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USING A CUSTOM ROM FOR DAILY USE
Hey guys have been bitten by the Jelly Bug and decided I needed JellyBean on my Note NOW!! as a normal Android user :laugh: tried out a few ROMs out there. Finally settled on Paranoid Android JB:CM 10 Hybrid http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1871713 Its abosolutely super Hats of to Chef Utacka the daily update keeps me up to date with the developments. He has without a doubt solved the memory leak bug with JB roms. It is really smooth and the thought of going back to a TW based ROM makes me want to throw up a little
The only draw back of flashing a custom JB: CM 10 ROM on the note is that one can get a bit lost if using the note for business as all the Sammy TW Based apps dont work and some of the ones mentioned in the Themes and Apps forum are not refined, so decided to to list out a few which I personally bridge the gap on my note and help flashing the daily updates a breeze:
1) App Manager http://ow.ly/efNxe the best app to keep your apps all backed up. after a clean flash the only app you need to download is this one and it allows you to restore all the apps back. Or just download it and copy it to the SD Card so that you can install it directly after flashing the new update an re - install all the apps you need.
2) ThinkFree Office Mobile http://ow.ly/efOQn One of the best purchases I made for Rs 465/- it entirely replaces Polaris office, and is much smoother too.
3) Jotter http://ow.ly/efQ84 Does a super job replacing SNote and worth the Rs. 211/- asking price
4) Photo Editor Easy Photo Editor http://ow.ly/efQGo or SketchTalk - Drawing & Editinghttp://ow.ly/efQPD work really well replacing the sammy photo editor. I have just found Sketch talk and first few hours testing it out produced quite impressive results
5) G Tasks: To Do List http://ow.ly/efRqy syncs with Google calendar and provide the integration which is somewhat lacking in the Sammy Organizer.
6) SMS Backup & Restore http://ow.ly/efRMp for some of us who keep valuable information in our messaging app, please remember to back up all sms before clean flashing updates.
Enuf Said... our NOte is close enuf to the original but somewhat better because we dont have to wait for the high and mighty Sammy to give us the latest software
UPDATE:
App Manager failed me Twice. So shifted back to the Time tested Titanium Backup http://ow.ly/eDHzI
To find more apps to improve the functionality of our Note and make the functionality similar to stock i came across this lovely port of the samsung app store for CM 10 / CM10 based ROMs by XDA Member Amandeep Parmar http://ow.ly/eDHLD
This app store gives many App options which are not available on Google's Play store like Sketch! http://ow.ly/eDHY2 by XDA member Wabz and
Photo Desk : which allows doodling and annotating screen shots and photos, although this is a two step process unlike the single step process on the stock ROMs it is pretty easy to use and the apps do exactly what they need to.
The only thing missing was a good replacement for S - Memo which is required while taking on call memos, for now Papyrus http://ow.ly/eDIbn will have to do.
Still sticking to the Lovely work by Utacka and Paranoid Android team as my Daily Driver.. Super stuff
UPDATE: 10th Nov
Utacka's PA rom for NOte now has Stylus Gestures http://ow.ly/fb1I2 Configured them on my note as under:
Left Swipe => Emulate Back Key
Right Swipe => Recent Applications
Up Swipe => Emulate Menu Key
Down Swipe => Invoke Search
Long Press => Go TO Home
Double Tap => Jotter
Works super
I personally Love the CM 10 PA experience and just cannot bring myself to even try TW based ROMs anymore. But i was pleasantly surprised with http://ow.ly/fb1Qm The latest Stock XXLS7 Samsung JellyBean ROM by eybee1970.. I did not like that the dev says "Kernel is PROBABLY brick free. Flashed it anyway... It is smooth and stable !!
Please dont forget to Thank the Devs
Thanks
Thanks Boss really helped... wanted to flash a custom rom which was vanilla Google now thanks to this post i can do it with fraction of the time required for research :good:
How could you miss titanium backup?? its d best,must have trusted by 90%+ flasholics like me
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DooMeDboY93 said:
How could you miss titanium backup?? its d best,must have trusted by 90%+ flasholics like me
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Thanks to JimmyMcGee and Jared Burrows i found this app to replace Titanium backup I personally think App Manager does the trick for me but yes Titanium backup is usually the choice for Flasholics
I use Titanium Backup too....On GB first,on ICS and now on JB.
I take pro version on playstore but i not use pack restore on JB.
This app works fine everytime......
Thanks for the dev!
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USE SLIM BEAN Much better that paranoid android and more d=feature s ,less heavy on ROM
better in every sense - check it out no hybrid mode though
dentalguru said:
USE SLIM BEAN Much better that paranoid android and more d=feature s ,less heavy on ROM
better in every sense - check it out no hybrid mode though
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Thanks dental guru but I like Paranoid Android ROM precisely because of the hybrid mode... I feel It truly brings out the power of the note
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Added to First post::::...
thanks
Still sticking to the Lovely work by Utacka and Paranoid Android team as my Daily Driver.. Super stuff :good:[/QUOTE]
Yes PA roms are good.. but when i go into google now the 1st time the screen blanks out for a while then everything resets itself
Thanks!!
Yes PA roms are good.. but when i go into google now the 1st time the screen blanks out for a while then everything resets itself[/QUOTE]
Its a known issue. I think he might have solved it in their 21st OKT release but if you switch off "Automatic Brightness" it should not Blank out
Complete newbie here. After a lot of reading how-to's here and other sites, I managed to migrate from the stock to CM10.1 (JB 4.2).
Like almost everything except the rough 'screen scrolling stutter' for example in facebook, browser etc. The stock ROM on most devices (for example my other LG escape with android 4.0.4) seem to be buttery smooth. Is there a setting (would that be some kind of h/w acceleration?) or something to make it smooth?
Though I love the new ROM, this is almost becoming a deal breaker and makes me want to go back to the stock rom.
Thanks for any help.
ps: Sometimes, it is so bad that when I flick the screen up, it would try to go up and then rebound downwards...
What version of cm 10.1 are you on? You might try the latest nightly. If your browser is chrome, it seems to be an issue with chrome, others have reported that problem. I'm on the 7/25 nightly and it's running well. I don't use chrome though.
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panny2 said:
Complete newbie here. After a lot of reading how-to's here and other sites, I managed to migrate from the stock to CM10.1 (JB 4.2).
Like almost everything except the rough 'screen scrolling stutter' for example in facebook, browser etc. The stock ROM on most devices (for example my other LG escape with android 4.0.4) seem to be buttery smooth. Is there a setting (would that be some kind of h/w acceleration?) or something to make it smooth?
Though I love the new ROM, this is almost becoming a deal breaker and makes me want to go back to the stock rom.
Thanks for any help.
ps: Sometimes, it is so bad that when I flick the screen up, it would try to go up and then rebound downwards...
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Try fixing permissions and then wipe dalvik/cache. if that don't work, redownload the newest nightly, CHECK MD5, reinstall
I flashed the stock 4.1 ROM back. It was not all that different from a scrolling smoothness perspective. So it seems that the other phone (LG escape) is doing a better job either by s/w (most likely) or h/w.
Given that, I moved away from the stock again, this time to slimbean, and I like it better than the cyanogenmod.
Thanks.
panny2 said:
I flashed the stock 4.1 ROM back. It was not all that different from a scrolling smoothness perspective. So it seems that the other phone (LG escape) is doing a better job either by s/w (most likely) or h/w.
Given that, I moved away from the stock again, this time to slimbean, and I like it better than the cyanogenmod.
Thanks.
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care to mention what was that you like slimbean better than cyanogenmod 10.1
Slimbean vs Cyanogenmod on the Skyrocket
raptorddd said:
care to mention what was that you like slimbean better than cyanogenmod 10.1
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I would say more tasteful/minimalistic customization options. As a very small example choosing to display the battery percentage does not unnecessarily show a battery icon in addition, and also it was customizable to be of different colors while charging/not charging...
More importantly, the notification light via the hardware keys worked on slim bean and not with the cyanogen. This was nice since the skyrocket does not have a dedicated notification light.
Other differences I saw include:
1) The HDR option in the camera is missing in the slimbean, but that is understandable probably since there is no stock HDR option on the camera, and the HDR option that the cyanogenmod came with did not account for even tiny handshake and was unusable.
2) Asking to upgrade to the prime launcher (for $4) was a bit of a bummer with the slimbean. Only the upgrade allows to hide apps etc.
3) On slimbean, press and hold a app icon gives you a small menu to edit/remove/uninstall which is nice.
4) One slightly annoying thing on the slimbean however is the wake up delay after the screen turns off. I have a thread on that here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383338
5) On slimbean, I also like being able to turn off the screen by long pressing the menu button (configurable) instead of reaching for the power button.
6) The APN settings on cyanogen worked right out of the box, whereas on the slimbean I had to add a new APN and choose that to get data connection.
panny2 said:
I would say more tasteful/minimalistic customization options. As a very small example choosing to display the battery percentage does not unnecessarily show a battery icon in addition, and also it was customizable to be of different colors while charging/not charging...
More importantly, the notification light via the hardware keys worked on slim bean and not with the cyanogen. This was nice since the skyrocket does not have a dedicated notification light.
Other differences I saw include:
1) The HDR option in the camera is missing in the slimbean, but that is understandable probably since there is no stock HDR option on the camera, and the HDR option that the cyanogenmod came with did not account for even tiny handshake and was unusable.
2) Asking to upgrade to the prime launcher (for $4) was a bit of a bummer with the slimbean. Only the upgrade allows to hide apps etc.
3) On slimbean, press and hold a app icon gives you a small menu to edit/remove/uninstall which is nice.
4) One slightly annoying thing on the slimbean however is the wake up delay after the screen turns off. I have a thread on that here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383338
5) On slimbean, I also like being able to turn off the screen by long pressing the menu button (configurable) instead of reaching for the power button.
6) The APN settings on cyanogen worked right out of the box, whereas on the slimbean I had to add a new APN and choose that to get data connection.
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Tbh you just don't know what you're doing. A simple kernel and launcher switch will cover most of those differences.
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xcrazydx said:
Tbh you just don't know what you're doing.
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Please read the OP.
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/newbie
panny2 said:
Please read the OP.
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/newbie
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Like I said, do some more reading. Your issues are simple things.
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panny2 said:
1) The HDR option in the camera is missing in the slimbean, but that is understandable probably since there is no stock HDR option on the camera, and the HDR option that the cyanogenmod came with did not account for even tiny handshake and was unusable.
2) Asking to upgrade to the prime launcher (for $4) was a bit of a bummer with the slimbean. Only the upgrade allows to hide apps etc.
3) On slimbean, press and hold a app icon gives you a small menu to edit/remove/uninstall which is nice.
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As to 1-HDR isn't really possible with the Skyrocket's hardware due to its slow shutter speed.
As to 2-It would be extremely unethical, and probably illegal (not a lawyer, so I can't say for certain) for any developer to distribute the paid version of an app in a release without compensating said app developer for the distribution.
As to 3-Install Nova on CM and you get that option back.
Here it is! The first part of the Nemesis project, Focal, is already here!
This is just a build I made downloading the source from github.
I will try to update it as new versions progressively come. :laugh:
This isn't my work, say thanks to the CyanogenMod Team instead!!
Sorry for the Google Drive download link, but I apparently can't upload this file as attachment...
UPDATE: It seems to better work on Nexus devices and on AOSP based ROMs. Stock ROMs like Sense, TouchWiz etc. will probably experience problems with this camera.
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thanks for compiling!
i have currently a nexus 4 running stock 4.3 unrooted with stock kernel.
this is the first time i tried focal, and here are my impressions:
the preview lags. constantly. no matter what conditions, dark or sunny.
i dont like the interface, even though it has nice ideas, its just too much. im not a big photographer, so for me these features are not that important to me, i much more prefer simplicity, and this is just overwhelming.
i dont really get how the view of the previously taken photos should work, how i can navigate through them and how it can be deleted.
they took a lot of good ideas from the official camera app, but implemented it in the wrong way.
as for picsphere: i dont like that there is no preview, i only see the frame when i already took it. and that i have to manually press the shutter button to take the frame, and its not automatic. they should at least give an option for that.
picsphere rendering is very slow, much faster on stock.
plus it saves all frames of a picsphere as separate photos too, whats that all about?
and wheres hdr mode?
and why is it locked in landscape mode?
so to sum up: i like the idea of having cyanogenmod-developed apps instead of stock, but it still has a loooong way to go to become a considerable option to replace the stock camera app.
zakoo2 said:
thanks for compiling!
i have currently a nexus 4 running stock 4.3 unrooted with stock kernel.
this is the first time i tried focal, and here are my impressions:
the preview lags. constantly. no matter what conditions, dark or sunny.
i dont like the interface, even though it has nice ideas, its just too much. im not a big photographer, so for me these features are not that important to me, i much more prefer simplicity, and this is just overwhelming.
i dont really get how the view of the previously taken photos should work, how i can navigate through them and how it can be deleted.
they took a lot of good ideas from the official camera app, but implemented it in the wrong way.
as for picsphere: i dont like that there is no preview, i only see the frame when i already took it. and that i have to manually press the shutter button to take the frame, and its not automatic. they should at least give an option for that.
picsphere rendering is very slow, much faster on stock.
plus it saves all frames of a picsphere as separate photos too, whats that all about?
and wheres hdr mode?
and why is it locked in landscape mode?
so to sum up: i like the idea of having cyanogenmod-developed apps instead of stock, but it still has a loooong way to go to become a considerable option to replace the stock camera app.
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Most features work on my sensation.
You can change which of the editing settings you want to appear using the slide-up settings.
Picsphere has previews for me. But I agree the rendering needs work.
HDR works
You can swipe from the left/top to get to gallery and see/edit/delete pictures.
It's not locked in landscape for me either.
I used the zip from the other thread though
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2384678
[APP]CyanogenMod Focal Camera
Crashes about 10 seconds after starting on my note II stock
Xperia Mini!
Worked on my device but experience a little lags. Video, Panorama can't use, force closes. (Picsphere, we don't have gyro. Can't test it) Anyway is it already on auto-focus mode? if not, where do I set it?
works fine on my s2 with android 4.2.2 pac rom.. i wish if it could let u set it as the default camera tho
It FCs on my phone... on 4.1.2
This actually works better then the one on CM 10.2 nightlies for jflteatt.
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What commands did you use to compile it?
I've just now had a somewhat unhappy experience with applying a custom ROM to my Nexus 5. I decided to apply Dirty Unicorn and to my dismay found 2 things out: the GApps zip flashes but install nothing and "OK, Google" stopped working altogether.
For now, I started with returning to the stock ROM. I have no intention of going without my "OK, Google" and Google Now on the leftmost side of my homescreens.
What I'm looking for in a custom ROM, and would like suggestions for one that would satisfy:
"OK, Google" must work from all homescreens, as well as have Google Now off to the left of said homescreens.
Option to get as many of the currently very white apps (like the dialer and People app) in black and blue or any other color really.
Some basic customization, nothing serious or very fancy.
Any ROM that will do at least these will be welcome. I had RootBox on my SGS2 previously and enjoyed it enough, despite not using anywhere close to it's full potential.
Thanks in advance for any help.
(I'm hoping this topic is in the right forum.)
Anaxim said:
I've just now had a somewhat unhappy experience with applying a custom ROM to my Nexus 5. I decided to apply Dirty Unicorn and to my dismay found 2 things out: the GApps zip flashes but install nothing and "OK, Google" stopped working altogether.
For now, I started with returning to the stock ROM. I have no intention of going without my "OK, Google" and Google Now on the leftmost side of my homescreens.
What I'm looking for in a custom ROM, and would like suggestions for one that would satisfy:
"OK, Google" must work from all homescreens, as well as have Google Now off to the left of said homescreens.
Option to get as many of the currently very white apps (like the dialer and People app) in black and blue or any other color really.
Some basic customization, nothing serious or very fancy.
Any ROM that will do at least these will be welcome. I had RootBox on my SGS2 previously and enjoyed it enough, despite not using anywhere close to it's full potential.
Thanks in advance for any help.
(I'm hoping this topic is in the right forum.)
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Rootbox rom was a mix of PA, aokp, Cyano, Slim etc...
I tried lot of roms, but the only good for me is Cataclysm Rom
because it's smooth and stable like no others
Also Purity is cool
I tried also aosp based rom like Vanir, codename, psx, but
Were buggy and not so stable
Never tried cyan, aokp, PA, beanstalk, madhi
I tried droidkang, really cool rom, fast and stable Cyanogenmod based rom, with a lot of mods & features.. Really really cool rom. If you need mods I think this will be the best for you
Also madhi is receiving lot of positive feedbacks
For me the best is cataclysm, a stockish rom with few but useful mods
Anaxim said:
I've just now had a somewhat unhappy experience with applying a custom ROM to my Nexus 5. I decided to apply Dirty Unicorn and to my dismay found 2 things out: the GApps zip flashes but install nothing and "OK, Google" stopped working altogether.
For now, I started with returning to the stock ROM. I have no intention of going without my "OK, Google" and Google Now on the leftmost side of my homescreens.
What I'm looking for in a custom ROM, and would like suggestions for one that would satisfy:
"OK, Google" must work from all homescreens, as well as have Google Now off to the left of said homescreens.
Option to get as many of the currently very white apps (like the dialer and People app) in black and blue or any other color really.
Some basic customization, nothing serious or very fancy.
Any ROM that will do at least these will be welcome. I had RootBox on my SGS2 previously and enjoyed it enough, despite not using anywhere close to it's full potential.
Thanks in advance for any help.
(I'm hoping this topic is in the right forum.)
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Have you tried pressing/holding the Home button and then swiping up? That should get you to the Google Now screen from any launcher/ROM. I'm on a Beanstalk build using Nova Launcher and it works that way.
Otherwise, you could use the default Google Launcher, that should come with any standard GApps you'd install; there's got to be a forum posting with it available for download around here somewhere, just in case you're missing it. I'm just wondering if it's a ROM issue you're experiencing, where you might otherwise enjoy the ROM, or an apps issue.......
enricocid said:
Rootbox rom was a mix of PA, aokp, Cyano, Slim etc...
I tried lot of roms, but the only good for me is Cataclysm Rom
because it's smooth and stable like no others
Also Purity is cool
I tried also aosp based rom like Vanir, codename, psx, but
Were buggy and not so stable
Never tried cyan, aokp, PA, beanstalk, madhi
I tried droidkang, really cool rom, fast and stable Cyanogenmod based rom, with a lot of mods & features.. Really really cool rom. If you need mods I think this will be the best for you
Also madhi is receiving lot of positive feedbacks
For me the best is cataclysm, a stockist rom with few and useful mods
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Same here, Cataclysm is the most stable so far.
Hi,
I'm getting an OPO for my girlfriend. What ROM should I flash on it or should I just go with stock?
Stability is the most important, since she's coming from an iPhone 4s and she hates 'ERRORS'
-s-
smartypants said:
Hi,
I'm getting an OPO for my girlfriend. What ROM should I flash on it or should I just go with stock?
Stability is the most important, since she's coming from an iPhone 4s and she hates 'ERRORS'
-s-
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If she hates error then don't go for opo. It comes with bunch errors and all are free. [emoji12]
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Install Sultanxda's ROM on her phone. It's been (for me) by far the most stable that fixes many OnePlus-specific bugs, such as all the Camera faults (Snapchat flash, double-exposure on flash, better at focus).
Do a clean install with TK GAPPs, depending on how much stuff she wants on it.
Install Google Camera; it's been the least buggy for me, and it just works. CameraNextMod is a bit wonky on this ROM due to its modified OxygenOS camera libs (which are superior to CM's). ColorOS camera is also a bit wonky. The Snapdragon Camera that comes with Sultanxda's ROM is kind of inconvenient to use, but works pretty well if you look past its user-unfriendliness.
Install Android System Webview and disable the AOSP webview.
Install Google Keyboard (or another if she has a preference) over the AOSP one.
Install Google Messenger over AOSP MMS.
Enable Developer options(tap 'Build Number' in About Phone multiple times) and scroll down, set Window animation scale, Transition animation scale, and Animator duration scale all to 0.75x
Install Nova Launcher and use it over Trebuchet, set Scroll Speed to "Fast" in Look & feel in the settings.
Good to go.
I'll be here first line support. I my self uses Boeffla and Nightly Exodus, but do not think she would be happy with daily updates of here phone.
smartypants said:
I'll be here first line support. I my self uses Boeffla and Nightly Exodus, but do not think she would be happy with daily updates of here phone.
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Then dont update it daily, if you dont need to. Its perfectly fine to keep running a nightly if its stable and doesn't have any major bugs. You can always set it to check for updates monthly or not at all. If you're running it also you can be the tester and only update when you have found it to be running ok.
I've not had a single error or issue with 100% stock CM12S so I'd suggest you just leave it as it is
dylanraga said:
Install Sultanxda's ROM on her phone. It's been (for me) by far the most stable that fixes many OnePlus-specific bugs, such as all the Camera faults (Snapchat flash, double-exposure on flash, better at focus).
Do a clean install with TK GAPPs, depending on how much stuff she wants on it.
Install Google Camera; it's been the least buggy for me, and it just works. CameraNextMod is a bit wonky on this ROM due to its modified OxygenOS camera libs (which are superior to CM's). ColorOS camera is also a bit wonky. The Snapdragon Camera that comes with Sultanxda's ROM is kind of inconvenient to use, but works pretty well if you look past its user-unfriendliness.
Install Android System Webview and disable the AOSP webview.
Install Google Keyboard (or another if she has a preference) over the AOSP one.
Install Google Messenger over AOSP MMS.
Enable Developer options(tap 'Build Number' in About Phone multiple times) and scroll down, set Window animation scale, Transition animation scale, and Animator duration scale all to 0.75x
Install Nova Launcher and use it over Trebuchet, set Scroll Speed to "Fast" in Look & feel in the settings.
Good to go.
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Thanks for the reply. I'll look into the Sultanxda Rom. Did not find the ROM thread with a search though.
I'm leaning to have the same setup that I got myself. 241 Modem, cm12.1 Exodus and color os cam.
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smartypants said:
Thanks for the reply. I'll look into the Sultanxda Rom. Did not find the ROM thread with a search though.
I'm leaning to have the same setup that I got myself. 241 Modem, cm12.1 Exodus and color os cam.
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Here is the link to SultanXDA's rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3120259
Enjoy and good luck
phillibl said:
Here is the link to SultanXDA's rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3120259
Enjoy and good luck
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Thanks, did not find it because of no 'SultanXDA' in threat title.
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EddyOS said:
I've not had a single error or issue with 100% stock CM12S so I'd suggest you just leave it as it is
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Same here, it's been very stable for me
smartypants said:
Hi,
I'm getting an OPO for my girlfriend. What ROM should I flash on it or should I just go with stock?
Stability is the most important, since she's coming from an iPhone 4s and she hates 'ERRORS'
-s-
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Avoid any Oneplus product unless you want to beak up with her.
i have multiple ROMS, can i have multiple girlsfriends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thread moved to Q&A section, where questions should be posted.
Also removed [ROM] from the title. That is used when posting an actual rom for members to download.
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