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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lexluthor:
Well, I just went with it. Flashed the odex zip and then the firmware zip and rebooted. It's now optimizing apps, so I guess everything is still intact.

Hopefully, I don't have this camera bug. Not sure if Google Wallet will work after this. If not, I'll have to figure out how to get that working again.

Thanks beanstown106!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] golfslicer:
Camera will break if you Install this firmware on MB1. Camera will break on this rom if you install another kernel. I did. However, flashing back the kernel to this rom unbreaks the camera. I suspect if you flash the firmware on a MB1 rom, you will need to flash the kernel also so the camera doesn't break.

Here is the kernel from this rom.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Srambo217:
So you're saying mb1 users should flash the kernel then the ROM?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] anthony92170:
i tried 3 different roms flash kernel only kernel and modem just modem i tried all different ways you need both to work camera but you will lose wifi.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] samsgun357:
+1, WiFi no workie after flashing md3 stock kernel, running TPR 3.17.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tu3218:
I'm just a little confused at the moment, I have feeling others could use the clarification as well through some of the confusion.

So basically if we want to run this ROM, flash it along with the new MD3 firmware(radios) zip and Dont change anything else such as kernel?

Then if we want to go back to MB1, we must restore/flash MB1 rom and also flash back to the MB1 radio?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] speedingcheetah:
Since when does flashing modems and rpm break the camera?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MIKEYSAKZ:
+1

I would like to have a clear guide line so I know what needs to be done when going with newer software and moreover when restoring let's say a 4.1.1 or mb1 rom what's the safest way to do it

Thanks in advance all
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jihoonie:
Yes. Make sure you flash the corresponding firmware package. MD3 firmware after flashing this rom, or MB1 after restoring a MB1 rom. It works for me.

Also, word to the those who debloat by deleting apks from system/app. Messaging.apk has crashed for me on both odex & deodex after Debloating what i always remove. Such as Google and Samsung bloat. Can't figure out why this is happening. The update must have changed the way the messaging app works. Hope this isn't a major PITA going forward, especially since i love me some aosp mms
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
Since now. It's more than just the modem and rpm that needs to be updated and that borks the camera for most. I was on Avatar and flashed the firmware which borked the camera but, gave me better signal strength. Not a big deal since I knew I was going to flash the md3 rom. I think if you go back to mb1 that you need to flash the mb1aio that Invisiblek made a couple weeks ago. And vice versa, flash the latest firmware file when you go to the latest update. Shouldn't be a problem just switching.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] shawn01:
Bork?? Bahahahaha
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] greatdaneduke:
So far so good.

WIFI, GPS, MMS all look good.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jaben2:
Anyone able to change the shortcuts on the lockscreen? I get settings force close but may be something I did
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cuban11182:
Is there a way to tether with this ROM?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
The only bad I've noticed is my wifi signal is weaker than before
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobcaruso:
Give it some time to settle
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
Thanks for the info...I flashed deodex. Is that better than odex?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jihoonie:
Main difference is that deodex allows rom customization like 4-in-1 reboot menu, lidroid, etc. Odex is known to give a faster/smoother experience, minus ability to customize. When u see the customized roms like Beans, Synergy etc, they use the deodexed base.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bobcaruso:
Major difference Odex vs. Deodex:

Odex performance much better

DeOdex easier to mod
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
Can we do any custom to this? Like get a different kernel or other things like that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
It's a technical term...not quite as severe as fubar in my opinion.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Smiller5331:
No problems here! You could try to fix permissions. Also wipe cache and dalvik. I'm by no means an "android expert" nor do I know what goes on "behind the scenes" when you do the above actions in recovery. But I do know that I did them after I flashed the Rom and I have yet to encounter any hiccups :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
When using the multi window app 0can you use any app or can u only use the ones that pop up in the tab because they are the only ones compatible?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GalaxySII5191:
This may sound like a stupid question but which do I flash first? The ROM zip or Firmware (Modem,Rpm,Tz,Sbl).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
Rom .....then wipe cached then install firmware
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lilila:
The annoying non-verizon sim error is gone for good.

Just need to remove the verizon setup wizard.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] eman3316@optonline.net:
No problems here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
Anyone have an opinion? Or any thoughts?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hallstevenson:
Is wiping cache really necessary ? Stuff like modem/radio firmwares are NOT stored on the phone's filesystem, but are in the phone's "ROM" (similar to the BIOS area on a PC), are they not ? Granted, wiping cache never hurts, but in this case, isn't necessary.

