Hello all, I have a Samsung Korea shw-m250L cdma version and I only use it for multimedia purposes (think ipod touch) sine I cannot use the phone functions of it in my country. I want to know the best rom for me that would maximize the multimedia performance of my device. No bloatwares, no funky custom animations or themes, and no need for gps. Only for music, movies, games and wifi. Battery life is not a concern as long as it is fast. Need help asap. Thanks!
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any rom will do, just choose the one you like the most and install your favourite multimedia app.
Personally i like the rom with the google look with poweramp for the music/video
Since you have a Korean model of the SGS II this thread might give you some help on getting started with custom roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097347
personally any new Jelly Bean custom Rom based on Samsung stock firmware will be perfect as most of the media capabilities are built in with everything you need.
JB Roms are very fast and smooth so win win! try looking at the latest NeatRom Lite!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569686
Good luck!
Is the phone nicked.How can you not use the functions in your country.
Best Rom threads are not allowed as there is no such thing. What's the best rom for me sucks for the next person. It's all subjective
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Galaxy Ace Has Now Been Given Updates To 2.3.6 In European Countries And Other.
India Still Has 2.3.4 which Is ddq6
Let Me Tell You Stock Roms Are Best Ones -
1. They Have No Bugs
2. They Are Made For Your Phone (Not Ported From Another Phones)
3. Have All Samsung Apps Like All share,etc.
Nd Much More..
Some People Hate Touch Wiz But Let Me Tell You That It Is Very Easy To Use.
Even I Think The Status Bar Is Ugly (LOL)
Yeah They Are Slow As Compared To Custom Ones But Still Is Pretty Good.
They Even Score Less Quadrant Scores But Still Are Stable.
I Recommend You To Use Stock Rom Until You Have Custom Roms Which Are Stable.
More To Come.
Thanks for your recommendation. Although having flashed several different custom roms (which were made for this phone) can you explain which ones you have tried?
Just wondering as some of the ones I have tried are just as stable as stock. and the improvements far outweigh the samsung bloatware that is preinstalled. (which can be added to the roms if you so wish anyway!)
to answer your points:
1- Stock roms have lots of bugs. SOD, lockscreen lag, Memory leaks, GPS connection issues to name a few
2- lots of roms are specifically made for the ace and not ported.
3- most samsung apps are not that great - They can be added if you really need allshare samsung apps, win cash and some game demos that cost £5 to play more than once which unless you root you cannot remove!!
The ace has small enough storage without apps that most dont want or need!
Its a matter of individual preference. They are both good in their own way. There both advantages and disadvantages to either rom. Still, you are entitled to your own opinion and they are to theirs.
very true, however saying stock roms are bug free is inaccurate.
Agree with PJ147, I'm running stock 2.3.3 and it's got several minor bugs - nothing disastrous but easily enough limitations to make the inquisitive person in me consider the possibility of flashing a custom rom. I haven't, purely for technical reasons and because you have to accept that a customRom requires a certain investment in time and attention.
The fact is that a vast amount of money has gone into creating your average stock-rom, whereas custom roms are the result of someone's singular hard graft and investment in time. There is only so far that a persons effort can be made to stretch with no financial incentive and very limited support. We're talking about a handful of enthusiasts competing against some wild expectation that they will be creating a vastly superior product to an organisation that makes millions from playing the same game.
If there is going to be a relevant point to this thread it's to dissuade your average punter from flippantly attempting to 'improve' their phone and use the achievements of others to profess their own genius - only to flip out when they realise not everything is perfect and that somehow they didn't get 'good value' when they paid the square root of **** all for their brand new Operating System.
PJ147 said:
Thanks for your recommendation. Although having flashed several different custom roms (which were made for this phone) can you explain which ones you have tried?
Just wondering as some of the ones I have tried are just as stable as stock. and the improvements far outweigh the samsung bloatware that is preinstalled. (which can be added to the roms if you so wish anyway!)
to answer your points:
1- Stock roms have lots of bugs. SOD, lockscreen lag, Memory leaks, GPS connection issues to name a few
2- lots of roms are specifically made for the ace and not ported.
3- most samsung apps are not that great - They can be added if you really need allshare samsung apps, win cash and some game demos that cost £5 to play more than once which unless you root you cannot remove!!
The ace has small enough storage without apps that most dont want or need!
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Stock ROM's are disgusting because they are just there for people who use the phone for calling, messaging and listening to music. For advanced users like us, the stock ROM is a great disadvantage. After I flashed a new ROM, my friends go "WOW!!!" and you realise that you have more people surrounding you advice. Also, XDA welcomes you with open hands. For stock ROM, only the second hand phone shop welcomes you. Its time for all Stock ROM uses with wider thinking to take a stand.
Its All About Your Preference..
It Totally Depends On Your Usage And Your Preference.
Yes There Are Some Minor Bugs In Roms Which Can Be Neglected Some Times.
I Dont Have Any Offence For Custom Rom Lover Even I Do Like Some...
Even Now I Am Using Custom Rom Which Is Rushab's Ics Stock Actually Its Based On Stock Rom...
It Basically Depends You Like Samsung Apps Or Not,Or Stock Rom...
Enjoy
I prefer stock...now i use stock, boring of those custom rom that have so many bug than stock (it has bug but not to much)
Custom rom is for people who love theming and benchmark hunter
regards,
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Will it be MIUI, Cyanogenmod or something else? Share your desires and maybe devs will listen
Definately MIUI.
Using it on my EVO 3D atm, and I loooooove it!
Definitely Cognition Rom
Will be happy to see custom ROMs, but as long as they incorporate the awesome samsung features
I am only looking to put ROMs on this phone that are proven stable - and keep the features of the SGSIII intact. I don't want a phone that needs this workaround to get a feature to work.
I hope BootManager PRO works for this phone because I do like to keep several ROMs at hand at once. I really love the ICS blues and I have seen some amazing things evolve from a stock AOSP 4.0.X ROM over at the GNex forums. So we just need to wait and be amazed with the features that will be introduced to the world of Android via this phone's development section
Kernels on the other hand - this is where I am mostly concerned. We know pretty much NOTHING about the way a quad core kernel should be dealt with... These will be the main subject of my attention as we get into early development stages.
We shall see what some of our amazing developers who have proven they make kernels their bi***es can do with a new kernel. I am also interested in the kernel that Samsung has developed for it and how exactly this works in our favor here at XDA.
The main point is while most ROMs can be considered close... Kernels will be quite different and will be everyone's main focus - making our quad core beasts run with optimal battery life!
Checkrom
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I'd like to see a CM9 hybrid\tablet mode rom with per-app dpi capabilities that comes with a free high class escort.
I will use any "rooted" rom that is stable enough .... so far we don´t know is it possible to change bootloader.
Cyanogenmod of course
Probably..... stock rom, bloatware removed (will keep all the good stuff), custom kernel and custom themes
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CheckRom 100% the most popular and best ever ROM for the SGSII no other ROM comes close, i still use it and have used nothing else for a long time, SGSII ICS ROM's still nowhere near as good as CheckRom although i hear CheckRom ICS will be landing shortly for the SGSII although ill be selling my phone and getting the Galaxy S3
Slim ICS, as don't see much need for all the extra stuff apart from eye tracking to keep the screen on, S-Voice functionality goes in one ear and out the other, NFC not for me, Social tagging can leave me alone, shame the screen is sub standard to the SGS2.
Still loving my SGS 1 but am due an upgrade so may as well get this, hopefully the GPS is not as ****e as the SGS is. ended up buying an iPhone 3GS just to use with TomTom.
Now if you could give me TomTom on the SGS3 then you'd be talking.
Definitely checkrom with a new kitchen. And if we can get a siyah kernel then its over!!!!!!!!
cm9
miui
slim
aokp
Hi guys,
can you help me understanding the main pros/cons for going with Samsung JB or an AOSP rom on the Galaxy S3?
I've tried searching the forum but without luck, anyone got a thread link where this is covered?
My first Samsung (S3) phone is on its way by mail, and I'm trying to decide which type of rom to choose.
Off course I see the obvious stuff like:
Open vs Closed source
Stock vs Custom UI
But, except for the above; why should I choose an optimized (de-odexed, de-bloated etc. etc.) Samsung JB rom over an AOSP rom?
From what I can understand custom kernels also exists for both rom types, so that wouldn't be an argument right?
I'm not familiar with the current HW support in AOSP rom's for the S3. Generally this has been where roms for my HTC phones have differed in the past. What's the status with the S3, do AOSP support most of the stuff or is there still some way to go?
Please shed some light for me :fingers-crossed:
And please don't compare specific rom's against each others. I'm trying to understand this at higher level, I will off course test several rom's and make up my own mind about what specific rom release is best suited for me.
Samsung roms will have all the things mentioned in the ads such as direct call, smart stay, multi window etc. Aosp won't have these as they are samsungs additions. Samsung will have touchwiz launcher as default, which comes with a lot of samsung only widgets. Aosp will have vanilla launcher (with some extra functions and tweaks).
Sammy roms generally have better camera than aosp. Aosp is considered to have better battery usage although I can't really tell from my experience of using both types.
Deodexed means it's easier to develop themes for, as the external odex files are repackaged into the apks directly. But it will take a while longer when booting, as odex files are meant to speed up this process. As for the actual usage, not much difference.
Debloated means getting rid of bloatware that come with your phone, sich as chaton, google talk etc. There will be quite a lot of apps that you don't use but will be present and wasting your phone resources. Debloating is done by some developers but you can do most of ot yourself as long as you're rooted.
Hope this clears things. But these are all general, as you wished it to be. Some aosp will have different launcher options etc, so will sammy roms. As for what you go with, I'll leave it up to you.
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Samsung roms will have ...
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Thanks a lot xcly, this clears up some stuff for me
You say that Sammy roms have better camera, what about the rest of the HW support on AOSP? The rest of the stuff (GPS, Accel, Gyro etc.) works ok?
From what I can gather from your post (and reading around) the choice boils down to two main points for me
HW support
Kernel (stability and performance, ofwhich battery performance is derived)
I don't care much for the 'Samsung features' (direct call, smart stay, multi window etc.) and the launcher can always be customized.
Additionally my previous experience is that the continious devlopment done on AOSP (with nightlies etc.) gives a nice feeling of continous improvement that you miss from manufacturer roms. For manufacturer roms you're relying on manufacturer relase schedules and leaks. But off course, one can argue that there is continous development through hacking, back-porting and kernel improvements for these roms as well..
Ultimately I think Ill just have to try out the most popular roms of both types before I'm able to decide what type I go with as a daily driver.
As for kernels most of then support both aosp and sammy so don't worry about it too much. Gps wifi and the lot work well on both as well.
Samsung didn't release any source code for its processor so aosp roms can never realise the full potential. Never had any trouble using aosp so I wouldn't say there is a huge difference, but I guess some advanced users will miss the hw side of things..
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Simple to say
TouchWiz UI and pure Android UI.
Other things basically are very similar
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Haha nice. All my words in a single sentence
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Here is some personal feeling about them.
As you can see from my signature that I had Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus before, and after I lost my GNex, I tried to buy a Nexus 4, but it kinda like mission impossible as it's serious outta supply, so I was forced to make compromise and go with Galaxy S III, which is very nice phone through some thing I don't like such as hardware button and soft key (because GNex uses virtual button on screen which is completely customizable ).
I have been using AOSP ROM for over a year (well, it's outta options actually as they are Google's sons but Samsung didn't make a ROM for them even they are manufactured by Samsung , and 3 month with Sammy ROM.
