I'm currently running CM7, I haven't tried many different roms with this phone, the others I had on my phone at least(besides CM7) were Froyo(stock/rooted) and rooted GB. What other custom roms would be good for me to try, for example, if I want to keep hdmi functionality and 720p recording etc. Is there an AOSP rom where I can keep that functionality?
Liberty .9 is pretty smooth and has the HDMI and 720 p recording down, as well as being very customizable (liberty customizer prompts at first boot to choose which features asop and blur you wish to have).
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I'm currently running DarslideX. It's a GB based prerooted rom. Has hdmi support, as do most GB builds. Been on it about 2weeks now, very stable, some blur, most bloat removed. There are a couple people making custom themes, sliders, etc for it. You can find it over at mdw.
My DroidX Thrives on the DarkSlide!!
I've had liberty and apex and the rooted leaked gingerbread but I have been happiest with cyanogenmod. Just waiting for HDMI.
DX+CM7
Thanks for the responses. I did try Apex, then I installed MIUI.
I am in the same boat. Looking for another GB rom until cm7 is stable.
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I am in the same boat. Looking for another GB rom until cm7 is stable.
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Cm7 is very stable. I update with the nightly every day. I do have to flash the camera fix to make YouTube work and I also flash the dx2 sound pack from team black hat app although they took it off the app. Wish there was a good HDMI fix already but that's the only thing that would really make cm7 any better for me.
DX+CM7
I'm currently using MIUI and besides the questionable battery life, I love it. My phone feels completely different, in a good way. It's also very smooth and haven't run into any problems yet.
I've been using Liberty v0.9 since it came out. Very smooth, customization is there, everything works... Best rom I've used. Had a problem the first time I loaded it. Re-downloaded it and data wipe fixed it. Liberty toolbox is just as good as team blackhat app.
I'm running Liquid now, i looked at Darkslide X, my phone isn't activated yet, and wanted to know if i have to switch back to stock to get it activated(i may flash to a local company, not Verizon). I might try Liberty.
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I'm currently using MIUI and besides the questionable battery life, I love it. My phone feels completely different, in a good way. It's also very smooth and haven't run into any problems yet.
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Agreed 100% MIUI so far has been absolutely wonderful. I would agree though about the battery life issue. Prior to MIUI I was running an early leaked build of Froyo, FroyoDynamite, with SetCPU active on stock kernel I was getting around 2 days of battery life. With MIUI I'm lucky to get a full day.
But everything is super smooth, and it is absolutely beautiful, and the ability to change themes on the fly is amazing. I would agree, it's like a brand new phone to me again.
So is it worth it going from liberty 2.01 to liberty gb .9? I've been holding off because I finally got my dx to run nice with minimal random reboots. I'd love to be on 2.3 but If its still unstable I'll stick with this.
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So is it worth it going from liberty 2.01 to liberty gb .9? I've been holding off because I finally got my dx to run nice with minimal random reboots. I'd love to be on 2.3 but If its still unstable I'll stick with this.
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Yes, by a mile. Everything is smoother and faster, and gingerbread is the only place to be.
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To the OP
Liberty .8 was good. I then went on to try other ROMs. I avoided APEX because of the bluetooth issue. Right now I am back on rooted 596. CM4DX blew up on me on build 23 and I have been staying away.
I'm trying to find out which ROMS do not have the in-call bluetooth volume issue. I am not getting very many answers though. I wish there was a list of ROM's that do not have the bluetooth issue.
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What is the best droid x rom currently available, because with the 2.3.340 update there has been some great roms and updates being released such as ape x 1.3, and fission 2.4.3. So i was just wondering out of every rom available what should i download. I am looking for something stable, has good battery life, and decent performance
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What is the best droid x rom currently available, because with the 2.3.340 update there has been some great roms and updates being released such as ape x 1.3, and fission 2.4.3. So i was just wondering out of every rom available what should i download. I am looking for something stable, has good battery life, and decent performance
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I don't currently run any custom ROM, but I would probably say, try out Apex, Fission, and GummyJar. Those are the top 3 right now. At that point, it's up to you on how you like the feel of each... I think GummyJar has a new version that just came out, and is supposed to do really well in terms of performance...
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+1 for GummyJAR
the fastest rom is the one you overclock and the one with best battery life is the one you underclock. i really like gummy though pretty good rom
Also keep an eye on Obsidian. This is from wiki.ccroms.net I believe.
This is a completely AOSP (minus moto kernal :weep build. right now there are some issues with camera and gps, and some reports of battery drain. But when this is all fixed, it should be the best ROM out there!
I use gummJAR v2.5. The best rom for you is what is dependent on your likes. If you like blur elements then apex or dark slide are the way to go. If you want blurless then focused, gummy, or fission. Battery life and speed are subjective and can't be truly measured. If a rom gives me great battery life, that doesn't mean it will for you too.
So what's the difference between Gummy and Fission? I'm currently running a version of ZapX that I want to get rid of. I'd like to have the most recent update as well.
How do both roms perform in terms of GPS? Of my friends with the X, my GPS fails miserably...
ROMs are a matter of personal taste, but after struggling with random reboots on TranQ I've settled on Gummy Jar. If you don't like blur, you'll find GJ 2.5 is smooth and stable. I can't compare it to Fission though, which gets similar kudos. The beauty of the Nandroid is you can try them all without too much trouble.
To do a fair comparison, I recommend SBFing first (if you haven't done so in a while). Then make a Nandroid of your clean set up so you can install each ROM fresh. If you like a ROM, make a Nandroid of it before going back and trying another.
Gummyjar if i can remember is completely aosp.
it also boots faster than any rom ive ever used.
if you dont use gummyjar, go with fission
I've been using GummyJar and I think I'm about to give Fission a try. Would rather see what else is out there.
+1 for GummyJAR if you want blurless but if want blur, try FlyX Bazinga 2.4. I uses it for a while and had almost NO issues. I did have an issue just for 1 day where it rebooted few times by it self but it was just for that day. Don't know what casued it but that was the only time. It never happened again. Its very stable and fast rom. I currently use GummyJAR2.5.
I agree with all those who support gummyjar 2.5. Been uaing it now, and have not had a SINGLE reboot. If u do want blur, I think there is a new rom called fusion that is being released. Its fission with blur aspects added back in.
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I have been using Gummy Jar 2.1 since before Christmas and love it so far. It has considerably sped up my phone. I designed a custom theme and basically have 3 homescreens covered in widgets, so I need a light, quick ROM. This one does the trick. I have had a few restarts, but hey, I had those on stock also...
Edit: Switched to Liberty 1.0 a little while ago and it blew my mind. Definitely my recommendation now.
i used fission, tranquility, apex, and gummyjar.
tranquility boot looped constantly for me, so that one was out. coulda been just me, who knows..
i am not sure what i didnt like about apex...
fission and gummyjar were both good and i knew i wanted to use one of those.
for the last week i have been running gummyjar, seems very stable and is lightning fast. i just started doing roms in the past 10 days, and i do not see myself changing from gummy right now. my girlfriend has a stock dx and my dx is so much faster and she still gets random reboots occasionally. i, however, do not
Rubix??? cant belive nobody has said this its probably the most popular rom, at least on the droid forums it is. The latest build uses gummyjar as a base so you get all the great speed and aospiness from gummyjar plus all the crazy tweaks of rubix for insane battery life, i havn't once needed to charge other then over night and i'm a very heavy user. I do have the extended battery though
I've tried all the rims you've posted and always go back to Fission. I really wanted to like gummy but it seemed inconsistant to me.
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If I download gummyjar, it asks if I want to wipe cache/data? Should I before install?I did a back up
This is also using rom manager app.
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Yes. Make sure to wipe data and cache.
So I will have to start adding widgets,wallpapers,market items back? I use launcher pro is this an issue?
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So I will have to start adding widgets,wallpapers,market items back? I use launcher pro is this an issue?
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No issue. I use LP also.
So I've been on liberty GB for awhile now, and want to switch roms, i was thinking about cm7 but it's still in beta and would like to wait till its final, unless it's worth it, so should I stay with liberty or go to another gingerbread rom? Thanks guys
DROID X running liberty GB V.8
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So I've been on liberty GB for awhile now, and want to switch roms, i was thinking about cm7 but it's still in beta and would like to wait till its final, unless it's worth it, so should I stay with liberty or go to another gingerbread rom? Thanks guys
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I would stay on Liberty GB if I was you. Iv'e been on it for awhile and I really don't want to go to CM7 (yet) or other similar roms until the battery life is up to what I can get on Liberty. I know a lot of people have made the switch to CM7 OR Justice and came back to Liberty for the battery life. However, it has been very quiet in the Liberty world lately so it will be interesting to see if this ROM gets more development soon.
yeah, it has been very slow lately with the developement, hopefully it speeds up, btew, lately ive been getting celluer disconnect with liberty, have you had this
i have been on cm7 since it was released. most all issues have been resolved at this point. the only reason why there is no rc or stable release is because there is not a way to include the patch that must be flashed for the camera/camcorder/battery%/torch to work without errors. there is not hdmi but that is only because it is aosp.
there is other minor issues but not anything really serious. also a gb kernel is in the works for cm7.
battery life depends on your usage and setup. i can go 18hrs slight to moderate use. just depends on your habits and setup.
i can watch net flix 2hr movie and still have 40% left.
i travel and need my x for work. trust me when in say this it is very stable at this point.
you cannot listen to the haters. just flash and try it out.
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i have been on cm7 since it was released. most all issues have been resolved at this point. the only reason why there is no rc or stable release is because there is not a way to include the patch that must be flashed for the camera/camcorder/battery%/torch to work without errors. there is not hdmi but that is only because it is aosp.
there is other minor issues but not anything really serious. also a gb kernel is in the works for cm7.
battery life depends on your usage and setup. i can go 18hrs slight to moderate use. just depends on your habits and setup.
i can watch net flix 2hr movie and still have 40% left.
i travel and need my x for work. trust me when in say this it is very stable at this point.
you cannot listen to the haters. just flash and try it out.
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I have to agree with you, cdexsw. I hardly run into any bugs these days. And as a person who listens to alot of music, all the customizations are just bliss.
I also was on Liberty before switching to cm7 and I don't miss it yet lol. Just make sure you get the torch and camera fix.
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Thanks guys, ill look into flashing it and doing the cm7, i don't mind flashing since I just use the linux cd tool, so should I just go look for the newest nightly, get that ant the camera fixed, and it should work from there?
DROID X running liberty GB V.8
Let me give a little background before i ask my question. I personally run a Samsung epic 4g and have been on Cyanogen Mod 7 for a while. Obviously its not the RC as the epic its self isn't supported, however, i find it to be a great rom to run in day to day situations despite loosing camera functionality.
My friend has a Droid X and hes really unhappy with it at the moment because the rotation lag and the keyboard lag make it almost unusable. Recently, I rooted it for him, hes running .602, and I've been thinking about putting him on a Init rom like CM7 because i want him to see what android should really be like. He doesn't use the phone for anything other than texting and Phone calls so a slim fast rom would be the best for him. The one problem with putting him on the nightly builds for CM7 is that he might loose some functionality on his phone, and knowing him, even if he doesnt use it, he would hate to not have his camera working or his gps working poorly. He that kind of person.
What would be the best rom to start him on to slim down the system, kill all the blurrness, and still keep as much functionality as possible? Remeber hes on .602, id like to be able to keep him on that so that I don't have to use SBF.
Is the Droid x version of CM7 stable enough for every day useage or should i look at some of the variants that have been made?
CM7.
he'll lose HD vid recording, but the "high" recording(which works) is plenty suffice, imo.
bat life is fine. 18-20hrs on avg use.
CM is stupid fast on the DX. I love it.
(oh & have never had issues with my GPS)
If you go for CM7, make sure to get the version for Gingerbread kernel, not the Froyo one. Battery life on GB is improved
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If you go for CM7, make sure to get the version for Gingerbread kernel, not the Froyo one. Battery life on GB is improved
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yep..good point on gb kernel
CM7 is the fastest rom that I have used on the DX. As for the GB kernel, there are unofficial nightlies that are running on the kernel, but the official nightlies will be updated with the GB kernel within the next week...
It may be easier to jump on the official nightlies and wait a few days instead of having to do a lengthy install process twice.
so i should put him on the nightlys? All hell loose is video? If that's true then it will be perfect since he doesn't use that feature at all on his phone. Thanks.
Shuji is an execellent rom...it runs faster than cm7 for me. I have run both the .596 and .602 and both are very stable
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so i should put him on the nightlys? All hell loose is video? If that's true then it will be perfect since he doesn't use that feature at all on his phone. Thanks.
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ya, he'll be fine on nightly. you don't lose video completely. you just lose 720p recording is all. you still can record in 480p, which still looks surprisingly good
I had a wonderfully experience with omgb 1.2.2
It was godly fast. It honestly impressed me more than cm7 and I run it on most of my other phones.
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I'm using liberty GB but I'm looking into switching to cm7.
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CM7GB is working excellent! I do recommend it.
I'm going to switch to MIUI and asess the differences in speed, then will report back on the speed differences.
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Is the Droid x version of CM7 stable enough for every day useage or should i look at some of the variants that have been made?
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yes. nightly 78 here. I am waiting for gb in the non dev nightlies, too
the CM7 forum thread on nightlies latest chatter mentions something about BT bugs that I plan to test but haven't gotten around to it yet.
droidwall and andguard pro are absolute musts to keep the malware in the market from sizzling away bandwidth on ads. adservers are slow. blocked connections kills slowness.
I just put apex 2.0 rc2 on my Droid x and I really like it.
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I just put apex 2.0 rc2 on my Droid x and I really like it.
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apex is ok, but you can't compare any other ROM to CM when talking about UI speed, imo
I'm still waiting for a stable cm7 for the Droid x on gingerbread to come out. AS soon as that happens ill be on cm7
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Wife's phone is running .602. It's constantly slowing down and having randoms apps freeze. I was thinking about installing a custom rom but I don't want to be blamed later for it. Does perfection exist?
Roms like MIUI and CyanogenMod 7 are as close to prefect as you can get with this device.
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any version in particular?
The latest versions are the most full-featured.
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Wife's phone is running .602. It's constantly slowing down and having randoms apps freeze. I was thinking about installing a custom rom but I don't want to be blamed later for it. Does perfection exist?
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my miui ics is fairly amazing lol i use it as my daily driver when on my x or droid 2
CM4DXGB 2/26 build is great, as all of the most recent ones are. RootzWiki has all the info. Also the newest builds can be found @ http://goo-inside.me/roms/RandPooka
I'd say go for Vortex. I've gone through CM7, various versions of Miui, Liquid, Liberty, EncountersICS, etc.. Vortex is my favorite so far, everything just works without having to resort to a bunch of fixes and bandaids. After flashing a different ROM nearly every week for a couple months I am finally able to just leave it alone because I'm on Vortex. Been running it for about two months now, no problems.
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I'd say go for Vortex. I've gone through CM7, various versions of Miui, Liquid, Liberty, EncountersICS, etc.. Vortex is my favorite so far, everything just works without having to resort to a bunch of fixes and bandaids. After flashing a different ROM nearly every week for a couple months I am finally able to just leave it alone because I'm on Vortex. Been running it for about two months now, no problems.
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^^This. Vortex is pretty much the most stable and quickest gingerbread ROMs out there. It is also blur based so it would be a subtle change for the wife.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/9196-vortex-release-candidate/
All info is at the link above
Liberty 3 v2.0 works great for me. It has options for blur or asop apps. It's very stable and has a lot of customization available.
Everything you need is here:
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Liberty 3 v2.0 works great for me. It has options for blur or asop apps. It's very stable and has a lot of customization available.
Everything you need is here:
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I like Liberty the best for Blur based ROMs. CM7 has been majorly improved now though, no fixes or extras to flash anymore, or bugs really. Also has great battery life and tons of options.
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I like Liberty the best for Blur based ROMs. CM7 has been majorly improved now though, no fixes or extras to flash anymore, or bugs really. Also has great battery life and tons of options.
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MIUI and CyanogenMod are both solid now. If you haven't tried Vortex, you definitely should. It's a great blur based rom.
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Title is self-explanatory, which do you use and why?
Currently playing with Deck's latest PB9. Tried AOKP Build28. Both need some patching on the edges to get things working, but Deck has HWA.
I use miui its nice, almost lol
AOKP M4 has Bern treating me great. Haven't tries decks yet, but the HWA sounds enticing. But for reliability and customization, I've been hanging with AOKP. Haven't tried drews since p6, I think.
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AOKP M4 has Bern treating me great. Haven't tries decks yet, but the HWA sounds enticing. But for reliability and customization, I've been hanging with AOKP. Haven't tried drews since p6, I think.
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Yeah I also liked decks but I haven't tried since p5
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scottspa74 said:
AOKP M4 has Bern treating me great. Haven't tries decks yet, but the HWA sounds enticing. But for reliability and customization, I've been hanging with AOKP. Haven't tried drews since p6, I think.
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I feel the same way, I love drew and decks work, but I need all my customization options! I just wish HWA would get into AOKP, and I wouldn't ever really complain much, everything else works well, and oh my the battery life.
Slackin scott, where is your vote?
I use jared's ICS because its stable. Playing with gummy because its also stable. I'd recommend both roms.
I've been using Decks since PB4. I tried AOKP milestone 4, but couldn't get GAPPS to work. I use Miui ICS, but it was very laggy compared to Decks.
I've run all the ICS on a slot in Boot Manger Pro.
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I tried AOKP milestone 4, but couldn't get GAPPS to work.
I've run all the ICS on a slot in Boot Manger Pro.
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There was a Gapps file that was posted in the Boot Manager forums. ie:init2winit.
It would work with AOKP's ICS. Not sure why the regular Gapps wouldn't work though.
I've also flashed all of them in to BM slots.
For ICS Roms I've played with some of JTG's early builds, Gummy, Drew's, AOKP Milestone 4, And now Deck's.
I ran PB5 for a day and now I'm planning to flash PB9 in the next day or so.
Deck's stuff looks good. All of the Dev's are making great strides with ICS though.
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I like AOKP its really nice decks was nice to I couldn't get minuit to work at all it just had 3 of every icon on my screen but AOKP worked the best for me you can customize it and can tweak the system
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I am using Gummy's ICS on my phone. So far it is stable and I have had no problems other than some apps needing to be updated to work properly. The camera and camcorder does have some minor glitches, but I can overlook them. I really like all of the tweaks that comes with the ROM, you can set up the phone how you like. It is a great stable ICS ROM to use as your daily driver.
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There was a Gapps file that was posted in the Boot Manager forums. ie:init2winit.
It would work with AOKP's ICS. Not sure why the regular Gapps wouldn't work though....
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I was not aware of that. Of course, I'm not registered on their forum, which I hardly browse at it too.
I do find decks works in regards to lack of lag and smoothness. I do shut off all animations, so all the eye candy is wasted on me. I did find PB5 was significant less stable on Tiamat ICS kernal than the stock; I've read, but don't know for certain, that the stock kernal is Tiamat based anyway. Although, deck's has some of the same issues found on all ICS builds. Although, the camera preview has been fixed; camera still a little glitchy. WiFi seems to need a few tweaks.
What I do like, OnLive and their Universal blue tooth controller, work well.
on a side note, I'm not all that thrilled with Nova Launcher. I'm more partial to Launcher Pro with Folder Organizer. I guess I've been on Windows too long, and like to group things together, yet keep my panes clean looking.
In the end, all the ICS roms are making strides.
I've used MIUI ICS, because ICS doesn't have 4G anyway. It had random reboots, but I didn't see other people with the same problem on the forum so I dunno.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1534492
i've used a lot of ics rom's so far (basically all but AOKP and MIUI) and i like gummy so far. No random reboots, really smooth, i wish it had full HWA so i could use chrome, i really like the softkeys, but the keyboard needs to be fixed when you use the softkeys ( half of the bottom row of buttons is gone) and the little blue line on the top bar was gone. i havent used deck's in a while so it might really be improved. the only suggestion i would make for it is to tweak the kernel and the keyboard layout to take off the capacitive buttons and turn off the lights behind them.
AOKP right now, will likely try Decks since there is HWA.
Been running the Gummy port since it was released. Loving it so far. Super speedy and works well. The only problem is lately i'm getting more and more FC's on the stock features (email, music, gallery, file explorer, etc) not sure if it's a flaw in the ROM or a by-product of my meddling. Either way, still a great rom!
Ive used aokp, hmmm yup. Its good.
Ive also used gummy ics. Yup good.
Both have same rom control and pretty smooth. But many apps that i use wont respond or work too slow. Ex NFS hotpursuit.
Now im using PB9 decks-ics. Everything on my apps works now. modern combat 3 is now really smooth.
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Been running the Gummy port since it was released. Loving it so far. Super speedy and works well. The only problem is lately i'm getting more and more FC's on the stock features (email, music, gallery, file explorer, etc) not sure if it's a flaw in the ROM or a by-product of my meddling. Either way, still a great rom!
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My cousin was getting the same issue's with AOKP on his captivate, I did a fresh install to fix the problems, was updating from build 26 also, hopefully everything was fixed.