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feel gives the best performance and best battery life? There are so many to choose from and I hate flashing one, setting all my crap back up and flashing another. I am on Baked Snacks 1.7 now, as of 11pm lastnight. So far it's nice. Not much diff from 1.5 I was on. I like SenseUI, so I want roms with it.
I hear good things about CM6, but it sounds complicated to install.
I'm running Stock De-odexed right now but I working on my own based off the new OTA. For me, CM6 wasn't hard to install - all I had to do was flash it with ClockworkMod and it worked OotB.
Well, if you want SenseUI, I wouldn't go with CM6 since it's more of an AOSP rom. Check out Fresh 3.2, that's as Sense as it can get with really great battery life (IMHO), on a stock "unreleased" kernel. I've been running Fresh roms since the beginning and still loving it.
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feel gives the best performance and best battery life? There are so many to choose from and I hate flashing one, setting all my crap back up and flashing another. I am on Baked Snacks 1.7 now, as of 11pm lastnight. So far it's nice. Not much diff from 1.5 I was on. I like SenseUI, so I want roms with it.
I hear good things about CM6, but it sounds complicated to install.
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CM6 is probably the fastest, not sure about battery life. CM6 is not sense and its also not complicated to install. You just need to flash the google apps as well as the CM6 rom. You can do them both at the same time then reboot. No big deal. However CM6 has no sense and thus can be pretty diffrent and raw feeling at first. If you like sense and you want to try CM6 try out launcher pro with CM6 I hear they got some great sense like widgets, plus you can get some sense like widgets on the market. Other good options are Damage Control and Fresh both are great roms with plenty of options. Baked snacks is good though too so really its hard to say whats the best. It really does come down to prefrence.
Personaly I run CM6 and I use ADW launcher. Its fast, and battery life is great. The options in CM6 are awesome and the options with ADW launcher are awesome as well. However if you go with CM6 you are going to want to play with the settings, it will help you get to know the rom and setting it up will really allow you to apricaite it.
Also I dont use a task kill and I dont recomened using one. However, I have heard good things about juice defender and people are starting to swear by it for battery life. Personaly I get a full day plus depending on usage, so I dont use it. I just make sure to charge my phone before I wake up.
CM6 + Juice Defender + Ultimate Juice is where I keep landing. I've tried several roms, but that combo works best for me. Fast, stable, and I get 22 - 30 hours out of my battery depending on usage.
Yes, CM is lacking 4g and HDMI out, not a big deal for me. The benefits FAAAAAARRRRR outweigh those two things.
Fresh 3.2, everything works
Good info, guys. I have been considering Fresh 3.2...I have been reading that thread quite a bit.
Do you have to flash the kernel separately from the rom on 3.2??
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Good info, guys. I have been considering Fresh 3.2...I have been reading that thread quite a bit.
Do you have to flash the kernel separately from the rom on 3.2??
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Every rom haas it's own kernel, some come with modded custom kernels, others are just stock. As long as you make sure it's compatible with the rom you are using you can always flash a custom kernel later.
Some guy told me earlier that the first 10% of the EVO battery drains away quick, which mine does. You don't start juding battery like until 90%. Anyone else heard this?
I have tried several roms. cm6 is nice but too many issues right now ie 4g, hdmi, mms broken.
I finally found a good rom; check it out.
[ROM] VaelPak v2.0 (9/6/10) -NonSense -[HTC#7][BFS][OC][UV][FPSU] -3.28.651.1 OTA
This rom you can choose sense or aosp apps and 3 launchers which awd launcher is the only real choice. If you choose awd you might want to change the settings to scroll the apps vertical. And of course this being a htc rom it has the stock bluetooth stack.
I'm using the v2.0 with Kings BFS8 Kernel (9/6/10) -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755074
elapshtc said:
I have tried several roms. cm6 is nice but too many issues right now ie 4g, hdmi, mms broken.
I finally found a good rom; check it out.
[ROM] VaelPak v2.0 (9/6/10) -NonSense -[HTC#7][BFS][OC][UV][FPSU] -3.28.651.1 OTA
This rom you can choose sense or aosp apps and 3 launchers which awd launcher is the only real choice. If you choose awd you might want to change the settings to scroll the apps vertical. And of course this being a htc rom it has the stock bluetooth stack.
I'm using the v2.0 with Kings BFS8 Kernel (9/6/10) -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755074
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Vaelpak is a good balance between sense and aosp. I use Launcherpro.
I don't know which to use I only care about battery life lol all roms feel the same to me, I would use sprint lovers but I don't want it to have the notification power control, anyone know how to use it?
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Wow...Is there a question in there?
All the ROM's feel the same to you? Try Warm or Cyanogen. Best ROM's ever.
not quite sure what you are asking here... i'll be vague as well... use which ever ROM you try out that you like the best
try vaelpak rom, www.vaelek.com , you won't find better dev. support
even has a special settings app for it in the market for free called vaelpak settings check out the screen shots in market
Best battery life and the best rom is MIUI, hands down
If you want sense then mikfroyo is the way to go
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I don't know which to use I only care about battery life lol all roms feel the same to me, I would use sprint lovers but I don't want it to have the notification power control, anyone know how to use it?
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If you are only looking at those 2 roms i would say fresh. You say you dont want notification bar power controls.... almost every custom rom now has this.
Calk's Evio rom does have a mod that you can flash to remove it. It probably will work for any sense rom but i would nand droid first since this is untested. Additionally if the rom you use is themed it will likely remove the theme. Personally i am a fan of Evio and The New Koni's Elite Rom is out standing. Almost all sense roms are going to feel the same the fact is they are built off the same base. The only real difference is tweaks made for performance and the theme they put on. The tweaks wont visibly see they are behind the scenes the theme you will.
your last option is to read the post on how to modify the framework to get the notification bar work in reverse and remove it yourself.
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Best battery life and the best rom is MIUI, hands down
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I would totally disagree with that statement.
I for one love having an app drawer instead home screens with blank spots, and 100% working bluetooth, and receiving MMS, and using HDMI...but then again that is just me.
MIUI is a new and exciting concept, and every release they put out i flash it on my phone until i realize that it's still broken to the point that i don't want to use it anymore (usually 1 day), and then i flash back to FRESH or some other sense rom with a SBC kernel.
Oh and working USB tether is a MUST for me! Which MIUI does NOT do...at least not with WinXP machines.
I agree MIUI is a very different rom but i would not go so far as saying it is the best rom. In fact i dont think anyone can say what the best rom is because it is all personal preference.
Personally i didnt like MIUI
i totally agree. i need to start cooking roms. cuz every rom i try, even stock i have something visual or performance wise wrong. but i did enjoy fresh over sprint lovers fyi
K thanks guys sprint lovers wouldn't boot up
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Whoa, all roms feel the same to you? I'm almost blown away by this comment. How long have you been using the Evo and messing with roms?
I agree with someone else here, MIUI is my favorite. Ava has my favorite sense rom.
God, so many great ROMs! I have a small selection that I put on my phone and those that I root for others.
My preferred custom Sense ROMs (not necessarily better or worse than any others) are EViO and Azrael, each slightly different but both great. Using EViO tonight.
Preferred Stock-ish ROM would be StockTurbo. Perfect for people like my wife!
Sense/AOSP tween ROM is Vaelpak..am excellent, very eccentric ROM.
Current fav AOSP, and what's backup up in my nandroid folder, is KingsROM Ultra Blue HAZE GBv10. I know, its a GB ROM, but I haven't had any issues with it, I haven't found anything that didn't work, and damn I love the GB cursor finger in text input fields!
This probably doesn't help anyone, but thank you for your time anyway.
I'm looking for a VERY STABLE rom compatible with streamline kernel (I want great battery life).
It must have stock icons or close to stock in looks. Data performance isn't a must as long as it's not worst than stock. So in order of preference :
1. Stable (no voice echo or other issues) with streamline kernel.
2. stock like icons or isc icons or something close (don't like slikmod 3.6 icons).
I tried beastmod 5 and like it. But I heard it leaks ram (don't know what that means or how to check it).
I tried slikmod 3.4 but battery life isn't great.
I tried slicmod 3.6 but I hate the icons and the theme.
I tried DW 2.5.1 but I got voice echo when calling another S2. I can always try again though.
I want to try DW 2.7 but read about the problems it has. Will streamline kernel fix those problems?
I tried bluray Tuesday but didn't really like the theme.
I'm on slikmod 3.4 now and like it except the battery life. But thinking of
going back to beastmod because of the better battery life.
You can always add the Beats mod, which isn't that good anyways. Voodoo sound is by far better.
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You can always add the Beats mod, which isn't that good anyways. Voodoo sound is by far better.
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Thanks I will try voodoo sound.
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You can always add the Beats mod, which isn't that good anyways. Voodoo sound is by far better.
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I could have sworn voodoo sound didn't work on our phone.
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Try out Megamix. It's close to stock, removes bloatware, fast, great battery life, and it's ICS!!
The only downside to this rom that it doesn't have the sound stuff that you wanted.
Check it out if your interested!
Hoped I helped you out! Enjoy!
Darkside
Sent from the darkside of my Galaxy S III.
I just edited the OP. Don't care about sound enchancements.
Darkside is very stable. I've been running this rom since beta 3 was released.. everything works great
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h1a8 said:
I'm looking for a VERY STABLE rom compatible with streamline kernel (I want great battery life).
It must have stock icons or close to stock in looks. Data performance isn't a must as long as it's not worst than stock. So in order of preference :
1. Stable (no voice echo or other issues) with streamline kernel.
2. stock like icons or isc icons or something close (don't like slikmod 3.6 icons).
I tried beastmod 5 and like it. But I heard it leaks ram (don't know what that means or how to check it).
I tried slikmod 3.4 but battery life isn't great.
I tried slicmod 3.6 but I hate the icons and the theme.
I tried DW 2.5.1 but I got voice echo when calling another S2. I can always try again though.
I want to try DW 2.7 but read about the problems it has. Will streamline kernel fix those problems?
I tried bluray Tuesday but didn't really like the theme.
I'm on slikmod 3.4 now and like it except the battery life. But thinking of
going back to beastmod because of the better battery life.
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try the new ICS by darkside, very stable to me
Darkside Evolution gets my vote as well. It's my daily driver and beta 3 is pretty stable. I'll more than likely migrate to CM9 once that team gets source code and puts it out but TDJ does some excellent Dev work.
h1a8 said:
I'm looking for a VERY STABLE rom compatible with streamline kernel (I want great battery life).
It must have stock icons or close to stock in looks. Data performance isn't a must as long as it's not worst than stock. So in order of preference :
1. Stable (no voice echo or other issues) with streamline kernel.
2. stock like icons or isc icons or something close (don't like slikmod 3.6 icons).
I tried beastmod 5 and like it. But I heard it leaks ram (don't know what that means or how to check it).
I tried slikmod 3.4 but battery life isn't great.
I tried slicmod 3.6 but I hate the icons and the theme.
I tried DW 2.5.1 but I got voice echo when calling another S2. I can always try again though.
I want to try DW 2.7 but read about the problems it has. Will streamline kernel fix those problems?
I tried bluray Tuesday but didn't really like the theme.
I'm on slikmod 3.4 now and like it except the battery life. But thinking of
going back to beastmod because of the better battery life.
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If you want a gingerbread ROM, then I suggest either MR x's stock CIQ free ROM ( excellent battery life ), or Juggernaut 5.0.. both have been outstanding for me..
if you like ICS then I suggest darkside.. there are probably other good ones but it works for me so I stuck with it ( plus it has terrific AOSP themes and mods )
Hey guys,
So I've been running back and forth from AOSP/CM10/AOKP and TW roms.
With the same apps and settings it seems like TW roms, after deleting all the bloat, gives me better battery life for some odd reason..
Enough about that.. I hate the colors on TW roms.. I like the minimal black icons that AOSP have in the settings menu and such.
I'm just wondering if there are any TW roms WITH AOSP UI or Theme? or would I have to theme it myself?
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Hey guys,
So I've been running back and forth from AOSP/CM10/AOKP and TW roms.
With the same apps and settings it seems like TW roms, after deleting all the bloat, gives me better battery life for some odd reason..
Enough about that.. I hate the colors on TW roms.. I like the minimal black icons that AOSP have in the settings menu and such.
I'm just wondering if there are any TW roms WITH AOSP UI or Theme? or would I have to theme it myself?
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You are doing something very wrong. AOSP based roms always have better battery then the bloated stock TW roms. But check out Blanddroid in the android development section
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You are doing something very wrong. AOSP based roms always have better battery then the bloated stock TW roms. But check out Blanddroid in the android development section
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I'm not sure if you read my post correctly. I mentioned that I can better battery life after debloating it.
But anywho, thanks
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I'm not sure if you read my post correctly. I mentioned that I can better battery life after debloating it.
But anywho, thanks
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No I read it right. Debloating it does not remove the bloated TW files from the system.
I always saw much better battery life on AOSP 4.1.2 compared to TW 4.1.1, but the battery life on AOSP 4.2.2 seems about the same for me on TW 4.1.1. I'm not an extreme user, so I always run the KT kernel and run a lean combination.
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You are doing something very wrong. AOSP based roms always have better battery then the bloated stock TW roms. But check out Blanddroid in the android development section
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I actually get the same amount if I am using LTE all the tiem. But for the way I utilize my phone, I actually get better battery life on stock TW that has been debloated. I have the AT&T version. Since AT&T hard locked out the SGS3 from being able to utilize network preferences (to select 2G only, etc...even on AOSP roms) I still use stock. Utilizing USSD codes, I can get my phone into 2G only since I have crappy 3G and LTE signals at work. I am sure this contributes greatly.
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I always saw much better battery life on AOSP 4.1.2 compared to TW 4.1.1, but the battery life on AOSP 4.2.2 seems about the same for me on TW 4.1.1. I'm not an extreme user, so I always run the KT kernel and run a lean combination.
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I use my phone intensively throughout the day(maps, games, cool apps) and I've always gotten maximum 6 hours of battery life on TW and on Task's AOKP 4.2.2 with underwear kernel and I always get at least 12 hours of battery life with 3 hours of screen on time without under volting or under clocking. If you ask me that's a huge increase.
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It depends heavily on the phone and how it is used. I came from using AOSP for a long time (until my clock froze and I missed my alarm. =p) I noticed however that when I switched from AOSP to a tw ROM (graviton) my battery life got much better. I averaged about 11-12 hours and went up to 18-20 hours on tw.
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All in the phone. Lol.
I have had a look through the rom's for the i9195 and can't seem to decide which to get.
My main problems with the stock touchwiz rom are:
Terrible battery life (Having to charge twice a day sometimes)
Occasional lag
Touchwiz itself, I prefer stock Android
So I want a good stock rom, or something customised with cool features which I can atleast get a day's heavy use from.
I'll miss the little things like saying cheese to get the camera to take a picture, anything I can do to get this back?
It must be stable.
Everything must work.
Another thing I want but doesn't have to be incorporated in the rom is a launcher that supports placing apps inside the app drawer into folders, any suggestions? Must have the look of the stock android or nexus 5 launcher.
Thanks In Advance
captainjames said:
I have had a look through the rom's for the i9195 and can't seem to decide which to get.
My main problems with the stock touchwiz rom are:
Terrible battery life (Having to charge twice a day sometimes)
Occasional lag
Touchwiz itself, I prefer stock Android
So I want a good stock rom, or something customised with cool features which I can atleast get a day's heavy use from.
I'll miss the little things like saying cheese to get the camera to take a picture, anything I can do to get this back?
It must be stable.
Everything must work.
Another thing I want but doesn't have to be incorporated in the rom is a launcher that supports placing apps inside the app drawer into folders, any suggestions? Must have the look of the stock android or nexus 5 launcher.
Thanks In Advance
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I'm pretty sure asking for recommended ROM is against the forum rule, but since your problem lies elsewhere, so here it is: You can stay with TW ROM and improve your battery life by using custom kernel. The CPU governor is the main reason for poor battery life.
As for ROMs, well there's a few to choose from you got to do some research yourself. But I prefer Slimroms since it bare minimum.
You're free to use any launcher as you please even on TW. Note though flash kernel or ROM will trip knox.
well..
look my friend is about what you looking for there are some rom for you taste but.. you can test carbon i a good one... MUIU v5 that a very customizable rom and have good battery life! ther eis a new one LewaOS im testing that one and very cool and smoth this phone have agood battery life so you can go for something customizable! other roms like LS or Cyanogen are pretty good tho! :good::fingers-crossed: