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Hello,
I have cognition 1.6 and everything is fine by now, but i want to try something different on my SGS2.
I had cyanogenmod on my hd2 (android) and i liked it a lot cause of it's customizing abilities.
So i'd like to ask for your opinions.
Is cyanogenmod as stable and good as the cognition rom on SGS2?
Should i flash it or stay with cognition?
Thanks all!
It runs well, not stable but stable enough for daily usage. Downsides are that the camera is much poorer than original.
If you like cognition do a nandroid and then try out CM7, if you don't like CM7 on the SGS2 you can always restore back.
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As nikzDHD already said:
CM7 is relatively stable, but has too many bugs for daily usage. I had it for some time, but it had random crashes, freezes and changed my ringtone randomly. Create a backup and try it out.
You said that you like customization. If it's that what you like, I recommend you to try MIUI. It's the most customizable Rom I've ever seen.
If you are disappointed by both of them, you can just restore your backup.
I'm using CM7 and i'm on Nightly #95. I guess the guys who answered you haven't tried the recent nightlies. There is a stable version available but the nightlies are awesome. Highly recommended. Try it out.
mrnovanova said:
I'm using CM7 and i'm on Nightly #95. I guess the guys who answered you haven't tried the recent nightlies. There is a stable version available but the nightlies are awesome. Highly recommended. Try it out.
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I've tried them last one I tried was version 96, just taking a break from CM7 while I try out some Sammy based roms, there is NO stable version, only RC, which was based on a much earlier nightly and things have improved since then. I have no issues with CM7 apart from the camera hence switching back to a Samsung based rom as I needed to record some footage and take photos.
That's my only gripe with CM7, there are fm radio issues but I don't use that.
But yeah, as mrnovanova mentioned its good enough for daily use and I for experienced no freezes and such.
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Thanks everyone.
After some thinking, considering also your replies i'm staying with cognition.
Exept if you have a better rom to suggest.
mrnovanova said:
I'm using CM7 and i'm on Nightly #95. I guess the guys who answered you haven't tried the recent nightlies. There is a stable version available but the nightlies are awesome. Highly recommended. Try it out.
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You're right. I haven't used the nighties. I would wait for as stable, a people on the forums are reporting problems. It's just not 100% reliable yet.
@angelossssss:
As I said. MIUI is definitely worth trying. If you don't like it, just restore your backup.
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ive just come from the miui rom to cyanogenmod 7.1, the muiu rom is awesome, very customizable and feels quite different from normal gingerbread that we are all used to but...
I have the i9100p (orange uk nfc version) and I couldn't get the nfc to work. I tried the fix that Nathan created over at this post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1204&order=desc&page=1
Didn't work, installed the zip (twice as someone said that worked for them) but no joy. So thought id give it a whirl on a different ROM. In came cyanogenmod 7.1
I haven't had any crashes so far (granted i've only been using it for a day). Its got a lot of features (like adw launcher and rom manager). Best of all battery life is way better and I seem to have a 3g signal more of the time.
Unfortunatley ...... nfc is still not working
if i installed cm6.1 or cm7.1 with the same flykernel, would anyone have an opinion as to which phone would be generally more solid/speedy?
i feel a bit frustrated by my experience with cm7.1 and all the ginger based roms, but it seems that many are wowed by the performance.
just looking for some opinons. thanks
i find myself in a similar situation, and am currently on the Heroine++ rom for the sake of speed, but it is quite outdated, and i've been wanting a good 2.2 rom.
anyway, from my expericen, everybody is wowed by 7.1.0 only because of how slow it used to be, it really has come a long way since GB for hit our heros, but it is still a tiny bit too slow and laggy for my liking, and i had some issues with the in call UI not responding fast enough, so i couldn't always answer phone calls or the phone would still vibrate/ring after i'd answered it.
as far as kernel goes, older roms such as 2.1 are better on the older kernel, and newer roms such as GB will probaby be expecting a newer kernel, and therefore run better with it. but i'm not sure how stable the lastest venturas/venturax is compare to flykernel.
anyway, I am rambling.
in short, i think the older roms 2.1/2.2 are the only solid and speedy roms we have, GB is still a bit too slow.
(shame that the least developed roms currently are the 2.2, espcailly the 2.2 sense roms)
Flykernel and cm6.2 cm6.1 ftw, seriously.
I've been alternating between floyo and froydvillain for a while. Froyd is slightly more smoother imo.
And then I put bharat's FroYo port on. It has been VERY good so far. There is even a great ICS theme for it by habarug. Check it out with flykernel.
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thanks for the tip, that is exactly what i've been doing tonight =D still getting it all set up though
notea said:
thanks for the tip, that is exactly what i've been doing tonight =D still getting it all set up though
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How's it working for you?
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it's working alright, i do occationally get a force close though.
i'm not sure how the other froyo roms are set up, but this one comes with dithering off, which could explain why it feels snappier (slows down a bit if i turn on the dithering)
finding several apps to do the job of sense is pretty hard though =/ fast dialers on the hero are few and far between.
doubt i'll change it any time soon, unless i break something or chocolatefroyo gets it's carmera fixed.
good rom, not sure how different the froyo roms are though (i have no idea what happpened between cm 6.1.3 and 6.2.0)
anyway this is a little off topic now.
I recommend touchpal dialer
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saj222 said:
Flykernel and cm6.2 ftw, seriously.
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it was my understanding that there was only cm6.1 and cm7.1?
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version#HTC_Hero_.28GSM.29
for the record my current situation is running cm6.1 with flykernel 13, and using setcpu to overclock. i would say it it like a racecar compared to my experiences on 7.1
still open to thoughts if anyone wants to continue discussing this. ultimately i just want a rock solid phone that is as snappy as possible, and i get frustrated when trying out roms that have various features that work poorly. as a result i have mostly stuck to CM stable releases.
darrencoen said:
it was my understanding that there was only cm6.1 and cm7.1?
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version#HTC_Hero_.28GSM.29
for the record my current situation is running cm6.1 with flykernel 13, and using setcpu to overclock. i would say it it like a racecar compared to my experiences on 7.1
still open to thoughts if anyone wants to continue discussing this. ultimately i just want a rock solid phone that is as snappy as possible, and i get frustrated when trying out roms that have various features that work poorly. as a result i have mostly stuck to CM stable releases.
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Hmmm, I see your link says otherwise. When I made that statement I was just reading the CM version from the ROM I currently was running. FroydVillain I think. I just re-checked the build.prop and think I got the CM version and the Android OS version mixed together. Whoops.
saj222 said:
Hmmm, I see your link says otherwise. When I made that statement I was just reading the CM version from the ROM I currently was running. FroydVillain I think. I just re-checked the build.prop and think I got the CM version and the Android OS version mixed together. Whoops.
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There happens to be some froyo roms which are based on 7.2, i think FroYo is and Speedmachine. Floyo 1.2 is 7.1 and 1.4 is 7.2
Habarug said:
... froyo roms which are based on 7.2 ... Floyo 1.2 is 7.1 and 1.4 is 7.2
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i think you mean...
"... froyo roms which are based on 6.2 ... Floyo 1.2 is 6.1 and 1.4 is 6.2"
is that correct?
darrencoen said:
i think you mean...
"... froyo roms which are based on 6.2 ... Floyo 1.2 is 6.1 and 1.4 is 6.2"
is that correct?
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Aah, yeah, of course thanks for correcting it
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Till two days ago I was also using 6.2.0 speedmachine (after testing lot of GB ROMs), and then I installed 2.3.7 LiGux:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1435655,
it is using LV kernel, and I must say that it is fast and look very nice (thanks to Lirasina ICM theming).
Where can I get more info on the ICS Roms?
I can't tell the difference between any of them since all the threads are basically named the same.
I'm looking for a plain as possible, newest build ICS.
emptyshell said:
Where can I get more info on the ICS Roms?
I can't tell the difference between any of them since all the threads are basically named the same.
I'm looking for a plain as possible, newest build ICS.
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Well, really you only have a few options.
First of all, you have the KANGs. These are ROMs compiled from CM9's source code. These are basically the same as CM9 nightlies, but they appeared much sooner. The only other option besides KANGs and nightlies is AOKP, which is ICS with some extra modifications. Nightlies and KANGs also have the devices name in the thread (wifi only or 3g).
Since you said you just want a plain and newest possible build, you should choose either the nightlies or the KANGs, whichever is newest. And of course, you should flash the one for your device .
