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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] curiousrom:
S3 Not Recognized Windows 10, MTP Driver & Moving Files Inside S3

Thanks :good: for reminding us of this workaround as MTP is enabled in TWRP Recovery which is a cool feature IMO when connecting to Windows 10 PC. [MENTION=7746932]Robert-R[/MENTION] : Does this work on your Linux Mint computer?

I just tried w/ S3 in TWRP connected to Windows 10 Home w/ Android debugging (ADB) disabled & checked with Device Manager. Differences compared to S3 in System w/ MTP enabled:

External storage shows as Micro SD card instead of sdcard1 in File Explorer

Says Internal Storage instead of Internal shared storage in Explorer

Device Manager > Portable Devices > GT-i9300 > Properties > Driver is not the same

Device Manager > Universal Serial Bus Devices > GT-i9300 is added w/ same driver as #3

Screen capture compared to the one I posted in the post S3 Windows 10 & MTP Driver above:

S3 in TWRP Recovery: vs. S3 in MTP Mode: View attachment 4449827

So Windows does not see it as exactly the same device.

With > Developer Options > Android debugging (ADB) enable and when connecting to computer > Notification > keeping the option: USB charging this device > in Device Manager > Portable Devices > GT-i9300 is not showing up but is in > Universal Serial Bus Devices > w/ same driver as screen capture S3 in TWRP above. It's not possible to transfer files in File Explorer w/ this setup but it is if using ADB CMD on the computer.

Edit: I can confirm that my Windows 10 Home Build 16299 File Explorer is not able to move or copy files within the S3 running LineageOS 14.1 in MTP Mode (internal storage to external or within internal or within external sdcard1). Same in TWRP Recovery mode. Windows 10 File Explorer is saying Waiting: GT-i9300 is busy for ever (screenshots).

As a workaround and mentioned in post above: I use a File Manager app on the phone to do that and not when connected to the computer.

Moving/copying/pasting/deleting works fine between PC & S3 in MTP Mode or in TWRP Recovery.

S3 MTP Not Recognized Windows 10

Did you try (and [MENTION=7746932]Robert-R[/MENTION] too) installing the Samsung USB driver pack or Samsung Kies as described in linked post above? Or with Samsung Smart Switch installed (Mac version available too)? Note that PC must be rebooted before connecting S3 in MTP mode.

Or in Device Manager > Portable Devices > if you see a USB device not shown as GT-i9300 with a yellow triangle & ! > right-click and Update driver > if it does not work > Uninstall device, reboot PC & connect S3 in Transfer files (MTP) Mode.

Also try using a different USB port & connecting directly to PC instead of through a USB hub at least for installing the S3 drivers.

Please report back if it worked for you or not. :cool:

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[MENTION=4869614]blizeH[/MENTION] any feedback about the suggestions posted here? Did you manage to install TWRP? If so, how?

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Robert-R:
Did you install in your Win10:

​Media Feature Pack: https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=48231

​MTP Porting Kit : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=19153

?

For some users this made their Android-storage visible in the Win10 file explorer via MTP.

For me, it didn't.

(My Win10 driver-install is in accordance with the working MTP-configuration of [MENTION=4122877]curiousrom[/MENTION], non-TWRP option. )
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Robert-R:
I assume that "Samsung USB driver pack" is the driver specially build for "Samsung Kies" and "Samsung Smart Switch".

Years ago, I had unfriendly experiences with "Samsung Kies"; so I rather avoid using this software. I will keep trying to achieve a working MTP-connection. If I have made progress, I will report it. Nevertheless thanks for your suggestion.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] curiousrom:
Windows Samsung USB Drivers

The Samsung USB driver pack installs drivers for connecting Samsung mobile devices to Windows. It does not install any programs.

If you install Samsung Kies or Samsung Smart Switch, reboot & connect S3 it will install the driver & other drivers for other Samsung mobiles devices & you can uninstall the program afterwards & Windows will not remove the drivers.

