yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
Well, if you're going for broke on the cleanup, you might as well also clear out /sdcard/Android/data and clean flash. Or back it up in case you want to go back to another nandroid you have. (I don't know what will happen if you restore a 4.3 nandroid for instance and that folder is empty. Gotta try it sometime.)

PS - actually I think I did this one time and it filled up as I opened each app. Not 100% sure on my memory though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hexcorev2:
Any tips on which gapps to use? People saying banks is being iffy even though its my goto.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Deliquified:
TKruze
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XdrummerXboy:
I've been very satisfied with BaNKS GApps tbh. I think I may have been running one of his from April too. I just downloaded the most recent because I'm about to do a clean install in the next day or two

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Which nightly?

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Sounds more like a theme issue not a ROM issue. Others correct me if I'm wrong though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
Are you using pa gapps or his new tk gapps? Tried tk a couple of weeks ago, but couldn't get it to work. Maybe I should try again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Deliquified:
Pretty certain the new ones are simply a continuation of his PA Gapps.. They should be the same exact ones. I have zero errors or force closes with the latest nightly
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] samsgun357:
OK, let me start off by saying, I hate to be this guy.....but....

I've seriously been out of the loop with d2vzw roms for a while. I've been running a unofficial cm 12 build (5.0.2)from mastamoon since 3/30/2015. Its been running smoothly really, except for the quirky camera. I want to update to the latest cm 12.1 (most stable) build. What kind of issues are people seeing and which build dates have been good? I am going to read the op and see what's up as well.

Thanks fellas,

Mr. 357
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
It's cool. You be you! Those mm builds were a great life raft to get us to the mother ship. You've skipped a lot of minor annoyances. I'm on 7/03 now and it's been belly belly good to me. Gapps have been my personal issue, but as noted above, tkruzze's tk gapps should take care of you. Decimalman's dkp kernel puts the icing on the cake. Flash away (plan on full wipe, since you're coming from 5.0 to 5.1) and let us know how it goes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
Really, dirtry should be fine. On the cm site, they say you can dirty flash from cm11!

I'm on 7/9 which seems fine, bout to go to 7/11.

EDIT: TK Modular GApps by Tkruzze can be found in those Alt GApps link in the OP (Updated the GApps section.)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] msolaw:
I'm on 6-25 and really don't have issues at all aside from GPS taking a while to lock on. But it does lock on and functions perfectly once it does. Do the new nightlies improve on that at all? I'd flash a new one but am not wanting to possible fix what isn't really broken. Also, what are the alt gapps about? I just use the regular gapps referenced in the op.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] samsgun357:
Thanks guys, I really appreciate it. I'll be doing a full wipe anyway. I got a moto droid Turbo that I'm using now so I'm going to wipe the gs3 and let my girlfriend use it. She completely decimated the screen on her nexus 5 (on T-Mobile) We've got insurance on it but its $150 deductible. There's only about $100 owed on it. So I'm trying to get her by until the rumored nexus 5 2015 comes out or grab the OnePlus 2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gcounts:
Thank you for the continued work on this rom and device. I just pulled an old s3 out of a drawer today and did all the prelim and flashing to get to 5.1.1 all the way from 4.1.2. What an awesome job you've done on this and the instructions in the op to update firmware, modem, etc, etc. I've had a great day thanks to you, and and all the other devs.... LP is really snappy on the s3....thanks!

sent from my "Morom'ed" SM-910V
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Deliquified:
Anyone having issues using Skype on the latest nightlies? I can hear the person I'm calling but they tell me they can't hear me.. It worked about a week ago.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
Might help to browse and/or ask at the other d2 cm12 threads. They're probably all the same [MENTION=2044079]Nardholio[/MENTION] builds.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Reverted the cause. Sorry about that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Deliquified:
Not a problem. Thanks for reverting that commit. Will flash once nightly drops and be back to report results..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Xargus:
I noticed this happened after I saw a change for switching the VOIP mic to the bottom one. I was excited because I've noticed this error since forever, and was glad it was finally going to be fixed but didn't work at all.. I hope it won't revert to top mic once its resolved
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phonetool:
Once you are on a particular ROM you can "dirty flash" over the previous one (wipe only dalvic cache). That saves all your setup.

I've been happily using Cyandelta and flashing every nightly. Downloads are typically 15-25MB and the flash takes seconds. Rebuilding the dalvic app data takes another 10 minutes or so.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bryank29:
So when CM tells me there is a new nightly, I can just download to my device, reboot into recovery, wipe dalvic cache, flash new zip, reboot)?

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crappy Cyandelta doesn't let me select from my ext card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
Open camera has been my go to. I never use the aosp stock camera, wherever it comes from.

My probs with gapps mostly involved play services crashes. I haven't completely resolved the cause. Recommendation of [MENTION=2777334]TKruzze[/MENTION]'s is based on others' statements and past experience with pa-gapps, his former project. I have not yet been able to get a current tk-gapps to work on my phone. The installer doesn't seem to be reading resolution correctly or something.

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Wipe dalvik after ROM flash. Might also want to try [MENTION=4932679]decimalman[/MENTION]'s dkp kernel.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bryank29:
I know nothing about kernels...so just swapping kernels makes me nervous. Also, since I can now dirty flash with deltas of CM nightlies, how should I handle doing my backups? I usually just use CWMod / Recovery to do a backup...but they come out to like 4GB, so will I need to do a 4GB backup each time (to protect my last stable build)?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
Kernels are easier to flash than roms, you don't need to wipe anything. If you don't like it, just reflash your ROM, though I don't know how that would work with cyandelta. As to backups, yes. You can save them to ext. SD card. Delete ones you don't need. Enjoy!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gcounts:
Yes... And there are so many tweaks for performance and battery! Just do it...give it a shot! Easily reversed.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bryank29:
I hate to be THAT guy, but where do I find the most recent dkp kernal for S3? I found this, but its early 2014 http://www.mediafire.com/download/9s7g59r8zq9nwwa/dkp-vmin-XXX.zip

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and this is NOT a kernel, correct?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gcounts:
Here's the kernel

http://www.mediafire.com/download/kdl59j1ozwiaj1j/dkp-aosp51-d2-20150608.zip
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bryank29:
I literally just found that lol

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But regarding the Firmware....if I don't like this kernel, I flash the entire rom and NOT the modem / firmware suggested, right? As that is NOT a kernel?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gcounts:
....yes just reflash the ROM if you don't like the kernel
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bryank29:
do I wipe dalvik after kernel flash?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
No need to wipe anything for kernel. Search for decimal man's forum to get more info. Tweaking app is kernel Adiutor. Look back a few pages on this forum for our excursion into kernel discussion.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] gcounts:
You can..... I've never wiped after flashing kernels, but I've read that others do.

sent from my "Morom'ed" SM-910V
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phonetool:
"fix rescheduling of alarms that are snoozed" is in the lineup for tomorrow's nightly.

Hallelujah!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bryank29:
Does the 12.1 come with a recovery. I bought my phone rooted 2 years ago, had Jelly Beans 19 on it, and using Rom Manager, if I go to Recovery Setup it appears I have ClockworkMod Recovery 2.x and 3.x installed, as well as TWRP 2.8, with a 3rd option to Install the most recent ClockworkMod which gives me 6.0.4.5. I'm a bit at a loss as to why I have multiple recoveries and/or if I should just leave them be or try to remove any of them.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gibscreen:
Starting with the 7/12 nightly, saved wifi networks refuse to connect. The only way to make them connect is to "forget" them and then re-enter the password. Turning wifi off and on doesn't have any effect. Cache has been cleared.

Anyone else have this issue?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
I had this problem, too, and it might progress to the point that mine did, which is not booting at all but just to the first 'Samsung" or to the Cyanogenmod old meany Andy, then shutting down or starting again, but no workee at all. I had to disassemble the phone and pull out the inner power switch, etc ... Nothing to do with the ROM though.

I was able to extend the life of the power button by never using it - which lasted for a couple of weeks only. You have to make accomodations in the ROM: double tap to sleep, press the home button twice to sleep, and using a rebooter of some sort so you don't have to use the power button at all. Now I don't have one.

DANG! That page constantly has some problem. There were GApps to be flashed in that zip but you had to extract it and repack it the right way, which I did and just tested it. (I will be putting a link to the repackaged ones in the OP.)

Yeah, and it uses 1gig to flash nightlies. You have to hold 500mb empty to accommodate holding 2 uncompressed "zips" during flash. You can delete one after but you also hold the one at all times, almost 500mb. You can, however, select to flash multiple zips, which is nice.

CMUpdater works to download AND flash and reboot if you're using TWRP 2.8.7.0, as mentioned in the OP. Can't seem to flash multiple zips, though.

I'm using TWRP Manager to install multiple zips when I flash at the moment. Handy (but ugly) 'Install' widget, too.

You can compress backups - mine are about 2.6 GB. Might consider upgrading to the latest TWRP? CWM is a dead project for at least a year now. Still seems to work okay, though.

You won't have to flash the firmware and modem again, unless you have a specific kind of problem, which is a boot optimizing the apps (usually the wrong number of apps) and then starts over again, and again, ....

Your phone can only have 1 recovery installed at any given time. You may have more stored on your phone but they aren't active = do not occupy the partition reserved for the active recovery.

I haven't messed with ROM Manager in so long I don't know what's going on there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
I have seen this infrequently only. What nightly are you on now?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Gibscreen:
Just flashed 7/15. Still an issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bryank29:
So I used cyandelta between my July 12 nightly and today (400mb), but found it fixed the Google hangouts mic issue. It's still an issue if you try to switch to Bluetooth WHILE in an existing non blue tooth hangout session. Looks like I lost the dpk kernel as well during the flash. So do I have to reflash kernel after each nightly flash?

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I started with 7/12 build and haven't seen that issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
Maybe the dkp kernel CAUSED the issue. But, you do have to flash the kernel every time since each ROM contains the stock kernel. You can select to install it at the same time you flash the ROM delta with CyanDelta, just look in the settings.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bryank29:
No I flashed the kernal yesterday. I saw this hangouts issue a day earlier.

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Actually even after giving cyandelta rights to flash, it booted into cwm and failed. I used flashify instead and that worked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
Ooops! Check their website to see what recoveries work with it. Other questions should go to their Google+ page.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bryank29:
I looked. turns out if you are using the CWM owned by ROM Manager, it is locked. My method is fine for flashing though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
I was on cwm until very recently. Latest build of TWRP got such good reviews, I finally switched. Changes in system files/cache reportedly prevent cwm from working properly, specially when wiping caches. I liked the simplicity of cwm, not to mention having used it for like 6 years, but it's probably best to have a recovery in active development to work with an OS that changes as rapidly as Android.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] samsgun357:
I'm having an issue with the phone. I know this was mentioned before but I didn't see a fix. I can not hang up from an ongoing call. It says hanging up but will not disconnect the call. I've had this problem once before and I think it was related to the dialer/phone app itself. I've tried 2 different builds, both a full wipe and the issue still persists. Any ideas/help would be appreciated!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] msolaw:
Just popped in to see any new developments. I'm still on 6-25 and I flashed dkp. I'm not sure I'm just very lucky or what, but to my knowledge I have no issues at all. BT works as does GPS, although it takes a few minutes to get initial lock. But no issues with in call really or anything that's being discussed. Are there things i should troubleshoot to see what is wrong? Is it possible new nightlys can go backwards in quality? Any new features coming up to be aware of? Oh and I use cwm. It's all I've ever used. Is that no longer a good backup and recovery tool?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Samsung.Galaxy.S3:
I've been a long-time CWM user as well, but I made the switch to TWRP (last year). I like both, but TWRP now serves my needs. :good: :highfive:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phonetool:
I was reluctant to leave cwm, but twrp fits the bill and has some action going on.

I'm using Cyandelta and flashing every nightly. Nothing has gone backwards for me so far. Seem to just get better and better.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
What nightly are you on?

Do you have a custom kernel installed? Xposed? What app might you have that could be interfering with the dialer? Themes?

If you go to Settings>Privacy>Privacy Guard>3 dots> select 'Advanced' and then swipe over to 'BOOTUP' and see if there are some things there that you don't want to start at boot. Of course, most of them you do want to, but there may be something that could give you an idea.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] samsgun357:
Stock kernel, no xposed, no themes, nothing. Here's what's really strange. I flashed back to a build I was using previously that was working, cm 12 build from mastamoon, and it was doing the same thing, it wouldn't hang up. The only difference was I used a different gapps package as I had deleted the one I was using previously. I'll check and see what's running at boot. Thanks for everything, I mean that. You guys are keeping this old, but solid, device relevant!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
Did you flash the firmware and modem from the OP, according to those instructions? Wanna pull your battery and do it to make sure? It's delicious, and nutritious!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
Economical too!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Xargus:
If your using this phone on another network with gsm you will need the gsm blobs file or this will happen plus no incoming calls
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LLStarks:
I'm not liking how unresponsive the phone is when attempting to answer calls, especially if the screen is off.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] samsgun357:
I sure did. Tried it first on whatever I was using before, then flashed the firmware and modem. Something I didn't mention before, I'm using a T-Mobile sim card in it. I'm not sure if that's relevant as I can make calls, receive calls and texts. It just won't disconnect when I try to hang up. If the person on the other end hangs up, it will eventually disconnect on my end. I'm going to try and find a dialer app zip or something, see if I change it will it work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
Dude. That's GSM, right? See [MENTION=6222954]Xargus[/MENTION] quote above. No reason to be shy - it does make it difficult to solve with that kind of spider hidin' in the woodpile. ;) Don't you need to flash the gsm rilblobs? They are in the "d2vzw ROM extras" link in the OP. Should fix your problem.

:good:

PS - You could backup your current /system/lib/libril.so and libsec-ril.so for a quick switch back if it don't work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] samsgun357:
I actually just saw that late last night. It is GSM. I didn't know if that would effect the dialer. I'm using a T-Mobile sim in a stock d2vzw phone without issue, but I'm willing to try anything. Thanks for the tip on backing up the other files. I appreciate it. I'll update this post afterwards.

*UPDATE*- That did the trick!!! Thank you very much, I really appreciate the help!! [MENTION=6222954]Xargus[/MENTION] thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bryank29:
I am on the July 18th nightly now. One thing I have noticed, and it is kind of driving me nuts, is the File Open / selector screen used across many applications (attaching files to gmail, uploading to Drive, etc...) seems to hang onto old cache or something. I store pictures on my external SD card, and I can select the most recent files via the file managers or my QuickPic gallery. But using the Stock gallery shows old stuff, selecting RECENT shows old stuff, and selecting IMAGES show older stuff.

I am not sure where to clear the cache or whatever for this. If I reboot my phone, then the latest stuff shows up. I have read-ahead set at 2042 kb in tweaking my kernel for both internal and external SD's.

Any ideas?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
Awesome! :highfive:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phonetool:
Tonight's nightly has no entries in the changelog. Cyandelta shows a download size of 10mb, though.

Strange.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
cmxlog.com doesn't show anything but CMUpdater shows changes - about 20 "automatic translation import." If you're Ukrainian or Bengalese, might want to get this one going!! ;)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Deliquified:
Looks like they might be fixing that in tonight's nightly. Here's the commit

http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/103733/
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
Recently got a gear fit. Anyone else on our device and ROM gotten anywhere with it? Seems strangely limited and locked down. What is it with Sammy?!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] :
I do read these forums.

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Galaxy Gear requires Touchwiz. Always has and always will.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
Would you be surprised to find that there was a forum on xda devoted to the fit? Really! Here is a promising thread from there: http://xdaforums.com/gear-fit/general/gear-fit-manager-htc-m8-5-0-1-lollipop-t3086187

Seems like a pretty busy forum.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bryank29:
dumb question, where does one file CM 12.1 bugs?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] :
On jira. Or you can just tell me.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bryank29:
haha, ok. Well good that I am updating this thread with things I find then. I did post above about the File Open bug, at least for me... doesn't seem to update when files are added to the external SD card, when it comes to the Recent, Images, etc... options. If I choose my 3rd party gallery, or a file manager, etc.. I can see the files.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] :
Non d2 specific bugs should be reported at https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/

Unfortunately they don't take bug reports on nightlies, unless it is a 'regression' ie it used to work and stopped. Sometimes I do take non device specific bugs but in this case I wouldn't. Mainly because it isn't a showstopper and it's a part of the OS I'm not familiar with.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bryank29:
oh yea definitely, there is definitely a workaround on this one. I installed the FL-5 camera app and set it to write pics to the external SD...so its possible there is something there. Files written to the internal SD do seemed to get picked up by the File Opener app, which I think is part of the OS. Which is there an official name for that?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bryank29:
So doing my research, it sounds like its possible the mediaserver (scanner) maybe isn't running. Even if I go straight to the stock gallery app in CM 12.1, my files added to my external SD card aren't showing up.

I am not sure where to even look to see if I have somehow stopped this, or whether there is a bug in the nightly that might be preventing it from running.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phonetool:
I've noticed over the past few days that data connectivity is much better. Places that used to report "1x" are now "3g".

Occasionally I have LTE.

Must be all that APN work in recent nightlies.

Really appreciate the work going into the rom!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] LLStarks:
Fantastic!

Looks like it will be in tonight's nightly (7/21)

http://www.cmxlog.com/12.1/d2vzw#next_build
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] schluger:
deskclock, messaging, icons in system settings

The deskclock background Is turning blue or purple when I apply a theme and overriding the theme.

The messaging app is picking up the avatar colors in the bubbles, status bar and action bar which is overriding the theme.

Some of the settings icons ate not being themed correctly and being overridden by a green color.

These issues are not specific to any particular theme but many... Any suggestions?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Deliquified:
Not real sure.. Perhaps the themes aren't synced with latest commits/updates? Using deep darkness overhauled theme without issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phonetool:
I noticed a couple of weeks ago my phone no longer will charge from my high amp charger. The charger still works perfectly for other devices.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] schluger:
What's deep darkness a theme? Some dark themes don't do this but many do.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] AyUaxe:
Thanks, MC. I've looked at several threads and have the thing connecting and changing clocks and wall paper, but only incoming calls give haptic notification. The forum you linked looks a good deal better than what I've seen before.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Deliquified:
Yeah it is a theme. My personal favorite. You can find it here

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blissroms.moelle.ddoverhauled