yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sweeds:
Maybe you'd have less "dead batteries" if you found a good kernel. :p

But real talk, your statement is very generalized. The kernel plays an important role at the base level of your phone. Devs spend a lot of time customizing and tweaking kernels for different use cases. I counter what you stated and I believe the right kernel can impact both performance and battery life. But hey, to each his own. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lord-dogbert:
I found an old backup of Foursquare that works with this ROM, 484 version. I have been testing it today with no issues at all.

Operational version attached.

I uninstalled the older version, installed this version and removed auto-updates on it from the play store so it stays sane and reasonable.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mmalkin:
Thanks for finding that. I just put the "Explore" widget on my homescreen to bypass the problem. But it does add clutter and I'm not sure the newer versions of the app have anything useful for the average user.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Digital DJ:
fair enough. I've just never seen better performance with any kernel whether its stock or customized. But thats me. and I have a 6300mAh battery, so it never really is 'dead'...lol

Ok, so my phone just stopped....dead...not working....unable to revive???

I have no idea WTF just happened, but I can't get my phone to reboot. Yes I have full battery power. I have 3 batteries and have tried them all. I hope it's not bricked. Anyone have any ideas on how to get this ***** started again? I tried holding down different combinations of buttons and haven't had any luck i.e. volume up + Home key + power etc... nothing...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] schneid:
I'd unplug, pull the batt, the SIM and the SD card and walk away for a half hour. See what happens. If it comes up I'd then delete the caches and fix permissions. If it dies again I'd dirty flash the ROM and repeat the let-it-die completely routine. Crash again, repeat with a full-wipe and all the other things. Again? I'd ODIN back to stock and start fresh.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Digital DJ:
does anyone know the button combination to get into bootloader or recovery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MIKEYSAKZ:
Regular recovery I think is volume up home and power all at same time
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blueb0x:
Correct. Volume down, home and power is for download mode
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Digital DJ:
Ok volume up home and power is not working. I put it on the charger as well and there is no indication of life whatsoever. After speaking with my son, he told me he was trying to flash a kernel for me....yeah he put a tablet kernel on it. (I know I just stated earlier that I hate flashing kernels...lol, and don't ask me what he was doing with my phone) so apparently that is why it quit. before I go buy a new phone, any ideas on what I may be able to do?

thanks for all your help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jlyle:
If you cant get into Recovery or Download mode you might be dead in the water ..

Tablet kernel on S3 = OUCH
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Digital DJ:
Well I think I'm dead in the water then....on the bright side.....Hello Galaxy Note :p
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JCBiznatch:
Jtag...works
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lord-dogbert:
Hold power, volume up and home button until you see a message on the top left corner, hold for half a second longer an wait about 5-10 seconds. It's an art to get into recovery for me.

If you're already running synergyrom just reboot and an additional menu will come up, choose recovery and it will boot into that mode for you.

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I agree, there isn't much of anything useful on the new versions. I tried the widgets and they too eventually failed.

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I backed everything up and dirty flashed the kernel to stock today. Tired of the app crashes, hanging, random reboots and other oddities. I wasn't using any of the ziggy features anyways, if I need CPU power i'll get my Note 10 or laptop out.

Will advise how it goes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Digital DJ:
I've tried that. My phone seems to be bricked, I'm trying to find an unbricking method....My screen is black. I've tried the volume up home and power but I don't get anything at all., it's just dead....I'm currently searching Google for a method to unbrick, but all I see are methods the require the volume up, home, and power buttons to be used....ugh
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
If you plug into PC and get a weird message that it shows as Q something device it is hard bricked. $60+ shipping for Jtag at MobileTechVideos. :cool:

http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rickmatic:
I can confirm mms working on sprint.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Digital DJ:
Ok so I can't get even the 'charging' indicator light to come on when I plug my phone into a charger. This thing may just be dead. Thanks fo ryour help, but I'm off to get wither an S4 or a Note.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Addiso:
Next time flash something that is meant for the device, that is why every forum is categorized by their own, so stuff like this doesn't happen. You can't just flash any rom or kernel from any thread as they have their framework or changes specially built for that device.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Flash wrong **** on them they will brick just as fast. :p:laugh::cool:

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If it's dead Verizon will still give you a refurb. It is still under warranty and if black they can't check. Gets thrown in refurb bin and shipped to Texas where they don't even look at them. Although I do not condone fraud and it can be JTagged. ;):cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] monkeyhihi:
Having a weird/annoying issue with my Verizon GS3...

After rebooting my phone to change the battery, I had no data connection at all. I went to the APN settings list and there was absolutely nothing there. I tried looking up the Verizon 4G apn settings to apply them, but for some reason they wouldn't save. I reflashed Synergy and got data back, but after another reboot all of the APN settings disappeared again. Any idea as to what this issue could be?

