yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bigkevbosky:
Getting so frustrated with the GS3 - coming from a GNex I figured I could easily flash roms on this thing and they'd all work great, but that's not the case at all. In fact, I would've stayed stock, but the stock rom drained battery like crazy so I had no choice but to flash.

The first few roms I tried gave me terrible reception - my phone would NOT ring at all when people tried to call me. Luckily, this Serenity rom and flashing a new modem have fixed that problem. But now, my GPS is broken.

I'll wait until JB official is released and flash a rom based on that, but if I still have issues, I think I'm going to dump the GS3.

Anyone else share my frustrations?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] House M.D.:
probably you flashed a wrong rom, that what happened usually when you people get broken gps.

try to flash the stock rom via odin.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ElKompaAndres:
No, getting about 100KBPS
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
Yeah mine says 4g also im not sure where to find the apn settings for the at&t modles if you post back
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tal0s:
To all those having problems with this rom:

Download 1.2 or 1.2 Lite and the CORRECT quickfix for 1.2 version you downloaded (I prefer the Lite version)

Download latest KToonz kernel - make SURE you are d/ling JB kernel <-- CRITICAL **

wipe/flash per OP

BEFORE restoring with TB, drive the newly flashed rom and kernel for a bit - notice battery drain is resolved, and random reboots/FCs are resolved

When ready to restore your data, do NOT restore anything but apps with data

I have zero issues with this rom after flashing KToonz 10/31 kernel.

Good luck
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
so when I download something form the updateme app like I d\l the remove bloatware and its a zip do I just flash it? and I know I may have asked this but I should you or is it personal to d\l a modem and a new kernel
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] erwinyap69@gmail.com:
Mines fine also..... Re flash the rom & do the full data wipe.... Clear Both Caches & System Wipe... Then flash the rom.....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
Damn not really find much about the apn settings when I was on Task650 Rom it had the 4g lte apn settings..wounder why I cant find those same settings

Ok found this but its the same apn settings lol so yea idk

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1727802
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tnosz:
I had the same issues with this kernel giving me soft reboots and boot loops. What happend was that I flashed the latest one and not the 10/31 kernel.

I must say the 10/31 kernel is working great. Can't wait to see my battery stats after lowering the CPU for deep sleep.:)

BTW THANK YOU DG FOR PORTING THIS SMOOTH A$$ ROM!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
Was there a new update for google play if so cant I just use the apk file and install it
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] House M.D.:
search!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
Did, sucks using this app search cause when i did it shows up a lot of roms and there is one under the sony xperia was not sure it made any difference and looked on google seen 3.x.16 3.x.17 and the a 3.x.19

And I found this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1648151
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] skwaLLLL:
I seem to have a video recording problems. When i record video using just the phone and play it back, it only seems to play back 90% in th left earphone or speaker. When i record while headphones are plugged in, it records and plays back just fine.

Any ideas?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kangi26:
I havent heard of any, I'll dig around a little bit

This is the latest I can see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1965290
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nellycruzz:
Does this rom offer free tethering¿ also whats the recommended voltage settings on the latest ktoonz kernel?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SimplySweetness:
I'm digging almost everything about this rom... except the crappy battery life. Unplugged it 57minutes ago... checked Facebook quick, flipped through some emails and now typing this and my battery is alteady at 82% after a full charge last night.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
True thanks but that link you posted thats just the apps right? not the play store itself. I did find the latest version 3.5.19 and flashed it and its been good.. so eh im guessing everything is good lol which is this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1648151
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] House M.D.:
that is not the latest version.

latest one is 3.9.17
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jawonder:
Some great news here , can we have this now :- http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s3-android-412-firmware-leaks-multi-view-feature-tow
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] House M.D.:
bad news for you:

it's for the international 3G S3 only (GT-i9300)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CYRAXDroid:
O damn lol
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eatonjb:
not really bad news, so many people port things from one to another, it might be coming to us.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] House M.D.:
yes, but not from i9300. so I'd say good luck with that!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jawonder:
Well one leak leads to another so we might get one closer to home that we can use soon .
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Unhived__Mind:
Dang we need an update:(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] erwinyap69@gmail.com:
Hi guys.... Ok so I've flashed the 4.2 camera & have used it & loved it....

Just did a fresh install with Serenity 1.2 & flashed the Quick Fix... Set up my phone and all is well..

Decided to flash the 4.2 camera again so I did... Cleared both caches and fix permissions then rebooted...

