I turned my phone on yestetday lunchtime (4/7/2013) and once it had booted I had an onscreen message sayong that an update had download and was ready to install. I chose the "later" option, went to settings>about device>software update, and it said the same thing. I installed it, thinking it might be JB 4.2.2, but once it had installed there was nothing different about my phone and it is still running 4.1.2. When ever I search for it I keep getting french and greek websites, the fact that I cant find an english site or explanation is rather unnerving.
I am running an un rooted S3, from U.K t-mobile.
Baseband: I9300BVEMF1
Kernal:
3.0.31-1160235
[email protected]#1
SMP PREEMPT Sat Jun 1 17:48:05 KST
2013
Build number:
JZO54K.I9300XXEMF1
I posted this is the wrong section earlier, so am re posting it here. In the other thread someone said it sounds like the latest update for my phone/carrier, bit there is absolutely nothing new after installing this.
Samsung release many updates based on Android 4.1.2
Most updates do not change the Android Version. They change the Samsung Build number. You have been updated to XXEMF1, which is an update from June. Most updates don't introduce new features. They introduce bug fixes. Samsung tend to introduce new features when they introduce new Android versions, to keep them in line.
It's normal, basically it's just small bug fix and patch, only between android version update, like 4.0 to 4.1, or 4.1 to 4.2 you may see the significantly difference. Besides Samsung never gives changelog so only thing you can do is figure out yourself or reading other's comments, but something it's gonna be like, " oh, the dialer open up is 0.1 second faster than previous version " or somewhere translation has been updated... blah blah blah
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Oh ok, thanks alot to both of you.
Im a bit of a noob when it comes to stuff like this, so the lack of info or being able to find it online freaked me out a bit.
Thanks again.
No worries, we're here to help.
how to unlock ?
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Apologies for hijacking your post OP.
I just bought a samsung s3 from someone and its the NON LTE version (GT-I9300) and its android version 4.1.2
Baseband Ver is I9300BVEMF1 and build number is JZO54K.I9300XXEMF1
The phone shows Orange logo so pretty sure its locked on orange (also the seller is on Orange network). I am on O2 UK so need it to be unlocked. I have tried this method in the past and has worked with an S3 LTE Version (http://www.valuewalk.com/2012/12/how-to-unlock-galaxy-s3-and-galaxy-note-2-for-free/) however this time, there is no UMTS Menu (Step 1)
While searching about it, i read on XDA that it needs to be rooted to be able to see that UMTS menu ? (even though i dont remember doing that with the S3 with LTE )
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance
EDIT: Just rooted and tried again. Still the UMTS menu is not there. straight goes to Debug Menu
EDIT 2: Used GalaxSim Service and paid £2.59 to unlock. Wish I had found out about it earlier. Would have saved me a lot of time!
bibekp said:
Apologies for hijacking your post OP.
I just bought a samsung s3 from someone and its the NON LTE version (GT-I9300) and its android version 4.1.2
Baseband Ver is I9300BVEMF1 and build number is JZO54K.I9300XXEMF1
The phone shows Orange logo so pretty sure its locked on orange (also the seller is on Orange network). I am on O2 UK so need it to be unlocked. I have tried this method in the past and has worked with an S3 LTE Version REMOVED LINK AS I AM NEW however this time, there is no UMTS Menu (Step 1)
While searching about it, i read on XDA that it needs to be rooted to be able to see that UMTS menu ? (even though i dont remember doing that with the S3 with LTE )
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance
EDIT: Just rooted and tried again. Still the UMTS menu is not there. straight goes to Debug Menu
EDIT 2: Used GalaxSim Service and paid £2.59 to unlock. Wish I had found out about it earlier. Would have saved me a lot of time!
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Just out of curiousity, how did you get the device to accept code input? I have been struggling with a like device locked to the Mexican Telcel network. When I boot the device with an off network SIM it should pop up with a screen that says "Input Unlock Code" or something to that effect, but it simply says "Network Lock" and the only button on the screen says "Dismiss". It is not allowing me to put in the unlock code that I have purchased. Also, my UMTS option is missing from the first screen of the service menu as well.
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One of the guides to rooting said I need the OEM OS file for my carrier. My problem is that I'm on Bell and this is a Bell phone - the phone isn't officially released here yet and so no OS files floating around.
