I'm new to this forum and am simply overwhelmed with the number of custom roms out there!
So I'm asking the community what they would recommend as the best rom + kernel combination where battery life, stability and customability are concerned. I value battery life as the most important followed be stability and how much I am able to customise the rom.
And as a side question is it easier to flash roms using mobile Odin or through a custom recovery like cwm. There have been conflicting posts by members saying that cwm doesn't work well on the s3 and that rom manager also doesn't work well?
Thanks in advance!
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crunchyHTC said:
I'm new to this forum and am simply overwhelmed with the number of custom roms out there!
So I'm asking the community what they would recommend as the best rom + kernel combination where battery life, stability and customability are concerned. I value battery life as the most important followed be stability and how much I am able to customise the rom.
And as a side question is it easier to flash roms using mobile Odin or through a custom recovery like cwm. There have been conflicting posts by members saying that cwm doesn't work well on the s3 and that rom manager also doesn't work well?
Thanks in advance!
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recommended rom depends purely on your taste buddy. my preference(temasek build CM10.1+siyah kernel). there won't be any issues if you do the procedure correctly.
asking that question is against the rules
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recommended rom depends purely on your taste buddy. my preference(temasek build CM10.1+siyah kernel). there won't be any issues if you do the procedure correctly.
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Morning/Afternoon/Evening all,
I am a noob, the registration video told me so. My self esteem is now well and truly slaughtered
I am looking around the forums, trying not to post as I know the folks here are hot on the idea of read first, if you can't find it, ask. If you still can't find it, Google it. If you still can't find it, you're probably delusional and have completely fabricated the very existence of the subject matter - which I completely agree with. This thread was relevant to me though as someone also curious on recommendations as to where best to start. I had tried using ROM Toolbox in the small hours of this morning to install Cyanogen and unfortunately got stuck in a 'boot loop' but sensibly had done the necessary to revert to stock as is/was.
Guessing you see this countless times, new folks with no clue coming here and asking a tonne of questions so I apologise in advance. Looking forward to reading and learning more but any further elaboration and opinion on Cyanogen would be much appreciated.
Thread closed as its a Best ROM thread.
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Hi all, I have a Galaxy Nexus which has been rooted and running a custom ROM/Kernel and my girlfriend has just got a Galaxy S II. I will be rooting her phone and am looking for suggestions for which ROMs and kernels to use!
If possible a gingerbread suggestion and ICS suggestion would both be great and kernels for either.
She is really looking for better battery life so if you could bear that in mind when making a suggestion, that would be great!
So far I have found Resurrection remix ROM as that seems quite popular...
Thanks in advance!
There is no such thing as the "best rom or kernel for battery life you use your phone differently to everyone else and your phone came out of the factory slightly differently to everyone else's.
A rom or kernel that runs well for me might not run well for you.
I suggest you go the development sections of the forum & read the first few pages and the the last 10-20 pages of the particular threads devoted to different roms & kernels. That way you will get an idea of the features/pluses/minuses of each rom & kernel, and also see other users' experiences with that rom or kernel
Then you can test different roms & kernels for yourself to find one that works best for you.
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There is no such thing as the "best rom or kernel for battery life you use your phone differently to everyone else and your phone came out of the factory slightly differently to everyone else's.
A rom or kernel that runs well for me might not run well for you.
I suggest you go the development sections of the forum & read the first few pages and the the last 10-20 pages of the particular threads devoted to different roms & kernels. That way you will get an idea of the features/pluses/minuses of each rom & kernel, and also see other users' experiences with that rom or kernel
Then you can test different roms & kernels for yourself to find one that works best for you.
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I think you may have mis-read my OP. I only stated that I was looking for *better* battery life as I already know that each phone/battery is different.
I have already looked through the first few pages and like I said I found the Resurrection remix to be quite popular but I was also looking for any other suggestions as usually there will be only a handful of ROMs that the majority of people use because of their high quality etc.
The problem with going through testing different ROM/Kernel combinations is that (as stated before) the phone is not mine, it belongs to my girlfriend, so I will be unable to be there for most of the time that the phone is being used and if there are instabilities, I will not be able to see it.
This is the 2nd reason of why I made this topic, from getting suggestions, it will show the more popular ROMs/Kernels and also narrow down the search greatly.
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Hi all, I have a Galaxy Nexus which has been rooted and running a custom ROM/Kernel and my girlfriend has just got a Galaxy S II. I will be rooting her phone and am looking for suggestions for which ROMs and kernels to use!
If possible a gingerbread suggestion and ICS suggestion would both be great and kernels for either.
She is really looking for better battery life so if you could bear that in mind when making a suggestion, that would be great!
So far I have found Resurrection remix ROM as that seems quite popular...
Thanks in advance!
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not jest popular but also very much stable and batt friendly rom try for urself
to feel it
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There is no such thing as the "best rom or kernel for battery life you use your phone differently to everyone else and your phone came out of the factory slightly differently to everyone else's.
A rom or kernel that runs well for me might not run well for you.
I suggest you go the development sections of the forum & read the first few pages and the the last 10-20 pages of the particular threads devoted to different roms & kernels. That way you will get an idea of the features/pluses/minuses of each rom & kernel, and also see other users' experiences with that rom or kernel
Then you can test different roms & kernels for yourself to find one that works best for you.
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You haven't actually provided any input here have you. The op has already said hes look at some threads and he just wants some input from others now?
Also, as you can see he said it is for his GF. I seriously doubt she is going to want him to test different ROM's and Kernels for her...
Anyway OP, i suggest Ressurection rom remix too, my friend has an S2 and speaks highly off it./
No idea about kernels though.
Really ?
And you obviously know that there is pretty much zero tolerance for these threads in SGS2 Q&A, don't you ?
Thought not.
And that's the entire sum of your contribution is it ?
Thought so.
Thanks for playing champ.
bringonblink said:
You haven't actually provided any input here have you. The op has already said hes look at some threads and he just wants some input from others now?
Also, as you can see he said it is for his GF. I seriously doubt she is going to want him to test different ROM's and Kernels for her...
Anyway OP, i suggest Ressurection rom remix too, my friend has an S2 and speaks highly off it./
No idea about kernels though.
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You haven't actually provided any input here have you. The op has already said hes look at some threads and he just wants some input from others now?
Also, as you can see he said it is for his GF. I seriously doubt she is going to want him to test different ROM's and Kernels for her...
Anyway OP, i suggest Ressurection rom remix too, my friend has an S2 and speaks highly off it./
No idea about kernels though.
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well the kernel is Stock XXLPJ nad the base band is XXLPQ in Ver1.0 of ressurection rom can also see the same in my sig i am using his roms right from the day he started with ICS and the improvement in each ver is amazing
and ver1.0 is a very stable and batt friendly close to stock ICS ver
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Really ?
And you obviously know that there is pretty much zero tolerance for these threads in SGS2 Q&A, don't you ?
Thought not.
And that's the entire sum of your contribution is it ?
Thought so.
Thanks for playing champ.
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Again, a waste of a post. Nice work Chump
bringonblink said:
You haven't actually provided any input here have you. The op has already said hes look at some threads and he just wants some input from others now?
Also, as you can see he said it is for his GF. I seriously doubt she is going to want him to test different ROM's and Kernels for her...
Anyway OP, i suggest Ressurection rom remix too, my friend has an S2 and speaks highly off it./
No idea about kernels though.
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I fully agree with MistahBungle...You've been here for quite a while and yet you respond to this thread as if it was allowed...
To OP:
Try out every single rom that is out there and decide for your self which rom works for your girlfriend..Why the hell should we work for you? Do it your self...
Have a nice day....
Hi NAM_Killer
I understand your situation is slightly different from the other ROM suggestion threads (we have closed/deleted literally hundreds). My suggestion for you would to be to check this thread that we have allowed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1515010
And to read the various kernel and ROM threads themselves. ALL of them will have users posting their experiences with battery life and stability. The information is there.
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Hello,
I am sorry for a question which may seem simple but I never really noticed it getting mentioned.
My Galaxy ace was rooted then ages later I installed an the 2.3 update on my phone with Odin as it hadn't been released in the UK at the time (May even still be the case).
I have since installed CWM5 and CyanogenMod (yesterday in fact), now I am fairly sure the answer is yes but would like to confirm if I am correct.
Does the phone remain rooted after ROMs are installed etc.?
I am a huge fan of the CyanogenMod and would strongly suggest it to any one with an Ace that like my self was always on the verge of installing a custom ROM but always chickened out. It is extremely fast.
I only have one or two issues that I don't know if it is the ROM or my phone which are; screen no longer lights up just buttons when I receive a notification and if I am on Wifi the button back light randomly lights up - I think I saw some one else mentioning they had this issue, just wondering if anyone knows if it is the ROM and I can simply wait till there is an upgrade from the Cyanogenmod peeps or if it is my phone being an arse and I should maybe rock my phone back to stock and do it all again.
Sorry if I have not posted this in a manor this forum desires but still trying to get my head around where to post what in this rather huge forum.
Also,
First post so will also say Hello.... Hello....
Thanks in advance for any replies.
p.s.
Third attempt to do the damn image verification haha
Hello ~
First, it depends on the rom. Custom roms are usually rooted. So,the answer is yes.
Second, there are bugs in custom rom. You can choose some rom with less bug or stock rom.
Sorry for my bad english
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if installing/flashing stock rom, it'll be unrooted automatically even if its rooted before.
if installing/flashing custom roms, yes it'll stay rooted because custom rom mostly include root.
the problem u having might caused by custom roms/kernel, try experiments with different roms/kernel and see if its gone.
Marco Chung said:
Hello ~
First, it depends on the rom. Custom roms are usually rooted. So,the answer is yes.
Second, there are bugs in custom rom. You can choose some rom with less bug or stock rom.
Sorry for my bad english
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Firstly, please do not apologise for your "bad English" - You have taken the time to learn English and I bet I cannot say a word in your language - so I thank you for taking the time to answer my question in a language which is foreign to you. Props to all those on this forum that do that.
Now back to the topic! hehe
Yes sorry I should of been more specific about what ROM I am rolling, it is this one (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1543521) I thought due to the amount of response it had it would of been a very popular one among the Ace community and was hoping some people may have had some insight into my issues.
And thank you for clearing up my confusion about the root
And while writing this I saw the post by an0nym0us so I shall reply to him as well in here
Thank you for that extra detailing when it comes to the rooting, that is the exact information I required.
Is their a ROM which is a "must" for an ace user to try out? I am being rather adventurous now haha My first taste of a good custom ROM has got me wanting to find more which either more stability or just improvements on other good ROMs
Thank you all for replies.
1. Flashing custom roms will not unroot for phone flashing stock roms willl
2. Yes that lighting-of-backlit-buttons is a standard issue on cm7
3. Welcome to XDA
4. Before you post in development section please read the stickies(if u r on xda app) or the first 3-4 threads in general section (if viewing via browser)
5. Cm7 is awesome complaining about small issues will b neglecting the awesome features cm7 gives to your phone
6. Read the forum rules carefully and slowly or you may fall in trouble.
7. Always google for questions first b4 posting in forums ( i m sure your questions would have been answered by googling)
8. Best of luck
sent from my SGA powered by the best rom ever --CM 7.2 by the late F.A.T. ( I ll miss u F.A.T )
Yes I am sorry I had to ask questions that may well of been answered in detail with a google but I kept finding conflicting arguments about it so I thought best thing to do would be go to the most representable forum in the field and ease the pain of which was my question once and for all
And don't get me wrong, I was not complaining about the ROM I love it Just wanted to know if it was the ROM or me doing something that was causing the issues. If it was me - I would do it again if it is the ROM who cares - I know it will get fixed at some point
And thank you for the welcome post didn't get chance to check the rules correctly as I was at work when I registered and posted the first post haha Limited time while manager wasn't behind me hehe
I really like how you guys do not limit guests so they cannot see the development posts, that is really nice of the site. I was able to install the ROM etc, following instructions and links without being nagged to register and that alone made me want to register
Welcome to the forum. Word of warning - if you come accross a program called Rom Manager please leave it alone. Most people on here would agree that you can recover your phone from all kinds of mistakes made while flashing new exciting roms, best method - make a backup, but using Rom Manager may damage your phone irreversably.
Yeah I have heard about it all over the forum. Does it work well in any instance?
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Qwertymash said:
Yeah I have heard about it all over the forum. Does it work well in any instance?
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May work beautifully with some mobiles only have Ace and like you read the warnings onhere and elsewhere re Ace. Just amazes me how many use it 1st then come here to ask "What happened to my phone". You are definately off on the right foot by getting info here 1st. GL
By the way don't be surprised if all your posts disappear - getting to 10 is not this easy I know.
themountig said:
Welcome to the forum. Word of warning - if you come accross a program called Rom Manager please leave it alone. Most people on here would agree that you can recover your phone from all kinds of mistakes made while flashing new exciting roms, best method - make a backup, but using Rom Manager may damage your phone irreversably.
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And another one, don't ask for questions like the best rom or the best something you'll seriously be hated
Welcome to the family!
Anyway, flashing a custom rom will not take away your root. (I think they are already pre-rooted)
Doo:DAce said:
And another one, don't ask for questions like the best rom or the best something you'll seriously be hated
Welcome to the family!
Anyway, flashing a custom rom will not take away your root. (I think they are already pre-rooted)
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Yes I saw a full post about not asking for best rom.
Only thing I have asked for is a suggestion a "Must" try ROM as in a Rom that everyone should experience once So far it seems that Rom is the Cyanogen Rom I am currently running While I love so much.
Also, I am very very impressed with the XDA Android app!
Once I get to 10 posts I have a few inputs I am looking forward to getting into the development posts
Most rom's come pre rooted in order to function
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After a user gave me a rather unhelpful and rather horrid way to reply to this question I simply removed it to avoid that sort of response.
Hi,
I've been a great fan of XDA ever since I bought my first smartphone aka, Galaxy S2. I check in over here almost everyday for my daily dose of new, roms, apps, themes, and what not.
Ever since I rooted my phone, I've tried a lot of ROMs including CM9, CM10, AOKP, etc.
Now, I want to go back to stock Samsung ROM. I tried official LPY which is good, but bloated with unnecessary apps and what not.
I wanted the community to recommend me ROM which is basically the stock ROM by Samsung, with all the unnecessary apps and services removed, and optimized for better performance and battery as well.
I believe, NeatROM is there, I've tried but I'm kind of facing some minor problems here n there.
So is there any other ROM of the same likes?
first thing is to be aware of the rules. like this one.
Sticky: DO NOT POST A "What's the best ROM/Kernel/Theme?" THREAD!
You can just root and use a custom kernel and remove all them crappy apps(hubs/facebook/twitter etc).
Or try something like rootbox.
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Cosmic Blue said:
first thing is to be aware of the rules. like this one.
Sticky: DO NOT POST A "What's the best ROM/Kernel/Theme?" THREAD!
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With all due respect, I am aware THE RULE. Technically I did not ask for THE BEST ROM. I just posted a query regarding a certain type of ROM which might exist here, and hence require the help of forum members to may be pin point towards it.
tutsipoppy said:
With all due respect, I am aware THE RULE. Technically I did not ask for THE BEST ROM. I just posted a query regarding a certain type of ROM which might exist here, and hence require the help of forum members to may be pin point towards it.
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Try custom stock rom or wanamlite
It's the same thing, no matter how you try and bend it. Essentially what you're saying is you're too lazy to search/try stuff out for yourself. If that is the case, frankly, I'd question why you're here in the first place. Rom recommendations Are forbidden here. Thread reported.
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With all due respect, I am aware THE RULE. Technically I did not ask for THE BEST ROM. I just posted a query regarding a certain type of ROM which might exist here, and hence require the help of forum members to may be pin point towards it.
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Locked. Do your own research.
Cheers
Hi everyone! my girlfriends sumsung galaxy s II drains battery way too fast so I'm trying to get it to a ROM that looks exactly like the original (stock) but extends the battery life. Do you guys have any recomendations? I already have it rooted and CWM kernel installed - thanks!
This will be closed soon as all these "Best ROM" threads do for the simple reason that there is no such thing as a best ROM because everyone uses their phone differently. Only you can decide what is best for you by trying them out and finding which one works for the way you use it.
Miami_Son said:
This will be closed soon as all these "Best ROM" threads do for the simple reason that there is no such thing as a best ROM because everyone uses their phone differently. Only you can decide what is best for you by trying them out and finding which one works for the way you use it.
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I agree there's no such thing as a "best rom", just looking for recommendations.
itsmattgw said:
I agree there's no such thing as a "best rom", just looking for recommendations.
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As stated, try them. Everyone usage is different.
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OP, Sir as posted above recommendations are just that, the only true way to figure out what is best for you and your device or in this case your girlfriend. You should just try them and see what works, with so many variables involved with users and devices it is pointless to ask for recommendations. Example my wife and I have the same device, but for her the best ROM for battery life is stock rooted. As for me I use custom ROMs, same device, same carrier, but not same usage....or same apps.
BTW questions should be in the Q&A sections vice the General Sections.
Thank You.
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to decide what ROM I should use to root my new S3 with. The phone came with 4.1.2 installed on it, but I'm fine with either a 4.1.x or a 4.2.x rooted ROM.
The main reason I'm rooting is to be able to use AdAway, so all that I really want from the new (rooted) ROM is to not be worse than the stock ROM, including overall stability and performance, battery life, connectivity etc etc. I figured that if I am to void my warranty, I might at least do it with a rooted ROM that has the minimal amount of known problems.
I read various forum threads in the hopes of finding some 'user reviews' for each of these ROMs, in order to see how happy people have been with each of them over a longer period of time - but it's very hard to compare and come to a conclusion. On the other hand, dedicated websites such as galaxys3root.com and androidrooting.com all recommend different ROMs.
The S3 rooting video on this website seems very well made, but it refers only to various US carriers' versions and to the International version, whereas I have the UK version of the phone.
I am therefore undecided between the many options out there that can be used to root the S3, such as Cyanogenmod, DroidS3, CarbonROM, Metropolis, etc.
I've gotten some good advice in the past from people on this forum, so would much appreciate some advice on this question as well Many thanks in advance!
1) We cannot recommend roms. All recommendation threads turn into "best rom" threads, which turn into arguments. This is why "best romn" threads are not allowed
2) You do not root with a ROM. I think you have a gap in your knowledge. Please read General > Sticky roll-up thread > Understandign teh basics before rooting. All your answers are there.
Thanks for your reply! I've now started reading the sticky thread.
My intention was not to get people to post their opinion on which is the best ROM (it makes sense that such a thread wouldn't go anywhere), but rather I was wondering whether there are polls/user ratings of such ROMs, such that each person can see how the figures of each ROM fares against the others and decide for themselves which one they will use.
Further into your rooting tutorial... I guess I was confusing the terms ROM and kernel.
I followed the steps in your tutorial, I now have a rooted S3 with no custom ROM. Thanks again for all your help on this website.
longtalker said:
Thanks for your reply! I've now started reading the sticky thread.
My intention was not to get people to post their opinion on which is the best ROM (it makes sense that such a thread wouldn't go anywhere), but rather I was wondering whether there are polls/user ratings of such ROMs, such that each person can see how the figures of each ROM fares against the others and decide for themselves which one they will use.
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To be truthful the most popular rom would not be the best it is more likely to be the one that is updated daily and has multiple themes and add ons.
Their are no polls neither is their a single best rom what rom thread . Simple reasons is users will start another what rom best rom thread and ignore the one posted for all such questions ..
best method is to start with the rom that you understand how to flash .
jje
Thanks guys, all rooted and happy now, hope it stays that way. I really appreciate the help that this excellent community provides!