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best rom for galaxy s3?

Hi im currently using the frosty jellybean v7 rom for my gs3. But i really dislike the battery life for this rom.
Im looking for a good rom, touch wiz or not. With a good battery life and great features in a most stable manner. Also, if there is one that can wifi tether t mobile, than let me know of my options. Also if possible, is there a non touchwiz rom with actual touchwiz features like svoice or motion/nfc?
Thanks in advance.

Best advice is just to try each one. You're going to get a different answer from everyone and only you know exactly what you want. That being said, it's AOKP for me.
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BrooklynSpartan said:
Hi im currently using the frosty jellybean v7 rom for my gs3. But i really dislike the battery life for this rom.
Im looking for a good rom, touch wiz or not. With a good battery life and great features in a most stable manner. Also, if there is one that can wifi tether t mobile, than let me know of my options. Also if possible, is there a non touchwiz rom with actual touchwiz features like svoice or motion/nfc?
Thanks in advance.
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There's quite a few AOSP/CM based ROMS in the original development section if you want to stay on JB but try something new and without Touchwiz. Battery life is decent too especially cuz alot of the Samsung bloat isnt running.
AOSP Roms use android's built in Wifi Tether. Not sure if this is compatible with how T-mobile's tethering plan works as I'm on a Canadian variant. NFC is available on these roms as well but SBeam is not.
As for the Touchwiz features, some of them can be mimicked with apps though how I'm not sure how effective or faithful these apps are. Try googling the name of the feature and add "Aosp" or "Galaxy nexus" to the search to see if there is a stock version of that feature

BrooklynSpartan said:
Hi im currently using the frosty jellybean v7 rom for my gs3. But i really dislike the battery life for this rom.
Im looking for a good rom, touch wiz or not. With a good battery life and great features in a most stable manner. Also, if there is one that can wifi tether t mobile, than let me know of my options. Also if possible, is there a non touchwiz rom with actual touchwiz features like svoice or motion/nfc?
Thanks in advance.
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Bad battery how?
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PA android but at the end its your call
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Stay on stock
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best way to learn is to flash each rom an decide for yourself

[Q] Most stable rom?

What is the most stable rom to flash on this phone?

That's a trick question there are numerous stable roms. Do you want jb, ics, gingerbread?
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all rom stable aniway...

Most preferably a touchwiz rom on jellybean

funbulton said:
Most preferably a touchwiz rom on jellybean
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Check out the dev thread there are a few good roms floating around for jb.
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I have tried some of them, but which one is the best? Because I don't think I'd want to flash all of them.

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I have tried some of them, but which one is the best? Because I don't think I'd want to flash all of them.
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Then you'll never know. Everyone has different tastes. I can absolutely guarantee that there is no best rom....only a rom best for you!
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you can try this one:
SUPERLITE SUPERFAST OFFICIAL SAMSUNG JB4.1.2
This ROM has stock look because it is based on the OFFICIAL SAMSUNG ROGERS stock release, and it is very fast & smooth with great battery life, never have any FC.

Jellybam :thumbup::thumbup::beer::beer:
JELLYBAM DAMN™

Use stock jelly bean is nice
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kj2112 said:
Then you'll never know. Everyone has different tastes. I can absolutely guarantee that there is no best rom....only a rom best for you!
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^^^^ this.
And besides, most of the available Roms are equally stable / very soon to be stable.
Do a good flash, making sure to wait a while right after flashing, and all will be good.
(Coming from a guy running 4 cpu governors)

You need Jedi Jelly 6. Its a Samsung Touchwiz ROM. I have had nothing but smooth performance.
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I've really been enjoying the AOKP Jellybean. There are some minor issues with bugs being worked out with the nightlies, but overall it's dope!

I've been on CM 10.1 nightly 03/23 since that day and it's really nice. Everything works smoothly and CM is a pleasure.

syntaxerr0r said:
I've been on CM 10.1 nightly 03/23 since that day and it's really nice. Everything works smoothly and CM is a pleasure.
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Does the TouchWiz work on it?

touchwiz = jedy jelly or stock
aosp = cm
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Infamous S2 is very good too.
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alloycowboy said:
You need Jedi Jelly 6. Its a Samsung Touchwiz ROM. I have had nothing but smooth performance.
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I second this one. Jedi Jelly 6 is very smooth. My only issue with it is that it's based off of a leaked AT&T ROM.
I believe ptmr3 (the dev) is working on a new version that is based on the recent 4.1.2 release specifically for the SGH-T989.

I switched to an AOSP based ROM and I'm never looking back despite wifi calling being a cool feature, but I never used it. Anyway, I've been using 2.2 Slimstars which was pretty great. The updates seemed to be a little unstable like the camera not working. Is the new one, 4.12 pretty much fixed? And are there many changes with 4.2.2? I may try PACman. How's that stability wise? Stability and speed (I just want it to work without waiting you know?) are priorities.

ptmr3's Jedi Mind Trick JB 2.1 is by the the fastest and smoothest and glitch free rom out there
I have tried almost all roms of the ICS and JB flavour
personally I do not like non touchwiz roms
and all CM and AOKP 4.2 roms do not support MHL output or Bluetooth mouse properly
everything seems to work on JMT except for OP known issues

Stock s3 camera app on custom rom

Is there a way to install the stock camera app on a custom rom? My gf loves the stock camera but I feel her phone would run more smoothly with a custom rom.
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By custom do you mean AOSP/AOKP? Because no it won't work. The TW camera needs TW framework.
Ever consider a stock based ROM that has been debloated and tweaked?

saj222 said:
By custom do you mean AOSP/AOKP? Because no it won't work. The TW camera needs TW framework.
Ever consider a stock based ROM that has been debloated and tweaked?
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I've used embryo on my skyrocket and liked it a lot but haven't seen embryo for the s3. Is there a stock based rom that u would recommend as far as stability and performance? I know the best roms are banned but I'm just asking for an opinion on where I should start.
Thanks for the quick reply!
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jrodbrown58 said:
I've used embryo on my skyrocket and liked it a lot but haven't seen embryo for the s3. Is there a stock based rom that u would recommend as far as stability and performance? I know the best roms are banned but I'm just asking for an opinion on where I should start.
Thanks for the quick reply!
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No embryo ROM here that I've seen.
What do you mean by the best ROMs are banned?
S3Rx by loserskater seems to be pretty good from what I've read. For myself I've mainly been running blandroid by danvdh and idyar and it's been rock solid / great battery life.
Anyone else have any suggestions?

saj222 said:
No embryo ROM here that I've seen.
What do you mean by the best ROMs are banned?
S3Rx by loserskater seems to be pretty good from what I've read. For myself I've mainly been running blandroid by danvdh and idyar and it's been rock solid / great battery life.
Anyone else have any suggestions?
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I meant asking for the best roms is a banned subject. But OK thanks for the input and ill try them out!
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[POLL] Touchwiz-based ROMs vs. AOSP-based ROMs

Which do you prefer?

Both. Hybrid that is.
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For whatever reason, I get significantly better battery life using tw roms vs aosp. I prefer the look of aosp though. Battery life is winning the battle right now and I'm on TW

I have always preferred an aosp rom but they do not always offer all the goodies.. like mhl, or t-mobile wifi calling for example.. definitely always had better battery life for me, more free ram etc..
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I dunno. That's a tough one. They both have their pros and cons. I can't honestly say that I think one is better than the other. If I had a low end device that might be a different story. I've been sticking with TW lately.

Ever since the s3 I've been sticking to tw since they offer some goodies that i find convenient.. And also the battery life has been way better for me
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TouchWiz + rovo89s Xposed framework + one of the many tweaked kernels = better than any AOSP rom I've used. Just my own preference though ^_^
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After trying pretty much every ROM compatible with my TMO S4, I keep coming back to the TMO TW ROMs. Most importantly, you can't get wi-fi calling any other way. But, as Slim TW ROMs have become more common and my comfort level with making changes has risen, I have given up the idea of dual booting with an ASOP/GE/MIUI/etc. ROM as my daily driver & TW for wi-fi calling, and am now back to focusing on getting as stripped-down a TW as possible. I care nothing for eye candy and just want the quickest & most stable setup, and TW has fit the bill best for me.

TW (by a slight margin)
I prefer TW because of the camera
AOSP is still very snappy but TW is catching up to that standard (for me)
I use stock TW unrooted 4.3 btw

For me it depends on what is available at the time. Right now I've got the latest 4.3.1 cyanogenmod nightly:
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AOSP all the way, I hate touchwiz it's so ugly.

TouchWiz seems to have much better battery life. I do prefer stock because I hate a lot of extra cruft but if that can be removed, it's not so bad.
Plus Wi-Fi calling is awesome for battery life.

I know a certain someone has gotten wifi calling to work on aosp.. Still waiting to get a hold of our myself tho..
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WFG said:
I know a certain someone has gotten wifi calling to work on aosp.. Still waiting to get a hold of our myself tho..
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On the S4 AOSP?
I know it works on AOSP for the HTC One, but if you know someone who has it working on the S4 AOSP roms, you should advise that person that there is a considerable bounty built up of people willing to click the donate button a few times for a working installable Wifi Calling APK.

interesting to read the comments. I've been going back and forth between TW and AOSP ROMS. Is having the newest Android release the only major advantage of AOSP over TW? I don't think the look of AOSP is a valid reason since you can install launchers (i.e. Nova Launcher) to get the AOSP look on a TW ROM.

HKSpeed said:
interesting to read the comments. I've been going back and forth between TW and AOSP ROMS. Is having the newest Android release the only major advantage of AOSP over TW? I don't think the look of AOSP is a valid reason since you can install launchers (i.e. Nova Launcher) to get the AOSP look on a TW ROM.
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exactly.. I love aosp but im using tw with nova. I gotta have battery life

what changes does samsung make kernel side? Are the improvements made to the asop kernel? It does seem like TW has better battery life...
also if someone has wifi calling ported... why is this staying in the shadows??

I like cm 10.2 stable, my daily driver, but when wicked v9 comes out, I'm going to be jumping on that real quick.
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S4 - Google Play Edition, 4.4 with ______'s TMO WiFi calling patch & Kernel

erid2thed said:
S4 - Google Play Edition, 4.4 with ______'s TMO WiFi calling patch & Kernel
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Am I reading this correctly? A 4.4 GE with wifi calling exists?
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Need a ROM and new to S3.

I am coming from a Nexus 4 (screen cracked and that sucks). I am very familiar with CM and AOKP (always ran AOKP on my Nexus devices). But I decided to get an S3 because of Wi-Fi calling (there is a hefty bounty out there for getting it on a Nexus 4 BTW). So I need a ROM that is as bare bones and customizable as possible but I need Wi-Fi calling to work. And I read there was/is and issue with getting Google Wallet to work on the S3. So if there is a ROM that can also make that work, that would be great. But my other 3 needs are priority. Thanks in advance.

Wi-Fi Calling only works on Touchwiz (Read Stock Samsung) based Roms. It will not work on AOSP or CM for that matter. There are some good Touchwiz based Roms. S3Rx is one that comes to mind. There is a barebones stock Rom too by @saranhai.
I don't use Touchwiz so I am not current on new roms in that arena.

Perseus71 said:
Wi-Fi Calling only works on Touchwiz (Read Stock Samsung) based Roms. It will not work on AOSP or CM for that matter. There are some good Touchwiz based Roms. S3Rx is one that comes to mind. There is a barebones stock Rom too by @saranhai.
I don't use Touchwiz so I am not current on new roms in that arena.
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I checked out both of them. They are pretty close. I may go with the S3rX though. Looks like what I am wanting. Something that does not look TW but has Wi-Fi calling.

Best cm based is gummy
Best touchwiz UNIVERSE S4
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