Edit: I had been searching this thread before making my post, and it was only after I made it that I found something relevant. This thread is a beast to go through! The issue was with the modem in my phone, I updated it to the MB1 modem found here: http://invisiblek.org/d2firmware.html and everything is working fine now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Digital DJ:
No they won't I'm in the worst position I could be in with a phone. No insurance, cause I bouth it on CL. Past the warranty, etc... Anyway I bought a Galaxy Note 2.

I would like to thanks sdbags for all the hard work he put into this rom. I would like to thank prdog for all the help he provides us. I'm off to another phone...Galaxy Note 2. I won't be rooting as my life is so busy with my business and children, I hardly have time to keep up with this. But it has been fun all. :cowboy:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Hahaa. Heard that line before. You hooked. You won't be able to handle stock long now that you know what we can do with it. See you soon just in another thread. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] donaldo794:
is there going to be an update any time soon? or did synergy move on to the s4? and does anyone know when s4 rooms will be available for the s3?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FancyRabbitt:
You are able to send mms as well?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kage87z:
Because I'm hooked... I waited since 484 came out but yesterday switched to Plasma X.

I'm monitoring this thread, because the moment I see an update, I'm back like a shot.

Best ROM I've had since I started rooting my nook 3 years or so back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] speedingcheetah:
Mine did the same thing....i just plugged it in and zap..it was gone...dead...and i was running only rooted pure stock

shorted out.....had to send for replacement phone

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download mode jig? course that wont fix a hard brick...unless u want to send it in for jtag serve.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tbis:
There was a Verizon update would be nice to match the new system version. Get it as close to the s4 as possible like the cool lock screen. If u could combine sbreens ROM with this I would be so happy.

Humanly possible would be his nice.

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He's not on the new version but emulates the s4 better and has more options. Just would like the best multi window feature on his ROM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kage87z:
So far, so good. No issues... good functionality. no problems with data or GPS... still exploring the features.

UPDATE: FANTASTIC power consumption.

I picked up a zerolemon extended battery (7000mAh) and on Synergy, I'd use about 20% power per day... 4.5 to 5 days between recharges. On Plasma X, that's now averaging around 3% per day. Won't recharge until I get to 1 or 2% just to see how long that takes.

Don't use a lot of data... do use a lot of phone time... wifi at home... some texting (500 a month or so) didn't change usage at all from Synergy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AtariDroid:
I've been holding out on my S3 being in serious need of a reflash hoping to see an update to this ROM..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] andybones:
This ROM is pretty much perfect, has had multi windows and floating multi windows long before Verizon finally gave it to us.

I did a re-base on the new base, and it is not any better than MB1, in-fact it came with radio/modem issues, so IMO I don't know what these guys could update until Verizon gives us something Synergy hasn't yet. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobcaruso:
A true 4.1.2 systemUI without pinch to expand notifications, Synergy is still on 4.1.1 systemUI
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Digital DJ:
PrDog thanks for the hint on jtag

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2318451
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RoboJoe:
I have this exact problem, and I've superwiped (a few times now). I don't *think* it's a ROM issue, specifically-- it's something we're installing on, or doing to, the phone. You may have noticed that if you use Google Now and wait for the minute+ long wait, then use it again shortly after, you don't have the wait-- almost like something is being killed in the background and is having to reload when we use Google Now. The long wait time is not seen until I load all my apps after a fresh install, and it's not resolved by unchecking all the phone-searchable items in the Google Now settings.

I haven't found a reliable way to lock an app into memory, but I suspect that would resolve this issue. I have a nasty habit (that I'm trying to break) of running a lot of Android enhancement tools in the background, so it's probably my fault. My RAM usable is similar to yours, including when force-clearing RAM.

If anyone knows a simple way of locking apps into memory, I'd appreciate a link. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mmarks9156:
Note2 keyboard

I'm on the Sprint GS3 is there a way to flash the Note2 keyboard on r484? I know other ROMs I've seen on Sprint can do this but wasn't sure about this ROM.

I tried to flash a zip that worked on another ROM but got FCs on r484.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] blueb0x:
Thought there was an option.

Anywho, if you have a backup from another rom you can reinstall it with titanium backup. Better than a zip since tb puts the file in the right spot so when you reboot it sticks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] focalguy:
Thanks for sharing. I had the same problem and couldn't find anything in this thread. Must not have been searching right. I ended up finally trying the modem as well and got it but it was so weird that it would work sometimes and then nothing. Anyways, thanks for sharing your solution!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mmarks9156:
Thanks I'll try TB and see if that works.

