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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sccrluk9:
Dont know how much you guys travel around or if this even has to do with the ROM but is anyone else's clock not changing when the move across timezones? My clock in the notification bar and my clock on the lock screen are both an hour ahead while the weather widget is pulling the correct time. And since I know someone will ask, yes I have use network time enabled.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vx2ko:
Can the imo kexec kernel be used with the unlocked bootloader
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] racinwarrior:
yes. please do a search first next time
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonytownsend:
Two questions to we have to clear data for new nightly and also is anyone having a problem when you enter search info into Google now and hit the search button nothing happens sometimes????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jaymattt:
No you don't have to wipe data but it's recommended. As for your second question, maybe someone else can help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Haro912:
First question was answered. And I have had the happen once. Confused me for a second. Just hit search again and it made it through.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonytownsend:
Heres my battery life it seems to be getting low fast just idling I started with 90% this morning so 20% in a hour and a half that doesn't seem right. When it wasn't rooted it lasted forever
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DangerIsGo:
Whats your screen on time?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jaymattt:
Looks like you're in an area with weak/non-existent 4G coverage. That could be a cause.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DangerIsGo:
Not to stray too off topic here, but I've been digging around for the past little while and I cannot find an answer: Does anyone know how to change the default location for screen shots? It keeps saving to the internal storage and I want to change it to the SD card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonytownsend:
49m 9s screen on time
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DangerIsGo:
Plus your WiFi is always on...that'll also not help your battery life.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jaymattt:
Not sure about that. I get better battery life (considerably better) when I have Wifi on than when I have just 4G LTE connectivity.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonytownsend:
If you go into camera settings and scroll all the way down select SD
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DangerIsGo:
My camera roll will get saved to the sd card, but not screen shots after I make that change.

Really? My friends and I battery life goes down with WiFi on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonytownsend:
So why is battery life so poor. Think I may try cm10
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Brian Gove:
I don't believe there is a setting to change this. Probably could change it if you dug around in the files and change the coding. I wouldnt have a clue where to dig though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jaymattt:
<off topic>

I meant it relatively. If you have just 4G/3G on, I would think your battery would drain much faster than if you had Wifi on. Goes without saying that if all your radios are switched off, you'd get great battery life but then your phone would not be of much use, right? :)

</off topic>

Coming from a DX this is my first experience with an unlocked bootloader so please forgive the question if it's obvious. Will flashing the nightlies require me to run the bootloader unlock again? I'm guessing 'no', but I'd just like it confirmed. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tedkord:
They're talking a Jelly Bean firmware release in the next month or so. Why waste time trying to port it now when they've already done the hard work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jaymattt:
Try this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30225124&postcount=3751
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DangerIsGo:
I concur there. A wifi only on battery would last longer than a 3g/4g only on battery. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] egore93:
This my battery with synergy 1.7 I think that's good! I have setcpu with profiles set. I have screen off set at 348 max 348 min. Thus helps a lot. I did have it at 486max 348 min. But my battery was dying a lot faster. So try setcpu and see how that works out. Plus that was at 13 hours on battery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] im_on_fire:
I was in the other side of the country the other day and my time zones changed find
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] drbveb88:
Yes it can.

Fyi....You will find more info on the unlocked boot loader if you look under the unlocked boot loader threads. This threas is for senergy rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Stam2000:
Damn it. Why didn't I concur
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] saucyzest:
Does anyone have a copy of the 160+ SMS fix .zip? It appears it's no longer up. I'm liking my current copy of 1.7 so didn't want to have to flash a whole different V just for that fix. Thx.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] egore93:
I do but I need to set up my drop box. If you don't get it let me know in a hour and half I will be on break and can set it up.

---------- Post added at 09:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:15 AM ----------

Here you go. http://db.tt/04tfx95T
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonytownsend:
The phone gets mildly warm in my pocket too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcurley:
International version will be released next month. VZW and US version not for a while. They will have to port the JB International version (quad core) to the dual core VZW. But if you watched the video, it looks worth it.

I think this has to do with service and the phone searching for signal in your pocket. I noticed, if I don't use it for a while, it does cool down. I wonder if that has something to do with the LTE and S4 being on the same chip.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mystikalrush:
Quick question about flashing stock rom, is it okay to do the odin process with the file name ending in .md5 or do i have to remove that so it ends in .tar and will flash correctly?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] codyvance:
Have to use .tar, MD5 is just to validate the file.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AndyMan386:
Thanks!! I thought that was only an on/off.. lol I only wonder what other goodies I havent found yet
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zcar.300:
OK, I guess it just looks bad on the graph. I timed it and it drops one percent in four minutes. Thats still over 6 hours of screen on only use.

Also, none of the posts I found about battery usage dealt with screen only battery use. They were mostly due to poor wireless signal or similar issues. So my post was not due to laziness it was due to my poor math skills. :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] slvfox:
These questions are getting brutal. Either people are not reading back a page or two or they are not searching. The majority of questions have been asked and answered multiple times. I understand everyone is a noob at one time of another, but that should not be an excuse to read or search.

I know I am just talking to a wall because this has been brought up many times and some people don't even read before posting questions.

Eschelon, I appreciate your patience in answering repetitive questions along with your continuing development.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonytownsend:
Yeah I don't think this is right I was on my phone when I first got it I was on it for 8 hours very heavy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Clienterror:
You do realize there are over 4,000 posts in this thread right? I understand where you're coming from but I doubt anyone is going to read 4k posts to find an answer that takes about 15 seconds or less for someone to reply. But yes I agree for the most part, reading for yourself has become a lost art.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
You don't have to read all the posts, just search.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ufjay5:
Can some one post the 1.7 zip? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] herooftimeloz:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/Team_Synergy/Galaxy_S3/Verizon/RLS/Older_Builds/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] im_on_fire:
There is a "search this thread" on the right side of the screen. Enter a few key words and boom, Bob's your uncle
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Darkenvar:
Let me upload it to my dropbox and I will post a link once it's up!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] salas2324:
You do realize he's using the app

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 4G LTE
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DangerIsGo:
No need, its already here http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/Team_Synergy/Galaxy_S3/Verizon/RLS/Older_Builds/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] duarian:
So, ever since the implementation of Google now I noticed that the voice to text has changed (the little mic button on the keyboard). Previously it would underline any questionable words and let you choose from a list of possible words. Now it does not do this at all, just types out what it thinks and that's that. Does anyone know of a way to get that back? I don't use Google now and would much prefer the old way of Google voice typing.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Metfanant:
40% of your battery is eaten by screen...thats not "just idling" ...based on your second screenshot you can see when you turn the phone on, and when the phone is awake...if youre just "idling" those bars should be MUCH smaller...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
ha I was just thinking the same. That blue line under the graph makes it look like the device was awake the entire time. The best secret to good battery life is to not turn on the screen. These devices are going to eat the battery regardless if you use it heavily.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ForeverSupra:
Apps doesnt recover after Google login and I still get a login error (even though it logs me in.)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DROID3R:
No.... 40% of 1:30 mins is 36mins. His screen been on for 36mins.

VERIZON GALAXY S 3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PJnc284:
That just means it has used 40% of the 30% that's been drained so far so in reality about 12% of the full battery. I have been off the charger for about 7 hours. My screen has used 44% but only been on about 31min.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Grift:
I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling, seems to have fixed it. Thnks for the help though
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wmaudio:
A few issues/questions/requests

1. I am having an issue in that the USB connection to my PC is flaky. If the phone is sleeping and I connect, I see the phone in My Computer but I see no "card" or "phone" items in that container. If the phone is awake and at a home screen, they appear, but frequently after activity on the device (moving, deleting, copying to or from), Windows Explorer will suddenly hang for about 2 minutes, then come back and I cannot see content on the card or device, and I have to disconnect and reconnect the phone a few times to get access back. Anyone else experiencing this?

2. I take a lot of calls from customers and don't always have time to enter the content into my calendar or notes, and it would be nice to have a setting that would allow me to automagically record all calls rather than having to hit the record button every time (which I sometimes forget to do and then don't have the info I need). Can this be done?

Your work on this ROM is greatly appreciated, thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Haro912:
Seems like something you could do with tasker.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] colossus:
Thread cleaned so stay on topic guys!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
Play nice kids :)

So for an update on the kernel+ramdisk tweaks, my phone must have been sent into a hard bootloop at least 30 times in the last 36 hours, but stuff is finally working the way we want it. TrevE's been putting in some good work on the ramdisk too.

Here's what we have working so far:

Insecure boot.img (ro.secure=0)

Increased TCP buffers (hopefully should see data speeds improve)

Disabled debugging services

Full init.d support

Dropbear/inaydyn support enabled

Bluetooth services enabled

Improved GPS signals (our lead tester got an instant lock after cold flash and it had him exactly in his office within a few seconds)

Changes to gsniff_daemon logic since some of you guys have had issues with that service eating up crazy battery

Good chance this will be included in tonight's nightly so if you haven't already unlocked your bootloader, now is the time :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Metfanant:
i actually looked at his second screen shot and had a brain fart...but my point still stands...that screen is on WAY too much to be saying the phone is simply "idling"

be careful...as it is most likely illegal to record people without their knowledge...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SFniner415:
YOU HEARD THE MAN! UNLOCK THAT S***
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wmaudio:
Isn't Tasker just an application that turns on apps at specified times and/or intervals? If so, that won't work here. The recording feature is a functionality within an app (Dialer), and AFAIK, Tasker doesn't control features within an app. Thanks for the reply though, and let me know if I am not understanding Tasker's functionality properly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jurassitol:
Echelon,

I saw so someone ask earlier but didn't get an answer.

From last night's changelog, was does "fixed EOL" mean? Does this have to do with correcting carriage returns i.e. end of line?

I'm unlocked and ready to rock with tonight's release. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
Yes, you'll see that in the changelog sometimes. Windows and Linux handle EOL differently and Android gets all pissed off when it's wrong so we have to force LF

Translation: That's something we only need to do on our end, it shouldn't ever affect anything on your end :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] salas2324:
This is my first phone where I had to unlock a boot loader so excuse my newb question, but since this is a stock ROM why does it matter on boot loader status?

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 4G LTE
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rotarydial:
This works great: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS5za3ZhbGV4LmNhbGxyZWNvcmRlciJd

Wiki never lies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_recording_laws
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
Because as of tonight's nightly we will no longer be running full stock kernel. We made changes to the ramdisk of the stock kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wattpuppy:
REQ: Notification Window enhancement

I truly love this rom but I have a few request?

1. Can the blank space between the toggles and carrier_name be reduced. It seems to be wasting some valuable space.

2. Can the line with carrier_name date and settings widget be removed?

Thanks for all that you do.

Rob
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] salas2324:
And this means better performance? You don't have to dumb it down for me if the answer is something else. Its just the whole boot loader thing I'm new too

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 4G LTE
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
Now that the bootloader is unlocked we are allowed to flash a custom kernel. Android kernels are made up of several parts, one of which is called the ramdisk. Now that we can make changes to the kernel we modified the ramdisk today to allow for the new features listed here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30359534&postcount=4322
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mapatton82:
1) Possibly.

2) Yes

If I have time tonight I could make a flashable zip for you (at work right now) if you like?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] salas2324:
I see. Thank you eschelon!

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 4G LTE
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] clambert11:
I'm pretty sure anyone who is running the nightlies, myself included, has already unlocked the bootloader. So fire away! :) I know I was holding off until I needed to. Once I read you were going to take advantage of it, I did it right away.

I'd just make it clear that people need to unlock it. What happens if they flash and haven't unlocked the bootloader?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonytownsend:
So I don't like cm10. Mainly cause the camera is way better in touchwiz. If I flash back to synergy is the factory kernel included?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gowansta:
Yes, until tonights nightly. It will be modified stock after tonight thou.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] salas2324:
Yes.

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 4G LTE
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tonytownsend:
Maybe I will wait till tonight then
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
It should fail to write the kernel while in recovery. The SGS3 won't allow it to since you haven't updated the hacked aboot.img which allows you to bypass the bootchain
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] justinglock40:
So is the new nightly out? Is that r26? That has the insecure kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
No, the nightlies only drop just after midnight eastern unless I specifically mention that I have forced a new build (which would be rare)

The latest build will always be found here and you can see the revision number at the end of the file:

http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/Team_Synergy/Galaxy_S3/Verizon/Buildbox/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lucky13:
The brutal part for me to sit by and read is everyone popping in to complain about battery life. No, "Love the ROM and all your hard work" just "I'm going to CM10, or stock", bs.

Battery stats can take 3-5 charge cycles before your phone even begins to report accurate levels. Read and learn.

See my join date? See how many posts I have? I tend to read for myself before I ask to be spoonfed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Metfanant:
+1000
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mapatton82:
So if we are running a kexec Kernel, this should just overwrite it and all should be good, right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Schaweet:
Yes.

Just like if you flash this normally you have to flash the kexec kernel after to get it to work. In this case, just don't flash the kexec kernel and you will have the Synergy kernel.

Sent from my SGS3 on Synergy Nightlies
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Darkenvar:
Amen!

I can't agree enough! And this prompted me to respond with my experience.

