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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fritzboyle:
well I am pretty frustrated now. I don't think this is a general problem with the build, but I just cannot get my google contacts to sync.

I even re-downloaded the file, clean install and still get acore stop issues and no syncing.

I keep thinking there is something going on that some partition is not getting wiped somehow since the first time I installed the ROM, I was tweaking things and put a background in the dropdown and it is still there, even after doing a full wipe.

anyways, I cannot do without my 3000+ google contacts on my phone, so must sadly slink back to my nandroid.

If anyone can shed any light on this issue, I will certainly appreciate it. Until then I will go back to being a watcher and occasional helper :crying:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Try replacing a few apks as suggested by MorphiousGX waaaaaaay back in September for B20. I was having the same issue as you but I have not done this suggestion yet cuz I run AOSP as my daily. When I try this rom again this weekend, then I'll probably test this suggestion out. I know for a fact that CleanRom 8 Core syncs fine for me cuz I flashed that after multiple attempts at getting B21 to sync my contacts. I thought if it was my Google account then the issue would be replicated elsewhere and it was not. Try pulling those apks from CleanRom 8 Core (or another TW 4.3 rom) and see if this helps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] deuce237bblock:
If you have the time try Odin back to stock MF1 and reroot with casual, unlock and install your choice of recovery. Then do a clean install of build 21.

Edit: try the recommendation of the above post first. If that fails try my suggestion.

Sent by me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fritzboyle:
thanks, slimsnoop....but im not really sure what you mean. should I try to uninstall those system apps and then sideload the apks? i dont think ive ever deleted system apks before. I have never pulled apks from a ROM zip and inserted them. maybe you could help me out on that process, or point me towards a tutorial? If you mean to extract into beans' zip and fully install, that seems quite a bit over my head. I work most often on a mac. my only PC is at my work and I dont bring it home with me, so its not really a viable option.

also, your link is a single post. when I found it in the thread, it still seemed out of context?

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it was suggested to me, Morphious, that I try this to fix my syncing issue on build 21. can you help me with how you did it? (treat me like a noob, please)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] quadracer06:
I'm having issues with colors. The menu colors in Google Play Music are White and unreadble.

Also, is there a way to turn off the status bar tweaks? I would rather use the Xposed Frame Work "Tinted Status Bar" module (made the status bar orange to match the app), but it is conflicting with the stuff built in. Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phillipmckinnish:
Any themes yet?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
His original post was on page 558 (scroll down to post #11146) and it spans a few posts through page 566 which is what I ultimately quoted. What I am assuming he did was:

1) unzip a rom/build that synced contacts fine. For you Fritz, take this from another 4.3 TW rom.

2) Find and extract (basically cut/copy/paste) those three apks from the working rom and put them into the B21. Re-zip the rom then flash.

edit: Also, find and extract those three files in B21 and replace them with the apks from the working rom THEN re-zip the rom and flash.

That's how I interpreted it. If you decide to follow the original conversation on page 566, you'll see that I had this issue as well on b20 but it resolved itself after three attempts of syncing contacts. This is not the case for me on b21.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phillipmckinnish:
I flashed them with no problem.....Did you flash after you were set up?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RayMcGrath:
Yea.I tried after setup. It broke contacts.

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Hey FWIW I am now running the textra MMS app with the KK keyboard from the playstore and have colored emojis!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdog94:
the 4.3 roms change the file structure of things ....when the 4.3 roms came out i was having several odd issues and to fix them i just started over wiped everything internal storage system data everything and backed up and wiped my sd card after that no more issues ...worth a shot.....or let it run a day or so and see if it finally sync
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jamesmce:
I had the same concern....recycling the sync for contacts several time and now they work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] RRF12:
I have been on Alliance since released great rom really like it. I have an issue that just started when I swipe the screen a white dot followers my finger don't know what I have turned on does anyone how to turn it off. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ed hit:
I get the same thing. 500 + contacts. I get acore messages and un-check and check contact sync. It eventually completes and is fine.

Interestingly enough: my old Samsung moment did the same thing on custom roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
Uncheck "Show Touches" in Settings->Developer Options.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid316:
So I'm on the mf1 modem,I have to update to the ml1 to install this Rom? Currently on 4.4 it's ok to install this and go back to 4.4 if needed?

™Sent From My ™SLIMROM™ BUILD 1.8- 4.3.1 Rom Running BMS Kernel With ™Killjoy™ Script Powered By 7000MAH Of LEMON JUICE Power™
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Has always been one the causes of acore crashes. Either too many contacts or syncing to many Facebook friends. It gets tired and times out. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aypeeootrek:
Just want to bump this and hopefully get this resolved. Just tried again and still unable to use it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdog94:
yes you can go back
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid316:
Why do you have to install that modem? Does the mf1 not work with this or?

