yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TT01:
Flashed the deodexed, then the odexed, still having the same problem, my SD card is not showing up in storage. 64GB Sandisk that worked perfectly on 4.1.2 stock rooted. If I 'mount SD card' in Storage (settings), it says 'preparing SD card' followed immediately by 'SD card is safe to remove'. TB does not see the extsdcard to restore my app backups. I used Philz to flash and it sees the sdcard just fine.

I can't get TrevE's WiFi Tether to work and I get error 67's when trying the native hotspot.

So far, not a happy camper, although the phone seems pretty zippy. Hope I'll be able to restore the nandroid I made just prior to flashing this without issue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] YoColdRain:
Ok, im having same issue currently, my 64gb sdcard wont recognize. Although [MENTION=3120416]ThunderStick[/MENTION] , latest odex rooted with extended menu is constantly giving me black screen when i flashed it. it seems that systemui has stopped, and com.phone has stopped errors were creeping up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
OK guys, let's make sure your taking the proper steps when installing. What ROM are you coming from when you get these error? What recovery did you use to flash it and are you restoring anything using Titanium backup or restoring data partition using recovery.

I have used the ODEX version with the reboot menu now for a full day with out any issues. I dirty flashed it over the old odex version and deodex version of the ALL-IN-ONE releases.

If coming from an MK3 ROM you might be OK, if coming from an ALL-IN-ONE version of the MK3 rom you should be OK. If clean flashing (wiped data before installing) you will be OK.

If restoring titanium backups after installing the ROM, you will not be OK. Titanium basically restores all data from the userdata partition that is related to the apps. This is a nogo since it will also restore some system app data, because some of the system apps are getting updates from the play store or Sammy's Kies or S Services.

Be careful when choosing what to restore from Titanium, it will definitely add some variables to how this ROM (or any ROM) is going to perform for you.

This is why there are success stories with some and catastrophes with others.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
Question for those that might know

Is this really Android 4.3

See this thread for more, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2555690

This may be cause for problems with other things depending on what other crap Sammy left in the framework or other system files.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TT01:
I came from stock, rooted 4.12. I flashed the MK3 modem and Philz recovery yesterday. Seemed to go well. I dirty flashed the deodexed version this morning and found that the sdcard was not seen by the os, and wallet would not initialize the tap to pay function (which I use a lot). So then I DL'd and flashed (dirty) the odexed version. That cleared up the wallet problem, but the sdcard was still unseen, although Philz saw it OK. Neither TrevE's WiFi tether or the hacked sprint hotspot worked with either one.

I have now restored my backup and will wait for a slightly more mature version.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
This sounds like a common problem with MK3, the 64gb sd cards not being seen.

I am betting the S3 just became incompatible with these cards at the hands of Sammy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rocketman228:
I love this rom works great and no major issues......The only issue i have is that when you go to gallery and try to email a photo it says gallery has unexpectedly closed.................does anyone have a fix for this or can recommend what I can do

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Yeah, also kind of my fault, didn't realize that Samsung was being a troll with kernel source and you have to do something different for it to even build with exfat support....will fix soon
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
Uploading an UPDATE that should fix the problems

See OP for details

Must have a previous MK3 rom installed (DEODEX or ODEX) and at least booted one time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
Not sure if this will fix the SDCARD thing or not. i dont have a big sd card.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] arcolino1:
does the all in one really work?

could we get one of the seniors to respond, I been reading through the post, it does not seem straight forward for the all in one to work?

do I put it on external drive boot to recovery and run the install or is there more to it, please point us in the right direction a lot of us are using our personal phones and some are familiar and some are not, on install and what to do if things go south. can you make some bullet steps

like step 1, step 2, step3 and if step 3 do this that kind of thing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
Senior Member tapping in here,

it works,

-read the OP.

-Download from GOO.IM

-FLASH IN CWM as any other ROM

-Reboot

There were problems with people restoring Titanium backups causing problems, Dirty flashing over older versions of android and not wiping cache.

Read the OP for the real reason it is the ALL-IN-ONE

It's not a perfect 1 click installer, but it installs all the required stuff to give you a good working device.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] beezy420:
The new update Filename: SPH-L710_MK3_ODEX_AllInOne_UPDATE_12-04-2013_730pm.zip is bad downloaded twice and 7zip can't open it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] arcolino1:
I'm sorry the thing is folks are here with there one and only phone, and looking to get more out of the phone, a lot of us do not have test phones, I would guess u guys do, and steps to put on cwm and flash rom etc are detailed one wrong move phone bricked! with a test phone is just try this or that again. we have data important data etc on our phones and getting a spare can be costly. so please be patient with us.

example I just downloaded the latest cwm for sprint its a image file not a rar file, do I still load that on the device through odin?

