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hey guys...
I had a MOTOROLA CLIQ (Android too, 2.1), but sold it and now i have a milestone and i have some questions...
what´s the best rom for milestone out there? (with froyo,and i prefer a rom that i have more battery life)
there´s a way to put FMRADIO in it?
what´s the best way to root?
what else i need to know? hehe
thanks guys...
Welcome to this corner of xda Now, to answer your questions...
There's no such thing as a 'best rom'. This is xda - you need to get down and dirty instead of playing in the kiddy pool. That means you need to download different roms and play around with them - ou have to answer the "now what?" question yourself.
All Froyo roms should be classified as potentially dangerous - that is, unstable, power hungry, and slow. Do not expect miracles, even when Motorola release the official 2.2.1 version next year (!!!). For someone like you, the best rom seems to be stock 2.1 (stable, sips on power...).
I use CM6 myself.
If you're planning to have Froyo simply because of Flash, you're in for a miserable, miserable ride. Flash contents on phones are slow, stuttery, and generally hopeless. It works if you need a quickie Flash access on the go though.
No FM radio. I'm not sure if the hardware is capable of this. If it is, feel free to correct me
The best way to root is stickied smack at the top of the board. I'm not sure how you missed it, but here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=698059. There are also millions of guides on this forum. If possible, please search around a bit first
Oh yeah, I forgot...
Congrats on getting a Milestone! Now get rid of it for something that's not from Motorola - this is the best advice I can give you
lol...
it´s not that easy.. i´m from brazil... and believe me... the best cell i can purchase here it´s milestone...
i found like 3 ways to root this phone.. i just asked the easier one xD....
thanks for the tips about froyo... will flash CM6 to test...
about the fmradio:
(can´t post links yet(need more posts)... but milestone have a radio receiver/transmitter.. but dont think that someone got it to work)
thanks man
cya
I'm sure you'll like your phone once you have it set to your needs. I've been looking to flash to 2.2 myself, though flash support and the ability to accept/deny exchange events are my only reasons to do so.
I'm running launcher pro with multicon, android agenda widget, task list widget, turtlephotoframes, weather and toggle widget, hidden notification bar by default, empty app drawer.. Launcher pro dock gesture actions to unhide/hide notification bar and bring it down. Remote desk to my home pc, ad free wikipedia access, flixster movies app, connectbot for telnet and ssh, ping app, tricorder.. It's an information power house! Yeah i've had no problem with the phone, beyond battery life cause i'm on it so much lol! A rom with better life and an extended battery are my ideas. Maybe even just rooted 2.1 rom until a 2.2 really pulls ahead or something.
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Hi guys, im coming from a Desire and thinking of switching to the SGS because of the better hardware. Can anyone share what it's like to use it everyday with the 2.2 update already? Is it still that buggy?
I've played around with the SGS 2.1 and it is indeed slow, laggy and somewhat frustrating. Should I expect otherwise?
What about removing touchwiz? Does that bring everything up to speed?
Thanks!
Personally I feel it is slower and even more bug ed than eclair.
Desire should be better in trends of user experience......
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Is it just as slow running bare bones android? I am expecting the Galaxy S to be the first to receive the nexus S port of gingerbread
i find 2.2 way better speed wise, than 2.1
no more lag on multi upgrade from market
I seriously don't know where this lag everyone is talking about coming from, I've had my Galaxy S for 2 months now and so far my phone has been very snappy, ever since the first day I bought it when it was still running 2.1 ... the Samsung Galaxy S is one snappy phone if you ask me! it certainly can stand on it's own against the iPhone 4, which is considered by many to be the smoothest phone out there... I certainly have NO regrets purchasing the Galaxy S
i switched from desire to SGS for the following reasons:
1) music player can play FLAC's
2) divx xvid support and support for many video codecs ( use to use rock player on desire but still it was unable to play some other h264 formats)
3) nice giant super amoled screen
4) light weight and looks are better than desire
The only reason that i miss my desire is :
it was fast ( yeah SGS is a bit laggy even with custom roms and kernels) and it had flash with its camera. ( but camera of SGS is better than desire)
shranav,
How about the capacitive touch buttons? Were they easy to use coming from the Desire? I've tried them with the 2.1 rom and they seemed way unresponsive with the vibrate only registering after 2 -3 secs.
