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Review of ROMS -UPDATED 2/3/11

This thread will focus on the current roms, and if theres a new version, it'll be back up on here in a week or less.
I encourage other people to make REVIEW's as well to keep the new users updated on the new roms.
Try to do these reviews on ROMS that haven't had reviews done on them yet.
Note: These are personal opinions.
NOTE: as another person mentioned below, most of these ROMS do support OVER CLOCK kernels, but make sure by asking the devs or other people using the same ROM.
Disclaimer: By voicing my opinions here, i am not saying 1 dev is greater or better than the other, i'm simply stating my personal opinions and personal experiences.
What does a BETA- (ROM NAME) mean? It means that its a quick review, and not a fully detailed, when the beta is removed, it means the rom has been used for atleast a week, which gives me time to examine its uses etc.
Nero v5 (KA5)
Developers: Team Whiskey (TW)
Nero, is said to be the "best rom for the vibrant" by many users, and this reason is because of the reputation Team Whiskey has, their roms are ALWAYS stable, have incredible speed. Nero comes with VOODOO, the latest one available, and currently has KA5, which i'm guessing is because KA5 is currently loved by many people and serves good reception and speeds, where on KA6 and KA7, people compain about speeds, or TW may be working on their official froyo rom right after the source is released by Samsung.
Nero has the beauty, speeds, and anything else you can say.
If you have problems with lag on Nero, trust me it is NOT the rom, it may be that you do not have VOODOO (lagfix) enabled, or that you flashed it in a incorrect way.
Nero is based on unofficial 2.2 till now.
Nero comes with a sleek ginger-bread looking notification bar.
A little problem very few people have is that Team Whiskey is very "un-user-feedback" meaning they don't usually respond to comments, or questions on their threads unless if its absolutely necessary. Maybe because their more busy? I do not know.
Battery life is good, but i've had to recondition everytime. experiences will be differ.
Nero is recommended to everyone and anyone.
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AXURA Vibrant Edition 2.2.7.1 [KA5] Beauty
Developer: Master and his website is Devs4Android
Axura is EXTREMELY stable, and i admire this rom VERY much, knowing that Master, alone made this entire ROM. The developer Master is a common community member of XDA, and does answer questions, and replies to comments etc. Axura is also on KA5, and the latest VooDoo, and based off of a 2.2 unofficial ROM. Unlike most 2.2 based ROMS out right now, Axura has a sleek silver-grey theme, which makes it one of the most unique roms out. The best thing about Axura is not the beauty, or the speeds, and not even the stability. It is the Battery, even without a recondition, you will get around 20+ hours of battery life on this ROM, but it will all come into how much or how less you use your phone and how heavy you use it. If your need Battery, Stability, Speed, and Dev-to-User feedback then get this ROM NOW.
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Bionix-V (Official OTA 2.2)
Developer: Team Whiskey
Bionix is the latest, and greatest ROM out, as of 1/26/11.
This is the rom i've used for a few weeks and can i just say that this is magical. The battery life is EXCELLENT!(make sure to flash at when your at 100% battery for maximum effects, or recondition after flashing) I can easily last over 20 hours with moderate use and no recondition.
The Design of the theme is, as always, Gingerbread. It has a sleek black notification bar, and all the designs are black as well.
The speed of the rom is incredible, and i cannot tell if its voodoo doing this or the rom itself, because when i tested thsi without voodoo. i felt the same effects, it has absolutely no lag.
When you flash the rom, Voodoo is auto-enabled, so if your coming from a non-voodoo rom-enabled, it will take time to reboot.
It runs a KA7 Modem, which is good as any other modem for me.
IF you want the most out of your Vibrant, then THIS ROM IS A MUST TRY.
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Br1ck'd's **no bloat** Froyo
Developer: Einherjar
This is a rom that you'd like if you were more of a "STOCK" person.
This rom is TOTAL stock, but with all the crap (bloatware removed)
It has a KA7 modem, which is NOT the official that came with stock, but KA7 is better than KA6 according to many users.
If your a TouchWiz fan, this has most of that, gone, i'm guessing mostly because TouchWiz is un-used or it created more lag.
A thing with this rom is that the LIVE WALLPAPERS are removed my guess is to bog down the lag, but i'm not 100% sure.
The battery usage on this rom is about 15-20 hours on moderate, but it may vary.
This has a STOCK look, meaning the black notification you usually see, is not here.
It has a grey-ish-black-ish notification bar, like any stock.
The GPS on this thing is incredible, i have not messed with any of my hardware, and trust me on some of the best roms out there (no names) my gps wouldn't work... but this rom right after flashing gave me 7 sattelites in less than 5 seconds and got a lock.
This rom has VOODOO backing it up with its speed. This rom comes with an amazing music player "miui music player" which is NOT created by the devs of this rom but it is the stock music player and just looks BEAUTIFUL.
I love the music player so much, i've already stolen the .apk and put it on my other roms
A Problem i've faced during this ROM is that even though its extremely stable, and even runs voodoo, i did experience lag, not a whole lot like the official froyo, but a little bit, enough lag to make me go back to my old rom.
I'm not sure if its just me, or its for everyone.
besides the lag for me, this rom is wonderful, and perfect for anyone looking anywhere close to a STOCK rom.
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M - Flagship V4 BETA
Developers: Einherjar
Did you like Flagship V4? yes? well, you'll just think this beta is x5 better.
I don't know how Jellette makes these stable, while speedy roms, but whatever he does, it keeps improving every rom update!
The Battery Life WITHOUT recondition: 16 hours with light-moderate use.
The Battery Life WITH recondition: 20+ hours with light-moderate use.
The notification bar has been... redone.
As usual the notification bar is transparent and takes the place of any app your using, so it does change colors.
the pull-down is now, which i love, a sleek white-ish-grey-ish pulldown.
The icons, have also been re-done! They look beautiful, their kind of "oval" looking and fit with the whole rom.
It comes with an amazing music player, which includes...
Sound Hound music listener/finder, radio, your own playlists etc, and your videos, and youtube videos. It's a whole media package in 1 app.
The DOCK, i love it! The left side is a phone (we'll talk about this in the next sentence ) and the right is a messaging icon, in the middle is a ... hut? looking icon which you press for your app drawer.
The Dialer or phone call app on this Beta, is a transparent one. You can see all the numbers clearly, and you can see your background as well.
The icons on top are grey-white, and while your charging the battery goes green and starts going up.
The Beta comes with the newly found KB1, which has been giving me pretty good reception.
This rom is recommended to everyone, and anyone who has a vibrant.
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Thanks xriderx66 very nice and accurate writeup in total agreement with you.
The only thing I would add is the Team-Whiskey have some overclock roms you can play/flash over the stock nero should the user view their phone like a corvette in need of speed modification

Thank you for this write up,im sure everyone will love this.
It takes a very talented and patient person to write up such well done and accurate reviews.
Thanks again for your dedication and time
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App. Bionics V. by Team Whiskey

What are some of the other popular ROMs out there? I always here about Nero and Axura but seldom others. Is there a ROM that is basically stock Android for this phone?

Terrier Hockey said:
What are some of the other popular ROMs out there? I always here about Nero and Axura but seldom others. Is there a ROM that is basically stock Android for this phone?
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Team Whiskey makes a variety of other ROMs that may fit that bill more closely than their Nero or Bionix projects.
Why someone would want to flash a nearly stock Android ROM is beyond me.
Just look around in the Development section.
Here's an example of one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870480

Sorry guys. I was hoping to write a few more, and I will soon as I get back from my 7 mile cross country race so yeah ill add more, added axura and veto because their the best and most popular.
Bionix v commingle soon.

these roms are very stable ?? so does every official froyo and about battery life on TW for my phone was worst than stock ka7 just FYI .

bartek25 said:
these roms are very stable ?? so does every official froyo and about battery life on TW for my phone was worst than stock ka7 just FYI .
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note i said that battery life varies with how much or how less use.

Bionix v is the best vibrant ROm till date IMHO. Great battery life,very accurate GPS, thats all we need for our vibrants rite..

i'd like to see a review of one of heathen's roms. i've been interested, but lazy... and not wanting to flash anything until ninjabread is available.

funeralthirst said:
i'd like to see a review of one of heathen's roms. i've been interested, but lazy... and not wanting to flash anything until ninjabread is available.
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I'm sorry, i review ROMS that i've personally used and had experience with it for atleast a week, reviewing a rom right after flashing will give it a very in-accurate review and i don't want that.
but as i said, if you use a rom, and would like to review a ROM, just PM me your Review and i'll put yours in the first post along with Credits.
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bionixv review has been added.
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new review added: Br1cK'd's **No Bloat** Froyo - Einherjar Dev Team

This is the answer i was looking for. Glad I found this post. It's been a while since i flashed my phone with a new rom (Nero v3) and with the official stuff out from tmobile/samsung I wanted to know what was out there now. This post should be stickied. Thanks a bunch!
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you talk about reconditioning the battery. can you post a link to whatever post you use on how to do that exactly? Thanks!

Op, I just tried flagship v3. Trust me, you need to also. Great theme and very fast (1550+). I do wish voodoo was enabled by default.

dandab said:
This is the answer i was looking for. Glad I found this post. It's been a while since i flashed my phone with a new rom (Nero v3) and with the official stuff out from tmobile/samsung I wanted to know what was out there now. This post should be stickied. Thanks a bunch!
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you talk about reconditioning the battery. can you post a link to whatever post you use on how to do that exactly? Thanks!
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Charge phone till 100%
Use all phones battery 1 or less %
Recharge to 100%
Keep plugged in at 100
Now go into recovery
Select advanced
Now click wipe battery stats
@S1 ill try it later tomorrow

screenshot or video??
How about a screenshot for each ROM or a video link so we get the feel for it before committing to it? That would be nice.

U make me really want to try the bionix

droTurk said:
How about a screenshot for each ROM or a video link so we get the feel for it before committing to it? That would be nice.
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Ill see into that

I can't seem to find nero v5 anymore. whenever i click the links on the nerov5 thread only bionix v shows up. did they change the name? Did they just scrap nero 5?

s15274n said:
Op, I just tried flagship v3. Trust me, you need to also. Great theme and very fast (1550+). I do wish voodoo was enabled by default.
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I've been curious about jelette's toms myself. I guess im lazy to. I've got my phone the way I want it and everything is running good.
Powered by Axura with a dash of Voodoo

Stable Gingerbread Sense Rom?

Okay I've been reading and reading and reading about all these new leaks and new gingerbread roms, and sense 1.0, sense 2.0 and sense 3.0 and i'm just entirely confused now =)
Is there a stable, Gingerbread Sense rom ?
Like i am rooted, and i have tried tons of roms, but i really like the stock sense rom.
Is there a stock gingerbread rom yet that is as stable as the stock froyo rom i'm running now? or are they all unstable or at least have some sort of issues?
I saw that there's a gingerbread stock rom with sense 1.0 ? what's the difference between sense 1.0 and my stock sense? I also saw that theres an HTC Sensation port with sense 3.0 , is this stable and stock?
I basically just want the exact same thing i have now, except gingerbread instead of froyo.. does this exist?

The leaked ginger rom is perfectly stable just a brightness bug with nova screens other than that perfectly fine
from my phone duh

if you want GB + Sense 1.0, give Fresh 4.0.0.4 a try.
if you want GB + Sense 2.1, i've enjoyed MikG 2.1B1 so far. no wimax yet, but i'm in the middle of nowhere right now, so it's not a big issue.
the GB + Sense 3.0 rom is probably frustrating to use, because last time i looked at it, none of the screensizes/graphics looked right.

is there a real good reason to switch to a GB rom from Fresh Froyo for ex?
Like batter battery life (probably worse from what I've read)? Faster/Smoother? New apps?
I just don't think it's worth the trouble, imo

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The leaked ginger rom is perfectly stable just a brightness bug with nova screens other than that perfectly fine
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>perfectly stable
>brightness bug
wat? mfw
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People being stuck at 100% brightness isn't perfectly stable. Derp.

