What ROM and kernel? - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello everybody in the thunderbolt community! I'm new to the thunderbolt and just successfully rooted it for a buddy of mine. I would like to load a custom ROM and kernel on this thing for him but not sure what i should flash. What's the most stable ROM out there and best kernel for performance and battery life?
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Dude, there are a multitude of these threads. You could have searched manually and found atleast 2 inside of 2 minutes. Geeeezz
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I agree there are a ton, and they're all the same. For the most part people seem to really like Entirnty Infected roms, or roms from team BAMF. I've used both but like infected roms because they have great battery life and beats audio cooked in!

calaeb08 said:
I agree there are a ton, and they're all the same. For the most part people seem to really like Entirnty Infected roms, or roms from team BAMF. I've used both but like infected roms because they have great battery life and beats audio cooked in!
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Thanks for the input. I ended up throwing on a team bamf rom and my buddy really seems to like it so far. Will probably try an infected rom next...
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Which Are You More Excited For! ICS!

which are you more excited for
CM9
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Warm FourPointOh?
what is the second one... lol
Toxina said:
what is the second one... lol
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whatever myn and the warm rom team call their next rom
That One S ROM project that's been going on.
Both. Althrough i'd choose CM9
thoughtlesskyle said:
whatever myn and the warm rom team call their next rom
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good one
Meh. CM9 takes a lot more work
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I'd say for both
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Looking to be infected personally.
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miui v4, oh yes.
One S ROM all the way, or anything with sense 4.0
MeanROM ics.
AOKP with camera. Sounds great lol.
MikMik ics Rom fosho
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DarkManX4lf said:
MeanROM ics.
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It's in the works
I can't wait to see what mik or virus treat us with. Don't really know which I'd like to see more, prolly mik.
CM9 all the way
Never really liked Warm All that much. Always seemed like it couldn't make up its mind in earlier versions. I will give it another try if a stable version comes out from whatever phone I am using at that time though.
CM9 is an amazing ROM on the Galaxy Nexus and I was quite fond of a couple earlier Cyanogen versions so when that hits my phone I will get it right away.
I've given up on cm9 for now. I know its hard work but every aosp ICS ROM I've tried has horrible battery life and lots of bugs. I'm definitely excited for whatever myn cooks up next though, I've used his warm roms since the OG evo and they have been amazing. My favorite dev well along with mikey and chad
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ncfastls1 said:
I've given up on cm9 for now. I know its hard work but every aosp ICS ROM I've tried has horrible battery life and lots of bugs. I'm definitely excited for whatever myn cooks up next though, I've used his warm roms since the OG evo and they have been amazing. My favorite dev well along with mikey and chad
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That's something they'll work on. If you've used AOSP in the past you'll know that you can get some pretty solid battery life. Sadly it seems like ICS is more of a power hog than GB. Which is okay with me, considering how much better it is in every other category.
Warm ICS with the quickness.