After the reboot.... I can't find the 4.2 camera anywhere? What's going in? So I've re flashed the 4.2 camera twice now with the same results! Lol....

---------- Post added at 12:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:22 AM ----------

Ok never mind I figured it out... DO NOT DISABLE THE 4.2 GALLERY... I disabled it cause I always used the regular gallery...nice I enabled the 4.2 gallery the camera showed up..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nst6563:
I need some direction here. I've flashed 1.2. Then tried to flash the latest Ktoonz kernel (11/13) and after boot the speeds get stuck at 384/1080. I've cleared out init.d. reflased the kernel + wipe cache and Dalvik, plus fix permissions with same result. Flashing back to the original kernel I have no issues, just not the ability to over/underclock and change the voltages.

Anyone have any ideas about why it would stick to 1080 max after boot? It's immediately after boot....I'm not sure where else to look at this point. I've done some searching and couldn't find anything similar, but that his 10/31 kernel was working just fine. Is there a link with the historical versions?

thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] House M.D.:
well, Ktoonz kernel is not recommended by the OP, so you might need to take this issue to the kernel's thread.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jimpjr:
How did you stop all the Force Closing after flashing 4.2GAPPS!??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nst6563:
will do thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gangpe:
Use Lock Frequency on KTweaker

Ktoonz mentioned this on his thread somewhere that to keep the settings from reverting to stock, use the Lock Frequency option in KTweaker (under the General section). Check this, and you should be set.

I know, I should have just PM'd instead of clogging the thread, but I had this issue before and figured I would share the love.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] y2whisper:
Tried to use the UMS app and couldn't get it to work came up with an error message referring to my kernel. This happens with the stock kernel and Ktoonz. Searching the thread only gave one result that didn't help. Is it just me?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nst6563:
Tried that to with no joy :(

I've asked in the kernel thread but got no responses yet.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] spidey44:
Make sure you dont have power saving mode enable in settings. It will cause that.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TaterTot85:
Finally got LTE in Columbia SC.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nst6563:
I never thought of that.

I ended up doing a full wipe including format of internal storage and data. Re-installing serenity 1.2 lite and the first thing I did was install the kernel and it's been working fine ever since.

thanks for the tips :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nomansi:
Don't install the inverted GAPPS 4.2, its not compatible with TouchWiz. Install the one which is not inverted available at the same place.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] GHOSTIVVI:
I understand there is a lag when pulling up the keyboard to enter text. Is this issue still present on this ROM? And if so, is there a fix?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Kevinl86:
where the H is Drew?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rfb813:
Yes, it is part of my data package!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RiPpeR_dUdE:
That would be why it works for you, what others are referring to is the bypass that was available in 1.1 from the toggle menu.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vorlan:
Drew, it seems like a bad build. Could you rebuild it. May be it will fix address space? There are a lot of messages where string is not get formatted properly with either application name, which is failed or some other names. Looks like address of binaries shifted.

Another advice, I would test the build for at least a week before posting it and do not listen to those who is pushing you to post as fast as possible. It makes new ROM look bad when basic things are failing. And please, forget this Multiview. This is a phone! and not a tablet.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Futant55:
Select Only once and it sets it as default.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Wickidmasshole:
If you hit "just once" it sticks. Odd, i know.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RiPpeR_dUdE:
Out of curiosity, which version are you running? I'm on the Lite version and not getting any errors. You may want to also check your download.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] paleman27:
Finally, we got that cleared. I thought he did (have a tethering package). I went back to 1.1. Tethering is a must. Anyway Drew, thank you for your good work. I did you a "solid" a couple of weeks ago, going for another one to keep you going :).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vorlan:
Good idea, I will try LITE version and see if it has the same issues with %S&&*^^ characters. I am sure DSP Manager will not work there :(

Drew. DSP manager worked in all other builds, such as M1-M3. I did not try M4 or M5, but it worked there. How much different is bluetooth stack there? It looks like it is just a single bit somewhere not right one for Bluetooth to be silent as black hole.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CZ Eddie:
I got that error while setting up Google Voice. I think the %1$s is just a "placeholder" for text it wasn't able to use?

I uninstalled Google Voice and kept getting the error on every reboot though. So whatever it was broke something system related I'm guessing. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jawonder:
Hey does accuweather widget in the UpdateMe app working work with 1.2 or DG didn't put up the one for it as yet ?. I tried it and it won't install even in system app .
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eatkabab:
He hasn't yet updated the updateme app to have all the bloat he removed. It will come in time. I agree though that I don't think accuweather is bloat. I also think the S-memo and other S apps are bloat.

Would reeeeeeeeally like a working tether app. My net got cut from my apt due to moving in/out so I have none for the next day or two. if anyone has any information on this, please take pity on me and help me out.

Att also just throttled my unlimited plan cuz I passed the 5gb mark. Its just about 0.5Mbps which is like half way between edge and 3g.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Micronads:
No, your not. It is called a donation. You give money to someone with no hope of anything in return. Most of the developers do not do this for donations either. Post log cats, report problems and wait for a fix.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] juannicolas:
It seems that the link for the Serenity full is the same as the link for the lite version.

EDIT: Nevermind, didn't scroll down enough :P
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brentdl:
Is this normal for this Rom or should I try and re-flash it? I took it off the charger about an hour ago and it was at 81%
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] amravit:
rom is running from last night still having 2 issues not sure if any one have the same

in camera while you trying brust mod the camera crash if you try to take 3 pics + give %1$s stopped working

any one seen this and i think i lost the mobile data icon connection in the toggle bar

thanks for your help and the rom
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Woody:
Man twice in one day (had a report about something else a few pages back). I see what thread is going to be my heavy lifter for the next few days. ;) I'll forego the BOLD this time around.

Micronads (great name btw) is correct. Donations are just out of the graces of your good heart. They do not entitle you to anything (unless otherwise stated by OP, such as "Donators will be testers for next version"). It is not a pay-for-play (or for the older folks, Payola-Plugola;Google it).

But hey, you could always donate your time to helpful bug reports. Sometimes those are more valuable then $.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] vwood2121:
Everything that I've tried on this port is a go! No errors here! I awesome work DG! Now just to figure out this multi view...... Running full version flawless!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Superguy:
Does Google Wallet work with this ROM?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RiPpeR_dUdE:
For everyone having problems, it may be helpful to provide additional information to help narrow down where the issues actually exist... Full or Lite version, how you flashed (CWM or TWRP), have you added apps, etc.

From what I can tell, it appears most of the problems are with the full version??? I'd suggest if you're having problems, try the Lite version, if this resolves the issue's you're having you can easily just extract the missing .apk's from the full... just a thought.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] evodon84:
Drew,

Thanks for a cool rom, its running quite smooth on device for being such an early build. I am running the full version with stock kernel. One bug I noticed, was that when you get the option to choose a default program, like which launcher to use once two are installed after hitting the home button, the choose box pops up and has two choices, "Just once" and "Phone" either choice does not remember your default and continues to ask on the next chance.

1.2 Full version

Flashed w/TWRP 2.3.1

Apps restored w/TiBu
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jrock79:
In the tmobile section. The 1.3 is over there as well.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Unhived__Mind:
That wont work with ours ....will it?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jrock79:
i havent tried. I did flash frosty's v9 rom from the tmobile section and my phone works perfectly.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] g0d4lm1ty:
Hoping drew comes back with something hot. Using The Collective non touchwiz rom now. Miss touchwiz, but love the rom. Fast, 32+

Hours of battery life no FC's.. only thing missing is touchwiz.. only thing i miss from there is allshare cast.... maybe a few of the swipe to screen capture and lift to call features, but nothing out of this world. Plus they are working on a 4.2 port... :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jammol:
I'm pretty sure drew is going to release 1.3 for us soon. He's probably giving guys a 1up this time because we always get first dibs!!! :p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EVOme:
Am I missing something....is there a lite version, separate install somewhere?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hutch8891:
Yes there is.. It is in the 2nd post..

I am currently using the lite version.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EVOme:
Found it....Thanks!!

Are you on ATT? Did you have to flash the modem after install?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hutch8891:
I am on ATT.. The modem comes with the rom..

I flashed the rom then the quick fix and then the kt747 kernel.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EVOme:
How's that combo working for you?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hutch8891:
It is working great.. I get about 1 day and 18hrs out of a full charge with about 4hrs of screen time..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EVOme:
Sweet fancy moses!!!!. Installing that as soon as the download finishes. Thanks!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hutch8891:
Haha.. Anytime.. Check out this thread to setup kt747 and help get the best battery life..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756776
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EVOme:
Are you using the 10/26 kernel or the 11/13?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hutch8891:
11/13
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EVOme:
No LED indicators are working...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hutch8891:
Did you go to settings/ display/ led indicator and turn them on?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EVOme:
Yea....all checked. Even charge LED is not working

Isn't there a LED manager or Light manager that aosp users use?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hutch8891:
I think there is an app called light flow..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] meleii:
A modem is not packaged with the ROM. It uses the modem you currently have installed. Devs will never package a modem in the ROM because of the location dependency with them.

