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Hi guys
I'm trying the GinTonic rom by slade after some roms with Froyo.
What rom do you use? Why?
Gingerbread or Froyo?
I use MiniCM7 Pro by paul-xxx, it's very good, quick and stable, but if you want a battery saver forget Gingerbread and use Froyo or Eclair roms...
I'm not looking for a battery saver. I bought another battery for that xD
I was using MiniCM7 Pro on my U20i but anytime someone tried to call me it rung once on their end then went straight to unable to connect call, and on my phone all that happened was my balance came up after the person had hung up their phone, texts were ok it was only the incoming calls that were the problem, Ive gone back to stock rom as im waiting on a job interview result so cant afford not to have incoming calls
i've had a great experience with gingerdx. you should give it a try. you won't be disappointed
I've been trying literally all roms and versions available at XDA, and CM7Pro_v7x is by far the most stable and lagless of them. Although paul-xxx says this version has no bugs at all, the infamous radio issue isn't fixed yet. All in all, this one is a great piece of work.
Sonybread CM7 SP2(+hotfix) my opinion
GingerDX
I tested: GinTonic and GingerDX
GinTonic v1.3: it's good, no bugs for me, but I felt heavy.
GingerDX v10: Very quickly, the module smartass, spare battery. Bug: wifi reconnect every 3 minutes.
The best ROM is Donut from SE...
lol, I'm kidding. I like MiniCM7 Pro from paul-xxx, GingerDX from D4, SonyBread from paul-xxx and still don't tested slade Gintonic
Im new to this the first one i have installed is MiniCM7 pro v7x and i love it, now even tho i love it im hooked and want to try another lol
I'm using GingerDX for several weeks, but for someone as mobile as me, I think the battery drain issue makes you a little bit.. Err.. how to say? need a backup battery?
gintonic feels too heavy... and i got my phone bricked 3 times in 2 days... cm7 by paul has many little bugs... for me, the gingerdx worked better
danlivesey said:
Im new to this the first one i have installed is MiniCM7 pro v7x and i love it, now even tho i love it im hooked and want to try another lol
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One of the biggest dangers of flashing
I use gintonic, tried gingerdx but apps were missing from the market and couldnt find a workaround and no reply from dev so im not going to bother with it although it looks nice
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I'm using GinTonic.SE for 4 days now. It's REALLY fast and pretty stable, but I get only 30-34h worth of battery life (I used to get almost 50h with Froyo CM6)...
c0tonet said:
I'm using GinTonic.SE for 4 days now. It's REALLY fast and pretty stable, but I get only 30-34h worth of battery life (I used to get almost 50h with Froyo CM6)...
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Have you had any issues with calls disconnecting midway conversation?
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avlopp said:
One of the biggest dangers of flashing
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I know lol I can't help but mess around with diffrent software, my wife hates it due to spending hours fixing it when I brick haha
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danlivesey said:
Im new to this the first one i have installed is MiniCM7 pro v7x and i love it, now even tho i love it im hooked and want to try another lol
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I know how ya feel, ive only just started modding since finding xda dev forums and ive now tried gingerdx, sonybread and im now using miniCM7 Pro v7+ by paul-xxx had a incoming call problem until the hotfix was released but now I find it the best and most stable by far, even had to do my other halfs mini pro when she seen mine, battery life has doubled too
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Can't decide between GingerDX and MiniCM7.
MiniCM7 v6
I have tried paul-xxx's ROMs and I think MiniCM7 v6 is the most stable. I have also tried v7+hotfix but it didn't fix the radio. Also, GPS not working. Waiting for v8!
Im currently using cyanogen 7.0.1 but I've had issues with this, such as it randomly forgetting my ringtones and so nothing plays when people ring or text, alarms not going off, random reboots and loads of other problems,
So I'm looking to move to another rom, I'm looking for one with good battery life and doesnt have a habit of ****ing up on me, can anyone suggest a rom, wanna get it done tonight
batista 2.1 with siyah 1.8 kernel
works perfectly for me and good battery too
Stock. Best eva
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only tried stock.still getting used to Android then I will try some other ROM
I like stock with root.
People are saying good things about the latest XXKI4.
KI3 with jkay installed is good for me right now.
Having said that I'm using different launcher,contact/dialer,messaging.
Battery and performance has been great.
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I have been through flash after flash with custom rom at the end i go back to stock. Has been stable ever since. I like the KI3 and currentlt just flashed XXKI4. Just to see what the difference is between them.
I woul recommend back to stock. Just my 2c
Good luck
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Have not used all the ROM's that are made, but right now I'm in love with Androidmeda. It removes all the crapware, and the phone feels so quick and responsive.
