I got my phone rooted.. Now what ROM would you recommend? I've moved over from HTC Sense.. so I would like something that has some sense alternatives like favorite contacts widget, bookmarks, and weather. So what would you recommend for me?
FreeGS3...all kinds of mods, a good theme, update me so you can customize your way...you will be very happy..link is in my sig below
I'm loving FreeGS3, but really try them all. Ask yourself a question - Do you want to stay with touchwiz or go with a aosp Rom.
Currently there is only a handful of each. Read the OP before you flash anything. And it wouldn't hurt to backtrack a few pages from the last one and get caught up on what bugs people are talking about.
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I don't know either ROM. They say developers are flocking to S3 but there is so few ROM's compared to HTC why is that? Like I said I een a fan of HTC Sense and I prefer whatever has the closest feel to it.. the favorites widgets, animated weather, Messenger Widgets I just can't seem to find any variation of for Android. The UI is just so clean of a feel to it what would come closest of the two?
molitar said:
I don't know either ROM. They say developers are flocking to S3 but there is so few ROM's compared to HTC why is that? Like I said I een a fan of HTC Sense and I prefer whatever has the closest feel to it.. the favorites widgets, animated weather, Messenger Widgets I just can't seem to find any variation of for Android. The UI is just so clean of a feel to it what would come closest of the two?
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Try both... Read the threads... Form your own opinion... Test em out.... Neither will eat your phone...
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I've always liked AOSP roms(CM9/10, AOKP) but dang man Sammy got it down with the GS3's TW so i find myself running FreeGS3 since its still TW with extras(mods and themes baby!) but yeah like everyone else is saying try them out. My other rom i keep up with though are the Cm10 Nightlies.
FreeGS3 user here. Best Rom I've flashed so far and the developer (clark44) is on top of things and talks to his userbase regularly via irc and responds relatively quickly in thread.
I came from the evo4g so I know the feel.
I installed a sense clock lookalike and when I have some free time plan to at least see if I can install a similar contacts/dialer app if I can't get the real deal. Everything else is awesome though, and the TW calendar is definitely better.
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molitar said:
I don't know either ROM. They say developers are flocking to S3 but there is so few ROM's compared to HTC why is that? Like I said I een a fan of HTC Sense and I prefer whatever has the closest feel to it.. the favorites widgets, animated weather, Messenger Widgets I just can't seem to find any variation of for Android. The UI is just so clean of a feel to it what would come closest of the two?
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I think the reason theres not a lot of roms for the gs3 yet is that the phone is relatively new. Wait... we'll have a ton of them in a month or 2.
Anything with an aosp base for sure. Touchwiz sucks although sense is htc's touchwiz so its about taste i guess. I would flash freegs3 or some other tw based rom and use the dualboot setup as a means of trying some aosp flavor so you can have both while u make up ur mind
I've been using the CM10 nightlies and they're running great for me!
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I've been using phantom hacker's blazer Rom since I got mine and loved until the last few weeks when the updates pretty much stopped due to ph getting is laptop stolen. Also using joshs jellybomb domination for a theme setup. Now while I like this set up I haven't yet tried others much because I have liked it so far mad if I like a Rom I tend to stick with it. I do prefer the stock lock screen over the jb one though.
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I'm a big fan of Strongsteve Odex Blue. You really have to like blue a lot, though.
billard412 said:
Anything with an aosp base for sure. Touchwiz sucks although sense is htc's touchwiz so its about taste i guess. I would flash freegs3 or some other tw based rom and use the dualboot setup as a means of trying some aosp flavor so you can have both while u make up ur mind
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Dual boot sounds interesting.. got a thread on the setup?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1767144
Can be set up to dualboot cm10/aokp/P.A as well
molitar said:
I don't know either ROM. They say developers are flocking to S3 but there is so few ROM's compared to HTC why is that? Like I said I een a fan of HTC Sense and I prefer whatever has the closest feel to it.. the favorites widgets, animated weather, Messenger Widgets I just can't seem to find any variation of for Android. The UI is just so clean of a feel to it what would come closest of the two?
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Personally I don't mind at all having just a handful of good roms. I'll take quality over quantity any day. Of the devices with tons of roms how many of those are either slight variants of other roms or just not quality? I mean how many roms does there need to be really as long as the themes/mods are plentiful? My 2 cents.
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Personally I don't mind at all having just a handful of good roms. I'll take quality over quantity any day. Of the devices with tons of roms how many of those are either slight variants of other roms or just not quality? I mean how many roms does there need to be really as long as the themes/mods are plentiful? My 2 cents.
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Yeah....what he said
Does dual boot work well with TWRP recovery? Just want to make sure before I try it as I am using the FreeGS3 v0.1.0 on the phone now. It uses Update Me for many mods for that ROM. Been nice and stable ROM for me.
no twrp wont work it gotta be the cwm thats linked on their page
Ok.. btw since CWM it won't work with the CWM Touch Recovery either? The non touch recoveries really suck.
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My vote goes to cyanogen mod since miui just didn't feel right. Didn't like the look of the majority of the apps either.
Cm7 ftw.. if you like miui, get an iphone...
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Cm7 ftw.. if you like miui, get an iphone...
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My thoughts exactly. I don't like the feel of miui nor the look of it.
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miui = polished android. if you like miu you don't necessarily need to get an iphone... JUST CHANGE YOUR LAUNCHER! ITS THAT SIMPLE. I consider miui menu style, popup system, and customization leaps and bounds ahead of stock android look. also this thread won't do justice to the xda'ers who've had miui and that can really comment on this.. would be nice to see this thead in Android General.
Throw a nice theme on cm7 with good looking icos an you have a winner
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miui = polished android. if you like miu you don't necessarily need to get an iphone... JUST CHANGE YOUR LAUNCHER! ITS THAT SIMPLE. I consider miui menu style, popup system, and customization leaps and bounds ahead of stock android look. also this thread won't do justice to the xda'ers who've had miui and that can really comment on this.. would be nice to see this thead in Android General.
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Only thing I like about it is the messaging pop-up. Other than that it's mostly eye candy to me. No more or less functionality than cm
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If a mod sees fit to move it so be it.
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Only thing I like about it is the messaging pop-up. Other than that it's mostly eye candy to me. No more or less functionality than cm
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why do you think the iphone is the most successful smartphone ever made. because iOS looks clean and ordinary folks like the eye candy! android has more features than ios but lacks in the aesthetic department.. where stock android lacks, miui succeeds. ICS is going in the right direction..
Its the most succesful smartphone because people stick with what they know, and most wouldn't know how to use android to its full potential to begin with.
I like the transparent dock of miui and go launcher
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Im glad somebody asked this. I was wondering the same thing. I want to try one out, I just don't know which one has the least amount of bugs.
Both are good. I like CM better because it's more flexible and more along the lines of AOSP andriod. I would call it a roided out AOSP rom. With MIUI, once you add a launcher on top, besides the pulldown whats the point? If you want the iphone look then there are alternative's to miui like Espier which is more Iphone like than even miui (at least until apple sues the developer).
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Im glad somebody asked this. I was wondering the same thing. I want to try one out, I just don't know which one has the least amount of bugs.
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try both since each user has their own preference. cm7 has less bugs i believe. i rocked both but right i'm back to ec05 until stable wifi/video gets fixed. both very important to me.
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Im glad somebody asked this. I was wondering the same thing. I want to try one out, I just don't know which one has the least amount of bugs.
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Right now for the Epic, CM7 development is a bit further along than Miui. I've been running CM since the 11th and it just keeps getting better with every new release.
Note: I don't/can't use wimax.
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Both are good. I like CM better because it's more flexible and more along the lines of AOSP andriod. I would call it a roided out AOSP rom. With MIUI, once you add a launcher on top, besides the pulldown whats the point? If you want the iphone look then there are alternative's to miui like Espier which is more Iphone like than even miui (at least until apple sues the developer).
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same function but miui is better eye candy. one would be silly to think your only stuck with miui launcher and that any other launcher on top would hinder performance. same goes for cm7 which had adw integrated.
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same function but miui is better eye candy. one would be silly to think your only stuck with miui launcher and that any other launcher on top would hinder performance. same goes for cm7 which had adw integrated.
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I have been flipping back and forth on my Nexus every day. I like how on Miui you can use the dialer from one theme, mms from another, pulldown bar and boot ani from another, etc but CM7 seems more refined development wise and it has plenty of good themes as well...and CM7 has 4g
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MIUI is more customizable, and it's basically like a Sense, MotoBlur, or TouchWiz made by Root Developers. That's the main reason I lean to it more then anything, but CM is just so stock and has everything but it has it so minimalistically, and that's why it's better. Both have their pros and cons, no one ROM is perfect, but both are amazing.
