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A Purely Informational Poll Of Samsung Captivate 2.3.x Rom Usage. Cast Your Vote!

Hello Community,
This is mostly for my informational purposes, but id really appreciate it if everyone would cast their vote as to which rom they are on currently. This can also serve in the short term as an informational compass to point new users twards a rom to try out. All votes in the polls are appreciated!
Thanks,
HaiKaiDo

Nevermind...

Dude, give it up. Whether you like it or not, the forum management do NOT like these kinds of posts that put the work of developers into a popularity contest. And leaving out Andromeda, one of the most popular ROMs in here, just makes the poll look silly.

Miami_Son said:
Dude, give it up. Whether you like it or not, the forum management do NOT like these kinds of posts that put the work of developers into a popularity contest. And leaving out Andromeda, one of the most popular ROMs in here, just makes the poll look silly.
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I was asked by the forums mod to repost this and that he was going to lock it and sticky it so that posts like this would no longer happen and people would be able to vote without flaming. Also Apex and Andromeda will be added.

Dude you look silly
I do not see anything wrong with a thread like this. Maybe it can prevent some additional threads about what rom is best for me.
And by the way, screw you for not including asop roms, my vote is miui. (just kidding on the screw you, kinda)
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HaiKaiDo said:
Hello Community,
This is mostly for my informational purposes, but id really appreciate it if everyone would cast their vote as to which rom they are on currently. This can also serve in the short term as an informational compass to point new users twards a rom to try out. All votes in the polls are appreciated!
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That verbiage right there makes this little more than a popularity contest. New users should be reading up on any ROM they want to try, not making decisions based on the number of people using a particular ROM. The power users are switching ROMs pretty regularly, some on a daily basis, so how should they vote in this poll? The only way anyone interested in modding their phone with a custom ROM will get the info they need is to READ THE FORUM and invest the time to know what they're doing. They will only run into problems if they simply look at a thread like this, pick the one with the most votes and go at it. That's the natural tendency of humans and it goes against the grain of what users in here should be doing. There are no shortcuts.

Miami_Son said:
That verbiage right there makes this little more than a popularity contest. New users should be reading up on any ROM they want to try, not making decisions based on the number of people using a particular ROM. The power users are switching ROMs pretty regularly, some on a daily basis, so how should they vote in this poll? The only way anyone interested in modding their phone with a custom ROM will get the info they need is to READ THE FORUM and invest the time to know what they're doing. They will only run into problems if they simply look at a thread like this, pick the one with the most votes and go at it. That's the natural tendency of humans and it goes against the grain of what users in here should be doing. There are no shortcuts.
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+1 Some people never learn.
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Well since I have the support of a moderator and all the other people that havnt decided to take everything ive said in this thread and twist it and blow it WAY out of proportion, im gonna have to go with...If you dont like it, dont post here :]

Nanny, nanny, boo boo to you, too.

Miami_Son said:
Nanny, nanny, boo boo to you, too.
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come on man seriously , no need to stay here and set fire to my thread AGAIN. For whatever reason the mod that said he was going to lock this and sticky it has disapeared for the moment, but i suppose when he gets back all these posts will be deleted and the OP can be used to exactly what it was intended. Just a collection of data, not a popularity contest, not a noob guide to tell them what rom to install. Its just a small collection of data to see what the community is upto.

I didn't post a thing in your last thread, so don't blame me for that one being closed. The reality is that your poll is flawed simply because you limited it to only 2.3.x ROMs. That will not give a clear picture of what ROMs are being used since it omits some very fine 2.2 ROMs like Andromeda and the many users still on stock Froyo and Eclair. That renders it pretty useless as far as a statistical analysis and dangerous as it might convince some to jump to a Gingerbread ROM before they know what the consequences might be. Don't we have enough people in here with bricks and flashing problems? Why contribute to it?

just move on and don't vote
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At work, will respond to this properly when I can.
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....

