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Okay I know, I know: "Another one?"
Okay hear me out, this thread is dedicated to know what ROM you guys think is the most stable and fastest and best looking. Doesn't have to have all three but basically I'm asking you guys. "in your time with the vibrant, what ROM do you think is the best?" If you have a kernel or mod/tweak you should also post it.
Please not responses like "depends on you. It really depends on what you want" none of that
Please!
Zen droid with Dmz and with neobuddy scripts......but for me i like gingerbread do with those scripts added its up there with froyo but not so much on battery u should try the jvt roms some of best roms put out
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I personally like MIUI LE Lithium Vr. 3.1. It is very stable and is highly customizable.
Miui with that new mod in the Dev section, its like the only mod for Miui so you'll findit.
Stable and beautiful comes with stock Miui.
Better battery life comes with the mod
xriderx66 said:
Miui with that new mod in the Dev section, its like the only mod for Miui so you'll findit.
Stable and beautiful comes with stock Miui.
Better battery life comes with the mod
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I totally agree with Rider on this one Alan, once you go MIUI you can't go back
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Ultimate 8.2 port. Haven't stayed on a rom longer than I have with this one.
Smoothest and BEST rom ive tried was Bionix next gen V2 with immortality 2.2 kernel.
Its so smooth. But remember, the tw launcher on the rom is messed up. You need to download a new launcher from the market I prefer go launcher.
You won't regret it, trust me!
Simply stock jvt
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Cool thanks guys!
I'm on MIUI with the mod. What kernel are you guys using?
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that MIUI is very addictive
Bionix 1.3.1.
I've done CM7, AOSP, MIUI, all sorts of other roms, whatever.
Bionix 1.3.1 is the only rock-solid ROM out there, and it is always the one I go back to.
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Bionix 1.3.1.
I've done CM7, AOSP, MIUI, all sorts of other roms, whatever.
Bionix 1.3.1 is the only rock-solid ROM out there, and it is always the one I go back to.
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That would be like going back in time for me
which MIUI would be the best?
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That would be like going back in time for me
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From the battery life, to stability, to the GPS, everything's just better. Plus, since Netflix works on Froyo now, I'm not missing much. The only thing I am missing out on is gtalk with the ffc. But even then, I didn't really use it all that much.
Not much I was getting out of 2.3 except for worse battery life and poor GPS performance.
Also, being able to call 911 doesn't hurt either.
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From the battery life, to stability, to the GPS, everything's just better. Plus, since Netflix works on Froyo now, I'm not missing much. The only thing I am missing out on is gtalk with the ffc. But even then, I didn't really use it all that much.
Not much I was getting out of 2.3 except for worse battery life and poor GPS performance.
Also, being able to call 911 doesn't hurt either.
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What are you talking about??? Battery, stability and GPS is perfect if not better on miui ( at least in my case). The only problem is 911 not working.
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sebastianwfh said:
which MIUI would be the best?
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http://roms.miui.us/romsnippet.php?device=vibrantmtd
gun said:
What are you talking about??? Battery, stability and GPS is perfect if not better on miui ( at least in my case). The only problem is 911 not working.
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Hrmm. I have yet to get 24 hours of battery life out of any Gingerbread ROM - regardless of build or kernel.
And I know you're lying about the GPS. Or just misinformed. Or something. But the GPS is nowhere close to what I get on Bionix 1.3.1
That's absurd to say don't reply with depends on what you need, it has everything to do with that, to make a selection of what you want, LOL!!! Because everyone has specific needs to be met in order for the phone to deliver what you need or want!! As an example I NEED AWESOME GPS FUNCTIONALITY, because of my Job, and that alone weeded out alot of ROM's immediately for me. So you want to know what ROM's are best then again, for me I wanted full overall functionality with a strong signal and awesome GPS, and blazing speed and I finally found that with "Crazy 8 Froyo gone crazy with Ginger!!"
Its the fastest smoothest ROM I've ever used, got it OC'd stable at 1.2GHz, bad ass tweaks along with the V6 script Mod, great battery duration and the GPS fix using heathen GB fix makes the GPS lock with a 20Ft radius within 20 to 30 seconds and its a really beautiful ROM, and also can be re themed if you don't like the stock looks. Which I happen to like, so I left it alone. So there ya go, that's what works for me, If I didn't need GPS I might have gone to CM7 or any of the others, Simply Honey never worked out for me because of issues, and so on!! So again what works for me, may not be YOUR agenda!! But that's your choice and you asked for opinions, here ya go!!
The one that makes my peener the hardest.
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Its the fastest smoothest ROM I've ever used, got it OC'd stable at 1.2GHz, bad /QUOTE]
Watch out, ass has it turned to 11. Just might catch fire!!!!!!!!1!!111!!!one
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I like froyo but the colors look bad i like gb because u adjust them to make them look nice and pop thats my only problem an its big 4 me
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Bionix 1.3.1 ginger edition if you wanna keep the av out if not CM 7.1.0.1 ftw
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Its been awhile since I have browsed the sgs2 forums and I stop in and notice ics is all over here. So I'm thinking of upgrading my girls s2 to 4.0 and I want opinions and stability and function of the current roms.
I'm leaning towards aokp or cm9. I have cm9 on my note and a500 so I'm fond of it obviously.
Coming from gb rooted w/ cwm full wipe and good to go I assume? I ask because in the n7k forum the leaked kernals suck and there were all these stupid methods for going from gb to ics...
Anyway thanks.
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Yup full wipe. I am not running either of those ROM's so cant comment on them. I have been following Task's AOKP thread. That may be the next one I try.
If you'd like to try a Samsung based rom, give ShoStock2 a try. It's the best I've ever tried.
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Ultimatum and SHOstock are excellent. AOKP is pretty sweet too.
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ICS is well worth the upgrade
I've been running CM9 since the first nightly. I love it. Haven't had any issues.
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I've been running aokp for a few weeks and love it so far. It has been pretty stable and fast as hell. I'm sure things are even better in the latest build, but I haven't flashed yet.
Its like when GB became available and everyone was still on Froyo- once you open the desert and have a taste, your likely not gonna go back. And now that video recording is fixed- its all gravy baby
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Definitely go with AOKP, it's stable, fast, full of features, and rocks great battery life.
The only benefit of the Samsung ICS is MHL.
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Its been awhile since I have browsed the sgs2 forums and I stop in and notice ics is all over here. So I'm thinking of upgrading my girls s2 to 4.0 and I want opinions and stability and function of the current roms.
I'm leaning towards aokp or cm9. I have cm9 on my note and a500 so I'm fond of it obviously.
Coming from gb rooted w/ cwm full wipe and good to go I assume? I ask because in the n7k forum the leaked kernals suck and there were all these stupid methods for going from gb to ics...
Anyway thanks.
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If MHL is a must, i think you're stuck with TW for now. My final choice was between aokp and cm9. Check the support/discussion threads, big difference...
No need for MHL I just want a stable ics rom for her because her miui rom is buggy as heck.
Thanks guys ill keep watching the dev section. For me aokp and cm9 are really similar so it just comes down to battery life and stability which is different for each person.
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Aokp all the way baby, super stable and awesome battery. Way better than gb
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I've been using shoshock lastest gingerbread build. it's great. I'm waiting for a while.
Running AOKP and it's running great.
Just flash Siyah's kernel and go for dual boot to check both Samsung and AOKP/CM9 roms together.
I've been running CM9 since the first nightly. I love it. My phone feels brand new and I don't feel like upgrade it, except I want LTE.
Thanks everyone. I flashed aokp for the extra settings and customization. Its been super stable so far and battery is good but will be better once it settles. Might try siyah might not???
Anyone recommend a Better modem? Have you been getting batter with gb ones or ics ones.
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I'd go with CM9 nightlies simply because it's supported by ROM Manager which makes it ridiculously easy to flash new updates, which come very fast by the way...plus it's CM9. Good luck.
Cm9 is nice I use it on my tablet and note but lacks some features I know my girl requires.
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Thanks everyone. I flashed aokp for the extra settings and customization. Its been super stable so far and battery is good but will be better once it settles. Might try siyah might not???
Anyone recommend a Better modem? Have you been getting batter with gb ones or ics ones.
