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I just got mine and was wondering is it worth rooting becausr stock is already fast and stable
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It's always worth rooting.
Right now, the performance increase isn't the biggest reason, because this phone can handle anything we through at it with ease.
The root_only features, however, definitely are.
Backups, tethering, painless restores, themes, ad hoc wifi, and all the other goodies that custom Roms provide really make a big difference.
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You really should check out the juggernaut rom and also faux123 kernal. I can't express how much faster the sg2 runs and no stuttering or lag. The phone also has much better battery life it's really amazing. Also no spying carrier iq, no bloatware etc. you can free wifi tether. You can over clock or under clock. My phone has never worked so good.
Definitely recommend the following:
Load cwm recovery
Install latest juggernaut rom 4.1
Install latest faux123 kernal
Not required but also install latest modem kl1
If you do then install swype beta keyboard
I use go launcher highly recommended.
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DOOOOOOOOOO it!!!! You'll love your phone twice as much. There are some awesome themes and roms. You can make it even smoother than it is. Go to dev section after and try gingersnap with either kernel. Smooth as butter
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You really should check out the juggernaut rom and also faux123 kernal. I can't express how much faster the sg2 runs and no stuttering or lag. The phone also has much better battery life it's really amazing. Also no spying carrier iq, no bloatware etc. you can free wifi tether. You can over clock or under clock. My phone has never worked so good.
Definitely recommend the following:
Load cwm recovery
Install latest juggernaut rom 4.1
Install latest faux123 kernal
Not required but also install latest modem kl1
If you do then install swype beta keyboard
I use go launcher highly recommended.
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How do you install the modem?
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Why install the modem? Also, I think you should try Launcher 7, made myself use it for a few days, and I love it.
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I came from a NS4G rooted and i noticed the big difference, and i went on to root my t989 today and i have juggernaut with bullet might switch to the kernel yu recommended and so far i dont notice perfomance differece cuhz this phone is already fast as hell but like you said you can do so much more with root
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How do you install the modem?
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There's a thread by Whitehawks over on rootzwiki..
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Mrcojocaru said:
DOOOOOOOOOO it!!!! You'll love your phone twice as much. There are some awesome themes and roms. You can make it even smoother than it is. Go to dev section after and try gingersnap with either kernel. Smooth as butter
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Doooooo it !! +100
what's the best Rom
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what's the best Rom
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Im really liking juggernaut with faux(correct me if im wronh with the kernel name)
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what's the best Rom
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That's a tough question mate. There really is no best. Its a matter of figuring out what you want and what roms do that the best. I recommend trying them all. Personally I'm a cyanogenmod fanboi and I try to run it on pretty much everything I own.
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main reason u should root and install a custom rom is BATTERY LIFE! lol u more than double your battery life, get all the bloat out of your phone, CIQ etc, plus you do get a performance increase, and its more stable than stock.. hands down best thing you could ever do to your phone.
Hi!
This is my first post on the xda Forums; I've just been a lurker for a while now. I am still learning the ins/outs of Smartphone modifications/rooting/roms etc, so forgive my noobyness.
I've recently (two days ago) Rooted my Rogers S3, and Flashed Paranoid Android 2.55 Onto it. I'm loving it! However The battery life is something I'm not too keen on, so I've been lurking google for hours upon hours, forums etc, and I'm seeing that a popular Kernal people are using to cut down on battery drainage + Smoothen things up, is LeanKernal.
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Now, I've poked around quite a bit, and I've read through something like 75+ pages of this topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1845836
But just for the sake of not Bricking my phone / Digging a hole I'm not educated enough to get myself out of; I'd like to ask:
Is LeanKernal what I am looking for/compatible with, my P.A flashed Rogers S3?
Or any other tips for me?
Much appreciated!
Lean kernel is compatible with AOSP ROMs. The developer should have a clearly-marked download link.
That being said - if you can't find the answer you're looking for by yourself, don't flash it. It's very easy to brick a device by making one small mistake.
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Cuddlesy said:
Lean kernel is compatible with AOSP ROMs. The developer should have a clearly-marked download link.
That being said - if you can't find the answer you're looking for by yourself, don't flash it. It's very easy to brick a device by making one small mistake.
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Lean kernel is designed for aosp ROMs but the new ones are based on a different Linux version. If you install paranoid android 2.55 with the newest lean kernel it will never boot. You need to either find am older lean kernel or flash the newest paranoidandroid.
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KorGuy123 said:
Lean kernel is designed for aosp ROMs but the new ones are based on a different Linux version. If you install paranoid android 2.55 with the newest lean kernel it will never boot. You need to either find am older lean kernel or flash the newest paranoidandroid.
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I read people were using lean kernel 1.6 for paranoid android. I'm more than willing to try another compatible kernel if anyone has suggestions for a smooth one that can help with battery life extension
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I read people were using lean kernel 1.6 for paranoid android. I'm more than willing to try another compatible kernel if anyone has suggestions for a smooth one that can help with battery life extension
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All the kernels get updated frequently. I'm using the Paranoidandroid 3.15beta and Tasks latest Underwear kernel and it's working fantastic.
Battery life if device, app and user specific so you'll have to just experiment.
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All the kernels get updated frequently. I'm using the Paranoidandroid 3.15beta and Tasks latest Underwear kernel and it's working fantastic.
Battery life if device, app and user specific so you'll have to just experiment.
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that's why I am asking for a recomendation based on what I'm currently using. rather than reflash a different ROM for the time being I'd like to find a kernal to use with what I have
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that's why I am asking for a recomendation based on what I'm currently using. rather than reflash a different ROM for the time being I'd like to find a kernal to use with what I have
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Edit.....
I don't think you can use that one. It's for 4.2 not 4.1
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Edit.....
I don't think you can use that one. It's for 4.2 not 4.1
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what would you recommend for 4.1 on a rogers S3?
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what would you recommend for 4.1 on a rogers S3?
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Go to settings > about phone. If android version is 4.1.2 use this. http://www.mediafire.com/?99f7dn0gya0bb20
This is the latest ktoonz kernel for 4.1.2
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Awesome. Ktoonz was another I had been looking into, and heard good things about; so thank you very much for your help Korguy123. It's appreciated, and sorry for my noobyness XD I'm working on Levelling up so to speak haha.
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Awesome. Ktoonz was another I had been looking into, and heard good things about; so thank you very much for your help Korguy123. It's appreciated, and sorry for my noobyness XD I'm working on Levelling up so to speak haha.
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Don't apologize. We all start somewhere. When I get off work I'll look into which lean kernel you can use. Give ktoonz a couple charge cycles to see how it's working before you start tweaking any of the performance settings.
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With the unlocked bootloader and rom development I figured this would be a good time for people to post their own experiences and preferences thus far with what they have tried. Be as detailed or as vague as you want and maybe we can help some folks make up their own minds.
For me, I have tried 2 somewhat extensively. CM 10.1 and AOKP.
- CM 10.1 - For me, it was exactly what people have been saying. It's basically stock 4.2.2. I didn't give it enough time to experience it's battery life. It seemed stable, but for all of the "trouble" I went to (I'm not very technology savvy), I felt like I wanted to get a little more out of a custom rom.
- AOKP - After short tests of Carbon and PAC, I hopped over to AOKP. Super customizable. I love to nitpick over settings on my phone anyway, so this played right into my preferences. It's very quick. Didn't feel any different from CM 10.1 as that was quick too. But both are snappier than stock. Battery life seems either the same or better than stock. I am just really enjoying this rom. Haven't run into any real serious issues. Although I will recommend that you go into developer settings and disable HW overlays. This will assist in better Web scrolling more smoothly for whatever reason. The only other minor issue I've seen relates to when the phone is booting up, for a quick moment you'll see a fuzz screen for maybe a third of a second. Nothing major, but would like to see it hopefully ironed out at some point.
- Carbon & PAC - Will consider giving them some good time in the future if I ever start feeling adventurous.
Overall it's nice being able to really do what I want with my M with root, an unlocked bootloader, and a custom ROM. After all, android is about options, isn't it?
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Currently I'm loving Carbon. Tried PacMan as well but I found Carbon to be better for stability.
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I'm hearing good things about Carbon! I may just give that a shot next when I'm feeling adventurous.
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Jersey846 said:
I'm hearing good things about Carbon! I may just give that a shot next when I'm feeling adventurous.
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I've seen some posts from you before, are you still running stock? If so do a nan droid back up of your stock to an external SD card first. Never know when you might need it For example, I used it to fix GPS issues with Carbon.
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ShadowRAZR said:
I've seen some posts from you before, are you still running stock? If so do a nan droid back up of your stock to an external SD card first. Never know when you might need it For example, I used it to fix GPS issues with Carbon.
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Thanks but I'm running AOKP now! Got my backups and I'm enjoying finally running custom!
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Jersey846 said:
Thanks but I'm running AOKP now! Got my backups and I'm enjoying finally running custom!
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Is AOKP good? I was looking at it before and it seems nice
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I only truly have the experience enough to compare it to CM. But yeah I love it. Posted my full review above, but generally I am very pleased with how it's working. I'd be willing to try others, but with my brief experience, it suited my tastes best.
