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[Q] [Poll] What is your favorite custom ROM?

Dug through 5 pages and didn't see this topic. I'm anxious to try EXT4 on my epic and I was wondering how you all feel about the ROMs you loaded on your phones. What's your favorite and why? What other roms have you tried?

My current setup is in my Sig but I love it. Its beautiful, smooth, and completely awesome.

My setup is in my sig too. I've tried almost all and this my favorite.

I'm currently using midnight with ext4 file system and it blows the doors off the two I previously used, epic experience 2.0.0.5 and then bonsai for all 1.0.4
Take care

If I'm on a dk28 ROM, am I generally safe to restore data on another dk28 ROM?
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akenis said:
If I'm on a dk28 ROM, am I generally safe to restore data on another dk28 ROM?
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I have done that, so the answer is yes!

I am using the Viper 3.0.3 + lag fix and quite a few other mods i love this rom and i am very eager to try the ext 4 mod as soon as team viper gets one up.

jbadboy2007 said:
I am using the Viper 3.0.3 + lag fix and quite a few other mods i love this rom and i am very eager to try the ext 4 mod as soon as team viper gets one up.
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thought they just released one with the dual boot kernal
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After going from Bonsai 1.0.4 to Quantum 2.5.0, then back to Bonsai 1.1.1, I gotta say, Bonsai rocks the socks off Quantum. It's so much more smooth and glitch free. I also didn't care for Viper's theme or the attitude from the EpicExperience guy.

i gotta say the poll results surprise me. I suppose what is important to epic owners really does vary.
JD

JudasD said:
i gotta say the poll results surprise me. I suppose what is important to epic owners really does vary.
JD
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What surprised you? I'm curious. I was surprised too, however the sample size is small enough that its not really indicative of anything just yet. What surprised me was how many fellow Nebula users there are and how many bonsai users there are. From what I understand those are the two least flashy roms (flashy meaning speedy or pretty or the like) but just plain jane stable roms.

I'm using nebula 1.0.6 also ith ext4 and its really minimalistic. I love it.
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kenvan19 said:
What surprised you? I'm curious. I was surprised too, however the sample size is small enough that its not really indicative of anything just yet. What surprised me was how many fellow Nebula users there are and how many bonsai users there are. From what I understand those are the two least flashy roms (flashy meaning speedy or pretty or the like) but just plain jane stable roms.
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I haven't used bonsai rom but Nebula is not only stable but its the zippiest rom I've tried. Currently using Midnight rom. That one's pretty quick as well

For those reading this topic on tapatalk who cannt read sigs, what are your setups?
Been using acs / ee, but I want to try a rom with ext4. Looking forward to seeing how this thread plays out.
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skandranon314 said:
For those reading this topic on tapatalk who cannt read sigs, what are your setups?
Been using acs / ee, but I want to try a rom with ext4. Looking forward to seeing how this thread plays out.
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Check this sig
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Just ran mammon's ext4 mod and it is AMAZZZING!! Angry birds loaded up in no time flat. I didn't see a big diff going from rfs to ext4, but getting rid of journalling created a substantial performance improvement!

kenvan19 said:
Check this sig
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The point was that you cannt see any sig's with tapatalk.
However I didnt realize that you cannt see polls either. So it really doesnt mater.

Yo, ain't no DK28 rom out right now worth rockin on the Epic outside ViperRom! Heaven or Hell! AfterLife is where it's at. BT and the ViperSquad are on point. Ain't a development team out that can touch these dudes.
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Wish I had a team...I do ok by myself I guess.And as far as I know,I have the cleanest/fastest ROM,lol,one sided I know.Just to be honest I voted Frankinstein.

I love the Viper team. Most responsive group out there and forum is kept polite. However, I flashed Bonsai with ext 4 mod yesterday, installed my old data and WOW! It runs so fast and stable. I will pry try something else because I've become a rom addict but this is absolutely the best one I've tried so far.
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Axura 2.2.5.6 is beast!

If you want a good stable unofficial froyo rom based on the latest leak get this rom!
Comes with 4 launchers!
Not hating on other roms this just came to mind. This is a good noon rom because it has so many options the only dangerous things is that voodoo come activated so be careful!
Cheers
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Everyone has their personal opinion, and I respect yours. Personally, I think pre-installed launchers that were not used are basically bloatwares. I like a clean rom to work with and install only softwares that I need.

Yea I uninstalled all of themm
Just wanted tom promote this rom since I see nero posts
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lol i miss axura because of battery life and perfect gps.
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I love it because its themed
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PaiPiePia said:
Everyone has their personal opinion, and I respect yours. Personally, I think pre-installed launchers that were not used are basically bloatwares. I like a clean rom to work with and install only softwares that I need.
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I don't care for ADW so I uninstalled it with Titanium. It's not like 2 or 3 extra launchers are putting me out of space.
I didn't know there was a .6 Axura yet. I just did 2.2.5.5 and I'm loving it though.

Drewstein said:
I don't care for ADW so I uninstalled it with Titanium. It's not like 2 or 3 extra launchers are putting me out of space.
I didn't know there was a .6 Axura yet. I just did 2.2.5.5 and I'm loving it though.
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There is actually 2.2.5.7 out now..
--Team Llama Hater Club--

I am really enjoying this Axura rom as well. PepperKake is my other fav rom. Axura sealed the deal for me when I noticed my GPS working better with that rom.

Master™ said:
There is actually 2.2.5.7 out now..
--Team Llama Hater Club--
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You da man!
Now take a brake, I'm tired of flashing every day lol.

So is this an anti-Nero (Team Whiskey) thread?
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bosslabs said:
So is this an anti-Nero (Team Whiskey) thread?
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NO! it has nothing to do with any other ROM
dont cause drama.. this thread is about users who flashed axura and how they feel about the ROM. Nothing more, nothing less. This has nothing to do with Nero or any other ROM for that matter. Nero was not even mentioned til you brought it up.
Peace~

Alanrocks15 said:
Yea I uninstalled all of themm
Just wanted tom promote this rom since I see nero posts
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xtone said:
NO! it has nothing to do with any other ROM
dont cause drama.. this thread is about users who flashed axura and how they feel about the ROM. Nothing more, nothing less. This has nothing to do with Nero or any other ROM for that matter. Nero was not even mentioned til you brought it up.
Peace~
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Just an FYI
"I don't promote violence I only encourage it"
-- Marshall Mathers

xtone said:
NO! it has nothing to do with any other ROM
dont cause drama.. this thread is about users who flashed axura and how they feel about the ROM. Nothing more, nothing less. This has nothing to do with Nero or any other ROM for that matter. Nero was not even mentioned til you brought it up.
Peace~
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Alanrocks15 said:
Yea I uninstalled all of themm
Just wanted tom promote this rom since I see nero posts
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You sure about why this thread was made again?
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I promote that everyone tries all the roms because they all have their qualities. I just installed Axura 2.2.5.7 last night and all my benchmarks went up. My buddy is amazed at how fast you can navigate using this rom. I see the boot screen has not been changed lol.

Four launchers installed definitely classifies as bloatware to me. Don't need a dev to install apks for me. I prefer eugene r2 gingerclone. The rom is like 60mb smaller than any other vibrant froyo rom out now.

Sdobron said:
Four launchers installed definitely classifies as bloatware to me. Don't need a dev to install apks for me. I prefer eugene r2 gingerclone. The rom is like 60mb smaller than any other vibrant froyo rom out now.
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Some ppl have not tried all lauchers so this gives them that chance. Pick the one you like delete the others = no bloatware

i was using nero and i flashed this rom. i used it for about an hour and it was so slow i got frustrated and flashed back to nero and i am loving it. everyone will have a different experience i suppose.

I LOVED axura back when it was 2.1 then every rom started becoming themed like ginger bread I love the notification bar of that.
Can someones post a normal screen shot of axura?
Just because if this thread I'll flash axura later today.
Screen shot please!

Taste of Axura 2.2.5.7

Alanrocks15 said:
If you want a good stable unofficial froyo rom based on the latest leak get this rom!
Comes with 4 launchers!
Not hating on other roms this just came to mind. This is a good noon rom because it has so many options the only dangerous things is that voodoo come activated so be careful!
Cheers
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Very good.
Everyone has the right to comment with your opinions ... it all can and should also test the various ROM's and choose for yourself, so I am closing here!

Dang it developers!

Can't help but laugh at this:
I am running stock 2.2.1 EDT Beta 2 for a while and it's extra extra smooth. But now we have options to flash these awesome ROMs:
1) Trigger 2.6.2
2) RC6
3) Frost 2.2.1
4) Axura 2.3.1.1
I want to flash every single one of them but also I like how reliable EDT is. Anyone thinking like me?
Gotta love Vibrant community! Kudos to all developers out there. You guys rock!

I feel ya!!! I've tried all of them except for RC6. Tried out Frost and got the lag/bugs that are mentioned in the thread, so went back to Bionix 1.2.1. All of them are awesome ROMs, though!

I was just about to post something about this. Yes, edt 2.2.1 beta 2 is my favorite rom so far. Smooth and great battery life. In my quest for a complete 2.2.1 rom I tried rc6 and frost and found both to be laggy on my phone. I wonder if the 4g kernels are not a good match for (some?) vibrants. Going to stick with 2.2 for the time being. Axura is more theme-y than I like so I tried trigger. Trigger is very similar to edt 2.2.1 beta 2 imo and I really like the new kernel.

buy 4 vibrants.
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iynfynity said:
buy 4 vibrants.
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+1
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Sincitybronze said:
I was just about to post something about this. Yes, edt 2.2.1 beta 2 is my favorite rom so far. Smooth and great battery life. In my quest for a complete 2.2.1 rom I tried rc6 and frost and found both to be laggy on my phone. I wonder if the 4g kernels are not a good match for (some?) vibrants. Going to stick with 2.2 for the time being. Axura is more theme-y than I like so I tried trigger. Trigger is very similar to edt 2.2.1 beta 2 imo and I really like the new kernel.
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Feel the same about Frost and Axura. One is laggy and the other is very theme-y. I guess I will follow you staying on 2.2 for a little more. I don't want to mess my beautiful configuration.
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I agree can't think bring myself to change from beta 2 with dead horse kernel. It's really good.

I like stock with voodoo. I've tried most of the roms and keep coming back to stock.

Yellow C6 said:
I like stock with voodoo. I've tried most of the roms and keep coming back to stock.
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same here... my perfect rom would be;
Stock boot animations/loaders/sounds
gingerbread theme with touchwiz UI over stock ROM with performance enhancements (if possible, and of course it wouldn't be 100% stock then)
and of course voodoo with performance enhanced stock kernel.
if this could be done i would be STOKED!

You can try RC6 with Frost kernal. It has voodoo on kernal. I just flash, it is smooth. The only problem so far i have is the external SD mount. Everything is great. No lag at all

Best rom?

Hey I have a question, sorry if its been stated as I'm from the vibrant forum
I'm going to be rooting my sisters epic tonight, and was wondering what rom would be the best (she complains about battery life) so any suggestions would be great!
Thanks everyone, and again sorry if its been Asked.
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I know you didn't mean to, but yes, this has been posted a billion times =P
And here is my answer: There is no "best" ROM; it depends on the User's experience. In my opinion, I like SyndicateROM Frozen the most, but there are so many others too, like midNIGHT, Bonsai4All, UrbanFury, etc. There really is no "best" ROM.
Here's another forum with the same question to give you a little more insight:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1037394
Sorry if it's not really a direct answer, but then again there really is no answer.
Hope this helps!

