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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bodyshop:
can anyone help me? Everything is working great but I can't access my ext Sd card on the 4-26 version, should i update it to the latest or is there something i missed during the initial flash? I didn't format internal storage, because thats where I had the ROM and I don't see how I would be able to flash the ROM if I format internal storage before I flash?

Thanks in advance....

PS is that persistent notification fix in the first post for the Activation that pops up when you reboot the phone? Sorry for the many questions.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Can't access it at all? What if you use miXplorer and select external SD card? Or stock Android files app? Open it, tap the menu in upper right corner. Select add external SD card (or however it's named). Then tap upper left nav button and select SD card.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bodyshop:
Nothing, in stock files app or thru root explorer. Its like I never put the sd card in the phone. Thats why I was asking about the formatting internal storage before installing the ROM because I didn't do that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] madbat99:
Did you use the card as adopted storage previously? Because if you did, you have to format it to use it on another device.

You can't even mount external SD card in TWRP? Might be a bad card then. Transfer your files off it onto your computer and format it.

Also, how is the card formatted? Ext4, fat32? Exfat?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Joker1716:
I have spent the last few days setting up the automatic updater app called ''OTA Updater-2.0.5.apk'' to work with the four different variants of this rom. I will either write a tutorial on how to use it, or post a link to a video tutorial i may make. The app will check for the updates when you ask it to manually or on a set schedule it will download the update and flash the update through prompts in the app. If you do use it consider heading on over to the OTA Updater page, like and possibly donate. The developers work hard to bring roms ,kernels, apps, etc to users to simplify the experience and make the experience easier as well as better. Show some love. I have been updating these apps for over a year now and have recieved just three donations,

"Thank you William K Wilcox".

"Thank you Aaron Donnely".

"Thank you Kelwyn Friesman".

Update is posted. The OTA-Updater App is up and running. I have tested it and it is a success. It will automatically check for updates and can be checked manually as well. If the device is rooted, then it will prompt you through the process (download update, flash update, option to backup, clear data, and clear cache, then it will reboot to recovery and automatically do what you set it to do) . If it is not rooted, it will download the update into the /sdcard/OTA-Updater/download/ROM folder that you will have to manually reboot to recovery and navigate to to install the update. I hope that this effort to make life a little easier for the users of this ROM is enjoyed, please consider donating to me and the develpement team of OTA-Updater ( ME= https://www.paypal.me/WilliamRWoodsJr THEM = https://www.otaupdatecenter.pro/donate )

link for ROM Update = http://download1647.mediafire.com/4...p6/lineage-14.1-20190507-UNOFFICIAL-d2spr.zip

AFH is Not working properly at the moment so this is a temporary link

I will be pushing an update within the next several days for user experience and testing
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cookiemonster79:
So is this ROM pretty much the best (or only) option for the S3? I got one recently for free and figured I would play around with it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MarkerB:
This is the only one that runs Lineage OS, a favorite of many people for it's solid approach and lack of fluff. There are many other custom ROMs out there, based on either Samsung's TouchWiz, and or the generic Google AOSP (like Lineage). Probably not many are actively developed anymore.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Death_Gun:
Man, you're my hero!!

here is what I could do:

I flashed the latest build for this device and Gapps (I used pico package), it contains just the necessary google services and I also downloaded what I missed from app store such as google translate, google docs...etc

I turned off any features that I don't need to, such as Bluetooth, GPS, Cellular Data and NFC but I usually turned on "battery saver".

I disabled apps that works in background from privacy option, like you said.

I used the default launcher (Trebuchet), it's really faster and simple, and I just installed the necessary apps that I used.

I used dark themes, lite apps and gapps go ( YouTube go, Google go,...etc) but I couldn't install Gmail go cause it shows "it doesn't Compatible" in installing operation, so I installed the standard Gmail.

I don't need root or kernel (whatever is, I don't even know it)

SMS, MMS are working finally!!, but only with numbers that doesn't contain "country key" !

I didn't try data cause I have a WiFi and in my country, data cost a lot and it needs complected setting.

