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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xneuromancer:
Anyone ever have issues with System UI hogging the CPU resulting in battery drain? I've never had this issue in TW roms that I can remember.

If I look under BetterBatteryStats it seems to be that "surfaceflinger" under "Android System" is the culprit. I've googled around and can't seem to find a root cause or other people having a similar issue. There were some posts suggesting any new or unusual apps, but this is a direct TB restore from my last rom (Bonestock) and I never had this issue with my usual app load out. I guess it's possible that it's something new in the 4.2 gapps or some other default AOSP app that I'm not used to?

I watched my phone this morning and system ui was effectively idle as it should be. As I was working this morning, i got a few notifications (emails, calendar invites, maybe 1 sms), i checked again after a few hours of being awake and now system ui is taking a consistent 5% CPU according to Android System Info. Yesterday it was up to 9-10% CPU (with "surfaceflinger" again being the issue).

I've also tried 3 kernels and have the same issue so I don't think it's a problem with the kernel (default CM10.2 kernel from Rootbox, BMS, and now LeanKernel).

I'm not sure how to debug this. I'm not quite ready to go back to a TW rom :)

Edit: Getting closer maybe, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5699107/android-surfaceflinger. "Yes, SurfaceFlinger is Android's compositor so it takes everything that will get displayed, figures out what the resulting frame will look like and then sends it off to be displayed on the screen via the graphics card's EGL interface."
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JRJ442:
Using a theme by any chance? I saw a dev one time say he thought a theme he was using was causing extreme system ui drain. I'm personally not seeing that. I use Hue exclusively though.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Woody:
Yup. Under the SystemUI umbrella is Theme Chooser. I see this from time to time as well when I am trying some new ones out.

Settings>Apps>Theme Chooser and Themes Provider. FC and I usually clear data and cache for those while I am there.

Surfaceflinger problem has been around forever. Also has to do with touch sensors as well, but can't recall where/when I read that though.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BHermes21:
I was wondering why I get a system is not responding anytime I apply a theme. I used to never have this problem. I am on the stable rootbox. Newest build. I always use carbon theme.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] yeeahnick:
Found a bug when using google maps (gps activated). If i lock my phone and unlock it while my route is going, the phone instantly reboots =( Anybody else getting that behavior?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] randman2011:
I have that problem sporadically. When I first used Maps on V4.2 it did that every time. Now the problem is all but gone. On the downside, random reboots for other things are becoming increasingly common.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xneuromancer:
I tried freezing both these apps in TB and still see systemui taking the most CPU cycles. :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] trvbone:
Idk if it is the same thing I was dealing with system stopped responding YouTube force closing at boot and system ui errors. But I wiped data in paranoid pref and reset all of my dpi tweaks through hybrid settings and rebooted and no longer have those issues.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Dcox28:
Wondering if someone might be able to help out here. I flashed PAC 4.3 ROM and had issues with the ROM so I came back to rootbox 4.2 stable. I have a D2VZW. Now that I'm back, I am unable to setup my exchange email account. When trying and it goes to account type, exchange isn't even an option anymore. Only Pop3 or IMAP and that's it. I can go to settings and then select add account and then select Corporate but after typing in all credentials it says it can't setup the account because it can't connect to the server. If I flash back to a 4.3 ROM then it works again but I'd really like to just stay on rootbox until 4.3 is released for it but I have to have my work email. I did a complete and full wipe and even wiped internal SD. Anyone have any suggestions?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] yeeahnick:
Ok i found a workaround. If i press home button before locking the screen it will not reboot. If i lock from google maps phone reboots when i unlock. ﻿
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mexicandroid:
I would try doing a fresh install, I myself get a bad battery drain sometimes after flashing, I usually just do another fresh install and it always takes care of the issue, probably just an anomaly. Before I would try to hunt the exact culprit and never had any luck, just waisted allot of time. Your best luck is just maybe downloading rom again and doing a fresh install
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sbattosai:
Install a new email.apk

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1749921
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] yeeahnick:
Found another workaround. Flashed back to nightly 07-19 =) No more random reboots when unlocking device when certain apps are running. Also the old animations make much more sence to me =) So far im a happy camper with 07-19﻿
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sephk:
another workaround while we wait to Bajee to give us a new version, is to temporarily move to NovaGen latest. It is based on Rootbox and I actually did a dirty in-place upgrade from Rootbox to Novagen. It is more stable that 07/19 Rootbox nightly, no GPS or BT soft reboots.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JRJ442:
Is that really a workaround? Lol. Is it 4.3 and here on XDA?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sephk:
That's a 4.2 workaround

Sent Using Galaxy S3 AT&T on NovaGen RootBox 4.2 - XDA App
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] yeeahnick:
wow thats nice but i looked around and only found an ATT version and people who have installed it on TMO have small problems. I will wait for a possible TMO release, thanks!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sephk:
mmontuori is planning to http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44328614&postcount=375
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] flatherskevin:
Any word from bajee since his last Google plus post?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JRJ442:
Nope unfortunately :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Naturesretard:
Problems with screen locking up. Turning off hardware overlay fixes, but won't stick between reboots. Phone calls randomly hangup, data cuts in and out or gets stuck on airplane mode. Was clean install.

