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CM7 cons?

I know that CM7 is a great rom, but are there any cons or known bugs in everyday usage?
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It's stable and has a good battery life, I haven't encountered any bugs and judging by the change log RC1 has everything solved except 720p recording which isn't even a stock feature but an improvement.

I'm curious also, so you're saying every feature that works on stock (minus motoblur) will also work as it should (or better) under CM7 ?
There's nothing like no wi-fi or gps not working or anything at all ?

techguyone said:
I'm curious also, so you're saying every feature that works on stock (minus motoblur) will also work as it should (or better) under CM7 ?
There's nothing like no wi-fi or gps not working or anything at all ?
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I use Wifi daily, and have tested GPS briefly - no problems for me. I've actually found Wifi to work better than in my original t-Mobile 2.1 ROM.

for me have one con - the dialer without number t9
always i have to using contacts to make a call..

Jean-DrEaD said:
for me have one con - the dialer without number t9
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There are plenty of dialers on the market. I opted for Dialer One, though it's quite an overkill, all the options it has. Ray Dialer is cool as well, a bit lighter and faster. Both have T9 and are free even.

Main bug is flicker when recording video... jumps when playing back as well.
But it's got awesome battery life and speed!
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A very good thread!
So far, we always heard about pros on CM7. Now, we can get opposite info in one thread. It's good for developer and user. Long live to CM7!

It's better than the stock roms in every way.
My quadrant on UK stock 2.2 was 900. On CM7 it's 2200
Gallery (4 photos then crash, no picasa albums), facebook (did not sync properly) and unexpected 100% processor usage -> battery drain are other reasons to ditch stock roms and go fo CM7.
The defy is a fantastic phone, once you take the motorola software off it!
Olly

Gusar321 said:
There are plenty of dialers on the market. I opted for Dialer One, though it's quite an overkill, all the options it has. Ray Dialer is cool as well, a bit lighter and faster. Both have T9 and are free even.
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i know that, but i spoke one con of CM7... almost others roms have this function and i don't know why haven't on CM7... should be have a option to enable/disable... how knows in future releases... ;D

cm7 is realy great
its best
thx very much Quarx
i hope Quarx make cm7 for atrix too

i recently installed rc1 and the only bug ive noticed is laggy video recording (playback is flawless - not the laggy recorded one - even in hd). and when booting in android, launcherpro force closes, but after a restart it works fine. cm7 is really a superb rom, would never go back motos ****ty sw...
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Aside from poor camera and video recording performance, CM7 is better in every way than moto's ROM. I'm sure quarx and co. will fix those bugs real soon.

CM7 is the best ROM running under Android 2.3.4 but it's main problem is the battery consumption (it's just draining two, even three times faster than Froyo) In other every aspect, it's just awesome.

This is why I get twitchy about installing anything.
Person A says ' oh the battery life is awesome'
Person B says 'its got a big battery problem'
Who to believe....

Been using CM7 for more than a month already I think. I started with Beta6. Currently on a nightly earlier than RC1. Only a few things that I noticed that are not so good.
- Camera quality is not as good
- Video camera recording skips frames
It seems like most issues are with the camera. Speed is good with CM7.
I noticed that if battery life is not as good all that is needed is to check that you have the correct baseband set and to reboot the phone if you already have the correct baseband.
I have never had any issues with wifi or 3g so far. GPS I dont really use.
Hope that helps

Caveat emptor: It makes your Defy runs faster and more updated and deny you the opportunity to explain to your spouse the rationale of buying a new phone every 12-month.
Man, isn't that hideous?

Hmm no one else reported any GPS issue, so I guess it's just me. It's not able to find and lock my position. Will have to look into it. Currently on Beta 6

techguyone said:
This is why I get twitchy about installing anything.
Person A says ' oh the battery life is awesome'
Person B says 'its got a big battery problem'
Who to believe....
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mine battery life is great
if u set network on 2g
use auto task killer
and display time out to 15 sec
and with normal use . battery use about 2.5 - 3 days for mine

The bugs I found are the auto brightness not stable & video recording can't turn on the flash light,others all perfect for me,including battery life(same as Froyo) & GPS locked within 10s under clear sky
*I am using full sbf from the official Froyo 2.2 SEA18,just flash the RC1 & gapps then good to go

official CM7.1 nightly builds

http://www.cyanogenmod.com/devices/motorola-defy

Defy is a mini tab
Defy is a mini tab

Very buggy battery hogs, waiting for a stable build.
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Hi,
Im lurking in these forums for quite a while and Im preparing to buy a Motorola Defy for myself. I would ask you some questions about current CM7+GB mods (the infos are spread over hundreds of pages and some are already outdated, so search didnt help):
[2011-09-26]
- is the GPS and aGPS working on the current build/nightly?
- is the system still very hungry for the battery power?
- is the camera working correctly (green lens, I dont need high quality)?
- is the WiFi connection stable?
- is the WiFi and USB tethering working?
- any facebook app working with this build?
Thank you in advance, replies will help me decide should I get this phone or not (carrier: ORANGE PL) - Ive seen the phone and hate its Android 2.1+Motoblur, Ive also seen the news about it not getting any official upgrade to GB (and Defy+ wont be avalible anytime soon here).

Everything mentioned above works well with the current CM7 RC1.5 by Quarx with good battery life , not sure bout inbuilt USB tether though (if anyone could confirm!?).
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Thank you for your answear mate! (where's the "THX!" button? )
So what's not working on the 1.5? Any known issues I should be aware of?
And last Q: Is the polish ("polski") language supported there? For menus, T9 dictionary and swype?

Sileam said:
Hi,
[2011-09-26]
- is the GPS and aGPS working on the current build/nightly?
- is the system still very hungry for the battery power?
- is the camera working correctly (green lens, I dont need high quality)?
- is the WiFi connection stable?
- is the WiFi and USB tethering working?
- any facebook app working with this build?
Thank you in advance, replies will help me decide should I get this phone or not (carrier: ORANGE PL) - Ive seen the phone and hate its Android 2.1+Motoblur, Ive also seen the news about it not getting any official upgrade to GB (and Defy+ wont be avalible anytime soon here).
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Hi Sileam, Offcial 2.2.2 froyo is avaliable from Motorola nd u Need a 2.2.2 Forwares to Install CM7.
Sorry there wont be any official 2.3 for Defy (from motorola Forum)..
the Defy+ will have 2.3 and it use RED lense only .. Moto Team dont want to develop two firware or OS for Red and Green lens . So dnt expect an 2.3 update for Defy.
So i swtched to cm7 Rc1.5 .. its Ubercool..
No Facebook native App in cm7. U can Use The Gapp If needed which will download Facebook(Stupid way. u can directly download Facebook App from market).
Bt what i use is friendcaster . Offcial Facebbok App is too slow and Buggy .. Friendcaster also has Lot Things that Facebook native App dnt have like "Like" a comments , see who all "Liked" and lot more and the chat app is too gud ..
My Red Lesn works awesome and Battery Backup is gud . Stock froyo give me 2.5 days and Same the CM7.

how u get 2.5 days battery life????? my battery drains in 12 hours...
jokerdefy

Read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17749669&postcount=8

Looking for FAST and STABLE rom (Defy+)

Currently I use MIUI (1.11.11), but it has a few bugs like WLAN is not reconnecting. The speed isn't that good, but MIUI looks better than most roms
I'm looking for a stable and fast ROM.
Perfect would be:
-Android 2.3 or higher
-NO big bugs
-720p recording enabled
-support for the bigger Defy+ battery
Any suggestions?

CM7 last stable?? Allredy stesting battery on it. No major bugs, stable and really fast, faster than MS2Gibger and stock 2.3.4. I had only one FC from yesterday when I installed it and it was Market when installed 62 apps at the same time.
Sent from Defy+ CM7 (7.1.0-11)

CM7 is fast and stable. But does it support HD video capture? I have installed MS2ginger2.1. Supports many languages. It is fast enough I think and supports HD video capture. Moreover, the battery life is amazing. There are some posts about it...

Looks like CM7 is gonna get installed. 720p is not that important (just nice to have).
Does it support the bigger battery or does it get stuck at 83%~ and won't charge anymore? MIUI (whis is based on CM) has this bug.

720p maybe gonna be supported in next CM7's and You need to patch battery support but didn't tried it yet. I'm using 1500 from old Defy cause I didn't format 1700 yet and still testing this build and it's still connected to pc.

Hey !
I'm also looking for a smooth & stable rom.
I don't need the last features.
Currently, I'm using CM-10-20131030-NIGHTLY. Which doesn't crash and so, but it's not smooth.
I didn't install any widget, and I got battery drains.
Any recommendation ?

Vincss said:
Hey !
I'm also looking for a smooth & stable rom.
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Hi,
the OmniROM 4.4.2-20140202 is very smooth and stable.
Links are in the development thread.

Hi !
It's still under development it's it ? I'm a bit afraid of something that has not been tested and validated for a while.
I don't need the last version of Android. I just want something smooth and stable.

The last Android 4.4.2 (kitkat) is the fastest Android version for the Defy.
That's why I also recommend the OmniROM version and not the CM11 version. OmniROM runs with me stable and very fast for 1 month. If you want to take it try not the latest version take the 20140202 version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2614453
Download

Thanks for your suggestion.
As my phone (Nexus 5) will soon be back from repair, it didn't take the time to reinstall my phone.
But if I need to reinstall my defy, I will follow your advice.

CM7 not faster than CM11?
What about White Rabbit 1.7.1 or Maniac?

Defy_Duke said:
The last Android 4.4.2 (kitkat) is the fastest Android version for the Defy.
That's why I also recommend the OmniROM version and not the CM11 version. OmniROM runs with me stable and very fast for 1 month. If you want to take it try not the latest version take the 20140202 version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2614453
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Been using this rom since yesterday, so far so good
UI seems a *little* bit laggy sometimes compared to the stock 2.3.6 GB rom, but so much more functionality in Omni.
What about battery life with Omni? Better than stock rom?

Vincss said:
Hey !
I'm also looking for a smooth & stable rom.
I don't need the last features.
Currently, I'm using CM-10-20131030-NIGHTLY. Which doesn't crash and so, but it's not smooth.
I didn't install any widget, and I got battery drains.
Any recommendation ?
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Highly recommend SlimKat, anny build you like. I'm running two defy+ on it, one on 3.85 build, other on latest 4,both very stable, didn't notice anny bug,no random reboots, no lag, memory & bat. friendly, amazing look... thanks to TJKV and all contributors on this GREAT ROM.:good: Just try it!

Im using slimkat too its really good except the camera doesnt work for me when i use it my phone reboots :/

I'm on SlimKat build 4.0 since release and it's a great rom. Battery life is reliable and it's fast and stable. The camera works fine (720p etc).
Theres only issue with reboot to recovery, which can be easly fixed by replacing one apk (click).
And sometimes battery percentage is stuck at 99-100% (click).
My settings: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52086816&postcount=19
There was a great 3.6 build which was almost bugfree for me (at least it didn't need any fixes).

so am i the only one with the camera problem on slimkat?

Have no issues with camera (did you set up Video Encoder to MPEG4?), just one or two reeboots in to recovery since i'm using SlimKat, but there is an easy fix like Stoku wrote. Yes, that little bug about battery percentage...
All in all - feel like my beloved Defy is reborn, fresh, fast, stable...feel like i have 3/4 of new phone:victory:
Again, thanks a lot to TJKV, thanks to all of you kind and good people for spending your time and sharing your knowledge with all of us! THANKS!:good:

ag.steel said:
Been using this rom since yesterday, so far so good
UI seems a *little* bit laggy sometimes compared to the stock 2.3.6 GB rom, but so much more functionality in Omni.
What about battery life with Omni? Better than stock rom?
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After a while of using this (Omnirom), the only slightly annoying bug I encountered was that the camera would stop working (regardless using the stock camera app or another one), after having taken lots of photos.
A simple reboot and the camera would work again

ag.steel said:
After a while of using this (Omnirom), the only slightly annoying bug I encountered was that the camera would stop working (regardless using the stock camera app or another one), after having taken lots of photos.
A simple reboot and the camera would work again
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So it's very like stock rom, my green lens defy always did that.
I'm now on CM11 and camera is (at least) as stable as stock, haven't had the camera stopped working..

Good to know.
I have a green lens too.
Now running the latest homemade Omnirom build (omni-4.4.2-20140518-mb526-HOMEMADE.zip) from Struq's google drive.
I shall see if the same bug occurs.

[ASK] What is best for you?

CM9 RC9 or CM10 A6 and why?
post ur answer add ur use kernel and tweaks..
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Clyke said:
CM9 RC9 or CM10 A6 and why?
post ur answer add ur use kernel and tweaks..
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CM9 beta4.. proven stable, very good battery life, decent performance.

coolbuy said:
CM9 beta4.. proven stable, very good battery life, decent performance.
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oh thanks for ur answer my topics. anyone?
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Saying good bye, folks!
I didn't find any other thread to say this than this one, tha says "What's Best for You?"
I must say that I am changing phone. Going for the "O soo called Galaxy S3", finally , but right now, with it in front of me already rooted and atualized, I can't simply dispose my Galaxy W...
We have lived for a little long time (about 1 year and half!!!) and I followed EVERY atualization of ROMs and stuff here. Not as a developers, but as a (24/7) tester I feel like I've made part of the history of this device, together with all of you, guys!
I saw our máster arco68 simply godify itself by making this phone everyday a better one, fully coresponding with every need of we, users.
I'm going to keep connected to this fórum and to this threads, as I'm passing my W(arrior) to my brother, and must say:
I'll miss this, guys... :crying:
Thanks for all support, for all questioning and, principal, THANKS to our Godveloper arco68, who made me one of the thousands W user happy and functional!
I want to one day open this thread and see our CM9 and CM10 FINAL RELEASE all updated, making all W users felling like slaping Samsungs face after this phone being disposed for atualizations!
Once more, THANK YOU ALL, guys! :highfive: :fingers-crossed:
:good:

[Unit] Samsung Galaxy Wonder I-1850
[ROM] CM9 RC6
[Baseband] I1850XXLMB
[Kernel] Yoon.Kernel-Chronos
[Tweaks] Disable CPU Rendering + Seeders + WonderTweakz
Pros: stable, better battery comparing w/o ROM, best performance [can play any games i want]
Cons: [for me] cant send apk/files via bluetooth, cant understand the way my fone sleep and so the battery consumption
im newbie

gdonanthony said:
[Unit] Samsung Galaxy Wonder I-1850
[ROM] CM9 RC6
[Baseband] I1850XXLMB
[Kernel] Yoon.Kernel-Chronos
[Tweaks] Disable CPU Rendering + Seeders + WonderTweakz
Pros: stable, better battery comparing w/o ROM, best performance [can play any games i want]
Cons: [for me] cant send apk/files via bluetooth, cant understand the way my fone sleep and so the battery consumption
im newbie
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You cant play GTA 3 on CM9 ._.
From my Wonder, trying to PORT Sense to this device!
1/10 Done.
Gamin'TheWonder CM10 ROM comin' soon...

gdonanthony said:
[Unit] Samsung Galaxy Wonder I-1850
[ROM] CM9 RC6
[Baseband] I1850XXLMB
[Kernel] Yoon.Kernel-Chronos
[Tweaks] Disable CPU Rendering + Seeders + WonderTweakz
Pros: stable, better battery comparing w/o ROM, best performance [can play any games i want]
Cons: [for me] cant send apk/files via bluetooth, cant understand the way my fone sleep and so the battery consumption
im newbie
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just rename the app.apk to app.txt and send it via bluetooth, after sent the .txt file then rename it back to .apk file its my method to send .apk file on cm9

ipromeh said:
just rename the app.apk to app.txt and send it via bluetooth, after sent the .txt file then rename it back to .apk file its my method to send .apk file on cm9
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Smart! Haha~
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im wondering why i cant play gta 3,,,, but gta vice city works very well
anyways,, i still prefer cm9 over cm10 because,, i've had tons of games that worked well on cm9. As in stabel enough to keep me busy...

santiagoruel13 said:
im wondering why i cant play gta 3,,,, but gta vice city works very well
anyways,, i still prefer cm9 over cm10 because,, i've had tons of games that worked well on cm9. As in stabel enough to keep me busy...
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Vice City Works huh? Weird...
From my Wonder, trying to PORT Sense to this device!
1/10 Done.
Gamin'TheWonder CM10 ROM comin' soon...

Game,battery:cm9
İnternet,fast use,project butter(fluency):Cm10

Thread closed as its essentially a Best ROM thread.

[Q] Which ROM? Or back to Stock for a fast phone

Hello
I have enjoyed having djolivier's JB ROM in my phone. But it is still so much slower than Stock. I need to be able to dial, text and search straight away. I have a class 10 SD, I'm using Int2Ext+ I don't have a lot of apps, I only partitioned 512MB to try and speed it up.
I upgraded to get the Gmail App with Primary Inbox etc. but Gmail is so slow I hardly use it
Do I need to go back to stock with Link2SD? Or Stock with Int2Ext+? Or is there a ROM out there that is really actually so fast that the app opens when you touch it - not 5 or 25 laggy seconds later?
This may not be the correct place for this - but I don't get straight answers on other sections of the forum.
Thanks in advance for your answers.
Chris

Hello. First of all I have to tell you that in my oppinion, the Wildfire S hardware is a bit weak, so you can't avoid the 5 laggy seconds for an app to open... But, I 'll tell you which roms are the fastest for me.
1. Stock. This is what I use. I like its performance, but I dislike it visually. I use a Sense 4 theme and live with it.
2. CM9. I my oppinion the fastest custom rom until now. It lacks one thing: Video recording. Someone could talk about the laggy video playback but Henry_01 modified some lib files in his MIUI port, and video playback is working there. So I replaced the libs in CM9 and it worked too. So If you don't care about video recording you can use this one.
3. JDevs upcoming update seems a lot promising to me, and this is what I'm waiting for to replace stock.
As for the scripts, in terms of speed:
Link2sd > int2ext+ >int2ext
I use stock android 2.3.5 Sense 2.1 with Link2sd.
This is what I think is the best, until now.
edit: I forgot the Cyanogenmod 10.1 by OWL project, it's good and fast too. But in my opinion cm9 is better, in terms of performance.

polfrank said:
As for the scripts, in terms of speed:
Link2sd > int2ext+ >int2ext
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Thanks so much for your response. One follow up question. You're saying Link2SD is the best for speed? When I installed a JB rom without int2ext there was not enough memory to even start installing apps..... did I do something wrong? I don't want to go back to the days of uninstalling apps so I can update the ones with large memory etc.
Chris

ChrisChorlton said:
Thanks so much for your response. One follow up question. You're saying Link2SD is the best for speed? When I installed a JB rom without int2ext there was not enough memory to even start installing apps..... did I do something wrong? I don't want to go back to the days of uninstalling apps so I can update the ones with large memory etc.
Chris
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I'm glad to help
You 're right. Link2sd worked succesfully only on GB and ICS for me too. You didn't do anything wrong, so use only int2ext(+) with JB.....

polfrank said:
Hello. First of all I have to tell you that in my oppinion, the Wildfire S hardware is a bit weak, so you can't avoid the 5 laggy seconds for an app to open... But, I 'll tell you which roms are the fastest for me.
1. Stock. This is what I use. I like its performance, but I dislike it visually. I use a Sense 4 theme and live with it.
2. CM9. I my oppinion the fastest custom rom until now. It lacks one thing: Video recording. Someone could talk about the laggy video playback but Henry_01 modified some lib files in his MIUI port, and video playback is working there. So I replaced the libs in CM9 and it worked too. So If you don't care about video recording you can use this one.
3. JDevs upcoming update seems a lot promising to me, and this is what I'm waiting for to replace stock.
As for the scripts, in terms of speed:
Link2sd > int2ext+ >int2ext
I use stock android 2.3.5 Sense 2.1 with Link2sd.
This is what I think is the best, until now.
edit: I forgot the Cyanogenmod 10.1 by OWL project, it's good and fast too. But in my opinion cm9 is better, in terms of performance.
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Would you mind linking to which CM9 ROM you would suggest? Trying to breathe some life into my phone again.

Grorbabrag said:
Would you mind linking to which CM9 ROM you would suggest? Trying to breathe some life into my phone again.
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For me this is the best CM9 rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2245617&highlight=slimsandwich
As it is, it has 2 bugs: no camera recording and slightly buggy video playback. If you want, I can fix the video playback and provide it to you tomorrow.
Although, I would suggest that you wait for the next big project by the owl team, based on android 4.2.2.
edit: Better use this link to SlimSandwich, as here, in xda it's not the latest version posted: https://teamblueridge.org/projects/files/
Rom > Marvel > Slimsandwich-marvel
Or tell me to give it to you with working libs for video playback.

Thanks for the info. The problem with owls project is that WiFi tethering is and has been broken for a long time and I hardly see them fixing it. I'll try out slimsandwich. I'm mainly looking for a fast, responsive ROM, not many features.
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Best ROM thread. Closed