Hi every one...new A100 user here. - Acer Iconia Tab A100

So Im still waiting on the shipment of a new A100 Ima give my 8 y.o. lil mama for christmas. I need enough time so I could customize it to my liking for her to use. She's pretty techy for her age so I problably will not be limiting so many things on her A100. As of now I own a Samsung Galaxy II (Hercules) rooted with a custom ROM with my own personal theme for it. I also own a 10.1" Toshiba Thrive tablet (great device) also rooted with a custom ROM and with my own personal theme. I pretty much know whats up and I understand that I better read, read, and READ before I ask that universal anoying question "What's the best ROM for my device"....BUT if there is things I need to know about this device that wont be really out there for me to read in plain view then I would appreciate any input from you people. Thx ahead and I look forward to checking out all the goodies
Sent from my Blutiful Hercules.

mrrobc97 said:
So Im still waiting on the shipment of a new A100 Ima give my 8 y.o. lil mama for christmas. I need enough time so I could customize it to my liking for her to use. She's pretty techy for her age so I problably will not be limiting so many things on her A100. As of now I own a Samsung Galaxy II (Hercules) rooted with a custom ROM with my own personal theme for it. I also own a 10.1" Toshiba Thrive tablet (great device) also rooted with a custom ROM and with my own personal theme. I pretty much know whats up and I understand that I better read, read, and READ before I ask that universal anoying question "What's the best ROM for my device"....BUT if there is things I need to know about this device that wont be really out there for me to read in plain view then I would appreciate any input from you people. Thx ahead and I look forward to checking out all the goodies
Sent from my Blutiful Hercules.
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Here's as great thread with a ton of info http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711125
Its pretty much going to give you all the info you need.
If you want something rock solid stable and everything works check out Relix flex reaper ICS ROM (probably ideal for a youngster). Set and forget it. I also recommend linuxsociety's twrp 2.2.2.1 recovery (relix already has his kernel). He implemented some tweaks to help prevent bricking.
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THX Ro. I will start there.

Yw. There are a few updates since that thread was written, most can be found in the dev section. Feel free to ask if you have any more questions.

Romman0 said:
Here's as great thread with a ton of info http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711125
Its pretty much going to give you all the info you need.
If you want something rock solid stable and everything works check out Relix flex reaper ICS ROM (probably ideal for a youngster). Set and forget it. I also recommend linuxsociety's twrp 2.2.2.1 recovery (relix already has his kernel). He implemented some tweaks to help prevent bricking.
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I wouldn't call flex rock solid by far.
It as well as any cm9 based ROM have all kinds of app compatability issues. Which i don't find on CM10. Seeing as how it is for a child, they will want games, which is soley what i use my tab for. Streaming video as well.
Save yourself the headache and just flash CM10.
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justjackyl said:
I wouldn't call flex rock solid by far.
It as well as any cm9 based ROM have all kinds of app compatability issues. Which i don't find on CM10. Seeing as how it is for a child, they will want games, which is soley what i use my tab for. Streaming video as well.
Save yourself the headache and just flash CM10.
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As of right now I still haven't checked out what ROMs are avialable for the A100. Im a fan of original-source-based ROMs so any CM based ROMs I wont be checking out unless there are issues with the before mentioned ROMs. Thx for the recomendation though! I got lots to read I know.
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mrrobc97 said:
As of right now I still haven't checked out what ROMs are avialable for the A100. Im a fan of original-source-based ROMs so any CM based ROMs I wont be checking out unless there are issues with the before mentioned ROMs. Thx for the recomendation though! I got lots to read I know.
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If by original source you mean factory, then its AOSP. CM is as based on AOSP as stock roms. Mods that devs do to CM pulls it further from its AOSP base, and is usually where the bugs come up.
Entirely up to you of course, but I wouldn't discount CM10 so easily, its been rock solid for me since source dropped and I started building my ROMs, your A100 will never feel faster. I'd be hard pressed to say any stock based ROM is more stable then cm10, and they are for sure not as fast or smooth. Just my opinion, but keep an open mind.
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pio_masaki said:
If by original source you mean factory, then its AOSP. CM is as based on AOSP as stock roms. Mods that devs do to CM pulls it further from its AOSP base, and is usually where the bugs come up.
Entirely up to you of course, but I wouldn't discount CM10 so easily, its been rock solid for me since source dropped and I started building my ROMs, your A100 will never feel faster. I'd be hard pressed to say any stock based ROM is more stable then cm10, and they are for sure not as fast or smooth. Just my opinion, but keep an open mind.
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By original source based I meant the latest stock released by Acer for the A100. Sorry I might it said it wrong and I could see why "original" should of meant AOSP. Trust me Im gonna check a few out cuz I wanna settle with the one with least bugs no matter how tweaked it is for the fact that Im not going to be the one using it all the time.
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I agree cm10 is a very nice ROM. It is what I am using now. I recommended relix due to its out of box reliability. I have some app issues on cm that are not apparent on ics, so it is all user/app dependent. Cm10 does have its bugs, but it is the latest, greatest and quickest, which is what most of us power users want.
I definitely recommend checking them both out.

