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[Q] Is it worth ROM changing to Epic 2.5?

Hey guys,
Just curious what your thoughts were on changing the ROM from the original one on the phone to Epic, (whatever the newest one is I think it's 2.5 somebody correct me if it isn't). So I guess if you've done this what are the most noticable changes and is it worth the time it takes to do this.
-Jim

I'm really enjoying the epic 2.5 rom. I liked the phone stock but I found it to hang up quite a bit, blur seemed a little power hungry, and there were some apps installed that I did NOT want that constantly bugged me (city ID!). I switched to epic and my phone seems much much more responsive and my batter life seems mildly improved, by about roughly 10%. I'll more than likely continue to use epic until the bootloader gets cracked and we get something like cyanogen on the D2

I also use epic 2.5 and it sometimes randomly reboots, but otherwise its amazing. Battery life is great!
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what's your battery life like? because that's my main problem with my d2 since i text quite frequently and that seems to drain the battery like no other.
so you guys say go for it? also how do you back your contacts up when you change the roms?

hockeyhead019 said:
Hey guys,
Just curious what your thoughts were on changing the ROM from the original one on the phone to Epic, (whatever the newest one is I think it's 2.5 somebody correct me if it isn't). So I guess if you've done this what are the most noticable changes and is it worth the time it takes to do this.
-Jim
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If you are looking for a rom with little to no Blur left, try installing Motoboy's R2D2 SuperClean. It doesn't have all the Star Wars stuff and you are left with a solid system. I experienced a few bugs that were show stoppers on Epic 2.5. Those being the slide to unlock reboots, and the calendar not allowing me to add events. Matt has posted a fix for the calendar, but as of yet nothing stops the unlock reboots. Personally I find both of the roms to be better than what was shipped with the device. Ultimately which rom to flash should be your decision not someone else's.

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zibrah3ed said:
If you are looking for a rom with little to no Blur left, try installing Motoboy's R2D2 SuperClean. It doesn't have all the Star Wars stuff and you are left with a solid system.
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Can you post a link for Motoboy's R2D2 SuperClean?

wecramer said:
Can you post a link for Motoboy's R2D2 SuperClean?
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Read the instructions carefully, then read them again. This is a slightly tougher install than Epic.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=796908

Well I'm a new Droid 2 user. I had the original D1 and just got the D2 about a week ago. Epic was the first rom I downloaded and I like it a lot it reminds me of my D1 roms I had installed. It's pretty fast and hardly lags. I had a few problems at first. My phone rebooted randomly about twice and I'm not sure if this was a problem for everyone or if I just had a corrupt file installed, but whenever I would use titanium backup my messaging app stopped working. It really pissed me off because my messages still worked, but I couldn't see them. It kept force closing, but eventually it started to work. I'm enjoying this rom so far.
EDIT: I'm having the lock reboot problem now, it has happened maybe four or 5 times and it has been getting annoying lol. I haven't really looked for a fix, but I will be soon.

The lock screen reboots are a known bug in Epic 2.5 but I'm back with epic after tweaking R2D2 too much and I haven't had a problem after installing lock screen on/off widget and setting it off.
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What do u mean by the lock screen reboots? Just out of curiousity? I haven't had any reboots but I don't use a lock when my screen shuts off... is that what ur refering to or just the regular slide lock?
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Slide to unlock from screen off. If lockscreen is disabled it doesn't do the reboots.
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hockeyhead019 said:
What do u mean by the lock screen reboots? Just out of curiousity? I haven't had any reboots but I don't use a lock when my screen shuts off... is that what ur refering to or just the regular slide lock?
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Yeah I've heard that people without a slide-to-unlock feature are fine, but people like me that HAVE to have a lockscreen, are expeirencing problems. It has happened to me a couple times already

@Herromoto
Maybe you could disable the slide lock screen and put a pattern lock on. I don't know if the widget will disable the pattern or the pattern will make a reboot but it's worth a shot.
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newk8600 said:
@Herromoto
Maybe you could disable the slide lock screen and put a pattern lock on. I don't know if the widget will disable the pattern or the pattern will make a reboot but it's worth a shot.
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Yeah I heard that's a solution people use, but I am too hard headed to do that lol, I like the old school lock screen too much

2.3.3 Coming To CM7!

If you have been following Cyanogen on Twitter you will see that he is working on merging 2.3.3 into CM7. http://twitter.com/cyanogen/status/42355275310706688 Besides the NFC improvements( Which don't affect us) what do you guys think he is planning on adding?
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Lol, ofcourse cyanogen is going to update cm7 to 2.3.3. Hes good at keeping current.
I just dont get why nfc doesnt apply to the slide. I dont think it needs special hardware
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I am pretty sure it needs to have a certain Bluetooth frequency, which I know for sure the Nexus S has.
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After doing some reading, nfc is different from straight bluetooth. The frequencies are WAY different. So my guess is that out bluetooth radio wasnt built to operate out of the standard 2.4-2.5Ghz frequency.
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Nightly 11 is 2.3.3!!!
one major i thing i heard that 2.3.3 was supposed to fix was the random reboots, i've gotten them before on my slide, and my dad's incredible does it sometimes. no reboots since i updated *crosses fingers*

Sadly I would go with a non sense rom if I could use Flash. Maybe when flash 10.2 and Ice Cream hit... but I'll probably on a different phone by then.
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Ohgami_Ichiro said:
Sadly I would go with a non sense rom if I could use Flash. Maybe when flash 10.2 and Ice Cream hit... but I'll probably on a different phone by then.
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sorry. Our CPU isn't the right ARM for Full Flash support unless Adobe and Google decide to make a version for our CPU type.
Hope you enjoy your flash lite.

isnt the new CM7 RC 2 2.3.3?
thats what im running.
anyone notice that the browser is running slow? its noticeably slower than the CM6.
maybe its just me?

ss622 said:
isnt the new CM7 RC 2 2.3.3?
thats what im running.
anyone notice that the browser is running slow? its noticeably slower than the CM6.
maybe its just me?
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Yes CM7RC2 is 2.3.3. Browser works normal for me. But GPS doesn't at all. Having issues with wifi too. It will only work after I reset the phone and even then will only work for about an hour or so before it will crap out completely.
Other then that its solid. No FCs at all. Great battery life and fast.

brianstk said:
Yes CM7RC2 is 2.3.3. Browser works normal for me. But GPS doesn't at all. Having issues with wifi too. It will only work after I reset the phone and even then will only work for about an hour or so before it will crap out completely.
Other then that its solid. No FCs at all. Great battery life and fast.
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same with me also. wifi is alittle buggy right now. other then that it is great.

Ive been running cm7 for about 3 days now and have had no issues what so ever, Wifi issues were fixed for me by reflashing the radio, the only thing I wish it had was HTC sense.
I tried using GingerSense5122-Alphav2 and I love it... aside from the bugs including NO wifi yet... but once it is complete It will most likely be my ROM of choice..

MattyXXL said:
Ive been running cm7 for about 3 days now and have had no issues what so ever, Wifi issues were fixed for me by reflashing the radio, the only thing I wish it had was HTC sense.
I tried using GingerSense5122-Alphav2 and I love it... aside from the bugs including NO wifi yet... but once it is complete It will most likely be my ROM of choice..
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GingerSense is really nice...cant wait for a bugless (or almost bugless) release.

whats gingersense?
also, does anyone elses dock tray (where the phone, contacts, and pull app tray out button) just randomly disappear?
it disappears 2-3 times a day and the only way its back it if i turn the phone off.

ss622 said:
whats gingersense?
also, does anyone elses dock tray (where the phone, contacts, and pull app tray out button) just randomly disappear?
it disappears 2-3 times a day and the only way its back it if i turn the phone off.
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I noticed if you drag from the bottom of the screen up, it will hide/unhide it.

Might be a noob issue, but every time I've flashed CM7, it won't boot. Just stays there on the Cyanogen boot screen forever. I clear my cache and all that before I install the ROM, but I have yet to get it to load CM7 RC2. I used CM6 just fine but this refuses to load. Any suggestions?