Even I got my S3, the first thing I have done is flash AOSP ROM and get my feeling about GNex back, but unfortunately due to some reasons, I couldn't make it become GNex-like and realize it is something fool, so I tried Sammy stock ROM.
My first feeling about it is a little prettier than AOSP ( through there's countless themes for AOSP, I am just talking about default theme ) and some Sammy features are very interesting and attractive. (IMHO, I'd say it is more user-friendly to users ) which is why I decided to stay with it , but after all these times, I didn't actually use these features much except multi windows and slide to dial...
OK, sorry for my non sense words and my bad English just can exactly express what I trying to say...
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FoxHound rom is all you need.
crDroid is the most stable Sammy Tom out there with the option of having an AOSP theme & not installing all the bloatware that Samsung Roms are notorious for.
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don't turn this thread into a best rom one
A quick follow up question
Just a quick follow up question regarding HW support:
Whats the status for AOSP roms regarding MHL, does it work?
I recently saw a video where a guy paired his phone with a PS3 controller and played games on his HD TV. Would this possible on non-Sammy roms?
Can't help you much on that. Never tried mhl on my s3, aosp or otherwise. You're better off asking/searching in cm thread. If it works on cm, it'd probably work on other aosp roms too.
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Pedro80 said:
Just a quick follow up question regarding HW support:
Whats the status for AOSP roms regarding MHL, does it work?
I recently saw a video where a guy paired his phone with a PS3 controller and played games on his HD TV. Would this possible on non-Sammy roms?
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You need to read the relevant rom threads or logically ask in those threads .
jje
I bought my Galaxy S5 a couple of months ago and I still have this S2. I'm really not sure what to do with this phone. Not gonna sell it away because it is an awesome phone.
But here I'm planning: (I'm sure there are a lot of people like me, not sure what to do with their old S2 now.)
- build a media center.
But this requires sammy ROM so it could be connected to the TV using HDMI.
- try out new ROMs.
Yeah awesome idea.
- use it as an IP Camera.
- use it as an "iPod"
I have some questions regarding these choices.
1) shall I stick to sammy jellybean or upgrade to KitKat? I'm currently using kikat on this S2 but I would like to use it on the TV
2) will it have any problems if I let my S2 stick on he charger 24/7? If only I would like to use it as an IP camera. Will it have any effects on the battery/motherboard?
I hope fellow S2 members can discuss all this here. Thanks!
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I am not an s2 user anymore for 1,5 years but.
1) you can stick to jellybean stock if you want it for your tv but I suggest to use a custom rom based on stock jellybean, look in the dev forums there are a couple of it.
2) I am not sure or you will have any problems but just like on a laptop and other devices its not good to let a battery charge for 24/7 so google it for sure for your own safety/phone life.
I also hope for you that other s2 member are going to discuss here with you
I dont see the point to stay on kitkat if you already have the s5. So I suggest to downgrade to an custom stock base rom since it would be also probably more bug free.
I really recommend using a custom stock rom such as neatrom for pure stability. If you prefer a little extra performance (and some new features), go with a kitkat rom such as cyanogenmod or paranoid android (and the list can go for ages).
I decided to go with JB NeatROM. Thanks for the advice guys! I find it more stable and faster as compared to KitKat. (Probably because I didn't use JB for months)
Hello everyone, I am new to this forums but have been operating on phones for a while, I am currently wanting to ROM my Samsung S3 ( I9300 ) to a nice interface and a nice stable ROM. I have narrowed my search down to TWO ROM's that I like and have read up on a lot but I was wondering if I could have some opinions. I am basically struggling to decide on which one to choose. I am mainly wanting the ROM with the best stability but also nice looks if that's possible with either of the ROM's below:
Would you rather install 'Ressurrection Remix' or 'CyanogenMod' and why?
Im using ResurrectionRemix at the moment and its very stable , unless u go to the settings and faceroll enable all the customizations
Hey man, if you don't mind me asking, what do you use your phone for as mine needs to be stable but also optimized