I just jumped ship from the galaxy nexus to the Verizon SIII and finally got it unlocked and rooted. So I worked my way over to the development section to pick out a rom and and kernel but was overwhelmed by the amount of choices. So I thought id ask the xda community's opinion on what rom and kernel I should choose?
My only requirements are:
1. Must be stock jellybean (not a huge fan of touch wiz)
2. Performance is a huge factor to me
3. Overclocking options (CPU, GPU, Memory?)
4. Customizable options
Thanks guys!!
AOKP jb-mr1 build 4, lean kernel experimental build 2. Best combo I've used.
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I'm going with carbon ROM 1.4 with KT kernel its smooth and I get 4+hours of screen on time with stock battery
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havy15 said:
I'm going with carbon ROM 1.4 with KT kernel its smooth and I get 4+hours of screen on time with stock battery
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Does Wifi Tether work well with Carbon and that kernel? I am running a nightly from CM 10.1, seems to be the only one that has wifi tether working well with 4.2.2
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I really like Liquid Smooths new rom for 4.2.2. Tons of customization and overclocking. The RC1 came out on Feb 14th and the only issue I had was with Wifi Tether. Once that is fixed I will be using as a daily driver.
You'll probably want to use CM10.1. Has the most up to date fixes and considering this isn't a nexus device there are some issues out there, and the less you have the better. MROM seems like a good choice as well though I've never tried it. CarbonROM had some issue with changing the notification/battery light color (it was broken) but idk if that's been fixed yet.
Another heads-up on the performance side: though AOSP performs much better than TW, it scores significantly lower than TW in certain benchmarks. Do not be alarmed, Samsung is cheating those scores by optimizing databases for those apps.
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My current daily driver is carbon ROM with ktoons kernel.
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[ROM][4.2.2][RC1] LiquidSmooth and kt747 kernel. really fast and so far no problems.
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[ROM][4.2.2][RC1] LiquidSmooth and kt747 kernel. really fast and so far no problems.
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Wifi Tether work for you?
Eclipse Rom! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2136671
I use Paranoid Android 3.1 and lean kernel 2.7.3 which lets me over clock to 1.9ghz . The rom has lots of updates and features as well.
AOKP jb-mr1 build 5
-Overclocking
-Themes
If you plan to try multiple ROMs, I'd stay with either a 4.1.x base or 4.2.x base. If you toggle between 4.1 and 4.2 your folder structure is going to get messed up (ie sdcard/0/0/0/0/.....)
PA
I swap between PA3.1 from Notta and MIUI from Strumerjon
I gotta say, the PA builds from Notta have been solid for a while.
Everything that I've tried has worked.
RootBox
I can't believe nobody has mentioned RootBox! Tethering works out of the box you can theme almost everything and it's insanely fast and stable. Highly recommend it!
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Currently running MIUI 1.99 with Matr1x #5 kernel. Looking to flash a new ROM and/or kernel as it's been awhile. There's so many of each that I don't know where to start. My main priorities are stability and speed.
The only other ROM I've used is Cyanogenmod but I had a lot of issues with random reboots. Have these issues gotten better?
Any ROM suggestions? Thanks
Rooted stock with Matr1x. I recently switched back after months on CM7 doing the nightly flash routine. Don't miss it a single bit.
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I don't even remember what the stock rom is like. I got cyanogen almost inmediately after getting my phone. Perhaps I'll try stock... what's the best way to go about doing this? Do i need to unroot my phone?
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I don't even remember what the stock rom is like. I got cyanogen almost inmediately after getting my phone. Perhaps I'll try stock... what's the best way to go about doing this? Do i need to unroot my phone?
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backup apps with titanium backup + factory reset (wipe data/cache/dalvik) + flash stock rom.
here you can find a great collection http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
you DO loose root by flashing a stock rom, but you just have to re-flash superuser (and maybe cwm if needed). I find the stock gingerbread rom very fast and reliable.
Plus, you'll receive the ICS ota when it's ready
(but you'll need to flash the stock recovery)
Wait another 2-3 weeks and flash ice cream sandwich.
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Flash deck 1.3. Really fast stable and great battery life. Its just like stock rom with a few extra tweaks. Has some of cm7 mods without the bloat. Has toggle switches on the drop down and some status bar tweaks but very stable and like I said its close to stock. Running it with matrix 9.0. Give it try.
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Flash deck 1.3. Really fast stable and great battery life. Its just like stock rom with a few extra tweaks. Has some of cm7 mods without the bloat. Has toggle switches on the drop down and some status bar tweaks but very stable and like I said its close to stock. Running it with matrix 9.0. Give it try.
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Where can i find this ROM? Is it there in XDA?
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Where can i find this ROM? Is it there in XDA?
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Sorry man its in the nexus s 4g dev section but i cant find it on the GSM dev section. You can always try oxygen rom which is very similar to deck which I was running before I flashed deck. Has the same kind of tweaks more or less. Was also a really good rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285243
give carbon a shot. it's based on oxygen but gives better performance than any rom i've used since getting this phone
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?3945-ROM-Carbon-v1.0-A-Personal-Mix-AOSP
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Flash deck 1.3. Really fast stable and great battery life. Its just like stock rom with a few extra tweaks. Has some of cm7 mods without the bloat. Has toggle switches on the drop down and some status bar tweaks but very stable and like I said its close to stock. Running it with matrix 9.0. Give it try.
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Decks is a CM7 kang with stock launcher, renamed cyanogenmod settings, and some additional files removed.
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Nexus mv paired with franco kernel
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I'd suggest NSCollab and a trinity kernel. This combo worked well for me but I caught the flashing bug since getting this Nexus S and now I'm off to try Nexus MV.
you should try superosr rom (AOSP), very fast and include CM settings as well
I've been trying all NS Roms, and I'll prefer NSCollab because,
-Fast and stable (Near 5000 in quadrant)
-Never had a random reboot
-Extremely stable at 1,2GHz
-Probably the best CM7-based ROM
I don't give a opinion about which kernel u need to use, because they are all awesome, for the highest score in Quadrant, use the Trinity TUV kernel.
But I like the Netarchy or Matr1x kernel more because they are more stable in my eyes. I hope this will give you some more information
U can also wait for ICS (IceCream Sandwich), it will be awesome too.
I'd suggest stock rom + stock kernel.
lower quadrant score but higher performance
Oxygen 2.3 with Matr1x
4097 quadrant at 1,3Ghz.
*UPDATE*
Try the Franco.Kernel, tested it, very stable and high performance.
Greets.
Matr1x all the way bud lmao
I'm currently running a Neapolitan ICS rom that came out a few months ago and I've been having a lot of stability/speed issues with it. Lookign to flash a new ROM but there are so many to choose from.. any suggestion? Most important things to be are stability and speed.. I don't care too much about a fancy feature set.
Thanks in advance
Im running Drew Garens Orca ROM, with matr1x 15.5 and i love it! Very stable
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I'm currently running a Neapolitan ICS rom that came out a few months ago and I've been having a lot of stability/speed issues with it. Lookign to flash a new ROM but there are so many to choose from.. any suggestion? Most important things to be are stability and speed.. I don't care too much about a fancy feature set.
Thanks in advance
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any ics rom now would be better than neapolitan since its using a hacked up gingerbread kernel. so i wouldnt even consider it truly ics since its not using a 3.0.8+ kernel.
I use bixie rom v.1.0.0 with matr1x kernel v.16 - It's really fast stable and smooth. Battery life is also good (just need to tweak some settings).
u can see a review about this combo on nexusshacks website
cheers
I use CyberGr V7. It's awesome.
Stable, Fast, stable and incredible battery. Lot of options and functions.
One word GREAT.
I am currently using CyberGR-MOD|NS.NGN ver. 7.0 Hybrid ICS, it crashes from time to time but for the most part is working fine! I would also remond the CyanogenMod 9 v4.0.3 v2.1 it has less custom features but its only getting better!
PV!
Check out kangs roms (AOKP). There getting lots of positive feedback
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Cm9 very fast,stable, you can tweak cpu governors,sounds and colors directly in the rom settings
Cyanogenmod 9 v2.1
Cyanogenmod 9 v2.1 runs very stable on my phone! I would definitely recommend it for stable daily use!
Bigxie Crespo Apex v1.02...brilliant. Was on NexusBeam before which was excellent too, But Bigxie ROm has lots of nice features, facebook sync etc.
Never had a reboot with either unless using a different oc'd kernel, So off the shelf Bigxie Crespo Apex v1.02 it is. rock solid. loving it. Don't like the boot graphic so flashed the stock one and its just perfect
CM9 Kang for the win
Nexus S (GSM i9020a)
CM9 Nightly Kang (Build 1 of v2.1)
Eugene's Kernel (Speedy-7)
OC 1100/100 (conservative)
I recommend CyberGRv7 ICS rom. It runs beauty on my nexus s!!
http://opensource.samsung.com/reception/receptionSub.do?method=search&searchValue=L710
Have fun.
Imoseyon already built a LeanKernel with it.
http://encounterandroid.com/imoseyon/s3/tw/vzw/
Features: http://revision.io/embeds/leanKernel-galaxys3-tw
Feature leanKernel v0.2
Feature Remove unnecessary governors and io schedulers
Bugfix fsa9485: fastcharge v3 - fixed, finally tracked this down
Feature fastcharge v1
Feature SIO scheduler
Improvement ramdisk: add optimizations to stock ramdisk
Improvement Linux updates up to 3.0.52
Improvement defconfig: optimizations and leaner
Improvement Makefile: linaro optimization
Feature SPH-L710_JB_SPR source merged
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Sweet, ill give it a try tomorrow.
Installed the lean kernel version on Clean Rom 4, so far so good
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Works great!
Feature list? Didn't see a thread in the our section.. (I'm New to the phone, not to Samsung or flashing)
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Try imoseyons thread over at rootzwiki, id post a link but i dont have the post count to do so.
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Try imoseyons thread over at rootzwiki, id post a link but i dont have the post count to do so.
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Here for anyone interested
Running v3 for JB right now and its freaking amazing! I made a thread here for Imo (with his permission of course). Lets keep up the compatible roms list
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34636372#post34636372
Im running Cm 10.1.2 on a sprint s3 SPH-L710(4.2.2). Which one should i use? Looks like there are several for JB and ICS...
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Im running Cm 10.1.2 on a sprint s3 SPH-L710(4.2.2). Which one should i use? Looks like there are several for JB and ICS...
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Wow how did this thread get bumped. MEGA OLD.
Anyway, you can't run the TW version on CM10 cuz thats AOSP and this kernel is for TW only. Look for Imo's Aosp kernel. Its in my sig, im running it right now.
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Wow how did this thread get bumped. MEGA OLD.
Anyway, you can't run the TW version on CM10 cuz thats AOSP and this kernel is for TW only. Look for Imo's Aosp kernel. Its in my sig, im running it right now.
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Oh, I see. Sorry, just started flashing ROMs recently and im still getting up to speed.
Since its just a kernel, it should still work on my ROM even though im using a sprint phone, right?
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I clicked the link, selected stable, selected d2spr, but now which should i choose? The latest build (sept1st)?
Any one notice a change in ram and speed while using 4.2 roms?
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yeah they are slower than on 4.1.2
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Any one notice a change in ram and speed while using 4.2 roms?
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Yep, some people say they don't notice it. I did, moved back to 4.1.2, forever happy.
For me it is faster than 4.1.2. I'm using Hellybean w/ devil kernel.
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For me it is faster than 4.1.2. I'm using Hellybean w/ devil kernel.
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I switched from 4.2.2 back to Cyanogen 9 and it's running just as fast and reliably as Gingerbread.
I am in 4.2.2, with Jelly Shot crespo ROM and Marmit kernel - so smoth and fast. Except Gingerbread, the battery consumption is also better.
4.2.2 is better !!!
Running on a smooth CM 10.1 with Air Kernel. Fly's most of the time with a few hiccups here and there
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My Nexus S also can't handle the awesomeness of android4.2.2
Me Gusta!
Carbon is nearly as smooth as Jellyshot (really hard to match them) but is so fast and virtually bug free (I haven't encountered any yet).. On benchmarks it tests higher for me than any other 4.2 rom (not that this means too much). And is still full of features... And best of all it is great with battery life.. I installed it on less than 50% (granted not heavy useage) but I got more than twenty hours (six of those I was asleep).. I am charging it up and will see how it does on screen time..
On full charge (Devil Kernel {ondemand/deadline 1000/100) over 48 hours!!! semi-light usage
Check out GamerzROM, based on CM 10.1 and it's awesomely fast...
Im not quite sure, CARBON ROM is pretty snappy, its up there with AOKP
I find helly bean pretty smooth...smother than ICS at least!
Do you guys think carbon is smoother than helly bean?
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I find helly bean pretty smooth...smother than ICS at least!
Do you guys think carbon is smoother than helly bean?
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I find it smoother, the initial release, the nightlies are a bit buggy and not as fast.. Jellyshot is the smoothest rom, but not as fast as Carbon, but it's boot time is faster..
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I find it smoother, the initial release, the nightlies are a bit buggy and not as fast.. Jellyshot is the smoothest rom, but not as fast as Carbon, but it's boot time is faster..
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Thanks mate, I think I'll flash carbon next, it looks interesting
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I have an updated list of Roms, all based on my testing and are not meant to be disrespectful to developers as all Roms have their own merit based on each user...
(Each rom is tested on stock kernel and Devil kernel using Antutu for benchmarks)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0An4M6zvBOQ1KdExJMDlCZlRwem9zS29Ma1VHRWhCLXc#gid=0
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I have an updated list of Roms, all based on my testing and are not meant to be disrespectful to developers as all Roms have their own merit based on each user...
(Each rom is tested on stock kernel and Devil kernel using Antutu for benchmarks)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0An4M6zvBOQ1KdExJMDlCZlRwem9zS29Ma1VHRWhCLXc#gid=0
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XenonHD 8 is as fast as Carbon unofficial?
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XenonHD 8 is as fast as Carbon unofficial?
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Nearly, it tests on antutu within a couple hundred point difference with Devil kernel, but is nearly identical stock...
I think that the new JellyShot 4.5 is faster than the Carbon, I tested both with marmite 7.3 because the >8 versions eats too much battery
So I lost my phone, got a new one, rooted using the casual root/unlock w/twrp method found on this forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2332825
Is it possible to somehow improperly root/unlock without bricking? Or that I just got a bad download. I am having random reboots with just about every kernel I flash, some worse than others. I can only run the stock kernel. Running a clean 2.9 and the latest TWRP. Would it be useful to do a full wipe and "reroot/unlock"
What rom are you using and what kernels are you trying to flash?
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Right, sorry. Liquid 2.9..tried flashing multiple builds of BMS, a few lk builds, dkp, and team kernalizer kernel. I think that's all of the available kernels for the s3
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Right, sorry. Liquid 2.9..tried flashing multiple builds of BMS, a few lk builds, dkp, and team kernalizer kernel. I think that's all of the available kernels for the s3
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Clean flashes, freshly installed rom after first boot with the stock kernel, I reboot and flash the new kernel and just never fee stability.
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Clean flashes, freshly installed rom after first boot with the stock kernel, I reboot and flash the new kernel and just never fee stability.
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Well, I follow AOSP kernel development a little bit. If I were you, I'd start by flashing a kernel built within seven days of July 20th cuz it seems every two to three weeks, kernel commits render older roms useless. If you don't follow AOSP commits in the more popular rom or kernel threads then I suggest staying away from custom kernels cuz they move quickly. Custom AOSP kernels built on 8/13 won't work on older roms for example.
Edit: I got July 20th cuz LiquidSmooth was last updated on July 20th btw. Just to be clear.
Good advice. I don't follow the aosp commits but I did have the same thought and flashed an older version of BMS (I really want to give it some burn) didn't work... I'll try an older build of lk too just to see where I am.
Really hoping 4.3 somehow resolves this issue for me.
Thanks for your help.
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Good advice. I don't follow the aosp commits but I did have the same thought and flashed an older version of BMS (I really want to give it some burn) didn't work... I'll try an older build of lk too just to see where I am.
Really hoping 4.3 somehow resolves this issue for me.
Thanks for your help.
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Hope so too. I'm trying out Slim Bean beta 2 with BMS kernel from 8/15 and it's working great performance wise. I'd even suggest trying newer 4.3 rooms (CM, Unofficial CM, PA, etc) just for a couple hours and trying your hand with a custom kernel from 8/13 or newer. Or trying a newer 4.2.2 nightly with a custom kernel. For BMS, I believe GideonX said that 7/30 is the last JB 4.2.2 kernel he's made.
How long would you say you waited before flashing the kernel? I usually flash rom, reinstall my apps, set up home screens, then flash a kernel. Maybe 20 minutes between rom and kernel flash cuz of habit.
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