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[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
It's all official firmware on Sammobile...

And you have to install them always either via Odin, Heimdall or e.g. Flashfire (the "mobile odin" by Chainfire), yes; i.e. no flashing via recovery possible.

Anyhow, my personal best practise is always when I get a device to first root it (if bootloader is unlocked otherwise to first unlock the bootloader - if possible) and then to replace the stock recovery, which really doesn't offer any capabilities, by TWRP. And before I flash or install anything e.g. via Odin, I always create a Nandroid backup via TWRP.

I apologise, don't have a solution anymore. Hopefully, somebody eslse pops into this thread with better ideas.

EDIT: I mentioned Heimdall. Maybe another possiblity! I'd rather use Odin but once it'd to flash a recovery (TWRP) image through Heimdall. Possibly, Heimdall recognises your phone. Search the web but also XDA for Heimdall and how to use it.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] kklaine:
Yeah the only reason I did an odin install was that I was planning to sell the phone. Normally I also wouldn't do it.

I've also tried heimdall on my ubuntu install and it didn't detect. I suppose I won't be able to try this flashfire, because I don't have such a cable.

Anyway, thanks for your input mate, I appreciate it! I guess my port is just busted [emoji53]
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
Flashfire doesn't require a cable. It's an application you install:

https://xdaforums.com/general/paid-software/flashfire-t3075433

I believe also available on Play Store.

EDIT: TWRP can also be installed via the German application "Flashify", available on Play Store. It offers a search function through all the available TWRP versions for your device. But you can install/flash any image as long as root is available.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] kklaine:
Ah okay! But anyway, all of this requires root. AFAIK, rooting requires odin/heimdall anyway, so I guess these won't help me because I'm currently unrooted (which I suppose I also forgot to mention... oops! [emoji1] )

Edit: thanks again for your time! [emoji106]
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
That's correct! Unless you try things like kingroot etc. what I'd personally never do.

Now I'm really out of ideas and am going to leave this story. Good luck to you and your i9305, whatever you do. Please let me know if you find a different solution. I'm very happy to learn...
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] diasjairo:
I updated to Ressurection Remix 7.1.2 ROM and lost the ability to mirror my screen to my car headunit trough my miracast dongle.

Is there any way to reactivate this function without come back to a older android version?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
You are double-posting; not by wording but by content. I guess you'd already received a reply to your post here if somebody else used and experienced this issue. However, I search the web a bit therefore my question now: Did you already try to reset the dongle?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] diasjairo:
Yes, i've posted there too but got no answer, therefore i tried here as i have a LTE.

I thank you for your reply, and i already reseted it and searched the web.

From what i tried, without success, there is still no way shared to resolve this, therefore i asked on the ressurection remix post as this is an issue from this android version.

On older android version the miracast mirroring system still works.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
What do you mean by "older android version"? RR up to v5.7.x? I've no own experineces with miracast but I read that the device (means to me most likely the ROM) must support the "WiFi certified Miracast protocol for wireless display". You might want to check the RR forum or Github if RR v5.8.x supports this.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] diasjairo:
What i'm saying is that older android versions, like 6.x were able to run miracast.

I will try to take a look at the RR forum, but from what i read, since the last android versions 7.x google took that part of the code that supports miracast.

Just hope someone could introduce it again as this is a nice feature and without it we only can use chromecast to have it again :(
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
Glad to hear that you're going to bring a i9305 back to life. I love this device; mature but running great with everything I need. We really can't thank all the developers and contributors enough that they keep the i9305 alive.

First, you mentioned you're looking for Nougat 7.0 but later on and including the thread you originally posted you're obviously going for Nougat 7.1. I hope you allow me to continue this path. I'd I'm glad to hear you're familiar with Odin etc. I personally use Odin (and Heimdall) only for things that can't be done out of recovery i.e. TWRP for me.

