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[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] S3Pleb.:
I'll ask here because I've been searching like crazy for the past two month for a stock ROM to I9305 to no avail.

Is there really no way to find a site/link (that doesn't limit my download speed) that offers I9305 Stock ROM, without rooting, debloating/deoxing (whatever those terms are), or any other thing.....????

Translation: I want to download a stock ROM for I9305 that isn't rooted or whatever, just the default, without having to suffer from download speed limitations.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
Did you try here: https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/GT-I9305/
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] S3Pleb.:
Actually no. Because....

"Approx. 15 kB/Sec

Non-Premium Members"

I stated that I don't want any download speed limitations.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
...then it's yours to further search...
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] S3Pleb.:
That's impossible. I searched on many websites and sub-reddits and I couldn't find one. What a let down.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] woodman:
I've just answered in the other thread... Please next time, just post in one thread only, it will avoid double answers. ;)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] S3Pleb.:
I know from many forums and sub-reddits that double posting is frowned upon, but I really didn't expect an answer there. The community isn't exactly as nice as some others that I know.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] woodman:
It's not only frowned upon, it's simply not allowed by rule #5 (5. Create a thread or post a message only once.).

You can't think community isn't nice before waiting as long as needed for an answer. You should have first clearly asked for someone to upload a firmware if it was your request. I've linked one from mine but I don't know if it will be OK for you. :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Even phone repair stores use sammobile.com for firmware.

It's why customers are always told come back in five hours.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] S3Pleb.:
Anything is ok as long as it's an untouched stock rom! ;P

Thanks again.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] woodman:
It's untouched, I swear :)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Banty448:
Hi i have Samsung s3(i9300) and i root with towel root after that i download Rom Manager for Recovery flash but after download the twrp (tar file) and i falshed it with Rom manager. It asked after flash( boot into recovery?) i click on yes after that my phone is not turning on? When i remove battery and reinsert the sometime camera flash blink and nothing is going on. What should i do? Please help me.. ?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] woodman:
Hey smart i9300/5 members!

Sorry to use this thread but I'd like to share this recent and important thread below from MikeChannon, in case you didn't know yet. Please comment if you have any remarks, ideas, etc. The topic is about improving XDA, improving code sharing policy and relations between developers/mods/everyone else.

What should XDA's policy be regarding sharing of code?

I'm sure you'll add some valuable comments.

:highfive:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
Thanks for sharing this information. Going to have a look the next days, ok. As I'm one of the "everyone else" I don't know yet if I really might have a comment.

The way I always rooted our SGS3's was by CF Auto-Root via ODIN. Works fantastically. Afterwards, I always went to the Google Play Store and installed something like e.g. Flashify. Out of Flashify I installed (more exactly flashed TWRP - I use 3.0.2-1, used the .img). And then I proceeded to the ROM, kernel etc. I wanted.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Banty448:
It's mean i can't turn on my phone?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
This is certainly the worth explaination I've ever seen in describing an issue. Do you really believe somebody is able to support or assist if you don't provide more, further, and more precise information?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] mohand06:
You can enter recovery mode and reset your device to factory settings if you're still on stock.

If you have access to a PC, you can download and install Odin.exe and then flash a custom recovery (twrp). Google for more help on How to flash recovery through Odin.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Banty448:
Mohand06 i said my phone is not switching on and u r saying put ur phone in recovery mode how can be this possible in recovery mode without turning on mobile?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Because download mode is accessible even without an OS (rom) loaded. Press power, volume down and home till you see the i9305 logo then let go of all except home until download mode is entered.

Edit: if that does not work your only choice is a USB jig or take it to a store they will do it for you normally for around 50 Australian dollars to flash an OS , a small price for peace of mind in my opinion. Trust me on that
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] public3n3my:
Not even a dim light? Did you try exchanging the battery? If it not turning on then it might have something to do with the board..

Well u might need to confirm it at the service center because even the phone inventor cant help you through the words..
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Banty448:
I tried this many time but phone is not switching on. I want to know one thing only can i save my data that is in Mobile coz phone is not switching on if i go to the store or service center can they restore my phone's data(pics only)?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Yes if they get it to boot. If it's not hard bricked and doesn't need a board replacement they should be able to get it working but you will have to let them know your wanting to save your media or they will wipe it. Some stores now require you to put it in writing too so there's no misunderstanding. Take it to one and see what they say if they can't fix it they shouldn't charge.

