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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] YabbyYou:
Hey, thanks for the tips AyUaxe. I have some decent stability at 1620, only two random reboots. I'm switching to tierservative to see how it behaves. I'll try out deadline too while I'm playing some tunes off the sd card.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] YabbyYou:
I think I spoke too soon. Phone got quite unstable, a few reboots in a row. I dropped the freq back down for now. I also noticed I don't have the deadline gov option. I'll continue messing around with the govs and freqs. Anyone else running dkp?

Edit: found the deadline io option. I was looking for it in cpu govs, wrong spot. Testing deadline now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hexusprime:
Hey guys, I am a noob when it comes to custom roms and all other related information. I need some help though. The last time I flashed my Samsung Galaxy S3 was probably around a year ago. I flashed it to what I believe is still the latest "stable" build. However, ever since updating to that I have noticed from time to time, upon taking so many videos on my device it would spontaneously restart on me. I would also have problems getting into the camera at all, with a prompt reading gallery has stopped working or camera not working. These problems do not happen all the time, but they occur often enough where it can get annoying.

My question is: Should I update to a nightly build? Would that solve more problems for me or create more? If you guys do recommend updating, this is my usual process of flashing (please point out any things I should do or that I am doing wrong). 1. Transfer both Gapps and Rom build to phone. 2. turn phone off 3. enter into clockwork mod recovery 4. wipe data cache and I believe dalvik cache 5. find gapps and and the custom rom, then select them and install 6. restart phone and you have the new custom rom on phone.

It has been a long time since I did this. Please point out any errors and give me advice on what I should do or not do. I believe when I do update this way, I lose all history of text messages, photos, and need to download all my apps again. Is there anyway I could keep these so I don't have to for example download all apps again from google play store? THANKS
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] YabbyYou:
Hey hexusprime, welcome to the forum. You mentioned you flashed a stable ROM, few questions. First, this is the CM13 forum for the vzw sgs3, which is actually a build of Marshmallow for our SGS3 on vzw. I don't think there's an official stable build of this, so I want to make sure we are talking about the same ROM, are we? Second, you mentioned clockworkmod, I (and I think most people) have been flashing using TWRP, can you get that installed? In any case, read thru this thread, lots of good info. I've been running the 3/4 build for a few days now as my daily driver. It's running great. I'm messing with the dkp kernel now so my stability is a little weird, but a straight flash of the CM13 rom is good. Just follow the OP, it's got all the details on how to do it right. Make sure you are running the latest TWRP. Make a backup first. Did I mention you should make a backup first? You are backing your phone up now right? (did your backup finish?) You get the point I'm sure :D Generally it's best to factory reset the phone the first time, but that can be pretty disruptive. I did not do that when I went from CM12.1 to CM13 and it was fine. Flash the ROM first, then immediately flash the opengapps, do not boot the phone in between. You can then clear the cache and boot the phone. It will probably take a long time to boot the first time, just let it go.

If you don't factory reset, you shouldn't lose any of your apps or data. I would defer to others on this group for a another recommendation on whether you should factory wipe or not. Maybe give us some more details about your current phone setup. Of course, you need to be rooted and have your bootloader unlocked, which I presume you have since you mentioned you flashed once before.

I think that's the jist of it. Read through this thread, it's very helpful. Lots of good people on here can offer advice, just make sure you present all the information to us or we won't be able to help out. Good luck!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Fenix2002:
First off, [MENTION=7326337]hexusprime[/MENTION] , welcome to the community.

YabbyYou covered most of what you need to know, but we need to know what version you're coming from. IIRC, the last officially "stable" build was a CM11/KitKat build. Anything from that point on you're going to have some quirks occasionally, especially on new nightlies.

Regarding your camera/gallery issue: I remember it having issues scanning large amounts of files or large files in the past. Maybe try moving some to your computer or to cloud storage? Just a thought.