Edit: Ran installer again and N2 keyboard option selected and working now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jtcarnes:
Why not just take it in to a Verizon store and tell them it won't do anything? You're not being dishonest. :)

EDIT: Nevermind... I just read the rest of the thread and saw that you didn't get it from VZW.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] T41NT:
I did this by accident also, flashed an s4 rom by mistake I had for my gf. Killed the phone. No power no screen no nothing. Not even a charging indicator unless you pull the battery and plug it in. I called Verizon and got them to replace it free under the manufacturers warranty. Just got the new one today in the mail, on it right now. Told them I was experiencing the "sudden death" symptoms and that was it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
His warranty was out and no Insurance. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] T41NT:
Ah no good. Mine was less than 30 days old, and I had replaced the screen myself. I didn't tell Verizon that but to hell with them. Phone looked flawless
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] T41NT:
What is the current build tho atm?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
484
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] neh4pres:
I was reading paranoid androids g+. He has released source, and in his comments he says the halo could be implemented into tw

Via my Google Galaxy S3 running magic beans
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] T41NT:
Any mirrors? That's a 7 hour download right now lol... That's insane
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Shows 8 minutes here. Find another browser or download via PC. Usually see those speeds from using phone and XDA app. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] T41NT:
im on chrome at home now, still 8 hours and nothing else downlaoding hmmm.. pittsburgh must just have a **** connection to them atm? eeesh my fios is 50/25

nvm found one doing it in 2 min lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
I'm on 18/1.5. Using CO server. Have already dowloaded since last post. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] soopervoo:
For those who don't know...... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2319177

I guess I'll be upgrading my S3 soon!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Biker1:
Thanks for the heads up ;)

My glass broke over the weekend.

Accidentally dropped it from ten inches onto cement.

Asurion notified. S3 arriving later today.

I was thinking to sell it and putting the money towards an S4, as I'd have to pay full retail, but not sure yet.

Good to hear the Synergy Team is on the S4 already.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobcaruso:
We've officially been abandoned :crying:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Afro Samurai:
Don't give up yet, you never know.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bad355camaro:
Anyone have a Verizon stock image?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Here is MB1. There is no MD3 out yet. We knew Synergy was going to S4. Ech pre-ordered it. He posted that long ago. :cool:

http://d-h.st/Xfe
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ylexot:
If we're lucky, Esch will learn a bunch of stuff about the S4 and then port some goodies over to the S3...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
It ain't over till it's over. ;):cool:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42458250&postcount=77
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
What's up, guys :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hobart!:
Whats up Esch? Sooooo and news..lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Not Much. Just hanging out twiddling our thumbs or whatever they may have their hands on at the time. :laugh::cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bad355camaro:
Thanks, I don't know what happened to my back up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
That is Odin image. Don't know if I still have backup for just MD3 rom or not would have to look and would be TWRP file. Let me know if that what you want or just flash Beans Stock base. It same thing. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Atook:
I had an issue where Google Now wouldn't stop listening, I would finish speaking, and the mic would just keep picking up small sounds.

After reading around I decided to wipe dalvik and cache. Worked like a champ.

You could also try uninstalling via TiBU: com.google.android.voicesearch. Then re-installing

I understand the flash addicts wanting another update, but really this ROM is perfect. Heck, I haven't even flashed the latest because 373 w/ Ziggy's is rock solid for me!

Esch, I'm glad to see you're still around, many thanks to you and the team for a stable and fast OS for our S3s!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jlyle:
Is this an Esch sighting .. congrats on the S4 rom.. im almost jealous of the s4 now but not really :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
Development for SynergyROM for the S3 is NOT dead.

We all got sidetracked with other projects / work / family / vacations... then we spent some time getting our S4 rom off the ground (which we did late last night) so we can start looking at the S3 again. I ended up not selling my phone for the time being. The honest reason: You guys have been awesome. Hands down one of the best threads we've ever had and it just didn't feel right tying it all off this soon :good:

So what have I missed with the S3 lately? Fill me in.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] krmtdfrg:
4.2 Synergy S3?

Hoping to see 4.2.2 on the S3 for Synergy soon. I love this Rom so far though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
Which is the safe build number for 4.2.2 ?

I'm seeing concerns from people about certain 4.2.2 builds and modems...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Hobart!:
Um well.... a new OTA is out that has crappy signal so everyone is staying on mb1 modems ...but a rebase would be nice. Not that synergy already isnt but md3 seems really SMOOTH. Maybe look into 3minit mods and xposed framework..both for mods. Hmmm ..my fiance let me finally root her phone and I put synergy on it cause its solid and I wouldnt have to hear her whine about something not working. .lol....any s4 stuff you can get working. It's a start...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] T41NT:
I know this is probably gonna be a stupid question, but how does one make a Window float and use multi windows? I have it on but haven't seen a Window floating over another once yet ha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
So there is no official 4.2.2 VZW build, then...

