Just odined back to 2.1 and it runs great. - Epic 4G General

I've tried every rom on DK28 since it leaked and today I odined back to 2.1 and I'm pretty sure this runs better. Anyone else?
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+1 on 2.1 for me

No I love dk28 with ext4 and bonsai rom with no journaling. Phone has never been this fast before.Also 1 meter locks on gps and even in my house. Never got a lock on eclair before. I'm never going back to eclair. I'm gonna update to the official froyo manually.

Guys,
What do you mean by better? GPS fixed with better battery life with snappy speed than when it was launched or are you refering to it being more reliable than DK28 leaked froyo?
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littlepr said:
Guys,
What do you mean by better? GPS fixed with better battery life with snappy speed than when it was launched or are you refering to it being more reliable than DK28 leaked froyo?
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Like I tell people when they ask for what rom to use. its all in the eye of the beholder. What works good for you might not work at all for me.
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mysteryemotionz said:
Like I tell people when they ask for what rom to use. its all in the eye of the beholder. What works good for you might not work at all for me.
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You are def. Right. By the way I love your theme mystery. I've showed it to a lot of people that don't have epics and they all love it. Thank you for everything that you and to all the developers. Without you there wouldn't be a point in rooting our epics and we wouldn't know how.

Sorry I don't agree. 2.1 is buggy because Samsung doesn't have it set up right. DK28 runs smother, faster, and gps performs much better.

I agree with the OP. GPS is the only real world improvement that the dk28 roms have brought me. I like to play games on my Epic, and the graphics performance is just not up to par compared to di18. I still get the occasional lag and jitter in the UI also. But I need gps for one of my jobs so I'm gonna keep running dk28 roms untill sprint drops the official froyo.
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No way DK28 is much smoother and better battery life; however, I have not hd much luck with the custom DK28 roms. Sticking with stock DK28.
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I'm back on 2.1 because I finally got win7 on my comp and wanted to test odin. Had problems reoding dk28 so I went back to di18. Works great.
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Yeah, I went back to di18 every time. Some of my dk gripes were the checkerboard and flash in stock browser and being unable to successfully put a custom hosts file in it and it works. I left out of frustration and went back to di.

Quantum Rom working great for me on DK28. The only thing I am not pleased with is the inability to tether w/ infrastructure mode.

Im on my second dk28 rom ive actually had running for more than an hour, midNIGHT 2.6 w EXT4, and Im pretty happy with it. I have seen for a split second the checkering on the browser, i think, but I was wondering, is that just what the browser does when its having issues loading, i.e. an annoying, but normal issue? I did not like it on some of the early dk28's, but that was with a lot of other kinks that appear to be worked out. Also, has anyone who went back to di18 noticed the keyboard dropout issue??? I never noticed it myself, but as someone else had pointed out it may be software, I chalked it up to 2.1 builds... but I THINK i have noticed it, maybe 10 times, but could just be looking for any little thing and actually missing keys. Maybe I dont text-type as fast as others, idunno. Also, w my third epic (second a replacement that fc'd on everything, but was the most solid physically built ive held), I noticed that hardware quality varies a lot, I expected this with the slider, but maybe extends to the kb? Anyways, di18 feels stable, but I wonder if its just the feeling that it is 'official'...

Good info. I've run quantum, bonsai (I prefer it leafless), midnight, ee all are amazing I just always find my self back at stock. Oh yea cyanogen nightly's are fun too.
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I've tried dk28 twice now with different roms and went back to di18 each time. Besides the gps "issue" di18 is the most solid phone build I've ever used.
Dk28 has the last.fm skipping, considerably bad keyboard lag/missed keys, captivate button lag, touches to the screen lag randomly.
Dk28 to me feels exactly like what it really is. A "good enough" leak, but it is far from polished.
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If you can live with the retarded hardcoded accuracy in 2.1, then just flash the new radio. It seems to work fine.
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I'm just as happy with my Ext4'd Nebula rom as I was when I ran Baked Snack 1.6 with Ultimate Kernel.

