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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lvpre:
Recoveries should be fine. Just follow directions from somewhere, but you'll flash it in odin. I would go with Philz over the rest, but it is up to you.

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-sprint/general/recoveries-stock-twrp-philz-t3128384

PIT file tells the phone the proper partition sizes for certain 'sectors.' Like the Modem file is given X amount of space. The Kernel is given X amount of space.

If you flash a tar file for a Sprint phone, make sure it is the latest tar. I think on Sprint it is NJ2. www.sammobile.com usually has the latest or check on here if you use VM or Boost.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sdw8253:
Can I install TWRP by using TWRP manager(The app)? I heard TWRP manager can brick your phone if your phone has locked bootloader. I'm not sure if my bootloader is locked, how to check? I think all sprint galaxy s3's have unlocked bootloaders. Is this true?

Or should I just use odin? My phone is already rooted btw

Thanks in advance.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Randy3011:
Philz is better

IMHO I have tried both and prefer Philz over TWRP. Many more options. Menu in Philz is easier to navigate. Best of luck on which ever you choose. :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
No your bootloader is not locked. If your already rooted just use flashify to install it. Philz is no longer updated so I use twrp. More stable and modern. More suited to flashing lollipop roms.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sdw8253:
My bootloader is actually nj2. And you said not to flash my phone with .tar older than nd8..... But I need to flash .tar file for TWRP. How do I make sure the TWRP .tar file is nj2,nd8,mk3,etc?

Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Twrp is just a recovery. It doesn't contain anything else. The older tars I was talking about are full firmware packages. It has nothing to do with twrp. You can flash any twrp version you want ( as long as its for this phone of course). But if you're already rooted just get the .img file of twrp instead of the .tar and use flashify. But if you need twrp to root, then get the .tar of course. Use the newest version for d2spr that's on their site.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meeniemuffin:
ETA on the next update?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Asking for eta's on updates is an xda no no.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meeniemuffin:
What's wrong with me... Sorry, too excited.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wetbiker7:
Yeah. That's one of the questions that'll get you on the sh*t list quick. It's a mistake you only want to make once. Trust me, I learned the hard way back when I was a new member. You got off easy compared to the [MENTION=237736]SS[/MENTION] chewing I got lol.

I'm looking forward to an update too. We just have to sit back and be patient. There's no telling what all the Dev has going on right now. I'm sure he's been busy. ;)

Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent Purple Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meeniemuffin:
It's hard to find someone who understands and doesn't chew you up. I now know better. But still as excited as before.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
No chewing from me, just a friendly reminder.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sdw8253:
White..?

I thought the settings were in black, but mine is white..

Also, i'm missing a lot of customizations like active display and total blackout etc etc... why is this? and

Why can't i access the recently opened app by holding down the home button? Thank you.

I flashed liquid version: LS-LP-v4.1-2015-05-15

EDIT:

Could these be bugs?

I disabled "Volume rockers to wake device" and volume rockers still wake my device...

Also I enabled "Volume rockers hold down to seek music track" and this doesn't work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hilla_killa:
sorry if this was posted somewhere I have l710t on virgin mobile will I need a apn fix or its good to go out the box? thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NoMoreAres:
I cant flash lastest version, i have dirty flash. What should i do, bros? Reflash stock? I just want dirty flash, format sd card. I want clean install.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Looks like it installed just fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nofroyo:
anyone can help me get this rom on my SPH-L710 boost variant. I have tried both versions sprint and boost version and nothing works. I get stuck at the boot screen and never get to home screen. I tried multiple ASOP roms of 5.0 and 5.1 and used, TWRP, CWM and Philz and same results. Any idea. If you can provide a nandroid of 5.1 for boost that would be helpful.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ahjee:
I'm not getting data. Anyone know which radio file I should use?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
You need the apn for your carrier, I.e. boost, virgin, etc. Not a radio file. You should be updated to the latest modem and bootloader, nj2.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hilla_killa:
Is this rom dead?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kchannel9:
I love this ROM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] koobie777:
anyone have a new dl link?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] maddpiratekidd:
Need new boost link
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Smil3yWulf:
This is 5.0 android version..I need the 5.1.1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Smil3yWulf:
I'm getting 3G on my cellphone , I should be able to get LTE
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jjgloster:
No signal or data

I saw that it could take some time for the signal to show up but that it will work. I went to sleep last night thinking everything should be up & running by the time I woke up this morning. That is not the case. I can't make a phone call, send a text or get on the internet. I can receive calls & texts though. When I try to go to a webpage, it says that I am offline & that my mobile data is turned off. On 4.4 you can turn the mobile data on/off but I can't find that setting now. Someone please help.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tvm2487:
What version of Android did you come from, what service are you on, and what variant did you flash
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jjgloster:
I came from slimkat 4.4.4. I have Sprint. I flashed LS-LP-v4.0-2014-11-30-liquid_d2spr. Is that what you were asking?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tvm2487:
Yeah, do you have signal bars at all, when you go into about phone do you have a baseband and when you go to status what's listed,, post screenshots if possible
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jjgloster:
Are there any other screenshots that you need?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jjgloster:
I can receive calls & texts. I can't send any out though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tvm2487:
Go to settings and click data usage there you can see the toggle for cellular data make sure it's on,,, try and turn WiFi off and reboot if all that doesn't work you may want to make sure your on the latest kitkat modem from sprint. And worse come to worse reflash the rom making sure you wipe everything before flashing again
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jjgloster:
That's the problem. It doesn't allow me to turn the data on/off.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tvm2487:
Wow that's really weird it should look like this

I would re-download and reflash the rom somethings not right
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jjgloster:
I guess that is my only option. Thanks for the help. I'll let you know how it turns out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tvm2487:
Also when it first boots and trys to activate cell service skip that step it's not needed and maybe causing issues
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jjgloster:
I did a complete wipe & clean install. I thought it was going to work because it took me through the whole process of setting up the phone, which I didn't go through the first time. But when I go to data usage, it still doesn't show the toggle for cellular data. I guess I'm gonna have to go back to slimkat, until someone figures this out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jjgloster:
I just saw something else that I didn't see the first time that may be the problem. It says there is no sim card.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tvm2487:
Is your phone from sprint or was it flashed from a different carrier

I think you need to update your modem to L710VPUDND8
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jjgloster:
Sprint
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tvm2487:
Also make sure you have are using the kitkat boot loader

Look for the nda8 tar file and odin that
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jjgloster:
I even tried to install [ROM] [4.4.2] [d2lte] [OFFICIAL] LiquidSmooth v3.0 Beta but I got the same results. I was able to install [ROM] [4.4.4] SlimKat (d2spr) Stable 7.0 again & it works perfectly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tvm2487:
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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mbr007:
You need nd8 as modem... Not mb1.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TexasLTE:
:cool: COOL ! I didn't notice this on G+ ... THX:good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
this is a very stable beta build :)

1.stock camera (wont take pictures) delete then install open camera or camera for android by Litter Penguin from the playstore

2.Viper4Android (wont install driver correctly for now) delete then install Equalizer FX (not the free one) by devduna from the playstore

3.Instagram (Camera Tab force closes) in order to upload you must take picture with camera mentioned above then use the gallery app to share the pic with Instagram

4.Netflix stuck at loading no fix yet

from what i have seen everything else that i use works 100% your welcome to try the fixes i provided above.... and im running Cheetah Launcher by CC launcher
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wilberfan:
I've been really impressed with an unofficial non-liquidsmooth CM12 d2spr that I've been using the last couple of days.

My main frustration with it is that the Home button doesn't wake up the phone; I have to use the power button.

Can anyone confirm that the Home button on this build wakes up the phone? :fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tvm2487:
The home button doesn't wake the phone on this rom either,,but the feature is being added to both roms,,im actually building now with the commits cherry picked and also a performance kernel built in so will see how it goes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wilberfan:
Yay.

I notice the build is labeled "...v4.0-"...is that just a typo...? Or does that have nothing to do with Android 5.0...?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
awesome hoepfully some other things get fixed too and do you know if we will be able to add double tap to wake/shut down on to this phone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tvm2487:
Its not a typo thats the build number we are using 3.0 was kitkat and 4.0 is lollipop

At this time I really don't no what types of features are going to be added,,its a long time consuming process
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
Oh i see and how can i extract the camera apk cause i just tried to get it from the zip file but it's not there since i deleted the apk file before copying it to my SD card....and now i want to install it to see if it helps to send a picture via Google's new Messenger app
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nimaim:
Have you tried GPS navigation with Google Maps and/or the built-in WiFi hotspot? Both of these were broken for me (GPS was terribly inaccurate and could not navigate me whatsoever and phone was able to connect to hotspot but no data went through) with the other unofficial 5.0 ROM, I am assuming it is the same here. Also, what about Bluetooth? Some things were broken with that as well. Other than that I agree, I had great luck with the other ROM as well and impressed with how mature they are already.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
just tried all forms of tethering and they don't work with my Data.....except if i connect my phone to WiFi then use USB tethering...then for some reason it works.. and GPS with Google Maps works perfectly it always know where i am and Navigation worked for the 8ft i used it walking...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dogonit:
Just wanted to add that this ROM is running great my Sprint GS3 with MD4 boot-loader and MK3 modem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wilberfan:
Not sure about my bootloader, but, yeah...my baseband is the L710VPUCMK3, and the phone is working awesome.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
if you guys wanna flash this i made a splash screen for this rom it's the last one in the part 5 of my splash screen thread http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55575531&postcount=94
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jdzppc:
Running on MK3

Just a few oddities from some apps here and there, switchwidget not fully functional, some issues may be due to me getting used to the upgrade.

4g is woring as is WiFi...I had to install Gvoice to get voice mail (some TW features are missed) but otherwise no issues....So far.

Great rom and fast.....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bhays33:
So I guess my question would be with all these new ROMs out liquid smooth cyaanogenmod AICP etc is have we eliminated the battery draining miscellaneous bug? I've tried these ROMs and haven't seen miscellaneous items under battery usage however it does seem that my battery drain slightly faster all of it could be because I'm on you wrong and it will get better over time, just looking for anybody else thoughts
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] tvm2487:
If anyone is having issues with storage I've been told philz recovery is outdated and is causing issue I'm currently working on a fix now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
yeah PhilZ hasn't been updated in a while but it still works better then TWRP for now.....when TWRP gets better on this device i will happily switch
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Development for philz is over on d2. No more updates.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
Ohhhh and what also works is the Flappy Android Lollipop game its just like 500000000x as hard as flappy bird :/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
For what it's worth, I actually got Viper4Android working on the Unofficial CM12 ROM for d2spr. I installed the driver, rebooted, then threw it into compatibility mode, and eventually it picked it up and it worked. It just takes a few attempts (Poweramp user) for it to pick up but I did get it working. I haven't flashed this (and probably won't 'til battery life gets better), but if anyone wants to try to throw it into Compatibility Mode then rebooting a few times, that would be my suggestion to get Viper4Android working.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
i tried compatibility mode lol i have a thread about viper4android cause i loves it so much....but i couldn't get it to work at all it seemed like it worked but then the music wouldn't play at all till i took it out of compatibility mode then i checked driver status and it said that it had problems installing so i re-downloaded the rom checked MD5 again and tried to install the driver but no go :/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
That might be an issue limited to this ROM. Mind you Viper4Android isn't even supported for anything past 4.4.x ROM's, so the fact that I got it working at all on the official CM12 build is a miracle. Do you turn off LPA mode? I always put it on high quality (the one in the middle), turn off LPA, re-boot, Compatibility, re-boot again, then re-boot again for the hell of it. I installed Poweramp, and re-booted AGAIN after all my apps installed, and it worked from then on....course I switched because battery life was atrocious but that's another story :P

Just a suggestion, boot back into recovery and clean out the partition. I cleaned out everything twice before I even installed the other 5.0 ROM. If that doesn't work, then idk what to tell you except, if you're willing to put up with the battery life (I literally got 4 hours off the plug, idle), hop on over to the unofficial CM12.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
i just Googled and this is what a nexus 5 user said

"I dirty flash rom every time and v4a works every time. My "process":

1. Flash Lolliv4a (itself)

2. Reboot.

3. Make sure permissive mode is enables on selinex.

4. Make sure nu player is unchecked in dev settings.

5. Open v4a and select driver.

6. Reboot immediately.

7. Change ui to expert.

8. Load profile (or change settings and save profile)

9. Enjoy.

I'm not using compatibility mode."

and lolliv4a is a zip the OP made for lollipop http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/themes-apps/discussion-viper4android-t2543796
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
To me that sounds like it's meant to work for something else other than Poweramp. Wouldn't hurt to try, though. I'm going to sit Lollipop out 'til everything comes out of Alpha at least, or I find something stable enough that I can use as a daily driver. If this doesn't work for you, I seriously have no clue lol. One of the above is bound to work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
it worked i just had problems setting SELinux to permissive till i found this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mrbimc.selinuxand im not in compatibility mode anymore :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
Just wanted to add that in this current build the on screen navigation bar works like a charm :) just wish it would turn of the regular home button as well not just the back and menu keys
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
I found a thread with a new kernel for 5.0. May have been one you or someone else mentioned earlier here...or...wherever my memory sucks lol. The unofficial CM got updated as well, so I'm going to try both of those 'n report back on Viper and battery life. If those two are improved, then hopefully we can expect Liquid to follow suit.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mbr007:
For some odd reason, after nandrioded and restored lost WiFi and was grey out. Anyone?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Soooperstar:
Happened to me to and had to reflash from scratch. After a couple test looks likes this happens if you make your nandroid while the wifi is on; therefore, you will need to cut wifi off before your nandroid.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mbr007:
Tried it and it didn't work. Reflashed ROM again from scratch.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lattisimo:
If you change preferred network to 3G do you have connectivity?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dogonit:
Yes I have connectivity.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lattisimo:
I do not. Not in CM 11 official either. I'm on ND8.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] stealthdave:
Kudos to the team for this build! I tried the CyanogenMod 12 build first and had issues with both the camera and audio not working, but the LS build works great with both, as well as both 3G and LTE working! As a bonus, it seems to be getting MUCH better battery life than it did on CM11. Awesome job!

For those wanting to compare, this phone uses the ND8 modem.

- Dave
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] golpeen420:
Brought my s3 out of the drawer just to try this out, and all I can say is wow, this rom is fast and very stable, great job all around
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] stealthdave:
Follow-up report, 24 hours later. While I'm still loving android lollipop, I've run into a few bugs that may push me back to KitKat for the time being:

Bluetooth works for A2DP, but not for phone and mic apps.

Phone app itself is unstable. Trying to pull up the number pad during a call caused the dialer to crash and the call to drop. It was also difficult to return to the dialer during a call, which ended with the dialer crashing again and losing the call.

Wi-Fi hotspot turns on and I can connect, but it's a phantom connection; no data available.

The hotspot issue certainly isn't a huge issue, but the dialer stability is. If the rest of the OS wasn't so damn awesome, I'd already be back on KitKat. I'm sure that the bugs will eventually get ironed out, but in the mean time I'll need to fall back on a more stable build as development continues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
Has anyone tried Pandora with this? On CM12 Pandora plays at half speed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lexridge:
Pandora works fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
must've been BeanStalk then. It's also working fine on the CM12 update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] usjbm:
Just wanted to say thanks to all those involved in making this rom possible.

Just installed it yesterday onto my recently acquired S3 on Freedompop. Android 5.0 is absolutely beautiful - never thought Android would reach this level. (I hated the design in Android 3.X and 4.X compared to iOS and WP) I love the attention to detail (animations, sounds, etc) in 5.0.

As for the rom, it's great. I did have an issue with with crazy high (15-20%/hr?) battery usage (caused by "miscellaneous") for a few hours after installing it yesterday evening. Let the phone die and left it charging overnight and shut off NFC. Today battery usage is normal. I'm at 70% after 9 hours.

<- edit: LOL, it only took me 5 years to make my first post at XDA.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] McBadass:
I will second the Bluetooth issues. I did a little bit of searching and I didn't find anything that seemed to help with that, but the D2SPR branch of 5.0 is pretty slim right now, so not a lot to search on.

My dialer also crashed when trying to bring back up a call that was "minimized" while I was doing other things.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] azranger:
Does it work with SPH-L710T

Does this ROM work with the newer SPH-L710T version, the CM version of lollipop does but it has a screen rotation issue. I was wondering is this ROM had the same issue?

Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
Mtb3000gt and i are working to make this a reality fixed rotation and base-band.....currently he is building and i am testing
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] usjbm:
The microphone volume is really low on my phone. I have to yell to be (somewhat) heard. Tried CM12 and it's the same. Flashed a TW 4.4.2 based rom and it's back to normal. Anything on Lollipop that could be used to adjust microphone volume?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] frap129:
New build soon? maybe?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
I'm just waiting for the camera to start working again lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
we got the stock camera to work for like 3 shots nothing stable yet camera wise and signal is a ***** on the D2Refreshspr (tri-band model) it does however get signal on the D2spr....i don't think he will post a public build till it's stable-ish on the Refresh
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CurbThePain:
Hey,

I just got a beat up sprint gs3, rooted with towelroot, flashed twrp with flashify, flashed your rom and the custom 5.0 kernel in the development section for our device and when i booted up i noticed you dont have viper in the priv-app folder also i have no experience with selinux but is there a way to perm-set it to permissive so viper will work all the time?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TJj33p3rz:
Heck yes to the L710T cant wait for the fix.Thanks you guys.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
look in my signature and for Liquid look at the Liquid options in the settings Viper is in the equalizer tab
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CurbThePain:
Yeah well i loved the s3 while it lasted. Development is flourishing for the s3. Just wish samsung didnt do such a bad job making their phones. I charged my phone overnight and woke up to it off. When i tried to turn it on it just vibrated once and the screen flashed once. Whatever i got it for free. Depending on how much spare time i have i might consider contributing even without a working device.

P.S. Great job on this rom. I loved it. Just one thing. Let users know the device will have performance issues when selinux is set to permissive and when the highest quality viper driver is installed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
you had performance issues?....that's weird i didn't have performance issues with my old S3......my new T model on the other hand...when running any ND8 rom has issues :/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] azranger:
Yes I would think the the ND8 baseband would be an issue for the 710T because the 710T is trimode I do have the NF4 in a flashable zip if you would don't already have it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
Well they run fine when i flash the updated kernel on the TW side....just a few hiccups here and there....and i have it too lol :)