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Advanced Config Tool vs Custom ROM

I've got a stock Sprint ROM in which I'm using the Advanced Config Tool and I'm curious is a custom ROM would be significantly better (faster, longer battery life, etc). Anyone have any insight on this matter?
I had a Touch that I bounced around to various ROMS, only go to back to stock Sprint for the stability. So, rather then doing the same with the Diamond, I'm looking for some advise as to what I'm getting already (with the advanced config tool).

ivtec20 said:
I've got a stock Sprint ROM in which I'm using the Advanced Config Tool and I'm curious is a custom ROM would be significantly better (faster, longer battery life, etc). Anyone have any insight on this matter?
I had a Touch that I bounced around to various ROMS, only go to back to stock Sprint for the stability. So, rather then doing the same with the Diamond, I'm looking for some advise as to what I'm getting already (with the advanced config tool).
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just try the tool for your self....whats the worst you can do...a hardrest
if you mess things up

Oh no, I am using the tool and I like it. I was just curious if anyone knows how much faster an all out custom ROM would be... Yes, I could flash some myself, but that would be a lot of work if I just have to go back to stock (as I did with the Touch). But, if the custom ROM is significantly better then the advanced config tool alone, then I might consider giving it a try.

ivtec20 said:
Oh no, I am using the tool and I like it. I was just curious if anyone knows how much faster an all out custom ROM would be... Yes, I could flash some myself, but that would be a lot of work if I just have to go back to stock (as I did with the Touch). But, if the custom ROM is significantly better then the advanced config tool alone, then I might consider giving it a try.
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I tweaked my phone as much as i could and did improve but Shine On 2.4 is faster!

I would rather use a cooked Rom because, the the chefs (almost ) always know what they're doing, and they have the experience with tweaking to perfection.
Sometimes when they experiment with things it causes unstability, but they're only doing it to develope the perfect Rom. When using the cooked Rom's you alsow contribute to the chef work, and to this forum, in the search for perfection.

Is there a poll to compare all ROM's that are out there?

MegadethPantera said:
Is there a poll to compare all ROM's that are out there?
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Sticky's Sticky's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=415194

Significantly faster....no question!
Why?? Lots of reasons...from more available memory ("junk" removed), better memory management to page pooling up to 16mB
Most likely more stable as well (if using a well tested ROM)
Read thru the posts and convince yourself.........

You can only do so much tweaking with registry and/or Advanced Config. Further improvements needs to be cooked into the ROM.

Ok... So it sounds like there is fairly significant difference between the tweak tool and a custom rom. I had figured as much, but I was hoping the tool would have been close, because I just got all my icons set up perfectly.
But, I hate having the knowledge that the phone could be better, faster, etc. Too bad HTC or Sprint or whoever couldn't just get it right from the start! Oh well, I'm going to try a custom ROM one of these days...
Thanks Gang! Oh, and a bit off topic, but when I go to the custom ROM, I'm going to lose the Sprint crap, but the one item I actually use is Sprint music. I bet I can find a cab with it, but I am also going to lose the Sprint Music icon on the Music tab of TF3d. Any way to get it back there? Thanks.

I think AlphaZero has a ROM called "V7 SprintFlavor" that has all the Sprint stuff. Check it out.

[ROM] FKTweaked v0.4- New look with lots of tweaks #NEW#[FKTurbo0.2b]

