Hi all,
My i815 is coming in tomorrow. I've been digging around for the best ROM to put on it, and I wanted to get some opinions. I would love to do Iocerra's CM 10.1, but I'd rather like to use the IR functionality of this tablet. It looks like this ROM may be my best bet, but I'm not 100% sure its fully operational.
Any thoughts?
The main functions I need are 3G/4G, GPS, hot spot, and IR.
Any insight is much appreciated! Having a Galaxy Nexus with Jelly Bean and having this thing on Honeycomb tomorrow is going to drive me nuts I'm pretty sure.
Brandon
If you want 100% features, go with the ICS "leak" -- the rom you linked to.
Otherwise, CM 10.1 has the best support as no other custom roms support data or the GPS on the i815.
Samsung includes all the apps you need (and all the apps you DON'T need) for stuff like the IR blaster.
What JB features are you going to miss on ICS?
Kralik said:
If you want 100% features, go with the ICS "leak" -- the rom you linked to.
Otherwise, CM 10.1 has the best support as no other custom roms support data or the GPS on the i815.
Samsung includes all the apps you need (and all the apps you DON'T need) for stuff like the IR blaster.
What JB features are you going to miss on ICS?
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Thanks for the reply. I am going to really miss the butter.
My i815 came in today and actually came with 4.0.04 already on it! I was stoked to see that. Its pretty fluid, definitely workable to keep all of the features. This will do for now, although I do wish someone would be willing to fix the IR blaster, but I assume no one wants to because it might be a ton of work for little payoff in the grand scheme of things.
Thanks, again.
Brandon
ICS isn't all that bad. I did disable most of Samsung's bloatware, though.
I've noticed that I get MUCH better blacks on CM 10.1 though. When I used LCD testing program that makes the entire screen go black on the stock ICS rom, it really was more like a glowing dark grey. On CM 10.1, I do the same in a pitch-black room and see only a hint of light. Have you tried testing your AMOLED screen yet and/or noticed anything similar?
Well according to me the best is CM10.1 but there are some problems with calling, GPS & Bluetooth. So, use CM10...
virsingh said:
Well according to me the best is CM10.1 but there are some problems with calling, GPS & Bluetooth. So, use CM10...
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CM10 doesn't support GPS.
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First off, I am interested in a vanilla ROM that is stable--what is the best currently available for this phone? CM, AOKP, PA, etc. I would prefer Jelly Bean, but if ICS is more stable, I will definitely take that.
Here is what I need to be working:
GPS
Simultaneous Voice + 3G
Video
Camera
Wifi Tethering
Heavy Customization
Decent Battery Life
NFC
Now, given the ROM you recommend, what are some kernels recommended for that ROM? Again, I'm looking for the ROM to be smooth, but would sacrifice a little performance for better battery life.
I plan on purchasing a used (a week old) one from someone off of Craig's List tomorrow (we are meeting at a Verizon store)--is there anything I should specifically be checking before I decide on a final purchase for the phone?
Thanks ahead of time for any advice anyone may have!
Ninja-edit: I obviously plan on rooting this, and by the looks of it, if it received an OTA, I can't unlock the bootloader? Will this affect my ability to root and flash custom ROMs at all?
you should get your phone and flash a few touchwiz roms, and a few AOPS roms and decide what you want. a nice compromise is beans build. i guess its themed after AOSP but ive never flashed it. theyre different experiences. ive had good luck with KTkernel but others run other kernels. never tried any others.
youll get many recommendations here both TW and AOSP, because basically any rom you flash will have all of those features working. (unsure about simultanous voice + data but i think thats on all?)
dont mean to give such a blehhhhhh answer, but only you can decide on what you run
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you should get your phone and flash a few touchwiz roms, and a few AOPS roms and decide what you want. a nice compromise is beans build. i guess its themed after AOSP but ive never flashed it. theyre different experiences. ive had good luck with KTkernel but others run other kernels. never tried any others.
youll get many recommendations here both TW and AOSP, because basically any rom you flash will have all of those features working. (unsure about simultanous voice + data but i think thats on all?)
dont mean to give such a blehhhhhh answer, but only you can decide on what you run
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I'm really not a fan of Touchwiz at all. Do you have a specific AOSP ROM that you'd recommend?
running AOKP M1 with the 11/13 ktkernel. i keep trying others but always come back to AOKP. its just great for me and everything I use works.
I ran paranoid android for a month or so without any issues too. ive had great luck with the AOSP roms for the S3.
if those interest you...king kang is a combination of AOKP and ParanoidAndroid. I flashed and went back to AOKPM1 though.
Thanks for the reply! I'll give AOKP a shot and report back here with how it works!
I am sorry if this is stupid noob question, but why we don't have many custom roms since that our device's sharing same exynos 4210 hardware, like Samsung galaxy SII?
I own SII for myself and there is every day something new in development thread, and here nothing
My P 6200 is crying for fix WiFi problem and some great custom rom :crying:
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I am sorry if this is stupid noon question, but why we don't have many custom roms since that our device's sharing same exynos 4210 hardware, like Samsung galaxy SII?
I own SII for myself and there is every day something new in development thread, and here nothing
My P 6200 is crying for fix WiFi problem and some great custom rom :crying:
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I have been using Android since it was released and have collected various devices. This is just me, there is nothing better than stock rooted and tweaked rom. Just debloat the rom and you will be ok. My P6210 is amazingly fast with NO error or any single issues. I got both apple and Samsung products and my P3113 and my P6210 are my main tab. It is a must for me to go stock rooted and tweaked. Just me.
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I always asked myself the ssame question too... but it turns out we dont hhave so many devs here and this device wasn't a hit like the S series from samsung. Making custom roms isn't so hard but it needs alot of learning if ur a biggener. I tried making custom roms myself but what else do u need from a custom rom if you already have CM9, cm10, paranoid android and soon to be AOKP? But who knows we might see new stuff I mean I bought this tab before there was even a functional cm9 build and I was thinking of selling it. But it pulled through aand I must say his device is rock solid we just need to nail the wifi issue.
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I have been using Android since it was released and have collected various devices. This is just me, there is nothing better than stock rooted and tweaked rom. Just debloat the rom and you will be ok. My P6210 is amazingly fast with NO error or any single issues. I got both apple and Samsung products and my P3113 and my P6210 are my main tab. It is a must for me to go stock rooted and tweaked. Just me.
Cheers
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I don't have any problems with speed and stability on stock 4.0.4 but wifi issue is bothering me so much I try almost everything, now I m on cm10 and problem is still here...
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I don't have any problems with speed and stability on stock 4.0.4 but wifi issue is bothering me so much I try almost everything, now I m on cm10 and problem is still here...
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I had wifi problems as well on stock ics (UK version).
It all disappeared when I flashed the US version, give it a try...
This said, cm, aokp and stuff are nice but not stable enough for my taste yet, I don't like bugs (I am not a very patient character) and for me so far there's nothing like a good home tweaked, rooted and deodexed stock ics rom.
When cm10 is completely stable then I will eagerly flash it, I check xda every day waiting for that day to come
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I had wifi problems as well on stock ics (UK version).
It all disappeared when I flashed the US version, give it a try...
This said, cm, aokp and stuff are nice but not stable enough for my taste yet, I don't like bugs (I am not a very patient character) and for me so far there's nothing like a good home tweaked, rooted and deodexed stock ics rom.
When cm10 is completely stable then I will eagerly flash it, I check xda every day waiting for that day to come
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I have actually did a lot of things with the ICS stock rooted but never have wifi issues. Anywhere I go with wifi access, I never have problems or any issues. Would it be router related? With my P3113, its fine but with my YP-G70, there was. I have to install another stock rom to solve it. Otherwise, everything works fine with me. These products are actually very nice IMHO. I'm just waiting for the JB update for my P6210 and P3113, if there will be.
Early in ANdroid the stock ROMs were often terrible and there was a lot of room to make easy improvements. Now the stock ROMs are really quite good and there is not much that can be improved on easily. IF you like a different style you have the CM based ROMs with some UI differences but not much in the way of performance improvements and you lose stability and some hardware features like IR Remote. Even with the Nexus, by the time some individual developer takes the time to customize a ROM, Google has new features out in the stock ROM so its just not worth it to build from scratch.
SO called debloating is mostly a placebo because the new devices like this tab have lots of memory and apps you don;t use aren't doing anything or taking resources.
Curious to know if you have found anything unique and useful in SII development. TO me it seems like all retreads of repackaged stock or CM based stuff with a few different apps from samsung or sony thrown in for good measure.
