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[Q] Q} 2.3.6 Vs 4.0.3?

Which Stock Rom is best Performance for Nexus S?
Android Gingerbread 2.3.6
or
Android Ice Cream Sandwich​

I'd like to know too
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Easy for me!! Codename android --> ics 4.0.3!!
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I can't really say much about stock since ics isn't out yet for i9020, but I definitely prefer custom gingerbread over custom ics. OXYGEN has been fast and rock stable for me, whereas all the ics roms I've tried have given me short battery life and many crashes.
I definitely prefer the appearance and functions of ics though

How can i flash oxygen rom? Im from ics. i9023
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migz012788 said:
How can i flash oxygen rom? Im from ics. i9023
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Here are the links.
OXYGEN Rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285243
I'm also using the latest Lynx kernel with Oxygen (franco's is quite stable too):
Lynx Kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455395
Hope that helps.

jojoost said:
Easy for me!! Codename android --> ics 4.0.3!!
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Just wanna ask because I have Codename 1.4 rom on my nexus s too. Do you have the problem in camera mode, when you want to use silly face effect? I can't use it.

leepcharge said:
Here are the links.
OXYGEN Rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285243
I'm also using the latest Lynx kernel with Oxygen (franco's is quite stable too):
Lynx Kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455395
Hope that helps.
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what base versiom should i use? Wat gingerbread version
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thats easy
ICS without any doubt. The phone feels a lot faster, my battery life is better in ICS then in GB, ICS is polished and beautiful, some new apps only work on android 4.0, the new OS has some good built in functions, like 3G data monitor, you can now make panoramas without a 3rd app, etc.

If looking at stock roms, then ICS for sure. Much more efficient usage of RAM, multi-tasking which allows me to close out apps I have open. It looks clean and nice color scheme. Also Holo (font) is freaking awesome. The new ICS widgets are also nice. Calendar and gmail have been improved.
I haven't played around with the various ICS ROMs yet to compare those.

GB. ICS is slow opening apps. Also the transitions look more polished but at the expense of snappiness. I flashed back to GB stock to do some things on the phone and I am noticing how fast GB is.

I would say ICS (not stock). Currently running nuhetri v3.0.1 with AirKernel with voodoo colors and I definitely like it more than GB. No problems with this ROM and it has a great performance and battery life.

But the question is about the stock roms, not the customs roms....
For me is GB, is more faster and don´t have so many lag...

It's kind of weird that a lot of people are saying that GB is a lot faster than ICS. At least on my experience, ICS is much more fast and smooth compared to GB.
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ljordan2 said:
It's kind of weird that a lot of people are saying that GB is a lot faster than ICS. At least on my experience, ICS is much more fast and smooth compared to GB.
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Could be my Radio version....
I will test later with others to see if it resolves

i have CM 9 version 3. I like it. Its beautiful looks is a big thing for me . performance wise... there is a little "lag" but think about everything else you get from ICS. i dont mind it at all .

4.04
You without me is like Harold Melvin without the Blue Notes...

Whatever stock or customed
ICS is much better
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Is the official MIUI ICS ROM stable?

I'm currently on the Bugless Beast ROM, and it is very stable and pretty much like the name says without bugs, I have yet to have a problem with it.
However I have been thinking of going to MIUI, but I don't know how stable and/or fast it would be compared to my current ROM.
So what is your opinion?

Anyone know?

Almost-stable but..
Too low available memory and low speed makes me use CM9.
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MIUI is not as stable as the ics roms. I sometimes get lag such as the MIUI locker. There is still lots of bug. But it is stable enough for daily use.
But the recent update makes the contacts in small photos. So i switch back to codename android rom.
You can give it a try.
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Thanks, I guess I'll just say with BB, I like ROMs fast and as stable as possible.

Although, according to the ICS ROM Benchmarks Nexus S List, there are two MIUI ROMs in the top five. Catalyst MIUI, one of my favorite ROMs, is a bit laggy. Perhaps, because it has Force GPU Rendering and Keep Launcher in Memory checked but then again I haven't tried it with those settings unchecked.
I would give it a try. It is really a beautiful ROM (something different).

Poriotis said:
Although, according to the ICS ROM Benchmarks Nexus S List, there are two MIUI ROMs in the top five. Catalyst MIUI, one of my favorite ROMs, is a bit laggy. Perhaps, because it has Force GPU Rendering and Keep Launcher in Memory checked but then again I haven't tried it with those settings unchecked.
I would give it a try. It is really a beautiful ROM (something different).
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I also love MIUI due to its interface
MIUI is still in early development, so the MIUI team does not optimize the rom so much.
That's why MIUI has sudden lag and is buggy.
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You could try MIUIXperience! It's a great option for MIUI with several tweaks and themes. Awesome ROM with great battery life and performance.
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I'm using catalyst and liking it. But does use a little bit to much memory. Heard super charger helps but looks to confusing for me to try it.
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mutantlx said:
I'm using catalyst and liking it. But does use a little bit to much memory. Heard super charger helps but looks to confusing for me to try it.
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You should try v6 supercharger,i got 168 free RAM with miui catalyst rev 2 + air kernel 3.9.5 big mem and 70+ apps and games installed.
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I might give it a go then just scared of it lol
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ROM suggestion please

I have a crespo nexus s with stock jb 4.1.1 and I find its performance a bit laggy in some occasions, so I decided to try some custom ROM and I would like some help.
What I want
First of all it has to be as stable as possible because this is my daily driver.
I also want it to be as lightweight and fast as possible. Ram usage has to be minimal and I want it to be responsive enough so that I don't have to wait for the dialer to start every single time I want to make a call. I don't care about benchmark performance, just snappy navigation and performance in common tasks and web browsing.
Battery life should be at least on par with the stock ROM.
I want the features of the stock ROM in terms of apps.
I don't care about customization or extra features.
I want it to be jb based, or at least ICS.
What ROM do you think would suit me? I checked out cm, codename and slimbean. How do they compare?
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I think if you want nearly stock, out of the three you looked at, slimbean is for you. Cna and cm are indeed awesome, but are packed with extras.
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Rasbean, or stock with Marmite Kernel and Brainmasters tweaks!
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I'd have to say first pick for you would be RasBean, secondly SlimRom and if you want another option and like dark colors then I would say BlackBean. Depending how much kernel control I would say Marmite or Matrix.
Personally I keep falling back on BlackBean and Marmite.
Hope this helps!

Flashed Rasbean with trinity kernel @ 1.44Ghz. It's like having a new phone. Thanks!

antipasti said:
Flashed Rasbean with trinity kernel @ 1.44Ghz. It's like having a new phone. Thanks!
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Good choice!

[Q] rom with fully working project butter??

hello,
just want to know if theres a fully working project butter rom? i.e tripple buffering, vsync, etc etc
ive used both galaxy nexus and nexus s... and theres a huge difference in ui performance..
im new to this forum and number of roms available is huge and its difficult to try out all the roms..so just want to know if theres a rom with fully implemented project butter......

you sure it doesn't have anything to do with the extra 200Mhz or 512mb RAM??
i'm currently running bb7 and it's pretty smooth/fast... RasbeanJelly was hands down the best experience i had with a ROM on this phone... it just lacks some features i want and bb7 has them and does a fine job too...

I'm sure there's an app on the Store who gives the phone another core, can't remember the name now though...
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madd0g said:
I'm sure there's an app on the Store who gives the phone another core, can't remember the name now though...
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I FOUND IT

What is the absolute smoothest fastest rom available for the xoom?

I ask this because my xoom is gathering dust in my cupboard and I have no use for it now that I have an HTC One, I am used the the responsiveness and 'fastness' of the phone and that was one of the reasons I stopped using the xoom; the lag
Every rom I used be it EOS or CM10.1 always lagged even when the xoom was overclocked.
If I can find a nice smooth rom I might start using the xoom again :victory: :victory:

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EOS4

Interested too. Eos 4 was slow.
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I'm willing to downgrade to whatever version of android necessary to regain speed and reliability. What would that be?
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I find CM 10.1 to be very stable and smooth for me. Very rarely do I have slowdowns. I also OC'ed the CPU. Try loading Elemental's kernel if you load CM 10.1. It did not work well for me, but those that it does work for say it makes the ROM much better.
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From my experience the smoothest is CM10 (Cyanogenmod 4.1.2) : the smoothest and the faster I tried.
I only found 1 problem with this ROM : the default Android webbrowser crashes sometimes.
For now, I don't want any other android release on my Xoom as my priority is smoothness ...
As Kitkat should be even smoother, I hope to see this release on the Xoom, but I don't dream a lot !

Ok, thanks for the help guys. I'll check out CM10