I don't know about anybody else, but when I had my captivate, I would frequent these boards and download just about any ROM I could get my hands on for the quest for a better phone.
Since getting the Inspire a week ago, it seems as though now I frequent the forums just to read. I have no ambition to have anything but the stock ROM because it is just that pleasant to use.
In fact, I really don't even think I want to root.....not really much of a need anymore other that Titanium backup and easy sideloading.
This is the first smartphone I have been truly pleased with out of the box.
If I could get the wifi hotspot to work consistently I think I would skip the root too. I am coming from a bone stock Nexus one. I really like vanilla android, but Sense does add a nice touch.
bmolloy said:
If I could get the wifi hotspot to work consistently I think I would skip the root too. I am coming from a bone stock Nexus one. I really like vanilla android, but Sense does add a nice touch.
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have you tried this thread?
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I don't know about anybody else, but when I had my captivate, I would frequent these boards and download just about any ROM I could get my hands on for the quest for a better phone. My thoughts exactly. Well said.
Since getting the Inspire a week ago, it seems as though now I frequent the forums just to read. I have no ambition to have anything but the stock ROM because it is just that pleasant to use.
In fact, I really don't even think I want to root.....not really much of a need anymore other that Titanium backup and easy sideloading.
This is the first smartphone I have been truly pleased with out of the box.
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This phone is amazing stock.... I just caved to my insatiable flashing addiction. it's relieving having a phone that just works. And the unibody metal is awesome
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have you tried this thread?
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Ya What he said! Just rember to reboot everytime you change your apn. it works great and from the testing i have done and speaking with ATT they cant tell the difference..
Agreed, but
I loved this phone out of the box, but i have to tinker. It is a problem i have. I rooted and have tried just about every ROM out there. Nothing is quite as good as stock, but there are some really good ones out.
If you are happy with your phone, i say leave it. But if you want to root, this phone should be great as the devs start working with source and cooking up great ROMS and kernels.
The only tinkering I want to do now is theming. I will patiently wait for someone to deodex the stock Rom.
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Hi guys,
I have a newbie question again.. I just want to know what are the common problems the captivate have?
If you were given a chance to replace your fone, will it still be captivate or other fone? and why?
Did you regretted that you get captivate and not the other fone?
So far for me, it's the best smartphone out there..
Any input is allowed.. But hope not a bad one.. Thanks for reading..
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some people love it and some hate it.
the hardware is awesome the software kinda sucks.stupid rfs file system that the distros no longer use for obvious reasons.
I bought mine in july and its now jan, still waiting for the "soon to be released 2.2".
the new samsung looks awesome but I will most likeley switch to htc because sammy has made me wait toooooooooo long for something I should already have.
It seems like the only main common problem is decent GPS. I've had good GPS since I bought the thing, others have never had good GPS no matter what ROMs or Fixes they tried.
I went with the Captivate because I had to stay on ATT and didn't want an iPhone, but I'm happy with my choice.
The gps is an easy fix using lbttest mode. I get 12-30 satellites. So no complaint there. I've fixed it several times, but older captivates have the issue of a bad gps unit.
I'd say no problems here except for stock rom.
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MRQuad said:
Hi guys,
I have a newbie question again.. I just want to know what are the common problems the captivate have?
If you were given a chance to replace your fone, will it still be captivate or other fone? and why?
Did you regretted that you get captivate and not the other fone?
So far for me, it's the best smartphone out there..
Any input is allowed.. But hope not a bad one.. Thanks for reading..
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If I had to keep it stock i would probably hate it. There are quite a few custom ROM's that make this phone unbelievable. I personally don't for stock so it works great for me. I've had iPhones for years and thought iphone was the best phone until I got my android. Its a major hassle just to JB the iphone. I have already replaced and stayed with Captivate and have gotten a few more since then. I currently use Cezar's SE ROM and its flawless. Awesome GPS/battery/speed/stability. If you like a good kick in the pants you can flash the OC'd GT version.
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So for I love my Captivate. I have had it for about 3 months and I am getting the itch to root and play with ROMS.
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So for I love my Captivate. I have had it for about 3 months and I am getting the itch to root and play with ROMS.
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Its one of those things when you do it you'll probably think its a different phone from every aspect. If you research and educate yourself you're good to go. I'm yet to brick a phone and I flash about 2-3 different roms weekly. Backup your original ROM before you start flashing. If you love it now once you customize it you'll probably want to sleep with it
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uhmump95 said:
So for I love my Captivate. I have had it for about 3 months and I am getting the itch to root and play with ROMS.
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Do not scratch that itch unless you plan to scratch it for the rest of the time you have an android phone. Coming from a rooted and romed backflip my captivate was running 2.2 within 15 min of the box being opened and I have flashed nearly every rom out there.
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Do not scratch that itch unless you plan to scratch it for the rest of the time you have an android phone. Coming from a rooted and romed backflip my captivate was running 2.2 within 15 min of the box being opened and I have flashed nearly every rom out there.
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I plan on doing the same thing once I get my phone in a few days!!!
Hey guys,
My girlfriend's Inspire 4G's been having some problems with lags and freezing so I figured I'd just root the thing and put a solid rom on there since she won't be messing with it at all.
As of today, January 5, 2011...what's the easiest way to root and get clockwork on to put a CM7 build on her phone?
First search is your friend. But the ace hack kit is the way to go.
Second rooting might not fix the problem. When I was bone stock I never had issues with lag or freezing so maybe something else might be going on with the phone. Just an idea. I will say running cm is certainly faster for me than compared to the heavier sense, but never to the point of phone freezing. This is just my personal experience
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First search is your friend. But the ace hack kit is the way to go.
Second rooting might not fix the problem. When I was bone stock I never had issues with lag or freezing so maybe something else might be going on with the phone. Just an idea. I will say running cm is certainly faster for me than compared to the heavier sense, but never to the point of phone freezing. This is just my personal experience
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Thanks, I didn't know if that was still relevant because it was posted a few months ago haha
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Thanks, I didn't know if that was still relevant because it was posted a few months ago haha
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What that guy said, if you're going to flash CM7 take a look at absolution
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honestly.. best rom
I have been at this a bit always liked cm and cwm. but now im asking myself what is the best rom to use on this inspire.. I hate sense with a passion.. its stock just like new and well I am going to do the works root, cwm and rom etc.. so which is the best one to use? should I stick with cm7? etc i know i had lots of issues with my hd2 with cm.. although I loved the rom.
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I have been at this a bit always liked cm and cwm. but now im asking myself what is the best rom to use on this inspire.. I hate sense with a passion.. its stock just like new and well I am going to do the works root, cwm and rom etc.. so which is the best one to use? should I stick with cm7? etc i know i had lots of issues with my hd2 with cm.. although I loved the rom.
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Really? Please search! You will find that there IS NO BEST ROM! Every ROM will have its issues and its on you to figure out what you can and cannot live with. No one can decide that but you. So just try them all out and see what you like best.
tashsru said:
I have been at this a bit always liked cm and cwm. but now im asking myself what is the best rom to use on this inspire.. I hate sense with a passion.. its stock just like new and well I am going to do the works root, cwm and rom etc.. so which is the best one to use? should I stick with cm7? etc i know i had lots of issues with my hd2 with cm.. although I loved the rom.
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No one can tell you wich the best rom is. That strictly subjective and gotta find it out for yourself. Cm7 is a great Rom but not the only AOSP one. You should read features and changelogs and the try a few before deciding.
To me absolution is awesome and so is CM7.
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What they said.
First off, I'd like to thank the devs for all the hard work they have put into the roms and such. Some really neat stuff. But it seems like every rom I've tried has at least one issue that makes using my phone less than ideal. It is afterall, just a tool to get things done. And I have found that 2.2.1 works perfectly for me.
To be honest, after tweaking 2.2 with Go Launcher, I don't notice much difference between 2.2 and 2.3. Except that it works better for me. Perhaps it may have been my fault, and I'm not 100% sure, but I followed the directions to a T, and still had persistant minor issues.
Again, thank you for your hard work and dedication. It's still a great place to hang out, and I'll probably stick around for off-topic or general phone chat. Cheers and good luck.
Do a complete wipe, including the internal memory... No issues later
Saludos desde Ecuador.
wolfen69 said:
First off, I'd like to thank the devs for all the hard work they have put into the roms and such. Some really neat stuff. But it seems like every rom I've tried has at least one issue that makes using my phone less than ideal. It is afterall, just a tool to get things done. And I have found that 2.2.1 works perfectly for me.
To be honest, after tweaking 2.2 with Go Launcher, I don't notice much difference between 2.2 and 2.3. Except that it works better for me. Perhaps it may have been my fault, and I'm not 100% sure, but I followed the directions to a T, and still had persistant minor issues.
Again, thank you for your hard work and dedication. It's still a great place to hang out, and I'll probably stick around for off-topic or general phone chat. Cheers and good luck.
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There are issues with stock and with development roms, we come here to make a better user experience and if stock works better for you, then go with it
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ntorresla said:
Do a complete wipe, including the internal memory... No issues later
Saludos desde Ecuador.
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Been there, done that. Thanks anyway.
I'll still be here when curiosity kills the cat. Along with many others. I like you, if you were wondering. Not dumb.. Like too many others.
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Erik_T said:
I'll still be here when curiosity kills the cat. Along with many others. I like you, if you were wondering. Not dumb.. Like too many others.
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Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, I might get the urge again one day, (the linux tinkerer inside will need to scratch his itch) but for now I'm happy with stock. It's all about the right to choose what works for us as individuals, right? Plus, I'm busy testing/bug reporting with Ubuntu 12.04 beta.
Actually, after using stock for a bit and tweaking it, it's really pretty good. It looks just about the same as I had with 2.3.6 tbh. Carry on flashaholics!
Nothing wrong...your good... it's all about your requirements. Stock or Custom ROMs
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You should probably stay with stock roms anyway because if samsung was to send out a ics update for the samsung infuse (which I highly doubt) you would be the first to receive it me on the other hand I had to go to custom roms because you can customize it more and I hate touchwiz
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rodre12 said:
You should probably stay with stock roms anyway because if samsung was to send out a ics update for the samsung infuse (which I highly doubt) you would be the first to receive it me on the other hand I had to go to custom roms because you can customize it more and I hate touchwiz
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i'm from holland and if i don't root my phone,there's a LOT of things i just can't do..so to me it seems that the stock ROM's are lacking in some ways,and...they have there issues as well.... i'm using asamsung galaxy s+ by the way
rodre12 said:
You should probably stay with stock roms anyway because if samsung was to send out a ics update for the samsung infuse (which I highly doubt)
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They are not going to even roll out gingerbread for the infuse. A few people were able to download it for like one day, then they pulled it. Unless you do a custom rom, you are stuck with 2.2. But that's ok with me. The phone works flawlessly now.
wolfen69 said:
They are not going to even roll out gingerbread for the infuse. A few people were able to download it for like one day, then they pulled it. Unless you do a custom rom, you are stuck with 2.2. But that's ok with me. The phone works flawlessly now.
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They will finish what they started but. That's it
SENT FROM MY AEON ROCKIN INFUSE
rodre12 said:
You should probably stay with stock roms anyway because if samsung was to send out a ics update for the samsung infuse (which I highly doubt) you would be the first to receive it me on the other hand I had to go to custom roms because you can customize it more and I hate touchwiz
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LOL... Sammy release ICS for the INFUSE!!!!! Oh God... I just died a little inside.. Never gonna happen.. the morons can't even figure out how to make Gingerbread work without needing to pull it the same day that they finally decide that they want to do something other than just go right ahead and leak a copy to us...
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Erik_T said:
LOL... Sammy release ICS for the INFUSE!!!!! Oh God... I just died a little inside.. Never gonna happen.. the morons can't even figure out how to make Gingerbread work without needing to pull it the same day that they finally decide that they want to do something other than just go right ahead and leak a copy to us...
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+ a **** ton Erik
If they released ICS for the Infuse, it would be covered in Sammy's Touchwiz bull****. Not to mention ppl here are donating two more Infuses so that we can get ICS on a hacked up GB kernel. Nuff said...
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Well, guess what? It was really bugging me that everyone else was enjoying problem free custom roms, and it never really worked 100% for me. I wound up screwing up my stock install, so I figured what the hell, may as well give it one more try. As I have mentioned in my other thread, besides the usual wipes, I formatted data/cache/system, and now everything seems to be working great. Before I was just formatting system. Could that have contributed to the glitches I had before?
Regardless, it's fine for now, and I'm happy. Plus, I get to use a couple apps that aren't available to 2.2 users.
Well here's a quick update: I don't know, but I think my infuse doesn't like any custom roms. Every single one I try works great for a few days, then goes bonkers. I don't know what else to do except go back to stock. Any ideas?
Edit: could a bad ext sd card make my phone go crazy? It just died on me. I put in a 2gb card for now, and all is well with aeon, but it's only been installed (aeon) for 1 hour. I guess we'll see.
I recently got an SGS3 as a present from my wife for my bday last month, but prior to the SGS3, I had the Gnex Toro with DroidTheory's latest Non-JB, AOKP-based rom and either IMOSEYON's Lean Kernel or Franco kernel. Now, coming to the SGS3, I haven't stayed up to date with the modding/rom'ing scene due to a death in the family, and until now, have only rooted the phone just to install TBU to restore my apps and settings.
So - I need some advice. I know that there's probably over a thousand posts about roms and kernels for the SGS3, but I was wondering if anyone had any personal experience/advice they'd like to throw my way for getting the most (ie battery, speed, features) out of my new phone.
Where do I begin? I thought the bootloader was locked and encrypted, but then I saw a one-button (and it was the entire screen size, but I can't remember the name) app to unlock the bootloader. I did that, but haven't experimented with any new kernels cause I'm a little dense when it comes to what all these new options are and what they mean. Anyone have a quick, high level overview and some pointers?
Thanks for your help
Jesse
First things first BACK UP your IMEI use terminal "su" then "reboot nvbackup" it backs up your imei to one of the phones partitions. The gs3 has a bug and this hopefully will fix it. TreveE also released a zip that makes a backed up zip I'd do that too. Just search for it.
First off, let me welcome you back to not only XDA but the modding/romming scene! Second off, my condolences. I hope all is well with you now though.
First things first though, rooting and unlocking the bootloader. Seems you've already taken care of that using mmmeff's app in the Play Store. This one, correct?
After that, it's all about installing a recovery (duh!). I'm using TWRP 2.2 which you can grab here.
We got recovery setup? Good? GOOD! Okay, so, something that was found as KennyCap up above said is that IMEI (how Verizon identifies your phone as being cool for school on their network) seems to disappear somewhat randomly when flashing custom roms. Luckily, most of us are reckless enough to not care, so, we've ended up with so many people losing theirs that a solution has been found! Several, actually. Here's a thread with EVERYTHING you need to know about IMEI, backing it up, and knowing how to not be that guy who ruined his present from his wife, who now despises him for wrecking his present.
After that, you're golden man. Nothing can bring you DOWN. So, we've got a bunch of options as far as performance goes. Me? I've been using CyanogenMod 10 as a daily driver since that released. Had some strange incidents on certain builds, but the 09/06 build was fine. I just switched over to ParanoidAndroid a couple hours ago, myself. Battery life seems fine so far, as good as it was on CM10 (which by the by, is freakin' insane) so I'd recommend it if you like further tweaking your phone. I'm, unfortunately, a rom kind of guy. I, by nature don't flash kernels. Because quite frankly, I don't know.. if you flash them. So I can't help you there. But, I hope that I've been of some help! Welcome back, and have fun!
until all the kinks..well most of the kinks you can never get them all.. are worked out i am sticking with a stock based. Since you wanted battery, and features i would recommend CleanROM (Current 2.1), CleanKernel(Current 1.2), and the add on pack for the rom to get some other features.
Rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832070
Kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850495
Add-on: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1854060
I agree with a stock based ROM from your described needs, but the latest cm10 is solid for me with KT kernel.
Also this post would have been better suited in the q&a section, just a heads up before people come in here flaming you.
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Honestly surprised no flaming yet.. waiting...
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gowansta said:
Honestly surprised no flaming yet.. waiting...
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Flamers haven't had their morning coffee yet that's why. Also, "Forrest Gump" is on tv right now so they may be distracted.
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Honestly surprised no flaming yet.. waiting...
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I'm here....
Did you notice the section you posted in? Releases and development only. You didn't know, but now you do!
Sorry for the death in the family, my condolences as well.
Enjoy that new S3!
P.S. I haven't had my coffee and I'm not watching Forrest Gump
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Hurr I'm a mod, move to general or die durr
/Flaming
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Sounds like everyone's given pretty good recommendations so far, especially ZServ, props to you on that writeup.
I also came from Toro to SGS3, and I was a little gunshy to flash anything while the IMEI thing got worked out. Currently running a test build of AOKP from Xoomdev (www.blamexoomdev.com) and it's been pretty solid for me so far.
One thing to note, there are still RIL issues with AOSP roms (such as CM9/10, AOKP) that cause very ugly 3G coverage. 4G seems unaffected, but if you're in a low signal 3G area, you'll get drops like mad. Touchwiz based roms such as paranoidandroid, cleanrom, Synergy, etc don't seem to have these issues. Keep this in mind if you're in an area that doesn't get reliable 4G coverage. If you use an AOSP rom and have to rely on 3G you might get frequent data drops.
Otherwise welcome back, my condolences as well, and go have some fun.
aj8600 said:
Hurr I'm a mod, move to general or die durr
/Flaming
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You familiar with sarcasm and/or humor?
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I could have missed this as I read through the thread quickly but even if it's been said I will say it again for emphasis:
NEVER EVER FLASH A ROM OR KERNEL FOR THE i9300 (INTERNATIONAL) GS3.
Whew. Okay, I emphasize this because you said you used Franco kernel in the past. There is no version of that kernel for our phone. Flashing it will result in brick that can only be reversed by a JTAG.
Oh, and wrong section RAH BLAH ANGRY WORDS!
ZServ said:
First off, let me welcome you back to not only XDA but the modding/romming scene! Second off, my condolences. I hope all is well with you now though.
First things first though, rooting and unlocking the bootloader. Seems you've already taken care of that using mmmeff's app in the Play Store. This one, correct?
After that, it's all about installing a recovery (duh!). I'm using TWRP 2.2 which you can grab here.
We got recovery setup? Good? GOOD! Okay, so, something that was found as KennyCap up above said is that IMEI (how Verizon identifies your phone as being cool for school on their network) seems to disappear somewhat randomly when flashing custom roms. Luckily, most of us are reckless enough to not care, so, we've ended up with so many people losing theirs that a solution has been found! Several, actually. Here's a thread with EVERYTHING you need to know about IMEI, backing it up, and knowing how to not be that guy who ruined his present from his wife, who now despises him for wrecking his present.
After that, you're golden man. Nothing can bring you DOWN. So, we've got a bunch of options as far as performance goes. Me? I've been using CyanogenMod 10 as a daily driver since that released. Had some strange incidents on certain builds, but the 09/06 build was fine. I just switched over to ParanoidAndroid a couple hours ago, myself. Battery life seems fine so far, as good as it was on CM10 (which by the by, is freakin' insane) so I'd recommend it if you like further tweaking your phone. I'm, unfortunately, a rom kind of guy. I, by nature don't flash kernels. Because quite frankly, I don't know.. if you flash them. So I can't help you there. But, I hope that I've been of some help! Welcome back, and have fun!
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Thanks for the info. First, I have been done everything up to the nvram backup, but I just took care of that. It'd be nice to know from the post where the backup is kept so I could keep it offline. Hell, it'd be nice to be able to hot-swap one phone to another. I mean, with an IMEI backup, it wouldn't even matter if you bought a illegitimate phone from CL or something since you could always swap in your IMEI.
I really have never been an CM fan. I toyed with it back on my Droid X, even my GNex Toro, and just felt it was not as feature-rich as the AOKP or the custom variants. I mean, its lean, its quick, but so is AOSP, and I'm not looking for just plain vanilla. I want the bells and whistles. I like the built in rom control of AOKP as a separate settings menu item.
As far as kernels go, I'm really looking for something that gives me better control of the OC'ing and undervolting, but isn't so complicated that I need to bust out my TI calculator just to figure out settings. I like the rom control of the Franco Kernel app. I bought the app, drank the Kool Aid and have been a fan ever since, but have been skeptical, because, to be quite honest, I leave my SGS3 in Power Saver mode and truthfully, I am blown away with the battery life. The one big feature of AOKP I definitely miss is the Fast Charge option. I have 2A chargers in my car and home and would love to get back to charging the device from ~10% to full in 30 min or less. That was freakin' awesome. I'm waiting on my Anker battery, so I'd love to see a little more time squeezed out of the stock, cause that would just make the Anker 2200mah even more "yummy" :laugh:
I know this question is really subjective. I'm coming from the Note II and have not been in this forum more than a couple of days so I'm not famililar with the developers and their work.
I'm just not sure what Rom to start with.
Speed/stability. Feature Customizations, You know, General grovieness
Stock.
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ufkal said:
I know this question is really subjective. I'm coming from the Note II and have not been in this forum more than a couple of days so I'm not famililar with the developers and their work.
I'm just not sure what Rom to start with.
Speed/stability. Feature Customizations, You know, General grovieness
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You literally described viper rom
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If you want customization, ViperROM is the way to go. It is fast and has so many options and settings it can almost be overwhelming if there were anymore things to explore in their tweaks app. Has some nice themes (although many are not fully compatible yet) as well. For a stock ROM with speed and removed bloatware, I recommend Skyfall. It has been the fastest for me as far as stock roms go. Bonestock is great as well, I just had awful battery life on it (which was my fault but was too lazy to diagnose so i crack flashed something else. Just try them all and see what you like best.
Stock. Everything works and you never have to wipe for an update.
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Viper.
Stock with xposed seems to do the trick for me
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I've flashed BoneStock and have been really happy with it honestly. I really only wanted the bloatware removed and it did a good job of that.
I haven't tried any others yet though. Stock is actually really, really nice. HTC did a fantastic job with Sense 6.0.
A second vote for Viper! This ROM has been fantastic. Performance is much improved over stock, battery consumption has been lower, and there are so much customization that can be done through Viper One's tweak configuration (including enabling Power Saver mode which Verizon took away, performing an "auto hide" of the navigation bar, adding custom themes and colors, etc.). The devs of this ROM are also VERY responsive. Be sure to make a nandroid back up using CWM or TWRP before flashing any custom ROM, so you have something to go back to if you are not happy.
Was thinking about grabbing this phone, but what about those of us coming from stock Nexus Android? I see people recommending stock, but then dont you have to deal with Sense and stuff? Or am I just missing something?
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Was thinking about grabbing this phone, but what about those of us coming from stock Nexus Android? I see people recommending stock, but then dont you have to deal with Sense and stuff? Or am I just missing something?
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You can flash the Google play edition rom
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twan69666 said:
Was thinking about grabbing this phone, but what about those of us coming from stock Nexus Android? I see people recommending stock, but then dont you have to deal with Sense and stuff? Or am I just missing something?
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I've run the Stock Nexus, and LOVED IT. I also got used to Samsung's TouchWhiz, I personally like HTC's Sense. Much like ROMS, this is a personal choice. I'm sure, once I see a CM or something like that I will give it a try to check it out. Sense is not like it was a couple of years ago. It Flies. Check it out, see for your self.
NoFanboy said:
You can flash the Google play edition rom
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Yeah, Ive been looking that thread over and it looks like there's a couple of issues still. After looking that over I started browsing around here and thats how I found this thread. Funny nobody has recommended it yet though?
ufkal said:
I've run the Stock Nexus, and LOVED IT. I also got used to Samsung's TouchWhiz, I personally like HTC's Sense. Much like ROMS, this is a personal choice. I'm sure, once I see a CM or something like that I will give it a try to check it out. Sense is not like it was a couple of years ago. It Flies. Check it out, see for your self.
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Thanks
ufkal said:
I know this question is really subjective. I'm coming from the Note II and have not been in this forum more than a couple of days so I'm not famililar with the developers and their work.
I'm just not sure what Rom to start with.
Speed/stability. Feature Customizations, You know, General grovieness
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See if the stock will work fine for you. From there,you would know if you will still look for something better or new.