarily I'd want the USB port to work, otherwise I'll have a hard time explaining it to the buyer.

I've recently installed the latest Kies 3, which I guess should be the right one for 4.4.4, right? I also tried installing the driver from Kies, but it didn't make any difference. I haven't tried Smart switch but I'll try if it sees anything.

Yeah I've also tried unistalling Kies and rebooting in between, but still nothing.

I've also looked at changing the usb port, but I'm hoping it wouldn't go to that. :) The usb port might be broken, but it strangely started malfunctioning exactly after I installed the German firmware. This is why I'm kind of thinking it's some software issue.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
Kies 3 is certainly correct, and I also saw on Sammobile that there was the I9305XXSFQA5 I9305DTMFQA1 as of 2017-05-30. However, I'm a bit curious if T-Mobile really updated a 4.4.4 firmware for our mature device. I'd personally used the 2015-04-14 version (Personally, I'm with Vodafone Germany, and they are stuck with 4.4.4 in 2015). I doubt that smart switch will make any difference.

I hope your USB port isn't broken but occasionally "miracles" occur simultaneously... Sorry for that.

But two other questions. How does your Nandroid backup behave that you certainly made prior to flashing the German firmware? Also no USB connections?

And how about your recovery? Are you on TWRP 3.0.2-1? (I believe the best for the i9305) Can you USB connect to your PC out of the recovery?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] kklaine:
Well, it says on sammobile that it's from T-mobile. Aren't those all official firmwares? I guess I should have specified this, but I installed this current FW using odin, not using a recovery. This means I have the stock recovery and this is why I currently can't install anything else, or restore any backup. Sorry for the confusion. :)