Hi guys
I changed my rom for the first time from stock 4.0.4 to ultimate jb rom.here are the things i think you should know about.we are gonna talk about safe kernel,backup,ui experience,what you gain and what you miss and ofcourse benchmarks and battery.
Ok,probably you have read this "make sure you are on a SAFE KERNEL then you can wipe"
But which kernels are safe?
Well i used philz' kernel 3.99 for my jplr8.ofcourse you shoulf find the kernel suitable for your device.if you look around in xda you will find the kernels uploaded by the philz himself
After you flashed the kernel you will see that your recovery changes to a more userfriendly interface.
Note:the philz kernel brings a touch based recovery.some might not be able to scroll using volume rocker.but it worked for me.anyway try to use the touch interface as it is more safe.
Backing up:
I suggest that you backup the following:
1.a nandroid backup using rom toolbox or recovery
2.your sms using go sms pro cloud backup
3.some apps that you know have important data,saved passwords or... and ofcourse go sms so that you will be able to restore the backed up sms.you already know that you should use titanium backup
4.write down your contacts.that was the way i did that but if you have a better way plz tell everyoneunder this topic.
5.your s memos and notes.i lost my s memos in the process
6.write down your app names or just place their apk somewhere you know.also you can use titanium backup too but i am a lazy guy
After flashing the rom using philz safe kernel wait for the phone to reboot.it will take about 3 to 10 minutes showing samsung logo but dont worry that is normal.
Now do the first setups and go walk through the ui.
For the first hours the ui will be having some lags and some bugs but that is ok.the rom is just getting to know your device and they are shaking hands
After some hours the ui is buttery smooth,the scrolling and menus are best and i am really pleased with the overall exp.
What you gain:
Apps:new camera,new gallery,update me and some hubs that did not work for me becaus im from iran (this is unfair)
Widgets:coolest widgets you cannot even imagine.for example how about a fully operational task manager for your homescreen?yeah,thats awesome.you can even close apps from the widget itself.epic win for me
Motions:some s3 and note2 motions like direct call and etc.
Special samsung features:smart stay and smart toggle,multi window apps with hack that you can loadup almost 90% of apps out there.s voice,airview in gallery and most of the places,a samsung service guy that buys breads for you every morning(fresh hot breads) and so
Also you are able to record calls in this rom
What you miss:
Your contacts,sms,apps but if you have backup dont worry:thumbup:
Apps:samsung apps(ah,who needed this one?i dont miss it anyways),social hub(honestly i miss this one,but you have facebook so dont worry) i cannot think of any other app,plz remind me if you do
Widgets:honestly i have what i want in widgets and i dont miss any
Motions:nothing
Special features:nothing
BENCHMARKS:
i did a benchmark right now withouy reboot overclock or anything(not even closing xda app or any tasks.nothing really)
Antutu:7500
I know thats low but im sure if you reboot and free up some ram and do it again it will be over 9000(without overclock)
Battery:im really pleased with the battery.it works for me better than stock rom and i have about 4 hours of screen on wifi usage.it does not drop just like the 4.0.4
Final words:if you want a great experience and battery you should try this rom.smooth fast and powerful.i cannot say anything else but im proud of the guys behind this rom and i appreciate their job
Forgive my bad english caus im iranian.and also this rom does not have persian or arabic language keyboard but does not mix up the words.so it means you can read well but you cant write.im sure you guys will have this problem solved for your roms as im gonna look around for a way.when i find out i will tell you
PLZ PLZ SPEND TIME AND TELL US YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE WITH THIS ROM SO THAT WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER
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I almost forgot pop up browser.if you cant find it just click on a link
And also for once the head of the gallery dropped low after i tagged a face.im sure it will 90% not happen again and it was not such a pain in the...you know
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Here is a way that you can disable shutter sound in camera with a new menu.
Plz dont use it to capture under girls skirts
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36284780
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You can also hide apps in menu.that is cool
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friedje said:
Being on xxlsc since two weeks without a problem, today was my turn of good luck.
I picked up my phone and forgot it was on the charger.
It got ripped out of my hand and fell flat on the floor.
Instead of finding it the way it should be, It smiled back at me with the Galaxy Note N7000 boot logo....
I tried to turn it off, but It wouldn't, it just went black for a few seconds and then came back in the same state. So I booted into cwm and chose for Turn power off.
This worked. So when I switched it back on a few seconds later, it went into boot animation and then froze....Turning off got me the same state as before, it smiled back at me with it's useless boot logo.
Repeated my earlier steps, same result.
Then I noticed with the device being shut down, pushing the home button didn't show up the battery state as it usually does. Neither did a quick touch of the powerbutton....
I didn't feel like to wipe and setup the phone again, so I plugged in the charger to see if that at least would function normally....
Plugging the phone in, without touching anything else made the phone come up in the middle of the boot animation, then it booted....
However I lost all account settings. Google account and email account info was completely wiped...
I entered those manually and all is working back.
So just a long story to share my experience, and maybe it might help someone someday finding himself in a similar situation...
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Thanks for taking out the time for writing this.
I will do anything helpful
I also thank you for being around a lot in these topics and helping people
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He he.. I am a bit addicted
I'm still using this rom but there is two problems, one is s voice-wake up command does not work in lock screen and another one is bettary draining. I hardly use 2 hours on 3g network...how to solve this??
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Facing sudden dead? Bootloop??? ( stuck on N7000 logo ).
Don't cry,
1st, reboot to recovery ( power + menu + vol up button )
2nd, make new Nandroid backup
3rd, nandroid done?? Restore the backup and boot system..
4rd, enjoy your "leaked" JB again..
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please add to first post the known bugs, like when your os crashes (instability, flat battery, or you do battery pull) your device wont boot.
Fix: almighty safe kernel cache and dalvik cache wipe. Sometimes fix permissions is needed. If this doesnt work, do a nandroid backup, factory reset, nandroid restore and it could work(reported by others a couple times)
You can also suggest removing safe to uninstall system apps. That handshake your talking about is not 100% correct. More like 99, 9% You can increase free ram by removing these apps, and especially automatic test system app. This a leak with stuff on there that wont in final release That one will dramatically increase device gui performance after a reboot. lol.
all at own risk
Kaushiq said:
I'm still using this rom but there is two problems, one is s voice-wake up command does not work in lock screen and another one is bettary draining. I hardly use 2 hours on 3g network...how to solve this??
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Just maybe you might find your answer if you actually post the question in that particular rom thread....just maybe
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Hey all,
I have a rather annoying issue and I'm not sure what the culprit is. Anytime I have to reboot my phone it stay on the white htc evo 4g screen for nearly 2 minutes every time. Once I see the CM7 splash screen it goes rather quick, just getting to that point takes for ever. So I flashed the sprint lovers rom and of course it is fine and quick to boot. Wondering if anyone else has the problem?
I've wiped everything many times in hopes of fixing it but no joy. Also I am running cm7.0.2 (which i just did a fresh install after wiping everything numerous times in hope of clearing this problem).
--Steve
What recovery are you using to wipe and flash with? I have had the same thing but it does not always happen. I have flashed the newer nightly 57 and have not seen that problem yet.
I'm having similar issue, it will hang at the htc screen till i do a battery pull and then start it up and goes right through. I'm using clockwork recovery 3.0.0.5 which recovery is the best?
I have the same problem with cm7, and i reflashed it multiple times. This doesnt happen with any other rom i use.
This happens to me as well, it's rather annoying. You're using clockwork, I'm using amonra and it's happening to us both
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I'm using Amon recovery. I guess it's time to logcat what is going on during that time.......
well during the time that it is on that white screen you cannot connect to the device, I was able to right before it flashed over to the cm7 splash screen. So it just sits at the white screen doing nothing???
--Steve
so no one knows of a solution?
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so no one knows of a solution?
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Yeah... go pee or make a sandwhich J/k... mine takes forever to boot too, thought this was just the standard start up time
I'm on myn rls5 and clockwork mod recovery version 2.6 I rebooted my phone last night and it hung on white screen for over 5 minutes till I did a battery pull... After battery pull it hung on white screen for 3 minutes then booted right up..
This is first time I've seen this
Also I did not flash anything... I booted into recovery then clicked reboot now.
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this is not an issuie of being stuck, it just takes a about 1:40 to get to the cm7 splash screen. but the stick and sprint lovers rom boot normal.
I would not care but when i see my epic do a boot in like 15 seconds I say why caint my evo do that.
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appzattak said:
this is not an issuie of being stuck, it just takes a about 1:40 to get to the cm7 splash screen. but the stick and sprint lovers rom boot normal.
I would not care but when i see my epic do a boot in like 15 seconds I say why caint my evo do that.
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lol did u use a timer or something?
actually I just used my watch.
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I need to know if everyone have this problem ?
becaue its very annoying and for example sometimes when something doesnt work like GPS ! i need to reboot the phone and it takes 2 minutes on a white screen with full brightness which eats up the battery for 2 minutes as well ! this is a big bug is there any suggestion or explanation for this ?
Not sure of I'll be of any help but... I've noticed that after wiping cache that most roms boot slow. Maybe boot info in cache?
Also considering it doesn't affect the actual rom, and its quick to get to the unlock and home screen, vs sense which is slow to boot imo, its not really a bug... Besides if youre playing around to where you are rebooting you should be near a charger.
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This happens to cm7/soap only.
I don't know why; I've read because fastboot isn't enabled or there are so many framework changes
Gimme a couple a days to come up with a new sig that is cool.
Crossrocker said:
This happens to cm7/soap only.
I don't know why; I've read because fastboot isn't enabled or there are so many framework changes
Gimme a couple a days to come up with a new sig that is cool.
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Nope, I'm on Fresh Evo 3.5.0.1 with latest Amon RA and have the slow boot from White HTC to the fresh screen then its quick , and I assume by soap you meant to say AOSP
For the longest time I have had this issue and said fml whenever i saw the white screen. i literally put the phone down and do other **** until it boots up. Until now, i thought it was just me. Good thing somebody finally decided to make a thread about it. Someone get a ROM dev up in this *****
Ok, so, after reading this I became aware of my boot time. I am pretty sure my phone boots completely in less than a min... CM7, newest timat, and I use vrsuperwipe a couple times and wipe all user, cache and dalvik. Though it is cool to see my unrevoked splash.
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I used to have this problem a while ago, i did different things and did some monitoring...
I believe the culprit is if you only wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache before flashing a new ROM(granting you want to do a clean install). When you do this, some files are still left in SYSTEM and BOOT. Granted most files are written over by a newly flashed rom, but some old files are left behind. The newer version of Amon-RA have the options to wipe BOOT and SYSTEM as well, or you can try using Caulkin's Format All.
I would try giving this a shot. Make a nandroid backup, then do a Caulkin's format all, then do a fresh install of the newest nightly. Don't time the first boot because that's always going to take long. After you reboot a 2nd time, I would see how long that takes.
If that doesn't solve it, just nandroid back and make believe you never saw this message =P
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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explodingboy70 said:
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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I pulled it out of my pocket since I could feel it heating up and saw it looping on the "Google" screen part of the boot (i.e not loading the ROM).
I'm using the latest SuperAOSP (can't remember exactly which version). Installed it a couple of months ago and didn't touch any of that stuff ever since.
Playing with recovery I get the following message:
"Error mounting /data"
Didn't try formatting /data yet (not sure what the concequences are) and basically didn't do anything. I assume wiping and re-installing the ROM would help, but I'd rather see if there's a way to not go through all that mess.
Meanwhile the phone has been dead for several hours.
Would greatly appreciate your as-fast-as-possible help on this Friday night!
Also - recent activity:
Installed Google+ .apk from here, then uninstalled it; Installed Market Enabler and downloaded Google+ again from the market, in addition to Google Music and Pandora. Uninstalled Music today.
Can't think of anything else that would cause this.
Wiping the data worked but sucked. Plus I don't know what caused it...
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Sorry to hear you lost everything. I would recommend SetCPU with a temp > profile to draw your Mhz down to 800 if it reaches 40C or even sooner.
Osapir said:
Wiping the data worked but sucked. Plus I don't know what caused it...
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Yeah that sucks. Didn't you have a nandroid backup? (or Titanium)
Did you happen to have the phone stuck on the boot annimation but in a dim light? If yes, then this is something known with roms like cm, superaosp,... the exact cause is not known.
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Unfortunately I only had backups from a couple of months ago.
Also, the screen was stuck on the "Google" part and wouldn't even initialize the ROM.
And I have seen the phone reach higher temps than that... I'm really quite clueless.
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Could have been some sort of rom or kernel bug.. what kernel are you using?
Just in case you weren't aware, zeppelinrox recently pushed out update9 for his inSANE Supercharger script.
It adds a few cool new features, 1 being the Nitro Lag Nullifier, which many claim increases their phone speeds even MORE than the fixes in Update8. I just tried it a little while ago, and noticed my phone loaded up quick and apps open even quicker now.
Also includes an Engine Flush feature that gives you a quick boost, just like the one you get after you reboot and notice all that extra freed up RAM. Does the same thing w/ No Reboot.
ALSO included is LOCKING ANY APP IN MEMORY, which is definitely useful for many. (haven't tried it yet).
Here it is ladies and germs --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15948434&postcount=1127
I love these scripts this is the first one I tried on ec05 and wow. Fast and smooth
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Make sure you reboot your phone at least once a day if you do the Nitro Lag Fix or Engine Flush. It works very well at first but it may cause lag without reboots
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JohnCorleone said:
Make sure you reboot your phone at least once a day if you do the Nitro Lag Fix or Engine Flush. It works very well at first but it may cause lag without reboots
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Why is this?
hayzooos said:
Why is this?
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I have been jumping around so much that I may need to review but I believe it is a Cache flush and without reboot once a day (it says it when you run the script) it builds up and causes lag. I didn't experience it because I battery swap once a day. My friend did and yanked the script
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JohnCorleone said:
I have been jumping around so much that I may need to review but I believe it is a Cache flush and without reboot once a day (it says it when you run the script) it builds up and causes lag. I didn't experience it because I battery swap once a day. My friend did and yanked the script
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That seems to make sense, thanks for the info. I've also been noticing my scheduled titanium backup hasn't been running each morning (04:00am) like it's scheduled to.
I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the script as well, or if it's something else. I originally had the script on option 9, then just the other day I changed it to 6, a more balanced setting. I may just remove it completely and see if the backups start to happen when they're supposed to.
The SMS backup I have set to run runs when it should, without fail. I was thinking that maybe the script was killing TB, but since the SMS backup is working, maybe that's not the case?
hayzooos said:
That seems to make sense, thanks for the info. I've also been noticing my scheduled titanium backup hasn't been running each morning (04:00am) like it's scheduled to.
I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the script as well, or if it's something else. I originally had the script on option 9, then just the other day I changed it to 6, a more balanced setting. I may just remove it completely and see if the backups start to happen when they're supposed to.
The SMS backup I have set to run runs when it should, without fail. I was thinking that maybe the script was killing TB, but since the SMS backup is working, maybe that's not the case?
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I think you are dead on here. I pulled it for the same reason last week. I added it back yesterday though. I dont know what determines the priority of app killing but I notice certain things getting killed myself. I may have to dig into this some more because I am testing a kernel and I dont want any conflicts that I could possibly say is kernel related when its not.
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hayzooos said:
That seems to make sense, thanks for the info. I've also been noticing my scheduled titanium backup hasn't been running each morning (04:00am) like it's scheduled to.
I'm wondering if this has anything to do with the script as well, or if it's something else. I originally had the script on option 9, then just the other day I changed it to 6, a more balanced setting. I may just remove it completely and see if the backups start to happen when they're supposed to.
The SMS backup I have set to run runs when it should, without fail. I was thinking that maybe the script was killing TB, but since the SMS backup is working, maybe that's not the case?
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Why don't you try using the new option to make any app "Bulletproof" on Titanium? That should do it if it works as advertised.
Otherwise, choosing a less aggressive option than option 9 (especially option 6) should do the trick. I also stay away from the MegaRAM options myself...too hardcore. I feel like a smartphone is meant for multitasking, and this script, if you use it right, makes it even better.
Try running options 2 and 11. Those have been working great for me since I started using them. I used 6 at first, but 2 is just a little more aggressive without really noticing it, so it's more effective. Then 11 just for kicks lol..does no harm
FrankyFiggz27 said:
Why don't you try using the new option to make any app "Bulletproof" on Titanium? That should do it if it works as advertised.
Otherwise, choosing a less aggressive option than option 9 (especially option 6) should do the trick. I also stay away from the MegaRAM options myself...too hardcore. I feel like a smartphone is meant for multitasking, and this script, if you use it right, makes it even better.
Try running options 2 and 11. Those have been working great for me since I started using them. I used 6 at first, but 2 is just a little more aggressive without really noticing it, so it's more effective. Then 11 just for kicks lol..does no harm
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@JC - I just pulled it off myself, to see if it will run tomorrow morning.
@Franky - How do you enable an app to be 'bulletproof'? I have looked around a bit, and haven't found it yet. I may give that a shot, or just set it to different settings using the script as well. I'll certainly take yours into consideration.
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@JC - I just pulled it off myself, to see if it will run tomorrow morning.
@Franky - How do you enable an app to be 'bulletproof'? I have looked around a bit, and haven't found it yet. I may give that a shot, or just set it to different settings using the script as well. I'll certainly take yours into consideration.
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couldn't tell you...i haven't used it myself. all i know is that there's an option for it when u run the script. I ran it to see how it worked, and it just detects the apps currently running and allows you to lock any one of them in memory. Not sure how/if it works
I am looking for an app that you can freeze apps that start by themself. Does Titanium Pro cause the phone to trip out or reboot? When I use Bloat Freezer I get the random vibrations and an occasional reboot. I have Autostarts, Bloat Freezer,etc...what do you guys recommend? Sorry for being off topic
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Ok so it has been nearly two day's and i was wondering if others have had simler bugs to me with the ICS official XXLPQ.
Well from stock 2.3.4 i did a full wipe before and after flashing the full Rom via Odin then flashed the cw pre root kernel, booted fine then seemed to hang when i open my contacts i thought no sweat first boots are always derpy so a restart later it happend again.
Next bug is the very poor scrolling (been discussed i don't need to explaine that).
Third bug was when i install LAST.FM all my calendar appointments where gone even though my calendars where still there and ticked, and at the same time listening to my music on the stock player all my tracks where skiping like mad.
Lastly not a bug but a plus my Battery lasts almost an extra 50% longer which was really nice as many others have had poor battery. If any others have had a similar bug with calendar please let me know.
But its a new Rom what do you expect also my phone is a white carrier free made in Dec 2011 if that helps.
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Did this really need a new thread? There are not enough ics threads already? You mention bugs you have seen other people are having that you have obviously seen on other threads... Are those threads not good enough for you?
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