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Hey! My girlfriend is having a ton of problems with her Samsung Epic 4G, which is no surprise it seems everyone I know who's had a samsung of any kind has had trouble and replacements. She had hers replaced, with the same issues as before, theyve reset it several times... so she bought an HTC Evo. I myself have the Hero and I LOVE it. Ive never had any issues other than with finding the right Sprint build for my needs. Im rooted and changed many things on mine.
So Im wondering, if anyone knows which ROM would be best to have on her new Evo phone? Friend of mine just did an update on his Evo and is having trouble as well now. Im HTC smart, and she's not too avid on technology stuff so I want to make sure she has the most stable ROM and build that is official from Sprint, no custom ROMs please. =D
That would be so greatly appreciated if someone can get back with me!
By no custom ROM's, do you mean you don't plan to root the phone, or you just want to use a rooted OEM ROM like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038701
I tested this on my evo 4g today, but I still dont like HTC sense, so I went back to my cyanogen m7 ROM.
Hey, everyone. I just joined these forums because it seems to be a very large network. I am thinking about purchasing a smart phone. I have two options as of now, and those are the G2X and the G2. I don't care if it has a physical keyboard or if its touchscreen, as long as it works fine, I don't care. Specs-wise, I LOVE the G2X, it seems like a nice budget phone. After doing minimal research, I came across countless threads in various forums of G2X users complaining that they were getting overheated batteries, two crashes a day, random reboots, etc.
These threads were from a while ago, so I was wondering if they found a solution to this.. I know a little about rooting and custom ROM's, and I will probably do that, and get ICS on my G2x/G2. I love the looks of the G2X and how it works, etc. The only problem is I don't want it to crash. I then started looking at the G2.
I like the G2 as well, but its a VERY old phone. It still has 4G, but I am a little concerned about the hinge. The battery life seems great and all as well..
Bottom line is that both phones are very great. I prefer the G2X since it is newer, faster, and has a lot more features. Only problem is that people KEEP saying that it crashes or that LG sucks. I was thinking about picking up a used phone off of Ebay or whatever.. Can you guys tell me what you think? I REALLY want the G2x, but if its gonna crash, I will go with the G2. If the solution to the problem on the G2X is as simple as rooting the phone and installing CM9, I will go for it.. PLEASE REPLY!
Thanks in advance.
It depends on what you need. I personally like the G2X, I have no idea why. I've rooted, and installed CM9 on many G2X's. I like the screen, and it's pretty speedy. But the crashes? I can't say it's ever happened to me. It's a nice budget phone, and does daily task perfectly.
The G2 has well over 100 Roms, and has a huge Dev Team. It's been worked on by so many people. The design is classic, the speed is wonderful for a single core phone. It's a great phone, with many great things. This phone showed off how amazing HTC was (Now they suck). There's a lot of Mods, and Kernels to make battery last all day easy. I don't know what else to say, outside its a good phone.
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Thanks for the reply.. Yeah, the G2X sounds like a great phone.. I just can't have the crashes happen. LG got a lot of **** for it, and seems like it caused a huge uproar. I will probably go with the G2 for now. If you don't mind, can you tell me which mods and roms are the best? Like I don't want any that aren't stable.. I am not the person looking for stuff that is the latest and greatest. As long as I can get a stable ROM of ICS on it, and prolong the battery, i'm a happy camper!
Thanks again!
Proho said:
Thanks for the reply.. Yeah, the G2X sounds like a great phone.. I just can't have the crashes happen. LG got a lot of **** for it, and seems like it caused a huge uproar. I will probably go with the G2 for now. If you don't mind, can you tell me which mods and roms are the best? Like I don't want any that aren't stable.. I am not the person looking for stuff that is the latest and greatest. As long as I can get a stable ROM of ICS on it, and prolong the battery, i'm a happy camper!
Thanks again!
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Not really sure. Personally AOKP, and what ever the latest Kernel is.
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Hmm... okay. After posting in other forums, I have suddenly interested in the G2X again. According to a few people, the G2X has a brilliant dev team behind it that is constantly posting new ROM's. I will only ever flash to a stable ROM. A few others said that because of all the custom ROM's coming out, it makes the G2X "bearable." Please tell me if you think the same as well.. Maybe all of the complaints I have been seeing were outdated.
G2 has insane dev go with it
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I dont know about g2x; but I have used G2 and it's a great phone. It's not the fastest phone; but, it's been stable for me and got a pretty good battery life. Devs seemed great too; so, I'd say go with G2 (especially if you like physical keyboard )
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Hmm... okay. After posting in other forums, I have suddenly interested in the G2X again. According to a few people, the G2X has a brilliant dev team behind it that is constantly posting new ROM's. I will only ever flash to a stable ROM. A few others said that because of all the custom ROM's coming out, it makes the G2X "bearable." Please tell me if you think the same as well.. Maybe all of the complaints I have been seeing were outdated.
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I've used the G2x and I have never had any of those issues. Its incredibly fast and performs quite well. Its also does have great development going on.
G2x is okay but its LG vs htc
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Okay, I ordered a G2! It should be coming in a day or two. I know how to root it, and I also bought a 32 GB Micro SD card. I'm gonna root it this week, which seems really easy. Only problem is the I have no clue which ROM to choose. I just want a stable version of ICS.. That has a working camera and camcorder. If you guys can tell me which ROM and Kernel or whatever to use, that would be great. Btw, I know nothing about ROM's and kernels, LOL. So if you can give me links to which ones to use, I will follow them!
Hello, I finally got my wife to agree to let me root and put a custom rom on her infuse, currently running froyo. I just rooted it last night and was looking around for some stable ICS roms. I found lots of discussions about which roms were best but had a somewhat more difficult time finding the links to said roms. And stability is a must here as she knows absolutely nothing about messing around with phones. Also GPS and Bluetooth are absolute musts as well. She finally agreed to let me do this after seeing galaxy s2 running CM9. So I was kinda leaning towards a cm9 rom, a lot of the ones I saw though listed Bluetooth problems so I was wondering whose cm9 would be best for what I'm looking for here. That being said I am open to all stable ICS roms, not just tunnel visioned on cm9. So, if you all give me some good stable ICS rom, and their links, I would be very grateful. Thanks!
Cm9: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601844
Uni-yuma-porn: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1643886
RemICS-UX: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705503
Have a look at these. They should have everything you are looking for.
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Just my 2 cents worth.......been d/l ROMs since GB........the JB ROMs that are out now are more stable than ICS.
Edit: biggest problem is, most of the Devs have moved on to JB.
ICS and jb both have camera recording problems... so jwep that in mind, jb has a slow but working GPS
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mg2195 said:
ICS and jb both have camera recording problems... so jwep that in mind, jb has a slow but working GPS
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In addition to the above comments. I would also caution you about future wife beatings and crazy ass tandrums if your giving a rooted phone to her. I know your asking about ICS, and some are suggesting Jellybean, however the best thing you can do for her is to put a rooted Gingerbread ROM like the following and just yank out whatever junk you don't want and keep it running smoother then stock!:
- Infused 2.2.3 (Extremely stable ROM that i used as my daily driver without incident for almost a year! Disadvantage is that it is no longer being developed. But really, it doesn't need anything else done to it.. absolutely everything just works!)
- Aeon (This is one of the newer Gingerbread ROM's that is still being updated and mantained. Also a very stable ROM where everything just works. The downside in my opinion is the Themeinig that is build into the ROM. Great for most, but not for everyone.)
Both of the above are excellent choices for a wife! And they are both built off of stock firmware so everything works.
Believe me, i would normally never reccomend someone go back to Gingerbread, but as she is coming from Froyo she will notice a big improvement. Also, from one man to the next. I can tell you, my bigest mistake was replacing my wifes crack berry with my older rooted X10. It was great for me, but for her she just wants things to work. The second something doesn't work, she turns into the hulk! I absolutely love to tinker and i'm never done messing with my phone, but don't assume your wife will appreciate the challenges as much as you would! I ended up just putting it back to bone stock and gave it to her with the understanding that she was not to complain to me anymore! LOL
Oh one last thing.. the saying really is true.. "A happy Wife is a happy Life!" LOL
Hello all,
I'm an avid android user, and I recently bumped my g3. Has anyone tried.(or is trying) to make a stock Android 5 ROM?
thanks everyone!!
Answered on many threads already.
No lollipop roms are available atm. Even if there was, we wouldn't be able to flash since the bump site is not up and running yet. We can only flash stock images right now.
