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most reliable rom for sgs3?

just rooted/unlocked, looking for something to flash. not looking for something with nightly builds, just want something faster that has everything working properly. phones a bit laggy right now, and was hoping to fix that (mostly dealing with messaging)

Well i recommend synergy even though it has nightly builds, it gets better every night

flashed synergy as my first s3 rom earlier this week.
Im really liking it.
Ive been looking at a couple others, but im happy with what I have right now. (r60 build)

Another vote for Synergy, here.
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+1 Synergy

Synergy
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synergy is where it's at so far. until one of these JB builds are more stable.
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I'm running Beans build 10 with lean kernel .5. I'd say it's pretty stable.

Running Synergy R64 from last night - holy awesome! My only issue is finding the right combo to get Google Wallet to work fully again. Have the prepaid card set up no problem, adding others - just sits and waits. When I flashed r60 I had to do a few tries (12) to find the right zip and build.prop settings to make everyone happy

another for synergy. just flashed earlier this week and currently on r64. for me it seems just as stable as stock with a bettery battery life and smoothness to spare.

I'm running CM10 and love it! Jelly Bean is awesome!
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Favorite flavor of ice cream?
.....similar to what this thread is asking.
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1ManWolfePack said:
Favorite flavor of ice cream?
.....similar to what this thread is asking.
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LOL exactly.
I flashed the root66 ROM ten minutes after the phone came out of the box (synergy was not out yet) & have never had any reason to flash any further (I have tried all the other ROMs except for CleanROM, but after testing I ALWAYS end up restoring a nandroid of the setup in my sig)
I debloated the setup totally. It is fast as hell, every single app etc. work perfectly, battery life is awesome etc.

running cleanrom. last time i checked synergy thread some had 4g issue.
I like it but has zero benefit from what i see to be rooted. gs3 in stock form is already fantastic.
i'd root to do nandroid backup but that's about it

devilchrist said:
running cleanrom. last time i checked synergy thread some had 4g issue.
I like it but has zero benefit from what i see to be rooted. gs3 in stock form is already fantastic.
i'd root to do nandroid backup but that's about it
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Zero benefit?
Again, back to my previous argument. What's your favorite flavor of ice cream?
How about blocking ads and getting rid of the WiFi popups. That's reason enough to root for me...
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Synergy is like running a better stock phone, it's amazing. The S3 is already so fast I've seen not much difference between it and a Jelly Bean system even stock.

What about stock rooted and the root checker verizon installed.... How do you block that on stock rooted?
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You gotta be careful reading to much into the Synergy thread. I've dirty flashed every build from r23 with zero issues. I noticed a big performance increase with r23 but I got another big performance increase with r64! This phone is unbelievable right now and Ziggy is still working on more kernel magic.
I have not tried any other ROM since Synergy is performing so well.
P.S. I underclock my phone to 1350 with the XDA SetCPU.
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Vote clean rom. Fast, smooth, good battery with clean kernel

Clean Rom + clean kernel was great for me.
i wanted to check Jelly Bean and I must say it's really good. Seems stable to me, I don't know if I could go back, JB is nice.

Which is the most stable Jelly Bean Rom any idea?

Hello guys,
I have recently moved on to official ICS but I heard JB is far more smoother than ICS. I can see there are number of JB custom roms available through the superb effort of our developers. Thing is I am kind of confuse which way to go. In JB I am looking for a stable completly working ROM, which I can rely to use on daily basis for long term.
Some suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers.
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rauppal said:
Hello guys,
I have recently moved on to official ICS but I heard JB is far more smoother than ICS. I can see there are number of JB custom roms available through the superb effort of our developers. Thing is I am kind of confuse which way to go. In JB I am looking for a stable completly working ROM, which I can rely to use on daily basis for long term.
Some suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers.
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I'm not sure if you could say it's fully working, but I know plenty of people here are using Andromedus as a daily ROM. I think there's a new build coming out soon, but read the thread to find what people are having best success with.
bnd just ported yet another JB ROM over too. Best way is just to try some out. Personally, I love JB but I went back to ICS (the ICE_DS ROM) because I've had a lot of sound issues with Andromedus in all the builds I've tried.
Hope that helps!

JB
rauppal said:
Hello guys,
I have recently moved on to official ICS but I heard JB is far more smoother than ICS. I can see there are number of JB custom roms available through the superb effort of our developers. Thing is I am kind of confuse which way to go. In JB I am looking for a stable completly working ROM, which I can rely to use on daily basis for long term.
Some suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers.
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I think the best is just to try a few. As you can see in their threads and changelogs every rom still has its limitations. also check out www.blindndumb.com for some awesome (jb and ics) roms for our device

Thanks guys for advices n link. I for sure read lot more n may be try couple of JB roms as well before I stick to one. May be better to do little more research n wait. I hope recently released ics source could facilitate few things for developers. Finger crossed
Cheers.
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I use Blindbean for now (not the new one available now) and I like it.
Since I use Jellybean, I don't wanna go back to GB or ICS, to much of a difference.
I mainly make phonecalls and use internet, so I don't really care about camera, pictures, games, music, ...
And for now, it holds up to my expectations. There are off-course some bugs, but for a phone that's that old already, I can deal with that.
(hell, I bought a Xperia U, because the stock HTC desireS was giving up on me, so when I got the Xperia, I could begin to experiment with root/roms and stuff, and now, the newer xperia is on the closet, and I use the HTC again (spec-wise, the desireS and xperia U aren't that different.)

I used to have BlindICE in its latest edition with which I was satisfied, but I've changed to JB with Codename Android and recently JellyTime, both from blindndumb. They are so smooth, I really can't come back either. But I'm also a bit lost concerning the differences between all of these JB roms. From what I saw, none of the 2 were really stable. In Jellytime, video playback can be glitchy, pictures have a green/purple line at the bottom and browsing with chrome shows weird artefacts. Other than that, they work fine. What changes visually in AOKP and CM10 are the ROM menus.

sarcome said:
I used to have BlindICE in its latest edition with which I was satisfied, but I've changed to JB with Codename Android and recently JellyTime, both from blindndumb. They are so smooth, I really can't come back either. But I'm also a bit lost concerning the differences between all of these JB roms. From what I saw, none of the 2 were really stable. In Jellytime, video playback can be glitchy, pictures have a green/purple line at the bottom and browsing with chrome shows weird artefacts. Other than that, they work fine. What changes visually in AOKP and CM10 are the ROM menus.
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so what do you think which one looks better CM10 or AOKP?

Try both, it's a personal choice
As you can see I am on Androdamus, which is cm10
Tapatalked from Desire S running Androdamus

I run JellyTime R15 as daily, no bugs that are important to the grand scheme of things.

A few weeks ago I tested Andromedus and the latest CM10, and they didn't have FM radio tuner. I listen to the radio almost everyday, so FM radio support is kind of important. This is mostly the reason why I'm still not using Jelly Bean. That and some other little things I enjoy and didn't find, like "render effect", automatic screen brightness control, launcher settings...
I'm kind of new to the ROM flashing scene... Is FM radio one of the last things to become functional on a ROM? Do any of the other ROMs have working FM? I guess it's not a very high-priority item.
I guess I could try to setup a script to automatically download the radio show I listen to, after it's available on the radio station website, then send it to dropbox or something.
I'm usually a very patient guy, waiting for a final release, but it's becoming harder and harder to wait.
edit: By the way, I'm using CM7.2 now

As long as the camera doesn't work I won't use JB Roms.

Dabbleh said:
I run JellyTime R15 as daily, no bugs that are important to the grand scheme of things.
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do you mean this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32780631#post32780631
I also wanna try jelly bean rom now but i dunno which one to try as my daily rom I havent used any rom yet I'm using htc update saga 4.0.4 with sense 3.6 & I totally wanna get rid of this sense thing,is it a good idea to upgrade to this rom in your opinion is it almost stable?

sMhsn said:
do you mean this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32780631#post32780631
I also wanna try jelly bean rom now but i dunno which one to try as my daily rom I havent used any rom yet I'm using htc update saga 4.0.4 with sense 3.6 & I totally wanna get rid of this sense thing,is it a good idea to upgrade to this rom in your opinion is it almost stable?
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Should not try Jelly Bean now for Desire S since it is not so stable.
If you want to use the stable ROM, please use this one. I already installed for 4 weeks and it is awesome. But this one is just Android 4.0.4, HT sense 3.6.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1567715&page=1

Well I've recently swapped to BnD Jelly time and I'm impressed. I've been using Niks CM10 for months and decided to try a kernel 3 ROM. I can't see myself swapping again as Jelly time seems the better daily driver IMO.

I also want to try this Jelly Time but just being cautious, are there any particular bugs you can tell or anything about this Rom or it also has Google Now in it right?!!
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badflife said:
As long as the camera doesn't work I won't use JB Roms.
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Camera works fine in Jelly Time, works perfectly if you download JB Camera+ app.

I personally use CM10 with my Galaxy Mini. Everything works perfectly, but seems there is a problem with the native tethering of both type. 3rs party software solved the problem.
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badflife said:
As long as the camera doesn't work I won't use JB Roms.
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sMhsn said:
I also want to try this Jelly Time but just being cautious, are there any particular bugs you can tell or anything about this Rom or it also has Google Now in it right?!!
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Yes it has everything, including now. The small bugs I've noticed are the brightness sensor is a little laggy, takes a little longer to correct it self to ambient light. Chrome sometimes gets a little buggy, Netflix isnt perfect, front camera doesn't work, video recording is broken and I'm sure there are other small issues I've yet to notice.
None of the above is a deal breaker for me, as we have an increasingly unpopular phone we will always have to expect some issues as a price to pay for the latest os versions.

do we have cm10 for Desire S also?
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sMhsn said:
do we have cm10 for Desire S also?
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Jelly Time is based on CM10
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1903496

[Q] Most rocksolid ROM for non techie use.

I love my TF101 and I have always had the cutting edge ROMs on it and just accepted any bugs that it may have knowing I can flash a different one later.
Due to my dad going out of town for work and me not needing my TF, I said he could take it to use to browse the web.. He doesnt need it for anything other then that. He has a GNex so knows the basics of how to run ICS/JB. but he is not about to go root anything..
I want to know what is the best and most rock solid ROM to put on my TF for him.. Like once I hand it off to him, everything should work 100%.. No SOD, RR, or any other issues like the dock not charging, etc.. I need to be able to hand it off to him with a Rock solid Daily Driver ROM that just works.. I dont need any crazy customization or anything fancy..
I personally had ran CM10 and AOKP on it and loved both of them, but they both had bugs that wouldnt fly for him..
Would I be better off going back to stock? Is AOSP rock solid? any other ROMs out there that have 0 issues that a nontechie could use?

I recommended you to flash back its stock firmware. As you see, your dad using a stock rom on Gnex. It will lot more easy for your dad to use a stock firmware.
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bibiner said:
I recommended you to flash back its stock firmware. As you see, your dad using a stock rom on Gnex. It will lot more easy for your dad to use a stock firmware.
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Makes sense.. Just crushes me to take it from JB back to ICS, even though he wont know a difference, it makes a difference to me.. I was hoping someone had a rocksolid rom to avoid me flashing back to stock, but I will probably end up doing just that.

Go rooted stock ICS with G, s 22.6 kernel. Little OC'd to 1200.
I put both the oldies on it and no drama.. Been 5 months..
I just did a trip back home as OS
And checked it.. All good..
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If you wanted JB on your device...i may no know lot about what you using now...i now recommended you to teach your father to use it.
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bibiner said:
If you wanted JB on your device...i may no know lot about what you using now...i now recommended you to teach your father to use it.
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Usage isn't the problem..It's bugs in a Rom that he can't deal with. I will flash back to stock and rock a different kernal. Thanks for the help guys.
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I recommend Revolver 4 Rom by Gnufabio, it's rock solid and with Guevor kernel v23 it really flies

Jelly Bean: Team EOS Jelly Bean #74 (With K.A.T kernel)
Has all the good stuff like trackpad cursor, launcher buttons work(and notify when they have been used), very smooth
ICS: Revolution or Revolver
Just as solid as the stock firmware, just faster.

CyanogenMod 9 Stable is what I use and found it to be stable as the developer says I understand the desire to test out the latest and greatest but not to actually use it as your main operating system since it's still in the testing phase and has bugs such as crashes, locks ups, random shutdowns/reboots etc personally I would prefer to just temporarily test out the latest and greatest then go back to what's stable.

[Q] What ROMs can I choose from?

