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I have been using Bonsai 4.0 for a long time. I would like to get a gingerbread ROM.
Which one would be the best?
I need good battery life.
I need good GPS.
I need no crashes.
Thanks everyone!
badbeats said:
I have been using Bonsai 4.0 for a long time. I would like to get a gingerbread ROM.
Which one would be the best?
I need good battery life.
I need good GPS.
I need no crashes.
Thanks everyone!
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Really your results may vary from others expierence so with that taken into account try Legendary 2.2. I used that for a while and was able to squeeze out around 18+ hours in low signal areas. I don't know if the gps is alright but there is a fix and its not a flashable it has to do with permissions. Also you can add the newest samurai kernel with that. Since your on an old rom I'm sure you have no clue about the mtd and bml partitions available so be cautions on what you download and flash. If your on bml make sure the kernel is as well.
Another suggestion is try cm7 with the samurai kernel. If 4g isn't a deal breaker.
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I personally reccommend Clean GB MTD. Its super stable for me and doesn't inlcude to much extra stuff that pulls from you battery. I like something simple and functional so this was my pick. Also if you decide to use it make sure to read about MTD first in android development because it functions quite differently.
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badbeats said:
I have been using Bonsai 4.0 for a long time. I would like to get a gingerbread ROM.
Which one would be the best?
I need good battery life.
I need good GPS.
I need no crashes.
Thanks everyone!
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look at this...
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427645
I've tried a number and Marcusant v2 has been the best for me in terms of stability, speed, GPS, and lack of bugs.
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I personally reccommend Clean GB MTD. Its super stable for me and doesn't inlcude to much extra stuff that pulls from you battery. I like something simple and functional so this was my pick. Also if you decide to use it make sure to read about MTD first in android development because it functions quite differently.
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I changed from Bonsia to CleanGB MTD over a week ago & REALLY like this new rom.
Much faster & smoother. My vote is for CleanGB MTD......
Do a little reading first though.....
Ok, like the OP, I have been running Bonsai 4.0 from day 1. (I guess it works so well, we never look for upgrade? or maybe the 4.1 brick fiasco scared us off, lol)
Epic 4g flashed to cricket, rooted, CWM 3.0, ext4, goLauncher. fairly happy, but could use some more speed and battery, plus new toys are FUN. So....
Let's have it out. Here's what my research has turned up:
Bonsai 4.1.3 (stable, but froyo based)
vs
Sprint's new OTA GB update (don't really wanna unroot unless there's something amazing about this, plus as a cricket customer, can I even get this update?)
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Legendary
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CleanGB
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SleeperROM
I've heard a bit in this thread about SleeperVSCleanGB, but I'd like more comparisons, and to hear about any other candidates/factors we should be considering (Xtreme? will I lose ext4 by switching to MTD? should I care?)
thx a bunch for your time!
Yes you will lose ext4 by switching to mtd... but you gain yaffs2 which is much more stable than ext4... so no worries there... and I have tried every ei22 rom out and the best bml imo is legendary and the best mtd is viper rom or cleangb mtd.... being a cricket user you probably won't get the ota because sprint is who pushes it out... also if your using bonsais recovery you will need to flash cwm 5.0.2.7 (officially supported for our phones) before trying to upgrade to a custom ei22 rom... you won't lose root by going to any of the custom roms cuz root is already in the roms as you probably know... and imo ei22 is way better than froyo... only problem with ei22 was the gps (I never had any problems but most did) but all of the custom ei22 roms have the gps fix built in... happy flashing!
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badbeats said:
I have been using Bonsai 4.0 for a long time. I would like to get a gingerbread ROM.
Which one would be the best?
I need good battery life.
I need good GPS.
I need no crashes.
Thanks everyone!
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Personally my favorites are cm7 and miui.us, though I haven't tried any ei22 based roms.
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Im on MIUI at the moment, but I've tried quite a few. You can read as many posts about how a certain ROM works. But, you won't really know what suits you and your phone until you try them out!
BTW- I Like MIUI a lot, except for how fast my batteries die(i carry a backup).
I go through both in LESS than 12 hours, easy! Then again, the problem may be with my phone or the charger i'm using, so don't let me discourage you.
I suggest CM7 but I'm bias as I assist with the development.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427645
Really the best thing to do is try all of them and see what you like best each phone reacts differently with different ROM. Many people report CM7 being the best battery wise but others have terrible results.
GPS wise most roms share the same GPS fixes so you shouldn't notice a difference between individual roms.
Cool, thx for the feedback. I will check out Viper, MIUI, and CM7 (been eyeing cyanogenmod for a while, but I thought they hadn't ported for Epic 4G yet?)
Also glad my fear of leaving ext4 is gone....by bye BML, hello MTD!
Now, if we can just get that ICS ported.....
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Cool, thx for the feedback. I will check out Viper, MIUI, and CM7 (been eyeing cyanogenmod for a while, but I thought they hadn't ported for Epic 4G yet?)
Also glad my fear of leaving ext4 is gone....by bye BML, hello MTD!
Now, if we can just get that ICS ported.....
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Yep cm7 has the 4g and cm9 (ics based) is on the horizon!!!
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Also seems like I should try the BML roms 1st, since if I want to switch back from a MTD rom, I have to Odin it, yes? (Seems the layers of complexity/risk go apps/themes/launchers/titanium backups/CWM restores/ODIN.... I feel like I want to avoid ODIN except in emergencies, lol)
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Also seems like I should try the BML roms 1st, since if I want to switch back from a MTD rom, I have to Odin it, yes? (Seems the layers of complexity/risk go apps/themes/launchers/titanium backups/CWM restores/ODIN.... I feel like I want to avoid ODIN except in emergencies, lol)
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Odin really isn't that bad as long as you don't use the stock cable and get a good one... a follow all directions to the T! And yes to go back from mtd you do have to odin... but like I said not that bad... I do it at least once a week...
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For me, IMHO, it is a toss up between Clean GB and Starsky ROM (both MTD versions).
Like the title said, I finally jumped on board. I got the Evo at launch, and used it until October. I saw the Epic when it came out, but I thought it was too big, so I decided to wait for the iPhone. Well, long story short, it was a mistake lol. Small screen, locked-down software, etc etc. Well now that bad boy's gonna be up on craigslist and I'm back in the world of Android.
So far, I'm very pleased.
Any rom recommendations? I use to run Calkulin's Evo rom for a while, and I see that he has an Epic rom, so I guess I'll give that a spin first
Just try out his rooted fb17 build with the fb15 modem I've been using it as my daily since it was dropped.
Ics is super awesome on this phone just for the love of god DO NOT USE CWM TOUCH RECOVERY. i don't wanna see another i bricked my phone thread lol.
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I would advise against using any of the ICS roms as they are not daily driver status yet (I'm running an fb21 setup so I know).
Go with Blazer 4.0, until more work is done on the ICS ones, this will be your best bet for battery life, stability, and smoothness. I ran Calkulin's for a long time and his rom is good but Blazer definitely gets better battery life.
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Try them all but some good advice is until you get comfy with flashing and the little changes from the OG Evo to the Epic, I would just flash stock custom roms and leave those ICS roms alone like the poster above me just said. No need to bork your new phone so fast incase you do something wrong. Also stay away from the Touch recovery until they do some more testing on it... Just my opinion
I'd recommend both Calkulin's ROM, and Blazer ROM at the current time (And they're both excellent developers, so i'd think their future releases will be good also)... not to say the other ROM's available aren't good, I just personally haven't used them so I can not speak on something I haven't experienced. I expect a lot of ROM's to be released soon based on ICS, so the ROM recommendation might change soon.
Welcome, enjoy your new phone
Thanks for all the recommendations. Honestly, I haven't had much of a reason to root the device. The main reason I rooted the Evo was to get rid of Sense, and increase battery life.... needless to say I have neither of those problems on the E4GT.
I'll probably just root but stick with the current ROM I'm running so that I don't have to start from scratch. Once the ICS roms become more stable, I'll look into those.
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I'll probably just root but stick with the current ROM I'm running so that I don't have to start from scratch. Once the ICS roms become more stable, I'll look into those.
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Honestly, that's what I am doing. I have a stock ROM with root and CWM... and I'm observing the ICS progress and waiting for a decent, stable ROM/Kernel/Recovery then I'll make a change. My phone is important to me, so I observe to watch the testing and such before diving in.
I kept it stock myself and its been very well.... Bought my et4g about a week ago also for 200 bones... Frekaing steal basically
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There are several Alpha/Beta ICS roms out right now but I would strongly suggest using the older ones for now. Too many people are bricking their phones trying to run ICS. If you must do ICS I would suggest completely restoring your phone back to 100% stock and then installing ICS to a stock/unrooted rom.
I personally am using Calkulin's EL29 (v.2.8.1) rom with the EL29 Kernel and EL29 baseband. It is Gingerbread 2.3.6 but it is insanely stable, extremely responsive; especially if you don't use the TouchWiz but instead use GoLauncher.
I rooted mine so i could delete twiz and all the bloat, then i found team nocturnals dark ics blend rom and flashed it and the fb21 modem and life is good, got rid of all the ugly colors and twiz and fb21 modem increased my 3g data from 100kbps to 1mbps now when i use my og evo it looks dirty from the lower screen quality and its sooooo laggy compared to thia beast
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Cm9 ftw! It's a few more steps at the moment to flash and get some fixes for gps and ext sd to work, but it's so beautiful on this phone. I can't stand tw and all the bloat.
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I'm an E4GT newbie coming from the Epic. Since it seems that CM development isn't as far along as it was on the Epic (not surprising given it has been out much longer) I'm looking for a clean ROM that I can run until there is a more fully functional ICS ROM.
Before I made the jump to CM9 on the Epic I was happily running toadlife's CleanGB. Is there a similar ROM for my new E4GT? I'm currently on pre-rooted EL29 with Rogue recovery.
I look forward to your responses.
I'd go with Calkulins GB for good stripped and quick one, his is the basis for most here(so that should say something!), Blazer ROM is the best I've ever used as far as speed, battery life and funtions, or just about any from the long term teams. This is a real hard one to answer. The devs in this section are just flippin great. Since you have a great CWM (Rogue) why not try a few. I've got nandroids of several ROMs on my PC. I usually run a ROM for a week before passing judgement to let it 'settle in'. And with a good full image I can switch between them. But I've pretty much settled on my current setup as my daily driver untill the ICS builds are finalized. Calkulins also got a great script for creating/stripping ROMs bare http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1535776. Welcome to the touch experience (just don't use touch recovery - you'll brick something!! stick with Rogue Gunslinger.). Hope you find the enjoyment I've had.
Ok i have not put anything new on my phone in a month.I have cauks older Rom.I have not even updated it.
I was reading the development section and i am lost in reading.So going to 1 for the first time and not having tons of issues that i get stuck with which Rom seems to be doing the best in the ICS rom section?
I understand ill get different views from people who love 1 person but i really just want to best Rom going on right now.
thanks.
rdcrds said:
Ok i have not put anything new on my phone in a month.I have cauks older Rom.I have not even updated it.
I was reading the development section and i am lost in reading.So going to 1 for the first time and not having tons of issues that i get stuck with which Rom seems to be doing the best in the ICS rom section?
I understand ill get different views from people who love 1 person but i really just want to best Rom going on right now.
thanks.
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I like Calks (2) Roms...Either One and and right now Im runnin Mijjah 74's Goodness at the Moment...Ive run all three... All three Roms work exceptionally Well..
probably Calkulin but...
i agree about the three of those being good bets. i've heard and read the most positive things about Calukin's stuff. It's not uncommon for other ROMs to be based on his work.
That being said, I'm also on Mijjah's Blend ICS (the Goodness). The earlier versions had a few more hiccups (mainly GPS). I'm on ver 2.5.1 and have not ran into any issues yet. GPS, check. Notification sounds, check. Notification LED indicator... oh, OK. 1 minor issue so far.
The test builds of CM9 is working pretty well, battery life is kinda bad though and for some reason it doesn't play audio through my car dock.
Sigh, back to Gingerbread I go...
Depends on your personal preference... If you wish to remain on Touchwiz, try one of the above suggestions.
For AOSP, there's CM9, AOKP, and Codename. All are smooth and filled with customizable options.
Personally, I'm in love with Codename(over General atm)
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AOKP is badass for sure, TCP did a great job. Much better than the others imo. Havent tried Codename yet but i hear its slightly better due to more customizing
rdcrds said:
Ok i have not put anything new on my phone in a month.I have cauks older Rom.I have not even updated it.
I was reading the development section and i am lost in reading.So going to 1 for the first time and not having tons of issues that i get stuck with which Rom seems to be doing the best in the ICS rom section?
I understand ill get different views from people who love 1 person but i really just want to best Rom going on right now.
thanks.
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These ICS roms have tons of bugs. Nothing really major aside from complete incompatibility with my bt car kit.
But still, they are far from being a daily driver.
If I had to choose, I'd probably pick aospmod rom.
nabbed said:
These ICS roms have tons of bugs. Nothing really major aside from complete incompatibility with my bt car kit.
But still, they are far from being a daily driver.
If I had to choose, I'd probably pick aospmod rom.
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False, the FC leaks ones are 99% bug free.
CM9, Codename and AOKP all have their share of serious bugs.
zonlicht said:
False, the FC leaks ones are 99% bug free.
CM9, Codename and AOKP all have their share of serious bugs.
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I've been running Codename for a week, and haven't experienced a single serious bug. It's almost as solid for me as the GB Touchwiz roms were.
OP, it really depends on what you want. If you want Touchwiz, then I'd definitely go with one of Calk's roms. If you want AOSP, then I'd recommend Codename, followed by CM9, then AOKP.
zonlicht said:
False, the FC leaks ones are 99% bug free.
CM9, Codename and AOKP all have their share of serious bugs.
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I think 99% might be an overestimate. Some lucky folk have had that experience, a great many other people are getting only a "few" bugs, but fundamental ones, like borked contacts and failing notifications, etc.
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zonlicht said:
False, the FC leaks ones are 99% bug free.
CM9, Codename and AOKP all have their share of serious bugs.
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What do you mean by 99% bug free? One percent of phone functions are broken? Out of what, a thousand?
I'd agree. And that one percent is almost always a deal breaker.
blackroseMD1 said:
I've been running Codename for a week, and haven't experienced a single serious bug. It's almost as solid for me as the GB Touchwiz roms were.
OP, it really depends on what you want. If you want Touchwiz, then I'd definitely go with one of Calk's roms. If you want AOSP, then I'd recommend Codename, followed by CM9, then AOKP.
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So, you're saying your video camera works perfect?
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So, you're saying your video camera works perfect?
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I said serious bugs. I don't ever use my video camera, so it's not a serious bug for me. It may be to the OP, and if so, then I would recommend that they stay on a rom where the video camera works.
nabbed said:
What do you mean by 99% bug free? One percent of phone functions are broken? Out of what, a thousand?
I'd agree. And that one percent is almost always a deal breaker.
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I don't know of any rom on any phone that works 100%. Even official Samsung releases don't work 100%.
I keep running back to gingerbread. I kept telling myself that I will try ics when its an official release. I get the itch to flash something and always go back to what works. I was running for a day, a rom from someone, but had to Odin back to EL29 because there was something I wanted to do but couldn't because of a snafu. I personally prefer stability over the newest bells and whistles.
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I keep running back to gingerbread. I kept telling myself that I will try ics when its an official release. I get the itch to flash something and always go back to what works. I was running for a day, a rom from someone, but had to Odin back to EL29 because there was something I wanted to do but couldn't because of a snafu. I personally prefer stability over the newest bells and whistles.
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Same here. I keep telling myself it would be the same, buggy enough not to be useful as a daily driver, but the flashaholic in me takes over.
So, hours are usually wasted.
Yeah i think ill just update cauks non ics rom for a bit yet and let the bugs play out.
I've been running Agat63's tFCXX series (currently on tFC18 0.1.1) since FC06; they're as smooth as ICS roms get, IMHO. A nice light "frosting" of the AOSP ICS look (courtesy of tiffany84), choice between stock and rogue-repacked (w/ CWM recovery) kernels, otherwise generally fairly close to the "stock" leaks except where Agat can convince himself he's not adding bugs/instability beyond what is naturally going to be in a leaked pre-release with build.prop tweaks, bloatware trimming, and such. Plus he's incredibly responsive to his users' requests and very open to providing them options.
FC06/FC07 was _just_ good enough to be a DD for me (but _barely_). FC15 and now FC18 have been nearly flawless in my experience. Of course, YMMV but I find _very_ little to complain about. Just my experience - the one thing I've learned from reading a LOT in ICS related threads is that everybody's phone behaves a little bit differently, everyone uses their phone a little bit differently, and everyone wants something a little bit different -- my recommendation would be to nandroid and start testing the roms ppl mention in this thread until you find one that works well for you (or decide ICS isn't done enough for you yet and you want to stay on GB a little bit longer).
jt_hatch said:
my recommendation would be to nandroid and start testing the roms ppl mention in this thread until you find one that works well for you (or decide ICS isn't done enough for you yet and you want to stay on GB a little bit longer).
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My recommendation would be to wait until an official ICS release.
There's really not that much new ICS has to offer over GB. Not for this phone anyway.
nabbed said:
My recommendation would be to wait until an official ICS release.
There's really not that much new ICS has to offer over GB. Not for this phone anyway.
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For tw roms, yes ics is very similar to gb. But there's a world of difference between gb aosp and ics aosp. Like cm7 << cm9. Agreed that there's still bugs to be worked out for any ics roms, but some really good work has been done by our devs without having e4gt ics source released.
OP, if you do try ics roms right now, its a really good idea to be very cautious using any ics recovery. There is a real risk with bricking your phone, especially with aosp roms.
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I haven't flashed in months and never tried flashing any ICS roms yet because from what i read so far that ICS is nowhere near as smooth as Gingerbread roms. Of course it been about about 4 months sense my last flash.
Can ya bring me up to speed on these new roms,is ICS as smooth and bug free as Blazer 4.0 GB,what doesn't work in MIUI and CM9,or should i just reflash Blazer 4.0 for smooth/bug free rom?
I need to reflash because my son dipped my phone in toilet today and power button doesn't work except to turn on the phone,so im starting to think that its software related,hopefully flash will fix it.
Oh,i used that app that tells me if my Epic is in ICS Brick danger,the app says it is,are the chances great for it to get bricked with ICS rom if i flash it right?
Thanks in advance.
lviv73 said:
I haven't flashed in months and never tried flashing any ICS roms yet because from what i read so far that ICS is nowhere near as smooth as Gingerbread roms. Of course it been about about 4 months sense my last flash.
Can ya bring me up to speed on these new roms,is ICS as smooth and bug free as Blazer 4.0 GB,what doesn't work in MIUI and CM9,or should i just reflash Blazer 4.0 for smooth/bug free rom?
I need to reflash because my son dipped my phone in toilet today and power button doesn't work except to turn on the phone,so im starting to think that its software related,hopefully flash will fix it.
Oh,i used that app that tells me if my Epic is in ICS Brick danger,the app says it is,are the chances great for it to get bricked with ICS rom if i flash it right?
Thanks in advance.
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I can give you my opinion- I ran blazer 4.0 and 4.1- flawless roms- besides smooth, fast and efficient. I tried the Blue Kuban- had no mms, no internet and force closes. So in my opinion- still in beta mode- not yet polished. I tried blazer ics- no problems- except had no boot to recovery- and no theming yet- so- I would say- blazer ics is more stable than blue k. but
not as intricate- bricking will come only if you dont follow flashing directions- c a r e f u l l y. read- read- and read again-
watch video ( thnx to qb king 77 ) and in no way do I mean to offend any developer whatsoever- I have much respect for the tough and creative jobs they do ! But I went back to 4.1 blazer- for now...
im also wondering this! can someone comments on battery life of aokp and is it compiled from source.
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im also wondering this! can someone comments on battery life of aokp and is it compiled from source.
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AOKP "based“ on source, we don't have source for this phone yet... battery not bad really.
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Surprised nobody has mentioned Super Galaxy rom yet. It's very stable and has great features.
Also, running any aokp/aosp roms will have small glitches and qwerks to them. As long as you can deal with the small things, aokp/aosp can be the best rom. My suggestion is to run something else until Samsung releases source to build aokp...
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I've been running Blu Kuban since it dropped and I've had nothing but smooth sailing. It's an amazing ROM with incredible development support. You can keep it as simple as you like or customize it to your taste.
All ICS ROMs are basically beta because we don't have source, yet. But there are more than a few fantastic ICS ROMs out there that are very suitable for use as a daily.
Just read through the Development section and try out a few, that's the best way to know what works best for you.
Tnz Blend rom has probably the best battery life. But in terms of smoothness, nothing can top blazer. IMO
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I've been running Blu Kuban since it dropped and I've had nothing but smooth sailing. It's an amazing ROM with incredible development support. You can keep it as simple as you like or customize it to your taste.
All ICS ROMs are basically beta because we don't have source, yet. But there are more than a few fantastic ICS ROMs out there that are very suitable for use as a daily.
Just read through the Development section and try out a few, that's the best way to know what works best for you.
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Yeah Blue Kuban,Calcun and Blazer are all pretty close in performance.
heh,i went back to blazers 4.0.1 my debate isn't gb or ics its now caulkins El29 vs Blazers 4.0.1 so far im on blazer because it seems faster battery is very similar. Got tired of ICS until source is released =P
SamsungGLXYS2sps said:
I can give you my opinion- I ran blazer 4.0 and 4.1- flawless roms- besides smooth, fast and efficient. I tried the Blue Kuban- had no mms, no internet and force closes. So in my opinion- still in beta mode- not yet polished. I tried blazer ics- no problems- except had no boot to recovery- and no theming yet- so- I would say- blazer ics is more stable than blue k. but
not as intricate- bricking will come only if you dont follow flashing directions- c a r e f u l l y. read- read- and read again-
watch video ( thnx to qb king 77 ) and in no way do I mean to offend any developer whatsoever- I have much respect for the tough and creative jobs they do ! But I went back to 4.1 blazer- for now...
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Thanks,just what i needed to hear.Is there any big differences between 4.0 and 4.1?Because i already have a modded 4.0.Is it worth the trouble to upgrade to 4.1?
Ive been flashing roms for about 3 years now, came from an HTC Hero to this phone,, I don't get it, None of these rom's offer more speed then the stock rom and its bug free...
Majin101 said:
heh,i went back to blazers 4.0.1 my debate isn't gb or ics its now caulkins El29 vs Blazers 4.0.1 so far im on blazer because it seems faster battery is very similar. Got tired of ICS until source is released =P
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We had this debate before on here,as far as i remember the verdict was that Blazer is more cleaner with fewer mods making it more stable,while Calcun's has more mods.
I went with blazer because i like my roms light weight,with not to many added scripts and bug free.I been running it for about 4 months and Blazer had me forget about flashing intill stable ICS is released.
Houndog101 said:
Ive been flashing roms for about 3 years now, came from an HTC Hero to this phone,, I don't get it, None of these rom's offer more speed then the stock rom and its bug free...
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I think HTC and OG Epic roms are more how should i say it-internally modded/coded.
Blazer and other roms are better than stock because devs have removed Carrier IQ spyware and alot of other junk and made a few mods to them,so they are definetly better and have better battery life.
cm9
Just trying out blue kuban after being on cm9...loved cm9 but battery was terrible due to the kernel...lets see what blu kuban can do....so far, very fast, lots of options and very blue. Great ROM.
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Parnoid Android 1.5 gets my vote. Tablet mode is really sweet. I flashed it a couple weeks ago and haven't noticed any bugs at all.
Ok,i think ICS is stable enough now to try.
Would it be safe to say that Phantom Blazer is one of the best and most stable ICS roms?
Gotta give dazednconfused's wicked sensations a try! Super fast, buttery smooth, and good battery to boot! Plus really nice theming.
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Your experience will be what matters. My preference has been Agat's slightly themed/modified ROM and Blazer (going back to the best GB ROM ever - in my opinion). BluKuban has great support and loads of 'pickable' features. AOKP and CM9 are super customizable - by you I mean, you'll have to figure out how you want it.
If you take the time and read through the stickies AND followup posts you should be good to go.
Flash a few. Try a new one every other day or so; I did. I'm a stickler for the basics working first (making calls, email, sms, mms, GPS and calendars) then adding the bells whistles and tweaks as a secondary but nice thing.
Blu Kuban is definitely the top dawg at the moment, although the new ICS Blazer probably comes pretty close.