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What is the preffered rom for Epic?
viperrom seems to be good and bonsai4all too. I'm saying this based on the replies those threads got
i just asked this question on the development and got a new ahole torn, so I'm bringing my question here
thanks
I'm looking for a rom that is stable, fast and has a good gps fix
ease of install would be nice too that viperrom looks scary to install. why the hell do I need SDK? why no just basic update.zip to install the damn rom?
hi again, in my opinion they are both good, and so are the other 2.2 roms. im using bonsai for now, and im happy. hope this helps
I have tried several and my son is currently running Viper. All are fine, but I am currently running Nebula and find it is the smoothest and quickest on my phone. GPS seems to vary by phone. I recommend you dive in and keep flashing until you find one you like as it seems a ROM that runs flawless on one Epic, may not be so great on another.
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I recommend Bonsai
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I recommend Bonsai
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I 2nd this. Viper is too much of a dark theme for my taste. I like Mammons Bonsai alot. I would go Novas rom as my second pick.
I wish rom manager was supported well on this phone. I miss that on the droid. it was so easy to switch around roms. I could just download it straight to the phone and jump around roms.
I just installed bonsai4all, we'll see how well it works for now. it's on 1st boot, so just waiting for it to fire up, then I'm gonna play around with it.
that viperrom looks very confusing to install!
ahhh!!!!! I don't have a radio connection. was I supposed to install some new radio related items!?
Bounced between most of 'em once 2.2 hit and were all good. Cycled through and thoroughly enjoyed several versions of Quantum Rom, but have setteled on Nebula Rom.... which is uber and the way to go imo.
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Nebula, battery life is amazing
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razorseal said:
I wish rom manager was supported well on this phone. I miss that on the droid. it was so easy to switch around roms. I could just download it straight to the phone and jump around roms.
I just installed bonsai4all, we'll see how well it works for now. it's on 1st boot, so just waiting for it to fire up, then I'm gonna play around with it.
that viperrom looks very confusing to install!
ahhh!!!!! I don't have a radio connection. was I supposed to install some new radio related items!?
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Follow my guide for odining froyo. When you flash roms you need the dk28 modem wich you get if you odin froyo.
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Yeah I did Odin and got iT working til I messed something up and now I'm stuck at the samsung window.
I'm gonna try nebula... My phone and bonsai didn't get along
I recommend bonsai4all with ext4 and no journaling. I generally pull ny phone off the charger at 7am and use it moderately and when I go to bed at 11 I'm rarely below 40%. Also in terms of performance my quadrant score is in my sig and its in the midrange of the spectrum for people running my setup.
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I just got an epic this week from sprint, loving it so far NOW that I flashed it myself to Cricket. can someone recommend a rom that can be used as a daily driver for me? I know alot of people post this kind of question but this is what I'm looking for:
Speed
A little awsomesauce
Nice layout
No sprint bloatware
Overclocked Kernel preferably EB13 (Don't know if this has been done yet)
Bluetooth for music functioning along with voice (using a motorola roadster for my car)
Few if no force closes
sorry for asking this as I know alot of devs see this on a normal basis but I'm VERY new to samsung android, Evo's and Mytouch 4g's were my last phones so I've always been an HTC kind of guy. any help would be appreciated.
The new syndicate just dropped. Its amazing.
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yeah, what he said ^
same here 100%
midNght v4.1 ... has all of what you're looking for.
It has all the standard apps as separate flashable zips. So you start off with a very bare ROM and build it up yourself.
It uses an overclocked kernel 1.2 when using setCPU
It is solid and speedy
its EB13 as well.
(no matter what rom you choose; you should start off by using odin and the eb13 tar that already has recovery and root in it; thread is in the dev area)
Good luck
Viper ROM
The Viper Trinity Rom is amazing
Viper rom frozen has been my favorite so far. Trinity is very hot, small glitch with corp email that keeps me from giving it a 10.
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Whichever one has the latest date in the title of the thread haha
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think I'm gonna give midnight a run first and then onto viper if it's not for me, thank you guys for your suggestions
Yeah, the new Syndicate Frozen ROM is great.
It installs overclocked to 1.2ghz, and even when I underclocked with SetCPU, I didn't notice any drop in snappiness at all.
MidnightROM is supposed to be pretty good as well, though I had some Force Close issues (that were probably my fault), so I switched to Syndicate for the time being.
Bonsai 3.0.1, you have to wait a little longer but i hear good things, in the mean time bonsai 3.0.0 is sweet. Fast,no bloat and backs up and restores your data for you. really good.
The new syndicate rom is just as amazing as their di18 release was. Plus! There is no carrier IQ running, which means speed improvements as well as the privacy issues are gone.
oh and one more feature I need now that my fiancee got his atrix last night, I need a working front facing camera, do all the roms mentioned have the FFC working?
And yes I'm very jealous of him having that damned new dual core phone lol.... that's why I text bombed him with a 1000 texts as soon as he got home with it where he lives MUAH HA HA HA HAAAAA!
Another one for Bonsai ROM. The easiest install I've ever done on any ROM and it's snappy and stable.
Just do what I do and try them all. then install the newest update for every one. Then just stick with your favorite. You also learn a lot in the process.
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Yeah, the new Syndicate Frozen ROM is great.
It installs overclocked to 1.2ghz, and even when I underclocked with SetCPU, I didn't notice any drop in snappiness at all.
MidnightROM is supposed to be pretty good as well, though I had some Force Close issues (that were probably my fault), so I switched to Syndicate for the time being.
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I give my vote for Midnight ROM v4.1
I had this problem as well until a friendly person here explained to me that you have to go back into Clockwork and flash everything extra you want. It comes with only the bare essentials.
Midnight ROM has more work involved but it is great.
it does have a working FFC as well. Someone actually just asked about it in the Midnight ROM thread and the developer was very helpful in answering the question.
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Whichever one has the latest date in the title of the thread haha
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Haha! I was thinking about how we are like pigeons- we go to whoever has the bread at the moment.
The best part about the community roms is if one rom finds a new fix it will trickle into the others. We are still in the early stages of eb13. I expect to see some amazing things from our devs in the next month.
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yogi2010 said:
Haha! I was thiking about how we are like pigeons- we go to whoever has the bread at the moment.
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This for epic win. thank you very much guys for your help in all this, and I was always a "man not another best rom thread" but now I asked it so have to be quiet. And I prefer to think of myself as a squirrel looking for his next nut when it comes to roms lol
I'm running Bonsai, and they just updated to eb13. I prefer it over viper and the others, it seems faster and has more battery. Also it backs up your data, and removes all bloatware.
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So the official GB is out but is it worth it?
I've been running Frozen with Genocide for about 6 months - really happy with it.
Fast, smooth, good battery life (rarely will I have to plug it in during the day).
I know some good GB based ROMs will be coming soon from the awesome devs.
But are there any compelling reasons to update to stock GB other than the novelty?
I to had this same dilema. I was running sfr rom which was incredibly fast and stable but it still wasn't everything I wanted so I took the plunge to EI22 and I have to say I am very happy with my decision! I am rerooted and running the era legendary rom and it is everything that sfr was and more. Amazingly fast and so far super stable. No random reboots and quick connecting gps. Very worth upgrading to gingerbread as these excellent roms that have already surfaced are only going to get better!
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I'm running EI22 stock deodexed with Nubernal and poit's battery mod until the custom roms become more complete. Tested almost all of them and they're great, I'm just OCD about details and 4g working consistently. I was steadfast on SFR and Twilight and I'm plenty satisfied.
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I to had this same dilema. I was running sfr rom which was incredibly fast and stable but it still wasn't everything I wanted so I took the plunge to EI22 and I have to say I am very happy with my decision! I am rerooted and running the era legendary rom and it is everything that sfr was and more. Amazingly fast and so far super stable. No random reboots and quick connecting gps. Very worth upgrading to gingerbread as these excellent roms that have already surfaced are only going to get better!
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What he said - my experience has been the same. GB > Froyo stability wise, and everything that I had with Froyo (Wireless Hotspot, no CIQ, WiMax) now works with GB and works better.
Went back to EC05
The second I found out about the OTA push to EI22, I flashed back to stock immediately, downloaded the OTA, tried it out. Then I flashed a pre-rooted EI22 and loaded RandomROM EI22 ThunderHawk. Excellent ROM, but I experienced a random 3G radio reboot and got paranoid, so for now, I'm back on EC05 with RandomROM Phoenix & Genocide. I can wait a little bit for some of the minor bugs to get worked out, but I know good things lie ahead for current and future GB ROMS. Pretty stoked about it!
You should try out era legendary 4.0.1! It is amazing! No kind of problems on my end as of yet and I've been running it like crazy the last 3 days... no reboots of any kind and no ramdom fc's from anything... everything works and works well so far
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The second I found out about the OTA push to EI22, I flashed back to stock immediately, downloaded the OTA, tried it out. Then I flashed a pre-rooted EI22 and loaded RandomROM EI22 ThunderHawk. Excellent ROM, but I experienced a random 3G radio reboot and got paranoid, so for now, I'm back on EC05 with RandomROM Phoenix & Genocide. I can wait a little bit for some of the minor bugs to get worked out, but I know good things lie ahead for current and future GB ROMS. Pretty stoked about it!
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Btw to go back to the eco5 did u just restore a nandroid or did you go back to stock eco5? want to know just in case anything does happen to go wrong.... would I have to odin or just a simple flash of my favorite eco5 rom in cwm?
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I have been using Bonsai 4.0 for a long time. I would like to get a gingerbread ROM.
Which one would be the best?
I need good battery life.
I need good GPS.
I need no crashes.
Thanks everyone!
badbeats said:
I have been using Bonsai 4.0 for a long time. I would like to get a gingerbread ROM.
Which one would be the best?
I need good battery life.
I need good GPS.
I need no crashes.
Thanks everyone!
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Really your results may vary from others expierence so with that taken into account try Legendary 2.2. I used that for a while and was able to squeeze out around 18+ hours in low signal areas. I don't know if the gps is alright but there is a fix and its not a flashable it has to do with permissions. Also you can add the newest samurai kernel with that. Since your on an old rom I'm sure you have no clue about the mtd and bml partitions available so be cautions on what you download and flash. If your on bml make sure the kernel is as well.
Another suggestion is try cm7 with the samurai kernel. If 4g isn't a deal breaker.
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I personally reccommend Clean GB MTD. Its super stable for me and doesn't inlcude to much extra stuff that pulls from you battery. I like something simple and functional so this was my pick. Also if you decide to use it make sure to read about MTD first in android development because it functions quite differently.
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badbeats said:
I have been using Bonsai 4.0 for a long time. I would like to get a gingerbread ROM.
Which one would be the best?
I need good battery life.
I need good GPS.
I need no crashes.
Thanks everyone!
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look at this...
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427645
I've tried a number and Marcusant v2 has been the best for me in terms of stability, speed, GPS, and lack of bugs.
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I personally reccommend Clean GB MTD. Its super stable for me and doesn't inlcude to much extra stuff that pulls from you battery. I like something simple and functional so this was my pick. Also if you decide to use it make sure to read about MTD first in android development because it functions quite differently.
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I changed from Bonsia to CleanGB MTD over a week ago & REALLY like this new rom.
Much faster & smoother. My vote is for CleanGB MTD......
Do a little reading first though.....
Ok, like the OP, I have been running Bonsai 4.0 from day 1. (I guess it works so well, we never look for upgrade? or maybe the 4.1 brick fiasco scared us off, lol)
Epic 4g flashed to cricket, rooted, CWM 3.0, ext4, goLauncher. fairly happy, but could use some more speed and battery, plus new toys are FUN. So....
Let's have it out. Here's what my research has turned up:
Bonsai 4.1.3 (stable, but froyo based)
vs
Sprint's new OTA GB update (don't really wanna unroot unless there's something amazing about this, plus as a cricket customer, can I even get this update?)
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Legendary
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CleanGB
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SleeperROM
I've heard a bit in this thread about SleeperVSCleanGB, but I'd like more comparisons, and to hear about any other candidates/factors we should be considering (Xtreme? will I lose ext4 by switching to MTD? should I care?)
thx a bunch for your time!
Yes you will lose ext4 by switching to mtd... but you gain yaffs2 which is much more stable than ext4... so no worries there... and I have tried every ei22 rom out and the best bml imo is legendary and the best mtd is viper rom or cleangb mtd.... being a cricket user you probably won't get the ota because sprint is who pushes it out... also if your using bonsais recovery you will need to flash cwm 5.0.2.7 (officially supported for our phones) before trying to upgrade to a custom ei22 rom... you won't lose root by going to any of the custom roms cuz root is already in the roms as you probably know... and imo ei22 is way better than froyo... only problem with ei22 was the gps (I never had any problems but most did) but all of the custom ei22 roms have the gps fix built in... happy flashing!
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badbeats said:
I have been using Bonsai 4.0 for a long time. I would like to get a gingerbread ROM.
Which one would be the best?
I need good battery life.
I need good GPS.
I need no crashes.
Thanks everyone!
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Personally my favorites are cm7 and miui.us, though I haven't tried any ei22 based roms.
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Im on MIUI at the moment, but I've tried quite a few. You can read as many posts about how a certain ROM works. But, you won't really know what suits you and your phone until you try them out!
BTW- I Like MIUI a lot, except for how fast my batteries die(i carry a backup).
I go through both in LESS than 12 hours, easy! Then again, the problem may be with my phone or the charger i'm using, so don't let me discourage you.
I suggest CM7 but I'm bias as I assist with the development.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427645
Really the best thing to do is try all of them and see what you like best each phone reacts differently with different ROM. Many people report CM7 being the best battery wise but others have terrible results.
GPS wise most roms share the same GPS fixes so you shouldn't notice a difference between individual roms.
Cool, thx for the feedback. I will check out Viper, MIUI, and CM7 (been eyeing cyanogenmod for a while, but I thought they hadn't ported for Epic 4G yet?)
Also glad my fear of leaving ext4 is gone....by bye BML, hello MTD!
Now, if we can just get that ICS ported.....
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Cool, thx for the feedback. I will check out Viper, MIUI, and CM7 (been eyeing cyanogenmod for a while, but I thought they hadn't ported for Epic 4G yet?)
Also glad my fear of leaving ext4 is gone....by bye BML, hello MTD!
Now, if we can just get that ICS ported.....
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Yep cm7 has the 4g and cm9 (ics based) is on the horizon!!!
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Also seems like I should try the BML roms 1st, since if I want to switch back from a MTD rom, I have to Odin it, yes? (Seems the layers of complexity/risk go apps/themes/launchers/titanium backups/CWM restores/ODIN.... I feel like I want to avoid ODIN except in emergencies, lol)
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Also seems like I should try the BML roms 1st, since if I want to switch back from a MTD rom, I have to Odin it, yes? (Seems the layers of complexity/risk go apps/themes/launchers/titanium backups/CWM restores/ODIN.... I feel like I want to avoid ODIN except in emergencies, lol)
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Odin really isn't that bad as long as you don't use the stock cable and get a good one... a follow all directions to the T! And yes to go back from mtd you do have to odin... but like I said not that bad... I do it at least once a week...
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For me, IMHO, it is a toss up between Clean GB and Starsky ROM (both MTD versions).
Like the title said, I finally jumped on board. I got the Evo at launch, and used it until October. I saw the Epic when it came out, but I thought it was too big, so I decided to wait for the iPhone. Well, long story short, it was a mistake lol. Small screen, locked-down software, etc etc. Well now that bad boy's gonna be up on craigslist and I'm back in the world of Android.
So far, I'm very pleased.
Any rom recommendations? I use to run Calkulin's Evo rom for a while, and I see that he has an Epic rom, so I guess I'll give that a spin first
Just try out his rooted fb17 build with the fb15 modem I've been using it as my daily since it was dropped.
Ics is super awesome on this phone just for the love of god DO NOT USE CWM TOUCH RECOVERY. i don't wanna see another i bricked my phone thread lol.
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I would advise against using any of the ICS roms as they are not daily driver status yet (I'm running an fb21 setup so I know).
Go with Blazer 4.0, until more work is done on the ICS ones, this will be your best bet for battery life, stability, and smoothness. I ran Calkulin's for a long time and his rom is good but Blazer definitely gets better battery life.
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Try them all but some good advice is until you get comfy with flashing and the little changes from the OG Evo to the Epic, I would just flash stock custom roms and leave those ICS roms alone like the poster above me just said. No need to bork your new phone so fast incase you do something wrong. Also stay away from the Touch recovery until they do some more testing on it... Just my opinion
I'd recommend both Calkulin's ROM, and Blazer ROM at the current time (And they're both excellent developers, so i'd think their future releases will be good also)... not to say the other ROM's available aren't good, I just personally haven't used them so I can not speak on something I haven't experienced. I expect a lot of ROM's to be released soon based on ICS, so the ROM recommendation might change soon.
Welcome, enjoy your new phone
Thanks for all the recommendations. Honestly, I haven't had much of a reason to root the device. The main reason I rooted the Evo was to get rid of Sense, and increase battery life.... needless to say I have neither of those problems on the E4GT.
I'll probably just root but stick with the current ROM I'm running so that I don't have to start from scratch. Once the ICS roms become more stable, I'll look into those.
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I'll probably just root but stick with the current ROM I'm running so that I don't have to start from scratch. Once the ICS roms become more stable, I'll look into those.
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Honestly, that's what I am doing. I have a stock ROM with root and CWM... and I'm observing the ICS progress and waiting for a decent, stable ROM/Kernel/Recovery then I'll make a change. My phone is important to me, so I observe to watch the testing and such before diving in.
I kept it stock myself and its been very well.... Bought my et4g about a week ago also for 200 bones... Frekaing steal basically
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There are several Alpha/Beta ICS roms out right now but I would strongly suggest using the older ones for now. Too many people are bricking their phones trying to run ICS. If you must do ICS I would suggest completely restoring your phone back to 100% stock and then installing ICS to a stock/unrooted rom.
I personally am using Calkulin's EL29 (v.2.8.1) rom with the EL29 Kernel and EL29 baseband. It is Gingerbread 2.3.6 but it is insanely stable, extremely responsive; especially if you don't use the TouchWiz but instead use GoLauncher.
I rooted mine so i could delete twiz and all the bloat, then i found team nocturnals dark ics blend rom and flashed it and the fb21 modem and life is good, got rid of all the ugly colors and twiz and fb21 modem increased my 3g data from 100kbps to 1mbps now when i use my og evo it looks dirty from the lower screen quality and its sooooo laggy compared to thia beast
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Cm9 ftw! It's a few more steps at the moment to flash and get some fixes for gps and ext sd to work, but it's so beautiful on this phone. I can't stand tw and all the bloat.
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