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Early in ANdroid the stock ROMs were often terrible and there was a lot of room to make easy improvements. Now the stock ROMs are really quite good and there is not much that can be improved on easily. IF you like a different style you have the CM based ROMs with some UI differences but not much in the way of performance improvements and you lose stability and some hardware features like IR Remote. Even with the Nexus, by the time some individual developer takes the time to customize a ROM, Google has new features out in the stock ROM so its just not worth it to build from scratch.
SO called debloating is mostly a placebo because the new devices like this tab have lots of memory and apps you don;t use aren't doing anything or taking resources.
Curious to know if you have found anything unique and useful in SII development. TO me it seems like all retreads of repackaged stock or CM based stuff with a few different apps from samsung or sony thrown in for good measure.
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Stock rom is full with unneeded application.
Custom rom bring more speed and space.
I'm currently running custom rom based on JB leak on my Samsung SII, which is full with super functions from S3 and Note 2. Above all that rom is great for daily use For me that is enough
Well I am coming from the OG Droid Razr to the S3, and so far I am really enjoying it! It's nice finally having access to Official AOSP ROMs. (Before Razr, I had Thunderbolt, and the Moto Droid). However I'm just wondering about the glitches. The one's I'm mainly curious about are the screen flickering, and the NFC freezing. I should say that I have no experience in developing, so I'm sorry if my questions come off as inexperienced.
I'm just wondering if it's something where there will be fixes in the future. I'm enjoying it, but I'd really enjoy getting the NFC working. Could it be something where a dump from the Nexus 4's software could make progress in it, or is it something where we would need something from Samsung's end?
I just also want to thank all the devs for the great work they do for the community to help the hopelessly addicted crackflashers like me
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Well I am coming from the OG Droid Razr to the S3, and so far I am really enjoying it! It's nice finally having access to Official AOSP ROMs. (Before Razr, I had Thunderbolt, and the Moto Droid). However I'm just wondering about the glitches. The one's I'm mainly curious about are the screen flickering, and the NFC freezing. I should say that I have no experience in developing, so I'm sorry if my questions come off as inexperienced.
I'm just wondering if it's something where there will be fixes in the future. I'm enjoying it, but I'd really enjoy getting the NFC working. Could it be something where a dump from the Nexus 4's software could make progress in it, or is it something where we would need something from Samsung's end?
I just also want to thank all the devs for the great work they do for the community to help the hopelessly addicted crackflashers like me
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NFC does work
CM10 is fully functional...as in 0 problems. CM10.1 (Android 4.2.1) on the other hand has some issues (low call volume, and low signal). For me, those aren't too big so I still use it. The screen flicker is now fixed on the later nightlies.
Ok, yeah I'm running the CM10 stable right now, the one from November. The NFC is frozen and wont start or stop. I've flashed the fix, gone to Touchwiz and made sure it worked, nothing on AOSP end. I've had some flickers from Gallery and the homescreen at times though. But I like using AOSP over TouchWiz, but I wish I had a notepad app similar to S-Note, with the drawing. Are there any apps similar to it or can it be ported to AOSP?
I normally use a pc but it is messed up currently. I have the 6210 and would like to put a stable JB rom on it
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I normally use a pc but it is messed up currently. I have the 6210 and would like to put a stable JB rom on it
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I would wait for the Offical stock JB from Samsung that's coming in about 3 weeks.
DigitalMD said:
I would wait for the Offical stock JB from Samsung that's coming in about 3 weeks.
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I am giving it to a friend this week and I am not going to be updating it so I want him to have a better experience than the current software. Im sure he would never update unless it prompts him to do it over wifi
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I am giving it to a friend this week and I am not going to be updating it so I want him to have a better experience than the current software. Im sure he would never update unless it prompts him to do it over wifi
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I would not say that any custom ROM out there is a better experience. Each is based off CM10, there are some bugs and not all hardware works , for example you lose IR blaster. They are not faster, just different. And I actually prefer the Touchwiz launcher to the Trbuchet launcher in CM. Touchwiz (stock) has nice widgets and if you want a different launcher, you can get it off the market, Apex, Nova and Holo work great.
Leave it stock and he will get the JB update automatically.
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I would not say that any custom ROM out there is a better experience. Each is based off CM10, there are some bugs and not all hardware works , for example you lose IR blaster. They are not faster, just different. And I actually prefer the Touchwiz launcher to the Trbuchet launcher in CM. Touchwiz (stock) has nice widgets and if you want a different launcher, you can get it off the market, Apex, Nova and Holo work great.
Leave it stock and he will get the JB update automatically.
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To provide a different point of view, I would say that the "stock" firmware is terrible and the only piece of HW that you lose by going to CM10 is the IR blaster, which is a worthless thing anyways.
I am a T869 user, and am coming from the experience of someone who has had & used Logitech Harmony IR remotes for many years.
I feel that there really aren't any good IR remote applications for Android in general, and this device has no way to do any sort of IR "Learning", making it of limited usefulness.
On top of that, the experience of using a touchscreen tablet with relatively crappy IR transmission power as a "remote" is pretty bad. The screen surface is a flat piece of glass, and thus is incapable of providing you with useful tactile feedback. If you are watching a movie or a TV show or something, your eyes are on your TV, not on your remote. With a "real" remote, you can feel your way to the correct button with relative ease, and this has been the normal mode of interactivity in this context pretty much since remotes were invented. As a result, your normal user is very used to "how a remote works", and so when you can't get that tactile feedback, it feels weird and sucks. Also, since the IR blaster is weaker than my Logitech, I found I had to actually make sure I had the tablet pointed at the right device to actually have any effect.
All in all, that is not a nice experience, and made me stop caring about the IR blaster as a feature.
The "stock" Samsung firmware is, in my opinion, relatively bad. There are a large number of redundant apps included, as well just plain garbage apps. Do you really want an APK on your system that is just a link to a website? Seriously?! Do you really need / want 3 email clients? Also, with the large number of garbage apps running on the system, things are generally not as responsive as they are on something like CM10.
I should also point out that CM10 has been considering basically "done" for a while now, with the bulk of the development team having moved on to CM10.1 weeks ago.
Finally, things are perfectly do-able on a Mac, you'll just need to use Heimdall rather than Odin to flash CWM to your device. Aorth, the guy who does CWM and CM10.x builds for this tab series, actually prefers Heimdall.
Just my $0.02
Hi there. I loved AOKP on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 would like recommendations on what similiar rom I can get for my spanking new 7.7
I was reading about Pacman and Paranoid Android but have no idea regarding the stability of these roms. Would someone care to enlighten me?
NightShadow02 said:
Hi there. I loved AOKP on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 would like recommendations on what similiar rom I can get for my spanking new 7.7
I was reading about Pacman and Paranoid Android but have no idea regarding the stability of these roms. Would someone care to enlighten me?
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I believe either can be used on a daily basis. Currently i am using the Pacman ROM as that ROM has significantly more options for customization. Which ROM is a matter of preference and these or any others have some risks and have hiccups on occasion. Careful use of backups can keep you out of trouble and a fresh install if you switch usually reduces the chance of problems.
Good luck on whichever one you pick and I hope you'll have a great time experimenting with all the options. Congratulations on getting a 7.7 as I think they are getting hard to get even with the apparent lack of updates from Samsung. Guys like Daniel (and the others before him) have keep this Tab current. :good:
thank you for the response colonelbillenstein! whats the biggest problem you have running Pacman ROM? I remember the biggest issue with AOKPSGT7 was the bluetooth not working thus making me unable to transfer files between devices.
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thank you for the response colonelbillenstein! whats the biggest problem you have running Pacman ROM? I remember the biggest issue with AOKPSGT7 was the bluetooth not working thus making me unable to transfer files between devices.
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My biggest issue is getting the NavBar to stay visible. One of the guys had a work around but it did not work for me. My issue and the potential solution is is spelled out in the Pacman thread.
Regarding bluetooth, I have had no significant problems pairing with a jawbone era, jambox, my harley bike sound and phone system, a 7000 series samsung tv, and my laptop. I normally only use bluetooth for handsfree tasks and use airdroid and a few other apps to transfer files. Daniel the guy who build these ROMs spent many hours working out the bluetooth issues. Again I hope you have a lot of fun with you Tab - i use mine for for everything and when traveling move of the time don't need a laptop.:cyclops:
just flashed Pacman ROM. loving the stock android experience! was wondering about whether some AOKP features like sliding across the status bar to adjust brightness and hold back button to kill app are in here? Can't seem to find them.