[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Raziel2k6:
Hi all,

Hopefully someone can shed some light on this and help a tortured soul. By no means am I an Android expert, but I definitely am not a noob. I had an S2 in the past and done plenty of flashing there, and now own a Bell SGH-I747M S3... my precious...

First off I tried a whole bunch of different ROMs, of all flavors (AOSP, AOKP, CM10, PARANOID, and some TW), and a lot of them are awesome. However, I found that after having done so much flashing and customizing using other people's work, it was now time for me and attempt to make my own ROM. I feel I now have the knowledge to do so. Don't get me wrong, I am far from a Dev, and I don't do much coding at all. I found this great suite called Android Kitchen, which pretty much guides you through the steps for making your own ROM, and it's great for learning.

In the end, I was able to come up with a final working version of my own ROM, built from scratch using the original official Bell JB 4.1.1 update file. and I have to say I am quite proud of it, as it has all the apps, features and theming that I want, and works quite well I might add. I get great results performance and battery wise (for my taste and needs) when using my ROM with KToonsez kernel.

BUT!!... as good as I think the ROM is, it is unfortunately not flawless. I do have an issue (the only one I could find so far after 2 weeks using it), and for me it is a BIG issue. Maps/Navigation does not seem to like the ROM/kernel combo on MY phone. I say MY phone because I have setup a friend with pretty much the same thing, and he is not experiencing the same issue.

Here is a description of the problem I get. Let's say I go to my contacts and select one with an address. I will touch the address, then Maps opens no problem, and finds the place, and I also get fast GPS lock, no issues there either. Then I will select Navigate to get a voice turn by turn description while driving. The Nav app starts OK as well and seems to work fine. Then after a few minutes (sometimes 2 sometimes 10), Navigation will shutdown, and I get a pop-up saying "Unfortunately Maps has stopped working...". When I OK that, after a few seconds, Navigation starts talking to me again, although not on screen. Also a Navigation icon will appear in the notification area, and if I hit that it resumes Nav, as if nothing had happened. Another few minutes like that, and then I get the same message again, but this time it crashes for good. ALWAYS!!

Troubleshooting:

- Flashed the ROM/Kernel 3 times now. Always wiping and formatting ALL!

- Cleared cache and data from Android Settings/Applications

- Cleared cache from Maps settings.

- Re-installed Maps

- Wiped phone cache, dalvik cache and fixed permissions from recovery.

- Changed kernel back to stock (that seems to work fine btw,, but I do not want stock kernel, plus the setup I want works well on my friend's S3, same as mine, which I setup myself for him (he's a total noob)).

- Changed kernel again from stock to KToonsez (that also works fine after that, however I get other things that start not working well... too many).

- I always wipe cache, dalvik cache and fix permissions after changing kernels.

I have been poking at this for about a week now, and I am tired! I was hoping someone would have a suggestion, maybe from past experience. The only thing I can think of that is different on his phone and mine is the apps that we restore after installing the ROM and kernel (Titanium Backup, user apps and data only, nothing related to system is touched). I am guessing one of my apps could cause a conflict, but pardon my laziness, but I really do not feel like testing / installing my apps one by one to hopefully without guarantee find a culprit... way too many apps for that :( So I am testing my luck here on XDA... there are a lot of smart people here :D

I appologize for the lenghty post, but this way, there is less chance I left anything out... PLEASE HELP!!! :eek:

Raz...