Hello Co galaxy3'ers
When I bought a G3, I was far from satisfied with the GPS performance. After upgrading to Froyo, this dissatisfaction was quickly away.
Now I'v flashed a custom ROM many times , and some of these custom ROMs, GPS performance was poor or even completely absent in some ROMs I was satisfied with the GPS performance.
I have to say that I only tested without mobile data disabled because I have a mobile dataplan on my parents subscription (calls and sms are free but mobile data is very expensive but i don't use mobile data because there is always an open hotspot in my area )
Now I want to know wich ROM you have flashed and how you find the GPS performance (how many satellites the phone can find and the number of fixed satellites and how fast you get a fix )
If you know your previous ROM it would be nice if you also told me
So maybe i can make a list of roms with good gps performance
Thanks in advance
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Have you tried this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14206731&postcount=4618
mikelete said:
Have you tried this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14206731&postcount=4618
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I'v tried almost every setting in the GPSetup2 on the custom roms with a bad GPS performance as well every app like Octy's GPSbooster, fasterfix or gpsessentials
I want to know which custom rom has a good gps performance and what the previous rom was (sometimes its better to flash a new custom rom over a specific Stock/custom rom)
On the Kyrillos' Rom 7.0, with the fix provided, the test went on fast and smoothly. When it came to use the gps deeper in the city centre, well.. It took about 10 minutes to fix make it work. But it's rather phone than rom issue. I've play around GPSsetup2 for a while as well, and it didn't help much. As far as I tried the Kyrillos' rom and that fix worked the best for me, but still far from what I might expected
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On the Kyrillos' Rom 7.0, with the fix provided, the test went on fast and smoothly. When it came to use the gps deeper in the city centre, well.. It took about 10 minutes to fix make it work. But it's rather phone than rom issue. I've play around GPSsetup2 for a while as well, and it didn't help much. As far as I tried the Kyrillos' rom and that fix worked the best for me, but still far from what I might expected
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Thanks for your reply
Largely the poor GPS performance is hardware-related, but I noticed that the GPS performance vary by custom ROM (I tested always on the same place en with a clear sky ).
Do you remember what rom you used before you flashed kyrillos 7.0 ?
Well, I'm not really sure, but as far as I remember it was Kyrillos' 6.0 To be exact, after 6.0 (with that one the gps performance was really poor btw) I flashed to stock JPS (in which I couldn't make it work at all, then again my sat-nav had some problems too, so I'm not really sure if it was rom's fault), then to Kyrillos' 7.0.. Oh, and then there was Indroid, the present version, and gps worked quite good, but not better than 7.0. And still, I like the Kyrillos' rom better
I'm not sure if that's the best rom for gps usage, but i works the best for me. I was thinking of experimenting with the older version of roms, but I decided I'm happy with what I currently have
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Well, I'm not really sure, but as far as I remember it was Kyrillos' 6.0 To be exact, after 6.0 (with that one the gps performance was really poor btw) I flashed to stock JPS (in which I couldn't make it work at all, then again my sat-nav had some problems too, so I'm not really sure if it was rom's fault), then to Kyrillos' 7.0.. Oh, and then there was Indroid, the present version, and gps worked quite good, but not better than 7.0. And still, I like the Kyrillos' rom better
I'm not sure if that's the best rom for gps usage, but i works the best for me. I was thinking of experimenting with the older version of roms, but I decided I'm happy with what I currently have
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Thanks such an answer I was looking for
Myself i experimented to with many different roms and once (i don't know but it was a stock rom ) i get a fix in less than 3 seconds in my room on a cloudy day and after that I'm searching for the rom and combination of previous rom with the best gps perfomance
Glad I helped To sum up- stock JPS flashed to Kyrillos' 7.0 worked the best for me
Blackyx007 said:
I want to know which custom rom has a good gps performance and what the previous rom was (sometimes its better to flash a new custom rom over a specific Stock/custom rom)
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So, here's my answer. I'm using GreenMods POX 1.5 and after doing that fasterfix and GPSetup2 thing that I linked, I can't say that I'm having a great GPS performance, but it simply works. My main GPS use is for RunKeeper app, and I usually get a fix in about 1-2 minutes, and then it just works well. The same goes for Google Navigation (I tried once).
Before that, I was using 2.1 stock ROM (for Spain, I don't know exactly which stock ROM was) and after installing GPSbooster I usually had a fix in less than a minute. So, better performance than without GPSbooster.
To sum up: 2.1 stock ROM better performance with GPSbooster, and better performance than GreenMods POX 1.5 with fasterfix and GPSeup2. Never tried any 2.2 stock ROM
p.s.: GPSbooster didn't work so well with GrennMods than with 2.1 stock ROM, and that's why I tried fasterfix.
