EG just posted that froyo is out. Not like I'm going to flash it anyway but good news for custom roms!
http://tinyurl.com/63kw92g
This appears to point to the Samsung FAQ page being discussed in the "imininent" thread, and the page now appears to be blank when linking to it from the iminent thread or from the Engadget page, so this appears to just be a red herring of no value.
Bob
Wow then...
What a shock
LOL. The day after I finally gave in completely to flashing custom roms. Oh well, it will indeed help the devs. I just hope that it won't have any issues that mess up people's phones, i.e. melting internal sd cards. If that does happen though, I'll just be sitting pretty with my Andromeda 2.1 powered bat out of hell.
EDIT: Now AT&T has pulled it. Whoops!
There are already 3 threads for the same topic.!!! please consolidate mods
That's how I see it. I'll probably Odin back to stock and update to stock Froyo once it's been rooted. I'll put in Launcher Pro and see what it's like battery, GPS, and reception wise. If it still lags a ton, I'll enjoy whatever Designgears does with the official ROM.
In the meantime, I'm enjoying Serendipity 5.6.
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LOL. The day after I finally gave in completely to flashing custom roms. Oh well, it will indeed help the devs. I just hope that it won't have any issues that mess up people's phones, i.e. melting internal sd cards. If that does happen though, I'll just be sitting pretty with my Andromeda 2.1 powered bat out of hell.
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Same here. Installed Andromeda 1.1 on Monday. Loving it so far. Snappy pertormance and the GPS works awesome. If I do go to the official update it won't be until it has been out awhile and others have pointed out the flaws, first. Right now, my Cappy is everything I expected it to be and I'm in no hurry to mess that up.
It was never released in the first place. Samsung prematurally put up the support page (just like AT&T did two months ago). Already discussed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=956155
I was wondering which rom/kernel combination is running smoothly without too many problems on the htc thunderbolt? Preferable something that runs pretty quick. Any opinions would be certainly appreciated
BAMF is the best ROM I have tried on TBolt. As far as the kernel, ithink it depends in your phone. Mine dies not handle UV/OC very well, others do. Imoseyon puts out great kernels and the stock kernels with BAMF by Adrynalyne arevreally mice. Both offer alot of variation.
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BAMF 1.6.3 has been running great for me. It comes with its own kernel. You also get the 6 bar signal strength
VirusROM Airborne Senseless with Imosayon kernel... smooth as silk... just waiting for a ROM update...
CM7 is my daily driver. I have GPS, Wifi, 3g/4g hand-off works perfectly; I couldn't ask for more!
You could probably get a different answer all day long .
I'm running Liquid Thundersense 1.45 with Imo's 1.92x kernel (current 2.4.4 version) and it flies. No lockups or reboots here and good battery life. Yay!
yea im running bamf 1.63, no big issues, runs fast, runs well.
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BAMF is the best ROM I have tried on TBolt. As far as the kernel, ithink it depends in your phone. Mine dies not handle UV/OC very well, others do. Imoseyon puts out great kernels and the stock kernels with BAMF by Adrynalyne arevreally mice. Both offer alot of variation.
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When you say that your phone "doesn't handle undervoltage/overclocking well," what does that mean? How does this manifest itself? Runs slow, runs hot, both? I've been experimenting with Imoseyon's kernels (latest version with the terminal emulator script) and Das BAMF Remix 1.6.3. Just wondering what I should look for.
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Good question
I never tried overclocking to 1.6... 1.9 like other kernels out there. I use 4.4.3 - 1420/499
My phone runs fine
But I dont get that undervolted stuff
Running Vanilla Bean 1.2 w/ BAMF 4.3 Kernal (considering flashing leanKernal soon) and its been running really smooth so far. I am liking the lack of Sense of Vanilla Bean!
stock and stock
I just loaded my first ROM, Das BAMF remix 1.63, and so far, everything works great!
I rooted it a month ago, what a hassle that was. It took me all weekend to figure it out. I first tried using the Cyanogenmod Thunderbolt wiki procedure, but kept getting stuck because their wiki assumes you know all about ABD and how to use it, and there must be something crucial not listed in their step by step procedure. Anyways I tried another site, which had almost the same info, but different downloads, so I kept getting stuck there with more anti noob root steps, and finally gave up there. Then I found a 3 click root program on another site, and that got the whole thing rooted with s=off.
