topic Re: s3 4.3 update in Android

s3 4.3 update

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:28:06 GMT

I was one of the 'lucky' people to catch the upgrade to 4.3.

I've now disabled the smartstay & have been rebooting my phone after i have made any use of the GPS - this is keeping the battery life ok, but I still get dropouts when playing media files & the wake up is occasionally sluggish.

I'd be interested to know if anyone has heard any info other than the comment from samsung that they are investigating.

I'm undecided whether to reset my phone back to 4.1.2, although I have no idea how to do it, if it's going to be months until a fix then I guess it would be worth doing. Anyone heard ANYTHING? I'm not at all interested to hear about disgruntled users - these things happen & I'm sure the poor overworked developers are doing everything than can to fix the faults the test team failed to spot.

Re: s3 4.3 update

perksie — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:40:44 GMT

Nothing yet, keep in touch as you'll see it here as soon as it's available.

Re: s3 4.3 update

MI5 — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:24:31 GMT

All we know is that Samsung have acknowledge there are some serious issues and there is some new firmware out for testing with Dev's. But, we don't know how long it will be before release.
I have written a guide on here to roll back if you want to do it.....
http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Android-Devices-Samsung-HTC-Sony/HOW-TO-A-Guide-to-using-Odin/m-p/463464#M18334

Re: s3 4.3 update

jonsie — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 11:27:43 GMT

Managed to back up to Kies so will probably roll back in the next few days. Thanks for the guide MI5.

Re: s3 4.3 update

MI5 — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 11:31:16 GMT

Just shout up if you need help.... but you should be fine

Re: s3 4.3 update

Toby — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 12:24:11 GMT

Thanks for doing this MI5 its much appreciated.

I'll see if I can find out anymore news from O2's side.

@AndyMoore; Please update your thread if you find any other news out in the meantime

Re: s3 4.3 update

MI5 — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:07:32 GMT

Samsung resumes roll out.....
http://m.androidcentral.com/samsung-resumes-international-galaxy-s3-android-43-updates

Re: s3 4.3 update

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 12:39:40 GMT

received the update this morning & it does appear to be a lot better.

Re: s3 4.3 update

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:04:03 GMT

Good to hear the roll-out has started.

Can anyone advise when the update will be issued for I9300XXEMG4 phones?

Thanks,

Re: s3 4.3 update

MI5 — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:14:22 GMT

I9300XXEMG4 is the PDA version that covers many different firmware versions.

I'll need your CSC to pin point exactly what firmware you are on currently.

(Dial *#1234#)

Re: s3 4.3 update

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 07:46:17 GMT

Hi.
The CSC is I9100OXAEMG4
Thanks

GB

Re: s3 4.3 update

jonsie — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 08:55:33 GMT

Update all done and sorted
CSC now 19300OXAGMK6

Much improved performance and battery life.

Re: s3 4.3 update

MI5 — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:25:41 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Hi.
The CSC is I9300OXAEMG4
Thanks

GB

Thats standard UK unbranded firmware so you are due the udate now....

Devices are updated in batches and the updates pushed from the Samsung servers directly to your phone.

Re: s3 4.3 update

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:38:22 GMT

Hi MI5,

I hope you can help, my phone got the problematic 4.3 upgrade a few weeks ago and so is now running firmware I9300XXUGMJ9.

I am still waiting for the patch to be pushed to my phone and have been checking it a few times a day since I heard that it was coming (since Sunday) but get the usual message saying that I already have the latest updates.

My S3 is unbranded but bought from O2 with CSC I9300VFGGMJ5 - would you know if I am also due for the I9300XXUGMK6 patch? Does it make any difference that I am overseas with my phone? Will I have to wait until I'm back in the UK?

Thanks in advance - JM

Re: s3 4.3 update

MI5 — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:43:34 GMT

Hi Jams
It makes no difference where you are as the servers latch onto the CSC of the phone.
However, if you have written your CSC correctly that is a Vodafone device, but not a UK one 😞 ?
Can you check with *#1234# just to be sure

Re: s3 4.3 update

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:05:50 GMT

Yes, this is definitely the CSC - in fact, what has happened is that the push came to my phone OTA and I had all the reported issues with it, I then found what I thought to be a previously unlreleased stock firmware and flashed it to my phone - which has made a small improvement...oops :-$

Would you know where I can get the correct 4.3 firmware from so I can flash it and then wait for the patch?

Re: s3 4.3 update

MI5 — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:13:46 GMT

Understood

Go here and type i9300oxa into the search box.

This will give you the troublesome "MJ9" firmware which you need to load with Odin, then go onto the phone OTA update section and download the latest "MK6" patch file.

Re: s3 4.3 update

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:19:06 GMT

That's great - thanks very much, I'll give this a try later this afternoon!!

All the best - Jam

Re: s3 4.3 update

MI5 — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 11:21:11 GMT

No worries - Shout up if you need any help.

Re: s3 4.3 update

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:56:45 GMT

I have an S3 with AP :I9300XXEMG4 CP:I9300XXEMG4 and CSC : I9300XXEMG3

Will this be getting an update i assume at some point? Never got the initial 4.3 version OTA so have been lucky thus far in not seeing any problems. BTW this phone does not have any 02 branding apart from when I go to the play store there is specific 02 stuff that shows up in the main menu.

Oops just read further up that the firmware I have is unbranded stuff and that the new software is available, however Kies doesn`t seem to reckon so, shall wait tonight and see if it pops up.