Hey guys, so im in a bit of a pickle. I have the The transformer B80 model and now after a while of waiting i can finally root it. What are some of the benefits of rooting this?
I have rooted my phone already (Nexus S) and this helped with carrier related issues and battery drainage. The main reason i rooted my nexus s was for an early release of ICS.
So back to the main point. Transformer B80. What are the benefits of rooting this device?
Thanks a lot for your opinions and help
Speed increase in home swiping and faster app loading and running. Removeing asus bloat is huge for me as well. And the themes are super cool too! Do it man! Its super easy!
polo79 said:
Speed increase in home swiping and faster app loading and running. Removeing asus bloat is huge for me as well. And the themes are super cool too! Do it man! Its super easy!
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Im a little scared to over clock, and i am obsessed with ICS and i heard that it is comming out for this. Im pretty sure there is a port for it already, but wouldnt it be buggy. Should i just wait for the ICS release and then root? Man i hate deciding
I don't overclock myself but even without oc you get a speed increase. If u like ICS then u could root and run prime rom. It's not ICS but looks alot like it and is very smooth. It's a tough decision but considering ICS is eventually coming you can't go wrong. I still say root, it's as easy to root and flash as any of the devices I have owned.
thanks, ill do it when i get home . and there will most likely be an ics rom with tweaks when it comes out.
My first tab (BB TF101-X1) and have the same question, been lurking/reading for little while. Looking at Razorclaw+CWM+Prime. So far running bone-stock, watching for ICS.
What I noticed is that some root but stay with stock rom. Why not go further to custom rom.
GasGuzz said:
My first tab (BB TF101-X1) and have the same question, been lurking/reading for little while. Looking at Razorclaw+CWM+Prime. So far running bone-stock, watching for ICS.
What I noticed is that some root but stay with stock rom. Why not go further to custom rom.
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I have rooted my device this evening, but so far stuck with stock rom. I dont know if I will use a custom rom, but I like having the option.
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mikeydubbs said:
thanks, ill do it when i get home . and there will most likely be an ics rom with tweaks when it comes out.
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Absolutely. The ics custom rom will be even better!
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After using about 20 different roms I discovered that that I like it the way it came. Although, I did root it to use any rooted only apps, lol.
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knotrkr said:
After using about 20 different roms I discovered that that I like it the way it came. Although, I did root it to use any rooted only apps, lol.
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Have you tried a Sense cleaned up (bloatware) ROM? In any case, you might want to use Titanium to at least freeze some of the bloatware apps. You should still be able to get the OTA 2.3 update if/when HTC/TMo finally gets around to it.
I am not sure if being rooted will prevent that.
root on stock ROM shouldnt prevent it. although you will probably lose root. good idea to wait to update and see what the devs say about any new update. losing root to a new update isnt cool because you never know how long it will take for some one to figure out how to root again.
I am with you. I have not tried nor want to try any roms. I really like the default rom as is. I came from the HD2 where I flashed so many different roms, I ended up staying with a version of the mytouch 4g. Then I went and bought a real mytouch 4g and love it. I also rooted to get rid of the crappy apps. No problem with keeping it as is. People will always try and talk you into flashing a custom, but to be honest this is the first time I never have had any bugs or issues that I had to live with until the "next update".
same here...no matter how many different ROMS I flash, I always end up going back to the stock MySense. I did have a great experience with Orange Sense tho, pure sense and blazing fast thanks to Faux
Totally with you guys, after flashing several roms, trying to get them to work properly, then ending up too frustrated to continue, went right back to stock rom. rooted and removed bloatware. now happy as can be.
