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Best kernel for Epic 4G ICS?

Any idea? Stability + good battery?
I was using Legendary before, awesome battery life while at 1400Mhz all the time. It was amazing.
Anyone know which kernel I should use now?

YMMV but this was my battery today with the newest samurai kernel tanto
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This being covered time and time again in many different posts over many different threads almost warrants no answer but ill give you one and here it is
try them all flash one per day till you find one that works for you the way you like it everyone uses their phone differently so no matter what you will get different results than i do or the next person that post on this

It's really up to you, try them out and see what you like the best. I've tried all 3 kernels currently out right now and they all work pretty good. The two I usually stick with are shadow kernel and the samurai kernel. Shadow kernel is nice and makes everything feel real snappy. You can overclock to 1400 mHz and the battery life for me is good. The newest shadow, tanto, overclocks to 1500 mHz and works with voodoo control. Haven't gotten the chance to really test battery since it just came out but so far it runs pretty good. Just test both of them out, you can always flash over another kernel.
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Bad question....like what's the best ROM. Every phone and every user is different. You have to try them out to see what works best for you.
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Exactly im still on froyo acs because it works for me

ZenInsight said:
Any idea? Stability + good battery?
I was using Legendary before, awesome battery life while at 1400Mhz all the time. It was amazing.
Anyone know which kernel I should use now?
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I am pretty much a noob here and know better than to ask any "what's the best....." question. I have read it dozens of times that your phone and your use is different. Might as well ask us how you should dress too.

Stock.
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Zeinzu said:
Stock.
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+1
Also close to stock kernels like aprosamurai's. He likes to keep his stockish with a few tweaks and some new fixes. Just my opinion of what works best on my phone. Others like earthbound's are too tweaked for me but his is really fast and bleeding edge. Bbelos's are also good.
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Zeinzu said:
Stock.
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The best kernel is Colonel Sanders.
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xSaint21 said:
Exactly im still on froyo acs because it works for me
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Lmao ohh my...believe me your missing out on so much my man
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Cm7 till cm9 is official
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Best kernel is facepalm. Epic facepalm.

Frostacious said:
Cm7 till cm9 is official
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Those are ROMs not kernels.

austin420 said:
The best kernel is Colonel Sanders.
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That's for CM7 only
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I'm using shadow now and have used apro's too and they both worked great. You need to experiment with them, and you're going to have to tweak to get better battery life. I had several trying to constantly run and none of them were things I use a lot so they had to go. If I wanted super battery life I would have bought a flip phone and not a micromini laptop, and I wouldn't have such a joyful device to tinker with.
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Stock is always going to be the best for wanting nothing but the simplicity.
Put it like this when i buy a car, i put bigger tires on my car for grip, and better handling. But i know i will loose some gas mileage but not alot.
I'll put a turbo and some internals into my engine to gain in power but will loose gas.
But if we can put bigger tires and a bigger turbo but still have the same gas results as stock, Then why not do it?
We all benefit in one area and thats why custom kernels are there for those who want options that stock doesn't provide.
Stock= Base Model
Custom = Fully Loaded
Simple as that. So everyone should try different kernels and then reply not saying oh this is the best. But say IMO i prefer this over that simply because of these reasons. Everyone will want a specific kernel because one may like different things about the different kernels

tony45x220 said:
Lmao ohh my...believe me your missing out on so much my man
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I know we all are man we gotta get that iPhone

kennyglass123 said:
Those are ROMs not kernels.
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And also cm9 IS official.
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If you want to keep close to stock: aprosamurai's.
If you want to live on the bleeding edge: earthbound's
I prefer stock, though I may give earthbound's another try now that he made some updates

AOKP or CM9: Which do you prefer?

I personally have been enjoying AOKP due to the incredible amount of *functional* customization options.
Just wanted to see what everyone is preferring nowadays!

Cm9. For me, it just works.
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Cm9.. its stable.. just sayin. =]
That and there are themes for it =P... just messing but I prefer cm9 just because it seems to work smoother than aokp. I just didn't like aokp unstability and constant lock ups that I was experiencing. Nothing against it just wasn't my cup of tea.
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AOKP has more options and better battery life.
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Big Goron said:
Cm9.. its stable.. just sayin. =]
That and there are themes for it =P... just messing but I prefer cm9 just because it seems to work smoother than aokp. I just didn't like aokp unstability and constant lock ups that I was experiencing. Nothing against it just wasn't my cup of tea.
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Lock ups? Interesting, I've been steam rolling through aokp like butter
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At this moment, AOKP is better but CM9 has much more potential.

I run em both for about a week after each update, but battery life is more important to me than all that speed you kids like. AOKP for now.
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I Run CM7 but gotta give it to CM9 more supported

AOKP has been preforming wonderfully for me. Battery life is a big thing and AOKP seems to have an edge on my phone anyways.

I do like the fact that CM9 is more supported, but I will definitely agree with kenny that AOKP battery life is excellent. I don't have my screen on for more than an hour a day usually, so with the combination of that and the ability to disable data (where I work I get no 3G, eats my battery up) has provided me with more than ample battery life.
I really need to get back into development. Things now are WAY different than before; it seems like there is more of an opportunity to work on a variety of projects, which I like.
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CM9 for me....

AOKP for me.had an all day meeting at a location with horrible signal and I walked out with 60% battery left.at work where there's a tower half a mile down the road I can't go five hours without plugging my phone in our it's dead on CM9
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sigh-AN-o-jen-mod all the way.
I dont think I mind a small penis I still wish my I wife didn't have one though

For those who prefer aokp, can you explain the benefits other than better battery life? Running cm9 now, but very curious about aokp.
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thomasskull666 said:
I really need to get back into development. Things now are WAY different than before; it seems like there is more of an opportunity to work on a variety of projects, which I like.
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new COLONEL coming soon ?!?!?!?

muyoso said:
For those who prefer aokp, can you explain the benefits other than better battery life? Running cm9 now, but very curious about aokp.
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A lot more customization options including clock placement, color, all sorts of extras in ROM Control.
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I am really digging AOKP.
I would say more, but sufficient to say: AOKP kicks ass. (CM9 also kicks ass, just for the record.)

mucus_android said:
I am really digging AOKP.
I would say more, but sufficient to say: AOKP kicks ass. (CM9 also kicks ass, just for the record.)
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None of these Kangs would be possible without the CM9 team so big thanks to them. With that said AOKP is CM9 +, everything CM9 is and more except the missing 4G in the pulldown. The 4G widget needs to be used or turning it on in settings.
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absolutely!
Infact I am enjoying AOKP so much that I went and donated to all the devs involved, including the cm team.
Thanks to everyone who makes this amazing stuff possible!

AOKP. Although CM9 is just as good, AOKP just has something to it. Brand-name I guess.
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EVO 4G rom

What would my fellow EVO enthusiasts say is the best Rom? One where everything works please.
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Hahahahahahahahahahaha
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Best ROM, Swiper's latest ICS Muiu running Mason kernel.
However, no 4g.

Mr.BungIe said:
Best ROM, Swiper's latest ICS Muiu running Mason kernel.
However, no 4g.
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I have seen a lot of people raving about swipers ICS MIUI. I downloaded but haven't flashed yet. What makes it so great? I will probably have to give it a try tonight. I just hope its a smooth set up. I hate having to flash gps drivers and stuff like that. But if its that good I guess its worth the setup time.

Deck ICS
Tiamat kernal
Very nice.....

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Hahahahahahahahahahaha
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Exactly. Once again, NOBODY can tell you what the best rom for you is. Everyone has their own wants/needs, and not to mention the same rom will not run the same on every single device. Try a few roms, and find one you like, simple as that.

I use the Miks rom and it run flawlessly

I've been running nitrous for awhile now. The dev is extremely good at taking requests and keeping everyone updated on his progress.

Thanks a lot for the suggestions. I tried nitrous but the battery life blew dogs. I'm in SOS 1.9 ics I love ics are there any other good ics roms out there.
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I'm partial to MikG 3.11 (or the latest). Stable, smooth, decent features and stays pretty updated.
-Brad

Anything MIUI has been awesome for me...So customization & runs fast, everything works besides 4g but I cant get 4g in this area anyways...Plus the themes change up the look of your phone alot!! BTW Why is ICS Muiu running Mason kernel the best? Does GPS camera video ect work?? How do I get video or movies from my phone to work on my TV thru QQ player?

n00b-rom with tiamat 3.3.7 is the best rom around its so smooth and everything works
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n00b-rom!?!

I am an OG Epic user, and the biggest (only?) complaint I had and have seen with our ICS ports is that the lack of battery life renders the phone unuseable. Is the same the case with the Evo? I see a lot of ICS roms and folks here seem to like it, but I've flashed the Evo's on my account with some roms lately that score unbelievable battery life so I'm hesitant to change.
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Well...if you don't want to worry about what's not working, try mikg 3.11
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Pivo187 said:
n00b-rom!?!
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It was a veiled shot at OP for his noob question about best rom, a question that has no answer by anyone but the person using the phone themselves
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CM9 get stable release

WOW wtg devs CM9 for the Epic 4g gets stable build status
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...-stable-released-for-21-devices-and-counting/
and for the download
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=epicmtd&type=stable

have you tested it out yet any differences? smoother?

XxLostSoulxX said:
have you tested it out yet any differences? smoother?
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I have not I will test this weekend.

tazfanatic said:
I have not I will test this weekend.
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I'm curious how the battery life has evolved.
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Since it's marked stable I wonder if any of the bugs I had mentioned on RC2 were fixed. No longer have my Epic, but still curious to see where development ended up with this.
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I don't have my epic anymore either but curious if they ever got the flashlight widget working.

Zeinzu said:
Since it's marked stable I wonder if any of the bugs I had mentioned on RC2 were fixed. No longer have my Epic, but still curious to see where development ended up with this.
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I'm gonna flash later to see if the bugs are still present... what was left???

Flash for video recording, auto flash, focus, slideshows, video MMS, WiFi sleep policy, Bluetooth bugs. (I think)
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Zeinzu said:
Flash for video recording, auto flash, focus, slideshows, video MMS, WiFi sleep policy, Bluetooth bugs. (I think)
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Cool, thanks.... I will test all of those extensively later on tonight and report here... all except bluetooth, don't use it...
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood....

I'm lovin' a stable CM9 Rom!!
Yess! Thank you verry much Cyanogenmod Team!

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I'm curious how the battery life has evolved.
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Battery life is no better for me even with the build prop tweaks ideal was fine when streaming pandora going home lost 25% in 1 hour.
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have you tested it out yet any differences? smoother?
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it was just as smooth as always didn't test much because of battery life so i am back to 7

I had problems with receiving calls, on any ics rom. Hopefully its fixed now. About to flash in a few minutes.
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Been running for me since 6am this morning. All smooth. I ran every single nightly, and never run into a lot of the issues others did though
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just did an upgrade from beta4 -- which was relatively stable minus a couple sms bugs and response here and there.
only wiped cache+dalvik .. worked well so far! i love this phone and it's devs. i wish this wasn't my wife's phone. i'm stuck with a thunderbolt

Running great for me, too soon on battery. Just for the record, streaming via 3g/4g in a moving car is not the best way to test battery life, so many variables. Battery life on the nightlies has been great for me. 20+ hours regularly, with 2h+ on screen time is great in my opinion.
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Running great for me, too soon on battery. Just for the record, streaming via 3g/4g in a moving car is not the best way to test battery life, so many variables. Battery life on the nightlies has been great for me. 20+ hours regularly, with 2h+ on screen time is great in my opinion.
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Wow! 20+ really? The first time I tried CM9 I was lucky if I got 4 or 5. What setup are you running?
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socos25 said:
Running great for me, too soon on battery. Just for the record, streaming via 3g/4g in a moving car is not the best way to test battery life, so many variables. Battery life on the nightlies has been great for me. 20+ hours regularly, with 2h+ on screen time is great in my opinion.
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I know but that is my normal use if it doesn't hold up during normal use then it doesn't work for me. On CM7 I lose about 10-12% during the same commute.

I'm running stock everything, no fancy kernels. I do have the tweaks listed in a post somewhere here in the general section, and I run Juicedefender because I have it setup to turn off data and then check every 30 minutes for email updates etc.. other then that nothing else.
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Wow! 20+ really? The first time I tried CM9 I was lucky if I got 4 or 5. What setup are you running?
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I'm really interested to hear how stable this is. I just flashed the CM9 stable release for the Nexus S 4G and it's been great for a day. If all goes well I'm going to be flashing this on my mother's phone so she can finally get off the outdated stock touchwiz ROM.

snowmanwithahat said:
I'm really interested to hear how stable this is. I just flashed the CM9 stable release for the Nexus S 4G and it's been great for a day. If all goes well I'm going to be flashing this on my mother's phone so she can finally get off the outdated stock touchwiz ROM.
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A few reports are already in, just a few posts above yours...
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Best Stable / Light 4+ Rom

Looking for a fast/stable/relatively bugfree/Light 4+ Rom to use as my daily driver. Thoughts?
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I would try this one here. Its lighy, fast, and very stable.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35820591
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Synthetic AospX

i flashed Awesome ICS 3.7 to my girlfriends phone and it runs smooth and fast. Battery life is also amazing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591526
Just finished flashing the AOSP 4.2.1 jellybean rom to here phone to see how she likes it better. as of right now it seems fast and stable
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35820591

THEindian said:
Synthetic AospX
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I second this notion.

poexone said:
I second this notion.
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Third... new to the mt4g so I've been flashing a lot of roms to find a good one.. aospx is great. Real stable and everything works, maybe not the most feature packed. But its not lacking much. I would use the new job builds but I use my phone too much or music
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Fourth for SyN's ROM. Lmao.
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