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What's Your Favorite Rom?

What ROM/kernel combinations do you prefer and why? Vote and reply insight on your ROM.
Feel free to include battery life, performance, customization, etc
Big thanks to all the developers. This is opinion-based and only meant for informational purposes.
Please NO FLAMING ROMS OR DEVELOPERS. They do this for free, so keep that in mind.
Thanks

aval1392 said:
I know it's incredibly early since the phone has only been out for about a month and most are stock-based...but if people keep posting updates and features they love on their FAVORITE ROM, it can give better insight on which ROM to choose and possibly remove some spam from development forums. Which is stable? Which has FC and etc. Thanks! (And if you want, post about your favorite kernel in the future!)
Big thanks to every single developer thus far! This is strictly opinion-based and meant for insight and background information purposes only!
I am currently running wanam's 1.1 version of his stock-based ROM. Been running it for 2 days and has felt much smoother and battery friendly than stock! ATT and Samsung apps are flashable later through CWM which like. LOVE this ROM. Only known issue that I have seen is the 1080p recording for the camera. It does record in 720p though. Thanks!
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Same here wanam 1.0 although 1080 recording anything beside normal won't work

The only reason I ever want to flash my phone is to get aosp. So I say cm10 and aokp are the best. Don't really see a point in flashing stock based roms.
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Tuchmi S3X nuff said. Stable, AMAZING battery life (won't be able to use your phone without it ) and fast.
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You might wanna make a Poll on top. So users can vote for the Rom they like.

Stock LG1 with Ktoon's Sammy 0719c kernel.

unleashed12 said:
The only reason I ever want to flash my phone is to get aosp. So I say cm10 and aokp are the best. Don't really see a point in flashing stock based roms.
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agreed

unleashed12 said:
The only reason I ever want to flash my phone is to get aosp. So I say cm10 and aokp are the best. Don't really see a point in flashing stock based roms.
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Only reason I flash as well. :laugh:

aval1392 said:
I know it's incredibly early since the phone has only been out for about a month and most are stock-based...but if people keep posting updates and features they love on their FAVORITE ROM, it can give better insight on which ROM to choose and possibly remove some spam from development forums. Which is stable? Which has FC and etc. Thanks! (And if you want, post about your favorite kernel in the future!)
Big thanks to every single developer thus far! This is strictly opinion-based and meant for insight and background information purposes only!
I am currently running wanam's 1.1 version of his stock-based ROM. Been running it for 2 days and has felt much smoother and battery friendly than stock! ATT and Samsung apps are flashable later through CWM which like. LOVE this ROM. Only known issue that I have seen is the 1080p recording for the camera. It does record in 720p though. Thanks!
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I ran CM !0 for a few days but I used a Mac and MTP doesn't work so its a bit of a deal breaker for me, but in all fairness its Extremely stable to be an Alpha build. My first android phone was the G1 and then on to the Nexus One so i'm a sucker for AOSP based android roms and for Cyanogen Mod in general so ill be running it when the MTP gets sorted out on my Mac.
I tried Wanams rom, I remember him from my SGS2, Hes a great Dev & its really stable as well.
The best all around so far for me is AndroidUser00110001's Rom linked below. I've found the wifi disconnect problem that i was having with the other TW Roms is gone and it has had the best over all balance of performance and stability.
[ROM[I747UCALG1][07-23-12] Modified Stock ROM|Enhanced Reboot-Tether Fix + More http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1787546

Kenneth.Torres said:
Tuchmi S3X nuff said. Stable, AMAZING battery life (won't be able to use your phone without it ) and fast.
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When it comes to battery life there literally is none better, he did a fantastic job with his ROM. It takes a performance hit at times but its to be expected.
Overall, AOKP has everything I want, sans killer battery life

My own personal rom. Has all the customizations I want and none of the ones I don't.

Diviance said:
My own personal rom. Has all the customizations I want and none of the ones I don't.
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Some of us might enjoy a little S3 Aura the Atrix forums miss you dude. Haha they probably don't miss me though

MyronJ906 said:
Some of us might enjoy a little S3 Aura the Atrix forums miss you dude. Haha they probably don't miss me though
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I have looked at it, and the one I have installed on my phone even has the Aurora designation I intend to use if I publicly release a rom for this phone, so we will see.
Also, son of a *****, godaddy didn't auto-renew my domain. Guess I will need a new one.

A buddy of mine just got the S3 and isn't into the touchwiz and nature theme. He just got the phone yesterday so I've been looking for the best custom rom with everything working. Any suggestions? I know it's early in the game and I might be asking too much. I've been searching and haven't been able to find much. Thank you for any suggestions.
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I used Aura on my Atrix for the longest time. I like the stability of kyan's ROM. I just know the layout and I like the dandelion/water unlock screen LOL. I liked CM10 and had no issues. I plan on trying AOKP tonight. I like the drop down 15 toggles mainly because they are quick to get to and turn on and off like torch and brightness modes.

Phoneguy589 said:
I used Aura on my Atrix for the longest time. I like the stability of kyan's ROM. I just know the layout and I like the dandelion/water unlock screen LOL. I liked CM10 and had no issues. I plan on trying AOKP tonight. I like the drop down 15 toggles mainly because they are quick to get to and turn on and off like torch and brightness modes.
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Ok thanks let me know how you like AOKP. I kinda want him to try CM10 once the bugs are ironed out.
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Tuchmi for sure is getting INSANE battery life
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mattbourge said:
A buddy of mine just got the S3 and isn't into the touchwiz and nature theme. He just got the phone yesterday so I've been looking for the best custom rom with everything working. Any suggestions? I know it's early in the game and I might be asking too much. I've been searching and haven't been able to find much. Thank you for any suggestions.
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Definitely AOKP. Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean versions are awesome. I've yet to find any bugs that keep it from being a daily driver. In fact I've found none. But I haven't used it that in depth much, we shall see.
But I put my vote in for AOKP. By far the best, and I only flash for AOSP based ROMs anyways. :good:

AOKP JellyBean and ktoonsez JB kernel. Those guys rock. Never seen a preview work so well, looking to see what's to come.
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I'm using and loving Wanam, but due to the poll, I really want to check out the AOKP.

i747M - Best ROM and Kernel

Hey guys,
What is the best rom/kernel combo you have found? I am currently on slimbean with kT kernel. Looking for what has worked for others :good:

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I'm very interested to know myself. I just got the sgs3 coming from a galaxy nexus running aokp. I love the new touchwiz which is ,I find, leaps and bounds beyond the sgs2's version of touchwiz. I actually want to keep it. I want a rom that gives me more without taking anything away. What I mean is a juiced up touchwiz with more customization. No nova or apex. Lte, avcrp and nfc that actually work. landscape mode phablet mode etc. Every rom has one or the other not all.

at this point it really comes down to personal opinion. all roms are heavily supported and seem to be very stable. it depends on what your looking for.
slim is a great rom very smooth and light (only ~80mb in size!) but i've found that i get more random fc's on slimbean than i do on cm10/aokp. so im sticking with cm10 & kt747 kernel for now. i always check out new slimbean updates though, when it gets a little more stable ill probably stay there.
i haven't had much experience with leak based stock jb roms. when the official at&t jb update comes out ill probably stick with stock jb because i do enjoy touchwiz but right now it seems that aosp is better with stability and battery life.
one thing i am sure of is every rom i flash, i flash ktoonsez kt747 kernel. during heavy use i switch to from ondemand to ktoonservative governer and that will really save you battery life.

i think it does come down to personal preference, but what I'm using is the latest Cyanogenmod 10 nightly with Ktoonsez latest kernel (9/23) and it's underclocked and undervolted. Great performance and even better battery life.

vomer said:
Hey guys,
What is the best rom/kernel combo you have found? I am currently on slimbean with kT kernel. Looking for what has worked for others :good:
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there is no such thing

task650 said:
there is no such thing
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this is true!!!!

I tired flashing slim rom I am using bell version i747m and it failed any suggestions?

My personal favorite
Try flashing this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1869300
JB
50GB of dropbox
configurable toogles
Stable
Good battery life.
This developer did an outstanding job with this rom
Hope it helps, give it a try you won't regret it

Tecnomantis said:
Try flashing this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1869300
JB
50GB of dropbox
configurable toogles
Stable
Good battery life.
This developer did an outstanding job with this rom
Hope it helps, give it a try you won't regret it
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I saw that there are two versions of that rom, which one do you recommend?
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mozXegX said:
I saw that there are two versions of that rom, which one do you recommend?
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Serenity is based on the note 2 software. Milestone is based on the tmobile s3 leak. I tried both and went back to an ics rom (ariel). It just seems more stable and has more of the features that i like.
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vomer said:
Hey guys,
What is the best rom/kernel combo you have found? I am currently on slimbean with kT kernel. Looking for what has worked for others :good:
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I really like Serenity v1.1 located at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1869300.
There are a few bugs here and there, but nothing that would prevent daily use in my opinion. If you are after super stable then you should probably stick with a stock-based ROM of which there are plenty. If you want to try out JB then I'd give Serenity a shot.

I use kt747 with stock rogers rom, (4.1.1 JB). Aside from a couple of issues with charging for while powered off, everything is working well.

Jedi ROM 2.0.
I've had 0 issues with it, great battery life, buttery smooth (using Nova launcher) and everything works flawlessly.
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Or you could just try some on your own like most others
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Which Rom is your DailyDriver and why?

I've tried almost every rom out there but just keep coming back to Blazer or Kyan for my daily satisfactions without frustrations
ATT GS3

White Hot! GS3.

Tried several, AOKP e.g. but none had the full functionality of Diet ICS where literally everything works. It has been my DD for months now, practically the longest I've ever had a rom. Though I'm still waiting for a truly stable JB.

bdbx18 said:
Tried several, AOKP e.g. but none had the full functionality of Diet ICS where literally everything works. It has been my DD for months now, practically the longest I've ever had a rom. Though I'm still waiting for a truly stable JB.
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What company do you have with your gs3?
White Hot! GS3.

I use ParanoidAndroid. It's CM10 based and it has nice hybrid/tablet modes. It's smooth fast.
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Apocalypse487 said:
I use ParanoidAndroid. It's CM10 based and it has nice hybrid/tablet modes. It's smooth fast.
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I love that rom but every cm10 rom I flash I get low volume on recorded video:banghead:
White Hot! GS3.

I personally love nottach's ROM Ariel after being on kyan, blazers, paranoid, year of dragon, and now my favorite Ariel.
Its fast, smooth, everything is working, great mods, and stable.
Plus I get to pick what's in the ROM with the aroma installer.
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How is th battery life on ariel ?

skwon said:
How is th battery life on ariel ?
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Awesome.
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Was running blazer rom bit switched to Ariel as dev is on hold for a bit. Then after 2.09 Ariel I went stock and rooted. I tried AOKP and a dozen other roms but none were super stable or offered the functionality that stock did. So waiting it out for official jb and hoping for something better. I really wish we had a team perfection rom like I had on the note. That was my dd
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Bruce Lee said:
Awesome.
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Hey there,
Is Ariel for i747?

enomi said:
Hey there,
Is Ariel for i747?
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yes
there you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846701&highlight=ariel
looks good to me

Has anyone tried wanam vs Ariel ? Which is more stable and smooth ?

What : AOKP 10-13-3012 paired with ktoonez KT747 kernel
Why : smooth as silk, nothing i've tried to do hasn't not worked (yes thats a double negative, thats how awesome it is) and paired with the undervolting capabilities of KT747 the battery life is amazing
What more could you ask for in a rom/kernel combo.....other than maybe a sammich

I've used PA, CM10 and AOKP, but im on SlimBean for now. Use to use CM10 as DD but its been very buggy lately. Tried PA for a few weeks but hybrid mode is nothing special, and AOKP had bad battery life for me. SlimBean is ok, not the best but good enough to be a DD. Battery Life is decent. Never tried Baked rom yet but it looks interesting...

I don't really feel like I have a DD just yet. I'm still going thru the searching process for one. For a while, I was using Blazer, then I switched to a couple different JB leaks. I ran a couple different versions of Drew Garen's JB Roms: Milestones 2, 3 & 3.5. They weren't stable enough for me to use daily because of too many force closes and random re-boots. Then I switched to Graffixnyc's BlackJelly: Versions 0.6, 0.7 & 0.8.
I like the theming done in BlackJelly. But lately in V0.8, I've been getting random re-boots. I'm going to test drive Serinity next (probably flash it later today).
I'm really just hopping around sampling everyone elses theming until the official JB is released, then I will probably flock to the one I liked best with a stable ROM. By the way, I don't use any touchwiz, I prefer to use Nova Launcher.
I haven't tried any CM10 or AOKP yet. I'll probably do that when it moves away from nightlies (not that the JB leaks are more stable by any means).