Be patient. Soon enough, once it's released on another variant, I'm sure someone will try and port it over. (Especially since AT&T probably won't see an official update till well in to next year)
Enjoy the phone!
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cwhitney24 said:
Answered on many threads already.
No lollipop roms are available atm. Even if there was, we wouldn't be able to flash since the bump site is not up and running yet. We can only flash stock images right now.
Be patient. Soon enough, once it's released on another variant, I'm sure someone will try and port it over. (Especially since AT&T probably won't see an official update till well in to next year)
Enjoy the phone!
sent from the Bacon Pope's LG G3
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I think development is going to suck on g3, I'm not being negative but it seems like the g3 is just a pain in the butt. We have to wait for lg to see what there plans are then we have to wait for the devs to look at what lg has patch and see if they need to exploit again and if it will be possible. It seems like tmobile g3 should have more roms but its pretty quite there and a lot of people are already leaving the g3 for other phones like the nexus 6. Its going to suck if lg patched bump exploit and really puts a hold on development. I will wait a month if nothing im moving on. Im very grateful for all the devs work but irritated at lg for all this bootloader crap.
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I think development is going to suck on g3, I'm not being negative but it seems like the g3 is just a pain in the butt. We have to wait for lg to see what there plans are then we have to wait for the devs to look at what lg has patch and see if they need to exploit again and if it will be possible. It seems like tmobile g3 should have more roms but its pretty quite there and a lot of people are already leaving the g3 for other phones like the nexus 6. Its going to suck if lg patched bump exploit and really puts a hold on development. I will wait a month if nothing im moving on. Im very grateful for all the devs work but irritated at lg for all this bootloader crap.
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Development will be slow for sure compared to past phones. This has been happening more and more every year where the carriers are locking things down even more tightly.
I understand your frustration, but for me this is one of those phones that i can say is just fine using a rooted stock with only a few tweaks. (The others in that category for me are the G2 and the HTC one) Other phones I've had really were just better with something like cm/aokp/etc. (And that's a bunch of phones for me since it seems I get a new phone every six months)
I don't blame the devs for going elsewhere and I know you are not either. Devs gotta dev lol.
But I wouldn't give up just yet. Some interesting things will be coming from some devs very soon that may make you enjoy your phone, even while still on rooted stock. (I've said to much haha [emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji106] )
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cwhitney24 said:
Development will be slow for sure compared to past phones. This has been happening more and more every year where the carriers are locking things down even more tightly.
I understand your frustration, but for me this is one of those phones that i can say is just fine using a rooted stock with only a few tweaks. (The others in that category for me are the G2 and the HTC one) Other phones I've had really were just better with something like cm/aokp/etc. (And that's a bunch of phones for me since it seems I get a new phone every six months)
I don't blame the devs for going elsewhere and I know you are not either. Devs gotta dev lol.
But I wouldn't give up just yet. Some interesting things will be coming from some devs very soon that may make you enjoy your phone, even while still on rooted stock. (I've said to much haha [emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji106] )
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Trying not to give up but i have been on nexus devices for ever, so I thought I would changed it up with skinned phones, but I cant stand skinned roms and it not very smooth. I love the camera on this phone and knock on but hope we all get aosp soon or just a lg 5.0 leak so we see how things are
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Trying not to give up but i have been on nexus devices for ever, so I thought I would changed it up with skinned phones, but I cant stand skinned roms and it not very smooth. I love the camera on this phone and knock on but hope we all get aosp soon or just a lg 5.0 leak so we see how things are
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I hear ya.
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Thanks guys. Sorry if I missed it on other forums. Curiosity is killing me lol
At 1:15 today ill be picking up my new G3 from the AT&T store! incredibly excited!
I have been using the G2 and messing with it for months so i just hope i have the same range of options with this phone, which leads me to ask...
What are some of your favorite things about this phone? what are your favorite roms, mods, theams, tweaks? and lastly, are there any things about this phone i should know about before messing with it too much, like any common issues that will be frustrating?
Thank you all for your time, i look forward to seeing if anyone has any suggestions for me
blacklight215 said:
At 1:15 today ill be picking up my new G3 from the AT&T store! incredibly excited!
I have been using the G2 and messing with it for months so i just hope i have the same range of options with this phone, which leads me to ask...
What are some of your favorite things about this phone? what are your favorite roms, mods, theams, tweaks? and lastly, are there any things about this phone i should know about before messing with it too much, like any common issues that will be frustrating?
Thank you all for your time, i look forward to seeing if anyone has any suggestions for me
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The most frustrating thing about this phone is that any custom ROM's that are available tend to eat more battery than stock. The absolute best ROM for this phone ATM is the Cloudy G3 ROM which is a stock ROM that is debloated and had a few extra features thrown in. Everything works spectacularly well on this ROM and battery life is phenomenal. But hey, throw on Nova Prime launcher and make it your own, the possibilities are endless. LOL
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The most frustrating thing about this phone is that any custom ROM's that are available tend to eat more battery than stock. The absolute best ROM for this phone ATM is the Cloudy G3 ROM
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That's funny, because i found the exact same thing with my G2! I hated every ROM until i used Cloudy G3 and i loved it!
Unfortunately at one point my G2 hard bricked and i kinda blamed it on how many times I've changed ROM'S and recovery's i had tried, and since i was using Cloudy at the time i really felt it was partly because of it. And after i replaced the Mobo i kept it stock but always missed it lol.
Just rooted my LG G3 ATT with avicohh's tool and it was a smooth transaction. I'd like to find just a stock ROM that is already debloated but honestly it's smarter for you to use Titanium and choose what apps you don't want to be a part of your system. If I see a strong response to better battery life on a specific ROM I might flash it but until then it's stock with minor modifications to storage/RAM hogging features. You'll love your G3. It's different to a degree but it's snappy and tough. The default icons for apps is pretty bad which is my only gripe so far and of course button placement forces you to use screen taps to lock/unlock. Make sure your case has a pretty good space between the cutout and your flash/sensor/camera on the back. Tight cuts in that area make the camera less effective due to reflecting or blocking light.
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The most frustrating thing about this phone is that any custom ROM's that are available tend to eat more battery than stock. The absolute best ROM for this phone ATM is the Cloudy G3 ROM which is a stock ROM that is debloated and had a few extra features thrown in. Everything works spectacularly well on this ROM and battery life is phenomenal. But hey, throw on Nova Prime launcher and make it your own, the possibilities are endless. LOL
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Is this still the best option for optimal battery life on the G3? It's about time I flashed something worthy.
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Is this still the best option for optimal battery life on the G3? It's about time I flashed something worthy.
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Cloudy is the only ROM I will run on mine until someone else comes out with a stock based ROM that is worthy. I have tried several of hte variants built from CM source, and don't get me wrong, they are very fast, stable and are for the most part daily drivers. But none of the CM variants have the G3 camera and none that I have found have the awesome battery life that I experience with Cloudy.
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Cloudy is the only ROM I will run on mine until someone else comes out with a stock based ROM that is worthy. I have tried several of hte variants built from CM source, and don't get me wrong, they are very fast, stable and are for the most part daily drivers. But none of the CM variants have the G3 camera and none that I have found have the awesome battery life that I experience with Cloudy.
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You think the g3 cam is superior? I tried using camera zoom pro but the results were pretty bad...
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You think the g3 cam is superior? I tried using camera zoom pro but the results were pretty bad...
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Yes, G3 cam is the best out there other than the stock cam on the S6.
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I'd like to find just a stock ROM that is already debloated.
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I found one on this site that I've liked quite a bit, forget what its called though.
so far my only issue with this phone is my inability to install xposed framework and get the g3 tweakbox. apparently since i have lollipop on my phone its a nightmare.
blacklight215 said:
I found one on this site that I've liked quite a bit, forget what its called though.
so far my only issue with this phone is my inability to install xposed framework and get the g3 tweakbox. apparently since i have lollipop on my phone its a nightmare.
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Well that's great news because I'm running lollipop haha but fortunately I didn't used xposed much on my last phone so perhaps I won't need it this time around either.
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Well that's great news because I'm running lollipop haha but fortunately I didn't used xposed much on my last phone so perhaps I won't need it this time around either.
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Yeah I'm sure you won't XD. But for me i used it on my G2 and i customized every little thing to the point where it was exactly the way i like it, and i wish i had that ability with the G3