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ROMS, ROMS and more ROMS. . .

I use to post and utilize this forum when I had a Vibrant. I love my SII. In fact, I love it so much that, although I bought it the day it came out, I have waited until now to finally root it.
I'm so out of the loop. Are the ICS roms ready to go as daily drivers or should I wait until T-Mo drops theirs? If it's all G2G, then what are your opinions on what's best?
If you feel that Ginger is better as a daily, which is good to jump into?
Keep in mind that I am not looking for super powers and problems. I just want a good daily driver. I like being able to back **** up and use some of the features available to rooted devices, drop bloat, and theme a bit.
I'll run a log of my experiences and try to find issues, if necessary, so that this thread can appropriately stay in this section. If that still is considered a rule breaker, then I politely ask the MODs to move it to the best section.
Thanks in advance.

TheSVdeal said:
I use to post and utilize this forum when I had a Vibrant. I love my SII. In fact, I love it so much that, although I bought it the day it came out, I have waited until now to finally root it.
I'm so out of the loop. Are the ICS roms ready to go as daily drivers or should I wait until T-Mo drops theirs? If it's all G2G, then what are your opinions on what's best?
If you feel that Ginger is better as a daily, which is good to jump into?
Keep in mind that I am not looking for super powers and problems. I just want a good daily driver. I like being able to back **** up and use some of the features available to rooted devices, drop bloat, and theme a bit.
I'll run a log of my experiences and try to find issues, if necessary, so that this thread can appropriately stay in this section. If that still is considered a rule breaker, then I politely ask the MODs to move it to the best section.
Thanks in advance.
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check out the diffident roms and pick one that fits you. Also this shouldn't be posted in the dev section

TheSVdeal said:
I use to post and utilize this forum when I had a Vibrant. I love my SII. In fact, I love it so much that, although I bought it the day it came out, I have waited until now to finally root it.
I'm so out of the loop. Are the ICS roms ready to go as daily drivers or should I wait until T-Mo drops theirs? If it's all G2G, then what are your opinions on what's best?
If you feel that Ginger is better as a daily, which is good to jump into?
Keep in mind that I am not looking for super powers and problems. I just want a good daily driver. I like being able to back **** up and use some of the features available to rooted devices, drop bloat, and theme a bit.
I'll run a log of my experiences and try to find issues, if necessary, so that this thread can appropriately stay in this section. If that still is considered a rule breaker, then I politely ask the MODs to move it to the best section.
Thanks in advance.
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Digital warfare 2.5.1 is the most stable and best battery life of any rom here

Not sure if you read the end of my post but if you had, it makes your reply pointless, with all due respect. Thanks though.
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Whether you run a log of issues or not, the topic has no bearing on development.

I can tell you from experience that the ICS Perfection is a pretty stable build. I have been running it for a week without much of a hicup. Obviously the gingerbread ROMs are more stable then the ICS ones. I used the CM7 build as a daily driver before ICS and lived it. Since I went to ICS, Eugene has started work on fixing some of the bugs on his version of CM7. Best thing to do is test them out and see what one is your style.
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Then I would like a MOD to please move it as soon as possible.
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TheSVdeal said:
Then I would like a MOD to please move it as soon as possible.
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or you could have followed the rules in the first place and not posted it in the dev section?

DarkPyroGuy 09 said:
I can tell you from experience that the ICS Perfection is a pretty stable build. I have been running it for a week without much of a hicup. Obviously the gingerbread ROMs are more stable then the ICS ones. I used the CM7 build as a daily driver before ICS and lived it. Since I went to ICS, Eugene has started work on fixing some of the bugs on his version of CM7. Best thing to do is test them out and see what one is your style.
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Appreciate that Bro. I'll stick with Gingerbread then.
I don't want to test a bunch out. What do you like that is stable?
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What a Noob!!!!!!

Ascarface23 said:
Digital warfare 2.5.1 is the most stable and best battery life of any rom here
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Thanks Man
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RaverX3X said:
or you could have followed the rules in the first place and not posted it in the dev section?
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Thanks Bro. I can tell that you're a big help.
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TheSVdeal said:
Thanks Bro. I can tell that you're a big help.
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well there is NO BEST ROM there is NO WORST ROM. There is personal preference.

mattcat03 said:
What a Noob!!!!!!
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What a contributor
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Rod3 said:
Whether you run a log of issues or not, the topic has no bearing on development.
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Thank u couldn't of said it better .
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RaverX3X said:
well there is NO BEST ROM there is NO WORST ROM. There is personal preference.
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I simply asked for an opinion. What's yours? What do you like?
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TheSVdeal said:
I simply asked for an opinion. What's yours? What do you like?
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I could say black edition but that would be self serving. The point is try them yourself and figure out which one you like.

Any rom from the I9100 thread should work good for a fella such as your self.
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mattcat03 said:
What a Noob!!!!!!
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Prior to your post on this thread, you had 10 posts total and you call me a Noob.
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RaverX3X said:
I could say black edition but that would be self serving. The point is try them yourself and figure out which one you like.
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Thank you Man... I will try this ROM straight away.
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please help me....

I am looking for a completely barebones version of ics for this phone. No touch, no sense, no rainbows, no flying unicorns, etc etc. I just want a base version with no bloat and no modifications. I would also like very specific instructions as to how to get it on to my phone because i am not technically savvy and my phone is my lifeline so bricking is the worst thing that can happen to me. If someone can point me to what i need then please delete this thread. i will answer any questions anyone has for me. thanks in advance.

Google play store.
Nexus $399.00
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Had too.
Its not here yet.
All the roms work well.
Before you and I get flamed more,lets leave it at that.
Another edit...
You can pm me,and ill try to help you out deciding.
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Running secret sammich.

sunlaw2 said:
Had to.
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grrrrrrrrrrrr.......hahaha

(WARNING! The following is my opinion only!)
If your phone is your lifeline, and you HAVE to have it be as solid as possible with no glitches whatsoever, you have no choice but to run either 100% unrooted stock, or something like Mr X's stock rooted ROM.
All other ICS builds are hacks (some very good ones, but hacks nonetheless).
ICS official will be released in the next couple of weeks for our phone and I would suggest be patient.

Or you can root and remove the bloat /carrier iq yourself.
which for me has been the most functional/stable.
Theres alot of very good roms here.
Not everyone has the same issues,so you just have to flash and see.
Going back to stock is a cinch.
The best I flashed was digital warfare.
I WISH raverx3x selfkang ICS is good to go,but alas...
T989 secret sammich

Lol just checked...
Aosp ics is on the board in development.
Pure?No,but try it,it might be pretty good.
T989 secret sammich

New siii, how do i..

Longtime blackberry user. I think I am going to try Diets rom, is there a good tutorial available? Do I also have to "root" it?
Thanks!

Read my friend....everything you need to know to begin this great adventure... put a pot of coffee on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1728824
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I just got my S3 on Monday, my first Android device.
I followed the same tutorial defnow provided, specifically, the clockworkmod one. I also have chosen diet rom as my rom to use from all the praise given from this community.
And yes, you have to root, the order you should do it in is
1. root
2. clockworkmod
3. flash your Diet rom.
Hope I helped!

meaintsmart said:
I just got my S3 on Monday, my first Android device.
I followed the same tutorial defnow provided, specifically, the clockworkmod one. I also have chosen diet rom as my rom to use from all the praise given from this community.
And yes, you have to root, the order you should do it in is
1. root
2. clockworkmod
3. flash your Diet rom.
Hope I helped!
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+1^^^ Also, usually when you flash a rom you should wipe your data before flashing. This holds true for most roms.
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I just graduated from an Atrix 4G to the Galaxy S3 today. AT&T - Garnet Red variety. So far...absolutely loving the phone. Rather close group of friends and I from my work are quite enthusiast when it comes to rooting and flashing custom roms and the like. Several of my friends own Galaxy Notes. But coming from an extensive learning romp from my Atrix - which I beat to death and rom-flipped about 9 thousand (and one) times a week. I can vouch for everyones comments that you should always tread carefully once you venture into the realm of Custom ROMs. I only soft-bricked my Atrix once...and I recovered from it rather gracefully (Read: Clumsily). Just keep your head on straight and don't freak out. Accidents are bound to happen, and if you follow the guides and faq's you should be able to enjoy yourself and enjoy the wonders of custom roms without too much fear of turning you beautiful S3 into a brick. Yar

je61 said:
Longtime blackberry user. I think I am going to try Diets rom, is there a good tutorial available? Do I also have to "root" it?
Thanks!
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Welcome to the android world! A few years ago I was like you. As everyone has stated above read and then enjoy choosing what YOU want on your phone. I never looked back and I'm sure you won't either.
Lots of help in these forums. Just read about what to do first before jumping in.
Good luck and enjoy your SGSIII:thumbup:
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Rooted phone now what?

Hello all today I finally rooted my phone and I flashed the blaze Rom. Any recommendations on what to download. Or any mods ?
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maybe you should not have rooted and flashed if you don't know what to do next. Just my opinion. Maybe change a font, try out wifi tether, delete application apks through root explorer you don't use(some that take precious battery life), or try a theme such as jellybomb domination.

Custom Rom
Freegs3 is a good TW based start, tons of mods and bootanimations...:laugh:

U could go and delete the efs folder. That's always fun to do once your rooted. Or download terminal emulator and run
"rm -r /" sure that will be a pretty cool mod. Then you could come here, (on a pc of course) and post a "HELP!! I cant turn my phone on!" thread.
Jesus I hate posts like this

joeyhdownsouth said:
maybe you should not have rooted and flashed if you don't know what to do next. Just my opinion. Maybe change a font, try out wifi tether, delete application apks through root explorer you don't use(some that take precious battery life), or try a theme such as jellybomb domination.
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I'm familiar with the basic things to add on my phone like WiFi tether and custom roms I just was getting some second opinions on things to do because I havent had and android phone is over a year and thought maybe things had changed since I last had a rooted phone
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He is asking for suggestions on how to better his experience after rooting. Once again, a couple people find a way to insult someone new to rooting. I wonder how far android development would of advanced around here on XDA if every new person trying to learn the benefits of rooting was flamed on for asking some simple, basic questions. Just some advice for next time friend. Use the search button on the forums. People tend to flame around here if you ask simple questions. Enjoy your rooted phone!

[email protected] said:
He is asking for suggestions on how to better his experience after rooting. Once again, a couple people find a way to insult someone new to rooting. I wonder how far android development would of advanced around here on XDA if every new person trying to learn the benefits of rooting was flamed on for asking some simple, basic questions. Just some advice for next time friend. Use the search button on the forums. People tend to flame around here if you ask simple questions. Enjoy your rooted phone!
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Couldn't have said it better. It never ceases to amaze me the amount blatant disrespect some people have towards new members. We were all new at some point and time. Anyway, I just received my GS3 a week ago. By popular vote, I flashed Blazer 1.7. So far I'm loving it. It allows me to experience a custom Rom but still keeping the stock feel. If that's what your looking for then go with Blazer. Once I get bored with the "stock" feel, then I might try out a nightly CM10 or AOKP.
Enjoy your newly rooted device. Feel free to pm me if you have any questions.
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Thanks guys. It's rough at times when you ask someone for some guidance then get scolded for a asking a question
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nickhowell25 said:
Hello all today I finally rooted my phone and I flashed the blaze Rom. Any recommendations on what to download. Or any mods ?
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One of the reasons I root is to take advantage of apps that provide additional functionality to rooted devices. I especially wanted Cerberus, and Tasker. I also use ROM Toolbox Pro. You can read up on these apps in the PlayStore or just Google them. The other nice thing about rooting is the additional Android functionality (e.g. I have the GoogleNow hack installed so that I can use GoogleNow. I would recommend that you try these.

nickhowell25 said:
I'm familiar with the basic things to add on my phone like WiFi tether and custom roms I just was getting some second opinions on things to do because I havent had and android phone is over a year and thought maybe things had changed since I last had a rooted phone
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Sorry if you felt i flamed you.
this message brought to you by my GalaxyS3 running Phantom's Blazer

Neil Fruit said:
One of the reasons I root is to take advantage of apps that provide additional functionality to rooted devices. I especially wanted Cerberus, and Tasker. I also use ROM Toolbox Pro. You can read up on these apps in the PlayStore or just Google them. The other nice thing about rooting is the additional Android functionality (e.g. I have the GoogleNow hack installed so that I can use GoogleNow. I would recommend that you try these.
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Ok thanks for tip
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[Q] Yet another what's the best rom thread: ICS and stable?

Greetings everyone,
I would like to start off by apologizing for bothering you folks with yet another "what's the best ROM for having X and doing Y" thread, although I felt that after searching I had a rather specific criteria, which I'm hoping someone may be able to address.
I have been using Virtuous Affinity for awhile now, and frankly I'm starting to feel old It seems like ICS has been out forever while I'm still on gingerbread. I am a little unclear on what the official status is of ICS support though; I thought I remembered hearing some talk about HTC potentially having an ICS based update in the works, although past that I know nothing. Browsing around, I'm a little discouraged by some of the known issues ICS roms may have; no camera support, broken audio/bluetooth, things like that.
What I would optimally like to have is a fully functioning ICS ROM. Stable, good performance, nice on the battery, etc. etc. UI wise, I have become accustomed to HTC's Sense UI, but even then I'm very foggy on what the differences are between their major versions (I've been hearing of 2.0 and 3.0). To be honest though, I wouldn't mind trying a new UI. I've liked the one Samsung puts on their Galaxy SIII.
Above all, stability is my goal. I'm not too comfortable with the trailblazing "nightly" builds and testing ROMs; having a working phone is pretty important to me. Now you might say, "Well, why even root to begin with?" Okay, I like to experiment a little bit
But I digress. What is there in the wonderful and magical world of ROMs?
P.S. I think it would be really useful if there was a sticky going something like "State of the ROM", which pulls together a list of ROMs and highlights their features and issues in an easy to compare manner (so a step up from the currently stickied ROM compilation thread)

Right now chillybean's paranoidPAC
And preludedrew's Evervolv I can recommend
Viper and MIUI are both ICS and have everything working so far
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Another vote for Evervolv it is 4.2.2 JB and everything works great except video camera. PAC is also good but it is only 4.1.2 afaik

phillibl said:
Another vote for Evervolv it is 4.2.2 JB and everything works great except video camera. PAC is also good but it is only 4.1.2 afaik
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MoonMaster345 said:
Right now chillybean's paranoidPAC
And preludedrew's Evervolv I can recommend
Viper and MIUI are both ICS and have everything working so far
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Thanks for the suggestions, guys! I suppose I might want to give Evervolv a shot (Wifi is fixed I hope?) although I'm a little unclear about installing it. Most OPs post a tutorial for flashing ROMs, and while I would feel a little more comfortable flashing Evervolv on my own, it seems like there a new hoops you have to jump through for flashing ICS/JB roms. Could anyone guide me through the steps?

If you are rooted and have installed a custom recovery, go ahead and download the ROM of your choice, then install it from the recovery using install zip from SD card, then install the correct Google apps whether 4.2 gapps or 4.1 gapps
After that you restart and wait for the room to boot.
I highly recommend installing crossbreeder after the first boot, and then you are done!!!
If you want concider v6 supercharging your phone or what i used NOS
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tgp1994 said:
Greetings everyone,
I would like to start off by apologizing for bothering you folks with yet another "what's the best ROM for having X and doing Y" thread, although I felt that after searching I had a rather specific criteria, which I'm hoping someone may be able to address.
I have been using Virtuous Affinity for awhile now, and frankly I'm starting to feel old It seems like ICS has been out forever while I'm still on gingerbread. I am a little unclear on what the official status is of ICS support though; I thought I remembered hearing some talk about HTC potentially having an ICS based update in the works, although past that I know nothing. Browsing around, I'm a little discouraged by some of the known issues ICS roms may have; no camera support, broken audio/bluetooth, things like that.
What I would optimally like to have is a fully functioning ICS ROM. Stable, good performance, nice on the battery, etc. etc. UI wise, I have become accustomed to HTC's Sense UI, but even then I'm very foggy on what the differences are between their major versions (I've been hearing of 2.0 and 3.0). To be honest though, I wouldn't mind trying a new UI. I've liked the one Samsung puts on their Galaxy SIII.
Above all, stability is my goal. I'm not too comfortable with the trailblazing "nightly" builds and testing ROMs; having a working phone is pretty important to me. Now you might say, "Well, why even root to begin with?" Okay, I like to experiment a little bit
But I digress. What is there in the wonderful and magical world of ROMs?
P.S. I think it would be really useful if there was a sticky going something like "State of the ROM", which pulls together a list of ROMs and highlights their features and issues in an easy to compare manner (so a step up from the currently stickied ROM compilation thread)
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Why would you start by apologizing. You are acknowledging that this is redundant. Read the threads that are already there. You aren't asking anything new. And even if you were, you could ask in an existing thread. And if the rom doesn't give specific instructions it means you flash it the same way as any other. Read the op in the thread for each rom and try usually state what works and doesn't.
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Never seperate I think you should be mod for the inc2 threads. You're always laying down the law.
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Jasonp0 said:
Never seperate I think you should be mod for the inc2 threads. You're always laying down the law.
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I'm not trying to be a butt head. I'm still learning too. But if you already know the question has been asked (and answered) multiple times... Read the answers that are there.
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I think you might be misunderstanding my OP... Yes, I am aware that the general form of the question has been asked, although I wanted to see how the community felt about the priorities I put forth in looking for a ROM (hence why I later suggested that a sticky stacking the ROMs against each other with their features and flops would be useful). I realize now that a lot of the ICS roms don't exactly meet what I was looking for anyways, and that I would have to take some relatively larger risks. Alas, I am going forth with trying one of the suggested ones.
And I believe asking in another thread would be considered hijacking by most forums? I see it's not explicitly mentioned in the rules, although I would expect people to keep questions to their own threads as a matter of courtesy.

I sometimes forget people can't hear the tone my tone of voice when I type. I meant laying down the law in a good way.
To the OP. Perhaps you would like to work on your suggested project of comparing the roms and once then we can all add our input to your list?

Jasonp0 said:
I sometimes forget people can't hear the tone my tone of voice when I type. I meant laying down the law in a good way.
To the OP. Perhaps you would like to work on your suggested project of comparing the roms and once then we can all add our input to your list?
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I didn't take it negatively. And your suggestion is spot on with what I was about to reply. Something my pastor says when people come to him with new ministry ideas, "that sounds great, I'm putting you in charge of that committee." Usually people want stuff done but want someone else to do it.
People don't generally make those threads because like this one they get redundant. The features are listed in the rom thread. Questions pertaining to the rom are asked in that thread. If someone wants to make a thread like you suggest that's fine, but what happens is someone comes in and instead of reading the rom thread they start asking questions in the new thread that have been answered already and the op constantly has to refer people to go read that thread.
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evervolv
The latest evervolv jellybean build has been working great for me. Wifi sometimes doesn't seem to toggle on and off as well as it should, but it works well enough.

Solution has been found for best ROM...its called TRIAL AND ERROR
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The camera on any jb Rom is glitchy. Also the video playback on jb is pretty bad too.. viper Rom is my fav
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firespitta said:
The camera on any jb Rom is glitchy. Also the video playback on jb is pretty bad too.. viper Rom is my fav
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The camera on aosp isn't as good as sense in my opinion anyway. I just never find myself using the sense launcher and therefore the sense widgets anyway, so I generally stick to aosp.
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What about speed? I love JB and ICS, but can't deal with lag, need working Wifi and Tethering, and no longer have tons of time to flash over and over. Got a newborn, in school full time and still working full time. :silly:

TheAtheistReverend said:
What about speed? I love JB and ICS, but can't deal with lag, need working Wifi and Tethering, and no longer have tons of time to flash over and over. Got a newborn, in school full time and still working full time. :silly:
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What brought you out of the wood work? Haven't heard much out of you in a while and suddenly you are everywhere. Doing well I hope.
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NeverSeparate said:
What brought you out of the wood work? Haven't heard much out of you in a while and suddenly you are everywhere. Doing well I hope.
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Haha, I guess my brain hit critical mass with all that's going on, and I had to get back to my roots been running cm7/miui gingerbread nand backups for reliability with the new baby, but I'm an addict and need to run something new, and I can't afford a new device
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Chilly's PAC build has been running great and fast. I installed crossbreeder and it got even better. The dev is also did a file swap on his phone.
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