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So I decided to go back to an Epic instead of an Evo. I had the Epic when it first came out up until around January. Last things I remember from the Epic development scene was Herver and his Baked Snack Roms and Kernels. (what ever happened to him anyways?) I am obviously in no way familiar with the current crop of roms and kernels and would appreciate suggestions on where to start and I'll test combos to see what works best for me. Froyo and Gingerbread based Roms please.
Try out simply asop 4
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Try out simply asop 4
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Good choice. Don't overclock if battery life is a concern. If you want some overclock, go with 1200. I have 2 batteries so I run 1400 max
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Where can I get baked snacked rom from. . . Can some pm me it's where abouts
I have the files somewhere on my computer, if I find them I'll send them to you. BakedSnack was such a great rom imho
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I have the files somewhere on my computer, if I find them I'll send them to you. BakedSnack was such a great rom imho
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Thank you I heard around that it's a great Rom too bad xda won't support it
Baked snack, the latest version, is donateware last time I checked. There is an outdated version for free though
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He still makes Baked Snack? His site is no longer up, does he post them some where else?
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He still makes Baked Snack? His site is no longer up, does he post them some where else?
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O alright...idk I haven't checked in months. But if that is the case, it should be free to distribute
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He still makes Baked Snack? His site is no longer up, does he post them some where else?
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no 2.4 was the latest. he stopped dev cuz he now had an evo 3d..
I too am looking for the best battery life and I'm having trouble getting it. Currently trying out latest random rom for EC05 and its decent but nothing amazing, I've also loaded the super V6 memory script and the battery just doesn't hold up very well. Where can I get the old baked snack roms?
Sorry to let you guys down, but I can't seem to find the files for baked snack. I'll keep looking though.
i had excellent battery life on the bonsai rom and kernel
Rebirth + Genocide, 38 hrs. moderate use........
Syndicate frozen 1.2 and genocide 2.0 give me the best battery and stability so far, but random rom is a very close second, and then probably viper synergy 5.0. The gb leaks were good with battery too, but I had too many fc issues with them. I would love to try this baked snack I keep reading about though. I've seen a lot of random posts here and there mentioning it, and always boasting about the battery life on it. A pm with any info on its whereabouts would be greatly appreciated. Then again, syndicate 1.3 seems to be just around the corner too, so I'm really interested to see what's in store with that as well.
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I am hooked on random rom hawk, battery life is amazing. It usually only drops about 1-2% an hour for me sitting idle. I have heard urban warfare is very good on battery life as well. Gingerbread leak roms are still pretty unstable at this point though. Only try them if you have a good backup procedure down, and are prepared to get hit with force closes and random reboots at any given time. If you need the stability, stick with EC05 roms.
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I've tried several roms froyo and gb and the best battery and performance I seen was with randomroms 2.3. Rom but the random reboots kept pissing me off so I wentt to pheonix and its been pretty good I hadbetter battery life with hawk but this is better for now.
I also would like to try backed snack so if anyone has the url t the rom or anything can you please let me know
I found one rom a long time ago butit was 2.1 so I didn't like it I kno there is a froyo one but I can't find it anywhere if anyone has it it would be greatly appreciated if you shared it.
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So I decided to go back to an Epic instead of an Evo. I had the Epic when it first came out up until around January. Last things I remember from the Epic development scene was Herver and his Baked Snack Roms and Kernels. (what ever happened to him anyways?) I am obviously in no way familiar with the current crop of roms and kernels and would appreciate suggestions on where to start and I'll test combos to see what works best for me. Froyo and Gingerbread based Roms please.
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I myself prefer viper rom synergy with the eco 5 kernal and if you can get your hands on the anarchy launcher it is awesome,but good luck finding the anarchy launcher, its the mona lisa of launchers and just as hard to aqquire,,,
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rockethot said:
So I decided to go back to an Epic instead of an Evo. I had the Epic when it first came out up until around January. Last things I remember from the Epic development scene was Herver and his Baked Snack Roms and Kernels. (what ever happened to him anyways?) I am obviously in no way familiar with the current crop of roms and kernels and would appreciate suggestions on where to start and I'll test combos to see what works best for me. Froyo and Gingerbread based Roms please.
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I would recc. simply asop4. an update to the rom is also coming so be prepared for that. then get setcpu and UV the voltages as you wish. I have -25 200-600 and -50 800-1000 and finally -25 >1000.
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I myself prefer viper rom synergy with the eco 5 kernal and if you can get your hands on the anarchy launcher it is awesome,but good luck finding the anarchy launcher, its the mona lisa of launchers and just as hard to aqquire,,,
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What do you mean? Google find it for me in <2 minutes.
Im gonna have to try ViperRom...even though it's outdated
I need a ROM that fulfills the following reqs:
Stable: Must be stable as this is for a non techie so... yeah
Fast: Better performance then the original ROM
Good battery life: This is a MUST
Clean: No crapware preinstalled
And preferably gingerbread although if froyo is better...
Thanks guys
For the best battery life and speed it will need to be froyo since devs don't have GB source to work with. I always like the Bonsai froyo ROMs. Google Bonsai android for their site. I am currently using Hurricane 1.6 Gingerbread Rom but you have to do some tricks to make it stable and keep it from rebooting randomly.
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Exactly what i'm looking for also. Bump.
Yeah... That wont work.I need something that wont crash if you give it 8 espresso shots and wait a few hours.
So i need something stable.
Stick with froyo if you want the best chance at stability. Syndicate rom frozen 1.2 has always been old trusty for me and a lot of others. Be sure to flash a kernel immediately after the rom, as it does not include one. Urban regeneration is another good choice. You almost can't go wrong with any of the great froyo roms at this point. As kenny said, there are ways to make gb roms run fairly stable, but it takes a lot of effort.
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Stick with froyo if you want the best chance at stability. Syndicate rom frozen 1.2 has always been old trusty for me and a lot of others. Be sure to flash a kernel immediately after the rom, as it does not include one. Urban regeneration is another good choice. You almost can't go wrong with any of the great froyo roms at this point. As kenny said, there are ways to make gb roms run fairly stable, but it takes a lot of effort.
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You just read my mind. I was about to ask about syndicate ROM
I'll have to give it a try then.
Look into twilight and genocide kernel. There are a few others that will work well with it, I prefered genocide when I was running srf 1.2.
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acs 1.2 and genocide 2.0
This pair works pretty well, phone feels snappier and nothing strange occuring after about a week or two of solid use - battery is maybe a bit better but I'm charging whenever I can.
i500 said:
I need a ROM that fulfills the following reqs:
Stable: Must be stable as this is for a non techie so... yeah
Fast: Better performance then the original ROM
Good battery life: This is a MUST
Clean: No crapware preinstalled
And preferably gingerbread although if froyo is better...
Thanks guys
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While there are always more obscure others you might want to find... if you're looking for the best, you can start with the most popular. Check out the top threads on the development forum and see what people are saying.
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While there are always more obscure others you might want to find... if you're looking for the best, you can start with the most popular. Check out the top threads on the development forum and see what people are saying.
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Well, since he didn't want to shill his own rom.. i'll sing it's praises.. randomrom phoenix 2.2 is awesome. super snappy, no freezes or crashing and does above average on battery life.
Simply AOSP 4.01 is also super fast, and very slimmed down. There are a decent number of options for Froyo roms that you should be happy with..
SRF 1.2 is my "trusty old axe" too... I like Twilight Zone kernel. Isn't there a fix out for the SU Binary issue with Genocide 2.0? I haven't tried it yet.
You can't go wrong with anything by Computerkid23 or Random, either...
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Any other opinions or suggestions?
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Might as well wait a week or two now that official GB source has just dropped. See what pans out. It should be awesome.
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CM7 doesn't look like it's finished enough to attempt. Can't seem to find any ACS builds.
Why ask this? Everyone will just tell you the ROM they are using. ALL ROMs are good. Just read through the top threads in development and pick one.
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I built my own. Imo it's the best way to have a rom that has exactly what you want.
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What are you looking for? Clean GB has good battery life. Very simple and everything works.
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Thunderhawk has been running well for me
via my EPICally transmogrified EI22: adrenaline injected & Supercharged
Here are the top six roms in MY opinion that are the best...
1.)StarskyROM (The one nobody talks about, but offers the BEST performance, in exchange for a couple bugs, that absolutely relate nothing to user-experience-quality. Pretty Stock, balls to the wall speed, not bad battery)
2.) LegendaryRom
3.)ACS ICS (Dont think its being updated anymore, Marcusant created MarcusantRom, listed below, which is basically the same thing as ACS ICS)
4.)SleeperRom (Amazing battery life)
5.)MarcusantRom (Incredibly Stable, Fast, Amazing Looks)
6.).....no need to list beyond this point, its all a matter of personal preference.....
Zeinzu said:
I built my own. Imo it's the best way to have a rom that has exactly what you want.
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Hmm. Are you going to share that Rom
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I too was away for a while..if you want a rom that works the way the phone was designed, frill free, no attemts to push or squeeze the device, and no bonker theeming.....cleangb is your huckleberrry.
I was suprised not to see it in the guy's list above
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Nothing changes whether you are away or not, the best ROM is the one that works best on your phone for the way you use your phone.
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Now that the new Samurai 3.3.0 is running real well Marcusant's Revival V1 is worth a look if you want something that looks a little less stock.
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Now that the new Samurai 3.3.0 is running real well Marcusant's Revival V1 is worth a look if you want something that looks a little less stock.
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I have not had very good luck with the latest Samurai kernels. I get horrendous lag. I believe this was even acknowledged by the developer, unless im mistaken and a new release has become available recently.
I had some issues as well, but last night 3.3.0 in 3 flavors came out.
So far I am very pleased, other seem to be as well.
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Nothing changes whether you are away or not, the best ROM is the one that works best on your phone for the way you use your phone.
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Kenny is right. To paraphrase- "the phone chooses the ROM"
(I've tried them all except Random's, and they're all great. Marcusant's was probably my fave. On CleanGB now with Travis' new Minimalistic Black theme and loving it. Try new Shadow Kernel, its the bomb)
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orlzzt said:
Kenny is right. To paraphrase- "the phone chooses the ROM"
(I've tried them all except Random's, and they're all great. Marcusant's was probably my fave. On CleanGB now with Travis' new Minimalistic Black theme and loving it. Try new Shadow Kernel, its the bomb)
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What kind of quadrant score do you get with the shadow kernel on stock settings? I'm running starskrom, flashed the shadow kernel, and now I'm getting 250 less of a score on quadrant. I've gerard some people saying they are getting 3000 or more. That not possible without overclocking right?
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That is correct. You need to OC to get that score. Quadrant is crap and can be easily spoofed. It does just some number crunching and a few video routines. The best judge of performance is how it works and feels for you. If you are hung up on whose benchmark is bigger, stick to smartbench 2010.
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That is correct. You need to OC to get that score. Quadrant is crap and can be easily spoofed. It does just some number crunching and a few video routines. The best judge of performance is how it works and feels for you. If you are hung up on whose benchmark is bigger, stick to smartbench 2010.
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Kenny is right- to paraphrase, "quadrant size doesn't matter".
Or whatever. I just judge by eye- am I lagging? Sticking? Randomly rebooting? My current setup has been flawless. But I am a charter member of "Flashaholics Anonymous" and CK23 is getting ready to drop Serenity 1.1.1, so I have a feeling a Nand backup and new flash is coming at me.
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orlzzt said:
Kenny is right- to paraphrase, "quadrant size doesn't matter".
Or whatever. I just judge by eye- am I lagging? Sticking? Randomly rebooting? My current setup has been flawless. But I am a charter member of "Flashaholics Anonymous" and CK23 is getting ready to drop Serenity 1.1.1, so I have a feeling a Nand backup and new flash is coming at me.
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LOL...I couldn't quite get the wording right. You said it all!
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[...]I've tried them all except Random's[...]
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I am running acs ics 5.5with the new acs theme. it is pretty flawless. but with that said, for some reason my phone prefers marcusant's rom over the rest. I have tried just about them all and might even try urban precision again now that the mms bugs are supposed to be worked out
Just some advice... You definitely want to be running marcusant revival ROM with the new samurai assassination kernel. You will not be disappointed, trust me. I am getting the best performance I have ever seen possible on the device plus 30 hour of battery life.
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Is there an way someone can make a rom fast as SRF 1.2 EC05 but maybe for EL30?
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Is there an way someone can make a rom fast as SRF 1.2 EC05 but maybe for EL30?
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Depends on what your definition of "fast" is doesn't it?
But there are lots of new roms out and kernels overclock to 1.4ghz same as genocide I believe, cm7 is very fast imo,
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They're all "fast". Try each out and find one that fits your criteria.
Ditch the froyo already and start running some 4.0
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b16flybye said:
Ditch the froyo already and start running some 4.0
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Lol yea i kno what you mean
but im running cm9 now and a red theme i kinda edit
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Depends on what your definition of "fast" is doesn't it?
But there are lots of new roms out and kernels overclock to 1.4ghz same as genocide I believe, cm7 is very fast imo,
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well beleieve it or not on 2.2 @ 1.3ghz quadrant score are 2200+
and if you flash srf 1.2 u can actually see the speed in how apps are launched
or even just transitions when holding the screen
El30 roms and cm7 are just as fast if not faster. 4.0 is a bit laggy.
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Tha_Dynasty2049 said:
Lol yea i kno what you mean
but im running cm9 now and a red theme i kinda edit
well beleieve it or not on 2.2 @ 1.3ghz quadrant score are 2200+
and if you flash srf 1.2 u can actually see the speed in how apps are launched
or even just transitions when holding the screen
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Since when do quadrant scores mean anything?
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Zeinzu said:
Since when do quadrant scores mean anything?
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This. Quadrant faking was very popular during the EC05 days. The main reason you get these scores is that kernels from those time have insane EXT4 tweaks to disable not only journaling, but another form of keeping data. They also have other tweaks to make quadrant go crazy. Admittedly, I have included such tweaks in my older ROMs. I was able to achieve a quadrant score of about 5000...
On MIUI (the gingerbread version) I do not get insane faked scores but my apps open instantly and I get no lag at all... SRF is very outdated and can softbrick your phone even if the battery just falls out or you get a random reboot (due to the tweaks).
I remember the transition from froyo to gingerbread. The phone itself seemed a lot faster but the quadrant scores went down until I added the tweaks that boosted it. Seriously, do not use quadrant or any other tool to judge speed.
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Since when do quadrant scores mean anything?
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like never lol
but they was deff higher on ec05 than el30
but far visual speed to the eye i loved srf 1.2
and well for el30 i mean i like cleangb but still
if u flash srf 1.2 u will see what i mean
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This. Quadrant faking was very popular during the EC05 days. The main reason you get these scores is that kernels from those time have insane EXT4 tweaks to disable not only journaling, but another form of keeping data. They also have other tweaks to make quadrant go crazy. Admittedly, I have included such tweaks in my older ROMs. I was able to achieve a quadrant score of about 5000...
On MIUI (the gingerbread version) I do not get insane faked scores but my apps open instantly and I get no lag at all... SRF is very outdated and can softbrick your phone even if the battery just falls out or you get a random reboot (due to the tweaks).
I remember the transition from froyo to gingerbread. The phone itself seemed a lot faster but the quadrant scores went down until I added the tweaks that boosted it. Seriously, do not use quadrant or any other tool to judge speed.
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yea i understand but it does give me a type of standing
usually i go by what actually treats my phone better by test
but quadrant and linpack usually gives me a base of things thats all
and srf yes i kno has bugs but thats y i asked if it could
be maybe transffered to a certain extent maybe just speed wise
well visual speed....
We've all been on SFR and loved it at the time, but there's no reason to stay on froyo. I love ACS, don't get me wrong there.
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b16flybye said:
We've all been on SFR and loved it at the time, but there's no reason to stay on froyo. I love ACS, don't get me wrong there.
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yea acs is nice but i actually was running midnight a while back
when i was out before i got to srf
but im runnign cm9 and my theme jus not really happy
and well el30 nice i guess im jus stuck with it until anpther phone.
its cool jus was wondering
Technically, the latest modem should be the same or better as the modem before it, as the code in EC05 is added on, not taken away when you see Delta Updates.
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Just a poll of who is still using GB and why?
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+1 here
Great battery life and everything works flawlessly. Don't need to do any special tweaking or disabling or vodoo to get good battery life and have a stable phone.
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I'm on GB too unnamed rom now.I just wish there were more GB roms out.
I am also. Because it is way smoother than ics. Really the only reason battery wise I got same on ics as gb. But can't wait to get the jb update!
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Isn't it true the MHL video only works on GB also?
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MHL works on ICS flawlessly,on touchwiz roms only though, so.
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I get better performance and better battery life on FI27 then 2.3.6 GB. Time to move on.. Oh and don't have to tweak anything
Crucifixion said:
I get better performance and better battery life on FI27 then 2.3.6 GB. Time to move on.. Oh and don't have to tweak anything
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I clap for you
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jordan2333 said:
I'm on GB too unnamed rom now.I just wish there were more GB roms out.
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Just switched back to UnNamed for the weekend. When i need to 100% depend on my phone, GB is always there for me and never fails me.
Unforuntely Im a flash addict so i will keep switching roms. But can always depend on good ol' gingerbread
KEEP a Blazer 4.0 backup!
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KEEP a Blazer 4.0 backup!
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I keep a Blazer 4.1 always ready and load it regularly to update apps then re-backup. By far the most reliable I've had. I'm on venum Fi27 right now. Its the best ICS I've had so far.
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better battery life...
I don't know if anyone is picking up on the trends here. But you will notice people basically stating they either use or in some way shape or form revert back to gb to get things done or perform functions that should be trivial. With that in mind it becomes clearer and clearer that samsungs implementation (not Google) of ics is seriously flawed. I can only pray that jb doesn't turn out like ics.
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Surprised to see the support for gb. I do live the battery life, but the ui of ics is just too nice.
With that said, is calk's Rom still considered the best gb Rom? I've seen unnamed and phantom mentioned as well.
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I'm on calks 3.0 and I love this Rom and the battery life.. don't get me wrong, I love ics/jb bells and whistles and the customization but the stability of a gb rom can't be beat until all the bugs are ironed out... but who knows, maybe when ics /jb is really official and there's an officialcustom kernel built, I don't see gb being beat...
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On Calkulin GB rom
Only reason still on GB is not sure how to pop up to ICS or Jelly a little confused and looking for a good how to upgrade breakdown tutorial.
I would've stayed on blazer or any gingerbread if YouTube and Songza were usable, no 4G in my area and those apps would just keep loading on 3g. I honestly don't see any difference in battery life with gingerbread and the newer ICS roms, only slight speed difference.
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i went to JB/ICS but the download speeds are so much slower for me on them so i stick to GB to tether to my laptop.
Me. just all around more stable and faster to me.
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I'm running blazer 4.1 because the GB data speeds/ping are better than ICS/JB. I can't stand the touchwiz super-scroll and AOSP ICS/JB still has the 4G bug. Once AOSP fixes the 4G bug I will update. I have never had battery problems on any Rom.