yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zeus33:
Did you read the whole thread?

Update: We aren’t sure why, but Verizon just changed the support docs back to a previous update. We’ll keep an eye on it and see what happens.

And the update is only 62mb. That's not it......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
That 62mb looks like ICS HE. Isn't that the exact same size. Hard to believe as much as changed between ICS and JB that 62mb would cover it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Weioo:
I only ever kept a single backup of each item around. Ok, so this is what I'm getting. Please explain answers to questions in picture below.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Don't know why they greyed out but if you click on it on that 2nd screen which is actually the main screen where it says one backup you can restore from there. Also don't have any idea what the difference is in the 2 MMS. Dialer looks like the APN which you should not need. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Milly7:
Wasn't meant to be taken serious. I raved about battery life in the latter part of my post as well if you look at it carefully.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mb27:
Ah ok no worries
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dimsumx:
Are you guys wiping battery stats after each new load?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Chase.Barnett:
Glad your back!

1.3 has been rock hard stable for me. Very very good batter life too. For the first time in 3 or 4 years, I'm not worried about whether I have a charger with me or not when I leave home or when I get into the ambulance not knowing when I'll be back at the station.

It's nice having that freedom again. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] robpet2:
If I could put my phone down and not use it, I would get incredible battery life.. But it's like it's glued to my hands...

Sent from my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bigmook:
yes I charge it to 100%. like magic battery stats are cleared.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AftermathLK:
You do not need to wipe battery stats. this has been disproved by google themselves.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Skippy38:
Strange must be a PWR AMP issue then....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] addictedhacks:
Am I doing something wrong? My build number is 1.3 but I cant seem to see any of this ROMS features... I installed Kexec and fake CWM and then flashed this. But I had to remove the nagging wifi reminder manually. Also the features say the fade in ring tone was removed but I still have it.

The ROM is butter fast and I love it but I just feel like I am missing some of the features.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ericlmccormick:
feature request

I'm sure others may have requested this too but wanted to throw it into the hat too.

I would like to have Google Wallet already installed or at least make it so that it can be installed without a lot of fuss.

Also remove the tethering entitlement check per http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1800796 or http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1801886

Thanks for the great ROM

Eric
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] S_rob7488:
Tried searching the thread but I am ttrying to locate the Verizon visual voicemail app. I would think that it was taken out for this Rom since I want find it anywhere. Would anyone have the apk to install it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wera750:
Has anyone using this Rom successfully bought anything with the latest wallet ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jayotero:
About Google wallet please let be so.. Lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jugger naut:
Amen :highfive:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
As discussed, battery stats are not a file that logs how long your battery should last that can screw up your battery life. Rather, it's the file in the system uses to show you what your battery has been doing. Go into Settings -> Battery and you can see how many apps have been using the battery and how much. That's all battery stats is. This gets wiped every time you charge your battery to 100% anyway.

Honestly, I'm thinking about it. I promised you guys the next update wouldn't need a full wipe but maybe we should just update to the new base, cook in all the new stuff, fix the bugs you guys have issues with and just do it all at once.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Neverendingxsin:
+1 might as well just do it all at once.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruddogg:
just flashed 1.3 after full wipe, and restored only app data on titanium...working great...

thanks Synergy team! I've been looking for a great ROM like the Team BAMF ones I used on my Thunderbolt, but since Team BAMF hasn't jumped on the S3 band wagon yet, I'm thankful that you guys put out a great ROM!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jurassitol:
+1 Yes please! And don't worry about the timing, if I gotta wipe, I'd rather have the weekend to really focus on the changes. Just my 2 cents.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] niv3d:
+1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] art0605:
I look forward to it! As I do with all your releases.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] duarian:
Thread was long changed since I posted my original post in this thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Breakthecycle2:
Yeah I know it's been covered, (im not reading through 1000+ pages guys!), do you have to wipe coming from an older version?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Depends on what version/OS you are coming from and what you feel is the correct way to flash new build. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Yeah, wipe. Then restore data.

It can't hurt ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Metfanant:
E always recommends a data wipe with all updates...

it can hurt if youre doing an advanced data restore through recovery...because doing that is essentially exactly the same as a dirty flash...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Weioo:
...I...love you man...!!!

I knew it would be something stupid and simple.

Thank you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
My comment was meant to mean restore Data after wipe and boot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
If they both dirty flashes I would rather have a clean partition and flash data over a new system than flash a new system over old data. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Metfanant:
What data are you restoring though? Just app data through titanium? Or something else?

