yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lvpre:
If people flash that on this rom, they are going to have a bad time. I've had some success with this http://xdaforums.com/xposed/super-alpha-posted-permission-xposed-t3072979 and this http://xdaforums.com/xposed/modules/discussion-xposed-modules-5-1-lolipop-t3075257

But remember to nandroid before you attempt anything or install a module on a functioning system. Most things I tried work, but a few caused me to restore my backup. Just be careful!!!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meatfest1974:
Camera & 3G > LTE & No Camera

...first off Lrs121, great custom TWRP Recovery 2.8.6.1 for VM.

With help from madbat99, I finally got the recovery flashed.

This is a my first foray into Lollipop and it's fantastic, honestly; especially for an ancient flagship phone.

Sure, no LTE, but I've got nothing that heavily dependent on mobile data speeds that 3G can't handle or wait for Wi-Fi.

(That previous help to downgrade to 3G was really helpful.)

This (and revisiting Valve's Orange Box) has been what I've been doing for my past two sick days with pneumonia.

And now, it's time to take it on the road to work tomorrow.

A smooth and slick ROM, we'll see how the battery holds up on a day outing.

Thanks Lrs121, I've been riding a defunct JB ROM since forever until this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
LTE will work fine. Did you flash ROM, gapps, and apn fix? If yes, dirty flash ROM and gapps again, no wipe, no APN fix. Just boot to recovery and install ROM and gapps then reboot and you will have LTE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PClouser:
[MENTION=4925002]meatfest1974[/MENTION] If you do want LTE, try dirty flashing after the initial flash, apn fix flash, boot up. I read about it on Android Forums(I think). A member named madbat(unsure if he's the same one here on xda) had posted it. Everything else I tried failed to get me LTE, except this.

[MENTION=4487349]Lrs121[/MENTION] You're the man. Taking your time to build and share this rom, then providing a custom TWRP for those who needed it, just AWESOME. You and others like you are the reason I love this site and android. Great work :good: thank you very much.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meatfest1974:
...did you mean this? [Virgin Mobile] [MOD] Universal LTE Virgin Mobile APN Fix [WIP] CM/AOSP 4.4.x

http://androidforums.com/threads/vi...rgin-mobile-apn-fix-wip-cm-aosp-4-4-x.840298/

Yeah, I gave that a go. Is this the "won fix" you're referring to?

I'll give your dirty flash a go and report back, thanks!

EDIT: Holy crap, the dirty flash worked! Thanks, PClouser!

(Man, the support in the XDA community is astounding. Thanks, everyone!)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PClouser:
Great, glad it worked for you. :) The real thanks goes to madbat for it, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have known about it either.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Yep, same guy.

---------- Post added at 09:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:28 PM ----------

I meant APN fix, not won fix. Stupid auto correct. Lol. Glad it worked.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meatfest1974:
...oh, one last thing; I've seemed to have lost root access. I'm running tr.apk (Towelroot), but it's just hanging. I originally Towelrooted when I first got this. How do I regain root access?

EDIT: Ah, well it seems that the consensus through the forums say Towelroot is DOA and no longer works. Explains everything. Gonna give Chainfire's Autoroot a go.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Root access is included in cyanogenmod. To enable it access the developer options in settings as enable root for apps or adb or both.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meatfest1974:
...hmm. Interestingly, I don't seem to have a Developers Options tab in my Settings.

I'm using your CM 12.1 0429 ROM.

Geez, I hope I'm not no0b enough to not see it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PClouser:
Goto settings, about phone, and tap the build number till it says they're enabled
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meatfest1974:
...ugh, y'know what? I totally (and should've) remembered doing this way back when I had CM on my old T-Mobile LG G2X. My first excursion into rooting, ROMs, and XDA, in fact!

Again, thanks for all the tips, tricks and guidance on this, everyone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] I Brick Phones:
<offtopic> For real... where's my Half-Life 3?!?!? </offtopic>
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] yriver:
mocrophone issue

Hi, just flash this ROM. It's so great, thanks a lot!!! I am a freedompop user. Unfortunately, the microphone goes to the top mic in the freedompop app. Does anyone know if there is a fix for this issue?

Best regards.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lvpre:
Have you tried the cm nightly?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
There is official cm12.1 nightlies now, but it may have the same issue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Switch to the official CM nightlies. There have been dozens of fixes implemented since my last build and may fix things that are plaguing people running my last release.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] yriver:
Thanks for quick replies. I just tried last night's nightlie (5/15). And it still has the same issue. I am a Freedompop user. The only way to make a phone call is through their VOIP app. So I have to revert back to kitkat for now :( So sad, I really like this rom.

I tried CM JIRA system, looks like they only accept reports on snapshot release. Can anyone here talk to CM team? I'd really like to know if they are working on this issue, and hopefully a target date that it can get fixed.

Thanks again and have a great day.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] yojimboj:
Calls hanging up when swiped to answer?

Anyone getting this weird and very annoying bug: when a call comes in, I swipe right to answer, and then 1 sec later it hangs up? I'm wondering if it's the dialer app (I'm using the stock CM dialer, but have Dialer One installed), or it's the light sensor misbehaving as I bring the phone to my face? Any help is hugely appreciated!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lvpre:
Are you running the cm nightly? Cm now supports our phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] yojimboj:
Yeah, sorry, I should've put that in my op, I'm on the 5/23/15 nightly, I've flashed a couple of nightlies, same issue. I'll try uninstalling Dialer One and see if it's an app conflict.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Just remember this is an

Unoffical

thread. the help youll get is from what others have found.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] yojimboj:
Dialer app conflict

Yup, Dialer One was messing up the stock CM dialer, problem solved -- should've done this before posting, but sometimes the act of asking for help jogs the memory of what to do first! Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PS4AndroidHacker:
Does any of the newer nightlies have a working camera yet? I flashed a Rom on my Virgin Mobile S3 about a month ago and still running smooth but without a working camera.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
All of the 5.1.1 Roms have working camera now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PS4AndroidHacker:
Sounds good,I will update. I kept getting notifications about updates to it but never updated. I didn't wanna update till some more bugs were worked out.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
There are official cm12.1 nightlies now too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meeniemuffin:
Anyone know if this'll work on the Boost Mobile variant with Universal APN fix yet?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Yes it does, but probably not the triband. You have to include that in your questions. I can only knew you had the triband because of your signature. It has your model number.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meeniemuffin:
Thanks for the heads-up. So I'm just going to assume that the triband version doesnt have much support then?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Some just not many developers have it so its kinda left on the way side. Especially since it came out late where there already was newer flagships
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] PClouser:
Liquidsmooth has a ROM for you phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Can I enable the IOTHiddenMenu in this rom or do I have to be on stock?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lvpre:
That's a stock feature. Same thing with prl/profile updates and secure nfc transactions.
[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.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] avatarx1:
I fixed the microphone bug by editing build.prop. Now I have a new problem with the 20150625 nightly build. I'm using Freedompop and 3G data no longer works with the 20150625 build.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kalala:
Coming from an ND8 TW ROM, has 12.1 reached a point where at least LTE and camera are consistent enough to use as a daily driver?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Yep. Front camera is iffy, but back is perfect. 4g data is perfect.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kalala:
Any idea on what to do if I lost root upgrading from TW to 12.1 this morning? Titanium Backup keeps saying root access failed so I can't restore most of my apps with their settings.

Actually, I'm not sure I lost root since I probably needed it to flash the ROM, right?

EDIT: Nevermind. Turns out they had a silly thing in place where I had enable root through the developer tools thing. Weird.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
That's how cm is now. No more SuperSU or superuser. It's handled by privacy manager. You can flash SuperSU and change that though. There is also official cm12.1 nightlies now. This is pretty out dated compared to it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kalala:
I gotcha. Is it better to just stick with the CM default using Privacy Manager? Any benefits over the others? I was using SuperSU on my TW ROM for nearly a year, but I'm not attached to it. I barely noticed it actually.

And I have been using the official ones, I just assumed people still checked in here from time to time. I'll have to go hunt for the official thread on here, then.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
I see you found the thread. If you're not partial to SuperSU, then privacy manager is probably fine for you. It's just a preference for some. And some of us require the extra features of SuperSU.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Slimegod:
Is there a workaround for the 3 way calling bug.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bobtroy:
How do i install custom recovery?

I want to go back to a custom recovery such as cwm, twrp. I've tried to flash recoveries but they never take. On reboot, it reverts to the built in "recovery" Could someone please explain the proper process? Thank you;)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
You can't let the phone auto reboot after the flash. Either hold volume up and home when it starts to reboot (so it goes right to twrp) or pull the battery as soon as odin says pass. If you let it boot straight to system, the stock recovery will come right back.

Sent from my Nexus 9
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bobtroy:
Does anyone know if the OTA automatically installs the new recovery also, or do i manually have to download that?

Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
There is a setting in developer options to turn on if you want to also update cyanogen recovery. It's turned off by default on most roms because its useless for anything besides flashing cyanogen.

Sent from my Nexus 9
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bobtroy:
I updated to the latest OTA update and it is stuck in a bootloop. Tried to reflash,wipe cache, etc...still no luck so I reverted back to 8/14 build. Just letting you know about the issue. Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Still using unofficial version?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] avruma:
I have tried the latest nightly on a clean flash and I can't get the square credit card reader to read any cards. I have never tried using it before on a cm rom. I have tried multiple card readers and none work so it's either my phone or the rom. Anyone else try using it and have issues? I also tried on AICP rom and had same issue. Tia
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lonelyskatter12:
Was it the unofficial build or on the official nightlies?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] avruma:
It was the official nightlies
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mathesar:
I'm experiencing a strange problem when recording audio on my S3 (d2spr), After 1 minute of recording a faint buzzing sound starts and never goes away, I put the phone in airplane mode / disabled wifi but this didnt help, I also tried 2 different apps (smart voice recorder and hi-q mp3 recorder) The audio always sounds fine at first and then right at the 1 minute mark it starts buzzing, Isn't that odd?

I also tried copying the files to my PC but the buzzing is present there as well on playback. after 1 minute.

l'm not sure if its related to CM 12.1 or not, I was about 5 Nightly's behind but even after updating to latest today it's still happening.

Any ideas appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
If your on official nightlies, why post in an unofficial thread? Try the official thread. Sounds like hardware trouble by the way.

Sent from my Nexus 9
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mathesar:
I didn't realize unofficial builds existed, but I sorted out the problem by wiping the phone and re-flashing latest CM 12.1 nightly, Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DavidovDI:
On my L710 any nightlies of CM12.1 not booting.

Used TWRP 2.8.7.0, CWM last, CM recovery, nightlies from december, november.

Boot stuck.

Trying to return to ND8, NJ2. Nope.

What I can do wrong... CM11 started, MIUI started, TW-roms started.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Soooperstar:
I'll give it a try and report back
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Soooperstar:
Couldn't get it to finish flashing or boot. Kept getting stuck on patching system image unconditionally..

Edit: Downloaded 4/9 from your other server and got it to boot but none of the cameras work, stock, nexus, open camera.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Ok thank you. The build for the 10th is up, I might reupload the 9th later just to make sure its not corrupted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
I'll also look into cherry picking the camera fixes
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] 7servin:
I instaled and stock camera or other no work
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Tried checking out a camera fix. It may have regressed something else that may break other things.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] I Brick Phones:
Breaking other things related to camera or something else? I'd be willing to test a build to see if camera is working even if other stuff is broken. Then maybe cherry-pick the working parts from that build into a different build?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Both to breaking other parts of the camera and other things, but I don't know for sure as I can't test it. It's a simple matter to revert the cherry picks and try fixing it a different way.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Also try it with open camera for pictures and viva video for video recording, if the stock camera doesn't work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] I Brick Phones:
downloading now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
My friend says the cameras don't work still.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] I Brick Phones:
abort abort! lol thanks for the update
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
No problem
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Soooperstar:
Just want to give thanks for dedicating your time to work on this for us. You're apreciated in the community. If you need any testers I'm always available
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
No problem. I'll probably make a folder for testing builds as I mess with getting the camera working.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
If someone could get me a logcat of when the camera app is opened.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iBlowpot:
attempted to use Pastebin to no avail... Hopeful this helps.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Moped_Ryder:
This help
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] black_out78:
Battery life

How is the battery life on this rom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Moped_Ryder:
Best of the 5.* ROMS Ive seen so far
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] I Brick Phones:
not 100% positive but looks like this is the camera exception

04-14 20:41:24.278 E/CAM_CameraActivity( 9939): Camera Exception
04-14 20:41:24.278 E/CAM_CameraActivity( 9939): java.lang.RuntimeException: getParameters failed (empty parameters)
04-14 20:41:24.278 E/CAM_CameraActivity( 9939):	at android.hardware.Camera.native_getParameters(Native Method)
04-14 20:41:24.278 E/CAM_CameraActivity( 9939):	at android.hardware.Camera.getParameters(Camera.java:1968)
04-14 20:41:24.278 E/CAM_CameraActivity( 9939):	at com.android.ex.camera2.portability.AndroidCameraAgentImpl$ParametersCache.getBlocking(AndroidCameraAgentImpl.java:247)
04-14 20:41:24.278 E/CAM_CameraActivity( 9939):	at com.android.ex.camera2.portability.AndroidCameraAgentImpl$CameraHandler.handleMessage(AndroidCameraAgentImpl.java:564)
04-14 20:41:24.278 E/CAM_CameraActivity( 9939):	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
04-14 20:41:24.278 E/CAM_CameraActivity( 9939):	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
04-14 20:41:24.278 E/CAM_CameraActivity( 9939):	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Look about right to me, but it's just jibberish to me. If something was missing I could probably do something, but this seems like its got some bad permissions.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
A "quick boot" if you feel like playing with it. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3082041
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] I Brick Phones:
Pretty impressive. Looks like this works by suspending services when you turn off the device rather than actually powering off the device. So, this won't speed up a "cold boot" but should definitely decrease reboot time and boot up time if you power off from the menu.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Precisely
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] black_out78:
overheat

My phone Over heats like crazy! i need help :0
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ajeevlal:
what Gapps do you people use, i tried different versions and most of them fail to install with message 'set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed'. Lastly PAGapps got successfully installed but after first boot all Google application force closes . By the way i am using freedompop device
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iBlowpot:
what do you mean by you people? J/k. Choose a package. Using pa personally. Just make sure it's specifically for Android 5.1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
A perfect of how not to ask for help, and the wrong thread for such. All questions should be done in the Q&A thread here http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-sprint/help/qa-d2spr-cyanogenmod-12-1-t3075271
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ajeevlal:
I was able to flash pa gapps but after the boot all google apps force closes......and cannot proceed further......

. May be I will post the this to q&a thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Use the gapps in the op, they are known to work. Also you'll need to reflash the rom to possibly get it working
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] NoMoreAres:
Why my camera cant connect :( BTW can we use stock camera with this room, any solution?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ajeevlal:
.

No it didn't work, the flash was not successful and it fails with ''set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed'. I believe the problem is with the older recovery i am using (TWRP 2.6.0) since the new recoveries doesn't work on the new S3 phones (details)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iBlowpot:
It's possibly the recovery as you've said. As I've said previously the PA GApps are working on my end, but I'm using PhilZ recovery. The GApps within the OP works as well.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
My friend has the same problem with recoveries. He's on my build of twrp 2.8.4.0. I'll put a link to it in the op
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Soooperstar:
+1 works for me using TWRP 2.8.6.0
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Please reread the whole thread it has been stated many times that the camera does not work and it is being worked on.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ajeevlal:
thanks, i will try to 2.8.4.0. But the new recoveries doesn't mount the system or SD card in the recovery. let me try this version and provide feedback.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] galets:
init.d works with this rom?

anyone knows if init.d is functional with this rom?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] I Brick Phones:
Looks like progress is being made with the camera for d2 devices http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/95526/

fingers crossed they get it sorted!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
I'm not certain, has init.d been a stock feature of cyanogenmod before?

I'll take a look see
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
So here's one with the latest commits, it under testing until someone confirms the camera does or does not work. URL REMOVED
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Awesome Donkey:
Which commit(s)? Specifically, which d2 camera commits?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Soooperstar:
I'll try it out but been having a hard time to get it to download off Google. Always problems. You should try DropBox or Mega
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_samsung_msm8960-common/commit/5657f86c90a3e76208530779abe7c47416debd57

https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_samsung_msm8960-common/commit/b4415d91251c4fa3a2000045ea01c3aac6b77673

https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_samsung_msm8960-common/commit/0ba68539ae468085fedca4cb2610ae129135b29e

https://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_samsung_d2-common/commit/c184206767ae1f107feab6b3607174a3f23729a9

Sorry, I'm sticking Google Drive. Its the only thing I can automate an upload with easily and I don't have the time to manually mirror the file anywhere else.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Soooperstar:
Ok well I'll try later, ive tried a few times on both my phone and laptop but it wont download
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
On your phone it works better if you have google drive installed. Then when it opens you click the menu icon in the upper left corner and pick download.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iBlowpot:
Can confirm the stock camera is working. Photos and video. All hail [MENTION=4487349]Lrs121[/MENTION]. Thanks, brother-brother.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
You plus two others confirm it. The zip has been moved from the testing folder, and can be found under the Google drive link in the op.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Awesome Donkey:
Do third-party cameras work, e.g. A Better Camera, etc.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wilberfan:
I just installed the 9/21 build. Stock camera worked, Open Camera worked. Wifi worked, but when I turned it off, I had no data. (ND8 modem). Couldn't get any calendar entries to sync, either.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
As cliche as it seems check the apns and try rebooting a few times. Also make sure you are in an area of a known good 3g signal when you reboot. That seemed to fix the lack of a 3g or greater data access for my friends.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ksmullins88:
Does FFC work for anyone? Rear cam and flashlight work now on the new build. I did dirty flash though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wilberfan:
I DID re-flash the APN, and I have a good LTE signal at home...but I didn't try multiple reboots. Thanks for the heads-up. I'll give that a try. Thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] I Brick Phones:
Party time!!! Hope this puts us closer to being officially supported again
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] akaTRAP:
My camera took one picture and hasn't worked since. I'm going to wait for all my apps to download and try to reboot. I flashed this once and it hanged on the kernel after trying to reboot, so here's hoping this goes much smoother than last time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] I Brick Phones:
Just installed this and had no issues with camera/front-camera or video/front-video. All worked great! Rebooted and camera is still working good. :good: