First question - Are there lock screen notifications for text messages, e-mails, etc.? I haven't been able to find them if there are.
Second question - Is there a way to stop getting VZWNMN messages after flashing to CM10 without blocking the number. So in other words, is there a fix for this?
Third question - Is there an official page with bugs noted by CM themselves? Rather than scrolling through threads reading what everyone else is saying.
Fourth - Haven't really been able to try it out much yet, but how is the battery life on CM10? I only have it rooted and on CM10 which means I have no special apps, kernels, whatever else installed. Is there anything recommended to install with CM10 besides GAPPS?
Hope someone can answer these questions!
1. Not that I have seen without third party app. But with slide being my only security setting I am able to utilize the notification pull down
2. There was a thread in the q/a section yesterday regarding this and you have to go to a Verizon based Web Page and change a setting (don't remember the exact details) and they should stop
3. I have not seen a "bug" list per say... But then again I haven't exactly searched for one either... Sorry I cannot answer this one
And I only flash rom gapps and kernel and then install my apps etc. Nothing else special
EDIT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901508 this should help with your second question. Sorry I didn't have the link handy with my first reply.
Re battery life, CM seems to give me lesser battery life than stock ROM. I ran stock for a couple of weeks, and with moderate to heavy usage (lots of playing with new phone, browsing, changing settings etc), I'd still have about 25pct left at bed time. Now, it's about to turn off around the same time.
I had Galaxy Nexus before this, and a Captivate before that, and had CM on both of them, and wouldn't always make it to the end of the day. S3 is better than both of those.
when I used cm10, the battery life was somewhat less than stock. I'm running Beans rom now and battery life is very good. Better than stock.
I have to say that i'm considering going back to CM10. Both rom's are smooth and fast. Everything works in Beans for the most, making it a daily for a lot of people.
On Bean's R9 and R11 with imoseyon's LK 0.5 I was getting 4.5 hours of screen on time. On 9/23 nightly, I'm getting 4 hours of screen on time. I can tolerate that difference as I prefer AOSP based roms.
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Help with audio using CM10
I'm on the current nightly builds. This happens on all the builds I've used. At times, seems random to me, the phone will say 'audio' or 'resuming audio'. I've had this happen even when set to silent mode. Any ideas????????????
thanks,
Elliott
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I'm sorry about the long post if you want to get straight to my question, skip the first paragraph
I was avoiding this because it is a fairly noob question set (and I've seen a history of new members on XDA being berated for questions that could have been answered by any amount of research and I'm unsure whether my question set will fall into that category), but I just can't do anymore research since most information I'm finding is not in one place and I can't seem to find a full feature list for any of the ROMs and Kernels I research and look into, and on top of that there are SOOO many.... I'm about to pull my hair out of my head and my skull along with it, and every search engine I use is contemplating homicide (google has divorced me and is planning my murder for the life insurance money, and duck-duck-go is biting my heels with its bill) and firefox is planning a suicide bombing taking the 50 or more tabs with it along with my RAM, and I'm not terribly sure any of those actions aren't justified (and also, as you can probably tell, I'm going NUTS!). Just the amount of information and the amount of digging I have to do to find a single answer for the MANY questions I have regarding these ROMs and Kernels is staggering (I remember having similar problems searching to find the right linux distribution for me, but it wasn't this hard and after 2 or more weeks of searching, I didn't find myself not having any substantial answer, nor did it actually take two weeks)
anyways, enough with the crazy intro to the question
My current phone is a Nexus S 4g (sprint) currently running the stock ROM and Kernel, gingerbread 2.3.7 (build GWK74). I have it rooted and I have clockwork mod recovery flashed as well as ROM manager installed. I'm looking for ROM and Kernel recommendations (and combinations, I want to make sure they're compatible) as well as reasons why they might fit my needs
I need a ROM and Kernel that:
1. Won't reduce any of the current features I have on the Stock ROM/Kernel I have (though I don't use NFC so if google wallet isn't applicable, that's not a loss)
2. Will allow more steps in frequencies on my CPU (so CPUtuner won't tell me it can only go between 100Mhz and 1Ghz when I attempt to manually change the frequency, I can get one governor to get me 400mhz, but that only adds one more step to the 2 current steps, and performance and powersave governors don't work with the stock kernel, not that it's a big deal, I prefer conservative and ondemand)
3. will allow voodoo control & voodoo color (or any other feature that might be useful, though BLN isn't a big deal to me)
4. Has better battery life (while in use, use being things similar to internet browsing) than stock ROM/Kernel (so UI flare isn't completely necessary, and underclocking and/or undervolting would be great, as long as it doesn't sacrifice speed)
5. The UI should be less jittery than I'm seeing the stock react half the time (though that might be an effect of the CPU tuner)
6. I would like overclocking (however if that interferes with battery life, then I can live without it as long as it doesn't make the speed worse than stock)
7. this coincides with #1, but I think it should be said anyways: I don't want any connectivity (besides maybe NFC) to be affected adversely, so I want 4g, 3g (given), wifi, tethering, etc...
a few questions I have that I can't seem to clear up:
1. I'm beginning to develop software for android, so I'm wondering if any ROM and/or Kernel will affect ADB or any connection to my PC at all
2. What advantages do CM7.1 nightlies have over the CM7.1 stable, and any disadvantages (because I would prefer stable unless there's something on the nightlies I might want)
3. And any advantages ICS ports might have to anything listed above? and compatible kernels?
well, I have done some research, and the two ROMs I'm currently considering are Oxygen and CM7.1 (stable). I like Oxygen because it's a barebones rom with a few extra features that (from what I've seen thus far) don't interfere with performance or battery life. I like CM7.1 because it seems to be fairly quick and has a good feature set.
now I know that the performance might be more affected by the kernel than the ROM, so the kernels I've been most interested in are Netarchy and Trinity. Netarchy has decent speeds (though I'm unsure of its effect on battery life) and has a great list of features (such as voodoo control). Trinity is fast (depending on which version, I was debating on the overclocked version that doesn't go to the highest clock setting and the undervolted version which stayed at 1ghz but had great powersaving) because of its speed and/or powersaving, but I'm unsure of all of the features it has)
I had read that CM has its own kernel, but I can't find any substantial evidence to it besides a few short forum posts on various forums. I can't find anything on the CM site that backs up those claims (I could have just missed it though)
I was considering MIUI but I had heard that it had some translation problems from chinese into english and I'm not sure if you can get the text to read from left to right (and be alligned that way). Not sure if that has been fixed and if the features on there are necessary and/or make it difficult to use
I'm asking here because I'm sure I've barely scratched the surface on all of the ROMs and Kernels that might be helpful to me (and hope to get info from more knowledgeable people)
I have been referring to this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1067813
I'm sure somethings I want aren't possible or if they are, there's negligible gain (I'm starting to thing that about battery life with the more I read)
once again, I apologize for the extremely long post, as you can tell I'm verbose (as it's really the only way I know how to get my point across)
if you need further information, feel free to ask. If any information needs to be cut off (especially if this needs to be cut shorter) let me know
I hate to do this but
BUMP
my main problem with this is that most of these roms and kernels seem to do the same thing but all have different problems
I've also found that some versions are more buggy then others which has thrown yet another curve ball into my research (not as bad as ICS but bad enough). I should have expected it but it's just one more thing to go digging for
an answer at all would be nice, other than just the views with no post. Even if the next person's answer is "this is stupid" or something of the like
even that would help me believe it or not
Honestly, your answer is the same one everyone else gets. Try them out and see. Most of the kernels out there should work with any of the ROMs, even the stock ROM. Personally, I have had no real issues with any ROM/kernel combo I have tried. I use CM because I am so used to the features they add and I dislike the stock GB theme. I'm using the last nightly cm7 had because there was something they didn't have in the stable but I don't recall what that was. But most any ROM or kernel you get for gB is likely done being developed for. The combination in my signature serves me very well. A lot of people do like oxygen. I just missed cm too much. Most of the kernels should allow for all of the wants you have.
