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[Opinion][Updated]Inspire Best ROM (I tried them all)

I got my Inspire on release day at 11:00am when BB opened and by 3pm i ran the ace hack kit and it was rooted and had a DHD ROM flashed on the phone. For the first week there was not a whole lot of ROM's or options, but week 2 and 3, they popped up like a bag of popcorn.
The first set of ROM's and kernels (Desire HD ROM's) left people with dingy sound, no you-tube or any video support at all for that matter. Other people experienced Wi-Fi problems as well. Different fixes and patches came out fixing most problems, except sound seems to be the biggest headache trying to find the right combination of audio settings, drivers, etc.
My favorite ROM was CoreDroid, basically because the theme is beautiful, but no matter what radio/kernel I used It took literally 15 minutes to get a satellite lock. I tried faster fix from the market, I went into the system to make sure it was set to North-America and not Europe nothing worked.
Android Revolution is another awesome ROM, however, I had Wi-Fi issues. "Obtaining IP Address" is as far as it would get before finally disconnecting. Once again I flashed different radios and kernels and still no go.
What I finally kept is the Stock ROM Optimized Rooted and to make this ROM super responsive I used LeeDroid's 1.8Ghz Kernel. I use SetCPU and keep it at 1.267Mhz. (1.6Mhz when playing games or multitasking. Never locked up) I can open my app drawer and give it one flick, and i can watch 90 apps zoom by in less then a second with no hesitation ever. It's very fast, very smooth, no force closes, Gps hits 9 satellites in less then 15 seconds we have full lock, mobile data is 3.8 down, 2.2 up (average) bluetooth file transfer works, and voice activated dialing, sound is perfect, and for people looking to tether, just get wireless tether from the market. It does Wi-Fi and bluetooth. I tethered to my playstation 3 just to see how well it would do a HD netflix stream, and it was flawless. Never had to stop to buffer.
I'm also on the stock radio which is 06.04.06_m, Everything is so smooth and perfect I see no need to change until AT&T releases there version of gingerbread and it has ROOT access. The problems I have had with different ROM's are isolated and doesn't mean your going to have the same problem. It's weird but that's how it works. 2 exact phones, both running same setup, can have 2 totally different problems. Just the way it is in Flashing Land.
I'm no Pro, just giving my opinion and facts with my particular unit. The different ROM's seems to be like the captivate. You gain something, you lose something.
Super Circle Battery Icon works great as well. Get it here
3/16/2011 - Version 2 flashed without a glitch. Wireless, Gps, mobile data, all work as well or better. I also flashed LeeDroid's 2.2. 6 o/c kernel and everything is dead on. Great Job

That's all I want to do it root it, increase the volume and get wifi tether working. Right now if you want to not have any drivers issues it seems like the current on the phone works best Thanks for the info!
I also wanted to increase the cpu speed, did you take much of a hit on the battery?

tom504 said:
That's all I want to do it root it, increase the volume and get wifi tether working. Right now if you want to not have any drivers issues it seems like the current on the phone works best Thanks for the info!
I also wanted to increase the cpu speed, did you take much of a hit on the battery?
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Not at all, it last all day. Put SetCPU on "ondemand" and when I'm not using phone for awhile I simply type *#*#4636#*#* and set is to GSM only and that's another way to save a lot of battery. I also use a app called easy switch where I can turn off mobile data completely when not in use. I have awesome battery life.

i've been using the cm7 nightlies. i don't particularly enjoy htc sense and rather prefer the aosp style android.

I too am loving the Stock ROM Optimized-Rooted-etc. I've only tried it and a build of CM7, which seemed not quite as smooth as the aforementioned ROM. Additionally, whenever I played the game Rush Hour and got a perfect score, it would always force close [not a problem with the stock-optimized ROM].
I am considering trying LeeDroid's kernel on top of Stock-optimized ROM to boost performance a little more, but I'm a little unsure about the process. Do I just copy his kernel to my sd card and then flash it in CWM Recovery using the "install zip from sdcard" command? I assume a similar technique is used to install the super circle battery mentioned in the OP?

I don't see RCMix HD in the OP. I've been using 3.4 and it's solid. If you look at the thread there's hardly any complaints.

