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[Thrackan]

Actually the 4.4.1 update fixed the battery drain problems. Lost 25% in ~16 hours approx, whereas in 4.4 16 hours would mean I needed to recharge.
Just sideloaded 4.4.2 I love being back in the update loop!

 

[1nf3rn0x]

Actually the 4.4.1 update fixed the battery drain problems. Lost 25% in ~16 hours approx, whereas in 4.4 16 hours would mean I needed to recharge.
Just sideloaded 4.4.2 I love being back in the update loop!

Glad to hear you can fully enjoy your phone the way it's meant to be

 

[Mussels]

now make sure to install adaway and MX player and ES file explorer, and you can finally be as cool as me!

 

[GreiverBlade]

^

UAG Scout + shot of the system and the box, at first i wondered if it would be a fake since the price was pretty low compared to the official store, so i contacted the customer service of UAG and looked at some review and some fake vs real comparison and it doesn't seems to be a fake one

Special thanks to my man @GreiverBlade for helping me out in flashing my S3 to this:

For now i'll be testing this CM 10.2 to see if its to my liking, if not i might try temasek's kitkat version or something

no problemo, if i can help i always try to! enjoy custom work of wonderful dev of XDA and if you need further info or advice, don't hesitate!

 

[Doc41]

now make sure to install adaway and MX player and ES file explorer, and you can finally be as cool as me!

xD i do actually use MX Player + VLC, for file browser i use X-plore (used to it since S60 nokias )
also if you or anyone here use a program for under volting/clocking which one do you use?

no problemo, if i can help i always try to! enjoy custom work of wonderful dev of XDA and if you need further info or advice, don't hesitate!

Likewise

 

[Mussels]

xD i do actually use MX Player + VLC, for file browser i use X-plore (used to it since S60 nokias )
also if you or anyone here use a program for under volting/clocking which one do you use?


Likewise

needs to match your kernel. on an S3 i'd suggest boeffla kernel + boefflaconfigv2 (app) - i'm using rXtreme and whatever its latest is (14.1 or 12.1, something like that) and it comes with a stock based rom with lots of awesome addons, and boeffla kernel + config app (goes far beyond mere clock and voltage control)

 

[GreiverBlade]

xD i do actually use MX Player + VLC, for file browser i use X-plore (used to it since S60 nokias )
also if you or anyone here use a program for under volting/clocking which one do you use?

Boeffla's config if you flash the Boeffla's kernel i put with the rom i shared on Gdrive, it has some nice preset to start with also. (aka : exactly what i wrote about in the conversation )

needs to match your kernel. on an S3 i'd suggest boeffla kernel + boefflaconfigv2 (app) - i'm using rXtreme and whatever its latest is (14.1 or 12.1, something like that) and it comes with a stock based rom with lots of awesome addons, and boeffla kernel + config app (goes far beyond mere clock and voltage control)

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA thanks Mussels

 

[Doc41]

Boeffla's config if you flash the Boeffla's kernel i put with the rom i shared on Gdrive, it has some nice preset to start with also.

eh, i flashed that rom but not the kernel, checking in my phone now i saw a "performance" setting and there is some CPU governor profiles inside

 

[GreiverBlade]

yes but Boeffla and the app from the playstore is waaaaayy more efficient for fine tune, specially for battery saving or extreme power with the presets

link to the app in the playstore
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.andip71.boeffla_config_v2&hl=en

 

[Doc41]

hmmm... is it possible to flash the kernel now or i'd have to redo it from the beginning?

 

[Deleted member 24505]

hmmm... is it possible to flash the kernel now or i'd have to redo it from the beginning?

If the kernel matches the rom you are using, it should be no problem flashing it now.

 

[GreiverBlade]

hmmm... is it possible to flash the kernel now or i'd have to redo it from the beginning?

yes and i wrote it in the conversation, a kernel can be flashed anytime : IE for a stock rom you can replace just the kernel if it was compiled for that type of rom, and the one i did put in the zip with the rom you use is a fully compatible one.

 

[Mussels]

as long as its a matching kernel - for example, touchwiz (samsung), cyanogen mod and google edition roms require different kernels - as does 4.2.2/4.3/4.4.

so make sure it matches up (touchwiz + 4.2.2 for example) and you're good to go.

 

[GreiverBlade]

as long as its a matching kernel - for example, touchwiz (samsung), cyanogen mod and google edition roms require different kernels - as does 4.2.2/4.3/4.4.

so make sure it matches up (touchwiz + 4.2.2 for example) and you're good to go.

i did make sure that the selected rom and kernel i ziped and Gdrive'ed to him match 100% hand selected

 

[Mussels]

my dual boot broke for now (fuck knows how i screwed it up) so i'm sticking with just my 4.4 rom now - it random reboots about once a day, but if i think of it as a scheduled task cleaner i'm happy with it

 

[GreiverBlade]

i have a random reboot once in a blue moon on the Temasek's 4.4.1 (V19 already) but turning a "bug" into a feature... that's very positive a scheduled task cleaner ahah, as if a task cleaner would be usefull by any means, i rarely need to free memory and the recent app menu (long press home) has a mem status bar, it actualy act as a kind of memory manager.

 

[Doc41]

Flashed kernel, everything looks smooth for now (except my power button) but there are some pretty nice features in quick settings that make you do without the button.
it sucks that i got used to touchwiz for over a year and suddenly switching made me realize how very different it is from..... well "vanilla android", still need to get used to the app menu, gallery, camera and power management.

oh yeah Greiver, how much different kitkat is from JB other than ART, (which i only know that it somehow handles app execution differently?)

 

[Mussels]

Flashed kernel, everything looks smooth for now (except my power button) but there are some pretty nice features in quick settings that make you do without the button.
it sucks that i got used to touchwiz for over a year and suddenly switching made me realize how very different it is from..... well "vanilla android", still need to get used to the app menu, gallery, camera and power management.

oh yeah Greiver, how much different kitkat is from JB other than ART, (which i only know that it somehow handles app execution differently?)

it all depends. for example on the S4 you can get GE (google edition) and CM in kitkat, but not touchwiz - so changing from touchwiz is a big shock.

CM to CM or GE to GE is fairly similar.

 

[brandonwh64]

I do not know if anyone is still using a Droid razr but there is a nice stable 4.4.1 rom out by CM and it rocks!

 

[GreiverBlade]

it all depends. for example on the S4 you can get GE (google edition) and CM in kitkat, but not touchwiz - so changing from touchwiz is a big shock.

CM to CM or GE to GE is fairly similar.

changing from touchwizz is a big improvement i'd say, instead of shock. TW : heavy, annoying, unpractical but its only my opinion (tho shared by many)

as for the difference from 4.3 to 4.4 i don't know beside ART : improvement are here and some features are added (like Halo but even a 4.3 has it) for me it's a matter of performances and not of features and also because i hate Samsung's ROM beyond rational feeling... the more you go in Android updates the more improvement are made (stock google) then brand tend to f*ck up with their "features" (Samsung but some other too) or get some good features like HTC do but still it's heavy and use a lot of processing/ram just to run in background (ofc Samsung has some interesting features but for me its a minority) i prefer a cm or a pure google no bloat no heavy and hungry for nothing app : just as base plus what i decide to add.

most impressive improvement in 4.4 is the re optimization for terminals with 512mb and a faster execution for Java with ART (once the app will be compatible which is not true for all apps atm) also JB 4.3.3 and under tend to be more stable than KK 4.4/4.4.1/4.4.2 (not totaly true since the ROM i use has nearly no stability problems) so for a "daily driver" a cm10.2 or any rom based on 4.3.3 are good to go


power button problems? what problem? (that question should have been asked before but it seems that it was skiped)

nevermind i answered myself :

Well F***, just found out the cause of the recent restarts because of a failing power button and the warranty ended 20 oct .... so what now

ahahahahahahaha and i thought the problem was coming from the kernel or the rom and i was ready to seek the root of it and try to find a solution.

 

[Doc41]

changing from touchwizz is a big improvement i'd say, instead of shock. TW : heavy, annoying, unpractical but its only my opinion (tho shared by many)

Stock android feels advanced "more like home" ,the downside of getting used to touchwiz is laziness , because most stuff was combined together to make it "easy" for the inexperienced or people new to android (that's what I think atleast)

nevermind i answered myself

ahahaha you even answered the first time, i tore down the phone and drenched the switch with contact cleaner, seems to fixed it temporarily until i receive the new ones (although if i use it more than 5 times it gets stuck again ) that's when quick setting became very usefull as stated in post above
oh and check out my sig

 

[GreiverBlade]

Stock android feels advanced "more like home" ,the downside of getting used to touchwiz is laziness , because most stuff was combined together to make it "easy" for the inexperienced or people new to android (that's what I think atleast)

ahahaha you even answered the first time, i tore down the phone and drenched the switch with contact cleaner, seems to fixed it temporarily until i receive the new ones (although if i use it more than 5 times it gets stuck again ) that's when quick setting became very usefull as stated in post above
oh and check out my sig

ahahah

ah damn MXplayer non compatible with 4.4.2 : not cool ahah it dropped one rank in my list, VLC works so no biggies (plus MXplayer is only average lots of other are "cool" like that one ) ES Explorer works fine (too mainstream) i tend to prefer CM Explorer or Mi File (Mi file has a good UI but i had to extract it from a ROM i can find clones of it in playstore but not the real one)

 

[Deleted member 24505]

ahahah

ah damn MXplayer non compatible with 4.4.2 : not cool ahah it dropped one rank in my list, VLC works so no biggies (plus MXplayer is only average lots of other are "cool" like that one ) ES Explorer works fine (too mainstream) i tend to prefer CM Explorer or Mi File (Mi file has a good UI but i had to extract it from a ROM i can find clones of it in playstore but not the real one)

I use root explorer and Astro myself, I do like MXplayer too.

 

[GreiverBlade]

I use root explorer and Astro myself, I do like MXplayer too.

i don't like it in fact xD but it's a good player tho

 

[Deleted member 24505]

i don't like it in fact xD but it's a good player tho

Is there a better one for videos?