hello all!
it's been awhile when i last flashed my rooted s3. the firmware which i've used is: I9300XXUGMK6
it worked well, but now it's struggling and hanging. goes back to the home screen from itself and such.
i don't have much extra apps running, almost slim. i do have one of those devices which have this
memory bug. has this been resolved by now or can i dodge this device into the trash??
besides that, i've looked through the forums but can't get along with all the thread jungle here.
is there any newer version than 4.3 which is able to run on this device? i've read that 4.4 kitkat
isn't made for this device but've also seen that some guys managed to fix something together.
is it save yet to use such a firmware or is there any firmware which fixes the memory bug?
sincerly
kuraigu said:
hello all!
it's been awhile when i last flashed my rooted s3. the firmware which i've used is: I9300XXUGMK6
it worked well, but now it's struggling and hanging. goes back to the home screen from itself and such.
i don't have much extra apps running, almost slim. i do have one of those devices which have this
memory bug. has this been resolved by now or can i dodge this device into the trash??
besides that, i've looked through the forums but can't get along with all the thread jungle here.
is there any newer version than 4.3 which is able to run on this device? i've read that 4.4 kitkat
isn't made for this device but've also seen that some guys managed to fix something together.
is it save yet to use such a firmware or is there any firmware which fixes the memory bug?
sincerly
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It's normal, every rom after more time of use may lag or freeze, a solution is to format internal sdcard or flash a AOSP custom rom like cyanogenmod, omnirom etc
kuraigu said:
hello all!
it's been awhile when i last flashed my rooted s3. the firmware which i've used is: I9300XXUGMK6
it worked well, but now it's struggling and hanging. goes back to the home screen from itself and such.
i don't have much extra apps running, almost slim. i do have one of those devices which have this
memory bug. has this been resolved by now or can i dodge this device into the trash??
besides that, i've looked through the forums but can't get along with all the thread jungle here.
is there any newer version than 4.3 which is able to run on this device? i've read that 4.4 kitkat
isn't made for this device but've also seen that some guys managed to fix something together.
is it save yet to use such a firmware or is there any firmware which fixes the memory bug?
sincerly
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try dummy file generator
kryoarg said:
try dummy file generator
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don't understand this, but I suggest [Nano 8.1](http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-ncsrom-v8-0-nh4-19-09-2014-t2895496) : your S3 will fly. With 4.4-TouchWiz-Roms I would wait still 2 month...
kuraigu said:
hello all!
it's been awhile when i last flashed my rooted s3. the firmware which i've used is: I9300XXUGMK6
it worked well, but now it's struggling and hanging. goes back to the home screen from itself and such.
i don't have much extra apps running, almost slim. i do have one of those devices which have this
memory bug. has this been resolved by now or can i dodge this device into the trash??
besides that, i've looked through the forums but can't get along with all the thread jungle here.
is there any newer version than 4.3 which is able to run on this device? i've read that 4.4 kitkat
isn't made for this device but've also seen that some guys managed to fix something together.
is it save yet to use such a firmware or is there any firmware which fixes the memory bug?
sincerly
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The memory bug you are referring to only affected CM based roms and not the others.
There are quite a few kitkat roms for the i9300.
Ditch the stock and flash something else.
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Hey guys, I just did an OTA sw update (spanish official 4.1.2 rom, rooted & no other modifications).
Since it didn't contain any useful info other than it's a software upgrade, I'm confused about it. What did they upgrade for me? Was it rom related? I haven't noticed anything different about it so far.
Any info about it is welcome.
Sent from my GT-I9100
yeremiya said:
Hey guys, I just did an OTA sw update (spanish official 4.1.2 rom, rooted & no other modifications).
Since it didn't contain any useful info other than it's a software upgrade, I'm confused about it. What did they upgrade for me? Was it rom related? I haven't noticed anything different about it so far.
Any info about it is welcome.
Sent from my GT-I9100
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That 22 mb update will get you to LSD.
Thanks for the info!
Btw, just found out that the OTA has in fact failed, so I tried doing the upgrade via Kies. It went well, except for the fact the root has been removed by the update and I had to re-root. Also, the CWM I flashed a few days ago was gone too (but I used stock rom to root).
The changes I have seen with this update is only that my kernel now has a new build date (31. jan 2013).
can you post a review or comparison with your old rom (I assume it was LS8),
Cordobes2k said:
can you post a review or comparison with your old rom (I assume it was LS8),
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Well, I can't really post anything useful, since I was looking for "the perfect rom" from the moment 4.1.2 official appeared. Before that, I was on 4.0.4 official. The only real thing I've noticed (between this and all other roms I've tried out) is that I have a bit high battery drains if I keep WiFi turned on while at my office. I've figured it's something about the router itself (never use Apple made routers!), so I "fixed" it by not using WiFi at work.
Sorry for not being more informative, haven't really done any elaborate testing apart from noticing obvious things like battery drains. The only thing I can say for sure is - 4.1.2 >>> 4.0.4 and 4.1.2 official >>> custom roms for me.
Hi,
Is there any way to install Android 4.4.4 without having to root my phone? Seems like every root I have tried have halfway broken camera, but I still want KitKat running on my phone.
Fyttikatta said:
Hi,
Is there any way to install Android 4.4.4 without having to root my phone? Seems like every root I have tried have halfway broken camera, but I still want KitKat running on my phone.
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No,you cant flash custom roms without root.
Rooting is pretty easy.Just search the forums and you will find one ! GL :good:
@Fyttikatta: here you find instruction and download for rooting. Before, flash the last firmware, also with Odin, and make a factory reset in recovery (to repair the camera item).
Yes, I'm familiar with rooting, but every ROM I have installed have not worked with Snapchat's record function as well as the camera requires rebooting like every 2nd time I open the app. It becomes quite frustrating, therefore I'm looking for a ROM with a "working" camera
If you want the hardware to work perfectly then you'll have to stick to either stock or stock based rom.
boomboomer said:
If you want the hardware to work perfectly then you'll have to stick to either stock or stock based rom.
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Well, if Samsung could get their sh|t together we wouldn't have had to root our phones.
The only time I've been able to send full length videos on Snapchat was with blekota's s5 rom ages ago. I'm on the latest archidroid right now and loving it, I mean the camera has crashed a couple of times and still video recording cuts out but I've learnt to live with it until I uninstall Snapchat which seems to only crash the camera for me
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
Fyttikatta said:
Well, if Samsung could get their sh|t together we wouldn't have had to root our phones.
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Root is irrelevant to custom rom, they all come rooted. If you want kitkat with native hardware support then buy a newer phone.
boomboomer said:
Root is irrelevant to custom rom, they all come rooted. If you want kitkat with native hardware support then buy a newer phone.
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So basically what you are saying is that if you have a PC with Windows Vista, you should buy a new one to get Windows 7? At least with Samsung's flagship phones, the Galaxy S series, they should support for OS upgrades more than a year. Even the S4 have Lollipop, why shouln't the S3 have KK?
PC is totally different, no comparison could be made as Microsoft doesn't own or control the hardware. S3 is over three years old and doesn't have enough memory to run 4.4 stock, yes it could run it but Samsung decided not to bother writing a slimmer firmware.
boomboomer said:
PC is totally different, no comparison could be made as Microsoft doesn't own or control the hardware. S3 is over three years old and doesn't have enough memory to run 4.4 stock, yes it could run it but Samsung decided not to bother writing a slimmer firmware.
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That is still no excuse. KitKat was released only a year after the S3, and I have been running different versions of it on my S3 with better performance than with stock. Still they decided to give the S4 an overhaul with Lollipop two years after it's release.
Hello everyone,
I have recently purchased this phone from my (much) younger brother, who is requires it for school next year. I got it for only £25 used, which was a bargain in my opinion.
My plans are to upgrade it directly to Cyanogenmod 12.1 Lollipop, as I use the same ROM on my other two devices (Nexus 7 2k13, Moto G)
However, I have just found out about the "superbrick" bug which affects our devices. I ran Chainfires app, and it said that my emmc chip and firmware were known to cause issues. The phone is currently still on android version 4.0.3 (ics), so am I right in saying that the superbrick bug is present on this phone currently?
Therefore, what is the best way that I can safely upgrade the phone to Cyanogenmod 12.1, without experiencing this bug? In addition, does CM 12 have the "fix" for superbrick, so that it will not happen again in the future?
Finally, I have read a bit about system partitioning. I would quite like to not have to do this, so can I just Flash CM 12 with the MINI GApps, and not run into any issues?
Thanks a lot for the support, and I look forward to receiving and answer
xN1ghtShadoWx said:
Hello everyone,
I have recently purchased this phone from my (much) younger brother, who is requires it for school next year. I got it for only £25 used, which was a bargain in my opinion.
My plans are to upgrade it directly to Cyanogenmod 12.1 Lollipop, as I use the same ROM on my other two devices (Nexus 7 2k13, Moto G)
However, I have just found out about the "superbrick" bug which affects our devices. I ran Chainfires app, and it said that my emmc chip and firmware were known to cause issues. The phone is currently still on android version 4.0.3 (ics), so am I right in saying that the superbrick bug is present on this phone currently?
Therefore, what is the best way that I can safely upgrade the phone to Cyanogenmod 12.1, without experiencing this bug? In addition, does CM 12 have the "fix" for superbrick, so that it will not happen again in the future?
Finally, I have read a bit about system partitioning. I would quite like to not have to do this, so can I just Flash CM 12 with the MINI GApps, and not run into any issues?
Thanks a lot for the support, and I look forward to receiving and answer
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First thing I would do is upgrade to jellybean stock. The kernel you have(4.0.3) is vulnerable to the superbrick bug, and rooting the phone from 4.1.2 is easier/safer. Once you do this, you almost never need to worry about this bug again, as the newer kernels are safe. From there use philz kernel to root the phone. Just follow the steps in that thread and match the kernel to the rom. Have a good read, but particularly the 2nd and 3rd posts. Then you need a "kitkat compatible" recovery to flash cm12. You can use the newer philz recovery from HERE. Just flash it then reboot straight back to recovery. Then flash cm12 and gapps etc as normal
Bootloader
Hi, I have recovery installed fine, but inside the CM 12 rom zip, I see a boot.img. If I brick my phone whilst installing the rom, can I still unbrick with the offical 4.1.2 firmware via odin?
Thanks!
xN1ghtShadoWx said:
Hi, I have recovery installed fine, but inside the CM 12 rom zip, I see a boot.img. If I brick my phone whilst installing the rom, can I still unbrick with the offical 4.1.2 firmware via odin?
Thanks!
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Don't worry about that. That is just the kernel(not bootloader if thats what you thought). Yes it is fine to flash stock firmware if you need.
Hi,
I'm looking for a tutorial on how to restore stock rom on a S2 phone, since my girlfriend's device keeps crashing and freezing quite often.
After reading around for a while, I've seen many people who bricked their phones after messing with the rom.
Is there any good, working tutorial, tried by many people (so it will work for 100%) to restore stock rom of a S2 rooted phone?
I haven't backed up the stock rom anywhere, nor I can download ANY app to the device (the internal memory is full, and couldn't manage to download any app
ever since it became full, even after moving apps to sd card or freeing some data), so external apps ain't going to help here.
Android version: 4.2.2
Baseband version: I9100TJILPD
Core version: 3.0.64-CM-g32f12dd
RootBox version: RootBox-JB-i9100-V4.2
Please help me to help my girlfriend (;
Thanks!
TrustMeImEngineer said:
Hi,
I'm looking for a tutorial on how to restore stock rom on a S2 phone, since my girlfriend's device keeps crashing and freezing quite often.
After reading around for a while, I've seen many people who bricked their phones after messing with the rom.
Is there any good, working tutorial, tried by many people (so it will work for 100%) to restore stock rom of a S2 rooted phone?
I haven't backed up the stock rom anywhere, nor I can download ANY app to the device (the internal memory is full, and couldn't manage to download any app
ever since it became full, even after moving apps to sd card or freeing some data), so external apps ain't going to help here.
Android version: 4.2.2
Baseband version: I9100TJILPD
Core version: 3.0.64-CM-g32f12dd
RootBox version: RootBox-JB-i9100-V4.2
Please help me to help my girlfriend (;
Thanks!
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Hey there,
Sure mate, you can always restore your S2 without any other external app. Here is a full featured guide which will bring you to the latest official firmware released for S2 (4.1.2 - Jelly Bean). This guide includes everything from the scratch, that is, from installing Odin/Download Mode drivers.
If you have anything else in mind, feel free to ask.
Regards.
warrior1208 said:
Hey there,
Sure mate, you can always restore your S2 without any other external app. Here is a full featured guide which will bring you to the latest official firmware released for S2 (4.1.2 - Jelly Bean). This guide includes everything from the scratch, that is, from installing Odin/Download Mode drivers.
If you have anything else in mind, feel free to ask.
Regards.
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You forgot the link?
TrustMeImEngineer said:
You forgot the link?
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LOL! Sorry: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/samsung-galaxys2-i9100-unroot-official-jellybean-firmware-460777
Regards !
Hello everyone, I just joined after installing 6.0 on my Asus tf201. I have flashed ROMs from hairybean up to 6.0 and back as well as bricked this poor tablet several times. I have also replaced android with various versions of Linux using other sites so I'm no stranger to playing with nvflash and fastboot. I can also do some how-tos if anyone wants, anyways I made this thread cause I have a weird issue, I downloaded Super SU twice and both times TWRP 2.8.1.5 (I might have the numbers wrong) just rebooted like it was a soft crash or something. I would post in the thread I got the ROM from but I don't have enough posts yet, would an older version work without issue or do I have to just deal with no root ATM?
The version of Super SU that I'm trying is 2.52 BETA as the post specified that one but doesn't say if an older will work. I look forward to having a great time here, and I welcome any and all feedback.
Thank you for your time.
Tiger
Tiger,
I'd just update the recovery to the latest Area 51 version. It's got a few new features that are pretty slick. From there, grab one of the SU's from one of Taconikki's Rom's. They worked for me every time.
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I can use a howto which is current if anyone has one for flashing from stock.
Admiral688 said:
I can use a howto which is current if anyone has one for flashing from stock.
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If you still need a how-to Ill get started on it, if you do I just need to know if you have done any backups or anything in case you brick the tablet. Mine is currently running android 7.1, I havent checked to see if 8 is available yet (presuming someone ports it of course) and Ill even cover how to go back to stock if you need that info as well.
Thanks! I finally did upgrade it to 7.x and am waiting to see if someone gets an oreo build
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I keep checking every now and then, but my tf201 keeps randomly rebooting, so it hasnt seen much use as of late. I am currently working on porting ubports (formerly ubuntu touch) to my galaxy note 4 though. I might try and get it on my tf201 eventually cause when I tried it on there it was butter smooth and tank reliable. I switched it back to android cause there were no apps at the time and the build has been abandoned since then, so who knows.