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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Nice! Thanks. Come back and let us know how you like the gs4. My upgrade is next year so I will be waiting for the gs5. Gives me time to keep modding the gs3 though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I'm actually getting worse battery life with the stock build.prop. I'll give it a couple cycles and see how it does.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickmatic:
Great work on this metal. Running smoother than butter.

1 question native hotspot works on 3g only right? Haven't used it in a while.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Yea, just 3g unfortunately. Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying it. The thread got a little quiet. I don't know if that's good or bad, lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mcluvin1065:
besides battery life, this rom is awesome.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Thanks, I've been working hard on it. I wish I knew how to fix the battery. It's been pretty decent for me after I went to developer options and set background processes at 1. Not ideal but it's a temporary fix.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Whoa!

What specifically are battery issues? Have you done/would you do a two or three day run and use better battery stats to see? As this is essentially a stock base, my outsider observation is that something else is the culprit. ..??:confused:

Just my two pennies anyhow;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I haven't notice anything specific draining the battery. On my phone its slightly less efficient than stock. My screen on time is the only major draw. Google music and Facebook seem to be battery hogs as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
This is after 30 minutes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I don't think it has anything to do with the build.prop. The newest wakeLock I have is nlpcollector. After a little research it seems the problem lies in Google services/location. Have you encountered this Naddict?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Naddict:
Wakeloks .. just as I thought...;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Yea, I should have known. I didn't even think about that until you mentioned better battery stats.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I put up flashable zips for removing and restoring the input notification. I think it's pointless, but not everyone wanted it taken out. So there ya go. Look in the OP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Small update to 3.2. Check post #2 for info.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
What do you guys think about these grayed out toggle buttons?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Those look very nice. I have been using xposed modules for my toggle colors so this is what mine looks like.

Still liking the ROM man! :thumbup:

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Looks nice, I started getting into changing some of the stuff in the rom. Things can be pretty hidden. Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I'm working on making the battery completely gray, gray toggle icons, gray brightness slider, clock mod in the video player, and some other stuff. I'd like to get deeper in the framework, system and other misc tweaks as well. Hope you are all enjoying the rom so far.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jrny99:
Very Nice
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Would you guys like to have the lockscreen torch? I know I would!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I'll be adding it in for the next release.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickmatic:
I see your getting the hang of things.

I would say yes on the torch and yes on the Grey icons.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I'm starting to catch on. Quite the learning curve.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickmatic:
I don't remember who it was, but someone created a rom once. Back in my HTC evo 4g days. It had all the languages except for English removed and it made the phone perform better. Don't know if it's a lot of work, but just throwing out ideas.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I thought about that, I don't think we need all the language packs. I'll have to ask some of the other guys about it. Makes sense though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
I would say so! You have already passed what I know! Lol

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I've had a lot of help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
But you also learned a lot along the way. :cool:

Very impressive. I still read up on this in my free time. I just know some basics though. Can't wait till I can work some more. :)

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Very true.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Evo_Shift:
Does this rom have the toggle mod? Also, what is nadicts sound mod? Is that the one that makes the speaker louder?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
No toggle mod, Naddict's Sound mod increases the sound 2%-3% throughout the system. I've thought about the toggle mod but haven't had too many requests for it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Here's what the toggles and battery look like so far. Just a little bit themed. I wasn't too fond of the bright green.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickmatic:
I think nice clean subtle changes are perfect. As a perfectionist I think the icons should match the exact color as the date or time. Just a thought.

Looks really good though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
You think the icons should be white or the time should be gray? I'm open to suggestions. I'm working on the brightness slider and the auto check box as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] churchey420:
I like the grey
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I like the gray more as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickmatic:
Grey it is :p exactly what I was thinking.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I'll keep working on that for the next release. Hopefully I can finally get the volume rocker to skip track mod working and a few other things. I've been running a new version to test out the ComaDose stuff that I baked in and it feels pretty smooth. I can upload it if anyone wants to test it out. Just let me know.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickmatic:
Upload the coma dose script or the test built?

