yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
Yes, there's a chance it might be, that's why I suggested re-flashing

So that you don't have to do a factory reset.

Was this on front or rear camera?

Did you cleared data from it on apps > all?

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shady225:
Is any third camera app working for you? Or only stock camera?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naveen_reloaded:
yup , reflashed and installed gapps too.. Now works fine.

Thanks a lot. I would have done something that could have resulted in camera app corruption.

Ok i remember trying to use front camera and got it stuck. Does front camera work in PA 3.68 or is it bugged ?

Shall i give it a try ?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
It should work fine.

Install this

http://db.tt/phIu0bwB

You can use it to restart your camera app if it crashes, that way you won't have to reboot every single time.

There's a "thanks" button btw haha

You can press it if I've helped you

I've only tried a few but yeah, they're working for me

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shady225:
i have same problem with front Camera.

It always stuck when i want to make photo with 3rd Camera apps
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
But give it a try, the only app that's gotten stuck for me on front camera was pudding camera.

But that's on almost every single cm ROM. I've used other cameras with no problem at all (:

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naveen_reloaded:
just checked .. its working.. both are fine. should have been a corrupt flashing..

Thanks a lot .
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
No problem (:

Hit the thanks button maybe (?

Sent from my Galaxy S 3 GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] weezul:
anyone else have GPS issues? It's always about 10 metres out on the map, and basically acts like i'm facing backwards and travelling backwards. Annoying
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kbolt:
Better battery life?

I've been using 3.68 for a while now but I've been getting disappointing battery life on stock kernel. I tried Yank and the phone would just freeze randomly only to be fixed by a restart. Just tried googy max and saw lag and freezes all around the os. On stock and googy I'm lucky if I get 12 hours out of the phone. I don't understand this.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
That's strange. I get some really good battery life, at least it will last for the whole day until the next morning.

Isn't the gaming what's taking too much battery?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostion:
Try AOSP Camera 2.6

Much better Quality and works 100 % for me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
AOSP Camera 2.6 hasn't been updated in quite a while, I used it

and it's quite buggy.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheonlyTazz:
Use greenify and check what gives u wake locks with better battery stats

I've improved my battery life to around The double
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naveen_reloaded:
ooppps sorry .. I usually leave thanks , somehow forgot in the mess of yesterday ( got stuck at boot while playing with GRUB and the camera issue on my phone :D )

Thanks a lot.

Is there a way to completely disable Pie option ? Also at times , my phone randomly reboots , why is it so ? Havent checked after reflashing though
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arunastan:
Charging time

I am using PARANOIDANDROID 3.65, the ROM is great and working fine. I am a first time user of this rom.

But seems it takes a lot of time charge the battery, I wonder what might be the reason, normally stock rom, custom roms from stock charge quickly, but as of now, it took 2 hrs just to pass 60% from 10%.

Is this a common issue or can you help me out guys..??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
Yes, to completely disable pie go to settings > toolbars > pie gravity > 0

And about the reboots, I'm not sure.

Do they happen after specific events? Or just at different unusual times?

If you have a custom kernel, have you changed any important settings?

Sent from my GS3 Paranoid GT-I9300

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I don't know why it takes long but I would suggest you update to latest official! 3.68 also use latest 4.2 gapps .

(: update and report back.

Note that if you're not using the charger that came with your galaxy S3,.that could be then reason for slow charging too.

Also try using a different charger cable to see if it makes any difference.

Sent from my GS3 Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kbolt:
Those screenshots were just random examples but even without gaming that's the kind of battery life I've been getting.

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gonna try greenify for a bit.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kbolt:
My Wi-Fi keeps coming on in the background even though I've set it to stay off when the phone sleeps via the advanced menu in the Wi-Fi settings.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naveen_reloaded:
There is no such option , all i see is top/left/right/bottom for pie gravity

Before it used to reboot ( i noted while it happened) when i tried to install an app , that too via google play. Sometimes it randomly rebooted. Havent noted yet with this reflash. will report when it does.

No , i havent changed anything.

but i do remember setting balanced profile under stweak.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
Sorry! My mistake.

It was on trigger area.

Set it to none (:

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naveen_reloaded:
Please dont be sorry... :highfive:

Disabled it :D

Thanks a lot.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
No problem (: also, let's hope it doesn't reboot anymore. It totally shouldn't.

BTW, of you're using googy kernel go into stweaks to the zram tab and disable it if you get any unusual freezing.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheonlyTazz:
Check google settings for scanning wifi
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m1santh3op:
First I want to thank you for your reply!

No I did not flash a cusrom Kernel and also I make no changes.

At the moment I m on v 3.68

But it also happens at the two last PA versions too.

First the problem started as I switched from a Samsung Custom ROM to my first CM based ROM Hellybean.

A couple of weeks ago I switched to PA.

I really got no idea what the problem is. I really tried so many things to solve the problem. From full wipe, installing the ROM again, fix permissions, wipe cache, dalvik cache, etc..

The weird thing is, that sometimes also full wipe/factory reset and flashing the ROM again did not work.

But always Skype works.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naveen_reloaded:
stweak says , Kernel not supported. Its up to date , even tried to reinstall.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maina19:
Hi, noob here.

Please help me, i read the last few pages of this thread and of the Original Android Development but I couldn't find an answer. I hope this is the right place to ask for help.

I can't install this ROM. I was on CM10.1, upgraded today to CM10.2 hoping it was good for everyday use, but it's still buggy. So i tried to download PA3.65 and the 4.2 PA gapps, but when i went in recovery and tried to flash it, it gave me an error. I tried to wipe nothing, data only and data/cache/dalvik but nothing seems to work. I also flashed googy Max kernel, but nothing.

I am on CWM 6.0.1.2 and stock CM kernel.

Sorry for my bad english, i am Italian.

As i said before, i'm such a noob and i Apologize for this stupid question.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
Oh, that's cause you reflashed the ROM I think. It overwrites the kernel

Flash it again maybe or stay on stock (?

Sent from my GS3 Paranoid GT-I9300

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You need to update your recovery. It gives you an error cause it is outdated.

Install ROM manager from the play store, when you open it it should ask you to update, do it manually if not. It'll have an option to "flash recovery"

After that look for a newer version of PA there's a 3.68 version. I think that's the latest official.

Get your PA gapps too, latest are from July.

When you have both files in your download folder and you have updated your recovery you're gonna do this:

- reboot into recovery

- wipe data/factory reset

- flash the 3.68 ROM zip

- flash latest 4.2 gapps

- flash googy kernel if you want it but make sure you have the latest version 1.6.8

- wipe cache

- wipe dalvik cache from "advanced"

-reboot

And you should be good (:

Sent from my GS3 Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kangerX:
Flash compatible kernel

sent from the state where marijuana is NOT illegal !
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lostion:
Hmmm ok i have crDroid and it works perfect strange.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StormTrooper89:
Does theme engine applied in latest PA? 3.97. How to change color or theme pie?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
No, no theme chooser.

To change pie color go to Hybrid properties under settings and slide from left to right, choose Interface, go down, enable per app color and change those colors you see there, that will change pie color.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] earthworm1102:
Hi, how do I put apps on halo? I don't see the halo app in applications. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
Download the halo app from play store.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djabeU:
After flashing cm 10.2 version my root is not working. Im on googy max kernel, should i root the phone again now?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
CM 10.2 ?

This thread is for Paranoid Android.

But I think there's a supersu flashable zip out there that will fix your root.

I'd give it to you but I don't have it and I don't know where to find it either.

Do some research and flash it when you find it. Your root will be fixed.

Sent from my GS3 Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] naveen_reloaded:
yup it works now :D

To disable Zram , do i have to simply turn off the Zram switch ? or also reduce Zram to 0 ? and swappiness ?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThePureHeart:
Just turn off the switch :)

Sent from ThePureHeart's I9300 Boss Edition

ParanoidAndroid | Googy-Max
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolnand:
The camera in the 3.97version is the new can right?? Is the old one with the modded version available?? I mean with lots of settings and stuff. With option to sdcard and all.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djabeU:
PA 3.97 is based on CM10.2 though, it was mind-shortcut. Problem seems to be with googy max, cause on stock root is working good. Anyway i had freezes after 2minutes of using, which was forcing me to battery-out restart so i came back to older version of PA.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
Nope, paranoid android is not based on CM. It's AOSP based.

I'm running it with latest version of Googy and I have no issues. I hope you were using latest version.

About the freezes you just need to disable zram on stweaks and they'll be gone.

It's bad to take off the battery if it's in a freeze.

You should just wait for it to respond.

Sometimes it takes a while but they do respond.

Sent from my GS3 Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ProTofik:
Is there anyway to set photo's save location to external SDcard, just like in old 3.68?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Radiocasehead:
I did a clean install, wiping cache, dalvik, user data, etc... installed the latest PA version and now my phon wont pass the Samsung s3 main screen... no matter which rom im installing now its the same thing... i think the phone is bricked or somethng... kinda hopeless here and a little bit sad

If anyone knows what might be the issue will be great....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
Give me a more detailed story of what you did please.

