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[Q] Best Rom plus ?

Im new here and coming from the evo i wanted to know what was the best setup "rom + kernal" or is this phone like the evo which some roms and kernals worked goood on some but not all Thanks to anyone who chimes in with advice

I use Starburst Rom with Exp build of Lostkernel. Although all of the roms/kernel are good and work well. I like the AOSP rom because it has a nice ics them you can download on it.

Akradroid said:
I use Starburst Rom with Exp build of Lostkernel. Although all of the roms/kernel are good and work well. I like the AOSP rom because it has a nice ics them you can download on it.
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Thanks for your reply and ill try them all lol

I use starburst and stable lost kernel
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Using starburst rom v1.9.5 and zedomax kernel v3. Its awsome!

I really like viper rom.

I would actually like a good enough answer to this too. But here's mine.
At first I used Zedomax v4.1 OC Kernal because I wanted the overclock. It worked extremely well.
Then I wanted a ROM, so I got Starburst and have used it since 1.8. The only real problems I have had with Starburst (currently using 1.9.5), are that I get a random reset of the phone that goes straight to the lockscreen (and has to scan media again, search for signal, and resets all my apps). That's actually my only real problem with it.
If anyone has any reasons another ROM is better than Starburst, please reply or message me.

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The only real problems I have had with Starburst (currently using 1.9.5), are that I get a random reset of the phone that goes straight to the lockscreen (and has to scan media again, search for signal, and resets all my apps). That's actually my only real problem with it.
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Try setting the Lockscreen to none. I think there may be a bug with the Lock Mod that's included in Starburst. It may fix your reboot issue.

Dchibro said:
Try setting the Lockscreen to none. I think there may be a bug with the Lock Mod that's included in Starburst. It may fix your reboot issue.
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Yeah, he said put it on Rotary. But I dislike it. And I wanted the Android stock puzzle one, but I'll try rotary for now, and switch to none if it still happens.

killhr said:
Im new here and coming from the evo i wanted to know what was the best setup "rom + kernal" or is this phone like the evo which some roms and kernals worked goood on some but not all Thanks to anyone who chimes in with advice
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I'm currently running ViperROM v2.2 and LOSKernelExp 1.0.0.8. ROM is super fast, battery life is great. Very impressed. Dev is very active on the forums and responsive to questions etc. Also ran Starburst for a bit. No complaints if you perfer stock.

The absolute best rom for this device is strongsteves odex rom. Chris's EL26 kernel is baked in. Very smooth, never an issue with L.O.S, and the guy updates like twice a week. Super dedicated...BY FAR THE BEST ROM!!! (I have run them all) I have two E4GT's. One is constantly playing with new roms, the other is full time strongsteve. Hope this helps

I was always preferable to calkulins. I still like it. but I am on blu kuban now. all I have to say is it runs freaken awesome with great battery life. I am also using the hitman rogue kernel because I wanted epic touch recovery goodness.

Calkulins with rogue kernal is the best in my opinion but most people will tell you to flash them all and decide I did
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StrongSteve's all the way....enough said
Sent from the blue"Sammy ET"

We are talking 2 different ballgames. Best odexed strongsteve's (even if you odex zip another ROM) Best deodexed Calkulin's and NoName (but I haven't tried the new bunch like maddoggin's and Rujelus, Phantom, etc. If strongsteve had multiple themes or colors of his ROM he would have a huge portion of the users but that's too much work for one person. I kid you not, I have flashed at least his last 12 builds and have NEVER had a reboot, force close or freeze. Now when you have a deodexed ROM and flash a theme, if you have a problem, how do you determine if it is the ROM or theme unless you ran the ROM as released for a while. Really, its all a matter of personal preference.
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I use blu kuban and love it battery life is great speed is awesome and the ROM updater is worth it on its own
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5448865 [ROM] RUJELUS22 The Kuban FD24 (ICS) (Updateed 5-5-12)

greeneguys said:
I use blu kuban and love it battery life is great speed is awesome and the ROM updater is worth it on its own
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Blu Kuban FD24 1.0.3.2 ICS 4.0.3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5448865 [ROM] RUJELUS22 The Kuban FD24 (ICS) (Updateed 5-5-12)
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+1 on Blu Kuban and I believe there is an odexed version done by strongsteve out there, somewhere.

Blu Kuban FD54
greeneguys said:
I use blu kuban and love it battery life is great speed is awesome and the ROM updater is worth it on its own
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5448865 [ROM] RUJELUS22 The Kuban FD24 (ICS) (Updateed 5-5-12)
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Blu Kuban is Awesome
Rom Updater makes it is to stay up with changes
I have zero Problems
Fast
Great Battery Life
and the looks is Awesome

+ Blu Kuban is easily the best ICS Rom, both in stability and performance. I have had very few issues with the ROM and ROM Updater is awesome. Run it with Calk's Kernal for best performance IMHO.
As far as the best theme-ability, with good stability and performance, AOKP ROM is the best. Run it with the latest AOSP kernel.

Watch for the update tonight
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5448865 [ROM] RUJELUS22 The Kuban FD24 (ICS) (Updateed 5-5-12)

[Q] ROM Advice, please

Just upgraded my HTC EVO today (amazing deal at Sam's Club), already rooted it and am now looking for any ROM selection advice. Calkulin's seems pretty popular but all I really want is the IMO really ugly four main icons replaced (the phone, contacts, messaging, applications, icons), and to have tethering with 4g working. Calkulin's thumbnails seem to have the same stock icons, but maybe there are skins I'm not seeing? Any advice appreciated.
Thanks.

Calkulin and UnNamed roms are both really good and stable roms. I've used both of them on a daily basis. You can theme many of these roms just check out http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1285 . This thread will have a lot of themes that you can choose from. Good luck and have fun

I recommend calkulins rom with the ACS ice cream sandwich theme. Here's how mine looks.
Epic-ly tapped from my Galaxy SII

Same here: Calkulin with ICS theme

Senzation or cakulin ROM + go laugher. You will have both the 4g tether and icon s to choose from. Go launcher gives you so much options for icons.
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I went with Calkulin's based on this poll. Not regretting it one bit so far!

where can i find the calkulin's rom? not very lucky with searches

yes im a noob said:
where can i find the calkulin's rom? not very lucky with searches
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Search is your friend:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1284

Calks with Honey theme
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Calkulin's ROM is my favorite.

im using Unnamed rom with a ICS theme ( el29 love ) and the " personal add ons " made for blazer rom...updsted EL29 modem w/ 4G tether hack.
hope this helps...
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Try them all cm7 MiUI Calks UnNamed etc.... that's what nandroid and XDA is all about and if your coming from an Evo you should know better... Plus there is a million what roms should I choose threads why don't anyone search those threads for answers or ask there question in there. JUS Sayin
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+1 so true.. hell download them all and flash away.. just do it late ate night like me when im not expecting any important calls.... also keep ODIN ready and a stock rom rooted just in case you mess something up... have fun flashing!
playya said:
Try them all cm7 MiUI Calks UnNamed etc.... that's what nandroid and XDA is all about and if your coming from an Evo you should know better... Plus there is a million what roms should I choose threads why don't anyone search those threads for answers or ask there question in there. JUS Sayin
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I personally like Blazer ROM the most so far. It's nice and smooth and is debloated. Plus it has No CIQ, which is something you really want to look for in a ROM, I believe Calkulin's has CIQ removed but I was only on Calkulin's for about a day and switched back to Blazer. Blazer v3.5 has an EXCELLENT stock feel to it but it has all the benefits of being a non stock ROM. I usually get about 24 hours of battery life running Blazer v3.6 (Which is ICS themed) and Tegrak to undervolt my CPU and keep it at 800MHz just like Calk's. Both Blazer ROM and Calkulin's ROM are excellent, I've just decided to stay with Blazer.

I use Blazer ROM and love it. Well I personally haven't tried Calk or unNamed but I plan on trying both. Blazer ROM though is really fast and the battery life is great. I recommend you check it out.

I suggest blazer all the way. currently using 3.5 even tho 3.7 is out the theme is better on 3.5

I personally use Calkulin's 2.8.1 stock with the gunslinger kernel flashed. Amazing battery life!
However, as has already been said, it's good to try multiple roms. It's a good way to learn about what you're doing, and to find what you like the best.

What was the Sams Club deal? if you don't mind my asking.

ran1mal said:
What was the Sams Club deal? if you don't mind my asking.
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$48 bucks
Sent from my Epic 4G Touch

jyaworski said:
I personally use Calkulin's 2.8.1 stock with the gunslinger kernel flashed. Amazing battery life!
However, as has already been said, it's good to try multiple roms. It's a good way to learn about what you're doing, and to find what you like the best.
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What modem?

Looking for a STABLE ROM for the Step Daughter

Was looking for some pointers on a STABLE ROM
Stability is the number one item of importance, rather than ICS or GB, but ICS is preferred for the camera options..
Currently the ET4G is at the stock OTA ICS build, but it is not even activated at this point.
My Step Daughter is using my EVO 4G, and as I upgraded my GF to the SGS3, I want to drop the EVO and move her to the ET4G.
No real rush, I told her it would be a week or two, I am just looking for a build that is super stable, as I wont get much chance to update and/or modify the build once I get it fully setup and give it to her.
Think I am best off using the rooted version of the Stock ICS FF18 ROM, with a modded kernel and just leaving it at that point?
Sadly, I have spent far to much time in the Epic section for my phone, and haven't had a chance to sort through all the builds here.
No need for extra themes, or fancy mods, just basic ICS will suffice, she couldn't tell the difference anyways.
I tried both Blazer and Calk's GB ROM, but both had stability issues here and there, and I was hoping for some tips to use with a new ICS build, now that the OTA is out.
Any advice for better stability than:
Stock ICS build
CWM recovery
Modded Kernel (AGAT's ?)
and just let it go at that?

Well for ICS I'm running M'ICS 1.1 its very stable. Also using agat 0.2.1 dirty kernel (safe) for extra speed and battery life. As for GB, calkulin or blazer roms are very stable as well. I got good battery life on both. Just make sure you read up and ask questions if you not sure. Happy flashing.
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Me personally I'm using the deodexed stock rooted ROM with Agat's safe kernel & Phaker's placebo script, & it's been super smooth for me so far
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Thanks for the responses..
I have been leaning towards rooted stock ICS with AGAT's kernel, but figured I would see what flash-a-holics would advise

DCRocks said:
Thanks for the responses..
I have been leaning towards rooted stock ICS with AGAT's kernel, but figured I would see what flash-a-holics would advise
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Lol, flash-a-holic? I'm in denial. Lol
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I love Flashahol! I'm running blazer ics, just came from calkulins 1.6 about a month ago. Both are solid.
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With the issues surrounding ICS, think I am gonna go with a GB ROM..
Torn between Blazer and Calk's... sigh... lol...

I personally liked blazer more that calkulins. But that's just me. Its all up to you. Plus I flashed mysterious beast theme for it.
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I'm gonna stay away from themes and tweaks, unless I find I got no choice...
Been a big fan of Calk's for a long time, and tried both before my GF got her SGS3, just seemed to have a few more issues with Blazer, but most was with Facebook, and I feel it may have been a FB app issue, and I also think I am gonna stay with the EL29 modem, as the newer ones didnt seem to work as well.
I may just keep both on the internal SD, and create a nand backup of both one I get the the phone fully setup, and let her try both for a week or two and see what works best for her in the Baltimore area.

Yeah the EL29 modern works good for me in the dmv area.. I also been having success with ff18 in dc
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Best ICS or JB rom at the moment??

My buddies phone is rooted and still on Gingerbread but looking to update my his phone. Just wondering what is the most stable rom for me to install for him??

i am currently on Stock rooted FI03 ICS leak
its the latest and i love this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1877041
use the one click odin file from garwyn , no hassels
enjoy

Do we really need yet another thread on this? There are two active ones already..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1499184
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1892437

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1865979 this ROM is my daily driver, no issues and excellent support
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newtonfb said:
My buddies phone is rooted and still on Gingerbread but looking to update my his phone. Just wondering what is the most stable rom for me to install for him??
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Everyone's opinions are going to vary as for which is better and how well it performs.. Basically cruise through the forums.. (development side) Look at a few, read some of the post.. Flash and giver a go! Your experiance with a rom may not be the same as another persons. Everyone uses the phone differently. So that's the best way to go. Just remember JB are under development (although there are some very stable/suitable DD's out there). Enjoy!

For ICS I like Blue Kuban or The Universe
For JB I use Phantom Phreakz CM10
Hope this helps!

ICS there are 2 that I really like 1 the Goodness 2 the Blu Kuban. JB there is one I tried and like its ParanoidAndroid. All amazing and have great support in their threads
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Is JB still pretty unstable compared to ICS?

What's the first rom you would throw on your new E4GT

Currently waiting on the UPS man to deliver our two E4GT's. I have the samsung driver's installed and ready to go. I am leaning towards using Odin to restore a rooted FK23. But I have made alot of consideration's on some of these other packaged rom's. In the past I would just install a cyanogenmod variant and never look back till there was a update. But reading around here, CM does not seem all that popular? Maybe because the stock based rom's are so good?
What would you choose? FK23 is getting alot of good reports. Maybe something based off of it?

Jellyverse stable nicely themed great developers good battery whatelse can I say.
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evo3d6 said:
Jellyverse stable nicely themed great developers good battery whatelse can I say.
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+1 Def Jellyverse
Lucy Lu...will you have my children?

Honestly? Stock JB for me.
(ducks for cover)

fk23 offers a lot of new features that those of us that had the phone for over a year aren't used to so its something new. CM10 b2 is running great if you're into cm. King Kang is also running great. To get started out I'm gonna recommend you Odin el29 cwm, then flash cm10 over that

Lightweight v.05..easy.
Awesome installation process, and this ROM runs without any hiccups for me.

Fk23

Re-calked. So many mods. You will get used to flashing stuff after flashing those mods

Any FK23. Stock Rooted is real slick and stable.

I would personally flash a custom ics rom. Get used to flashing roms and mods on the e4gt then choose your rom. I personally have only flashed Mijjz roms because I follow Team Nocturnal, but everyone has their own opinion. Right now I'm sticking with stock jb until either Rw and Mijj put out a jb rom or source drops

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Honestly? Stock JB for me.
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+1 but rooted to remove the crapware!
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I also say the one-click rooted FK23 with the full wipe option.
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LOL, what have we come to. I'm using Stock Rooted FK23 as well!
Honestly though, it's all up to taste. When I'm not on CM10, I miss theme chooser. When I'm on CM10, I miss the leaked JB UI and new features. This is why I will die happy if we every get multiboot.

Well I like the idea that everything works as it should on fk23. I was really liking cm10 for a while but the erratic mms feature was a buzz kill. The whole gps lock issue is a drag expecially since I was flashing between roms so much.
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Hello. You are asking the question we all have soon after getting our phone.
I will get to the bread and butter for you. Please note, this is from my experience only. I can't speak for everybody because as I am sure you know, NO ....NO.... two users are the same.
So, I have had the E4GT for around 5 months now. Love the phone....hate the battery life, but for this kind of power...I expected a weak battery. So firstly....get the extended battery!
Roms....Hahahahaha...so many. I have tried a lot. My phone came with ICS installed. Within a week I moved to CM9 beta 1....not bad....then to black rom....then to jellyverse....than went to a gingerbread build CM....than found " the blu kuban" Man I love the kuban. Tried the Ginger bread build and ICS build too. I AM back on the ICS build because GB build kept acting like I had a slide out keyboard. But man the kuban is awesome. It allows you to pick what you want installed upon first installation. Sweet...so sweet. It has tons of tweaks built in. It allows you to tweak everything from charging to boot animations inside the settings. I am telling you....try what you want, but once you get comfortable with the kuban you will always come back to it. I just left the new leaked jellybean Fk23 2 days ago...returning to the blue kuban. Fk23 was way to lagging for me...typing had delays, Apps hesitated to open and close....just way to slow.
Here is the link I use for roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_II/SPH-D710/ROMs
It is a bit old, but a great start for you. Also...
Qbking77 has tons of YouTube walkthroughs and review videos posted for the E4GT. I hope this helps you get started, have fun....find what best suits you...but do try the Blu Kuban.....it is worth a spin.
Goodluck. Happy rom'ing....FOLLOW DIRECTIONS CLOSELY!
P.S. your comment about CM roms....it is because our phone has yet to get a stable release of CM :-\ something about how long it took for the cyanogenmod team to get the source code for the phone. I AM no Dev..and it has been a while since I read the article about it...but please note...there is NO stable CM for the E4GT as of yet. CM 10 is on beta 2 and CM9 is on beta 1.
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I always liked the theory behind the Kuban, but it's never agreed with my phone. I've had more boot loops on that Rom just by using the Rom updater.
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Flash mine!!! Lol... shameless self promotion.
It's nothing special just stock FK23 that's been deodexed rooted and has busybox. And a ton of mods by tdunham.
Either that or Jellyverse which is based on mine and themed. Shadow has some serious talent. Just make sure to do some reading.
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depends on your mode. If your thinking TW, then i'd go with mattix's FK23. Otherwise the PAC MAN rom (aokp+cm10+paranoid android) is pretty nifty thanks to KB!

I have had the reboot on the rom updater.... never a boot loop. I did have a boot loop on my first install....but did a factory reset inside recovery...and it fired up fine after that. For the Kuban you HAVE to use the format all zip....and also begin with flashing a safe recovery. I Followed QBKING77's video for the rouge recovery install...than flashed the kuban from there. Also...the thread for the kuban is huge....all sorts of problems addressed inside that thread. All my questions have been answered just reading through them all or searching the thread for a certain topic.
Still...no one rom is a perfect fit for everybody. I recommend starting by putting a safe recovery on the phone first and foremost...than begin doing rom flashes from there. Test and tune....then try another.
I have tried almost all the roms in the link I posted earlier....I like different things in each one...but the Kuban keeps calling me back. I hate lag mostly....and I get that on a lot of roms. Only time the kuban lags.....for me.....is on certain governors....like saveged Zen....FOR ME.
Just be sure to get on a safe recovery first, than read and follow any roms directions closely....than all is safe after that.
Also Qbking has a how to unbrick your phone video that will help you a ton. It will require a file download.....Hahahahaha, save.....SAVE that file. It will come in handy with this phone due to the crazy flash/brick bug that seems to be inside it.
Why can't Samsung use a safe flashing setup? They have to try to be intelligent...or seem so at least.
Once again, goodluck...I hope we have helped you. I have seen my share of problems so feel free to PM me for any help. I will be happy to help if I can, or help you search for an answer.
Also....the fk23...yea, it has some great new features....but I would wait for a custom, sped up build of it. On start up after install I had 300 megs of ram free...on the kuban I have 500+, cm9 500+, cm 10 450+.....fk23 down too 200+ within an hour of use :-\
Peeps will say that free ram does not mean faster...but to me....knowing what little I do know about android....it means a ton when it comes to the E4GT.
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I flash a different Rom seems like every day
So far the ones I keep going back to are any of the FK23 roms or CNA I love the customization of aosp based roms but FK23 I get awesome battery life compared to aosp. The kuban is insanely stable and great battery life.
I used to be a huge fan of cm on previous devices then I got a taste of aokp left cm all together but felt something was missing then I tried cna which has in my opinion the best of aokp and cm.