Hey there!
My wife's S3 still runs 4.1.2 as I wanted to keep it away from 4.3 update issues.
However today I had to wipe it down to a fresh and clean as it was running with great lag.
Now it is flash like a light but I just noticed on SamMobile there are 4.3 April/May releases. Kies says NA5/NA8 is waiting to bloat wife's phone. Should I do it? Issues are fixed or better to stay with 4.1.2?
Or maybe Odin it with some other country (S3 in Poland, International version, no branding)...
She is not android freak. She just need responsible phone able to call and have good battery life for some photos/facebook.
Thx in advance
4.3 is awesome IMHO but keep away from MK6 or older build, if possible, download NB6 or later, it doesn't have problems anymore like home button lag or something like that.
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Hello there
I checked "Software Update" but I did not find anything, but that's expected because my network provider is pretty slow in providing updates, especially for Android devices. I checked the SamMobile website which provides the latest updates but I couldn't find anything beyond 4.1.2, however I am certain that I saw people on this forum that own the I9300 and have 4.2+ (and my friend has it on his Google phone, whatever its model is I don't remember). Is there a way to get it? Would I have to root or is there an RUU available? I am not sure if "RUU" is the correct word, but it was when I had the HTC One X.
Thanks guys!
There is only the unofficial leak of 4.2.1 from samsung. Latest official is 4.1.2
Obviously we have aosp 4.2.2 but this is not samsung based
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How do you go about installing an unofficial leak and are there any disadvantages/dangers when doing so? Would I have to root and use Clockworkmod or can I just directly install it from Odin, for instance? And one last thing, is it going to update the baseband (or w.e it is called)? I wouldn't want that so I can revert to 4.1.2 at any time!
I'm not sure if there is an odin version tbh. I thought the leak was pretty good (rooted) but many found it buggy. It was very incomplete.
I reckon we may skip 4.2.1 anyway and go to 4.2.2 as with the s4. It can't be far off.
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Thanks a lot for your replies, mate. I guess the best thing to do is wait for 4.2 then. I wouldn't want to install a buggy firmware, I mean 4.1.2 itself isn't that stable anyway. I remember when the S3 first came out with v4.0.4, the S2 got it shortly after, so I am hoping the same scenario takes places asap.
Thanks again and cheers!
Hello
I am just wondering I have got android 4.1.2 stock firmware on my samsung galaxy s3 but I cant upgrade using kies. I would like to upgrade to 4.3 and I know the only way possible is by flashing it which im fine with. However i need to ask if i did, would i loose all my current user data so apps, contacts and so on?
Thanks
Vanilla-Kush said:
Hello
I am just wondering I have got android 4.1.2 stock firmware on my samsung galaxy s3 but I cant upgrade using kies. I would like to upgrade to 4.3 and I know the only way possible is by flashing it which im fine with. However i need to ask if i did, would i loose all my current user data so apps, contacts and so on?
Thanks
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if its 4.1.2 stock firmware than it doesn't need factory reset, but i have seen some users having a boot loop while doing so and to remove the boot loop issue they have to factory reset and wipe cache partition. it would be better if u backup everything before you do this(recommended)..
Backup evrythng using titanium backup or a similar app and restore the data after flashing the 4.3 rom..
Vanilla-Kush said:
Hello
I am just wondering I have got android 4.1.2 stock firmware on my samsung galaxy s3 but I cant upgrade using kies.
Kies will have the 4.3 update when it is released for your phone .
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The firmware hasn't been released yet for all carriers in all regions.
You could download it and flash it, thought.
Vanilla-Kush said:
Hello
I am just wondering I have got android 4.1.2 stock firmware on my samsung galaxy s3 but I cant upgrade using kies. I would like to upgrade to 4.3 and I know the only way possible is by flashing it which im fine with. However i need to ask if i did, would i loose all my current user data so apps, contacts and so on?
Thanks
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Normally upgrade to a higher version should retain user data, apps & contacts. few weeks before i upgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.3 without loosing anything. But always backup the required data is suggested.
regards
Sunil
One word of advice: the i9300 4.3 update is VERY laggy and full of battery drain bugs. I would remain on 4.1.2 if I were you until Samsung releases a refreshed S3 update.
This is why the update may not be available through Kies, they pulled it as soon as UK users started complaining.
Regards,
Person who wishes he never pressed "install" on the 4.3 OTA...
I recently tried to downgrade my Galaxy S3 from Jelly Bean 4.1.2 to ICS 4.04 using Odin and a ROM file downloaded from Sammobile.
The installation was succesful and after doing a factory reset and clearing cache the phone booted up ok. It connected to my network provider for several seconds and then disconnected.
After several attempts at this process using different files, I noticed that the IMEI of my phone was no longer correct. At this point I thought I had bricked my phone by somehow corrupting the IMEI.
In an attempt to put it right, I reloaded Jelly Bean 4.1.2 and my phone now works fine again. Please can someone advise what I am doing wrong with this process and why the IMEI gets corrupted as this is obviously why the network rejects my phone when I install ICS.
If you would look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/ref-galaxy-s3-modem-radio-collection-t1740061 you will found this link for ICS ROMs: https://www.wuala.com/UpInTheAir/SGS3/Modems/I9300/ICS/?key=n0KVwtIMZPE8 . From here, select CWM folder if you want to flash the modem via recovery, or the Odin one if you want to flash it with Odin. Choone one of the file, download it, and then flash it via the method you want.
QuickQuestion: Why would you wanna use ICS when it has been released 4.3 for our device, and 4.4 it is said to be released in the following weeks (Hope so! ). If you want, you can answer, if not, it'ss not a big problem
Thanks for the reply. Is this the reason my IMEI is corrupted when I flash a PDA from Sammobile? I am new to using Odin etc and followed the instructions on the website.
There are some features I liked in ICS that were removed in Jelly Bean, such as direct access to words in the custom dictionary and the 3 x 4 keypad that was removed in 4.3. I already downgraded from 4.3 to 4.1.2 but wanted to try ICS 4.04. So far I can install it but cannot get a network connection for more than a few seconds.
#EDIT: After further research this problem appears to be an issue with the phone's EFS data. I have now used EFS Professional to back up this important area. What I don't know is can I restore this backed up EFS data to correct the problem I'm having when I downgrade Jelly Bean 4.1.2 to ICS 4.04?
andyb1712 said:
Thanks for the reply. Is this the reason my IMEI is corrupted when I flash a PDA from Sammobile? I am new to using Odin etc and followed the instructions on the website.
There are some features I liked in ICS that were removed in Jelly Bean, such as direct access to words in the custom dictionary and the 3 x 4 keypad that was removed in 4.3. I already downgraded from 4.3 to 4.1.2 but wanted to try ICS 4.04. So far I can install it but cannot get a network connection for more than a few seconds.
#EDIT: After further research this problem appears to be an issue with the phone's EFS data. I have now used EFS Professional to back up this important area. What I don't know is can I restore this backed up EFS data to correct the problem I'm having when I downgrade Jelly Bean 4.1.2 to ICS 4.04?
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If you have a 16GB s3, u might want to keep JB, 16GB ICS S3 has the possibility for sudden death. But, i too am considering going back to ICS, Jellybean is a joke, it lags way more than ICS does. Trying to force the system to constantly render at 60FPS is hardware demanding and was probably a temporary approach. Its unfortunate that ICS ROMS are no longer available for download. Also, i doubt kitkat would be released for our phone.
My S3 is 16Gb and was originally shipped with Jelly Bean. I watched a Youtube video comparing ICS and Jelly Bean and ICS was faster responding in virtually every test, despite the guy doing it being pro Jelly Bean.
I don't know much about the 'sudden death' problem with ICS on 16Gb models but from what little I've read, I thought this was more of a hardware issue due to defective memory chips and/or main boards?
