yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdbeitz:
Yes I basically overwrote all att framework files with rogers. Still have a few more apps to debloat though. Thanks peter :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gaveup:
I've looked into this a little more and it seems maybe airpush is the culprit here. I am going to run it for a few days and see if the ad comes back and then scan the phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RampageRR:
I believe this is for automatically connecting to AT&T wifi hotspots. This wouldn't be of any use to anyone outside of AT&T anyways, so go ahead and remove it (I'm sure you already have).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dx9:
Trying to search. Is this Rom CWM flashable or only through ODIN?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wildcard30:
Yes it should be flashed in CWM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
LTE/HSPA Toggle Logcat sent ...

I just PM'd you the LTE/HSPA toggle logcat. I hope it helps.

Peter

---------- Post added at 12:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:45 PM ----------

Yes, I'm sure you're right, and I did remove it as I, too, knew it applied only to AT&T users.

Thank you,

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TripleDDD:
Is anyone experiencing bad battery life? I went to sleep around 2AM with 85% and woke up at 7:30 with 50%. Why is this occurring?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wings76:
Hmm i think the Accurate Weather only works on the TW theme right? Because i can't find it in the widget drawer of Apex.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
Same here ...

Same here. I went to sleep with my wife, and I woke up with my wife. Why is this occurring?

:)

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RampageRR:
Because you didn't drink nearly enough to wake up next to a random woman?

:D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
How can I ...

Hopefully this is an easy question.

I have about 100 apps that I manually install following a new ROM flash.

Is there an easy way to automate this? I'm aware of one simple way, but I'd prefer not to do it. I know that I can simply add the 100 apps to the system/app folder in the ROM, and then flash the ROM. However, I'd rather have the 100 apps end up in the data/app directory.

Can I simply add a data/app directory to the ROM ZIP file?

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] manny05:
Titanium backup. It's in the Google play store. It Backs up and restore all your apps plus their settings!

sent from my GALAXY SIII
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] XblackdemonX:
Well this is not exactly what you are looking for but I know that with Titanium Backup Pro, you can batch backup/restore apps with their settings even if you switch roms.

I backed up my apps on my stock rom and after I installed Diet ICS I restored everything(app+data) and it took about 3 minutes for 50 apps :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] junglizste:
Flash 7.1.12 = can read text

Flash 7.1.12

then 7.4.12 = can't read text

Flash 7.1.12

reboot

let it finish

Flash 7.4.12 still = can't read text

I'm not sure exactly how I'm supposed to do this...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
I'd rather not use Titanium ...

Thank you to both who suggested Titanium, however, I would rather not use Titanium Backup. I was hoping for a very quick way of adding my apps to the ROM. I tried simply adding a data/app directory in the ZIP file, but that didn't work. Now I'm adding all my apps to the system/app file, which I know will work, but I don't think it will allow me to uninstall any of those apps.

Peter

---------- Post added at 01:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:32 PM ----------

I had the exact same problem. Try this:

Reboot into recovery

WIPE EVERYTHING (important)

Flash 7.1.12

Reboot

Go through initial set-up until you get to your home screen

Reboot into recovery

DO NOT WIPE ANYTHING

Flash 7.4.12

Reboot

Voila! DONE!

Let me know.

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jsmasterx:
No characters on screen on the 7.4.12

7.4.12 http://d-h.st/CQa

If you have some strange problems or get stuck at the Samsung screen, flash 7.1.12 first and then flash 7.4.12 with no wipe.

****

I have a strange behavior happening after upgrading

the display is working asnd i have my icons, but nothing is displayed in the contextuals menus and icons .. very strange

EDIT : Forget it just read previous post above ^^
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RampageRR:
There are ways to do this. Before this phone i had a HTC Inspire/Desire HD. There were devs that came up with a "sdcard overlay", which you just put all .apks in a specific folder and they would be flashed every time. I tried to do a quick search for you, as I know it was explained how to do this. I can't seem to find the specific post I'm looking for, but if you want to take a look... I know the ROM "BlackICE" had it, and the user 'alienmind' was the one I think who came up with it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
I'm familiar with BlackICE ...

I had both the HTC Desire and Inspire, too, and I'm also familiar with BlackICE ... and I remember that feature.

I will do a search and see what comes up.

