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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
about to upgrade to 3.9.27

I am about to upgrade my SGH T999 to the latest build posted in the original post ... 3.9.27. However I foresee some issues already that are partially discussed in this thread. Please someone help me with the following queries. I am unsure if they would cause any problem after the upgrade.

I earlier had AOKP (hence android 4.2.x) and then I flashed MIUI 3.5.31 (hence android 4.1.2). Now I plan to upgrade to 3.9.27.

1. I already see duplicate folder structure on my SD Card. "0" is still there. However some of the folders from "0" are repeated outside too. I am guessing this is because of 4.2.x to 4.1.x jump. If I flash 3.9.27 (which I assume is 4.2.2), would it create another "0"? Should I try to merge the contents of "0" with the folder structure outside of it and remove "0" completely before the upgrade? I hope the file merge won't be a problem.

2. The download link in the original post mentions att however the file I downloaded has d2tmo_alan. Hope its the correct one for my SGH-T999. It used to have blackwig earlier in the name.

3. I hope I do not have to upgrade the bootloader. I was able to flash CM10.1 and AOKP successfully in past. Do I still need to do something to my bootloader before I flash this new version?

4. I ran into some problems with the older MIUI rom - posted here - http://en.miui.com/thread-4656-1-1.html. I hope these issues are fixed here in the new version.

Should I really go ahead and flash this one or am I missing something here?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Xx_silenzer_xX:
The New Build Is Running Great No Reboots Blur Fix Looks Cool Battery Life Can't Say Yet But So Far Lost 10% in 1 hour I'm running dkp kernel only thing that has never worked for me yet is DSP manager
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] hellevisse:
Clean install or dirty?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Xx_silenzer_xX:
Clean Of Course
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] silverton:
Whenever changing Android versions, you should backup your data (pictures,music,etc) and wipe the data partition so it's absolutely clean.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] johnny quest:
Why do people ask if you need to do a dirty wipe or a clean one? wouldn't all roms need a clean wipe? and what is a dirty wipe? I never ever did any other wipe but a clean one. I wouldn't want any issues by putting a new rom and regretting not doing a clean wipe.

I take it like this if the Developer never mentions a dirty wipe then do a clean one. Unless told other wise.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ddarling85:
Hey guys, I'm getting a status 7 error on my tmo s3 when flashing this latest build? Is it because my CWM recovery is set to d2att? I've been flashing the att versions of the rom until now. I was able to flash the d2att 3.9.20 without issue, but unable to flash the 3.9.22. Can I change my model manually and get the d2tmo CWM recovery?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] KAsp3rd:
What's wrong with your s3 I might be able to help you out. Shoot me a pm
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mila4me:
Thanks for a grate Rom :) works good no FC or reboots ,battery drain little fast, don't know if i need different kernel or not and camera older not new like on att build but its ok :)

thanks again :good:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] tapia1018:
This rom cant hold a 64 gb of storage right ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
I always followed the steps. I used to wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik and then flash the ROM. I still ran into the problem of "0" folder and all. I suspect it was because i went from 4.2.x to 4.1.x. hence want to know if there is any special care i need to take while again going back to 4.2.2

Any comments on other problem? do I need to fix bootloader? the issues with bluetooth and airplane mode, were they because i had flashed att rom on t999?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] silverton:
depending on your recovery, you need to backup your personal saved data, pictures, music, etc and wipe internal storage or data, that way it formats the internal "sd card". You have problems because the /Android/data folder still retains information from the other version of Android and its apps.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
How do I fix this? Should I just copy all the content of internal SD card on computer and try to merge content of "0" folder and the content outside of it?

Also I am unclear if I need to change the bootloader? I used to run CM10.1 successful.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
Finally I installed MIUI 3.9.27. I didn't have to change the bootloader. I didn't have to make any changes to the folder structure. There were 2 error messages on CWM screen during the process of flashing the ROM however they didn't matter. One error was "Warning: No file_contexts" upon CWM load. Later was about sd-ext when I clicks on advanced menu. That is it. Some forums online said, I shouldn't bother abt these messages.

The ROM so far is running great.

I installed photosphere too on top of it.

Thank you.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] silverton:
I would take the sd card out of the phone and use an adapter plus card reader on a computer. Then format it, and install the new rom. You'll know if you need to update your recovery of you get errors trying to install the ROM, so I would just update it from the get go to be safe.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
reboots every 10-15 minutes

I have been observing this ROM since morning.

What got fixed from earlier version?

1. The scorching sound on bluetooth audio is gone now. Bluetooth audio is clean.

2. Selecting airplane mode, doesn't reboot the phone!

3. I could install photosphere too.

What did not work?

1. Whatsapp used to crash repeatedly. I had to uninstall and reinstall it to fix it.

2. Similar problem with "sms backup and restore" app. I had to re-install it.

The most critical problem, which I haven't been able to fix is the following. The phone continues to reboot at random! mostly, every 10-15 minutes it reboots at least once! I see that it's a known issue reported by a few! What is the way out?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mila4me:
can u please share link for photosphere and if it's possible to switch to 4.3 camera? idk where and how to do it:):cyclops:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] zeushvk:
Anyone of you facing the problem of thumbnails not getting displayed?

Any work around for that?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
I followed instructions here. http://www.droidviews.com/new-photosphere-camera-from-galaxy-s4-ge-works-on-all-android-devices-jb-without-root/

I flashed the zip file.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
I observed that when connected to my laptop, the phone didnt get rebooted often. Rather I never noticed it rebooting. However when not connected to anything, it kept on rebooting every 10-15 minutes.

Is there any fix?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mila4me:
after i make picture and try to edit camera always freeze and cant open till restart ,anyone else have that ? :rolleyes:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] viettho:
Yes, go to performance setting, change max cpu to 1512. The rom is overclock by default, therefore you experience rebooting.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] silverton:
I've had my phone over clocked to 1.8GHz before with no problems. My phone has rebooted three times since installing late last night, always a few seconds after I would turn the screen on, but not every time, so the kernel must be undervolted a few mV too much on one of the steps.

Also, IMPECCABLE battery life! I only lost 5% over 8 hours of sleep. on CM it would be at least 10%
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] johnny quest:
Love MIUI, this rom is great. But I have a question regarding messaging, on all of these MIUI roms I've noticed that it'll take about 5-10 sec delay before the message is sent. Why does it do that?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
So is changing the clock really the solution or not?

ALso my phone exhausted lot of battery by constantly rebooting for 8-9 hours. I finally installed JellyBam 10.3 as a quick fix. So now the phone is on android 4.3. I there any precaution i need to take while flashing miui which is on 4.2.x?

I remember, last time, I had flashed 4.1.x over 4.2.x and my folder structure had got messed up!

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It worked well for me for whatever time I used. I shall try again ocne I again get back to miui.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] silverton:
Whenever changing Android versions you want to wipe data. And changing the processor speed shouldn't effect the rebooting issue. I'm pretty sure it's the voltage that the clocks are set at.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
So are you suggesting that if the voltage is changed, the rebooting issue would go away? Can this be incorporated in the ROM itself? Is this the issue only with my phone? or all T999 phones are facing this issue?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] silverton:
It's the kernel. But only a guess, I don't have a logcat to be certain. I had to go back to CM because MIUI was much too choppy for me, or else I would look in to it further.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
Same here ... I went to Jelly Bam ... waiting for this issue to get fixed. Is there any way I can share the logcat from my phone?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] saotua:
Could anyone please try to install the Subway Surfers game

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiloo.subwaysurf

and the Battery Calibrator to see if any of these work or not. all I got is black screen.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration

Thanks.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] silverton:
It is apparently in issue in all T999 phones, as mine rebooted a few times throughout the day I used it, and several people are reporting problems. If the voltage is upped, I'm guessing 5-10mV increase along all steps that the problem would go away. If you go in to the performance settings menu you'll notice that it is not using the stock CM kernel that the rom is based on as there is a 270mhz step, and a 16XXmhz step along with a bunch of other governors. If you were to flash a different kernel than is provided with this MIUI rom, that is also compatible with it, the issue would more than likely go away.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Darkness30XX:
I'm currently running 3.9.6 from att on my tmo phone. Its running great but when I want to update to the latest version, 3.9.27, I get errors. I tried both the att and tmo version and neither installs.

I perform a data/cache/delvik wipe and its not working. I'm running the latest version of TWRP, 2.6.3.0. Also, I changed my build.prop to reflect my model and not i747.

If anybody can help, it would be appreciated.

Sent from my Galaxy S3 by a bear!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] saotua:
:silly:

what errors did you get?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] silverton:
Probably just need to redownload and verify the md5
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ohshootrawr:
My max frequency doesn't set upon reboot, although my governor, i/o scheduler and min frequency does. When I set the max frequency manually, it eventually changes by itself. Ideas?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Darkness30XX:
Tried it again and it worked. Weird as all hell.

Sent from my Galaxy S3 by a bear!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
Finally what is the fix? Can this not be incorporated in the ROM itself? Is there any recommended setting? or should I just go on checking step by step?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] silverton:
The fix is a different kernel, but not all are created equal and may not work with a MIUI rom.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
are you saying that I would never be able to use this ROM unless I find the right kernel for T999 phone? How are others using this rom?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] silverton:
Other people are just dealing with the sporadic reboots. I only had three in a 24 hour period, and only one of them happened while I was using it. The other two times I only noticed cause I felt it vibrate in my pocket. If I were to daily drive this ROM, I wouldn't bother with the kernel, cause its not that big of a deal.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
Mine was restarting every 15 minutes! Is there any way to reduce it? If it is a kernel issue, what kernel should I use to fix this issue? If I have to change the voltage or clock then is there any recommendation for the same?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ohshootrawr:
I dont understand where people are getting these reboots from. Im using the kernel that came with the rom using the smartass governor max at 1350 and i havent had one random reboot at all. NOT EVEN ONE. Just my two cents.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
Silverton ... what is your governor max?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ohshootrawr:
I meant im using the smartass governor and that my max frequency is at 1350, sorry for any confusion.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] hellevisse:
Interactive 384/1620, clean install and never had a reboot since install... Looks like not all T999 are equals when it comes to voltage...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] silverton:
Its true, they are not. I was using the 200 for lowest, and 1620 for highest with asswax governor.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imilleson:
Does this have the new miui camera? If not are there plans to incorporate it?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Notorious:
No and no
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imilleson:
Is this still an issue? This is a big game changer for me.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] scr3wy:
ya. I dont think it has group text. incoming group text doesnt work.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imilleson:
I'm running it now, its beautiful. No reboots and no choppy behaviour. I wiped and formatted. Great work. Would love to see miui camera in the future as well as group texting.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
I am giving a thought of again going in for this one ... last time it was frequent reboots that pushed me to go to other ROM. I am still not sure what to change to fix that. is it governor?

Also can soemone tell me if facebook messenger works well on this? I recall, the bubble overlay from FB messenger never appeared on the miui 5! does it work now?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imilleson:
I have been running this for days now with no reboots and no lag. I didn't touch the performance settings. Most people having issues probably did not follow instructions in the OP, that is to say, you probably wiped data and cache, then flashed ROM and GAPPS and rebooted and started getting glitches. What you need to do is follow OP, or follow these even longer instructions (this is what I did):

1. reboot into recovery

2. Wipe data/factory reset

3. wipe cache

4. go to advanced and wipe dalvik cache (i did it twice)

5. go back to main menu, then go to "mounts and storage" and format /system (this is SUPER important)

6. flash ROM file (don't flash gapps)

7. after flashing ROM, go to advanced, fix permissions, and then reboot

8. let phone sit ten minutes and then reboot into recovery

9. flash gapps and then reboot. (use these Gapps http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip)

10. let phone sit another couple minutes and then reboot one last time, then go through setup process.

:eek:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
Thank you ... I had not done step 5 and step 7 earlier. I shall try this again over the weekend.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rsilv377:
Reboot alert
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ddarling85:
Anybody having trouble connecting to 5G wireless networks? I'm unable to connect to my ASUS RT-N660 router 5G network. 2.4G works fine.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rsilv377:
OK formatted and reinstalled with new gapps and so far much better.. Running smoother with no reboots! Awesome

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I want to support this ROM how do i donate?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Jay Rock:
Looks like some weird word issue is going on. When copying text, instead of saying copied to clipboard or something like that it says notification ringtone. And instead of asking me if I want to save my password when entering one in the browser, the words say something about Bluetooth. Besides that, all good, just had to flash KT kernel to avoid the random reboots.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rsilv377:
Yeah 5g no good
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Gerr1985:
I still get constant FC's on things, quite annoying :(
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
I tried the steps above.

Step 7 was not possible since CWM didn't have fix permission option.

Rest of the steps went on fine. Except one glitch.

I did steps 1 - 6. Rebooted the device. Waited for 10 minutes. In around 10 minutes, the phone automatically restarted! I pressed volume up and home quickly and it went to recovery mode. followed rest of the steps.

after setting up the phone. restarted again in recovery, and restored the update.zip created by titanium backup pro. So far the it is good. It's been 30 mins. 30 peaceful minutes!

Let me see how much more before the first random restart! :)
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Kevin Goot:
Yeah I did the recommend flash procedures and I'm getting random reboots. Why doesn't the op update this with the att miui rom?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Jay Rock:
They're both at the same version :eek:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] hellevisse:
Any update this week ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
It did stay as is for quite some time. After I removed the power, it started with the random reboots again! Every 15-20 minutes (or this time a bit longer) it does restart! How do I fix this?

I read someone writing about KT kernel! Is that the fix! It's quite annoying seeing the phone restart every now and then!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imilleson:
Wow, I feel really bad for the OP to see so many unhappy flashers. Not saying it is your fault but yikes! OK here is my 2 cents:

Since a lot of you are getting random reboots and a lot of you are not, here is what u suggest for those having issues. First off, this ROM is my DD and 100% stable, I have been using it for days and not a single reboot, and I haven't switched kernels, using stock. What seems to be a possible suspect of your reboots is restoring apps. If you are restoring apps using any kind of app backup/restore app, I suggest you stop. This is never a good way to switch ROMs, there are too many variables. Second, when you wipe and flash and do all that jazz (don't forget gapps is flashed after fist boot) use the phone without restoring apps. Titanium backup is a good app but so many times it has borked up a good install. Don't rely on it, its a good emergency app but I would batch restore everything unless you like glitchass behaviour... Anyways, once again try a clean install and don't restore anything. Follow my install instructions from last page. Cheers
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
It's quite weird though. I have been using update.zip created by Titanium Backup pro with so many different ROMs without any problem! It's just painful to download all the 50-70 apps again and do one by one data restore if any! It's so much time consuming! Are you sure this will fix the problem? I am ready to give it a try anyway.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
Also the "SD card is ejected unexpectedly" is happening frequently!! It happened thrice in first 2 minutes of the installation! I am unable to use the songs on my external SD card because of this!

Also, as I mentioned earlier, I often get the following errors when I am flashing the ROM. These started occurring when I first flashed MIUI. I later flashed, Jelly BAM and then again MIUI. These errors/warnings still occur. They do not stop any process though.

First one while wiping the data. It does talk something about "/sdcard/.android_secure" not found or something. But I get successful message at the end.

Second one is while getting to advanced->wipe dalvik ... before even I hit Yes, it throws an error "E:unknown volume for path [/sd-ext]". Again, it doesn't stop the dalvik wipe. I can still hit yes to dalvik wipe and it happens without error.

Do you also see these errors.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
I doubt if it is because of the apps. The reason I am saying this is because, when I booted the phone first after flashing the ROM (even before getting the gapps) and waited for 10 mins. It had automatically restarted! That was the very first unexpected reboot! I didn't have any apps on that time!

How do we explain this?

The only thing I had not done was fixing permissions. Since that option wasn't there in CWM and also some online forums said, its no more required now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
I did a few changes and tried flashing the ROM again.

instead of CWM, I tried TWRP this time. I did not get any sd-ext error. I also did not get the .android_secure related error. the data wipe, dalvik , system wipe happened smoothly. however on step 7, while fixing permissions, TWRP threw error "failure"! It just couldnt do that step. I skipped it and followed rest of the steps, and flashed the ROM again.

This time I did not restore any apps from titanium backup. I downloaded the apps again from the play store. One point to mention again here is that after flashing the ROM and before flashign gapps, I booted the phone once and waited for 10 mins (as per the instructions). This time also the phone automatically got rebooted in 5 mins!! I so much feel now that this problem is not about the apps!

The phone was all well when it was plugged to power. Even after disconnecting, it was fine for some time. It has again started the reboots. In last hour or so, it has already restarted thrice! :rolleyes:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chrisokaly:
I don't know what any of you are doing but I've been running this string of ROMs since about august and I've had NO problems whatsoever.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ohshootrawr:
Same here. No idea. Alot of those problems happened to me when I realized I wasnt wiping the system before flashing though, but im pretty sure that isn't the problem. I dont know guys, maybe youre just the odd man out. Or maybe we are. Haha
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imilleson:
Wow sad that its still rebooting for some. I would love to see a fresh log cat after a reboot. Who knows, maybe its just a incompatibility with a specific app...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] LightRider_:
I had reboot every 15 min ... I downclock ... and now everything works perfectly for about 2 weeks ;)

LightRider
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chrisokaly:
Has anyone who's been having rebooting problems tried wiping internal storage too? If not, back everything up and wipe. Hell, if you really want to try this out, try to odin back to stock and re-root... That fixed a problem I was having with a specific ROM a few months ago.

I've had excellent performance with this I'm very surprised there are people with problems...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
logcat

after a reboot, in 3-4 minutes, i connected the phone to computer (btw, it never restarted so far when plugged to computer or power). used the monitor tool from android SDK and captured the logcat. attaching the same. please let me know if this is useful.

the reboot duration is fairly random now. it sits quietly for an hour or two at times. at times it just reboots multiple time within 15 mins!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] rohit.bhosale:
just had one more reboot ... i was quick to start catlog this time. attached is another logcat.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] imilleson:
Clockwork mod . in cwm, under advanced, click "fix permissions" and it will automatically repair /system permissions
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ddarling85:
Thanks for the reply. Let you know how it goes.