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Which is the best ROM out there right now that is fast, stable, not perfect but at least good battery life, fast lock on gps and doesn't have data loss...? All your answers are great fully appreciated
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Well I am still on 5.01, but it's jailbroken. It's blazing fast, ridiculously smooth, relatively stable, GPS lock is near instantaneous, and I don't have any data loss ever. I do drop calls from time to time and battery life leaves much to be desired though.
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Well I am still on 5.01, but it's jailbroken. It's blazing fast, ridiculously smooth, relatively stable, GPS lock is near instantaneous, and I don't have any data loss ever. I do drop calls from time to time and battery life leaves much to be desired though.
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What rom is this?
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l3g3nd.k1ll4h said:
What rom is this?
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LOL - He's messing with you man - look at his sig....
l3g3nd.k1ll4h said:
What rom is this?
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I O S ....he is a traitor.....
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Epix4G said:
I O S ....he is a traitor.....
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Lol damn it... well any ideas guys?
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_MetalHead_ said:
Well I am still on 5.01, but it's jailbroken. It's blazing fast, ridiculously smooth, relatively stable, GPS lock is near instantaneous, and I don't have any data loss ever. I do drop calls from time to time and battery life leaves much to be desired though.
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One of the best replies to a thread like this I have seen.
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I O S ....he is a traitor.....
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Not a traitor, I haven't gone native yet.
Best way to answer a thread like this is not to. My .02
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Very stable,, not perfect though,, Fantastic battery life,, Absolutely, NO data loss,,,,
Two cans on a string. And I think you can get it from Cox Cable. Heh, heh, saw it
on a commercial for Cox.
Calkulin has easily the best ICS ROM out there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527041
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Calkulin has easily the best ICS ROM out there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527041
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Please provide objective data to back up your subjective claim.
Blazer 4.0 is hands down the best room out there right now speed battery life everything works.
Can't wait for phantom hackers ICS ROM my mouth is watering lol
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entirely a subjective question I will say codename which is aosp but other people like touch wuzz ..... try them all out and see for yourself
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Codename is the best rom out there, except its kinda like aokp, so either of them, except aokp is based of cm9, so either of the three, except they are aosp, so maybe try a touchwiz one, but i heard that fc24 has worse battery life than fc22, but maybe if you update your profile.......whatever, flash them all
Like Epix said, it's all subjective. If you're starting out, you should probably stay with Gingerbread roms. There are several good ones, check the android development thread. I prefer Calkulin's Gingerbread (currently at v3.0) not only because of the stability but also for the stock color scheme/dialer etc. Most of the other roms are themed with different colors that are I just don't prefer.
Calkulins and Phantom Hacker's Blazer seem to be two of the most popular but you will have to try several to see what works best for you in appearance, speed, battery life and features!
I am about to take the dive onto a ICS rom for my GSII but there are quite a few and I want to here your guyses opinions of which is best and why and which has the fewest issues etc, battery life and you know just the works in general. I am interested in ICS Perfection II, Darkside Evolution, Black Edition, T989-NexusMod, NexusMod ICS Zero Beta 7, ICS Megamix 4.0.3, and SKY ICS UCLD2. Any opinion is nice thank you
I skipped Sky due to the more involved install. But I've found them all to be very similar. They are all fast, 90% stable and none of them have particularly great battery life.
NexusMod requires touch cwm so if you don't want that, you can X that one out too.
But none of them are bad.
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I used the perfection one for a while, it was a bit buggy and laggy but overall it was okay, then i switch to the blackened edition it was all good in rc-6 no call echo, but 7 echo came back for me, and rc-8(Experimental) im using right now its pretty decent, but im not a big fan of the theme, i seen the darkside evolution one and im very inclined to use it even tho it's only a beta AND initial release if you read thru the comments everybody seems to be having a good time with it and no issues so far
Thank you both for you input and I agree I like the Dark Side look alot aswell
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rawr4dj said:
Thank you both for you input and I agree I like the Dark Side look alot aswell
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I just flashed it after trying Black RC8 Experimental. Both are fast as heck. Battery life is kinda blah like I was saying so I'd keep a charger or spare battery around.