If you still get to the Samsung s3 screen you can probably get into recovery too. So it's not totally bricked, it's fixable, don't worry .

Let's start with the questions

-what ROM where you on before you flashed?

- what recovery and version of such, were you using?

- what procedure did you take when flashing and what were the files you flashed?

Try to give details please.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Radiocasehead:
Ok thanks mate:

I was on latest super nexus 4.3

CWM touch recovery

then i did every wipe and installed paranoid android

first time went into the P.A normally

then i reset the phone and wont pass the samsung screen

In fact it goes intto recovery so its not totally bricked, also get into download mode too but nwont pass s3 main screen...

Any clues? ill give you more details iof need so brother, thanks for the reply

BTW i installed the latest version from paranoid android... 4.3 (PARANOIDANDROID 3.97)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
What recovery version do you have?

The thing is you don't actually have to "wipe everything" .

And just do it in the right order.

So maybe you'll just have to reinstall it but before I give you the steps you'll make.

You have pa i9300 3.97.zip file in your memory, right?

You have the PA gapps too, 20130815.zip ( latest for 4.3 ) ?

That's all you need.

Did you flash any custom kernels?

Sent from my GS3 Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AES256thetic:
Can someone with the new 3.97 build describe the 'graphical glitches' present?

Do they interfere with daily phone operation in any major way?

I have posts mentioning them here and on the CM10.2 thread, but no real comment on how severe they are.

Thanks, and apologies if I missed the answer to my question in a previous post.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Radiocasehead:
thanks for reply brother

clockwork mod recovery v6.0.2.7

Yes sir i have pa i9300 3.97.zip file in my memory

Also the PA gapps too, 20130815.zip ( latest for 4.3 )

The thing is everytime i get into recovery and flash those files, once it restarts, the phone wont pass samsung main screen bro :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
They're not such a big deal, at least not for me.

I mean, they're kind of annoying sometimes but aren't present in many apps.

I've experience them on aosp stock browser, vine, instagram and a few other apps. They're like tiny blackouts on certain parts of the app.

For example, on the browser.. I'll be normally checking a website and the top bar/search/URL bar .. Will go completely white or black.

But I can still browse normally

And it doesn't stay permanently like that (black) it'll reappear with some actions.

So, it's not a big deal for me, I can live with them while I wait for an update.

Sent from my GS3 Paranoid GT-I9300

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Ok, then it's fine.

You need to update your recovery

Download a flashable zip from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39397145

Put it on your external SD card

Then reboot into your recovery and attempt to flash it, if succeed,

Reboot recovery.

You should have your updated recovery now.

After this, follow this steps exactly as I put them, not less not more.

- wipe data/factory reset

- flash PA 3.97

- flash gapps

- wipe cache

- wipe dalvik cache

- reboot and wait.

Sometimes when you start fresh, first boot takes longer.

Wait on the boot animation for at least 15 minutes if necessary.

If it takes longer than that you're gonna have to look for another solution.

But I'm hoping this will work just fine, please do as I say and report back as soon as possible.

Sent from my GS3 Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Radiocasehead:
Well, now i got to go to work... thanks for the replies...

I wish you could help me further dude :) thanks in advance... ill try to install an stock rom via ODIN when i get home tonight.. if that doesnt works.. im done i think

Thanks and see ya

EDIT: i see your last post.. ill try when i got back home dude.. so many thanks for help =) blessings
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tyrigi:
Wich is the buglist of PA. 3.97?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
Haven't found any other than the graphic little glitches due to mali driver.

See if you can find any.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tyrigi:
I already have it in 3.65, can I update to 3.97 without do full factory reset? Anyone tried it?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
You can try dirty flash update but it probably wouldn't be too good since you're going from 4.2 to 4.3

Its preferably to factory reset.

But go ahead and try at your own risk and if you start getting a lot of trouble simply reinstall performing a factory reset.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Radiocasehead:
reply

I just follow the exactly steps you suggested but still stuck on S3 first screen... i understand PA loading screen could take a while but not even getting there, just stuck on samsung main screen ... so dissapointing...

I think now my finmal chance would be flash an stock rom from ODIN and cross fingers to see what happens... otherwise im done. A big shame for me bro i loved my phone and so freaking expensive here on my country... im feeling like i wanna cry now

Thanks for help and the advices

EDIT: Now the phone passes the main screen but still stuck on PA boot screen... ill check for some solutions but at least i can say the phnoe is not bricked and i have some peace of mind .... lets hope i can fix it

EDIT: Happy ending my phone is working again on the latest PA... thanks to idontwannabehere for being a hero =) love ya man for real so kind from ya to give me the hints. Blessings for ya and your family.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deckz:
Hi dwbh,

Though most probably is, I just wanted to clarify whether this graphical glitch is present on all devices running PA 3.97? As I have experienced similar issues here on my i9305 (What you have mentioned plus a minor lag that was not present on previous builds I've used).

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
haha, I'm glad I could help man, but an advice for the future, do a lot of research and read

make sure that you know 100% sure of what you're doing so that if something goes wrong you'll know how to fix it.

Today you could have ended up throwing your phone to a trash can when it was totally fixable.

Cheers, enjoy PA ! #stayparanoid and be careful next time (:

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At least on samsung devices, yes. Cause this glitch is there due to the fact that samsung hasn't release the source for the mali drivers.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herubrand:
I am trying to restore some apps from titanium backup and am get parsing error.... is it the app or the rom?

and lots of apps are fc'ing. Tried fix permissions and the operation was done in seconds when it usually takes minutes

I am on 3.97 and its a clean install.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
When exactly do you get the parsing error?

When you install titanium backup? When you restore the app?

People, you need to give more detailed answers to get more effective help.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herubrand:
When restoring the app.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
Is it an specific app?

system apps?

apps from another phone or maybe a touchwiz rom?

Cause I just restored some apps from titanium backup and I didn't have such problems

Maybe it could be your titanium backup version, make sure you're on the latest.

or do you have any custom kernel?

Otherwise I'm afraid i can't help you more.

http://www.titaniumtrack.com/kb/tit...bleshooting.html#parse-error-when-restore-app

check that.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herubrand:
I tried whatsapp and nova and few games.I suppose the problem is consistent with all my backups.

Backups are from when I was using pa 3.68 and the titanium backup is from the play store so its the latest.

No custom kernal as goku said that they arent good for 3.97 right now.

Do I need to update my busybox or super user? will restoring just the data from the nandroid backup restore my apps?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VulguM:
Try this: Go to TB Settings and change the Backup Folder Location to /storage/emulated/legacy/Titanium Backup instead of /storage/emulated/0/Titanium Backup

Both are pointing to the same memory location and it may fix the issues.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herubrand:
Thanks, that worked
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] byrackan:
Is there an option to unbind the back-key? Can only find the home and menu key in hardware buttons menu.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgeniusm:
same problem

I had the same problem! In the end I restored apps from nandroid backup using titanium backup pro.

Edit: just saw your fix, wish I'd seen that sooner. Never mind I got the same result.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kbolt:
I'm flashing 3.97, and I'm seeing Warning: No file_contexts.

I imagine that's not any thing I need to worry about, right?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
Nope, don't worry about it.

Sent from my GS3 Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dranandps:
There is an app with a Chinese name followed by "version 4.3-eng.bidyut". App has permission to contacts, network etc. Have disabled it. Was not there before 3.97 upgrade. Any idea?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] birrez:
It's a keyboard

cyanodipendente
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolnand:
The photosphere feature is missing in my camera. Is it just me??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgeniusm:
not only you!

I don't remember it being in any pa camera.

btw. if anyone is interested I flashed yanks cm10.2 kernal and 3.97 seems even smoother if that's possible!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolnand:
Anybody using any other modded camera???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlayDohBear:
jk found out what it was
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomj333:
I extracted Focal from PacMan Rom and tried that, still crashes. So i use Camera FV-5 from playstore
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junooni:
I'm on 3.65 and facing a weird issue. I installed third party keyboard apps (Jelly Bean Keyboard & Kii Keyboard) but i cannot activate / select them as default. if I select any keyboard other than the default AOSP, it immediately reverts back.

Another issue I'm facing is that voice typing doesn't work.

Please help
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herubrand:
On rebooting the phone I get this message

"System UIDs Inconsistent

UIDs on the system are inconsistent, you need to wipe your data partition or your device will be unstable"

Why is that message popping up?

On 3.97, Clean install and no custom kernel.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junooni:
Why can't I switch users in 3.65? when i click on the user DP in taskbar drop down, it takes me to lockscreen.

How to switch between users?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
use titanium backup to freeze or uninstall the AOSP keyboard then you can re select yours as default.

What was your DETAILED procedure when installing?

Did you restore any data afterwards?

If so, what data and how did you restore it?

Detailed answers helps me to help you better, remember that.

Sent from my GS3 Paranoid GT-I9300