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Only thing I like about it is the messaging pop-up. Other than that it's mostly eye candy to me. No more or less functionality than cm
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Use sms pop up for text msg pop ups onscreen very nice. Problem solved lol
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CM7 with themes. Got a crap load of themes installed. Makes Android actually look good for the first time...
Id vote for Cyanogen, I like the minimalistic look of it all.
But I can't vote right now.
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we need more custom roms for the tmobile galaxy s3...
anyone else agree?
Start making some! Go around to other phone forums and start asking them to dev for us. Start giving out massive donations?
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sxyshotta said:
we need more custom roms for the tmobile galaxy s3...
anyone else agree?
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only a couple months into it... i think we have good roms.. free sonic, crimson, dj intrigue, stable 9.1, wicked rom, couple of others..
but of course more is always better.. soon
Use euroskank
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it's the most popular phone out right now(blew away even the iphone in terms of just sales). trust us, there'll be a huge rom selection. just give the developers some time. they do it for free during their spare time for our benefit, and only ask for donations.
sxyshotta said:
we need more custom roms for the tmobile galaxy s3...
anyone else agree?
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I agree, actually, I think the hold up is jelly bean is fixing to be released and many devs are waiting for that, they don't want to spend alot of time on these older roms, frankly, I am waiting with serious anticipation Although CM10 is looking real good.
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we need more custom roms for the tmobile galaxy s3... anyone else agree?
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cm10 cyanogen,.aokp ics & jb , paranoidandroid jellybro ,free gs3 , high on android ,wicked ir blue & red, noble 9.1 , intrigue rom
I think we need more variety, most of our ROMS are just tweaked stock ROMS with ugly, terrible themes. Everything else is CM10 or CM9 stuff. It would be nice to see some MIUI, Sense, FlymeOS or even just completely stock AOSP roms.
RollerCoasting said:
I think we need more variety, most of our ROMS are just tweaked stock ROMS with ugly, terrible themes. Everything else is CM10 or CM9 stuff. It would be nice to see some MIUI, Sense, FlymeOS or even just completely stock AOSP roms.
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AOSP roms are stock cm9 and cm10... Sense and stuff would be nice, and there was a team working on it in the sprint section and they just died out, MIUI is reported to be in the works still... and don't call the themes people give you as an option "ugly" cause they work hard to get you something to flash, it isn't cool of you to just call them ugly and terrible lol.
We don't NEED roms! Fortunately our phone works very well on stock rom. I am all for custom roms and can't wait for miui and hopefully a sense Rom. Our phone is brand new just give it some time.
I also agree it's bad taste to call peoples work ugly. You don't like the themes don't flash em. Me personally I live the wicked red theme. Because I can't dev I can't make roms and what not so I am extra appreciative. Its not like people are getting paid to do it
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md1008 said:
We don't NEED roms! Fortunately our phone works very well on stock rom. I am all for custom roms and can't wait for miui and hopefully a sense Rom. Our phone is brand new just give it some time.
I also agree it's bad taste to call peoples work ugly. You don't like the themes don't flash em. Me personally I live the wicked red theme. Because I can't dev I can't make roms and what not so I am extra appreciative. Its not like people are getting paid to do it
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I'm with you, I can't wait to get some miui on this phone! Its just a matter of time.
RollerCoasting said:
I think we need more variety, most of our ROMS are just tweaked stock ROMS with ugly, terrible themes. Everything else is CM10 or CM9 stuff. It would be nice to see some MIUI, Sense, FlymeOS or even just completely stock AOSP roms.
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Talk about being ungrateful.
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Xcor3 said:
Talk about being ungrateful.
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Hey now, you can still be grateful and still have an opinion. For example, I appreciate the work put in on the Intrigue Rom, but I still find the icons to be in bad taste (some icons aren't meant to be blue IMO). That's just my opinion.
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Hey now, you can still be grateful and still have an opinion. For example, I appreciate the work put in on the Intrigue Rom, but I still find the icons to be in bad taste (some icons aren't meant to be blue IMO). That's just my opinion.
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I understand that, but just read what he said.
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RollerCoasting said:
I think we need more variety, most of our ROMS are just tweaked stock ROMS with ugly, terrible themes. Everything else is CM10 or CM9 stuff. It would be nice to see some MIUI, Sense, FlymeOS or even just completely stock AOSP roms.
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Well make better roms rollercrap. these peoples put lots of time making roms. So if u don't have something good to say then STFU.
kangam said:
Hey now, you can still be grateful and still have an opinion. For example, I appreciate the work put in on the Intrigue Rom, but I still find the icons to be in bad taste (some icons aren't meant to be blue IMO). That's just my opinion.
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I'm working on rebasing (again) with the new update. Now is the time to tell me what you want and don't want themed.
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danielrod said:
I'm with you, I can't wait to get some miui on this phone! Its just a matter of time.
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Have you tried the miui home launcher? It's cool and all but I noticed too much lag. I also like to use launchers ontop of miui to complete what ever theme I am using at the time
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Have you tried the miui home launcher? It's cool and all but I noticed too much lag. I also like to use launchers ontop of miui to complete what ever theme I am using at the time
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Yeah I've used launcher and noticed a lot of lag too. But my friend has an international gs3 and has miui on it and its pretty smooth. I just hope its the same on our device.
I used the CM9 Rom on my Epic and generally enjoyed it. With the SG3, what seems to be the Rom of choice for most to offer and stability?
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I used the CM9 Rom on my Epic and generally enjoyed it. With the SG3, what seems to be the Rom of choice for most to offer and stability?
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All the touchwiz rom are stable, the difference between them are themes and features like multi window. 4.2 AOSP roms are a w.I.p imo, but the little bugs can be tolerated.
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Like said above, touchwiz is stable but I favor CM10. Awesome ROM. People say AOSP is always buggy, but I can tolerate it. I love cyanogenmod
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Miui or aokp
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@OP, we're steering this conversation towards rom types because as your question stands now, its gonna get locked.
I dont yet have this phone, but I love Sense. Sense, sense, sense roms all the way
Especially Sense 4.0+. Beautiful.
MIUI seems kinda bland to me, but AOSP is simple and sweet
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it sounds like most people like either CM10 or AOSP. any techies out there able to explain what one has that the other does not? I have used CM for years, but unfamiliar with AOSP. The other thing i liked having for the Epic, was I was able to switch back and forth between the stock rom and CM9 for Sprint updates. Can i still do that with the GS3? I was looking for the Stock Rom to have as a zip but did not find it on the forum. Helps with Sprint updates
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it sounds like most people like either CM10 or AOSP. any techies out there able to explain what one has that the other does not? I have used CM for years, but unfamiliar with AOSP. The other thing i liked having for the Epic, was I was able to switch back and forth between the stock rom and CM9 for Sprint updates. Can i still do that with the GS3? I was looking for the Stock Rom to have as a zip but did not find it on the forum. Helps with Sprint updates
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CM is an AOSP style rom.
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what does CM10 offer that the stock rom does not?
Fo sho its the Rom to have and use is the Chemistry Rom because I have a GS3 fleshed to boost and all my main functions I need all work with this ROM. My mms and my voice mail. And with Ktweaks kernel I am getting some serious battery time on this ROM so its over all the perfect ROM right now to have. And my man Sac is there every step of the way to give support and help with any issues
If you use cm10 or any aosp or aokp rom you lose all the goodies in touchwiz like motion effects.
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Personally I like MOAR ROM, great list of features and you can theme it however you want during install
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what does CM10 offer that the stock rom does not?
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It gives you a clean, stock android look, theme able, no bloatware, uses less ram. I have heard better battery life but I don't know. It has CM10 tweaks. If you can wait till cm10.1 is stable, it should be pretty awesome.
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does anyone know if there is a zip file of the stock 4.1.1. rom out there so that if I do download cm10 rom, i could switch back and forth between CM10.1 and stock rom
Make a backup in recovery. Thats what its there for
I like to break stuff!
Agreed. Backups are good
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I used the CM9 Rom on my Epic and generally enjoyed it. With the SG3, what seems to be the Rom of choice for most to offer and stability?
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Most of the roms in the Dev section are rock solid (minus a few bugs which are normal in almost everything) the only way to figure out which you are going to like is to read the OP of a few that sound interesting, flash and take it for a drive (give a day or two typically) unless you can't stand it. MOAR, TPR, and FAT ASS (Cartman Edition of TPR) are all great TW based roms, offer all the fun of normal TW.. Incredible themeing options via Morphology.
Free GS3 is another great rom (from what i hear) as well. I haven't personally ran this one either, but does work with Morphology for themeing options.
Just scan the dev section. You'll find a good fit.
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. MOAR, and FAT ASS (Cartman Edition of TPR) are all great TW based roms,.
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Is it just me, I don't recall ever seeing those in the dev section. Unless those are just nicknames
saeroner said:
Is it just me, I don't recall ever seeing those in the dev section. Unless those are just nicknames
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The Peoples Rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2013463&highlight=fat+ass
Mother of All Roms (MOAR) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2116531&highlight=fat+ass
Fat Ass (TPR KANG) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086302&highlight=fat+ass
Just nicks for the roms, minus the last one.. here's the direct links.
TN's rom is the best thing around right now in my opinion. Its got all the latest and greatest mods (multi, ink, 8 lock-screens, skip tracks) while keeping the stability of TW.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2063895
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I used the CM9 Rom on my Epic and generally enjoyed it. With the SG3, what seems to be the Rom of choice for most to offer and stability?
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Well buddy that's a matter of personal preference. Find out what you like your phone to do and find a rom that suit your needs. Unfortunately you won't get a definitive answer on this subject. Trial and error until you find what you like.
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Hey guys, this is my first post on here but been a member for a while. Been a member since I've had my og evo 4g. Now i have a s3 but I've been wondering what you guys like or prefer more...TW or custom roms?
Quick side story:
I like touchwiz and the stock Samsung features/apps but also like the few improvements of 4.2 or even 4.1.2 for the other s3's. Because of this I tried finding 4.2/4.1.2 TW custom rom for tmobile s3 but failed and accidently bricked my s3 (flashed international rom...I know, I feel so stupid. I'll read more next time). Anyway its at samsung being repaired. But this made me begin to wonder if anyone else on here felt the way I do of Touchwiz and Aosp.
Back to the topic though, which do you guys prefer stock TW or custom roms like 4.1.2/4.2 and why?
Also any suggestions on what I could do (when i get my s3 back) since I kinda like both would be greatly appreciated.
Which do you like, Tw or aosp?
Why do you like the choice you made?
Why don't you prefer Touchwiz or Aosp?
Are there any features you like from both?
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I love the stock option on the wicked rom by evil1art. And I have a question, they repair your s3 or send you a new one if you bricked it? Wouldn't they know you tried to modify it and void your warranty?
I prefer TW. I don't understand why people want ASOP. It's missing so many essential functions.
I much prefer aosp. Specifically speaking, pacman or paranoidkangdroid roms. They're so much smoother, faster, better battery performance, and customization far beyond your needs.
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I prefer TW. I don't understand why people want ASOP. It's missing so many essential functions.
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I like like its customization...plus thats the only way of getting 4.2/4.1.2 on the t-mobile s3 as of right now. 4.2 also improves battery life. But I really like TW and the stock camera/features/apps that come with it.
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I much prefer aosp. Specifically speaking, pacman or paranoidkangdroid roms. They're so much smoother, faster, better battery performance, and customization far beyond your needs.
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Yes, exactly why I like aosp roms but my problem is I also like the look and some of the stock features of TW. Basically want a mixture of stock and aosp features. So I'm guessing there's no way of getting the look, features and camera on one of these roms?
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dannyyyyy said:
I love the stock option on the wicked rom by evil1art. And I have a question, they repair your s3 or send you a new one if you bricked it? Wouldn't they know you tried to modify it and void your warranty?
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Techinically it should void it but it's hard-bricked, wont turn on/charge/nothing, so no way of telling. I just told them it wouldnt turn on at all, left out the part about flashing roms though lol. Im guessing they'll replace the motherboard, thats what happened to others who've been in my situation here on xda. But if they cant fix like that they'll be willing to give me a new one. Right now my repair status is on "repair in progress". Either way I'll be grateful of getting back my/a perfect working s3.
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I prefer tw roms, not talking smack about aosp roms but every time I flash an aosp rom I always have small bugs that drive me back to tw.
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elflip88 said:
I prefer tw roms, not talking smack about aosp roms but every time I flash an aosp rom I always have small bugs that drive me back to tw.
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+1. I am currently using liquidsmooth and it is really nice. But there are a few little bugs. Call volume and headset issues, common in aosp roms. Going back to TW. Bugs aside though, I prefer aosp.
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I prefer tw roms, not talking smack about aosp roms but every time I flash an aosp rom I always have small bugs that drive me back to tw.
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Yeah thats true, thats something I don't like about aosp roms. Its like the roms are great enhancements to the is but you have to deal with these little bugs that aren't that bad just kinda annoying.
I'm considering just leaving my s3 stock when I get it back.
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I'm on same boat. I hate to admit three were days we hated TW. But Samsung had done great job lately.
You can always try some combinations. .like stock rom+nova/Apex launcher for aosp look but has TW features. .or 4.2 roms with nova launcher and GS3 theme for stock look but latest features like quick settings. Or there is a rom 'Dandroid' rom which already themed to look like aosp. Also there are new apps that offer same thing 4.2 is offering like quicksettings.. I'm running heavily debloated stock rom with action launcher.. Great battery life and I can still enjoy all that features I came to like from this new touchwiz nature UX ui.. I hope you find what works for you. .
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If this thread is going to stay up can we at least do it right? Make some thread rules and guide lines and maybe a poll on top??? These threads always get shut down because of people bashing other roms, or other users for their opinions. If the OP is rogue, I'd gladly take over the thread and make it a good thread for people to use. If the opp
OP isn't rogue, PM me for ideas and help
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The GS3 was the first phone I've ever purchased that I instantly was really impressed with it stock. Samsung did a bang-up job with the latest Touchwiz, seriously.
But the tinkerer in me and the desire for optimization made me take a look at custom ROMs anyway. What hit the spot for me was Wicked. It's everything you love about stock, with lots of options for tweaking. It's really a brilliantly built ROM. I currently use it with the stock kernel, but with Nova Prime Launcher over it.
With the latest version of Wicked (v8), it's hard to believe how much goodness the developer has packed under the hood. You really have to play around with it to appreciate it. And again, all while retaining all that's great about stock Touchwiz.
I've toyed with the idea of checking out a CM10 / AOSP type ROM, but there's a lot I'd miss about stock. So until I get a second GS3 to tinker with (which is never), I'll most likely be sticking with TW based custom ROMs for the long haul.
I was fine with TW except for the home screens and very limited number of rows and columns that couldn't be changed.
I just use a launcher now. I might try a TW based ROM - but what I really need is the native wifi calling - I'd try a non-TW ROM if I didn't need it.
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Both have features that I really like. Aosp has been giving me better life compared to tw
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Pennycake said:
I was fine with TW except for the home screens and very limited number of rows and columns that couldn't be changed.
I just use a launcher now. I might try a TW based ROM - but what I really need is the native wifi calling - I'd try a non-TW ROM if I didn't need it.
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Wicked comes with an optional 5x5 modified Touchwiz launcher.
I prefer pure android experience as my 1st android device was a Nexus S.
1st day I got my GS3, couldn't stand the BS that came w/ touchwiz. It made the phone feel very sluggish. 1st thing I did was switch over to Paranoid Android and immediately you can feel how much faster everything responds.
Simple test is opening your app drawer and then pushing the Home button. TW rom will have a lag 1-2 seconds. AOSP/AOKP/CM is pretty instant.
If you are afraid of risks of going custom and bricking, no wrong in staying stock. Stock is more stable obviously and custom does have the price of instability for performance.
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Aria807 said:
I prefer pure android experience as my 1st android device was a Nexus S.
1st day I got my GS3, couldn't stand the BS that came w/ touchwiz. It made the phone feel very sluggish. 1st thing I did was switch over to Paranoid Android and immediately you can feel how much faster everything responds.
Simple test is opening your app drawer and then pushing the Home button. TW rom will have a lag 1-2 seconds. AOSP/AOKP/CM is pretty instant.
If you are afraid of risks of going custom and bricking, no wrong in staying stock. Stock is more stable obviously and custom does have the price of instability for performance.
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The home button delay was just a setting in S - Voice. Turn off that one switch and that delay is gone.
Most of that "BS" isn't Touchwiz, but carrier added bloat. TW based custom ROMs like Wicked take care of all that junk, even the S apps if you don't want them.
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I like both TW and aosp/aokp.... When I get bored of one, I just flash back to the other. I do like some key features that TW has and I like key features that aosp/aokp has. I'm glad we can were able to switch from one to the other with little to no effort.
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707BeastMode707 said:
I like both TW and aosp/aokp.... When I get bored of one, I just flash back to the other. I do like some key features that TW has and I like key features that aosp/aokp has. I'm glad we can were able to switch from one to the other with little to no effort.
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I've read accounts of people breaking GPS when switching between TW and AOSP. Have you had any trouble with this?
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ticojpunk said:
I've read accounts of people breaking GPS when switching between TW and AOSP. Have you had any trouble with this?
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I have had this issue in the past... But with Charlieb260's 4.1.2 TW port, it does not break gps.
I was on 4.2.1 and flashed 4.1.2 TW and everything worked fine.
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hey everyone
recently I have been looking for a ROM with a different look than the stock aosp and touchwiz feel. I have been using MIUI V5 for a little bit and I liked the change. but I want something different. I love the look and feel of Ubuntu, but the stability is not there yet for most phones.
so what I am asking is does anyone have any ROMs that are different than aosp, touchwiz or MIUI for the i747.
TIA
i hear iOS is completely different looking than android...
xBeerdroiDx said:
i hear iOS is completely different looking than android...
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yeah i know
but i haaaatteee iphone and ios
i know i sound like a picky bastard but i just want to move away from the android UI but keep the playstore and stuff. Is that possible?
Even if it still is android, but just a different looking ROM. Im up for a change! :silly:
I know you said "other than aosp...", but have you tried Task650's AOKP? Super customization at it's finest. Also Bajees RootBox is sick. If you want the most in functionality and customization, I suggest you head in the direction of AOKP based stuff.
AOKP until death!!!
joshuagalipeau said:
hey everyone
recently I have been looking for a ROM with a different look than the stock aosp and touchwiz feel. I have been using MIUI V5 for a little bit and I liked the change. but I want something different. I love the look and feel of Ubuntu, but the stability is not there yet for most phones.
so what I am asking is does anyone have any ROMs that are different than aosp, touchwiz or MIUI for the i747.
TIA
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Not anything much different than roms you've tried. I would suggest trying some different launchers. Check this one out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHFh0omfHIM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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joshuagalipeau said:
hey everyone
recently I have been looking for a ROM with a different look than the stock aosp and touchwiz feel. I have been using MIUI V5 for a little bit and I liked the change. but I want something different. I love the look and feel of Ubuntu, but the stability is not there yet for most phones.
so what I am asking is does anyone have any ROMs that are different than aosp, touchwiz or MIUI for the i747.
TIA
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Look into Avatar Rom or Chameleon OS (I recommend the later). They are AOSP roms that add the theme engine and functionality of MIUI. Beyond this new launcher set ups (Buzz Launcher will help you with that) are the way to go.
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Thanks!
thanks everyone who responded!
Buzz Launcher is AMAZING! It really is and I am using it as we speak while running task650 ota AOKP ROM which I have been running on and off for the past 5 months!
do you guys know of any ROMs that aren't touchwiz/aosp/miui? I've been looking hard and I have not found any stable ones! i am super excited for Ubuntu phone for android but I am going to have to wait for a stable one.
TIA!.
Honestly, the only AOSP/AOKP roms I will run are Task's and RootBox.
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Definitely Avatar
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Look into Avatar Rom or Chameleon OS (I recommend the later). They are AOSP roms that add the theme engine and functionality of MIUI. Beyond this new launcher set ups (Buzz Launcher will help you with that) are the way to go.
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Just installed Avatar Rom and loving it. Great themes ability and so far very stable.
nothing?
So there are no roms that are COMPLETLY different than Touchwiz/AOSP/MIUI?
Nope. If you want something completely different, I think you know what you need to buy
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So there are no roms that are COMPLETLY different than Touchwiz/AOSP/MIUI?
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Sure there is, actually there is only ONE launcher which is totally different than all Touchwiz or aosp/aokp/miui launchers.
It's called "LMT Pie Launcher", it looks and works totally different than any other available launchers.
Personally I really do not like it at all, but if you want something totally different give it a try.
There are a lot of interesting Youtube videos which give a lot of useful information about it.
Here is the download link for the latest version of it: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zkrinbltpg3tji5/LMT v1.99.apk
Good luck!