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I'm new to the Galaxy S3 (been rooting HTC phones for 3-4 years though) and have rooted and unlocked the bootloader on my GS3. This ROM is flashed in recovery, but what are the wiping instructions ? I'm sure that doing a full wipe is perfectly fine to do -- never hurts -- but is it needed ? Does this wipe /data (i.e. will I have to reinstall all of my downloaded apps) ?

I know I have to careful using any "Wipe all partitions except SD card" functions because of the screwy, internal storage setup this uses. I have the camera pointed to store pictures on my 32gb card but everything else it seems goes to the internal partition.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sju1fan:
I'm not sure if my wifi is working properly. When I have it turned on, I see both the wifi and 4G signals. Does this mean the wifi is on or what? I just haven't seen them both visible at the same time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
Yeah, specifically...watch out for the fact that any screenshots you take or any picture messages that you save get saved to the internal storage! And if you're manually going to move pics out of the Download folder on the internal Sdcard...navigate to /storage/sdcard0 because if you don't, you might get these weird messages saying that the pics don't exist even though you can see them... (if you try accessing them using the regular /sdcard directory)!

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] omair2005:
its also possible that once you mod it the way you want, you can run an odex script. just can't locate the flashable script..

edit: google odex me, push it to system/app via root explorer or Tibu. nandroid and tibu just in case, and run app.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tu3218:
Thank you for the information. As for MB1 firmware, is that just the modem and rpm? The firmware available for download for MD3 is one package, I'm guessing just the radio and rpm? I haven't looked into it yet. Just want make sure there is nothing else to restore(besides MB1 ROM, radio, and rpm) if I decide to go back. Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] detonation:
Now to decide if it's worth losing the extra couple of features of clean rom (custom toggles, no wifi, reboot menu) to switch to this. The impatience in me says yes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
If it helps I have had two random reboots on the new release and right now am having bad android os and system battery drain. I did just fix permissions recently in the hope that it will prevent further reboots.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] belkira:
NFC Turned Off

Just updated and everything works except NFC. It appears to have been turned off during the update, or at least google wallet says it isn't on, and I can not find the toggle to turn it back on. Can someone point me in the right direction?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
Go into settings. ..then hit more settings under data usage
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] golfslicer:
The easiest thing to do is do a backup from twrp to your external sd. Flash the rom and without rebooting flash the firmware. If you don't like it, just restore your backup.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] belkira:
I don't have any NFC settings... See attached
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] krazie1:
Did you flash the odex or deodex version? And did you flash the new firmware too?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] belkira:
Flashed odex and firmware. Did both during same cwm session. Flashed the odex them when that finished flashed firmware. Should I try flashing firmware again?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zmedhaug:
Can someone point me in the right direction. I flashed this my camera works. I decided go back to hyper drive. I flashed the right modem and kernel. Camera broke. Odined back to stock unrooted. Camera broken still. Flashed this camera works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
Holy crap
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] krazie1:
No thats how I did it, I ask because I flashed deodex then firmware and I have the nfc options. Maybe the odex build is messed up?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gherman222:
This happened with my wife's stock unrooted phone, but it went away after about 5 minutes. Still happening with yours?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] belkira:
Possible. I will download the deodexed version and try that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tu3218:
Possibly something is requesting data and it needs cell data instead of WiFi. Sorta like a MMS message.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MIKEYSAKZ:
Somebody mentioned a while back that it has to do with the new call Id app and you can I think disable it. I read it either here or in the modems thread over by invisibleks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gherman222:
Check your baseband version... I think you'll have to be back on B1 instead of D3 if you want to use earlier ROMs??
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] belkira:
The deodexed version works. I now have NFC. As a side not to this process, I noticed when the odexed version was "optimizing apps" it only showed 212, whereas the deodexed version had 335.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] daimerion:
This is correct.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] zmedhaug:
I did. Same thing. No camera going back words.

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Also I can no longer use the volume up button Home and power to boot into recovery. I can boot into recovery if I use goo manager and choose the option to do so. Bounty 10 bucks to the first guy who can get me back up and running on hyper drive. I have always used the note 2 camera and gallery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] lexluthor:
Maybe a bad download. I flashed the odexed version and then the firmware and still have NFC. You were missing S Beam as well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] belkira:
Yup, and now my NFC keeps crashing. I did do a dirty update, might have to redo it cleanly...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] caifan:
I think that's the case. I froze the caller name ID app in TiBU and no more issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jackdog89:
Mobile data seems to be in and out for me; it was better on MB1.

