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[Galaxy S III Android Development] paphko:
Feedback for v15

I'm following this thread for several weeks now and I think this ROM deserves some feedback.

I'm on Ultima since v13, coming from Foxhound, ParanoidAndroid, CyanogenMod, and of course Sammy stock. This one is the ROM that fits my needs best - for what reasons is listed in my feedback below.

Customizability! The installer offers a whole lot of customizations beforehand and avoids installing unwanted stuff.

Really stable! I didn't notice any crashes or memory leaks, always following Krytens advice e.g. about kernel choice.

Very functional! Most (all?) Sammy features are included (like AllShare Cast), with a lot of customizations built-in (my highlights below).

AOSP look! I don't like TouchWiz and Ultima provides a very close native Android experience.

Fast! The UI is very smooth, except for some technical limitations (e.g. lockscreen wake-delay) or launcher-/app-related delays.

The following features are the key features which make me stay with Ultima:

Lockscreen: Sammy style with 5 app shortcuts; fast unlock (no 'enter' required); home-button torch on lockscreen

General UI: battery bar instead of icon; navigation bar (to conserve the home key)

Xposed framework: essential for revoking app permissions (best working solution I've seen so far)!

Battery life: above average with my typical set of apps installed

AdAway is built-in.

There are a lot more features in the ROM, of course, but none that I would really miss, like the options for power toggles, changing the global system font (nice gimmick though), and the overall theme.

I didn't really find any downsides.. sorry. Minor bugs and glitches do not really count because Kryten is very quick in providing fixes or workarounds.

The only bug I noticed so far in v15: ROM settings - App Settings - 'Xposed Installer' seems to be a dead link. Calling it from the normal Apps menu works fine.

Last but not least: Kryten is really patient concerning all the questions and cares for us users! Such support is extraordinary from what I observed so far. Thanks for your support! I hope you will keep cooking Ultima for S3 for a long time!

Btw, donation is underway :D
[Galaxy S III Android Development] babyyeobo14:
hello. where can i download the based rom MH5 i dont have acc. in sammobile :(
[Galaxy S III Android Development] jordyboy123:
Just wondering, why is my battery life so poor? It used to be amazing, I used to get through work, have at least 50% battery remaining, now I have almost nothing...can anyone see what my major drainer is please?

Any help or advice would be amazing, I've not changed the way I use my phone, so I'm really confused!
[Galaxy S III Android Development] SuperAce609:
[MENTION=3443334]Kryten2k35[/MENTION] is it possible to resize lock screen using xposed? Or is that part of the whole framework? I resized the AOSP phone to 320 and the deformed call screen was fixed with the whole rom still being 240DPI.

Also, I don't have the headphone icon when I plug them in, is it because I didn't install the audio apps from aroma? Headphones don't beep either when I receive a call and they're plugged in.

Settings FC's when opening Accessibility> call answering/ending. I need the "Power to end call" option. There's a lot of options gone, actually.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] bobik666:
Hey Kryten,

I would like to go back to the default icons, is there a link maybe or wait for the OTA?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] davidsonking:
If i start YouTube, my phone is just so laggy, that i cant lock my screen. Everything was ok but today it just lags and i cant start videos it just loads 20hours...
[Galaxy S III Android Development] dicxz80:
any idea how to switch to other kernel ? without re-flashing :(

i am using googy now

i am not sure is it because of the kernel (but i suspect it is), my phone doesnt charge at all when i plug it to wall charger :(

when i plug it to laptop usb it will charged only for few mins before current_avg and current_max value drop to 100 (which is discharging)

thank you
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MakDroid:
Surely, it must be the usb cable issue. Try another USB cable.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MattBooth:
The accessability stuff has been mentioned already. You need that you need the Samsung phone.apk.

No it's not possible to resize the lock screen using xposed.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MattBooth:
Most likely a bad or damaged cable. I had similar problems but replacing the cables helped.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MattBooth:
According to those screens you have amazing battery life.

6% dropped in 9hr?!

Advice. Charge your phone 100%. Change BBS to "since charged". Run your battery into the ground then post the screens... In the BBS thread. This thread is not for your BBS or battery life woes. Battery life is kernel and usage based.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Bjarte:
In fact those screens show that his battery dropped 96% in 9 hours.. See on the taskbar, it's at 4% :)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] SuperAce609:
Well that's weird. It didn't work like that before. But alright. Will i have to reflash to switch?

And what about the headphones thing? Is it because i need the audio apps?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MattBooth:
It did work like that before. The AOSP Phone stiff w doesn't have any of the necessary stuff for the accessibility features.

I dunno about the headphones stuff
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Ashley1987:
I'm getting sms force closes and was wondering if there is a way to fix it without starting from scratch. It's the Samsung messenger btw. Not sure why it's doing it after fully wiping.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MattBooth:
Tried clearing the app data)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] stormy_ugur:
hi bro.

yesteryday i flashed my phone with stock rom with odin but i still have same problem. then flashed your rom again. when i hold press power button the phone shutting down. also there is not set up wizard the phone opening direct after flash. i really gonna be crazy soon coz i didn't see any problem like this before.

also there is something writing on the screen. it's always on the screen:

PDA:19300XXEMH1

Phone: 19300DXELK1

H/W: REV_

RF Cal Date: none

SMD: 01N, PBA: 04N

CAMERA: N/A FRONTCAM:N/A

TSP: 0XBD

TSK: 0X0

BAND: HSDPA, CH : N/A

UART: N/A, USB: N/A

UN: CVTF1495F43875F

i'll share picture soon. i hope u can fix this problem.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] SuperAce609:
Are you positive? I used AOSP phone and i had the "power to end call" thing on. I used to hang up a lot on my girlfriend by trying to turn off the screen and the call ending instead. Unless the one from v13 was a themed Samsung phone? Because i only remember the call screen looking the same as AOSP but the answering one still having the Samsung rings. Is that why?

Ugh. I'm gonna need a lot of those OTA files when released.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MattBooth:
Your phone is in factory mode. Read the General section about this (note, it's not ROM related).

I'm 100% sure.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] naathaanb96:
awesome rom! and boeffla kernel makes it so much better. cannot wait for official 4.3 to come out this rom will be awesome on 4.3
[Galaxy S III Android Development] stormy_ugur:
can u please give me the link where can i solve this problem? i dunno what will do. thank you

so is this can help me? i didn't try yet

Here is the exact solution for this problem which i have recently had!

You have to root your phone and install Terminal Emulator from Google Play.

Open terminal emulator and type as ;

su

rm /efs/FactoryApp/keystr

rm /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode

echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/keystr

echo -n ON >> /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode

chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr

chown 1000.1000 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode

chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/keystr

chmod 0744 /efs/FactoryApp/factorymode

reboot

You now should not see the that message anymore. Its because of an EFS corruption.

EDIT: it's ok. my phone working anymore. thank you so much for said me my phone in factory mode. i didn't know that.

btw i have little problem. can u say me why i getting this error? how can i make transparent that area? i was using as transparent on previous versions but now it's not transparent
[Galaxy S III Android Development] jagannn:
Doubt: Which process do I need to follow to restore my original efs from the backup which is created while installing Ultima ROM.

I'm just confused by reading many process, so please suggest :confused:
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MattBooth:
Please make non-ROM related requests or questions in the appropriate forums sections.

That part was never transparent from UltimaROM, neither.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] hendrixjimi:
Kryten, I noticed that when you enter the settings wifi and bluetooth buttons not working well, and stay as active without getting blocked blue, any solution? Thanks

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III Android Development] SuperAce609:
So [MENTION=3443334]Kryten2k35[/MENTION] I'm finally past the DPI issue with the lock screen but now I have a new one. When I unlock with the phone icon, it takes me to AOSP phone. Before, I could choose what phone app could open with it just like the camera. Is that gone as well?

