New To Note 2 custom roms, Recommendations? - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
Just wonder what would you guys recommend me try for a custom rom for my new Note 2?
I wish to have the following:
1. Good Battery
2. Similar to Original Samsung Rom, e.g. with all the S Apps etc.
3. Easy to use.

caudex said:
Hi,
Just wonder what would you guys recommend me try for a custom rom for my new Note 2?
I wish to have the following:
1. Good Battery
2. Similar to Original Samsung Rom, e.g. with all the S Apps etc.
3. Easy to use.
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Try any of these 3 roms,they're the best in my opinion
1-Omega rom v6.0
2-Android Revolution HD v4.1
3-Wanamlite v1.5
And if u want the best battery life flash RedPill v0.5 kernel

What's the point in using a custom ROM anyway? People nowadays are crazy about them but I never seen the point!

jujuburi said:
What's the point in using a custom ROM anyway? People nowadays are crazy about them but I never seen the point!
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No offense but you'll never "see the point" until you try one out for yourself. Custom Roms offer more than you can possibly imagine if you know what you're doing. All it takes to know what you're doing, is to read as much as you possibly can, because everything you'll need to know is located in these forums! There's definitely a reason why people go "crazy" over these custom roms!
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What he said above. Read read read read. Then try reading some more...
I have a whole bunch of devices...

Wanamlite 2.2 + redpill kernel . I got 13-15hours of screen on usage with airplane mode on.
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I found HyperNote 0.4 with RedPill v.1.0 a very good solution. No matter what other ROM I try, I will be back on that combo pretty fast. IMHO it cuts out all the unnecessary stuff, while keeping the goodies alive (I love quick glance for example). Only downside is that the devs will only support official releases, means we are still waiting for an update to 4.1.2. Also I think their most efforts go now into HyperDroid (which is based on CM10). But then again, why fix something that works pretty perfect already.

The problem with hypernote is that they will reduce dpis further and it'd eventually get too low.

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Rooted, now what?

I rooted my incredible 2, and now I don't know what to do with it. I swapped radios and removed all the useless Verizon bloatware. And now I don't know what to do , i have been enjoying the slightly longer battery life with the bloatware gone, but i'm sorta bored. can anyone suggest me stuff? Like cool root only apps / tricks & hacks & mods (not roms)? please and thank you <3.
Also in an unrelated question, is it possible to remove that stupid Verizon column from the app draw? like 100% removed, not hidden?
What your talking about limits you a ton. Why not flash a custom rom and kernal. Your'll notice a difference right away. Otherwise, I'm not sure why you rooted/ S-OFF your phone. Kind of pointless then.
sjpritch25 said:
What your talking about limits you a ton. Why not flash a custom rom and kernal. Your'll notice a difference right away. Otherwise, I'm not sure why you rooted/ S-OFF your phone. Kind of pointless then.
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I'm inclined to agree this statement.
I'd recommend titanium backup, and then any aosp roms to really unleash your potential.
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^ i'll be sure to check that out ^^ and i don't want any roms, i enjoy my stock rom, i've always had ALOT of trouble with custom roms.
If you are happy with the "stripped" stock ROM with bloatware gone after rooting, then don't mess around with custom ROM and unfamiliar steps that you are not comfortable with, or else you could (soft) brick it .... (if it ain't broke, don't fix it or change anything) and end up in the twilight zone, LOL.
Read & just follow some of the discussions, roms & mods, and read about other's (mis)steps. Generally speaking, learn & do proper Backup & Restore first from Recovery, and, the basics in Titanium Backup - it's the foundation for going beyond ....
elvensbane said:
I rooted my incredible 2, and now I don't know what to do with it. I swapped radios and removed all the useless Verizon bloatware. And now I don't know what to do , i have been enjoying the slightly longer battery life with the bloatware gone, but i'm sorta bored. can anyone suggest me stuff? Like cool root only apps / tricks & hacks & mods (not roms)? please and thank you <3.
Also in an unrelated question, is it possible to remove that stupid Verizon column from the app draw? like 100% removed, not hidden?
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in case you haven't yet I suggest rom manager if you dont like going into recovery to make a current back up of your stock rom since you're rooted this will come in handy in case you do decide to try something new
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elvensbane said:
^ i'll be sure to check that out ^^ and i don't want any roms, i enjoy my stock rom, i've always had ALOT of trouble with custom roms.
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Looking at your previous topics, looks like you failed to do a wipe&reflash. Could be why you had trouble.
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Rock-Steady ROMs?

