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Being a student, and thus a professional procrastinator, i have spent hours and hours and days and days reading forums, flashing things, getting freaked out because i think i've bricked my phone, etc etc...
I think i've hit the motherload re ROMS. The reason why i'm posting this is because it took me over a month of browsing forums in my spare time to find it... DebusROM.
Battery life is amazing - to the point of being irritating if you're TRYING to drain your battery flat for batterystats.bin reset reasons.
Performance is really great too.
I've flashed from Darky 9.5 (awesome, a tad buggy) to Darky v10 RC 5 (not final) (also awesome, a tad more buggy). As amazed as i was when i first experienced a custom ROM's improvement - thats how amazed i am at DebusROM. Fast, best battery life i've ever experienced, and BUG-FREE!
I had a random reboot issue when i first flashed, which made me cautious, however the DebusROM thread supplies a patch which fixes this issue.
Very happy. Hoping to spread the good news, and help DebusROM become as mainstream as Darky or CyanogeMod...
I'd digg to hear what others have experienced using this ROM.
Anything on cards for i9003?
Ask the DebusROM devs
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In my case, battery issue was more related to calibration and kernel than the roms. I can hold 2 to 3 days on a standard (OEM) rom (running JVH now). Only the first "drain" is "quicker", but you HAVE TO totally drain the battery and charge it to 100%, then it's all good!
sidenote: it sounds like (from this great article) that calibration doesn't actually affect battery life, just the correctness of the battery indicator.
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In my case, battery issue was more related to calibration and kernel than the roms. I can hold 2 to 3 days on a standard (OEM) rom (running JVH now). Only the first "drain" is "quicker", but you HAVE TO totally drain the battery and charge it to 100%, then it's all good!
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What are your thoughts on an OEM rom like JVH versus something like CyanogenMod7? I'm curious, as I am also on Bell with an i9000m and had nothing but difficulty with getting a JVH rom to install properly so that I could test it.
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What are your thoughts on an OEM rom like JVH versus something like CyanogenMod7? I'm curious, as I am also on Bell with an i9000m and had nothing but difficulty with getting a JVH rom to install properly so that I could test it.
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imho cm7 is not worth the efford yet, theres no benefit over a good customized samsung rom.
MrGreencastle said:
What are your thoughts on an OEM rom like JVH versus something like CyanogenMod7? I'm curious, as I am also on Bell with an i9000m and had nothing but difficulty with getting a JVH rom to install properly so that I could test it.
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Well, I've used darky's 9.X before GingerBread was out "officially", but I haven't tried CM7 since I don't feel the need to. JVH is faster than Darky's with LagFixes, so it's not "worth" it IMHO
As for issue with switching to JVH, it can be done pretty easely, if your modem is already "fixed" to use any modem others than JL2/KC1 or you'll need to flash a 850Hz compatible modem after you flash JVH (both way are quite simple, but I prefer to have the modem that came with the rom) with ODIN.
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sidenote: it sounds like (from this great article) that calibration doesn't actually affect battery life, just the correctness of the battery indicator.
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Of course it woun't affect battery life, by definition, calibration means "putting the right borders"
Calibrating a sensor won't affect how the monitored system works, only states the REAL Min and Max value
dbraaker said:
imho cm7 is not worth the efford yet, theres no benefit over a good customized samsung rom.
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I'm afraid you are very wrong there are huge improvements in cm7 that you won't find in custom Sammy roms
I'm nowhere near a cm fan boy but i've tried loads of customs and this runs the best battery life could be better but performance can not be beat i didn't wanna rant but I think you are very misinformed
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whats the diference between custom samsung roms and cm7? is darky's a custom sammy rom? what about debusROM? what is?
CM7 is vanilla android - you won't get a whiff of anything Samsung.
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whats the diference between custom samsung roms and cm7? is darky's a custom sammy rom? what about debusROM? what is?
