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100% working ROMs?

Which are fully functional? As in no real issues separate from stock? I'm having trouble sifting through the tons of WIP ICS roms and older closed threads. Which have no real issues? Thanks guys.

Darkside digital warfare by TDJ.
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If you are referring to ICS Tom's only, then none currently. They are all 99% functional though. There are some minor issues that need to be resolved and will likely not be resolved until more leaks out or T-Mobile releases some juicy code. If you are ok with some little things to be a little wonky, go for it. I advise to look for the Tom's that are constantly being updated. Since the skyrocket leak the rom world has exploded for the t989. It is only getting better and will continue to get better and more refined as time goes on and more bugs get squashed. Looks like the least buggy is blackedition but by tomorrow another may be less buggy with someone else's next release...!
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-Mr.X- stock tweak where perfect for me .
[KERNEL] Synergy v0.10 [CK3+, Autogrouping, OC, UV, BFQ, BLN, OTG]
[ROM] Telus SGH-T989D Stock, Rooted, Lightly Tweaked, 100% [CIQ Free]
Only trouble for me is the echo while calling but maybe not related at all with the ROM itself. Give it a try it wont bite.

I have tried them all, and by far the EasyDoesIt GB2.3.6 rom has given me the best results.
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grawkiller73 said:
Darkside digital warfare by TDJ.
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I would have to echo this. Been running 2.5 for a long while, and it also has the best battery life I've ever seen, and runs more stable than stock indeed.
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Prior to ics, I was running Malice. No problems at all, fast with consistent 16+ hours on battery.

For ICS, EasyDoesIt GB2.3.6 rom wins by a landslide. Raverx3x just dropped an update for his twiz rom which I have yet to try, but I'm content with EasyDoesIt. Using it as my DD with absolutely no flaws except for auto rotate but who needs that with our huge screen?

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Could you get Pdroid working on this ROM? I tried and it failed

The rom i have right now that seems to work fully is the new Malice 2 ROM that has been updated on April 2nd. The update made it even better and i installed darkside kernel into it because it actually comes with faux kernel but darkside is by far the best imo...and under clocked it to 1404. Everything works even the sending MMS thru wifi. I have 67% battery life right now and my phone has been on for almost 7 hours with average to moderate use. Try it its one of the best Roms out right now. Its not a ICS rom but its close to 100% working though.
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Are the new fd worth upgrading from fc22

So I'm asking for sort of a review of smoothness and speed of the new fd roms compared to fc18 or fc22. Thanks for your input?
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jarnail24 said:
So I'm asking for sort of a review of smoothness and speed of the new fd roms compared to fc18 or fc22. Thanks for your input?
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Read here and see what people said about it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1580802

jarnail24 said:
So I'm asking for sort of a review of smoothness and speed of the new fd roms compared to fc18 or fc22. Thanks for your input?
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Hold off until fd05, which has already been leaked but not leaked widespread yet.
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You will probably get different answers from everybody. I am still using FC15 myself
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JohnCorleone said:
You will probably get different answers from everybody. I am still using FC15 myself
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Exactly why I said hold off. There hasn't been a noticeable improvement since the mid fc15 builds.
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I had some problems with FD02 but it may have been applications. Some applications would freeze the phone or sometime just bringing up messages would lock the phone up. I would just have to wait for lock screen, then unlock and see what crashed. The older versions seem slightly more stable in my experience.

If you are working fine, stable with FC22 there's no reason to be flash crazy. Right now they all have their own issues that seem to be a bit different for everyone.
Wait until a Beta finally shows up, or you hear a lot of rave about a certain new leak and try then.. but right now not 'much' is changing from one leak to another.

huge difference the fd05 is the smoothest release yet
definitely flash

I normally don't upgrade til at least three builds newer are out if that makes sense. Unless there is a huge improvement. I am on FD02 and will most likely stay on it until FD10 is released, if it is released. If you are on a setup right now and its working for you. Hang tight. Cause as soon as you flash FD02/05 then FD10 will be out. Just my thoughts on it.

Are you guys talking about Modem or Kernel?

I have been running the FD10 Modem and Kernel on a FD02 build for the last few days and honestly it seems silky smooth for me. No scripts or undervolting at this point and so far I am getting good battery life out of it too.

I'm on calkulin's E4GT2 v.1.4. (FD02). The only bugs I've seen are that some apps aren't compatible, and the sound notification issue. It doesn't support boot animations and i wouldn't chance flashing any themes. It does support different launchers like go launcher so you can theme it that way. Other than that it is very smooth and solid with EVERYTHING else working including hotspot. Good battery life and no over heating. Came from blazer 4.1 which is awesome and very customizable but caused some battery issues. Although there is a stick FD10 posted in the Dev section, there aren't any custom Roms running on FD10. So I'm gonna stick with Calkulins fdo2 until i see something better. I have tried the goodness and its also good but only 4g hotspot. I need 3g so it was a no.go. Hope this was helpful and as far as SOLID ROMS GO Calkulins are the beast! Thanks calk for all you do. Always go with him first. Sent from my E4GTouch myself oh baby i love this phone

Latest is the greatest ......right? :what:
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im on aokp with fd02 kernel and modem, best battery life i have ever seen on my device, also the smoothest ive seen, but its the only 4.0.4 i have ran. The fd02 modem doesnt seem all that great for me though, having more problems in low coverage areas than before. as in it didnt work where it used to kinda barely work.

FC24 modem + 4.1 blazer ROM = perfection.
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FC24 modem + 4.1 blazer ROM = perfection.
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I will second that. I was using fd05 with decent results but the battery life suffered. Atleast for me fc24 was great signal and great battery too.
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Heck ya the latest fdo2 Calkins rom is da sheezy!

So...how many of you guys sticking onto EL29?

Just wondering if you guys are sticking to GB and why. I've tried FF18 and it's okay. CM9 is amazing but I don't think its solid like EL29 (IMO). But overall CM9 is solid. No flaming but I want to hear what you guys think.
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Still on el29 blazer rom until something can budge me from wanting to flash.
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Sucking on Call's EL29 for the battery life and lack of bugs.
None of the ICS builds last me a whole work day. GB gives me a consistent 18 - 36 hours depending on usage.
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Back to the one truly perfect rom (Calk's EL29) for me, too. I've tried ICS in many flavors (Calk's, mijj's, Phantom's) and they all have various issues. Be it poor battery life, MMS not working, audio bugs, Pandora not playing, GPS not locking, whatever, ICS sucks on the E4GT. The only ICS ROM that I've had any success with was CM9, but I use AllShare almost daily so that isn't a go for me.
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I'm trying to decide between EL29 and CM9.
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I'm on Calkulins El 29 myself I'm staying here until ICS is worked out, and the phone will work itself out eventually, trust the devs since the source kernel has been put out, slowly but surely we will see battery life improvements among the many other things!

Haha thats a trip ...yeah el29 is a solid build ...to be honest i like ginger bread...running calks 3.0
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Went to cm9 and probably won't return to a stock ish Rom any time soon. Have had great results with latest nightly and kernel from source combo.
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I dont get how you all are having issues with ICS Ive used ROMs from Venum, and other members of Team Venum. Using Dazed's Wicked Sensation 1.5 now. Great battery life, plenty fast for me. I did change the Kernel and modem to FF02 though. seems to work best for my phone. Ive used Blend, Blu Kuban, Anakonda, Boa, ICE, AOKP, CM9, Frankenstein's ego. Never had an issue with any of them. Well... except for not flashing AOKP right a couple times. Got it figured out fairly quickly Even running Placebo tweaks and havent had issues at all. One thing or another may not work on one ROM or another. but always found a work around for them. Im just learning all this stuff though. Havent really gotten in to the meat an potatos of it all yet. But Im learning.
Anyways... long answer just to say I Love ICS. Cant wait to try Jellybean.

Back to Calk's 3.0
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I love ics but the horrible speeds I encounter with my bandwidth brought me back to gb. I tried everything to get descent speeds and ended up losing the battle. Even resorted going back to stock ota and bringing the phone to Sprint so they could look at it. GB is the place to be for me and my bandwidth. I just wish the forum would branch sub cats for ics and GB users so I don't have to scroll for 20 mins looking for old GB roms
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donsh00tmesanta said:
Back to Calk's 3.0
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I can't flash calks 3.0 what modem should I be flashing? I'm in stock rooted el.29 what directions should I be doing? I tried today and soft bricked my phone and had to odin back to rooted .29
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ICS reminds me of Windows ME! It was just not a finished product, and with Jelly bean in the very near future, it's shaping up to be just like it. Ics needs that shot in the arm that it lacked for smoothness and other things. All i can say is BUTTER! ! !

