I was just wondering what you guys thought about ICS.
Is it worth downloading now, or would I be better off waiting for the Official Samsung release, whenever that may be?
Waiting for Samsung would mean that I would have to download, preferably, through Kies. However at the moment when I connect to Kies it tells me that my phone is unable to be updated through Kies... could someone help me out with that please?
Thank you in advance.
I would probably wait for an official release from Samsung. Some of the ics roms currently out are great for everyday use, but there are still some bugs.
You wouldn't have to update through kies when the official ics releases. Someone on xda will definitely make a flashable zip. Hope this answers your question.
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Hello New_World_Order,
if I were you, I'd wait - not only because of existing flaws (maybe speed, battery or bugs), because it's unfinished,
but also because of the fact that not every app is running with ICS right now.
Many users are currently reverting back to GB and wait because their favourite navigation or something else does not work.
So waiting will have a lot of advantage...
Greetings Psy
New_World_Order said:
I was just wondering what you guys thought about ICS.
Is it worth downloading now, or would I be better off waiting for the Official Samsung release, whenever that may be?
Waiting for Samsung would mean that I would have to download, preferably, through Kies. However at the moment when I connect to Kies it tells me that my phone is unable to be updated through Kies... could someone help me out with that please?
Thank you in advance.
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Personally, I am enjoying using the latest Samsung's ICS leak, XXLPB, and I am definitely not going to Gingerbread. This ROM is pretty stable, and even TouchWiz looks better. However I understand that many apps are not optimised for ICS, and while some widgets don't support some of its alternative skins (Mobility Flow's Animated Weather Clock, for example). Nevertheless, if you prefer using official updates via Kies instead of trying the latest (and often unstable) leak flashable via Odin, it just may be not for you.
Thanks to the two guys above,
angelomaldito said:
Personally, I am enjoying using the latest Samsung's ICS leak, XXLPB, and I am definitely not going to Gingerbread. This ROM is pretty stable, and even TouchWiz looks better. However I understand that many apps are not optimised for ICS, and while some widgets don't support some of its alternative skins (Mobility Flow's Animated Weather Clock, for example). Nevertheless, if you prefer using official updates via Kies instead of trying the latest (and often unstable) leak flashable via Odin, it just may be not for you.
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I really want to try ICS, and considering I won't be able to get ICS through Kies when it is officially released, I think I'll just go for it and try it out now.
I don't suppose you could post me the link for the XXLPB leak could you please?
New_World_Order said:
Thanks to the two guys above,
I really want to try ICS, and considering I won't be able to get ICS through Kies when it is officially released, I think I'll just go for it and try it out now.
I don't suppose you could post me the link for the XXLPB leak could you please?
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Its on XDA SGS2 forum .
jje
JJEgan said:
Its on XDA SGS2 forum .
jje
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Thanks a lot.
I found it on another site.
I'm waiting for the .zip file to download, then I'll do it and let you know the results.
Only problem being is it will take a while as I have to wait another half an hour after this file finishes downloading to then download the file needed to root it.
I'll come back in an hour or so!
I'll come back in an hour or so
Usually followed by HELP then how do i remove ICS .
But at least you have had a lick .
jje
Make sure that it is full Samsung and no custom rom because you should first flash original one when you upgrade from GB.
Greetings Psy
I would recommend waiting.. I just installed an ICS rom and it keeps dying and booting on me..
It is recommended to wait, but you can try it now
Okay so I'm back.
ICS is installed, and I'm just using Titanium Backup Pro to restore all of my apps + data.
(Whilst I was writing this, Titanium finished restoring, or so it said, but there were no apps? Any idea as to why this has happened and how to fix it please?)
First look, I'm pretty shocked.
It's not much different compared to GB.
However, what has been added, is great. I love the way that double clicking the home button brings up a task centre type drop down with which you can close your apps. Great idea, similar to the iPhone.
Overall, I recommend waiting for the official release, but if you're impatient like me, then sure, go ahead and give it a go.
Not all apps are working on ICS but almost all do. I am happy with Resurrection Remix ics v9.4 Ultimate XXLPB 4.0.3 FULL-Wipe ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436854. It is very stable fast and good battery. No way am I going back.