You can also use Device Manager to manually update the S3 MTP driver as described in my post above.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] dana.marivani:
Unfortunately,what you have suggested For Windows versions KN editions,N is

Which contains the code (KB-3010081) For problems caused by these omissions

For example:From Microsoft Office to some video games that use Windows video playback features,

they may not work properly or even stop completely. Which is probably related MTP Is not

about MTP Porting Kit All versions of Windows are installed by default

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Thanks so much for your guidance,But we still did not fix our problem with your tips

All the solutions that you said did not resolve the problem
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Gizmotech:
Thanks for your effort and would have done what you have asked, however I have bought a new phone now as I really needed the banking apps, which was the reason for LineageOS.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] curiousrom:
S3 MTP Windows 10 - Black Screen Freezing & Banking Apps

Which problem? This one? "I can confirm that my Windows 10 Home Build 16299 File Explorer is not able to move or copy files within the S3 running LineageOS 14.1 in MTP Mode (internal storage to external or within internal or within external sdcard1). Same in TWRP Recovery mode. Windows 10 File Explorer is saying Waiting: GT-i9300 is busy for ever (screenshots)."

That is basically trying to use Windows 10 as an internal Android file manager.

I did not suggest any solution for that, just a workaround: "I use a File Manager app on the phone to do that and not when connected to the computer."

Most importantly for me this works: "Moving/copying/pasting/deleting works fine between PC & S3 in MTP Mode or in TWRP Recovery."

Or is it that your Windows 10 does not recognize S3 in MTP Mode and the suggestions to fix that did not work? :confused:

We are both posting in a different language than our mother thong tongue so miscommunications may happen. ;)

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Black Screen Freezing & Banking Apps

So you don't have the S3 anymore? That's too bad as I would have like to test my theory that it was a defective eMMC memory chip that caused your black screen freezing problem.

About S3 running LineageOS 14.1, passing SafetyNet and running current banking apps, several users reported that it works with the workarounds suggested in this post: S3 i9300 LineageOS Passing SafetyNet Check? BTW [MENTION=6371648]minealex2244[/MENTION] did not report back to say if it worked for him or not. :(

If a S3 user running LIneageOS 14.1 100% stock without root and without a super user addon could report if it can pass SafetyNet or not that would be appreciated.

Anyway: thanks for replying. :cool:

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] orgert:
as i remebber from my nexus 6 100% stock lineageos , i couldn't install super mario, so i guess it didn't pass safety net , if i'll find time tomorrow , i'll try official lineage on my s3, as curently im quite happy with the experimental build , and will try with my banking app , and will report back :good:
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] minealex2244:
Stock LOS will never pass SafetyNet because they already said that they won't patch it. I flashed Koffee kernel and Magisk and everything is ok. SafetyNet check is bypassed successfully.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] MrDSM:
Hi,

Zedge can't download files. I verified autorisation and it has access to files.

Any idea ?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] PrivatPirat:
Error: "Camera did not respond" since the Update from 15.03.18. Had no issues with the earlier versions.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Robert-R:
Connecting Linux-Mint to TWRP via MTP works fine, so there are no hardware-problems.

I wonder if I might have an Android-app installed ( / configured) that prevents the MTP-coupling to Lineage-storage, as it worked perfectly for several months.

I tried disabling my firewall.

Any suggestions for other culprit-apps?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Robert-R:
Do you have "Camera Restarter"-app installed ?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.exlyo.camerarestarter

Perhaps you can revive the camera with it.

(Of course, a restart of your s3 should revive the camera also.)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] ArdaCsknn:
You need to close the app from the recents and restart app.I don't know why it happens but after giving permisson you need to restart the app.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] curiousrom:
Camera Restarter

What a coincidence this morning I was taking some photos of the sunrise with Open Camera then used the stock LOS camera to take more et 30 minutes later when trying to use a QR code scanner it returned an error that the camera was not working or something. I used the handy Camera Restarter et voilà QR scanner working again and no S3 reboot necessary.