I use liquid rc5, tried switching to pa 2.21, and aokp build 4, but nothing seems to work as well as liquid. New play store installed and working, and as well as jb flash player. Battery is good, but and i never had strong 4G where I'm at, and but I get 5 bars consistently here with liquid. I love it as a daily.
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I'm on Ariel 2.10 since last night and I get awful battery life. Unplugged and within 10 min I used 8% battery just looking at Facebook.
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ryan1977 said:
I use liquid rc5, tried switching to pa 2.21, and aokp build 4, but nothing seems to work as well as liquid. New play store installed and working, and as well as jb flash player. Battery is good, but and i never had strong 4G where I'm at, and but I get 5 bars consistently here with liquid. I love it as a daily.
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Thanks, I might flash Liquid this afternoon instead of Serenity.

dntesinfrno said:
What : AOKP 10-13-3012 paired with ktoonez KT747 kernel
Why : smooth as silk, nothing i've tried to do hasn't not worked (yes thats a double negative, thats how awesome it is) and paired with the undervolting capabilities of KT747 the battery life is amazing
What more could you ask for in a rom/kernel combo.....other than maybe a sammich
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sorry, undervolting capabilities? Hwo can I do this? I have AOKP as well.

Best rom for epic

Hello
I am new to the root world and would like to get some advice on what I should run on my phone. I am currently running cm9 stable but am having some issues. So I don't know where to go from here.
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eoliver12332 said:
Hello
I am new to the root world and would like to get some advice on what I should run on my phone. I am currently running cm9 stable but am having some issues. So I don't know where to go from here.
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Try other ROM!
You will get the best ROM in your opinion
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I see a lot of posters here cheer for CleanGB so you might wanna check that out, as for me I always like to try the latest so now I'm sticking with CM10.1 preview!

The People's ROM is a good ROM. So is CM10 stable. But I'm running latest CM10.1 ROM and its amazing.
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eoliver12332 said:
Hello
I am new to the root world and would like to get some advice on what I should run on my phone. I am currently running cm9 stable but am having some issues. So I don't know where to go from here.
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The Peoples Rom is a solid Rom with great battery life. All the CM roms have been great for me and CM10.1 is no exception, but I'd try a few to see what you like best.

Now should I just run the custom kernel and modem that comes with the cm rom? I'm having issues with mms and Wi-Fi tether
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NEVER ask what's the best ROM!
They ALL are for the users that use them. No one can tell you what is the best for YOU. You need to read and decide for yourself if a ROM suits you.
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eoliver12332 said:
Now should I just run the custom kernel and modem that comes with the cm rom? I'm having issues with mms and Wi-Fi tether
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Your modem does not change but the kernel will. The one that comes with CM10.1 is a 3.xxx based kernel and is smooth. I'd recommend running the rom as is for a few days and see how you like it.

I agree with you Kenny, but what an amazing work! everything is fast & fluid, colors are vibrant and beautiful.. I have been hanging around Epic forums for more than a year and this is the first time I saw something like this! you really had put a lot of work behind this, well done :good:

Been lurking and playing for a while now...
First off, I'm really impressed with the work the developers do here! OMG, it's giving my Epic new life and more. My wife like my phone so much, she asked me to root hers and put JB on it!
That being said, there's really a lot of choices, and almost every ROM makes a good daily driver. The question is what your threshold is for having things you're willing to put up with to get the cool new features these ROMs provide.
Here's my experience in the last 4 months - I started with CM9, and while I really liked it, I had some issues where it seemed to run hot at times. I added all the build.prop tweaks for increasing battery life, and once the stable version came out, I was pretty stoked. After a couple of weeks, I tried CM10 nightlies (my current ROM, 2013-01-20. I LOVE it! I added the 4.2 gapps camera and Gallery to enhance it a bit).
I expected the worst, because I work with developers and the term "nightlies" is never something we show to the public. In reality, aside from some initial issues with rebooting on earlier builds, it's been awesome.
This past couple of weeks, I decided to check out the waters and tried CM 10.1, and ran it for over two weeks - even put it on my wife's phone. It was like buttah until it randomly rebooted in the middle of a business call. I figure, once it goes to nightlies, I'll try it out again. Still itching, I tried ParanoidAndroid 4.1.2, and also AOKP Alpha 4.2.1 build. Both builds were stable and pretty polished, but battery life was better with CM10 - at least for the time-being. If you like to have lots of control over how your phone looks and acts, you can't go wrong with either ROM. I went back to CM10 mostly because it runs everything, especially Dead Space, which I couldn't get to work on any other ROM.
So, there's not really a "best" - it depends on what you want, and can put up with if there are issues.

Is there a good stable CM 4.3 yet anywhere?

Every N7 2013 Cyagenmod thread I see has nothing but bug reports in them seeing the quadrant benchmarks with them though is VERY attractive, since it blows the doors off everything else.
Is there any current CM build that is reliable and bug free enough to use without issues?

Only bug I've had with the official CM 4.3 ROM is occasional random reboots. Other than that it's perfect.
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Its more than just benchmarks though, ui customization is on a greater level than what I have experienced thus far with xposed framework and x theme engine or even with cydia substrate and winterboard, The ui and multitasking are lag free, web browsing has no touchscreen hiccups, and gaming is also smoother on cm 10.2. I'm using unofficial (09/05) nightly build with the elementalx kernel 1.3 and am loving it.
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I havent had any issue with Kang

I haven't read of any CM 10.2 based rom that suffers huge bugs. They're actually really stable considering the short time 4.3 has been out. I've been using Kang for a while, and everything works beautifully

Maybe its time to give kang a shot then. Thanks for the input guys. Like everything, you see more posts from people with issues, than from people who are not having issues.
I was considering using Jassy's R5 kernel.. is there another that's more feature rich?

Gareee said:
Maybe its time to give kang a shot then. Thanks for the input guys. Like everything, you see more posts from people with issues, than from people who are not having issues.
I was considering using Jassy's R5 kernel.. is there another that's more feature rich?
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Faux perhaps, has its own app as well.

I have faux, but rolled back to stock after some lockup issues a few weeks ago. Cleanrom just doesn't have the same performance at CM does.
I like cleanroom better than stock, but I've always liked CM on my galaxy s3.

Gareee said:
Every N7 2013 Cyagenmod thread I see has nothing but bug reports in them seeing the quadrant benchmarks with them though is VERY attractive, since it blows the doors off everything else.
Is there any current CM build that is reliable and bug free enough to use without issues?
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I would recommend the latest (3.99) paranoid android ROM, very stable and had no bugs with it so far

silvan g said:
I would recommend the latest (3.99) paranoid android ROM, very stable and had no bugs with it so far
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It looks pretty cool, but how is performance compared with cm+faux?
I'm really after the top performance and the most stable feature rich rom.

Gareee said:
It looks pretty cool, but how is performance compared with cm+faux?
I'm really after the top performance and the most stable feature rich rom.
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U mean like antutu score?

The scores I've seen that are ungodly high are quadrant scores. Granted, you have to take scores with a grain of salt, but when I see a jump of 15,000 on a different rom score, I have to believe I'll see real world performance boosts.

Gareee said:
The scores I've seen that are ungodly high are quadrant scores. Granted, you have to take scores with a grain of salt, but when I see a jump of 15,000 on a different rom score, I have to believe I'll see real world performance boosts.
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wow thah is very high indeed, i get 5548 in quadrand standart and about 20500 in antutu.
anyway i recommend you to try paranoid android

I saw a 28,000+ quadrant score with cm and faux kernel... just amazing!

Gareee said:
I saw a 28,000+ quadrant score with cm and faux kernel... just amazing!
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wow that is amazing! where did u see that? do u have a screen shot?

silvan g said:
wow that is amazing! where did u see that? do u have a screen shot?
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I'll have to hunt it down. I'm following several rom/kernel threads.

Same here I'm also looking for one that stable and doesn't have issues right now I'm running CM Kang with elemental x and it seems good.

I just downloaded kang, and was looking at elemental x as well, since jassy hasn't updated for quite some time now.

Latest CM kang nightly is running great for me! 9/8 is the current. I'm just using the standard kernel for now but might try elemental again.
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I'm rocking kang and elemental x 1.3, and am getting better performance than a galaxy s3, or the htc one.
I am seeing some wonky wifi connectivity though that I didn't see on cleanrom.