yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] Moster2:
You usually dont put apps into the FlashAfterUpdate folder. Its basically meant for a kernel and maybe for gapps/supersu (although they both use backup scripts in addon.d). So, I dont see your problem. Also, the FlashAfterUpdate is user responsibility. Noone if forcing you to use it. If you keep out of date stuff in there, its your own fault. Its just there for easy automatic flashing after updates.
[Galaxy S III General] cornelha:
Like I have explained before, the updates remain in tact since the updates are not stored in /system. Flashing the zip after the update, the system wil recognize the app and the latest update. Test this and you will see. It's also not hard to keep you update zips up to date. I have said this all before.
[Galaxy S III General] kalda01:
I've done an OTA update on May 23 and today when I try to get a new update by pressing "Check now", it starts patching but when it gets to about 25% it stops and says I'm up-to-date. How so ?
[Galaxy S III General] AndroidDeveloperLB:
What do you mean by "updates" (by "updates remain in tact ") ? Do you mean system apps

The system apps are in "/system/app" , no?

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What if I want to ?

For example, what if I want to have some apps that need to be system apps in order to function?

Some permissions cannot be given to apps (even with root), unless they are system apps.

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System apps can come from the play store, as some permissions are only allowed for system apps.

Not only that, but you can always convert an app to be a system app (for example, if you want to have a single launcher that is not the one of the rom).

BTW, I think the useful links you've written about should be written here on the first post. I'm sure many would like to look at them.
[Galaxy S III General] Moster2:
Man, I dont get your problem. Just the apk of a system app is stored in /system. System apps also place their data/configs into /data.

Also, what you put into the FlashAfterUpdate folder is your problem. No discussion needed.
[Galaxy S III General] cornelha:
Exactly, explaining the same thing over and over becomes tedious, discussion over. There are templates to make flashable zips for other apps the user wants have as system apps.
[Galaxy S III General] feed3:
1. If updatable from playstore, just install it from playstore then. (And dont talk about "permission" etc etc. Honestly, it's hilarious to read) :D

2. All apps installed from playstore including updates of system apps, the apk will be in /data/apps/ and wont be wiped by dirty flash (open delta update is technically dirty flash)

3. Play more. It cost u nothing. :)

adb shell

ls /

Would be a good start.

4. If still want to argue with your "theories" of open delta approach, i suggest you do these before come back;

Connect your phone to pc

Open command prompt and type;

adb shell

su

rm -R /system/app

And all your problem will be solved. :)
[Galaxy S III General] AndroidDeveloperLB:
0. cool photo . I also like to visit 9gag.

:)

1. There are permissions that are only available to system apps. Some apps actually require you to make them system apps, since such permissions are only available for system apps. They are quite on the Play store though.

If you want, you can search on google for the error "Permission is only granted to system apps" .

This is also how come the Play store can install and remove other apps without showing the normal dialog.

Here are the types of permissions on Android:

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/permission-element.html

2. try it. use "/system/app mover" to move an app you don't care about, and see that it is no longer in the "/data/apps/" path.

Such apps get to be inside "/system/priv-app" .

You can see it by using "Total commander" app.

3. I do more than that. Try out my app, here.

4. This can't do any good thing , as it will remove the system apps and cause many error dialogs.

Plus I don't really want to get rid of the system apps, so I have no idea where you got this tip from.

You'd need to re-flash the rom (or system apps) if you do such a thing.

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That's because this feature is buggy, as it didn't consider important end cases, which can occur easily as both the rom and the apps get updated.

I already know that the data of the system apps have the same path as normal ones (which is "/data/data" btw, and there is no "/data/config" path).

This is not the problem. Please read the example I've written.

Anyway, if you don't want to talk about it anymore, ok.

I don't put any special system apps in this folder anyway.
[Galaxy S III General] qnguyen88:
I have downloaded the app "Fontster" that allows you to change the font of the phone but everytime I update the ROM, the default font is back. How to avoid this?
[Galaxy S III General] keneth_c:
Made the switch to OmniROM (official) and couldn't have been more satisfied.

Flashed Boeffla kernel as well.

Any other suggestions?

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[Galaxy S III General] tsx777:
Hey guys,

i'm looking for the advanced shutdown menu (boot to recovery, bootloader, etc.).

