Currently I use a nexus 4 running stock 5.1.1 and outside of battery life I am pretty happy with stock 5.1.1. I have cyanogen mod on my N7 and I am also happy with that. I prefer something at least close to stock. I am not much of a fan of Touch Wiz or whatever they call the Samsung ROM (or perhaps just the launcher I am not sure).
The problem I am having is that my T-Mobile service is poor in my home office. My wife convinced T-Mobile to give me a free Note II as it will do WiFi calling. From what I gather, the only way to get WiFi calling on this device is with a T-Mobile based ROM.
What should I do? Perhaps just a simple launcher swap? Perhaps I should just setup my google voice number and use that as a defacto wifi calling and use the lollipop based ROM that supports this phone? There is a 4.4.4 ROM that supports wifi calling an yet is close to stock in function. Perhaps that would be the best way to go? IIRC 4.4.4 (actually I think it was 4.4.2) was a pretty sweet spot and I have been close to putting my N4 back their but now the bugs in 5.1.1 have become few enough that I actually enjoy the rest of the experience enough to stay there.
Thanks for your thoughts on this.
Wade
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I've been using Cyanogen mod 10 for a year or so now, and the biggest gripe I have with it is that Wifi Calling doesn't work. I was looking around and couldn't find a ROM that supported Wifi Calling. Everything is AOSP based these days. I'd greatly appreciate the help. Thanks in advance.
Pretty much any 4.1.2 Roms so if you look for those I know there's a few maybe two good ones. But pretty much just about any 4.1.2 ROM that is touch wiz based will have WiFi calling. I wish it was in newer versions like 4.4 because I used to use it a lot
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I just got a new t989 and I've been flashing like mad. I've tried numerous JB, ICS, and GB roms and the DEVs really put a lot of work=time into making them REAL nice for everyone here. For me, I just needed wifi-calling and prefer a nice lean machine, so GB based roms are great for me. I'm currently running slickMOD SUPREME and it's been great. Gonna try some more cuz I'm a junkie tho
Here are some links for you to name a few:
Jedi Mind Trick JB 8 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818305&highlight=stock - (4.1.2)
T989 customized UVMC6 JellyBeast Odexed - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2310126
StockWalk T989UVMC6 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2234624&highlight=stock (4.1.2; Literally just discovered this one myself)
Stock TMobile T989UVMC6 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344942&highlight=stock (4.1.2; plain Jane; good fallback)
DARTHSTALKER VERSION #4 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1903197 - (4.0.4)
Here's a list of t989 roms at GalaxyS2ROOT - http://galaxys2root.com/category/t-mobile-galaxy-s2-roms/ - (look thru them; there are video reviews and it's usually mentioned which are stock and have wifi-calling)
Nice list of 2.3.x roms if you don't mind travelling back in time - http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_II/SGH-T989/ROMs
slickMOD SUPREME - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1509473
What you're looking for are "stock" based roms, Unless I'm mistaken, nobody has performed the miracle of AOSP, AOKP, CM + wifi-calling yet.
Hope that helps
FYI: I'm running Jedi Mind Trick JB 8 and it's slick as $**t. Very polished and wifi-calling works great. Just follow the installation info to the letter. Also, Rushing just released Shadow_SU. Nice and fresh and should contain the latest/ greatest you can expect from UVMC6. I wasn't able to test wifi-calling works yet as I ended up in a boot loop which was most definitely MY fault, NOT the rom. Gonna give it another whirl. There are a lot of great roms out there, old and new, and I'm not as depressed now as I was when I first realised I was stuck shopping at StockROM Mart, thanks to the many great devs
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Painguy said:
I've been using Cyanogen mod 10 for a year or so now, and the biggest gripe I have with it is that Wifi Calling doesn't work. I was looking around and couldn't find a ROM that supported Wifi Calling. Everything is AOSP based these days. I'd greatly appreciate the help. Thanks in advance.
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Hey, I am new at this, but I have been flashing all kinds of roms fro cm10-11, beanstalk 4.4, and a few other and my go back to for DD is jedi mind trick v7. is the only one that is very stable in my t-989 and has wifi calling which is awesome now that I am in Mexico and I can still call the USA over wifi, I hope this helps.
Since getting my Note 2, I've only stuck with Touchwiz-based ROMS, but I really like the stock Android experience and I'm wondering what I'd be losing by moving to an AOSP-based rom.
Obviously, most of the pen features would be gone, but with apps like GMD SPen Control, third-party note taking apps, third-party multi-window and way better launchers (I use Nova now anyways)... what extra stuff do I loose that I might regret? I use the camera a lot on this phone, and even with about 6 third-party camera apps that I've purchased, I still like the Samsung stock camera app.
So before I jump, have any of you moved to a stock rom and regretted it? Why?
Camera isn't as good - slower to focus, burst mode isn't as good.
I rarely use S-pen, so can't really comment on that.
Most keyboards out there don't have a separate number row - there is a hacked version of the Google keyboard on here though.
Can't really think of much else - about the only thing I actually miss is call recording. If you take the plunge, I think SOKP is a very good place to start. Great customisations, good support.
In my experience AOSP roms have a little worse battery life than touchwiz.Elsewise there isn't really much to lose.
If you have a bit of trouble making up your mind you use Devil kernel dual boot.
This way you can have both AOSP 4.4 and Touchwiz 4.3 (no official 4.4 yet).
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Damn. I guess ill be sticking with a touchwiz rom. Looks like I'll loose more than I'll gain. Thanks for the replies.
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yeah I alwasys seem to come back to the TW roms ... I like the pen features alot...
and with custom 4.4 TW rom coming very soon for t0lte (n7105) I will be very happy.
vanilla kitkat roms are very nice otherwise.
I think you also lose HDMI out and you have to format your sdcard to FAT32.
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Seen some old post on this and most of them were for T-Mobile so I say its worth asking for the sprint users.
Is there any Rom that has WiFi calling that is more of a stock Android? (Any Rom that is not a Sense based Rom)
One bump to see if anyone can help me out a little
I'm hoping this option becomes available as well.
Hi!
I believe I know the answer to the question, but, is there any way to have both the AOSP dialer and the stock camera?
As far as I know AOSP based roms, such as Cyanogen, do implement the dialer but need LG drivers in order to have the camera working at it's best, which none is implementing at the moment (and looks quite hard to do in the near future).
On the other hand, Stock based roms don't have a way to replace the dialer as of now.
I come from a Nexus device and have been using Lollipop for some months now (since the first preview). I think the dialer is the best overall improvement of Lollipop besides material design.
But the thing about the G3 is that the camera is great. Being used to crappy Nexus cameras this is a whole notch above, and don't want to loose it. Mainly the video recording quality.
I wouldn't mind having either a stock or AOSP based rom. I've tried ChupaChups, Cyanogen, and am using now AN 6.1. All of them are working great.
Anyway I'm sure it's a matter of waiting a bit, development for the G3 is picking up speed.
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Hi!
I believe I know the answer to the question, but, is there any way to have both the AOSP dialer and the stock camera?
As far as I know AOSP based roms, such as Cyanogen, do implement the dialer but need LG drivers in order to have the camera working at it's best, which none is implementing at the moment (and looks quite hard to do in the near future).
On the other hand, Stock based roms don't have a way to replace the dialer as of now.
I come from a Nexus device and have been using Lollipop for some months now (since the first preview). I think the dialer is the best overall improvement of Lollipop besides material design.
But the thing about the G3 is that the camera is great. Being used to crappy Nexus cameras this is a whole notch above, and don't want to loose it. Mainly the video recording quality.
I wouldn't mind having either a stock or AOSP based rom. I've tried ChupaChups, Cyanogen, and am using now AN 6.1. All of them are working great.
Anyway I'm sure it's a matter of waiting a bit, development for the G3 is picking up speed.
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Cant agree more with you. When im on stock, i miss the G Dialer so badly and when I go with AOSP, I just cant stand its ****ty camera. Now im on Chupachups but still longing for the dialer solution. Hope that one day Google will release its Dialer just as it did with the Messenger recently. 3rd Dialer wont replace the stock interface during call.
Have you tried any 3rd party dialer from Play Store?
Hi guys,
I'm rooted and would like to enable tethering. I know about enabling Hotspot if you have your MSL. Are there any other ways as I don't have my MSL?
Now that I'm rooted are there any apps that can give me MSL number? The app I've used only seems to work for HTC devices.
best way is install custom rom..
sac23 note 5 port and hybrid 3.0 is best rom for me
vivrosh said:
best way is install custom rom..
sac23 note 5 port and hybrid 3.0 is best rom for me
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Right now I'm running the 100% Stock ROM that doesn't have Knox and Itson. Reason why I decided to stick to Stock is because I really don't want to deal with the quirks and issues that custom ROMS bring. Plus there are sooooo many ROMs in the development section it's tough to chose one when you're a newbie.
Any particular reason why you chose that ROM over others? And do you have any issues whatsoever with it?
Anyone have a way of getting my MSL number myself, now that I'm rooted, without the need of having to contact provider?
Roms should list it that the hotspot is activated for use. CM12.1 has it. But im haveyingbattery drain issues lately with that.. So Im also looking for a new stable custom rom
I definitely want to stay away from custom ROMS. Too buggy, specifically AOSP ROMS. That's all i used before and so I'm very familiar with all their quirks and mishaps.
If i can find a custom ROM (or if you can recommend one) that has everything working (like stock ROMS do ) I'll jump ship immediately. Until then, I'll take stock and stability day.
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Aosp are not buggy. Cyanogen is really good. I'm running nightlies.
Definitely Hybrid. Very close to stock with minor changes, including addition of hotspot. Very stable, really no issues. Just make sure you chose Hybrid and not the Hybrid X version which is more modded. They're both in the same thread in Android Development
Cyanogen mod has no bugs. Just no finger print support but that should be coming soon specially with cm13 coming down the pipe. The night builds are great you just have to activate your network within the ROM when you first start. But my phone doesn't crash no force closes or anything. Battery isn't all that bad... I honestly think I was having calibration issues with my zero lemon .