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[Q] Wiked JB v3

So I am thinking about switching over to this ROM, now that Frosty ROM is no longer being supported by the dev. I have been reading through the treads and I don't see any issues people are having with this ROM. That's a huge plus!
I wanted to ask before flashing, does this ROM have themes? Does it have the ability to run the Galaxy Note 2 gallery and Camera, if so where is the download link? Does tethering work?How is battery life?
Sorry for the 20 questions, but I have to use my phone for work. I have to have it work.

Themes should work it has the option within aroma installer for the note2 gallery and stuff battery was awesome for me when I tried it got 4 hours on screen and 14 hours through the day.
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mt3g said:
Themes should work it has the option within aroma installer for the note2 gallery and stuff battery was awesome for me when I tried it got 4 hours on screen and 14 hours through the day.
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Are you currently still on this ROM?

Heck no 4.2 is out and fun lol.
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mt3g said:
Heck no 4.2 is out and fun lol.
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Fair enough! So which ROM is that? If i am going to re flash my phone might as well go for the most recent ROM.

I wouldn't recommend flashing it just yet.
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I'm running it and it's awesome, has a new update coming soon too. No issues and I have the note 2 gallery and camera plus the stock one too.

Which ROM? Can you provide a link? How does it compare to Wicked and Frosty?
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luv4greenleaves said:
Which ROM? Can you provide a link? How does it compare to Wicked and Frosty?
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4.2 is only available in aosp style so if you really like touchwiz and all it'd features, aosp is not for you. Go to the thread in the developer section and you'll find links to the ROM. Be ware that there is a echo issue in when calling but that's about it from what I've read.
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luv4greenleaves said:
Which ROM? Can you provide a link? How does it compare to Wicked and Frosty?
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wicked v3

Running cm 10.1 right now its great
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I've been using Wiked JB v3 for about a week now after having tried about 5 other ROMs over the past 3 months. As another poster noted, Wiked is TouchWiz based, which I've decided I like better than CM/ASOP. When you flash Wiked, Aroma gives you several options including multiple launchers, gallery options and a couple others I don't remember offhand. I've been tremendously pleased with Wiked - it's stable, I've noticed nothing that's broken, battery life has been good (not great, but good), and no noticable issues related to voice or data signal. The developer is planning an update soon and seems to be providing stellar support to users.
Good luck!

glopact said:
I've been using Wiked JB v3 for about a week now after having tried about 5 other ROMs over the past 3 months. As another poster noted, Wiked is TouchWiz based, which I've decided I like better than CM/ASOP. When you flash Wiked, Aroma gives you several options including multiple launchers, gallery options and a couple others I don't remember offhand. I've been tremendously pleased with Wiked - it's stable, I've noticed nothing that's broken, battery life has been good (not great, but good), and no noticable issues related to voice or data signal. The developer is planning an update soon and seems to be providing stellar support to users.
Good luck!
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I went ahead and flashed it last night. ( I came from Frosty 11.1) and I really like what I have seen so far. Since this is my first battery cycle the android system is pretty high (20%) and gsiff_deamon is what is driving it. I know this was an issue on Frosty, but am wondering if it is for Wicked. On Frosty the gsiff_deamon would run all time after experiencing a HOT BOOT. The solution was to reboot the phone. Is this the same thing? I have gotten 11 hrs out of this battery as of now and I am at 14%. Screen time only 1hr 36 min... I know I have to go through 3 cycles to really tell if battery is good, so that's why I am taking it with a grain of salt. If it does keep up, I might have to find another ROM. I was getting 16-17 hrs with Frosty running stock kernel (2 hr screen time)

luv4greenleaves said:
I went ahead and flashed it last night. ( I came from Frosty 11.1) and I really like what I have seen so far. Since this is my first battery cycle the android system is pretty high (20%) and gsiff_deamon is what is driving it. I know this was an issue on Frosty, but am wondering if it is for Wicked. On Frosty the gsiff_deamon would run all time after experiencing a HOT BOOT. The solution was to reboot the phone. Is this the same thing? I have gotten 11 hrs out of this battery as of now and I am at 14%. Screen time only 1hr 36 min... I know I have to go through 3 cycles to really tell if battery is good, so that's why I am taking it with a grain of salt. If it does keep up, I might have to find another ROM. I was getting 16-17 hrs with Frosty running stock kernel (2 hr screen time)
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If battery continues to be an issue for you, one you might consider is Team Sonic's FreeGS3 R7.1.1 "Resurrection". It is also TouchWiz based but has been tweaked in a way that gave me really good battery performance. I had a few random issues with it and decided to switch, but it was overall a good ROM.

glopact said:
If battery continues to be an issue for you, one you might consider is Team Sonic's FreeGS3 R7.1.1 "Resurrection". It is also TouchWiz based but has been tweaked in a way that gave me really good battery performance. I had a few random issues with it and decided to switch, but it was overall a good ROM.
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Are you referring about Wicked or Sonic's ROM that had random issues that made you switch?

luv4greenleaves said:
I went ahead and flashed it last night. ( I came from Frosty 11.1) and I really like what I have seen so far. Since this is my first battery cycle the android system is pretty high (20%) and gsiff_deamon is what is driving it. I know this was an issue on Frosty, but am wondering if it is for Wicked. On Frosty the gsiff_deamon would run all time after experiencing a HOT BOOT. The solution was to reboot the phone. Is this the same thing? I have gotten 11 hrs out of this battery as of now and I am at 14%. Screen time only 1hr 36 min... I know I have to go through 3 cycles to really tell if battery is good, so that's why I am taking it with a grain of salt. If it does keep up, I might have to find another ROM. I was getting 16-17 hrs with Frosty running stock kernel (2 hr screen time)
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Weird...I thought custom touchwiz rom should increase battery life. Even on stock rooted phone, I got around 4hrs screen time and still 13% left of battery.

[POLL]How often do you flash a different ROM?

Curious what everyone else out there does. I flash nightlies on the same rom for a while, but I only stick to that rom for a couple months. So I guess a hybrid(you can pick multiple choices)

Probably every two or three weeks.
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I wait after a major update to Android until a stable ROM appears, so maybe every 3-4 months.

I was quite a big flashaholic for some time. But the thing was that I, while being on a different ROM, forgot how fast and smooth stock actually is. When you're using a different ROM, placebo effect takes care of the rest. Suddenly, 1 day of battery with 3h of screen time seems amazing, while in reality, stock can do just as well. And since I don't miss any of customization, I'm good. So, to answer your question, I'll stay with stock till I buy a new phone. No more custom ROMs, no more flashing. And I Iove it.
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i don't understand how people flash roms every day? do they just not have any apps to reinstall or what?

Titanium back up pro. Push one button, restore all apps and data in minutes. Just don't do system apps and you'll be fine
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I used to go from one ROM to another but finally just settled on CyanogenMod. Now I must admit I dirty flash all the time, I ,mean I flashed Cm10.1 over a stock ROM with no issues it ran perfectly. I haven't used Titanium Backup in a while. In addition I use CyanDelta to flash nightlies so I don't really have to worry about reinstalling apps.

Miui updates weekly... so usually every week so long as the build proves to be bug free.
On my sgs2 I flashed different ROMs every month, but on the gnex all I've been using is miui (stock android is boring to me, plus I like all the new features).
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Iam a flashaholic to the core.
I try out each rom's each version
the max. time i stayed with a rom was 5 days , cant remember which one maybe cna or bamf.

Anymore I only use stock and rasbean. I used rasbean till 4.2 came out, used stock unrooted 4.2 til about a week ago and am now back on rasbean for the minor added features.
I agree with the poster that stated stock gets just as good battery and just as smooth as custom though. I simply flash for fun and the additional features.
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Too often
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I think I'll keep with stock 'till warranty passes like 1 year or something... BTW I'm getting the phone tomorrow