Thanks,

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] camoto:
How about something like this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1568913
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blue265:
Have you tried APP Extractor? I just use this to restore my MMS/SMS messages as well as Wifi passwords from a nandroid backup. It also lets you restore all your apps and data from a nandroid but that is the paid version only. The free version does it but only so much (there is a limit). Its definitely worth a try as I have heard good things about it and may end up buying it myself soon. I do like Titanium too but its missing some of the extra features like SMS restore and a little more tedious to restore wifi access points, where APP extractor makes it easy. You just need to configure it to let it know where the nandroid backups are.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] camoto:
This won't work if the updater-script file doesn't include this directory...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] XblackdemonX:
CRT OFF animation

I love the CRT off animation but it's not working properly for me

When I close my screen I see the CRT Off animation and then my screen lights up for 1 millisecond before it dissapears for real...

any way to fix that ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RampageRR:
Known issue for now. I believe OP is working on it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] XblackdemonX:
Ha ok thanks! :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] howtomen:
Jd ur breaking more things than i am? Text lolol pull a logcat from text broken rom

im on my phone. expect terrible typos.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gaveup:
I noticed with a lot of the gs2 roms using tibu would screw things up when restoring apps and data.

In settings there is a way to have your apps automatically redownload though.

sent from my rooted AT&T GS3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
I have it ...

Thanks! I already have that app, and it's useful, but not quite what I'm looking for.

Peter

---------- Post added at 02:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:58 PM ----------

EXACTLY! That's what I would like. Is this complicated, or can I add some lines to the updater-script myself? If yes, any suggestions?

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jirv311:
Create a folder on your computer called "data", then create a folder inside that called "app", then put all of your app apks in the "app" folder. Then drop that "data" folder into the root of any ROM you are about to flash (So in the root you would see "data", "META-INF", and "system" folders). Then change the updater-script for that ROM and add this line (preferably right after the extract system line):

package_extract_dir("data", "/data");

This will put all of your own app apks in /data/app once your ROM boots.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
Sometimes I even amaze myself ...

LOL ... sometimes I even amaze myself.

I did exactly what you said, BEFORE you sent your reply. I haven't tried it yet, but I looked at the updater-script and noticed the entry called ...

package_extract_dir("system", "/system");

So, I thought, hey, why not just duplicate that entry immediately afterwards and change the system words to data.

(pats himself on back)

I'll try it.

Thank you,

Peter

Addendum: Worked perfectly! Thank you again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] manny05:
Question. Has anyone tried disabling lte using the phone dialer and entering

*#*#4636#*#*

If you go to device information and scroll down you'll see a drop down list. Not sure which one to choose to from.

sent from my GALAXY SIII
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
I don't think it works for AT&T units ...

From what I understand, this does not work on AT&T units. Ironically, in a case of redundancy, when the LTE Toggle feature is enabled, like on Rogers units, then this phone entry works.

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] junglizste:
This worked. Thanks. Set up accounts in between flashes is key.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] manny05:
Dam :(

Lte kills the battery. I live in Providence and I have lte everywhere I go. But as soon as I go into a building or outside lte coverage my battery takes a **** lol.

sent from my GALAXY SIII
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] junglizste:
Does anyone know if you can change the LCD Density on this ROM without borking it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jirv311:
That's how I figured it out long ago when I was still building stuff for the Captivate. :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jthrasher47:
Use my backup root, in the play store

Sorry didnt see until now you had already found a solution
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cypho:
I have the density set to 280 and I have not noticed anything broken by the change. The only hiccup I have noticed is that the little lines in notification pull-down are no longer centered, they are slightly left of center.

I am using Apex launcher. I don't know if Touchwiz would handle it so gracefully.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brushrop03:
I just use the wap.cingular tweak.

Then i'm just on 4G and not LTE
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] manny05:
Have you noticed better battery life?

sent from my GALAXY SIII
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdbeitz:
Sorry I haven't been around much guys. Summer classes mixed with 40 hours a week working outside in 100 degree heat is starting to kill me. I'm out of town starting tomorrow so if you have any issues, just stick to the 7.1.12 release until I get back and have some time to get another solid build out.

Thank your for your patience.

Love you guys :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RampageRR:
This is good, never thought to try to edit the updater script on my own...

One question though, will the apps installed this way show up as installed apps in the Google Play store, and update accordingly, or not?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] manny05:
I know the pain man lol.

Taxi driver and I work 10 hours a day or more and I finished my summer classes two weeks ago. I took bio and man was it hell. So take your time. I don't know how I managed to pass my class. I got lucky.

sent from my GALAXY SIII
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sram21092:
Just throwing this out there, but if you install dropbox, you'll get the free 48GB space that you would get for having the Samsung Galaxy S3, despite being on an AT&T variant. If you already have it installed, just delete the app, and reinstall. I got the notification on my PC a minute after signing in.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Uss_Defiant:
Has anyone tried firing up voltage control or some other tweaking app?

By default on this rom, the governor is set to deadline.. but there's also msm-dcvs which is supposedly newer/more battery saving. I'm trying it out now with seemingly no side effects (its been running for 5 min though)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jirv311:
They definitely should, yes.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TitaniumBarbell:
Looks great! I prefer the status bar at blue color without AM/PM

Whats about the 4GLTE icon of the status bar?

Sent from my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3 Rooted
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kennonk:
This dude speaks the truth. I just got the notification after installing dropbox with the 7/4 version of this rom also. Thanks :-)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KryptosXLayer2:
+2

Didn't think this would work, but it does! Nice one
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] WMWolverine:
This rom needs a better name imo. Any suggestions?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rodger-sp:
This is awesome I now have 74.4GB on Drop-box thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Moh_Jay:
LettheROMdeveloperchoosehisownname :)

"All this knowledge is giving me a raging brainer!"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdbeitz:
Yeah it was kinda on a whim. Taking suggestions via pm :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cjacks519:
Thanks for the heads up! Man this is great!

Sent from my SGS3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] caulton:
Yea if you come up with a new name I'll create a nice boot animation :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brushrop03:
awesome. thought we weren't getting that
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Envy718:
You deserve a thanks for this!!. Woot!!! 70gb now!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] manny05:
Nice. Just got my email :)

sent from my GALAXY SIII
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kydkupa:
Anyone having issues with the latest rom. when i install all the text is gone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jasvncnt1:
Look back a few pages...its talked about. Think they said to install 7.1.12 first then the latest over it with no wipe. But read back
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kydkupa:
Okay do I flashed this over 7.1.12 but I doesn't seem to be on rogers rom. Is the baseband the same?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
Yes ...

Yes, they will show up on Google Play, AND they will up-date accordingly.

Peter

---------- Post added at 08:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:54 PM ----------

Flashing the ROM will not change the baseband.

And, yes, simply flash over your current Rogers ROM. Here's the sequence:

Reboot into recovery

WIPE EVERYTHING (important)

Flash 7.1.12

Reboot

Go through initial set-up until you get to your home screen

Reboot into recovery

DO NOT WIPE ANYTHING

Flash 7.4.12

Reboot

DONE!

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kydkupa:
I wasn't on a rogers rom. The 7.4.12 was based off of the rogers stock rom. I was wondering if flasing over a non rogers based rom(7.1.12) to a rogers based rom(7.4.12), would change the baseband to rogers. I really want to be able to change from lte to hspa+
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
No problem ...

First, there seems to be confusion about the base of this ROM. All current versions of DIET ICS are based on the AT&T ROM. True, the latest version, 7.4.12, has some Rogers influence, but it's still an AT&T ROM.

Second, it doesn't matter if the original ROM was AT&T based, and you then flashed a Rogers-based ROM. It would work.

Third, unless I've been mistaken for a very long time, flashing a ROM NEVER changes the baseband. You have to specifically change the baseband to do this. Whatever baseband you have now will remain after you flash either version of DIET ICS. If you currently have an AT&T baseband, then that's what you'll have afterwards. For me, I have a Rogers baseband, and it didn't change.

Four, the LTE Toggle feature is still not working on this ROM. That's what the developer is currently trying to solve, and I'm doing my best to help him in this regard. Therefore, this ROM still does NOT allow you to turn off LTE. Hopefully this problem will be solved soon, but you'll have to be patient.

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kydkupa:
I know first hand that flashing a rom will change your baseband. I screwed up my first Sgs3 flashing a tmo rom before they were made universal because he hadnt pulled the modem.bin and other carrier specific elements. i was just wondering because in the OP he asid it was based off the rogers stock rom. So i figured that it would be a rogers rom and not an att. Like on the HOX, they had asia based roms, rogers and att based roms. My mistake.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] manny05:
Hey guys try this theme.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1746427

It works perfectly. Although I did have to re flash the mms.apk file to get it back.

Aside from that it works very good.

sent from my GALAXY SIII
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] freaksavior:
Reloaded the rom earlier, and wifi is now working.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Raikia:
Can you add a "known bugs" section to the first post? I don't see any.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] twinkdogg:
Anybody have the calendar widget apk?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Micronads:
Most roms will not include modem. You can flash it thru cwm but most roms I have seen do not include modem. I had international s2, T-Mobile s2, Verizon fascinate now this. All Samsung phones, kernels yes, radios no.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mastarifla:
Fantastic Rom!

Speedy, responsive, neat features, mods out the wazoo, and easy to use/theme.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mentalmuso:
http://db.tt/7q31bvpn
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] twinkdogg:
Hey for some reason that apk would not install. I have unknown sources checked. Do I have to flash thru recovery or something. You know where to find the zip file is this is the case? Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mentalmuso:
I had it backed up with titanium. But if you place the apk in System/app then reboot it should show up in the widget list.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
Good idea ...

Actually, this is a good idea. Perhaps jdbeitz can add such a section.

Although there may be more, I only know of two at this time based on personal exposure:

1) The inability to toggle LTE

2) CRT animation may very briefly flicker your home screen once during screen shut off

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kyan~:
lte toggle in settings? or somewhere else?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Swiftks:
*face palm

Sent from my SGS III
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Moh_Jay:
Hasn't been implemented yet

"All this knowledge is giving me a raging brainer!"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ferris2375:
Sooo not a whole lot of talk about performance, at least on the 10 or 15 pages I scrolled through.

Anyone care to share some comparisons of performance between this ROM and stock?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] manny05:
Well I feel like there was never any lag or slow down in stock. So in that aspect it feels the same. However I did notice a bump in battery life with less applications running in the background. So it does improve that. Once we can turn off lte we should see a significant improvement.

sent from my GALAXY SIII
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdbeitz:
Progress being made. Im running stock rooted rogers right now but lte toggle wont work. Im going out of town today so ill have town look at it next week
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saywhat4118:
Hey Peter, I've read through the forum and I know you figured out a way to load your apps via the updater script but I thought I share an alternative. I don't know if this method still works for our s3 but it worked for me in the past with other devices and I don't see why it would not work for this phone.

I created a nandroid back up of the rom with all the apps. So in case I flash another rom and have to wipe to factory settings, I did the following and it worked for me: I wiped, of course, flashed rom,then advanced restore and chose only /data. That brought all of my apps back. I have yet to try that on the s3 because I haven't wiped yet but I did that with my other phones without any issues.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
In settings ...

LTE Toggle in settings, under ...

Settings>More settings>Mobile networks>Network mode

As of right now, there is no "Network mode" feature on AT&T ROMs, like there is on Rogers/Bell/Telus ROMs. This Network mode feature allows you to choose the type of data connection, thereby allowing you to NOT use LTE, if that's what you want.

Peter

---------- Post added at 09:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:48 AM ----------

WOW! I never thought of that. Good thinking. I will try it.

I never tried the Advanced Restore feature, and was unaware you could choose what to restore. Based on what you said above, I can't see why it wouldn't work. As I said, I'll try it and let you know.

Peter

---------- Post added at 09:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:50 AM ----------

I'm glad to hear that progress is being made. I, too, am still trying to figure out exactly where this "Network mode" feature is located in the files.

Have a good trip. Talk to you next week.

Peter
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brushrop03:
I just turn off LTE and use HSPA with wap.cingular APN

It sucks not having a toggle, but I really don't need LTE.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cypho:
I thought the point of disabling LTE is to save battery. Does that actually cut off power to the LTE chip or does it just break LTE functionality so it can't connect. If the later I can't see how that would help save power, seems like it would be just like leaving wifi enabled when not connected to a wifi router -> a huge power drain.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brushrop03:
That's a good point, and i'm not sure. I haven't really tested it out. Been on wifi for most of the time.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] XblackdemonX:
thanks for the idea! Ill enter the APN manually :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kyan~:
? dunno why you have to do that...i'm not asking where the settings is located, i'm asking if peterhtc is referring to that specifically.

my rom will have lte toggle anyways..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] junglizste:
What did you use to change it?

I'm afraid to use Rom Toolbox... I had to re-do my whole phone last time I tried to use it on the GS3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jdbeitz:
the rogers dump is being a ***** and i keep breaking things. This is my outtie message. I'll be back monday. i give up for now. i need a vaca :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jasvncnt1:
Does 5ghz wireless work?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PeterGuru:
Woohoo ... worked perfectly!

It worked perfectly! Well, so far as I can tell at this point.

One of the great advantages with this method is the fact that you will always restore the latest versions of each program. As long as you do a Nandroid just before flashing a new ROM, which should be standard practice, then whatever up-dates you had downloaded before will automatically be restored.

Also, it appears to have maintained individual app settings.

This will really save me time and frustration. This will now become my default method to install apps after flashing new ROMs.

Fantastic suggestion! Thank you again.

Peter