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[Q] what is the best Froyo custom version for Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000

Hi Everyone,
i'm pretty much new being a Samsung galaxy S user (but proud to be )
anyway, i've seen more than 6 version of Froyo 2.2 already here inside the forum but i really don't an idea which one is the best or latest (faster, stable etc)
i've installed Froyo 2.2 XXJPM with Odin and it's working ok~ but still a bit slow and buggy'-Jumpy when sliding within the Menu pages, no idea how to fix...
anyway, any idea which version will work the best for me or i should wait for the original-official one which should come out in Nov this year?
appreciate your comments folks.
thx!
Yanir

I use the stock Froyo JPM with the 336meg memory and universial lag fix, DAMN THE THING FLIES! I'm also using the ADVANCED JFS setting for universial lag fix. I highly recommend you just leave your froyo Stock and do what I did. The 336meg kernel also has busybox and root as standard. But hey, If you want to try roms then make sure the new roms have the universial lag fix in it as i notice a few already do. Also the extra 36megs of ram helps a lot. seriously

thanks!
can you share a link for the guide etc?
appreciate that mate!
Yanir

Or go with Doc's and Kalpik's ROM.

thanks Soniboy84

ickyboo said:
I use the stock Froyo JPM with the 336meg memory and universial lag fix, DAMN THE THING FLIES! I'm also using the ADVANCED JFS setting for universial lag fix. I highly recommend you just leave your froyo Stock and do what I did. The 336meg kernel also has busybox and root as standard. But hey, If you want to try roms then make sure the new roms have the universial lag fix in it as i notice a few already do. Also the extra 36megs of ram helps a lot. seriously
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Please post a link to both the universal lag fix and the 336mg kernel.
I'm on Jpm with oclf and it's still pretty laggy

Flash rom for the first time

Hi, i want to flash my first rom, which one is the more stable, fast and trusted for hard everyday use?? I use my phone 80% for work, thanks
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radioman38 said:
Hi, i want to flash my first rom, which one is the more stable, fast and trusted for hard everyday use?? I use my phone 80% for work, thanks
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If you use your phone for work and hange no backup flashing roms can be risky. Make sure you read allot prior to flashing. There is no one answer

radioman38 said:
Hi, i want to flash my first rom, which one is the more stable, fast and trusted for hard everyday use?? I use my phone 80% for work, thanks
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I suggest you you a captivate based ROM.. probably Cognition 2.3b8! it is highly stable and totally captivate based! If you want to go furthur than captivate based there are many I9000 based ROMs... I suggest Darkyy's 8.0 ROM with Hardcore's speedmod kernel and UGJL2 Modem...

I've always wondered what is the advantage to a i9000 based ROM?
It seems like people are running into functionality problems, but aren't really getting any additional features...

Mr.Immaculate said:
I've always wondered what is the advantage to a i9000 based ROM?
It seems like people are running into functionality problems, but aren't really getting any additional features...
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That just is not the case. The i9000 roms are built from official froyo release for a galaxy s phone. Re-oriented kernels fix compatibility with the captivate. Performance is vastly improved over stock and our captivate leaked froyo. Look at the development section. There is only one captivate based rom. There are multiple i9000 roms. This is not by random chance.
Everyone can choose what they want running on their phone, or what they are comfortable with. People saying i9000 roms do not improve on anything obviously have never ran a good one

Mr.Immaculate said:
I've always wondered what is the advantage to a i9000 based ROM?
It seems like people are running into functionality problems, but aren't really getting any additional features...
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It's just the opposite.
i9000 ROMs offer:
-Improved speed
-Faster network speeds
-An abundance of themes, mods, etc. in the i9000 section
-No trace of AT&T and their filthy apps
-Android 2.2.1
-We have the kernel source for Froyo for i9000
That's just off the top of my head.

[Q] What custom Gingerbread Rom is the best for the Galaxy S i9000?