It sounds like you use your camera quite a bit; be aware CM13 has some issues with the camera right now, mainly with the selfie camera. Any issues you've encountered with your current build isn't likely to be much better with a new nightly. :(

Flashing a new nightly probably wouldn't make it any better or worse for you, unless you use the selfie-camera a lot. And there are a lot of benefits, including better battery life, updated security patches, and updated apps. If you decide to flash a new build, here are a set of cleaned up steps (with some added) based on YabbyYou:

You should use TWRP, not ClockworkMod, for newer builds. You can get it from the TWRP website by searching Google. Use the app "Flashify" from the app store to install it quickly and easily.

You can backup your texts/calls with "SMS Backup & Restore" from play store. It will do both.

You can backup your apps with "Titanium Backup" from the play store. Very popular choice.

Download the CM version you want. Most of us stay within a few days of the most current nightly.

Download the OpenGApps version you want.

Now you should boot into recovery (which should be TWRP now). You should only do this if you're plugged in, or at 50%+ battery, or near a power source. Seriously.

MAKE A BACKUP! Should anything go wrong, this is your restart point, your 1UP, your get-out-of-jail-free card. Make sure it's in a safe place on an external SD or on your computer, preferably.

Wipe>Advanced Wipe>Dalvik,System,Cache

Install CM first, then OpenGApps, without a reboot in between!

When finished, reboot your phone. It might take awhile on the first boot.

Set-up your account, etc., get Titanium and SMS Backup from the play store, and restore your apps/calls/texts, etc.

Success.

And if you decide to update in the future, you can skip the wiping and such. The new updater script in the ROMs is pretty smart, and knows what to do. But for now, I recommend wipes for such a huge leap.

Good luck, and if you need us, we're here!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hexusprime:
WOW! Very welcoming and accommodating! I appreciate both YabbyYou and Fenix2002 replies.

My current CM version is 10.2.1-d2vzw, android version 4.3.1 (jellybean I believe), with a build date of Feb 3, 2014. Simply, my version is antiquated and more to a greater degree than a lesser degree.

Thanks for the advice on upgrading/switching to TWRP installing via Flashify. Very helpful. I do have Titanium backup (my problem is the google play store auto installs the apps which I could most likely fix by unchecking an option in the setup). I do like the advice of SMS backup, I think I have seen it before. As for a general backup, I need to figure out how to do this. Must I just copy all phone files to a backup folder on my computer (if so, easy). Other than that, the process of flashing is really easy for me as I have done it quite a few times before (last time being over a year ago).

Now, my question mainly is which version and build should I update/upgrade to? I can do without the selfie cam, but the rear facing cam is crucial. Would a build in CM12 be better than CM13 then? I do not care for the most up to date nightly either, I would rather want a very stable version. I can deal with updating to nightlies in the future. I am a college student, and I have enough work to worry about than dealing with quirks with my phone.

A HUGE thank you again to you all! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] YabbyYou:
[MENTION=7326337]hexusprime[/MENTION] The backup you want to use is the Backup choice from within TWRP. This is also known as a nandroid backup. When you do this, you can restore using TWRP right back to that spot in case something goes wrong. I've had to do that more times then I'd like to admit, but that's what it's there for!

Also make sure you update the radio and firmware since it might be older on your phone. The OP has a link to the MF1 bootstack/NE1 modem combo.

Stability wise, I'm really impressed with CM13. Yes, the front facing cam is wonky and I'm dealing with some odd Bluetooth stuff, but other then that, it's working great. I wrote a long post in this thread about my experience on CM13, check it out. I don't take video so not sure about that. All my other apps are working great. If you have some concerns or specific app questions, post here and maybe one of us have some info.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Fenix2002:
One important thing that I left out.. Lol.. Silly me. If you have the SCH-S968C variant (if it's from Straight Talk, Page Plus, TracFone, something like that), do NOT update radio and firmware. It's been known to brick our phones (or so I've been told. I've never tried, myself. [emoji13] ) If you have that device, make sure to have a 4G SIM, or you'll lose data and MMS.