Great write-up. I've been thinking about starting a thread asking developers/users to give a quick description of popular ROMs and go over the pros/cons. It's kind of difficult to sift through 200+ pages of discussions about each ROM and get a clear idea what it's like. Thanks for throwing your 2 cents in. I've been happy with the stock rooted ROM, but I've thought about trying out a couple of others, maybe Revolution, if anyone wants to through 2 more cents into the pot.

budco2000 said:
. . . What I finally kept is the Stock ROM Optimized Rooted and to make this ROM super responsive I used LeeDroid's 1.8Ghz Kernel. I use SetCPU and keep it at 1.267Mhz. (1.6Mhz when playing games or multitasking. Never locked up) I can open my app drawer and give it one flick, and i can watch 90 apps zoom by in less then a second with no hesitation ever. It's very fast, very smooth, no force closes, Gps hits 9 satellites in less then 15 seconds we have full lock, mobile data is 3.8 down, 2.2 up (average) bluetooth file transfer works, and voice activated dialing, sound is perfect, and for people looking to tether, just get wireless tether from the market. It does Wi-Fi and bluetooth. I tethered to my playstation 3 just to see how well it would do a HD netflix stream, and it was flawless. Never had to stop to buffer.
I'm also on the stock radio which is 06.04.06_m, Everything is so smooth and perfect I see no need to change until AT&T releases there version of gingerbread and it has ROOT access. The problems I have had with different ROM's are isolated and doesn't mean your going to have the same problem. It's weird but that's how it works. 2 exact phones, both running same setup, can have 2 totally different problems. Just the way it is in Flashing Land.
I'm no Pro, just giving my opinion and facts with my particular unit. The different ROM's seems to be like the captivate. You gain something, you lose something.
Super Circle Battery Icon works great as well. Get it here
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I really like the Stock Rom Optimized Rooted as well. I'm not getting as high upload speed as you are, but about 4 times higher than I was getting out of the box. And everything is very smooth onscreen as you mention.
I like Hybrid1.72.zip battery icon with it.
I haven't tried overclocking yet, but after reading your post, that is my next project!

substance12 said:
I don't see RCMix HD in the OP. I've been using 3.4 and it's solid. If you look at the thread there's hardly any complaints.
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this 4.2 Gingerbread version is pretty good IMO, its GPS is accurate, WIFI no problem.
[ROM]Mar 10[NewSense]RCMix HD v4.2 Blazingly GingerBread | Now with Transparency

Yep, Both are are flashed in recovery, kernel takes about 5 seconds

mattbollenbach said:
i've been using the cm7 nightlies. i don't particularly enjoy htc sense and rather prefer the aosp style android.
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I disable sense desktop in titanium and use zeme, or adw

Could you post a screen shot of this Rom the way you have it setup>?>

does mobile hotspot work right off the spot without any setting changes?

Im building a rom/kernel now based off stock Rom and compiling kernel from inspire source. Already got the extended power menu done, hopefully it'll be out in a few days. Not sure if the kernel will be done or not but hopefully I can get it out at the same time as the Rom.

+1 for Optimized Stock Rom. I liked Android Revolution, but my Inspire would take 10-15 minutes to get a GPS lock. With OSR, I get lock in 15-30 seconds. No downside to this ROM at all for me!

di11igaf said:
Im building a rom/kernel now based off stock Rom and compiling kernel from inspire source. Already got the extended power menu done, hopefully it'll be out in a few days. Not sure if the kernel will be done or not but hopefully I can get it out at the same time as the Rom.
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Nice. I used your Captivate ROMs and had great results. I guess I know the next ROM I will be flashing.

di11igaf said:
Im building a rom/kernel now based off stock Rom and compiling kernel from inspire source. Already got the extended power menu done, hopefully it'll be out in a few days. Not sure if the kernel will be done or not but hopefully I can get it out at the same time as the Rom.
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I also still use one of your Roms and will without fail try one in the Inspire when you finish cooking!

Right now I'm undecided and switching between Revolution 4 Beta 2 Gingerbread and twopumpchump's Stock optimized with LeeDroid kernel. I'm getting better download speeds with the latter option but both are exceptionally good roms.

SNadler said:
I also still use one of your Roms and will without fail try one in the Inspire when you finish cooking!
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Any chance Call Record will work in the Inspire as it does in some of your other roms?

Have you tried the gingerbread test radio?

Eagle Blood ROM improved connectivity

After flashing this ROM, my connectivity issues are gone! Very nice ROM!
-bloatware is gone! Woooohooooo!!!
-better battery life
-snappy as a lighting
-buggy less
-more reliable wifi connection
-more reliable 3G & 4G
-pretty colors
I am glad I flashed this ROM and don't think I'm switching to any other ROM for now
Thanks to doniqcc who tweaked 2.2 and made this
Here is the link to his thread:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054335
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anybody using this ROM?
Seems like is the most stable and the fastest out there right now.
Really liking it
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I want to hear people with this ROM to see if they have experienced the same as me.
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you would probably get more responses if you go to the actual thread. Im running it, and its ok, just having some problems with wifi not wanting to connect again even though the password is already set up. have to manually connect it.

It's a great Rom, however, can't say I saw any improvement in reception compared to stock or cm7. They all seem fine to me

i was able to download the eagle blood and transfer the zip file onto my SD card.
my tmo G2x is rooted, and rom manager installed, updated, and recovery flashed.
After using Rom manger to boot into recovery mode,
what physical buttons do i press to 'select' the flash update.zip?
I'm able to scroll up and down through the selections, but i cant choose one of the 4 options..
Any help appreciated.

Power to select

The primary reason for the majority of the improvements in EB is because it's a gingerbread ROM. That's not to say that the devs of EB didn't do a terrific job tweaking things and improving performance (in both versions).
Froyo is not optimized for dual core CPUs (in fact, it doesn't look like it supports them really at all... kind of like say Windows XP had memory/CPU limitations, etc...)
If you're running the Froyo build, try the GB build - you'll notice even more improvements because of the OS bump.

propain4444 said:
The primary reason for the majority of the improvements in EB is because it's a gingerbread ROM. That's not to say that the devs of EB didn't do a terrific job tweaking things and improving performance (in both versions).
Froyo is not optimized for dual core CPUs (in fact, it doesn't look like it supports them really at all... kind of like say Windows XP had memory/CPU limitations, etc...)
If you're running the Froyo build, try the GB build - you'll notice even more improvements because of the OS bump.
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But then again what do you prefer speed vs stability?? Gb is fast but still a bit buggy where as froyo might be a bit slower but very stable (battery, apn, a2dp) not to mention if you flash faux123 kernel on it froyo will break the sound barrier, so until official gb is released for g2x froyo + faux kernel is stable and fast.
G2X

Been running Eagles Blood since a couple of days and I have to say it's the best so far I have tried. Battery life is good (not exceptional though), performance is excellent and so far I have had no issues (random freezes/reboots or audio not working etc.)!
In short, I am not switching to any other ROM till we have custom ROMs based on the official release of 2.3!

eagelbood rom /phone wont ring
After I installed eaglesblood for g2x my phone is not ringing anymore! Please help

EB 2.5 issues
I have always had issues with EB for some reason. I have used 2.4 before and now tried 2.5. I get random freezes and reboots. Yday I had the sleep of death and I realized this when my alarm didnt go off in the morning. I have been using Kang_Clam 2.3.7 ROM since then and LOVE it. Recommend it to people who have issues with EB. Appreciate the work of all developers for their time. Thread is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374011

cozmo5050 said:
i was able to download the eagle blood and transfer the zip file onto my SD card.
my tmo G2x is rooted, and rom manager installed, updated, and recovery flashed.
After using Rom manger to boot into recovery mode,
what physical buttons do i press to 'select' the flash update.zip?
I'm able to scroll up and down through the selections, but i cant choose one of the 4 options..
Any help appreciated.
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That's your problem, never use ROM manager, instead turn your phone off then after it's of f hold volume down key and power at the same time, after you see the blue lg logo let go and you'll be in cwm and wipe then install from sd card
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Need rom advice, CM7 right now

i was using PER and moved to CM7 right now, going to check MIUI also but i got used to Samsung roms so i'm looking for a recommendation on a GB Samsung based rom

iakovl said:
i was using PER and moved to CM7 right now, going to check MIUI also but i got used to Samsung roms so i'm looking for a recommendation on a GB Samsung based rom
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MIUI is very nice and very different. I like it, but if you are sticking to a Samsung ROM - try Continuum. It has TW4 and is very smooth.

ln100 said:
MIUI is very nice and very different. I like it, but if you are sticking to a Samsung ROM - try Continuum. It has TW4 and is very smooth.
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Continuum 5.4.1 has TW4. In the latest release (5.5) he went back to TW3 for performance. I thought 5.4.1 w/ TW4 was pretty speedy - definitely liked it better than TW3.

how is the battery life in Continuum?

Im loving Phoenix Mosaic right now, been running it since the first release .. but honestly the only way to find you own personal preferance is to try a bunch of ROMS yourself.

GR-12, enough said!
Caution swyping! Read at your own risk.

Contiuum 5.5.... Great battery life and buttery smooth. Havent had one problem with it yet, including the ever nasty charging bug.(least not as bad as some other ROMs that Ive tried).
On average I can get 20+ hours on medium..... 15-17 hrs on heavy use. bout 50 texts, 30 minutes of phone calls and lots of air time on xda forums(not using wifi) and playing games.

i tried all the GB roms best battery life i found was on the new darkys rom. I am an power user so battery life matters, I flashed it with nothing and deleted the rest of the useless apps i got like 10 apps i use and like. but i do like to surf the web.
for looks i liked simply galaxy 2 and purple Licious both were butter.
and for the best speed it is Continuum its battery life isnt as good as a few others.
any of the JVK or JVO are very stable and good daily drivers.
JVB based roms have a few bugs nothing to stop daily use.
All are very good hard to make a stand out best it all depends on you taste and needs.
good luck I like all the samsung roms far better then CM7 battery life seems much better on the samsung roms.

Ive flashed to cm7, di11,and many others. For me serendipity takes the cake.
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how do i switch back from CM to "normal" GB roms?

Continuum 5.5 with Xcal's kernel. Very smooth and stable, great battery life. Cesar's thread has good instructions and observations about moving from CM7.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045160

Update: I flashed from serendipity to phoenix ultimate and I must say the boot image is sweet and the battery...i think better than serendipity
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iakovl said:
how do i switch back from CM to "normal" GB roms?
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One click to stock, root, use rom manager.
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iakovl said:
how do i switch back from CM to "normal" GB roms?
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follow these instructions to the exact letter and you cant fail. helped me out when i needed to to load GB bootloaders.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045160
im pretty sure you have to flash to stock first then load GB bootloaders since MIUI and CM use different bootloaders.
EDIT: sorry for double posting link, didnt see it above from jbo12

What roms are the fellow rogers people flashing?

I've been on stock for several months now and still loving it, but today I decided I think I would now move onto flashing a rom on this. (Inspiration to do so because of the iPhone 4s) I notice this phone does lag and I want to clear that up if a rom will do that. So my question is what Rom would be safe for a Roger's phone and will not boot up with one of those AT&T screens. What rom is everyone using out there?
Im more or less just asking for a suggestions haha.

Sarius24 said:
I've been on stock for several months now and still loving it, but today I decided I think I would now move onto flashing a rom on this. (Inspiration to do so because of the iPhone 4s) I notice this phone does lag and I want to clear that up if a rom will do that. So my question is what Rom would be safe for a Roger's phone and will not boot up with one of those AT&T screens. What rom is everyone using out there?
Im more or less just asking for a suggestions haha.
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I was on doctorz v8, but v9 turned me away from them, so im trying to make one from 2 different ones... probably going to be obbsession without its artwork, and put in the mosiac dialer... glad im not the only canadian in this forum eh?! haha

Infused. Based off Rogers stock, optimized and just plain perfect. Its a shame that it got pushed down the list from all the ports...
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Have you looked into overclocking?
I'm running the stock Rogers Gingerbread 2.3.3 and love it.
Overclocked to 1.6Ghz
Infusion-GB Core-A2
OC/UV w/ SetCPU
Memory tweaks w/ Auto killer
I get outstanding performance, perfectly stable & have doubled my stock battery life.
Overclocking will give you much greater performance increases over a ROM change, especially since we're fortunate enough to have been given the lovely Gingerbread stock.
Undervolting will keep you running cool & save you a lot of battery power too.
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[Q] Gingerbread or Ice Cream Sandwich?

I was wondering what the pros and cons were for Gingerbread vs Ice Cream Sandwich.
Someone recently told me I should update to Ice Cream Sandwich from Gingerbread 2.3.6.
All feedback is much appreciated!

In before you get flamed with use the search!!!! Its all personal preference man. Try out GB and ICS roms see what best suits you.
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Hey Jacob said:
I was wondering what the pros and cons were for Gingerbread vs Ice Cream Sandwich.
Someone recently told me I should update to Ice Cream Sandwich from Gingerbread 2.3.6.
All feedback is much appreciated!
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I prefer Peanut Butter and Jelly. Seriously, go read some stuff in this forum.
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I was wondering what the pros and cons were for Gingerbread vs Ice Cream Sandwich.
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If you are particular with the wifi calling features and battery life, you can stick on GB as it's good at that point but if you want fancy looking and customization
go grab some ICS flavor specially AOKP as it features a lot.. just make sure to read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470716 before flashing ICS it will help you a lot and save you from headache.. now take some time to read and good luck..

Warrenforfree said:
If you are particular with the wifi calling features and battery life, you can stick on GB as it's good at that point but if you want fancy looking and customization
go grab some ICS flavor specially AOKP as it features a lot.. just make sure to read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470716 before flashing ICS it will help you a lot and save you from headache.. now take some time to read and good luck..
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I used lumin30's post to flash my phone before, the thing is I'm not sure where to look to find out the proper way to upgrade to ICS.

Hey Jacob said:
I used lumin30's post to flash my phone before, the thing is I'm not sure where to look to find out the proper way to upgrade to ICS.
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Technically there isn't really a "proper" way to upgrade to ICS on our phone, as Samsung stopped releasing official firmware upgrades after Gingerbread.
If you used lumin's post to flash your phone, you should already have CWM, so all you have to do to upgrade to ICS is flash CyanogenMod 9 or AOKP through recovery (or your ICS ROM of choice, I know a lot of them require you to already be on CM9 or AOKP before flashing though).
Keep in mind though that once you're on ICS, you have to one-click back to stock to go back to Gingerbread. Also, as mentioned above, battery life isn't the best on ICS and you won't have access to wi-fi calling. But with ICS you do get the latest and greatest (for our phone) and a lot more customization.

Do not feed the troll!
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Hey Jacob said:
I was wondering what the pros and cons were for Gingerbread vs Ice Cream Sandwich.
Someone recently told me I should update to Ice Cream Sandwich from Gingerbread 2.3.6.
All feedback is much appreciated!
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Battery Life is the main reason gb is better you may miss some other features like 4G but you'll gain many others in return like dramatically improved performance.
I say wait till bhundven and his team finish the Aries kernel before you switch so you have a solid upgrade you won't regret. You'll love ics at first but unless you don't use your phone that much you'll miss roms like Valhalla black for their great battery. This is why there's been a recent mass - GB migration from ICS.
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lonoguge said:
Battery Life is the main reason gb is better you may miss some other features like 4G
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Explain yourself please, if your saying ICS does not have 4G then you are wrong.
Edit: Actually T-Mobile doesn't have 4G, they have 3.5G

th3controller said:
Explain yourself please, if your saying ICS does not have 4G then you are wrong.
Edit: Actually T-Mobile doesn't have 4G, they have 3.5G
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You're right ics roms don't show 4G but they run it. On that topic, tmobile actually has an advantage for not supporting Lte because it means they can support quad core phones like the newly coming htc one x +
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lonoguge said:
Battery Life is the main reason gb is better you may miss some other features like 4G but you'll gain many others in return like dramatically improved performance.
I say wait till bhundven and his team finish the Aries kernel before you switch so you have a solid upgrade you won't regret. You'll love ics at first but unless you don't use your phone that much you'll miss roms like Valhalla black for their great battery. This is why there's been a recent mass - GB migration from ICS.
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Thanks for this. Any idea when the kernel will be done?

First off, the "ICS has crappy battery life" is hardly an etched-in-stone thing. Many of us, who have taken the time to understand what is consuming battery, have more-than-acceptable battery life on ICS. Keep in mind though that each subsequent Android release has more "features" which will, in general, mean more CPU/GPU power required to use them, as well as Google bringing along more and more data requirements in their apps and services.
Second, Aries isn't going to "magically" solve anything, especially when it first comes out. While it may be better than the current kernel in some respects, it is likely to be worse in others, at least until we can find the issues and resolve them. It is important to remember that for many people the biggest changes that can be made to improve battery life is what applications you are running and how, not a kernel or a ROM.
As far as when, when its done. You can follow the CM9 dev thread for updates, but you won't find any promises as to when it is ready to be a "daily driver." While I flash Aries pretty regularly, I also have Heimdall at the ready, as well as several other ROMs and kernels available for when I need something that I can trust to use as a phone.
I wouldn't hold off on trying the ROMs that are available for the SGS4G at this point in time, GB and ICS both, and decide for yourself. Try them for several days each. While some ROMs I have tried I just haven't liked the UI and know I won't like them from that, knowing how a ROM performs as far as stability and battery life go, you can't really tell until you've had it running for a week or so after the novelty of the new ROM wears off and you start just using it as you usually do.

My biggest battery drain turned out to be obsessively searching for a battery drain solution on the xda app.

My battery is lasting for days now, even overnight, and, in bad reception areas.
My phone and WIFI service are spotty, in and out, all day in my office.
Biggest improvements:
fresh SD card.
refresh battery stats
flush cache
flush dalvik
fix permissions
let wifi sleep during sleep.
kill DSP and Google apps running
Once the phone runs for a day and a half rebuilding itself, battery had less drain, and boots very fast.
c'est la vie

Regarding battery life....if you want to be able to install whatever apps and not run batterystats and be selective about what your phone is doing and get great battery life then run GB. I have flashed and run every ROM since the Robbit / Team Whiskey days and for the average user ICS roms will not give the battery life a GB ROM will when running the same apps and services. I've had two SGS4's for 2 years and it's been the same for both of them. For the record the best legitimate battery life I ever got (meaning I'm running phone without tweaking certain apps and services to turn off etc...) was Dsex's original ICBINB with his original UV settings from that thread. I constantly had 3+ days of battery life on both phones...it would lose less than 1% in 10 hours of standby.
I love the ICS ROM's and understand that people are passionate about them considering all of the work that Team Acid and the likes have put into them....I am too. I work at a computer all day and my phone sits on charge so battery life isn't really an issue for me....as stated in other threads the only thing keeping me on GB is the busted voodoo sound on ICS.
On ICS ROM's I'm getting 10 to 11 hours (which I do consider acceptable ), tops, without messing with the phone to extend battery life. Flash back to any GB ROM and I'm getting 18 to 20 with the same apps and usage. I'm not dissing ICS, just being honest.
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htaak said:
Regarding battery life....if you want to be able to install whatever apps and not run batterystats and be selective about what your phone is doing and get great battery life then run GB. I have flashed and run every ROM since the Robbit / Team Whiskey days and for the average user ICS roms will not give the battery life a GB ROM will when running the same apps and services. I've had two SGS4's for 2 years and it's been the same for both of them. For the record the best legitimate battery life I ever got (meaning I'm running phone without tweaking certain apps and services to turn off etc...) was Dsex's original ICBINB with his original UV settings from that thread. I constantly had 3+ days of battery life on both phones...it would lose less than 1% in 10 hours of standby.
I love the ICS ROM's and understand that people are passionate about them considering all of the work that Team Acid and the likes have put into them....I am too. I work at a computer all day and my phone sits on charge so battery life isn't really an issue for me....as stated in other threads the only thing keeping me on GB is the busted voodoo sound on ICS.
On ICS ROM's I'm getting 10 to 11 hours (which I do consider acceptable ), tops, without messing with the phone to extend battery life. Flash back to any GB ROM and I'm getting 18 to 20 with the same apps and usage. I'm not dissing ICS, just being honest.
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Busted Voodoo sound you say? What does that entail?

Omg! This thread again!
Same battery, looks, Wifi Calling, fast, smooth, etc... Description, discussion and comparison. It's ridiculous.

Hey Jacob said:
Busted Voodoo sound you say? What does that entail?
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It doesn't work. Seems like it's working up until you make or receive a phone call then the analogue volume quits working. Also sound continues to be heard through handset speaker when headphones are plugged in.
When I first went back to GB my wifes SGS4G was still on CM9 I did a direct comparison of the audio on both phones and it was obvious that voodoo sound wasn't doing what it should on ICS even after a reboot when the analogue slider is working. There is noticeable distortion at higher levels, the noise floor is audibly higher and the phone just plain won't go as loud. If you have 2 phones to A/B compare the difference is very clear.
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TwitchyEye said:
My biggest battery drain turned out to be obsessively searching for a battery drain solution on the xda app.
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funny

htaak said:
It doesn't work. Seems like it's working up until you make or receive a phone call then the analogue volume quits working. Also sound continues to be heard through handset speaker when headphones are plugged in.
When I first went back to GB my wifes SGS4G was still on CM9 I did a direct comparison of the audio on both phones and it was obvious that voodoo sound wasn't doing what it should on ICS even after a reboot when the analogue slider is working. There is noticeable distortion at higher levels, the noise floor is audibly higher and the phone just plain won't go as loud. If you have 2 phones to A/B compare the difference is very clear.
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I noticed the sound as well. I just flashed to ICS and I have no idea how to access my contacts. Help is appreciated.