yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] johnnygabe89:
You know death, everyone says that and it makes the hype that much better. I'm definitely pretty stoked!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Papa Smurf151:
OK so to clear things up. I'm not a fan of over the air updates. I hate constantly getting a notification on my phone that an update is out. Also I don't have plans to do nightlies. It'll most likely be a monthly update with improvements and bug fixes in each update. Now if there is an important update I either release a flashable zip or a small incremental ROM update or both depending on situation. Now with that the commit that Mazda linked to yesterday, it has already been merged with PAC man ROM and will be out on next update. :D. I'm working on a few other fixes and need to cherry pick the handoff fix that cm implemented for us in one of nightlies the other day so that's its forever included in future releases.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] awillis111:
Blame it on all the EVO LTE's getting JB OTA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] n2mschf:
Just chiming in...this ROM is running pretty smooth so far. Some very minor glitches I wanted to point out, don't know if they can be fixed or not.

1. Black screen lockup on in call

2. No split message on over 160 characters (I know i could use other message apps but i like the themed stock)

3. Anyway to change the 4.2 keyboard to have the secondary characters on the letters? I hate the ? , ' being on a different Page... major pita. I know that's not a ROM issue but maybe it can be a ROM fix! :rolleyes:

Loving this ROM tho. I was a PA user from the moment it dropped on my epic but i missed aokp and some of its mods so when i saw this ROM i was like... why didn't someone make this before:p

Glad it it's going to be supported and made smurfarific! Can't wait to flash an update:D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RascalDoc:
couple things... I am having wakelock issues... occasionally... not uv'ing or oc'ing yet... I have uv'd for battery life on other devices.... but never overclocked... no need.

I did use PapaSmurf's script on the ogEvo.

I saw a neww gapps package on GOO.im .. anyone tried that? Is it safe to use here? Any benefits or perks???

I'm anxious to try this after Papa and LOTK have their way with it....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Papa Smurf151:
1. I believe this is a wake lock issue but I have some build.prop edits that might fix it.

2. I'll see if there is a fix for this

3. I'm using the 4.2 KB app and it has it but I'm not on this ROM currently. Its prob a themed version of the KB and the symbols are hidden cause there's not an apktool out that will let us change the symbol color codes yet. If this KB is built from source I should be able to put in a color code in source. If he added it after the build then just find a stock 4.2 KB and flash it and I'll include that in the next update. Also the symbols are available by long pressing the . Key as well. If you know the keys that the ?:!/ etc are located then doing a long press on the correct key will give u the symbol it just doesnt show on the keys yet.

A types of smurffiness coming to the biatch lol

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] awillis111:
Don't use the 12/12 Gapps. They are for 4.2.X based roms only
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Papa Smurf151:
Wake lock is due to the kernel. Try a stock cm kernel or I heard there's a new koonz kernel out that fixes thus. Haven't tried it yet so I don't know.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RascalDoc:
thanks button is used up for today from this keyboard so ............... Thanks......
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Papa Smurf151:
Lol on tapa talk mobile app thanks r unlimited

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ruckstande:
I have failed setting up more than 5 icons in the system menu for the docker and I will lose an icon or icons will stack. It won't lock them in. Also, I am unable to change the color of the battery, clock , or signal meter.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] RascalDoc:
Flashed the new koontz kernel when I saw this message ..... I'll report back.

Another little bug I noticed is bluetooth connectivity is shakey at times requiring the selection of the device I want to connect to, sometimes, several times, before it actually connects. My radio, GPS, and a headset, are all paired devices. I'll get in my vehicle and start it, and nothing connects.... so I try to connect it to my headset and as this morning.... it takes several tries before it connects.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] awillis111:
This happens to me occasionally. I find the biggest wakelock is from Maps. Checked earlier. 163 times in 112 minutes. But, it's fixed now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Parkourkid93:
Picture

Here is some edits i did on Photoshop CS6 for anyone who wants to use it, used the banner in the OP if thats okay D:, hope everyone likes it :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] awillis111:
Nice for WP... View attachment 1563295
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Parkourkid93:
Thanks bro, will work on more when ever i think of anything
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] awillis111:
If I knew how, I'd have Pac-Man going l-r
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Parkourkid93:
what do you mean by l-r?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] robertm2011:
I googled pac-man images, the banner image is an ad for pac-man cookie cutters. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clearchris:
UPDATE: 20 October 2015

​

-Synced to 19 October 2015

-Many stock kernel commits

Commits can be seen here: http://review.pac-rom.com/#/q/status:merged

Download: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2032843&page=1

Enjoy!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manfromgta:
Update 11/02/15

Update 11/02/15

Commits can be seen here: http://review.pac-rom.com/#/q/status:merged

For changes just look back to the date of your last rom.

