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Understanding roms after the ics update

OK.. So every phone i have ever owned i have rooted, Kernels, anything and everything.
But here is my problem.. I have recently updated (manually) to the new ICS on my epic 4g touch.
I have tried all the roms pre this release and never had 100% luck with any so normally always ran stock os plus root.
I want to know if A) there are new roms post this recent update, B) if i root to another pre-existing rom is it going to mess it all up again.
Basically i want like CM10 out or something. Something made specifically for how the phone is now...
Any suggestions?? Im tired of stock. I want to customize!!! :crying:

Depends how custom you want to go. If you want to flash custom theme and modz, you must go with a deodexd ROM.
But if you want AOSP-ish look, agat has a very good stable and themed FF18 ROM he calls tFF18. It has a simple look, much different than stock tho, but it's built with a custom kernel and based off Samsung, not CM9 or 10
not sure if that helps.
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The upcoming aosp builds should see a large improvement if it's of any interest to you
Swyped from a Galaxy S2

hmm
itsallsubliminal said:
Depends how custom you want to go. If you want to flash custom theme and modz, you must go with a deodexd ROM.
But if you want AOSP-ish look, agat has a very good stable and themed FF18 ROM he calls tFF18. It has a simple look, much different than stock tho, but it's built with a custom kernel and based off Samsung, not CM9 or 10
not sure if that helps.
It does help!. So if i get this right... ANY deodexed rom or another option is tFF18. And these are both based off our current rooms so that EVERYTHING WORKS
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hmml
Are there any other name brand roms out there i can look into?
Anything t look into specific??? As far as AOSP roms go, ive tried them in the past, but are you saying their newer version ones are friendly to the latest update?

Txsrbl05 said:
itsallsubliminal said:
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It does help!. So if i get this right... ANY deodexed rom or another option is tFF18. And these are both based off our current rooms so that EVERYTHING WORKS
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Yes everything works. tFF18 is odex, so you can't change much of the ROM but it works incredibly smooth and stable. Also, practically all DEODEX'd ROMs have the hacked sprint hot spot for tethering. Stock and odex roms require the Wifi Tether app which is easily found by googling "wifi tether apk"
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Txsrbl05 said:
Are there any other name brand roms out there i can look into?
Anything t look into specific??? As far as AOSP roms go, ive tried them in the past, but are you saying their newer version ones are friendly to the latest update?
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Aosp is nice and light weight, makes it super snappy, but you lose a couple convenient features from samsungs touch wiz UI.. My main gripe with going aosp/aokp is that my camera doesn't perform as well, where IMO Samsung did a nice job with the software.
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the e4gt looks awsome with blu kuban on ff18 and runs great on adw launcher easy to root and flash and has great updates check out qbking77 on youtube if you need help

which rom do you keep going back to?

helo all rom testers
I am a 2 year old user of android
I come from Optimus one P509
I flash rom back and forth constantly with that old phone and there is always one rom I keep coming back to (if you want to know I keep coming back to oxygen rom for P509)
now I am done with P509 moving on to T989D
could you please share your experience here and let me / us know which rom do you keep going back to?
thanks!!!

Cyanogenmod 10 and Darkside Evolution.
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Liquid smooth rc9 is my fail safe
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LuquidSmooth d2tmo . The best ROM eveh!!!!!!

RushAOZ said:
Cyanogenmod 10 and Darkside Evolution.
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What he said. As far as touchwiz goes, TDJ's Darkside Evolution blows the others away and CM10 is what it is. Super stable and Jelly Bean.
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In my opinion, the one that is mentioned in my signature
Now, to literally answer the title of the thread...
which rom do you keep going back to?
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I would have to say, the stock Koodo 4.0.4 ROM. It's the only ROM that I'm able to flash on my phone through Odin that is completely clean of anything custom.
Helps when trying to troubleshoot installing custom ROMs with pretty much a clean slate on the phone. Cheers!

Hehe nice to meet a fellow O1 owner. I came from the Optimus One P500.
Oh, this phone can run on Skyrocket ROMs. Just flash a rotation fix and bam.
On topic, I think I prefer the CM10 nightlies as I keep going back to them over and over. However, I'm starting to use the Touchwiz 4.1.2 UCLL3 leak for the skyrocket. And also the stock Koodo ROM mentioned above was alwaysy previous choice. I still want to go back to it because its clean, no bloat at all.
Enjoy your stay!
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wow good news. I didn't know we can run skyrocket rom
what is d2tmo? I thought that is for galaxy SIII ? as I am reading in liquidsmooth dev thread
I like vanilla aosp experience but I will not disregard stock samsung touchwiz rom either
I consider stock samsung rom as vanilla experience in it's own world
now that you mention 4.1.2 leak from skyrocket I may try that if it stable.
on second thought maybe I stay with koodo rom
I still got a lot to read in this whole new phone...

valent|n0 said:
wow good news. I didn't know we can run skyrocket rom
what is d2tmo? I thought that is for galaxy SIII ? as I am reading in liquidsmooth dev thread
I like vanilla aosp experience but I will not disregard stock samsung touchwiz rom either
I consider stock samsung rom as vanilla experience in it's own world
now that you mention 4.1.2 leak from skyrocket I may try that if it stable.
on second thought maybe I stay with koodo rom
I still got a lot to read in this whole new phone...
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You are correct about 'd2tmo' being a GS3 ROM. Whatever you do, DO NOT FLASH IT! There are already enough posts on here with a person saying they 'bricked' their phone.
If you are still planning to flash a custom ROM, my recommendation would be trying one of the All-Star Devs ROMs. There are too many ROMs to link, but if you search up for threads created by Tmogalaxys2 or android88 in the 'Development Section' you will find any of the Team's ROMs.
Hitting the image on the right of my signature will also lead you to one of the ROMs. Good luck!

cricketAC said:
LuquidSmooth d2tmo . The best ROM eveh!!!!!!
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D2tmo is s3
Make sure you read and flash for Hercules aka s2

so the different between liquidsmooth and liquidsmooth all star is:
-Android 4.2 themed
-Android 4.2 launcher
-4.2 clock
-4.2 fonts
-4.2 keyboard
-4.2 boot animation
-Many build.prop tweaks for better performance
-Pimp my ROM tweaks
-Seeder Script
-Velocity Tweaks
-AC!D Audio
-Xloud
-Bravia Engine
-Nibbles Kernel
-A lot more!
is it possible to mount internal SD card in CWM? if so which version of CWM?
I don't have micro SD card

valent|n0 said:
so the different between liquidsmooth and liquidsmooth all star is:
-Android 4.2 themed
-Android 4.2 launcher
-4.2 clock
-4.2 fonts
-4.2 keyboard
-4.2 boot animation
-Many build.prop tweaks for better performance
-Pimp my ROM tweaks
-Seeder Script
-Velocity Tweaks
-AC!D Audio
-Xloud
-Bravia Engine
-Nibbles Kernel
-A lot more!
is it possible to mount internal SD card in CWM? if so which version of CWM?
I don't have micro SD card
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Correct, the All-Star version is basically the same as the official Liquid Smooth ROM with extra features. If you are asking your question in regards to flashing the ROM through internal memory, yes, it is possible. Just place the ROM files on the root of your phone.
Also, rather than using CWM recover it is recommended to install and use TWRP 2.3.3.0 on your phone as it is a more up to date recovery system.

How has no one mentioned AOKP? I've tried a few others, but it's always back to AOKP.
Sent from my beastly Galaxy S 2.

I like nexus 7 quick settings menu
which rom has that features?
or is there a mod to have nexus 7 quick settings in stock koodo rom?

valent|n0 said:
I like nexus 7 quick settings menu
which rom has that features?
or is there a mod to have nexus 7 quick settings in stock koodo rom?
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If I understand you correctly, you want access to settings through the 'notification bar'? Almost all custom ROMs now should have an option to add "Power Widgets" in the notification for quick access to certain settings if that's what you're looking for.

JaylanPHNX said:
How has no one mentioned AOKP? I've tried a few others, but it's always back to AOKP.
Sent from my beastly Galaxy S 2.
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AOKP is pretty good but I feel CM is a little smoother and stable. Could be wrong as I haven't tried aokp in awhile
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@corwest: Oops! Didn't mean to hit "thanks", so have a free one on me!
To the OP, I keep going back to PACman rom. In my opinion it is the best of cm10, AOKP and ParanoidAndroid, though going through the settings can be a little confusing to a newbie since AOKP's Rom Control and CM10 seem to redouble some of each others settings including toggles in the notification drawer (you will notice two sets of toggles active when you first boot the rom). That's the only problem I have with it. (Isn't it great when you can complain about having too many options?)

Kooodo stock rom that I have customized a tiny bit (deodexed with a couple simple mods). Its fast, stable, and has great battery
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monkeybuttons said:
@corwest: Oops! Didn't mean to hit "thanks", so have a free one on me!
To the OP, I keep going back to PACman rom. In my opinion it is the best of cm10, AOKP and ParanoidAndroid, though going through the settings can be a little confusing to a newbie since AOKP's Rom Control and CM10 seem to redouble some of each others settings including toggles in the notification drawer (you will notice two sets of toggles active when you first boot the rom). That's the only problem I have with it. (Isn't it great when you can complain about having too many options?)
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You can have one back
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I always go back to darthstalker version 4. Favorite rom so far, only feature i really wanna keep that no other rom(touchwiz roms) has (maybe i'm wrong) is the ability to record phone calls, and the crt effect. I love touchwiz from the s3.

[Q] Stock ROM vs Custom ROM

Hi!
What is better:
The official Samsung stock ROM or a custom ROM? And if second one, which? CM?
I ask this cause I heard that custom ROMs don't have that much support for the S-Pen. And no Multi-Window.

go for stock firmware. I was custom rom flash addict but after i got note2, i choose stock firmware+custom kernel

Me too. In the past devices i go for custom rom for it speed which varies alot from stock. But on the sgn2 i no longer need that as its fast as it is. I just keep to deodexed stock rom with mods which suits my needs.
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Mods are everything I need
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hayabusa08 said:
Me too. In the past devices i go for custom rom for it speed which varies alot from stock. But on the sgn2 i no longer need that as its fast as it is. I just keep to deodexed stock rom with mods which suits my needs.
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+1 for me.. Stock deodexed with a custom kernel to get faster charging etc, I see no need to overclock with a device this fast :good:

But don't forget to disable all the lame bloatware too.

Could you link me to that custom kernel?
Are there any downsides to the custom kernel? Faster charging sounds nice.

That heavily depends on what you want. If you like some of the Samsung-specific functionality like S-Pen, Quick Glance and so on, you want to stay stock or flash one of the nice and debloated custom ROMS based on stock. My favorite is HyperNote, but I think it doesn't meet all your requirements.
If you want it even faster and like the Cyanogen-specific style, try any of these ROMS (hint: HyperDroid).
But there is no "need" to make the stock faster, as with this kind of RAM and CPU power, everything will just work fine. Best to make a backup before flashing and just trying some ROMs on your own. Have fun

Just get a deodexed stock rom and you will have everything you need.
What devs do is change the roms and repack it for flashing.
And in my case half of them aren't exactly what I need or are useless.
You can apply all those mods to yours without any data loss
And it's fun :beer:
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hxc_pokecore said:
Could you link me to that custom kernel?
Are there any downsides to the custom kernel? Faster charging sounds nice.
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I've not experienced any downsides, plus it patches the Exynos bug. You are trusting someone other than Samsung to control the internals of your device, but Im happy with that. I do get a random reboots now and then, like once every couple of days but I suspect its unrelated, and I do like to tinker with my device. Phones these days are actually computers and do trip up every now and then.
I use the Perseus kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927852
I really would't worry about it. If you don't find it useful you can just flash the stock kernel back, no halm done.

Stock rom and kernel are good. The note 2 doesn't need a rom to be more fast or stable.
But for me is important choose the application that runs on my phone as system app. So I need root privileges.
Then I found some roms that had stock things without a lot of S.h.i.t. that samsung have to put into our device for marketing purposes.
And so now for me is better a custom rom because you know what there is and what is running on at least.

Should be in the question section.
Stock custom rom.
It's usually updated to the latest Samsung version, can be modded and has loads of tweaks

Hi i use omega v10 with redpill kernal and every thing works fine battery live is amazing and the rom still has all stock feutures

Lightest, Fastest ROM?

