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BEST roms for SGS1(ICS+2.3.X). recommended kernels and more! *HOT* updated 4/25

ok so here im gonna give you guys the recomended roms and top 5 rom list for Samsung galaxy S1 ONLY! (based roms on ICS and 2.3.X)
THE BEST rom was chosen by considering ALL your needs: speed, design, good battery life, A LOT of features+settings+oc costum settings, updated.
for the full information of all the roms' features and full rating go to www.topgalaxyroms.webs.com this is a very good useful site with good information! very good site! this is very helpful and I took my new room from their very happy!
update! ive added my own experience for each rom during the last month..
update- the website has just updated! new information check this out (4/25)
TOP 5 roms (ICS)
AOKP rom (im using this now. my own experience- very good+stable rom.. a lot of settings)
Doc's Master ICS 4.0.3 (stable+fast.. have a lot of settings too)
gummy (never checked it)
MyICS (my own experience- have some annoying bugs and not so good)
Dark night ROM (not so fast and have some bugs)
top 4 roms (2.3.X)
CM7 (my own experience- so fast+ stable system+ a lot of settings!!)
MIUI (never checked it)
gamerz rom (my own experience-very fast and stable rom!)
F1 Galaxy S (my own experience- fast+ stable rom )
top 3 kernels (ICS)
devil (my own experience- very good kernel, stable make your rom be faster+ bigman options!)
midnight (never checked this)
glitch (my own experience- has some bugs whenever enabling bigman function)
top 2 kernels (2.3.X)
semaphore (my own experience- very good kernel make your rom faster and good OC)!
glitch (my own experience- made little problems with my rom)
please note:
*roms with bugs are non included neither here nor the website. example:CM9 has a lot of bugs(http://teamhacksung.org/wiki/index.php/Experimental:GT-I9000:Known_issues) so that's why he is not included here for those who wondered..
according to the website, ALL the roms (both for ICS +2.3.X) have been checked and NO BUGS HAVE BEEN FOUND AND THE ROMS ARE TOTALLY STABLE
i am using docs master 1 month so far and its amazing!
so i know this website includes true information.
and you should go to this site for the full rom list, full comparsion, checking and more..
good luck!!

Hey dude, you forgot cm9 the most important & slim ics

Cm9 is best rom for sgs. No another way. Aokp is following it.
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Slim ICS 3.3

I think CM9 should be in the list!
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Why dont u include stock samsung rom in the poll? Its the best. combined with a good kernel and some tweaks.

where is ICSSGS RC4.2 ?

This poll is fail. You forgot several ROMs.

Elite v10
Nuff said

Ha ha No CM9 present in the poll.
CM9 + Devil 0.72 + KB3 (flawless)

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Ha ha No CM9 present in the poll.
CM9 + Devil 0.72 + KB3 (flawless)
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No, CM9 + devil 0.73 test version with swap is awesome

This is the stupidest thread ever made.
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This list is totally wrong...
Semaphore ICS is great, Saurom is one if the best GB from and WeIUI is top ICS rom.
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Kthulhu_ESP said:
This list is totally wrong...
Semaphore ICS is great, Saurom is one if the best GB from and WeIUI is top ICS rom.
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Llloooollll
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ICS ROM: CNA
ICS KERNEL: DEVIL
GB ROM: DARKYS ROM 10.4.2 OR JW4
GB KERNEL: SEMAPHORE
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timpuri_noi said:
This is the stupidest thread ever made.
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True.

What is the definition of "true information" and "all roms are bug free and totally stable"?
(from OP)
Reading some posts in the threads for those roms/kernels makes me wonder...
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Slim ICS is the Best

well I did not put CM9 cuz as far as I know, CM9 rom includes a lot of bugs doesn't it?
and Ive tried a lot of roms from here too
and if something is wrong- ill fix it

Some are running CM9 without "many" bugs. some say it's even stable enough to show to your friends.
On that bombshell everyone runs whatever they see fit, and just "cruising" through the DEV section one should make a pretty good idea what is being in the top used ROMs.
There is no this is better than this, for 80% of ppl owning a SGS1 probably what was pre-installed on their phone was better than it was for the rest of us "kids" playing with fire. From experience I tell you that what works for you is the best ROM - heck there are still strong supporters of FROYO (if you know what I mean ).

Can't choose which ics rom

I'm a pretty average note user.. Haven't rooted or flashed a custom ROM on my note (had a bad experience previously with galaxy s). After waiting patiently for ics.. Only to find out the stock ics ROM sucks and is full of bugs.. I'm a huge fan of CM9 but can't despense without s notes features... Is there any ROM I could flash I've missed? Or should I wait (since note ics source code is out) for a custom ROM with s note features? Can this be achieved on cm9.. I hate touchwiz
Kindly advice.
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Since franco snd hardcore have released new kernels lpy is a good daily driver in my opinion. Plenty of good custom roms are out there which make use of these kernels. Fast and stable.
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You just have to try some yourself and see what fits you, that's why we have a lot of variety (or try to). We all have different opinions about what we want.
But yeah, with Franco and Speedmod kernels out, it makes the stock ICS roms bearable (well, so I've heard from multiple people as I'm ParanoidAndroid right now ). Also, each ROM will have its Pros and Cons.

Stock ICS (XXLPY) works like a charm on mine. I wiped, rooted and flashed it via Mobile Odin (coming from a rooted GB kernel !). I have removed some of the Samsung bloatware. I have replaced the defaut TW launcher by Nova. I am using my Note intensively since 2 weeks, not a single issue since then. It's fast, stable and the battery usage is more than acceptable. It's the first android stock ROM I have ever encountered with such quality.
That said, I am a big fan of Cyanogen mods (on my LG Optimus 2x) and I will probably switch to CM9 sooner or later but if you want to get 100% of the Notes features, the stock ROM is highly recommended and a pleasure to live with on a daily basis.

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The best ROM is the one that works best for you. Try on a few for size and make your own decision.

Recommended ics roms

Good Day Playas,
I am gifting my old galaxy s2 to a friend of mine and I would like to flash his phone.
Can you tell me which original and which modified rom you would recommend for the following three categories below?
1. Which rom has the least bugs
2. Which rom is fastest
3. which rom has best Best battery life.
Thank you for your kind help.

Are you looking for a Samsung ROM (with Touchwiz, etc), or one based on AOSP?
If you want to give him a ROM with no identified bugs (though FM radio doesn't work) that is also fast and has incredible battery life, then I have to recommend krarvind's Slim ICS.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1536783
If you're after a stock Samsung firmware, then I'm afraid I can't help you. Not a clue as to the differences between them.

Is there anyone else that can give me info in the manner i specified?
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Why dont you like stock?
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Best stock rom: WanamLite
Best AOSP: Resurrection Remix, Root Box and Slim.
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Well, I'm going to go ahead and answer in the format than you seem to perversely like (since essentially these three criteria are interwoven), but for me it is AOKP all the way since it is so fast:
1. Rootbox
2. Rootbox
3. Rootbox
EDIT: It feels good to be blunt, or undifferentiated. It's not like I normally act this way.

abstractface said:
Good Day Playas,
I am gifting my old galaxy s2 to a friend of mine and I would like to flash his phone.
Can you tell me which original and which modified rom you would recommend for the following three categories below?
1. Which rom has the least bugs
2. Which rom is fastest
3. which rom has best Best battery life.
Thank you for your kind help.
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1. Samsung Stock firmware LPG/ KL1
2. CM9 RC2
3. Villianrom 3.0 + Ninpo kernel
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Cm9 all the way...
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RootBox.. It was just updated to version 1.7. That with dark knight kernel is the best I`ve seen

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Best ROM is the one that works best for you. Check a few out for yourself and make your own decision.

In need of a new ROM

I'm on a 2.3.6 jw4 ROM and have been for about the last 6 months. I need a change so I want to know what are the latest roms which are stable, good performance wise and have a decent battery life. Thanks
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seeraj15 said:
I'm on a 2.3.6 jw4 ROM and have been for about the last 6 months. I need a change so I want to know what are the latest roms which are stable, good performance wise and have a decent battery life. Thanks
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Stable wise - I was using Team Nyx ICS RC5 and it was quite a good ICS rom. I am now trying TAJB V7.1, which is pretty good but has some annoying bugs still it seems, so my recommendation is to upgrade to ICS if you want the stability. I think the JB roms are better on battery though compared to ICS.

Catfish81 said:
Stable wise - I was using Team Nyx ICS RC5 and it was quite a good ICS rom. I am now trying TAJB V7.1, which is pretty good but has some annoying bugs still it seems, so my recommendation is to upgrade to ICS if you want the stability. I think the JB roms are better on battery though compared to ICS.
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How would I flash the team nyx ROM if I am on 2.3.6 jw4?
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If you want a stable ROM, you might want to try CM9 (ICS):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592131
If you want the latest JB, you might want to try CM10 Alpha:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778526
There are specific installation guides in both threads.

You can try TiramiSlim v2.0. Probably one of the best ICS ROMs.
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ICS is here !!!!
try ICS by arco, ivendor etc etc n get engulfed in the awsummness

Go with a stock ROM for your requirements. JW8 is very fluid.
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Try a solid ICS ROM like Slim ICS 4.2. I never had less problems and I tried a lot.
Cant really recommend cm roms..

Try cm9 with devil3 kernel. Very stable and fast. And there is a offical stable version available now! The devil-kernel increases battery live and performance.
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Generally on GB Roms everything should run, because it was released official.
On the other hand ICS runs faster and I have no problems so far.

Slim ICS
Hey man definitley reccomend had absolutley no issues with it literally never encounted a problem

I think CM9 Blueberry is pretty good for daily use. :good:

remics with sgs3 launcher

[Q][ROM] Jelly Bean / ICS

I tried so many ROM named jelly noid or jelly blast etc. frm xda but none worked in my Galaxy Y
Anyone please give me jb or ics working & tested rom.
itz better if it is flashable by Odin..
plz help
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To start with those roms are banned - please don't mention here
To answer question all roms except stock firmware here are flashed by cwm
make sure you wipe data system cache in cwm and then mount system data cache before you flash a rom zip
there is no jellybean for galaxy y & no ics that has network for galaxy y (bootable only)
there are roms that are themed to look like jellybean but they are a version of gingerbread
look in dev section and read the roms op look at screen shots & features and see what you like
no one will suggest a best rom for you as of course this is against xda rules

Madhukar S H said:
I tried so many ROM named jelly noid or jelly blast etc. frm xda but none worked in my Galaxy Y
Anyone please give me jb or ics working & tested rom.
itz better if it is flashable by Odin..
plz help
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those roms aren't even a complete custom rom, as they are just themed stock roms. and they should work if you follow instuctions. they are tying to get ics working, but there are only a few things that do work on that, there are quite a lot of bugs that they still need to fix. so if you want ics/jellybean i would suggest, buy a new phone that can run it (no offense)

Its impossible for Galaxy y to boot real JB ICS etc. due to hardware limitations of CPU AND RAM. CM ROMs are not much stable and have problems because of hardware acceleration problem.
Jelly blast jellynoid etc ROMs are just cooked (themed) stock 2.3.6 Gingerbread ROMs.
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