On Calk 3.0. Considering a switch to CM9.

Bmali said:
I can't flash calks 3.0 what modem should I be flashing? I'm in stock rooted el.29 what directions should I be doing? I tried today and soft bricked my phone and had to odin back to rooted .29
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Did you install cwm? also try to redownload it. But to a PC. Transfer to the sd card and reboot into recovery do the wipe thing and install reboot and enjoy
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On caulk 3.0 buttery smooth baby
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Calks 3.0 tweaked out
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davidstjohn1 said:
ICS reminds me of Windows ME! It was just not a finished product, and with Jelly bean in the very near future, it's shaping up to be just like it. Ics needs that shot in the arm that it lacked for smoothness and other things. All i can say is BUTTER! ! !
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Oh and let's not forget vista since we are going there. Even google stated in there press conference when they announced jb the all around goal was to smooth out the os and tighten everything up. I pray we get it!
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I like stock experience (EL29) but since kernel source (ICS) dropped I gave it another chance to my favorite REAL ROM CyanogenMod9 7/21 from chris41g with his source kernel 2.5 so far excellent. (All the issues I had disappeared with the source kernel)
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Calkulin's EL29 2.8.1 specifically. I liked that older version better than 2.9.x's

juggalo1300 said:
Did you install cwm? also try to redownload it. But to a PC. Transfer to the sd card and reboot into recovery do the wipe thing and install reboot and enjoy
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Yes I have rogue clockwork and no go
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What Rom Should I get?

I've been on Calkulins EGT.ROM from the get go and I loved that he was always on top of his ROM. Now that he has bailed this ROM has gotten old and outdated. I want some suggestions on what Rom I should jump to next. Right now I'm on Calkulin's E4GT v3.0 EL29 using modem FB21. Last few weeks I've been trying out different modems but none seem to work out for me. I'm in Central California if that makes a difference. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Also if this still is the best ROM available can you tell me what modem is working the best for you? I've tried so many I forgot which one was giving me the best battery life and connection.

Stay on whatever modem works best for you man, it varies area to area phone to phone.... insofar as roms I'm loving sbrissens aosp jelly bean, which is extremely stable for an alpha and a great daily driver... should you want something that's 100% more or less though I'd look into either blue Kuban or goodness, both of which are ics touchwiz based like caulks ROM...
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I'm not much of a cell phone freak. I just hate that the GPS sometimes doesn't work and the battery seems to drain faster than it did before.

Guillo1 said:
I'm not much of a cell phone freak. I just hate that the GPS sometimes doesn't work and the battery seems to drain faster than it did before.
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GPS is what it is and its just a matter of trying different modems till you figure out what works best for you... insofar as battery how old is your phone? Might be time for a new one, does it spin freely when you set it on a flat surface? And that being the case I would for sure just go with blue kuban or goodness those are probably the most stable easiest ICS ROMs we have...
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Have you looked at CynogenMod10 (CM10)? I highly recommend it. It is in Alpha 5.1 right now and I haven't had ANY issues with coverage. It's super smooth, and it's jellybean.
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I've been on Calkulins EGT.ROM from the get go and I loved that he was always on top of his ROM. Now that he has bailed this ROM has gotten old and outdated. I want some suggestions on what Rom I should jump to next. Right now I'm on Calkulin's E4GT v3.0 EL29 using modem FB21. Last few weeks I've been trying out different modems but none seem to work out for me. I'm in Central California if that makes a difference. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Also if this still is the best ROM available can you tell me what modem is working the best for you? I've tried so many I forgot which one was giving me the best battery life and connection.
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I suggest the blu Kuban
Battery is great ,looks good..a lot of things to change to your liking
And the connection is good..he has some speed tweaks of I'm not mistaken
* I'm on the fh13 modem if that helps any
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There is a stock rooted FH13 floating around that is nice, very normal/basic ICS. I just don't use TW.

+1 for CM10 (I also jumped from Calk's ROMs). It's very smooth and very stable as of v5.1. Minor glitches here and there with audio volume, but other than that all major issues have been resolved.

I think my phone hates the CM10JB alpha for some reason ...GPS never works and battery life is horrible, I use some tweaked stock Rom.
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Fh23 rooted is a nice simple ics ROM too.
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m'ICS v1.4....hehe shameless self promotion.
Honestly though its stable, fast and great on battery
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m'ICS v1.4....hehe shameless self promotion.
Honestly though its stable, fast and great on battery
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^^he is right tho.. ran it for a while and it was great :beer:
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^^he is right tho.. ran it for a while and it was great :beer:
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Still my DD since 1.1 dropped.
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Which ROM besides stock gingerbread has the longest battery life?
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CM9 is my favorite right now for a lot of reasons. Although I'll definitely be moving on to CM10 once things have been ironed out a bit more.
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Which ROM besides stock gingerbread has the longest battery life?
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Battery life is subjective based on use habits and what apps you have installed. However, blu kuban has served me very well, especially since the "battery life issue" (according to Samsung/Sprint) update of fh13.
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Team Venum's cRaCk_StOcK is based on FH23, no probs with GPS, modem good, battery great, and it still offers that nice TW look if you want. It's a great blend of a few tweaks on a solid stock look.

As you see everyone here has different opinions of what ROM you should flash because we all have different likes or needs when it comes to what we put on our phones. I've flashed almost every ROM that's available for our phone, but I always come back to CM9.
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piscesjoey said:
As you see everyone here has different opinions of what ROM you should flash because we all have different likes or needs when it comes to what we put on our phones. I've flashed almost every ROM that's available for our phone, but I always come back to CM9.
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I just picked up one of these phones to replace an original epic 4g (thing was great but after being dropped 5007 times it finally quit). I was using CM9 for a while on it but the GPS seemed flakey from time to time. As far as on this model, does GPS work well with CM9? The main things I need the phone to do without fail is make phone calls and GPS.
With that said, would CM9 be the suggested route or another basic rom?

daniel4653 said:
Fh23 rooted is a nice simple ics ROM too.
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And if you want close to stock lightly tweaked and light theme try agats roms
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El29 mods

Yes I am still on gingerbread. Its much smoother than ice cream sandwich and not as bloated feeling. But I'm on stock and I would like the extended toggles and hotspot hack.
I am eagerly waiting for official jelly bean though
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colonel.shepard said:
Yes I am still on gingerbread. Its much smoother than ice cream sandwich and not as bloated feeling. But I'm on stock and I would like the extended toggles and hotspot hack.
I am eagerly waiting for official jelly bean though
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I believe you will need to go to ics to get those features. They are not available on GB kernal. If you are interrested in rooting and going with a custom rom, i would recommend CM9 for ics. I used it as a dd for weeks,. Its the way ics should work.

Blazer 4.1 or calkulins 3.0 have ex toggles and hotspot hack on gb, although ics is much more stable since fi27, you should try out a few roms and not just go by stock. Stock always sucks, that's why we root and rom if we wanted to be stuck stock we'd buy crapple
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Well I did download fi27 black ROM but my gf has the same phone and she's always complaining lol....random reboots are one
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colonel.shepard said:
Well I did download fi27 black ROM but my gf has the same phone and she's always complaining lol....random reboots are one
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Make sure to do a clean install and not just upgrade retaining data. The changes between GB and ICS make for a huge flustercuck when you just update and don't fully wipe and start fresh. I was on ICS/JB since march, mostly aokp or PA and never had any issues except bad battery life when I got the bulge, after I replaced the battery I was getting ridiculous battery life on ics aokp 7+hrs screen on with 12hrs on battery or 28hrs+ on battery with 3.5-4hrs screen on
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Make sure to do a clean install and not just upgrade retaining data. The changes between GB and ICS make for a huge flustercuck when you just update and don't fully wipe and start fresh. I was on ICS/JB since march, mostly aokp or PA and never had any issues except bad battery life when I got the bulge, after I replaced the battery I was getting ridiculous battery life on ics aokp 7+hrs screen on with 12hrs on battery or 28hrs+ on battery with 3.5-4hrs screen on
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Wow!! Are you recommending aokp?
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Yea since march I've only run aokp or PA mostly aokp. I got the best battery life with times_infinity 07/20 build and chris41g twrp aosp source kernel, I think it was #13 I upgraded to the gs3 last night so can't look at what kernel version was on the gs2 right at the moment
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Fk23 is amazing