I've found an option in the devtools, but even when i check the box, the shutdown menu won't allow me to boot directly in recovery.

Do you have some tips for me?
[Galaxy S III General] AndroidDeveloperLB:
OmniRom has it, but it lacks the feature for soft-boot.

If you have installed Xposed-Framework, you can use GravityBox module that adds all of those boot options.

Sadly, each time I update the rom, I need to re-install Xposed, even though I've taken the steps people wrote here. I don't get why it doesn't work.
[Galaxy S III General] XpLoDWilD:
Thanks, I needed a good laugh today. I agree with feed3.

OpenDelta is far from being a "buggy feature" (there are some casual issues related to bad downloads, but that's something else). In ALL flash cases, delta or not (actually, it makes no differences for that matter, as opendelta reconstructs a full update zip), /system is WIPED. And as feed3 mentioned, apps update, whether or not they were originally in /system, are stored in /data. Even if the source /system/app/derp.apk went missing (furthermore, in recovery, so the package index remains unchanged), the updated apk is still in /data/app.
[Galaxy S III General] prabhjots:
Phone Died?

Hi ,

I've been using Omni on my GT-i9300 since the early days of its inception and have been updating daily.

Did not have any major problems apart from poor battery life.

Put my phone on charge today at around 30% and an hour later found that it was stuck on Samsung Boot Screen. :(

I've been unable to get it past that. I can go to both download and recovery (TWRP) mode.

I went into TWRP and tried Wiping/Factory Reset. I got errors like:

E: Unable to find partition size for '/boot'

Same for '/recovery', '/data'

Unable to mount /efs, /cache, /system / preload

Also, TWRP is unable to find and mount any internal and external storage and shows the size as 0 MB.

Can someone please help, how to recover from this?
[Galaxy S III General] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Please think about the end case I've presented and tell me what I've missed.
[Galaxy S III General] DJ BlackEagle:
Looks like that's the partition table is corrupt or the internal storage chip is damaged. But I think only the partition table is damaged.

repair the partition table.

# edit: have you a backup of your efs folder?

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[Galaxy S III General] prabhjots:
Okay, can you please guide me as to how to repair the partition table? I'm not sure how to do it in TWRP..

I do have a backup of efs v1 on dropbox.

Not sure about the efs v2.
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Partition table can only be reconstructed using the PIT file and Odin
[Galaxy S III General] prabhjots:
I find so many sources of Pit files on the internet. I'm not sure how to judge which one to use with Odin. Can someone please guide me ?

Should i do a full recovery using kies?
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Before doing anything drastic first flash the full firmware using Odin ...if that doesn't work then use the PIT file to repartition the internal memory. I am not very good at this so can't give you further help but start with a full firmware flash using Odin
[Galaxy S III General] DJ BlackEagle:
Like zoot1 says. Try to flash the stock ROM at first.

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[Galaxy S III General] prabhjots:
Just tried flashing latest Firmware from Sammobile via Odian 3.09. It says

<ID:0/038> Removed!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9300XWUGML4_I9300ODDGML4_I9300DDUGMK1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
<ID:0/038> Added!!
<ID:0/038> Odin v.3 engine (ID:38)..
<ID:0/038> File analysis..
<ID:0/038> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/038> Initialzation..
<ID:0/038> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/038> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/038> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/038> sboot.bin
<ID:0/038> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/038> FAIL!
<ID:0/038>
<ID:0/038> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

What to do ? Can someone help, please? :(
[Galaxy S III General] sheriff99:
Nice thread.
[Galaxy S III General] surraci:
camera trouble

went from omega-rom (4.1.2) to omnirom....

what have i done:

reboot to recovery (twrp) factory reset ------ wipe cache/davik

install latest omniron nightly, install latest pa-gapps

factory reset, reboot, Unfortunately Camera has stopped

root the phone, reflash twrp

reboot, Unfortunately Camera has stopped

flash camera fix ,wipe cache/dalvik

reboot, Unfortunately Camera has stopped

tried with stock kernel, Boeffla, Googy-Max2

still the same error...

flash omega-rom 58 (4.3) camera works

Anybody have a idea wich i can try???
[Galaxy S III General] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Like all other AOSP roms, you could try out Xposed framework, together with GravityBox module and maybe others.