Okay lets clear this up....
I DID tell the OP to repost this thread.
Heres why.....
I agree with the rest of you that "best" rom threads are pointless and often offensive. I do not allow "best" rom threads in any of the sections I moderate.
However, this thread was not supposed to be about whats "best".
The intention was to set the poll, stick the thread and close it to prevent the usual barrage of venom and verbal diarrhea that goes with the aforementioned "best" rom threads.
I for one am curious as to how the userbase of a particular device is split between the various roms on offer and I think its a shame that there is no way to utilise the poll option to asess this.
I spoke to the OP about this and it was clear to me that he did not want to encourage discussion about whats "best", just collect the numbers out of curiousity so I agreed to give this a go....
As it stands, its not possible to close a thread and leave the poll open so it looks like we'll never know.

ICSSGS vs ICS 9 Alpha?

Can someone that has tried both of these ICS projects comment on how they differ and perform?
I'd like to upgrade to ICS, but would rather do so after reading a comparison.
TIA!

No, you have to make that decision on your own. This is a biased question that only you can answer.
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b-eock said:
No, you have to make that decision on your own. This is a biased question that only you can answer.
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How is it a biased question?
Surely someone could list the pros and cons of both options?
This is the logical way to choose things.
It is done for everything else (phones, cars, computers, etc), why not ICS builds?

That's a ridiculous position b-eock. raz123 wasn't asking which one was better. He was asking for comments and/or a comparison about how they operate, and what others' experiences have been with the two -- SO THAT he can make his decision on his own. He wasn't asking others to make the decision for him. Last I checked, requesting opinions and feedback of others wasn't inherently "biased". Telling raz123 that he isn't allowed to research and has to just try it out is like telling someone they're not allowed to read product reviews before making purchases.
Please stop trying so hard to be a backseat moderator and actually read the question instead of automatically spewing a canned response.

ultima528 said:
That's a ridiculous position b-eock. raz123 wasn't asking which one was better. He was asking for comments and/or a comparison about how they operate, and what others' experiences have been with the two -- SO THAT he can make his decision on his own. He wasn't asking others to make the decision for him. Last I checked, requesting opinions and feedback of others wasn't inherently "biased". Telling raz123 that he isn't allowed to research and has to just try it out is like telling someone they're not allowed to read product reviews before making purchases.
Please stop trying so hard to be a backseat moderator and actually read the question instead of automatically spewing a canned response.
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Umm read it and read it again! He can search instead of making a new thread and asking for opinions. Any way you wanna re word it, it is still opinion based question.!
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b-eock said:
Umm read it and read it again! He can search instead of making a new thread and asking for opinions. Any way you wanna re word it, it is still opinion based question.!
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Any review will always contain a certain amount of subjectivity, regardless of the product. Yet, reviews exist for a reason, correct?
AFAIK, there is no review for either projects that lists the pros and cons of the project.
Unless I missed such a review, in which case, feel free to link me.

Opinions can be either subjective or objective. I fail to see how asking for opinions makes a question biased. It's a biased question if someone asks "in what ways are ROM X worse than ROM Y?" (as the asker would've obviously already made a judgement call), but that clearly isn't what happened here.
Why am I bothering to argue this point? Because you're shutting out a perfectly valid request for discussion. Sure, we can "search" and find another instance where you similarly shut the thread out. We can also look in the respective developer threads and see people complaining about their pet bug, but that doesn't make it a comparison between the two ROMs, and that doesn't make it indicative of the users' overall experiences with the ROMs as a whole.
And actually, no, this isn't an "opinion based" question (not that there's anything inherently wrong with opinions). Experiences -- unless fabricated or misinterpreted -- are fact; they happened, and the user didn't just "feel" like they happened.
SO. I think the thread has been sufficiently derailed already. Let's try to get it back on track with a real discussion.

What ever, it is reported for offensive language and best ROM thread. Let Reinbeau make the decision!
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I have tried both the CM9 alpha and ICSGS RC2. Personally I liked the CM's version better and have experienced better performance with theirs ...

tim. said:
I have tried both the CM9 alpha and ICSGS RC2. Personally I liked the CM's version better and have experienced better performance with theirs ...
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Thanks for the input.
Can you provide details as to the pros and cons of each?

b-eock said:
What ever, it is reported for offensive language and best ROM thread. Let Reinbeau make the decision!
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Whatever man, let her close all the other questioning the difference between two roms threads then /s
To me, ICSSGS seemed a little less polished when I tried the Beta 2 compared to Build 13 on upwards for the teamhacksung port. The only thing that really got me about ICSSGS, was after 5 or so days it seemed to really slow down to where a reboot was needed. I'm not sure how the ICSSGS one does it, but it's annoying to me to have to reflash gapps with each new build of the hacksung port, I never had to do that with CM Nightlies so not sure why I do now, but it's really not that big of a deal. Anyways, thats my $.02, try them both out, they're both great!

I've run most of both ICS ROM's(Except the latest ICSSGS) from the start.
To me they are both very similar in performance, I feel THS is a bit better.
I'm not a HUGE fan of pure ASOP Rom's, I like having a little bit of customization, which I get with THS's ROM. I haven't been completely been following ICSSGS's thread since THS came out with Build 14. I was VERY happy with it, B14 was filling in all of the little quirks that I was not too happy with and didn't feel the need to get into ICSSGS's V3. Some folks have been having SOD issues with THS B14/15, I have not had any myself until I started messing with kernels.
Now I don't want to say that I was at all unhappy with ICSSGS's ROM, it's a really great ROM, but with my device(as we all know, each can be a bit different). I feel THS was doing it a little bit better for me.
Hope this info helps some

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This is a 'Best ROM' thread, as such, they are always closed, because they always descend into nastiness.

This would be sweet! ***NVM

I think that it would be cool if we had a poll thread with every rom listed so we can have an idea of the most popular Roms. I know when I am new to a phone I want to know the top rated roms to save time flashing. What do you guys think? Just a poll with every Rom and just let people vote on their favorites.
EDIT**** this is NOT for me I am extremely satisfied with Viper and JellyBam and I don't need this, It was just to help other but it looks like no one wants to and wants everyone to find it out on their own so i retract this idea

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joshuadjohnson22 said:
I think that it would be cool if we had a poll thread with every rom listed so we can have an idea of the most popular Roms. I know when I am new to a phone I want to know the top rated roms to save time flashing. What do you guys think? Just a poll with every Rom and just let people vote on their favorites.
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No.

RollTribe said:
No.
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why wouldn't you like it?

Re: This would be sweet!
We sort of all ready got it, the thread read count. If it's popular people are reading about it.
Screwed by Google. Canceled ICS upgrade on my Moto Photon. No Wow for us.

RollTribe said:
No.
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rbeavers said:
We sort of all ready got it, the thread read count. If it's popular people are reading about it.
Screwed by Google. Canceled ICS upgrade on my Moto Photon. No Wow for us.
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not always, just means that the thread got people's attention. I view a lot of Rom's thread a lot but I haven't downloaded it just read what people were saying

Re: This would be sweet!
Just because there's a thing on XDA about not having best ROM threads and this would be like the ultimate best ROM thread. It would be against the rules, that's why I said what I did.

been done before anyways and the thread got buried.
*Poll* 4.0.4 Sense Roms

Re: This would be sweet!
So you want a poll to show you what ROMs people are running so you can run the ROM everyone is? Wanna be with all the cool kids I guess?
You know how everyone else did it? They tried them all, and I suggest you do the same
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RollTribe said:
Just because there's a thing on XDA about not having best ROM threads and this would be like the ultimate best ROM thread. It would be against the rules, that's why I said what I did.
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lol ok if you only said that to begin with it would have been resolved. Its ok, guess noobs have to find out the hard way

superchilpil said:
So you want a poll to show you what ROMs people are running so you can run the ROM everyone is? Wanna be with all the cool kids I guess?
You know how everyone else did it? They tried them all, and I suggest you do the same
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it is not for me... I have tried all the main ones, its for new people. I don't care either way I just thought it would be nice if you just got your phone. But if you didn't read my post I guess you didn't see that
I love my Viper, or for a change up I got Jellybam and I couldn't be happier

you Need to find the best ROM for you self.
when the ROM makes you happy, then it's the best for you.