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I know u wanna keep this rom as stock as possible, but just came across this.... apparently it works on our s3's..... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2383758
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
The test build.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickmatic:
I don't mind testing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Here's another mod for ya if you're sticking with stock toggles

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2285156
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Thanks, I had found that one awhile ago and forgot about it. I had it bookmarked though, lol.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I put v3.3 up. I combined post #2 with my original op because I'm a little ocd, lol. Now rom features are listed in post #1 and change logs will only be in post #2 until the next version is released. It started feeling too cluttered for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickmatic:
Running 3.3 and I gotta say it's so buttery smooth. Great work metal.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] succumbtothegreater:
Can I dirty flash this over v3.1? And is LTE working? Cause I have an issue with mobile data not turning on at all when lte is enabled.

Sent from my SPH-L710 running MetalRom v3.1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Spider_Pig27:
Is volume to skip tracks working on 3.3?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickmatic:
Metal always recommends a fresh install. Since it has coma dose I would. Data is working perfect for me lte and 3g, but I have noticed this issue on other roms.

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No volume rocker still not working.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Spider_Pig27:
Cool thanks for the reply
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] killhr:
Mik did that he's a great developer
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Sorry all, I went on a fishing trip for a few days. Hopefully I can get the volume to skip track mod working in the next few days. How's thus running for everyone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rdavis429:
I'm new to your rom , but I'm loving it! Great work. I love how basic and functional it is.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Thanks, I always liked stock but wanted some more features. I'm glad you like it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mad1111:
So I flashed this ROM on my wife's phone cus she's more into the stock look and can care less about all the bells and whistles. However, her battery is exremely bad...In less than an hour her battery dropped 7%. and just kept a steady decline throughout the day. I have tweaked settings and "greenified" what I could but still no help in terms of battery life. From 5am at 100% (pulled off charger from overnight) to 4% at 3pm...typically she would come home with at least 35% left.

I checked all sync settings and installed wakelock detector. calendar storage is constantly on the list, but not sure what I can do about that.

I just recently flashed KToonz kernel and tweaked it for best battery life, however, once she starts using the phone the battery life drains like crazy. When the phone is off it goes into deep sleep quick and battery life is great...

I guess my main question is...anyone here experiencing REALLY bad battery life? And if you have really good battery life, care to share your setup?

Thanks all...and great ROM Dev! can't wait to see this develop more...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I've had a few people say that battery life is horrible after flashing. Honestly I have no idea what the cause might be. I normally get average battery life. Google services just did a behind-the-scenes update and I've read that it has caused battery drains on other phones as well. I wish I could remember where I saw the article. Did you do a clean flash?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickmatic:
Been using 3.3 since release and I haven't noticed bad battery life. My 2 cents would be try installing 3.2. He added coma dose into 3.3 so MAYBE that could cause issues with some folks. Instead of flashing 3.2 I think there's a flashable zip to remove coma dose on their thread.

I'm throwing hailmary's here, could be coma dose or maybe it's not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] churchey420:
I dont like ktoonz kernel sorry lol but i just dont. But i would wipe everything and flash the rom again and see if its fixed its a really nice looking stock rom.

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Amd make sure your prl and everything is updated
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] koop1955:
Apparently a lot of people are suddenly experiencing battery drains across multiple devices and multiple ROMs. Many articles and posts, but I found this discussion relevant and may offer some ideas:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/introductions/312959-google-services-drain-back.html

You can:

1) Make sure that you are using the latest store version.

2) Turn off location services that you aren't using. And make sure to turn them off again after use.

3) Turn the phone off and back on frequently. (Pain in the butt, I know, but people say it helps.)

I hope something here might help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
That's what I read and was looking for too. Thanks for posting the link.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] auau465121:
I thought it was just me my battery has been horrible on any ROM stock PR whatever it has been driving me crazy I just thought it was time for a new phone lol :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mad1111:
Thanks for the quick response MetalFan, great Dev characteristics right there! :p

I just might try that...was battery a lot better on 3.2?

