My cousin has the Eris and wants me to mod it for her. She's 9 years old, but she's learning the in's and out's of Android pretty well under my guidance. Anyway, I've gotten it rooted for her, and I'm having a tough time picking a ROM for her Eris. I'm just looking for something stable and fast.
So it terms of stability and speed, what ROM would the XDA community suggest for me?
Evil Eris is my favorite. There are a lot of good ROM's out there but this has just been really stable for me.
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Evil Eris is my favorite. There are a lot of good ROM's out there but this has just been really stable for me.
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Thanks for the reply.
I've been looking at all the ROMs in the Developement board, and I'm definitely leaning toward that ROM.
I see that many of the ROMs here include JIT. How stable is JIT on the Eris? I have the Samsung Moment myself and have seen how unstable it is currently for my device, but if it is stable on the Eris I would definitely love to see it in action. However, my primary concern is stability. My cousin is only 9 after all.
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It's very stable. If you're planning on using JIT you may want to stay away from sense based ROM's like Evil Eris, though. I use JIT on my E.E. but I've also modified the ROM to remove it. I would try Tainted Vanilla + JIT if you want a very stable JIT ROM.
Regular Eris I was about 2 mflops, overclocking to 768 got me to 3.5+ mflops, JIT + Overclocking got me to 5.1 mflops. I have had some issues though and would suggest you just stick with tainted vanilla if you want JIT.
edit: By some issues I mean the occasional force closing of my launcher. I haven't tied it to JIT, though. It could be from other things I've done to my phone, others have not mentioned this problem so I think you would be safe.
Flashed EE with no problems. Overclocked to 768 with SetCPU. Don't think it's safe to go any higher than 768. Downloaded TV 1.4, but I'm holding off on flashing it. EE with overclock is plenty fast, and my cousin's loving her phone now. May still flash TV, but I'll give her some time with this ROM in order to compare the two if I do flash it.
I downloaded the Eris Master App, but before I even tried to use it, I opened Device Manager and apparently the ADB driver isn't installed correctly. Tried updating and pointing both to the USB driver pack and to the SDK drivers folder to no avail. Maybe it has something to do with the Samsung Moment drivers already installed on my computer? Seems to me that they are the same, but I could be totally wrong. I ended up using my Moment ADB driver anyway.
Any suggestions about my driver issues?
Here are the ADB Drivers: http://www.multiupload.com/5J5RXQ26LV
And I'd reccommend Ic3Rom 2.7. It's really stable and works great for me right now. Good luck with everything!
Im a fan of Ivans. Everything just WORKS.
And its quick. And stock - I like the stock SenseUI.
I really appreciate the help and suggestions.
My cousin's phone is charging right now, but when it's done I'll try the ADB drivers again. Are the ADB drivers for the Eris different from the Moment? Would having drivers from two different Android phones cause any kind of conflict? I haven't experienced anything other than my ADB issue, but I'm confident we'll work it out.
Thanks again for your support.
Try plainjane1 its like the stock home but with more access like superuser permissions wireless tether and more
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My cousin has the Eris and wants me to mod it for her. She's 9 years old, but she's learning the in's and out's of Android pretty well under my guidance. Anyway, I've gotten it rooted for her, and I'm having a tough time picking a ROM for her Eris. I'm just looking for something stable and fast.
So it terms of stability and speed, what ROM would the XDA community suggest for me?
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I have been using xtrROM2.1 [NEW vBoost w/jit!] [lwp,nav,oc]-Vanilla that embraces HTC for a couple of weeks now. JIT works very well on it and the whole ROM is very stable.
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Hi,
I just bought a vibrant from ebay and waiting anxiously for it to arrive.
Meanwhile I would like to check if the official GB rom is coming soon?
If not, I will like to seek your advice a good ROM that you will recommend newbies to flash.
Thanks!
CyanogenMod 7 is pretty amazing if you are looking for a good gingerbread ROM
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MIUI or CM 7 but it still in Beta some bugs and no GPS
But there a lots of Great 2.2 Froyo Roms for vibrant
Hope that Helps
If you're a true noob who's not flashed a lot before I would suggest any of the 2.2.1 roms. They are all functional and a bit better than 2.2. The only thing you'll lose is wifi calling which is a huge battery drain anyway.
Right now the gingerbread roms don't have working GPS and require a little bit more experience with flashing.
My teammate and I have the Simply Galaxy/Honey series. 2.8 is very fast and stable and its 2.2.1. Team EDT also puts out quality work and you can always count on their roms to be fast and stable as well.
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yah stick with 2.2 or 2.2.1 until u get experienced enough for cm7 or other gb roms! So id listen to explodingboy70
Thanks for all the advice! You are wonderful guys!
One more thing, will Samsung update the vibrant with an official GB rom?
I read that some said it could be done through Kies?
nhc said:
Hi,
I just bought a vibrant from ebay and waiting anxiously for it to arrive.
Meanwhile I would like to check if the official GB rom is coming soon?
If not, I will like to seek your advice a good ROM that you will recommend newbies to flash.
Thanks!
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Simply honey 2.3.3 gb.By far the best gb for the vibrant.flawless, and easy install.
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At this point we don't know when and if we're getting an official gingerbread from T-mobile. Samsung released gingerbread for the international version only - the GT-I9000. It is not completely identical to the Vibrant. It's up to the carriers when and if they release it and put their touches on it. Once Samsung releases some source code for Gingerbread, you'll see a huge jump in gingerbread development and improvements in those roms. Until then, stick to 2.2.1 like the others have said. I stick to team whiskey's roms, and every month or so I flash to a gingerbread rom for like a week to get a feel for it, then go back to 2.2.1 since I can't deal with the bugs in our GB roms for too long at once
Hi,
Finally my phone has arrived. Its already on Official 2.2 (I guessed) with Kernel Version 2.6.32.9 with build number FROYO.UVKA6.
If I want to remain like this for now (awaiting the official GB), what are the improvement that I can or should make to the phone with the current config?
eg. Voodoo , Other kernel, modem, rom?
I would give it a few days before you starting flashing etc etc. Get used to the phone with froyo, learns the ins and out of all the settings and stuff, will come in handy when you are ready to start playing.
If you haven't already, you should read the myriad of info in the vibrant bible, focusing on rooting, flashing and the things needed. I def would get a good handle on understanding programs like titanium, busy box and rom manager as all will eventually need to be used in one way shape or form.
To be honest, after my few days of learning the ropes, you should consider after learning the phones ins and outs, using ODIN to get back to 2.1 that normally comes with the vibrant (I am not 100% sure that all vibrants came with 2.1 stock, not sure if yours is the new model or outgoing model), rooting, installing titanium backup, busybox and rom manager and make a NANDROID backup of a nice clean OS so that should you run into issues flashing, you have an emergency back up to fall back on. I just did this over the past 2 days and it was a great learning experience.
I did my first rom flash today and was pretty cool, not as hard as I thought but really teaches you the ins and outs of all this cool stuff.
The ppl here were great in helping me and answering my questions, truly a great community.
My phone came with 2.1, then upgraded to 2.2, rooted and removed all the bloatware and never backed anything up. I then realized after help here, it was better to go back to 2.1, do all the right steps to root, install the right apps above, then make a nice clean emergency backup. It def will save your ass sooner or later.
With regards to changes, with my phone when it was at 2.2, I did alot to help improve battery life, I use a black wallpaper, I only turn on wifi when needed, I don't enable GPS at all. I set brightest via power widget to lowest unless in bright sun at which time, you can easily brighten it, you can change how quickly the screen goes dark, etc etc. There's alot of things you can do but since you just got the phone, you need to see how you're going to use it, in order to customize it.
Just my 2 from a beginner
Samsung won't say when or if a release of gb will actually come to US variants. I emailed them just the other day.
If you can live without GPS, then go with cyanogen mod
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I have been looking for a while and as usual with Samsung/T-Mobile the official word on GB is very deliberately vague.
I've been trying different ROMs and between my wife's Vibrant and mine, I have tried 5 ROMs so far.
Flashing some of the simpler Froyo ROMs is definitely easier and safer then jumping straight to CM7 or MIUI.
I would go with the earlier advice of getting familiar with your phone first and making sure you are comfortable with rebooting in recovery, wipe cache, etc.
One click root, back-up and re-install some apps so you are comfortable with all that.
Once you feel good, then try the simpler ROMs. TeamWhiskey - Nero is the first one I tried and it was easy to install and quite fast.
After that, went with Bionix.
Now I'm running SimpleHoney and on my wife's phone we are running DarkyRom 9.5.
All of these can be flashed through CWM which makes them simpler and safer.
Hope this helps! Enjoy your phone.
Sav
Thank you all for the replies. The advice and guidance are really much appreciated.
After one whole day fooling around, I finally managed to Root it and to install Simple Galaxy 2.8. I had some problems initially with the new 3e recovery from froyo causing unable to root problem. But I googled it and managed to workaround it.
I will play with the phone for a few more days before I decide if I want to go for the next level, GB
Go check out EDT's Asgard rom. Pretty slick.
OK so I'm looking to install a rom on a new GTab. I'm reading that there are new Honeycomb clones coming soon but I would much rather install a ROM that has been proven. My daughter is heading off to college again and I don't want her to be stuck with issues she won't understand. That being said which of the 2.3 versions are best. Please be understanding of my concern and don't arbitrarily say "this ones the best because this gut makes it". I truly need a stable rom.
Thanks in advance.
I'm not a fan of CM7 because of the lack of hardware accelerated drivers, but it seems to have been fairly stable.
I'm debating other roms at the moment (possibly froyo for more hardware support), but I'm thinking I might end up coming back to CM7 because my kids and wife use it and its been pretty rock solid.
Otherwise, heard good things about Vegan Gingerbread Edition.
Are you talking about all roms (ie 1.1 & 1.2)?
Thanks guys,
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I'm not a fan of CM7 because of the lack of hardware accelerated drivers, but it seems to have been fairly stable.
I'm debating other roms at the moment (possibly froyo for more hardware support), but I'm thinking I might end up coming back to CM7 because my kids and wife use it and its been pretty rock solid.
Otherwise, heard good things about Vegan Gingerbread Edition.
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This is interesting. I have tried CM7 versions on a couple phones in the past and was never really impressed. I find CM7 forum folks short at times with fellow XDAers whom might not understand things as well as they do. You also make me wonder and I will check when done here but CM7 isn't a Froyo nor GB based yet??? Hmmm
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Are you talking about all roms (ie 1.1 & 1.2)?
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I would imagine 1.1 due to it's longevity.
CM7 is a Gingerbread based ROM. Its true, I had to leave XDA to get support for it. But I initially did it because it was compatible with netflix.
Hey tomween1, Well I've had my tab on several roms and most have been pretty good but it dpends on how much "tweaking" you do:
for me (& ppls exp would differ dpending on what tweaks they have done):
I've found Vegan GingerEdition as SOLID AS A ROCK! (followed MobileTechVideos directions /vid--I call this out as Josh starts on 1.1-2XXX then OTA upgrade to 1.1-3XXX) which gets you to great place to spilt to either 1.2 or stay on 1.1. I've found 1.1 ROMS most stable.
I've used CM7 Nightly (1.2 ROM)- super fast speeds, got NETFLIX & Hulu to run perfectly, but it was unstable. I would reboot and all widets would "Problem loading..), usb to PC didnt work so had to place in CWM and mount usb or adb...sounds like you kid isnt into the geeky stuff
So right now gtab is on CM7 7.0.3 Stable (build is from May 2011), usb to pc works, got netflix & hulu running perfectly (after setting the CPU 1.5Ghx min/max on Perfomnance in CyanogenMod settings), seems steady been about a week and running GOF2 (game) for hours and doig emails, twitter etc. no problems.
Anyway good luck.
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Hey tomween1, Well I've had my tab on several roms and most have been pretty good but it dpends on how much "tweaking" you do:
for me (& ppls exp would differ dpending on what tweaks they have done):
I've found Vegan GingerEdition as SOLID AS A ROCK! (followed MobileTechVideos directions /vid--I call this out as Josh starts on 1.1-2XXX then OTA upgrade to 1.1-3XXX) which gets you to great place to spilt to either 1.2 or stay on 1.1. I've found 1.1 ROMS most stable.
I've used CM7 Nightly (1.2 ROM)- super fast speeds, got NETFLIX & Hulu to run perfectly, but it was unstable. I would reboot and all widets would "Problem loading..), usb to PC didnt work so had to place in CWM and mount usb or adb...sounds like you kid isnt into the geeky stuff
So right now gtab is on CM7 7.0.3 Stable (build is from May 2011), usb to pc works, got netflix & hulu running perfectly (after setting the CPU 1.5Ghx min/max on Perfomnance in CyanogenMod settings), seems steady been about a week and running GOF2 (game) for hours and doig emails, twitter etc. no problems.
Anyway good luck.
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Thank you for the in depth analysis, it is appreciated.
Josh's vids have always been fantastic, during most new endeavor's I will refer to his vids
I have started with vegan gb edition for now. I had tried G Harmony gb but ran into issues looking for market.
I am interested in Hulu for her tab (god know she uses it on her laptop all the time) but cannot find an app for it.... yet.
From a Newbie
I'm pretty new to this game.
That said, I've had very good luck, and am very happy with this ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024120
I'm in 1.2 bootloader.
I think your daughter will be OK with it.
This is a good website for newbies.
http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/
Good Luck.
Can you all be BLUNTLY honest with me and answer my question? : Are the ROMS the DEV teams are releasing actually STABLE daily drivers? I used to be a CrackFlasher back when I had a MT4G and it was very addicting, however I had stable internet and resources so I could easily fix problems and so I never had a big problem if there were minor issues with ROMs. I am now in a situation where I depend on my phone for my internet, for the most part...basically I am just paranoid because many people have TB's where they randomly restart and the battery dies right away etc etc... I haven't experienced any of these problems with MY TB, so I don't want to flash into a new ROM if they aren't stable enough yet. Anyways, any input would be much appreciated. Thank you.
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Can you all be BLUNTLY honest with me and answer my question? : Are the ROMS the DEV teams are releasing actually STABLE daily drivers? I used to be a CrackFlasher back when I had a MT4G and it was very addicting, however I had stable internet and resources so I could easily fix problems and so I never had a big problem if there were minor issues with ROMs. I am now in a situation where I depend on my phone for my internet, for the most part...basically I am just paranoid because many people have TB's where they randomly restart and the battery dies right away etc etc... I haven't experienced any of these problems with MY TB, so I don't want to flash into a new ROM if they aren't stable enough yet. Anyways, any input would be much appreciated. Thank you.
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Generally they are very stable. BAMF Forever has proven bulletproof for me.
I keep hearing good things about bamf I think that will be the first rom I try.
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Generally they are very stable. BAMF Forever has proven bulletproof for me.
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I use SkyRaider on my TBolt as well as my wife's. Haven't had any issues whatsoever. It's Gingerbread-based and Sense 2.1 with some Sense 3.0 bits included.
Personally, I think when ROMs are 'pushed' too far, i.e. Sense 3.5, you're taking a chance. Right off the bat, it's likely to be a touchy situation. Does that mean that it will be resolved and work well ? It could.
Another confirmation of the daily stability of SkyRaider Zeus Preview on the Thunderbolt.
It has provided vastly better utility and stability than the OTA releases from VZW/HTC.
may I ask what these new Roms are doing for you that the stock rom didnt? seems like the biggest problems of the TB, I haven't experienced. I just don't want to ttake a good thing aand compromise it if it isn't worth it. what other advantages are there of these new roms?
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Hehe, well, I really can't answer that one ! My phone was waiting for me when I got home from work between 5:30 and 6:00. By 8pm, it was rooted and then running SR. My experience with stock is minimal.
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Me and my lady both run custom liquid roms....
My name is Revos I'm a recovering flashaholic running Liquid Gingerbread 3.0
I really just want to use my phone as a WIFI device and have it as fast as I can. Seems like most roms I load still make it quite slow.
Also one where the camera works without bugs would be nice.
Anyways, I think there is a script that lets you disable the radio and mobile, but what ROM would be best if I just want something clean, stable, and quick. nothing fancy.
Vanilla I've heard about, but not sure of the correct one to go with.
Thanks
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I really just want to use my phone as a WIFI device and have it as fast as I can. Seems like most roms I load still make it quite slow.
Also one where the camera works without bugs would be nice.
Anyways, I think there is a script that lets you disable the radio and mobile, but what ROM would be best if I just want something clean, stable, and quick. nothing fancy.
Vanilla I've heard about, but not sure of the correct one to go with.
Thanks
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As fast as it can run, with a stable camera? Honestly, I think that you are best off with one of the xtr close-to-stock ROMs (xtrSENSE, xtrROM if you don't want the Sense launcher.) I'm not sure if the WiFi only script works on these - I've never tried them - so you'll have to try yourself.
(One of the best parts about being rooted is that it's easy to try things out and then just Nandroid restore back to something that worked if you try something that messes up.)
I use GSB and really wouldn't consider any other ROM on the Eris as an option. GSB is definitely the best out there, and with the "Wifi only" script the battery life is pretty amazing too.
Currently using GSB v4.4, running efficiently. So it may be an option to choose, however, there are other rom's that run great too. For example, Gin-Tazz-aosp; I found to run great, another one to consider. Subsequently, just try rom's that lurk and see which one runs remuneratively(in your perspective)
I have just rooted my Eris, and I'm debating which way to go regarding a new ROM. I want to keep all of the major device functions, and I'm really just wanting to speed up the operation of the phone. Adding some visual excitement wouldn't be bad either. Does GSB 4.4 provide this?
BTW, the phone is currently running 2.1 OTA.
Thanks!
Designman said:
I have just rooted my Eris, and I'm debating which way to go regarding a new ROM. I want to keep all of the major device functions, and I'm really just wanting to speed up the operation of the phone. Adding some visual excitement wouldn't be bad either. Does GSB 4.4 provide this?
BTW, the phone is currently running 2.1 OTA.
Thanks!
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Well, you can consider xtrSense; since it derives from most of all the Sense. Also, GSB is a CM7 nightly and is particularly focused on CM7 only. Furthermore, it does not contain any Sense functions. Now don't get me wrong GSB Is phenomenal. Though, if your considering something mostly with Sense, xtrSense is advised; also it being overclocked, Collin_Ph script(saves battery), etcetera. Hope this helped
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Designman,
Definitely go with GSB 4.4. I've used this series of Roms since oct '10 and it's been great. I just upgraded to the Razr but I still use my Eris to play around on. I actually just flashed 4.4 from 4.3. the other night and it's really good. You'll like it and obviously it's got full functionality, the only major bug that I know might still exist is with Maps 5.5. or later isn't compatible. But there's an easy fix for that.
Right now I've been happy running the Droid X2's stock Motorola Android 2.3.4 (rooted). That has met my needs (and wants) but only in a "meh" kind of way. After seeing some of the screenshots and user reviews about some alternative Android builds out there, I decided it's time to give one a try. Awhile ago, there were only one or two different ROMs for the X2 so the choices were limited, but simple. Now, I'm seeing some awesome things like CM7 running on the X2.
I'd really like to dual boot, if possible. That way, if the other ROM is crashing too much, or killing the battery, I can switch back when I need to. Is this possible with, say, CM7? I've also heard some good things about Eclipse. Namely stability. Stability isn't the highest priority for me, as long as it works most of the time.
So, what do you think is the best alternative ROM out there for the X2 for someone who is willing to try something unstable but still usable? If it can dual boot (if that's even possible on the X2) with my currently installed stock ROM, that'd be a big plus.
EDIT: I've also been looking into MIUI, but I'm not sure if the nice design is enough to sway me.
There isn't really anything you can do as far as dual booting goes with the x2. What you could do, is create a backup using BSR and then flash between those backups. You'd still need to have a wall charger to change between the two, but it works. it's what I've been doing with MIUI because I still want HDMI mirroring.
Cm7 is very stable and it's what i use. There are only a few things that aren't functioning, but they are minor and won't cause any frustration for most. If you were satisfied with stock blur then you will love cm7. My first choice for blur based roms is eclipse. Very stable, very reliable and an overall great experience.
Dual booting would essentially be nandroiding like skel said. I've run into issues doing this with cm7 though, md5 got messed up but it works for most and has worked for me before.
Enjoy flashing your new roms, it becomes an addiction quickly.
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That's probably what I'll do. Make a backup and start the adventure. Haha.
Just installed CM7. What a beast.
Its incredible isn't it. Like one of the worlds wonders but in electronic form.
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cm7 is indeed a beast. took my phone a few days a wipes to get used to it but im running strong now.
My only concern with it right now is battery performance.
Go to the market and download Battery Calibration. Once downloaded charge all the way to 100% and run the app. I was on Eclipse and now run CM7 and will never look back. It's way faster and my battery life is great.
Thanks, I'll give it a go.
I'm with you; I am ready to try something new. I hope to be running CM7 by this weekend if not sooner. We have so many good choices right now compared to a few months ago. I think I will stick with 2.3.4 based ROM's for now of which CM7 is one. It seems the Eclipse is now based on 2.3.5. Since there is no official release of this yet I plan to wait on it. Enjoy the awesome cheap upgrade for your phone; I know I will.
Leland
Getting fairly good battery on this ROM too. Pleasantly surprised.
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I'm with you; I am ready to try something new. I hope to be running CM7 by this weekend if not sooner. We have so many good choices right now compared to a few months ago. I think I will stick with 2.3.4 based ROM's for now of which CM7 is one. It seems the Eclipse is now based on 2.3.5. Since there is no official release of this yet I plan to wait on it. Enjoy the awesome cheap upgrade for your phone; I know I will.
Leland
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Eclipse works fine for me on 2.3.4 not much of anything really changed from 2.3.4 to 2.3.5 basically the same thing
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