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Whats the best!!! rom out now for the vibrant

I just flashed aospish jk2 v1.1 and I want to try others that are good and stable
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Gingerbread is the best!!! rom
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I flashed back to JI6 and its working really well just have root on it surprisingly I dont even feel the need for a lagfix with this.Also GPS is working again but its still ****y

why there is a forum...??? because people need help....and i am seriously tired of people who try to be smart a**. Unfortunately i don't know the answer...for the best rom..but try searching in android development...
"please try to be nice to people who needs help"
thanks..

IMHO
It depends of what you want, speed, stability, latest, etc, and what your phone can handle mine can't handle overclock for example.
IMHO Eclair TeamWhisky Fusion Rom, Froyo Axura 2.0.4 Master.
I hope this help you.

IMDVDfreak said:
It depends of what you want, speed, stability, latest, etc, and what your phone can handle mine can't handle overclock for example.
IMHO Eclair TeamWhisky Fusion Rom, Froyo Axura 2.0.4 Master.
I hope this help you.
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haha! you said it well! I was about to say this.

Axura, and .5 should be even better once released.

You should go to the dev section and read about the different roms. They have different things that are good about each. Also different roms might work better on your phone than others. The 3 most popular seem to be Eugene, Axura and Team Whiskey(not in any order). FOr me Obsidian 4.2 with stock Kernal works the best for me. Like I said read first. One other thing I would say do is ODIN between each different Rom maker you use.

Obsidian v5 is running very smooth and fast for me, plus I love the black theme. I'd recommend it!

its all a matter of personal preference I personally like the Auxra ROM I like the looks the speed the battery life and the screen transitions! But look into the Android Development forum and read the feed back.

geocepe said:
You should go to the dev section and read about the different roms. They have different things that are good about each. Also different roms might work better on your phone than others. The 3 most popular seem to be Eugene, Axura and Team Whiskey(not in any order). FOr me Obsidian 4.2 with stock Kernal works the best for me. Like I said read first. One other thing I would say do is ODIN between each different Rom maker you use.
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What do you mean ODIN between each different ROM maker?

I've never done that, and I've never had a problem.

SamsungVibrant said:
What do you mean ODIN between each different ROM maker?
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Odin back to stock between going between eugene and Team Whiskey or Axura

s15274n said:
I've never done that, and I've never had a problem.
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I do it just to keep from getting Ghosts. Its just my opinion.

Ive tried them all and I personally prefer axura for its amazing speed and battery life. The GPS works great for me too. Combined with Eugene's A14 ULF OC/UV kernel this rom flies. But be careful with the ulf kernel. I've had some pretty serious issues with converting dbdata to jfs...I would totally lose my data connection.
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Whats the hane of that the gingerbread rom I believe thats one of the latest out correct???
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Gingerbread is the best!!! rom
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Bspence415 said:
Whats the hane of that the gingerbread rom I believe thats one of the latest out correct???
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He was just messing with you, we have no gingerbread.

For me, it's stock JI6+JI2 modem + /data/data symlinked to /dbdata/data + root. It's fast as hell, solid as a mountain and gives me no problems at all.

i haven't flashed any of eugene's more current roms so i can't speak to those. however, i've been running the obsidian and onyx roms and they are great. but i flashed axura 2.0.4 last night and have been super impressed with it.
and really, imo, there is no reason to be flashing 2.1 roms anymore. there are great froyo roms that are fully functional, stable, and smooth.

Epicly in need of help!

Out of my situation I am forced to switch from the Fascinated to the epic! Im happy because I've wanted a physical keypad and front camera, but I've been confused with the Roms here, as im used to the scarcity of Roms here on the fascinate. Can someone.please explaine what Froyo releases there are, and which ones are the latest. Also I would like to know if there are any AOSP roms or such. Lastly can someone explain to me what and acs thing is?

Sorry for the bad grammer, its that damn auto correct on my keyboard...
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dandog96 said:
Sorry for the bad grammer, its that damn auto correct on my keyboard...
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Over in developement all the ROMs are listed with ROM in the thread title. The features and instructions are in the first post of each.
Do you BONSAI?

They're all Froyo with the exception of Nebula rom I think. What do you mean by scarcity? I wen't over to the Evo board and the amount of roms they had made my head spin.

Yeah im.talking about my fascinate, which has allot less roms than the evo, im not speaking for xda though which generally has allot of roms. Some questions though,Is EC05 the latest froyo release? And are there any kernels w/voodoo sound that wont brick my phone?
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EC05 is the latest stock release, it just came out a few weeks ago. Sprint is working on gingerbread now but there are only rumors about a release date.
I've tried several ROMs but keep going back to stock. I'd suggest spending a day or two on stock to see if you like it. Also, there have been a few roms that have bricked phones here. I would read the forums carefully before jumping. Also, be sure you know the difference between EXT4 and RFS ROMS, what journaling is and why it's important, and what odexed/deodexed means. Mixing those up can be a bad thing.
mkasick has a few great bug fix patches that can be applied to stock EC05 roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029152
If you just want a kernel, I'd suggest Genocide. I'm using Genocide 0.5 on a stock ROM, seems to improve battery life a little. Recent is 1.0, but there are so many changes and warnings on the first page regarding the changes i think I'll just stick with 0.5 and wait for Gingerbread.

