hey guys, I just flashed recovery back to touchwiz 4.3 after flash CM 11 but didn't like it. After recovery, my default alarm tone (which is always over the horizon) has changed to beep once. Getting annoying to change it back everytime I set a alarm, how do I solve it?

what rom is recommended for gaming (psp/ps1 emulator) and simple nice design? I've tried CM 11 and its good but just a lil buggy, and revolutionary s5 v3 - nice simple s5 design but laggy and buggy as hell

This post has been edited by diversity: Apr 14 2014, 11:13 PM

Guys I was at Galaxy S5 Mini Rom, and I flashed official 4.3 stock rom to recover. The thing is, after that I re-rooted but I couldn't enter into recovery mode using recovery tools (TWRP) anymore. However everything is working fine, is it one of the symptoms of soft brick? I can still enter into download mode. P/S: I did not unroot before flashing stock rom, it was a mistake on my part.

Apologies.

First I rooted my S3 for the first time & flashed using TWRP to Galaxy S5 Mini Custom Rom. And then because the rom is too laggy for me, I decided to revert to the original stock rom. As I did not have a backup, I specifically went online to download the official stock rom 4.3 @ sammobile (made sure is the international Malaysian one). I flashed the official stock rom by download mode using ODIN IN MY PC. Everything went well, phone works perfectly for everything. But now the issue is, I am unable to go into TWRP recovery mode even though I have re-rooted my phone after I have flashed the official stock rom, I was wondering could the main reason be that I did not un-root my S3 first before flashing the official stock rom via ODIN. Could this be soft brick?

Thank you for your time.

This post has been edited by diversity: Apr 25 2014, 02:45 PM

I can boot, everything works. I can't go into the TWRP recovery mode, even with TWRP installed. Download mode isn't a problem as well

I'm sorry, aware that my previous post was very confusing!

This is actually the more clear version :


First I rooted my S3 for the first time & flashed using TWRP to Galaxy S5 Mini Custom Rom. And then because the rom is too laggy for me, I decided to revert to the original stock rom. As I did not have a backup, I specifically went online to download the official stock rom 4.3 @ sammobile (made sure is the international Malaysian one). I flashed the official stock rom by download mode using ODIN IN MY PC. Everything went well, phone works perfectly for everything. But now the issue is, I am unable to go into TWRP recovery mode even though I have re-rooted my phone after I have flashed the official stock rom, I was wondering could the main reason be that I did not un-root my S3 first before flashing the official stock rom via ODIN. Could this be soft brick?


thank you for your time bro

Thank you once again. Um how come I need to flash TWRP recovery ah? Previously I just root and download Recovery Tools from play store then can already. Pardon me for my noob-ness

stock recover = download mode right?
Recovery mode still cannot use for TWRP (Recovery tools @ Playstore), I've downloaded other boot recovery programs all also cannot use

Thanks bro

I checked using root checker pro, got root. Tried various root programs and it's working fine. I think I said the wrong thing already, when I mean can't go into TWRP recovery it refers to your ii. I think. I always call it TWRP as I download this program called Recovery Tools from playstore, and when I use their reboot recovery it goes into Teamwin Project menu that one. So now I can't go into the recovery mode for that. Just to be clear... Not just for Recovery Tools, I tried other recovery softwares from playstore such as Quick Boot as well, does it go into recovery mode also. Only normal samsung download mode can. How like this

Below is what I get when I go into boot recovery modes for Recovery Tools (TWRP) & Quick Boot

This post has been edited by diversity: Apr 25 2014, 06:59 PM


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Much gratitude, I will try this later. Once again, pardon my stupidity and blur-ness

Thanks dude it worked!
May I ask, if I wanna flash stock rom via ODIN, do I need to make a fullwipe via TWRP first?

you mean flash using odin, and then once in stock just factory reset? won't the previous os still be there ah

For the triangle away, do I need to just download the APK file from xda or do I need the param.tar as well, whats the param file for ah?
thx dude anyway
May I know what custom rom are you using?

This post has been edited by diversity: Apr 28 2014, 05:36 PM

I thought slimkat provides its own kernel? Mine is 3.0.80+ autobuild@slimautobuild #1
is it the correct one?

You da man!
I've browsed through XDA forum, they said downgrading from 4.3 to 4.1+ is risky as it might brick your phone. Why is that ah? I remember I flashed the cynogenmod 11 last time (4.4.2) and since its buggy I reverted back to stock rom via TWRP restore backup, no issue also...

Hi Slimkat users, got some questions..

1) For the close task manager apps, I can only one by one to close all apps, does the ROM have like stock rom's one button to close all? kind of annoying need one by one do
2) Does the google now launcher enable me to customize the drawer to 4x5? when I changed the DPI did alter a bit now its 4x6. But this is small issue for me actually
3) The touchsounds are not working at all - no touchsound when typing /clicking at all? I like touch sounds like the touchwiz stock bubble sound
4) Samsung functions compatibility - such as smart stay/smart pause etc, can I make it work?

Thanks!

This post has been edited by diversity: May 1 2014, 07:37 PM

1) it worked !! wow I would never know about that
2) I like nova launcher as well, but the google search bar doesn't have the 'ok google' function, impresses my ifag friends
3) yeah I ticked those boxes already, but still doesn't have any sounds, does yours have?

This post has been edited by diversity: May 1 2014, 11:16 PM

restarted still the same
all sounds work fine, except the touch sounds/ keyboard typing sounds etc

Do your touch sounds work? I notice when I viewed those tutorial videos on installation of Slim kat rom after finish they don't have those as well. So I'm wondering whether it's set that way or what

I was quite some time @ revolutionary s5, whatsapp not working, but there is a very troublesome solution stated in the pages of the xda thread. The rom was also not well planned lol IMO, gaps between the notification bar and home screen, lack of customization etc. Somemore the developer also takes hell long to even solve minor issues. Galaxy S5 mini rom IMO is way better in terms of stability, but just the laggyness turns me off

enable root under settings first, then go playstore download texdroider_dpi, set DPI to 320 and restart.

Just flash custom rom bro, already gave up on stock rom. If s4/s5 I wouldn't la, cause I wanna use the smart functions. But for our s3 the smart functions we can download apps for it already can d.