Famicomboy said:
Might be a noob issue, but every time I've flashed CM7, it won't boot. Just stays there on the Cyanogen boot screen forever. I clear my cache and all that before I install the ROM, but I have yet to get it to load CM7 RC2. I used CM6 just fine but this refuses to load. Any suggestions?
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What radio are you running?
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DonJuan692006 said:
What radio are you running?
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I don't know. To my knowledge I've never flashed a new radio. I did get CM7 to work last night however. I had to do a factory reset in addition to clearing the caches, and that made it boot correctly.

Screens that loose responsiveness on froyo.

It has become quite clear that there is a small unlucky group of us that experience touch screen unresponsiveness at various times, mostly on froyo roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007304
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961042
Clearly I realize there are other threads that have discussed this in the past. I would like to find out just how common this problem really is and what we can do to fix it.
My personal experience: My screen works almost flawlessly on any eclair rom. Every froyo rom I have flashed (almost all the super cleans, vanilla AOSP, MIUI etc) I will experience unresponsive spots on the touch screen. Typically it starts in the lower left 1/4 then spreads to the entire screen. A brief lock and unlock of the phone usually gets it working again, only to return a few moments later. When my factory Samsung charger is plugged in the screen is completely useless.
Originally I thought it was a kernel problem but it still happens on the new OE released EC10 kernel as well as on the AOSP built ones. I think it is a hardware problem on certain phones. Why only froro? I have no idea.
Please participate in my survey so we can figure out how bad this really is.

I have also have the screen responsiveness issues. The middle of the screen becomes unresponsive and I have to lock and unlock to get the screen to work. This is only an issue with froyo ROMs. My wife has a fascinate and even though I flashed her phone the same way, she never has had screen responsiveness issues.
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johntinman said:
My wife has a fascinate and even though I flashed her phone the same way, she never has had screen responsiveness issues.
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Excellent information, same method different results. Only difference, the phones themselves.

So far, my Fascinate is running SC 2.9. 2 with absolutely no problems. Did it take a while for those symptoms to start or was it right away?
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tfotos said:
So far, my Fascinate is running SC 2.9. 2 with absolutely no problems. Did it take a while for those symptoms to start or was it right away?
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It always happened right away (sometimes within a few hours). I should point out this is not developer related. I have the same problems on fully bloated stock roms. I should have mentioned that in the op.

If you Odin back to stock DI01, does it still happen? If so, it sounds like a hardware defect. I, for one, have never seen any screen responsiveness issues at all on my phone, no matter which kernel or rom I'm on.
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I am having the same issue. Mine is most often around the letters "s" and "k" and it seems intermittent. I was running DJ05 up until a few weeks ago. Then I flashed an EB01 kernel with DarkRevenge, and started to notice this problem. No issues when running DJ05.

ivorycruncher said:
If you Odin back to stock DI01, does it still happen? If so, it sounds like a hardware defect. I, for one, have never seen any screen responsiveness issues at all on my phone, no matter which kernel or rom I'm on.
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Yes, I tried this too. Along with various cocktails of wiping and clearing cache's, no change.
*When I return to any eclair rom it works fine, again why only with froyo??

Just flashed JT's new EC10 kernel and so far no screen responsiveness issues (8+ hours), I'll keep you posted.
Update: my screen responsiveness issues have come back.
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I had this problem on some versions of SC 2.8 and at first with 2.9, but now on SC 2.9.2 I haven't had it.
Mine was mostly around letters O, I, N, K, but also sometimes E, R, A, and S. It usually happened after I had already pressed the letter. Take for example this message "I ran into...." I could type the letter I to start, but when I came to it again, it wouldn't register. Same with the letter N.

I had this happen after flashing certain themes. If I ran the ROM themeless, it wouldn't happen.
Factory wiped, ROM (2.9.2) refreshed, and have been running Nitsuj's gb theme with no probs for a few days now.
2.9.2 Voodoo Fascinate

GizmoDroid's CWM fix has stopped my screen resposiveness issues. It's worth a shot. I'm currently running Superclean 2.9.2 voodoo with EB01 radio.
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I also have the issue. Sometimes it will happen on the lock screen stopping me from unlocking the phone. Same fix though. Had it on all SC roms, AOSP and blackhole.
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johntinman said:
GizmoDroid's CWM fix has stopped my screen resposiveness issues. It's worth a shot. I'm currently running Superclean 2.9.2 voodoo with EB01 radio.
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Just did the whole process twice, no change. . . It always seems to be okay at first but a little while later it rears it's ugly head. While in portrait mode if you bisect the phone vertically it is the right hand side that goes dead, the left works fine.
Back to eclair.