After all that rooting nightmare, I decided I would just wait for the Cyanogenmod 7 ROM, but weeks passed and it looked like the project was abandon, so I decided to try a flavor of the most popular ROM instead.
What I wanted the most was that SENSE stuff turned off, and all the bloatware removed. I read the BAMF ROMS are the most popular, and decided to give one a try, ann am now happy I did. One thing I do notice is the personalize button now opens a browser, but I actually like that better.
I like the 6 bar signal meter, the cool boot animation, and the new themes, and the GPS icon is now gone from the status bar. Still playing with it the check out all the features.
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I just loaded my first ROM, Das BAMF remix 1.63, and so far, everything works great!
I rooted it a month ago, what a hassle that was. It took me all weekend to figure it out. I first tried using the Cyanogenmod Thunderbolt wiki procedure, but kept getting stuck because their wiki assumes you know all about ABD and how to use it, and there must be something crucial not listed in their step by step procedure. Anyways I tried another site, which had almost the same info, but different downloads, so I kept getting stuck there with more anti noob root steps, and finally gave up there. Then I found a 3 click root program on another site, and that got the whole thing rooted with s=off.
After all that rooting nightmare, I decided I would just wait for the Cyanogenmod 7 ROM, but weeks passed and it looked like the project was abandon, so I decided to try a flavor of the most popular ROM instead.
What I wanted the most was that SENSE stuff turned off, and all the bloatware removed. I read the BAMF ROMS are the most popular, and decided to give one a try, ann am now happy I did. One thing I do notice is the personalize button now opens a browser, but I actually like that better.
I like the 6 bar signal meter, the cool boot animation, and the new themes, and the GPS icon is now gone from the status bar. Still playing with it the check out all the features.
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Hey, I got two questions. The first is whether you had the update that just came out a few days ago applied when you did this root method. The second is if you have a link to where you found it.
Thanx
Rooting... Bah! ROMS... Yeah!
When I rooted, I did not have the update. Other than the ROM i just loaded, I have not applied any updates since rooting a month ago, and here is how I did it: (remember, I know nothing about unix, linux, java, or anything other than BASIC)
First I tried this procedure, and stalled at step 9 of the downgrade procedure, but looking back I think it failed because at step 5 I had failed to gain temporary root, and I did not know that a change in prompt from "$" to "#" means temporary root. I still am not sure:
cyanogenmod thunderbolt wiki (I was spam filtered from posting the link)
Second I tried this procedure, but again, died at step 3 trying to gain the temp root "#" prompt:
androidpolice thunderbolt root thread (I was spam filtered from posting the link)
Then I found this easy root 3 step process, and followed it, and at first it did not work past step 1, so I copied the downgrade file from the cyanogenmod wiki, verified it's md5 checksum, and put it in the 3 step folder and it worked:
droidforums easy-root-available-3-step-process (I was spam filtered from posting the link)
Now remember that all these procedures have been updated since tax day weekend when I did the mod, but it was a total 2 day nightmare that I would never want to endure again.
The problem is that each new term I encountered took a couple hours of web research to find out what it means and does. This is my first phone, and terminology used is totally alien to me.
Now that I have this new BAMF ROM installed, I am liking the phone a lot more. Just like I enjoy customizing windows 7 on my desktop, I have just discovered the same thing is do-able on the phone.
edit, looks like I am spam filtered from adding the links...
-Robert
Tesla Coil is very good but doesn't seem to be actively updated.
I have been benchmarking all of the ROMs and kernels (well only 2, BAMF and leanKernel with each flavor) to see what has the best performance. Maybe I will share the spreadsheet someday. Currently testing CM7.
I have used Perfect Storm and BAMF. I prefer Das BAMF because it is simple, relatively light, but packs a mean punch with some of the added features.
The Adrynalyne kernels work great, but I get a little better battery life from Imoseyon's LeanKernel. I am currently running Das Bamf 1.6.3 and LeanKernel 2.5 with custom undervoltage.
I think its crazy how different each TB is with how it responds to kernels, ROMs, radios, voltage, etc. But I am very happy with what I have now, and the undervolting has given me more battery life!
I was using Bamf Stripped v 1.1 until I flashed the gingerbread rom, I absolutely loved it.
My sig says it all. Put your cursor on the details for links to the goodies
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Wsa getting real crapy bat life on bamf 1.6.3 but think it was because I didnt clean and wipe between updates I just cleaned wiped and did it again seems to be working fine. Im on stock bamf6.3 kernel gonna give it a couple days then I mnight switch.
hi folks,
i just joined, specifically to thank MHX for his Superlite Rom build. unfortunately, i can't post in the developer section or thank him until i have 10 posts, so i figured i'd start out here.
i like the galaxy for all the same reasons that most here do. i was in austin for the weekend and my phone kept dying by 6 or 7 at night... unacceptable. usually have a charger near by, but not there. this was unmodified, unrooted, bone stock.
i jumped on here to look for something more lightweight with the possibility of improving battery life. i read all the recent rom build threads and decided on MHX Superlite. it was stripped down, but still included the apps i needed like calendar and email for exchange integration (i actually like the stock apps, they work well with exchange 2010).
this site has been great walking me through rooting and loading the new modem/rom. i'm not new to technology, but i am new to android (got the SR the day it came out).
this is a great site with some great members. lot of people smarter than me, which is always good.
-buzz
I'm forced to post a new thread in general, as I'm not permitted to post on the dark droid forum (very very stupid policy IMO).
I rooted and got Dark Droid on my Droid 3. I loved its new functions and look. I've had it a week, today, and I'm going back to Gingerbread now.
I've kept tallies. 25 FCs, 3 freezes, 7 [edit - 9 now] crashes.
Not to mention so many UI glitches.
These problems seem to be random and have no common root. Always with different apps running, performing different tasks....... doing nothing at all...
It's horribly unstable and I feared that keeping it on my phone just a little while longer might leave me with a brick. Yay brick...
I'd be very happy to try a fixed version since, as I said, I love its look and feel. Until then, I'm sticking to bread and butter.
Merh :/
And what was your point in posting this here?
10posts?
Typed using a small touchscreen
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And what was your point in posting this here?
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My point is to let someone know of these problems, hope that this shot in the dark gets to the right people.
As I said, I can't post where it belongs. I'm not just going to make 10 spam posts for the permission.
I really don't care at all as I have no intent on staying here anyway.
Just wanted to report the bugs.
Long story short.
When SGS3 first came out and there were CM9 Betas, I tried them out, no major issues until I lost my IMEI, Odined back to stock, Restored no big deal. Fast forward to two days ago. I tried a CM10 Nightly, in which I F'ed up bigtime, Leaving me in the middle of work, with an inaccessible internal SD. Luckily, I still had a CM-9 20120719 Unofficial and a gapps-ics 20120429 on my external. Flashed them both had CM9 again. First thing I did was get Rom Manager, DL the 09-01 Nightly and gapps 4.1. Dirtly flashed it right over ( I intended on ODIN'ing when I got back home anyway) Boots up....
STABLE AS EVER. IMHO just as stable as CM7 on my Droid X (incredibly stable), better yet, no major bugs that many people have been reporting. Only minor issue I noticed was music being paused via notifications and currently that isn't an issue, but I've been playing with settings and apps all day, not sure what fixed it.
The reason I pose this question, is because in the Dev forums (which I'm not allowed to post in...) there are many people who say this is stable and clean, and many other people complaining about everything under the sun. My theory is that because I had to flash CM10 over CM9 I am seeing stability and no issues. 2 Days of love
Has anyone else flashed 10 over 9, and running stable? Has anyone else done so and had major issues? Am I just a lucky SOB?
I already tried finding out the status of cm9 but apparently it's a ghost ROM and nobody gave me an answer. There isn't even a thread in the dev section for it. The only thing I could find was 1 post saying it was a stable release but no links or any other info. That's it. Everybody seems to be drooling over cutting edge bugged filled nightlies of cm10 to care.
Yeah, I ran AOKP M6.1 until things started rolling on Jelly Bean. Only issue I had was no MMS.
If you google search CM9 for SGS3 there is a ton of info for it.
" To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding!
so I can't post links. but look for Droid Life, there is an install guide on it/
there are also install vids on youtube.