tittle says it. im new
Hey there, welcome to the forums.
Well, first of all.. tell me a little bit.
What are you looking for?
Speed? Good Battery Life? Froyo, Gingerbread? Do you care? GPS? etc.
personally bionix 1.3.1 was my favorite for froyo, but if you want Ginger cm7 nighty is the way to go. miui is popular, but for the most part, it turns the vibrant into something completely. . . different.
flash away man. see what works for you. the vibrant is virtually unbrickable.
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Hey there, welcome to the forums.
Well, first of all.. tell me a little bit.
What are you looking for?
Speed? Good Battery Life? Froyo, Gingerbread? Do you care? GPS? etc.
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hey im also. i want malice v5 but need help because i dont know how to install it?
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hey im also. i want malice v5 but need help because i dont know how to install it?
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Well, PM me if you'd like.. I'll gladly help.
Thank s guys. I tried the cyanogenmods and they made my phone slow for some reason. I them odin my phone to start are fresh. But now It seems even root my phone. I want to try bionix but its not letting. Can anyone help on that? I'm using under one click method. Can someone send me a good odin ( don't know if there Is one considered good) or someway to root it in another way? Thanks
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How to Root here (stickied in QA forum)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
AIO Toolbox with drivers and Odin here (stickied in Dev forum)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
Thanks. I'll try these out when I get home and tell what happens
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theexel said:
Hey there, welcome to the forums.
Well, first of all.. tell me a little bit.
What are you looking for?
Speed? Good Battery Life? Froyo, Gingerbread? Do you care? GPS? etc.
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I'm looking for a fast rom. REALLY FAST. And not many glitches or non at all.
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I use Toxic8 with Bali X 1.2kernel (gingerbread theme) and it is snappy, stable and battery lasts really well. Quadrant (although I despise it) gives about 2000 average.
I even used the GPS to get me to somewhere that MapQuest failed big time. Place was so far out that the roads didn't have names anymore, just numbers. But GPS took me right to the front door.
I'll try it out. Can you send me the links?
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And whats the difference with bali kernels and regular kernels?
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I'll try it out. Can you send me the links?
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And whats the difference with bali kernels and regular kernels?
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I would but that would be too easy. They are in the Dev section. Also there is the "bible" in there too. Worth taking a look at.
Lol. Ok thanks man. Really appreciate it.
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I've gone from Cyanogenmod7 to Trigger to Toxic Crazy 8. Cyanogen was horrible, as I was still a noob and it was terribly buggy then.
I suggest toxic Crazy 8. Flashed it a couple weeks ago, and it's beautiful. I decided to stay with Froyo because it's been around longer (more time to perfect it) and it's much more battery efficient. I get 44 hours of light use out of my phone, on one charge (Screenshots soon, I'm busy now...) It's also super smooth, just follow their install instructions. I've never had it lag and I can't stress how amazingly smooth it is.... xD Have fun flashing! Just keep some backups handy...
Edit: I failed to mention I'm running on Bali, OC'd to 1.2 Ghz (It came with Toxic, and I have no reason to change)
Here's Toxic Crazy8
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I am new to all this. I have rooted my phone and read on here what some1 said wuz the vibrant bible. Now I want to flash but I am not sure what would be best for me. I need one with an awesome gps, longest batt,life, and the fastest runnin becuz of what I do. And was wonderin if there is a rom that would give me 4g signal or even just a better signal. Plzzzzzzz help me.....Thanx
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I am new to all this. I have rooted my phone and read on here what some1 said wuz the vibrant bible. Now I want to flash but I am not sure what would be best for me. I need one with an awesome gps, longest batt,life, and the fastest runnin becuz of what I do. And was wonderin if there is a rom that would give me 4g signal or even just a better signal. Plzzzzzzz help me.....Thanx
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The is not 1 concrete answer,i run Axura and is fast has great GPS and battery life,but some complain about battery life with it,you have to try and see what best for you,Nero 3 and Eugene ginger clone R2 are also say to be fast and good,but i haven't try them yet.
Venture and try more than one so you can see for your self which is better.
welcome to xda but questions go in the q&a section. i would prefer you to do a little reading so you get what you want first try. there are plenty of roms and really its a slew if you check out different versions. what you are looking for is a modem to flash. check out my sig. click the pic
You just gotta tinker man. Try them all and see what you like. Start with Nero v3 and go from there. You can also try flashing different modems and kernels to experiment with speed and battery life. It's all relative, dude. No one ROM works for all. Good luck, and hit up the Q&A section and utilize the search function often. Damn near any question you have has been answered.
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try learning how to use Odin first, once you know how to do recovery via Odin, you can start trying out different ROMs.. I tried almost everything in this forum.. as of now my daily driver is Nero v3 with TW..
Ya I figured out how to use odin cuz when I first bought my phone I just started tryin it without fully understanding everything and when I flashed it I had no data signal so I read alot and used odin to go back to stock.
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Sorry abut postin in the wrong place
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I am on Nero v3 by TW as well. I have found no reason to even try something else a this point, of course that could change tomorrow. lol I find Nero V3 to be very fast and stable and the GPS works as well as any rom I have tried. Also I seem to get good reception with it.
I've tried almost all the roms out and was on nero v3 for a while but went back to Macnut R14. Flashed the jl5 voodoo kernel and the jl5 modem and this is my favorite thus far.
LEARN HOW TO ODIN BEFORE YOU FLASH. Read on ODIN, then READ some more. Try all the ROMs
Usually stock kernels are the better battery wise. The GPS performs more or less the same in all roms. Some roms are faster, but you will pay the price on battery life.
Axura, and Eugene's are using lightly to non modified kernels that give you great battery life also.
Be careful with OC kernals, many phones do not support them, and you are gonna enter in a loop and you are going to freak out.
After that, which kernel to use is mostly your taste. Some of them bring different themes and apps.
IT is all about test and evaluate yourself.......
Thanx for helpin I think I am ginna start wit nero v3 and then just take it from there. If by the loop u mean it just keeps rebootin I have done that when tryin to use odin to go back to stock. Lol I figured it out though pretty eady lol. Thanx every1.
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To: Samsung Vibrant > Vibrant Q&A
Please put your questions to: Vibrant Q&A
Ok I flashed to nero v3 now can I use rom manager to recover all my apps? If sho how do I do it?
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nnk61209 said:
I need one with an awesome gps, longest batt,life, and the fastest runnin
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Not very original.....every ROM tries to achieve these things
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Ok I flashed to nero v3 now can I use rom manager to recover all my apps? If sho how do I do it?
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You should use Titanium Backup for your apps.. but you have to do backup before you flash and then recover after flashing..
So im runnin nero v3 wit voodoo now. I like it. A lil better wit the batt and everything but not much. How else can I enhance everyrhing and make it better?
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As the title says, what's your favorite ROM and why? Why didn't you stay on that rom and go to the one your on? Or you can explain a short review/experience with them.
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Eugenes gingerclone.
It is really fast
Too bad its a little outdated
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Hmm, I've always flashed roms by Team Whiskey.
I think out of all of them, Nero v5 and Bionix-V 1.2 would tie as my favorites as of now.
Both are extremely snappy and smooth. The battery life is incredible. As of now, I'm currently running Bionix-V 1.2 and as of this last charge, my phone has been off the charger for 51 hrs (17% left) with light/moderate usage.
TBH, I could've stayed on Nero v5, but I just moved on because I wanted to experience the new hotness from TW.
(Actually, that's a pro and a con when it comes to TW: everytime you flash one of their roms, it takes only 4-5 days before a new one comes out and then you've got to debate whether or not to flash the new one, lol.)
my Rom of choice : Di11igaf
Smooth, fast, and good looking.. oh wait.. sorry guys i was looking in the mirrror..
haha JK.. yea this rom is dope.. Blue Version!
Eugene.
Game over
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Eugene.
Game over
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If it wasn't for eugene we wouldn't have progressed like now
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As expected, anything by Einherjar Dev Team will be my choice.
That said, this is going to be different for everyone. It depends what you want in a Rom.
Masters roms are always very visually appealing.
TW is who I studied. They make a solid rom, everytime. They also have access to every kerneler there is, except for freelance supercurio.
EDT is very young but growing fast. These roms are set out to be created as something that does yet exist.
Eugene is the hero of anyone who has ever had to recover from a soft brick. Solid roms.
The lone rom-ers are starting to bring out some very solid products.
Lol, I guess thats all I have to say right now.
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That said, this is going to be different for everyone. It depends what you want in a Rom.
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it also depends on which device ur using.. unless these roms are avalible for my captivate as well ive never heard of them..
Thanks for all your answers guys!
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If it wasn't for eugene we wouldn't have progressed like now
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francous said:
it also depends on which device ur using.. unless these roms are avalible for my captivate as well ive never heard of them..
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Dude, this is a Samsung Vibrant forum....you can assume that any ROM mentioned here is for the Vibrant.
team whiskeys bionix ftw!
Trigger V2.0.1, because it's amazing.
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Dude, this is a Samsung Vibrant forum....you can assume that any ROM mentioned here is for the Vibrant.
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Ha I seemed to have missed that..my bad.. I guess that's wat happens when you search
Samsung captivate running d11igaf 5.6
francous said:
Ha I seemed to have missed that..my bad.. I guess that's wat happens when you search
Samsung captivate running d11igaf 5.6
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Lol I was like "what rom is that?"
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Lol I was like "what rom is that?"
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Lol I thought it was a general thread for some reason..was wondering why everybody had tmobile under there names lol
Samsung captivate running d11igaf 5.6
I'm a big fan of the team einherjar Roms. they seem to be the most stable to me and have the least amount of issues. i recently flashed bionix V 1.2.1 but i has issues trying to download apps from the market even after reflashing like three times. needless to say i flashed back to trigger 2.0. thats just my 2 cents.
Nero v3 because it had the best battery life. But i dont want to revert back because bionix has some things that nero did not and i will take them over the battery. But yea i love battery and have heard that axura has excellent battery life.
Cyanogen mod 7
Pretty stable, fast and statusbar widgets.
Oniyuri said:
Hmm, I've always flashed roms by Team Whiskey.
I think out of all of them, Nero v5 and Bionix-V 1.2 would tie as my favorites as of now.
Both are extremely snappy and smooth. The battery life is incredible. As of now, I'm currently running Bionix-V 1.2 and as of this last charge, my phone has been off the charger for with light/moderate usage.
TBH, I could've stayed on Nero v5, but I just moved on because I wanted to experience the new hotness from TW.
(Actually, that's a pro and a con when it comes to TW: everytime you flash one of their roms, it takes only 4-5 days before a new one comes out and then you've got to debate whether or not to flash the new one, lol.)
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With about 41 of those hours you sleeping...
Look i need a good rom.
Trigger blows.
Bionix drains power like a mothafucker.
Please i need a battery saving rom thats awesome.
PLEASE
I have noticed that bionix blows the battery like if it was water....but its a good one...
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It true, i would leave my phone there. Not doing anything and an hour later my phone had lost like 25%!
1) do a proper battery calibration
2) take a good look at your apps, there are lots is poorly coded apps that drain battery.
3) do all tests on a stock kernel (not overstock or cw)
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i use auxura andd the battery life has always been amazing
birgertime said:
1) do a proper battery calibration
2) take a good look at your apps, there are lots is poorly coded apps that drain battery.
3) do all tests on a stock kernel (not overstock or cw)
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I have Trigger and I think it's the best Rom. I found that when phone is in idle battery drains really slow but when display is on battery drains very very fast.
How do we do a proper battery cailberation?
Try Darky's 9.3 Final for vibrant.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973811
It's 2.2.1, not 2.2; but it's similar, stable, fast and good battery life.
Personally, I love it and generally get a good day's use with a good amount of operation time.
Then download "Super Manager" from the market and use the widget that comes with it. It's the most reliable and effective task killer I've ever used. Make sure to enable root permissions and check the "clean system memory" (or something like that) box in the settings of the app.
For themes, go to the i9000 forum and
1.) download the theme you like (should say if it's for Darky's 9.3)
2.) Explore the file and delete the "services.jar"
3.) do a Nandroid Backup (as usual)
4.) flash it.
5.) Enjoy =D
Hope this helps your search!
kevho00 said:
Look i need a good rom.
Trigger blows.
Bionix drains power like a mothafucker.
Please i need a battery saving rom thats awesome.
PLEASE
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Hey what ROM did you write that doesn't blow? Just askin, since the guy who has spent a ton if his time writing one that rocks, but you think blows, just dropped some pretty good advice on you without a hint of insult.
Every time I see one if these lame childish posts I ask myself: Why do parents give their preteens Android phones?!?
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Come on bro im asking for help.
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You're running some apps that drain your battery. I've gotten 30 hours plus from both Trigger (older version) and the latest Bionix. On the newest Trigger right now and it's even better.
Are you in a low signal area? Are you using screen brightness on high? Are you leaving wifi on when not connected to a network? There are lots of things that can cause poor battery life. I can assure you it's not the ROM.
Sweet Honey 2.5 running 2.2.1! by far the best.
Battery life is amazing and signal is great.
running it stock install OS 1.4.1 kernel and ka6 modem.
I have the same question like u, I want to find a really amazing ROM too
First off, asking a question like that you will never get a straight answer.
Reason being: If everyone thought the same ROM was the best and only used the one ROM, there would be no need for the other ones on there.
The right answer is going to depend on what you are looking for. More speed? More battery? or somewhere in the middle.
I have run most of the current ROM's from EDT, and TW. They are all pretty damn amazing. What is going to make more of a difference will be what Kernel you are running. Also, if you OC (overclock) or UV (undervolt). There are going to be other things that will eat battery. Mainly apps, mail, and anything else that depends on wireless data when the phone is idle.
read, read, read.... I was once a NOOB, and by all accounts, still am one. (just a noob that has flashed a lot and read a lot in these threads)
what an arrogant and stupid way to start a call for help thread by insulting one if not the best custom rom out there. Seriously try thinking brfore making such an idiotic statements.
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Hey what ROM did you write that doesn't blow? Just askin, since the guy who has spent a ton if his time writing one that rocks, but you think blows, just dropped some pretty good advice on you without a hint of insult.
Every time I see one if these lame childish posts I ask myself: Why do parents give their preteens Android phones?!?
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Well said.
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The best rom I have used is Atriac v2. I like Team Whiskey roms.
Atriac is just as fast with Voodoo disabled as it is with it enabled. Quadrant benchmark is slower with Voodoo disabled but as many others have said Quadrant isn't an accurate gauge.
I have one app that used to take at least 5 seconds to load. Lag fixes greatly reduced the apps load time. Atriac with Voodoo disabled loads that app just as quickly as using a lag fix.
Besides being the fastest, Atriac is the smoothest rom I have used.
kevho00 said:
Look i need a good rom.
Trigger blows.
Bionix drains power like a mothafucker.
Please i need a battery saving rom thats awesome.
PLEASE
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double facepalm
WHY DO YOU GIUS HATE ME?! WAAAAAAA
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WHY DO YOU GIUS HATE ME?! WAAAAAAA
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First man, don't insult the Dev's on here. They all spend their time developing Rom's, Kernels, Themes and many other great things for our phones. Insulting them does not help you get your problem solved and makes people not want to help you. We love our Developers here and show them respect for the work they do for us. Whenever you have a problem with a ROM don't insult the Developers work rather first see if it is truly the ROM or if it is user error (no offense intended). Next if you still don't like the ROM then flash a new one. There are plenty to choose from. I personally use Simply Honey 2.5 with Overstock 1.5. Battery life is good, super smooth and really snappy. Give it a shot hopefully it might answer your questions and be what your looking for.
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WHY DO YOU GIUS HATE ME?! WAAAAAAA
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Try appologizing to the devs for your childish insults...one of them even gave you great advice...and still you show no respect...tisk tisk
using Bionix V-1.3 w/a Splash of Color
I'm currently using the latest Sombionix Rom and I want to check out some others. Can u guys point me in the right direction please... Thank u!!!
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All of them lol cm7 , trigger, bionix, and bi winning with bullllllllllet .
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I started with Bionix but I just recently flashed Trigger. Trigger is pretty rad.
Same here. Ran several versions of Bionix, got bit by the flashing bug and switched to Trigger. Been running the Overstock kernel for a while but am about to try out Bali.
Let me answer your question with a question:
Which make of car is the best?
If this thread stays serious long enough you will find, like most "Which is the best (insert any tangible object here)?" threads, every ROM will get a few hits.
/sarcasm off
On a serious note I have gone between Eugene's ROMs, Sombionix's ROMs and a few of EDT's ROMs. They all have their perks and for some they all have their short comings. If you want the custom ROM feel with a relatively painless installation, go with the one of the above. If you want something a little more custom go with MiUi or CM7 or a few of the other projects.
I personally use Trigger 2.9.4 with OverStock 2.x and enjoy it quite a lot. In the past I've enjoyed Eugene's MacNut series, nearly all of Som's 2.1 and 2.2 ROMs and EDT's Flagship and Trigger.
tl;dr
Pick one yourself and see how it goes, restoring from a backup isn't all that difficult.
CamachoInc said:
I'm currently using the latest Sombionix Rom and I want to check out some others. Can u guys point me in the right direction please... Thank u!!!
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The devs in this forum are so amazing, and their ROMs of such quality, that you owe it to yourself to try them all to find out which you like the most.
well since its already been said like 5 times, I'm just going to agree that I put on trigger 3 rom a few weeks ago and have been running overstock kernel for a while before that. but the 2 together. un-freaking believably awesome.
I repeat.. *ehem*
UN-FREAKING BELIEVABLY AWESOME
Try vibrace
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Get the new toxic 7.
It's awesome.
Eugenes GingerBread Clone 7 ! ,4 day battery life FTW ! ! ! and stability is out of this world this Rom You can count on ,and wont fail You whenever You need Your phone to work , and 86 MB rom , mii amore need i say more ?
Thanks to all of you!!! I'm going to try of you guys suggested.
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Simply galaxy has veen my fav so far. I started out with axura that was also sexy. Ive been dying to try some tw work but I can't sway away from simply galaxy I love it to much
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seedofchaos said:
Simply galaxy has veen my fav so far. I started out with axura that was also sexy. Ive been dying to try some tw work but I can't sway away from simply galaxy I love it to much
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Same with me
Cyanogenmod is good, but its buggy.
I personally like trigger, but my friend likes biwinning
Soo. You'll have to decide for yourself to meet your requirements.
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Ok, so I made a thread about a month ago asking for a battery saving Froyo ROM, most suggested was Bi Winning, and i've been on it since.
While on Bi Winning I noticed something..
Sometimes my phone would be at 50% at night when i recharge it, or most of the time 70's and 80's
I know I don't use my phone extensively as most of you do, but MORE than HALF of the time, my phone is on standby. Are there any good GB roms that have good standby battery? I'm planning on going to the new ROM JETPACK, because I think it looks beautiful. Any suggestions guys?
Yes. Simply Honey just calibrate your battery. Trust me. But try jetpack
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Gingerzen. I get about 18 hrs daily and for the most part my phone is in stand by. Its also not themed out with a bunch of junk like simply honey or any of those roms.
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Alanrocks15 said:
Yes. Simply Honey just calibrate your battery. Trust me. But try jetpack
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mr.johnsexydavis911 said:
Gingerzen. I get about 18 hrs daily and for the most part my phone is in stand by. Its also not themed out with a bunch of junk like simply honey or any of those roms.
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Simply Honey just... is not my look. the status bar freaks me out and i dont even understand it? Is there a theme that makes it look like a normal GB rom? or something similar?
@Johnsexydavis (nicenamelol)
I can't find Gingerzen on Vibrant Dev forum, and i just noticed your on GT-I9000... are you sure your from this phone? you might be suggesting me a I9000 rom lol
Actually gingerzen is on rootzwiki and I think xda. Brick'd made it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197805
Also all gingerbread roms are based off the i9k well at least the TW are.
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duboi97 said:
Actually gingerzen is on rootzwiki and I think xda. Brick'd made it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197805
Also all gingerbread roms are based off the i9k well at least the TW are.
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Oh my bad. I searched GingerZen and it didn't show up, there were no results.
guess the xda search thing still sucks bawls.
thanks guys