yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PwnCakes193:
Nice explanation LOL.

Anyways I have a nice new kernel coming up, with TONS of changes in iit. I'll list them all soon. Another build is on it's way as well. It's not that bad of a release, and this also starts the release of vanilla CM releases!

I also need to find another hosting service. How do I got android-host?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
As long as its faster than Dev-Host lol. Here in California, its like .3 MB/s...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ps3kev:
Devhost sucks not enough back bone
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theyurtingyeti:
Not alone. I don't know what either are... well, not w/o some Google intervention ;)

I just assume they are tools allowing Pwn to be awesome!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tasteslikechicken:
Vanilla CM releases? How did your previous CM11 builds differ from straight CM11?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Oleschuldad:
Any chance of including fast charge in new kernel/release? :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] czechpunk:
It already is - use TricksterMOD to enable it
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] joshuagalipeau:
Is there any way to make the Rom work with the new Canadian boot loader?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Hurray, RC5! :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mmurphmsu:
I'm downloading too. Gonna try a dirty flash and see if it works OK.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PwnCakes193:
Have fun guys, should be a blazing fast release
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] john.fast:
should we clean flash in your opinion?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
You can't go wrong...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bryancheung:
how would i be able to flash the new updated rom and still keep my files?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
A "dirty" flash: wipe /cache, /system, and Dalvik cache then install the new ROM and GAPPS
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] acme anvil:
If was discussed earlier in the the thread. It requires updating decompiling, modifying and recompiling the rom.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr.Rageface:
Nevermind just wiped it and reinstalled everything again and back on track.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] grndnl:
wiping system deletes all apps, correct or no?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] colt45x:
No, it does not.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rofflayo:
I thought formatting /system makes it a semi-clean flash?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr.Rageface:
Yes when you wipe your cache, dalvik cache and system you will delete all of your apps unless you have them backed up.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Nope, I just did on CWM and I'm fine. If you wipe /data, it'll delete all your apps.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr.Rageface:
Huh I don't remember ever clearning data but my apps are never there on a clean install. Guess I should pay more attention to what I am doing.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] johnnywayne28:
Looks like the guys over at illusion have focal working on their change log
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackwing182:
no one likes dirty flash even devs says always full clean instal. and since this is new and we are gettings this early builds of 4.3 they should be tested clean, like Cyanogenmod devs always says.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dotnetguyaz:
Typically, yes. But, that is for the thread owner/builder to include (or exclude) in the OP. It is not for us as users and testers to jump into someone else's thread and announce. Pwn has been very open and receptive of us testing both ways and reporting feedback to him.

Sent from my GT-P5113
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blackwing182:
For me that kind of Feedback is usesless, but any way we should get back on topic
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dotnetguyaz:
Ramsey doesn't sleep. That man is a machine. Lol I wonder if his commits are around? I would love to see what he did on focal.

Sent from my GT-P5113

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Agreed and agreed. But, this is Pwn's thread and his work. We are just testers. :)

Sent from my GT-P5113
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] phirewire110:
Can someone direct me to call forwarding options? It used to be under phone settings. Trying to setup my Google voice
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lordmorphous:
Call Settings, GSM Call Settings, Call Forwarding
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] DarthDerron:
I think he meant dirty flashing from 4.2.2 to 4.3, but I agree with the rest of your statement

EDIT: BMS kernel just updated to 4.3 :D Gonna try it out with the next release
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] caspersfi:
Also guys if u want to try out new kernels Gideon just released a BMS 4.3.

Testing it out now. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TheIgster:
Sorry if this has been asked before, but if I'm running the latest CM nightly, can I just flash this overtop, or is a factory reset required before flashing? The instructions are not clear on that. Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Nishchhal:
Do a full wipe before flashing since this is a 4.3 rom. Clean installs are always recommended :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drivel2787:
Focal works for me on this Rom

Sent from my sexy Android 4.3 thanks PWNCAKES
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] johnnywayne28:
Oh great now I have to wipe my phone and flash tonight . Well atleast I don't have to work tomorrow :D

Are we talking fully functional or partly functional?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dotnetguyaz:
Fully. Daily driver for me.

