Dear forum,
I was just wondering as of today what's the best combo of ROM/Kernel/modem etc for the TP?
I use AOKP on my phone, so it'd be cool to stay on that.
What's the verdict, is there a clear most smooth TP android experience?
Thanks so much!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652798
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Also:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631247
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1622986
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1659386
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1618380
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569782&highlight=which+rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1536696&highlight=which+rom
In an easier response, AOKP is all I use anymore for the touchpad. Has the highest benchmarks and smoothest operation. Classicnerd is nice if you need to have screen off audio playback, but otherwise that's the only key selling point IMO. Try em out and see what you like. You can always back up in CWM before you try a new rom in the event you don't like the new additions.
I'm running eyeballer's unofficial nightly and have paired that with GooManager so I can get the nightly differential updates instead of a full ROM. I'm lucky to have one of those TPs that hasnt had wifi or sound bugs with any ROM I have tried... so my personal belief is that anyone's luck or experience with android on the TP has a little to do with the TP itself... its not like 10s of millions got made... because even the ones that there are that many of have just as much trouble.... and were MEANT to be on Android.... not hacked
Forgot to mention that I also switched over to the TWRP recovery and once I recovered from the withdrawals of not uusing buttons and got the hang of the UI, I never looked back
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I recommend AOKP, but it doesnt hurt to give each a try to see for yourself... esp. since you're new and might have less backing up to do
I recently flashed AOKP build 36 and so far I like it better than the previously official CM9 nightly I was using. AOKP has been just as stable, but adds the extra customization ROM control provides. Also like that rom control allow you to easily overclock the touchpad without having to install an additional app (the nightly I was using didn't allow you to change the clock speeds without downloading some other app from Google Play).
Is anyone using a kernel not included with their ROM?
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Just like the title says. Looking for a solid daily driver with no hassles. AOKP looks pretty darn good (tried out a much earlier build on another phone and liked it) but for those of you who have been in the ROM game with the i777 longer than I, I'd be grateful for opinions. Thanks.
I have tried all of them and all are great now that they all have run time now. Its all personal preference. I love CM9 and Fox Hound best just because of the stability(less f.c.) for me and apps I run. But could be different for you. Great thing is that you can customize all of them to your liking. But in only opinion as you will get from everyone. I like the two above.
Stomp Em Drink Em SGSII
Never had a fc on aokp cm9 or another Rom here... Obviously the Samsung Rom will be more stable but the aosp Rom are much more feature packed
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I've been running AOKP for a few days now (b32, and now the 4-18-2012 update). I haven't really run into any issues (I think the default File Manager F.C. on a cut/paste once, but that's it), but other than that it has been quite stable and the level of built-in customization (something I absolutely love) is amazing.
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Just like the title says. Looking for a solid daily driver with no hassles. AOKP looks pretty darn good (tried out a much earlier build on another phone and liked it) but for those of you who have been in the ROM game with the i777 longer than I, I'd be grateful for opinions. Thanks.
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I've been running Shoman's Shostock2 v2.1 (ran his RC1-RC6 and v1 as well) and I haven't had one FC's or non-working function I've run into. On the release candidates did have a couple of force closes but not on v1 or v2. Give it a whirl, you won't be disappointed.
P.S.
Battery life has been stellar as well.
I have found, the one from Google is VERY stable!
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Don't make these kinds of threads please, what works for you may not work for others
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does AOKP have the CM9 feature where you can turn off root?
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Ran tasks official at&t leak uclc5 for 2 weeks no probs, just updated to tasks ucld3 official leak today, to soon to tell but seems good only been running it a couple hours. I prefer mostly stock roms not to concerned with bling just want it to do what i need when i need it.
Hi all, I have a Nexus 4 coming my way and I'm going to gift my good ole Vibrant to my sister during Thanksgiving. Can I have some opinions on which ROM I should put on it for her? I currently have Hellybean which works pretty decently, but has some minor glitches here and there. I'm not sure if I should just wipe and give her the phone with Hellybean or flash another ROM.
I would prefer a ROM that I could put on there and not be worried that I'll have to walk her through re-flashing a new ROM on the phone since she's too far away for me to help her in person.
Main things to keep in mind for your evaluations/suggestions:
Stability
Battery Life
Performance
Thank you!
