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Couple questions on Supersonic ROMs and network stuff...

Now I have looked in the dev forum and I'm a pretty knowledgeable flasher and such. About 6 months ago I provisioned the phone for Cricket and flashed some "for cricket" ROM on the phone for a friend. Apparently now GPS loses lock in like 2 seconds and searches forever (maybe it's always been a problem). I'm going to see if I can just flash a new kernel and try some things, it's a 2.3.7 ROM, but I had a couple questions too.
1) Is there a really stable Sense 4 ROM out on the Evo? usually I don't go into forums and start asking about ROMs, I try them all and decide on one. In this case it is for a friend who doesn't know jack spit about ROMs or any of that, she needs a stable, working phone. I personally just like Sense 4 and would like her to have it if we can do stable, and I have zero time to try out every ROM in the dev forum. A recommendation would be awesome. If there is no stable Sense 4 ROM (bugless to anything noticeable) then I think I will go with CM9, I'd like to avoid JB for the time being till KLP comes out and JB is all sorted out for "normal people"
2) I think she is having MMS issues. If I flash a new ROM I know the provisioning won't change, but is there a quick fix for Cricket users and MMS to get it work, like something I can flash or an APK I can apply? You know how girls are with MMS, and I'd like to get it working right. Data works totally fine and I know GPS will be fine with a new ROM, but MMS is always tricky. Any help would be appreciated. I am primarily a GSM user so any time I reprovision a CDMA device and get into all this QPST and CDMA-workshop crap I get all disoriented and it's such a trial and error crap shoot, so far I've done pretty well with Sprint phones, but I know some of you guys know a lot of CDMA stuff and may know of a fast APK or flashable Zip to fix MMS on any ROM or something.
Thx

well first off, there is only one sense 4.0 rom, and its VERY VERY buggy, its not worth trying out in your case at the moment...i would suggest a stock rooted rom.. remember that all roms higher than 2.3.x are PORTS from other devices (source code and all) so not everything is going to work

XenonV said:
well first off, there is only one sense 4.0 rom, and its VERY VERY buggy, its not worth trying out in your case at the moment...i would suggest a stock rooted rom.. remember that all roms higher than 2.3.x are PORTS from other devices (source code and all) so not everything is going to work
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Wow, so are all CM9 roms buggy too? I really hate how slow GB is compared with ICS...

most CM9's will be buggy...the best Stock Rom ive used is KWIQ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1534680 gb 2.3.7
and here is a sense rom, themed to look like ics
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1375160

XenonV said:
most CM9's will be buggy...the best Stock Rom ive used is KWIQ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1534680 gb 2.3.7
and here is a sense rom, themed to look like ics
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1375160
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Will check it out boss, thx

rogers GS3 rooted and looking for options

But the thing is there are so many options!
I have been reading about ROMS/ kernals till I just cant read anymore guys..its great that we so much to choose from but can be a bit confusing. Love the phone but couple things I would like to do with it so maybe you can make suggestions?
1) love to run a Jellybean ROM- whatever is the most stable at the moment, was leaning towards CM10 M2 or tasks build. for those of you who have run multiple ROMs what is the one that would be my best bet for a daily driver?
2) Wifi (as we all know) is terrbile. I dont get disconnects but it sucks when your wifes crappy ass iphone 5 gets 4 bars and Im sitting at 1 bar.
3) Network signal- again not the best, I get better signal with my old v1 atrix- not cool.
which Kernals have you found that would help with 2&3?
Im not the type to be constantly changing roms and such so I would like to get it as close to being right as I can the first couple of tries.
give me some options please!!!!
thx.
Joe.

I'm currently rockin' AOKP 4.1.2 by task & ktoonsez. Have also used Team BAKED Blackbean 5. Both are awesome!! I use both with KT747 Kernel. Can't go wrong with either of those. Enjoy!! If you flash anything you'll more than likely lose your s voice and s memo. So keep that in mind.

force70 said:
But the thing is there are so many options!
I have been reading about ROMS/ kernals till I just cant read anymore guys..its great that we so much to choose from but can be a bit confusing. Love the phone but couple things I would like to do with it so maybe you can make suggestions?
1) love to run a Jellybean ROM- whatever is the most stable at the moment, was leaning towards CM10 M2 or tasks build. for those of you who have run multiple ROMs what is the one that would be my best bet for a daily driver?
2) Wifi (as we all know) is terrbile. I dont get disconnects but it sucks when your wifes crappy ass iphone 5 gets 4 bars and Im sitting at 1 bar.
3) Network signal- again not the best, I get better signal with my old v1 atrix- not cool.
which Kernals have you found that would help with 2&3?
Im not the type to be constantly changing roms and such so I would like to get it as close to being right as I can the first couple of tries.
give me some options please!!!!
thx.
Joe.
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if your one who doesnt wanna keep changing roms.. Wanam lite is for you! its stable as hell no bugs and its Touch wiz based so you'll get no bogus bugs to piss you off. heres the link bro:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1782732
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njq1234 said:
I'm currently rockin' AOKP 4.1.2 by task & ktoonsez. Have also used Team BAKED Blackbean 5. Both are awesome!! I use both with KT747 Kernel. Can't go wrong with either of those. Enjoy!! If you flash anything you'll more than likely lose your s voice and s memo. So keep that in mind.
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say if he does debloat his phone he can always get apks for smemo and svoice!

I've been up by Tasks AOKP 4.1.2 build and it is extremely stable and great on performance and battery life.
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Thanks for the input guys, I went with AOKP 4.1.2 by task & ktoonsez, played with it for a day then flashed Ktoonsez kt747 kernel as well.
Seems pretty stable to me..odd little glitch here and there but all in all it was a good choice
Joe.

The Ultimate Touchwhiz ROM?

I am coming from the Sprint Motorola Photon which was a great phone but Motorblur was very limited. Therefore, flashing a custom ROM was necessary to get the most out of that phone.
In contrast, the S3 is a BEAST just on the stock ROM!
Here's my question. If you have flashed a custom ROM, why did you? Are there any custom ROMs that keep the cool Touchwhiz features and add even more cool stuff and customization?

Touchwiz roms - Jedi Invasion, Serenity, Ultimatum, Jellybam it has touchwiz and trebuchet (cm10)
I installed Jallybam it's a mixture of AOKP, CM10, and Paranoid Android it also comes with the touchwiz launcher.

y0yerrj0sh said:
Touchwiz roms - Jedi Invasion, Serenity, Ultimatum, Jellybam it has touchwiz and trebuchet (cm10)
I installed Jallybam it's a mixture of AOKP, CM10, and Paranoid Android it also comes with the touchwiz launcher.
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Thanks. Are these ROMs fully functional or do they contain any known bugs/problems?

Well for the most part i think most of them are i have not had any problems with jellybam which i am currently running as for the other i am not 100% but out of all of those i would probably flash jedi invasion as it seems to be the most stable.
If i were you i would read up on the threads and see because i could be wrong as i have no experience with them. Besides what i've read and some video reviews on youtube.

Agreed, I've started my research. I've heard a lot about those two ROMs. What made you personally choose jellybam over Jedi Invasion?

Here are some links:
Jedi Invasion 2.1 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020994
Serenity 1.2 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951115
Ultimatum 2.0 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2048390
Triune II: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1796502 (I think it's like a stock rom)
Loserrom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033093 (Says it's a stock rom)
Jellybam: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2053699 (which i am running if you have any questions about this on i can answer them)
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I chose jellybam because it has a lot customization options it's a mixture of AOKP, Paranoid Android (which i don't really know how to use all that well but it's still there) and CM 10.0. The developer updates the rom pretty often i've been running it for a little over a week with 3 updates so the support is great. They also focus on stablility, i've never ran into any problems. Also the rom comes with gapps( i think thats pretty cool) Plus i never really cared for Touchwiz i prefer the stock jellybean look and jellybam gives you both options. And im getting good battery life. Whereas Jedi Invasion is more like a stock rom with added extras. Not to take away from the rom though i hear it's very stable battery life is good etc. People who love Touchwiz seem to like it.

