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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
First issue: If data ever disappears, try checking MD5 and reflashing ROM to get it back. All the APNs are there. And as already stated, never do *228 on a 4G LTE phone as it will kill your SIM. Luckily it's a simple fix, though, as all you need to do is go down to a Verizon store and get a new SIM card. They're free.

EDIT: Also, when you flashed did it detect your phone as d2vzw? You gotta check that during flash to make sure that's right. The original root methods for this phone flashed a Sprint recovery, so if you're rolling a Sprint recovery then it will flash Sprint APNs and cause data loss

Second issue: The Play Store installs some keyboards to a sector of the S3s memory that isn't ready at boot so the OS is forced to go with one that IS ready, which is usually the stock one. The workaround is to install the keyboard you want from the Play Store, then back it up with Titanium Backup, then restore it again with Titanium Backup which will move the apk to a different place in /data and it should then stick around after reboot.

Also, unrelated to the above post, but I figured I'd mention while I'm here that we're trying to get a new build out for you guys this weekend :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] calaski8123:
OK I'll try the keyboard fix once I get data back. Thanks.

If I understand you correctly, the only way I'm gonna get my data back is to get a new SIM at the store? When I flashed this ROm it did recognize it as d2vzw, in fact even now it still does. I tried to flash the ROM again dirty and installed the stock kernel instead of the Ziggy one. I got 3G back, but no 4G and it still says eHRPD:13 for mobile network type. It does show my phone number correctly now though. I next tried to revert to a good backup with an older release and it still says eHRPD:13 and 3G only. I looked under APN and the only two not grayed out are eHRPD:13 and LTE, both Verizon Wireless. I have tried to switch it to LTE but it will not stick.

So should I just stop trying here and get a new SIM? I was gonna flash back to STOCK and unroot and then root again and try to reflash everything from the beginning. A lot of work if it is just the SIM.

Thanks for the replies.

Jim
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nfamisnme:
Hey does GIF animation mms messages work for anyone? I keep getting them in texts and I can't see them as gifs they show as jpeg files....anyone else have this issue?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] calaski8123:
Also, I did not lose my IMEI number, but it changed from one ROM to another. I never noticed before, I mainly checked to make sure it wasn't gone, so I don't know if it changing is normal?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
Yea, try to ODIN back to stock first and see if that fixes. Also, are you saying that your IMEI does not match the one that's printed under your battery?

Have gifs ever been supported by the S3? I'm honestly asking as I've never tried to send/receive one. Pretty sure they aren't natively supported by the S3 gallery. If they are supported, is the one you're trying to receive larger than the Verizon filesize limit for MMS?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nonek:
Im thinking that since Eschelon told you that this was a known issue and that *228 was a bad thing and could nuke your SIM card and your clearly having trouble with your SIM card and on top of that the SIM card is free.. Im thinking that you might want to get a SIM card. But I heard that you can put your phone on a flat surface and spin it around really fast. Then flip it over and shake the table. Then blow on it 3 times. Make sure you brush your teeth first because to to otherwise would be rude. THEN take it to a movie and carefully set one popcorn kernal on the screen. Then eat it gingerly all the while thinking about how you should really just go get a free SIM card and fix your phone. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] calaski8123:
Will they just give me the new SIM or are they going to check my phone? Do I need to unroot and revert to stock before I go?

Jim

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xdreaper15:
Best fix in over 2100 pages. Can we get this in the OP please?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
Time to Odin back to stock and then head to the Verizon store and get a new SIM. *228 messed you up, bro :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nfamisnme:
Truthfully I have no idea...Im throwing it out there to see if anyone knows..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
Pretty sure it's a limitation of the S3 gallery. Get a gif viewer from the play store and see if that bad boy starts animating
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] calaski8123:
OK thanks for the help. I'm gonna go ODIN back to stock now. Never done it before so I have some reading to do.

Jim
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] omair2005:
Quickpic works great for gifs and much faster than stock gallery :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nfamisnme:
I get why it doesn't work...the native gallery is capable of viewing it. When receiving or sending a GIF file the file is too large, its compressed and reconverted to JPEG. That's why it doesn't work...hey devs!!!! How can we fix that???? Can it be fixed????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Send by email. :p:laugh::cool:

Edit: Seriously there was a hack in one of the threads that allows to increase size of allowed MMS files.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
That's what I was referring to in my first response when I asked if the file you were trying to receive exceeded the filesize limit...

