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[Q] First time CM7 user.

Im gonna start using the CM7.
They are telling me to install GAPPS but when I click their link it, it takes me to a place with bunch of lists..idk what to do.
and what is CM7 Nightly? is it recommended to install that?

It tells you which gapps you need to install should say ace something or other. Just download it from that list.

For gapps, you want the one I highlighted in orange.

thanks.
what else should I do with the CM7? there are many cm7 links out there and its confusing me. T_T

P00t said:
thanks.
what else should I do with the CM7? there are many cm7 links out there and its confusing me. T_T
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It's pretty solid with a fresh flash. You could flash a different kernel but the stock one is perfectly capable.

Do yourself a favor and flash ultimate droid instead of cm7. Ud is based on cm7, but much faster and with better battery life.

I tried cm7 and thought it was awful. Buggy, nd battery life sucked.

harlenm said:
I tried cm7 and thought it was awful. Buggy, nd battery life sucked.
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+1. UltimateDroid is much better.

EvoXOhio said:
+1. UltimateDroid is much better.
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Ick! There is a reason ultimate droid isn't allowed in xda. Do yourself a favor and do some research before flashing. Also I kinda don't understand how something that is merely a hacked and skinned version of cm7 is so much better.
Sent from my Monster G2 w/ meXdroid meXperia V2

PaganAng3l said:
Also I kinda don't understand how something that is merely a hacked and skinned version of cm7 is so much better.
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This is the reason why I lol every time I see someone say that. It's just a re-skinned CM7 with a few more features (that you can do yourself) and a different kernel.
On topic, I would flash the latest nightly. It's just as stable as 7.0.2.
CM7 Inspire 4G

[Q] upgraded to a G2x expecting awesomness? =]

I am just posting this because i recently came from a Mytouch 4g. I got sick of HTC sense so now im going pure stock android. Just posting this because i know nothing about roms and such for this phone. Just wondering if someone could help me out which rom i should use, kernels, tricks, etc.... any help is appreciated and thanks in advance!

Hello and welcome. Like I tell all newcomers to the G2x, this phone has its bugs, but with the right combination of rom and kernel, this thing can be a beauty. I personally am using a pre-rooted stock OTA GB along with faux123 0.1.3 kernel. However, all phones are different and so are users, so you will have to experiment to find out what works best for you and your phone. Have fun.
Sent from my LG-P999 using faux's sexy kernel

Thanks for info. as soon as my G2x comes in the mail i will be trying various roms and kernels to find out whats right for me.

Nice =)
I'm running the stock ROM and I love this phone! There are bugs but for raw performance and features this phone is awesome. It also helps that I paid nothing for it!

Another Lebanese? ;D
I'm Lebanese too!

FatalityBoyZahy said:
Another Lebanese? ;D
I'm Lebanese too!
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awesome!
Also how do you get that google banner under your name?

Well CM7 is always a good bet. Ive had great experiences with Weapon rom which is a more stock LG rom with tweaks.
MIUI is also working awesome. Im using 0.8.19 MIUI from the rom forum.
You'll need to NVFlash first which only takes a second. This installs a good clockworkmod recovery.
Then just download roms to SD and flash away.
No root required to start flashing. All custom roms have root access.
LG G2x - 2.3.5 MIUI Love
Asus TF - Custom 3.2

player911 said:
Well CM7 is always a good bet. Ive had great experiences with Weapon rom which is a more stock LG rom with tweaks.
MIUI is also working awesome. Im using 0.8.19 MIUI from the rom forum.
You'll need to NVFlash first which only takes a second. This installs a good clockworkmod recovery.
Then just download roms to SD and flash away.
No root required to start flashing. All custom roms have root access.
LG G2x - 2.3.5 MIUI Love
Asus TF - Custom 3.2
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Awesome thanks for info. my G2x comes in this monday I cant wait!

chanman23 said:
awesome!
Also how do you get that google banner under your name?
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I had a friend make the banner for me, and he doesn't like other people using his work without his permission. But if you're trying to get your own banner, you just need to edit your signature, and insert the image.

My personal reviews:
CM Nexus 2.3.5: great rom, close to stock
Eaglesblood: lots of features
CM7: not for me, felt laggy
OMGB: fast and speedy, really close to stock with some nice features, but couldn't get data to work
Weapon: couldn't get data to work on my phone, I view it as Eaglesblood
MIUI: great, fast. ran into problems with battery life. Must of been the kernel.
Xboarder's Stock 2.3.3 rom: The current rom i'm using, quick, fast, and the closest to stock you're gonna get.
Hope this helps

Weapon G2X with faux's kernel is the best in my opinion. I'm getting 10+ hrs of battery even at 1.4 GHZ
Sent from my G2X

New like you
I got my G2x in November and like you never messed with any ROM's or Kernels, basically never had a phone worth rooting so I never bothered to learn anything about it. Once I read the beginners guide on installing NVflash and CWM, I began flashing like crazy. I really liked CM7 and I am anxiously awaiting CM9. I got the fastest benchmark test with Eaglesblood and an OC kernal, but I just flashed this-
RG2x-MIUI v1.12.23 and so far I love it. I've never used MIUI before and so far it has been extremely smooth and looks awesome. This has the faux kernel built in and the benchmark test was almost as good as Eaglesblood. I did flash the CM7 camera and the Bravia hack and now the camera works as good as the stock GB one. However I don't think Wifi calling works. Hope that helps, I know you'll have fun like I did flashing all the different flavors out there!

Im using Eaglesblood with Faux123 0.4.7. Its really smooth no lag. Ive tried others but i always seem to come back to this one

I'm running weapon 3 with faux123 0.1.3 kernel at 1.4ghz and it runs great its fast and smooth and I get great battery life. I have also used miui and its a great rom as well.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium

Fitsnugly's CM7 Kang paired with either Faux or Trinity kernel is best for me.
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium

[Q] Newbie - Looking for stable ROMs that come recommended

I've been looking around and didnt see a list of popular ROMs that folks are running. My Skyrocket arrives in the morning and will be looking at rooting it and loading up a ROM pretty soon.
What do you run ? Why ?
What else should be updated or flashed?
thanks

WhiteWulf00 said:
I've been looking around and didnt see a list of popular ROMs that folks are running. My Skyrocket arrives in the morning and will be looking at rooting it and loading up a ROM pretty soon.
What do you run ? Why ?
What else should be updated or flashed?
thanks
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Lots of great info right here.. read my friend!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1383

WhiteWulf00 said:
I've been looking around and didnt see a list of popular ROMs that folks are running. My Skyrocket arrives in the morning and will be looking at rooting it and loading up a ROM pretty soon.
What do you run ? Why ?
What else should be updated or flashed?
thanks
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Run tpc's V3 has the best battery life plus use da_g's script rather than using app to oc.
Battery life for me when i had the rom it was50% after 24 hours.

Have to say I like Red Sonja the best. And I have tried them all.
But until its out of beta tpc's is a good one. So is quickwiz.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium

We are running quick wiz on both of our phones with no issues (using the script tpc posted as well)
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA App

TPC v3 has been just perfect for me.
Everything is smooth and fast and battery life is amazing.
Definitely would recommend it.

Ice Cream sandwich 2.36 has been good to me. CIQ is installed, but it's inactive.

appdroid said:
Run tpc's V3 has the best battery life plus use da_g's script rather than using app to oc.
Battery life for me when i had the rom it was50% after 24 hours.
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Could u give a link? I wanna check out this ROM!

dnlgorz said:
Could u give a link? I wanna check out this ROM!
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Here's the link:
[ROM][12-7]TPC v3 2.3.5 | Da_G OC Kernel | IMG Flash | ATT | Rogers |
I found the link in the "all-in-one-location" XDA Skyrocket General Info/Root Method/Kernel/ROM Thread!
Thought you might be interested in that too.

I'm on the Ice Cream Sandwich theme/rom it is great and looks good

I've tried SkyICS, TPC, QuikWiz, SkyRocketeer, and CM7. So far CM7 is my favorite, though it was the biggest pain to set up and YouTube videos don't play back correctly. They're all good, and it's easy to try them, so I'd recommend trying as many as you want.

Im running the ice creamsandwhich themed rom and its great

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Im running the ice creamsandwhich themed rom and its great
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I'm assuming you're using this one. Do you have the voice input issue where it's totally gone? lol

Download voice search. From the market it will give you back voice input

[Q] Galaxy Skyrocket Custom Rom

Hello All,
I am a total newbie to all of this, I just bought a Galaxy s2 Skyrocket. I managed to find good info on how to root it and did that with something called superoneclick. So it is showing rooted with out the yellow triangle. Now for my question.
There are so many custom roms out there i have no clue what to do. All i am really looking for is a custom rom that will let me do the following if it is possible, wifi tethering, custom bootanimation and if it will let me overclock. And I guess something that is stable as i see mentioned on here a lot.
Anyway anyone that has time to help a newbie I would really appreciate it. There is a lot of great info on here but most of it is written for people that at least have a clue about this stuff.
Most of all i want to say thank you to anyone who is willing to help me in advance. And if you don't feel like helping a newbie I do understand that also.
Thank You

I like skyROCKeteer. It's a good, stable, custom rom. It'll suit all your needs. Check it out. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19279400
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium

Judono
First of all thank you for your reply. Am I reading this correct that I install version 2.0 and then install the addons and fixes? Or will everything be fine with the 2.0 and the fixes are already in there. Sorry to be so much trouble some of it is just confusing to me and I dont want to brick "i believe that is the correct term" my phone.
Thank You

Okie_Bama said:
Judono
First of all thank you for your reply. Am I reading this correct that I install version 2.0 and then install the addons and fixes? Or will everything be fine with the 2.0 and the fixes are already in there. Sorry to be so much trouble some of it is just confusing to me and I dont want to brick "i believe that is the correct term" my phone.
Thank You
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SkyRocketeer and Sky Ice Cream Sandwich are pretty good. Next one I will be testing out will be the Red Sonja!

Red sonja is the best. Completly stable and fast. Vibrate does not work. But other then that its its perfect.

I'm using Super Stock 2.3.6. It's a rather bare bones ROM that is close to stock but with a few tweaks and removals of stuff like bloatware and other things. Overall I'm satisfied. I'm using this until the AOSP is released and some of the other ROMs become a bit more stable.

I'm using Sky Ice Cream Sandwich, it's my daily driver. Whichever rom you install, make sure you follow the dev's instructions. Only install roms for skyrocket, very important.

Most Roms in the Dev section are Stable-ish.
Red Sonja is probably the MOST stable in my OP.....less vibration, you dont have to do any work arounds, no extra flashing less the 4 intitial flashes( really 2 flashes if you dont want the comic pages)
but after that, everything is working as it would be on stock.

Thank You
First of all again thanks to everyone that gave me advise. I know have my first custom rom on my phone with the addons that looked interesting. Also a custom kernel.
I only have one question if i decide to try another rom, is there a way to go back to the way i have my phone now with out doing each step again. Like if i use the backup feature in CWM, If i do a restore will that put it back the way it is now.
Thank you ALL !!!!!

Okie_Bama said:
First of all again thanks to everyone that gave me advise. I know have my first custom rom on my phone with the addons that looked interesting. Also a custom kernel.
I only have one question if i decide to try another rom, is there a way to go back to the way i have my phone now with out doing each step again. Like if i use the backup feature in CWM, If i do a restore will that put it back the way it is now.
Thank you ALL !!!!!
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That's the point of doing the Nandroid backup. It'll restore your phone to how it was. At least that's what it's supposed to do. I honestly can't attest to it because I've never had to do it *knock on wood*

alien build 5 is awesome! free wifi tethering!

Im using ICS 6.1 with Da_g 0.43preV2 kernel script OC to 1728 so far so good

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Im using ICS 6.1 with Da_g 0.43preV2 kernel script OC to 1728 so far so good
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is it possible for me to run that kernel on the alien build? does ICS offer wifi tethering? and do any other roms offer the tethering unlock? thanks everyone!

mimart7 said:
I'm using Sky Ice Cream Sandwich, it's my daily driver. Whichever rom you install, make sure you follow the dev's instructions. Only install roms for skyrocket, very important.
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THIS!
ive tried the Super Stock and that seems to be the most stable to me. the only issue i had was for some reason i couldnt use youtube. i kept getting a fc...

oikhlail11 said:
is it possible for me to run that kernel on the alien build? does ICS offer wifi tethering? and do any other roms offer the tethering unlock? thanks everyone!
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Yes you can but I have never tried Alien build dont know how stable is it. ICS does offer wifi tethering. I just ICS only dont know about other rom

Bit of confusion

So I've been reading since I did my root and flashed infusion 1.8 I'm wanting to mess around with custom roms I was seeing there is an miui it says it's 2.3.5 based my question is do I have to have ginger bread to flash this rom is that what it means when it's 2.3.5 based? I've googled and looked around the forums and couldn't really find anything on the subject so even a link would help I dont mind reading for myself thx guys

If you feel you are a noob, I would recommend non miui or non cm9 roms.

Androidfan1987 said:
So I've been reading since I did my root and flashed infusion 1.8 I'm wanting to mess around with custom roms I was seeing there is an miui it says it's 2.3.5 based my question is do I have to have ginger bread to flash this rom is that what it means when it's 2.3.5 based? I've googled and looked around the forums and couldn't really find anything on the subject so even a link would help I dont mind reading for myself thx guys
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Take a read thru the links on my signature block..kk

diablo009 said:
If you feel you are a noob, I would recommend non miui or non cm9 roms.
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why would that be? and are the non miui cm9 roms as fun or as cool? i really just wanna try improving my battery life i dont even have my phone overclocked right now and it uses battery like crazy ive tried undervolting and it didnt do anything but shut my phone down even on the lowest settings.

and just for future reference if it says there 2.3.5. based or whatever os base they are does that mean i have to be updated to flash it?

Androidfan1987 said:
and just for future reference if it says there 2.3.5. based or whatever os base they are does that mean i have to be updated to flash it?
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No need to update since it is an " update" if your rooted and all that good stuff and flash a Gingerbread ROM you will now have Gingerbread
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using xda premium

Androidfan1987 said:
why would that be? and are the non miui cm9 roms as fun or as cool?
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Who told you that those were the only cool roms out? Try them all and find the one that works best for your phone. Join the flash junkies, we're a fun bunch
X on Eternus Veris E

True story.
Sent from an Emancipated Infuse bleeding Orange

over rated.
stock froyo is the way to go.

qkster said:
over rated. stock froyo is the way to go.
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The best stock froyo....

EXPERIMENT said:
Who told you that those were the only cool roms out? Try them all and find the one that works best for your phone. Join the flash junkies, we're a fun bunch
X on Eternus Veris E
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