I'm saying CM10 over any ICS because i am a heavy gamer on my tablet. I figured a child is going to be more interested in games than anything else.
If thats the case, nearly half my games crash on any ICS /CM9 ROM I have tried, even Acer stock.
Using CM10, I would say maybe 3 out of like 40-50 games, don't play.
ICS/CM9...half of these games crash.
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So I've been reading alot. I'm really disappointed on what I've read about the A100 in terms of hardware (battery, screen responsiveness, that scary emmc bug). I'm starting to regret I ordered in the first place but it was a good deal. A while back I had read good reviews on the A500 and I thought the A100 would be no different. Oh well I really don't want to turn back now. I'll just hope for the best and hopefully I won't run into any issues that will disappoint my lil one with her Xmas gift.
As for what ROM to install, it boiled down to the two mentioned in this thread. I said before that I prefer ROMs based on the official release for that specific device (Flex Reaper I believe) just cuz I always felt it would be the most stable since it was made for that device itself. Now I keep reading that alot of you prefer CM10 but I'm not sure if it is because IT IS more stable (as in everything in the A100 that suppose to work, WORKS) or its just cuz its Jelly Bean (the newest n greatest thing) and its more customizable than ICS. I prefer for everything that suppose to work...to work. I don't like flashing a new ROMs just cuz its the newest thing out there but lets say "bluetooth" its not working as good as the ROM I had before (YES I'm still on GB on my SGSII cuz the ROM its rock solid and EVERYTHING WORKS!). Now knowing that I'm gonna give this to my 8 year old daughter, I needed to be as stable as possible. If I could get some honest opinion between these two ROMs based on what I said I would be really thankful from you great people. THX ahead!!

If you are worried about the emmc bug. Your best defense is linuxsociety's kernel in the dev section, and his twrp 2.2.2.1 recovery. He has implemented changes that could prevent the bricking. If you bought the tablet new and you get a brick, they will warranty it, just make sure you keep your serial number safe. With these bricks they can't tell or don't care about the flashing ROMs.

Seems everyones given their opinions bub.
Make a decision already. Lol
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justjackyl said:
Seems everyones given their opinions bub.
Make a decision already. Lol
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:laugh: I know, I know...Its just that I'm gonna flash it just once and then give it to my daughter...I just wanna make sure I made the right choice
...btw I just got it today and I did noticed that weird viewing angle...well its updated to ICS so gotta make that choice...

mrrobc97 said:
:laugh: I know, I know...Its just that I'm gonna flash it just once and then give it to my daughter...I just wanna make sure I made the right choice
...btw I just got it today and I did noticed that weird viewing angle...well its updated to ICS so gotta make that choice...
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It took me 3 days to make that choice out of box. lol
Never looked back or regretted it, and hopefully the emmc protection measures work!

So I think Im gonna go with Flex Reaper (please don't shoot me Jackyl ). I gotta ICS theme for my Thrive that Im gonna try to port it to this but in turquoise since its my lil mamas favorite color...hopefully everything will be ok. Thank all yall for your support...Ima shut up and start flashing :laugh:.

Well...its not like you can't change it if it fails to meet your expectations!
Good luck!
Read througly before unlocking bootloader, rooting and flashing.
Piomasakis guide is the best thing here for out a100 FAQ.
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justjackyl said:
Well...its not like you can't change it if it fails to meet your expectations!
Good luck!
Read througly before unlocking bootloader, rooting and flashing.
Piomasakis guide is the best thing here for out a100 FAQ.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
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THX for all your help Jackyl.

Man everything went like butter. Following PioMasaki's gide makes it almost impossible to mess up. Remind me to buy ZeroNull a beer and a lap dance if I ever get to meet him...
Now its time to work on a theme for it...
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mrrobc97 said:
Man everything went like butter. Following PioMasaki's gide makes it almost impossible to mess up. Remind me to buy ZeroNull a beer and a lap dance if I ever get to meet him...
Now its time to work on a theme for it...
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Yeah!!!!
Ya pios is how i set mine up..
Like butter...
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Am I alone? Or......

