Which is the best ? Stock or customs roms ? - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys,
Ive been using stock and android révolution but i have the feeling that the stock was better, what about you guys ?
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I've got the same feel. Don't no if I right
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Myrkin said:
I've got the same feel. Don't no if I right
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So I'm not alone to think that. So right now Myrkin are you using Android revolution or the stock one ?
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Stock works great, it's fast and responsive, unless you have to have root, I wouldn't bother at the moment.
I used ARHD on my HTC One X because it was better than stock but JB on the Note 2 is super!

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Stock works great, it's fast and responsive, unless you have to have root, I wouldn't bother at the moment.
I used ARHD on my HTC One X because it was better than stock but JB on the Note 2 is super!
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yup me too. i flash arhd 1.1 on my note 2 and it feels a lil laggy. It even make my 3g connection crawl like a tortoise. I was quite dumbfounded cos i tot it suppose to perform better. But wen i flash it back to stock. it feels so much better n my 3g connection was fast as per normal. so i shall stick to stock while the roms gets improved in due time

Ive been using the Perseus alpha24 kernal for a few days now, smooth fast and noticablely better battery life, havent tried a ROM yet, like you, waiting till they are a bit better.

Yes, I agree.
For now, stock is the best for stability and performance.
It needs time to make custom rom better than stock
imho

Stock forever.

I think its a very subjective topic and its only a matter of time before the mods close this thread (maybe)...
I personally like stock on Note 2. Nothing more needed
Unless it AR HD! Well thats stock too

Jamal Ahmed said:
I think its a very subjective topic and its only a matter of time before the mods close this thread (maybe)...
I personally like stock on Note 2. Nothing more needed
Unless it AR HD! Well thats stock too
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I don't see why they will close this thread I'm just asking for your experiences with custom roms and I'm sharing mine, I'm not wasking what is the best roms amongst all the roms available on the forum but just if at the moment the stock is better than any other custom roms that's all.
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Yeah, I have not used custom roms atm, I just disable what I don't want and that's it. But I wish there was a vanilla Jellybean to try out. Don't need overclocking, but I want undervolted rom to squeeze more juice.

It's nice to know that some of you love the stock experience out of the box. I'm getting my Galaxy Note 2 in November. Obviously many of us like to tinker, so I'm already pleased that the list of custom roms is growing for the Galaxy Note 2.

im flash addict and always was using custom rom but for note 2 stock+root=the best

To me Note 2 needs no rooting and flashing, works great the way it is and I like it that way.
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Are you using a custom rom ?

Hello to all users,
It's been a while since the release of the GN2 and I want to know if you are currently using a custom rom and if it's tje case which one and why this one .
Thx guys =).
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Nope,not yet. I find the stock rom excellent. I just deblaoted it.
I'm on stock and still missing a good reason to root.
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Tried almost all custom rom`s on this thread but in the end the phone performs best on stock firmware imo
Just using omega
just using newest wanamlite rom
Omega and Perseus kernel. Better than stock, undervolted and overclocked. Getting better battery life ans 15.2k on Antutu benchmark
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From my experiences I remember the meaning of the "CUSTOM" rom.
It's MUCH BETTER THAN stock ! Come one dude "Cyanogen", "MIUI" etc.
I felt the difference before and after on many phones.
With N2 everything has changed a bit.
I agree the stock rom are better now than most of custom roms here.
Example: Im using Stock Wanam Deodex Rom (almost out touch rom.) What I did I just maximum deblaoted it.
And this stock rom working MUCH more better and faster and smoother than many custom roms here. Example OMEGA. (No offence ! this is purely my opinion)
Why it happening ?
So many developers love to add 3 years old build prop lines. Too old tweaks also are here. Come one why using stuff from HTC ? WTF was that "Enabled GPU UI rendering"???? JellyB has it from birth that !
And Im fine with that ! But NO DIFFERENCE BRO! not smoother, not faster. Ok maybe benchs is better ? But no it's lower ! Windows animation lags more than on stock rom.
And is nothing to explain about. People will get pissed.(when you tell the truth) If you just got your first android device and you have no experiences (NO CLUE) with that you will say it's faster ! But when you coming from G1 and you got 2-N2. 2-GS3 than you will see the difference between before and after and is nothing to talk about it.
Samsung did sick job with the N2 JB firmware. It's been optimized up to normal and we filling that from ANY corner !
Stop implanting stupid lines like "scrolling catch disabled" if you say yourself that it does not work.
Only best regards
On wanam stock deodexed lj7
Fired From My FireDevice
Using stock ROM! No plans of flashing custom ROM as stock is perfect
on stock...
way too perfect...no need for custom except debloating ofc
Only Android device I've ever owned which I've not rooted, and currently feel no compelling need to do so.
Regards,
Dave
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nm8 said:
Nope,not yet. I find the stock rom excellent. I just deblaoted it.
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What does this mean?
AviatorBobo said:
What does this mean?
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Some of the apps come with the ROM and cannot be removed (Like Flipboard, the various hub apps etc.). If they're not useful to you, it's bloatware. He has removed them by rooting the phone and deleting them.
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Samsung has done a good job on the Note II
Stock Rom is working great,
One only need to root and debloate it
After that you can ' spec' it to ur taste
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Some of the apps come with the ROM and cannot be removed (Like Flipboard, the various hub apps etc.). If they're not useful to you, it's bloatware. He has removed them by rooting the phone and deleting them.
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I see for this i will need titanium backup right? After rooting the phone that is...?
AviatorBobo said:
I see for this i will need titanium backup right? After rooting the phone that is...?
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You can manually delete them, but yeah,it's easier to use titanium backup or something similar so the data gets cleared.
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supramon said:
Hello to all users,
It's been a while since the release of the GN2 and I want to know if you are currently using a custom rom and if it's tje case which one and why this one .
Thx guys =).
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I am using HyperNote 0.3 which offers already a complete debloated ROM. Its very fast and battery efficient. A lot quicker than stock.
Hard to understand how somebody would not root the Note II. For any design changes or debloating you need root....and its so easily done.
avetny said:
From my experiences I remember the meaning of the "CUSTOM" rom.
It's MUCH BETTER THAN stock ! Come one dude "Cyanogen", "MIUI" etc.
I felt the difference before and after on many phones.
With N2 everything has changed a bit.
I agree the stock rom are better now than most of custom roms here.
Example: Im using Stock Wanam Deodex Rom (almost out touch rom.) What I did I just maximum deblaoted it.
And this stock rom working MUCH more better and faster and smoother than many custom roms here. Example OMEGA. (No offence ! this is purely my opinion)
Why it happening ?
So many developers love to add 3 years old build prop lines. Too old tweaks also are here. Come one why using stuff from HTC ? WTF was that "Enabled GPU UI rendering"???? JellyB has it from birth that !
And Im fine with that ! But NO DIFFERENCE BRO! not smoother, not faster. Ok maybe benchs is better ? But no it's lower ! Windows animation lags more than on stock rom.
And is nothing to explain about. People will get pissed.(when you tell the truth) If you just got your first android device and you have no experiences (NO CLUE) with that you will say it's faster ! But when you coming from G1 and you got 2-N2. 2-GS3 than you will see the difference between before and after and is nothing to talk about it.
Samsung did sick job with the N2 JB firmware. It's been optimized up to normal and we filling that from ANY corner !
Stop implanting stupid lines like "scrolling catch disabled" if you say yourself that it does not work.
Only best regards
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That very nicely reason... my question is.. how many Custom ROMS your ever tested? Have you ever tested Android Revolution HD?
jauhari said:
That very nicely reason... my question is.. how many Custom ROMS your ever tested? Have you ever tested Android Revolution HD?
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This guy is good. His rom got the same "smoothest" as Check Rom. (I also liked his stock rom with out any additional tweaks from Aroma installer)
But I don't like first wake up seconds. (I felt stronger deep sleep than on stock, maybe Im crazy. But any way I will try again his new LJ7)
Regards

[Q] New to t-mobile whats the best rom for s3.

Just swu tch from verizon to tmobile ( cheaper and better coverage I. My area) I had beans rom on my s3 for galaxy I have know idea about all these roms on tmobile phone. So im telling you guys, if you can tell ne what is the best rom for tmobile galaxy S3?
Ps: galaxy S3 or note 2?
Personaly i use wicked v2.1.
Frosty jb is great too.
But try rom and stay on your favorite one
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It all depends on what you want from your phone.
If you want stock based rom with all/most futures of original phone, I recommend FrostyJB. I use it and it's really good. Wicked is also good.
If you want simplicity, android 4.1.2 and you don't care about some stock functions of the phone, like motion, then go with cm10. I think paranoid is also based on that and it has some cool futures.
It all comes down to your preferences. Try some roms and stay with the one which makes you most happy.
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HajmeR said:
It all depends on what you want from your phone.
If you want stock based rom with all/most futures of original phone, I recommend FrostyJB. I use it and it's really good. Wicked is also good.
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What kinda stock features are you referring too here?
HajmeR said:
If you want simplicity, android 4.1.2 and you don't care about some stock functions of the phone, like motion, then go with cm10. I think paranoid is also based on that and it has some cool futures.
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Have you tried liquid? I'm thinking about it but waiting for my phone to get here just upgraded!
HajmeR said:
It all comes down to your preferences. Try some roms and stay with the one which makes you most happy.
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this is always true but trying to get recommendations these days is nigh impossible lol thanks! I would prefer a simplistic rom with most if not all available features across roms besides customization, that's neat but i prefer speed and functionality.
Choco is correct! PK is da BOMB try it
thechocowarrior said:
ParanoidKANGdroid is the best. It has tons of options and is very customizable. The ROM is also really stable and efficient. Check it out.
The S3 because it has a better size and is still very high end. Perfect.
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Frosty jb . Is working very good... cuck out this site has video reviews n roms . N plz dint ask witxh one is the best as all our devs work hard on their roms.... their all the best...
http://galaxys3root.com/category/t-mobile-galaxy-s3-roms/
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I would suggest Paranoid Android or the PAC Man rom
killj0y said:
What kinda stock features are you referring too here?
Have you tried liquid? I'm thinking about it but waiting for my phone to get here just upgraded!
this is always true but trying to get recommendations these days is nigh impossible lol thanks! I would prefer a simplistic rom with most if not all available features across roms besides customization, that's neat but i prefer speed and functionality.
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Basicly all futures made by Samsung or Samsung exclusive. Like motion, smart stay and video in smaller window.
I haven't tried liquid but I heard good things about it.
Personally I recommend FrostyJB with kt747 kernel. That's what I'm using. It's very fast and stable, also it has great battery life.
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Frosty jb . Is working very good... cuck out this site has video reviews n roms . N plz dint ask witxh one is the best as all our devs work hard on their roms.... their all the best...
http://galaxys3root.com/category/t-mobile-galaxy-s3-roms/
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Kipster is right. Every rom has it's pros and cons. And it's unfair for devs to say which rom is best or worst. Everyone of them put a lot of hard work and free time to give us their creations and freedom of choice. For me the best is FrostyJB but some people who wrote here have different opinion.
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Kipster is correct, it's always hard to say which rom is the best because all the devs do different work and for someone to say one rom is better then the other is really unfair to them.. They spend alot of time making these roms available to use users and really don't ask anything but for feedback and maybe a small donation for there time.. Best thing to do would be to read up on each rom and read the reviews from other members then find the one that fits your personal needs and give it a go..
just my $0.02
Freegs3 has been my favorite since I got the phone back in August
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TWEAKED{PA:AOKP] ParanoidKangDroid 1.40 11/28/12 TOTAL Transformation at its Best!
I've only tried a few but have stuck with Wicked and am currently running the latest release: Wicked JB v2.1 and am loving it. It just works and gets great battery life. I'd say test out Different ROMs and decide which one you like the most. I occasionally try out different versions but always go back to Wicked, however you may like others more.
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FreeGS3
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Completely stock vs custom rom

Hey I'm just wondering I know it's kind of hard to measure without getting into benchmarks score before and after, but have you guys notice a big difference in speed when you guys were stock then going to a custom rom? Just would like to know if there's any incremental speed bump. Just want to know if I should bother rooting and all that stuff because this phone is fast already stock. I'm fully aware of all the cool things rooting does so it's not a question of whether I should root or not but I'm more interested if the phone feels a lot snappier, thank you.
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Well that all depends on the rom or kernel itself. There isn't really one custom rom. Lots of different options mate.
Rooting isn't hard. I'd recommend it. I was on stock since August till last month when I got bored and decided to root.
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re: custom roms
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Hey I'm just wondering I know it's kind of hard to measure without getting into benchmarks score before and after, but have you guys notice a big difference in speed when you guys were stock then going to a custom rom? Just would like to know if there's any incremental speed bump. Just want to know if I should bother rooting and all that stuff because this phone is fast already stock. I'm fully aware of all the cool things rooting does so it's not a question of whether I should root or not but I'm more interested if the phone feels a lot snappier, thank you.
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First of all as far as rooting goes there is a big difference between rooted and un-rooted phones.
There are so many excellent apps which require the phone to be rooted or they simply won't work.
Also if you plan to use custom roms your phone must be rooted, all custom roms are pre-rooted.
The custom roms are generally faster than stock roms although to be honest it's not something which
you would really notice when using most applications or games which you may have installed.
The main advantage the custom roms have over stock is that they have a lot more features, settings,
options, themes and they are fine tuned to use less battery power than stock roms.
I would suggest to only flash and use stock based custom roms. (Samsung Galaxy S3 Jellybean v4.1.1 custom roms)
Using other roms like the ported roms or CM/AOKP/AOSP Android roms generally cause more problems
than they are worth, not to mention the fact that none of them have the Wifi calling feature which is only
found in stock based Samsung Galaxy S3 Jellybean v4.1.1 custom roms.
The AOKP/AOSP/CM and ported roms are excellent for those people who like to experiment with their phones.
Good Luck!
Yeah lately getting bored of stock, itching to hack away. All my previous phones needed rooting to actually function right like the g2x. this one has been the first one to worked great stock. Thanks for the info
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Question is voodoo supported for this phone? If not other audio enhancements?
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re: audio enhancements
daxecutioner24 said:
Question is voodoo supported for this phone? If not other audio enhancements?
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Voodoo sound is obsolete but there are many other audio hacks which work even better
like DSP Audio, Awesome Beats, Volume+ and others which all work with our phones.
None of them come with the stock firmware.
Most all of the Samsung Galaxy S3 T999 custom roms will have an option for one of
the above audio enhancements.
Thanks junky
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I have to say that CM / AOSP 4.2.2 ROMs are light years smoother than stock touchwiz, but touchwiz scores higher in quadrant because there is proprietary code that Qualcomm gives to OEMs for optimization. AOSP ROMs are open source and thus that secret sauce is not included.
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I have to say that CM / AOSP 4.2.2 ROMs are light years smoother than stock touchwiz, but touchwiz scores higher in quadrant because there is proprietary code that Qualcomm gives to OEMs for optimization. AOSP ROMs are open source and thus that secret sauce is not included.
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Yeah, that explains the sometimes 1000 pt. difference in the CPU category in quadrant tests (between TW and AOSP). Do you think that "secret sauce" offers any real world advantage? I mean, what does that optimization that Qualcomm is providing to Sammy really do? I also find AOSP 4.2 to be smoother somehow... but the 1000 lower score concerns me.
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Best custom stock rom?

Hey guys i wanna know about the best custom stock rom for GT-N7100....right now am using hawkish extreme rom..but still if there is ny oder good rom with more customization..den tel me..thnx
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Akshaysh said:
Hey guys i wanna know about the best custom stock rom for GT-N7100....right now am using hawkish extreme rom..but still if there is ny oder good rom with more customization..den tel me..thnx
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MonxDIFIED i like it its Custom stock ROM
Phoneix ROM
All of them.
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I have herd a lot abt monxdified n phoneix rom..which one shld i go for?
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Silly question why not just stay stock then?
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Hey guys i wanna know about the best custom stock rom for GT-N7100....right now am using hawkish extreme rom..but still if there is ny oder good rom with more customization..den tel me..thnx
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hey u can go for Omega.. superb rom, very stable. Lots of customization are there.. loving it.
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Hey guys i wanna know about the best custom stock rom for GT-N7100....right now am using hawkish extreme rom..but still if there is ny oder good rom with more customization..den tel me..thnx
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Been using AndriodHD by mika ever since I got y Note II. Love it..
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I have herd a lot abt monxdified n phoneix rom..which one shld i go for?
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Try them both and see what you like better
Alliance+neak1.9 is very good and my current rom.Monx is also superb but lacks that 7-9 hrs of screen on time.
McLaren__F1 said:
Try them both and see what you like better
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Going to try phoenix rom soon. Heard its good. :good:
Video camera mode
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Phoneix ROM
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In video recorder camera mode, the phone is hoting strong.
The best rom is the one you will like it best. Try roms to know what you w will like most
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A stable, popular choice is Omega ROM. They offer an abundance of customisations and looks barely different from the Stock ROM (unless you customise it, of course). This ROM can, however, slow your phone down ever so significantly.
In my vague opinion, Android Revolution HD is very similar, however, this ROM specialises in removing most bloatware while still maintaining most stock features. Doesn't have many customisation options, only improves the speed/smoothness of the Stock ROM.
Following on from that, the ROMs begin to get more interesting... NOTEorious Prime & Jedi X ROMs are some outstanding ones which venture out a bit further from the stock ROM. They still have the same features, but they are more extravagant; such as 4.2 camera and multi-window for all apps. If it's customisations you're looking for; I'd look into these ROMs in more detail.
Finally, and inevitably, comes Alliance ROM. First off, let me make it clear that I am completely biased towards this ROM mainly because it's the one I'm running currently and the one I've stuck with for far too long after flashing all varieties of ROMs. This ROM has unbelievable amounts of customisation, looks stunning and runs smoother than Bill Clinton. If that's not all, you still have stock features like s-pen, glance view, multi-window etc as well as kick-ass OTA (over-the-air updates) which lets you pick and choose exactly which updates you want and when as well being compatible with every kernel for the Note 2. I'll stop before I pass out from its untouchable flamboyance.
So there you have it... As many others will tell you, test the ROMs to find your favourite but here's my opinion and here's to hoping you find it helpful.
Cheers...
for me, the rootbox miui and V5 are the best.
although differente from each other, they are very good roms very customizable.
Assassin rom and Tweakbox all the way! Nothing beats. Do your homework!

Question

The past week, I've been trying to find a rom and kernel that would increase my battery life. I use my phone for many different things. However, I gave up trying to do so and I am reverting back to the stock rom and kernel, as I have heard that it gives decent battery life and offers the best stability. The only problem I have with this is that the stock rom is no where as smooth as aosp roms. Sometimes it laggy and it loads stuff slowly. Any way I can get around this? I know it isn't a big deal, but to me it makes a big difference.
In my opinion use a custom ROM based on stock firmware.and just test.
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In my opinion use a custom ROM based on stock firmware.and just test.
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Believe me, I've tried. I haven't tried all roms, but what I do know is that I love custom roms because they are quick, responsive, and offer tweaking and customization. However, it isn't as stable and usually for me doesn't offer good battery life.
Have you read Woody's Battery Thread? I not, do so, it has tons of good info.
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Have you read Woody's Battery Thread? I not, do so, it has tons of good info.
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Yes, I have tried much of what he listed in his thread.
I basically posted a new thread that relates to this topic so would a forum mod please close this thread.

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