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[Q] What rom to use?

I've been using my kindle fire with stock firmware since launch. I think it is time to root this guy and throw an awesome rom onto it. I've been browsing the dev section for a while and can't make up my mind with what rom to put on first. Any suggestions? I would prefer an ICS/CM9 rom. I like playing games a lot, and not sure if this matters. Thanks in advance!

I have been using CM7 Barebones and having no issues with any games. Everytime I put an ICS Rom on I run into problems with some games freezing (probably due to lack of HWA) and end up coming back to Barebones.
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Barebones
How is the battery life compare to stock?
Thanks
Luis

KnappyRoot said:
I have been using CM7 Barebones and having no issues with any games. Everytime I put an ICS Rom on I run into problems with some games freezing (probably due to lack of HWA) and end up coming back to Barebones.
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Thanks! I'll check it out. I threw on CM9 Energy, rom last night. Pretty cool but games are kind of a 50/50 chance of working. I really dig the ICS interface though. I'll check out barebones!

donutdude246 said:
Thanks! I'll check it out. I threw on CM9 Energy, rom last night. Pretty cool but games are kind of a 50/50 chance of working. I really dig the ICS interface though. I'll check out barebones!
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I know what you mean by the ICS interface. Its ten times better than the gingerbread interface. I personally use biteblazes cm9 reloaded v1.1 and I over clock my kernel using the Daemon Controller provided to these settings: 80000 min 1300000 Max with the governor set to on demand. With these settings the rom runs exceptional with the exception of hwa. I can play every game that I have tried so far without a SOD or a FC occurring. Let me know how this works for you if you give it a try
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I like CM7..It runs so smooth.. Have had no crashes on games and battery life is great. Last me about 8-9 hours and I use it alot.
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What's the most stable rom?

I need to change the rom in my mother's kindle but want it to be stable so she won't have too much problems with it
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Hmmm if video does not matter than a ICS ROM...They all seem to be pretty stable.. If she is going to be watching videos then a cyanogenmod 7 ROM... Again all are pretty stable.

CM7 SoS or Barebones I'd say so she can still watch flash vids and what not.

thx for the help

Energy CM9 Kang. I use it. No problems.
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hells cm7. outstanding.
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lovejoy777 said:
hells cm7. outstanding.
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+1 Hellfire is really stable
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use CM9 Reloaded

Hellfire is awesome.
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cm9(ics) rooms are much more beautiful, and gapps are much cooler than cm7. But in cm7 you have flash and HD video. If you like to be able to have flash in your browser go to cm7.
For stability, both are stable enough. I use kang energy themed.
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for me barebone with adam'kernel. quanrant core result means nothing. it's so smooth and baterry life drain so slowly. thanks

the official ROM~

What can enable more than 2 point multitouch in rom ROM CM 7????
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In CM9 Reloaded, i just can use 2 point multitouch..
How to multitouch point can more than 2 ?
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uvaio said:
In CM9 Reloaded, i just can use 2 point multitouch..
How to multitouch point can more than 2 ?
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You can't. It's a limitation in the hardware, firmware, or both. You've gotten the same answer in the other thread. Please stop cross-posting and thread-jacking.

I advise you to try CM9 Reloaded. + latest gapps ICS. I tried some other releases and "Reloaded"- is the only one, which installed correctly on my device and Android Market finally works!! Other installed roms-had connection problems in "market". I also tried to install it manually, correctly following the instructions, but it didn't help((

MoDaCo is very stable.
My wife doesn't notice anything different other than the fact that she can get programs from the google store and can do more things.

kinfauns said:
You can't. It's a limitation in the hardware, firmware, or both. You've gotten the same answer in the other thread. Please stop cross-posting and thread-jacking.
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ok thank for the answer..

Screen shots of your Jelly Bean Kindle.

Just installed Hashcodes rom and it is ultra smooth. Before that I was running MoDaCo's rom and that was great also. Although I like Jelly Bean, I find the look a little boring since I've had Android phones for years already. Since I'm not very creative I figured maybe some people would like to show off some screen shots of their setup.

lithium630 said:
Just installed Hashcodes rom and it is ultra smooth. Before that I was running MoDaCo's rom and that was great also. Although I like Jelly Bean, I find the look a little boring since I've had Android phones for years already. Since I'm not very creative I figured maybe some people would like to show off some screen shots of their setup.
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Yeah, I am one of the few that find vanilla android rather boring. I am not that artistic and so things end up looking odd and mismatched. I have a htc one s, and I love sense. I liked the amazon look so even though there are bugs, I am sporting the amazon launcher.

jacewt said:
Yeah, I am one of the few that find vanilla android rather boring. I am not that artistic and so things end up looking odd and mismatched. I have a htc one s, and I love sense. I liked the amazon look so even though there are bugs, I am sporting the amazon launcher.
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What are you using to take screen shots? Mine all show up blank.