My S3 updated to Jelly Bean 4.3 last December and I wasn't happy because they had removed the 3x4 Samsung keypad that I like to use. I tried a number of different keypads from Play Store but in the end decided to downgrade to 4.1.2, which went without a hitch.
My attempts to do the same with ICS 4.04 did not go so well and I'm still not sure why the IMEI was corrupted or even more surprising, that it was corrected when I re flashed 4.1.2
andyb1712 said:
My S3 is 16Gb and was originally shipped with Jelly Bean. I watched a Youtube video comparing ICS and Jelly Bean and ICS was faster responding in virtually every test, despite the guy doing it being pro Jelly Bean.
I don't know much about the 'sudden death' problem with ICS on 16Gb models but from what little I've read, I thought this was more of a hardware issue due to defective memory chips and/or main boards?
My S3 updated to Jelly Bean 4.3 last December and I wasn't happy because they had removed the 3x4 Samsung keypad that I like to use. I tried a number of different keypads from Play Store but in the end decided to downgrade to 4.1.2, which went without a hitch.
My attempts to do the same with ICS 4.04 did not go so well and I'm still not sure why the IMEI was corrupted or even more surprising, that it was corrected when I re flashed 4.1.2
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Not sure exactly how the sudden death works, i just know it affects 16GB s3 variants. I know the video you are referring to, i watched the exact same one. I think most people got caught up in the hype of JB and forgot how good ICS was.
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Not sure exactly how the sudden death works, i just know it affects 16GB s3 variants. I know the video you are referring to, i watched the exact same one. I think most people got caught up in the hype of JB and forgot how good ICS was.
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The Youtube video made me laugh as it was supposed to encourage you to want the Jelly Bean upgrade, when all it did was make me want to run ICS even more! I tried a friend's Galaxy S2 with ICS the other day and it was smoother and faster responding than my S3.
I hope to have another go at getting it working but also I am concerned I probably came close to bricking my handset last time because I do not know enough about the process. This wouldn't be good as I still have another year on my network contract to go.
Do post here if you succeed in downgrading to 4.0.4 as I am also looking for it but it's not working
And best of luck
Unless you have a backup of your efs folder, from before firmware EMG4 then you cannot downgrade.
EFS format was changed at EMG4 to v2, earlier roms are incompatible with v2 and later roms incompatible with v1 so IMEI will be corrupt.
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Thanks for the info.
My S3 was shipped with EMG4, so unfortunately I don't have any efs data that I can use with earlier ICS firmwares. I was trying in vain to load BLG8 but it just resulted in a corrupted IMEI and no network.
Unless there is some way of converting saved v2 efs data to the earlier format, then I will have to stick with the Android version I have.
Why are you not trying 4.3 or custom rom mate? My god if your phone is giving u problem u should try to tame it. Very smooth, the nb6 firmware. Or at least let yourself try a custom rom for instance temasek.
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I have tried the Official Samsung 4.3 release but didn't like that they removed the 3x4 Samsung Keypad, which I prefer to use. I've tried custom firmwares on my old phone (Galaxy Ace) but never had much success with installing them or getting things to work properly after.
My S3 is still under contract for another year and my skills in this area of modifying are beginner level at best, so I plan to do a lot more reading on here and a lot less messing around with the phone firmware until I know more about it.
andyb1712 said:
I have tried the Official Samsung 4.3 release but didn't like that they removed the 3x4 Samsung Keypad, which I prefer to use. I've tried custom firmwares on my old phone (Galaxy Ace) but never had much success with installing them or getting things to work properly after.
My S3 is still under contract for another year and my skills in this area of modifying are beginner level at best, so I plan to do a lot more reading on here and a lot less messing around with the phone firmware until I know more about it.
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Your phone lag is because of Samsung bloatwares, get rid of it and you would be fine. Temporarily suggestions would be hang on 4.12 and try greenify. U don't need root but root would give you he best out of it. Look up cf autoroot and begin your journey.
