Hey Everyone, been a member here for quite sometime, although just recently (within the week) upgraded from the Motorola Triumph to the Samsung Galaxy S3, also sorry for the length lol its been awhile since ive posted and im excited with new devices
was currently debating installing this rom, i ran some form of CM on my triumph for almost the entire time i owned it (G60's Cm most of the time), really like the customization options they tend to give the user and the overall quality of their roms and also just personally liked that they for awhile atleast left the coding that allowed using ADW as default system launcher giving it its own setting option in the setting tab
Currently im running the Stock MK5 Deodexed and im pretty happy with it except the limits to customize which i dont really understand lol, some apps or mods can effect some things while others cannot, perfect ex. Xblaster tools can change the systems font color but cannot effect the notification bar toggle area almost at all, and wanam kit can change almost everything about the notification bar but cannot effect the system font color
Anyway, i had some questions about both this rom and the phone in general
I trolled thru the pages of this thread and saw many with issues many without issues, ppl in between, ppl who used fixes to fix issues, and ppl who say the fixes are included
1. Does all the important stuff work, 3g,4g,wifi,text,calls,mms??
2. Besides the Rom itself and the Gapps is there anything else i should or need to download (Relating to #1) ??
3. most likely like almost every CM rom this probably runs much faster then stock so how is battery drain??
4. If going from the MK5 Deodexed Rom to this would there be any Special instructions needed?
My Questions about the phone itself, ive been reading thru about Knox and the different phone versions, MG2,MK5,MK7, etc. and the OTA update and i still dont think i get it completely
almost every thread ive seen i believe they said if i have downloaded the OTA update making my phone MK5 Android 4.3 that i Cannot really do anything or flash anything but i believe that has now changed correct?
cause i used the Rooting MK5 4.3 guide after downlaoding the OTA update and put on philz recovery, the deodexed rom and supersu without issue
also i read brittons thread on Knox info and saw he posted a picture of what a knoxed phone looks like in download mod, mine doesn't have the Knoxed line of codes mine states
Odin Mode
Product name: SPH-L710
Custom Binary Download: Yes (1 Count)
Current Binary: Custom
System Status: Custom
Qualcomm Secureboot: Enabled
Warranty Bit: 1
Bootloader AP SWREV: 1
i also dont get why the binary count says 1 ??, ive flashed the phone atleast 4 different times, all with the MK5 Deodexed rom and Xposed framework each time, just ended up installing mods the phone couldn't run and bootlooping and starting fresh
again sry for the length lol
