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[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sbs8331:
I don't know Quantum that well, but you might check this link to the Slimroms site to see its features. Generally you'll find that some bells and whistles don't generally come with Slim (e.g. multi-window, halo, lockscreen notifications). What you do find is great stability and few bugs. A few features they have that seem to be kind of hit-or-miss with other Roms are hardware button settings and lockscreen theme style, which allows you to set a custom icon for the lock handle. Slim comes with its own set of Gapps, which you'll find on the site as well.

A couple of oddities with SlimKat are the elimination of the clear all button (which they had with SlimBean but which you can incorporate via Gravity Box), and, when flashing for the first time or doing a major upgrade, a lower default DPI resulting in smaller icons. For the life if me, I've never understood the reasoning for this, but the overall quality and stability of Slim has caused me to use it as my daily driver for a long time. There is info on this thread, a few posts prior, regarding how to set your DPI back to standard (320 for GS3).

This is just my perspective as a user. Others may have a different one. Slim is worth trying out. I've test driven lots of 4.4 Roms (Carbon, Liquid Smooth, AOSB, etc.), but I seem to end up back here, as it has most of what I need with a couple of workarounds, and it's very stable.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 12packabs:
Quantum is based on CM and is essentially a souped up CM. It lacks fancy features found in other ROM like Carbon such as Halo and Lockscreen notifications contrary to that the other user wrote. It doesn't have (m)any features over CM that I am aware of. I last ran it in Jan 2014.

Slim is based on AOSP and has unique features over what CM offers. Slim has its own dev team and some of the most popular features in ROMs today were developed by the Slim team such as the dark toggle and privacy guard to name a couple.

Try them both. Use the one that works best with your setup on your phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Danny 0311:
I'm using the Quantum 4.4.2 right now, but i understand that SlimKat should be putting out a stable 4.4.2 shortly. Maybe i'll try a nightly, just to check it out. Thanks for the info.:good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 12packabs:
The current release is very stable. No issues at all for me. I can't comment on Bluetooth though as I don't use it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Danny 0311:
Thanks. My big issue is that every time i change roms, i do a full wipe/reset, and it removes the ringtones that i have attached to certain contacts. Putting them back is a pain. HaHa.:p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sbs8331:
I use bluetooth with my car's phone system, and it seems to work okay, but I've used it only sporadically.

I haven't used that. If it's done in the Contacts, would backup/restore of app/data via Titanium prevent your having to reassign all the time?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Danny 0311:
You would think so, but i still have to reassign them, one at a time. How about that kernel you mentioned in a previous post? Is it for better battery life? If it's worth flashing, please send me a link. Thanks.:good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sbs8331:
I don't recall referring to another kernel, but I use BMS, primarily for battery life.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Danny 0311:
Thanks, i'll flash this tonight or tomorrow, and let you know how it's working. :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ronedogg:
How much better is BMS vs KT? I'm all about battery life. I don't play games or nothing. I can get 3 to 4 days with 3h screen on time. Or balls to the wall straight use.... My best is 5.5 hours screen on time.

Today I'm at 58% battery and 2 hours 33 min screen on.

What is your battery life like? I made a thread only one person shared there kernel and settings lol. I'm after best battery life as I'm gone for days at a time without access to charge .
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sbs8331:
I haven't really quantified it, just noticed a bit more battery time. Since I'm working from a home office now and not traveling as much, I keep my phone docked a good portion of they day. Maybe others can chime in who have quantified stock vs. KT vs. Lean vs. BMS.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sbs8331:
Apologies if this was answered before, but I just noticed that no matter what I set the preferred network to, it goes back to "GSM/WCDMA preferred". Is there a fix for this? Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] peach007:
That happened to me on carbon ROM. I have no problems here. Try clicking on the circle instead if the name maybe. Or just trying to change network and turn data on and off.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sbs8331:
Well, I've tried everything short of a full wipe (restore, dirty flash) to no avail. I've flashed a few other Roms and have come back to this one. I haven't checked the mobile network settings in a while, bit it still reverts back to "GSM/WCDMA preferred". I may try a clean flash this weekend unless I come across another fix. Very odd.

