Getting sluggish. Time for a new ROM? - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

Isn't it a good time to experiment with a new ROM when your phone starts slowing down, freezing, & occasionally misbehaving? Which is the most stable ROM in anyone's humble opinions? Thanks
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I recommend DW for stability and especially battery life, but definitely try out slickmod if you are looking for topnotch UI performance
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Dude roms dont get sluggish after time....it is what the user does. U make it sound like a car that your putting a lot of miles on then when it has to many miles u buy new car. Lol not like that it is definitely user related, why dont u go into recovery and clear cache and dalvik cache maybe that might help

Tuesday, all day..
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I'm running beastMod, haven't had a single issue with it.

Loving Malice with streamline.
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Just use a launcher like ADW and your device will run smooth. Touchwiz is stable but Samsung put a half bake job on optimizing Touchwiz and Snapdragon CPU. If its slow check what apps are running when its slow sometimes too many widgets can easily drain battery and slow down your device.

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Loving Malice with streamline.
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sarni84 said:
Dude roms dont get sluggish after time....it is what the user does. U make it sound like a car that your putting a lot of miles on then when it has to many miles u buy new car. Lol not like that it is definitely user related, why dont u go into recovery and clear cache and dalvik cache maybe that might help
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I'll try that...
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josemedina1983 said:
Just use a launcher like ADW and your device will run smooth. Touchwiz is stable but Samsung put a half bake job on optimizing Touchwiz and Snapdragon CPU. If its slow check what apps are running when its slow sometimes too many widgets can easily drain battery and slow down your device.
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I have ADW, my favorite. I do have a lot of widgets though. Maybe i'm just looking for an excuse to look for another, possibly better ROM.
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I think its just your apps thats slowing the phone down. Im using juggernaut 5.0 no problems at all great battery life.
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What is "Malice" and "streamline"? Turns out my ADW was acting up I noticed after I reset it.
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So ive been looking on forums all day to figure out what rom i'm going to use once i'm rooted. I really can decide. Can I get some input on what's good...?
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I'm familiar to faux's kernels so I know what im using for that....just don't know which rom
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I would recommend juggernaut 4.1 I've been running for a week now with no problems. Plus their are some nice themes available for it.
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I would recommend juggernaut 4.1 I've been running for a week now with no problems. Plus their are some nice themes available for it.
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this if one I was considering...thanks for your input....anyone else?
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dev thread for darkside dewizzed has good reviews like best battery and speed. it definitely feels fast, but i wont say much. also can't get google voice search to work.
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dev thread for darkside dewizzed has good reviews like best battery and speed. it definitely feels fast, but i wont say much. also can't get google voice search to work.
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thanks for the input I don't use google voice search at all. So but thanks anyways
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+1 for Dewizzed...definitely the best battery life I have seen on any of the ROMs I have tried. Smooth.
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+1 for Dewizzed...definitely the best battery life I have seen on any of the ROMs I have tried. Smooth.
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That's two for dewizzled.....Im going to root my time tonight and flash the most recommend in this thread first
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So keep them coming
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Juggernaut all the way.. I've tried them all, and I keep going back. And like the other guy said, the themes are killer. Combined with the new darkside kernel, I don't think there's any better.
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Juggernaut seems decent to me. I have been running it for about a week now. This is the only rom I have tried other then the stock one.
I havent tried jaggurnut so idk but, beastmod n phanton are good n good stability....that new one dark something has a lot bugs
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Thanks everyone!!!!! I think I have decided
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My vote is for zombie just for the fact you receive and send mms over wifi calling.
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As far as options on a theme, I found that Juggernaut seems to have the most rom options and controls. If you need to use wifi calling, android zombie seems to work pretty well with it from what Ive read over. Ive also tried beastmod and Ive gotten great battery life with it. Im fairly new to flashing roms so Ive only tried these three and havent had any issues with them.
What about Tuesday?
Hey... what about "Tuesday" rom? I ran the beta... been running Tuesday Early Afternoon for 4 days now. It's a real clean & stable rom... themed nice... and has working XLoud and Bravia! Only issue I had was fc on DSP Manager which was a quick fix. Everything works and I get 18-26hrs battery w moderate use (5-9hrs wi-fi, 1-2 hours phone use, 10-15 texts, 2-4hrs on XDA amd whatever other **** I do). I ran Juggernaut for a week or so. Nice rom as well... Tuesday just fits better.
Just my thoughts. Good luck!
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Hey... what about "Tuesday" rom? I ran the beta... been running Tuesday Early Afternoon for 4 days now. It's a real clean & stable rom... themed nice... and has working XLoud and Bravia! Only issue I had was fc on DSP Manager which was a quick fix. Everything works and I get 18-26hrs battery w moderate use (5-9hrs wi-fi, 1-2 hours phone use, 10-15 texts, 2-4hrs on XDA amd whatever other **** I do). I ran Juggernaut for a week or so. Nice rom as well... Tuesday just fits better.
Just my thoughts. Good luck!
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This is something im looking for but i'm having a hard time rooting right now. Odin hangs all the time i'm note sure what i'm doing wrong
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dillym34 said:
I would recommend juggernaut 4.1 I've been running for a week now with no problems. Plus their are some nice themes available for it.
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Me too, I would recommend that too. I think the most important to a ROM is all functional and having a long life of battery.
BeastMod 4.2. As long as you don't need WiFi calling.

[Q] What ROM are you currently running, and why?

I've went through many ROMs with my device, and I'm curious, what ROM and You currently running, and why? Looking forward to your response!
Also, if you can provide a link to the thread of the ROM that would be awesome, thanks!
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I've went through many ROMs with my device, and I'm curious, what ROM and You currently running, and why? Looking forward to your response!
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ROTLR was released around Halloween but it's smooth,great battery and I love the zombie theme
Hey, thanks for the reply! What does ROTLR stand for?
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Running the new fk23 jb rom. This thing is amazing u should try it if u like jb.
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How is the battery power? On a scale of 1-10 and why do you give it the rating you do?
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Running the new fk23 jb rom. This thing is amazing u should try it if u like jb.
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Well just installed it taday. But there was a leak of it and battery was good. I would get about 13 hrs and about 3 1/2 hrs screen time. Im a really heavy user. From 1-10 I give it a 10. I think everybody running this will agree with me.
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Thanks! I might check it out! Do you have a link to the thread for it? I am somewhat new here, and even when I search for a ROM, I have trouble finding the thread :/ I'm not sure why.
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Hey, thanks for the reply! What does ROTLR stand for?
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Return Of The Living Rejectz haha
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Thanks! I might check it out! Do you have a link to the thread for it? I am somewhat new here, and even when I search for a ROM, I have trouble finding the thread :/ I'm not sure why.
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Just remember its not like any other rom theres a couple of things u need to do to install it. Nothing to complicated just read the thread and if u like then install. Just please read read.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34755891
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Thanks! I might check it out! Do you have a link to the thread for it? I am somewhat new here, and even when I search for a ROM, I have trouble finding the thread :/ I'm not sure why.
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Just to warn you, I got horrid 3g speeds with fk23...But I think it could be an area thing...
fi27 and f127 modem with agat fi27 v0.6.8 with the rom call lightweight 0.5 its great I get around 9 hrs heavy uses sometimes when I im bored I switch to a backup of jb fk09 tweaked signed I get about 8 hrs heavy uses
Awesome, thanks for the reply! Just wondering, can you define 'heavy'? I personally use my phone at school all the time, I listen to music through headphones about 1/2 of my total day(4 hours or so) and I will also spend a lot of time texting, browsing the web, and using apps that use data. I'm honestly constantly on my phone, and will have to charge it around 3 times per day.
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Facebook twitter booty calls apps Netflix gaming web I have adhd so I'm always touching my phone
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Right now I'm on miui trying it out for the first time getting used to no app drawer. Favorite ROM for a daily (if I had one lols) would have to be Living Rejects. I flash it at least twice a week. Its pretty much my goto when I need a good solid dependable ROM for GPS and coverage while traveling. The battery life is effin amazing and music come out really loud and clear. But I will say once our beloved devs get cm10/AOKP/PA etc running solid for jb I will prolly be going back to PA or try out KK again. I love the UK customization options. I ran ICS aokp as a daily until jb started seeping its way into my veins now I'm flashing like there's no tomorrow can't wait for volume bug fix ^^
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I run PA 2.54. I love being able to chg dpi per app easily and I am a CM fan. CM10 (which PA is built on) is fast and I get good battery.
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I run PA 2.54. I love being able to chg dpi per app easily and I am a CM fan. CM10 (which PA is built on) is fast and I get good battery.
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I remember trying PA, and I was getting absolutely terrible battery life. Is there something I may have done wrong?
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I remember trying PA, and I was getting absolutely terrible battery life. Is there something I may have done wrong?
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there were media bugs in cm10(pa base). those have been fixed.
Im running CNA Codename jb's rom, is amazing, great battery life, android 4.1.2, good level of costumization and amazing performance i seriously cannot hope anything else from my phone.
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I'm running blazer 4.1 gingerbread I like ics and jb but I always come back to blazer 4.1 gingerbread because to me it is the most stable, faster, and battery life is much much better.
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I still use the calkulin v3.0 custom gingerbread rom because it has been the most stable, fastest, and longest lasting, battery life-wise. I recently tried the one-click fk23 jellybean but ran into some problems so I flashed back to calkulin...Gonna try the fk23 again tomorrow though. ;p

No frills touchwiz based ROM?

I'm looking for a new ROM. I'm currently on cm10, but having a few issues. Considering going back to a TW based one.
Looking at the popular threads, I see a lot of PA/10 based ROMs. The all star ROMs just aren't my cup of tea. Not trying to start a flame war. But for me, the darkside ROMs were perfect.
Anything like darkside now? Based on a modern TW base?
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What issues are you having?
Anything by Rushing. I prefer bulletproof.
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What issues are you having?
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I try to keep things fairly stock. I don't like to go over crazy with disabling things. Like putting it in airport mode most of the day or using JuiceDefender. I've even left Google Now running. It runs ok for a bit after a reboot. But for some reason, I start getting massive battery drain. Better Battery Stats says its location based related. And I can't turn on GPS. So I think the GPS radio gets out of wack for some reason and I get battery drain from 3-6%/hr or more and I never go into deep sleep. If all is going well, I can usually average 1.5-2% when idle.
So before I go back to cm9 (which seemed to be rock solid), I'm going to give a TW experience another try. I tried some of the Jedi themes ROMs. And Jedi Mind Trick seemed close to what I wanted. But I wanted to see if there were other suggestions.
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Anything by Rushing. I prefer bulletproof.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I'll take a look.
I love Jedi mind trick infamous is pretty darn good too. Both are similar with battery life
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Overall smoothness

So my friend and I were comparing our phones he has an iPhone, and my phone would do everything faster his phone just did everything smoother, mostly we checked how games ran, his phone in game options ex: scrolling through options and upgrades was way more smooth and responsive while mine had hiccups, gameplay was the same though, but I'm curious why the iPhone is smoother scrolling even outside of its ui into games while my Hercules beats it in specs?
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Its not only hardware that determines how smooth it scrolls but also the software
In my opinion the reason I think it scrolls better has to do with apples memory management because it manages ram more smoothly so that's probably why
Also did you install custom kernel on your device?
Because if you did there would be no way you would lose
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mycars12 said:
Its not only hardware that determines how smooth it scrolls but also the software
In my opinion the reason I think it scrolls better has to do with apples memory management because it manages ram more smoothly so that's probably why
Also did you install custom kernel on your device?
Because if you did there would be no way you would lose
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I did I have nibbles kernel on my phone and the ROM is sbean
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Wolfygang said:
I did I have nibbles kernel on my phone and the ROM is sbean
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lol then i actually have no idea
the only thing that i could recommend is for you to try lightning zap rom
also overclock to the fullest and put in performance mode!!!!!
Then also install the v6 supercharger but i think slimbean already has it so
i think im stumped on this one lol!
Lightening zap is a kernel. And as for performance once we officially get project butter everything should be fine then.
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Lightening zap is a kernel. And as for performance once we officially get project butter everything should be fine then.
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lol yeah i totally did a typo there but i meant kernel!
but thanks for clarifying that i wouldn't want to spread that around
well i guess you explained it better than me and thanks!!!
"The iPhone changed things by introducing a dedicated thread with high priority for handling UI rendering, redirecting all power (CPU and GPU) to handling UI element rendering in realtime based on touch input. The result? Smooth-as-butter UI elements, transitions and animations as soon as you touch the screen -- even on older hardware when paired with the latest iOS 5 software. The drawback: everything else, from app downloads to content rendering will pause so the UI can keep that high frame rate, high quality redraw pace."
http://m.imore.com/android-ui-smooth-ios
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I've tried every kernel for this phone and most ROMs and there are brief times when the smoothness matches the iPhone, but the consistency just isn't there..
Speed..well that's a different story there are some ROM/kernel/tweak combos that make this phone pretty darn fast
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I've tried every kernel for this phone and most ROMs and there are brief times when the smoothness matches the iPhone, but the consistency just isn't there..
Speed..well that's a different story there are some ROM/kernel/tweak combos that make this phone pretty darn fast
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The t989 is faster than the iPhone 4s. Geekbench 2 proves that. But in terms of smoothness the iPhone will ALWAYS win. It's just the way Android is designed. iOS sets resources aside for UI transitions and whatnot and that's why you NEVER see an iPhone stutter and spurt like Android does at times. Give Android another year or so and this issue will be a thing of the past. Unfortunately the only way to resolve this with Android is better hardware... but it's coming!
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I'm pretty used to the spurts and sputters and its not a huge deal to me..I was running jedijelly for a while and went back to JMT for now until we get official ..its actually quite a bit faster than jedijelly and the battery life is outstanding ..its my opinion that JMT brings this phone almost on par with the iPhone smoothness..thanks to our great devs we have a big advantage over the average T989 user
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I'm just gonna wish upon a star for Ubuntu new os to get to this device lol
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I'm just gonna wish upon a star for Ubuntu new os to get to this device lol
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I'm not too familiar with Ubuntu but i agree that it would be cool
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I'm pretty used to the spurts and sputters and its not a huge deal to me..I was running jedijelly for a while and went back to JMT for now until we get official ..its actually quite a bit faster than jedijelly and the battery life is outstanding ..its my opinion that JMT brings this phone almost on par with the iPhone smoothness..thanks to our great devs we have a big advantage over the average T989 user
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Wow. I have the opposite experience. Touchwiz 4.0.4 spurts and stutters for me a lot. Add in the fact that it's nowhere near as snappy as AOSP 4.1 and I find myself constantly going back to jelly bean even though Touchwiz 4.0.4 gives me better battery life.
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RushAOZ said:
Wow. I have the opposite experience. Touchwiz 4.0.4 spurts and stutters for me a lot. Add in the fact that it's nowhere near as snappy as AOSP 4.1 and I find myself constantly going back to jelly bean even though Touchwiz 4.0.4 gives me better battery life.
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I'm still using jmtx1 even though there were is more current versions.
Even though ptmr3 said that adding the supercharge script was unnecessary I did it anyways just to ease my mind Lol I also added some of the battery saving mods from pmr...I keep my cpu set to ondemand/noop and slightly underclocked..and I am using the stock tw launcher ..
I think that some of the aosp ROMs out there may be slightly faster. but in my experiences they aren't as smooth as this one ..
Experiences may vary from phone to phone so there is no point in saying which ROM is better than the rest but I put my setup so someone can try it for themselves
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well basically JB is the most stable ROM in my opinion that has the most support otherwise like ICS and GB don't have as much but i think that as soon as Ubuntu gets released the JB roms will be flowing like water but basically that also means that more roms will be smoother and remember that JB hasn't been officially released for our device so what there is currently is made by our awesome devs!

Q:Which ROM is best for ......

What I'm looking for is the most battery friendly least bloatware , not a lot of bells and whistles jb ROM for my galaxy s3 (sph-l710) I'm in the military and go sometimes all day without being able to charge. I'm currently using cm 10.1 but just looking to get some suggestions from you guys ! Thanks in advance
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What I'm looking for is the most battery friendly least bloatware , not a lot of bells and whistles jb ROM for my galaxy s3 (sph-l710) I'm in the military and go sometimes all day without being able to charge. I'm currently using cm 10.1 but just looking to get some suggestions from you guys ! Thanks in advance
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CM 10.1 is good. I have personally been using LiquidSmooth 3.2.1 beta right now (Android 4.2.1) and it has been very good. Very stable and good battery life, if you keep location based services turned off. On my most conservative usage, this is my best battery life: http://www.twitpic.com/bw26dx
On heavier usage, I can go about 18 hours average and still have about 30 percent or so left.
I actually Just flashed liquid smooth like 10 minutes before you posted that lol.
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I actually Just flashed liquid smooth like 10 minutes before you posted that lol.
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Good deal! Hope you like it as much as I do. You'll have to use it for a day or two before the battery life really sets in good. Kind of like a break in period for new sports cars.
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That cat kill me every time...
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It might just be me but it seems like I have lower signal on this ROM. Not sure why that would be... I'll give it a few days tho and see how I like it.
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Thanks for posting.. this thread will soon be closed like the rest with the same question.....
User's mileage may vary on ANY rom. Best thing to do is try one and see how it works for you specifically. Hit the Dev section, find a rom that fits your needs, flash and try it. Great thing about being rooted... Possibilities are endless! Don't like a rom, flash another! Thanks for shopping. Please come again.

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