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So instead of complaining about not having enough roms, I thought would be cool to see what people are using right now. I look through the development forum and see that some roms are a little outdated and have no new comments... but that doesnt mean they're not being used. I might try them out if you guys vouch for them. So lets here it! I'm running on Beastmod 2 v3.6. I love the dark menus and all around blueness =D
CM7 and Team kang, i switch between both!!
my layout
Beastmod2 3.0 with some ics goodness here and there
Just switched from from g2with desire z hboot rcmx3d. And I'm digging this phone phone ...3 days into it I like. Waiting from some new roms to try ..
I would say beastmod with jugs kernel has been the best for me stable and unbelievable battery life
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@Audi..I've had mine for just a few days too. I like your setup..looks good.
@Milena..do you have a link to that kernel? Mine only has slightly better battery life than my nexus s so I'd like to try something different
Best rom?
Stock rooted with bloat froze and the stock kernel.
Somehow everything magically works and it gets great battery life. Best of all though, you don't gotta wait for updates cause the thing works already. Lol
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Great thread to start!
I'm on juggs. I tried best mod but when he left xda I just went to jugs and stayed. essentially the same. I can't wait till cm7 works with no bugs.
Which brings me to this question,
I'm going to attempt to port the MexdroidMod from the G2 over to the sgs2.
Is our phone a hpdi device?
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eagles blood until we can get a fully working stable cm9 in here
Title says it all guys
I'm looking for the next rom to flash for my brother and I'm debating between SlickMod v3.1 and paradox II paradise so just post ur thoughts and what u would recommend thnx
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Why not Juggernaut or Darkside? I've tried slickmod and it has an awesome battery life to it.
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Why not Juggernaut or Darkside? I've tried slickmod and it has an awesome battery life to it.
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He's currently on darkside great stuff there just something new
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He's currently on darkside great stuff there just something new
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I say go Juggernaut or go stock debloated deoxed.
Tough choice there mate, i'm running slickMOD 2.4 but you really can't go wrong with either one. SlickMOD does have amazing battery life but its theme is a bit out there. I havent tries paradox but I hear its GREAT as well, nicely themed too
I have a kanged ics theme for slickMOD 2.4 if you go that route.
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If you want fully working Beats and Xloud then come my way. As well as a slick theme and awesome performance.
I have the only ROM with fully working Audio MODs
M&S
Paradox. It's very cool
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Paradox is far and away the best looking, digital warfare is the most functional. Since you're coming off DW, I vote paradox.
I'm currently running sickMOD v2.4 with the Phone Candy theme by appdroid. It's the first rom I flashed on to my SGII so I can't speak upon the other roms. I chose slickMOD over the others because the main factor I wanted in a rom for my personal use is longer battery life. Secondly is performance, stability, and reliability. I must say slickMOD is a definite improvement over stock. Also, the Phone Candy theme makes it looks clean & simple, very easy on the eyes. I planning on running v2.4 until there more dramatic improvements and such in later versions. So far i'm loving it!
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EezyBeezy said:
I'm currently running sickMOD v2.4 with the Phone Candy theme by appdroid. It's the first rom I flashed on to my SGII so I can't speak upon the other roms. I chose slickMOD over the others because the main factor I wanted in a rom for my personal use is longer battery life. Secondly is performance, stability, and reliability. I must say slickMOD is a definite improvement over stock. Also, the Phone Candy theme makes it looks clean & simple, very easy on the eyes. I planning on running v2.4 until there more dramatic improvements and such in later versions. So far i'm loving it!
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^ditto
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Paradox no doubt. A lot of the slickmod stuff is copied. Now don't get me wrong, that's cool with me, but if you have to copy you probably can't code
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With me it's either Darkside or Paradox and I frequently bounce back and forth since they are both GREAT. Currently running the best of both world with Paradox ROM and Darkside kernel
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If you want fully working Beats and Xloud then come my way. As well as a slick theme and awesome performance.
I have the only ROM with fully working Audio MODs
M&S
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He has spoken !
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He has spoken !
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Lol well whichever u choose make sure its the right rom for u
M&S
I have run both and here is my take. Slick mod is a patchwork of a bunch of roms. Put together nicely in version 2.2. Then, when it tried to develop further it took major steps backwards. Nothing really "improved" on it. Paradox is as smooth as you can get. Battery life is just as good if you know what you are doing and you have a dedicated seasoned developer with a "team" of other devs around that will push it better and better. I am not knocking the guy that put slick together, It is of my opinion that paradox is the better rom and has better support. I hope the guy that did slick continues because we all need to start somewhere and this should be a good liftoff for him.
SlickMod 3.4 has come, very cool ....
Both are Awesome...Paradox is a little prettier. Slickmod closer to stock. Both are very smooth roms.
Its up to you man......paradox is awesome so is slick mod......
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I was running Darkside and switched to Paradox - follow the instructions and it is awesome. It looks great but the best part is how responsive it is. You can notice the difference when coming from darkside to paradox. Besides the smoothness and responsiveness the data speeds and gps lock seems snappier/faster.
If this post helped hit Thanks
I've been hoping around to different Roms. since the leaks came out I was on perfetion for a bit Sk ROM , Darkside . For the Longest Till Now ..
ive been running whitehawkx 5/19 +echo fix that He stopped Production on till they can Make it offical .... So What I was wondering what ROM s are people running what do they Like about them ....
whitch ones have u found with no call echo ..? and wif Calling ?
Features you Like
LIKE WITCH ONES ARE MOSTLY AOSP Look ...?
I was just trying to get people's option . I was thinking about doing some flashing .. till We See a official AOKP OR CM9 Nightly's running .. really he ROM im on only has a few perks .. im just a flash junkie though id see what other addicts out there were Flashing lol ?
I had posted this in the i727 like the stoner I am .. just looking for everyone's option on rooms and what they like it and why?
I was using Darkside Evolution beta 6 for a while.. Just flashed the cm9 build that's been in the development forum for a few weeks. I'm really liking it a lot. I don't use wifi calling so it's not an issue with me.
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darkside beta 6. no wifi calling and gps is pretty much useless but everything else is great. best ics dd out at the moment, imo.
I've been using skyics from the skyrocket forums. The main reasons are speed and battery life.
It's stock themed but he has a couple of battery/signal mods and there's a theme for it too.
No issues really besides wifi calling which ins't really an issue considering it's an at&t rom.
I'm using Dan Brutal ICS based on a TMo leak for about a week now and it's very good
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I've been using Darkside Evolution Beta03 ever since it came out on the 12th of May and has been great so far. The GPS works good for the most part, the only slight downside is not the best cell signal, but still good enough for my daily needs. I also like the APEX launcher that comes with the rom, I think it's better than the TW launcher that comes with the rom too. Sure there are a few bugs here and there, but I'm happy with it overall.
I'm still running darkside DW 2.5.1. Runs flawless for me.
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I'm running sky ice! I love it.
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running darkside ICS until AOKP gets updated with working speaker/echo. For a non aosp rom, tdj did a really good job.
Infamous.
:: DARKSIDE :: DIGITAL :: WARFARE:: [v2.7]
Yeah, it's GB but nothing compares to the stability, performance and battery life.
NOW YOU KNOW
Been running pangs bullet Rom R7. Was running the darkside Rom before that.
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Darkside beta 3, seems to be the only rom that doesn't have extremely low dock audio.
I tried AOKP but the screen flashing/brightness change thing was quite annoying.
waiting for a more complete CM9 like everyone else.
CM9 A3 til AOKP is back. I'm interested in Paranoid Android.
I love 18 hours battery life, theme chooser and overall smoothness.
I like changing my phones look and flashing themes and worrying about breaking a ROM blows.
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Well...i really like AOKP and CM9...but theres too many issues...at least for me since i look for stability and i like to enjoy all options this fantastic device can bring me. I tried every ICS roms outhere....for me thedereckj and dan brutal ICS Roms are the best so far (my experience on my device). I have no doubt CM9 and AOKP will be at the top of the list but...sorry... no rigth know......
Btw...i ll be reading people calling Dereck's Ucle2 Ics rom as Darkside evolution beta6....thats wrong. Thats a different rom. Evolution is based on tmobile leak. Ucle2 beta 6 is based on att skyrocket leak. I know you guys already know this but if u look around posts you will find what im talking about.
Thanks ...this is just my opinion and i respect if u desagree. Please do the same.
Ps. Yaldak...you the best. Lawstudent...very nice work.
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I'm running TDJ ucle2 beta 6. Best overall rom I've flashed. No issues what so ever. GPS is good, no call echo, very smooth and quick. On top of that flashed Phoenix theme over it and it's amazing.
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Oh I also got 29 hours of battery with 5 hours of usage. No juice defender or anything like that. Only things I did was not having sync running. Just checked email when I felt like it.
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AOKP. F*** touchwiz and Samsung's bloatware.
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+1 on the Dan Brutal ROM
tdj's att one
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Hey guys, just take a poll as to what your daily driver is. Which ROM you have running the most. You can only pick one. Thanks for your time!
Lol. For the past week, I've been flashing a ROM a day. I wish there was that perfect ROM like Juggernaut 2.3.6 . It had AOKP with MIUI addons and a load of other stuff
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Lol. For the past week, I've been flashing a ROM a day. I wish there was that perfect ROM like Juggernaut 2.3.6 . It had AOKP with MIUI addons and a load of other stuff
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Ha me too. thats why i made the poll. trynna see which ROM gets used the most. Making some themes and MODs.
What about AOKP
Jedi mind trick. No rom can beat it in term of function and stability.
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What about AOKP
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Missed one xD
prolly cause imnot a fan But thanks for reminding me! Anyone else who has this please comment AOKP JB or AOKP ICS . thanks!
Potluck JB - a pure and stable CMX variant
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29799166
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Alarmmy said:
Jedi mind trick. No rom can beat it in term of function and stability.
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Yep I got version 7 with faux 11 underclocked with the voltage app and running smooooth. Battery life is great too.
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Ive tried all the major ones, and for ICS based ROMS Jedi Mind Trick v7/v8 and TDJ's ROMS have been the best. That said, after a few days on ANY ICS ROM Ive tried I start getting anomalies that make it frustrating, so for now Im back on Darkside Digital Warfare 2.7. That seems to be my go-to ROM and I have never had one issue with it. I sacrifice a little snappiness, but for me its flawless and bulletproof.
AOKP fan here. I had the milestone 6 for the longest time.
Just trying out JMT since last week until AOKP-JB becomes stable.
Jedi Mind trick is my favorite but I was loving clones and drones when I was on it both are fast and stable
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It's CM10 by Erickwill build 0909
smooth and stable for me like charm
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CM10 super lite 91mb ROM I have NO issues. NOT one on the Hercules version of it. Just as stable and reliable as flashing any gingerbread ROM with the speed of jelly bean.
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Infamous 3.0 se stable, stock ,tweaked....its all you need
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I've been on ParanoidAndroid for a while now... But I will say the potluck version is a damn good cm10 rom for us Hercules owners. The most stable of all regular cm10 roms as all others had issues, his was very stable and good.
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Clones/Drones for me right now. Loving it too.
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Looks like its going to be beastmade for a while for me
I've been using the latest CM10 nightlies by EricWill ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852105 ) updating almost daily and its been great. Got a few SODs but its mostly been in the morning before I head out and a quick restart as I get in my car is sufficient. Aside from that small bug it's been great with me
Darkside Evolution 3v8! Easily the Rom of the year. Version 4 isn't a slouch either.
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Telus ICS Stock Rom for now
I've tried 4-5 roms since i bought my phone 4 weeks ago... and i'm always coming back to my nand backup of my stock rom because there'S always small things i'm not happy with every roms i tried...
Jedi knight 2... One of the best UI with SIII addons but got Launcher freezes 5-6 times a day for 30 seconds...
Clones and Drones... AccuWeather bugs on Lockscreen... ask in Celcius but got temp in Farenheit even with the small C besides and always show wrong city...
Koodo v.4.0.4 v3... this one was almost perfect for me but have poor data speed with Fido on 4G
Jedi mind Tricks V8 ... poor battery life...
But gonna continue to try others and coming back if there's new version of what i already tried...
thanks to all devs for the good work...
I am new to the galaxy s2 after coming from a sensation. I don't see a clear cut winner on this forum like in the sensation forum, I tried JediMindTrick and it seemed a little buggy after freezing sometimes. Can anyone recommend me another stable ics with tw rom?
Clones | drones, Jedi knight
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The new Jedi knight 3 is AMAZING!!!
If I helped in any way hit thanks!!
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Darkside evolution v8. These pmtr3 roms are okay but the theming is ridiculous. Evo8 keeps it stock and smooth. Its always my go to when I get tired of random reboots and sleeps of death. Trust me Evolution v8 is where its at for stability, best battery life, all while keeping that stock touchwiz look. There's a reason why its the most popular rom made so far for the t989 with over 1 million thread views. The rom is still available for download on TDJs sourceforge. Just Google thederekjay source forge. It will come up.
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Darkside evolution v8. These pmtr3 roms are okay but the theming is ridiculous. Evo8 keeps it stock and smooth. Its always my go to when I get tired of random reboots and sleeps of death. Trust me Evolution v8 is where its at for stability, best battery life, all while keeping that stock touchwiz look. There's a reason why its the most popular rom made so far for the t989 with over 1 million thread views. The rom is still available for download on TDJs sourceforge. Just Google thederekjay source forge. It will come up.
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(http://sourceforge.net/projects/darkside-evo/)
Stock.
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RushAOZ said:
Darkside evolution v8. These pmtr3 roms are okay but the theming is ridiculous. Evo8 keeps it stock and smooth. Its always my go to when I get tired of random reboots and sleeps of death. Trust me Evolution v8 is where its at for stability, best battery life, all while keeping that stock touchwiz look. There's a reason why its the most popular rom made so far for the t989 with over 1 million thread views. The rom is still available for download on TDJs sourceforge. Just Google thederekjay source forge. It will come up.
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ptmr3 has a zip to flash back to stock on JK3, just saying.
my 2 cents
I stay with jedi mind trik 7 (I'm to lazy to update ) and after about 3 weeks I haven't had any problem.
I just added the tw calendar.
I moved from stock because of skype, that didn't work properly on stock ICS, but I have to say that this rom is really smooth and nice, therefore I think you should try to reinstall again everything before move to another distribution.
A tip, I reinstalled all app, instead of using titanium or similar, it's cleaner and in the end not so long with the market.
I suggest also to have some fun with google now
Dark side is definitely the hands down winner in TW roms. Besides, Jedi and all those other ptmr roms borrow heavily from tdj. Just saying.
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Jedi Knight V3 is the best of them all. :good:
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Dark side is definitely the hands down winner in TW roms. Besides, Jedi and all those other ptmr roms borrow heavily from tdj. Just saying.
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Truth.
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Stock.
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Afraid I have to agree. My warranty replacement S2 came yesterday, preloaded with 4.04. I think I'm just staying here for a while. At least until I get my upgrade next month.
I had been on Paradox for probably 6 months and never really had many issues with the gingerbread roms, most are very stable. I tried jmt and sith as well as Beastmade, in a few different versions and flavors and they were ALL buggy. Most are putting way more time into themeing than into to trouble shooting. Read the posts...most issues are blamed on a bad flash or you used the wrong recovery method...NEVER the rom. To be fair I never got to try a Darkside rom as my phone went back under warranty... supposedly developed the bad power button thing and started boot looping and freaking out. I'm still not sure it wasn't rom related as the way it started it had nothing to do with the power button...that was the biproduct of a really unstable Sith rom.
All that said, if my stock 4.04 starts to lag and bog down with background bloatware, like my original s2 did that sent me here in the first place, then I will probably be back to flashing...or on to the S3.
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Afraid I have to agree. My warranty replacement S2 came yesterday, preloaded with 4.04. I think I'm just staying here for a while. At least until I get my upgrade next month.
I had been on Paradox for probably 6 months and never really had many issues with the gingerbread roms, most are very stable. I tried jmt and sith as well as Beastmade, in a few different versions and flavors and they were ALL buggy. Most are putting way more time into themeing than into to trouble shooting. Read the posts...most issues are blamed on a bad flash or you used the wrong recovery method...NEVER the rom. To be fair I never got to try a Darkside rom as my phone went back under warranty... supposedly developed the bad power button thing and started boot looping and freaking out. I'm still not sure it wasn't rom related as the way it started it had nothing to do with the power button...that was the biproduct of a really unstable Sith rom.
All that said, if my stock 4.04 starts to lag and bog down with background bloatware, like my original s2 did that sent me here in the first place, then I will probably be back to flashing...or on to the S3.
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Exactly why I haven't even touched any if these new roms. No offense to any devs but our trusty ol' developers are almost all gone. As soon as tdj decided to leave all these new "devs" started flooding in. Trust me and let's end this post god dammit. If you want a WELL KNOWN, trusty, speedy, stable rom that keeps its stock look from a WELL KNOWN TRUSTED DEVELOPER, look no further than darkside evolution v8. The rom is perfect. No bugs I can think of, no nothing wrong with it whatsoever. God dammit I miss the Derek Jay. This place had to go and run him off. In all honesty I don't even want this phone anymore now that development is dead to me. Official cm9 twitches and flickers now and there's no more TDJ. The only developers that I trust on this thing now are eugene373 and whitehawkx. Forget the rest.
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Exactly why I haven't even touched any if these new roms. No offense to any devs but our trusty ol' developers are almost all gone. As soon as tdj decided to leave all these new "devs" started flooding in. Trust me and let's end this post god dammit. If you want a WELL KNOWN, trusty, speedy, stable rom that keeps its stock look from a WELL KNOWN TRUSTED DEVELOPER, look no further than darkside evolution v8. The rom is perfect. No bugs I can think of, no nothing wrong with it whatsoever. God dammit I miss the Derek Jay. This place had to go and run him off. In all honesty I don't even want this phone anymore now that development is dead to me. Official cm9 twitches and flickers now and there's no more TDJ. The only developers that I trust on this thing now are eugene373 and whitehawkx. Forget the rest.
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I'm still running v7 based on 4.0.3. It's literally the perfect ROM for me. If 8 is as good or better, I'm going to flash that this weekend... I'm not one whose particularly a flash happy user. I really have not been impressed with what I've read about the other ROMs. I wish tdj was still here for this device.
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I'm still running v7 based on 4.0.3. It's literally the perfect ROM for me. If 8 is as good or better, I'm going to flash that this weekend... I'm not one whose particularly a flash happy user. I really have not been impressed with what I've read about the other ROMs. I wish tdj was still here for this device.
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It really is the perfect ICS rom. It will be a long while before see a jelly bean rom of the same caliber.
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You could check one of the other 10 threads asking the same thing
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Exactly why I haven't even touched any if these new roms. No offense to any devs but our trusty ol' developers are almost all gone. As soon as tdj decided to leave all these new "devs" started flooding in. Trust me and let's end this post god dammit. If you want a WELL KNOWN, trusty, speedy, stable rom that keeps its stock look from a WELL KNOWN TRUSTED DEVELOPER, look no further than darkside evolution v8. The rom is perfect. No bugs I can think of, no nothing wrong with it whatsoever. God dammit I miss the Derek Jay. This place had to go and run him off. In all honesty I don't even want this phone anymore now that development is dead to me. Official cm9 twitches and flickers now and there's no more TDJ. The only developers that I trust on this thing now are eugene373 and whitehawkx. Forget the rest.
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Was over on the Sith thread...another phone bit the dust! Of course the post just gets ignored. Same issues I had. Not saying it's just his ROM but something weird is going on. Never saw some many people having power button, boot loop, flashing on and off, etc.
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I'm still running v7 based on 4.0.3. It's literally the perfect ROM for me. If 8 is as good or better, I'm going to flash that this weekend... I'm not one whose particularly a flash happy user. I really have not been impressed with what I've read about the other ROMs. I wish tdj was still here for this device.
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Do you have the developer landing page for the v8 rom? I am currently on koodo because i actually like tw and love its speed. I dont like is that GPS takes for ever to lock. I am not a flash happy guy either i want something stable and fast.
Don't want to sound like a hater but as far development goes good luck pfinding anything close to revolution or viper s in terms of quality. Now with that being said I like Darthstalker.
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Do you have the developer landing page for the v8 rom? I am currently on koodo because i actually like tw and love its speed. I dont like is that GPS takes for ever to lock. I am not a flash happy guy either i want something stable and fast.
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Unfortunately I don't, yet. That's my goal before the weekend is over though.
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