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I actually prefer Stock over all the custom ROMs. Seems that I run into stability issues with everything else. I liked Eclipse, and I'm running CM 10.1 right now. As for all the others, I've tried and dismissed them all, mostly due to too many fcs.
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I actually prefer Stock over all the custom ROMs. Seems that I run into stability issues with everything else. I liked Eclipse, and I'm running CM 10.1 right now. As for all the others, I've tried and dismissed them all, mostly due to too many fcs.
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What did you like about Eclipse? Hadn't read much about that one.
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Hi all, first post in xda forum! Just rooted my phone last week and immediately started flashing ROMs. I found that most of the ones I used had issues like camera not working and wasn't able to transfer all of my contacts for some reason. Never the less I really liked elemental x which is developed by the same person who developed eclipse I believe. I really enjoyed the aesthetics it offered especially changing the color of the navbar which unfortunately I couldn't find without using a ROM. So I decided to go and get the version he was working on before which is Eclipse. installed it today loving it so far. camera works fine but still don't have all my old contacts. Hope that wasn't too long, feel free to comment.
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thor2727 said:
Hi all, first post in xda forum! Just rooted my phone last week and immediately started flashing ROMs. I found that most of the ones I used had issues like camera not working and wasn't able to transfer all of my contacts for some reason. Never the less I really liked elemental x which is developed by the same person who developed eclipse I believe. I really enjoyed the aesthetics it offered especially changing the color of the navbar which unfortunately I couldn't find without using a ROM. So I decided to go and get the version he was working on before which is Eclipse. installed it today loving it so far. camera works fine but still don't have all my old contacts. Hope that wasn't too long, feel free to comment.
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Haven't yet heard of Elemental X. I need to check more out! Eclipse I need to try too actually. The camera on AOKP seems good but still getting used to it.
And welcome to the forum!
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netizenmt said:
I actually prefer Stock over all the custom ROMs. Seems that I run into stability issues with everything else. I liked Eclipse, and I'm running CM 10.1 right now. As for all the others, I've tried and dismissed them all, mostly due to too many fcs.
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Have you tried fixing permissions to reduce force closes?
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thor2727 said:
Hi all, first post in xda forum! Just rooted my phone last week and immediately started flashing ROMs. I found that most of the ones I used had issues like camera not working and wasn't able to transfer all of my contacts for some reason. Never the less I really liked elemental x which is developed by the same person who developed eclipse I believe. I really enjoyed the aesthetics it offered especially changing the color of the navbar which unfortunately I couldn't find without using a ROM. So I decided to go and get the version he was working on before which is Eclipse. installed it today loving it so far. camera works fine but still don't have all my old contacts. Hope that wasn't too long, feel free to comment.
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Sync your contacts with Goggle and you should always be able to restore them.
As for ROMs, I'm on Slim and I've been on it for a while. I ran AOKP for about 2 weeks and it had the best battery life out of any of the AOSP ROMs. However, I like the custom options of Slim and I'm using Marxman's port of it.
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Thank you for your response is the advice on syncing to Google was very helpful. have all my contacts again. as for the camera I don't believe it was permissions issue and can't remember if I tried fixing the permissions. I might install the ROM again just check. The camera wasn't force closing it was just blank when it came up. Also I get keyboard errors when trying to use other ROMs. Has anyone else gotten that?
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I agree that most roms are more unstable than stock.
I am waiting for miui to become stable. It has the first readable status bar that I know of. Anyone care to enlighten me about roms that have "white on black" options?
I would like to find a stock, deodexed, initd'ed & like the DST at Rzr but its not deodexed.
Jersey846 said:
Haven't yet heard of Elemental X. I need to check more out! Eclipse I need to try too actually. The camera on AOKP seems good but still getting used to it.
And welcome to the forum!
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elemental X = Eclipse
Orion AOKP is my fav (mostly due to battery life), so I'm sticking with that until Key Lime Pie comes out. In my experience, Orion AOKP is essentially just like the unofficial AOKP, but with battery saving and script tweaks.
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elemental X = Eclipse
Orion AOKP is my fav (mostly due to battery life), so I'm sticking with that until Key Lime Pie comes out. In my experience, Orion AOKP is essentially just like the unofficial AOKP, but with battery saving and script tweaks.
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Where would I find this Orion version? Can you plz post a link here? Thx!
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Where would I find this Orion version? Can you plz post a link here? Thx!
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Unlocked my bootloader and flashed my first ROM last night. I gotta say, carbon is DOPE. I've had ZERO major problems and it's extremely fast and battery life slightly better than stock. And the customization options are crraaazzyyyy.
Definitely worth it
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I've tried both Pac and Carbon. Pac had more options, Carbon seemed snappier but with more fc's. I threw Liquid smooth when it showed up on goo a few weeks ago and I have settled down with it. It has been fast and very stable.
First of all I searched the forums
And if I missed something I'm am sorry for being a noob! (And stupid)
I'm not really enjoying kernels I'm not very good with UV and overclocking (not comfortable in doing so)
I'm jist curious what ROM you use (TouchWiz I need tmobile wifi calling)
Thanks and if this has been posted please inform me and ill delete. Thanks
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First of all I searched the forums
And if I missed something I'm am sorry for being a noob! (And stupid)
I'm not really enjoying kernels I'm not very good with UV and overclocking (not comfortable in doing so)
I'm jist curious what ROM you use (TouchWiz I need tmobile wifi calling)
Thanks and if this has been posted please inform me and ill delete. Thanks
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If you need Wifi Calling, S3Rx is pretty much the only option for you. Unless you want something older.
Yes thata what I've been using looks like ill keep using this.
Any ktweaker tips if I do move to a custom kernel
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Yes thata what I've been using looks like ill keep using this.
Any ktweaker tips if I do move to a custom kernel
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Not sure why you would wan to? Battery is good on stock MD5 kernel.
I've just read that its better
Pist show people going days and days without charge.. kinda a battery whore thanks for your input
Cheers! :beer:
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JCNoobZ said:
I've just read that its better
Pist show people going days and days without charge.. kinda a battery whore thanks for your input
Cheers! :beer:
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My phone drains 0.2-0.3% per hour on the stock kernel (on wifi with a decent router). The TW custom kernels are not worth using, in my opinion. Now AOSP on the other hand... yikes. Pretty much have to use them.
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My phone drains 0.2-0.3% per hour on the stock kernel (on wifi with a decent router). The TW custom kernels are not worth using, in my opinion. Now AOSP on the other hand... yikes. Pretty much have to use them.
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Thank you so much
So glad I joined XDA such amazing help and good people!
Thankd again man! Cheers! Have a nice weekend!!
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I'm on project goosh with ktoonz kernel and battery is great. Again it's all about usage stuff like syncing should be off, apps updating every few hours should be off or prolonged just the little things.
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Read woodys battery thread if you havent already.
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My phone drains 0.2-0.3% per hour on the stock kernel (on wifi with a decent router). The TW custom kernels are not worth using, in my opinion. Now AOSP on the other hand... yikes. Pretty much have to use them.
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You might want to take a look at your wake locks. If you are having that drain while the screen is off, it most likely a wake lock. Search the forums for better battery stats.
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Your_rom by red is my favorite touchwiz rom. And it gives me the best battery for touchwiz. I use kinetic pulse kernel with it.
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You might want to take a look at your wake locks. If you are having that drain while the screen is off, it most likely a wake lock. Search the forums for better battery stats.
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You sir are amazing!!! Jusr realized that I have lost a lot of battery when my devixr was locked thanks!!!
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Your_rom by red is my favorite touchwiz rom. And it gives me the best battery for touchwiz. I use kinetic pulse kernel with it.
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Will give that kernel a shot thanks!!
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I'm running HyperDrive Rom and Ktoonsez Kernel. I have tweaked much of the cpu frequencies and used the ktoon governor. However, my battery life compared to the stock rom isn't that great.
Every phone is different so will run different on your phone. I do recommend Dandroid. It now has wifi calling. Complete based on T999. It used to be a port. It's super smooth with great battery life. And it's Cyanogenmod themed.
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There are no "best" rom/kernel combinations for battery. It varies from phone to phone. You could try testing different TouchWiz roms and kernels, but remember to make a nandroid before doing so. Some roms you could try are wicked, stockorama, hyperdrive, etc. For the kernels you should use the stock kernel for stability or ktoonsez.
The past week, I've been trying to find a rom and kernel that would increase my battery life. I use my phone for many different things. However, I gave up trying to do so and I am reverting back to the stock rom and kernel, as I have heard that it gives decent battery life and offers the best stability. The only problem I have with this is that the stock rom is no where as smooth as aosp roms. Sometimes it laggy and it loads stuff slowly. Any way I can get around this? I know it isn't a big deal, but to me it makes a big difference.
In my opinion use a custom ROM based on stock firmware.and just test.
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In my opinion use a custom ROM based on stock firmware.and just test.
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Believe me, I've tried. I haven't tried all roms, but what I do know is that I love custom roms because they are quick, responsive, and offer tweaking and customization. However, it isn't as stable and usually for me doesn't offer good battery life.
Have you read Woody's Battery Thread? I not, do so, it has tons of good info.
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Have you read Woody's Battery Thread? I not, do so, it has tons of good info.
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Yes, I have tried much of what he listed in his thread.
I basically posted a new thread that relates to this topic so would a forum mod please close this thread.