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[Q] New To Phone...Questions...Please Help! :)

I apologize if these have ever been asked. I just barely have purchased the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and have been doing research on it but haven't found a direct answer to some questions so I am really hoping someone here will help me out.
1. When does the Official OTA of the ICS 4.0 get released for this phone or is it already released? (I am waiting for my battery to charge fully for 24 hours as I was told before turning it on and checking for updates)
2. If there is no Official OTA date of the ICS 4.0 in the next few weeks would you recommend I root the phone and put on a custom ROM?
3. If yes to question #2, which ROM? Is it in Beta or Alpha Mode?
4. If yes again to question 2 & no to question 3, where can I get this ROM? Could you please send me the URL to the download and instructions.
I would be FOREVER grateful to any and all that can give me advice on this new phone of mine as I am quite excited to give it a try but I noticed so many phones like this have the official OTA of ICS 4.0 and I would LOVE Ice Cream Sandwich if possible. THANKS so MUCH!

alias4ever said:
I apologize if these have ever been asked. I just barely have purchased the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and have been doing research on it but haven't found a direct answer to some questions so I am really hoping someone here will help me out.
1. When does the Official OTA of the ICS 4.0 get released for this phone or is it already released? (I am waiting for my battery to charge fully for 24 hours as I was told before turning it on and checking for updates)
2. If there is no Official OTA date of the ICS 4.0 in the next few weeks would you recommend I root the phone and put on a custom ROM?
3. If yes to question #2, which ROM? Is it in Beta or Alpha Mode?
4. If yes again to question 2 & no to question 3, where can I get this ROM? Could you please send me the URL to the download and instructions.
I would be FOREVER grateful to any and all that can give me advice on this new phone of mine as I am quite excited to give it a try but I noticed so many phones like this have the official OTA of ICS 4.0 and I would LOVE Ice Cream Sandwich if possible. THANKS so MUCH!
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1) No one knows
2) Yes
3) You need to read the forums and quit posting
4) Read the forums and quit posting
5) Read some more
And then you can use roms such as seanz sky ICS, nexus mod ics, mhx, and so on.

I'm sorry, but there's no way that u did ANY research and are asking those questions. We have stickies that answer them all in pretty much the first op. Soo, i'll explain the point xcrazy is getting at. No one minds helping new users, but help yourself first. The search feature is your friend, as well as reading. No one here became an expert overnight, but by reading and researching, and asking valid questions. Not by being spoon fed

icenight89 said:
I'm sorry, but there's no way that u did ANY research and are asking those questions. We have stickies that answer them all in pretty much the first op. Soo, i'll explain the point xcrazy is getting at. No one minds helping new users, hut help yourself first. The search feature is your friend, as well as reading. No one here became an expert overnight, but by reading and researching, and asking valid questions. Not by being force fed
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There's a search button???????????!!!!!
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jnicks510 said:
There's a search button???????????!!!!!
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not a button per se, be a search entry bar. up and to the right

icenight89 said:
not a button per se, be a search entry bar. up and to the right
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I was totally being sarcastic lol
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jnicks510 said:
I was totally being sarcastic lol
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I know, but clearly u missed mine lol

icenight89 said:
I know, but clearly u missed mine lol
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Well damn haha
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[DISCUSSION] Official ColdBlooded CM10 ROM Support Thread

Hey everyone! Here is where you can post about my ROM is you:
1. Have less than 10 posts
2. Don't wan't to post in the development section
3. Have a really nooby question and don't want to be embarrassed :good:
Please keep it to general questions here and any comments or bugs that you think belong in the development section should be posted there.
ColdBlooded CM10 ROM HTC One S DEV Thread
Thanks!

whats the difference between this and cm10? they look identical to me

Fukwork said:
whats the difference between this and cm10? they look identical to me
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This is CM10. I don't want to explain it again but basically I will be merging my ColdBlooded Tweaks soon. I compiled from source and then made some modifications so some more things worked. Also, I am available to help people and fix issues where as the other cm10 is not as they are very VERY busy doing great work on other things/roms! Just try the rom and you will find out or read in the thread. I can't go very deep into now because I am busy doing many things but I'm sure you will figure it out.

nice work
Nice Work BiteBlaze.
I'm using your ROM as my daily driver and is awesome.
Was a little difficult to me to at the first because the phone don't boot, just hang out on the X boot image. I flash with TWRP first, and I think I didn't do full wipe out, don't remember.
After flashing the boot.img that come with the zip all went well
Some bugs that you maybe already know:
the incoming notification appear some glitch;
Also my battery life is short, 6 hours for the first boot. In "battery usage" I didn't notice any strange behaviour, my screen is consuming most of the time 60%. Maybe I have to calibrate my battery.
But in resume all works well.
Love Google Now Cards
Thanks

goncajf said:
Nice Work BiteBlaze.
I'm using your ROM as my daily driver and is awesome.
Was a little difficult to me to at the first because the phone don't boot, just hang out on the X boot image. I flash with TWRP first, and I think I didn't do full wipe out, don't remember.
After flashing the boot.img that come with the zip all went well
Some bugs that you maybe already know:
the incoming notification appear some glitch;
Also my battery life is short, 6 hours for the first boot. In "battery usage" I didn't notice any strange behaviour, my screen is consuming most of the time 60%. Maybe I have to calibrate my battery.
But in resume all works well.
Love Google Now Cards
Thanks
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Your Welcome! It will only get better in the future

Ahhhhhhhh!!!! I've got a dilema, i'm quite fine with my actual rom Paranoid Android.... but I want to try yours so much !!
I do need a stable rom with a good battery life! So... if some people makes relevant comments to convince me to flash it i'll do it, héhéhé! :silly:

I was little skeptical at 1st because I'm running the other cm10 but this feels a lot better and you actually have a camera app. Awesome job. I noticed cm10 has theme engine will you be adding that feature to your ROM?
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Yep. Next time I compile I will add the theme engine. Also, vote on the poll in my dev thread and tell me if I should make a lite version.
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Is it ever possible that we can receive official support from the CM team once this is no longer alpha/beta (almost everything works)? What our devs do here is completely amazing and mind boggling, but it would always be more concrete if we get official support. I always wondered why we do not have CM support when our device is tied in first place with the One X (over GSiii!). Thanks for the amazing hard work getting this going!

Compiling new version now
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V0.5.1 is out!
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Full wipe required?
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PoseyBAH said:
Full wipe required?
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I dirty flashed and it worked OK. I would suggest it though if you are not coming from a previous build of COLDBLOODED.
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nice work, thanks.

what about youtube
on 0.50 you tube wouldn't work correctly if it isnt fixed could you work to fix it. Also great rom it is my daily driver and aside from video it works great

Will be S3 version?

thecoby said:
Will be S3 version?
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I do not understand exactly what you are saying, but yes I will make it for the S3 but the current version is S4
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You say that you will make this rom for HOS with S3 chip? Yes!! ETA maybe?

thecoby said:
You say that you will make this rom for HOS with S3 chip? Yes!! ETA maybe?
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I have no eta as the s3 just got a custom recovery right? I'll see what I can do though
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Yes, S3 just got custom recovery. Thank you in the name of all S3 users.

this is what rom i am looking for

ok i am running orthous six right now and i like it, i never tried any ics roms but i read somewhere that there are a couple out there with great battery life. i want a rom with really good battery life . i dont play games at all on my skyrocket at all and i surf the web occasionally. i do text alot and use the phone for my contact list big time. which rom best suits those needs, good battery life and good internet connection from both wi-fi and signal, my area doesnt have 4g yet but i do get hsdpa+ or whatever. just curious to see what is out there. i put liquid smooth on there and had a few little bugs. oh and i need 1 that doesnt have to have 4 or 5 different things to install ,modems,kernals and all that stuff are beyond me.

You either need to stay stock or do some more reading and learn about custom mods.
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xcrazydx said:
You either need to stay stock or do some more reading and learn about custom mods.
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I totally agree. do your homework before you go flashing away.
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i have flashed before on a few phones , just wanted some input on some roms. sorry to bother you guys.

Embryo 5.4
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this sounds a preferred ROM thread lol but anyways i would say to try with embryo might fit best based off your needs but you need to start flashing the roms on your own to determine the best for you. but JB may not be the best option becasue there is limited access since we dont have an official yet

thats more or less the answer i was looking for , i want to use that embryo rom but when i was reading it i sort of got confused when it said choose your modem for radio and all that stuff . maybe putting in your apn and all that. if it just a simple wipe 3times factory reset, update ,flash gapps its cool ,but all that other jazz is confusing. i looked at my phone info and it dont show my modem it says baseband version unknown.

your not gonna get every answer you want that not the point of the question if you not that comfortable doing this stuf then stay stokc or learn to Rom

cain308 said:
thats more or less the answer i was looking for , i want to use that embryo rom but when i was reading it i sort of got confused when it said choose your modem for radio and all that stuff . maybe putting in your apn and all that. if it just a simple wipe 3times factory reset, update ,flash gapps its cool ,but all that other jazz is confusing. i looked at my phone info and it dont show my modem it says baseband version unknown.
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Baseband is modem. It's very simple, just do some reading.
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crashpsycho said:
your not gonna get every answer you want that not the point of the question if you not that comfortable doing this stuf then stay stokc or learn to Rom
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i figured it out, and man i wasnt looking for you to tell me every little thing ,i was only making a statement, thanks for your help and sorry to inconvienance you.

Noob

Hello Everyone!
So I'm getting an S3 via fed-ex Friday. I'm coming from a Droid 3 and the messiah that's kept my phone some what interesting, Hashcode. I can't wait to delve into root/unlock/custom rec/custom rom.
On that note, id like anyones opinion on what custom rom they like and why and also recovery. Of course I've read a lot of the posts in both dev forums already but any additional tips or steps in to rooting and unlocking would be appreciated.(easiest/quickest method)
Thank you for those that take the time to read this and respond.
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daimerion said:
Hello Everyone!
So I'm getting an S3 via fed-ex Friday. I'm coming from a Droid 3 and the messiah that's kept my phone some what interesting, Hashcode. I can't wait to delve into root/unlock/custom rec/custom rom.
On that note, id like anyones opinion on what custom rom they like and why and also recovery. Of course I've read a lot of the posts in both dev forums already but any additional tips or steps in to rooting and unlocking would be appreciated.(easiest/quickest method)
Thank you for those that take the time to read this and respond.
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Well first thing you have to do is to root your phone, and unlock the bootloader. There's an app for unlocking the BL in the Play Store, I recommend using it (EZ-Unlock or something like that). Then flash recovery. You can use CWM or TWRP. The easiest way is to flash through goo manager (goo.im in the play store). This flashes TWRP. Or you can use another app in the play store called EZ-Recovery for SGSIII.
For ROMs, if you want touchwiz-based ROMs, the best are Synergy and CleanROM IMO. Synergy is a huge team and they provide constant support. CleanROM is not updated very often but it is very fast and stable. There are other ROMs such as GalaxyMod and Jelly 'Beans'.
For AOSP, you can always go to CM10.1, AOKP. PA. I like CarbonROM, it has nice features and stable.
In the end, ROMs are a matter of preference, and what works well on my device may not on yours.

