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Best Root/Recovery Method Sticky Please

I know this doesn't belong here, but can someone please make a sticky of directions on how to install Chris41G's stock recovery kernel for the noobs? His kernel is the real deal stock and the ONLY kernel that people should be flashing at this point. All others are flawed due to Samsung's inaccurate source release. The custom kernels just cause problems. I wish we could delete those posts to be honest.
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I'm not being a di*k but his directions are really clear, try to read them few times and you will be good to go.

to say that the custom kernels shouldnt be here is a flawed argument imo... there are tradeoffs.. LoStKernel provides drastic reductions in LoS, and for many improved signal, as well as better performance and battery. then, you add the experimental build.. and you get OC and UV and many other patches not available in stock..
bottom line, its a forum for open discussion, people are here to make their own decisions. I document all of my posted works as well as I can, and answer questions fairly often...

The purpose behind this topic was to try and alleviate all the noob posts regarding LOS. I am well aware of the other custom kernel options but was hoping that we could put an end to all the confusion with these custom kernels. Disregard if you think it won't help people on the fence like me who were not wiiling to give up stock until this solution was available.
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The term "stock" has been wronged.. to be quite honest.
You have "pulled" which has been faster, better, stronger, and LoSless for me. True stock. Remember that you can make voltage and over/under clock adjustments with the tegrak app available in the market.
Then you have "source" which has been problematic for most. Not true stock. I have tried them all and experienced LoS and lower benchmarks overall.
Choice is always a good thing but clarification is needed.
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To me its pretty simple....the same it should be for other people nowhere does it say I have to flash anything on the forum its up to me to make a educated decision. But its not up to you to decide what should be in the dev forum....
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I'm betting this will get closed/locked before it gets stickied.

reinaldistic said:
Sounds like an advertising topic made by a friend of chris4g... Just saying
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100% not how I roll... don't forget, some of those other kernels are mine, and other acs members... but regardless that's not a tactic I use.. my work stands on its own..
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reinaldistic said:
Its that why this post is exactly 1 day older than the kernel in question? 1 say to test los seems pretty far fetched
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First, I am not friends with Chris. Second, I flashed his kernel based on the logic that it is actually a stock kernel with CWM added in. I am not dissapointed at all, my phone behaves EXACTLY as it did before I popped my stock cherry. This is the one for people to flash if they want root/recovery on stock, that's all I'm saying.
The fact that it is getting attention is exactly what i wanted. Lets get everyone a reliable root and the devs/future devs can really start cooking.
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reinaldistic said:
Sounds like an advertising topic made by a friend of chris4g... Just saying
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I am with you.People have the right to flash any kernel they want wow how classless
Plus even though it will not get moved he is getting what he wanted and that is the lets go to chris kernel.
People can read and where is the LOS talk in this thread?
Also you knew this was not the right forum and yet you posted it to drum up talk.

satur9ine said:
I know this doesn't belong here, but can someone please make a sticky of directions on how to install Chris41G's stock recovery kernel for the noobs? His kernel is the real deal stock and the ONLY kernel that people should be flashing at this point. All others are flawed due to Samsung's inaccurate source release. The custom kernels just cause problems. I wish we could delete those posts to be honest.
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You know it doesn't belong here - yet you go and post it anyways?
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[Q] Not getting 5000+ quadrant scores with Beastmod II 4.2 like others are claiming

Not getting 5000+ quadrant scores with Beastmod II 4.2 like others are claiming... did i do something wrong?...some insight would be useful. The highest iv hit is 3300+

ejsorto said:
Not getting 5000+ quadrant scores with Beastmod II 4.2 like others are claiming... did i do something wrong?...some insight would be useful. The highest iv hit is 3300+
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Do not worry too much about it. Quadrant doesnt support dual core.

Use antutu benchmark..
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Tnx guys...as far as antutu...what would be a good score?
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ejsorto said:
Not getting 5000+ quadrant scores with Beastmod II 4.2 like others are claiming... did i do something wrong?...some insight would be useful. The highest iv hit is 3300+
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Most people who are getting 5000+ quadrant score are flashing it completely new, closing all programs, then running the quadrant test 3-4 times.

Yep...I got 5329 on antutu
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reboot then try and run quadrant it runs best after a reboot when all the RAM and other services are refreshed.

Don't out too much stock into it. The scores can be made to look anyway someone wants with the right tweaks. I can show you a rom that scores over 9000 but lags like hell in real world use. Benchmark scores are pointless

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Just ran mine... 2764 on jug 4.1 ...just the fact that it's comparing it to a nexus one should tell you to maybe stop using quadrant?
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Hahahahahahaha
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accordex said:
Just ran mine... 2764 on jug 4.1 ...just the fact that it's comparing it to a nexus one should tell you to maybe stop using quadrant?
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Agreed. The app maker doesn't seem to give a **** about their app anymore.
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Awesome!
Also, I used Antutu Benchmark and my phone is not rooted and still running stock TMO.....my score was 6246. Not sure is Antutu is accurate.

I just flashed the new paradox rom and hit 5930...i dont think antutu is accurate considering im oc to 1.8 with synergy...and your stock
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Yeah, there is no way your rom can be doing worse then mine. Mine is not even rooted.

I tried to tell you guys. The scores can be affected by many things. The only real test is REAL world use.

hmmm...quadrant benchmark has always been a good ref for me.

synergeticink said:
hmmm...quadrant benchmark has always been a good ref for me.
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Quadrant doesn't even support dual core so unfortunately its a **** reference.
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So why are people bragging about there benchmark speeds. Why does it matter if the quadrant scores ref dual core or not? Its still checking all the functions of your device and how your cpu performs those functions, so in away it does reflect the dual core but not specifically or completely. Until a better benchmark comes out this is what we have to work with, but using Quadrant I score around 3000 while the guys running the roms run about 5000....that makes alot more sense to me than this other bench mark app that says I am running at a faster benchmark than a completely rooted device with a rom.

Oh well...all i know is all is well...running silky smooth...i hate touch wiz...tnx for all the suggestions guys
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So I was using antutu bench and I saw this...

Who is this?!?
What's wrong but so right with this pic?
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ICS, interesting. Let's see how the rumor mill explains this.

Maybe it was from one of those Rev ROMS...
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The clock speed is also 1.9ghz

Ics and almost 2ghz clocks is crazy
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Somebody's not sharing ICS with us

Went and checked it out to make sure it wasn't some photoshop voodoo and it is there
The question is how easy is it to fake submitted data? If you can't then I'd call it a great sign for the near future but closed in a shroud of unanswered questions.
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Could just be an edited build prop.
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Killbynature said:
Could just be an edited build prop.
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Fair enough
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avarize said:
Went and checked it out to make sure it wasn't some photoshop voodoo and it is there
The question is how easy is it to fake submitted data? If you can't then I'd call it a great sign for the near future but closed in a shroud of unanswered questions.
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LoL. I knew somebody would think Photoshop made an appearance. I was seeing the effects of the updated v6 supercharger script and there it was.

ntellegence said:
LoL. I knew somebody would think Photoshop made an appearance. I was seeing the effects of the updated v6 supercharger script and there it was.
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Wasn't accusing but these days it has to be ruled out
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It's a building prop edit I just edited mines to see if it would show up.
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jasontx said:
Maybe it was from one of those Rev ROMS...
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this, Never a fan of that since it led some people to believe ICS was available in our phone.
Someone should modify the build prop to 4.5 and benchmark their phone and time
how long for it to reach the rumor mill.

Killbynature said:
It's a building prop edit I just edited mines to see if it would show up.
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it had to be a build prop edit because for ics to be oc at 1.9 and getting that kind of pathetic score would be 1 hell of a disappointment.. when i get over 7300 oc at 1.72 with faux..

foreverloco said:
it had to be a build prop edit because for ics to be oc at 1.9 and getting that kind of pathetic score would be 1 hell of a disappointment.. when i get over 7300 oc at 1.72 with faux..
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A lower score with ics would actually make sense. Assuming its is really ics. ICS is much more a system hog itself than previous os. The only reason the transformer prime scores high is because it's a pentacore device so the test stresses all the cores.
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probably the CM9 team trying out stuff?

AllGamer said:
probably the CM9 team trying out stuff?
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Hmm, I don't think anyone ever though of that.
Killbynature said:
A lower score with ics would actually make sense. Assuming its is really ics. ICS is much more a system hog itself than previous os. The only reason the transformer prime scores high is because it's a pentacore device so the test stresses all the cores.
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Very true, the Exynos is able to keep even with benchmarks, only because it's just a much better CPU, thanks to the Cortex A9 tech. The S3, which snappy, will lose some performance on ICS, most likely not noticeable, but you will lose it on benchmarks.

Remember Rev and his ics build and how much crap people gave him because his build prop was 4.0.3? It's gotta be that.
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Longcat14 said:
Hmm, I don't think anyone ever though of that.
Very true, the Exynos is able to keep even with benchmarks, only because it's just a much better CPU, thanks to the Cortex A9 tech. The S3, which snappy, will lose some performance on ICS, most likely not noticeable, but you will lose it on benchmarks.
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wrong
ics brings performance improvements, the reason why gnexus scored badly is because its running 720p on a sgx540..

AznDud333 said:
wrong
ics brings performance improvements, the reason why gnexus scored badly is because its running 720p on a sgx540..
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ICS is also more of a system hog, which will drop the benchmarks, but will increase real world performance dramatically.

ICS releasing in canada

http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/30/samsung-canada-ics-touchwiz-rollout/
I just saw this and thought if they would release it for thier t989(named differently there) and i think i was right. It says GS2 X. i hope somebody releases the code or something as it should be more stable than our version.

This is awesome, I'm going to do a factory restore to stock Telus and get the kernel loaded... waiting for ICS!!! WOOOO!

Husam2011 said:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/30/samsung-canada-ics-touchwiz-rollout/
I just saw this and thought if they would release it for thier t989(named differently there) and i think i was right. It says GS2 X. i hope somebody releases the code or something as it should be more stable than our version.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25510122#post25510122
That thread already has that information.

Mortify1 said:
This is awesome, I'm going to do a factory restore to stock Telus and get the kernel loaded... waiting for ICS!!! WOOOO!
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Update: We’ve heard back from Samsung and it looks like the rollout will start later this week: “The ICS update will be available this week and will continue rolling out to devices and carriers throughout the quarter.”
I guess you have to wait, or you might be in luck and get it.

These people just keep making these stupid threads. Can we not comprehend/understand that there is already a thread for ICS talk?

So we can use the Canada ICS on our devices?
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xcrazydx said:
These people just keep making these stupid threads. Can we not comprehend/understand that there is already a thread for ICS talk?
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Nobody would notice it inside pages and pages of that ics thread. And yes you can use it on t989 when its released.

If it were posted with a huge font, it just might get noticed.

Husam2011 said:
Nobody would notice it inside pages and pages of that ics thread. And yes you can use it on t989 when its released.
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That thread was created for all ICS talk and speculation. And the rogers official isn't even out yet.

Telus is the only Canadian carrier to carry the S2 X.

Nice I wonder if their pics build is better than at&T's I'm guessing it is with less bloat
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Husam2011 said:
Nobody would notice it inside pages and pages of that ics thread. And yes you can use it on t989 when its released.
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Ok...maybe you guys don't understand what it takes to manage a major forum or even to moderate, but it isn't for you to decide if it will get noticed or not. There is already a thread for this type of talk and it has been linked. Hopefully I am not the first person to report this post, please guys...everyone do your part. If you see a post out of place report to the post and correct the offenders. There is not room for anything else
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Dougshell said:
Ok...maybe you guys don't understand what it takes to manage a major forum or even to moderate, but it isn't for you to decide if it will get noticed or not. There is already a thread for this type of talk and it has been linked. Hopefully I am not the first person to report this post, please guys...everyone do your part. If you see a post out of place report to the post and correct the offenders. There is not room for anything else
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Thank you Dr. Cooper.
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Dougshell said:
Ok...maybe you guys don't understand what it takes to manage a major forum or even to moderate, but it isn't for you to decide if it will get noticed or not.
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I've done it for a few years (23 on & off fwiw). It's not a fun task balancing what the users want vs what's actually good for the community vs what generates revenue.
Honestly though, it's mostly busywork taking care of reported threads. j/k

Yet another ics thread, guess some people are better than others and are subject to ignore what's been said a million times.
Anyway ics been running on the T989 via SR leak for a while now... Its not even that serious anymore
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Joe USer said:
I've done it for a few years (23 on & off fwiw). It's not a fun task balancing what the users want vs what's actually good for the community vs what generates revenue.
Honestly though, it's mostly busywork taking care of reported threads. j/k
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I understand I did it for six in the ultimate noob scene...consoles.
Just wish more people would report and less would flame
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Husam2011 said:
Nobody would notice it inside pages and pages of that ics thread. And yes you can use it on t989 when its released.
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That's not for you to say.
All ICS-related discussions go in the sticky.
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What is the most stable from for the s2?

Just curious if anybody is using a ROM that they feel gives them the best overall performance. No freezing, good speed, good battery etc.
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Clones and drones
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Read my signature.
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Check the other 20 threads. You'll get an idea
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Thanks, I'm trying Clones and Drones out and so far its great! Thanks for the help.
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I prefer Jedi Mind Trick. It is one bad ass ROM and he updates it frequently to keep it in tip top shape. The Devs 'round these parts are second to none. BTW, the same guy does Clones an Drones
Really though, it is subjective, like art. Find one that you like and that works best for you. Just remember to have fun doing it...

Meelocheck said:
I prefer Jedi Mind Trick. It is one bad ass ROM and he updates it frequently to keep it in tip top shape. The Devs 'round these parts are second to none. BTW, the same guy does Clones an Drones
Really though, it is subjective, like art. Find one that you like and that works best for you. Just remember to have fun doing it...
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Um don't frequent updates mean its not in tip top shape in the first place? Just sayin..

VoiD_Dweller said:
Um don't frequent updates mean its not in tip top shape in the first place? Just sayin..
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Actually it is. If you go in the thread you will see that a bunch of people are running different versions.
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Teo032 said:
Check the other 20 threads. You'll get an idea
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^^^This guy nailed it... what are there 10 roms to choose from if that, lets say you got a 16gb sdcard and about a 1gb or so per backup... Hmmmmm so that means you can try them all....

androidrook said:
Just curious if anybody is using a ROM that they feel gives them the best overall performance. No freezing, good speed, good battery etc.
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Stock ICS , trust me all Custom ROMs are suffering from all kind of problems

In my humble opinion (since you are asking for them), Juggernaut 5. Which the download link doesn't work anymore. After several months of use it never slowed down or caused any problems that I can remember.

Plane Jane ICS by eugene373
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PA 2.15 all day suckassss
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In my opinion XTEMEPERIA V#5 its very cool

ksrikanthreddy777 said:
Stock ICS , trust me all Custom ROMs are suffering from all kind of problems
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And stock ICS is problem free!? Thats a big....
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Beastmade 3.666 is remarkably stable thus far.
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It' all really personal preferences. I've flashed all the roms and each roms have there own special features. Your best bet is to flash and see. Happy flashing

I flash a few this week and the best I've used is Infamous Resurrection really fast and stable and isnt theme all blingy.
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Try every other rom if you're looking for a good combination of battery life, speed, or whatever else you may want from your phone. But, in terms of stability and stability alone, I'd most likely suggest any TW 4.03 roms in the android development forums (notably Darkside.evolution v8 if you can find a link). All of which are known to be incredibly stable

I've tried quite a few now, Honestly I like the basic vanilla roms... Ran CM9 for a few months and now Im running AOKP 6. Found them both extremely stable and simple. Prefer AOKP to be honest