Same deal here. I came from the HD2 running android as well with the MT4G build, then I just bought the real deal. Mainly for the wifi calling and the front camera for the video calling. I gave the HD2 to my daughter and for some reason just last week the touch screen stopped working,, for windows and android. So there sending me a replacement, it should be here sometime this week. Does any of you know if I can use HP3 to flash roms and android builds? cuz I did use HD2 and Now I can't find it but I did find HD3. I waS Just wondering if they did the same thing. but I'm glad to hear i'm not the only one who digs the stock sense. I thought I was the only one.. LOL.. although now that CM7 is officially out I may give it a look... but I'm sure as always i'll end up back with stock.. and hopefully we'll get the honeycomb upgrade or the 2.3 sooner or later..
I'm also happy with the Stock Sense Rom, so happy in fact that I haven't rooted yet lol. My last phone was a mytouch 3g, which I rooted a few months into owning it, because with that phone there were so many glitches and so much lag that you had to root it to get it to work decently. And I wound up flashing a bunch of sense roms lol. But with this phone, it pretty much works and does everything I need it to out of the box.
With that said, do you guys really think it's still worth it to root for the non-rom-flashing benefits? i.e. setcpu and removal of bloatware? For my needs, I don't really feel like I need to overclock the phone, but I like the idea of underclocking to save battery...also, while the bloatware apps are annoying, it's not like they have taken away any functionality of the phone...I know everyone here's MO is "ROOT ASAP" but it seems like it's a little more complicated than it was for the MT3G, and while I'm not an idiot, I'm not really a tech-whiz either lol. Just not sure if it's worth the trouble and risk if I don't want/need to flash different roms.
I ran stock for a month and used ADW Launcher EX (normal version does this also) in order to hide the bloatware from the app drawer. This phone has so much power that for me it was out of sight out of mind with bloatware. I would assume LPP and other home replacement apps would have similar functions.
I flashed around a bit after rooting but always came back to stock, but then I switched to Orange Glacier by Faux123. It's stock, just quicker and debloated with some system apps moved in case you want to remove them also. IMO it's a bit better, but I still haven't decided how life changing it is His kernels def are.
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I'm also happy with the Stock Sense Rom, so happy in fact that I haven't rooted yet lol. My last phone was a mytouch 3g, which I rooted a few months into owning it, because with that phone there were so many glitches and so much lag that you had to root it to get it to work decently. And I wound up flashing a bunch of sense roms lol. But with this phone, it pretty much works and does everything I need it to out of the box.
With that said, do you guys really think it's still worth it to root for the non-rom-flashing benefits? i.e. setcpu and removal of bloatware? For my needs, I don't really feel like I need to overclock the phone, but I like the idea of underclocking to save battery...also, while the bloatware apps are annoying, it's not like they have taken away any functionality of the phone...I know everyone here's MO is "ROOT ASAP" but it seems like it's a little more complicated than it was for the MT3G, and while I'm not an idiot, I'm not really a tech-whiz either lol. Just not sure if it's worth the trouble and risk if I don't want/need to flash different roms.
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I waited around 10 days before I rooted my phone just to get a nice feel of how things ran. yes I would definitely root if I were you. if you dont want to uninstall the bloatware, you can just freeze them with titanium. setcpu with a custom kernel underclocking with screen off will improve battery life as well(only OC to play games or view videos)
hello guys, this is my first time using a android phone. I like the stock Rom but i hate how slow the phone is running. Is there a way for me to overclock the phone and get rid of the awful bloatware tmo put in this thing?
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hello guys, this is my first time using a android phone. I like the stock Rom but i hate how slow the phone is running. Is there a way for me to overclock the phone and get rid of the awful bloatware tmo put in this thing?
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Download ice or royal glacier.
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http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-1818
As the notice says, what will start today "will be a limited pilot for the update" with "a broader rollout to myTouch 4G customers will begin in the coming weeks and will continue through the end of the year." It sounds like a lucky few MT4G owners could get the update today, but the majority will probably have to wait a few weeks, if not months.
I've had Gingerbread on my phone for a long time now.
My phone is rooted through Visionary, will this cause an issue with the OTA update?
You will not receive an OTA update while rooted.
Can someone make a Backup/ROM for new release.
I don't feel like going back to Stock just to get an update.
