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So I was just wondering why would we flash roms? I mean the current stock os is almost bug free + when flashing roms we are faced with some major bugs sometimes.
I know that we would have the choice to remove bloatware, cutomise status bar, and sometime oc. That's all nice but still I don't see why not leave it as is?
Please excuse my ignorance. I just came from a rooted Dinc w/ miui
And I wanna have a better understanding.
Thanks
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/01/custom-roms-for-android-explained-and-why-you-want-them/
For me it's the freedom to do with my phone what I want. These developers kick out some sweet features that we'll never see from a stock ROM, and they get us the latest software before the manufacturers. I bug here or there is well worth it for me, and if it's to bad you can always revert. If you prefer the stock experience, than by all means leave it alone. But me, I'm a tinkerer. Be it a car, truck, bike... or yes, even a phone, I can't leave well enough alone.
Because we can
To pick up chicks......I haven't met one yet that's not turned on by 48+ mflops!
Can't do that with stock.....
This might seem like an odd answer... I flash so I can have a standard interface on my phones. I've had a droid, droid x, and thunderbolt in the last year and a half (my company does some android development on in house apps for one of our clients, and we go through a lot of test phones). having something close to a stock interface minimizes the daily annoyances of moving between those phones.... which is why I use the aosp roms.
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iakamand said:
So I was just wondering why would we flash roms? I mean the current stock os is almost bug free + when flashing roms we are faced with some major bugs sometimes.
I know that we would have the choice to remove bloatware, cutomise status bar, and sometime oc. That's all nice but still I don't see why not leave it as is?
Please excuse my ignorance. I just came from a rooted Dinc w/ miui
And I wanna have a better understanding.
Thanks
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Wait, you came from a phone that you rooted and flashed MIUI on, but don't understand why others choose to not stay stock
Why??? that's not the correct question. The correct question is why not!
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Wait, you came from a phone that you rooted and flashed MIUI on, but don't understand why others choose to not stay stock
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My thoughts exactly.
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hey guys...i'm coming from virus' latest synergy rom with sense 3.0 overclocked to 1.4 and i'm wondering...why do you guys root your phone anyways?????
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hey guys...i'm coming from virus' latest synergy rom with sense 3.0 overclocked to 1.4 and i'm wondering...why do you guys root your phone anyways?????
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I'm in the same boat. I just can't figure it out.
Cuz girls dig guys who flash roms
Pretty simple, I get rid of most of the stock crap, my battery lasts 30 to 40% longer, and it allows some independence
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New injectheory out!!
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That's simple: more crackflashing = less crack smoking.
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My Tbolt rebooted 3-4 times a day after the OTA update.
Hadn't had any reboots with MR2 and now MR2.5 radio and various roms.
Funny
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I rooted mine so people that smoke too much crack could ask me why
For me? Customization and battery life.
Number 1 reason on the Thunderbolt ... I prefer AOSP/CM7 over Sense.
Hello guys... do you consider yourself a flashmaniac?? i personally consider myself
i guess i change of ROM every 2 days just because i feel that sensation xD
what about you guys? how often change of ROM? and Why?
lets make the thread funny xD
Me,too!!
But so many nice ROM for Desire HD.
Very hard to stay on just one ROM.
I love LeeDroid and Virtuos unity very much!!
Hmm, hard to tell. I've been using ARHD 5.11 for some time now. I removed sense and installed ADW Launcher ex. But I haven't flash anything for the last 2 months because I don't want the hassle to adjust the phone (again) to my needs and preferences. Even if you backed-up everything you always need to spent quite some time to make it perfect again.
So the conclusion is: I like the new roms to explore them (like you have a new phone) but it's to much of a hassle to set them up to perfection. I'm a medium flashmaniak...
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Mos Def!! every day for me like !! the missus goes crackers with me !! everytime she phones im in CWM!!!