Well you can't go wrong with cm10. Slim bean is very fast, stable, and has good battery life. V3.0 was just released, set it up and let her run with it.
If she is a little tech savvy, paranoid android is gangbusters, super smooth, stable and has given me the best battery life I've seen since I was running stock. The features of the ROM are not difficult to figure out, just requires a little trial and error.
Also keep in mind cm10.1(android 4.2), and all its variants should be available to the vibe soon.
If that's not the route you want to take, cm7.2 stable release is nice as well.
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If i were you, I would go with a 2.2 room, namely bionix 1.3
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Go for slim bean had an amazing battery life and smooth and stable too
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I've been on Paranoid Android now for... seems like a really long time. Probably 2-3 months maybe?
Its rock solid. I was on Helly Bean before, and I liked it too. I'm the kind of person that when I find something I like, I hate to change it. On a tip from my bro Gunny, I hopped from HB to PA and haven't looked back. All the features are there, plus more. Not knocking HB at all. Its just a preference.
It would be like me telling you that you HAVE to like chocolate swirl ice cream. I like it, but I like Superman Ice Cream better. ?
He said stable for sister no time for fixing anything.....hmmm. cm10 would be best. Then when you get the chance later just go to about phone update the ROM when you get your hands on it. Easier to keep someone else updated with cyanogenmod. Or try euroskank cm10 also a good stable ROM. I like pdroid, slimbean, and etc. But for your sister hit her with simple cm10
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Well, you certainly have a number of routes that you could go man...really it's somewhat dependent on how well your phone responds to certain builds. Honestly, if what you're really looking for is "Battery, Stability, and performance" I'd suggest go no higher than ICS, with Froyo being my suggestion merely on accomplishing those three points to the fullest. With that being said, if you'd like to go the JB route, then you can't go too too wrong with PA, since it's a solid rom. But again, it's really dependent to some extent on specifically what you want to accomplish. Froyo definitely meets all of those requirements in spades, as do some ICS builds (Zen, Rem come to mind)....fewer even still for JB, but I'm sure with the right build, and kernel with a little tweaking, your sister could do just fine running a jelly beaned Vibrant.
Thanks for all the replies, definitely much appreciated! I thought about going back to froyo, but it seems like my phone has handled ICS and JB pretty well considering the age of the phone. I have been on ICZen and that was pretty good so I will think about that. I'm going to try Paranoid since it would be nice to give her JB, and Hellybean has been pretty good, but I guess I need to try out Paranoid first.
EDIT: Quick question about Paranoid... Stock or 360?
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EDIT: Quick question about Paranoid... Stock or 360?
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360 for sure man..
360 vs. stock differences:
stock is CM10+PA options and is the base rom for 360
360 is my spin on for the rom changes include:
-latest Semaphore kernal "S"version
-patch lib files for greater ram availability
-Build.prop edits
-different system sounds
-GPS fixes and possible improvements
-Beats Audio enhancments thanks Awesome
-remove some unnecessary files
-remove stock live wallpaper
-and other such tweaks as I find them useful
source : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32013606&postcount=3
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happy flashing
tc
A friend of mine recently got a Samsung Vibrant from someone in his family. The thing is still on Eclair. He wants a custom rom. Now, i know XDA's policy on "What's the best rom" kinda threads, and i would just tell him to try them all till he finds one that satisfies his needs, but he himself doesn't have a clue about the entire process, and i'm all he's got. He's also not gonna be in town for much longer, so i need to flash him a rom quickly before he leaves. The only requirements are:
1) Should be stable
2) Should have fair battery life.
3) should be atleast ICS. This part is absolutely crucial, as his college WIFI uses a proxy, and there's absolutely no way to access this on pre 4.0 devices (Well, it's also available in 3.0, but that's not applicable here).
Can someone recommend a good rom?
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A friend of mine recently got a Samsung Vibrant from someone in his family. The thing is still on Eclair. He wants a custom rom. Now, i know XDA's policy on "What's the best rom" kinda threads, and i would just tell him to try them all till he finds one that satisfies his needs, but he himself doesn't have a clue about the entire process, and i'm all he's got. He's also not gonna be in town for much longer, so i need to flash him a rom quickly before he leaves. The only requirements are:
1) Should be stable
2) Should have fair battery life.
3) should be atleast ICS. This part is absolutely crucial, as his college WIFI uses a proxy, and there's absolutely no way to access this on pre 4.0 devices (Well, it's also available in 3.0, but that's not applicable here).
Can someone recommend a good rom?
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CM10.1 Nightly or HellyBean will be my recommendations.
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CM10.1 Nightly or HellyBean will be my recommendations.
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Don't go with a nightly rom, they sometimes are not stable. Also avoid ICS roms, they have the EUbug (renders internal sd card useless). Go with a jellybean rom (4.2), my favorite is Avatar rom, very stable and tons of themes.
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As much as I love all the available custom roms out there, there is a trade off with memory consumption, gps, Bluetooth, etc. I would have to recommend using a rom made for the phone if you want something stable. I would not use ICS though. I finally made up my mind and will be using a optimized Froyo rom with no bloat, customizations, themes. Just do what a phone was suppose to do.
If wants stability & speed try trigger(froyo 2.2,all works) if wants some modern try slimbean or infamous AOKP,but have GPS issues(4.2.2) this roms works with 170-210 free ram.Vibrant t959 is a good pet for daily work! Good Luck!
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The OP said it has to at least be a 4.0 ROM...........
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Yeah guys, i need a minimum of 4.0, there's no way to get proxy working on any of the lower versions.
Also yeah, i don't think i want a nightly, since this is gonna be a one time flash, there's no way he's gonna flash later nightlies or even a later stable. I give him a rom now and that's exactly what he'll be using for the next year.
Tomorrow I'll be updating infamous aokp. Its stable fast and gives me good battery life. You can flash that!
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Sorry Dev's, I'm sure this should have been in another forum but I know there are others like me that only ready this one as it relates to custom ROMs...
Ok it's been a while since anything stable has been released or updated. Just wondering what ROMs the others here are running on their Photon. Me I've subsided to the official CM7 but am constantly tempted to flash CM9 and 10 just out of boredom and the unyielding need to flash something that "feels" new. Am I alone here?
I'm on pacman rom from december . its quite stable but less video recording.. i am still use mopho for daily use.
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I use AOKP from 12/7. It's the most stable rom I've used but has a few issues for me. SwiftKey force closes when I use the Flow feature. Also the newest maps was force closing so I went to the previous version. Camera works most of the time but obviously video recording doesn't.
To your comment about wanting something to flash, I couldn't agree more. I miss when there were multiple roms to flash each week. I've sort of come to accept the situation we're in and despite the issues, joker and th3bill did a great job keeping our phone going. Most of what I need works sufficiently in th3bill's jellybean builds. I'm pretty content at this point, although I do miss flashing for sure.
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I've figured out I can live with and without a few items.
- screen glitches don't bother me
- I don't care about hdmi output, bluetooth, docking or the car thingy
- Video Cam Illusion works good enough for me
- I don't really care about overclocking
- dont watch a lot of movies, youtube or games so HD video not so important
- the thing with Google Maps not rendering was the killer that kept me back on CM7
Maps will occasionally go blank on this rom, forcing me to end the process and restart it. That happens maybe once in 30 times of using it. There are also very few screen glitches. Sometimes scrolling in browsers will slightly glitch but it's not that bad.
I might go back and try out all of Th3bill's roms from December just to make sure I'm using the best one. I'm even tempted to try to find the old aokp ics build I used to use. That was pretty stable but screen rotation would crash the browser if I remember correctly.
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My signature states what I use but I think its time for a factory wipe. I have too many apps & games,over 200, installed and am having lots of lagging. And yes I actually use many of them over a course of a month and like to test many apps out and remove them if they are not useful. Overall I think its the best ROM due to its "Stock" with some CM7 features and many other fixes! Runs very smooth as long as you don't install a lot of apps and remove them too like me. I know not too convincing what I use and why but I've tried a lot and kept coming back to Hybrid.
I am rooted,locked bootloader running peetr_ hybrid CM7 rom...stabld and nice!
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I've been using th3bill's can forever. It's clean and stable and I love it
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It's been a long while friends..I do miss flashing...but I've been on AOKP since probably for as long as I can remember 10-11-12..yeah I get the FC's on Map and G+, but totally agree that Joker, Bill, and the other devs did such an awesome job. Waiting for Nexus 5...
I've been using th3bills last CM10 build since December '12. I've tried a couple different roms this year but usually within a day or two I find some quirk that the CM10 rom didn't have and decided to restore its backup. As long as 4.2 roms don't support 3d accel and Miui roms don't support Google Play Services, I see no reason to switch, especially when I can upgrade in 2 months.
Also for everyone running the same rom for the last year, I'm not sure if it's changes in the app itself or the fact that I set all composting be done by cpu in build.prop, but Google Chrome has been working fine for me for the last month.
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Now that I've got my ZUGPe my Note is going into semi retirement as mp3 player / cycling gps / htpc remote and I don't care so much about features and customizing as I do about stabiltiy now. I have dealt with varying degrees of instability with many many CM and AOKP variations to stay on Vanilla-ish Android. I really really really hate Touchwiz, but do I have to go back to Touchwiz to get something really stable? I'll cut you off and say maybe my phone just never agreed with CM or AOKP so even if yours is stable mine never quite got there, never more than 2-3 days without a RR or lockup, and usually several RR each day. My old Incredible on CM goes nearly a month before an issue creeps up but to be fair it doesn't get a ton of use. Neither will the Note so I just want something solid and dependable, rather than cutting-edge. Thanks for tossing your opinions at me!
You seem to be very aware that this a loaded question and knowledgable to the fact that what runs good on one, may not on another, so I will respond to this.
I am in the same boat as you and do still enjoy the Note, even though semi- retiring it.
At the moment I am swapping back and forth on 2 roms to determine which I like best. They are older roms and never had a hiccup from neither.
Rootbox and Sons of Android.
I am having trouble however. I like them both.
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You seem to be very aware that this a loaded question and knowledgable to the fact that what runs good on one, may not on another, so I will respond to this.
I am in the same boat as you and do still enjoy the Note, even though semi- retiring it.
At the moment I am swapping back and forth on 2 roms to determine which I like best. They are older roms and never had a hiccup from neither.
Rootbox and Sons of Android.
I am having trouble however. I like them both.
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Hmmmmmm I never tried sons of android gotta try that. If ya want my opinion every i717 runs different. I've had good stable experience s with padawan, black star, and aokp 4.4 . There rock solid and the forums for them are very helpful. Now going to find sons of android lol
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Hmmmmmm I never tried sons of android gotta try that. If ya want my opinion every i717 runs different. I've had good stable experience s with padawan, black star, and aokp 4.4 . There rock solid and the forums for them are very helpful. Now going to find sons of android lol
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its PT's also
Carbonrom V 1.8
I too am not happy with touchwiz roms. And seemed always returning to one of pt's builds because they are for me rock solid. But TW.
I have flashed a bunch of roms, and try most any AOSP, AOCP, AOKP, CM, ... searching for a stable daily driver that works all the time.
I have been running Carbon Rom V 1.8 it's 4.2.2 and for my phone stable. Very stable. ALL my phone functions work perfectly, call quality, speaker phone, bluetooth, even my call recording app works. Camera, video, all good.
Really happy with this one. Battery life is a bit better too. If that is even possible with the i717.
I had been trying the nightly builds, and the huber kernel. But was getting an occasional lock up reboot, etc..
Had given up and went back to ol faithful Padawan.
Then found a Carbon Rom release version for our i717, Version 1.8. I did a full wipe, data, cache, and flashed it with TWRP. And the gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip.
No OC but it runs fine without it. Haven't tried the huber kernel with this version, and don't plan to.
HTH
James
i717 said:
I too am not happy with touchwiz roms. And seemed always returning to one of pt's builds because they are for me rock solid. But TW.
I have flashed a bunch of roms, and try most any AOSP, AOCP, AOKP, CM, ... searching for a stable daily driver that works all the time.
I have been running Carbon Rom V 1.8 it's 4.2.2 and for my phone stable. Very stable. ALL my phone functions work perfectly, call quality, speaker phone, bluetooth, even my call recording app works. Camera, video, all good.
Really happy with this one. Battery life is a bit better too. If that is even possible with the i717.
I had been trying the nightly builds, and the huber kernel. But was getting an occasional lock up reboot, etc..
Had given up and went back to ol faithful Padawan.
Then found a Carbon Rom release version for our i717, Version 1.8. I did a full wipe, data, cache, and flashed it with TWRP. And the gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip.
No OC but it runs fine without it. Haven't tried the huber kernel with this version, and don't plan to.
HTH
James
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However, not to be technical, but its "Uber".
For Bulldogs function and for mine, we are not using phone function anymore. Just a sort of mini tablet.
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I would base this question on "which ROM would I flash on my wife's phone".... She also has the 717, but won't let me put my dirty mitts on it That being said, without question I would put AOKP 4.4.2 on it if she finally relented. One of the most stable I have run, and blownfuze said he has no intention of giving up his note anytime soon. Which means we will get support for a while on that one.
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:highfive:Yes, that is a great analogy, "which ROM would I flash on my wife's phone".
Only trouble is her phone is the i317. Carbon does have a release for her phone, but she likes the Jedi X version I have on hers.
I will have to re-investigate the latest AOKP 4.4.2 . I did briefly look at it and didn't get much past the known issues. Glad he fixed them.
I appreciate the developers here, and all the time they spend working and tweaking these ROMS.
However this Carbon works great for my i717. Camcorder, camera, gallery, all working fine. Bluetooth, etc.
I have had only one complaint about speaker phone echo, and I couldn't hear it on my end. When my wife called me from her note 2. I use the speaker phone option on about 1/2 my calls.
Thank you captemo for catching the miss spelled kernel. Wouldn't want someone searching for a mis-spelled anything! :good:
I hope this thread finds it's way to others still loyal to the i717 wanting something other than TW based ROMS. Retired or not, I like everything the device has to operate, reliably.
I did DL "Sons of Android" a couple weeks ago, and the .rar files opened up into something other than a ROM. Guess that one is gone?
i717 said:
:highfive:Yes, that is a great analogy, "which ROM would I flash on my wife's phone".
Only trouble is her phone is the i317. Carbon does have a release for her phone, but she likes the Jedi X version I have on hers.
I will have to re-investigate the latest AOKP 4.4.2 . I did briefly look at it and didn't get much past the known issues. Glad he fixed them.
I appreciate the developers here, and all the time they spend working and tweaking these ROMS.
However this Carbon works great for my i717. Camcorder, camera, gallery, all working fine. Bluetooth, etc.
I have had only one complaint about speaker phone echo, and I couldn't hear it on my end. When my wife called me from her note 2. I use the speaker phone option on about 1/2 my calls.
Thank you captemo for catching the miss spelled kernel. Wouldn't want someone searching for a mis-spelled anything! :good:
I hope this thread finds it's way to others still loyal to the i717 wanting something other than TW based ROMS. Retired or not, I like everything the device has to operate, reliably.
I did DL "Sons of Android" a couple weeks ago, and the .rar files opened up into something other than a ROM. Guess that one is gone?
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I just posted link the other day and gapps for it too
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I thought aokp 4.4.2 and all kit kat roms had issues with the display going crazy especially related to games and lock screens. I though the camcorder doesn't work yet for aokp. I am in the same boat. My s4 died so I am back to the old note. I am going to try carbon 1.8 or sons on android, as those are the only download links I can find. Thanks for this post.
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Thank you captemo for the direction of the Sons of Android files.:good:
I did DL them. My connection must have been wonky.
I had issues with the Gapps file. It must have been a bad download for me. Tried twice. Got the ROM to load up fine, but without Gapps I didn't get a good testing done. I was using TWRP.
Without an MD5 to be sure my DL was good I probably shouldn't have tried it.
So I reinstalled Carbon V1.8 from my BU.
Since my last post, I did have a FC and reboot related to my BeWeather App. I have also had issues with this App in TW based ROMs I've tried.
I don't load allot of Apps, or run many programs. And the ones I can Greenify, I do. Maybe this is why Carbon works for me?:fingers-crossed:
I reset my weather App to update manually when I use it now. I think it updating as the program opens has been the trouble.
Is there a problem with Auto-Brightness on non TW roms? My display flickers when I unlock my screen. This happened on 4.4.2 roms and 4.2.2 carbon 1.8. Is there a simple fix I am forgetting?
The auto bright setting on the non TW based ROMs I have tried have not been as smooth as TW ROMs. I set the auto function off, and set it to low.
Some of the non TW based ROMs have the slide your finger across the top of the screen to manually adjust brightness. Nice feature.
I went back to the download dropbox provided by captemo and re-downloaded the files, and got a good clean ROM and Gapps. :good:
I am using "Sons Of Android" now, and like it very much! So far so good!
Thank you, captemo :good: