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Hi,
I'm new to flashing my samsung captivate glide and I have tried CM10.1 (4.2.1 android) by dman. I like it and all but at this point I would like to know if there is a ROM out there that could be considered the "best"... in the sense that I don't care what version of android it is but it has to be better than the stock 2.3.6 android that i had stock with my rogers phone. Preferably it should be lighter and faster and uses less battery if possible. Without all the bloatware that rogers installs and it can be any version of android between 2.3.6 and 4.2.1... oh and all functions should work flawlessly (including keyboard lights and bluetooth) Is there a ROM like that here? if so, which one is it?
Thanks
Sounds like u need to go back to 2.3.6 and get a rom from that version for right now.. or root and wipe all bloat urself
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bombermanCC said:
Hi,
I'm new to flashing my samsung captivate glide and I have tried CM10.1 (4.2.1 android) by dman. I like it and all but at this point I would like to know if there is a ROM out there that could be considered the "best"... in the sense that I don't care what version of android it is but it has to be better than the stock 2.3.6 android that i had stock with my rogers phone. Preferably it should be lighter and faster and uses less battery if possible. Without all the bloatware that rogers installs and it can be any version of android between 2.3.6 and 4.2.1... oh and all functions should work flawlessly (including keyboard lights and bluetooth) Is there a ROM like that here? if so, which one is it?
Thanks
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for what you are wanting stick with either stock ics or litetrom ics
I find nothing beats the battery life of osimood 2.3.5. I've also tried Stock ics with bloat removed and lite kernel. It was super fast but battery life was significantly shorter than osimood. I've also tried a few jellybean roms that had battery life similar to ics.
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Thanks
Thanks for you reply guys, I might try the "osimood 2.3.5"
Since I have a Rogers captivate glide and not the AT&T one, and I know Rogers hasn't officially come out with ICS yet, I imagine I will have to use an ICS rom from AT&T if I want to try it. Is the battery life that bad with ICS? Is the official Samsung ICS release rom 100% working? or does it have keyboard light problems like others do? Does bluetooth work?
bombermanCC said:
Thanks for you reply guys, I might try the "osimood 2.3.5"
Since I have a Rogers captivate glide and not the AT&T one, and I know Rogers hasn't officially come out with ICS yet, I imagine I will have to use an ICS rom from AT&T if I want to try it. Is the battery like that bad with ICS? Is the official Samsung ICS release rom 100% working? or does it have keyboard light problems like others do? Does bluetooth work?
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On osimood I feel like I can get 3 days out of a fully charged battery no problem. I don't think I could get 3 days out of ICS. The keyboard backlight has been fixed in ICS and the JB roms. The samsung ICS roms seem 100%, but I don't use bluetooth so I couldn't tell you.
I like dman's 4.1, personally. Currently I'm using thegreatergood's 4.2, but I'm not crazy about a couple things that google has done. For example the lockscreen widgets sound really cool, but recently (living in Canada) I've been obsessed with how cold its been, and having to swipe to get the weather on my lockscreen is kind of annoying.
The important thing to remember here is that there is no best for everyone. Take like a week or two, try the available roms for a couple days each and then settle on something.
To combat your (potential) battery woes, pick up an extended battery. I got one off of ebay for like ten bucks, and so far (1 month in) its been great. I never have to worry about charging during the day anymore. And that's with an hour and a half bus commute (each way) with copious google readering and web browsing and pretty heavy usage besides that. Yeah, it fattens up the phone, but 99% of the time, I don't even notice.
sooo many roms to try!
Thanks for the info.
Can someone give me a link to the 100% working ICS rom (is it dman's 4.1 rom??) or the forum page where the link is? I'm never sure if the rom I'm seeing is the right one or not, there are so many roms here, and variation of roms (like literoms and such)
I would like to try the 100% working ICS rom first
Thanks
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Tyfighter said:
I like dman's 4.1, personally. Currently I'm using thegreatergood's 4.2, but I'm not crazy about a couple things that google has done. For example the lockscreen widgets sound really cool, but recently (living in Canada) I've been obsessed with how cold its been, and having to swipe to get the weather on my lockscreen is kind of annoying.
The important thing to remember here is that there is no best for everyone. Take like a week or two, try the available roms for a couple days each and then settle on something.
To combat your (potential) battery woes, pick up an extended battery. I got one off of ebay for like ten bucks, and so far (1 month in) its been great. I never have to worry about charging during the day anymore. And that's with an hour and a half bus commute (each way) with copious google readering and web browsing and pretty heavy usage besides that. Yeah, it fattens up the phone, but 99% of the time, I don't even notice.
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When it comes to the extended batteries, I had already started shopping on ebay but since they are many chinese brands which I don't know, I was checking out the mugen extended one. I know it's much more expensive but I really like the back cover that comes with it because it has the kickstand integrated to it, which all smarphones should have now IMO. Does anyone know of a chinese ebay brand that has the kickstand on the back cover for the extended battery? I haven't found one yet that does except for the Mugen one. I have been burned in the past many times with cheap batteries from china so i'm a little hesitant to put a cheap p.o.s. battery in my cappy and maybe kill it. Are there any horror stories when it comes to these cheap extended batteries?
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phatryan69 said:
Sounds like u need to go back to 2.3.6 and get a rom from that version for right now.. or root and wipe all bloat urself
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When you say "root and wipe all bloat urself" do you mean manually start deleting folders in the root of the phone ? or are there apps out there that scan you phone and find bloatware and help you delete it?
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Thanks to all
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to say that I have tried many roms as of late (CM 10.1 - 4.2.1 beta 3, the official ICS 4.0.4 release rooted by Dman, and the Osimood 2.3.5). Here are my impressions to help any other people that were like me and didn't know what too choose:
- CM 10.1 (4.2.1 beta 3) ROM is good but buggy and missing bluetooth and keyboard backlite (directly from rom withtout fixing seperately). If you are going to use this rom, might as well try vanilla rootbox.
- Official ICS 4.0.4 ROM rooted by dman is good too, not buggy, but looks and feels a lot like the original gingerbread 2.3.6 that I had in my rogers phone, so what's the point...
- Osimood 2.3.5 ROM is very good if you want to stick with the old gingerbread look, and with added options and apps that you won't find in stock roms.
I finally installed a rom that is the best, in my opinion. The Vanilla RootBox - JB - Android 4.2.1. I've only had it for 24 hours so far, but I've been playing around with it a lot since then and I have to say "well done" to everyone involved in making this rom. Bluetooth is working except for one bug which doesn't affect my personal use of bluetooth, physical keyboard and backlights are working well, Many additional options are included but the rom is small and unbloated. Its very fast and you can even do updates of the rom and gapps directly on the phone, which I find very good. I haven't found any major bugs at all so far, but from my use of my phone, this rom is great and I highly suggest everyone tries it.
I know a lot of devs work hard on their roms and I'm not saying the others are bad roms, They all have their good and bad sides. But for me, vanilla rootbox JB 4.2.1 is the best so far!
Thanks again to everyone that responded to this post and gave me great rom suggestions. This helped me out a lot. :highfive:
Is the Best rom veery faster
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Well, from what I have tested so far, it seems to be the fastest... and if you are rooted, there are overclocking options directly in the system options.
What's said about CM 10.1 from October is not correct now in February 2013.
I flashed(heimdall'd) just the following from thegreatergood's "Stock Firmware" link:
111604076 /external_sd/sam_i927/UCALJ3_i927/hidden.img
12583168 /external_sd/sam_i927/UCALJ3_i927/modem.bin
...then from CWM recovery flashed a zip on sdcard for CM, or AOKP, or Liquid, or RootBox. Liquid has the smallest bytes of /system (factoryfs.img).
...I think there are half a dozen alt modem.bin's with LiteROM. Didn't try flashing any separately.
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3543040 /external_sd/sam_i927/AOKP/boot.img
233515401 /external_sd/sam_i927/AOKP/system.zip
3543040 /external_sd/sam_i927/CM/boot.img
249946522 /external_sd/sam_i927/CM/system.zip
3543040 /external_sd/sam_i927/Liquid/boot.img
153760559 /external_sd/sam_i927/Liquid/system.zip
3543040 /external_sd/sam_i927/RootBox/boot.img
243102706 /external_sd/sam_i927/RootBox/system.zip
4826 /external_sd/sam_i927/VanillaRootBox/system.zip
bombermanCC said:
When you say "root and wipe all bloat urself" do you mean manually start deleting folders in the root of the phone ? or are there apps out there that scan you phone and find bloatware and help you delete it?
Thanks
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If you have root use Titanium Backup it will allow you to remove system apps and all the bloat that comes pre-installed.
Hi there,
I recently purchased a used Galaxy Nexus from eBay after having seen the good spec and for the low price. I have a few questions before I receive the phone and I'd like to know what ROM would be the best to use, I have seen a stable Cyanogenmod is this the best? Also, I have seen some questions around issues on battery life, has anyone using this ROM had any problems and if so what advice could you give?
I have previously owned the Orange SF 1 and 2 and was not satisfied with battery life after having changed the ROM etc. and I don't want to have those issues with this phone. So, I appreciate any help I can get with my questions, thanks!!
Every single rom I've used has pretty much been the same with battery. The battery on the galaxy nexus isn't the best. That's how it was built. No rom is going to magically make it better. Any difference in battery you get will be minimal and depend more on how you use your phone. I suggest try out some ROM and kernel combinations and see what works for you. There are plenty to chose from and honestly, they are all good. You aren't going to get one single answer from everyone here.
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Every single rom I've used has pretty much been the same with battery. The battery on the galaxy nexus isn't the best. That's how it was built. No rom is going to magically make it better. Any difference in battery you get will be minimal and depend more on how you use your phone. I suggest try out some ROM and kernel combinations and see what works for you. There are plenty to chose from and honestly, they are all good. You aren't going to get one single answer from everyone here.
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Thanks for your reply. All right, does the battery for you last on a day to day basis? I don't want to mess about with ROMs too much, I am looking for that one ROM that would be most stable and I won't have to change. What is the stock Android like on the Nexus, also I have seen "PARANOIDANDROID" to be very popular so is that good, what do you use? Thanks again!
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Thanks for your reply. All right, does the battery for you last on a day to day basis? I don't want to mess about with ROMs too much, I am looking for that one ROM that would be most stable and I won't have to change. What is the stock Android like on the Nexus, also I have seen "PARANOIDANDROID" to be very popular so is that good, what do you use? Thanks again!
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I am not one to answer these questions. I work at a desk all day with a charger in my phone pretty much the whole day so battery has never been an issue. But if you arent doing a lot to your phone all day like streaming music and movies and gaming then you should be fine. As for your other question, I have been on a different ROM every week since 4.3 came out. lol. All of them are nice and smooth and good ROMs. If you like a lot of features, go with Paranoid Android. If you like minimal stock go with Cyanogenmod or any other AOSP ROM. Stock isnt all that bad either though. Its like I said, try some out and find what you like. As long as you know what you are doing, you shouldnt have any problems flashing a bunch of stuff. Thats the fun part anyway.
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I am not one to answer these questions. I work at a desk all day with a charger in my phone pretty much the whole day so battery has never been an issue. But if you arent doing a lot to your phone all day like streaming music and movies and gaming then you should be fine. As for your other question, I have been on a different ROM every week since 4.3 came out. lol. All of them are nice and smooth and good ROMs. If you like a lot of features, go with Paranoid Android. If you like minimal stock go with Cyanogenmod or any other AOSP ROM. Stock isnt all that bad either though. Its like I said, try some out and find what you like. As long as you know what you are doing, you shouldnt have any problems flashing a bunch of stuff. Thats the fun part anyway.
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All right, okay. Thanks a lot for your answers, you've helped a lot and I will try different the two ROM's when I get my Galaxy Nexus later today. I am liking Paranoid Android so far but I can see its got quite a few versions, is the latest one 3.97 stable? Sorry for all the questions, I really appreciate you taking time to answer them.
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All right, okay. Thanks a lot for your answers, you've helped a lot and I will try different the two ROM's when I get my Galaxy Nexus later today. I am liking Paranoid Android so far but I can see its got quite a few versions, is the latest one 3.97 stable? Sorry for all the questions, I really appreciate you taking time to answer them.
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Higher number means newer version..
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Higher number means newer version..
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Lol I know that, I was asking if the latest version 3.97 was stable or not. Got my Galaxy Nexus today and its on stock 4.2.2, so going to try a few ROM's later on to get it to 4.3 just wanted to know about the stability of Paranoid Android.
Nifty3 said:
Lol I know that, I was asking if the latest version 3.97 was stable or not. Got my Galaxy Nexus today and its on stock 4.2.2, so going to try a few ROM's later on to get it to 4.3 just wanted to know about the stability of Paranoid Android.
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I cant think of any unstable ROMs that we have. The good thing about the Galaxy Nexus is that the developers dont have to do any workarounds to get things working. Its a completely unlocked phone with all the tools for developing available for them. So all the ROMs that are made pretty much have everything working in it.
EDIT: Oh, and just make sure you use the ROM that is made for your device. If you have the unlocked GSM version, you need ROMs made for "Maguro".
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I cant think of any unstable ROMs that we have. The good thing about the Galaxy Nexus is that the developers dont have to do any workarounds to get things working. Its a completely unlocked phone with all the tools for developing available for them. So all the ROMs that are made pretty much have everything working in it.
EDIT: Oh, and just make sure you use the ROM that is made for your device. If you have the unlocked GSM version, you need ROMs made for "Maguro".
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Thanks a lot for all your help! Since, I have installed Cyanogenmod and stuck to Android 4.2, as ParanoidAndroid wasn't for me. I have also used the Touchwiz UI and it looks great. The battery life I am happy with it even though it does go down a little more than average, but it's fine for me. Thanks again, great phone!
I am thinking about a new tablet since mine got water damage. I want the new Nexus tab, but if I can get this for the right price I will have it as a backup with the Nexus comes out.
Hows Battery Life?
Is it possible to install the GPE software and how easy is it?
Anything I should know about the pad since I havent looked into it at all, just love the size and want on screen buttons so Sammy devices are out.
Scythe024 said:
I am thinking about a new tablet since mine got water damage. I want the new Nexus tab, but if I can get this for the right price I will have it as a backup with the Nexus comes out.
Hows Battery Life?
Is it possible to install the GPE software and how easy is it?
Anything I should know about the pad since I havent looked into it at all, just love the size and want on screen buttons so Sammy devices are out.
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Regarding the battery life, for the price, its not really bad. I would recommend rooting it right away though to increase the battery life. Using stock, I was able to get about 6-7 hours playing The MMO, Avabel, which is pretty intensive graphics wise. I would recommend installing slimkat ROM + greenify to further increase battery life. Havent been able to test how much improvement I got as I let my wife borrow it for a while.
Regarding your second question, I believe you want to convert the regular V500 to the GPE V510 version. There have already been numerous threads on the forums discussing this. So far, it looks like some radios are not working, most notably, WIFI. and is buggy. You can do a search on the forums to view the current status. What I am using is Slimkat, which is pretty close to AOSP and very good when it comes to battery life.
Regarding the last question, I've had mine for only 2 weeks and thus far, Im enjoying it. the bazels are small, the tablet itself feels well made, and performance wise, its pretty good for its current price point. On the negative side, the speakers doesn't sound very nice and are at the back. Would have been better if it was on the front. The screen is not too bright when using outdoors, and the camera is pretty crappy (although we don't really use the tablet as a camera as often as a smartphone so shouldn't be a biggy). However I got mine for about $225 (US) brand new and for the price point, I can hardly find anything save for the nexus 7 that can beat it, performance wise. Ran an antutu benchmark right after installing slimkat on it and actually scores higher than the note 2. Not bad for a $225 tablet, in full HD.
Hope this helps.
Firstly, I love it!!
Still makes me laugh that it's called GPad (lawsuit from Apple anyone)
Battery is better than my mobile ph ^^
Build quality is awesome!!
Mine was dirt cheap (brand new) $299 NZD.
Apparently there's a brightness bug (haven't noticed yet)...
Getting it rooted and ready for custom roms is/was a bit of a mission (if you OTA update to 4.4.2, mine came with 4.2.2 on board).
A few custom roms available - much of a muchness at present.
Needs some custom rom variety, for sure.
If you can get it cheap (like me) I'd jump at the chance!
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King_Rat said:
Firstly, I love it!!
Still makes me laugh that it's called GPad (lawsuit from Apple anyone)
Battery is better than my mobile ph ^^
Build quality is awesome!!
Mine was dirt cheap (brand new) $299 NZD.
Apparently there's a brightness bug (haven't noticed yet)...
Getting it rooted and ready for custom roms is/was a bit of a mission (if you OTA update to 4.4.2, mine came with 4.2.2 on board).
A few custom roms available - much of a muchness at present.
Needs some custom rom variety, for sure.
If you can get it cheap (like me) I'd jump at the chance!
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Yeah it definitely could use more custom ROMS. Unfortunately though it doesn't look like there are too many devs interested yet. Hopefully the demand gets higher. My slimkat doesn't even have a stable release yet. On their official page, it says no tester or something like that. There are some CM nightlies, pac man, and CMB roms available though. Tried CMB but has some app compatibility issues so went with AOSP-based ROM for maximum compatibility.
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Yeah it definitely could use more custom ROMS. Unfortunately though it doesn't look like there are too many devs interested yet. Hopefully the demand gets higher. My slimkat doesn't even have a stable release yet. On their official page, it says no tester or something like that. There are some CM nightlies, pac man, and CMB roms available though. Tried CMB but has some app compatibility issues so went with AOSP-based ROM for maximum compatibility.
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Trying CM11 by infected_ and it's n-i-i-c-c-e-e-!-!-!
Brightness bug on boot - anyway to fix??
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Scythe024 said:
Is it possible to install the GPE software and how easy is it?
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If you want the GPE software, why don't you buy the Google Play Edition. Used ones available on Swappa and eBay.
cam30era said:
If you want the GPE software, why don't you buy the Google Play Edition. Used ones available on Swappa and eBay.
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There's a gpad on Craigslist for $200 nearby and didn't see any gpe on swappa. I know it's fairly easy to make the M8 run gpe software, so I was curious if it's as easy for the gpad
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Scythe024 said:
There's a gpad on Craigslist for $200 nearby and didn't see any gpe on swappa. I know it's fairly easy to make the M8 run gpe software, so I was curious if it's as easy for the gpad
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You can run GPE ROM on V500, but it's not really useable. WiFi doesn't work. Hardware is just enough different that drivers won't work. Devs spent a lot of time on this early this year and hit a brick wall. I sold my V500 and purchased a GPE, and I don't regret the change. Keep watching swappa and eBay. One will show up before long.
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Trying CM11 by infected_ and it's n-i-i-c-c-e-e-!-!-!
Brightness bug on boot - anyway to fix??
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Ive tried CMB. CM based ROMS are awesome, but the app incompatibility is a deal breaker for me because a few of my apps are in that list. So I stayed with slimkat AOSP based ROM. Never looked back ever since. If only franco kernel is compatible with our tablet, im all set.
Well maybe if the GPE ROM gets ported if and whenever that will happen
EDIT: Im also looking for a fix for the brightness bug on my slimkat. The LEDs appear off but I just double tap my power button to fix anyway. Not really a major peeve for me. Though a fix is very much welcome
Broke my current phone and will have to use my old Desire for a couple of weeks. Last time I used it I remember Oxygen based roms were the fastest by far. Is this still true, or is the new kitkat a true contender?
I tĥink I used a rom called nicks phone.. anyone still use it? Although when I booted up the phone a few minutes ago it had Mildwild on, but totally unconfigured so I dont think ive really used it. Seems a bit sluggish though so i will want to install something else.
So I guess super fast and snappy are my only wishes. Old or new version of android, extra features, etc doesnt matter.
As a general rule, gingerbread AOSP ROMs were 'fastest' and most stable for Desire
As a more universal rule however, it's better to try different ROMs for your usage and preferences. Others can only really give their experiences with different setups etc, and their definition of fast, stable, "amazing battery" will differ massively.
- Nandroid backup
- Full wipe install new rom
- Test
- (Optional: repeat/restore backup)
- Make up mind
I used to care about getting the latest android version, but ICS and beyond the camera was unusable and everything was just laggy. I moved back to gingerbread and have been using mildwild's rom based on oxygen for over a year. It doesn't contain very much customization, but its stable and as snappy as we're going to get on such an old phone. No one's really developing for the desire anymore so I've decided to just stop playing around with other roms since this one doesn't give me any problems. Here's a link to the rom
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I used to care about getting the latest android version, but ICS and beyond the camera was unusable and everything was just laggy. I moved back to gingerbread and have been using mildwild's rom based on oxygen for over a year. It doesn't contain very much customization, but its stable and as snappy as we're going to get on such an old phone. No one's really developing for the desire anymore so I've decided to just stop playing around with other roms since this one doesn't give me any problems. Here's a link to the rom
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Thanks, just the kind of input I was looking for. Just flashed the rom and the update andit seems Lightning fast. But I cannot start Play store as it crashes. Did you experience this issue?
Could I just flash latest gapps on this install?
Had to remove the Mildwild rom because there was no way to fix Play store. Ended up installing the rom Nicks Phone instead. Blazing fast and everything works perfect. Its also based on Oxygen and I really recommend it.
Link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1521514
I have no problems with the playstore
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Broke my current phone and will have to use my old Desire for a couple of weeks. Last time I used it I remember Oxygen based roms were the fastest by far. Is this still true, or is the new kitkat a true contender?
I tĥink I used a rom called nicks phone.. anyone still use it? Although when I booted up the phone a few minutes ago it had Mildwild on, but totally unconfigured so I dont think ive really used it. Seems a bit sluggish though so i will want to install something else.
So I guess super fast and snappy are my only wishes. Old or new version of android, extra features, etc doesnt matter.
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Try a stock rooted rom with a2sd. E.g Gingerbread 2.3.3, there are many available and everything works.
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I'm using official oxygen ROM and it's still by far the fastest. Kk Roms all slow down and become unstable after a few days.
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Someone can give me link to oxygen rom i cant find working mirror
I can't remember where I found it. I had to search a bit. Took me even longer to find the track pad to wake mod.
I would upload a copy but I don't have a home internet plan and am really low on data right now.
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350Rocket said:
I'm using official oxygen ROM and it's still by far the fastest. Kk Roms all slow down and become unstable after a few days.
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For me, evervolv has done a great job. Here is the link
It is almost as snappy as oxygen and plus it has the latest android technology. No added lag after a few days whatsoever.
If Nikez fixes the kernel to be a 3.x one I think we will have a winner.
So for me, Oxygen comes first and Evervolv's KitKat comes second in terms of performance.
But I still have updated to Evervolv since Desire is now a good backup device for me that I use as a GPS etc.
I'm still on oxygen. Weeks now as my daily driver work phone and it's fast and stable. Leaving my n5 at home to keep it safe.
Unless someone can honestly say that stability has changed leaps and bounds in the past couple months then I see now point in going through the frustration of any regularly crashing kk rom on the desire. I think it's come as far as possible and just can't run the new stuff.
I'm really hoping the newer stuff like my n5 will be different and able to work reliably in a couple more years on up to date software. Hardware wise my desire is holding up like new after almost 4 years. I hate to toss it while its still good.
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Hopefully I'm not the only one here... But I have actually switched back to 4.2.2.. It works well, no RR's or FC's.. I have a stable device again. Just for kicks and chats... Anyone else do the same or going to do the same?
tribalartgod said:
Hopefully I'm not the only one here... But I have actually switched back to 4.2.2.. It works well, no RR's or FC's.. I have a stable device again. Just for kicks and chats... Anyone else do the same or going to do the same?
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I could never live with 4.2. I have the newest paranoid android on my t989. No fc, fast as hell. Only issue is a slight 2 second wake lag. Id rather deal with that than use 4.2.
I have found 4.2 to be very buggy on this phone, tried several ROMs earlier this year and had problems with every single one. So add that plus losing many of the new themes it's not worth it. BTW on better battery life some always try to say it has, that is nothing more than placebo.