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Just curious what everyone is running and why you prefer that ICS ROM to others out there?
I am not a stranger to custom ROM's, however, I have not kept up to date on ROM development in the past 6 months since I switched from the Samsung Vibrant to the Samsung SGSII.
Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Mbanken
Raver is working on a stock AOSP ICS Rom. Not everything is working yet but its super fast and I think stock is the way to go when it comes to ICS. That's just my opinion.
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Mocha K said:
Raver is working on a stock AOSP ICS Rom. Not everything is working yet but its super fast and I think stock is the way to go when it comes to ICS. That's just my opinion.
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Yeah I agree with this, I am just waiting for it to be stable enough to be a daily driver. All the others are still. Buggy and laggy so you should probably wait a week or 2 for them to get fixed before you flash them.
That is great info, thanks guys! I will wait and see what develops.
Raver's TW ICS rom is solid enough be a DD till his AoSP fleshes out. Been on it for two days and aside from very minor quirks I love it. YMMV though depending on your level of android knowledge.
Ok I need a recommendation for a stable Rom for my wife. I've moved on to the rezound and haven't been keeping up with the development for the incredible for a few months. She needs something super stable and good on battery. At the moment she's on ice cream sense and wants something new. Are any if the ics roms stable enough at the moment for a noob to run?
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I personally recommend CM7.2 (RC3 released today) but as far as ICS goes, even though it doesn't have HWA, AOKP is probably the most stable i've seen so far for the inc.
Good Luck!
Yeah I had cm7 on it for a while and I may go back to it. Any others I should look at?
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nschiwy said:
I personally recommend CM7.2 (RC3 released today) but as far as ICS goes, even though it doesn't have HWA, AOKP is probably the most stable i've seen so far for the inc.
Good Luck!
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Had no idea RC3 was available, appreciate the notice.
CM7.2 is the way to go if you want stable, quick, and easy to use all in one. I have tried and used CM9 alpha and it is a damn fine rom. Everything worked for me that I use (never tried the camera) so my ICS vote goes to that. I prefer CM7.2 for my daily use cuz I had an issue or two with the ICS roms that I wasn't willing to compromise on.
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Had no idea RC3 was available, appreciate the notice.
CM7.2 is the way to go if you want stable, quick, and easy to use all in one. I have tried and used CM9 alpha and it is a damn fine rom. Everything worked for me that I use (never tried the camera) so my ICS vote goes to that. I prefer CM7.2 for my daily use cuz I had an issue or two with the ICS roms that I wasn't willing to compromise on.
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I actually prefer CM9 to AOKP for HWA and overall appearance but AOKP has had a lot of the customization features that I look for in a ROM, I still use CM7.2 as my daily though because it has everything I want and has amazing battery performance.
I put miui on my girls inc a few months ago n she loves it. It's running nice too with tinys kernel n uv'ed. She gets good battery life. The themes I think is probably wat makes it nice for her, a lot of options.
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Out of all of the ROMs that I've tried, Ice Cream Sense had the best battery life by far. I've been on Evervolv 2.2.0a2 with the latest Incredikernel beta (with HWA) for 24 hours now and while its not the greatest on battery life, its extremely smooth, fast, and stable. No random reboots as of yet. Definitely recommend it! Just my 2ยข...
Update: battery life isn't really all that great with this new Evervolv. I'm still gonna give it a run for a bit and see how it works out. So far, so good... other than the battery.
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As far as customization and looks go for her, I would go with Miui. Definitely throw tiny's kernel on there though as the battery life isn't the best, at least in my experience. Can't go wrong with CM7.2 as well!
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I tried miui but she didn't like it at all. So I flashed cm7 and she's happy again.
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I will say I miss my incredible. I have a rezound now and the community there is filled with hostility. Flaming is so common I'm actually thinking of selling and coming back
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pwned3 said:
I will say I miss my incredible. I have a rezound now and the community there is filled with hostility. Flaming is so common I'm actually thinking of selling and coming back
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yeah the people here are awesome come back
And I dont know how it is for other phones, but I am impressed at the amount of work amateur (meaning not making money out of it...) devs put into custom roms and kernels for the droid inc.
It is unbelievable and gives life to the phone!! It is the whole reason I have not upgraded my phone even though I have had an upgrade available for 3 months.I am not planning on doing so until my inc dies.
Hi everyone, just a simple question. I am looking for the best overall ICS rom for the T989 right now. Is it worth flashing now or should I wait for Jelly Bean rom or any other rom? Thanks for the help everyone.
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Hi everyone, just a simple question. I am looking for the best overall ICS rom for the T989 right now. Is it worth flashing now or should I wait for Jelly Bean rom or any other rom? Thanks for the help everyone.
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I'm using Darkside Evolution 3 v7 ICS rom and it works flawlessly. Best ICS rom I've ever used.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623430
So far Aokp is my DD right now I like to the stock feeling of ICS and not touchwiz
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Ah dissenting opinions! So there is no de facto rom?
That's like asking what the best car is. Its subjective.
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Let the flashing begin...
Personally, I've stuck with Darkside Evolution 3 (v7) since its release. Although it looks very stock, it's very stable with an amazing kernel and battery life.
AOKP and cm9 are amazing (I'll be flashing cm9 again once we get our release candidate).
AOKP feels like cm based ROM with a little more to offer but with that being said, neither feel as stable as a stock based ROM for our phones at the present time.
You'll always get a biased opinion so I'd suggest flashing some of the more popular roms by checking each thread and good luck buddy!
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Hi everyone, just a simple question. I am looking for the best overall ICS rom for the T989 right now. Is it worth flashing now or should I wait for Jelly Bean rom or any other rom? Thanks for the help everyone.
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I've been wondering the same. Reading through the forums, I determined Darkside Evolution 3 (v7) was the most popular. It took a few flashes before I was able to get it working right on my phone, but it runs similar to stock. The only way you'll be able to tell if you like it is if you give it a try.
aokp..... more tweaks.... less bloats, stable, fast.
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Try ParanoidAndroid, this ROM is awesome.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752309
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I'm gonna say AOKP. I've tried all of the aforementioned ROMs and I have settled on AOKP because of the amazing battery life, customization and the AOSP theme it comes with. AOKP has also become very stable as of recently, rivaling the stability of Darkside. I used to run Darkside when it first came out, but now I can't get over the very stock feel/look. If you enjoy the tweaking, I would suggest AOKP. If not, then go with Darkside. If you want something in the middle, go with CM.
+1 on AOKP and link is in the sig. Darkside is also a great ROM just depends on your preference of touchwiz or stock. Both are the top ROMs imo.
Either AOKP or anything DARKSIDE.
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I find it funny anytime I see one of these threads and find it even funnier when I see how many people answer. Its probably easier to say what not to use....LOL
Lets be honest thousands of people use this forum and if only 20 actually answer this thread I am quite sure all of the dozen or so roms will be mentioned... This question is like mentioned earlier is subjective and no way can you find a definitive answer in here....
I hate stock but there are some advantages to it, I love CM9 but also enjoy some of the tweaks of AOKP... I just load them all up get them to how I like it and nandroid them all... Problem solved
OP good luck but instead of reading our crazy posts get to flashing
AOKP
I am on AOKP Milestone 6. Was gonna try Darkside, but liked aokp and dont see any reason to switch.
There are few things that will not work with AOKP.
1) WIFI calling
2) Audio out via the car dock.
If those are not issues, try it out.
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
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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
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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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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.
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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.