yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] brianray14:
Well, after running slim build 5 since it was released in early may, I can honestly say that this is the BEST ROM out of all the ROMS I've ever tested. Since 2010, I've used and flashed a ton of different ROM's for the sammy captivate, htc evo, htc one, nexus and inspire. Nothing compares to the balance of performance, stability and battery life like this master piece. Kudos to the team! I'll not even bother with anything else for my GS3.

With that being said, I have a silly quirk that makes no difference whatsoever but I'll say it here. When my ear phones are plugged in, my notification sounds play through the phone speaker instead of through the head phones. Is this normal?

Again, as soon as my paycheck clears, donations are coming your way. Great work guys
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] LostInMyHead:
This is still Build 5, I'm on Build 5.6 for S4 and they come through the headphones properly, so I would expect the next release to fix it for you.

EDIT - Just found build 5.7 Weekly for S3, it's worth a shot. http://slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/all/viewcategory/515-d2att-d2tmo
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] droid_funktionz:
I assume that it is but I figured I would check...does weekly build 5.7's stock kernel include fauxSound support?

I just bought the app and I am trying to notice a difference but have yet to hear the difference. Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] LostInMyHead:
It should be included yes, but it is an automatic build, not compiled by blk_jack so it may not... the fauxapp would tell you its not compatible if it isn't... It only tweaks the headphone volumes... open the app and play around with it... It works, but not worth it for me, so I uninstalled it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] desichiko23:
could anyone PLEASE tell me how do i make my HOME button work in Apex Launcher running Slim ROM?? PLEASE!!!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
Umm ID ask in the apex thread sounds like an apex issue this ROM comes with Nova and home button works fine with nova
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] galakanokis:
The hardware button? Set it in settings to whatever you want. settings/Interface/hardware keys. Nothing to do with Apex.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] atrix4nag:
Initially i have copied my custom ringtones to /system/media/ringtones folder, then it worked fine. But when I flashed the weekly build, now i can see my custom ringones, while selecting ringtone (in settings sound), but it is not ringing at all. I tried creating the media folder in both internal and external sd card. still i am seeing the same old list in settings sound, but no sound. I tried restarting my phone many times but no luck

So i may end up copying my files back to system folder, but I have to do this everytime, i flash an update. :(

Any other better solution other than setting it from audio app?

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May be this is happening, becuase, i have selected media scan on boot to NO. Now i changed settings to scan media and now rebooting the phone. i will update my findings.

UPDATE: After reboot, with media scan, now my custom ringtones, gone from the settings sounds list, as after flashing the update, they are gone from system mediat folder.

Still I am not seeing the ringtones, which i placed in internal and external sd cards media folder... So everytime, i flash an update i have to copy all my custom tones back to system media folder...?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] LostInMyHead:
If part of your flashing techniques is to format /system then yes you will... isnt there a data/ ?? folder they can be placed into?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] atrix4nag:
Today when i flashed the weekly update, i just wipe cach and Dalvik cache, but it still formatted my system sounds.

in my data media folder i have the following folders:

0, clockworkmod, legacy and obb..

Do you want me to create a new folder audio/ringones here, and place all the ringtones there?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] LostInMyHead:
I dont want to blindly tell you something, I've never used a custom ringtone, so If you could give me a moment to get one working from the external SD I'm sure I can...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] MercilessLTD:
I upgraded from a TW ROM (4.1.2) to SlimBean (4.2.2 Build 5). Seems that the sdcard changeover was a cinch: just copied everything from /data/media to /data/media/0. Out of nowhere, after using aDownloader this weekend, while moving files I noticed that magically a folder named legacy appeared on my internal sdcard. The next part I'm unsure exactly what happened, but essentially it seemed that suddenly the symlink for the sdcard0 was moved to /data/media/legacy/emulated/storage. The worst part was that all of my "sdcard" contents were deleted. It seems to now be back to /data/media/0, but I don't want to lose everything again. Any ideas what went on?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SolidSnake33:
4.1 to 4.2 always moves your internal card items to the "0" folder.

Sent From My Slim Galaxy S3

Slim Bean 4.2.2 Build 4.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] eduardo_b:
Here's how to avoid all of this. On every device I have running this ROM, I have two folders on extSD -- ringtones, notifications. Each contains custom mp3 files. Flashing ROMs and wiping will have zero effect on these, and they will appear and work in ringtone/notification menus. I have never had a problem regardless of ROM, and this includes resetting phone, deleting data with extSD installed. I have never had to set any media scanning on any of these devices, including two S3s.

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If phone doesn't recognize new files on extSD, remove card while phone is on and reinsert. It will trigger scan. Or reboot. Scanning is default and would have to be disabled (no idea how to do this).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] LostInMyHead:
I just did the same as you, it doesn't show in the menu's I'll try again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] seanpr123:
Here's my problem, hoping somebody has a quick fix of sorts.

My gaming performance is really off. Came from a totally fresh internal wipe, latest Slim, no running widgets or other persistent applications, browsing settings and general UI all feel fine, disabling HW Overlays and Force GPU Rendering don't help, tried switching to Lean Kernel last night after a suggestion from this thread and things seem worse if anything.

Crazy lag in 2D games like SSG2, 14px, Muffin Knight.

Any other suggestions?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] LostInMyHead:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This worked, thanks eduardo_b
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] atrix4nag:
Didn't worked for me.. just created the folder, and rebooted to do media scan. still cant see the custom ringtones... :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] LostInMyHead:
created ringtones on the root of your extsd?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] atrix4nag:
yes..

/extSdCard/ringtones.. rebooted twice.. but no luck.. but its ok, i will copy my custom sounds everytime, i flash a new update...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blk_jack:
Try putting them in /sdcard/Ringtones/ and make sure you do a media scan at some point after (Trickster mod has this option built in). That's what I've been doing since GB and never had an issue. I also do that for Notifications.

Also, every time you flash a rom it formats /system, which is why you're losing those files.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] atrix4nag:
I have created following folders:

/sdcard/Ringtones (also tried ringtones with small r)

/sdcard/notifications

/sdcard/media/audio/ringtones

/sdcard/media/audio/notifications

/extSdCard/ringtones

/extSdCard/notifications

/extSdCard/media/audio/ringtones

/extSdCard/media/audio/notifications.

None of them is working...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blk_jack:
No idea what's up on your end. I would google for people suffering from similar issues. I can add a new mp3 to /sdcard/Ringtones/, scan media and it shows up.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jproy12:
Same here, no problems adding ringtones
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] atrix4nag:
Thanks for looking it up... its not a BIG problem.. i will manually copy files to system folder, every time i flash a new update.

Anyway.. thanks for the beautiful ROM..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blk_jack:
If keeping them in /system is what you're looking to do, I would consider creating a /system/addon.d/ file listing your added ringtones/notifications so they don't get wiped out between flashes.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] LostInMyHead:
Random, odd issue like that, perhaps on the next release do a clean flash...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] atrix4nag:
can you explain more about addon.d...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blk_jack:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1617356
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] atrix4nag:
Thanks for pointing out to this link. I will try this.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheIgster:
Does this ROM support Message Access Profile? Trying to get my GS3 to work with Uconnect in my new Dodge Journey and the Uconnect is saying this device does not support MAP.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saj222:
Great ROM!

Does anyone know how to change the lockscreen IME for pin entry? I use swiftkey but keep getting the stock IME for pin entry.

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] spacecase-25:
http://db.tt/8tdrsIK6

Logcat from screen flickering.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
Not sure if u can being that Lockscreen pin is security but make sure swift key is set as default keyboard and if it is try freezing the stock keyboard with tibu ( not sure if this will make no keyboard show up ID nandroid beforehand just in case )
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cloud9x:
hello everyone. i searched the thread and couldn't find a straight answer - is this a linux 3.0 or 3.4 based rom? my phone doesn't play (as) well with 3.4 as it does 3.0.

thanks!

nvm, looks like 3.4.

thanks anyway!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saj222:
Thanks for the tip. I was actually trying this out soon after my first post. The lockscreen IME is still the same.... stock.

(Apologies in advance about mentioning another Android overlay below)

I've been reading about changing the lockscreen IME and all I've been able to find are HTC ONE users complaining that the Swiftkey lockscreen IME works but sucks because there are parentheses, calculator operators and other unusable buttons. So it seems that changing the stock IME is possible - sort of. Who knows, maybe Sense framework is the only one that allows this.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jonnyjb:
So I have had this issue come up now also, I am using nova and have hardware keys set up, I even turned on the nav bar and it still doesn't work. I was on 5.7 but blue tooth stopped auto connecting, so I flashed back to 5 and everything worked then home key stopped (it does wake the phone though). I updated to 5.5 and its still doing it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dawen:
Did they get rid of the notification count on status bar in 5.7 weekly? Coz I can't seem it find it anymore it was on build 5
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] galakanokis:
Sorry mate not much help with that. I have been on Slim 5 and 5.7 in the last couple of hours and the home button works fine. I have it set to home for single press and recents for long press in settings and the second press on home screen is the app drawer which is set in Nova settings.

I cannot run as root because of a security app thus I cannot set my DPI from within the ROM. Should I be able to open the downloaded zip and edit the buildprop from within there? Just about to try but thought I would ask.

^^ answered my own question. Yep, works like a charm.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] t.square:
I haven't been able to reproduce this. I use Kii Keyboard, and if I set it to PIN, a keyboard doesn't show up, the keypad that shows up seems part of the lockscreen (see screenshot). Is that what you want to change? Because I don't think the PIN keypad is an IME per say, I think it's a lockscreen feature. Now if you're talking about password entry, there should be a little keyboard icon which, if you click on it, allows you to change IME. Password entry always brings up Kii Keyboard for me.

Hope this helps. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] saj222:
Thank you for your help and for clarifying what is and is not an IME. Yes, everything you've said above is accurate... I was trying to refer to the PIN keypad in my first post. :-/

Looks like I'm SOL then. Can't change the built in lockscreen keypad.

Thanks again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] t.square:
Glad I could help, but sorry couldn't fix your problem

Cheers :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hyewiz:
Please can someone help me install "Anysoftkeyboard" it installs OK but when I go into System-->settings-->language there I don't see the Anysoftkeyboard please I need to use foreign language that supports that keyboard.

Thank you
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mitchallica:
I'm still experiencing this issue on 5.7. Can anyone else confirm?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blk_jack:
It'll be in the build 6 extras / all in one package. Not sure why it wasn't included in the weekly addons.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mitchallica:
Thanks. It's not a big deal, just annoying. :silly:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] N-Forced:
Make sure you reboot after you put an audio file in system/media/audio, after you reboot it should show up to use
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] atrix4nag:
I restarted my phone many times, still I cant see them.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] galakanokis:
Anything I drop into /storage/emulated/0/Ringtones shows up in my ringtone selection in settings. no issues added more as well.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] humblehyper:
I just installed this ROM. How come all my icons and labels are too small? Fonts on the notification bar is too small. I must have done something wrong. Or is this normal?

Font setting is normal. I'm on the latest build. Thanks. Screenshot below.

http://db.tt/urEco4TF

http://db.tt/w5XIXmBn

http://db.tt/61XIfPud
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] galakanokis:
Default DPI is set 245 instead of 320. Can be changed in settings, general.

G Man
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] humblehyper:
Thanks a lot! God my eyes hurt for trying to read the small fonts lol
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jonnyjb:
Is anyone having issues with Bluetooth not auto connecting? Build 5.7 does not connect to my car or head set. Anyone else have the issue or know how to fix our? I did a clean install. Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] humblehyper:
I haven't tried mine yet but when I had this problem with task650 I installed ktoonz kernel and worked beautifully. Good luck.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blk_jack:
Build 6 will have a few changes to improve bluetooth. Should solve your issue.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jproy12:
I was also noticing this, Bluetooth was being problematic! Good to know it's resolved in the next build!

JP
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] LeeC:
patiently waiting for build 6. The GPS issue is fixed as well? I mean not through the workaround.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] seanpr123:
Fantastic, noticing issues as well so thanks.

Quick question for anybody, if you look under Storage how much Total Space should we have allocated and available on our phone after a clean wipe/install?

Also I've asked before but gotta ask again, what sort of idle drain have people been able to get the ROM down to? I'm hovering around 1.2%/hr with hardly ANYTHING running in background besides basic Google sync and just want to know if possible to get lower somehow.

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bjtheone:
What app are you using to get that figure or are you just noting battery drain and doing the math?

I am a bit of a battery consumption fanatic, and with the stock blk_jack supplied kernal, set to asswax/row, 192 MHz minimum, sync on for gmail, calendar, location tracking off, gps enabled, bluetooth off, wifi off, on LTE almost all the time, most Samsung extras frozen, with only a weather widget running I am around 1% idle drain. Phone gets unplugged around 7am, and goes back on the charger around midnight, and the best I have seen on a day when the phone just sat idle is around 80ish % in the evening (17 hours later).

