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Besonderes; a Touchwiz Android 4.4 ROM for Galaxy S3

arter97

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Besonderes; a Touchwiz Android 4.4 ROM for Galaxy S3​


/* Introduction */


Korean devs has gathered up again to bring up stable, fast ROM for Galaxy S3.
This time, tasty Android 4.4 KitKat meets the Galaxy S3.

Besonderes(pronounced bəˈzɔndɐs), means "special" in German.

/* Overview */

Touchwiz Android 4.4 for Exynos Galaxy S3
Ported from Galaxy Note 2(N7100) firmware
Every major functions working
Havily debloated
De-KNOXed
Deodexed, zipaligned, uncompressed
Status-bar, Lock-screen, Launcher from Galaxy S5
Full-screen dialer

/* Working lists */

Every telephony functions including in-call audio, signal strength
Every sensors including auto-rotation, NFC, bluetooth

/* Disclaimer */

Your warranty is now void.
I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this ROM
before flashing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you. Hard. A lot.

/* Warning */

Redistributing, modifying, fetching, extracting files used within this project or integrating with other files is strictly prohibited with no exceptions.
Making mirrors, re-uploading to another servers are strictly prohibited with no exceptions.

/* Supported device */

Galaxy S3 3G International (GT-I9300)
Galaxy S3 SK-3G (SHW-M440S)

/* What you need to know */

'Opensource' does not mean 'no-respect'
Leave credits to original developers

/* Contact */

Email : [email protected]
Twitter : @arter97_dev

/* etc */

The ROM file does not contains any kernel.
Please install arter97 kernel.

This ROM is heavily debloated.
If you need any System App restored, write a request post with reason on the XDA developers page.

This ROM supports dual-booting with arter97 kernel.

BusyBox or Superuser is not included!

/* Downloads */

http://iencoder.co.kr/android/s3_kitkat.htm

/* Screenshots */

Lock-screen : http://arter97.iptime.org:8080/android/images/screenshots/Screenshot_2014-05-19-21-50-08.png
Launcher : http://arter97.iptime.org:8080/android/images/screenshots/Screenshot_2014-05-19-21-50-28.png
Status-bar : http://arter97.iptime.org:8080/android/images/screenshots/Screenshot_2014-05-19-21-50-37.png
Quickpanel : http://arter97.iptime.org:8080/android/images/screenshots/Screenshot_2014-05-19-21-50-44.png
Dialer : http://arter97.iptime.org:8080/android/images/screenshots/Screenshot_2014-05-19-21-50-52.png

/* Installation */

1. Install ClockworkMod(or PhilZ) recovery
2. Put ROM and kernel on your SD card
3. Enter recovery
4. Perform a full data wipe(except you're running previous versions of Besonder)
5. Flash ROM
6. Flash kernel
7. Flash SuperSU (http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu)

XDA:DevDB Information
Besonderes; a Touchwiz Android 4.4 ROM for Galaxy S3, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S III I9300

Contributors
arter97, sktjdgns1189, James.D™
ROM OS Version: 4.4.x KitKat
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x
ROM Firmware Required: Touchwiz Android 4.4 supported kernel
Based On: Galaxy Note 2(N7100) Touchwiz

Version Information
Status: Beta
Current Beta Version: V2
Beta Release Date: 2014-05-20

Created 2014-05-19
Last Updated 2014-05-20
 

sktjdgns1189

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Credits

/* Credits */

(Park Ju Hyung) @arter97
Wi-Fi fix
Sdcard fix
In-call audio fix
ROM-side sensor fix
Auto-rotation fix
Framework fix #1
APN fix for SHW-M440S
Galaxy S5's SystemUI portion
Galaxy S5's Keyguard portion
Galaxy S5's Lock-screen unlock effect portion #2
Snapdragon Galaxy S3's Phone app portion
Zipalign and uncompress
ACL tools for recovery installation

(Ra Sung Hun) @sktjdgns1189
Initial kernel and ramdisk bring-up
Kernel-side sensor fix
Kernel-side GPS fix
Kernel-side RIL fix
Kernel-side nod fix

(Lee Jae Hun) @James.D™
Deodex
Galaxy S5's Lock-screen unlock effect portion #1
Galaxy S5's Launcher portion
Framework fix #2

@Yank555-lu
Pointing out error in the original project name ;P

@JustArchi
Baseband error fix (cbd's shared library)
 
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arter97

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Changelog

/* Changelog */

V2
Fixed baseband issues with i9300 users
Fixed dalvikvm potential battery, performance drain
Fixed "Data usage" crash
Fixed "Wallpaper setting" crash
Fixed "Popping color" unlock effect sound not being played
Fixed majority of Wi-Fi issues
Fixed typo of the original project name ;P

V1
Initial release to XDA developers
 
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arter97

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/* Known issues */

Rare kernel panic due to arter97 kernel not fully supporting block ioctls from N7100 ROMs (planned to fix soon)
Rare graphic glitches due to incompatible mali drivers (fix planned when Samsung releases N7100's KK kernel source)
Some users may experience Wi-Fi issues (see below)
Cannot dial internal services like *#0*# (not planned to fix)
Lock-screen unlock effects: "Blind", "Circle axis" will not save, and reset on every boot
Nothing major anymore, will be ready for a daily driver :D

/* Wi-Fi issue */

Some users with MAC-address not recognized by macloader will experience Wi-Fi connection issues.
If so, type "echo 'murata' > /data/.cid.info" from the terminal with root permissions.
If it still doesn't work, try changing "murata" to "semcosh" or "semcove".
 

Sulaimanshariff

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@arter97 I'm damn impatient to try your piece but then i normally get 5mbps speed that is the least most of the time and now I'm getting 10kbps hardly anything wrong??? [emoji33][emoji33][emoji33]already read your post should i cancel the download the fix on your servers will take time???

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
 

Håvi

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@arter97 Could you please post some mirrors? It is going very slow.

I am only getting 3,7 kbs and more people hve said that they dont have good speed

BR

Good mirrors ar DevHost And Mediafire
 

arter97

Recognized Developer
Oct 14, 2012
3,752
33,625
0
23
Seoul
@arter97 I'm damn impatient to try your piece but then i normally get 5mbps speed that is the least most of the time and now I'm getting 10kbps hardly anything wrong??? [emoji33][emoji33][emoji33]already read your post should i cancel the download the fix on your servers will take time???

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
Cancel it for now, it's the first time we've ever uploaded something this big to our servers.