Hello, I would like to ask something.
I knew that recently Samsung has released 4.3 update for Samsung Galaxy SIII International Version. The 4.3 update hasn't reach my country yet. I would like to know is it possible for me to flash another country's official frimware? Is there any negative effects?
Meanwhile, if I flash the latest stock rom back to my phone, will it be unrooted?
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Yes, you can flash a rom from another country -which includes a modem for another country. If the modem is unsuitable you will lose signal strength or even all connection.
Of course if you flash an unrooted stock rom then your phone will be unrooted, that's the whole point.
Unless you are confident in flashing modems and kernels I would not advise using 4.3 yet -it isn't reliable unless you can replace both.
Thanks for the quick reply
In that case, is it possible to flash just the ROM without the modem/baseband? (SamMobile ROMs come with seperate PDA, Modem)
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If your current baseband is EMGx or later then yes, you can flash just the rom.
Alright.
Thanks for your help
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Here:http://www.mediafire.com/?u9lmvtrn9lxvcot
can i flash it on my phone bought from germany?
yes it will work but if you want a germany version then here:http://www.mediafire.com/?v6tpdgvj07wcptf
may i ask why you two a requesting stock kernels.
Thanks darkshadow
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Posible provide stock rom for malaysia user as well.
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darkshadow1997 said:
yes it will work but if you want a germany version then here:http://www.mediafire.com/?v6tpdgvj07wcptf
may i ask why you two a requesting stock kernels.
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thanks bro.i might sell this so i need stock kernel.i want to make it completly stock
if you are trying to remove traces of custom kernel/rom then the easiest way was to reflash the stock rom.if you want a stock rom then there is a site where you can download it but you has to register(its free) to download,Links:http://www.mod2xtreme.com/showthread.php?t=11661.you might lose your data so backup.
I think my phone has a problem so I'm planning to take it back to the place where i bought and get it replaced (as it's only been like a week)
However i rooted my phone, so i was planning to use triangle away to remove this, but it says i need to reflash with the stock firmware to be perfect, but the stock firmware for my region did not come out yet.
What should i do?
Please give me some help
eljuwenbur said:
I think my phone has a problem so I'm planning to take it back to the place where i bought and get it replaced (as it's only been like a week)
However i rooted my phone, so i was planning to use triangle away to remove this, but it says i need to reflash with the stock firmware to be perfect, but the stock firmware for my region did not come out yet.
What should i do?
Please give me some help
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Flash an older firmware flash your original saved firmware flash the original firmware downloaded from CHECKFUS .
jje
the firmwares not out
JJEgan said:
Flash an older firmware flash your original saved firmware flash the original firmware downloaded from CHECKFUS .
jje
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I have Australian Vodafone SGS3
and it's stock firmware did not come out yet...
so... it's not on CHECKFUS
This is my problem...
Ask for this guys Nandroid.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28139013&postcount=408
Then read this thread, might help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721380
Other than that, with no firmware, you're.....
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Fornowagain said:
Ask for this guys Nandroid.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28139013&postcount=408
Then read this thread, might help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721380
Other than that, with no firmware, you're.....
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I will try this method
Hey I'm Australian and own an S3.. I'm sick of Vodafone update strategy.. I want to root, what do you think?
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Ye root it, i rooted it too, except i think i need a replacement cause my phone has a problem.
Rooting could do lots of stuff.
If you ain't that good with computers and you don't want to stress yourself finding stuffs and working on it, don't do it cause it can risk your phone and might not brick.
Otherwise it's great to root
I've had the GNex.. I just hope it's as easy. Vodafone seriously piss me off..
I think Im Gonna root it.. just regret I didn't do that the moment I got it.. cause I seriously can't be stuffed going through the whole set up process again..
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Hey I'm Australian and own an S3.. I'm sick of Vodafone update strategy.. I want to root, what do you think?
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Why root it has nothing to do with updates or stock roms .
jje
Would I be able to flash the latest original firmware without root?
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well actually looking at your statistics i think you know well
hahaha
SGS3 doesn't really need root, as it is already good enough
but can make it better with root i think
yes
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Would I be able to flash the latest original firmware without root?
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flashing is just to do with odin...so
if you get the firmware file and use odin
no need of rooting
Ohhh okay cool.. do you know any links that can help me flash the unbranded ROM for the S3 and if I flash that Rom.. would I still be able to receive OTA updates?
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not sure
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Ohhh okay cool.. do you know any links that can help me flash the unbranded ROM for the S3 and if I flash that Rom.. would I still be able to receive OTA updates?
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I've read a post in
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28450982#post28450982
somewhere here i think about unbranded XSA firmware
you can download this and flash it with odin
I'm not sure about the OTA update, as it's generally released by Samsung or the carrier...so
Thanks so much for your help..
Really appreciate it.. I found this link.. I hope it works..
http://tutorialfor-android.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/download-samsung-galaxy-s3-firmware.html?m=1
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Ahmato27 said:
Thanks so much for your help..
Really appreciate it.. I found this link.. I hope it works..
http://tutorialfor-android.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/download-samsung-galaxy-s3-firmware.html?m=1
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You can also download latest Official Firmwares from http://samfirmware.com
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Yes. But you'll be able to do so with root too...
Many people confuse the two, so just to clarify:
Rooting means having a tiny modification in the phone's operating system so it doesn't restrict you from superuser commands.This will not affect your installed data or ability to upgrade.
Custom Roms is replacing the stock rom with a new operating system package someone else built which may or may not largely differ from Samsung's own version.
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I just want an official non branded ROM .so I can get the latest updates without carrier delays .
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There are always delays, whether carrier-, region-, or whatever-related.
You can flash the newer Rom's through Odin tough (again: the flashcounter does not increase with original ROM's) to get it as soon as the file is released.
Unbranded S1's had to wait several months for Froyo update over here...
Where can I find the latest official firmware?
Also since I'm in Australia.. does it matter what region firmware I update to? Say.. can I update to an European based firmware?
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Hello guys
How are you doing?
I hope everyone is doing well.
I have Samsung Galaxy S III international GT-I9300 running ROM with BB version of I9300XXLFB.
Samsung has released JB updates to almost all Levant region countries except for the LF3 CSC (KSA version). I don't know why Samsung is so lazy in terms of their system updates and customer service.
Anyway, I decided to manually update to JB of another Levant country (UAE).
When I had my device rooted before, the device status changed from "Normal" to "Modified", even after unrooting and flashing the stock ROM. I needed to fully go to stock by wiping my data and using TriangleAway in order to reset it back to normal. My device now is unrooted and running stock ROM and having the device status in "Normal" mode.
My question is: if I flash the ROM using Odin and choose "F. Reset Time" in it, will the device status change to "modified"? Will that affect automatic OTA future updates?
Depends if your flashing a Samsung ROM or unofficial kernel etc
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Depends if your flashing a Samsung ROM or unofficial kernel etc
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Yes, it is an official stock JB ROM by Samsung but for another country. It is a ROM provided by SamMobile.com, and it supports Kies.
Then it should be fine buddy
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Thanks buddy
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Hi I'm running CM10 nightlies and was wondering if you can flash ANY modem. My carrier is telus and I want a telus modem. Can anyone tell me if I can?
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Any modem made for the galaxy so phones. Many people mistakenly call them Go modem or ICS modem. Its really the chips on the main board, not the operating system version.
So my modem when I flashed jb stayed the same?
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Yes, unless the developer said he included a modem in the rom package (read the first post of that rom), you have what you had before. And you can flash any modem you want.
I can't figure out myself how it actually is...
If I have stock XWLSD firmware and I flash XWLSM or any other firmware will my phone brick or that only matters if you change kernel and other stuff?
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Scatrix said:
I can't figure out myself how it actually is...
If I have stock XWLSD firmware and I flash XWLSM or any other firmware will my phone brick or that only matters if you change kernel and other stuff?