Yeah this us to hard to answer. Its all personal opinion. Just flash them all and luck the one you like the best. They are all great so none of then will disapoint you at all
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Yeah, what they said

If I were you I would start with syndicate rom. You will get a stable rom with support if something goes wrong. Midnight is great but the Dev sold his phone and won't be on here as much to help. It is based off of Bonsai.
Bonsai is not on here anymore. They started there own site that requires you to sign up and asks for a donation every time you download. I don't mind them asking but Bonsai has gotten out of hand.
I use midnight but am going back to syndicate as soon as K0nane and the rest of ACS release the newest ROM.
I used to use Frankenstein which is based on syndicate but his ROM is too new this time for me to try it. I wait for others to work out the bugs. LOL.
Samsung Epic with Midnight for now

EC05 Stock Plus. Stock experience with tweaks and bug fixes that make stock what it should be.

Viper Synergy 5.0
Viper Synergy 5.0 on ext4 with EC05 modem. BTW, Viperteam and ACS roms are the best but I prefer Viper. Viper Synergy 5.0 would be my recommendation.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=999894

Link's in my signature.

k0nane said:
Link's in my signature.
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I was skeptical about trying anything other than an AOSP rom, since I like minimalistic rom, but seriously Syndicate ROM is a wonderful rom that has minimal customizations and is super fast.
tl;dr: +1 to Syndicate rom.

algorhythm said:
minimal customizations
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Far from it. But the customizations are stable, all make the ROM faster, and are minimal in terms of adjustments to looks.

k0nane said:
Far from it. But the customizations are stable, all make the ROM faster, and are minimal in terms of adjustments to looks.
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People under estimate the amount of stuff that goes into customizing the framework and tweaking io settings and other misc settings to make a rom fast, just because you don.t see it doesn't mean it didn't take work...
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chris41g said:
People under estimate the amount of stuff that goes into customizing the framework and tweaking io settings and other misc settings to make a rom fast, just because you don.t see it doesn't mean it didn't take work...
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LoL,yeah it gets crazy,Ive had to change my desktop habbit,many more folders then files,and it still gets confusing...
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k0nane said:
Far from it. But the customizations are stable, all make the ROM faster, and are minimal in terms of adjustments to looks.
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Oh, for sure.. I really meant customizations as in branding and stuff... like the wallpapers, color themes, etc. I'm not one for flashy-ness.
Your rom is pretty perfect, man. Huge props

The one other bug that I've found that I've been meaning to tell you about (though it won't let me post in that thread) is that the phone appears to be entirely broken...
Otherwise, it's still perfect.
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doctorfunk said:
The one other bug that I've found that I've been meaning to tell you about (though it won't let me post in that thread) is that the phone appears to be entirely broken...
Otherwise, it's still perfect.
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It's not broken, you have bad data/cache/dalvik-cache/need to Fix Permissions/need to Odin to stock EC05, wipe and reflash/need to wipe SD card and perform the previous.

As for fixing permissions, how would I do that?
As for using Odin, I tried that a long time ago and my Epic would not connect to any computers, is there another way to get stock EC05?
I believe the ROM I was using before, Truly Epic ROM, was based off DK28.
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I like the ACS Syndicate ROM, I use to be on Viper but I didn't like the color scheme they used. ACS is a much easier on the eyes.

doctorfunk said:
As for fixing permissions, how would I do that?
As for using Odin, I tried that a long time ago and my Epic would not connect to any computers, is there another way to get stock EC05?
I believe the ROM I was using before, Truly Epic ROM, was based off DK28.
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did you flash a proper modem/kernel??

algorhythm said:
did you flash a proper modem/kernel??
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I'm really not sure... I originally flashed the ROM coming from Truly Epic ROM v1.5, going to SyndicateROM Frozen 1.1.0, had some troubles, so factory reset, reinstalled Syndicate, had the phone app work off and on for a day, and now it's completely stopped working.
Sorry I'm not very good at this....

Odin to stock EC05, format your SD card, redownload the ROM, wipe 3x, flash.

Most Reliable rom

I just rooted my tmobile vibrant..and now i want to know as of now is
cm7 a reliable rom to use?
which roms right now are the best or are working the best.
looking for a rom where basically everything works where i wont get missed calls or txt messages

Tard Rom or bionix nextgen they are both on the teamwhiskey site, or you can use one of the many jvq/jvr roms on the development thread

Tard Rom and bionix nextgen are the name of the roms im guessing
do you mind posting link with the most current version

From what I can tell the most reliable and established ROMs are all based on 2.2 / FROYO as 2.3 / Gingerbread ROMs including CM7 all still have issues with Battery Power and GPS. These are the two most heavily viewed / used as far as I can tell:
Project V 6/11/11
Bionix-v 1.3.1 from Team Whiskey
Bionix nextgen and Tard ROMs are available in the forums on the team whiskey site (registration required).
Again, it would be great to include a very limited selection of very stable ROMs in a FAQ. The current long list of all ROMs is fairly useless for the majority of us seeking a long-term stable solution.
Good luck!

I always come back to biwinning 2.2.1
It has everything I need which is good GPS and wificalling.,

I use Cyanogenmod 7, all the latest builds are fully reliable and stable.
I also use Hybrid SGS II JVP v. IV XXJVP 06.29.11 ROM and this is the best 2.3.4 ROM with TouchWiz 4.5 launcher. Its also the most stable ROM i have ever had.

lifehijack said:
I use Cyanogenmod 7, all the latest builds are fully reliable and stable.
I also use Hybrid SGS II JVP v. IV XXJVP 06.29.11 ROM and this is the best 2.3.4 ROM with TouchWiz 4.5 launcher. Its also the most stable ROM i have ever had.
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Are you using cm7 right now?
What abouy cm6(froyo) where can I find that

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Are you using cm7 right now?
What abouy cm6(froyo) where can I find that
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i dont think we have a working cm6.
if you want stable, just flash most any 2.2 froyo rom like trigger 3.2, bionix, toxic crazy 8, ....
most of the 2.2 roms are about as stable as you are going to get.

Ok ill try out cm7 then im guessing bio.since it seems to be mentioned the most

Don't flash cm7. You're not ready for that. Install a froyo rom instead. You get everything you need from them. Good battery life and stable. That's what matters the most.
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Phiremod 2.2.1 rom is pretty smooth
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Project V no question about Bi winning is great to
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I'm using trigger 3.2 right now. Even though I really love CM7's features the versions atm are a little buggy and battery sucks.
I missed these stable 2.2 roms.
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I use trigger for 2.3.5 and bali kernel! This combo is really battery saver!! And also OC thanks to bali !
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So I'm guessing for all these roms its as easy as cm7 to install from SD...coming from stock froyo

I'm also trying out some of these for some-what the same reason...
School starts tomorrow for me.
I'm a LIGHT user, so when my phone is on standyby i dont want it losing 20% of my battery.
When i use it, I just text, phone calls, a LITTLE music, and maybe play games, but i know i can lose battery while doing those, i just want to save maximum battery while on standby.
Any suggestions?

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xriderx66 said:
I'm also trying out some of these for some-what the same reason...
School starts tomorrow for me.
I'm a LIGHT user, so when my phone is on standyby i dont want it losing 20% of my battery.
When i use it, I just text, phone calls, a LITTLE music, and maybe play games, but i know i can lose battery while doing those, i just want to save maximum battery while on standby.
Any suggestions?
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Froyo. I don't know what the hell happened to CM7. The battery life is just awful.
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iynfynity said:
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Froyo. I don't know what the hell happened to CM7. The battery life is just awful.
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Yes, I know ATLEAST that much haha
I'm on... BiWinning V3 with the stock kernel, it had amazing battery at beginning, and then now its been sucky.

iynfynity said:
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Froyo. I don't know what the hell happened to CM7. The battery life is just awful.
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no its not that bad yesterday i just had light use and it was on running for 16 hours and i had 55% left at the end of the day

xriderx66 said:
Yes, I know ATLEAST that much haha
I'm on... BiWinning V3 with the stock kernel, it had amazing battery at beginning, and then now its been sucky.
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flash Bali UV kernel with Bi-Winning then you're good to go