Depends on the ROM. If I like it I'll stick to it for a while.
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For those staying with stock... Don't you flash your kernel also?
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Batou069 said:
For those staying with stock... Don't you flash your kernel also?
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I find stock kernel the fastest and most reliable. Sure, I could get better battery life with custom kernel, but since I mostly charge my phone overnight, 10 hours of battery doesn't make much of a difference. And stock just works. You don't have to worry about SODs or reboots or anything. Perfect for me.
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Batou069 said:
For those staying with stock... Don't you flash your kernel also?
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For most of my time with the GNex I have been on stock but with a custom kernel, though the stock kernel does work really well I got used to the extra things like headphone volume boost, colours/contrast, fast USB charge, etc. If anything I favour those features over battery life, though to be honest I have never experienced bad battery life no matter what ROM or kernel I've tried.
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unobtainiumdroid said:
i don't understand how people flash roms every day? do they just not have any apps to reinstall or what?
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I run the CM 10.1 nightlies, and only clear my cache and my Dalvik cache before each flash. My apps are not affected by the frequent updates. It's only when a version change occurs that I have to fully wipe and reinstall everything.

I was a major flashaholic until I found xblack, since then I haven't flashed anything else, so been like a month. I'm trying to live a life that doesnt consist of messing with my hone daily. I found something super stable that works great, so I've stuck with it. Only thing I've flashed since is the latest zen kernel

I'm battling a flashahlics addiction and the bad news is I can't afford to get cured at Passages Malibu but I flash a new one like every 2 weeks since I stopped flashing every single daily
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I've been flashing EOS nightlies as they are released, I was flashing francos kernel too but I'm using stock at the moment.

What sort of battery do you lot get on 4.2.2 (AOSP)

AOSP isn't as good as stock for battery life (a shame, but fair enough) - but how good have you guys managed to get it? What kernels, roms and tweaks are you running and what do you get as a result?
As a baseline I get about 4 hours screen on time with CM 10.1 as-is (no kernel changes or anything like that).

Panaroid .. Stock kernel
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11 hours only thats peanuts. ....I'm sorry though
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I'm at 57% after 8h. ParanoidAndroid

DirtyHarrx said:
I'm at 57% after 8h. ParanoidAndroid
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How much screen time
6%
13 hours and 13 minutes
5 hours and 30 minutes screen
First day on this rom
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Only 1 1/2h... But I want try other Kernels... Any suggestions?

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Only 1 1/2h... But I want try other Kernels... Any suggestions?
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Iam also use the stock kernel works perfect for me
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For now, I'll stay with stock kernel, too. Works like a charm.
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I've been getting about 16-18 hours with roughly 4 and a half hours of screen on time with slim ROM and redpill kernel

SentinelROM has been getting very good results in terms of battery life. Some guy got 7hrs screen on, and I got 6hrs with a little battery left over.

Beats me why people would want to flash a ROM with less features and less battery life..
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Maybe because Touchwiz is laggy and ugly?
Anyway, the problem isn't the screen on time, but the total battery life. In standby, Note 2 with AOSP roms seems to have some processes on that totally eat the battery.
In my case, i switched back to Touchwiz. I've definitely want a 2-day battery life, and with AOSP is still not possible, unless you don't use the phone.

BenRoark said:
SentinelROM has been getting very good results in terms of battery life. Some guy got 7hrs screen on, and I got 6hrs with a little battery left over.
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Battery Life is really good when the phone sleeps but I didn't note a better consumption when using my phone.

edmondt said:
Beats me why people would want to flash a ROM with less features and less battery life..
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Because AOSP roms are beautiful and faster!! And you can get the last of Android, months before Samsung wants to release it.

lhex said:
Because AOSP roms are beautiful and faster!! And you can get the last of Android, months before Samsung wants to release it.
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I would agree with that comment back then with the galaxy s1, tw was really laggy.
But this day and age, the lag difference between tw and asop is minimal.
Just thought that ASOP doesn't really make sense...
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I would agree with that comment back then with the galaxy s1, tw was really laggy.
But this day and age, the lag difference between tw and asop is minimal.
Just thought that ASOP doesn't really make sense...
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I'm on Android 4.2.2 for a few months and we won't have official Samsung FW until end of June... So there IS a difference!

Sometimes i thought my galaxy s1 was faster on cm10.1 than my note 2 on TW rom. I'm not joking

edmondt said:
I would agree with that comment back then with the galaxy s1, tw was really laggy.
But this day and age, the lag difference between tw and asop is minimal.
Just thought that ASOP doesn't really make sense...
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I'm not talking about TouchWiz, It's about the fluidity of all the OS.

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I'm not talking about TouchWiz, It's about the fluidity of all the OS.
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Totally agree. Just get in the Phone app or the contacts or SMS app and then compare it to aosp. Beside its far more polished and responsive. And you also have 4.2.2 waaaay before Sammy decides to release it!
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edmondt said:
Beats me why people would want to flash a ROM with less features and less battery life..
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Because on 4.2.2 I can use dashclock on my touchscreen, I can have easily accessible quicksettings which don't take up space in my notification drawer, I can turn off the backlight for the hardware buttons and have a navbar with far more functionality, with paranoid android I can have the navbar and status bar change colour to match the app (which will also reduce status bar burn in), with rootbox/aokp I can have the status bar hide away until I either swipe it down myself or get a notification, and my phone still lasts me an entire day of my usage. I don't lose any features I didn't use in the first place, so it'd be silly not to be on AOSP in my case.
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4.4 custom roms battery usage

Hi, does every body know some information about battery usage optimization of custom roms or kernels released for gnex based on kitkat 4.4 android?
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Don't know. I assume yes. Only way to find out is test kitkat roms
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Hi, does every body know some information about battery usage optimization of custom roms or kernels released for gnex based on kitkat 4.4 android?
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I have been using SlimKat 4.4 for over a week now and the battery lfe is pretty decent. If I'm not playing games and just calling and texting I can get almost a day and a half out of it. It makes it through a full day no problem, unless you are gaming of course lol.

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I have been using SlimKat 4.4 for over a week now and the battery lfe is pretty decent. If I'm not playing games and just calling and texting I can get almost a day and a half out of it. It makes it through a full day no problem, unless you are gaming of course lol.
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Thanks, but that duration is normal for 4.3 Stock ROM for example. although for 4.4 i think it is good.

4.4.2 Battery drain

I've tried a couple kitkat roms for my note 2 and the battery drains at 15-20% an hour with no activity. It's also slow to charge.
Is this common with 4.4.2? Should I stick with 4.3 for the time being?

rspear said:
I've tried a couple kitkat roms for my note 2 and the battery drains at 15-20% an hour with no activity. It's also slow to charge.
Is this common with 4.4.2? Should I stick with 4.3 for the time being?
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Trying and using are a lil different.[emoji48]
Trying we flash it (Rom) then if it's not acting right we flash something else...
Using is when you AT least let the Rom settle into your phone/device. A day or two should be good enough to know what's doing what...
Check this app out if you don't have it yet»» http://goo.gl/vffD4d
In order to compare battery stats...
Another thing is your kernel and your setting that affect your battery life...
Me 3¢ short of a nickel...
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Bajanman is dead on. Gotta let the ROM settle.
However, in the meantime, check your Location settings. In "Mode" take it off "High Accuracy" and change to "Battery Saving"
This was draining my 4.4.2 ROM'd Note 2 badly.

I always get great battery life with my note 2 on 4.4.2 roms.
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Having awesome battery life on a 4.4.2 ROM. SlimKat. New kernel posted today in the thread.
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15-20 % per hour with no activity ??
Uh....yeh....something is beyond messed up. ..
I've never seen battery burn like that. ..on any rom for this device. ..
What rom ??
What kernel ??
What method of cleaning are you using prior to flashing ??
A bit more information will help us to help you. ...g
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rspear said:
I've tried a couple kitkat roms for my note 2 and the battery drains at 15-20% an hour with no activity. It's also slow to charge.
Is this common with 4.4.2? Should I stick with 4.3 for the time being?
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You can use this rom BeanStalk ROM it is very good try it. if your problem still remain using with 4.3 rom

Thanks for the replies.
I tried aokp nightlies and omnirom for a few days each.
I'm on the latest cyanogenmod nightlies now and battery life is much better.

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Having awesome battery life on a 4.4.2 ROM. SlimKat. New kernel posted today in the thread.
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Yeah, I've never had battery life like I have on slimkat.