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I recently installed PowerWashed GB v2b3 and it appears as though I now cant install apps specific to Verizon Wireless (e.g. NFL Mobile). On the web version of the Android Marketplace it show my phone as "Mid-Tex Cellular Samsung SCH-I500" and says its incompatible for any of these apps.
Ive loaded several ROMs in the past on my Fascinate and have never run into this issue before. Is there any workaround to this or do I need to find a new ROM if I want these apps?
Thanks!
Ofcourse you cant install vzw apps...it's not a vzw rom. This rom was ported from the mezmerize.
Theres no mention in the initial post that VZW apps dont work and Im obviously not versed enough with this stuff to just know it should be an obvious limitation.
So is there no workaround to this? I pay $10/mo for NFL Mobile/VZW video, so I guess Ill have to go to another ROM if thats the case.
Thanks.
If you read thru the pages in that thread it was mentioned in there, but thats alot of reading lol. Sorry man your going to have use a different rom Im pretty sure. Maybe go back to powerwashed froyo?
Ah bummer... I did scan through the first few pages, but I guess I missed that one!
While I have your attention and you seem to know a bit more about this than I do; you mind offering suggestions to a couple questions?
1. Is there another GB ROM available youd recommend thats just as stable but would allow the use of VZW apps?
2. If no to the 1st question, of the available Froyo ROMs, would PW be the one you'd recommend?
Thanks again. Really appreciate the info!
Since all of the gb roms are leaked versions and not vzw specific, Im pretty sure they wont support vzw apps. Im not certain about aosp roms tho. As for froyo, powerwashed, geewiz, and com rom(I think?) will support vzw apps. My favorite combination on froyo was, powerwashed 1.2 w/ 0808 pbj kernal. Has awsome battery life, very snappy, and fully functional.
Thanks again. Ill give that a go.
droidstyle said:
Since all of the gb roms are leaked versions and not vzw specific, Im pretty sure they wont support vzw apps. Im not certain about aosp roms tho. As for froyo, powerwashed, geewiz, and com rom(I think?) will support vzw apps. My favorite combination on froyo was, powerwashed 1.2 w/ 0808 pbj kernal. Has awsome battery life, very snappy, and fully functional.
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Has anyone tried taking the build prop from the first EC09 leak which was a true vzw gingerbread leak? Just thinking out loud....
good day.
chopper the dog said:
Has anyone tried taking the build prop from the first EC09 leak which was a true vzw gingerbread leak? Just thinking out loud....
good day.
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Not sure chopper, but thats a good idea!
I have no problems with vzw apps.using PWGB
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chopper the dog said:
Has anyone tried taking the build prop from the first EC09 leak which was a true vzw gingerbread leak? Just thinking out loud....
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I'll give it a shot since this has been bothering me, I'll report back with the results.
Update: No noticeable change.
Edit: You could try this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278838 I have confirmed that verizon apps do show up and install properly. It actually seems way better on our phones than EH09 does, might have to work on a theme for this!
Hey,
Just got this phone, and I rooted and unlocked it.
Now want to install the most stable rom there is, for example on Samsung Vibrant the stable ROM was Bionix......
Is there something like that for SGS2?
By stable, I mean everything work just like stock....
Thanks.
awaisuk said:
By stable, I mean everything work just like stock....
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They all pretty much work like stock(except cm7/miui), they just differ by themes and kernels, try a couple of them because everyone is going to recommend different ones.
This is the first phone ive had that didnt need a custom rom. Big ups to Samsung for doing what others cant do. Theres only 2 custom roms CM and MIUI and the rest have tacky themes throughout them. Just like the poster above, grab a stock rom, root it, remove any apps you dont want.
Just stay away from experimental builds and betas, and you should be fine.
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Great advice. I am on 2.3.3 now KG2, whats the stable latest stock rom out there (preferable deoxed as i do not want useless apps)? As I heard some of the latest stock rom do not perform well.....?
For a newbie, I would advise to just stay with the stock rom. This phone is already a beast in its stock form and you don't really gain alot from all the custom ROMs and kernels, unlike the SGS1.
can I install Villianrom? is that stock rom with just useless stuff removed?
I don't think deodexed is gonna give any better performance. I'm thinking the other way around.
Anyway I recommend stock KI3 or above and root using cfroot from chainfire.
Then use titanium backup to freeze any bloatware. There are lists around. Just posted one myself. Too long to do again.
Use jkay mods for odexed roms from theme section. Great stuff.
3rd party (market) apps like Launchers, sms, dialers, contacts, etc etc etc can be themed to change look and feel.
Have fun.
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AFAIK, VillainROM is basically rooted stock + (standard) Ninphetamine 2.0.5 kernel + VRTweaks, which gives you the option to modify a number of things. I've been using it since version 3.0, and very happy with it.
Why not use the stock ROM then? You have one condition for your pick: you want the most stable ROM. Use the stock Samsung ROM. But then you add "by stable you mean everything works like stock" ... but not stock? What? What do you want?
Usually they want better battery life, and maybe some optimization and tweaks. Any more would fry a noobs brain.
Start talking about kernels and they'll wonder why you're introducing corn into the conversation.
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awaisuk said:
Hey,
Just got this phone, and I rooted and unlocked it.
Now want to install the most stable rom there is, for example on Samsung Vibrant the stable ROM was Bionix......
Is there something like that for SGS2?
By stable, I mean everything work just like stock....
Thanks.
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try the hyperdroid
there are ONLY two things i like about custom roms
1. they removed the google voice thing
when double clicking the home button it starts an app
the thing is there is a home lag with that process
its removed in most custom roms (villain roms have something called VRtweaks) really nice stuff
2.increased sensitivity
no idea why samsung implemented this
custom roms that have this feature are snappier
currently running Ki8 with speedmod
i used Cognition 1.6 and have always used it before + black android (amazing)
only reason i switched is because he removed RTL support
using stock Ki8 with speedmod
nrvnqsrxk said:
Usually they want better battery life, and maybe some optimization and tweaks. Any more would fry a noobs brain.
Start talking about kernels and they'll wonder why you're introducing corn into the conversation.
Sent from my HTC Sensation
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LOL !
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Maybe I'm the only one on the forums but considering I've searched and not found any threads so far, thought I'd post a thread to get some opinions from others who may have possibly not posted so far.
I've moved from stock to rooting my device, flashing the kernel (both with siyah and entropy) in addition to flashing custom roms ([ROM] (2.3.6) UCKJ4 "LeakedStockV4"/BraviaEngine/ICS-Transitions/BLN(12/07)) and ([ROM] UnNamed v1.3.2 - (12/9/2011)) and my experience has been so far that the stock rom has produce a more fluid natural experience than these roms.
of course I HAVE wipded data and cache from the phone (not internal_sd and external_sd) but stock rom has been the best experience for me.
If I am right, please chime in, if I am wrong, please guide what I need to do first, in order to fix it. I'm a few clicks away from going off root - of course I haven't recorded my experience but I guess it's my word against anything else at this point.
Unnamed is much smoother to me than the other roms. I'm a flash maniac and I've stuck with it. I'm very pleased.
You need to give it a day or so to build the cache up. It'll be slow for a day or two. Give it some time.
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You need to give it a day or so to build the cache up. It'll be slow for a day or two. Give it some time.
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I'm new to this, but that's the first time I've heard that. Thanks for the heads-up. I'm currently running the UnNamed ROM and I don't think I've experienced anything odd, other than SetCPU causing some weird things to happen, even when running the "optimized" settings (making the lock button take screen shots as opposed to locking the phone). I've since uninstalled it. But I'd never heard that about letting the cache build up. You really do learn something new everyday.
UnNamed is like butter. I keep trying other ROMs...and keep coming back to UnNamed.
Simple answer
UnNamed is the way to go. If your phone dosent like it, its because it's defective.
+1 for UnNamed
Flashed between a few ROMs, back to UnNamed. It's just THAT amazing.
You can always flash a theme on top if you want a different look.
I've been a MIUI fan for a while now, tried almost everything else, always come back to MIUI. To each their own.
i also have to say unnamed is one of the greatest rom. its so smooth and fast.
im currently running task650's icsd out v5 and its pretty fast too.
Shoman's stock V5 is the greatest rom
I was on serendipity 8.2 for a while and have been on unnamed for a while now. They are the same to me. Speed smoothness and battery life seem the same. Both great
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Was on UnNamed for a bit and now on Shoman's stock V5.
Both have felt the same to me.
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I've been a MIUI fan for a while now, tried almost everything else, always come back to MIUI. To each their own.
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The Galnet MIUI is what I switch to if I do get the itch to use another ROM. Like it too.
Pretty much almost anything but straight stock is going to be better.
All the bloatware services running in the stock ROM are going to potentially lag it out.
Im not sure what's wrong with your phones but the only ROM I experienced lag on is CM7. Stock, UnNamed, MIUI.. the list goes on. they were all smooth. CM was the only one that was not.
Personal preference: UnNamed
So i bought one on Thursday and it arrived today. I just noticed that a leaked version of ICS was released just now, do you guys think I should use that? or cm9? or another ROM? Really not liking the touchwiz
I'm upgrading from a captivate which had cm7
alme1304 said:
So i bought one on Thursday and it arrived today. I just noticed that a leaked version of ICS was released just now, do you guys think I should use that? or cm9? or another ROM? Really not liking the touchwiz
I'm upgrading from a captivate which had cm7
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Currently, this is the bestestest ICS ROM out right now for the "one".
http://tinyurl.com/2g9mqh
If you just got it today I would suggest you start reading guides and FAQs. When you think you have it, read it all again. Its similar to the Captivate, but different enough you can do some damage if you aren't paying attention.
That said, the leak just dropped is not ready immediately for use. There is no "best" ROM, try many of them. There are several ICS ROMs, both AOSP and TW based. They are in the dev sections.
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Thanks guys, anything in special i should watch out for? that maybe the captivate didnt have?
Right now the ICS leak contains bootloaders and a stock Samsung kernel - stock Samsung ICS kernels SUCK, even the I9100 release ones.
ICS will be more polished in a few days. Since we have had kernel source for only a week - things aren't quite polished yet.
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Right now the ICS leak contains bootloaders and a stock Samsung kernel - stock Samsung ICS kernels SUCK, even the I9100 release ones.
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Just curious, why do stock Samsung ICS kernels suck? And how do you know that already? I was under the impression that we never had stock ICS i777 kernels until we got the leak today, so have you already looked at/tested them and compared them to your own? Just want to know the thought process
EDIT: You edited your post. I didn't know we had the stock kernel already. Still, what about it makes it so bad?
Some think else look into from that have Kay setting installed it is AMAZING what he did with the sgs2 that said have fun and do sum looking in i9100 section most of there roms are cross flashable with hell raiser...
sent from interspace on my hacked telly...
It's brand new and shiney. Might be best to give it a workout for a week or so to make sure everything is functional and stays functional. Not like it happens alot but there are lemons out there. No sensce causing yourself the xtra grief of wondering if you killed the phone or it already had a fatal flaw.
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Just curious, why do stock Samsung ICS kernels suck? And how do you know that already? I was under the impression that we never had stock ICS i777 kernels until we got the leak today, so have you already looked at/tested them and compared them to your own? Just want to know the thought process
EDIT: You edited your post. I didn't know we had the stock kernel already. Still, what about it makes it so bad?
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fuel_alerted wakelock (fixed in source-built custom kernels - we fixed it 6 months ago for Gingerbread, we had to fix it again for ICS)
Instabilities if you use SetCPU (still not fixed, but fundamentally can't be fixed for a binary kernel)
Let me do my noob question here then.
My GS2 has 2 months old. On this time i've tested a few ROMs and Kernels.
I just dont know how to erase all the phone data. I just came out from a bootloop erasing the data and everything else but the folders are still there.
I did a little search but didnt find any info... also nothing on FAQs.
Sorry to use your post man
I'm a noob but i did my research. Keep on GB for a week or 2.
I do use ICScrew Rom. Work fine. Came with a good kernel and you can also flash the entropy one.
There are several others rom that work fine just choose one to get more experienced.
cya
kenmitch said:
It's brand new and shiney. Might be best to give it a workout for a week or so to make sure everything is functional and stays functional. Not like it happens alot but there are lemons out there. No sensce causing yourself the xtra grief of wondering if you killed the phone or it already had a fatal flaw.
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Sounds like a great idea, I always had trouble with 3g on the captivate, never knew if it was my fault or the phone's
alme1304 said:
So i bought one on Thursday and it arrived today. I just noticed that a leaked version of ICS was released just now, do you guys think I should use that? or cm9? or another ROM? Really not liking the touchwiz
I'm upgrading from a captivate which had cm7
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I have ran probably about 6 different ROMs and the last 2 that I have ran, I swear by - took me about 3 months to finally understand the terminology, but an odexed based rom is butter smooth and runs good if the author put some time and effort into it.
My suggestion is ShiShirRom found in the Dev section or if you prefer to help "beta" test his ICS rom which is based off of the leaked AT&T S2 Rom - then give that one a try. It runs really well and I have had no issues personally.
Hah! I just got mine yesterday, and I've been playing with it. I've never had a smart phone before this, but I do have a Asus Transformer so I have experience sticking on custom roms and ****ting all over it (of course, I'm really just going through the motions outlined by the pros in that xda forum..).
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 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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skyler0306 said:
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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This Public Service Announcement brought to you by a pimped out At&t gNote rocking *The Collectives* AOCP CP1...
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.
Smaybe01 said:
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.