Legato525 said:
I also have the issue. Sometimes it will happen on the lock screen stopping me from unlocking the phone. Same fix though. Had it on all SC roms, AOSP and blackhole.
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Ditto on mine. After a while it becomes so bad that it happens everytime after it goes to sleep by itself. I would have to reboot to keep it going ok for awhile.

iorikun said:
Ditto on mine. After a while it becomes so bad that it happens everytime after it goes to sleep by itself. I would have to reboot to keep it going ok for awhile.
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Just tried adryn's EC01 ROM and radio and it still happens....don't bother.
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So everyone on here thats had a problem with screen responsiveness has tried a rom/kernel with voodoo lagfix?? If not then give it a try and see if you get the same results.
Keep me Fascinated
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Nitro Dark v4

Yes, I've tried Voodoo, nonVoodoo with same issues.

dw77x said:
Just did the whole process twice, no change. . . It always seems to be okay at first but a little while later it rears it's ugly head. While in portrait mode if you bisect the phone vertically it is the right hand side that goes dead, the left works fine.
Back to eclair.
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Yep same thing here. Not sure when it started but it was most prominent with maybe SC2.8 I think.
It seemed to go away with SC 2.9, but it happens ever now and then.
Always the right side of the screen, simply turn the screen on/off to fix.

Download Advanced Test Card from the market. Give it a try.
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Best Rom for GPS

I use GPS lock and toolbox, then load google maps. The my4g still has hard time searching for satellites. Sometimes it take several minutes to finally connect.
What are the best roms to use for GPS on our phone?

jlacy76 said:
I use GPS lock and toolbox, then load google maps. The my4g still has hard time searching for satellites. Sometimes it take several minutes to finally connect.
What are the best roms to use for GPS on our phone?
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I use Royal Glacier and connect with in seconds all day almost ever day
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Wow, you are right. MUCH better.
Thanks!

Also, eViL's 4G-HD (Desire HD port) works great. Never took me more than several seconds in normal places, without any need for extra tools.

Well for whatever reason cm7 rc4 didn't work very well. I could never get a lock inside the house, with Royal glacier it even locks in the house and takes about 7 seconds without loading GPS toolbox first.
There was also a pretty significant lag when driving and will have to test that out to see if there is any improvement. I suspect it has to to with refresh rate and that may be built into or a limitation of the hardware.

jlacy76 said:
Well for whatever reason cm7 rc4 didn't work very well. I could never get a lock inside the house, with Royal glacier it even locks in the house and takes about 7 seconds without loading GPS toolbox first.
There was also a pretty significant lag when driving and will have to test that out to see if there is any improvement. I suspect it has to to with refresh rate and that may be built into or a limitation of the hardware.
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There was a gps fix in CM7 7.0.2; in earlier versions the lack of lock on was a known issue.
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im on gorilla desire hd and it never takes more than 4-5 second to lock with 6-12 foot accuracy...works 24/7

shehrammajid said:
im on gorilla desire hd and it never takes more than 4-5 second to lock with 6-12 foot accuracy...works 24/7
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Is this it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841036&highlight=gorilla

jlacy76 said:
Well for whatever reason cm7 rc4 didn't work very well. I could never get a lock inside the house, with Royal glacier it even locks in the house and takes about 7 seconds without loading GPS toolbox first.
There was also a pretty significant lag when driving and will have to test that out to see if there is any improvement. I suspect it has to to with refresh rate and that may be built into or a limitation of the hardware.
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im using cm7 and i did the gps fixes in the nightly faq thread and it fixed the gps.

Stock rom locked on GPS instantly...

Royal Ginger is about as good as I've seen for locking like stock.
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Stock rom locked on GPS instantly...
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Wanna give my aosp 1.0.6 a try? It has the latest GPS fixes should lock fast and accurate (tweaked drivers with enhanced accuracy).
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Faux? Is that this?
The File ==> Glacier-AOSP-1.1.0 <==
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1017516

So for the ones like me taht have already installed CM7, how do we fix this without having to reinstall everything... I just put 7.0.2 and it was a ROYAL PITA to put everything back in place.

The new RoyalGinger 2.0 locks GPS within 3 seconds almost everytime in the 1st day of flashing the rom. It's awesome.

djalecazam said:
The new RoyalGinger 2.0 locks GPS within 3 seconds almost everytime in the 1st day of flashing the rom. It's awesome.
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I'm running Royal Glacier 1.3 now and it seems to lock much faster than cm7 rc4. FWIW. If I could get more accuracy and a faster refresh rate that would be awesome.
That refresh rate may be a function of hardware though.
Anyone know if the MT4g has a sirfIII reciever?

Orientation Issue

I ran the original Toxic Baby on my Girlfriends phone, I personally havent had a problem with these ROMS that wasnt user error, and I tend to think this is too, but her screen orientation is acting strange, not working.
On home screen (with auto orientate on) its vertical, but keeping the phone vertical and opening an app, it auto-switches to horizontal. the only way that I can find to correct this is to turn the auto-orientate off, which leaves ALL screens vertical.
I've tried factory data reset, flashing back to stock (ODIN) wiping ALL data from the boot screen but the problem persists. does anyone have some insight in to this?

The accelerometer is probably busted,I'm just guessing though.

gorealmighty said:
I ran the original Toxic Baby on my Girlfriends phone, I personally havent had a problem with these ROMS that wasnt user error, and I tend to think this is too, but her screen orientation is acting strange, not working.
On home screen (with auto orientate on) its vertical, but keeping the phone vertical and opening an app, it auto-switches to horizontal. the only way that I can find to correct this is to turn the auto-orientate off, which leaves ALL screens vertical.
I've tried factory data reset, flashing back to stock (ODIN) wiping ALL data from the boot screen but the problem persists. does anyone have some insight in to this?
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The included kernel is for captivate. You need a vibrant kernel.
I recently tested a cappy kernel for my simply galaxy series gb rom and had the same.
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explodingboy70 said:
The included kernel is for captivate. You need a vibrant kernel.
I recently tested a cappy kernel for my simply galaxy series gb rom and had the same.
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I'll try that, hell, it cant hurt to. but Ive run the ROM on my phone with no problems, infact ive been torn on flashing a kernel over it just to try it, but I like the way they run without an additional MOD. of course I know no two phones are alike even if they are the exact same phone.
Is there a Kernel you could recommend?? (im kind of using her phone as a guinea pig now ) Ive been looking at Bali and deadhorse. I just dont know how they will interact with Jcc's ROM plus Voodoo.

gorealmighty said:
I'll try that, hell, it cant hurt to. but Ive run the ROM on my phone with no problems, infact ive been torn on flashing a kernel over it just to try it, but I like the way they run without an additional MOD. of course I know no two phones are alike even if they are the exact same phone.
Is there a Kernel you could recommend?? (im kind of using her phone as a guinea pig now ) Ive been looking at Bali and deadhorse. I just dont know how they will interact with Jcc's ROM plus Voodoo.
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I'd stay clear of dead horse. I really haven't tried any of the other kernels since I've been working on my GB rom. Overstock is always stable and worth a look. I'm using one of cmenards kernels on my GB rom and always used on froyo.
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I'd stay clear of dead horse. I really haven't tried any of the other kernels since I've been working on my GB rom. Overstock is always stable and worth a look. I'm using one of cmenards kernels on my GB rom and always used on froyo.
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hm. I appreciate it. Flashing Overstock wont take away firefly will it? (shes unfortunately fallen in love with firefly)
Thanks for the insight guys. I appreciate it!

gorealmighty said:
hm. I appreciate it. Flashing Overstock wont take away firefly will it? (shes unfortunately fallen in love with firefly)
Thanks for the insight guys. I appreciate it!
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No flashing a kernel will affect the rom visually in no way. There may be kernel specific features that the rom dev may have listed such as bln but otherwise your cool.
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