Airdroid has a screenshot feature when you visit the webpage and login to your kindle.
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jacewt said:
Yeah, I am one of the few that find vanilla android rather boring. I am not that artistic and so things end up looking odd and mismatched. I have a htc one s, and I love sense. I liked the amazon look so even though there are bugs, I am sporting the amazon launcher.
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what did you do to have the Amazon Launcher in jelly beans Rom?
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My Kindle Fire on Jelly Bean! I love it!!!
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I actually prefer the new phone-ish UI to the proper-tablet version. I don't use the default launcher though, I use Apex—but keep it portrait-only like the default launcher. I like my screens in a certain way, widgets and all, and it's just a pain in the ass to try to make them work in both modes. Anyways, these are my screens, from leftmost to right. Number 03 is the main homescreen.

Here is mine. It's the same as it was on 4.0

jacewt said:
Yeah, I am one of the few that find vanilla android rather boring. I am not that artistic and so things end up looking odd and mismatched. I have a htc one s, and I love sense. I liked the amazon look so even though there are bugs, I am sporting the amazon launcher.
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Did you have to download new high res icons or do the non Amazon ones show up okay?

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Did you have to download new high res icons or do the non Amazon ones show up okay?
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Like the stock rom if the app is in the amazon app store they show up in high res. The only exceptions are kindle fire only editions which don't show up as available from the appstore and I guess they aren't pulled properly from the server. FYI, I used Titanium backup to restore my apps, and even then the high res icon from kindle fire editions do not show up.

Only wish the prime videos could be played on roms other than the stock..
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Like it? Did it myself, if you want it to like like mine just ask! I'll send you a flashable zip to have it!?!?
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I modded the systemUI because I didn't like the phone version, I preferred having a easy to access to sound and brightness.
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tobiascuypers said:
Like it? Did it myself, if you want it to like like mine just ask! I'll send you a flashable zip to have it!?!?
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I would like to give that a shot...any chance putting up the zip here??
Fire flashed so many times, it don't know what the hell it is.

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I use that same wallpaper on my GS3 :good:

dieseldane said:
I would like to give that a shot...any chance putting up the zip here??
Fire flashed so many times, it don't know what the hell it is.
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yeahup, sure, here it is. Just make a backup first, then flash in recovery. let me know what you think?

My EyeCandy 3.1.1 installation
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Cm10 with sgt7
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My EyeCandy 3.1.1 installationView attachment 1207457
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Verry nice i'm on Eye Candy too
Love the blue soft keys.

Best Rom.?

I'm asking the nexus 7 community what is the beat stable rom? I'm rooting &now thinking about flashing a rom if stable will keep as a daily driver.....
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I'm running stock, but am rooted with Nova. I'm going to wait for some Milestones from AOKP. I've tried some Roms but none of them are as stable as stock at this point.
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just asking because when i was in the development section of this awesome n7 community i seen a feature to a rom and it was that flash support actually working on the stock browser the great google chrome lol as well with landscape mode working on the n7 ... awesome mannnn lolol
Nexus 7 of HELLBoy

The liquid jellybean alphas are the best I have used as of now, and I have used pretty much everything
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I'm a fan of the paranoid android ROM by Molesarecoming. He's building the thing blind and it's still phenomenal. App-by-app layout ui as well as most CM10 features.

I'm running EOS because they have a great standard dpi tablet mode.
Paranoid supposedly is great and Liquid is always a favorite...
Paranoid may work well for me but Liquid doesn't have tablet mode. EOS is just simple. It feels like stock with a few simple eye candy options for the navigation bar. It just works well.
Overall you should do a nandroid and just go crazy. Everyone has a different opinion and features they like that runs well with their unique setup.
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Team BAMF!
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My first vote goes to Kaos-Droid, just make sure to include the apex launcher on v 3.1 in Aroma, otherwise you have issues with superSU and have to manually input network id's, bit besides that, super smooth & stable,great ROM :thumbup::thumbup:
If you want something cm10 based, then my vote is glazed job by hyper runner.
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I have been running BAMF and very happy with it.
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I've flashed them all... BAMF all the way!

Post your custom ROM experiences

I figured I would start a thread since I couldn't find one devoted to posting our personal experiences with ROMs for our Kindles.
I have tried 3 separate roms out thus far.
CM 10.1 (JB 4.2.2)
This was my first dive into custom roms for my first gen Kindle Fire, and it was a pretty easy transition. Really enjoyed freeing up the device by not having to have the stock Kindle firmware. Apps ran far more quickly and smoothly. After using this for a while I yearned for something faster/smoother. (probably need to get myself a higher powered device to improve on that). Somewhat missed the lack of an Amazon Video app. It's too bad Amazon has not yet developed an app for other Android devices that we can install. A minor issue (with all roms) seems to be the boot animation. It starts out stretched and in the upper right region of the screen at first and then corrects itself maybe 10 seconds later and is centered. Not a big deal of course. The only drawback for me personally with this one is CM's lack of customization.
JB 4.3 Barebones
I had read that JB 4.3 ran a bit quicker (and used more battery) than 4.2.2. I found this to be the case. Especially when using an app like Flipboard this is apparent. The boot time seemed to be a bit longer than CM 10.1, but that could very well be my perception. I did find that the build I was on seemed to give me issues on restarts. I'd restart and icons would be missing and the icon themes I was using with Apex would have to be reset. Mild annoyance that I didn't enjoy dealing with. Overall I was mildly satisfied and preferred CM 10.1 to the specific (early) JB 4.3 that I was using, despite the fact that CM ran slower.
AOKP (JB 4.2.2)
Just installed this one tonight. Coming into this, I was already a big fan of AOKP 4.2.2 as its my daily driver on my Droid Razr M. Love AOKPs customization. Anything beyond AOKP level customization is overkill for my taste. AOKP just has everything I'd need in that department. I did notice that I feel like I'm back to CM 10.1 speed which I may or may not settle on. A minor issue I found was the screen rotation glitch (which I have heard is found in few different ROMs.) It's nothing too major, but it may be enough of a nuisance to get me to switch in the future. We'll see. I do prefer AOKP 4.2.2 over CM 10.1 strictly due to AOKPs level of customization. If you are simply looking for a ROM beyond stock and not necessarily looking for great options and customization, I'd say go with CM 10.1 (If you don't have your heart set on JB 4.3, that is). But my personal favorite of the 3 would have to be AOKP. I have not used this long enough to properly test the battery life compared to CM 10.1.
I hope this helps any noobs like me who are giving flashing roms a thought. Would love to hear what you all are finding for the best speed and battery life. I'll post any updates for roms that I try in the future.
Summary:
Best Battery - CM 10.1
Best Speed - JB 4.3 Barebones
Best Customization - AOKP 4.2.2
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There is an AOSP 4.2.2 ROM by hashcode on xda (search "kindle fire aosp rom") and i have it on my kindle fire. It's really smooth and fast. Come try it out
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Anthony96922 said:
There is an AOSP 4.2.2 ROM by hashcode on xda (search "kindle fire aosp rom") and i have it on my kindle fire. It's really smooth and fast. Come try it out
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I'll check it out thanks! How does battery life compare with the others you've tried? I'll take speed over battery life at this point though. So definitely giving it a shot, thanks!

The battery life is around the same as official CM10.1. The battery lasts a whole day with moderate to heavy usage. Performance is about the same too
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Thanks for starting this thread! I've been trying find a jelly bean rom that doesn't suffer from low memory app crashes. Like when the browser just quits suddenly and drops you to the home screen. So far cm10.1 and the stock roms have this problem pretty equally in my experience. Has aokp or any other rom better handled this issue for you?
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zenihilist said:
Thanks for starting this thread! I've been trying find a jelly bean rom that doesn't suffer from low memory app crashes. Like when the browser just quits suddenly and drops you to the home screen. So far cm10.1 and the stock roms have this problem pretty equally in my experience. Has aokp or any other rom better handled this issue for you?
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Well just as you mention it, BAM! That's exactly what I'm experiencing now with AOKP 4.3. Lots of browser crashes and keyboard issues where it will not pop up. Rom is still a decent bit quick, but I may be looking to downgrade from JB 4.3 to something that won't have minor issues such as browser crashing. Need a good daily driver with good speed and battery life. AOKP 4.2.2 didn't have the browser crashing.
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Jersey846 said:
Well just as you mention it, BAM! That's exactly what I'm experiencing now with AOKP 4.3. Lots of browser crashes and keyboard issues where it will not pop up. Rom is still a decent bit quick, but I may be looking to downgrade from JB 4.3 to something that won't have minor issues such as browser crashing. Need a good daily driver with good speed and battery life. AOKP 4.2.2 didn't have the browser crashing.
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Yeah I recently switched to twa priv's cm9 and so far the only problem I've had is it doesn't sleep quite as deeply. And I can't just let it sit unplugged all day and barely lose any battery like jb roms. Not a huge sacrifice.
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zenihilist said:
Yeah I recently switched to twa priv's cm9 and so far the only problem I've had is it doesn't sleep quite as deeply. And I can't just let it sit unplugged all day and barely lose any battery like jb roms. Not a huge sacrifice.
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Interesting. Going to try giving that one a shot then! Haven't yet found the daily driver. Do you have a link to that version you're running?
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My first (and current) rom is/was CM 10.1(official from cm site).It ran perfectly for about a month, but now its force closing apps, play store(and othe gapps) dont work. Has become really frustrating. Looking forward to a 4.4 rom, if it doesnt come, will install 4.3

androvista said:
My first (and current) rom is/was CM 10.1(official from cm site).It ran perfectly for about a month, but now its force closing apps, play store(and othe gapps) dont work. Has become really frustrating. Looking forward to a 4.4 rom, if it doesnt come, will install 4.3
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Basic question, but have you done a weekly wipe of cache and dalvik cache in recovery? May be worth a shot if it took a month for errors. I always do a cache and dalvik cache wipe once a week on my phone. Seems to keep it running smoothly.
I am also running CM 10.1 now. Really like it so far. Smoothest running rom I've tried for the Kindle.
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I've had my kf for about 3 months and while i haven't flashed them all i have flashed lots of them.
Unfortunately, i haven't found any rom either with or without gapps that have the low memory/ram issue.
I have done lots of searching an just plain tinkering with everything from freezing everything possible in stock roms to only having 2 user apps installed, i.e. dolphin browser and adobe flash player.
The only thing i really want to do is to be able to let my grandson and nefews/nieces watch cartoons on the net, and maybe some simple type kids games. (This way they have their own and dont mess with mine lol)
The games I've found and installed and they work fine, but the memory on this thing is just not capable of even rudimentary multitasking.
Its a damn shame too, because just an extra 50 - 100 mb of ram would make the difference.
Wish i knew how to dev a kernel id look at the big memory kernels on the gnex and see if he same principles could be applied.
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47th_Ronin said:
I've had my kf for about 3 months and while i haven't flashed them all i have flashed lots of them.
Unfortunately, i haven't found any rom either with or without gapps that have the low memory/ram issue.
I have done lots of searching an just plain tinkering with everything from freezing everything possible in stock roms to only having 2 user apps installed, i.e. dolphin browser and adobe flash player.
The only thing i really want to do is to be able to let my grandson and nefews/nieces watch cartoons on the net, and maybe some simple type kids games. (This way they have their own and dont mess with mine lol)
The games I've found and installed and they work fine, but the memory on this thing is just not capable of even rudimentary multitasking.
Its a damn shame too, because just an extra 50 - 100 mb of ram would make the difference.
Wish i knew how to dev a kernel id look at the big memory kernels on the gnex and see if he same principles could be applied.
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I'm not sure if anybody is going to get us a 4.4 rom, but isn't 4.4 supposed to address low ram devices specifically? If so, this may help us out.
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Best ROMs:
SGT7 JellyBean
AOSP
Alien ROM
Worst:
PAC Man
Hellfire
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Jersey846 said:
Basic question, but have you done a weekly wipe of cache and dalvik cache in recovery? May be worth a shot if it took a month for errors. I always do a cache and dalvik cache wipe once a week on my phone. Seems to keep it running smoothly.
I am also running CM 10.1 now. Really like it so far. Smoothest running rom I've tried for the Kindle.
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Hey thanks! Had to fiddle around in COTR for some time...
Never thought I have to do a weekly wipe... Thanks!
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androvista said:
Hey thanks! Had to fiddle around in COTR for some time...
Never thought I have to do a weekly wipe... Thanks!
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No problem! Hope it does the trick for ya. I'm using TWRP and it's fairly easy in that.
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Jersey846 said:
Interesting. Going to try giving that one a shot then! Haven't yet found the daily driver. Do you have a link to that version you're running?
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I found it in the link below in the op. Unfortunately it wasn't as stable as I remembered and I moved on to the latest cm M release. Pretty good so far, but I doubt it fully solves any problems mentioned.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859851
[INDEX] Kindle Fire Development *REVISED*
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Hey thanks again!
I activated halo by mistake but am not able to deactivate it. I went around the while settings panel, but couldn't find an option.
Any ideas
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OK I deactivated it.
Best roms : Energy cm9
SGT 7 jb 4.3.1
Worst ROMs FFICIAL CM10.1
Sgt 7 jb 4.2.2
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Ok I'm quickly tiring of my Kindle running unbearably slow at the benefit of battery life. Which Rom, any version of android, works the best on the Kindle Fire? I'm talking smooth. I'm running 4.3.1 CM 10.2 and I just can't do it anymore. If I have to downgrade to an earlier version of Android I will. I just need faster. I've got a Nexus 10 ordered, but keeping this and want it at it's best. So what's the fastest?

Here is a thanks for speeding up my rom...
Hashcodes cm 11 (deadly amount of free RAM)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591850
TWA privs OmniROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2410112
The rom I use - Fuzz(buttery smooth and tremendous battery life (13 hrs with wifi on ) with about 150 mb free ram always)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266248
I tested all the three rooms, all well.
Make sure you have the latest twrp 2.6.3.1 or you will be bricked.
Good luck
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