Check out the acs rom I love it. The takiya (sp) is very stable, fast and has voodoo sound. It also won't brick your phone the kernal it comes with is good. The 'bad' kernals never got included in any roms
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Samsung Epic Wiki
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700

Can someone please explain journaling to me?
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dandog96 said:
Can someone please explain journaling to me?
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A journled rom means there is signifigantly less chance of data corruption should you have to do a hard reset. Non journaled you will get corruption if your battery pops out and therefor force closes.
cd's or tapes?

schnowdapowda said:
A journled rom means there is signifigantly less chance of data corruption should you have to do a hard reset. Non journaled you will get corruption if your battery pops out and therefor force closes.
cd's or tapes?
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But, there is about a 2% performance gain with no-journaling, so it's a choice between a (very very very very) slight performance gain or increased stability.

Is The Aosp clone rom journalized or not? , and what about syndicate?

dandog96 said:
Is The Aosp clone rom journalized or not? , and what about syndicate?
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Neither are journaled, enabling journaling is literally as easy as making a NAND backup then restoring it.

Actually I think the aosp clone has journaling enabled. But read the 1st page of the thread to be sure. I used it for a short time, it was very nice, but had a couple small problems.
Sent from bad to the bone Epic

Oh what problems did you have?
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Just minor, browser not working correctly, but there is a new version now. And journal is on.
Sent from bad to the bone Epic

I love Syndicate's rom but it did not play well with the Genocide kernel for me (or the stock Twilight kernel that comes with it for that matter). However, Syndicate w/ Vision 1.1 is Epic bliss. Stable w/ great battery life.

Im scared though of the vision kermel though, because so many complaints are being made about it...
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1.2 was the one that caused issues as it used new methods of undervolting. It has since been pulled. Vision 1.1 is perfectly fine.

ACS = Android Creative Syndicate.
We are a team of developers. We.do kernels, roms, themes, mods and more. When you see [ACS] in the thread title it means a member of the team was behind it. We work together to create and enhance the best epic4g experience.
Please test everything from are work to others untill you find something that suites your needs. Personally I'm on Syndicate frozen rom. That was developed by k0nane and I had my hands in the.development myself. It comes preloaded witj the twilight kernel 1.1 from tanimn. Then I use the emotionless beast theme created by me. the three of us are members of ACS.
Now the truth about journaling. It was not turned off for the performance increase. That was a side effect. Journaling was turned off to extend the life of the Onenand chip. Less writes equals less wear and a little performance.
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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

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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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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.

Getting bored of my Vibrant. Still on Bionix 1.3.1

What rom is good now, I, started with eugene's then moved on to team whiskey's,, now what? :/ what's cooking in the development section for our vibrants?
What rom are you on? Please help
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What kind of a kick are you on IE: you want touchwhiz or AOSP looks. I for one am on a AOSP'ish kick right now. Running Biwinning 3.0 with the SGS II theme and launcher2 from the G2. I read alot during the middle of the night so 2.2.1 is an absolute must since the capacitive buttons don't light up while turning a page or scrolling the screen. On top of that I am running the bullet 1.48 kernel and it is as smooth as butter. Last but certainly not least that kernel allows a screen off profile of 400-100 so my battery life while not in use is fantastic. I'd say figure out what you want out of the phone and test until everything clicks how you want. If a rom isn't what you want look-wise cruise through all the great themes we have and have that decide which rom to run. Options are vast as it stands now.

I recommend the MIUI 360 rom.
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I've been with team whiskey since nero-bionix 1.3.2. Now my 2 favorites are project v and m11
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CM7 and MIUI roms are pretty great. Just read the instructions carefully and you'll be just fine. You can flash CM7 or MIUI over 2.2 roms by disabling voodoo first. Once that's done you can flash away. Be sure to grab a copy of the ka5 or ka7 radio/modems just in case you end up with no signal afterwards.

get your ass on CM7 before i slap you onto it.

Trust me once you try cm7 you won't look back to bionix ever again or any 221 rom.

cal4877 said:
Trust me once you try cm7 you won't look back to bionix ever again or any 221 rom.
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...unless you actually use your GPS.

Big winning from est no question about it.GPS is amazing.....simply the best out!!!!!
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Edit....uuuuughhh fat fingers......that's bi-winning
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megatherian said:
...unless you actually use your GPS.
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+1 10char.......

cal4877 said:
Trust me once you try cm7 you won't look back to bionix ever again or any 221 rom.
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I did...I couldn't suffer the battery drain! I've tried cm7, miui, htc clays cm7, and miui 360. I ended up going to jfd then project while awaiting ecotox 's dmz rom!
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Rayn1328 said:
Big winning from est no question about it.GPS is amazing.....simply the best out!!!!!
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Agreed always was about the Bionix roms until i tried bi-winning. Version 3 that was just released is a little buggy yet. But 2 has always been solid! Its nice with bullet kernel & bi-black gloss theme.
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I went eugenes gingerclone, bionix 1.3.1, and now project-v with bali and Im pretty excited about it honeslty. Battery life is fantastic, speed is great. Im waiting for themes now haha
Vibrant - project-v, bali 1.8.6UV kernel.

I think I found my sweet spot at ZenDroid with Bali 1.86 UV. After all, this device is still made to be a phone, and while CM7 based roms are fun to play around with for a few days or weeks, I still need a stable rom for my daily use. But if I get bored, I always have my HD7 around to play around with before I come back the the good ole Vibrant.
On another note, this community has certainly gotten a lot more fun and better. Certainly much much better than that HD7 community (if you can call it one at all).

Bi Winning v3. Great rom! Other EDT roms are good too.
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Trust me once you try cm7 you won't look back to bionix ever again or any 221 rom.
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I used CM7 for about a month and it is without a doubt the best, fastest ROM on the Vibrant. However, I just switched back to BiWinning 3 and I really love having GPS and a battery that easily makes it through the day instead of fighting at every step to survive the day.

BIONIXV1.3.1.! ITS FAST. ITS STABLE. IT HAS GREAT BATTERY LIFE. IT HAS A GOOD GPS.IT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO BUGS. IT HAS...... oh never mind

Try ZenDroid. I get good battery, the theme is awesome, its fast and its stable.
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I have to agree with XPLANE and philliple. Since I've been using ZenDroid I haven't even been checking for new roms. It's stripped down, super fast and stable, and very aesthetically pleasing.
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[Q] What is your favorite ROM?

Hey guys, I know this may have been asked a few times already but I wanted to know what your favorite ROM's are as of 2012? I am currently running Legendary ROM 2.2 and I can't say I have any complaints so far. It has only made my phone go from a piece of turd to a diamond. Let me know what you guys like.

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Hey guys, I know this may have been asked a few times already but I wanted to know what your favorite ROM's are as of 2012? I am currently running Legendary ROM 2.2 and I can't say I have any complaints so far. It has only made my phone go from a piece of turd to a diamond. Let me know what you guys like.
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And why! Don't just drop a ROM name. Mention which are your favorite features and which other ROMs you might have tried. Maybe this thread will stop the questions "what's the best ROM". Basically it was always asking "what ROM are you using" Because those were the results.

So far legendary has been the best for me! I have tried out thunderhawk (laggy for me) mostly stock (too stock for me)... well let's just say I have tried them all and I always end up back to legendary... it has the perfect balance of themeing, stability, and performance IMO!
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So far legendary has been the best for me! I have tried out thunderhawk (laggy for me) mostly stock (too stock for me)... well let's just say I have tried them all and I always end up back to legendary... it has the perfect balance of themeing, stability, and performance IMO!
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+1000! I stuck with 2.1 of this.

Legendary with Shadowkernel. Great rom great support
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CM7, cause it's awesome.
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Thunderhawk 3.3 has just about every mod I want and runs super smooth with my usage. I like the professional theming and awesome balance of stability, performance, and battery life. I am biased as I help random with some minor debugging at times. There are lots of ways to run your setup, the key is finding what fits your usage. We are all pretty lucky to have so many excellent choices.
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+1000! I stuck with 2.1 of this.
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Yep I'm still on 2.1 too! Don't fix what ain't broke right!
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Clean GB MTD

MIUI··············

Currently Legendary 2.2 with adw launcher, didn't really care for the launcher that came with it.

Went from Stock EI22 Gingerbread to CleanGB (MTD) to CM7. CM7 rocks!

RandomROM 3.3

Roms used
So far I have used Marcusants ASC roms 5.1 - His V.2 was a fan of the speed, but just not stable. And I'm not a fan of V.2 with the red color theme. I have also Tried MIUI 1.12.23 which worked good, but i like having the app drawer which this did not. I am currently running CleanGB 1.03 with no issues. It is a stable rom, running 4g without issues and installed gtalk w/video. Next on the list is the new CM7 version which seems to have gotten Wifi stable as well as 4g working.
I have to test out all the roms and supply to all the friends/family that have the epic so they dont end up calling me for every error they get

Legendary RC 2.1 rocking my allblue theme on MTD.

CleanGB MTD is a great ROM. No problems, good battery life. Love it