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What is re closest rom to a full vanilla experience? ..
No blur no none of that
Just straight stock vanilla
TIA
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Have you tried liberty?
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palazuelosva said:
Have you tried liberty?
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Tried it liked it but not 100% vanilla
JeezyMT3G said:
Tried it liked it but not 100% vanilla
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We can't get straight stock Vanilla since our boot loaders are locked. The closest you'll get to Vanilla is Liberty. It has the least blur of all the ROMs. Its just Gingerbread themed.
You could try fission
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Yeah I know bout the bootloader which sucks :/ ....don't get me wrong I like blur but im rom-bipolar
so to speak lol.. im currently running apex cuz it gives me alot of
variety ... I just wanna get the stock vanilla feel ...all these GB themed roms are cool and I appreciate them and
everything but me knowing how I am I get tired of something quickly lol
No complaints what's so ever just looking for that vanilla feel
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I've had my Epic for about a few days now and I'm starting to feel like I made the wrong choice. I chose mostly on the hardware, than the software. The battery drains like the phone has a hole in it, the TW UI is just bad and I can't use the regular launcher. I'm sure this phone would be better with pure android. So what should I do? ROMs, Kernals, etc. Thanks in advance!
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If I were you I would install some kernals.
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Well hurry up and return it for a nexus... you only have 30 days.
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lazydazed said:
Well hurry up and return it for a nexus... you only have 30 days
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Why downgrade? Go with Colonel Twilight and the Frozen revolution! It's nearly pure android experience. Only catch is you have to give Mystery a kiss.
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If I were you I would install some kernals.
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What exactly do kernals do?
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Well hurry up and return it for a nexus... you only have 30 days
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I'm thinking about it.
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Seriously though, did you try launcher pro or adw or any other launcher yet? Get a task killer, estrongs is the one I use. Use it. Move all apps that don't have a widget to the sd card.. custom roms IMO are still too buggy..
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There's definitely a nice selection of Kernels and ROM's available, take a look at the development section, read through some of the features of the different ones available, and see if you find one you'd like to try.
In the end, whether you keep the phone or return it for a Nexus, is all up to you... none of us can really answer this for you, because we all have different wants and needs in our phones.
And fwiw, software side of this phone can be easily modified/customized, so if you're happy with the hardware, then perhaps you should look into the software customization.
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What exactly do kernals do?
I'm thinking about it.
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Well the kernel has tweaks in it that can save battery... I'd go with syndicate rom frozen with the genocide 1.1 kernel... pretty good combo for me, I can have my screen on for about 4hrs and I'm sure if you use the phone less you can get a few days out of it
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Custom roms are buggy? Lol what have you been trying?
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Seriously though, did you try launcher pro or adw or any other launcher yet? Get a task killer, estrongs is the one I use. Use it. Move all apps that don't have a widget to the sd card.. custom roms IMO are still too buggy..
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Is CyanogenMod out for the Epic? I had it on the Hero and never had a problem
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Custom roms are buggy? Lol what have you been trying?
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Yeah the only buggy rom's are some of the gingerbread roms and there LEAKS... if you want a stable rom syndicate 1.2 is the one to go with.
EDIT: cyanogen is out but not a daily driver yet ie: many things are broken and they are waiting for gingerbread source.
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Is CyanogenMod out for the Epic? I had it on the Hero and never had a problem
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No and probably won't be for some time.
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A good tip to remember...if you do go the custom ROM route, some have no journaling. If you choose one of those, make sure you power down phone completely and don't let battery die or you will get force closes out the arse. If this my be an issue for you, get a ROM with journal on or flash the journal on mod after flashing the ROM.
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Probably a dumb question, but can I root and install a rom w/o going on a computer?
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Syndicate Rom. It's absolutely awesome and very few bugs with almost all features working that I have noticed. Turns the Epic into the EPIC!!!!
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Go with SyndicateROM Frozen. The 1.1 version needs updating ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091680 ) on the ClockworkMod. The 1.2 version ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131544 ) requires the latest ClockworkMod ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1115999 ). You need to flash modem to EC05 with Odin.
What I did was flashing modem to EC05, put the first CWM on the phone, then installed SynROM Frozen 1.1. After that, I updated the CWM, then updated to 1.2. I think the 1.2 is not full package (?) and upgrade from the 1.1 (?). Rodderik will update the 1.2 version with latest CWM. You can either wait for that update or continue with the steps that I did toward the 1.2 version.
Edit - SynROM Frozen 1.1 comes with ClockworkMod included. When you get it installed, just update the ClockworkMod (what I did was using the flash method with Odin) then upgrade to 1.2 version.
xizzmatt said:
I've had my Epic for about a few days now and I'm starting to feel like I made the wrong choice. I chose mostly on the hardware, than the software. The battery drains like the phone has a hole in it, the TW UI is just bad and I can't use the regular launcher. I'm sure this phone would be better with pure android. So what should I do? ROMs, Kernals, etc. Thanks in advance!
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Dump sprint altogether and get a htc sensation with tmo or if you really want to stick with sprint get the evo 3d.
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I chose mostly on the hardware, than the software.
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You had it partially right. Hardware is paramount simply because you can replace the software with better software but you can't replace what drives it. Root your phone with the new purple CWM and then give the Syndicate rom a try. What kernel you choose for it depends on your phone since they each take to certain kernels differently. I am personally using the second to last version of the Genocide kernel and voltage control with great results.
Think of the rom as a car's body that you can choose to option and the kernel as its engine.
I prefer Go Launcher over Launcher Pro and Handcent over all the others available.
If you want incredible battery life download an app called DataSwitch by TomatoX.
Make sure to enable journaling too.
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the TW UI is just bad and I can't use the regular launcher.
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I thought the same thing when I first started using tw... If your taking about the launcher I won't argue. But the rest of tw is pretty good. Built in task manager that clears ram, the dialer is dope. Contacts list is very functional, U can swype right on a name to call our left to txt. Also easy to navigate if u have alot of contacts. Hold your finger on the right in portrait mode to jump through letters, than if, lets say you know alot of T's when u get to T, slide your finger to the left and you can sort by the second letter (feel free to say thanks). If your in to facebook the buddies now and whatever other things are built in to the tw launcher (though if u change launchers you lose those widgets) activities in contacts links your fb friends, the... Does... And u can... With... And so on and so on and so on... theres alot to learn that u wrong in a few days... I've had mine since release day and I just found out... Yesterday... long story short, u only get one chance to trade ur phone in. Use the whole 30 days before u decide
P.s. u can change your screen brightness by long pressing the notification bar and sliding left to right. But u gotta have auto brightness turned off (thanks ↓)
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Thanks for the info lol. Think I'll just use a rom and kernal
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Cm7
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I'm still on a TW based ROM. As soon as CM7 becomes official, I'm switching back over to that and never looking back
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Cm7, trying to figure out tw on sd card
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Cm7. I switch between miui and cm7.
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EI22 for now ( but still patiently waiting for fully functioning Official CM7 )
Tw (waiting on cm7)
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MIUI for me.
Cm7 - Stable (for me), reeaaalllyyy fast, MTD, open source, theme chooser, lots of amazing other things, amazing battery life
MIUI -becomes really unstable really soon after flash, not as simple as cm7, dont like the themes as much
TW - Stable, not insane speed, normal battery life, crap, everything works
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Not an option listed but ei22 cleangb 1.0
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cm7
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Djinn23 said:
Not an option listed but ei22 cleangb 1.0
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Thats Tw
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CM7
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Cm7 I go to touchwiz and I end up coming back but when cm7 and miui are finished I will have a hard choice.
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Ok... little confusing since it is not present in the rom by default..but I can dig it. Thanks
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Thats Tw
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I'm on CM7 but I may try MIUI again.
I love MIUI's theming system, but it feels so much like a different OS. Not sure if I really like that yet. Also it's not as smooth as CM7 and still feels in early development.
Loving CM7...(even tho wifi is wonky) errrr... Aside from that this ROM rocks! THX CM TEAM!
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Ok... little confusing since it is not present in the rom by default..but I can dig it. Thanks
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TouchWiz is not a launcher, its more of a framework. So even though the launcher is gone its still TouchWiz.
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I find miui simpler than cm7. I loved cm7, but once I themed out miui and got used to it u can't beat it. Theming is better than cm7 no doubt. Especially lock screens (awesome awesome). It FLIES on Mtd too..and really not buggy at all. Any bugs r minor and easily fixable and nothing greater than wut cm7 has. Transforms ur whole phone and ui. Cm7 is still very android-y, not that that's bad, but not TOO different. Also miui stock launcher is amazing, and the status/notif bars are more customizable and nicer.
Omair..U want to get an idea of what we're running ass-to-mouth? I don't see how that's relevant...but I think I get it..
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Tw
I am apparently using TW since I am using CleanGB. I also switch between it and ThunderHawk.
I've been running EL30 all day and just realized how smooth the scroll is and of amazing the multitasking is. Went is it that stock roms do multitasking so much better than custom roms? Everyone should go stock for at least one day to see what I mean. Again.. Just throwing it out there.
I've been running stock EL30 since we got the google link. I'm liking it so far. Just need the keyboard lag fix. I think they did fix the GPS though, it goes fast in google maps and its accurate. And I like the none iOS touchwiz.
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Did they make big changes to touchwiz in el30? I had not read about that yet.
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Does the keyboard still skip keys?
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Does the keyboard still skip keys?
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Steveo said it needed the lag fix and I can confirm from typing this reply.
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They changed a couple of the icons and removed the colored squares from the icons when you are in the app drawer.
The keyboard skips 70% less than EI22 but it is still there.
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steveo314 said:
They changed a couple of the icons and removed the colored squares from the icons when you are in the app drawer.
The keyboard skips 70% less than EI22 but it is still there.
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It really is much better, but it dropped one of the e's in "needed". I hadn't noticed the background thing because I use ADW EX with a theme. It seems fine stock, but I'd love to underclock again so I might just root for that.
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Im just rooted with sumarai kernel. Now I care less for costume since ciq is gone. Im very impressed with its mulritasking. Never had gb multitasj this good.
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Im just rooted with sumarai kernel. Now I care less for costume since ciq is gone. Im very impressed with its mulritasking. Never had gb multitasj this good.
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Is that you in your pic?
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Yea that's all I want on EL30 is undervolt... and maybe some "weight loss"....
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awesome battery life, no ciq, new live wallpapers... So far it's being good.
How awesome? I may jump ship I'm still running srf 1.2. Its just so stable and fast
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awesome battery life, no ciq, new live wallpapers... So far it's being good.
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The bubble wallpaper is from the captivate. I had the captivate the first part of 2011 and really liked that 'paper.
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drunkskunk said:
yup... Me on a good day. U should see me on bad days.
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We gotta have a staring contest my friend
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stud_muffler said:
awesome battery life, no ciq, new live wallpapers... So far it's being good.
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Yes, I noticed battery life is great! Also, I think the smoothness is coming from the rom being odexed originally from sprint. We must all remember that the odex codes are optimized for our devices. That's why deodexed roms are never as smooth. Might be slight quicker but awful multitasking. But personaly, ive never seen a performance boost from going deodex.
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Can I still run a EI22 rom if I flash to this modem??
Drunkskunk, you funny mang. Women be shoppin, brothas be flashin.
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...personaly, ive never seen a performance boost from going deodex...
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De-odexing isn't supposed to give ya performance boost, it allows you to theme your phone.
BEER!
Yup, but alot of members here state that the roms under deodex run snappier. In which I disagree.
Just buggin out, me an my eye balls.
Check out the thread in the development section entitled "[tweak][CM7] odex cyanogenmod 7.2 flashable zip" by zman for more info on the subject
edit: also, listening to certain people on this forum can provide bad advice, on occasion always research, for your own (phone) safety
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Anyone else running just factory EL with this kernel? I'm happy with this setup until we see cm9. Battery life and smoothness are like butter. Highly recommend.
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Are you running MTD?? I tried that kernel for BML and it was very unstable. Constant freezing and reboots.
Just factory EL30 which is bml. Were you running sepukku MTD? Everything has been snappy and stable with this current setup, atleast for me.
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no im on BML, but i dont have the EL30 modem...im still on EI22
Thats what im on. Factory el30 with sepukku kernel. Smooooooth. And killer multitasking.
Just buggin out, me an my eye balls.
Leprechaun, El30 is more than a modem. Its a complete upgrade for GB with no carrier iq. I would get off ei22.
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yeah i know there is no ciq on it, but i dont have that anyway (legendary rom) so im gunu wait till someone makes a rom for it.
Actually, there's still traces of carrier iq on custom roms because it was integrated so deep. Now that carrier iq is gone, Ill be rocking this sweet setup until cm9 hits.
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I'm fine on cm7...
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I like cm7. Its somewhat slow sometimes, atleast for me, but it has its perks no doubt.
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b16flybye said:
Actually, there's still traces of carrier iq on custom roms because it was integrated so deep. Now that carrier iq is gone, Ill be rocking this sweet setup until cm9 hits.
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There are traces but there is nothing for it to latch onto... therefore it is completely disabled... so. Ciq free...
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I must have had too much of a good thing going tonight. Now that I'm on stock el30 with sepukku, I'm getting apps with no icons and its saying its not installed when I try opening it. Grrrrrrrrrrrr
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cm7 is all I left to try, hesitant now that I have EL30 installed. EL30 seems to be the best update so far
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I must have had too much of a good thing going tonight. Now that I'm on stock el30 with sepukku, I'm getting apps with no icons and its saying its not installed when I try opening it. Grrrrrrrrrrrr
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Those will probably be the apps you had moved to the sd card. The link to where they were probably got severed on one of your updates.
Kenny, sounds like I need to do a clean wipe to ec05 again? This sucks. It was a process building up from ec to ei and el. Could really use a new .tar about now
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b16flybye said:
I must have had too much of a good thing going tonight. Now that I'm on stock el30 with sepukku, I'm getting apps with no icons and its saying its not installed when I try opening it. Grrrrrrrrrrrr
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That happened to me yesterday. But it happened when my phone did a random reboot. I had to start fresh.
Just buggin out, me an my eye balls.
Yeah, wtf is with the random reboots now? I feel like I'm on EH17 again, seriously. Never had 1 with EI22
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b16flybye said:
Kenny, sounds like I need to do a clean wipe to ec05 again? This sucks. It was a process building up from ec to ei and el. Could really use a new .tar about now
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You probably just need to reinstall those apps that show as missing and then move them to sd card again. Not sure why you would be getting random reboots all of a sudden. A few others have reported that as well. I updated my modem and then went to CM7 nightly 24.
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I did reinstall the apps, but anytime it reboots, it turns into the same mess. I'm going to let the official EL30 OTA hit my phone and see if helps. Starting to miss my cyanogen already
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I did reinstall the apps, but anytime it reboots, it turns into the same mess. I'm going to let the official EL30 OTA hit my phone and see if helps. Starting to miss my cyanogen already
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So you are saying it is deleting apps that are not on your sd card as well?
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