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advantage of cyanogenmod

Soon Samsung will stop updating the galaxy s so should i install cyanogenmod 7 now or wait till the stop supporting it ...is it easy to install from gingerbread jvq I've looked at the instructions but didn't understand how to do it and is every thing working on the phone with cyanogenmod

Everything is included but the CyanogenMod for I9000 is still an unstable version. FM radio oes not work and there is a feww bug here and there.
To install it, you need to revert back to a Froyo firmware which include a bootloader because the Gingerbread bootloader is not compatible entirely with CyanogenMod. Then, you root your phone, install ClockWorkMod or any kernel that has it, download the ROM, put it in the SD Card, restart the phone in recovery, then install zip from SD Card, choose the Rom Zip file and everything should install correctly.
Here is a link to the whole process LINK
Don't forget to backup your apps, and other relevant information and more important, make a backup of your EFS folder in case your IMEI is screwed up during the upgrade.

You will need to flash back to a ROM with Froyo Bootloaders first, but the installation is now very, very easy....use my guide at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1101534
As for the advantages, CM7 is the fastest and smoothest ROM available, with a high level of customization, some exceptional features like the Theme Chooser, and a very active development and user community.
The disadvantages are that the battery life usually tops out at about a day and a half between charges max, and certain hardware features don't work as well as they should, due to the fact Samsung won't release their sources. These include the 780p video camera (lower resolution films fine), FM Radio and TV Out.
IN the end, the only way to really know if CM7 is for you is to try it out and see. Some users ultimately say they prefer the Samsung ROMS while others, like myself, are addicted to the high performance and tweaks of CM7 (as well as the community).
Come by the CM7 thread in the Dev forum, read back a few pages to see what is going on and join the discussions.

Having CM7 on SGS is like owning a Ford GT40. Beatiful and powerful beast, but if you actually dare to use it, it'll probably break down or you run out of juice in the middle of nowhere.

jetcz said:
Having CM7 on SGS is like owning a Ford GT40. Beatiful and powerful beast, but if you actually dare to use it, it'll probably break down or you run out of juice in the middle of nowhere.
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Thats a great way of putting it
Made me laugh, There is an ounce of truth in there !!
Still a good ROM tho, a mega improvement over stock samsung roms at least.

Battery life for me is pretty much the same as stock, the performance is unrivalled and it has more functionality. For me it also more stable than 2.3.4 ROMs which have all kinds of dodgy bugs and random lags.

The battery life has been improved a lot in CyanogenMod, but it is still a bit high when using packet data.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Well MIUI is based on CM7.. Im a MIUI user and my battery is good, 2 - 2.5 days at a push..
Im not a heavy user, I play a lot of games tho (my misses fails to entertain me)
i tried CM7 when it first came out, I liked it alot, i thought it was great, God knows what its like now... 4 months later ??

urself25 said:
Everything is included but the CyanogenMod for I9000 is still an unstable version. FM radio oes not work and there is a feww bug here and there.
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It is as stable, or more stable, than any other ROM for this phone...
I dont find significant speed difference for Samsung JVQ, but it is more configurable, very usefull bits too, and it has the nicest theme, Honeycream, for someone that doesnt like green or blue themes...
The dialer and the camera apps are garbagge compared with samsung' s, but you can use the market like I did, got RocketDial and Camera360...
And you get a new version almost every night, good if you have nothing better to do then flashing the phone , plus they fix small errors and implement new features, Samsung is not doing that for the SGS any more...
EDIT battery is not a problem anymore...

melorib said:
It is as stable, or more stable, than any other ROM for this phone...
I dont find significant speed difference for Samsung JVQ, but it is more configurable, very usefull bits too, and it has the nicest theme, Honeycream, for someone that doesnt like green or blue themes...
The dialer and the camera apps are garbagge compared with samsung' s, but you can use the market like I did, got RocketDial and Camera360...
And you get a new version almost every night, good if you have nothing better to do then flashing the phone , plus they fix small errors and implement new features, Samsung is not doing that for the SGS any more...
EDIT battery is not a problem anymore...
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Are you sure about your last line? If so...since then its not a problem anymore in uour opinion?
Due to sentences like that I flashed lot of times cm7, just to see if there wasnt any battey drain while using 3g...and unfortunately I had to go back to sammsung roms cuz false reports...
I hope when you said that you mean that its not a problem for most people not only for you
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titooo7 said:
Are you sure about your last line? If so...since then its not a problem anymore in uour opinion?
Due to sentences like that I flashed lot of times cm7, just to see if there wasnt any battey drain while using 3g...and unfortunately I had to go back to sammsung roms cuz false reports...
I hope when you said that you mean that its not a problem for most people not only for you
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Since 60 something, but 75 had a further breakthrough, someone found out what was drainning battery iddle...

How is GPS performance?

melorib said:
Since 60 something, but 75 had a further breakthrough, someone found out what was drainning battery iddle...
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Ok thanks. However I didn't notice any drain while iddle, only while using 3g with tapatalk, browser or whatever.
I guess I'll have to check it bymyself

Codeworx are testing GB bootloader on nightly.
Check out CM thread.
Sent from my GT-I9000

Going to a good custom ROM like CM is a great idea imo, great support and always new stuff

Thanks for the great info I've still not made my mind up yet

Yeah but use cyanogenmod with fugu kernel and gingerbread bootloaders... You won't go back and you get battery life better than stock (still a problem with battery usage if data is on though)!
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got-petrol said:
Thanks for the great info I've still not made my mind up yet
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U should know also youtube video not working !!! Miui sincerly killed it
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Drained 5% over night, 9 hours, with froyo Boot Loader and #75...
Waiting ansiously for #77...

if you go with 77 im pretty sure you dont have to go back to froyo. Its recomended but but no longer needed... dont take me to my word but check the nightly forum, thats what i got out of it.

[Q] Defy begginer: CM7 or MIUI? And 720p addons for them...

Hi! Yesterday i got my Defy and I installed 2.2 update with Motorola Software Updater and I wanted to install a custom rom like MIUI or CM7 but i dont know whats better . So u can tell me please whats better from them? I heard that CM7 has some wifi errors but they can be fixed...
P.S : i have Red Lens and i want to put and 720p mod after...

try cm7 if you want more customized rom
MIUI if you want more display features
for 720: you can search google and the market for camcoder apps that supports 720p
I tried cm7 and it is wonderful

Well i heard that MIUI has better performance rather than CM7 in Quadrant...

Cm7 does not support 720p rec.
Sent from my MB525 using Tapatalk

Done installed CM7 and works F****NG perfect got 2100 in quadrant :X

sims34 said:
Well i heard that MIUI has better performance rather than CM7 in Quadrant...
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Quadrant isnt everything, MIUI have the looks, and maybe less bugs, but even CM7 is very very smooth and fast, am using RC1.5, i have not experienced any of the bugs (wifi/gps/battery), easily customizable as opposed to MIUI.

I've had miui before, but it seemed to be a bit laggy, comparing to my ipod touch's menu. The apple smoothness is just great and I thought I can't get that smoothness on my defy. Then I installed cm7 on my defy and, magically, it runs veery smoothly without any lags. thought Miui was good. Yes, it was, but cm7 is just great!
and screw quadrant, unless you want to be happy with higher numbers
Tapatalknięte z ipada.

WiFi depends upon your router. CM7 rocks. Green lens defy ZERO issues with cm7
Sent from my DEFY running CM7 using XDA App

MIUI looks great.
CM7 works really fast.
Julian

I've been trying the different roms I've found here and so far the best for me is Waj's MIUI version. Maybe because I'm a newb, but CM7 started looping on FC after I tried to enable 3G only in my Defy.
And the MIUI versions just didn't do it. The only thing I need now is to add a 720p addon for the video.

Can we record 720p from a green lens ??

CM7 is a wonderful ROM
LOVE IT！！！

pjcons said:
WiFi depends upon your router. CM7 rocks. Green lens defy ZERO issues with cm7
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Some of us do have issues with wifi in CM7. I installed RC 1.5 + nightly and started having issues with the same routers that used to work perfectly in 2.2.
But I would not recommend CM7 any less because of that. Install and see if it affects you, as this seem to be a issue with only a small percentage of us.
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sims34 said:
Well i heard that MIUI has better performance rather than CM7 in Quadrant...
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Is this a fact? I was blown away by CM7 performance over stock 2.2, but I'm having some wifi issues with CM7. Is MIUI performance also so much better than stock?

Green lens does not support 720p. Only the red lens.
MIUI does have a better performance over stock but they are based off CM7 with added visual enhancements. There are alot of app incompatibilities and constant fc's. I have used MIUI but got annoyed with all the errors. Wifi is fine and they update every Friday but just too many problems for me. I am using CM7 now and I love it. No wifi issues but I haven't tried any nightly's yet either.
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i own a green lensed Defy and i've flashed the MS2Ginger with Blur.
Gotta say i loved the interface (bright and bluish) and the text cursor is very usefull (seem like the "rule" in MS Word) and it has nice effects when showing Views and that animation when the screen rotate, just like iOS does.
but i it has a lot of FC, it's pretty laggy sometimes (the maximum free mem i got once was like ~100MB) an its 3D performace is poor.
i'll reflash again and i'll try a CM7. I was considering that JBoogie 3 that is based on CM7 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158238&page=3)
What would you suggest? The thing is that it lacks theme support...
About that, does anyone know where i can find CM7 themes? Is there an overhead for using them? Is there a way to install "animations" (such this screen-rotating one)?
Thanks
(btw: what's the best Caller/Phonebook that syncs pics with FB? is a "caller" interface able to change the, ahm, "answerer" interface?
what about gps with loaded map info?)

snagnever said:
i own a green lensed Defy and i've flashed the MS2Ginger with Blur.
Gotta say i loved the interface (bright and bluish) and the text cursor is very usefull (seem like the "rule" in MS Word) and it has nice effects when showing Views and that animation when the screen rotate, just like iOS does.
but i it has a lot of FC, it's pretty laggy sometimes (the maximum free mem i got once was like ~100MB) an its 3D performace is poor.
i'll reflash again and i'll try a CM7. I was considering that JBoogie 3 that is based on CM7 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158238&page=3)
What would you suggest? The thing is that it lacks theme support...
About that, does anyone know where i can find CM7 themes? Is there an overhead for using them? Is there a way to install "animations" (such this screen-rotating one)?
Thanks
(btw: what's the best Caller/Phonebook that syncs pics with FB? is a "caller" interface able to change the, ahm, "answerer" interface?
what about gps with loaded map info?)
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Jboogie 3 is good and has a Ginger release but has an issue with no social network syncing. If you are going to go with something based on CM7 go with CM7. It has the theme support with the new Theme Choser and in the market there is a Theme Chowder Themes which has a large list of usable themes. As for the animations, I'm not sure about that.
Facebook app automatically syncs your pics but if you want a new contact book and dialer I would sugjest Phoneface. GPS, definitely CoPilot 8 live. All maps are preloaded so no data needed and completely removes the need for another GPS unit.
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actually i have just flash the jboogie3 and, since it's clear, i'll give CM7-pure a try.
but i gotta say it's really fast!

What is wajs miui?

CM7 is so great.

morgs640 said:
What is wajs miui?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161110

[Q] Want to Upgrade Cm7.1- Now MIUI 2.4.20. Wats Next ??

[Q] Want to Upgrade Cm7.1 - Cm7.2 Rc2 or MIUI or Cm9
I jst want to Upgrade mY Defy RED Lens from cm7.1 Rc1 to a better version ..
having some network problem in last two weeks ...
I thought to try
cm9 - but its still on development
cm7.2 Rc2 - but read some battery drain problem in XDA
cm7.1 stable - Ya its ok as its on cm Official site .
or miui with 2.3.7 - I jst wanna try how it exceeds
My needs are
Good bettery life - im getting 3-4 days on average use . no 3g or wifi . jst calls and sometimes mp3.
Game support - i like to run nfs shift always when im free, or some funny games. no need of any HD games
So friends can u please suggest which ROM shuld i choose ...
I Dnt wanna flash my phone repeatedly to test the ROMS .. Always prefer to hear what others says and will try and choose myself ...
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Ok I Installed MIUI 2.4

I am running the lastest CM7.2 but quartx and cant fault it yet. I have run the v6 supercharger script and it seems really good. I got rid of the ADW launcher and put on GO only for looks but I think GO seems a bit slower, I ,might have to try ADW again but try different themes.
I use 3G and get about 3 days out of it but usually about 1 hr of calls in there in a day so that would drain it, But dont play many games maybe 5 mins a day if that. I find it really good but as I upgraded to 2.3.6 I am stuck with a few ROMS and this is the best so far.

Installed MiUI 2.4...
thanks Kelly ...
I jst installed MIUI 2.4 ....
a data wipe and complete reinstall of MIUI and reboot took a total time of 5 Min..
Awesome ...
Ya Its Looks is Simply Superb and im tweaking things ...
Bt I Miss a APP Drawer in it by default . first thought its a bug...
They all say to use a Alternative launcher if App Drawer is need...

Yea you can try another launcher from the market. Miui is nice as it gives that iPhone look. Try v6 supercharger to. Big difference!!!
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I think MS2Ginger is the best option for you. No battery drains, good battery life, good game support, stable, etc. I use CM7.2 nightly for defy+ on my red lens by Quarx. Is so good, smooth, stable, good battery life
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kidrobot52 said:
Yea you can try another launcher from the market. Miui is nice as it gives that iPhone look. Try v6 supercharger to. Big difference!!!
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Garuxa said:
I think MS2Ginger is the best option for you. No battery drains, good battery life, good game support, stable, etc. I use CM7.2 nightly for defy+ on my red lens by Quarx. Is so good, smooth, stable, good battery life
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thanks guys . r8 now im checking the MIUI ..
One things i want to mention is its has everything i want by default & an awesome UI. so i dont need to install separate apps..
Like Music Player with folder listing,
Stock Sms with password Lock,
File Browser with all options and fast loading image browser,
Data Traffic monitor and firewall.
Missed many of these in CM7 Rc1.5...
will check ms2ginger..

kidrobot52 said:
Yea you can try another launcher from the market. Miui is nice as it gives that iPhone look. Try v6 supercharger to. Big difference!!!
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Ya im Planning to try supercharger ...
But is there any tweaks that i try for a improved performance ..
Like a Kernal Update or something Like that ???

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[Q] Motorola defy or xperia active

can anyone suggest me which is best in:water resistance ,battery life , development

The defy screen is higher. For the other stuffs, I don't know because I don't test the Xperia. I think they are identical. BUT the Xperia will receive ics officially and the defy don't (only support ics by developers like cyanogen). So, the ics support is better with the Xperia.
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Defy is way better. CPU is almost the same but Defy is way more quality made, developemt on xda is awesome cause main devs contact users and they are really tyring hard so much that i didnt see it on any other forum for another device. ICS is working good on Defy but its still prealpha and its coming to beta phase. Xperia has a smaller screen and it probably wont get ICS that includes all features. go for defy+
Swyped off my Amazing Defy using ICS

thanks dude, what about battery?

ali_ge said:
thanks dude, what about battery?
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How would you use the phone? I'm getting 3 days on my defy+ with an hour of music, half an hour wifi, 100sms and a minute talk time (all that per one day). I'm satisfied... Both me and my brother are, actually

thanks again for quick response ,but in ksa defy plus is not available ,only defy is available .What about defy not plus or can i use defy + battery on defy.

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[Q] why ics??

hi guys!!
another stupid question is coming.. please don't insult me too much
i'm using the latest fuzz cm9 build on my defy+, and i have to say it.. it's perfect! no bugs, pretty smooth, wifi and 3g working fine and stable..
BUT still a lot slower than cm7.2!!! really nothing comparable! i'm not speaking only about quadrant score (that is pretty close 1800 vs 1950) but on the daily usage i can feel really the difference..
speaking about battery i got almost the half of the time...
so i was wondering... why should i install ics/cm??
ok gmail and the gallery are way better.. i like also the long press home button! but does really it worth?
i'm not questioning on our beautiful developers work!! i'm just trying to understand why everyone is so happy with ics!
thanks guys!!

There is no answer for that, it's up to you why you would/n't use it. For me it's good so I use it, I have no reason why not.

Well, I think cm9 is officially still on Alpha stage at the moment. So its still not fully optimized.

thanks guys!
i'm just trying to understand if ics has some new and exlusive features! because i've tryed it and i couldn't find anything new.. it looks good for sure

I found out the hard way that you cannot export your systemsettings, data and all apps from GB to ICS, so if you switch you should take into account that you have to start from scratch.

Or you can simply use Titanium Backup . No loss of apps and data.
Trimis de pe Defy CM9

I keep trying all latest roms.... but still love the stock rom (Defy) for its stability and smoothness.

vap_66 said:
Or you can simply use Titanium Backup . No loss of apps and data.
Trimis de pe Defy CM9
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I use TB, but after I imported my GB settings, ICS got stuck in a loop. Also not all apps are compatible.