sent from my SGH-I747 (10.2 build)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oriveradel:
Fully functional;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] trh1341:
Doesn't work here..hmm
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bobloadmire:
For some reason I don't have root access. Anyone got an idea? Installed super user, no dice.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Aquethys:
[MENTION=596729]Above[/MENTION]: read the OP.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Devhux:
Edit. As posted before me, the answer is in the OP.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] chrisj22:
Focal isn't working for me. Random large battery drains are plaguing me. Seems to be cell standby
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sketch2k278:
Very smooth rom loving the update!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
That's like what wipe data/factory reset does on CWM. I'm not sure if the same thing goes for TWRP.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wschamps42:
Not able to install, wiped everything and factory reset, I'm using TWRP V2.6.1.0. Flash says Failed
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] distracto:
quick simple question - if i try out the latest RC5 + kernel and dont like it can i simply clean wipe and restore a nandroid of 4.3 and be back to the kernel and ROM without foreseeable issue?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Rob116:
Hey pwn, did you happen to find anything out about that "entries refresh" wake lock? Thanks for the new build, downloading now!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fiffan86:
You need to be on 2.6.3.1 for it to work, or use the latest cwm
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wschamps42:
kk Trying to flash that now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] wschamps42:
Yepp This ^ Instructions should say which gapps should be flashed or a link to a thread, but I just did the full PA Gapps 4.4 package. It's funny because the zip is double the size of this ROM haha xD I'm excited to try this ROM it's booting now. Any tips? Never used this ROM or any from this developer before. I saw something about changing the build.prop for something?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PwnCakes193:
Once I cleared data and then refreshed everything was fine!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Reechings:
Anyone else having issues with their microsd not showing up? Complete clean wipe.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] yellowtail187:
Not yet on any of the builds

quantum v3 RC5
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] agentfusion:
For anyone having the sleep of death problem, I managed to find a solution without giving up the performance settings you enjoy.

KT Kernel, adjusting voltage down by 10mV, then enabling whatever governor you want, seems to correct the issue. It also gives a tiny improvement in battery life from lower voltage, but we're talking barely noticeable.

Also make sure to set it to apply on boot with no delay. I use cfq I/o scheduler and its been driving me nuts that as soon as I set it, my phone won't wake from sleep. All is well now, though.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jblparisi:
Video recording is broken from here. It will bootloop after using the third, fourth time and so on..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] friedsonjm:
I change the screen density from 320 to 240 to get more rows and columns.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dabuck:
Deleted, wrong thread.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TeflonMyk:
Is the Cyanogenmod Account not baked into this build (RC5)???
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jswclw:
Probably the issue that has been addressed previously. If exFAT formatted, you will have to set SELinux to Permissive mode and re-mount the SD. Have to do it after every boot unless you make an init.d script to put it in permissive mode at boot.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KorGuy123:
Am I missing something or has the option for the Google Auto Download function gone missing on full wipes?

Or has it been missing since 4.4 was implemented. Did some GoogleFu but cane up with nothing.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] android_4life:
Been missing on all build with 4.4
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KorGuy123:
OK just making sure I'm not losing my mind lol.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] android_4life:
No your not, I miss that feature to.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] friedsonjm:
Would an init.d script be able to modify build.prop to change screen density from 320 to 240?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Subsonic44:
Maybe, but here is a simpler way of doing it!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marutian.dpichanger
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Kaflex:
only once or twice google automatically downloaded my apps after a clean install with a 4.4 rom. I miss it, made it much easier
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] friedsonjm:
Thanks, but I am looking for something automatic that solves it on ROM first boot and does not require a reboot...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Subsonic44:
I guess I never trusted that. I just depend on Titanium Backup.

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You only have to do it once. It will remain at the dpi you set it at untill you either re-set it or install Pwn's next update.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] friedsonjm:
Yes, lazy person that I am, I'm trying to find a way to avoid doing it even once!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Subsonic44:
So far, so good!

Hey Pwn,

V5 looks great so far. I had been using Ktoonsez kernel in the past, but since you made so many changes to Quantum Kernel, I thought I'd give it a try. So far its very smooth and I'm getting just as good of battery performance. I still don't know why you call this an RC! :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TeflonMyk:
I second that! Awesome ROM as always, Pwn!!!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] gunz.jones:
Change it in build.prop manually. You'll still need to reset it every time there is an update. You could try a script runner that starts on boot with the proper commands if init.d wouldn't work. It takes 10 seconds and a reboot.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] friedsonjm:
From what I've been able to search and find, something like this would work:

adb shell grep ro.sf.lcd_density /system/build.prop

ro.sf.lcd_density=240

but again requires a reboot - I guess what I'm really looking for is a zip that can be flashed concurrently with the ROM...

EDIT: Ok, I've gone here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30463210

downloaded the zip file, changed the code using notepad++ to reflect going from 320 to 240:

#!/tmp/busybox sh

/tmp/busybox sed -i 's/ro.sf.lcd_density=320/ro.sf.lcd_density=240/g' /system/build.prop

and re-zipped the file, changing the name to lcd_240.zip. Before I try this, if I'm doing something wrong, and advice would be appreciated! jf
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] verosity:
Quick question, since the camera has problems on 4.3 and I'm hearing on 4.4 as well, how's the camera working this Rom? And how is video recording working as well?

4.3 AOKP, on my phone, videos with really messed up sound.

Appreciate any info on this. Thanks ahead of time.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] danesusername:
I'm really not sure why you're making this more difficult for yourself than it has to be. If you would have just used the app [MENTION=4451222]Subsonic44[/MENTION] mentioned you would have had it done and over with by now.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] friedsonjm:
Yes, I know how to edit build.prop - I guess its an issue of elegance and self-education, at this point!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] danesusername:
Fair enough, carry on!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SkyboneNoya:
Try this for undervolting. maybe its to much for that governor and scheduler though.

Undervolting

1512Mhz = 1175mv

1458Mhz = 1162mv

1350Mhz = 1150mv

1242Mhz = 1100mv

1134Mhz = 1075mv

1026Mhz = 1025mv

918Mhz = 950mv

810Mhz = 850mv

702Mhz = 800mv

594Mhz = 800mv

486Mhz = 750mv <---anything less and I get issues

384Mhz = 750mv

This should be possible but would have to be put into the zip as you mentioned which seems like more work than opening up build.prop in root explorer or similar text editor. Try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=os.tools.scriptmanager&hl=en get the script running to execute once or something like if 320 set 240? either way you'd have to back this up with titanium and have to reinstall it/execute on new version.

Lol this is super lazy, even by my standards!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] lordmorphous:
Yay! Voice+ is back!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TimeAndroid:
OTA updater?

Apparently I can't read, It said right there "OTA Update".
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SkyboneNoya:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47904372&postcount=5852 If you didn't find it. This thread fills up fast!

I was wondering why there are duplicate music files in system/media/audio?

They're adding mb to the download size and failing to allow the rezip process. Clean code is always the best process and it's just sloppy to have something this simple eating away at your bandwidth. Just saying. :p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oliverpeabody:
This might be a dumb question but can I use the 4.4 Gapps for PA for this ROM? I'm having troubles tracking down Gapps for this ROM.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Prufta:
That's for sure
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mbze430:
yes that's what I used the Full package from the PA GAPPS 0-day 11-26, works fine

besides the OP has a link to it. (link is missed typed, so you have to copy and paste)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] friedsonjm:
Yes. jf
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oliverpeabody:
Hey man thanks for response, glad to see that their are people out there willing to help no matter how dumb of a question....
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Its an apps called ROMdB. Open it and subscribe to the updates and as soon as a new version is available, it'll give you a push notification.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PwnCakes193:
Welcome to the Quantum thread :) where the only stupid question is one that has been answered like 4 posts before. We're all nice here :beer:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] oliverpeabody:
Guess i deserved it for being lazy and not reading everything.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
There's no one who'll hunt you down and yell at you to "CHECK THE Q&A!!!1!" because there isn't one and we're all nice :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mbze430:
For those using V4A and struggling to get it to work with as a system wide audio mod here is a link to get it to work 100%. I did this to RC 5 for this ROM, and now I can get effect in ALL my music players. (Pandora, iHeartradio, MusiXmatch, BubbleuPNP, Tune-In Radio Pro). Good luck

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48014940&postcount=9488
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TimeAndroid:
From the play store or with the ROM? Also, does this have call blocking?

And, v3 RC5 is KitKat correct? Seems awfully quick to the RC already considering kitkat was released not to long ago. :P
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] PlayingPoise:
Downloading now! Hopefully some of the bugs regarding audio are fixed, I still had some audio cuts and pops.