Converted 3 other friends who own SGS2 onto it, and they all love it.
Criskelorom v26. Freaking awesome
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I love Cognition. But I have not tried anything else.
I have tried several roms but I got the best performance/consumption with "MikiMod CarbonOcean v 5.1[KI4]".
Give it a try and you tell us.
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Stock. Best eva
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+1.
I hate Custom ROM's frankly. Some even remove features than adding. Don't forget it's a Smartphone.
Most of the touchwiz roms are good, most are similar.
CM7 latest nightly is very good.
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VillianROM is excellent. Basically stock but much more customizable.
stock now for e dont know much about android very new to it
Leo & Check's CheckROM RevolutionHD V1.0 is what I recommended. fast, long and cold.
personally, i keep going back to criskelos roms
MIUI, it's so pretty on that super amoled plus.
Using lighting rom right now. Like it more than cyanogenmod though
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Cognition or CheckROM. Both are very stable. Cognition ran flawlessly on my phone.
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Leo & Check's CheckROM RevolutionHD V1.0 is what I recommended. fast, long and cold.
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+1 best battery out of any TW rom.
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Hi guys
I'm coming to you guys because my wife finally gave me her OK to mod her p500. :-D so i'm am not new to this at all, I have a x10mini and a NEO both running on cm7.
So i just have a few questions just to see if i have understood how LG works. Just that you know this i a huge forum here and i haven't read everything because i dont have time to, so please have mercy for maybe some what noobish questions.
So i already got it rooted and custom recovery running. And did a nand backup.
So now i need to know a few things, which cm7 rom is the most stable and full featured? Since this is my wife's phone almost everything should work.
Is a custom kernel needed? Or can it go with stock.
And do you flash kernels separate with fastboot or is it part of the custom roms, i believe i saw a cm7 rom together with a kernel to be flashed with recovery. An if not which kernel would you guys suggest fitting to the cm7 rom.
I hope that that wasn't too many questions and someone would take the time to awnser them.
Thanks
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freebordjunky said:
Hi guys
I'm coming to you guys because my wife finally gave me her OK to mod her p500. :-D so i'm am not new to this at all, I have a x10mini and a NEO both running on cm7.
So i just have a few questions just to see if i have understood how LG works. Just that you know this i a huge forum here and i haven't read everything because i dont have time to, so please have mercy for maybe some what noobish questions.
So i already got it rooted and custom recovery running. And did a nand backup.
So now i need to know a few things, which cm7 rom is the most stable and full featured? Since this is my wife's phone almost everything should work.
Is a custom kernel needed? Or can it go with stock.
And do you flash kernels separate with fastboot or is it part of the custom roms, i believe i saw a cm7 rom together with a kernel to be flashed with recovery. An if not which kernel would you guys suggest fitting to the cm7 rom.
I hope that that wasn't too many questions and someone would take the time to awnser them.
Thanks
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I would as many others will, recommend Mik-os's Cm7 port... its what ALL the other cm mods are built off for this phone.
The latest stable 6.5.8 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=946354
Then as far as a kernel, its up to you, the latest goldenleaf for ultimate battery life. The latest GBS, which is as i like to see it a blend from the ultimate performance of the straight franco kernel and battery life of goldenleaf (made by fserve, same person who makes goldenleaf) Both found here -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1227682
Or the franco kernel which has the best performance but probably not the best batt life.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049518
This is NOT to say that goldenleaf has crap performance, in fact i prefer it for its battery life and great smooth performance.... gbs and straight franco have a slight edge in synthetic benchmarks but probably not by much.
As far as flashing kernels its just like flashing the rom..... so after you have the rom flashed , reboot once completely, then reboot into recovery, flash the kernel zip just as if it was a rom, reboot out of the recovery, once to the os, reboot completely and your all good to go.
Thank you now i have almost everything i got to know.
what about baseband? as far as i know she has the old baseband. and the 6.5.8 ROM needs the new baseband right? should i do a offical FW update first to get the new baseband? or would i loose root?
i read that you cant flash basebands with recovery, only with fastboot? the fastboot toutouial looks preety complicated.
But also very interesting because you can't flash a kernel with recovery by sony only with fastboot and htc works also different.
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what about baseband? as far as i know she has the old baseband. and the 6.5.8 ROM needs the new baseband right?
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No, not right. It uses the old baseband. Of course, you would know that if you had simply read the OP of the dev thread for that ROM, which nd4spdbh linked to.
my bad i read that above 6.6 is thew baseband but there is new kernel lol
freebordjunky said:
Hi guys
I'm coming to you guys because my wife finally gave me her OK to mod her p500. :-D so i'm am not new to this at all, I have a x10mini and a NEO both running on cm7.