So can I assume that the experience will never be as good as the one in my desire?
oh and does HTC IME work for the SGS?? This is the only keyboard I use because it's easy to add your own dictionary
krunalkamdar said:
Personally I feel it is slower and even more bug ed than eclair.
Desire should be better in trends of user experience......
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Should be? Is this from experience of you're just talking out of your ass? Probably the latter. I've been using Doc rom with ext4 lagfix for the last 10 days and I have nothing but positive things to say about my SGS now. The phone is hella good with 2.2.
mjay9090 said:
I seriously don't know where this lag everyone is talking about coming from, I've had my Galaxy S for 2 months now and so far my phone has been very snappy, ever since the first day I bought it when it was still running 2.1 ... the Samsung Galaxy S is one snappy phone if you ask me! it certainly can stand on it's own against the iPhone 4, which is considered by many to be the smoothest phone out there... I certainly have NO regrets purchasing the Galaxy S
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Same here, fantastic screen, light, good sound for phone...
Of course KIES stink, but there are plenty alternatives...
The only problem I had with 2.1 was that it forgot where the SD cards where too often, and I had to reboot to use access photos or music...
Upgraded to 2.2 and no more "memory" problems...
I bought this mobile a week back with 2.1... Two days back upgraded to froyo... Better than 2.1.. Lot of new options.. Google voice works well... Speed both versions almost same.... Kies sucks in 2.1...but improved with froyo..
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I really don't know what the problem is for some people.
I have 2.1 and upgraded via Keis to 2.2
I was always in the habit of resetting (off and on again) my phone at least once a day. This is something I have done with all phones.
Now with the new Active Applications program in 2.2 I don't do this as much. I just close any programs using this.
I have never suffered lag on the SGS. The only problem I had was the inbuilt email software is really slow. This is not a big problem as I use the gmail software for all my mobile mail.
mjay9090 said:
I seriously don't know where this lag everyone is talking about coming from, I've had my Galaxy S for 2 months now and so far my phone has been very snappy, ever since the first day I bought it when it was still running 2.1 ... the Samsung Galaxy S is one snappy phone if you ask me! it certainly can stand on it's own against the iPhone 4, which is considered by many to be the smoothest phone out there... I certainly have NO regrets purchasing the Galaxy S
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I feel the same. A couple weeks after getting my 9000M (with 2.1 JH2) I decided to try the OCLF (lag fix) and it made some things quicker or snappier, Android Market was noticeably faster. It made some things worse like menu transitions/animations were really choppy after the lag fix and I would get random short hangs every now and again. A couple weeks after applying the lag fix my phone would not boot (stuck on Galaxy S screen then black screen). Luckily the phone wasn't completely dead. I had to do a factory reset and have been running it stock since (probably 10 weeks now). I don't know that I am experience this lag that people talk about. It runs pretty smoothly.
2.2 and Voodoo and every is A-OK!
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oh and does HTC IME work for the SGS?? This is the only keyboard I use because it's easy to add your own dictionary
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htc_ime works
if you go for it, i suggest a custom rom if you want a snappy phone
stock roms suffer from lag, especially when you install many apps
it is really easy to flash a custom rom (or even just a custom kernel)
sorry if its not right place to ask but
whats a diffrent between GT i9000 and Galaxy s i9000
mine says GT I9000
mjay9090 said:
I seriously don't know where this lag everyone is talking about coming from, I've had my Galaxy S for 2 months now and so far my phone has been very snappy, ever since the first day I bought it when it was still running 2.1 ... the Samsung Galaxy S is one snappy phone if you ask me! it certainly can stand on it's own against the iPhone 4, which is considered by many to be the smoothest phone out there... I certainly have NO regrets purchasing the Galaxy S
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I've had 2 SGS so far.