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I was with darkys roms as my daily till I switched to cm7 now the difference is as follows
Darky
Based on factory Sammy roms with some custom code/tweaks
Meaning darky gets 2.2 Sammy rom opens it up cleans it up a bit fiddles here and there and boom one darkys rom
CM7
Is ASOP meaning it is the android untouched by a company i.e SAMMY, HTC etc etc its what you get with a pure Google phone like the G1 for instance
So it has all the stuff you got from Google so ext4 file system as default all the gingerbread bells and whisle like overscroll and what not
It is still customed but there is more coding because things have to be built to work with our beloved sgs hardware as the phone was designed to run Sammy drivers
Hope that was clear enuf and I was accurate its just what I believe is correct if I am wrong someone people educate me
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isn't CM7 still a bit buggy?
Aren't MIUI and CM7 built from scratch?
Tried CM but was depressed by it.
Also had this story, exact same situation. Even got pissed of new GB rom that battery drain was so slow (wanted to reset stats)
Was on 9.5 darky, flashed to RC3. All good, but disappoint compared to proper GB rom.
I'm using Simply Honey now, it's basically thesame to Debusrom, as with Juwe. Looking to try Simply Honey 3.4 or Juwe 4.2 or new Debus, which are all equally awesomeness.
cm7 is reli disappointing. the battery drain is crazy. otherwise will reli stick to it.
now on darky's rc6 and was on rc3 be4 trying miui and cm7.
abcba said:
cm7 is reli disappointing. the battery drain is crazy. otherwise will reli stick to it.
now on darky's rc6 and was on rc3 be4 trying miui and cm7.
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The battery situation is much improved. Most of us now manage a day+ of normal use. If that was the only thing keeping you on the Samsung ROMs, try out the easy new install procedure and see cm7 for yourself again.
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cureently suing Tweaky Rom and works great. No issue/s so far.
thanks for the info
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The battery situation is much improved. Most of us now manage a day+ of normal use. If that was the only thing keeping you on the Samsung ROMs, try out the easy new install procedure and see cm7 for yourself again.
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Thx for the update~ will try later
What is the best rom ?
I would like this to be like a big discussion thread without any fanboyism.
lets start with the 3 most popular firstly Cognition S2 v1.13 secondly Lite'ning Rom v2.2 and finally VillainROM 2.0
i think personally villain rom as the developer is more truthful than cognition developer and it just seems faster i like lite'ning rom but the blue theme with the white icons is not my cup of tea the cognition rom also is fast but the code to make quadrant give highscores without telling us makes me scared if he is hiding more stuff
Lite
I have the Lite´ning 2.2 and I think it rulez!
Stock ROM is the best imo, always was, always will be.
Rooted stock XWKF3, no real issues, I still little point in installing a modified rom (like I did on my desire)
I've only flashed 2 ROMS Lite'ning 1.5 and my current ROM is Cognition 1.13 both are excellent but i have a preference for Cognition,battery life is better, speed and responsiveness are about the same,Android OS issue hasn't gone away completely but has gotten considerably better with Cognition 1.13.
Prefer the romless rom excellent for newbies changes nothing .
But really none of them as a rom as they always have something i dont want or like . So i pick best rom and customize it myself .
jje
Another for rooted stock (2.3.3), though with Chainfire's KG1 kernel. I was running into a few bugs with 2.3.4, so I switched back.
I'll probably switch to Cyanogen down the line, when everything's finalized, and Samsung has since moved on to the Galaxy S whatever.
Until then, from what I've seen, I can't really come up with a good reason to use a custom ROM.
leftovermagic said:
Another for rooted stock (2.3.3), though with Chainfire's KG1 kernel. I was running into a few bugs with 2.3.4, so I switched back.
I'll probably switch to Cyanogen down the line, when everything's finalized, and Samsung has since moved on to the Galaxy S whatever.
Until then, from what I've seen, I can't really come up with a good reason to use a custom ROM.
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superior battery life is just one of many reasons to flash a custom ROM.
I have tried many custom rome and always go back to stock which says it all really.
definitely litening rom!
I like litening, because everything is in one package. But I do think I get a tad bit better battery life on villain, especially when the phone is on standby.
Came from Villian then Lite'ning now I have cognition
I didnt like how the battery life in Lite'ning was awful, otherwise it was pretty sleek but it's not for everyone, it's almost like a "hipster rom" if there was such a term.
For battery life I didnt notice much difference between Villian and Cognition so far, but there wasnt really much difference between Villian and stock rom.
I'll switch to CM when it gets done
Funny on lighting i ran from 4.30 til 18.30 wen i came home.
