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[Galaxy S III Android Development] Rangs641:
I have used both, and I can say without any doubt that AOSP is insanely fast!! Partly because of amazing ram management in 4.4. JB Neat is based on stock samsung rom, but still way better than stock rom. And yes, I am using Neat v7.6 JB Rom. I have kept the number of apps that run in the background to bare min. Use greenify. Dont use heavy apps such as swiftkey or facebook messenger that run in the background all the time and eat up huge quantities of ram. I use Titanium Backup pro to keep Google Play store (not play services) frozen all the time. I have uninstalled all stock apps that I do not use, including Touchwiz launcher (I use nova prime - very lightweight and super fast). If you could do all this, I am sure u will find your phone a lot more responsive.

Firstly, dwnload and place Neat v7.6 in ur external sd card.

1. Take Nandroid backup.

2. Backup EFS

3. Backup modem (v7.6 will flash new modem i.e. XXUGND1 modem). Not mandatory, but only if u ever need ur old modem.

4. If u r coming from Neat AOSP, do a full wipe / factory reset. If you use CWM recovery, then wipe /data (make sure to take backup of data from internal storage -ex watsapp folder, titanium backup folder, videos, images etc etc). If u do not use CWM, then use Megawipe to clean internal storage. Make sure to take backup of internal storage data as mentioned above. Once full wipe is complete, its business as usual from here.

5. Flash Neat zip from sd card

6. you are golden now

all the best and do not ever forget to take backups!!!
[Galaxy S III Android Development] emanuelparedes:
Thanks, I'm going to flash it now :good:
[Galaxy S III Android Development] kalda01:
Just flashed v7.6 after full wipe. after initial setup noticed that my external SD shows up empty. re-booted recovery (TWRP) and all external SD folders are still there.

why isn't the SD visible in this this rom ?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Quuki:
I have same problems and some other issues, i back nr aosp now. I did full format before install... I try again this night, or tomorrow
[Galaxy S III Android Development] andrewwright:
Back on aosp so soon?? Why?? Slugwiz no good after the speedy aosp. I don't think I'll ever go back to tw. 4.3 killed it for me. Now Sammy updates mean nothing to me :D
[Galaxy S III Android Development] soronk:
You're right, I don't type so much. Maybe you have also set sync to every hour? I have set it to sync weekly..
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Rangs641:
I think the sync option is available only if you login to cloud or whatever service swiftkey has. I never used it.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Quuki:
ur right! idon`t need screen mirroring etc for smart tv! i need NR aosp! :)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] kalda01:
Why does the battery drain at 15% per hour with this rom? Is this normal?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] marenp:
Install Better Battery Stats and check wakelocks, something is reallt draining your battery... With that question no one knows the answer...
[Galaxy S III Android Development] malachow:
I see it's more than crucial to repost my little guide from time to time:

:)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] kalda01:
I think it is WLAN waking the phone up. see attachment,
[Galaxy S III Android Development] dyval:
I would like to downgrade from 4.4.4 to this ROM. Anything I need to do important or just full wipe and flash? Thanks
[Galaxy S III Android Development] kalda01:
Here's another BBS screen shot
[Galaxy S III Android Development] soronk:
Yeah, just do it :)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] dyval:
Thanks. No extra thing to do?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] soronk:
I didn't. Maybe titanium backup ... At least make a nandroid so you can switch back in any case. But switching from 4..4 to 4.3 doesn't need any special tasks.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
Totally brilliant Sammy recompile/optimisation, hats off to you [MENTION=3690986]_Sale_[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S III Android Development] anirudhbaji:
hi

im trying to flash the latest 7.6 im on 4.1.2 rom ....after flash my phone boots into recovery says cant mount E:/dev/block ...bla bla

What du i du ????

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Android Development] EBUKS4UALL:
pls someone should help me with May 26 download link, cant locate it!:confused:
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Warrenforfree:
delete
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Warrenforfree:
is this what your looking for?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] EBUKS4UALL:
yes bro:D thanks downloading........
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Siberian Tiger:
Have you tried to update your recovery?

You can try Philz latest recovery.

Edit: https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i9300/
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Jymsogr:
I am on neat rom 7.5 can i update to 7.6 or i have to download the whole rom again???
[Galaxy S III Android Development] marenp:
You can do dirty flash without problem.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Jymsogr:
I dint mean a dirty flash but update through ota....
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Rangs641:
I think u will need to download the whole ROM pkg no matter what way u plan to flash.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] droidsapiens:
I don't like asking for "tech support" much because I know how much work goes into these ROMs (for free!) and the devs shouldn't waste their time with these questions, but I have tried everything I could come up with and my problem still persists, so I hope someone here can help...

Basically my battery gets drained like crazy, especially the longer the phone is turned on. I took these screenshots yesterday night and I guess they speak for themselves. The phone was on its second day of usage (ie it was only the second day since it had been last turned off) and today it's almost unusable, with lots of lagging and FCs. I know several people who keep their phones on for weeks without any problems (and I did too before), so this is kinda annoying. Also, I believe the battery drain issue is tied to these lags. The only other explanation would be a worn out battery, which would explain why it's the screen that's using up everything (even though it's set at the minimum brightness and I use the screen filter app at about 65%!), but wouldn't explain the crazy lags, which are the biggest mystery for me.

And yes, I did a clean install to see whether that could be the problem, it stays the same, whatever I try. :( oh and I'm on v7.6, although the same thing happened on v6.5 (the only other one I used I think).
[Galaxy S III Android Development] adzz37:
im on stock 4.3, when i try to install the rom..

finish flashing when i reboot i always end booting into recovery mode :(

plz help me.

it shows status 7

i also see no file context when starting to flash the rom :(

help guys...
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Rangs641:
Do u have proper network available in the place where you keep your phone the most?? From the 3rd screenshot I can see that your phone had terrible network almost all the time. Try keeping ur phone in airplane mode for a day after full charge to observe battery drain.

Also, it has been said time and again, for any battery drain problems, the first app u need is Better Battery Stats.

---------- Post added at 03:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:15 PM ----------

What recovery software are u using? Are u on the latest version? I think status 7 error is related to older version recovery software usage
[Galaxy S III Android Development] droidsapiens:
Hey, thanks for that quick reply. I can't do anything about the network, it's where I live. I've had this phone for almost two years and I'm still living in the same place, so that isn't the problem I think (it didn't use to be like this and it wouldn't cause the lags). Also, thanks for the app suggestion, I know I tried a few of those and never had any results, can't recall if I tried that specific one though, I'll give it a go!
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Rangs641:
No worries mate. Network coverage is affected by insane number of factors. So just because u are at the same place for 2 years doesnt mean that your network coverage is good. From all your screenshots, I can see only single stick for network coverage. that is bad. If your phone constantly tries to connect to network in the background, that also adds to massive performance overhead. Club this overhead with all the other apps u have, the lag on your phone wont be that surprising. You should definitely try the airplane mode once to be 100% sure that network coverage is not the root cause. Or if u have a different sim that gives better reception (more than 1or2 sticks consistently), use that for a day or 2.

Also, search for betterbatterystats app on xda forum.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] droidsapiens:
I mentioned the two years just to point out the network coverage has been a consistent factor (it's been terrible ever since I came here), so the fact that the phone hasn't always behaved like this (and none of the phones of other family members for that matter) seems to suggest it isn't the network's fault, although I will try your suggested method soon (it's not very practical to not be available for contact a whole day, as you can imagine).

I have already found the app btw and will give it a go, thanks again and I hope I'm not sounding stubborn, it's just a frustrating problem I'm facing right now. :)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Rangs641:
No problem. Your point also sounds kinda logical ;) I understand how frustrating it can be when your phones drains before you can say charged!!! I have been through that phase. Betterbatterystats (BBS) is a rock solid app that gives very good results. Make sure to follow the instructions posted on the BBS forum. All the best.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Siberian Tiger:
If Rangs641 suggestion for BBS doesn't come up with any findings regarding your battery drain, I would suggest to flash a stock 4.3 rom through odin and then a wipe/factory reset through stock recovery(this will delete also the contents of your Internal sd so backup!) And then a clean flash of 7.6 ?

I also don't have good coverage but I don't have battery drain.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] droidsapiens:
Cheers guys, thanks for the help, I'll be paying attention to BBS in the next couple of days and then I'll do this "true" clean install, which was what I was hoping to avoid.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] RCT1:
I saw that you use google +, and i've to say that is one the causes of my battery issues... But in your case it seems OK...
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Sinek_:
Could it be the modem? I mean, if you had no problems on previous roms but since installing Neatrom you experience a huge battery drain, it could be that the ND1 modem is not good for you.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] droidsapiens:
What's amazing is that I don't use G+, it's just there, but I don't use it. Still it manages to wake up and do stuff... But thanks for pointing it out!

No, I installed Neat v6.5 back in February and these problems started happening a couple of months later. I was hoping a clean update to v7.6 would solve it but everything stayed the same. Thanks for the hint though!
[Galaxy S III Android Development] RCT1:
If you have the photo backup turned on, that causes drain battery while the upload.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] droidsapiens:
Nope, I turned that off. I have that feature in use with Dropbox, but it causes no problems whatsoever. The phone almost doesn't lose battery while the screen is turned off, but it can barely stand two hours of screen on time in one day... It may well be a bad battery, but I'll wait to see what BBS tells me.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
[MENTION=4534385]MyLifeRocks10[/MENTION] Hi there, this looks like what I am after, but as it was posted a while ago, I just wanted to make sure that the mod was not updated or rolled into neat rom since its release? If not, is it still compatible with the latest build? If so I will be installing! Thanks in advance.

Furthermore, does anyone know how to disable low battery alerts and sounds in general?

Cheers in advance :)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Delgadovsky:
Sale (or anyone how knew the answer :) )... Having 2 backups from different version of android (Neat 7.6, a 4.3 rom and Neat 6, a 4.4 rom) is possible to have 4.4 current running and restore a 4.3 rom, or the oposite? No problems with FC or something like that or i need to have the rom base install (restore a 4.3 rom after flash a 4.3 rom and vice-versa)???

Thanks for the tips... Neat roms are great, both...
[Galaxy S III Android Development] malachow:
If you mean restoring whole rom via recovery then it totally doesn't metter what fitmware you're currently running - this procedure will replace all the neccessary stuff with the previous one, which means no chance of any FC. :)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] malachow:
Android L comin'!

Psst Neat family.. maybe a little taste of freshly released Android L? :cool:

Catch my NeatROM-AndroidL wallpaper: http://i.imgur.com/rDiWw6U.png

In case any ideas let me know. :cowboy:

Regards. :)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Rangs641:
For low battery alerts and sounds - xposed + wanam lite
[Galaxy S III Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
Thanks! I am a noob with stock based roms after years of aosp!

I will tap the thanks button once my 8 thanks limit renews it's self, seems I might be too polite and thanking too many people at the moment!
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Rangs641:
I didnt know there was a limit as such!! lol. I tried a lot of kitkat roms, but finally came back to sammy based roms simply because of stability and awesome camera quality. Along with this, poweramp seems to produce best sound quality with stock kernel.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
Yeah, your limited to 8 thanks a day! I'm party to a few threads on the XDA community is so useful there are so many people to thank :)

Ditto for my return to stock, stability especially on camera functionality, that being the main reason for me.

But there is lots to learn about trimming and improving stock according to taste :)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Rangs641:
Agreed. There are insane number of apps now available that one could use to improve stock. but even though there are many apps available, there is only as much one can use on stock - mainly because of Ram availability. From my experience, I have seen that the phone remains super responsive as long as the used ram is below 600mb. Close to 520-530 is the sweet spot.

been working on getting a better notification panel using wanam xposed, wonder if anyone has better advice
[Galaxy S III Android Development] _Sale_:
+1

+2

hey guys big thanks for your help while i was away. much appreciated

yes it is compatible for sure

nice mate :good::good: i have some ideas will pm you later
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Jymsogr:
Hey neat will you mind adding note 3 multiwindow with multiple instances??

Or just post an apk?? Please:confused::rolleyes::D
[Galaxy S III Android Development] _Sale_:
multiple instances? launch the same app multiple times?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Jymsogr:
No.. same app on both the windows in a multiwindow... Like chatting ob watsapp with two friends at the same time using multiwindow...
[Galaxy S III Android Development] _Sale_:
hmm dont know. maybe some xposed module?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Jymsogr:
No its a feature of note 3 multiwindow...

Henrylife from glamour s5 has it... But i use your rom so if u could ask him to give it to u
[Galaxy S III Android Development] _Sale_:
sent pm
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Jymsogr:
Thanx :o

Btw any chances of u using archiport???
[Galaxy S III Android Development] _Sale_:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=54005406&postcount=18470
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Jymsogr:
Got it :o

All the best:thumbup:
[Galaxy S III Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
Although I have selected the lite installation of Neat rom, I am intruiged to know if there is any guide on other items than can be trimmed away that will reduced the ram over heads a little further?

I have nandroided and I am ready to play around, but if anyone has already gone down this path and has experiences to share I would be grateful to hear from you :)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] _Sale_:
there is no guide mate you just have to try to do it yourself. hope that these posts will be useful for you

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53474857&postcount=18391

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53545475&postcount=18405

thanks to [MENTION=5246416]Toadyg[/MENTION]
[Galaxy S III Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
OK, I will proceed with my adventure! Never too sure about the right kernel, I do like Boeffla, but maybe it's place is more with AOSP than it needs to be with sammy roms. I will have some fun and whatever I discover I will share :)

My main observation is that there is a load apps/processes that appear under the Android system when viewing in battery stats compared to the likes of Carbon rom and I ponder to the usefulness of a lot of them. I'll play, I think one of the processes occasions decides to drain away the battery randomly when wifi is on, even whilst it deep sleeps.

Good job I like a challenge and that I can back up and freeze stuff! :)

EDIT: hmmm, I see some stuff that can go immediately:

Enterprise SysScope Service, Enterprise VPN services, Allshare & cast dongle, Screen mirroring, Samsung keyboard, sysscope, com.sec.android.app.wfdbroker, maybe a few more when I find more info on what they do and whether I have a dependancy/requirement from them.

EDIT #2: Massive amounts of frozen apps performed!

After reading loads, I have choosen to freeze the following apps and I will test tomorrow to see if anything is unhappy with their absence, but I think I have nailed everything that can go:

Allshare Control Service

Allshare file service

wfdbroker

bcservice

dsmforwarding

dsmlawmo

enterprise sysscope

enterprise vpn

faceunlock

fm radio

fwupgrade

gallery (replaced with quickpic)

gmail

mobile tracker

nfc service

nfc test

photoscreensavers

samsung account

samsung keyboard (google keyboard is better)

samsung setup

screen mirroring

sysscope

tmserverapp

video

videoplayer (mx player is all anyone needs surely!)

weatherwidget

wssyncmlnps

:)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] malachow:
Pssst Mr. Bloatware, you can also track unneccessary apps by looking into debloated ArchiDroid structure. :)

https://github.com/JustArchi/ArchiD...AL/__dont_include/_bloatware/bloatware/system - apps removed by default (folder 'app')

https://github.com/JustArchi/ArchiD...TA-INF/com/google/android/updater-script#L444 - apps removable in aroma

So, in other words, no matter what you remove using lists above I promise you won't get any system FCs. :cool:

Have fun with experiments, let us know in case further discoveries. ;)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
Cheers m8, you're a dude!

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Android Development] _Sale_:
Or install extra lite neatrom? :)

Sent from my NeatRom'ed GT-I9300 wifi hotspoting from my NeatRom'ed GT-I9100
[Galaxy S III Android Development] _Sale_:
[USER-CHOICE][AROMA][BLOATWARE REMOVER TOOL][DESIGN YOUR ROM][GT-I9300]
[Galaxy S III Android Development] boris03:
Hmm, I don't think this is right. I had some hot discussions with some of the guys and archi in his thread. My Bluetooth wasn't working properly with archidroid.

The only answer I got was I should install the whole bloatware, so this tells me people don't really know what stands for what. Nobody was able to tell me what piece of bloatware is for the missing Bluetooth functionality.

So be careful with debloating when you still want a working phone you can trust in function.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
Thanks for the warning, but the stuff I have disabled so far is fine, a quick Google search on each app quickly reveals their functionality.

I used Bluetooth phone and a2dp streaming this morning as my very first test BTW, all good :)

I have frozen rather than uninstall to be safe and have two nandroid backups as well, I made 2 because I have suffered the indignity of a failed md5 checksum before now also.

Everything is also backed up via titanium, I'm a safety first sort of guy lol :)

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
Well the apps I froze have been a success, more available free ram and whatever was draining my battery had been eliminated also! :)

I'm going to keep on playing though, such fun :)

Thanks to all who offered kind support!

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Android Development] mindeboy:
Sorry but are you debloating or are you transforming your "smartphone" into Nokia 3210? ☺ you sound surprised that you got more free ram and less battery drain - did you expect an increase? Maybe it's late or maybe I am blonde but I don't understand the aim of your experiment... Sorry ?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] malachow:
But we do. :cool:

Now on a serious note. There are so many sammy's services dude which I bet you have never used (& you won't) that it's a shame IMO to keep it in memory with that strange feeling that their only role might be collecting your personal data & draining battery.

If we can, why we shouldn't make life easier? ;)

Just my few cents, hope I don't bother here anyone. :)
[Galaxy S III Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
Malachow explains nicely to you!

Samsung put all sorts on the ROM to cater for all eventualities. If you don't use certain elements and you would rather save 20-30% battery power for the stuff you do use it for then it makes perfect sense.

Take a look at the background services running on any asop rom and compare to Sammy and you'll start to understand.

Maybe read up on the services I listed as disabled and ask yourself if your usage requires them also, if you use more than a couple of them I would be very surprised.

We disable stuff here because we know the benefits, we are XDA and we say no to rubbish design, amen :)

Sent from my GT-I9300
[Galaxy S III Android Development] mindeboy:
Ok ?, enjoy experimenting! ☺
[Galaxy S III Android Development] ridowski:
This rom is fantastic! Thanks man...
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Kovacs-m:
+1 [MENTION=3690986]_Sale_[/MENTION] Any plans to update your great ROM?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] _Sale_:
hmm i think everyone enjoying v7.6

currently:

but if i look at the statistics of the last 2 months...then..im not sure :confused:

I9300XXUGND5 NeatROM v7.6 Aroma (4.3) - over 90.000 downloads:

MS3 NeatROM v6.3 Aroma currently:

over 200.000 downloads

8 aosp roms for s3 - over 30.000downloads

8 aosp roms for s2 - over 38.000downloads

and 11$ donations

nice statistics :(

so any requests for the next version?
[Galaxy S III Android Development] metalgearhathaway:
Christ. I have seen better donations for terrible projects on low/legacy devices!

Donation added, it was coming anyway, I have donated to many projects, dorimanx mainly back in my i9100 days!

I think I have just doubled your donations with €10 considering how little a dollar is worth these days!

No need for a new version, and €10 for your attentive end-user support is nothing at all.

Thank you on behalf of all the users out there who have not offered up something in return for your efforts!
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Rangs641:
Is there a donate app for sale on play store that I can purchase? I don't have paypal.
[Galaxy S III Android Development] BobderDritte:
hey guys how can i disable heads up cause I want to use floatify ... like the rom, but this is the only thing missing .....maybe somebody has an answer

thank you !
[Galaxy S III Android Development] Spannaa:
Disable/uninstall the Heads Up Notifications Xposed module and then follow the instructions posted by [MENTION=4775688]GermainZ[/MENTION]