Seems like this worked better with 7/18 base and 4.2 stable on top
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] XblackdemonX:
My flashaholic needs are not being fulfilled....I feel.... so.... weak....:(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JRJ442:
Yeah I know what ya mean. I'm trying some 4.3 ROMs out.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Woody:
+3 It is hard to move on to something else. Bigger and newer isn't always better. Now we are having kernel devs drop 4.2.x support and doing solely 4.3 kernels.

I wouldn't say that I am switching themes out to give me a "new" look, but I am. Sometimes a simple new theme is enough to keep my need subsided. Sometimes not though. Fortunately my tablet is moving right along with 4.3 (if that dev leaves though, we are all screwed in that forum [OG Transformer TF101/Tegra 2]).

How is that working our for you? How about app compatibility? I remember when the transition from ICS>JB and all the app devs had to bring their apps up to speed. Took forever and sucked a bunch.

Feel free to send me a PM with any suggestions to flash while we wait.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] o0BlacknesS0o:
I've been trying out 4.3 roms as well... Right now I'm on PAC man but I miss the stability of Rootbox badly... If this does get updated, I will be jumping back instantly
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aztr0:
Saw that quick unlock was a feature of this ROM, flashed it and can't seem to find the option for quick unlock... Searched "quick unlock" in the development thread and discussion thread. Nothing helpful, anyone got an idea? Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cehf:
settings ==> rootbox settings ==> screen security

sent from my i747 with xda premium
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] flatherskevin:
Will the 4.3 update fix some of the battery drain that project butter had on the s3? I hope so cause I love this rom too much to give up but sometimes it has incredible battery drain
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] aztr0:
Thanks, completely missed it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] XblackdemonX:
Battery drain is not because of this rom. Use a tool that will find what causes your battery drains
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] greatwhovian:
I'm doing the same thing man. 4.3 is pretty stable by itself but PAC doesn't compare to Rootbox in stability. It has some minor flaws that just get on my nerves sometimes, which Rootbox doesn't have. I haven't had any problems with apps yet though.

I've been really thinking going back to Rootbox since 4.3 is not much different from 4.2.2 but I still have hopes that Rootbox changes to 4.3 soon :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] o0BlacknesS0o:
Yea same here... I've been having several minor issues that are quite annoying while on PAC man which tempt me to go to my Rootbox nandroid... But 4.3 is still relatively new so I'm giving PAC man a legitimate chance to get everything properly working...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DeadDoc:
How is the quality of Bluetooth audio streaming with this rom? I currently do not have the ability to test it out at the moment as I do not own anything Bluetooth.

I am currently just on the 7/19 nightly and would be willing to go to the newer stable if needed to. I have a Bluetooth headset (Jaybirds x, seemed like the best for what I was looking for) arriving in tomorrow and just hoping I am not wasting money (if its the phone itself) or time having to flash something else.

I have tested my dad's iGrill out with this build and for the most part that worked (not designed for android by any means and all issues are widespread) so I know my Bluetooth does function at least but have no headsets to test with.

Or is this sadly a cm10.1 issue and no one has gotten it to work yet?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Woody:
I use BT in my car daily on ym way home from work. Sounds fine and with Viper4Android sound mod, you can tweak the BT settings even more. I am running RB stable with LeanKernel 7.2exp2.

You probably are going to get some cross compatibilty issues with Android and iGrill, so those might be sorted once you get a true pairing with generic/standard BT device that is not "branded" with the i.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Juice3250:
How is the battery life on this ROM and do you have to wait a day or two for the ROM to "settle in" to notice any difference in battery life?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KevinGee:
That's what you have to do with every ROM you flash.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Naturesretard:
Problem with NFC. My friend has gs3 stock unrooted. and I'm running latest stable. I can send him stuff fine but have issues him sending me things
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Sepharite:
Using the latest Lean Kerne; and it's quite bad lol. Any recommendations for kernel?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Naturesretard:
Idk if its leankernel, but video recording in snap chat always fails
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] matrixzone:
Updated lean kernel
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] trvbone:
Link please?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Naturesretard:
I seem to be having a plethora of problems with this stable build. My ringtones no longer loop.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cehf:
ringtones not looping isn't really a problem - it's been like that for a long time. the solution is to use a longer ringtone.

sent from my i747 with xda premium
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Hannibal226:
That problem appears for some ringtones, especially if self-added mp3's.