Download: In OP

Enjoy!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Thanks for keeping us updated to the latest. I hope this phone never dies off.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manfromgta:
Chris and I are working diligently on MM atm. More fun to come. ;)

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clearchris:
Pssssst. I'll tell you a secret if you promise not to tell. We got MM to build. Manfromgta is going to be brave and install it. ;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manfromgta:
Lol

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Sooooooo? What's the word? Lol. Did it implode and reject mm on principle, or take it like a good little S3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clearchris:
Alas, it bombed. I think we'll be lucky to get it to build again this week with all the upstream and pac stuff going on right now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Drag. Thanks for the effort.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clearchris:
It's just a part of the process. Even if we got a bootable build, it wouldn't be close to release.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Glad your working on it. Still a lot of S3's out here. (Us poor folk can't afford the latest and greatest)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clearchris:
To be honest, I haven't yet seen a compelling reason to upgrade. The s4/s5/s6 are each marginal upgrades. There are other phones that would be upgrades, but I won't move unless there is major support for extended batteries. Looks like zerolemon has dropped support for the S3, but laza and hyperion still provide them.

In other news, I have to build a uart cable to debug M further. I thought I had the parts, but I had a 5v ttl instead of a 3.3v ttl. The part has been ordered.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
I haven't felt the need to upgrade (too much) either. This thing has given me zero problems. The quad core cpu in the s4 is a little tempting, but I'm pretty satisfied. Especially when you guys keep me on the latest Android versions. I can play with marshmallow on my nexus 9.

Thanks again bro.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JiaQiGao:
Good fast rom

I do have one issue though, it's how i can't update the system's built in kernal auditor is there any way to do that?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
It's kernel adiutor, not auditor. Lol. Common mistake. But you can replace the apk in system if youre having trouble updating it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Flashed PAC last night. Battery life is fantastic. Might be placebo, but it even seems to charge faster. Great rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clearchris:
I thought I noticed the battery charging faster too, thought it was in my head. Might still be.

One thing I have noticed lately about battery life is that a few apps I was running were keeping my phone from sleeping. I disabled their permissions on wake-lock in privacy settings. Everything is back to normal!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
PAC is running fantastic on my phone. Today will be the real test (at work), I use my phone for Bluetooth music, web, all kinds of stuff. I'm sure it will be fine.

Only thing missing is November security patches.

Really digging this rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manfromgta:
UPDATE Nov. 20/15

UPDATE Nov. 20/15​

Rom update available in downloads in OP.

Synced to Nov.. 20/15

As usual all changes can be seen at:

http://review.pac-rom.com/#/q/status:merged
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lonelyskatter12:
Downloaded twice, says bad zip file or corrupt
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Same here. Keep getting md5 mismatch.

Update: downloaded with peers and it matched.

Update 2: when downloaded md5 file, it mismatched during flash. But copying the "show md5" and manually generating an md5 they match. So maybe an error with the posted md5 file?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clearchris:
Manfromgta is building it again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manfromgta:
Build will be up shortly. I apologize for the inconvenience.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manfromgta:
New zip is up. Should be good too go note now. :)

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
I'm getting such good battery life, I'm a little hesitant to update. Lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clearchris:
Not a whole lot has changed, most of the upstream dev resources seem to have moved to M.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyeguy616:
Was getting some exchange services crashes after upgrading (20151121) over the last version. NFC service was also crashing when I first flashed this one; was spamming me with the "has closed" prompts (maybe it was because I left it on a wireless charger while it was booting up? it did this during the bootup-recompile, forcing me to reset it to continue but persisted). Reinstall went fine through the bootup but exchange was crashing afterwards. Reloaded backup and haven't tried upgrading again yet. I've been upgrading with each release for a while, following the frontpage's directions for it, and this is the first time a problem has occurred. Using twrp to flash.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manfromgta:
At times with dirty flash, permissions can be messed up. In TWRP navigate to: ' Advanced --> Fix Permissions'. Should clear up your problem. :o
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lonelyskatter12:
11/21 build is running smooth, battery life on this Rom is amazing, treating me way better than exodus haha.

Note: My s3 battery is old so it tends to die quick, but this rom gave it a few more hours.

So thank you for the hard work, keep it up ^-^
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wizzdome:
Just wondering if you have made plans to start a 6.0 build, as your roms have always been my favorite and remain my dailies. Thanks for your hard work at keeping this device alive =)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manfromgta:
Thanks for your support.

Yes Chris and I were working on 6.0 pretty much daily for the d2's. The entire PAC team is dedicating a lot of effort. We are getting there, but will not be releasing, until it is a more complete and stable build. Cheers!!!!

