I9100XWKK2 port on SGH-I777 Best rom ever! - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777

Hello everyone,
I installed the I9100LUXKJ1
Luxembourg version directly using odin, and I have to say ti is the best rom I have ever tryied on my SGS II-I777.
How do I extract the kernel from it? I'd like to root it and then clean it up a bit.
For you developers there, If you haven't tried this rom, please do, it is the cleanest one I have seen.
Almost everything works great out of the box, H+ speeds, camera, phone, etc.
However, two of the physical keys don't work, and the hume key actually goes back.
any ideas to help me start on the development of this rom? I would appreciate if you include any threads for me to follow. It's hard to find an all inclusive guide for SGS II.

Unless you are a Dev who knows his way around a kernel I would suggest flashing entropys hellraiser for i9100 roms to start. Just search for hellraiser gs2. It should fix call issues and soft keys (flashes entropys att kernel) as well as a modem designed for our phones.
Sounds like maybe you need to read a few,of the stickies to freshen up you gs2 DOS and DONTS..
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Any movement on this ? Screenshots?

NassosG said:
Hello everyone,
I installed the I9100LUXKJ1
Luxembourg version directly using odin, and I have to say ti is the best rom I have ever tryied on my SGS II-I777.
How do I extract the kernel from it? I'd like to root it and then clean it up a bit.
For you developers there, If you haven't tried this rom, please do, it is the cleanest one I have seen.
Almost everything works great out of the box, H+ speeds, camera, phone, etc.
However, two of the physical keys don't work, and the hume key actually goes back.
any ideas to help me start on the development of this rom? I would appreciate if you include any threads for me to follow. It's hard to find an all inclusive guide for SGS II.
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Roms always feel smooth and fresh after just flashing. Use it heavily for a few weeks and watch it slow down like the rest.
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akira02rex said:
Roms always feel smooth and fresh after just flashing. Use it heavily for a few weeks and watch it slow down like the rest.
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Not all slow down. There are a few on here that stay fast. MIUI for example and sensation rom

akira02rex said:
Roms always feel smooth and fresh after just flashing. Use it heavily for a few weeks and watch it slow down like the rest.
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That's why you flash a new one every couple days! LOL
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akira02rex said:
Roms always feel smooth and fresh after just flashing. Use it heavily for a few weeks and watch it slow down like the rest.
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thats because massive cahe page files build up, reboot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache and your back to new. A ROM isn't alive, lol, theres no reason for it to get old and slow down after awhile, just maintain it the right way and it'll work just like brand new.

you should include a changelog and other stats, along with a download link in the dev section.

This does not belong in Development - you did not create it, it doesn't belong here.
A report that you flashed an I9100 ROM and it broke everything that always breaks when running an unmodified I9100 ROM on an I777 is barely worthy of its own thread anywhere, most definitely not in the Development section since you did not do any Development of any sort.

Enzopreme said:
thats because massive cahe page files build up, reboot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache and your back to new. A ROM isn't alive, lol, theres no reason for it to get old and slow down after awhile, just maintain it the right way and it'll work just like brand new.
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Does deleting cache or dalvik cache ruin anything? I usually only do that before flashing a new ROM, but wouldn't mind doing this occasionally to make my ROM faster

Cache, more less where Android stores your frequently accessed data.
Dalvik-cache, makes some changes and optimizes dex file of an apk then stores that file in data/dalvik-cache/ so that dalvik doesn't have to do it every time you load an app. Makes access times faster.
Long story short both are safe to wipe. Just expect 2-3 minute wait time on boot after wipe
Running ICScrewD ROM

jivy26 said:
Cache, more less where Android stores your frequently accessed data.
Dalvik-cache, makes some changes and optimizes dex file of an apk then stores that file in data/dalvik-cache/ so that dalvik doesn't have to do it every time you load an app. Makes access times faster.
Long story short both are safe to wipe. Just expect 2-3 minute wait time on boot after wipe
Running ICScrewD ROM
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So it speeds up access times, and slows down the rest of the system as the cached files build up?

Enzopreme said:
thats because massive cahe page files build up, reboot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache and your back to new. A ROM isn't alive, lol, theres no reason for it to get old and slow down after awhile, just maintain it the right way and it'll work just like brand new.
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Nice tip!!! I didn't realize this but certainly makes perfect sense... Guess I'll be clearing my caches regularly from now on

Enzopreme said:
thats because massive cahe page files build up, reboot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache and your back to new. A ROM isn't alive, lol, theres no reason for it to get old and slow down after awhile, just maintain it the right way and it'll work just like brand new.
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What? If this were the case, wouldn't the cache in a typical phone become unusably large eventually since the typical user has no idea that recovery mode even exists? And if it really happened, wouldn't Google Android Team Engineers/Samsung Engineers/XDA Devs have thought to automatically purge the cache periodically, or else limit its size/growth?
Smells like a fix in search of a problem.

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New so basic general question

Well my first post.
So I am new to this whole concept. Rooted and flashed to Ginger Tax 2 days ago. Thanks to all your excellent posts and guidance. It made this easy and pain free.
So my general question is why so many roms? Is one better than the other?
Collin
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Some of the ROMS have different addons/themes. The GB roms are still fairly new, but they are starting to have some variation (for example blackened tazz). They will probably vary even more as time goes on. The different developers' modifications appeal to different people. There are actually a few different versions there is 2.1 with sense. several 2.2. a few 2.2 with sense that issues are being worked on. and several GB. as far as which one is better or which one will work better for you, the only way is to try a few and pick what works.
csleverette said:
Well my first post.
So I am new to this whole concept. Rooted and flashed to Ginger Tax 2 days ago. Thanks to all your excellent posts and guidance. It made this easy and pain free.
So my general question is why so many roms? Is one better than the other?
Collin
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It is more about personal preference than it is about which ROM is "better". Just as their are many linux distros, there are different flavors of Android. Some come with Sense UI, others are stock. Many have different customizations/hack/apps/features. Just try a few out and see what you like.
Well its as simple as: Our phones could still be stuck with no root and the OEM os. But thanks to all our talented and awesome devs we have the ability to flash any os we want. 2.1, 2.2, 2.3. Possibly even 3.0 in the near future. I believe there is even a throw back 1.5 rolling around still. Its all these versions and flavors that let us the end users have the ability to choose a performance and styling package if you will for our devices.
Powered by: GSB CM7
So last week I jumped into this exciting world.
So I played with TASS and Shed roms. All was well.
Decided to do all the backups etc., formatted my sdcard, got the recent releases.
Things don't seem as snappy anymore. Frequent lags, some fc's and then today I couldn't unlock my screen.
Any thought on what I might have done?
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My only guess is to wipe the Dalvik cache, as well as see if any apps you are running could be dragging down the memory.
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csleverette said:
So last week I jumped into this exciting world.
So I played with TASS and Shed roms. All was well.
Decided to do all the backups etc., formatted my sdcard, got the recent releases.
Things don't seem as snappy anymore. Frequent lags, some fc's and then today I couldn't unlock my screen.
Any thought on what I might have done?
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the kid escobar said:
My only guess is to wipe the Dalvik cache, as well as see if any apps you are running could be dragging down the memory.
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Just to cross every T, you did a full data wipe before flashing, too, right? Did you flash Google Apps (GAPPs) immediately after flashing the ROM? As escobar mentioned, have you looked to see how much memory you have left? Did you flash Cache2Cache after flashing GAPPs, which will increase your memory by a noticeable bit?
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Just to cross every T, you did a full data wipe before flashing, too, right? Did you flash Google Apps (GAPPs) immediately after flashing the ROM? As escobar mentioned, have you looked to see how much memory you have left? Did you flash Cache2Cache after flashing GAPPs, which will increase your memory by a noticeable bit?
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As an engineer, I like crossing every T so no worries.
I followed the basic steps from the instructions with the ROM in the following order:
1. Wipe Date/Factory
2. Wipe Dalvik 3 times.
3. Flash Rom
4. Flash gapps
5. Flash Cache2Cache
6. Reboot and configure
This morning after reading your post, I checked memory and its currently at ~ 50 / 190 ... sometimes a little less sometimes a little more.
csleverette said:
So last week I jumped into this exciting world.
So I played with TASS and Shed roms. All was well.
Decided to do all the backups etc., formatted my sdcard, got the recent releases.
Things don't seem as snappy anymore. Frequent lags, some fc's and then today I couldn't unlock my screen.
Any thought on what I might have done?
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I also was experiencing this lag and FC's on the Gingerbread ROMs. I wiped everything before I flashed (even the memory card, I have a couple of them and this was the stock 8gb that came with the phone) My experience with the Gingerbread ROMs have been slower for me. I went back to my nandroid of XtrSense after using Gingerbread (which I used each Gingerbread ROM for a week) and I felt like my phone was the fastest it has ever been. It was so smooth and everything was just quick. I recommend trying the XtrSense 5.0.1 ROM. See if that is any better. I flash all the ROMs to try them out, but XtrSense is my everyday ROM.
csleverette said:
Well my first post.
So I am new to this whole concept. Rooted and flashed to Ginger Tax 2 days ago. Thanks to all your excellent posts and guidance. It made this easy and pain free.
So my general question is why so many roms? Is one better than the other?
Collin
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For me it is just fun to look at all of the little difference the devs on here create, some interesting, some not. But fun either way.
dpiddy14 said:
I also was experiencing this lag and FC's on the Gingerbread ROMs. I wiped everything before I flashed (even the memory card, I have a couple of them and this was the stock 8gb that came with the phone) My experience with the Gingerbread ROMs have been slower for me. I went back to my nandroid of XtrSense after using Gingerbread (which I used each Gingerbread ROM for a week) and I felt like my phone was the fastest it has ever been. It was so smooth and everything was just quick. I recommend trying the XtrSense 5.0.1 ROM. See if that is any better. I flash all the ROMs to try them out, but XtrSense is my everyday ROM.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I have read many posts about the quality of the Xtr roms.
I tend to think what is going on is a me issue somehow. Something I missed or maybe with what I did with reformatting my sdcard. Right after I rooted and flashed last week, both worked awesomely.
Its only after this weekend's effort at cleaning everything up from my year and half on my stock Eris did things start acting up.
Well so far I think I fixed my problems.
Fresh wipe and format of sdcard with a single fat 32 partition.
Flash rom, flash gapps, no cache2cache this time.
Pretty much smooth as silk.
Now I wonder if going back and doing cache2cache will be ok like I was reading in the GSB post?
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Well so far I think I fixed my problems.
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Well except that is for this lock screen of death which I haven't figured out how to come back from without battery removal.

[Q] Wipe or non wipe when final Samsung ICS comes out?

I am contemplating installing KP1 from 2.3.5. Now I understand that the ICS Roms are wipe and definitely would choose to do so from Gingerbread anyway.
But normally Samsung released roms are non wipe aren't they? Well every rom I have flashed has been without the need to wipe with no obvious problems so far.
So my question is if I flash one of the alpha/beta roms and set everything up again (I'm choosing not to use titanium so I have a fresh install of everything) will the official ICS from Samsung likely be a non wipe rom or will I have to set everything up again?? I may choose to use Titanium backup in that case though.
This is my first Android phone (come from the evil microsoft on my last few phones ) so have yet to see a major operating system upgrade.
I would imagine that it will be a wipe rom, system app data at the very least so you are talking stuff like sms/accounts/etc.
But I would think they will make a kies backup/restore part of the official update process.
But as far from the alpha leaks to an official build, i would imagine you would need to wipe, so I dont see a reason to set it up yet.
Thanks for your thoughts. Thats what my gut instinct was.
I almost caved in to upgrading on this release. Even made a record file of every app that backs its settings up and also what apps don't along with a list of all my important apps.....
But now you've backed up my thoughts I might just hold off until the official release before thoroughly spending a couple of hours setting it all back up without using titanium backup. After all I feel ICS won't make a whole new user experience or increase in battery life by the look of it... yeh another topic.
It could be a few weeks away and then non wipe roms from there on.... or a few months
pbrown77 said:
Thanks for your thoughts. Thats what my gut instinct was.
I almost caved in to upgrading on this release. Even made a record file of every app that backs its settings up and also what apps don't along with a list of all my important apps.....
But now you've backed up my thoughts I might just hold off until the official release before thoroughly spending a couple of hours setting it all back up without using titanium backup. After all I feel ICS won't make a whole new user experience or increase in battery life by the look of it... yeh another topic.
It could be a few weeks away and then non wipe roms from there on.... or a few months
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Well so far the ICS builds are generally unstable and buggy, not really daily driver quality, mostly in the bringup stage, I would be surprised if we are a month or so from a good build from samsung.
The samsung builds look a lot like gingerbread at the moment, and the CM9 builds are missing quite a few features due to needing to wait for ICS kernel source from samsung for some features.
At the moment, I would stay away, a lot of pain for not much gain.
Thanks for the heads up. Temptation zero now
pbrown77 said:
Thanks for the heads up. Temptation zero now
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Another thing is, unfortunately the samsung ICS builds have the same old TW UI, at least we ill be able to push the stock ICS launcher to get back some of it, but still, its going to look like touchwizz
Yeh I read that its still v4, not v5 or anything. Edited.....
pbrown77 said:
Yeh I read that its still v4, not v5 or anything. Edited.....
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I agree.
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smoothest, least buggy ROM?

What is the smoothest ROM out there right now (custom or not)? I love the work that the guys do on here, but I'm just getting fed up with FC's and insane lag on my phone. The three ICS roms I've tried have been the original team perfection port, then seraphim, then the unofficial. All of them i've experienced super smooth performance at one point, and then for periods of time the phone just craps out and gives me constant FC's or lag to the point where it takes 5 seconds for the phone to register my action.
Really getting sick of buggines, makes me miss my windows phone (not really though). Is the newest stock ICS ROM the most stable?
cgibsong002 said:
Is the newest stock ICS ROM the most stable?
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It is for me at least. Rooted and debloated it myself and running unsecure kernel. My phablet is AWESOME
I always find odexed roms to be silky smooth.
Not trying to be a d!ck but "best/smoothest/fastest" rom post are not gonna help you
Its always gonna be on the user end.
If you're having problems
Start from a clean slate
Odin to make sure you're coming from a super clean state
Wipe wipe wipe every flash unless told not to
I personally Odin every other rom to make sure everything is running smooth
And every rom I've tried so far runs perfectly
on my phone (unless rom has broken features of course )
But try different stuff out.
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jayRokk said:
Not trying to be a d!ck but "best/smoothest/fastest" rom post are not gonna help you
Its always gonna be on the user end.
If you're having problems
Start from a clean slate
Odin to make sure you're coming from a super clean state
Wipe wipe wipe every flash unless told not to
I personally Odin every other rom to make sure everything is running smooth
And every rom I've tried so far runs perfectly
on my phone (unless rom has broken features of course )
But try different stuff out.
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I'm new to Android but have had this phone for a few months and have flashed a number of roms. You very well might be right and I hope so. All the roms I've tried recently seem to run nice at first then become unusable.
I'm on unofficial now and I hate using my phone because everything freezes and crashes all the time.
So what's going on? I also wipe everything before flashing. What do you mean by using Odin? Flash the ROM through there rather than recovery? I only used Odin once for root.
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Running Odin before hand is farting in the wind....
The cwm wipe is all you need.
Of after a bit your stuff gets unstable, wipe caches and that usually speeds things back up.
studacris said:
Running Odin before hand is farting in the wind....
The cwm wipe is all you need.
Of after a bit your stuff gets unstable, wipe caches and that usually speeds things back up.
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If cwm is all I need why am I having so many issues?
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My guess, you have an app, or a few that are junking up the cache partition. Causing sluggish performance.
I'M running the team perfection rom also... while i love all the features, every ****ing day i get 100 FC's. Seems like it is always something right?
I used to use SauROM RC4 and i never updated because i had * ZERO * issues.... NEVER had any problems.
I have been running the same application since day 1... seems like some Roms can handle it and some can't, but i feel you completely.
I don't agree with the other guys comment, i've been flashing/OC'ing/Tweaking for ages and it seems that some Roms just Crash Crash Crash F**king CRASH LOL!!
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studacris said:
Running Odin before hand is farting in the wind....
The cwm wipe is all you need.
Of after a bit your stuff gets unstable, wipe caches and that usually speeds things back up.
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+100000000
CWM is a God-Sent. So convenient and easy to use with many functions
studacris said:
My guess, you have an app, or a few that are junking up the cache partition. Causing sluggish performance.
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quite possibly. any way to check? or are you talking about apps that are taking up much ram?
cgibsong002 said:
quite possibly. any way to check? or are you talking about apps that are taking up much ram?
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get cache cleaner if you talking about that
Guys there is no smoothest or best. Each rom will run differently depending on the user setup and apps installed. Most bugs and FC I have seen come from either A. Not wiping system and data before flashing, or B. people restoring system App or data which can cause issues between roms.
And before you ask "Does this mean I have to reset up all my settings, WiFi points, email settings, Launcher widgets and ect?" The answer is yes. This is the price you pay for flashing custom roms.
On that note thread closed

[Q] AOKP Build 40 Google Issue

I don't know why but it seems that I can't connect to google servers. If I open google play, I get the loading forever, same with gmail if I search something.
This happens while on wifi and/or network data.
I tried reflashing gapps. Also, clearing market cache.
Other apps can use internet like they normally do, it's just google services that are not working for me.
What can I do?
Go into cwm and wipe cache and dalvid cache
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dirtbikerr450 said:
Go into cwm and wipe cache and dalvid cache
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Did not work.
I wiped /data earlier today, so I don't know what could be happening..
I guess it's time to go back to phone bricker and start over..
It does have some issues but I can reconnect and resync w/o problem.
have you tried fixing permissions?
mikeflash said:
I don't know why but it seems that I can't connect to google servers. If I open google play, I get the loading forever, same with gmail if I search something.
This happens while on wifi and/or network data.
I tried reflashing gapps. Also, clearing market cache.
Other apps can use internet like they normally do, it's just google services that are not working for me.
What can I do?
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Have you tried redownloading gapps, sometimes it's just a bad download.
Full wipe
mikeflash said:
I don't know why but it seems that I can't connect to google servers. If I open google play, I get the loading forever, same with gmail if I search something.
This happens while on wifi and/or network data.
I tried reflashing gapps. Also, clearing market cache.
Other apps can use internet like they normally do, it's just google services that are not working for me.
What can I do?
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I just flashed build 40 and no problems at all. As all the dev's say if you have any problems do a full wipe. that should fix your problem.
i second the full wipe. custom kernal? Other than cherry picker?
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Its not the ROM. Its you.
Does your Data/Wifi work for anything else?
ehh who cares. Full wipe and reflash.
A full data wipe was done hours before this issue started.. anyway i flashed another rom and all is good now.
Aokp is good but not as stable as i would want.
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mikeflash said:
A full data wipe was done hours before this issue started.. anyway i flashed another rom and all is good now.
Aokp is good but not as stable as i would want.
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AOKP is as stable if not better than all others. Just because you had an issue and couldnt figure it out, doesnt mean its the ROM. I among the many others have never had an issue with wifi. Hell I've never had an issue that i didnt cause...
Never say that AOKP is not stable. We own these streets
I was using aokp for a week or so, flashing every build as they were released. However, when they ask you for a full wipe before asking for assistance then you know a rom is not as stable.
I guess wiping data every week is not the way i want to go. I hate setting up everything after a full wipe... nandroid backups didn't help much this time.
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MotoMudder77 said:
AOKP is as stable if not better than all others. Just because you had an issue and couldnt figure it out, doesnt mean its the ROM. I among the many others have never had an issue with wifi. Hell I've never had an issue that i didnt cause...
Never say that AOKP is not stable. We own these streets
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U know those pink unicorns are everywhere to be found.
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mikeflash said:
I was using aokp for a week or so, flashing every build as they were released. However, when they ask you for a full wipe before asking for assistance then you know a rom is not as stable.
I guess wiping data every week is not the way i want to go. I hate setting up everything after a full wipe... nandroid backups didn't help much this time.
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Dude you're so wrong I don't even know where to begin
To start off with, a developers support philosophy has nothing to do with how stable the rom is
You don't have to wipe every week, I go a few weeks without wiping and have had no issues
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Are you sure your Google account is set up on the phone?
Menu> system settings> accounts and sync.
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Nick281051 said:
Dude you're so wrong I don't even know where to begin
To start off with, a developers support philosophy has nothing to do with how stable the rom is
You don't have to wipe every week, I go a few weeks without wiping and have had no issues
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This is not my first android, though it is my first aokp rom. I didn't say i had to wipe data every time i flashed, what bothers me is that rom maker asks for a full wipe before assisting you. Something like, when flashing this rom, a full wipe is recommended, though not necessary... But should any issue arise (and they will, eventually) wipe data first and ask questions later.
That's what i mean when i say this rom is not stable. Sure, one could just flash aokp and ignore updates and maybe it will last longer before needing a full wipe, but that's not my case. I love flashing roms but having to wipe more than once a month is just unacceptable for me. Maybe there are people out there who don't mind wiping data that often, so aokp is for them.
Other than that, aokp is a good rom.
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That has nothing to do with stability. NOTHING. its a fact of android. **** go south. wipe.
You say its not your first android, But hell, a wipe for issues is the FIRST thing I learned years ago.
dont want to wipe, stay stock or get an iphone.
Wiping for issues is something that EVERY ROM has. not just AOKP. Task just plays it smart and doesnt waste time trying to diagnose before hand. Common sense man.
I'd just drop it if I was you.
I don't know who, but one of us is terrible wrong about this. I think a wipe should not be needed as often, since android should be a very stable operating system. You think full wipe is something acceptable because android is not as stable as other operating systems, maybe I'm asking too much or maybe you are way too conformist.
But whatever, I'm not saying aokp is bad, I'm just angry i lost like 10+ hours of cafeteria nipponica, I had 3 restaurants and lots of money, though i lost that because i was too lazy to backup via cwm and figure out how to restore specific data later..
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Hey bro,
Just letting you know, in case you haven't noticed... AOKP has a strong following here.
Beware of open criticism, you're gonna get chewed alive. :laugh:
My advice: drop it and move on. Arguing over the internet is pointless. What you are mentioning is not going to change.
Thankfully in Android we have a choice , if you don't want to follow a rom maintainer's policy, there's always another one.
Even for I777 you can hellraise a I9100 if there isn't one here that you like.
I'd recommend you CM9 as a good alternative. Personally I never have experienced issues with Google Services when using AOKP but YMMV.
Regards.
mikeflash said:
I don't know who, but one of us is terrible wrong about this. I think a wipe should not be needed as often, since android should be a very stable operating system. You think full wipe is something acceptable because android is not as stable as other operating systems, maybe I'm asking too much or maybe you are way too conformist.
But whatever, I'm not saying aokp is bad, I'm just angry i lost like 10+ hours of cafeteria nipponica, I had 3 restaurants and lots of money, though i lost that because i was too lazy to backup via cwm and figure out how to restore specific data later..
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Its actually the same on any OS with updates, some things can get left behind, and what have you, Sometimes a crashed Windows machine is due to old files that got left behind. They have cleaners for that. In my experience Android gets messy after a while. Reboots are also needed on any machine to clean up cache and whatnot. few things to think about
Game data, could be saved on sdcard also, as most of my large games are. otherwise IDK the cwm way.
I liked your response honestly, it was very calm. Good luck man.

Safe/Worth RUU'ing after 1,000's of ROM flashes?

I was pondering RUU'ing back to complete, absolute stock... I feel maybe I've lost a little bit of the push from this phone after 1,000's of rom flashes... I mean, sometimes 4 or 5 a day.. It's an addiction.. I guess? Either way, would there be any specific benefit to doing this or would it just be something for my piece of mind.. Something I've been running through the old brain here..
I don't think its good to be flashing your phone that much when I pick a ROM I stay on it for months. Though if your not having any issues with your phone I would not return it back to stock just limit your flashing a little bit.?
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jbarcus81 said:
I was pondering RUU'ing back to complete, absolute stock... I feel maybe I've lost a little bit of the push from this phone after 1,000's of rom flashes... I mean, sometimes 4 or 5 a day.. It's an addiction.. I guess? Either way, would there be any specific benefit to doing this or would it just be something for my piece of mind.. Something I've been running through the old brain here..
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I did this about a month ago just to update everything. I guess knowing all the stuff is up to date gave me some solace.... Lol
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LuckyPuppy said:
I did this about a month ago just to update everything. I guess knowing all the stuff is up to date gave me some solace.... Lol
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That's what I mean.. I wonder if it actually clears up unknown issues that may just be small enough to be noticed... Or if it just makes us feel warm and fuzzy?
The only thing updated was radio and hboot. Radio fixes SIM card issues.
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I have wondered the same thing... As a fellow flashing addict... Although I have learned a lot about recovering after fatal mistakes. I now feel confident taking more risks knowing that if I screw up, I can fix it
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DO IT
RUUing should really only bring back the stock radio and hboot. Whenever you flash a ROM everything else is included (system, kernel, apps) and replaces the stock ones, so its not like you were missing something.
orangechoochoo said:
RUUing should really only bring back the stock radio and hboot. Whenever you flash a ROM everything else is included (system, kernel, apps) and replaces the stock ones, so its not like you were missing something.
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This. And the latest radio only supposedly fixes sim card detection. So you better off fastboot radio and hboot. Then clear everything. cache data system sdcard. flash a clean install.
thayl0 said:
Then clear everything. cache data system sdcard. flash a clean install.
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You don't want to wipe the SD card unless you're prepared to side load a rom, but otherwise correct. Wipe data, cache, dalvik, and system.
I have yet to "upgrade" past 1.15, but I have flashed the new radios and maybe a hundred ROMs. I've never had a problem since I wipe data, system, dalvik, and cache, and I NEVER restore any apps or data no matter how inconsequential I "think" it may be.
jbarcus81 said:
I was pondering RUU'ing back to complete, absolute stock... I feel maybe I've lost a little bit of the push from this phone after 1,000's of rom flashes... I mean, sometimes 4 or 5 a day.. It's an addiction.. I guess? Either way, would there be any specific benefit to doing this or would it just be something for my piece of mind.. Something I've been running through the old brain here..
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Gonna have to agree with Thay10 and Orangechoochoo on this one.
I've also flashed, and reflashed, many many ROMs. I'm currently using the 3.06 radio, and the Engineered HBoot. Running Viper2.5.0 on one DNA, and CM11.0 nightly on the other.
I see no benefit whatsoever in returning to a "stock" or a "matched setup". The whole idea of unlocking the device is to get away from the norm, and allow customization. Mix and match if you will. Maybe an older radio works better in your area. You're unlocked so you can do what works best for you, not what works best for "most consumers".
Running an RUU, just to run an RUU, makes no real sense to me.
Again, just my opinion.
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