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[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
My Bootloader is I9301IXCUARA1, which you get after flashing greece Stock rom. I dont think there is another way to upgrade.

Did you flash greece Stock rom and odin "says" pass? Then booting up the greece stock rom and looking if bootloader has switched?
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] michael205:
yes, yes and bootloader didn't switch. temp are as they were 50-60 *C
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
Which Odin do you use? i recommend 3.13.1
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] michael205:
i tried with 3.12.7 and 3.10
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
Try 3.13.1

Remember to start with admin rights...
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] michael205:
i tried 5 times, bootloader didn't change.

Could you please send me backup of your bootloader ?

i will use twrp and restore it in my phone , maybe it will do the job ?

I did everything beside this

If it doesn't work then i have no idea what will
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
I dont know how to backup my bootloader?!

Maybe you can try without rebooting after a flash. I mean untick "Auto-reboot" then flash the greece stock rom about 3 times, then boot up again.

I dont know how to help you, except flashing the greece stock rom via odin, chooing the rom in "AP"
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] michael205:
i tried it already . It won't change no matter what i do.

I will try change rom older one then with yours . if it won't work the so be it
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] mariocaraf:
I, before installing the stock firmware, from twrp I do 3,4 times wipe everything, after restarting in download mode and installing the firmware.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
Maybe you can try flashing an old stock rom to downgrade your baseband / bootloader and then again try flashing greece stock rom...
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] michael205:
thats what i said but not clear enough :P
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
OK :)

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WAIT! Are you sure you are looking for "BOOTLOADER" not "BASEBAND"? Because your baseband before flashing greece stock rom was I9301IXXUAPG1 and it will not update because its the latest one! You have to look after "BOOTLOADER" and this has to be I9301XCUARA1
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] michael205:
relax :) i lookend where i should.

Installing older rom and then your's did work. Now i have "latest" bootloader but temp is still high. I will install LOS now and see if it help... i doubt it :/
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
OK. So also in Stock Rom your phone is getting warm / hot? Maybe some issue with your battery?!
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] michael205:
probably not. i replaced it yesterday to be sure
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
OK, then i hope updating bootloader can help...
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] michael205:
Succes, While charging 36-40 *C :) 11h idle and 85% left. Thanks for help.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
No problem.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
Hi, yes the LOS-Devs are doing it for no benefit in their freetime. I guess it's hard to keep an older device alive when the manufacturer has no interest in it, on the contrary, he wants to sell new models.

About the Overclocking. One of the developers told me that the processor is not really overclocked, because it can do 1600mhz by default, but was limited by Samsung in the S3Neo. I guess to get a better battery life. Since the S3Neo is super economical under LOS16, I think this decision is OK, also in view of the fact that everyone (with root) can reduce the clock frequency as desired. This would not be possible in the other direction...

About Wifi: maybe it helps to again flash the rom, because i never had the problem (cross symbol on wifi icon), that you descriped...

About LOS17: The last build is from 2020-01-20 and working good so far. Problem also with no charging after using flashlight, because that was fixed one or two days later...

As you now know, how to backup and restore via twrp, maybe you are interessted in trying CM12.1. This was official until CM was buried... Bugs in this version (if i remember right) i know is that no emergency call was possible, also deep sleep was broken after charging.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] helloyello:
It 'a great job what the devs are doing and, again, I'm highly respectful about their effort and skills. I hope they're smart enough to setup some revenue channels to sustain their work, much like Cyanogen did.

On the overclocking, I know I can tune it manually back to stock, don't exactly know how - presume it's somewhere in the build.prop file or other place, need to check. I'm not happy using a tool for that, I fear it will be required on every LOS update (OTA) and I still believe it's a very bad decision to overclock it by default. It's not only the SoC, but the thermal and power limits. The tolerance of the electronic components in these super-miniaturized devices is not that high as for example a desktop computer and you won't overclock a laptop, would you? Furthermore, I'm afraid there could be some synchronization issues between the other HW components (buses) if the default clock is not respected. I remember, while playing with LOS16 on the S3 Neo, I've stumbled upon some graphical and sound glitches and they might be related to the SoC clock. So, regardless of what the developer told you, please keep the SoC clock at stock for the next builds.

WiFi related, I spent some time the other day and looked at GitHub over all the commits on the WiFi driver, going back to 2016, and couldn't find anything relevant to the actual issue. There were plenty of code fixes and was only able to identify a redundant code fix (not harming but useless - ending up with doubling a conditional statement):

https://github.com/S3NEO/android_ke...145d79f#diff-fe69fd0a878b10d190c924b2398bad9c

https://github.com/S3NEO/android_ke...d79f/drivers/net/wireless/bcmdhd/wl_android.c

Then I did some more research about the x cross I get on the WiFi symbol in the status bar and the "connected, no internet" status message and, as already mentioned (feared) in one of my previous posts, it looks like a stupid Google connectivity check:

https://android.stackexchange.com/q...cted-no-internet-but-internet-works-just-fine

- it looks like trying to connect to some "connectivitycheck.gstatic.com" and maybe only by installing google services / google apps (which I didn't) that URL is available.

I can wait for a LOS17 release that has everything fixed and meanwhile still considering LOS16, but I need to get to the bottom of the openvpn issue. Not yet sure if it's the sloppy work in the LOS16 (Oreo/Pie) networking (including VPN API) that I've already mentioned I learned about in the openvpn forums. I'll maybe try to enable a higher verbosity on the openvpn client and also start a logcat. Not familiar with logcat, but I found some intro here:

https://wiki.lineageos.org/logcat.html

Thanks, no interest in older CM versions, I'm already fine with may actual hacked and secured stock ROM.

Again, I wouldn't recommend a WiFi driver downgrade - you can tell that to your dev contact - because it will just make LOS16 vulnerable to the older driver issues, instead, better focus on LOS17 hoping that the networking part is better. I'll also try LOS17.0 on my own, check if the VPN is OK.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
To reduce clock speed. You need a kernel manager app, like "kernel adiutor (free & paid), ex kernel manager (paid), fk kernel manager(paid)". There are also others... I prefer fk kernel manager. Then once you set up your max cpu and select "apply on start". Thats it. No need to to it again, ithis setting survives the ota-update, like the settings of each other app...

About Wifi, never tried without gapps, only for very short tests, but then i didn't have an eye on wifi...

About logcat:
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] helloyello:
Is there any way to manually edit a system file and turn the clock back to stock without installing and providing root privileges to some weird tools? I have already root (Magisk) and can do it on my own if I know what file I need to change. I also know how to remount a partition in rw mode and pay attention to preserve the file attributes on the files I edit. I done this before on stock ROMs, did also manually overclock and unfortunately I can't remember which file (I believe it was build.prop or something like) I was editing.

Besides, what are the actual overclocked values and the targeted stock ones. You should know them, given you (or other devs) changed them.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
You can set CPU max freq by editing \sys\devices\system\cpu\cpu0\cpufreq\scaling_max_freq (this effects all 4 CPUS - if you dont change "\sys\devices.....\affected_cpus"), but it seems to take no effect, also after reboot this setting is again overwritten.

Using terminal with root access you can type

"su" - for root access!

"echo 1401600 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq" to set maxfrequency to 1401600 or what you want! - i have set to 1190mhz and no lags...

to set up freqency --> this takes immediately effect, but also is gone after reboot, so you have to add a script to init.d... To do so, create on your desktop a new file, called "91_max_cpu_freq" (no extension) and write in it echo 1401600 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq", then save and copy to your device to "/etc/init.d" and give chmod 775

On Stock Rom its running on 1401(1401600)mhz now its overclocked to 1593(1593600)mhz
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] helloyello:
Well, it doesn't seem there is a way to remove Google Apps (opengapps) in a clean way:

https://github.com/opengapps/opengapps/issues/551

One of the applications I need to register is a media player and I'm looking for some FOSS alternative music player that is simple, doesn't know better than me how to organize my music - should just list files and folders, should have a 10 band EQ and should not drain the battery like crazy.

VLC I just tried, I used it it for some years and it was OK, draining battery like hell and deleting my Mp3 directory every now and then. Ironically, it just happened now while scanning the Mp3 folder - it's gone! :D

Any hints for such a simple FOSS Music App (mp3 + flac only).

----- EDIT ----

Was wondering, can I just use Titanium Backup and get the Media Player App - Poweramp, in it's registered form, from the stock S3 Neo ROM - Android KitKat and restore it in LOS16? Will try it now.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] kurtn:
My preferred method to get rid of GApps is clean flash of a GApps free custom ROM.

There are various music players on f-droid. I think vanilla player can play folders. For equaliser I combine it with viper 4 android magisk module

Edit: just checked my posts: audioFX equaliser works in this ROM.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] helloyello:
Danke!

I tried to backup Poweramp with Titanium Backup and when I restored it, it would just crash. I believe it's because of Android Pie and not a Titanium Backup problem. It's an old Poweramp, version before 3.x that doesn't run on newer Android versions.

The Vanilla Player is exactly what I needed, a little bit painful defining and scanning the Music folder, but I think I can live with that. I'm using a lot of .nomedia files to protect the storage (internal flash & external SD Card) from the storage killer - Android Media Storage process, and I have to temporary remove the .nomedia file from the Music folder to get the Vanilla Player consider the media files, as it doesn't have an option to ignore .nomedia.

I noticed the AudioFX already, pretty useless and very difficult to tune - need a toothpick to touch those EQ lines (way too thin and condensed). I don't understand these 5 band equalizers, they're not really useful, 10 bands are needed for proper tuning, and I'm always wondering why the devs limit to just 5 bands. The development effort to design the tool was already made and adding 5 bands should be trivial.

The viper 4 android is really cool, I also installed it and I couldn't use it because Vanilla Player would only work with the stock LOS16 AudioFX. I believe I need to uninstall AudioFX (cannot disable it) and I fear I'll break the sound. Don't know how to do it, not sure it's really necessary and there could be a way to make the Viper4AndroidFX the default EQ.

I would only use the 10 bands EQ from Viper4AndroidFX, I don't like to alter the studio sound with other effects and I might get some help making it default in the specific Viper4AndroidFX thread here at XDA. Hope I don't need to remove the stock AudioFX on every OTA update...

:rolleyes:

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- Here starts another post, related to different subjects !

I don't understand why the XDA Developers forum SW always binds my posts together ...

I ran into a peculiar issue with the GPS software (iGo) on LOS16. I'm using the external storage to store the GPS App profile and maps, and when the GPS App starts it says it doesn't have write permissions on the external storage. I checked the permissions for the app and it looks like LOS16 grants the write permissions. On stock KitKat I used a tool to enable Apps to write on SDCard and was wondering if I need to do the same now with LOS16 ? :rolleyes:

Side note. Will NFC work in LOS16 on S3Neo ? I remember it was working in LOS16 for the S5Neo, that's before I managed to destroy that phone...
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] helloyello:
OK, resolved both Viper4AndroidFX and the write access to the external SD Card for older Apps that are not using the Storage Access Framework.

- on Viper4AndroidFX, I just had to remove the LOS16 AudioFX - went "primitive" and deleted /system/priv-app/audiofx/ after which I rebooted and was able to use Viper4AndroidFX with all media apps :)

- regarding the write access to the external SD Card, I'll tune iGo to only use the maps from the external storage, installing the actual App in the internal flash.

There is a Magisk Module - ExSDCard Write Access Enabler - that looks to mount the external SD Card in rw mode, however, I didn't test it.

https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/module-exsdcard-write-access-enabler-t3670428

There's also the possibility to format and mount the external SD Card as "Adoptable Storage" and use it together with the internal storage as a whole, a big and slow freaking mess ...

Looks like I missed a lot of developments in the latest Androids, got stuck too much on 4.x, enjoying the "good taste" of Touchwiz. These Android versions starting with Lollipop look like Windows 10, horrible UI, unfinished work and the latest security&restrictions are just horrifying. I hope we'll get some FOSS alternatives for Android soon.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] kurtn:
Removing audioFX after OTA update can be automated with an addon.d script. Maybe [MENTION=4544860]osm0sis[/MENTION] can help.

Yes, FOSS is a good thing. The irony is: UI mostly looks evil. Whereas the really evil things from Google or Facebook have fancy friendly UI.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
About CPU: You refer to the device specifications, there are always the 1400mhz mentioned. But Qualcomm states that 1600mhz are possible.

About captive portal: i send the link to our devs. One meant, that this will be more a job of LOS devs. But he guess that they will let it be enabled...

About the apps you have to "register"? what does that mean? Do you just want to install it without playstore? Then you can just copy the apk (maybe from another phone with playstore) to S3Neo and install it, but i guess you want to do something else?!

About glitches in the home screen refresh: i only have this after a reboot when immediately switching to app drawer. Never else noticed that?!

About app drawer: you can hide apps when longpressing on homescreen / settings (protected apps) . For sorting i guess you have to use another launcher

About deep sleep: i dont think this will ever be fixed. I noticed that in all custom roms, but didnÄt check this out on Stock Rom, maybe there its also?!

About NFC: I also think this will never be fixed, because its lack of sources. Dev told me he tried some things, but no success...

About Charging LED: i guess its a feature, but i am not sure. I read about thats best for battery to charge up to 80% for longer life. And also i read that the last 10% charging will last longer, maybe thats the reason. I never cared about that.

If you have a backup of your stock rom, you can just simply extract the apk. from there. But i dont think if this is still working on android 9 . And shouldn't it be a google (Play Music) or Samsung App? Anyway, the files should be in system.etx4.winxxx. you can just add.rar and open it, then in system/app should be the apks...
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] osm0sis:
Yeah it's pretty easy, just grab the personal addon.d script from my Odds thread and change it for audiofx.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] osm0sis:
Oh yeah, if you're using Open GApps with a .gapps-config then you can just add audiofx to the removals list.

https://github.com/opengapps/opengapps/wiki/Advanced-Features-and-Options
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] helloyello:
Short "noob" question about twrp and LOS, sorry, just discovering it right now. :o

On stock ROMs, part of my own housekeeping/maintenance "ritual", I used to clear the cache partition every now and then by starting the Phone in Recovery Mode and choosing to delete the Cache partition. That would reformat/empty the cache partition and preserve it as a partition.

In TWRP I noticed I can enter Wipe > Advanced Wipe and then choose what partition I like to Wipe and I have:

- Davlik / ART Cache

- Cache

Now, first, I don't know which one to wipe, maybe I need to wipe both, and then I also don't know what will happen if I choose "Swipe to Wipe"

Will it be emptied/reformatted or will the partition be literally deleted, in which case I fear I'll destroy the LOS image.

Thanks in advance for any help on this.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] mariocaraf:
clean, not erased!, and periodically it should be done!
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
You can wipe both if you want. Swipe to wipe is like pressing an ok or start button..
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] finnal123:
Samsung cam version work with grand 2?
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
I don't think so, this ROM is for S3Neo not Grand2

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About charging and that's green up 90% is normal on most custom ROMs.

About the UI. I guess that's the work of LOS Devs.

About your apps. Sorry I still don't understand... Maybe you can PM me in german.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] helloyello:
Thanks for confirming the nonsense about extending the lifespan of the battery by not charging it at 100%. Out of the Google results from your link:

https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/Other-Smartphones/Charging-to-80/td-p/629093

https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/624274

On the UI, indeed, it's devs wok and concern, I just thought you're in touch with them and could point them to my posts.

About the story with my Apps, here's a summary in German (for non-German speaker, it's just what I wrote in my previous post):

Ich hatte zwei Apps, die ich als registrierter Benutzer (Google-Konto) im Google Play Store auf meinem Handy unter stock ROM (KitKat) gekauft habe. Diese Apps wollte ich auf LOS16 transferieren, wo ich keine Authentifizierung mit meinem Google-Konto durchgeführt und keine Google Apps installiert hatte. Diese beiden Apps benötigen Google Play-Dienste für die Registrierung und ich habe über eine temporäre Installation von Google Apps nachgedacht und gelernt, dass ich diese danach nicht mehr sauber entfernen kann.

Inzwischen habe ich FOSS Alternativen für diese Apps gefunden und brauche sie nicht mehr. Mein LOS16 bleibt frei von Google Apps :cool:

A small Bug I discovered in the Do Not Distrub Section - Do Not Disturb > Notifications > Custom

- if I don't allow to wake the Screen but leave the Don't blink light unchecked, the notification LED won't blink after a missed call. If I manually wake the screen, then the LED also starts to blink and will keep blinking even after the screen will autosuspend (sleep). It looks like the LED functionality depends on the screen status. Weird.

https://imgur.com/mXcGzug

And, I was under the impression that this DND mode resembles the "Blocking Mode" from stock ROM. Blocking mode would automatically reject the calls (the caller would receive a busy tone) and not only silence them. You'll still get a "Missed Call" notification when you turn on the screen.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Merftj:
After installation it displays the following error: * Bluetooth keeps stopping *

How to solve?
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] kurtn:
Restore your efs backup in twrp.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Merftj:
Can you send me the correct installation step by step?

Sorry for the English is being translated by the googletradutor My native language is Portuguese Brazil
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
Have you made a full backup or backup of EFS in twrp? Then restore only the EFS in twrp
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Merftj:
I didn't ... How do you do it?
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] kurtn:
Install stock Rom with Odin. Install twrp. Boot twrp tap backup. Make sure efs partition is checked.
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Merftj:
after EFS backup I install the rom and then restore the backup?
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
Yes, try it this way. If it don't works read in this thread at #411
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Merftj:
it didn't work ... is it because my original rom is from brazil? which one would I put before installing the OS 16 rom?
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
Flash stock ROM, boot up and try if Bluetooth is working. Then boot to twrp and backup EFS. Flash Greece stock ROM ( only if you have GT-I9301I) to update bootloader and baseband. Then clean flash LOS16. And boot up. If Bluetooth still crashes boot into twrp and restore EFS partition
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] helloyello:
A few days of LOS16 usage on my main phone - it looks stable and working fine. Battery usage is pretty much the same (maybe a little better) as with the stock ROM.

I was struggling to find out how to change the ugly (and very difficult to use) Trebuchet icons for the apps I install and failed so far. I'm not looking to install some launcher or theme pack, trying to keep LOS16 clean.

Basically, I'd be happy if I could just turn the white icon background into black with some system tweaking (editing some file). Ideally, I would like to have the icon content bigger stretched to fit the icon borders and not like now, default, a tiny icon inside a bigger white icon.

I learned that in LOS15 Trebuchet had the Edit Icon function that was apparently removed in LOS16:

https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/b9g093/trebuchets_edit_icon_button_in_160/

And that Trebuchet will provide the option to load custom icon packs (when?):

https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/az8vk6/no_custom_icon_pack_option_in_lineageos_16s/
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Merftj:
my GT s3 i9300i
[Galaxy S3 Neo Original Android Development] Humaxxx:
Trebuchet