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[Q] infused? or serendipity?

I am currently running infused 2.1 with infusion kernel...i guess i can say overall i'm pretty satisfied with it but i'm kind of weird sometimes about my phones and i love to try new things. so i was thinking about going to serendipity 7 and trying it out but i'm wondering from y'all...would i be wasting my time? what's really the difference? should i just chill and stick with infused? i mean the only thing i'm dissatisfied with is the 15fps video capture but i know that won't be any differnt since i'd still be on GB based ROM.
another thing too would be setting up my phone again after switching...like GO launcher settings and all my app settings. nothing i haven't been through before i suppose.
whatchya thinking?

ryanbmw51 said:
I am currently running infused 2.1 with infusion kernel...i guess i can say overall i'm pretty satisfied with it but i'm kind of weird sometimes about my phones and i love to try new things. so i was thinking about going to serendipity 7 and trying it out but i'm wondering from y'all...would i be wasting my time? what's really the difference? should i just chill and stick with infused? i mean the only thing i'm dissatisfied with is the 15fps video capture but i know that won't be any differnt since i'd still be on GB based ROM.
another thing too would be setting up my phone again after switching...like GO launcher settings and all my app settings. nothing i haven't been through before i suppose.
whatchya thinking?
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S7 is awesome, and if you want 30 fps video, all you have to do is follow look at this thread

Nice. I will def try that later. I assume it will work with Infused 2.1 then?
And also are you saying that serendipity is more awesome than infused?
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The 30fps camera fix worked for me running infused 2.1.

I read the thread again. I see it should work either way.
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ryanbmw51 said:
Nice. I will def try that later. I assume it will work with Infused 2.1 then?
And also are you saying that serendipity is more awesome than infused?
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I never tried Infused 1.6 or 2.1.
I liked Infused, but I thought S7 was smoother. If you like the TW theme, I'd go with infused though.
It all depends, try them both out!

I have to agree with Eric on this. I like the look and feel of S7 better but that's just me. And that's my answer... today. It could change tomorrow. LOL.

OK so I'm def gonna go s7 tonight and let the fun begin! I haven't used tibu before and been wanting to try it anyway. So thatll work out for me.
Is there anything else I need to add? Like custom kernel or anything?
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ryanbmw51 said:
OK so I'm def gonna go s7 tonight and let the fun begin! I haven't used tibu before and been wanting to try it anyway. So thatll work out for me.
Is there anything else I need to add? Like custom kernel or anything?
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I OC'd my infuse...you can always add Infusion 1.1 or another kernel should you so desire.

EricNagel said:
I OC'd my infuse...you can always add Infusion 1.1 or another kernel should you so desire.
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^-- What he said. I use Infusion 1.1 GB

Aight. Flashed s7 and fixed video capture. And I'm a cool cat now. I like the simplicity of the rom and I'll defense be rollin without go launcher for a while. Its nice and everything but a lil busy for me. I'm def feeling this s7. Nice and sleek. Comes with some cooool wallpapers too. Thanks for the advice.
Oh yeah. If I had infusion kernel flashed over infused do I have to do it again now or should it stick in regardless of changing roms?
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ryanbmw51 said:
Oh yeah. If I had infusion kernel flashed over infused do I have to do it again now or should it stick in regardless of changing roms?
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In my experience, I have to reflash the kernel again.
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As stated before, try them both. I'm on Serendipity right now and loving it, but I'm about to try Infused again. Last time I tried it I couldn't get passed the Samsung logo.

d0wngrade said:
As stated before, try them both. I'm on Serendipity right now and loving it, but I'm about to try Infused again. Last time I tried it I couldn't get passed the Samsung logo.
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I'd definately agree. I had Infused 1.5.3 before S7, and I thought it was a good upgrade from stock, but Froyo is jerky as hell compared to S7. I'm definitely going to be a free agent though once they get HDMI fixed.
Gotta try them all!

S7 is quite slick. However after about 14 hours I am seeing decreased battery life (more so than on infused although it wasnt great there either) Not really a deal breaker for me as I come prepared... 1 x 3500 battery and 3 x 1800 batteries LOL. Just try and stop me haha.
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So am I safe flashing S7 right after I root with the infusion kernel or do I need to flash the infused rom first?

neon_skunk said:
So am I safe flashing S7 right after I root with the infusion kernel or do I need to flash the infused rom first?
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S7 is fine

Want for Gingerbread?

I was hoping to get your guys opinion on this. Should I wait at least until mid October for gingerbread, or should I say forget it and install a custom Rom now? In otherwords, do you think gingerbread will really be here soon?
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We kinda think its close. But why not try a custom rom. The flash time and return to stock time is les than 15 minutes. Now if you are trying not to void your warranty,I guess I can dig that.
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It's a really high quality refurb from Att and has 2 months of warranty left. But I doubt I'd brick it. Even if I did I'd use gtg's unbricker. Hmm... I'm still on the fence though. Need more opinions.
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Well the custom roms offer some things stock doesnt yet its up to you and your needs.
Anyways now with the video recording fix using a GB rom its a nice choice. I was "stuck" on Froyo since the fps thingy on Gb roms but now that its fixed ive been runnin Infused 2.2.3 and its smooth.
There are some more rom options so you could browse and take your choice.
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If you're willing to give up HDMI output and live with a few minor bugs, you can have Gingerbread now.
Also data speeds are still not fixed in GB, although one fix I tried seems to have had far better results than I expected so there is promise there. I'm asking for some confirmation of that, as I live in an area with always-crappy speeds so I can't really test it.

Entropy512 said:
If you're willing to give up HDMI output and live with a few minor bugs, you can have Gingerbread now.
Also data speeds are still not fixed in GB, although one fix I tried seems to have had far better results than I expected so there is promise there. I'm asking for some confirmation of that, as I live in an area with always-crappy speeds so I can't really test it.
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Yea I was going to wait, but I could not stand it anymore. I am on 2.2.2 with Entropy's kernel. The data speeds seem mostly restored, even though i used to get almost another mb usually. If you do go to Gingerbread now, I will say the perfect pair is Infused 2.2.3 (or 2.2.2) with Infusion 1.0 (overclock kernel) for heavy games users. For daily needs and internet speed, I would say again Infused 2.2.3 (or 2.2.2) with Entropy's kernel. I have not tried Serendipity, but I have heard almost nothing bad about that too.

I installed S7 a few weeks ago, expecting to only stay on it a few days as I tried a few other ROMs. I still want to fix the Hellraiser "stuck battery notifications" issue.
I've been very happy with S7 - At some point I'll be returning to CM7, but I've been so busy that I haven't had time to mess with reflashing another ROM.

UCKI5 apparently just got leaked, so I may just wait. Seems like it's close.
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Kevinr678 said:
UCKI5 apparently just got leaked, so I may just wait. Seems like it's close.
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Where is the leak? Jease they are like coming out every four days lol.

First topic in Infuse 4G general man. Sorry I couldn't link it, I'm on my phone.
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UCKI5 is semi-leaked - no one has managed to decrypt it yet.

Well yes. I was just saying that since it's around I'll wait for official.
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[Q]

Hey guys i just got my infuse replaced and i have been checking and so far we have lots of Roms for this phone, i am wondering if anyone knows the best Rom for speed/smoothness with the least amount of glitches?

Markiddo said:
Hey guys i just got my infuse replaced and i have been checking and so far we have lots of Roms for this phone, i am wondering if anyone knows the best Rom for speed/smoothness with the least amount of glitches?
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MIUI is by far...the smoothest snappiest ROM. Just no bluetooth. if u dont use bluetooth this is the ROM for you. Really the only 2 choices are Infused and MIUI and then there are some other mumbo-jumbo ones that half work......

Mohammad_Adib said:
MIUI is by far...the smoothest snappiet ROM. Just no bluetooth. if u dont use bluetooth this is the ROM for you. Really the only 2 choices are Infused and MIUI and then there are some other mumbo-jumbo ones that half work......
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Honestly, I didn't like MIUI, i thought it looked pretty childish IMO lol You should also consider Dlev Rom. Trying them all out wouldn't hurt either, everyone has their own opinion...

So far, my personel best experience has been with Serendipity VII.

MIUI...S7...CM7 have been my favorites . Running MIUI and have to say it is my number one choice.
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yeahhh ive seen a bunch of people that like miui, im gonna try them all this week to see... thanks

DLEV is my favorite. I had infused until gtg left. And miui does look a lil' kiddie. What I love about fleck is the smoothness. It blazes! And if you apply 99 tweaks and S.A.S. on top of it, it becomes insane. If you like benchmark #'s I consistently get 27500.
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you mean 2750 right? lol
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Lol. Yeah. Sorry I was waiting for my food at wawa
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Personally, I'm running Infused with Entropy's kernel and a bunch of custom CPU settings. My phone is blazing fast - just no HDMI out as with all GB ROMs so far as it seems.
Everyone's gonna have their own preference. Get familiar with flashing and start playing with different ROMs. The only way you'll find your preference is by trying.
Personally for me, I prefer battery life over performance (such as HD video displays, high mem-usage games, etc) so I like Infused for that. I get roughly 26 hours on a charge with JuiceDefender and moderate usage...
Good luck!

Back to GB..

After spending a couple months bouncing back n forth between different ICS roms, I'm happily back on the latest cm7 nightly. ICS is nice, but the Captivate is anything but designed for it. Cm7 is so much smoother, glitch free, bug free, simplistic, and just all around better energy for a rom. I am NOT dissing ICS, I'm simply saying our phones don't necessarily run better on ICS just because its "new" and "hip". Also, is it just me or is the ICS theming a bit depressing?
..just my thoughts
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Yeah

Oh MrHaley I was gonna post something similar but thought others might think I'm a ****.
Cool. Story. Brah. Lol

Just my attempt at humor. If i offended/upset/angered anyone, i apologize.

Lol
Yep... I'm not flashin any ICS Roms.
Want to avoid the "Encrypto-Bricko"
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4-2ndtwin said:
Lol
Yep... I'm not flashin any ICS Roms.
Want to avoid the "Encrypto-Bricko"
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Have been "checking in" here and there on that thread for "Encryption unsuccessful"
Is it happening to a large percentage of cappy owners running ICS?

M973 said:
Have been "checking in" here and there on that thread for "Encryption unsuccessful"
Is it happening to a large percentage of cappy owners running ICS?
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From what I've seen, I wouldn't say a lot of peeps are getting it but the threat still lingers. Plus there might be more cases that haven't been reported cause they just ditch the phone and get another.

4-2ndtwin said:
Lol
Yep... I'm not flashin any ICS Roms.
Want to avoid the "Encrypto-Bricko"
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+1

Thanks
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ninjuh said:
After spending a couple months bouncing back n forth between different ICS roms, I'm happily back on the latest cm7 nightly. ICS is nice, but the Captivate is anything but designed for it. Cm7 is so much smoother, glitch free, bug free, simplistic, and just all around better energy for a rom. I am NOT dissing ICS, I'm simply saying our phones don't necessarily run better on ICS just because its "new" and "hip". Also, is it just me or is the ICS theming a bit depressing?
..just my thoughts
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To each his/her own, but each device is different. My wife's captivate runs everything I throw at it with no problems and no lag. My own captivate is very picky. I tried most of the ICS roms, I think, and it only likes Team ICSSGS. It was a bit laggy at first but then I flashed Glitch kernel and lightly overclocked to 1248mhz on stock volts. Now it's buttery smooth, much more so than any GB rom or stock.

I am waiting on a SGSII ICS port so we get a nice colorful dialer and Samsung themes..

I think it's just a matter of personal preference. I'm on nightly THS ICS and totally happy with it. No problem whatsoever
I guess not every Cappy is happy with ICS though. My gf's gets SOD and random reboot with ICS. I'm trying other ICS ROMs with it and may finally get it back to GB.

rheicide said:
I think it's just a matter of personal preference. I'm on nightly THS ICS and totally happy with it. No problem whatsoever
I guess not every Cappy is happy with ICS though. My gf's gets SOD and random reboot with ICS. I'm trying other ICS ROMs with it and may finally get it back to GB.
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Have you tried SlimICS? I have it on my phone and I know a few people that put it on their captivates, no problems so far...

Have you tried ZSimplyAOKP? No seriously, have you? I don't think anyone who's used this ROM would want to go back to GINGERBREAD :what: . Before you lose all hope give this one a go.
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ICS
I've just recently switched back to Darky after trying nearly every ICS rom that I could flash. I had absolutely zero problems with them, and in my opinion the launchers and overall UI is much smoother than Gingerbread. However, I've had my Cappy for almost two years, and while I'm due for an upgrade, I love the phone too much to see it bricked because of an issue that nobody seems to be able to explain or figure out (including myself). But one thing is for certain... it has been a great couple of years and I'll stretch it out as long as I can!

I've try many roms too. zsimplyAOKP, DOCs, SlimICS, change modems, try each rom with different kernel... and Im thinking hard to get back to stock.
I have one of those old cappy who SoD over 80% bttery charge on stock.
Im now doing some testing with captivate keep alive at all time ON and even with that notice 1 or 2 reboots per day.

I went back to stock 2.3.3 for a bit too after getting pissed at the instability of the 5 or 6 ICS roms i flashed/tested out. In fact, one ICS kernel actually bjorked my USB port into thinking it was being used when it wasn't and vice versa. The real drag was not having hspda!! I've recently switched back to slimICS and have been absolutely LOVING it. I won't be switching roms again any time soon. As one stated previously in this thread, each cappy seems to have a mind of it's own

I have been using Slim ICS (with Apex Lancher) for 2 months now, all I can say is...WOW! It is super stable, tons of features and speedy too. Faster then CM7 as I recall. With every release it keeps getting better. Seriously, give it a try. With Slim on my Cappy I can happily wait for a quad core phone that catches my attention.
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Well after reading up on the "encryption unsuccessful" issue, I decided to play it safe and go back to GB until a fix is discovered.

GB was good. But out of stock ROMs Froyo had the best battery life. And Eclair was good too. And just imagine how fast and cool Donut would be on our Cappies! Anyone to port?

P990 aka o2x got pretty functional ics leak

Plus they got a few devs working to make it better
Hoping someone can port it over to p999 soon once they stabilize their build. Maybe our wait is almost over.
(Don't go spam their dev thread)
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I don't think it is going to be much help to the P999 until source code is released.

Nightmare_24_7 said:
I don't think it is going to be much help to the P999 until source code is released.
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+1 on this. ICS doesn't even bother me anymore. CM7 is working fine for me.
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Reports from the p660 and p990 forums are that the ics leaks are performing quite well, possibly better than gb. Great battery life and responsiveness.
Oops meant to hit reply but gave you thumb up. Enjoy
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I've been following those threads for the past few days. They are on fire. Where there is life there is hope. Currently the O2X has life.

FatalityBoyZahy said:
+1 on this. ICS doesn't even bother me anymore. CM7 is working fine for me.
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Couldn't agree more. The awesome work devs did in tweaking CM7 has made this device very bearable until an upgrade at the end of the year.
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guitarist5122 said:
Couldn't agree more. The awesome work devs did in tweaking CM7 has made this device very bearable until an upgrade at the end of the year.
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i wouldnt hold my breath if i were you
i agree too, CM7 is just awesome for me. i actually went back to the new baseband and put the stock 2.3.4 back on mine and the battery life dropped, getting ready to downgrade once again and go back to the CM7 nightlies (i need bluetooth in my car)

dodgefan67 said:
i wouldnt hold my breath if i were you
i agree too, CM7 is just awesome for me. i actually went back to the new baseband and put the stock 2.3.4 back on mine and the battery life dropped, getting ready to downgrade once again and go back to the CM7 nightlies (i need bluetooth in my car)
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I find that bluetooth (media) works better on CM7 than it does on stock... It stutters a lot on stock and takes forever to connect.

it really doesnt matter at this point, nothing beats project butter, NOTHING!!!!!
If i have to sacrifice the smoothness from hacked JB to have a fully functional ICS, then so be it.....it is more important to have that eye candy than functions that i dont even use lol.

hhwong said:
it really doesnt matter at this point, nothing beats project butter, NOTHING!!!!!
If i have to sacrifice the smoothness from hacked JB to have a fully functional ICS, then so be it.....it is more important to have that eye candy than functions that i dont even use lol.
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Really? Then just get an iPhone lol

dodgefan67 said:
Really? Then just get an iPhone lol
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what?.....
to be honest, the glitches presented in current JB builds arent that bad, battery drain, no camera, no chrome (ok this is bad), the only one i even care about is chrome, which is quite important to me actually.
But other than chrome, everything else is pretty much functional to me, sure they arent perfect but it sure is better than ics!

hhwong said:
what?.....
to be honest, the glitches presented in current JB builds arent that bad, battery drain, no camera, no chrome (ok this is bad), the only one i even care about is chrome, which is quite important to me actually.
But other than chrome, everything else is pretty much functional to me, sure they arent perfect but it sure is better than ics!
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lol my bad, i misunderstood your post