But to answer your question, the answer is: Eh, not really. We could set the max limit for MMS to 5 gigs if we wanted on the handset, but Verizon would block it on the tower end so it would never get through. MMS size is not something we can fully control as Verizon's network decides what can pass and what can't, and if it exceeds their limit then it will never get sent by the network. And if the network decides the MMS is too big, there's nothing we can do about that from the phone side
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] innocent:
I didn't think Verizon had sim cards o.o and how do you edit apn on a sprint sgs3 or is not that not possible
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TinkerbeII:
In the past we did not. Times have changed!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] M_T_M:
The last post was deleted in order to avoid issues.

Feel free to PM your reply and please avoid getting all mad and stuff :) life is too pretty to get mad at each other ;)

Cheers,

***************

La calaca tilica y flaca!! :eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
I wouldn't think we would be getting mad. We are friends that you won't allow to play together. :p:rolleyes::cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] innocent:
My bad I'll pm you about it

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That's pretty cool xD can you also save your contacts onto the sim (just wondering). This is actually new news for me, never knew Verizon had sim cards lol

Edit: I got so used to my zero lemon battery thst the stock one looks so small xD
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nfamisnme:
Ah I c...thanks :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TinkerbeII:
Indeed you can. lol. I didn't either until I got this phone. =] How do you like the lemon battery with this Rom? What kind of life do you get using lemon and Synergy?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] calaski8123:
I got IMEI back to normal after the ODIN flash to stock. I got my 4G back with the new SIM card. The Verizon rep said *228 shouldn't connect with a 4G phone, it should just disconnect immediately. Mine definitely connected and spent about a minute "updating" before giving me the SIM card error. Maybe some sort of prevention can be added to the next release or perhaps a notice so nobody else makes the same mistake I did? I never knew calling *228 could mess me up so bad.

Thanks for your assistance. Right now I'm on 4.1.1 stock, but I already got the prompt for the newest OTA update. I deferred for now, but if I let it go thru will I have any problems going back to a custom ROM or is it the same process whether I'm on stock 4.1.1 or 4.1.2? I just want to make sure there is nothing in the new OTA that blocks me out. I'm beat today, I probably won't flash Synergy for a day or two. I just need the phone to work right now and I don't have time to reinstall everything.

Jim
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chayesfss:
I keep trying to flash this but it doesn't boot after I finish it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Would have to go way back on release of S3 to know *228 is bad. Take the OTA since you are already there. You have to unlock and re-root anyway. Use this tut to to unlock and root. You will have latest firmware. :cool:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1974114
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] STLRamsFan1k:
The strange thing is, the system is actually a bit choppy even before I put any apps on. Looked at my settings and I noticed that I had GPU rendering and anything related to it off on cleanrom 5.6 while I recall it being on with synergy. Could that maybe be an issue? Was definitely smoother than cleanrom 6 so I'm getting closer to getting this little blooper figured out!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
You answered your own question. If want zero lag turn off all rendering and transition animations. Will get no animation but should speed up. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] calaski8123:
I actually couldn't get the stock STOCK to actually download so I tried with the root66 file which is the stock image but with root still infused... SO I am actually on stock but still rooted. I verified that with Titanium BU the problem is that the OTA keeps telling me to update. I don't want to lose root by updating.

I think I may just flash Synergy after dinner to avoid any problems.

Jim
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Losing root is not a problem. I lose root everytime there is an update on purpose. If you flashed the custom recoveries OTA will fail anyway. Flash a rom that will keep update or do the right thing and update an reroot. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] STLRamsFan1k:
Transitions were never a problem since I always turn them down to .5 while I was trying to figure out what the GPU rendering setting was. After doing some research I'm confident that's what it is, definitely giving it a shot tonight.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] calaski8123:
OK I'll let the OTA update and then I'll reroot. Thanks.

Jim
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gherman222:
camera not working?

All of a sudden the camera isn't working?? Only change is trying out Facebook Home. Ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Reboot, and see if that fixes things.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RobZarzecki:
It's it safe to remove or freeze these top three items below

I'm not on Verizon but on the T-Mobile network and do not know if any of the pros here know.Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] innocent:
Sorry for late reply, the battery last a while, I get 20+ hours of heavy usages which includes leaving the screen on for 10+ hours and flashing themes, keeping wifi on 24/7. Music on alot. I haven't tried normal usage yet
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jager420:
How do you use the multi Window feature?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] innocent:
Try searching -_-, but all you do is hold the back button. That's all I'll say, you figure the rest out
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] garrettcorn:
Hold the back button and you will see apps pick one and drag it to the top or bottom of the screen enjoy!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] innocent:
wow

Off topic I didnt notice they changed the forums back to how it was xD wow dumb moment
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TinkerbeII:
Wow, that is amazing. How much did that fella set you back?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid316:
Only $33 best investment ever.I'm sure he will agree lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TinkerbeII:
Okkay, you peaked my interest! I am going to have to check that out! Thanks!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid316:
$34 actually buy my God you will not be disappointed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] spearoid:
can anyone provide a link to this lemon battery? Been wondering what the heck all this lemon stuff was about. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] innocent:
$34, brings a case not a plastic cover. Its a whole case and the battery which is literally like 3 batteries tied up somehow.

