New user - Nexus S General

New user here, I'd just like to say Hi. I'm usually on the Moto Droid forums. Just got my Nexus S 4g today and I LOVE it.
Rooted running CM7 Nightlies.
I just had a few questions
I understand this phone cant do 720p. Is there a hack that can?
Does RenderFX help battery life? if so, which setting?
What are some roms/kernels you suggest?
Also, ill be working on some Themes for the Nexus S, (I'm a theme designer).
I usually make themes that make the phone look like another phone (iPhone, x10, Atrix 4G)
I'd also like to thank XDA for providing such an active user-base.
Think of a theme and ill try to make it, Thanks

Best battery life rom I found was oxygen. I thought I was going crazy because the battery life was so good. Its great plus you can download voodoo and it has netarchy kernel. Plus its aosp more than stock. Miui is most beautiful theme rich rom but battery life sucks. Cm7 was OK for me just kind of buggy. So I stuck with oxygen. Oh and nope...no camera hacks yet. No HD video or zoom. Sorry.
Hope this helps
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Jorge330823 said:
Best battery life rom I found was oxygen. I thought I was going crazy because the battery life was so good. Its great plus you can download voodoo and it has netarchy kernel. Plus its aosp more than stock. Miui is most beautiful theme rich rom but battery life sucks. Cm7 was OK for me just kind of buggy. So I stuck with oxygen. Oh and nope...no camera hacks yet. No HD video or zoom. Sorry.
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helps a lot, thanks

tylerwatt12 said:
helps a lot, thanks
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No problem. I've had time to play with it and those were my results. Check out "zedomax" channel on YouTube he just got a ns4g so he'll start reviewing Roms shortly
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Another question, does this phone require Cell service for GPS?

tylerwatt12 said:
Another question, does this phone require Cell service for GPS?
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That's one thing I'm completely unsure of I know I've been in the middle of a call and all of a sudden it announces a turn ahead. Turn data off (settings then wireless and networks and then mobile data click off) and try to get a direction
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tylerwatt12 said:
New user here, I'd just like to say Hi. I'm usually on the Moto Droid forums. Just got my Nexus S 4g today and I LOVE it.
Rooted running CM7 Nightlies.
I just had a few questions
I understand this phone cant do 720p. Is there a hack that can?
Does RenderFX help battery life? if so, which setting?
What are some roms/kernels you suggest?
Also, ill be working on some Themes for the Nexus S, (I'm a theme designer).
I usually make themes that make the phone look like another phone (iPhone, x10, Atrix 4G)
I'd also like to thank XDA for providing such an active user-base.
Think of a theme and ill try to make it, Thanks
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I got mine on Friday! There will never be 720p video as its a hardware limitation. In order to fit the nfc chip, Google opted to use a smaller camera without an HD encoder.
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Rem3Dy said:
I got mine on Friday!
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Congrats on joining the family
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For my TASTE, I like decks 1.3d since I had the least amount of issues with, none really. The kernel I have had the best luck with is Matr1x 6.0 cfs. I like the fact that it has voodoo if needed, bln and bld now. Since I updated to 6.0 I have had no lockups or reboots period. I don't change the speed or volting just the govenor (sp). They are smooth together. But for what its worth phones might not like the same thing as another.
I have tried just about every rom on xda for the ns4g.
Decks
Miui
Ice and fire
Stock rooted
Oyxgen
Kings
But I don't want to try cm7 as to battery life when I get well over 12hrs of use daily and no nightlys cause it seems like something is always broke. No offense to either or anyone, just what I prefer.
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bigtoysrock said:
For my TASTE, I like decks 1.3d since I had the least amount of issues with, none really. The kernel I have had the best luck with is Matr1x 6.0 cfs. I like the fact that it has voodoo if needed, bln and bld now. Since I updated to 6.0 I have had no lockups or reboots period. I don't change the speed or volting just the govenor (sp). They are smooth together. But for what its worth phones might not like the same thing as another.
I have tried just about every rom on xda for the ns4g.
Decks
Miui
Ice and fire
Stock rooted
Oyxgen
Kings
But I don't want to try cm7 as to battery life when I get well over 12hrs of use daily and no nightlys cause it seems like something is always broke. No offense to either or anyone, just what I prefer.
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My home button didn't work with deck. Does yours?
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Your talking about the one next to the search button? Yes it does.
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bigtoysrock said:
Your talking about the one next to the search button? Yes it does.
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Yeah when I use deck mine doesn't work. At all.
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Did you try reflashing it? What all did you wipe? Did you flash a kernel also?
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Used stock kernel wiped dalvik and data 3 times it didn't work so I restored my backup and tried again and still nothinh
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Maybe try again with a different kernel. I wipe cache once, factory reset once and write dalvik 3 times. Install decks 1.3D with matr1x 6.0.
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bigtoysrock said:
Maybe try again with a different kernel. I wipe cache once, factory reset once and write dalvik 3 times. Install decks 1.3D with matr1x 6.0.
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I'm gonna try matrix but I'm kinda in a bind. I need stock nexus s 4g kernel. I flashed netarchy and backed it up then when I went to delete my miui backup I accidentally deleted my completely stock (besides super user) backup and now I have no stock kernel.
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Related