Am I screwed as far as rooting goes then or is there a way I can root the phone?
Enter *#1234# in your phone, what does it say?
You should still be able to root or load other stuff but if Bell has some version that is not avail for download then you can't restore to that unless it comes out later (who knows when)
Out of topic here....but how did you manage to get a Bell phone when it is not released yet?
Can you please let us know the firmware and modem version ??
I'm thinking about getting the phone from Bell and using it on Rogers. Where did you get it?
Is the phone the same as the version Virgin mobile will be offering?
Can you post more detail about version etc. And which rooting/unlocking techniques you used?
There might be alternative.
What's your baseband kernel, b/c some Vietnam guy just got the KG2 Kernel.
I've been wanting to get one of these, how did you manage to get one before release date?
i also got Bell S2 and wants to root the phone but need info on how to ?
model - gt-I9100M
android - 2.3.3
Baseband - I9100MUGKF6
Kernel - 2.6.35.7-I9100MUGKF6-CL282238
Build - jun 14 kst2011
Hello All,
I have a "[email protected] #2" sign right after (under) the kernel number (which is 2.6.35.7-I9100BVKH-CL443683) on my new SGS2.
Does this mean it was already rooted? Or what does it mean?
Thanks!
It means the kernel your ROM is running was compiled by user "Root" (lol?) at workstation/computer "DELL81", nothing more.
(it's some standard info the build process puts into the compiled kernel so one can see who and where it was compiled).
Does not mean your phone is already rooted, if you didn't do so already by yourself (or had done by a friend) you still have to root it.
Actually, as I said, I bought the phone new in Prague, but it is not from the 'official' Czech distribution. It cost at least USD200.00 less this way. It was brought from Poland, and it has an Orange brand on it. And, it has Orange apps in Polish. BUT, it works with CZ T-Mobile sim card just fine. This tells me someone must have done something with it. It did upgrade the FW through Kies once already, but not to 2.3.4. I see in this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278776 that people are getting 2.3.4 officially via Kies already, and tried it, but it did not work. I am new to this, so am not in a hurry to root or flash custom FW yet. So, the question is, can it be that because it was rooted (and maybe still is), it won't update to 2.3.4 officially?
You only get an update if their is an update for your product code on the Kies server .
In your case you wait for Orange Poland to update .
If it can use another sim it just means it not sim locked .
If its rooted it should have superuser app .
jje
I see.
But will it update if I have T-Mobile sim in it, or it will just see the product code, and will not care about the sim?
Hi Guys,
Just a quick question here that I cant seem to piece the answer together for. I have seen in the forum requests and talk about Three branded S3's and just wondered if anyone that has used it or knows more than I could tell me.
1) Apart from start-up logo is there anything else on a 3 branded phone that's missing or cant be removed without needing to be root or re-flashing it?
2) I directly asked the guys in the shop if they change the firmware/ROM and they said no when Samsung release updates you get them instantly, would that be true? I mean if its branded doesn't that mean it goes through the network to tinker before release?
I ask as my HTC Desire was from T-Mobile and they took so long to release the 2.3 update (If they ever did) I went custom ROM and while I can always go custom or flash an unbranded ROM out of the box I could just go to carphone warehouse, etc and buy it unbranded in the first place (For a slightly worse deal) and the fear I feel flashing a brand new phone is quite high
Thanks,
Snowdan.
Snowdan said:
Hi Guys,
Just a quick question here that I cant seem to piece the answer together for. I have seen in the forum requests and talk about Three branded S3's and just wondered if anyone that has used it or knows more than I could tell me.
1) Apart from start-up logo is there anything else on a 3 branded phone that's missing or cant be removed without needing to be root or re-flashing it?
2) I directly asked the guys in the shop if they change the firmware/ROM and they said no when Samsung release updates you get them instantly, would that be true?
That would be a first .
Easy to test 3UK will now be on LFB firmware in the UK and available OTA /Kies as an update since last week .##
jje
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Snowdan said:
Hi Guys,
Just a quick question here that I cant seem to piece the answer together for. I have seen in the forum requests and talk about Three branded S3's and just wondered if anyone that has used it or knows more than I could tell me.
1) Apart from start-up logo is there anything else on a 3 branded phone that's missing or cant be removed without needing to be root or re-flashing it?
2) I directly asked the guys in the shop if they change the firmware/ROM and they said no when Samsung release updates you get them instantly, would that be true? I mean if its branded doesn't that mean it goes through the network to tinker before release?
I ask as my HTC Desire was from T-Mobile and they took so long to release the 2.3 update (If they ever did) I went custom ROM and while I can always go custom or flash an unbranded ROM out of the box I could just go to carphone warehouse, etc and buy it unbranded in the first place (For a slightly worse deal) and the fear I feel flashing a brand new phone is quite high
Thanks,
Snowdan.
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i can tell you that its not true., i also purchased it on three UK and the firmware it came with was the inital release one which is I9300XXALE8_I9300H3GALE4_H3G which i believe was released in may, i tried to update to the latest one via ota and kies but it kept saying my software is uptodate. which was a lie. i then installed I9300XXALE8 (4.0.4) which is a unbranded version and check on kies and immediately it prompted me for an update I9300XXBLFB (4.0.4) which was released 26 June 2012. I9300BVALE4 (4.0.4) was released 13 May 2012.
i had to change the CSC so that kies would recognize my device and allow updates.
check this thread and video it'll explain all
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
JJEgan said:
That would be a first .
Easy to test 3UK will now be on LFB firmware in the UK and available OTA /Kies as an update since last week .##
jje
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InevitableDJ said:
i can tell you that its not true., i also purchased it on three UK and the firmware it came with was the inital release one which is I9300XXALE8_I9300H3GALE4_H3G which i believe was released in may, i tried to update to the latest one via ota and kies but it kept saying my software is uptodate. which was a lie. i then installed I9300XXALE8 (4.0.4) which is a unbranded version and check on kies and immediately it prompted me for an update I9300XXBLFB (4.0.4) which was released 26 June 2012. I9300BVALE4 (4.0.4) was released 13 May 2012.
i had to change the CSC so that kies would recognize my device and allow updates.
check this thread and video it'll explain all
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
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Thanks for the response guys it sounded unlikely. I will take the non optimal deal and have the unbranded out of the box just to save the upfront effort. Once I start flashing ROM's I find it hard t stop and would like to use this vanilla and unrooted (Hoping for Sky Go ICS support one of these days) for a bit.
Thanks,
Snowdan.
I live in China and I bought a GT-I9300 yesterday.
I noticed the phone was out of date when I got home so I started the update process, the first update went smoothly the phone rebooted and I checked if there was any other updates and there was one. The update downloaded successfully and rebooted to install and got to 31% and failed out and rebooted the phone.
At first I thought it was because the phone was partially set up to show that it wasn't a fake phone, so I did a factory reset and started the whole process over, and the same thing the update fails out at 31%.
The phone suggested I use Kies, but Kies says my phone's current firmware version is not supported via kies.
So I took to the internet to try to manually update, I spent the better part of yesterday and today trying to figure out everything about this phone but I just can't seem to get a 100% conclusion on anything so I don't want to try flashing anything and possibly messing up my phone. There just seems to be 50 different models that all have different roms and I don't want to flash the wrong one.
Info from Kies: Current firmware version: PDA:LF1 / PHONE: LEF / CSC: LF1 (XXX)
From my phone:
Model Number: GT-I9300
Android Version: 4.0.4
Baseband Version: I9300XXLEF
Build Number: IMM76D.I9300ZSALF1
Part of the problem was the guy was selling both the Western Europe model and the Hong Kong model, I was told I was getting the Hong Kong but he may have given me the Western Europe model by mistake.
From what I have read XX means means Western Europe model but another website said ZS was Hong Kong? I don't know if I go off the Baseband version or the build number.
Then I thought I will just root the device, slap CMW on it do a backup and then slap CM10.1 on it and call it a day. But following this rooting guide I need to know which version of the phone I have first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
Also CM10.1 only has 1 I9300 (International) build is that a universal I9300 ROM that is safe to use on my phone?
Long post but the help is appreciated!
So I think I figured out why this isn't updating, and I think it might be rooted as I see the SuperSU app installed. I don't really care if my device is rooted or not. SuperSU has a "Clean up feature" but it isn't uninstalling and removing root.
