[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] JPuzzle0:
Good job!!!

I've been following this thing quietly since mid-January when CM left the device that sold 50 million units and probably a good percent of that still in service high and dry, and Samsung wouldn't release the drivers and put Knox on their phones (to force you to update to the S4, S5, or S6 - I honestly think one of Samsung's "faults" with the S3 from a business standpoint is that it was too good so it made it hard for them to sell updated models to S3 users...and then they blew up with the removable battery/SD card for the S6). For those hesitant of spending the time (which should not be that long if using titanium back up and a custom launcher or some other system) to back up your old rom, back up apps in titanium backup, install the new rom, restore your apps and configure everything to find it is not ready and abort back to your old Kitkat rom (I think we on this site get enjoyment of the process sometimes even if it is a bust), I think with 5.1 and the camera working, this has finally become a daily driver even after only about a day of use. I will usually switch back immediately or within 3 to 4 hours if I notice a major issue.

To answer the questions hesitant people may have as I've read "this is smooth as butter" and "everything works" millions of times since I first installed an Eclair ROM on my Cliq to get the "new" Navigation app where the ROM was not ready:

- It's smooth and I haven't had a crash yet. It takes a bit to boot the first time but this is b/c of ART vs. dalvik cache. Let it do its thing.... Give it an hour or two to play around with as some things you may perceive as bugs may just be LP being a slightly different beast than KK. Also, you will need to tweak some things like remapping the hardware keys for your usual long press prompts (search under the menu long press, recents under the home hardware key long press).

- Network has been working although if you go into network settings and play around it will cut service and take about 20 seconds or so to reconnect. Easy enough, don't play with the network settings other than changing to Tmoblie IPv6 from Metro. Calls work, texts work, I haven't tried MMS, but pictures sent through hangouts. My hangouts has been freezing on CM 11 the last week or two, so this has been an improvement.

- Camera/video work - I tried stock and Pro Camera although Pro Camera fced when I tried to switch to video in that app.

- Bluetooth has been working. Yeah, it stuttered here and there last night, but is not bad. You always get self proclaimed "audiophiles" that will complain about any minor sound issue. It is better than the huge bassy thwamp sound CM 11 gave me on my work speakers (Klipsch 2.1 speakers) when songs changed or I touched the screen, and I've been playing iheart radio all morning on Bluetooth with no issues. Also, it has been connecting pretty easily.

- Battery has been good so far, but I haven't really tested it much. It could be calibration giving false results, but it seemed to get decent battery last night and today USB power is covering BT, streaming, and regular use.

- Google services have been working and K9 push mail despite the play store taking a second to recognize my account/paid apps initially.

- Location access seemed to work. GPS locked quickly when I just tried it on GPS Status - I had issues on CM 11 since about November.

- Yes, you may get a couple minor UI issues, but the only one I can think of is the notifications on the lock screen won't stay expanded if you try to expand them, but everything has been fine. It is the nature of nightlies, custom ROMs, and using the latest and greatest ROM, and even official ROMs (my gf has been complaining about a couple bugs on the S6).

I've been debating on buying the LG G4 once it is out, but this is making me want to wait it out until the next phone generation if I can to avoid this debacle of new phones resulting from the 810 chip issues and Samsung trying to be Apple.