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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] idelgado782:
Jc where are you downloading from? I noticed you were having issues with M.D.5 on synergy too. Ive been on both bad never had an issue with M.D.5s. I just downloaded 2.5 earlier today cause I did a clean install after odinhg back to stock to get the latest ota. Have you tried downloading using a different source?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fadac:
You do not need to update anything else, just flash the zip like you would a rom from recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eakeller:
This happened to me when I flashed the HD radio on top of the G7 FW, and it did not stop when I flashed back to the G7 radio. Ultimately I had to Odin back to stock and go through the OTA, etc to get back to CR 2.5. When I got back to 2.5 the GPS icon was no longer persistent.

FYI, when it was happening it was draining my battery very quickly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Excessiveidling:
Not sure why this is occuring but last night I attempted to mms send a max res (8megapixel I believe?) photo to a friend and as usual it said the size was too large so compressing....after a short amount of time it came back and said file format not supported. I then took another picture at 640x480 with no problems what so ever. Can whatever program the phone uses to compress pictures only support x size of compression? Is it a limitation set somewhere that can be adjusted?

EI
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x-y-no:
Update on my battery performance since flashing the resource and power management partition update from the VRALG7 OTA:

18 hours after unplugging, I'm sitting at 67%. That's a good 25% to 30% better than I was doing before. My usage has been very close to normal. It seems the gain is mostly (or perhaps entirely) for the period the phone sits idle.

I was a bit skeptical about the notion of other useful firmware in the OTA, but it appears Scott was right. Those of you who are running CR 2.5 who have not gone the route of going back to stock and taking the OTA may want to flash the rpm zip I made. The posts explaining my research and linking to the rpm zip can be found back on page 354 of this thread.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tu3218:
I will attest to this 100%. I flashed this yesterday an immediately my android system dropped. But where I saw remarkable results was when I was at college today. Bad signal area, within one class of a little over an hour, my phone would normally drop to mid to high 80%(without using my phone at all). Today, after class I was at 98%. Idle seems improved without question. So I highly recommend flashing what xyno created.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ljbrenes:
I second this!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ascssmith:
Thanks for the info, but this post only has (180) pages, are you talking about another post?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JeepSRT8:
So flash this after we odin back to stock and grab the over the air update?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kola1228:
no need to odin back to stock, read what i bolded above.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] idelgado782:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32542527

Here is the direct link for the post that has a file for the battery fix files.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1Android:
I am having an incredibly high android OS %. I haven't done anything different yet the last 4 days my battery has lost its "pimp-tasticness". Anyone else?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ascssmith:
Thanks, you're the best.... :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x-y-no:
Hmmm ... it has 359 pages for me ...

Here's the post describing what I researched:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=32538851&postcount=3532

Here's the post linking to the zip:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=32542527&postcount=3540

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No, this is an alternative to doing that. See the first post I linked just above for why I think this is all that's needed out of the OTA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rmtobler:
So far my results are matching the experience of others. We'll see how this holds up through the rest of the day but as of right now my phone is still at 98% after 2 hours and some light usage (facebook, twitter, text messaging). Maybe waiting 2 days to get the OTA issue resolved with a new sim card was worth :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] brb198:
Just flashed the ZIP provided - will advise my battery experience!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] morrichad:
Scott wasn't wanting to come of as smart a** here lately and please don't take it that way.

My 15 yr daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes here in the last couple of days and coming here being a little silly has been somewhat theraputic for me to release some stress.

Now to your solution about Verizon locked bootloaders and going back & forth between At&t and VZW. Give this some thought cause I have both as well. Use At&t for their somewhat non-restricted android devices and for data consider buying a Jetpack and use your unlimited/tier data from VZW. Worth a shot for future reference.

Thanks for what all you do for your followers Scott!:highfive:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] daddyscooltv:
Which Kernel are you guys using while flashing this resource and power manager partition from the VRALG7 OTA? My kernel has a date of Fri Aug3....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eersfanpilot:
My wife and I are both running CR2.5 with HD kernels and HD radio. I flashed this zip over here phone without the OTA update. I went back to stock and applied all updates.

So far Zero issues with either phone.

Choose whichever route you like, just remember the golden rule, Backup Backup Backup!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] guyd:
Excellent! I hope that on the next OTA update, you will be kind enough to dissect it and make a flashable zip of any changed firmware again. This is a whole lot easier than Odining back to stock to take the OTA, and then reflashing a ROM back. Much appreciated!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x-y-no:
Unfortunately there are no custom kernels for this base. Scott recommends staying with the G7 kernel included in the ROM. Also recommended by him is the G7 modem which you can get from the stickied modems thread if you don't have it already.

If you want to experiment, you can flash the VRALHD kernel and modem. I'm running those and have no problems, but others have had issues whech is why Scott recommends against this.

Once the folks at Samsung get off their asses and release the kernel source for this base, you'll see custom kernels in short order.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rfranken:
Mine's really high too.

80% battery life and only 20 mins screen on.

7 hours off the charger.

i did the proper back to stock, ota to g7 then flashed 2.5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] guyd:
You probably have something running in the background using the battery.

Do you leave 3G/4G on all the time? Anything synching automatically?

Hows your signal strength at that location?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gorgarath:
Just for future reference, here's an explanation why it's generally better to say the post number than the page number. Post numbers don't (well shouldn't, extremely rare glitches can cause it) change but not everyone views the forum with the default settings which can make there be more or less pages than what you're seeing. IIRC, tapatalk users often have very different page numbers. And a link to the post is always nicer than just saying the post number, though not always easy to give depending on how you're accessing the site.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] minmongoblin:
Honestly, I would say 80% after 7 hours is amazing...maybe you're asking for too much?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eakeller:
I agree, I am glad for 80% after 7 minutes. ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GREGHARKINS:
Where did you find this app sucker app its not in the app store under app sucker

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Where can I find this app sucker app at... It's not in the app store under that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] guyd:
Here: GSam Battery Monitor
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GREGHARKINS:
I'm getting a kernel app as a battery sucking issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GREGHARKINS:
And I'm just running this ROM as is
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] guyd:
Kernel usage looks normal! You will always have the kernel using some battery.

Think of it like your cars engine. It has to run in order for you to be able to drive it.

Same hold true for the kernel in your phone...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] guthrien:
CleanROM on the Note 2 would be hard to resist. S3 is so fantastic, though. And locked Verizon. And lower PPI. Damn you, advancing technology!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1Android:
I'm still running 2.1 and forced 3g on through phone info. I have my gsam open and I don't see any apps that would be sucking battery life for me. Android system is just much higher than it has been.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tspnews:
did anyone reporting success with the VRALG7_RPM patch have their gsiff.daemon file already renamed? I am wondering if they are related. I renamed the gsiff file a week back and had great improvements in life because it kept running away and eating power. I just flashed the patch but was curious if anyone else was making that link.

Ill run with the patch for a while then maybe re-enable gsiff and see what happens ... although I have yet to see any ill effects from stopping gsiff so may not even bother trying :)

-T

**also for anyone mentioning the Android System eating battery ... check out an active cpu monitor and see what part of the System is doing it. I wasn't sure about the gsiff bug until after I installed OS Monitor. It kept showing me using 50% cpu half the time and when I drilled down to the process it was always Gsiff.daemon. The "Android System" runs on multiple processes and I don't think the battery monitors specify which process is doing the eating .... at least thats what it seems like to me. I just installed GSAM and it seems like its doing just that, lumping the android system with all processes combined?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x-y-no:
Yes, actually, I do have gsiff.daemon renamed - did that over a week ago. And like you I haven't noticed any problems from having disabled it. I would like to find out what it's supposed to do ...

Anyway, the battery life improvement I've seen from the RPM flash is on top of any benefit of having disabled gsiff.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tspnews:
sweeeet. looking forward to tomorrow then!

The only thing I have seen referenced with gsiff is soemthing to do with the gyroscope but mine is working dandy. I kept coming across random 'maybe its this' where people had a combination of settings they thought gsiff was helping with or caused by and non were enabled on my phone. Its also a cross-rom issue.

It -seemed- to me to start hanging the CPU when the system was either checking for Google Play updates or I was just browsing the play store. But it was never consistent enough to tell for sure. Before I renamed it it would act up sometimes but not all. ... but sometimes loosing half my cpu to nothing was worth killing it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kujayhawks77:
I'd kill for 80% after 7 hours. I'm at 80% by 8am in the morning. After that though I see great battery life until later in the day on my drive home then I drop another 20%. (Bluetooth/GPS/Screen on for an hour while I commute to work)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x-y-no:
Same here - I had the gsiff problem a few times but couldn't see any pattern to when it happened.

All my sensors including the gyroscope seem to be working fine without it, so it doesn't seem to be anything essential.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rorreo:
I'm on my phone and was wondering when the last time this Rom was updated. I downloaded it a while back, an was able to tweak some of ro.ril an unlock 3g, get better service then ever before, keep up the good work .. that goes to the developers :)... It doesn't say when it was last edited.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GREGHARKINS:
If 9/25 is the date why does the kernel say 8/3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sfobrien:
The Kernel is the stock Verizon Kernel and that's when it was created. CleanROM came after that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rfranken:
Android system usually isn't that high.we're just trying to trouble shoot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] npompei:
Anybody using WatchEspn? Ever since running this rom it has not worked for me. Un installed the app, reinstalled and still doesn't work. It gets all the way to the splash screen but just sits and spins. Wondering if anyone else has had this problem?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ponyboy82:
GPS and screen-on for that long will chew up a lot of battery. If you have navigation open too, it's probably constantly using data as well. Do you charge it while driving?

ps. Whoops, forgot I didn't charge my phone yet, but I'm currently at 43% charge remaining at just under 17 hours on battery. (CR 2.5 with HD radios and the xyno G7 patch/update)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] springsyeti:
Was having issues after installing hd modems, Google now, and then the update fix zip (getting black screen when receiving or making a call then getting dialer force close message). After several attempts to return to stock via Odin it finally took but the kernel stayed from this rom and I kept getting service unavailable when trying to update from g1. Became impatient and rooted, unlocked bootloader and flashed 2.5. Now when I try to check for update I get force close message for settings. Baseband is f2 with build of g7. Any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ponyboy82:
Just to confirm, are you running stock, or CleanRom 2.5 now? I don't think the VZW OTA updates would work under CR, nor would you really want to. Assuming you're on CR 2.5, just flash the G7 radios (or HD, if you prefer). I'm currently on CR 2.5 with HD radios and the G7 update zip that xyno posted, with now issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Excessiveidling:
I vaguely remember someone saying that the g7 update included some sort of verizon take over my phone remotely app for 'diagnostic purposes'. Since cr2.5 is based off g7...is that remote app installed? If I were to odin back to say g1...take the ota to g7 and then install 2.5...assuming cr2.5 does NOT have the app installed...would I still have the app after flashing to cr2.5? Currently running 2.1 with 1.2 kernel no issues short of not able to send 8mp mms picture msgs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ponyboy82:
Scott removes the VZW bloatware so I think that would be safe.

FWIW, I just dirty flashed from 2.1 to 2.5 with no problems. There is a G7 update zip a few posts back that flashes the rest of the partitions, so I'm personally not sure if it's necessary to ODIN back to stock first. Since you're using CleanKernel, be aware that there is no CK for CR 2.5.

Edit: here's the G7 update zip I mentioned... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32542527#post32542527

...Assuming nobody has issues with this, could this possibly be included in CR, or at least in the OP ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BrUhNiGGs:
I was reading through and couldnt quite understand... So the G7 patch benefits i what way? Just asking before I flash it. Im on HD radios btw also
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ponyboy82:
I'm no expert, but from what I understand, the VZW updates affect multiple partitions. However, flashing CleanRom just updates a subset of that. It was discovered that the G7 update touched other partitions, so this zip file applies those "mysterious" updates. I'm not sure if anybody is certain what exactly the changes are, but it seems like they might offer better battery life and/or reception. (anyone, please feel free to correct me in any of the above)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x-y-no:
It's an update to the "resource and power management" partition. It appears to make a significant improvement to battery life, particularly when the phone sits idle.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] springsyeti:
Sorry if I was not clear. I am running CR 2.5 after going back to stock. Flashed the G7 and vzupdate zip above and still getting the settings has stopped message when trying to look for update in about this device. Everything else appears to be working so I will let it go and see any other issues pop up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Excessiveidling:
On 2.5 now and something I've notice is I can no longer do voice dictation in say txt msgs. I'm using swiftkey (which I used in 2.1) and when I press the speaker key on the keyboard nothing happens. Tried using the old samsung default keyboard and still no voice to text. I'm thinking this may have been something that was removed as 'bloatware' but was curious as to if anyone knew what apk or what have you it is so I could get it back....made those quick txt msgs to the wife while driving that much safer since I could talk the quick msgs instead of typing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x-y-no:
It works fine for me, so it doesn't appear to be a matter of something missing from the ROM. (I'm using the stock keyboard.)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Excessiveidling:
On a whim I reinstalled my swiftkey and low and behold it works. Samsung default keyboard still doesn't work with the voice to txt...but don't really care since I can't stand that keyboard anymore than I can throw it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ponyboy82:
Ok -- that's because it won't work. The built-in updater was blocked/removed in CleanRom. You don't want to try applying VZW OTA updates on a custom rom anyway, so I think you're ok. Just keep an eye on this thread for future CleanRom updates/revisions.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] springsyeti:
Sweet. I was not looking forward to starting the whole Odin process again or retuning the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fadac:
Can I flash the G7-RPM update over my HD radio? Has anybody tried it yet? Anybody willing to make an HD-RPM per-say? Or should I just go back to G7 if battery is that much better?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x-y-no:
This does not touch the radio/modem at all. It's flashing to the rpm partition (/dev/block/mmcblk0p6) only.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fadac:
Ahh, I see. I just saw G7 and instantly thought modem. Ma bad ma bad
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ponyboy82:
It seems to be working great here so far. I think the problem is more that it's undetermined how they will act together, not that it definitely won't work properly. If I run into problems, the G7 radios are just a flash away.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tee00max:
I went back and did the ota for G7 and installed again and everything is smooth right now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] storm81456:
I quite disagree. I've been running the HD radios since they were released with no issues on CR 2.5 or 2.1. I have never taken any OTAs. HD has been the best/most stable radio I've had since I got the phone.

