Hey folks,
I've been playing with CM7 for so long that I have completely lost touch with Froyo builds... but my wife has pretty much laid down the law that if I can't hear her when she calls me, I can sleep on the couch.
That said, there exists no Gingerbread for the Fascinate which has acceptable in-call sound volume levels. I know they're working on it, but until they succeed (end of year, maybe? Maybe sooner? Who knows!) I need to drop back to Froyo.
What's a good build nowadays? Don't much care whether it's Touchwiz or not, so long as it's debloated, rooted, and not going to go belly-up with the latest recovery...
Thoughts?
- Gurm
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But powerwashed or geewiz would be your best option. I ditched CM7 due to call/speaker volume and other reasons.
I would suggest either GeeWiz or Powerwash if you want one that is based off of ED05, which supposedly fixes the missed call issue. If you want the most customizable I'd go with CommRom 2.1; however if you use any kernels bundled with it they will be pre-ED05 and may still have the issue. I'd try CommRom 2.1 with either PBJ's 8/08 build or Powerwash's new OTB based kernel, both of which are ED05 based.
Just my $.02 worth.
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I am currently running the Evil Fascinate 3.6 Rom with the OTB Reloaded 1.6 Kernel and the official ED04 Radio. Definitley like this setup but was wondering if there is anything else i should try? Haven't really done anything as far as overclocking but i would like to speed up my phone a bit but not too much were it kills my battery. and would like to get the best possible signal as far as the radio goes. The radio I'm using i will sometimes have a missed call or lose satellite location within the GPS. Just looking for any setup recommendations that someone else might be using that is getting a great result in every category. Any theme recommendations would be appreciated as well. I don't have a theme flashed yet with the EF 3.6 because I like the black theme.
I'm running ComRom 2.1 over ED01 with imnuts' PBJ -50 voodoo kernel. My fascinate doesn't take kindly to overclocking so PBJ is perfect. Phone's pretty snappy and gets good battery life (24+ hours on a full charge with moderate use), and I have yet to miss a call. Signal is decent like always and I usually get a pretty quick lock with gps.
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I use Jt1134's CM7 (0704 build) with Nemesis2all's OTB for MIUI/CM7 (0704 build)
I have it OCed to 1.4 GHz running stable. (Battery life is excellent too. . .*)
I use the ED01 radio. It seems very stable and the signal is great.
*Still needs calibrated though. . . will update when done.
Question about CM7?
Ok thanks for the info. Quick ?, are you running into any problems with the CM7 rom? Heard some people had issues with MMS and some other things?
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Ok thanks for the info. Quick ?, are you running into any problems with the CM7 rom? Heard some people had issues with MMS and some other things?
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MMS is not functional in CM7. At all. Since I rarely (if ever) need or use MMS, I don't mind.
Keep in mind CM7 is still in an alpha state. So it has a couple minor issues (LED cannot be used as a torch, there is a little bit of lag in some of the sensors, etc.) But it is the most functional "alpha" I have seen.
Running EC09 radio. No complaints here.
Im running the same ROM/kernel ED04 radio setup and am getting SOD frequently. You having that problem?
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Im running the same ROM/kernel ED04 radio setup and am getting SOD frequently. You having that problem?
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never heard of that happening with ComRom, I suspect ED04 may have something to do with it.. I don't really know what to do about that except maybe a full data/cache wipe and reflash of ComRom or changing your radio to ED01 or maybe even EB01, never had a problem with those
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Rom: Jt's CM7 Build 0713
Kernel: Nemesis2all's OTB 2.6.35.13
Radio: EC09
Everything has been running superbly with this set up
i was wondering what everybody was running? Im still on evil fascinate, ed04 (which sucks), with a standard volt kernel running overclocked at 1.24 or it gets all glitchy and force closes. Im wondering what rom, kernel, radio combo works the best these days. Ive been reading all sorts of stuff and am just not oo sure what to go with. I use my phone alot for web surfing, a few games, music, etc. I also wondered if my aftermarket extended battery will work. any insight is greatly appreciated. Thanks to all the devs that make this possibel cause without them this phone really sucks ass.
I have been searching for a great daily and after trying the cm7.1 Rom I thought it was great, the only deal breaker for me was the sound issues with speakerphone. So i tried powerwashed and think is great, very stable and reliable.
Hope that helps, try it see what you think.
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benfikaman said:
I have been searching for a great daily and after trying the cm7.1 Rom I thought it was great, the only deal breaker for me was the sound issues with speakerphone. So i tried powerwashed and think is great, very stable and reliable.
Hope that helps, try it see what you think.
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honestly im not sure how you could consider the speakerphone echo a deal breaker on cm7.1... thats a very minimal issue at best imo, but to each is own. I do agree pwbg is a great rom aswell.
After constantly bouncing around ROMs, this is honestly the best setup I have had thus far: PWGB ROM with the Adrenaline Shot, fixpermissions.zip, EC09 radio, and the GeeWiz 2.1 kernel (very basic kernel, flashed to remove hotspot monitoring). I have tried the custom kernels but they remove a lot of stability for me. Also check out the sweet honeycomb theme for it!
do i just odin the eho9 radio? i have ed04 and i have trouble with having 3g or any signal for that matter. would eh09 be better? will it work with cm7, miui, or powerwsahed?
Yes Odin the ec09 modem...much better than ed04 IMO. Getting 1.3mb down on speakeasy.
I'm still running EC01, even with PWGB. Never had a data/call problem, ever.
I use my speakerphone a lot, so for me it is a deal breaker, it's a great Rom nonetheless
For powerwashed i restored back to original since i had to use the pit file to repatriation, think is great so far.
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And here is why you have to try all the roms yourself. i was on powerwashed GB rom and i hated it. Very glitchy and the touchscreen would freeze. Tried everything to try and cure it, adrenaline shot, turning off the 100mhz setting. To make matters worse something in that rom borked my connection to a PC, I couldnt get it to recognize my phone. I tried for 3 days finally got a connection and i dumped that pile. CM7.1 and been pretty good so far tho all roms have glitches you just have to try out what works best for you.
BTW best data connection I ever got was on the EB01 radio, I was getting 1.5 meg down. EC09 was horrible I got around 200k down. I'm on ED05 now will see how it does.
Im set up on powerwashed now and my screen freezes and im constantly takeing screenshots. I think im gonna give espresso a try. Thanks to everyone whos giveing their two cents on this. Greatly appreciated but I guess its trial and error. I do like to see everbodys feedback tho.
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Well what I have seen here lately is that their are multiple ways to root. But on top of that all the roms have different glitches. So I'm still stuck with debating and fixing my phone constantly. I'm running an old miui and can't really see a way to try the new 1.10.14.
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once the glitch kernel implements Jt's GPS fix, cm7.1 and glitch will be the best and fastest! It's the most overclock and also You can under-volt more than another kernel.
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once the glitch kernel implements Jt's GPS fix, cm7.1 and glitch will be the best and fastest! It's the most overclock and also You can under-volt more than another kernel.
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Glitch already is imo... I just use gps booster from market until the fix is implemented. Getting the same gps results as jt's kernal this way.
So I am on Superclean 2.9.2 with a voodoo kernel, and radio is EB01
I have not upgraded in at least 6 months+
So far my phone has been pretty stable, only big thing I would love is to find a rom that has much better battery life, but I doubt i will find that, just the way smartphones are.
What are the real advantages of going to some of these new GB roms? I see cm has some issues with Flashcard, and not sure if it will even work with mine since still using stock that came with phone, and data dropping out.
Thanks
GB tends to be faster. Miui is the only one that I've used that data never drops out. I'd say battery life is similar for me between TW (2.2) and GB.