Made few phone call few sms and stil battery at 91 % arent u using something that drains battery like a mesenger ?
stock kf3, far better than ke7. tried all the customs on here n theres nothing to see really, definatley not yet any ways. you gotta realize tho that this phone is still a baby, give it a few months and itll be a different story
VilliamROM, great banter in the thread, helpful dev, and I find has top notch battery life.
I have used tons of roms in my previous device (Milestone), any you can think off, and got very used to MIUI. I miss a MIUI version for the Galaxy SII (its probablyt coming soon). IMHO, MIUI is the only rom I ever found that really improved the phone usability through radical, but very well thought, changes in the UI. And, at least for the Milestone, it was rock solid and improved battery life even with the phone overclocked to 1GHz on the "ondemand" CPU governor. However, i9100 is so fast I am even considering underclocking (first time ever).
Cognition doesn't use cheat script (angelom roms and first litening where using it) so don't post misleading things.
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I'm rockin Exynos rom from V1. It's really closin in on the rest. The developer of the rom has a great clean thread with detailed changelogs and installation files/guides. Keep an eye on this rom!
dery1990 said:
I'm rockin Exynos rom from V1. It's really closin in on the rest. The developer of the rom has a great clean thread with detailed changelogs and installation files/guides. Keep an eye on this rom!
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You should try Exynos v2.4, it is incredible.
stock is better for me.
So, I'm toying with the idea of flashing CM7.1 RC1 to my i9020t
currently it's on stock 2.3.4 + netarchy stable, it runs very smooth like silk after some manual optimization.
most games runs really nice, but there are still a few that are laggy, so i was planning to check out CM7.1 RC1 to see if it runs any better.
However, there were old reports of issues with the CM7 and missing features, etc, etc, or some other that reported CM7 being even slower than 2.3.4 stock, so i'm not so sure if i want to spend all that time flashing stuff around
I only flash stable version of ROMs as i have limited free time, and can't really afford to be jumping back and forth between versions, as the little mods and tweaks, and customization takes several hours most of the time, and it's very time consuming, yet not something i can afford in a busy day.
It just happens today is a nice day to flash a ROM
anyways... here goes nothing...
starting with a Nandroid Backup before I mess around with CM7.1
the stability is not at the same level. With CM7, my phone would reboot on it's own every other day. Car home would lock the screen rotation, requiring a reboot. some of the features are nice, like the per permission restricting of apps. The debug code being enabled will cause (for me anyways) a heavier battery drain. I prefer stock with root.
I'm retesting CM7 because of the failure of 2.3.6 to fix a major bug and in the process introduce more issues. I'll probably role back to 2.3.4.
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i finally got time to flash it today, so i'll keep an eye on it for the next few days, to see how stable or unstable it is
CM 7.1 RC1 + netarchy 1.3.7 cfs @ 1300
and also i'll have to keep an eye on the battery drain
the stock 2.3.4 + netarchy was very good
REVIEW conclussion
so far only 1 non-random reboot, it was actually caused by an app, that was force closed.
however performance wise, as i feared, CM7.1 RC1 is quite a bit slower than stock 2.3.4
Games laggs way more in CM7.1 RC1 than on stock, even with all the CM7.1 eye candies and customization disabled / enabled it was the same result.
Also battery life was extremely bad!, as in you can actually see the % numbers drop in front of your eyes, as you run Apps / Games on the phone even with the charger plugged in!
on stock the numbers will go up, not down, when the charger is plugged.
yes, this pretty much means, i'll be going back to stock sometimes later today when i get some time to re-flash the whole thing again.
I'll be looking forward to try CM7.1 final / stable when and if all the CM team have settle up with their daily life to go back to normal and make the project go forward again, until then, i'm not planning to waste more time with CM7.1
Don't give up until you've run it with the Trinity TUV10 kernel.
hmm... it's worth a shot
heck might as well, lets see how the CM7.1 RC1 + Trinity plays together.
according to what i read already on the topic, seems like it'll be a disaster for battery life
but if performance is good and fluid, i think i can over look that.