But in terms of stability and speed its solid.
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Why did you not like the Black Edition one?
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I'm just testing everything for the heck of it.
Main difference is Black has AOSP Lock screen but not 14 toggles. And Darkside has the toggles but no AOSP lock screen.
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What lockscreen does it have if not the ICS one?
I dunno but it doesn't have the built in music controls and it doesn't have the camera or home screen wipe choices. It just unlocks
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What lockscreen does it have if not the ICS one?
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It has the ICS touchwiz unlock screen. Not as good as AOSP imo.
As far as ROM's, My GF's GS2 is using perfection and hasn't had any problems at all.
I went with SKY ICS for mine. It was more work to muscle through, but for me it was worth it due to the customization options. Works really well.
I had Nexusmod for a day, and it was good too, but had a glitch where it would tell me "Swipe to unlock" on the bottom of the lockscreen evn though it was AOSP.
I reccomend Apex launcher with them though.
Does anyone else still really really love their gingerbread setup? Don't get me wrong i looooove ICS, but i was running Blazer 4.1, Rogue Gunslinger Kernel, and the Mr. Softee theme, and it was in my opinion the best setup my phone has ever had, and i think it was just as snappy and smooth as ICS.
If someone could port the lockscreen mod that is in Mr, Smoothies to TW ICS i think that would put me on ICS for good.
Just wondering if anyone else felt the same way
Dude we had dev's sitting around bored for months.
They sure did hash out some wicked **** in that timeframe.
I think the delay on ICS was a blessing in disguise.
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Dude we had dev's sitting around bored for months.
They sure did hash out some wicked **** in that timeframe.
I think the delay on ICS was a blessing in disguise.
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Are you talking about the AOSP lock screen? If so i have that on my Supernova Rom now.
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Are you talking about the AOSP lock screen? If so i have that on my Supernova Rom now.
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No I was talking about the 13 lockscreen mod that also has status bar tweaks such as the battery bar and also the extended toggles
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Dude we had dev's sitting around bored for months.
They sure did hash out some wicked **** in that timeframe.
I think the delay on ICS was a blessing in disguise.
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I agree, the regular supply of leaks and updating of roms was fun. So many different options and styles to choose from. Our forum will be full of solid roms very soon with source now available.
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Does anyone else still really really love their gingerbread setup? Don't get me wrong i looooove ICS, but i was running Blazer 4.1, Rogue Gunslinger Kernel, and the Mr. Smoothies theme, and it was in my opinion the best setup my phone has ever had, and i think it was just as snappy and smooth as ICS.
If someone could port the lockscreen mod that is in Mr, Smoothies to TW ICS i think that would put me on ICS for good.
Just wondering if anyone else felt the same way
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What kind of lock screen does this mr. Smoothie has?
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yellowman82 said:
What kind of lock screen does this mr. Smoothie has?
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its not one specific lockscreen, it has maddoggins TSM/lockscreen mod baked into it
Definitely got better battery life on my 4.1 setup than I do with phnatoms new ics rom running the exact same configuration.
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its not one specific lockscreen, it has maddoggins TSM/lockscreen mod baked into it
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Thanks for the reply gonna download now and give it a try I hate gb stock lockscreen I always flash an ics rom when in need to play with new features and such but after 3-4 days I go back to gb its just to stable, smooth, snappy and battery life is just too good.
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yellowman82 said:
Thanks for the reply gonna download now and give it a try I hate gb stock lockscreen I always flash an ics rom when in need to play with new features and such but after 3-4 days I go back to gb its just to stable, smooth, snappy and battery life is just too good.
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awesome, i would never leave TW ICS if i had that
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awesome, i would never leave TW ICS if i had that
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Sorry to bother you but do you have a link for the mr. Smoothie thread? I was looking but couldn't find it in the themes and app thread I think my eyes are giving up on me.
Thanks in advance
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I made a mistake its actually mr. softee. Ill get the link in a minute
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1528063&highlight=mr+softee
R there any real difference btw Ics Aokp n jb Aokp? I'm on milestone 6 Ics n I haven't had a problem maybe once a week get a rr but that's it... Just lookin to see if it's worth it to update or not... Thanks
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R there any real difference btw Ics Aokp n jb Aokp? I'm on milestone 6 Ics n I haven't had a problem maybe once a week get a rr but that's it... Just lookin to see if it's worth it to update or not... Thanks
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Jb is smoother and has a ton of more not seen features to provide an over-all better experience..
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Jb is smoother and has a ton of more not seen features to provide an over-all better experience..
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What other features?
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If you are asking what the differences are then you obviously want to try it out but looking for someone to convince you too.. Do yourself a favor man download the 9/13 nightly if you can and try it out for yourself. JB has improvements over ICS that you just need to see. Calm on man you have a device that can hold every rom in here and you can switch back at any time. Don't treat your phone like that give it a chance to try something new.... No more questions GO FOR IT
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If you are asking what the differences are then you obviously want to try it out but looking for someone to convince you too.. Do yourself a favor man download the 9/13 nightly if you can and try it out for yourself. JB has improvements over ICS that you just need to see. Calm on man you have a device that can hold every rom in here and you can switch back at any time. Don't treat your phone like that give it a chance to try something new.... No more questions GO FOR IT
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Lol ur awesome ima give it ago
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The "smoothness" is hard to quantify and, to me, barely noticeable compared to MS6.
The RRs, SODs, and in call audio issues with JB are very noticeable.
MS6 also has deeper user feature set than the still-developing JB.
I am super grateful that WHX is developing the JB for our phones.
But I will wait patiently on the more stable MS6 until JB starts reaching full milestones.
My 2.
Kent
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kentfor said:
The "smoothness" is hard to quantify and, to me, barely noticeable compared to MS6.
The RRs, SODs, and in call audio issues with JB are very noticeable.
MS6 also has deeper user feature set than the still-developing JB.
I am super grateful that WHX is developing the JB for our phones.
But I will wait patiently on the more stable MS6 until JB starts reaching full milestones.
My 2.
Kent
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dont be a pansy go for it man, I do not get SOD or RR if you need assistance PM me and there are fixes for bluetooth but you know that. The 9/18 version is running quite smooth... Stop believing every negative poster in there
So my friend and I were comparing our phones he has an iPhone, and my phone would do everything faster his phone just did everything smoother, mostly we checked how games ran, his phone in game options ex: scrolling through options and upgrades was way more smooth and responsive while mine had hiccups, gameplay was the same though, but I'm curious why the iPhone is smoother scrolling even outside of its ui into games while my Hercules beats it in specs?
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Its not only hardware that determines how smooth it scrolls but also the software
In my opinion the reason I think it scrolls better has to do with apples memory management because it manages ram more smoothly so that's probably why
Also did you install custom kernel on your device?
Because if you did there would be no way you would lose
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Its not only hardware that determines how smooth it scrolls but also the software
In my opinion the reason I think it scrolls better has to do with apples memory management because it manages ram more smoothly so that's probably why
Also did you install custom kernel on your device?
Because if you did there would be no way you would lose
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I did I have nibbles kernel on my phone and the ROM is sbean
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Wolfygang said:
I did I have nibbles kernel on my phone and the ROM is sbean
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lol then i actually have no idea
the only thing that i could recommend is for you to try lightning zap rom
also overclock to the fullest and put in performance mode!!!!!
Then also install the v6 supercharger but i think slimbean already has it so
i think im stumped on this one lol!
Lightening zap is a kernel. And as for performance once we officially get project butter everything should be fine then.
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Lightening zap is a kernel. And as for performance once we officially get project butter everything should be fine then.
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lol yeah i totally did a typo there but i meant kernel!
but thanks for clarifying that i wouldn't want to spread that around
well i guess you explained it better than me and thanks!!!
"The iPhone changed things by introducing a dedicated thread with high priority for handling UI rendering, redirecting all power (CPU and GPU) to handling UI element rendering in realtime based on touch input. The result? Smooth-as-butter UI elements, transitions and animations as soon as you touch the screen -- even on older hardware when paired with the latest iOS 5 software. The drawback: everything else, from app downloads to content rendering will pause so the UI can keep that high frame rate, high quality redraw pace."
http://m.imore.com/android-ui-smooth-ios
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I've tried every kernel for this phone and most ROMs and there are brief times when the smoothness matches the iPhone, but the consistency just isn't there..
Speed..well that's a different story there are some ROM/kernel/tweak combos that make this phone pretty darn fast
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I've tried every kernel for this phone and most ROMs and there are brief times when the smoothness matches the iPhone, but the consistency just isn't there..
Speed..well that's a different story there are some ROM/kernel/tweak combos that make this phone pretty darn fast
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The t989 is faster than the iPhone 4s. Geekbench 2 proves that. But in terms of smoothness the iPhone will ALWAYS win. It's just the way Android is designed. iOS sets resources aside for UI transitions and whatnot and that's why you NEVER see an iPhone stutter and spurt like Android does at times. Give Android another year or so and this issue will be a thing of the past. Unfortunately the only way to resolve this with Android is better hardware... but it's coming!
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I'm pretty used to the spurts and sputters and its not a huge deal to me..I was running jedijelly for a while and went back to JMT for now until we get official ..its actually quite a bit faster than jedijelly and the battery life is outstanding ..its my opinion that JMT brings this phone almost on par with the iPhone smoothness..thanks to our great devs we have a big advantage over the average T989 user
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I'm just gonna wish upon a star for Ubuntu new os to get to this device lol
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Wolfygang said:
I'm just gonna wish upon a star for Ubuntu new os to get to this device lol
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I'm not too familiar with Ubuntu but i agree that it would be cool
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I'm pretty used to the spurts and sputters and its not a huge deal to me..I was running jedijelly for a while and went back to JMT for now until we get official ..its actually quite a bit faster than jedijelly and the battery life is outstanding ..its my opinion that JMT brings this phone almost on par with the iPhone smoothness..thanks to our great devs we have a big advantage over the average T989 user
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Wow. I have the opposite experience. Touchwiz 4.0.4 spurts and stutters for me a lot. Add in the fact that it's nowhere near as snappy as AOSP 4.1 and I find myself constantly going back to jelly bean even though Touchwiz 4.0.4 gives me better battery life.
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RushAOZ said:
Wow. I have the opposite experience. Touchwiz 4.0.4 spurts and stutters for me a lot. Add in the fact that it's nowhere near as snappy as AOSP 4.1 and I find myself constantly going back to jelly bean even though Touchwiz 4.0.4 gives me better battery life.
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I'm still using jmtx1 even though there were is more current versions.
Even though ptmr3 said that adding the supercharge script was unnecessary I did it anyways just to ease my mind Lol I also added some of the battery saving mods from pmr...I keep my cpu set to ondemand/noop and slightly underclocked..and I am using the stock tw launcher ..
I think that some of the aosp ROMs out there may be slightly faster. but in my experiences they aren't as smooth as this one ..
Experiences may vary from phone to phone so there is no point in saying which ROM is better than the rest but I put my setup so someone can try it for themselves
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well basically JB is the most stable ROM in my opinion that has the most support otherwise like ICS and GB don't have as much but i think that as soon as Ubuntu gets released the JB roms will be flowing like water but basically that also means that more roms will be smoother and remember that JB hasn't been officially released for our device so what there is currently is made by our awesome devs!