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I tested the latest LD3 but decided to change back to LC5, it is faster than the old modems and seems more stable in my area. I have been running AOKP for a while and love it.
I am enjoying CM9. Lots of Entropy involvement. Good team working on it.
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So the threads are a mess around here as to what's being updated and what's the most stable rom ETC.
Basically I tried both the liquid smooth roms. the first one I used worked great for a week then 4G stopped working all together, tried twisted liquid smooth version or whatever it was and I've not ever had 4G on it.
so it's been...a good...few weeks since I've had working 4G which is getting aggrivated. It appears there isn't a fully working ICS rom yet which leads me to believe I'll have to go back to Gingerbread.
So what ROM should I use.
The best rom going
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1120134
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Thanks but I'd rather go forward with the OS than going all the way back to Froyo
Post doesn't belong in this section. Better suited for Q&A.
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Oh crap my bad lol, I'll ask for it to be moved.
Agree with moving to Q&A.
For me, SkyRaider Zeus 1.3 has been the best.
But, for experimentation, I am currently running the HTC ICS leak. No tethering, but fine otherwise.
I would love to see CM10 Jelly Bean. It rocked on my Kindle Fire.
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If it's ICS you want and 4G, you might wanna try out my NuSenseROM.
Just a suggestion, not trying to sway anyone or anything...
AWww I would but I really hate sense
jaymccoubrey said:
The best rom going
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1120134
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Dude, really? Why would you recommend a 1.5 year old ROM running 2.2 as the best ROM going?
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AWww I would but I really hate sense
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This is my personal favorite, AOSP ICS - last updated yesterday.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1948065
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This is my personal favorite, AOSP ICS - last updated yesterday.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1948065
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haha oh funny story about that rom. I recently used it for 2 weeks, had issues, sucky reception, never once could get 4G apps crashing etc etc and I was getting annoyed and when I Saw someone say there was an update for it and it was in first post I looked at the top of the download link and I'm like wtf that's the sam......oh....oh wait....he puts the most recent update at the bottom...not the top like everyone else....I've been using a Rom from 10/22 for the past week haha. Then I was like oh...well lets install the new one and wallah, fixed every single one of my issues lmao.
How well do these suggested ROMs work with tether? I'm using my phone for my internet currently, and need something that runs well with rooted. Currently I'm running BAMF SoaB 4.0, and find it has good days and bad days, but my phone is stable, and that's good enough for me. But, if there's is something better for running a rooted tether with, I'm all ears.
If it's aosp you want this is the most up to date reliable rom I've found. My daily driver!
JELLYBLUR-v1.3-THUNDERBOLT-SPJESTER
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Canassis said:
How well do these suggested ROMs work with tether? I'm using my phone for my internet currently, and need something that runs well with rooted. Currently I'm running BAMF SoaB 4.0, and find it has good days and bad days, but my phone is stable, and that's good enough for me. But, if there's is something better for running a rooted tether with, I'm all ears.
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JELLYBLUR includes wireless tether works great for me
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If it's aosp you want this is the most up to date reliable rom I've found. My daily driver!
JELLYBLUR-v1.3-THUNDERBOLT-SPJESTER
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JELLYBLUR includes wireless tether works great for me
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I have a stability fetish. I like my ROMs S-T-A-B-L-E.
If sense rom skyraider seemed the most stable for tethering. Ics sense nusense has been pretty stable. Aosp I am using shiftao5p 2.8. It's an old rom but tethering seems pretty good and has better signal reception over other aosp roms.
Best way is to just get titanium backup and back up all your apps so you can restore all your apps+data and lose nothing.
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Does nusense have the camera working? I'd like to see how ICS is like for the thunderbolt, but I can't go without my camera and video recorder, as I have a 4 month old boy.
Duely blundered from my thunderdolt.
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Does nusense have the camera working? I'd like to see how ICS is like for the thunderbolt, but I can't go without my camera and video recorder, as I have a 4 month old boy.
Duely blundered from my thunderdolt.
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Yes, the camera works fine. Video as well....
I also have kids and won't tolerate missing those special moments.