Anyone else BORED?! I wanted this phone so bad, and I was extremely excited when I first got it in December. Its still a beast of a phone, but the flashaholic in me is BORED! (Especially coming from an EVO 4G) Am I alone in this?! When AOKP/CM9 first arrived it was exciting, but the TW ICS leaks got old pretty fast. And who wants ICS anymore with the arrival of Jelly Bean! It just seems as if everything has slowed down CONSIDERABLY....and I get why....it just sucks!
dw3bb10 said:
Anyone else BORED?! I wanted this phone so bad, and I was extremely excited when I first got it in December. Its still a beast of a phone, but the flashaholic in me is BORED! (Especially coming from an EVO 4G) Am I alone in this?! When AOKP/CM9 first arrived it was exciting, but the TW ICS leaks got old pretty fast. And who wants ICS anymore with the arrival of Jelly Bean! It just seems as if everything has slowed down CONSIDERABLY....and I get why....it just sucks!
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If you're bored then you aren't taking full advantage of all the incredible ICS ROMs available.
Take a walk on the wild side and flash a new one each week until someone ports Jelly Bean, but I wouldn't hold my breath. I'm sure if it can be done one of our Devs will do it but most of them are focused on getting source for ICS right now so they can improve on their existing ROMs and build new ones.
dw3bb10 said:
Anyone else BORED?! I wanted this phone so bad, and I was extremely excited when I first got it in December. Its still a beast of a phone, but the flashaholic in me is BORED! (Especially coming from an EVO 4G) Am I alone in this?! When AOKP/CM9 first arrived it was exciting, but the TW ICS leaks got old pretty fast. And who wants ICS anymore with the arrival of Jelly Bean! It just seems as if everything has slowed down CONSIDERABLY....and I get why....it just sucks!
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I feel the same, and yes I flashed all ROM that are currently on first page of developers section. So yes I taste the full potentials of many ROMs but no single one satisfy me like to keep one as daily driver.
if youre bored you havent flashed my roms.. i make new builds daily.. i just dont post them here.. they change too much.. you can find me on irc, or look around and i bet you can find the roms...
chris41g said:
if youre bored you havent flashed my roms.. i make new builds daily.. i just dont post them here.. they change too much.. you can find me on irc, or look around and i bet you can find the roms...
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Ill definitely check them out! I need something new!
I feel the same way. Thinking of just getting the SGS3 since I still have an upgrade left.
Ind3lible said:
I feel the same way. Thinking of just getting the SGS3 since I still have an upgrade left.
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You realize there's like 2 roms so far for the SGS3, right?
chris41g said:
if youre bored you havent flashed my roms.. i make new builds daily.. i just dont post them here.. they change too much.. you can find me on irc, or look around and i bet you can find the roms...
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PM me please I never ever used IRC want to try something new.
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Jelly has been out for like 4 days
if you want things that fast get a nexus
I found myself to be "bored" as well, but then I realized that the reason was because of the stability I was getting on Blazer 4.0 (four months of use!).
Still looking for my fix, I started testing out all the new offerings on here. I ruined one GS2, "unbricked" it, bought a white one, then stopped in the GS3 forum to see that PH was making a Blazer rom for that too.
So I picked up a GS3 to keep me busy in my down time.
You could probably go back to your Evo and start having fun again since our work is so boring over here.
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+1 why not create your own ROM instead of insulting all our devs here, why do you need to complain for something that you didnt even developed or created
Where in irc is everyone?
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freenode #ICS-DEV-E4GT
Bored seems to be a strong word. I don't think it's that the devs stopped working because there's still plenty going on. They are working hard with what they have but that's just the thing - they don't have a lot to work with. No source, nothing.
Things might be a bit more "exciting" for you if we had real access to Cyanogen or just AOSP in general but we don't. No offense to the devs involved in AOSP roms and the AOKP rom, but they are highly hacked in order to make them work decently on this phone.
For one we're dealing with the Exynos processor - not the S4. Also, Samsung sucked on their source release, from what I understand it was incomplete and will probably be the same with ICS. There's also the emergency call issue the CM team found which is why our phones not supported. Again, that's because of the incomplete source Samsung gave us citing 'proprietary code' being the reason it was incomplete.
So if you'd like to tell someone how bored your experience is with this phone - tell Samsung. Otherwise it's falling on deaf ears around here.
I stopped coming back because way too many people complain about everything...oh well
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I'm only bored because I have found a stable daily driver.
Yes, it's exciting to have the latest, but ****s got to work.
Major props to chris41G and crew. I throw money at these guys as much as I can because without them, you would truly know what it is to be bored with your phone... Amazing stuff these guys are doing without source! :highfive:
i am still on aokp 37, even tho 40 is out i'm holding out for source. it's just sort of a pain to backup and reflash and set everything when i feel like it's so close to being "next level". 37 does have a few hiccups but it's been my daily driver since the day it was released.
with the gsiii out and jellybean as the new hotness, i really hope sammy doesn't hold out on us too much longer.
all that said, i don't think it's fair to criticize the scene here at xda (not that "being bored" is major criticism at that) as it's really samsung holding everything up.
dazednconfused said:
You could probably go back to your Evo and start having fun again since our work is so boring over here.
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Come on dazed don't put on your sensitive hat. Dude didn't mean it as an insult we all love your work. And appreciate just like all the other devs. I think a lot of his point is really contributed to how the leaks have just slowed down. And how jb is basically out now and we still don't have the official ics update and source for our phone. I feel the same way and I am a flashaholic too. But I am confident once we do get out update plus source we are really gonna see a whole new world open for our device. It's just patients
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cas8180 said:
Come on dazed don't put on your sensitive hat. Dude didn't mean it as an insult we all love your work. And appreciate just like all the other devs. I think a lot of his point is really contributed to how the leaks have just slowed down. And how jb is basically out now and we still don't have the official ics update and source for our phone. I feel the same way and I am a flashaholic too. But I am confident once we do get out update plus source we are really gonna see a whole new world open for our device. It's just patients
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I don't have my "sensative hat" on, I was just stating that if he's not happy go elsewhere. I don't put my stuff on the level as other devs here anyway. I dont consider myself a dev. The things they do are amazing. I would've never released anything without them and their work. So at least so some consideration to them and word it more to Samsung if that's what he's complaining about.
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[Q] Favourite i927 RoMs

