Hello, I'm familiar with sbrissens work for the E4GT, however I'm unsure about the fascinate build, is that build compatible with this fascinate model. Flashing a JB rom for a friend's phone, so I'm not familiar with Fascinate models.
Otherwise if someone has positive input about Paranoid Android or Helly Bean which are the other two candidates I'm looking to test drive if sbrissen's build is uncompatible.
Thanks in advance.
rovar said:
Hello, I'm familiar with sbrissens work for the E4GT, however I'm unsure about the fascinate build, is that build compatible with this fascinate model. Flashing a JB rom for a friend's phone, so I'm not familiar with Fascinate models.
Otherwise if someone has positive input about Paranoid Android or Helly Bean which are the other two candidates I'm looking to test drive if sbrissen's build is uncompatible.
Thanks in advance.
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Haven't tried the sbrisson JB rom...but I can vouch for the AOKP build 9/27 and Devil 1.6 combo for the Fascinate. Completely stable for me, gps locks, sms and mms work, and it's smooth smooth smoooooth. Everyone is different and every cell is different so most will say to try something out and see how it works for you, if it's not a good fit, flash something else! Good Luck!
I have tried many roms on this phone and if you like to be on the bleeding edge I suggest you check out this jelly bean rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1916346
And then flash this kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988154
I am getting great speeds and other than no camera it is working smooth.
Craig
I'm looking for a rom that is stock based has good battery life and is fast and stable.
Could anyone suggest me a ROM please? It must be on 4.3 or 4.4
I'm not asking which is the best I'm simply asking for suggestions.
Thank you for taking your time to read this.
I'm also fairly new to the rooting side of android or what ever you want to call it lol.
It is still a kind of asking for a rom thread. U are asking for a rom tat is fast. It is different for all users as the way they customise and wat apps they install on it affects the speed. Pls try them out urself.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
Omnirom nightlies seem fairly bugless as do the latest cm 11 nightlies. I would go with omnirom as it has more features and customisations. These are of course 4.4 ROMs as there aren't any Samsung based 4.4 ROMs currently. Looking at sources it seems however that s3 4.4 update looks confirmed for some US regions. For a 4.3 ROM I'd go for the S5 revolution ROM. Seems quick with little bugs, good battery life and a S5 theme. More updates are to come. I wouldn't know much about other ROMs as I don't have the patience to flash many. I'm sure you can find many more ROMs to your liking.
Hi All
Long story short, my phone broke and samsung fixed it under warrantee. They returned it with the vodaphone 4.3 flavor OS which was bloated to bursting point with all the crap-ware they add. So naturally the phone was dead slow, which prompted me to flash it to the 4.3 BTU. The phone is quite fast now, but the updates don't work so I'm stuck with those dreaded initial 4.3 software bugs, wifi connectivity & battery drain to name just 2.
I'd like to know if there are any decent & stable 4.4 ROMs available? I have tried CM11 earlier this year, but that didn't work to well, it was quite buggy.
I'd love to be able to install the 4.4.x BTU, but as far as I can tell, it hasn't been released (yet?).
Advice would be great.
Thanks!
SwiftyZA said:
Hi All
Long story short, my phone broke and samsung fixed it under warrantee. They returned it with the vodaphone 4.3 flavor OS which was bloated to bursting point with all the crap-ware they add. So naturally the phone was dead slow, which prompted me to flash it to the 4.3 BTU. The phone is quite fast now, but the updates don't work so I'm stuck with those dreaded initial 4.3 software bugs, wifi connectivity & battery drain to name just 2.
I'd like to know if there are any decent & stable 4.4 ROMs available? I have tried CM11 earlier this year, but that didn't work to well, it was quite buggy.
I'd love to be able to install the 4.4.x BTU, but as far as I can tell, it hasn't been released (yet?).
Advice would be great.
Thanks!
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I never expirienced any strange bugs like eith new 4.3 uodates, try using some great custom 4.3 roms out here, like archidroid, neatrom, arhd etc. Just search and try, combine it with a custom kernel and your phone will be reborned.
4.4.x ism't and won't be released for s3, because, well, samsung is $#&*, but you have note2 4.4 ports, like QS kitkat Archiport, and s5 themed like Blekota etc. But these 4.4 ports are having graphical glitches which occur for some, for some not, but as I see, Lord Boeffla updated his Boeffla kernel and in new updates graphical glitches are gone, battery life is much better and wifi direct and screen mirroring are working.
So if you want best stability go with custom 4.3, if you want to test out the kitkat experience which should be good now if combined with Boeffla kernel then go with some 4.4 port.
And don't forget, best rom threads are not allowed and will be closed by moderator, you should try what xda world has to offer and then decide.
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I never expirienced any strange bugs like eith new 4.3 uodates, try using some great custom 4.3 roms out here, like archidroid, neatrom, arhd etc. Just search and try, combine it with a custom kernel and your phone will be reborned.
4.4.x ism't and won't be released for s3, because, well, samsung is $#&*, but you have note2 4.4 ports, like QS kitkat Archiport, and s5 themed like Blekota etc. But these 4.4 ports are having graphical glitches which occur for some, for some not, but as I see, Lord Boeffla updated his Boeffla kernel and in new updates graphical glitches are gone, battery life is much better and wifi direct and screen mirroring are working.
So if you want best stability go with custom 4.3, if you want to test out the kitkat experience which should be good now if combined with Boeffla kernel then go with some 4.4 port.
And don't forget, best rom threads are not allowed and will be closed by moderator, you should try what xda world has to offer and then decide.
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How do I load a custom kernel? I've only ever flashed with Odin and then that was just the ROM.
Just as a matter of interest, 4.4 has been released for the S3 on certain carriers.
Flash the kernel through your custom recovery.
Only the versions of the s3 which have 2gb of ram have kitkat..other versions do not including the international version
Sent from a "Galaxy" far, far away with my Ultra Ray Gun
SwiftyZA said:
How do I load a custom kernel? I've only ever flashed with Odin and then that was just the ROM.
Just as a matter of interest, 4.4 has been released for the S3 on certain carriers.
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Just as Pulseuser mentioned, 4.4 is released only for i9305 LTE variant of s3.
About custom kernel, the easiest method is to root your phone using cf-autoroot, just google cf auto root and download the .tar.md5 for Odin for i9300 S3. Then when your phone is rooted download ROM Manager from playstore and install Clockwork Mod recovery, then reboot to the recovery via rom manager app and choose install zip from sdcard, fin your custom kernel/rom or whatever you want to flash and then tap yes and reboot, but first copy your custom kernel/rom on sdcard.
It is very easy, you even have tutorials on youtube on how to flash something via CWM recovery.
Hi guys,
It`s been time since I last time flashed a custom rom.
I`m looking for fast, stable, as less buggy as possible 4.4.x android ROM for my I9300. Could you suggest me anything like this? There are a lot of possible options in android development section, but I do not have a time testing them all.
Thanks in advance,
Vilius
Go for Blekota Note 4, if you are willing to sacrifice FM Radio for it.
But if your willing to go up to Lollipop then you may either choose BlissPop or ArchiDroid. Both are quite stable and the only difference is customisability (BlissPop is winner for that).
I will let the other people decide your fate
I think cyanogenmod11 is a good choice
Jericho Arcelao said:
Go for Blekota Note 4, if you are willing to sacrifice FM Radio for it.
But if your willing to go up to Lollipop then you may either choose BlissPop or ArchiDroid. Both are quite stable and the only difference is customisability (BlissPop is winner for that).
I will let the other people decide your fate
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All the links related to BlissPop downloads are broken
Archidroid 1.8.7
Fast and good batery life. Best room i ever flashed on s3
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Archidroid 1.8.7
Fast and good batery life. Best rom i ever flashed on s3
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
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More people prefer AR-HD when it comes to I9300 JB ROMS. But ArchiDroid 2 is KitKat and it is quite fast and stable
LiquidSmooth KK Rom