I'm on miui and glitch and I average at least 14 hours which I'm happy with, I very seldom half to plug it in other than during the night.
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it depends what you want...if you are happy with your setup, back it up before trying other stuff
fwiw i run dh12 with the stock kernel and am very happy
which one is dh12?
I am getting confused which modem is best? EC09? EH09? EI20?
I read in one post EC09 can corrupt SDcard? so best to stay way from that one? and stick to EH09 and EI20?
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which one is dh12?
I am getting confused which modem is best? EC09? EH09? EI20?
I read in one post EC09 can corrupt SDcard? so best to stay way from that one? and stick to EH09 and EI20?
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dh12 was a joke (it was our launch rom last september)
you cannot use eh09 or ei20 modem on the vzw fascinate...ec09 is *usually* the best modem to use on gb (aosp or tw) but some people have better results with eb01 or ec01
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dh12 was a joke (it was our launch rom last september)
you cannot use eh09 or ei20 modem on the vzw fascinate...ec09 is *usually* the best modem to use on gb (aosp or tw) but some people have better results with eb01 or ec01
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OK but now I am even more confused...i see here for example
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274561
Says Ei20?
Is this rom not for fascinate?
Ok I went with MUI and followed the detailed directions so I am on EC09 modem. I think I messed up the terminology when I asked that last question.
About to install the glitch kernel now..i feel like I have a new phone now...totally different..LOL
My battery actually improved with gb
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I think the PowerWashed GB (it is from the mesmerize, and is NOT an SDcard risk) is a great rom. Better battery life, 0 force closes, and the radio is amazingly consistent(data or calls are VERY rarely dropped. The speed of my fascinate also improved.
My only caveat with this rom is 3 fold... There is a charge bug, where it tells you your battery is 100% when it's 95% or 87%. Second, there is no verizon network recognition (the market doesn't have verizon apps, essentially. Everything else network based works perfectly though). Lastly... After being created and made nearly perfect... Development has stalled out on it. The battery charge issue is one of the only things I'd like to see developed, but I'm not sure that will happen.
In short... Try gingerbread, i don't think you'll regret it.
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I'm very tempted to try out an ICS ROM and wonder which I should try. Some swear by Onecosmic's ROM saying it's smoother and more stable than Passion. It's 911 and e911 seem to both work but GPS seems to be broken. Passion seems to be getting the most traffic. e911 is broken though 911 works. GPS is way better than Onecosmic, if I understand correctly, but kernel dependent.
Which are you using and why? Or should I wait for more issues to be fixed, e.g. mute/unmute?
I ran Onecosmic's for a while. 2.11 was pretty good. They then produced a 3.1, but didn't bother to change the build.props values from i9000, guaranteeing problems and showing a lack of seriousness in supporting the Vibrant, so I tried the CM9 kang. Build 14 was good, but 15 was terrible (looked like build.props was incorrect), decided to stay with CM7 until an ics rom has CM permissions management. No experience with Passion.
I agree a lot with what cashmundy said. Neither onecosmic nor the cm9 teamhacksung have vibrants and are builing for the I9000 so we are just getting I9000 ports with no true support from the rom dvelopers. Not that either is a bad rom but the Vibrant community is the ugly step kid in the development. Neobuddy and Nelson are building ICS Passion on their Vibrants and supporting it well. Passion is based on cm9 as far as I can tell with Neobuddy working it for the Vibrant. Nelson is constantly trying to improve the kernel and latest is based on rev 3.1.10. Passion has it's bugs and each new version fixes some and regresses on others but it's a Vibrant rom worked on by Vibrant devs and is the most complete IMHO.
I honestly havent tried OC's rom. Been really happy with Neo's Passion. It seems everyone has a different quirk. Some people's GPS works, some don't, some have the mute/unmute bug, some don't. My GPS works AND don't have the mute/unmute bug. One of the lucky few it seems.
ICS Passion v12
I like it a lot after CM dropped further development. It seems to move around faster and is clean. The mute/umute doesn't seem to be an issue for me. Haven't tried GPS except to play with Angry GPS. Seems like I was picking up satlellites, best I could tell. I read something about a unlocked Samsung phone from China not working on 911, but did on 112 (international emergency). I'm beginning to wonder that if Samsung won't share the codes...DOES 911 work on the stock ROMS??? I'm thinking I can live without 911, since my option of returning to the Eclair ROM makes me ill... .
Seems like 911 is broken passion v11 onwards
ICS passion it should be, as cashmundy said, its dedicated to Vibrant. I have working GPS but the Mute/Unmute issues bugs me. I am still on v11 btw.
Both roms are good, I think that passion has more tweaks. Both are stable less mute and unmute bug which is keeping me on trigger 822. But other than that everything else works great. Just irritating that a phone does not do the simplest feature of answering a call correctly.
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how can I put the firmware in order to avoid a bug with the microphone?
In general, there is such of the ICS?
There is a new Onecosmic version out, 4.1. I'm pulling it down to see if the build.props still say i9000 instead of t959.
One important philosophical difference is that Onecosmic is explicitly AOSP and only AOSP, whereas Passion is using some or all of CM9. That's reason enough to choose Passion for me. I'm just waiting for permissions management to get ported.
PS: download of Onecosmic version 4.1 finished, took a look inside with Ghost Commander (must-have tool) and the build.props is correct for T959.
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Give me the link.
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I have been reading through various thread regarding ICS ROM and GPS. Conclusion is that ... it doesn't work very well or when it does it's very temperamental.
Anyone has a suggestion as to which ICS ROM has the best working GPS (even if it's buggy)?
Passion or Euphoria for sure!
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As he said. Euphoria was launched yesterday, so far, no complaints on GPS
The new CM9 official builds are far and away better than anything else for the Vibrant based on my personal experience. There was always a bit of lag in the other ICS roms that I couldn't stand, and made it so I had to go back to GB, but after taking the leap on the new CM9 16B, I'm in love...
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The new CM9 official builds are far and away better than anything else for the Vibrant based on my personal experience. There was always a bit of lag in the other ICS roms that I couldn't stand, and made it so I had to go back to GB, but after taking the leap on the new CM9 16B, I'm in love...
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Where are you getting the official CM9 builds from?
I agree with Bruce, you can never really go wrong with CM builds. I have had several different CM Rom's on my other phones and I have never had any issues with bugs or stability.
CM9 build I am following is here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1503038
Currently running Passion and GPS is working since Kiss 2.2 kernal update.
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Is the vibrant GPS pretty solid with CM? I'd always thought that my vibrants GPS poor performace was due to bad hardware.
Have you used it with any path tracking apps such as trackmaster similar that record your path/speed?
I am currently using ICS Passion v13.1 with ICS Kiss v5.1 Kernel. GPS is temperamental. I find that if the GPS symbol on my status bar doesn't show up or if my navigation isn't getting a lock, rebooting my phone sometimes does the trick. Prior to flashing and all I had my phone switched out twice by tmobile. I deff have a have device that I received after oct 2010 so I never thought about doing the hardware gps fix. I used Axura which is based on Froyo JK2/JK6 and the GPS on there worked. I eventually flashed to ICS as Axura got really sluggish and annoying.
Go with ICS passion or euphoria. I haven't tried out euphoria yet but I like passion so far.
UPDATE
I got my gps to work and here is what I did.
I had the kernel that comes with ICS Passion v13.1 and replaced it with kiss v5.1. That didn't fix it. So i replaced the kernel with icy glitch v14 6B. That didn't work. Lastly (and it did the trick), I tried this fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370910 and it works. So i am happy now with my passion....
However, there is very little or very spread out information about ICS passion vs euphoria comparisons.
can somebody elaborate on the differences and their opinions? I might start a new post based on this question.