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Hey all loving the work you guys are doing ..i was just wondering if any new roms are coming out and wondering what people are working on
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Hey all loving the work you guys are doing ..i was just wondering if any new roms are coming out and wondering what people are working on
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im updating blue echo and red dawn on a regular basis. maybe working on a new rom with a few guys from this site.
I just got done with Dirteh South - Fast Dubz. There are no real themes built in but it's mostly stock without bloat, overclocked, and fast.
I can't wait to see a froyo with sense.always love using sense. Just smooth and simple.
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RegawMOD 3 should be out relatively soon
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RegawMOD 3 should be out relatively soon
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Nice, I thought you forgot about us on your vacation.
regaw_leinad said:
RegawMOD 3 should be out relatively soon
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Is it going to be Froyo Regaw?
Haha, I just can't stand this sh**ty stock ROM. It's really terrible...
And, well, RegawMOD 3 won't be froyo....
regaw_leinad said:
Haha, I just can't stand this sh**ty stock ROM. It's really terrible...
And, well, RegawMOD 3 won't be froyo....
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I can't wait! I love the AOSP ROM's but am excited to see what you come up with for this new ROM!
all ya really need is dd2.7 or CM6
not if you want sense lol, dd2.7 and cm6 are plain jane. i love um, but some are waiting for a sense bases 2.2 to come out...
most devs have moved on to the evo or the epic..the hero won't get near as many updates as it once had. ive tried a few roms including the froyo beta and i always end up back on the stock rooted sprint rom...with my own touches to it of course!
We've still got some dev's around. Evo gets their 2.2 update soon so out there will be a copy of 2.2 with sense in it floating around, doubt it will be long before someone figures out how to port it over to our hero's.
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We've still got some dev's around. Evo gets their 2.2 update soon so out there will be a copy of 2.2 with sense in it floating around, doubt it will be long before someone figures out how to port it over to our hero's.
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hopefully your right!
markus_del_marko said:
most devs have moved on to the evo or the epic..the hero won't get near as many updates as it once had. ive tried a few roms including the froyo beta and i always end up back on the stock rooted sprint rom...with my own touches to it of course!
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Go spit that crap somewhere else. The only dev that has fully left the hero is damageless. I've seen u do nothing but complain. Here's an idea go complain elsewhere.
Papa Smurf151 said:
Go spit that crap somewhere else. The only dev that has fully left the hero is damageless. I've seen u do nothing but complain. Here's an idea go complain elsewhere.
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did i touch a nerve? thanks, i think ill stick around!
and for your info here and ppcgeeks is a ghost town in the hero section.
markus_del_marko said:
did i touch a nerve? thanks, i think ill stick around!
and for your info here and ppcgeeks is a ghost town in the hero section.
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No fixxxer no nerve touched. Let's see since evo came out....hmmm things that have come out...semi working froyo. Battery percentage mod. Overclock and under volt. Multiple roms. Battery tweaks. rooted 2.1. Plus many other mods and tweaks. Also many new users that have added to the hero. As far as I've seen this place is just as active as before. Its just since cdmahero got its own portal that its spread out a bit. There is less complaining (mainly cause u were gone) and most the convos r within threads that u prob don't visit. Plus lots of dev work is done via gtalk or irc and then released here. BTW who really goes to ppcgeeks.
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No fixxxer no nerve touched. Let's see since evo came out....hmmm things that have come out...semi working froyo. Battery percentage mod. Overclock and under volt. Multiple roms. Battery tweaks. rooted 2.1. Plus many other mods and tweaks. Also many new users that have added to the hero. As far as I've seen this place is just as active as before. Its just since cdmahero got its own portal that its spread out a bit. There is less complaining (mainly cause u were gone) and most the convos r within threads that u prob don't visit. Plus lots of dev work is done via gtalk or irc and then released here. BTW who really goes to ppcgeeks.
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just keep telling yourself im fixxer, whatever gets you through the day. that guy must of been EPIC round here because he's all you ever talk about.
markus_del_marko said:
just keep telling yourself im fixxer, whatever gets you through the day. that guy must of been EPIC round here because he's all you ever talk about.
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Nope not epic just a douche. And u remind me of him plus I've had others confirm who u r. As in mods.
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Go spit that crap somewhere else. The only dev that has fully left the hero is damageless. I've seen u do nothing but complain. Here's an idea go complain elsewhere.
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+1!
Why not make your own Rom markus?
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Hey guys. Just got a captivate a few days ago and I love it except for the gps. I was just wondering if the leaked build of froyo improves the gps at all and if its worth updating before they release the official one. If so, where can I find the latest version of the leaked build? Thank you for any help.
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The leaked Froyo does not necessarily improve on GPS because many people don't have issues where many people do. Give it a shot and search different methods of changing your LBStestmode settings to see what works. Second, for me it was worth installing as 2.2 offers stuff you cant have on 2.1 such as the newer Gmail, flash 10.1 and other goodies. It is faster as well. Search the threads in the Dev section for different ROM's and how to flash. Ask questions about flashing after doing exhaustive searching because you will be able to find most answers in those threads.
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The leaked Froyo does not necessarily improve on GPS because many people don't have issues where many people do. Give it a shot and search different methods of changing your LBStestmode settings to see what works. Second, for me it was worth installing as 2.2 offers stuff you cant have on 2.1 such as the newer Gmail, flash 10.1 and other goodies. It is faster as well. Search the threads in the Dev section for different ROM's and how to flash. Ask questions about flashing after doing exhaustive searching because you will be able to find most answers in those threads.
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x2...makes the phone 100x better.
Cognition 2.2 Beta 9.1.1
Grab this and never look back.
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I'm kinda on the fence about this as well. I should be getting my Captivate tomorrow and I have been doing a crap ton of research in the past few days. Everything I have read points to either the "Official Leaked Froyo 2.2" or the newest "Cognition v2.2 BETA9.1.1". My only concern is the known issues that are listed on the Cognition website...
MMS won't work if you have "(" or ")" in your phone numbers
Contact groups sometimes opens the wrong group, you can fix this by replacing it with an I9K contacts.apk, but then you lose AT&T contact syncing
No Voodoo voices, supercurio is working on this (first boot will take awhile, be patient!)
Everyone has the same device_id
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Is this true with both builds listed or just with the Cognition v2.2 BETA9.1.1? I'm also completely new to Android being that I am a fomer iPhone junkie. So any help, how-to's, or info would be appreciated. In all honesty I was going to start here, youtube.com/watch?v=S9YnSVvfHpQ and if that wasn't successful go ahead and try Cognition. I'm just the type of person that likes to have things working properly and fast, like everyone else.
And for those wondering why I have been a member for over two and a half years and this is my first post, I have usually been able to find what I need and not had to ask questions.
I would point out that DesignGears has a perfectly rockin' cognition for eclair too. My first flash was 2.1.4 and it was amazing compared to stock eclair.
nothing really helps the gps, you either got it good, or not. (much research into that opinion btw.)
Cog 8.1+ is the shiz atm.
There's a couple of other froyo flavors also. I wouldn't go back to eclair at this point.
If nothin' else, it's a crap ton of fun flashin' and figuring stuff out. I'd do it just for that.
Not sure on MMS. I had no problems with it, but my numbers were already formatted without the parenthesis.
The ability to do these type of things is what lead me to the Android platform over the iPhone OS, it's just too locked down even with it being jailbroken IMHO. I'm just basically looking for a point of refferance I suppose. Basically the things to do and not to do to the phone you know. For me it's more of a challenge because I'm learning something new. I don't know if it's because I'm not looking in the right places or what but it seems like step by step guides are hard to come by regarding this stuff.
unless you use the i9000 ROM with captivate kernel, all Captivate Froyo builds are based off the captivate beta of Froyo.
It had a enough bugs that i rolled back to 2.1. Don't get me wrong, it is stable - but I figure i will wait for a more bug free beta to be the basis of my Froyo jump.
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The ability to do these type of things is what lead me to the Android platform over the iPhone OS, it's just too locked down even with it being jailbroken IMHO. I'm just basically looking for a point of refferance I suppose. Basically the things to do and not to do to the phone you know. For me it's more of a challenge because I'm learning something new. I don't know if it's because I'm not looking in the right places or what but it seems like step by step guides are hard to come by regarding this stuff.
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Not so much. You just gotta be patient and diligent. There's a couple of gems laying around but they are usually in the middle of a thread. The cognition thread for example. It's a beast to keep up with but given time you can digest most of what you need there. And there are plenty of links throughout that will clarify or intimidate as your experience and skill allow. Trouble is there's a TON of junk because people get impatient, or lazy I guess. Same questions, over and over.
I came to the captivate from a blackberry. Not much customization goin' on there. So as a stone noob, I read the cognition thread from post 1. All of it. I am a pretty confident android operator now. And I can't read nor write a line of code. In any language!
And you can too. Get busy, Grasshopper.
If you live on campus or rely on some sort of enterprise WIFI then go to froyo. Using eclair I could NEVER connect to the wifi at my school. It would say that I was connected of course but no data would transfer.
I switched to Froyo and haven't had problems since.
Also, my GPS is rockin!
alphadog, what "bugs" did you have when using Froyo? And what you mentioned is a lot of where my confusion comes into play, "kernals and ROMs" are like greek to me and I have no idea what they are or what the difference is between the two.
Sulphur, thanks so much for the advice. I'm gonna go check out the Cognition thread now and see what I can dig up. That's really what I needed, just a starting point. I'm thinking as of now I will go with the latest Cognition build for a bit and see how that goes.
DirtyRasa, no campus here but I do rely on wi-fi pretty heavily. I use it at home all the time to cut down on charges to my bill for data usage, so that's good to know. Just curious though, are you using the leaked Froyo or the Cognition build? And if you have had both which one do you prefer?
cybercowboy, wasn't trying to jack your thread or anything but I was in search of the same info as well.
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And for those wondering why I have been a member for over two and a half years and this is my first post, I have usually been able to find what I need and not had to ask questions.
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More power to you. I see tons of people on here less than a month with hundreds of posts more than me.
-->Back on topic. YES go with Froyo! There are many options available, but for noobs, i'd reccomend the either a DG ROM or the leaked and tweaked.
Thats no problem mindburn. The more information the better. I actually flashed to the leaked froyo last night and so far so good. Gps is still horrible. I think im gonna try the cognition build tonight and see what I like better. Ill let you know.
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Thats no problem mindburn. The more information the better. I actually flashed to the leaked froyo last night and so far so good. Gps is still horrible. I think im gonna try the cognition build tonight and see what I like better. Ill let you know.
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Thanks man, almost sounds as though you are one step ahead of me actually. I get my phone tomorrow and I was going to actually try the leaked first and then cognition. Let me know how things turn out for you and I will in return do the same.
So I got the phone yesterday and let me say, when I got it out of the box I knew I was going to like it. This damn thing looks sexy as hell! Anyway, 10 minutes after I got it I had successfully upgraded to the leaked Froyo and rooted the phone. Everything is going fine and I haven't had any problems thus far. It is at times a little buggy but I have learned that if I kill some of the tasks, the speed seems to improve. I thought about try Cognition today but when I load it up, I've only got the odin.exe, PDA.tar, & PIT.pit. Do I have to have CSC & ETC file mentioned in the program as well? Also, what exactly are these things, I didn't have to do anything like this on the stock Froyo.
U should of done DG's AOSP beta 3! That's what I'm rocking and have had it for almost a month and its amazing! I wanted to use cognition but I read on ppl saying they had bugs or it just wasn't stable for them. But to each their own! Unfortunately when I last checked DG closed the thread on that ROM. Glad to know u got froyo going! I made the switch from an iPhone jailbroken to the captivate and it's amazing! I'm still new to android but u just gotta read everything and their r so many ppl who are willing to help!
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With the announcement of the official froyo coming out in about two weeks, i think i'll just stay where I'm at for right now. I don't wanna try and win the triathlon with only a week training.
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So I got the phone yesterday and let me say, when I got it out of the box I knew I was going to like it. This damn thing looks sexy as hell! Anyway, 10 minutes after I got it I had successfully upgraded to the leaked Froyo and rooted the phone. Everything is going fine and I haven't had any problems thus far. It is at times a little buggy but I have learned that if I kill some of the tasks, the speed seems to improve. I thought about try Cognition today but when I load it up, I've only got the odin.exe, PDA.tar, & PIT.pit. Do I have to have CSC & ETC file mentioned in the program as well? Also, what exactly are these things, I didn't have to do anything like this on the stock Froyo.
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The pda and pit file are all you need. he just put everything in those two files. Flashes just fine that way.
Just a quick update for everyone, I am now running the latest Cognition 2.2 BETA 9.1.3. And I *MOD EDIT* love it! This thing is super fast now, pretty amazing really. I also somewhat have my homescreens the way that I want them as well. Only questions to everyone now is what do you all run? What are your must have and go to applications? Like the best of the best kind of thing.
BTW Sulphur, thanks!
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Just a quick update for everyone, I am now running the latest Cognition 2.2 BETA 9.1.3. And I *MOD EDIT* love it! This thing is super fast now, pretty amazing really. I also somewhat have my homescreens the way that I want them as well. Only questions to everyone now is what do you all run? What are your must have and go to applications? Like the best of the best kind of thing.
BTW Sulphur, thanks!
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Glad to hear it and no problem. My must have's are Launcher Pro, Root Explorer, xda app, and silly as it sound, beautiful widgets. I dunno. Taste has no template.
Hey all,
As the Captivate becomes more popular, I'm seeing more and more ROMs pop up. Problem is, I can't quite figure out the differences between most of them. They all seem to have the exact same features.
Currently on the front page I see:
Cognition
Perception
AXURA
Assonance
di11igaf's ROM
eSPyeL's ROM
As I look through the features, most of it looks pretty similar. So my question is, can anyone break down the key differences between the ROMs? While we're at it, maybe we can discuss the different kernels too?
I have only tried 3 of those, Cognition, Perception & AXURA. Of the three, based of performance and preference, Perception (8) is mine by choice.
Take the time to try them all, choose the one you're comfortable with.
I switched from Cognition to Perception because DG was focusing his efforts on it more. But now Assonance seems interesting, but I don't know what makes it *that* much different.
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I switched from Cognition to Perception because DG was focusing his efforts on it more. But now Assonance seems interesting, but I don't know what makes it *that* much different.
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Only way to really know is to try it.
No I mean like... feature-wise. I was hoping someone could technically and quantitatively explain the differences.
have tried just about every custom out there with the exception of insanity and darkys roms.
Pondering both for my next flash....anyone have recommendations for which they prefer.
all comments welcome and encouraged but would doubly appreciate feedback from those who have used both.
Several threads like this have already been locked in the past 2 days. Why start another one?
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Several threads like this have already been locked in the past 2 days. Why start another one?
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I apologize if i am in error. I didn't realize there was any problem asking for specific feedback or recommendations on a particular rom or roms.
According to the forum rules what is wrong with my post?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=263#td_post_81
If i am in error please delete thread.
Just look through both Dev threads. That will give you lots of information on what people like about each one. And if you have flashed about everything under the sun flash both because chances are you will eventually.
I was just pointing out that these kinds of threads have been getting closed left and right the past few days. ROM recommendations are really very subjective. No one knows what your requirements are and how a ROM will fit them. What works for one will not necessarily work for all others. And the ROM Dev forum is really a better place to be looking.
I will add that anything i9000 based like Darky's has plusses and minuses. The plus is that you get great HSUPA speed. The downside is you get the EU flavor and features that don't work. Spelling of some things is EU, options for FFC are there but don't work.
There are many other details.... I just hope for the Captivate source/official release soon so we can get a true captivate 2.2 kernel and tools to build from.
Assonance all the way.
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I was just pointing out that these kinds of threads have been getting closed left and right the past few days. ROM recommendations are really very subjective. No one knows what your requirements are and how a ROM will fit them. What works for one will not necessarily work for all others. And the ROM Dev forum is really a better place to be looking.
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1. I was asking for feedback most specifically from people who has used both roms. This wasn't a Whats the best rom ever thread.
2. The developer thread definitely would not have been a place to post this and in my extensive use of the forum and reading and re-reading of the rules i fail to see how this post violates them. So again if i am mistaken...my apologies to all and i beg on the mercy of a mod to just delete the thread. (i have read both threads for the two stated roms....was hoping to hook more direct compare and contrast from users who have played with both.
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Assonance all the way.
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lol have used assonance so i was just looking for feedback and comparison between darkys and insanity.
flashed darkys earlier and its a pretty rom but don't think i am liking it any more than Doc's or Chronus so i may give Insanity a run before going back to chronos or doc's.
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I will add that anything i9000 based like Darky's has plusses and minuses. The plus is that you get great HSUPA speed. The downside is you get the EU flavor and features that don't work. Spelling of some things is EU, options for FFC are there but don't work.
There are many other details.... I just hope for the Captivate source/official release soon so we can get a true captivate 2.2 kernel and tools to build from.
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hey thanks for being one of the first to post feedback thats actually relevant =)
i had went with darkys and what you said is right on. I think i still prefer Chronus Rom and Doc's most recent so will probably flash back to one of them but may give insanity a quick trial before.
So Darky's rom ported over to the Captivate as seen in this thread switches what exactly to make it Captivate-specific...just the modem, kernel and a few GPS-related modifications?
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So Darky's rom ported over to the Captivate as seen in this thread switches what exactly to make it Captivate-specific...just the modem, kernel and a few GPS-related modifications?
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appreciate the link. had already trialed darkys...nice but i went back to chronus 2.0 for now.
funny i had just flashed it when i saw my other favorite rom (doc's) posted an update.
I'd go with the non-racist sounding one.
Should I eat Whopper or chicken sandwich? Which 1 is better? Any recommend? Haha
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Should I eat Whopper or chicken sandwich? Which 1 is better? Any recommend? Haha
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Personally, I am partial to the breaded chicken sandwich with cheese and bacon. It is quite the treat, and you should only eat one per year to avoid heart conditions, lol.
On topic... I've been looking to start venturing into custom ROM's on my Cappy, but I am tempted to wait and see if Cyanogen ever devs their 6 or 7 for Captivate now that they are dev'ing for Nexus S...
I have used pretty much every ROM out there, even the ones that do not make it to the Captivate forum and so far Darkys is my usual go to ROM.
For some reason, when selecting the Gallery images, it is the only one that does not lag before going to the zoom in and out window.
I am not using Lag fixes btw with any 2.2.1 rom.
have had a chance to play with both....no more recommendations needed.
wow, 10 chars
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If Obama is the answer, how stupid was the question?
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Best sig ever
I am on the dark Rom with the 2.2 no oc/uv death and its fantastic. One of the best battery i have had on a Rom.
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I know this is a noobish question and I'm sure it has been discussed but search wasn't productive. What's the general consensus on this?
The Captivate is my gf's phone and is currently running Cog2.3b8. We're planning to check out Cog3.04, Paragon RC5 and Possibly Continuum, Phoenix, Precision, Serendipity, Ultimate, lol.
Since there seems to be a ton of modems available I was curious if there is a consensus on what works the best in the SF Bay Area?
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I know this is a noobish question and I'm sure it has been discussed but search wasn't productive. What's the general consensus on this?
The Captivate is my gf's phone and is currently running Cog2.3b8. We're planning to check out Cog3.04, Paragon RC5 and Possibly Continuum, Phoenix, Precision, Serendipity, Ultimate, lol.
Since there seems to be a ton of modems available I was curious if there is a consensus on what works the best in the SF Bay Area?
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Well I'm running Firefly 2.5 with the JK4 modem and It works great, fast GPS locks, great call quality and great battery life. Remember to match your modem to the ROM..IE I9000 ( Rogers also)based or Captivate based.
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Well I'm running Firefly 2.5 with the JK4 modem and It works great, fast GPS locks, great call quality and great battery life. Remember to match your modem to the ROM..IE I9000 ( Rogers also)based or Captivate based.
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Thanks for that! How are you liking FireFly? Cog is giving her a couple of bugs lately, though I can't remember what they are.
Her GPS is overall good, but heading to the South Bay last weekend it just blatantly dropped off and never came back.
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Thanks for that! How are you liking FireFly? Cog is giving her a couple of bugs lately, though I can't remember what they are.
Her GPS is overall good, but heading to the South Bay last weekend it just blatantly dropped off and never came back.
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Firefly has been great, no issue that I have found. Both Phoenix and Firefly are by the same developer and he has a great team of people that help with any issues so the final releases are bug free. Give them a try and I'm sure you'll be happy. By the way keep an eye out for Supernova..coming soon by the same developer.
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Firefly has been great, no issue that I have found. Both Phoenix and Firefly are by the same developer and he has a great team of people that help with any issues so the final releases are bug free. Give them a try and I'm sure you'll be happy. By the way keep an eye out for Supernova..coming soon by the same developer.
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Niiice, thanks for the tip! The one thing I remember reading somewhere is that ring volume and notification volume won't link in some ROMs. Is FireFly in that category?
If the ROM is otherwise good I'll just tell the gf to deal with it.
i am using jk4 as well and rom is phoenix 3.5.
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Niiice, thanks for the tip! The one thing I remember reading somewhere is that ring volume and notification volume won't link in some ROMs. Is FireFly in that category?
If the ROM is otherwise good I'll just tell the gf to deal with it.
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On Firefly you can not link the volumes together..Other than that its been a great ROM.
I'm using Andromeda 2.0 with JL2 modem. I haven't had any problems.
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On Firefly you can not link the volumes together..Other than that its been a great ROM.
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Gah! How about Cog3.04 and ParagonRC5? It seems to work on Cog2.3b8.
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Gah! How about Cog3.04 and ParagonRC5? It seems to work on Cog2.3b8.
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I think any of the Rogers or I9000 based ROM's won't have the setting to link them as it was removed by either Samsung or Google. If you want that feature then you will need to stay with a Captivate based ROM such as COG versions prior to 3 i think.
Andromeda links them ...it's based of the Armani I9010.
wonner said:
Andromeda links them ...it's based of the Armani I9010.
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Thanks for that.