[Q] Is it wise to wait for stable cyanogen mod - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I've searched but I didn't find this.
I've read that some phones never get a full "stable" release of cyanogen. I am currently running masters voodoo rooted rom but I quite fancy CM. Does it look like there will be a stable version, and does anyone have any idea how far in the future that might be.
Or is the current RC solid as a rock right now, or does it have bugs.
Thanks

Nexus S is a CM officially supported phone, it will certainly get CM7 final. I've been running CM7 RC1 since the day after I got my phone a bit more than a week ago, so far it works quite well and stable.

Si_NZ said:
Nexus S is a CM officially supported phone, it will certainly get CM7 final. I've been running CM7 RC1 since the day after I got my phone a bit more than a week ago, so far it works quite well and stable.
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Thanks for your reply. I'll hang on then. I'd prefer to get the stable version. Any idea how long they think it will take. I've been on cm forum googling, but not getting anywhere.

buachaille said:
Thanks for your reply. I'll hang on then. I'd prefer to get the stable version. Any idea how long they think it will take. I've been on cm forum googling, but not getting anywhere.
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Rule 1 of CM: Don't ask for ETAs.
Build #11 and above of nightlies are based on Android 2.3.3.
#12 probably seems the most stable. I'm using #13 and its fine for me although people have reported problems.
If you want pure stableness, it'd be RC1 but it is on 2.3.2

zephiK said:
Rule 1 of CM: Don't ask for ETAs.
Build #11 and above of nightlies are based on Android 2.3.3.
#12 probably seems the most stable. I'm using #13 and its fine for me although people have reported problems.
If you want pure stableness, it'd be RC1 but it is on 2.3.2
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RC1 is just a nightly that was the line where they thought it was stable enough to promote. I don't think it's any more or less stable than any other nightly.
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Just flash the RC1
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Nightly #13 is just as stable as rc1 at least for me anyways

[hfm] said:
RC1 is just a nightly that was the line where they thought it was stable enough to promote. I don't think it's any more or less stable than any other nightly.
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i know that its a nightly but its also the one that brought new features that the previous nightlies didnt have such as the new lock screen.
RC2 coming tonight.

I had a lot of problems with CM7, but I was running Honity, as well. My experience was one of instability. I switched over to Axura and like it a lot.

willentrekin said:
I had a lot of problems with CM7, but I was running Honity, as well. My experience was one of instability. I switched over to Axura and like it a lot.
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I tried Axura last night and didn't like it at all. Also tried cm7 nightly 14 and I wasn't keen on it either. So far I haven't seen anything I like better than masters deodexed 2.3.3, so I'm back on that.
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buachaille said:
I tried Axura last night and didn't like it at all. Also tried cm7 nightly 14 and I wasn't keen on it either. So far I haven't seen anything I like better than masters deodexed 2.3.3, so I'm back on that.
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Just out of curiousity, what didn't you like about Axura?
On a more related note, as a flashaholic I've flashed every ROM available for the Nexus S and CM7 is the one I use as my Daily Driver. I'm on RC2 and can't remember the last time I had a random reboot. The other ROMs I have NANDroids of to be able to go between are Stock 2.3.3, Axura, and MIUI (I'm waiting for it to become a little more fleshed out before I really give it a go as a daily driver).

kenvan19 said:
Just out of curiousity, what didn't you like about Axura?
On a more related note, as a flashaholic I've flashed every ROM available for the Nexus S and CM7 is the one I use as my Daily Driver. I'm on RC2 and can't remember the last time I had a random reboot. The other ROMs I have NANDroids of to be able to go between are Stock 2.3.3, Axura, and MIUI (I'm waiting for it to become a little more fleshed out before I really give it a go as a daily driver).
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I thought Axura was nice and quick. The thing that made me remove it was the font believe it or not. It looks good in the menus but it was bad for reading emails and other small text.
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buachaille said:
I thought Axura was nice and quick. The thing that made me remove it was the font believe it or not. It looks good in the menus but it was bad for reading emails and other small text.
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Did you try flashing a different font or using font changer for root on the market? If that was really your only complaint you can very easily change such things.

kenvan19 said:
Did you try flashing a different font or using font changer for root on the market? If that was really your only complaint you can very easily change such things.
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I didn't know about either of the options you mentioned and I might just try them. I have no idea where you get fonts to flash, or what format they need to be in, and do you flash them the same way you flash everything else??

Been using RC2 with no issues ... love it.
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buachaille said:
I didn't know about either of the options you mentioned and I might just try them. I have no idea where you get fonts to flash, or what format they need to be in, and do you flash them the same way you flash everything else??
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Sonny has a few on his theme thread over in that section and yes its just like flashing s theme or a kernel except you do it last. Just give font changer a shot it's free
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[Q] DevNull or Oxygen or blandroid on Desire S

sorry if this is in the wrong section.
So now that we've got all these ROMs under dev for the Saga, I'm looking for a close to vanilla experience as possible on my Saga (I know its weird, considering I have a nexus s for that).
I sort of want to see how this would run without all the weight on it.
which one would be the best candidate?
Do some research here mate: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1146601
found it. thanks!
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hmmm... looks like none of them are very vanilla at the mo. guess I'll have to wait a few more weeks.
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The most vanilla ROM that is fully working is CM7.
I have started a port of Oxygen ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235864
It's not for daily use yet. It's still in alpha stage. I really hope that within some days/weeks we'll figure it out.
badeaioan said:
The most vanilla ROM that is fully working is CM7.
I have started a port of Oxygen ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235864
It's not for daily use yet. It's still in alpha stage. I really hope that within some days/weeks we'll figure it out.
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yup. have that one bookmarked and keeping an eye out for a stable release.
Thanks!
bummer. still no stable oxygen our devnull
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finally: someone porting oxygen for the saga
i wonder how far he is into it.

[Q] New to Nexus S, any ROM recommendations

Just got a used Nexus S (i9020t) coming from a Vibrant. The number of AOSP based ROMS over here is very refreshing. Anyone have a recommendation for a 2.3.5 ROM that is stable, easy on battery, and fast? (Hey, I want all three). I've been running cm7 on my Vibrant, so I'm familiar with that. Is the last nightly stable? What about the Kanged versions? Should I be swapping out kernels?
Basically I'm looking for a solid ROM that I won't have to (or want to) mess with for a while. Thanks for any suggestions.
mattb3 said:
Just got a used Nexus S (i9020t) coming from a Vibrant. The number of AOSP based ROMS over here is very refreshing. Anyone have a recommendation for a 2.3.5 ROM that is stable, easy on battery, and fast? (Hey, I want all three). I've been running cm7 on my Vibrant, so I'm familiar with that. Is the last nightly stable? What about the Kanged versions? Should I be swapping out kernels?
Basically I'm looking for a solid ROM that I won't have to (or want to) mess with for a while. Thanks for any suggestions.
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Try my rom. I just updated it 10 minutes ago. Fast and stable. If you're trying to save battery do an undervolt and lock the max speed to 800mhz.
Edit: ROM is called -=Nexus MV=-
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Thanks for the reply and thanks for releasing a ROM. Will definitely check it out.
mattb3 said:
Thanks for the reply and thanks for releasing a ROM. Will definitely check it out.
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No prob. Post on my thread for any questions about the rom. Will be happy to help you out.
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Bump, just see if anyone else also has recommendations.
mattb3 said:
Bump, just see if anyone else also has recommendations.
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Try a CyanogenMod 7 kang from Simms22 (you can get them on the CM7 Nightly thread): http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/gigg...cm-7.1.0-RC1-NS-KANG-signed.09142011-0558.zip
Flash the Google Apps package: http://goo-inside.me/gapps/gapps-gb-20110729-signed.zip
Use the Trinity TUV kernel (it's broken at the moment, use this build from the 11th): http://morfic.euroskank.com/NS/TUV-Any-NS+4G-11092011.zip
CM7 is just... amazing. Use this for speed and very good battery.
I would recommend cm7 miui and Peter Alfonso. All very good roms. In my opinion Pete's rom has the best battery life but try them all and see what u like best. What works good for me may not work for u lol. Just try all the roms people on here said and see what works best for u
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I Love Peter Alfonso's ROM the GPA17 it's one of the best ROMs it doesn't come with any apps pre-installed which i love
1st post woohoo
khartaras said:
CM7 is just... amazing. Use this for speed and very good battery.
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Im using CM7 ...but it is very disspointing me because of the battery..
just last for 10 hours..
I've been running Formels MIUI, it's on the devs forum here on the Nexus S, it seems to be stable compared to the stock MIUI and battery is better.
Still, I'm also looking for a Rom that improves the camera, recording still isn't as good as I wanted and sometimes I get the random freeze&reboot....

[Q] Botched Trinity flash

Ok, downloaded Trinity, booted to came wiped cache and dalvik and then flashed Trinity and rebooted. It booted with the Trinity boot animation, went to a black screen (as expected) and stayed there for 30 minutes. I expected that it could take a little time but 30 minutes was a stretch. Battery was at full.charge with USB cable connected.
Anyone have any idea's as to why it didn't work or should I just try it again? I grabbed the overclocked one earlier today and dl'ed it from my phone.
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Some of the kernels get outdated as newer nightlies come out.
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Shouldn't matter, running the RC/stable release not nightly.
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You should listen to what Kwes said... he is right you would have to revert back to about 3ish months ago kernels... new ones will not work with old versions of CM
mt3g said:
You should listen to what Kwes said... he is right you would have to revert back to about 3ish months ago kernels... new ones will not work with old versions of CM
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Exactly. The kernels get updated with the nightlies not the "stable" releases. You could actually probably go back a month or so because that's the last time the kernel changed I think.
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kwes1020 said:
Exactly. The kernels get updated with the nightlies not the "stable" releases. You could actually probably go back a month or so because that's the last time the kernel changed I think.
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I get what you're saying now. I thought you were thinking that I was running CM nightly.
As an update, I tried the earlier version listed on his website and that didn't work either thought I did something interesting.
I decided to just restore the boot from my nandroid (half as an experiment) and that resolved it not booting. Now I looked in the actual zip for the kernel and there are a few files which are system files but the actual kernel I guess doesn't remain since the kernel version is no different.
Another interesting factor is that there is now boot sound, which I saw on another thread being talked about so, if it's a matter of a few files why hasn't someone (outside of CM team) just upped the files with the needed code in them?
So, now back to me getting trinity on this thing, I guess I should just install the latest nightly and see if that works. I'm at work right now so if I have customers I can't be watching my phone.
When I run cm I always use the gigglebread kangs they are always pretty good and very stable.
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I'll try that, I assume you mean here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362451.
I'm also going to wait to grab it, I'm still throttled until tomorrow or hte next day. I still need to call them and ask why I had data on 2g count against my "High-speed" data usage.
Also, I noticed that my wifi tether doesn't work, not a huge deal, just means I need to have some more time on my hands to see what those files do exactly. That or make someone I know do it for me....
No that's not it I sent you a pm.
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Got it, thanks.
Волк said:
Shouldn't matter, running the RC/stable release not nightly.
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Trinity kernel is not compatible with that release. There's no reason to run that release anyways, go get baldwinguys CM7 kang, which isn't really a kang and is just adding the nightly features because cyanogens bot is down.
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kwes1020 said:
When I run cm I always use the gigglebread kangs they are always pretty good and very stable.
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I always wondered, what is different about gigglebread?
IRASadPanda said:
Trinity kernel is not compatible with that release. There's no reason to run that release anyways, go get baldwinguys CM7 kang, which isn't really a kang and is just adding the nightly features because cyanogens bot is down.
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Funny, when a friend of mine mentioned he was running a nightly my replay was something to the effect of: I don't mind having my web browser be a nightly release but I'm not too sure I want to have something potentially unstable that barely works on my phone. I also feel like I'm missing something on these nightlies, afaik, you have to completely wipe your system and flash it then reinstall all your apps, reconfigure them, and reconfigure your system settings. That's just too much work, I don't have the time to do that even weekly.
IRASadPanda said:
I always wondered, what is different about gigglebread?
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Sounds like my question: What IS a gigglebread?
Волк said:
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Funny, when a friend of mine mentioned he was running a nightly my replay was something to the effect of: I don't mind having my web browser be a nightly release but I'm not too sure I want to have something potentially unstable that barely works on my phone. I also feel like I'm missing something on these nightlies, afaik, you have to completely wipe your system and flash it then reinstall all your apps, reconfigure them, and reconfigure your system settings. That's just too much work, I don't have the time to do that even weekly.
Sounds like my question: What IS a gigglebread?
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Nah nightlies are as stable or more stable then rc builds on cm7. No need with all that wiping really. Unless you are going to something other then cm7 or you change your file formats.
Gigglebread is just what euroskank calls their cm7 cherry pick kangs.
Gigglebread=gingerbread skankwich=ics lol
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kwes1020 said:
Nah nightlies are as stable or more stable then rc builds on cm7. No need with all that wiping really. Unless you are going to something other then cm7 or you change your file formats.
Gigglebread is just what euroskank calls their cm7 cherry pick kangs.
Gigglebread=gingerbread skankwich=ics lol
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Well by that logic, I must flash it immediately. I was going to flash it anyways just because "skank" is one of my favorite words. The other is "dank."

CM Nightlies are back up and running

Haven't flashed yet, downloading now. Well report back once I have flashed it
http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=glacier
Edit: Work's like charm
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Flawless for you...I can't get data at all..
Hell, pressing home doesn'tr even take me home..does noting..
Why are they still developing CM7?
Ok..odd..when I try to go to the Market to download my apps..I get connection error. But I can connect to the web just fine..
TeeJay3800 said:
Why are they still developing CM7?
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+1 they should focus on CM9 lol
saranhai said:
+1 they should focus on CM9 lol
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They decided to release CM 7.2 before CM9.
DKMikey said:
They decided to release CM 7.2 before CM9.
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One really has to wonder why. GB is old news. Why put developer's time and energy into updating something no one cares about? Focus on CM9!
TeeJay3800 said:
One really has to wonder why. GB is old news. Why put developer's time and energy into updating something no one cares about? Focus on CM9!
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Maybe because some phone supported by CM7 might not get ICS.
Good news for the nightlies.
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SprigganMaster said:
Maybe because some phone supported by CM7 might not get ICS.
Good news for the nightlies.
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This phone can run CM9 w/ no problems. Feb has proven that to us. It's going to go to a 4.0 Source code drop of this phone, or the DHD to get it before we see a stable build for it.
This is pretty exciting news imo. Any indication the CM team hasn't forgotten about our device, the better. I am curious about getting into the nightly routine but I have really liked using TDJs KANG when I use CM. Mostly because I almost always get better battery life on his kernels.
On that note, does anyone know where to download the Darkside X kernel he packaged with the 7.2 KANG? The kernel thread he links to only has 12 and 12.5. I can't find it in the my touch forums for the life of me. The only similarly named thing is in his new Samsung device forums but it clearly states in that thread that he compiled it from Samsung code so that can't be the same one he bundled with our KANG can it?
I supposed a more experienced user or amateur dev can extract the kernel from the KANG and make a flashable version so I can use it with the nightlies; but I would never ask for such a thing.........
aawillma said:
This is pretty exciting news imo. Any indication the CM team hasn't forgotten about our device, the better. I am curious about getting into the nightly routine but I have really liked using TDJs KANG when I use CM. Mostly because I almost always get better battery life on his kernels.
On that note, does anyone know where to download the Darkside X kernel he packaged with the 7.2 KANG? The kernel thread he links to only has 12 and 12.5. I can't find it in the my touch forums for the life of me. The only similarly named thing is in his new Samsung device forums but it clearly states in that thread that he compiled it from Samsung code so that can't be the same one he bundled with our KANG can it?
I supposed a more experienced user or amateur dev can extract the kernel from the KANG and make a flashable version so I can use it with the nightlies; but I would never ask for such a thing.........
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Go to his github, if its anywhere, its there....
https://github.com/thederekjay
TeeJay3800 said:
One really has to wonder why. GB is old news. Why put developer's time and energy into updating something no one cares about? Focus on CM9!
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I think they didn't want to just throw away CM 7.2 before jumping into CM 9. Plus there are certain things that don't work, such as the camera, that I don't think the CM team would push out a build without things like that working at all. I doubt we'll see a stable release before HTC drops any ICS source code.
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Go to his github, if its anywhere, its there....
https://github.com/thederekjay
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Nope, nothing resembling a kernel named Darkside X for glacier. Doesn't seem like anything on there was updated in the past 2 months though.
There are 3 possibilities I see as to an explanation.
1 - the kernel is 12.5 with almost nothing different. Enough to warrant a different version title but not enough to establish hosting it as it's own new thing.
2 - it's the Samsung kernel and it's compatible with the mytouch (doesn't seem likely but his kernels have magically been cross-compatible before [g2] so who knows).
3 - it's a current version but mislabeled. That seems so unlikely from what I know of this dev that I won't even entertain such an idea.
I haven't noticed a world of a difference from this "darkside x" kernel versus the kind of performance I got on the 12.5 so I will just pretend the darkside x is some anomaly and be more than happy with using 12.5.
CM9 is way to far from a lot of devices, only devices getting official nightlys are the nexus phones (crespo, toro and the new galaxy nexus ) thats why they are developing cm7, cyanogenmod needs to re-write all the code becuse google makes a lot of changes in ICS
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THANK You !!! Good to know MT4g is still getting support.

Choppy CM10 a2 kernel

Can't post this in the development section as a response so I will post it here. Does the new InstigatorX 6.1 kernel work on TeamChopsticks CM10 8/12 a2 ROM? YES!!! Everything works great. Camera, video and landscape work also. Only issue is I get FC's using Facebook sometimes but that is minor for me. Used CWM 6xx to flash. Flashed rom, gapps 7/29 and kernel flawlessly. As always, thanks to everyone involved for making our phones much more enjoyable! Enjoy!
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Calling and texting also work good. No issues yet. Still an alpha so you may have issues with other programs. Chances are that we don't have the same stuff. Only thing is overall phone volume has been low since I first flashed CM9 two months ago. Easy fix was downloading a volume boost app.
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clip1003 said:
Can't post this in the development section as a response so I will post it here. Does the new InstigatorX 6.1 kernel work on TeamChopsticks CM10 8/12 a2 ROM? YES!!! Everything works great. Camera, video and landscape work also. Only issue is I get FC's using Facebook sometimes but that is minor for me. Used CWM 6xx to flash. Flashed rom, gapps 7/29 and kernel flawlessly. As always, thanks to everyone involved for making our phones much more enjoyable! Enjoy!
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I agree completely but it is strange that I was using 6.0 before upgrading to 6.1 and worked flawlessly, my problem is flash not working for videos on the sites I browse that previously worked before
yavihah said:
I agree completely but it is strange that I was using 6.0 before upgrading to 6.1 and worked flawlessly, my problem is flash not working for videos on the sites I browse that previously worked before
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YouTube and Break apps work without fc'ing. Have noticed the same on actual websites with flash though. like ebaumsworld, but I can usually refresh the page and it loads.
Dispatched from ye ol' Skyrocket running TeamChopsticks CM10 a2 4.1.1 JB w/ InstigatorX 6.1 kernel
please update...i love it
hey peps cant post on forum since i just signed up..kinda lame.. i just want to give props to gmillz and armyvet for their skyrocket rom aokp build.. i have been running it for close to 2 weeks and i really like it... i have been keeping up on the reads and i from what i am understanding is you both are kinda of walking away from it.. i have tried the cm 10 versions, the paranoid one as well and i have to give it to you guys.. your jb aokp blows them away... if any of you guys catch this keep up the good work and if anyone wants to try a good jb rom i highly suggest this one.. it has had a few fc's but nothing bad.. very user friendly and could only get way better... im on my phone and cant send a link so its the
[rom][4.1.1]aokp jellybean[alpha 2][8/05/12] build
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hey peps cant post on forum since i just signed up..kinda lame.. i just want to give props to gmillz and armyvet for their skyrocket rom aokp build.. i have been running it for close to 2 weeks and i really like it... i have been keeping up on the reads and i from what i am understanding is you both are kinda of walking away from it.. i have tried the cm 10 versions, the paranoid one as well and i have to give it to you guys.. your jb aokp blows them away... if any of you guys catch this keep up the good work and if anyone wants to try a good jb rom i highly suggest this one.. it has had a few fc's but nothing bad.. very user friendly and could only get way better... im on my phone and cant send a link so its the
[rom][4.1.1]aokp jellybean[alpha 2][8/05/12] build
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r4ins is going to keep up with the AOKP Jellybean project since armyvet is not, and gmillz will also probably keep building on their ROM. I'm on the 8/5 with the 1a chopsticks base and InstigatorX 6.2 kernel. If you're experiencing a "choppy" feel, check out either the Darkside or InstigatorX kernel and pick a good frequency governor. That can help a lot. On any of these early ROM's you're going to still get FC's and reboots.. they're Alpha's. If avoiding that is the most important thing to you, I would stick to CM9, Chimera, SkyICS, or a similar ICS ROM.

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