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your idea of a perfect rom

whats your idea of a perfect rom? whats it got to have on it? or is there already a perfect rom already? my idea of a perfect rom, basically has a great battery life, can run many games perfectly and has opera mini and doesnt suffer from hard resets.....

Well each use their phone differently. Personally what's on my signature is spot on. I have no issues as I run skyfire browser. Pushes email with exchange 2k7 I don't play games on my phone as it is purely a business device.

A light ROM that has a device update type program to add whatever you want. I would love to say something with M2D or something along those lines but I dont really like any of the options so far. I would rather have it clean and simple and be able to build from there.

Phone function should be fast
I have noticed few other devices of Windows Mobile 6.1, they don't have any problem with the dialer and phone system. Its fast and responsive but here in Hermes it seems its not focused. I am using Faria's Last rom and working fine but yes the phone function is same as before. I have video caller installed and wanted to stay with it otherwise what is the use of 3G network and video phone I have.

ok lets see...
Many problems arent rom issues like Hardresets sooo lets center on my point...
1.- Conections are the future... share is the pulse of new hybrid devices so...
R---- It cant has Bluetooth issues i would like to send from beam a file via BT or pair a stereo headphones without troubles, has BT folder FTP. IRDA fully functional i mean Push via beam and receive too... many issues with this becomes (cause its obsolet). Wm5torage without problems. Wifi without issues for WPA or WEP... Mmmm no issues on comm manager. UMTS HSDPA i dont have problems with this.
2.- Speed is the best way to feel power!... even if they outside are Devices with 200hmz are faster!
R----So I know the speed becomes with new builds even more and more... but it can be performed so much more with some tricks... and the Ram... needs to be intact... i mean no Apps running hide.
3.- The love comes from the Eyes... NEW UI please.
R---- The Icons needs to be atractive... leave the default apps by HTC work good (ok ok with their fixes like HTC home, WMP, etc etc) but with some skins. the phone with opal canvas is really nice. The bars and wall paper dont matters are cuztomizable... the start Icon needs to be a new one not the orb of new builds the BW or the Normal ORB... maybe a newone or Vista likely.
(M2D... maybe but i think it becomes great of flavors ROM one light... A full and a M2D... maybe One with the sidebar by Omnia)
4.- Performance... I hate Soft reset every 2 hours hahahaha
R----The OEM package doesnt matter... maybe the 20207 was the most stable... I dislike everytime make softresets... so i reed somewhere even the newer is not the worth!!! And please fix the PIE cause Skyfire experiments much troubles today they shuts off the sound
5.- Real BIg Storage PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we need storage cause many apps works much better on device memory.
6.- Office works fully many version dont works well... are the most worth it cause bussiness. and all the shortcuts please--- new sounds too.

[Q] Music Identification software - FC errors

I’m not sure how many people use music identification software like Shazam Encore or Soundhound (I use them a lot!), but I seem to get lots of force close errors if I try and look up a bunch of songs in a row running any CyanogenMod based ROMS on my T-Mobile G2. Once I get that first FC, it does not matter what music identification app I got the FC error in, neither one will work until I reboot my phone. Oddly enough, when I run xboarder56’s Pure/Stock Gingerbread 2.3.3 (v1.2.1), I get no FC errors, no matter how many songs I identify. Might it be something in the stock HTC kernel that keeps the phone so stable during music look-ups? I love the custom roms out there (especially PyroMod’s ver 2 ), but it would be nice to hear from people who may have found other roms for the G2 that don’t FC while identifying music.

wallpaper may have somethin to do with it...u can change motion enable (or somthin like that) in settings ..and fix permissions on rom manager helps too.
pimped out g2

[Q] InsertCoin ROM - Killing apps too aggressively?

Hi all,
This is my first post here.
I have flashed the InsertCoin stable ROM 03/06 and I have to say it's great (despite the video playback bug). Recently I found another issue that bothers me a lot.
The problem I found is that the ROM seems to be killing non-active apps too aggressively. I learnt if I press "home" button in an active app, it should stay for a while until it is killed to free up memory. However, in my phone, the non-active apps are always killed within one minute even when the phone isn't running out of memory. Why it is an issue to me? Because:
1) It is killing the browser too fast. Usually I switched to other app, do some work, and back to the browser. Since the browser is killed it has to reload the whole page to restore the state. This wastes time and data.
2) Most importantly It is killing my music app!! I tried fire up HTC's music app, select a song, tap to play, leave the app and do other things like web surfing. The music app would surely be killed in a minute. This happens to other music playing app like Winamp.
This makes my phone a relatively single tasking one. I didn't install any 3rd party task killer because I never needed one. But I cannot find any settings regarding this "feature" on my phone.
I found people in this forum seeking help on how to kill some background apps. What I want is the opposite: How to prevent some background apps to be killed.
Anyone here has similar problem and has found a solution?
Thanks in advance!

on 1.0.8 i had no problems
on v45 (which is last 2D Rose version) you need to flash pre46test.zip in order to fix agressive app killing.
other than that i never heard of any complaints regarding apps being killed too quickly.

Thanks, dzumagos. Yes I am running 1.0.8 and unfortunately this happens on my phone
Maybe I'll try flashing the nightly version (v51) to see if things improve.

Whatever you do, don't use task managers and other memory scripts. Every developer makes his own memory parameters which suit his rom the best, so I think you are best off pointing baadnwz to this issue and see what he says.

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Whatever you do, don't use task managers and other memory scripts. Every developer makes his own memory parameters which suit his rom the best, so I think you are best off pointing baadnwz to this issue and see what he says.
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The ROM has HTC's ROM manager built in, and I didn't have any installed by myself. AFAIK the only difference between the Stable and Nightly version is the Rosie 3D homescreen that is missing in the Stable version, so I flashed 1.0.9 and unfortunately the problem persists.
And looks like I'm not eligible to ask on the development thread

[Q] How to avoid Launcher getting killed by system?

I'm on 4.0.2 stock and tried out different. Launchers. Latest was Apex, but about 90% of the time I press the Home button, it's getting killed by the system and reloading takes 3-5 seconds.
Okay, switched back to stock launcher and sure as hell it shows similar behavior, although maybe with a lower percentage. I would guess 40-50%. Still annoying.
Any chance to lower that percentage for both? I love Apex and i know I could root and push it to system, but I don't want to go that way yet. I'm very happy with stock ICS, unrooted and boot-locked so far and don't want to set up everything again. I have about 200 apps installed.
Any ideas? ;-)
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Update: rebooting the phone seems to help a bit. My last uptime was about 4 days which seemed to have added to the problem tremendously. After rebooting, launchers work again as expected, but after another 24 hours uptime or so, they are getting closed more often again. What the hell!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

It's when your memory is low. I had that issue on my fascinate, this may or may not help (I wrote this for AndroidCentral)
This app should fix it: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rs.autokiller I believe this is built into 4.0, but I did a quick check and couldn't find it?
I've been having issues with my phone, and over the past few weeks I figured out how to make my phone a LOT faster. I am running GeeWiz 2.3 GB with KGB Kernel running Voodoo. Obviously you will need to install a Terminal to run the following command, you will also need to be rooted for it to work.
If your launcher constantly reloads every time you press home, try the following command. I had this issue really bad, made my phone unusable this fixes it:
su
Press next line key (enter)
echo ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1 >> /data/local.prop
Press enter.
The next step is to enable Z-Ram, I haven't fully tested it (just did it 10 minutes ago) but from my understanding it is virtual memory, so it can't be bad. Your kernel MUST support it or you will get a error doing it. Again, open terminal and do the following:
su
Press enter.
zram enable
Press enter.
Your phone will reboot. And again, remember to accept the SuperUser request.
Although the kernel is supposed to include the "lowmemorykiller" directly, this app won't hurt. Download "AutoKiller Memory Optimizer". After you download and install (again, you need root). Unless you ABSOLUTELY know what you're doing, don't try to tweak anything. Simply go to Menu, Presets, then select Optimum. I aggressive myself, but you will need to mess with this. Aggressive leaves me with about 90MB of free memory which is great.
Clear your dalvik cache!
This is very important! After you do the following tweaks I highly suggest clearing your Dalvik Cache! The Dalvik cache stores optimized versions (optimized for your phone) of your applications, and stores it in the dalvik cache folder (/data/dalvik-cache). Of course, over time this folder could get large or get full of old apps. When you wipe your Dalvik Cache, your phone will (or at least should) rebuild most of your apps (confirm this?). Anyhow! The easiest way to wipe your Dalvik Cache, you need CWM:
1. Turn off your phone
2. When your phone is fully off (I like to pull battery to be sure), press the VOLUME button while HOLDING power.
3. After a few seconds, the phone will turn on. You should see a red menu. Select Advanced.
4. Select Wipe Dalvik Cache
5. Select Yes - Wipe Dalvik Cache
Note: You use the volume buttons to move up and down and "power" button as the OK. While you're at it, you can wipe the cache partition. This will *not* wipe your data.
Install Latest Swype Beta
There are plenty of sites that explain that you have to do this long procedure to remove Swype to install the Beta. This doesn't seem to be necessary, I found that using Titanium Backup works perfectly fine. First, in Titanium Backup, BACKUP Swype then remove it completely. Reboot your phone. Go to Menu->Settings->Language & Keyboard check for anything that has Swype checked and remove it. Next, head over to Swype's website: Swype | Text Input for Screens you will need to register for Swype Beta. They will send you a e-mail with the installer, once you *install* the installer you will need to login. The latest Swype beta seems to update itself, so you only need to do this once. Download the Swype Package (it's large, use Wifi if you can). The Swype Beta is REALLY good.
Voodoo is a really great add on for the fascinate. Samsung uses a slow, but reliable, filesystem which is based off of FAT adding journalisation and POSIX permissions - and after a few days up time, you'll notice a slower phone. Voodoo converts your filesystem to EXT4, greatly increasing your I/O system! The kernel listed below will allow this.
Slow Gallery
We all have it. Gallery is the worse application any phone could have! The fix? Install QuickPic. I've been using Quickpic for awhile and it is A LOT faster then the stock Gallery. My stock gallery is officially removed.
Car/Home Dock
I don't use or like Verizon's dock software. I removed it using Titatium backup, and installed Galaxy Dock Redirector. Once I dock my phone this app automatically redirects audio through the base.
No Task Killer!
Android 2.2+ you do NOT need a task killer! Android is designed to optimize its memory. By using a task killer you are ending processes that might not even be doing anything. Apps are designed to remain "open". This is how you get a faster execution time when you open the app. Once you close an application, it is put in "Background (or idle)" mode. This allows for it to quickly wake up the next time you use it. Android maintains a list of recent applications, and as you go through your apps (Opening Skype, Facebook, Camera, Market, QuickPic, etc) it will determine that you haven't used "Skype" for a long time and shut it down releasing the memory it was using. Now, what happens on our fascinate is when it hits a certain point the phone gets laggy, in stock form. This is why roms that have a lot of RAM seem to run so fast.
This is where the "AutoKiller" memory optimizer comes into play. It changes the memory settings for when Android decides to kill the background apps. Right now my phone is averaging 90-100MB of free memory. Basically, that means my phone runs like a fresh boot almost all the time! This is why AutoKiller seems to work. My settings run on Aggressive, you can change it to anything but there might be negative effects on this.
Don't pull your battery!
Pulling your battery causes damage to your SD Card! You can reboot your phone by pressing Volume UP and POWER button for about 5-10 seconds. This will restart your phone even if it's frozen.
Recommended Apps
AutoKiller Memory Optimizer:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rs.autokiller
market.android.com/details?id=com.rs.autokiller
Terminal:
https://market.android.com/details?i...al.androidterm
market.android.com/details?id=jackpal.androidterm
Best App around!
Lookout Mobile Security:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout
market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout
Does not impede performance, and allows tracking if your device is lost or stolen!
Voodoo Control:
https://market.android.com/details?i...doo.controlapp
market.android.com/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.controlapp
Allows you to control + enable/disable voodoo EXT
QuickPic:
https://market.android.com/details?i...ensw.PicFolder
market.android.com/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder
Replaces Gallery, LOT faster.
Galaxy Dock Sound Redirector:
https://market.android.com/details?i...ight.dockredir
Dropbox:
https://market.android.com/details?i...ropbox.android
market.android.com/details?id=com.dropbox.android
Store files in a "cloud"!
GoSMS:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jb.gosms
My favorite SMS app.
Go Launcher:
https://market.android.com/details?i....go.launcherex
market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex
My favorite launcher.
Go Locker:
https://market.android.com/details?i...g.goscreenlock
market.android.com/details?id=com.jiubang.goscreenlock
Change your default locker. Still trying to figure out how to uninstall the stock locks
Copilot USA:
https://market.android.com/details?i...lot.market.usa
market.android.com/details?id=com.alk.copilot.market.usa
There's a LOT of debate about this. I've not had any issue with this application at all. It's in fact one my favorite navigation software. It's gotten me around to a lot of places with no problem, I highly recommend it despite its high price.
Root Explorer:
https://market.android.com/details?i...e.rootexplorer
market.android.com/details?id=com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer
I've done so much with this application, no explanation needed!
WhatsApp
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.whatsapp
market.android.com/details?id=com.whatsapp
Allows FREE international text messaging to almost any phone!
Chainfire3D
https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.cf3d
market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.cf3d
A pretty neat app that acts as a OpenGL driver for your phone. Allows you to control OpenGL settings per applications (lower graphic settings on games, etc)
Swype alternative - Flex T9
https://market.android.com/details?i...e.flext9.input
market.android.com/details?id=com.nuance.flext9.input
After realizing the Swype beta doesn't work on the Galaxy Nexus, I searched for a new keyboard. After using it for a day, I found a link to a working Swype beta. After installing swype, I switched back to Flex T9. It works better. It has some issues I wish it would handle better, but I can type faster than I could on Swype. Highly recommended, worth the $.
Resources
GeeWiz Rom:
[ROM][KERNEL][RECOVERY][11.30.2011] GeeWiz 2.3 EH03 TouchWiz Debloated - xda-developers
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278838
KGB Kernel:
[KERNEL][TWGB][updated 12/02] KGB Kernel: A Kernel for Gingerbread (EH09/EI20/EH03) - xda-developers
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1364912
EH03 Modem (latest Verizon Release):
Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites!
www.multiupload.com/UO5VDDSCT0
Fascinate Information:
Samsung Fascinate - Rooted Wiki
wiki.rootedwiki.com/wiki/Samsung_Fascinate
Really good site:
[GUIDE][HOW-TO] Clockwork Mod Recovery
droidforums.net/forum/samsung-fascinate-development/137071-guide-how-clockwork-mod-recovery.html
Managing Contacts
Most people don't know you can manage all your contacts with Google from your PC. You can add, edit, delete contacts. They are instantly updated on your phone. You can do this by signing into your google account and going here: http://google.com/contacts
google.com/contacts
I created a group called "Android Contacts" and assigned everyone I wanted in my phone there. Then I set my phone to only display "Android Contacts" group.
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Thanks for the effort and your help. Only problem is, my phone is not rooted and actually I didn't plan to anytime soon. Only problem I have is this launcher issue which becomes worse the longer the uptime is.
I had an HTC Legend before and rooted and modded the hell out it, but one of the reasons I got the the Gnex was to enjoy stock Android in its purest form for a couple of months and maybe start rooting and ROMing sometime next year, when I get bored with it.
So far I was happy to enjoy a phone that actually worked right out of the box without tweaks, UI customizations and other gimmicky. Hmm! Guess it doesn't.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Yes... usually custom roms put a very high priority or "no-kill" for the launcher(s).

Another root solution, although I haven't tested it and I'm not sure it works on the GNex:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276

I've tried these scripts and I am a huge fan; refer to the second page where it outlines that you need a patched service.jar file. It links to a site that does it automatically for you. I found it didn't work when trying to install the zip from CWM recovery, so I recommend replacing the file manually by navigating to \system\framework on your Gnex.
Make sure you get the latest supercharger rc file. I believe it was 8.1 or higher. The script itself is very helpful as you're running it.

http://android.mimic.ca/
Use that.
And like the above guy said...the CWM option doesn't work.
So just run the commands that the website gives you in Terminal Emulator.
I don't personally use anything OTHER than this.
The V6 supercharger isn't something I fancy.

Mine doesn't do this. Stock or rom. Might wanna go through your App settings and see what is using up your RAM. That's what causes it. Hope that helps =)

I don't seem to get this problem on 4.0.4 since I updated.

OC, Darkside Ver.8, Performance questions

First – I know this forum is not the right place for this post but as a new member I am not allowed to post in T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II Android Development
Appreciate it if anyone could help or offer links….
Background – Recently rooted my T989 for six reasons:
1. Remove (or freeze) T-Mobile and Samsung bloatware with Titanium
2. Ability to create complete a backup of the phone with ROM Manager and quality backups of each individual app with Titanium
3. Save power effectively/efficiently with Juice Defender
4. OC the CPU (I now know rooting the native phone ROM is not sufficient to OC CPU)
5. Finally I was pissed the Samsung (Kies)/T-Mobile upgrade from gingerbread to ICS (4.0.3) basically did NOTHING to improve my user experience/enjoyment of the phone.
6. Change USB packet size with SD Speed (After many benchmarks and actual UBS transfers to/from a desktop it is clear changing USB packet size for groups of files larger than 1MB is basically useless on my phone/SD card)
Use Profile - At least weekly… I use the phone to:
1. watch various codec files and streaming online video (via HDMI) – App MX Player and Dolphin
2. email (various email providers) – App Mail Droid
3. play mp3s (through phone speaker or Bluetooth) – App Poweramp
4. play games (on and off line) – App various
5. social networking – App Facebook and others
6. use mapping programs in conjunction with GPS – App Google Maps and Sygic
7. monitor/check car performance/sensors with OBD II software connected via Bluetooth – App Torque and others
8. take and modify pictures/video – App native Camera and others
9. Web surf – App Dolphin
10. reference phone sensors (tilt, acceleration, magnetic) – App various
11. reference offline technical material like ElectroDroid, handyCalc, and Universal Converter
12. move large files (like a thumb drive) with USB between Windows computers (The only physical mod I have done to the phone is addition of a 64GB SD Card)
13. provide an alarm clock – App native Clock
14. Finally and most important Creation/Modification of MS Office files (via HDMI with Bluetooth mouse and keyboard connected) – App Kingsoft Office and OfficeSuite Pro
Questions –
1. Is there any way to OC the CPU without installing a new ROM? (not interested in underclocking or CPU sleeping apps)
2. Can I just install a new kernel to OC the CPU? (It looks like “yes” when I read the Kernels section links of “[REF] Your One-Stop-Shop for rooting, roms, kernels and themes![UPDATED!][7/31]”. BUT I’m no UNIX / Linux expert and don’t want to screw the phone up)
3. Will installing ROM DARKSIDE.EVOLUTION.3 provide me with any significant user benefits over my base rooted Samsung ROM? If yes, can you provide a link to benefits? Will I loose capabilities?
4. Other performance modification suggestions would be appreciated.
Tks in advance

To start this definitely would be where you post this, either here or q&a section. This would not be OK to post in the development section as it is purely for development.
Now to address your question, there are a few ROMs out there (including my own)that def do enhance performance and allow overclocking. The most important thing to remember is to Read Read Read before doing anything to make sure everything is done right. And Google has many answers and YouTube has many flashing tutorials, just a tip happy flashing
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app

Yes you could just flash a new kernel and oc. I'd recommend tdj's dark side. Then again, why don't you just flash a rom? I mean you already rooted your phone (which to me is the most unnerving part). Just make you sure you have the correct version of cwm and wipe cache (or using tdj's super wipe/cache wipe) as needed per kernel/rom/radio(yes, you might to flash a new radio) and you'd be good to go.
I was on dark side rom with the kernel for a while and it seems like it has better battery life over cm9 rc2 which is what's on my phone right now. And since the dark side was based on the official release it is pretty much bug free.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using xda app-developers app

I agree with ptmr3, research and ask questions. Thats exactly what i did before i did anything to my phone. Yes it maybe a scary process thinking about flashing and the possibility of flashing the wrong zip and bricking. But as long as you research, you'll be ok.
They pretty much answered your questions, but feel free to PM me if you have any questions. I got a pretty good knowledge on most things here and i like to help other members out when possible.

Thanks
God I was meaning to make this type of thread but I got lazy I wanted to heavily discuss Darkside Rom. I have flashed it about 3 times. Once with the latest version and 2 with the previous. I really liked it. ICS is amazing and the Kernel gave me a bit more battery than usual (20 hours moderate use)
When I first flashed darkside it was a bit laggy even after wiping cache, data, davlik cache 3 times before running darkside then running the rom that has darkside included... It would crash very often when I had poweramp open. When it played the music would cut off terribly into static with actions such as pulling down the drawer or opening folders/menu. Twitter would crash as well and gmail would be laggy and sometimes give me a bit of a green screen I know I am being a bit picky, but still that bugs me.. Everything else was awesome though.
Things improved with the latest version, but after a while the power amp bugs persisted as well as the slight crashes with twitter and gmail (even though I performed fresh installs of all these apps) Jeez it was so good I ignored the few and rare times it got buggy. But then I noticed that after a while when my battery hit low the time would change the phone would state a totally different time. Like 2 pm. It wouldn't improve until I charged it to 100% and reboot....
It makes me sad I really wanted to stay with ICS...
I am going to try CM 9 but I really liked darkside. Might also try AOKP as well... I never bothered fixing permissions with TDJ's darkside cache wipe Do you believe that would help? I never had rebooting issues and I never really flashed anything on my phone but Darkside.... I did flash a CM nightly inbetween the previous and newer version of Darkside.
Anyone can recommend me any help? I am back to gingerbread it runs smoothly but ICS is just amazing... :\
Also please recommend me some kernels for either gingerbread stock or an ICS rom so I can have better performance and battery life.
I know I wrote a lot but thank you so much guys.

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God I was meaning to make this type of thread but I got lazy I wanted to heavily discuss Darkside Rom. I have flashed it about 3 times. Once with the latest version and 2 with the previous. I really liked it. ICS is amazing and the Kernel gave me a bit more battery than usual (20 hours moderate use)
When I first flashed darkside it was a bit laggy even after wiping cache, data, davlik cache 3 times before running darkside then running the rom that has darkside included... It would crash very often when I had poweramp open. When it played the music would cut off terribly into static with actions such as pulling down the drawer or opening folders/menu. Twitter would crash as well and gmail would be laggy and sometimes give me a bit of a green screen I know I am being a bit picky, but still that bugs me.. Everything else was awesome though.
Things improved with the latest version, but after a while the power amp bugs persisted as well as the slight crashes with twitter and gmail (even though I performed fresh installs of all these apps) Jeez it was so good I ignored the few and rare times it got buggy. But then I noticed that after a while when my battery hit low the time would change the phone would state a totally different time. Like 2 pm. It wouldn't improve until I charged it to 100% and reboot....
It makes me sad I really wanted to stay with ICS...
I am going to try CM 9 but I really liked darkside. Might also try AOKP as well... I never bothered fixing permissions with TDJ's darkside cache wipe Do you believe that would help? I never had rebooting issues and I never really flashed anything on my phone but Darkside.... I did flash a CM nightly inbetween the previous and newer version of Darkside.
Anyone can recommend me any help? I am back to gingerbread it runs smoothly but ICS is just amazing... :\
Also please recommend me some kernels for either gingerbread stock or an ICS rom so I can have better performance and battery life.
I know I wrote a lot but thank you so much guys.
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Hey did you use any tools to restore like Titanium Backup whenever you put the new or updated versions of the roms on your phone?