What works for me don't always work for you.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EVOme:
What do we need the modem for?

I have LED working with an app....However, I am not getting any email icon in status bar at all.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazililazn:
Just flashed this rom today and I noticed that on the Samsung keyboard the autocorrect option doesn't really work... well it does, but the default word list is very small.

Works fine on Swype tho.

Just flashed a AOSP JB keyboard and all is well.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EVOme:
None of my accts are syncing on their own. I installed the latest modem
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mdwbeex:
Couple issues...

LED's not coming on even with LED options in control panel checked and I can't connect to the device via USB cable anymore - even when using the sgs3 easy-ums (apparently, not that easy...)

Anyone have any ideas on those two items?

Beyond that, this thing is pretty solid and I'm liking it a lot. Nice work, and thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fventura03:
couldn't get MultiView working, no option to enable or anything after flashing zip. could not remove it either got "error 6".
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] baldockdrew3:
Transparent Status Bar

Has anyone had any luck modifying the status bar to be transparent? I've tried editing the tw_super_status_bar file in SystemUI, and also a few other tweaks from other posts around XDA, and none of them seem to change anything.

EDIT: I was able to do it on another ROM, but not on this one. So I believe I was doing it right.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] erwinyap69@gmail.com:
Has anyone got the GPS to work on this Rom?? I keep going back to M7 Rom if I need the GPS....but have to go back to Serenity if I need the camera or video. Lol
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ragz:
Yes my GPS works perfectly
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EVOme:
Use Light manager

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I'm at 82% at 3hrs on battery. Ugh!! Using KT 11/13 kernel. Not good at all.

No calls, only a few text messages.

Going to try his 10/26 kernel and then the stock one. Will report best of 3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djpharoah:
Anyone else having issues downloading this ROM or any rom from the OPs website? I've been getting consistent network timeouts while trying to download.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] House M.D.:
download working great and and its really fast.

try again:

http://drewgaren.com/serenity/SERENITY-DG-1.2.zip
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mdwbeex:
LED's and USB

Yeah, I used another app but it does the same thing for the LED's

My biggest concern is the inability to connect to the desktop via USB - also just found that dock audio sounds like absolute garbage on this.

As much as I like it, the dock audio and USB connectivity (or lack thereof) are deal killers. I'll check it out again when it hits 1.3 or just wait until 4.1 comes out officially and figure it out then.

Edit - last, but not least: Battery life is attrocious. Left house at 12 with 100% charge, received exactly 2 text messages and returned home at right before 3. Did literally nothing with the phone other than have it in pocket and battery had dropped to 87% in under 3 hours.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazililazn:
Maybe you should do a clean wipe and then reflash? I have no issues connecting my device to the computer. Although, the phone would keep telling me that I didn't have the correct drivers, I was able to see my S3 from my Windows 7 PC with no issues. Also, I left the phone on for 8 hours overnight with Wi-fi plus LTE on, and it dropped 13%. I can't comment on the dock audio quality, but I'm running the KT747 custom kernel for JB with this ROM and the only issue I have had is the auto correct on the default Samsung keyboard not working correctly, which I easily fixed by installing an AOSP keyboard.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mdwbeex:
It was a completely clean flash - the only thing that remained with any previous data was a backup folder on the external SD. As of about 10 minutes ago, the phone is now appearing on both Win8-64 and Win7-64 after updating Kies, which installed new drivers. Also using the KT747 kernel and never noticed the auto-correct issue, but I always use SwiftKey so it doesn't really matter to me if it works or not.

Dock audio is still junk and battery life still awful, but since I have one of the two important pieces back, I'm more inclined to stick with it a bit longer to see if I can iron out the bugs.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazililazn:
Yeah, I've only seen one other person with the auto-correct problem in this thread... It's easily worked around, but it's sort of a weird problem.

To be more exact, the auto correct does work, but the default word list is very small, so it doesn't do much correcting....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Unhived__Mind:
The auto correct is like an inbred redneck cousin. .not much of a vocabulary
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] crazililazn:
^couldn't have put it any better myself lol.