I didn't like yuzu browser, so I use the browser that comes with the system (temporary until I found a new one).

still had the same bugs with camera, gallery, file manager and "statuses option", and unfortunately I discovered a new bug at "WiFi hotspot"; in which I can't turn it on sometimes until I made "settings network reset" then it will work again!

So, after taking your tips and applying it...

it really helpful and it fixed the most of the problems!!

So...that you so much :)

and I'm sorry for taking months for replying.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JakeG1984:
No problem. Thanks for the kudos. I've never had problems with file manager or gallery.

Yes Gmail Go requires android 8.

I quite using yuzu as well. Just Chrome for me now.

My brother in law (whom I got the phone from like 2 years ago) can't believe I'm still using a galaxy S3. Haha
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Death_Gun:
wanna try the file manager's issue? try to delete a

large file that contains a dozen of images or just any large file ( like 4GB or larger), then you will notice the delete operation takes a long time and suddenly, it will show you "can't delete file"!!

for the gallery's issue, sometime it takes a long time for loading and appearing the albums, also you can't (sometimes) sharing any images from albums until you close the app and open it again!!

and by the way, I have been using this device (Galaxy s3) for 4 years :)

and I don't want to buy a new device, cause I like custom ROMs, such as Lineage, Octos or any Rom that looks closely to google original roms, I really like google UI, so if I want to buy any device, I need to make sure it has ability to flash custom roms and recovery.

I don't like Samsung UI or their ROMs.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JakeG1984:
I'm not using an sdcard right now as mine fried a while back so I can't test the delete scenario; However when I was using one and with root I set my sdcard read ahead to 2048kb which does make the gallery browsing faster. Also I over clock the cpu which also helps.

Ditto on the flashing. Bought a Note 4 a while back and returned it as I found out their were basically no roms! Couldn't do it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Death_Gun:
you may try to get S5 or S6 (the international version), they are as popular as s3, so I think they would have a lot ROMs and even more than note 4!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Dratini:
Thanks for the rom . I use this on my S3 to turn it into a music and ereader. Very nice work!! Smooth, and usable rom, I found the octopus rom was very slow at installs and general usage, so I thought it was the fault of marshmallow and that nougat would be worse. Not the case at all, very good rom!!! Fast and more modern. Everything works well. Thanks!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Joker1716:
Update Posted through the Ota updater App. AFH is finally working for me. I worked through some date and time typos that were making the app think there was an update after the update and everything is working fine now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JakeG1984:
Hey 14.1 unofficial users, I have made a few posts here outlining my successes with this rom. My d2spr was having a few issues (one being a move to ting) that prompted me to wipe and install the latest (20190507). In a previous post you can see that i have used ONLY the 20180410 build for the past couple of years. I have since misplaced that file. After installing 20190507 I am stuck with NO data even after the afermentioned changofjinzo apn fix. Boyond that, there was a ting apn setting waiting even after the blank install but it also did not work. SO I want to know who has had success with data on the latest. I'm not sure what I'm missing. Perhaps the ting apn settings I have a OLD/BUNK. What I was going to try was a 20180410 install with working data and then dirty flash the latest 20190507, but like I said I have misplaced that old file. Chime in if you can. Thanks!

UPDATE: So I was beginning to lose hope.... It turns out my problem was not rom related nor was it APN related. I had switched to Ting but the only thing that was re-provisioned was calling and basic text. DATA and MMS were AWAL. What pointed me in this direction was that I had no 3G no 1X no nothing! So, after reading all over the place I decided to restore stock NJ2 firmware and perform a carrier reset (activation). Before I did that - no data even on the stock. As soon as I started activation from settings, 3G popped up almost instantly. No 4G on stock since I'm assuming it was looking for sprint APN's. The strange behavior I was experiencing on the 20190507 lineage build was APN settings showing up and disappearing for no reason at all...but I think the reason was that the phone was cycling through radio connection types to see which would connect and when it does that different APN's were showing up that corresponded to the radio protocol that was being attempted at that time.

