My Vibrant has had a terrible GPS right from day one. Never locked in less than 10 minutes, and even then very flaky and often not locking at all. I tried a dozen different ROMs out there - including JI6, Bionix, etc. Up until Axura 2.0.5 things did not improve, or seemed to improve but really was the same.
Today I installed Axura 2.1 and to my surprise, GPS is fixed! Locks in around 10-20 secs and all 12 sats are seen, with 8 out of 12 locks. Must be some JK6 component included in the ROM, I don't know. Just wanted to throw this finding out there.
what app are you using to see how many sats are seen and locked?
I use GPS Test. Directly gives 12 sats in view. Get 8 in use within 20 secs.
The first time I booted this ROM and went to Google on the browser, I was surprised to see it get the location within seconds. Usually the GPS icon just sits around trying to get a lock in vain.
barch27 said:
My Vibrant has had a terrible GPS right from day one. Never locked in less than 10 minutes, and even then very flaky and often not locking at all. I tried a dozen different ROMs out there - including JI6, Bionix, etc. Up until Axura 2.0.5 things did not improve, or seemed to improve but really was the same.
Today I installed Axura 2.1 and to my surprise, GPS is fixed! Locks in around 10-20 secs and all 12 sats are seen, with 8 out of 12 locks. Must be some JK6 component included in the ROM, I don't know. Just wanted to throw this finding out there.
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Where is this rom these days?
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Where is this rom these days?
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I used the link posted here.
I'm also getting consistent locks in under 15 seconds on Axura 2.1
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I haven't tried the Axura 2.1 though I'm using Axura 2.0.3 and my GPS is really working.
I havent used the GPS yet, but i will tomorrow on my road trip. I didnt have a bad GPS problem before though as far as driving. Accuracy was off though when locating me at my house.
Didnt lock on real fast so hopefully it will now. I have Aura 2.1 as well.
smashpunks said:
Screw axura roms. The op of that rom is a ;%@ck... Dude needs a reality check. For that I will never use his stuff again
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Understood but if this is the only way to get my gps up and working I will do it
Been using Axura 2.1. Works great
Master may be acting like a cry-baby, but his ROMs are great. 2.0.5 was the best I've tried yet. I tried the TW based sXe ROM but it doesn't run as well on my phone.
Eugene and Master are a lot alike in that they've both decided that posting on XDA is too much trouble. Can't really say I blame 'em.
Link to Axura 2.1 - http://bit.ly/e4TSn6
The reason the GPS works is because Master has pulled the "Vold" (GPS part of the ROM) from JK6. The JK6 Modem is also present in this release. Thank Samsung for JK6 and thank Master for including parts of it in his newest Axura release.
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Eugene and Master are a lot alike in that they've both decided that posting on XDA is too much trouble. Can't really say I blame 'em.
Link to Axura 2.1 - http://bit.ly/e4TSn6
The reason the GPS works is because Master has pulled the "Vold" (GPS part of the ROM) from JK6. The JK6 Modem is also present in this release. Thank Samsung for JK6 and thank Master for including parts of it in his newest Axura release.
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One thing I can understand is the frustration that developers must feel over all the hand-holding they have to do when they release a ROM. I'm a complete noob, but I also get tired of seeing the same "OMG I bricked my fone OMG pleez help right away!" When it's always the same mistakes: flashing over lag fixes, flashing the wrong kernel, flashing some uber awesome theme that screws something up, not taking the time to read the threads. And EVERYTHING to fix a problem can be found in the stickies.
Link is not working for Axura 2.1
Link is working fine. Just tried it. It may be blocked by any enterprise class filtering hardware that might be in use on a network if attempted while at work.
It has odd characters in the URL....maybe not supported on some language sets?
Here's the link to his forum:
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The reason the GPS works is because Master has pulled the "Vold" (GPS part of the ROM) from JK6. The JK6 Modem is also present in this release.
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If this is the case than one wouldnt need to flash Axura, just the JK6 modem correct?
regP said:
If this is the case than one wouldnt need to flash Axura, just the JK6 modem correct?
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That's depends on why you want it. The JK6 Modem likely doesn't affect the GPS AFAIK. It affects other things like Data, Reception, etc. If you want that then flash it alone. Flashing it alone likely won't change the GPS operation at all.
I mentioned the modem update only to note it as a nice but irrelevant change. Sorry for the confusion.
I flashed Axura 2.1 this morning, and my GPS is working now
see my yesterday's GPS post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=862454
Yup, Confirmed. Just flashed and GPS locked within seconds while the Macnut R13 I was using wouldnt get a lock after 5-10 minutes. I do notice though that I have to hold the phone in landscape with the top of the phone on the right side to get clear signal due to the placement of the radio. No biggy there though.
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Now that JI6 is everyones norm. can I still use one click root and one click lag fix.
My scores are down from 2200 to the 800s.
Should I wait for these to be updated?
Well, OCLF works just fine, the only issue is that you will lose your vibrate until Ryan gets it fixed. He is actively working on it. However, JI6 is plenty fast enough, especially if you are using a custom rom such as Bionix. Whatever Samsung did in the latest update really has the phone moving.
Just got the jm installed. Rooted and OCLF installed.
All seems to work fine but it is not as fast as i hoped. Eclair with OCLF over voodoo felt more responsive.
Pro. Skype is working. Just had a conversation over wifi. Good sound and well working (no hic-ups)
Flash is now working. However some sites using flash ads load slower.
I see som lags in my home screen when switching over apps. Did not have that on my former setup.
For the rest... I'l wait for voodoo to come.
Wonder what other experiences tell us.
Ps. If this thread belongs in general,please move it there.
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jbrugger said:
Flash is now working. However some sites using flash ads load slower.
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In the browser go to settings->plugin settings->on demand
jbrugger said:
Just got the jm installed. Rooted and OCLF installed.
All seems to work fine but it is not as fast as i hoped. Eclair with OCLF over voodoo felt more responsive.
Pro. Skype is working. Just had a conversation over wifi. Good sound and well working (no hic-ups)
Flash is now working. However some sites using flash ads load slower.
I see som lags in my home screen when switching over apps. Did not have that on my former setup.
For the rest... I'l wait for voodoo to come.
Wonder what other experiences tell us.
Ps. If this thread belongs in general,please move it there.
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How is the GPS ??? Is it completely fixed ?? Is the lock accurate ???
Accurate to 50 metres on google maps... Locked in v quick tho and it was pointed to where I was.
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Grrr wifi - 3g isn't working well..
When leaving wifi spot I have to reboot phone to get 3g!
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dan 6a said:
When leaving wifi spot I have to reboot phone to get 3g!
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cycle flight mode. this bug has been in android for like forever and 99 times out of 100 you just need to cycle flight mode and your 3g comes back.
even better, get tasker to do it for you automatically.
edit: even betterer, google fix the bug that's been present for like 18 months...
Posts from other threads say the GPS has improved vastly. I don't have my phone atm to test personally. Although there has yet to be a mytracks upload.
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Accurate to 50 metres on google maps... Locked in v quick tho and it was pointed to where I was.
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The real test is drive around in a car and see how accurate it is following you... using JM8 and JPK GPS there were gaps of >1 minute when it was completely lost, or it would show on a different street to the one I was one. As it was it would be completely useless for turn-by-turn navigation.
Guys... i tried JP6 then JPM then JPA ... let me tell you that both JP6 and JPM are identical in terms of performance .. laging a bit much more like JPK before... both of them cannot be repartitioned and should not be ticked so they dont repartition the disk while flashing ... well JPA does have the needed files to repartition with .512 , and i did ... performance in JPA is way way better than both JP6 and JPM ... with both JP6 and JPM i felt like a lagfix is a must have .. with JPA not anymore ... really ... it is fast enough to be able to wait happily for voodoo to get out .. then it will certainly rocket fly
that was my long day experience with the three roms of the day hope to have helped with this feedback
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Guys... i tried JP6 then JPM then JPA ... let me tell you that both JP6 and JPM are identical in terms of performance .. laging a bit much more like JPK before... both of them cannot be repartitioned and should not be ticked so they dont repartition the disk while flashing ... well JPA does have the needed files to repartition with .512 , and i did ... performance in JPA is way way better than both JP6 and JPM ... with both JP6 and JPM i felt like a lagfix is a must have .. with JPA not anymore ... really ... it is fast enough to be able to wait happily for voodoo to get out .. then it will certainly rocket fly
that was my long day experience with the three roms of the day hope to have helped with this feedback
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You should try to run many apps at once to see if it still lags, two days experience cannot say it is better than JP6.
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I know this question sounds very stupid.... but I am confused...
Does this mean that the official 2.2 froyo update is available for download ?
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I know this question sounds very stupid.... but I am confused...
Does this mean that the official 2.2 froyo update is available for download ?
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Samsung has source code on their developer site and Samfirmwares.com has a ROM of the same name. This may or may not be the official release - it sounds like the official release will be named the same, BUT official releases on the Captivate and Vibrate have been named the same as SamFirmware roms and differences were found.
It is possible that SamFirmwares has a pre-release final. No one will know for sure until Samsung actually makes an official release and statement.
Although, if people are downloading this via Kies, then i would say it is official, but someone needs to compare the Kies release to the Samfirmwares.com release.
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You should try to run many apps at once to see if it still lags, two days experience cannot say it is better than JP6.
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I have 103 apps installed and many always in background ... Beejive, whatsapp, prayer times, google voice + so many widgets as pure messenger, gtask, beautiful weatheryoutube, radio, facebook, folderorganizer .... all of this is running at the same time ... and let me tell you it handles all of it quit beautifully ... JPA is the way to go bro ... better than JP6 and JPM i can attest
Is FM radio still mono in latest Froyo?
gammalerik said:
Is FM radio still mono in latest Froyo?
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Why not test it?
gammalerik said:
Is FM radio still mono in latest Froyo?
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it is stereo,
Most anoying thing till now: the top slider sometimes hangs when you want to slide it down to open a notification....
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So far I've had no problems (albeit a little lag), however, I was disappointed to see that my market access and eris market fix have stopped working. Can anyone help me with this (something other than SGS tools).
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So far I've had no problems (albeit a little lag), however, I was disappointed to see that my market access and eris market fix have stopped working. Can anyone help me with this (something other than SGS tools).
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Use the SGS tools to fix the market, this worked for me on JPM!
im still majorly dissapointed, if this is the official release for definate.
Drove to work today, used gps, it went missing 3 times on a 4 mile drive for around a minute each time, it locks on better innitially, i would say accurate to within 20 metres or so, but as soon as i started driving i got to the top of my street and bam it was 200 metres away.
The lag is still there, there is no comparison with jm9 and lag fix,
i rooted and applied OCLF last night, installed some benchmarks and this is what i got compared with JM9
Linpack (i know its not relevent, and i ran this 4 times on each, i saved the results on a word doc for JM9, unfortunatly i am not rich enough to own two SGS)
JM9 = 14.269
JPM = 14.079
Quadrant
JM9 = 2028
JPM = 1816
An3dBench
JM9 = 6873
JPM = 6642
GPU Bench (these are both relative scores)
JM9 = 32253
JPM = 32214
Nenamark
JM9 = 46.0
JPM = 46.2
obviously these are synthetic benchmarks, but it doesnt change the fact that JPM is slower.
I read today that Froyo will be released via kies in the 3rd week of october, i hope something miraculous happens between now and then
the lag is absolutely awful
So I've been going flash crazy the last 2 or 3 weeks with custom ROMs and stock builds. It's an addiction I tell you!
Finally, I found a configuration that works great for me after many soft bricks trying to figure out how everything works.
Stock JI6, launcherpro, with kernel JAC_AND_KING_KERNEL_FOR_JI_BUILDS so that I can run voodoo lag fix. Also flashed JI6_Modem.
My phone has never ran faster. Waiting to see how battery life is with this combo.
Tried all of the leaked/customized Froyo build as well as custom Eclair and just keep coming back to JI6.
I stopped reading at "Stock JI6"
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I stopped reading at "Stock JI6"
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Indeed. LOL!
The stock JI6 is pretty decent for me but not as great as the custom roms we have here.
Yeah, if I had to chose a custom ROM, it would be Axura 2.1. I especially like the animation on it. Hell, now I'm thinking about going back to it
I think me going back to stock JI6 was mainly because I kept soft bricking my phone when installing the voodoo lag fix. Once I finally got it to work, it worked great and "perceivied speed" seems to have improved. It was a great learning experience. I think this phone is near impossible to permanently brick.
Self explanatory...
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What does everyone think of EF02?
I have EC05 rooted and have had occasional issues with visual voicemail (says cant play until I restart the device), texts not coming through properly, and misc other issues. I was considering going to a ROM such as bonsai, but thought maybe EF02 would be better since it's close to a stock release.
I use my phone for business and look for stability and battery life primarily with performance and eye candy ranked third or fourth. Thanks ahead of time for the help.
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What does everyone think of EF02?
I have EC05 rooted and have had occasional issues with visual voicemail (says cant play until I restart the device), texts not coming through properly, and misc other issues. I was considering going to a ROM such as bonsai, but thought maybe EF02 would be better since it's close to a stock release.
I use my phone for business and look for stability and battery life primarily with performance and eye candy ranked third or fourth. Thanks ahead of time for the help.
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There are some kinks to work out. GPS is pretty iffy, and some apps don't work, for some reason. Still, it's clear the future is bright, cause I can't wait for something already this snappy to get rfs replaced, overclocked, and tweaked to hell like the froyo roms.
As for your other issues, I ported my number to google voice, so they handle all my texting/voicemail. No regrets so far, other than maybe that I can't use handcent anymore. People get my texts instantly too. My brother was at a ball game I was watching on tv once and was getting my texts along the lines of "He was safe!" so quickly after the plays he jokingly asked me if the TV was somehow ahead of live action.
One issue I'm having with EF02 is that I've lost the default shortcuts on the toolbar. All I have is Applications...
Anybody know how to get them back?
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I'm taking aa i3 for a run. But for a worry free xperience do the following..
Odin eb13.
Get gps lock.
Root.
Flash ef02. Set it up to ur liking.
Odin ec05 modem.
If you use titanium backup then restore only app not data!
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I've had no issues at all with EF02 w/EF10 modem. The only GPS issue I ever have is using check in on Facebook but the GPS locks fast so I think it's the Facebook app which in my opinion is pure garbage. It sucks on my girlfriends phone too and some of my coworkers have problems with the app as well.
I'm getting excellent performance. With 105+ apps installed, I'm getting 2500 on quadrant. I'm going to test gps in a few. All apps seem to be working.. i had some that didn't but i just uninstalled then reinstalled from market and it worked. Running i3 with GPS fix and chris41g rotation lag fix.
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I ended up going back to EC05 for SRF 1.2, but thats out of personal preference for the SRF rom. In my experience with EF02, it was very good. Fast for RFS, pretty good battery life, and all around mostly pretty stable... seems Samsung/Sprint are pretty close to a final/official build to me.
I am using EF02 with EF10 modem and it has worked perfectly so far. GPS works better than ever. All of my apps work. And I have had none of the wierd EC05 force closing with the 3 vibrates. It works great for me and can't wait for the official to drop.
I have been using EF02 for a while (AR i2) and everything has been very good, I had some strange issues with the GPS at first but now everything is working fine.
I get 12-15 hours with moderate use, not nearly as good as some of the Froyo roms but worth it because of Skype/Netflix... With the EF10 modem I got about half that, so I went back to the EF02 modem and everything is great.
I thought ef02 aa i3 was pretty good. Memory issues pushed me back to froyo. The leak didn't seem to clear memory correctly and used too much. other than that and gps issues at first I was actually happy with it. All in all not to bad. These froyo roms seem to be to polished to continue on a leak rom though.
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After being on SRF 1.2 for MONTHS and never tried a GB ROM
I want to which one is the best to flash for now ACS, Starsky, Legendary, ect.
or should I just stay at SRF for now as far as stability and usage is concern
well acs kills your GPS so dont use that... Dunno about the other 2.
I would recommend ERA Legendary (beta 3) at the moment. Everything seems to work really well so far and GPS isn't broken.
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I would recommend ERA Legendary (beta 3) at the moment. Everything seems to work really well so far and GPS isn't broken.
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Second this recommendation.
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Second this recommendation.
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I went to try that but the link to beta 3 has been taken down (beta 1 and 2 are still avail).
I'm running the Pre-rooted Deodexed EI22 and have no problems (well, none that weren't my own fault - flashed w/o wiping and caused an errant notification led).
Anyway, I like this one... used the free version of Titanium Backup to get rid of the Sprint bloatware and it runs great.
Well, there's my $0.02.
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I went to try that but the link to beta 3 has been taken down (beta 1 and 2 are still avail).
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hmm... they took the link off the post saying data didn't work, but it works just fine...
here's the link if you wanna try it --> http://era.techfumaster.com/ERA_EI22_BETA_3.zip
I've been using ACS, and I'm not sure why but my GPS is working just fine (I get 9/9 locks). The one thing I did (and this happened accidentally) was wipe my entire phone, data and all. Odin'd back to EC05, turned GPS on and then flashed the new modem and ACS rom. My GPS is actually quite quick to lock, even in rooms of my house I've never gotten a lock before.
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hmm... they took the link off the post saying data didn't work, but it works just fine...
<link removed due to my noobness>
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Some reports of data not working, but so far I'm not having any issues with it. I tried ACS ICSv2 but I had no luck with GPS. So far this rom is working well.
I went from ACS ICS EH17. Cleared everything. Odin'd modem back to EC05, and then to EI22. Then flashed the rom, but the GPS is still borked. Tried the other modem suggested and even flashed the GPS fix again, still no GPS.
I will say that other than the GPS issue ACS ICS v2 is solid. Battery life has been great for the first 18h 41m. Dispaly time on is 3h 9m, and I have 22% remaining.
It is also very fast. I notice no lag in menus and I am using the beta 21 of TW4.5for my launcher.
I'm on ERA Legendary Beta 3 and have no issues whatsoever.
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I tried ACS ICS and had GPS problems.
I flashed ERA Beta 3 this morning...when the link was up.
That worked well...gps and all.
I flashed back to ACS ICS and my GPS remained working...after reboots and shutdowns.
era delete google chrome broswer,instead of dolphin broswer, i don't like.
acs ics v2 has gps issue
i flashed back to acs ics eh17 v6 now,waiting for update.
If you want a "barebone" ROM that's speedy and stable, try StarskyROM. There is one tiny bug that screws up the phone dialer app with a FC, but flashing k0nane's updated noCIQ MOD fixes it. As far as I know, this is the only ROM right now that has the "adrenaline shot" MOD from the SGS4G, which in my opinion, gives it a barely noticeable speed boost/better battery than the rest atm. But as always, ymmv
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I have been using ACS ICS V4 all day. Only problem I have found is 4G isn't working but that could be because I flashed the EI22 modem before I came to work.
I have been using Thunderhawk 3.0.5, no issues or FC's. GPS, Wifi, 4G all work fine.
I wish I could say Cyanogen, but waiting for a version where everything plus vid recorder works.
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Thunderhawk
I suggest Thunderhawk. Been using RandomKings roms since Phoenix and they are all great(IMO). However, this may be some error on my part but I couldn't get Youtube to work on ThunderHawk to work. I could hear sound but no video and it would vibrate like a force close but that was it.
My 2 top pick at the moment are ACS ICS V5 and SleeperRom. Both are quite stable and good with battery life. They both also have lots of great stuff under the hood (lots of the best hacks, fixes, and mods from the past few months). The Samurai kernel (which gives you a lot of freedom in terms of frequency and voltage) works great with both of them.
I wish I could say CyanogenMod 7 and MIUI, but neither are fully functional or stable just yet on the Epic.
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My 2 top pick at the moment are ACS ICS V5 and SleeperRom. Both are quite stable and good with battery life. They both also have lots of great stuff under the hood (lots of the best hacks, fixes, and mods from the past few months). The Samurai kernel (which gives you a lot of freedom in terms of frequency and voltage) works great with both of them.
I wish I could say CyanogenMod 7 and MIUI, but neither are fully functional or stable just yet on the Epic.
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Have you tried the Legendary rom? Not trying to convert you, just hoping to get your input on the differences between the two (or three).