Has anyone else noticed that the swipe to call/message a contact in the contacts app only works for messaging? Or is it just me?:confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] caifan:
Mine works fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jackdog89:
Does your data work fine or the contacts app?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tu3218:
Anyone try Andy's mods from the MC3 leak? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2196666. Anyone running this version want to try it? Figure they'd be close and may work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] fawkiPhone:
Noooope

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Ktoonz kt747 kernel works!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dandydon414:
does this only update the modem? or is there a difference between this and the VRBMB1 update?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
The modem and rpm have their own zip that u flash after u flash this rom. This is a rooted rom based on new ota. It is different than bmb1.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] speedingcheetah:
Though, I am quite curious as to what is so different in the new firmware and new features that Synergy rom already did, (and may have done better)....makes me wonder if there is something....more...to this update than meets the eye (big red is watching u...lol)

Edit: I have flashed many a modem/radio to my phones...and not once has it borked anything.....a modem is rom independent....its all the other bundled stuff that is causing issues...but i don't see just the new modem alone anywhere.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
Me either. Would like to have three different tar to flash. In my little experience using odin is better than fkashing in twrp on this device . Never had issue with razor using twrp. I had to reroot and stuff last week snd odin the newest twrp and its worked better than the same version that was just flashed in twrp.But maybe cwm is better uve never used.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] greatdaneduke:
Just noticed my 3 or 4G data is always on.

Sent from my SCH-I535
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bigdad1963:
Getting the simultaneous 4g/3g and wifi icons as well. Wifi works well. I did notice that wifi is scanning every 5 seconds when it is on though. Camera and video recording are working well. my only problem is that I can't connect to the play store at all, but that is unrelated to this rom. Glad I backed up because I'm scared to flash backwards to anything else now.

EDIT- For now it seems that cycling the wifi toggle has stopped the dual icon thing from happening.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bbqsfire:
I have been experiencing the same thing. I will have wifi, 4g or 3g on art the same time
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Srambo217:
Wow. This seems pretty janky ATM. Hopefully developers will be able to iron out the bugs within their custom ROMs.

I do have one question, did these clowns finally change the statusbar color back to black?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] speedingcheetah:
correct me if i am wrong....but creating a backup of your rom in recovery only backs up the rom and dat....not the modem, rpm, bootchain...or kernal....right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
It is the TZ file that is killing camera and wifi on Pre-MD3 roms. Here is file with MD3 modems and RPM with MB1 TZ. Will post original link when I find it on Rootz. Cameras and wifi works on MD3 also. Not sure if affecting anything else in background. :cool:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42016753
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Droid316:
Backs up kernel to but the radio's are always there no matter what.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Backs up kernel only. Unless you uncheck boot and then it won't. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tu3218:
What I don't get is that on all other leaks we've had, we have always just flashed the modem and rpm. Where did the TZ file come from and where was it before?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tedkord:
Nice. Now if they'd just get the 4.2 rolling.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] WillisD:
Tz is trust zone which caused reboots on cm and such
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
If I may ask what is the file taking the place of?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
MB3 TZ. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
So just flash that over other files correct sir?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] amaury48:
Has anyone tried flashing the TW Cobalt Theme with this new build.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Yup.Yup. Works till we find something it affects in background of MD3. Can always flash MD3 package back if needed. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jackdog89:
It's the new Caller ID app. Someone else confirmed that freezing it resolves this issue. I uninstalled it with titanium back up and can confirm that the issue goes away.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hallstevenson:
Can't that be controlled by a build.prop setting ? I just looked and there's nothing defined currently.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
This page here talks all about the TZ (Trust Zone), so now maybe everyone who didn't know much about it (including myself) can consider themselves just a little less "in the dark"!

http://www.samsunggalaxyleaks.com/trustzone-a-dimension-of-multiple-worlds/

Here's a brief section of the article that pretty much sums it all up for me...

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The TrustZone acts as a buffer between the kernel and the hardware. * It prevents the kernel from directly interfacing with the hardware, but it also does so much more.We all want secure devices for certain things like keypad inputs, payments, secure information transfer, and the TrustZone provides all of this. *It does so by operating at a higher*privileged*level than the operating system, running applications*and preventing access*to certain information.

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Could explain some of those issues people seem to be having with the camera... just a thought...

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Good find. :good::cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] speedingcheetah:
I side load an app called "City Caller ID" that came on my stock Fascicnate...works great...i want to see the city and state of people that call me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] slowblo:
You can also remove it inside of the app. I think it's under Account Tools? I'm not 100% on that, but I just removed it.

EDIT: Mind you...I think it still stays on your Apps list in the settings, but thanks to JB, you can always just disable it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
So has anyone looked at the contents of this zip? It appears that in the updater script, each file has its own line of code to execute (flash) it...if that's the case, maybe it would be simple enough to get rid of a bunch of that code and customize the updater script just to flash the modem and rpm....?

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] prdog1:
Maybe so. May just be able to delete the file. Not sure if it will error or not. It works on all roms so don't see need. Will have same thing. If actually updated to OTA like I did need it anyway. If you flashed other package need it to fix. So I see no reason to delete it. :cool:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] amaury48:
Edit: does appear to work, partially, toggles on pull down not changing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bbqsfire:
This experiment ended after a day of use. I know it's new but I just seemed to have horrible battery life. I decided to flash back to another Rom. I am sure I will flash again once people have had time to dress it up more.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDriller:
Camera works fine for me. Using the note 2 camera and gallery. Wiped cache and dalvik before and after flash. And for the hell of it I fixed permissions and its fine
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
Md3 modem and rpm only!!!!!

OK, so i took the plunge and edited my very first flashable zip....but I modified what was already available so now you guys can have JUST the MD3 Modem and RPM if you wish! I just flashed it on my phone, so i can confirm that this will NOT screw anything up and it seems to have actually improved my cellular signal inside my deadzone of a house!!! Pretty much all the time my signal, when i'm home, will be anywhere from -99dbm to -101dbm, or even -103dbm, which is absolutely horrible! Now i'm at least getting -97dbm, which is enough for me to be able to send and receive texts and phone calls (Thank the Lord). Anyway, hopefully this will be help everyone! I'm trying as hard as I can to be a productive, new member of the XDA community and i think this is a pretty decent first step!

MD3 MODEM AND RPM

http://db.tt/sFcWvC2Q

Edit: I'm sending this post from the computer...but if anyone wants me to, I can post a couple screenshots from my phone tomorrow when i get up! Gotta get up up early for work! Goodnight all!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dweezle:
On my phone, after going to i535VRBMD3 plus the new firmware, the option for

EHRPD - Verizon Internet

has disappeared from "Access Point Names" in settings.

The single option remaining is

LTE - Verizon Interne

t. It used to show both. Any ideas about why Verizon did that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] speedingcheetah:
um...good work....but...there is already a modified .zip posted ealry today....http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42027903&postcount=23034
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
Yeah, I know...but that includes the sbl2, sbl3 and the tz...this is the Modem and RPM ONLY! I just thought this might help people feel safer about flashing it if they didn't want to risk flashing the other stuff...

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] speedingcheetah:
And yet again...i have to ask.....what are those extra files....I have never heard of them until this ota....no one seems to know what the hell they are and what their purpose is!!!???

I flashed the .zip i linked to before....works fine...no issues....on my rom....

Edit: Its good to have just the modem and rpm .zip....but I am still looking for ODIN versions..as i have for the other versions
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
(SBL) stands for "secondary boot loader". It passes parameters to the kernel on boot. And (Tz) stand for trust zone....that acts as a buffer between the kernel and the hardware to keep things secure! Have a look at my previous post... #142

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] speedingcheetah:
must be something new....never had to mess with these before in previous versions....whatever...thanks for the info...i do appreciate it!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
Not a problem...:) glad I could be of SOME help, lol.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kenbrownstone:
Your signal still running good with your zip?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
So far so good....

EDIT

So I've been at work for the past hour and a half and normally my signal would be anywhere from -84dBm to -86dBm and about 8 asu pretty consistently, which is pretty good! Well, I can't say it's really good anymore.....it's even better now! ! ! Take a look...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bigdad1963:
You're right. Being a flashaholic I had to see if my camera would be affected, so I tried another rom (4.2)and fortunately for me everything with camera and video works fine (not saying that is the case for everyone).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gherman222:
What tweaks are you using to get that battery icon? Looks good!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] vmancini3:
It's called the "Glow" battery icon...

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] droideris1:
if i am installing this over the MA2 build, should i wipe cache and dalvik? Dirty flash would be so convenient

the only roms ive actually flashed are openyoureyes's no-wipe ones... i love those
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cr4ck3r4lif3:
Thanks for this. Flashed and digging stock for a change!