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Can anyone tell me what kernals are good for both speed and good battery life??
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It's really all a matter of preference!! There are a ton to choose from. I would say try a few and find what works best for you. I am using Bionix 1.3.1 with the KB1 + voodoo and it's great. Search the stickies on the android development section for different kernels. you can flash just the kernel. I have heard a lot of people have good experience with ka5 and ka7 with voodoo. Good luck!!
BTW...it's kernel not kernal. common mistake. : )
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Can anyone tell me what kernals are good for both speed and good battery life??
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the best i can tell you is to get bionix-v-1.3.1 And Then Install Dead_Horse_221 Kernel...Thats The Best Combination....The Baterry And Data Is Grat..Gps Too...I tested mah Self...If Any Question Ask Me...There Are Some Things Yuh Need To Know if yuh wanna flash the Dead Horse Kernel...
I'm running the latest bionix with overstock. I only have edge where I live currently so that helps. My batteryleft widget reports near 40hrs of charge after 3 cycles
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I'm enjoying Bionix 1.3.1 w/overstock. I THINK there might be a better kernel out for battery but this combo has really made me happy and the batterylife isn't horrible, definitely manageable.
I have used All the roms and kernels. It really is preference
As far as kernels Dead horse and Overstock seem to work the best.
As far as roms, my experience has the roms as Axura, Trigger, and Bionix in that order as best. But you should try all out and find out for yourself
My stats are certainly a little biased. My phone stays forced on EDGE/2G only and because I am on campus nearly all day it stays in my pocket with the data turned off (XDA SuperPower) and it is scheduled to come on every 2 hours for 5 minutes to sync my data if I do not have it up and out for an extended period of time.
My normal use is also pretty sub-standard at maybe a few hours of browsing/streaming and listening to various scanners. If I really need to use data I just use WiFi from my home or campus.
As for ROMs I've tried the main ones you see on the Dev page (Axura, Trigger and Bionix-V) and they all have their ups and downs. I personally like TW's ROMs but would not hesitate to use the others for a change of pace (Trigger gave me a few wonky issues when running it with Dragon however).
Either way if you treat your phone nicely, the battery should return the favor assuming no funny hardware or app usage issues.
Stock=best battery
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Just got a Fascinate and am trying to find a way to make the battery last longer. I did some searching and it seems like the only solution involves rooting. I don't know if i can do that to my phone with my limited computer skills. Are there some basic tips to making the battery last longer? Thanks
Use WI-FI whenever available.
Leave wifi and gps off when not in use, keep screen brightness as low as is tolerable, use dark wallpaper. Your display uses most of the battery. So are you stock 2.1? If so, you have WAY better battery life than froyo.
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I'm running version 2.2. When I look at batt usage, 95% is display. One of the things that impressed me the most about this phone was the display. I have it on auto brightness but I'll try to dim it down.
You can try juice defender in the market, I've had decent luck with that in the past.
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Leave wifi and gps off when not in use, keep screen brightness as low as is tolerable, use dark wallpaper. Your display uses most of the battery. So are you stock 2.1? If so, you have WAY better battery life than froyo.
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I can't agree with that statement... I'm sure it's user-specific, but
I ran stock for a few days before jumping into rooting my device
At the time, it was all DJ05 builds and THOSE had phenomenal battery life.
But stock sucks my nut cuz of all the bloatware that's running constantly.
I had been getting comparable battery life to 2.1 stock on the EC10 stock kernel, and so far seeing slightly better battery with JT's source built kernel (only been 2 days since I flashed)
And if u're on stock 2.1, i don't think it's necessary to leave wifi and gps off as the 2.1 builds didn't have the sleep problems if i remember correctly
I don't mean this to be a smart ass...
But if you don't want to customize the software the only thing you can change is the hardware. So, buy yourself an extended battery and you won't have to worry about charging.
the extended battery makes the fascinate look like its 9 months pregnant. Do some research on rooting and roms. There are plenty of How to's in the Dev form. Follow them step by step and you shouldn't have any problems. Once i started flashing i haven't been able to stop, its addicting....
I've had the phone for five days now and the batt lasts all day. I use battery doctor and also task killer. Love this phone, learn new things about it every day.
On another note, is there a way to boost reception?
personally I would root it first and do a backup of your your apps with titanium backup and then flash superclean 2.9.2 using the odin files at http://forum.androidcentral.com/verizon-fascinate-rooting-roms-hacks/59348-odin-froyo-leaked-packaged-custom-roms-w-root-clockwork-updated-3-25-a.html .Then after that flash an under volted ec10 kernel like JT's = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010102 or The PeanutButta Jelly Time = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012571 . nemesis2all's ec10 kernel = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011626 is good also, but with the ability to overclock you wont be able to resist going to 1200mhz and that wont help your battery life.
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personally I would root it first and do a backup of your your apps with titanium backup and then flash superclean 2.9.2 using the odin files at http://forum.androidcentral.com/verizon-fascinate-rooting-roms-hacks/59348-odin-froyo-leaked-packaged-custom-roms-w-root-clockwork-updated-3-25-a.html .Then after that flash an under volted ec10 kernel like JT's = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010102 or The PeanutButta Jelly Time = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012571 . nemesis2all's ec10 kernel = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011626 is good also, but with the ability to overclock you wont be able to resist going to 1200mhz and that wont help your battery life.
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Since my carrier is Telus and not Verizon, will these programs still work or do I need ones specific to Telus?
Guys.. I've been using bionix 1.3.1 since yesterday and its been sucking the crap outta my battery. It consumes around 1% every 5mins even in the standby mode. And the gps too isn't working. I even reinstalled the rom.
Any help?
What kernel are you using? I'm on bionix 1.3.1 with the Tiger's Blood kernel - undervolted the CPU and always have the screen on lowest brightness (which is still too bright IMHO), and did some tweaking with the XDA superpower app... I've gotten 40 hours out of the battery once. The majority of the time cellular data was completely disabled and I was using Wifi (have it at home and at work). But I can normally get at least 24 hours out of it.
Hmm .. My kernel version is 2.6.32.9. And I keep my brightness at the lowest level. I had to charge my phone 4 times in just one day by only moderate use, previously when I had toxic darky hI had to charge only twice and it would have been on till the next morning.
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Guys.. I've been using bionix 1.3.1 since yesterday and its been sucking the crap outta my battery. It consumes around 1% every 5mins even in the standby mode. And the gps too isn't working. I even reinstalled the rom.
Any help?
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try the new KB5 modem.
Tried and it still does the same....
Tried and it still has no effect...
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What kernel are you using? I'm on bionix 1.3.1 with the Tiger's Blood kernel - undervolted the CPU and always have the screen on lowest brightness (which is still too bright IMHO), and did some tweaking with the XDA superpower app... I've gotten 40 hours out of the battery once. The majority of the time cellular data was completely disabled and I was using Wifi (have it at home and at work). But I can normally get at least 24 hours out of it.
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Could you give me some more info on this.
Do I need to download an app for under volting?
I did not install anything extra, no CPU mods, no voltage mods and I get about 22 hours of light-to-moderate use.You might want to Odin back to stock and reflash.
Do I really need to flash back to stock? I mean re-flashing bionix or odin back to stock and then flash bionix what's the difference? I might as well just re-flash bionix.
Ps: now the pace has picked up and it consumes 1% every 2mins with bionix 1.3.1 and kb5 modem
Well Iam thinking of reverting back to toxic darky 9.5. Does kb5 support the rom??
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Do I really need to flash back to stock? I mean re-flashing bionix or odin back to stock and then flash bionix what's the difference? I might as well just re-flash bionix.
Try flashing different modems n see which one works. Recondition ur battery. Im running bionixv with kb1 kernel and kb5 modem. 3days battery life with moderate use.
Ps: now the pace has picked up and it consumes 1% every 2mins with bionix 1.3.1 and kb5 modem
Well Iam thinking of reverting back to toxic darky 9.5. Does kb5 support the rom??
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An ODIN back to stock is sometimes recommended - it can fix some issues. It might help with your GPS issues, I've never had a problem w/ GPS on Bionix (other than the standard vibrant GPS problems)
I'd ODIN back to stock and then try installing bionix again, as recommended before. ODINing will supposedly completely overwrite some potential remnants/problems that are going on.
To undervolt, you must first install a kernel that supports undervolting. I use Tiger's Blood - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=994694 . Once you have a kernel that supports it (it'll usually say "UV" in the thread) then you can use Voltage Control (available on market) to change the voltages.
I also use the XDA superpower app, available on the android market.
You may want to recondition your battery. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12586421&postcount=384 is one suggestion on how to do it, everyone has their own method of how to do it.
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Tried and it still does the same....
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i would try overstock 2.2.1 with KB1 or KB5 modem. i'm running that combo works good. any ways bionix bettery use not as good as trigger or sweet honey 2.7.3.
Ok guys, Lately i haven't cared about battery because its summer and im home all the time so if battery's low, i charge... but now its different.
School starts in a few weeks over here in Texas. More importantly, my Football camp starts TOMORROW. I won't need a 48 hour lasting battery, but i do want one that will last me no problem to maximum 16 hours, i dont need anything more.
I currently have CM7 glitch kernel kb5.
My phone is usually on standby. If CM7 had a great standby battery i'd stick, but it doesn't...
The most i use my phone is..
A couple calls, no more than 5 a day, 100 texts maybe more a day, and games but you guys dont have to count the games, I play games at home, I don't play games while algebra is going
So just a good ROM, with amazing battery life specifically on standby.
Obviously most of the choices i have will be Froyo based roms, but I guess thats okay for now, im not looking for anything "spontaneous" just a good rom, battery life, i dont want some funky theme on it either. just a simple one.
got any suggestions? Name away
Also if you're using or have experienced the rom your suggesting, try to give me more info on what kernel you used if it was different than stock, what modem etc.
Install bionix. 1.3.1 i believe it has views over 900k and then flash Bali 1.8.8uv kernel....I saw a pic of a battery status...he went 63 hours w/o charging...assuming that wasn't photoshoped...
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Install bionix. 1.3.1 i believe it has views over 900k and then flash Bali 1.8.8uv kernel....I saw a pic of a battery status...he went 63 hours w/o charging...assuming that wasn't photoshoped...
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I will wait for more suggestions. Thanks for yours.
Also don't trust pictures like those, unreliable.
Without using my phone besides checking battery every 3hours I'm sure I can last 48hours too
bi winning 3.0 is great with bali an uv 24hrs easy hopefully cm7 battery can fixed I'm also gonna have to switch once school starts
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I suggest Project V. It runs smooth and snappy. I've never had any issues (at least nothing I haven't caused myself), have gotten great battery life and since installing Bali my battery life has been f***ing awesome.
I think you have at least a partial answer to your question: three different posters recommending three different roms but we all agree that you should be using the Bali kernel.
It's all in my signature. I've used all of the ROMs listed so far, and Toxic's has been my favorite by far. Love the near endless stream of themes that come from the group besides all the great tweaks.
I've easily gotten 48hrs with light use, or 5hrs of nonstop gaming.
I was just about to ask this. Im on Revolution rom and ill get about 6-7 hours with moderate usage. Not the best but ehh its entertaining. But back on track i too would like to know what rom has good battery life
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Just run any 2.2 rom with overstock. Have a sleep profile of 400/100 and use superpower (free) from the market and have it not turn on the mobile network for 2 hours and let it run for 1 min. Use startup manager to kill all the unnecessary apps that want to run and be done with it. It requires some work on your part but well worth it. Do note you can really cause problems for yourself by doing what I suggest by one mistep, you might not have any cellular signal at all. But I can tell you the battery savings are great. I work at a factory 12 hours a day and I leave there with 50%. This is also in an area that just barely gets edge. Every ones phones are constantly trying to grab a signal and dying.... but mine I'm working on the new Simply honey JVR right now and after a few days once it gets settled ill post a little picture in the battery thread.
I'm going to suggest bi-winning V3. I'm running it with the kernel that came with and get great battery life. I turned my phone at 10 am with 100% battery at 10 pm with several phone calls, some texts, checked the market for updates I was at 80%. I've read that some people have used Bali kernel undervolted and are getting even better. But honestly dude, bi winning runs so good and is so smooth that I just can't bring myself to change anything about it.
Bi-winning V3
if you don't care about the thickness/weight of your vibrant, could get a bigger battery..
mobimega makes one that works
on the vibrant.
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Bi winning seems to be in the lead and I shall try that out! With Bali
Thanks guys really helped me
Going to football practice now. Cya
Excellent choice my good man!! You shall not be disappointed!!
I'm currently on CM7 Trigger Redux and I can tell you that battery life only lasts around 15 hrs depending on usage. I usually just check my email, check the time every now and then, put in a few texts, and some randoms. I can tell you that Bionix 1.3.1 was a lot better but you couldn't really do much with the Bionix. On average, I would get 18+ hours. I have been told that any GB or Froyo bootloader ROMs would usually always have better battery life than CM7 just because of the system files CM7 uses.
So you dont have to stop using ur phone like its meant to be, buy a couple of cheap $4 batteries and a cheap $3.50. battery charger from ebay like that u have a fresh battery when ur about to go dead. That's what I do cuz I got tired of killing this, freeze that, install this, uninstall that, lower this. ....u get my point. I use my phone like its meant to be. I listen to music all day at work with my bluetooth earbuds and on my breaks I play a game, browse the web, watch something on netflix, etc. without having to worry about battery life cuz I'll just pop in a fresh charged one when needed. I keep a battery at work, home, and car. No matter what ROM ur using with whatever kernel or tweak applied ur still gonna kill ur battery fast watching a video or playing a HD game. If I have to limit myself doing those things than whats the point of having a phone that could do all that if ur gonna be worrying about battery life all the time. Don't get those extended ones that will make your phone fatter in your pocket and hard to get a case for, just to add about 50%-70% more life for about $20-$30 when you could get 3 regular $4 batteries that will hold as much charge as ur OEM battery. No matter what brand name they have, they all come from the same place (i.e. China) anyways so who cares if that's where they come from. They worked fine for me.
Get the extra batteries. Trust me.
.....aaaand NO! My theme is not just funky....its Blutiful.
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i have tried many roms on mine and i find team whiskeys nero 5/voodoo to be the best with battery life. no wifi calling support though but excellent rom.
I can confirm that Bi-Winning 3.0 does an incredible job in battery life. Bionix also does a good job but I feel the battery lasts longer with Bi-Winning. I'm probably going to be testing Toxic battery life soon just because theres more things to customize.
Hey guys I love all these custom ROM's but honestly the battery gets drained so fast it takes the fun out of it. I was wondering if there was any specific ROMs that were easier on the battery>?? The only feature I truly use on these things is the wifi tether, other than that I don't care if the phone is a litte slower etc, i just want to be able to make it a day on 1 battery..TIA
I can easily make it a full day with the PowerWashed 2.0b3. Yet I also have Juice Defender Ultimate installed.
Ill be quite honest, gingerbread is not what its cracked up to be imo... I have found that powerwashed 1.2 ed05 froyo w/ pbj 0808 kernal is one of the most stable roms out there. Im getting between 1.5-2% percent battery drain per hr. That means I go 2 days without charging the phone with normal use. Heavy use such as browsing the internet for a couple hrs and sending dozens of texts usually equates to charging the battery once a day or slightly better. The only issue is not all fascinates play nice with the -100 undervolt that the pbj kernal has built in. If thats the case, then just run the otb fusion kernal that come with pw 1.2...battery life is still good(2.5% per hr) and you can overclock with that kernal, but truthfully overclocking does not really improve much imo.
Wow thanks guys! Yea I am on MIUI and its horrible.. I will look into the ROMs you guys suggested..thanks!
vanilla gb is insane. running with the glitch 9/15 kernel, undervolted, smartass, noop and usas tweak applied, simply the fastest rom i've ever used battery is also holding up really well, but I have the naztech 2400 installed just yesterday, so battery should only get better with more charges. pwgb is also really good, but the file system is still samsung rfs, which is really slow. Pw froyo is probably the better choice for most people with pbjt kernel which has voodoo. Ill stick with vgb and see how battery does and if it doest yield me 6hrs of screen on time ill switch back to pw froyo and see how it does.
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Ill be quite honest, gingerbread is not what its cracked up to be imo... I have found that powerwashed 1.2 ed05 froyo w/ pbj 0808 kernal is one of the most stable roms out there. Im getting between 1.5-2% percent battery drain per hr. That means I go 2 days without charging the phone with normal use. Heavy use such as browsing the internet for a couple hrs and sending dozens of texts usually equates to charging the battery once a day or slightly better. The only issue is not all fascinates play nice with the -100 undervolt that the pbj kernal has built in. If thats the case, then just run the otb fusion kernal that come with pw 1.2...battery life is still good(2.5% per hr) and you can overclock with that kernal, but truthfully overclocking does not really improve much imo.
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I went ahead and did the switch to ed05 pw 1.2... What kind of probs would I have if the pbj -100 didn't agree with my device?
I honestly do not know how to overlock/mess with uv settings. I am just looking for the most stable rom with the best battery life..battery life being the most important
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I went ahead and did the switch to ed05 pw 1.2... What kind of probs would I have if the pbj -100 didn't agree with my device?
I honestly do not know how to overlock/mess with uv settings. I am just looking for the most stable rom with the best battery life..battery life being the most important
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your phone will freeze up...if it didnt your good to go! Make sure you wipe battery stats in cwm or it will take few charge cycle before you get good battery life.
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your phone will freeze up...if it didnt your good to go! Make sure you wipe battery stats in cwm or it will take few charge cycle before you get good battery life.
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Ok sweet! Yea, everything seems to be good, only issue I am having is in BLN it says the Biblight isnt working or something like that..Voodoo control is g2g, just the BLN. I'll have to look into it
I had the same problem with bln not working on this kernel. What worked for me was to flash the older 0531 kernel first,then flash the 0808 kernel. Bln works fine after that.
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The last super rom I had (battery wise) was superdark dj05... I could listen to music for 8 hours and have 70% battery left... 10 hours of light use 87%.. There has been no gingerbread rom to come close to that sweet sweet rom
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The last super rom I had (battery wise) was superdark dj05... I could listen to music for 8 hours and have 70% battery left... 10 hours of light use 87%.. There has been no gingerbread rom to come close to that sweet sweet rom
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Edit... I'll search for my screen shots of the battery usage.. Prob. Take a few days tho
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neh4pres said:
The last super rom I had (battery wise) was superdark dj05... I could listen to music for 8 hours and have 70% battery left... 10 hours of light use 87%.. There has been no gingerbread rom to come close to that sweet sweet rom
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Actually pwgb beta 3 with adrenaline shot mod is yielding some crazy results for me. Screenshots to follow when battery decides its held on long enough.
Only my 2nd day on ED05 powerwashed w/ pbj0808, but man I must be doing something wrong. At BEST my battery is draining roughly 5% an hour and thats with practically little to no use. NO clue how you guys are getting such good battery life...
Seriously, just odin the pwgb and flash the adrenaline v7 and thank me later.
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Seriously, just odin the pwgb and flash the adrenaline v7 and thank me later.
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What kind of programs do you have open/on, on a daily basis? I found that twitter absolutely destroyed my battery. I actually turned notifications off unless its a DM or @ me, otherwise I just open Plume and refresh to read the timelines.
Its doing A LOT better since then. I haven't used the phone much, but its only at 75% and Its 140pm, been off the charger since 6am
I am gonna see how it is this weekend when I am actually using it more
@Droidstyle: I was thinkin of trying out for starters the rom you recommended "powerwash 1.2 ed05 froyo w/ pbj 0808 kernal" but when i did a search for powerwash 1.2 the thread mentioned that it was outdated and to try gingerbread...just a little confused since i'm still new at this: considering my samsungs fascinate uses this base band (this is the general info of my phone Model : SCH-I500
Firmware Version 2.2.2
Baseband Version: S:I500.04 V.ED05
Kernel: Version 2.6.32.9 )
i will have to use a rom that supports ED05? or am i okay to try out any of these roms? did a lot of reasearch today, just trying to narrow it down as to which rom will be the most apt for me (meaning which one will i get the best use out of) and what will i be able to do after that? do i apply themes from the themes section, or i can only do that if they correspond to that specific rom? to anyone in the room please enlighten me, i've spent almost all of today researching this and would greatly appreciate help from the experienced...
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@Droidstyle: I was thinkin of trying out for starters the rom you recommended "powerwash 1.2 ed05 froyo w/ pbj 0808 kernal" but when i did a search for powerwash 1.2 the thread mentioned that it was outdated and to try gingerbread...just a little confused since i'm still new at this: considering my samsungs fascinate uses this base band (this is the general info of my phone Model : SCH-I500
Firmware Version 2.2.2
Baseband Version: S:I500.04 V.ED05
Kernel: Version 2.6.32.9 )
i will have to use a rom that supports ED05? or am i okay to try out any of these roms? did a lot of reasearch today, just trying to narrow it down as to which rom will be the most apt for me (meaning which one will i get the best use out of) and what will i be able to do after that? do i apply themes from the themes section, or i can only do that if they correspond to that specific rom? to anyone in the room please enlighten me, i've spent almost all of today researching this and would greatly appreciate help from the experienced...
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Im not sure why he did that... Its a very functional rom and is up to date as much as it needs to be. Read my guide, uses that rom for an example on how to install a froyo rom. You are not limited to what your base band shows, you can flash 2.3.4 gingerbread roms if u like,, but they still have a few minor bugs. Actually 2.2.2 pw 1.2 ed05 is the most functional rom up to date imo... everything lse still has minor bugs to work out.
@DroidStyle thanks man, your guide to flashing power wash is pretty direct, but i'm a little lost here...Isn't the Rom mgr. program you install for the market used for flashin the Roms so that you don't have to odin the rom to the fascinate? also, can I apply whatever themes? ...ie: are those used to customize ur GUI?
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@DroidStyle thanks man, your guide to flashing power wash is pretty direct, but i'm a little lost here...Isn't the Rom mgr. program you install for the market used for flashin the Roms so that you don't have to odin the rom to the fascinate? also, can I apply whatever themes? ...ie: are those used to customize ur GUI?
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Stay away from rom manager!!!! It only works for the mtd based roms such as cm7, miui, aosp... even then odin is a much more reliable way to work with the fascinate. imo just get use to the fact that your going to have to use odin most of the time when flashing.