Thunderbolt Users Unite

Hello Thunderbolt users, I need your help with something. I finally convinced my girlfriend to rooting her Thunderbolt, now I need to know what's the most recommended ROM for the Thunderbolt, it needs to be stable, no major bugs, what do you guys recommend?
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It depends if she likes sense or not. I've been running eternity which is a sense 3.5 rom which runs excellent, stable and fast. And for aosp I've run thundershed cm7.2. Very quick and stable. Another cm7.2 based rom to check is the new rom zombie. I just loaded it up and so far is awesome. Has a nice red theme to it.
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dizzyman1180 said:
It depends if she likes sense or not. I've been running eternity which is a sense 3.5 rom which runs excellent, stable and fast. And for aosp I've run thundershed cm7.2. Very quick and stable. Another cm7.2 based rom to check is the new rom zombie. I just loaded it up and so far is awesome. Has a nice red theme to it.
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Well she insists on Sense since that's what she's used to, I personally don't like Sense but I'll let her try out those ROMs, thank you!
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Benignoid said:
Well she insists on Sense since that's what she's used to, I personally don't like Sense but I'll let her try out those ROMs, thank you!
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If you're looking for a sense based ROM I suggest gingeritis 3d 1.2! I love it!!!
As far as AOSP goes I suggest cm7.2 thundershed
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jumpman1229 said:
If you're looking for a sense based ROM I suggest gingeritis 3d 1.2! I love it!!!
As far as AOSP goes I suggest cm7.2 thundershed
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Thanks dude!
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I would recommend eternity 3.5. Its smooth fast and has plenty of customisation.
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dizzyman1180 said:
It depends if she likes sense or not. I've been running eternity which is a sense 3.5 rom which runs excellent, stable and fast. And for aosp I've run thundershed cm7.2. Very quick and stable. Another cm7.2 based rom to check is the new rom zombie. I just loaded it up and so far is awesome. Has a nice red theme to it.
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That 3.5 Rom drains crazier then a rat in outhouse. In ten minutes lost 10% then lost more about the same rate. This Rom needs to be fixed.as that is not stable. Seems as is stock os the best on the battery, and that is sad. Also your my Verizon app won't work which is another area of concern with limited data and shared plans we need to have an app that works. UNACCeptable people to have those two issues. My Verizon app is not.bloate as it gives vital account information.
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Once again, the fool is wrong!
My Verizon works fine on Eternity....
Guess you just have to know how to click an icon and enter your user info.
I guess that's too hard for some people.
Dont listen to this idiot. He doesn't know how to set a rom up to save his life so don't pay attention to what he says. He has been banned twice already. Eternity gets better battery life than any rom i have tried. That includes stock which has horrible battery life.
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disconnecktie said:
Eternity gets better battery life than any rom i have tried. That includes stock which has horrible battery life.
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You force me to agree with the troll, damn it! I have to qualify your statement with: 'which eternity'? I was very happy with 248 but when I updated to my battery life dropped down to 5 - 6 hours(!) with no change in the setup.
I'm getting over 14 hours of battery life with Gingeritis 3d by comparison and the phone is getting the same or more use.
xs11e said:
You force me to agree with the troll, damn it! I have to qualify your statement with: 'which eternity'? I was very happy with 248 but when I updated to my battery life dropped down to 5 - 6 hours(!) with no change in the setup.
I'm getting over 14 hours of battery life with Gingeritis 3d by comparison and the phone is getting the same or more use.
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Yes, r248 had better battery life then the latest test builds.
Why is that you ask?
As I stated in the Eternity thread, the newest build has a test kernel from Ziggy based on the latest OTA, as is the new test build Rom.
That kernel has an identified and known issue where the Performance and On Demand governor are locked at Max, no matter what you do.
The solution:
Change governor to Lag Free, or install Imos 6.2 kernel for Mr4 based roms, or the Bamf 3++ kernel.
Then apply your preferred CPU settings.
Battery use should return to as good or Better then r248.
The new kernel in the Rom is being reworked currently to resolve the issue.
So, the concern is with the kernel, more so then the Rom.
As far as Gingeritis having better battery life, I don't doubt that any Sense 3.5 Rom is going to be somewhat more draining on our devices/batteries.
Im talking about r248 but i still had decent battery on the test builds.
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Alright guys well I'll take what each of you have said and review each ROM carefully, till I can help her decide which would be the best, thanks guys!
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Soab or skyraider imo
I'm on Thunderstick BareBack 3.0.3. Smooth, quick and it just works. :beer:
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santod040 said:
As far as Gingeritis having better battery life, I don't doubt that any Sense 3.5 Rom is going to be somewhat more draining on our devices/batteries.
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Your explanation is very much appreciated but......
I never thought I'd say this and it's subject to change from hour to hour...... I'm pretty much stuck on Gingeritis 3D, getting up in the AM, subjecting the phone to fairly heavy use and seeing 50% battery or more remaining when I go to bed is something I thought I'd never see after abandoning my BB for Android and.....
I seem to have lost my enthusiasm for messing with this phone for some reason? Every thing works now with Thunderstick BB or Eternity or Liquid or ???? and the only reason I change from one ROM to another is some minor annoyances and battery life so.... I think maybe I'll leave well enough alone.
I'm saving my flashing desires for when the devs get ICS with Sense 4.x, I'll don't think I'll flash ICS with Sense 3.x and I might just wait for Jellybean?
I have about forever left on my contract and then we'll see what's up.
So it changed as I said it might! Tried the Bamf kernel and battery life is back to normal.
Up until yesterday I had been running the Thunderstick GenII rom for the last 6-7 months (been running Thunderstick roms since last September..when Verizon bricked my phone with their update). It is a very stable Sense rom, and the only issue I had with it was my custom ring tones would sometimes get confused. The only reason I upgraded was to try something new (now running Thunderstick FullBlown) and I am half tempted to go back to the GenII just because it has some features I like that the FullBlown version does not.
Been running ThunderStick ROMS (FB, BB) for a good while... They just work on my phone. YMMV. Flashed SfKCM7 (AOSP) last nite and it runs real smooth... Gonna ride with this til I get the itch :beer:
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I have been running urban nonsense forever. Everything works and I keep telling myself I am going to go to something else but I never do. I think the dev's (R3D's) roms are all great actually. Check them out.
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No matter what rom I try I always end up back on Skyraider. It's the fastest sense rom I've ever used.

Best Rom As of Today?