I updated the radio and phone is rooted. Don't want to have to give up root just to have a peek at this.
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Can someone make a Backup/ROM for new release.
I don't feel like going back to Stock just to get an update.
I updated the radio and phone is rooted. Don't want to have to give up root just to have a peek at this.
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I'm sure one of our amazing devs will have rom for us in a couple days. The devs here are much faster than waiting for an OTA update.
i got my OTA update this morning at 745am central time.
Why do rooted users want an ota? That takes away the point us using xda, just equity for devs to make a better version with more features and fixes.
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Why do rooted users want an ota? That takes away the point us using xda, just equity for devs to make a better version with more features and fixes.
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Because sometimes the stock rom is better than the custom built roms. It took a long time for me to find something that was nicer than the stock phone.
For me, a lot of the custom roms are themed in a way that looks terrible to me, and a lot of them just feel inconsistent. The stock MySense that came with the phone was much nicer to use. It wasn't until the Sense 3.0 roms started coming out that it made me actually want to switch away from stock.
I rooted to try new roms, but sometimes, stock is better ( for me at least ).
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Because sometimes the stock rom is better than the custom built roms. It took a long time for me to find something that was nicer than the stock phone.
For me, a lot of the custom roms are themed in a way that looks terrible to me, and a lot of them just feel inconsistent. The stock MySense that came with the phone was much nicer to use. It wasn't until the Sense 3.0 roms started coming out that it made me actually want to switch away from stock.
I rooted to try new roms, but sometimes, stock is better ( for me at least ).
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Then you wait for a stock rooted rom. Usually released in a few days after the official one (however for this update it was out about 2 days ago). If you update OTA you will lose root.
Running stock and rooted, that way I am able to change what I want to or leave it as is and have the ability to run apps requiring root
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Then you wait for a stock rooted rom. Usually released in a few days after the official one (however for this update it was out about 2 days ago). If you update OTA you will lose root.
Running stock and rooted, that way I am able to change what I want to or leave it as is and have the ability to run apps requiring root
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I guess I should have added the caveat that I went with the stock rom but root added. OTA somehow translated to stock with root in my head.
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Why do rooted users want an ota? That takes away the point us using xda, just equity for devs to make a better version with more features and fixes.
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A lot of the custom roms while faster are buggy. I just upgraded from a Mytouch 3G and this phone is still amazingly fast to me, I don't need the extra speed.
I am not sure what advantages the OTA will have for most of us. The custom ROMs have removed all the bloat and are much faster. Additionally, most everyone running a custom ROM has already been using Gingerbread for months now.
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I am not sure what advantages the OTA will have for most of us. The custom ROMs have removed all the bloat and are much faster. Additionally, most everyone running a custom ROM has already been using Gingerbread for months now.
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SPEED
BUG FREE
STABLE
you can only choose 2.
that's why I rock stock, with root (for screen caps) nothing else. I like mine bug free and stable.
who needs over 1ghz of processor power on a damn phone anyways. seriously.
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SPEED
BUG FREE
STABLE
you can only choose 2.
that's why I rock stock, with root (for screen caps) nothing else. I like mine bug free and stable.
who needs over 1ghz of processor power on a damn phone anyways. seriously.
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I've used many custom roms that are pretty much bug free , and sometimes even stock has bugs, there is no such thing as PERFECT BUG FREE CODE, I've never come across that.
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SPEED
BUG FREE
STABLE
you can only choose 2.
that's why I rock stock, with root (for screen caps) nothing else. I like mine bug free and stable.
who needs over 1ghz of processor power on a damn phone anyways. seriously.
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Custom roms usually have the least bugs compared to stock roms not to mention that we get quicker fixes than what Google and HTC can give us. I'm pretty sure you probably not using the stock kernel. Most kernels bundle with stock are minimal line decent at best. Most of these roms in the mytouch community are bug free.
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Everyone stop bickering..people have their preferences..but someone upload the update! I really wanna see it.
im completely new at android just switched over from apple and i have no idea how this rooting stuff works can some one give me advice as to what i should do i have a mytouch 4g should i wait for this 2.3 update or should put a rom or w.e its called it was so much easier to jailbreak n all lol but this rooting stuff is confusing idk what do lol so if some one can guide me it would b great
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I've had Gingerbread on my phone for a long time now.
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I had stock 2.2 on my original Glacier for about, oh, two hours or so before I got home and rooted/flashed CM7 to it. The power button broke within a month, though, so I unrooted it and switched it out for a new one.
The new one I rooted while waiting for the bus, and flashed CM7 on the bus ride to SF. So this phone has actually only had the stock ROM for less than 20 minutes.
HTCMDA said:
SPEED
BUG FREE
STABLE
you can only choose 2.
that's why I rock stock, with root (for screen caps) nothing else. I like mine bug free and stable.
who needs over 1ghz of processor power on a damn phone anyways. seriously.
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If it's bug-free, wouldn't that also make it stable? Personally I don't need more than 1GHz, but I make a moderate overclock to 1.2GHz in order to reap the benefits of silky-smooth animations and scrolling widgets. App switching is also faster.
I run CM7 nightlies. Occasionally I run into bugs. Very infrequently. The most recent bug I encountered was random soft reboots in nightly #133, which was promptly fixed in nightly #134. Before that, the last bug I found was waaaaay back in 7.0.3 stable, when wifi refused to work properly with faux's AOSP kernel (and this isn't even a CM bug, it was an issue with faux's kernel).
CM7 has been stable enough to be a daily driver since 7.0.0 RC1.
Hello everyone,
First let me say that I am a noob at this so please be patient with my inquiry. I have applied custom rom on a Coby Kryos 7042, but those are for my kids... And I'm not overly impressed with what that got me, but like I said, those tabs are for my kids.
The purpose of this topic is find out what ROM I should flash to my stock TF300t.
There are numerous ROMs on this board and I cant determine which one to apply.
I'm not a serious gamer, so selecting a ROM because it makes games run faster/smoother is of no use for me.
This is what I would like to see from a custom rom...
Make my overall experience better with the TF300t. I'm not complaining about the TF300t, so far I love it. Can it be better? Probably.
Can a custom ROM make the transistions from page/screen to page/screen faster? If so, which ROM?
Can a custom ROM increase my WIFI range of the TF300, if the TF300 wifi range is not fully utilized? I hope that made sense.
Which ROM on this board is close to error/bug free?
If I apply a custom ROM will I be able to use JB when ASUS releases it?
I'm not asking who is the 'best' at creating a custom ROM, for that is subjective. I just want some help picking out a good one for me.
I've already rooted my 300 and I've downloaded the unlock boot tool from ASUS, but I havent unlocked the tab yet.
TIA,
B
bflatmajor said:
Hello everyone,
First let me say that I am a noob at this so please be patient with my inquiry. I have applied custom rom on a Coby Kryos 7042, but those are for my kids... And I'm not overly impressed with what that got me, but like I said, those tabs are for my kids.
The purpose of this topic is find out what ROM I should flash to my stock TF300t.
There are numerous ROMs on this board and I cant determine which one to apply.
I'm not a serious gamer, so selecting a ROM because it makes games run faster/smoother is of no use for me.
This is what I would like to see from a custom rom...
Make my overall experience better with the TF300t. I'm not complaining about the TF300t, so far I love it. Can it be better? Probably.
Can a custom ROM make the transistions from page/screen to page/screen faster? If so, which ROM?
Can a custom ROM increase my WIFI range of the TF300, if the TF300 wifi range is not fully utilized? I hope that made sense.
Which ROM on this board is close to error/bug free?
If I apply a custom ROM will I be able to use JB when ASUS releases it?
I'm not asking who is the 'best' at creating a custom ROM, for that is subjective. I just want some help picking out a good one for me.
I've already rooted my 300 and I've downloaded the unlock boot tool from ASUS, but I havent unlocked the tab yet.
TIA,
B
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Dont unlock it
You can get JB officially within a month... Would be semi pointless to put a custom rom on so close to Jelly Bean being released for the TF300T
If you've only just bought the tab, I would recommend not unlocking it yet - make sure there are no defects before you unlock as this will void your warranty. Once you're happy with it, go for it
I plan to wait for the official release of Jelly Bean before I unlock. If I dont like the offcial release I will unlock and try a custom ROM.
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I plan to wait for the official release of Jelly Bean before I unlock. If I dont like the offcial release I will unlock and try a custom ROM.
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doing the same :laugh:
Like some of the other posters I would not unlock so soon especially if you are satisfied with the performance. I waited until after my 30 period return window before I unlocked. However, I can only speak for one from since it is the only from that I have tried on this device. Seanz hydro ponic rom is fantastic and I am completely satisfied with it. I have run cm9 and aokp on other devices and if you like customization these are pretty good.
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Dont unlock it
You can get JB officially within a month... Would be semi pointless to put a custom rom on so close to Jelly Bean being released for the TF300T
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Link?
bflatmajor said:
Hello everyone,
First let me say that I am a noob at this so please be patient with my inquiry. I have applied custom rom on a Coby Kryos 7042, but those are for my kids... And I'm not overly impressed with what that got me, but like I said, those tabs are for my kids.
The purpose of this topic is find out what ROM I should flash to my stock TF300t.
There are numerous ROMs on this board and I cant determine which one to apply.
I'm not a serious gamer, so selecting a ROM because it makes games run faster/smoother is of no use for me.
This is what I would like to see from a custom rom...
Make my overall experience better with the TF300t. I'm not complaining about the TF300t, so far I love it. Can it be better? Probably.
Can a custom ROM make the transistions from page/screen to page/screen faster? If so, which ROM?
Can a custom ROM increase my WIFI range of the TF300, if the TF300 wifi range is not fully utilized? I hope that made sense.
Which ROM on this board is close to error/bug free?
If I apply a custom ROM will I be able to use JB when ASUS releases it?
I'm not asking who is the 'best' at creating a custom ROM, for that is subjective. I just want some help picking out a good one for me.
I've already rooted my 300 and I've downloaded the unlock boot tool from ASUS, but I havent unlocked the tab yet.
TIA,
B
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since no one actually answered your questions....here we go.
make the experience better? usually custom ROMs get rid of all the bloat and un-necessary stuff inside the OS. this usually speeds it up a bit...it may be noticable it may not. they also usually throw in some tweaks and customization. i am going to take AOKP for instance....since i am very familiar with that.
it allows for overclocking and undervolting, custom toggles in the notification area, custom shortcuts from the lock screen, adding buttons to the bottom navigation bar and changing their colors and icons and the later ones have a theme engine built in so changing the entire look of the tab is as easy as downloading an app and hitting a button.
make the home screen transitions faster.....usually custom ROMs ditch the stock launcher in favor of a custom one (nova, apex, or trebuchet) all of these have a setting in which you can tweak the transition speed as well as pretty much anything else you want to change. nova launcher and apex launcher (my personal fav) are downloadable and install-able from the play store.
increase wifi range? this one i am not sure of...i haven't really looked into it since i am pretty happy with my range, but i would guess that they don't increase wifi range.
bug free? anything based off stock will be good...however, these are custom ROMs with not much testing...there will be bugs...some you my notice, others you may not....its just the name of the game. i usually dont notice any myself until others point them out. it still doesn't bother me...AOKPs customizations and tweaks outweigh the small bugs here an there....IMO.
use official JB OTA...yes i believe you can download and flash an official OTA that you can get from asus' site...someone correct me if i am wrong.