Need help choosing between CM7 or MIUI? Look Here!!!

Okay so I have been seeing many threads and questions about MIUI or CM7 and which one is better?!
Or go to:
https://www.youtube.com/macaronyalan
Here I have two videos to CM7 or MIUI and maybe this will enlighten you to choose wisely.
another CM7 tease. I've been holding off on flashing this.
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another CM7 tease. I've been holding off on flashing this.
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try them both, their both wonderful. i stuck with MIUI for over a month.
I tried both of them and I think they both have their advantages and disadvantages. Right now I went back to 2.2 because NOVA dont work on 2.3. If any of you can play NOVA on cm7 or miui please let me know. MIUI has the lockscreen and pop up messages. As Cm7 has optimization tweaks and Stock aosp feel. I really want to go back but still trying to decide if I should wait.
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I tried both of them and I think they both have their advantages and disadvantages. Right now I went back to 2.2 because NOVA dont work on 2.3. If any of you can play NOVA on cm7 or miui please let me know. MIUI has the lockscreen and pop up messages. As Cm7 has optimization tweaks and Stock aosp feel. I really want to go back but still trying to decide if I should wait.
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Im contemplating on whether to go back also but the only thing that I hate is the battery life
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duboi97 said:
Im contemplating on whether to go back also but the only thing that I hate is the battery life
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The battery life is really horrible on standby. I just wonder if theres a way to make it like stock vibrant roms.
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hitman818 said:
The battery life is really horrible on standby. I just wonder if theres a way to make it like stock vibrant roms.
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Yeah that's what keeping me away. Its fast and all but I need battery life for texting people and chatting. Until battery gets better ill stick with simply honey 1.0 xe speed boost
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went ahead and flashed this, i hope i can still go back to stock. lol
Hey Alan, I noticed on your CM7 review the voodoo control app has Voodoo Color options. Do you know if this only appears in gingerbread builds maybe?
I have tried to find color options in the Voodoo Control app in 2.2 roms, but all there is, is Voodoo Sound options.
Thanks!
i got bricked, hay what a sad day.
i like MIUI.. i've never tried CM7 and dont know if i will.
i had miui for almost a week until earlier this morning when was playing music using the music widget, it would skip songs or not even finish a whole song then on to the next song.. weird, i didnt like that, it's probably because i was browsing through pictures at the same time on miui gallery ( buggy,makes my phone FC, sluggish) that made the songs skip?. so i went back to 2.2
i like the rom. it's very nice! very customizable and easy on the eyes.. ill get back to it when it becomes stable even if gps is still broken...
Damn! How many apps do you have on your phone Alanrocks? That's nuts! I just counted mine, I have 16 downloaded. But I dont play games on my phone and Im OCD about having too much stuff and any bloat so I keep my apps to a minimum.
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Hey Alan, I noticed on your CM7 review the voodoo control app has Voodoo Color options. Do you know if this only appears in gingerbread builds maybe?
I have tried to find color options in the Voodoo Control app in 2.2 roms, but all there is, is Voodoo Sound options.
Thanks!
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Yes sir only in 2.3.3 since the stock temperatures were changes
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seanp666 said:
Damn! How many apps do you have on your phone Alanrocks? That's nuts! I just counted mine, I have 16 downloaded. But I dont play games on my phone and Im OCD about having too much stuff and any bloat so I keep my apps to a minimum.
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I have 98 lol
16? u crazy brah
seanp666 said:
Damn! How many apps do you have on your phone Alanrocks? That's nuts! I just counted mine, I have 16 downloaded. But I dont play games on my phone and Im OCD about having too much stuff and any bloat so I keep my apps to a minimum.
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246 don't worry I deleted them a long time ago
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do you really guys have a bad battery life? So when you sleep, do you charge the phone? about how many hours does your phone survive?
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iynfynity said:
do you really guys have a bad battery life? So when you sleep, do you charge the phone? about how many hours does your phone survive?
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Some people dont like charging their phone at night or are too lazy to do so.
To avoid further complications charge it!
and by the way.
I HAVE WIFI TURNED ON ALL THE TIME SINCE I DONT HAVE MOBILE INTERNET AND IM OCD TO 1.3GHZ AND IT LASTS ME ALL DAY SO DONT COMPLAIN.
wow. that's impressive. I might go back to CM7 later, there's a new kernel btw.
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Both of these roms is amazing, if only they were less buggy I'd flash them but until then Im sticking with the 2.2.1.
Good job on the reviews btw Alen.
Thanks!
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[INFO][ROM][AOSP][Android 2.3.7] Bugless Beast V. GPA19

More info and download links on my site: MOD REMOVED
Kernel Source (for devs only)
Ok, its confirmed working with no bugs as of yet
What is it? No info?
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eatTHESEbullets said:
What is it? No info?
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stock nexus s AOSP 2.3.5 rom with minor tweaks try it out pretty impressive
I've never had any experience with these roms first hand, but from what I heard Bugless Beast for Droid is pretty good. I'm always open to trying a new rom Welcome!
to be honest this is the fastest rom the nexus s has seen without overclocking.
remember this is still in beta.
just report bugs dont complain
Work with Nexus S also? or only work for Nexus S 4G
Abdsyafii said:
Work with Nexus S also? or only work for Nexus S 4G
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there are 2 builds one for each
one says crespo4g and the other crespo
No. You click link for latest and it takes you to two build named different dates. Does not specify which device
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Which is it?
And what r featured?
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eatTHESEbullets said:
Which is it?
And what r featured?
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This is literally, word for word, copy/pasted from the website he linked to in the OP, and his response to your first question...
I am pleased to announce that I am now supporting the Nexus S 4G as well as the Droid. This ROM will be released alongside my Droid build titled "GPA17". Until then you can find it in "nightly" form in the following directory: http://wonderly.com/bb/CRESPO4G/ROM/BETA/ (choose the latest file)
Some features include but are not limited to:
180 degree rotation
Overclockable to 1.4GHz
Voodoo support
Updated wifi driver
CPU Toolkit
FLAC audio support
Native 3G tethering
Ad-hoc network support
Facebook sync
Reboot option
Modified widget picker
There are also many performance tweaks and bug fixes which you can find change by change on my github. For those of you who run CyanogenMod, now that I support this device I have began submitting patches to help out. In the future I plan on supporting the other Nexus S variants (T-Mobile & AT&T) as well.
Recommendations:
Upon initial install of this ROM, please wipe data and cache. When a new build becomes available, you will only need to wipe dalvik cache. For the best experience, stick with the kernel provided in my build, I assure you it performs very well. If you are interested in saving tons of battery life, downclock to 800MHz in the CPU Toolkit, you will see little to no difference in performance.
Sorry this post does not read well, I am sick at the moment and not in the proper mindset to write.
really not hard to figure out what ROMS are for our phone the 2nd link is only for our phone is even says CRESPO nnot CRESPO4G
BuglessPete said:
Choose the latest file:
http://wonderly.com/bb/CRESPO/ROM/BETA/
Please keep me posted!
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there are 2 files in link to download from
crespo.pete.08-08-11.zip old
crespo.pete.08-09-11.zip new
I appreciate it. I only saw one link to the crespo but somehow someone mentioned 4g so didn't know as to which to flash. Thanks.
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I appreciate it. I only saw one link to the crespo but somehow someone mentioned 4g so didn't know as to which to flash. Thanks.
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Yeah. If you have the NS4G, grab the Crespo4G files. If you have a normal NS, grab Crespo
Nice quick clean rom....no issues yet. Loving it.
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Wow... Rom very fast. Hope battery good also. Thanks for the rom.
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Does this rom have the dropdown power controls such as wifi, bluetooth, gps etc?
im impress... this rom is very fast and smooth... you guys should give it a try guarantee you won't regret it...thanks for the rom dev... very good job.
on another note im i the only one with a weak wifi signal?
milesman said:
Does this rom have the dropdown power controls such as wifi, bluetooth, gps etc?
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no it doesn't have it... but you can always use power control menu
Parent Directory
http://wonderly.com/bb/
Nexus S
http://wonderly.com/bb/CRESPO/
Nexus S 4G
http://wonderly.com/bb/CRESPO4G/

Oxygen 2.2.2

Just wanted to let you all know that Oxygen 2.2.2 is out, to whoever cares and uses 2.2.1.
I been using it for a bout an hour and have had no issues
unomedmen1 said:
Just wanted to let you all know that Oxygen 2.2.2 is out, to whoever cares and uses 2.2.1.
I been using it for a bout an hour and have had no issues
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its good
Used it for 2 days. The only bug I get is randomly I can't access text messages. It requires a reboot.
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Yea I love this ROM but I guess its not compatible with Ripple Lock Screen yet or something.When I use it my screen takes like 6 seconds to unlock, really strange as this was not happening with 2.2.1.
Other than that, PERFECT
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Yea I love this ROM but I guess its not compatible with Ripple Lock Screen yet or something.When I use it my screen takes like 6 seconds to unlock, really strange as this was not happening with 2.2.1.
Other than that, PERFECT
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Weird...Ripple Lock works fine for me on 2.2.2. Did you do a fresh install of the app or did you restore a backup?
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Weird...Ripple Lock works fine for me on 2.2.2. Did you do a fresh install of the app or did you restore a backup?
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Yup I did a fresh install. I have both the ripple lock and the agile lock (sense 3.0) and they both do the same. I found out that they ado work but to I have to use the volume to show unlock (weird) If I hit the power button nothing happens at all.
Been using it for about an hour now...so far so good. No problems and as fast and lite as I remember.
Gonna stick with it as my normal runner if no issues creep up.
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What do you guys like about this ROM over CM7?
CM7 froze in the middle of the night, then I missed my alarm, so I need to try something else.
SComp23 said:
What do you guys like about this ROM over CM7?
CM7 froze in the middle of the night, then I missed my alarm, so I need to try something else.
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To be honest with you I only tried CM7 for about an hour. I just didnt like the look and layout, plus it seems like it comes with so much more things installed (bloat to me). During that hour it did not feel any faster nor smoother than Oxygen. Been using Oxygen since 2.2.1 till now and I have NEVER got a reboot or freeze. Check it out man, you wont be dissapointed.
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To be honest with you I only tried CM7 for about an hour. I just didnt like the look and layout, plus it seems like it comes with so much more things installed (bloat to me). During that hour it did not feel any faster nor smoother than Oxygen. Been using Oxygen since 2.2.1 till now and I have NEVER got a reboot or freeze. Check it out man, you wont be dissapointed.
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I've been using it for about 10 minutes now and I love it.
Agree 100% with what you said about the "bloat".
Good to know. .... I use oxy and one other rom , but lately oxy has been my daily driver due to the sheer speed. Battery life isn't as good but I have my phone oc'd to 1.3.
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pdxrealtor said:
Good to know. .... I use oxy and one other rom , but lately oxy has been my daily driver due to the sheer speed. Battery life isn't as good but I have my phone oc'd to 1.3.
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Have you tried running it at 800Mhz? This is my setting while i'm at work, then back to 1Ghz at home. I see no difference in speed IMO
The only things oxygen is missing that I really like is the 4g notification toggle, and incognito mode on the browser.
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Rem3Dy said:
The only things oxygen is missing that I really like is the 4g notification toggle, and incognito mode on the browser.
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Are you scared that your mum will go through your phone's browser history and frown at your interest in knitting?
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unomedmen1 said:
Have you tried running it at 800Mhz? This is my setting while i'm at work, then back to 1Ghz at home. I see no difference in speed IMO
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How is the battery life different between the 2 settings?
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any one experience "system not responding" seems like my phone locking up more and more lately using the kernel that the rom comes with using stock launcher other than that everything is good
Anyone have an issue with BLN not working?
It worked once, and that was that.
Thanks
My speaker automatically turns on when i pick up a call or when i call someone. Anyone else having this issue?
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Are you scared that your mum will go through your phone's browser history and frown at your interest in knitting?
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Really? Wow is XDA going downhill fast.
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Anyone have an issue with BLN not working?
It worked once, and that was that.
Thanks
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BLN working for me.