Hi, just bought a GS3 Verizon. I want it rooted, and working without well known bugs.(GPS, calling, almost no bugs) I prefer 4.1 jelly bean. What ROM should I choose? The ROM based on the leaked VZW ROM?

indarkness said:
Hi, just bought a GS3 Verizon. I want it rooted, and working without well known bugs.(GPS, calling, almost no bugs) I prefer 4.1 jelly bean. What ROM should I choose? The ROM based on the leaked VZW ROM?
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Trouble free- Clean Rom.

i would definitely try this one! it is jelly bean
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953008

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Stock deodexed j1 touchwiz...if you look around you can manually add what mods you want. I prefer this over flashing the custom touchwiz rom variants....seems less buggy and smoother imo.

indarkness said:
Hi, just bought a GS3 Verizon. I want it rooted, and working without well known bugs.(GPS, calling, almost no bugs) I prefer 4.1 jelly bean. What ROM should I choose? The ROM based on the leaked VZW ROM?
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I've been having good luck with Synegy's latest. Smooth, good performance, good battery, and just enough added functionality over stock to make it work well.

I liked clean rom, jellywiz, and my current rom tasteofbeans 3.1. They all were :good:

droidstyle said:
Stock deodexed j1 touchwiz...if you look around you can manually add what mods you want. I prefer this over flashing the custom touchwiz rom variants....seems less buggy and smoother imo.
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What about using separate mods makes it less buggy?
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Because you flash them 1 at a time and if you flash one and it made everything bug out you can just nandroid back. If your on a ROM with a crap load of tweaks and mods and something goes wrong you're just screwed until the dev can figure out which mod he added is causing the problems. A lot of the time the mod bugs are left alone until all the big bugs are worked out and then they track down what's causing the smaller bugs
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850506
Read up. Pick what you like and give it a try. Everyone his different taste.
BTW, I prefer SlimBean. I've been using it as my dd since Slim2.7.
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[Q] New here... ROM Suggestion?

Hey everyone I'm new here on the TF300 xda forums! I have been over at the HTC Rezound side of things for about a year now so I know a little about rooting. That being said I'm brand new to the tablet world. I bought this tablet for my self for Christmas and I am deciding to root and start customizing this awesome device. I guess what im looking for would be anything i need to know to look for in a ROM. Like what would some good features be and maybe where i should start. Any help would be appreciated.

If you want a fast and buttery smooth stock experience go CleanRom.
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If you're looking for a custom stock ROM that's fast and great to use I recommend Hydro 6.0. I use Hydro 6.0 and I love it, it was the only stock ROM I really liked. It's got great features too! GPU is cranked or somewhere around there (stock is 416), forced 120fps, it's fast, comes rooted, acid audio mod and awesome beats equalizer. Oh, and if you do use Hydro 6.0 I recommend using Clemsyn's overclock kernel, overclock it to 1.8 and you will have no issues. It also puts the GPU at 650 which is awesome! NFS MW runs no problem!!!! That kernel makes the ROM sooooo much better. But the best part is it's smooth and buttery, melted jellybean butter candy
Now, if you're looking for a custom ROM that's not stock, check out CM 10.1 or Blackbean 7. Both running Android 4.2.1 (thats a plus) and their easy to use and HIGHLY customization. I personally don't care for them because it's a bit overwhelming with the amount of customization you can do.
The best advice you will receive on this is to just try out different ROMs. Find one that suits you...one that you like, fits your needs and screams YOU.
Hydro: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1854212
Clemsyn's kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1970704
CM 10.1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2055430
Blackbean 7: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015165

Do either CM 10.1 or Blackbean 7 come with root?

How about recovery suggestions
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1dog9 said:
Do either CM 10.1 or Blackbean 7 come with root?
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Yes both CM 10.1 and Blackbean 7 come rooted
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How about recovery suggestions
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I would say use CWM (Clockwork Recovery Mod) because with TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) I heard some people have had some issues such as it freezes in the middle of a flash, it won't boot into recovery or they get soft bricked. I haven't seen anyone with issues like that, that have used CWM.

I use twrp for recovery and no issues.
ROM suggestions above are spot on. The two big stock ROMs are CleanROM and Hydro. I was using CleanROM but now that Hydro is updating again, I just flashed it and am playing around with it. I haven't tried any of the non-stock ROMs. Would love more customization but I am concerned about stability and would want some stock Asus widgets.
For a kernel, I am a fan of Unter's. Clemsyn breaks the front camera, I believe. Unter does a great job.

+1 for TWRP. Many users here have had issues with CWM, including me. I had problems flashing zips and it wouldn't make backups correctly. Since using fast boot to flash TRWP, ive had no issues at all.
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