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http://www.amazon.com/warranty-ZeroLemon-Extended-Protection-Compatible/dp/B00AKZWGAC

Here you go

They also have a white one but I wouldn't recommend it, I'm actually going to buy a other one xD might get a blue case next time
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] spearoid:
It didn't matter what I did I had the lag you're describing on CleanRom 6. I didn't have it on 5.6 and I haven't had it on any build of Synergy!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid316:
I know bro I think I'm going to buy another one just in case something happens.They do have 180 day warranty=6 months.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] STLRamsFan1k:
Yea, it's a shame because I really liked CleanRom and how it was set up so you can adjust it to your needs. Never the less, I unchecked it the GPU Rendering option and so far it's running very smooth! Very impressed with this rom so far, a bit of a change for me to get used to the fact that I have more room on the screen but I'll adjust. :)

Out of curiosity, I personally like the stock green battery icon and when I change it to that and put the battery percentage indicator on, the number appears in the icon instead of to the side. Is there anyway to fix that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] innocent:
Ive never got more than 30 hours on it but because I use my phone so damn much lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid316:
Ha same here I have never drained it past %30 I just stick it back on the charger.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] STLRamsFan1k:
Yea NFL Mobile hasn't been working for me either. Hopefully it'll work with it later down the road or it gets fixed. Thank gosh I have Sirius Radio in case it never works but I kind of dislike using it since it tends to be delayed more than the NFL mobile app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] innocent:
I think they should rewrite what they mean by heavy usage lol my case heavy usage is about 10+ hours of screen time+wifi on all the time+theme flashing+ browser and music. Did I mention music?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TinkerbeII:
That is crazy! Synergy and Lemon sounds like a great combination.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] innocent:
Hell yea, and it's worth the price
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mrreg:
If you go to Settings then Display, there is a section at the bottom titled "Battery icon selection." "Battery icon style" lets you choose from a lot of different options including "Green Stock," which I think is the one you mean. There are so many, you might even find another you prefer.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] STLRamsFan1k:
Oh I knew that, I was just wondering about whether or not there was a fix for the battery percentage indicator? After selecting the "Green Stock" and turning the percentage indicator on, the number would appear inside the icon instead of to the side.

Edit: Grammar
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mrreg:
Oops, sorry! I totally misunderstood.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PetRiLJoe:
I noticed that percentage indicator option doesn't stick on a reboot so I had to change my battery icon to one that included percentages already - making that option redundant if enabled. I can't fix it for you but that's a good alternative to your situation I think. Try an icon that doesn't need it.

I hope that helps anyways, I know sometimes it's the little things ....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] markkal123:
this was happening to me too. now it's not. unfortunately i don't know what the fix is. maybe cuz i no longer scratch my a$$ on the 2nd sunday prior to a full moon . i only had the s3 for a week and was only on synergy for a few days. i did notice the dimming when running synergy for the first time.

for unrelated reasons i ended up d-loading the rom again. flashing and using titanium to restore apps only no data. it wasnt until i read your post that is realized i was no longer getting the dimming screen. since i re-flashed r443 i haven't had an instance of the dimming - for 9 days now.

wish i could be more specific.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] calaski8123:
Cell signal symbol is circle with line but works on r443

Ugh, I flashed r443 again last night and everything was fine. I installed all my apps and I had 4G, Wi-Fi and cell all working and all on the correct networks. I went to sleep and just woke up to find the 4G signal is still there but my cell signall is a circle with a line through it. Funny thing is, both data and cell are working.

Under phone Info I'm still showing all the right stuff but everything is grayed out, can't remember if that is normal or I'm just paranoid now. Only thing different is under mobile networks access point names last night only two were highlighted, Verizon LTE and that eHRPD:13, everything else was grayed out. Now everything is available and I'm on the last one that is LTE Verizon internet.

Everything seems to be working but I'm still nervous about the symbol after yesterday. I haven't rebooted yet since I wanted to make sure that wouldn't be a bad idea to boot up while not connected properly.

Jim

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It also seems my location is not Auto finding itself based on apps that usually display it like weather.

Jim
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mmalkin:
Are you using PDroid? If so, try long-click on "Maps" and choose "Allow All." I wasn't getting location service from the network after flash and this worked for me.