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
PAC is my daily as well. Has everything I need/want, plus great battery life. Stayed on aicp for a long time, until nightlies started getting pretty wonky and glitchy. Flashed around different roms for a couple weeks and found PAC to be the best all around for my needs. I was pretty thorough when looking for a daily driver, since this phone is getting fairly old. Great work, thanks for sharing it with us.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manfromgta:
Update Dec. 9/15

Update Dec.9/15

ROM update in OP.

Update kernel adiutor

fixes for FM radio

SysUI: Fix navbar theme changing with status bar

stability fixes

If updating from previous PAC-rom wipe is not necessary.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noobiedev:
when I use the custom roms I cant update the PRL right and mobile data profile when needed to stay connected to the internet mobile?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
There hasn't been a new prl for a long time. But if you need to, just flash a touchwiz ROM or restore a touchwiz backup. Then flash back to this.

You don't need to constantly update prl.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] herpderp454:
not sure if im the only one but its taking for ever to boot up lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hilla_killa:
Its normal, s3 takes awhile to boot lp
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] herpderp454:
i let it sit for a while and i came back and it was still loading and i took the battery out and i think its soft bricked...i tried to flash my backup with odin and its still stuck on the samsung screen
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manfromgta:
Please give me the specs of your s3. Model, bootloader, modem, recovery version, previous OS you were running before flashing PAC and the steps you used to flash.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Flashed a backup with odin? You mean twrp? Or you flashed a stock .tar in odin? If you flashed a stock .tar in odin, you likely need a factory reset. Or if the backup you restored was kitkat, to get that to boot you have to wipe internal storage when going from lollipop back to KitKat.

As for why PAC didn't boot, I'll concede to manfromgta.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] herpderp454:
Yeah i flashed a stock tar with odin..it was kitkat. But my main problem is that i dont have a power button so i cant get into recovery to do anything. I can get into download mode though. Maybe i did it wrong? Im not so sure at this moment im still kind of a noob with this. Sorry about that

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Its a Sph-L710 im not sure about the bootloader nor the modem i had twrp as recovery and i think i was on lolipop with another rom i was using. To flash it i copied the file from my pc onto the phone and wiped it and flashed with twrp. Also flashed a Gapps but maybe it was the wrong one?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
How are you booting anything without a power button? You can get to download but not recovery? Do whatever you're doing to get to download mode, but hold home and vol up instead of volume down. Then you'll be in recovery. But if you haven't flashed twrp, then going to recovery won't help. It will be stock recovery since you odin flashed stock, and you can't even select anything in stock recovery without a power button.

Sounds like you flashed a bunch of stuff and had no idea what you were doing. You think it was lollipop? Dude...

Did you make a full backup in twrp before you started all this?

If not, odin flash the stock nj2 .tar and start over.

If you don't even know if the ROM was KitKat or lollipop or whatever, how would you even know what gapps to flash? They have to match. Lollipop gapps for lollipop roms, more specific, 5.1.x gapps for 5.1.x roms; 5.0 gapps for 5.0 roms.

But yeah, flash nj2 .tar in odin.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] herpderp454:
Im booting up the phone by plugging it in and going into the download mode screen and restarting the phone thus turning it on..it was a lolipop rom...sorry i had to recheck..also where may i find the nj2.tar file?

Also when ever i try to go into recovery mode..it keeps vibrating every few seconds

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good news..i got it working again thanks to the power of google and you haha sorry for any fustration i may have caused
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Nice. Glad you got it. Wasn't a bother for me. Sorry if it sounded coarse. I usually talk like I would if we were sitting with a bunch of old friends. Did you get stock booting or PAC? Either way, glad to hear.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] herpderp454:
Im going to retry to use PAC soon maybe ill get it this time. And its cool..not many cool people on here haha
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manfromgta:
My bad for the FM radio confusion. I mis-read the commits. I have never used fm radio on any of my smartphones so at the time I didn't question it. After some research, I found FM radio to be carrier and hardware dependant. International s3 version has it. By the sounds of it N.A. version does not. Take this up with Samsung. Lol. If anyone has researched this with more intensity, please share your experience. Cheers!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noobiedev:
oh wow, I think I will stick to the oem stock rom then, I dont have time to flash back and forth and risk loosing the mobile data network while im on the road.

thanks though
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
I haven't done anything with prl and profile in about 9 months. Mobile data going strong.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] techmanc:
I was trying ROM on my sig phone and I guess I have the ROM right by using this one

pac_d2spr_LP-MR1.Official_20151209-153056.zip

but 2 times when I got the GAPPS d/l it would not install. The first d/l was for the intel ver I guessing its used for intel chipset phones so I then got the ARM GAPSS that was the way it was originally setup to d/l and both times ROM installed but not GAPPS. I dont do much modding these days but I wanted to see how this marsh mellow ROM would compare to my kitkat one.

So can I use this ROM on my cell which one and whats ups with GAPPS in a nutshell?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] eyeguy616:
Try 5.1 gapps, since this is a lollipop rom, not marshmallow.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] techmanc:
Ok TY I was pretty sure there was something I was not doing right.

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I read the error log before trying the 5.1 GAPPS but wanted to to see what if I get same error as earlier and I did which was....

# Begin Open GApps Install Log

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

ROM Android Version | 5.1.1

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

# End Open GApps Install Log

INSTALLATION FAILURE: The installer detected that your recovery

does not support stdin for the tar binary. Please update your recovery

or switch to another one like TWRP.n

# Begin User's gapps-config

# End User's gapps-config

So I am assuming it wont work with my Philz Recovery. Are there any easy steps to get GAPPS installed with my current setup?

I dont want to get rid of Philz just to test this ROM.

I have my Nandroid backup of ROM using now so I did not mind trying to see if I liked this ROM.

Been nice to had reboot to recovery added to the ROM so I could use that instead of manually going to recovery imho.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Philz is pretty dead, and likely won't install new lollipop roms. Twrp is recommended by most rom developers. You can just use flashify from the play store to install twrp, then backup your current rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] techmanc:
After testing I see I need Twrp to install so where do I get it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] techmanc:
So I installed latest TWRP from Flashify and now phone wont get past Recovery Booting text and wont go into recovery!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manfromgta:
PAC-rom does have reboot to recovery. Did you flash latest twrp for d2spr? It is known to work if flashed correctly.

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Pull your battery. Put it back in. Three button combo to recovery. (Home, vol up and power.)

Edit: I do hope for your sake that you have done some research. Going at this stuff blindly will in all likelihood cause you a bricked device.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] techmanc:
Later
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clearchris:
The s3 can be finicky about getting into recovery. Start by removing the battery. Reinsert battery, hold down the three buttons (home, vol up and power). When the phone vibrates, release only the power key. When you see "recovery booting" (or some such in blue) release all the buttons. That usually works for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] techmanc:
That part is hard but my problems had to due with the phone not being recognized properly by Windows as usb device and thus not being able to use Odin which it requires which was causing me the most trouble.

I even tried with 2 different PCs I had available with same problem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
[MENTION=5924489]techmanc[/MENTION] I've used flashify to install many recoveries. Sorry it gave you trouble. Did you download twrp image yourself from their site for installing? I usually don't let flashify download it. Glad you got it sorted.

Are you using the triband s3 by any chance?

It usually goes pretty smooth with a little patience and reading. Glad to hear you had backups to rely on.

Keep in mind also, if you decide to flash a lollipop rom, going back to KitKat (even restoring a backup) can be troublesome. Have to wipe internal storage, so make sure everything important is on external sd.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] techmanc:
I let app d/l twrp and appeared to install correctly fist time using app but looked good I had also got it it online after some googling.

Every time after I tried to reboot into recovery after that got stuck with the blue text saying loading recovery.

Then found this website with the info you stated and how to add twrp via odin which I followed just got the newer twrp tar I found.

Then the main problem was not seeing my recognizing my phone to see it using odin which I think instead of using the boot phone sequence I hooked up the powered off phone to my pc.

Then when I turned on phone I got the choice in Odin 3.09 to choose number 2 to flash it. Thats the best I can remember I getting usb part to work.

I did not play around once it looked good to flash. Once flashed my old ROM booted and I now have TWRP for future recoveries which was main thing I wanted to move on from no longer used Phiz which was great for me while it lasted.

Here the website for I used trwp install which I used except I hooked up my off phone to my pc that was running odin 3.09 and usb worked for me that way and pretty sure I chose 2 with down vol button then use the odin instrutions from there

http://trueandroid.com/how-to-install-twrp-2-8-6-0-on-sprint-galaxy-s3-sph-l710/

For Completion here the TRWP link for there newest ones

https://dl.twrp.me/d2spr/

How would I know if I have a triband phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
If it was a triband, your model number would end in t. Like sph-L710t.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clearchris:
My only problem with that has been that it must be on a USB 2.0 port. USB 1 will not work. Install the samsung drivers (not kies), use a quality usb cable and you should be good to go.

The only other thing that has given me grief is when the USB port on the phone goes bad. I have replaced it myself twice, but I don't recommend it unless you have a hot air station and are familiar with SMT soldering.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] techmanc:
Ya I just checked my sig and its is showing a non t model which I just double checked and it is showing right model number and now added my new TWRP recovery to my sig bye bye Phiz

Still debating on whether on not a Lollop ROM is worth giving up my Kitkat for which I really.