Edit: believe it or not data recovery was where the "dumb phone" proved it's worth.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Chichi.Lopez:
In what directory does linageOS download OS-Updates? THANKS for answering!
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Look for a folder called ota I assume or maybe it will just go to download folder. If it has a working ota feature.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Chichi.Lopez:
I' ve no ota folder in internal sd an the downloaded build wasn't in the download folder ... could you pls tell me the string where to find the ota folder or any other idea? :confused:I appreciate your assistence.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Are you sure ota is working on it? Normally when you can't find the file its because it isn't working. I don't use linageOS so I'm not sure. But try the search function of root explorer, just type lineage and see what it finds.

Edit, ota won't work on unofficial builds.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Chichi.Lopez:
Thanks for answering. I'm on official build, no root. I've seen download and the offer of installation afterwarts, but then the information my recovery (TWRP 3.1.0-0) isn't compartible so I should do the install manualy.... But how, If one cannot find the download?!? :confused:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] public3n3my:
Are you on official linage? I used to try it before and the ota isn't working yet i believe, even now too(i9305) idk about i9300.. You need to download and flash it manually. As for the i9305, twrp 3.1 unofficially ported by rgib and so do the official lineage which is a bit weird if he port something not compatible with the rom that he build and maintain since the rom and recovery are important.. Well, to confirm, why dont you ask in the official thread? You'll get a better answer over there i believe..

Good luck :)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Chichi.Lopez:
OMG.... wrong thread.... I'm sorry!!!:(
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Ok I think the reason you can't find it is because it's not a flashable package its a lineage ota file so TWRP isn't recognizing it. I recently had the same issue but it was TWRP not recognizing a cwm package. Like stated ask in LEOS thread.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] wovenlancer:
Hi all. I hope I'm in the right place here.

I have a GT-i9305 and recently flashed LineageOS 14.1. Everything was all good, until I found the WiFi was extremely slow. My guess is that since I needed to flash the PE1 modem to install the ROM, it had an effect on the phone's WiFi signal. Is this possible?

I have flashed countless, many different ROMs before and this WiFi problem has just occurred now. My other guess is that it's a problem on my home WiFi router's side. But why would it only happen now?

So far, I've tried restarting my home Wifi modem/router and flashed other ROMs (including stock ROMs) and couldn't get the wifi back in proper working order.

Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Chichi.Lopez:
Hi, what is the right recovery for installing updates..? I'm on the latest weekly lineageOS and got the message for a new update. So I downloaded it. In the next step updater asked if I'd like to install the update. As soon as I'm confirming to go on, I receive the message that I've got the wrong recovery. Well, my recovery is TWRP 3.1.0-0 from rgib , and rgib is as well the dev of lineageOS..!? So where is my mistake? Is there anybody who might give me a better understanding whats wrong? Thanks in advance!!!
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] MigoMujahid:
maybe OTA updater isn't working correctly and you need to install the updates manually.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Chichi.Lopez:
Thanks for answering! That's what I did already. But what could I do that the OTA Updater will work the way it should be? Is there some settings I didn't see? Some extras to install or reinstall?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] MigoMujahid:
unfortunately you can't do anything, the developer is the one who is supposed to fix it.

you can report it to him in the rom thread.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Chichi.Lopez:
Well, I wouldn't disturb the Dev for that problem/bug, as far as I could manually download and install the latest build, you know? Thanks anyway. Maybe the Dev will find it out himself.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Has anyone used replicant os before ?,I know marshmallow replicant isn't fully finished yet but It's fully open source even the hardware drivers (it doesn't have any proprietary ones), it's based on security and privacy.

Here's the XDA article

https://www.xda-developers.com/android-marshmallow-based-replicant-6-0-released/
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] njank:
From that thread:

"WiFi, Bluetooth, Hardware media Encoding, and Decoding, and 3D Graphics do not work at this moment. "

Without WiFi they gonna have a tough time getting general users to try it out. Would give it a whirl otherwise.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Me Too, it's definitely an interesting idea..would be hard to accomplish I imagine though.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] njank:
My 9300 is just sitting idle right now. Need it to work in US. Played with different CM ROMs but almost all killed the modem. Got tired of the modem-flash whack a mole trying to get one that worked and would actually stay connected around here. I heard other non-cm ROMs might work better, but ran out oof play time. This might convince me to pick it back up again, especially if messing with modem drivers stopped feeling like you were flying blind.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
I remember a few months ago we were talking about your modem issues in the u.s on this thread, shame you couldn't get it going.