do I make it a rar file then load it on the phone?

and the all in one I just put the zip file on the external storage boot to cwm browse to the file run it and thats it?

my phone says mk3 so I need the mk3, and I have files that say odexed so I need the odexed ver?

thanks for your help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jhill110:
I've been reticent about the TiBu restore issue after a MK3 update for fear of some of those here at XDA disagreeing vehemently and with a condescending tone... But here comes what should be obvious :

1. BEFORE flashing make a nandroid backup. Nothing more obvious.

2. Backup user apps with TiBu. Obvious.

3. BEFORE flashing wipe EVERYTHING except ext sd card and of course OTG (it will just return an error).

4. Flash the update and any mods (per ThunderStick's or CNexus' methods).

5. When you get to the point of TiBu restore, and you select "run", look over the list of apps that comes up very carefully. If ANYTHING is checked that is not a named app you installed UNCHECK it!

Example: com. Blah blah blah or anything not one of your named apps. If in fact those were necessary the flash will have most likely replaced or patched them. It's way easier to redo an app later if necessary than to deal with some of the issues being reported here. It's my thinking not doing this is causing some of these issues.

I'm hoping this will be helpful in preventing at least some of the problems many are experiencing with this update.

If I don't know what the hell I'm talking about, those who have real knowledge here at XDA just tell me to shut the ph____ up and go away... And I will.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tommy_2q:
What problems are fixed with the update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
OK, I am going to have only to files for download of this ROM available. ODEX and DEODEX.

THe ODEX version will receive updates more regularily since this is my preferred version.

I am going to start an upload for teh ODEX version now with all the fixin's.

This should fix most issues with the ROM.

I had problems with the first upload.

Now for the instructions...

DO NOT FORMAT THE SYSTEM PARTITION

The installer will check for a previously installed ROM to check if you have an MK3 based ROM. If MK3 is not found it will issue a warning requesting a factory reset if you have problems.

Next it will check your device to make sure you are running a sprint variant of the GS3.

Then it will format your system partition and install the ROM, MODEM, REMOVE PRevious KNOX app installations and data, Fix SuperUser Problems if they exist, update the boot partition.

Finally it deletes the cache and dalvik-cache

Hopefully this will make for a One Click Installation of the MK3 ROM

This took a lot of updater-scripting craziness, but I tested well this time, factory reset the phone a few times to make sure all would work if a factory reset was needed and it looks good.

The first ODEX version had problems with the Seclauncher2.apk This was left deodex along with a few other files that didnt odex correctly. All should be good,

Install instructions will be posted in the OP, the OP will also get updated to reflect the changes.

THanks all for testing this thing out, if this is your only phone this could be your daily driver now. As it is mine, and I use damn near every function but google wallet so this is all that was not tested.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] arcolino1:
Thanks Thunder for making it straight forward for the a android rookie like me. you rock,

the steps are going to be in the "op" does op = original post?

and this rom is going to wipe phone of its data or leave the data intact? just make a backup just incase.

btw the other day I installed a new motherboard in my phone and tried to do a restore with titnm. backup it did not work

I had software for months at 2am everynight it work say batch backup successful etc. I got no errors nothing follow

instructions rebooted then nothing. yuck!

I ended up putting old motherboard back in phone then doing a backup with the backup option in the cwm

then put new motherboard in then did a restore everything came out great :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tommy_2q:
Thank you for the update. I was getting errors flashing the file from the external sd. Flashed from internal sd was successful.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] arcolino1:
I thought about putting the file on internal vs external when I flash mine. question is your data intact meaning everything working the way it was did not lose data? you still have all the new features 4.3 has? how about the sprint hot spot is that working no issues?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tommy_2q:
If you are worried about losing data, don't flash any Rom. There is no guaranty that your data will be intact. Your phone might not even work after the flash sometimes. .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
Your phone will work

You won't lose your data

Follow the instructions in the OP and you'll be fine. If you factory reset, that is the only way you'll lose your data with this Rom.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] arcolino1:
Thank you Thunder, sorry to sound like a goof ball but is op = original post?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bkofman:
"Smart stay" issue

When I enable "Smart stay", the screen stays on no matter what I do, even if I push the power button. Is anyone else seeing this issue? The only way I've been able to fix it (twice now), is by re-flashing the ROM.

UPDATE: Turns out it happens when I remove bootsamsung.qmg from /system/media (I don't want the startup animation). Not sure how it's related to the screen...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
Yes op is original post in this context
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tommy_2q:
Just tested smart stay briefly and it seems to work properly. I am using the odex Rom along with yesterday's update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Robalboa:
Flashed on my wife's phone. Works real nice. I'm waiting till more mods are available. My md4 works flawlessly.