And there's this line at the top of the contact scrolling that moves along with every screen. Is that a glitch?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] noobSU:
Settings -> Application manager -> All -> AOSP Phone -> Clear defaults.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] SuperAce609:
There's no AOSP phone, it's just phone. And I've already tried that. Twice.

Same thing with the messaging app. It opens by default but in settings, it doesn't have the clear default button enabled.

The AOSP tab and normal tab (lock screens) look the same btw.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] dicxz80:
thank you for your reply.

seems like not cable issue, seems like kernel

what I did

1. flash ultima rom 15 with goofy kernel after complete wipeout /system, /data/, etc etc (everything)

2. charging issue (can only charge a while when connecting to laptop but i can still do adb shell)

3. re-flash with wiping data, this time with kernel boeffla

4. so far so good, i can charge and draw 1A from laptop usb 3 ! (after changing some config in boeffla setting)

thank you ! ROM so far so good ! only occasional force close with SmartKeyboard pro, other keyboards working fine
[Galaxy S III Android Development] jagannn:
Can anyone help me?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Racinghart91:
I got 4 and a half hours of screen on time yesterday this rom is awesome. Better then cm based roms ! Great work kryten thanks for this
[Galaxy S III Android Development] jo77yroger:
Hi kryten, this is my first time posting in XDA (but long time flashing) , You're THE BEST! :good: Excellent ROM it has almost everything I need in it!!

Just one suggestion though: It would be nice if you could add the Sony Walkman player with the sony sound enhancement in it (Clear Audio+, etc..)

I use the Boeffla Sound settings coupled with Clear Audio+ ...and with the right headphones...the sound is simply A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.

here is a link: ipsmart.blogspot.ch/2013/05/installation-guide-walkman-purexaudio.html
[Galaxy S III Android Development] boybakat:
Great rom indeed!!! But sadly i cabt change my lockscreen wallpaper.. even though i change it thru ultima setting.. any fix to this thanks
[Galaxy S III Android Development] bobik666:
Download EFS Professional

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Any chance of getting the default icons? :)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] pebrey:
OK - Feeling a tad stupid for not being able to work this out, but I cant seem to delete the twrp folder. Coming from v14 - 15, so I need to delete /sdcard/twrp, but I cant do it. Tried over wifi, and on phone using es file explorer with root....

Um....How?

(Please feel free to post me some stupid pills...)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] mikailmohammed:
Try on your pc?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MattBooth:
Do it from within TWRP itself via the file manager.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] pebrey:
Gah. <Bangs head on desk>.

Thanks - works - of course!
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MattBooth:
If anyone was using the cLock widget from CyanogenMOD which I included base don my code fixes to enable 4.1.2 support... it had some issues keeping time. They have now been worked out and cLock becomes Chronus, once again, and is now standalone :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2186734
[Galaxy S III Android Development] wolfy1664:
h guys

any one who can build roms on hear could you take over this rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2151217

:p
[Galaxy S III Android Development] beafraid88:
best rom so far! i really love this rom guys, its the aokp/cm experience with the advantages of stock samsung rom:

samsung note 2 keyboard

awesome battery life

multiwindow

customizability of the ui like statusbar and mods like long press menu to kill app

thx devs :DDD

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Mordar:
any possible update on this rom updating to 4.2.2? or 4.3?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] gazza1988:
Doubt it. There are no official releases for these versions.

The ones that are released are buggy and not samsung (unless a 4.3 samsung has been leaked)

It would mean a lot of extra work to fix the bugs with the Samsung release or losing stock samsung.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] mark_sa:
Missing stock phone app

Hi.

I cant seem to be able to install the stock dialer app. No matter what I choose in the AROMA installer, I alwayes get a themed version of the call screen (the screen you get when you are inside the call) and not the stock samasung one...

Please help!