So try a stock one or use a third part app to set a ringtone, this may be will solve ur problem...

CHEERS ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cr4ck3r4lif3:
I fixed the ringtones to loop again using Audacity. Here's a link to the updated ringtones: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xxbsk9qahqhnifn/looping_ringtones.zip

What other problems are you experiencing? I've been running this build for some time and I don't have any problems with it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Naturesretard:
Data goes in and out sometimes, airplane mode sticks or takes a while to activate.

As far as ringtones, I use zedge, and it doesn't loop like it used to
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Sepharite:
I'm getting only one bar wifi and only 2 bars of signal. What the heck lol
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Hannibal226:
Maybe bad signal :P

Any changes on kernel or/and modem?

If yes, go back on stock.

If not, please test first if u won't get more bars directly beside the router...

CHEERS ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EvoJok3r:
Hi all, I tried searching for the answer in the past posts but came up dry... Is there anyway to lower the phone receiver volume? Even at it's lowest setting, it's extremely loud. I'm running Rootbox 4.2, clean install w/ stock kernel... thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Hannibal226:
Sorry but what exactly u mean with phone receiver?

Did u activate sounds options? (for example. DSP Manger)?

CHEERS ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] EvoJok3r:
When I got use to use the phone to make a call, the person on the other end is super loud... even at it's lowest setting it's blaring. Almost sounds like it's damaging the speaker... nope, DSP isn't activated...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] cehf:
there was a bug quite a while ago where you would have to press volume up and then the volume would go down normally. have you seen if that is the case?

sent from my i747 with xda premium
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Hannibal226:
Did u settle down the voice while calling?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] briant1234:
Hey guys need help on this weird problem

I was playing around with the bottom swipe ribbon, and tried to change an icon to match my current icon pack. after selecting the file with fx file browser, the ribbon preview disappeared and a pop said rom control had stopped. This repeated every time i tried to select the drop down option for bottom swipe, but the other ribbons were normal. I then rebooted, and now system ui is repeatedly stopping, every 2 seconds approx. I wiped cache, reflashed 719 nightly, reflashed 4.2 stable to no avail. Any help is appreciated!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JRJ442:
I've ran into that problem before. Applying icons from packs rather than just your gallery causes this many times. You're better off to extract the icons from the pack. Make a new folder in Pictures, and use the icon packs name so you can keep them separated so all your icons you extract from the different packs stay organized. Move the icons to that new folder. After your phone rescans your SD, usually after after a reboot or two they'll show in the gallery. As for the ROM force closing. You're gonna have to clean flash now. Only way I ever solved it.

Icon Packs are in the Data/App folder. Some paid icon packs show in the data/app asec folder. Paid packs need to be converted to a system app before you can extract them. You'll need Titanium Backup for this. Find the paid app in Titanium. Tap it. A menu will appear, slide it over and another menu with options show up. Click on Convert to system app. Now go find the icon pack in System/Apps. And you can extract them, making your new folders in Pictures and so on. Don't forget to convert back to a data app when done.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Juice3250:
Does this ROM have the bug where if you enable tablet mode the navbar wont go away unless you reflash the ROM even when you switch back to stock mode? I've heard of people having thus issue. I'm really not willing to risk it because I don't like the navbar.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] luc.highwalker:
I don't believe it's a bug, but rather hasn't been implemented yet.

Sent from a galaxy far far away.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] o0BlacknesS0o:
That's not a bug... these are basically DPI profiles allowing users to make quick basic changes. They are set to include changes to the navbar since there are devices, like Nexus devices that have no physical buttons... All you have to do is go into hybrid properties/interface and reduce the navbar to 0 in order to eliminate the navbar
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Juice3250:
Sweet thanks.