Thank you for posting those links. I LOVE saving time!
With Jellybam, can you still swipe your hand across the screen to take a screenshot, hold up the phone to your face to call the displayed contact, etc?

no i don't think so i just tried to and nothing happened maybe i did it wrong

jellybam is not a touchwiz-based rom, it's aosp based and therefore does not have the palm-swipe gesture.

cehf said:
jellybam is not a touchwiz-based rom, it's aosp based and therefore does not have the palm-swipe gesture.
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Thank you. What are the advantages of an AOSP based ROM over one that's Touchwiz based other than a more vanilla experience?

sjamie said:
Thank you. What are the advantages of an AOSP based ROM over one that's Touchwiz based other than a more vanilla experience?
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Nothing but bugs
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The touchwiz are are probably more stable right now compared to AOKP, CM10, etc. AOSP roms. But it's all a work in progress.

yulet said:
Nothing but bugs
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That's good to know... thank you! :good:
After flashing many ROMs for the Photon, I'm looking for some cool yet "stable" stuff right now.

sjamie said:
Thank you. What are the advantages of an AOSP based ROM over one that's Touchwiz based other than a more vanilla experience?
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one thing i personally like about Touchwiz based ROM's are the features samsung brings. for example Sbeam or WiFi Direct is beastly on TouchWiz. with ROM's like CM10, i cant send large files up to and slightly past a gig to other devices with the same capabilities. also, you can share multiple things like apk's. idk, maybe its just me lol

CSROM is my favorite

y0yerrj0sh said:
Here are some links:
Jedi Invasion 2.1 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020994
Serenity 1.2 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951115
Ultimatum 2.0 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2048390
Triune II: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1796502 (I think it's like a stock rom)
Loserrom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2033093 (Says it's a stock rom)
Jellybam: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2053699 (which i am running if you have any questions about this on i can answer them)
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I chose jellybam because it has a lot customization options it's a mixture of AOKP, Paranoid Android (which i don't really know how to use all that well but it's still there) and CM 10.0. The developer updates the rom pretty often i've been running it for a little over a week with 3 updates so the support is great. They also focus on stablility, i've never ran into any problems. Also the rom comes with gapps( i think thats pretty cool) Plus i never really cared for Touchwiz i prefer the stock jellybean look and jellybam gives you both options. And im getting good battery life. Whereas Jedi Invasion is more like a stock rom with added extras. Not to take away from the rom though i hear it's very stable battery life is good etc. People who love Touchwiz seem to like it.
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i too, am looking for a TouchWiz ROM, but based from AT&T's version.
i've tried the ports from other carriers and they just didn't work very well in my opinion.
from your list:
* Jedi Invasion, says it's built from UVDLJA, but i don't know what carrier or other information that is.
* Serenity, tried it, didn't like it.
* Triune is UCALH1 based, isn't that AT&T ICS?
* LoserROM, using right now, but i'm going to be switching.
so far, i've located the following ones:
* Ultimatum
* Intergalactic
* [ROM] AT&T JellyBean UCDLK3 {Completly Stock, Custom / Addons: updated 12-28-12}
i've tried searching, but are there any other ones i should be aware of?

Are you using loser rom 1.7 (the latest)? It's quite amazing and made for AT&T.
Jedi Invasion Rebuilt ROM (the latest) is very stable and FAAAST!

mrhomiec said:
i've tried searching, but are there any other ones i should be aware of?
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I highly recommend trying out CSROM. I've tried a bunch and I'm sticking with this one. It's very stable and extremely lightweight - it has an AROMA installer that let's you choose what you want installed so you can go as barebones or as bloated as you like.

[Q] Recommend me a rom?

Not new to rooting here, recommend me a rom. AOSP is preferred, but not necessary. I am currently using NovaLauncher, so if a ROM already uses it, big plus. Battery life is the biggest concern, even though I have 3 extended batts that I rotate. Awesome cool gimicky features are also a plus. Thanks, guys!