herzzreh said:
If you can live with the retarded hardcoded accuracy in 2.1, then just flash the new radio. It seems to work fine.
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You saying flashing the dk28 modem will work if flashed over a di18 modem and run on 2.1? And give us the benefit of better gps with it?
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You saying flashing the dk28 modem will work if flashed over a di18 modem and run on 2.1? And give us the benefit of better gps with it?
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+1 yes if i upgrade my modem will it give me better gps or improvements on my signal?

i dont think so now that im using ext4

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SMS Slow

Sending simple text hangs up on sending a lot of times and sometime fail have to resend. Never had that problem use to be lighting fast. Running DK28 with nebula 1.0.6 Please anyone some ideas.
dito33
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I was having that problem with dk28 also until I went back to di18.
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Having the same problem on Nebula 1.0.7!!! Reset usually fixes it, but wow is that annoying.
It's got fix on it's own or I guess I was doing prl a lot running normal now.
dito33
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I don't know what mms.apk comes with.nebula but I always use the bubble one. I have the same trouble with all the.other ones.
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I have the same problems running v1.0.6 on Nebula ROM. I just use Handcent and my problems are solved.
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Just to toss this into the mix, I've had this happen on stock Eclair as well (rooted but that's it) even. It only happens randomly/occasionally, but it does happen enough to be noteworthy.
I have since flashed back to stock 2.1 and have not had this happen at all. Overall my 2.1 stock experience has been fantastic with no little bugs or hangups that I experienced on DK28. Hopefully the eventual stock 2.2 doesn't have issues.
yes sometimes my texts are stuck on "sending" and wont go through until i reset the phone. but im rnning bonsai. i think the commonality here is the dk28. ****s buggy as all hell

Ec05 bugs report

Please post the bugs you are seeing in EC05 update here...........
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Checkerboard browser......
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Still checkered browser? Wats wrong with those numskulls?
So once again samsung fails. Smh
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I wonder if the checkerboard browser is a result of the browser, or Flash.
The reason I say this is because I couple of weeks ago I got to put my hands on a Blackberry Playbook, and that browser did the same exact thing.
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I wonder if the checkerboard browser is a result of the browser, or Flash.
The reason I say this is because I couple of weeks ago I got to put my hands on a Blackberry Playbook, and that browser did the same exact thing.
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interesting thing is Dolphin Mini doesn't have any sort of checkerboarding effect. It could be something with the browser and flash in general as I do not know if it does this on other phones. Before Froyo, the stock browser never did it. I guess we could try uninstalling flash to see if the browser still does it to narrow it down a bit more.
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Checkerboard browser......
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What is checkerboard browser?
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What is checkerboard browser?
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When you zoom in and out on certain web pages with the stock browser you'll notice a gray and white checkerboard effect. It's not a terrible bug, but it's annoying.
That is not a big issue. Its not an issue at all. TWS bug or BT is a big issue
Why don't you use another browser I use skyfire it is way better than the stock browser never had any checkerboarding with it
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Milkman00 said:
I wonder if the checkerboard browser is a result of the browser, or Flash.
The reason I say this is because I couple of weeks ago I got to put my hands on a Blackberry Playbook, and that browser did the same exact thing.
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Browser. It's definitely not flash. The upcoming SRF release I'm developing has no checkerboard issues whatsoever, with Flash 10.2 up and running.
k0nane said:
Browser. It's definitely not flash. The upcoming SRF release I'm developing has no checkerboard issues whatsoever, with Flash 10.2 up and running.
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Yes I don't like other browsers I'm use to stock idk why
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Even if the EC05 and EB13 browsers didn't checkerboard I'd still never use them. The stock Android browser is the best one I've ever used and nothing on the market compares to its simple interface. I wish someone would make a ROM that didn't have this "TouchWiz Browser" and just use the stock Android 2.2 browser.
If the checkerboard browser is all that is wrong then I will be very very happy. 3G data is fantastic and so far BT has been very steady. I have had no issues so far and have been on EC05 all day.
arashed31 said:
Even if the EC05 and EB13 browsers didn't checkerboard I'd still never use them. The stock Android browser is the best one I've ever used and nothing on the market compares to its simple interface. I wish someone would make a ROM that didn't have this "TouchWiz Browser" and just use the stock Android 2.2 browser.
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the stock browser is the best in my eyes ... this tw sucks i hate the fact that it reads i have a iphone and i hate that crappy ass phone using about:useragent doesn't work either stupid samsung
redram38 said:
If the checkerboard browser is all that is wrong then I will be very very happy. 3G data is fantastic and so far BT has been very steady. I have had no issues so far and have been on EC05 all day.
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Post ur update zip please. Before we burn down the house.
Running bonsai 4.00 and everything works flawlessly and the checkerboard doesn't bug me
3g, wifi speeds are through the roof God locks in seconds
Note about Bluetooth if it doesn't work start fresh and restore via titanium backup It made phone that much better and fixed any stale bluetooth issues
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Ha hit thanks instead of reply. But wow. Bonsai 4.0 increases GOD locks yo!
davidrules7778 said:
Running bonsai 4.00 and everything works flawlessly and the checkerboard doesn't bug me
3g, wifi speeds are through the roof God locks in seconds
Note about Bluetooth if it doesn't work start fresh and restore via titanium backup It made phone that much better and fixed any stale bluetooth issues
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p3dr0maz said:
Ha hit thanks instead of reply. But wow. Bonsai 4.0 increases GOD locks yo!
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oops did it too
lol ya bonsai is great and my dad is finally happy that his bluetooth work like it should,
They should of through eb13 in the toilet and just released this this is pretty damn good rom from smaung and sprint i think all the bugs have been squashed as much as they can do and our developers here can easily sqush the other ones if any..
I agree. Running bonsai 4.0 and everything is better than eb13. Data speed is awesome, GPS locks are fast, wifi seems to connect better.
davidrules7778 said:
oops did it too
lol ya bonsai is great and my dad is finally happy that his bluetooth work like it should,
They should of through eb13 in the toilet and just released this this is pretty damn good rom from smaung and sprint i think all the bugs have been squashed as much as they can do and our developers here can easily sqush the other ones if any..
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CM6 Final vs CM7 RC4

