Hi there,
I just got the Rogers S2 LTE for my wife. I rooted the phone and am looking to install a Non-Touchwiz ICS ROM for her. There seems to be many great ROMS for this phone but it is a little overwhelming, I've been using the HTC Desire Z and Inspire and this is my first taste of Samsung Smartphones. I'm currently using Ice Cold Sandwich AOKP for my Inspire and really like it. Can anyone recommend something similar for the Skyrocket? I've tried the stable version of CM9 and like it but want to know what else is available. I would like something that is stable as she will be using it as a daily ROM. Any recommendations are appreciated.
Thanks.
Please read through the threads for the various ROMs and make your own decisions. "Best" threads like this one are not allowed because they lead to flaming and migraines.
This ^ and if uve been on xda for awhile u should know that questions should be posted in the Q&A section and not in the general section
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My bad, I was debating which section to post it in. I will try all the different ROMS to see which works best for her. Thanks for replying.
As far as non-tw goes, aokp (I believe milestone 6 was the latest ics build) or cm9 are probably your best bets.
Not sure if you've seen it but there is a list of ICS ROMs in vincom's sticky here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785999
I would go through them for options and see what appeals if ICS is important for you. I had good results with Magic Whiz R2, which you might like as a tweaked version of CM9. You're not going to see a lot of dev effort around ICS based ROMs, most have switched focus to JB and with the new CM10 nightlies for the skyrocket even more so (you might consider that too if you like CM9).
btm fdr said:
As far as non-tw goes, aokp (I believe milestone 6 was the latest ics build) or cm9 are probably your best bets.
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haloeight said:
Not sure if you've seen it but there is a list of ICS ROMs in vincom's sticky here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785999
I would go through them for options and see what appeals if ICS is important for you. I had good results with Magic Whiz R2, which you might like as a tweaked version of CM9. You're not going to see a lot of dev effort around ICS based ROMs, most have switched focus to JB and with the new CM10 nightlies for the skyrocket even more so (you might consider that too if you like CM9).
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Thanks for the advice, I really appreciate it. I will try those ROMS first.
First wrong section. Second, search, read, test them out and make that decision yourself.
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Hi,
I see that its a while since that question has been posted ..So i'm asking it again.
I'd like to know which rom running ICS you guys like the most as i just got my Rogers SII LTE.
Also which modem you run (Rogers users).
Thanx for your posts and feedbacKs.
Reported better to revive an older thread than to make a new one cluttering this forum even more
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Cm9 hands down in my opinion.
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I was on the Sky ICS Rogers base for about 2/3 weeks before switching to the att base on Seanz new rom. I liked it quite a bit. It was a very smooth rom.
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For a one stop shop are Vincom's threads
Everything Root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
Returning to Stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
If you want true ICS try out Team Chopsticks cm9. I've had absolutely no issues and exceptional battery.
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I would also recommend cm9. Its what I have the wife running on her Skyrocket and I've heard zero complaints, which is actually really surprising coming from her!
Cm9 nightlies are damn stable !
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thx guys for the recommendations..and like suggested i will go with CM9 - Team CHopsticks seems gooD !!
*cheers*
i was running skyICS since the day i got my phone, both GB and ICS, and it was phenomenal. But i decided to give CM nightlies a try about a month ago, and havent looked back. They are damn stable too, i have not had a single issue that wasnt resolved within the next nightly.
Cm9 rc2
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Rc2 or nightly cm9
Random question is: are people using venom kernel or still liking instigators
CM9 Skyrocket
droid512 said:
Rc2 or nightly cm9
Random question is: are people using venom kernel or still liking instigators
CM9 Skyrocket
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Haven't tried the venom kernel but I've got Instigators kernel loaded over cm9 on wife's Skyrocket and she loves it. She's very picky about things working right, so her silence is a very good indicator that its a good rom/kernel combo
CallMeAria said:
Haven't tried the venom kernel but I've got Instigators kernel loaded over cm9 on wife's Skyrocket and she loves it. She's very picky about things working right, so her silence is a very good indicator that its a good rom/kernel combo
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Lmfao yeah my gf is the same way. I use instigators latest usually just curious about venoms since i haven't tried it yet
CM9 Skyrocket
I've been rockin seans sky ics roms since the very first ics leak, and his dragon base ( completely stripped down version with flashable zips for almost everything he took out) on the official AT&T build is second to none in my opinion. He updates very frequently so he keeps my savage need for flashing fulfilled
-typed erratically from my hacked and customized GS2 SR
Embryo 4.1
Embryo 4.1 has been my favorite, least buggy rom.. but I'd recommend running it with the stock kernel and not Cymbaline. I've seen a couple of users have issues with battery life using Cymbaline kernel, including myself.
