yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Chase.Barnett:
How's everyone's battery life?

I might flash back to 1.3. My battery seems to be going fairly quick compared to the last version, or is this in line with everyone else?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloblaw1:
Make a nandroid once you get Google wallet activated. Put it in a lockbox and never lose it until you follow the disable and reactivate procedure to get to another ROM. Then back that up and never lose it until you cycle ROMS again.

ALWAYS disable good wallet before flashing anything. ALWAYS disable before wiping system data. ALWAYS disable before doing anything that alters your system partition.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mutelight:
It is too early to tell as I just flashed it last night but you may want to give it time to settle.

Also, open up Google Now and disable things that use the GPS like it showing nearby places, location based weather, etc. if you want to minimize the impact to the battery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Milly7:
How long your screen was on could make a difference. Click on the screen section and see how long the screen on time is.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Schaweet:
As I already have wallet working is the zip provided for the new version that let's you add any card?

As far as wifi notification goes, I don't have the ongoing but just the pop up. Nothing anycut couldn't fix in about 5 seconds.

Great rom so far. So happy to be able to put whatever toggles I want and in whatever order.

Sent from my SGS3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Flip35:
Ive been rocking 1.4 since last night, so far i love it...another awesome build, i love the toggles n native hotspot thank u ya for ur hard work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mutelight:
Yes, the version in this thread allows you to add any card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] im_on_fire:
you'll have to do some digging yourself because I'm not sure where the info is, but apparently, if you don't correctly clear Wallet before flashing a new ROM it will mess up the security of the NFC chip. (or something to that extent)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Metfanant:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

Right...so is that Synergy related or AOSP?...because its only been an issue since Synergy switched to Aroma, and I've been installing AOSP messaging instead of TW...

It worked on previous synergy builds and TW MMS.apk

sent from my VZW Galaxy S3 running SynergyROM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
That is Android/Verizon. It is encrypted phone to phone messaging like Blackberry. Does not go through normal servers. May be need TW. I have no experience with IPhone messaging and AOSP messaging sucks in my opinion. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FancyRabbitt:
This worked perfectly! Thank you for the quick response.

Is everyone plagued with mms messages not working? or have we found a work around?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Metfanant:
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Then explain my ability to receive group messages from them prior to the recent updates to Synergy?

sent from my VZW Galaxy S3 running SynergyROM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Schaweet:
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It's not iMessage....I've verified that.

It's only an issue on AOSP messaging. It works fine on TW messaging.

From my experience it's only with the iPhone 5 as well. It could be IOS6 in general but I have had 4/4s work fine but the 5 won't show up in group text. Standard SMS works with the 5 as well, so it's something with the 5 (maybe io6) MMS settings that don't play nice with the AOSP group messaging.

---------- Post added at 03:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:24 PM ----------

Use TW messaging and it's fine. The AOSP messaging has issues with some iPhones.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Metfanant:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

Ok...so I'll wait till the update and this time just go with TW messaging...

sent from my VZW Galaxy S3 running SynergyROM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FancyRabbitt:
Currently using TW messaging, however, when I receive the message it fails to download it each time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Worth a shot. I don't know anyone with IPhone to test. :laugh::cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dbornack:
If only we could get TW Messaging to do group messaging properly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Samsung.Galaxy.S3:
What do you mean?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HoudiniJr:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

I'll have to disagree with that, not an AOSP limitation. When I was on CM 10.1 it was not a problem and of course that is AOSP. Would guess, actually at this point, certain its ROM related.

Sent from my Secret Base in Outer Space
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Schaweet:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

It works fine for me. Do you get a blank message or a failed download? I've verified mine works with group messaging on TW.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Metfanant:
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Maybe a better way to look at it is a problem with AOSP messaging on a TW ROM?...I would expect AOSP ROMs to play better with AOSP messaging

sent from my VZW Galaxy S3 running SynergyROM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Fadingintofall:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

Hey, I hate asking this because I'm sure it's been asked and answered... But I didn't see it.

I've been trying to install the latest nightly, both clean and dirty... But it won't work. When I boot up, the screen is ten sorts of screwed up... I get constant ui crashes - to the point of being literally unable to do anything. I've restored my backup and that is fine... But I'd like to get on the newer version.

So... Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ricecake2000:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

I'm going to make a suggestion for the next build that lock screen rotation be removed or at least able to be turned off. It seems like it boggs down my phone and some times the power button won't wake up my phone and I believe its due to the lock screen rotation.

Also, every time I restart my phone Google.gapps apparently stops working...I have no idea what's causing that and it doesn't seem to affect the ROM at all.

Other than that this build is solid and my battery life is insane in the membrane.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FancyRabbitt:
I am getting failed to download. The message shows up and includes a download button. Then after about 30 seconds or a minute it says it failed to download.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HoudiniJr:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

Yeah that's exactly why I say its ROM related. If it works on AOSP and not on TW then of course its ROM related. Just wanted to make it clear its not an ASOP limitation. Especially since my first positive experience with group MMS was on AOSP and not TW lol

Sent from my Secret Base in Outer Space
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DieselNY:
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Anyone have weather displayed on lock screen and get a location that pretty much never changes or is not the location you are actually at? Been having this problem for the last few builds.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dunjay:
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No problem ive flashed multiple roms all with same mms problem. I just use go messager till they figure out whats going on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nckmsn:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

I agree on the lock screen rotation
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mchaos:
I had issues with the last 2 builds. I kept loosing my data, and all of my APN info. What I did was go back and install clean, with out any mods and stock kernel. Then I turned each on and check to see if I was loosing data.

I found that the sqlite mod was the cause of my issues. So I didn't install it and now I have no issues to speak of.

Here is what I would suggest.

First, because there is no official release of CWM for the verizon GS3, install TWRP. I am not a big fan of TWRP, but it has a version for the GS3 VZW. I recommend download EZ recover from the play store. That is if your not using TWRP.

Second, make sure you have a good download of the rom. I would re download it to be sure.

Backup anything on the internal SD to external that you don't want to use.

Install a clean version of r290 with super wipe.

Do not install any mods, and if you installed the AOSP messaging restore Messaging for TW.

Also install the stock Kernel.

Boot it, and see if you still have the issues. I am willing to bet you wont. Next I would step into mods and the ziggy kernel.

Flash R290 again, in the aroma installer, do a dirty flash no wipe, and again do not install any mods, but select Ziggy kernel.

Run a fix permissions, the selection in aroma doesn't seem to work so use TWRP.

Boot and see if you still have the issues. I bet you won't. If you do then the kernel is most likely, if not go on to the next.

Next you can go in again and dirty flash the zipalign mod but not sqlite.

Fix permissions again and boot.

If there are issues then we know it is the zipalign mod. If not try the next.

Dirty flash the sqlite

fix perms

boot

any issue?

By now you get the jist.

once you find the issue, then you can clean install, and select the options you know that work, and you should be good to go.

I hope this helps but more then likely the new release will be out before you finish narrowing down the issue, but it would be good practice to troubleshoot new issues in new builds.

Happy Flashing!

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I second the motion. I like home screen rotation, but I had lock screen rotation because I end up answering my phone upside down. Also I don't thing the rotation should ever go fully upside down. I can't tell you how many times I thought I had and issue with the person on the other end hearing me, and me hearing them... DOUGH!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dbornack:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

Its been known for a long time that Android has never had group messaging working properly.

Go start a 6 way conversation with people and their replies will all come back in individual messages.

AOSP 4.2 Messaging finally got it right. That's why its such a desired feature in the TW ROMs. Also why people are on edge about it functioning properly when ported over from AOSP to TW.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Bottom line is it is a port and not native. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] soopervoo:
Stock Android had it right.

Group sms worked perfectly on my stock DROID 2 and DROID 3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jlokos:
A correction to your message is necessary. There is an official version (release) of CWM for the Verizon S3. Both touch and non-touch versions can be found here: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager . I have had no problems flashing any roms with the touch version.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jrac86:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

I can also confirm the aosp group messaging works correctly on cyanogen 10.1.. Would really love to have it working in Aosp on synergy. Also I tested and the blank messaging exists from Iphone 4s with ios6
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HoudiniJr:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

To fix gapps force closing, simply dirty flash r290 and it'll stop. But a tip, back up your SMS. You'll need to delete them. This is of course if you're very OCD about having all your SMS lol. If not then you can skip that.

I dirty flashed it to fix gapps and my messaging app just kept force closing on me because I figured if I don't pick a messaging app during the flash it wouldn't touch anything. I ended up with just the TW messaging which originally I had the AOSP MMS. So I went back, dirty flashed again but this time picked AOSP messaging. I lost my SMS which I didn't care about anyway but it stopped force closing it so that's ask that mattered. Also no more gapps FC! So just a tip to avoid any unnecessary steps. :thumbup::D:cool:

Sent from my Secret Base in Outer Space
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Samsung.Galaxy.S3:
Does AOSP have a "Reply All" feature that TW doesn't?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
TWRP works fine. New version today 2.4.0 has exfat support from TWRP. I run zipalign and sqlite mods with no problems so neither of these are a problem that I can see. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HoudiniJr:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

Yeah, so many things can go wrong when it comes to porting :cool:

Sent from my Secret Base in Outer Space

---------- Post added at 06:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:54 PM ----------

All you had to do was simply open up the thread that was currently doing the group messaging. You would know who was texting at the time because it says the name or number if you didn't have their name in your contacts. It basically looks like a little chat room and The reply goes to everyone that's in said group.

Sent from my Secret Base in Outer Space

---------- Post added at 07:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:57 PM ----------

As a long timer user of CWM, and I mean long time user, TWRP is definitely my preferred recovery. I just started using it since r257 and I loved it easy more than I did CWM.

Not to knock CWM it works great, obviously why I used it for so long. But the buzz around TWRP was so big, I had to try it. Just love how it manages things. Also appreciate the compression of backups :thumbup::D:cool:

Sent from my Secret Base in Outer Space
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mchaos:
I apologize for the incorrect info. Thank you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jlokos:
No problem; I've wanted to try TWRP, but I know I won't be able to use my CWM backups. Sooner or later I get to it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] NeWCuLTKiNG:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

They gotta be on r513 now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
Settings -> Lock screen -> Lock screen options -> Tap on the word "weather" -> Change auto refresh interval

325 ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Fadingintofall:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

No luck. Don't know what's going on... Have flashed safely for months now. Guess I'll wait for the next nightly then try that one.

Edit: forgot to say thanks for the advice. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Stam2000:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

Any chance of a change log to keep us at bay?

Sent from my Synergized GS3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LxDroid:
I agree on removing or making lock screen rotate optional.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zipkicker:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

I thought they said they couldn't just make it an option because of the framework work that would have to be included...

Or maybe they figured it out and it'll be in the update...

I'm not a fan of it, but the 2 seconds of delay doesn't make me throw my phone either
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SiXandSeven8ths:
Its been announced that lock screen rotation will be removed in next build. At least that was the last I read about it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] david_hume:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

If they do this, then my life is complete.

OMG! ZERG RUSH!!! ㅋㅋㅋ ON MY GS3!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Nonek:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

I personally wouldn't want them to stop to give me a change log that more than likely will change by the time they are done anyway due to a possible interoperability thing or something that they try that ends up having a bug they don't see right away and then they have to field the gazillion messages about how "You said"..

It doesn't make sense to put out a change log in between a release.

Patience is a virtue..

Oh and Esch.. you guys done yet? (JOKE JOKE.. Everybody relax) Oh and your not going to forget to PM me that change log right? ahem
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
Synergy-S3_31Jan13_0412_r326_s.zip (MD5: a2bc856e85ea82c100f2be8b65f984f5) http://beta.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390288116658472190

Lots of new love for the GSM users in this release. This build took a few days longer than we expected since we wanted to address a lot of your bugs/requests, and we also discovered several naughty things that Samsung was doing. TrevE has some rather important info about all that in the next post below which YOU MUST READ.

Long time followers of Synergy will know that we always go one level deeper in the types of mods we cook into our ROMs. And many of you know that we've always been against unauthorized user logging in phones. In fact it was our own TrevE who was behind the CarrierIQ scandal last year in which we caught CIQ and carriers logging everything from keypresses to reading your text messages to screenlogging. Jerks.

Well Samsung isn't quite in the clear either, we've discovered. Their root checking service is doing some shady things that TrevE will detail in the post below. The good news is we've bypassed all of Samsung's root checking services in this build. It also turns out that Samsung's cheating in benchmarks by intentionally optimizing databases used only by benchmark apps. So we hijacked their code to apply to all DBs making SynergyROM faster than ever. Also, we've created a new option in AROMA to bypass the setup screen...

When you choose this option please be advised that the setup screen will still load for 15-20 seconds while the phone sets its initial props. Once this process is completed the setup screen will close itself

...This option will also spoof provisioning on your phone so that your carrier does not detect an excessive amount of provisioning. Once again, please read TrevE's post below for important info regarding this option.

We've also added new options to the AROMA installer, EFS backup for all users, FC fixes, new options to the date/time menu courtesy of Didact74 who took the time to mod them for Synergy himself. He's quickly becoming one of the S3's best smali devs. We've also got lots of fixes for the GSM guys, including proper CSC settings and wifi fixes, and finally an updated Ziggy kernel.

And yes, we even took the extra time to add an option to turn on lockscreen rotation in AROMA. Default is no lockscreen rotation.

Changelog:

r291-326 Samsung root loggers bypassed at the radio level. All DBs optimized for wicked fast performance. New options in AROMA, including an option to bypass setup screen and phone provisioning. APN, FC and wifi fixes for all carriers. New date/time toggles, courtesy of Didact74 (as mentioned above). EFS backup available for all carriers to prevent and fix any future IMEI loss from any ROM. Other AROMA options and bug fixes. No more lockscreen rotation unless you request it in AROMA. And finally a new Ziggy kernel.

NOW GO READ TrevE's POST BELOW
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] huskyjayboy:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

You guys rock!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] the_plattypus:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-23-13 r290 |★

Nice work guys...real nice
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Molybdenite:
Is there anyway to remap the left soft key to be back instead of menu? I don't mind if any other functionality is changed, but it's a lot easier to hit the left softkey with my thumb on my left hand (I'm left handed), my current way of swapping system/usr/keylayout/sec_touchkey.kl BACK and MENU doesn't work on the recent builds (currently running r74)

I hope there is, because you guys have awesome work

edit: rats, thanks for the response though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] :
downloading r326... Woohoooooo
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
Not without a ridiculous, intense kernel modification
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] msk:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-31-13 r326 |★

I appreciate the detailed updates and findings you guys provide with each new release.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DAMAGEvINC:
so to be clear, its fail safe to bypass the new samsung crap?!?!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eschelon:
It's actually recommended that you bypass the activation and setup screen every flash. Otherwise Verizon is going to see you are provisioning a million times a week. That option spoofs the provisioning so that Verizon is none the wiser :good:

As Trev said, our goal is to make this ROM look as close to stock as possible to Verizon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KGBxxx:
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That was a pretty crazy read. Nice job guys!!! Unbelievable stuff!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xM Minton Mx:
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You know I always wondered that. I thought maybe eventually they would find a way to text or email or even call you and say "hey wth are you doing to your phone? Our stores aren't even open and we have no record of you calling in. Your phone really messing up that bad that your factory resetting every day?

Would you like a replacement?"

Lol oh jeez I'm tired ha ha. Great work guys. May come back to this seeing all the bugs getting ironed out since the first time mw hit.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Kawirider1228:
I'm currently in the process of getting a warranty replacement for a broken home button and the women at Verizon asked why my phone was two updates behind. I told her it was up to date so she then thought her computer was messing up haha!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] soopervoo:
Esh,

Performed a clean flash, and I lost 4G data after restoring apk using Mybackup Pro. Same thing happened with R257.

Tried dirty flashing with both ziggy and stock kernal but still no data. Guess I will Nandroid back to R290
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KGBxxx:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-31-13 r326 |★

Aosp lock screen causing lock up issues. Battery pull doesn't help. Weird. Will re flash tomorrow. Otherwise it was very smooth.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KINGDROID25:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-31-13 r326 |★

So how does tht fair for aosp roms??..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] poorman:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-31-13 r326 |★

Does blocking mode work without crashing messaging? (Stock TW messaging)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] athlet1c:
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I can feel safe to say, I speak for us all. Thank you l much for your commitment of excellence on the work your guys do for synergy and Ziggys kernel...

A world of info and excellent read for knowledge...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Div033:
Re: ☆ ★ | ROM | SynergyROM VZW S3 | JB 4.1.1 | Multiwindow | PDroid | 1-31-13 r326 |★

So now we now know why TW ROMs score substantially higher than AOSP ROMs in benchmarks.

Cheating SOBs!

Thanks for the info guys!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vertner82:
Is there a way to turn on the double tap of home button to get to google now? Or am i just missing something somewhere? I just clean installed the r326 and i dont have this feature. everything else is looking good. Thanks for the latest update esh and crew