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I just want to thank everyone for their help. I finally got my phone rooted. First time I attempted it I bricked the phone 100% wouldn't boot to download mode or into cwm got my new phone attempted the root again and worked this time flashed the rom after wiping 3x and got stuck in a reboot loop so attempted it again and now everything is working awesome. Can't get over how much faster my phone is now.
Thank you all
Just my little rant for the day
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What rom are u running ?
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What rom are u running ?
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Right now trying out syndicate frozen
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Frozen is definately a great ROM! I was running Nebula which was fast and stable, but Frozen takes it to a new level..
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Frozen is definately a great ROM! I was running Nebula which was fast and stable, but Frozen takes it to a new level..
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So far I'm really happy with it. Definitely noticed the increase in speed on my phone. Wondering of I should try bonsai dunno though
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Heh, how'd you get a new phone?
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Heh, how'd you get a new phone?
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Took it to the sprint store and told them I was talking on the phone and it just shut down and froze on start up and they took it in the back and about an hour later came out with a new epic box and told me when they tried to flash the phone it crashed their computers so they gave me a brand new epic
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ichefae85 said:
So far I'm really happy with it. Definitely noticed the increase in speed on my phone. Wondering of I should try bonsai dunno though
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As long as its stable I don't see any need to change it. I'm sure everyone else will tell you otherwise though.
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As long as its stable I don't see any need to change it. I'm sure everyone else will tell you otherwise though.
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Only thing that doesn't seem to work is profile update and prl update that's it
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It works.. Took me two days before I could do it, but I was finally able to update my profile and PRL today.
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Only thing that doesn't seem to work is profile update and prl update that's it
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socos25 said:
It works.. Took me two days before I could do it, but I was finally able to update my profile and PRL today.
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Sounds like a Sprint problem!
k0nane said:
Sounds like a Sprint problem!
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That's very possible. I wouldn't be surprised
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ichefae85 said:
Only thing that doesn't seem to work is profile update and prl update that's it
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I'm noticing the same thing.
Just flashed Syndicate ROM and the PRL update seems to hang on "The network is updating your PRL.
Please wait."
I'll wait to see what happens in a few days though.
s84471 said:
I'm noticing the same thing.
Just flashed Syndicate ROM and the PRL update seems to hang on "The network is updating your PRL.
Please wait."
I'll wait to see what happens in a few days though.
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That's what I'm going to do wait a few days and retry
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Does anyone kn.ow where I can find JUWE's ram tweak? Perhaps post a link? Pleeezzz?
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Does anyone kn.ow where I can find JUWE's ram tweak? Perhaps post a link? Pleeezzz?
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Please tell me what does it do?
Hey Custodian, I'm looking for the tweak your using from JUWE.
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Please tell me what does it do?
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Well custodian uses it and says its way better than Darky's ram tweak. So I'm hoping Custodian chimes in to let us know where to get it. Anyhow, its supposed to tweak our Ram/cpu to somehow make it quicker and more responsive. It does the same thing as Darky's ram booster tweak does, just better tweaks, I'm assuming.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111145
There you go bud!!!!!
I haven't run into any issues. So I guess it's safe. PHONE FEELS ALOT MORE LIQUIDITY!!!!!!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111145
There you go bud!!!!!
I haven't run into any issues. So I guess it's safe. PHONE FEELS ALOT MORE LIQUIDITY!!!!!!
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Thanks sooo much Custodian. You da man!
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I haven't run into any issues. So I guess it's safe. PHONE FEELS ALOT MORE LIQUIDITY!!!!!!
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What ROM/Kernel combo are you using?
Any clue if this will work with SRF 1.1.0?
Wow this thing really worked..... Im running srf 1.1.1 w/ genocide kernel 1.1 oc 1.4ghz..... gonna run some benchmarks.... be back in an edit soon....
Edit: nothing secial in benchmarks but you can deffinatly tell its working with how smooth everything is.... and the ram is at about 178mb use in the stock task manager
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I realize that we have no source for the kernel on EE03, but does anyone have an idea if it contains support for init.d? Out of curiosity.
I was curious about this RAM tweak. Thanks Custodian for posting the link. EDIT..ok, I decided to go for it and this seems to really make a difference! I am running Urban Fury with Genocide 1.1, 1400/200. It made everything super smooth and things seem to open faster...just like advertised. When I get back to my PC, you have a thanks coming Custodian.
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This works with every rom. it is an android hack, not a rom specific one, but rather one that is tied to android itself.