I've been on Viper since launch...
Haven't tried any of the others. Visuals are important to me as well as smoothness.
Mean ROM.
Mean Rom.
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Mean rom is a beast
any rom would do. there all pretty simple at the moment, nobody has took their rom to the next level for this device.
Many devs are still ROMing for other phones and haven't journeyed to the LTE just yet.
only time will tell. And Ive flash just about all of the roms out now.
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any rom would do. there all pretty simple at the moment, nobody has took their rom to the next level for this device.
Many devs are still ROMing for other phones and haven't journeyed to the LTE just yet.
only time will tell. And Ive flash just about all of the roms out now.
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I will agree. My daily rom is MeanROM but I've tried them all and I think they're pretty much all the same. Only thing that's separating them are tweaks, they definitely all look the same. From what I hear the VenomRom will be the one that separates itself from the rest, when it gets released.
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I've tried Mean rom and Viper. Both excellent roms but I chose to stick with Viper as my daily driver for now. It just feels a bit more familiar to me since that's all I used on my 3D.
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+1 with mean rom for sure. its got by far the most support and updates as of now. but when the viper rom comes out whenever that may be is up in the air but when it does i think i will be the best. go to the one x page and check it out....but mean all the way right now without a doubt!!!!
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I will agree. My daily rom is MeanROM but I've tried them all and I think they're pretty much all the same. Only thing that's separating them are tweaks, they definitely all look the same. From what I hear the VenomRom will be the one that separates itself from the rest, when it gets released.
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Ive been waiting patiently on that Rom to come out, words on the threads, beta will be out by the end of this week
I'm going with mean as well simply because he supports it by far the best.
Everything is pretty much the same right now so it's not a big deal, just play around with a few
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Stock. :trollface:
I actually like it however
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I had ARHD 6.6.7 previously. It was a stock experience with nothing new. Also my battery was terrible on it. Yesterday I flashed ViperS 1.0.1... And I must say that it's by far the best rom I have every seen and used. It's packed with so much goodies! So much customization options that you'll never get bored. And on top of that, it's also very fast. The venom hub and tweaks app is revolutionary.
So far, the battery is also doing great.
Team Venom rocks!
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if u like the customizing tweaks u find in AOSP roms like cm9 and aokp then u should look forward to charmeleon rom, it will be getting a major update in the coming days
using the AOKP right now. dont really like any of the sense options there are right now. and i like the AOSP lockscreen too much. haha. waiting for that chameleon rom guy above was talking about. hopefully we can get a good CM9 Port going.
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I had ARHD 6.6.7 previously. It was a stock experience with nothing new. Also my battery was terrible on it. Yesterday I flashed ViperS 1.0.1... And I must say that it's by far the best rom I have every seen and used. It's packed with so much goodies! So much customization options that you'll never get bored. And on top of that, it's also very fast. The venom hub and tweaks app is revolutionary.
So far, the battery is also doing great.
Team Venom rocks!
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so your a tester or what for them? how is that rom?? i cant wait to get that sh*t!!!!!
I use Mean as well, Ive tried all of the others out there and keep coming back to Mean because it keeps getting updated and each time gets better.
give it a try
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so your a tester or what for them? how is that rom?? i cant wait to get that sh*t!!!!!
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nah man, I am just a tester and flasher for my local peeps.
Dude you should try this rom. they've made this rom very light and now i usually have around 175 - 220mb FREE.
just 3 bugs so far.. which i have already reported on day one.
1- Facebook Calender Sync doesn't work.
2- Gallery and Music app fails to load and search files. ( most of the time ) its a pain though :x
3- No Predictive Text in the keyboard. ( you'll have to use the ****ty SwiftKey for that.)
I've flashed Mean rom... All I noticed was 2% drops in battery every few minutes.. And it looked like the same stock ics layout
What's so special about It
We need roms that have boot animations and tweaked batt life roms that tweak the ui something extra ordinary
Stock suits me for now until I see a tricked out rom one that physically just looks different to the eyes
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Mean Rom hands down cm9 is ok but its buggy
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lojak29 said:
I've flashed Mean rom... All I noticed was 2% drops in battery every few minutes.. And it looked like the same stock ics layout
What's so special about It
We need roms that have boot animations and tweaked batt life roms that tweak the ui something extra ordinary
Stock suits me for now until I see a tricked out rom one that physically just looks different to the eyes
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Use cm9 then there's thems in the market
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best sense 5 rom

I'm trying to decide between hatka sense 5 or stock sense 5. Also what do you guys think would be the best kernel for sense 5 in terms of stability and battery life .
I'm using newts sense 5 with beast mode kernel.
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"best" is different for everyone. What are you looking for in a rom?
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"best" is different for everyone. What are you looking for in a rom?
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Stability and battery life
There are only 3 sense 5 threads right now, try them out
I'm currently on Newt's M7 (stock kernel), as stable as stock.
Battery can idle many days, or last a full day of use. Almost no wakelocks.
Had a little more drain on Z's kernel before. Others didn't really convince me.
But watch out for Hada and Joelz, they have/make interesting customizations!
I thought these topics were banned because differences on opinion result in flame wars. And they just hurt the devs really.
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Wasn't Hatka Sense 5 determined to be a Kang of Newt's, with a couple of EQS things added?
Newt's M7 is really good. The only thing I've had trouble with on his ROM is that Photo Editor FCs on me. I haven't tried Joel's yet.
Joels is pretty good I'm running it now. I didn't see anything different then what newt had in his... Looks so far to be just a direct port. Although I'm sure he will add stuff as he has time
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BBEgo said:
Wasn't Hatka Sense 5 determined to be a Kang of Newt's, with a couple of EQS things added?
Newt's M7 is really good. The only thing I've had trouble with on his ROM is that Photo Editor FCs on me. I haven't tried Joel's yet.
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I followed newt n joelz from the rezzy. Those poor bastards are always getting kanged. Newt was pissed n left rez for a while at one point cause people were actually flaming him!!!!!! It was obvious theft once u took a peek under the hood.
Both devs are more than helpful and happy to share. I steal from them all the time but if I ever put something out that had ANYTHING to do with their work. Credits would be given n that's literally all they want lmfao
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Most effective but Most Stable Rom

Hey..just looking for opinions on what you guys think is the most stable and effective rom? I have been flashing sense 5 roms and cm.10 aosp roms. I prefer cm.10 i just cannot handle the bugs right now or things half working. So im just wondering what your opinions are for the most stable rom with great battery life would be? At least until all the bugs are worked out in other roms...
Oh and i have the dna w/ s-off, currently running viper. Not getting good battery life and getting many force closes with several apps
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Bring on the comments please. Moonshine S-Off for me soon, Hopefully.
One of the Sense based ROM's will be the most stable and fully functional. If you want to venture out more then there are several AOSP based roms that are at about 95% functional.
Viper and newts sense 5 are generally considered the 'best' roms.
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Tsoflyyup said:
Hey..just looking for opinions on what you guys think is the most stable and effective rom? I have been flashing sense 5 roms and cm.10 aosp roms. I prefer cm.10 i just cannot handle the bugs right now or things half working. So im just wondering what your opinions are for the most stable rom with great battery life would be? At least until all the bugs are worked out in other roms...
Oh and i have the dna w/ s-off, currently running viper. Not getting good battery life and getting many force closes with several apps
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Was Newts Sense5 Rom not working out for you? I found that to be the most stable.
PAC rom by pio. Best features, no ugly sense framework.
I used to run Newt's Sense 5 rom. That, coupled with Zarbos' kernel (badass governor I think?) was very stable and had great battery life.
As of right now I'm running Flyhalf's CM 10.1 rom. No issues so far, but according to the thread some people are having random issues.
I gotta say Viper.lots of tweeks and customization and super stable!
Good Question. I plan on flashing Newt.s Sense 5 ROM when we get Moonshine but I;d prefer CM10.1.
The thing is I've read photos taken with CM are noticeably worst than Sense on the One, plus I played with it on a Note 2 and noticed that and the screen looked much worst. Can anyone say how CM stacks up in those areas?
I'm running Hatka Supreme Sense 5 rom. Seems to have the best balance of stability, speed and customization. Also battery life is great.
Just ran CM10 for the weekend to weigh it. Only real complaint was Bluetooth quality, which was a killer for me . Back on viper.
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I've been running cm 10.1 for the last month. Sadly it's not the most stable ROM, yet. Thanks to the brilliant and hard work of chad, it's getting there. I have no doubt it will.
Until then I'd have to say the most stable rom at this point is newts sense 5.
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cojoda said:
I've been running cm 10.1 for the last month. Sadly it's not the most stable ROM, yet. Thanks to the brilliant and hard work of chad, it's getting there. I have no doubt it will.
Until then I'd have to say the most stable rom at this point is newts sense 5.
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You have a link to newts?
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You have a link to newts?
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or you can just go into dna android development and click the link that takes you to his thread ... just sayin...
NOS 2.0.3 and Viper 1.3.x are probably the most stable "custom" roms... besides that just the plain rooted ota's are the most stable
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or you can just go into dna android development and click the link that takes you to his thread ... just sayin...
NOS 2.0.3 and Viper 1.3.x are probably the most stable "custom" roms... besides that just the plain rooted ota's are the most stable
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If i knew it was called nos i would have. I didn't know i thought it was called newts.... Just got the phone.. Damn....
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Farva0412 said:
If i knew it was called nos i would have. I didn't know i thought it was called newts.... Just got the phone.. Damn....
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Sorry for the confusion. I sometimes forget there might be some people on this thread who haven't had a rooted DNA for the last 6 months.
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If i knew it was called nos i would have. I didn't know i thought it was called newts.... Just got the phone.. Damn....
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i dont want to start a fight or get ot but if you take like a few minutes and browse the rom sections you would have found it in like 2 seconds...

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