™Sent From My ™SLIMROM™ BUILD 1.8- 4.3.1 Rom Running BMS Kernel With ™Killjoy™ Script Powered By 7000MAH Of LEMON JUICE Power™
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Don't have to but it has been reported to work better on 4.3. have been varied reports. Myself in Houston got only 1.5 down and .5 up on 4G with MF1 modem and 4.3. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] quadracer06:
Bumping this because it was instantly buried
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] unhappybirthday:
Look back. I believe this was asked previously and answered.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nomisunrider:
What is this "settle" you speak of?

I laugh every time I read this...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDriller:
You can tint the statusbar to whatever transparency and or color you want with this ROM. Even kitkat gradients. No need for xposed

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobAbooE:
My setup is working just fine.

The color of the day is something new and interesting. I can never get things just right, I like having it change everyday. It's purple right now. My phone has never seen purple.

Thanks a bunch man.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Goose306:
Caches being built will improve battery life. It takes a couple days for various caches to be filled out depending on your habits.

Sent from my 4.4.2 Gummy S3 with Lean Kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDriller:
Transparent:

Tinted:

Tinted with gradient:

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gherman222:
Hey, have you tried Verizon Messages? I really like it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdog94:
ifyou have include in app menu text checked try unchecking it ......settings /colors/in app menu text
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kmsck5:
quick reboot

How can you do a quick reboot? Where do I access it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdog94:
hold power hit restart then hot reboot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobAbooE:
I flashed old&slows aosp messaging and it works fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] daimerion:
The messenger works but contacts break
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobAbooE:
I guess i don't understand. I text just like normal using the zip. Everything I always do works just fine fine.

Haha. I see what you are saying. I never use contacts to text. I just type the name or number and then text them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Emalasto:
I'm currently using safestrap and I haven't been able to successfully flash this even when picking the safestrap kernel. I get a boot loop everytime.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] daimerion:
If you extract the .apk and rename it SecMMS and move it to /system/app and set proper permissions then reboot...it works without breaking contacts
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BrokenWish:
Not yet for bean 21 but team bandit has a sick aosp theme that there gonna port for beans 21 they said it should b done after the weekend but it may take longer cus they have to get it to work with all the custom mods on beans 21 anyway here's the link if u wanna check it out...it works with 4.3 stock tw roms

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2626880
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
What happens when you choose the stock VRUCML1 kernel option and flash the kernel modules after the rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdog94:
what breaks about contacts????
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] daimerion:
If you click a contact from within the contacts app it closes. So if u need to edit or link contacts u can't after flashing the zip. But u could just do what I said in my previous post
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] aescbrya:
To the guy who mentioned verizon messages. Great App! Thanks for sharing. I couldn't quote you because xda keeps crashing
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fritzboyle:
When you say wipe everything, can you be more specific of which partitions? Are you suggesting I wipe the external drive, too?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KevinGee:
Use tapatalk instead. Much better than xda
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] datroidrager:
well, i searched and searched and searched some more. either i'm just blind or the link for the torrent doesn't exist...and trying to find it through xda devdb and all that does is bring me right back to the thread...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BlueLaguna88:
The text in drop down menu and pop up notifications are white with white backgrounds? I cannot find the option to change the color for the life of me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdog94:
dalvik

system

data

internal storage

cache

micro sd card

back up anything you dont want to loose to comp

i put my sd card in comp and backed up my stuff and reformatted it ...them put to rom back on sd card that i was going to flash ..... put it back in phone the went to recovery and wiped everything else

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try unchecking ... settings /colors/in app menu text

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i see hmmm havnt had that happen before
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] VoiceGuy:
Based off some info from earlier in this thread here is how I made it work:

System settings > Custom settings > Rom Control > Colors > Linked colors... make sure Phone Text is unchecked. Then go back and select Unlinked Colors from the main color options > Others > Phone Text Color. Select your color and make sure the alpha slider is all the way to the right. Select ok and back out to the main Rom Control menu screen and tap the Restart UI.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phillipmckinnish:
What do y'all mean when you say it breaks contacts. I flashed it and it works fine I have all my contacts. The only thing that I may have done different was I flash the ROM one day and set the ROM up and flash the MMS the next day
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobAbooE:
Click on the orange contact app, the one that looks like a phone book, then a name. On my setup, after flashing the aosp zip, it just closes.

I don't text that way, I just type the name in the messaging app.

I'm going to try daimerion's suggestion later on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ATGkompressor:
Where did u get that bad a$$ dock?!

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Ok I get it. I'm waiting to c if someone has flashed this in SS yet. I'm running Wicked sense and it's the smoothest ROM I've ran yet. But alliance is about as close to aosp as we can get i believe. Love having options.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sipock97:
Beautiful... Worked perfectly!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Emalasto:
I'm trying that now and I'll let you know what happens.

Edit: That actually worked.

For people using Safestrap, follow the normal instructions in the OP but when going through Aroma, pick the stock kernel instead, the SS kernel causes a boot loop and make sure to flash the kernel module afterwards.

I'll let you guys know how it actually runs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nomisunrider:
The caches are rebuilt after the first reboot. So no, there is no "settle."
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobAbooE:
I always wondered about the settle. Kinda confusing. I just don't know enough.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Hey! The user below had success flashing this rom when choosing the stock VRUCML1 kernel then flashing the kernel modules. You can see my suggestion if you read their post.

Great, glad that's still a viable option for you guys using Safestrap
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] galaxys3_xda:
I used the SS kernel within Aroma and haven't had any problems. No FC's no nothing. Great job Beans! :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcissell:
TWRP backups?

I've run two TWRP backups. The space has been taken up by them on my phone's internal space, but they aren't in the TWRP folder where they've always been. Any idea where they are?

Josh
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Emalasto:
Idk why that option didn't work for me but I'm glad you got it to work lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jdog94:
look on exsd
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] VoiceGuy:
The app Storage Analyser should help you find them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fritzboyle:
Success!

I was able to get Google contacts to sync. Thanks to all the recommendations, suggestions and support.

Now I need to customize. Running great, beans!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] draexo:
Beans has outdone himself! In getting ready to delete that nandroid of B20! Won't need that anymore!

Sent from my Beanified S3!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ATGkompressor:
Are you actually using safestrap on the 4.3 OTA?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hoodieNation:
Ha I just restored mine :) I can't get 21 to look quite as good as 20.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
So what ultimately worked?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcissell:
I found it. For those that may run into this.

The backups are in data>media>TWRP But you won't be able to see it unless you use a root browser. Then I moved it to the normal TWRP folder so it would show up in TWRP when I want to restore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] BadUsername:
This makes sense, 4.3 sticks data into data/media/0 and it'll automatically look there first.

Philz recovery allows you to change the default location within the recovery so you can toggle between both file locations on-the-fly. Plus it integrates aroma file manager so all you have to do is double tap the screen and it loads up. Makes it extremely easy to find what you're looking for and move it if needed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] omair2005:
Does anyone else have multi window acting up? Sometimes it disappears after a phone call and doesn't like to come back. I've toggled it on and off and tried holding back but didn't come back..

Any help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LiRa89:
Installed aosp mms and tried to rename it to SecMms.apk, did not work for me, how do i get touchwiz mms back, or how do i male my contacts work
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Goose306:
Parts of the caches are rebuilt on boot yes, but there are several parts not rebuilt as its built while apps are being used, such as images downloaded from websites. This requires more CPU cycles, and for things related to the internet, requires the radios to be active when they may otherwise be dormant. This in turn burns more battery than it would otherwise. So, "settling" is a bit if a misnomer, but generally battery life does improve with some use.

I don't mean to be rude, but learn what things are and mean prior to providing misinformation please.

Here is a nice simplified stack overflow Q&A that might answer some things for you:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...en-clear-cache-clear-data-in-android-settings

Now, this conversation does not belong in this thread. I just thought I would add some clarification.

Sent from my 4.4.2 Gummy S3 with Lean Kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] draexo:
In going crazy.

No matter what I do I always have one unread message!!!

It won't go away

Sent from my Beanified S3!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] galaxys3_xda:
Yes. Like an idiot, I took the OTA. I did a complete clean install. No issues. There is some lag but that should be fixed after Beans has had time to research and observe the reported bugs and fixes needed.

This ROM is the only reason I haven't left the S3 yet.

YET. :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dvaderx:
Feature request : option to hide blocking mode icon in status bar.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Goldie:
From the OP....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mightybryan:
Any way to get an aosp like nav bar? With customization and features like ring targets, etc?

Btw, I'm addicted. :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fritzboyle:
Not totally sure but my steps were:

Full wipe including data

're downloaded zip

Installed and didn't go through auto Samsung/Verizon restore setup

Added Google account via play store

I still had acore stop issues but my contacts were getting added in chunks before it would time out which was different from previously so I would just keep trying to sync until they were all there (I have about 1500 Google contacts and it is a known issue that sync will timeout)

It's not clear if there was an issue before, but now there isn't
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ATGkompressor:
I had that issue once on a htc thunderbolt. It was a lockscreen app not letting the notification clear. I cleared it in the app and it went away. Are u using a different lockscreen? What kind of defaults are your notifications set to? Those are the kind of questions I asked.

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I'm definitely going to flash this ROM. I'm liking what I'm reading. Not to many major issues. The amount of customization is like MOAR. But I've read of quite a few issues with MOAR. Never flashed an "Aroma" ROM. If u don't mind, would u let me know what bugs u find?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] draexo:
I'm using stock lock screen. If I reboot it goes away until the next round of text messages and then I always have one unread message. Crazy.

Sent from my Beanified S3!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wonderrx:
Still having tons of hesitations with the device, especially after unlock. Often it's a one or two second pause after hitting home, or holding home to open up recent apps. It's not all the time, I don't see any apps going crazy and haven't been able to pin it down.

I am going to try tomorrow to load a different kernel otherwise it may be back to v19 or v20.

I already did the animation tweak and that helped a little.

Any other suggestions? The rom is way sweet and I really like it, I have it totally tweaked and pimped out, but it's just feeling slow and laggy for me way too often, many times a day.

Thanks in advance all!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] budzylikessoup:
How can I clear ALL of my data from previous installations of this ROM? I've done a full wipe, wiped system and data and reflashed, but after the first boot I still have a custom background in my status bar.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] draexo:
I have one unread text message. Not really. I'm not even sure it's the ROM or what!

Sent from my Beanified S3!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] omair2005:
I'm experiencing the same hesitations or lags

Stock kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dvaderx:
Notifications in pulldown is not the same as status bar icon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Goldie:
It disables the statusbar icon too
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sean Z:
Anyone getting a slight delay when receiving calls? I hear my ring tone for like 2 seconds then my phone finally turns on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LazerDino:
I don't see where you said that you are, but are you using Widget Locker? Widget locker was creating a 2-3 second lag on my stock rooted rom. I never found a fix & finally switched to Cover lockscreen.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Just a guess but may be the Double click Home mod giving time to see if gonna double click it like the double click for S-Voice. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wonderrx:
Yes I've had that multiple times also, as I have noted in an earlier post I have had a lot of lag issues and I am going to experiment today with some other kernels and see how it does.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ATGkompressor:
Does this have Xposed Framework? Either I missed it in the OP or its not there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] rholm:
I was too. I switched to the KT kernel and it seems better. Not perfect, but improved. Did you check the animation setting? That help too.

Cheers,

Rich
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dvaderx:
Got it. Had to reboot. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] omair2005:
yes I did.. I prefer stock or lean when it comes to kernels.. I actually took out ro.fling in build.prop and haven't had any since.. lets see if it keeps up
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wonderrx:
Just got done flashing KT, seems a lot more "normal" so far, especially hitting home and loading the app switcher/killer.

Looking for other TW 4.3 rom suggestions if I try another rom to compare performance, any recommended roms?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LiRa89:
i also had this problem with the aosp message app (if that makes any difference)

i always had an unread msg on my status bar, when i pulled down it said the name of the sender,

i clicked on it and it took me to the msg thread, even after deleting the thread it kept on showing,

restarted phone, and nothing, msg still appeared.

the only thing that worked for me was to delete the contact from my phone, then i had the contact send me a txt msg

read it, then cleared it.

re-add contact, have contact send me another txt, read and clear

and that was the end of it.

have not seen it act like that no more

(ps. you may NOT need to delete the contact, just have him/her send you a new message, read, and it may clear the msg) (this is how a friend fixed his but did not work for me)

hopefully it helps you...

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1.- did the option to have swipe with pin option go away?

before, you could have a pin set up on lock screen but you had to swipe first to reveal the number pad, this allow to have shortcuts on lock screen like the camera.

now when the phone is locked, and i turn the screen on, it takes me right away to the number pad to put my pin.

2.- and lastly if anyone knows how to revert the damage done by installing the aosp message app.

like we all know, it breaks contacts. (the touch wiz msg app is backed up, but when restoring it, after deleting aosp msg app, it force closes, and the contacts also keep force closing) (do i need a 'clean' touch wiz msg app? if so, can anyone send me a copy of theirs.?)

thanks for your help...