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Best rom for galaxy s 4g?

What rom in yalls opinions is the best?
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I just went back to the ICBINB rom with my own custom UOT theme after trying the new gingerbread leak. GB was ok, but ICBINB has ALL the tweeks, and the UV bali kernal for awesome battery life and performance.
When more GB roms come out with tweeks, I'll flash back, but right now, Froyo is doing great for me with icbinb.

As with anything, it's all about preference...
I personally like ICBINB, as I don't use my phone as a music player much... If music via your phone is more you I'd suggest one the audiophile roms, for the sound tweaks that were incorporated in the rom.
Both off these TeamAcid roms have all the latest tweaks available and they're easy to flash, so you can test drive them all then pick the one that best suits you.
Hope this helps!
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ICBINB is the easiest ROM to flash here and also one of the best, because it already has all the tweaks built in there already.
Then again, if you want to play around with tweaks and stuff more, you can always flash the other ROMs, which are still wonderful.

Really any of them. Theyre all fantastic. Although i would have to say it would be ICBINB, Audiophile, Black Ice, Frost
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Juls317 said:
Really any of them. Theyre all fantastic. Although i would have to say it would be ICBINB, Audiophile, Black Ice, Frost
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I would say if you're new to flashing, stay away from Black Ice for a bit, lol. It is still the most difficult ROM to flash out of all anyways. I would say Bionix Frost is really the easiest though. It was the first one I flashed.

I dont know why everyone is getting these problems with Black Ice, i never had one and i loved frost but the white is a battery burner
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Juls317 said:
I dont know why everyone is getting these problems with Black Ice, i never had one and i loved frost but the white is a battery burner
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Yup, I gotta agree with you on that. Black Ice gave me problems the first night, but after careful reading the next day, I flashed it perfectly. Unfortunately, I didn't like the dull look of it, so I went back to Bionix Frost right afterwards, LOL! Bionix Frost would be my second favorite ROM after ICBINB though.

I gotta say ICBINB has done the best for me. It is noob friendly(I'm a noob) and has all the latest tweaks and mods that you need. Also providing insane battery life and smoothness with little to no bugs. ICBINB, thanks to Team Acid, is the best choice at the moment in my opinion! My two cents yo!

My top roms I love;
Black Ice
Trigger 0.4 or 0.5
ICBINB
Audiophile
Of course Whitehawk's deodex kd1
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same here....best rom so far...

which rom will be best for sister's sgs 4g and she is going for university and far off from me,
so which will be best rom for her?
is gingerbread with gtalk video available?

drpratik said:
which rom will be best for sister's sgs 4g and she is going for university and far off from me,
so which will be best rom for her?
is gingerbread with gtalk video available?
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if she is going to be far, then stock rom is best. If she ever has a problem with her phone, she can take it to the cell phone vendor to troubleshoot. if it has a custom ROM, they might not help her.
I'd say stick to stock KD1 rom with root and get titanium backup app, so she can uninstall bloatware and back up her apps.

mike-y said:
if she is going to be far, then stock rom is best. If she ever has a problem with her phone, she can take it to the cell phone vendor to troubleshoot. if it has a custom ROM, they might not help her.
I'd say stick to stock KD1 rom with root and get titanium backup app, so she can uninstall bloatware and back up her apps.
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thanks for your helpful reply.
I agree with you,its best to have stock rom for troubleshooting.
I will install stock rom .
In my experimentation,i found that undervolted bali kernel is giving me nice battery back up.
can i have stock kd1 with this kernel bali 3.3 undervolted.?

When I got this phone a few weeks ago I immediately flashed Black Ice, then went with AudioPhile, for FroYo roms those are the best IMO. Once the 2.3.4 leak came out I flashed that ran it until today with no issues. Flashed the Deodexed kg6 from Whitehawk today and it's been fine as well. Only reason I changed from the leak to this was I felt the urge to flash something new.

drpratik said:
thanks for your helpful reply.
I agree with you,its best to have stock rom for troubleshooting.
I will install stock rom .
In my experimentation,i found that undervolted bali kernel is giving me nice battery back up.
can i have stock kd1 with this kernel bali 3.3 undervolted.?
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yes, if you have a rooted stock rom, you can install CWM recovery, and flash the bali kernel.

[Q]froyo theme to GB?

just wondering about the themes,pulldown menu,circle battery gauge,the blue alien contact and dial mods here.will they work or be kept working on the infuse if i flash to the GB beta rom(or future GB roms)?
will everything go back to stock form and whatever the ROM developers push with their ROM package?
im on the infused 1.5.3 with stock kernel. also wondering what kernel right now is best to match with my ROM?
thank you.

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dddeemann2 said:
just wondering about the themes,pulldown menu,circle battery gauge,the blue alien contact and dial mods here.will they work or be kept working on the infuse if i flash to the GB beta rom(or future GB roms)?
will everything go back to stock form and whatever the ROM developers push with their ROM package?
im on the infused 1.5.3 with stock kernel. also wondering what kernel right now is best to match with my ROM?
thank you.
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Most all of the user customizations will work with the Infuse v2 Beta
just like with the Infuse 1.53 but like any other customizations you will need to re-apply themes, wallpapers and any other stuff you have customized.
If you flash any custom roms at all you will not get the OTA GB or any other updates from AT&T unless you go back and reflash the Froyo stock rom first.
Hope this helps
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
Most all of the user customizations will work with the Infuse v2 Beta
just like with the Infuse 1.53 but like any other customizations you will need to re-apply themes, wallpapers and any other stuff you have customized.
If you flash any custom roms at all you will not get the OTA GB or any other updates from AT&T unless you go back and reflash the Froyo stock rom first.
Hope this helps
Good luck!
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Are oyu sure about that? The Gingerbread framework has probably changed in such a manner that themes for Froyo will break on GB.

Entropy512 said:
Are oyu sure about that? The Gingerbread framework has probably changed in such a manner that themes for Froyo will break on GB.
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I speak.from a dialer apk error it does break some. But still have my transparent apps lol
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i guess its goona be a hit or miss thing then if i do flash to the GB beta verson ROM.
some might work and some might not..
thanks guys.

Misterjunky said:
Good luck!
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You're gonna need it if you flash a Froyo theme onto Gingerbread.
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Best Rom so far???

I want to know from your point of view guys, Who's rom is more complete and stable?? I like the octane 2x, but got some problems with it nothing mayor, but besides that great rom the other one i like is valhalla. and the stock 2.3.4 this are the ones im using, but i want to know if you guys think theres another one i should test on my phone.

I've been on Valhalla 1.3.2 since whitehawkx put it up, and I've had zero issues with the rom (save for weak gingerbread wifi, but that's not because of the customization of the rom).
I also like the almost stock theme of it, plus the MIUI lock screen is just my favorite.

Currently running octane. Came from Valhalla and may go back. Both are great roms. Can't go wrong either way really.
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Exodian said:
Currently running octane. Came from Valhalla and may go back. Both are great roms. Can't go wrong either way really.
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I'm on black ice stable the latest and its pretty smooth and wifi is good since its froyo.

Vicious89 said:
I'm on black ice stable the latest and its pretty smooth and wifi is good since its froyo.
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If you want a smooth Froyo ROM, you should just use ICBINB KD1. dsexton702 put every speed tweak (at the time) into that ROM.

avrillapete said:
I've been on Valhalla 1.3.2 since whitehawkx put it up, and I've had zero issues with the rom (save for weak gingerbread wifi, but that's not because of the customization of the rom).
I also like the almost stock theme of it, plus the MIUI lock screen is just my favorite.
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+1 to that brother. Been running Valhalla 1.3.2 with honk's kj1 kernel since it was posted. Least issues i've had on any GB ROM. The MIUI lockscreen is by far my favorite..love the audio controls. Just an overall sweet ROM, very reliable. If you have to have froyo, I'd go with black ice / Bali 3.3 uv.
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Looking for best Rom, Kernel and whatever. Priority Audio quality and stability

Hi,
Please don't burn me about a new post I've done a lot of phone research to get to the Infuse. The options for an "android development newb" are many. And not sure what a kernel and Rom is...Rom is the operating system right?
Basically looking for a stable/best operating system with priority in audio quality for headphones.
Ive read abit about the Voodoo for the wolfson chip in the Infuse. Read about a leaked version of Android 2.3.5 available but it may have some 'rainbow' effect?..
Basically trying to find the best rom, kernel and whatever, their are so many.
Thanks.
EDIT: Looking to use 'Voodoo control plus' app and 'Voodoo Screen Tuning' app so need compatible rom & kernel.

It really is going to be personal preference all the roms I have tried are pretty damn stable I have seen people really liking caty rom though prob try that first

Other popular one I used to see in google searches was MIUI, infused might be good, is it closer to stock ROM? Stock roms are probably safer ie not losing BT?
Interested in this [KERNEL]Community Kernel v8 - (7/17/11) - Voodoo sound v10

Catyrom and numas are infuse stock based roms like infused....everything works
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Miui and cm7 are not...they are aosp roms and have issues with bluetooth working..
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So the opp could not use of of the other threads about the same thing?
E3D

samfirmware I997UCKI4 - Anything better/newer than this? No rainbow effect?
Did AT&T ever release official Gingerbread version?

UCKI4 is way old....we are up to UCKL2
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So is ROM I997UCKL2 [2.3.6] stock, reliable, likely to work with apps?
EDIT want a good stock app not one messed with (not insult) Messed with could be improvement.

Umm yes...its stock infuse rom
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Going from this download list; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1293751
"ROM" in the download title indicates it's stock (from Samsung or AT&T) & the one that says ie "Stock UCKJ4 [Rooted, Deodexed, Busybox] [2.3.6]" is the stock rom with things done to it like rooted??
Is video fine on KL2?

Matt_Droid said:
Going from this download list; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1293751
"ROM" in the download title indicates it's stock (from Samsung or AT&T) & the one that says ie "Stock UCKJ4 [Rooted, Deodexed, Busybox] [2.3.6]" is the stock rom with things done to it like rooted??
Is video fine on KL2?
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Video only works with that rom if you have the correct kernel I do believe.
I would suggest going here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092021 and downloading the one with 3e recovery. That enables access to modifications such as voodoo control, while maintaining a stable stock environment. The simplest voodoo kernel you can use is the voodoo community kernel, which can be found in the infuse super thread under the android development section of this forum.
Hope this helps!

I am also new to the Infuse. I had the AT&T Captivate that I was able to flash to Rogers 2.2 and it was great. Rogers allows more control of the phone and was very stable. I then got greedy and tried to flash a Rogers GB rom and bricked my phone. I read that the Infused rom is based on Rogers but it seems to have some bugs.

rawhide85 said:
I am also new to the Infuse. I had the AT&T Captivate that I was able to flash to Rogers 2.2 and it was great. Rogers allows more control of the phone and was very stable. I then got greedy and tried to flash a Rogers GB rom and bricked my phone. I read that the Infused rom is based on Rogers but it seems to have some bugs.
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No bugs in Infused. The Rogers firmware doesn't have HDMI support, because the Rogers phone doesn't have HDMI out. Other than that, Infused is the best stock ROM for this phone. Once AT&T releases GB, we'll probably get another update, but there's no bugs. If you flashed an Infuse ROM on a Captivate, well... there's your problem. I can't tell from your post if that's what happened or not.

adalgiso said:
No bugs in Infused. The Rogers firmware doesn't have HDMI support, because the Rogers phone doesn't have HDMI out. Other than that, Infused is the best stock ROM for this phone. Once AT&T releases GB, we'll probably get another update, but there's no bugs. If you flashed an Infuse ROM on a Captivate, well... there's your problem. I can't tell from your post if that's what happened or not.
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I disagree that the infused is the best ROM. Its a good ROM, but IMO CatyRom or Numas, are better. I ran infused for a long time as well as a lot of Ports. The Ports are fun, lots of customization and bells and whistles, but the 2 I mention as well as the infused are the best for what you're looking for I think.
Infused is outdated though.
I prefer these because they are native to infuse.
I suggest
1) CatyRom
2) Numas
3) Infused v2.3.3
The ICS version of Caty has a MIUI music player that is awesome. Also there is a free app called audio FX that I use for an eq and its great.
X,
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Might try Catyrom, but probably will one of the latest leaks "ROM I997UCKL2 [2.3.6]" or "UCKL2[Rooted, Deodexed, Busybox, and CRT off]" I'm led to believe theyr both stock.
If I go with first UCKL2 I will need to root it to run the voodoo apps. If I root it will I lose video and HDMI? If so how do you fix it? Would I be better to go with the latter UCKL2 (already rooted)?
Note I may be upgrading from froyo (I havent got the phone yet).
Also not sure on the flashing procedure, I found this; any good or bit outdated? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318160

adalgiso said:
No bugs in Infused. The Rogers firmware doesn't have HDMI support, because the Rogers phone doesn't have HDMI out. Other than that, Infused is the best stock ROM for this phone. Once AT&T releases GB, we'll probably get another update, but there's no bugs. If you flashed an Infuse ROM on a Captivate, well... there's your problem. I can't tell from your post if that's what happened or not.
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No it was a Captivate 2.2 rom. But then I tried to flash a Captivate GB rom from Rogers Can you give me advise on flashing the Infused Rogers based rom. I will of course root and back-up my stock AT&T rom. Thanks
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EXPERIMENT said:
I disagree that the infused is the best ROM. Its a good ROM, but IMO CatyRom or Numas, are better. I ran infused for a long time as well as a lot of Ports. The Ports are fun, lots of customization and bells and whistles, but the 2 I mention as well as the infused are the best for what you're looking for I think.
Infused is outdated though.
I prefer these because they are native to infuse.
I suggest
1) CatyRom
2) Numas
3) Infused v2.3.3
The ICS version of Caty has a MIUI music player that is awesome. Also there is a free app called audio FX that I use for an eq and its great.
X,
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Experiment- Thanks for the advise. I think I will give the caty a try. Is it based on Rogers?

It has some rogers framework in it but its 90 percent infuse guts..lol
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I edited post for lack of replies. What's a good kernel to go with Uckl2 for over clocking CPU and not losing features like hdmi and video?

Roms that allow call recording.

I am in serious need of a rom that will allow me to record my calls. I recently (yesterday) was awarded custody of my son. I now have to schedule visitation with his mother and would like to have recorded proof. I will be notifying her at the onset of each call that they will be. These will all be in case she doesn't show for scheduled visitations.l to prove that I have been setting time aside. Please any he'll would be good. My system is a rooted captivate with stock kernal running stock gingerbread minus some bloatware. Ive only wandered across thread discuasing apks and other files that ive no clue about changine to do so. Thanks for any help.
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The latest froyo version of APEX rom had that feature built in. Maybe the new version has it also
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appstar.callrecorder

That app wont download. Says error processing purchase. Ill look into that rom maybe a few others have it. I need it to be on command and at a quick push. Thanks guys.
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try apex 5.3 rom ..it has inbuild call recording and its stable..and rocksolid

Links would be great. I couldn't find it on a search. I honestly appreciate all of the help.
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phoenixfriend said:
Links would be great. I couldn't find it on a search. I honestly appreciate all of the help.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13137203&postcount=1265

try to search: (cant post links)
XWJSD_Murchelago_05.07.2011.signed_Onix_1.0.5_modemJVR_advPM_UOT.zip
it's latest preconfigured rom with line rec.

A search of xda forums and Google both yeilded no results.
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phoenixfriend said:
A search of xda forums and Google both yeilded no results.
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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/43660569/XW...2011.signed_Onix_1.0.5_modemJVR_advPM_UOT.zip

The Firefly ROM can record calls. IMO Firefly was one of the most polished ROMs out there. Unfortunately it is Froyo, but it's still an amazing ROM. Check out this post I made a few months ago about getting call recording to work as well as the whole thread on call recording. Hopefully this helps, good luck.

Devo7v said:
The Firefly ROM can record calls. IMO Firefly was one of the most polished ROMs out there. Unfortunately it is Froyo, but it's still an amazing ROM. Check out this post I made a few months ago about getting call recording to work as well as the whole thread on call recording. Hopefully this helps, good luck.
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I agree. I remember flashing the first version and falling in love... RIP Firefly!
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I'd like to run that as my phone ran better on and came stock with froyo. Once I updated to Ginger it began to suck. Force closes, lagging. It been terrible but I can't upgrade the phone until next year at upgrade time. It has been a great $0.97 phone. I've tried to load roms and it doesn't work. I get some e:signature verification error. What would be the best way to load this rom. I am new to all of this and would love to learn more. However even in the tutorials I run across acronyms I don't know. Could someone please give me the easiest way to load this rom.
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Two things:
1. If you're having trouble with acronyms, take a look at the "XDA Terms and Acronyms" post. That should help you out.
2. To get around the 3e signature issue, your best bet would be to flash a Froyo kernel with ClockworkMod recovery already included via Odin or Heimdall. I would suggest Onix, as it's a good kernel and I know it works with Firefly from previous experience.

thanks
thanks for the help. it is certainly appreciated. i just flashed the odin kernal. does it matter that the phone is currently running stock gb? also how long does it take to load? i like literally just did it at 10:14pm on wednesday june 20, 2012.

Well I flashed a stock kernal with cwm already inside and was then able to download firefly and flash it. I really like it. Ultra smooth. Much faster than stock gb. Thanks to all who responded. Thanks to all the guys at xda. Y'alls work is great. Too bad they haven't tried updating firefly to gb. I think it'd be great.
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phoenixfriend said:
Well I flashed a stock kernal with cwm already inside and was then able to download firefly and flash it. I really like it. Ultra smooth. Much faster than stock gb. Thanks to all who responded. Thanks to all the guys at xda. Y'alls work is great. Too bad they haven't tried updating firefly to gb. I think it'd be great.
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Team Phoenix aka The Collective aka The Family did come out with a great GB ROM called Mosaic. While Mosaic is themed blue, it does have a flashable Firefly theme here if you're partial to that.
They also came out with an ICS ROM, Fusion. Unfortunately it doesn't have a Firefly theme but it does have a green theme that looks pretty good as well.
It is important to note that the Firefly ROM is the only one that has call recording. It was never implemented in any of the more recent ROMs. Hopefully this helps.

I like firwfly in that it is quicker than the stock gb and it supports call recording. I needed it at the request of my attorney to record all calls with my sons mom. Id like to get back to a gb based rom that supports call recording. I don't want to try a ics rom until its more stable and safer. Don't want to render my phone useless.
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Devo7v said:
It is important to note that the Firefly ROM is the only one that has call recording. It was never implemented in any of the more recent ROMs. Hopefully this helps.
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di11igaf's Rom on 2.2.1 also had call-recording. LOVED this rom!!!
Does anyone know why this feature is left out of all recent and current Roms? Currently on an ICS Rom now, and the only thing that I really miss is the call-recording. There is a post about this issue for the SGS II on 2.3.5 & Mod here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1482721.
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