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[Q] Best kernel and rom combination for battery life?

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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omair2005 said:
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 There is an outdated version for free though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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rockethot said:
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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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 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.

sapperpipo said:
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

[Q] Question about Rooting the epic?

Any major benefits to it right now beside the major LoS issue. OC is not really a key factor in it for me with this phone since its fast anyway. I know custom roms usually always have a major benefit towards what they can do. but is it really worth it at this point. i have not once had any LoS issues, may just battery
PS. i just got my phone yesterday so i dont know much about samsung products. im use to rooting with HTC devices from the start of the hero, Evo, Evo Shift.

I waited a week to root and had no LOS. Then I flashed everything I could get my hands on and still haven't had LOS. The roms that are out all seem a little smoother and faster than stock. Just make sure you wipe data/cache/dalvik and format system before you flash a rom and you should never have any issues. Returning to stock is also so easy that there aren't any real drawbacks to rooting and flashing roms or kernels. If you're happy with the way it is now I'd just give it some time and read about the roms and kernels as everything progresses. I could live with my phone stock but I hate background processes and bloatware lol.
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poppygt said:
I waited a week to root and had no LOS. Then I flashed everything I could get my hands on and still haven't had LOS. The roms that are out all seem a little smoother and faster than stock. Just make sure you wipe data/cache/dalvik and format system before you flash a rom and you should never have any issues. Returning to stock is also so easy that there aren't any real drawbacks to rooting and flashing roms or kernels. If you're happy with the way it is now I'd just give it some time and read about the roms and kernels as everything progresses. I could live with my phone stock but I hate background processes and bloatware lol.
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hehe u forgot to metion, most custom rom save more battery life than stock not just lil alot more.
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hehe u forgot to metion, most custom rom save more battery life than stock not just lil alot more.
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that's what im looking for, the better battery life, but stock is surprisingly good for me right now, except battery. Does either rom support signal feeds from other towers like CM did?? just curious, highly doubtful tho.

kyhassen said:
that's what im looking for, the better battery life, but stock is surprisingly good for me right now, except battery. Does either rom support signal feeds from other towers like CM did?? just curious, highly doubtful tho.
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Do you mean forced roaming like on Verizon? If so then yes you can force a prl update to the phone that will let you control roaming. And as far as battery life I run the stock pulled kernel and have it set to 500Mhz Max when the screen is off and 1ghz when on and my battery life has been great (standby times are incredible).
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poppygt said:
Do you mean forced roaming like on Verizon? If so then yes you can force a prl update to the phone that will let you control roaming. And as far as battery life I run the stock pulled kernel and have it set to 500Mhz Max when the screen is off and 1ghz when on and my battery life has been great (standby times are incredible).
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ok well thank you. i been trying to find something useful in battery life. its stock right now due to researching make sure i use the right tools for rooting, but the phone dies rather fast with texting only, and when i dont text much.

(Q) ie22 stock, really.... Stock.

Untouched ie22 rom. I mean prices, no gps fix, no changes what's so ever. Only thing touched is the file system to ext4.
Has anyone done it our is doing it? If not, can someone do it please. It would make alot of ppl happy.
thank you and I await the rom.
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Not until there is source released if I'm not mistaken.
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Source has already been released. Have you not seen all the work being done by our awesome devs?
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Source has already been released. Have you not seen all the work being done by our awesome devs?
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That is only kernel source, not a full tar release. The closest you can get is the nandroid dump. Restore that, root, flash an EXT4 kernel.
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Originally Posted by travismoreno
Source has already been released. Have you not seen all the work being done by our awesome devs?
tried it. Hangs at boot.
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Why don't you Odin to EC05 stock, accept the OTA, then follow the steps on rooting it which includes flashing an EXT4 kernel?
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Here is supposed to be a clean GB. You will probably still need to flash an EXT4 compatible kernel, and may have to run RFS2EXT4 if you are set on EXT4. It also helps you set up to use Heimdall instead of Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353310&highlight=EI22+nandroid

I'll give that a shot. I'm hooked on ADD rom running noobernal at 1.4 ghz.
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Looneyrat said:
I'll give that a shot. I'm hooked on ADD rom running noobernal at 1.4 ghz.
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So why are you looking for a modless stocky GB?

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So why are you looking for a modless stocky GB?
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I noticed stock, unrooted ie22 gb runs almost flawless. Best battery life and multitasks better. No weird reboots or odd bugs. Sms all come in. No odd audio bugs. Just works better imo. Not as fast as the costume roms but alot more reliable.
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How is the ROM you are running now? If you are seeing some wierd things at 1400 Mhz, you may want to try toning it down to 1200.
I have one of the first deodexed ROMs released that I believe only has the gps fix in it if you want that. Let me know and I will put it in my dropbox and send you a link.

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How is the ROM you are running now? If you are seeing some wierd things at 1400 Mhz, you may want to try toning it down to 1200.
I have one of the first deodexed ROMs released that I believe only has the gps fix in it if you want that. Let me know and I will put it in my dropbox and send you a link.
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I have that one too. Noobl has a point with the gps being fine. With the fix everyone is doing to get 9 sat locks is over kill and does drain battery if you leave it on all the time. with out the gps fix I get better battery life and locks as fast and as accurate. And that's from my own personal observation.
But I'm running acs v5 with sumarai colonel at 1.49 ghz. Runs almost perfect boot will reboot at least one time daily at those speeds. If I leave out at 1ghz, the reboots does NOT go away. Still get it. But 1 reboot ain't bad. I think its red headed step child gingerbread running out of ram.
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I'm running stock deodex with samurai kernel at 1.44. was doing 1.49 but noticed irregularities. Nothing that caused issues but it liked 1.44 better. You may want to try this setup.

Your phone will kill itself above 1.2... you will get to the point that you will get reboots even on stock at 1.0 ghz from abusing the processor previously. This is why I never overclock at all. I never have issues on any rom with reboots.
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Looneyrat said:
I have that one too. Noobl has a point with the gps being fine. With the fix everyone is doing to get 9 sat locks is over kill and does drain battery if you leave it on all the time. with out the gps fix I get better battery life and locks as fast and as accurate. And that's from my own personal observation.
But I'm running acs v5 with sumarai colonel at 1.49 ghz. Runs almost perfect boot will reboot at least one time daily at those speeds. If I leave out at 1ghz, the reboots does NOT go away. Still get it. But 1 reboot ain't bad. I think its red headed step child gingerbread running out of ram.
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I am glad im not the only one. I have tried ACS v5, and Legendary Rom with both the nuberal and samurai kernels and still get random reboots. I have tried running it overclocked at 1.1 ghz, 1.2ghz, 1.3ghz, 1.4ghz, same results. All overclocked speeds last the same amount of time before I get a random reboot.
All the custom roms are very, very similar in terms of bugs and random reboots.
I am trying starskyRom at the moment, and so far, its flawless...well...flawless when the phone is on. The only bug I can report is my battery screen does not show up when I try to charge the phone when the power is off. Nothing very big, but still annoying knowing there is always something. In the end im willing to take it in the nuts a few times to get a good final product in the end. Lots of good developers around here, and they do great work.
Stock ei22 would be a very, VERY stable rom if they would just fix the damn GPS, Keyboard Lag, and Screen Rotation lag.
Given time all these roms will become perfect, but until then, we are just BETA testers.

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I have that one too. Noobl has a point with the gps being fine. With the fix everyone is doing to get 9 sat locks is over kill and does drain battery if you leave it on all the time. with out the gps fix I get better battery life and locks as fast and as accurate. And that's from my own personal observation.
But I'm running acs v5 with sumarai colonel at 1.49 ghz. Runs almost perfect boot will reboot at least one time daily at those speeds. If I leave out at 1ghz, the reboots does NOT go away. Still get it. But 1 reboot ain't bad. I think its red headed step child gingerbread running out of ram.
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Not RAM. It was proven on the leaks that it was voltage and speed causing the reboots. We fixed it with Tegrak and SetCPU combo. RAM does not leak out. Lots of apps suck it dry and the stock task manager sucks and does not see a LOT of apps that are stealing RAM. Have not seen anyone mention a reboot on Legendary. As for the GPS with the fix I never lose lock, without the fix I lose lock every 15 minutes on a trip and would occasionally require a reboot to get it back...not the best situation when driving. Give me 9 out of 9 locks any day and a car charger and I am good to go.
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alextjen said:
I am glad im not the only one. I have tried ACS v5, and Legendary Rom with both the nuberal and samurai kernels and still get random reboots. I have tried running it overclocked at 1.1 ghz, 1.2ghz, 1.3ghz, 1.4ghz, same results. All overclocked speeds last the same amount of time before I get a random reboot.
All the custom roms are very, very similar in terms of bugs and random reboots.
I am trying starskyRom at the moment, and so far, its flawless...well...flawless when the phone is on. The only bug I can report is my battery screen does not show up when I try to charge the phone when the power is off. Nothing very big, but still annoying knowing there is always something. In the end im willing to take it in the nuts a few times to get a good final product in the end. Lots of good developers around here, and they do great work.
Stock ei22 would be a very, VERY stable rom if they would just fix the damn GPS, Keyboard Lag, and Screen Rotation lag.
Given time all these roms will become perfect, but until then, we are just BETA testers.
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You are the first one I have seen to get a reboot on Legendary. Have you tried just 1000 mhz? My phone is soooo fast on Legendary at stock speed there is no reason to OC and stress my CPU.

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I'm running stock deodex with samurai kernel at 1.44. was doing 1.49 but noticed irregularities. Nothing that caused issues but it liked 1.44 better. You may want to try this setup.
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Have you noticed deodex stock doesn't do multitasking as good and efficient a pure Stock. By
"Pure" I mean Odex, no root, no acripts and stock colonel. Like a new baby born. I have, "pure" stock multitasks more efficient and battery is amazing. Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk

marcusant said:
Your phone will kill itself above 1.2... you will get to the point that you will get reboots even on stock at 1.0 ghz from abusing the processor previously. This is why I never overclock at all. I never have issues on any rom with reboots.
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I disagree. When I go back to "pure" stock, I get no reboots at all. I flash daily btw, at least 3 times. Been doing this for a freakin year! Amazing I haven't gone mad.
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Not RAM. It was proven on the leaks that it was voltage and speed causing the reboots. We fixed it with Tegrak and SetCPU combo. RAM does not leak out. Lots of apps suck it dry and the stock task manager sucks and does not see a LOT of apps that are stealing RAM. Have not seen anyone mention a reboot on Legendary. As for the GPS with the fix I never lose lock, without the fix I lose lock every 15 minutes on a trip and would occasionally require a reboot to get it back...not the best situation when driving. Give me 9 out of 9 locks any day and a car charger and I am good to go.
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You are the first one I have seen to get a reboot on Legendary. Have you tried just 1000 mhz? My phone is soooo fast on Legendary at stock speed there is no reason to OC and stress my CPU.
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Yup, typical response. Every device behaves different with these mods. I find stock ie22 to be the best stable room. Once you go deodex, you remove stability for some reason. That's from my observation of being a addicted flashing crack hor.
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Looneyrat said:
Yup, typical response. Every device behaves different with these mods. I find stock ie22 to be the best stable room. Once you go deodex, you remove stability for some reason. That's from my observation of being a addicted flashing crack hor.
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I agree. I've been running very happy running stock rooted EI22. I've tried three of the ROMs and had reboots and the TWS problem. Stock may be boring but when you need your phone to work, sometime boring is good

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I disagree. When I go back to "pure" stock, I get no reboots at all. I flash daily btw, at least 3 times. Been doing this for a freakin year! Amazing I haven't gone mad.
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What Marcusant is saying is the damage is not immediate and may be cumulative over time. Have you gotten reboots on a deodexed ROM running at 1000 Mhz max?

best rom for this phone?

Hey just bought this phone for my wife. I do a lot of flashing on my phone(evo3d) and just wanted to get some opinions on the best rom for this phone. Also there appears to be many ways to root this phone as well. Couple things I'm looking for in a rom is the best battery life and easy to use. And which rooting method works best. Thanks so much everyone.
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my vote goes to viper rom. a ice cream sandwich rom is soon approaching

The stock ROM. It's pretty much perfect as is, aside from the bloatware which can be removed once rooted.

Starburst is best
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With the los issues I'd say keep stock, unless you like to hear your wife complain. With stock you can't be complained to. If it was for you, I'd recommend something else. Keep stock on your wife's phone until a fix for los rolls out.
Edit: Don't even root until the los fix, unless you're wife is into the modding process. Or have app data you need to transfer over.
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try getting your feet wet with one of Strong Steve's ODEX ROM's to get the benefit of aftermarket but still being ODEX. Personally i am running Calk's ROM but you are in the same boat as the rest of us, too many good ROM's, not enough time.
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Hey just bought this phone for my wife. I do a lot of flashing on my phone(evo3d) and just wanted to get some opinions on the best rom for this phone. Also there appears to be many ways to root this phone as well. Couple things I'm looking for in a rom is the best battery life and easy to use. And which rooting method works best. Thanks so much everyone.
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Either stock with removed bloat or one of strongsteves odexed roms. They are fast. I am a believer in odexed roms. Always have been and this is the first phone that someone develops odex for.
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My two cents, stay stock deodexed with bloat removed. And stock kernel, my phone never dies. And it is still crazy fast.
But if you want custom, definitely get ready to use ICS. Hopefully that will be here shortly.
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I see people are saying remove bloat... How do go about doing this? Thanks.
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Caulkin's ROM.
My battery is better, the performance is about the same, but my GPS is MUCH MUCH MUCH improved! So much that I can't say enough about it. I also seem to be getting better radio performance with 1.5a from anything else I've used. I work in a large building, and the oh-so important bathroom time is enhanced because I'm getting better connectivity... Our bathrooms could double as tornado shelters... Seriously! My Moment wouldn't even connect, and my Epic I would choke as well. This ROM makes reading articles on the internet or tapatalk actually doable.

I'm currently still using starburst, I'm thinking about going back to stock with the recent release from squishy.

I have been running absolutely amazingly doing this:
Stock EG 31 Tar
Automated Root
Calkulin E4GT 1.5a

CM6 was great for me until I bought a new phone, have you not tried?

Syndicated Ice Hands down.. ill put it against all your favorites in free memory, responsiveness, speed, battery and Function.
I dont like the theme so i got casino universal on it

both great roms.
viper rom and midnight are my first choice.... until ics! havent had a los yet using the clockwork repacked stock kernel!

Calkulin's #1 crazy speed and stable. Syndicated rom is very nice and smooth.
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Calk's ROM for stability and battery life.

Calkulin's ROM, for sure.

I'll have to give the nod to Calkulin's ROM for sure... Tried Starburst and ICE and like Calk's the best...
I just wanted something smooth, fast and most importantly reliable... I also wanted longer battery life! That's exactly what I got with this ROM.

Calkulin's 1.5a rom. As others said, it's snappy, stable and provides excellent battery life

Looking for a STABLE ROM for the Step Daughter

Was looking for some pointers on a STABLE ROM
Stability is the number one item of importance, rather than ICS or GB, but ICS is preferred for the camera options..
Currently the ET4G is at the stock OTA ICS build, but it is not even activated at this point.
My Step Daughter is using my EVO 4G, and as I upgraded my GF to the SGS3, I want to drop the EVO and move her to the ET4G.
No real rush, I told her it would be a week or two, I am just looking for a build that is super stable, as I wont get much chance to update and/or modify the build once I get it fully setup and give it to her.
Think I am best off using the rooted version of the Stock ICS FF18 ROM, with a modded kernel and just leaving it at that point?
Sadly, I have spent far to much time in the Epic section for my phone, and haven't had a chance to sort through all the builds here.
No need for extra themes, or fancy mods, just basic ICS will suffice, she couldn't tell the difference anyways.
I tried both Blazer and Calk's GB ROM, but both had stability issues here and there, and I was hoping for some tips to use with a new ICS build, now that the OTA is out.
Any advice for better stability than:
Stock ICS build
CWM recovery
Modded Kernel (AGAT's ?)
and just let it go at that?

Well for ICS I'm running M'ICS 1.1 its very stable. Also using agat 0.2.1 dirty kernel (safe) for extra speed and battery life. As for GB, calkulin or blazer roms are very stable as well. I got good battery life on both. Just make sure you read up and ask questions if you not sure. Happy flashing.
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Me personally I'm using the deodexed stock rooted ROM with Agat's safe kernel & Phaker's placebo script, & it's been super smooth for me so far
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Thanks for the responses..
I have been leaning towards rooted stock ICS with AGAT's kernel, but figured I would see what flash-a-holics would advise

DCRocks said:
Thanks for the responses..
I have been leaning towards rooted stock ICS with AGAT's kernel, but figured I would see what flash-a-holics would advise
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Lol, flash-a-holic? I'm in denial. Lol
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I love Flashahol! I'm running blazer ics, just came from calkulins 1.6 about a month ago. Both are solid.
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With the issues surrounding ICS, think I am gonna go with a GB ROM..
Torn between Blazer and Calk's... sigh... lol...

I personally liked blazer more that calkulins. But that's just me. Its all up to you. Plus I flashed mysterious beast theme for it.
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I'm gonna stay away from themes and tweaks, unless I find I got no choice...
Been a big fan of Calk's for a long time, and tried both before my GF got her SGS3, just seemed to have a few more issues with Blazer, but most was with Facebook, and I feel it may have been a FB app issue, and I also think I am gonna stay with the EL29 modem, as the newer ones didnt seem to work as well.
I may just keep both on the internal SD, and create a nand backup of both one I get the the phone fully setup, and let her try both for a week or two and see what works best for her in the Baltimore area.

Yeah the EL29 modern works good for me in the dmv area.. I also been having success with ff18 in dc
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