yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] DJ aliasz3d:
You clean art/dalvik cache and cache again after flashing but before reboot

Bare minimum before for clean install flash is

Wipe data

Wipe both caches

Wipe system

If you want a "complete new start" wipe internal storage.

I don't use factory reset in twrp I just go to advanced and select one by one.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] tinko975:
which works better, regular version or HWC?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] Oswald Boelcke:
Different people, different devices, different opinions.

I suggest just to search this thread or flip backwards through the pages. They're only a few.

@AlexJumper has one of the obviously very rare i9305 with FM reception capability. He's just open a thread:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3/help-i9305/i9305-fm-receiver-t3613626

I had no issue at all to flash RR-20170524-HWC, and it was running excellently, too. Just could get Magisk to run as SU i.e. I was condemned to Google and unable to go GApps-free, otherwise I'd stayed with HWC for a longer period.

The links to all my posts in that regard are following:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72422199&postcount=6636

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72423523&postcount=6639

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72424808&postcount=6641

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72450980&postcount=6668
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] bp_201:
Upgrading from RR-N-5.8.1-20170131

Hi guys, haven't updated my i9305 in a while. Running RR-N-5.8.1-20170131. I'm a bit overwhelmed by all the changes that have happened (multiple kernels and test bulids) since I last installed RR! Sorry for the request for hand-holding but, in the light of all these changes, could someone pls let me know the clean upgrade procedure from RR-N-5.8.1-20170131? Do I just do the normal wipes and flash the ROM and 7.1 GAPPS? Thanks! :o
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] tinko975:
with sammy version stuck in bootloop, with regular version normal boot..
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] spencetj:
Kernel battery drain

Sorry for the noob question but I am getting what appears to be quite a high battery drain from the kernel since installing v5.8.3-20170510-i9305-Official (and opengapps 7.1 micro) about 10 days ago. Initially I had the "no sim card" error so after scouring the forum for info I flashed XXUFOA1 modem which fixed that issue, I haven't made any other changes to kernel etc.

I don't have BBS but GSam battery monitor indicates a drain of at least 3%/hour even when the phone is supposed to be idle, at least 80% of this is categorised as "Apps", the remainder for screen and phone radio, and 0% for wifi and held awake (which is suspicious in itself and makes we wonder if GSam is reporting usage correctly). Within the Apps list usually 40% or more battery drain is attributed to Kernel and minimal amounts to user apps. This is all very different to before I installed RR, I was previously on unrooted stock 4.3 and most battery drain was due to some rogue apps like Yahoo mail, Google Play Services and Facebook (which I was unable to uninstall). Overall the battery drains quicker now that it did on 4.3.

I have played around with Greenify and "extreme battery saver" setting but other than enabling airplane mode the best I can get is about 3%/hour, and initially it was typically more like 7-8%/hour. It seemed like Greenify actually made it worse. Mobile data seems to use more power than wifi, maybe that is to be expected? On airplane mode I can get the drain down to about 1%/hour but its not much use like that!

I have looked at the graphs GSam produces and the battery level seems to drop in steps. It will be steady for an hour or more then suddenly drop significantly for no obvious reason. The drop doesn't seem to coincide with screen on or any other user activity.

I have looked through this thread and seen some references to battery drain and wakelocks but mostly them seemed to be for previous releases of RR? I haven't seen much report of battery issues on the 10 May build. There is a lot of discussion of kernels, boeffla, HWC etc and maybe the answer is in there but sadly it all goes over my head.

Can anyone give me some suggestions of how to find and stop the battery drain please?

PS other than the battery I am really enjoying the RR experience, great work guys! A couple of random reboots in the last couple of days but other than that very fast and smooth, and a better phone signal than I had before on 4.3.

PPS is it possible to install superSU? Some apps complain about not being able to get root. When I tried installing superSU from Google Play it appeared to be successful but then the phone wouldn't boot so I had to start over and flash the ROM again.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] DJ aliasz3d:
3% an hour isn't too bad for RR ,stock will normally have better battery but with a bit of tweaking RR can get down to at least 1% an hour depending on your setup and if you use gapps or not, check a few pages back for my screenshots regarding battery on the 10/5 build. With SuperSU you need to flash l it via zip file not just install the app you can find it on XDA but to be honest I don't know where as I don't use it.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] DJ aliasz3d:
As you can see on the 10/5 build I'm getting great battery life with a conservative stock kernel profile plus greenify. I had a reboot that's why there's a gap in the graph.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] spencetj:
Finally figured out how to add some screenshots, I hope! Sorry about the red cast, I had Twilight running and it come out much deeper red in the image than it appears on the phone. Is it normal for so much of the power usage to be from the kernel? I had expected that a rooted phone without all the Samsung bloatware will use less battery than the stock ROM.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] spencetj:
Sorry another dumb question, what do you mean by "a conservative stock kernel profile"? I have whatever kernel came with the ROM, what is the profile and how would I change it, and is that something I should try (considering I have no idea what I am doing :D) ?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] stratonz:
Hi noc.jfcbs,

could the bootloop problem be bootloader depending? Can you tell me which bootloader version have you? Thanks! :)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] Oswald Boelcke:
Maybe, but I don't know. Guess you don't see my signature. Bootloader is I9305XXUEMKC.

Unless you want to go GApps free I suggest to give RR-N-v5.8.3-20170524-HWC a try. As I want to be rid of Google, I'm currently running RR-N-v5.8.3-20170510-i9305-Official with boeffla-kernel-6.1-boeffla-stratonz-beta3-Linaro6-LOS14.1-i9305.

And I certainly recommend a clean installation i.e. wipe of dalvik, cache, system and data at least.

Here some links to my observations regarding the two mentioned versions:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72250141&postcount=6509

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72423523&postcount=6639

And a link from the Q&A section as I was talking about ROM with custom kernel:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72446092&postcount=932

Regarding the RR version you're talking I've posted idle logs in this thread; however in the Q&A section.

I suggest to purchase the pro-version of BBS and raise any battery drainage question in this thread. Really helpful experts there.

Looking into the screenshots at your post here, kernel wakelocks seem to me more than acceptable knowing GApps are installed but I don't want to talk about GApps as I'm GApps free. Same applies to SuperSU; since Chainfire sold to China it's out of my game. Using Magisk. @alias_ z3d is right; you MUST flash the SuperSU.zip via TWRP or similar. If you duckduckgo for UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.76-20160630161323.zip you'll certainly find the last one really made by Chainfire himself.

Please check here; it also contains a link to guide regarding kernel and governor. Pending on the kernel you use, there are either dedicated kernel control application or you go e.g. with Kernel Adiutor (KA) (I suggest the Pro-version). Somewhere in one of the two sections of this thread, you also going to find some post by alias_z3d showing where to find e.g. different profiles of a governor and how to set them via KA. Search engine of XDA is really powerful.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] HaroldNL:
What I did, clean install RR-20170524-HWC, (Gives me Logo Bootloop) then clean install v5.8.3-20170510, (gives me occasionally reset), dirty flashed RR-20170524-HWC over it, still gives me logo bootloop, dirty flashed v5.8.3-20170510 over it, and since then no problems, system is running without resets for more then 5 days! :)

resume:

Clean install RR-20170524-HWC

Clean install v5.8.3-20170510

Dirty flash RR-20170524-HWC

Dirty flash v5.8.3-20170510
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] DJ aliasz3d:
I mean by underclocking and undervolting plus using yank battery extreme zzmoove profile with kernel auditor. You can find out how to enable zzmoove profiles about 6 pages back or use thread search and search "zzmoove profiles" [MENTION=4613083]rodman01[/MENTION] also linked to my posts about it:good:.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] mop09737:
Hi Rodman, zero reboots since the first day (24.05) I installed RR-20170524-HWC, no problems to report.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] DJ aliasz3d:
I get one a day on the 10/5 but it's manageable considering I don't want to give up substratum. thanks for reporting :good:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] mobilewiesl:
Also 20170512-HWC looses SIM card around once a day. So latest stable version for me is 20170510. Any update planned?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] DJ aliasz3d:
Eta's are not looked upon kindly on XDA, rodman will release when he's ready.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] HaroldNL:
Try installing (dirty, direct over your 10/5 version ) the latest HWC version, if it gives you a logo reboot, go back to Twrp and dirty flash the 10/5 version.

I did that and my system is reboot free (more than 8 days so far)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] DJ aliasz3d:
Thanks. I've been putting it off since I heavily rely on substratum as you can see in the screenshot I do a lot of theming but if need be I'll flash HWC but the reboot each day I can live with :good:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] Oswald Boelcke:
I'm fully with you to remain on 20170510 due to Substratum...

But as I understood @HaroldNL his suggestion is to dirty flash 20170524-HWC over 20170510, boot into system then back to TWRP, dirty flash 20170510 over 20170524-HWC, and back into system. By his experience, you won't have any reboots anymore but are back on 20170510.

I hope I got that right; anyway I don't have any reboots either on 20170510.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] DJ aliasz3d:
Ah ok now I understand will do :good::)

Edit: done, thanks to [MENTION=7408621]noc.jfcbs[/MENTION] and [MENTION=6883804]HaroldNL[/MENTION] for the help I appreciate it guys :good::)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] HaroldNL:
That works for me, no guarantee it will work for others... Good luck ☺️
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] DJ aliasz3d:
Still thanks though I'll see if it helps ?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] tinko975:
I cant find where to change colour of led notification light?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] Oswald Boelcke:
I change it individually in e.g. my email client, my SMS client, my messenger etc.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] tinko975:
But where i cant find anywhere in settings. It was on CM14 i think
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] Oswald Boelcke:
If you mean the LED light colour e.g. for battery loading, full etc., correct that's no longer in the RR settings for whatever reasons. Anyhow, I don't believe that @rodman01's port has anything to do with it. Guess you have to raise that issue in the RR Google+ thread.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] tinko975:
No i didnt know it. I dont use this phone as my daily driver. It was in my locker 1 year. I sold S7 yesterday and now it is replacement phone before i buy something new, so i didnt follow development sorry.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] rodman01:
You can also check: settings/notification-> upper right settings button, not the 3 dots -> configure notification -> notification led or lights, then play around with the settings and to add apps, press the + at the upper right.

But:

I am not sure whether this is already included in the current versions. Because im currently working on a port of the new led and bln and blinking commits in kernel and hardware/samsung and have already an updated version installed. Also I am not sure, whether it is working proper. From my experiences and tests it doesn't yet.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] Oswald Boelcke:
Upps! You're right. It's in exactly there. And actually I knew but simply forgot. Shame on me.:eek::o
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] rodman01:
Not a problem...thats why we are here and thats how we can profit from each other :) :good:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] Chichi.Lopez:
[MENTION=732649]rodman[/MENTION]:

You've released the build RR-N-v5.8.3-20170601-i9305-Official-HWC.zip but I could not find some remarks what has changed in the new build compared to the former build...:confused:

Would you pls give some short information about the latest build as soon as your time is permiting it. Thanx:o
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] tissot73:
Earphones doesn't work some helps plz

In 24/05 hwc rom.

I have no sound in my headphone. Youtube,whatsapp, music...
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] rodman01:
The RR-N-v5.8.3-20170601-i9305-Official-HWC.zip build wasn't really released, because it was "only" a new test build to verify strantonz boot loop at samsung logo problem. For this and beside some other changes I moved my build to my linux pc and reverted some kernel commits. This test build is no and wouldn't get a real release, I will remove it as soon as the new hwc version is done and uploaded.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] DJ aliasz3d:
0 reboots since doing what you suggested :):good:
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] Oswald Boelcke:
RR-N-v5.8.3-20170601-i9305-Official-HWC - Initial Observations

These are my initial observations after download of RR-N-v5.8.3-20170601-i9305-Official-HWC this morning. I decided to commence testing despite @rodman01 statement here.

Booted into TWRP (3.0.2-1) and took my Nandroid backup.

Dirty (i.e. only wiped dalvik and cache) flashed RR-N-v5.8.3-20170601-i9305-Official-HWC on top of RR-N-v5.8.3-20170510-i9305-Official. Flash occured without any issues including the flash of Magisk v12. Booted into system.

Initial boot took only about 3 minutes - no problems at all.

The ROM indications in settings do not show that it is a "HWC-version".

SELinux status was on "strict" after flashing the ROM (Remark: Manually switch to "permissive" later).

Baseband/modem was available.

Magisk v12 was successfully installed. Magisk Control apk working.

Even my two Magisk modules were still available without the requirement to go back into TWRP and to flash them.

The ROM inherent kernel is not compatible with Boeffla-Config apk.

Substratum is always forcefully closing. Maybe the ROM isn't supporting OSM, I don't know.

Please advise if a catlog is required!

Froze Substratum and Boeffla-Config through Titanium.

GPS is working.

The system is GApps-free! Thanks very much to rodman01 for bringing Magisk back; you know how important that is to me.

Play Store is working. Did two updates and download Kernel Adiutor for further use.

Bluetooth is working. Tried that with wireless Stereo-earplugs.

Music is working in stereo.

Network and messenger are working.

[EDIT] Excellent charging time!

EDIT: Despite Substratum not working and in turn being uninstalled, my previously installed PitchBlack Origin theme remained on the system. I know that one functionality of SD Maid Pro is not working with this theme: Changing of properties of files and folders. Have to do this now through Root Essentials.

Going now to explore further including stability, reboots, battery drainage etc. Probably checking if any other of strantonz's kernel is working with this ROM.

As it is GApps-free it could become my daily driver; however, it'd be great if Substratum was supported.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] DJ aliasz3d:
Wow fighter pilots really do listen to dangerzone [emoji1]
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] Oswald Boelcke:
OT, please allow. It's my primary ringtone!:D

Post #6725 updated:

Despite Substratum not working and in turn being uninstalled, my previously installed PitchBlack Origin theme remained on the system. I know that one functionality of SD Maid Pro is not working with this theme: Changing of properties of files and folders. Have to do this now through Root Essentials.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] mobilewiesl:
Tested it anyway: RR-N-v5.8.3-20170601-i9305-Official-HWC.zip. Still reboot loop after dirty and clean flash. Back at 20170510 version.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] rodman01:
I have tried substratum on my latest build which was mainly the same as 0601 hwc and it worked in general. Some telephony related parts failed, but after deselecting this, I installed well (samsung elementary theme or so...).

Just installing and testing newest hwc test build, if every thing is ok it will be released
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] Oswald Boelcke:
Currently applying RR-N-v5.8.3-20170605-i9305-Official-HWC. This time, I uninstalled my themes, PitchBlack and Substratum before flashing. Will try to re-install all afterwards.

Reporting back soon, latest tomorrow.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] Iller Chiller:
Is it possible to use Gapps?

If not, will it be in the future?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] rodman01:
sure, gapps are working as usual.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] Oswald Boelcke:
Every ROM works with GApps.

During my testings, I personally check if it's possible to go GApps-free with a ROM because only then this ROM is usable to me.

Now excuse me; BBQ time!
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] kulqy:
For me RR-N-v5.8.3-20170605-i9305-Official-HWC gives Samsung logo bootloop again.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] HaroldNL:
One reboot after 10 days... Acceptable ☺️
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] rodman01:
I tested both: dirty and clean flash and have no problems with the installation and boot. But with previous build stratonz also reported that it didn't boot for him, so it might be possible that for some users and/or devices the hwc version doesn't boot. If so, please revert back to "normal" RR version.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] Torgar:
RR-N-v5.8.3-20170605-i9305-Official-HWC gives Samsung logo bootloop. Have not got any HWC versions to boot ..

RR-N-v5.8.3-20170510-i9305-Official works well for me.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] rodman01:
as said:

I have a test kernel here attached maybe this is working for you?!?

And please if somehow possible it would be very nice to know a bit more details about your flash procedure.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] Torgar:
I performed clean, and dirty flash over

RR-N-v5.8.3-20170510-i9305-Official.

I'll give it a try (Test-kernel-hwc)!

Thank you in advance.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] hideo86:
1st attempt: Clean flash( every partition but microsd formatted), got a bootloop on samsung logo

2nd attempt: Clean flashed with boeffla 9d, black screen after first samsung logo, but few rumble motor beeps after few minutes. Continue to stuck after 15min.

2rd attempt: Clean flashed with testkernel-hwc, also a bootloop

4th atemptt: Since i got first hwc build working by dirty flash over 5.10 build+boeffla why not try replicate this. Unfortunately also a bootloop.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] Torgar:
Unfortunately, test_kernel_hwc did not work. Performed the test with dirty and clean flash. Now back to RR-N-v5.8.3-20170510-i9305-Official.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] Oswald Boelcke:
Very, very first impression... Superb job!:good::good::good:

No issues, no bootloop, nothing; however, more to follow tomorrow - and more detailed.

P.S. I don't support all the bootloop posts...:(
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] HaroldNL:
Is there a way to show the differences between our devices? To be sure there is a hardware issue causing the logo bootloop?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] joam280:
How do you do it?

Enviado desde mi SM-G950F mediante Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] HaroldNL:
See my post on page 671, goodluck
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] erosco:
Hi Guys been away for a while.. can those who are having boot loops try removing their extSD card before the initial boot after a clean flash? Maybe choose power off after flash.. This way the phone can't pick up old files from the extSD Android data directories. Just a wild arse guess but I have seen this screw up the ROM in older versions.. would be good to eliminate it. Just need one person to try. - note.. I must apologise as I haven't tried any of the ROMs lately as I've been unwell. Hopefully I will be in a position to flash my phone in the next day or two. ?
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] mrmuro:
Hello, I'm also experiencing samsung logo bootloop after installing one of the last two versions. For me the last running version is RR-N-v5.8.3-20170512-i9305-Official-HWC.zip. Unfortunatelly with this version I have some reboots from time to time and also powerservice wakelock sometimes.

What is strange for me is that the version I'm using is HWC version, so the problem is not the HWC.

Изпратено от моят GT-I9305 с помощта на Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] hideo86:
I think i have tried booting with extsdcard ejected once, but probably without power cycle. Hmmm one thing i noticed just now. In my previus rom instalation I had "stay awake while chargeing" turned on in developer options. Now when connecting charger I noticed that screen stays on and thats something that is probably not ON by default and I have done clean flash today. It is indeed pointing to some leftovers from exsd causing bootloop or twrp not formatting some partition despite comunicating so.

Well, since i haven't done rom set up i will try few things with formated/ejected extsdcard or maybe even all the way to rebuild to stock firmware and flashing everything again.
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] mrmuro:
Hello, I just tried with removed extSD, but have no luck, the behaviour is still the same, bootloop.

Изпратено от моят GT-I9305 с помощта на Tapatalk
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] mop09737:
Great ROM again Rodman, just install and so far no problems. :)
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] erosco:
Thanks to both of you for trying.. was just a guess. Sorry to waste your time. At least we know now.

Cheers

erosco
[Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Android Deve] hideo86:
Update. Yeah nothing helped.

Rebuilt stock firmware using kies , root, flashed twrp still bootlops( same on 302.1 and v2.7.0) with rom on fresh formated exsd. Downloaded zip again and flashed it from internal sd with booth sd na sim ejected and still nothing. Whew i guess i have enough flashing for a few weeks, time to try eclipse:)