In all my googling around I have not seen folks getting under 1%, with sync running.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jasvncnt1:
I cant answer the first question, sorry. But I'm on version 5 and with stock kernel interactive/cfq I was getting just about 1% an hour on idle. I would get about 24 hours with 2.5 screen on. I dont have Google syncing anything. I just installed BMS and going to see how that goes. Thats usually my go-to kernel.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] LostInMyHead:
Better Battery Stats

Theres an XDA thread for the free version
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] humblehyper:
Cool. I can't connect my car bluetooth either.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] seanpr123:
Thanks for the response, good to know I'm not alone here.

Using BBS and setting up a custom reference point when I go to bed so I know exactly what the phone is doing.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bjtheone:
I never noticed that data point in BBS. I use both BBS and GSam Battery Monitor in my eternal and possibly OCD quest for better battery performance.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] je61:
eta on build 6?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SolidSnake33:
:eek:

Sent From My Slim Galaxy S3

Slim Bean 4.2.2 Build 4.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
No eta's
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] je61:
sorry to offend.

What I should have said was "I love Slims, but need to update within the next week or so, as it is getting quite slow and battery life diminishing. Is there a release in the works or could I still be waiting quite awhile?"
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] seamus24:
I'd wait for it. Generally when they say it's coming shortly, that means that it usually is coming shortly. The definition of coming shortly is slightly open for interpretation and subject to a stochastic curve where there is probability (p1) that t < 1 day, with a corresponding probability (p2) that t > 14 days. The cumulative (p) between p(t1) and p(t14) is subject to a distribution related to the availability of the developer and the number of changes.

Best advice is to wair for it and be happy when it arrives. If you feel you can't wait then change to something else.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 12packabs:
You could flash the latest weekly.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] je61:
sorry I didnt realize there was a weekly build of slims, sorry I haven't been keeping up the past while, just started a new job. Just saw build 5 as the latest release on slims ota. do you have a link?

thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 12packabs:
There are download links on the main site - slimroms.net.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gutlessmerc:
Hello Devs,

Build 5 will go down as my first real daily driver which has everything working that I needed. Thank you so much for all the hard work you guys have put it on Build 5.

Cheers.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] seanpr123:
I would perhaps hold off on the latest weekly.

For me at least I have some Bluetooth issue (perhaps doesn't pertain to you), and just last night/this morning I had a horrible battery drain that I can only attribute to the ROM. Never seen that before, will be reverting to Official 5 as that had everything working 100%
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SolidSnake33:
So, yeah, still on build 4.2....yeah I know. GPS issue. If I lock GPS on my ROM now and flash 5 will it work like the workaround? Or do I have to flash 5, restore 4.2, lock GPS then flash 5 again?

Sent From My Slim Galaxy S3

Slim Bean 4.2.2 Build 4.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] seanpr123:
Zero GPS issues for me on 5 (or 5.7), I say flash and play it by ear.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SolidSnake33:
I already did and my GPS didn't work.

Sent From My Slim Galaxy S3

Slim Bean 4.2.2 Build 4.2
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] seanpr123:
Clean wipe and install?

Format system, data (don't need to do Internal Storage), cache and davlik.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blk_jack:
GPS has been fixed for ages, guys. If it's still broken on your system you need to update your bootloader firmware. This has been covered in a billion other threads.

As per magic ROM-related battery drain -- it is almost never related to the ROM itself. Check which apps are draining your battery or at the very least qualify your assumptions. There are many great wakelock monitoring apps (BetterBatteryStats) that can help pinpoint issues.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fireforhire:
Any chance dock audio out will be working in this ROM?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Covenn:
I had a bizarre issue with my battery today as well. Seems that after my phone did a random reboot all of a sudden my battery % was significantly reduced. I'm constantly on my phone through out the day, never saw the reboot occur but it was like battery was at 85% and then 40min later the huge drop in % occurred.

Image attached to show you what I mean.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 1weener:
Actually, believe it or not, it's normal on the d2. Perhaps not quite as much as you got here, but a normal part of the auto-adjust-battery-level... drops like this happen from time to time. And you should not see it happen again on your phone for a while.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
Build 6 is ready woot !
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Swiftks:
A official slim update and lean kernel update in the same morning.... Makes for a happy flashing morning. :thumbup:

Sent from my SGS III
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] caspersfi:
I was just thinking as I flashed the update. With Slim builds, it's the anticipation of what's new and been fixed. It's never..... Is it going to boot? .... will I get FC's? ... I better make a Nand incase I have to revert back to a previous build.

Solid. V6 is running amazing.

Thanks.

:good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Knight613:
No need to do a full wipe before going from 5 to 6 right?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oddspec:
U can dirty flash but full wipe at the first sign of issues