Well I wiped dalvik and cache and reflashed, and I do have to say it seems that the battery is just a hair better. Nowhere near what I know it should be at. This is a GREAT ROM, no doubt about that, but I just wish I could get to the bottom of this battery drain.

Great article, thanks for looking that up and posting. I have disabled all location services that I could (I left the locate by wireless on) but disabled location settings under Goolge Settings. I Haven't changed any play store version, just using the one that came with the ROM...is there a newer version out?

hahaha...any excuse to upgrade right!?

Thanks all for the quick responses and I wouldn't care at all if it were my phone, I would just wait it out and see what the next version has. But seeing as this is my wife's phone, and she already hates the fact that I mess with it is all the more reason for me to reach out for some help. To put it into better perspective, the only time I have to root/ROM her phone is while shes sleeping and unaware of what I'm doing! hahahaha

I will post back with some updated info once I can tame this battery issue!

Thanks again...and MetalFan, keep up the good work. Looking forward to the next release! Wish you had a release for the Sprint Note 2!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] timezone12:
so what do you think about the battery life
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
That's some killer battery life right there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mad1111:
That's the thing, and im glad you posted this, because when my wife's phone is idle it goes into deep sleep real quick. which is great, but the second she starts using the phone it drains rediculously. You could be sending an SMS and during that time you can literally watch the Battery percentage climb down about 3%.

Now your batt stats are outrageous...almost unbelievable. But, again, this was based off your phone being idle and probably on WiFi the entire time? Care to share your setup that allows you to squeeze out so much battery?????
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Shadefactor:
What in the...World...I'm guessing almost no screen on time?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] timezone12:
No this one was with wifi only and little use i'm using sdfix to help with constant media scanning and screwing up my micro sd card and ds battery saver pro helped out a ton
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I'm relieved that it isn't the rom, to be honest I wouldn't know how to fix it. With all the build.prop tweaks and comadose baked it it should be smooth, fast, and great battery life. Hopefully Google fixes whatever the problem is. I'm not a dev by any means, just a rom cooker, but I'm slowly learning.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Good news everybody! I finally got the volume rocker track skip mod to work. It will be included in the next release and I am also putting a flashable zip in the OP for now. Thanks for being patient with me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
link to the sdfix you speak of? :confused:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] timezone12:
play store search sd fix tool
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
thanks man!! :laugh:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdm-e4gt:
what module are you using to modify toggle colors?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Xquicktoggles

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Look it up. :trooper:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Has anyone flashed the volume skip track mod on my rom yet? I ask because since applying the mod I have a huge wakelock. PhoneWindowManager.mbroadcast is not allowing my phone to sleep and using 80%+ of my battery. I'm curious if others are experiencing this as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Clearing caches seems to have fixed it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] elosogrande7076:
Hey Metalfan, Im loving the rom! Do you think you can provide the camera working on low battery fix?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Yeah I can work on that one, for sure. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
So I got the wakelock again and I think it's caused by the music player widget. I removed that and the wakelock went away.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] strongsteve:
Now thats a good looking battery screenshot :laugh:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Hey strongsteve, nice to see you in my thread, just wanted to say thanks for some of the mods I'm using.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I think my volume rocker mod is defective. If anyone else has flashed it I would love some feedback. I keep getting the same wakelock.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I'm reworking the settings for the volume buttons because it doesn't turn it on or off, I think that's where the wakelock is. I have it unchecked in settings>sound. Right now when the screen is off the volume buttons skip tracks just by pressing them, not long pressing and it doesn't change the volume. I will keep working on it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Shadefactor:
You should try talking to rompnit he's got it so you can tell the volume buttons what to do and how long you have to hold them down for.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I've tried to get in touch with him about a few things but I think he's pretty busy working on his monster update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] december.underground:
Can we get a tw that has landscape support?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I haven't looked into that yet, I got your PM. I'll look around and see what it entails.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
It's a bool flip in framework-res.apk

As for volume to skip, I would suggest just pointing your users to this Xposed module called GravityBox. Works great for that as well as having TONS of other tweaks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jrny99:
how about ?

can you Add call recording in your next build ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Possibly
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clopes91:
My signal goes in and out all the time did I forget to do something ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Phone signal or data? Mine does it when only in bad signal areas.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clopes91:
My data but I have full service 90% of the time and I lose it when I have full service
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Interesting, I wonder if any other users experience this. I'll look into it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickmatic:
I've had that issue with other Roms.

I just had it last week this is what I did and helped.

1. First check ur internal storage I had a 0 folder that kept causing problems. For some reason when I go from a Tw to an aosp rom it creates that folder. I'm using cw recovery, but it also happened on the other recovery(forgot the name).

2. Greenify caused me a few issues I tried hibernating everything but it caused problems with a bunch of apps. Not blaming the app i just have to watch what i greenify.

Once I uninstalled......and deleted all contents of the 0 folder, I haven't had that issue. Hope this helps.

FYI. Check the contents of the 0 folder before deleting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dante32278:
I believe the 0 folder is due to the switching user options on android 4.2+.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Correct, you won't have that folder unless you've flashed a 4.2 or higher rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] succumbtothegreater:
Today I started experiencing extremely high RAM usage for some reason.anyone else having this issue?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
My ram has always been pretty high after I load my apps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Pretty normal on touchwiz ROMs. Mine is always about a gigabyte after I load my apps.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Yea, mine is a little over a gig.

Hey whip, do you still want to make some kind of rom together?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jrny99:
the MetalWhip rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
+1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clopes91:
My data going in and out was do to me living in an area where I'm in between lte and 3g but I don't understand why my volumes keep decreasing and don't stay when I shut off the screen
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I haven't seen the issue with the volume not sticking before.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clopes91:
It happens during phone calls and while playing music though Bluetooth

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I love this rom btw
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Intersting.. :P

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clopes91:
Confusing lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Thats strange. Do you use any volume related apps?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clopes91:
No I did use your volume mods that's all though
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Thats really strange.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I've been reworking the volume button to skip track mod because there is something wrong with it. If you flashed that, it could be why the volume is acting up. I removed the link.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clopes91:
I did flash it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
That's probably what the problem is, I don't know what I screwed up on it but it doesn't work right. I will post a flashable zip tonight for my stock androidpolicy.jar. I got excited when I finally thought it was working and I shouldn't have posted a zip to flash. Apologies to anyone that flashed it. I'm still working on it, trying to get some help, but I don't know enough about coding yet to fix it myself.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] clopes91:
No stress bro your doing great
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
How do you like the rom otherwise? It's been fun putting it all together.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I posted a zip to revert to a working androidpolicy.jar. Please flash.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Parkourkid93:
Wasn't sure about how I felt about the transparency overlay, but screw it, here is a quickywith it and one without lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
That's sweet! Thanks man
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Parkourkid93:
no problem bro, more coming to you and Whiplashh, i'm just lazy at the moment, and i need food haha
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
No worries
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdm-e4gt:
anyone experiencing issues with wifi not connecting and having to turn off and back on?

other than this issue. i love this rom! great battery life. 4+ hrs screen time...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I haven't experienced that issue before. Anyone else?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Actually I have had that happen to me a few times. It's very random. I figured it was the router I have because it has only done it at home when I start to lose signal.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
3.4 is up, small update. Volume button mod is finally working. You guys can probably dirty flash but I did a clean flash.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDriller:
Just so everyone knows, this volume mod has a selectable timeout plus the buttons are user defined for what you want them to do. :D

Tapatalk 4 sucks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
Hey man, you never told me that! Lol. How are those adjusted?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDriller:
Lol. At the bottom of sound settings where it says Music Control?

Press on it. This should pop up

Tapatalk 4 sucks

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BTW, Broncos are KILLING IT this year!

Tapatalk 4 sucks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
The Broncos are unstoppable, and my settings, sound, doesn't have that option. I must've not put the one in the rom that you sent me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheDriller:
Yeah try the one I sent you and get back to me. If it was my mistake and I sent you the wrong one I'll send it again. I have so many decompiled SecSetting.apk's on my computer I probably sent the wrong one lol

Tapatalk 4 sucks