Good day!
I am new to this site so thanks for being here!
I was wondering what are people's Favourite RoMs are at this point?
I've tried a few and am really excite about these custom Roms but can't decide what and why I like each one. The WoW factor is huge right now. I like the Inc3ption V1 which was my first. Then I tried V2 which is my fav so far I think? Sorry to 'The Collective' but I changed my Bootanimation...I found one from google I was trying to change on my Rooted Stock GB but was never able to find a way to use the bootanimation.zip. Thanks to Dman for putting the custom boots in his rom! The animation I used was the android guy pissing on the apple symbol! Classic!!!!
I've just installed ItsMeBdon stock ICS and am happy about it as well!!!
I can't seem to find the 'Thanks' buttons? Am I so new I can't do it yet?
I am a Hack implementer for most devices I own and have never once Bricked a device. Would love to learn to do the hacks myself but with family life hard to find time.
I am here to test and make my device MINE so I am here to help where ever I can
I just wanted to say hi and thank everyone for their long hours of pure pleasure! Trying at times but still fun in our eyes!
PeACe
Scot
thescot33 said:
Good day!
I am new to this site so thanks for being here!
I was wondering what are people's Favourite RoMs are at this point?
I've tried a few and am really excite about these custom Roms but can't decide what and why I like each one. The WoW factor is huge right now. I like the Inc3ption V1 which was my first. Then I tried V2 which is my fav so far I think? Sorry to 'The Collective' but I changed my Bootanimation...I found one from google I was trying to change on my Rooted Stock GB but was never able to find a way to use the bootanimation.zip. Thanks to Dman for putting the custom boots in his rom! The animation I used was the android guy pissing on the apple symbol! Classic!!!!
I've just installed ItsMeBdon stock ICS and am happy about it as well!!!
I can't seem to find the 'Thanks' buttons? Am I so new I can't do it yet?
I am a Hack implementer for most devices I own and have never once Bricked a device. Would love to learn to do the hacks myself but with family life hard to find time.
I am here to test and make my device MINE so I am here to help where ever I can
I just wanted to say hi and thank everyone for their long hours of pure pleasure! Trying at times but still fun in our eyes!
PeACe
Scot
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Why did you open a new topic to this question? Here is what you looking for: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621350
I've read the thread and it's nice BUT as I am a new member I am unable to post to the Forum until I am a trusted user. So I felt I was right to not post anywhere else except a new thread?
Sorry if I offended or broke any rules???
While I have your attention, Which Rom are you running?
Been playing with roms all day. I really like JayJay ICS and most likely staying with it. I REALLY like the RAM usage on Inc3ption v2 as I can get it down to under 150mb?
Again, If I am doing something wrong, Please let me know where else I should be asking my questions.
Hope all is well!
PeACe
Don't worry about it !
I'm currently using lite ROM with the custom kernel and it works fine but i think we're all waiting for dman to release his aosp/aokp jb build
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My favorite so far has been jayjayjoker's Krionz rom as far as ICS, and I beleive I'm on a stock kernel. I've not been able to figure out the inability to control processor speeds though when using any ICS rom and kernel currently available. I can't be certain if the governors have any affect, and i can not lower the clock manually below 768mhz. I'm trying to go back because of this, but I'd say my current favorite for Gingerbread is the Osimood rom.
My favorite is my ROM but when dman's new ROM comes its gonna be my choice.
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I have Inc3ption running right meow because it's the only rom I completely setup and have a backup of. I've been playing around today withdman's alpha's as well. Got them installed and doin' what they do but still am unable to give feedback as I can't over in that section yet. Very interested in those developments!
Which build are you most excited for cm9 or aosp?
Thanks again to everyone out there for bringing joy to my day! My wife is really hating me playing with my phone all day instead of doing our laundry or putting up that tile! I'd much rather try and brick my phone! XD
7 more posts and I hit 10! does that I mean I xan then post in the development sec?
I guess it's only 6 with this one! XD
thescot33 said:
I have Inc3ption running right meow because it's the only rom I completely setup and have a backup of. I've been playing around today withdman's alpha's as well. Got them installed and doin' what they do but still am unable to give feedback as I can't over in that section yet. Very interested in those developments!
Which build are you most excited for cm9 or aosp?
Thanks again to everyone out there for bringing joy to my day! My wife is really hating me playing with my phone all day instead of doing our laundry or putting up that tile! I'd much rather try and brick my phone! XD
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Well i like the color on CM9 more but the thing is there very buggy right now so i really dont know which i like more
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thescot33 said:
7 more posts and I hit 10! does that I mean I xan then post in the development sec?
I guess it's only 6 with this one! XD
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Go into the Meet and Greet sticky and introduce your self! talk to people and get to know these good folks here. we're all here as a community helping each other! don't forget to give thanks where it's due and sometimes donate to the devs that put their time and effort creating these roms for us! without them, our phones would be imprisoned to the carriers we use. Out of all the device forums I have seen, XDA Developers is by far the most informative and the people here make to feel right at home, even tho we live all over the world!
I'm definitely waiting for dman's cm9 myself but jokers rom is what I'm running with now and its cool stuff. I think I'm going to try a hand at theming for cm9... touchwiz is kind of gross.
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I am liking the look and feel of cm9. Think I'm gonna setup JayJay ICS today and make sure I have a backup of it as well...I like that I can add a custom bootanimations.zip or shoud I say sanim.zip for Inc3ption v2. When I removed the bootanimation.zip and sanim.zip v2 has a real cool plain android letters boot??? I can't seem to copy and paste it to JayJay by replacing the qmg's? It just shows Samsung Galaxy SII. Not really sure why it wont work, does it have something to do with using GB .qmg's on ICS?
Anyways, l'm OCD with checking for a new build for cm9 and can't wait to see Alpha-5 get past the boot...Not sure what I'm really doing but I even tried loading in the lite kernel after the booting locked and it didn't even show the boot animatin. It just skipped it all together and was flashing the time in the top right corner of the screen before it woud loop with the rumble.
Thanks again everyone for the advice, really looking forward to being able to post to more places soon.
PeACe
Testing out my sig on xda's app...makin' sure dman gets his credit!
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[Q] Is there a barebones custom rom for the i8150?