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You will brick your phone only if you do a factory reset from recovery with STOCK 4.0.4 kernel.
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Aren't those ROMs JB?
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I can't figure out myself how it actually is...
If I have stock XWLSD firmware and I flash XWLSM or any other firmware will my phone brick or that only matters if you change kernel and other stuff?
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When u flash a firmware via odin, it replaces the current one completely, so it doesn't matter which build u were on.
Bricking occurs when u
- flash a firmware not meant for ur phone
- flash a wrong kernel
- wipe using temporary cwm on 4.0.4
- flash a corrupted firmware
- interrupt a flash by pulling the cable or battery drains out.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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immortalneo said:
When u flash a firmware via odin, it replaces the current one completely, so it doesn't matter which build u were on.
Bricking occurs when u
- flash a firmware not meant for ur phone
- flash a wrong kernel
- wipe using temporary cwm on 4.0.4
- flash a corrupted firmware
- interrupt a flash by pulling the cable or battery drains out.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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Ah, you missed one major point(which usually happens) wiping using stock recovery in 4.0.4 also bricks the device, but this kind of bricking happens only if you're effected by the brick bug there's an app in the play store which will check whether you are effected by the brick bug, and believe me most of the emmc chips are effected (for the record my S2 isn't effected but my tab is).
The important thing to remember is that you should not use any kernels having emmc_cap_erase value set as '1' that includes the stock 4.0.4 kernel and an old version of Siyah, so no matter the recovery if you are on these kind of kernels and if you wipe when your device is effected... Voila expensive paperweight.
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king_below_my_lord said:
Ah, you missed one major point(which usually happens) wiping using stock recovery in 4.0.4 also bricks the device, but this kind of bricking happens only if you're effected by the brick bug
The important thing to remember is that you should not use any kernels having emmc_cap_erase value set as '1'
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Yes, I did miss that. Thank you for pointing it out.
The possibility of brickbug while on stock kernels has been told by Entropy, but I haven't seen many people report it. So I guess I forgot about that.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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Does it matter flashing firmwares via odin or with the phone?
I know that the custom roms are made to be zip flashable so you can install them with the phone, but aren't the stock firmwares too?
Since I am on JB I guess the 4.0.4 bug doesn't matter...
So I can completely flash any firmware for JB 4.1.2 without having any problems?
How can I flash a wrong kernel?
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Scatrix said:
Does it matter flashing firmwares via odin or with the phone?
I know that the custom roms are made to be zip flashable so you can install them with the phone, but aren't the stock firmwares too?
Since I am on JB I guess the 4.0.4 bug doesn't matter...
So I can completely flash any firmware for JB 4.1.2 without having any problems?
How can I flash a wrong kernel?
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Nope stock firmware are always given as tar files, yes you can flash any region's firmware for JB 4.1.2 without any problem, just make sure to get one for the right model as there are firmwares for other variants which might confuse you.
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Scatrix said:
problems?
How can I flash a wrong kernel?
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By flashing a kernel that doesn't support ur rom, or a kernel for another device.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
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king_below_my_lord said:
Nope stock firmware are always given as tar files, yes you can flash any region's firmware for JB 4.1.2 without any problem, just make sure to get one for the right model as there are firmwares for other variants which might confuse you.
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I know what model to get since I am using international version because I took it almost 2 years ago.
But can I make that tar files zip flashable with android kitchen?
If I flash another carrier firmware will it block the sim in that carrier?
So I guess the tar. files can only be flashed puting phone in download mode with odin...
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Scatrix said:
I know what model to get since I am using international version because I took it almost 2 years ago.
But can I make that tar files zip flashable with android kitchen?
If I flash another carrier firmware will it block the sim in that carrier?
So I guess the tar. files can only be flashed puting phone in download mode with odin...
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Whoa tiger!! Yes you can actually convert the tar files into flashable zip using kitchen, carrier specific firmware are usually for locked devices but i dont know what could happen if you actually flashed it my advice stay away from it if you have an unlocked international version, and locked phones can always be unlocked, there is another way of flashing without using pc odin ie. by using mobile odin which is made and maintained by Chainfire, you only need to use your phone and possibly its more safer but you need root access.
