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I'm currently on EB01, voodoo undervolt kernel from imnuts07, and I'm quite liking it... but I'm slightly bothered by the severe drop-off in theme creation lately, because the Fascinate is, well, old. I hopped on the Fascinate train reeeeeal late and will have it for a while still... I've heard good things about CM 6.2.0 and CM7 (the ones JT put out, because he loves us all), especially involving themes, should I switch? I never use camcorder or BT calling, and only rarely use MMS; but is it worth the whole backup-wipe-restore pain in the ass?
Sorry for the wall of text. I worry quite a bit about my phone, but have a huge interest in moving it forward. Hell, I don't really have any problems with Touchwiz, but Cyanogenmod just seems kinda, I dunno... badass, or something.
Suggestions please?
obsidianchao said:
I'm currently on EB01, voodoo undervolt kernel from imnuts07, and I'm quite liking it... but I'm slightly bothered by the severe drop-off in theme creation lately, because the Fascinate is, well, old. I hopped on the Fascinate train reeeeeal late and will have it for a while still... I've heard good things about CM 6.2.0 and CM7 (the ones JT put out, because he loves us all), especially involving themes, should I switch? I never use camcorder or BT calling, and only rarely use MMS; but is it worth the whole backup-wipe-restore pain in the ass?
Sorry for the wall of text. I worry quite a bit about my phone, but have a huge interest in moving it forward. Hell, I don't really have any problems with Touchwiz, but Cyanogenmod just seems kinda, I dunno... badass, or something.
Suggestions please?
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Well, if you really want themes. Hop on CM7 and basically you can flash any CM7theme on http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=527
or wait couple weeks or months(depends on source drop) for better CM7.
Huh. That's actually really cool. Other than the few broken things and the amass of themes, is it that much different from what I have now?
there are dozens of themes available for froyo....you could flash 1 a day and it would take weeks to get through all of them
i dont see how this phone can be accused of having a lack of themes at all
nitsuj17 said:
there are dozens of themes available for froyo....you could flash 1 a day and it would take weeks to get through all of them
i dont see how this phone can be accused of having a lack of themes at all
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Theme devving SLOWED, dude. Plus, I'm picky....
obsidianchao said:
Theme devving SLOWED, dude. Plus, I'm picky....
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Nitjus/nitro they all try their best to satisfy us. So if you cant find one, port or make one of urself rather than complaining.
You've just been Fascinated
xHoLyx said:
Nitjus/nitro they all try their best to satisfy us. So if you cant find one, port or make one of urself rather than complaining.
You've just been Fascinated
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I'm... not complaining? I love the theme I'm on, I just love switching constantly, so should I go to CM? Yeah, screw it, gonna try CM6.2.0.
obsidianchao said:
I'm... not complaining? I love the theme I'm on, I just love switching constantly, so should I go to CM? Yeah, screw it, gonna try CM6.2.0.
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CM6.2.0 has less problems than CM7, but "if" you want themes go for CM7. But I preferably say CM6.2.0 is better for now.
xHoLyx said:
CM6.2.0 has less problems than CM7, but "if" you want themes go for CM7. But I preferably say CM6.2.0 is better for now.
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I want themes, but I use the majority of the broken things in CM7...
obsidianchao said:
Theme devving SLOWED, dude. Plus, I'm picky....
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well it slowed relative to how it was after froyo dropped as we had to report themes daily so for a month or two tons of stuff came out
but relative to the thunderbolt which is new...we still have just as many themes coming out....to each his own in preference
but one doesnt need 3 new themes a day
personally i used to port a lot of themes but as a grew as a themer i started getting into doing a better job and putting in more detail so things take longer...also i dont use others original work anymore....so im not putting out 2-3 a week anymore
Alright, not hopping after all, as after looking, the majority of those themes are for CM7, and Fascinate's CM7 is so broken....
I'm loving cm6...best performance to date by far...haven't even thought about jumping to cm7
**Rockin jt's CM6**
But how many themes are for CM6.2.0?
With all the personalization options...I don't need a theme. You can change items in the notification bar and colors of all texts and background colors. All built in
**Rockin jt's CM6**
hbc.ciccone said:
With all the personalization options...I don't need a theme. You can change items in the notification bar and colors of all texts and background colors. All built in
**Rockin jt's CM6**
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Holy ****, mind showing some pics?
Cm7 is good imo but I don't use the broken stuff much so yea lol xD
sent from fascinate using cm7
xain713 said:
Cm7 is good imo but I don't use the broken stuff much so yea lol xD
sent from fascinate using cm7
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If YouTube worked, I'll be all over CM7.
Sent from a Limited Edition phone from a Premium app..
Yes, I've found out the hard way that even trying bt on cm7 forced a battery pull, so it's definitely not for everyone at this point. But it is _awesome_ to be running a usable gingerbread rom that I can build myself! (i love you jt)
cm6.2 is definitely more stable but exchange push issues led me to give cm7 a try. So far no exchange issues with cm7 but I won't know for sure until monday...
btw I noticed that cm6 had perfect audio on a2dp vs stock eb01 that was glitching on me at least every 15 min w/pandora.
noobidity update:
neglected wiping dalvik cache on first flashing which caused several issues that I wrongly attributed to cm7. A2DP _does_ work on cm7.
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If YouTube worked, I'll be all over CM7.
Sent from a Limited Edition phone from a Premium app..
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Also USB mass storage. Grr. And I seem to use MMS a lot...
I've Tried both CM's and While the Themes of CM7 out Pace CM6.2 in style,
knowing that I couldn't use as a daily driver, is what made me go back to CM6.2(even though it has somethings that still don't work as well),
My 2Cents
I'm currently running Bionix 1.3.1 on my T959, and while I really like it, I've been searching for a stable gingerbread ROM, and was wondering if it'd be worth the time to switch to, say, the i9000 port posted by haydn pryde:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044076
Been curious, wondering what people's experiences have been with gingerbread roms.
If you do not need GPS and you can charge your battery often, CM7 and MIUI are great. I ran CM7 for about 2 weeks and never had an issue with apps/phone.
CM7 brings a TON of options with it, is super fast and very easily themed/customized. Again though, no gps/poor battery.
I agree. Cyanogen is awesome and as far as I can tell pretty stable. If the GPS worked it would be totally complete IMHO.
any experience with hayn pryde's rom by comparison?
MIUI is very nice
So cyanogen is basically the consensus number 1 gingerbread rom?
^ for about 30+ phones.
MIUI is also nice, depends on the look you want. CM7 is just what Android should be. MIUI is like an iPhone to me.
Id sooner go with cyanogen since i liked it a lot when i had a mytouch. But the hayn pride rom intrigues me simply because it at least has gps (even though its not an exact lock), and has themes you can install as well.
It also says you might get unreliable data with cyanogen, anyone have major issues with this?
^ not trying to sway, but wanted to make sure you know CM7 has a built in theme chooser *thanks to T-Mobile and them being amazing*
So definitely worth the upgrade then? Would hate to lose GPS, but I have always liked cyanogen, and definitely want to get gingerbread running on my vibrant, so I'm still interested, just the gps and inconsistent data problems are making me hesitate a little.
^ it's fun.. it's a process to get there... lots of fun to play with the options once you have it... eventually you may miss things and come back (gps, the dialer not being a smart dialer, battery, etc)...
just depends on how much you want to play with your phone man.
Hi all I had a question,.. what all are the latest and greatest gingerbread ROMs out right now and which one is the most stable and runs the best? and I know this is a nub question,. .but I've never flashed new ROMs to my phones before.. I've rooted them but not flashed ROMs.. so if anyone can help with the best Gingerbread ROM to use righ tnow and best way to flash it to my Thunderbolt, I'd really apprecaite it,.. thanks! oh also, does Netflix app work on the latest Gingerbread? I head it's only workin on CM7 rom right now,..
seabhac said:
Hi all I had a question,.. what all are the latest and greatest gingerbread ROMs out right now and which one is the most stable and runs the best? and I know this is a nub question,. .but I've never flashed new ROMs to my phones before.. I've rooted them but not flashed ROMs.. so if anyone can help with the best Gingerbread ROM to use righ tnow and best way to flash it to my Thunderbolt, I'd really apprecaite it,.. thanks! oh also, does Netflix app work on the latest Gingerbread? I head it's only workin on CM7 rom right now,..
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Before you get flamed for posting in the dev forum, I will try to answer your Q...
Right now each of the GB roms are going to have their flaws and bugs. Not because of the devs creating them, but because more than likely this isn't the final GB release that we are going to see. What I would recommend is make a nandroid backup of your current setup through CWR and flash a couple different ones and see which works for you. I personally am waiting for the BAMF rom to drop as they seem to always put out really great roms. Not that the others are bad, I am just sticking to what I know and like.
As for Netflix, I have heard it only works on CM7 right now as well. I am sure it will be tweaked at a later date though. Right now the priorities are set on getting a stable rom out first with the basics running.
Hope this helps.
Not to be rude but all your questions Would be easily answered by doing very little research.
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thank you Inz, I appreciated that. Xgo,.. ever heard the saying if ya don't got anything good to say don't say anything at all? hmmm thanks anyway though
seabhac said:
thank you Inz, I appreciated that. Xgo,.. ever heard the saying if ya don't got anything good to say don't say anything at all? hmmm thanks anyway though
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Xgo was right. You could have easily asked this in their threads as well.
BAMF + Gingerbread = #winnering, even in early alpha/beta stages. Thats what I use, FWIW.
Forgive the man for asking for actual users opinions... Hes a terrible person for doing so and should be shunned............... ok now that thats over with. I would say the BEST one is probably the actual gingerbread leak with the camera fix is probably the most stable at the moment. Since the software just came out the other day none of the ROMs are gonna really be any good. Netflix doesn't work on any of the Thunderbolt ROMs it only works on CM7 because its not based off of Thunderbolt code.
check out the GB roms listed on the official rom + kernel thread in the dev section. different roms for different preferences.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081930
there you go.
Is anyone else having problems not getting 3g with the new radio with gingerbread rom? if so what can i do to fix this?
BAMF 2.0 is the best for me. YMMV.
I've been having success with gingeritis lately. I'm really loving the 3g Lte handoffs with the GB radio too.
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Is anyone else having problems not getting 3g with the new radio with gingerbread rom? if so what can i do to fix this?
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Mine works with Gingeritis. I flashed the rom 2x before booting and wiped probably 3 imes not including the auto wipes built into Chingy's install. My transition from LTE (orlando) to 3G (the beach) was smooth and problem free. I havent had a single reboot...
Its pretty awesome for initially being alpha.
So I've been wanting to check out upgrading my phone to AOSP GB and right now I'm looking at either CM7 or OMFGB. Only thing is, I can't really find all that much about what's different about each one to make a good decision about which one I should actually get. Can anyone help me out here?
MMS isn't working for me on OMFGB and it was working on CM7. No screen rotation for me on OMFGB. My radio would die pretty frequently on CM7 but I've been on OMFGB all day without it dying once. CM7 has more customization options.
CM7 Test build 10 is the way to go!
OMFGB is very hard to install, i couldnt get my wifi to turn on...It looks like it has cool features but i cant live with out wifi.
I also ran into an issue where i flashed the udated GAPPS and when i went into camera it would landscape and i couldnt get it back to portrait in the launcher!
Small things like that made me revert back to CM7
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i couldnt get my wifi to turn on..
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This too. I also get a phantom ringer on CM7 still that I haven't got on OMFGB.
netpa said:
So I've been wanting to check out upgrading my phone to AOSP GB and right now I'm looking at either CM7 or OMFGB. Only thing is, I can't really find all that much about what's different about each one to make a good decision about which one I should actually get. Can anyone help me out here?
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omgb just came out last night...it ll take a few builds to get close to the functionality of cm7 most likely
that being said, on a level playing field (on other phones) its about what you want
cm7 is more of a feature rich aosp that sacrifices some performance (i say some as for many its negligible) for more fuctionality and tweaks
omgb is more of a pure aosp a long the lines of something straight from google, but they do add more features
being more of a purist id imagine myself preferring the latter
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being more of a purist id imagine myself preferring the latter
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I agree the OMFGB will be a great rom and i too cant wait!
is the theme chooser the same in both? or does one or the other have more themes to choose from?
yummylishouz said:
is the theme chooser the same in both? or does one or the other have more themes to choose from?
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It's the same, both use Theme Chooser so CM7 themes will work with OMFGB.
So I've never rooted my Fascinate (SCH-I500) before but I figure it's about time. I would really like to be able to tether and remove some of the bloat. I've also heard that Netflix app doesn't work on the Fascinate unless using Gingerbread.
I'm actually eager to try Gingerbread, but I was wondering if anyone knows which Roms have had the most success with this. If I do this, I'd prefer to use something well tested stable--this is my only phone and my only internet connection for the time being, and I'm not sure how polished a GB Rom would be compared to Froyo.
Also, anyone care to tip me off to what ASOP is?
crowing said:
So I've never rooted my Fascinate (SCH-I500) before but I figure it's about time. I would really like to be able to tether and remove some of the bloat. I've also heard that Netflix app doesn't work on the Fascinate unless using Gingerbread.
I'm actually eager to try Gingerbread, but I was wondering if anyone knows which Roms have had the most success with this. If I do this, I'd prefer to use something well tested stable--this is my only phone and my only internet connection for the time being, and I'm not sure how polished a GB Rom would be compared to Froyo.
Also, anyone care to tip me off to what ASOP is?
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Yes gingerbread is the only build able to get netflix on. There are 2 choices now when it comes to gingerbread:
1. the leaked EC09 stock verizon build of gingerbread and its debloated/rooted/debinged rom Ultimate GingerBang (or the Community Rom, ComRom). It has been known to fry sd cards but is otherwise pretty nice looking and stable. Ran it with ComRom over it for about a week and was very nice, netflix worked and is pretty cleaned up and simple. I got better signal strength with this gingerbread as well and I guess I was just lucky I didn't get my sd card eaten.
2. the completely source built AOSP roms CyanogenMod7, MIUI, and OMFGB. I've only been running CM7 for a few hours now but its very clean and stable from what I can see. A rooting or rom rookie may want to steer clear as it has been known to be hard to install and has TONS of customizable little tweaks, which may be too much for the casual user. Haven't had any experience with MIUI but I hear its pretty much like CM7 (clean, fast, stable, very customizable) but seems to look like iOS on an iphone. Also haven't had experience with OMFGB but it looks pretty neat and is also very much like CM7.
AOSP is Android Open Source Project, meaning a completely Google build, or at least thats the goal. The purest form of Android, free from carrier bloatware/mods and is supposed to be completely customizable and open-source.
Not trying to hijack but I just installed cm7 and netflix today but after watching something for about a minute it takes me back to the selection screen.
Anyone know what's going on.
And to Op, and try it out, ASOP is great.
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