We own two i9305's (even three if I include the one of my wife's sister), and all are on TWRP 3.0.2-1; obviously the version personally recommended by me. Twice I used the version provided by TeamWin, one (mine) is with Twrp-openrecovery 3.0.2-1-F2FS from this guide by MaHo_66 because I played with F2FS in former times but stopped as I didn't realise any advantage. Once, many weeks ago, I "upgarded" tp TWRP 3.1 but got issues and therefore reverted. You might want to consider to use 3.0.2-1 instead of 2.7.

As far as I see you're currently still on the Jelly Bean bootloader. It shouldn't make any trouble, and I'd personally stay with it; also because that one isn't knoxed yet.

Please consider to update your baseband/modem. A very comprehensive "Flashable Modems Repository" by MaHo_66 is available here. I'm on XXUFOA1 because I'd no issues at all with this modem (different to the latest one XXUFPE1), and I'm using the VD2 - the one for Vodafone Germany. To my best knowledge (but can't prove) the CSC doesn't matter anyway if you're using e.g. RR.

ROM is obviously absolutely personal preference i.e. how can I recommend. All of our devices are on

RR-N-v5.8.4-20170808-i9305-Official by @rodman01 that you already downloaded. For me personally, simply the very best ROM I could get, and which suits all my personal privacy requirements and allows me not to use any Google crap but microG. But the decision what ROM to go for is only use.

I don't know p.a.n.'s ROM inherent kernel but I think it's the same as rod's RR one. However, if you want to go for a custom kernel with RR I personally used this one with great satisfaction and have its successor currently in use. Maybe they work with p.a.n.'s ROM, too. They are Boeffla kernel and fully supported by the Boeffla Configuration application.

I assume now to have correctly understood there's no requirement to explain how to flash everything mentioned above. Enjoy your i9305, and don't hesitate to post in case of further questions.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] JustABanana:
After flashing microG lineageos it tells me I have an invalid imei even if normal lineage works normally. Can anyone help?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] sunny1739:
stuck

Hi. I have installed nameless 5.1rom in my s3 and i used an app emoji switcher and my mobile stuck. AFTER that i restore the mobile to stock firmware and it stucks again and again please tell me what's the solution.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] aureliomilitao:
can I put the S3 i9305 motherboard in the S3 i9300? I will have 2gb ram and LTE ??
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] edukki:
I am having ulta slow network speed. I flashed newest modem, and installed newest LineageOS daily build (lineage-14.1-20180329-UNOFFICIAL) Usually my dwnload speed is from 6 to 14mbps and now I am getting 1-2. Didn't have any problem before updating (I wouldn't like to install older build because I had issues with sim card)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
Is this just a statement about an observation you've made in order to inform the community, or is a questions embedded? If affirmative what's precisely your question or request for help? What do you mean by "newest" modem? This doesn't tell me anything; I suggest a clear indication by version and/or the firmware version it came from. Anyhow, as we talking about modem I assume you are talking about a mobile data network and not WiFi, true? Does the issue occur on other LOS type ROMs?

Or could it simply be that you are again using a wrong ROM as already stated here?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] kbuss:
Hi Everyone, any help is appreciated. My phone started to do an extremely weird thing.

I install a stable rom, for example a 5 file stock ROM in odin (AP, BL, CP, CSC, PIT), or debloated stock rom, like maho_66's.

Everthing is OK for a few days or weeks.

Then my apps start to freeze, even base apps. I get the error messages that google services, touchwiz, chrome, etc stopped responding, in complete random order or occurence. even some background processes start to freeze up. then the phone basically "falls apart"...

I keep a very clean phone, only base apps, no facebook or games.

all installs are clean.

WHAT ON EARTH this can be? :mad: :mad: :confused:

My phone behaves like a Win PC when the harddrive is dying.

Is this possible that the system memory became faulty or unstable somehow in a 5 year old phone????

btw eMMC brickbug check comes out OK, also I think my phone cannot be affected by the sudden death syndrome. (9305)

ATM all i can do is keep flashing clean roms on the phone so I can use it for a few weeks (or days). its ridiculous.

thx for any suggestion Guys :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] aroumel:
Hi, probably a noob question for many people here, therefore posting it here.

I got an i9305 4g with LOS 14.1 and boeffla kernel. Problem is the front camera is not working and I read that I need to run the stock kernel once and then back to boeffla. But I didn't manage to find the stock kernel. If someone could provide a link..
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
It's certainly not a noob's question; however, I'd appreciated slightly more information. Excatly what version of your ROM, exactly which Boeffla kernel, and pretty interesting I guess what camera application are you using.

Anyhow, first time I heard of the solution you mentioned i.e. I don't know if it's right or wrong. But usually, our ROMs come with an inherent kernel i.e. if you flash a "new" ROM a kernel also got flashed that you then need in turn replace by your desired kernel e.g. Boeffla. This means if you flash the stock Samsung firmware via Odin you'll get the stock kernel. Stock firmware is e.g. available here but there're other places around.

We own and use three i9305s, and rear and front camera is working on all of them. ROM is RR-N-v5.8.5-final together with a Boeffla kernel (boeffla-kernel-6.1-beta3-boeffla-stratonz_beta8-i9305.recovery) and stock ROM camera application in use.

Maybe it's worth to first give our configuration a try and to check if the front camera works also for you with RR and our Boeffla kernel?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] kbuss:
anyone has the debrick files for the 9305 or any clue of their whereabouts...?

id need something like this (possibly)

GT-I9305_Boot_Recovery.tar - This TAR file is the Bootloader that is copied to the external SD card.

GT_I9305_unbrick_sdcard_head.zip - The file needed to properly format the unbrick sd card.

or just an SD card image to unbrick a 9305?

thx in advance.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Sly Fox007:
I can't disable absolute volume in developer settings on my i9300, is anyone else having the same problem? Is there a way to fix it?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Matthewwwww1998:
Unable to flash rom on Samsung Galaxy S3 i9305

Hey everyone i've tried everything but i just can't install a custom rom :( i get the error 'Failed to map file'...

I've tried different kernels, roms, recoveries etc. but just dont know what i'm doing wrong... Any help would be greatly appreciated
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] stek-kravari:
Download twrp from here and try to flash rom again https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=889964283620774155
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Matthewwwww1998:
Thanks for your help i now get "Updater process ended with error: 255" :( what is going on here
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
Despite my thanks to @stek-kravari above I don't necessarily adopt his recommendation. Actually, from my personal point of view you provided much too little information (I even dare to state none at all) to allow an assessment of your issues or to provide any suggestions or support.

Maybe this thread might support future requests but now a few questions in this specific case:

Device? i9300 or i9305 or something different?

Which ROMs did you try? Please exactly specify the versions and where you got the zip's from?

Which recoveries did you try? Please exactly specify the versions and where you got the zip's from?

What were your procedures to flash these recoveries? Odin or something else? Please be as precise as possible!

When trying to flash a ROM through recovery (which recovery, what version, where from?) what was your exact procedure step by step, and I really mean please to describe every step?

At this point, I'm at least convinced that kernels are not the culprit of the most likely "homemade" problem.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Matthewwwww1998:
Sorry about that, thanks for your reply here's the answers to your questions:

[*]Device: i9305

[*]Roms: Lineage 14.1- https://download.lineageos.org/i9300

Resurrection Remix v6.0- https://sourceforge.net/projects/resurrectionremix-oreo/files/

Omni 4.4.4.4- https://dl.omnirom.org/i9305/

Flym v5.1.5.20- https://www.flyme.cn/firmwarelist-38.html#4

PureDark 4.4.4.4- https://www.flyme.cn/firmwarelist-38.html#4

[*]Twrp version 3.2.1.1, v3.2.1.0, v3.0.2.1- https://dl.twrp.me/i9305/

CWM v14.1- https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7S-bznVXd7BWjIzcktrYzhtMEE/view

[*]Recovery Flashing Method- Odin v3.12

[*]I followed the exact steps for each ROM as described by the xda forum posts for each rom

I've attached logs from when the error happens. Thank you for your support
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] stek-kravari:
The twrp i linked is unoficial twrp for i9305 by [MENTION=4315222]Option58[/MENTION] and im using it on my i9305 without any problems. The latest oficial twrp for i9305 has mapping error. Thats why you cannot flash roms with that twrp.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
Thanks very much for the detailed reply that made some points clearer to me. Besides the very valuable remark by @stek-kravari, I'm still using the official TWRP 3.0.2-1 on all of our i9305s i.e. I suggest to also use this one or the one recommended and link by stek-kravari; flash anyone of them through Odin (v3.12 is fine).

Before I talk about the ROMs you tried, a list that reads pretty curious, please allow me to mention that I'm only using Resurrection Remix on the i9305 for years now. You might want to consider to also use RR on your i9305.

I cannot say anything in regard to Omni, Flym or PureDark because I've no experiences at all with them. But for LOS and RR, I've the clear impression you tried to flash a ROM not dedicated to the i9305. The link to LOS go to a ROM for the i9300 (with absolutely different hardware compared to the i9305), and by my information there isn't no official LOS 14.1 for the i9305 (but I believe an unofficial version; just search XDA).

I definitely know that no RR-O-v6.x exists for the i9305 (and the link you provided doesn't show one), as @rodman01 hasn't developed one for multiple reasons - and he's the "RR-maintainer" for the i9305. The latest version of RR for the i9305 is RR-N-v5.8.5-final! I don't know what RR-O version you tried to flash but it could never ever work.

My recommendations:

Download and flash one of the TWRP versions mentioned in the first paragraph via Odin.

Just for completeness, this is the RR thread for the i9305 and its respective Q&A section is here. I realised that the download link in the tread now leads to RR-O i.e. actually no positive result. I suggest that @rodman01 occasionally updates the link in the OP.

Download the following files: RR-N-v5.8.5-20170928-i9305-Final.zip, Magisk v16.0 and the Magisk-Uninstaller.zip from the OP here (there are already beta versions of Magisk v16.x available, give them a try if you want. Just mentioning Magisk as an older version is coming with RR-N-v5.8.5). If you really intend to go with RR-N, the kernel mentioned here is running excellent on the i9305 with its companion, the Boeffla-config app (I suggest the pro-version). However, I realised the download has been blocked. Please advise if interested any I'm going to upload it into the cloud for you to download unless rodman01 intervenes.

Boot into TWRP. Wipe dalvik/ART, cache, system and data. Flash RR-N-v5.8.5 and boot into system.

Boot back into TWRP and flash the Magisk-uninstaller.zip, and directly afterwards Magisk v16.0. Boot back into system.

You should now be fine to go. Afterwards flash anything you like (e.g. GApps, microG, Xposed, any kernel - but please for the i9305 and not the i9300!) via TWRP or install any of your desired applications.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Matthewwwww1998:
Yes it worked!!! Thank you so much you are an absolute legend!!! :D I used [MENTION=8710088]stek-kravari[/MENTION] 's twrp link and followed the steps you provided :D Not really sure what a kernel is or what it does... do you suggest i flash it? Thanks again everyone :cool:

---------- Post added 21st May 2018 at 12:39 AM ---------- Previous post was 20th May 2018 at 11:47 PM ----------

For some reason my sim card is not detected did i do something wrong?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
Glad to hear it worked. Please always be sure to only use ROMs, kernels etc. that are dedicated for the i9305 and not the ones for a i9300.

And if you don't know what a kernel is and what it does, simply stick with the ROM inherent kernel i.e. the one that came with the ROM. To change the kernel is only necessary if you want to achieve something else like better battery duration or go for "higher performance". You do that by modifying kernel settings or use of a different governor and/or governor profile. But obviously, this requires some knowledge about kernels, governors and other things. If interested to read into this subject and to try a different kernel later on, too, there are quite a few tutorials and guides available on XDA like this one by Saber.

