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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
Ive chatted with 2 VZW sales reps in the past 2 days. First one says I can move my upgrade to my wifes line and do that jazz to keep my unlimited. The second rep says the act of moving my upgrade to my wifes line basically renews your contract at that point and will force you to pick a new data plan. This is what I believe is actually true. Either the first one was misinformed or I would have done it and would have been an "oops" on vzw's side.

Seems like the bestbuy method is the only way to go right now. Nexus 6 isnt on the bestbuy site yet however..

Every plan change I went over with the VZW rep leaves me paying MORE a month if I want more than 2GB of data between my wife and I. There really isnt any happy medium. Have to pay more for less.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] EGill42:
...I wonder if pretty much everyone still on the GS3 with Verizon is still on it because they still have unlimited data. If I didn't, I would even contemplate leaving the carrier.

ironically, this situation has lead to this phone getting an unusual amount of support this late into its life cycle and people staying on unlimited plans. Although, Verizon is not subsidizing any phone cost for us, so they probably still come out ahead.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
I would have upgraded a year ago when my contract was up if I wasnt on unlimited. Ive been waiting and waiting for something worthwhile.. Wish I could afford to just buy something outright. I dont need unlimited... but I dont want to pay more per month for a limited data account. If I could pay 30 bucks less a month, id give it up at this point. But for my wife and I.. no working around leads to a place where we pay less a month than we do right now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] toosurreal01:
I'm still rocking the S3 on Verizon with unlimited data, but I have 5 lines of unlimited on my plan.

I want to upgrade, don't care about losing unlimited data, but if I changed contract/plans I would pay MORE money than I am currently every month.

It makes zero sense, and I've even told VZW that they can move me to a 10GB plan (2GB/line x 5) if they keep the cost the same, but they "can't" do that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Prack:
I had unlimited data for the last 6-7 years. I'm on a 10gb plan right now. I got it during some promo where if you bought 6gb you would get 10. It's 106 dollars a month and work pays for it. I have never gone over the 10 gb. I also have a MIFI from work with unlimited data on it so i'm not worried about it. Excited to get my Nexus :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] slick_shoes:
I'm on the latest nightly and it won't go to deep sleep according to trickstermod. Everything else is working great and its the first time I jumped to Lollipop on the S3.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
Whats your battery stats say is eating up the battery? There is something going on with google play services that is hitting some people.. my phone sleeps fine though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] slick_shoes:
It finally went to deep sleep but it took awhile. It looks like Google services keeping my device awake
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] EGill42:
That's too bad that there isn't the right combination of a phone and plan for you. But, your loss has been my gain!

For myself, I would gladly buy a used phone to keep my data, but all the phones have been so heavily locked down or comprised in unnecessary ways (i'm looking at you GS6) that the new phones take away the fun of owning an android phone. I'll probable wait till the Moto X 2015 is released before I get a new phone or a used HTC M9 when they come down in price.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
Only problem I have is by the time a phone is in the ballpark of what I can spend outright on a phone.. its last years news. And im not the kinda person to buy old/used stuff.. i always need the latest/greatest... (characterflaw). Even when the phone is undoubtedly better in any way/shape/form than what I have now.. its still hard to buy something that isnt bleeding edge. I could grab an LG G3, HTC M8 and be on my way.. just cant pull the trigger.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XdrummerXboy:
Exact same way here!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DubleJayJ:
When my contract expires in September I'm probably gonna be going G3. I wanna go Z3 just because of the insane battery life but it not being unlocked(even rooted) really sucks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Thebear j koss:
Newly, possibly rooted droid turbo looks promising now. That phone is awesome, but I'd rather stay with my gs3 than have no root. HTC is a no go as since the horrible tbolt days I have no faith in that company.

Droid turbo price drop- http://www.droid-life.com/2015/03/13/droid-turbo-drops-to-149-at-verizon-549-off-contract/

Thebe@r'$ G@L@XY

De-materializing Android 1 app at a time...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blaiser47:
Well i transfered my upgrade to my mom's line two days ago, bought the n6 on her line, and my line is still showing unlimited so I am pretty sure rep 2 is wrong, just saying. Did it through the comcast link so I get a free $200 gift card too. N6 will cost me around 100 after tax and activation fees and I'll still have unlimited data. All I had to do was say keep the same plan for my mom, never asked anything about my line. Read the slickdeals forum. It has worked for tons of folks. Ask julesjam, he is on xda too. Worst case scenario, you can return everything and you are right where you are now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Rushead:
He's trying to transfer his upgrade to his wife's line. That's the issue. It'd be no problem if she had an upgrade. Get the phone on her line & switch her back to the old phone once you get the new one. But transferring the upgrade is the problem.