Lol, all the time. What I did everyday is backup my rom, flash a new Rom. Satisfied? Stay on it. Dislike? Revert back, lol
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Hi my name is bluizzo and I'm a recovering flash addict used to flash a rom almost every day, but not a big fan of sense roms. On my madre's mt4g I'd flash a bunch of ish, but left her to CM nightly
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Not me, I only flash a new ROM when I see a feature that I need, it's just that I see a feature that I need every other day, so really It's not my fault at all
Am a flashmaniac that's why I get bootmanager
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Not me, I only flash a new ROM when I see a feature that I need, it's just that I see a feature that I need every other day, so really It's not my fault at all
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Haha so me neither xD
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absolutely no chance, I only flash a new ROM when I see one, what the crime in just checking out what the new version number says?
I can stop when I want to!
Yes, I am an addict. I tried to stop flashing roms, but its hard.
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Mos Def!! every day for me like !! the missus goes crackers with me !! everytime she phones im in CWM!!!
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I'm the same. The missus hates my phone addiction. I normaly stick with the same rom but flash a new one play with it for a while then restore to a backup. I'm on ArHd at the mo.
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reasonably often, just been trying to find the right rom
although i'm fairly happy with rcmix runny....
I flash quite a lot too. But I like to keep an eye on roms for the rom list on my site.
If a rom has a different look or something a little fresher than the norm, then I like to take screenshots of it for others to see so they can decide whether to change or not.
So yeah, I suppose I'm a Flashmaniac.
I leave my main rom alone for up to 2 months at a time but using boot manager i try out 1 or 2 roms a week, if i see the right feature set i then flash it as my main rom so yeah probably a flashaholic.
gotta check xda every alternate day hoping to download a new rom... addicted
seems as many of us have the same addiction, i personally every flash i make i full wipe without backing up, so that way i feel as if i have a brand new phone xD
i flash almost every two days, i have tried to stop but its impossible, i know understand to other people's addict to something xD
its nothing wrong in searching best rom for device.
Personally V9 + Runny v1.2 is the best combination
I have to restrain myself from messing with my phone. I am quite happy with the current rom. But will be trying MIUI once in a while to see how the development has progressed.
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when I bought dhd, I flashed new 2 roms everyday. but now I flash rom when new rom is released. flashing new roms is bother to me. even flashing kernel
Hey guys im really starting to hate this phone at first i was like ok maybe its me used to having better devices but this whole week this phone its acting up and really slow and apps lags a lot. Im on the stock 2.3.6 with the kj1 kernel and the adrenaline shot v12. I dont really get it. Why im having all this problems. I can honestly say that my old vibrant, g2x, my touch4g,iphone 3gs, iphone 4 and even the lg optimus and the moto cliq xt,works a lot better stable and faster than this phone the worst phone ever for me. Looking forward to another device. Thinking a lot going back to att and buying the iphone 4s
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Hey guys im really starting to hate this phone at first i was like ok maybe its me used to having better devices but this whole week this phone its acting up and really slow and apps lags a lot. Im on the stock 2.3.6 with the kj1 kernel and the adrenaline shot v12. I dont really get it. Why im having all this problems. I can honestly say that my old vibrant, g2x, my touch4g,iphone 3gs, iphone 4 and even the lg optimus and the moto cliq xt,works a lot better stable and faster than this phone the worst phone ever for me. Looking forward to another device. Thinking a lot going back to att and buying the iphone 4s
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*favepalm*
Rly?
The phone is not guilty that your arms grow from your ass.
Iphone, yes go buy an iphone and we'll have with a noob, idiot and troll less at the same time.
If you want to be helped, explain your issue with more details and less of these words:
1 omg
2 ****
3 worst phone ever
4 other personal comments.
If your phone lags as you say, and you are on gingerbread, you should do more research.
Want a tip?
Everytime the phone lags, random reboots or you have other problems or issues- simply Odin your phone and you won =)
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Look mom i went to this forum and talk a lot of crap to a guy i dont even know, ju ju im so cool!!! (butt-head voice) thats what your comment means to me.
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daworship said:
Look mom i went to this forum and talk a lot of crap to a guy i dont even know, ju ju im so cool!!! (butt-head voice) thats what your comment means to me.
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Strange, I have the same feeling....
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do a factory reset 3 times and clear caches 3 times. i would say just a bad flash. my phone runs super fast and smooth.
Look i didnt want to be rude or anything im just having a hard time with this phone. And ive done eveything i know to fix it, Odin stock 2.2.1 , stock 2.3.4 and stock2.3.6 and valhalla and octane via cwm. But i dont know what it is that everytime im done installing my apps and games the phone acts up. I have the link2sd running i have the fota fix i have the battery calibrate and like i said the kj1 kernel and the adrenaline shot v12. i dont know whats wrong is it an app? a game? I really dont know and another thing is whats the best rom for this device and should i leave it like it is or shliud i install other things with it. Thats really my question.
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Try the version XIX of the shot. I got better results than with version 12.
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From a clean install I have been on Valhalla... but until the latest universal adrenaline it did not seem the way I thought it should. Now my phone flies.
I'd be willing to bet your issues stem from a bad app causing an issue... have you researched that at all?
I would also encourage installing QuickPic and freezing the stock gallery... it is a CPU HOG!! QuickPic is liter and has a ton more options. I'm not affiliated... just noticed the stock gallery at times could take 50-60% of the CPU, even when I was not using it. F that.
Also, the newest Valhalla will be built off the newest OFFICIAL gingerbread... and we have source now for GB... so, things are on the up and up. Hold on to the phone for a bit.
I've noticed (at least for me) that restoring data through titanium gives me force close issues sometimes.
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Hiya.
I think that if you start a thread with I hate my phone, you should expect more than flaming. It would be better that if you did your research and didn't found what you want. Then how about starting your post with something more detailed or, what you did to your phone in steps, to see if someone could help you in better way. Also I've seen a lot in this forum from people demanding, using every gibberish word that they could find, and SO they still get helped.
There're still few good fellas out there that love to help no matter what words you use.
My 2 cents
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Look mom i went to this forum and talk a lot of crap to a guy i dont even know, ju ju im so cool!!! (butt-head voice) thats what your comment means to me.
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This perfectly summarizes your original post in this thread. You'd get more help if you made a post actually asking for help, instead of just bashing the phone. There are many of us here that have zero lag, and very smooth running apps.
everytime im done installing my apps and games the phone acts up.
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There are a couple of things that can cause this. but some more info is needed about your phone.
I believe your problem is that you are using the Link2sd app. It has been my experience that it does not play well with Gingerbread. It has given me problems when I link to my external SDcard.
Someone please correct me if I am wrong but the last I heard Link2sd doesn't work properly on Gingerbread regarding EXT4 on the external SDcard?
Do you have your voodoo enabled?
Just asking..
So i should get rid of the link2sd app?? and what about using another kernel like kj1 and the adrenaline shot XIX?? and yes the voodoo is enable. Anothet thing if i just use the fota fix apk to get more internal memory. Can i install most of my apps?? right now i have like 25 apps besides the stock ones
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I believe your problem is that you are using the Link2sd app. It has been my experience that it does not play well with Gingerbread. It has given me problems when I link to my external SDcard.
Someone please correct me if I am wrong but the last I heard Link2sd doesn't work properly on Gingerbread regarding EXT4 on the external SDcard?
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I've been using Link2Sd for about 2 weeks now on both Valhalla and Octane, and I have not had any problems at all. I just let it move the Apps automatically and then I use the Create Link feature and it does the rest. I have 92 Apps and I still have around 250mb of space left.
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Try again
I don't get the flame, either. You're having problems with your phone and came looking for advice (I assume). This is my sixth phone and I like the SGS4G quite a bit. I suggest you flash again with the stock KD1, then flash the Samsung released 2.3.6. There is an Odin-friendly tar on another thread in Q&A that was started today or yesterday. Should be easy to find. (I also that on my Win7 machine I can retrieve the tarball from the download cache completed through kies mini and use that.) NO overclocking I get quadrant scores in the 17-1900 range. The scrolling between panes is smooth, my wifi is good at home (personal security) and in my office (enterprise security). I have a bit under 80 contacts, I do e-mail, messaging, facebook, maps, browsing, market browsing, music player, ... angry birds and a couple other games for giggles. I have been pretty impressed.
daworship said:
Hey guys im really starting to hate this phone at first i was like ok maybe its me used to having better devices but this whole week this phone its acting up and really slow and apps lags a lot. Im on the stock 2.3.6 with the kj1 kernel and the adrenaline shot v12. I dont really get it. Why im having all this problems. I can honestly say that my old vibrant, g2x, my touch4g,iphone 3gs, iphone 4 and even the lg optimus and the moto cliq xt,works a lot better stable and faster than this phone the worst phone ever for me. Looking forward to another device. Thinking a lot going back to att and buying the iphone 4s
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---------- Post added at 12:13 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:00 AM ----------
I would still start as close to "scratch" as possible, clear cache, factory reset, load KD1, let it sit and does its thing a bit (5-10 minutes?). Load the oem gingerbread release and again let it do its thing a bit. Before you load your first app, run the stock ones, like the crappy browser and see what kind of performnace you're seeing. Init wifi and see how that performs. Put it through its paces as a stock device. If you have really bad performance on a "pristine" device, maybe you got a bad device. I have come to expect a certain number of brand new workstations I roll out at work to be clunkers. Maybe you ogt one. Anyway, if it performs okay as a stock device, load you apps one at a time and pause to test the effects of the new install.
Good luck!
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daworship said:
So i should get rid of the link2sd app?? and what about using another kernel like kj1 and the adrenaline shot XIX?? and yes the voodoo is enable. Anothet thing if i just use the fota fix apk to get more internal memory. Can i install most of my apps?? right now i have like 25 apps besides the stock ones
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I've noticed (at least for me) that restoring data through titanium gives me force close issues sometimes.
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Same here. At least with gingerbread.
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Link2SD is 100% the culprit. why don't you start over and even repartition using pit.
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Link2SD is 100% the culprit. why don't you start over and even repartition using pit.
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Thanks for the tip. Im using your latest build and im happy now my phone its working great.
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daworship said:
Hey guys im really starting to hate this phone at first i was like ok maybe its me used to having better devices but this whole week this phone its acting up and really slow and apps lags a lot. Im on the stock 2.3.6 with the kj1 kernel and the adrenaline shot v12. I dont really get it. Why im having all this problems. I can honestly say that my old vibrant, g2x, my touch4g,iphone 3gs, iphone 4 and even the lg optimus and the moto cliq xt,works a lot better stable and faster than this phone the worst phone ever for me. Looking forward to another device. Thinking a lot going back to att and buying the iphone 4s
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i hear you. i've hated it after one day. it was hard for me coming from htc (n1, hd2) to sgs4g. it doesn't feel solid hardware-software marriage. and it is strange bcz you'd expect more from samsung.
in the end it's a subjective feeling, so don't expect crowd of support. everyone has his own experience.
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i'm running TPC v3 right now and don't really feel like switching, the only things I miss on this ROM versus the others i've flashed are xloud and the bravia engine... is there a way to install these on my device without having to flash a whole new ROM?
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basically, no. Sorry
well... nuts. I think i'm going to stick with this ROM regardless.. TPC is just too good on battery, speed and stability.
I might do some dissection on the wifes phone to see if I can't find a method for installing these.
thanks dude. you're one of the posters that I always pause to read keep on keepin' on
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good to know my opinions and advice are appreciated :-D. As for this rom, its my personal favourite as well, at least until ics
fingers crossed we get it soon, not so much for the update itself, but what people will be able to DO with it.
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Will this work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389178
nope, unless u flash cm7, but the alpha build for our phones is still really buggy, so I wouldn't recommend it
I've been working around with this Firmware for awhile. As much as I love Stock I just don't love the Stock At&t offers. Here's things I notice to be a problem: STOCK: UCLB3 (Not to be used as a Daily Driver) F*** You Samsung for this!
1. Facebook App - Scrolling comes Unresponsive, Laggy Scroll, Sometimes don't scroll at all.
2. Temple Run Game - Lags, Touchscreen unresponsive trying to do jumps and turns.
3. Instagram - Slight scrolling lag will occur.
4. Netflix - Scrolling can become Unresponsive, Scroll lag
5. Gallery - The most laggiest piece of **** Gallery I've ever seen on this phone. Quickpic solves this, but WTF!
I can make a whole list of daily apps, But just the newer apps that we may want we can't use for these reasons. Came to conclusion Firmware and Touchscreen Firmware is completely Boinked. I still lose Wireless connection leaving me to believe ULCB3 modem is boinked as well. UCKL2 modem gave full Wireless Bars and never dropped. I don't think Samsung will ever fix this...... I'm not here to complain, I'm here to give others an insight of what to expect using Stock UCLB3. And Stock UCLB3 is useless without Root!
For those who hate custom roms, Try finding a rom as close to stock to meet your needs that's all tweaked out and allows root, At&t and Samsung will never Deliver the goodies devs do here. Those worrying about Warranty issues rooting their phones. I returned my phone back to stock before sending my broken phone back, The flash count read 1 count but goes away with GTG Ultimate Unbrick. We don't have to worry about jigs and etc and erasing flash counts like the SGS 2. As long as you flash it back to stock, Superuser and all rooting will be gone.
As Close to Stock UCLB3 Roms I Recommend:
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SGH-I997 UCLB3 Rooted, Deodexed, Busybox, Zipaligned - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508619
Vagabond ROM Stock UCLB3 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506223
so since your having troubles its not worth it for others to upgrade ? who's to say its not just your phone that messing up
Touchscreen bug is there for everyone not just myself, I hear others on both At&t forums and Facebook complaining of touchscreen unresponsiveness, and Scroll lag. I wouldn't be shocked if they pull the update......It wasn't officially announced! Don't get me wrong The overall Scrolling on UCLB3 is fine, Scrolling isn't playing nice with these apps. There's absolutely nothing wrong with my phone. And a youtube video below that I made goes to show you just how the scrolling should be on this phone......But that rom is pretty dead. Trying Emancipation Rom
I had been on the leaked lb3 since it came out because i was just tired of flashing roms and just stuck with it. I flashed the deodexed version of lb3 a couple of nights ago and it is a hell of a lot better than the leak. Its snappier and more responsive. Its not just your phone. This firmware sucks. It's incomplete.
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Same problems here ... also the screen lock issue where it shows what you were doing for a split second before the pattern lock comes on ...
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I wouldn't be shocked if they pull the update......It wasn't officially announced!
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It's announced here:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00045587&fm_seq=46249
I'm sorry but I will never buy a Samsung again, this is awful. Do they even test it before release? I know the infuse is not a flagship phone but come on! We can't even get a solid version of GB which was released over a year ago! Wtf have you been doing all this time Samsung!?! Same goes as well for the SG1 .. or is it because you release a new verision of the same phone everyday!? Just give us vanilla GB .. I BET YOU THAT WORKS JUST FINE! ... how do you screw up a lockscreen? LMAO
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i upgraded and can't root :| it stuck at #7
I can also confirm wifi is dead .. Pandora, iheart, slacker, YouTube will play for a while then randomly get a no Conn error .. this has also been tried on 2-3 networks ... I also today did a hard reset .. no problems fixed
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My wife has unrooted UCLB3 on her Infuse (which replaced her SOD-plagued Captivate), and she hasn't had any complaints about it (aside from the phone being "too big")
Granted, she doesn't even have a data plan, and only uses wifi for Internet, so maybe that might play into it. ?
Seen update, the day after i loaded Z-TR. Like any custom rom you can run into lil issues however ZEUS seems to me to run FAR better than the crap AT&T has put togather not 1 time but 3 times in a row!!!
MY Thanks go out to DMAN and the collective for their hard work!
i thought hdmi out didnt work with uclb3 either.
im so tired of going back and forth, i just want my phone to run smoothly. I had zeus, but i kept getting the SOD now I just upgraded to this and now my screen is unresponsive I can't wait for an upgrade
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im so tired of going back and forth, i just want my phone to run smoothly. I had zeus, but i kept getting the SOD now I just upgraded to this and now my screen is unresponsive I can't wait for an upgrade
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Maybe you just need to reinstall..you can use this method...if you want to stay stock...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
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Seen update, the day after i loaded Z-TR. Like any custom rom you can run into lil issues however ZEUS seems to me to run FAR better than the crap AT&T has put togather not 1 time but 3 times in a row!!!
MY Thanks go out to DMAN and the collective for their hard work!
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If and when the infuse gets ics the phone will break the soound barrier
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Maybe you just need to reinstall..you can use this method...if you want to stay stock...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
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I finally gave up and flashed miui and I love it, thanks tho
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Did the update and its working decent so far but is it still that we can't root it?
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if stock os worked well, xda developers wouldnt exist lol