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Too soon?
Midnote seems to have everything working from the getgo...fullroot...all features. Just stuck at 1200 speed.
Don't know about the others.
I'll be flashing the chainfire repack this weekend...
Hahahaha was just about to post the same question. Would love cm9 as I had that on my sgs2
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All current stable ics leaks are clocked at 1.2
Swyped from the white galaxy note. You're jealous, it's ok.
LAGGY LAG!
I would be pretty much interested in the following: What is your guys experience with the well known lag of the note? After several weeks using a rom the note gets pretty laggy after standby sessions...evertime I unlock my note I have to wait a few seconds, until an app starts. This happened to me with stock & several RocketRoms & Kernels and I found many people sharing these experiences.
Will this change with ICS?
brooon said:
I would be pretty much interested in the following: What is your guys experience with the well known lag of the note? After several weeks using a rom the note gets pretty laggy after standby sessions...evertime I unlock my note I have to wait a few seconds, until an app starts. This happened to me with stock & several RocketRoms & Kernels and I found many people sharing these experiences.
Will this change with ICS?
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I've been using Chainfire's repack for a couple days and it's sped everything up immensely. There's still the dead minor stutter with scrolling in some apps, but all in all it's definitely a huge change.
I'll probably flash Rocket's 1.5 now that the SMemo is working and has the stock ICS messaging app, but is devoid of most of the bloat.
Gonna see if HW acceleration still brings everything up to snuff with a deodex'd rom, too.
Thanks DarkShot666! You´ve mentioned the stock messaging app, one more question in this context: I haven´t read anything about the calendar...are we able to use the stock cal as well or am I still bound to the S-Planner (which I kind of dislike in comparison to the beautiful ICS one )? I didn´t give the memo integration in the calendar one single shot, don´t need it (yet)...
I've been using ICS since the chinese leak came out. First I used that and then, when Team Rocket ROM came out, I switched to that and have been using it since.
I also have used ICS CM9 alpha by maui for about a week as a daily driver.
All in all, there is a serious speed boost and everything looks nicer (IMO), yet there are also still bugs. The most notable for me is lack of "use wireless networks" setting for GPS location. At the moment the only GPS app I use is Foursquare (since my car is in service now, so no navigation for a while), and I have troubles locking on to GPS. It takes forever (meaning it takes minutes) and sometimes doesn't lock at all. This is in contrast to CM9 alpha I tried before, which would give me a quite good location in a few seconds.
The calendar is ICS stock, I think.. At least it looks like that.
What I don't really like is that there is no stock "contacts" and "dialer". It's a personal preference, of course, but I really like the ICS original apps, especially contacts and phone, which give you hi-res full-screen pic of the person calling. This one doesn't.
All in all, if I compare GB on Note to ICS on Note, ICS is definitely faster, smoother and generally way better. You have to suffer a few bugs and a few Force Closes here and there, at least for now..
If I compare the new leaked ROM and custom ROMs based on that with the CM9 build by maui, I must say that CM9 definitely would win if it didn't have the current major problems like camera not working and a bit more FCs than on leaked one. CM9 alpha seemed smoother and cleaner, it also had stock AOSP ICS apps and for the GPS issue - CM9 locked on almost instantly (2-10 sec, even indoors), way faster than any ROM on GB I tried, it also seemed to have a bit smoother animations and effects. One notable example would be when pinch-zoom-out is used in browser. If you watch a demo/review of proper ICS (for example, Galaxy Nexus) where you can see pinch-zooming in browser, when you zoom out, the previous full screen stays visible as a block, yet the new zoomed-out portion is not yet visible. When releasing fingers, the non-visible area fades smoothly to readable text. (hard to describe, so just watch a video if you don't understand what I mean). In CM9 Note does this, but in the new leak it doesn't fade - the area just suddenly appears.
To sum it up, I'm not going back to GB anymore, using Team Rocket ROM now but waiting eagerly for a new release of CM9 by maui.
try the leaked rom ,, its fine and working good and smoth
I've tried Chainfire repack and Midnote. I prefer Midnote - it solved a few things like apps update on every reboot, notification bar prompting for updates and the fingerprint changed to N7000 instead of I9220.
Midnote is the choice! Definitely!
Gona start flashing soon! But im gonna wait for a few weeks for a stable ics rom
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midnote 2.0 running for two days. no issue at all.even some games are working that was not working on gb rom.
MidNote definitely. I tried RR 1.4, 1.5 & Midnote and Midnote was smoother by a mile. Stuff just works too. GPS, Bluetooth, Camera, Videorecorder, Market, Dialer, etc. I did make a bunch of mods, removing apps, adding others e.g. video player (instead of second gallery) Titanium backup also works awesomely.
BTW anyone thinking about coming from GB to ICS DO NOT USE CWM TO FLASH AN ICS ROM OR KERNEL. You must use Mobile Odin or PC Odin (careful of PC version it will raise your binary counter & give you triangle) or else you will not obtain complete root, and it will be a headache and a half to reflash backwards then forwards again.
If you haven't tried it yet here's a video I recorded yesterday showing how smooth Midnote is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v-EomtcS8g&context=C39a7de5ADOEgsToPDskIZbCCmZPM8mIA8w0m27pF4
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midnote 2.0 running for two days. no issue at all.even some games are working that was not working on gb rom.
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Can you give an example of this? Do you mean games that previously couldn't be installed can now be installed?
Thought I'd update.
I haven't tried MidNote so I can't compare but I've been running RR 1.5 and it's fantastic.
Buttery smooth and everything works as intended. Using ADW EX has never been more enjoyable. Used Titanium to remove a lot that I didn't need as well as restore everything and it works without a hitch. I've had solid performance on Wifi too. Bluetooth does seem a touch fickle but that too could be attributed to a low battery on my MBW-150.
The only issues I've had thus far would be that you can't set a wallpaper with forced HW acceleration on and the resolution is reduced when setting the lockscreen wallpaper for some odd reason. Nothing overly major though.
I might try MidNote if I'm really in the mood, but for now I'm pleased with how it's all set up.
I have been using the imilka's TOM and so far I haven't had any big problems. Of course there are some major and minor bugs to be fixed but the de is working really fast on this rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1516515
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I have been using the imilka's TOM and so far I haven't had any big problems. Of course there are some major and minor bugs to be fixed but the de is working really fast on this rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1516515
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yup i would have to agree with him. this rom is by far the closest we can get to cm9 or stock ics. it does have minor bugs such as usb file transfer and video player, and few extras, but everything else works flawlessly. camera works, all other apps work, faceunlock, etc, very fast and smooth. he has even made a flashable zip that can transform the note into an actual tablet form. he had some bugs in version 1, but he fixed them in version 2 (and i must say, the developer is really fast). although there are fc bugs in tablet form, but i'm sure he's going to fix them in the next day or two.
i tried cm9 for couple of days, but the lack of camera, usb mount, and some others took me off it.
before imilka's rom, i was on romow v1 ics. it worked pretty well. but as its not really full clean aosp ics, i couldn't deal with it. although it is pretty much ics themed, except the dialer, messaging, and contacts. but it is smooth and stable nonetheless. faceunlock works, which is really cool.
all other roms (midnote, rocket, etc) i can't deal with. the themes are all kinda "in your face" and i hate that. not really sure about the smoothness and stability on those so can't really comment on that as i havent flashing them really. (maybe once or twice to see how it is, but quickly restored to original rom)
by the way, i hope the devs don't take offense. a little criticism never hurts, and opinions matter
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BTW anyone thinking about coming from GB to ICS DO NOT USE CWM TO FLASH AN ICS ROM OR KERNEL. You must use Mobile Odin or PC Odin (careful of PC version it will raise your binary counter & give you triangle) or else you will not obtain complete root, and it will be a headache and a half to reflash backwards then forwards again.
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on a side note, follow this guide if your coming from GB http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1509703
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BTW anyone thinking about coming from GB to ICS DO NOT USE CWM TO FLASH AN ICS ROM OR KERNEL. You must use Mobile Odin or PC Odin (careful of PC version it will raise your binary counter & give you triangle) or else you will not obtain complete root, and it will be a headache and a half to reflash backwards then forwards again.
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I used redpill recovery to install midnote - worked great, and I didn't have to mess about with odin.
The step by step instructions in the midnote thread were brilliant.
midnote 2.0 for me is smooth and fast for me, fix some of issue that repack has, weird that they are some minor force close at first few boots after flash, then they are gone later. although fixed at 1.2ghz, it definitely smoother than GB clocked at 1.6ghz... havent tried rocket rom yet, but midnote 2.0 is great for me
Hi guys,
I've been a longtime lurker here, and avid Android fan for sometime now every since I purchased my Nexus One. I've used CM and MiUI and all, but now am looking for a stable ICS ROM which can be used as a daily use ROM with ICS.
I'm currently on MiUI 2.3.2 (tried 2.3.9 but it seems to really be very unstable for me) which seems to work fine if not for the random reboots and errors from time to time, not to mention I can't seem to get the SD to mount when the cable's connected to my PC.
Long story short, which ROM would you guys recommend? I'd love to have CM, but since they're not supporting ICS versions for the N1, I'd have to live with others.
(if I'm just repeating earlier threads, please feel free to point me there and perhaps we can close this thread)
Thanks!
TexasIce or MeDroid
Both roms are in an alpha stage but quite stable and good enough as a daily driver for weeks now.
Medroid:
- More "Cyanogen"
- A bit faster and a bit more stable (imho)
TexasIce:
- "vanilla experience"
- Awesome kernel work
Thanks Pommes.
I was leaning towards Medroid myself, but seems like there's some controversy/drama going on there with the dev, and was wondering about the continuity of it.
As I've not blackrose-d my Nexus One, I'd assume that's something I'd have to do first, yeah? I've no need to be bleeding edge in terms of updates, but just would like to have my phone being able to update and not random reboot from performing any number of things.
Samuaz's laptop is dead and zyrex tried to sell the ROM, but Samuaz later posted the link to download it. Mods have locked all of his ICS threads, even the medroid discussion thread I created. The future of that ROm is very dim, but Timbit (and possibly Zyrex) try their best to continue its development here: http://code.google.com/p/nexusone-medroid-ics/downloads/list
dk_zero-cool is a notable developer for the HTC Bravo (Desire) and has made a very good ICS ROM for it. It seems to be based on CM9. He doesn't have a Nexus One to develop on, but since the Desire and Nexus One are practically twins, it shouldn't differ that much.
Texasice is another development god when it comes to bringing ICS for us in his/evervolv team's version. It's not stock ICS or CM9, it's their "remix" of it which looks really nice.
As far as I'm concerned, these are all daily drivers, depending on what you need for a days use of your Nexus One. If you absolutely must have a fully working camera, then none of these ROMs are daily drivers for you. If you accept that there are bugs and that the camera isn't working 100%, then all of these are daily drivers. I personally recommend either texasice's version or dk_zero-cool's version.
I saw dk zero's so smooth and working camera preview now
Sent from my ICS Nexus One
There's also MIUI ICS that's stable enough. Haven't yet flashed camera fix patch recently released upon that rom, but I heard it can fix camera preview too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479348
Sent from my Nexus One
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I saw dk zero's so smooth and working camera preview now
Sent from my ICS Nexus One
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Thanks for this feedback, trying to flash dk zero's version now, having to Blackrose my device first which mean I have to flash a non ICS version as I can't USB mount my phone.
Quite an adventure just to have to work around as I had did a full phone wipe and lost my recovery in the process, in addition to MiUI reset wipe which seemed to have hung and I had to remove the batt to get it restarted.
Just set the custom blackrose partitions and hopefully can start flashing dkZero's version with hopefully a working camera preview as you've mentioned!
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There's also MIUI ICS that's stable enough. Haven't yet flashed camera fix patch recently released upon that rom, but I heard it can fix camera preview too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479348
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Thanks for the update, however after all the issues I've had with MiUI the last week or so and then switching from 2.3.2 to 2.3.9 and having to restore back to 2.3.2 as the latter was too messed up on my device, I think I'd rather wait till there's a more advanced RC or stable version before attempting to flash it again.
Not to mention, I'd forgotten why I'd shy-ed away from MiUI in the past, too iPhone-ish of a UI (yeah a change of launcher might help, but I'll give this other ROM a try)
I've been using medroidmod daily - however the microphone isn't working anymore (for the past two days) - so I'm struggling to rebuild it.
I have so far been unable to get Bravo ICS to install. I have blackrose with 16mb cache partition, and m2sd packaged with Bravo is not redirecting it to SD no matter what i do, and 16 is not enough for ICS.
At this point i am tempted to go to CyanogenMod 7.2 - daily struggle with ICS is wearing me out.
DK's is AWESOME....best ICS for N1 and its not close.....super smooth and great battery
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I've been using medroidmod daily - however the microphone isn't working anymore (for the past two days) - so I'm struggling to rebuild it.
I have so far been unable to get Bravo ICS to install. I have blackrose with 16mb cache partition, and m2sd packaged with Bravo is not redirecting it to SD no matter what i do, and 16 is not enough for ICS.
At this point i am tempted to go to CyanogenMod 7.2 - daily struggle with ICS is wearing me out.
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Of all the ICS I think texasice rom is good one as its stable but as theshawty mentioned it gives vanilla experience. DK's rom is more inclined to CM9 and its just cool. Got into bootloop initially but after tweaking settings in memory management, I dont get any reboots. Battery is good and rom is smooth. You can try dk IMHO.
If you want something stable, do NOT use ICS. Simple.
Ive used both medroid and bravo, I think medroid 1.4.2 was very stable with alot of customization, I didn't personally have problems with the mic but I know others did, and Ive also used Bravo so far it has been fantastic for me so far, the dev behind it aswell is very responsive and gets things fixed quickly, the only draw back is the lack of customization between bravo and medroid, I just feel like i'm missing 80% of the options and tweeks i'm able to do with bravo.
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If you want something stable, do NOT use ICS. Simple.
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Well, texasice's ICS and dk's are surprisingly stable.
Medroid 1.44 is smoth and stable. It already includes the last camera fix and a few other updates.
Non-HWA ICS Roms where always stable for me.
On HWA Roms I always had sleep of dead issues(phone freezing a few times a day), but I'm running Medroid 1.4.3(with camera preview fix flashed) now for a few days without problems.
HWA uses a lot of memory, so that could be a problem in the long run.
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If you want something stable, do NOT use ICS. Simple.
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Well, I was on CM7.1 for what seems like an eternity (used to switch ROMs quite frequently at one point) but figured its time to test drive some ICS stuff and as long as it isn't constantly random rebooting, and crashing. Its stable enough for me!
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DK's rom is more inclined to CM9 and its just cool. Got into bootloop initially but after tweaking settings in memory management, I dont get any reboots. Battery is good and rom is smooth. You can try dk IMHO.
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yeah, trying to get dk's ROM installed on my N1, just having to work through some issues I'm facing which is messing up with the install.
You should use 4ext, then you don't have any install problems.
Bud I had problem s after recover all my apps. Only dalvik and cache wipe has cleard this problems (endless boot without cache wipe?!)
BCM is very smoth but without the stock email app (i need exchange for my job) it is not realy usable. After install it (stok email app, not gmail), i had a huge battery drain. Charge via USB was not possible (whats wrong!!!), battery is discharging...
Then I went back to medroid 1.44. Medroid is not so smoth like BCM (why not???) but with Nova Louncher (not with stock) it runs very well. The best ist ScreenState works realy but you have for both cases set the CPU governor to SMARTASSV2 (or onother stats but whitout ondemand, that is very bad)
BCm is very very smoth, like CM7, but batterie drain on my phone was frightening!
An other problem is wlan, higher than channel 11 seems not to work (i had test channel 12 to 13, channel 9 does not work also, all othed channels are busy)
PS. I have unfortunately not possible to post in the corresponding post.
bin12345 said:
You should use 4ext, then you don't have any install problems.
Bud I had problem s after recover all my apps. Only dalvik and cache wipe has cleard this problems (endless boot without cache wipe?!)
BCM is very smoth but without the stock email app (i need exchange for my job) it is not realy usable. After install it (stok email app, not gmail), i had a huge battery drain. Charge via USB was not possible (whats wrong!!!), battery is discharging...
Then I went back to medroid 1.44. Medroid is not so smoth like BCM (why not???) but with Nova Louncher (not with stock) it runs very well. The best ist ScreenState works realy but you have for both cases set the CPU governor to SMARTASSV2 (or onother stats but whitout ondemand, that is very bad)
BCm is very very smoth, like CM7, but batterie drain on my phone was frightening!
An other problem is wlan, higher than channel 11 seems not to work (i had test channel 12 to 13, channel 9 does not work also, all othed channels are busy)
PS. I have unfortunately not possible to post in the corresponding post.
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There is a fix for battery drain in BCM ROM. Review this post for a file FOTA kill http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23951371&postcount=202
TexasICE's ICS ROM is the most stable, there is a camera patch floating around. You may flash both of them and enjoy ICS without missing any feature.
Hi guys,
Well, I am stuck to my milestone 2 since there aren't any keyboard-slider phones in available in germany, that's really sad.
Also I am thinking about which ROM you use, since I don't know which one would be the best for me, so I started making a list.
(I don't like omg-winzip roms, so I just stated the main one)
CyanogenMod 7
Pros :
- almost stable
- works fast
Cons :
- there is no ALT-Lock
- it's going to be outdated
CyanogenMod 9
Pros:
- newest android version
- a lot of eyecandy, since ICS looks awesome
Cons:
- still not everything works
- ICS is heavier than GB, and cause of the missing HW-Acc, it's really laggy
Stock Rom
Pros:
- everything should work
- 720p recording
Cons:
- Bloated
- Really, really ****ing slow
- Froyo (unless you use a buggy GB on the Froyo kernel or SBF to GB)
So, what do you use?
I see the lack of a "perfect" rom for the Milestone 2
I use CM9 but i agree with you when you say that it's laggy but i really hope that it will be fixed in the next update.
And for me, most of the apps that i want works (except for Opera, Dolphin and those that need the HW accel).
I can't completely agree with your cons for CM9 and Stock:
CM9: It's blazingly fast, even without HW acc. That and video recording are the main two things that do not work. It might be heavier, but it sure as hell isn't laggy.
Stock: I don't know which stock GB you tried, but once again; even with the bloat is blazingly fast. Froyo was really slow indeed, but GB is fast as ****.
I think CM7, CM9 and Stock are all viable. It's just what you like best:
Everything working: Stock
Almost everything working and customization: CM7
Latest, with some lacking features: CM9
If you're looking for a "perfect" ROM, you probably should take a look at Argen2Stone or MS2Ginger. They're based on stock GB, with customizations.
You forgot MIUI...amazing ROM.
I installled a test version from the CM9, and for me a lot of things need a fix.
- camera itself;
- all apps from google doesn't open
I just moved to the stock version, for me it's much better since everything works.
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You may try all of the ROMs.
I had tried some ROMs from Gfan(from china) ,it's okay but there are many things that's just for Chinese people.(some apps ,features).
Also tried cm7(i7ovehope) which is my favorite one.It works stable and fast.
I found that i cannot downgrade ,after i flash stock GB I can't try cm9 ,miui...
Now I am using MS2Ginger 3.0(I delete some apps by myself to make it more smooth) and I am going to try Argen2Stone 3.
Dun think too much, just go ahead and find out which one is the best for you.
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You may try all of the ROMs.
I had tried some ROMs from Gfan(from china) ,it's okay but there are many things that's just for Chinese people.(some apps ,features).
Also tried cm7(i7ovehope) which is my favorite one.It works stable and fast.
I found that i cannot downgrade ,after i flash stock GB I can't try cm9 ,miui...
Now I am using MS2Ginger 3.0(I delete some apps by myself to make it more smooth) and I am going to try Argen2Stone 3.
Dun think too much, just go ahead and find out which one is the best for you.
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Actually, as long as you're not using Vivo (Brazil) or Personal (Argentina) ROMs, you can downgrade. Take a look in the Android Development area.
MS2 Hongkong rom
I need the original stock 2.2 rom for Hong Kong MS2 version. In SBF format, of course, because cwm can't start.
The filesonic link is broken on and-developers.com/sbf:milestone2
Thanks
CyanogenMod 9
Pros:
- newest android version
- a lot of eyecandy, since ICS looks awesome
- smooth and fast
- very stable
Cons:
- still not everything works << just HWA is not working. If you do not watch FullHD videos and do not use Flash, it will not bother you.. So then there are not any cons.
- ICS is heavier than GB, and cause of the missing HW-Acc, it's really laggy << Totally not true, it is smooth
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Pros:
- everything should work
- 720p recording
Cons:
- Bloated
- Really, really ****ing slow << To be honest - it is not true about stock GB.. Stock GB is actually pretty fast.
- Froyo (unless you use a buggy GB on the Froyo kernel or SBF to GB) << There is actually official stock GB, you know?
MIUI (not the ICS one)
Pros:
- long battery life
- nice, united design etc.
Cons:
- slow
- buggy
I see many perfect ROMs here - did you even tried them or you judge them without trying them?
CM7, CM9, stock GB, Argen2Stone, MIUI... all roms are nice and perfect if you do not need useless things like fullHD playback (who the hells needs to play HD videos on your tiny M2 screen) or 720p videos record (omg, what do you need to record? Buy camera if you rely on quality that hard)...
Also
> Well, I am stuck to my milestone 2 since there aren't any keyboard-slider phones in available in germany, that's really sad.
Are you kidding? What is sad about that? I bought M2 few months before and it was not cheap. I don't see why it is sad?! I would understood, if you stuck with Nokia 3310, but is THAT BAD for you? OMG what are you doing here then?
> (I don't like omg-winzip roms, so I just stated the main one)
Use search in the future, there is at least one another topic just like this (with pros and cons)...
.. thats my two cents.
I'd say that yesterday's update on sfc3001's CM9 Release made it pretty much perfect for me, with HWA the UI is buttersmooth, the battery use with Apex seems to be pretty smooth.
The Pros:
- Smooth UI.
- Volume Rocker now allows you to swap songs with the screen locked. (hold v+/-)
- Loads of stuff now works properly. (Touch Controls on MaxPayne Mobile is a good example)
- Less battery use.
- Easier to use UI, better developer tools (TCP/ip ADB, etc)
The Negatives:
- No MotoBLUR. (I'll probably get some angry PM's about this)
- Flash seems to act up with all the browsers I've tested.
- Took me 2 months to be brave enough to flash it. (Right in time to get the HWA update!)
- Took me 4 soft bricks in order to get this working.
- Opera Mobile doesn't work well. (Needs font fixes, and still won't work well after doing that)
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I'd say that yesterday's update on sfc3001's CM9 Release made it pretty much perfect for me, with HWA the UI is buttersmooth, the battery use with Apex seems to be pretty smooth.
The Pros:
- Smooth UI.
- Volume Rocker now allows you to swap songs with the screen locked. (hold v+/-)
- Loads of stuff now works properly. (Touch Controls on MaxPayne Mobile is a good example)
- Less battery use.
- Easier to use UI, better developer tools (TCP/ip ADB, etc)
The Negatives:
- No MotoBLUR. (I'll probably get some angry PM's about this)
- Flash seems to act up with all the browsers I've tested.
- Took me 2 months to be brave enough to flash it. (Right in time to get the HWA update!)
- Took me 4 soft bricks in order to get this working.
- Opera Mobile doesn't work well. (Needs font fixes, and still won't work well after doing that)
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Yeah, the two latest version of sfc3001/Alexc804 (same dev, different pseudos, guess from different communities ) brought the ICS port close to fully functionnal, with HW acceleration (thx to dan**** the main dev on the Milestone, who got it working for all of us ), camera, 720p decoding/recording, panorama and so on.
It'll be probably working better and better from now on, specially with CM9 getting off alpha/beta, and going toward stable.
On your "cons" :
- MotoBlur not being there is probably the best possible news and the main reason to move to modded ui for pretty much everyone out there .... but if you like/want it back, check http: (slash slash)forum.xda-developers.com(slash)showthread.php?t=1577123, it's a "port" of Blur for ICS devices
- you're not the only one who took a ****load of time to make the jump to flashing. I know the partial lack of doc on the whole GB kernel thingy didn't help.
- Didn't brick anything, the first time it worked flawlessly... but yeah, since then, messing with wrong apps, making mistakes, i've bricked it quite some, but who cares, with the locked bootloader, one thing we can't do is permanently brick our phones, all we need if to find the right sbf to reflash (which was a pain during the first 2/3 months after MU was taken down )
- Once the font fix was in place, i didn't had any problems with Opera anymore, and others seems to have it working flawlessly too.
ICS HWA
The latest ICS rom has partly working HWA.
Ashareth said:
- Didn't brick anything, the first time it worked flawlessly... but yeah, since then, messing with wrong apps, making mistakes, i've bricked it quite some, but who cares, with the locked bootloader, one thing we can't do is permanently brick our phones, all we need if to find the right sbf to reflash (which was a pain during the first 2/3 months after MU was taken down )
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In some ways, the locked bootloader did a good job on preventing us from bricking the phone.
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In some ways, the locked bootloader did a good job on preventing us from bricking the phone.
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Yeah "in a way".... except it makes developpement far harder and actually brings more problems and "soft bricks" than without one.
Hey guys,
I installed the ICS ROM, Eco_Blade_Stable_20120701 on my Idea Blade (ZTE Blade Gen2) phone. The ROM installation and the Gapps installation went smoothly and the phone booted normally. I synced my gmail id with the phone too. However, I've noticed that the phone has slowed down considerably post the ICS upgrade (I was using Swedish Snow earlier). The menus appear after a considerable amount of time, the home screen buttons take a lot of time to respond, the app drawer takes ages to open. Scrolling is very smooth though.
What can be done about the slow down? Did I do anything wrong?
pavanchirmade said:
Hey guys,
I installed the ICS ROM, Eco_Blade_Stable_20120701 on my Idea Blade (ZTE Blade Gen2) phone. The ROM installation and the Gapps installation went smoothly and the phone booted normally. I synced my gmail id with the phone too. However, I've noticed that the phone has slowed down considerably post the ICS upgrade (I was using Swedish Snow earlier). The menus appear after a considerable amount of time, the home screen buttons take a lot of time to respond, the app drawer takes ages to open. Scrolling is very smooth though.
What can be done about the slow down? Did I do anything wrong?
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So you install a rom which attempts to keep speed to a minimum usable level and save battery?
And then you wonder why it's not fast?
Wait... what?
Jinxxed said:
So you install a rom which attempts to keep speed to a minimum usable level and save battery?
And then you wonder why it's not fast?
Wait... what?
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The reason I posted my problem is that the speed is not even usable. I waited 10 minutes for the SMS inbox to open (even though it is empty).
I later tried the update-cm-9-20120529-SNAPSHOT-blade-ColdFusionX-tilal6991-signed and even the Pre-CM9-AOKP-REMIX-RC6.6.9-BLADE-full-signed and all of them are running the same sluggish way.
A bit slower is fine but this is beyond usable. I saw the poll in the ICS roms for the Blade thread and people are using these ROMS for everyday use. That is why I put up this query as to what I'm doing wrong or is my phone not capable enough?
I searched the Blade section for a similar query and couldn't find any. So I created a new thread.
Just because I am a new member here, doesn't mean you should post sarcasm and try to pwn/troll me.
Idea Blade only has 256mb ram, it isn't enough for ICS, other Blades have 512mb.
pavanchirmade said:
The reason I posted my problem is that the speed is not even usable. I waited 10 minutes for the SMS inbox to open (even though it is empty).
I later tried the update-cm-9-20120529-SNAPSHOT-blade-ColdFusionX-tilal6991-signed and even the Pre-CM9-AOKP-REMIX-RC6.6.9-BLADE-full-signed and all of them are running the same sluggish way.
A bit slower is fine but this is beyond usable. I saw the poll in the ICS roms for the Blade thread and people are using these ROMS for everyday use. That is why I put up this query as to what I'm doing wrong or is my phone not capable enough?
