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Hello all, I'm looking for a rom with good combination of stability, performance and battery life for a T mobile Nexus S. I want to update my brother in laws device, currently running an old version of swipers miui. I prefer a rom that everything works so I don't get a call if something goes wrong, (flash it and forget it). I have a EVO LTE and know nothing about the Nexus S. I'd appreciate any suggestions! Thanks
At the moment, I have AOKP Jelly Bean Build 3. I love it!
Maybe you could give it a try
JavaJunkay said:
At the moment, I have AOKP Jelly Bean Build 3. I love it!
Maybe you could give it a try
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Thanks for the reply, is everything working? I don't have the option of trial and error.
Swyped from my MeanELTE
RasBeanjelly to be found in the trinity thread. Has some mods but is very fast, stable and smooth. Haven't had any reboot with this one since it released.
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RasBeanjelly to be found in the trinity thread. Has some mods but is very fast, stable and smooth. Haven't had any reboot with this one since it released.
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I believe this rom is for the 4g version, not the 3g version of Nexus S, witch is the device that is to be install on, not sure
robbo10 said:
Hello all, I'm looking for a rom with good combination of stability, performance and battery life for a T mobile Nexus S. I want to update my brother in laws device, currently running an old version of swipers miui. I prefer a rom that everything works so I don't get a call if something goes wrong, (flash it and forget it). I have a EVO LTE and know nothing about the Nexus S. I'd appreciate any suggestions! Thanks
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If your brother in law knows nothing about flashing/rooting and you want to just flash and forget....flash factory images and be done with it. You can keep it rooted also (CWM + SU) or not since he clearly won't care. Just leave it unlocked. That is "flash it and forget it" IMHO.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307
AOKP Jelly Bean
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I believe this rom is for the 4g version, not the 3g version of Nexus S, witch is the device that is to be install on, not sure
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the rasbean jelly port is for the 4G, but the official rasbeanjelly rom is for the 3G(crespo), and its support is found in the trinity kernel thread(along with the trinity jelly bean kernels). rasbean jelly download is found here(nexus s, crespo) http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/?rom=rasbeanjelly&device=crespo
Thank you all for the suggestions, big help!
Swyped from my MeanELTE
robbo10 said:
Thank you all for the suggestions, big help!
Swyped from my MeanELTE
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Try the MIUI ROM , I've tried all the other ROMs and this one blew all the other ones away in terms of speed and peppiness. So far it's the only ROM that's felt like a jelly bean upgrade for me. And i haven't even played around with the kernels or V6 supercharger. Only thing I don't know about yet is its battery life. Haven't really tested that yet.
joey jeremiah said:
Try the MIUI ROM , I've tried all the other ROMs and this one blew all the other ones away in terms of speed and peppiness. So far it's the only ROM that's felt like a jelly bean upgrade for me. And i haven't even played around with the kernels or V6 supercharger. Only thing I don't know about yet is its battery life. Haven't really tested that yet.
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miui wont touch rasbean in speed
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miui wont touch rasbean in speed
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Yeah you're right, especially with the TNS132 kernel rasbean is a speed demon. Only thing I really don't like about it is the lack of quickreply. I'm learning how to program right now (Though with python not java). Someday I'll be able to add features that I want to otherwise perfect ROMs .
Just be aware that ICS and JB roms as a whole (at least for me) tend to consume more battery. I've been running Oxygen 2.3 (gingerbread) and Trinity TEUV 880 kernel for about 8 months now. Rock-solid performance, battery life - at least 24 hours light usage, 20 medium usage (screen time 30 min-1hr).
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Just be aware that ICS and JB roms as a whole (at least for me) tend to consume more battery. I've been running Oxygen 2.3 (gingerbread) and Trinity TEUV 880 kernel for about 8 months now. Rock-solid performance, battery life - at least 24 hours light usage, 20 medium usage (screen time 30 min-1hr).
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Oh yeah, truly awesome results...
I get 20h with heavy usage on my Jelly bean stock with at least 2h of screen on.
I really recommend you Slim rom 2.6
www. slim roms .net
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I really recommend you Slim rom 2.6
www. slim roms .net
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+1, excellent ROM, similar in speed to Rasbean. All common options too especially latest 2.6
I haven't tried rasbean jelly but if you just want stable go for one of the stock or slightly modified stock roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1843301&highlight=chocolate
vanilla or chocolate is probably what you need (I prefer chocolate)
kwibis said:
RasBeanjelly to be found in the trinity thread. Has some mods but is very fast, stable and smooth. Haven't had any reboot with this one since it released.
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I haven't any reboots with any of the top ROM's. They are all great. AOKP, Codename and Blackbean. All run fast enough and smooth enough with all the mods. So I know people hail over Rasbean for it's stability because of less features but I love the features plus get stability. Doesn't seem to make the difference Rasbean fans claim.
Rasbean sounds interesting, where could I find this ROM?
I prefer cm10. T9 dialer, quick reply and themes. All I really need. Decent speed, widgets and lock screen widgets. I'm on my and so far EVERYTHING works!
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I'm currently running latest stock Android 4.1.2 on my Nexus S. It appears that official Google support has come to an end and therefore there is no point keeping the original software. It also seems to me that current version of Android on Nexus isn't exactly a good example of well optimized software which is the reason why I'm looking for an alternative.
My requirements are speed, stability and possibly better battery life. Extra functionality is not important, I'm happy with 4.1.2 as it is. However I don't want to downgrade to ICS not to mention Gingerbread.
So could you recommend me a good alternative rom for Nexus S, based on your own experience? I'm currently thinking of CyanogenMod because there is plenty of people behind it and its really famous so I guess it should be stable and reliable but I haven't decided yet. What do you think?
I use AOKP with the marmite kernel. Works great.
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Also 4.2 for me with marmite kernel for sure
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I use SlimBean 3.1 with stock kernel...Works great....I waiting the 4.2 crespo rom from slimbean....!!!
CM10 with either stock or Marmite kernel.
Perfection.
For me, it's CM10 with stock Cyanogen Kernel... i'm waiting for Cyanogen 10.1 ^^
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For me, it's CM10 with stock Cyanogen Kernel... i'm waiting for Cyanogen 10.1 ^^
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I meant default CM kernel.
Speed, stability and features are brilliant for a device that is now 2-years-old.
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I meant default CM kernel.
Speed, stability and features are brilliant for a device that is now 2-years-old.
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Same here currently on cm 10 stable with default kernel for weeks now it's been really fast and stable. Was surprised. I had tried cm10 when it came out for our device and it was pretty bad stability and battery wise so I went to aosp roms.... Gave stable a shot and wow it has come a looooooong way in such a short time
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For me, it's CM10 with stock Cyanogen Kernel... i'm waiting for Cyanogen 10.1 ^^
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Another vote for CM10. I'm currently using the new rasbean, but if 4.1.2 is good with you, I'm not sure anything can beat the stability of the stable version of CM10.
Having tried tons of amazing ROMs on ICS, I feel there were more stable and fluid options than with 4.1... That's not to say 4.1 didn't have great ROMs, I'm just saying that it was harder to find a stable, speedy, efficient 4.1 ROM... If you want to stay with 4.1, then I can only vouch for BAKEDbean 6... I haven't tried as many 4.1's as I did with 4.0... From memory, Slim Bean was pretty good... I just didn't like some of the included options...
Now here's what I can say about 4.2 ROMs... Since you don't mind missing some included features like theme chooser, statusbar tweaks, etc... Then I would highly suggest Rasbean with Matr1x CFS 24.0 (non-cm version)... I always told myself that I would never use a ROM without theme chooser... But after trying this ROM, I've discovered that speed and fluidity is way more important to me than a few extra features... This ROM is amazing... I'm getting much better battery life with this combo than with any 4.1 combo I tried... At the very least, give it a try
*edit* in case you see reviews or read somewhere that it's not a "stable" release... I would ignore that crap because I haven't had a single issue with this ROM other than the phone app fc'ing after some calls which is 4G related... and since you're on crespo, you won't have that problem... Everything works on this ROM!!!
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rom cm 10 stable version with kernel matr1x v24
Cm10 with marmite kernel beast
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Hey, thanks to all of you guys. I switched to CyanogenMod 10 since many of you have recommended it and it also seemed to me pretty solid and reliable. Nexus S now does seem a little bit faster and more fluid however it's hard to tell after less than a day of using it. I won't go back anyway, those few extra features are really nice. My problem with stock JB was that it suffered from some kind of memory leak... quite often I ended up with literally 0 MB of free ram. The phone also got quite often to a state of total unresponsiveness for few moments without any obvious reason. None of these problem has occured in CM so far however for example during heavy usage, when I go back to home screen, the launcher is really slow (1-2fps) for few seconds. But I guess I can't expect much from 2 year old hardware.
You also mentioned several alternative kernels... what can I expect from that in daily usage?
tobice said:
Hey, thanks to all of you guys. I switched to CyanogenMod 10 since many of you have recommended it and it also seemed to me pretty solid and reliable. Nexus S now does seem a little bit faster and more fluid however it's hard to tell after less than a day of using it. I won't go back anyway, those few extra features are really nice. My problem with stock JB was that it suffered from some kind of memory leak... quite often I ended up with literally 0 MB of free ram. The phone also got quite often to a state of total unresponsiveness for few moments without any obvious reason. None of these problem has occured in CM so far however for example during heavy usage, when I go back to home screen, the launcher is really slow (1-2fps) for few seconds. But I guess I can't expect much from 2 year old hardware.
You also mentioned several alternative kernels... what can I expect from that in daily usage?
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I have not an ounce of lag on rasbean 4.2.1... I didn't think it would get better than 4.1 but it clearly does... I don't think everyone that recommended cm10 has even tried a 4.2 ROM yet... BTW, cm10.1 will be released soon and I'm sure everyone with update then...
For kernel, use airkernel or matr1x... Think of the kernel as the brain of the phone... It tells the phone what to so with the hardware... So you can tweak things foe better speed or better battery or even attempt to get a good balance between the two...
My last time mentioning it... I would strongly recommend you to backup your current setup and flash the 4.2 ROM with matr1x 24.0... That is all
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the1dynasty said:
I have not an ounce of lag on rasbean 4.2.1... I didn't think it would get better than 4.1 but it clearly does... I don't think everyone that recommended cm10 has even tried a 4.2 ROM yet... BTW, cm10.1 will be released soon and I'm sure everyone with update then...
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Really it does work that well? Hmm then it is really sad that Google has cut off Nexus S from official updates. I will definitely try 4.2 but I will probably wait for CM 10.1 if you say it will be released soon.
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For kernel, use airkernel or matr1x... Think of the kernel as the brain of the phone... It tells the phone what to so with the hardware... So you can tweak things foe better speed or better battery or even attempt to get a good balance between the two...
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Well I know what the kernel is (I have been using Linux on my desktop for several years ) I was just curious how one can benefit from using an alternative kernel for Android. You say I can tweak things for better speed or battery life... does it mean that I can for example sacrifice 30% of battery life and exchange it for 30% of performance in gaming? What are the limits of this tweaking?
Hi. I got my device pretty late, in September and it was already preloaded with Jelly Bean. At the moment I am running MDO (RasbeanJelly based with CM bits) by knzo and I really like its performance and fluidity. But, I stumbled across few threads suggesting that ICS has better battery life (up to 7 hours screen time, now I am on about 3.5h). It seems to me that ICS development stopped and now I wanna try some good ICS ROM, fluid, stable and better battery life wise. Everyone's focusing on 4.2 now, I want to try something older .
Are stock ICS 4.0.4 or CM 9.1 any good?
TIA, HNY
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Hi. I got my device pretty late, in September and it was already preloaded with Jelly Bean. At the moment I am running MDO (RasbeanJelly based with CM bits) by knzo and I really like its performance and fluidity. But, I stumbled across few threads suggesting that ICS has better battery life (up to 7 hours screen time, now I am on about 3.5h). It seems to me that ICS development stopped and now I wanna try some good ICS ROM, fluid, stable and better battery life wise. Everyone's focusing on 4.2 now, I want to try something older .
Are stock ICS 4.0.4 or CM 9.1 any good?
TIA, HNY
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CM9.1 is very good IMO, but really JB is much better than ICS in terms of speed and fluidity. Battery may be a bit better in ICS, but I would not trade it for speed. 3.5 hours is very good battery life and that talk about 7h of screen time is nonsense, it is posible in some conditions but not in daily usage (running a 1x1 video in lowest brightness in airplane mode might get you 7 hours but what is it good for). All in all difference in battery life is marginal, I didn't notice any difference when moving from ICS to JB.
Pozdrav!
Oh, i'm little disapointed right now. I'll stick to the JB 4.1.2 then and look forward towards the JB 4.2.1.
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Ted Mosby said:
Hi. I got my device pretty late, in September and it was already preloaded with Jelly Bean. At the moment I am running MDO (RasbeanJelly based with CM bits) by knzo and I really like its performance and fluidity. But, I stumbled across few threads suggesting that ICS has better battery life (up to 7 hours screen time, now I am on about 3.5h). It seems to me that ICS development stopped and now I wanna try some good ICS ROM, fluid, stable and better battery life wise. Everyone's focusing on 4.2 now, I want to try something older .
Are stock ICS 4.0.4 or CM 9.1 any good?
TIA, HNY
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I say just try them out and see, remember just because we have the same device with the same ROM doesn't mean we will have the same results, there are so many variables involved...apps/usage/requirements so on, but to get a good test, load up your phone run it for few days, if you are not happy try another ROM.
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Oh, i'm little disapointed right now. I'll stick to the JB 4.1.2 then and look forward towards the JB 4.2.1.
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Check out the slim ROMs.....
both the ICS and JB versions are great.
Stable and great battery life.
Good luck
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Either slim ROM or kangyu ultra remix is my advice
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Hi,
at the moment, my Nexus S is in maintenance/repair because of a defective Lock-/Power-Button.
When i get it back, it will be resetted to default. Using Stock 4.1.2 ROM i experience a frequent amount of lags, for example when i start the browser.
According to some Google+ Posts, there is no official 4.2.2 from Google, because the Nexus S got a too small amount of RAM.
Because i have to reinstall everything anyway, i thought of trying out a Custom Rom maybe.
What is your general advice ?
Is there a chanche, that a Custom 4.2.2 ROM is performing better, then Googles Stock 4.2.2.
My smartphone is my every day swiss army knife, so stability is an important point.
Thank you,
Christian
4.2.2 roms run great on my Nexus.. I can't fault them. I use Jellyshot as my daily (super stable) . I alternate with Slimbean sometimes.. If you don't like it , you can always install a rooted 4.1.2
easter_ said:
Hi,
at the moment, my Nexus S is in maintenance/repair because of a defective Lock-/Power-Button.
When i get it back, it will be resetted to default. Using Stock 4.1.2 ROM i experience a frequent amount of lags, for example when i start the browser.
According to some Google+ Posts, there is no official 4.2.2 from Google, because the Nexus S got a too small amount of RAM.
Because i have to reinstall everything anyway, i thought of trying out a Custom Rom maybe.
What is your general advice ?
Is there a chanche, that a Custom 4.2.2 ROM is performing better, then Googles Stock 4.2.2.
My smartphone is my every day swiss army knife, so stability is an important point.
Thank you,
Christian
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hellybean 4.2.2 is the best rom i have ever tried. used to have microlags with every other JB i tried but this one is amazing. try it
I'm also running hellybean and it's a nice daily driver
I'm also trying out different kernels with the rom. Marmite is ok but I miss the BLN.
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It all depends on your taste and overall experience with 4.1.2 and 4.2.2 ROMs.
And trust me, the above point makes it subjective for every single user.
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I just downgraded to this stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1854366 . Had some good and bad experience with 4.2.2 - few times it worked normally, but all other times i got really bad lags. So decided to downgrade and now I'm happy how fast it works (after CM 10.1). So depending on how much RAM 4.2.2 uses, I suggest 4.1.2 - less cool features, but more usable.
4.2.2 has had the best performance and battery life of any ROM I have tried... CM10.1
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I just downgraded to this stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1854366 . Had some good and bad experience with 4.2.2 - few times it worked normally, but all other times i got really bad lags. So decided to downgrade and now I'm happy how fast it works (after CM 10.1). So depending on how much RAM 4.2.2 uses, I suggest 4.1.2 - less cool features, but more usable.
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I also have kind of poor performance on 4.2.2. Sometimes it will be fine, but I will start streaming via Google Music or SiriusXM over Bluetooth and it will skip randomly. I also notice random spurts of lag just navigating around in the phone. Battery life, I am lucky to get 12 hours out of a full charge. Running the latest JellyShot 4.2.2. Was on slimbean or something before that with the same issues.
Thinking about going back to 4.1 unfortunately.
Hey.. Im selling my nexus s tomorrow and have a question. Im currently on 4.2.2 3.0v jellyshot+matrix but have occasionally random reboots. Can somebody recommend a stable 4.2.2 configuration ? And which kernel is best to use with stock 4.2.1 if I decide to downgrade ?
Thanks!
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Hey.. Im selling my nexus s tomorrow and have a question. Im currently on 4.2.2 3.0v jellyshot+matrix but have occasionally random reboots. Can somebody recommend a stable 4.2.2 configuration ? And which kernel is best to use with stock 4.2.1 if I decide to downgrade ?
Thanks!
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Sell it with stock 4.1.2. Nobody likes a half stable, customized by a stranger rom when they buy a new phone.
Rasbeanjelly 4.1.2... Or flash again jelly shot !!!
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Sell it with stock 4.1.2. Nobody likes a half stable, customized by a stranger rom when they buy a new phone.
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This!
Can't agree more.
I've been using jellyshot with marmite and seeder apk since jellyshot arrived and I can tell I can't find a rom more stable
Even though it's not great for gaming, but it's the smoothest for anything else.
I found JellyB-TSM to be a very smooth ROM but the latest version is at 4.2.1. Also, it does not have the Quick-pin unlock feature (even though it claims it does).
Another smooth ROM is of course Slim Bean but hands-free bluetooth does not work for me.
And just today I loaded Helly Bean (recommended here) and it looks promising and hence my recommendation as well :good:
I fell there isn't any difference between 4.1.2 and 4.2.2.May be the nexus S firmware
Just flashed from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2. It seems bit laggier and apps crashes more but then again these are nightlies just wait for the next stable rom and there wont be any problems.
I`m using Jellyshot and at first I was ready to reflash something else but after a week it is super stable and i`m getting around 30-35 hour battery life.
Finally found a 4.2.2 ROM as good as a 4.1.2. Been using Backed Black Bean 8 and it's great.
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Finally found a 4.2.2 ROM as good as a 4.1.2. Been using Backed Black Bean 8 and it's great.
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I also have been using Baked Black Bean only problem is latest version experiences memory leak problem.
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The lure of "features"
As there are over (20) 4.2 rom possibilities, coupled with around (10) different kernels, and varying differences from phone to phone, there is no real answer as to what works best.
Once you can cure the addiction to flash (never happening with me..) you'll find that the more feature packed the rom is, generally, the poorer the overall experience is. Whether it be bugs, smoothness, or speed. Adding bells and whistles only opens more opportunity to have issues. I admit that I enjoy scrolling through the endless menus to change colours and add features/alter layout... 4.2 roms hold exciting possibilities, but are not yet perfected.
I would recommend either Jellyshot or Rasbeanjelly on pure stability, speed and smoothness... They may not technically be the fastest, smoothest or most stable (as opinions differ) but they both have incredible battery life and are clutter free. Once you actually use your phone for a phone you quickly forget about all the "amazing" features that don't really improve the overall experience.
My wife has a NS as well, hers is completely untouched stock 4.1 (refuses to let me change it), she complains about speed, lag, fc's and it completely freezing up. She has never complained about not having a lockscreen widget or a holo notification screen. I use hers once in a while and it is not more stable, faster or better in battery life than mine (Jellyshot and Vta2#116 kernel).
Sorry about the stupid question that is incoming.
I used to root devices all the time, however I changed to ios for imessage for about a year. After being sick of it, I came back to android... Anyway, I see that there are now JB roms which is incredible, (thank you devs) please take the time to answer these questions
1- Are the JB roms stable? Could they be used as a daily driver
2- Do they have decent battery life?
3- I'm currently on rooted GB... is there a certain route I have to take to upgrade to Slim JB, or can I just factory reset, then flash the rom... thank you
1. Yes
2. Kinda
3. Just answered that here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2310969
I'd add to #1, that's if the features you want are working in the particular ROM you are looking to use. Check its OP (original post). They are usually updated with the latest fixes.
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The big caveat with the JB Roms is the current lack of working GPS and Wi-Fi connectivity I am daily driving Beanstalk 4.2.2 and it works great and is very stable, just lacks Wifi and GPS. I have been very happy with it. My wife is on AOKP ICS and it is rock stable, and GPS and Wifi work. I can tell you that her AOKP has better battery life than my Beanstalk (used to use AOKP as my daily as well), but Beanstalk does not have poor battery life, I still think mine is way better than what I had on GB.
If you go with an ICS or AOKP ROM, highly recommend you install Greenify, as it is a huge help in reducing battery consumption: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155737
Thank you so much for the great replies! Just a couple of more quick q's
Is JB smoother than ICS... I believe that is one of the main features of JB that it is buttery smooth, but is that the case for this phone?
Could I get a days use out of the sgs4g with moderate-heavy use?
Thanks once again
EDIT: Also what is the best battery life rom, and should I use JB over ICS in terms of battery and smoothness
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JB is smoother, faster and looks better than ICS ROMs in means of framework UI i.e notification drawer etc.
BUT...
lack of intuitive WiFi usage and not working GPS could not make it daily driver IMO.
I agree ICS AOKP is rock solid.
I can also suggest ICS HEBMIUI.
As soon as GPS and FFC work I will definitely shift to 4.2.2.
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GUYS, Aries has wifi and is very stable, especially in comparison to ICS.
So we need to focus on making GPS & FFC work.
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FFC is a piece of cake, GPS is our main problem right now
NVM LOL