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Well, really you only have a few options.
First of all, you have the KANGs. These are ROMs compiled from CM9's source code. These are basically the same as CM9 nightlies, but they appeared much sooner. The only other option besides KANGs and nightlies is AOKP, which is ICS with some extra modifications. Nightlies and KANGs also have the devices name in the thread (wifi only or 3g).
Since you said you just want a plain and newest possible build, you should choose either the nightlies or the KANGs, whichever is newest. And of course, you should flash the one for your device .
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AOKP is a kang based on CM9
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Exactly the info I was looking for. Thanks guys.
Hi guys...
I've just got my Galaxy Tab 10.1 P7500 3G...
So I'm newbie to Samsung or Tablets but I have Motorola Defy and I'm quite into changing ROMs and stuff...
Can anyone here suggest me some good, stable, great battery life, awesome speed, no bugs ROM?
Are those ICS versions with working camera? As I've seen some does have camera bug.
Is it worht trying to install ICS or should I find some good solid Honeycomb instead? (recommend any?)
Tnx...
If you want a fast stable ROM I would suggest Task 14.
I've been running CM9 ICS from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1425631 for the past couple days though and I'm loving it. Camera won't work in any ICS ROM. I don't use the camera though so that doesn't bother me. This ICS ROM is the best ROM I've ever used for connecting to our Cisco VPN concentrator at work.
I've had a couple app freezes and 1 random reboot but other than that I haven't seen any issues.
Asking here, can't post in Dev section.
I wanna move from CM7a3.5 to CM9.
I don't need gapps, I use touchpad mainly for reading, my main request for CM9 ROM - to be not worse than CM7a3.5 and that I could live with it until 2013 at least without reflashing. Also would be good if it lives longer than CM7a3.5 in standbye mod.
So which ROM should I choose?
I would recommend just going with the official CM9, personally. I've tried a few of the "kang" roms and always seemed to have one issue or another. Also, you may as well just flash the gapps so you can have access to the market and everything.
I skipped over CM7 entirely, but you should plan on doing a nandroid and titanium backup before installing CM9 so that you can wipe everything and start clean. That said, I cant' comment on how battery life on CM9 compares to CM7 for the Touchpad, but I also have a Nook color and actually went back to CM7 because battery life and UI performance were way better (the CM9 rom is still behind where the Touchpad's is at).
I'm running the latest offical CM9 and I couldn't be more happy with it.
So I should stick to the latest nightly CM9, right?
sombrerro said:
Asking here, can't post in Dev section.
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This is actually the right place for questions (well, actually the Q&A section). The Dev forum isn't for questions, it's only for posting actual work like Roms and Kernels.
anyway, I'd go with one of the regular CM9 builds. The latest nightly should be fine, though I'm using Oat's latest CM9 build which is just his version of a standard CM9 with a few fixes.
Just remember these are all still in development, and CM9 will be continued to be updated, so I don't think you will want to stick with the same ROM until 2013
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but you should plan on doing a nandroid and titanium backup before installing CM9 so that you can wipe everything and start clean.
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Pfft 'real men' don't do backups seriously, I installed cm7 then upgraded to cm9 without any issues cm9 is definitely better, I would install the latest nightly version.
sombrerro said:
Asking here, can't post in Dev section.
I wanna move from CM7a3.5 to CM9.
I don't need gapps, I use touchpad mainly for reading, my main request for CM9 ROM - to be not worse than CM7a3.5 and that I could live with it until 2013 at least without reflashing. Also would be good if it lives longer than CM7a3.5 in standbye mod.
So which ROM should I choose?
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The unofficial cyanogenmod nightlies plus harsh's kernel, oc'd to 1.7 max, 384 min using Antutu CPU Master (free in market). I use this with hardly any problems.
I also use webos quite a bit. The battery life is much better than android. It's fine for reading.
I recommend either the latest CM9 nightly or the latest AOKP. CM9 Alpha 2 is now far too old and has more bugs than the newer nightlies so there is no benefit going for the alpha build. I'm not sure why they don't just release a new one and call it a beta. Everything works.
I'd recommend what everyone else said, just stick with the Nightlys.
Although, I do find myself reverting back to using WebOS more lately for stuff like browsing and the Kindle app. Battery life just seems to last longer and the whole OS is very smooth, compared to CM9.
Thank you guys! Will stick to nightly.
+1 on the nightly
both the official and unofficial works great!
what are you guys' benchmarking scores on them? i get like 94k on browser mark and 6400 on antutu
I have Eclipse 1.1 (old I know) it was great when it first came out and I flashed it. But now I need something new bc its not working as good, and I know theres better versions and other ROMs that are possibly better.
Any suggestions on which ROM to flash and why?
Depends on what you want. If you want a fully functional ROM I'd check out the latest edition of Eclipse.
Cyanogenmod 7.2 rc1 has a small amount of bugs, but is for the most part fully functional. HDMI mirroring doesn't work and that's the one and only downside to me. I still use CM7 as a "daily driver" so to speak. Lots of customization and with the hacks/mods found in this forum I get excellent signal strength, connection speeds and battery life. Wifi still sleeps when the screen's off, but with the v3 build.prop mashup it reconnects on waking within seconds every single time.
Cyanogenmod 9 alpha 3 is somewhat buggy as it's in its early alpha stages. There's no camera yet, but DZK already said there will be a fix for alpha 4. Same with aces miui. It's real slick, being on ics. I like it, but won't stay until there's a working camera and more stability. When that happens this rom will be simply amazing. Overall it's pretty sweet and at the very least, worth checking out/playing around with.....
MIUI4 will be awesome too once the bugs are sorted and fixed. As stated before- the next release will also have a working camera. MIUI is probably one of my favorites if not my favorite but right now its way too buggy for me to use. More so than cm9. Couldn't deal with the bugs Ace is hard at work bringing us more updates and when he finally gets this where he wants it MIUI will more than likely replace cm7 as my daily rom. It's a great ROM in general but I couldn't stay on miui for more than like an hour, personally.
Definitely go into each roms topic and check out the screenshots and videos if there are any. Also look for the working features and known bugs/issues. Honestly I say give them ALL a try and see what best suits you. I only really posted about the newer ones. If I remember correctly molten isn't being updated anymore after 2.3 and I keep forgetting liberty even exists, lol.......
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I started with Eclipse 1.3 and then went to 2.1 running scripts and about everything else with it. Then when CM9 alpha came out, I had to try it. CM9 alpha works great for me. I needed my camera, so I flashed back to CM7. When the beta version of CM9 rolls around, that's gonna be the ticket!
IMHO- CM7
I can't believe how smooth and FAST my phone is with CM7. The camera works great, very little to no lag at all with anything I have found. There's all kinds of customizations for it. I'm not running any scripts, only CM7 and SD Increase from the market. My phone is fun again and I'm not hesitant to show somebody up with a whyphone like I was before. Try it and see.
Also check out this thread for sure!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26801347
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Are you pretty good with computers, tech, etc.? If you want a fast update, just flash CM7 since it is on the same kernel as the version of Eclipse you are on. If you try to update to the latest Eclipse, you have to go through the process of using the SBF to get to stock, updating to 2.3.5 then flash the new version. Its up to you though. CM7 and Eclipse are the most stable ROMs we have at the moment until some bugs get worked out in CM9.
Thanks everyone. I am on Eclipse 2.2.1 as of right now (w/speedy script 7 and other tweaks/apps). Ill probably try CM7 in the future since its already on my sdcard.
xxbgjhn159xx said:
Thanks everyone. I am on Eclipse 2.2.1 as of right now (w/speedy script 7 and other tweaks/apps). Ill probably try CM7 in the future since its already on my sdcard.
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Just remember you need to be on 2.3.4 before flashing CM7.
Man I don't know what it is but.....
I used to run Eclipse 2.1 and scripted to the 23498457890345th power maxed out turnaround wing dinger squared. I thought it was as good as it could get. But when I went to CM7, I giggled at what I "thought" I had. Hands down the way to go, until CM9
I would use cm7. Just because its stable and has the best UI in my option and has pretty good performance. or you could wait for cm9 to get more stable with a working camera and better performance.
Liberty 3
Just Rooted and Flashed for the first time.
I went with Eclipse 2.2.1 - because the HDMI support was kind of a deal breaker for me. (Netflix, FPSE, SnesEX, etc. on a big screen!) But I was wondering why none of you mentioned Liberty 3? I haven't tried anything other than Eclipse 2.2.1 so I don't have an educated opinion to share, but other than CM7 it seemed like Liberty 3 and Eclipse were the two other "stable" ROMs in the DEV section.
Is Liberty "bad" or do you guys just not use it, and why?
Also, I flashed what I *thought* was the latest build of Eclipse 2.2.1 (from the official thread) but there are only 5 pull down toggles on my notification panel - I thought there were supposed to be 7? Did I miss something?
Specter597 said:
Just Rooted and Flashed for the first time.
I went with Eclipse 2.2.1 - because the HDMI support was kind of a deal breaker for me. (Netflix, FPSE, SnesEX, etc. on a big screen!) But I was wondering why none of you mentioned Liberty 3? I haven't tried anything other than Eclipse 2.2.1 so I don't have an educated opinion to share, but other than CM7 it seemed like Liberty 3 and Eclipse were the two other "stable" ROMs in the DEV section.
Is Liberty "bad" or do you guys just not use it, and why?
Also, I flashed what I *thought* was the latest build of Eclipse 2.2.1 (from the official thread) but there are only 5 pull down toggles on my notification panel - I thought there were supposed to be 7? Did I miss something?
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I haven't been on eclipse in a while so I'm not sure if I'm remembering correctly, but I thought there was an option in settings to set those.
I can't say for sure why nobody mentioned liberty though, it might be because it doesn't offer much compared to eclipse. Also, it was supported for maybe 2 months max while I'm pretty sure nitro is still pushing out updates for the x2(somebody correct me if I'm wrong).
RoyJ said:
Depends on what you want. If you want a fully functional ROM I'd check out the latest edition of Eclipse.
Cyanogenmod 7.2 rc1 has a small amount of bugs, but is for the most part fully functional. HDMI mirroring doesn't work and that's the one and only downside to me. I still use CM7 as a "daily driver" so to speak. Lots of customization and with the hacks/mods found in this forum I get excellent signal strength, connection speeds and battery life. Wifi still sleeps when the screen's off, but with the v3 build.prop mashup it reconnects on waking within seconds every single time.
Cyanogenmod 9 alpha 3 is somewhat buggy as it's in its early alpha stages. There's no camera yet, but DZK already said there will be a fix for alpha 4. Same with aces miui. It's real slick, being on ics. I like it, but won't stay until there's a working camera and more stability. When that happens this rom will be simply amazing. Overall it's pretty sweet and at the very least, worth checking out/playing around with.....
MIUI4 will be awesome too once the bugs are sorted and fixed. As stated before- the next release will also have a working camera. MIUI is probably one of my favorites if not my favorite but right now its way too buggy for me to use. More so than cm9. Couldn't deal with the bugs Ace is hard at work bringing us more updates and when he finally gets this where he wants it MIUI will more than likely replace cm7 as my daily rom. It's a great ROM in general but I couldn't stay on miui for more than like an hour, personally.
Definitely go into each roms topic and check out the screenshots and videos if there are any. Also look for the working features and known bugs/issues. Honestly I say give them ALL a try and see what best suits you. I only really posted about the newer ones. If I remember correctly molten isn't being updated anymore after 2.3 and I keep forgetting liberty even exists, lol.......
Cyanogenmod all day
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I totally agree with this guy. It all depends on what you want out of your phone. If you can sacrifice the extra cool doohickies I say CM9 all the way cause alpha 4 just came out and it's pretty sweet, working camera too.
Specter597 said:
Also, I flashed what I *thought* was the latest build of Eclipse 2.2.1 (from the official thread) but there are only 5 pull down toggles on my notification panel - I thought there were supposed to be 7? Did I miss something?
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The toggles are scrollable. You have to scroll to the right to see the rest.
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I loved cm7 as my first and only rom but my 3g sucks,dolphin force closes, camera is buggy etc I'm going to reflash before jumping to eclipse which I've heard is most stable ...
I loved cm7 but the broken orientation sensor in the kernel killed it for me. I now run eclipse 2.2.1. It was a bugger to get installed. Having to wipe cache at a different point than instructions indicate. And also I have a little touch-screen delay.
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