So i just have a few questions just to see if i have understood how LG works. Just that you know this i a huge forum here and i haven't read everything because i dont have time to, so please have mercy for maybe some what noobish questions.
So i already got it rooted and custom recovery running. And did a nand backup.
So now i need to know a few things, which cm7 rom is the most stable and full featured? Since this is my wife's phone almost everything should work.
Is a custom kernel needed? Or can it go with stock.
And do you flash kernels separate with fastboot or is it part of the custom roms, i believe i saw a cm7 rom together with a kernel to be flashed with recovery. An if not which kernel would you guys suggest fitting to the cm7 rom.
I hope that that wasn't too many questions and someone would take the time to awnser them.
Thanks
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your wife would be disappointed by the camera as it is very poor in cm7 rest all is awsome in 6.5.8(stable)
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my bad i read that above 6.6 is thew baseband but there is new kernel lol
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nono, it's uses the old baseband. The newer kernel is not related to any thing about baseband. A very common misconception here by users.
camera isnt that important she had her birthday last moth and she got a digi cam from me
I'm using CM7 6.5.8 + goldenleaf more than a week. So far, everything works fine. Except - don't know about wi-fi, haven't tried it
Camera isn't that bad at all.
Most important - do all wipes needed before flashing a rom
6.5.8 has the occasional google maps battery drain bug. I just got it few days ago.charged the phone to 100% in the evening and when I woke up 46%. I use maps from time to time so uninstalling it is not an option. all other things are perfect though.
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With GPS turned off?
With data/gps/wifi turned off, i have just 3-5% gone in night..
Yes GPS was turned off. This seems to happen quite frequently according to some threads here in the forum. Haven't had the problem since.
umangleekha said:
your wife would be disappointed by the camera as it is very poor in cm7 rest all is awsome in 6.5.8(stable)
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FYI, running either Fserve's GBS OR goldenleaf kernels have the camera flicker fixed... its just as good as stock original rom now.
metacircle said:
6.5.8 has the occasional google maps battery drain bug. I just got it few days ago.charged the phone to 100% in the evening and when I woke up 46%. I use maps from time to time so uninstalling it is not an option. all other things are perfect though.
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That is a bug with cm7.... itself... not just 6.5.8, it has to do with force closing an app which is using a sensor.... either GPS or Camera, DO NOT FORCE CLOSE an app that uses either of those... as the sensor never gets turned off which causes the batt drain. simply close the app (home button, or short press back button) and turn off gps via the notifications bar.
Run CM7 6.5.8 and the latest goldenleaf, with launcher pro, its the smoothest experience out there on our phones.
Just wanted to let you know that everything went well. I had absolutely no problems. And i am very satisfied.
Thank you all very much.
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Currently using Deranged9 but everything keeps freezing. With all the talk about ICS, I feel like 2.2 ROMs are going away.
Bionix has been tried and tested. I got great battery life too.
And its not surprising few 2.2 roms firmware almost 2 years old now.
So 2.2 gonna be outdated. Though I saw in forums someone did redux of bionic though.
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Ive been seeing ICS and 4.0 roms, but im not sure how to use them or if it is any different to flash them. I thought they were similar to Cyanogen rom which had issues going back to earlier roms. Anyone know how the battery life is on ICS?
Hi I am 15 years old and i have a samsung galaxy s2 GT-I9100 with stock ics 4.0.3 (exactly I9100XXLPS). It have some issues with (not opening some times) wifi and several battery drain when im playing games ( need for speed, asphalt, etc). I want to play games and surfing but my phone does not keep its battery until night. So I want a rom and a kernel which have no much battery drain, fix wifi issue and if its possible to extend the wifi signal...
Sorry for my poor english.
Thanks in advance.
Hi, i'm also 15 yr old, btw i'm from Serbia(if u know where is it...), if u using cf kernel it has a wifi bug so i suggest u to install siyah or dorimanx kernel... And, i think themes like this(whats best rom, which to use, ...) are forbidden, sorry btw try SuperNexus rom, for me that's best rom for begginers, wish u a luck !
I have to say that ROMs are all about personal preference. Imo you should test out various ROMS to see what's best for you...
That being said, I'm currently using Cm7 on my I777 and it has great battery life (although I suspect it has something to do with turning the second core off and using Siyah GB.)
For Jellybean my preferred ROM is Super Nexus... I got pretty good battery on that one too!
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I'm using PA 2.54 with Dorimanx 7.17 kernel with moderate UV and battery save settings from STweaks. I deactivate auto-running non-useful apps and location services, use lower brightness, uninstalled some system apps and frozen others, etc. Search forum for more info
Sejk97 said:
Hi, i'm also 15 yr old, btw i'm from Serbia(if u know where is it...), if u using cf kernel it has a wifi bug so i suggest u to install siyah or dorimanx kernel... And, i think themes like this(whats best rom, which to use, ...) are forbidden, sorry btw try SuperNexus rom, for me that's best rom for begginers, wish u a luck !
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Sorry, but i am not a begginer and i know where is serbia... Anyway i am using stock kernel too now. Also i was using latest jelly bean resurection remix with latest siyah a week ago, but latest resurrection remix version had a very big issue with severe battery drain, so i decided to return to stock unbranded 4.0.3 and then try an other rom. Thats why i create this threat, for not trying all s2 roms.....
Thanks to all of you guys who replied.
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Sgmaster said:
Sorry, but i am not a begginer and i know where is serbia... Anyway i am using stock kernel too now. Also i was using latest jelly bean resurection remix with latest siyah a week ago, but latest resurrection remix version had a very big issue with severe battery drain, so i decided to return to stock unbranded 4.0.3 and then try an other rom. Thats why i create this threat, for not trying all s2 roms.....
Thanks to all of you guys who replied.
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How many battery cycles did you let the battery settle for? You should give your battery at least 3 cycles before you judge the life of the battery after you flash something. You can also try CPU spy from the play store to see if your device is deep sleeping. Also try better battery stats to see if you have any wakelocks.
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Sgmaster said:
but latest resurrection remix version had a very big issue with severe battery drain
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I use RR 3.1.2 and I don't think there is a severe battery drain. Use better battery statsto know what caused it, at the first place.
kilometers4 said:
How many battery cycles did you let the battery settle for? You should give your battery at least 3 cycles before you judge the life of the battery after you flash something. You can also try CPU spy from the play store to see if your device is deep sleeping. Also try better battery stats to see if you have any wakelocks.
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I give the battery 10+ battety cycles in each rom i try before i report... I will try battery stats and set cpu but i think (because i have tried them in rr) they will not give me the exact reason about my problem. I will try again and post here the results.
Anyway, thank you.
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In rr 3.0.1 jelly bean (the latest i have tried in rr) i didnt install the fixes which released one day after (was for rom fonts, etc, nothing for battery), because i have updated via update me app, which didnt download the fixes... Yesterday i found these fixes on internet... Do you think that this was a cause of my battery drain problem? But why the problem remained (not like in rr, but ramained) after i installed the official stock 4.0.3?
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In rr 3.0.1 jelly bean (the latest i have tried in rr) i didnt install the fixes which released one day after (was for rom fonts, etc, nothing for battery), because i have updated via update me app, which didnt download the fixes... Yesterday i found these fixes on internet... Do you think that this was a cause of my battery drain problem? But why the problem remained (not like in rr, but ramained) after i installed the official stock 4.0.3?
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Why don't you upgrade to the latest version? I believe they're up to 3.1.2 now...
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kilometers4 said:
Why don't you upgrade to the latest version? I believe they're up to 3.1.2 now...
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And 3.1.2 as well have a fix patch! Don't forget it
kilometers4 said:
Why don't you upgrade to the latest version? I believe they're up to 3.1.2 now...
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I know it, when i had the battery problem latest rr version was 3.1.1. I will download it when i will be at home and post again.
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Sgmaster said:
Hi I am 15 years old and i have a samsung galaxy s2 GT-I9100 with stock ics 4.0.3 (exactly I9100XXLPS). It have some issues with (not opening some times) wifi and several battery drain when im playing games ( need for speed, asphalt, etc). I want to play games and surfing but my phone does not keep its battery until night. So I want a rom and a kernel which have no much battery drain, fix wifi issue and if its possible to extend the wifi signal...
Sorry for my poor english.
Thanks in advance.
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Day to night playing games on android? No way!! 5 hrs should be max i guess.
Also i am experiencing the STRONGEST wifi signal with CM7.2 stock. I haven't understood why yet. I need to know.
androiderb89 said:
Day to night playing games on android? No way!! 5 hrs should be max i guess.
Also i am experiencing the STRONGEST wifi signal with CM7.2 stock. I haven't understood why yet. I need to know.
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What cm7.2 does with battery?
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Sgmaster said:
What cm7.2 does with battery?
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Hardly when idle and ok while using it. 4 - 5 hrs gaming. That's the max you can get with stock batteries.
Im not 15 and I want a rom and kernel that makes the battery last a week.Will be playing games all day,and making the odd call,and listening to music.
Ive got a ds,a psp and an ipod......but I dont use them now as its my phones responsibility to think its all them........and to make calls etc.
Now why have I got to charge the phone every day ......its totally ridiculous.
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