I am posting a photo taken w/ Open Camera because it's on topic a little bit as it includes 2 cellular towers and it was taken w/ S3 running LineageOS 14.1. ;)

About your Linux Mint MTP problem did you do what you posted earlier? "I suspect that MTP-libraries (libmtp) at my linux-Mint need updating; newer versions are available, but my Mint didn't offer them as updates, so far. I could install them manually..."

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] GalaxyVolvoZ:
is the rom stable ? any major issues or good for daily usage ? thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] AdnanShah:
Stuck in bootloop

my phone stucked in boot loop when ever i install(flash) any custom rom on my Samsung GT-i9300 using TWRP recovery. I also do factory reset (wipe cache etc) before and after installation and read alot of ways/pages here on XDA developers but didn't solve the issue. and somehow it shows " E: Unable to mount '/preload' " with a success message but stuckes in bootloop. Please help me.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] curiousrom:
What he said.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] curiousrom:
Stuck in Boot Loop - Missing Troubleshooting Info

Tip: Provide more troubleshooting info and get better & more relevant suggestions.

"...my phone stucked in boot loop" - Stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S III GT_I9300 bootloader logo or on the LineageOS boot animation logo? If on LineageOS logo did you wait at least 15 minutes for the first install & boot to system to complete?

How did you get out of that boot loop & how did you return to normal System?

Using the free app Phone INFO Samsung > FIRMWARE > what is your Bootloader Version & Baseband Version while you are there.

"...any custom rom on my Samsung GT-i9300 using TWRP recovery..." - What is your current firmware, is it rooted & which custom ROM are you trying to install exactly & how. What is your TWRP version?

" I also do factory reset (wipe cache etc) before and after installation..." - "wipe cache etc" be precise, what are you wiping exactly? "and after installation" there is no reason to do that at all.

"...and read alot of ways/pages here on XDA developers but didn't solve the issue" - That does not tell me anything about what you tried already.

"...it shows " E: Unable to mount '/preload' " - Define "it". Where do you see that error & after doing what? Is it from a Recovery log? If in Odin, which version are you using. Could you post the complete log where that error came from? You could attach a .txt to your reply. Are you using a Windows PC?

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] LazyGuy1:
I like your always long posts. :D
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Darth Bidder:
I didn't see this thread for months, only looked at it just recently. lol
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] curiousrom:
LineageOS Long First Boot

Why did you edit your post & remove the edit where you said that it finally booted after 10 minutes as it is valuable info for people installing Lineage for the first time:

That Open Gapps Full variant includes a lot of Google cr@p (Package Comparison) & will be a RAM & battery eater if some of the apps are not tamed with Privacy Guard and/or with their settings. See this post for battery saving tips: S3 LineageOS Battery Drain Troubleshooting & Optimization

And it probably added a couple of minutes to first boot time.

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] AdnanShah:
Reply of BootLoop stuck
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Robert-R:
I'm considering upgrading my (total) linux-Mint; hopefully that will repair my MTP-function.

(I avoid manual updating, because it might give conflicts with the regular centralized Mint updating-procedure.)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] dana.marivani:
We should wait for android oreo til we receive linux-mint and our problem will be solved

i hope it happen as soon as possible:fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] lollo.21:
it's amazing, from 2 rom in standby it consumes very little :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] DeKiesel:
Is anybody aware of a way of making this ROM pass safetynet when using magisk?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] orgert:
guys , give this thread a look , i will try it a bit latter on my experimental lineage build

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development/kernel-t3718112
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] curiousrom:
See the post just above yours, step 10. Click to show content to see link. ;)

Edit: Here you go: S3 i9300 LineageOS Passing SafetyNet Check?

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] orgert:
i think the kernel i posted above passes safetynet , i will try it in a bit
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] curiousrom:
Lineage Security & Webviews Chromium 65 Updates & Battery Usage

Try first, post later. ;)

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And even less with S3 LineageOS Battery Optimization suggestions.

BetterBatteryStats screenshot with only 0.2%/h battery consumption of my S3 running stock LineageOS (without custom kernel and/or Magisk) + Open Gapps nano + Lineage su addon + more than 100 apps. :D

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LineageOS Update

After a couple of recent updates with not much in them today's lineage-14.1-20180322-nightly-i9300 includes important stuff https://download.lineageos.org/i9300/changes/

"Update webviews to Chromium 65.0.3325.144" (used by many apps & browsers including stock LOS Browser).