I am a long time lurker, I started android with the EVO, went to Verizon because of my awesome discount I have with them, and have since had the Thunderbolt, Bionic, Galaxy Nexus, Razr Maxx, and now the Galaxy S3. This phone has the best performance and battery life of any of those phones, save for the battery on the Razr Maxx. With this ROM, which I have had since 1.0, the battery almost beats out my Razr MAXX. And the performance is insane. I do nothing to save battery, everything on, and still get sick battery and sick performance. So E and the Team, Thank you all for your amazing work!!! Keep it up!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ryezen:
Full Wipe?

Will the nightly require a full wipe? Really loving the ROM by the way, and especially looking forward to the GPS fixes.

~Ryezen
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
Not to argue with you, but are you sure? My understanding is we could write whatever we wanted to boot, it's just whatever was written if it doesn't pass the signature check of the locked bootloader then the phone errors out. I think if someone with a locked aboot flashes an unsigned kernel, the "return to verizon" or whatever message will pop up and they will need to Odin back to stock.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] codyvance:
Again, you can dirty flash if that is your preference, but if you have issues, you will have to full wipe and re-install..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
Depends on the write method in updater-script. When we tried to write ramdisk before the kernel unlock came out we tried to dd a kernel all day long without success
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ryezen:
One more question: Would it be possible to re-insert the elements that would allow us to backup our IMEI/NV data with QPST the way you can on bloated versions? Every time I try to dial the *#7284# portion, it freezes. Thanks much!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shootind5nukes:
I've tried and tried. I cannot fix the "superuser stopped working". Any help? Flasing new superuser via recovery doesn't work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ercDROID:
Just go back to stock or go to cleanrom and leave bloat in. Worked for me. Then go back to whatever ROM you want.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] s197:
Right, I think the only way to dd a kernel before was using the recovery partition, which would result in you losing your recovery.

Anyway, the only reason I ask is if you implement these ramdisk changes into Synergy and someone flashes that build with a locked bootloader, I think they will get the "unauthorized device, return to verizon" error message. I know you're going to make it very clear that these new builds need an unlocked bootloader but given all the questions being asked, it's bound to happen. Just want to confirm an Odin to stock in this situation would fix the phone in the event someone encounters this in the future and actually uses the search function.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tu3218:
So to run this rom all I have to do is flash the rom in recovery? Gapps and kernel packaged into main download? I'm not use to this locked bootloader stuff and certain kernels I can and can't flash. I'm fine with having a locked bootloader as IMO, the kernel as is, is perfect. I really wanted to stay stock but this just looks to tempting.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcool13:
Follow this EXACTLY as directed. You will NOT be able to back up IMEI unti you go back to the stock (rooted or not) ROM.I did it using root66 ROM. I got the same freeze trying to do it once i was already running a custom ROM.

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32397-tut...t-us-variants/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shootind5nukes:
I'm not thread jacking, this superuser.apk problem happened after I flashed this rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XTRoRDiNAiRE:
are there any good kernels that i can flash with this rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mb27:
Hang on now. Are you telling him he can't back up his IMEI only because he can't access the hidden menu using *#7284# ??

Because you can open that menu other ways. Use widgetsoid or anycut to make a shortcut to IOTHiddenMenu (com.android.hiddenmenu.IOTHiddenMenu). Done.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] d1ez3:
If you scroll up a little you'll see tonight's build will have a custom kernel build into it. You can also flash IMO's beta 0.1 kernel which will be updated to 0.2 shortly
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WizeGuyDezignz:
Now let me start off by saying I only have 15 minutes screen on time in the following screenshot. But the reason I posted it is because I am getting insane idle battery life on the newest nightly with the standard battery, 4G and the stock kernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tu3218:
Does it require to have the bootloader unlocked? Trying to catch up here an confused whether certain builds are built for the locked or unlocked bootloader.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Darkenvar:
The nightly starting tonight with the kernel mods will require an unlocked bootloader. Not sure about Imo's. And can't hurt to unlock it. I used the app, and worked like a charm!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] situman:
Unlocked can i use twrp?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] voodoomanx:
Pehaps a new thread with the unlocked bootloader and custom kernel would help clarify this thread. Love the rom and have been reading and following this thread since the beginning.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
Our lead tester is actually gonna try it tonight to see what happens :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tu3218:
Yeah, guess just worried about screwing it up. More or less, just wanted to wait till a method to relock it becomes available.

But is it safe to say that all development from here on out will revolve around the unlocked bootloader?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] im_on_fire:
Yup all you have to do is flash the one file in recovery. Recommended you do a wipe first!