So I'm now eligible to upgrade my Epic 4G Touch, but I'm waiting to see what other phones come out this year. So I'd like to extend the usable life of my current device as much as possible.
I'm currently running Kobridge's Stock GB27 with some battery saving tweaks. But it still seems sluggish, memory seems to fill up quickly even without background apps running. At this point I think I'm looking for a ROM that will provide me with the best performance possible. I don't know if that'll be a TouchWiz mod similar to Kobridge, or something like AOKP or CM.

I'd just start trying out different roms; I switch between Dirty Unicorn - 158.8MB (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271247), Project X ~500MB (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320041), The Blu Kuban (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2257321), and Liquid Smooth (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2298221) at the moment, but I've downloaded and run/tested numerous of the roms available for the E4GT. With most queries of this type one's experience may vary widely (YMMV), so I can't say for sure that you will get a response that any one rom is "best" in terms of fastest or ligtest. Good luck flashing!

slim rom.....v6 super charger....thats my set up...quick and light on resources....the script for v6 is great..dont forget to hit his thanks button...make sure u download the right version of slim rom for ur device...But as stated above....u might just want to go flash crazy...lol..thats the fun part,,right......But slim rom and v6 is nice....Hope this helped some..if u do flash this combo...grab twrp recovery 2.5.0.0...very nice

Light and fast... with the right tweaks anything can be good. I'm running Pac man with comadose tweaks and its smooth as ####. If you want something stock like check out supernexus ktempleton had a good one no frills just 4.2.2 or billgerryan had an extendrom version of super nexus with some great tweaks already built in.
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Yeah, jwhyte is totally on point. I'm using Dirty Unicorns and it is a must for customization. Flash chris41g's repacked EL26 kernel located here for flashing (it has a custom recovery) and install a tweak package such as Direct Injection or Comadose (its crossbreeder script is outdated so you can update crossbreeder separately). Look them up on the forums

thanks for the links to these!
blabbersoft said:
I'd just start trying out different roms; I switch between Dirty Unicorn - 158.8MB (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271247), Project X ~500MB (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320041), The Blu Kuban (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2257321), and Liquid Smooth (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2298221) at the moment, but I've downloaded and run/tested numerous of the roms available for the E4GT. With most queries of this type one's experience may vary widely (YMMV), so I can't say for sure that you will get a response that any one rom is "best" in terms of fastest or ligtest. Good luck flashing!
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best rom to use on SGH M919

After flashing rom after rom I have not been able to find a stable rom that has good battery life that is also very customizeable. So i have reverted my galaxy s4 to stock and want to know what I9505 rom is the most stable one that also have good battery life that i can customize? also how to flash it?

Favorite theme to use with any TW KK rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657344
Bloatware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514703&page=19 or google smart debloater
How to deodex: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2725930
Have fun @Caliboy93

Thank you lordodin912! I just came from an LG G2 (broken screen) and wanted to get the lay of the land as well. I think for now I'll stick with stock rooted; that's what I did on my G2, but I will keep that rom in mind in case I feel like branching out.
I'm a little nervous about CM or other AOSP roms. I love the idea of them but there's always something broken. As you suggested it may be a better idea to stick with TW roms for now.

Mama Luigi said:
Thank you lordodin912! I just came from an LG G2 (broken screen) and wanted to get the lay of the land as well. I think for now I'll stick with stock rooted; that's what I did on my G2, but I will keep that rom in mind in case I feel like branching out.
I'm a little nervous about CM or other AOSP roms. I love the idea of them but there's always something broken. As you suggested it may be a better idea to stick with TW roms for now.
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At least have a custom recovery (backup of clean install) then debloat (speed/battery life) and deodex (if you want to theme). And if all goes well make another backup. Then start using xposed.
The issues with CM/AOSP are mostly bluetooth related atm, camera was improved recently. CrDroid with synergy kernel or VRToxin are good ones to try. You can always look into dual booting, no need to be nervous....just make sure to back up your IMEI/EFS and have a copy of the stock firmware tar before starting anything.

Golden EYE i9505 rom also works for t-mobile. Been using it since last june and its pretty stable and decently fast. -http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2427629
use philz cwm touch recovery and pick Ael kernel during options.