What is the smoothest ROM out there right now (custom or not)? I love the work that the guys do on here, but I'm just getting fed up with FC's and insane lag on my phone. The three ICS roms I've tried have been the original team perfection port, then seraphim, then the unofficial. All of them i've experienced super smooth performance at one point, and then for periods of time the phone just craps out and gives me constant FC's or lag to the point where it takes 5 seconds for the phone to register my action.
Really getting sick of buggines, makes me miss my windows phone (not really though). Is the newest stock ICS ROM the most stable?
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Is the newest stock ICS ROM the most stable?
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It is for me at least. Rooted and debloated it myself and running unsecure kernel. My phablet is AWESOME
I always find odexed roms to be silky smooth.
Not trying to be a d!ck but "best/smoothest/fastest" rom post are not gonna help you
Its always gonna be on the user end.
If you're having problems
Start from a clean slate
Odin to make sure you're coming from a super clean state
Wipe wipe wipe every flash unless told not to
I personally Odin every other rom to make sure everything is running smooth
And every rom I've tried so far runs perfectly
on my phone (unless rom has broken features of course )
But try different stuff out.
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jayRokk said:
Not trying to be a d!ck but "best/smoothest/fastest" rom post are not gonna help you
Its always gonna be on the user end.
If you're having problems
Start from a clean slate
Odin to make sure you're coming from a super clean state
Wipe wipe wipe every flash unless told not to
I personally Odin every other rom to make sure everything is running smooth
And every rom I've tried so far runs perfectly
on my phone (unless rom has broken features of course )
But try different stuff out.
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I'm new to Android but have had this phone for a few months and have flashed a number of roms. You very well might be right and I hope so. All the roms I've tried recently seem to run nice at first then become unusable.
I'm on unofficial now and I hate using my phone because everything freezes and crashes all the time.
So what's going on? I also wipe everything before flashing. What do you mean by using Odin? Flash the ROM through there rather than recovery? I only used Odin once for root.
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Running Odin before hand is farting in the wind....
The cwm wipe is all you need.
Of after a bit your stuff gets unstable, wipe caches and that usually speeds things back up.
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Running Odin before hand is farting in the wind....
The cwm wipe is all you need.
Of after a bit your stuff gets unstable, wipe caches and that usually speeds things back up.
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If cwm is all I need why am I having so many issues?
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My guess, you have an app, or a few that are junking up the cache partition. Causing sluggish performance.
I'M running the team perfection rom also... while i love all the features, every ****ing day i get 100 FC's. Seems like it is always something right?
I used to use SauROM RC4 and i never updated because i had * ZERO * issues.... NEVER had any problems.
I have been running the same application since day 1... seems like some Roms can handle it and some can't, but i feel you completely.
I don't agree with the other guys comment, i've been flashing/OC'ing/Tweaking for ages and it seems that some Roms just Crash Crash Crash F**king CRASH LOL!!
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studacris said:
Running Odin before hand is farting in the wind....
The cwm wipe is all you need.
Of after a bit your stuff gets unstable, wipe caches and that usually speeds things back up.
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CWM is a God-Sent. So convenient and easy to use with many functions
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My guess, you have an app, or a few that are junking up the cache partition. Causing sluggish performance.
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quite possibly. any way to check? or are you talking about apps that are taking up much ram?
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quite possibly. any way to check? or are you talking about apps that are taking up much ram?
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get cache cleaner if you talking about that
Guys there is no smoothest or best. Each rom will run differently depending on the user setup and apps installed. Most bugs and FC I have seen come from either A. Not wiping system and data before flashing, or B. people restoring system App or data which can cause issues between roms.
And before you ask "Does this mean I have to reset up all my settings, WiFi points, email settings, Launcher widgets and ect?" The answer is yes. This is the price you pay for flashing custom roms.
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Hello everyone,
I installed the I9100LUXKJ1
Luxembourg version directly using odin, and I have to say ti is the best rom I have ever tryied on my SGS II-I777.
How do I extract the kernel from it? I'd like to root it and then clean it up a bit.
For you developers there, If you haven't tried this rom, please do, it is the cleanest one I have seen.
Almost everything works great out of the box, H+ speeds, camera, phone, etc.
However, two of the physical keys don't work, and the hume key actually goes back.
any ideas to help me start on the development of this rom? I would appreciate if you include any threads for me to follow. It's hard to find an all inclusive guide for SGS II.
Unless you are a Dev who knows his way around a kernel I would suggest flashing entropys hellraiser for i9100 roms to start. Just search for hellraiser gs2. It should fix call issues and soft keys (flashes entropys att kernel) as well as a modem designed for our phones.
Sounds like maybe you need to read a few,of the stickies to freshen up you gs2 DOS and DONTS..
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Any movement on this ? Screenshots?
NassosG said:
Hello everyone,
I installed the I9100LUXKJ1
Luxembourg version directly using odin, and I have to say ti is the best rom I have ever tryied on my SGS II-I777.
How do I extract the kernel from it? I'd like to root it and then clean it up a bit.
For you developers there, If you haven't tried this rom, please do, it is the cleanest one I have seen.
Almost everything works great out of the box, H+ speeds, camera, phone, etc.
However, two of the physical keys don't work, and the hume key actually goes back.
any ideas to help me start on the development of this rom? I would appreciate if you include any threads for me to follow. It's hard to find an all inclusive guide for SGS II.
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Roms always feel smooth and fresh after just flashing. Use it heavily for a few weeks and watch it slow down like the rest.
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akira02rex said:
Roms always feel smooth and fresh after just flashing. Use it heavily for a few weeks and watch it slow down like the rest.
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Not all slow down. There are a few on here that stay fast. MIUI for example and sensation rom
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Roms always feel smooth and fresh after just flashing. Use it heavily for a few weeks and watch it slow down like the rest.
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That's why you flash a new one every couple days! LOL
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Roms always feel smooth and fresh after just flashing. Use it heavily for a few weeks and watch it slow down like the rest.
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thats because massive cahe page files build up, reboot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache and your back to new. A ROM isn't alive, lol, theres no reason for it to get old and slow down after awhile, just maintain it the right way and it'll work just like brand new.
you should include a changelog and other stats, along with a download link in the dev section.
This does not belong in Development - you did not create it, it doesn't belong here.
A report that you flashed an I9100 ROM and it broke everything that always breaks when running an unmodified I9100 ROM on an I777 is barely worthy of its own thread anywhere, most definitely not in the Development section since you did not do any Development of any sort.
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thats because massive cahe page files build up, reboot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache and your back to new. A ROM isn't alive, lol, theres no reason for it to get old and slow down after awhile, just maintain it the right way and it'll work just like brand new.
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Does deleting cache or dalvik cache ruin anything? I usually only do that before flashing a new ROM, but wouldn't mind doing this occasionally to make my ROM faster
Cache, more less where Android stores your frequently accessed data.
Dalvik-cache, makes some changes and optimizes dex file of an apk then stores that file in data/dalvik-cache/ so that dalvik doesn't have to do it every time you load an app. Makes access times faster.
Long story short both are safe to wipe. Just expect 2-3 minute wait time on boot after wipe
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jivy26 said:
Cache, more less where Android stores your frequently accessed data.
Dalvik-cache, makes some changes and optimizes dex file of an apk then stores that file in data/dalvik-cache/ so that dalvik doesn't have to do it every time you load an app. Makes access times faster.
Long story short both are safe to wipe. Just expect 2-3 minute wait time on boot after wipe
Running ICScrewD ROM
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So it speeds up access times, and slows down the rest of the system as the cached files build up?
Enzopreme said:
thats because massive cahe page files build up, reboot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache and your back to new. A ROM isn't alive, lol, theres no reason for it to get old and slow down after awhile, just maintain it the right way and it'll work just like brand new.
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Nice tip!!! I didn't realize this but certainly makes perfect sense... Guess I'll be clearing my caches regularly from now on
Enzopreme said:
thats because massive cahe page files build up, reboot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache and your back to new. A ROM isn't alive, lol, theres no reason for it to get old and slow down after awhile, just maintain it the right way and it'll work just like brand new.
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What? If this were the case, wouldn't the cache in a typical phone become unusably large eventually since the typical user has no idea that recovery mode even exists? And if it really happened, wouldn't Google Android Team Engineers/Samsung Engineers/XDA Devs have thought to automatically purge the cache periodically, or else limit its size/growth?
Smells like a fix in search of a problem.
I am contemplating installing KP1 from 2.3.5. Now I understand that the ICS Roms are wipe and definitely would choose to do so from Gingerbread anyway.
But normally Samsung released roms are non wipe aren't they? Well every rom I have flashed has been without the need to wipe with no obvious problems so far.
So my question is if I flash one of the alpha/beta roms and set everything up again (I'm choosing not to use titanium so I have a fresh install of everything) will the official ICS from Samsung likely be a non wipe rom or will I have to set everything up again?? I may choose to use Titanium backup in that case though.
This is my first Android phone (come from the evil microsoft on my last few phones ) so have yet to see a major operating system upgrade.
I would imagine that it will be a wipe rom, system app data at the very least so you are talking stuff like sms/accounts/etc.
But I would think they will make a kies backup/restore part of the official update process.
But as far from the alpha leaks to an official build, i would imagine you would need to wipe, so I dont see a reason to set it up yet.
Thanks for your thoughts. Thats what my gut instinct was.
I almost caved in to upgrading on this release. Even made a record file of every app that backs its settings up and also what apps don't along with a list of all my important apps.....
But now you've backed up my thoughts I might just hold off until the official release before thoroughly spending a couple of hours setting it all back up without using titanium backup. After all I feel ICS won't make a whole new user experience or increase in battery life by the look of it... yeh another topic.
It could be a few weeks away and then non wipe roms from there on.... or a few months
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Thanks for your thoughts. Thats what my gut instinct was.
I almost caved in to upgrading on this release. Even made a record file of every app that backs its settings up and also what apps don't along with a list of all my important apps.....
But now you've backed up my thoughts I might just hold off until the official release before thoroughly spending a couple of hours setting it all back up without using titanium backup. After all I feel ICS won't make a whole new user experience or increase in battery life by the look of it... yeh another topic.
It could be a few weeks away and then non wipe roms from there on.... or a few months
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Well so far the ICS builds are generally unstable and buggy, not really daily driver quality, mostly in the bringup stage, I would be surprised if we are a month or so from a good build from samsung.
The samsung builds look a lot like gingerbread at the moment, and the CM9 builds are missing quite a few features due to needing to wait for ICS kernel source from samsung for some features.
At the moment, I would stay away, a lot of pain for not much gain.
Thanks for the heads up. Temptation zero now
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Thanks for the heads up. Temptation zero now
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Another thing is, unfortunately the samsung ICS builds have the same old TW UI, at least we ill be able to push the stock ICS launcher to get back some of it, but still, its going to look like touchwizz
Yeh I read that its still v4, not v5 or anything. Edited.....
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Yeh I read that its still v4, not v5 or anything. Edited.....
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I agree.
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I don't know why but it seems that I can't connect to google servers. If I open google play, I get the loading forever, same with gmail if I search something.
This happens while on wifi and/or network data.
I tried reflashing gapps. Also, clearing market cache.
Other apps can use internet like they normally do, it's just google services that are not working for me.
What can I do?
Go into cwm and wipe cache and dalvid cache
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Go into cwm and wipe cache and dalvid cache
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Did not work.
I wiped /data earlier today, so I don't know what could be happening..
I guess it's time to go back to phone bricker and start over..
It does have some issues but I can reconnect and resync w/o problem.
have you tried fixing permissions?
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I don't know why but it seems that I can't connect to google servers. If I open google play, I get the loading forever, same with gmail if I search something.
This happens while on wifi and/or network data.
I tried reflashing gapps. Also, clearing market cache.
Other apps can use internet like they normally do, it's just google services that are not working for me.
What can I do?
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Have you tried redownloading gapps, sometimes it's just a bad download.
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mikeflash said:
I don't know why but it seems that I can't connect to google servers. If I open google play, I get the loading forever, same with gmail if I search something.
This happens while on wifi and/or network data.
I tried reflashing gapps. Also, clearing market cache.
Other apps can use internet like they normally do, it's just google services that are not working for me.
What can I do?
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I just flashed build 40 and no problems at all. As all the dev's say if you have any problems do a full wipe. that should fix your problem.
i second the full wipe. custom kernal? Other than cherry picker?
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Its not the ROM. Its you.
Does your Data/Wifi work for anything else?
ehh who cares. Full wipe and reflash.
A full data wipe was done hours before this issue started.. anyway i flashed another rom and all is good now.
Aokp is good but not as stable as i would want.
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mikeflash said:
A full data wipe was done hours before this issue started.. anyway i flashed another rom and all is good now.
Aokp is good but not as stable as i would want.
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AOKP is as stable if not better than all others. Just because you had an issue and couldnt figure it out, doesnt mean its the ROM. I among the many others have never had an issue with wifi. Hell I've never had an issue that i didnt cause...
Never say that AOKP is not stable. We own these streets
I was using aokp for a week or so, flashing every build as they were released. However, when they ask you for a full wipe before asking for assistance then you know a rom is not as stable.
I guess wiping data every week is not the way i want to go. I hate setting up everything after a full wipe... nandroid backups didn't help much this time.
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AOKP is as stable if not better than all others. Just because you had an issue and couldnt figure it out, doesnt mean its the ROM. I among the many others have never had an issue with wifi. Hell I've never had an issue that i didnt cause...
Never say that AOKP is not stable. We own these streets
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U know those pink unicorns are everywhere to be found.
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mikeflash said:
I was using aokp for a week or so, flashing every build as they were released. However, when they ask you for a full wipe before asking for assistance then you know a rom is not as stable.
I guess wiping data every week is not the way i want to go. I hate setting up everything after a full wipe... nandroid backups didn't help much this time.
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Dude you're so wrong I don't even know where to begin
To start off with, a developers support philosophy has nothing to do with how stable the rom is
You don't have to wipe every week, I go a few weeks without wiping and have had no issues
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Are you sure your Google account is set up on the phone?
Menu> system settings> accounts and sync.
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Dude you're so wrong I don't even know where to begin
To start off with, a developers support philosophy has nothing to do with how stable the rom is
You don't have to wipe every week, I go a few weeks without wiping and have had no issues
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This is not my first android, though it is my first aokp rom. I didn't say i had to wipe data every time i flashed, what bothers me is that rom maker asks for a full wipe before assisting you. Something like, when flashing this rom, a full wipe is recommended, though not necessary... But should any issue arise (and they will, eventually) wipe data first and ask questions later.
That's what i mean when i say this rom is not stable. Sure, one could just flash aokp and ignore updates and maybe it will last longer before needing a full wipe, but that's not my case. I love flashing roms but having to wipe more than once a month is just unacceptable for me. Maybe there are people out there who don't mind wiping data that often, so aokp is for them.
Other than that, aokp is a good rom.
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That has nothing to do with stability. NOTHING. its a fact of android. **** go south. wipe.
You say its not your first android, But hell, a wipe for issues is the FIRST thing I learned years ago.
dont want to wipe, stay stock or get an iphone.
Wiping for issues is something that EVERY ROM has. not just AOKP. Task just plays it smart and doesnt waste time trying to diagnose before hand. Common sense man.
I'd just drop it if I was you.
I don't know who, but one of us is terrible wrong about this. I think a wipe should not be needed as often, since android should be a very stable operating system. You think full wipe is something acceptable because android is not as stable as other operating systems, maybe I'm asking too much or maybe you are way too conformist.
But whatever, I'm not saying aokp is bad, I'm just angry i lost like 10+ hours of cafeteria nipponica, I had 3 restaurants and lots of money, though i lost that because i was too lazy to backup via cwm and figure out how to restore specific data later..
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Hey bro,
Just letting you know, in case you haven't noticed... AOKP has a strong following here.
Beware of open criticism, you're gonna get chewed alive. :laugh:
My advice: drop it and move on. Arguing over the internet is pointless. What you are mentioning is not going to change.
Thankfully in Android we have a choice , if you don't want to follow a rom maintainer's policy, there's always another one.
Even for I777 you can hellraise a I9100 if there isn't one here that you like.
I'd recommend you CM9 as a good alternative. Personally I never have experienced issues with Google Services when using AOKP but YMMV.
Regards.
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I don't know who, but one of us is terrible wrong about this. I think a wipe should not be needed as often, since android should be a very stable operating system. You think full wipe is something acceptable because android is not as stable as other operating systems, maybe I'm asking too much or maybe you are way too conformist.
But whatever, I'm not saying aokp is bad, I'm just angry i lost like 10+ hours of cafeteria nipponica, I had 3 restaurants and lots of money, though i lost that because i was too lazy to backup via cwm and figure out how to restore specific data later..
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Its actually the same on any OS with updates, some things can get left behind, and what have you, Sometimes a crashed Windows machine is due to old files that got left behind. They have cleaners for that. In my experience Android gets messy after a while. Reboots are also needed on any machine to clean up cache and whatnot. few things to think about
Game data, could be saved on sdcard also, as most of my large games are. otherwise IDK the cwm way.
I liked your response honestly, it was very calm. Good luck man.
please, somebody please help me get a useable phone again. I'm not sure if it's how I'm flashing, the roms I'm using, or if it's just what I have to deal with. things have sucked ever since the first jb Rom I've tried.
I've had the awful non-responsive home button issue across all roms. constant random reboots, and fcs constantly. messaging, email, system ui.. everything. battery barely gets me through work. a phone should not work like this, and this stuff didn't used to happen with ics.
I'm using twrp2 and I've tried many cm10 releases, PA, liquid smooth. some work well for a few hours, none of them have been good.
please help if you can.
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Jellybean or ICS?
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I've run several very good, stable ROMs. ICS: BlackStarVII, VIII, IX and X.
JB: Eclipse 2.0 and currently running CM10 Stable.
All of these run flawlessly for me. I flashed all with CMW.
There are plenty of stable roms out there. BlackStarX Is very stable. It is stock with the ability to tweak and customize. you would need to give more details of how your installing
swyped on my huge phone
For the home button issue, if you flash one of the "alternate" kernel's, it fix's the home button issue (or at least, it did for me).
As for a rom, I use FJ's JethroBubba w/o issue, have had 200hrs~ uptime on my phone and would have had longer if I wasnt such a flash-o-hollic and flashed the updates for it nearly the next day...
Its not for everyone, but its solid as a rock for me.
Setup
GNote-i717
TWRP-latest
FJ's-JethroBubba-11-11-2012
I am so ****ing fed up with this phone. please someone help me out... after loving it for months I'm so close to selling it. just problem after problem on any Rom I try. right now I can't even use my phone to make calls. it rings on the other end but there is silence on my end. I tried clearing phone data in apps, tried fixing permissions, rebooting several times. I've had this issue on each Rom on and off. right now on cm10.. forget the exact nightly but I think the one after stable.
I just don't understand. it has to be something I'm doing or not doing since everyone else is having luck getting reliability. could using cwm instead of twrp somehow make for a more reliable flash? what else could I possibly try? maybe someone could list exact steps of how they're flashing, and what they're using to do so. I would be so grateful.
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are you flashing them correctly?
Wipe data/cache/dalvik
using twrp2.. I factory reset, wipe data/cash, and dalvik. flash Rom. flash gapps. fix permissions. boot. it seems sometimes the Rom auto restores my apps. if not I restore apps with tibu.
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Your not restoring the data for apps on tibu are up? And jellybean for the note is a wip we do not have an official kernel source so its gonna be wonky sometimes. Some ROMs are better than others but they all fail every now and then jellybean ones anyways. Have u tried novena? Its a very nice and fast ICS ROM.
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maybe I'll try going back to ics. disappointing since jb had some nice features. I've tried restoring just apps and apps plus data. but I've also flashed roms where I didn't need tibu and still same issues. but so many people are claiming reliability on these jb roms. not sure if mine is different or they just have lower expectations
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Deep Breath....then pause, and think about this for a minute...
It is "VERY" likely that your problems are user related...(not to sound mean or insulting, because I do "NOT" intend to be..) But...
Roms coming to us are for the most part...clean. A factory build with mild tweaks, and certainly stable for every day use.
The problems come when users dont "clean" the device properly on a fresh flash, or they restore bits of previous rom data from non-compatible builds.
Now I make screw up's too, after nearly 10 years of android hacking. I'll forget a wipe function, or restore an app with TIBU that should "NOT" get put back without a clean app install.
Long story short, the roms here are solid in the ICS realm, and are very good in the JB side too....
I suggest Blackstar as a top pick, also the UCLF6 ICS build #5 from flappjaxxx....
Both are rock solid, and if you exhibit any problems beyond the normal android hickups, then it is likely a user/device issue, and not the rom itself....g
To follow Sarge, try a clean install of all apps from the market. Its a pain to reenter data, etc. but it sounds like you're already in pain.
Its really not that difficult. I will agree that some roms are more stable than others. Most of the JB roms do have some random issues. Here is the thing though. When you start flashing custom roms, you need to accept that you might encounter minor issues. If you are not willing to live with those issues or find work arounds, then you need to flash back to stock and be happy.