I'm using virusRom Gingersense Rev B2, and it's super smooth. I had to fix the mms, but other than that GPS works, battery life is great. Good Rom.

barry.bishop72 said:
I'm using virusRom Gingersense Rev B2, and it's super smooth. I had to fix the mms, but other than that GPS works, battery life is great. Good Rom.
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+1 agree 100%. Been running virusrom gengersense B2 all week and loving it!

DrRyder said:
>perfectly stable
>brightness bug
wat? mfw
People being stuck at 100% brightness isn't perfectly stable. Derp.
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nothing to do with the rom its the kernel .. so yes the rom is stable

Hey are you sure the battery life is fine because im really not sure that the battery is doing a good job. I feel like the battery life on this rom is eating away faster then it should be. Do you know ways to fix that?

I've used the stock leaked gb with sense 1.0, Mikhail (gb with sense 2.1) beta 2 to rc1, and viruses gingersense b3 and currently b4 alpha 1. Each I've used for at least a day. I also ran cm7 nightly 63 for a bit in there.
If you have a nova screen, run the GPS fix (##gpsclrx#), and use prl 1.77, all of these Tom's are pretty stable. The only reason I left mikG was for video on Google talk which I could not get working on mikg for the life of me. Also I could not get the GPS fix to run on viruses b4, but as long as you run it on another gb sense 2.1 rom first, so my GPS is working fine. No 4g on the sense 2.1 ports. Viruses sense 3.0 port is about to have a beta released, once that is stab it will be the sense rom to end all sense roms as it has 4g working already. With the work virus does it'll be a stable daily driver within a week or two. It will still have the nova screen problem I believe, as I think it uses the leaked Evo gb kernel.
For now I think if you have an Epson screen you can't go wrong with mikg rc1. If you gotta try Google talk with voice step it up to viruses gingersense beta 4. If you need 4g, stick with fresh or calculin's versions of the leaked gb with sense 1.0. Personally though I won't go back to sense 1.0 now that I'm using 2.1 for over a week. Lastly if you have a nova screen, there are some market brightness apps that work (juice defender, among others, has been mentioned) so you could still give it a shot.
With a full wipe I have had no stability issues besides the GPS lock / reboot issue that is fixed by the above. They all run very smooth. I am not an aosp guy no matter how hard I try, but that's another post for another time.
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1. virus B4 alpha 1 will not give you working video chat with google talk no matter what you do. his B3 will, after flashing lithid's g-apps package.
2. MikG is a little more complete (has working EPST i.e. ## codes, working sprint voicemail). I am still drawn to Virus B3 due to g-talk video chat, as well as more sense 3.0 elements (messaging, for example).

tatnai said:
I've used the stock leaked gb with sense 1.0, Mikhail (gb with sense 2.1) beta 2 to rc1, and viruses gingersense b3 and currently b4 alpha 1. Each I've used for at least a day. I also ran cm7 nightly 63 for a bit in there.
If you have a nova screen, run the GPS fix (##gpsclrx#), and use prl 1.77, all of these Tom's are pretty stable. The only reason I left mikG was for video on Google talk which I could not get working on mikg for the life of me. Also I could not get the GPS fix to run on viruses b4, but as long as you run it on another gb sense 2.1 rom first, so my GPS is working fine. No 4g on the sense 2.1 ports. Viruses sense 3.0 port is about to have a beta released, once that is stab it will be the sense rom to end all sense roms as it has 4g working already. With the work virus does it'll be a stable daily driver within a week or two. It will still have the nova screen problem I believe, as I think it uses the leaked Evo gb kernel.
For now I think if you have an Epson screen you can't go wrong with mikg rc1. If you gotta try Google talk with voice step it up to viruses gingersense beta 4. If you need 4g, stick with fresh or calculin's versions of the leaked gb with sense 1.0. Personally though I won't go back to sense 1.0 now that I'm using 2.1 for over a week. Lastly if you have a nova screen, there are some market brightness apps that work (juice defender, among others, has been mentioned) so you could still give it a shot.
With a full wipe I have had no stability issues besides the GPS lock / reboot issue that is fixed by the above. They all run very smooth. I am not an aosp guy no matter how hard I try, but that's another post for another time.
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tatnai, good info. Thanks for sharing.

DowntownRDB said:
tatnai, good info. Thanks for sharing.
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No problem. One last thing, battery life (ignoring the brightness issue with the nova screen which really kills the battery) is equivalent on this leaked gb kernel, if not a tad better, than with HTC kernel 15 and 17. Battery charging time is significantly faster, though, which is quite nice. The only other people with bad battery life are those who stick with prl 1.90, which causes wakelocks in many many roms.
Happy flashing. Just nandroid and flash, you can always go back.

ok so a few edits (also edited my original post).
1. virus B4 alpha 1 will not give you working video chat with google talk no matter what you do. his B3 will, after flashing lithid's g-apps package.
2. MikG is a little more complete (has working EPST, working sprint voicemail). I am still drawn to Virus B3 due to g-talk video chat, as well as more sense 3.0 elements (messaging, for example).
in the end, pick your posing, always nandroid, and just keep flashing.