Hope yet maybe :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] njank:
Ha, yeah, that's right. One modem file = no sim. Another would connect to towers but no data connection. Another would be 2g only. Etc. So it goes. :)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Very frustrating one step forward two steps back lol :)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
It's a fantastic approach, and actually for me the right way to go.

If it was available for the i9305 and less key functionalities missing I'd definitely give it a try.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Yes it is interesting for sure, I specifically thought of you when I read the article and how you like to configure and "de-google" ( :laugh: ) your device :):good:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] AlexJumper:
View attachment 4154320

Phone info as shown in the screenshot.

The ROM I flashed was from here.

Now everything works pretty fine and smooth, battery life is average but I've been using the phone for over two years now.

A couple of questions:

1)There's some apps that crash every time I open them(namely Soundcloud, Tumblr), sometimes instantly, sometimes a couple of seconds later as I try to login to my account. Haven't come across any other app that has this problem, any ideas what could be causing this?

2)The first time I got an OTA update to KitKat almost two years ago, I lost FM radio functionality. I don't remember if I had Jellybean or ICS out of the box when I got the phone but I'm certain that I've used the radio. After the OTA update, the app would no longer show up in the drawer. Reading on forums I saw a lot of people saying that the I9305 doesn't have radio in the first place, but according to SD Insider, it does, I guess the update to KitKat disabled access to it somehow.

View attachment 4154332

Is there any way to restore FM radio functionality?

Sorry for the long post and thanks for your time ^^
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
I9300 has a FM radio but the i9305 doesn't it was removed for the 4g radio receiver although you can get 4g phones with a FM radio like my HTC Onex+ for example. However there is a few rare i9305's that did have one on rare firmwares although I have never seen one but I have seen people in certain countries report that they have one. Apparently it was up to carriers on carrier specific devices whether or not to add it or not, nearly all didn't. I've only heard of two people who reported having one. Look up spirit fm radio on XDA if your device has the capability it will work,it's the best way to tell. But it's not widely known so I know some might disagree. Yours looks like it is one of the ones that has it.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] AlexJumper:
View attachment 4154379

Apparently AGNi doesn't have an FM driver? Weird..
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Because it's made for "general" i9305s so it wouldn't of been added since most consider the i9305 doesn't have FM radio. You would need more than likely a stock kernel from your carriers firmware.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] woodman:
Good, no more stress now MaHo :p
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] akalmand:
This is for my S3 GT-I9300. The device does not latch on to WiFi network.

It shows all the wifi networks, but if I try to connect, it says invalid authentication irrespective how many times I attempt to connect.

even changed router setting to remove password, still does not connect.

However, once in a while, connects to wifi automatically...
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
Please provide a bit more detailed information regarding your device.

Are you able to take a log from the time you switched WiFi on and while it's trying to connect?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] limjh16:
Adding on to noc.jfcbs post, which rom / kernel are you on? I don't use i9300 but knowing which rom you are on may help narrow down the issue.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] snakbr:
Is there a way for force an upgrade to 4.4 on the I9305? I dont want to flash a whole new rom just because i dont want to loose my installed apps.

I saw this thread

[I9300] [Touchwiz Android 4.4.4] back-to-n00t; Bring the LTE fun back to 3G

But it only seems to apply to the I9300. they specifically say its not recommended for the I9305.

I found This link but is there a trusted source for updates?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] woodman:
Hi,

Thanks for using this thread :)

Yes, the link at the end of your post seems good, no problem, you can follow those steps and advices.

Just remember to backup your apps and important data before like mentioned in this web page. Save your photos, sms, etc.

About apps backup, if you are rooted, use Titanium Backup to save your apps in case something goes wrong.

If you're not rooted yet, do it first and then, install Titanium Backup to save your apps.

As an alternative, I recommend to read and follow this guide from MaHo_66:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development-i9305/recovery-i9305-cwm-philz-twrp-versions-t2694249

Good luck. :)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] woodman:
You can trust those 2 websites without any problem:

samsung-updates.com

sammobile.com
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
F2FS Conversion

Today, I've decided to commence conversion to F2FS using the procedure provided by [MENTION=4613083]rodman01[/MENTION].

