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i saw many new release for android 2.3.4 and i`m using darky`s rom but not sure which rom is best to use . tell me what rom you are using and whihc one has best feature
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i saw many new release for android 2.3.4 and i`m using darky`s rom but not sure which rom is best to use . tell me what rom you are using and whihc one has best feature
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I like the Infusion ROM because it looks good and is fast as hell. Haven't used it long enough to evaluate the battery life, but so far it's looking pretty good.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152693
I am using latest cognition
Works fast and reliable aklso kernel supports overclocking.
Battery consumption is good also.but this is 2.3.4 specific i thing, valid for most of the 2.3.4 roms.
In my view be better to wait for Samsung to actually release 2.3.4 rather than work of a leaked test rom .
jje
JJEgan said:
In my view be better to wait for Samsung to actually release 2.3.4 rather than work of a leaked test rom
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I was thinking the same thing myself, but the ROMs using 2.3.4 are getting some good reviews. It's certainly tempting!
Likewise but just to many errors reported for me . Many from newb installs but as current rom is excellent and i want full 2.3.4 firmware flash on a clean phone before flashing custom i am trying hard to wait .
jje
JJEgan said:
as current rom is excellent and i want full 2.3.4 firmware flash on a clean phone before flashing custom i am trying hard to wait .
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Same here mate. I think I'm just getting itchy fingers, coming from a HD2 where I was deciding on my next ROM whilst flashing one!
Im using Lite'ning with 2.1 (with 2.3.4) and it sounds the best to me. Fast and stable.
I'm using VR2.0 at the moment and getting 1% battery drain per hour with WiFi on and push email. Everything else is manually syncronised. Insane, and I doubt it will stay this way. On VR1.4 I had 28 hours before the battery died.
Not easy to answer... lots of roms with much difference.... just read some roms 3d and find your own street....
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yeah but leak rom working better then official 2.3.3 , so its worth trying
yes i want to test gtalk video call and it was worked fantastic , my friend was on dell xps and i`m my SGS2 and quality was awesome , although i always feel samsung speaker could be more powerful. Right now downloading Cognition S2 want to try hand 1.5ghz over clock.
just root only
All ROMs are nothing but skins and simple tweaks. They are all the same. Until CM7 or MIUI finals are released, we probably won't get a real alternative to stock.
There's not a difference in UI, I agree. But my battery definitely lasts longer
To me, other than battery consumption, there seems nothing that could tempt me to move from stock....having had SGS 1 for quite sometime and been a flash addict, I think Samsung has done remarkably well for SGS2...its pretty much tweaked/optimized already, no lags...nothing actually warrants a custom ROM...but then who am I kidding...might as well sail on the custom ROM one day.
Atm i'm using Ficeto's 2.3.4 version, working fine but i'm thinkking on changing to Infusion 1.6 when the upload will be done
Litening 2.1 is best by far out of all the 2.3.4 ROMS I've tried out.
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aydc said:
All ROMs are nothing but skins and simple tweaks. They are all the same. Until CM7 or MIUI finals are released, we probably won't get a real alternative to stock.
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Dont forget about kitchen rom. That is also a beast imo.
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so far I like LitePro Ver2.00 most.
hi guys...i'm currently using samsung galaxy ace but i'm planning of buying a s2 in the next few days...but before that i have a few questions to ask...
1)there's so many ics rom out there,which is the official ics rom?i'm so confused
2)which is the best ics rom for s2?the official ics rom,or the custom ics rom?and please give me the link
3)is the ics build stable...any bugs?
4)how is battery life of this phone?i use moderate gaming,calls,sms and some wifi...can it last for 2 days?
i hope u guys out there can answer to my questions...i'm a newbie here and i hope that i didnt cause any inconvinience in any way....thx
1) There are several 'official' ICS builds released
2) There is no such thing as the "best ICS rom for SGS2". You have your phone setup differently to everyone else, you use your phone differently to everyone else and your phone came out of the factory slightly differently to everyone else's.
A rom 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. That way you will get an idea of the features/pluses/minuses of each rom, and also see other users' experiences with that rom.
Then you can test different roms for yourself to find one that works best for you.
3) Yes. All the non-stock ICS builds have bugs of one kind or another.
4) Too many variables determine battery life to say 'the battery life of the phone is good/bad/etc. As per 2), it's determined by how you use the phone, how you have it setup, whether you have constant good signal where you live/use the phone (poor signal means less battery life) and a whole lot of other things. Can it last for two days ? If I only used my phone for a couple of calls & a bunch of SMS per day with the phone in idle the rest of the time, I could probably get more than a week out of a charge. But it's a smartphone, and who uses it like that ?
Best ics rom = cyanogen mod9
if you want real ics
MistahBungle said:
1) There are several 'official' ICS builds released
2) There is no such thing as the "best ICS rom for SGS2". You have your phone setup differently to everyone else, you use your phone differently to everyone else and your phone came out of the factory slightly differently to everyone else's.
A rom 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. That way you will get an idea of the features/pluses/minuses of each rom, and also see other users' experiences with that rom.
Then you can test different roms for yourself to find one that works best for you.
3) Yes. All the non-stock ICS builds have bugs of one kind or another.
4) Too many variables determine battery life to say 'the battery life of the phone is good/bad/etc. As per 2), it's determined by how you use the phone, how you have it setup, whether you have constant good signal where you live/use the phone (poor signal means less battery life) and a whole lot of other things. Can it last for two days ? If I only used my phone for a couple of calls & a bunch of SMS per day with the phone in idle the rest of the time, I could probably get more than a week out of a charge. But it's a smartphone, and who uses it like that ?
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1)several?i thought there's only one...
2)there are so many roms out there compare to the galaxy ace..tat's why i'm confused...i want ics rom...which one do u use and which is the moset popular one?
3)hmmm....nothing major i guess?
4)oic...my ace can go a day without charging...so i guess the s2 can too...
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Best ics rom = cyanogen mod9
if you want real ics
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if i'm not mistaken cm9 is not the official samsung ics rom right?
No, CM9 is not Samsung based. It's AOSP based (search if you want/need to know what this means).
Don't buy this phone,devs runs away from it
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Don't buy this phone,devs runs away from it
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Like with any other phone. Devs will develop, something else comes along and off they go, some Devs continue to develop.
Back on topic, try out an official ICS rom first, there are a few as they are for different regions bit any non Asian firmware will work on the international I9100.
Then have a read through the custom roms and decide what's best for you, no one can tell what's best for you its just a matter of trying.
You've got plenty of choices, stock Samsung rom, custom Samsung rom, AOSP, AOKP, CNA and Miui.
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I would recommend you Wajk's WIUI! I've been using it now for about 1 month and im overwhelmed by the functionality and the smoothness of this rom! The only thing is that it is no clean ICS that you actually wanted, but it is definitley worth a try for you
Altair68
norpan111 said:
Don't buy this phone,devs runs away from it
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if not which phone should i buy?
i'm considering htc sensation xe too...
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Like with any other phone. Devs will develop, something else comes along and off they go, some Devs continue to develop.
Back on topic, try out an official ICS rom first, there are a few as they are for different regions bit any non Asian firmware will work on the international I9100.
Then have a read through the custom roms and decide what's best for you, no one can tell what's best for you its just a matter of trying.
You've got plenty of choices, stock Samsung rom, custom Samsung rom, AOSP, AOKP, CNA and Miui.
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ok...
i'm from malaysia(asian country) so which official ics rom will work for me?could u give me the link??thx alot!!!
Whatever phone you buy I am sure you will find a good ICS rom that works well for you. Whether that is a "stock" samsung rom, or a custom rom like CM9, that depends. But isn't half the fun of these phones the fact that you can chop and change and try different things?
I'm using HyDrOG3N-ICS 23.03 and it seems pretty kick ass. Granted it only came out 2 days ago so I haven't had a long time to test it But I might decide to change to a different rom again soon who knows? I suggest you take a look in the "Galaxy S II Android Development" forum and look for posts with [ROM] in the name. Read about them and choose one that sounds cool. If you try it and it's not cool, just try another one
I was in a similar situation a few days ago. I had never used a custom rom on my S2 but after Samsung ICS update disapointed me, i decided to find one. I've tried quite a few, somes would have apps that crash all the time etc,some wouldn't boot. I even managed to soft brick my phone.
I then found Ressurection Remix that came with Vertemus' Domination theme.. Installed 9.6. Was great and i loved it. Then 1.0 came out, so decided to give it a try. And i can say that the speed difference was major. More fluid. Only issue i now have is that the domination theme is wierd in the notification menu ( hard to explain ... the black is just too... black on the items. its just a minor anoyance )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436854&page=1589
To conclude, i think there is no perfect mod. I was really happy with 9.6 but when i tried 1.0 i noticed that the other version had a few issues.
Hey folks, I am fairly new to working with the Note. But have been flashing ROM's, rooting etc for a couple of years now.
I searched and couldnt find anything but is there a flashable stock ROM out there that someone has tweaked. I just wanna try stock and see how it is. I recently got my Note in trade for another phone. It was already rooted and I put CM10 on it right away but I"m noticing some of the S-Pen functionality is not there.
Thanks in advance for a point in the right direction.
There are a couple of stock based roms that are mildly tweaked. Personally I am using flappjaxxx's uclf6 stock based rom and it is very nice. You can find it over in the dev section along with some others
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There are a couple of stock based roms that are mildly tweaked. Personally I am using flappjaxxx's uclf6 stock based rom and it is very nice. You can find it over in the dev section along with some others
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I appreciate the point in that direction. I"ll go try it out. Any issues with that particular ROM rebooting when it wants. I have run in to that twice in the last 4 days with CM10. Also battery life is kind of weak but thats how life is with most android phones...hows battery life with that one?
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I appreciate the point in that direction. I"ll go try it out. Any issues with that particular ROM rebooting when it wants. I have run in to that twice in the last 4 days with CM10. Also battery life is kind of weak but thats how life is with most android phones...hows battery life with that one?
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No random reboot issues with ICS if you wipe the device properly before flashing..
Dalvik cache, system cache, data, and system wipes are required.
Also make sure you are running the correct modem for the build...
Battery life is 3-4 hours screen on time with average use on a stock battery .....g
Hi,
So my old man has an S2, and while he loves it, having seen my Nexus 4, he fancies a bit of the Jelly Bean loveliness. Anyway, we tried to load the trusty Samsung Kies and do it the official route, only for it to hang forever on 'Connecting' (quality software Samsung :good: ). Now I've downloaded the official Samsung Jelly Bean ROM, I figured I'd stray on here first before jumping the gun.
Considering the guy using the phone is going to be an old geezer, not totally useless with phones but he isn't exactly that sharp with them either, would it be wise to stick with a stock ROM? Obviously the stock ROM can be rooted (he does have his GB rooted) so we can still access a number of the apps he uses but how are custom ROMs fairing with regards to battery life, and performance. I noticed a considerable drop in battery life when using Jelly Bean on my old i9000 but a large improvement in performance. How is it for the i9100?
I'm not asking for a ***** fight, I just want simple answers.
Stock vs Custom?
Battery better or worse?
Performance?
Yep thanks
i am going to answer your questions.
the rom doesnt make the battery life. kernel does. if you change your kernel battery life will be better. i say to try again but this time use a different kernel.
performance is better on custom roms, at least my opinion.
He's right.
Now, your dad wants stock JB, trust me.
I'm sure he's gonna use the device for calls, mail, browsing, camera and that's about it, he'll get 2 days of battery. If he gets less and start *****ing, flash a custom kernel and that's that.
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gastonw said:
He's right.
Now, your dad wants stock JB, trust me.
I'm sure he's gonna use the device for calls, mail, browsing, camera and that's about it, he'll get 2 days of battery. If he gets less and start *****ing, flash a custom kernel and that's that.
Sent from the little guy
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Yeah he isn't much of a hacker. He does really use for calls, texting, email, browsing and camera, and not much else apart from the standard apps such as sports scores. He's not quite as keen as I was on an S1 when I was hacking everything and anything possible and tweaking the **** out of it lol!
OK, we'll give the latest version a pop, Italian XWLSD. We'll get that on, root it, then if necessary I'll flash a UK modem (not that Italian modems are much different I imagine, it isn't that far away).
Flash nordic.
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Downloaded LSD, it's only 1 file though. As I'm coming from Gingerbread do I need to go to ICS first, or can I use the single file without a .pit file?
Straight to JB.
No pit files involved, just the single LSD file.
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Stick to stock for him. Tried custom roms on wifes phone gave me a headache !
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OK, having seen the Multi-Window he fancies a bit of that lol!!! Yep, I know, I know, so I'm going to give him a custom ROM, with that feature, see what he says, and then if needbe, I can always flash back to stock.
Anyway, fancy recommending a good custom ROM with decent battery life and the multi-window mod?
I've been looking at RainBox, (elsewhere doesn't have a thread here for some reason) but also NeatROM has it and I'm quite impressed with that.
Unless it's possible to put the Multi-Window mod on XWLSD stock? Which would be good too, so if so, let me know
You should try AllienceRom.It has multiwindow and great battery life for me
v6.0 ???
skezza said:
v6.0 ???
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ive put neat rom and speed mod kernel on my dads phone , hes pretty happy with it
skarma103 said:
ive put neat rom and speed mod kernel on my dads phone , hes pretty happy with it
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Yeah. I'm either going to try Alliance or Neat. Maybe both lol. I'm trying to explain that once you've flashed one, it's very easy to flash another and there's no reason you can't switch between the two until you like one lol. Hitting a brick wall right now though
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Yeah. I'm either going to try Alliance or Neat. Maybe both lol. I'm trying to explain that once you've flashed one, it's very easy to flash another and there's no reason you can't switch between the two until you like one lol. Hitting a brick wall right now though
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haha true , you need to test the roms before you pick one ... but having a stable kernel is more important :silly:
Of course, the current kernel has some cool battery profiles which would be great in this new kernel. I've never been one to go for the massive performance thing, you gain about 0.1ms of time on apps loading, but by having a good battery kernel, you can save a lot of battery lol
Hello great forum,
Maybe a stupid question but what would be a really good rom for battery life and gps usage for my note 1 (Bell Canada) ?
The question I'm worried about is that I don't want to flash my phone with a rom that would turn it into a phone for US or others and just want to make sure it would work on Bell Canada without problems for the modem file and all ...
Thanks for your suggestions ...
PS: I even thought about a ROM that would be for ICS if need be ...I just want to be able to play Ingress without having 20% battery loss after 45 min
Thanks !
Idk about the ROMs, but you'll never get away from the ingress battery drain no matter what you do. That game is a juice hog. When I was a heavy ingress player, I would carry 4 extra batteries with me to get through the day. I would try carbon or hellfire, they are my current favs. Just make a backup and flash, see how it goes.
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Unless BJ flashes a modem, I can't think of a single ROM that is going to flash over your current modem. Which means a simple backup will undo anything.
Anthony820 said:
Unless BJ flashes a modem, I can't think of a single ROM that is going to flash over your current modem. Which means a simple backup will undo anything.
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Thanks, so in other words, any roms I try for the Note 1 would have me being able to use Bell as a carrier no problem and use the modem I have already ?
I was just not sure which one to use as there are soooo many .... Asylum, Blackstar, CM9 etc ....
Priorities for me will always be to use what a stock could use, stability, battery efficiency and GPS working well ...
As backup goes ... Kies or Titanium to backup ? my note is not rooted ....
Thanks again
Yes, and no. Is your phone going to break? No. Are you going to enjoy any ROM, even those that are deemed solid, Not necessarily.
I only know about running T-mobile on an i717, but different modems get you very different strengths and data speeds. There's also the oddity of running ICS modems on (stock) jelly bean ROMs causes crazy weird lag spikes.
What I'm saying is, backup what you use. Try different stuff. If it doesn't work, or you don't like it, restore. Also, if you're currently on ICS, sticking to ICS based roms (blackstar or cm9) is going to yield a better chance at it "just working" than switching to a JB build. If you upgraded to stock jelly bean (I'm so sorry) sticking with JB ROMs is going to give you a better chance at your modem working without issue.
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Idk about the ROMs, but you'll never get away from the ingress battery drain no matter what you do. That game is a juice hog. When I was a heavy ingress player, I would carry 4 extra batteries with me to get through the day. I would try carbon or hellfire, they are my current favs. Just make a backup and flash, see how it goes.
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I hear ya my friend .. but surely i could find something better than 20% gone in 20 minute ... and I did not try Carbon or Hellfire so far but they are good ? and what about the others like Asylum, CM9, Blackstar and the such ?
Someone knows as well if 4.2.2 rom is better for the battery than 4.1 ? for JB ?
Thanks again
zykio said:
I hear ya my friend .. but surely i could find something better than 20% gone in 20 minute ... and I did not try Carbon or Hellfire so far but they are good ? and what about the others like Asylum, CM9, Blackstar and the such ?
Someone knows as well if 4.2.2 rom is better for the battery than 4.1 ? for JB ?
Thanks again
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If you want stability, speed, and battery, always choose ICS. Period. People in these forums regularly confuse newer must mean better. In the case of our aging hardware, its completely false and they are more wrapped up with having the latest at all cost.
Anthony820 said:
If you want stability, speed, and battery, always choose ICS. Period. People in these forums regularly confuse newer must mean better. In the case of our aging hardware, its completely false and they are more wrapped up with having the latest at all cost.
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Cool thanks, in that case I will go with trying JB sandwich, feel of JB but on ICS ... will see what it does
The only problem now is that I am trying to find the right files to have before I flash the ROM as when I try to go with CWM and flash JB sandwich or AOKP I get errors while trying to flash ... either status 7, status 0 or just errors of files ...
zykio said:
The only problem now is that I am trying to find the right files to have before I flash the ROM as when I try to go with CWM and flash JB sandwich or AOKP I get errors while trying to flash ... either status 7, status 0 or just errors of files ...
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Quick update ... it seems that it is all related to what radio (modem) file I had and such before to flash the rom
Was able to install JB sandwich after i tried to flash with an ICS for ATT (even if i use Bell Canada)
AS "best" is a subjective term and up to the individual, and usually best rom thread become places for arguments, this thread is closed.