# I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone
# Please keep in mind that many of these roms have ideas from other developers, so you will see some of the same tweaks. This is a learning process
# for me. I intend to keep learning with your constructive criticism. If you think I stole something from you, please pm me and I will either remove it or
# give you credit. If you have something that you think will help me, please feel free to tell me. This is just my way of sharing my current progress with
# the development community. If you know more about something than me,
# let me know.
This is a stock looking Rom with lots of tweaks. It runs smoothly. I would use it with Go Launcher. I have tested it with Synergy kernel and recommend it. This Rom comes with a new feature that is not completely ready. You can run it in terminal:
Code:
su
cd /etc/init.d
sh start.sh
sh fkturbo1.sh
This is not a completed rom but all the bugs I found have to do with the added scripts. All of the tweaks should work. Others will be added when I have time. I was hoping to get more done, but I started out in Notepad. It took me a day to remember that's why the script doesn't work. I hate Win 7. lol
Also, themes will be included when it is out of beta.
#NEW# FKTurbo v.2b
This feature allows you have a turbo in your phone. The higher the frequency goes, the faster and more powerful it will be. When completed, this will increase multiple settings towards performance when your phone is used heavily. It will automatically set them back to save power. It will be improved to remove all bugs and errors and work seamlessly with your phone. It is in beta, so I know there are some bugs that will be fixed. It will not activate on boot until it runs perfectly. I will add code to make it activate in a much smoother way in the next release.
Advantages:
-Easily switch to max power when you absolutely need it, automatically.
-Easily switch to power saver mode when you need good battery life, automatically.
-Go longer between charging by using extra power only when you need it.
-No more adjusting multiple settings to go from max power to max saver.
More new features as soon as this gets running right!
GB.6.tweak v.1b (Removed due to problems.)
fktweakedv0.2b (name changed)
fktweakedv0.4:
All features listed below.
Lightly themed.
Improved fkturbo.
Base on Mr.X's CIQ free 2.3.6
In the rom:
CIQ free 2.3.6
WiFi Calling
Deodexed and Zipaligned
SU
BusyBox
Init.d support
Kernel tweaks
VM tweaks
Data tweaks
Scrolling responsiveness tweak
Zipalign at boot
launcher in memory
UI with GPU
Delvik increased to 64mb
Wifi interval increased and other tweaks for better battery life
JPEG quality at 100%
Defrag database at boot
Touchscreen sensitivity increase
deadline scheduler tweaks
Sdcard cache increased
Lots of other tweaks
Team Kang's Toggle Buttons
Loopy smoothness
#NEW#FKTurbo#NEW# *
*not completed
Installation with CWM:
1. Download the Rom and your favorite kernel. (Synergy,Bullet,Faux,Darkside) (fkturbo works in synergy, but I haven't checked others yet)
2. Boot into recovery. (Hold Volume Up/Down and power on)
3. Install the Rom first and then the kernel.
4. Reboot and allow it a few minutes on the first boot, then reboot. *No boot animation means that it will go blank for a long time at first boot.
Link to the ROM (4shared):
http://www.4shared.com/zip/qzMe7f6n/fktweakedv04.html

Looks great. I love the MIUI battery gauge. I'll give it a try after v-day.

Thanks Buddy
Looks Nice! Ill report after I flash Thanks man!

Does this rom come with a custom kernal or a stock kernal out of the box

What do u mean of data tweaks and scrolling tweaks ?
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

fallenmk4 said:
Does this rom come with a custom kernal or a stock kernal out of the box
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It has a stock kernel, but it will have other available kernels very soon. I plan to update this with the current version I'm running by this weekend. You can use any modified stock kernel. Not AOSP kernels.

ymcmbforever said:
What do u mean of data tweaks and scrolling tweaks ?
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
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It is a very rough estimate of all the stuff that's in it. Data speed tweaks can potentially increase speed on networks. Scrolling tweaks makes scrolling smoother. Look in /etc/init.d/new2 or /system/build.prop for many of the tweaks. This is the old version, so the new one will have more stuff and a better explanation. Not all the tweaks are listed. There are many more to come!
Im doing this at work, so I don't have the time right now to list everything properly.

system rebooted, please keep the virus away
hit the report button for anyone off topic

Thank you Json. we are waiting for tje new rom coming.
@ Allgamer thank you for cleaning the thread.

New rom. Lightly themed. Almost done with the new feature!

Json'Smyth said:
New rom. Lightly themed. Almost done with the new feature!
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So the rom is not complete???

Im a little lost
So is the rom in the op the updated or are you in the process of updating?
Not asking for an eta just wondering what rom is in the link.

tdizzle404 said:
Im a little lost
So is the rom in the op the updated or are you in the process of updating?
Not asking for an eta just wondering what rom is in the link.
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The rest of the rom is working. It is version .4. I am still trying to perfect the code the new feature. I have lots of tests coming up (Bio, Chem, etc.), but I will try to get it perfected by the end of this week. This code is just a teaser that may have bugs in it. It will be updated. Thank you for your patience. Feel free to try it, but keep in mind that it may not work right just yet. If it messes up something, just run fkpower1.sh or powersaver.sh. fkpower1.sh is the better choice.
Code:
su
sh fkpower1.sh

bbobarino said:
Wow what a dousche. Rom control is beast absolutely brilliant and as for the 20 roms we have are awesome and the development in this forum is great. Only thing missing is an operational miui
Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk
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Everybody has a right to an opinion, even if it not something you agree with. Please try to keep the thread clean by posting your personal attacks to a different location. I understand that all original work takes lots of time and effort, but name calling is not necessary. Thanks.

Ill give it a whirl. there are a couple features I haven't seen advertised in other roms. _I thought all the haters had left the sgh-t989 tread. Must have just been at the haters ball instead of reading up on the Android kitchen. There is a link some where in the dev thread. Build something better and stop being an ass douché.

superuser696 said:
Ill give it a whirl. there are a couple features I haven't seen advertised in other roms. _I thought all the haters had left the sgh-t989 tread. Must have just been at the haters ball instead of reading up on the Android kitchen. There is a link some where in the dev thread. Build something better and stop being an ass douché.
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I like your statement. very impressive.

Yes i pm you not posted in the thread posted in your pm rookie keep it to the pm *****
LOL he so butt hurt over. Rom control .....get a life man...[/QUOTE]
Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk

How about we don't ruin this devs thread for a second time?!? Thanks for your work jasn.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk

So in the sake of getting back to the point at hand what is this feature and what does it do for us?

Edubyah said:
So in the sake of getting back to the point at hand what is this feature and what does it do for us?
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Good question!
This feature, which still needs some polishing, will allow you to save power when you are not using the phone heavily. It does this by modding the governor settings, which need some tweaking, and the voltage settings, which are being tested today.
When it senses that you are using the phone heavily, it will automatically increase the settings towards performance. As soon as the phone is no longer used heavily, it will automatically change all the settings to favor battery life.
This allows for a perfect balance between the power savings of undervolting, underclocking, and stiffening up the governor and the performance benefits of overclocking, etc.
This eliminates the need to decide between the full power of the phone and the ability to use the phone for longer between charging.
By the end of this week, I will have the settings tested (to make the power change smooth) and more steps between full power and full economy will be added. More settings will be adjusted by fkturbo by the end of the week. It may also be made more universal, but that will take longer than this weekend.
It is being updated to v0.5 for the rom and v0.3 for the feature.

[ROM] ICS 4.0.4 (IMM76D) Stock, rooted, busybox, battery%, deodexed (4-12-12)

This is 100% stock, rooted Ice Cream Sandwich I've made for myself and thought I would share. Contains su, busybox, nano and bash binaries.
Link:
IMM76D stock rooted busybox (odexed)
IMM76D_stock_rooted_busybox_deodexed v2 (No Battery% or Softkey Mod)
IMM76D_stock_rooted_busybox_deodexed v2 (includes Battery% and Softkey Mod)
Changes v1:
Deodexed
Optimized the system for much smoother UI
Updated Apps:
Market
Gmail
GoogleEarth
Maps
Added Apps:
ChrometoPhone
GoogleDocs
GoogleGoggles
GoogleVoice
GoogleWallet
Changes v2:
Fixed issue with OS being laggy especially in Market.
Stock launcher 270 degree rotations by me.
Better transitions when rotating 180 degrees (more ipad like) by me.
1% Battery increments by he_stheone64.
Themed softkey buttons with ICS stock blue by atticus182.
Themed the rest of the UI so older older apps can have ICS theme (by unknown, didn't get the name. If you know who created let me know so I can credit them)
Removed: (why make it bloated?)
ChrometoPhone
GoogleDocs
GoogleGoggles
GoogleVoice

Oh dear, It's the great news. So, could you let me know where's the link or attached file...

gordon6 said:
Oh dear, It's the great news. So, could you let me know where's the link or attached file...
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Whoops! forgot to add the link..

Good, exactly what I was looking for.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

OMG...Geo411m, it's good to have you here with us... Really appreciate your hard work, since Nexus One times.. Cheers mate..

Nikos_s3 said:
OMG...Geo411m, it's good to have you here with us... Really appreciate your hard work, since Nexus One times.. Cheers mate..
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+1

Nikos_s3 said:
OMG...Geo411m, it's good to have you here with us... Really appreciate your hard work, since Nexus One times.. Cheers mate..
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nenil said:
+1
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Thanks guys. I ended up getting an iPhone for about a year. It was a great phone but boring due to having no customization. This is my 2nd day with the Galaxy Nexus and I love it. Android has really come a long way since I last used it.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2 Beta-5

Hi Geo411m,
Thanks for your effort, just like to confirm that is it a CWM flashable zip?
Thanks~!!

Well, I ran into a few issues at first. It didn't have any APNs, but I reset APNS to default then restarted the phone and all is well now.
So far so good, no real issues now that it's up and running. Thanks!
And yes, it's flashable via CWM.

thanks kitinas.

damn, I'm forced to login/create account with 4shared now? bah..
nevertheless, thanks for sharing

Kitinas said:
Well, I ran into a few issues at first. It didn't have any APNs, but I reset APNS to default then restarted the phone and all is well now.
So far so good, no real issues now that it's up and running. Thanks!
And yes, it's flashable via CWM.
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Did you wipe caches after install? This rom was created using the system image directly from google and therefore should work exactly as OTA. Not sure why the apn weren't there on first use.
kwazi said:
damn, I'm forced to login/create account with 4shared now? bah..
nevertheless, thanks for sharing
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I wasn't aware of the 4shared issue. I haven't done anything with android for about a year and don't know of other hosting.

Stock or AOKP
Receiving my brand new NEXUS tomorrow. Need to make a decision whether to go with stock ROM vs AOKP.
My history has been HyperDroid CM7 on an HD2 so i am on completely new ground. Can any and all give me your top 10 reasons to go either way?...........

universed said:
Receiving my brand new NEXUS tomorrow. Need to make a decision whether to go with stock ROM vs AOKP.
My history has been HyperDroid CM7 on an HD2 so i am on completely new ground. Can any and all give me your top 10 reasons to go either way?...........
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In my opinion I feel stock (with a few tweaks) offers more stability. I've seen too many AOSP give lots of FC/crashes and I rather have a working phone then have it crash while outdoors and you have to wait to get home to fix it.

My experience in Stock tells me, you can only be with stock for so long...
...till you get frustrated enough to
first - atleast change the Kernel (go for franco kernel, one of the best out there). that makes things a bit snappier, has much more tweaks under the hood for battery life, wifi et al
Then, second, figure out how many more features are available in ROMs out there instead of stock. Once you find that - it is very difficult to stick to stock. Try APEX which is a very generic rom and keeps best features of most of the ROMs out there.
So basically, take it easy, and enjoy the ride ... (or enjoy the bumps first then figure out a way to sail smooth!)
You wont like the smooth sailing of a beautiful rom and a kernel out there, till you've had it rough enough on stock. I just used the rom in this thread, and my phone went down by atleast 30% in terms of performance.
Its much more sluggish, feels heavier, and a bit jerky through the menus. Even when I have almost no apps installed!
I was much better on a 4.0.3 bigxie Apex rom (extremely stable) and franco kernel - extremely fast! blazing.
Stock cant even hold a candle infront of this combination, and I'm talking about 4.0.4!!

GPS lock on this stock image is a 1000 times better than CM9. wtf??

robbiev80 said:
GPS lock on this stock image is a 1000 times better than CM9. wtf??
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I've always had 5-10 second lock on CM9; seems like mileage varies for some people for some reason or another.

dhruvraj said:
My experience in Stock tells me, you can only be with stock for so long...
...till you get frustrated enough to
first - atleast change the Kernel (go for franco kernel, one of the best out there). that makes things a bit snappier, has much more tweaks under the hood for battery life, wifi et al
Then, second, figure out how many more features are available in ROMs out there instead of stock. Once you find that - it is very difficult to stick to stock. Try APEX which is a very generic rom and keeps best features of most of the ROMs out there.
So basically, take it easy, and enjoy the ride ... (or enjoy the bumps first then figure out a way to sail smooth!)
You wont like the smooth sailing of a beautiful rom and a kernel out there, till you've had it rough enough on stock. I just used the rom in this thread, and my phone went down by atleast 30% in terms of performance.
Its much more sluggish, feels heavier, and a bit jerky through the menus. Even when I have almost no apps installed!
I was much better on a 4.0.3 bigxie Apex rom (extremely stable) and franco kernel - extremely fast! blazing.
Stock cant even hold a candle infront of this combination, and I'm talking about 4.0.4!!
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I just updated the ROM with a much more optimized system. Let me know how it compares to AOSP.