Synergy formats /system as part of the installation process whether you data wipe or not...

so if you're going to restore all data then there is no point in doing the data wipe in the first place...because youre just going to restore any conflicting/corrupted/incompatible data...

sent from my VZW Galaxy S3 running Synergy Jelly Bean
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
As a tester for the last 5 years we have seen that system wipe from rom is not always successful. We have control over conflicting/corrupted/incompatible data. Those that just flash rom over rom regardless of Aosp/Aokp/CM/TW without wiping system end up sending the bricks back to Verizon or Josh at Mobile Tech for JTag. I have TBIU PRO. MBP and all the other pro pay apps. I still Restore data from recovery and have never had to reflash any rom on any device due to bugs that were not known in the rom. Just need to know what you are doing.and flashing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wolfnut88:
I don't know if it has been posted, but every now and then when I try to play youtube (the app) my media sound mutes itself and doesn't return until a hard reboot. I wouldn't have posted this since I dirty flashed, but my wife's phone (clean flashed) is doing the same thing. Also whenever I connect my AUX cable, my player will play 1-3 songs, then plays the music through the phone's speaker. Not big issues, just some minor bugs that I and my wife are experiencing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
I'm running thru YouTube now . on Video 4 with no hickups. Will try audio next . Need to know what cable you using, I'm using Beats and Samsung buds. Do not do car tests.:cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Need specifics. Just ran 10 youtubes and Credence greatest hits off sd card. No Skips, no sound loss. Did half album on Beats buds. Looking for sound loss and skip on 64 GB Fat32 cards. Can't reproduce any. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] im_on_fire:
I keep getting "Sd card removed. Insert another one." error. Anyone else getting this or know how to fix it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Don't know. Been running the same 64 GB Fat32 card since pre release of S3.:cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] im_on_fire:
I wasn't having any trouble with the card until I put music on it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
I have like 10-12 GB on mine. All tests done on native tracks. I don't stream. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] im_on_fire:
What kernel are you running
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Manwthgun:
Hey everyone I have been on r118 for some time and I haven't done a flash in some time (had some heat issues with 125). But, now my media is killing my battery. I pulled my music and pics off of SDcard formatted it then moved music back but, battery drain remains am I missing something? Using r118 with KTkernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Metfanant:
Do you have backups made by CWM using the new "blobs" format?

sent from my VZW Galaxy S3 running Synergy Jelly Bean
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] stargate125645:
Choosing the "ondemand" I/O governor seemed to help the most with audio skipping and such from FAT32 64GB cards with a crap ton of music. You can also use a player, like PowerAmp, that allows for precaching of music. I eventually went to exFAT and no longer encounter issues (I just have to wait for it to be updated in this ROM's kernel since I'm too lazy to test new ones by Ziggy at the moment). As for the other issues, like headphones not being recognized, I haven't a clue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Manwthgun:
Yes and it is taking up way to much space like 6 gig it is on the internal SD. I was actually looking how to best delete it and start a new backup if it would replace the blobs just to start cleanly. I know you can change format to tar backup. But, also could use some advice on that as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] spiderj:
No rush, just curious if there has been any talk about when esch will release the new build? I am trying to decide if I should just go ahead and flash 125 or wait until the new rebase?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thornev:
You could move the backups to your external SD card and tell CWM to use external SD. You can also use TWRP2 (Team Win Recovery Project) whose backups don't take up as much space. TWRP is a very nice touch interface.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] swirly05:
TWRP all the way!!!:D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jaben2:
To change your backup format in cwm

Boot to recovery

Select backup and restore

Choose backup format

Done
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Manwthgun:
I appropriate all the CWM/TWRP info. I will try out TWRP but, is the blobs on the CWM the issue with the Media draining the battery all of a sudden?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Metfanant:
Moving the backups doesn't do anything...the problem with the media drain is that the blobs folder contains THOUSANDS of files...

The phone then continues to scan and scan through the files...

The blobs setup is nice in that it means your backups don't need to have duplicate data..but it wreaks havoc with our phones...

sent from my VZW Galaxy S3 running Synergy Jelly Bean
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DieselNY:
Can we uninstall CWM so it deletes all the blobs then reinstall? Or will that cause other problems?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SIII
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] d1ez3:
In regards to what you are talking about, what is the best way to go from CWM to TWRP? Would I be able to use EZ-Recovery to switch my recoveries?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cr4ck3r4lif3:
My clockworkmod folder has the ". Nomedia" file. Everyones should. Your phone won't scan this folder with that file present.

CWM is NOT wreaking havoc on your phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Metfanant:
Mine had no .nomedia file...did you add it to yours..

Its simple to add...however I don't use nandroid backups so it makes no difference to me...the backup I happened to have on my sdcard was months and months old...removal of the backup cured all media drain issues...

Its simply the blobs format causing the issue...its an ingenious way to do backups but whether its our phone or just an android thing it just causes media to go bananas scanning all the files...

I have no reason to move to TWRP though...I've always used CWM and I'm comfortable with it

sent from my VZW Galaxy S3 running Synergy Jelly Bean
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] moun7ain:
Jelly Bean Officially out starting tomorrow!

http://news.verizonwireless.com/news/2012/12/samsung-galaxy-s-III-android-jelly-bean.html
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
I am running Ziggy from 125.:cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] elliott35:
Whats the best way to over/underclock with this ROM? is it possible? i cant find anything built into the ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thornev:
Install from the Play Store a CPU control app such as System Tuner and have at it. I'm overclocked to 1.9GHz. Ziggy's kernel is included in (certain versions of) the ROM and it provides overclocking support.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mchaos:
rom is awesome. i am downloading 125 now. excited for ziggy kernel. hope they impliment the touchwiz landscap mod.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neh4pres:
I believe you just have to create a file called .nomedia in the blobs folder.. Then you're phone will skip it

Via my Google Galaxy S3 running magic beans
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ziggy471:
Nothing specifically built in, but the kernel does have the sysfs controls for it. Here's an old post of mine explaining how to do it from the command prompt: CLICKY. It for the most part still applies, things have changed slightly but not much.

It should be included from 125 on, and if you want the latest I'm working on, it will always be on my projects site.

Z
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Weioo:
prdog1, thank you VERY much for your help over the last couple days with TiBu. It is very much appreciated! I'm now running r125 with all settings backed up, and its MUCH smoother than my old r73! What a noob mistake I made, but live and learn! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Mystikalrush:
I hope we get one person who is in the community of rooting and roming tomorrow, so we have an official base build for esch to work on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ancora76:
Device memory Miscellaneous files 10.81 GB??

Just installed the Rom and loving it so far!! Very quick! Phone battery did run hot for first hour but now its seems to be back to normal.

Question i have is when i i go into storage in my settings my device memory shows Miscellaneous Files = 10.81 GB!!! what the hell are these files and how do i empty this? I have no music or pics on the device memory.

Thanks in advance!! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sccrluk9:
prdog1 awhile ago you mentioned you were using the Motomoto00 theme from the internation S3. Can you explain how you got it to work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Metfanant:
Its already out...the most recent leak is the OTA

sent from my VZW Galaxy S3 running Synergy Jelly Bean
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Coolfreak:
CWM nandroid files most likely.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
If using TWRP have to change zipalign in VRTheme folders. It will flash but not change anything. Only works on CWM unless you change that file. Newest version have to change in 2 folders.

http://teamw.in/VRThemes

:cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HoudiniJr:
Hey Esch, at least you wont have to be going from base to base now, :D:thumbup: lol

Sent from my Secret Base in Outer Space
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
4.1.2 with Premium Suite next. It ain't over till it's over. :p:cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HoudiniJr:
Lol, true that :thumbup::D

Sent from my Secret Base in Outer Space
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dtully808:
Not sure if anyone has asked, but is anyone else's group messaging working properly?

I can send to multiple people and it clearly shows "group messaging" and "individual messaging" like the galaxy note 2, but when someone replies in that group message, it sends their text to me as an individual message.

Am I missing something here or not?

Sorry if this has already been asked, I tried searching for it in the thread.

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wolfnut88:
This has been very random for me now. It still happens on both our phones but it is so intermittent that it only really annoys or son. As for the aux cable, it was just a regular old double male end auxiliary cable. I just put this out to see if it was a problem offers have had. Next release I'm going to do a complete reset and clean install. Thanks for trying to replicate though.

guess I forgot to hit "quote." I'm talking about the audio issues I get randomly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cr4ck3r4lif3:
Click on miscellaneous and you'll get a breakdown of what the files consist of. From there you can check the boxes and delete stuff
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zipkicker:
Hey esh, still have to unplug the aux cable to take a phone call using my Bluetooth headset, I saw a couple builds ago you mentioned an attempt to change that, I'm on 125 now..besides that, ROM is my daily driver :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Ryezen:
Screenshots?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sccrluk9:
Got it figured out. Found out it didn't work with cwm touch. Moved to cwm 6.0.1 and it worked perfectly. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] saucyzest:
I apologize for the noob Q here, I imagine this has been addressed but searched this monster thread and cant seem to find an exact answer...I'm coming from v1.7 so need to do full wipe but am using TWRP for the first time, do I need to do a "factory reset" or "system wipe". It says the system wipe wipes the ROM, so wasnt sure if that would cause me to lose root. Thanks in advance!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Factory reset wipes and deletes all the apps, System deletes the old rom. Will not lose root. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] saucyzest:
Ah awesome, thanks for the clarification. So should I do a system wipe? Won't the new one over-write the old one anyway?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
I always wipe it all. The rom is going to wipe system for you anyway. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Cheasy123:
I have been using Handcent SMS with r125 and have had no problems sending and receiving group messages. Perhaps it's a problem with your settings?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nightwind Hawk:
Such a fail on Samsung's part....

---------- Post added at 10:59 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:54 AM ----------

Hey, does anybody over here do undervolting on this ROM? I know really nothing about it (is it safe/healthy for the phone??) but somebody in the jelly bean machine thread is claiming 5.5 hours of screen time on the battery? :cyclops:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=35410119&postcount=362
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] UrbanLejendary:
Battery saving from under voting is negligible from the research I've read (no sources sorry). One reboot from instability can cost you more than you'll save. With that being said I still under volt lol

5.5 hours is totally possible on wifi. This morning I had 18 hours on my battery with 2.5 screen on and I had just hit 50%

Sent from my mobile look-at device
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HoudiniJr:
Yeah definitely possible, to really save battery you need to find any pesky wakelocks and possible rogue apps. After I did that I average 5-6 hrs with wifi on all day. Except when I leave anywhere I use actual wifi, other than that its off.

Sent from my Secret Base in Outer Space
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Xinlitik:
I tried installing the newest JB version after fully wiping version 1.3, but it led to a boot loop. Do I need to do anything else to get the new JB rom to work? I did not unlock the bootloader, but I was under the impression that was not essential for simply running. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ENDonDESIGN:
Unlock the boot loader and re-install the rom. Would NOT recommend a dirty flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dtully808:
I've used handcent SMS and GoSMS for group messaging in the past on my galaxys3, but it's just laggy and just doesn't flow properly, its quite pathetic actually.

I know I could install handcent SMS and get it to work, but that's not what I'm asking. I'm wondering if the stock messaging app that has group messaging enable is working properly. I also know that android finally fixed group messaging in android 4.2, but who knows when we'll get that.

Any word Esch?

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ancora76:
Hey thanks for the tip!! I tried this and it did give me some more space but its seems like the problem is the "Blobs" folder in CWM. I put it on my SD card as a back up when i deleted my internal and i noticed that i had almost no free space on my external SD card. So i deleted the Blobs folder which took some time to do and then i got all my memory back. Is it important to have this blobs folder?

Also noticing the my battery life isnt so great. I did charge it to 100% and then erased the bat stats. Hopefully after a few days it will get better. Im trying the Smartass V2 option now. If there are any tips that i might have missed reading the 1000 or so pages please let me know.

And finally noticed a bug. Not sure if it was brought up but when listening to my music using head set and screen off the next track skip using volume rocker takes a good 10 seconds before next song starts. If you hold the up key and then hit power button the song will start right away. Skipping back is not an issue the song starts right away.

Other than these little things i LOVE THIS ROM!!! So smooth and clean!! Just hope i can get battery to be better. Was at the gym for 2 hours listening to my music and charge went from 100% to 72% with screen off the whole time. Checked my apps and nothing is eating power. Plus i havent really installed any apps yet other then typical root stuff. Hate to say it but my HTC Incredible had better battery life at the gym lolol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tgom222:
The Blobs folder is used by CWM for backups. Basically, it stores common files from different backups in Blobs. Deleting that folder will destroy you CWM backups.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DieselNY:
Can we delete them and the just make a fresh nandroid?

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy SIII
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vertner82:
over clocking

what app is everyone using to over clock. what are the settings and results your using/getting. I have used several different ones on other phones just wanted to know what one works the best or better than others. thanks in advance.