To be safe I did a full wipe: system, data, cache, dalvik, internal storage before and after stock

While loaded into stock I also did PRL and Profile update.

Sure as $H|T when Lineage loaded 1X was there right away and I think 3G shortly after. I DID NOT NEED TO USE THE changofjinzo-apnfix since the built in APN list for this rom had Ting pre-filled.

I tried to a few things to get LTE to work; modify 'Sprint LTE internet' "APN type" to delete 'default' and then select Ting and changed the "APN type" from supl,mms to default,mms. I think this would keep it from trying 'Sprint LTE internet' first and then trying the others until the Ting one works. I also tried deleting all but Ting. Still no LTE.

UPDATE:

Still no LTE. 3G is working fine so that's an improvement. Haven't solved the LTE problem even after trying the changeofjinzo apnfix for ting.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JakeG1984:
Bump?

I was going to bump this thread....then I realized it's been sitting at the top of the D2SPR Android Dev thread list since my last post. haha. No bump needed.:highfive:

I think my next step needs to be to try the 20180410 build. Since I don't have the zip file I will be using a TWRP backup from my other D2SPR that has the 20180410 build. Sigh...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JakeG1984:
I'm loosing hope rapidly

I've been flashing different ROM combinations for the past several days. Can never get anything besides 3g. Tried my restore nandroid from 20180410 with and without apn fix; no joy. I'm beginning the think the problem is purely in the Ting apns. Actually I'm beginning to think I have no idea what's really going on. I've been eyeing up SGS6's online....all this flashing makes me feel this phone just wants to be an mp3 player.

To circle back around, I put stock back onto the phone (NJ2) and was able to get 1x, 3g, and LTE. Put Wicked S5 Experience and got the same. Then did complete wipe to the latest lineage unofficial no matter what I do with apns it seems I only get 1x or 3g. I'm feeling very alone with my S3. Sigh.

S3...you've served me well for 6+ years but....I'm beginning to hate you.

---------- Post added at 09:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:14 PM ----------

Because I'm a little masochistic and because I can tell you all are riveted; something interesting happened. I just went back to stock and LTE was broken! Had to set to 3g and restart to be able to do PRL update and Profile update. Profile update fixed the LTE. Hmm.... That means something I did in Lineage OS broke LTE when I went back to stock. How could that be?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] ertpecs:
Just fyi. I have a s6 active that's stock that I use for recording gpx files while walking the dog or riding one of my bikes. It's completely locked down, so there isn't any roms for it, and IIRC there isn't even a way to root it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Death_Gun:
So, what's the new??

I downloaded yesterday and I wiped everything to make sure that everything is gonna work fine and I flashed the update, it runs OK and it looks fine :good:

but still have the file manager issue
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Osorio1798:
Only update patch security, Lineage Source Nougat don't update more, I think
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] thelangosta:
The last build is running really well on this old phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] knoober:
Seems like there is still some action here so I will make a quick-ish post.

1st) Flashed your last build but I didnt have any sound or bluetooth. Possibly because mine is an L710T and not an L710 (poor planning/reading on my part). Back to stock for now so no worries, just wondering if you have any insight. TIA

2nd) I decided to try building Lineage 14.1 from the instructions on the lineage wiki (https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/d2spr/build) to see if that was would help. My build didnt even get to the lineage flash screen and was roughly 5mb fatter than yours. I was wondering if you could offer any insight there as to what tweaks you made to your build so I might study the differences. Again, TIA

Edit: OP is too old to hit thanks on or what? No thanks button that I could see. Well I tried :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Osorio1798:
Install D2refreshspr builds
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] knoober:
TWRP wont flash d2refreshspr builds, says my device is a d2spr. So I guess I didn't have a model mismatch after all. or maybe I've got the wrong TWRP. I couldn't find one here that had a live link so I had to get one from twrp.me and I know that sometimes the repacks here on xda have some sort of voodoo in them that makes them work better than the official versions.

