yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
that was I thought, Im not using MMS since 6 years.

I will find a good mms app ather than stock maybe the the VZW one for s5 or note 4.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] masterlo3:
I desperately need cm11 on this device, am i the only one who feels that way? tw is just heavy and drains battery. Please dev, i know you're busy but please cm11 or 12 would be so much better. i reboot my phone and over 800mb of ram has already been used, then later it bumps up to 1gb+ used. then the device becomes hot and battery drains very fast
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
I hear ya, unfortunately Verizon messed up this device when they updated it to KitKat and locked the bootloader.

I think Samsung had a lot to do with that too because a couple months ago I got a Samsung Galaxy tab 4 that suffers from a similar problem. There is no bootloader to lock, but the developers can not tinker with the kernel and I'm stuck with KitKat (rooted & debloated but no CM) when lollipop and now marshmallow is out there.

What I learned-stay away from Verizon and Samsung :)

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] masterlo3:
You're right! verizon killed this device on KK.. It sucks so bad to still run on KK when cm12.1 is out there. I think i'll start saving for a new device and hope somehow, someday, safestrap will be able to work with cm or aosp roms. We don't have options when it comes to roms and am a flash happy guy :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
There is nothing impossible but for now I had built cm11 and it the same as the official one. I dont have enough time to dig into drivers and hack it to work with stock kernel.

cm12.1 is far to boot as I cant hack the init binary.

about SLROM v5 is mostly ready and fixed many bugs like 1080p video lag, net flex and camera video lag.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
The answer to this maybe a no, that's not possible with a ROM. The S3 I bought used I don't think was ever unlocked by Verizon but I'd like to use it on tracfone but it probably needs to be an unlocked phone.

So, here's my question: did the super light ROM unlock this phone for me?

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] masterlo3:
WOW! that's some hope and something to hold on to... I really wish you can show me how to dig and hack the drivers, i have lots of time in my hands but i have little knowledge of android hacking. with the right guide, i could kick it. Or maybe you can ask other devs about cm12.1 hacking.. i would recomend pawitp but he's very busy these days he made cm12.1 work with samsung galaxy grand. or xenon92 he's also good with hacks and patch. You've done well for this device and you're our only hope of ever getting anything outside TW on this device. There's a bug in the stock music player when you touch and hold a song in the list, instead of bringing options like share, delete etc, it crashes the music player.

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The question isn't very clear to me but if you're talking about sim unlock, i'd say it's unlocked. i use other sims on my verizon s3. we don't even have verizon network in my country.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
U understood my question. I figured Verizon wasn't even in a lot of countries of people using this ROM and people are getting other phone networks to work.

Do I just need a sim card? Tracfone sells a sim card kit and by IMEI number they said the phone is compatible.

Thanks!

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
Thank for the feedback will fix it in next build.

about aosp roms and drivers you need to know how to build rom at first. Then you need to know more about kernel development and drivers port and hack.

We use the init binary hacked by hashcode to boot the slot roms and he change some selinux permissions so cm12 need another init binary and for now I cant do it my self and hashcode is very busy with his own life. But why we need a broken rom?

We can focus on 4.4.4 aosp roms.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
StraightTalk will work with the i535 as is, you simply need to enter their APN codes. Instructions come with the sim. I am fairly certain that Net10 will also. As a matter of fact both of them are owned by the same parent company, as is Tracfone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
Does the phone have to be one sold as an unlocked phone to use other phone networks sim cards?

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Not with Net10 and StraightTalk. With them sim unlock is not necessary.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
Cool! I'll order their SIM kit and let everybody know how it goes!

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] masterlo3:
Sure, all you need is the sim card and their APN config for internet.

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Thanks, I'll try to do some digging on rom building and kernel sounds like a lot tho. Trust me i would love nothing more than a stable aosp 4.4.4 over touchwiz 4.4.2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
I'm happy to say that this phone works fine with a tracfone sim card. Just activate the card on their site and then start your phone with the new card in and it finds the new apn so nothing more to do :)

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Glad to hear that.

Thanks for adding to my personal knowledge base.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
Tracfone texts work fine with the messages app installed in this ROM.

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] sungminee:
just got this rom installed and working well...

but I got a question. how to you turn on develpers mode and USB debugging mode? I can't seem to find them in settings..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phonetool:
Should be something like

-settings

-about phone

-tap a bunch of times on build number
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
That's what I did and it works. Just go back 1 level to see it.

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
SUPERLITEROM! V5.0

change log:

Multi languages support.

Fix HD video record ,play and net flex issue.

Fix music player menu FC.

you can now choose full ROM or bloat free from AROMA installer!

Unknown sources enabled.

All lock screen effects unlocked.

New Mms.apk from s5 mini.

New memo pad from s5 mini.

Extras settings ported from S3Rx ROM thanks to enewman17

App ops

Notifications

Long press Menu kill

Music control

Heads-up notifications

Volume panel timeout

CRT\Fade effect

OG Battery mod

Clock position

AM/PM Style

Day of the week

Clock color

Keyboard notification

Alarm icon

Blocking Mode

Battery notification

Voice search app

Double tap home

there is many things I forgot you will notice yourself.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Thanks [MENTION=4770483]mohammad.afaneh[/MENTION] I plan to upgrade my i535 on NE1 as soon as I retrieve it from an acquaintance who had broken her phone. Currently it is on v.3

Does this include any of the stagefright fixes?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
Works with no problems so far. I like the installer and the animated bootscreens :)

Just noticed that safe strap is gone when I boot. Guess I just have to reinstall it.

EDIT:

That's what I did. Just install safe strap app and then let it re-install the recovery screen. You're slots are still intact :thumbup:

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Root Wizard:
Works like a charm! Keep it up!

I installed the (slightly intimidatingly larger v5.0) last night but boy, speed is noticably improved as well as battery (after battery calibration)!

I'm glad some people are still out there developing for the ancient (or, 3 year old) S III. I am actually developing an moderatly amped up NE1 4.4.2 ROM with the kitchen and if it really is good, I will share it with the xda community. Keep up the great work and know that we d2vzw'ers have come a step closer to REAL custom roms and unlocked bootloaders for the d2vzw after JB (kind of, im being optimistic here :/ ) Anyways, I love the rom and look forward to new updates for it which I encourage you deeply to work on. SUPERLITEROM! fellows...Roll on wards into freedom! :good::good::good::good: (Donates to dev... :laugh::good:) +1
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
This build not pached, maybe the next one.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
Where are settings to recalibrate battery?

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Root Wizard may be referring to fully charging the battery, running the battery down to 0 and then charging to 100 by the term "recalibrate battery.",
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
I found out that this mod doesn't work perfectly with SLR5:

Home and Lock Button on Status bar.zip

If you try to modify the clock placement and color on the status bar and then put this mod on, it defaults back to white font and placed to the right. If you then try to modify the clock color and placement again, it stays white and to the right.

Anybody know how to remove these zip files without wiping the system and starting with a backup?

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
I will look into it soon. dont expect these 2 days I dont have much free time.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Root Wizard:
Yes I did mean the conventional charge and drain but you can probably also use an app to do it too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
No rush-just letting people know. I like the colored clock better than that mod. Is there anyway we can uninstall a mod?

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
Here's a screenshot of my home screen in the new SLR5.

Mary
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
Open SLR5 by root explorer then extract systemUI.apk from priv-app folder then make sure there no notifcation on status bar and replace it and set the permessions. Reboot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
Cool-I like knowing how things work. Knowledge is power :thumbup:

Marty

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Do u mean systemUI.apk is in:

/system/priv-app

folder. I did find it there in SLR4 & SLR5.

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
Yes just extract it from the zip and replace it by root explorer or simply replace it by the one in the mod zip and flash by safestrap recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
OK-thanks!