All,
I want to root my Galaxy Nexus. The only thing keeping me from doing so are the potential bugs that I hear some ROMs have with some critical features.
Service/Reception
Data Connection
GPS
These are the three most important features to me that I do not want to be broken/buggy. In the past, many ROMs have had faulty GPS for me.
My question to you all is, what are some ROM/Kernel combos that are rock-steady in regards to my three criteria? I don't want to deal with workarounds or fixes. Anything that just works at the moment? (really only interested in stable releases)
Thanks!
I have had very few bugs on all of the roms I have tried. I would recommend bamfs paradigm rom or rascream. As far as kernels go as long as you try a stable release rather than experimental then you should be fine with most any devs kernel that you try. I currently use trinity kernels latest stable release.
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Thanks for the heads up - I've never heard of Paradigm or RAScream. Any glaring differences between the two as opposed to say, AOKP?
People seem to rave about Franco kernel so I'd probably go with that one initially.
thenamesian said:
Thanks for the heads up - I've never heard of Paradigm or RAScream. Any glaring differences between the two as opposed to say, AOKP?
People seem to rave about Franco kernel so I'd probably go with that one initially.
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AOKP has a lot more added to it than either of the two I mentioned. Paradigm and Rascream are closer to stock with some useful options added. Rascream is more minimal, a few less options to keep the rom light, but it does have toggles, nav bar, and lockscreen options. Rascream is also themed and looks nice. No theme manager.
Paradigm is really nice, has some unique features that I haven't seen in any other roms. Unique pulldown toggles, lockscreen flashlight built in, navbar and lockscreen options. Next release will have theme manager.
Paradigm: http://www.teambamf.net/topic/3212-rom-bamf-paradigm-v125-404/
Rascream:http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/rascream/
Thanks for the great info. Theme managers matter little to me so those sound good. I do like the notification pulldowns, lockscreen options (although I use a PIN so most of those don't pertain to me).
One more question (been awhile since I flashed anything) -- I flash the ROM first, then GAPPS, and then Kernel, correct?
Also, I'm already unlocked. Once I root, am I going to be wiping my storage once again? Pictures, vids, etc.
Thanks!!
thenamesian said:
Thanks for the great info. Theme managers matter little to me so those sound good. I do like the notification pulldowns, lockscreen options (although I use a PIN so most of those don't pertain to me).
One more question (been awhile since I flashed anything) -- I flash the ROM first, then GAPPS, and then Kernel, correct?
Also, I'm already unlocked. Once I root, am I going to be wiping my storage once again? Pictures, vids, etc.
Thanks!!
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I have found Aokp to be super duper stable. It is fast and has absolutely no reboots or FCs.
I use B38 Aokp & Franco latest
I have never had any problems when flashing as I always follow the steps below.
Do a factory reset
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik
Then flash rom
Flash gapps
boot.
After signing into Google.
Reboot into recovery
Wipe cache & dalvik
Flash kernel
Reboot
If already unlocked then you will not lose data on sd card when rooting.
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thenamesian said:
My question to you all is, what are some ROM/Kernel combos that are rock-steady in regards to my three criteria? I don't want to deal with workarounds or fixes. Anything that just works at the moment? (really only interested in stable releases)
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Uh... Stock.
Rock-steady ROMs
I have been very pleased with TranquilIce 8.0. Smooth, clean, steady, and full of customization options.
thenamesian said:
Thanks for the great info. Theme managers matter little to me so those sound good. I do like the notification pulldowns, lockscreen options (although I use a PIN so most of those don't pertain to me).
One more question (been awhile since I flashed anything) -- I flash the ROM first, then GAPPS, and then Kernel, correct?
Also, I'm already unlocked. Once I root, am I going to be wiping my storage once again? Pictures, vids, etc.
Thanks!!
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Yes that is correct. Read the threads though because some roms have gapps included (rascream) or specific gapps that go with the rom (paradigm)
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martonikaj said:
Uh... Stock.
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How do I downvote you?
+1 to AOKP. No problems whatsoever here.
APeaceofStrange said:
Yes that is correct. Read the threads though because some roms have gapps included (rascream) or specific gapps that go with the rom (paradigm)
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Duly noted. Thanks all.
thenamesian said:
Duly noted. Thanks all.
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U also use Franco. It works rather well. I only use final releases though.
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I've used AOKP, RASCream, and CM9. None of which had any show stopper bugs.
Anyone have problems with MMS on any of these?
The root (no pun intended) of all my concern stems from my old EVO 4G days when many things were usually broken. It's good to see all of this stability now.
thenamesian said:
Anyone have problems with MMS on any of these?
The root (no pun intended) of all my concern stems from my old EVO 4G days when many things were usually broken. It's good to see all of this stability now.
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This phone is rock solid in general man, I know what you mean though - I came from the Sensation which had lots of broken things and buggy roms. The GN is a beast though.
Sweet!
imo bugless beast has the best combination of stability and battery life
all roms.and use stock kernel to avoid data drops bug etc.haven't ever had this,but many users had.IMHO you can go without preoccupation,nothin so hard or bad.if you have at least some of these problems you can change kernel and try,raise min cpu to 700,etc etc.they aren't nor tricks,noe escamotage,simply a good way to achive thatproblems.not things that a nooob\lazy users can't do.
personally i use blackice rom+glados kernel.tried all roms e kernel,many many rom are fast and stable,some with many many features,some with a bit,but i haven't ever found an instable rom or withy many bugs.only stock kernel and stock rom i haven'e ever used,fdlashed custom's after 2 minutes that i buyed this phone.cheers
I use ICSourcery. Haven't had any issues with it and you customize it pretty good too.
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Galaxy Nexus JellyBean ROM Feature Comparison

As most users on XDA, I've got a rooted device that I want to use a custom ROM on, and there are so many choices it makes choosing a ROM very difficult.
And it is all a matter of preference, depending what included features (included Gapps, default launcher, notification options, etc) or what base it is built from (CM10, AOSP, AOKP, etc) everyone has their own preference.
I created this public spreadsheet, but I thought it may be useful for others, and allow others to possibly to keep track of what features are included out-of-the-box on different custom ROMs. It has really taken off since I originally created it.
http://goo.gl/U8a0E
Hopefully this can help others like me who want to quickly know what features they will or won't have with different custom ROMs.
I considered trying to do a forum post on this, but obviously I would have to keep up with updates myself on Post #1 like most stickied reference posts, that's why I thought a public Google Spreadsheet would be more helpful as anyone can update it.
Overall, a lot of this will probably be moot once a stable CM10 is released, but we never really know how long that can take. And we all know there will still be customizations made to it, one I can think of specifically is Paranoid Android.
Thanks everyone who makes updates to the sheet. I would also like to throw out a HUGE thank you to the custom ROM makers giving us stable ROMs that meet our individual needs.
And, as the Google Doc can be viewed by ANYONE, must get permission on google account to edit.
My personal "Must Haves":
- T9 Dialer (avoid having to install separate dialer app)
- Customizable Notification drop down for Additional Toggles (this has replaced the need for Widgetsoid2 since I can have the Flashlight and Wifi AP here.)
- Reboot and Reboot to Recovery in Power Menu (Mostly Reboot as a minimum as I sometimes forget to turn it back on if I Poweroff)
- Battery Percentage in Status Bar (The logo itself is no where near specific enough for my needs, and I now prefer the circle style)
NOVEMBER 24, 2012 UPDATE: Personally I've switched over to Paranoid Android 2.99.3 (beta 3), it doesn't have my personal must haves yet, but I'm sure it will, currently I'd rather have 4.2 and lose a few features, than be running 4.1.2, it is one of the first roms with customizations to be released on AOSP 4.2, so until it is 3.x it could have some bugs.
HwyXingFrog said:
I've tried a few ROMs on my Unlocked GSM Galaxy Nexus and am still trying to find the ROM that has all the features I want. And is the most stable with those features.
I just created this public spreadsheet, mostly for my own use so it is very basic at the moment. But I thought it may be useful for others, and allow others to possibly to keep track of what features are included out-of-the-box on different custom ROMs.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AggpxyzXBu--dEZMWnZTUWtMVXBpdHNteW5zTXpRVmc
Hopefully this can help others like me who want to quickly know what features they will or won't have with different custom ROMs.
I considered trying to do a forum post on this, but obviously I would have to keep up with updates myself on Post #1 like most stickied reference posts, that's why I thought a public Google Spreadsheet would be more helpful as anyone can update it.
Like I said, it is very empty right now and is completely open to others who want to make changes to it.
Overall, a lot of this will probably be moot once a stable CM10 is released, but we never really know how long that can take. And we all know there will still be customizations made to it, one I can think of specifically is Paranoid Android, and I haven't even included it on the Google Spreadsheet yet as I still haven't tried it.
I would like to throw out a HUGE thank you to the custom ROM makers giving us stable and fast versions of what CM10 can't do yet, isn't stable enough to use yet, or may never do in some cases.
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This is nice. I have bought gnex seven days ago and tried every JB ROM so far.
Also I noticed that paranoid, like you said ( the only ROM that I am using as a daily driver ) is not on this list.
You really should try his alpha 1.9.1 with included kernel. Well now all kernels work on this ROM. But I think that gnex is the beast already and doesnt need any Custom kernels.
Hey I like Franco kernel and I purchased his app and I am playing a lot with it, but as long as I need decent battery life I will use stock kernel. On that ROM I had only 2% of battery dropped in amazing 6 night hours. I just couldnt believe my eyes.
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dejson said:
This is nice. I have bought gnex seven days ago and tried every JB ROM so far.
Also I noticed that paranoid, like you said ( the only ROM that I am using as a daily driver ) is not on this list.
You really should try his alpha 1.9.1 with included kernel. Well now all kernels work on this ROM. But I think that gnex is the beast already and doesnt need any Custom kernels.
Hey I like Franco kernel and I purchased his app and I am playing a lot with it, but as long as I need decent battery life I will use stock kernel. On that ROM I had only 2% of battery dropped in amazing 6 night hours. I just couldnt believe my eyes.
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Yeah, I was trying to find a good ROM to get me by until CM10 was officially released as "Stable", and I was going to wait until that to try Paranoid Android, especially with all the customization I can do in it.
I may have to give it a try, maybe once I see my spreadsheet fill up with more user input. I'm already seeing a lot of activity on the sheet.
HwyXingFrog said:
Yeah, I was trying to find a good ROM to get me by until CM10 was officially released as "Stable", and I was going to wait until that to try Paranoid Android, especially with all the customization I can do in it.
I may have to give it a try, maybe once I see my spreadsheet fill up with more user input. I'm already seeing a lot of activity on the sheet.
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Great thing, i've just checked the document and cant believe. Excellent and I'm glad to see that there is no problems with paranoid rom so far. I respect the work of all developers, but for me paranoid is the best so far, phablet mode is excellent and original approach.
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Great thing, i've just checked the document and cant believe. Excellent and I'm glad to see that there is no problems with paranoid rom so far. I respect the work of all developers, but for me paranoid is the best so far, phablet mode is excellent and original approach.
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+1
Great idea, love the list. Love the idea of being able to let anyone edit it.
Excellent
ThunderStick said:
Great idea, love the list. Love the idea of being able to let anyone edit it.
Excellent
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Thanks, I assume you added Soft and Chewy.
I'm downloading the newest CM10 and JellyBro to load onto my Nexus quick, hopefully I will get those two filled in completely, then at least I will know where my baseline is for my own personal comparison.
A few people have messed it up a bit and I'm sure some changes got lost, but if I don't leave it wide open, I know a lot of people won't make changes.
So, after all of that, and the spreadsheet getting updated by users pretty nicely, it looks like there is a functional enough CM10 (from the +Google page) v1.8 that is stable enough for me to start using as a daily driver for at least a few days.
I'll be using Gapps-b as I need Picasa sync to be working.
Damn! That's great work, well done! Keeping this up to date will be the hardest part but if you manage it you will help the Galaxy Nexus community a lot! I'll try to help. Keep up the good work.
HwyXingFrog said:
Thanks, I assume you added Soft and Chewy.
I'm downloading the newest CM10 and JellyBro to load onto my Nexus quick, hopefully I will get those two filled in completely, then at least I will know where my baseline is for my own personal comparison.
A few people have messed it up a bit and I'm sure some changes got lost, but if I don't leave it wide open, I know a lot of people won't make changes.
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I would probably leave the battery life comparison off. This is very subjective on any Rom or device.
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ThunderStick said:
I would probably leave the battery life comparison off. This is very subjective on any Rom or device.
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I agree, I didn't put the battery life on there, all roms except the Nightlies like to advertise "Good" battery life anyway.
That's one of the issues with leaving it editable by anyone.
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That's one of the issues with leaving it editable by anyone.
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You could leave the public version as is, but add a "revised" version (editable only by you) that weeds out any egregious and obvious inaccuracies.
Oops misread.
I started one of these back in the day for the droid Eris. You should be able to leave it public, you can always see and revert changes.
Can we get a column for cdma vs GSM?
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Thanks for sharing man! Im using xenonhd ad my first custom ROM band its fine
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So, overall, I definitely accomplished what I wanted to do with the Google Doc, everyone has been awesome with their updates to it.
But, for myself, the Doc is basically useless as soon as I found CM10 v1.8 on the +Google page, which is basically a very stable nightly (although it isn't), it is exactly what I wanted....
It's very stable, gives me all the features I have as my "Bare Minimum"
- Toggles in notification screen
- Battery Percentage in Status bar
- Reboot options in shutdown menu
I ended up in the exact same state after trying numerous custom roms on my HTC Desire and Motorola Atrix previously, always just ending up with CyanogenMod7.
And I happened to just fall onto the +Google post with v1.8 while compiling the Google Doc. Was about to download 1.3 then 1.8 was posted and I'm LOVING it.
And as long as I stick to CM10, I shouldn't have to wipe my data, I'm tired of doing all my Titanium Restores (as I don't have the paid version).
Again, thanks everyone for updating the Google Doc, and as I've made it public, anyone should be able to update it and keep it updated for other people out there that want to use custom roms. And if anyone ever needs to revert anything that really breaks it, all you have to do is log in with your google account.
I really hope it helps some people find the ROM they want to use for their specific needs. And it would be nice to see more of these for different devices, especially for devices not officially supported by CyanogenMod. I may have to get one started for my Motorola Atrix 4G.
Anyone notice this on both CM official and jelly bro.
There's no Document Viewer app??? it's in stock! I can view pdf, microsoft word, without needing to download 3rd party app.
Show widget before lockscreen seems not working in both CM official and jelly bro.
Great work. Should always be maintained and help users what they really want.
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Bayint Naung said:
Anyone notice this on both CM official and jelly bro.
There's no Document Viewer app??? it's in stock! I can view pdf, microsoft word, without needing to download 3rd party app.
Show widget before lockscreen seems not working in both CM official and jelly bro.
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It may be in stock, but is not in AOSP.
Plenty of apps on the market for it, which is how we justify not adding one.
adrynalyne said:
It may be in stock, but is not in AOSP.
Plenty of apps on the market for it, which is how we justify not adding one.
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Speaking of that, does anyone know what document viewer the stock Nexus uses, and if there is an Play App, or APK I can install on CM10 that is the same.
I have Documents to Go, but I'm wondering what the Stock nexus one is.
I've added this to the spreadsheet as CM10 not having one, so if we know which app the Stock has I can put that on the spreadsheet.
Thanks.

[Q] Q&A and list of bugs for custom roms

im looking to flash a new rom and i want to thoroughly reserach it before flashing. Does anyone know where I can find FAQs and list of issues to the following roms?
Such as something like AOKP has
[ROM] AOKP(Jellybean 4.2.1 )Task650 (2.2.2013b) (AT&T)
FAQ:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29198513&postcount=3
Q&A: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29198513#post29198513
[ROM][CM10:Hybrid] PARANOIDANDROID 2.55 (11/21)
Q&A: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1819441
Though I couldnt find a summary or a list of report bugs
[ROM][PA:AOKP] ParanoidKANGdroid 1.40 (11/21) The Most Customizable ROM on Earth!
I couldnt find any Q&A for this ROM, but PA had it......
[ROM][OFFICIAL] CyanogenMod 10 Nightly Builds for SGH-I747
Q&A: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786563
I couldnt find list of bugs for CM10, speciifcally for stable or Milestones.
If there is a link to what I'm asking for above that will be great. If not, i'll continue reading through the threads.
I'm looking at CM10 and I've been reading lots of issues even at stable......sometimes it makes me think
1) Why do people flash custom roms?
2) is it worth getting a new menu but in exchange your camera, bt, or whatever might not work. Or worse yet, something that you need but only discover that it doesnt work when you use it on the spot?
understand that some of these roms have bugs to be worked out due to the fact that they're still very new. also, many users experience bugs/glitches, etc on stable roms because they dont follow the developers installation instructions. take the time to read up on these roms and you'll be able to conclude that many bugs are the result of user error. a solid rom by a great developer (installed properly) can make your S3 the best phone you've ever had. what are you running at the moment?
xBeerdroiDx said:
understand that some of these roms have bugs to be worked out due to the fact that they're still very new. also, many users experience bugs/glitches, etc on stable roms because they dont follow the developers installation instructions. take the time to read up on these roms and you'll be able to conclude that many bugs are the result of user error. a solid rom by a great developer (installed properly) can make your S3 the best phone you've ever had. what are you running at the moment?
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running Paranoid Android.
It's fairly stable, I haven't ran into too many problems yet.
I did notice it was a bit laggier than my stock ICS after my ICS was supercharged with V6.
its also a bit laggier on games.
It delivers a few customizations i like, like calls only log, custom boot animation, customizable quick launch, face unlock that is fickle.....but i just cant see as of right now why I would change? I lose the ability to make folders on trebuchet (yes....i know Nova Prime), I lose hand swipe screen capture, i lose smart stay (yes there are apps for it). I almost wnat to say battery is a bit worse than stock, during idle its about the same.
You also lose s planner which i found a replacement apps. It just seems like a lot of work restoring sms, tibu, changing all settings to your liking, reinstalling launcher and load settings, loading contact information etc etc for the ability to add toggles, sliding background......
I'm cool for the aesthetics, but i wonder is there any practical improvements, as in performance, speed, signal, battery life.... i think i would enjoy that rom better..........would going to AOKP be the one for me?
I enjoy AOKP, but I could care less about many of the touchwiz features that many people look for/enjoy. I love the performance and reliability of AOKP as well as the ability to tweak/customize. Download Super Backup for your sms/apps, etc, make a nandroid and give something else a shot if you'd like. I've been using AOKP's 4.1.2 release since late last year and I'm not switching any time soon. I've downloaded and flashed the Nexus 4 camera (on xda forum) and have exactly the S3 I want
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xBeerdroiDx said:
I enjoy AOKP, but I could care less about many of the touchwiz features that many people look for/enjoy. I love the performance and reliability of AOKP as well as the ability to tweak/customize. Download Super Backup for your sms/apps, etc, make a nandroid and give something else a shot if you'd like. I've been using AOKP's 4.1.2 release since late last year and I'm not switching any time soon. I've downloaded and flashed the Nexus 4 camera (on xda forum) and have exactly the S3 I want
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Yea i figured i'd jump to AOKP next since PA has CM10 integrated within it already.
I've also tried Ariel (ICS rom), not only did it lack customizability, it wasnt stable. it felt like a less stable version of stock..... i was highly disappointed in my first custom rom. Its not that i like TW necessarily, but the way that everything is set up, its pretty smooth for me and the battery is good too.
I want to try out AOKP or PK before making a decision though.

[Q] most stable ROM?

Sorry for being retarded, but I can't find anything about multi window feature in custom ROMs long feature list. I hate those useless feature with plenty of S, so I am looking for a vanilla ROM with:
1. Multi window feature
2. Change display mode from standard to natural,
3. S-Note
That is all. I don't need any fancy colorize or anything like samsung accounts, or smartstay, etc. Only a fast and stable phone to work with.
As for S-Note, if I can get its replacement so that I can write anything pretty quick, I can live with that.
Any suggestion which ROM does that? Or every ROM basically has those options without mention it?
Thank you
prd00 said:
Sorry for being retarded, but I can't find anything about multi window feature in custom ROMs long feature list. I hate those useless feature with plenty of S, so I am looking for a vanilla ROM with:
1. Multi window feature
2. Change display mode from standard to natural,
3. S-Note
That is all. I don't need any fancy colorize or anything. Only a fast and stable phone to work with.
Any suggestion which ROM does that? Or every ROM basically has those options without mention it?
Thank you
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I don't think you can get Vanilla ROM with TW features. But you can get Vanilla "look". May this is the ROM you are looking for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...s.com/showthread.php?t=2134099&highlight=aosp
As for bloatware by samsung, you can easily delete them from system apps. That's one of the benefits of rooting your phone.
praveen22 said:
I don't think you can get Vanilla ROM with TW features. But you can get Vanilla "look". May this is the ROM you are looking for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...s.com/showthread.php?t=2134099&highlight=aosp
As for bloatware by samsung, you can easily delete them from system apps. That's one of the benefits of rooting your phone.
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Thanks.. I will take a look at it.
What I meant was a lean ROM, that doesn't useless feature packed. I don't want fancy features like SmartStay or something like that, but I need that multiwindow and S-Note, or if I can get SNote replacement. Something that I can write pretty quick when I need to.
prd00 said:
Thanks.. I will take a look at it.
What I meant was a lean ROM, that doesn't useless feature packed. I don't want fancy features like SmartStay or something like that, but I need that multiwindow and S-Note, or if I can get SNote replacement. Something that I can write pretty quick when I need to.
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If that's the case, try a ROM with floating multi window, I haven't tried one though. Awesome Notes HD is a great app. You can pin in on your notification drawer to get quick access to it. I don't use S-Note for most of my notes, its slow, if not laggy.
I use Android Revolution. Looks like the stock Samsung ROM, only it has a lot of bloat removed, and is quicker.
Phoenix ROM
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prd00 said:
Sorry for being retarded, but I can't find anything about multi window feature in custom ROMs long feature list. I hate those useless feature with plenty of S, so I am looking for a vanilla ROM with:
1. Multi window feature
2. Change display mode from standard to natural,
3. S-Note
That is all. I don't need any fancy colorize or anything like samsung accounts, or smartstay, etc. Only a fast and stable phone to work with.
As for S-Note, if I can get its replacement so that I can write anything pretty quick, I can live with that.
Any suggestion which ROM does that? Or every ROM basically has those options without mention it?
Thank you
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Multiwindow feature and S Note are both dependent on touchwiz frameworks. At the moment it is next to impossible to get them on AOSP/CM based roms. Also there are no other alternatives that are as good as Multiwindow at the moment, floating window apps dont even come close and are very limited. My suggestion to you is to download one of these sammy based roms particularly ARHD and use titanium backup app to freeze all the unwanted S apps.
Install android revolution rom... its fast and with out bloatware. U can top it up with simplistic framework if needed
There are too many roms and you will really get confused. Try one and see whats missing and find that one in another rom and install it.:good:
Alliance rom v3. Very polished, average of 30 of usage with 6 hours of screen time.
T.G.A said:
Install android revolution rom... its fast and with out bloatware. U can top it up with simplistic framework if needed
There are too many roms and you will really get confused. Try one and see whats missing and find that one in another rom and install it.:good:
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LOL.. that's the problem. I've found too many ROMs, some claims it's stable, but other claims that it is not. I am looking a stable one, and I am not that fans of features and gimmicks. I don't even use sammy's keyboard. I can't part with swiftkey. I also have my own personal favorite apps from contacts, sms, radio, and many things, and I prefer to use those instead of bundled ones.
praveen22 said:
If that's the case, try a ROM with floating multi window, I haven't tried one though. Awesome Notes HD is a great app. You can pin in on your notification drawer to get quick access to it. I don't use S-Note for most of my notes, its slow, if not laggy.
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LOL.. ok.. SNote is dead.. I'll freeze that. I know awesome note, but AFAIK, there was no android version. Thanks for the pointer.
bushako said:
Multiwindow feature and S Note are both dependent on touchwiz frameworks. At the moment it is next to impossible to get them on AOSP/CM based roms. Also there are no other alternatives that are as good as Multiwindow at the moment, floating window apps dont even come close and are very limited. My suggestion to you is to download one of these sammy based roms particularly ARHD and use titanium backup app to freeze all the unwanted S apps.
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I haven't tried floating window yet.. but I'll try Android Revolution. Last time I freezed unused apps from sammy's stock rom, mine was plagued with too many FC. LOL. Perhaps I freezed too much.
Is Android Revolution stable?
xartic12 said:
Alliance rom v3. Very polished, average of 30 of usage with 6 hours of screen time.
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Is it stable? everything runs fine? No FC?
McLaren__F1 said:
Phoenix ROM
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Same question, is it stable?
Menchelke said:
I use Android Revolution. Looks like the stock Samsung ROM, only it has a lot of bloat removed, and is quicker.
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Seems you are third person to recommend Android Revolution HD, so I'll give it a try.
prd00 said:
LOL.. that's the problem. I've found too many ROMs, some claims it's stable, but other claims that it is not. I am looking a stable one, and I am not that fans of features and gimmicks. I don't even use sammy's keyboard. I can't part with swiftkey. I also have my own personal favorite apps from contacts, sms, radio, and many things, and I prefer to use those instead of bundled ones.
LOL.. ok.. SNote is dead.. I'll freeze that. I know awesome note, but AFAIK, there was no android version. Thanks for the pointer.
I haven't tried floating window yet.. but I'll try Android Revolution. Last time I freezed unused apps from sammy's stock rom, mine was plagued with too many FC. LOL. Perhaps I freezed too much.
Is Android Revolution stable?
Is it stable? everything runs fine? No FC?
Same question, is it stable?
Seems you are third person to recommend Android Revolution HD, so I'll give it a try.
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LOL... You are obsessed with stability. No one can satisfy your needs. It will be best if you can give us a new stable rom... No offence meant
Even i have tried so many roms before. Now i dont do that. I just prioritize as what i want in a rom. For me, stock sammy features were must. So ARHD suited me most. Then removed bloatware by rom cleaner so that i have more memory. Simplistic framework if you want to change certain things. Thats it. For me,my phone should not lag,should take what ever i throw at it,give decent battery. I got it with ARHD.
And always either do what majority follow cuz of feedback or experiment on your own. :good:
T.G.A said:
LOL... You are obsessed with stability. No one can satisfy your needs. It will be best if you can give us a new stable rom... No offence meant
Even i have tried so many roms before. Now i dont do that. I just prioritize as what i want in a rom. For me, stock sammy features were must. So ARHD suited me most. Then removed bloatware by rom cleaner so that i have more memory. Simplistic framework if you want to change certain things. Thats it. For me,my phone should not lag,should take what ever i throw at it,give decent battery. I got it with ARHD.
And always either do what majority follow cuz of feedback or experiment on your own. :good:
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Yeah, because I work a lot with my phone, using Citrix Receiver, ssh, and remote desktop everyday there, and can't do a lot of experiments. So, yeah.. that multiwindow is VERY important since remote desktop would disconnect when I switch, and I am trying to narrow down my candidate ROM list.
I can accept once a month FC, but not a constant nagging problem with pretty GUI like cMIUI or RR. Granted, some people prefer lot of features, with newest ROM, sacrificing stability, but that's not me. And my S2 was very stable with vanilla ROM, and I like stock Nexus very much. The reason why I was starting from there. Also there are lots of ROM there with different focus. Stable ones, featured ones, fast ones, pretty ones, etc.
Thanks for info. I have downloaded ARHD, and will flash it tonight.. any other stable ROM I should consider?
ARHD ROM is pretty stable minus user error. I think there's a list somewhere in these threads showing you what you can and what you shouldn't freeze. I honestly don't find freezing stock apps all that useful. For one they don't give you usable space and second they don't keep running in the background and seldom wake the phone. I'd say ArHD+ Simplistics+ Nova Launcher+ Perseus kernel and you're good to go.
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praveen22 said:
If that's the case, try a ROM with floating multi window, I haven't tried one though. Awesome Notes HD is a great app. You can pin in on your notification drawer to get quick access to it. I don't use S-Note for most of my notes, its slow, if not laggy.
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Downloaded awesome note, but it's hard to write something. I need to type with awesome note. But I'll keep both S-Note and aNote.
bushako said:
ARHD ROM is pretty stable minus user error. I think there's a list somewhere in these threads showing you what you can and what you shouldn't freeze. I honestly don't find freezing stock apps all that useful. For one they don't give you usable space and second they don't keep running in the background and seldom wake the phone. I'd say ArHD+ Simplistics+ Nova Launcher+ Perseus kernel and you're good to go.
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I don't like it when those useless apps keep asking me to create a backup account, nor any app that always asking me to register, notif me a promo, ask me to leave comment, rate, or do something while it is in the background. I don't use them, but they keep annoy me. I hate that. I don't care too much for waking the phone, as my phone rarely sleep while I am awake. I also keeps 3 battery with me. As I said, I use my phone for work, and those useless notif always distracts me.
I tried Omega, AOKP, CyanogenMod and a couple of more on my old S2, my wifes S3 and my Note2.
For some reason I always fall back on WanamLite.
The most satisfying rom for me regarding stability, (stock camera), quick no wipe upgrades.
Never had issues, just works as it should.
Only missing a kitchen app like omegas kitchen but for Wanam.
So 1st place WanamLite
2nd Omega
3rd AOKP
All above w Nova Launcher
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prd00 said:
Is it stable? everything runs fine? No FC?
Seems you are third person to recommend Android Revolution HD, so I'll give it a try.
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I used to get so many FC om touchwiz, at least 4 on a daily basis. With Alliance v3 I've been getting a bit better battery life as well as smoothness. No FC and I never I'll wiped from v1 to v2 nor v2 to v3 and it's running incredibly stable.
AR HD no fuzz, all touchwiz
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prd00 said:
LOL.. that's the problem. I've found too many ROMs, some claims it's stable, but other claims that it is not. I am looking a stable one, and I am not that fans of features and gimmicks. I don't even use sammy's keyboard. I can't part with swiftkey. I also have my own personal favorite apps from contacts, sms, radio, and many things, and I prefer to use those instead of bundled ones.
LOL.. ok.. SNote is dead.. I'll freeze that. I know awesome note, but AFAIK, there was no android version. Thanks for the pointer.
I haven't tried floating window yet.. but I'll try Android Revolution. Last time I freezed unused apps from sammy's stock rom, mine was plagued with too many FC. LOL. Perhaps I freezed too much.
Is Android Revolution stable?
Is it stable? everything runs fine? No FC?
Same question, is it stable?
Seems you are third person to recommend Android Revolution HD, so I'll give it a try.
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It is a misconception. It is not much faster than the stock rom... I am currently using Android revolution hd... But if you have to install then arh is the safest option though but quite useless..

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