I have a friend who owns a Samsung Vibrant (SGH-T959). He is the Galaxy S, but made for T-Mobile.
I thought CyanogenMod 2.3.7 ROM for Galaxy S, but they are not for this version SGH-T959.
Anyone know if there is a ROM (2.3.5 or 2.3.7) stable for this mobile?
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Try MIUI
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MIUI that is stable?
the staff is active?
you have the link?
Both CM7 and MIUI are based on 2.3.7. And they are both supported on the Samsung Vibrant.
CM7: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297792
MIUI: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123922
Take a look in the development section of the Vibrant forum to find out more information.
I don't think any of them are good enough for a daily driver. I put CM7 on mine and took it off in the same day. The battery life was terrible and the GPS was flakey if it worked.
I think the 2.3 based ROMs will never be as stable as the 2.2 based ones because Samsung never released a 2.3 update for the Vibrant. There is something missing that is needed in the drivers to make things work right.
Very good it !!!!!!
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Does this "Vibrant" is the SGH-959?
Someone who has the SGH-959 uses this ROM? It is working great?
Hug,
JR
Asgard 3.2 is pretty stable for a daily driver, but 2.2 roms are the best for stability
brandonyoung said:
I don't think any of them are good enough for a daily driver. I put CM7 on mine and took it off in the same day. The battery life was terrible and the GPS was flakey if it worked.
I think the 2.3 based ROMs will never be as stable as the 2.2 based ones because Samsung never released a 2.3 update for the Vibrant. There is something missing that is needed in the drivers to make things work right.
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That's a BS statement if I've ever heard one!!!
Cm7 and Miui are exceptionally stable and make very good daily drivers...I've played with both and love Miui......very stable,everything works,and its extremely fast.
As far as GPS goes that's a phone thing....some phones GPS works better than others.
And battery.....well that depends on the user...I don't buy the fact that people get 2-4 days on a full charge unless they just don't do **** on their vibrants,personally I've never gotten good battery life on mine.....but I'm on my phone almost 24/7....that's why I have 3 batteries and an external charger and you will never see me crying and *****ing about battery life
I have Bionix v1.3.1 which comes with gingerbread theme
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it's not BS. It is an admission on the CyanogenMod site itself that the GPS is flakey with their vibrant build.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S:_FAQ
Does GPS work for the Samsung Vibrant with this ROM?
Somewhat, but it's recommended that if GPS is important, this isn't the best ROM to use.
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As for battery life, I am not expecting multiple days, but on Froyo, I can listen to music all day at work and come home to charge it. With CM7, I had to charge in the middle of the day. I wasn't doing anything different,but there was less battery left after the same amount of time.
Does anyone have a tutorial step by step how to install the ROM MIUI 2.3?
I'm still with Android 2.2. Samsung Vibrant SGH-T959
Reards
brandonyoung said:
it's not BS. It is an admission on the CyanogenMod site itself that the GPS is flakey with their vibrant build.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S:_FAQ
As for battery life, I am not expecting multiple days, but on Froyo, I can listen to music all day at work and come home to charge it. With CM7, I had to charge in the middle of the day. I wasn't doing anything different,but there was less battery left after the same amount of time.
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My bad I apologize...I guess I just got use to it just being that way...I actually think I might go back to froyo now that you got me to think about it
joao junior said:
Does anyone have a tutorial step by step how to install the ROM MIUI 2.3?
I'm still with Android 2.2. Samsung Vibrant SGH-T959
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Yes I would like steps for them too.
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Yes just go to android developement look for the miui.us. rom or for Nicks SS/Lithium/Prime thread and the instructions are there and very clear
Tks,
is this topic??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123922
can't find de step by step rsrs
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Shortbus-Driver said:
Yes just go to android developement look for the miui.us. rom or for Nicks SS/Lithium/Prime thread and the instructions are there and very clear
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Thanks but does it have gingerbread theme? Because I want a rom that is specially made for gingerbread theme and I'm running Android 2.2 with Samsung vibrant. Tell me the stablest one and less bugest one. Thank you very much.
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Umm miui is 2.3.7 it is what you make it as far as themes...what you don't seem to understand is miui is 100% user themeable.
You don't have to wait for someone to make a theme for you,its totally customizable ....you theme every aspect to your liking
Im using miui 2.3.7 nb version as a daily driver. it's smooth and stable
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1326764
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im running on miui 2.3.7, really smooth and stable, plus fully customisable themes
Thats true i have used MIUI for a while and it is very stable and also CM7 as well. Battery life ALWAYS depends on the user and not on the phone or ROM. I have wasted all my battery in 4 hours if i really use it alot and when i dont it has lasted me over 16 hours and that doesnt have to depend on the ROM because its been the same for any rom that i use.
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I've been reading through this for a while and can't seem to find any info on this, of course...it could be due to lack of sleep, but who's counting the hours??
SO...Which of the Froyo Roms out there are the Best/working as far as features go? Running 2.1 Update 1 on mine currently...With xRecovery installed.
I like renderio2005 rom with a gingerbread theme. I had very little problems with it.
But like gingerbread better. Just an opinion
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Right - But isn't there still a couple issues with things working on the Gingerbread roms for this phone?
I'm using Wolfbreak's CM 6.1.3 V4.3 [06-03-11] [Tweaked+Theme+Extras]. For me, its very very stable. Didn't give me any problems until now.
Renderios rom is 2.2. If u were wondering
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Voelker45 said:
I like renderio2005 rom with a gingerbread theme. I had very little problems with it.
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Me too, seems to run good and has good features
Z's Free X10 Beta 4 is probably the most popular and very stable. Other than the camera app and no camcorder, I did not have any problems.
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I'm using Wolfbreak's CM 6.1.3 V4.3 [06-03-11] [Tweaked+Theme+Extras]. For me, its very very stable. Didn't give me any problems until now.
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+1 except for the camera (known issue with all froyo's as far as I can tell).
So is the gingerbread ROM thats out there just as stable as the froyo roms? And are you guys flashing these over with xRecovery?
Wolfbreak's CM 6.1.3 V4.3 is very stable, fast and highly recommended
I use the native camera with no issues and use Vignette if I need to use the camera flash.
I also use the version of Videocam Illusion in the link below for video recording which has been tweaked by the developer to run on our Froyo based X10 roms. The quality isn't great but it's better than not having any video recording facility:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984925
Lmao you can tell what I'm using by my sig
Yeah I love this ROM, especially with all the added customization you can do through the CyanogenMod Settings Menu, such as change LED colors and easily change themes, it makes it a great ROM :]
Camera works and to take video, you have to use Videocam Illusions with only records in 640x480. But I can deal with that.
question, anyone notice X10's battery drain a lot faster with Froyo roms?
in comparison to stock 2.1 rom
xtbk9999 said:
question, anyone notice X10's battery drain a lot faster with Froyo roms?
in comparison to stock 2.1 rom
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Yeah I've kinda noticed this as well. I suppose its kinda understandable since the froyo roms run a hair faster you know?
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From X10 XDA App on Wolfbreak's CM6.1v4 Froyo 2.2.1
No battery drain on Free X10 Beta 4, for me anyway. I'd say the same or even slightly better.
Im pretty sure that I'm running the Generic 2.1 Update 1 on mine now, The only issue I've got is I'm picking up 4G Speeds throughout Colorado (except up here in the hills) and I'd be more concerned with loosing that when going to one of the custom ROM's...
Could just be me, But this phone SCREAMS when you get that lovely little "H" on the signal bar! Dunno - Maybe I'll try it since I backed up my stock ROM yesterday with xRecovery...We'll just have to see, but it sounds like Wolfbreaks ROM is the best one out there next to the Free Beta4 one...
Thanks for all the input
I use CyanogenMod-6.1.1-v03 and have done for several weeks now, its really stable with a few issues, like the camera (common problem for most roms) and bluetooth sometimes acts a little weird when I try to pair it with my MW600 headset.
Battery drainage is normal, but I use a extended battery with 2600mAh instead of original, so its hard for me to compare.
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Im pretty sure that I'm running the Generic 2.1 Update 1 on mine now, The only issue I've got is I'm picking up 4G Speeds throughout Colorado (except up here in the hills) and I'd be more concerned with loosing that when going to one of the custom ROM's...
Could just be me, But this phone SCREAMS when you get that lovely little "H" on the signal bar! Dunno - Maybe I'll try it since I backed up my stock ROM yesterday with xRecovery...We'll just have to see, but it sounds like Wolfbreaks ROM is the best one out there next to the Free Beta4 one...
Thanks for all the input
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You still get HSPA. If you think your phone flies now, wait until you try 2.2. We would not be on it if it was slower. Speed is basically what you are getting by giving up a fully functional camera and other customizations.
I switch between FreeX10 beta4 and rendeiro's cm6.1.3 and would say they're both pretty stable. I don't have a problem with either one for daily use. I switch back to modded 2.1s for camera and camcorder.
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Diesel984 said:
Im pretty sure that I'm running the Generic 2.1 Update 1 on mine now, The only issue I've got is I'm picking up 4G Speeds throughout Colorado (except up here in the hills) and I'd be more concerned with loosing that when going to one of the custom ROM's...
Could just be me, But this phone SCREAMS when you get that lovely little "H" on the signal bar! Dunno - Maybe I'll try it since I backed up my stock ROM yesterday with xRecovery...We'll just have to see, but it sounds like Wolfbreaks ROM is the best one out there next to the Free Beta4 one...
Thanks for all the input
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I am using renderio2005 theme and recently 3G is started in India and i am enjoying full blown 3G experiance.
Recently have been attending full Web Ex sessions on my phone.
and ya its preety damn stable
THERE IS A FIX FOR CAMCORDER FOR FROYO ROMS...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=994336
Just bought this phone (Sony Xperia x10) for my wife, after I smashed her Samsung galaxy S 4G during an argument last night. I ordered it overnight shipping so it should be here by Monday or Tuesday.
Now there were no custom roms out at the time she had her Galaxy 4G, so it was only rooted.
Yet after visiting the development section for this phone it looks like there are tons of roms being cooked up for this one, so I just wanted to get a few opinions on what roms are worth flashing? I'm looking for speed and stability above all. Its for my wife, so I want to be able to just flash something for her and never bother updating and flashing again for a month or two months at a time. Now if it were my phone I'd be flashing every other day! But that's only because I can handle bugs, beta testing, and known issues so on and so forth. Women though, they just want their phone to work, period. So what's the most stable rom to flash for the x10? Any insight, suggestions, heads up, and links would help, as I haven't got my hands on it yet, I want to go ahead and research as much as I can about it, so I can root, flash, and customize it for her right out of the box. Thanks.
cobratos miui is REALLY good...
Wolfbreaks cm 6.1.3 is also fantastic
I flashed cm 7 gb onto my gf's htc wildfire. Its completeley stable. She gets like 2 or 3 fc's every few days and guess what.......she still bloody moans lol.
Anyway back on topic....i vote for wolfs cm 6.1.3. Super stable, bug free and must be close to final release.
for stability i recommend z's freex10 roms
for eyecandy i recommend cobratos miui (my daily rom, fairly stable, has few bugs)
the stock 2.1 rom is not bad at all, just gotta optimize it a bit (remove bloatware, enable JIT, Sysctl, compucache, build.prop mods)....i think there are a few 2.1 roms with these mods already in place, however i havent used a 2.1 rom for a long time
if she wants take advantage of the nice camera on the x10, i recommend going the 2.1 route as the camera interface and quality is the best with stock 2.1 (IMO)
fiscidtox said:
cobratos miui is REALLY good...
Wolfbreaks cm 6.1.3 is also fantastic
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Agreed on both!
Thanks guys! I appreciate all of your feedback, and I will look into your suggestions
Give at least a look at the ROM in my signature. Fast, stable and reliable.
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Klyentel said:
Just bought this phone (Sony Xperia x10) for my wife, after I smashed her Samsung galaxy S 4G during an argument last night.
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All you need is love,
All you need is love,
Love is all you need,
Love is all you need
Since it is for your wife I recommend android 2.1. There are some nice girly themes out here for it, and she won't freak out of bugs.
Hi,
I've tested 5 roms :
-> original SE last update 2.1 : lot of lag
-> kX10 R2B001 - 03FEB1 : 2.1 rom modded : better than the official one : good but not for playing
-> 2.2.1 FROYO : very good but some bugs (like translation) and don't like the launcher, too slow for me : good for iphone lovers
-> Achotjan_Froyo_2.2.1 : 2.2.1 rom modded : the best for me : it's french lol -> Actually, found no bug, the best for me : very stable, better than the official, very fast (BB58)
Klyentel said:
Just bought this phone (Sony Xperia x10) for my wife, after I smashed her Samsung galaxy S 4G during an argument last night. I ordered it overnight shipping so it should be here by Monday or Tuesday.
Now there were no custom roms out at the time she had her Galaxy 4G, so it was only rooted.
Yet after visiting the development section for this phone it looks like there are tons of roms being cooked up for this one, so I just wanted to get a few opinions on what roms are worth flashing? I'm looking for speed and stability above all. Its for my wife, so I want to be able to just flash something for her and never bother updating and flashing again for a month or two months at a time. Now if it were my phone I'd be flashing every other day! But that's only because I can handle bugs, beta testing, and known issues so on and so forth. Women though, they just want their phone to work, period. So what's the most stable rom to flash for the x10? Any insight, suggestions, heads up, and links would help, as I haven't got my hands on it yet, I want to go ahead and research as much as I can about it, so I can root, flash, and customize it for her right out of the box. Thanks.
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i would recommend BlueSparks(2.1) Eminence(2.1) Eternity(2.1)
MIUI are good if you like the lay out of Iphone as that is what it looks like in respects..
Irun z's freex10 2.2b4 hotfix1 and data2sd. fast realiable basic... theme it with xfx10. and your done!
+1 for z freex10 beta 4 hotfix 1
Solid as a rock and lightning quick
For a little more customization I would recommend Wolfbreaks CM6.1.3
Maybe freex10 now and CM6.1.3 in a couple of months?? Just my opinion
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Achojant The best rom full stable
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fiscidtox said:
cobratos miui is REALLY good...
Wolfbreaks cm 6.1.3 is also fantastic
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vote for these two also, I'm using both as my daily roms.....
Use Trips MIUI (2.2.1)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013210
Its the BEST MIUI rom with fully working camera and camcorder.
I am using it as daily rom. It is super fast and smooth.
many devs says here that ROM is perfect and EVERYTHING works,the problem is the with the definition of EVERYTHING,its differnt for every dev,for major roms you cant use camcorder so cant use goggles,bar code scanner ,video cam in all settings,there are some walk troughs and ways but then you cant call it everything
just go with 2.1,modify the stock one ,thats the best option
you broke the last phone....if there are too many lags,your wife will smash the phone this time
for us its all ok,for your wife dont take any chance!!!
kunalgahlot said:
many devs says here that ROM is perfect and EVERYTHING works,the problem is the with the definition of EVERYTHING,its differnt for every dev,for major roms you cant use camcorder so cant use goggles,bar code scanner ,video cam in all settings,there are some walk troughs and ways but then you cant call it everything
just go with 2.1,modify the stock one ,thats the best option
you broke the last phone....if there are too many lags,your wife will smash the phone this time
for us its all ok,for your wife dont take any chance!!!
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Lol what cobs miui and wolfbreaks cm everything works...
2.1 is slower than 2.2 no matter which rom you use......
Also, cobs miui kills trips miui, just sayin'
Klyentel said:
Just bought this phone (Sony Xperia x10) for my wife, after I smashed her Samsung galaxy S 4G during an argument last night. I ordered it overnight shipping so it should be here by Monday or Tuesday.
Now there were no custom roms out at the time she had her Galaxy 4G, so it was only rooted.
Yet after visiting the development section for this phone it looks like there are tons of roms being cooked up for this one, so I just wanted to get a few opinions on what roms are worth flashing? I'm looking for speed and stability above all. Its for my wife, so I want to be able to just flash something for her and never bother updating and flashing again for a month or two months at a time. Now if it were my phone I'd be flashing every other day! But that's only because I can handle bugs, beta testing, and known issues so on and so forth. Women though, they just want their phone to work, period. So what's the most stable rom to flash for the x10? Any insight, suggestions, heads up, and links would help, as I haven't got my hands on it yet, I want to go ahead and research as much as I can about it, so I can root, flash, and customize it for her right out of the box. Thanks.
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Not all women just want their phones to work, period Some of us can flash our own ROMs. I used z's Freex10 but prefer wolf's CM 6.1.3 since it's very fast and good on battery. However different people have different problems with the ROMs they flash and it's worth paying attention to instructions
I strongly recommend you take look at this thread: talk.sonyericsson.com/message/59415 . It has many good ROM's for the X10 with some good feedback.