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well CM7.1 RC1 + Trinity TUV10 certainly makes a much better combo than Netarchy
using Trinity, even the heaviest of games runs smooth without jitters (very important for racing games, or shooting games)
the most impressive thing is that it's doing all that at stock clock speed of 1 Ghz while Netarchy at 1.3 Ghz was struggling.
Unfortunately on the Battery side of things, it's still just as power hungry as any other custom ROMs, although not as bad as Netarchy.
well... i guess i'll be hanging on to CM7 RC1 for a while longer, at least things are playable now
Poor battery life is a common complain after flashing a new ROM (and wiping 9 months of battery stats). Give it a few days to rebuild the battery history, and see if it's more to your liking.
I would try one of the newer nigthlies they are quite better than rc1
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the nightlies are better than RC1, that is for sure. a lot more work has been done since RC1. also, i recommend the latest Trinity TEUV kernel--> http://goo.gl/roLqV its at 880mhz, feels like 1.2ghz, its gpu is overclocked to 240mhz, and its undervolted. so its very fast and its great on your battery life. and it goes well with the latest cm
If you like the almost stock stable and fast try GPA 17 by peteralfonso.
Not much in the customization department but a great rom
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Kraenesk said:
If you like the almost stock stable and fast try GPA 17 by peteralfonso.
Not much in the customization department but a great rom
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Yes sir! The best there is.
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Kraenesk said:
If you like the almost stock stable and fast try GPA 17 by peteralfonso.
Not much in the customization department but a great rom
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Link please?
Question, if I install a CM7 nightlies ROM or a different ROM and wanna install a kernel like Trinity and then do a nandroid backup after that I'd be able to do it even if I installed a ROM besides CM7 like NSCollab or SuperCM7 right? And how would the order go, wipe > flash rom > flash kernel > do nandroid backup before restarting the phone? Thanks.
In my experience the RC version of. M7 is much less buggier than nightlies. I'd get random reboots, apps freaking out and BA battery life. Been on cm7 RC for 3 days now with not a single reboot. I'm also using the stock kernel that comes with it.
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And I do feel like CM7 RC1 on my Nexus S is slower than CM7 on my MT4G for whatever reason...I honestly just don't get that and friggin why...it's the friggin S and a Hummingbird in there, it can't be that much worse if it is then the 2nd gen 1ghz Snapdragon in the MT4G. My MT4G was blazing fast and had nice battery life in regards to an Android phone...but ugh CM7 on my S is kinda laggy sometimes and battery life is a disaster. I need a reccomendation for a really fast vanilla ROM to flash. Always loved CM and it's never disappointed me until now. I just don't get it, I mean I thought the battery life on my Nexus One was terrible but it's draining even faster on my S.
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And I do feel like CM7 RC1 on my Nexus S is slower than CM7 on my MT4G for whatever reason...I honestly just don't get that and friggin why...it's the friggin S and a Hummingbird in there, it can't be that much worse if it is then the 2nd gen 1ghz Snapdragon in the MT4G. My MT4G was blazing fast and had nice battery life in regards to an Android phone...but ugh CM7 on my S is kinda laggy sometimes and battery life is a disaster. I need a reccomendation for a really fast vanilla ROM to flash. Always loved CM and it's never disappointed me until now. I just don't get it, I mean I thought the battery life on my Nexus One was terrible but it's draining even faster on my S.
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RC1 is super outdated..... try the latest nightly.
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Kraenesk said:
If you like the almost stock stable and fast try GPA 17 by peteralfonso.
Not much in the customization department but a great rom
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+1
The most stable out there .. not on the performance side or customization but smooth and stable as hell
Okay, so I was on official ICS, several actually. I kept hoping one would prove not to have the Super Brick bug. It seems nobody knows, still.
After working myself into a panic worried I would do something normal and suddenly have a brick on my hands, I flashed back to Gingerbread 2.3.6, Europe Open version (XXLA4). I decided to stick with Touchwiz launcher
After messing around with ICS and several different launchers I guess I had forgotten how smooth the stock is.
Apps are now opening and closing fast, the scrolling in the launcher is super smooth and overall, the phone is working very well. It's like a new machine!
It could help that now that I'm on a safe kernel, I've wiped data and basically started new, but I'm very impressed.
I still wish ICS would come out from Samsung with an announced fixed version. I miss the resizing of widgets and the ICS Voice to text engine. It really is much better.
I would rather feel safe in operating the phone, however, and give up those small ICS features I'm missing.
Has anybody else done the same? What do you think?
Just use Franco kernel or Speedmod kernel for your stock ICS rom and you'll have a "safe" kernel.
Or flash CM9 rom.
Since you are on GB, you can flash a CM9 rom and be perfectly fine easily.
I have to agree alittle with you , always when i reflash to a stock rooted gb, i always feel WOW its so smooth, but thats until i start installing all my apps i use.
I must say that batterylife is better for me on ICS, dunno why.
BTW, is there any significant speed difference between stock ICS (LPY for instance) and CM9? I'm on LPY and Franco r5 and even when overclocking to 1.6 GHz I haven't noticed any speed change.
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BTW, is there any significant speed difference between stock ICS (LPY for instance) and CM9? I'm on LPY and Franco r5 and even when overclocking to 1.6 GHz I haven't noticed any speed change.
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I've not tried CM9.
Currently its in nightlies but even still from past experiences with stock rom vs cm7 etc i got noticable stability and speed increases. different phones and roms though but generally the idea still applies.
Can't understand all the drama about the ICS update. I just installed mine OTA as instructed, installed Apex Launcher and I couldn't be happier. Everything seems a little smoother too.
Stock email widget works a treat (7x7 grid and above) and with the Smooth Calender widget I am in home screen heaven. Leaves TW on both Gingerbread and ICS.
Just gone from a great phone to a fantastic phone for my needs
I on the other hand still stick with GB right know.
I'm planning to flash CM9 this weekend.
Because I'm getting bored with GB, everyone seems already tried ICS.
I was waiting official save kernel from Samsung, but I just cannot wait anymore to try the ICS.
I will try CM9 mod first I guess, although Franco and CF kernel already release their 'safe' kernel but I still a bit worried since we're not yet sure if there's other reason of the hardbrick
Also back on GB stock with root
I have to agree with this that stock GB is alot more stable than ICS and smoother aswell.
I have tried nearly all the stock ICS releases and all the custom roms based on stock ICS that are in the development forum. Also tried with different kernel combinations and both full wipe / no wipe. Initially most of it seems great then you start using a few apps and it all goes downhill from there.
So GB ftw (well atleast till I get that flashing craving again)
Hi,
Using stock ICS update, had a bricked device after my inability to read, read, read, read & read more, lucky enough to find a solution (not able to disclose, not a technical solution - retail) I use Apex pro launcher & all runs like a dream.
Run chainfires got brickbug? & not happy x19. Rooting may have to wait, confidence bit dented (rooted & flashed my last HTC units & my SG2)
Will read, read & read for a while longer yet.
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I also don't understand the complaints for official ICS, I have updated mine and everything is running smooth...there seems to be a problem for people who did not factory reset before upgrading?
i had a lot of restarts - over and over again
i unplugged my battery and it kept happening
since upgrading to ICS - its quite a lot better but still sometimes i get the restarting issue - battery life on ICS is ok - maybe a bit worse than GB
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i had a lot of restarts - over and over again
i unplugged my battery and it kept happening
since upgrading to ICS - its quite a lot better but still sometimes i get the restarting issue - battery life on ICS is ok - maybe a bit worse than GB
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For the restart thing, there maybe an apk which is incompatible? I had this problem after installing several apks from the market when I was on GB once and did a factory reset to solve it.
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I also don't understand the complaints for official ICS, I have updated mine and everything is running smooth...there seems to be a problem for people who did not factory reset before upgrading?
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I wasn't complaining about ICS. In fact, I really liked it. Especially the additional widgets, and the voice search improvements.
I was just paranoid that something I did in everybody function would cause the super brick bug. While people seem to thinkI they know what triggers it and what doesn't, we just don't know for sure.
So for me, I'm staying on GB until Samsung admits and fixes the emmc bug.
Back to GB for me too.
I agree with the OP, I have gone back to GB.
For me the advantages of ICS do not outweigh the stabilty of GB.
ICS:
I lost 40-50% battery life but I gained Chrome ( a little bit buggy but good nonetheless). I also ran the risk with the EMMC bug.
GB : I get my battery life back again, have to use the standard browser but at least I can't brick my phone.
I use the note quite heavily for the web, notes, email and following tweets. It has become an excellent companion and I really don't want to lose it just for the sake of running the latest OS.
I have enough patience to wait until an "official" patch comes out that can repair the bug. After such times I will go back to trying the various ROMs on the site.
Me too recently on ICS Dxlp9 now back to more safer ROM stock GB 2.3.6 unrooted! loving it! gonna miss the resizble widgets and those new features but its worth to wait LOVE MY NOTE
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I'm back to stock UK XEU LA4 rom and all the better for it. The stability of GB definately outweighs the few advantages (that I've experienced anyway) with ICS.
My main issues with stock UK XEU ICS where
1/ Bluetooth connectivity problems with my car Nissan Connect system
2/ Adobe Flash player was unstable & some websites I frequent didn't work properly at all
3/ Screen responsiveness reduced
4/ Battery life was worse
heading back to gb too. Cant find any reason for using ics. and tw is so ugly. Waiting for the official Miui
I tried LPY and didnt like it - battery life awful and unpredictable then reverted back to GB - I think I will keep it this way until a much better ICS is available maybe CM9?
Likewise I've gone back from XXLQ2 to XXLA6. There wasn't enough good new stuff in the Touchwiz version of ICS to outweigh the battery drain and keyboard problems. And I did do a full wipe before flashing.
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Can't understand all the drama about the ICS update. I just installed mine OTA as instructed, installed Apex Launcher and I couldn't be happier. Everything seems a little smoother too.
Stock email widget works a treat (7x7 grid and above) and with the Smooth Calender widget I am in home screen heaven. Leaves TW on both Gingerbread and ICS.
Just gone from a great phone to a fantastic phone for my needs
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Main issues people have are:
1) TWizzed ICS is a horrible disappointment compared to an actual ICS experience. Samsung basically reverted half of ICS to a legacy Gingerbread UI.
2) Samsung did a ****-poor job of software quality control with their ICS releases. It's utterly stupid that the launcher force closes if you debloat unrelated apps - but that has been the case since the first I9100 ICS release. (There's a reason most custom firmwares use Apex instead of TWLauncher.)
3) Last but not least - Samsung has had a latent defect in the eMMC chips shipped in nearly all of their Exynos-based handsets up till now, and the kernel developers for the SPH-D710, SGH-I777, SHW-M250S/K/L, and GT-N7000 were stupid enough to enable the trigger condition for a known and documented MMC chip bug. The I9100 kernel development team was smart enough to remove MMC_CAP_ERASE from the MSHCI driver or not enable it in the first place.
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I also don't understand the complaints for official ICS, I have updated mine and everything is running smooth...there seems to be a problem for people who did not factory reset before upgrading?
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In general - if you perform a wipe data/factory reset on any stock ICS kernel, you run a significant chance of permanently trashing your phone's internal storage.
It's a MAJOR bug that Samsung should NEVER have allowed to go out the door.
Hi
Currently Im on Cyanogenmod 7.2.0 RC1 nightly 414 and while OK, the other day it had a HORRIBLE (unbearable) slowdown period. Even multiple restarts didnt help. Finally it seems it fixed itself but Ive looking for something new. I use Go Launcher if that makes any difference. Im into speed but I think Im going to go with stable over speed this time.
What ROM do you recommend? Also nothing broken (automatically discards all CM9 ROMs)
If you are into Sense UI, go for Virtuous ROM, stock ROM tweaked + enhancements. If CM7 works if you are into vanilla ROMs.
I have been using virtuous glite 2.0.1 its stable I had no issues at all and I get great battery life, plus its slightly overclocked. Gslim1.6 is also very good but I had better battery life with glite. Both roms are based on GB 2.3.4. Here is a good rom index thread it lists all G2-Desire Z roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493365
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rand0m_insanity said:
If you are into Sense UI
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You cannot say "Sense", "stable" and "speed" in the same sentence.
ACHILLES R32 said:
I have been using virtuous glite 2.0.1 its stable I had no issues at all and I get great battery life, plus its slightly overclocked. Gslim1.6 is also very good but I had better battery life with glite. Both roms are based on GB 2.3.4. Here is a good rom index thread it lists all G2-Desire Z roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493365
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Yes, Im aware of the list but I wanted user feedback.