Cache conversion completed without any problem but when I selected "Dalvik / ART Cache" I got the notification "Invalid partition selection" (please see 3rd screenshot).

EDIT (2016-07-09):Was I wrong assuming that Dalvik can also be converted. Thanks to [MENTION=7018227]limjh16[/MENTION] I learnt below that Dalvik (same as /system) isn't convertible.

...and for all interested: Today, I converted /data and my external memory card to F2FS. Easily done and easy for the phone, but when connecting to PC via USB (actually in my case out of Recovery) the PC couldn't work with F2FS file system of the extSD. Converted extSD back to vFAT.

Within the next days, trying to convert /data (and probably my external memory).
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] limjh16:
Yep, dalvik and system can't be converted.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] limjh16:
[MENTION=7408621]noc.jfcbs[/MENTION] do you think an agni control settings thread will help? It will help users who face problems with agni kernel because if their settings, as well as to provide users with multiple stable combination for battery, speed, etc.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
I personally don't think so. My rationale: AGNi Control is easy to use. People need to know what all the governors and settings do, which AGNi provides. And for that, a lot of pretty good tutorials are already around; I think you know I like this one very much: http://xdaforums.com/general/general/ref-to-date-guide-cpu-governors-o-t3048957. All of us are using the device for different purposes and have different priorities i.e. different kernel settings. Each and one of us needs to find his best solution.

What I actually expect from everybody who decides to go "custom" in which way ever, is to read first and retrieve as much information as possible. Good intelligence is the baseline for clear, precise assessment followed by building possible courses of action and then the decision.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] limjh16:
Well, my reason for the settings sharing thread is essentially this, except for lazy people. So they have a one-stop thread for settings for different scenarios, then modify little by little from there.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Sounderr:
Data problems with one company

Hey! i have this problem on my s3 i9305, i can only connect to edge when i use a chip from Claro(the company i use) but when i put other chip from a different company the 3g and 4g works, anyone know what can i do? (sorry for bad english)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] :
By "chip" you mean sim card? Normally rebooting should set up the APN for the other carrier, but you may need to go into settings -> mobile networks -> access point names, and choose or setup the APN from there. This should enable data properly.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Oswald Boelcke:
Just like to share a very subjective observation, no benchmark etc. available after conversion of /cache and /data to F2FS.

Personal feeling: Much faster booting times. Devices runs faster overall. As said, only a feeling.

Charging times are longer, much longer; however and more important for me personally, battery consumption remained at the very good level I had prior to the conversion. I don't know how a different file system is able to influence charging times.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] limjh16:
I didn't really notice much of a difference in F2FS, but diff. people have diff. usage scenarios, so thanks for sharing!
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Darks1ide94m5t:
WiFi Problem

t's kind of a weird problem i bought the phone used and it worked fine and installed a rom cyanogen 13 btw, after 3 days of using it the phone can only connect to 1 router and if i am 2 feet away from it the phone doesn't disconnect but the internet isn't working, and no it's not my router because other devices work are connected to it and they work fine, the Samsung Galaxy S3 even denies a open hotspot and says sometimes says authentication error and it doesn't even have a password!!

any fix for this ?

thx
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] limjh16:
Which kernel are you using? And did you try another ROM?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] Darks1ide94m5t:
I am using the boeffela kernel on cm13 and yes ,i tried a bunch of roms, even the stock one and no luck

I have wifi signal when i try to connect to it it says saved and secured and it cannot connect, if i get close to the router it connect and works fine but if i step like a 1 meter away the download speed go down do 0.02 kb and disconnects
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] AlexJumper:
It's a Nordic region phone and it wasn't locked to a carrier. I live in Greece so I'm unsure as to whether a local firmware would even work. Is it too much of a hassle to implement an FM driver manually? By flashing perhaps?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
To be honest I wouldn't know...might be worth a shot maybe.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] AlexJumper:
I mean the chip itself does have an FM receiver, it's just a matter of enabling access to it. It might even be as easy as changing a single value, I have no idea where to look though, I'm not really experienced in fiddling around with system files :p
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help & ] DJ aliasz3d:
Search on XDA see if you can find something. shouldn't be that difficult to get it going I would imagine :good: