yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itsup:
I was following these instructions where you run the file install-cwm1.cmd while your phones connected to the computer, to install CWM. I got this error

image hosting sites

I also installed X-Parts and it didn't reboot to CWM.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flashrommad:
There is insufficient space left on the sd card to install it, delete apps you have installed that you don't use to make room ;)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itsup:
There's ~5GB of space on the SD card. I have two partitions (for Link2SD) could that be what's screwing it up?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wazMe:
try to flash a kernel with cwm such as arcknight for example!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itsup:
Can't unlock the boot loader, stuck with stock kernel :( This used to work until I got Jelly Bean.
[Galaxy S III General] Ausboy 2011:
worst comess to worst wipe all data reformat phone mate, and if you wanna flash custom rom, try something easy like checkrom mate
[Galaxy S III General] ralphie1267:
Hi. Very interesting post.all though I've never really tried all the multi tasking stuff u do I could see how it could be frustrating. I too jumped ship from iPhone to gs3 a few months ago and I will never go back too Apple's controlled I junk .I find my gs3 to be the best..Sounds like you need to root since I'm rooted and on aokp ROM. The possibilities are endless with root .I have my phone dialed in too preform flawlessly and find no lag at all .I have had 10 to fifteen thing open and exsperiance no lag.well good luck with this issue..
[Galaxy S III General] XenomorphXx121:
Remove icon labels from the homescreen using nova launcher and it reduces lag, have no idea what that means as I don't use nova launcher and don't have any lagg with touchwiz.

I found this answer using a simple search on google

Edit: Try apex or prime launcher (found that out too)
[Galaxy S III General] Deleted member 4219121:
SGSIII is known to have problems with multitasking. Try using the mod below if you want to keep using stock based ROMs.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1888081&highlight=multitasking
[Galaxy S III General] ole12:
The GS3 does indeed have multitasking issues. And it does bother me, hence why I'm buying the nexus 4.

I mean, really? 1GB of ram on a top notch device from Samsung?

But then again, my GS2 didn't have multitasking issus like S3, even though it only had 768mb of ram.

If you want to customize your device further, there is an sweet app called Gemini, where you can choose which app to startup and when it should autostart.
[Galaxy S III General] mrnovanova:
Sorry. Wrong Sgs3
[Galaxy S III General] Arsaw:
Is software issues.

Backup and flash latest firmware.

Make sure you always have more than 2gb free in internal memory.
[Galaxy S III General] kaynpayn:
This post got me interested since it comes from an unbiased user experience. So, here's what i did, i tried your experiences on my S3. I didn't experience any of the lag you are experiencing. I don't use whatsapp so i replaced it with skype and for satnav i tried navigation with google maps for an online test and TMN Drive (free offline maps to my country) which is based on NDrive. I also use exDialer and handcent to replace basic phone functions (calls and sms) but i kept stock browser.

I do notice my phone heating up a bit, nothing too special. This is normal and expected and only happens when i do heavy stuff. satnav = gps with maps streaming from a data connection heats it up a bit. Any game will also do it. Surprisingly, videos won't, and this includes browsing flash stuff.

Mine is an international i9300, running stock ICS, rooted. I'm also using Go launcher, since it's the only launcher yet that solves the constant launcher redrawing issues when multitasking. Although i'm rooted, i didn't make a single effort in debloating anything (it's just samsung stuff, don't have anything carrier related). By the way, Nova was just as bad as stock's touchwiz in that matter. Go is actually better in several other things so i'm not going back.

I've seen plenty of people saying poor stuff about stock's jellybean roms so i'm yet to jump on boat. It's not even available in my area too (not that would prevent anything), but it's working great + poor opinions all around so i'm keeping iCS for the time being.

To be honest, the only time i did have problems that would make me reboot my phone was when i tried a VERY buggy app once (not phone's fault since it even needed root to run) and the first week i had it because i got a faulty unit which got replaced. Ever since, i can't say i feel any of these issues and, like you, i'm a heavy multitasking user with a somewhat customized phone.

Since you're posting this, i believe you're still willing to push an extra effort to make that work so this is what i'd do: i'd try to make it similiar to mine, since mine works: Replace your launcher for Go launcher (it's totally free, no premium paid extra stuff) and even downgrade to ICS. If that doesn't fix it you may have a faulty unit like i had and that could be grounds to having it replaced for a new one.

Good luck with that and please ask me if you want me to run any more tests on mine, i'll gladly test whatever, so you know what results to expect from your phone.
[Galaxy S III General] Hujbalo:
Hey guys! I I am well impressed with the quick feedback I've received here! When I get my microsd card and begin experimenting with different roms, I will update my impressions. If there is no benefit though I will likely feel obliged to sell his thing.

So far I manage to make this thing usable by closing all apps before I open anything heavy handed like gps or a graphics intense game.

Thanks and keep the suggestions coming if you have any ideas. I appreciate it a lot.

Cheers

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] Hujbalo:
That was an amazing reply. I'll be back on here frequently and checking, but I will make a longer post again when I re-flash and experiment with other roms. I'll let you know how it goes and it would be great to benchmark against your own experience. But it's interesting you note go-launcher as the way to go. It was something I used almost right out of the box simply because it was so flexible. Looked elegant and had huge customization options. I especially liked its inbuilt search feature in the app drawer. I did read more about it however, and found that folks experienced lag. I too felt this and after researching a bit I replaced it with nova-launcher.Thing immediately "felt" more snappy, albeit my aforementioned issues above. The consensus seems to be that nova-launcher is good, with folks on the play store as well as on these forums vouching for it. It some cases I find nova launcher is the default used in certain popular custom roms. I'll take your advice though and will experiment more when I get my microsd.

My phone is the GS3 international version, quad core with 1gb ram.
[Galaxy S III General] sxi200:
The issue I think is the jellybean firmware. When I was on ics I had no issues whatsoever but now on the latest jellybean I get some lag, especially after viewing heavy pages on dolphin browser.
[Galaxy S III General] jimbo77:
I think the problem with your handset is the Jelly Bean 4.1.1 update. It is well know that JB doesn't have a really good Memory management, hell, the code is all broke at the sources and the phone will work at around 70~75% of its potencial.

I suggest you should try one of the ICS Stock ROMS, remove all the bloatware and then try... I bet you won't regret it.

Why am I saying this? Well, I was having almost the same issues as you in JB, the phone was overheating and lagging even more than my wife's DEFY lol, so i wiped the phone, flashed ICS and now is all good... I can even Play Dead Trigger, listen to music and chat through whatsapp and any of the apps will lag or close like in JB...

You should give it a try to ICS :)
[Galaxy S III General] resore:
does your lagging relates to heavy data usage through 3g/wifi?
[Galaxy S III General] Hujbalo:
To my knowledge, I am not downloading a lot of stuff. At least nothing beyond that which is considered normal.
[Galaxy S III General] Hujbalo:
That sounds like a very plausible reason! I will try this asap! :good:
[Galaxy S III General] fahadsul3man:
i think the touch wiz thingy needs loads of ram which leaves less room for other stuff , CM 10 is a nice rom bit buggy with camera but makes phone really fast and has no lags =]
[Galaxy S III General] despy1989:
I am pretty sure that your experience is not something I would consider as normal for gs3. I have tried what you had suggested and it seems to work fine. There is no lag and music is playing well. Phone is not overheating.

As I type : I have navigation activated, XDA app, Chrome Browser, Music playing in the back ground.

My set up is Rooted Stock DLJ4 JB ROM with FULL bloat ware activated ;) and apex launcher.

Here are my suggestions.

1) Try chrome or Non stock browser.

2) Check your set up and Micro SD card, format of needed particularly if the music is stored on the card

3) Try a basic DLJ4 stock ROM or if you want only a rooted one there is one available which is only rooted stock ROM. In my view this talk about de-bloating is over rated and stock ROM works just as well.

4) Please do format your phone and start fresh and also format your SD card or consider changing it.

As for going back to iOS, do feel free to do so, but I bet that you will be back to using the Android in a couple of weeks :D

View attachment 1476035 View attachment 1476032
[Galaxy S III General] jpi.islas:
I have been using cm10 with no real problems quite a while. NFC has been back and forth, other than that I'd recommend it over any other roms
[Galaxy S III General] Hujbalo:
Hehe, I really don't want to go back to iOS. If I can get this to work as you guys have made it out to work, then this thing turds all over iOS for breakfast. But as I said, if these reliability issues persist - it's not a good look for android whether the experience is unique me or not.
[Galaxy S III General] despy1989:
You should try the full stock version and see if the set up works before making a final decision.
[Galaxy S III General] Skander1998:
Just to sum it up.. You need:

-Back to latest known ICS Stock available.

-No Modifications to start testing first.

-Make sure you are not using bugged apps/widgets.

Until we get a proper JB update, you can stay in ICS.
[Galaxy S III General] mydan99:
I had exact same problem as yours. Before all make sure power saving is off. I put a custom rom on with cyanogenmod being the fastest but took many bugs. I'm using fox hound which is based on touch wiz but has extra features and no bloat ware. It uses aroma so you can customized your ROM before installation.

---------- Post added at 04:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:28 PM ----------

+1 Had cm10 but too buggy and battery drain. Using foxhound which is based on Samsung ROM so designed for the S3 and includes so much extras but I do miss the clean CM look and their apps. Fox hound also has 2 way call recording within the kernel
[Galaxy S III General] Hujbalo:
Cool. Well first off ill test the stock phone with no mods - see of it works with my typical use case. If it is still being lame I'll send it back to Samsung as it's only been a fee months. I don't think this is hardware though, hope not anyway. That would really suck.

The Fox hound mod sounds appealing as I do like the s3s unique features such as sbeam and the mighty feature of turning your phone on its face to silence it. I use that feature almost everyday. S voice I like too despite its criticisms. I'll give it a go if my initial tests work out alright. Thanks xo

Sent from my GT-I930
[Galaxy S III General] biffsmash:
I have gone back to Samsung with the latest jb release and omega v32 custom Rom and it's super fast so far.

Only time I ever experience lag on sgs3 is in gallery, opening the dialer or the messaging app, and when my data connection is slow and I'm trying to browse..
[Galaxy S III General] ole12:
As for launcher, I recommend nova, as I've heard it is special coded for jelly bean.

If your wondering why ur phone uses so mutch memory, a great example is the size of stock JB vs and CM10. Stock is about 700-800mb, and CM10 is 100-200mb. Bloat you say?

And it is kinda ridiculous to actually root your phone and customize it, to get best result/performance of your device.

But put a side does issus, there is no device that even come close to the beast of a phone this is.
[Galaxy S III General] tanjiajun_34:
If I am right its because 720p display on the S3 makes the ram usage higher. That's why your S2 has no problems.
[Galaxy S III General] v1rtu4l:
just to remind you:

people will tell you to use Cyanogen Mod/AOSP/AOKP roms, but only do this if you are OK with loosing some of the greatest features of your galaxy s3:

smart stay, smart rotate, great media support (mkv, flac support) will all be gone, if you use those roms.

the only way to be able to use all the advertised features is to stay on a samsung based rom!

the scenario you explained does not lead to lagging on my phone and i have the J4 Jellybean stock release (rooted) with jKayMod on it.
[Galaxy S III General] Galactus:
Foxhound rom is smooth. I'd try 1.3 before 1.4 though. 1.4 has SO MANY init.d scripts that actually make the phone slow down more. 1.3 however is just pure smoothness
[Galaxy S III General] shorty_blitz:
The screen redraw issue is non existent in jb
[Galaxy S III General] Hujbalo:
Just an brief update I just flashed the siyah kernel and am using the supercharger v6 script. Although I haven't done any heavy testing, and the phone is noticeably smoother. Transitions are better and the home screen doesn't seem to be redrawing at all.

I will update this after work tomorrow as that is a real world test. cheers!

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] unholygid:
Stock Jb rom with bloat removed and running yank's kernal OC to 1.6. No lags or battery drain whatsoever and have dsp manager and whatsapp running in the background all the time.

I get around 3 hrs screen time playing 1hr plus of asphalt 7.

5 to 6 hrs screen time on normal use with a little gaming and lots of web surfing plus flipboard
[Galaxy S III General] simmer14:
that is a quad baby !

it can handle everything u can possibly throw at it.. well almost..

phone heating up is a very simple thing multitasking will heat up the iphone every phone wt a cpu will heat up on intense multitasking now all u need is to downgrade to ICS or either use CM9 or CM10 with a custom kernel u can overclock the device to 1.8GHz wt custom kernel i recommend siyah kernel :]
[Galaxy S III General] yahyoh:
its so simple when apps in background closed by system that mean phone is running out of ram :rolleyes:

Samsung find ways to fill 833mb of ram with bloatwares :silly: ( my Gnex have 690 usable ram and don't have any multitasking problem at all :p )

u have 2 solution : try to disable some bloatwares apps or u have to run custom rom :/

btw please don't use task killer it will make things worse
[Galaxy S III General] MiG123:
Well if you really can't find a way out then I'd suggest you pawn off the gs3 and get a nexus 4 instead. Not only do you get twice the ram, you'll also have a bloat free pure android experience that blows whatever multitasking/single app performance you've seen so far out of the water.

The gs3 is simply not suited for multitasking due to its pathetic available ram regardless of whether you're using stock Sammy or aosp/aokp based roms. Regardless of ROM used I've encountered the <10mb free ram on many occasions and the usual frustrating lag in even basic touch input under heavy multitasking conditions. Well good news is that such behaviour is far less apparent in AOSP/cm roms but that doesn't mean it's completely absent.

So if you really don't mind the loss of expandable storage, I'd strongly advice that you get the nexus, cuz for the price Google selling through the play store, chances are you won't even have to top up a single cent if you sell off ur gs3 and get the n4.
[Galaxy S III General] Hujbalo:
It's a feasible option! I bought this s3 from a crazy apple fan and friend who sold it to me when he bought his iphone 5. The s3 is only 2 months old and came with an extended warranty of 2 years - the price was only 400 aud. I also got a sd card and case with the lot. Score!

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] jonaz100:
I have Omega Aokp rom and it's unbelievable. Try it and never look back. It's the Samsung rom that's the problem, not the phone. Cyanogen 10 too. It's also good but Omega is better ;)
[Galaxy S III General] Hujbalo:
Cool. I'm just waiting for a micro sd card so I can do a nandroid backup before I attempt flashing roms. Bloody ebay sellers take so long to deliver goods!

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] jonaz100:
Good call. Nandroid backup then titanium backup, also efs backup with k tool. Then flash away.

You've discovered black mart yet? Discover it now lol
[Galaxy S III General] jonaz100:
Also go into developer options and change the 3 animation settings to .5x

Then get Nova launcher > Change the settings to fast in 'look and feel' . Scroll settings and animation speed.

Boosh. Phone is now super fast
[Galaxy S III General] mputtr:
you can get a nice 32gb class 10 microsd card for 25bucks at local bestbuys or frys as well.
[Galaxy S III General] btemtd:
You should be able to do all that without any root or anything, to me there seems to be software issues , as samsung would not make a phone that needs to be rooted and customised just to be able to multitask a few things it should be able to handle it pure stock and if it cant then something is wrong
[Galaxy S III General] Hujbalo:
Cool well I'd think Samsung wouldn't do that either but it seems this is a common occurring issue in the international version of the s3, particularly on jellybean. There are a variety of examples with a few quick Google.

Thanks for the micro sd card card suggestions!

By the way, Fox hound sounds like a good rom for me given its reputed speed and that it maintains the things that make Samsung s3 an s3 but a questions to the folks that have it:

FH mods the stock Gmail, play store and Google search to black. Is there a way to easily maintain the stock look for these apps?
[Galaxy S III General] moustic_moustic:
An another option could be the Wanamlite rom + siyah kernel.

The result is very smooth and it's so easy to remove all the bloatware with the aroma installer.

Just my 2 cents
[Galaxy S III General] CHEVYbarracuda1:
Just dont go HAM.. its not good :)
[Galaxy S III General] Hujbalo:
Lol pardon my Australianess, but I am not sure what that means. But urban dictionary seems to point out that it means do go crazily reckless! In which case your right :)

I actually leant my lesson already having soft bricked by trying to install beats audio drivers. Not willing to go through that again or worse. Must wait for micro sd!

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III General] jonaz100:
This is now my first rom having changed from it to omega, now I've changed back again.

My 2nd rom is Omega Aokp and it's the smoothest rom but wanamlite feels more complete.

It's good to have have both options. Gokhanmoral's Siyah kernel is the best thing to happen to smartphones yet imho.

Eat your heart out iphone :)
[Galaxy S III General] sicmofo:
I can vouch for Omega rom. Had no problems with it whatsoever. Until one day my google apps started FCing (might be related to flashing of 4.2 camera/gallery, not sure)

I took it as an opportunity to try out Paranoid Android. First impressions were very good. All the lag that I experienced with Samsung roms is now gone, and the super customizable UI is a great plus. The only things I miss from sammy roms are flip to mute and that feature where you bring the phone to your ear and it automatically makes a call.

Both roms are great but I think many find Omega the most attractive thanks to constant updates and support from the developer.
[Galaxy S III General] Hujbalo:
Update to my situation:

I am currently using FOXHOUND rom. At first glance this rom was extremely disappointing with frequent lags and terrible stability - particularly when I was downloading stuff, the OS would just start locking up. This changed suddenly and it's quite random really.

After navigating to the Fox hound ota section, I installed two mods: extreme performance governor tweaks and the battery governor tweak. After a reset the phone is suddenly extremely snappy. Multitasking is better than ever and my apps aren't refreshing half as much as they were.

I haven't checked battery life as it's plugged in but so far performance beyond expectation. My fear though is battery life may be sacrificed big time because of thesr tweak. I will update on this.

However so far I like this rom and quite pleased with the performance boost. So far so good!
[Galaxy S III General] Hujbalo:
The FH rom isn't good for my purposes - found that my Bluetooth Headset audio when I receive calls is garbled. Tested another stock gs3 and it was fine. Also wifo tethering seems to be broken with speeds suddenly become crippled when other even just one device gets tethered.

Yep, the rom is quick but these are some essential features.
[Galaxy S III General] XenomorphXx121:
Since having my phone and trying various roms my best was ics then when I started using jellybean I had nothing but problems with wifi and other things.

I then tried the 4.1 2 leak which has multi window which is great I've had no wifi or battery problems and think it's samsung's best rom yet.

You will need a mod for the multi window though to allow more apps.

Just thought I'd give my opinion :D

There are various custom roms that use this firmware so good to try them if you don't like bloatware
[Galaxy S III General] cb_jimmy:
Try wanamlite with the latest leak, the smoothest ROM yet. Tried omega but there are lag and stutter.
[Galaxy S III General] amadeus_l:
An honest and unbiased suggestion. I have gone through the trauma you are facing....flash siyahkernel on top of insertcoin ROM. For a flashaholic like me, I have been using the combination for 2 weeks now and have not faced a single issue. Cheers!

---------- Post added at 07:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:25 PM ----------

And don't select any mods whilst in aroma including extreme multitasking or anything else except for checking the bloatware
[Galaxy S III General] Hujbalo:
Hey folks

I got rid of Foxhound - its an ambitious rom that does a lot but I find with all its vastness it also leads to broken features at times like Bluetooth Handsfree and Wifi tethering buggy as well as lag when installing apps. Foxhound also forced me to use a status bar theme I didn't like and when replacing it I got a boot loop.

I am now using wanamlite 4.1.2 with minimum mods. So far it's working pretty well and the dual app on screen feature doesn't seem to slow down the phone which is impressive. The only thing I dislike is the new gallery app which is slow. I replace it with the scalado app so it's not a big deal.

So far so good. But that's what I said about Foxhound.

Thanks for the recommendations!

But some risdual thoughts: Man, getting your Android device to work the way you want it is fun but it's getting to become a pain in the ass now. At first glance this phone seemed slow, I got Foxhound and it was fast but inconsistent, now is wannamlite-so far so good, but maybe some new issues may pop up. Hope not!