yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nostrings:
Camera issues

I use Skype and Tango for my video chat.

When I use Skype, and turn the video on, the other party only sees a message of "Starting video...", and stays like that - my video is never sent (I can see them fine, though).

If I try to send them a video message, then that video is sent without an issue.

Tango video chat works. However, there is a feature within Tango to record a video and send that as a message - the video ends up being garbled (like it is scrambled, with vertical green bars).

None of these issues are present on TW.

Does anyone else have these issues?

This has been happening for a while now (actually, all of the AOSP ROMs that I have tried have had this issue).

I just tried this on a clean install of the 3.10 weekly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] j00manji:
sounds like some apps need to be updated to work with KitKat. Snapchat does something similar with the front facing camera when you want to take pictures or video.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nostrings:
I am wondering whether it's just AOSP KitKat having issues, or TW KitKat, too. Maybe someone with both can chime in...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] helchez:
I'm new to SlimKat. Is there anyway to disable hardware button lights?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nostrings:
I tried SlimBean - same thing. So it has to be an AOSP. I guess dualbooting SlimKat and TW might be in the horizon (not sure how feasible it is these days) to be able to use these apps with the camera. *sigh*
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] smartguy10:
Anyone having issues with loosing data , when I am on LTE/CDMA data works fine but suddenly I loose data .

Once I reboot and switch to CDMA it works . Do I have to flash TW to fix this issue ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
For what it's worth, I did hear there was a 4.4.3 in the works that's only for fixes. Maybe once that's released we'll see more stable ROMs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sixgunmojo:
Was it this?. Hopefuly this fixes it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nostrings:
I really hope so. While I can live with a little battery drain, having the camera have a spotty working record is a bit off-putting, given how important the feature is in smart phones. While I can use TW to not have this problem, I *really* don't want to.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
Yea, that's what I was referring to.

My question is, how much is it going to fix on our devices considering KitKat hasn't even been officially released yet?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hayzooos:
I've been having some similar issues, but I wasn't sure if it was the ROM or the change in modem I did. I'm still on 3.6 but I updated to that one and made the modem change at the same time. I'm on modem MK3 now but I don't remember what I was on before. If I were to guess, it would've been MD4.

I drop data a lot more often than I did before, and it takes longer to bring it back. Only happens when driving, but getting data back can take up to a minute or two.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noles4life50:
New gapps posted, should be seeing a new build soon if it's not already there I'd think
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
http://slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/dlsearch/viewcategory/1044-d2spr BOOM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MikeWjF:
The new build seems to be going into deep sleep easier so far. Hopefully that CDMAINBOUNDSMSHANDLER wakelock problem is gone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nimaim:
Hmm that would be nice. May be time for a clean flash now that stable is out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
It's been two hours since I flashed, but I'm still at work where there's no data so I can't test the cdmainbound wakelock properly. Did a dirty flash over the 3.6 weekly, only wiped /system as per the dirty flash instructions, then flashed Lean kernel 9.5 and so far so good, then again, weekly 3.6 was stable for me too, which says a lot about the great quality of this ROM. I'll keep testing tonight and tomorrow, if anything happens I'll let you all know regarding the wakelock. :fingers-crossed: :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] manso1102:
Unfortunately I'm still getting the ghost lines on the camera, still only when using flash in dark areas.

Bluetooth still does the connecting then disconnecting in the car.

Not sure if the audio is fixed yet, I was having a problem before where after a while the phone volume would go down

I do like the new recent app screen, and overall the phone is still fast and stable.

Great job on the Rom!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CFitzgerald11:
loving the stable with a few edits - here they are for your collective benefit

today's stable build on a completely clean flash is running great and sleeping like a tranquilized gorilla. For those of you who have noticed, while it has been marked stable most of you may have noticed that the camera has bugs (especially the ffc on third-party apps) that have been squashed in the merged d2lte builds. By unzipping, copying the hardware libs that I will attach to this post (labeled: pac_d2lte-nightly.zip), overwriting the files found in /system/lib and setting permissions to rw-r-r and rebooting, the issues will disappear. Also, if you have yet to try the latest version of quantum kernel (3/29) that can be found from the quantum facebook page or below I would HIGHLY recommend it (he does undervolt things quite a bit but it has proved to be solid as hell in my daily use)

follow the links below and enjoy - let me know if you have any problems

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6kl1d4hb0rmt6pc/pac_d2lte-nightly.zip

https://www.dropbox.com/s/34bi9uy3oysycb3/QuantumKernel-3-29.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iLLdWes:
Did a clean install on the new build and when it boots up and goes to the activation screen the touch screen doesn't work. I have the latest version of CWM. I had to pull the battery and reboot into recovery to install build 3. Any ideas?? Also as much as i like this ROM I had better battery life on my old JB ROM .. Any ideas about my issue tho?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nimaim:
Thank you sir, that sounds very promising, I will try your method. What governor/scheduler combo are you running by the way? I noticed Quantum also features imoseyon's interactiveX from LeanKernel so it's like an all-in-one.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] smartguy10:
Wait so the newest build didn't fixed the camera issues
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sixgunmojo:
Clean flash, even re-downloaded all apps from play store evey thing looks great with one little hiccup, I cannot change the focus mode on the camera. It is stuck in continual focus mode and that s**t drives me nuts. A (very) brief google search doesn't seem to turn up any info. Could someone either confirm or deny this behavior. The camera fix posted by [MENTION=2382420]CFitzgerald11[/MENTION] doesn't seem to fix this.

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The camera fix mentioned earlier by [MENTION=5754157]akaTRAP[/MENTION] is from a leaked nexus preview build of 4.4.3 this is still 4.4.2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] smartguy10:
Same on build 3 focus mode gets stuck in continuous mode also cannt change it ...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MikeWjF:
CDMA sms bug is back up to its old tricks. Frustrating..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nostrings:
So the camera libs only fix the ffc on third party apps using the camera? You haven't tried using Skype video chat, by any chance, have you? I went back to TW because of that, and I really am not happy with the bloat there. :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sixgunmojo:
Are you using Sprints VVM? I posted this a while back for the same problem and I think VVM was the culprit. I would install the app like usual (sideload) and every thing would appear to be fine but the actual voicemail wasn't provisioning properly. I actually had to call my phone number and go through the whole setup for voicemail again. Haven't seen a Cdma wakelock since.

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I feel your pain. I just found out a couple of days ago the apparently Sprint has finally gotten lte in my area. Told my self that when 4.0 stable dropped I would clean install a TW rom to see if my lte issues were because of Slim or the crappy data sevice Spint has in my area, aaaaaanndd couldn't do it (I weep when I have to deal with my sister's stock s3).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MikeWjF:
No I'm actually using You Mail. Although I did just notice that I wasn't logged in....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nostrings:
Between the slowness, bloat that you cannot get rid of, a sense of closeness/lack of control, and the playskool theme (among others that I don't have the patience to enumerate), it's painful each time I have to use my phone. And this is using a TW based ROM (MOAR), in hopes of alleviating some of the pain (it hasn't worked at all). :(

Damn you Slim devs - you have ruined TW (and other ROMs) for me!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
I can also confirm being stuck in "continuous mode"

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http://slimroms.net/index.php/news/445-slimkat-based-on-android-4-4-3-release-this-evening ... oooooh... hmmm not for us just yet but DANG.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
I actually had this phone freeze up on me twice in 10 minutes, listening to music both times through Poweramp :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
Poweramp had some issues for me too dirty flash... I went and cleared cache of Poweramp the APP (not wipe cache in recovery) then force stopped it.. rebooted.. and no problems.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iLLdWes:
So no one has had issues installing the new build?? The touch screen was unresponsive with build 4 but works fine with build 3. Oh and I never had any issues with LTE.. I refuse to go back to TW, every time I have to use my girls phone I cringe at the thought... I did a clean install as well
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sixgunmojo:
I don't know how you set you phone up, but if I may, 2 suggestions:

1) Titanium Backup pro (or something similar). I don't usually recommend paid aps but TiBu is phenomenal (and I only use it regularly for 2 things). If you can't or are not sure if you should remove an app you can freeze it.

2) Find a third party launcher and setup that you like and stick with it. My TW and AOSP setups are d**n near identical on the surface, with differences mostly under the hood.

This won't make TW run like Slim but it can ease the pain somewhat. :)

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Dammit man! That tease is like scrolling down a pictue of a hot, naked asian chic and seeing a penis at the bottom :eek:

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I'll test Poweramp later, see what happens.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
dude. im sure this is an April Fools joke lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sixgunmojo:
Dammit man! I always forget what today is. :o But there have been many rumors in the last week of 4.4.3 dropping soon. (yeah, yeah, I know about believing everthing you see on the internet)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cballin22:
im not sure if this had been mentioned or not but most video type aps like ovoo or skype or anything else do not work on this rom from my experience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nostrings:
Thanks for letting us know - that's the only thing that is keeping me away from this ROM at this time. :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] breakinyoankelz:
I had the exact same problem with the touch screen being unresponsive. Clean flash 3x, re-downloaded both build 4 and GAPPS, no dice. Reverted back to build 3 and it's working fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JaylanPHNX:
I wonder if flashing another kernel would make a difference.

Sent from my Slim Nexus 5 with smoothness by Faux.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nimaim:
Yes! This is bugging the crap out of me too. I start the camera app and it takes a bunch of random out of focus shots, and then eventually freezes resulting in me having to kill it and not being able to start it back up anymore without a reboot (shows "can't connect to camera"). Audio also cut out a few times while listening to Pandora with my bluetooth headphones (this never happened before). So needless to say, still some issues with this release, more-so than there were with SlimBean IMO, but still stable compared to anything else out there.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nimaim:
So I tried flashing LeanKernel back on (was on Quantum but I prefer Lean due to the slimness), and my phone now FCs all over the place, can't even unlock the screen and get to the home screen. Not sure why the kernel broke the ROM.

EDIT: Flashed Quantum again and all is good, but I can't go back to LeanKernel. So be careful when flashing Quantum or at least make a backup of your ROM because flashing it. I'm going to TB my apps and start fresh with LeanKernel.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Well, this is my experience so far... Dirty flashed over Weekly 3.6, which itself was dirty flashed over Stable 3.0. No issues at all with Lean kernel 9.5 (knock on wood). No FC's no random reboots, nothing at all. And NO "cdmaindbound" wakelock so far (could be because I uninstalled Sprint's VVM)!!! Only thing is the camera continuous focusing, and the refusal of video on instagram and the like. I too use Poweramp but haven't used it yet since I flashed, but did ran Pandora and TuneIn Radio without issues. I can also confirm the phone goes to sleep way faster than before, overall I'm pretty satisfied with this build. :good::D

Just another example of the big differences between our S3's, same phone and ROM, yet so many different experiences... :cool:

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There's a flashable script at Ktoonzez kernel thread that is great for installing new kernels, it "prepares" your phone to flash a new kernel without remnants of the previous kernel causing havoc on the phone, don't know if it could help you but I've always used it and works, maybe it's a placebo effect but you can always try, hope it helps :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nostrings:
I had that happen to me before. The problem wasn't the kernel - in my case, the problem was Android Tuner; I had saved some voltage settings/setting to be applied on init, which worked with quantum kernel, but wasn't working with lean kernel. After removing/deleting those settings from Android Tuner, all was well after. Maybe you are using something of a similar app...?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noles4life50:
Cdmainbound I believe comes from the messages app, not the voicemail... I don't use vvm and get that wakelock sometimes after a reboot, send myself a text and it goes away as soon as the text is received....

Also the script that you're referring to only clears both caches and fixes permissions, nothing more
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] amorse2183:
I had the same exact thing happen. I tried 4 times. I even tried to dirty flash it but while it would get to the home screen not everything worked and things force closed and wasn't responsive. I just had to go back down to the last build that worked..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Oh I know it's something to do with the sms inner workings, as I said before it has happened to me regardless of sms app, somehow the text from the voicemail system doesn't arrive properly and gets "stuck" between the app and the network, thus sending a text to yourself forces the app to resume work and bug gone.

About the kernel script, thanks for clarifying, it worked out well for me but could be the placebo effect ;)

From my Sprint Galaxy S3 with KitKat using Tapatalk Pro
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sixgunmojo:
Just my 2 cents.

I don't think VVM causes the wakelock. I think in my case it triggered the events that led up to it. When I was hunting that bastard down I used to get it even when both messaging and hangouts were frozen. I tried an app called GSam Battery monitor. Its like BBS but will tell you (sometimes) specifically what app is causing the wakelock. My cdma wakelock was comming from a phone apk (there are 3). It wouldn't be more specific, but if I had to pick one I would suspect Phone Messaging/Storage (SMS/MMS/APN). If sending a text to youself is all it takes to fix it then all is good, even if it is slightly annoying.

OT rant **angrily shakes fist at sky** "Why can't we get a spell checker on xda?" **falls to knees in defeat**
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nicklovell23:
4.1 build up should fix touchscreen issue
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nimaim:
Thanks for all your support on our device, about to clean flash everything now :) Glad I waited til tonight for the fixed release.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iLLdWes:
Just clean flashed 4.1 and it seems to be running fine... Didnt have any problems with the touch screen. Will test LTE tomorrow.. MMS works.. Thx for the update! Camera took a picture once when i turned the phone sideways..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CFitzgerald11:
I don't use Skype but I downloaded and tested it for you :)

worked fine :)

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sorry for the late reply but I have been switching between interactive, intelliactive, and asswax as governors and they have all been working great and giving excellent battery performance on top of being snappy as shiiiitt. you will notice that interactivex is no longer an option because he built in the screen off max (can be set in trickstermod) so it makes interactive the same as interactivex since you can now set it regardless of governor. I use row as my scheduler for its consistency and its working well in these combos so far
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nostrings:
Thank you very much for doing that!

