The objective of this thread is to have all the knowns issues and known (or potential) fixes for the I9300 in an OP.
Universal
There are mainly two major issues I've found around the forums: Exynos Root Exploit and Sudden Death (eMMC failure).
Exynos Root Exploit
It was fixed by Samsung in the XELLA/XELLC bootloader.
Stock ROMs collection.
Sudden Death
Appropriate fixes found in the OP.
Bootloader Exclamation Mark
Apparently after flashing LLA bootloader, the red exclamation mark notoriously keeps reappearing unless you follow very specific steps, involving TraingleAway, recovery and ODIN flashing.
Original thread
Thread listing workarounds
Android 4.2 (CyanogenMod 10.1)
NFC Fix
It seems most devices coming from Stock Jellybean 4.1 to JB 4.2 are facing broken NFC. The current considered permanent solution is to:
1) Take a Nandroid backup
2) Flash a stock 4.0 ROM
3) Switch on WiFi and NFC
4) Restore from Nandroid
There is also a separate fix for CM10.1. ONLY apply the fix if your NFC is not working.
Attachment 1638310
Official CM10.1 discussion thread
Note: Not sure if this is a CM-specific issue. Let me know if that is the case.
Universal
There are mainly two major issues I've found around the forums: Exynos Root Exploit and Sudden Death (eMMC failure).
Exynos Root Exploit
Quote:
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Originally Posted by alephzain
(Post 35469999)
Recently discover a way to obtain root on S3 without ODIN flashing.
The security hole is in kernel, exactly with the device /dev/exynos-mem. This device is R/W by all users and give access to all physical memory. |
Stock ROMs collection.
Sudden Death
Quote:
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Originally Posted by rootSU
(Post 36499838)
The "Sudden Death" issue is caused by firmware on the (16 GB) VTU00M, revision 0xf1 eMMC (Embedded MultiMedia Card or internal memory if you like). Samsungs Kernel Source Code (Update 7) has been identified as the fix.
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Bootloader Exclamation Mark
Apparently after flashing LLA bootloader, the red exclamation mark notoriously keeps reappearing unless you follow very specific steps, involving TraingleAway, recovery and ODIN flashing.
Original thread
Quote:
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Originally Posted by EdgaBimbam
(Post 32339986)
To start with, I'm flash addict and always trying to flash new roms/firmwares. However after flashing one of the newest samsung firmware i got this little red exlamation mark
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Android 4.2 (CyanogenMod 10.1)
NFC Fix
It seems most devices coming from Stock Jellybean 4.1 to JB 4.2 are facing broken NFC. The current considered permanent solution is to:
1) Take a Nandroid backup
2) Flash a stock 4.0 ROM
3) Switch on WiFi and NFC
4) Restore from Nandroid
There is also a separate fix for CM10.1. ONLY apply the fix if your NFC is not working.
Attachment 1638310
Official CM10.1 discussion thread
Note: Not sure if this is a CM-specific issue. Let me know if that is the case.