Edit: I almost forgot, when you are using kitchen you have to be very very careful because you will have several options like to add root by using a modified kernel which matches your OS version, I would say that you must use it IF ONLY you know what you are doing, and you can also deodex if you want but some kind of glitches can pop up anywhere.
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Whoa tiger!! Yes you can actually convert the tar files into flashable zip using kitchen, carrier specific firmware are usually for locked devices but i dont know what could happen if you actually flashed it my advice stay away from it if you have an unlocked international version, and locked phones can always be unlocked, there is another way of flashing without using pc odin ie. by using mobile odin which is made and maintained by Chainfire, you only need to use your phone and possibly its more safer but you need root access.
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I have root and I have unlocked my phone with spocky's apk.
I don't plan to flash a stock firmware. I plan to get one to make the few chsnges I want via android kitchen, give it root accses and the stuff so then I flash it.
Do you guys have any advice on choosing the build number? I heard the XWLSD is a more free bug and stable version of XWLSM which my carrier use. I also saw alot of roms in development for XWLSN... and modem?
May I get forever sim unlocked device by flashing an unbranded firmware?
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I have root and I have unlocked my phone with spocky's apk.
I don't plan to flash a stock firmware. I plan to get one to make the few chsnges I want via android kitchen, give it root accses and the stuff so then I flash it.
Do you guys have any advice on choosing the build number? I heard the XWLSD is a more free bug and stable version of XWLSM which my carrier use. I also saw alot of roms in development for XWLSN... and modem?
May I get forever sim unlocked device by flashing an unbranded firmware?
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That i cant tell you dude, in fact I don't know what your carrier is,and I have a unlocked device so maybe other members can help you with that, XWLSN is pretty stable and I myself use it but I think the XWLSS one is better, since you are going to unlock anyway why don't you use XWLSS build?
Edit: Ah the modem In my opinion LS6 is better but some people prefer LS8 anyway its according to upto the user change modems continuously until you find the fastest thats my policy.
Edit: Flashing an unbranded firmware will still lock the device.
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That i cant tell you dude, in fact I don't know what your carrier is,and I have a unlocked device so maybe other members can help you with that, XWLSN is pretty stable and I myself use it but I think the XWLSS one is better, since you are going to unlock anyway why don't you use XWLSS build?
Edit: Ah the modem In my opinion LS6 is better but some people prefer LS8 anyway its according to upto the user change modems continuously until you find the fastest thats my policy.
Edit: Flashing an unbranded firmware will still lock the device.
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I searched on sammobile and saw the XWLSS.
Well if it would still be locked on what carrier would it?
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I searched on sammobile and saw the XWLSS.
Well if it would still be locked on what carrier would it?
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It will be locked to the carrier which locked the device in the first place. ie. The carrier from which you bought the device.
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Whoa tiger!! Yes you can actually convert the tar files into flashable zip using kitchen, carrier specific firmware are usually for locked devices but i dont know what could happen if you actually flashed it my advice stay away from it if you have an unlocked international version, and locked phones can always be unlocked, there is another way of flashing without using pc odin ie. by using mobile odin which is made and maintained by Chainfire, you only need to use your phone and possibly its more safer but you need root access.
Edit: I almost forgot, when you are using kitchen you have to be very very careful because you will have several options like to add root by using a modified kernel which matches your OS version, I would say that you must use it IF ONLY you know what you are doing, and you can also deodex if you want but some kind of glitches can pop up anywhere.
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I know I can use siyah kernel which I am using right now.
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Scatrix said:
I know I can use siyah kernel which I am using right now.
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Well, good luck :thumbup:
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Mobile Odin to flash stock + galaxysim unlock (xda thread) in case it re-unlock itself.
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I seem to have another problem though. I puted the zip I downloaded from sammobile in the original_update folder and I can't create a working folder...
What can I do to make it work?
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