Just the leaked one for the international version (which won't work for us since they have different hardware/libs)

Sorry for the confusion as I try to catch up. I thought you guys were saying the VZW S3 has 4.2.2, but it appears that's not the case.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RoboJoe:
Wait, are we throwing out feature requests/suggestions?

Fix whatever bug causes Foursquare to crash.

Add in the Fancy-Shmancy Holo popups from PA.

Uh, yeah, that's about it. This ROM is pretty solid. (Or, it would be if I just left it alone.)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] domtru:
Does this ROM have NFC?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mushu13:
-Enable/Fix encryption

-Stabilize MDL to HDMI output
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] krmtdfrg:
The only 4.2.2 Roms I see are all ASOP and cant allow your multi window functionality. If you can get that into a 4.2.2 Rom i would be in heaven.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Kc0r8y:
Cancel that I fixed it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] toosurreal01:
Renaming it SecMms.apk worked, thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] codyvance:
Anytime

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S3

Running the kick ass Synergy 1.5 with lean kernel 12-2, aosp apps, and locked bootloader.. F u verizon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcurley:
This ROM flies. I am running stock Kernel with Stock radio. all set up and settled in. Battery life showing 2.5 hours with Jango streaming on the way to work and 4G off once I get into work, Metal roof building, no cell service inside. 97%. That is the best so far. Still have not pulled the trigger on the IMO kernel, but radio is great with the stock radio, google wallet working fine too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] suki7474:
My gps location did say I was is North Carolina but when I put an address by me in New York it would fix it after it was done searching for the gps.

Synergy is awesome!! Best rom ever!! Keep up the great work everyone!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] loveubuntu:
Installed 1.5 and cwr non touch after a full wipe. After a few hours 4g gone and no data.back to stock and have 4g
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] codyvance:
What version of CWM did you use?

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S3

Running the kick ass Synergy 1.5 with lean kernel 12-2, aosp apps, and locked bootloader.. F u verizon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] appye:
WiFi notification

Is anyone else getting the wifi notification? Eschelon advised a full wipe. I did that and the notification is still there. Also, how do i autohide the navigation bar in the browser?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wrippel82:
I should note that after a reboot, all seems back to normal even though it still says error in android system under battery.. I'll keep watching this closely.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] astrocity:
Been using beans or synergy for the last week, been having a good time with synergy here honestly and good work sir.

Either I cannot search correctly, or I cannot find it - I used the EZ recovery app, and I always get the "ROM MAY FLASH STOCK RECOVERY ON BOOT. FIX?" message.

Can anyone explain to me why this is happening? I always say no, and have been running cwm 6.0.1.0. I quit messing with the beans rom because sometimes the phone would REALLY bootloop and I got stuck in recovery with dead nandroids, etc.

Thanks again and keep up the great work. I'll be buying you a beer here in a few more releases when I'm more comfortable.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bigee1212:
I say no too. The rom doesn't flash a recovery so it doesn't matter.

Those with gps issues try toggling the gps a few times and install faster fix from the market. Gps lock dead on in a second or 2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SightSeeker:
It's just saying that the ROM could possibly flash a new recovery and would you want to disable that. Since it doesn't you can pick yes or no because it will not flash a new recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SotYPL:
Cell standby battery usage reporting bug is still present in builds 1.4 and 1.5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] astrocity:
Did the battery icon change in this release? That's one of the the things I can't seem to pin down - things keep changing here and there and I cannot track them down. I know everyone talks about Jelly bomb theme and stuff but is that really compatible?

Maybe I should just do another full wipe and start over - something doesn't seem right now after this update and my weather has been stuck on my lockscreen for a while.....

Additionally, I see fixes for 4x4 layout - my desktop is already 4x4....I have a sneaking suspicion something is not right with my phone, haha.

Can anyone share a screenshot of the homescreen after 1.5 update? Anyone else with circle battery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sensui123:
Just out of curiosity, how are you guys replacing the apps with AOSP that needed renaming? I uninstalled MMS, browser, email/exchange last night using titanium and then moved the aosp apks inside system/apps and installed after fixing permissions....everything works perfectly....didn't need to rename anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] racinwarrior:
only version 1.5 has a circle battery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
To clarify, which notification are you talking about? There are two:

The thing that we kill is that nagging ongoing notification that cannot be dismissed from the pulldown notification bar, which takes effect after one reboot.

If you are talking about the popup that asks if you'd like to connect to a network, I have not gotten around to killing that off yet.

I'm getting to everything as fast as I can - there have been over 2 dozen major changes to the ROM in 72 hours, plus I still have my actual job and all the chores my wife gives me ;) - but I'll get to it all eventually

:)