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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bsorli:
I finally got around to trying the latest SlimKat 6.2.2 (I think) downloaded today on my T999 S3 originally on T-mobile. Please also note, I did a complete wipe and clean install to help resolve other problems, but this was probably unnecessary. Either way, everything was working fine till I tried to make a call and noticed my SIM card not available. Software reported SIM card missing and requested that I install the SIM and reboot. Tried pulling SIM card and rebooted twice to resolve this issue, but no go on this build. Thankfully I have a Nand backup of version 5.2 and restored that build and my phone is now back.

This is my first major problem using SlimKat on my T999 phone and also have a close friend who installed 6.2.x last week on his T999 and is having no issues besides using Art and killing access to Waze and other apps that are not supported. His SIM card (also on StraightTalk) is work working just fine and curious if anyone else is having issues?

Thanks, Sorli...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] avi30na:
If you take a look at the log file He posted, the phone only has 23 mins of screen on time. Although these are still impressive results they are achievable.

My phone uses Greenify (Helps ALOT), Undervolted -50mV to -75mV (could've gone all the way to -100mV but stability is my #1 goal) , Ktoonsarvative governor (KT747 kernel in case you aren't familiar with it yet) and screen-off max CPU Freq. of 1134
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Several things. One of which is this mod. Also I do use KT747 Kernel, and have my own custom profile called Dead By April. There's an undervolt guide in my signature if you want.

As I said in that post, the intent was to show that when left alone, this rom can and will provide pretty amazing Battery. I am trying to shut down once and for all the whole Noob discussion on this Rom has bad battery. The point is, Roms don't define battery life. Your usage does.

Speaking of which, when I do use my phone on an average day, I typically get a Day and 11 to 12 hours. That too with 4-5 hour Screen time.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] avi30na:
Of course. i meant no disrespect to your Phone's battery life :p

I am too, curious about how you are able to get 4 - 5 hour of screen time on stock battery since the most i was able to get was 2 - 3 (with not same, but close setting to yours). But i guess thats a discussion for another thread and time.

When talking about the ROM, in my opinion this one is as amazing as the KT747 kernel i use with it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Speaking of which, I am toying with the idea of running a build with Kt747 baked in instead of Slim Kernel based on CM Kernel.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brianisawesome1:
Can anyone give me a kernel that has a kernel tweaker that doesn't force stop? I have zerolemon 7000mah battery so idc if its like OK for battery. I have the kernel that uses ktweaker and it doesn't work. Any suggestions? I just want to over clock to 1.8ghz
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] blongs:
How can I change the screen resolution to 320?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Globespy:
Flash Failed

Was running rooted Root66 4.3 ROM on my unbranded, unlocked SGS3 (T999), non-LTE model

Thought I would try SlimKat, latest officail stable (OP says that even though it says LTE, it's a combined ROM for all SGS3 variants.

Downloaded file (twice at this point) and Gapps.

Booted into TWRP and followed wipe instructions.

Started install and it failed.

Of course, the instructions to wipe dalvik, cacje, data and system now means my phone is a dead stick.

Downloaded again, and tried to flash using sideload, again failed.

THinking it could be that I needed to update my TWRP from 2.6.3 to the latest 2.7 series, I flashed the image and that seemed to further bork my phone.

I will get it up and running again using the stock samsung images, but wondered why this was such a monstrous fail?

I know what I'm doing and am a flashaholic but this is a disaster.

Update:

I re-flashed an earlier TWRP (2.7.0.0 instead of 2.7.1.1) and then the ROM installed. So I guess it had to do with the recovery (I first tried on 2.6.3.0) which must have been incompatible.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] avi30na:
what do you mean by "baked in" ? If you mean changing the built-in kernel to kt747 and Building the ROM again.....well, does it make a difference (performance-wise or ...) comparing to traditional kernel flashing?

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The latest version of KT747 fixed the FC issue. My ktweaker FCed too after some overclocking. i flashed the newer version and it works well.

Personally i used "Texdroider DPI". Look it up on google play
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Globespy:
Kitkat bootloader???

I've installed the slimkat and gapps and before I hit reboot I want to know if I need to update the bootloader from 4.3?

I can't find anything saying so, I imagine because this device is not getting kitkat!!

But wanted to make sure before I end up with a coaster
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brianisawesome1:
Okay ktweakerz is working now thank you. Next question...my phone is getting terrible WiFi signal. This isn't any specific router its every Wi-Fi. I can be literally 20 feet from the router and have 2/4 bars. Right now I am about 40 feet from the router and I have 0-1 bars. It happened suddenly when I was on c-rom and still carries on to this ROM. Anyone know what the problem is?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cboss718:
I'm still getting reboots. Not nearly as often as before, but about once every other day. I have no desire to go back to stock just to see if it reboots then, so I guess I'll just deal with it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Globespy:
No 4G or 5ghz Wifi?

Ok, so got the ROM up and running, however two major issues that no one seems to have mentioned (I searched).

My phone shows the H+ symbol, not 4G which the phone should be running. In phone settings the preferred connection is LTE, but as we know this phone does not have LTE. So am I limited to H+ with this ROM?

I can no longer see my 5Ghz wifi band? Is there a fix for this, or is this just something that can't be done on this device (T999)?

If so, big issue as I'm in a place where there's 2.4Ghz routers everywhere and my 5Ghz band is very strong.

When I checked in the "about" section in settings, the baseband is T999UVUEMJ4? Since I upgraded from Root66 4.3, I was on UVDMD5, and not sure why this changed?

Appreciate some help - would love to make this ROM work, but not if it hobbles primary functions like data speed and ability to access 5ghz wifi.

Thanks!

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How come I can set light to pulse (short, long) for notifications but the battery health is either always on (battery wasting) or off?

Why are the options to have it pulse greyed out?

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Little update.

I found this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28578116&postcount=9

It worked, but for about 30 seconds then the phone could no longer see the 5ghz band. Also, the 2.4ghz band is flaky and this never happened before.

I'm using the Official build, any point in updating to 6.2? I can't live with flaky data/wifi performance........

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Screen touch sensitivity is horrible...works on and off.

I'm back to 4.3.

Thanks for all the work, but this is not even close to a daily driver.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Don't need bootloader update.

Use the App "WiFi Analyzer" check for channel ratings. Switch your wireless router to that channel. On the phone turn off IPV6

H+ is the same as 4G on stock. You can do a speed test to confirm. If you need it to show 4G, search for a Theme here on XDA. There are plenty.

You seem to have made your mind that this rom is not for you. So I am not answering rest of your points.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brianisawesome1:
How do I turn off the ipv6
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Tomb77:
There is an ipv6 option in APN (settings/more/mobile network/access point names). Don't know if this will help but in advanced in wifi settings my region code was no set to my country. You can verify yours as well and maybe that will help.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brianisawesome1:
Tried that, any more suggestions?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] muleyman:
fwiw... No issues with wifi, either band. No issues with screen sensitivity. Crazy how some people can find new bugs like that...

I did notice that the blobs were updated again. Will test bt this afternoon. that's what seemed to break it last time.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Globespy:
Remove Root

Out of curiosity, if for work reasons I had to remove root and lock the bootloader after install, would the ROM still work? I understand that apps that require root would be affected, but would the ROM still work? Seems almost every employer has contract verbiage that say you can't use a rooted phone to access corporate email etc.

Thanks.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Globespy:
Sorry if my post came across in a negative way.

I had some user error, and the ROM ended up being really nice (only one reboot since yesterday and battery life terrific).

Unfortunately may have to go back to stock factory due to work contract that I had to sign. I read that companies can actually detect a rooted ROM phone, so not worth my job.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brianisawesome1:
I just went back to 4.1.2 and its wifi is working now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Tomb77:
A clean install of the latest and it may work as well.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brianisawesome1:
Tried again and still same problem
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brianisawesome1:
I literally cannot comprehend this screenshot. It shows a freshly scanned WiFi with the real amount of WiFi bars and then how many bars I'm getting. Yes there is a speed difference too. Someone please help me out here lol. I connected and got the right amount and then it dropped down to one bar.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Request to Those who may have Boot Issue -

If you can't boot after flashing latest 6.4 update, please see if you have got Xposed framework installed. If yes, remove it and then re-flash the Rom. It will boot. Also, if you have TWRP, update it to most recent version 2.7.1.0 if you did not have most recent version.

If you still can't boot. Please PLEASE do me a favor and follow the steps bellow to get a logcat.

I do know with the phone not booted, you can't get a logcat. However there is another way.

1. Turn off the phone and connect it to a PC.

2. Install ADB if not installed already. This thread is of great help. [TOOL] [WINDOWS] ADB, Fastboot and Drivers - 15 seconds ADB Installer v1.3

3. That thread will also install correct drivers if need be. Once you know ADB is successfully installed, run the command

adb -d logcat >mylogfile.txt

4. Now power on the phone. It may get stuck at the Slim Boot Screen. That's ok. Give it a few minutes. See if the mylogfile.txt is getting filled up. Power off the phone then attach that log file to a post here.

Make sure to say [MENTION=3639717]Perseus71[/MENTION] in your post to attract my attention. :D
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] muleyman:
I had the boot issue with xposed. Reflashed rom and gapps (dirty) and it booted again. Is this update and everything good forward going to be incompatible with xposed?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] bsorli:
Basically same here...Dirty installed over previous build and haven't found any negative effects. Please note, the rebuild took plenty of time reorganizing my apps, but it completed and everything was present! Thanks! Sorli...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Don't believe so. If we can get a Logcat of that hung boot, perhaps we can identify what is borked.

After a Dalvik wipe, that is expected. Especially when you have a ton of apps.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] FcHsChilD:
Running great now that I've given it another go.Only thing is with and older app(Halo Waypoint). When I open it I get these screens.Running the 6.2 Stable Build.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Please DO NOT POST hugh images. If you must, use the Hide Tag Button around it. The button is located extreme right on a New Post edit window bar.

To your problem, PhoneGap API is borked. Either find it and reinstall or remove the apps that use it and install them all without restoring.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] FcHsChilD:
I do apologize I posted it while using Tapatalk.I've corrected the post as well.

On a side not my banking app now asks for SU Permission with this ROM..any idea why?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sugartibbs:
you needed one fc, the wifi issues are beyond me Globesky was trolling, this is a development thread, clean wipe, install, its easy now, read the op, Its Slim, a base, Development thread, keep god ideas going
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
No Clue why Banking App wants Root. I wouldn't give it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] FcHsChilD:
I didn't but it only happens while on SlimKat.Stock doesn't ask for it.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] avi30na:
Some apps (specially ones that deal with money) wont work on rooted phones and always check if a phone is rooted or not......perhaps thats the case?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sugartibbs:
Dont do it, sounds like a phishing program, I run a bot check program weekly, this forum is international, your bank would never ask that, thats Dev talk.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] krazyq:
Just found out how to flash yesterday and put this one on right away.

I now finally have the clean look, i was so sick and tired of TouchWiz, I hated the lag...

It's now super smooth and quick.

I do miss the Samsumg widget, weather, music player , is there anyway I can get something similar to the music player widget?

And for the task manager, there isn't a clear all button, is there an option where I can see how much ram I have left or used and clear all apps ?

And I chose the weekly builds.

When an update comes out, do I just have to flash the update again? Will I loose anything or will it have the updates

Thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
There isn't a clear all button for a very good reason. This is not Windows. Android manages Ram far better than Windows ever can. So you need to let Android do its job and not kill tasks with the Windows habit.

Although you can flash the update over existing build. (This is called Dirty flashing BTW) But not recommended. You will have to wipe dalvik and Cache anyway.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] krazyq:
Well I never use those advance task killer apps, I do understand how there are processes running in the background that are needed.

I guess I was looking for a clear all for recent apps, I think the nexus devices have it too but I get what you mean,

As far as the dirty flashing, is that the only way to update the weekly/nightly builds?

Or is there a built in update within the rom that I can use?

Thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
This Rom does not have an OTA Update route. So Flashing the Weeklies is the only route. Do note, once in a while, there will be a Stable Release version. Some users stick with just Stable releases alone.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nataku199:
I don't have a whole lot of time to set this up since I havve to be at work soon but is there a way to get the short cuts back on the drop down status bar?

Strangely, it says Milk Music isn't compatibile with my device now.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
No. You'd need some app for that.

Change "ro.product.device" to SGH-T999 using app such as build.prop Editor.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nataku199:
Any idea why I'm only running 3g?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] krazyq:
I keep seeing mine switch from 3g to H, not sure if that's normal
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cboss718:
Pinching the recent apps window closes them all, doesn't it ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nicklovell23:
Can someone using TWRP thats having slow boot times flash and test this build and shoot me an email with the results.

Email is: nicklovell23@gmail.com

rom download:http://d-h.st/L26
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nataku199:
That's what I'm getting too.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Its quiet normal to see temporary fluctuations from H+ to 3G. This depends on several factors other than your T-Mo Account Status.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] krazyq:
In the 2 years that I've had this phone, I have never seen 3G...it's has always been at 4G.

I did see 3G when I was in Canada though but not anywhere in my area.

I did a speed test when I saw the 3G status and the result was the same of as it being on 4G so I wonder if it's a bug of some sort...
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chevymeister:
This is the fast dormancy rule in your build.prop I believe. When playing around with my friends HTC I found this. Basically if you're not utilizing the 4g it'll knock itself down to 3g to conserve power. (ro.ril.fast.dormancy.rule=x). Hopefully this applies to our phones and gives you a reasonable explanation for it's cause. Hopefully a developer can chime in.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Fast dormancy is not Supported by US Variants of S3 hardware. The US Carriers don't support either.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chevymeister:
Fair enough, I guess it's only my friends HTC then. Thought if it was in our build prop that would definitely explain their issue.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Nothing wrong with that. US Carriers have their own ways to Throttle speeds and bring down the Device speed by handshake. Not to mention exynos intuitive Power management.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] caliga4221:
Helped my friend from several states away and he was trying to flash CM but it failed, I was able to get him slimkat and hes up working again. Some how his slimota wont recognize it sees CM kernal still. I cant figure out how to restore the kernel that comes with slim. Its working so hes not worried but it kinda bugs him that he has half CM and half Slim. Can we just flash slim kernel? i cant seem to find it anywhere.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] FcHsChilD:
If I'm not mistaken, flashing a ROM overwrites the previous ker el anyways.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Do please note, Slim uses CM Kernel internally.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nicklovell23:
If someone with slow boot times could please test http://www.nicklovell23.co/roms.html

If possible please clean flash and dirty flash and let me know. thanks!﻿
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] caliga4221:
then why does the slim ota say it doesnt recognize the kernel?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] FcHsChilD:
It's an issue with the ROM itself.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
THOSE WITH ISSUE OF LONG BOOT TIMES -

I had been deeply investigating this issue for today and yesterday. I went through quiet a chore and laundry list of Scenarios. I formatted to different File System Combos, tried several versions of the Recoveries as well. I even formatted to F2FS even though I haven't converted the Rom Zip on my SD Card.

It turns out, in the end, that this could possibly be related to recovery. Also possibly related to DPI as mentioned by others.

Will you be kind to post What Recovery and which version have you got there ? Is it possible that you have Philz or CWM ?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sugartibbs:
For me its dpi, after textroider and reboot, Its stayed on slim kat boot screen, factory reset, partition dalick, nothing helped,,nandroid, though the initial boot was longer than usual. CWM v 6.0.4.5
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] aznturtle100:
Sorry for being new but I'd like to know, would this be more stable/smooth than lets say a cyanogenmod build and if there are any current problems with this rom. I'd also like to know if I'd be able to use the Art runtime and if it's stable or not. Thank you!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nicklovell23:
Ok what I need exactly is: A complete clean flash, factory reset,wipe cache,dalvik, and format system manually. Flash rom then gapps, Get a logcat of the full boot up put it on pastebin then change the dpi to 320 get another full logcat and put it on pastebin. email me both pastebins. email is nicklovell23@gmail.com. If you can do this it would be greatly appreciated.thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] eltacho:
Rom looks great!

I have a question though. I'm in the process of switching (perhaps) to AT&T due to having no signal in my new home. Is it ok to still flash my phone with a TMobile room? Or do I have to switch to a AT&T rom?

I'm just not sure cause people talk about having different modems depending on what carrier you are with, so I just want to make extra sure before flashing :)

Thanks guys and sorry if it's a noob question.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
[MENTION=4075080]Sugartibbs[/MENTION] would you be kind enough to do the steps Nick mentioned ? If you need steps on getting boottime Logcat, please let me know. I had posted them earlier in the thread. Those are different from the regular Logcat you'd do after phone is up.

This is a D2LTE Build. In other words, it will work for all US variants of Galaxy S3. So Flash away.

It is extremely impolite to compare Roms. Especially on the Rom's thread. It is insulting to the developers of either Roms. You can flash the Rom and judge for yourself.

Stability is an extremely relative term. What I'd consider stable is extremely unstable for the next guy.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sugartibbs:
Sure, when I get off work Ill clean flash it again, logcat it. :good:

Unable to recreate the problem, good boot, if theres a problem with textroider I'll log it
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] EXV:
I'm not sure what's going on but I would love to try the latest version. What exactly are the issues right now? Can I use Xposed? Is running a different kernel messing it up?

I just want to run the latest with Xposed.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sugartibbs:
[MENTION=3639717]Perseus71[/MENTION] Longboot came back, sent a cleanflash logcat to Nicklovell23, its too big a file to attach here, Ill check textroider next,

Textdroider solved the the problem sfter it was applied, heres that logcatView attachment mylogfile1.txt
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] nicklovell23:
Got the email thanks!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Perseus:
Thanks I think we have this issue nailed down. Testing in progress.......

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Hold on till next weekly.

Right now the only issue is that, when you reboot your phone, it takes 10 minutes. Setting the screen resolution to 320 with Text_Droider corrects the issue.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] brianisawesome1:
My gallery app for some reason is putting a blank photo between each taken photo. So instead of having 500 photos I have 1000. What to do?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Sugartibbs:
Mine too, wait for the next nightly, Just a ghost in the machine, it snowballs after boot, this is a development thread, cheers
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] muleyman:
Anyone had any issue with navigation? (Maps and Waze, both, for me.) When I start a navigation app up it seems okay for a few and then really starts bogging down. It usually ends up freezing up and needs a hard reboot to fix. Everything else seems to work okay.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Muffycheeks:
Tethering Hotspot not working for me, giving an error.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] itsLYNDZ:
Ive been having issues with Carbon rom 4.4.4 freezing, so I am hoping it is not a hardware issue on my phone. I really enjoyed the SlimBean 4.3.1 rom so I was hoping to try this 4.4.4 rom. Any ideas when the next stable version will be up?

What are the major issues/ things not working, other than the long boot time?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mad_a_22:
i will try this one.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] daring_guy:
Open the App Info and Clear Data for the Gallery app. That should take care of the duplicates issue.