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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xboxster:
Just came from stock rooted ND8 to 20150516 nightly. Everything seems fine so far, but LTE does not work. This isn't a big deal since there isn't much LTE coverage in my area.

However, I keep hearing of a APN fix for LTE to work. I'm on Ting (MVNO for Sprint). Would such fix work? And could someone link to the correct fix? Every time I search for it, I find people mentioning the fix, without any link to be found.

I actually found a post in this thread for another Ting user, but no response to whether he fixed it or not.

Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Awesome Donkey:
Doc, any update on whether or not the Virgin Mobile APNs will be merged in? By default VM users don't get 4G LTE/3G without using the current workaround. If so, probably need to merge in Boost Mobile and Ting APNs too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] upconvert:
[MENTION=5752019]madbat99[/MENTION] Do you get bluetooth stuttering at all?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kjjm:
Flash this in recovery:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xboxster:
Thanks! It took a few minutes after flashing, but sure enough, selecting LTE....now has me using 3G.

I'll have to find a rare LTE spot in WV to test proper.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] upconvert:
The reason I ask is because I am still on the jelly bean bootloader (pre-knox) with the mk5 modem (d2vmu). Do you guys think that could effect either the tether or Bluetooth stuttering? Also, I've only seen one or two other reports of Bluetooth stuttering. Do other people not see it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
With a name like upconvert, you haven't upgraded beyond jellybean? Lol.

But seriously I don't use Bluetooth much. Maybe my soundbar at home sometimes. But not lately.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] upconvert:
I never saw any reason to upgrade the bootloader and knox up. I guess there's no real downside to it either. If I could verify that my issues are being caused by the bootloader/modem I'd do it. Unfortunately, no one with tether or bluetooth issues has gotten back to me. Maybe I'll just do it anyway.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Awesome Donkey:
The information here might help with the tethering issue: https://plus.google.com/105254500689042532955/posts/XxJcvamDdxL
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
To avoid issues you're actually supposed to have at least upgraded to nd8 boot loader for any of the Roms built after KitKat.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ClintE1956:
When I first started experimenting with AICP for d2spr, I had no data or voice until I upgraded to ND8 (and then figured NJ2 had to be better, because newer). Probably could have just flashed radio, but after finding out ND8 minimum was needed, figured it would be best to update everything with latest Sprint/Samsung firmware.

Bluetooth seems to work, but I haven't done much testing of bluetooth music streaming to my Plantronic Voyager 855. Will try that sometime in this week and report results.

Thanks again devs, you're the best!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dprotp:
Fantastic ROM! It's practically the only 5.0+ ROM that I was able to get running on my Virgin Mobile S3.

The latest nightly seems to have worse battery life versus an older nightly, but other than that, everything seems to work great! MMS is funky, but I flashed the VM APN Fix--I suspect it might have to do with the terrible reception I get here, since it's a common issue with cell phones at this university (especially on the edge of campus, where I live). Reliable 3G (and MMS) when there aren't many obstructions around.

Bluetooth runs great! Connects just fine to my wireless headphones--even when my phone's in my backpack when I'm out on a long bike ride. As long as I keep Wi-Fi off to prevent random connection attempts, I won't experience any stuttering.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xboxster:
One oddly specific issue here.

When I'm driving, I have a Moto Stream connecting via bluetooth to my phone for music. When that is running, my LG G Watch really seems to lag in sending controls to the phone (including Google Now...phone just keeps playing). It'll take minutes before the input goes through.

Seems to work fine with my bluetooth headset though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] FatalIll:
Whats the general consensus on Gapps builds to use with this ROM? I used to use PA Gapps but those are discontinued; I know you can find them in Gapps Central here on XDA but for some reason when I flash those it seems like the entire ROM goes color-washed/faded. What are the Gapps everyone is using?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Awesome Donkey:
I recommend and use Banks' Gapps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
I use cm gapps. Very minimal.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wilberfan:
I've had very good luck with Euroskank's gapps: http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/?rom=banks&device=gapps I don't know if it's the best choice, but it's worked very well for me on my d2spr.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] semdoc:
Could any of you be so kind to link me to the latest fine working Boost Mobile & Ting APN's ?

