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So I have on order from tmobile 2 of these phones for my parents, they wanted to upgrade and learn how to use them. But coming from well... I nokia bar phone, and a old samsung slide phone, this change might be a little big. So I was wondering if you guys could recommend some good stable roms that are easy to use, have somewhat decent battery life. Or even if should I just stick with the stock one? Thank you guys. -CptSamir
I just released a ROM earlier today.
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Personally I would let them knock around the stock rom for a little while until they get used to android and then try a custom ROM later.
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i wouldnt do **** to their phones , if it craps out on them then they are screwed, stock rom on this phone is really good
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i wouldnt do **** to their phones , if it craps out on them then they are screwed, stock rom on this phone is really good
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Since they're for your parents, I would leave them as is, stock. Chances are, they're never going to understand or utilize the phone's full potential. Unless you plan on always being available to immediately troubleshoot any and all errors/issues that might/will pop up with a custom ROM, stock is the way to go. Even stock blows away other phones available.
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I am using beastmod. You could give that a try. Its stable and fast. Don't underestimate your parents. My dad rocks cyanogen on his smartphones.
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I am using beastmod. You could give that a try. Its stable and fast. Don't underestimate your parents. My dad rocks cyanogen on his smartphones.
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If this is there 1st foray into Android, leave it stock. The worst thing you can do is have a custom ROM on it, then have it do some weird stuff, and they are up a creek when they go to the store to have them fix it.
If they want to mod the phone and mess with it, let them make the choice and let them learn to do it.
You could at least root and debloat the phones.
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I wouldn't do anything to them, this phone is good stock. The last thing you need is them accidentally going to recovery and messing with something they shouldn't.
That's the best thing to do IMO.
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If this is there 1st foray into Android, leave it stock. The worst thing you can do is have a custom ROM on it, then have it do some weird stuff, and they are up a creek when they go to the store to have them fix it.
If they want to mod the phone and mess with it, let them make the choice and let them learn to do it.
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Ya, trust me. I know my parents. My dad cannot turn on a computer, my mom pulls me every 2 min to help here "troubleshoot" a problem she is having, like finding the next button, or save, or...well. anything. Thank you for all the replies. I will stick with the stock rom for now and see how they like it. Hopefully (wish me luck) they will go from using the phone to just make calls, and use the phone to help their lives.
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i wouldnt do **** to their phones , if it craps out on them then they are screwed, stock rom on this phone is really good
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I am enjoying my stock rom with different launcher.
2.3.6 with samsung touchwiz is good combination.
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stock all the way fo showwww
just for now.
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Pretty much it depends on your parents understanding of Technology my mother I got her into android I gave her my old Vibrant custom rom and all and from time to time i would update it to something newer and she would get how to use it pretty quick sure she has had some issues but if your knowledgeable enough you can help em in those snags as for ROMs i would suggest Bombaridier personally my favorite
I would just stick with the stock one personally. And this is coming from someone who in the past ALWAYS flashed a custom rom on other phones.
I'd flash a custom kernel, like darkside, because it make the phone much smoother
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I vote for stock as well. I am still on stock (rooted and bloat-frozen) and it works well for me. If we had MIUI, then I would recommend that because your parents could easily cusome the look of their phones to their hearts' content without alot of knowledge and without great risk.
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Ya, trust me. I know my parents. My dad cannot turn on a computer, my mom pulls me every 2 min to help here "troubleshoot" a problem she is having, like finding the next button, or save, or...well. anything. Thank you for all the replies. I will stick with the stock rom for now and see how they like it. Hopefully (wish me luck) they will go from using the phone to just make calls, and use the phone to help their lives.
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Yeah stick with stock, they wont notice the difference anyhow. Its not like they're gonna go overclocking/undervolting the cpu, theming or all that good stuff. My guess its they just want it for what it is, a phone
Our darkside de wizzed!
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Our darkside de wizzed!
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I just switch to different ROM because it gave me continious force close
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I just switch to different ROM because it gave me continious force close
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You don't belong with the darkside!
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So I've been using this thing for a few days and all I can say is wow. I've never gone a day without rooting and flashing a Rom on any android device I've ever owned. I can't believe how smooth and amazing this thing is out of the box. Battery life is unbelievable. Ok so I wanted to ask is that even a point of flashing a Rom on right now? What are you guys currently running and had your battery life remained as good or is it worse/better?
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Bunch of folks will tell you yes,
Me, as a seasoned Android user (4th phone) will say "not me".
I just can't see the point, at this point.
Maybe root for the sake of a rooted installation of Avast Anti Theft.
Maybe root and recovery to flash an OC kernel.
Personally I'm good just as I am.
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Well with rooting u can install an international rom that has the multi window feature. Also the perseus kernel has the exploit fix and u can also di a hack for google wallet to work.
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hysteresis said:
Bunch of folks will tell you yes,
Me, as a seasoned Android user (4th phone) will say "not me".
I just can't see the point, at this point.
Maybe root for the sake of a rooted installation of Avast Anti Theft.
Maybe root and recovery to flash an OC kernel.
Personally I'm good just as I am.
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What's the deal with avast anti theft and root?
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Personally, I don't feel the need to really make any modifications to the software on my Note II - it works well enough out of the box that I will more than likely leave it stock and unrooted. Battery life is amazing thus far, moderate usage today and barely put a so much as a dent in it (which is a big difference over my S III, which I could run down in a matter of a few hours depending on what I was doing).
I myself thought I was going to have an issue with touchwiz due to coming from various HTC devices as well as a few vanilla android handsets. However, this device has been amazing. I did root it as I have a few apps that need said access but as far as a custom rom, no need.
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I've had my Note about 6 weeks now. This is the first time I've came to the Note2 forum. This device is nearly perfect, for me, out of the box. I haven't found anything, yet, to make me want to root. :thumbup:
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I did to get multi window and use titanium backup. I tried clean rom jedi and jelly thunder which im on now. All three worked great without issues. I like jelly thunder now because of the skin it runs is nice on the eyes. S-pen note taking is the main reason I have the note 2 so all these 3 roms retain full usage. Im on AT&T and have not noticed any change in battery life between the 3 roms and stock...
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What's the deal with avast anti theft and root?
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With a rooted installation, GPS can be turned on remotely via sms or web portal for device location and you can protect the installation itself even in the event of a full wipe. Kinda. Just an extra layer of protection.
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Typically ill root a device to
flash a version of Android that isn't currently offered directly by the OEM, or simply to overclock a slower device. I'm ecstatic over this device as it is - stock.
I don't need root or some half-baked ROM with bugs.
If it doesn't improve my "user experience" then I don't want it.
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I love flashing new roms but honestly this is the first time I have been hesitant because of how good a device runs out of the box. I can't wait till we get a 4.2 update
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My 4th android phone as well and I agree with OP, the phone is unbelievable and is the first phone where I felt, "should I even bother rooting?". I only rooted it for the option to freeze system apps, use my backup from TiBu, and change my font (I hate stock font..), Multiwindow is a nice feature but not a necessity. I do like having a lot less system apps though.
i agree ...this phone is very smooth ...i did a no flash count root with no custom recovery... only so that i could have google wallet!!!!
if i didnt want wallet so bad i would not have rooted!!
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My 4th android phone as well and I agree with OP, the phone is unbelievable and is the first phone where I felt, "should I even bother rooting?". I only rooted it for the option to freeze system apps, use my backup from TiBu, and change my font (I hate stock font..), Multiwindow is a nice feature but not a necessity. I do like having a lot less system apps though.
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You do know you don't have to root to change your font, right?
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Had to root and flash. Just doesn't feel right not doing so. Running Jedi romantic with the Asylum kernel and it's awesome. Have noticed extra batterydrain with the oover clock and this thing is smooth as butter
**disregard post**
I have been the biggest aosp advocates since day 1....now I dont care about cm or aokp. Lol!! I just miss my sliding toggles and weather panel from aokp
what are we gonna do now?? I'm starting to feel like a normal phone user without flashing and rooting and kernels lol I would just do it but this thing is literally perfect as is
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Are source & kernel even out for this ROM?
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I've had mine for about a week now, coming from IOS then to the S3. I'm very impressed with it so far. I rooted mine the day after I got it and have three ROMs on it. I'm using CLEANROM 3.3 at the moment.
I unboxed mine and rooted immediately. Multi viewing is the bomb! I can watch YouTube and navigate at the same time in a split window. You gotta have it...root em baby!
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It took me a while, but I finally rooted my phone to get rid of the bloatware and to be able to install an ad blocker, now I'm wondering what good OS's there are out there so far? In the past with my Epic 4G, I spent a lot of time trying different OS's and ended up quite frustrated, though mostly because I never really found one I was that happy with and ended up in a situation where I changed OS's so much that I didn't even bother to customize my phone anymore because it would just be a couple of days before I had to start over again. This time around I figured I'd ask the peanut gallery first to get some informed opinions rather than just installing random OS after random OS. I'm looking for something lean, efficient, and stable. Also, and I'm not sure if this is an issue with the S3 like it was with the Epic 4G, but if there are things like CIQ that need to be removed, I would want those features as well.
Thanks.
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It took me a while, but I finally rooted my phone to get rid of the bloatware and to be able to install an ad blocker, now I'm wondering what good OS's there are out there so far? In the past with my Epic 4G, I spent a lot of time trying different OS's and ended up quite frustrated, though mostly because I never really found one I was that happy with and ended up in a situation where I changed OS's so much that I didn't even bother to customize my phone anymore because it would just be a couple of days before I had to start over again. This time around I figured I'd ask the peanut gallery first to get some informed opinions rather than just installing random OS after random OS. I'm looking for something lean, efficient, and stable. Also, and I'm not sure if this is an issue with the S3 like it was with the Epic 4G, but if there are things like CIQ that need to be removed, I would want those features as well.
Thanks.
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try freeza's rom its lean, clean, and mean
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masaidjet said:
try freeza's rom its lean, clean, and mean
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Is there a second for freeza's rom?
I would suggest CyanogenMod
treblesum81 said:
It took me a while, but I finally rooted my phone to get rid of the bloatware and to be able to install an ad blocker, now I'm wondering what good OS's there are out there so far? In the past with my Epic 4G, I spent a lot of time trying different OS's and ended up quite frustrated, though mostly because I never really found one I was that happy with and ended up in a situation where I changed OS's so much that I didn't even bother to customize my phone anymore because it would just be a couple of days before I had to start over again. This time around I figured I'd ask the peanut gallery first to get some informed opinions rather than just installing random OS after random OS. I'm looking for something lean, efficient, and stable. Also, and I'm not sure if this is an issue with the S3 like it was with the Epic 4G, but if there are things like CIQ that need to be removed, I would want those features as well.
Thanks.
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Ive been using using cyanogenMod as a everyday rom.
Mijjahz goodness!!
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/ThePeoplesROM-KennyGlass123/daniel4653.png
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Is there a second for freeza's rom?
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yes, one is pure stock and ther is a hybrid deodex from with light theming
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yes, one is pure stock and ther is a hybrid deodex from with light theming
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I actually meant is there a second vote for the rom, but this does bring up another point and that is that I'd prefer something without much theming. I like Jellybean, but I want something that has had all of the bloat stripped away and all of the beneficial tweaks for performance and battery life already in place.
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I actually meant is there a second vote for the rom, but this does bring up another point and that is that I'd prefer something without much theming. I like Jellybean, but I want something that has had all of the bloat stripped away and all of the beneficial tweaks for performance and battery life already in place.
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Freeza's thread for his rom have screenshots you can check out. There are a couple of good roms out with a lot of theming including icons, so freeza's rom is great for first time flashers for the gs3.
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masaidjet said:
Freeza's thread for his rom have screenshots you can check out. There are a couple of good roms out with a lot of theming including icons, so freeza's rom is great for first time flashers for the gs3.
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Just to be sure, you are talking about this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1745865
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Just to be sure, you are talking about this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1745865
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yes thats the one
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Got my sgs3 yesterday. Stock ROM for exactly 0 minutes. The first ROM I've installed is Freeza's. I ran some of his on my evo3d.
Outstanding so far. Just wish battery had % in it
guyandhisdog said:
Got my sgs3 yesterday. Stock ROM for exactly 0 minutes. The first ROM I've installed is Freeza's. I ran some of his on my evo3d.
Outstanding so far. Just wish battery had % in it
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Beat me to it. ^^
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Chemistry v5 is the best and it has multiview
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What about CM10.1??? First monthly release is great!!!
Aaron Swartz, Rest in Pixels.
Clean bean V1.0 ftw!
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Chemistry v5 is the best and it has multiview
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Theyre all the best, actually
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Go with liquid smooth!!! It's 4.2.1 and very stable even though it's still beta. I am running it as my everyday rom, no problems. Considerably less buggy than the cm10.1 nightlies. (my favorite part is that it has group mms)
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So how do I install this thing, just flash from recovery? Freeza didn't give any instructions...
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I'm on cm10.1 and it seems to always freeze and slow down which takes me more time to make calls or get to texts and send them. Get a lot of wait/close notifications and I want to know if there is just a simple epic 4g rom that will respond quickly and not freeze on me when I'm trying to get a girls number for example!
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Never got such things in CM10.1 for all 3 devices I installed it on, but if your goal is that simple, reverting to CM7 (highly recommended, speediest of all ROMs I've experienced, because it's GINGERBREAD) or even stock FC09/FC19 is a good idea.
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Why do people always ask these questions? Try roms out on your device and find the answers yourself! Each device responds differently.
If I were a moderator, I'd delete these threads every time they popped up, lol.
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Nooo people always ask "what is the best rom" I'm not a noob ok I'm asking if anyone uses a rom that doesn't freeze or lag with everything like cm10 does. Your not a moderator and if you can't help then be silent.
Why would a try 10 roms just to see which one simply freezes the least when I could just ask?
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Nooo people always ask "what is the best rom" I'm not a noob ok I'm asking if anyone uses a rom that doesn't freeze or lag with everything like cm10 does. Your not a moderator and if you can't help then be silent.
Why would a try 10 roms just to see which one simply freezes the least when I could just ask?
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Because every phone reacts different to every ROM. My epic hated cm7, but everybody here loved it. You have to try several different ones out for yourself and see which one you and your phone like best.
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dertdeezy said:
Nooo people always ask "what is the best rom" I'm not a noob ok I'm asking if anyone uses a rom that doesn't freeze or lag with everything like cm10 does. Your not a moderator and if you can't help then be silent.
Why would a try 10 roms just to see which one simply freezes the least when I could just ask?
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You may not be a new XDA user or new to flashing, but you have two replies here saying why answering this question is moot.
Either follow Andy's suggestion, or follow mine and frost's and flash roms until you find what works best for you & your device. Plain and simple, lol.
It probably looks like I'm being an asshole here, but we've had this asked so many times over the nearly 4 years this phone has been in production. It got old years ago, and the answer never changed.
Peace out guys, not everyone's a flashaholic I know, but yeah I had been one for about a year and tried so many ROMs so that's why I have a suggestion. If @dertdezzy just lacks time like I do now, then forgive him and let him fetch my answer and enjoy GB, but meanwhile @nikon120 's got a point in there, if there's time you should really use your brain and hand to sort these subjective things out.
Maybe it's time to shut this thread?
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Come on, an epic 4g is an epic 4g they are not built differently one at a time..if the same rom works different for some people then its because they are doing something different..I'm sure there's a few roms that people in general agree on as one of the most stable, or the most lag free for example..just in general of course..its not that serious to where I have time to flash a new rom everyday, restore all my settings and set ups just to find the "perfect" rom for me
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Come on, an epic 4g is an epic 4g they are not built differently one at a time..if the same rom works different for some people then its because they are doing something different..I'm sure there's a few roms that people in general agree on as one of the most stable, or the most lag free for example..just in general of course..its not that serious to where I have time to flash a new rom everyday, restore all my settings and set ups just to find the "perfect" rom for me
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Actually no. There are differences based on tolerances on how the die is cut for the processors. Some could handle overclocking to 1.5Ghz and others could go no higher than 1.2Ghz. I have 2 no longer in service and at one time running identical software my computer would only recognize one...reinstalled drivers on computer and both were recognized again, Agreed that in most cases it is something different in software and matching up phone for phone in a purely clean flash should yield same results. Now throw in 3rd party apps and themeing and game over.
Yup you right u right, nuff said! But would cm7 and older roms tend to be more what I'm looking for with speed, less lagging and freezing?
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Yup you right u right, nuff said! But would cm7 and older roms tend to be more what I'm looking for with speed, less lagging and freezing?
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They're pretty much stable and good to go. You will have more space for apps on a Gingerbread rom than a ICS/JellyBean rom. Also you should have less RAM used on Gingerbread than the other types as well.
Really you just have to decide either TouchWiz or CM based. If CM, then which OS type. After that point, it's pretty easy reduce the rom list.
On cm7 for past week or so...PERFECT!! EXACTLY what I needed, thanks to the good response I got
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On cm7 for past week or so...PERFECT!! EXACTLY what I needed, thanks to the good response I got
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Hah, so it looks like Gingerbread isn't so legacy after all Glad you found what you love!
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Hello everyone! I am really new to flashing roms and as such know very little about them. I hope everyone here can give some advice on which to use.
I got away from the stock rom because it was ugly as sin, seemed to be battery hungry, and so restricted.
What I'm looking for in a rom is improved battery life over stock, improved speed, useful features baked right in like halo, and the ability to make it look exactly the way I want without having to install a 3rd party launcher, and last but not least working 3g/4g would be nice.
Currently I'm useing cm 10.2 nightly. I like the power savings, the speed, and my data works. But I would like a halo like feature and a bit more room for customization.
Thank you in advance for any tips you can give!
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Dshook1979 said:
Hello everyone! I am really new to flashing roms and as such know very little about them. I hope everyone here can give some advice on which to use.
I got away from the stock rom because it was ugly as sin, seemed to be battery hungry, and so restricted.
What I'm looking for in a rom is improved battery life over stock, improved speed, useful features baked right in like halo, and the ability to make it look exactly the way I want without having to install a 3rd party launcher, and last but not least working 3g/4g would be nice.
Currently I'm useing cm 10.2 nightly. I like the power savings, the speed, and my data works. But I would like a halo like feature and a bit more room for customization.
Thank you in advance for any tips you can give!
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Welcome to the forums and the Optimus G! You've made yourself a great choice getting this phone
Glad to see you are already rooted and ROM'd as well. A good ROM for customization would be either Beanstalk, Carbon ROM, Dirty Unicorns, AOKP, etc. Pretty much every ROM that isn't CM will give you good customization options. And I know that Carbon has working Halo too.
I've been saying this everywhere on the forums, and I'm gonna say it here; if you can find some of the old 4.2.2 ROMs, I suggest you give those a whirl. The only real bug with 4.2.2 ROMs is camera autofocus. It requires a workaround with a script. But those ROMs are solid as ever and have really good battery life, way better than 4.3 in my honest opinion. And the newer stock based LG ROMs are better than ever as well. Amazing battery life and super smooth performance with those.
So, to be honest, you really can't go wrong with any of the ROMs floating around here. Get to downloading and figure out what you like Just remember to frequently make backups of your ROMs in TWRP (ESPECIALLY a stock ROM for prl/profile purposes) before going on flashing sprees, just in case something goes wrong. This is also one of the nicest Android communities I've ever been a part of, so please don't be afraid to ask in the threads for help with whatever you need. We're all like one big family here.
Cheers!
I personally am stuck on AOKP 4.3 (Build 9/11)
Haven't flashed a ROM in almost a month, Im pretty content
Awesome! Thanks guys for the info. A lot of good info to consider. Any idea where I might find the 4.2 roms? I just was looking around the Internet and could only find links to 4.3 based roms.
As far as a back up of my original stock rom I was foolish and didn't back it up. I have been reading a bit about updating my prl and such, to be honest it seems a bit daunting.
My question is, why can't there just be a button to it like in Stock roms, but on every rom. Seems like it should be easy for the devs to put one in considering how smart they are.
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Oh, I have been reading up on pac rom and carbon rom. Maybe I'm missing something but on the surface they seems the same but with different names. What's the difference between the two?
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Awesome! Thanks guys for the info. A lot of good info to consider. Any idea where I might find the 4.2 roms? I just was looking around the Internet and could only find links to 4.3 based roms.
As far as a back up of my original stock rom I was foolish and didn't back it up. I have been reading a bit about updating my prl and such, to be honest it seems a bit daunting.
My question is, why can't there just be a button to it like in Stock roms, but on every rom. Seems like it should be easy for the devs to put one in considering how smart they are.
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Check out spleef's goo.im account. He has all of the 4.2 ROMs there, and there's a CM10.1 (4.2.2) thread as well with CM10.1 nightlies still being pushed. And to update the profile/prl is actually quite easy. When in stock ROM, simply go to system settings > system updates, and all the options are right there. Connect to your wifi, and update your stuff. Really simple. It IS possible to update profile/prl from AOSP, but to be honest, I've only ever seen that feature on one ROM only, and that was the Helly Bean ROM back on my old Samsung Epic 4G. Like I said, I've only ever seen that feature on just that ROM, so maybe it was either broken, or worthless lol.
As far as the differences go between Carbon and PAC, it is true that those ROMs have a lot of the same customization options, but I'm guessing the real differences are made under the hood. To be quite honest, I don't know why, but I actually haven't even ran a PAC ROM on this phone yet. I really don't know why, lol. Maybe all the options are just too overwhelming for me. I like for my AOSP ROMs to be simple, but with some options.
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Ok cool, thanks for the reply! Looks like I'm going to have to temp flash a stock based rom to update prl/profile. I'm using Cm touch recovery. How good is its back up feature? If it even has one.
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Dshook1979 said:
Ok cool, thanks for the reply! Looks like I'm going to have to temp flash a stock based rom to update prl/profile. I'm using Cm touch recovery. How good is its back up feature? If it even has one.
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Do you mean ClockWorkMod touch recovery? I never used that on this phone. TWRP recovery is much more superior for this device.
Yeah ClockworkMod touch recovery. Lol I wish I would of known that before I paid for the touch recovery. Oh well, at least the money help support some talented devs.
Parden all the noob questions but what is the difference between the two recoveries?
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Dshook1979 said:
Yeah ClockworkMod touch recovery. Lol I wish I would of known that before I paid for the touch recovery. Oh well, at least the money help support some talented devs.
Parden all the noob questions but what is the difference between the two recoveries?
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Wait wait, you PAID for the recovery?? Errrrmmm... Sorry to say, but you kinda wasted your money, lol. I mean, its good that you supported the developer, but.... Yeah, you totally didn't have to pay for it, lol.
The difference between the two is, I think, that our devices just "prefers" TWRP. I mean, if CWM is working for you flawlessly, then great. No need to switch. But there's been cases were flashing ROMs and kernels with CWM just doesn't work properly. Why, I don't know. Maybe its something within the coding, or the device itself conflicts with the recovery, but TWRP is the way to go, and has now, at least I think, universally replaced CWM as the standard recovery for most Android devices across the board recently.
But like I said, if CWM is working for you with no issues, then stick with that!
I am somewhat new to them also but I will chime in. anything I have used I got from the site so you can find it or more current there.
Beanstalk - this has TONS of customization you can change just about everything. battery life is much better than stock. built on 4.3 - the keyboard is miles better than stock! has HALO built in <- I did not use it
Carbon - good ROM about the same as above, but not quite the adjust ability. battery life was good.
Optimized - built on the stock 4.1.2 battery life was amazing. with it sitting there just doing status checks no browsing it lost 2% in 6 hours!! my cell data dropped out and I could not get it back so I had to reflash (went back to beanstalk)
I am digging beanstalk. I have flashed most of the ROMs and it hits a nice middle ground between cm and pacman.
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Wow still getting replies! This truly is an awesome community. Ty everyone. I have tried pac man but had a big problem, all icons and widget kept vanishing behind the wallpaper. Currently using carbon, I like it except I'm getting battery life on par with the stock rom and my screen flickers often. Next I will be trying Beanstalk rom.
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I am digging beanstalk. I have flashed most of the ROMs and it hits a nice middle ground between cm and pacman.
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I had that same problem with P.A.C. man. :/
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Something to keep in mind... I recently discovered through attempting to force my way into using 4.3 that you WILL NOT be able to use the dialer codes when you get away from 4.1... Ex: ##72786#, ##MRL#, etc.
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Dshook1979 said:
Wow still getting replies! This truly is an awesome community. Ty everyone. I have tried pac man but had a big problem, all icons and widget kept vanishing behind the wallpaper. Currently using carbon, I like it except I'm getting battery life on par with the stock rom and my screen flickers often. Next I will be trying Beanstalk rom.
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What ROMs have you tried out so far?
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Slimbean pimpin. So far so good.
Just gonna ask here (so I don't have to make a new thread too) if I root the G, will I lose all data on internal storage?
thanks in advance. I am new here.
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Whiplashh said:
Just gonna ask here (so I don't have to make a new thread too) if I root the G, will I lose all data on internal storage?
thanks in advance. I am new here.
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No sir
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Thank you.
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