"Bump security patch level to 2018-03-05"

And several other patches & some of them cherry picked from LineageOS 15.1 Oreo development.

[MENTION=4959241]orgert[/MENTION] you won't get that with October 2017 dated LineageOS 14.1 Experimental for i9300. ;)

For the lurkers who did not install Lineage yet: the Lineage Updater is so awesome: Settings > About phone > LineageOS updates to download & install > the Updater will automatically check the integrity of the downloaded update .zip file before installing it & reboot. (screenshots)

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] crisdotti:
Can install magisk?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] curiousrom:
Read 3 posts above yours.

You need to also install a custom kernel if you install Magisk otherwise you will have some crashes & freezing.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] orgert:
i installed latest official lineage build , and flashed hybrid kernel , than flashed latest magisk menager and passed safetynet , without doing anything else, and also it seems to me that hwc is working (but im not sure , only becouse the ui is sharp like it used to with experimental build )

edit: here are the links to do it

1- the kernel

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development/kernel-t3718112/page7

2- magisk thread to get zip file

https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445

and here are some screenshots :)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] DeKiesel:
That did the trick, thank you very much!

[MENTION=4122877]curiousrom[/MENTION]

Thank you, it didn't work with koffee but it did work with Hybrid (v9 in my case)
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] lollo.21:
magisk has always caused me a problem, practically when the cell is in standby the screen remains black in loop when I get notifications or calls, forced to hold down the power button for forced reboot, I have not heard of this problem, probably is it peronal and maybe I have something conflicting, what could it be?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Robert-R:
A fully functional HWC on Nougat would also make me happy;).
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Kippy51:
And [MENTION=4122877]curiousrom[/MENTION] and [MENTION=7759563]dana.marivani[/MENTION] One of my laptops runs Linux Mint Mate 18.3 Sylvia and no problems connecting phones (only tried my S4 and S7, not my S3). Can transfer to and from internal and external sd.

Edit: just fired up the S3 for you guys and that works exactly the same (as I suspected .. )
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Adhil Rahman:
Facing issues with mobile data.

After every reboot mobile data wont work. I have to turn on aeroplanr mode and switch it off to get it. That too it takes 5 minutes to get back on network it shows cross mark for a long time. Any fix for this like flashing the boot.img or something

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I am using latest build with magisk. Also latest twrp
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] acroreiser:
Try to flash this - https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/development/kernel-koffee-t3728423/page27
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] AlexeySmolin:
Help

Why at all nothing not works normally steadily , all crashes in applications photo not is sent even

In applications, if you click attach photo, immediately the application will depart for 5 minutes

How to fix that ?
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] Kippy51:
Use the latest TWRP, do a complete clean install and flash ROM and gapps together. I have no problems at all.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] curiousrom:
Nothing Works Normally & Photos - Magisk Problems

You did not say if you installed Magisk and/or a custom kernel which may cause many problems on S3 i9300 running Official LineageOS 14.1.

"...all crashes in applications photo") - What is the exact name of the app you are talking about? I never had any problems using the stock LineageOS Gallery app and sharing hundreds of photos via Gmail or Bluetooth for example or within WhatsApp taking a photo, adding a caption & sending it or attaching an image from Gallery.

Or start over with a clean install as described in this post > LineageOS Super Clean Install chapter. I had zero problems in 4 months with this method.

+1.

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Magisk Problems

Magisk is not supported by LineageOS. The only good reason to use it is for passing Google's SafetyNet check if you want to use a banking app IMO. And on S3 i9300 LineageOS 14.1 you need to also install a custom kernel.

While no comparative benchmarks or tests have been done so far to compare stability, performance or battery usage to the stock Lineage kernel, several users have reported SafetyNet check success with these 2 custom kernels: Koffee Kernel i9300 and Hybrid Kernel i9300.

