Samsung Galaxy S3

[OrbitalDawn]

I know exactly where to check for an update, but it tells me that my software is already updated.

Are you also on Vodacon?

 

[Slootvreter]

Are you also on Vodacon?

Sadly, yes.

 

[Shoaybd]

I'm glad we on the same page, I have written lengthy reviews on this ROM, try changing your lockscreen and quick settings panel to transparent. Its amazing. By far the best ROM out there. Have used them all over the last year.

DAAAAAAAAM!!! i flashed this rom this morning and all i can say is it is SICK!!! Its quick, its customizable wow very nice neat rom!

 

[BigAl-sa]

OTA updates are a joke, and backing up and restoring your stuff is a breeze. You'll have to accept your old firmware if you can't be bothered to sort it out.

Erm, no it's not a breeze. It's only a breeze if your device is rooted, and you rooted it before you used it for anything. If you haven't rooted, *everything* on your device is lost with the root...

 

[Bryn]

Erm, no it's not a breeze. It's only a breeze if your device is rooted, and you rooted it before you used it for anything. If you haven't rooted, *everything* on your device is lost with the root...

I only rooted my S3 after having it for a month or two. Nothing changed at all. Just rebooted after the Odin flash and it was business as usual.

 

[Park@82]

I have written lengthy reviews on this ROM,

Where?

 

[Shads]

My S3 is so laggy and buggy with stock firmware. What's the best rom atm and where do I get detailed instructions on how to do it, please? My phone is not rooted. Thanks

 

[kingrob]

My S3 is so laggy and buggy with stock firmware. What's the best rom atm and where do I get detailed instructions on how to do it, please? My phone is not rooted. Thanks

Are you on the 4.3 ROM?

Factory reset & make sure you are using a fast SD card.

 

[Shads]

Yes I am. Will do that and see how it goes

 

[Brawler]

Guys if you want the best custom rom for the S3 its Resurrection Remix 4.4.2 KitKat http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/gt-i9300-resurrection-remix-4-4-2-t1815285. I have been using it for a month and I can wirte reviews for ours on how it has transformed my phone. Halo, active notifications and transparent lock screen are the best of the many features.

Thanks man. Going to try this. The nightly CM11 on my phone is giving me kark.

Is it the same process to install it as Cyanogenmod? I have only ever used CM.

Load the rom and gapps to sd, backup with cwm, install the rom with cwm, install gapps with cwm, wipe, done?

 

[BigBear]

4.3 OTA update

Seems good so far..

 

[Shoaybd]

Where?

One of them is under the reviews section of this rom on XDA.

 

[Shoaybd]

Thanks man. Going to try this. The nightly CM11 on my phone is giving me kark.

Is it the same process to install it as Cyanogenmod? I have only ever used CM.

Load the rom and gapps to sd, backup with cwm, install the rom with cwm, install gapps with cwm, wipe, done?

Follow the instructions in the first post of the ROM. I had no issues compared to the other ROMs, I have used CyanogenMod and was a big supporter of Slim ROM but this ROM has much more features and is more customisable.

 

[Dean]

This rom is giving me issues. About once or twice a day the phone becomes completely unresponsive for a few minutes and then suddenly comes to life.

For the past few days I've been finding that mine also goes unresponsive - though more like a few seconds than a few minutes.
Also find that my keyboard (SlideIT) restarts every now and then.

Still loving it though, though I need stability so will have to go to a later nightly next weekend. If that doesn't work, I'll try another ROM.

 

[bekdik]

What does the 4.3 update cover?

 

[SlideWP]

Do you any of you folks that`s running the The nightly CM11 rom experiencing the below problems & if you do how can it be remedied.

1.High battery drain
2.Instability, certain apps keeps failing & phone lock ups intermittently

Any helpful feedback re:the above will be greatly appreciated.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Do you any of you folks that`s running the The nightly CM11 rom experiencing the below problems & if you do how can it be remedied.

1.High battery drain
2.Instability, certain apps keeps failing & phone lock ups intermittently

Any helpful feedback re:the above will be greatly appreciated.

1. Slightly higher drain than on stock for me.
2. Not really. Most apps work fine. Camera went black once, randomly. Just quit the app and restarted it and it worked fine again.

*edit*

Forgot to add, I haven't Greenified it yet or figured out any wakelocks.

 

[nevadayz]

Just updated via OTA, VC, to 4.3, so far so good.

No noticeable changes in hardware and performance.

One thing i did notice was that when the screen is off, if i press the power button to wake the screen up, it takes a considerable amount of time to actually switch it on (2 seconds).

Anyone else having this issue? any fixes?

 

[StrontiumDog]

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One thing i did notice was that when the screen is off, if i press the power button to wake the screen up, it takes a considerable amount of time to actually switch it on (2 seconds).

Anyone else having this issue? any fixes?

I noticed that too. Kinda irritating! When I get bored of 4.3 I'll try a custom ROM, but probably only towards the end of May.

 

[dayav07]

I noticed that too. Kinda irritating! When I get bored of 4.3 I'll try a custom ROM, but probably only towards the end of May.

Same here. And the camera freezes quite a bit on the M5 snapshot