MD4 stock rooted odexed, modded
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dailomac:
So I installed it.. And it deleted all my pictures, music, ringtones.. Also on start up it downloads pictures that aren't there anymore.. How can I go into start up and stop that from happening other then that great ROM.. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
If you have a exfat formatted 64gb sdcard, it could be the wifi hack fix.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
Please remove sdcard and check if there still there. There is nothing in the updater script that deletes any thing from the sdcard. What did you wipe before flashing this. Cwm had an option under factory reset that does format the virtual sdcard , i think it also formats the regular as well. This is why the OP says wipe nothing. Factory reset is optional.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Hazardis:
Can I not use twrp?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] procter:
Installed this but have some problems. First it's confusing that op suggested not formatting system and let installer detect and automatically do it. In my case I was on rooted stock 4.1.2 but the installer never stopped and asked anything during the process but went all the way through. It says formatting system and installing files but it actually upgraded on top of my old ROM. And afterwards I saw all my installed apps and data still in the new mk3 and some apps started to act up so I realized it was not a clean flash and I had to do the wipe manually and reinstall. Did I understand op incorrectly?

2nd, I noticed my sdcard and ext sd got named differently compared to 4.1.2. It used to be "sdcard" for the internal 16g and "extsd" for the inserted card. Now I have a folder called "emulated " which contains sub folders "legacy "and "0". It seems like a mirror of the internal sd containing exactly the same files. Is this normal?

Third, how do I write prl in this ROM. I noticed there was a hiddenmenu apk installed but ##data # didn't give me write prl option. I tried flash digiblur's prl write enabler for both mb1 and ma4, no dice. And whenever I go to edit and go advance, it will force close.

Thanks a lot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JRRinNC:
It installed great using TWRP for me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I flashed the Odex version on top of the original one and my wallet constantly fc's
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
Try clearing app data for wallet
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] metalfan78:
I did that, and I unistalled updates, then updated, then it acted like the deodexed version. Tap to pay wouldn't set up.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
If you don't want to do a clean data install of this ROM, the only option i can give you us uninstalling the apps that force close and reinstall them if clearing data doesn't fix it.

I dirty flashed but I had no issues with Wallet. I had a few other apps force close but I am reinstalling them as I encounter them. Everything else is crisp and runs great.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] markdb77:
Screen mirroring

I am unable to get Screen Mirroring working with Samsung Smart TV with this ROM.

Reset counter with Triangle Away, still nothing.

Tv and S3 connect, then says Mirroring has been stopped..

Anyone have it working on this ROM?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mdtakach:
All in one hot spot fix

I am somewhat noob so bear with me, I rooted and flashed the all in one rooted/odexed version. I did clean install and even cleared the Dav.ik cache. Everything seems fine but the sprint native hotspot still states I don't have the feature....any ideas hoe to get the hotspot working would be great...thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] toddlmr:
There is a hotspot app with the Rom (not in settings) that worked for.me.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Robalboa:
Day 3 on my wifes phone seems all is well. Great job. Hope you update and add any mods as they are confirmed. Thanks again

MD4 stock rooted odexed, modded
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sugewhite:
On the odexed one i got a MD5 of 8042e36d2bac7e7f03cc91fa774052d0. It was updated 12/4. Is this safe to flash? Thx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
Not if the MD5 values don't match. Why would you think otherwise?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
The one you downloaded was the first release from November 30th. I know because of the md5 you posted. Go ahead and flash it, but i would flash the more up to date one personally.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MrRadic:
Can this be flashed on top of stock rooted 4.1.2?

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
Should be OK, you may get some force closes as reported by others. Give it a try and if you do uninstall the apps with problems and just reinstall them.

If you need to, you can factory reset before installing the ROM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Goat1378:
wow who's battery is that? Holy s@#%!!! Thats just idle time rite or light use? Still very awesome battery life.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Tewlman252:
Clean flash coming from liquid smooth anthraxed and I didn't have data (3g) and Wi-Fi was choppy at best. Tried profile and prl update and that failed.

Other than that everything worked. Not as fast as I hoped but it worked non the less.

Thanks for the work dev but it's not for me at this time. Back on my previous setup and all is good. I'll keep on eye on this thread in hopes of further updates. I'm sure you won't let us down.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Advertize:
Keep in mind that is a 7000Mah battery that I am using verses the 2100Mah stock battery but it sure does offer me a lot of freedom and flexibility.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MrRadic:
Thanks for the info, looking for a ROM with smooth sailing and excellent stability. I'm still trying to decide between this ROM and a KitKat based ROM. What would you recommend for something stable and fast? Battery life is a plus too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
To be honest, I am coming from a nexus device and I have always liked CM Roms or AOSP roms.

But the stock roms with touch wiz offer quite a few extra features, a better camera and better stability. Kit Kat is very experimental and really it is not for me yet.

Having a stock based ROM you can be assured that most features (if not all) work well.

The only thing I dont like about TW is the launcher, it reminds me of go launcher which I can't stand. I run APEX launcher with this ROM and I love it.

I have had a few android devices in the past, HTC Sense devices, nexus devices and a motorola.

It seems that most devs for those devices are working hard to bring the features that are already packed in to TouchWiz. When trying to create MOD's for this there really isn't too much to ad.

Xposed Framework is cool, but so simple to add that it is litterally handled by an APP and can be installed to any ROM.

So to wrap it up, A touchwiz Rom wins even over CM11 for now. I am sure CM11 will come out with some spectacular features but TW already has them...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] procter:
Did anyone tried flashing the PRL write enabler posted by digiblur for this ROM? I just could not get it work. It used to be working fine on my 4.1.2 ROM and people were reporting the zip for MB1 build worked on MK3. But I just did not see that option after flashing it with numerous ways.

Or can you guys tell me how to write PRL in this ROM?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
You already now my story ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
Cm team can't even get the front facing camera right. Units that happens I'll never run it again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] procter:
You used this all in one installer as well?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dcharleyultra:
No, I used the separate component files. Sorry for the misconception.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
Updated the DEODEX version last night to mirror the ODEX version. The installer and everything else is identical. Of course the difference is the System Apps and Framework are all DEODEX.

-What this brings is all the fixes are integrated as they should be, no longer updated by scripting at install.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
Ok, let's not forget CM does lead the way with many things and is a source for a lot of improvements that do make it to AOSP. The MultiWindow feature was first introduced by the AOKP Team as ribbons, the ability to change your battery icon to display text is an original CM feature. So let's not start a fire and burn these guys. They are doing great work, to put it simply they are a team with limited funding that puts everythig out in the public eye and has asked for nothing in return but an occasional donation if you wish.

Oh Yeah, CM also put's out builds nightly for over 100 devices (nothing short of phenomenal)

These big phone makers put out an update maybe twice a year for only a hand full of there latest devices. And you still get device updates with features that were crippled by a bug or two. Google the main maintainer of android also put's out buggy updates occasionally and only supports a very limited number of devices that are built basically on the same architecture.

So before we bash CM, AOKP, PA or any of the Dev groups remember why they do it, how it get's done (guys staying up late with no or very small monitary motivation) and what you get from it.

Sorry for a long post but truly CM does not deserve any discrediting, especially here on XDA...

##################### REBOOT #############################

Now that the topic of the thread has been completely toppled, let's get this SOB back on track...

Does anyone know of a good way to check if the ROM is ODEX or DeODEX using the updater-script commands.

I would like something like this

#If Else Statement to Detect and ODEX ROM or DEODEX ROM is Installed;

ifelse(
file_exists("/system/app/SystemUI.odex"),
ui_print("OK I WILL INSTALL THIS ROM"),
ui_print("Sorry Buddy, Not Gonna Happen")
)

Google has not been much help with searching for uncommon updater-script support
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] zalooa:
Thanks

Appreciate all the work on this one. I have been on MD4 for way too long and 4.1.2 for way too long, I customize the rom to my needs so it is a lot of work, not difficult but time consuming so I understand what you are saying about CM, those guys do a great amount of work for...free really

Guess we all wouldn't be here if we wanted to get paid, we would go to Google or Samsung/Apple for a source of income hehe

I do have a question, the email app keeps force closing whenever I click on the account settings. I have cleared the data and removed the accounts, reflashed after wiping everything. I can modify the gmail settings no problem, but just the regular email app is force closing,only when selecting the account settings.

I may have downloaded the MK3 in November but not sure if anyone else is experiencing this issue. If they are, please let me know what you did to fix, I cannot even change my recieve schedule after I set it up for the first time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
Odex or deodex?

I'm odex with no problems like that. Just checked the email settings to make sure.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] B5Z:
Thanks for the ROM. One issue though, whenever I make a call the person on the other end cannot hear me. I attempted to search to find a solution but came up empty. Is there a fix for this or am I the only one having this issue? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks again!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trident:
OP seems to indicate you got the extended power menu working on the odexed version, but I don't see it mentioned in the downloads.

Care to clarify?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dave74x:
Thanks a lot Thunder, this rom is amazing. It works great. I have the odex version and I haven't had one issue so far.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kaos420:
eh we can agree to disagree. they are kings at kanking. but we can leave it at that. back to topic.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
The extended power menu it's in both the odex ands deodex versions as of 12-04 and after
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ThunderStick:
I think there just looking for a reason to hang up ;)