I use the next modules: Burnt Toast, Buttered Toast, GravityBox, Greenify (comes with the Greenify app), ViewInPlay, Xposed Torch, Youtube AdAway

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I also had camera issues, but I don't understand when they occur.

Each time, I took a single photo, and then I couldn't take any more photos, and since the camera resource got blocked, all camera apps couldn't use it.

I think the problem might be on the built in camera app, but I'm not sure.

Try a different camera app perhaps?

Maybe the one of Google:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera

?
[Galaxy S III General] surraci:
tried several apps...

google camera keeps saying install sd-card :confused:

with other camera apps i can see the camera viewer but when i take a phote nothing happens or it shoots a black frame...
[Galaxy S III General] doug613:
Has anyone had any problem flashing the update (0601) current opendelta?
[Galaxy S III General] AndroidDeveloperLB:
Yes, you are correct.

I just got this problem again.

Restarting the device usually helps though. Not a good solution, but still...

I've tried so many roms that I really don't know what to do anymore.

I chose Omnirom because I noticed it's relatively stable, but that's because I didn't use the camera to notice those problems.

Now I had this issue when trying to use QR code reading.

Google camera didn't tell me anything about SD card though. weird.
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Try with a different USB port.. Different cable but most likely something in the nand has gone wrong..

Use a 3 file firmware.. Maybe check out Odia's thread in the original development section.. You will need to flash a firmware which has a pit file
[Galaxy S III General] keneth_c:
Xposed framework & Advanced Power Menu module

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Use TB and backup all your user apps...

Reboot into custom recovery (TWRP v2.6.3.1 preferred).

Wipe Cache, Dalvik Cache, System & Data....

Flash OmniROM, PA GApps & SuperSU...

Wipe Cache & Dalvik Cache again...

Reboot System...

On successful startup of ROM, see if your camera works fine or not.

If yes, go ahead and install TB from Play & then restore all your user apps.

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[Galaxy S III General] prabhjots:
Thanks for trying to help.

Tried using a 3 part firmware from here but it still fails:

<ID:0/014> Odin v.3 engine (ID:14)..
<ID:0/014> File analysis..
<ID:0/014> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/014> Initialzation..
<ID:0/014> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/014> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/014> FAIL!
<ID:0/014>
<ID:0/014> Re-Partition operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Any other ideas? :(
[Galaxy S III General] DJ BlackEagle:
I don't have any other idea.

But I think, the internal storage looks like damaged.

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[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
Well i am foxed.. I have no idea why re partition is failing... If the emmc had gone bad them the phone would not have booted... But since you can go into download mode means that emmc is okay... Try and get in touch with either Odia or Rootsu and ask them
[Galaxy S III General] feed3:
Restore your efs (truly hope you have a backup of it) using dd command from pc.
[Galaxy S III General] prabhjots:
[MENTION=2872010]rootSU[/MENTION] [MENTION=1465627]Odia[/MENTION], can you help, please? A brief snapshot, for your perusal:

I've been using Omni on my GT-i9300 since the early days of its inception and have been updating daily.

Did not have any major problems apart from poor battery life.

Put my phone on charge today at around 30% and an hour later found that it was stuck on Samsung Boot Screen.

I've been unable to get it past that. I can go to both download and recovery (TWRP) mode.

I went into TWRP and tried Wiping/Factory Reset. I got errors like:

E: Unable to find partition size for '/boot'

Same for '/recovery', '/data'

Unable to mount /efs, /cache, /system / preload

Also, TWRP is unable to find and mount any internal and external storage and shows the size as 0 MB.

NEXT, Tried flashing latest Firmware from Sammobile via Odian 3.09. It says

Enter CS for MD5..
Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
Please wait..
I9300XWUGML4_I9300ODDGML4_I9300DDUGMK1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
Leave CS..
All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
Added!!
Odin v.3 engine (ID:38)..
File analysis..
SetupConnection..
Initialzation..
Get PIT for mapping..
Firmware update start..
SingleDownload.
sboot.bin
NAND Write Start!!
FAIL!