Follow the wonderful guides for rooting/unlocking then try out a few touchwiz and aosp based roms to find what you like best. For touchwiz definitely try out Beans 11 or Synergy. For AOSP definitely try out the unofficial builds of CM10.1 or Carbon(my daily driver). Honestly, there's so much development for the S3 that you'll never get bored. If you want to really get some amazing battery life, try out some kernels like KToonz. You can look under general for a great guide on tweaks, etc. Use TWRP for your recovery. Last of all, have fun and welcome to the S3!
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daimerion said:
Hello Everyone!
So I'm getting an S3 via fed-ex Friday. I'm coming from a Droid 3 and the messiah that's kept my phone some what interesting, Hashcode. I can't wait to delve into root/unlock/custom rec/custom rom.
On that note, id like anyones opinion on what custom rom they like and why and also recovery. Of course I've read a lot of the posts in both dev forums already but any additional tips or steps in to rooting and unlocking would be appreciated.(easiest/quickest method)
Thank you for those that take the time to read this and respond.
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Really liking the latest Synergy for a stock ROM replacement. Stable, fast, good battery life.
For 4.2+ I enjoyed what Carbon had to offer
Check the tutorials for how to root/unlock. Pretty simple ways listed there. Check on how to backup your IME though, just in case.

Back up your imei. It will save you a ton of headache if you ever lose it.
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If you boot up and you're still on ICS, root it there. Its super easy. Easier than jelly bean. Also, TWRP recovery, and AOKP build 4 with the latest leankernel is running super smooth for me.
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The latest synergy rom is awesome. It will backup your IMEI for you each time you flash too. Lot's of options. Not sure if EZ unlock still works...theres another tut in development on how to unlock with odin

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And please don't ask which is the best...thanks.

Thanks for the responses!

[Q] Skyrocket roms?

I was wondering from user preference what is the best custom rom for the skyrocket? I have jellybean and love it but I want to overclock the processor just dont want a OS that's buggy and inconvenient for daily use.
I know there any probably many threads about this just wanted to start my own before I go rom happy
My skyrocket is rooted from ordin and I have twrp recovery.
I have never actually flashed a rom on a android just rooted several. I am getting the gs4 next week just want to have a little fun with my skyrocket in the meanwhile.
Thanks.

mod please move
didnt mean to post a question in this section, my bad.

No best rom threads are allowed! If you want to go flash happy before you get your S4 try them all out pick the one best for you.
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EQ2192012 said:
No best rom threads are allowed! If you want to go flash happy before you get your S4 try them all out pick the one best for you.
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Only you can decide what ROM is best for you. Do your research, read the threads (take the time and read the whole thread!) And make your own choice.
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Dude really...

if you read my stickies you would have seen the those questions aren't allowed, its a forum/mod rule and will be eventually locked
my suggestion is to read the stickies before you start flashing away as its obvious you haven't
from the sticky "read this b4 posting", its a post above your post
28) Q. which rom is the "BEST" rom or any adjective thereof for a rom
A. do not ask as it will be locked by the mod, read about them in the dev forum and decide on your own
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vincom said:
if you read my stickies you would have seen the those questions aren't allowed, its a forum/mod rule and will be eventually locked
my suggestion is to read the stickies before you start flashing away as its obvious you haven't
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You quoted the wrong guy Vin .
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mtdew said:
You quoted the wrong guy Vin .
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ya I re-edited

eatsleepAndroid said:
I was wondering from user preference what is the best custom rom for the skyrocket? I have jellybean and love it but I want to overclock the processor just dont want a OS that's buggy and inconvenient for daily use.
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I started flashing more than one month ago and I started with the most popular (threads with a lot of posts) / recent ones.
Backuping and restoring is so easy with TWRP. So, keep your prefered ones as backups and make a choice!
If you to overclock, check the OP, it's always mentionned.
Good luck. And read

As mentioned, you really need to try them.
But I understand why you are asking as for the less technically competent user (i.e. me) its hard to easily flash and switch, and its hard to really gauge all the differences.
I do think its personal and depends on what you are looking for.
I can tell you for me I have tried a few and settled on Embryo. Its very stable for me, and with others I found myself having to do a level of troubleshooting and diagnosis that, while easy for others, was hard for me. And so that wasnt a good tradeoff for me. I wanted something stable and easy to tweak and use, even if its at the expense of slightly slower performance, etc. But thats a very personal decision, and everyones results vary depending on their phone, apps, usage, etc.
Thats why people are so reluctant to answer these questions - they arent trying to be difficult!

Good explanation. People aren't trying to be difficult, just tired of answering this question.
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