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Android Development] crazix:
Still it do not show the weather properly and the calendar events don't display at all.:(
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MattBooth:
You're clearly not doing the calendar right, because it consistently works on mine. It's not something the developer needs to fix, 'cause it's not broken. The Weather is via Yahoo, nothing the dev can do about that.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] crazix:
Some how I got it fixed. Touchwiz was not displaying it properly. Installed Nova Launcher and it works. Thanks for your replies..:)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MattBooth:
Oh, in TouchWiz you must use 4x4 to show everything, but obviously in Nova the default is more like 4x6 or something.

EDIT:

See, told you it was fine :P
[Galaxy S III Android Development] biggary:
Oh Mr Kryten, when will v16 come out? when will a 4.3 version come out? my IMEI is lost!!! Help me please!!!!

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Says virtually every post

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Look people, you spent a few hundred dollars/pounds on a smartphone (some of you aren't...well....smart!!!) please read the first post, and every guide in the general and q&a section, and there is a dedicated post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2016344&highlight=ultimarom for all your questions....most of the questions asked can be answered or asked again in that post, this post is for development of the rom!!!! Im glad im not a mod of this forum, otherwise I would get hold of the "MIGHTY BAN-HAMMER" and ban all the users who flout all the rules :silly:MUHAHA:cyclops:
[Galaxy S III Android Development] crazix:
Hey kryten

The MMS apk need to be fixed. The background for aosp MMS is holo not complete black. It is when you are in the conversation screen not in the main screen.

I did select complete black for the theme.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MattBooth:
Screen shot?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] c_tho:
yeah i can confirm that one, doesn't bother me terribly but it is a little on the "dark grey" side.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] stormy_ugur:
hi i can't change xperia lookscreen wallpaper. there is no picture inside the app. how can i change the pic?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] nirenj:
Hi, after installing i cannot get registered to my mobile network. I tried to select my Starhub ISP but it won't register. Tried installing all modems available in the download section, but still cannot register. But when I try another ROM like Omega it works.

Please advice which modem will work in Singapore. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] crazix:
Go to ultimarom settings > lock screen settings > xperia wallpaper picker > wallpaper > album > select any wallpaper > wait for a while > there will be a pop up to select the app to crop the wallpaper > select the right one (orange color);)

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Please read the posts available on the first page or ultimarom.com
[Galaxy S III Android Development] nirenj:
No useful info about my problem in the first page, but there is something at http://ultimarom.com/problems-with-v14-0-1/
[Galaxy S III Android Development] stormy_ugur:
it worked after waited for a while .thank you so much :)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MattBooth:
Oh, I see. Yes this was by design. Default Light that area is white, so I fancied making it slightly more distinguishable as to who sent what. It's not like the old one which was totally black, though.

Have you read the announcement on the thread here? The EFS stuff in the general section.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] crazix:
Gradient color left to right for Recieved and right to left for Sent message would look even better, if that is possible in your next version or some patch for v15 (which is perfect) :p
[Galaxy S III Android Development] davidsonking:
Its a known bug. There are no fixes
[Galaxy S III Android Development] artyfarty:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/19845-how-to-theme-your-mms-a-step-by-step-guide/
[Galaxy S III Android Development] crazix:
:eek:

Guidance appreciated but I prefer the easy way ask the developer. :p

I'll give it a try or will leave it as it is.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] mark_sa:
Anyone?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MattBooth:
This is not a stock Samsung themed ROM.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] paphko:
I disabled the text for the notification toggles, but it seems as if there is still the upper part of the text visible?! Maybe because I changed the font?

It's not really a problem, it just looks weird :)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] bkss:
Wow... we're at version 15? I'm still on version 7, haha! It's that stable though! Time to update I guess. :P
[Galaxy S III Android Development] SuperAce609:
And I thought I was retro by staying in V12.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] artyfarty:
restart system UI
[Galaxy S III Android Development] crazix:
You are still in the stone age?? :D

V15 is rock solid.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] artyfarty:
please read 1st post and ultimarom site before update!!!
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Skyfinder:
WI-FI ON...network goes OFF!? WTF??

Damn,

if i enable wifi....netwrok connection seems to go off line automatically. I see the regular icon,no aero mode,toolbar shows me operator name...but is OFFLINE.

I can't receive calling or sms...if i go on setting,device info,status...under the voice "Mobile Network Status: disconnected"

PLEASE HELP ME! I CAN'T USE WIFI!!!! I work with phone and Wi-Fi!!!

I saw this problem also in 13 version,i thought was a my impression,then i upgraded to 15v...and now i'm sure: wifi on->disconnected from network!
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MattBooth:
Which kernel are you using?

This doesn't happen to anyone else, therefore I will say it's not a ROM related issue.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] bkss:
I guess so, hahaha! I liked V7 a lot though, and it was really stable for me. Still is. :D
[Galaxy S III Android Development] paphko:
I did restart System UI, otherwise the text was not hidden at all. I guess 'hiding' the text just means cropping the lower part of the toggle button area. It did work with the default font though, so my guess is that the other font is just drawn a bit higher.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] beafraid88:
guys, just two little questions:

1) when i change the sound with the volume rockers, the sound setting doesn´t disappear until i touch the screen somewhere else. is this the way it should be? cuz for me it´s kinda annoying it doesn´t disappear automatically after a while.

2) can i set the 2g/3g switch toggle that way, that it only changes between 2g and 3g (skipping the auto mode)?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] MattBooth:
1. It disappears after 3 seconds

2. No.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Teoror:
Been trying v 15 since release now and have not encountered any glitches or bugs what so ever! At least not in my way of configuring. Thanks for a very good ROM!
[Galaxy S III Android Development] brainvision:
hi..

just using UltimaROM since a few hours.. I flashed the ROM 3 times 'cause first times I chose 5x6 TW and second times the 5x5 one, but they both crashed constantly.. :(

BTW, do you think can use the TW 5x6 on 240 DPI?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] adnan7khan:
Amazed <3

Never had such a smooth Rom, performance & Battery Life Earlier ;)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] kskbl23:
Hello!!!

Do you know any link for Youtube inverted with Advanced Settings (listen with screen off, etc..)?

Thanksssss!!! :good:
[Galaxy S III Android Development] NOZX:
1. I had the same issue...it didn't disappear after 3 seconds, stayed on screen, but if you go

Ultimarom Settings - Mod Settings and then Volume Panel Timeout option, you can change the delay, mines currently set on 1s
[Galaxy S III Android Development] _Negan_:
Is possible to know where to find latest inverted version of youtube? Playstore update mine to latest but white version and i hate it...
[Galaxy S III Android Development] bobik666:
Hey Kryten,

May it be possible to upload the icons OTA file or somehow get them to original?

Or the OTA is up soon so I'll wait if so :)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] fervandark:
Hello..

I flashed this rom without efs backup (I now, my mistake) after trying everything and no success, I had to pay to restore imei, the guy that did this gave my phone back rooted and with cwm installed and 4.1.1 Android stock rom.

Obviously I didn't like stock roms so I proceed to flash this rom again, this time I did efs backup so i can be able to restore it.

The problem i had is that after installing rom and trying restore efs backup everything seems to be ok with my imei but no network problem appears again, i fixed it flashing ariza patch.

Any ideas of how to flash this rom and have no network problems without using ariza patch? Or the problems i'm having are cause reparing imei with octopus?

Thanks for your attention and help.

Sorry for bad english....

Enviado desde mi GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Skyfinder:
WI-FI ON...network goes OFF!? WTF??

I'm using V15 Ultima rom with STOCK KERNEL and XXEMG4 modem (SET THIS because more compatible with TIM in Italy). There is also the problem that has a big latency between aero mode and on line mode...sometimes i must switch 2-3times for forcing the "wakeup" from aero mode.

BUT THIS PROBLEM of "wifi on-> not attainable on network" happened also in V13 with stock kernel e 2-3different modems...

SIM?! A new sim are 10€ here :D
[Galaxy S III Android Development] psichokillah:
It's not working. It asks me to change the wallpaper twice and I select the same picture and I still see the original one in the lockscreen. WTH!?:crying: