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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lurker1126:
So just a little of my own experience for those having no data or no lte. No the fix is not to change network preferences.

If you have a flashable apn setting zip file appropriate to your carrier...even Sprint proper...you must flash it right after flashing the ROM BEFORE letting the new ROM boot.

I do not know why but I have flashed many hundreds of cm and aosp roms on multiple Sprint devices over the years and have never once been able to get data/lte to work properly if I don't flash an apn zip before letting the ROM boot.

I haven't seen issue using APN zips labled for even older Android versions. I am actually using a ring plus apn zip labaled for 4.4 and it works on this ROM.

This has been true for me on multiple Sprint devices and multiple CM versions. I have used both Ting, Sprint proper and RingPlus and it holds true.

So in short

Reboot into recovery

Clear system, data, dalvik, cache

Flash ROM

Flash apn

Flash gapps

Reboot
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jimmytwotimes.parker:
Thanks lance. Gonna try that after work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jimmytwotimes.parker:
Tried that. No luck. Still no LTE.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lurker1126:
What apn file are you using? Are you on Sprint proper or an mvno?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jimmytwotimes.parker:
I'm on Virgin Mobile and I'm using the vmu universal apn fix r2. My preferred network is set to lte and won't let me change to anything else. Sometimes it even crashes when trying to make changes in mobile networks.3g working fine.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lurker1126:
Give this one a try. It's an aroma installer with several apn choices. I am pretty sure Virgin Mobile is included.

So start over:

Clear data, system, cache, dalvik

Flash cm13 latest

Flash this

https://www.dropbox.com/s/99dj69ooq23xn8n/MVNO_CDMA_APN.zip?dl=0

Flash gapps

Cross fingers

Boot
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jimmytwotimes.parker:
Tanx for the help. Gonna try that right now. Will let ya know once everything is installed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jimmytwotimes.parker:
No luck
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Don't make any changes in the preferred network settings. That will kill Lte. I tried the aicp marshmallow ROM and I'm on virgin as well. Apn fix worked without the second dirty flash that lollipop roms needed. I haven't tried this ROM yet, but I will when I get home tonight. I'll let you know how I end up getting Lte data to work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jimmytwotimes.parker:
Yeah I was on snapshot 12.1 and I had to dirty flash once to get lte. Worked perfect. But on this rom that doesn't work and my preferred network settings are locked and crashing. Let me know your results. Tanx
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lurker1126:
Sorry to hear it still isn't working for you. That's odd. I am running the latest build on my wife's phone and followed the steps I posted above and have lte...no dirty flash or need to touch any lte/radio settings after booting...it just works and has on Ting with cm11, cm12 and cm12.1 in the past using that same file I posted for you.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jimmytwotimes.parker:
Yeah I dont get it either. I have flashed many roms with no problem. I love the feel of marshmallow and everything works fine except for lte. I went back to snapshot 12.1 until the issue is resolved. Tanx for the help lots.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lilrich17892:
I'm on VM triband I can confirm lte, text and calls work for me. Just can't send or receive MMS APN settings fc on me. All I did was wipe, install ROM, flash symlinks fix, gapps, the VM APN mod and everything worked besides mms
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hilla_killa:
I have the same phone as you, do you have to manually select apns after reboots?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lilrich17892:
No. I can not manually select an APN because when I click on APN setting it FCS . the data automatically kicked on without setting it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meatfest1974:
...yeah, I hear that. The APN force closing in settings is probably a MM thing (totally happens to me, too), but the inability to receive MMS is most likely a result of that APN fix .zip.

I'm on CM 12.1 with the VM APN fix v2 and I can't receive MMS. I can send MMS, but not receive them.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lilrich17892:
I'm running exodus 5.1 and I had MMS issues until installed googles messenger and now I can send and receive MMS. But this doesn't help on cm13
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
the apn force closing has existed since cm11 and occurs primarily on the cdma variants. Some times its fixed but its regularly broken.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] lilrich17892:
Yeah I've had MMS issues on other cm variants. If group messaging wasn't important to my job I'd use this as a daily ROM. Maybe I can find another messaging app that I could manually set APN within it and get MMS to work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Where did you get the symlinks fix? Is that for symlinking the modem firmware image? I have a friend with a triband and I was going to make him something like that. Would be nice if its already out there. :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hilla_killa:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=62182886

Thats the thread for it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] hilla_killa:
Textra you can manually set apns
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jimmytwotimes.parker:
LSR Tanx so much for the update. 12-16 update fixed my lte problem. Loving roasting my marshmallows! Tanx again for hard work.

---------- Post added at 06:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:09 PM ----------

LRS. Sorry. Lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Luniz2k1:
Well now that I've had some time to set up my build environment for CM13 I am now able to build it for the d2spr. About to test it out on my phone. Will let you know how it goes :cool:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnRogers23:
Can you please give me a link to the recovery you're using? I'm also on the L710T (Sprint) and aren't having any luck finding recoveries for our phone. Right now I'm on the custom OctOS d2refreshspr TWRP, but I don't think I can flash other roms with it. So hard to find the right information with everything bundled together with the regular S3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Just use regular twrp for d2spr from their site. Twrp.me
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JohnRogers23:
Thanks. I edited my build.prop to read d2spr and that worked. Flashed rom, symlink fix and gapps, and just got a "no sim" message (although I didn't have the no baseband issue) so I restored my backup.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gunzilla:
Flashed the CM13 build looks good to go. Have not had one single problem! Just wanted to say many thanks Lrs121.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] snovvman:
How's MM running on a 2 gig device? Does the older hardware run it as well as it does with KK?

Edit, how about the battery life? My Nexus 6 saw much better battery life when it went from LP to MM and the battery life on the 6p is great, so I'm hopeful.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jimmytwotimes.parker:
Is the "edit tiles" faulty or am I doing something wrong. Can't add my hotspot tile for some reason. Everything else is goody. Tanx again!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
This is something that took me forever to figure out. Move it in to the quick settings then turn it on and off once from the settings app and it should show up in the quick settings menu
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] big irn:
I'm using AICP rom on ND8 firmware with Ringplus service. Tried this last night and got the SIM not inserted error and no data. I could connect to WiFi. I know I should try upgrading my firmware to NJ2 but this is my daily driver for now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
make sure youre using the latest build, not firmware and do a clean install. i recommend wiping everything except the sdcards. from what ive heard it should be working
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] S_sWaY:
I just updated and after o flashed it says I have no sim card and now I have no mobile data. Haven't tried to make a call though but hopefully you can fix asap because I love this rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jimmytwotimes.parker:
Tanx for the quick tiles info LRS. Gonna try it now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sabunassar:
VM 710 NJ3 CM13 phone & data won't work for me

I'm on the exact same setup, VM 710 (not tri-band) & NJ3 modem. Only difference is I'm using stock TWRP (instead of Lrs121 2.7.2), which has been working fine. Flashed a few versions of CM13, but constantly get "No SIM". Have tried numerous variations of flashing ROM & R2 APN wiping, etc, but just won't work on my phone. I did see some message about NJ2 in TWRP when I flash CM13, so wondering if the NJ3 modem has compatibility issues. I was on NDC until last update from Samsung (periodically go back to stock TWiz for PRL updates).

If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.

Thanks Lrs121 for all the TWRP work & the early CM builds. They have been much appreciated.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] gunzilla:
I used cwm on my s3 L710 d2spr nj3 used the 12/16 build haven't had any problems. I've been all through this phone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jimmytwotimes.parker:
Got my quick tiles figured out. Tanx LRS! Your rom is now my daily driver. Still testing battery life but it's already looking goody!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] The_Anomalist:
?

Is it possible to get service on the boost mobile variant? Like data and all. All I see on the ROM when booted shows that I'm missing a sim which my phone dont have/need
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
As long as its not a triband. Just need the boost apn fix.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] The_Anomalist:
Dang that's exactly what I have
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Page 10(maybe?) Has a link for the tri band devices
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
You just have to symlink the correct modem firmware image. There is a zip that will do it for you. Just flash it after you flash any d2spr rom. You need the regular d2spr version of twrp, not octos twrp.

You can get the modem symlink .zip here
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Luniz2k1:
I have not had the issue you quoted me on since I made that post.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sabunassar:
Yeah, mine is working great now. Even Bluetooth A2DP seems working better than CM12. Originally, it was my fault. I was downloading images from the Google Drive link in the OP, which had older builds. I then got images from the thread downloads and am a happy camper now.

Lrs121 has graciously been providing new builds every few days in the downloads section, so I've been dirty-flashing them. Currently using 01-06-2016 now & just about everything is working. I assume the official release shouldn't be far off now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Maybe, it'll probably be around April like it was with cm-12.1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
Lrs121 can you check the link for your modified twrp recovery in the op please. Chrome is complaint about it being a non private link and telling me to go back to safety. Thanks

Edit: duh never mind, I should read first.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
yah... self signed certificates are wonderful... not particularly. I have plans to re-setup the server before classes start and get a real certificate from letsencrypt.org
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
Cool, so it looks like your TWRP isn't supported on the standard d2spr. I'd like to update my TWRP but am not sure which version to use any more. I am currently using 2.8.0.0 but that's pretty outdated. I seem to remember problems with TWRP downloaded directly from their site for this phone. Do you happen to know of a newer version that works on d2spr? Thanks...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
The one on their site works fine, d2spr twrp2.8.7.1. You can get the .tar and use odin or get the .img file and use flashify to install it. And once you update you will see newer versions of twrp actually allow image flashing as well (boot.img and recovery.img)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
Thanks. Yeah I have the newest version on other devices but the d2spr s3 is lagging a bit.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
You can try the one on my server. It wont hurt anything it just might not mount some partitions. I might look into running off a more recent build if theres a demand for it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Very important patch merged for d2spr.... framework was broken.... no builds till its fixed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rootinchase:
After soft reboots my phone seems unable to get service, has this happening to anyone else? Any ideas on how to fix it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
And thats exactly the patch im talking about. it fixes data reconnection after reboots.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rootinchase:
I was looking at the changelog, and the build should be fixed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Yah ive had the server run one off but i am unable upload it at the moment. Will do so soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shdware:
Any chance there is a fix for manually being able to review and change the carrier settings?

I have an APN fix, but it isn't perfect.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
What do you mean?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shdware:
See the attachment. Click 'carrier settings' and I get a FC:

'Unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped.'
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Thats always been broken on cdma varients of the s3. Its only really used by gsm phones to switch networks manually.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shdware:
I was able to modify settings with AICP 5.1.1.

To me, using a non-Sprint service on the Sprint network, this is pretty essential functionality.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
different rom and android version. this is and apns are regularly broken on cm.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shdware:
AICP is built on CM sources, so any bugs in CM are passed along. I'm running AICP6, which is based on CM13. I was just hoping that by going to the source the bug would be fixed sooner.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
It's been broken in cm13. Aicp heavily modifies the ROM. They use cm as a base, and build the dickens out it (I use it).

What's the point arguing with the dev here? He is building straight from source, not fixing (and doing a great service to us by doing it). You want it fixed, find the proper commit in aicp, and submit it to cm on github. Or use aicp 10 (by the way aicp 11 is based on cm13, not aicp 6)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shdware:
Thanks madbat. I didn't mean to be argumentative but I see how it seems that way. Apologies. I appreciate all devs efforts.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Didn't mean to sound gruff. I (sometimes) speak bluntly and sometimes it comes off snotty. ? not intended
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Dont submit through github theyre usually ignored. Best way is through gerrit and jira

No probem, i wasnt very clear in my explanations myself.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rootinchase:
I've been trying to have multiple partitions on my external sdcard, but it keeps making me repartition it to have one. Any ideas on how to make it stop?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Did you tell it to unify your internal and external storage?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Curious, why extra partitions?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rootinchase:
First to awnser madbat99's question, I'm wanting to use the second with Linux Deploy.

Then to answer Lrs121's question, whenever I have two partitions, it calls it unsupported, and gives me the setup menu. When I select portable l, it makes my sdcard have a single fat32 partition. When I select internal , it creates a 16mb partition, then another that should be ext4 that's encrypted using aes128. However, settings closes when I select move now, and when I choose move later it claims my sdcard is corrupted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
My guess is when google implemented the unified storage they broke partition management. But thats a wild guess
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rootinchase:
I was looking at the changelog, and it says there was a fix to make mounting the ext4 adoptable storage work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meatfest1974:
cm-13.0-20160121-UNOFFICIAL-d2spr.zip

...thanks for the new build! Truly enjoying MM CM13 on the d2spr.

Much appreciated!

(I've been using the last five builds or so and they seem to work great.)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Since this is becoming a reoccurring theme. PM'ing me is not the best way to get support for getting this working on your device. This thread exists for a reason. Because of this i must reiterate the following. one, i am not a developer, two, I do not own this device and cannot test anything, three, I provide these builds because i feel like it four, running these builds you assume all risk, five, this thread assumes you have basic troubleshooting and search knowledge. This last one is especially important since since a lot of peoples issues are covered previously within this thread. Also generic statements like "cm13 wont boot. xxx firmware. Please help" are useless and will be ignored by me. just including the steps you performed will garner more attention. Nine times out of ten these are the average problems. You cannot dirty flash you must wipe system, cache, and data. On the rare occasion you might have to wipe the internal storage. Running the latest firmware should help. Jumping from stock or any build of android 4.x will require an internal storage wipe. You have a bad download, the md5sums are listed. Also the file should on average be somewhere between 200 - 400 ish MB. If you must flash anything else do so before you do the first boot, unless the item you are flashing specificly states otherwise. On average the first can take anywhere from 20 - 90 minutes. There are probably more but this is all i can remember while sick. And remember these builds are continued to be done as a courtesy. Now that thats been said id hate to disable pm's, since i get some genuinely good pm's, however, if this trend continues my hand will be forced.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickpcb:
Thanks, I appreciate your work and understand your pain lol remember people, Google is your friend!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] powerpoint45:
was floating app support removed? It used to be a part of slim recents.

Great ROM btw!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SilverSix:
Hang on, each nightly must be cleanly installed, then? No dirty flashes allowed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
No, only if coming from any other rom or version of android. I realized that how i said it may have come off that way. However, I was too out of it by the time I did to correct it. I do recommend that if someone is having trouble with a particular build that they do a clean flash
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SilverSix:
Gotcha. I know that's the standard procedure for most ROMs, but I had to ask because LiquidSmooth had us clean flash their nightlies, both KK and LP builds. Thanks for the reply!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Lrs121 graciously builds it for us from cm source because they don't have official nightlies for us yet.

Better off asking them :cool:

Besides, I don't think cm ever had slim recents, or floating app.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] powerpoint45:
oh ya I realized I posted in the wrong thread. I meant to post on the AICP thread. Thanks anyway. Sorry for the confusion
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jeremybrown82:
This is...

fantastic!! Rock solid, and snappy. Only thing is 4g does not work, but 4g never worked off of stock rom, so that's kind of a moot point. Keep up the great work, look forward to more releases. Cant wait to see Now on tap working too.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meatfest1974:
cm-13.0-20160204-UNOFFICIAL-d2spr.zip

...thanks for the upload. It seems that dirty flashing this over the cm-13.0-20160130-UNOFFICIAL-d2spr, I lose all mobile data (LTE and 3G); even with the VM apn fix.

Meh, I've reverted to my backup of the previous .zip and I'll just wait until the next one.

In any case, keep 'em comin', Lrs121.

Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
I've noticed that that happens even on omnirom for the nexus 6. I think it has to do with when the new security patches come out and break things before they get fixed
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jimmytwotimes.parker:
I have been using this rom as daily driver since December. Just noticed that front camera is not working. Any fix?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Have to wait for next build. New commits. Looks promising.

http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/124028/

A2dp is fixed too. ffc will always be touchy.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jimmytwotimes.parker:
Cool. Thanks for the info. Been using cm13 as daily driver since December. Went back to 12.1 until fix. Tanx for the hard work DeVs!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jamesh0317:
I am on the VM SPH-L710, not triband. I have the NDC baseband.

Wiped /data /cache /system

flashed the 0204 CM13 ROM, Open Gapps, booted, flashed Moped Ryder's VM APN fix, rebooted, flashed 0204 CM 13 ROM again, rebooted.

Except as below with camera and phone all works very well. LTE, WiFi, BT all work no problem.

Camera worked at first, then I got "unfortunately, camera has stopped" error. Tried wiping cache and dalvik, no-go.

Bluetooth Media Audio works dandy.

Phone works fine without BT. Works very quirky with BT:

If speaking on an existing call and connect to BT mid-call then it works

If I try to dial out or if I get an incoming call while connected to BT then the phone hangs then reboots.

Not sure what to do with that info, so posting here.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Best place is in jira.cyanogenmod.org unless one of the device maintainers trawl this thread
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wilberfan:
Is the option to format the sdcard as "internal" working the way it should? When I first flashed MM, there were "issues". I'd like to switch if the bugs have been worked out. I've gotten very tired of the write restrictions to the 'external' sdcard.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
Haven't a clue myself. I don't have a device with an sdcard slot that has android 6
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Write restrictions? Every app I have writes just fine. Just have to grant them permission and use document storage technique.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] wilberfan:
Apps aren't the issue. It's an EXTERNAL app, such as filezilla that isn't allowed to write. (Unless there's a setting I've missed...)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
The problem is that the way android now handles sdcards is poorly documented to the extreme point where itd almost be better if said documentation doesn't exist.

Things to note about sdcards and android 6:

If integrated as internal, that card is now tied to that device and cannot be accessed by itself (eg. you must use a usb connection through your phone since it is now treated as internal storage.)

going back to non-integration requires a format (best done from a pc. potentially needs a clean with diskpart in windows using an external card reader)

When made integrated it cannot be written to by itself, writing to internal is the same as writing to the sdcard.

There are more but this is what i remember right now
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] meatfest1974:
cm-13.0-20160209-UNOFFICIAL-d2spr.zip

...unfortunately, this one doesn't get cellular data, either. Just for kicks, I've even clean installed, too; to no avail.

Not that I'm taking this personally or anything, but is it just me?

Meh, perhaps the next update will fix it.

Keep uploading Lrs121, thanks!

(P.S., I'm aware from the OP and following posts addressing that you don't have this device, nor do you do any fixes. Regardless, I'm grateful for the uploads.)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Lrs121:
No, I've had this happen to me several times with my nexus 6, on project fi, even with omnirom, but it seems to be more common with the qcom based s3 devices. I forgot I have an old generic s3 and if I can steal my battery back from my friend then I might be able to do some very limited debugging, since its not active.