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Hey,
Dont have my vibrant yet, but will do in a few days, was just browsing the forum and learning new things before my phone arrives, I have never used android and not sure what these mods or roots are at the moment, but will learn
I came across this picture and the theme looks very good, so can someone tell me the name of it please?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832532
Thanks
awaisuk said:
Hey,
Dont have my vibrant yet, but will do in a few days, was just browsing the forum and learning new things before my phone arrives, I have never used android and not sure what these mods or roots are at the moment, but will learn
I came across this picture and the theme looks very good, so can someone tell me the name of it please?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832532
Thanks
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like the themes thread says. its an AOSPish theme. basically means its theme that closely resembles the look of STOCK android. our vibrants use touchwiz ui which is a skin on top of android which changes the look and adds features.
Can I download just the theme from somewhere?
Hey guys, hoping you guys can give some insight to a noob on this. I am looking to install a good rom on my phone. I'm leaning how to do this, but what I am looking for is speed and functionality. Themes are not that important, but would be cool. I do have the DK28 and is rooted, so I might need a good video to show me how to rom this phone properly. But as far as rom's go, I'm looking for one that is a really good rom.
Thanks in advance
Mike
Welcome to Rooting your phone. As far as the best ROM? There is no one best ROM, everyone has a different preference and outlook on speed. Any of the latest EXT4 ROMs will probably suit you though. Here is a link that will help you pretty much with everything you need:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700
They have guides on how to ROOT, ROM, THEME and other things. It has the links to kernels, roms, themes all there. Hope that helps, and good luck.
mazspeed said:
Hey guys, hoping you guys can give some insight to a noob on this. I am looking to install a good rom on my phone. I'm leaning how to do this, but what I am looking for is speed and functionality. Themes are not that important, but would be cool. I do have the DK28 and is rooted, so I might need a good video to show me how to rom this phone properly. But as far as rom's go, I'm looking for one that is a really good rom.
Thanks in advance
Mike
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I have had good experience with most all of them:
ACS
Nebula
Mammon
Quantum
Viper
Im going to the new Nebula (twin Jets) now with EXT4
Have fun and good luck
What's EX-4? I'm not familar with that. Also is there a page to show these roms as I know new ones are coming out all the time. tHANKS AGAIN FOR THE POSTS.
This belongs in general not development, noob.
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I didn't see noob post anywhere in this thread...
Oh I'm sorry you were trying to be an unhelpful jackass, got ya
Thanks NNYfan.
Some people right? lol
Viper Rom or Supernova are my favorite
popularbelief420 said:
This belongs in general not development, noob.
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Cool thanks. Are there any video's that show how these are installed? I saw some on youtube, but they were not that great of quality, and was unable to really get a good view of how to do it.
Thanks again
Videos
These videos don't show how they are installed but give a nice overview of some of the most popular current roms. I found them really useful.
http://www.youtube.com/user/randyshear#p/u
Thanks viper. I'm looking though them now. Just trying to find a video on how to install a rom. I have picked one out and looking for instruction on how t install. I don't want to brick the phone since it's my company phone.
I did it. Viper rom installed. Was not too hard. Found a good video for it. Thanks for the help everyone.
mazspeed said:
I did it. Viper rom installed. Was not too hard. Found a good video for it. Thanks for the help everyone.
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The fun part is thanks to nandroid backups you can try out a ton of roms (I flash a new one every couple of days, now I'm back at dl18 playing the waiting game)
From what i've seen most roms share all of the major fixes and use similar tweaks and optimizations that they borrow from other devs... and the only notable difference i've seen between them is theme and how much they include in the rom extras wise (apps, live wallpapers, etc).
Viper rom has a lot of updates but I wasnt too much of a fan of the overall look of it
Mammons bonsai rom is lovely and I <3 it
Midnight Rom is excellent too and one of the best themes in my opinion, though if i remember correctly he does away with Twiz launcher and uses launcher pro(could be mistaken though i'm really tired and have used too many roms)
Epic Experience was the first rom that I flashed and works great, but I was mainly playing with the others lately since they have more frequent updates
Quantum Rom - daemon is brilliant and am looking forward to his next release
Supernova - I did try it out but I honestly don't remember what features it had
Nebula - Tried this out too, supposed to be more stable/straight forward rom for stable professional people who dont want inflated quadrant scores or flashy live wallpapers (I might be quoting a different rom, if so i apologize)
Syndicate Rom - Awesome as well but its not for dk28 xD
Overall all the roms are amazing the only differences REALLY notable to me is that some use AOSP lockscreen by default, some use TWiz lock/launcher, some use ADW... launcher pro... but all of that is changeable with a flashable zip/apk...I tend to prefer mammon and quantum rom nowadays since iirc mammon made the call log fix and gps fix and daemon is doing all this ext4/cwm work and they seem to be leading up the race with innovation and knowledge (not saying others arent knowledgeable... i know nothing of developing i'm just guessing here)
EDIT: forgot to mention, only reason im not on dk28 right now is that personally I have minor bugs with it such as the one where you call somebody and it doesnt ring or make any sound but it actually calls them, and some other minor issues. I figured i'd wait for official froyo to drop and continue testing out roms when I get bored
Oh and theres also cyanogen mod which is sexy and amazing but is prebeta and buggy (signal bars not working, MMS is broken, etc)
Although I agree that he could have been nicer about it, these posts absolutely do not belong in the development forum. Questions about "which rom is best for me?" Definitely belong in general. The reason some people (myself included) aren't often very nice about it is becase it is increasingly becoming a problem. The op really should take the time to read the stickies before cluttering up the dev forum. Everyone should.
Also, calling someone a jackass- even if they are being one- almost never shows them the error of their ways.
NYYFan325 said:
I didn't see noob post anywhere in this thread...
Oh I'm sorry you were trying to be an unhelpful jackass, got ya
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Thanks to both of you. I as a beginner in this didn't know where to post. Thanks for the lessons.
Mike
P.S If I do change rom's do I have to flash everytime and lose my apps and info? I save contacts on the SD card, but will stick with viper rom if I have to flash the phone for other roms. It get's kind of time consuming.
mazspeed said:
Thanks to both of you. I as a beginner in this didn't know where to post. Thanks for the lessons.
Mike
P.S If I do change rom's do I have to flash every time and lose my apps and info? I save contacts on the SD card, but will stick with viper rom if I have to flash the phone for other roms. It get's kind of time consuming.
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It is best to get titanium backup (from the market) that way u can back up your apps and you can use Backup to Gmail (also from the market) to backup contacts, call log, and messages. That makes flashing different roms a lot easier. (In my opinion)
NYYFan325 said:
I didn't see noob post anywhere in this thread...
Oh I'm sorry you were trying to be an unhelpful jackass, got ya
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This does not belong here. Follow the forum rules. Even this little rom question belongs on General!
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Thread moved to General.
mazspeed said:
Thanks to both of you. I as a beginner in this didn't know where to post. Thanks for the lessons.
Mike
P.S If I do change rom's do I have to flash everytime and lose my apps and info? I save contacts on the SD card, but will stick with viper rom if I have to flash the phone for other roms. It get's kind of time consuming.
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Aside from titanium (which i never really used much, guess I should try it out as it can make backups every night while you sleep if you set it to)
You can also make a NANDroid backup via rom manager//clockwork mod which when you restore will restore everything down to cache to be the same. same texts in your inbox even xD.
EDIT: Also if you have your phone linked to a google account when you go through the setup wizard (on some roms) it auto downloads the apps you had installed before from the market as well as contacts, etc. But if you want an instant restore to the same settings/wifi/etc then I prefer nandroid (idk if titanium does all that I think it just backups apps)
also note that along with most roms you can customize them to your liking. you can change the boot animations (given they use a kernel that allows it... if the rom has a custom boot animation already it'd work by flashign one in CWM), theme, battery look, keyboard, launch options, lockscreen. You could always just get a not-flashy basic rom that incorporates the basic fixes that people want (faster gps lock/5mb mms/call log fix) and theme it all yourself in the themes and apps subforum. The gingerbread theme is nice and nova has a list of boot animations and battery mods in his supernova rom page :3. If you're interested in that I'd say go for epic experience as I'm partial to it and he includes an "extras" page with downloads to all that hes removed such as the live wallpapers, samsung widgets, etc.
Hi everyone. I uploaded videos of the stable rom available on this forum. Just want to share this with you guys. It can help people choose the good rom for them.
THIS IS ONLY A LOOK AT THE ROMS. I DONT SPEAK OR ANYTHING. NO SOUND.
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2.2 based roms
- FreeX10 Beta4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=900441
Link to video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkTMXjMZzgY
-NEW NEW NEW NEW ----> [MOD by CF] TripNMiUI v1.0.3 FreeKernel 003 ! <----- NEW NEW NEW NEW
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013210
Link to video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26tJbxRhDEE
(this is not the default theme that comes with the rom but you will see what u can do with this wonderful rom; ! Android 2.3 Gingerbread theme from the MIUI theme chooser!)
- CM6.1.3 Scamble v1.3 (COMING SOON!)
- [Cyanogen6.1.3]gingerbread[v01]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947613
Link to video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crk9VbLARXo
-( GOING TO UPLOAD A VID FOR VERSION 6 AS SOON AS ITS AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE!)
[ROM] CM 6.1.3 V4.5 (link to v4.5.7 vid on the video) [Tweaked+Theme+Extras]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=945264
Link to video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1-zbbP285U
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2.1 based roms :
Blue Sparks V051 OTA
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892688
Link to video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uTMoWSHWXg
[ROM-2.1-THEMEUPDATE]Honeycomb Look
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949457
Link to video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2r7Xyf0A6E
If you think this post dont belong here just delete it please. thx
you should probably blur out your friends phone numbers, etc... lol
Good idea though on the videos..
**** YES finally, great idea.
Good Idea. I linked your Video in my Thread
cm 7 v006 is missing thinki saw the vid yesterday gonna look for it
Dude, sweetness.
I have no idea why noone didn't think of this before(I didn't lol)
alankstiyo said:
cm 7 v006 is missing thinki saw the vid yesterday gonna look for it
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Read the title again my friend,A look at the stable froyo roms (videos),CM7 v006 is based on gingerbread.
@OP,gr8 idea,thums up!
Regards...
then - [Cyanogen6.1.3]gingerbread[v01]???????????????
that's froyo???
okokok my mistake xD
alankstiyo said:
then - [Cyanogen6.1.3]gingerbread[v01]???????????????
that's froyo???
okokok my mistake xD
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it is....
froyo with a gingerbread theme
Yes! Great work! Maybe it's just me, but it would be great if you could also put a description of each ROM in layman's terms. Personally, I don't find most of the descriptions provided by the devs in their first posts very helpful either. Since there is no audio I think it would be very helpful to know what's different about them.
If you are the dev of one of these ROMs or one not listed, maybe you will consider my request as well?
agentJBM said:
Yes! Great work! Maybe it's just me, but it would be great if you could also put a description of each ROM in layman's terms. Personally, I don't find most of the descriptions provided by the devs in their first posts very helpful either. Since there is no audio I think it would be very helpful to know what's different about them.
If you are the dev of one of these ROMs or one not listed, maybe you will consider my request as well?
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They are almost the same... It's android OS. The only difference I can notice is the colors of the interface. Sometimes there some apps mods and difference in the camera UI but everything about this is in the description of each ROMS threads.
TriPNMiUI is the one with the biggest changes. But I show em all in the video.
Someone should sticky this thread!
allskin said:
They are almost the same... It's android OS. The only difference I can notice is the colors of the interface. Sometimes there some apps mods and difference in the camera UI but everything about this is in the description of each ROMS threads.
TriPNMiUI is the one with the biggest changes. But I show em all in the video.
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Which I said I don't find very helpful. Those descriptions assume you understand all the abbreviations and numbers. To someone familiar I am sure it is crystal clear, but for a noob trying to decide between ROMs it's a bit confusing. That's why I asked for it in layman's terms.
In response to your brief description, and please remember I am new to the development aspect... Why do we need/have four nearly identical mostly working ROMs, rather than people working together on one fully functional ROM? Does working on cracking the bootloader or the drivers for the camera require a different skill set than developing one of these ROMs?
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agentJBM said:
Which I said I don't find very helpful. Those descriptions assume you understand all the abbreviations and numbers. To someone familiar I am sure it is crystal clear, but for a noob trying to decide between ROMs it's a bit confusing. That's why I asked for it in layman's terms.
In response to your brief description, and please remember I am new to the development aspect... Why do we need/have four nearly identical mostly working ROMs, rather than people working together on one fully functional ROM? Does working on cracking the bootloader or the drivers for the camera require a different skill set than developing one of these ROMs?
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One ring to rule them all?
You know what I want to know is where are the lawyers? With the official announcements regarding malware that requires a os update, I'm curious about the liability issues when you are locked in to a contract without a update to your locked device.
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stan.s said:
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One ring to rule them all?
You know what I want to know is where are the lawyers? With the official announcements regarding malware that requires a os update, I'm curious about the liability issues when you are locked in to a contract without a update to your locked device.
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Now is the time, if any, to flood SE forums, blogs, comments, and email with this legitimate reason to update. No more unique X10 (2.1) user experience versus generic 2.2 being a fair alternative.
Thank you! thank you! thank you!!!!.... you have sorted out and condensed a lot of time showing actually working rom's to update my "first" love but now my girlfriends x10i
Good stuff ... i tell you.. one again thanks
What is the photo widget used in the first video? Its about 1m20s in to the video. Is it part of the arc launcher?
Hi,
1st tought.
You should make the videos with original package and without any add;
2nd tought
Great idea!!! Congrats
@JBM
allskin wasn't trying to not give you the answer in layman's terms, he was merely stating that if its froyo its all the same functionality wise. They all have basically the same speed and features. The difference mainly being visual, which the video works well at showing. If it has CM in the title or Cyanogen Mod it means that it includes a set of personalization options in the settings menu. The only fully working roms are those that are based on 2.1 eclair. Most the number notations are just version numbers which do not corrolate between roms in any way. Trips miui rom is only different because its functionality is designed around behaving like an iPhone. All the same features are still there though.
So really, its as simple as choosing if you want the cm options or not and if you want a iPhone style or not. Between the pics and these here videos, the visual effects/design will depend on what you like.
If you want more advice please feel free to pm me so we don't clog this thread with off topic discussion.
Sent from my Delorean using a flux capacitor!
Compumasta, thanks for answering my question. Sorry, I really didn't think it was off topic. It was more of a clarification, but I am sure others will benefit from your answer as well.
This may sound odd.. but it popped up in my head while driving home.
I have been messing around a lot lately with theming, and also playing with the UOT Kitchen... This got me thinking for us less "able" members here..
Is it ethically okay to use someone elses rom (Ie- CM7) as a baseband... and theme it to your liking? then add in the app's you like and whatever you might like in the package and upload it as a different "rom"?
Thanks, and sorry for the odd question
There's a specific post approaching this issue, see
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317929
PS: If you want to theme CM7, the best way to do so is with a theme chooser theme No need to re-release roms or anything, just post your theme apk for people to download.
ssmr2t said:
This may sound odd.. but it popped up in my head while driving home.
I have been messing around a lot lately with theming, and also playing with the UOT Kitchen... This got me thinking for us less "able" members here..
Is it ethically okay to use someone elses rom (Ie- CM7) as a baseband... and theme it to your liking? then add in the app's you like and whatever you might like in the package and upload it as a different "rom"?
Thanks, and sorry for the odd question
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as long as you quote your sources (let everyone know that you used CM7 as a base, and who created all the apps you put in there, etc. etc.) then it's perfectly fine. just be sure to quote every single source you used.
also, don't make it the habit of just releasing themed versions of CM7 or the dev forum will get full of the same ROM with a different look. i'm pretty sure that's the whole reason CM7 comes with a theme engine that makes theming it super easy.
but on the note of your question, just be sure to give credit where credit is due and no one should have a problem with it.
Wow- That stinks... Wish I would have realized that thread pertained to my question.. Sorry about that.
& regarding my theme- It's such a half assed bork job that I'd be embarrassed to post it... Let me do a couple more run's and I hope to have something nice brewed up for you guys
Thank you, and sorry again.
Also- I wasent really thinking to use CM7 Specifically.. I was just using it as an example.
damn, theming is fun! It's a lot of redundant stuff... but fun!
Whats up fellas/gals. Im somewhat new to xda and havent posted all that much on here so im not sure how many of you know who the hell i am. I developed in the old days for the nexus 7 and galaxy nexus. Finally got the g2 and got the itch to start building a rom again! I am asking for any of you talented themers out there to make some high quality Evolution wallpapers. I am asking because wallpaper is not my fortai. All credit will go towards you of course for the wallpapers! Please do not get hurt if I happen to not pick your wallpaper for the rom, I am a pretty picky guy when it comes to neatness. I am looking for some clean looking wallpapers like the rom OSE features or GUMMY rom! Much appretiated and thanks for reading!!!
Mods you can move this to general if I happened to have posted this in the wrong section. I figured I would get more traffic through here...