I have been on the cm7 RC for about a month now. However its really not running optimally. I getting tired of the naggs. So I nandroid restored to my backup to cm6. Man what a difference. It's so much smoother. I know cm7 is not complete yet but froyo is still runs very well. Any of you guys feel the samek? Who is still rocking froyo?
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Nope. Not here. Still on rc2 and I'd say its stable enough. I didn't think cyanogen would even go this far on rc.
Edit: I've found one unstable thing on my n1. The sense preview lags and choppy.
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Yes froyo is miles smoother than cm7 and ginger bread stock. Scrolling apps, lists, webpages, everything is by far smoother on froyo. Makes a tough decision which ROM I want to run:-(
Cm7 rc4 has been as smooth as any 2.2 rom I've tried...now only if battery life was better than 10 hours I'd say it was perfect.
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TheSneakerWhore said:
Cm7 rc4 has been as smooth as any 2.2 rom I've tried...now only if battery life was better than 10 hours I'd say it was perfect.
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whorelando florida hahahaha! sorry but i just had to laugh at this because it is so true...
I'm going to Disneyworld!
Seriously, I have stayed of CM7 for now, since they haven't resolved the call wonkiness issue. I'll wait for CM7 final, or even 7.1. 6.1 is rock solid and by far the best ROM I have used in a loooong time. NO gingerbread for me yet. Stability first.
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I'm going to Disneyworld!
Seriously, I have stayed of CM7 for now, since they haven't resolved the call wonkiness issue. I'll wait for CM7 final, or even 7.1. 6.1 is rock solid and by far the best ROM I have used in a loooong time. NO gingerbread for me yet. Stability first.
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RC4 fixed my wonk issue but even on RC2, Dewonkificator solved the issue anyways.
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whorelando florida hahahaha! sorry but i just had to laugh at this because it is so true...
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Pretty much sums it up.
TheSneakerWhore said:
Cm7 rc4 has been as smooth as any 2.2 rom I've tried...now only if battery life was better than 10 hours I'd say it was perfect.
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i find cm7 RC4 to be extremely good on battery. i can go 12 hours and still be at 60% rather easily. but i just find RC4 laggy and choppy. try loading a tapatalk thread with 30 posts, and scroll that sucker. now try it on froyo, its like a totally different phone, one's smooth, one's chunky as hell.
Battery life sux. But loading huge threads and fora is not a problem at all for me. Everything is snappy and awesome.
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I'm on cm 6.1.1. It's the best rom I've ever seen. I tried cm7, but with a lot of wonks, it was unusable...
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People face choppy scrolling because they don't wipe properly when coming to a new rom. Its a know fact that when you switch a rom, you've to wipe atleast 3 times before flashing the new .zip.
This is simply because, 80% of the first wipe doesn't wipe at all. ( both Amon_RA and CWR)
Always wipe 3-4 times and you'll never face the choppiness issue on any CM Roms.
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Got tired of plain Android and CM7 wonks and other CM7/GB bugs, and tried Sense-based Froyo. What a difference. Going to stay there until (hopefully) a fully functional Sense GB port will be out.
What's the most stable Sense UI ROM?
eViL's NXSense 1.26. It's the only fully functional Sense ROM, unfortunately.
If you don't mind not having native hotspot capabilities - you can also install Desire HD ports (MM SuperHybrid 1.7 and eViL's 1.1beta).
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People face choppy scrolling because they don't wipe properly when coming to a new rom. Its a know fact that when you switch a rom, you've to wipe atleast 3 times before flashing the new .zip.
This is simply because, 80% of the first wipe doesn't wipe at all. ( both Amon_RA and CWR)
Always wipe 3-4 times and you'll never face the choppiness issue on any CM Roms.
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but i have wiped 3 times...i just dont know what else to do. cm6 is smooth as butter, cm7 is chunky and choppy.
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but i have wiped 3 times...i just dont know what else to do. cm6 is smooth as butter, cm7 is chunky and choppy.
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I've always experienced lag when using adw launcher that comes with CM. Try giving launcher pro a go if you haven't. It made a difference for me.
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I've always experienced lag when using adw launcher that comes with CM. Try giving launcher pro a go if you haven't. It made a difference for me.
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i use launcher pro exclusively for the last 10 months or so...paid version. it is smoother for sure. but my scroll issues are ont necessarily home screen related. load any tapatalk thread, and it scrolls in chunks. handcent text items in a long list scrolls in chunks.
another bug in cm7, if you have battery text shown in the status bar, once you plug in to charge, after 20 minutes the homescreens become super laggy and skip. this continues until charge is complete, or you unplug. or if you turn off the percent text, scroll returns to normal smooth. i looked at the source code, and this new implementation is different than cm6 battery percent text version. seems using broadcast receivers, etc, or possibly the animation speed, is causing this issue.
i may edit the source to turn off batt percent when plugged in, since that's how cm6 functioned, and see if that fixes it. but i've been lazy pulling down the source.
Latest nightly fixes battery issue.
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>Latest nightly fixes battery issue.
interesting - what was it?, is there a thread that discusses the fixed issue? would be worth rooting for, i'm on stock gb and was thinking of going back to froyo cuz of battery issues.

from 2.2 to 2.2.1 or 2.3

i'm still on 2.2 so i'm wondering what new update i should update to and how i can do so?
cm7 +1
With how easy it is install with rom manager and how its official now, best rom out now!!
great batter life and very stable except for no gps
Thanks if that 2.3.4? us it worth it over 2.2
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very worth it!!! i use as my daily driver but no gps
I suppose if you can live without GPS it's a good upgrade. I'm in the category of folks who need the GPS in the phone so I'm patiently waiting for the Devs to fix the GPS or find our Gingerleak... For now I'm using Trigger 3.2 which I believe is 2.2. 2.2.1 leaks seem to have issues with my bluetooth devices.
cm7 is totally awesome if u can live without gps. i don't really need gps so this rom is awesome for me.
To the OP - just be aware that CM7 is stock android build and dont have TouchWiz which is Samsung's custom user interface. If you like TouchWiz elements like Samsung's version of clock, calendar, music and video player, widgets like feeds & updates, daily breifing etc you may want to wait for the official GB leak (who knows when). Also CM7 does not support hardware decoding for certain video formats unlike Samsung ROMs. So you need video players that do software decoding and possibly slower performance.
yeah, if you don't need gps, then a 2.3 rom is by far the way to go. after my first run on cm7 i went back to 2.2 and 2.2.1 roms and i couldn't pinpoint what it was/is but i was just overall dissatisfied with the performance. even with oc kernels.
now i'm back on cm7 and was running an oc kernel at 1.2 and 1.3ghz, but am now running the stock kernel. i won't go back again. but i would rather have 2.3 than gps.
You don't know what CM is until you try it! The customizations are great.
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You don't know what CM is until you try it! The customizations are great.
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Perfect quote he says it all
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Personally 2.2.1 has been nothing but glitchy 2.3 seems solid minus gps honestly though I'm back on 2.2 I see no clear cut benefit for what i do to change
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If you want to have a rom for daily use, then 2.2 or 2.2.1 is the best.
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I keep switching alot too. Switching between biwinning, CM7, and simplyhoney 2.3.3
I love some of the samsung elements such as some of the modes in camera such as night shot, continuous shots, etc. So I am sticking to simply honey for now minus the GPS of course. I just really hate to mute unmute on CM7. It's minor but it's annoying for me.

This rom was suggested to me. Check it out. 0 problems

I have been using [ROM]ACS ICS v6 (Now with moar gps! (and a theme)) [eh17]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295515
I have also been using the above ROM with the following kernel
[KERNEL][ROOT][GB][EH17] nubernel-2.6.35_v0.0.0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1326679
Before you apply the following theme, that installs lockscreenmods amongst other really cool items (reboot, recovery, etc), download the .zip to your machine and open the .zip and remove the /system/apps/phone.apk from it before flashing to your phone:
[THEME][EH17][ACS] ░▒▓█4.0 ICS█▓▒░ [lockmod]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1320894
With everything above, I have a stable GB ROM with no reboots and no FC on phone calls ending. Battery life has been slightly better than SFR 1.2 and I use this as my daily driver with 0 issues (other than some lock screens showing erroneous battery details, but if that's the only thing so far then so be it.
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Ha ha. Plus one on this combo. I didn't use the theme though I might try now with the step to remove phone from the zip. I've been using Ripple Lock and loving it with the theme and it works like a charm.
Kinda insulting that samsung just can't get it right but the developers here can. So far I been testing the hell out this rom. Not one single problem yet. Even the boot up time is faster
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+2. I've been using the same setup since V6 was released (sans 6 lock mod) and no reboots, no FC's, and the keyboard skip is gone!
One weird issue I've been having lately- (might not be ROM related)- SMS messages are not coming through. Or I'll get replies to SMS' I've sent like 3 days later. Probably more Sprint than anything else....
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I'm on v6 with nubernel v0.0.1 and honeycomb fusion theme
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I've been thinking about taking this for a drive; I used bamboozle EF02 and it was pretty nice, I went back to EC05 because of the reboots using gb leaks (tried EE03,EF02, EG22, EH06 and EH17) and well my battery life with this ec05 rom is nuts.
I really like marcusant's stuff. He is young but talented.
I'm really digging the whole blue theme. Still so far no random reboots. A few days before flashing this rom I would get about 50 reboots a day. Really frustrating now my phone seem to be running like a new right out the box phone
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I also installed this and wow, it feels like I just got a new phone.
I also dig the blue and dark theme. This stockish ICS theme is really what I was looking for.
So far the phone is snappy and GPS works, and looks so bad ass.
On the side note, I can't go back to stock EC05. I went back to froyo to get stable GPS but the UI was laggy compared to gingerbread. The froyo for Epic is so not optimized I had to go back to leaked gingerbread.

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