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heres the thing
i have prime 2.1.1
idont have system software update in my settings
when ICS comes out tommorow
how can i update?

Wait for a custom rom? custom roms are nearly always better anyway.
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hi
you have to wait for the new prime version which includes the ICS-Update!
Other way you have to switch back to stock and you will lose root!
give the devs a litte time so they can make a nice ICS rom

krypta said:
hi
you have to wait for the new prime version which includes the ICS-Update!
Other way you have to switch back to stock and you will lose root!
give the devs a litte time so they can make a nice ICS rom
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This^ or for the time being you can just switch to an ICS ROM until your ROM of choice gets updated.
Most likely first ICS build will just be a Rooted/Deodexed version of the ICS update which should be up within the hour of the update being released if all goes as planed.
And of course the update may not even be coming out today and the person who runs the ASUS Singapore Facebook account could be getting fired. , but let's try and be positive!

miketoasty said:
This^ or for the time being you can just switch to an ICS ROM until your ROM of choice gets updated.
Most likely first ICS build will just be a Rooted/Deodexed version of the ICS update which should be up within the hour of the update being released if all goes as planed.
And of course the update may not even be coming out today and the person who runs the ASUS Singapore Facebook account could be getting fired. , but let's try and be positive!
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This true I have seen that happen many times before they are so fast to release an rooted update to the forums before it gets pushed to your device.
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Lantek23 said:
This true I have seen that happen many times before they are so fast to release an rooted update to the forums before it gets pushed to your device.
Sent from Samsung Galaxy S II running Ginger-Snap v1.1
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I don't think that this is going to happen as usually there is some sort of a "leak" for this to happen and with the update being pushed (supposedly) today then I think we will have to wait for someone to get it and post the update to the forums.

so your saying that a new custom rom will be out tommorow?
another question any thoughts if iwill have to wipe
i cant really manage to do it
i got lots of important stuff on my TF and the sd cards its almost 60GB

Could it be that the Singapore update won't drop until the 12th, 13th who other areas get it tomorrow?

Stop the bleeding, downgrade to HC

!!! Attention !!!
.24 seems to be even more imminent, so if you have any patience left, wait for it, otherwise keep on reading
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Couldn't take the infant ICS anymore, the RR & SOD, broken sound, gmail freezing etc. Waited a while for fixes but my patience ran out.
If you decide to downgrade via flashing stock images, you will quickly discover yourself in a maze of inter dependencies, missing downloads etc, conflicting & not working root methods.
Instead, flash the Revolver 3.11 (fetch one from Dev Thread) - doable via CW or NVFlash. You will get up-to-date HC distro, rooted & all, with barely any effort at all.

rashid11 said:
Instead, flash the Revolver 3.11 (fetch one from Dev Thread) - doable via CW or NVFlash. You will get up-to-date HC distro, rooted & all, with barely any effort at all.
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If you're flashing a custom ROM, why not try one of the ICS custom ROM? I don't have RR or SOD with Megatron ROM or any of the ICS ROM I've tried

baseballfanz said:
If you're flashing a custom ROM, why not try one of the ICS custom ROM? I don't have RR or SOD with Megatron ROM or any of the ICS ROM I've tried
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Same here, other than the latest ICS test Kernel I have seen little to no problems since upgrading to ICS.

glad to hear that ICS's been trouble-free for some folx here, and God knows I tried too, but simply had to back off and wait till 100% stable ICS is released - ASUS or custom ROMs.
I think most of us wuz caught by surprise with ICS instability, we were used so much to how rock stable HC had become around late fall of 2011, ASUS or custom ROMs.