One i used was
Tpmartinppc gingersense
Was stable
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Been running Vius GingerSense B3 for a week or so. It has been pretty stable amd smooth. You have to partion the sd card though
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MIkG or Virus B3 right now for Sense 2.x
Oh on B3 (or any of Virus's that incorporate sense 3.x) you will probably want to partition the SD card per the OP. The sense 3.0 files take up a LOT of spce and he has moved some of the system fies and enabled app2sd to free up internal space for apps. In that respect MikG and TMartin are easier since they don't have the sense 3.0 elements and take up less phone memory
You can get the 3.0 lock screen (no widgets) on most GB 2.x roms (there is a thread)
TMartins cleanup of the Evo GB leak is good. I keep a backup of that so I can update PRI and profiles (its a sprint ROM the others are not). Also has 4G if you need or use that.
Most likely you will need to downgrade the PRL as it caused wakelock. Not sure why. I assume is a kernel issue like the screen brightnss that will hopefully get ironed out. Remeber it is a leaked (i.e. not 100% done) kernel we GB people are working off of.
Nadroid and play. Find what your phone likes.
Good luck

drgonzo712 said:
Been running Vius GingerSense B3 for a week or so. It has been pretty stable amd smooth. You have to partion the sd card though
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Still not sure how people get this to work. Maybe I'm missing something, though. Google Voice doesn't close - it tries to set up, then force closes. My contacts aren't working - the People app opens, only shows me (and any recent calls), and if I try to poke around in it, it force closes. Very frustrating.

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People being stuck at 100% brightness isn't perfectly stable. Derp.
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Functionality and Stability of an operating system are two very different things, man. You can have an OS that is full of functioning features, but crashes every day. You can have an OS where only 3G works but 4G doesn't, but it can be stable and run for years without a crash. See?
But then again, we're just arguing semantics at this point, so we can just agree to disagree, no ill will meant.

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Looks great!!! Downloading now!! First post!! Woohoo
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Thanks for posting.
Is it based on 1.1 bootloader ?

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Thanks for posting.
Is it based on 1.1 bootloader ?
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yes. 1.1 ill add that to the op.
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Awesome, you have made a rom for my 2nd favorite toy! Running 1.2x (rev3 ) on my Evo. I'll download, flash, test and report when I get back home where my G-Tab is.
Couple questions though:
Is hardware acceleration implemented?
What launcher are you using?
Is the full Market avaialble?
Any known issues?
I'm currently running Calc's 1.1 rom and it's pretty snappy.
Thanks for doing this!

My favorite ROM for my evo is now available for my gtab? I love it! I'm going to have to try this out soon. One question, though; does video chat in google talk work in this? I know in your build for the evo, you have to flash an additional file to get it to work, but I don't see an equivalent file here.

dumb question, how do I know what bootloader I have? I suspect its 1.1 as I rooted a couple months ago and loaded up a Tom then
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dumb question, how do I know what bootloader I have? I suspect its 1.1 as I rooted a couple months ago and loaded up a Tom then
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Running TNT lite, you're on a 1.1 bootloader

thx, wht I thought
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Can anyone tell me if you can open up Gps apps besides google maps.
Like gps status or gps toolbox. both free on market. or even other nav stuff like ndrive or copilot.
Has anyone had issues yet.

any screens or video review of this?
so you said its based on 1.1 bootloader, then whats with the 1.2x thing? is that just a version number of this rom?

quick review
recovery installation:
went smooth. decent time. gapps installed no prob. on a 1.1 bootloader.
bootanimation:
Not present. Stock flashing android
First boot:
VERY fast. Got google login at begining
Wifi:
Found signals fast, connected to my device. so far no drops.
3rd party apps:
superuser. spare parts.dsp manager. so all stock cm 3rd party apps.
Launcher: Stock gb
Camera.eh. works for a .3 cam
Sd card: Does not find partion as sd card.
Icons/UI:
Wallpapers is cm. THe pull down notification is soild.
THe status bar is nice and big. friendly home menu and back buttons.
Overall. Seems to me like stock cm7. Dont see whats unique about this rom.
Could i get more info from dev to let know whats so different.
If dev can continue support on this then i can choose this.
SO all issues cm7 has, this has. dsp doesnt work. gps apps dont work.
GPS APPS DO NOT WORK AT ALL!!!!!

Not sure why any GPS apps would work since there is no GPS chip in the device. Having said that, I never tried any.....

transitoyspace said:
any screens or video review of this?
so you said its based on 1.1 bootloader, then whats with the 1.2x thing? is that just a version number of this rom?
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Yeah, it's just the version number. Deck started this ROM for the evo, but has started making builds for other devices. It's just the convention he's been following with the builds for the other devices. The first stable release was 1.0; 1.1 was a short lived beta, then all of the betas since have been 1.2 followed by a letter. He's gone through all of the letters of the alphabet up to x so far, which is why this version is called 1.2x.

ItsDon said:
Not sure why any GPS apps would work since there is no GPS chip in the device. Having said that, I never tried any.....
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well i need this tablet to work with gps roms. i have to to tether it to my phone.
I said gps apps because nav apps use gps location. This tablet goes in my car and so far. havent found a non tnt rom that works with gps apps.
Just because there is no gps chip doesnt mean the app shouldnt work. I can tether to my phone to use mock location and get the gps location from my phone.
so thats why i mentioned this much
good q though

btw i updated your rom banner. Since this isnt the evo.
Btw you should change your first post to say tablet and not phone.
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transitoyspace said:
well i need this tablet to work with gps roms. i have to to tether it to my phone.
I said gps apps because nav apps use gps location. This tablet goes in my car and so far. havent found a non tnt rom that works with gps apps.
Just because there is no gps chip doesnt mean the app shouldnt work. I can tether to my phone to use mock location and get the gps location from my phone.
so thats why i mentioned this much
good q though
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Both VEGAn roms work with GPS at least CoPilot and BlueGPS

Loaded flawlessly, only problem mounts SD card as Emmc which plays bad with other apps
thunderbolt sent, bamf enhanced

thanks for all the input. i will do my best to get this up to par with my evo roms i.e. everything working, + battery life, and + performance. This was my very first build for the gtab, so this was basically a base to see where needs fixing. i should have a gtab in my hands very soon as well, which will make development even quicker. My issue tracker is the best place to file issues, as i tend to them very promptly. Thanks again everybody, and stay tuned...
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transitoyspace said:
quick review
recovery installation:
went smooth. decent time. gapps installed no prob. on a 1.1 bootloader.
bootanimation:
Not present. Stock flashing android
First boot:
VERY fast. Got google login at begining
Wifi:
Found signals fast, connected to my device. so far no drops.
3rd party apps:
superuser. spare parts.dsp manager. so all stock cm 3rd party apps.
Launcher: Stock gb
Camera.eh. works for a .3 cam
Sd card: Does not find partion as sd card.
Icons/UI:
Wallpapers is cm. THe pull down notification is soild.
THe status bar is nice and big. friendly home menu and back buttons.
Overall. Seems to me like stock cm7. Dont see whats unique about this rom.
Could i get more info from dev to let know whats so different.
If dev can continue support on this then i can choose this.
SO all issues cm7 has, this has. dsp doesnt work. gps apps dont work.
GPS APPS DO NOT WORK AT ALL!!!!!
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quick summary quoted from my other thread...
"Hey all. Been a while since my last release of anything, which was sense based, but I really wanted to start learning android and have a better perspective of it. I decided to dig a bit more into compiling android. Started horsing around with github and learned to start compiling my own builds from aosp wih the help from cmsrc, evervolv, and a few others githubs. Since the release of gingerbread to aosp, i moved away from sense. There are things that i do miss about sense, but the usability of the phone without it is just unmatched imho. Many people use or have used cyanogenmod. IMHO is a great open source project that has some of the best devs out there. I have always been more into the 'vanilla' look opposed to the themed and aftermarket. Recently i have been compiling gingerbread for the evo and mt4g and have had nothing but the best reviews. Basically the reason why i am here. Wondering if there was any interest in a few of my builds. Main reason from moving away from CM6/7 (cyanogenmod), ADW launcher and the extra added bloat(sorry) and themes. Battery life will always be one of my main concerns. Everything should work!"
Even deeper then that, alot of packages are pure aosp, I have many fixes to my roms that are not in cmsrc, and lots more. youll get to know me i am a perfectionist Hope this helps
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To anyone who is waiting to switch to an ICS Rom

I'm talking to everyone who's been reading the ICS threads and progress that's being made to our ICS roms, but has not made the leap for whatever reason.
I'm speaking to you because I was you, at least until Friday when I finally decided to make the move to Neobuddy's Euphoria RC1 rom.
I quietly followed and read every single thread in the development section relating to our ICS progress, but was constantly reading about the problems with battery life and GPS difficulties.
I decided that after weeks of watching and waiting, I would take the plunge and report about my first 24 hours. I did not want to leave out details, so I took screen shots to show everyone who was like me before, standing on the sidelines, waiting for some magical "Ah ha" moment. Hopefully this will give you confidence in your decision and I can help you out along the way.
To start with, I have one of the first generations of our Vibrant (purchased the month it came out). I also purchased a Epic 4G battery from here about 4 months ago and have been using Bionix 1.3.2 and Deranged9 for as long as I can remember. When I flashed Euphoria, I had an initial problem with the installation where it got hung up at the boot screen (normal for coming from 2.2 roms) and it should also be mentioned that I DID NOT flash a GB Bootloader and had no problems with my recovery or rainbows.
The flash was pretty quick, even with having to reflash the rom twice. Once flashed, everything was pretty smooth from that point forward. I charged my phone up to 100% and calibrated it using the V6 supercharger script . After doing that, I woke up in the morning (I sleep in late on the weekend) and preceded to not only test my phone (GPS, different apps, change settings) but to use it normally (make calls, connect to my car's stereo Bluetooth connection to play music, etc.). The phone was the fastest it had ever been and everything worked as if I was still on my clutch Bionix rom.
The best part about my entire experience was that not only was everything working, but my battery life was out of this world good. I am not exaggerating by any means, and I've included screen shots to quantify my experience. I could not believe that not only did my GPS work after deep sleep (I tested it on multiple of occasions) but my battery was averaging about 2% loss an hour. The other icing on the cake was the fact that I was able to get the highest internet speeds using the stock modem (KB5 I believe).
I'm sorry for the literary diarrhea but I know that there are others like myself who are sitting on the sidelines, waiting for something to push them over the edge, and move onto an ICS based rom. The below is more specific information should you decide to follow what I did to a "T".
Rom: Neobuddy's Euphoria RC1 Rom
Modem: KB5
Kernel: ICS_Kissed_20120226.1157
Tweaks: Captivate GPS Fix
Battery: 1800mAH Samsung Epic 4G Battery
Battery Cycles: 1
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your photos aren't working
im in a very similar boat w/ a vibrant from aug-2010 & the 1800mah battery so i'd be interested to see your photos... im practically hanging off the fence ready to jump on the ICS boat but we'll see soon enough

Welcome my friend. Glad to see you. Been awhile since the D9 days. ICS is pretty slick isn't it? Hope all is well and if you have any Q's just let us know. I've got official ICS on my tablet and wish I could put Roman's control on it like on my phone.

i was also on the fence for a good while. i was thinking, 'man, settling for ics just because it's ics isn't for me!' i assumed it was pretty much not usable. i flashed passion first, then euphoria, now i'm on zenwich. all three are about as good as they're gonna get without an official ics, and that's not a diss at all. all three roms i tried are very stable and fast. there's been a few hiccups (laggy app drawer, random force closes), but that's to be expected. and by no means do those things happen often. they've happened maybe three times. as far as battery, i have the 1800mah battery, and my battery life is average. i get about 12hr with moderate to heavy use, and any use less than that i can easily make it through the whole day without worrying about charging. i am outside most of my day though, so i do have brightness almost all the way up. i don't expect miracles with battery life and neither should anyone else. i say for those on the fence about ics, just try it. it's fun and new and mostly everything works without a hitch.

jonen said:
your photos aren't working
im in a very similar boat w/ a vibrant from aug-2010 & the 1800mah battery so i'd be interested to see your photos... im practically hanging off the fence ready to jump on the ICS boat but we'll see soon enough
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Sorry about that, didn't have it on my public directory. All fixed. Enjoy the battery greatness!

Woodrube said:
Welcome my friend. Glad to see you. Been awhile since the D9 days. ICS is pretty slick isn't it? Hope all is well and if you have any Q's just let us know. I've got official ICS on my tablet and wish I could put Roman's control on it like on my phone.
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Hey man!! Long time no talk. Glad to see we're both rocking the same rom again. Deranged was great, but with this rom, it's on a whole new level. I can seriously get the same battery life but the speed is just outrageous. My only wish is that I could lock my home launcher (Apex Launcher) into memory. I have a decent amount of redraws but other than that, it's ridiculously fast.
I also have ICS on my tablet too (I have an HP Touchpad). I can put AOKTP on it, but I have been super happy with the work that dalingrin and CM9 have put out. I eventually will have to try it out, I just have been super happy with the progress they've made on it.
Out of curiosity, have you found any build prop tweaks that you've added to Euphoria? I want to change some things up, but not too sure what others have done.
Mat

I was on dr9 and I decided to switch to ICS 2 weeks ago. I swear I never want to come back again! First time ever I feel my phone is way superior than a freaking iPhone. Thanks to all devs, my once crappy phone becomes iPhone slayer.
P.s My GPS never works even on froyo 2.2 Would flashing that GPS fix solve my problem? I heard about hardware fix, what is it and where can I get it? Thanks
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I just bought my first (used) android phone last week and after much deliberation decided to try the Vibrant because of the many custom ROMs available for it and it's widespread forum support from developers. I've flashed Passion, Euphoria, and Slim ICS over the last week (mainly just to try out a few ROMs and get the process of flashing down). They each have their own strengths and I recommend reading the threads in detail prior to flashing the ROM as some of them do have some common kinks that can be worked out with simple solutions. Either way thanks to all the developers for their hard work bringing ICS to this older (but not ancient yet) platform!

I did the same thing up until recently, just followed the ics threads but haven't used them.
I just took the jump Thursday, I'm actually pretty amazed at how well it all works too! I haven't even calibrated my battery yet and I'm still getting about the same battery life that I was on toxic 8 and fishman mod. I've been playing with passion and slim ics both are amazing roms. For those who havent at least tried ics this is the perfect time to do so,most have about equal battery life and great speed to go with it and are very stable.

Mattymat said:
Sorry about that, didn't have it on my public directory. All fixed. Enjoy the battery greatness!
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are you running stock speeds or have you overclocked to 1.2ghz??
and im a bit concerned about how your battery usage shows 19% screen...
any comments on using slim for a barebone ICS experience over euphoria/passion?
i wish there was some sort of description as to what exactly the slimming of ICS entailed

I miss ics so much. Im on a galaxy s ii right now yes it's super fast and everything but I love ics passion so much. The battery lasted forever on that Rom and this phone can barely do 8 hrs. Also it was just so nice to have ics. Call this an overstatement but im seriously considering about going back to the vibrant because the sgsii has no ics yet.
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seedofchaos said:
I miss ics so much. Im on a galaxy s ii right now yes it's super fast and everything but I love ics passion so much. The battery lasted forever on that Rom and this phone can barely do 8 hrs. Also it was just so nice to have ics. Call this an overstatement but im seriously considering about going back to the vibrant because the sgsii has no ics yet.
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Errm
Yes it does mate...
Hav u looked in the dev section? :L
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Can someone tell me the Pros and Cons of switching from Eclair or Froyo to ICS? I am debating on doing it but don't know if its worth the hassle besides better battery life.

jonen said:
are you running stock speeds or have you overclocked to 1.2ghz??
and im a bit concerned about how your battery usage shows 19% screen...
any comments on using slim for a barebone ICS experience over euphoria/passion?
i wish there was some sort of description as to what exactly the slimming of ICS entailed
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I would say half the day I had it was set to 1.2GHz and the rest of the day was at 1GHz. I can tell you that I used the heck out of the phone, and 19% of 25 + hours with screen on isn't too bad. Not to mention, I was talking on the phone for around 1.5-2 hours of that time as well.
If I really pushed it, I know I could easily get 12-14 hours with HEAVY usage. In all likelihood though, if you think about a normal work day or school day, you should have problem going an entire day with either of the ICS roms, especially with an 1800 mah battery.

I thought ICS was good untill I tried Kanged Kool Aid. This rom is just amazing. It works 110% and is really fast with no lag what so ever. Plus the battery life I'm gettin with the epic 4g 1800mAh battery is the best I ever had.
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I usually get about 10 hours on AOKP and did so on Euphoria too with moderate usage.
No calls, maybe 3 maximum a day that lasted no more than 2 minutes each.
Texting is heavy, about a 1000 texts a day.
Games that are NOT too graphic dependent, such as Edge EX, Speedx 3D and Lane Splitter
and on WIFI the entire day.
Any suggestions? I'm using 2G instead of 3G since i do not have a data plan.
Brightness is about 5-10%

adamski123 said:
Errm
Yes it does mate...
Hav u looked in the dev section? :L
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I have and it's not really a stable ics.
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I DOOD IT!!
I am noob. I am ashamed. I am piggybacking:
I love my Vibrant. I got tired of feeling left behind on updates, so I became interested in rooting and flashing my phone. After scouring these forums for a week, I had a mental list of problems that might pop up during the process. Many other sites published pros and cons of rooting -- the former outweighing the latter. What really pushed my decision to do something, was the headline, "Galaxy S III with Ice Cream Sandwich due out around April." The warranty was up; I felt assured that I could always restore; why not try opening the phone's potential?! Using two computers and a printed list of instructions, I took the plunge. I followed the Noob Guide and a video from Eddie1west, I now have a fully-functioning, up-to-date Virbrant that I am in love with all over again.
The first issue was lack of drivers on the computer: fixed. My eyes rolled, but I pressed on. Second came the boot-loop issues when installing both CM7 and ICS Passion. I cringed, but kept at it -- removing the battery and reinstalling one time each did the trick. I can't report any major deficiencies, but I'm still playing with the phone. I anticipate problems to arise, but I can accept them knowing that I have a wealth of knowledge to rely on -- even from other noobs like me.
I sincerely appreciate the amazing amount of effort and passion these developers have. Now where's that elusive "thanks" button...

it's always nice to get some user-experience posts about going to a ROM like this... I haven't taken the ICS plunge, but it's on my list of things to do when time permits.
Maybe I'll get to it this week

Rahhstah said:
it's always nice to get some user-experience posts about going to a ROM like this... I haven't taken the ICS plunge, but it's on my list of things to do when time permits.
Maybe I'll get to it this week
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I'm telling you man, with all my sincerity, this rom's battery life, gps and everything is just as stable as any 2.2 rom. I am now on my 3rd full day and my battery is still averaging crazy idle power usage (I don't talk on my cell while at work) and my gps had the best locks I've ever gotten ( I just walked my dog while testing it) with this phone.
I feel like I held on for so long, being so scared of what would happen to my phone if I flashed it. I was so scared about the mute/unmute bug, but guess what....I've had countless calls and not one person has said anything about my voice quality.
My suggestion is to go for it, worst case scenario, you ODIN to 2.1 and then restore your original backup. No harm, no foul....and no GB bootloaders.

cm9 not as good as cm7.2

dissapointed in the following ways, I hope the downgrade path is easy.
Haptic feedback cannot be turned off.
Phone and contacts no longer fully integrated in one app.
contacts has background etc. that doesnt stick to OS theme.
Cannot disable pictures on contacts.
Cannot toggle contacts with numbers only on/off
Many options in the contacts/phone dissapeared. (yes ones I used)
The call screen is worse than the 7.2 version, smaller buttons for speakerphone etc.
Less options in the OS settings.
Launcher not as good as CM7.2 version.
The clear notifications button seems out of place.
Cancel number button out of place on dialer.
I am also not that satisfied by ICS itself. ICs/CM9 seems overhyped, will try CM10 but given there is not stable CM10 for this phone, and people say CM10 has the same contact issues I think I will be putting CM7.2 on in the end and not getting a s3/s3 mini at all (since they cant use GB).

chrcol said:
I think I will be putting CM7.2 on in the end and not getting a s3/s3 mini at all (since they cant use GB).
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By this logic, you will never be able to purchase any phone in the future, let alone the S3/S3 Mini. Are you sure you are in the correct device thread though? Just confirming.

What the hell u talking abt? Were u living in the 90s ?? ICS is history !! We r rocking in 4.1 Jelly bean & u talking abt Gingerbread ....makes he laugh...
And u said ics has less options in settings! Are u blind? Ics has more options in settings than GB.its just organised and categorized ..
U criticising the Holo UI !! Go live in a cave if u think Holo UI is not gr8...go buy an iphone...
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ICS stock vs GB stock has about 3-4 extra options, but loses 3 options.
However CM7.2 vs CM9, CM7.2 has over 30 extra configurable options.
You guys ignored the list I said of all missing features, instead just went on a anti GB rave.
There is more.
I noticed now as well Trebuchet launcher is pretty bad, cant even add shortcuts to it, it does seem CM went backwards a lot from 7.2 to 9.
Now CM10 may be better than CM9, but isnt stable on this phone.
right now I am seeing if I can find replaceables.
Nova launcher works ok but the dock I have to press on hard and repeated times for it to work, googled the problem, others said same complaint but no fix. I tried adw launcher which works great in cm7.2, but is slower on cm9 on a s2 than it is on cm7.2 with an ace, whats that about?
I installed siyah kernel and extweaks, very nice kernel and that got me BLN. A proper working BLN (buggy on CM 7.2 on the ace).
I downloaded a new dialler (exdialer), its big improvement over cm9 dialer but not as good as cm7.2 dialer, how sweet it would be if I could find cm7.2 dialer to install on cm9/10.
Camera in cm9 much better than 7.2. But it has very loud sounds for focus and snap that cant turn off, they sound aweful as well very annoying.
I still have haptic feedback that cant be turned off either, eg. when using keyboard.
and finally the keyboard in cm9 is worse than 7.2, on 7.2 press shift twice for caps lock, on cm9 have to hold it down for caps lock
So you guys praising JB (and I assume cm10.1) the question is does it fix the problems I have listed, remember one key phrase, newer does not necessarily = better.

chrcol said:
Now CM10 may be better than CM9, but isnt stable on this phone
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Which phone is "this"? The one in your signature? Then you are in the wrong forum to begin with...

Latest CM10.1 version has MANY additional features. If you see any lack, go to the github and make some commits!

