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I've been playing around with this phone a lot since I got it. Today, I flashed back to DI18 and left it unrooted and found myself astonished at how much better the overall performance is.
DK28 is garbage.
If this is old news, I apologize... I just got this phone a week ago.
huh? i've only had my phone since tuesday, i haven't rooted it as of yet... but i wanted to see what that froyo is all about.
Don't do it. It's fun to play with, but like the OP said, if you want something that works reliably and well, stay stock.
Bonsai dk28 works great for me, but to each his own.
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I have nothing against people who experiment with different baked ROMs on their phones--after all, where would we be without 'em?--but the performance of stock 2.1 on my Epic was already solid enough that I only really felt I needed to root for a few specific apps. I think any flashing I was going to do was always going to wait until official 2.2 was out and more development is done. I am jonesing for the new features and hopefully speed but am patient.
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Bonsai dk28 works great for me, but to each his own.
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Agree bonsai is fantastic, no bugs what so ever and very clean and fast. Way better then 2.1 stock battery life ia about the same.
i wont go back to d118, i will miss hulu and, humans vs, aliens and andy 83 those apps only work on 2.2 and my phone has been running fantastic and way better then d118.
GPS works better!
Wifi Works perfect!
Orientation switch is fast!!
And what ever other bugs people are having im having 0
I'm running stock DK28 and it works absolutely flawless, dunno why so many have issues, I have none
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I agree with the OP. I was running Nebula 1.0.7 and things were smooth for me but I went back to stock and outside of the progs that require 2.2, things are solid at least for me. Now I'm running Syndicate with Xtreme kernel and I'm loving it until we get the official Froyo
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I want to go back to 2.1, but the ONLY thing that stops me is that I NEED GPS.
GPS on 2.1 is poop. I would have a hard time finding my peepee if it weren't for GPS.
I just did the exact same thing!
Running Nebula, was getting weird issues, so I went back to Syndicate with Xtreme kernel v1.2.
Ahh, everything is so snappy. I'll stick with this for a while.
MojoSwag said:
I agree with the OP. I was running Nebula 1.0.7 and things were smooth for me but I went back to stock and outside of the progs that require 2.2, things are solid at least for me. Now I'm running Syndicate with Xtreme kernel and I'm loving it until we get the official Froyo
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It sounds like most of the people who are noticing problems are using nebula. You guys should give bonsai a try.
Ryjabo said:
I've been playing around with this phone a lot since I got it. Today, I flashed back to DI18 and left it unrooted and found myself astonished at how much better the overall performance is.
DK28 is garbage.
If this is old news, I apologize... I just got this phone a week ago.
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Lolol! I have been saying exactly this for as long as I remember. Froyo is freaking jerky. The animation transitions are not smooth.
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Flashing to Midnight ROM 3.2 is the best thing I ever did.
I love my Epic 4G…I loved it with Eclair, and I am now using midNIGHT 3.2 BYOR and I love it. It’s benchmark scores are twice as fast as Eclair, and you can tell how fast and snappy the phone is. Here is a list of the things I like best that Froyo was needed for.
1. Chrome to Phone – Huge time saver and way more useful than I thought it was going to be, and I thought it would be useful, lol
2. Flash 10.1
3. The apps that needed Froyo for enhancement… Gmail, Youtube, Winamp (there is a station I like on Shoutcast and Winamp required Froyo for Shoutcast)
4. Google Docs – being able to edit Google Docs on the go. The reason I wanted a phone with a keyboard was for doing long emails and editing documents and spreadsheets. The on-screen keyboard is OK, but takes up a lot if real estate.
5. Moving apps to the SD Card – I am an app junkie and I need the space, lol
There are more things, but those are the most important to me. It is was like I got a new phone for a second time. Some of the other things I think that help make the phone better that are not Froyo “items” are the Gingerbread Keyboard (really, really good, better than iOS in my opinion), ASOP Lock Screen, and the EXT4 file system.
I still liked the phone when it had Eclair, and I wouldn’t go back and buy a different phone (and I like it on Froyo even better), it is nice hardware, awesome 5-row keyboard, and it’s AMOLED screen rocks and everyone who see’s it immediately compares it to their own back lit LCD screens, and develops a serious case of envy, lol. I am old enough to know that companies will be companies and will always make and break promises(Apple customers have to put up with a company that said their alarm was fixed in November to have it happen again in January and tells them they are holding their phone wrong). It would be nice if they always kept their promises, but they can’t. If companies were 100% honest, no one would buy their products just like if politicians were 100% honest, no one would vote for them. It would be nice to think we still would, but if we would….wouldn’t there already be 100% honest companies and politicians, lol
Zeinzu said:
I'm running stock DK28 and it works absolutely flawless, dunno why so many have issues, I have none
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Agreed.
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If Froyo is jerky and not smooth, you are doing something wrong. It works fine with a rom that isn't a piece of ****.
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If Froyo is jerky and not smooth, you are doing something wrong. It works fine with a rom that isn't a piece of ****.
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+1 bonsai runs way better then 2.1 and bettery life us slightly better...
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Been running TrulyEpic 1.5 and quite pleased with the performance, features, battery-life, etc. I really really like that it now boots in < 30 seconds. (I swap batteries instead of charging, so quick boot times are especially nice).
2.1 Eclair simply unusable because of the Calendar and Bluetooth Voice Search bugs.
But beyond that you're just wrong on performance in Eclair vs Froyo.
I am running DK28 viper 2.0 trinity with the genocide kernel and I am pretty happy with it. It is ridiculously fast and haven't had any problems with it all.
Is it worth going to all the trouble to flash it to EB13? Is it any better than the viper rom?
EB13 is amazingly smooth. There are a lot of shortcomings, but omfg the smoothness.
Plus pretty soon I'm sure viper rom well require eb13.
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Your rom will most likely be updated to EB13 in the future, if you want to wait to just update the rom. I flashed the deodexed EB13 and am using LauncherPro and have not had any issues whatsoever, it is amazingly smooth and stable for me.
I think I will wait to change... It took a lot of time to find a ROM that was kickass and I don't want to downgrade it to EB13 if the specs are not overwhelming.
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I think I will wait to change... It took a lot of time to find a ROM that was kickass and I don't want to downgrade it to EB13 if the specs are not overwhelming.
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Specs? God knows you could never get back that millisecond extra it took you to open up a app.
Dk28 will not be supported anymore. If you like viper rom then just wait till they get a rom on eb13 and then upgrade to it.
I'm liking EB13 haven't seen the dk28 bugs like wifi errors.
My Experience with EB13
Here are the pros:
-Great TouchWiz launcher improvements. Allows for user settable home screens up to 7.
-Bluetooth VoiceDial works if you Odin the.tar file.
If you flash EB13 with CWM or update.zip its hit or miss. (errors out right after connecting to headset). I tried several times and still buggy.
-EB13 modem seems stable.
-TWS issues.
Here are the cons:
-Map compass is 180' off. Fix is to calibrate screen upside down. Then its fine. Accurate within 3-5 meters and oriented correctly.
So far I am running unrooted and happy. Baking it for a week.
Once I remove the bloatware, this should be a fast, smooth machine and I will be even happier. Stay tuned.
Epic Stock EB13 (Odin) Unrooted for now.
I say yes.
I have EB13 deodexed with Genocide 0.3a kernel and LauncherPro+, and everything is buttery smooth for me.
With the camera blur fixed. Its worth it. I love it!
I've noticed 0 difference, going from dk28 to eb13... genocide . 3a is AMAZING!!!!! But I was running it on dk28 also.
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I'd say yes since the voice call (speaker toggle) bug and wifi bugs are no more, and it is smoother overall performance than DK28. Personally I would just flash the genocide .3 kernal on top of what you have now as I believe genocide is compatible with DK28 (or was it just that first release) and then wait till they update viper to eb13.
I plan on upgrading, just waiting for a ROM that catches my eye.
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I plan on upgrading, just waiting for a ROM that catches my eye.
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I may wait for cm7. But I did upgrade to the genocide kernel.
syndicate
I made the plunge and upgraded to EB13 with syndicate... Its absolutely insane. All my iphone friends cant believe how fast and how amazing the phone is.
Screw you apple
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I made the plunge and upgraded to EB13 with syndicate... Its absolutely insane. All my iphone friends cant believe how fast and how amazing the phone is.
Screw you apple
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ACS Syndicate is so FAST. They are about to release the 1.1 version. Make sure to update. Excellent fixes involved. Should be the best EB13 ROM until Gingerbread (CM7) releases.
Steve Jobs can suckad*ck
I updated my Epic on the day EB13 was released. I used the update.zip using the stock recovery on my stock/rooted DI18 (no data/cache wipes before updating) which kept all my data and apps intact. After the update, the only problems I had were the one related to the camera (video lag in low light and still camera FC in sport mode), but after the kernel fix was introduced (thanks to mkasick) I have had absolutely ZERO, ZILCH, NADA, NO problems. Granted I am still using basically the stock EB13 rooted only with Launcher Pro, but everything has worked as it should (GPS, SMS, MMS, video recording, camera, music player, SD card, etc.). The only issue for me is probably the checkerboarding on the stock browser which is not a big deal for me anyways.
How many of you have been happy with your EB13 upgrade experience?
I am waiting for a custom ROM.
Mine worked good on stock and even better using the genocide kernel.
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I'm running a beta build of a custom rom and I couldn't be happier. I'm not having any of the issues reported
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I've been very happy with the upgrade, I haven't ran into any problems with this build. Now I'm just waiting for the developers to really start pushing out their releases! Dying to get my hands on a official CM6.2 and MiUi!
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Already running Midnight rom with the Genocide kernel. Getting great battery life and my GPS definitely feels improved. Haven't dropped signal during nav yet (knock on wood)
Can't wait for more Roms and especially updated Cyanogen and Miui like above.
Running EB13 with midNIGHT ROM 4.1....my phone runs great, better than when it was on a DK28 mod
Mine runs great all stock EB13
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Mine worked good on stock and even better using the genocide kernel.
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Whats the genocide kernel? what advantages does it have over the stock eb13 kernel?
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Whats the genocide kernel? what advantages does it have over the stock eb13 kernel?
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The Genocide Kernel, is a kernel made my one of the Devs here. You can find it's thread in the Development section for more details.
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I was using stock EB13 with no problems..today I flashed the genocide kernel since I figure it can't hurt to have more battery life...
As for checker-boarding on the browser..coming from a TP2..I hardly call that checkerboarding lol
as for the checkerboarding browser, does anyone know if that is only on the stock browser, or others such as Dolphin as well?
Running EB13 stock w/genocide, no complaints. I use the miren browser as my default.
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I flashed eb13 with the samsung exe and immediately got root access and changed over to deodexed/ext4 and with the lastest genocide kernel .... close to perfect ... with the overclock and pretty heavy use battery life is darn good, amazingly. My battery app estimates 11.5 hrs @ 58%. I'm constantly picking the thing up and using it today. All apps run fine and now the browser is substantially faster than the wifes laptop! Was just on the gamestop site with a flash game review playing along side a bunch of animated adds and it still played great. 1375/3020 smartbench. This is all the "phone" I'll need for some time to come! Since the camera fix in genocide kernel, all regrets are gone. Plus, if you love video media like I do, you MUST have 2.2 as the video decoding and audio decoding are sgnificantly improved. 2.1 would stutter a bit with very high bit rate stuff. 2.2 makes the best quality video play FLAWLESSLY. Never a dropped frame. Even @2mbit/sec. Watching a movie on my phone is nearly as pleasing as my well calibrated big screen.
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EB13 is pretty good. Except for the bt voice dialing not working. If you don't have this issue what update method and what rom are you running???
Epic 4g
I'm happy. the battery is lasting for up to 24 hours now. I even slept through the night without charging it and woke up to a not dead phone. oh the possibilities
stock eb13 w root and cam patch, couldnt b more pleased w my phone
Not me. Its seems much better at first. But when you start getting random fc's here and there it tells you somethings wrong. In all honestly I think 2.1 eclair ran this phone with ease like a current machine would run winxp. No problems and everythings snappy. Works the way its suppose to. Throw win7 in and now youve complicated things by adding in bore instruction sets that might conflict. Not to say that it isn't gonna work well but we can clearly see sprint was full of **** when they said they were thoroughly testing for bugs. Build the is from the ground up with gingerbread. Until that happens were gonna keep getting updates that fix **** instead of updates that turn our epics for the better. Its what this hardware deserves. Next year when tegra 2's are mainstream phonemena hummingbird will be the mid level tier. Even with 2.2 I still think this hardware has more to give.
My 2 cents.
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Not me. Its seems much better at first. But when you start getting random fc's here and there it tells you somethings wrong. In all honestly I think 2.1 eclair ran this phone with ease like a current machine would run winxp. No problems and everythings snappy. Works the way its suppose to. Throw win7 in and now youve complicated things by adding in bore instruction sets that might conflict. Not to say that it isn't gonna work well but we can clearly see sprint was full of **** when they said they were thoroughly testing for bugs. Build the is from the ground up with gingerbread. Until that happens were gonna keep getting updates that fix **** instead of updates that turn our epics for the better. Its what this hardware deserves. Next year when tegra 2's are mainstream phonemena hummingbird will be the mid level tier. Even with 2.2 I still think this hardware has more to give.
My 2 cents.
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That's impossible in all honesty. With the way people were crying about the 2.2 update to build something from kernel up and redo it people would be crying "gingerbread is taking too long" screw Samsung, and Sprint...
i odin'd back to DI18 a day before EB13 and only restored contacts.
once EB13 dropped, i wiped everything 3 times w/ clockwork, upgraded via the update.zip method. Then did the 1 click root, and manually re-installed all my apps etc.
The one thing that really kills the 'new' froyo for me is the bluetooth problems still being present like on DK28. I got so damn irritated w/ DK28's bluetooth problems that i actually went back to 2.1
Now that i'm using EN13, I'm still pretty honked off but it hasn't irritated me enough yet to go back to eclair.. depends on how flaky the bluetooth becomes.
So far, I'm running stock EB13, 1 click root, genocide kernel installed yesterday) and gonna gauge battery life.
I'm really wanting to try out the MIUI and/or cyanogenmod once they're a little less buggy.. the devs are making great progress, but i need a fairly non-buggy phone for work so that's why i'm waiting (not complaining.. i experiment on the weekends w/ ROMs and such)
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So, I've been using every GB leak and now I'm fed up. I've been getting random reboots here and there. I'm sure many factors come into play like signal strength, apps, background services, Oc/uV..Sometimes I don't get any for like a couple days, then out of nowhere I get two in the same day and important times when I needed to use my phone, and it makes me (EX: Taking a picture at a special time, or getting a phone number, or playing music while Google Navigating, etc). So now I'm back on EC05. I forgot I could OC/UV, navigate, listen to music, and check a number for a friend all without my phone overheating . But I do wish themers didn't give up on EC05! We do have a great set of themes, but if you check any of the other Galaxy S theme section there are several that we should get ported! So to conclude my rant, are you on EC05 or GB?
i switched back to EC05 cuz i need my gps and had alot of random reboots and battery life sucked
I am on GB currently, but I have been contemplating the switch back to EC05, more specifically, back to SRF 1.2. The only thing holding me back is I love my theme, and if I went back to EC05 I would lose a few things, such as transparent apps and my lock screen. I have had my fair share of problems with GB including random reboots, the back lit keys do not turn off when running Netflix, and a few other minor annoyances.
Also, one main problem with switching back, is I would need to reinstall all my apps and I can't use Titanium Backup. People have noted problems when restoring GB apps on EC05.
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I am on GB currently, but I have been contemplating the switch back to EC05, more specifically, back to SRF 1.2. The only thing holding me back is I love my theme, and if I went back to EC05 I would lose a few things, such as transparent apps and my lock screen. I have had my fair share of problems with GB including random reboots, the back lit keys do not turn off when running Netflix, and a few other minor annoyances.
Also, one main problem with switching back, is I would need to reinstall all my apps and I can't use Titanium Backup. People have noted problems when restoring GB apps on EC05.
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For the theme, the stock SRF1.2 theme is awesome. If thats not your taste, then MattedBlue or Emotionless Beast are up there. Lockscreen mod is def better in the GB builds, BUT if you use LiveLocker or my personal fav WidgetLocker, you'll forget about the lockscreen mod!
Personally, I've used TBackup everytime. I even used it to restore my apps from GB to Froyo. What I do is first restore all my apps without data. Then I go through the apps that I need the data (ie: wavelauncher, handcent, widgetlocker); pretty much any app that I have setup to my liking and I don't want to go through each one and fiddle with the settings again. Then I reboot my phone. There are some apps that don't restore that I wanted to, so just load up Tbackup, let it refresh the app list, then scroll all the way to the bottom, and restore the apps you want one by one (on average there are like 4 apps that don't restore properly the first time but restore perfectly WITH data after. IE: Amazon appstore, miui compass, battery calibration..). Hope this helps
Back on EC05 also. I have a feeling a new EC05 theme from ERA is coming soon
Help support ERA and Android4Autism...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/donatetome.php?u=331067
Back to stock EC05. Had the phone reboot on me a couple of times when it was quite inconvenient. Have to have it now also because my wife is sick and I can't afford to miss a call if she needs me.
Battery life was excellent for me on GB but the random reboots were not. I'm so OC about things that I couldn't stand it anymore, I didn't even try EH17 I'll wait for official GB or upgrade in December.
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Battery life was excellent for me on GB but the random reboots were not. I'm so OC about things that I couldn't stand it anymore, I didn't even try EH17 I'll wait for official GB or upgrade in December.
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battery life is just as good on EC05. If you use Genocide kernel, then use the latest setcpu. Here is my setup:
Main:
200-1120 conservative
Profiles:
Screen Off/Battery <25% = 200-800
Battery < 50% = 200-1000
Voltages:
200- 925
400 - 1025
600- 1125
800- 1150
1000- 1225
1120 - 1275
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Back on EC05 also. I have a feeling a new EC05 theme from ERA is coming soon
Help support ERA and Android4Autism...
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sweeet looking forward to it!
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battery life is just as good on EC05. If you use Genocide kernel, then use the latest setcpu. Here is my setup:
Main:
200-1120 conservative
Profiles:
Screen Off/Battery <25% = 200-800
Battery < 50% = 200-1000
Voltages:
200- 925
400 - 1025
600- 1125
800- 1150
1000- 1225
1120 - 1275
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sweeet looking forward to it!
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Reboots are never cool when they aren't intentionally executed, but I'm staying on EH17.. its not that crazy with reboots, and it only happens when idle, never when I'm using the phone. I'm just awaiting the official version of GB and I'll be flashing the deodexed official version as soon as its ready.
Leaks... as the name implies its never good, its been something that for good or for bad it just slipped out of where it shouldn't and its not a prime time ready version... think about it, its not even a BETA version.
Thats why I stick with a ROM from official source.
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battery life is just as good on EC05. If you use Genocide kernel, then use the latest setcpu.
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I agree. SRF 1.2 on Genocide is my default ROM.
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I've played with most all the GB leaks, and while I generally get slightly better battery life with GB, there are certain features that just don't work well enough for me, so always back to EC05 for my daily use.
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So, I've been using every GB leak and now I'm fed up. I've been getting random reboots here and there. I'm sure many factors come into play like signal strength, apps, background services, Oc/uV..Sometimes I don't get any for like a couple days, then out of nowhere I get two in the same day and important times when I needed to use my phone, and it makes me (EX: Taking a picture at a special time, or getting a phone number, or playing music while Google Navigating, etc). So now I'm back on EC05. I forgot I could OC/UV, navigate, listen to music, and check a number for a friend all without my phone overheating . But I do wish themers didn't give up on EC05! We do have a great set of themes, but if you check any of the other Galaxy S theme section there are several that we should get ported! So to conclude my rant, are you on EC05 or GB?
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I wouldn't say that themers have given up on EC05, but there isn't a huge need to constantly update the themes that are out there, nor has there been a huge demand for new ones.
In my case, Honeycomb Fusion Explosion EC05 was updated about a month ago so there's not much that can be done with that one. Dark Horse could use an update, but no one has been commenting in that thread or asking for one so I haven't worked on it much and wasn't really planning on putting a big lot of time into it until GB becomes official. As for the other theme's I've worked on, there wasn't nearly enough demand to keep up on them without request to do so.
As far as other ports go, I would not be against doing them as long as it was from a froyo build on another galaxy s device and I had some interest in the theme. Why? Because those ports are quick and easy. The fact is that even the easiest ports still can take 5-10 hours to do. To give you an idea, just porting HFCE from EH06 to EH17 took me a bit over 4 hours. Now if you port a CM7, Sense or theme chooser theme, those take much longer because of the xml edits, all the images you have to create to replace images that are not in those themes, and so on. It can take 20-30 hours which seems like a waste when GB is right around the corner.
A few of my thoughts on the issue.
Just went back to EC05 myself. I forgot how smooth and fast that was, and no reboots. I do miss the CRT off ani, but I think I can make it.
EC05 SRF 1.2 here.
EG22 was decent and EH17 just seemed to dislike my phone. To be honest, I find it pointless to update being that not many Dev's are working on leaks. Plus, I prefer stability over minor appearance changes.
Sent from the future.
My wife has an earpiece quit on her epic. I ordered a new earpiece and installed it...still didn't work. I knew it had to be an internal issue. We called sprint and even after owning the phone for over a year they told us $35 would cover it. In fear of getting hassled over having eg22 I Odin dk28 and accepted the ota. Took it to them. They replaced the entire front w another one. It fixed the issue. Funniest hing is her battery lasts all day now. I bought an anker 1800 that we were finally getting 15 hrs on eg22, to 20+ hours on ota ec05.
Ec05 stock unrooted does not perform the way eg22 did. The speed of the system is down. The checkerboard browser. The feel isn't as crisp. But, the phone last all day and my wife is pretty happy with it. I am patiently waiting gingerbread ota and hoping it will come soon.
Her battery is really so much better after doing this that it is really work leaving it alone...especially since I'm not the one dealing w it lol
I tried all the GB leaks, but in the end I always came back to SRF 1.2 because it performed like a dream. The ACS team really have done an amazing job with that ROM.
EC05 here...Urban Regeneration, ERA ReVolt, an SRF 1.2 are my choices but after a ton of testing, I seem to be back on Regen the most. The battery life from CompKid's tweaks he made and everything working is huge for me. So, its Urban Regen, Genocide 2.0, SetCPU "on demand" 1400/100 no undervolt and Simply Blue theme. EDIT...changed the font to Sony Sketch since these screenies
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I'm on EH17 but I'm really considering going back to EC05.
I'll miss the Off animation and hardware acceleration though
Not sure if TW4 works with EC05.
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I'm on EH17 but I'm really considering going back to EC05.
I'll miss the Off animation and hardware acceleration though
Not sure if TW4 works with EC05.
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Yes, it does. I use to be on TW4 when I had ec05.
After being on SRF 1.2 for MONTHS and never tried a GB ROM
I want to which one is the best to flash for now ACS, Starsky, Legendary, ect.
or should I just stay at SRF for now as far as stability and usage is concern
well acs kills your GPS so dont use that... Dunno about the other 2.
I would recommend ERA Legendary (beta 3) at the moment. Everything seems to work really well so far and GPS isn't broken.
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I would recommend ERA Legendary (beta 3) at the moment. Everything seems to work really well so far and GPS isn't broken.
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Second this recommendation.
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Second this recommendation.
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I went to try that but the link to beta 3 has been taken down (beta 1 and 2 are still avail).
I'm running the Pre-rooted Deodexed EI22 and have no problems (well, none that weren't my own fault - flashed w/o wiping and caused an errant notification led).
Anyway, I like this one... used the free version of Titanium Backup to get rid of the Sprint bloatware and it runs great.
Well, there's my $0.02.
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I went to try that but the link to beta 3 has been taken down (beta 1 and 2 are still avail).
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hmm... they took the link off the post saying data didn't work, but it works just fine...
here's the link if you wanna try it --> http://era.techfumaster.com/ERA_EI22_BETA_3.zip
I've been using ACS, and I'm not sure why but my GPS is working just fine (I get 9/9 locks). The one thing I did (and this happened accidentally) was wipe my entire phone, data and all. Odin'd back to EC05, turned GPS on and then flashed the new modem and ACS rom. My GPS is actually quite quick to lock, even in rooms of my house I've never gotten a lock before.
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hmm... they took the link off the post saying data didn't work, but it works just fine...
<link removed due to my noobness>
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Some reports of data not working, but so far I'm not having any issues with it. I tried ACS ICSv2 but I had no luck with GPS. So far this rom is working well.
I went from ACS ICS EH17. Cleared everything. Odin'd modem back to EC05, and then to EI22. Then flashed the rom, but the GPS is still borked. Tried the other modem suggested and even flashed the GPS fix again, still no GPS.
I will say that other than the GPS issue ACS ICS v2 is solid. Battery life has been great for the first 18h 41m. Dispaly time on is 3h 9m, and I have 22% remaining.
It is also very fast. I notice no lag in menus and I am using the beta 21 of TW4.5for my launcher.
I'm on ERA Legendary Beta 3 and have no issues whatsoever.
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I tried ACS ICS and had GPS problems.
I flashed ERA Beta 3 this morning...when the link was up.
That worked well...gps and all.
I flashed back to ACS ICS and my GPS remained working...after reboots and shutdowns.
era delete google chrome broswer,instead of dolphin broswer, i don't like.
acs ics v2 has gps issue
i flashed back to acs ics eh17 v6 now,waiting for update.
If you want a "barebone" ROM that's speedy and stable, try StarskyROM. There is one tiny bug that screws up the phone dialer app with a FC, but flashing k0nane's updated noCIQ MOD fixes it. As far as I know, this is the only ROM right now that has the "adrenaline shot" MOD from the SGS4G, which in my opinion, gives it a barely noticeable speed boost/better battery than the rest atm. But as always, ymmv
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I have been using ACS ICS V4 all day. Only problem I have found is 4G isn't working but that could be because I flashed the EI22 modem before I came to work.
I have been using Thunderhawk 3.0.5, no issues or FC's. GPS, Wifi, 4G all work fine.
I wish I could say Cyanogen, but waiting for a version where everything plus vid recorder works.
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Thunderhawk
I suggest Thunderhawk. Been using RandomKings roms since Phoenix and they are all great(IMO). However, this may be some error on my part but I couldn't get Youtube to work on ThunderHawk to work. I could hear sound but no video and it would vibrate like a force close but that was it.
My 2 top pick at the moment are ACS ICS V5 and SleeperRom. Both are quite stable and good with battery life. They both also have lots of great stuff under the hood (lots of the best hacks, fixes, and mods from the past few months). The Samurai kernel (which gives you a lot of freedom in terms of frequency and voltage) works great with both of them.
I wish I could say CyanogenMod 7 and MIUI, but neither are fully functional or stable just yet on the Epic.
tydynrain said:
My 2 top pick at the moment are ACS ICS V5 and SleeperRom. Both are quite stable and good with battery life. They both also have lots of great stuff under the hood (lots of the best hacks, fixes, and mods from the past few months). The Samurai kernel (which gives you a lot of freedom in terms of frequency and voltage) works great with both of them.
I wish I could say CyanogenMod 7 and MIUI, but neither are fully functional or stable just yet on the Epic.
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Have you tried the Legendary rom? Not trying to convert you, just hoping to get your input on the differences between the two (or three).