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So I think I figured out why this isn't updating, and I think it might be rooted as I see the SuperSU app installed. I don't really care if my device is rooted or not. SuperSU has a "Clean up feature" but it isn't uninstalling and removing root.
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I'd suggest you return the phone to the guy and ask for a completely clean no root version of the phone. But if that's too much of a hassle right now you can just flash stock firmware using Odin.
offgrey said:
I'd suggest you return the phone to the guy and ask for a completely clean no root version of the phone. But if that's too much of a hassle right now you can just flash stock firmware using Odin.
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Right I would just flash to stock with Odin, but that was part of my question. Which stock rom do I use? Or does it even matter and any ROM will work, I think I have the Hong Kong model but I am not completely sure and I don't want to risk bricking the phone with the wrong ROM.
Your phone does seem to be an International version which means any ROM except the China ROMs will work.
The reason Kies will not update the phone is because the CSC is XXX which is pretty strange but seeing how the phone came rooted someone has been playing.
Do you want to use the phone in HK or CN? and do you need Chinese input?
Odia said:
Your phone does seem to be an International version which means any ROM except the China ROMs will work.
The reason Kies will not update the phone is because the CSC is XXX which is pretty strange but seeing how the phone came rooted someone has been playing.
Do you want to use the phone in HK or CN? and do you need Chinese input?
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I use it in China, I rarely to HK. I don't need the Chinese language on the phone although it would be nice as I am trying to learn Chinese, but I could live without it.
Thanks for your help! Much appreciated.
I a going to flash this ROM today and see what happens!
United Kingdom 2012 December 4.1.2 I9300XXELL4 I9300OXAELL4
I'm in a similar situation,
Baseband: I9300XXLFB
Build Number: IMM76D.I9300XXBLFB
Let us know how you go with the update. Thanks
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I use it in China, I rarely to HK. I don't need the Chinese language on the phone although it would be nice as I am trying to learn Chinese, but I could live without it.
Thanks for your help! Much appreciated.
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The ROM you are going to flash should be ok, if you ever need Chinese input then flash any ZS or you can just install Google pinyin IME.
BTW If flashing the ROM you was going to, does work ok, then your better off having the International version than the Chinese version anyway, since you are not stuck to waiting for Chinese ROMs or installing hybrid ROMs.
Yeah I am having trouble finding a download that will work here in China and my VPN connection is down so it will be sometime before I can even download this ROM. samfiles or samfirmware can't remember the website, is blocked in China, hotfile.com is blocked which seem to be about the only 2 websites that host all the firmware downloads.
EDIT: Speak of the devil, my VPN service just released an update for their connection app, I am downloading the ROM now. Should be able to report back in around an hour and let you all know.
EDIT: Spoke to soon, VPN issues again.
would someone be willing to download I9300XXELL4_I9300OXAELL4_BTU.zip for me and throw it up on a dropbox account or some other website besides hotfile.com I am having trouble downloading this file from China.
www.sammobile.com
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Yay, I was able to get my VPN connection to stay on long enough to download the firmware and I was able to successfully apply 4.1.2 Jelly Bean to my phone!
Thanks for all your help!
Kies now reads: PDA:LL4 / Phone: LL4 / CSC: LL4
Hello,
I got from my GF a Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro (Model Number SM-G887N, if you search for this one you will probably find A8s 2019 phone on SamMobile) with with a provider (KT) branding from Korea. This phone has currently Android 10 installed with the Build G887NKSU2CTI2. I would like to update the phone, but this didn't work on the phone directly.
So I thought about to remove the KT provider branding and install a clean Korean or European Software Build. I'm not new to flash phone (did this a few years ago, but since then a lot changed). I just wanted to ask if somebody can help me regarding the right Software and the possibility to remove the branding.
Can I remove the branding and install a clean SW from Europe/Korea? If yes, what for tools (Is ODIN enough?) and which SW would do I need? I guess there are tons of instructions but I do have a problem to figure out about the compatibility of SW and branding.
Thank you a lot
Android 10 seems like the latest version for your phone. Two OS-Updates done with that.
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Android 10 seems like the latest version for your phone. Two OS-Updates done with that.
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Hello Zentriks, thank you for the quick reply. I still get updates regarding security, same issue. Not possible to install. Apps also start to close itself after starting. This phone is a total mess. So I really would love to change the SW without any branding.