I also ran cm9 with the glados kernel and honestly, it ran perfect for me. My only issue was with a few apps i use not wanting to cooperate.
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alright thanks (which the button did for me)
I understand that (and some threads I looked over had answers like that, so I figured someone might say something along the lines of "try it out") I was mostly looking for input from past users about some ROM or kernel
I just don't want to end up with a broken phone before I leave for a week or two (to a rural area for a couple of days)
thanks for the answer, all I really need to know now is have there been any problems with any of them running ADB or transferring files from PC to phone?
EDIT: well I'm going to continue trying to get android SDK working on my linux OS, and I'm going to install and run a few ROMs and Kernels
ROMs I'm going to try: CM7.1 Stable, Oxygen, CM9
Kernels: Netarchy, Trinity, matri1x, and glados (with CM9)
Hello everyone, I just got my new skyrocket and I really liked him but one thing really disappoint me, the battery
It's die very fast... So I want to install a stable rom that have good battery life.
If u know one pliz let me know !
Thank u :laugh:
Many of the jb roms are stable and have better battery life than stock ics you'll have to try some to see what works best for you. I'm running liquid smooth with h0tcaze kernel.
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I agree, you'll need to try out some custom ROMs yourself and see which ones you like better. Remember to give each ROM at least a couple of days of usage so as to it can settle and a full battery cycle before judging its battery life.
Personally, I'm using SkyJB and happy with its battery life. You should be able to get 24 hours on a charge with 2 hours of on-screen time.
Good luck!
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I've long been a fan of SeanZ's ROMs, but the latest builds of SkyJB have left me wanting. I've spent the past couple of weeks on car vs. driver's Nibbles ROM and it's a work of art. Couple of kernel choices, high levels of customization, and install only the cruft that you want.
While I still think it's the best choice, moving to a custom ROM isn't your only option, either. You can consider instead just rooting your stock install and then doing a small bit of work to better improve your battery performance:
Make sure you're always using the stock charger, using anything else will often prevent your phone from entering Deep Sleep
Use something like Titanium Backup to freeze all the carrier and Samsung garbage
Turn off automatic brightness, and Wifi/Blutetooth/GPS if you're not using them
Turn off auto refresh on all of your social network apps (this is the dumbest default-on setting I've ever seen; why does anyone need to download newsfeeds when they're not looking at it?)
Keep a close eye on Settings/Battery and use BetterBatteryStats to see what's truly doing the damage
Just remember to make a nandroid backup of your entire phone and make multiple copies of that backup before proceeding with anything.
More handy threads:
[HOW TO] Fix Your Skyrocket's Battery Life
Better Battery Stats
Good luck!
In also installed Nibble a couple of days ago, two kernel options, can't remember the name of mine, it had a Z in it, and it was version 3.
I had used Sean's on ICS, and was going to go to Sean's JB, but I started reading threads and liked what I read about this ROM.
It is the most stable ROM I've ever installed, and with the clock slowed down to 1,026, conservative governor and other power tweaks, I'm getting the best battery life I've ever gotten on any rom on this phone.
Very Very pleased. Install and dontate!
Locked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1612881
So right now I am on UnKnown_JB V1.8.1 with Kernel 3.4.10. Before that I was on PAC-ROM v23. The battery life on UnKnown ROM is extremely good, but I do not like the stock feel. I was wondering, which ROM (updated after June 27) has the best battery life without the stock feel?
BAKED BlackBean 9 (JB 4.2.2)
Dark Jelly S Edition Build 32.1
IllusionRom-2.0
Avatar ROM
I want to know which of these ROMs have the best battery life with the least amount of bugs. Otherwise, I may stay with UnKnown 1.8.1.
Also, I was wondering if flashing a custom Kernel is beneficial.
Again, I thank anyone who can aid me. I am only asking in order to save a lot of time by flashing and testing.
I advise ya illusion
They don't allow these posts. Xda wants us to waste our time flashing and setting up Rom after Rom after Rom. They don't allow any feedback comparing roms. You have to read through like 80 pages of posts in each Rom thread to try to get an idea which might be the most stable or suitable, plus most problems people report are to do with their set up or an error and not the roms fault. So its almost impossible to know which may be more or less stable.
I went with viper one s 2.2 and its been rock solid reliable for me. There are lots of others I would like to try and may like better but I don't want to waste hours getting everything set up the way I like again and find its not as stable or bug free as what I have, plus I will lose track of my data usage for this billing cycle.
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Hi all!
I want to change the ROM of my HTC One Mini (currently 4.4.2 Stock, Bootloader unlocked, rooted) for install something more light and fast.
In my HTC sometimes i can see lags even in the home screen, moving from a page to another.
And i also have a big battery drain, even without 3rd party apps that consume battery. Currently i'm using only 2G (i locked 3G) and i turned off the backlights of buttons to save some energy, disabled apps like facebook etc, low brightness...but if i disconnect it from the current at 8 am he will have 50-40% at 4pm with a medium/low usage.
So, returning to my question, which is the better ROM for me?
No one?
androiduserfan2 said:
Hi all!
I want to change the ROM of my HTC One Mini (currently 4.4.2 Stock, Bootloader unlocked, rooted) for install something more light and fast.
In my HTC sometimes i can see lags even in the home screen, moving from a page to another.
And i also have a big battery drain, even without 3rd party apps that consume battery. Currently i'm using only 2G (i locked 3G) and i turned off the backlights of buttons to save some energy, disabled apps like facebook etc, low brightness...but if i disconnect it from the current at 8 am he will have 50-40% at 4pm with a medium/low usage.
So, returning to my question, which is the better ROM for me?
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No one can help me?
I've only used the stock based roms on here, not cm11 or other. But from my experience I found stock 4.3 to be the best in speed and battery. The main thing to do if your rooted is to delete system apps you don't use. Do some research on what's good or not to remove. Apps like Greenify can help. Personally I don't think you battery results are that bad. As long as you can reach the end of the day without charging your doing ok. Can't see another Rom giving you double battery life.
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Ok
I will try stock 4.3 so!
thanks
I've got one mini for 5 months now and belive me i tried a bunch of roms. Right now i am on 4.4.2 sense 6 rom, which works perfect except whatsapp issue (you need exactly 2.11.226 version to work) and there is no "show recent apps" when you double tap home button, but that can also be solved with app called "swipe home button''. That is if you want to stick with stock based roms and sense, but get something new.
You could also try cyanogenmod, but as its still nightly i've expirienced some bugs, and found the "Codename Lungo" better working, which is also based on cm11.
In my opinion these cm based roms could help with your battery drain but they certainly have more bugs that stock based ones.
If you feel like experimenting, you could try this new pacman rom, i havent tried it yet. Anyway here are the links to threads:
Stock 4.4.2 Sense 6 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2720949
Cyanogenmod 11 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2540385
Codename Lungo - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711336
Pac MAn - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2741847
I know this is a classic of a noob, but it's not for me. My mom is using this phone, and I'm currently running JellybeanDS (CM 10.2). It works, but there are times where it is unstable and the battery drains randomly.
So, I'm looking for the most stable, minimal bugs, no-frills (not a whole lot of customization options), ROM that will be good enough for just basic use.
I'm looking at the "official" CM 10.1 P21 from tbalden, but I'm not sure how stable that is. Also, KitKatDS, but I'm not sure how that behaves either.
I've been out of touch with ROMs on this device, which is why I'm asking you guys. Let me know any thoughts, thanks!
anitgandhi said:
I know this is a classic of a noob, but it's not for me. My mom is using this phone, and I'm currently running JellybeanDS (CM 10.2). It works, but there are times where it is unstable and the battery drains randomly.
So, I'm looking for the most stable, minimal bugs, no-frills (not a whole lot of customization options), ROM that will be good enough for just basic use.
I'm looking at the "official" CM 10.1 P21 from tbalden, but I'm not sure how stable that is. Also, KitKatDS, but I'm not sure how that behaves either.
I've been out of touch with ROMs on this device, which is why I'm asking you guys. Let me know any thoughts, thanks!
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I am quite happy with Tbalden's CM 10.1. My bugs I've discovered:
- Screen goes black about once a week. Can be fixed by returning the CPU frequencies to stock (192min, 1296max), although I have recently had to bump the min up to 384 when I got a new battery.
- Some incoming calls I cannot hear the caller, and the caller cannot hear me. I think this is due to my SIM card (since it started happening after swapping.
- In web browser, the Shift and Alt Key's don't "lock", have to hold down the respective modifier to use special keys. No big deal.
- Don't know if it is this ROM or Fly-On mod I once had, but I have to reboot once or twice a week because the system slows down considerably when on for a prolonged period.
I've tried KitKatDS, and I've had the same bugs (except maybe the last, didn't hang around that long) plus random battery drain. So 10.1 I stuck with.
If the above continues to bother me, I would go back to MikTouch, which is a very viable choice (I just prefer to avoid Gingerbread these days).
joel.maxuel said:
I am quite happy with Tbalden's CM 10.1. My bugs I've discovered:
- Screen goes black about once a week. Can be fixed by returning the CPU frequencies to stock (192min, 1296max), although I have recently had to bump the min up to 384 when I got a new battery.
- Some incoming calls I cannot hear the caller, and the caller cannot hear me. I think this is due to my SIM card (since it started happening after swapping.
- In web browser, the Shift and Alt Key's don't "lock", have to hold down the respective modifier to use special keys. No big deal.
- Don't know if it is this ROM or Fly-On mod I once had, but I have to reboot once or twice a week because the system slows down considerably when on for a prolonged period.
I've tried KitKatDS, and I've had the same bugs (except maybe the last, didn't hang around that long) plus random battery drain. So 10.1 I stuck with.
If the above continues to bother me, I would go back to MikTouch, which is a very viable choice (I just prefer to avoid Gingerbread these days).
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ahh the black screen of death that's been plaguing this device forever. that's acceptable, given your fix.
the robotic call issue i remember well (what you described, and the fact that i can only hear random garbled robotic nonsense from the other party). that might be a dealbreaker, because she says she hasn't faced that at all on the current rom.
that's fine, she doesn't use the keyboard at all.
can't say i've heard of that one, but i'll keep it in mind.
thanks for the report on both!
anitgandhi said:
the robotic call issue i remember well (what you described, and the fact that i can only hear random garbled robotic nonsense from the other party). that might be a dealbreaker, because she says she hasn't faced that at all on the current rom.
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I wouldn't call it robotic (at least what I get) as I don't hear anything. In fact, my provider does not even register the call as having been placed (which leads me to believe it's a SIM issue).
If I had tried 10.2 for longer, I imagine I would have the same issue.
MikTouch is modified stock, so a few extra tweaks on a solid base. It's just old in comparison.
Long time, no hear! I don't think it's changed in the interim - basic no frills surely still got to be Miktouch or SCVerhagens CM9.1.
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or SCVerhagens CM9.1.
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Something I never tried. I did use CM 9.1 official for a while, but ditched it when I didn't see Corporate as a new account type (wanted to connect to work calendar/email). Not sure if SCVerhagen added that functionality. Or if Device<>PC file transfer (not the speed, as I hear that it was, rather the copy errors), and the Mobile Data toggle (can turn on data, but not off) in the notification bar got fixed (my two favourite bugs).