---------- Post added at 08:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:56 PM ----------

So I found a way to totally remove the nav bar. It wouldn't go away after I switched back to stock ui. The best I could do was to hide it and set the height to 0 but there was still a small icon at the bottom of the screen. Under tools in hybrid settings there is a reset properties. So I did that and it removed it after a reboot. Now to find a way to edit per app DPI.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] luc.highwalker:
Hybrid properties -> swipe to the right -> apps

Sent from a galaxy far far away.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Juice3250:
Absolutely cannot stay on any other ROM. This one is the best. I keep reading other ROM threads and thinking to myself, why isn't everyone on this ROM? What do they have to offer that this one lacks? I can't find anything I dislike about it or things that are missing from it. Don't miss any of the gimmicky tw features. I never used them anyways. Even S-voice. I always use Google Now. If I wanted to use voice commands to control my phone, I'd use tasker.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] luc.highwalker:
It's not 4.3. That's the only reason I'm not on this rom anymore. Papa smurf 's PACman is a very nice rom in the meantime if you'd like to check out 4.3. It does need some slight tweaking to get everything running nice and smooth though. But yes, while it lasted, this was by far (and still is) the best 4.2 rom :)

Sent from a galaxy far far away.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] zanktank:
What features of 4.3 am i missing that are actually cool? I have a hard time moving away from this rom.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] randman2011:
You're missing an extra 0.1 of Android.

In all seriousness, they vastly improved multi user functions and tweaked location services over wifi. Those were the two biggest things in my mind. There was also talk of it being much more compatible for legacy devices (READ optimized for low RAM).
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] luc.highwalker:
Not to mention it runs much faster and battery life has greatly been improved! :)

Sent from a galaxy far far away.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] randman2011:
I'm not saying that you're wrong, but you are the only person that I have ever heard say that. For me, 4.3 has been marginally slower and has shorter battery life across all of the ROMs that I have tried.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] luc.highwalker:
Really? I have like 3-4 extra hours of battery compared to 4.2.2. And everything is even more buttery smooth than ever before.. That's very very strange indeed.

Sent from a galaxy far far away.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Juice3250:
Is it really that much of a difference that the average user would be able to see any noticeable improvements. When this ROM is updated to 4.3, that's when I'll switch over. Not a single issue with this ROM. Not to mention I have it all set up the way I like it and don't feel like going through the hassle of trying to set up everything on a different rom. Even though I can backup this ROM, it seems like a waste of time for me to switch over to a different ROM with virtually the same features, more or less, and then I wouldn't be able to tell any difference.

---------- Post added at 10:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:10 PM ----------

Also, I don't generally switch ROMs to get a little bit more battery life. I have access to a charger most of the day. Also, battery life can fluctuate greatly between different users based on how each person uses their phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] luc.highwalker:
Oh no the difference is huge imo. And 3-4 hours is a lot for a smartphone, it's the difference between 8 hours and 12 :P

And if you back up this rom, flash the new one, and then restore your data, everything you set up will be the same. Your DPI, colors, aosp settings, everything's all there :)

Sent from a galaxy far far away.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JRJ442:
Living on the edge restoring data from one ROM to another aren't we. Lol. I've tried a few 4.3 ROMs. PAC and Carbon, seemed like battery was a little better. I didn't see a 4 hour difference. More like maybe 2. But mileage varies greatly on that kind of stuff. Anyone gonna give AOKP a run when the D2 nightlies are up?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Juice3250:
I've always read that it's not good to restore data from 4.2.2 to 4.3. Just moving sideways to and from the same version of android.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] luc.highwalker:
If the ROMs are very similar, there shouldn't be an issue. I certainly haven't had any issues so far. I usually never restore data, I like to use titanium backup to get all my apps back, and the rest I start from scratch. But I recently got a new full time job so I kinda got lazy and decided to take the risk. It works fine though. Just make sure to turn off some root box only settings first.

Sent from a galaxy far far away.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mumbo jumbo:
Been trying for some time now to DL stable build (from phone,pc) but still keep getting keyboard failing
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] finneginsfast:
Make sure you're using the correct version of gapps.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mumbo jumbo:
OP has 20130103 do I still need to use that or I can go with 20131208 its still 4.2.2 gapps
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JRJ442:
Yeah you can use the 8/12 gapps. The OP was last updated before they were released. So that's why it still says use the old ones. Use Banks, official 8/12 or whatever 4.2.2 gapps you choose.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] briant1234:
Does anyone know what the progress is with the 4.3 merge? I'm wondering if it's worth the hassle to switch to new rom or if I should keep waiting
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] o0BlacknesS0o:
Just go ahead and switch, this rom is dead... It stopped once the dev started school again so it's pretty much done till next summer if we are lucky

It sucks because it's such a great rom, but life, family, school and/or work definitely come first
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Hannibal226:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=46329640

Don't say something u won't have any Infos about!

CHEERS
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] milad gsm:
thanks

thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] briant1234:
Does anyone have experience with PAC Rom? I was wondering if it was a suitable Rootbox Replacement until Bajee merges 4.3