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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolnand:
One problem. My phone doesn't get charged properly! Its very slow. Very very very slow. If I keep for charging and keep using the phone, it doesn't get charged at all!!! I'm jot charging via a computer. Normal charging. What all can be the reasons for this???
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThePureHeart:
A bad cable.

Use Galaxy Charging Current to see if it's a 999mAh. If not, flash Googy-max and the charging should be fine.

Sent from ThePureHeart's I9300 Boss Edition

ParanoidAndroid | Googy-Max
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
I tried stock 4.2.2 leak and it freezed l like crazy for me, due to that sudden death fix.

This ROM never gave me such problems and I've already moved on about the whole "sudden death thing"

You should too. It's an old thing now.

Try the ROM, you'll love it.

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300

---------- Post added at 09:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:12 AM ----------

Hmmm well, I've said it many times before. Mega wipes are extremely unnecessary!

Let me get this straight.

- You don't need to wipe system .... Ever. It gets wiped every time you install a new ROM, and no, it does not delete user data ( game data )

- Formatting data does ( or should ) indeed delete app data. It deletes all user data.

- when you perform a factory reset

It wipes everything you need to wipe

( data, system, cache, dalvik )

So, when you want to clean install, all you have to do is factory reset! And not twice, just once. The rest is unnecessary.

- " Cache " it's actually the a part of recovery that stores recovery logs and ota stuff ( not anything big ) and well, it is wiped with a factory reset too.

- Dalvik is wiped with factory reset too. You don't need to wipe it so often, unless you experience some force close when opening apps ( it's recommend with updates )

That said! Next time you update

The only thing you gotta do is pretty much flash the ROM, and I believe it will (by itself ) wipe system and wipe dalvik for you.

You don't even have to re install gapps ( unless it's a gapps update ) cause PA has like a backup thing that keeps your stuff there.

So if you wanna update, just flash the ROM, no wipes needed, at all.

If you want a clean install

Just factory reset ( wipes all you need to wipe ) and install the ROM. Simple as that, no more.

If you wanna delete all of your data from your phone ever! Simply factory reset and format SD card.

That's it.

I repeat, mega wipes are unnecessary and I (personally) find them a bit stupid.

(:

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fsparks:
My problem isn't wiping the system, instead, i don't wanna lose my apps and their data, just update the system, my PA3.65 is running perfect here, but i want to update the system. It's a pain to re-install every app i use, because of this i've asked about wipes.

The wipe process makes me confused every time i need to update the system =\

Sorry for the incovenience and my poor english.

My S3 had sudden death symptoms on stock rom, and i changed to ParanoidAndroid, it's now four months, and my phone is running smooth and without freezes.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
If you already tried what I suggested:

-clean install

-no restoring apps until you make sure the phone doesn't freeze

And after it you still got freezing then yes, I totally recommend using the dummy file generator. I've read a lot of posts about people that have "fixed" and solved their freezing problem with this. (:

You should. So you can get rid of them and finally enjoy PA ROM cause it's awesome.

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300

---------- Post added at 09:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:42 AM ----------

Read the HUGE post I just made above yours about wiping!

And like me and [MENTION=5068740]ThePureHeart[/MENTION] already answered you before.

Yes! You can totally update with no wiping.

The problem here is that you will most likely experience a hell lot of bugs.

Cause 3.65 it's pretty far from 3.99 RC2 and you're going from android 4.2 to 4.3 so, a factory reset is recommended.

But if you wanna try, go ahead and install the ROM without wipes.

Just update.

Install latest ROM

Latest gapps

And hope for the best. If everything works just fine then, congratulations! :D hahah

I sincerely hope it works just fine but in case it doesn't you will have to perform a clean install. So you gotta be prepared

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fsparks:
I've already read your huge post, and thanked you :)

I'll wait a bit more and factory reset my phone for update to 3.99
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
I known the struggle for clean installs.

They're really tedious hahahah.

No one wants to lose all their data and preferences and then restore and set them ALL OVER AGAIN hahahah.

I rarely do clean installs. Like... RARELY .. Just when it gets buggy.

And fortunately, it rarely gets buggy too.

But sometimes when it's needed, you just gotta clean install )':

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rauppal:
Hi Guys,

Is there any way to keep sms alert personalised as ringtones.

After searching i could find any option, can someone please guide me how to personalise sms alert tones for different contacts.

Cheers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rferrett:
First of all I just want to say what an awesome ROM PA is. The team have done a great job.

I recently updated to 3.99 and I am having a bit of a problem with SMS messages. Namely I like to use web interfaces (like DeskSMS or Airdroid) to send messages from my computer.

For some reason ever since updating to 3.99 I am only able to ever send messages of less than 160 characters. I have tried multiple different app (Airdroid, DeskSMS, SMS Texting) and I get exactly the same failure whenever the message I send if more than 160 characters. I have also tried installing multiple different SMS apps on the my phone (Stock, Handcent and Chomp) and it is the same failure however I do it.

Which rather leads my n00b brain to beleive it must be something in the phone software itself that is causing this as I have tried multiple combinations of apps on computer, browser and phone and get an identical failure every time.

It seems especially weird that short SMS messages are fine, but longer ones, even those not long enough to be ocnverted to MMS are failing. And this didn't happen on my previous ROM which was PA 3.65

Help!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
It's the simplest thing ever!

Open contacts> chose a contact

Open menu > set ringtone > choose a ringtone > done.

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rferrett:
And just tried changing Kernel (gone with Googy as last poster had nice badge ;-0 !) and thaqt made no difference either.

FB
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rauppal:
I can personalise ringtones,

but I am looking for similar thing for sms message-alerts,

I mean personalise sms message alerts for different contacts.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
I thought you would say that.

When you set a personalized ringtone, doesn't it work as SMS tone too?

Have you googled for any suggestions?

If not. I'm sorry that I couldn't help you (:

But I'm afraid you can't really do that!

Here

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.roadkill.customsmstones

Might help

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rauppal:
No, Ringtones and sms-alerts are completely separate things.

Anyways thanks for the tip :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
I don't mean to ignore you but I swear I have no idea what could be your issue, sorry.

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CODENEX:
Camera Issue on PA.

Hello there!

PA has got my attention since the time I was introduced to custom roms :o But a few AOSP based roms (CM 10.1 and AOKP) has caused me camera freezing (both!) and galllery (gallery3d) crashing :( AOKP was crashing like 1 time and gallery also crashes, In CM 10.1 it was often).

I've high hopes on PA. But is the front camera issue on the 1st post is always there in PA and CM based rom? :confused:

Also is camera freeze for both the camera's and gallery glitch is reported on any PA installed GT-I9300's?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
The first post hasn't been updated since looooooooooooooooong ago, and well many of the bugs mentioned there are probably already fixed.

I am running PA 3.99 RC2 and I've had no camera issues so far.

I'd say you could make a backup of your current rom and try PA for a while, if you're not convinced then go back to your backup

but I can assure you PA is an excelent ROM
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohnim:
I'm constantly getting fc in gmail. I have deleted it using root explorer and then tried re installing through the play store but still same issue.

Any solutions to this.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raviainani:
[MENTION=5068740]ThePureHeart[/MENTION] I'm facing another issue also regarding modem... Currently I'm on XXLIB modem+ril and except the battery drainage being a little more I'm also having low signal strength. Previously I updated my modem to XXEMB5 and also changed the ril to make it same but the problem about the calling started which you solved... :D

But as I was on XXEMB5 signal strength was best and battery drain was low

What do you suggest in this scenario?

Thanks a ton in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CODENEX:
Many thanks!

Sure mate! Just installed RootBox Vanilla for testing purposes, Loving the PA features a lot over there ;)

Also in the meanwhile I'm learning to create backup using Titanium Backup PRO, Which method is considerable when creating a backup for entire ROM? (ie, is it possible to create backup including the settings change in rom too)

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
To make a full ROM backup it would be better to use the recovery. Which one do you have?

I suppose you already know that if you go from Rootbox to PA, you will have to perform a clean install, meaning you will lose all of your data and settings and will have to start fresh, however you can backup your apps with Titanium backup and restore them later on PA

But not system apps cause that would cause issues !
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolnand:
i checked using galaxy charging current. and it is 999mAh. and iam already on googy-max. still charging is very slow. started when i flashed the latest version of rom.:crying:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThePureHeart:
You can flash just the modem, don't touch the RIL because ParanoidAndroid uses OpenRIL. Check the modem collection thread and you'll find your modem the. Flash it and voila, you've got your signal back to high without the calling problem.

That is VERY unusual.

If the "now" reading reads 999mAh or very similar then you should be absolutely fine. Did you perform a clean install?

Try this: take note of battery reading, take battery out, hold down power button for 90 seconds, release, insert battery and boot phone.

If the reading changes (more than +/-3%), it could be a calibration issue. Fix this by emptying the battery and then charging it up to 100%. Try to charge with the phone off when doing this.

If the reading does not change, I'm really not sure what it could be. Maybe you can speak to Googy_anas or someone else.

Sent from ThePureHeart's I9300 Boss Edition

ParanoidAndroid | Googy-Max
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlayDohBear:
same issue here, thought it was just me.

not a bad cable, my nexus 7 2013 charges just fine on the same rom

also it was not a clean install, was on RC1 before this. should i just factory reset and re install RC2?

it went from 74% to 72% taking out the battery etc.

i'll let it drain to 0 then charge and see if that fixes the issue.

if not, back to 3.65
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohnim:
I'm having trouble receiving calls..the first time I try to call my phone it went straight to voicemail and then when I try after my phone starts ringing.

Any solutions.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThePureHeart:
Post back once you tried that. Very unusual problem but needs to be looked into.

It could be network problems or a problem with your reception or your modem. There's so many aspects. Make sure you have good signal. It wouldn't just not go through...

Sent from ThePureHeart's I9300 Boss Edition

ParanoidAndroid | Googy-Max
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohnim:
I'm constantly getting fc in gmail. I have deleted it using root explorer and then tried re installing through the play store but still same issue.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mgeniusm:
go sms

try using gosms
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rferrett:
No worries. I realise that sometimes these sorts of things can happen when using custom ROMs. I just can't help escaping the nagging feeling that it must be happening due to some simple setting or something I can do something about.

It is annoying though because it is probably a "deal breaker" for me on any ROM as I love to use PC interface for sending SMS messages and if limited to only one 160 character message then not quite so usable for me.

I am utterly confounded!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rob4711:
Problems with HALO and avocado

I have a problem with halo in conjunction with the chat-app avocado (or couple). The notifications are not displayed. The halo bubble is empty. Only when I swipe to the left the notification is displayed. There must be something wrong. Is there someone who can help me on this?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Avalun:
Hi, the window mode, if you open a app via halo is very cool and great, can I activate that too if I activate an app via the toolbar too?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PlayDohBear:
I let it discharge, and went back to 3.65. However the problem still exists. I do believe it is the battery not being able to calibrate correctly.

I'll take it out for 90 seconds put it back in; sometimes it will go up +/- 5-6% other times down 4-5%

is the battery at fault? should i get a new one?

ALSO i cannot charge the phone with it OFF on 3.65. AUTO restarts the phone.

will getting a different kernel help as well?

EDIT: sometimes when i plug it in to charge, the phone takes a while to notice it's being charged. It also seems to stop mid charge from time to time (it's not the cable)

The charging light sometimes wont come on even though it is being charged
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CODENEX:
I'm using Clockworkmod touch, of course, I know I've to perform a clean rom install. But unless you said I've to make a backup of the current rom and if not convinced, go back to your previous rom, I was confused a bit there. :rolleyes:

I hope you were talking about making a Nandroid Backup which I'm currently getting some clarification.

Thanks for your time!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
Yes, I meant a Nandroid backup. They're totally optional but you know.

Just in case (:

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M-Dawg:
My S3 does the exact same thing if I take it out and put it back in and im not even on PA android at the moment, it's just always done that. Sometime if I take it out and put it back in it drops 13% (but 13% is the most ive seen it drop).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rob4711:
Problems with HALO and avocado chat app

HALO (3.99 RC2) is not showing new notifications from chat apps like avocado oder couple. I can see them when I swipe through the notifications. But the bubble remains grey.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zexl455:
Why does it say I have the wifi enabled, even though I had it disabled for the last couple of hours?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
Did you perform a clean install?

Used a custom kernel?

Restored apps?

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoonBlade:
goto settings > wifi > advanced> untick alwasys scan for wifi
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
Oh, lol. Looks like it was much simpler!

Noted for future reference. (:

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chiggah:
Just swapped over from stock and liking it so far

Noticed the volume rocker can dismiss alarm , but Is it possible to add a function where my home button can dismiss the alarm ? I am just used to it on the stock rom
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amadoaramendiz1:
Headphone problems!

Hi. I recently tried out the Paranoid Android ROM and everything was excellent, I loved it. But when I tried to listen some music with my headphones it just crashed. In the display it appear like if I were turning on the phone and then it shows me the lock screen but I cannot move anything. And then it just turn off. When I retire the headphones the cellphone starts working again. Is there any to way to fix this problem or what can I do?

In the other hand, is there any way to use some stock apps of the Samsung Galaxy S3?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
Hey there. I suppose you tried the latest version, right?

Did you change any settings related to the headset?

What music app do you use? Have you tried different apps?

Also, did you perform a clean install when trying PA?

Did you restore apps?

Custom kernel?

Hmmm maybe, depending on the apps

But they would most likely not work overall.

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amadoaramendiz1:
Yes I tried the latest version. No, I didnt change anything related to the headset, or its settings. I was using deezer app and also the google music app. I tried those.