I also flashed the second to last version from the OP and that one had similar problems. No sound, but bluetooth did connect this time, however the sound was terrible. I tried the fix listed at the end of the post and it didnt help either. I might head back one more version and see what I get there. I should probably say also, that this device is not intended to have a data connection. All I need is wifi and bluetooth and it will work for what my intentions.

Edit: Moving back a build to 20190507 didnt make magic happen either.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JakeG1984:
Hey All - Successful Re-flash on RedPocket Mobile

Hey all, thought I'd communicate a success on this ROM for my son's phone on a new MVNO RedPocket Mobile.

RedPocket took forever to push the right buttons on there end to get LTE to finally go.

Sequence ended up being this:

Flash Stock L710VPUDNJ2_L710SPRDNJ2_SPR from here using Odin 3.09: https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-sprint/development/stock-l710vpudnj2-pc-odin-flashable-t3007847

Then immediately flashed TWRP 3.1.1

Tried to activate to no avail.

Flashed S5 Experience from here usting twrp 3.1.1: https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-sprint/development/rom-wicked-s5-xperience-t2983340

Activation was a success but ended up having to do 1-6 below with the RedPocket rep on support chat pushing buttons on his end:

1. Power up the device and make sure the device is on the Sprint network (not roaming)

2. Dial ##SCRTN# (72786)

3. Device will either reboot automatically or will ask you to enter OK

4. Device will reboot and should enter Hands Free Activation within 5 Minutes

5. Follow prompts by pressing OK during Hands Free Activation when asking for approval updating device settings.

6. Device may reboot for a second time once hands free activation has completed

Waited....Rebooted a couple times.... and viola LTE (4G)

Then flashed 10-13-19 build from this thread.

Booted - no LTE

Went to APN settings and selected the Sprint LTE Internet from the list and edited the APN to be: n.r6.ispsn

and MMSC: http://mms.plspictures.com

Below is someone else's sprint RedPocket apn settings but I did not need to fill in the username as he did below.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=67235416&postcount=14

I thought this was worth posting because it took me a good 2hrs to find that RedPocket Sprint APN post, the best part is that I GUESSED the correct APN right as I found that post. It was eerie.

Now I forgot to flash any gapps - hopefully that wasn't a component of the success because I meant to flash it.

I'll update you if flashing gapps then causes issues.

Thanks!

-Update

Wiped data/cache/dalvik- installed Gapps Pico from today (Feb 7 2020) using TWRP - wipe cache again just because

Restart

Re-adjust the APN settings - boom instant LTE

LTE works - mms works - calls work - wifi works - camera works

The weird thing is, this is the phone I had several threads back that wouldn't give me LTE FOR THE LIFE OF ME (on ting). Perhaps flashing to a different stock helped this go around.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] darkv0id29:
Hey I was wondering if anyone has sucessfully built a rom based on oreo for the d2spr galaxy s3. All the new versions of android i found the roms are only compatable with the i9300. Hoping someone could help me out please.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JakeG1984:
Don't think so. I've been watching. Thought about building it myself but that'd be a huge time commitment I'm not willing to do. The guy over at one of the i9300 threads did say he'd consider building it for a different S3 motherboard if someone sent him a motherboard to test on, but that was an old post.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Death_Gun:
like me, I was thinking of building a rom based on lineageOS (I got tired of this build and I want new build like 9.0 or maybe 10), but I don't know if despite I'm studying computer science (4th semester).

but really I want a rom for this device
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Death_Gun:
so... I moved to this old rom 5.1 and it's very stable
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] xdause:
is there a twrp rom that can be flashed to update prl/profile or are you only able to odin it back to do that ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EirikrHinnRauthi:
I'm late to the party... but I DO have the ability to send him a phone... could you link me to the correct post?

Would love to send him d2spr and d2vzw to get some loveeeee. :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Death_Gun:
what's a great idea, we don't want to leave this lovely phone.

even I still having this phone until either I found a stable rom or builing my own
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EirikrHinnRauthi:
It is still better in terms of camera and display than many low end phones today. This is WAY better than the J2 for example.

Would love to get like LineageOS 17.1 + the "Android Go" experience option for better performance!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alexenferman:
Just as a by the way, we are working on LineageOS 16 for the d2att S3 at the moment. For now, it builds successfully, I have gotten as far as the second Splash Screen and Blue LED flashing. The logs reveal a Vendor or Graphics issues. I just need to fully update the tree and upgrade it to support LOS16 then we will have a somewhat functionnal LineageOS 16 for the device.

Here are the current sources: https://github.com/Samsung-Galaxy-S3-MSM8960

If a i9300 developer is open to get a Snapdragon D2 board then donate 15$ to them and ask them to buy a D2 board from Aliexpress.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JakeG1984:
Haha. Sorry for the late reply but yes, to activate and update prl/profile I use S5 Experience from here using twrp 3.1.1: https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-sprint/development/rom-wicked-s5-xperience-t2983340
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] chaseadam:
Last I see is activity from April 4, 2021 in those repos. Further discussion in this thread (stalled in 2021) https://xdaforums.com/t/lineage-15-1-build.3793126
[MTCD Android Head Units General] bradsm87:
I'm very disappointed by the speed and usability of my Pumpkin AS0272B. For example, it takes about an hour to install a small handful of app updates that would take all of 1 minute on my Samsung phone on the same internet connection. I also get pauses and stuttering playing music off memory card with any other apps open. 3rd-party maps and Google Maps are unusably slow. I already have the latest firmware from Pumpkin and have reset factory defaults.

I don't think my specific unit have a fault. My suspicion is that they're all like this.

How much better is an Oreo PX5 4GB headunit likely to be?
[MTCD Android Head Units General] Oberbergler:
My previous unit was also a Pumpkin (KGL) PX3, but a 5.1 MTCB unit. It was slow and laggy. Some functions like the browser were unusable. Now I have a Xtrons (GS) PX5 with 2 gb of RAM and original Android 6 updated to Android 8. There is a difference of night and day between PX3 and PX5. The fastest OS I've ever had on such an unit was Android 6. Nevertheless also Android 8 is really fast with 2 gb of RAM and on my HU it has no bugs at all. I think with the future updates it will be such fast as Android 6.

If you can give the PX3 back and buy a PX5 with 4 gb of RAM.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] bradsm87:
I doubt it but I might try because this thing is unusable.

Thanks for the reply.

What lead you to buy Xtrons? I want to buy from someone who gives good support and updates. I was thinking Dasaita but I've heard good things about Xtrons too.
[MTCD Android Head Units General] twist:
Going from a PX3 2GB and 4 cores with Android 7 to a PX5 4GB 8 cores Android 8 and the difference is like night and day. The new PX5 is so much more responsive and snappy. I am running Malaysk ROM on it and it is just a dream. I am very glad I bought the upgraded unit!
[MTCD Android Head Units General] typos1:
Try [MENTION=5092263]Hal9k_[/MENTION]'s Nougat custom ROM, its way faster than stock.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] miguelmedina1993:
hi guys, could the Galaxy S9+ from Sprint be unlocked to work for ATT?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] magndo:
hi there have one sprint s9+ did u find out solution ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] VandyCWG:
Sprint has the UICC unlock thing locked until day 51 of your lifespan with the device.

I believe if you flashed the unlocked firmware, you will be UICC unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] magndo:
Can u help us please . Which firmware u said G965U1 ?

can u give link and did u test it ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] VandyCWG:
Search out the unlocked firmware. And I can't help nor did I test it.

Check my signature, I'm stock.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] GDane1:
Can anyone verify that if I flash the unlock firmware to my lock Sprint Samsung Galaxy S9 plus that my device will be carrier unlocked for other carriers? I tried using techmajesty and after 10 days of them trying to unlock my device they refunded me. Does anybody know anyone any carriers or any way I can unlock this I'm willing to pay a fee I don't care I have seen unlocked thanks in advance
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ikarma:
I flashed unlocked firmware. Still UICC locked. It shows some app trying to verify phone on Sprint network with no SIM card in it.