I have personally tried the stock ROM with JIT enabled and removed bloatware (did everything needed to make it quick) it worked good but the battery life sucked. Then tried FreeX10 and its pretty good and quick but yet again battery life wasn't any better than the stock one. Then tried CM by Wolfbreak and its pretty darn good. Battery life is def better and so is speed.
Im going to be honest with you none of these ROM's are even close to perfect. They all have slight bugs, all force close once in a while.
So here's my advice, if your wife isnt exactly tech savy + likes to use features such as the camera and wifi alot than stick to the stock ROM and wait for SE's update this year.
If she is a problem solver (isnt afraid of using google to solve any problems she has) and doesnt want a phone that lags to often and has good battery life than go for Wolfbreaks CM 6.1.3. Although wifi and camera can pose problems sometimes on this ROM
Hope this helps
romainpicou said:
I strongly recommend you take look at this thread: talk.sonyericsson.com/message/59415 . It has many good ROM's for the X10 with some good feedback.
I have personally tried the stock ROM with JIT enabled and removed bloatware (did everything needed to make it quick) it worked good but the battery life sucked. Then tried FreeX10 and its pretty good and quick but yet again battery life wasn't any better than the stock one. Then tried CM by Wolfbreak and its pretty darn good. Battery life is def better and so is speed.
Im going to be honest with you none of these ROM's are even close to perfect. They all have slight bugs, all force close once in a while.
So here's my advice, if your wife isnt exactly tech savy + likes to use features such as the camera and wifi alot than stick to the stock ROM and wait for SE's update this year.
If she is a problem solver (isnt afraid of using google to solve any problems she has) and doesnt want a phone that lags to often and has good battery life than go for Wolfbreaks CM 6.1.3. Although wifi and camera can pose problems sometimes on this ROM
Hope this helps
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I feel like you guys are feeding him misinfo, I haven't had any force closes on either of the roms I posted, they were/are completely stable.
i saw many new release for android 2.3.4 and i`m using darky`s rom but not sure which rom is best to use . tell me what rom you are using and whihc one has best feature
nic007rvs said:
i saw many new release for android 2.3.4 and i`m using darky`s rom but not sure which rom is best to use . tell me what rom you are using and whihc one has best feature
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I like the Infusion ROM because it looks good and is fast as hell. Haven't used it long enough to evaluate the battery life, but so far it's looking pretty good.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152693
I am using latest cognition
Works fast and reliable aklso kernel supports overclocking.
Battery consumption is good also.but this is 2.3.4 specific i thing, valid for most of the 2.3.4 roms.
In my view be better to wait for Samsung to actually release 2.3.4 rather than work of a leaked test rom .
jje
JJEgan said:
In my view be better to wait for Samsung to actually release 2.3.4 rather than work of a leaked test rom
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I was thinking the same thing myself, but the ROMs using 2.3.4 are getting some good reviews. It's certainly tempting!
Likewise but just to many errors reported for me . Many from newb installs but as current rom is excellent and i want full 2.3.4 firmware flash on a clean phone before flashing custom i am trying hard to wait .
jje
JJEgan said:
as current rom is excellent and i want full 2.3.4 firmware flash on a clean phone before flashing custom i am trying hard to wait .
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Same here mate. I think I'm just getting itchy fingers, coming from a HD2 where I was deciding on my next ROM whilst flashing one!
Im using Lite'ning with 2.1 (with 2.3.4) and it sounds the best to me. Fast and stable.
I'm using VR2.0 at the moment and getting 1% battery drain per hour with WiFi on and push email. Everything else is manually syncronised. Insane, and I doubt it will stay this way. On VR1.4 I had 28 hours before the battery died.
Not easy to answer... lots of roms with much difference.... just read some roms 3d and find your own street....
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yeah but leak rom working better then official 2.3.3 , so its worth trying
yes i want to test gtalk video call and it was worked fantastic , my friend was on dell xps and i`m my SGS2 and quality was awesome , although i always feel samsung speaker could be more powerful. Right now downloading Cognition S2 want to try hand 1.5ghz over clock.
just root only
All ROMs are nothing but skins and simple tweaks. They are all the same. Until CM7 or MIUI finals are released, we probably won't get a real alternative to stock.
There's not a difference in UI, I agree. But my battery definitely lasts longer
To me, other than battery consumption, there seems nothing that could tempt me to move from stock....having had SGS 1 for quite sometime and been a flash addict, I think Samsung has done remarkably well for SGS2...its pretty much tweaked/optimized already, no lags...nothing actually warrants a custom ROM...but then who am I kidding...might as well sail on the custom ROM one day.
Atm i'm using Ficeto's 2.3.4 version, working fine but i'm thinkking on changing to Infusion 1.6 when the upload will be done
Litening 2.1 is best by far out of all the 2.3.4 ROMS I've tried out.
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aydc said:
All ROMs are nothing but skins and simple tweaks. They are all the same. Until CM7 or MIUI finals are released, we probably won't get a real alternative to stock.
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Dont forget about kitchen rom. That is also a beast imo.
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so far I like LitePro Ver2.00 most.
My sisters blackberry is crapping out, so i picked her up a fascinate for 70 bucks off of craigslist.
I myself have been using a captivate for the past year and a half, so i know the process of flashing cant be all that different.
My main question is which rom i should put on there. I want something very stable, and something that gets great battery life.
I can say from experience that with my captivate, when i used roms that were ported from other phones (I9000 and CM based roms), the performance was good, but the battery was awful, and i usually ended up with bugs. (for example, im running pinnacle (KH3) right now and my battery life is awesome. I go from 7am to 3pm with some usage and im only down to like 70 percent.)
So what im looking for is a custom GB ROM that gets awesome battery life, and something that she wont come to me and complain about in a few weeks because of some bug. If theres only a froyo rom available that offers what im looking for, then thats fine as well (although not preferred).
tsm pool party with glitch kernel 12 in development forum or 13 from the glitch app provides really good battery. Im currently on vanilla gb v8.1 from rootzwiki with glitch kernel rc13. seems good so far.
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All mtd based roms provide decent battery life...although I got the best battery life with powerwashed froyo w/ imnuts 0808 pbj kernel. I would get a steady 36hrs battery life...with mtd roms I get 16-24hrs, which is plenty imo and the performance is second to none. as dawman said vgb8 is solid, I just don't like the fact the rom has no widgets in the pull down menu. tsm pool party is sweet w/ the live weather app...but for some reason I end up back on cm7. cant really say why, they all are good roms. have not tried miui yet...
davwman said:
tsm pool party with glitch kernel 12 in development forum or 13 from the glitch app provides really good battery. Im currently on vanilla gb v8.1 from rootzwiki with glitch kernel rc13. seems good so far.
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Whats considered really good? Coming from the captiate forums, people talked about cm7 having good battery, and i just didnt see it. My phone would drain very quickly even when in standby.
Releases intended for captivate, vs I9000 and cm based roms werent even close. I probably would get more than double the battery life with a captivate rom over a cm rom.
This is why im scared to use a rom that isnt intended for fascinate. If it really comes down to it, i think i would rather just use a really good 2.2 rom. On this device, i really dont see much of a difference.
droidstyle said:
All mtd based roms provide decent battery life...although I got the best battery life with powerwashed froyo w/ imnuts 0808 pbj kernel. I would get a steady 36hrs battery life...with mtd roms I get 16-24hrs, which is plenty imo and the performance is second to none. as dawman said vgb8 is solid, I just don't like the fact the rom has no widgets in the pull down menu. tsm pool party is sweet w/ the live weather app...but for some reason I end up back on cm7. cant really say why, they all are good roms. have not tried miui yet...
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whats mtd stand for? and is powerwashed based off of an actual fascinate rom? I may end up using 2.2, simply because i personally wont be using the phone, so i need to to be stable and have great battery life.
whats the difference between running cm7.1, and the nightlies?
lourivellini said:
Whats considered really good? Coming from the captiate forums, people talked about cm7 having good battery, and i just didnt see it. My phone would drain very quickly even when in standby.
Releases intended for captivate, vs I9000 and cm based roms werent even close. I probably would get more than double the battery life with a captivate rom over a cm rom.
This is why im scared to use a rom that isnt intended for fascinate. If it really comes down to it, i think i would rather just use a really good 2.2 rom. On this device, i really dont see much of a difference.
whats mtd stand for? and is powerwashed based off of an actual fascinate rom? I may end up using 2.2, simply because i personally wont be using the phone, so i need to to be stable and have great battery life.
whats the difference between running cm7.1, and the nightlies?
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aosp,cm7,vgb,miui are all mtd based roms. yes powerwashed is based based off of verizon ed05 froyo
what do you guys think is better than TW that i should try, miui?
Miui was pretty cool. Visually appealing but for me some apps didnt work and battery life sucked. I am using phiremod 2.0. It's a cm7 that in my opinion apart from bionix is the best rom I've tried I get great battery life and its really fast and reliable. I've been on it for about 3 months
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If you want a good quality 2.2, check out Toxic8 or Deranged9. Both excellent ROMs with great support and outstanding battery life.
If you want the latest then ICS Passion is where it is at but make sure you are comfortable flashing ROMs, Odin and bootloaders. Oh and read, read, read.
I've been using ics passion 10.6 its great! no rom gives good battery life for me but this isn't any worse than stock 2.2 battery life
I am new to this stuff, but I flashed Zendroid a few days ago and love it. Super solid, no glitches at all yet. I have 25% battery right now after a full day's use and that never happened on stock. I love it, super clean, super smooth. I can't speak to "better" than bionix as I haven't tried that ROM yet. Just know that Zendroid is awesome.
I was on bionix 1.3.1 and was hesitant to try ics passion but the rom is smoother than I ever imagined.
Ok so I was looking at ics, and there's a ton where can get the best rom and kernels or is there a good site I can read about it?
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lilredstang said:
Ok so I was looking at ics, and there's a ton where can get the best rom and kernels or is there a good site I can read about it?
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Just look for the "ICS Passion v11" thread in the Development sub-forum. I recommend the stock kernel, only because it lags for me if I use Eugene's. Results may vary though, so you should try both and see which works best for you.
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I think it really depends on the features that you're looking for. Personally, I don't really see the necessity to jump ship to a GB or ICS rom for the Vibrant just yet (if ever). Someone posted a pretty legit list on Fishman's mod noting the differences between Android versions that you should check out to see if updating is worth it for you.
+1 for bionix from me..
ICS Passion v11 is pretty sleek, but since there's no 1080p video recording I may have to revert back to Bionix.
The Vibrant is a better video recorder than my Flip- I'm not sure why they would cripple the video.
360 productions make some great miui roms. I prefer lithium. you could give those a try
I've been using bionix nextgen v2 for a long long time, and it's fantastic but I'd really like to make the jump to a GB rom.
Mainly because I can't stand the fact that my CM7 Nook Color can run apps that my Galaxy S class phone can't.
Only GB ROM I've tried so far was the first stable CM7 version, but no matter what I tried I couldn't get my GPS to work _at all_. Since I actually make use of my GPS on a fairly regular basis I went back to bionix nextgen.
Can anyone recommend GB or ICS roms that have good GPS performance (meaning they don't have that "turn off GPS once and you have to reboot to get it back" issue)? Been browsing through the roms listed in the dev forum, but I'd also like some extremely fresh personal feedback from other users here.
Thanks in advance all.
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I've been using bionix nextgen v2 for a long long time, and it's fantastic but I'd really like to make the jump to a GB rom.
Mainly because I can't stand the fact that my CM7 Nook Color can run apps that my Galaxy S class phone can't.
Only GB ROM I've tried so far was the first stable CM7 version, but no matter what I tried I couldn't get my GPS to work _at all_. Since I actually make use of my GPS on a fairly regular basis I went back to bionix nextgen.
Can anyone recommend GB or ICS roms that have good GPS performance (meaning they don't have that "turn off GPS once and you have to reboot to get it back" issue)? Been browsing through the roms listed in the dev forum, but I'd also like some extremely fresh personal feedback from other users here.
Thanks in advance all.
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Would also like to know whether such ROM (GB with working GPS) exists...
Since my original post above I've switched to ICS Euphoria. It does have the GPS off = reboot to use it problem, but honestly leaving the GPS switched on all the time does not seem to have a serious impact on my battery life vs what I was getting before. In the end I'm fine making that tradeoff in order to be on modern firmware. ICS is _awesome_ and I don't see myself going back.