Ghostrider said:
you Need to find the best ROM for you self.
when the ROM makes you happy, then it's the best for you.
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man... does anyone read my post before commenting I already have found the best, its for others. I love Viper and I am very satisfied.

adding a poll of all active roms would help bring light to some under rated roms as long as it wasn't perceived as a best rom poll which would be very difficult as it most likely would turn into one.

It's against the rules, and there are good reasons why that is the case.
Such threads often lead to debates about "best roms," which creates unnecessary drama.
They also annoy the devs, and can lead to hurt feelings.
The devs almost unanimously do not like them, and if you haven't gathered from the name of this site, this is a developer forum.
This thread will be locked like the 500 others like it before this.

Ghostrider said:
you Need to find the best ROM for you self.
when the ROM makes you happy, then it's the best for you.
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iElvis said:
It's against the rules, and there are good reasons why that is the case.
Such threads often lead to debates about "best roms," which creates unnecessary drama.
They also annoy the devs, and can lead to hurt feelings.
The devs almost unanimously do not like them, and if you haven't gathered from the name of this site, this is a developer forum.
This thread will be locked like the 500 others like it before this.
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well I now know that so this one can be locked as well at least it solved my curiosity

joshuadjohnson22 said:
it is not for me... I have tried all the main ones, its for new people. I don't care either way I just thought it would be nice if you just got your phone. But if you didn't read my post I guess you didn't see that
I love my Viper, or for a change up I got Jellybam and I couldn't be happier
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Who cares who its for? Its still against the rules.
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Joshua I dint think you're getting the main reason of the rule..it all kinda comes down to common courtesy..the devs aren't paid to dev nor do they have to share their work with us... You as the user can at the least say thanks to them..best Rom or most popular threads has a chance of putting certain rom devs down...each rom is great I've tried almost every one in this forum

a box of kittens said:
Joshua I dint think you're getting the main reason of the rule..it all kinda comes down to common courtesy..the devs aren't paid to dev nor do they have to share their work with us... You as the user can at the least say thanks to them..best Rom or most popular threads has a chance of putting certain rom devs down...each rom is great I've tried almost every one in this forum
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No i understand... We have the best devs and I don't want to cause anything that would hurt or start fights. I'm perfectly fine with it. I never thought of that before

joshuadjohnson22 said:
No i understand... We have the best devs and I don't want to cause anything that would hurt or start fights. I'm perfectly fine with it. I never thought of that before
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Okay guys, he got the message!

Okay then ......
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[Q] The best current rom?

Hey guys,
Returned to xda after a long long time, had even forgotten my previous username/password so made a new id!
Quick question, which is the best current rom for desire s? By best I mean the one which is stable, the most lag-free and hang-free, and if possible, has a good battery life.
I've been on sabsa prime for a long long time now and it had a very crappy battery life and it hangs like a massive saturday morning hangover.
How is the [ROM][16 July][4.0.4][Sense 4.1 Full][OTA|HUB|Tweaks|v1.1.0 ModPack] SVHD v1.7.3 rom? I've done a quick browse through the dev forum and it seems to be the better one.
Any quick help would be much appreciate. I'll flash after the first 5 or so recommendations asap

These type of 'best' rom posts are not permitted on xda as you will get 10 different answers from 10 different people and can cause arguments. Please do not make these threads on xda.