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It's in the ROM, and I believe it has call blocking. Any v3 build is KitKat.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TimeAndroid:
One last questions, does it have "Ok Google" on homescreen enabled and does it have the same Linux kernel Android 4.4 has? Forgot the version number, think it was 3.8... But most importantly, does it use less RAM then android 4.3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KefkaticFanatic:
Has anyone been successful in doing a dirty flash from RC4 to RC5? I'm just curious if I would have any problems, as I'm kinda lazy and prefer not to redownload apps... :P I noticed OP talking about having to do a clean flash, but I wasn't sure if that was for this build specifically or a potential future one.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Reechings:
The guys using GravityBox are you able to adjust the quicksetting tiles/order etc.? Doesn't seem to be working for me. I figure maybe xposed or GB need to be updated to keep up with Quantum?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] trecko1234:
Anyone know how to change the screen temperature with the latest kernel and RC5? I tried the launcher shortcut trick but can't find advanced settings in there.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mbze430:
I dirty flashed from the Unofficial CM11 to Quantum RC 5(along with PA GAPP) and haven't had a problem.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
I did and its going swimmingly :D
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jmah10:
May I ask how u like rc5 compared to the cm11? I'm considering switching as well but everything is smooth for me on beta 6 so far..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr.Rageface:
Tried this and soft-bricked after editing the build.prop.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RonG21:
I had no issues dirty flashing
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] -oH-mr_rogers:
I clean flashed RC5 and am getting random reboots and shutdowns, MP-Decision is off etc. I am still running Dalvik and not ART, does anyone think that could be the problem? Or should I just clean install it again and not restore apps from a backup?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] friedsonjm:
How are you doing that restore?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hungmung:
I've never used ART and haven't had any reboots so if I were you I'd download the Rom again and reflash

Sent from my microwave...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] mbze430:
The Quantum RC 5 is "basically" the same as CM11, and since CM11 was abandon and Quantum moving forward it's time to change over.

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you probably used caps for each letter in the beginning on the line. anyone that has been editing build.prop long enough knows that it should be all lower case ;)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] -oH-mr_rogers:
I'm restoring through titanium backup

Ok thanks I'll try again when I get home. Just got to work... Yay for being a waiter lol
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jblparisi:
Is anyone else having video recording issues or is it just me?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr.Rageface:
Nah I've never done it before but seeing all the others with lowercase was all I needed to see to know not to use caps but only one of the 4 lines showed in my build prop and I added the rest, and it did not like it one bit.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] alkiter:
Yeah, same here. Camera still has problems.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drinfernoo:
Which problems? I flashed RC4, took a picture, which put my phone in a boot loop, so I went back to CM11. Is really like to be on this ROM, but the camera is a deal-breaker.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] friedsonjm:
If you have a nandroid, use TI to extract the app&data from the nandroid, if you use CWM (does not seem to work yet with TWRP).

jkf
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TimeAndroid:
May I have my questions answered? Would greatly appreciate it!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SkyboneNoya:
You're questions seem dumb, no offence but this is all mentioned highlights with the release of 4.4. The easiest way to find out is try it out for yourself. Also, kernel version is stated in the OP.

Try to carefully do it again.

Working fine here on RC5 with 11/26 PA GAPPS with ART enabled.

video, picture not a problem.

clear dalvik/cache data/factory reset also, format /system
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] bryancheung:
Got a problem here. After taking 1 picture using "Kik Messenger" or any other app where there's an option to take a picture, the camera just stops working. The Camera app appears black but if I reboot, it works again but stops working after 1 picture is taken. Any solutions on how to fix this?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] :
1. Yes this has the "OK Google" feature that can be turned on and off respectably.

2.Couldn't find out what kernel version 4.4 uses, but RC5 uses 3.4.71.

3. Seeing as how Android is optimized for lower tier phones and can run stable on the Nexus One , I'm guessing so, even though with the S3's 2 GBs of RAM, is way more than I need. I rarely see my ram go over 1 GB.

Hope this helps :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] friedsonjm:
Yes, OK Google is enabled.

'Same kernel as 4.4' is not a valid question; there are a number of 4.4 kernels out there, and yes, it has a 4.4 kernel.

Yes, it does use less RAM than 4.3

HOWEVER, make SURE you are doing a factory reset, NOT a dirty flash coming from 4.3!

Hope that helps.

jf