Complete(Write) operation failed.
All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

FURTHER, Tried using a 3 part firmware from here but it still fails:

<ID:0/014> Odin v.3 engine (ID:14)..
<ID:0/014> File analysis..
<ID:0/014> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/014> Initialzation..
<ID:0/014> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/014> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/014> FAIL!
<ID:0/014>
<ID:0/014> Re-Partition operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Tried browsing through /dev/block/ and could only find /dev/block/loop0 through 7 and /dev/block/ram0 through 15. (No mmcblk's :( )

Hope I provided enough information

I do have a backup, can you guide me how to go about it, please? All I can find is making Backups and restores. in any case, they use /dev/block/mmcblkxxx. I can use the already installed TWRP recovery to execute these terminal commands. However, when I try to browse through using the inbuilt filemanager, I see in the folder /dev/block/loop0 through 7 and /dev/block/ram 0 through 15. No other files in /dev/block/.

so, does that mean the entire motherboard needs to be replaced, or can the internal storage be replaced separately?
[Galaxy S III General] HackRus:
S3 i9300 omnirom

Hi guys

Im having a miss calls issue, my omnirom s3 doesnt save calls or show missed calls, received calls, is there gunna be a fix, any help please.
[Galaxy S III General] zoot1:
If indeed the internal storage has gone wrong than the motherboard will have to be replaced
[Galaxy S III General] feed3:
1. Put your backup of efs in one folder in your pc (assuming the file is efs.img)

2. Open terminal (linux) or command prompt and cd to that folder.

3. Type;

adb shell

4. Type;

dd if=/efs.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=4096
[Galaxy S III General] keneth_c:
Lost wifi connection after updating to official 20140601 Nightly via System Update / OpenDelta...

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[Galaxy S III General] danarama:
I don't have an S3. There are people with more up-to-date experience than me, I got rid of my S3 last year
[Galaxy S III General] surraci:
1st time no luck :mad:

2nd time i wiped everything also my internal storage en this time camera works, so there whas something bugging in the internal storage :confused:

thanks for the tips :good:
[Galaxy S III General] tomazf:
i've put the zip file in FlashAfterUpdate directory, reflashed with updates several times but the kernel in the about is still jenkins@devbox.omnirim.org. where i see the cahanges of the updated kernel?
[Galaxy S III General] jojo1508:
Error: dialer has stopped

Yesterday I installed the OmniROM4.4.2-20140531-i9300 Nightly on my phone. Now I cannot make any call, error message: "dialer has stopped". This is very annoying, can someone help me with this please?? :(:(:(
[Galaxy S III General] DJ BlackEagle:
Zoot1 is right. You can only buy the motherboard (the whole front). In Germany cost this ca. 150€.

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[Galaxy S III General] doug613:
I've followed your advice and used exclusively the 'stock' keyboard in the ROM for a week now and unfortunately don't see any less FC's, so I've uploaded the logcat.

Please let me know if you find something to fix whatsapp FC's.
[Galaxy S III General] doug613:
I'm using 0602 nightly win no WiFi issues.
[Galaxy S III General] keneth_c:
OK so I figured out the wifi break issue...

Flashing Boeffla kernel after I've updated to the latest official nightly is causing the wifi to break.

Anyone having the same issue?

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[Galaxy S III General] SlimFatso:
[MENTION=4958387]UtkarshGupta[/MENTION] , I'd be really grateful if you upload a new homemade build based on the newest nightly :)
[Galaxy S III General] achkap:
+1
[Galaxy S III General] prabhjots:
:(

That's really expensive. Here Samsung service center quoted around INR 8000 ($135). I'm confused whether to go ahead or not. Will they be selling a brand new motherboard, or just a repaired/refurbished one? :-/
[Galaxy S III General] gianboy:
+2
[Galaxy S III General] kristijan505:
My LCD broke so I can sell you whole Phone :D
[Galaxy S III General] DJ BlackEagle:
Yeah, the front panel is expensive. Often, the electronic parts are expensive. They want sell new phones, than parts. ;) I'm thinking to change my frontpanel and motherboard too. Because my s3 was falling down, and got some damage on the screen glasses. But I can use the phone normally (thanks to gorilla glasses).

It's depends. You can buy a repaired, used or new motherboard (incl. Front panel).

If have someone only a broken display, this can be ok too. So you must only change the motherboard. But it's easier to change the full front panel. Change only the motherboard, can be easy too. So long you're patient and good in electric parts changing. The most dangerous is, the mobile/wifi antenna. This part, is sensitive and easy to brake it, but not hard to release it. I have changed the motherboard from s3 already (from one of my friends phone).

In the internet exists some movies to change this things. Look at it and you can see if you can change it by yourself or by an expert.

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[Galaxy S III General] ayoubij:
Will there be 4.4.3 nightlies out soon or not just yet :p
[Galaxy S III General] RuralGalaxy:
I hope so! Jejeje ;) By the way, with last update we have the speak function?

Enviado desde mi Samsung Galaxy S3.
[Galaxy S III General] jojo1508:
Ringtones for contacts

Hi there, I installed OmniROM 4.4-20131119-i9300-NIGHTLY. All is working well, for one thing: I like to edit the ringtones for my contacts but now I only have the choice out of the limited dropdown list of standard ringtones on my mobile. The function to choose your own music files for ringtones seems to be gone. Is there a way to reinstall this function?:confused:
[Galaxy S III General] Darkbladecr:
ART is experimental it doesn't work with all apps. Whatsapp is one that everyone complains about. If you want to really get it fixed send reports to the whatsapp dev team.
[Galaxy S III General] Frozenblade33:
Only very specific build versions of whatsapp works with art.

You may download version 2.11.42 which works with art.. but its older
[Galaxy S III General] d1rekt0r:
Do you need our help with something ?
[Galaxy S III General] Moster2:
There was no cm patch for that yet.

the latest 2.11.136 works, too, but most likely only with the experimental build
[Galaxy S III General] paraddox:
just flashed the 20.11 nightly, the 19.11 PA Gapps and SuperSU 1.69 and it all works like a charm.

I just moved over from the official 4.1.2 and OMNIROM feels great compared to that one.

Once it has some more customizations options it will be really awesome.

Excellent works devs.
[Galaxy S III General] Bäcker:
I think it already is awesome. It's so freaking fast, even comming from an already nice Sammy based custom.
[Galaxy S III General] temasek:
Hi [MENTION=1767826]Rebellos[/MENTION]

I use the following to support older recoveries. Basically add "USE_SET_METADATA := false" into BoardConfig.mk of device branch and add the following into build/core/Makefile

ifneq ($(USE_SET_METADATA),false)

$(hide) echo "use_set_metadata=1" >> $(zip_root)/META/misc_info.txt

endif

https://github.com/temasek/android_...mmit/e1ca0bf5df8cb5e8fd7db26a700d94e8dde6566a

https://github.com/temasek/android_build/commit/e6dd009c919c5b33cf04c9a5ef09cf19ae541728
[Galaxy S III General] maddes1402:
To run whatsapp with the experimental build and art it was enough for me to deinstall the force closing whatsapp and reinstall the latest version from play store. Maybe this helps some of you guys ;)

Regards, Matt

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[Galaxy S III General] btclpat:
is the Testversion ok or not for use?
[Galaxy S III General] Doppiadi:
Development is going rocket fast, now even watching just recorded clips within the camera app works correctly in the 20th nightly, thanks devs!!
[Galaxy S III General] maddes1402:
Please read the last pages where you can read some reviews about this experimental build. Then you can decide if it matches your using behaviour. ;)

Personally for me it isn't a problem and after 20 month of usage I for the first time fell in love with my S3. Thank you guys for making this true :D

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[Galaxy S III General] neskiuck:
help

I updated to version 20/11 and I have stopped working backward buttons and menu

install rom + gapps + supersu.zip without wipes

edit: solved doing a backup and restore and reinstalling
[Galaxy S III General] ss2i9100g:
5h 21min screen on time and you still have 28%. Never seen it before :confused:

Please share your settings , tweaks, gapps , modem, b.kernel v etc

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III General] tuni95:
Music issues

Hii,

i have some Music issues. If i turn my phone on or off while im hearing music it makes for 1sec i loud crank sound :I

My eares are broken :cyclops:

pls fixx :)
[Galaxy S III General] extralife:
for sure it will be fixed - meanwhile disable lockscreen-sound
[Galaxy S III General] guerouig:
settings>sounds untick screen lock sound

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any news about official GApps?

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noobish and not very important really, but how to enable battery % in or next to battery icon?