If you have the Verizon SCH-I535, carry on like I never said anything. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] YabbyYou:
Good catch Fenix, I keep forgetting there are others on here that don't have a vanilla Sgs3 on Verizon. So yes, be careful if you don't have a Sgs3 on vzw. Details, it's all about the details!

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Am I missing something, didn't there used to be a way to see running apps from with the Settings > Apps menu? Is that gone or am I losing it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
Goodness, it's gonna be hard to remember everything that might need to be done coming from JB. First off, on Marshmallow, the external sdcard is mounted differently with a different label: /storage/54AB-32CD, or some such 8 character name. Also, some apps have a hard time writing to it, though most have caught up. Titanium Backup isn't one of them it seems, though, at least for me. On mine, it still sees my old extsd backup location, the whole external card in fact, as unwritable. There is a solution on the Tibu website: http://www.titaniumtrack.com/kb/tit...kup-troubleshooting.html#folder-not-writeable You just have to move them. (This only applies if you use the extsd for your Tibu backups.)

Also, I would do a clean flash for sure, EDIT: though you could try it Feenix2002's way first, which is the same but doesn't wipe the /data/* minus /data/media (which if /data/media is wiped, would wipe out your entire phone) It wipes settings for your current apps which might be wrong for MM. TIbu could restore those, though, some of which you'll probably want. Just use the TWRP Wipe>Factory Reset which will take care of it. Don't worry, it erases your data, but not your "data," nothing outside of the ROM space.

I don't see any reason to get a separate app to backup SMS/MMS and Call Logs. I don't know what SMS backup does exactly but Tibu backs them up perfectly, if that's what you want done. (Maybe SMS backs up Visual Voicemail.) Just select the "Migrate ..." option in Preferences. (See attached screen shots.) I've been using that for a couple of years and never lost a message and I was switching back and forth between ROMs and even Android versions all of the time. I have them also uploading to dropbox nightly just for safe keeping.

Also, MM annoyingly asks for permission to do every little thing the first time you are using stuff. Don't forget to activate "Developer Options" the usual way.

You will still probably run into some snags, but thank goodness this thread is here and active!

Good luck! :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hexusprime:
Wow, I am thankful for all of you. Why is this thread still so active? Do people like doing this for fun and have multiple devices, or are you like me who decides to keep a hold of perfectly working hardware who chooses not to buy into any perceived obsolescence agenda crap?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
(By the way, I added a bit after "EDIT" that probably ain't important.)

Unless you want to pay cash for a developers version of a new phone, (I think), then this phone is still plenty capable (especially with custom ROMs) and you've got custom ROMs for geeks who love to screw with the innards of and customize their phones!

Believe it or not, outside of the US, the S3 is still the most used phone in the world by a lot! Here we've got companies with agendas to push us constantly into new phones, though it does fuel the march of innovation.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hexusprime:
This is why I love xda developers. A great community with many intelligent people striving to work with what they already have instead of relying on getting what's "new." :good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Fenix2002:
A little bit of both for me. I'm a recent college grad, can't afford to run out and buy a $700 phone to stay with the trends. I don't like contracts, because why pay twice as much for the same service? But that means phones are more expensive. =P so as long as I can update my phone, and it works, I'll keep it. Plus I enjoy being different from others, and enjoy messing with phones.

MasterCylinder, you learn something new every day! I didn't know TiBu had that capability, with the call/SMS data. I don't like TiBu's interface, so I actually don't use it.. Pretty much ever. I keep it on my phone for hard times, though. Lol. And I couldn't remember if wiping /data partition wiped userdata or just apps. So thanks for that clarification as well.

--EDIT:

If you use gmail, be aware it's been known to have massive delays on CM13 (probably due to Doze). I'm using Outlook as a temporary workaround. Others have said BlueMail works well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jaws4God:
I am so thankful for this site and the people in it as well. I typically always had older phones since i cant afford the new ones.. so this idea gives me the chance to jump to the newest OS. Plus it is fun to customize and use some of the amazing features that are either hidden in android.. or that developers code.

right now im in love with AICP.. just cant get the marshmellow version working (contacts wont sync with Google). so right now im on AICP LP (5.1)

happy flashing!

via Samsung Galaxy S3 (AICP)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Deliquified:
To my knowledge, there aren't many (any?) phones newer than this one (outside the nexus line) with an unlockable bootloader. This phone continues to run new versions of Android well and I've grown rather attached to it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] hexusprime:
Thanks all for all your help, I have successfully flashed the 3/4 CM13 build to my Samsung Galaxy S3. I faced one complication--> After flashing the new Rom, gapps, and ME1/NE1 firmware for the first time, I set up my phone perfectly fine. However, upon installing SuperSU it prompted me to reboot into TWRP for some reason (it might have mentioned for an update reason?) where it rebooted into TWRP and attempted to run a flash. Ultimately, amidst flashing whatever it was trying to flash it tried rebooting where I was then trapped in an endless reboot animation. It was very weird, the problem was not in the new ROM perse but with SuperSU doing something stupid. I fixed it anyways in the end, so no problem.

How exactly do I verify I am using the MF1/NE1 firmware? I am not sure how to check that. Also, I always have used Nova Launcher and I would like to see what launchers you all use. Which launcher is the default launcher called? I see Google Now launcher in the apps, would that be it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Fenix2002:
I've had issues with SuperSU before, too. New CM builds have SU built in (enable through the Developer menu in settings). So far, I haven't run into anything it didn't work for, although a few apps have warned me about compatibility and asked me to update. They ultimately worked fine without updating. I've never had to install a standalone su app.

Google Now launcher is standard on the Nexus, as far as I know, and is available to download. Trebuchet is CM's standard. I usually use one of those. I know Nova continues to be a popular choice.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] YabbyYou:
I have moved away from SuperSU since switching over to CM, starting with CM12.1. CM has su built in, I just use that. I've read SuperSU can be a little invasive on the system and that could cause some instability. In any case, I haven't had any problems using the built in SU within CM.

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I am glad this thread is still active. I still really think the SGS3 is a great phone. The fact that it runs the latest version of Android is a testament to the quality of hardware and the dedication of the devs on XDA. I haven't really found any of the new phones to be worth the jump just yet, but I feel like soon I'll have to make a move. I feel the CPU/GPU speed may become a limiting factor on the S3. Having 2GB of RAM seems okay for now but that will probably become an issue too. Storage space is fine since we have an sdcard (something that the nexus phones lack and thus is a major deal breaker for me). I really like the S7, spec wise, but the idea of going back to Touchwiz doesn't really appeal to me and the currently unlockable boot loader is also a drawback. So, for now, I will work the S3 as much as I can! If I had the time I'd try to jump into the code side of CM and see if I could work out some of the odd issues, but alas, there is only so many hours in the day.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
As long as we continue to have a device maintainer! We're pretty lucky to have 2 at the moment. When the next version comes out we'll have to see ... I have been thinking about taking on learning it myself. :cowboy:

In Settings>About phone you'll see the NE1 modem listed but there is nary a way to check the firmware otherwise that I know if, and I have spent a lot of time looking, digging around in the system files and recovery files, though not with MM.

I'm a Nova Prime addict - love that quick home screen changing animation and gestures! I also flash OmniSwitch to use as a recents app changer and it almost acts like another laucher! I use Xposed with Gravity Box for a plethora of more customizations.

Agreed! When I first started out and people who were on AOSP said they could never go back to TW I was perplexed because I thought it was quite cool, and it was! But now I would never want to be stuck on that again. After the debacle of the S6 being manufactured without the ability to add an sdcard they've gone back to having one in the S7, but I'm gonna ride this horse as long as it's legs keep working.:fingers-crossed:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] YabbyYou:
Anyone else running the dkp kernel? I'm getting reboots a little more frequently then I would like, I might have to switch back to the stock kernel for now. I'll keep it for another day and see how it goes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Master Cylinder:
I am for the last couple of days after seeing that some of you were doing it, just to try it out again, but I haven't taken the time to tweak it at all and I'm having no problems.

EDIT: I just set it up according to [MENTION=3056030]AyUaxe[/MENTION]'s suggestions, except I'm at 1728 mhz, so I'll see what happens...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] YabbyYou:
OK. I'll keep running it as well. I'm on the 3/4 build of CM13 still. Also, I noticed dkp hasn't updated his build since December I think, are you running the same version?

I noticed the reboot while playing music using poweramp. After a bunch of songs, bam! random reboot. I also had some reboots while using Bluetooth devices but I don't consider that a big issue since I know Bluetooth is a little flakey to begin with.

Any ideas on how we can help the cm team get the light sensor working on our build? I would love to have the auto brightness stuff working again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] phonetool:
Really?? Holy cow! That sucks. No other unlocked bootloader phones? I haven't been watching the market at all.

So, if I want to stay on Verizon/CDMA, have an unlocked bootloader, active CM development base, and removable/upgradable battery... What options are out there?

TIA
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] YabbyYou:
A nexus phone I think. But no sdcard, which is a fail for me, I keep all my music on my phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] YabbyYou:
Does anyone know why the nightly builds aren't being updated? The last build available is 3/5.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Fenix2002:
Guesswork on my part, but I'd say either Invisiblek isn't ready to release it, or he's busy. It's not uncommon to go several days without a build. Device maintainers (usually) have jobs and stuff to deal with too. :)

Btw, AICP has the front camera working pretty well. So maybe it won't be very long until CM has it working better.

Defrosted from my AICP SCH-S968C
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] YabbyYou:
Perfectly reasonable! I've been dealing with random reboots all day so I think I'm dumping the dkp kernel. I figured I would just flash the next CM13 nightly and go with that to see if the stability goes back up. Thanks!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Fenix2002:
Dkp is nice sometimes, but it doesn't always play nice. Lol. Just re-flash the current build?

Defrosted from my AICP SCH-S968C
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] YabbyYou:
Yeah, I'm sensing dkp is not playing nice. It's okay, that's part of the fun I guess. Yeah, I could just refresh my current build, which I may do if I don't see a nightly today.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] YabbyYou:
I made the jump to the 3/9 nightly. Thanks to Invisiblek for posting the build. I'm sticking to the stock cm kernel for now. I'll see how this version performs.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Fenix2002:
Anyone having any issues with lock screen notifications not showing contents, even with the option to show "sensitive contents" enabled?

Defrosted from my AICP SCH-S968C
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] YabbyYou:
There is definitely something up with notification handling on this 3/9 build. I usually have "Hide Sensitive Content" turned on, but I'm noticing I can't clear things off the notification drop down. Also, even after I unlock, the notification is not showing the content in the notification bar.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Fenix2002:
Can confirm: newest nightly fixed notification issue for me. Still having issues with front camera.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Fenix2002:
Off topic but..

What do you guys think about android N based on the dev preview?

Sent from my SCH-I535
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] YabbyYou:
Looks interesting so far. CM14 for d2vzw?

Back on topic - I tried looking through the gerrit code review for any open bugs related to the light sensor but I could not find any. Does anyone know if there is a way for me to submit a bug report? I would really like to see the Auto brightness working again.

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I just watched a video over on Droid-Life that demos the app switching in the Android N dev preview, go check it out, pretty sweet!

Can I link directly to it from here or is that a no-no ?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] invisiblek:
If you ask really REALLY nicely, maybe :p

The amount of hacks that needed to go in to get M on the d2vzw for official builds was pretty bad. That's not to say there won't be unofficial builds of N for d2. I'd be willing to bet that'll happen.

Don't bother, should be fixed in the next build thanks to nardholio :good: