Custom ROM --OR-- New Stock ROM...??? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everyone,
This is more of a question for people who have played around with other ROMs, aswell as had the chance to have a play with Samsungs official STOCK rom with the NEW firmwire...
Doubt its very many because it would involve a FULL WIPE.
My question is this...
Ive used Omega ROM for a few weeks, was good, then changed to CheckROM Evo v2 (because checkrom was AMAZING on my SG2).
CheckROM then brought out v3.5 of their ROM, "no wipe", so i updated without wipe, now some of my apps/games don't work.
I won't ask questions about that because the obvious answer would be to do a FULL WIPE and it should work. But i dont want to keep doing this whenever a NEW version of a particular ROM comes out....its a pain!
Yeah, sure, i could just stick to one rom and be happy, but i can't when i know theres a newer/better one out there! LoL!
So, getting back to my question...
I've obviously seen that Samsung has updated their Firmware and heard nothing but good reviews about it; no more lags on homescreen etc..
Would anyone suggest (and why) just flashing back to the Stock ROM rather than hae a custom ROM installed???
Thanks for anyone would read all that without getting bored and is willing to respond!

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U are already on latest firmware LFB. LG1 is the same just for Asian, LFB is European.
even though a rom is no wipe it's always best to wipe anyway,to get a clean install.
use "titanium backup" to. Backup all your user apps and settings.
Don't restore system apps,it's never a good idea

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zodiaxe66 said:
U are already on latest firmware LFB. LG1 is the same just for Asian, LFB is European.
even though a rom is no wipe it's always best to wipe anyway,to get a clean install.
use "titanium backup" to. Backup all your user apps and settings.
Don't restore system apps,it's never a good idea
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i think you got it turn aroud. LFB is asian and LG1 is european.
i'm in asia and i got LFB same as my causin

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ph3nom said:
i think you got it turn aroud. LFB is asian and LG1 is european.
i'm in asia and i got LFB same as my causin
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Got LFB in Asia too.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

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tigerfire25 said:
Got LFB in Asia too.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
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Well then there is LFB in both Asia and Europe cause I got LFB last night in Sweden.

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SoWErA said:
Well then there is LFB in both Asia and Europe cause I got LFB last night in Sweden.
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LFB can be anywhere. Its the XX in XXBFLB that is the region code. XX could be any of the following:
AW → Hungary
AZ → France
BD → Cyprus, Greece
BY → Greece
CB → Poland
CE → Benelux
CP → Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
DB → Vietnam
DC → Thailand
DD → India
DT → Australia
DX → Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
DZ → Malaysia, Singapore
JA → South Africa
JC → Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia
JP → Arabic
JR → Arabic
JV → Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,South Africa, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey
JW → West Africa
JX → Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,South Africa, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey
KA → Turkey
ME → France
MK → Serbia
MS → France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, UK
MT → Switserland
MY → Italy
NH → Latvia
PO → France
PU → Russia
UB → Brazil
XA → Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom
XB → Denmark, Norway, Sweden
XC → Portugal, Spain
XD → Croatia, Czech, Hungary, Slovakia
XE → Bulgaria, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine
XF → Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania
XP → UK, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Poland, Portuguese, Turkey
XX → Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
XW → Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
ZC → China, Hong Kong
ZH → Hong Kong
ZS → China, Hong Kong
ZT → Taiwan
I dont know what the first B means But LFB means 2012, June, Revision 11
Edit... So I think whats happening is International GSM are all XXB, and each area get a specific revision. So XXBLG1 is International GSM, 2012, June, revision 16, which is the same features as LFB but for Singapore and Malaysia

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Original question .
In my view their is very little difference in any of the stock roms so far .
Custom Samsung based roms likewise very little if any performance difference few have add in pretty stuff and thats about it . Usability and benchmarks all the same .
Dont forget most custom Samsung roms are just that Samsung rom with a bit of cut and paste on top .
The key is good rom that's it rom updated every week or less cannot be a good rom likewise those that jump on the latest firmware .
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