please be patient, im new. i've just flashed a custom rom onto my galaxy w for the first time (cm9 rc1 using cm6) and was wondering if there are any barebones roms (that are based on stock?) available, something similar to the extreme barebones version of this, which i have on my galaxy ace:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1806471
i've looked through all the roms listed on this page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941028
and non of them seem that 'slim'. i saw the thread about slim bean 3.1.0 and have that ready to try next, but wondered if there was anything else.
Thanks!
ps. with cm10, whats the difference between the two kernal types, 2.6 and 3? can i just go for 3?
000lqm said:
please be patient, im new. i've just flashed a custom rom onto my galaxy w for the first time (cm9 rc1 using cm6) and was wondering if there are any barebones roms (that are based on stock?) available, something similar to the extreme barebones version of this, which i have on my galaxy ace:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1806471
i've looked through all the roms listed on this page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941028
and non of them seem that 'slim'. i saw the thread about slim bean 3.1.0 and have that ready to try next, but wondered if there was anything else.
Thanks!
ps. with cm10, whats the difference between the two kernal types, 2.6 and 3? can i just go for 3?
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All our GB roms are based on stock.
After GB Samsung stopped developing for our phone, they said ICS would be too heavy. Arco did a miracle and made the ICS and JB work.
The difference is that kernel 2 Haas a working cam but no project butter(not as smooth as the real JB) and kernel 3 doesn't have a working cam but has a full project butter(smooth and fast as HELL)
You choose between camera and smoothness. And btw kernel 2 is also fast and smooth, but 3 is better and faster.
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7amada100 said:
All our GB roms are based on stock.
After GB Samsung stopped developing for our phone, they said ICS would be too heavy. Arco did a miracle and made the ICS and JB work.
The difference is that kernel 2 Haas a working cam but no project butter(not as smooth as the real JB) and kernel 3 doesn't have a working cam but has a full project butter(smooth and fast as HELL)
You choose between camera and smoothness. And btw kernel 2 is also fast and smooth, but 3 is better and faster.
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hi thanks for explaining, i didnt realise any of that... i genuinely feel thankful for the work Acros done now. I installed slimbean and am loving it so far! but will try cm10 too and might see if i can cope without a camera...i think my question was naive now that i have had time with these roms.
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hi thanks for explaining, i didnt realise any of that... i genuinely feel thankful for the work Acros done now. I installed slimbean and am loving it so far! but will try cm10 too and might see if i can cope without a camera...i think my question was naive now that i have had time with these roms.
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Slightly off-topic, but we W-ers are very lucky to have Sir Arco68 on our side...
The CusROM scene was stagnating before Sir Arco got his hands dirty and proved beyond any reasonable doubt that ICS (and JB) can run great on our 'underpowered' (that's what non-W-ers say) phone.
When ICS reached a (relatively) stable level (Beta 1, IIRC), the modding community got jumpstarted, and various CusROMs started appearing. When JB was released, the modding community went into overdrive, and now we have a plethora of options.
And the forum is now getting much more active; note the amount of new *daily* questions in the Q&A forum. In fact, the GT-I8150 forum is quite active that 'the powers that be' decided that more moderators are needed.
Now we're back to bickering about which CusROM to use
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pepoluan said:
Slightly off-topic, but we W-ers are very lucky to have Sir Arco68 on our side...
The CusROM scene was stagnating before Sir Arco got his hands dirty and proved beyond any reasonable doubt that ICS (and JB) can run great on our 'underpowered' (that's what non-W-ers say) phone.
When ICS reached a (relatively) stable level (Beta 1, IIRC), the modding community got jumpstarted, and various CusROMs started appearing. When JB was released, the modding community went into overdrive, and now we have a plethora of options.
And the forum is now getting much more active; note the amount of new *daily* questions in the Q&A forum. In fact, the GT-I8150 forum is quite active that 'the powers that be' decided that more moderators are needed.
Now we're back to bickering about which CusROM to use
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its really interesting to read all this... i do genuinely feel thankful that all this stuff is out there for our phone (which i like it a lot ...... its also interesting though, as i guess these things move in cycles, like a bell curve or whatever. at some point in the future i will end up getting a new phone and then will be looking on another board instead of this one, and may be that will happen at a time when lots of other people are doing the same thing, and slowly there will be a decline here, just like there is a growth at the moment. and our poor little phone will eventually be obsolete.