Just checked Ting APN's posted one page ago:

Needed for LTE conf is:

And we have by default:

Also we have:

Change is here: http://gerrit.aicp-rom.com/#/c/12063/

I'll update Ting APN's... So please try and report with incomming nightly Ting APN's.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Awesome Donkey:
Yes, you can grab the Boost APNs from this fix: http://www.mediafire.com/download/shc6256cpb5c6rb/Universal_Boost_APN_Fix-R2.zip
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ClintE1956:
Slim Gapps Zero version here, seems to work fine (I don't update gapps all the time, never saw a need). I think the color fade is something that's been around for a while now, not sure if there is a fix for it or not.

Might attempt Aroma gapps when I upgrade the other GS3 to AICP just to see how that works.

I don't use xposed or themes, ymmv with those.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] semdoc:
Ok. I'll check that.

Any feedbacks from Ting Mobile users?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Awesome Donkey:
Thanks, Doc.

What about the Virgin Mobile APNs? I saw the commit was abandoned.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Deth4all:
OK, one question... when I receive a voicemail, I get a text message telling me I have a sprint voice message.. call some number to listen... something like that, I'm on Virgin mobile also... Is there a known fix for getting Voicemail notifications to work properly?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Awesome Donkey:
You might need to install the Visual Voicemail APK.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gutserker:
been flashing roms for my S3 with the Ting 4.3 APN fix for a while, been working fine on this rom as long as I switch the LTE APN from the default Sprint EHRPD internet to Sprint LTE internet.

Flashed today's nightly dirty and still working fine, no changes.

Some times on this rom my phone decides to randomly switch to the Sprint EHRPD internet which causes me to get no data and roam.

Side note: seems when I take pictures with the front camera the phone crashes and reboots.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Front camera issue is from upstream (cm). Its on all of the 5.1.1 Roms right now. Its actually great progress, since camera used to be completely broken across all 5.0.2 Roms. Now at least its just front cam ( i never use it).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperGoober:
My front Camera works perfect and has been but I'm not on this rom . Just saying this issue doesn't seem to be across all roms. My 3g on sprint works perfect for me as well so that issue seems to be rom specific for some users . I'm not having to flash any apn or even touch it .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Yeah the APN fix is for everyone else besides sprint. That's why you didn't need one. Its for the mvno carriers, like virgin and boost that use sprints network. Interesting that your front camera works. What rom are you using? Is it 5.1.1 cm based? Because front camera issue is from cm upstream so it is in all cm based 5.1.1 Roms
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SuperGoober:
Flipping back and forth between CM and Commotio . Mostly Commotio. Strange thing is I have to flash the boost apn fix to get Sprint data on CM but no flash needed on Commotio . Not sure why . Front Cam works on both for me . Like you I really don't use it much other than to test .
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chuckenheimer:
New 05/25 drop not allowing opsys to recognize the device

Just upgraded to the 05/25 drop and see that my GS3 device is no longer being recognized on either my Window 7 notebook or my OpenSuse 13.2 desktop via the USB connection cable.

Having to drop back to the 05/16 drop to see what may be the matter. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Android Attack:
I am not on 05/25, so this is kinda a shot in the dark. If you are running a custom kernel, it might be worth checking with Trickster Mod to see if fast charge is enabled. If it is, disable it, and you should be able to connect via PC again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chuckenheimer:
Thanks for jumping in.

I have determined that this is a Linux problem and am making inquiry on that forum as we speak. I see something about a variation between the USB2 and USB3 ports causing issues and am chasing down that rabbit hole now. :)

I'm not running any custom kernel so don't think that can be the answer but I will try to locate any Fast Charge option and see what that yields.

I will say that I recently up leveled my Flux theme and am seeing significant changes to my UI and notice complaints about other matters on the Play Store reviews.

UPDATE: I see there is now an 05/27 update which I am just now applying. We'll see if that resolves my issue. FYI

2nd UPDATE: The issue seems to have resolved with the new 05/27 drop. ??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bdportil:
I'm running the old bootloader and have no issues tethering. Don't really use bluetooth, so can't speak to that. But the tethering issues are not due to having the old bootloader. I've been off stock/TW roms for so long, never had a need to upgrade to ND8.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gutserker:
Today I tested USB audio and it's finally working for the S3. Tried it with 4.4.4 SlimKat and there was too much audio delay to enjoy. Now though I can't change volume for USB audio, it's either on or maxed.

Sadly one of the Lollipop improvements I was expecting was better EQ adjustments for USB audio without being muddy. the EQ seems to work wonders for the headphone port though, better than KitKat. Is it a limitation of the built in mixer app or the rom?

BTW the USB DAC I'm using is a Muse audio X5 tied to a FiiO E6 so I'm guessing it's not the DAC
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xboxster:
Latest nightly 5/27 seems to have some wifi issues. It will randomly disconnect and reconnect.

I notice this because the Trigger app sends a notification when I connect/disconnect.

Forgot to mention: AICP OTA Option in Settings FC every time I try to open it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ClintE1956:
Try clearing cache & data for AICP OTA app. Haven't noticed wifi going down, but haven't had phone on much.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xboxster:
That worked, thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bdportil:
Lost root...

So I somehow lost root at some point after dirty-flashing the 5/25 nightly. No SU binary at all. Very strange. Ended up clean flashing 5/29 and everything seems great, but I thought I'd bring it up because I've never had that happen since I started messing with ROMs like 4 years ago.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Never happens here. I dirty flash every nightly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wilberfan:
I've noticed the last several lollipop builds have trouble assigning ringtones and notifications via Zedge and/or from mp3s on the sdcard. Anyone else seeing this? The only tones I can assign are via the "media storage" option. (d2spr, 0531 build)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ClintE1956:
I had this issue some time ago. Ended up copying my favorite mp3's for ringtones and notifications to the "Ringtones" folder (if they weren't already there), manually chose the last item in the media list (there are multiple instances of same ones there for some reason) for default ringtone, notifications, and also in whatever apps I use them if applicable (like dialer, hangouts, etc.). I don't change them much, never had the problem again.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wilberfan:
I keep getting "Wrong file type" , regardless of where the mp3 is stored... And the files I copied to the Ringtones folder as you suggested don't appear in the media storage app to be selected. Drat.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
All of mine that are in storage/sdcard1/Zedge/ringtones are all showing up in media storage to be selected.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sixgunmojo:
I had some strange ringtone problems way back in the CM 10 days. The solution I found - and what I do to this day when I flash new roms - copy your ringtones to /system/media/ringtones ( may be /system/media/audio/ringtones ), set permissions to rw-r--r--, and reboot your phone. Your ringtones should show up when you go to set them. I have noticed in some Lollipops roms that they may appear in the list twice ( doesn't matter which you chose )
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wilberfan:
Gave it a try. Still not there... [edit] Wait. My bad. I didn't have the permissions exactly correct. Tried again, and so far, so good... Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gergl:
I'm on Boost - SPH-L710 here. Has anyone else run into data issues on this one? LTE will not work with the new version for me. I have been running version 8 for a long time now and had no problems, but I just decided to upgrade since the camera is working now and I now have no data. I flashed the universal boost APN zip, both R1 and R2 just in case (I always just flash the R2 and it works great) no success. The only thing I've found to somewhat work is switching my preferred network type to 3G only. Then I get 3g data, but MMS still won't send and I get a constant toast notification of 'No APN Specified on the device' and that definitely doesn't help since LTE is stronger now in my area than 3g (what a terrible first world problem) and I check access point names and there clearly are two entries listed.

Has anyone seen anything like this? Running the 5/30 nightly and really need to figure this out, I was so excited to have the working camera on 5.1!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
[MENTION=4789300]gergl[/MENTION] Yeah if you search the thread you'll see a little trick I started to get data. Basically you wipe, flash ROM, gapps, and APN fix. Boot up once, then back to recovery and dirty flash ROM and gapps again (no wipe, no APN fix) and 4g lte data will work fine. If you're running it now without working data and you flashed rom, gapps, and APN fix, just boot back to recovery now and flash ROM and gapps again (no wipe, no APN fix).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gergl:
I dug through the thread before posting I swear... sorry didn't see that. Trying it now, many thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
No problem at all. It may have even been another thread, but I think its in this one somewhere. No matter though, you got it. :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] semdoc:
FYI, OTA app should work fine now. You may want to try to download and install via OTA. :)

Hint added to 3rd post.

I would like to thank you for your kindness and continuous help to our users :good::good::good:

Btw, Now I have to find the link for APN fix in the thread and add it to 3rd post :D

P.S.: The link for Boost Mobile APN fix added to 3rd post.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Here is the thread with the virgin mobile APN fix.

(I think your GPS fix in the third post may have come from one of my posts too.) Yay, I'm a helper. :cool:

I've pretty much settled in on this ROM. It has everything I like. I've tried all of the other lollipop Roms, just keep coming back to this one. So glad its still being built for this phone.

Thanks semdoc.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] semdoc:
Lol. In order to preserve authorship of fixes, I quoted you in 3rd post - for both GPS and LTE fixes :)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58755810&postcount=3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
By the way, I like the new hidden stuff better. :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] semdoc:
Guys;

You may want to take a look here:

Check here for latest F2FS compatible recovery by [MENTION=2385005]invisiblek[/MENTION]: http://www.invisiblek.org/twrp/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Awesome Donkey:
The TWRP for Boost/Virgin Mobile recovery also has experimental F2FS support.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ksmullins88:
Life saver! Thank you man! This works on cm nightlies too. You rock.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Yeah it works on all 5.1.1 Roms.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wetbiker7:
I do this with all the AOSP ROMS I flash. :thumbup:

Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent Purple Tapatalk 2

---------- Post added at 04:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:40 AM ----------

I wanted to share this APN fix too. All credit goes to [MENTION=515792]Mopedryder. I would've posted his original link but I couldn't find it. I originally found it awhile back in a post he made to another member. He stated that it's the one he uses and it has a few more tweaks.

Universal APN Fix Boost R3-

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gt8ofit0wvhfk6t/Universal_Boost_ApnFix-vR3.zip?dl=0

Sent from my SPH-L710 using Xparent Purple Tapatalk 2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ClintE1956:
Ok, trying to get /system, /data, and /cache over to f2fs. Created backup with new f2fs-enabled twrp 2.8.6.0, renamed all ext4 file extensions in twrp backup folder to f2fs, edited md5 and recovery.log files to replace all instances of ext4 with f2fs. Even after mounting /system in twrp, recovery fails with /system mounted as read-only. If I install fresh aicp, it replaces /system f2fs with ext4 file system but leaves data and cache at f2fs.

Suggestions? Thanks...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ClintE1956:
I hate it when something starts working without knowing exactly how or why...

Tried everything last night to get /system partition in f2fs writable. Turned phone off from twrp to charge overnight. Turn it back on into twrp, and I get this message I've never seen before with an option checkbox to leave /system read only, or make modifications. Didn't want it to be read only, so just swiped to make mods. Tried advanced wipe on all partitions, and it worked successfully. Restored backup, wiped dalvik & cache, reboot to system. Hangs on Samsung Galaxy S3 splash screen with blue CM guy below and blue pulsing notification light, but never flips over to boot animation. Hard power down and hold volume up & home buttons to go back to recovery. Install same AICP nightly that was in nandroid backup, wipe dalvik & cache, reboot to system, and it comes up working fine. Currently backing up and installing new nightly.

So, hard power down & turning back on seemed to help. Anyone know why this might happen this way?

Oh, and when booting into twrp after getting this f2fs working on /system, /data, and /cache partitions, the twrp splash screen seems to stay on a bit longer than before, using same version (f2fs) but all partions ext4. Always works though.

Thanks..

<Edit>

Well, /system is still ext4 but /data & /cache are still f2fs. While researching things last night, I read that f2fs isn't all that much faster reading, but writes are where the performance increase is noticeable. Probably just leave things the way they are because everything seems to work, but when I redo wifey's GS3 with AICP (hopefully soon), will try to get fresh install on f2fs /system partition.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wilberfan:
A rookie question: Is there any point in dirty-flashing the latest build if my device isn't mentioned in the changelog? I generally search the page for 'd2spr' or 'd2' or 'samsung'. I'm quite the flash whore, so it's difficult to stop myself, but am I really just wasting time?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] semdoc:
/system should remain as ext4. Otherwise It will abort installation.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ARMIGUER:
Thank you so much for adding SlimPIE!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wilberfan:
I may have answered my own question. Last night, for reasons I can't explain, I suddenly lost mobile data. It returned this morning as soon as I restored a previous version (but only 3 builds or so older)....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Running the 6/5 nightly, no more microphone issue! (Most power given to upper mic). Popped my phone back into my waterproof seidio obex case and made a test call. All good! Very good news because I got a scratch or two on my screen without this baby on it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ClintE1956:
Thank you for clearing that up for me. It appears that even if I try (repeatedly) to get it to stick on f2fs, it has its way and keeps it as ext4.

f2fs seems to run a bit quicker in some instances, but the phone was already running about as fast as it is able on this wonderful rom.

Thanks again and keep up the excellent work!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] avatarx1:
I have CM 12.1 nightly build 20150606 and when I make a call with Google Hangout dialer or Freedompop app, the bottom mic doesn't seem to pick up voice. I think both mic works (one for voice and one for noise cancellation feature) but somehow the bottom and the top is reversed and the bottom mic is used for noise cancellation. The other person on the line can hardly hear my voice.

Is this fixed with this ROM???

Update: I just tried AICP nightly 6/7/2015 build and it had the same microphone problem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
I am not on freedompop, but I just tried hangouts and it seemed to work fine. It was a video call though. I'm on virgin so I don't use an app (other than the dialer app) to make calls. It was affecting that for me on earlier builds but not now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcusva79:
Just inherited this sg3. My issues installed rom and bank's dynamic gapps. Doesnt let me set up like cm. Everytime I open play store app just fc's. Long time Nexus 5 user and this is somewhat different. Any ideas?I

Using Latest TWRP AICP stable.

Edit: Found the answer.......Stable is 5.0 was installing 5.1.1 gapps......duh
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Better to use 5.1.1 nightly. Aicp 8.0 (android 5.0) has broken camera. The latest nightly is just fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] marcusva79:
Do you use any particular kind of nightly? I did install 9.0 is it 5.1.1 or 5.1? Banks gapps is the best correct? Any kernels?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
I'm in the 06/05 nightly. Using tk gapps (formerly pa gapps). Along with dkp kernel. The latest nightlies are 5.1.1.

dkp kernel

tk gapps
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Powered_By_Linux:
Hey guys, Sophia Karlitz on g+ found a fix if anyone is having issues with tethering. I'll just quote the post:

Right so I noticed that the last d2spr nightly I've downloaded actually has working LTE (woo).

However the version I got didn't have working tethering, either, as has been the case for a while now. My old fix was to just nerf all the rules in iptables but now that LTE works it causes some weird stuff. Particularly how LTE will cycle on and off when I flush the rules (no surprise there).

Instead I crafted a little fix that should work a lot better hopefully maybe.

If you're having issues tethering, do*

iptables -D natctrl_FORWARD -j DROP

iptables -A natctrl_FORWARD -j ACCEPT

And that should do it. Be sure to do it in a root shell. Let me know if it doesn't work or something. I'm a complete iptables noob but if it doesn't work just restart your phone and boom no harm done

(Talking to you, Harrison W [emoji14] )﻿

I'm not able to test tethering at the moment (but I tested hotspot recently and it worked without a fix needed), but if anyone uses tethering and it doesn't work, give this a try!