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This works with every rom. it is an android hack, not a rom specific one, but rather one that is tied to android itself.
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Thanks for the info. I feel better about flashing it and it seems to have made a nice difference
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Might try this tomorrow.
All credit goes to juwe. Thanks man!
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Might try this tomorrow.
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If this doesn't negatively effect the battery then this goes right up there with the best tweaks I have done.
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this tweak is under the Galaxy S I9000 section. does it work on the epic?
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this tweak is under the Galaxy S I9000 section. does it work on the epic?
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That's what I am trying it on right now and so far so great..
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i just flash this right? no need to clear cache or anything?
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i just flash this right? no need to clear cache or anything?
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I didn't. Usually I wipe cache and Dalvik to be safe but I just flashed this straight and had no problems
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I didn't. Usually I wipe cache and Dalvik to be safe but I just flashed this straight and had no problems
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Same here
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I flashed it and didn't notice a difference. Maybe its because I didn't clear caches?
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I've had my Epic for about a few days now and I'm starting to feel like I made the wrong choice. I chose mostly on the hardware, than the software. The battery drains like the phone has a hole in it, the TW UI is just bad and I can't use the regular launcher. I'm sure this phone would be better with pure android. So what should I do? ROMs, Kernals, etc. Thanks in advance!
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If I were you I would install some kernals.
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Well hurry up and return it for a nexus... you only have 30 days.
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lazydazed said:
Well hurry up and return it for a nexus... you only have 30 days
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Why downgrade? Go with Colonel Twilight and the Frozen revolution! It's nearly pure android experience. Only catch is you have to give Mystery a kiss.
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If I were you I would install some kernals.
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What exactly do kernals do?
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Well hurry up and return it for a nexus... you only have 30 days
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I'm thinking about it.
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Seriously though, did you try launcher pro or adw or any other launcher yet? Get a task killer, estrongs is the one I use. Use it. Move all apps that don't have a widget to the sd card.. custom roms IMO are still too buggy..
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There's definitely a nice selection of Kernels and ROM's available, take a look at the development section, read through some of the features of the different ones available, and see if you find one you'd like to try.
In the end, whether you keep the phone or return it for a Nexus, is all up to you... none of us can really answer this for you, because we all have different wants and needs in our phones.
And fwiw, software side of this phone can be easily modified/customized, so if you're happy with the hardware, then perhaps you should look into the software customization.
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What exactly do kernals do?
I'm thinking about it.
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Well the kernel has tweaks in it that can save battery... I'd go with syndicate rom frozen with the genocide 1.1 kernel... pretty good combo for me, I can have my screen on for about 4hrs and I'm sure if you use the phone less you can get a few days out of it
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Custom roms are buggy? Lol what have you been trying?
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Seriously though, did you try launcher pro or adw or any other launcher yet? Get a task killer, estrongs is the one I use. Use it. Move all apps that don't have a widget to the sd card.. custom roms IMO are still too buggy..
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Is CyanogenMod out for the Epic? I had it on the Hero and never had a problem
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Custom roms are buggy? Lol what have you been trying?
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Yeah the only buggy rom's are some of the gingerbread roms and there LEAKS... if you want a stable rom syndicate 1.2 is the one to go with.
EDIT: cyanogen is out but not a daily driver yet ie: many things are broken and they are waiting for gingerbread source.
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Is CyanogenMod out for the Epic? I had it on the Hero and never had a problem
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No and probably won't be for some time.
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A good tip to remember...if you do go the custom ROM route, some have no journaling. If you choose one of those, make sure you power down phone completely and don't let battery die or you will get force closes out the arse. If this my be an issue for you, get a ROM with journal on or flash the journal on mod after flashing the ROM.
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Probably a dumb question, but can I root and install a rom w/o going on a computer?
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Syndicate Rom. It's absolutely awesome and very few bugs with almost all features working that I have noticed. Turns the Epic into the EPIC!!!!
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Go with SyndicateROM Frozen. The 1.1 version needs updating ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091680 ) on the ClockworkMod. The 1.2 version ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131544 ) requires the latest ClockworkMod ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1115999 ). You need to flash modem to EC05 with Odin.
What I did was flashing modem to EC05, put the first CWM on the phone, then installed SynROM Frozen 1.1. After that, I updated the CWM, then updated to 1.2. I think the 1.2 is not full package (?) and upgrade from the 1.1 (?). Rodderik will update the 1.2 version with latest CWM. You can either wait for that update or continue with the steps that I did toward the 1.2 version.
Edit - SynROM Frozen 1.1 comes with ClockworkMod included. When you get it installed, just update the ClockworkMod (what I did was using the flash method with Odin) then upgrade to 1.2 version.
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I've had my Epic for about a few days now and I'm starting to feel like I made the wrong choice. I chose mostly on the hardware, than the software. The battery drains like the phone has a hole in it, the TW UI is just bad and I can't use the regular launcher. I'm sure this phone would be better with pure android. So what should I do? ROMs, Kernals, etc. Thanks in advance!
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Dump sprint altogether and get a htc sensation with tmo or if you really want to stick with sprint get the evo 3d.
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I chose mostly on the hardware, than the software.
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You had it partially right. Hardware is paramount simply because you can replace the software with better software but you can't replace what drives it. Root your phone with the new purple CWM and then give the Syndicate rom a try. What kernel you choose for it depends on your phone since they each take to certain kernels differently. I am personally using the second to last version of the Genocide kernel and voltage control with great results.
Think of the rom as a car's body that you can choose to option and the kernel as its engine.
I prefer Go Launcher over Launcher Pro and Handcent over all the others available.
If you want incredible battery life download an app called DataSwitch by TomatoX.
Make sure to enable journaling too.
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the TW UI is just bad and I can't use the regular launcher.
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I thought the same thing when I first started using tw... If your taking about the launcher I won't argue. But the rest of tw is pretty good. Built in task manager that clears ram, the dialer is dope. Contacts list is very functional, U can swype right on a name to call our left to txt. Also easy to navigate if u have alot of contacts. Hold your finger on the right in portrait mode to jump through letters, than if, lets say you know alot of T's when u get to T, slide your finger to the left and you can sort by the second letter (feel free to say thanks). If your in to facebook the buddies now and whatever other things are built in to the tw launcher (though if u change launchers you lose those widgets) activities in contacts links your fb friends, the... Does... And u can... With... And so on and so on and so on... theres alot to learn that u wrong in a few days... I've had mine since release day and I just found out... Yesterday... long story short, u only get one chance to trade ur phone in. Use the whole 30 days before u decide
P.s. u can change your screen brightness by long pressing the notification bar and sliding left to right. But u gotta have auto brightness turned off (thanks ↓)
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Thanks for the info lol. Think I'll just use a rom and kernal
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Anyone else running just factory EL with this kernel? I'm happy with this setup until we see cm9. Battery life and smoothness are like butter. Highly recommend.
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Are you running MTD?? I tried that kernel for BML and it was very unstable. Constant freezing and reboots.
Just factory EL30 which is bml. Were you running sepukku MTD? Everything has been snappy and stable with this current setup, atleast for me.
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no im on BML, but i dont have the EL30 modem...im still on EI22
Thats what im on. Factory el30 with sepukku kernel. Smooooooth. And killer multitasking.
Just buggin out, me an my eye balls.
Leprechaun, El30 is more than a modem. Its a complete upgrade for GB with no carrier iq. I would get off ei22.
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yeah i know there is no ciq on it, but i dont have that anyway (legendary rom) so im gunu wait till someone makes a rom for it.
Actually, there's still traces of carrier iq on custom roms because it was integrated so deep. Now that carrier iq is gone, Ill be rocking this sweet setup until cm9 hits.
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I'm fine on cm7...
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I like cm7. Its somewhat slow sometimes, atleast for me, but it has its perks no doubt.
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Actually, there's still traces of carrier iq on custom roms because it was integrated so deep. Now that carrier iq is gone, Ill be rocking this sweet setup until cm9 hits.
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There are traces but there is nothing for it to latch onto... therefore it is completely disabled... so. Ciq free...
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I must have had too much of a good thing going tonight. Now that I'm on stock el30 with sepukku, I'm getting apps with no icons and its saying its not installed when I try opening it. Grrrrrrrrrrrr
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cm7 is all I left to try, hesitant now that I have EL30 installed. EL30 seems to be the best update so far
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I must have had too much of a good thing going tonight. Now that I'm on stock el30 with sepukku, I'm getting apps with no icons and its saying its not installed when I try opening it. Grrrrrrrrrrrr
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Those will probably be the apps you had moved to the sd card. The link to where they were probably got severed on one of your updates.
Kenny, sounds like I need to do a clean wipe to ec05 again? This sucks. It was a process building up from ec to ei and el. Could really use a new .tar about now
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I must have had too much of a good thing going tonight. Now that I'm on stock el30 with sepukku, I'm getting apps with no icons and its saying its not installed when I try opening it. Grrrrrrrrrrrr
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That happened to me yesterday. But it happened when my phone did a random reboot. I had to start fresh.
Just buggin out, me an my eye balls.
Yeah, wtf is with the random reboots now? I feel like I'm on EH17 again, seriously. Never had 1 with EI22
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Kenny, sounds like I need to do a clean wipe to ec05 again? This sucks. It was a process building up from ec to ei and el. Could really use a new .tar about now
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You probably just need to reinstall those apps that show as missing and then move them to sd card again. Not sure why you would be getting random reboots all of a sudden. A few others have reported that as well. I updated my modem and then went to CM7 nightly 24.
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I did reinstall the apps, but anytime it reboots, it turns into the same mess. I'm going to let the official EL30 OTA hit my phone and see if helps. Starting to miss my cyanogen already
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I did reinstall the apps, but anytime it reboots, it turns into the same mess. I'm going to let the official EL30 OTA hit my phone and see if helps. Starting to miss my cyanogen already
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So you are saying it is deleting apps that are not on your sd card as well?
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Ok so my dad has a vibrant and hes been saying its been slow and wants me to make it faster. What would be the easiest way to do that for him
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Should of posted this in the q&a section lol
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falcons2 said:
Ok so my dad has a vibrant and hes been saying its been slow and wants me to make it faster. What would be the easiest way to do that for him
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Please give us a little more information. What rom is on the phone? Original 2.1 JFD Eclair?, KB5 Froyo?, some custom Rom?
He's on original 2.1 I rooted it for him but never did anything to yet
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falcons2 said:
He's on original 2.1 I rooted it for him but never did anything to yet
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Hmmm... Does he have a lot of apps on his phone? Perhaps apps running in the background are bogging down his phone.
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Hmmm... Does he have a lot of apps on his phone? Perhaps apps running in the background are bogging down his phone.
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No not many and he's always killing the apps. His main complaint is that when he open up messaging it takes a while to open up
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I think he would back up his apps, and move to a stable ROM offered by one if the dev here
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I think he would back up his apps, and move to a stable ROM offered by one if the dev here
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Which rom would you recommend? Because I don't know anything about vibrant roms as I'm from the gs4g
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falcons2 said:
Which rom would you recommend? Because I don't know anything about vibrant roms as I'm from the gs4g
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To keep things closer to your dad's experience there's FishmanMod which is an update to a very popular Bionix -v 1.3.1 Rom. It will fly compared to stock but everything works and it won't be totally unfamiliar to the dad.
Here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441976
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To keep things closer to your dad's experience there's FishmanMod which is an update to a very popular Bionix -v 1.3.1 Rom. It will fly compared to stock but everything works and it won't be totally unfamiliar to the dad.
Here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441976
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Thanks I'm gonna have to show it to him and see if he likes how it looks before I flash it for him
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Thanks I'm gonna have to show it to him and see if he likes how it looks before I flash it for him
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be careful, the GS4g and Vibrant may look the same, but their flashing procedures are a bit different. read up and then do it.
Adding on to xriderx66, use this guide if you need a reference when backing up & flashing a custom rom to your dads phone... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
Since he's already rooted start from: "OKAY, I HAVE ROOT - NOW WHAT? BACKUP!!!"
If your dad is happy with the stock ROM (with the exception of the speed) then I would definitely suggest going with something like the fishman mod that is based on the stock 2.2 ROM. That'll make sure he still has all the stock apps and such. I used Bionix for a LONG time and was always really happy with it.
I'm gonna show him bionix and see what he says
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I suggest showing him Fish's version of Bionix for the mere reason that Fishman is supporting it daily, while Team Whiskey is no longer.
Fish is good at what he does. My name is Woodrube and I endorse this message.
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I suggest showing him Fish's version of Bionix for the mere reason that Fishman is supporting it daily, while Team Whiskey is no longer.
Fish is good at what he does. My name is Woodrube and I endorse this message.
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That's what I'm planning on showing him.
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Lol its been like a month and i still haven't flashed it for him but anyway can i get cwm on his phone without using a computer
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Lol its been like a month and i still haven't flashed it for him but anyway can i get cwm on his phone without using a computer
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Dl from manager from market then use it to install cwm
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Dl from manager from market then use it to install cwm
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That's what I did and it would goto install it and it said error could not install
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go here:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/605-guide-root-odin-clean-metamorph-swype-tricks-ninja-apps-everything/
make sure you read