discovering all this stuff now, and also being able to compare the experience of flashing roms on my galaxy ace to my w, makes me wonder what the situation is like for something like the s3.. as if i had just waited a little bit, i wouldn't have asked the original question in this thread. i can see the difference in capabilities between the ace and w, and how the kind of rom i was initially wanting for the w, isnt actually what i want. after having slimbean even just for a few days, i wouldnt want to go back to the stock rom i had on it before. i couldnt see that at the beginning though.
im curious to wonder, what made acro do the work he did? there must be a lot of crossover somewhere between the knowledge needed to produce the things for our phone, and other things that you can do once you know that stuff.
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its really interesting to read all this... i do genuinely feel thankful that all this stuff is out there for our phone (which i like it a lot ...... its also interesting though, as i guess these things move in cycles, like a bell curve or whatever. at some point in the future i will end up getting a new phone and then will be looking on another board instead of this one, and may be that will happen at a time when lots of other people are doing the same thing, and slowly there will be a decline here, just like there is a growth at the moment. and our poor little phone will eventually be obsolete.
discovering all this stuff now, and also being able to compare the experience of flashing roms on my galaxy ace to my w, makes me wonder what the situation is like for something like the s3.. as if i had just waited a little bit, i wouldn't have asked the original question in this thread. i can see the difference in capabilities between the ace and w, and how the kind of rom i was initially wanting for the w, isnt actually what i want. after having slimbean even just for a few days, i wouldnt want to go back to the stock rom i had on it before. i couldnt see that at the beginning though.
im curious to wonder, what made acro do the work he did? there must be a lot of crossover somewhere between the knowledge needed to produce the things for our phone, and other things that you can do once you know that stuff.
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I'm too lazy to read all those words but I will answer the last questions.
Couple of things, because he knew he was capable of doing it, because Samsung left us, because no else did it, because he wanted to help its and give us this great gift.
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It also helped that ARCO ownes a W (AFAIK)....
From what I've read, he was already an accomplished dev before the W came along....so he would have been able to apply those established skills to the W's framework.....all I can say is thank goodness Arco got a W and not another phone otherwise..........who knows..
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It also helped that ARCO ownes a W (AFAIK)....
From what I've read, he was already an accomplished dev before the W came along....so he would have been able to apply those established skills to the W's framework.....all I can say is thank goodness Arco got a W and not another phone otherwise..........who knows..
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Hahaha... the article on XDA Portal provides a good reason, then:
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7amada100 said:
I'm too lazy to read all those words but I will answer the last questions.
Couple of things, because he knew he was capable of doing it, because Samsung left us, because no else did it, because he wanted to help its and give us this great gift.
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It also helped that ARCO ownes a W (AFAIK)....
From what I've read, he was already an accomplished dev before the W came along....so he would have been able to apply those established skills to the W's framework.....all I can say is thank goodness Arco got a W and not another phone otherwise..........who knows..
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i love how fate works....im curious now though, how difficult is it, to do what Acro did? remember i have no knowledge at all of developing, or even what it really is. now that he's done it, is it difficult to see what he did and how he did it? where do you start to learn that kind of thing?
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i love how fate works....im curious now though, how difficult is it, to do what Acro did? remember i have no knowledge at all of developing, or even what it really is. now that he's done it, is it difficult to see what he did and how he did it? where do you start to learn that kind of thing?
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It's going to take time to know how difficult it was, but you could know some stuff by looking at the change log of cm9 ICS.
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CyanogenMod 7 Project

Hi guys,
So for the past week I think I have at least wiped/flashed/Odin'd different ROMs for my new Captivate Glide at least a hundred times. I've finally settled on thegreatergood's LiteROM 0.9.0 and it's working great for me. Not only the one ROM though as I've had to find many workarounds for different things. Flashables/kernels/apks you name it. Although I have no regrets and I'm really proud of how It's like a beast in my pocket, I am quite bothered by one thing which is that the whole thing feels like a big piece of patchwork..
Coming from a HTC Desire Z running CM7 serving me loyally for many years, I miss that officiality (<-- oops, red snakes.. not sure that's a word. Whatever. Shakespeare made his own words too right? ) and the stability that CM7 offered.
I'm a humble man, and possibly carry the apologetic traits of a typical Canadian. Instead of whining and/or nagging some senior developer to hurry up on their ICS or JB development I've decided to build my own CM instead.
However some thought, I think the reason why the JB based experimental CM 10.1s for the Captivate Glide have been a difficult task is because it's probably quite a challenge to build something from something that's not currently very well understood, namely the JB. So I thought, why not just build I nice and stable ROM based off of GB and if it does well it could probably officiated as a CM7 port for the Captivate Glide.
I have a feeling that this is a very plausible task. But I have no way to do it alone.. I have zilch experience in development in anything, had to drop out of my C++ course and have been doing nothing but lurking and leeching since I started modding when I was eleven. All I have is a vision. If someone could point me in the right direction or even form a development team with me, I would be very grateful.
And if this goes well, I will have gained some long overdue experience
So.. Anyone?
P.S. I guess this goes in this forum too. But my phone gets real angry when I flash certain things onto it. The biggest issue currently is that it will freeze and crash (more specifically the screen will freeze and fade into white lines..) whenever I try to use ClockWorkMod Recovery.. I dunno if the crappy 1500 mAh China battery I got ripped off with is an issue but I'm waiting on an OEM one in the mail..
Post in general not development bub...
And were on cm 10. Why fall back?
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I intend to turn it into development thread. But will have a better audience over General?
And maybe see it more like an educational project with a usuable product?
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hey bud im with you ... though I think CM9 would be better as ICS has been released, stable, and has a few more tweaks and features that CM7 didn't ... things like in JB where we have a transparent notification pull down, control over the dpi of certain apps etc.
First thing you should do is readup on the compile cm10 from source thread, get your feet wet there it'll get you all setup with a development system .. Linux is a must so I hope that you're savvy in the *nix shell or things will be antagonistic right off the start ...
I installed the CM9 recently and radio etc didn't work .. Guaranteed there is tonnes of information across all devices on xda-developers and even in general development threads.
Scroll through these forums, find the github links and learn how to setup your own, download the sources for the kernels from the other devs (theres a couple CM10.1s out there).
CM7 .. while I appreciate where you're coming from as i LOVED having CM7 on my Galaxy ACE - everything just worked... battery was great, it looked cool, and it was just off the stock enough to be unique and rub in iPhone users' faces
If I had the time I'd take it on with you .. chart your work and links that have helped you as you go along.
maybe he say that, because the glide have GB and ics officialy and not JB, so, if i understand what he say, maybe a romCM based y that version can be more stable, and less bugs, i was thinking about a CM9 too. But, if i remember correctly, it must create a device tree and a lot of thing, but i am not sure becausea never do a rom.
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maybe he say that, because the glide have GB and ics officialy and not JB, so, if i understand what he say, maybe a romCM based y that version can be more stable, and less bugs, i was thinking about a CM9 too. But, if i remember correctly, it must create a device tree and a lot of thing, but i am not sure becausea never do a rom.
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CM9 is based on ICS 4.0.4 ...
Check this link, not for our device but it offers some good insight to CM7 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1273718
Another one for CM9 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20844007
.... maybe I should just build a linux VM and give it a go in my spare time .... we're so starved for developers for our glides even amateur contributions can't hurt .... in the 2nd link the guy said it took him 11 months to learn how to mod for ICS from no experience so ..... depends on how much you want to commit to it ..
yohan4ws said:
CM9 is based on ICS 4.0.4 ...
Check this link, not for our device but it offers some good insight : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1273718
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yes, i know that, and i was thinking that a cm9 (because there is a ics fully working in the glide) can be a good option, but not sure
This doesn't belong here, please, some mod, move this to General. Thanks
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I intend to turn it into development thread. But will have a better audience over General?
And maybe see it more like an educational project with a usuable product?
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Flagged to be moved to general. If this turns into a dev thread, then you can flag to move it to the dev section, but you only post in the dev sections if you actually have a product or are actively working on something.
Your intentions seem great, but never wait for someone else to help you, otherwise it will never get done. No one is going to carry you through learning this.
There's a ton of guides out there on how to build, port, cherry pick CM commits, etc. etc. Go find them and start learning. Ask SPECIFIC questions if you have any.
No one shows up to college on day 1 and says I'd like to learn how to be a doctor, engineer, pharmacist, journalist, etc. There's a lot of steps in between. So go and get started.
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No one shows up to college on day 1 and says I'd like to learn how to be a doctor, engineer, pharmacist, journalist, etc.
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That doesn't make any sense.... lots of people show up to college and say that, and then enroll in the courses to do that ..

I feel like expressing myself about the roms and kernels available right now for S3;

I've been around since cyanogenmod was just another rom along with bugless beast and whatever the hell was running things on eclair/mytouch and ive compiled kernels hundreds of times back when slackware linux 3.5 was out so i feel like im somewhat of a vet and i appreciate the fact that i have a nice little linux device permanently connected to a broadband connection with so much support in a neat little package.
=)!
and yet i never say anything on XDA i just appreciate... unfortunately i cant post in the development forum because i dont say much ;/
big thumbs up to cyanogenmod for taking their work so seriously and being so persistent, you guys must really love what you do, trust me i know the feeling =]
i just got this phone last week and before i did anything i rooted and installed the latest CM with whatever kernel appealed to me in the dev forum and i thought seriously my screen was defective i had no idea it was just a rom/kernel issue so im glad that over with.
i updated to cm22, and the flicker started again when using the 4/20 KT kernel so ill just stick with cm20 +kt420 for now what an unbelievable combo!
and i'm kinda disappointed in AOKP every time i check the AOKP/task thread somebody is always complaining about something that doesn't work... AOKP used to be my favorite. (when the ICS days began atleast.. i loved it on my gnex)
and by the way... to people having problems flashing between kernels, when you flash a kernel, wipe cache/dalvik, then flash the rom again, then gapps, then the new kernel. kernels include more things than just addition lines of code nowadays and thats the simplest way to work around most issues i see people posting about.
that is all!
Somebody is always complaining about things not working? I see every post in my thread and I don't see what you are talking about. 99.9% of the people that post state how well everything works. The people that complain are the ones that don't follow the simple installation instructions. You might need to read through the thread again. Or just try it out for yourself.
task650 said:
Somebody is always complaining about things not working? I see every post in my thread and I don't see what you are talking about. 99.9% of the people that post state how well everything works. The people that complain are the ones that don't follow the simple installation instructions. You might need to read through the thread again. Or just try it out for yourself.
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+1, agreed.
Just like the guy who wants to request a theme for a rom, that morphology has for that same rom.
READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Coming from the skyrocket which had a pretty good community I am really pleased with what developers do in their spare time and decide to share when it comes to this device.
There are so many options it can keep a flash junkie busy for a while.
Keep up the great work devs!
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I love these threads....I have an idea: If you are disappointed why don't you step up and create a solution or make your own ROM? Its easy to complain about FREE work when you don't contribute whatsoever.
True, don't complain about something people spend all their time on and give away for free ...
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We have a large dev community compared to many devices out there. I actually came from a galaxy nexus because I got bored of only aosp roms that were all pretty much the same.
(sorry, had to do it )
Tasks AOKP is by far the best ROM out there for the AT&T S3. I have run it longer than any other ROM i've tried and have had absolutely zero problems with it. I will never use anything else for this phone. Just my personal experience of course.
Whoaa guys ease up on the bashing... OP had only one sentence in his post that was negative everything else was positive.
I think everyone appreciates the hard work and time that devs put into all the different roms/kernels available out there.
Up until the late, I can agree that the 3.4 kernel builds (for any ROM including Tasks) weren't all that great which is why I was using CarbonROM with the BMS kernel (3.0).
But I updated to Tasks 4/23 and everything has been great...super super smooth.
Tasks updated kernel has been smooth. I'm running his newest now, flashes it a few hours ago and love it. The devs for the S3 are wonderful. So many more options than other android phones I've had in the past.
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If I'm reading right, OP is disappointed in AOKP and Task's AOKP.... and hasn't tried them yet?
It takes me longer to download a ROM than it does to flash it, restore data and check out all the main features for functionallity..... and you're calling them out by name without trying them?
Gutsy move.
Nothing wrong with AOKP and we have a fantastic aosp community. They seem to be more active then the original development. If anything I'm disappointed with the lack of touchwiz ROMs. All and all. We have a good community and a good group of developers here. /end thread.
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This thread sucks, I want the last 5 minutes back
3rd party ROMs are always works in progress. its not like anyone here is hiding the fact that these are all "in development". not all ROMs are "for" everyone, but that's the beauty of it, there's a flavor for everyone.
I personally prefer ROMs that are subtle improvements to the stock experience which give me a more enhanced version of what Samsung intended. BUT, there are times I'll think about getting a nexus 4, so I'll run a aosp/cm/aokp based ROM while scratching that itch. or those days I wished I had a note 2, we've got options with multi window and page buddy fully working.
if you don't like it, don't use it... simple as that. I've never critisized a ROM or developer if I don't "get" their work, that just means its not a good fit for me and I move on.
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This thread sucks, I want the last 5 minutes back
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Here you go, enjoy!
Task and his minions bashing another nice guy stating his appreciation...... Big surprise.
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Task and his minions bashing another nice guy stating his appreciation...... Big surprise.
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Huh?
1.) Looks as though you forgot something as simple as reading. Read my post again. If you consider any of that one post as bashing then I think you might need to check the emotional state you are in at the time that you read it.
2.) You're definitely not reading the OP. He pretty much stated that he hasn't even tried the ROM before judging it. That right there speaks for itself.
3.) Please do yourself a favor and grow up a little. Stirring up the pot with the highschool antics doesnt accomplish anything.
4.) Gold stars for you dude. Keep on contributing this wasteful drama here in a development site. That makes a ton of sense.

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