yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
LOL ... thanks!

Hey, thanks! I'm getting a new unit later this morning. WOOHOO! There's a great thread that specifically addresses the lost IMEI issue.

Here's the link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1753833

You know, I thought I'd be more upset. I look at it as a learning experience, and I've certainly learned a lot over the last week. I've flashed more stuff over the last several days, more than I've flashed in the last 12 months combined (taught me more than I can imagine). I made a huge mistake this past weekend with the kyan situation (learned a lot from that), and how I've learned to be more vigilant when it comes to flashing. Sh*t happens, right? :)

Peter

P.S. I have no intention of slowing down when it comes to making this ROM, DIET ICS, as good as it can be. So, there! ;)

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Looking back over the entire situation, I now know that I should have flashed the stock kernel (after flashing the pre-release of CM10) before flashing back to a non-AOSP ROM. As I said, this has been a learning experience. I don't know if flashing the stock kernel would have negated the lost IMEI, but flashing it couldn't hurt.

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] malinois16:
Hey Peter, Here are some observations I noticed when I first started flashing AOKP. If I tried to go back to stock via Odin I would be stuck in a boot loop and had a heck of a time getting phone to reboot. What I did to resolve this was made a nandroid of stock with root and all the apps I use. After flashing AOKP or CM 9 If I wanted to use another rom I would restore nandroid and then I would flash rom. The reason being from what I have read(I am no dev though just a silly noob) is that most roms don't contain a boot.img and so no kernel is included and can cause problems. I am not sure if my way works or I just got luck so far but this has worked for me and have done this process at least 10 times with no problems.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
Sounds like a good procedure ...

This sounds like a good procedure, which I will use in the future. When I get my new device later this morning, I will root, flash CWM, and then immediately make a Nandroid, which I will keep for emergency purposes. After that, if I flash anything that isn't stock-based, I will FIRST restore the Nandroid , and then flash a new ROM.

Thanks!

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jstrayy:
Can we install the old camera apk back if we want to? This new camera has a bit of a lag and less options.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jayrod88:
I just set up the 7-18 version last night and did a full wipe. I just noticed the 7/20 update and wanted to see if anyone is flashing that version WITHOUT wiping their data. I know wiping is recommended to avoid issues, but I was just curious.

Also, is there any way to keep the touchwiz theme? I like the LOOK of touchwiz but not the bloat. The camera primarily due to all of the advanced settings. Any way to keep the stock camera (do we just remove the apk from system using root explorer)?

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+1
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jstrayy:
That's what I want also. If someone could edit the stock camera to make it work during calls then it would be awesome, but nothing beats the stock camera on this beast. I need the apk though so I can install it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
TouchWiz should still be there ...

Although I haven't been able to flash any of the recent builds from JDBeitz, so I can't know for sure, but isn't TouchWiz also there as a default? I remember making a flashable zip, the BLUE/BLACK Apps zip, which installs three additional launchers, but maintains the TouchWiz launcher. If you did flash this zip, you can simply uninstall any of the three additional launchers.

I will flash the 7.20.12 version later this morning after I get my new device. Only then can I offer confirmed information.

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jayrod88:
I just prefer for a rom to follow the same theme throughout. Part of the reason I selected this rom is because it was still very similar to the stock experience, just improved and different colors (which is ok for me).

We'll see what everyone else thinks but for now I will hold off on the 7/20 update because of the camera.

Btw, in no way am I complaining, just giving feedback. I know it takes a lot of time and effort when developing roms and you can't please everyone. Thank you!

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It Is the default but now we're getting into AOSP mods and I just prefer the consistency throuout the rom. Again, not complaining just giving feedback.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
When installing one app over another in the system/app directory ...

Here is the general procedure when you want to install an app OVER the existing version when it's contained in the system/app directory.

As many of you know, you cannot uninstall any app in the system/app directory via Application Manager, or any uninstall program.

Here's the best way to do it.

1) Download the app you want (or bloat app) from here: http://jdbeitz.usgalaxys3.com/

2) Go into Settings>Applications manager>All

3) Find the app you want to replace (with the version you downloaded above)

4) Click on that app

5) You will be presented with the following potential options at the top of the screen:

Force Stop

Disable

Uninstall

Uninstall updates

6) You may also be presented with two possible additional choices further down the screen:

Clear Data

Clear cache

7) If the Clear cache option is not greyed-out, click on that first

8) If the Clear data option is not greyed-out, click on that next

9) If there's an Uninstall updates at the top right, click on that next

10) Now go into your system/app folder using any root explorer (Root Explorer or ES File Explorer to name two)

11) Find the app you want to replace (some of the names may not be that obvious ... ask if you don't know)

12) Check permissions and note them

13) Delete the app

14) Place the new version (you downloaded in step 1) in the system/app folder

15) Change permissions to the same as what you noted in step 12

16) Reboot

That should work

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jstrayy:
I just need the apk. I knew how to overwrite apps, thanks though. I didn't see it in the list?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jordan032503:
I love this Rom. I try to flash it on my T-Mobile S3. Every things works great except I cannot turn on my WiFi

Any one havying this problem too?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdbeitz:
Reflash kermel
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jordan032503:
So I use this Rom on my T-Mobile S3. So do I have to flash AT&T kernel or T-Mobile one?? Sorry for my stupid question, but I am still new at this. Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jabulon:
Just installed 7/20/12 over 7/18/12....the camera apk seems to be missing ...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ElBeaner:
I am currently on Nostalgia 7.1, do I need to do a full wipe before flashing this or is it safe to just clear cahche/dalvik and then flash?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jstrayy:
I'm gonna look for it in my nandroid backup. I suggest anyone needing the old camera apk do the same.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bslate07:
I'm still running version 7.18 with the extended apps .zip. Is anyone having problems with music EQs? I have music volume EQ installed previously and now I have awesome beats from the extended apps zip. The problem I'm having is the equalizers aren't changing the sound playing at all. I have been playing around with them and can hear no discernable difference in sound. When I was running the stock ROM, the music volume EQ app worked fine. Any thoughts?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jayrod88:
I'm having a problem with the lock settings on 7/18. On stock my settings were the same as the picture. After I've unlocked my phone and re-lock it I should see the "swype lock" but instead it bypasses that and goes to my home screen. If I need to elaborate more, let me know.

Sent from my Galaxy S3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdbeitz:
Lol check the app drawer

if you have to ask these questions you shouldn't be flashing at all. Read first.

I know absolutely nothing about lock screens. I personally don't use one. Try wiping and re flashing
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] paleman27:
So far 7.4.12 is working flawlessly with me. Should I flash 7.20.12?

If I flash 7.20.12, a full wipe is required? I searched and it doesn't say it does... does it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jstrayy:
Apk for the good camera

just copy and paste it to system/app

I didn't have to fix permissions, just had to reboot and I was back to the greatest camera ever

and gallery http://www.filedropper.com/secgallery2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] natefish:
So this will be the stock camera? I was really impressed with the new camera Peter put in 7.20, but the keys disappeared after I ran it a second time. The button area was replaced with disfigured lines.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdbeitz:
Peter didn't put it in. I did. And restart your device. I've used the camera for 2 days and haven't had any issues with it. Its actually faster and takes better photos than stock :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack ...

Finally! I have my new device, it's rooted, with CWM-Touch v5.8.4.7 installed.

I've already done two Nandroids, one prior to installing CWM with superuser, and now another after installing CWM-Touch.

Now all I have to do is backup my EFS directory via ES File Explorer. (EDIT: Done!)

So far, so good.

Will download and flash the latest DIET ICS soon.

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdbeitz:
Well that was fast! Welcome back Peter!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
My shakes are now gone ...

Phew, my anxiety shakes are now gone. I can get back to flashing and modding. ;)

I still have a few things to do, just to be safe for the future. I should be up-and-running, and ready to help as much as I can, very soon.

Thanks,

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] natefish:
I did notice the image was better, which is why I was upset when the buttons disappeared. Thanks for the help. I thought the colors looked more saturated, which is great. Honestly, I think the stock camera pics are a little washed out and I usually have to tweak them before publishing anywhere.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] manny05:
Efs directory? Why did you back that up? Maybe I should too lol

sent from my GALAXY SIII
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] natefish:
I restarted a few times and it's still not showing the buttons. Any way to reinstall it? Thanks again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
EFS Directory is in your root directory ...

After what's happened, I recommend that everyone immediately backup their EFS directory, which is where the IMEI information is located (well, that's where it is for most Samsung devices, and it's where most people think it exists for the S3).

The EFS directory is in the root of your device, and it's simply called "efs."

Simply copy it via any root explorer, and keep it on your external sdcard for safe-keeping.

Peter

P.S. From everything I've read over the last 36 hours, and it's A LOT, doing a Nandroid DOES NOT backup anything in the EFS folder.

Addendum: Downloading 7.20.12 now ...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jstrayy:
Yup... stock. I will upload the corresponding gallery in a bit too so it doesn't crash when you click on thumbnail.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
I don't know what it is, but ...

You know, I've probably flashed over 200 different ROMs, and ROM-versions over the last couple of years, most over the last 6 months, about 50-60 the last week alone, and there's simply something about this ROM, DIET ICS, that has me incredibly intrigued. It flashes easily, it has a great look, it performs extremely well, and the members in this forum seem to really want to help each other.

I just want to say thank-you to JDBeitz for starting this project. I now know very well how much time it consumes, and I will continue to help as much as I can to improve it.

Thank you, JDBeitz!

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdbeitz:
Thanks. Ill upload them to my server and make a flashable zip this weekend.

The more I learn about android and it subsystem the more I fall in love with it. I do this to better the community and I plan on keeping my head down and staying hard at work. Thank you guys for being awesome! I'd like to keep the 7.20.12 update for about a week to let it settle in :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
I agree ...

I agree! Let's keep it around for a week to see what happens, and what REALLY needs changing, if anything.

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] godfirst:
Doesn't twrp back up the efs on a nand?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] AnarchoXen:
Nice. Works on other ROM's also.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rogersa2k:
I'm not currently running this rom but I'm intrigued about this camera. I read over its thread but I'm just wondering if anyone has discussed its pros & cons versus the Samsung camera. If there's another thread I can read just point me there.

Thanks,

Aaron
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Yze:
by backing it up, does it give you a solution to replace it if ever flashing a rom removes your imei? if so, you should post up a guide in the general forums :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PMentior:
As far as I know there is not yet a wet to restore it yet. The EFS directory is the place that most other Samsung devices have stored it in the past though so it is logical to assume that the data is in there somewhere. Backing it up can't hurt, the worst it can do is that the efs directory isn't where the imei is stored.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] paleman27:
Geez..Can't move pass the 7.4.12

I just flashed the 7.20.12, Yes I full wipe on cwm and cleared cache. Everything was working ok then the "touchwiz" keeps crashing. Any thoughts? Who's thri$ty?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jstrayy:
updated with gallery apk
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdbeitz:
Do a factory wipe. Clear cache. Clear dalvik cacke flash and restore with titanium. I've flashed this like 10000000 times with absolutely no issues.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kennonk:
Might also try redownloading? Compare md5 sum.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] paleman27:
Factory wipe from "settings" or in cwm?

Edit- It works fine. The touchwizz crashes when I add the widget AccuweatherWidget.apk. I add it to app via root explorer, reboot, then select the widget in app drawer, paste it to home screen, when i tap to set it up it crashes (touchwizz) I trashed the widget and now its working fine.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Rattles:
so i did a search in this thread but did not see the answer. is there any way to get S-Voice back with this rom? while i think it is a gimmick, i did find it useful a few times...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bslate07:
Has anyone tried AwesomeBeats on 7.20? The EQ does nothing to the sound on 7.18.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
Re EFS folder, all I can say is ...

I have not yet found anyone who's tried to simply overwrite the directory, so I can't say if saving it will actually be of benefit, but you can never be too safe, right? Especially when it comes to this IMEI issue.

Peter

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Yes, he has ... and I've flashed it 10000001 times. ;)

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdbeitz:
Yeah some people say beats works. But mine has NEVER WORKED. *confused*
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bslate07:
I'm almost certain that my Music Volume EQ app stopped working on version 7.11
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] paleman27:
jdbeitz

Tried a few things with 7.20.12 ... I really like the stock Secmms.apk. I followed Peter's procedure from post 1390. Can't get it to work on 7.20.12

on 7.4.12 works fine.

Give it a shot. Try changing the "message" app to stock... or try installing AccuweatherWidget.apk...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nay12x:
Love the new camera buttttttt... The only problem was while using the silly faces was weird lines....

But the video comes out normal...weird

Sent from my Galaxy S3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdbeitz:
Mine did too. I'll look into it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aqwik69:
I am trying to flash this rom 7.20.12 but I just get "invalid signature" in CWM when it tries to install.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nay12x:
Maybe you can get silly faces to work with the camera too?

Sent from my Galaxy S3 <3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Draelith:
This might be tied to the kernel you're using. For instance I've used both the KT747 (Sammy version) and Faux kernels and the Beats works with those. For thos running the stock kernel it likely doesn't have any effect and can simply be removed.

Also, one thing to make sure you do is go into your System Settings > Music Effects and select Awesome BEATS (or toggle it off then on from MusicFX).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdbeitz:
What are silly faces? Lol

i don't see it anywhere.

I'm using ktoonz kernel and I've changed the music effects. No idea what's borked up. Imma try another version dsp manager.

Flash cwm again. Redownload zip. Flash.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mixxy:
me too please

BIG +1 here. I would much rather have the Samsung MMS app, but after placing it in system, and even changing the correct permissions. It still gives me the error "Unfortunately Messaging has stopped working"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BklynB3ast70:
How do i remove the battery percent mod the i flashed thru cwm and when i go to security and then lockscreen to add the weather to the lock screen it justs freezes and stops working.. is there a way to add the weather? by the way this is a tremendous rom.. thank you very much:good::good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PMentior:
To get the lockscreen weather working you need to get the accuweather apks back. You can download them from the apk list in the OP. Here are the ones I put back:

AccuweatherDaemon.apk

AccuweatherWidget.apk

AccuweatherWidget_Main.apk

WeatherWall.apk

I don't know if all of those are needed I just grabbed all the ones I saw with "Weather" in the name and mine works.

you need to put them in the /system/app folder and set the permissions to:

(Use Root Explorer or something that can access root)

Owner: Read - Write

Group: Read

Others: Read

I also change the owner to:

Owner: Root

Group: Root

I don't know if that is needed though.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] davebmx05:
just pull the apk out of another rom that has it (stock maybe) and drop it in the system/app folder and install
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BklynB3ast70:
Thank you very much ..I truly appreciate it.:)

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the weather is fixed .. thank you again for the assistance... and i have 1 last question... instead of choosing one of the 4 lockscreen wallpapers.. is there a way to use my own wallpaper.. as when i try to choose, there is a blank section and i can only choose 1 of those 4..:)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PMentior:
I just tried to change mine too and it doesn't work either. (I like the space one so I never tried to change it). For "Home Screen" it gives me all the options but for "Lock Screen" or "Home and Lock Screens" it only lets me select from the built in 5 choices. That looks like something jdbeitz or PeterGuru might need to look into.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] paleman27:
BFT!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] paleman27:
Thank you! I have tried to instal that little bastard soo many times! Did it on 7.4'12... no problem...after that, every build on no dice...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] natefish:
Reflash. I know, it's tedious, but that's what worked for me. I was having issues with the buttons not showing. Reflashing fixed it. I even flashed twice before restoring. Also, when you go to restore, "uncheck" the camera. I don't know if that makes a difference, but I wanted to make sure no bad data would replace the old data.

Like I said, reflashing is time consuming, but at least it's easy. This camera is nice, so I thought it was worthwhile.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] spyker73:
This procedure worked flawlessly for me. I am new to android and this is my first time flashing the rom. One minor issue I faced during the restore data was that it gave me md5 checksum error when I tried one of my two nandroid backups, not sure why. But I was able to restore the data using the second one. Thanks for all the hard work that you guys are putting in. I am enjoying my SGS3 phone with diet ics. I will check my battery life and will post it tomorrow.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] paleman27:
This worked for me perfectly!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jazzmoe76:
I am having trouble figuring out a way to change the lock screen background to any other pic...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] paleman27:
This worked for me perfectly. All apps are there with data. However I still can't, not even to save my life, get the stock secmms.apk, working in this build. Like I said soo many times it does work on 7.4.12, but after that build...nada.

However, I was able to get the accuweather widget dowloaded, transfer and running. Also I was able to remove the aokp camera and install the stock camera.

Someone please give me a hand with the secmms issue...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MCKang25:
Think I found a bug, I can't set my lock screen wallpaper, it is only giving me the option to chose form the default wallpapers and not from gallery. The home screen is fine but the lock screen won't give me the option to use pictures from gallery, even if I select the picture from the gallery and try to set picture as it only gives me the option for the home screen.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Draelith:
If you're using the aokp camera it uses a different gallery apk. That's prob why its not working right. If you restore the stock camera and gallery apks should work again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdbeitz:
ah good thinking.... I'm going to test out this aokp stuff for the next week or so and make a decision. Overall, so far, the camera has been great and the gallery is SO fast.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Draelith:
Glad to help at least with troubleshooting after all the work going into it.

I'm torn on the cameras. Love the speed of aokp but miss the modes from stock! This new version been running awesome btw. Getting great battery life even with heavy use. Once Peter gets his inverted app pack ready I'll be in ROM nirvana.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MCKang25:
Any idea what the stock camera and gallery apps are called, I can't seem to locate the gallery apk in the list on the OP.