May I know what did you do to optimize the system? Deodex is to make it slower so I'm wondering what are other tweaks you included that make it different than say ARHD 3.0.

bigeyes0x0 said:
May I know what did you do to optimize the system? Deodex is to make it slower so I'm wondering what are other tweaks you included that make it different than say ARHD 3.0.
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I don't know what's in ARHD to compare. I made lots of changes to the build.prop for increased performance and made changes to the system to make android take advantage of the Nexuses GPU for better performance.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2 Beta-5

Building a rom off of cyanogen, just for evo

Well cyanogen 7.2 is out.
I think I'm going to build a lightweight rom go launcher based rom off of it. First try ever I've done a lot of experimenting.
I intend on removing languages, apps that I never have had any remote desire to use (vpn, fmradio, that kind of thing), and create a basic high performance mod.
I'd like to incorporate the tiamat kernel somehow. Also I'd like to force smartassv2, and custom calibration settings.
Does anyone know where the file is saved, for adjusting autobrightness defaults?
I'd would like to zipalign it, and if I can, odex it.
Also I am going to try to run PNGout on all of the PNG files.
Anyone have any suggestions on best tools to do all of these things from a windows or ubuntu based linux perspective? I know how to remove the APKs, and using PNGout seems pretty straight forward.
I'm not opposed to recompiling, if thats the best method to odex.
Also, any suggested performance optimizations?
Build.prop flags?

This is primarily for myself. I want to learn how to rom

Angelus359 said:
Well cyanogen 7.2 is out.
I think I'm going to build a lightweight rom go launcher based rom off of it. First try ever I've done a lot of experimenting.
I intend on removing languages, apps that I never have had any remote desire to use (vpn, fmradio, that kind of thing), and create a basic high performance mod.
I'd like to incorporate the tiamat kernel somehow. Also I'd like to force smartassv2, and custom calibration settings.
Does anyone know where the file is saved, for adjusting autobrightness defaults?
I'd would like to zipalign it, and if I can, odex it.
Also I am going to try to run PNGout on all of the PNG files.
Anyone have any suggestions on best tools to do all of these things from a windows or ubuntu based linux perspective? I know how to remove the APKs, and using PNGout seems pretty straight forward.
I'm not opposed to recompiling, if thats the best method to odex.
Also, any suggested performance optimizations?
Build.prop flags?
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That sounds nice and all but this is more of a question which should be in Q&A.

Sometimes the lines between Q&A, and Development blurr... I really wasn't sure which to put it in
I'll make a post there instead.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1534680
this is something to look at. jamie did great work to be honest it deserves the 1.0 but i think he has been rather busy working on different projects (and im sure life )
another thing to think about is incorporating mason's aosp kernel it comes with some more gov's for ppl to play with i have used it on multiple gb aosp roms and it kicks tiamat up a notch
another thread is 7.2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1475989&page=89 i hate to say that these are abandoned but the way ics is working out it gets hard to come back.
just some things to ponder. been messing around with gb aosp to teach myself things here and there so good luck i wish i had more time to keep it going

If you want to stock it down, just build from source. Then add all the good stuff.

Dev app that you should check out - root required!

Hey y'all,
Sorry I have not been so active as I once was.. I wanna help but life has been a bit staggering lately. Anyways I come with an awesome free app for all you who wanted to see how I edited my build.prop
I used a program called buildProp editor. It has an easy to understand way of explaining details if each setting you can modify and gives you tips and has a lot of new user help for those who don't know how to use their build.prop
For new users in general, build.prop is basically the phones hardware configuration that allows advanced settings to make slight tweaks to your hardware (this is usually best for personally installed and built kernels, as you get best results out of it vs a stock kernel within the rom). So, this app will provide you an easy method of learning more about build.prop files.
In case your curious, on this phone model I do believe its located inside /system but again, I have a few phones I setup often.
I also use my system tuner pro for more advanced editing but this is not free.. I believe it was $5.00 but it does so much than just a standard app.
I hope this helps you all, because it helped me learn.