As for the "circle" issue, that's definitely the sign for "no reception" so I'm not sure how you're still getting service. A definite head scratcher.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eheinzeiii:
I have been checking this forum religiously waiting for the next release before my wife goes into labor lol. she is 4 days past the due date and I want to have my phone ready and stable for the events to come. 443 couldn't be better tho, I haven't had to reflash or try to fix anything since the day it was released. i have to say that this rom is exceptional, the devs involved in synergy couldn't be any more helpful and respectful to its users. I have been flashing since the original driod and i have to say that this rom is the best experience I have had. Keep up the good work devs, you guys are on another level. I look forward to the next release and don't feel like I'm trying to rush things at all, I would rather it take longer abs be stable than not. Thanks again for all your help with my problems in the past. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] innocent:
Get off xda and stand by your wife!!! XD congrats though, if I may ask boy or girl? And name?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] spiderj:
Congrats!!! New babies are exciting!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TinkerbeII:
Teach them early how to get into recovery mode. =]
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] innocent:
Awe she's beautiful af :) but she's doing it wrong! She's going to brick your phone. J/k
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eheinzeiii:
It's a boy and her water just broke minutes ago and were in the way to the hospital. You.!! See yall later
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bbolton_98:
I'm already "running" grand babies, lol. They are more fun, getting them all hyper and sending them home ranks up there pretty high on the fun scale.

Back on subject: it's hard to guess what else Team Synergy can do to make this better. Everything running so great its hard to mess with, well until esc comes out with something. lol:)

Cruzin the Galaxy sIII via Synergy Rom / Anthrax kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] innocent:
Good luck man!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TrevE:
Congrats buddy! Can't wait to get a new SynergyRom user on board. Sorry we didn't have a new release out before he popped out but maybe itll give you a good distraction when your back with a screaming kid at 3am :)

SVN is lookin pretty nice though :good: just need a few aroma cosmetics which is easier said than done, Verizon's aroma in recovery blue/red/yellow channels are flipped around while other carriers show it fine so we have the fun task of making icons look correct reversed colors or not.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Will32:
Congrats! I remember 14 years ago when our first child was an infant. It was tough on me because he didn't like to sleep all night, probably tough because I was only 18. I remember asking my boss when will this flippin kid asleep through the night? He said that his kid is 12 and she still doesn't sleep through the night.

I don't know if this is your first, but with that I'll say welcome to parenthood and good luck.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
In case you guys missed it last night, Trev has another thread posted with a tool to check multicarrier compatability. Anytime you flash a US S3 ROM, flash that tool afterward and make sure that EVERY value comes back with your right carrier and that no "other carrier" apps have been installed.

The tool is in the thread below, but please don't spam that particular thread with useless posts. Just follow Trev's instructions. If you pass, great. If you fail any value, let your ROM's dev know so that they can fix it ASAP.

Either do multicarrier properly, or please do not do it at all.

This is dangerous ground we're treading on and if people continue to guess at fixes or keep modding files they know very little about, it can only end poorly for all of us

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2234003

PS - Rest assured, Synergy passes flawlessly ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] innocent:
Yea thanks but im sticking with synergy :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ryezen:
I tried searching the thread, but couldn't locate the topic. I'm having only two (minor) issues with Synergy:

1) The notification bar icons don't appear until I pull it down for the first time,

and

2) I get a google process error once in a while, which seems to affect notifications working properly.

I think I've seen people post problems/solutions to these issues before, can anyone point me in the right direction or offer advice? Thanks in advance!

~Ryezen
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rockingrubberducky:
does the green battery bar work yet? also does the percentage thing with the batttery bar work correctly? i want the status bar to look like stock
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] keynith:
Hate to be the one that said it, but if she doesn't eat an iPhone as well, then your gunna have realise that one day she will think all tablets are ipads and youll hae to explain to her that rooting is like jailbreaking....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid316:
I use my Verizon mobile Alot and each time when I click on it it says preparing this application for use and take like a minute then it gives network errors but then finally lets me log in, is there a way to solve this? I have uninstalled, cleared data etc but to no avail.Also is there a way in the toggles to change the positions of the toggles?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Verizon Mobile doing that to everyone. Don't know which end it is on. Can reorder toggles in Advanced Settings app in app drawer. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] uberbdon:
If you mean moving the entire row of toggles to, say, above or below the notification drawer then no, I don't think that's possible. I've only seen this setting in AOSP ROMs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid316:
That was it.Thanks

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What themes are you guys using for this Rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] innocent:
You really don't miss nothing lol? Seriously you should be xda support or something
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
HaHaa. My phone hasn't been fully setup in a couple months. Always flashing and testing something. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] innocent:
I haven't tried nothing much xD idk I don't venture much away from touchwiz. What's your daily driver