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Review of the AOKP JB Build 1 [SEP11] of the Epic 4G Touch

Shouts out to slick_rick. This ROM is by far the best Jelly Bean ROM I have flashed to date. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1881046
It is very customize-able and is less buggy than previous versions of JB that I have flashed. I haven't ran into any bugs actually. Battery life is good everything works:
3G
4G
Wifi
SMS
MMS
Speakerphone (This wasn't working on the previous JB Cynagenmod 10 ROM)
Everything is smooth as butter
Swagger ( how cool is it to have this toggle on your phone, trust me SWAG always impresses the ladies)
GPS (This is Flawless, I got a lock on a stock ROM, then flashed first this might have helped)
Google Now (What is a Siri anyway?)
Apple Emojis (There is no app for it anything, but I can see android versions of the apple emojis on Instagram an messaging)
Well I hope I have helped, I am using this as my daily driver and loving it.
Swag,
JA

MMS doesn't download if you loose signal.
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How about a speed test 4g result?
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More like an advertisement than a review. Great rom for sure though.
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I have read different reports that it's not really ready for prime time. My JB AOSP runs better than any other ROMs I have tied in the past. I get phenomenal battery life.

What's with the swag toggle anyways?
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Raths7709 said:
What's with the swag toggle anyways?
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Doesn't do anything its just a cool toggle
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igorb81 said:
I have read different reports that it's not really ready for prime time. My JB AOSP runs better than any other ROMs I have tied in the past. I get phenomenal battery life.
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I'd say its ready for primetime but thats just me. Maybe you should share your JB AOSP rom? Im sure we all want some phenomenal battery life also.

Screen shots of home page, 3g/4G speedtest, and battery life please. Also, does no Flash hurt performance of any Apps? Which ones, if yes.

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Screen shots of home page, 3g/4G speedtest, and battery life please. Also, does no Flash hurt performance of any Apps? Which ones, if yes.
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+1
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Screen shots of home page, 3g/4G speedtest, and battery life please. Also, does no Flash hurt performance of any Apps? Which ones, if yes.
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Yes please. 4g speedtests are horrendous for me on any jb ROM. Under 1MB/s. Many others have this issue as well.
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I am now using ParanoidAndroid 2.13 ROM and I am even more impressed. I still get phenomenal battery life plus million options and features. It's the best JB ROM for our phones currently. I have tried them all by now and nothing offers you more with fantastic battery life. I can't be any happier. I get over 24hrs battery life along with 4 hours screen on time.
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Overall smoothness

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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mycars12 said:
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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rymanh said:
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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rymanh said:
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!

The Real GPU OC Script

First off I would like to say no disrespect to others who have had scripts for overclocking the GPU for 3D and 2D graphics. After thoroughly dissecting the phone the 2D graphics never really get overclocked. If you check sys/devices/platform/kgsl0 or kgsl1 gpuclk files both will always say 200000000 the minimum. So the 2D part 228751000 from other scripts never really works. I found a way to keep it at max all the time 3D at 320000000 and 2D at 228751000 using int.d script . So for anybody who wants the GPU-OC script that really works try it out. Just flash and reboot that's it 2D will stay at 228751000 and 3D will stay at 320000000 at all times. Runs like a champ on my phone. You be the judge if you works for you or not.

What would be the way to remove this in the event it doesn't work or we don't like it. It's it compatible with all roms? What area the negatives of installing this?
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jcnbama said:
What would be the way to remove this in the event it doesn't work or we don't like it. It's it compatible with all roms? What area the negatives of installing this?
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Yes it works with any rom for this phone. If you dont like it just delete 74MaxGpu file from system/etc/int.d folder and reboot.

Do does this effect battery life an heat of the phone
4.2.2 AOKP PORN YEEEEES

hatememarkz said:
Do does this effect battery life an heat of the phone
4.2.2 AOKP PORN YEEEEES
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Has not been a problem with battery or overheating on my phone, I have been using this script for a week now since I implemented it, I play music heavily and my boys play GTA, Temple Run, Spiderman, etc. for hours with no issues.

It overheated my phone so I uninstalled it
4.2.2 AOKP PORN YEEEEES
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I think figured oy my problem I had to GPU oc scripts
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hatememarkz said:
It overheated my phone so I uninstalled it
4.2.2 AOKP PORN YEEEEES
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I think figured oy my problem I had to GPU oc scripts
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That would be the problem they will conflict with each other

Richard are you using any special kernels or stock? I wonder how it would interact with newer kernels
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Thanks man I flashed this script and I'm able to play games without having to disable hw overlay. So far been great
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What about the one from hotcakes is this better or the same?
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djtheraven said:
What about the one from hotcakes is this better or the same?
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Better because it actually keeps it at max at all times.
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suaverc118 said:
Richard are you using any special kernels or stock? I wonder how it would interact with newer kernels
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I use kko kernel and it runs great

Hey richardlibeau i have a question for you. If im dirty flashing from AOKP Build 4 to the Feb 28th nightly do i have to reflsh the script or will it stick? i have been before just wasnt sure if i was taking an unnecessary step. Thanks in advance.

I'm going with a yes on that
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sinfulgray said:
Hey richardlibeau i have a question for you. If im dirty flashing from AOKP Build 4 to the Feb 28th nightly do i have to reflsh the script or will it stick? i have been before just wasnt sure if i was taking an unnecessary step. Thanks in advance.
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Yes reflash
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I was just sitting here thinking that my battery had been draining much faster lately. Trying to connect the dots. Then I realized that I started noticing the decrease about the time I flashed this GPU over clock. So, hascanyone else noticed this? Also my phone gets hot as Sh*t while playing Dead Trigger... What are your thoughts? I have a 3800Mah battery. Running ASDEVS Galaxy S Bean v10.5 and hot cakez kernel. Slightly over clocked cpu but it always has been with no noticeable difference until recently..
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Anything that overclocks... whether it be your processor or your gpu will get hotter because it takes more voltage which causes more heat. I just flashed this to check it out, but I would imagine the battery life is going to decrease since the clock speeds are going up. Speed comes at a price.

Just an update. I uninstalled the script and battery lasted about twice as long. Phone didn't burn my hand during Dead Trigger either.
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jcnbama said:
Just an update. I uninstalled the script and battery lasted about twice as long. Phone didn't burn my hand during Dead Trigger either.
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To each his own mine runs great
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Any good FPS gains over stock speeds?

What do you run on YOUR s3

First let me say this. This thread is NOT a what rom is best. This is just to see what everyone runs on there phone.
I run liquid smooth RC1 with ktoonsez kernel.
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Infamous 4.5

I am running Darthstalker XI with stock kernel and sometimes I switch over to Deviant and Xone kernels to compare battery life.

Leaked stock rom 4.2.1
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tmjohnsonfse said:
I am running Darthstalker XI with stock kernel and sometimes I switch over to Deviant and Xone kernels to compare battery life.
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Which one gives you better life?
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Carbon 4.2.2 with the kernel it comes with

MrDannyD said:
Leaked stock rom 4.2.1
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Where did yu get that
Sent From My GSIII

ddizzy81 said:
Where did yu get that
Sent From My GSIII
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I think hes international version
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charlieb620 said:
Which one gives you better life?
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So far I think staying stock is just as good as running a developed kernel for this particular ROM imho, especially when you want to get the most battery. I use SetCPu and will run min 486 and Max 1350/1404. SmartassV2 and Zen or cfq governors. I don't play many games on my phone, I have tablets for that and they are tweaked as high as I can go and be stable. It's all about what you use your phone for, most times when I benchmark it seems the higher frequency I push my score actually will get worse, might be I'm need to up my voltage, but I don't mess with voltages much. I will follow the developers guidelines for undervolting if I'm trying to squeeze that extra life, but I don't worry about it that much. Best way for me to extend my battery life is start turning things off when they're not needed. All the things I try with my devices I have learned by reading on the XDA forums, and by far the developers for our GS3's are the best and I'm very thankful for all they give up to give us these awesome roms, kernels, and not forgetting about the theme developers to make or phones run fast, operate smoothly, and look great. Without them might as well buy a fruit product, just kidding I would get a flip phone before I would do that. .... This was meant to be a quick reply, just got off a 14 hr work day and I'm just rambling a little, I hope my reply makes sense.
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Stock 100000000000%
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Stock debloated
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ddizzy81 said:
Where did yu get that
Sent From My GSIII
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Sammobile
http://www.sammobile.com/2013/02/22...iii-android-4-2-1-jelly-bean-leaked-firmware/
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PAC Man rom
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atlprettygirl2145 said:
PAC Man rom
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Absolutely Luv it

AOKP

tmjohnsonfse said:
So far I think staying stock is just as good as running a developed kernel for this particular ROM imho, especially when you want to get the most battery. I use SetCPu and will run min 486 and Max 1350/1404. SmartassV2 and Zen or cfq governors. I don't play many games on my phone, I have tablets for that and they are tweaked as high as I can go and be stable. It's all about what you use your phone for, most times when I benchmark it seems the higher frequency I push my score actually will get worse, might be I'm need to up my voltage, but I don't mess with voltages much. I will follow the developers guidelines for undervolting if I'm trying to squeeze that extra life, but I don't worry about it that much. Best way for me to extend my battery life is start turning things off when they're not needed. All the things I try with my devices I have learned by reading on the XDA forums, and by far the developers for our GS3's are the best and I'm very thankful for all they give up to give us these awesome roms, kernels, and not forgetting about the theme developers to make or phones run fast, operate smoothly, and look great. Without them might as well buy a fruit product, just kidding I would get a flip phone before I would do that. .... This was meant to be a quick reply, just got off a 14 hr work day and I'm just rambling a little, I hope my reply makes sense.
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It makes sense...
I'm running Synergy right now with faux. Uv - 50 1134 386 with intellidemand and deadline io. Been getting good battery life.
Been looking over the att threads I'm about to try one of their roms since there are a couple with a little more tweaks that also include multi Window plus other goodies.
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Wicked v8 with xone dx kernal
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Liquidsmooth RC2 at the moment and if i feel nostalgic, I pop back with Frosty JB.

Liquidsmooth RC2 with stock kernel.

just got running sons of android this morning. my fallback is paranoid android 2.54, but i like to try all the new roms, so i reflash often
p.s. sons of android is running nicely

BENCHMARK SCORES! - post your best scores!

Lets all post our Benchmarks!
I am using Antutu Benchmark found at the play store for free
I am currently running the Infamous1.5 ROM based on android 4.1.2
with the Infamous kernel .7.4 by Jamison904
BTW... I have about 85 or so personal apps installed in this mod
I am also running the World Weather Clock Widget at the same time
and I am not running any kernel tweaking software...
here is my score...

btw what is benchmark?

edwarddlr said:
btw what is benchmark?
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a benchmark is basically a set of tests to see how fast your phone is running
here is the dictionary meaning...
bench·mark
/ˈbenCHˌmärk/
Noun
A standard or point of reference against which things may be compared or assessed.
Verb
Evaluate or check (something) by comparison with a standard: "we are benchmarking our performance against external criteria".
if you want to compare your device to others
go to playstore and download Antutu Benchmark and run it

I know my device would score low...I'm setup for stability and battery life.
Those with really high scores are tweaked for Max performance and probably carry an a/c charger in their pockets!
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AOKP JB MR1 milestone 1.
Stock kernel. Both Cpu cores underclocked to 1.35 Ghz
Btw about 115 personal apps no mods at the moment.
Aaaaand with only one hour of screen time this is the battery life I get.
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runnin linaro cm10:thumbup::beer::beer:
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Thats not a benchmark lol. Thats a long time on battery but I bet your screen on time is minimal
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Spastic909 said:
Thats not a benchmark lol. Thats a long time on battery but I bet your screen on time is minimal
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Actually I posted a benchmark and mentioned that screen was on for one hour. It was mainly a response to an earlier post about high performance means battery sacrifice. More people on this forum need to learn the balance between power vs stability/battery. Not directed at anyone in particular btw
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me_is_rushin said:
Actually I posted a benchmark and mentioned that screen was on for one hour. It was mainly a response to an earlier post about high performance means battery sacrifice. More people on this forum need to learn the balance between power vs stability/battery. Not directed at anyone in particular btw
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My bad. Missed your first post.
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Running Beanstalk

here is my best one so far... Its a combination between the stock based Jellybeast
and the Infamous Kernel .7.4 its overclocked to 1.7 ghz...
with my usually too many apps loaded and a blue mod by Infamous as well...
4.1.2 based...

My weak sauce score using Mysterious ROM...

Jedi Mind Trick JB3 4.1.2
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My buddies Nexus 4 scores around 20k with cm 10.1 and some random kernel. I can't wait to get rid of this thing and upgrade.
Also, I scores 3700 in Quadrant and around 9k in Antutu. Running stock CM 10.1.
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H3adru5H said:
My buddies Nexus 4 scores around 20k with cm 10.1 and some random kernel. I can't wait to get rid of this thing and upgrade.
Also, I scores 3700 in Quadrant and around 9k in Antutu. Running stock CM 10.1.
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That's great and all, but hardly surprising. It's about double in scores because it has double the cores. Personally for me this would have no positive effect on my phone usage, but I would have a worse camera and have to use an lcd screen.

Running 4.1.2, using the latest arc kernel!

me_is_rushin said:
That's great and all, but hardly surprising. It's about double in scores because it has double the cores. Personally for me this would have no positive effect on my phone usage, but I would have a worse camera and have to use an lcd screen.
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Yea.. not for me. A much faster phone would be nice. The Nexus 4 is much faster and smoother on all fronts. I've had 3 t989s and the camera is absolutely nothing to write home about. Compared to an exynos powered GS2, the sensor on this camera sucks.. and don't say theyre the same because they are not. SAMOLED is awesome but outdoors it's a pile of sh*t.
Point is, to each their own.
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YourPartyBoy said:
Running 4.1.2, using the latest arc kernel!
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Damn! This is really amazing.What ROM are you running?