Keep in mind that devs have source code to work with ICS roms. Since Samsung hasn't dropped JellyBean source for this device, the current builds are all based on the google opensource code, without many of the device specific drivers.
Others have mentioned and I agree 100%, reinstall all of your user apps out of the play store. I don't trust any of the app backups from TiBU or any other tool. I also do a complete wipe and format everything between roms. You have to have some level of patience to dabble in the custom rom world, and it sounds like you might be missing that. See what you got after an initial install, don't overclock or change any performance settings...Install just the basic apps, from the play store and see how things work for a day or so. If things seem smooth, then add some more apps. Many people try and do too much at one time, which make isolating the problem nearly impossible.
ok, right now I'm on novena... I really hate ics after using jb, but it appears to be quite good so far at least. been on it for a few days and not really any issues. this time I also installed using cwm instead of twrp. apps were restored automatically with play store. sometimes that doesn't happen.. is there any way to install through play store if it doesn't do it automatically?
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Try, AOPK Quincyatt jb milestone 1
this had been my daily driver since it came out. There are roms for lots of devices.
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Try, AOPK Quincyatt jb milestone 1
this had been my daily driver since it came out. There are roms for lots of devices.
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Agree on the AOKP......smoother and more stable than any ICS I have ever used.:thumbup:
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I went from stock virgin mobile unrooted to this phone using Padawan.
Haven't tried any other Roms but don't really have any desire to. Padawan 6.2 hasn't failed me yet. I have read too much about jellybean roms to want to try one.
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Been using ICS BlackStar X as my daily driver without any problems and great battery life.
sorry ahead of time for the rambling and wall of text.
i have a few questions i suppose. im currently running the latest 4.1.2 release on my razr. stock. i went through 2 phones recently because the update was wreacking havoc on them. before the update i loved my razr. only issue i had was battery life, but i cant lie, was my fault for playing battery hogging games ALOT. lol. so, i got my latest replacement phone. i have the same apps as before, minus a few ive ditched. the phone is feeling laggy/sluggish now. it may partly be from tsf shell, which i love but would ditch if need be to get my phone back, even though it never caused lag before the update.
From reading around the razr isnt getting another update antime soon, if at all. its pretty much on its last leg, as theyre moving away from it im sure. ive tried numerous things to get it running a bit smoother and its helped to an extent, but there is still some lag.
my question is, whats the best way to go from here to getting it running better. ive been rooted before and tried different custom roms, so im not against it, if thats the way to go. if it is, what custom rom is best? if there isnt a 'best' which would you recommend i try? i guess a 4.2.2 rom will probly be suggested. what are the major differences in the 2?
thanks for any opinions and advice.
If it is running slow, you could always use an app like is monitor to see if an app has gone rogue and is using up lots of ram or CPU. I doubt its tsf, as I used that for a very long time on mine without issues.
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Hey there!
First off, for the lagging problem, I'm positive that your phone probably needs to be cleaned up. The stock JB that you currently have is supposed to be the most stable one there is.
For cleaning up, just get SD Maid, and clean up using all the options available.
WAIT! Can I get one thing straight? You did do a factory reset before upgrading to JB 4.1.1 from ICS, right?
A LOT of problems sprout from this simple fact actually. A factory reset is mandatory when upgrading from one kernel and ROM to another, be it stock or not.
In Custom ROMs, we tend to always encourage full wipes before flashing one ROM over another unless we are only doing a minor, from let's say, Liquidsmooth v2.4 to v2.7. Then, only the cache and dalvik has to be wiped.
Yep. Hope this helped. If the answer to my above question is no (you didn't full wipe), the nI would just recommend you to use TiB, backup all your apps and data, then factory reset and then restore using TiB. That should help.
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the phone im talking about came from the manufacturer by verizon with 4.1.2 on it, so im not sure if it was upgraded that way.
if i have to factory reset, whats the vest way of saving game data so i dont have to start all over?
im currently not rooted. will root if its needed.
thanks for the previous info.
Hmmm. A sticky situation, TBH.
Maybe you can try rooting and then this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.sdm
But I haven't quite got experience working with RAZRs which came with 4.1.1 installed..
So try out the app after rooting, and if that doesnt help, factory reset. Backup your apps and their data using Titanium Backup which is available for rooted phones.
If even after that things are laggy, then i suggest getting Liquidsmooth or MoKee Rom. They are pretty fast and lagless.