The title pretty much says it all.
Please give me some help
Thanks

DerKanacke said:
The title pretty much says it all.
Please give me some help
Thanks
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All gingerbread roms are highly alpha| beta, my advise is to stay away from them, and wait for the official release (couple of days/weeks)

ttf said:
All gingerbread roms are highly alpha| beta, my advise is to stay away from them, and wait for the official release (couple of days/weeks)
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I would agree...I am sure the current Gingerbread based ROMs are great, but they are based on leaked versions of beta ROMs. Unless you really know what you are doing or love the risks of the bleeding edge, I would stay away from them.
All signs are pointing to official Gingerbread firmware for the i9000 hitting Europe in the next two weeks. Once that is freely available, I figure the devs here will have fresh ROMS based on Samsung tested, properly released code out within hours/days...not so long to wait.

Check this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011901
I just flashed this rom few days back and it's working like......knife goes on butter...
benefits:
1. It's 2.3.3
2. very smooth UI
3. longer battery life & lots more
Gingerbread launcher is not there but I installed one from market (check the one from Eugene373)....all together it's cool & I did not face any issues yet!!!

Flashed my few days old Froyo 2.2 with the 2.3.3 rom. So far, everything work without any problem.

Since there is now stable releases of gingerbread, are there any custom roms for it? i cant find any :/
Are there any kernels for gingerbread also?

You can try ColdMod Rom... its beautiful with TW 4.0 which works nicely with good battery life... i have no complains abt it and im using 2.1 improvent of ColdMod
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dont know yet
I switched from Darky RC 5.3 to Juwes 4.2 cause Darky is little bit unstable for now. Juwe seems pretty fast and compatible.

I was using darky rom so far but now i want to try something new (darky is still on 2.3.3 which has the battery bug so i use 9.5).
So what 2.3.4 rom do you recommend? It doesnt have to be "blazing fast" , good battery life will suffice
Thank you.

How about Stock Gingerbread Roms?
Is there any rom stable and without bugs?

I use stock JVQ downloaded from samfirmwares with SpeedMod t23 and the auto brightness fix. All partitions converted to ext4 (/system too).
It is really responsive, no lags at all and I didnt find any bug (except the auto brightness but like I said there is a fix).
I also use tegrak to overclock it to 1.2 Ghz but thats optional, it is already really fast !!

confuse every rom has characteristic
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im doing the ext 4 right now.. im not quite sure what it does, but ive read a lot of good things in it..

[Q] Best ROM for my GF :)

Hi All,
Need some advice about the Galaxy S. I am a Nexus S user and would love to get my Girlfriends Galaxy S running better if not as well as my Nexus S. I have tried to get the galaxy S running well but now I think I have done all I can to optimise the stock ROM it has onboard!
I know that for the SGS you must use Odin to flash new ROMs – any warnings to me being a NS user with our easy CWM flashing? I will of course be doing a Nandroid backup of her current ROM in case things go wrong Currently the SGS is rooted and running a branded O2 2.2 Froyo Rom. I have Lag Fixed it using OCLF (Not great I know, but its not my phone I can't always fiddle with it to update it!) and tried to remove bloat using Titanium Backup.
The advice I would love is – which ROM do I put on her phone, when she isn’t the most tech savvy person. I figure there are 3 main options (but feel free to correct me!) for a stable and quick ROM that I won’t have to keep touching and updating or fixing:
Stock 2.3.4 (JVP?)
Nice because it’s stock and from what I’ve read it seems to run fast and is the latest version of phone android like on my Nexus
Darkys ROM
Seems to be a nice option – fast stable and tweaked (a fixed version of stock really no?), but perhaps it has too many options for my non tech savvy GF to be using?
Cyanogen Mod
Only reason I resist this is because it is probably too much of a shift away from the Samsung experience my partner is used to - I would prefer it (I have a nexus so naturally!) but I doubt my girlfriend would appreciate the change. Also it seem CM isn't quite ready for the SGS yet...
Any thoughts or guidance much appreciated! I have searched a lot about the SGS, but not having the phone myself, I figure it might be best to ask users of their opinions and steal your advice!

As this one is for your girlfriend and you are planing already with a "stock" ROM you should for sure go for the latest 2.3.4 Android Version in JVP.
I personally would never go for a "stock" but this is just my personal opinion since I am daily with the phone and can repair things by my own.
Related to ODIN there is not much to say if you read all the guides completely.
I flashed my phone many, many times even using seperat kernels and removing thing before, adding and changing scripts without brick the phone.
Try to safe the EFS dircetory is the only thing I would recommend if it is not mentioned in the guides before doing a flash.
Hope it helps for your decision.

i suggest u use darkky's rom in that case cause the battery alone lasts longer than stock that means more time spent talking to u..

I suggest you leave her phone alone
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I would use one of ramads stock deodexed roms, and then flash a custom kernel, that way she gets no lag, stock, you are safe and your love life will thrive! Now that is slick womanizing!
Insanity cm 016/glitchv10c

after couple testing different ROM .... i am very pleased with Juwe's ROM ..... stable , all works fine , fantastic look ....

Darky's ROM is not a 'fixed' version of stock.
Just go with the latest stock firmware for the best performance, ie flash XXJVQ with Odin after backing up all data
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acejacksooted said:
I suggest you leave her phone alone
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I totally agree with this idea

Whack on JVQ deodexed and voodoo mod. Convert to Ext4 and then life = complete. Cyanogenmod is still best though
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Thanks for your suggestions!
Thanks to you all for your help! I think I am going to go for a stock 2.3 based rom either JVP or JVQ - probably JVQ as google talk video works with it, and now skype video works too - both of which she wants.
@solar666
Thanks I'll definitely be following the guides to the letter - and yeah an EFS backup is also on my to-do list!
@doomsdaycs
Battery Life is very much important, but having seen some youtube videos of Darky's rom, I think the interface & option changes & colours might be too much of a shift - I'd prefer it though!
@acejacksooted & @carvax
Id love to leave it alone, but she complains that it isn't responsive like my nexus and lags sometimes - so I don't have much choice but to deal with it!
@slaphead20
Is there much of an advantage to a deodexed samsung rom? Also, I hope you don't use your phone to chat up all women that way
@bisko69
Is Juwe's rom that different from samsung's roms?
@Mothatt
Yeah I think that's the way I will go - safe!
@jaju123
Again, seems like the best option at the moment. Thanks!
Any other thoughts are more than welcome! Thanks again .

All custom-ROMs except CM7 and MIUI are based on Samsung-stock-ROMs.
ROM-cookers of Samsung-based ROMs add some features and change the colors of the UI. So you should take the custom-ROM which has the nicest colors.
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i recommend MIuI GALNET its awesome

Darkys rom!
I've used many roms, but I always flash Darky v10.1 back.
Ist just so goood, battery life is amazing and still the phone is so simple.

Seeing that your GF rom is still in Froyo, isnt it better to upgrade it to at least stock Gingerbread?
Perhaps you can flash a stock deodexed rom, flash a kernel for root and CWM (i recommend SpeedMod), then flash a theme from the theme forums that you think she will like.
maybe you can even make a theme for her based on what she likes
conclusion: Stock rom with custom theme, if she like to stay on stock samsung experience and a nicer UI

theimpaler said:
@bisko69
Is Juwe's rom that different from samsung's roms?
Any other thoughts are more than welcome! Thanks again .
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=964672 very beautiful and stable ROM

haha well funnily enough I got my GF on CM7, and my mother, and they both love it
i personally am on it aswell. So up to you

theimpaler said:
[Q] Best ROM for my GF
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For a moment I thought your phone was your girlfriend.

bitmaster2000 said:
For a moment I thought your phone was your girlfriend.
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Haha I'm sure many people on this site would be more than happy to upgrade their girlfriends ROM to CM7 - more customisation and more options haha!

I recommend darky rom 10.1 and launcher 7 -> fast, stable and... More than easy to handle
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theimpaler said:
Haha I'm sure many people on this site would be more than happy to upgrade their girlfriends ROM to CM7 - more customisation and more options haha!
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Yeah, and not to forget to disable all the nag screens!

[Q] What are the advantages of Gingerbread over Froyo?

I know this sounds like a stupid question, but bear with me.
When I started flashing custom ROMs, GB was already out, so I never got to try out Froyo. I know the whole deal of "it's newer, they worked out some bugs and it's better". but i want to know:
1) Would I miss anything specially important if I "downgraded" to Froyo?
2) could anyone tell me a few 9000 and 897 based roms that i could try? (I'm not asking "which is best")
3) are there any advantages of running Froyo over GB?
I'm used to flashing and if i decide to give Froyo a try, i would like to flash a few before i settle into any ROM. Thanks.
Swyped from my SGH-i897 SauROM JVZ | TalonDev 0.6

Froyo its more stable. Gingerbread is faster and has more features.
A froyo rom to try would be firefly or andromeda.
Gingerbread would be saurom. Kk4 or the jvz
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sepherian said:
Froyo its more stable. Gingerbread is faster and has more features.
A froyo rom to try would be firefly or andromeda.
Gingerbread would be saurom. Kk4 or the jvz
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Thanks for the reply seph!
I have tried numerous GB roms (Fusion, Pinnacle, Illuminance, Fasty, Serendipity, Apex, Darky, Serenity, MaxQ...the list goes on), but I am looking for the ultimate stable ROM, and wanted to try some froyo roms. Thanks for the suggestions.
Edit: When you say that GB is "faster" are you talking about Quadrant or overall usage experience?

kafepuya said:
Thanks for the reply seph!
I have tried numerous GB roms (Fusion, Pinnacle, Illuminance, Fasty, Serendipity, Apex, Darky, Serenity, MaxQ...the list goes on), but I am looking for the ultimate stable ROM, and wanted to try some froyo roms. Thanks for the suggestions.
Edit: When you say that GB is "faster" are you talking about Quadrant or overall usage experience?
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Quadrant means nothing, on any phone -_- so don't start talk about Quadrant. It is faster and looks more polished(GB that is)!

I know Quadrant means nothing, it's just that some people still put some weight on it when determining how fast a ROM behaves. I should have know Sepherian was not talking about Quadrant scores because I seen how involved he is in the Dev sub-forum.
Anyhow, I'm gonna give Andromeda a try, just to satisfy my curiosity. I wanted to try Firefly, but all the download links seem to be dead. Thanks for replying.

sepherian said:
Froyo its more stable. Gingerbread is faster and has more features.
A froyo rom to try would be firefly or andromeda.
Gingerbread would be saurom. Kk4 or the jvz
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I have to argue that after all of this time of being released GB is as stable as froyo (depends on the rom). Look at my sig, I recommend that rom. If you don't like mosaic, look on the i9000 android development forum. There are a bunch of roms there.
I highly suggest using GB over Froyo. GB is faster, has more features, far more development (Froyo is dead development wise), and much more options. Froyo has absolutely no advantages over GB that I can think of

^^Yeah.... i hear mosaic is decent
On a serious note, its all subjective...
If you want to try firefly though...there is a working link in the last 2 or so pages in the thread if you wanna give that a go.

F U tapalk!!!!!!!

kafepuya said:
...Anyhow, I'm gonna give Andromeda a try, just to satisfy my curiosity....
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JFYI...I had been trying several different ROMS, and found myself constantly updating. Got tired of it. I posted to ask about a 'stable' rom, and got most feedback that Andromeda 3 was the way to go.
That has been months ago, maybe over a year. I installed that and have been good to go. Haven't reloaded since.
I have had some problems with lockups, and slow running lately. Was considering reloading Andromeda. But I am thinking my problem is with two things: on the lockup, a specific app (Blue Tooth app for external GPS...although it had been working for a long time); and I abuse the phone with just too many apps installed.
I can't compare to the latest GB ROMS, as I've been on this for so long.

For me (on Rogers stock ROMS) I found that GB looked nicer than Froyo, was less laggy and gave me superior battery life.
Someone earlier mentioned that Froyo was more stable but for me the only difference was the occasional sleep death on GB (never happened on Froyo).