Or save your self the pain, since it isn't going to help much, refurting back to HC. and read Gary's last update:
5/14/2012 Update -
The .24 release should go to FOTA later today or early tomorrow. Please shutdown and perform a cold boot after updating.
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gkillerx said:
Or save your self the pain, since it isn't going to help much, refurting back to HC. and read Gary's last update:
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Where did you get this from?

hey, if that .24 thing works (as in proven) and we have a nice pre-rooted NVFlash or CW image out, I won't hesitate going back to HC ... but for now I need something I could rely on

baseballfanz said:
If you're flashing a custom ROM, why not try one of the ICS custom ROM? I don't have RR or SOD with Megatron ROM or any of the ICS ROM I've tried
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I Was on Megatron and had daily (sometimes multiple per day) SOD's. The problem is at the kernel level, with something that is common to *any* ICS ROM, stock or custom.
Even with guevor's kernel I still had the SOD's. I stopped trying when he was at the 17c version, I think, and nvflashed prime (I posted a quick guide somewhere).
If you want stock, there are guides to go from custom HC ROM's to stock which are simpler than going from ICS to stock HC.

I don't know what you guys are doing to have such bad luck on ICS, but my experience with Team Eos ICS has been absolutely pleasant. Absolutely every minor shortcoming that the tf101 had on HC (like video playback, stuttery transitions, "white boxing" in the browser, etc) is improved or fixed completely in ICS.
The ONLY problem I have with ICS is that the one single app I depend on every day for work is incompatible with ICS - not a fault of ICS, but the developer of that app. Thats why of my two tf101s, one of them is still running HC (Prime 2.1.1)

None of us doubt the evolutionary nature of ICS and we all will gladly upgrade to ICS when the issues are fixed. For now, some require tablets that are good enough to be relied on.
The "wait a for a full moon, have 23 ml of blood of virgin male chicken handy, face North (do account for magnetic field) at exactly 12:34, wipe 7 times, wait 50 minutes between, upgrade to 18.1, immediately downgrade to 17c ... etc" recipes are a bit more than I could handle .
Seriously, I was so used to how solid stock HC was, I was totally shocked by ICS ... should've never allowed auto-update ... wait, ASUS gave us non-rooted users no choice in the matter

rashid11 said:
None of us doubt the evolutionary nature of ICS and we all will gladly upgrade to ICS when the issues are fixed. For now, some require tablets that are good enough to be relied on.
The "wait a for a full moon, have 23 ml of blood of virgin male chicken handy, face North (do account for magnetic field) at exactly 12:34, wipe 7 times, wait 50 minutes between, upgrade to 18.1, immediately downgrade to 17c ... etc" recipes are a bit more than I could handle .
Seriously, I was so used to how solid stock HC was, I was totally shocked by ICS ... should've never allowed auto-update ... wait, ASUS gave us non-rooted users no choice in the matter
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I haven't seen anyone post anything like that to get ICS to work. It seems like it either does or doesn't, I would call it user error but I would probably be beheaded by all the people who have these issues. All I know is that along with other people I am running ICS and can go days, if not longer, without a single SOD or RR.
If you need to go back to HC, go right ahead, but try not to be too harsh as from what I can tell, 90 % of the community isn't having major issues.

rashid11 said:
None of us doubt the evolutionary nature of ICS and we all will gladly upgrade to ICS when the issues are fixed. For now, some require tablets that are good enough to be relied on.
The "wait a for a full moon, have 23 ml of blood of virgin male chicken handy, face North (do account for magnetic field) at exactly 12:34, wipe 7 times, wait 50 minutes between, upgrade to 18.1, immediately downgrade to 17c ... etc" recipes are a bit more than I could handle .
Seriously, I was so used to how solid stock HC was, I was totally shocked by ICS ... should've never allowed auto-update ... wait, ASUS gave us non-rooted users no choice in the matter
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I have no idea what you're talking about, dude...
ICS works fine. I didn't do any weird dance or ritual involving blood from a chicken. I simply installed Eos ICS and haven't had a single issue. Its better, faster, more stable than Honeycomb in every measurable metric. If you are having a different experience, I don't know what to tell you..
No sleep issues, no random reboots, all features work correctly. I don't know how else to put it other than saying there are ZERO problems with my tablet running ICS.

I agree, Ics is amazing IMO. I had freezing and reboot problems with HC, but I havn't really been on stock ICS, only AOKP/Megatron/ARHD with Testymehics/test kernels. No sod problems here.

Stock ICS
Sorry guys, no problems here at all and I am running stock ICS. No issues what so ever.

a.mcdear said:
I don't know what you guys are doing to have such bad luck on ICS, but my experience with Team Eos ICS has been absolutely pleasant.
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I've no doubt whatsoever that you have a great experience with ICS on your tablet. TBH, other than the SOD's, I liked ICS better than HC: Faster, snappier, more intuitive UI, etc. This isn't about the the OS or UI in general, it's a problem with the kernel and it is very inconsistent. While maybe the majority of people with a TF don't have a problem there is still a large group who do have problems. And these are also all over the place:
- SOD
- Random Reboot
- SOD + Random Reboot
- Screen glitching (or something like that)
- other weird stuff, less critical.
Nobody is doing *anything* to have such bad luck. It's just, well, bad luck. I love ICS and have it on my SGS, which ironically, wasn't even supposed to have been running ICS in the first place. And it's rock solid, fast, dependable and I love it tons more than the iPhone 4S they gave me at the office

miketoasty said:
Where did you get this from?
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Like i said from gary :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1556914

Does anyone have access to NVFlash version of Revolver 3.11? (all links I've found are dead)
Apparently SOD and RR still exist in ICS .24

I downgraded using CWM .zip of 3.11 , that one was still available 2 days ago.

kermitdefroghere said:
Apparently SOD and RR still exist in ICS .24
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How do you sure about this? Have you updated to ICS.24???
My stock ICS.21 is doing great with a little mod.. flashed guever's custom kernel and those SOD or RR are gone.. Everything else is stock with all those ICS greatness.

farsight73 said:
How do you sure about this? Have you updated to ICS.24???
My stock ICS.21 is doing great with a little mod.. flashed guever's custom kernel and those SOD or RR are gone.. Everything else is stock with all those ICS greatness.
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Check jtroskys posts in the official ics thread (stickied).
He was a beta tester for. 21 and .24.
Though stable initially .24 has receded back to the regular sods and Reboots many of us have been struggling with.
I've officially stopped waiting and went to Revolver.
Edit: Just to be clear... that's Revolver 3.11.1 (Honeycomb) with Blades kernel 3.
Very impressed.
Funny how an overclocked 3.2.1 build can be more stable than ICS (at least so far).
VERY impressed with Revolvers 3.11.1
Enjoying my Transformer again.
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Shall I buy a Note with GB or a Note with ICS-preinstalled?

I tried S3 and the Note (both with ICS installed) in a store side by side today. Although many people have mentioned that the S3 is faster, I did not notice any difference. (I have tried Note+ICS in different stores. Some devices are faster than the others for unknown reason.) The only time I saw the S3 is faster than the Note is from a youtube video which showed both devices doing the benchmarking. The S3 completed the task faster with higher score.
Anyway, I have decided to buy the Note. We all know that people who have upgraded from GB to ICS have many issues. Has anybody bought a Note with ICS pre-installed? Have you experienced the issues raised by users who upgraded from GB?
I have two choices: 1) buy the Note with GB, wait until Samsung release an updated version of the ICS with bugs fixed. 2) Buy the Note with ICS pre-installed.
I heard that down grading the OS is not possible. If I buy the Note with ICS pre-installed and I have issues raised by other users, can I install the OS made by the talented XDA developers? I heard that even the official ICS has a problem of bricking the device. If I buy the Note+ICS and not satisfied with the performance, will I be stuck?
Your advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Go for GB one. The update is already available so you can always update yourself - and what's more important GB is easy to root so you could run CM9 or any other ROM.

Seems like if I get the Note+ICS and experience problems as others reported, it is difficult to go back because the official ICS can break the device. Even Samsung gave the ICS source code to the talented developers here and a fix may be available soon, it will be too late for me to fix the device because ICS has already been pre-installed. There is no going back. Am I right?
If I decide to root and run CM9 or any other ROM later, can I still install and run Premium Suite? Can I also install the cool stuffs from S3 to the Note with CM9 or any other ROM? Touchwiz seems to be an UI made by Samsung. I heard that it slows down the device. If I root and run CM9 or any other ROM, I can opt for whether or not to install Touchwiz. Right? Won't I void the warranty if I root the device?

You can allways revert back to gingerbread if needed.
About cm9 and touchwiz. Thats a nono. Cm9 is AOSP and uses trebuchet launcher. Touchwiz is samsung own launcher that comes on top of samsung based roms.

Belfia said:
You can allways revert back to gingerbread if needed.
About cm9 and touchwiz. Thats a nono. Cm9 is AOSP and uses trebuchet launcher. Touchwiz is samsung own launcher that comes on top of samsung based roms.
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I am confused. Samsung told me that once upgrade to 4.0, I cannot go back to GB. Could you please clarify? What is AOSP? Is trebuchet better than touchwiz?

There is no way to downgrade to GB with built-in software updater. But you can always flash stock GB rom and revert the device to how it's been before.
AOSP is Android Open Source Project. Basically, CM9 is one of AOSP's iterations. And yes, trebuchet with CM9 is a lot better, smoother and better designed than TouchWiz. Look at CyanogenMod9 videos on youtube.

Akiainavas said:
There is no way to downgrade to GB with built-in software updater. But you can always flash stock GB rom and revert the device to how it's been before.
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Excuse me, what does "flash the rom" mean in the Android world?
If I have a Note+ICS pre-installed, I can still downgrade to the stock GB by flashing?

hajime_android said:
Excuse me, what does "flash the rom" mean in the Android world?
If I have a Note+ICS pre-installed, I can still downgrade to the stock GB by flashing?
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this doesn't explain it fully but its good information for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehXcnqntsro&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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hajime_android said:
Your advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Can I suggest that you get the GB version as it gives the greatest flexibility for rooting and upgrading (as the OTA update is already available).
Can I also suggest that you don't do anything about rooting / flashing until you have read a lot more on this forum. Once you're up to speed, you'll know the risks.
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[HELP] ICS UPDATE spoiled my GALAXY NOTE Experience

Hi guys,
After upgrading to ICS my Note is lagging n freezing like hell, I just love the ICS on my Xperia S.......but on Note its pathetic.
Is there any solution to this? M not good at rooting or ROMs..........but I can try if anyone can suggest easy way..........
sent from the BEAST - Galaxy Note

Hi
I am back on GB and waiting for 4.0.4 or 4.1.
GB is great for Note. Not much difference to 4.0.3 on Note.
Greetings
c.

corcovo said:
Hi
I am back on GB and waiting for 4.0.4 or 4.1.
GB is great for Note. Not much difference to 4.0.3 on Note.
Greetings
c.
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Any easy way to do so....please guide
sent from the BEAST - Galaxy Note

did you come from a clean wipe ?
if you want to revert back to GB its as easy as 1,2,3
1, Download GB firmware
2, Load all files into ODIN
3, Connect phone in DL mode and hit start

Obviously you haven't truly experienced ice cream sandwich for the note until you have used the rom in the following link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662802 give it a try and I guarantee your view will change. Galaxy Note = phone + tablet(best of both worlds)
Paranoid Android rom = phone ui + tablet ui(best of both worlds)

Having bought a German Note I initially upgraded to stock LPY for ICS. It was dreadful. Twice I returned to Gingerbread for safety and stupidly gave LPY another chance after a short while. Each time it never failed to be crap. It didn't matter whether or not I wiped stuff - it was just rubbish.
I did try an AOKP ROm for a bit, but that had too many problems for my tastes so a few days ago I bit the bullet and went for the stock LQ2 ROM for the UK (which is where I live) and quite simply I have not had the problems which seemed to plague LPY. So, I'm on a stock ICS ROM, rooted, and quite happy with performance and battery life. Mind you, time will tell if it stays that way, but so far so good.

androidlover20 said:
Hi guys,
After upgrading to ICS my Note is lagging n freezing like hell, I just love the ICS on my Xperia S.......but on Note its pathetic.
Is there any solution to this? M not good at rooting or ROMs..........but I can try if anyone can suggest easy way..........
sent from the BEAST - Galaxy Note
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i use rocketrom and it works great. there are guides in the development forum for root and how to install roms.
sorry for my bad english.

Had the same problem, did a hard reset (factory restore) and done! Everything back to normal, in fact better, faster!

M also having GNote with problematic ICS, i will also try another ROM but I am not sure which one is the best.
Stunner???
Also how to root GNote, m on ICS..
I read about PARANOIDANDROID ROM but didnt understand how to proceed as I am on ICS !!!
Looking for simple explanation, m new to odin etc as mostly I deal with Xperia
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Touchwiz is the problem, Samsung know what they're doing with hardware but software wise they're atrocious lol. Anyone not enjoying stock samsung should try a cm9 or aokp rom. I'm on the newest stunner as of right now and its perfect.
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Reynaldinho111 said:
Touchwiz is the problem, Samsung know what they're doing with hardware but software wise they're atrocious lol. Anyone not enjoying stock samsung should try a cm9 or aokp rom. I'm on the newest stunner as of right now and its perfect.
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Dude,
Please guide on HOW TO ROOT and use PARANOIDANDROID or any other ROM..
I am on ICS and new to Samsungs..
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Google released Jelly Bean update 4.1.2

Google today released update for nexus 7 Build Android 4.1.2. Added landscape mode..
Source code in AOSP.

Hoping this version of Android will be on the 7.7.

marwanxx said:
Hoping this version of Android will be on the 7.7.
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haha i don't think so ^_^
best regards
Sifou
Galaxy Tab 7.7

Nothing is imposible.

It already merged by CM and you will get it on PA 2.18
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yeah, i get a number (4.1.2 instead of 4.0.4) what's the big deal?
best regards
Sifou
Galaxy Tab 7.7

sos_sifou said:
yeah, i get a number (4.1.2 instead of 4.0.4) what's the big deal?
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not only number is changed. I'm using custom Paranoid ROM on my Galaxy tab 7.7. It has better performance and looks nicer ) User interface veery smoth

well, i must admit that the software experience improved a lot (its a huge improvement) from honeycomb to ics.
i dont think that it will be the same from ics to JB, or the 4.1.2
best regards
Sifou
Galaxy Tab 7.7

If 7.7 doesn't get the JB update from Samsung I will sell my tab and gets an Ipad.:victory:

how to install this rom ?
albert.mob said:
not only number is changed. I'm using custom Paranoid ROM on my Galaxy tab 7.7. It has better performance and looks nicer ) User interface veery smoth
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hello, would you like to tell me please how did you installed this rom on tab 7.7 ? all whay i know is after installing this rom or other roms you will not get calls and bluetooth and wifi issues ... gps will not work anymore.. then what s the use behind ?

sos_sifou said:
well, i must admit that the software experience improved a lot (its a huge improvement) from honeycomb to ics.
i dont think that it will be the same from ics to JB, or the 4.1.2
best regards
Sifou
Galaxy Tab 7.7
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Well, FWIW ICS to JB (4.1.2 or 4.2.2) on my other tabs makes a marked improvement in the overall speed and fluidity of the tabs. Whether or not the same will hold true when (or if) the 7.7 gets stock 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 remains to be seen.

is there anyone of you that still uses stock firmware like me? tried PA but have to revert back to stock ics despite the brick bug danger

If you mean stock as in from samsung, yes, I have it on my tab but I am using a different launcher though to speed things up.

ascariss said:
If you mean stock as in from samsung, yes, I have it on my tab but I am using a different launcher though to speed things up.
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me too..using nova launcher instead of the ugly touchwiz..i can live without the bells and whistles of PA because stock is stable

JAYZE said:
is there anyone of you that still uses stock firmware like me? tried PA but have to revert back to stock ics despite the brick bug danger
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The "BrickBug" has had me spooked also. But, after reading as much as I could from other sources, flashing CWM alleviates that issue. That said I still would shy away from Factory Reset from ICS nevertheless. Or proceed with caution.
Granted I could be wrong but am always on the lookout for a definitive "fix".

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The "BrickBug" has had me spooked also. But, after reading as much as I could from other sources, flashing CWM alleviates that issue. That said I still would shy away from Factory Reset from ICS nevertheless. Or proceed with caution.
Granted I could be wrong but am always on the lookout for a definitive "fix".
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so true..but i still encountered some soft bricks randomly when many apps were installed..for instance when i used the offline feature of Google Currents..my tab won't flash via odin so i have to reset using cwm many times..
do you think the new jelly bean firmware is free from brick bug?

JAYZE said:
so true..but i still encountered some soft bricks randomly when many apps were installed..for instance when i used the offline feature of Google Currents..my tab won't flash via odin so i have to reset using cwm many times..
do you think the new jelly bean firmware is free from brick bug?
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One hopes so. But I'll always include CWM/kernel substitution. I'll deal with soft brick any day of the week compared to hard brick. Even jtag has failed for some.

JAYZE said:
me too..using nova launcher instead of the ugly touchwiz..i can live without the bells and whistles of PA because stock is stable
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+1
Stock + nova here... This is good enough for me.
Im waiting for the JB update too, but i can live without it.
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Arobase40 said:
Me too I use a stock firmware or if I use a custom firmware, I always replace the custom "safe kernel" with the stock kernel from Samsung.
Sorry to repeat it again, but I never got any issues with Samsung stock kernel whether with my G-Note or my GT P6800.
The sole time I got a brickbug was with a custom firmware on my G-Note as I forgot to replace the custom "safe kernel (from PhilZ)" with a Samsung stock one... ^^
Once my G-Note got repaired, I reflashed it with the same ICS custom firmware but that time with a stock kernel and I never got brickbug again, despite numerous Factory Resets.
My G-Note has now a completely stock Jelly Bean 4.1.2 from Samsung and so far so good no issue at all !!!
My GT P6800 is still with a stock ICS 4.0.4 from Samsung and I don't plan to use any custom firmware since it works fine with a very good battery life time.
The only change I made both on my G-Note or P6800 was to root them.
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Pretty close to the same here. Am under the distinct impression that rooting and using CWM also offers as much "protection" from brickbug as can be had at the moment. Running LQ1 right now but was considering flashing LQ2. Looking for a bit better battery.
Been following daniel_hk in the Android section. His work on the JB CM10.1 looks very very promising! Check it out!

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Sorry for daniel_hk or any other Cyanogen devs I'm not willing to flash any Cyanogen ROM as I want to keep compatibility with all stock Touchwiz apps and features, and more importantly I don't want to mess up my GT 7.7 as I don't plan to change it for another device as long as it suffices my needs.
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I 100% agree with you, CM might be the latest and greatest of all Roms but in my opinion if all the features are not working as they should why should I even bother. I know it's a choice whether to install or not and I appreciate what the CM devs have done for our community but I just don't like how they have approached our tab, if you are not going to have a 100% working rom then don't put it out there.:banghead: Sorry for my little rant. I am just patiently waiting for JB if it ever comes out if not I am quite happy with ICS.
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