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Poll 6.1 RC2 or 6.1 RC1

Do you guys think 6.1 RC2 is better than RC1? RC2 uses new froyo libs made by HTC. Post your thoughts below. This is not a bug report thread.

I've been using RC2 and its been running fantastic. Seems to have less lag and less errors (force closes) than RC1. I was not dissatisfied with RC1 but RC2 seems even more stable and faster. Thank you to all that have helped provided these ROMS.

I like rc2 better simply because of the tiny improvements brought in since rc1 (example: white power icons in the pulldown when using black status bar theme) Exchange support and moving mail messages is finally consistant and much improved.
Both have been solid for me.
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Seems to have less FC errors, which is a good thing. Also, on RC1, CM would sometimes reboot randomly. This has not happened at all since I installed RC2... I hope its fixed. I saw someone posted an outstanding Quadrant score after installing RC2 (it was higher than Evo 2.2) but I have been unable to replicate that (though I know it doesn't really matter).
All in all, being an average user, I have not seen anything earth shattering, but it still looks to be worth the upgrade.

RC1 all the way!

SiL3nTKiLL said:
RC1 all the way!
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Is there a specific reason you prefer RC1?
I am trying to decide whether its worth to upgrade to RC2.

darknomad23 said:
Is there a specific reason you prefer RC1?
I am trying to decide whether its worth to upgrade to RC2.
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There's really no reason not to upgrade to RC2. I can't find a single thing wrong with it and its running smooth as butter.

darknomad23 said:
Is there a specific reason you prefer RC1?
I am trying to decide whether its worth to upgrade to RC2.
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If you are currently running RC1, you can simply do a nandroid backup and then flash RC2. No need to do a full wipe, so you won't loose your apps or settings. If you don't like RC2, just restore your RC1 backup.
This is the method I used and I was up and running on RC2 in about 15 minutes.

Are you able to search exchange mail and global address lists with rc2?
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xandr115 said:
Are you able to search exchange mail and global address lists with rc2?
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No, the Froyo Email client does not provide a search function, therefore just like all of the other CM 6.x releases, this one doesn't either.

I gave it a couple days to see if everything was good and I must say that rc2 seams much snappier and much less buggy than 1. Just my experience.

Actually u don't have to backup it restore anything. Every time I flash a new update on a newer Cyanogen mod rom I just flash it and nothing else
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I only installed it a few hours ago, but it seems to run smoother than RC1 and my battery's only gone down 1%. Having said that I've hardly used it since as I've been busy.
If I have one criticism its that when you have a black notification bar, your icons are still black. There may be a way to change that though, not sure.
Good work attn1.

Rors said:
If I have one criticism its that when you have a black notification bar, your icons are still black. There may be a way to change that though, not sure.
Good work attn1.
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I was able to set the notification colors to my liking using the info on this page:
http://androidspin.com/2010/07/29/cm6-ui-tweaks-where-do-i-start/
Menu > Settings > CyanogenMod Settings > User Interface
The information in this image was particularly useful for seeing which options change which items.
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CM6 is very customizable. I found that when I tried to use sense again after cm6 I couldn't customize as much.

RC2 is running pretty smooth for me. I had seen a couple of FCs on RC1 with the camera app. However, I had used RC1 longer before the FC issues showed up.

[Q] Most complete CM7 based ROM?

Sorry for not spending a huge amount of time researching this, guys. It's not for me.
I'm a flash-a-holic and my friend has your phone model and needs a new ROM installed on it. So I get one shot at this. I won't be "supporting" her phone and flashing nightlies all the time.
CyanogenMOD's site says that CM7 is officially supported, so that's what I'm considering flashing for her. It looks like there are a few threads based on it and many of the dev's have since discontinued support.
Can you guys point me to the most complete/stable CM7 based ROM out there?
I don't want CM9 or CM10 based ROM's because based on what research I have done, those still have some important things broken. Like camcorder or Netflix or 4g, etc.
This needs to be a "Flash once and be done with it" type of deal.
DISCLAIMER: I'm not after the "most popular" or "coolest" ROM. Because I know all ROM's are a WIP and Dev's improve on things daily. I just want the CM7 build that has the least amount of items broken.

CZ Eddie said:
Sorry for not spending a huge amount of time researching this, guys. It's not for me.
I'm a flash-a-holic and my friend has your phone model and needs a new ROM installed on it. So I get one shot at this. I won't be "supporting" her phone and flashing nightlies all the time.
CyanogenMOD's site says that CM7 is officially supported, so that's what I'm considering flashing for her. It looks like there are a few threads based on it and many of the dev's have since discontinued support.
Can you guys point me to the most complete/stable CM7 based ROM out there?
I don't want CM9 or CM10 based ROM's because based on what research I have done, those still have some important things broken. Like camcorder or Netflix or 4g, etc.
This needs to be a "Flash once and be done with it" type of deal.
DISCLAIMER: I'm not after the "most popular" or "coolest" ROM. Because I know all ROM's are a WIP and Dev's improve on things daily. I just want the CM7 build that has the least amount of items broken.
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Most roms are perfect our darn close, I would check out decks reloaded.
Blazin Fast Reloaded OG

Reloaded.

Thanks, Guys! I just found that one a few minutes ago and was getting ready to read through it!

CZ Eddie said:
Thanks, Guys! I just found that one a few minutes ago and was getting ready to read through it!
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reloaded

Reloaded. Its super smooth. If you only have one shot and wont be supporting, I'd recommend reading into cod tweaks. The updated settings should be linked somewhere in the thread.
And also go to advanced setting/display and make sure screen on/off is checked. Without it, you may have issue waking phone from time to time.
That's about the only "issue" I've ran into on reloaded. Fix that and its smooth sailing out of the box.
If she wants the ics look at all, download Holo launcher (free). Paired with the built in ics cm7 theme it'll look strikingly close.
Good luck

I'll second that. Below is a screenshot from my phone, and I'd say it is indeed striking. Yes, this is reloaded:
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Anyways, however you theme it, it's completely solid and once it's set up it runs forever, no drama. Sounds ideal for the situation the OP describes.
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NxNW said:
I'll second that. Below is a screenshot from my phone, and I'd say it is indeed striking. Yes, this is reloaded:
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Anyways, however you theme it, it's completely solid and once it's set up it runs forever, no drama. Sounds ideal for the situation the OP describes.
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+1 to that bro

Well if were sharing screen shots...

First of all questions go in the q&a (that's question and answer) section. That's usually where you put questions that you want answers to
Second you should search around and notice that any thread asking which rom is best gets shut down asap as its all opinion and you should figure out on your own and make your own opinion.
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[ROM][Discontinued][JellyBean 4.1.2] AOKP JB UnOfficial Builds -4mA Deep Sleep!

ROM discontinued

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Thanks. Really want to try this rom out now. If I install your future updates over this release, is it most likely that I won't have to wipe data again later on? Reason I ask is because this is a preview release

Is this different than three earlier release?
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davec1234 said:
Is this different than three earlier release?
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The benefits of this ROM over the pre-release are:
/boot cleaner (prevents RR)
moboot default AOKP
more CPU frequencies
GPU OC 320MHz
CM10 File Manager
GooManager compatabe
Holo HD Launcher

SGA- You continue to amaze the tp community with all of your awesome work. Will be flashing this in a bit. oh and thank you for this!

curious since you've released a beta, does it mean this was successful? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33977529&postcount=594

@SGA
Did I miss something? Did you release another preview build tonight? I was just going to report that Storage FCs but I see you already know that. I also had an issue with USB MTP connection, it also FCs and fails to connect to the PC. Well, just finished d/l the file in this thread and it does indeed look new, is USB MTP now working? Thanks.
Mike T

If you guys will collect any issues here in this thread I'll have a chance to fix them up next week. I wanted to get this posted because I'm not going to be able to do much for a few days.
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x000x said:
curious since you've released a beta, does it mean this was successful? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33977529&postcount=594
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I never heard anything. For the time being I've built the CM10 and ported the AOKP framework.
CM10 is going to final builds soon, and AOKP has already stopped at M1, so once this gets all ironed out there won't really be any changes. Future updates will address bugs only until I can figure out the Git myself and add the Camera.
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Since we can't get into storage due to the force close is anybody having charging issues? Haven't put mine on the charger yet.

nickster1 said:
Since we can't get into storage due to the force close is anybody having charging issues? Haven't put mine on the charger yet.
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Works here.
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nickster1 said:
Since we can't get into storage due to the force close is anybody having charging issues? Haven't put mine on the charger yet.
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I had no problems charging as mtp was already checked off from my previous install of JC Sullins' preview CM10. Matter of fact, if you plug into usb, even though it won't connect you can then tap usb connected from notifications and see whether mtp is checked off or not and check if needed.
Mike T

Yes great idea Mike. Thanks guys.

Anyone using the nav ring yet (long press on home button and slide finger up)
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Yeah I just tried it and it works. Brings up Google now right away. I wanna play more it but I gotta get some sleep. Thanks again for this SGA.

>.> Awesome...... I need to DL this and run it! The only thing its missing is camera but at this point who cares after not having it anyways. DLing now!

Oh my! Thanks again SGA. Anyone have suggestions to play flash content? This is a great experience so far and that seems to be the only thing I'm missing. Pretty sure this is a known issue, just curious if anybody knows a trick or two to watch flash in JB.

matteebee said:
Oh my! Thanks again SGA. Anyone have suggestions to play flash content? This is a great experience so far and that seems to be the only thing I'm missing. Pretty sure this is a known issue, just curious if anybody knows a trick or two to watch flash in JB.
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Can't get my TP to go past 1.35ghz, causing super low scores in quadrant and antutu. Any ideas?

Try 1.78GHz
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GS4 Running slowly, keyboard missing keys, and just other miscues

Hey Guys
So I am coming up from an HTC Evo 4G..(not LTE) so you already know this phone is a come up for me. I noticed, however, that the phone is running a tad slowly. Here are a few examples, maybe you all could help me out.
First - when I put in my password pin the phone will lag and catch up when I press OK. Now, technically, this is not that much of an issue because the phone opens up when I press OK...but to see that lag is a little disconcerting.
Second - if I am typing some messages the keyboard will miss certain inputs in my typing. Now maybe I am typing a little too fast, but, come on? I know I am touching those keys... I am using SmartKeyboard but I figure that could be an issue too.
I notice that my ram climbs up pretty high. I clear all my programs...but still. Anyway to remove this bloatware?
Finally is there a root out yet?
Thanks guys. Sorry for the litany of questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBZ6ydFHLX4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Either debloat for yourself or flash a custom ROM.
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There is a root available for the phone as well as a stock ROM that is entirely free of bloatware located here.
The lag may, in fact, be the keyboard you're using. The most popular keyboard of choice - and for good reason - is SwiftKey; have you given this keyboard a shot? I use it myself and type extremely fast and it keeps up better than my iPhone 4S ever did.

XcoNjA said:
There is a root available for the phone as well as a stock ROM that is entirely free of bloatware located here.
The lag may, in fact, be the keyboard you're using. The most popular keyboard of choice - and for good reason - is SwiftKey; have you given this keyboard a shot? I use it myself and type extremely fast and it keeps up better than my iPhone 4S ever did.
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Thanks man. I'll check it out for sure!
R0CKSTAR3N3RGY said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBZ6ydFHLX4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Either debloat for yourself or flash a custom ROM.
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How can I debloat it myself? I guess uninstalling the apps?

jookskidd said:
Thanks man. I'll check it out for sure!
How can I debloat it myself? I guess uninstalling the apps?
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You can try to uninstall most of the bloatware apps but a lot of them aren't able to be uninstalled which is why people root and head to a custom ROM.
Sooner or later you'll find yourself flashing AOSP ROMs for a complete Vanilla stock Android experience and a performance increase and flashing often.
It's an addiction, I caution you my friend!

XcoNjA said:
You can try to uninstall most of the bloatware apps but a lot of them aren't able to be uninstalled which is why people root and head to a custom ROM.
Sooner or later you'll find yourself flashing AOSP ROMs for a complete Vanilla stock Android experience and a performance increase and flashing often.
It's an addiction, I caution you my friend!
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o yes, i understood that. but I just don't want to brick this thing...I'm a little nervous about that

its kinda hard to brick any samsung galaxy phone.. u would have to do thing really stupid for a brick

100% stock here and using the stock samsung keyboard I also can validate the lag and skippy issues. The chief editor over at phone dog goes over and over about this. So its kind of a known issue. I am coming from the s3 and it was smoother when it came to typing and multitasking. I end freezing and dropping frames a lot I am hoping samsung comes up with a fix.
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I dont see a bug thread so this is the closet thing. Anyone have problems with youtube top bar? Its starts normal then I switch from landscape to portrait and the top bar seems to reflect different parts of the app. Since you guys dont like bloatware are there any sprint apps you actually like?
Heres a screenshot.
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[Q] GPS lock is awful

I'm currently on Optimus DE v2.3 with Sprint as my carrier. I've tried multiple ROMs, including stock, and the GPS is wildly inaccurate. Sometimes it'll get a good enough fix to navigate, and other times it'll get confused and freeze my location or be really inaccurate. I honestly think these problems started after the KitKat update because it wasn't quite this bad on Jelly Bean. This makes me think it's software related, not hardware related. Take a look at this picture below, I have an S3 on the left and the G2 on the right:
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DJMaj07 said:
I'm currently on Optimus DE v2.3 with Sprint as my carrier. I've tried multiple ROMs, including stock, and the GPS is wildly inaccurate. Sometimes it'll get a good enough fix to navigate, and other times it'll get confused and freeze my location or be really inaccurate. I honestly think these problems started after the KitKat update because it wasn't quite this bad on Jelly Bean. This makes me think it's software related, not hardware related. Take a look at this picture below, I have an S3 on the left and the G2 on the right:
Any ideas on possible fixes? I really don't want to downgrade to Jelly Bean just because of this. I've tried using GPS apps from the Play Store, such as GPS Status and Toolbox, GPS Test, etc. but they haven't made any difference.
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Guessing you already have it on high accuracy? Might have to flash a stock ROM and get a good GPS lock then reflash again

I had the same issue. Let me tell you absolutely no stock ROMs helped either. Oddly enough only aosp is 100% accurate and gives me zero gps issues. I'm running paranoid android and while it does have it's issues like volumes are a tad too high and there are wakelock issues.... Having the ability to use my GPS far outweighs that. I need to use GPS quite a lot.
Try out paranoid android and let me know if you see the same.
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Have you tried FasterGPS from the play store?
made a world of difference on my n5

Try this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdDJqFxpRy8

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I'll try all of them and report back

MeestaAytch said:
I had the same issue. Let me tell you absolutely no stock ROMs helped either. Oddly enough only aosp is 100% accurate and gives me zero gps issues. I'm running paranoid android and while it does have it's issues like volumes are a tad too high and there are wakelock issues.... Having the ability to use my GPS far outweighs that. I need to use GPS quite a lot.
Try out paranoid android and let me know if you see the same.
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Which PA version are you on? I want the exact build so I can flash it and know that I have better chances of the GPS working.
meangreenie said:
Have you tried FasterGPS from the play store?
made a world of difference on my n5
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Didn't help.
Nightbeat said:
Try this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdDJqFxpRy8
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Interesting. Had high hopes for it, but it didn't help either, or only helped marginally.

I've tried all that as well, only aosp works for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502789
That's where I got it. OP has all the info to download it for our variant. Also find out if you're LGD or JDI panel so you can use the necessary kernel.
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MeestaAytch said:
I've tried all that as well, only aosp works for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502789
That's where I got it. OP has all the info to download it for our variant. Also find out if you're LGD or JDI panel so you can use the necessary kernel.
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Edit: Back on Stock and idk what I did differently but it's good now! Thanks everyone!

I did nothing special. I was official stock ZVC. Did root via ioroot then autorec then flashed PA and been using it for a while.
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DJMaj07 said:
Interesting. Had high hopes for it, but it didn't help either, or only helped marginally.
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It helped me alot, my GPS used to always lose signal mid road and I can't describe how frustrating it was.
This fix solved it for me, it can now stay connected for over an hour without losing signal.
Try putting a thicker layer under the antennas.