CM9 RC2 with stock kernel, running perfectly on both a i727r and i9000m
I also run Embryo 4.1 and absolutely love it. The developer did a nice job with this ROM, nothing half baked and does update it. No bugs, very fast, battery is good and lots of features.
Is there anybody using Paranoid?
..So far i find it pretty good.
Any feedback?
I try and stay away from the aokp tons because I always have data problems. So I'm using cm9 rc2 nice and smooth
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jaythaovadose said:
I try and stay away from the aokp tons because I always have data problems. So I'm using cm9 rc2 nice and smooth
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When you say data problems ...wat do you exactly means thx ?|im waiting for my LTE plans to be effective atm.
But the 3G is working smoothly
Can't post this in the development section as a response so I will post it here. Does the new InstigatorX 6.1 kernel work on TeamChopsticks CM10 8/12 a2 ROM? YES!!! Everything works great. Camera, video and landscape work also. Only issue is I get FC's using Facebook sometimes but that is minor for me. Used CWM 6xx to flash. Flashed rom, gapps 7/29 and kernel flawlessly. As always, thanks to everyone involved for making our phones much more enjoyable! Enjoy!
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Calling and texting also work good. No issues yet. Still an alpha so you may have issues with other programs. Chances are that we don't have the same stuff. Only thing is overall phone volume has been low since I first flashed CM9 two months ago. Easy fix was downloading a volume boost app.
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Can't post this in the development section as a response so I will post it here. Does the new InstigatorX 6.1 kernel work on TeamChopsticks CM10 8/12 a2 ROM? YES!!! Everything works great. Camera, video and landscape work also. Only issue is I get FC's using Facebook sometimes but that is minor for me. Used CWM 6xx to flash. Flashed rom, gapps 7/29 and kernel flawlessly. As always, thanks to everyone involved for making our phones much more enjoyable! Enjoy!
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I agree completely but it is strange that I was using 6.0 before upgrading to 6.1 and worked flawlessly, my problem is flash not working for videos on the sites I browse that previously worked before
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I agree completely but it is strange that I was using 6.0 before upgrading to 6.1 and worked flawlessly, my problem is flash not working for videos on the sites I browse that previously worked before
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YouTube and Break apps work without fc'ing. Have noticed the same on actual websites with flash though. like ebaumsworld, but I can usually refresh the page and it loads.
Dispatched from ye ol' Skyrocket running TeamChopsticks CM10 a2 4.1.1 JB w/ InstigatorX 6.1 kernel
please update...i love it
hey peps cant post on forum since i just signed up..kinda lame.. i just want to give props to gmillz and armyvet for their skyrocket rom aokp build.. i have been running it for close to 2 weeks and i really like it... i have been keeping up on the reads and i from what i am understanding is you both are kinda of walking away from it.. i have tried the cm 10 versions, the paranoid one as well and i have to give it to you guys.. your jb aokp blows them away... if any of you guys catch this keep up the good work and if anyone wants to try a good jb rom i highly suggest this one.. it has had a few fc's but nothing bad.. very user friendly and could only get way better... im on my phone and cant send a link so its the
[rom][4.1.1]aokp jellybean[alpha 2][8/05/12] build
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hey peps cant post on forum since i just signed up..kinda lame.. i just want to give props to gmillz and armyvet for their skyrocket rom aokp build.. i have been running it for close to 2 weeks and i really like it... i have been keeping up on the reads and i from what i am understanding is you both are kinda of walking away from it.. i have tried the cm 10 versions, the paranoid one as well and i have to give it to you guys.. your jb aokp blows them away... if any of you guys catch this keep up the good work and if anyone wants to try a good jb rom i highly suggest this one.. it has had a few fc's but nothing bad.. very user friendly and could only get way better... im on my phone and cant send a link so its the
[rom][4.1.1]aokp jellybean[alpha 2][8/05/12] build
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r4ins is going to keep up with the AOKP Jellybean project since armyvet is not, and gmillz will also probably keep building on their ROM. I'm on the 8/5 with the 1a chopsticks base and InstigatorX 6.2 kernel. If you're experiencing a "choppy" feel, check out either the Darkside or InstigatorX kernel and pick a good frequency governor. That can help a lot. On any of these early ROM's you're going to still get FC's and reboots.. they're Alpha's. If avoiding that is the most important thing to you, I would stick to CM9, Chimera, SkyICS, or a similar ICS ROM.
Hi all.
I am interested in running a vanilla ICS or JB rom on this phone, and CM9 or CM10 will also do. Where can I find information on builds for this phone? Cyanogenmod does not have it under their "supported" devices....
There is a whole forum containing what you are looking for: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1726
Yes I am aware of that forum, but I posted here because it was a "question"...?
My confusion is that there seem to be a ton of forks from cm9/cm10 and I didnt know if there was one that was better than another, or how to go about weeding through them. Its just messy to try and figure out.
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There is a whole forum containing what you are looking for: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1726
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There are only 4 options? AOKP ICS, AOKP JB, CM9 and CM10. You can pretty much disregard all the other ones if you're looking for CM based roms. Also, we are officially supported by CM10...Though you should read that forum before downloading and flashing. Some of the unofficial fixes have not been merged yet.
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There are only 4 options? AOKP ICS, AOKP JB, CM9 and CM10. You can pretty much disregard all the other ones if you're looking for CM based roms. Also, we are officially supported by CM10...Though you should read that forum before downloading and flashing. Some of the unofficial fixes have not been merged yet.
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Ok, thanks!
I am reading up on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790032
which hopefully should give me all the info I need to know.
What are your thoughts on stability/battery life with CM10 or CM9? I am on the fence between this and the S3, and would lean a bit more towards whichever one would get the most stable, updated rom....
scales11 said:
Ok, thanks!
I am reading up on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790032
which hopefully should give me all the info I need to know.
What are your thoughts on stability/battery life with CM10 or CM9? I am on the fence between this and the S3, and would lean a bit more towards whichever one would get the most stable, updated rom....
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CM10 is stable enough for a daily driver as long as you don't rely on your camera/video camera too much (though this may be fixed now, didn't test). However, with nightlies you're always risking flashing a broken build. That's just how the game is played on any device.
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Hey,
my friend just bought a skyrocket and I will be rooting it for him.
Is there a fairly "stable" CM10 rom or JB rom?
and which radio am I supposed to use with it?
thank you
Save you the trouble because this will be locked.
In the SR community our Mods don't allow these sorts of questions since it leads to trolls and flaming.
In other words, I'm not allowed to answer your question but can advise you in trying different ROMs and seeing what your friend would like.
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xadidas4lifex said:
Hey,
my friend just bought a skyrocket and I will be rooting it for him.
Is there a fairly "stable" CM10 rom or JB rom?
and which radio am I supposed to use with it?
thank you
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Superlite CM10+Superlite Gapps was really good when I tried it. I'm actually going to install it again since I'm still tinkering with mine.
Only downside I noticed, and it's probably some easy fix I missed, in GL benchmark on egypt 2.1, ICS CM9 was 52fps, JB CM10 SL was 45fps.
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Best threads are subjective. I suggest you read and give them a quick test or stick to Samsung based firmware
I am running the latest version of ICS. I tried the CM10 rom but found that it was unstable and had a lot of things missing or not working compared to ICS. Anyway, with all the JB Roms popping up in the past few weeks,are there any out there that are better or more stable? I have been waiting for AT&T to release JB for HOC but as usual they are taking forever. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
XHaGGeNx said:
I am running the latest version of ICS. I tried the CM10 rom but found that it was unstable and had a lot of things missing or not working compared to ICS. Anyway, with all the JB Roms popping up in the past few weeks,are there any out there that are better or more stable? I have been waiting for AT&T to release JB for HOC but as usual they are taking forever. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
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Viper3.1 and it doesn't get much better than that. It's my opinion though. I would also suggest CM10.1. I loved it but I personally got an odd glitch where my screen would go black but the phone was still on, as were the capacitive buttons.
Anyone here is going to give you opinions. It's truly up to you to pick. The 2 I listed are great ROMS, stable and have awesome developers who stay on top of things.
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XHaGGeNx said:
I have been waiting for AT&T to release JB for HOC but as usual they are taking forever.
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I don't expect the AT&T version of JB to be substantially different (probably just more bloat and annoying AT&T branding all over the ROM, really) than any of the stock rooted Sense JB ROMs in Development, or custom ROMs based on those build. So flash one of those and be done with it.
In my opinion you're not going to find anything coming from AT&T as far as JB that's going to be better than the ROMS in development. If anything they are far better. Download a bunch, try them out and stick with the one you like best.
King Kang is super stable for me. Everything works.
King Kang has been the most stable I've tried. Pretty much every rom I've seen on here is livable though. I'm on CM10.1 now and I haven't had any real problems.
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