Neutrino vs Darkside

I know its all personnel preference. But what rom is better. I'm looking for that happy medium for smooth performance with GREAT battery life. I am already running cm7 bat whatever its its alright. I have no need for webtop. HDMI mirrioring would be cool of it was landscape and was stable. And wireless hot spot and working gps is a must. Just wanting to flash something new and stick with it tired of dashing different things and having to set up my phone again any help will greatly be appreciated
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I've noticed 15-18% better battery on Darkside than that on cm7 and I used to get great battery on that one so go figure
Plus, all works here pretty smoothly.
Here's a shot of what I'm talkin about
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If your looking for speed go with Neutrino. Honestly its by far the fastest rom I have ever used. Battery is great, and the creator is very helpful with any problems you have.
Highly recommended!!
I have yet to be disappointed with darkside was playing around with miui for awhile. probably go to that once development is further along but back to darkside for now
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Wow.. I'm on neutrino 1.4s ee, and am lucky to get 3 hours of screen time. That pic it's from darkside? Any special setup for you?
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I've bin on DarkSide since version 2.0
Love it so far
right now on 4.4 lite version.
Although with all the cool stuff added on to the newer version it seems just a bit slower to me then back when i was on 2.xxx versions, but they are worth it.
still much better then anything stock though. (maybe it's just me, maybe it's not slower, or maybe it's just my phone, I don't know...)
big thanks to Nottach for such a great work and his time!
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Wow.. I'm on neutrino 1.4s ee, and am lucky to get 3 hours of screen time. That pic it's from darkside? Any special setup for you?
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Not really. Other than the stock moto theme I've changed nthn.
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Hi all,
i use both, jumping from Neutrino to DarkSide & vice-versa via Nand-BackUp (and trying also others).
Neutrino is so smooth, fast and battery +/- the same as DarkSide.
Anyway i've found the DarkSide surprisingly similar about performance. Then mind that if you like to use WebTop or LapDock ROMs based on CM7 as Neutrino haven't these features.
I like Neutrino but it is more like pre-beta stage to me. It takes too much tweaking to get it to act normal. Currently on darkside 2.8 using landscape hdmi support
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I always keep coming back to DarkSide 4.2 Lite
It's been pretty stable, fast and has all the bells and whistles I need (specially Webtop and Fingerprint Scanner).
I'm hoping that some day I could stick with MIUI once it matures enough, I'm willing to let go my Webtop as long as I can use HDMI Landscape Mirror with my Lapdock.
Miui alpha 3. Best battery life on my atrix out of any custom rom. Only thing is, porn doesn't load from the browser, and games have to be played on silent.
Besides that it's gold.
Magnetox said:
Miui alpha 3. Best battery life on my atrix out of any custom rom. Only thing is, porn doesn't load from the browser, and games have to be played on silent.
Besides that it's gold.
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Porn is a flash issue yo.. revert to 10.3
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Roflmao porn you guys are hilarious miui just has trouble in the browser aspect as well can't wait to see it closer to finished
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The Darkside, the best based motoblur. Neutrino, the best ROM. Neutrino is smooth, CM7 based with MIUI camera.
Just flashed neutrino 1.4 some time back. I think the battery is draining rather fast. But i'll let it stick for another week before I go back to Darkside. Motoblur still has a lot of my contacts which won't show up when I install any of the cm7 based roms .
Between Darkside and cm7 I feel Darkside had rather significantly battery life. However, the customizability of cm7 may be worth the sacrifice. To each his own, pick your favorite.
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Porn on the phone is just not the same. But I hate the silence on my Siri clone apps.
Running MIUI Alpha
Hi I have been running neutrino 1.4s ee for week prior to that cm 7.1. I think neutrino has been quicker generally but it is very stripped down so by the time you have added things back to it think it then seems to have slowed up a bit. Boot is very quick, but my GPS doesn't work. I think they're trying to fix in next update. Quite a few fc's too. Tempted to try darkside soon though.
Edit. And I just had my first random reboot! But for some reason I prefer it to cm...
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So...How Do You Like the 4.0.4 OTA on Your VZW Xoom?

Thread title says it all. What do you like? What do you hate?
For me, I'm generally very happy with it. I love the speed and responsiveness as compared to Honeycomb. I love the ICS user interface as well. It isn't all that different from Honeycomb, granted, but it's the little things. I love the page transition effect on the app drawer, the Roboto font is much more readable, and I love being able to swipe away notifications. Honestly, the notification swipe is one of the only things I truly missed about running CyanogenMod in years past. Did I mention I love being able to run Chrome finally?!
As for things I don't like...mainly aesthetics. I'm annoyed that it didn't come with the default ICS "Phase Beam" live wallpaper, but it's alright. I just ganked it from a deodexed stock Galaxy Nexus ROM and it installed fine on the Xoom. Ditto for the "Adara" notification sound.
How about you?
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Meh so far. To me battery is worse, 3g signal seems worse, pulse lags just as much.
Need to root and go to an OC'd ics rom.
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Pulse lag is most likely the app. At first, I actually thought battery life was better but now that a week has gone by, it actually seems the same for me as it was on Honeycomb...and for me, the new radio seems better, though admittedly I live in a 4G market so I'm not sure how the 3G reception is vs. Honeycomb.
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Radio is definitely better for me. Batt life seems marginally better, too, though I'm back on EOS nightly since they have the new radios... def improved batt, with all the addtl features and smoothness EOS brings.
I wish it didn't try to launch an app every time I put it in a dock. There are dock controls in Settings on my Galaxy Nexus but not this?
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3devious said:
I wish it didn't try to launch an app every time I put it in a dock. There are dock controls in Settings on my Galaxy Nexus but not this?
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Do you ever sleep? I've seen you post at all hours of the day and night! LOL
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nice update all around
Unrooted to check it out but ended up rerooting , going back to EOS nightly. Because of the EOS extra settings and customization.
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Stock browser crashes all the time if I request desktop version of websites, or if I use google image search desktop version and open more than 4 tabs.
Otherwise, runs good, better 4g connection, and I am a little more than pissed Verizon didnt include SMS/MMS with the ICS upgrade.
I still haven't gotten it. Wth?
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What is your current Android version and build #?
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3devious said:
I wish it didn't try to launch an app every time I put it in a dock. There are dock controls in Settings on my Galaxy Nexus but not this?
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I just installed this app called Docktor, which cancels the launching of an app every time your dock your Xoom, since it bugged me too!
Instead it just gives you a little pop-up so that your default is overridden.
Hope this helps; it certainly got rid of my annoyances
I eventually came back to stock because I wanted to be able to watch google play movies. Plus the app I Ned to use no longer required root to work. I am enjoying the ota quite a bit and have noticed my battery life extended quite a bit from EOS 2.0
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oldblue910 said:
What is your current Android version and build #?
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3.2.2 HLK75D
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That would be why. Are you rooted?
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I am liking my stock xoom way more than I thought. Honestly with ice cream sandwich I am needing less and less to try out new roms. And with stock I am getting better battery life than with EOS or cm9. Please don't think I am taking anything away from those two groups of developers. They have my upmost respect.
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oldblue910 said:
That would be why. Are you rooted?
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No I'm not, what should I be on to get the update?
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You have to be running Android 3.2.6 HLK75H in order to update to 4.0.4. It's odd that you didn't get an update to 3.2.4 or 3.2.6...Is your boot loader unlocked? Do you have a custom recovery installed?
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oldblue910 said:
You have to be running Android 3.2.6 HLK75H in order to update to 4.0.4. It's odd that you didn't get an update to 3.2.4 or 3.2.6...Is your boot loader unlocked? Do you have a custom recovery installed?
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I was on CM9 but completely restored my Xoom to stock because non of the 4.0 custom roms would work with my Xoom. Its like no matter what rom I was on something hardware related would always malfunction. As of now it is locked and back to stock but aprently stuck at 3.2.2.
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eljoker402 said:
I was on CM9 but completely restored my Xoom to stock because non of the 4.0 custom roms would work with my Xoom. Its like no matter what rom I was on something hardware related would always malfunction. As of now it is locked and back to stock but aprently stuck at 3.2.2.
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Just to make sure, you ARE using a Verizon 4G LTE Xoom and not a Verizon 3G CDMA or non-Verizon model right?

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