I think I perform a clean install, but actually I am thinking in doing it again because maybe I did some mistake. No, I didnt restore apps, I tried with titanium backup but for some reason it said that the package were unavailable or something like that. Finally yes, custom kernel.

I appreciate very much your help.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
I see, well, maybe you do need to perform a clean install once again cause this is very unusual.

I don't really use deezer but if you experience the same issue with Google play music ( which I don't )

Then something's wrong.

Please proceed to clean install simply by

- rebooting into recovery

- wipe data/factory reset

- install ROM

- install gapps

- install desired custom kernel

- reboot and wait around 10 minutes

As for the titanium backup issue

All you have to do is go into TB preferences and change the folder path to storage/emulated/legacy

And it should work but be careful with what you restore (:

No problem. Thanks for using the right thread!

Feel free to hit the thanks button if I helped you.

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amadoaramendiz1:
What about the stock apps?

Ok, I will do what you told me. About the stock apps, well, I dont want to install everything, only a few. Example given the video stock app of the Galaxy 3. I researched for it, had the apk and put it into the system app folder, change the permissions and everything. Then when I restarted the phone it said that Video app stop working. Any help with that?

I have to more questions, as I am very new in this kind of things. Why do you told that I shuld careful with restoring apps? And, Where can I hit the thank buttom? lol
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
The thanks button is at the bottom left of the post.

Ahhhh the video app :') I tried for long yo make it work with aosp Roms but never succeed. I'm afraid it won't work.

But there are other apps on the play store that provide similar features! The video floating window for example.

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f0xy:
Hello guys

Just noticed a new PA Gapps package was uploaded yesterday if anyone is interested in updating them.

Also a quick question, what's the difference between PA Gapps and normal Gapps because im thinking I want to just use the slim Gapps package

Thanks guys
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
I'm not sure what are the exact differences but you can use any 4.3 gapps you want.

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JamBLam:
Apologies for n00bness, but what's with the new instructions to 1. GET THE LATEST RADIO, RECOVERY, BOOTLOADER.

(Ignore this if you already are on 4.3.x)?

We've never had to do that for previous versions, even between Android iterations? Is this version different somehow?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
Exclude "radio" and "bootloader" Only worry about getting latest recovery to install!

It's important.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SlideMaster:
i just install PA 3.99 yesterday and im loving it. i only noticed that when changing layout in paranoid android settings for some application, my battery icon, signal icon on status bar becomes thick,

This is the default layout for chrome with 240DPI

This is what i get when i go 740P 240DPI

also i get that result when changing messaging layout.

Any way to resolve these?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Linux:
The ota system not work.. error why?

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk 4
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarfaraaz:
Hi guys

I've been using RC1 for a while now and decided to flash RC2. I did not do a fresh install the first time around but I've had random reboots, about 3 a day, and another annoying issue. Whenever I'm typing, in any app, and I select a word from the suggested words area, the app I'm typing in force closes. Almost every app that I've tried this in has force closed.

I have since wiped and reinstalled RC2 but I'm having the same issues as mentioned above. Anyone else experiencing anything at all similar?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flaggerkatt:
Hi,

Last time I tried any builds of 3.9* (including 3.99), I had issues with external SDCards, they were not recognized by applications such as WiMP (music streaming service), SMS Backup & Restore and so on.Anyone know if this is still an issue?

I had the same issue with 4.3-based Cyanogenmod dailies as well, so maybe this is a common 4.3-issue?

I'd love to switch to PA from stock, but not until I know whether this has improved...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChaosLord88:
Did you wipe cache/dalvik? Maybe try also to fix permissions? I updated also grom rc1 and did only wipe cache/dalvik and Fix permissions, no problema whatsoever. Do you have latest philz touch recovery?! If not, get it. ;)

I don't know how much this helps but I'm using GLtoSD to play games from external SD card without any problems so far, and I'm on 3.99 RC2. ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarfaraaz:
I did wipe dalvik and cache. Will try fix permissions now and report back. Nopw, haven't used philz touch, using CWM touch since forever.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flaggerkatt:
Thanks. I'll check out RC2 this evening and see if there's improvements. Using apps such as WiMP is a dealbreaker for me, I need to use an external SD as my offline cache (music geek much? ;) ).
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mitchpunk:
Paranoid android's server is down. That's why

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300

---------- Post added at 10:18 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:15 AM ----------

It should be a bug ( they keyboard thing ) it happens to me too.

I thought it was caused cause I flashed the emoji module but maybe not.

I'll report it to the Dev thread.

Sent from my Paranoid GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohnim:
Just a quick about gaming. I recently downloaded FIFA 14 but I'm getting random FC's on it.

Is there an issue with some drivers or something.