yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mifronte:
Bare Bones Feedback

Just finished installing Bare Bones.

First think I noticed that is either missing or not working is the ability to perform a search in either Chrome or Play Store by speaking.

Would I need to use the full version for this feature?

How do I get the S3 wallpapers back? Is there a zip I can install?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
I think I may have removed Samsung TTS. If you set it to Google TTS in Settings/My Device/Language & Input.

Unfortunately, no. Everything S5 is heavily integrated. I'm sure you can find them with a Google Image search.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mifronte:
I don't think it is TTS. In the stock ROM, the Google Search bar and Play Store allow me to speak instead of typing. This feature seems to be missing. Is it because of the different keyboard? I am now on the full version of Wicked S5 Xperience and the feature is missing too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wetbiker7:
You need to install the Google app. Open Play and type Google. Install it and you'll be able to use the voice search. :thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ainz_Ooal_Gown:
Do you mean the Mic button on the keyboard itself or the Mic in the search bar?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mifronte:
[MENTION=5104057]6th_Hokage[/MENTION]

The mic in the seach bar.

On stock, if I am searching in Chrome, Play Store, or any apps like Yelp, there is a microphone in the search text box where I can tap. It is there for Chrome, but nothing happens when I tap it.

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I will give this a try. Thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Good catch. Yes any app that can be downloaded from the Play Store has pretty much been removed.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] midnightmaraude:
Do you guys prefer Viperfx or soundalive?

I accidentally uninstalled soundalive instead of freezing due to a force close with spotify. I see a fix for the force close but I cannot reenable it in TB due to not making a back up.

If you think soundalive is better (especially through bluetooth into a jambox speaker) can someone post how to get soundalive back on my phone?

TIA
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Viper4Android is definitely better, I included SoundAlive for aesthetic reasons.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cwhatever:
If you made a backup of the whole entire ROM sometime ago, you could make a back up of now and then you could just restore that, save the app in titanium and then restore the backup of now, and use Titanium to restore the app and you will have that app back, unless someone posts the apk for you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Or just extract it from the ROM zip

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cwhatever:
That is what I would do. I was just telling an easy way for people that don't know how to extract then side load.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] yriver:
Thanks a lot! Will try this when i get home tonight (use my home wifi to download :) )
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] black_out78:
Hello, I'm having trouble with the kernal, how do I undervolt ? (I'm noobish).Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
KTweaker-> Voltages (if you press menu you can do all steps -25) make a backup before messing with Voltages. I would start with -50.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mifronte:
I am back on Wicked S5 Xperience V2.2 Bare Bones. It is much snappier than the stock ROM.

Thanks [MENTION=4214264]wetbiker7[/MENTION] for the suggestion to install Google, that brought back the voice search.

So far the only thing I noticed is that my WiFi drops and reconnects more than on the NJ2 stock ROM. The behavior is like that of the ND8 stock ROM.

Any ideas why the WiFi would not stay connected, especially coming out from the lock screen after the phone had been idle? Is this the work of the Sprint Connection Optimizer?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Yes, turn that excuse for software off.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wetbiker7:
You welcome. Looks like Ryan has answered your question. Another thing you should check is to make sure your WiFi is set to always stay on. :thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mifronte:
Can you elaborate? All I see for WiFi is the On/Off setting, which is set to On (Setting/Connections). I have power management off.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Click on that part, there's another menu. Then hit the Menu button and then Advanced.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] black_out78:
Whenever I try to set the voltages ktweaker closes, what should I do?

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Never mind, I forgot to grant it rights. Now do I remove 25 on the GPU voltages?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mifronte:
Disable SFinder & Quick Connect Buttons

Running Wicked S5 Xperience V2.2 Bare Bones.

I checked the options in Winam to hide the SFinder and Quick Connect Buttons from the notification bar in Winam and rebooted. However, the buttons are still showing.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] saraneil1210:
Deleted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Make sure this is checked too

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mifronte:
I have both of those options checked, but the buttons are still showing up after a Fast Reboot via the Winam notification or a restart via the power button..

On choosing Reboot on the Winam notification I just get a "Reboot now" message, but the phone never reboots until I use the power button and select restart.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] black_out78:
Do I lower the voltages for both the gpu and cpu?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wetbiker7:
You also have the option of installing the SystemUI w/ Button Savers zip in the extras section of this thread. It will remove those plus it adds the home and lock button up top.

I flashed the zip.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mifronte:
Disable Messaging Emergency Alerts

In the standard ROM, there were options to disable all emergency alerts except for the presidential alerts. I have not been able to find the settings in the messaging app in this ROM. Is it possible?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
You can if you're not a gamer. If you like playing games it will slow down your framerate.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
They should all be disabled.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mifronte:
Hiding SFinder bar & Truncated Messages Icon

I finally got the Winam settings of hiding the SFinder bar working.

I updated the Xposed framework and Winam modules and now the settings are taking effect.

On another note:

My Messages icon is getting truncate at the "g". However, I see in the screen shot on the OP that it is not. Is there an adjustment I can make? I apologize for so many questions, but I am really a novice smartphone user.

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Do I also need to manually delete the SFinder and Quick Connect apks? I noticed Ryan mentioned this a few posts below where he posted the download link for the Button Savers. I am currently using Winam to hide the SFinder bar.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Yes... I was using another font. Or you can use the other S5 launcher that's 4x4 and only has 4 dock icons.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mifronte:
I will try another font. I don't think I can go back to 4x4. I am a bare bones kind and I have my phone down to just one page :cyclops:

BTW, so far this bare bone Wicked S5 Xperience V2.2 seems stable. I have spent hours setting up my phone and it has yet to give me any problems.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wetbiker7:
[MENTION=4310299]bilgerryan[/MENTION], thanks for grabbing that question Bro. I forgot to mention that it only disables those apks and doesn't remove them from the ROM.

[MENTION=5996269]mifronte[/MENTION], the Barebones build is running great for me too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] vwags:
When I try to open a document it says Polaris 5 has stopped. What did I do to cause this? I did check MD5 before installing and installed clean.

Thanks for this killer work
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
I had that problem too. I just deleted it and downloaded Polaris 4 from the Galaxy App store. I didn't use it enough that i kept forgetting to fix it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wetbiker7:
Running Barebones w/ 7000mAh Zerolemon battery. 1 day, 10,hrs, 17 minutes on phone with 75% charge left. Not bad at all. :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] black_out78:
I found that reducing the voltages by 50 you save the right amount of battery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wetbiker7:
It depends on the phone. Some can't handle as well as others. Same way with overclocking. Thankfully mine does well both undervolting and OCing. I undervolt mine 25mV across the board and OC to 1674MHz for daily use. As you can see by the screenshot I posted earlier, I'm getting great battery life.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mifronte:
Removing SFinder & Quick Connect APKs

I have installed the SystemUI Button Savers to get the Home & Lock buttons on the notification bar. Now to remove the S Finder and Quick Connect apps from the ROM:

In Titanium Backup, I filter for those Apps (1 for S Finder and 2 for Quick Connect) and tap uninstall?

I have never remove any system apps before and wanted to make sure I am doing it correctly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcran75:
You should also select "wipe data" before uninstalling.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mifronte:
Is the Zerolemon 7000mAh the same thickness as the stock OEM battery?

Isn't stock like 2100mAh? If that is the case, then 25% battery usage for a 7000mAh is roughly equivalent to 83% for a 21000mAh (7000*.25/2100). I will have to monitor if I will get something close your efficient battery usage.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wetbiker7:
No. Not even close. Its huge. It takes a special back for the 7000mAh Zerolemon. They sell the back with the battery though. Either that or use their Rugged case like I do.

The 7000mAh battery does have the NFC antenna though which many extended batteries do not.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
I figured out the problem. You need to download Polaris Office Viewer 5 from the Galaxy App store.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] neuton:
Anyone having issues with random reboots lately on this rom. I am not on the barebones version and I did go into Phils and cleared davlik and cache. Just getting random reboots all day??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Check your kernel settings in ktweaker. Make sure you're not undervolted or over clocked too much.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Did you flash any mods or change any settings around when it started?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] neuton:
Nope I have left it all stock the way you had it uploaded
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Try changing your kernel settings to the ones linked in post #4. Also make sure System Server Crash Fix is checked in Wanam under Advanced.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] neuton:
Oh ok
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fast69mopar:
Great ROM bilgerryan

Just wanted to make my first post a Thank You to bilgerryan for this awesome ROM. This is the first ROM I have ever flashed and it has worked perfectly. I have been running your ROM for 3 days now with no issues. My signal strength is stronger for LTE and 3G and I have not had any issues with mobile data as well. My upload and download speeds are faster too. I came from a stock, unrooted 4.4.2 on my SPH-L710. I was having severe lag issues with the stock ROM before I flashed this one. I have to say this one is quite smooth. Keep up the great work man.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fast69mopar:
I have a question about your ROM Sir. Can you provide any insight as to why my LTE & 3G signal is so much stronger? Also, my LTE upload and download speeds have significantly increased by almost 6maps upload and a solid 9mbps download. I flawed back to my stock, unrooted 4.4.2 NJ last night to do a comparison in signal strength and speed test to verify. I am not complaining by any means. I absolutely love this ROM and it's smoothness. I have no issues whatsoever. My PRL is 25023. Thanks again for the great work man!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Signal and Internet Tweaks. They are scattered throughout the ROM, I can send you a PC of the locations if you would like.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] remotehugger:
hey bilg, I'd like that pm if you don't mind -

from my VM SGS3 - jdsingle76's rooted 4.4.2 NDC - stock kernel (for now ?) ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] buckwildpimp101:
Hey Ryan, have you seen this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
That sounds like awesome news.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
I added it to the flashing instructions in the OP, thanks guys.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Cmicasa the Great XvX:
6th H.... Ryan... and everyone who assisted in my dilemma.. THANKS. The Google keyboard and HTC Sense 6 work perfectly. No issues. Much appreciated. :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
Has anyone tried to make any csc edits with this yet? I can't seem to get them to work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] petermg:
gyroscope lag?

So far the only app i tried this with is Google camera but when i try to do any of the pictures that it uses the gyroscope to make the gyroscope lags. For example if i try to make a photo sphere when i move the phone to get another angle sometimes the image lags and the final result is really messed up. I restored my stock version ROM from backup and it isn't happening on the stock ROM.

Like i said I've only tried this on Google camera so i don't know if it's an issue with Google camera on this ROM or more globally an issue with the gyroscope API on this ROM. I'll flash back to this ROM and try it with some other apps that use the gyroscope and let you guys know. I really love make the nine by nine photo panoramas with Google camera would be bummed if i can't find a fix because this is a super sexy ROM! !!!

EDIT: Ok so when I try it with other gyroscopic apps, like Earth and Moon Pro, for example, the lag shows up, but it seems like it goes away or becomes very minimal after I am running the app for about a minute or so. So I just tried it again with Google Camera and after I was just keeping it open and moving the camera around (working the "lag" out of it) it seems to work ok. But this is just after one test. This doesn't happen with the stock ROM though. No lag or glitchiness with the gyroscopic apps at all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] galaxync:
Thanks for this Rom!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Have you tried changing your kernel settings in the KTweaker app? If you don't know what you're doing, try my settings- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57665898

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] stalkersti@gmail.com:
Я не робот

hi, Im owner i747 ATT ROM 4.4.2 stock! in downgrade mode bootloader version rp swrev 3! dont understand correct what is ND8 or NDC Bootloader??? can i flash this ROM on my device???
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
No I'm afraid you can flash this. Sorry.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
No, but my other ROM, Wicked X, was just ported to ATT. And I believe Likewise ROM has a similar concept as this ROM.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sean19661:
I been running your rom for 5 days now everything is working awesome no problems so far.

Thank you ryan
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] petermg:
You know I'm wondering if that might solve the issue. I'll report back again but I tried to fix it by setting it to performance, and then I set it back to ondemand and now it seems much better, which is weird because it was originally set to ondemand. Maybe it's not related but I'll post with an update after more use but so far I got some great nine by nine panoramas. LOVE that feature of Google Camera!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Performance governor just leaves it at the Max CPU frequency, something you don't want to keep it at. OnDemand works fine (it's the stock governor for almost every phone), but it's really your I/O Scheduler that you need to change. I recommend sio, noop, or deadline.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
Ryan, if one were to change the silhouettes, what silhouettes would you prefer?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Anything that isn't creepy like the guy in the S4/S5 contact photos... I was thinking the AOSP ones.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
Ok. Plan on doing that tonight. :thumbup:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Well I did a little research and didn't really care for most OEMs silhouettes, but HTCs were interesting.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
Which HTC ROM did those come from?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Stock Sense 6 as far as I know.

My ROMs: Wicked X & Wicked S5 Xperience
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Chad The Pathfinder:
I may do AOSP first since I already have a lot of resources from my earlier project but I like the silhouettes you suggested so I'll do what I can. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jmstrat:
What happened?

I have the sphl710. I wiped cache and data via clockworkmod. I flashed wicked s5 Xperience and it installed supposedly ok. After rebooting CWM, it showed the samsung logo and then it just dies I guess? What do I do now?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] buckwildpimp101:
only bad thing is, they're going to take down everyone's roms.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] buckwildpimp101:
yeah, look at the full article
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] buckwildpimp101:
yup
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Never mind. This whole thing is bull crap. Developer's are rewarded with Play Store credit. Users can't get any mods. Fail Google. Fail.

Edit: you didn't check the date on that (4/1)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fast69mopar:
Wicked S5

Sure bilgerRyan. I am still learning a lot of different things about ROMs, kernels and all the tweaks that can be made. Any info I can absorb I am all for it. Thanks for the reply man. Still no issues and it's running awesome.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Now that is funny. Gotta love April fool's day.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] buckwildpimp101:
lmao. It was a good one!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cwhatever:
I got an otg cable, when I plug it in nothing happens. Videos of stock it works and shows up. I got a checker from play store and it say I can use it but kernel doesn't support it. Does anyone know of one that does or how we can make it work on the s3 with our custom kernel?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
The ND8 stock kernel is in the General section (CNexus). I could of sworn somebody on Wicked X said they were using one and that has the same kernel as this one. I was just looking into buying one for my S4, it's either that or upgrade my SD again. The S4's stock ROM is 1.5 GB+ (I'm sure Lollipop will be even larger), my 32 GB is almost full and internal storage too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wetbiker7:
I just answered his PM with instructions on how to use the USBOTG.

I'll write them here in case anyone needs to know where to locate something plugged into a USBOTG.

I use the paid version of Root Explorer. FYI

Once plugged in it will be located under Storage/UsbDriveA, B, C, etc. My USBOTG actually has a male and female power plug. It can be used to charge your device or helps the USBOTG read external HDs that need a power source although I've had trouble with those. However, I've had no issues at all with flash drives. I can read and write to them with ease.

Edit: Your drive should be located under UsbDriveA. I selected it and had to grant root access. If asked, make sure you grant it or you will not be able to access data on the drive.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Gracious, I'll link this in post #4 tomorrow.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wetbiker7:
I just hooked mine up to make sure I didn't miss any steps. I'm going to add something to my original post. Once the phone reads the drive, look under UsbDriveA. Once you select it I was asked for root permission which I granted of course. I then proceeded to watch a bit of a Flash episode I had on the flash drive.

Just a heads up for any Flash fans out there, I think the new series is great. If you haven't watch it yet, check it out. :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 555rt:
I use StickMount by Chainfire, to auto mount and dismount USB drives using my otg cable. Works great!

http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/23-03-2014-stickmount-v3-01-t1400034
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fuzzybuffalo:
+1 on the S4, but you don't need it on the S3, at least not on Wicked X.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 555rt:
True, I did not know that. Back when I first tried my otg cable, something happened and I couldn't get it to work without stickmount, so I assumed it was needed. Since then I have done a fresh clean install of this rom, and I see now, stickmount is not needed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] turbozapekanka:
Hi,

Is there a way to disable some features, for example I would like to remove these:

-50% Volume Increase- thanks flastnoles11

-Wicked Splash Screen

Is there a way to strip this ROM to have stock-close ROM with S5 features added and bloatware removed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
-ND8 Volume Increase thread in Themes and Apps by flastnoles11 (stock volume mod in thread)

-Custom Splash Screen thread in Themes and Apps by 6th _Hokage (the stock one is somewhere in the thread)

-Wicked S5 Xperience Bare Bones is posted about 5-10 pages back. I need to link it in the OP and make a list of removed apps but I haven't had much time lately.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
What do you consider bloat? Its pretty clean. But if you want it leaner just use the bare bones version.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
It's smaller than Wicked X
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fuzzybuffalo:
Read the first 2 or 3 posts, there are mods there to do that, an d there is a barebones version.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Here's the Bare Bones link for now- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=59620906
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Those mods are linked in the Wicked X thread but I haven't gotten around to linking them here. Looks like the OP needs some updating.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fuzzybuffalo:
Yeah, I'm typing faster than I'm thinking, as usual. And I'm a slow typist. :laugh:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Bare Bones link is in the OP now. I'm working on the list of removed apps and then I'll update post #3... But first I'm gonna eat a bowl of cereal.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] turbozapekanka:
I have the same issue, installed Polaris Office Viewer 5 and it works (Viewer only), but Polaris Office 5 (Editor) still crashes when you try to open a document.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Well dang... It's stock on my S4, let me see if it's missing a lib or something.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
OP updated. All info asked for is either in post #1 or post #3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Try pushing this to system/lib, set permissions as 0644, and reboot.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o8sr39sp9zeg7hj/libpolarisofficeSDK.so?dl=0
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] turbozapekanka:
Volume mod worked, but Splash screen did not,

I get "assert failed" error when installing, tried Stock splash and Freedom

any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bilgerryan:
Are you using Philz Recovery?