Honestly, it's all a matter of opinion. The battery life for most roms will be around the same.
At the moment I'm using paranoid rom which I love being able to adjust the dpi of each individual app.
My advice is just try them all, and just nandroid backup so you can always go back to one you prefer more.
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I would like to think that I've used almost all roms on my sprint note 2 they all have their pros and cons I was using Jellybomb for a while-so many options and mods-v15 will be released soon so you can add themes IMHO with all the mods and features it has it is the most stable.The down side for me was all the added apps almost made it seem as bloated as stock touchwiz, so I tried PAC man. Also very stable the dev is very responsive you get the very best of the best paranoid Android and cyanogen in one rom for those of us that just have to be on the latest and greatest version of Android 4.2.2. This is zero bloat as stock as Google makes for it's nexus devices. The down side is that you miss out on some of the features that make the note the awesome phablet that it is like multi-Window and the s-pen is basically a mouse. Currently I'm using NoWizAOSPmod v1.4.6 I get the best of both worlds, no bloat, multi-Window and s-pen support, several aosp features and Google wallet. Been using it for about a week with no issues so far. Best thing to do is try them out as long as you remember to back up your current rom heck try them all out I'm fairly new to roming so the hardest thing for me was all the reading and searching. Sorry for the long winded post but hope it helps.
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@op I use Carbon rom religiously and you can use an app called "write" for a s-pen like app and gps works over 3g but seems to go to "searching for gps " when switching to lte so I just use gps over 3g and has worked fine. Mms works for me with stock app, I just flip on data and send and receive pics.. I have been using the Carbon nightlies for a while and am more than happy.
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Right now i'm torn between Macsrom Allstar 3.5 and AOKP build 6. Macsrom is AOSP and keeps all my features but isn't as customizable as the AOKP. If i can figure out how to theme Macsrom i'll be staying with that. It does have some neat features and good battery life. Anyways i would just make a backup and start flashing different roms till you find one that works for you. I'm new to this and it's all pretty straight forward.

NOWIZAOSPMOD is awesome, I've been using it for a month or so now and love it. I waited a long time to flash a new rom because I like the samsung features espceially with the s-pen and multi-window. This rom is awesome because it looks and feels like the AOSP but has the samsung features that I wanted to hold on to. I highly recommend it!

I really like DigiBlur -- it's a debloated TW ROM with some really nice tweaks and mods. I use Nova to get around the crippling of TW due to all the lawsuits. He just updated the ROM to MC2 and it runs very nice.

Pac man rom 4.3

[Q] Which ROM is stock android ?

Hi folks,
I really wanted a new ROM for my galaxy note II,
however of all roms, I really wanted a ROM which is just pure stock android, no modifications, hyper this and that, no included themes, etc. I also don't like the roms that comes with samsung (kies) since it is already modified from stock android.
Are there any ??
Any help would be appreciated

Try Tweaked. It's basically stock but with the possibility of modifying some of the things. Once installed, is not pure pure stock, but everything can be reverted to stock. No themes or anything weird. Go with the basic installation.
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Ummm... I think was so asleep I misread your post... I don't think you are going to find stock Android in a Note II. The closest might be maybe... Cyanogenmod? or Paranoidandroid? You might be losing the S-Pen functionality.
Tweaked is the best if you are trying to debloat your device and tweak some minor things, but is not "pure android". I think that bought the wrong phone if you want pure android. For the N7100, the best thing I found was the Simplistic Framework.
What is the final purpose you are pursuing?

So cyanogenmod , paranoid, and tweaked, all will make my s-pen function disabled?
Which one of the three is the most "clean" and without all those addons that I dont really need...?
Thanks

Try this, based on CM but very stock feeling, and it makes your phone fly in combination with awesome battery life. For S-pen features, you can perfectly still use the S-pen with stock android (AOSP) rom, all you need to install is
CM S Pen Add-on
Note Buddy (to assign the app that needs to be launched after you pull the S Pen out)
Papyrus (assign this app to be launched with Note Buddy)
This is my daily rom and it's awesome, I consider my Note 2 as a Nexus 4 with big screen on steroids

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This looks like what you want. Just as a point, if you use a lot the radio, be careful with spirit radio.
In tweaked you don't lose the s-pen functionality, by the way.

I just tried android revolution. It looks totally stock samsung touchwiz.
Just need to change launcher to apex, and it feels totally different already

Give go a chance as well. I prefer apex in tablets.
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Btw, what is actually the differences between 'original android' and 'android' roms? at least for me, after I changed each of them with apex launchers they all looked the same. Except some settings view maybe.

Pure Android is what comes with a Nexus. A pure unmodified Android as it was conceived by Google. What it looks your are searching for is a debloated version of your stock Android, which is different: Samsung doesn't come with pure android, it comes with a variant called TouchWiz that I like better. The launcher is something completely different. If you use a custom launcher your interface will be similar in every device, but the "framework" and settings will stay the same of the version you are using and that is something you can only modify through a custom ROM.
By the way, debloated means you have removed all the extra packages coming with your android included by your carrier and the manufacturer. For instance, Note S, Kies, the t-mobile stuff, etc. You don't have to debloat a Nexus device as it already comes clean.