I think whatever floats your boat, it's nice to get a view on older, more mature versions in comparison. It's like the old XP, vista, 7, 8 debate. Whatever works for you.
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Which phone is "this"? The one in your signature? Then you are in the wrong forum to begin with...
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How about assuming its the S2 because its the S2 section of the site. But phone isnt relevant anyway as I am talking about the software not the hardware. Unless CM9 is a different software on different phones.
Is it that hard to comment on what I am saying in my post instead of just attacking and mocking me? maybe I make valid points but you dont to upset any devs, I dont know, tell me.
For clarity I will repeat.
the galaxy s2 i9100 (not G variant).
the only stable builds of CM for this phone are CM7.2 and CM9.
cm7.2 has dozens of configurations that are removed in cm9.
I noted any reviews i read of cm9 (presumably not wanting to upset developers) have considered removed features as non important and not worth worrying about, however I used many of the configurations removed in cm9 such as the ability to disable haptic feedback, ability to remove pictures of contacts, ability to list only contacts with numbers and the dialer in cm9 is pretty bad compared to whats in cm7.2.
The phone I use for calls etc. is whats in my sig, I am merely experimenting with this now as I dont just switch to a phone where I dont like the interface, I spent weeks if not months getting my ace experience to something useable. It seems it will be the same with the s2/s3 (I wont be using this s2 either but using it to test cm9/10 whilst waiting for s3 to arrive and then may not even keep the s3 and switch to nexus or something for stable cm10 build).
I will test cm10 also, but I have had people tell me already it takes more from cm9 than it does cm7.2.
So is it possible to simply comment on what I put in my first 2 posts in this thread, the functions removed in cm9 and if its possible to get them put back in cm9/10 via downloadable apps.

I also prefer CM7 but I think it's more of a nostalgia thing when I owned my Nexus One. Plus I love that CM colour themed Nexus live wallpaper.
Hey, whatever floats your boat.
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Ok I am now trying a AOSP JB rom from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1810042
So I see now that the dialer/contact/launcher changes I dont like are from ICS/JB itself which CM simply kept in their rom.
I do agree some will prefer JB/ICS everyone has their own taste, i didnt mean to offend anyone but was more hoping someone had a way to use CM7.2 dialer in CM9/10. Or CM7.2 dialer in any other rom.
again I am not too happy tho with the rom, it seems there is regressions on every android update google do.
they seem very pro cloud and anti privacy.
So on ICS and GB can disable auto sync globally on the phone, completely turn it off, GB also can stop any apps doing background activity globally (removed in ICS). I see on JB the option to turn sync on/off appears to be missing, I added my gmail account and it immediatly started syncing before I could disable individually the sync things on that account. So now I have a load of junk downloaded to the phone.
I also seen video clips showing super power widgets on JB (videos trying to show of how good JB is), but this has none at all.
It seems ICS/JB just arent for me I guess, the new features they bring dont seem to interest me, however I did want to upgrade the OS because of ICS/JB only apps (future proofing) and some hardware features require 4.x to work?
Looking through the phone settings, the only options I see that are not configurable on stock GB are a few extra for the keyboard input and voice input. Otherwise the only changes are actually removed options, it seems every progression of android is to simplify it.
My S3 is here now, if I am to use GB I will have to use a different phone unless the S3 maybe has a GB rom for it. This S2 is too damaged around the edges for my everyday phone (got of ebay).

if u really want something stable try TW 4.1.2 :good:
it has a lot of GS3 features and its fast + smooth as butter
try it one time and u will not look back

yeah still playing with firmwares
Now got PA 3.1.5 on (4.2.2) which I think is either based on CM 10.1 or has elements of CM in it as they credit CM in their post.
JB 4.1.1 AOSP was slow on this phone, I noticed it just by seeing backup restores been slower, apps slower to load etc. and when I did a quadrant benchmark and compared to the ICS scores they were about half, tons of loss on i/o speed in particular. 2d alo had a chunk of a hit, the score was so low compared to ICS and CM9 it was almost as low as my ace gets although the feeling was quite as slow as the ace, still much faster. (scores back up on this 4.2.2 based rom).
So I found now in the data usage options the ability to disable auto sync. I also found how to add settings shortcuts using trebuchat, I prefer the way in ADW launcher but at least its now gone from not been possible to just a slow way,
Played with the JB notification bar widgets, whilst better than what could do in ICS I find it clunky to use, they too spaced out and have to click on a button first to make them appear, plus is too many I dont have use for, but maybe there is a way to disable ones dont need to toggle. The widget configuration in CM 7.2 was perfect for me (to be fair I think was retained in CM9 also) but its gone in this rom.
I still have no progress on replacing the people app for contacts, ideally I still want to use whatever app CM used in CM7.2. also not a fan of the apps and widget been shown together in the ap drawer, to me app drawer should be just apps and nothing else. But thats not a showstopper, the dialer/contacts is the showstopper at the moment.
scores if anyone interested.
quadrant -> ics s2 stock (cm9) [aosp JB 4.1.x] <PA3 4.2.2>
overall 3751 (3459) [2583] <3751>
cpu 5309 (5654) [4689] <5543>
mem 3786 (1834) [1972] <4242>
io 7417 (7406) [3902] <6302>
2d 439 (500) [370] <500>
3d 1806 (1901) [1983] <2167>

Stock TW 4.1.2 for u
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But gb is so slow and has a lot of lags JB is fast and has butter scrolling is super smooth compared to GB
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chrcol said:
quadrant -> ics s2 stock (cm9) [aosp JB 4.1.x] <PA3 4.2.2>
overall 3751 (3459) [2583] <3751>
cpu 5309 (5654) [4689] <5543>
mem 3786 (1834) [1972] <4242>
io 7417 (7406) [3902] <6302>
2d 439 (500) [370] <500>
3d 1806 (1901) [1983] <2167>
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Quadrant is too crappy benchmark to rely on BTW
u can try Antutu or geekbench instead
:good:

OK that TW screenshot has my interest
camera etc seems stable on this ROM.
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Think it has to do with simplifying the OS, we here are power users but most of the options were for me anyway null and void and overkill for an everyday use phone. You will find most if not all your options that you miss in CM7 are not there and probably never will be I'm afraid.
Google themselves want a simplified phone that the everyday Joe can easily use, and the CM team are so busy these days maintaining so many different devices that I think they would prefer a stable, fast, usable phone that wasn't crammed full of options some of which most would never use.
Just my opinion lol.

I agree those are probably the exact reasons.
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when ever I want to have flashing break , I use cm7.2 + fluxi :good:

tombassi said:
when ever I want to have flashing break , I use cm7.2 + fluxi :good:
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Does that jb modem work ok on cm7? I used kl1
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