yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KaffeDisco:
Camera

Hey guys, I just wanted to report that I kind of got the stock camera to work somehow. Prior to that, I was using CameraMX and it worked fine, so I disabled the stock camera. Then I figured I'd play with it a little more, so I re-enabled it, cleared the data/cache, then loaded it up. I switched from back to front camera, and it took a picture just fine (including saving to the gallery). After that, I switched back to the rear camera, and tried to take a picture. Nothing happened, so I went back to the home screen, then loaded it up again. Then it took a picture with the flash and saved it, without me even pressing the button. After that, I was able to voluntarily take a picture with the flash and it seemed to be working okay.

Having said that, I then ran the Bank of America to see if it could connect to the camera to deposit a check - unfortunately, it crashed. But hey - one thing at a time, right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KaffeDisco:
Aww ... camera...

Well, I had the stock camera working for a little bit. Now it's broken again, even when I cleared the data, flipped it from rear to front to rear again - same steps I got it to work last time. Only now my phone's worse than before, because when I try to take a picture with Camera51 using flash, it crashes the phone instantly, and I have to do a battery pull before I can turn the phone on again. Not sure what the problem is...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KaffeDisco:
Initial findings

I'm enjoying this ROM so far! I'm digging the look and feel of Lollipop.

Things I've noticed:

1) If I use Messenger (Google messenger?) and try to attach something using the paperclip icon, Messenger crashes. However, if I go to Gallery and attach a picture to a text message that way, it works fine.

2) Bluetooth with Pandora just a little funny. It worked fine on CM11, but for some reason, the artist/title/album don't show up on my car display anymore. However, I'm able to fast-forward with the steering wheel controls fine, and if I call or receive a call, it displays the number/person properly. Also, the artist and track are transmitted to and displayed on my Pebble without a problem.

3) I got my camera to work for maybe four pictures or so, until it broke again. Even re-tracing my steps (disabling camera, deleting its cache, rebooting into recovery and clearing out cache/Dalvik, switching from rear to front camera) doesn't seem to work anymore, which is disappointing. It connects to the camera and starts it up, but when I press the button, it doesn't save. The display "splashes" a bit to acknowledge that I've pressed the "take a picture" button, but the flash doesn't fire and it doesn't save. I also can't access the settings menu from the camera screen if I've already pressed the "take a picture" button, but I can access it if it's the first thing I do before hitting the button. If I quit out of the camera app and then re-load the camera, the flash fires without me pressing a button, but again, nothing happens - no sound or picture saved. I'm able to switch to front camera and take a picture of my ugly mug without a problem, but nobody wants to see that.

After I managed to break the stock camera app, Camera51 broke too; taking a picture with the flash shut my phone off, no error message or anything. Admittedly, that used to happen on CM11 as well from time to time, so that's not the first time it's happened to me. Since I cleared out the cache/Dalvik though, I'm now able to take pictures with flash using Camera51 again, without crashing. I still can't get the Bank of America app to connect to the camera properly.

4) Downloading MMS seems to work only if I'm not connected to a Wi-Fi. If I'm connected, it fails to download; once I disconnect and re-select the APN that I'm supposed to be using, it seems to start using the cellular data again and downloads MMS messages properly. If I disconnect from the Wi-Fi, I have to go through the same steps to browse the web using cellular data, but it does work.

Hope that helps some people! I look forward to following the further development of the ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LabreaTarpit:
Stable Lollipop

Love this build, super stable on my Verizon Wireless SGS3 SCH-i535 as stable or more stable then my cm11 unofficial d2LTE which was also extremely stable. Much nicer UI and actually a huge improvement in speed vs my cm11. I want to give some advice CLEAR DATA before installing this new ROM it makes a BIG difference I don't care what the excuse is back up anything you need to keep to external SD and then clear data. Also just a note the "Google Camera" DOES NOT WORK but I can verify that Camera Zoom FX was the only camera app that worked for me none of the many others I tried worked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DMDart8:
can this lollipop be flashed on a locked bootloader with safestrap on 4.4.2 d2vzw? and another thing how can i put twrp on a sch-i535 running 4.4.2?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Answers to both questions would be no. Your on a locked bootloader and you can't run any roms beyond 4.4.2 NE1 firmware. You can't run a custom recovery ie twrp, cwm or Philz. Your stuck with safestrap only

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DMDart8:
Ok thanks, so could i put lollipop on safestrap?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Orion116:
NO! You will brick.

LiquidSmooth d2usc/d2vzw maintainer
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
I seriously wish more people would merely read before assuming. I don't know how many times I've told people that you can't flash lollipop on a bootloader locked phone like the S3 with 4.4.2 DNE1 on it. It gets very frustrating repeating myself time and time again

And the same goes for those who think you can downgrade after being on that same 4.4.2 firmware

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] DMDart8:
Ok i found a thread that its a minimum amount of roms that can be flashed on it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] akash09766:
modem flash

currently i am on touchwiz 4.1.2 MF1 .

Rcently i flash cm 12 but not getting any call on my phone.(may be bcz i am not having VRUDNE1 MODEM).

my question is :

1) if i flash VRUDNE1 on verizon s3 can i still get data connectivity and call in touchwiz 4.1.2 VRBMF1 ?

2) It is possiable to downgrade modem from VRUDNE1 to VRBMF1 ?

I WANT TO USE CM 12 AS WELL AS DONT WANT TO GAIN PROBLEM OF MODEM DOWNGRADE.

PLZ GUIDE ME .
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] marioe47:
For some reason I am unable to buy in-app purchases after install of 2/18 build but it was working fine on 2/13 build

edit-Did a clean install of 2/18 build it works fine now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] uxr397:
a free advice to devloper of lolypop schi535

Bro .. persnly i think your work is great but before making any rom devloper shud think like public not like a code freak bcoz normal people want their hardware shud work in any condition like your camera used to sucide before installing the rom .. service is like allien some one see someone dont ... so what kind of rom u r serving bro ?

Again persnly i think u people shud take some lesson from hyperdrive rs16 roms ... everything is on same place where samsung decided .. just dont know why hyperdrive team is not making 5.o lolypop for schi535 .. if once hyperdrive release their roms for schi535 lolypop then all the rom on earth will take overdose of sle0eping pills ... so plz bro before reacting on my coment plz take a look on hyperdrive :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Orion116:
HyperDrive for the s3 is dead. Also HD is TW based not aosp based so of course the camera is going to work.

LiquidSmooth d2usc/d2vzw maintainer
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Some people just have to complain about things not working just to complain, i personally liked Hyperdrive but hence it's no more

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Orion116:
I know. I will be using HD on SG Note 10.1 (2014), lol

LiquidSmooth d2usc/d2vzw maintainer
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
That's a solid device, my fiancee has a Note 8 that I got her that she barely uses lol then again she has an S5 and an iPod 5th generation so she barely uses it

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KaffeDisco:
Camera on 2/27 build

I only took one picture using the stock camera with flash - it took the picture fine and saved it to the gallery like it should. I didn't play around with touch to focus. I'll try the Bank of America app next to see if it works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KaffeDisco:
Camera

After the latest build, I was able to use the Bank of America app to connect to the camera - I managed to deposit four checks, so that was four pictures in a row that worked properly :P I used CamScanner after that to test, but trying to take a picture with that app froze the phone temporarily, then I got "can't connect to camera." However, I rebooted and the stock camera looked like it was back in action again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jacobezzell:
camera?

I tried the 3/3 build, and I can take photos with the camera, but if i switch to video when i press the button it just glows red, nothing. when i switch back to camera it crashes. any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KaffeDisco:
Battery

Is anybody noticing an increased battery drain after one of the later builds? I can't remember which one exactly, but it was around the time that the camera started working again last week :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
Bluetooth, in call volume, speaker phone

Haven't been able to pair my BT earpiece, change in call volume, or activate speaker phone on this ROM. Now on 3/11 and every thing else seems as good for me as anyone. Stock camera would not take a pic, but video worked. OK with open camera for that, though. Would appreciate any help/info @ the title issues. All in all, great ROM. Thanks, MM!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
Official Nightlies

Re: query @ official nightlies on main thread--yes, +1 from this Jr. (Jr.--lol, I'm only 57 and this is only my 2nd Android phone, since I kept my OG Droid so long--still have the lil tank, but need to replace the digitizer).