With SOAB I ended up alternating between Wifi Tether, Barnacle, and Open Garden, trying to find the most stable and best performing one. When I switched to Thundershed (an AOSP ROM) I found the tethering that came with the ROM was rock solid (as is Thundershed itself). I am currently using NuSense and Wifi Tether works flawlessly (I believe NuSense comes with Wifi Tether, but I uninstalled and then re-installed from the Play Store). Just make sure to follow the instructions in the OP.
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Yes, the camera works fine. Video as well....
I also have kids and won't tolerate missing those special moments.
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Yes, both the camera and camcorder work perfectly on NuSense. In fact, one of the advantages of NuSense being a Sense-based ROM is that the camera seems to work better on Sense-based ROMs (seems to take sharper, brighter pictures). I think some of the AOSP based ROMs switch cameras, eg to MIUI cameras.
I have definitely noticed that my photos from SkyRaider (over the past year +) are much sharper and with less noise than they are now on the new AOKP JB ROM.
I'm thinking of jumping to the CM nightles, but the new LOTK Rom seems pretty sweet as well.
I've also been thinking of trying out the cleaned up TW ROMs (cleanROM and Hyperdrive). Not really sure what Hyperdrive is, though....
so, yeah. What ROM are you using? Pros, cons?
Running the Jellybeans rom . Everything is running great no issues at all.
I'm running Hyperdrive. Love this ROM!!! I'm also running it on my Note 10.1 and ran it on my SG3. Super smooth and lots of customization options.
Hyperdrive here too.......lots of options to tweak and runs smooth as buttah!
Tried a couple
I tried CM Nightly and AOKP yesterday (both based on stock Android). Both seemed like they were getting close to good daily driver. I'm looking for something based on stock. Both seemed to have GPS issues and AOKP had camera issues as well. I really liked the features on AOKP. (I used to run AOKP on previous phone a GNex). I'll be trying AOKP again soon to see if some of those issues are fixed.
What I really want (may be fantasy) is a stock (or at least stock looking) rom that still has IR blaster, Pedometer & maybe some of the camera features. I also want (again, maybe fantasy) a rom that allows super easy transfer of apps and app data to SD. Right now it looks complicated to transfer and maintain apps on the SD card, especially if one flashes new roms often.
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Running the Jellybeans rom . Everything is running great no issues at all.
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Which rom is this? does it require anothr kernel?
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I have run gruesome, hyper drive and beans. ( I think I am an addict. ) they are all really cool. I love the one button kill which is in both gruesome and hyperdrive. beans is also very nice with full blocking mode enabled in one of the framework mods . beans lacks the one button kill though. I have run the faux kernel against all of these a recommend that. I would like to try clean rom next then some of the original development. I love some of the TW fluff. Having said all that, I tried the gruesome wolf rom first so it had to be changed to try more. but I would have probably stuck with it. it was super stable and I am new at this but the thread is super quiet. my money is that their release three will be dope.
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Which rom is this? does it require anothr kernel?
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I believe the dev recommended on of the two mod kernels. but I ran it without as well. I loved it with faux
I'm on the stock rom. Rooted and flashed a few mods (and added toggles). It's perfect for me and I never lost any data (didn't have to wipe) or apps.
cm nightlies running great for me
No one using paranoid android?
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Using CleanRom 1.1 with Ktoons kernel. If I play it right I think I can get about 6hrs of screen on time.
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Which rom is this? does it require anothr kernel?
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This rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2307357 . It doesnt require another kernel .
Jelly beans rom, loved it on my note 2 glad to see it on the s4
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I am also using 'Beans' Rom. Fantastic so far. Flashed it with ktoonsez' kernel and it flies. No issues at all. I like to put Nova launcher on it to get that stock vanilla feel while still having the features and functionality of TouchWiz. Dev did a great job debloating the rom as well. All the useless apps Samsung put on the phone (amazon, trip advisor, etc) were removed. Also the ongoing wifi notification icon is gone which really bugged the crap out of me. All in all, best rom on my GS4 so far. Highly recommended. :good::highfive:
Hyperdrive here damn rom is beast. I'm having np here been my dd since release :thumbup:
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No one using paranoid android?
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I'm watching that thread, but waiting for it to get out a few releases first. I've seen PA in various other areas of XDA (for use on other phones) so I'm confident that its going to be a great ROM even though I haven't personally used it.