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had installed android 4.3 on s3 but then I installed 4.0.4 after that I had no gsm connectivity see the block sign between battery and wifi. I have gsm connectivity on 4.3 but not on 4.0.4. A guy told me that it has something to do with the bootloader. I wish to install 4.0.4 stock ICS BTU rom if there's a way do tell me. Thanks in anticipation!
Ya i tried this as well because i was really considering downgrading to ICS. IMO it runs way better than jellybean. If anyone knows how to do this, please, enlighten us. For now, just reflash the 4.3 ROM to get your signal back. As i understand it, once you go to 4.3, you need to do a downgrade, you cant just flash the ROM, if anyone can explain the process, that would be great.
For the record, if you have a 16GB S3, i wouldn't recommend the downgrade, the 16GB was subject to a sudden death syndrome and the fix is not included in ICS. If you have 32GB+ then you safe.
I have a 16 GB version of s3 I think then I should go for cyanogen
abubakarsohail said:
I have a 16 GB version of s3 I think then I should go for cyanogen
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Flash a modem that's MG4 above, this is asked hundreds of times a day, use the search.
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Better still flash a decent 4.3 ROM. Is there a good reason why you want to go back all the way to 4.0.4? Did you skip 4.1.2 altogether? That was better than 4.0.4, but my brief experience of 4.3, after the initial problems with the disastrous MJ9 release were resolved, is that it's the best yet.
I was on Jelly Bean 4.3 but the battery was bad so I downloaded a stock rom of ICS 4.0.4 & cannot get any reception. My IEMI & IEMISV is messed up & is showing 0049 at the start of the IEMI. But if I go back to Jelly Bean I'm able to get reception & the IEMI & SV is fixed but I don't want to do that. I tried restoring the EFS but it didn't do anything. As a lot of features are absent in Jelly Bean & the battery life is horrible. Can anyone help me? Here's the Rom's details
Greece 2012 August 4.0.4
CSC: I9300EURBLH1
PDA: I9300XXBLH1
No, you can't. 4.0 has SDS anyway.
What do you mean I can't? I'm on the firmware right now but just not getting any reception. Why would the rom be up on Sammobile if I wasn't able to go back to 4.0.4?
SmithO77 said:
What do you mean I can't? I'm on the firmware right now but just not getting any reception. Why would the rom be up on Sammobile if I wasn't able to go back to 4.0.4?
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because it got uploaded when it came arround. with 4.3 Samsung changed the efs partition to efsv2, while older roms / modems uses efsv1 format, thats why there is no signal, some patched modems/kernel may be able to fix.
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No, you can't. 4.0 has SDS anyway.
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Partitialy Wrong SDS is caused by the nand´s firmware,while has been "fixed"(i remember they do some sanity checks now instead of fully fixing by upgrading the firmware, as they did on s2) on UK 4.1.2 bootloader or on every 4.3 bootloader, if the phone came with updated firmware, it will run the ics normally(my phone ran ics for about an year with no problems, but it was the 2nd one, my day one crashed twice or more in a day)
Bootloader on the s3 is a separate kernel from firmware, if either is missing the sds fix then sds can occur. If you run any 4.0 firmware then you risk sds, it doesn't matter what the bootloader is.
Hey, thanks for the help. I honestly can't believe Samsung would do this. I'm actually getting good standby time, it's the screen time that's not good. I'm getting about 2 hours & a 1/2 (sometimes 3). Before I was getting worse but since I've disabled google now & location reporting that's where it's at. I don't remember this kind of bad battery life on ICS. I'll be buying another GT-I9300, selling this one, and making sure I don't upgrade. Won't be buying another Samsung device again. Just look at these wakelocks from Jelly Bean. It doesn't matter if I find the culprit that's doing alot of wakelocks as another just takes it's place, it's like an app has to be draining down the battery. Just Crazy!
Try the 4.2.2 leak with patched modem: https://www.dropbox.com/s/geispctijpxqjms/Patched_Modem_I9300XXEMG4.zip?dl=1 I'm getting good performance and battery with this setup
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