Update: I restored LiquidSmooth, which I had test driven recently, and I don't have the same issue. The "Mobile network settings" option remains to what I select. Again, I may try a clean flash to see if it rectifies the situation.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] peach007:
Yea I am pretty sure a clean install will work

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I have a quick question regarding themes. Is there a way to apply themes like with cyanogen mod theme chooser? Or there is no way becuae this is aosp?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JamFan05:
Slim just hasn't merged in theme chooser yet. It's coming eventually, I think there are rewriting the code for a new and improved version of it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] peach007:
OK thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nsmith4:
I recently had the same issue. I think it's liquid smooth and their use of d2lte roms and not d2att. I had to Odin back to stock to fix it.no matter which rom I tried even with a clean install I kept getting the same issue.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sbs8331:
If it's LiquidSmooth, then why am I having the problem with SlimKat and not with LiquidSmooth? Hope to try a clean flash tonight or tomorrow.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jasvncnt1:
I had issues after flashing LS with LTE. Flashed back a nandroid of a previous ROM and still had issues with LTE. Had to Odin back to stock to get it working again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sbs8331:
No dice, unfortunately, with the clean flash. I guess I'll run LiquidSmooth or AOSB, and retry with SlimKat"s next release.

Update: A poster on the Slimroms forum recommended turning on LTE via quick settings. That seems to be working, as LTE stays on. However, if I go to the mobile network settings, it reverts back to WCDMA and turns off LTE. Guess I'll stay away from the setting. Weird.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] peach007:
You know what I noticed, the most recent nightly gives me LTE issues. The 2nd to newest nightly fixed my network settings problem.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] amf66:
New build should be up shortly! :)

Edit: aaannnndddd it's up. Pretty big changelog for d2att. http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/dlsearch/viewdownload/635-d2att-d2tmo/8140-slim-d2att-4-4-2-build-2-8-rc3-weekly-2901
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] amf66:
New build thoughts:

New dialer is nice.

Slim PIE is still not as good as LMT Launcher.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fr3d0x:
Good update,slimpie,dialer and the app of wallpapers are really good..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tallsilver:
Seems to be quicker this time around?? Waiting to check out the BT reconnect.

Nice job Slim Devs

Edit: BT working just fine with truck Uconnect. Auto connect works great and no drop outs this time.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] olo567:
Finally jumping on board with the KitKat builds, did a clean install and it's very snappy.

One issue I'm running into, locking the screen instantly causes the screen to turn right back on (although locked). Takes another 5-10 seconds for the screen to actually turn off. Anyone seen this?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hwy28spur:
Upgrading from SlimKat 4.4.2 RC2 to RC3 can you do a dirty install or do I have to do a clean install.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nsmith4:
I did a dirty install and everything seems to be running well, but if you notice any issues due a clean install before reporting bugs.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sbs8331:
I did a dirty one this morning with no issues so far. I've found that the weekly updates can generally be done that way unless specified otherwise. I've seen other posts that suggest a clean install regardless, but this has just been my experience.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hwy28spur:
Kinda what I thought but wanted to ask with the new features. Thanks
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 12packabs:
Anyone know if there were new gapps with this one? I was expecting to see some with the new dialer, but I don't see them.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Conekiller2:
Dialer is in the ROM. Using the rc8 build with the gapps from the site and dialer is working as it should with Google pulling info from whichever source you choose
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jep56:
Compass!!

Is there a fix for the compass?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JaY_III:
Use KT kernel
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Jep56:
Tried that, still like 180 degrees off :(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JaY_III:
Sorry don't know what to tell you as we had that issue a few weeks back. The jan 28 version had the compass fix. Look back at posts around Jan 26-28 here and the KT thread and you should see what was done. Maybe that can give some insight on the issue
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] nsmith4:
Have you tried to re-calibrate it with an app like GPS status(menu>tools>compass calibration)?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Danny 0311:
re:SlimKat 4.4.2

[MENTION=5094507]sbs8331[/MENTION]

Well, i tried the Slim rom, and after setting it up the way i want it...it's like a weak version of Quantum,w/bad battery life. Just my opinion, so for now i'm back on Quantum.:(
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sbs8331:
To each his own. You might take a look at LiquidSmooth or AOSB, each of which have some nice features (e.g. lockscreen notifications, if that's your bag; AOSB has the ability to disable it for individual apps.) Good luck. I think Quantum just released a new version, right?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Danny 0311:
Right. I'm on it now, and it's sweeeet. Best rom for battery life that i've tried. I don't tweak kernels or anything like that, and so far Quantum is the best "out of the box".:p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 12packabs:
If you don't need a camera that is. ;) That issue is affecting all CM based ROM at the moment.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JaY_III:
It's a fully working GPS is what I am after.

4.4.2 has something very wrong with the GPS.

Compared side by side with a TW 4.3 ROM you can see 2x or 3x attenuation on the satellite signal.

Also had a difficulty maintaining a lock on the satellites.

Not sure what is going on but it's an issue with Quantum too right now.

If anyone know a 4.4.2 ROM that has resolved this, please pass that info along
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 12packabs:
I have no problem with GPS on this ROM. Within a second or two I'll get a lock on a dozen satellites with over 20 in view.

Have you tried clearing and refreshing AGPS settings in GPS Test? How about ensuring your gps.conf continent and region are properly set with FasterGPS?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JaY_III:
Coming from a full wipe, issues....

Yes I have with GPS test...

Have used TOPntp to tweak GPS.conf.

What kind of SNR are you setting with GPS test?

I am lucky to get anything over 25. Compared to my wife's phone next to mine, my signal is clearly attenuated.

Also when driving for say 10 min running GPS test I can get a good Chuck of satellites and my accuracy down to less than 10m. But the satellite lose lock at random times.

Now getting maps to work, no way is it ever getting close to 10m accuracy. (3m is what it should be). Did a nice hour long drive today, and results were less that acceptable.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 12packabs:
I have 7/12 in view with over 30 SNR. 2 are over 40. My accuracy stays about 10 or 16 feet.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JaY_III:
Hmmmm.

I'll do a full wipe again and see how that goes.

If I still have issues I'll their TW on and confirm my hardware.

Thanks for some numbers other than my wife an TW
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SyNRGz:
Tighten the Screws...

If you have tried everything else with no success, then this may help. If you pull the back cover, you will see 10 tiny screws. I simply re-tighten each screws (don't over do it, but recheck). Without any updates or ROM change, I had an immediate and significant improvement. I am not able to find the original post, but it referred to a poor contact with the GPS Antenna. I hope this helps.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Danny 0311:
No problem with my camera.:good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TadMorose:
This is slightly off-topic. Most posts are now about SlimKat 4.4, but I have a question about SlimBean 4.3. A while ago I rooted my brother's Rogers S3 (he was already on official 4.3 stock) and installed SlimBean 4.3. Last week he bought an unlock code for it, but the phone won't accept it. The company (cellunlocker.net) claims it's because of custom ROM and he should be on stock.

My question is, would we have any issues installing 4.1.1 stock using Mobile Odin, given that that bootloader is 4.3? Once 4.1.1 is installed, we unlock either with the code or with famous free method posted on XDA and then install either SlimBean or SlimKat.

Any help is appreciated! :good:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JaY_III:
After all this time pulling hair, trying everything...

Thank you
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hant-taiyou:
If the phone is already with 4.3 bootloader, you will brick it if odin back to 4.1.1. To my knowledge, 4.3 bootloader has e-fuse that will trip if downgrade bootloader.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TadMorose:
What if I odin back to 4.3 stock?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JamFan05:
There is no way to Odin back to 4.3, there is no .tar file for 4.3 that I'm aware of. And if you are on the latest MJB bootloader, do not use Odin to downgrade to anything below 4.3 or you will hard brick your phone.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 12packabs:
Just Odin to latest stock. All good my man. Beware that will update your bootloader to latest. No going back to 4.1.1 ever.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TadMorose:
OK, so I guess I can use 4.3 from sammobile?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 12packabs:
I recently arsed my phone up and used the image from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1968625 . Make sure you are using the right image. i747 != i747m .
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] TadMorose:
Awesome! Thanks man!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hwy28spur:
Just updated to SlimKat 4.4.2 RC3 w/ BMS latest Kernel.

It seems like the Volume on phone calls is low to me. I have it turned up to 100%. I have heard I can find a Volume Booster in the Play Store. Tried select but didn't seem to do anything. Even have Fauxsound and it lets me increase it but it will not stay set.

1st question I guess is, does this build have lower volume? Could it be with the Kernel? Is there a way I can increase it?

Thanks.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] 12packabs:
Some people like this mod: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2563209 . I haven't tried it. If you do give it a whirl please let me know how it worked for you.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] sbs8331:
My volume's been okay.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Danny 0311:
+1. I've flashed the "light" kernel, and it is just enough boost, without hurting your eardrums.:p
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] tallsilver:
Did u enable volume boost in advanced settings....device? I have no problem and my ears are OLD.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] yungstar89:
Hey Guys. Just installed this rom as my first on my s3 since I had a captivate. I'm having one small issue. It starts discharging when it one hundred percent even though it's still plugged in. Any ideas on how to fix that? Sucks having to wake up and not having a fully charged phone before school.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hwy28spur:
Thanks. I had missed that setting.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] boblotz2001:
Does anybody else see the soft keys? Is there any way to get rid of them 'cause the phone has buttons...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Conekiller2:
Interface-navigation bar
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CanuckinPA:
Currently running Liquidsmooth 3.0 but the voice dialer isn't working and it's causing problems with my email client (Aquamail Pro)

Is there any issue with the voice dialer in Slim Bean? I need to be able to voice dial through the BT on my Alpine car stereo
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] fr3d0x:
I dont have problems with camera..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] peach007:
I don't know if I did something but I cannot connect my phone to my Pc via USB cable. This has been going on since my last slimkat weekly (RC1) it wasn't that important so I put it aside.

However, now that I need it, nothing I do works. I am running Linux on my laptop. I had no problems with other ROMs -at least to my knowledge. Is this happening to anyone else?

I would like to transfer important files sans Bluetooth and internet.

I tried 4 different USB cables. I have run out of ideas. My computers can not even recognize the connection. No error signs or a beep or anything)

(Also, WiFi tethering does not work - not sure if related)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Conekiller2:
Are you using stock kernel. Sounds like you have fastcharge enabled.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] SyNRGz:
You can change it in Settings/Interface/LCD Density
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] greogory:
I change DPI back to 320. Did so in the last 4.2.2 release, also. I'd bum out if the option went away, because I have old fart eyes.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] paluinfusion:
I know, it can be changed. My question was, more towards, do all/any of you change it after flashing slim rom, or use slim rom just for that 245 DPI setting. Why is such low number for smaller font.. Any reason ?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] caspersfi:
All it is is personal preference. I'm just gonna assume that most guys on the Slim like the smaller DPI and or they did a little research

and found that a large number of users preferred the smaller DPI.

I change mine to 255, because I'm getting some old fart eyes myself. :)
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] paluinfusion:
Good to see you Gregory, after some time.. Remember, we were discussing abt task in private message :fingers-crossed:
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jasvncnt1:
At first i thought it was too small. But left it to try it. Now I love it and can't go back. Any ROM I try I always change it to 245
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] KuRuPtIoN:
I always switch it to 320 when I flash it.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CrackerTeg:
All I gotta say is the battery life on this is ridiculous! I'm loving 4.3.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] csjesse:
thanks blk jack and the team for a great release.. been using it since the beginning.

with this new kernel, what are the optimal battery settings? (was using asswax/row before)

or is there a better 3rd party kernel for that?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kilter1975:
Thanks for the quick response. Just waiting for a full-ish battery and then flashing...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] dark_intel:
I was having the same problem with TB. No sufficient space. I went into some apps and noticed their caches were ridiculously high, cleared them. Worked fine.

Xda I747
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] CrackerTeg:
Weird glitch I just noticed with lock screen rotation.

The shortcuts used to rotate in 4.2.2 with the screen but if you look at the second screen, you'll see that you have to go to the center shortcut to unlock while in landscape.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] galakanokis:
Anyone else having issues with the phone app? I have never pocketed dialed anyone in my life and in the past two days I have dialed 4 people...then weird part was that two of those calls the other person couldn't kill the call, the call stayed active even after hanging up multiple times.

And today on my nexus a call came from a blocked number (blacklist) and it proceeded to just constantly ring. It rang for 4 hours before I finally rebooted.

Very strange behavior.

To be clear that is two separate phones running slim 4.3
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] atrix4nag:
I have couple of strange observations. But I dont think its ROM related. just want to confirm that..

1. I am using a new bluetooth car kit, which can stream music and phone calls. But phone calls sound is less than the music souind. Did any one observed this or it could be problem with my car kit.

2. Sometimes, I used to get static sound, when I try to make call. But when I disconnect the call, and try to call again, then the call used to be normal. But today, atleast i tried morethan 6 times continuously, all the calls I got the static sound, I cant listen the other persons voice clearly. when I restarted phone, it was normal. this is the first time I observed this. So it could be problem with AT&T. I will make a call to AT&T tomorrow.

I am not saying its problem with this ROM. i just want to put down my observations.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] android_4life:
How do I downgrade to TWRP 2.5.0.2, I have 2.6 and I want to follow the OP, I did tons of searches but can't find a zip file or something to downgrade. Any help would be much appreciated.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] atrix4nag:
1. Download twrp 2.5.x tar file from twrp site. (http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/d2att)

2. Open ODIN.

3. restart phone in Download mode.

4. connect to laptop. (make sure you have latest drivers for the phone). link for AT&T white phone : http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-I747RWBATT

5. select the downloaded tar file using PDA button in ODIN.

6. click start button in ODIN.

7. wait for the phone to restart.

8. Now your phone is in TWRP 2.5.x.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] android_4life:
Thanks a lot dude. That tar file is what I was looking for. Appreciate it.

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I now have TWRP 2.5.0.0 and I'm stuck on the boot screen, I thought this doesn't happen on this version of TWRP?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] atrix4nag:
2 hrs back, i followed the same steps and i am on 2.5 now, and no boot loops for me.