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So, here's my answer. I'm using GreenMods POX 1.5 and after doing that fasterfix and GPSetup2 thing that I linked, I can't say that I'm having a great GPS performance, but it simply works. My main GPS use is for RunKeeper app, and I usually get a fix in about 1-2 minutes, and then it just works well. The same goes for Google Navigation (I tried once).
Before that, I was using 2.1 stock ROM (for Spain, I don't know exactly which stock ROM was) and after installing GPSbooster I usually had a fix in less than a minute. So, better performance than without GPSbooster.
To sum up: 2.1 stock ROM better performance with GPSbooster, and better performance than GreenMods POX 1.5 with fasterfix and GPSeup2. Never tried any 2.2 stock ROM
p.s.: GPSbooster didn't work so well with GrennMods than with 2.1 stock ROM, and that's why I tried fasterfix.
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When i discovered the world of flashing and rooting i never flashed a stock 2.1 or 2.2 rom again (only for roms that require a stock rom where you have to flash a certain rom over
But the GPS works on certain stock roms much better than on a custom rom but who wants a stock rom with nothing else than slowliness and boring looks and its so bad that some stock roms with a good gps performance have after customization a much less gps performance
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HI ALL.
I bought my sgs 1 week ago and i need to improve him.
I care about good life battery (1 day with full usage- 2 day do not use much), Fast and very stable (i dont need FC etc.).
Now i have 2.2 Froyo.XWJPA and i have installed 21 apps (I installed this) and my foon slowed.
What can u offer me?
I offer you the Search function....
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i search but i dont find nothing ;/
use 2.2.1 jpy its fine and one of best in my opinion
OK. i update my android
I need to add any lagfix or other?
i would recommend this rom v7 JPY best so far easy to flash lagfix integret it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814091
17mayis said:
i would recommend this rom v7 JPY best so far easy to flash lagfix integret it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814091
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so.....is there any way a guy from canada on bell to use darkies v7 ?
Skoczek135 said:
HI ALL.
I bought my sgs 1 week ago and i need to improve him.
I care about good life battery (1 day with full usage- 2 day do not use much), Fast and very stable (i dont need FC etc.).
Now i have 2.2 Froyo.XWJPA and i have installed 21 apps (I installed this) and my foon slowed.
What can u offer me?
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Hello Mate,
For improved battery life, fast and stable ROM, I recommend you use Doc's Rom, you will get all of this, and no messing with your phone.
You can get Doc's ROM here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817703
Note that you will find a Slim version and "normal" version, slim has been trimmed every app that is not absolutely indispensable, since you are new to custom ROMs, it is best to get the normal version.
And here you can find a nice tutorial on how to make a clean installation, I suggest you follow this guide when flashing any custom ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9728021&postcount=14527
This guide shows you how to instal Doc's Rom v4 based on JPU, the most recent version so far is v6.2 based on JPY, the installation process for both is the same anyways, you only need to follow the complete guide the first time you get a custom ROM, after this it is much easier to change ROMS
Good Luck!
Please ask any questions if you have doubts, we all here will be pleased to help you out.
There is no best ROM, it is up to you to find the ROM that you want.
You can use the latest stock ROMs or Custom Roms which are really just repackaged/optimized/improved/faster stock ROMs (Doc is most popular for these reasons).
These discussions are not beneficial to anyone at XDA. If you are too lazy to flash and find what you like, then you don't belong at XDA.
I'm afraid that "which ROM is best?" threads always end in disaster here at XDA, and there's no answers to be found here that can't be had by taking some time and doing some personal research on all the options that exist...the benefits and faults of each are already well-documented.
Thread closed.
This is probarly asked alot so sry
But considering the risk with putting roms on your phone.
and considering the advantages from these roms.
What do you suggest to do if i want to play save
-> Upgrading to 2.2 with Kies (samsung software)
-> Upgrading to 2.2 stock with odin
-> Upgrading to 2.2 ROM with no OC
And for the roms wich do you suggest as the safest and stable (no bugs)
Greetz
aropop said:
This is probarly asked alot so sry
But considering the risk with putting roms on your phone.
and considering the advantages from these roms.
What do you suggest to do if i want to play save
-> Upgrading to 2.2 with Kies (samsung software)
-> Upgrading to 2.2 stock with odin
-> Upgrading to 2.2 ROM with no OC
And for the roms wich do you suggest as the safest and stable (no bugs)
Greetz
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well if u're on 2.1...i recommend to first go to 2.2 with odin(stock)...and then look at dev section and select a rom which suits you best...
i use three rom's...two are froyo&cm7(2.3.5)...and with froyo ones i have zero problems...i think if you choose betwen these two and follow all the instructions tight....then you should be fine
but it's your call
Sent from my hybrid g3
Kyrillos' 9.0.5
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If you want to play safe, just do nothing.
But if you want to upgrade your phone, do it with some custom rom from this forum. I believe the Kyrillos rom is the most popular (hence, 'the best'). I upgraded my phone being a total noob to the kyrillos rom and I'm very happy with my galaxy 3. It's much faster (without overclock) and my battery lasts much longer. I can do things my phone never could before (with stock 2.2).
Regarding your points of concern:
- Messing things up: it's really difficult to really really **** up the phone. Follow the instructions and if you have a question, search on the forum or ask it. Once you've done the rooting, you realise it's a very simple proces.
- The possible bugs: sometimes you encounter a bug, but in most cases it's no big deal ( some visual letter or icon thing) and chances are high it's repaired in the next version.
If I was you, I'd consider a custom rom (like Kyrillos 9).
grtz
drolllll said:
If you want to play safe, just do nothing.
But if you want to upgrade your phone, do it with some custom rom from this forum. I believe the Kyrillos rom is the most popular (hence, 'the best'). I upgraded my phone being a total noob to the kyrillos rom and I'm very happy with my galaxy 3. It's much faster (without overclock) and my battery lasts much longer. I can do things my phone never could before (with stock 2.2).
Regarding your points of concern:
- Messing things up: it's really difficult to really really **** up the phone. Follow the instructions and if you have a question, search on the forum or ask it. Once you've done the rooting, you realise it's a very simple proces.
- The possible bugs: sometimes you encounter a bug, but in most cases it's no big deal ( some visual letter or icon thing) and chances are high it's repaired in the next version.
If I was you, I'd consider a custom rom (like Kyrillos 9).
grtz
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i think he's on 2.1...
Sent from my hybrid g3
Kyrillos' 9.0.5
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g3mod 2.1 Final OC
rkkoby said:
i think he's on 2.1...
Sent from my hybrid g3
Kyrillos' 9.0.5
powered by
g3mod 2.1 Final OC
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Im indeed on 2.1 bought my phone one year ago. But i have linux so need to use my brothers pc and i dont wanna bother him every week to upgrade my rom to solve anoying bugs
Has anyone else noticed differences in quality of signals between custom roms? I'm searching custom rom, with a best quality of signal and batterylife also should be long. If I understood right, there are several custom roms which are named by miui, and now I'm little confused that is there any difference between them? and also is there a list of all custom roms for u8800 with info? thanks
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Has anyone else noticed differences in quality of signals between custom roms? I'm searching custom rom, with a best quality of signal and batterylife also should be long. If I understood right, there are several custom roms which are named by miui, and now I'm little confused that is there any difference between them? and also is there a list of all custom roms for u8800 with info? thanks
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for me as far as roms are concerned, the only version which i came across with best battery life and good signal quality is MIUI Version: 1.12.9. this is 2.3 GB and .32 Kernal, the only bug in this is the wifi tethering doesn't work and a minor bug with the camera (Inverted image at the click) but in gallery it comes out as normal
Cyanogen is best in terms of no bugs but lack battery backup
Download Link for miui Version: 1.12.9 is
http://roms.miui.us/u8800/MIUI.us_u8800_1.12.9_MUL.zip
Eliterom miui is good on both counts, especially the galnet framework one. I am currently using Cyanogen mod 7.2 and it seems good on battery but reported signal can be a little variable, it works fine, but signal bars can seem a bit all over the place much like the default froyo rom.
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Download Link for miui Version: 1.12.9 is
http://roms.miui.us/u8800/MIUI.us_u8800_1.12.9_MUL.zip
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That causes for me just boot loops. I have wiped all three and let phone to do boot loops 30 minutes. I have downloaded that two times and checked MD5sum and zip is correctly downloaded.
Can MIUI be flashed over any ROM or does it need official 2.3 like Aurora 4.0.3 ROM does?
Should I try to delete /system/data directory with rooted filemanager first on working ROM, as that is what I have read to help boot loop?
This is what I followed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152240
Hey
I still have Froyo on my U8800 and I want to update to a flawless rom
wht shall I choose
official GB
oxygen
Aurora
....etc
It deppends of what do you want to do with your phone.
Install all the tree and make your choice
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well I want...
improved functions
radio
longer battery life
no essential fails (like no haptic feedback or missing wifi ..etc like the official GB)
play games that froyo can't
i think you must try it one by one.
I would choose a .32 kernel based ROM, as they are still more stable at the moment. Oxygen by dzo would be my first choice
Which rom is stable and less bug?
i am newbie..
I Have Tried Lots Of ROM. I Can Say Best ROM It CM7 Till Now.
The first thing I did when I bought my phone summer last year, was root it and install a custom rom. Didn't even boot it to look at the stock set up first!
First rom I installed was Oxygen, and I have it say it worked great. Stable, fast, good battery life, and never had any problems.
Last month I decided I needed a change, not because there was anything wrong with Oxygen, but just because once in a while I like to play around with different roms.
Tried Aurora, and have to say it's great. Not quite as speedy as Oxygen and battery doesn't last as long, but pretty and damn stable, haven't had a crash yet.
Tried MIUI one afternoon, but not to my liking, too far from the Android experience imo.
Can't go wrong with either Oxygen or Aurora, depending on what you're looking for.
Hi All,
I have had my Galaxy S 4 (I9505) for a while now but it is still running android 4.3.
I was hoping to update it to 5.0.1 but when I plugged it into my PC, Kies said 'This device is unsupported'
I want to flash a new rom onto it (I have done this in the past with a samsung tablet)
I was just wanting some feedback as to what is regarded as a good rom for it these days. Should I go a standard stock rom from sammobile or are there custom roms out there that perform better?
Thanks for any help and advice.
Daniel
Custom roms give you more performance. Stock roms tend to lag here and there, from what I saw in rom reviews.
If you want a minimalist rom, go for CM12 or Slim roms. They have very few features.
If you want lots of features, go for AICP or Resurrection Remix. These two combine the most popular features from other roms (I personally use Resurrection Remix).
And there are the GPE roms. I don't know how GPE 5.1 is, but on 5.0 the rom was rock solid and everything worked.
I can't say anythinv about stock touchwiz because, since I changed I never went back
Spoorman88 said:
Hi All,
I have had my Galaxy S 4 (I9505) for a while now but it is still running android 4.3.
I was hoping to update it to 5.0.1 but when I plugged it into my PC, Kies said 'This device is unsupported'
I want to flash a new rom onto it (I have done this in the past with a samsung tablet)
I was just wanting some feedback as to what is regarded as a good rom for it these days. Should I go a standard stock rom from sammobile or are there custom roms out there that perform better?
Thanks for any help and advice.
Daniel
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Try a custom S6 Touchwiz ROM for your phone model - you'll be pleasantly surprised by the new look, feel and performance. I know I am!
I tried CM but not such a big fan... Experiment a bit until you find what you were ALWAYS looking for!
You try to consider CM 12.1 or GPE Roms. The major disadvantage is the camera quality and some multitasking features on TW, but it's hella fast and smooth.
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Roms
I would recommend Cyanogenmod but sometimes it comes with some problems. Check out first which is the stable version for s4.
Also, I would recommend the WickedRom which is great and great performance. And the WanamLite Rom is amazing if you would like to tune your mobile , for example gpu or cpu in higher frequencies or even set custom gestures and etc.( but remember to be careful with those why you might break your phone
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I was hoping to update it to 5.0.1 but when I plugged it into my PC, Kies said 'This device is unsupported'
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it's like you have already a custom rom, or a rooted & modified stock rom !.
Spoorman88 said:
I was just wanting some feedback as to what is regarded as a good rom for it these days. Should I go a standard stock rom from sammobile or are there custom roms out there that perform better?
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go for Resurrection Remix like said: GDReaper, or may be BlissPOP ( with terrible battery drain for me).
I tried just the straight CM 12 rom and it was okay, but once I put on the one of the Optimized CM 12.1 roms I got better battery life and faster performance, but also lost a few features, got a few bugs, but so far so good. It really depends what you want.
If you are willing to have a few crashes, bugs you can put on the newest rom builds, but if you want stable, then going for the older well established ones may be a better option.
skoey said:
I tried just the straight CM 12 rom and it was okay, but once I put on the one of the Optimized CM 12.1 roms I got better battery life and faster performance, but also lost a few features, got a few bugs, but so far so good. It really depends what you want.
If you are willing to have a few crashes, bugs you can put on the newest rom builds, but if you want stable, then going for the older well established ones may be a better option.
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I have to correct you here buddy It's almost always better to pick the latest CM build. Because it's a work in progress, every new build has a lot fixes.
I'm curious though to what bugs you are referring to. I used it pretty long and I found it almost to be bugfree. Besides the obvious difficulty's with bluetooth.
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I have to correct you here buddy It's almost always better to pick the latest CM build. Because it's a work in progress, every new build has a lot fixes.
I'm curious though to what bugs you are referring to. I used it pretty long and I found it almost to be bugfree. Besides the obvious difficulty's with bluetooth.
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Hey Lenny, the official CM builds I have never had an issue with (except nightlies of course) however when we get into the custom ROM world such as Slimroms, modified CM builds etc I do tend to hit a few bugs, such as crashes of apps, however often those builds then become stable.
Hope that makes more sense?
The only good advice is to just use stock roms. It's stable, no bugs, no issues. The only thing that pisses you off is the laggggggg!