With that being said, right now I'm on rooted stock but once Hyperdrive RC3 is released I'll be flashing that (still need to figure out what kernel is recommended)!
I'm currently using CM. It's good so far. I'd be using Hyperdrive, but I get stuck on boot (Samsung Galaxy S4 logo, no padlock). I'm happy with it though, it's a great rom. Spend a day with each rom that seems interesting to you before you make up your mind on what you want to use.
CM is the only ROM I run. I love it.
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I'd love me some somewhat-stock Android (CM or AOKP) but I just love some of the TouchWiz features too much. I don't use any of the gimmicky stuff, but the camera really has some nice things that stock can't even come close to touching.
Hyperdrive ROM for me
Ive been a day one Note user and loved the work of all the devs here. I absolutely hate that the stock jb (specifically the debloated stock) is so Damn sluggish. I love the aokp/cm/aosp roms for speed but the random reboots and in some cases lack of stability are problematic. As are the battery life issues.
I've tried the other stock based roms and not sure if it's my device or what but they all get significantly more sluggish with time/usage. If anyone has a stable aosp/aokp /pure Android ROM to suggest I'd be happy to give it a spin. I still love the device just wish it was more smooth.
In any event I greatly appreciate the work of the devs that are still around. Please keep up the good work.
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Well black jelly and fuze kernel may help or what I run is rootbox4/20 build and 4aces kernel build 4/21...I had sluggish issues as well with 4.1.2 .....but I have been more drawn to certain 4.2.2 builds as well as ICS builds due to then fact that 4.1.2 just doesn't like to work properly with my i717....
RoOtBoX4/20..4AcEs4/21..SpEcCd+RoBoToEd+ViPeRd. 2$HAYNE!!!
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Also DA_G is back and is kernel cooking as we speak ... And its for 4.1.2 so check it out it may just solve your issues
RoOtBoX4/20..4AcEs4/21..SpEcCd+RoBoToEd+ViPeRd. 2$HAYNE!!!
So you understand what I'm saying. I'll check out and pay more attention to the 4.2.2 roms and give those another spin. I'll try that combo you mentioned. Thanks much for the suggestion.
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Good luck !
RoOtBoX4/20..4AcEs4/21..SpEcCd+RoBoToEd+ViPeRd. 2$HAYNE!!!
+1 for the 8/28 Unofficial AOKP from BlownFuze.
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+1 for the 8/28 Unofficial AOKP from BlownFuze.
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Also try the CyanogenMod April M3 or "snapshot" from the get.cm download site. This is one of the last 4.2.2 builds that were stable before the random reboots plague came.
Thanks very much for the suggestions I'll give those a try.
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Try the CM 9 ROM in the development section. It's smooth and battery life is good
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Try the CM 9 ROM in the development section. It's smooth and battery life is good
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+1. For what you seem to want. Definitely try that CM9 rom. Its a good mix of jellybean + ICS like its title says.
However the other ROMS mentioned are definitely the most stable builds of non-touchwiz jellybean that you could get
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+1. For what you seem to want. Definitely try that CM9 rom. Its a good mix of jellybean + ICS like its title says.
However the other ROMS mentioned are definitely the most stable builds of non-touchwiz jellybean that you could get
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So far the 8/28 Unofficial AOKP from BlownFuze has been very good. Looks like it may work out. I tried an earlier version of this and got the SOD and hand't been back in a while. If I have any issues in the future, i'll try the other recommendations.
Thanks!
Man I have went from the note 2 to this which is a long story but damn. Jb is almost non bearable to use. Laggy and even using cm10.1 stable and rc3 it would not even play angry birds friends correctly.
So went to stock 4.04 and removed all that att stuff since I am in Germany on o2 and I have to say its been pretty good to me.
I run nova launcher and so far battery has been good, angry birds friends play great and not an issue.
I really think Samsung just gave us jb to shut us up about it and forgot to check to see how it ran.
My next phone will be the nexus 5 or whatever it will be called.
Tired of this flashing 50 Roms to get my device to run the way it was meant to be
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Thread Closed as it has served it's duty....