New_World_Order said:
I was just wondering what you guys thought about ICS.
Is it worth downloading now, or would I be better off waiting for the Official Samsung release, whenever that may be?
Waiting for Samsung would mean that I would have to download, preferably, through Kies. However at the moment when I connect to Kies it tells me that my phone is unable to be updated through Kies... could someone help me out with that please?
Thank you in advance.
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Well actually depends of what are you trying to do with your ROM, right now all are experimental and certainly had bugs, if you like testing flash now
Btw i'm using the Resurrection ROM of westcrip too and it's very stable.
Wait, wait, wait
while XXLPB is the most stable so far
it still has a long way
a lot of bugs
a lot of random restarts
not to mention not all applications are compatible
I took a look at the Resurrection ROM last night before hand, however the latest ICS was released so I went for that.
Everything works perfectly fine, the only thing missing is the flash player on the browsers, which im sure someone knows how to fix!
Overall it's quite good.
Testing the battery life today as that's important to me due to college 9-5 on most days.
I'll give you guys some feedback tonight about my first full day!
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If you are rooted or plan to root, I would recommend Westcrip's Resurrection ROM 9.3. Battery seems good so far, fast and almost totally bug free. The official ROM will not be totally bug free & probably heavier on the battery. The only drawback is many of the apps will not work with ics. If you have a problem and have followed the instructions for Resurrection, it's likely that the problem is an incompatible app.
My suggestion is go for it, it's better than Gingerbread and you can always install the genuine version when it comes out.
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New_World_Order said:
Thanks to the two guys above,
I really want to try ICS, and considering I won't be able to get ICS through Kies when it is officially released, I think I'll just go for it and try it out now.
I don't suppose you could post me the link for the XXLPB leak could you please?
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if your still interested in trying out ics roms id recommend andyx 6.0 rom, its based on the new modem and kernel xxlph and is very good, has the samsung touchwiz removed and is very nicely themed, battery last about a day but i do hammer it, and no issues so far...
wezza1979 said:
if your still interested in trying out ics roms id recommend andyx 6.0 rom, its based on the new modem and kernel xxlph and is very good, has the samsung touchwiz removed and is very nicely themed, battery last about a day but i do hammer it, and no issues so far...
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Sounds good!
Could you post me the link to the thread please?
Go for it!
I am currently on ICS, and loving it!
Its not buggy, well, my hardware has bugs atm, so a lil non-ics bugs I have.
Battery is MUCH better than on GB imo.
GL and report back if you wanna know what the most awesome ROM is called
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Hi I have a rooted SG2 and have been trying to brush up on my knowledge of available roms for the sg2 but it is of course a bit arduous doing multiple searches reviewing opinions etc etc and was wondering if there is a wiki or something that does a comparison of the ICS roms that are available?
I of course hear the most about cyanogenmod9 but after reading about some stability issues with v7 and coming to the conclusion that it seems to be more of an “every persons rom” rather than specialized I wanted to see what else was out there (recommendations for lite/uber-stable roms are appreciated).
Cheers,
-Gaiko
If you're looking for an 'uber-stable rom', I would recommend waiting before flashing current ICS builds...while they are quite usable, they still have many bugs and functions not working correctly...I would wait a few weeks and by February or so I reckon we'll have some pretty stable builds...
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ICS is a beta test rom stear clear .
jje
roms that work?? so any that boot basically??? I think your looking for someone else to do your research... lol no offence... just be patient man you will know when ICS is stable because it will be posted everywhere
Westcrip has done a pretty stable ICS backup that u could restore.
Im running it right now, works perfect!
BigMrB said:
roms that work?? so any that boot basically??? I think your looking for someone else to do your research... lol no offence... just be patient man you will know when ICS is stable because it will be posted everywhere
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hey no offense taken, your pretty much right in but more in that I am looking for someone who has already done the research (instead of my redoing what has already been done). But it does indeed seem that the consensus is patience so I'll hold on for another month or two (can't blame a guy for try'n right? ).
Cheers,
-Gaiko
gaikokujinkyofusho said:
hey no offense taken, your pretty much right in but more in that I am looking for someone who has already done the research (instead of my redoing what has already been done). But it does indeed seem that the consensus is patience so I'll hold on for another month or two (can't blame a guy for try'n right? ).
Cheers,
-Gaiko
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Beta testing is really for advanced users... When ics is stable and all bugs are fixed... Virtually all the devs will base their roms on it...
I want it too but 2.3.6 is really good and solid right now so not too worried
gaikokujinkyofusho said:
hey no offense taken, your pretty much right in but more in that I am looking for someone who has already done the research (instead of my redoing what has already been done). But it does indeed seem that the consensus is patience so I'll hold on for another month or two (can't blame a guy for try'n right? ).
Cheers,
-Gaiko
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I would suggest you do your own research in future, its all there, in more than one post, almost identical to this but worded slightly differently.
Even googerling ICS SGS2 stable XDA would have shown you that there all alpha or pre alpha builds at the moment.
rom XXLPD custom for SG2
I tried Remix 8.5 based on XXLP6and 8.6 based on XXLPB
LPB is in very good progress versus LP6
3 remarks
the security settings don't function totally ( send SMS, and others functions ) , and like phone locator pro switch off the phone when using it
when screnn off, it is necessary to reboot
I think that in V8.6 CF root LP6 replaces LPB for allowing the apps on SD
but radio FM disappears . with LP6, radio FM is good
quick panel lidroid is very good but I prefer JKAY settings
(with many possibilities )
so I wait a new version of ICS rom for leaving 2.3.6 version
Br46
criskelo rom V38 with siyah 2.6.11
i like criskelo works
Hi Gaiko,
Indeed, ICS still is in its beta phase.
I have tried Westcrips ICS Remix v8.2 (currently V8.6) and liked it a lot. However JKay doesn't support ICS yet.
I need the Phone options dialog to make screendumps, so I reverted back to CheckROM Revo v5 with Criskelo's Galaxy Blue theme, thereby "downgrading" the framework, but restoring JKay!
At http://www.galaxys2roms.com/ you can find an overview of SGS2 ROMS, both GB and ICS.
Remember, whatever you do, always make a good backup before flashing a new ROM. Usufull programs are Apkmanager, App Backup and Restore, Easy Backup (doesnt support ICS yet), SMS Backup and Restore, and Titanium Backup.
Kind regards,
Skully☺
gaikokujinkyofusho said:
Hi I have a rooted SG2 and have been trying to brush up on my knowledge of available roms for the sg2 but it is of course a bit arduous doing multiple searches reviewing opinions etc etc and was wondering if there is a wiki or something that does a comparison of the ICS roms that are available?
I of course hear the most about cyanogenmod9 but after reading about some stability issues with v7 and coming to the conclusion that it seems to be more of an “every persons rom” rather than specialized I wanted to see what else was out there (recommendations for lite/uber-stable roms are appreciated).
Cheers,
-Gaiko
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I tried Wanamlite ICS & Spike PureICS roms and I must say:
both are very good roms, BUT, in my experience, 'wanamlite' seemed to crash a lot and seemed to me a bit to bloated for my taste, I love PureICS 5.0, It works flawlessly, no bloatware, and only 200MB, i'd def give that a shot and go on from there.
good
i try some ICS custom rom(SGS2) . actualy not bad .
My 2c..
Well, seeing that this thread still comes first in 'searching for stable roms', here i go with my somewhat limited experience
my first custom ics rom was Bezke coming directly from stock.
Looked good, many interesting samsung apps i was used to. however, no matter what i tried the phone, messaging and other ssytem apps would keep FC. Mostly the phone app. It might be worth rechecking it again, though.
than i went with Sensation ROM, i guess 4.0.3. there i had real problems making it work. at some point, after installing a secondary app (i guess lockscreen) the phone kept rebooting over and over again. Even before that update, with just the bare os the phone was highly unstable, no network..
Finally, i am happy with ressurection by westcrip. I just upgraded yesterday after having used his 4.0.1 version for almost a month with (almost) no problem. Well, it seems that i lost the toggles but hopefully i will find a fix for that.
hope it helps. hope some other users share their experience on the quest to find a stable rom.
OP is based on unreleased beta test roms so not relevant to Samsung released ICS .
jje
I've been using Foxhound (now using PsychoMantis v2) with SpeedMod kernel and it's very stable. No issues, good battery life.
After I bought my GSII I skipped to ICS the second I got home.. I tried the stock one and it was ok, I guess..
Then I tried Lite'ning Rom v2.0 and was pleased.. and continued to update the until 2.6 and then it became to obsolete and buggy
Now I run Dynamic 1.4 (started from 1.0) and I can say I'm very pleased. With normal use (not heavy) I ended up in 3 day and 20% left of the battery, and I didn't have any bugs, all I need and use works.
The last ROM is base without any Samsung app, and without many of the Google apps (remained only the ones that make it work)
If it helped use that Thank Button
So I've noticed that there are ICS roms and I've got a few question:
1. Are they stable?
2. How is their battery life?
3. Is it worth installing them over cyanogenmod?
4. Are they real ICS or is it a kind of launcher?
Thanks for those of u who'll answer.
1. Experimental!
2. Better than Stock.
3. Depends if you want to try ICS or not.
4. Real ICS
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matanc1 said:
So I've noticed that there are ICS roms and I've got a few question:
1. Are they stable?
2. How is their battery life?
3. Is it worth installing them over cyanogenmod?
4. Are they real ICS or is it a kind of launcher?
Thanks for those of u who'll answer.
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1 - Yes, using Westcrip's v6 as a daily driver (used Wanam's and Westcrip's v5 before without any issues after install)
2 - varies. I've had 100% to empty in 12 hours, but was playing lot. On the flipside had over 24h+ out of it too
3 - Personal opinion, I'm not a CM fan.
4 - Real ICS.
How do I know which versions I need?
I saw many different ones and I can't tell which one I need to download
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How do I know which versions I need?
I saw many different ones and I can't tell which one I need to download
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basically, the start bit (which is normally a letter) tells you which month it was developed in so in this case L is the latest month. So LP2 is the latest firmware. KP whatever is last month.
Personally im waiting it out until theres a nice stable Samsung one with a AOSP theme.
I saw that each one has a different base firmware and modem version. Should I look out for something specific?
Which one should I download/ how do I know which one i need?
matanc1 said:
I saw that each one has a different base firmware and modem version. Should I look out for something specific?
Which one should I download/ how do I know which one i need?
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As they are still experimental you need to make sure to read up fully first, as otherwise you might soft or hard brick your phone if you follow the wrong instructions.
This thread has firmware and instructions if you want the stock samsung leaks
Otherwise chose your rom and follow there instructions, also dont put a pit in and repartition unless it really wont work as a bad flash with pit/repartition is a one way trip to bricktown.
IMHO,
Currently there are 2 flavors just as with Gingerbread
CM9/AOSP/etc... & Stock.
Stock:
Fully functional (all features work).
Performance vary with FCs and slow response.
CM9:
Daily functional. (Phone/Data/Audio/Graphics)
But video/camera/fm radio and other features are missing until a proper source will be released.
Performance pretty reliable. no major crashes.
Battery on both seems to be from my experience worse than good GB rom. I believe due to baseband issues (I've noticed battery killing when I'm in a low reception area) and debugging code.
Still to me for example CM9 is daily cause the dialer, web browsing and main features works very well and phone is super responsive.
I previously used ICS for SGS I and it vas pretty good, I liked it alot. No issues at all. Now using SGS II, I'm still in CM7, still waiting for good ICS release.
One question: how to flash back from ICS? Old SGS needed reflashing twice, how in SGSII?
matanc1 said:
I saw that each one has a different base firmware and modem version. Should I look out for something specific?
Which one should I download/ how do I know which one i need?
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If you have to ask that question then none is the answer its a test beta rom not ready for public use and unless you know what you are doing you will be crying help i want to go back in your next post .
jje
kureke said:
I previously used ICS for SGS I and it vas pretty good, I liked it alot. No issues at all. Now using SGS II, I'm still in CM7, still waiting for good ICS release.
One question: how to flash back from ICS? Old SGS needed reflashing twice, how in SGSII?
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Backup, wipe and flash. Standard rule for flashing.
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matanc1 said:
I saw that each one has a different base firmware and modem version. Should I look out for something specific?
Which one should I download/ how do I know which one i need?
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New test leak releases will keep coming. As jj mentioned, try it only if you are sure with it.
I found CM9 to be much better and in fact used it as a daily for 2 weeks. For some reason I had home, power button issues with the samsung leaked roms.
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Using the newly leaked LP2 rom as of today and it seems pretty good. Some things im not as happy with are:
Random occurances happen on the deskop
Browser doesnt seem to autofit the text/pages like it used to on the web browsers, including dolphin hd (might be user error i dont know)
All power button functions, etc seem to be working.
Im using the Nova launcher with proper ICS icons, if i could make a screenshot id post it:/ It still doesnt look as niec and well rounded as per the nexus implementation of ICS.
Hi guys!
I've been rather adamant to install ICS as I considered it to have too many bugs yet (like problems with video acceleration, unable to do a goddamn call, etc).
As of now I've been using the GB ROM Simple & Clean...Anyway, I'm not completely newbie to flash ROMs. I'm starting to think ICS might be becoming reliable already, so I'd like to give it a shot. So here come my questions:
Is there any XXLP2 (or better) ROM already prepared for CWM? I don't quite like the idea of using ODIN. (If so, is it too customized? I'd like a close to the original google experience)
Can you get back to a GB NAND backup if you don't like what you see?
Which would be your recommendation? Thank you!
timonoj said:
Hi guys!
I've been rather adamant to install ICS as I considered it to have too many bugs yet (like problems with video acceleration, unable to do a goddamn call, etc).
As of now I've been using the GB ROM Simple & Clean...Anyway, I'm not completely newbie to flash ROMs. I'm starting to think ICS might be becoming reliable already, so I'd like to give it a shot. So here come my questions:
Is there any XXLP2 (or better) ROM already prepared for CWM? I don't quite like the idea of using ODIN. (If so, is it too customized? I'd like a close to the original google experience)
Can you get back to a GB NAND backup if you don't like what you see?
Which would be your recommendation? Thank you!
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There are quite a few cwm ICS roms which you can find in Android development section. Which means no bootloader flash and easy restore to older rom.
There are ROM's like infected,ics resurrection which are ics theme and replace Samsung apps with google alternatives in cases of calendar, gallery, camera etc.
My recommendation would be to wait for an official ICS or a more stable build by which time more aosp feel rom's would have become more stable, which didn't seem to be the case IMO. (the stock leaked one seems to be far more stable than these builds atm from my admittedly limited trial. )
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You can try Bezke ultraics rom. i heard good reviews for it and i tried it myself, you can do so by using CWM. you can as well try the leaked ics but it only has TW because it is released by Samsung. this is done by ODIN.
ICS try goodbye revert back is the norm .
jje
JJEgan said:
ICS try goodbye revert back is the norm .
jje
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I know, and I've seen the pattern so many times already. But that's decreasing with the time. Things are starting to get comfortable for people arriving, and some decide to stay. And since some are saying the ROMs are starting to be rather stable, I'd like to give them a shot.
timonoj said:
I know, and I've seen the pattern so many times already. But that's decreasing with the time. Things are starting to get comfortable for people arriving, and some decide to stay. And since some are saying the ROMs are starting to be rather stable, I'd like to give them a shot.
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Yes maybe but the majority of noobs want to flash ICS when they are not even capable of flashing stock . Two hours later they start posting help help .But i have of now given up on trying to guide users to learn first as its a waste of time .
jje
So far not bad. I'm trying the Wanamlite, and it looks damn gorgeous. I'm having a hell of FC and random reboots. It's a pity. When it's not crashing or rebooting, it really performs beautifully. I could get used to the voice dictation so fast (forget about swype-dragon speaking combo). Since I didn't see people complaining about these reboots (that much), I take something went wrong on my side, so I'll give it another shot. Otherwise I'll try another ICS. I just feel it's getting rather close the date in which an stable version is released, and I'd prefer to jump from ICS already than from GB
used this thread to my actual try of LP2 :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1444651
full stock, only deodexed and CF-Root kernel.
After getting rid of all samsung hubs and SNS apks ( you can use the sitcky in themes and apps section started by Pulser_g2 for that : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1069924 ), no more force closes for me.
trying now KP* kernels as someone reported they could fix the random data connection loss present on LP2 when phone is asleep.
I'm actually proof the ICS Phone Bricker 2.0.1 on may Samsung Galaxy SGH I777 and this is what i found on it:
1.-When i use the Talk app and somebody write to me it make a weird sound again....and again....and again......
2.- I must make around 15 wipes and go back to the factory kernel and root again my cellphone and over 3 hours or more left i make my phone works with my service provider because in ever install of this rom not works.
3.- Going crazy trying to recognize SD card on my PC.
4.- Lag buttons
5.- apk's like Android Overclock, or Chainfire 3D Pro Crashes if u reboot your phone.
6.- Takes a lot of time to sync with my Wireless Access Point.
7.- Some native functions on Setting not works.
Please comment your experiences about this ROMs.
Was on the rooted leaked ROM posted by task but I just restored back to UnNamed 2.2.1 after a couple of days. It bugged me that I was not able to view battery stats and contacts tab was missing in the dialer. I hated the wifi bug of it not being able to reconnect automatically.
I really liked that the stock messaging app did not show mms as slide show and I loved the pattern lockscreen (clock, brighter wallpaper and smaller dots). Never did get the weather to show on there though.
For me UnNamed works better. Might try out SHOstock this weekend if I am not too busy.
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Why did you start this thread?
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im on the ShishirROM ICS and i love this thing! i tried phonebricker and another one and then ShishirROM was the last one i tried and i have been on this ever since. i have yet to notice a single bug that i can find... i came from unnamed and i can say that i dont believe i am going to be going back to it since ive installed this. i have had it on my phone for 4-5? days.
I tried Mystic's rom and was not satisfied with ICS, i've been on unnammed 2.2.1 for awhile and with launcher pro it flys. I used Apex launcher but it still seemed that the rom lagged switching screens. I use email a lot for work and hated that the background was black instead of white like GB. Overall, the rom was well done by Mystic no real bugs I could see but I think I am going to wait for our source to drop and hope who ever did UnNamed makes an ICS rom. I can deal with the battery issues of KK6, I gotta have my speed.
i'm on phonebricker and I have yet to experience a problem
hd779 said:
I tried Mystic's rom and was not satisfied with ICS, i've been on unnammed 2.2.1 for awhile and with launcher pro it flys. I used Apex launcher but it still seemed that the rom lagged switching screens. I use email a lot for work and hated that the background was black instead of white like GB. Overall, the rom was well done by Mystic no real bugs I could see but I think I am going to wait for our source to drop and hope who ever did UnNamed makes an ICS rom. I can deal with the battery issues of KK6, I gotta have my speed.
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We have the i9100 source already and the only real benefit from i777 leaks could be NFC if it were included. Ultimatum is a good ICS ROM which will be rebased soon. Phone Bricker is also good I don't know what the OP is doing wrong. Most of it is just waiting for better i9100 firmware to be released along with allowing time for our current kernels to mature a bit.
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There is a unified ICS thread for this kind of crap. Please stop littering the forums with all this ICS garbage until we have an official release.
TOA Duck said:
Why did you start this thread?
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I decide started because i best way for know what kind of problems you had with your customs roms.
any problems about that my friend?
My favorite rom is unnamed and shostock but if were talking ics i like aokp and some other names i forgot
hd779 said:
I tried Mystic's rom and was not satisfied with ICS, i've been on unnammed 2.2.1 for awhile and with launcher pro it flys. I used Apex launcher but it still seemed that the rom lagged switching screens. I use email a lot for work and hated that the background was black instead of white like GB. Overall, the rom was well done by Mystic no real bugs I could see but I think I am going to wait for our source to drop and hope who ever did UnNamed makes an ICS rom. I can deal with the battery issues of KK6, I gotta have my speed.
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No, gtg will not be coming back to make an ics rom he has moved on to windows phone
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I've tried several ICS ROMs and they've all had some sort of bugs floating around in them. I'm currently using ShishirROM ICS and it's been the smoothest so far.
I think a lot of the problems are with the latest UCLC2 Modem. I was having major heating issues and reverted back to KH7. Now all is well.
blimblim809 said:
I'm actually proof the ICS Phone Bricker 2.0.1 on may Samsung Galaxy SGH I777 and this is what i found on it:
1.-When i use the Talk app and somebody write to me it make a weird sound again....and again....and again......
?????
2.- I must make around 15 wipes and go back to the factory kernel and root again my cellphone and over 3 hours or more left i make my phone works with my service provider because in ever install of this rom not works.
Did you try different modems?
Nobody else is having this issue as of yet.
3.- Going crazy trying to recognize SD card on my PC.
ICS changed how USB storage works, hope you know that.
4.- Lag buttons
Seriously? These are early stages and every build and kernel update makes things better.
5.- apk's like Android Overclock, or Chainfire 3D Pro Crashes if u reboot your phone.
Overclocking/volt changing does not work properly, its in development by the kernel devs (PLEASE DON'T BOTHER THEM)
6.- Takes a lot of time to sync with my Wireless Access Point.
Haven't heard of this problem before.
7.- Some native functions on Setting not works.
I removed a good amount of bloat, but only things that don't work is the "track me" settings as I don't care for it.
If you want it I could have sent you the apks but nobody has requested for it in my thread.
Please comment your experiences about this ROMs.
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Oh good Lord. Not only do we have like 2 dedicated ICS threads, this thread serves ABSOLUTELY no purpose. Im not going to allow threads to be started to bash Dev's hard work (THAT STILL IN PROGRESS I might add) and to just whine. If you dont like ICS, then downgrade back to GB. No need to start a thread about it.
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I tried to update to ATT ICS after restoring my Note to Stock Gingerbread and although I was able to restore to stock, my baseband did not restore to original, and Keis said I was not eligible for update. I then installed ICS Team perfection rom which works great. The question I have is whether these custom ROMS are better than ATT Keiss update ICS, and whether anyone here has tried the Keis update and then flashed a custom ROM and what their opinions are.
lindenhurst said:
I tried to update to ATT ICS after restoring my Note to Stock Gingerbread and although I was able to restore to stock, my baseband did not restore to original, and Keis said I was not eligible for update. I then installed ICS Team perfection rom which works great. The question I have is whether these custom ROMS are better than ATT Keiss update ICS, and whether anyone here has tried the Keis update and then flashed a custom ROM and what their opinions are.
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Of course the custom roms are better man, you're talking about a dev taking a Rom and Stripping it of all the Crapware, implementing awesome features that were not already there, adding speed tweaks and customization.... it would be pretty stupid to even bother with Stock Roms.... if you're going to run a stock rom then you might as well get you one of those gay iphones LOL!!
cheers!
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I tried to update to ATT ICS after restoring my Note to Stock Gingerbread and although I was able to restore to stock, my baseband did not restore to original, and Keis said I was not eligible for update. I then installed ICS Team perfection rom which works great. The question I have is whether these custom ROMS are better than ATT Keiss update ICS, and whether anyone here has tried the Keis update and then flashed a custom ROM and what their opinions are.
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I just did the update about two days ago and I was running Hotwire's 10.1 Kang Rom, and honestly the custom rom was so much more more snappier and I miss all the customizations I could do.
The only think I noticed that's good about going official is my battery is lasting so much longer now.
I didn't charge my phone since yesterday morning, and I still have about 40% charge, something I didn't witness before on a custom rom.
Hope I helped.
As great as the custom ROM's are, it seems they all have some issues with something not working. Does the official ATT rom also have those issues?
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As great as the custom ROM's are, it seems they all have some issues with something not working. Does the official ATT rom also have those issues?
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I didn't run into any issues, if there was a issue those great developers always fix any problem with updates.
Why don't you just root your note, create nandroid backup of your official rom, than just go nuts trying out different roms?
That way if you don't like it just revert back to stock.
Trust me, you wont regret it.
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I didn't run into any issues, if there was a issue those great developers always fix any problem with updates.
Why don't you just root your note, create nandroid backup of your official rom, than just go nuts trying out different roms?
That way if you don't like it just revert back to stock.
Trust me, you wont regret it.
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I have done that. I've run flapjaxx rom as well as team perfections rom and as great as they are, they all have minor issues( I base that on my experience as well as the many posts by others). I can live with the issues, but i was just wondering what the ATT official rom was like, especially since i couldn't update to it. I guess it is a case of just wondering if i am missing something.
Based on what I am hearing, I am not missing anything. Thanks for ll the responses folks. Have a great day.
I have flashed a lot of roms starting with my evo. Liked them much better over stock. I decided to wait to flash my note, atleast til I had a reason to. Just got the official att ICS, HATING IT. Very Laggy, buggy, and many FC's. Stay with the customs!
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I have flashed a lot of roms starting with my evo. Liked them much better over stock. I decided to wait to flash my note, atleast til I had a reason to. Just got the official att ICS, HATING IT. Very Laggy, buggy, and many FC's. Stay with the customs!
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I went through so much trouble returning to stock to get ICS, and in the end I wish I didn't.
Custom roms are the way to go.
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I have flashed a lot of roms starting with my evo. Liked them much better over stock. I decided to wait to flash my note, atleast til I had a reason to. Just got the official att ICS, HATING IT. Very Laggy, buggy, and many FC's. Stay with the customs!
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My main problem with all the custom ROMs I've used on several devices is the tendency of them to work great for user X and horribly for me... or vice versa. You just don't know until you try them.
I've had almost no issues that I could blame on ICS... and after having various ROMs on my Streak and many issues I'm enjoying AT&T ICS. No FCs at all so far.....I will have to eventually flash CWM so I can use wifi hotspot for free but other than that ICS has been fine for me.
To each his own
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Tried both custom and official
I have tried several custom ROMs and I just went back to stock ICS yesterday. So far I am happy with the stock ROM. I do miss all the customizing I could do with the other ROMs but I need to be able to sync Outlook from my work computer and I could never get Kies to work with any of the other ROMs. I did experience the occasional Force Close, gps, and Bluetooth issues with custom. I have not had any of those with the Official At&t ICS upgrade. I will run it for a while...at least until Jelly Bean comes out for the Note and then I'll take that for a test drive.
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I tried to update to ATT ICS after restoring my Note to Stock Gingerbread and although I was able to restore to stock, my baseband did not restore to original, and Keis said I was not eligible for update. I then installed ICS Team perfection rom which works great. The question I have is whether these custom ROMS are better than ATT Keiss update ICS, and whether anyone here has tried the Keis update and then flashed a custom ROM and what their opinions are.
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I wanted to stick with stock b/c I've always rooted my prev android phones. I tried the stock ICS update and it was fine and I didn't have any issues with it being buggy or laggy. However I wanted to be able to flash a different email client and try out a few other hacks that required the phone to be rooted. So I then rooted and flashed this stock ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766933
The rom is excellent, really fast, solid, smooth, and better than stock ICU battery life and its still pretty stock, just hacked a little bit. I would go with that ROM.
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I have tried several custom ROMs and I just went back to stock ICS yesterday. So far I am happy with the stock ROM. I do miss all the customizing I could do with the other ROMs but I need to be able to sync Outlook from my work computer and I could never get Kies to work with any of the other ROMs. I did experience the occasional Force Close, gps, and Bluetooth issues with custom. I have not had any of those with the Official At&t ICS upgrade. I will run it for a while...at least until Jelly Bean comes out for the Note and then I'll take that for a test drive.
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I'm not sure if you've taken a look at Companionlink for handling the job of porting Outlook data to Android, but I've been experimenting with it for the last two weeks and just purchased it today ($39.99 with a promo code). Really great app. It requires DejaOffice on the Android side (free) and it will even port data in contacts such as categories. It then ports this data to the native Contacts app with the one caveat, of course, being that not all the data you pull from Outlook will be available in the native Contact app which is to be expected. It all still lives in the DejaOffice app, though. One thing it also does which I didn't think it would was to take a contact I add in the native app and then bring that to Outlook. Nice. It'll also bring your calendar, tasks, notes over, too.
I have nothing to do with Companionlink, by the way, just been dabbling with it and I like it. Like yourself, my data lives in Outlook and I'm not dumping it to the cloud simply because Google would like it to live there.