so there you go. you can make your decision from that...but like others have said, it may be a good idea to hold off unlocking for a bit. if you absolutely cannot live without some of the customizations of say...AOKP, go ahead and flash away....but if slapping on a custom launcher and speeding up that screen transition is enough, just do that and hold off until official JB is pushed to us....that is my plan....at least for the time being (CM10 is making it hard to pass up though )
For the sake of answering the question I will go against previous posts and suggest that you unlock and flash a rom. Make a backup of your stock rom before flashing and then you can always revert back and manually update to JB when it arrives...or wait a few days after it's released for a JB based rom. Until that time I suggest flashing Asus-Hydro. It has all the stock features, is bug free as far as I can tell, and adds noticeable speed to the tf300. Not sure if it improves wifi distance, but it definitely speeds up homescreen transitions and greatly improves browser performance.
Make backups, follow instructions, and enjoy.
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If you took the time to read any of the other threads relating to JB you would have maybe come across a section on XDA that referred to "Tablets that will get JB 4.1"
In that thread there was a link that pointed to a reliable tech review site that got a official answer from Asus stating "Asus has build a reputation of being 1st and we don't want to disappoint our users"
That being said JB 4.1 is officially launched mid-July that is currently ... wow ... Now!
Asus will be quick on the official release to update their Tablets as they clearly stated by "We have a Reputation of being 1st"
So there is nothing officially stated if that's what you were looking for but within a month is my best estimate taking into consideration their track record for updates.
since there is pretty much only 1 stable rom on here, was is it worth unlocking to use it? would you suggest unlocking to use it?
lets here it.... i see the log for zeus but im just not sure if its worth it yet.
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since there is pretty much only 1 stable rom on here, was is it worth unlocking to use it? would you suggest unlocking to use it?
lets here it.... i see the log for zeus but im just not sure if its worth it yet.
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Personally, I'm waiting on Jelly Bean before i unlock. Not worried about warranty since i have best buy protection plan.
I too will wait for JB before i unlock.
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I too will wait for JB before i unlock.
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+1 when I get mine
sounds like what ive been doing. i think im going to wait before i unlock as well.
why not unlock now? only take few seconds, then try out Zeus' Rom and use it as a reference (best rom). Later when you got the JB, you can compare to this rom to see if JB indeed faster or better? we maybe surprising.
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why not unlock now? only take few seconds, then try out Zeus' Rom and use it as a reference (best rom). Later when you got the JB, you can compare to this rom to see if JB indeed faster or better? we maybe surprising.
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+1 to this. I too thought about waiting for the JB Rom to unlock then thought the following:
1. While the OTA for JB will only work if you have not unlocked, I have never had a device (phone or tablet) where the latest update wasn't made available by the dev community pretty darn fast for people that had done things that turned off OTA. And by fast I mean usually before the OTA was even available for devices in my area.
2. Moving now to Zeus gives me more benchmarks by which to measure the JB ROM, which also is not a bad thing
3. I know I am going to unlock anyway, so why pretend I am not, or set myself artificial barriers
I had a Samsung gs2 and now a gs3. I always put on them custom roms without bricks and I'd buy a tablet that can give me the same freedom in changing roms, kernels and recovery without bricking. But here in this forum I read some threads about bricks and dead tablets so I'm thinking about buying this tablet or a Samsung tab, also If no one of them have fullhd display
I'm too scared about putting custom roms because I don't want a €500 heavy paper..
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I had a Samsung gs2 and now a gs3. I always put on them custom roms without bricks and I'd buy a tablet that can give me the same freedom in changing roms, kernels and recovery without bricking. But here in this forum I read some threads about bricks and dead tablets so I'm thinking about buying this tablet or a Samsung tab, also If no one of them have fullhd display
I'm too scared about putting custom roms because I don't want a €500 heavy paper..
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Yes, I agree with you, but fear not with Zeus rom. It's very close to STOCK with performance tweak/battery life saver, he tried to keep it as close as stock as possible that's why it's bug free and very stable. His I/O on this rom is sick = 20, while I don't think Jelly Bean can beat this. If you talk about performance, the only advantage of JB over Zeus rom is 60fps and probably smoother overall GUi experience. I'm waiting for Zeus for the JB then if Zeus rom stills better then I will unlock the bootloader. Currently I only root, but my tab is running pretty fine, thanks to browser2ram, force 2D render and I/O scheduler SetCPU.
Don't forget about the stock deodexed + tweaks rom.
I'm running that one over zeus as it just seems more stable and smooth.
I unlocked within a week.
**** it... zeus, here i come!
I'm in the same ROM searching boat as a few others on here but can't find a definitive answer.
Recently got the Tab 2 and after reading some good reviews I'm really disappointed with the endless glitchyness. I've got an Ipad2 which is smooth as silk but I don't get on with IOS at all. Have an Android phone and love it and originally bought a Motorola Xoom and ended up selling it because of the glitchyness and bought the iPad. Couple of years on whilst I didn't expect the Tab 2 to match the Ipad I just wasn't ready for the constant sticking when even doing the simplest of tasks such a browsing and I'm not overloading it at all. On the face of it the Tab 2 seems no better than the Xoom. I hope I'm wrong.
I didn't want to start rooting as I did with the Xoom (then in an effort fo make it smoother) so I feel I'm back to square one but am hoping there is a Rom that can make the Tab 2 as smooth as the iPad. If there is or if there is another way to smooth it out if I'd really appreciate any help there is out there. Have done a hard reset a couple of times also without much, if any, improvement. Thx.
Have you updated to Jelly Bean? It's pretty much smooth. I use the stock JB without root and don't have anything to claim about, and I also use Nova Launcher Prime since the 4.0.3 wasn't that smooth.
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Have you updated to Jelly Bean?
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Yeah, running 4.1.1, was running it when it arrived.
GrandMasterPlank said:
I'm in the same ROM searching boat as a few others on here but can't find a definitive answer.
Recently got the Tab 2 and after reading some good reviews I'm really disappointed with the endless glitchyness. I've got an Ipad2 which is smooth as silk but I don't get on with IOS at all. Have an Android phone and love it and originally bought a Motorola Xoom and ended up selling it because of the glitchyness and bought the iPad. Couple of years on whilst I didn't expect the Tab 2 to match the Ipad I just wasn't ready for the constant sticking when even doing the simplest of tasks such a browsing and I'm not overloading it at all. On the face of it the Tab 2 seems no better than the Xoom. I hope I'm wrong.
I didn't want to start rooting as I did with the Xoom (then in an effort fo make it smoother) so I feel I'm back to square one but am hoping there is a Rom that can make the Tab 2 as smooth as the iPad. If there is or if there is another way to smooth it out if I'd really appreciate any help there is out there. Have done a hard reset a couple of times also without much, if any, improvement. Thx.
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I ram Zapblaster for a while if you like stock but CM 10.1 is butter
Rybean said:
I ram Zapblaster for a while if you like stock but CM 10.1 is butter
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So are we saying this is the smoothest ROM out there currently? Is this ROM also stripped to the bone? I'm tired of bloatware.
GrandMasterPlank said:
So are we saying this is the smoothest ROM out there currently? Is this ROM also stripped to the bone? I'm tired of bloatware.
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Do try ripper rom by txr33 and use kkboot kernel by ketut..you will get a smooth debloated rom. You can have as high as 9000 antutu score.
rhycka said:
Do try ripper rom by txr33 and use kkboot kernel by ketut..you will get a smooth debloated rom. You can have as high as 9000 antutu score.
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Thanks for that, will give it a go. Is it a reliable Rom? Roms on my old Xoom used to crash all the time, I'm assuming things have moved on.
Rybean said:
I ram Zapblaster for a while if you like stock but CM 10.1 is butter
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No immediate out of box issuses with my GT-P5113 I too ran Zapblaster for a bit, but was having Dropbox issuses. Switched back to Shackatus' stock rooted deodexed ROM. Very nice, smooth and pretty much no bloat