yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Since my OG Evo, I only wipe cache, dalvik, data and system once and flash away the new ROM, kernel and reboot. If it's an update on the ROM I just wiped both caches and flash away. I wipe system if it's a very incremental update only, data stays untouched until I switch ROM, then repeat the steps, no issues since, and I've used RA's, TWRP and CWM recoveries.

On topic, I finally got a FC :P! When I select the Real Dark Slim I get a "system settings stopped working", no big deal because the change stick but nonetheless it's there. Maybe my phone is trying to tell me to stop dirty flashing so much...!!

From my Sprint Galaxy S3 with KitKat using Tapatalk Pro
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sixgunmojo:
Holy crap thats a lot! I remember on my Epic 4g the process was just wipe data/cache/dalvik x3 install rom and you were good to go.This was the process even just for an incremental upgrade. This behavior became so ingrained that even now I very rarely dirty flash. I don't think I came accross formating /system untill CM 9 or 10 at which point in time I was getting some weird behavior just doing the d/c/d wipe.

My current setup/process for flashing (even weeklies/minor upgrades) now is:

Any app that can store a backup on extsdcard does (photos always set to store here)

Any app that stores its backup only on sdcard gets the backup manually copied to extsdcard. Apps usualy backed up ~weekly (I'm always playing with things) Extsdcard backed up to computer ~once a month*

USe TiBu to create a zip file of my apps (app only, no data)

Double check sdcard to make sure I havent forgotten anything.

Nandroid. I always have at least 3 - 2 of my current rom and 1 TW. I usually make one a day or 2 after an install and everything is working ok. Renamed to {RomVersion-Date} i.e SlimKat4.0-4.1.14

Now because I believe that a little extra work now saves a lot of headaches later (or I'm just paranoid)

Wipe data/cache/dalvik x3

Format /system, /cache, /data, /sdcard x3

Flash rom and if necessary kernel, rebooot and do basic phone setup. Reboot to recovery (RtR)

Install Gapps, reboot and setup Google acct. RtR

Flash the zip from TiBu. For some stupid reason this automatically reboots the phone without going back into the recovery menu. RtR

Wipe cache and dalvik, reboot. Not sure if this actually does any good but it makes me happy

Move backup and config files to their proper locations and setup the few app that don't have backups. Usually just loging back in.

If I am changing roms or around the 2nd major upgrade I will re-download my apps from the playstore/f-droid/xda.

This may sound like a lot of work but once you get the basic setup it takes ~15 to 20 mins and eliminates pretty much everything except user stupidity*

*I spent a weekend setting up Windows computers for my mom and sister and got used to removing most of the shortcuts on the desktop. The ones with the little curved arrow in the upper left corner. Later that evening I was poking around my phone file system and wondered why I had 2 files (/external_sd & /extSdCard) that appeared identical and pointed to the same location. ES File explorer (I don't know about others) shows symlinks with a small curved arrow in the bottom left. Yep, you guessed it, I said to myself " I don't need 2 shortcuts to my extSdCard" and deleted sdcard_ext, thus deleting my entire external sdcard! F*** ME!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 88EVGAFTW:
Love this rom and AOSP, but Snapchat not working is the only thing holding me back from using one daily -_- :( i wish google would get on it and fix it :rolleyes:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
Went out to the bar last night and noticed I kept LTE from 3.10. Loving this with LeanKernel so far.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nimaim:
Sadly, I'm not seeing this, I charged my phone in the morning, pulled it out of the charger at 12 PM and I'm already down to 50% (at 10 PM). I didn't do anything on my phone either and connected to WiFi all day. I even Greenify all battery hungry apps that like to work in the background. I'm kind of worried my battery is finally not holding charge anymore and dying fast; tempted to go back to SlimBean and test that theory out. I miss going 1-2 days between charges with minimal usage on my phone. I barely get a day now sadly. The problem is not the ROM, I believe it's KitKat as a whole. Different kernels don't help either, I am already running LeanKernel undervolted pretty aggressively. Besides that though, I have no complaints on stable.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JaylanPHNX:
Actually, your statement about your battery still holding a charge makes sense. Many have talked about KitKat having poor battery life, but if you think about the age of this device, some of the earlier sold devices may well be coming up on the lifespan of the batteries. It would be interesting to see what difference, if any, replacing the battery with a new one would have.