I'm paying $30 a month for unlimited. My wife has an upgrade, but I think she wants it. Damn!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blaiser47:
You miss read me. I want the n6, I had an upgrade and unlimited data, my mom has an m8 and is not eligible for an upgrade. I transferred MY upgrade to her, bought the n6 in her line, will activate it on her life first, then switch it to my line and give her back the m8. So in the end I end up with the n6 and unlimited data. For full details see the slickdeals thread. Mastamoon can do this same thing with his wife if he wants as long as she does not have unlimited data and is not eligible for an upgrade.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
Sounds good. What did you mean by the Comcast deal?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] savagebunny:
Oh ya I know. My Bluetooth has been fully functional since I was on the 12/14 builds. I mean there is a 2-3 second delay of when my car starts picking up my audio, or my phone sending the audio. Not a big issue though
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] GideonX:
[MENTION=2963287]mastamoon[/MENTION] - are these new drivers cherry-picked? I'm not seeing anything new on CM git for the kernel since my last build.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
Yep, all on gerrit... http://mastamoon.truelinux.net/ROMs/CM11.x/d2vzw/CM11.0/changelogs/CHANGELOG-2014-01-06_142849.TXT

Im having connect/disconnect issues with my devices in my car though, so probably wont include one or all of these in my build today.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
About to flash latest. I been on I think 12/27?...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AdMire:
Does anyone know where the option went to change from the Bars to actually signal strength/number?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mikejr83:
The new bluetooth seems to better. Connecting to my car was much smoother. Normally I'd have to toggle it a couple of times but it connected instantly this morning. I haven't called anyone. Hopefully it will eliminate the beeping noise I was told was being heard. I'll have to test it in my other car with bluetooth audio to see if that works too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] moparfreak426:
4th time I've tried downloading, something wrong or my end or what?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PerCompLLC:
Hasn't been merged yet...

http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/56039/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] TwistingSoul:
I actually installed 8SMS about a week ago, and while the icon is initially kind of...obtuse, you can successfully change the main app interface to a dark theme like you're looking for.

You can also change the icon from the blue one to the default green AOKP one, as I recall.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AdMire:
Thank you. I wish I knew how to read those. Hahahaha!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PerCompLLC:
:laugh: Basically it's been ported and submitted to CM for approval. Once approved it will be merged and included in the nightly builds.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
Actually this change got merged today... http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/55211/ & http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/55209/

Can now change your signal to read as text instead of bars along with some other stuffs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] PerCompLLC:
I stand corrected... :) I guess was looking at the wrong commit.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] iamrazor:
I'm usually a lurker, but wanted to leave my feedback here.

1.2 was very solid data / bluetoothwise...

from 1.6 on, not so much.

I've had alot of data drops and issues switching from wifi to 3G. 3G to wifi always worked.

BT connecting to my jawbone or car was always instantaneous. Today it failed or eventually connected (~30+ seconds?)

this started after dirty flashing 1.6 over 1.2 (clean flash). Same issues clean flashing 1.7

I'd be happy to provide you with any logs you need (just tell me how) :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] culpn8r:
Has anyone gotten fit bit sync to work?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] tcsheen:
I am also usually lurking, but the 1-7 nightly from masta has given me exceptional battery life for some reason. I wish I had a screen cap from yesterday before I flashed 1-7, but you'll just have to believe me when I say that with moderate use I was dead in under 12 hours. I had then tried switching to dkp's kernel and was managing a decent battery life but then 1-7 came out and I just flashed it clean, I am now sitting around 8 hours with around 60% left. Just amazing for cm11.0 for me.

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Sorry for the double post, but I realized that I didn't specify the fact that when I mean good battery life, I mean the battery isn't draining just sitting in my pocket as it usually does. My phone usually dies on cm11.0 under 12 hours of idle, as in not touching my phone as it sits in a locker.... This 1-7 however is quite the opposite.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jaegermeiste:
Anyone using quiet hours notice sound fail to resume? Like a failure to recover/reenable sound from quiet hours? Perhaps it's a fluke, but it hadn't happened to me until the most recent nightly (which I flashed last night). A reboot fixed it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Reborn627:
Hey Moon,

Not sure what you've experience with the bluetooth picks but I can say that bluetooth sync with my car is better but not constant. What I experienced previously was a solid connection to ford sync after a reboot. If I left the car and came back I would experience connect/disconnect/reconnect/disconnect/reconnect and the "unfortunately blah, blah, blah has failed". After yesterdays build I could connect solidly but after about 15-20 minutes it would, without explanation, disconnect and not reconnect, almost like a timeout or something. After shutting off the car then getting back in it would do the same, solid connection for 15min or so then disconnect again. I'm running your stock ROM with the stock kernel. When I flash I clear system, dalvik & cache (hate wiping data but will if it'll help---though I wouldn't think wiping data would make a difference with kernel stuff...what do I know). Just my experience. Thanks for all of the work that you do.

Peace,

Ray
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KnappyRoot:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2492436

I am still using version 1.83 from the thread I posted above and I got it to sync with my Flex this morning.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
Yeah that's what others in the irc channel are experiencing also.. I guess my ride home isn't long enough to reach that time out period generally.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blaiser47:
http://www.comcast.com/verizon-wireless.html but again don't talk to anyone. All online. Also I strongly suggest reading the wiki of this thread first http://slickdeals.net/f/6964624-upgrade-and-keep-your-unlimited-data-with-verizon

When asked if you want to keep your sim when upgrading on your wife's line say no so you get a new sim for when it goes on your line.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
What happens on your line when you transfer.. You are still not on contract, what happens to your upgrade date?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ef-civic:
I am loosing root after I have installed this ROM. It doesn't happen right after the install though. It has been 92 hours since I installed the ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
Losing root? Does reboot bring it back or you have to reflash? Is it just an app that stops working or all root apps?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ef-civic:
I can still open the root apps but no access to anything. I can not see my backups in CWM. Superuser is gone also, which would be normal.

Reboot does not being root back.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
Are you still flashing superSU? Stop that. Built in su works fine now. Try reflashing the rom without the supersu zip and see what happens?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ef-civic:
OK, I will flash the latest one. Thanks for your help
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
You might need to wipe system and reinstall rom and gapps. SuperSU is quite invasive. So if things don't go great after a simple reflash, try that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kidhudi:
yo masta i dont know if this helps you make your decision

xfinity is giving a 200 dollar prepaid credit card when you purchase a nexus from verizon. you do not have to be a customer of xfinity either.

i am kinda pissed i ordered mine ii would have only cost me 50 bucks after it was all said and done

i wonder if there is a way i can take advantage of this offer still. maybe send the phone back and re order it.

http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6/general/verizon-nexus-6-200-gift-card-upgrade-t3049484
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
This is why I'm still flashing SuperSU (with no problems so far.) Couldn't find a way to get the native SU to work without doing a fresh install.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] talk2nate:
OK so what's the LTE fix? The ROM is sweet! But my LTE is the sad ! mark... I went from global to LTE and reboot didn't help :\ I switched it to 3G for now and its working good. LTE worked till I played with my WiFi :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
PS - My contract ends in a week but I don't have unlimited. I have 4GB and share it with my daughter but rarely even use half, streaming whatever music I want. We have lots of Wifi around us.

Love this phone and the ability to flash these ROMs. It still works flawlessly wiith great battery life and still looks like new, so, ..., I'm just starting to think about what's next.

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After flashing the 3/12 I was able to get LTE to stick instead of Global (spent a few days with a TW ROM and put that in LTE??) I did have the ! once (also came after turning Wifi off) but I pulled the battery last night and it has continued to work so far.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Blaiser47:
Well it varies I guess. On slickdeals some report being still off contract and actually still having an upgrade available right away, i.e. It didn't actually change the line at all. I think what is supposed to happen is your contact and upgrade date are extended by two years. But again more info on the slickdeals forum. Can't tell you first hand yet since I don't think I will know until I get and activate the n6
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] talk2nate:
Hmm battery pull worked for me.. So glad I gave up on my otter box lol. I was struggling! I have unlimited Verizon still and no LTE makes unlimited sad lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
You guys might want to try the vzw stock apns I have in the OP. If your not a global user, putting the smallest, unmodified set of stock apns seems to make sense. With these and "LTE" mode, I haven't seen any handover issues.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
Also the LTE mode sticking was a fix from a few days ago. It was a global cm issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] talk2nate:
I pulled those down before I flashed.. But my general rule is try ROM first before applying a fix.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mi9ke123:
Just flashed the most recent one, it was my first since mid-feb, or at least the first since you re-instituted the DPI settings. Just curious: now my AppSettings (Xposed) has no effect in terms of changing per-app DPI. Is this built in feature conflicting with that, and if so, is there a way to essentially 'turn it off'?

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How exactly did your device finally get into deep sleep? Something, doesn't say in bat.stats., but I'd assume Services, is keeping my phone awake the whole time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XdrummerXboy:
When I flash the ROM via CWM at the end it always asks

"Root not detected, would you like to fix root?"

Or something similar. If I say YES, it messes up root. If I say NO, root is fine.

Could this possibly be your issue?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
Don't use cwm, use the latest twrp.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Omegapsy:
Can I get a link to the twrp for this phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mi9ke123:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2 - on the top is "get TWRP for your device"
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
Also linked in the OP.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XdrummerXboy:
Its worked fine so far, aside from that weird message.

Are there any other issues you guys know of? I'll probably switch anyways some point soon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DubleJayJ:
I think something may be broken... I flashed 3/12 nightly and my font is all sorts of fudged up. Using choco cooky and for some reason, everything is in the stock font except for GEL. Seems to still be in choco cooky. I've applied the stock and choco cooky font a few times and it's still stuck like this. Hopefully I won't have to wipe to fix this
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mikejr83:
Well... Ordered my N6. Doesn't mean I'm done with this rom. I'm actually a bit excited as now I can start attempting more stuff without the nagging thought that I could be going without a phone for a while.

One thing I'll want to know, and this more when I have the N6 in hand, is how to completely disable the mobile radio. I want to be able to turn the s3 into a wifi voip phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bmeek:
Last time I weighed in on this issue, I explained that my problem (same symptoms as [MENTION=5238493]Reznor7[/MENTION] describes here) went away when I switched my Wi-Fi router from "mixed mode" WPA/wpa2 to straight WPA. The problem was the mixed mode, not the wpa2..

I'm back on wpa2-psk. Just not the mixed mode variation on my router. Obviously YMMV, but something to check out on your router side...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Reznor7:
My router is on straight WPA2,so that isn't it. It definitely something on the phone, as it happens even when I toggle WiFi when I'm on LTE.

I'm just really surprised that I'm the only one having serious problems toggling WiFi on/off. I've tried countless clean installs, and all end with the same symptoms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cnewman402:
Qi Wireless Charging

Is anyone else have wireless charging issues? I read this was a known issue in CM and wondered if it had been fixed, or if its possible to fix?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Reznor7:
I've used an aftermarket Qui charger since CM11 (now CM12) with my GS3 and have never experienced a problem. What type are people having?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Omegapsy:
Anyone having the charge notification hang on then after unplugging their phone? This has happened to me the last two builds I have been on and the only way I can get rid of it is a full restart. On that same note, the same thing happens with my USB debugging and USB mode select.

This is what I an talking about.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] cnewman402:
I read in the google forums that it was listed as a known bug in CM 11, but read nothing about CM12. I have an aftermarket as well in my S3. Maybe ill dirty flash today up to the current release and see if I make any progress.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phil0sophic:
Yeah mine does the same thing... You are not alone.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MrBrady:
Just came back to this after a stay in cm11. Still getting terrible data drops, where the phone will only connect to VZW on first few boots, then seems to never connect again. Even tried doing the apn fix in the op with no resolve. Any other ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Krystalmyth:
If not for unlimited data I'd have left for T-Mobile a long time ago. I have not had to give a damn about mobile data caps for years. Backup to drive gonna be a gig? Easy. Streaming Netflix? I put Verizon to work. Americas fastest 4g and/because nobody freaking uses their data. Its a damn joke. Verizon made something in the realm of 2billion dollars in overages last year. If you tether or basically exist on mobile at all you should not be paying a premium for the privilege of desperately looking for the nearest Stabucks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XdrummerXboy:
I don't like T-Mobile either, but I know what you mean, haha. Keeping unlimited as long as I can, even though I don't make use of it like I used to now that I have fast WiFi. I don't want to have to keep tabs on it though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DubleJayJ:
On 3/16 and multiple camera focuses on Google Camera doesn't crash camera anymore. I can spam it now and it'll function
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] iclickjohn:
Hi all, thanks Masta I've got screen shot to post. Am I good to flash as is?

Then wondering about lotsa reboots just from swiping screen up. Know it must be in CM. Would like to be done with that and my GS3 would be good for another year lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] slick_shoes:
Not sure if its ROM related but I now see why it takes so long or sometimes never that my phone doesn't go to deep sleep.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DubleJayJ:
Sorta Google's fault, sorta CM's. Google Play Services 7 has a nasty wakelock, well to stop it from updating to 7 CM blocked it from updating. Well, it still tries to update and it keeps it up. I've seen posts on going into privacy guard then going in to play services and turning off keep awake and wake up but idk how that'll affect your phone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sbattosai:
Don't give up unlimited guys! I bought a lg g2 new for $280 and kept my unlimited data, that's too precious to give up!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] talk2nate:
Just reporting back this solved all problems with LTE handoffs.. Thank you for all the work you're doing! The ROM is great :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mastamoon:
If your on CM11 you should be able to upgrade to cm12 no problem.. I still recommend a clean flash when changing major versions, but I think it will actually upgrade without much fuss. But be prepared if something goes wrong.

This is a known issue that this point.. its being worked on by the CM team. Today's build will hopefully have something in it to help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Omegapsy:
So "hopefully" we might start seeing some long term solutions to the wakelocks? Yay!