This thread is the first time I've ever heard anyone talk about changing radios only if you change the entire ROM. On the TP2 and the Charge we would routinely install new radios everytime one was leaked with no issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tee00max:
Are you not satisfied with CleanROM or what??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Excessiveidling:
I can't see a reason to try jellywiz until an actual Verizon leak comes out
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x-y-no:
Of course I care. That's why I went to the trouble of analyzing the contents of the G7 OTA and making a flashable zip of the part I deemed relevant to us. But I flashed the HD modem on the day it became available and the HD kernel on the day it became available and I have not experienced any of the problems others have described.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ponyboy82:
That's where I'm at too. I've tried both CM10 and Jellywiz (admittedly both were a while ago now), but kept having different issues and decided it just wasn't worth it. CleanRom runs so well, I'm really not missing much from JB.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ECrispy:
TouchWiz is nearly identical in both ICS and JB. So other than the new notifications, a bit of speed, JB anims and Google Now (both of which you can get for ICS), there's nothing to miss!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] guyd:
+1

What I would like too add here is that the developer recommends that you run all G7 firmware, radio, and kernel with CleanROM 2.5, as that would provide the optimal experience with all firmware versions matching as Samsung intended, and Scott has tested.

Some people (myself included) will try different radios and kernels to see if they can improve things even further. Thats fine and dandy, but don't blame the developer, or the ROM if things don't work well!

Sent from my SCH-I535 via CleanROM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
I took them down because I broke it messaging and phone. Who woulda guesed, lol

Yo dont NEED the service pack. Its only intenet is to remove the FMUpdater.apk from System but I get a little over zealous and deleted a couple system files by mistake.

Just delete the file manually and you gave an unofficial SP3 build.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] situman:
Auto rotate miraculously working again. Dont ask no idea.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
Just wanting the calendar widget :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jtemple42000:
I just got rid of my Sprint EVO 3D and switched to a Verizon SGS3. This is my second rom for my G3 and I think it will be my keeper. I have looked all over for the calendar widget and can't find it. I agree with 1ManWolfePack, all this rom appears to be missing is the samsung calendar widget...I'll be waiting for a update...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
I'm having issues with location, according to my lockscreen weather.

But yeah, real smooth.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AndroidGraphix:
Great job Scott. I look forward to flashing your rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
Durp!!!! Calendar widget is posted a few pages back...

*facepalm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
IM tellin ya mean... These phones are crazy! lol THey ahve minds of there own at times!

Look in the op under special notes it will provide a link.

Hmmmmm.... Make sure All Locations are turned on and run google maps and see if it locates you. Report back.

And in the OP underspecial Notes. It happens, lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
@Scott

Did all that, plus I tried to toggle weather off and on, which gives me this screen:

Rebooted many ttimes and it doesn't change.

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I disabled SysScope and the other apks that were mentioned.

Would that maybe have an effect?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
What Launcher are you using?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
Stock TW
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
Did you install the Accuweather Widget?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
Errrrrrrrrrrr.....probably not. Lol. Crucial?

Can someone hook a guy up so I don't have to reinstall?

Edit: definitely didn't
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
Check in the thread... I had misplaced it in one of the first builds and I posted a fix. Just search the thread, its here somewhere...

And I am not saying that IS the problem... Just but it COULD be the problem. IM gonna test it now

EDIT: I also wonder if it could be linked to the Yahoo News and weather so I am installing both just to see.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
Got it. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
I just re-installed fresh with Accuweather and with Yahoo News and weather with Touchwiz... It works.

Let me know if the dirty flash fixes it... and also, I would wipe cacehes after flashing that mod just to be safe.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
Service Pack 3 beta is up!​

Anyone brave enough to test it?

No F/C's this time :victory:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
Nevermind False alarm....

Just keep going as you with 1.2 stable.

Something is effed up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 1ManWolfePack:
Now with working weather...

:)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Scott:
sweeeeeeeeeet!