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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 47th_Ronin:
Using extreme sound hack on 4.4.2 here no issues at all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Here is the 50%. I don't have the 100%. It makes the speakers crackle. :cool:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53099875&postcount=14699
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] n3wt:
It's a long shot but if you still haven't got media sound you might try going to system settings/sound/volume ..it has separate sliders for media, ringtone, notifications, and system.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jayjr1105:
Hey All, I used Jelly Beans roms for a while so I figured I'd try Alliance. Everything so far has been really good except tonight my phone started to reboot at random every 10 minutes or so. I did a battery pull and waited a few minutes and it seems better but I'm wondering if anyone else has the issue. I picked the stock kernel from the Aroma installer. Should I have gone with KT or Lean kernel?

Edit: Bump... Phone is now not just rebooting but shutting down every so often as well. I can't just reflash sine I use a RSA token app on the phone for work.

I was going to try flashing KT or Lean kernel but I can't find it and the links I find are dead.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
KT747

https://www.dropbox.com/s/674op3b6o07209e/KT747-TW-JB-4.3-VZW-01-18-2014.zip?dl=0

LeanKernel

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8j5tb3aaxssm2i0/lk_s3vzw_tw_jb43-v4.0.zip?dl=0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jayjr1105:
Awesome. Thank you! Those are tw based correct?

Edit: NVM I see now they are TW from the filename. I was on my phone earlier and hadn't downloaded them yet.

I actually thought about it and backtracked from what I had done. I had used TiBu to freeze the samsung keyboard because it kept overthrowing swiftkey. I went back in and thawed it. Also removed some Superuser apps like Greenify and CWM. So far today it hasn't rebooted or shut off on me. Crossing fingers.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
No problem ?.... And sorry for the long delay but I'm very busy at work today!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
If Swiftkey won't stick as default on reboot back it up with Tibu. Delete from phone and reboot. Then restore Swiftkey from TIBU. Should stick from then on. Has to do with permissions and how Playstore installs it wrong. :cool:

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Quoted wrong one. See other post to fix Swiftkey. Can then keep Samsung Keyboard and swapp defaults at will. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tennessee_titan:
Joining you all here from a GNII with Alliance b27....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hokiealumnus:
I had about a one week long affair with AOSP, but it just wasn't as good of an experience as with TW on Alliance. Back here until we can figure out a way to get TW 4.4 without locking everything down. Sad really...for that reason and that alone my next phone will definitely not be Samsung.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
Lol....I hear ya! Honestly though, I'm gearing myself up with the mentality that I really don't care WHAT phone I get next.....as long as it has an SD card slot and a removable battery!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] S. Prime:
I am at the point that I will have to agree, but add "anything but Samsung"and if I ever have decent service from another provider, "anyone but Verizon."
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tennessee_titan:
I guess you have to realize that these guys are profit making organizations, and YOU really don't matter......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dvaderx:
Is there any *new* vzw phone that is unlockable? or do we stick with the s3 and hope someone gets 4.4 working?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tennessee_titan:
Why do you NEED 4.4??? This isn't good enough for you?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cr6:
Ran Alliance on my S3 for quite awhile before I got my S5 and it's definitely one of the best.

That said, Root & Xposed are all I need on my S5. This thing screams and I consistently get 7 1/2 - 8 hours of screen on time with it. Titanium to get rid of bloat, what more do you need? You can still flash TW based roms with safestrap.

Bootloader schmootloader! LOL

tap'n on my S5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Stupifier:
I feel as though custom ROMs are becoming much more of a hobby than a necessity these days. New phones are just getting faster and faster making the need to mod less desirable among most consumers. Rooting is nice and probably worth it to get that extra functionality/feature you want, but I dunno. Feels like Phone Manufacturers are very aware of the Custom ROM world. Whatever new/slick features custom ROMs have soon find their way into the mass market proprietary OS and just become standard.

I'm pretty sure my next cool phone will just run stock and maybe I'll root it.....that is all.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vudugan:
^^^ I went with LG G3, root, Xposed and G3 Tweakbox. That's about as Custom as I need. These devs did an awesome job through the years as mentioned and the phone manufactures took many notes and ideas... If and when they finally unlock bootloader for LG G3 like they said, I probably won't be flashing any ROMS. No disrespect to hard working devs but Android phones have come along way since I first started flashing Windows 6.0...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SOCOM-HERO:
I haven't dabbled with root/rom since I put Hyperdrive on my S3. I've been having massive battery drain issues due to the "media" app running in the background and I can't for the life of me stop the app short of wiping the phone clean and starting over from scratch. If I am going to do that, I'm gonna get a newer ROM to try and get better battery life and stop the "media" battery drain. I'm referring to this.

QUESTION/SUMMARY

I'm currently rooted on 4.1.2 Hyperdrive RLS16, I535VRBMF1

How do I go about getting Alliance to work with my device without bricking it? I've been reading up on the 4.3 bootloader lock and am wondering how to go about moving from the ROM I'm already on to Alliance. I just hope it fixes my battery drain issue!

Many thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Just flash it the same way you flashed Hyperdrive. Only flashing the ML1+ firmware or Odin image will lock down the bootloader. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SOCOM-HERO:
Lets say that this doesn't fix my battery issue. Can I just flash back to Hyperdrive? Or will that no longer be possible due to the change in modem number?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Just flash back. Modem is only the radio. Can run any modem you want. They make new modems for a reason. Usually the most common reason for using older modem is you are on 3G alot and some older modems are better with older 3G towers. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GeTex:
Is it possible to run Alliance on a T999?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tennessee_titan:
Early in the game for me with this phone and ROM,. Battery drain appears to be awful....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] qdtphotog:
Love this rom, but the white text (like the sample screenshot) on some of the menus is so hard or impossible to see because of white text on white background. Is there anyway to change the color for that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blacklight17:
I haven't been keeping up with rooting and roming for quite some time. Right now my Galaxy S3 is on CleanRom 8.1 Core Edition. Will I need to do anything special to install this rom? Looking for a change and CleanRom is starting to slow down on me. TIA
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
They're both TouchWiz based, so you won't necessarily have to go crazy wiping..... Just backup everything, then in recovery do a factory reset, wipe cache, dalvik cache and system.... Then your good to flash! If you ever feel like changing your modem a.k.a. baseband, you can go ahead and do that whenever you feel like it.....before flashing a ROM, after flashing a ROM, etc...because it resided on a different partition than everything else!

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I have to be honest. I NEVER found a way to fix/change that....and I am FAR from a noob!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] pyrite123:
I did find a way to fix the white text problem.... Sorta.... When I changed the color for one menu type it reversed changes made to a different menu... So it was like I was always going to have white text on something and it didn't make a whole lot of sense to me tbh...

I eventually gave up on it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] S. Prime:
I am happy with my Alliance Rom, but I have a friend that needs to go back to Stock 4.4.2 with their Verizon S3 for Corporate email with AirWatch does anyone know of a workable link to download VRUDNE1 (Android 4.4.2 - Kit Kat) No-Wipe Factory Image or any workable link to the full stock version of the ROM. I have warned them that it will lock their bootloader and they will not be able to return to Alliance ROM and they will accept that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] S. Prime:
Thanks for the email, but the link at the thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2795659 which i had tried doesn't work, so I am still looking. I was really hoping someone had a copy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] capt730:
I have the full NE1 saved from Sammobile if you still need it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tennessee_titan:
Lost all my ringtones when I flashed this. How do I get them back?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] S. Prime:
Thanks, but they decided to purchase an LG G3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bogie03:
HELP

can i Load this ROM on a s3 thats been update to 4.4.2??

i havent seen any notes saying yes or now!! im guessing probably not ??

thanks in advance
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
No. You can only run a 4.4.2 TouchWiz ROM, and to my knowledge, there's only 2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bogie03:
yeah i noticed only 2 of them, all aokp roms.....wich i dont care for and the phone is for me 11 yr old son......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
If using safestrap must use stock kernel so are stuck with roms that use that kernel. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bogie03:
anyone know which is the better rom for the 4.4.2 stock s3.....again i wanna stay with touchwhiz being its for my 11 yr old son.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Not. Sure. Both devs are new to the game. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcissell:
Why not just stick with the stock rom? I ran Alliance Rom for a long time but had to go back to stock these last 2 months before I get my note 4. Honestly the stock rom is just as good if not better if you are going to continue running touchwiz. If you want asop that's a different story.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bogie03:
AHHHH, well ty for your replys, much appreciated
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] divhandyman:
flash over 4.0?

Can I flash this over rooted stock 4.0 or will I have bootloader issues?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
If on 4.0 which is ICS need to upgrade to 4.1.2 MF1. ICS and JB don't play well together. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] divhandyman:
Can I just flash a custom 4.1.2 rom then move on to this one? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Flashing the 4.1.2 rom will do nothing for you. You need the firmware. You can try flashing the rom. Not sure if it will work or not. Always kept my device as up to date as possible up to the point of lockdown. Just make a backup. Roms won't brick phones as there is no change in firmware. Believe you will have a kernel/firmware mismatch and probably won't boot or wifi or something else will be broke.. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ag8f3dv9b0mjqsx/d2vzw_VRBMF1_firmware.zip?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3rkt5r62cpzv4m6/d2vzw_ML1_modem.zip?dl=0
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] divhandyman:
I just bought the phone used and they just ran a custom 4.0 rom on it and so it never got updated, so I flashed everything stock again. So I need to flash stock firmware in odin and work my way up to 4.3?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
You should be locked again now. Odin the MF1 firmware then use Beans casual to root , unlock and flash recovery. Once done update to latest recovery of choice.

MF1 Tar- https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23134718111254196 - Pull tar from zip. Don't need other file.

Beans Casual - http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42791826&postcount=1

If are already unlocked again flash the files in [MENTION=5090422]vmancini3[/MENTION]'s post.

Do Not OTA or flash 4.3 firmware. Bootloader will be locked forever.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] divhandyman:
Thanks I will try it later tonight!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] divhandyman:
Since I am totally stock ML1 4.1.2 at this point can I flash stock 4.4.2 in Odin?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
If you Odin 4.3 or 4.4 you will lock the bootloader forever. You should be on MF1 4.1.2. ML1 is 4.3. If you Odined that can't unlock and must use SafeStrap. Unlocked bootloader can flash any 4.3 rom. 4.3 with locked bootloader and SafeStrap can only run 4.3 TW roms. 4.4 and SafeStrap can only run 4.4 TW roms. No AOSP roms on SafeStrap. No custom kernels. No 4.4 TW on unlocked bootloader but can run AOSP. :cool:

Sent from my SCH-I535 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] divhandyman:
That's what I want it's my son's phone and I don't want anything custom IF I can stick with straight stock. I just don't want to brick it in the process. So would I need to flash 4.3 stock first if I wanted to go to 4.4 stock? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Nope. Just odin the 4.4 tar. :cool:

Caution !!!!!!!!!!!-----NE1 4.4----- https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23501681358553426 --- Caution. Will lock bootloader forever!!!!!!!!!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] divhandyman:
Its done Thanks for the Education!! I would have Bricked for sure without your help:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SkinnyT:
Does Google wallet work with this ROM?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] helobubba88:
GW tap and pay only works with Kitkat now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mav3rick478:
Really? What Rom and do you need the secure element SIM? Because last I heard no one got it to work on vzw since they announced the way it works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcissell:
I'm on stock from Verizon and it works. Google changed how it works
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] helobubba88:
I took the stock Verizon OTA (Kitkat 4.4.2) and both Softcard (formerly ISIS) and Google Wallet tap and pay work.

Softcard will work on this ROM (AllianceROM 23) if you use Xposed framework with the RootCloak module.

I don't think GW will work on an S3 unless you have the stock Verizon OTA.

Someone reported getting it to work on an AOSP Kitkat ROM but that was with an LG G3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lun7200:
does anyone know how to get a GSM sim card to function with this rom? I was running an AOSP rom previously and I was able to get my T-Mobile Sim Card to get 2G data on this. With this Rom not only cant I get any data but I cant even edit the APN settings. I download Tweakker APN editor and it mentioned an incompatible sim. I can make and receive calls and SMS. Is there a workaround or something to disable?

edit: APN Manager Pro Saved me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vrahn:
Can someone help me? My S3 (when I tried to reboot to recovery) says system has found unofficial software on phone take to Verizon blah blah blah. Is there a work around for this so I don't have to reformat and reinstall?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mav3rick478:
Sounds like locked bootloader, you're gonna have to Odin back regardless of what it is.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
^^^^^ What he said. Your bootloader is locked. Odin MF1 and use Beans Casual to unlock. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vrahn:
Can you link plz
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=56042193&postcount=15080
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
You'll want to tell us which Android version you were on before you tried flashing this rom. Just trying to save you from a hard brick.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Yea. If on safestrap could be a kernel problem. Not sure if get same message with safestrap. Had to get recovery from somewhere to even flash. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vrahn:
When I try to boot to recovery it won't go that far.

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When I try recovery it boots the main screen the top left corner it says Secure Fail: Kernel

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This is gonna sound strange...But I got it fixed....but in an unexpected way. I held the power button, home button, and volume button down, and it took me to critical os screen and let me re-boot this s.o.b. Weird.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
Development of this ROM for SCH-i535

Maybe this is a silly question after all of this time, but is the development for the Verizon S3 finished for this ROM?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcissell:
My guess would be yes
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blacklight17:
Installed the ROM and everything is good except for the screen rotation. I don't like how it rotates 360 degrees. I like it only rotating 270. I've looked for a setting but can't find one. Help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tsachi:
It is pretty much done. It was mentioned before that since 4.4 base can't go on older kernel / boot loader the only way is to run it on safe strap. The development team didn't have interest in doing a safe strap only version (and op has moved to new phones)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid316:
Seems like every new Rom I install the development stops lol then again the s3 is old.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Yea. All the real devs have moved on. I will be moving on to the Nexus 6 as soon as it is available. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droidxxxxx:
Mines still kicking like a one legged mule..knock on wood.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid316:
Same here until I can run into Alot of $$$ to upgrade 3 smartphones.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcpowell:
Why is there such an issue changing the battery icon to anything other than what's built in? Like to the L battery using exposed etc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MIKEYSAKZ:
Are you going to do a bandits rom cuz I'm sure if that's the case everybody's moving to the Nexus 6
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
I'll be doing something. Have the Nexus 9 and the white is blinding these old ass eyes. Have to wear my RayBans just to crank it up. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MIKEYSAKZ:
That's what I was thinking how funny. Can you link me to the main forum. I think I know which one it is I'm just not a hundred percent positive
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Can find any of them if type in the Find Your Device box at the top of any page. There is one for the Nexus 6 also. :cool:

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-9
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cr6:
Actually we've been pretty fortunate. The S3 has had much better development than most devices of the same age/specs.. I upgraded to the S5 a few months ago but will always have fond memories of my S3, it was an amazing device that I could have easily used for another 2 years.

That said there is truly no comparison to my rooted stock S5. This device blows away the 3 in every category. While I enjoyed all the development and time spent modding my S3, I don't miss it at all on my S5. I never thought I'd say this, but it's actually nice to simply enjoy my device "as is", without having to worry about flashing the latest & greatest rom.

Thank you for all the hard work and dedication you put into the S3. You're an amazing developer and we appreciate you! [emoji481]

S5 tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Stupifier:
My thoughts too.....I'm on S5 and have not even rooted yet. I'll root once AllianceRom Build 3 is released for S5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cr6:
Honestly, the ONLY reason I rooted mine was so I could use AdFree to get rid of ads and Titanium backup. Otherwise this device is great as is.

S5 tap'n
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
I wonder what the advantage would be to take the latest 4.4.2 OTA (I think it is) over this 4.3 custom ROM? I've used 4.4.4 CM for a few months, but I might like to keep a TW ROM the last few months of my contract. I realize my bootloader would be permanently locked. What other advantages and disadvantages would there be?

Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
With the TW skin won't notice a whole lot of difference between 4.3 and 4.4 stock. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] buhohitr:
The only thing I see is you will have very limited customization with stock rom, with custom rom the possibilities are unlimited, however you would have less bugs/more stable with stock rom and no need to update or play with your device (flashing) every week. I was on 4.4.2 stock and install safestrap then flashed superlight TW rom and very happy with the results - fast, smooth and very good on battery life.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
Thanks for the input. I knew I would lose customization possibilities. Now that I switched back to TW I find I'm not using much, pretty stock. But I do use some of the added functionality in Alliance. I mainly was wondering about differences under the hood. I feel like my battery life is better since I switched to the NE1 modem. The new modem is a good reason to upgrade but I already got that.

I peaked at the specs when things went to KitKat but don't remember all of the tweaks since I was already on it. A lot of tweaks are for Google apps (Google Now Launcher!?:eek: It's amazing how Google gets us repeating their name to our phones for everything!) or Sammy apps I don't use but there are coding differences and such I'm sure to make it leaner and faster. My 4.4.4 CM was very nimble but I'm liking the TW extras. Also, the washout of color on 4.4 is something I didn't take to - on my 4.4 CM I always used a theme to put color back into the status bar, drop down panel, settings, etc ....

I guess I'll probably stick with this for now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xaybor:
holy heck

dang...

im so lost......coming from build 16.....

great build....getting used to it fast...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Stupifier:
FYI Everyone....Beans is jumping ship on development. I know he's done with this Phone...but I'm talking about all Samsung, LG, Verizon, Bootlocked phones

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57025475#post57025475
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] funkymonk101:
All good for travel / APN changing?

Hey guys. I'm travelling soon, which means busting out my old S3 as my burner phone. Just to confirm, this ROM has a built-in APN switcher, so I don't need anything else when popping in a foreign SIM? Ie, don't need APN Manager or anything like that, just set the phone to Global and add the correct APN in the settings? With the fantasy football playoffs coinciding with my vacation, I'd like to be sure I'll have data access. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] funkymonk101:
Just to answer my own question, yes, you can set your own APNs easily in this ROM. Haven't gone overseas yet, but I tested it with a t-mobile SIM, no problems.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] xaybor:
beans will be missed

i have tried other roms....nothing compared to beans....

good luck beans!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hallstevenson:
If I want to change kernels, I know I can flash them in recovery, but can I re-run the installer without it adding all of the stock Samsung apps back ? I remember being able to pick some. Not sure if it's for all of them or not already.

If I wanted to flash them by themself, the link I saw above for LeanKernel and KT's kernels are no good.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HiM@L:
guys need little help here...

right now i have AOSP 4.4.4 rom....can i flash this rom.?

also, does anyone have link to recommended modem?

thanks in advance