ifti786 said:
These type of 'best' rom posts are not permitted on xda as you will get 10 different answers from 10 different people and can cause arguments. Please do not make these threads on xda.
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I understand but how else am I supposed to figure out which rom I should use. I mean I can't go around installing every single rom and keeping it for a number of days to test them. that would take too much time.
one of the purposes of the fourm is to help people, right?
Can I request the mods to lock this thread, after exactly 10 replies? That would serve both purposes. Thanks

helloween3 said:
I understand but how else am I supposed to figure out which rom I should use. I mean I can't go around installing every single rom and keeping it for a number of days to test them. that would take too much time.
one of the purposes of the fourm is to help people, right?
Can I request the mods to lock this thread, after exactly 10 replies? That would serve both purposes. Thanks
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Actually, the sole purpose of XDA is Development. It is not a helpdesk for noobs - if you disagree with that view then that shows you haven't done much searching and reading yet.
Pick 3 or 4 of the ROMs which look best to you, install each one, test it and then move on to the next - that is exactly what we all do with our devices. The only person who can judge a ROM is you - some ROMs might work well for one person so they recommend, but you hate it or it kills one of your applications. Benchmarks are useless and serve no real-world purpose.
Just download, flash, try and see what suits you.

SimonTS said:
Actually, the sole purpose of XDA is Development. It is not a helpdesk for noobs - if you disagree with that view then that shows you haven't done much searching and reading yet.
Pick 3 or 4 of the ROMs which look best to you, install each one, test it and then move on to the next - that is exactly what we all do with our devices. The only person who can judge a ROM is you - some ROMs wight work well for one person so they recommend, but you hate it or it kills one of your applications. Benchmarks are useless and serve no real-world purpose.
Just download, flash, try and see what suits you.
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I understand what you're saying. I'd like to add that I'm in fact not a noob and have tried about 7-8 different roms on my desire s in a period of 3 or 4 months, towards the end of last year. I have a job now and no time for these things so I was just looking for a quick fix. Just some decent reviews from people who use the roms on these forums.
Please STOP posting here, you're ruining this thread and you're doing exactly what the first reply warned about.
If anyone wants to say a sentence or two about a specific rom, please post, otherwise don't.
IF the mods have a problem, then lock it. I strongly request you to leave it open for 10-12 replies and then lock it but it's up to you.
Good day.

helloween3 said:
I understand what you're saying. I'd like to add that I'm in fact not a noob and have tried about 7-8 different roms on my desire s in a period of 3 or 4 months, towards the end of last year. I have a job now and no time for these things so I was just looking for a quick fix. Just some decent reviews from people who use the roms on these forums.
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You ARE a noob or you wouldn't have created this thread contrary to the rules of XDA. Most of us on here have jobs, but we still fit in our addiction to flashing and to helping other users around real life as best we can.
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Please STOP posting here, you're ruining this thread and you're doing exactly what the first reply warned about.
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I was trying to explain further, to your befuddled mind, why you had been told by @ifti786 that this thread was not a good idea.
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If anyone wants to say a sentence or two about a specific rom, please post, otherwise don't.
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IF the mods have a problem, then lock it. I strongly request you to leave it open for 10-12 replies and then lock it but it's up to you.
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You can "strongly request" all you like, but I don't think it's going to get you very far. Reporting this thread now

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Best Rom/Kernel

As its now open season on XDA for best ROM threads (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55678988&postcount=5) I thought I would post this
What's the best rom and or kernel for the s4?
Quality of post doesn't matter, and it doesn't matter how much work has been put into that ROM/kernel
It also doesn't seem to matter if you offend any devs with your response or we have these kind of threads (seemingly as per XDA mods)
Discuss..

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As its now open season on XDA for best ROM threads (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55678988&postcount=5) I thought I would post this
What's the best rom and or kernel for the s4?
Quality of post doesn't matter, and it doesn't matter how much work has been put into that ROM
It also doesn't matter if you offend any devs with your response (as per XDA mods)
Discuss..
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in my opinion best rom is imperium rom if you want samsung tw

Well I didn't see that coming. Surely the "best rom" is particular to the user and there isn't an overall better rom. Perhaps the mods have given up and just want to contain the pointless personal opinions to 1 manageable thread.

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in my opinion best rom is imperium rom if you want samsung tw
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So you are a fan of stock roms with a couple of basic mods, that's fair enough....you could probably do the mods contained in that ROM yourself
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Well I didn't see that coming. Surely the "best rom" is particular to the user and there isn't an overall better rom. Perhaps the mods have given up and just want to contain the pointless personal opinions to 1 manageable thread.
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Well said that man! :good:

DSA said:
So you are a fan of stock roms with a couple of basic mods, that's fair enough....you could probably do the mods contained in that ROM yourself
Well said that man! :good:
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thanks

Come on guys
When best ROM threads were banned, there was at least one thread popping up every day...now its a legit chat no one has an opinion?
What changed? Do you guys only like creating threads that aren't allowed? You certainly weren't bothered about XDA rules before...

For i9500 Omega is the best for me..
I would really like to see an updated version of Perseus kernel but I think that project is dead..
because of this reason, omega kernel is also best.

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[ROM] [03 de octubre] [4.4.2] - Lotes De L | Android L temáticas [GT-I9505 sólo
Para mi de las bonitas tw que he probado

Imperium is the best.
The best means when an update is released you don't see any reason to update.
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For goodness sake, DSA wants to know why "best rom" posts are now allowed even though there is no such thing and it can offend developers. Reading threads, especially the OP, before posting would go along way to improving XDA.

For me Phoenix rom is the best all the time. About kernel, I think alucard's
Pros: ahead of it's time (S5 mode and other features), rock stable and battery very friendly.
In the same time I'll be really hypocrite if I say this is the only one. Many others brought me love for my phone again as echoe, imperium, myba and your black box( which I wish to see continued some day
And there are some firmwares with great potential, which is also imprtant
Conclusion: lucky us

the imperium rom, because you have the s5 design and a stabel rom.
and the googy kernel. it has a good battery life. :good:

Lol, thanks

I'm staying subscribed to this thread until someone actually gets the point of the of the OP. Fingers crossed.

Pheonix with kt kernel smooth criminal v5 gives almost 5hrs+ SOT so Pheonix has been my fav rom since the day version 9.3 was released no bugs and everything works plus its very light thats the best thing and it was probably the first rom to make one handed operation work as on note 3 and s5[emoji14]

HANDSY said:
I'm staying subscribed to this thread until someone actually gets the point of the of the OP. Fingers crossed.
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Still no one! Lol

@DSA Out of common human curiosity, without prejudice, wtF man? :silly:
You know me, I can't stay in the dark (on occasion), LOL.
Cheers.

Fevves said:
@DSA Out of common human curiosity, without prejudice, wtF man? :silly:
You know me, I can't stay in the dark (on occasion), LOL.
Cheers.
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Duuuuude! How the hell are you!?! :highfive:
Best ROM threads were (quite rightly) banned on XDA...now they are allowed for some reason
This is an ironic thread of sorts...

DSA said:
Duuuuude! How the hell are you!?! :highfive:
Best ROM threads were (quite rightly) banned on XDA...now they are allowed for some reason
This is an ironic thread of sorts...
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[a lill' bit of OT, excuse me]
/me have seen better times Naaah, rolling in silence here and there, since I worn myself out... and if explicitly not being poked, I maintain my calm and post where I see due. In fact I'm enjoying while always learning from XDA knowledge and masterpieces around S4.
Aside that, I'm toying with my phone, tweaking it to my preferences, but it seems I have to perk with it almost every time Google (continuously) screws it up with their Google Play services and additions I never needed :silly::silly:
[/a lill' bit of OT, excuse me]
Re this thread - I got teh point, still needed to stop by and say hello to an old friend :highfive::good:
Cheers.