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Going overseas soon and want to use my phone on UK GSM network. I'll get a pay-as-you-go sim there. Would also like to keep access to VZW service for emergencies, calls to my usual number, etc. I have very basic international access through VZW. If I flash GSM RIL blobs from OP, will I be able to use CDMA/LTE and GSM or only GSM? In other words, does flashing GSM RIL blobs replace or kill CDMA/LTE? Thanks for any help.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KaffeDisco:
Messenger

All of a sudden, I noticed that today I couldn't send MMS messages through Google Messenger (says "cellular data turned off," even though Pandora runs fine). I switched the default messaging app to Hangouts and the MMS pictures went through fine. No idea why - the recent Google Messenger update broke something?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
I've ran it on both my S3 and now my Nexus 5 without issues, then again I'm no longer on big red so that may be why. I prefer Google messenger

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KaffeDisco:
Messenger 1.2

That's weird. Well, I downloaded a rollback 1.0 Google Messenger, uninstalled 1.2 and put 1.0 Messenger back on - now MMS works again. I guess I'll keep 1.0 on for now until I have some more time to mess around with it :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KaffeDisco:
Google Messenger

I think you're probably right that it's Verizon. Reason being, I tried the stock CM messaging app, and it couldn't send MMS either (says "No APN specified on the device"). Not sure why Google Hangouts and Google Messenger 1.0 can send an MMS, but Google Messenger 1.2 and the stock messaging don't seem to be able to access the correct APN or cellular data settings. Really bizarre. And I can't find any settings within any of the apps where I can manually pick the APNs or change anything relevant to the problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LabreaTarpit:
The WiFi and Network problems scare me away from updating, I use this phone as my daily and right now it works perfectly with this ROM and I'm very pleased with lollipop so far. The only problem I've had was concerning the android camera like most other people but using an alternative app has worked perfectly fine other than that this ROM is amazing. For me there has been such a signigicant performance boost difference moving up from CM 11 its remarkable. Cm 11 was extremely slow when switching between apps in comparison to this ROM and anything over a 3 second difference in performance loading seems substantial to me. I'm just wondering whether anyone has went from having a good experience like me in which its pretty much working perfectly to a bad experience where they have unexpected problems like WiFi issues after updating.

Also I can verify that i think its very unlikely that the WiFi issue is incompatibility with your router because I have used this phone on many different private and public routers and have never come across the WiFi problem you addressed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
updating and WiFi issues

I'm on 3/18 build and it's def the best so far. Everything works. Mine is also daily driver, so if a flash fs it up I'm hosed, unless I've got a backup. Moral: backup before flashing. Just be sure to backup a build that worked well. If a flash goes poorly, just do full reset and restore your backup. Delete old backups as they become obsolete to avoid confusion and wasting space. Happy weekend!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
developer options?

Under what menu can I find developer options to activate the long press back button kill option? Sorry, but after looking where I recalled it being for my last phone/ROM couldn't find it? Thanks for any help.

Found it--sys settings--about phone--build--tap 7 times, dev settings activated. Found on s4 forum.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
reboots on 3/23

Like others, getting random reboots on 3/23. Best Mastamoon build for me was 3/18--good battery life, moderately janky cameras. If one could just copy the camera fixes from later build into 3/18 without changing anything else, that would be Nirvana.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
pretty sure almost no dev reads q&a

I greatly appreciate MM's work on this ROM. I'm on invisibleks 3/23 build with no major problems. Have not seen the reboots and poorer battery I was getting on MM's 3/23. Wanted to note that since 3/18, I seem to have in call volume control and speaker phone. Haven't retried blue tooth .

Changing to kk launcher made a huge difference in smoothness, response, and customisability.

Would really like to try different kernels-any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

That said, I don't think more than a very few people read this q&a thread. It sucks to be relegated to a corner, just because one doesn't have a ton of posts. I'm dealing with the same issues as those privileged to discuss on the main thread and would like to contribute and seek help there.

Oh well. Happy Nexusing, MM! Sorry to see you leaving the d2 community.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
at kiddie table things are pretty good

On 3/26 build with dkp kernel. Great performance and battery. I use 1050 under volting and deadline i/o. Open camera works well, but OEM, not so much. Only reboot when uninstalling twerp. Guess I'll freeze here a while bc it's so chill. Thanks to all and to all a good night and God bless!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KaffeDisco:
Q&A Corner

Agreed about getting put in the kiddie corner! I also posted more than 4 times but only got credit for 4 also, so I'll be in here for a bit more yet :)

I'm on 3/29 now, seems to be working okay for the most part. Haven't gotten random reboots like I did on one of the last MM builds. The camera worked okay so far using Camera51, and I also used the Bank of America app to deposit a couple checks without a problem. I did manage to break the camera using CamScanner to scan something, however. It took a reboot to get the camera back.

I noticed today that I was able to send and receive MMS while I was connected to the Wi-Fi network, which I wasn't able to do before. I got a little too optimistic and updated Messenger, and MMS got broken again ("Cellular data turned off. Check your settings" or some bullcrap like that). The rollback version (1.0?) still works though, so I'm keeping it around for that very reason. I still haven't figured out why this happens. I can't toggle cellular data (or at least get it to stick), and I haven't changed my APN settings at all, so no clue on this one. I e-mailed Google about the Messenger app not working after the update but haven't gotten any help from them. I guess I'll just stick to the older version for now.

Thanks again MM and invisiblek! My goal is to stretch out this phone until at least the G4 announcement, if at all possible, and I think CM is the only way that's going to happen :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
MMS in WiFi

[/QUOTE] I noticed today that I was able to send and receive MMS while I was connected to the Wi-Fi network, which I wasn't able to do before. I got a little too optimistic and updated Messenger, and MMS got broken again....

Thanks again MM and invisiblek! My goal is to stretch out this phone until at least the G4 announcement, if at all possible, and I think CM is the only way that's going to happen :)[/QUOTE]

Are you on vzw? Have wanted to do MMS over WiFi forever, as I've got some friends who group and picture TXT incessantly. How did you get the roll back version of MMS app? Any settings that needed to be implemented?

Had to do a full wipe/reset today, so I'm working with a pretty clean slate now anyway. Under bolting dkp to 950 was def too low. Looks like we need at least 1100 to be responsive. More after next flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
leaving 12.0 nightlies up

Great though MM's and invisiblek's work is, from my experience, 3/30 &31 builds are too p problematic to serve as ant kind of milestone. 3/18 & 28 seem better than any others for certain aspects of functionality already documented in comments. 30 &31 ran hot, gobbled battery and broke WiFi (connecting...., but never "connected"). Hope 12.1 will get more stable.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KaffeDisco:
Latest builds

Hmm, I'm on 3/30 and I haven't had any problems, both with battery and with WiFi. What I've found is that lately - and I think this is dating way back to at least 3/23 - my Bluetooth connection to my car has been a little weird, at least the way Pandora interacts with it. I'll put on Pandora and the track name/associated info will come up, but it'll be completely silent. My workaround so far is that if I disconnect my phone from the car Bluetooth, press play on Pandora on my phone so that the audio is outputting to the phone, then reconnect Bluetooth --> then the sound will play through my car radio again. Although all the track info (name/album/etc.) shows up as [NO DATA] at that point .. but I'm still able to skip tracks with the steering wheel control.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
kids and cell phone cameras

MM, you might consider giving him the d2vzw with cool custom ROM but broken camera. That's a feature, not a bug. From one parent to another. Happy Easter to all and to all a good flash.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] jcarlson23:
Which Gapps?

I have tried a few different gapps for 5.1 but google play services keeps stopping.

Which one should I try? I have tried the one from the main post.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] puffingonj:
I used dirty unicorns clear 5.1 gapps going good on 4/4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] spysmily1:
Gapps

What Gapps are you guys using with 5.0 or 5.1? I'm not sure what it is but my phone decides it wants to reboot on it's own after freezing up. Very inconsistent when it does this but usually when switching between apps.

Sorry wrong forum. Can this be deleted?

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What Gapps are you guys using? Have had issues with my phone rebooting frequently. Usually while switching between apps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JOSHAM:
Hi evreyone

please cab anyone help my?

ihave galaxy s3 verizon(i535) locked bootloader

Android 4.4.2

ne1

I want anyone give me steps for install this rom (cm12) on my device

thankyou.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
You cannot install any custom roms on the locked bootloader for the VZW S3, your limited to 2 or 3 locked bootloader roms. If you attempt to install this you will brick your device

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KaffeDisco:
I noticed today that I was able to send and receive MMS while I was connected to the Wi-Fi network, which I wasn't able to do before. I got a little too optimistic and updated Messenger, and MMS got broken again....

Thanks again MM and invisiblek! My goal is to stretch out this phone until at least the G4 announcement, if at all possible, and I think CM is the only way that's going to happen :)[/QUOTE]

Are you on vzw? Have wanted to do MMS over WiFi forever, as I've got some friends who group and picture TXT incessantly. How did you get the roll back version of MMS app? Any settings that needed to be implemented?

Had to do a full wipe/reset today, so I'm working with a pretty clean slate now anyway. Under bolting dkp to 950 was def too low. Looks like we need at least 1100 to be responsive. More after next flash.[/QUOTE]

Oops, I missed the question you put in there. I think I just googled "rollback google messenger apk" or something like that :P I don't think I changed any of the settings. I'm on vzw, yeah - you?

I just clean flashed 4-05, the 12.1 one, and dhacker29's gapps for 5.1. I'm getting mixed results so I'm not sure if I want to stay with it. Before, when I dirty flashed up to 12.1, I had no phone service (it was weird, it just wouldn't connect). now that I clean flashed, I can connect okay. My Google Messenger, the updated one, can now send MMS (although it takes a long time), so also interesting. The camera's broken though - can't connect to it at all, even using Camera51 which was way more reliable than the stock camera before :P I'll try the 4-06 one that just came out, and if the camera's still broken, I'll restore my backup and mess around more with it later.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KaffeDisco:
Messenger (again)

I think I spoke too soon about Google Messenger working. I think it updated and broke again - only this time, instead of saying "APN not specified," it's more vague and just says "Not sent. Touch to try again."

On the other hand, the 4/06 seems to have fixed the camera. So there's that :D

Going back to my restore point though - I failed to properly back up all my text messages to somewhere I could get them back afterwards :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] KaffeDisco:
Clean vs. dirty flash

Anybody have any thoughts on why a clean flash keeps my phone's ability to connect to the mobile network, whereas a dirty doesn't? I even did a semi-dirty flash where I wiped /system first, then the 4/06 12.1 nightly and the PA 5.1 gapps - WiFi is maintained, but no phone. It's weird. I'm finding that going from 12.0 to 12.1 is more of a nuisance than going to CM11 to CM12 (in some ways, at least) :P
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
thanks, kaffe. yes, I'm on vzw. ...

thanks, kaffe. yes, I'm on vzw, but sitting on 3/28 w/ dkp kernel set to 1100 under volt and kk launcher. Very snappy, good battery life, so until 12.1 matures some I'll probably stay here. Thanks, though for the current info and gapps reverence.

I'll try the msg app roll back this evening and try to document process and results. Nola jazz fest always produces massive MMS volume, so now's the time to get WiFi msging figured out. BTW, I use SMS backup+ which backs up to a gmail folder. Liked it since early OG Droid days. Cheers!