From my Pro Tab 8.4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
It may be possible that you just need to change the battery. I'm getting some nice battery life on my end with LeanKernel. Haven't done anything to the clock speed either.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
I remember all this from my OG Epic days as well, man that was fun stuff...

I'm assuming you're talking about the new 4.1 build?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dmctag:
I also get much better battery using Lean/SlimKat than StockKernel/SlimBean combo. akaTRAP, I have a q for you, are you running google's apps (ie. gmail, calendar, Voice)?? Your battery life is commendable and I am on a quest.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sixgunmojo:
My battery life about the same (if not better) as [MENTION=5754157]akaTRAP[/MENTION]. Same SlimKat/Leankernel setup. I don't know what his setup is, but mine, in relation to battery life is:

All radios not explicitly being used are off. Tasker profiles setup to turn radios on and off as needed by apps.

Sync is off for everything. Nothing syncs until I request it.

Screen brightness is set to ~15%. Manually changed as conditions warrant.

As far as google apps go I only use Play and Voice

Any app I dont use is frozen in TiBu. Especially Google apps, I'm reeeeeally starting to not trust them. Maybe just paranoia on my part. :)

Two things that I also do that probably have slim to no effect on battery life are: 1) Disabling notifications from apps that send push messages. This stops my led from blinking for a while when I'm not near my phone, plus if my led is blinking its either a text or a missed call (and therfore probably important). 2) Tasker profiles to set different media volumes depending on what app is in use.

Good luck. Hope this helps in some small way.

PS obviousy this is not a phone used for work. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SirHustlerEsq:
#3, I still can't use the camera at all. Much sadness, the OEM ROM is shockingly unstable, I guess they expect me to be on a GS5 by now. lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
The only Google apps I use are Chrome and Gmail. The battery will drain once I start actually using my phone, eg Facebook and browsing, but if it's on idle, it'll sit for hours and will barely lose a charge.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickpcb:
I have no issues with battery life with the included kernel. Everything is smooth...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
I'm running Lean Kernel 9.5 with InteractiveX governor and I do use my phone for work plus GPS on, sync on, Lux autobrightness on dynamic, almost all user apps greenified and this weekend with a heavy gaming use by my kid. Mind you I have the ZL 7000ma battery, it's very difficult to drain it very quickly. Still, that 12% will last until tomorrow midday easily.

From my Sprint Galaxy S3 with KitKat using Tapatalk Pro
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iLLdWes:
Well on bulid 3 i had a huge battery drain and it sucked... As soon sd i upgraded to 4.1 build battery life improved a lot. My main complaint was battery life and now it's much better... Sucks you're not seeing an improvement... But for me its much better.. Last way longer during the day
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rcatank:
insufficient storage plague!!!!

anyone else a victim of the ****ing insufficient storage plague with the Play store in build 4 AIO apps, running latest 4.1 stabe?

god damn wasted 3 hours trying to get rid of this issue. All i want to do is download and install busy box (be it adb or via the play store).

things tried

-cleared data/cache google play store and services

- wipe delvik/cache

- fix permissions

- install supersu via recovery

- installed lucky for odex conversion

this is balls out an issue on every slim rom i have flashed on the S3 - trust me... I love SLIM as much as the next nerd.... but after 3 hours of damn taking every stupid angle on this.... i am going to quit for the night..

just wanted to know if anyone else feels the pain here.,...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
the newest weekly is a unified build http://slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/dlsearch/viewcategory/1185-d2lte
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Tested extensively, there are no 4g dropping issues after reboot. Pretty stable as I wasn't able to find a single bug!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
dope! did you dirty flash it or nah?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kjjm:
Weekly 4.2 (clean install) is also working very well for me, so far, and flashing lean kernel no longer causes the non-stop pulsing LED issue. It stops pulsing just before the home screen, just like the stock setup does now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] amiblindyet:
So that's the cause of the LED pulsing. Looks like I'll flash up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sixgunmojo:
Does anyone know how much, if any, of the Slim codebase is CM based? I ask this because yesterday CM posted on their blog that their d2lte and jflte milestone builds were being postponed due to issue with the CDMA variants (thats us). I have 2 areas of concern. 1) Rom devs drop "official" support for CDMA phones due to continual issues that are a pita, or 2) CDMA builds become less stable. I understand from a devs point of view that unified builds probably simpllify thing greatly. I have wondered why, outside of the radio hardware, this didn't happen earlier.

I used to think that CM was the cats meow. Started with 7.2 on my OG Epic and ran it pretty much until the 11 issues just became too much for me to deal with (APN, bluetooth, camera, and general stability) For my (minmal) needs Slim has consistently been the most stable rom out there and I would hate to see anything happen that would make it less than the stellar build that it is.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] imdaman99:
Can I dirty flash 4.2 over 4 stable? I didn't need 4.1 as I did not have any touch issues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cballin22:
I just did a clean install initially it gave phone error but after the first reboot 0 issues all is working just fine
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nimaim:
Ahh I see we now have unified builds, flashing now to get rid of the notification LED issue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rcatank:
no one else installed SuperSU and BusyBox and is getting this issue of insufficient store on d2spr?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
I did (but only to test fit people that like it dirty), I clean flashed after testing
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
I went from 10% on my phone to 70% in an hour charging it from a wall adapter...........WOW.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JaylanPHNX:
Is this on the newest unified build? If not, try that one with a clean install.

From my Pro Tab 8.4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rcatank:
No I am using 4.1 Stable build. Where are you seeing the Unified Weekly 4.2? I can't see it under the Weekly section for d2spr

I still see Official - Slim-d2spr-4.4.2.build.4.1-OFFICIAL

And latest Weekly for d2spr is - Slim-d2spr-4.4.2.build.3.10-WEEKLY-3444

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I think I found it......

http://slimroms.net/index.php/downl.../10117-slim-d2lte-4-4-2-build-4-2-weekly-3733

So in other words the comotion above is that d2spr and d2vzw would go away... and no since CM is moving to unified builds, so would SLIMRom....

And thus every SGS3 phone would start using d2lte instead....

nailed it?

So should I flash d2lte on d2spr? Hopefully its not going to brick my phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Yes, flash d2lte, it won't brick, everything has been tested and it runs beautifully! Happy flashing!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rcatank:
d2lte : (

no dice with d2lte....

I think it has to with me flash SuperSU and Busybox right after 2nd boot.

2 x ALL Wipes ---> ROM + GAPPS build4 ---> SETUP wait 5 mins ---> Reboot ---> Install SuperSU, BusyBox TiBu ---> Reboot. After reboot, I seem to get the insufficient storage issue and also I cannot restore anything in TiBu.

I have been using this method for multiple ROM's including build 3, and this is the first this has happened. Even fixing permissions did not work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VitoHGrind:
I was having camera issues, but I think it was tied to an sd card issue. I have a 64 GB card formatted in exfat and the ROM didn't recognize it after my dirty flash. Prior to flashing the v4 update, the camera was set to save to the SD card so when the card was no longer recognized the camera would just crash. I just flashed the exfat fix and now my camera works.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rcatank:
just reconfirmed this issue is not happening on build.3-OFFICIAL-3060 + build 3 gapps. My build 3 is stable and SuperSU/Play Store/BusyBox/TiBu all able to run fine. I am only getting it on Build 4 and the new Unified LTE version.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Not having this issue at all, hasn't been reported here or in the g+ community which leads me to believe it has to be something in your end
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
all good here... dirty flashed... even Xposed works and custom kernel
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HenBoward:
I'm having no luck removing a persistent voicemail notification!

Can't find the option anywhere in the dialer. Any one else?

sent from my SlimKatted GSTres
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
get Xposed framework and use NotifyClean
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HenBoward:
Did a data wipe via TiBu, seems to be all good!

sent from my SlimKatted GSTres
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rcatank:
Just wanted say horray! I got my problem fixed finally... The issue was with permissions and I dont know why it was just me... But the post above, the way I flashed and updated was as follows:

2 x ALL Wipes ---> ROM + GAPPS build4 ---> SETUP wait 5 mins ---> Reboot ---> Wait 5 minutes ---> Recover- Fix Permissions > Reboot ---> Install SuperSU, BusyBox TiBu ---> Reboot

:cowboy:After all that, it worked for me, no more insufficient storage, and TiBu restored all my 734 apps perfectly on the ext4 partition.

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anyone using USB devices via OTG on this build and tested working?:silly:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JaylanPHNX:
Glad you got it working. It's funny, I haven't had to do a Fix Permissions in so long that I forgot there even was such a thing. Used to be pretty common and often necessary back I'm my MyTouch4G days.

From my Pro Tab 8.4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cballin22:
One thing I did notice texts msgs will not exceed 160 characters
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
What app are you using? This used to be an issue with Hangouts (what I use now) but they got it fixed not too long ago. If you're using that and an older version of Gapps, that might have something to do with it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wallythander:
The regular old Messaging App doesn't seem to be doing multi part SMS correctly, I have noticed the same thing. It cuts off at 160 characters, but somehow autocorrect still sees what you type, even though it doesn't seem to be there. It doesn't show up for example when you delete the parts of the message you can see, but autocorrect behaves like you typed out a whole word. It is pretty weird.

That was the first thing I noticed, the second was that after a dirty flash over a clean install of 4.1, the lockscreen PIN pad seemed to rotate, even though the setting said rotation was disabled. However, after setting it to disabled again, the problem seems to be gone.

Edit: Forgot to mention, beyond those two things everything has been flawless with the unified build so far as I can tell. Again, great work from the Slim Team
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nimaim:
Hangouts or MMS? Hangouts was fixed to support this in the last version or so but I use the Messaging app to send 160+ character txt messages as MMS (there's an option in settings for this) since splitting doesn't always appear in order on other people's phones anyway. I get texts from my friends who have iPhones and it appears out of order for me in Messaging. Plus, MMS is cleaner for those long messages.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Thordim:
I use go sms. It had an option to delay sending which means after splitting the message it also delays the sending each one. Always appears correctly on the other end
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] smartguy10:
Is anyone having issues with data dropping on the 4.1 stable . Tried switching the phone from lte to cdma same issue no data .

Flashed tw ROM update profile and data hasn't dropped yet. Should I re flash 4.1 as this might be known issue ??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr.Miyagi555:
I been having the persistent voicemail notifications for over 6 months. I finally was able to make it go away though properly i think.

Edit ..

Ughh after a week free of voicemail notification It came back and my fix did not work again. If anyone knows how to get rid of this crap let us know. It seems like some people call sprint to disable voicemail and reenable to get rid of it but not completely sure if t works.

And this persistent voicemail notification only occurs in aosp ROMs for me.

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I have not noticed any bugs yet in slimkat 4.1 build but my LTE isn't good in San Antonio. My pro is on the latest 25018 , what are u guys using?

Also is leankernel the most used for slimkat? If so what are the optimal scheduler and governor to use?

Thanks in advance
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Lean only has 2 interactivex is what you should use as he has it optimized for this phone... Scheduler I almost always use sio
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Mr.Miyagi555:
Where is thread located I did a search but wasn't sure.

NM found it in the at&t section

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I only see row and deadline. I'm on the latest LK 9.6
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
4.1 stable rebooted on me three times in the week I used it. Also sometimes my touchscreen wouldn't respond at all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] flastnoles11:
Yep, couldn't remember which one it had as I'm testing deathly kernel right now, row or deadline are great but I'd go with deadline
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] smartguy10:
Only had one reboot on stable 4.1 & that was a clean install .

