[Q] MIUI or CM7 or Weapon G2x - T-Mobile LG G2x

Which one are you Running / Why?
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Weapon. I tried CM7 and the camera plainly sucked. You need the LG cam to take advantage of the 8mp/1080p camera. MIUI is based on CM7 so the same applies.
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Weapon. I like everything about it and it's the fastest smoothest rom I've tried out of the 3 you listed.
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CyanogenMod... Fastest ROM hands down. OC/UV kernels, so many customizations. Theme Chooser. CM settings. Camera works great for me.

Weapon IV tried the others listed but weapon by far runs the smoothest and fastest for me
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Weapon IV? Where's this?
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Weapon IV? Where's this?
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I'm pretty sure he meant I've not IV

Yea sry about that ya know words don't always come out right with this predictive text plus it was real late and I didn't care to proof read my post
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Bionix and Faux Rom

I'm really enjoying the CM7 with Faux 4.7 Kernal.
However, I do admit, the camera for the CM7 is butt compared to the original one. I have a T2i so it doesn't matter CM7 hands down, is the fastest ROM I've experienced. 7605 on Antutu

Just switched to Weapon G2x from EaglesBlood and it feels like I just got a new phone! Way better battery life, it's faster and less crashes.

I'm liking Weapon G2X with faux's kernel though I feel like getting used to CM7 because I'm flashing CM9 as soon as its available. At the same time I love weapon. It is so easy to use and the toggles on the slide down bar are convenient.
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Went back to Weapon 3.0 today after playing with Bionix and several Miui versions the past weekend. Everything just works. Fast, smooth, predictable. never crashes or hangs up. BT works great. Terrific battery life! An incredible Rom! Only downside is no more updates unless someone else takes over the Rom.

Chalk another one up for Weapon.
"All these noobs hatin' on my weapon when all they've ever run is C M 7."

have you guys tried SinghUI? i think its amazing so far for me atleast... i was on weapon which was great too!!

Definitely hands down weapon...everything pails in comparison. Paired with faux123 re-packed kernel the bootime is way faster and the rom is just incredibly smooth.
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My boot time is actually slower with the new kernel? It used to boot up very quickly. Strange.. Either way it's a great kernel.
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dependson what you like.
speedwise - weapon
looks- miui.
battery wise, weapon and miui is the same from my experience.
cm7 is just out of the picture. used it, didnt like it. doesnt look too good and battery drains fast.
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for me actually i get the best battery life with miui :/ with weapon i got around 10-12 hours of usage, with MIUI with CM7 7.2 Kernel i get easily around 15-20hours of good usage.

Weapon - amazing battery life and fits my philosophy - if it ain't broken, don't fix it (not very popular in XDA).

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Best Gingerbread Rom to date? Noob edition..

Looking to flash a gingerbread rom, can anyone chime in on their latest experiences? I'm sure this is asked a lot, but given the issues with this handset, I'd like to see what advancements have beeen made. Looking for good battery life and stability. (yeah, we all are!)
Currently running eagles blood 1.03.
I think the best rom is faux Aosp 1.20. Its stable and super fast but like all other gingerbread roms the battery is still wonky. You should still give it a shot though.
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+1 ^^^^^ fauxs
how's the battery life? just flashed eagles blood gingerbread and dropped 15% in an hour of little use.
Battery life is good...battery drivers on the other hand are bad....as they are in all GB roms currently.
I am on bionix and its awesome
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Faux rom is definitely epic. The but im looking out for krylon's bionix rc2
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Hello all!

New to the G2X and new to T-Mobile! We've been with verizon forever and needed to cut some costs and HERE WE ARE!
I am seasoned with rooting and blah blah blah and I wanna get into this phone!
Any advice?
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Cyanogenmod 7.1 + Faux123 kernel + Setcpu with profiles = win.
Welcome
The newest Weapon rocks. Best battery life so far and everything working flawlessly for me.
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Cyanogenmod 7.1 + Faux123 kernel + Setcpu with profiles = win.
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This.
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Run for the hills.
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Want a really nice camera, and cool lockscreens built in? Use Weapon G2X (2.3.3)
I use it as my daily driver, simply because it's so stable, tried some of the custom kernels and they were simply more hassle than they were worth, especially when everything works fine and I get a day of battery without them.
Otherwise, I've always been an Eaglesblood (CM7) fan with faux123's cm7 kernel, runs beautifully with great battery life, it's pretty damn stable as well.
Otherwise, I think the stickies in the dev section explain how to do everything pretty well. Just use TGAgunman's one click recovery flasher to nvflash cwm, and begin flashing your custom roms.
If you want full use of your device stay way from non 2.3.3 ROMs like CM7, Eaglesblood and MIUI - you cannot control HDMI output when running those ROMs. Best ROM out there that utilizes all functions of the device is Weapon G2X.
I would definitely recommend CM7 for a vanilla Google experience. Have been itching to try Weapon's until CM7 went STABLE.
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mahgninnuc93 said:
The newest Weapon rocks. Best battery life so far and everything working flawlessly for me.
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Weapon 2.7 gave me the best battery life as well. Both me and mahgninnuc93 tried all the ROMs available including CM and MIUI. weapon was by far the best battery saver.
So I got cm7 and weapon g2x....I guess I will look into those. Also the stock camera is SOOOOO slow! I had a HTC thunderbolt and the camera was super fast taking pictures...any recommendations for that? Thanks!
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And right now my battery life is awesome. My battery lasts me all day with constant use and leaves me with some to spare. So I'm not too concerned with that.
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definitely run weapon. Also if you don't like the slow stock gingerbread cam, flash the LG cam on the OP of the weapon thread.
Ended up flashing cm7 and I really like it!! How do I change the camera though? Its driving me crazy!
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ryansgirl101302 said:
Ended up flashing cm7 and I really like it!! How do I change the camera though? Its driving me crazy!
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The Camera is actually not to bad it has the 30 fps hack so better video stock is only 24, also ttf. And fixed and snaps a little quicker then stock imo
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The Camera is actually not to bad it has the 30 fps hack so better video stock is only 24, also ttf. And fixed and snaps a little quicker then stock imo
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Not true, when I got my G2x almost a month ago, the camera had 30fps option. I have since switched to the LG cam, but only for zooming functionality.
I need a fastershutter time. My thunderbolt was point and shoot instant shot and this one takes forever and the picture quality SUCKS in comparison.....I have two kids 2 and 6mo and I need that instant shot and better quality. My tbolt was like a digital camera and I loved it.
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ryansgirl101302 said:
I need a fastershutter time. My thunderbolt was point and shoot instant shot and this one takes forever and the picture quality SUCKS in comparison.....I have two kids 2 and 6mo and I need that instant shot and better quality. My tbolt was like a digital camera and I loved it.
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in cm7 you cant change out the camera stock is the only option. Play with the settings and see if you can get it the way you like it, mess with focus stuff, I can take shots of my dog (who is a hyper turd) and they seem to come out alright. If it isn't up to your standards then flash something with the stock cam availability (2.3.3 and below).
I liked all the built in editing functions of the tbolt camera too...no need for a separate app. I miss my tbolt and am wondering if I should go with the sensation or sII and take this one back. Imeanthe MP is the same as the tbolt so I don't get what the difference is
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ryansgirl101302 said:
I liked all the built in editing functions of the tbolt camera too...no need for a separate app. I miss my tbolt and am wondering if I should go with the sensation or sII and take this one back. Imeanthe MP is the same as the tbolt so I don't get what the difference is
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Seems like you just love Sense more. If that's the case then get the MT4G Slide or the Amaze 4G. Both have the quickest and best camera's for a phone. I think it rivals even the new iPhone 4S camera.
The only thing I hate about Weapon is the ugly as hell icons. I wish there was a way to make it look as stock as possible.
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Smoothest basic ROM?

My dad just bought the wind mobile version of this phone. What is a smooth basic ROM you guys would recommend for him? he doesn't need anything fancy
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I like weapon but you could always start with the basic rooted stock rom and go from there.
I suggest eaglebloods latest rom, which can be found in the development section of the g2x. It is extremely smooth and stable. I would also use faux123 4.6 kernel with that rom.
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Tsugi
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My dad just bought the wind mobile version of this phone. What is a smooth basic ROM you guys would recommend for him? he doesn't need anything fancy
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Must try Tsugi. It is a pretty basic rom but is blazing fast and reliable. It has never crashed on me as long as I have been running it. Can't say enough good things about it.
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Must try Tsugi. It is a pretty basic rom but is blazing fast and reliable. It has never crashed on me as long as I have been running it. Can't say enough good things about it.
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I've heard great things about Tsugi! So +1. I've tried Weapons, wasn't my cup of tea. Froze quite alot in the early builds.
CM7
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Really? This poor horse...
I use Weapon 3 which is based on stock Android 2.3.3 with Faux123-0.1.3 recompiled kernel. It has very good battery life, is fast, and very stable.
Galnet MIUI, it really is impressive
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After trying both Tsugi and Weapon, I personally prefer Tsugi. It seems to work slightly better for me, and I overall seem to have fewer issues. The LG Camera also seems to work slightly better on it although I can't point to any definitive area, other than the fact it has a panorama mode (which only sort of works).
Weapon is great if you want to run Touchwiz, which I find makes more sense to people who don't know what they're doing. Another big deal is that Tsugi doesn't have the shutdown issue where when the phone runs out of battery instead of turning off the screen just goes black and drains the battery more. This may or may not cause damage to the battery, but it's not worth the risk.
Just my two cents
i would say eagle
Jboxer's 2.3.4 LG Colorized is what I settled on after trying pretty much every current ROM.
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I would say leave it alone. usually the one originally on there is the safest and most stable. I have installed the latest nightly build 201 from cm. Its for me and I know what to do if something is wrong.
My wife's android phones I always kept at stock for her so whenever there is an issue its easier to fix.
Just stay stock bud and your dad should be fine ok?
Miui.us is Da best so far with trinity kernel,axura, then tsugi? There's a mess of them? Lol
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ROM Recommendation please?

I haven't rooted/modded in awhile. I used to just use CM7 when I first got the phone. I've gone through 3 replacements now and have yet to mod it. Can you guys recommend the best ROM for the specifics I'm looking for?
-Has to have wifi calling (this is a must i barely get 1 bar to no svc in my apartment)
-has to record in 1080
-has to have HDMI working
Please let me know which ROM you'd recommend? I'm tired of the stock always getting the black screen of death and the random reboots. Tmobile said they can't exchange it anymore. Thanks!
Phoenixblood
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Try all of them then pick the one u like best.
NVIDIA NEVER AGAIN!
Weapon or Tsugi. Love weapon G2x because it is really stable amd has great toggles. Tsugi is great also but i really want the toggles.
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Ran 2.3.3 eaglesblood for the longest and it was very stable, but I really like voodoo and the faux123 kernel for ota based roms kept freezing and rebooting my phone worse than the stock ROM/kernel and it took forever to reboot due to the cache rebuild issue. Then I tried RG2x MIUI and loved it but had too many bugs...plus MIUI has a bit of a learning curve to it. Now I'm on phoenixblood 1.4 with faux123 cm7 based kernel and so far everything is great. Only been a couple days but so far fast, smooth and stable!
If you don't care about overclocking or voodoo sound, then eaglesblood 2.3.3 based is very stable and fast.
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I would also recommend one of the Eagle's Blood or Phoenix Blood Variants. Quick and stable. Good Luck!
Phoenix blood 1.4 no special kernels...
Yeah, I have tried then all and ever since nightly 201 from cyanogen...the CM 7 build have been the best
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Get the one with the shoulder thing that goes up...
I've been using Weapon 2.6 since the day it was released. I also need WiFi calling.
Just install the LG cam 3.0 add-on and your set. I can also confirm that HDMI works nicely.
FWIW; I'v installed every iteration of Weapon as it was released. V 2.6 is the most stable for me.
I just got done trying the wajkui, and it worked pretty damn good. CM 7 worked pretty well for me too, and I have finally moved on to Bionix. It is all about finding which rom works best for you. Download a rom and try it out for a week, and flash another until you find what works. There are so many people who have made great roms, I am starting to get addicted to flashing one rom for a week and flashing another one the next week.
Bionix works really, really well for me and it's in active development. I've had good and bad experiences with Weapon, and I've also tried Tsugi and MIUI. So far Bionix has been the best for me. Good battery life, very responsive and most recently no random reboots.
If youre looking for straight style, go with MIUI. It looks great and theres plenty of very smooth themes out there I use a custom port called Singh-UI, its a bit more stable.
If youre looking for more customizations, go with CM7 Nightlies or Phoenixblood
I have tried all but right now I think the best two are Singh or WajkIUI both are MIUI ports.
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Phoenix Blood is what I am using now. Was using Weapon because I thought no other ROM could match it's battery life and stability. This was after trying MIUI ports, CM7, etc. Phoenix Blood is stable, smooth, and I EASILY get a full day out of it with pretty heavy use. But, it all depends on what you are looking for, stylistically I mean.
Phoenix blood runs great on my phone, with very few bugs, it also gets frequent updates
I've only flashed CM7S, so i can't compare it to anything. I figure if it ain't broke, don't fix it! But I'm using CM7s latest nightly with faux123s CM OC/UV v0.4.8 kernel. I like all themes there are for CM7. Oh, and of course the great performance and awesome battery life I'm getting is good too. Best thing to do would be, backup and flash a new ROM every week or so and see which is better
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Ive really been liking Miui. especially nycelitemaster version, Singh. Try it out, its different but cool
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412046
Cm7 with the Trinity "thedestroyer" kernal. Phone doesn't get any faster. I get a solid day of battery life with the right profiles on setcpu and juice defender ultimate.
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Weapon is another amazing rom. works great. Super stable fast, customizable themes, launchers beautiful qp toggles for ultimate convenience.
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Phoenix Blood is what I am using now. Was using Weapon because I thought no other ROM could match it's battery life and stability. This was after trying MIUI ports, CM7, etc. Phoenix Blood is stable, smooth, and I EASILY get a full day out of it with pretty heavy use. But, it all depends on what you are looking for, stylistically I mean.
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X2! And the developer updates it frequently!
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which is best for battery and no reboots?

Post The Current Rom Your Rocking!!

Hey everyone post the current Tom you are rocking on your phone and the reason you like it. Also note advantages, disadvantages & battery life. Thanks!
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Hey everyone post the current Tom you are rocking on your phone and the reason you like it. Also note advantages, disadvantages & battery life. Thanks!
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Weapon g2x. Disadvantages = none , battery life = best! Just the best gingerbread rom in my opinion.
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HellFire Sandwich v1.4 (ICS) w/ Faux Kernel
runs pretty smoothly and is snappy, but the battery life could use improving and wifi calling doesn't work....other than that I like!
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Weapon g2x. Disadvantages = none , battery life = best! Just the best gingerbread rom in by opinion.
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+1
Have you tried Kwes's "New Clip" version of Weapon. Super fast GPS lock and couple of other nice tweaks.
jcbofkc said:
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Have you tried Kwes's "New Clip" version of Weapon. Super fast GPS lock and couple of other nice tweaks.
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i was once using that but didnt like the theme plus i kept getting hot reboots. battery life was good though. can you please post your complete setup
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Have you tried Kwes's "New Clip" version of Weapon. Super fast GPS lock and couple of other nice tweaks.
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Ya do you think you can post a thread of it I would like to check it out.
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I did a clean install of Weapon. Rebooted and let it sit for 10 minutes. Rebooted again and let it sit. Then I flash New Clip and let it sit for a bit. New Clip flashes over Weapon.Then I flashed my favorite theme. Stayed with the kernel that comes with it. I have never had great luck with alternative kernels and I really have no need for overclocking.
Kwes has an ICS like theme that looks great. Then I added ADW ex and loaded an ICS theme for it. I am very happy with the setup. Been running it this way for several months.
I have been playing around with the V6 Super Charger script but for whatever reason I seem to run out of memory faster when web surfing. I am still learning about everything it does, so I am not 100% sure that it is set up correctly for my needs.
Weapon Link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1207125
New Clip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437906
ICS Theme
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1314526
Using latest version of Eaglesblood with faux kernel. It's stable, and battery life is awesome. I'm not into ROM swapping. When find one that works, I stick with it, and it's looking like I'll be with this one for a while. Maybe when an ICS ROM gets refined, I'll give it a go. I would like to have Chrome on the android.
Using CM 7.2 RC1 with faux ds kernel. I get about thirteen hours of medium use, light use lasts a couple of days.
It's a great stock rom without the problems of LG based ones.
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Euroskank kang with faux kernel.
Love the battery life and no sod!
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jcbofkc said:
I did a clean install of Weapon. Rebooted and let it sit for 10 minutes. Rebooted again and let it sit. Then I flash New Clip and let it sit for a bit. New Clip flashes over Weapon.Then I flashed my favorite theme. Stayed with the kernel that comes with it. I have never had great luck with alternative kernels and I really have no need for overclocking.
Kwes has an ICS like theme that looks great. Then I added ADW ex and loaded an ICS theme for it. I am very happy with the setup. Been running it this way for several months.
I have been playing around with the V6 Super Charger script but for whatever reason I seem to run out of memory faster when web surfing. I am still learning about everything it does, so I am not 100% sure that it is set up correctly for my needs.
Weapon Link
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437906
ICS Theme
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1314526
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Well, I was going to try this out, but everytime I try to make a backup in CWM, I get that there was an error backing up /data
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Well, I was going to try this out, but everytime I try to make a backup in CWM, I get that there was an error backing up /data
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Do you have enough memory in your sd card?
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Do you have enough memory in your sd card?
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8.5G free
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Im currently rocking...The latest and greatest... seriously Sooo many INCREDIBLE roms to choose from its hard to keep still. however... i recently gave miui (singh)another shot just for fun and am currently hooked. AMAZED at the smoothness and utter sexiness of the theme engine and GIGANTIC selection of themes. This will definetly keep my interest for some time! the ui is different and fun too. Only Con so far is the normal CM7 quirk (upside down video chat), nothing too big to keep me from rockin it for a while.
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8.5G free
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Then you should be good try unmounting and mounting the system, data etc.
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Weapon G2x 3.0 R1
Cm7 7.2 RC1
Actually looks fine. But I notice more stutter than before, perhaps the ICS animation is bogging it some down.
Still a fan of CM7/Cm9.
I can honestly say, I'm sticking to the G2X despite having a Galaxy GS2. I truely enjoy the Cyanogen ROMS and can't wait for it to come CM9 on G2X and GS2
Also that Samsung is too big. Should have waited. Not sure I'll get any device over 4 inch screen. But thats me
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Im currently rocking...The latest and greatest... seriously Sooo many INCREDIBLE roms to choose from its hard to keep still. however... i recently gave miui (singh)another shot just for fun and am currently hooked. AMAZED at the smoothness and utter sexiness of the theme engine and GIGANTIC selection of themes. This will definetly keep my interest for some time! the ui is different and fun too. Only Con so far is the normal CM7 quirk (upside down video chat), nothing too big to keep me from rockin it for a while.
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Upside down video chat is an easy fix, use root explorer to change bulid.prop manufacturer to Samsung and model to Nexus S. Works for all cm7 / miui roms
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I was running weapon + new clip for the past few days but battery life was terrible for me, too bad cause I really liked the rom it has a lot of really nice features. I'm currently on cm7.2 rc1, can't complain so far. Battery life's decent, and its quick n snappy even on stock kernel.
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I was running weapon + new clip for the past few days but battery life was terrible for me, too bad cause I really liked the rom it has a lot of really nice features. I'm currently on cm7.2 rc1, can't complain so far. Battery life's decent, and its quick n snappy even on stock kernel.
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Were you running faux kernel?
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