This occasionally happened to a few people including me once many, many months ago. Even if we have the same device they are actually absolutely different due to the myriades of different setups, the ways we flash, the ROM we came from etc. etc.

I actually don't remember how I solved this issue by myself but I remember I posted it. I suggest that you use the very powerful XDA search engine to search the two RR threads I've linked in my post above. I'm convinced you're going to find a solution.

But at least, you can easily try this way first. I assume that under your ROM settings => About the phone (or how it's named in English), it's indicated that your baseband i.e. modem is "unknown". Just try now to flash a new modem for the i9305. Via this thread you can get a modem repository for the i9305. You don't need to care about the CSC as long as you're on a custom ROM; it only matters if you use stock Samsung ROM. The modem I use on all of our i9305's is the "XXUFOA1-VD2-I9305XXUFNL1" i.e. as you see it isn't the latest one but it perfectly works. I also tried later ones like the XXUFPE1 but had issues with it and decided not to change a well running horse. Here's the link to the repository respectively to the mentioned modem: https://mega.nz/#F!Ih0TySJb!GJhP97EFLPCM_cdKpKfhew!BgEH0TqK

If this doesn't work search the RR threads. Maybe you first need to revert to an earlier RR-M version and aferwards then clean flash RR-N-v5.8.5-final.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] berlinflieger:
Sudden Boot Loop

Hello,

i had Resurrection Remix 5.8.5. running the last 3-4 years and this morning when i picked up my i9305 it was stuck in a boot loop. I am able to get into Download Mode. But i can not access the TWRP-Recovery anymore. I tried Odin and stock rom, but whatever i try i get a FAIL... Did i loose Root somehow? Where do i start now?

<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9305XXUFNL1_I9305DBTFNL1_I9305XXUFOA1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> tz.img
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> FAIL!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
This sounds slightly weird. Generally, I personally regret having too little information for proper analysis. Maybe this might support future request?

I doubt that you've lost root; and by a first glance I fear to have three different issue. Why the boot loop? Why is the recovery not accessible? And finally, why did Odin fail?

I'm also using RR on all of our i9305's, for about half a year now RR-N-v5.8.5-final, and I haven't heard about such an issue.

Regarding the first question: Usually, the device doesn't enter into a boot loop unless something was done by the user. Did you flash or install anything before you experienced the boot loop; especially ROM, new kernel, Xposed or a Xposed module, superuser incl. a different Magisk version, or a new theme or "theme engine" (i.e. Substratum)? Which kernel do you currently use? What is your TWRP version, and from where did you retrieve your TWRP?

What do you mean by "i can not access the TWRP-Recovery anymore"? How did you try to access TWRP; via Home+Vol-up+Power? Is your Vol-up-button functional and working? Just asking because e.g. my Vol-down-button is broken i.e. I can't access the download mode anymore via Home+Vol-down+Power.

Last but not least: Which Odin version did you use? Are you convinced that your stock ROM file isn't broken or corrupted? From where did you bet the stock ROM? Mine is "I9305XXUFNL1_I9305VD2FNL1_I9305XXUFOA1_HOME" from sammobile, and it's working. Remarks: Please be aware that the CSC only matters if you stay on stock ROM. If you go for a custom ROM you don't need to care about the CSC. I'm using Odin3 v3.12.3. And I'm convinced you know how to use Odin, just to confirm: Did you "place" the tarball into the "AP"-line?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] berlinflieger:
TY

Thanx for trying to help! The Handy Shop told me, they couldn't fix it and the internal drive is unwritable. Really strange, how something like that can happen overnight... So i stopped trying to fix it :crying:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DarkIce:
Hello. Installed Resurrection Remix® N v5.8.5 final for i9305. Since now (25=30) minutes all is working. Installed Gapps 7.1 micro. Now in the Andr Settings/Apps I cannot disable apps as Google, Google Now launcher, Pixel launcher. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? For sure in various other phones at least is possible to disable app Google.