I would like to see a BetterBatteryStats screenshot while using those kernels to see if they can beat the one I posted in this post:

View attachment 4454738

I did not try those kernels as I am running on my S3 i9300 the 100% stock LineageOS 14.1 (currently updated to 2018-03-22) + Open Gapps nano + Lineage su addon so this is just a pointer & not a recommendation. If you have problems with those then please post in their respective threads as well as in the Magisk thread maybe.

[MENTION=7907521]A$teroid[/MENTION] : This links to your post saying: "Remove Magisk Manager. Try to extract boot.img from LOS zip, flash it via TWRP is "img", then flash Koffee and Magisk with Manager."

You could try this that I tested on a S5 Mini G800H running stock Samsung 6.0.1 rooted with Magisk (because there is no Lineage for that phone :( ): Magisk Manager > Uninstall > Restore Images > reboot phone. As described in the Magisk tread & in a TWRP Recovery log Magisk makes a backup of the stock boot.img. If you run Magisk Manager again after that it will say Magisk not installed.

[MENTION=7828994]Adhil Rahman[/MENTION] : You could also try: Magisk Manager > Uninstall > Complete Uninstall > reboot to system > reboot again in Recovery > and do a Lineage dirty flash: wipe Dalvik / ART Cache and cache only then install Lineage only. If you still have problems do a super clean install as linked above.

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As usual: please report back if it worked for you or not. :cool:

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] AlexeySmolin:
I click to send a photo , and I have to send the video gives a window some of the separate transparent , what is that nonsense ?!
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] curiousrom:
Lost in translation, sorry! And you did not reply to my troubleshooting questions. :eek:
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] nomades:
Did anyone find the solution for the problem with front camera while making whatsapp video call?

i am using Lineage OS 14.1 NIGHTLY-cherry on my Honor 4X phone and in my camera app there is no option to switch to my front camera.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] barathrr96:
This issue I was facing on Singapore based phones which I'm using.. But now i m surprised to see my phone not having it now.. Let me report u after I root my phone in my los .. But I had it working after rooting using magisk and installing koffee kernel.. So try kofee kernel.. I'll update once again
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] curiousrom:
You are in the wrong thread as this one if for S3 i9300 Official LineageOS 14.1.

Try this search: lineage cherry Honor 4X site:xdaforums.com

I don't think your S3 i3000 is any different from the normal one. Did you try as suggested in an earlier reply: Using Phone INFO Samsung > General > if it says Device Type: m0 & Product Name: m0xx it's a normal i9300 even if you had a Samsung firmware for a Singapore cellular operator on it.

The Koffee kernel is specifically for the S3 i3900 so it will not work at all on a Honor 4X.
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] kosmasgr:
Did anyone face stuck while flashing latest build ?

I tried to clean install 22/03 build coming from crdroid and producure stopped on "patching system unconditionally".

Any ideas ? I tried older bullds of twrp but I got same result. I will try a clean install from scratch , back to stock rom via Odin and install Los then
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] curiousrom:
Stuck While Flashing with TWRP

Check the integrity of your LineageOS download & other stuff as described here Cannot Flash Lineage 14.1 anymore

Or as you said start all over again by installing the stock Samsung firmware which may fix a partition problem as described in this post: stock Samsung firmware & LineageOS Super Clean Install Could you post a TWRP Recovery log of the failed install as described in that post?

"...and install Los then" - It seems your message is truncated.

[MENTION=9023832]AdnanShah[/MENTION] : So, did you fix that bootloop?

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[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] kosmasgr:
Thanks i have already successfully installed LOS 14.1. , by using this guide. Thanks a lot. i haven't kept logs from twrp sorry :/
[Galaxy S III Original Android Development] barathrr96:
Yes. The device works buttery smooth after following ur instructions for the emmc chip defect.

I had tried lineage os and now shifted to RR .. both works amazing.. both I tried koffee kernal nd magisk. It just works.

Finally I guess to go with this phone. No hangs or lags any time or when mobile data or WiFi is turn on .. or during notification rush ups

Thanks bro