Is anyone having data drop issues on 4.1 and what they have done to fix it . Should I try APN backup method
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rcatank:
I had some issues to get the ROM working for me, but nothing to do with data / LTE - that is working flawlessly.

1. Make sure you are on CDMA/LTE or CDMA/LTE/EVDO/GSM, and not just CDMA.

2. Try fixing your 4g with Stock ROM and going through the activation process - ##72786# and update profile + PRL, then flash back Slim (has worked me many times in the past hopping ROMS)

3. If all else fails, APN

Here is the link for SPRINT

http://buzzmobile.us/sprint-apn-settings-android-us/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HenBoward:
Is there a way to disable the backlights behind the back and menu key? I'm using the nav bar and it just looks Wonky having two back keys lol.

Tried Soft Buttons Light app from the play store but the "always off" option doesn't work.

sent from my SlimKatted GSTres
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Use "Capacitive buttons" on the play store, it says for HTC only but works flawless here, it's been mentioned a while back here.. [emoji106]

BTW, my S3 still feels fast and responsive as if it was new, SlimKat may be the last ROM my phone sees until my upgrade, which looks like it will be the next Nexus or as long as my phone stays working like it's doing now I don't mind waiting for 2015, my contract will be grandfathered then and I can choose freely ;)

From my Sprint Galaxy S3 with KitKat using Tapatalk Pro
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] faxmonkey:
I've had this weird issue on the 4.4.2 build 3 ROM. Every so often when playing voice-mails an old fashion modem dial-up sound starts up and continues for a while instead of the actual voicemail. I usually have to reboot phone to get rid of it. I'll be updating to build 4 to see if it stops.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] HenBoward:
[MENTION=857253]snowman_pr[/MENTION] thanks a billion!

I'm only temporarily using this GS 3 until my wife gets her upgrade, then I get my HTC M7 back...But this ROM has been flawless for me!

sent from my SlimKatted GSTres
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nimaim:
Flashed the 4.4.2 build 4.2 unified weekly today along with LeanKernel 9.6 and feels even more snappy than the stable release. May delete everything and do a clean flash as it seems very stable.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rcatank:
Can you share the exfat fix?

I am having similar issues. I also have 64gb card formated with 50gb on FAT32 and 10GB on Ext4. But when I switch the camera from internal storage to External storage, the Camera app crashes. Other Camera apps can handle it just fine. But default cannot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] VitoHGrind:
Got this from another user earlier in the thread. Here's the link:

Hope it works for you too!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TheGTS:
Hey guys, I am not able to go into the Security options in Settings. I keep getting this error " Unfortunately, Settings has stopped."

Also, getting the same error for Clock.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
I would agree, I'm also running the latest unified version and it's going pretty well. The only weird thing is, I can't seem to find where I can make any adjustments to the kernel. I'm also running LK, which I normally don't have to change, and I don't necessarily need to, but the 'Performance' option doesn't seem to be there for me anymore. Am I missing where I need to enable it or anything?

I'll edit this post in a second with a screenshot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hupo224:
CDMA is on by default. If I switch to LTE I get no data. Any help or suggestions? I did update my PRL on a TW rom before I did this. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lukengruven:
I had clock issues until I did a clean install.

sent from d2spr on tapatalk
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lvpre:
It is a known issue. A patch was submitted that should work, but hasn't been merged yet. Haven't tried this rom, but see if they have a nightly from March 23 or earlier... I think it broke after that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gimmeitorilltell:
I can be in anything, even freezes while in the app drawer and the back button don't work. Launcher is cooked in this room I haven't changed anything nor have I restored any data. Lol on the less smashing, I'll give that a whirl :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xxSTARBUCKSxx:
Lol. Good to know. When you flashed this ROM, before hand did you do a format/system when you wiped data?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CyberGmonster:
Quick question, when I nandroid back to this ROM something make it very unstable. Apps start FC'ing. I noticed the same with other 4.3 ROMs. Anyone else notice the same issue?

Sent from my Smurf Bombed S3 via TapTap