Did you have a video chat/conference with anyone? Could they see you? I have had no luck in getting that part working with any 4.3+ AOSP ROMs. :(
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fitz420:
Is everyone having camera issues or just some. Camera works fine on previous build for me. I was gonna clean flash the new build but not if camera is having issues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sam.assad:
thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] amiblindyet:
I haven't experienced any camera issues on any build.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
bout to dirty flash && wipe system, i care none at all about wireless data ... only can use wifi on my phone...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sixgunmojo:
Uummmmmm what? Dirty flash && wipe system? Wtfh!? Let me know how that works for you. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
works great! booted right up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sixgunmojo:
Talking out my a** here, But I think camera issues seem to fall int three camps. 1). No issues*. 2) No issues with the camera but 3rd party apps (Snapchat, Skype, Instagram, etc) don't play nice. 3) It doesnt work no matter what you do. I wonder if there is some type of hardware issue. Also a lot of guys that have no working camera appear to have refurbished phones (seen here and in CM forums).

* I fall into the first camp with the exception of being unable to change the focus mode, but 3rd party camera apps do not appear to have that problem

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Did you flash and then wipe system or the other way around. I think that if you wiped system after flashing that would raise all kind of hell. If not please explain. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
nah nah... I wipe system/dalvik/cache all in one shot back to back LOL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sixgunmojo:
Lmao. That makes more sense.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
That's a semi-dirty flash ;)

From my Sprint Galaxy S3 with KitKat using Tapatalk Pro
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nostrings:
I take it you have tried the 3rd party apps, and they work for you? If so, can you zip up and upload your camera libs, APK, and any other relevant files, so that I can have a look? You would be my hero, if I got it working!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JaylanPHNX:
I call it a dingey flash. Not as dirty.

From my Pro Tab 8.4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
I always thought clean flashes were wiping the cache from the recovery & then installing a new ROM..........well, I feel stupid :silly:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sixgunmojo:
Man, I hate to rain on your parade, but I probably wasn't clear with my * or the post in general. What I was saying is there is a problem with the stock camera apk where you cannot change the focus mode, it is stuck in continuous mode. The 3rd party camera apps that I was refering to in the * are camera replacement apps (camera zoom, opencamera, etc) not 3rd party apps that use the camera. I probably should have combined problems 1 and 2 but I don't use any of these apps so I tend to forget that I probably have that issue and am unaware of it. AFAIK no one has found a solution but, as I said, I don't use those apps so If there is a solution I am unaware of it. Perhaps someone with more knowledge of the issue could chime in.

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1) Doh!

2) Don't worry about it to much, I was flashing roms for about 9 months before I realized that you did not have to flash the rom before you flashed a nandroid :p

Pretty sure we all have stories like this :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shekinahsmoke:
:eek: WAT?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
I remember on the Hero forums the rule was:

Nandroid

Wipe cache and dalvik 3 times

Wipe data 3 times

Wipe system 3 times

Flash ROM

Wipe cache and dalvik

Flash kernel

Wipe cache and dalvik

Reboot

Setup ROM

Reboot recovery

Wipe cache and dalvik 3 times

Flash mod/whatever

Wipe cache and dalvik

Reboot

Happy dance

It's a miracle my hero lasted almost 3 years, millions of flashes lol

From my Sprint Galaxy S3 with KitKat using Tapatalk Pro
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
.......yea I've never done any of that lol. I just wipe, flash, flash, flash, wipe, reboot, set up ROM, reboot, run it lol

Glad to say I have LTE with this. I went back to my backup of 3.10 and had LTE as well, then upgraded to 4.1 and LTE stuck. I honestly didn't think I would get LTE here since I don't get it on campus.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iLLdWes:
Battery life is much better on this bulid... Im running lean kernel..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wallythander:
I think all the wipe 3x stuff was either found to be not necessary or it was required for older CWM recoveries that didn't do a very good job wiping partitions, I don't think it has any benefit at all anymore. On the Evo 4G forums people often said that you had to do that if you were on CWM only, not Amon-Ra or eventually TeamWin. Regardless, I eventually do a clean install when the new stable builds come out, although I haven't done one for 4.1 yet (tonight's project). I just dirty install all the weeklies over, I have never had any real issues. Occasionally I realize I have been dirty flashing for too long when certain processes stop regularly, usually a weird one, the last time it happened I kept being told that the process for Yelp crashed. I have found that scripts like V6 supercharger seem to cause more problems and don't really result in that much of a performance improvement on our device, unlike on the Evo where there was a noticeable improvement. Xposed modules have also seemed to often cause problems, some not really worth bothering to fix, though I haven't used it in a long time. I just queue the rom, then the gapps then the kernel. I always wipe caches first, except I read on the DKP thread recently that wiping the caches has no impact when flashing a kernel.