**PEOPLES OPINION: Whats the best fully functional ROM/Set Up Out Right Now? - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was rocking the Cyanogen Mods Nightly for a minute...i wanted the new update so i went back to stock to get the GRJ90 and Baseband update. Got it and im getting a steady 6-7mbps 4G now!!
My question now is....in your opinion...what is the best fully functional ROM out for the UPDATED 2.3.5 Nexus S 4G?
How is the newest nightly running?
Any roms developed for the 2.3.5 update?

I am enjoying buglesspetes nightlys, slim and smooth.
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Same buglesspete
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petes rom
Petes rom with petes kernel (or matrix 5.5) has been solid for me. iceandfire seems pretty nice as well (but I havent tested it much) if you like a more themed ROM.

I agree, Pete's roms has good batt life and performance. Also Jonathon Grigg's Carbon4g rom is pretty bada** too.

I too am using bugless Pete, but testing matrix 5.5 with it, also fond of decks for more features. Pete says to use his kernel but I want to play with undervolting.
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If you want a clean super fast rom with great battery. Go with Pete.
If you want a very theme-able rom with sprinkles. Go with Ice and Fire. Use go launcher.
Both are great in their own regard.
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Its unanimous. Using BP myself with his kernel. Just out of curiosity, what is the newest baseband and prl?
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You mean the Crespo ROM, right ?

I've tried them all and BuglessPete with his Kernel is the smoothest with GREAT battery life.....

KushDeck gives you great customizablility, battery life with Matr1x 5.5 isn't great, going to try Pete's Kernel. Really like the theme chooser and ability to change lock screen (add music controls, additional swipe tabs, etc)

No CM7 love?
Surprised no one is rocking straight CM7. What does BP do over top of CM7 to make it more appealing?
Also, do you need to flash back to stock to get the updated baseband?

BuglessPete with the included kernel is the best for smoothness, stability, speed and battery life. It does lack some features found in the CM7-based ROMs though. Stuff like the theming engine, lockscreen edits, reboot menu with screenshot option, etc. If you want all that, go with Kush 1.3.
But let me throw another name into the ring -- the Oxygen ROM, made by the same dev who did OpenSoju, is a stock-look, CM7-based ROM that is very stable, with good battery life. I'd say Oxygen 2.2.1 is just a smidge better than Kush 1.3, but nothing touches Pete for responsiveness/battery life. I go back and forth between Oxygen and Pete these days. Btw, the Oxygen thread is only in the GSM forum, but they link to ROMs for the CDMA crespo as well.

Thanks for the link, I setup a friend with Oxygen 2.1.6 but I am having trouble finding release notes for oxygen 2.2.1 on XDA. I really like OpenSoju and want to try Oxygen 2.2.1 but would like to see a bit about what I'm getting into.
Edit: Does Oxygen 2.2.1 have customizable lockscreen with 4 tabs and Music Player controls? 2.1.6 had Custom Power buttons and theme chooser so I assume those remain.

yeah GPA17 is my choice too.

DaytonaDU said:
Does Oxygen 2.2.1 have customizable lockscreen with 4 tabs and Music Player controls? 2.1.6 had Custom Power buttons and theme chooser so I assume those remain.
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I know for sure it has the power menu and theming engine. I did not see a lockscreen config in the Oxygen Settings. Granted I did not look that hard for it since I like the stock lockscreen. I have only ever run 2.2.1, have never run 2.1.6, so I can't speak to the differences.

cm nightly + tuv11 latest

I've switched to Pete's ROM (GPA17) a couple weeks ago and haven't looked back. Much more stable, snappy, and better battery life than anything I've tried before (CM7 nightlies). +1 for GPA17

i appreciate everyones input! quick question...petes GPA17...someone clear that up with me? Im just going to flash this newest rom "ete_crespo4g_08-19-11.zip" then run his new "Nexus S 2.6.35.14 Kernel" and see how that runs.

Ok, im running petes latest nightly. Everything seems nice, but im getting lock-ups everyday and its happening with various things. Once i was choosing a new ringer and it froze while playing the ringer. had to pull my battery. Another time when i tried answering a call, it locked up...had to pull the battery. There are other instances but that gives you an idea...just random freezes. Any ideas?

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Best rom for you

Thinking about rooting my phone. Was going to start flashing away but really want to know how you guys feel about each rom.
Which is most stable? And has least bugs?
Was it worth going away from stock gingerbread?
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I have used CM7 A3, Bionix 1.2. and MoDaCo r8. They are all mostly stable with sporadic issues.
They don't offer much beyond stock at this point but in the near future you will see some great improvements.
Lastly its a matter of personal preference. I like MoDaCo the best because of stability and after Paul is done with the kernel optimizations, it will be rock solid and fast.
Root and try them all, you can always go back to stock and unroot but I doubt you will .
Thanks. So far I've tried modaco and cm7. I liked modaco better buying terms of stability, I think ill stick with stock for now.
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Lovin the latest cm7 nightly
I am enjoying the bionix trinity rom.
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I am enjoying the bionix trinity rom.
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another vote for Bionix w/o Trinity
Im going to have to put a vote in for Cyanogen....at this time i have yet to find a custom kernel that works with it, but give it time
MoDaCo def at the moment
Been a CM from the moment it was available and constantly improved on nexus one. At the time being however with the nexus S line, even though there isnt anything vastly different between Stock NS and these 2 roms; MoDaCo takes the cake based on a great stability and battery life. got 1d 14 hours. on a 1440mah. incredible. CM7 has just too much open problems. Not that i wouldnt be surprised, THEY ARE ALL INSANE ALPHA/BETA roms. but yeah, modaco has got some great stability.
im just waiting for cm7 to fix following issues:
-no re-up on lost signal coming out of a subway, have to reboot to get anything back
-power widget on 2g/3g does not work properly, can only move down to 2g and nothing else
-airplane mode is straight up wierd.
-lots of random reboots

Which ROM to choose

Ok Im new to this site and this phone...I have a LG G2X obviously and need help on rooting and ROM'ing. I like the vanilla style thats on the phone currently but want to get rid of all the bloatware like the car mode etc. Make it as fast as possible maybe even over clock it. BUT I dont want a buggy root/ROM. any advice?
Sorry about last post I put in wrong section. Im a NOOB be gentle.
The one I'm running is the gingerbread 2.3.4 eagleblood v.1.4. I love it the only catch is that it doesn't come with the Google apps so u have to zip those to ur phone. It totally gets rid of all bloat ware. Haven't had any problems thus far and its fast n smooth. As far as rooting look in development sections for superoneclick all u need to do is install drivers and ur computer should do that automatically when phone is plugged in USB. If you use this rom you also will have to redownload the LG drivers from there website. Sorry I don't have links for you but it can all be found in development.
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Also if and when u do what your looking to do. There is an upgrade for the market. Its friggin sweet
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deder21 said:
Also if and when u do what your looking to do. There is an upgrade for the market. Its friggin sweet
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What update?
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Its under themes and apps but its 3.0.2 if I remember correctly
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3.0.26 is what it is. Its the first thread under themes And apps.
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I vote for EB 1.05. It is not GB, but you retain 100% of phone functionality. Everything works including BT, GPD A2DP, HDMI HD Out. I cant recall if it has Faux UC/OC Kernal, buy I use that in combination and get good battery life. No reboota, no battery pulls, phone just works. Overclock it and I post some great Antutu and Quuadrant scores. Also like Ultimate with same Kernal, but Dev stopped updating, but that Rom just works too.
I vote Ultimate Rom with faux123 kernal. Everything works, looks great..speed with kernal.
Okay, first of all, bloatware can be eliminated without a custom ROM. Just use Titanium Backup. Secondly, overclocking is done via a kernel, not a ROM. Faux's and morfic's are IMO the best; faux if you want performance, morfic if you want battery life.
Once we're past that, the best ROM for features is CM7. If you're concerned about what your phone can do, Cyanogenmod is for you, especially paired with one of the above kernels. Buttons on the notifications menu that let you change system settings, theme chooser support so changing the visual style is much easier (Honeybread is probably the best looking I've ever seen on a phone), lockscreen gestures, the list goes on and on. It's fantastic.
On a completely different tone is Eaglesblood. It's pretty much the exact opposite; as much as could be stripped out has been stripped out. As a result, it runs like a dream. It comes in Froyo and Gingerbread varieties, but most go for FY. After all, 2.2 has better support from LG so the drivers are better and performance is improved. That combined with the streamlining of the system means that Eaglesblood is probably going to be the most efficiently your phone will ever run.
And of course there are others; faux made a ROM, Ultimate is popular, and there are a bunch of others I've never looked at. I've only ever run EB and CM7 for any length of time though, so I'll only comment on those.
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Okay, first of all, bloatware can be eliminated without a custom ROM. Just use Titanium Backup. Secondly, overclocking is done via a kernel, not a ROM. Faux's and morfic's are IMO the best; faux if you want performance, morfic if you want battery life.
Once we're past that, the best ROM for features is CM7. If you're concerned about what your phone can do, Cyanogenmod is for you, especially paired with one of the above kernels. Buttons on the notifications menu that let you change system settings, theme chooser support so changing the visual style is much easier (Honeybread is probably the best looking I've ever seen on a phone), lockscreen gestures, the list goes on and on. It's fantastic.
On a completely different tone is Eaglesblood. It's pretty much the exact opposite; as much as could be stripped out has been stripped out. As a result, it runs like a dream. It comes in Froyo and Gingerbread varieties, but most go for FY. After all, 2.2 has better support from LG so the drivers are better and performance is improved. That combined with the streamlining of the system means that Eaglesblood is probably going to be the most efficiently your phone will ever run.
And of course there are others; faux made a ROM, Ultimate is popular, and there are a bunch of others I've never looked at. I've only ever run EB and CM7 for any length of time though, so I'll only comment on those.
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So if the OP said "I like the vanilla style thats on the phone currently but want to get rid of all the bloatware like the car mode etc. Make it as fast as possible maybe even over clock it. BUT I dont want a buggy root/ROM. any advice?"
I still say EB 1.05 (Froyo) with Faux Kernal is the best choice. It is vanilla as you get, same boot screens and menus. Get TB and free or remove all bloat. It is also stable and fast. Plus, like I said before, you have 100% phone functionality with no missing parts (imo buggy means stuff don't work -so CM7 is out since A2DP and HDMI HD Out don't work). Add in the fact that EB still has LG Camera and you are golden. Best rom out there IMO.
fordman1282 said:
Ok Im new to this site and this phone...I have a LG G2X obviously and need help on rooting and ROM'ing. I like the vanilla style thats on the phone currently but want to get rid of all the bloatware like the car mode etc. Make it as fast as possible maybe even over clock it. BUT I dont want a buggy root/ROM. any advice?
Sorry about last post I put in wrong section. Im a NOOB be gentle.
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Trial and error is how I've done it. For some reason eagles blood always makes my phone go crazy...but on my sons it works perfect. Try them all try differant kernals find a combo that makes your phone work.. cm7 and faulks kernal worked for me...but my sons rebooted and heats up...but eBlood makes his run perfect..dunno why but it works...
Sensation/G2x Best of Both Worlds
Toxic Blood V.1 ...is awesome...love that rom..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166415
very good...Eaglesblood is good also...2.3.4..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124522
.havent tried trigger yet...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1150037
welcome to the big leagues...
I'm going to throw another vote in for EB froyo edition. GB based roms are just too buggy at the moment.
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Eagle blood is legit
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I think Im gonna wait for CY7 to finish testing...Thank you for the replies.

cm7 vs miu

Which one is
better and how good can it get for the g2x
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better and how good can it get for the g2x
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If you're looking for a more aesthetic ROM then I'd go with MIUI (im assuming that's what you meant). If you're looking for functionality and stability I'd go with cyanogenmod. MIUI is based off of cyanogenmod although it's not as stable. Also if you prefer the stock vanilla android experience CM7 is closer to stock than MIUI.
miui still needs work, iv had problems starting from rebooting while in call and battery life is not to great.
cm7 is the more stable never had a reboot and battery life one time lasted 1 day 15hrs!
I'm the opposite. MIUI has been very good to me in performance, stability, and battery life. CM7 reboots and has horrid APN problems for me. Just my experience though. In general they are both great ROMs.
Try both and see what you like!
MIUI is only at its early stages of development thus this ROM looks promising. On the other hand, Cm7 will just get better and better. I've tried both and I can say CM7'S latest releases have been really snappy, together wirh the wonderful work of great DEVS its just gonna bring out the best of G2X/NVIDIA TEGRA
Should make the distinction that I was talking about the Whitehawkx's MIUI port. Way more stable than the alpha2 in the dev section.
The only problem I ever had with minuit was really sloe GPS. Which is something I NEED. So that was a buzz kill
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Did you try the gingerbread gps fix? I just delete my old gps data and redownloaded and it locks just as fast as froyo
Yea I'm with regP Miui has been really good to me, cm7 was good also but I just prefer Miui with ease to customize it.
Hope that helped.....
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Miui is based off CM7.
CM7 is more stock like but with additional features and functions built in.
Miui has a iPhone feel.
I think MIUI was built by the Chinese to make cheap iPhone clones that were actually androids. The software became popular and flourished. It has come a long way since I used it last.
I actually have an up to date CM7 build as my daily driver, saves as a Nandroid backup... as well as the latest MIUI. I have both saved and can restore from CWM to go back and forth.
MIUI is still new for the G2x and has some kinks. I hear an official release will be soon. It works pretty well, in my experience, but has some problems keeping a cellular data connection that requires a reboot. CM7 went through the same growing pains and has overcome that problem so it is only a matter of time before MIUI does the same.
LG G2x - CM7.1 RC1 2.3.4
www.CincyAdmins.com
www.MiiWiiChat.com
One day I will be brave and try this.
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I agree miui looks sweet but until they fix the issues with data and wifi I'd go with cm tons and tons of support for cm vs. Little support for miui .... just my 2ยข
"If Satan lived in heaven he'd be me... "
whats gingerbread gps fix?
I have been running MIUI 1.7.26 and have not had any of the issues that other people are having. Wifi works great and so does cell data. Also, GPS locks within seconds for me.
The only issue I have is that wifi calling is not working. This is a know issue though and will be fixed today.
Oh, one other thing to mention, I am running the newest G2x Baseband so that may have something to do with it.

[Q] ICS 4.0.4 (Official OTA) is awesome. Which ROMs out there are actually better?

I've been really, really pleased with the official 4.0.4 for the i9020T. Aside from a couple negligible bugs, it's pretty close to perfect.
Has anyone messed with a ROM that's actually better than this?
Nexus S i9020T
T-Mobile
you can try this:
CyberGRv10
Try CM
I loved using CyberGR, but decided to switch back to CM. Really enjoying CM9. It has the feeling of a more cohesive rom than CyberGR. For example. the specific settings are where you'd expect them to be, rather than searching through a bunch of developer created menus.
I liked the stock 4.04. Before this, I tried many MIUI versions (both original and modified versions like stuffed crustand rocket fueled), nuhetri reloaded, nexus beam...and so on...
For me, MIUI is getting closer to perfect, but the stock ICS seems more smooth and the responsiveness when opening apps is better. I'm also using Steve Garon's kernel with 1.1 GHz , daily.
The only thing I'm missing is the lack of toggles attatched to the notifications bar.
Thanks for the input, guys.
One concern I have is whether rooting and flashing another ROM will mess up future OTA updates.... since I'm like 95% happy with the stock 4.0.4 I'm not sure I wanna risk it....
There are other threads where you can find stock roms. Don't be affraid and try something new! Now I'm using elivisto's IMM76D.
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Buddy wait for apex 1.1.0 I'm sure it will be great. But if u can't wait try cm9 for me I had issues with cybergr mod cuz it didn't have sleep toggle in notifications drawer and in cm9 v5 battery! Was really bad
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I liked the stock 4.04. Before this, I tried many MIUI versions (both original and modified versions like stuffed crustand rocket fueled), nuhetri reloaded, nexus beam...and so on...
For me, MIUI is getting closer to perfect, but the stock ICS seems more smooth and the responsiveness when opening apps is better. I'm also using Steve Garon's kernel with 1.1 GHz , daily.
The only thing I'm missing is the lack of toggles attatched to the notifications bar.
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You need to try MIUIXperience (I am using v1 since a like the icons). greatest MIUI ever!! Works like a charm ( except for the lockscreen)
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check this post. it contains an accurate benchmark of the most famous ICS roms for NS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481856
the results are:
#1st place: Pixel ROM 1.72
#2nd place: CyberGR-MOD|NS.NGN ICS v10 HYBRID
#3rd place: AOSP+ r3
#4th place: Stock ICS 4.0.4
#5th place: Brainmaster's stock 4.0.4
I myself use Pixel 1.72 and its the best I have ever tried. Coupled with Airkernel 3.9.5 BIGMEM, its very good
http://nerosnews.blogspot.de/2012/03/android-404-customer-and-stock-roms.html
... especially the small ics is awesome
havnt tried out stock 4.0.4, but i gotta say, aokp is FLAWLESS.
I've tried Pete's Bugless Beast and CyberGR v10.
Both very good and enjoying my ICS experience! I felt Bugless Beast was snappier with menus and widgets. However, I feel like CyberGR was more customizable and the kernel that came with the mod supported BLN (I know I can flash a different kernel but I like to use the ones that developers give me since its how they optimized it).
I have yet to try CM9 but will in the future.
cm 9 with reloaded mod. It's very snappy and feels complete and is a daily driver.
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CM7 or CM9/CM10

After playing with CM9 and CM10 for the past six months, I decided to flash back to CM 7.2 with the datadata fix and latest CM7 glitch kernel.
Results?
CM 7.2 makes my captivate feel like a new phone. It makes me wonder if Samsung was right, maybe our little cappy isn't powerful enough to handle above GB?
Has anyone else had similar results?
for me in JB (and the reason I flashed back) everything was laggy in every version of CM9, and CM10. Overclocking and installing faster kernels helped, but it STILL always felt lagged.
JB was really bringing me down, made me want to throw my phone out the window while waiting for Google Now to load.
Now, with 7.2 back on there my phone is snappy, google (which is WAY less complex) is snappy.
So after using it for a day here's some things I forgot about:
1) power saving features work correctly meaning ill have better battery life on cm 7. I tried having wifi shut off automatically in cm9/10 and it never automatically turned back on.
2) home and messaging are resident in memory. You have to flash additional add one in the newest version to get this feature.
3)faster app performance. Everything but scrolling is faster.apps open faster,games respond faster, touches aren't delayed. In cm9/10 I could text faster than my phone could display on screen. Not with cm7.
Do I miss the smoothness of butter and the slick ice interface?
Absolutely. It is a trade off.
Cm7 was good you can do a lot more but cm9 I really don't like love aokp tho I use that a lot but the only issues I have is when on Facebook or games my phone starts to heat up
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scythekain said:
So after using it for a day here's some things I forgot about:
1) power saving features work correctly meaning ill have better battery life on cm 7. I tried having wifi shut off automatically in cm9/10 and it never automatically turned back on.
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Having never used CM7, I was under the impression that the captivate battery life was worse than a Samsung based ROM or cm9. But you find it to be better?
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Having never used CM7, I was under the impression that the captivate battery life was worse than a Samsung based ROM or cm9. But you find it to be better?
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Definately better than I was getting with cm9 or cm10.
don't recall stock froyo battery life being great. I haven't been on stock since last October.
I guess every phone is different. I couldn't make it through the day on cm7. I'm now on slimbean 2.1 and can get a good day and a half on the battery.
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I guess every phone is different. I couldn't make it through the day on cm7. I'm now on slimbean 2.1 and can get a good day and a half on the battery.
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yeah, like I said in the other thread, your mileage may vary. My phone has never made it through a day on a single charge, even on the stock rom froyo. now it's down to half a day.
That wasn't the only issue I was having with ICS/JB roms. in CM10 it would take literally almost 2 minutes for Google Now to load up. When messaging with SMS pop up, or the stock messaging App, the characters were ALWAYS about 15 seconds behind. Sometimes to the point of making me wonder if it was responding.
Some of this stuff is probably better in Slimbean, because they have trimmed the system and therefore trimmed RAM usage down to the bare essentials.
I have a captivate and my GF has a GSM Nexus S. The specs for the two phones are identical the Nexus S is just newer with a front facing camera and a flash.
She has gotten the stock update to Jelly Bean OTA. so that should show that our phone does have the hardware to support at least ICS. I am using the stable CM9. I can agree with you on the battery thing, but I bought a Samsung OEM 1800 mah battery that was meant for another phone (s2 i think), but still fits tightly. with the new battery my CM9 runs at least one day, sometimes maybe 2 with light usage.
Your post inspired me to try CM7 just for fun. So I reinstalled my old nandroid from january, and installed the latest nightly and glitch kernel, and I am amazed by the speed and fluidness. Project butter? This is much closer. Everything is super speedy, and all of my apps updated extremely fast. I really wonder what happened to all of the features that CM7 contained under the CM settings, but I suppose they were removed in order to save space. It's all great except I'm almost disgusted by the look of the UI after being on beautiful 4.0+ since november. I know I won't be able to use this for very long.
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Your post inspired me to try CM7 just for fun. So I reinstalled my old nandroid from january, and installed the latest nightly and glitch kernel, and I am amazed by the speed and fluidness. Project butter? This is much closer. Everything is super speedy, and all of my apps updated extremely fast. I really wonder what happened to all of the features that CM7 contained under the CM settings, but I suppose they were removed in order to save space. It's all great except I'm almost disgusted by the look of the UI after being on beautiful 4.0+ since november. I know I won't be able to use this for very long.
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Try the GlaSSMIX theme, with the Holo ICS launcher.
It is interesting that they dropped so many features from CM9 that were in CM7.1 and 7.2.
hshaikh;
Perhaps I miss spoke; The phone is _capable_ of running the latest Android OS. In much the same way you could run Windows 7 on the lowest spec machine listed on the back of the box. But you'll get a much better experience running Windows XP on that PC, in much the same way, Gingerbread CM7 + Glitch runs better on the cappy.
Java is a resource hungry beast, and with the polish and UI improvement require more of both. FUNCTIONALLY there is not a whole lot of improvements between GB and ICS. JB adds more polish to the notification system, and Google Now.
Alright, this thread inspired me as well and few days ago i decided to flash CM7 from CM10 nightlies which i've never been before since i got this phone lol i just went straight to CM9. All i can say about CM7 in the cappy is O.M.G what a change so i decided to make it a keeper, how? well changing the UI what else lol so ok i took the plunge and made a Phone version of my RibbonICS tablet theme for CM7 together with ZduneX25 ICS layout patch and gee i'm proud of the result i'm loving it.
I have posted some screenshoots here, i'm still working on it i want to make it the best as possible.
Note: I will be releasing a slim CM7 ROM with the patches and the theme in few days, The font in the screenshoots is Comfortaa but i'll add roboto fonts to the ROM once i'm done with the theme.
If you can't wait and want to have a taste of the theme before i release it you can donate to me and I'll send you the the RC version.
~ V
lavero.burgos said:
Alright, this thread inspired me as well and few days ago i decided to flash CM7 from CM10 nightlies which i've never been before since i got this phone lol i just went straight to CM9. All i can say about CM7 in the cappy is O.M.G what a change so i decided to make it a keeper, how? well changing the UI what else lol so ok i took the plunge and made a Phone version of my RibbonICS tablet theme for CM7 together with ZduneX25 ICS layout patch and gee i'm proud of the result i'm loving it.
I have posted some screenshoots here, i'm still working on it i want to make it the best as possible.
Note: I will be releasing a slim CM7 ROM with the patches and the theme in few days, The font in the screenshoots is Comfortaa but i'll add roboto fonts to the ROM once i'm done with the theme.
If you can't wait and want to have a taste of the theme before i release it you can donate to me and I'll send you the the RC version.
~ V
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That theme is VERY nice looking, look forward to trying it.
In the mean time I suggest GB users check out this theme, it's VERY polished and really makes the GB phone pop.
casper846969 said:
Cm7 was good you can do a lot more but cm9 I really don't like love aokp tho I use that a lot but the only issues I have is when on Facebook or games my phone starts to heat up
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I missed this comment before, unrelated to CM7/9/10.
NEVER use the Facebook or Twitter app. Both stock apps are garbage. Unfortunately there is no good Facebook replacement, I've come to like Plume for Twitter, and until Slices hooks into system sharing is my goto app.
For Facebook just make a shortcut on your launcher to the mobile website. It looks EXACTLY like that app and functions faster.
lavero.burgos said:
Alright, this thread inspired me as well and few days ago i decided to flash CM7 from CM10 nightlies which i've never been before since i got this phone lol i just went straight to CM9. All i can say about CM7 in the cappy is O.M.G what a change so i decided to make it a keeper, how? well changing the UI what else lol so ok i took the plunge and made a Phone version of my RibbonICS tablet theme for CM7 together with ZduneX25 ICS layout patch and gee i'm proud of the result i'm loving it.
I have posted some screenshoots here, i'm still working on it i want to make it the best as possible.
Note: I will be releasing a slim CM7 ROM with the patches and the theme in few days, The font in the screenshoots is Comfortaa but i'll add roboto fonts to the ROM once i'm done with the theme.
If you can't wait and want to have a taste of the theme before i release it you can donate to me and I'll send you the the RC version.
~ V
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I have made more modifications and fixed few bugs since last time check the new screenshoots in the same link above.
I just need to fix 2-3 other bugs and the theme will be ready to be released, i decided to make free and paid version and i'll be placing it in the google play. I will still post the CM7 slimmed down ROM with the patches and the free version of my theme when is ready.
Cheers!
~ V
For me, I have always liked the CM9 ICS ROM. I highly understand what you mean JB is very laggy due to the cappy being single processor phone in all.
CM7 Installation aborted
Hey Guys,
I was trying to do the exact same thing like the original poster but I'm getting installation aborted. Currently I have Slimbean 4.1 on my device and the CWMR Touch v5.5.0.4.
I did the following steps:
- Wipe Data
- Wipe Cache
- Install zip from sdcard and chose the cm7 file (stable). It goes through and then just gives me a Installation aborted. Do I need to have an older version of CWM perhaps? Any help here how you guys downgraded back to cm7?
Thanks.
vkeswani said:
Hey Guys,
I was trying to do the exact same thing like the original poster but I'm getting installation aborted. Currently I have Slimbean 4.1 on my device and the CWMR Touch v5.5.0.4.
I did the following steps:
- Wipe Data
- Wipe Cache
- Install zip from sdcard and chose the cm7 file (stable). It goes through and then just gives me a Installation aborted. Do I need to have an older version of CWM perhaps? Any help here how you guys downgraded back to cm7?
Thanks.
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I just went back to stock with a one click Odin install with no bootloader
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Every time I go from a datadata to a no datadata ROM I flash the kernel first then reboot recovery and proceed. Example : DOCS v12 (ICS) boot into recovery flash JB devil or any other JB kernel then reboot recovery and install JB ROM. Vice versa if I'm going from JB to ICS, I experience no boot loops with that method just make sure you DONT reboot phone in recovery AFTER installing the kernel then ICS ROM with JB kernel wouldn't be a good idea.
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Alright im ready to release the ROM i promised expect it today. Im still using cm7 with my theme and i have no intentions of going back to cm9+ but i just wish battery life be better on cm7, that's the only downside.
Im using latest glitch kernel with SIO and smartassv2, 100Mhz min and 1000Mhz max, default voltages. Any suggestions to improve battery life?
Edit: ROM posted http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31532198#post31532198
~ V
lavero.burgos said:
Alright im ready to release the ROM i promised expect it today. Im still using cm7 with my theme and i have no intentions of going back to cm9+ but i just wish battery life be better on cm7, that's the only downside.
Im using latest glitch kernel with SIO and smartassv2, 100Mhz min and 1000Mhz max, default voltages. Any suggestions to improve battery life?
Edit: ROM posted http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31532198#post31532198
~ V
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Thanks for the hard work!

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