First, had no 3 button menus, but was very quick, no lag. Was able to root and lag fix to improve speed further no bother
Second, my current one. HAS 3bm, but massive lag. Unable to root by normal methods (also hard to verify if phone was rooted) also unable to lag fix
Seems to correlate with what people are saying. You saying there is no lag, and others having no end of problems.
Personally, on this phone I've missed calls with the screen taking too long to change.
I should note that my first phone was network unlocked but this one is tied to Three ireland with their modifications etc to it :-(
They are one in the same.
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Hey all, I updated to 2.2 last night, and have been impressed since first reboot. I have applied oclf as well and the phone has not lagged once. I suggest you also look at the minfree settings in oclf, as the autokill defaults for the sgs are sub par. I found that minfree adjustment has also had a major impact on the performance of the phone. We need to remember that out of the factory (our fresh from factory firmware upgrade) these phone do not run at their best and they need to be tweaked to see full potential. Cheers. H
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I read somewhere (could of been in xda) that enabling usb debugging helps with the lag issues. Don't know how that works but just throwing out there.
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It seems really slow getting things off the ground. Apart from decdexed and roto who seem to have hit a brick wall, no-one else appears to be developing. To me, this seems really odd considering Samsung claim to have shifted a million plus units. Is there an underlying reason that devs haven't got behind the tab? Is it proving a difficult beast to master?
The whole reason i got the tab was because i assumed the dev community would fully back it. It doesn't seem to be the case which is making me consider jumping ship to a tab which i know will be supported.
What is everyone's thoughts?
I fully appreciate the work Rot and decodexed have done and hope they have more success in the near future.
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For sure there will be devs to focus the mod of ROM. But frankly speaking, after compared with the performance of my galaxy s, I can say only that the original tab rom is good enough even without deodexed an zipaligned.
Of course if there is better ROM, I feel happy too.
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I tend to agree - unlike other phones, stock performance is pretty good and there's little else that I personally need from the Tab.
Regards,
Dave
I think this device is absolutely perfect for cyanogenmod. With its speed and opensource goodness, this thing will truly hit its stride.
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Price of tab
A few of the devs I spoke with pretty much said they would love to work on it, but its a bit pricey and none of them had one. Maybe once a few of them get ahold of one, they will start developing for it.
i agree. Development has been slow. But i kind of figured it would be. Its because of the price of the device. i think the tab is good but not great. I was expecting more, i feel like it needs to be tweaked. i mean the hardware is there its just the software, imo, thats lacking or not keeping up. I multitask like crazy on this thing! I feel like it cant keep up with me which is a shame. I think we should start a mini pot. Meaning everyone donates a couple bucks. We gather the money and buy a tab. then we give the tab to one capable dev who cant afford one. This will kickstart development. Kinda like how google gave nexus' to devs. What you think?
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I think it is because the device with stock rom is fairly good and since jm6 it is very close to being perfect unlike the sgs who needed so many tweaks and hacks to get to this stage.
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What new features or improvements do you imagine in an alternative ROM for the Tab?
If you can't name a few, then what exactly is the point of developing one? As soon as the juicy new features of Gingerbread and maybe even Honeycomb start spreading around a bit, I'm sure a lot of Tab users will see stuff they'd like a piece of. That's when the dev scene will take off.
I would like a modified kernel. One that undervolts and overclocks the processor. I would like to see better memory management. I don't know what they can do there but my RAM is almost always full and I need to kill tasks. Didn't think I would need to do this but I do. Maybe include BFS (I heard its better for multitasking). I would to see a modified modem.bin file. One that allows both 3G and phone. That's about it. I'm on JM6 and it does run well but I have been having a few issues with this tab. Not enough for me to return it or anything close to that. I do love it. But I feel like it has more to offer.
Edit:
Thought of something else. Maybe push the camera to record better videos. Enable video recording from the front facing camera would be nice.
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Slow going
I thought for sure would see some great roms by now. This is the reason i picked up the tab. I'm hopeful development will pick up soon!
Rapax said:
What new features or improvements do you imagine in an alternative ROM for the Tab?
If you can't name a few, then what exactly is the point of developing one? As soon as the juicy new features of Gingerbread and maybe even Honeycomb start spreading around a bit, I'm sure a lot of Tab users will see stuff they'd like a piece of. That's when the dev scene will take off.
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Here are a few:
- working nandroid backup/restore (amon ra)
- integrated openvpn
- quiet hours settings
- fix for current home screen artefacting
- better inbuilt camera
- better music app / music widget
- phone function for all and correct APNs
- smoother scrolling and window transitions
- improved battery life
- inbuilt status and notification bar customizations
- flexible performance settings
- fix for exchange email start up and listing lag
- inbuilt torch
- improved stock browser
Etc. (CM nightlies)
Practically all that has been done for Nexus One, and Nexus was awesome when its came out stock either
From the little info i've seen on the Nexus S it seems that Gingerbread does the Hummingbird justice and it would be nice to see the Tab a bit smoother and better front camera implementation.
All the things that shmigao listed...
I've come to this from a Nexus One like others. The mod community really pushed that little fellow to be one of the best pocketable Android devices that currently exists. Just a bit of that love aimed at the Tab would be awesome . Still early days yet...
i think too that alternatives roms development is too slow...i dont know why especially since sgs and sgt are identical platforms..i have seen insanity rom on an sgs and i cant wait to flash it to my taqb too...please xda-dev an insanity rom 4 my tab!!!
build in cifs would be nice
rom based on 2.3 as we will have to wait few months for Samsung..
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Native SIP
This is my first Android device and the only thing I miss so far is native SIP which is promised already in 2.3:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.html#UserFeatures
The most important feature to me is making/taking VoIP calls using bluetooth headset.
So Sipdroid is not doing it properly.
shmigao said:
Here are a few:
- working nandroid backup/restore (amon ra)
- integrated openvpn
- quiet hours settings
- fix for current home screen artefacting
- better inbuilt camera
- better music app / music widget
- phone function for all and correct APNs
- smoother scrolling and window transitions
- improved battery life
- inbuilt status and notification bar customizations
- flexible performance settings
- fix for exchange email start up and listing lag
- inbuilt torch
- improved stock browser
Etc. (CM nightlies)
Practically all that has been done for Nexus One, and Nexus was awesome when its came out stock either
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i would be happy once i am able to use my Tab for voice and data with my current Vibrant SIM. I am able to use voice after flashing the Euro Rom but still no data. COME ON SOMEONE PLEASE GET THIS WORKED OUT!!!! that is all i need nothing else....
I could be wrong but I think the main thing that is holding back development on the Tab is the lack of a stable recovery ROM. Just today, Koush from ClockworkMod tweeted that he would be happy to write a custom recovery for the Tab if someone would be willing to send him their Tab for a few days.
I don't have a Tab yet or I would send him mine. Perhaps a better idea would be to buy him one. Then not only would we get a good stable custom recovery but we would reap the benefits of his future development using the before mentioned TAB.
Put me down for $25. Anyone else?
KarlMarsh said:
I could be wrong but I think the main thing that is holding back development on the Tab is the lack of a stable recovery ROM. Just today, Koush from ClockworkMod tweeted that he would be happy to write a custom recovery for the Tab if someone would be willing to send him their Tab for a few days.
I don't have a Tab yet or I would send him mine. Perhaps a better idea would be to buy him one. Then not only would we get a good stable custom recovery but we would reap the benefits of his future development using the before mentioned TAB.
Put me down for $25. Anyone else?
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I'd happily lend him mine, but what with me being in the UK it's unlikely. I'd put about £20 to getting him one.
shmigao said:
Here are a few:
- working nandroid backup/restore (amon ra)
- integrated openvpn
- quiet hours settings
- fix for current home screen artefacting
- better inbuilt camera
- better music app / music widget
- phone function for all and correct APNs
- smoother scrolling and window transitions
- improved battery life
- inbuilt status and notification bar customizations
- flexible performance settings
- fix for exchange email start up and listing lag
- inbuilt torch
- improved stock browser
Etc. (CM nightlies)
Practically all that has been done for Nexus One, and Nexus was awesome when its came out stock either
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+1 on the list
The tab isn't that expensive, it's practically the same $$$ for an iPad. I agree that the Tab is pretty darn good out of the box, but being an avid XDA- Dev poster and follower for all ROM's on the Droid Incredible, rooting and flashing ROM's is essential in which a simple animation here and there keeps the look and feel of the device feel brand new like is the case with my D-Inc. For a while I was considering switching to a Fascinate, but it only runs Android 2.1 plus other differences, but being rooted and flashing the most up to date version of Android keeps things fresh and helps me wait out for the newest version of the Incredible (Incredible HD).
I followed this guide to try to compile android 2.3.3 for SGS i9000 http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blade-roms-rom-customisation/331160/how-to-compile-android-in-a-debian-32bit-environment/
but i don't think it is for it.
I searched the web, but no luck.
can anyone help me ?
I'm trying to get a good ROM, something clean and not a stock ROM...
Use cyanogen. That's sounds like what your looking for. And in the future remember to post this stuff in q/a
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Everybody wants this. Cm7 pretty much sucks on the sgs, its never updated and you battery wont last half a days. So if you really want a aosp experience buy another phone. I for one have given up hope that its ever going to happen on this phone (after almost a year, rediclous).
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I followed this guide to try to compile android 2.3.3 for SGS i9000 http://android.modaco.com/content/z...ompile-android-in-a-debian-32bit-environment/
but i don't think it is for it.
I searched the web, but no luck.
can anyone help me ?
I'm trying to get a good ROM, something clean and not a stock ROM...
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It will get fixed as soon as the SGS gingerbread source code is released. Also any other AOSP ports will need to use the CM7 kernel source as does MIUI and the source port that was opened here on XDA today, as it is kind of a port of the kernel for the nexus S that is designed to run on the other SGS variants.
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Everybody wants this. Cm7 pretty much sucks on the sgs, its never updated and you battery wont last half a days. So if you really want a aosp experience buy another phone. I for one have given up hope that its ever going to happen on this phone (after almost a year, rediclous).
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Before writing an derogatory post, do a bit of research.
CM7 on Galaxy S runs wonderfully and a significant number of Galaxy S users are using this as their daily driver. The remaining bugs are small. Battery life is only slightly worse, and in my usage patterns, makes no difference really. New builds are released every couple of days...check the changelog/release history.
Giving up hope on something that's nearly perfect? How depressing.
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...d-7-for-samsung-galaxy-s-phones-experimental/
To the OP: someone is already trying to do a "clean AOSP" based of the work that the CM7 is doing. Why you were using ZTE Blade instructions is beyond me. A brief search would have turned up this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030059
And try to post in the right section please It helps everyone.
Thanks guys,
I'll try the CM7...
If not, I'll try the PMDroid.
SGS is confusing, there is XXJVK and UGKC! or JPJPM
with the MyTouch if the rom is 32A then it will work...
I have GT-I9000. with GB 2.3.3. XXJVK stock Rom.
I have lost the Phone, Contacts, Message icons on Bottom Bar of idle screen, it remained only Applications icon.
How can I bring back those..
I had this once with froyo:
go to settings -> applications - all apllications > tw launcher (or startpage or homescreen) and delete all data. But be aware, at least in froyo you loose all homescreens as well.
Regards,
ww
Hi gang.
First off an apology if some of this/ all of this has been heard before. I spent all morning trawling forums and the internet in an attempt to fix the problems, but none seem to be anything I can deal with without getting some guidance from people in the know beforehand.
I have had my Galaxy tab GT-P1010 for a couple of years now and been very happy. It was origionally running Froyo, which is what the models ship with. Foolishly I presumed any updates from Samsung would be a benefit to the tab. The device is now rather clunky. Scrolling is slow and sluggish, programs crash without warning and the latest trick is that dialogue boxes are non-responsive (i.e. 'your phone will shut down: ok, cancel' does nothing when I press either option. Repeatedly. In rage.) The only option I have now for shutting down is to let the battery bleed out or hold the power key to switch off. I've tried things like factory reset, but even after reset, I'm still left with stupid old gingerbread.
Looking around there seem to be some options, but after reading through several times, I still have no clue. I understand that part of the problem is samsungs 'bloatware', of which there is plenty.
I'm not really sure how to go about it- I understand there are programs out there- Odin, Nandroid etc, but I'm a little lost on the lingo, and a little reluctant to go poking around without any decent knowledge.
Can anyone help? Or is this really a 'send it back to smasung job? It looks like I'm faced with these options:
1) somehow backdate from Gingerbread to Froyo
2) Strip out the samsung OS and install another launcher (which sounds like a can of worms to me)
3) send it back to Samsung and never EVER touch another one of their stinking updates.
4) another straightforward option that I haven't considered
Please help! (bear in mind I'm a total code-tard)
Return to froyo if that is the state where you are most comfortable with.
Another option would be, buy a new tab with better specs.
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Actually, the best solution is to UPgrade, not downgrade. There are many decent guides out there for modding your Galaxy Tab and flashing a custom ROM. Personally I've found that the stock Android ROMs (the device's OS, so to speak), particularly the older ones, are very slow in and of themselves. If you want, I can guide you through the process, PM me if you feel like it. Or you can PM a veteran like priyana, he has the biggest Thanks Meter I've seen so far on this end of the forums.
Modding your system, from personal experience gives you a major performance boost. You should first try this alternative before thinking about buying another device.
I scan the forum often, and thanks for the good words, geno,
But I don't know much beyond P1000 model.
But there are a few threads for P1010 that seems solid and has good followers.
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I scan the forum often, and thanks for the good words, geno,
But I don't know much beyond P1000 model.
But there are a few threads for P1010 that seems solid and has good followers.
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You deserve them man. Anyway, how different is the P1010 from the P1000? My own model, the NTT DoCoMo SC-01C, is actually nothing more than a rebranded P1000. Surely the operations can't be all that different for another model of the Galaxy Tab line. Does the Overcome kernel and ROM, for example, flash on other models or is it exclusively for the P1000?
EDIT: To the op, I actually did some looking around and found that the P1010 is something of a black sheep in the Galaxy Tab line. There are few, if any, custom ROMs for it, but there were a few threads that describe tweaks for performance and other things. They are the following:
Galaxy Tab GT-P1010 (WiFi Only) NooB Guide (you've probably already seen this)(you should also check the Thread Consolidation post somewhere there)
This thread shows some promise for CyanogenMod on your device, but it seems to have dropped off.
This thread might help you with your lag problem, as it (supposedly) brings you to the latest Gingerbread build.
In summary, though, it looks like I spoke too soon. There may, in fact, not be a better alternative than simply getting a new device. The Nexus 7 is currently hailed as one of the best Android tablets out there, and I find that it's pretty reasonably priced at $199 or so.
The open nature of Android is one of the reasons I love it so much, but if you can't do much with your particular device then you're not getting the most out of what Android has to offer. If I were in your shoes I'd probably switch if I had the money for it.
Anyway, that's the best I can do. Good luck with your device, man. If you ever decide to try tweaking it and/or need to ask some questions about the applications involved and other terms and such, priyana should be able to help you.
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Apparently the hardware is quite different. Your SC-01 is still quite close.
The heart of the ROM is the kernel and if the hardware is different, the kernel is bound to be different.
Not many top devs looking at P1010, so I think not much poking into the kernel been done.
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