I just got mine and was wondering is it worth rooting becausr stock is already fast and stable
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It's always worth rooting.
Right now, the performance increase isn't the biggest reason, because this phone can handle anything we through at it with ease.
The root_only features, however, definitely are.
Backups, tethering, painless restores, themes, ad hoc wifi, and all the other goodies that custom Roms provide really make a big difference.
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You really should check out the juggernaut rom and also faux123 kernal. I can't express how much faster the sg2 runs and no stuttering or lag. The phone also has much better battery life it's really amazing. Also no spying carrier iq, no bloatware etc. you can free wifi tether. You can over clock or under clock. My phone has never worked so good.
Definitely recommend the following:
Load cwm recovery
Install latest juggernaut rom 4.1
Install latest faux123 kernal
Not required but also install latest modem kl1
If you do then install swype beta keyboard
I use go launcher highly recommended.
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DOOOOOOOOOO it!!!! You'll love your phone twice as much. There are some awesome themes and roms. You can make it even smoother than it is. Go to dev section after and try gingersnap with either kernel. Smooth as butter
Diekrupt said:
You really should check out the juggernaut rom and also faux123 kernal. I can't express how much faster the sg2 runs and no stuttering or lag. The phone also has much better battery life it's really amazing. Also no spying carrier iq, no bloatware etc. you can free wifi tether. You can over clock or under clock. My phone has never worked so good.
Definitely recommend the following:
Load cwm recovery
Install latest juggernaut rom 4.1
Install latest faux123 kernal
Not required but also install latest modem kl1
If you do then install swype beta keyboard
I use go launcher highly recommended.
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How do you install the modem?
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Why install the modem? Also, I think you should try Launcher 7, made myself use it for a few days, and I love it.
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I came from a NS4G rooted and i noticed the big difference, and i went on to root my t989 today and i have juggernaut with bullet might switch to the kernel yu recommended and so far i dont notice perfomance differece cuhz this phone is already fast as hell but like you said you can do so much more with root
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inpherknow said:
How do you install the modem?
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There's a thread by Whitehawks over on rootzwiki..
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Mrcojocaru said:
DOOOOOOOOOO it!!!! You'll love your phone twice as much. There are some awesome themes and roms. You can make it even smoother than it is. Go to dev section after and try gingersnap with either kernel. Smooth as butter
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Doooooo it !! +100
what's the best Rom
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bjgebg said:
what's the best Rom
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Im really liking juggernaut with faux(correct me if im wronh with the kernel name)
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bjgebg said:
what's the best Rom
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That's a tough question mate. There really is no best. Its a matter of figuring out what you want and what roms do that the best. I recommend trying them all. Personally I'm a cyanogenmod fanboi and I try to run it on pretty much everything I own.
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main reason u should root and install a custom rom is BATTERY LIFE! lol u more than double your battery life, get all the bloat out of your phone, CIQ etc, plus you do get a performance increase, and its more stable than stock.. hands down best thing you could ever do to your phone.
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Just got my wife an Epic Touch 4G, I wanted to install CM9 on it, but I don't see it anywhere? I want something stable, with good battery life. What ROMS do you recommend ? can be TW/AOSP, as long as its STABLE and everything works. Shes rocking stock ICS on it now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815854
I use that rom as my dd. Its calk's worked baked in to ff18 with some other stuff. Its almost stock feel. Most bloat removed. Ton of mods.
There is another awesome rom called blu kuban. Not sure if it fits your needs. Its super themed with awesome blue and black colors. Has its own kernel with a ton of cpu tweaks. Blu kuban is like the ultimate rom.
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euklid said:
Just got my wife an Epic Touch 4G, I wanted to install CM9 on it, but I don't see it anywhere? I want something stable, with good battery life. What ROMS do you recommend ? can be TW/AOSP, as long as its STABLE and everything works. Shes rocking stock ICS on it now.
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Cm9 is in original development
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cm9 is not stable yet on epic touch right?
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cm9 is not stable yet on epic touch right?
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Xda only has upto alpha 6 posted. But there are nightlies out there which are almost ready to be stable. I believe chris41g is himself working on that.
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BluesRulez said:
Xda only has upto alpha 6 posted. But there are nightlies out there which are almost ready to be stable. I believe chris41g is himself working on that.
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do you know where to download, i can't find it on cyanogenmod.com
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You could also try the "black" ROM, it's very stable and has a great battery life. It is off of ff18 right now but is going to move to fh13 soon.
Its funny how much this question gets asked. I would read up thoroughly on how to flash Roms and root or whatever it is you you want to do and go to the development section read about what is going on and how to install whatever ROM you want to try and try it, see how it works for you and if you don't like take it off. Trial and error is your best bet just make sure you aren't blindly flashing and installing stuff if you don't know what you are doing. Qbking77 has a lot of helpful videos on YouTube also.
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Also the most stable ROM is going to be the stock ota updates of course all of these Roms are in development obviously so as each one says on their page there is some issues with every single one.
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GiantJay said:
Also the most stable ROM is going to be the stock ota updates of course all of these Roms are in development obviously so as each one says on their page there is some issues with every single one.
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That's not true by a long shot...
The reason we started making our own ROMs was the instabilities, short-comings, and plain mistakes made by SamSprint in the stock ROMs.. you know, like the eMMC brick bug? That's a far cry from stable imo..
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That's not true by a long shot...
The reason we started making our own ROMs was the instabilities, short-comings, and plain mistakes made by SamSprint in the stock ROMs.. you know, like the eMMC brick bug? That's a far cry from stable imo..
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^^^this guy knows what he speaks of :thumbup:
We are legion, for we are many.
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Gargox said:
You could also try the "black" ROM, it's very stable and has a great battery life. It is off of ff18 right now but is going to move to fh13 soon.
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Agreed, I am very satisfied with the rom in terms of battery life. I wanted to try the fh13, but turned it keeps rebooting back to recovery.
S5 rom by venum check.out his thread just uploaded some pics on batery life 18+ hours and 3:30 on screen time every day best ics rom i have tried
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That's not true by a long shot...
The reason we started making our own ROMs was the instabilities, short-comings, and plain mistakes made by SamSprint in the stock ROMs.. you know, like the eMMC brick bug? That's a far cry from stable imo..
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STABLE! I DOWNGRADED from JB to get back to something this stable
Thx Chris.
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SHADOW GOD'S UNIVERSE ROM FH13
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I am using Phantom Blazer, great performance and battery seems to be pretty good too.
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roms
even though a "newbie", team nocturnal & team rejects Black rom is great for battery life, it is a darkly themed rom with available tweaks, pretty smooth & is my current daily driver
Just got mine yesterday loving my be new phone case from atrix 4g it's running ics stock uvalem for now what do I do I know I need to root it then whats the best ics And jb Rom for me
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Stock is the best for me! Rockin fully stock and rooted.....the best combo imho!
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Aokp...not working perfectly yet but has so many extra features I easily forget what's wrong. TW, FreeGS3 all the way for me.
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I uprooted my phone it becomes a task to be looking for updates, stock works great on battery and everything else love this phone
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So really their no need for custom roms
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Depends on your needs or wants. I can't live with stock TouchWiz for more then a day or two. It is very sluggish and I notice way too much lag in things. I vote AOKP in a week or so. Its not 100% yet but very close too and stable for some. If you don't know what you're missing then don't worry about it, and stay stock.
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caribe said:
So really their no need for custom roms
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It depends, I haven't seen anyone saying gs3 is sluggish at all, I certainly can't find any problems with stock besides bloatware and carrier iq, for my needs 8t works great out of the box I used to root all my phones and put new rims and what not but this time it has a lot features integrated and more and the phone has pretty good battery life so I'm set
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Cm10 nightlies
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the wicked rom by evil1art is amazing. still running ics, but virtually without bugs and lightning fast. ive been on this rom since v1 and it has since been updated to v3
Hi all,
This is my first venture into Android and I must say, I these are incredible phones, and I am very excited for the future of mobiles again!
I've tested out a few ROMs so far, and while the ASOK and cyanogen mods are more my thing, the ROMS out for them are not (still buggy as a daily driver for me)
On the other hand the stock rom for this phone is awesome. All functions are working fine and I haven't had one hiccup yet.
Anyone know another ROM that is as stable and possibly in JB. If not on JB but a batter rom that I stock which is still on ICS?
Thanks for your help!
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Mitanc said:
Hi all,
This is my first venture into Android and I must say, I these are incredible phones, and I am very excited for the future of mobiles again!
I've tested out a few ROMs so far, and while the ASOK and cyanogen mods are more my thing, the ROMS out for them are not (still buggy as a daily driver for me)
On the other hand the stock rom for this phone is awesome. All functions are working fine and I haven't had one hiccup yet.
Anyone know another ROM that is as stable and possibly in JB. If not on JB but a batter rom that I stock which is still on ICS?
Thanks for your help!
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Tasks AOKP 10/13. I also use ktoonez's kernel. Stable, awesome battery, smooth as butter.
Jonnyredcorn said:
Tasks AOKP 10/13. I also use ktoonez's kernel. Stable, awesome battery, smooth as butter.
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+1 been using AOKP and KT747 kernel since both came out. No complaints yet.
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d3athsd00r said:
+1 been using AOKP and KT747 kernel since both came out. No complaints yet.
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CM10 Monthly builds are also quite stable. I've been using it for 2 months now. Also if you like the look of TouchWiz and want to stay on it but remove the Samsung bloatware, you could use the debloater tool or use Titanium Backup to freeze system apps
I'll be getting my S3 tomorrow. Will going to a ROM ruin the special features that come with the phone, like the best photo option?
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I am also new to the GS3 and so far ive gone through the Wanamlite rom, Triune ll, and currently on the Nexus Mod Triune ll. the Wanamlite rom was the best for battery consumption but i am loving the add ons and theming behind the triune roms. here are the links:
Wanamlite: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1782732
Triune ll: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1796502
NexusMod Triune ll: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1837624
JacenSolo2001 said:
I'll be getting my S3 tomorrow. Will going to a ROM ruin the special features that come with the phone, like the best photo option?
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JacenSolo2001 said:
I'll be getting my S3 tomorrow. Will going to a ROM ruin the special features that come with the phone, like the best photo option?
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If you go with CM10, then you'll lose the stock camera app. I miss that app. The gyroscope features and floating video will be gone.
I haven't really tried the touchwiz based roms or AOKP.
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I put on the second milestone CM10 from a week ago. Seemed had some microphone issues. Also on some apps couldn't do voice note feature which was a deal breaker for me.
Overall all features which work in regular build of android should work on my phone as well.
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I just bought the SIII on Thursday and have been in the EVO line for awhile now and don't really know what devs to keep an eye on... I am looking for a good Kernel that will allow me to clock, volt and if possible w/ sbc! Any and all suggestions are welcome as I will probably try them all... Also are there any stable ROMS that I should take a look at as well?
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Freegs3 that's honestly all you need no need for underclocking or anything with the cpu the rom is fast stable I haven't been found a bug yet it has a ton of support ton of people willing to answer your questions and you will get 13+hours of battery with a few minor adjustments
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Freegs3 is that a Dev or the name of the Kernel?
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Dgsaxhitman84 said:
Freegs3 is that a Dev or the name of the Kernel?
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Its the name of the ROM. Its by freeza. I consider freeza a dev to keep ur eye on.
As far as the kernel goes, if your on stock(or any touchwiz rom) your choices are limited but the best kernel for battery life is the stock kernel anyway.
billard412 said:
Its the name of the ROM. Its by freeza. I consider freeza a dev to keep ur eye on.
As far as the kernel goes, if your on stock(or any touchwiz rom) your choices are limited but the best kernel for battery life is the stock kernel anyway.
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Stock gives amazing results as far as battery I don't see the need to over clocking my phone I did when I had my g1 hero my touch etc but why for the gs3
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jamal717 said:
Freegs3 that's honestly all you need no need for underclocking or anything with the cpu the rom is fast stable I haven't been found a bug yet it has a ton of support ton of people willing to answer your questions and you will get 13+hours of battery with a few minor adjustments
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Jamal717 - So, you like the Freegs3 ROM? I haven't tried it yet...I'm not a Sonic fan...I'm concerned Sonic pics would be themed within the ROM. (Are they?) Maybe I should give it a try, though. So far, I have flashed:
1. JellyBomb Domination, v7.0 (Decent)
2. JB Goodness, v4.0 (Fav so far)
3. Frankenstein KilLJoy, v1.0 (Current ROM...enjoying it)
I'm still new to rooting, so I am not even attempting the under/overclocking kernel piece yet.
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So I get that Freegs3 is a good rom but what about for stock users?
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JCJ77 said:
Jamal717 - So, you like the Freegs3 ROM? I haven't tried it yet...I'm not a Sonic fan...I'm concerned Sonic pics would be themed within the ROM. (Are they?) Maybe I should give it a try, though. So far, I have flashed:
1. JellyBomb Domination, v7.0 (Decent)
2. JB Goodness, v4.0 (Fav so far)
3. Frankenstein KilLJoy, v1.0 (Current ROM...enjoying it)
I'm still new to rooting, so I am not even attempting the under/overclocking kernel piece yet.
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I tried Freegs3 not bad although there still wasn't much on yhe the under/over clocking and voltage I really hope someone is working on a solid S3 Kernel besides me
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i'm on freegs3. i didn't want a themed rom full of tweaks and stuff that don't benefit me, that's why i went with his. it has auto update capability, and the few tweaks that are included you can choose to install or not during the install process. the only sega themed item is the boot animation, which you can change if you want very easily, he gives a list in the thread. check it out, it's definitely more stable than my stock rom was, it was crashing every 5 minutes. this is great.
I'm new to the s3 came from the epic 4g touch, and I'm curious what the best stock rom is. I want a stable, fast, smooth, good battery life, and a everyday driver. So my question is what rom should I go with?
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jordan0314 said:
I'm new to the s3 came from the epic 4g touch, and I'm curious what the best stock rom is. I want a stable, fast, smooth, good battery life, and a everyday driver. So my question is what rom should I go with?
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I like the rom m.o.a.r. its stable fast and very customizable wifi hotspot and a whole bunch of mods
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mderuelle said:
I like the rom m.o.a.r. its stable fast and very customizable wifi hotspot and a whole bunch of mods
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I was looking at that. I actually got it downloading now. You know how battery life is on it?
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Its great I used ktoonz kernel with the tkmod ktoonz kernel comes with app to customize voltage over clock underclock and tkmod will give you preloaded backup settings to mess with
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jordan0314 said:
I'm new to the s3 came from the epic 4g touch, and I'm curious what the best stock rom is. I want a stable, fast, smooth, good battery life, and a everyday driver. So my question is what rom should I go with?
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When I was running stock, I liked msg&chubbz ROM. Was a great everyday driver, stock with lots of customizations. Freeza's roms are about as stock as it gets.
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joeyhdownsouth said:
When I was running stock, I liked msg&chubbz ROM. Was a great everyday driver, stock with lots of customizations. Freeza's roms are about as stock as it gets.
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I'll check that out to. I was kinda a flashaholic on my s2 till I found a rom I really liked. So that's what I'm going to do till I find a really good one.
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I agree, there are so many good roms. There is something for everyone.
There is no such thing as a BEST ROM. Everyone has their own opinion of what they like
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