Hello there.
I have a i9300 for a year now and I've been doing the official upgrades by wifi, currently with 4.1.2 rom. Problem is I find It slower over time , especially opening contacts and multitasking, the redraw and reopen of programs takes some seconds, which is irritating. I know that having only 1gb of ram dosent help but do you believe doing a clean install would help? Or should I try a custom rom? I would very much love to install a custom rom but I read that some stuff don't work at all with them, is that true or is there one that is flawless that you recommend?
Thanks for the help.
Cheers
Custom roms and kernels address some of the issues. Touchwiz based custom roms always seem to suffer from contacts bring purged from memory. Aosp custom roms are much better at memory management but it depends if you can live without those samsung features.
Its worth reading the "basics" thread before rooting though. Its in general > sticky roll-up thread.
We wont recommend specific roms because its too subjective.
Please post questions in q&a
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Thanks for your input, will do.
But can you name some examples of the features that won't work? Also, would it help to do a clean instalation of the stock rom, meaning, is the OTA upgrading process partially guilty of making it slower?
Cheers M8
Its not features that "don't work" in aosp roms (all features work) but that samsungs features aren't there. Only touchwiz roms have them. There are custom touchwiz roms too but as I said, its poor memory management remains which is part of what makes things seem slow
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Please name some. I believe I don't use them. Are you talking about a beam? Or about programs that samsung puts in the rom. Sorry man, I am not understanding what you mean...
Smart stay, dive, swipe screenshot, anything that starts with "s"... Watch any s3 tv advert
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also aosp does not support the mhl hdmi out. that function will probably never work on aosp roms as Samsung mhl port for GT-I9300 is different in its design than standard mhl ports.
Thanks guys for the answer. I guess I will wait for the next update and see if it helps. Don't want to loose all those features.
Cheers!
Oh and all share cast. There are replacements for that although not sure if it requires new hardware if you have the samsung wifi dongle.
MHL is the big on though (cant believe I forgot it )
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Badelhas said:
Hello there.
I have a i9300 for a year now and I've been doing the official upgrades by wifi, currently with 4.1.2 rom. Problem is I find It slower over time , especially opening contacts and multitasking, the redraw and reopen of programs takes some seconds, which is irritating. I know that having only 1gb of ram dosent help but do you believe doing a clean install would help? Or should I try a custom rom? I would very much love to install a custom rom but I read that some stuff don't work at all with them, is that true or is there one that is flawless that you recommend?
Thanks for the help.
Cheers
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I would recommend the same for you..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44445193&postcount=5
Thanks for your suggestions. Do those work flawlessly or are there stuff we should worry about?
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Thanks for your suggestions. Do those work flawlessly or are there stuff we should worry about?
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It works flawlessly for me. I really want to stay close to stock so if you are looking for a simple yet smooth stock rom with all junk removed, this rom will work great for you.
And there are no tweaks done that require worrying.
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Try blackbox 1.3 ROM. search it on xda. Not claiming it to be the best rom but it retains Samsung's best features (camera etc) and aosp contacts and dialer and everything. Very fast and stable. Hybrid of Samsung and aosp
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I get my S II tomorrow and I've been looking around alot to see what the best rom out is, but there's loads of roms available.
What I'm asking is instead of spending multiple hours going through every rom to find out whats good, whats peoples favorites or what would you recommend,
Stuff I need working -
Camera
Onboard Storage
GPS
(These are musts)
I would preferably like things like overclocking stuff that utilizes the dual core 1.2ghz processor.
Any ideas and thanks in advance
With multiple exact same posts as yours .
One their is no bests rom .
Two read the individual rom threads and make up your own mind.
Three if unable to make up your mind stick with stock .
Four posts belongs Q&A
Stuff I need working -
Camera
Onboard Storage
GPS
You should find they come with the phone not the rom .
jje
Firstly sorry for not noticing the many other posts dedicated to this subject.
Secondary, camera etc may come with the phone but it doesn't specifically come with the rom, I have a Xperia Arc at the moment and the freexperia project doesnt have the camera up and running, so I feel like that was a valid question.
All I was asking is what people are using? What you prefer?
Not an index to what you hate and love about every rom
yusuo said:
Firstly sorry for not noticing the many other posts dedicated to this subject.
Secondary, camera etc may come with the phone but it doesn't specifically come with the rom, I have a Xperia Arc at the moment and the freexperia project doesnt have the camera up and running, so I feel like that was a valid question.
Camera is hardware it works on every rom always has .
All I was asking is what people are using? What you prefer?
Home brewed .
jje
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Coming from HTC Desire, I would of asked exactly the same questions. When new ROMS came out on HTC Desire, or the X10, not everything was working right from the start. Even on the ROMS on this phone it seems not everything is working, so surely the question is valid.
most are just themed roms and don't offer much over a rooted and tweaked stock rom.
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The most famous roms have all the features your looking for i believe, Better Camera, overclock 1.6 Ghz, Better GPS etc.
But you can't say which one is best cause they all are different in their own way, specially in themes and so on.
Cm 7
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@JJEgan, you were right in the other thread... this is getting ridiculous
@OP: there's really not much difference between them. The different ones are probably CM7, MIUI and Oxygen (they're not stable), the rest just have some modifications, and they mostly are stable with everything working. Just see which one has more views and pick one you think you like. Creating a thread like this has absolutely no point, you will get zero information out of it... even if people start answering you, you'll just get a random sample of what some people are using.
Stock
Just root it and add a kernel like niphetamine - get juicedefender too.
Simples.
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Villain Rom 2.4.2 best for me. It's based on stock firmware so gps, camera etc is working fine. Browser is laggy though so use Dolphin HD or another one from the market.
You get Villain tweaks too!
Flash the Ninphetamine kernel as its overclocked to 1.6ghz.
Sorted
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troffers said:
Villain Rom 2.4.2 best for me. It's based on stock firmware so gps, camera etc is working fine. Browser is laggy though so use Dolphin HD or another one from the market.
You get Villain tweaks too!
Flash the Ninphetamine kernel as its overclocked to 1.6ghz.
Sorted
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True, villain rom is nice - but some of us prefer the stock browser too much. :/
If it wasnt for that, id probably use villain too.
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I agree with some of the others in this thread, just stock is best. Samsung polished the firmware really well and its amazing. Id say just flash a custom kernel if you want to do extra stuff like oc/uv or something. Really the only time i ever switch from stock is to try CM7 then or something. Other than that imo stock is best.
GS2 is the first phone where stock meet all my needs. Ive played with a couple of different roms and usually something happens after the first week.
Most roms in dev section give you a all in one package. So must of the tweaks that you would normally install manually are already preinstalled. This is the fun part about android with so many choices, try a couple out first and see what fits your needs.
This is a valid question, the more popular the phone the more hours of searching it takes. CM7 is buggy as hell. Stay away. Stick with stock and just flash a kernel. Samsung did a good job actually with this phone, especially with the skinning in my opinion. It amazes me people buy a super specd phone like this the install ROMS that strip the phone of it's power. CM7 is taking way too long honestly and it's absurd how buggy it is at this point in the phones release history.
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Revolution 2.6 is the best,it has a kitchen which makes life easier.
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This is a valid question, the more popular the phone the more hours of searching it takes. CM7 is buggy as hell. Stay away. Stick with stock and just flash a kernel. Samsung did a good job actually with this phone, especially with the skinning in my opinion. It amazes me people buy a super specd phone like this the install ROMS that strip the phone of it's power. CM7 is taking way too long honestly and it's absurd how buggy it is at this point in the phones release history.
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Just a little rectification for OP and others: CM7 is an unstable nightly build officially, but it's usable. I have it for a week now, and I haven't had any serious problems. It's stable and I can use it just like the stock ROM, with very few limitations. I'm not going back to other roms for now
Leomar's revolution is amazing. Lots of customised stuff.
VillainROM for a stock look which allows for easily added tweaks. Friendly thread as well.
Ninphetamine kernel works great with both roms...
I atlculay lvoe my sumnasg glxaay s2 wtih VliaRionlm mroe tahn my xobx
I am using Lite'ning 6.1 with speedmod kernel T32 but it has not BLN so I will change kernel.
For me, the rom is perfect but anyway I have not tried more (in GT-i9000 I tried too much)
Cyanogenmod ofcourse
I dont have a rooted SGS2 but Cyanogenmod is on the vids very good and smooth.
There are a few issues but there are not major bugs.
Only A2DP dont work ... And a few another things !
just a quick question, When flashing a custom ROM.. will i lose the samsung built in things.. like the Smart Alert? Smart Stay? Popup Player and S Voice?
Ive searched through the threads, but as there are roughly 500 pages to read through lol. was taking me ages.
Yes, as a custom ROM replaces the entire system, you will only get apps that are included in the ROM (in most cases apps based on stock Android), or that you can install from places like Google Play.
I do believe, however, that the S Voice app is powered by Vlingo, an application that you can download separately from Google Play. As for the other applications and features of the stock ROM, I guess you will just have to find replacements for whatever you need on your own.
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just a quick question, When flashing a custom ROM.. will i lose the samsung built in things.. like the Smart Alert? Smart Stay? Popup Player and S Voice?
Ive searched through the threads, but as there are roughly 500 pages to read through lol. was taking me ages.
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Not unless they have been removed by the dev or are what is termed bloatware free rom .
But it all depends upon the rom and what it has in its specs non Samsung based custom roms do not have Samsung apps .
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Custom roms do not replace the entire system neither are they based upon stock Android just because they are custom .
Custom roms are built upon Samsung firmware .
Or built upon Android/Google base firmware or some other port these are of course non Samsung custom roms .
jje
JJEgan said:
Custom roms do not replace the entire system neither are they based upon stock Android just because they are custom .
Custom roms are built upon Samsung firmware .
Or built upon Android/Google base firmware or some other port these are of course non Samsung custom roms .
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Or, right, sorry for the confusion, I just haven't seen any Samsung based ROMs :S
frxstrem said:
Or, right, sorry for the confusion, I just haven't seen any Samsung based ROMs :S
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All in development section .
jje
frxstrem said:
Or, right, sorry for the confusion, I just haven't seen any Samsung based ROMs :S
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I have a hangover that's so intense that it should undergo rigorous biochemical research, but I counted 21 Sammy based ROMs on this site alone before my eyes started to bleed.
What's your excuse?
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im kinda impressed with the whole experience of the stock galaxy s3. Coming from a Galaxy Ace ( s5830 ) ... having a custom rom with all the customisation was awesome.. but with this s3, i cant get past the smart alert etc...
Are you guys running Stock / Custom ?
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Or, right, sorry for the confusion, I just haven't seen any Samsung based ROMs :S
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and which more roms have you been downloading and flashing ??
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Mikee.H said:
im kinda impressed with the whole experience of the stock galaxy s3. Coming from a Galaxy Ace ( s5830 ) ... having a custom rom with all the customisation was awesome.. but with this s3, i cant get past the smart alert etc...
Are you guys running Stock / Custom ?
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custom is always my priority
stock ones are just stock , must be kept in the backyard
Mikee.H said:
im kinda impressed with the whole experience of the stock galaxy s3. Coming from a Galaxy Ace ( s5830 ) ... having a custom rom with all the customisation was awesome.. but with this s3, i cant get past the smart alert etc...
Are you guys running Stock / Custom ?
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If you want custom Rom that closes to stock rom, i suggest you check OMEGA ROM. it is based on stock rom with motion, etc still work.
Omega Rom
Custom rom built on Samsung firmware for me as a base as i dont think much of the alternative firmware roms .
But suck em and see is the best way one man's ugly is another man's goddess .
jje
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and which more roms have you been downloading and flashing ??
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custom is always my priority
stock ones are just stock , must be kept in the backyard
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lol so you have no need for the smart alert features? and direct call? popup videos? seems pointless for them to even make it in the first place.
ph3nom said:
If you want custom Rom that closes to stock rom, i suggest you check OMEGA ROM. it is based on stock rom with motion, etc still work.
Omega Rom
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okay, so with Omega the Smart alert stuff works? Direct call? popup Video? uhm, slide palm screenshots? haha. i cant think of the rest.
to be honest, if the ROM's dont have this, it seems like a downgrade, i mean i have setCPU already, and the phone is already blazing fast as stock..
i havnt seen to much that makes it worth losing the Smart Features
Omega has or replaces pretty much everything stock has and more.
If you do like certain stock settings, there are ways to get them back via Omega Kitchen, which accessorizes your whole phone so to speak.
i guess i can always backup my phone and give it a try
Mikee.H said:
okay, so with Omega the Smart alert stuff works? Direct call? popup Video? uhm, slide palm screenshots? haha. i cant think of the rest.
to be honest, if the ROM's dont have this, it seems like a downgrade, i mean i have setCPU already, and the phone is already blazing fast as stock..
i havnt seen to much that makes it worth losing the Smart Features
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100%
I've been a huge advocate of AOSP. Even to the point I spent about 6 months learning to build my own from source and release it.
However, there is so much in the Samsung base that even cm10 is of no draw. The feature set is phenominal and anything else really is a downgrade.
Fair enough if you never use them, go aosp. But then your galaxy is hardware only. Its just not right IMHO
But yeah omega of the non AOKP variety has all those features. As do most of the sammy based roms.
They're all much over muchness with a few tweaks here and there. There are lots of sammy roms without much variety
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100%
I've been a huge advocate of AOSP. Even to the point I spent about 6 months learning to build my own from source and release it.
However, there is so much in the Samsung base that even cm10 is of no draw. The feature set is phenominal and anything else really is a downgrade.
Fair enough if you never use them, go aosp. But then your galaxy is hardware only. Its just not right IMHO
But yeah omega of the non AOKP variety has all those features. As do most of the sammy based roms.
They're all much over muchness with a few tweaks here and there. There are lots of sammy roms without much variety
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i completely agree with you when you say its a downgrade lol. Im currently using the Omega ROM, and so far its the same, with maybe a TINY few changes here and there with applications.
i cant really see much of a difference overall though.
1 thing i have to work on now..
and that it so learn about Kernals with the Galaxy s3, i dont know what advantages they have lol, i know that having a Custom ROM doesnt mean i have a different Kernal, and im proberly still running the stock one right?
Custom roms come with a kernel but omega uses stock one.
I recommend trying siyah in my signature. The advantage of that is that you can undervolt it.
To clarify, every CPU clock speed has a pre determined voltage it uses. So when your CPU is running x MHz, its always y mV. Undervolting means you could -100mV so x would always be z instead.
Lowering the voltage can increase battery life
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rootSU said:
Custom roms come with a kernel but omega uses stock one.
I recommend trying siyah in my signature. The advantage of that is that you can undervolt it.
To clarify, every CPU clock speed has a pre determined voltage it uses. So when your CPU is running x MHz, its always y mV. Undervolting means you could -100mV so x would always be z instead.
Lowering the voltage can increase battery life
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sorry if i sound a bit stupid, but yeah im new to this
so i can overclock it, and make it fast, Yet also undervolt it, to keep the battery life up ?
lol, it even sounds stupid when i read it
can anyone tell me please which custom roms also support the "smart stay" funcionality from samsung?
or does none of them support it?
Hey guys,
Just got the phone the other day.
Some guy got it as free upgrade on billpay with vodafone but decided to keep his current phone and sell this on so I got it for a great deal.
I unlocked it and changed network and everything is fine EXCEPT.
It's running really slowly for some things, especially dialer, contacts and messages.
It's on 4.1.2 by the way.
I tried resetting to factory, wiping caches, reinstalling update through Kies, resetting to factory, wiping caches again.
Nothing helps.
Seems like a lot of other folks are experiencing this crap since JB switchover from ICS.
Is there any fix for this apart from rooting and installing custom ROM?
Didn't think I'd have to go the the hassle of doing this with such an expensive phone. At times it feels like my old Vodafone 858 smart
Seriously, it can take 4-5 seconds to open contacts, dialer or messages.
Once you open them they open fast after that, until they are released from ram again.
If Samsung are aware of this and are planning an update I will hold out for that, but otherwise, root + modded ROM I reckon, as this feels like a budget phone, not an S3.
This is really crap as I was all excited to finally have a nice , quick , responsive smart phone after well over a year on my old 858 smart.
A little underwhelmed to say the least.
I tried all the fixes like animations to 0.5x and turning off location data etc.. but no difference.
The hardware seems to be fine as it got 15700 I think it was in An tu tu, and everything registered as it should. Seems like hopelessly unoptomised software to me.
Any tips, fixes or suggestions form anyone would be welcomed.
Thanks,
Mark.
All of us have to deal with this crap. Try using a not-Samsung dialer, messenger, etc.
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CuttyCZ said:
All of us have to deal with this crap. Try using a not-Samsung dialer, messenger, etc.
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Tried contacts+ and was still not as responsive as I would have hoped.
I actually like the samsung default functions if they worked faster.
Is there any rom that keeps the default look and functions but is a lot better optomised and has better memory management?
I might go that route if there was such a thing?
Don't want to use a rom that would loose functions the phone has, just something more streamlined and a lot quicker.
Don't know anything about roms so any suggestions would be welcomed.
Do you reckon this might actually be officially fixed in a future update? Is there enough people complaining about these issues to raise a flag with samsung?
Feared it was a faulty phone, but after reading lots of similar reports I am at least glad that it appears to be software not hardware.
Just pick any stock based ROM. My recommendation is in a PM, because I don't want to start a flame war.
I don't know about future updates, but I don't think that they give a damn about what the community thinks/wants. (the community asked for documentation of the processor and they gave us nothing aside from stuff they had to release cuz law)
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CuttyCZ said:
Just pick any stock based ROM. My recommendation is in a PM, because I don't want to start a flame war.
I don't know about future updates, but I don't think that they give a damn about what the community thinks/wants. (the community asked for documentation of the processor and they gave us nothing aside from stuff they had to release cuz law)
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Thanks mate, I just sent you a reply.
MarcuS_IRL said:
Tried contacts+ and was still not as responsive as I would have hoped.
I actually like the samsung default functions if they worked faster.
Is there any rom that keeps the default look and functions but is a lot better optomised and has better memory management?
I might go that route if there was such a thing?
Don't want to use a rom that would loose functions the phone has, just something more streamlined and a lot quicker.
Don't know anything about roms so any suggestions would be welcomed.
Do you reckon this might actually be officially fixed in a future update? Is there enough people complaining about these issues to raise a flag with samsung?
Feared it was a faulty phone, but after reading lots of similar reports I am at least glad that it appears to be software not hardware.
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Try exdialer from PlayStore.....it's very fast
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Try exdialer from PlayStore.....it's very fast
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Thanks but I like the look of the default one.
Just rooted and installed Wanam lite and it's definitely a lot snappier. Still the problem with the dialer, contacts and message app being dropped from memory after not being used for a while.
Is there a way to edit files to lock the dialer, contacts and message apps to memory permanently?
That would solve the problem.
Cheers,
Mark.
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Thanks but I like the look of the default one.
Just rooted and installed Wanam lite and it's definitely a lot snappier. Still the problem with the dialer, contacts and message app being dropped from memory after not being used for a while.
Is there a way to edit files to lock the dialer, contacts and message apps to memory permanently?
That would solve the problem.
Cheers,
Mark.
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Keeping the contacts and dialer in memory is one of my favorite features of JKay's Mod. I'd highly recommend that you check it out and can't say enough good about the Deluxe settings application itself (paid app on the Play store) because it allows you to fully customize the stock look and feel to your liking.
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Keeping the contacts and dialer in memory is one of my favorite features of JKay's Mod. I'd highly recommend that you check it out and can't say enough good about the Deluxe settings application itself (paid app on the Play store) because it allows you to fully customize the stock look and feel to your liking.
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Can I use jkays mod over the rom I just installed? or is it a separate rom?
If it will work with my rom can you give me a link to the latest version please?
Cheers.
MarcuS_IRL said:
Can I use jkays mod over the rom I just installed? or is it a separate rom?
If it will work with my rom can you give me a link to the latest version please?
Cheers.
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Not sure which version you installed, but you'll find all the supported versions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1807819
It's by far my favorite all-around mod for the SIII, and I have been a fan of it since owning the SII, which is now my wife's phone.
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Not sure which version you installed, but you'll find all the supported versions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1807819
It's by far my favorite all-around mod for the SIII, and I have been a fan of it since owning the SII, which is now my wife's phone.
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Thanks mate.
I checked I installed GT-I9300_WanamLite.XXEMB5.V6.2.NO-WIPE .zip
I checked version number with *#1234# and it's 19300xxemb5 so I downloaded XXEMB5_JKay_Deluxe_Stock_v14_92_9.zip , is this correct?
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Did the above steps and works fine. Installed the Deluxe settings too from google play.
Man the difference now is something else.
Thanks guys for all your help, phone is brilliant now.
Its a bit of work but ASOP is very nice as well, you should do a nadroid backup and have a quick look at CM10.1
Since the new mali drivers, its been very good and super fast on all screens.
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Its a bit of work but ASOP is very nice as well, you should do a nadroid backup and have a quick look at CM10.1
Since the new mali drivers, its been very good and super fast on all screens.
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Will keep this in mind in case I have any issues in the future, but for now it's running great.
After a day of using the Wanam lite rom I am happy enough but would like to see if I could get better performance.
Even with this Rom and the JK framework and settings app I still get the occasional bit of lag, especially when using the dialer, and contacts.
Even though with the whitelist checked in JK it seems that the dialer and contacts still get kicked out of ram after a while.
Am interested in finding the smoothest, fastest rom that has instant response with dialer and contacts and also has the latest features.
I don't want to loose any features the phone had by default either.
There are so many roms available and they all claim to be super smooth and fast, so it's hard to know which to use.
I don't want to spend a whole week installing rom after rom.
Would appreciate some feedback from you guys that have tried them all as to which is the smoothest, and is there any that has instant response with dialer and contacts. Hopefully a rom that performance doesn't degrade the longer the phone is running either.
Am I asking for too much or is there such a Rom?
Cheers,
Mark.
I'm wanting to move from touchwiz based roms to AOSP. The only feature I'd miss is the one provided by samsungdive where you can locate your phone, remote wipe it etc.
Would it be possible to keep this on a cyanogen rom, if so what would i need to install.
If not then can anyone recommend a replacement service which is reliable and gives me the same functionality.
Tia
PhoneLocator, SeekDroid, and a bunch of others
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PhoneLocator, SeekDroid, and a bunch of others
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Wheres my droid
Cerberus is awesome
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So it's not possible to keep samsungdive functionality?
I'll take a look at the other suggestions thanks. I've used seekdroid before, quite some time ago on my old nexus s, so that account may still be valid.
Is it best to stick to pure cyanogen 10.1, or are the "based on" roms with additions stable. I really can't be bothered with updating rom often anymore. I've done enough of that now. Just want a quick, smooth daily driver with decent battery (don't we all)
No its samsung rom only. Im using prey.
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I recieved the OTA update for my i9300. I havent updated it yet because I am not certain if it will work flawlesly. I've been reading a lot of articles about the 4.3 update which have a lot of bugs but samsung promised to fix the issue yet I am not sure if it has been fixed for this update?
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Well, I updated to 4.3 a few days ago and I did not encounter any major issues. In fact, there are only two issues that I have come across so far: there's a bit of lag when you unlock the phone (almost imperceptible). And I also encountered the "Samsung push service has stopped working" which I solved by uninstalling it from Google Play and then updated it. Everything else is working just fine.
Thanks Alex but regarding the lagg thou. It lags even if you're on full power not on power saving and also about the immense battery drain issue?
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You should try another kernel like http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2517756
This works pretty good on my device! I had the same issues as you before.
Yes, it "lags" on full power (I never turn on that power saving option). The screen turns on after a second or so after I press the home button/power button, when you swipe over the screen it works smoothly. As about battery drain, I use it very frequently so I charge it every day anyway. But yes, it seems to drain the battery a little bit more than before. I can come up with a more detailed answer about this in a few days.
phaw16 said:
I recieved the OTA update for my i9300. I havent updated it yet because I am not certain if it will work flawlesly. I've been reading a lot of articles about the 4.3 update which have a lot of bugs but samsung promised to fix the issue yet I am not sure if it has been fixed for this update?
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Hi, if you don not like to wait for the official OTA updates, you could try Omega ROM.
The developer-team is very quick to take the latest Samsung releases and turn them into their custom ROM (including many useful features).
If you stick to the latest Omega ROMs, you always will have the latest Samsung based ROM on your phone (including the latest Samsung bugfixes). On top of that, the support in the Omega community is excellent.
leonardo-lavazza said:
Hi, if you don not like to wait for the official OTA updates, you could try Omega ROM.
The developer-team is very quick to take the latest Samsung releases and turn them into their custom ROM (including many useful features).
If you stick to the latest Omega ROMs, you always will have the latest Samsung based ROM on your phone (including the latest Samsung bugfixes). On top of that, the support in the Omega community is excellent.
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Well to be honest sir I really am not fan of custom rom. I always stay on stock rom but rooted. Custom rom has a lot of issues on the default app. Most common are wifi, bluetooth, gps and a lot more so I always stay on rooted stock. This is just my opinion no offense intended.
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phaw16 said:
Well to be honest sir I really am not fan of custom rom. I always stay on stock rom but rooted. Custom rom has a lot of issues on the default app. Most common are wifi, bluetooth, gps and a lot more so I always stay on rooted stock. This is just my opinion no offense intended.
Maybe you need to read a bit more on the Android development forums and find out the difference between types of custom roms .
Been running custom roms for years and never had those sort of problems .
Plenty of info on the board regarding 4.3 OTA .
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JJEgan said:
phaw16 said:
Well to be honest sir I really am not fan of custom rom. I always stay on stock rom but rooted. Custom rom has a lot of issues on the default app. Most common are wifi, bluetooth, gps and a lot more so I always stay on rooted stock. This is just my opinion no offense intended.
Maybe you need to read a bit more on the Android development forums and find out the difference between types of custom roms .
Been running custom roms for years and never had those sort of problems .
Plenty of info on the board regarding 4.3 OTA .
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Well I always read and ask for other's opinion before doing something on my phone. I dont want to have any bad experience since that I spend most of my time with my beloved phone. Now when I read out bug reports on the custom firmwares that was offered those are the common issues it might be a case to case basis but I dont want to take chances.
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JJEgan said:
Well I always read and ask for other's opinion before doing something on my phone. I dont want to have any bad experience since that I spend most of my time with my beloved phone. Now when I read out bug reports on the custom firmwares that was offered those are the common issues it might be a case to case basis but I dont want to take chances.
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There are a lot of awesome custom ROMs out there, like WanamLite and Neatrom. These guys stick to the stock as much as possible, I have never seen them port things from other devices. IMO, problems occur when you start porting apps and functions or launchers from other devices. However, the XXUGML2 or XXUGML4 updates from Samsung work flawlessly. I am running ML4 on my device with ML4 kernel and MK6 modem and it is awesome.
Yes ML4 is stable.
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There are a lot of awesome custom ROMs out there, like WanamLite and Neatrom. These guys stick to the stock as much as possible, I have never seen them port things from other devices. IMO, problems occur when you start porting apps and functions or launchers from other devices. However, the XXUGML2 or XXUGML4 updates from Samsung work flawlessly. I am running ML4 on my device with ML4 kernel and MK6 modem and it is awesome.
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Agree ,
OP is probably looking at non Samsung based custom roms .
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Agree ,
OP is probably looking at non Samsung based custom roms .
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Yeah, probably mate.
phaw16 said:
Well to be honest sir I really am not fan of custom rom. I always stay on stock rom but rooted. Custom rom has a lot of issues on the default app. Most common are wifi, bluetooth, gps and a lot more so I always stay on rooted stock. This is just my opinion no offense intended.
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Hi, no offense taken. I just wanted to share my experience. OMEGA is close to the stock ROM and if there were any bugs, they mostly came from the Samsung stock ROM. The difference is the update frequency. While it takes ages to get an OTA for your specific region / provider, most custom ROM developers take the latest release published by Samsung regardless of region and provider. Meaning, you will always get the latest and greatest.