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sohaib-alm:
Here is mine too
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
I never really put my phone in airplane mode because then I'd miss email notifications. But that would help conserve battery which sucks on every Android phone I've had.

How often each day do u put your phone in airplane mode?

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Sohaib-alm:
It's just when I study and don't want to be disturbed by any thing
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
Oh, that's a good idea :)

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XxD34THxX:
Hey, does v5 of this ROM have the ability to go from CDMA to global in settings, so it will work on Tmobile?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
This problem fixed in v5, so it should work for you.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XxD34THxX:
Cool... Can anyone test whether it receives 4g LTE? I believe it has band 1, buuuut.... If not, hopefully, if and when we switch to tmo, I can run this ROM on the s3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] a2zonlyt:
is this kitkat based rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dirty.redz:
I'm running it just fine, no change in reception, sms, mms, everything working fine on Verizon
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
Yes based on 4.4.2 NE1

Its good that MMS issue solved :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
I'm running this ROM with tracfone for phone and text and then using T-Mobile prepaid 4G Hotspot for data. All works fine on stock slot.

Verizon was so busy locking down the software on this phone with Samsung that they forgot to lock this phone to their network :)

EDIT:

The phone network still says Verizon but the sim card is tracfone.

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] a2zonlyt:
i have copy this rom and installed safestrape, i need to know that i have to install this rom on new rom slot? e.g "rom slot 1"??

reply me quick please, (sorry for bad english)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
Make backup of stock slot and install backup on slot 1. Then when know it works on slot 1, wipe stock slot and put slr on stock slot.

EDIT:

This is what I did a year ago. Safe strap and slr have changed so maybe easier now. I would say make your backup and put slr on slot 1 for now and see if any battery or USB problems. If problems on slot 1, put on stock slot.

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dirty.redz:
Wifi reception seems better for me now aswell
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Downloading v5 now.

I had lent my d2vzw to an acquaintance until she purchased a replacement for broken screen Moto something or other. I received it back unable to boot to the rom. Luckily I can get into both download and recovery mode with a battery pull.

I expect I will be using Heimdall to flash the stock ROM. Then root (towelroot) and install busybox before reloading SafeStrap. The finally getting to go with SLR v5.

I see SLR v5 is almost 300 Mb larger than v3, which was on my phone, or v4. Is this from additional theming, the S5 apps, or has some of Samsung's bloat crept back in?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
while installing you can choose full rom or bloat free.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] dawgdoc:
Thank you, you probably stated that a few pages back. I guess this has an aroma option to make the choice available. I should have read back to when you were doing most of the info on v5.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] a2zonlyt:
is this possible to use xposed installer in this rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XxD34THxX:
Yeah, Kitkat for Samsung will work with xposed
[MENTION=4952880]LinuxHippy[/MENTION]

I mean the SIM giving 4G LTE... but Tracfone is Tmo's network, no?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
I'm using LTE/CDMA with tracfone
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XxD34THxX:
Ah, thanks..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] a2zonlyt:
(sorry for the off topic,) i want to try miui rom can i install it through safestarp?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
I don't think so for 2 reasons. First is that Verizon locked the boot loader on their s3 with KitKat so that their kernel can't be changed. I've only gotten this phone to work with 2 ROMs.

Second is that ss is just a way to create more space and get to a recovery screen with ADB use. It installs ROMs in zip format, but Verizon and Samsung don't want u to have too much fun with this :)

EDIT:

If u can get this working in lollipop or marshmallow on an s3 with locked bootloader without bricking things-let new know because I'll test it!

Marty
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
Any rom not based on kitkat will not boot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] EvoNotion:
I installed SLROM on a ROM Slot. Then sold the phone to a friend. He'd like it to go back to stock.

Can I just reboot into SafeStrap, make the Stock Slot active, delete the ROM slot, reboot and remove SafeStrap?

Or do I have to ODIN back to stock?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
Both are correct.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nitin.dodiya:
Can I add custom cdma apn in this Rom? As I'm not able to add it... any help? ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] scapeghost:
I'm having the same issue. I'm running SLR 5.0 and trying to set up mobile data and MMS on a newly activated StraightTalk CDMA SIM card, which uses Verizon's towers. When I insert a GSM SIM from MetroPCS (T-Mobile's towers), I'm able to add a new APN, but the Verizon APN from nitin.dodiya's screenshot is grayed out and uneditable, other than the APN line. I tried adding the appropriate StraightTalk APN entry, but when I switch back to the StraighTalk CDMA SIM, the new APN is gone (looks like nitin.dodiya's screenshot again). I've tried a few other techniques from other threads like APN Backup & Restore (Can't write APNs on this rom) and build.prop edits (seems to force to global mode, lose LTE/CDMA preferred network mode), but can't touch APNs once the CDMA SIM is in. Calls and texts work fine, but no mobile data of any kind or MMS.

I've heard reports that you can set up the APN using a CM or other AOSP ROM, then switch back to the TW ROM, and it might retain those last used APN settings.... but I'm on a locked bootloader with SafeStrap installed., so not sure that's an option, or sure if it will even work in this case.

Any other way to unlock that Verizon APN for full editing, or add a new APN and select it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] scapeghost:
StraightTalk CDMA (Verizon) 4G LTE working, send MMS OK, can't receive MMS

Just a quick update to my post above...

The only editable field in the Verizon APN that appears when my StraightTalk CDMA SIM is inserted is "APN". I changed this to TRACFONE.VZWENTP and 4G LTE mobile data started working. I ran a few speed tests, and it seems to be throttled to around 5.5Mb/s down and about 2-3Mb/s up, with full signal here in Columbus, OH.

Since I still can't edit the MMS settings in the APN, the stock messaging app fails with an "invalid address" error when trying to send a picture via MMS. I installed Google Messenger from the Play Store, and found that sending MMS works, but not receiving.

I tried Go SMS Pro, since it has its own settings for MMSC etc. I set the MMSC to http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms , MMS Proxy blank, and MMS port 80. Same results as Google Messenger, though... sending MMS works, receiving doesn't.

Hope this helps someone. Seems like full MMS functionality won't be available until we can edit that locked APN seen in nitin.dodiya's post above.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
Wow, I used tracfone and have trouble sending some texts. I just thought it was tracfone but I guess it's not.

Since I text a lot and tracfone texts aren't unlimited I created a new free phone # with text pinger app and gave that to people. I'm always on WiFi (I have pay as u go T-Mobile Hotspot that converts 4G to WiFi) so this app works fine.

Whatsapp messenger is another but only works if other person has whatsapp.

EDIT:

Also, I didn't change the APN. from Verizon and some texts work with default messaging app and tracfone sim card. Certain people I can't text and some I can with tracfone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LinuxHippy:
Turn off mobile data so it defaults to WiFi. I'm pretty sure it does this anyway, but if the battery on the Hotspot goes dead then u won't eat up tracfone data. Here's a screenshot of mobile data turned off.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nu2moding:
DAMN IT!!!

installed safestrap(TWRP3.0)

made backup

dirty flashed SL v5

boot ok.

back into recovery, full wipe and flash SL v5=

stuck on sgs3 bootscreen

stock recovery loads

DL mode ok.

safestrap gone, no flashing lights or option to boot recovery

wiped data in Stock recovery = nothing.

NO COMPUTER, LOCKED NE1 BOOTLOADER

doesn't show charging animations while off

possible to update via 32gb microsd?

possible to enter safestrap with key-combo?

currently just got off work so will be taking a little nap, but is possible to fix this issue w/o PC?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Asswipe44:
Same issue here. Cannot receive or send MMS and I have a regular Verizon sim. If anybody finds a way to edit the APN manually, please post it. Literally the only issue I have with this ROM, other than that it works great.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] h82or8:
This was my process and was working when the phone was active from Sep. 2015 - Jan. 2016:

Load APN Backup and Restore app from Google Play

Load Ghost Commander app from Google Play

Back up APN’s to SD card through APN Backup and Restore (place a copy of this unedited file elsewhere, found at sdcard>ApnBackupRestore)

Edit the “apns-{datetimeformat}.xml” found at sdcard>ApnBackupRestore using Ghost Commander app (select Text Editor to open) and then edit to add a line that includes the required APN information:

<apn name="Straight Talk CDMA" numeric="311480" mcc="311" mnc="480" apn="ACCT.TF.GW6.VZWENTP" user="null" server="null" password="null" proxy="null" port="null" mmsproxy="null" mmsport="null" mmsprotocol="null" mmsc="http://mms.vtext.com/servlets/mms" type="default,dun,stdhipri,supl" />

Exit to save the file and reboot the phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] nu2moding:
bump?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XxD34THxX:
You will need Odin... and a PC
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techfreak243:
if you still have verizon get the Verizon Messages app, great text app from Verizon. loads of customization features and you can text over wifi as well as regular cellular data
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] -somebody-:
my buddy uses that, pretty nifty but i completely quit verizon, just use this phone for google voice, music, and netflix. just a little pocket tablet now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MrBrady:
I'm not running this ROM and am unable to because I have my bootloader unlocked, but I was wondering if somebody could answer a question about Gmail.

If I run any 4.4.x ROM on my VZW S3, Gmail will not load more than one or two (embedded) images in any given email. 99% of the email images show up as broken/missing. For the life of me, I am unable to figure out why. It happens on every ROM and kernel I've ran and only works properly on TouchWiz 4.3 ROMs.

Does Gmail do the same on this ROM, being 4.4.2 or does it work properly?

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] -somebody-:
just checked a mail that had 5 images, they all loaded just fine.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] MrBrady:
Thanks for checking. I wonder what my issue is then.

VZW SGSIII
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Credrili:
No problems so far. Wifi, 4g, SMS/MMS, NFC, everything works - just debloated. Typical TouchWiz though. I was expecting Samsung to actually utilize the transparent status bar. Nope still solid black. :laugh:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] -somebody-:
mines transparent :eek:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] techfreak243:
i do wanna see Global back on there for an option for the mobile networks. other than that great job
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] 5ft24:
Working great here. No issues so far!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XNO:
How do it get exchange email? that is a must have for me. This rom is pretty slick and quick by the way.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Credrili:
I figured it out. Nova Launcher was unchecked for the transparent bar.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ATGkompressor:
Screenshots anyone? Wanna c what this looks like...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] -somebody-:
its stock touchwiz, nothing special to see. just bloatfree.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ATGkompressor:
I guess my question is: What's new/different/changed/better than 4.3? I'm debating on making the NE1 plunge but I just wanna know what the pros and cons are before I do....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] -somebody-:
personally if youre on 4.3 and like using the roms like alliance or moar, id hold off until someone decides to put up a custom version of 4.4.2. right now this is just stock without all the carrier/manufacturer bloatware. kinda kicking myself in the ass for jumping the gun and taking it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] afaneh92:
Will upload it soon.

Edit: uploaded here
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ATGkompressor:
That's kinda the way I felt (and still feel) when I got force fed ML1. Phone had 4.1 when I bought it and Verizon activated it, handed it to me, I saw Andy with his chest open, and just looked at the sales rep like....u idiot. Since then I've been waiting on someone to crack this BL.....still waiting. But if nothing's changed, I'll wait, gladly.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] FingerBlastJ:
since no screenshots, i pretty much know what the stock rom looks like since my wife has the ota.

But if im rooted, i can still use TiBu and any other apps that require root correct?

Is there any customizations, like nav bar, status bar, colors, , clock, battery icon, multiwindow, floating apps, ability to install cracked apks, etc?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XNO:
I can not get my phone to Titanium backup RESTORE for the life of me. It restores the first app then freezes everytime. How can I fix?