(Im not talking to any of you or anyone else Dont take this the wrong way at all as it is not a insult to any of you). Its funny: People ***** (a lot) when their ROMs go bad but when they are great, they dont say anything at all.
WOW G-lite is VERY old...
and i like ROMs with features; stripped down versions are not for me
sound like you will be most happy with elitemod, the cm7 based rom although i have been testing out nik3r's ics rom and like it better than most ics roms, i would go with his gingerbread rom. should be all you are looking for and great support from nik3r as well
Are you looking for a gingerbread or ics rom?
riahc3 said:
WOW G-lite is VERY old...
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Damn I'm still happily running it! If it works great why worry how old it is. It's a testament to how well it works as it sits. anyways I'm waiting for a stable cyanogen 9. Then maybe, frankly I don't want to mess with it too much I want plain Android and I can customize it from there
riahc3 said:
You cannot say "Sense", "stable" and "speed" in the same sentence.
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I don't think you have tried much of the Sense ROMs back then, or maybe you were doing something wrong. I have had quite a few stable and fast sense ROMs. Of course they were not as fast as vanilla ones, but it works, knowing that you are the type who wants more features in ROMs.
riahc3 said:
What ROM do you recommend? Also nothing broken (automatically discards all CM9 ROMs)
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Have you tried a CM9 Rom lately? Don't let the Beta name scare you, I have found the latest andromadus audacity extremely reliable, and everything works. I actually think it has less bugs then my stock htc GB rom.
demkantor said:
sound like you will be most happy with elitemod, the cm7 based rom although i have been testing out nik3r's ics rom and like it better than most ics roms, i would go with his gingerbread rom. should be all you are looking for and great support from nik3r as well
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Same, though I'm still tweaking my SetCPU settings and such, I like EliteMod's ICS rom the most right now particularly in terms of features and responsiveness. I was trying the unofficial CM9beta13 for a couple days and that thing was eating battery like no-body's business. EliteMod seems to be much more tweaked as it's the same setup Nik3r is using for his own personal Desire-Z.
But far as stability goes, I would agree that going with a Ginger rom would be the best bet, ICS right now is still too experimental in my opinion.
I've never tried the CM7 version of EliteMod, only the official CM 7.2.0 which was ok-ish for me. The EliteMod ICS Rom to me feels much faster and responsive than even the stock CM7rom, and I much prefer QuickPix app the EliteMod uses over that slow-arse Gallery app in CM7.
I would recommend andromadus mimicry (ics) its pretty stable and everything works (for me at least). It has the ics specific flaws like scrambled text in app drawer but launcher restart fixes it. Using this rom for 2 weeks and had this text issue 1 time. Battery is good also
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You should try Elitemod cm7 it has never failed me, all the features you need, speed and stabiity plus amaizing battery life. If you wanna go ICS get the cm9 elitemod, but it is still a bit buggy.
I tried a lot of roms, and I always came back to ILWT CM7 (not new versions). Sense roms are quite good but not on Desire Z (too small amount of ram memory, multitasking on sense roms are poor - even on sense 2.1 roms with supercharger script). I waiting for stable CM9 (and yes i tried all versions of CM9 but text glitches and manually change apn to send/receives mms, makes me nervous).
That is only my subjective opinion
Anything CM7 based is very stable. Probably the most stable of all. Stay away from CM9 or anything ICS on this phone for another few months in terms of stability.
decompleter said:
Anything CM7 based is very stable. Probably the most stable of all. Stay away from CM9 or anything ICS on this phone for another few months in terms of stability.
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I can only vouch for my own experiences but I find cm9 very stable, perfect for a daily.
jessv3 said:
I can only vouch for my own experiences but I find cm9 very stable, perfect for a daily.
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Going to install the Beta14 right now, the ALPHA 1 month ago had a lot of issues... but that was 1 month ago. Will post back...
Try Quadrasense! Not true that rom based on CM9 is not stable....
Quadrasense is very fast and stable
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For most stable overall rom I would recommend the latest ILWT CM7. For most stable ICS rom I would recommend the Andromadus Mimicry rom.