I searched the Blade section for a similar query and couldn't find any. So I created a new thread.
Just because I am a new member here, doesn't mean you should post sarcasm and try to pwn/troll me.
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Oh come on, lighten up, you didn't say it was THAT slow. If you had i'd be more willing to help but it seemed like you were complaining that it was "a tad sluggish" when that is what any rom that is specifically devoted to saving battery will be.
That is way too slow though but if as wbaw remarks you do have only 256MB then no ICS will be better.
I checked and there is around 40MB RAM free at almost all times. So is there a workaround for this or should I just forget about using ICS on my phone?
I guess all those who are using ICS on the blade probably have the 512MB one.
OT: sorry for overreacting before. Maybe I was just upset over the ICS roms not working.
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You may experiment with swap with a (class 4 or better) card.
I am using 256 MB swap with a class 4 on CM7.2 It has greatly improved application switching speed.
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I had 2 android devices before this one and this one is by far the most unstable device for custom roms. I had a motorola milestone and nexus one and i rarely get bootloops and never get broken recovery. With i9000 its atleast once a week and for no apparant reason. My battery was low so i turned off my phone and replace the battery and then BOOM broken recovery and bootloop and im stuck with this **** in school....
Hey!
I have not tested other devices yet, but if i think about what i did to my I9000 and always got it restored, and also overclocking (up to 1200 mhz) runs stable as hell. I tested AOKP ICS Milestone 6 and the X-Bean 2.0 (JellyBean). Everything stable as hell.
But i think this differs from phone to phone.
I am a happy camper with my I9000 :highfive:
quick question regarding how unstable the i9000 is.
I bought my i9000 from a friend a few weeks ago as i desperately needed an android phone after drowning my Desire S on holiday. It was in great condition for a 2 year old phone.
I am on my 5th ICS ROM and every single one of them has been lagging like crazy after i install all my apps. ie. it takes about 2 or 3 seconds for the touch to respond on the screen sometimes.
When i go back to the homescreen using Go Launcher it looks like it reloads the whole thing. It feels like the phone is constantly loading apps freshly every single time you use them. They always load eventually but takes a good few seconds. I never use Task Killers.
Is it possible the actual ROM chips are dying in the phone? Crappy quality chips to keep costs down perhaps.
It lags constantly no matter what you're trying to do. No matter what app i'm trying to load up. And this has happened on every single ROM i've tried.
Any ideas if the actual hardware is simply dying?
ps. the Desire S ran ICS custom ROMS perfectly with only the occasional lag when you were doing too much. So the hardware in the i9000 is defo capable.
My experience is that sometimes a "RESET" is needed to make the phone act like brand new.
That means, wipe everything on the phone.
Install an Gingerbread ROM (JW4 for example). Flash the right CF Root Kernel.. Wipe Again (Data/Cache/Dalvik).
Then install one of the stable ICS Roms (I had AOKP Milestone 6) and i am currently on JB (X-Bean 2.0).
Both are stable as hell, and it feels like i am on a Samsung Galaxy S3 sometimes, i never had any lag, its fast as hell after some tweaking.
I would also recommend using Devil Kernel on your phone, had the best performance/battery with those.
But again, every phone differs.
For the record, my phone is also 2 years old and is used every day (almost heavy use).
Good Luck
yes that is right it is so unstable in ics and jb ....so laggy,many fc s
Then you're probably doing it wrong. No above mentioned problems here. I'm running CM10 latest nightly (all stock) since day one. Latest nightly is super fast and responsive and it's been like that since 5 nightlies ago.
Either your phone is crap, your rom is crap or your installation is crap. I'am on my 3rd Rom and never had Bootloops, lags or any other Problems.
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Kernel: | Semaphore ICS 1.3.0s |
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You got unlucky with your phone. My friend has this issue to, and I never had.
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No way! I9000 is perfect for testing ROMS. I've tested many custom ROMS and now on CM10 latest nightly, the phone is amazing!
Tsipo said:
No way! I9000 is perfect for testing ROMS. I've tested many custom ROMS and now on CM10 latest nightly, the phone is amazing!
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Overclocking should do the trick. I have about 90apps on my i9000 running ICS AOKP rom milestone 6. I've overclocked my phone to 1.4ghz and it runs smooth with an ocassional lag which is not bad but most of the time its smooth. Battery life is ok.
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Ive never had the problems you mention but that doesn't mean ive ever been satisfied using a Jelly Bean ROM. In fact, the one I have now has been installed for less than 24 hours and I'm umming and arring about removing it. Just the little things Im afraid.
AlwaysDroid said:
You got unlucky with your phone. My friend has this issue to, and I never had.
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I think you guys are right, my phone is just faulty. Need to find a replacement asap then.
Even installed V6 Supercharger and Maximum Overdrive and phone still lags like hell after a few hours use. Its fine after a reboot for a while but then the lag kicks in and can take up to 10 seconds for the screen to respond. Rebooting every few hours ain't much fun lol
I've been using my SGSI9000 with custom ROM's for more than a year now. It always ran smooth, I never soft bricked it nor had any boot loops while installing ROM's. I've been using several flavors of DarkyROM, then CM since version 7 I think, to 9 and now 10 (including alpha's and beta's) and I almost install the daily as it is released (almost daily ROM installs) and still the phone does great, battery is still good (more than 1 day of usage) and everything works ok (have lag from time to time, but nothing major).
You should always start by something "clean", then test if it is laggy, buggy, etc.
Either start with the latest official rom with a clean system or with something reputed, like CM9/10.
Don't forget to start from a clean rom, IE: Format user data, cache, /system, etc.
Then, if it is still unstable, you might have a defective device.
I've had this devices since about 2 years, and I have installed numerous rom and I can tell you the ones available currently are rock solid!
Locke der Boss said:
Either your phone is crap, your rom is crap or your installation is crap. I'am on my 3rd Rom and never had Bootloops, lags or any other Problems.
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Also, to one of the guys who was complaining, get go launcher off your phone for a start, it uses a huge amount of ram compared to other launchers. I'm running JB on my phone and its super slick and stable with tons of apps installed.
Maybe its something you're doing wrong, or a poor choice of kernel, or maybe you've not set it up well, because I have seen none of the issues that you speak of.
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Like i said i'm on my 6th or so ROM some ICS, some JB and even ran the stock GB ROM and they are all FUBAR after a few hours use. Currently its running RemICS UX. And as i said before its slick as hell for 2 hours then grinds to a halt.
I'm not a n00b, i've been on XDA since Nov 2010 and have had 2 HTC devices which ran all ROMS solidly so i know how to install a ROM with all the proper wiping etc.
I just wanted to confirm that having a Samsung device is a bit of a lottery, u might get a good one or a duff one. I can accept that the one i got is duff. Not a problem, just need to seek out my next phone.
kennyhkw said:
I just wanted to confirm that having a Samsung device is a bit of a lottery, u might get a good one or a duff one. I can accept that the one i got is duff. Not a problem, just need to seek out my next phone.
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I wouldn't generalize to all Samsung devices, it is fact that there were 2 types of I9000 hardware produced. To quote:
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Our beloved Galaxy S has 2 storage chips:
512MB Samsung OneNAND and 16GB Samsung moviNAND (or SanDisk iNAND for newer batches)
OneNAND is a SLC NAND which writes much faster more suitable for contaning app data so your apps runs faster as it can write faster.
moviNAND is a MLC eMMC NAND which writes slower, more suitable for app and personal data storage.
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So there is 512MB fast storage and 16GB of other storage. The 16GB has two versions, slow moviNAND on the early batches and faster iNAND on the later ones. The problem is that with newer ROMs that take more space it is a juggle what to put on the fast storage and what to put on the slower storage. Inevitably something has to go on the 16GB chip, which will be moviNAND or iNAND depending on how new your hardware is. If it is moviNAND, like my unit that I bought the week it launched here over 2 years ago, there is going to be worse lag depending on how the developer has arranged things. (That post goes into detail about how that particular ROM, Helly Bean which I run, uses the flash chips. CM10 has switched to this as well.
This quote says how you can tell which chip your unit has:
fishears said:
So, Is this ROM right for me?
If you have the fast iNand then, yes, because you'll get more data storage space with no loss of speed If you have the MoviNand then maybe yes, maybe no. My advice is "Try both".
To see which Nand you have look at the following file in a text viewer:
/sys/devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/name
If the content starts with "S" then you have iNand. If it starts with "M" then you have MoviNand.
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In summary it's not some vague Samsung thing, it's a specific performance issue with the early hardware versions of the I9000 that they improved in later versions. Some ICS/Jelly Bean ROMs do a better job of managing this, the theory is that CM10 and Helly Bean are as good as it gets, but it is still not going to be perfect. I also think there are issues with RAM management on pretty much all ICS/JB ROMs for this phone (leaks) but that's another matter entirely.
OK, the only unstable thing I find about Jelly Bean (after a few days use) is flashing multiple .zips before a restart. On GB, I could flash, 2, 3, 4, 10, zip files via recovery and it would reboot fine. I find that Jelly Bean runs the optimizer then stops at 'Starting apps', I'd only flashed about 4 zip files. Maybe I didn't leave it long enough but after a few hard resets and what not JB came back but touchwiz was ****ed. It kept artefact'ing lol. However, when I flashed the 4 zips individually separated by restarts it was fine.
no problems here
hey,
well i have been flashing different roms, kernels, patches... for more than a year and never had issues on my galaxy s
could be something u're doing wrong, like no proper wiping maybe or partition problems...