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hi guys been looking through the forum for a while now, been using darkys rom since rooting my phone and now thinking of a change but dont want to keep re flashing rom after rom,
basically just wondering if you guys can tell me your favourite rom, im after something fast, stable and free of any bugs if possible ( guessing i might get a roasting for asking this question but thought id ask anyway ;-)
cheers
steve

steve57925 said:
but dont want to keep re flashing rom after rom,
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I did this and always ended back with my favorite, the stock ROM, now it's JL2. I have tried a lot of other ROMs but I find the stock ROM to be the best. It is just as fast (not in benchmark scores but in real everyday use) as all the other custom ROMs I have tried. It does lack some of the custom/Gingerbread themes but all in all, for me, it does the best job.
My GPS works well. I get great battery life (compared with others that I have read about). No issues.
Ian

Nice one cheers Ian much appreciated
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Current via the Rom Kitchen .http://romkitchen.org
http://romkitchen.org/logs/1ifJ8Aj4qA.txt
This ROM is using the XXJPY_No_Wipe.zip, version: v8 ROM, coupled with a supercurio kernel and a jpy modem.
The CSC for this rom is : XEU
The theme is the xxjpy_aosp theme.
Not seen better not even sure it needs lagfix its lag free .
jje

cheers mate, if the one im on now dont work out ill try it cheers

Done with Cognition, which other ROM shall I try?

Lately release schedule, quality and support of Cogntion went sour. I want to try some other ROM and wondering if somebody switched from Cognition to some other ROM and still had a good quality experience.
My wishlist is very simple really:
1. I want ROM to lilst "Russian" as supported language on handset.
2. Stable ROM
3. Good battery life (don't care about overclocking and stuff like that)

Wrong forum kiddo

This should be in Q&A btw . Not in development . No trolling intended .
Honestly , just try out all the ROMs out there . The best 2.2 ROM i've tried was FireFly , but atm , I'm on the MIUI port for the Captivate .

339 post and still posting on the wrong sub-forum? I hope you really mistaken this as the Q&A
but back on topic, I'm on Continuum v4 with speedmod, its pretty good.

You should try them all and see which one suits you. If you want Russian language support I would recommend going to i9000 section and checking out some of those roms too. Or you could flash a different CSC file (one with Russian) with Odin. I like this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=948790
Obviously, you'll have to do some heavy tweaking, but I find that starting with a good base and customizing yourself is the best way to go.

Im gonna go ahead and suggest either firefly or serendipity
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For me, Continuum v4 un-themed has been the best. BUT your mileage may vary . I love the i9000 modem speeds.

without a doubt cyanogen mod 7. It is very stable in my opinion, battery life gets me well through the day..and it's just so fast... longest i've ever stayed on a single rom.

I have tried them all . I also like cog. But now i use firefly. You should give it a try u might like it.
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Just like others, I suggest you try them.
As for personnal opinion, I like Team Phoenix's work (FireFly being my top) but there's also A3 that is extremly stable and very stock styled.
Also Seren by MM is something you might wanna take a look at.
Then again, just my personnal opinion and I think you should try many before choosing the one that suits you the best

Andromeda3 without a doubt

Yeah this does belong in q&a but im sure everyone is in a good mood rite now. But im sure a good gingerbread rom will drop in the next few days
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Paragon has always been my favorite for the captivate, lots of themes and its always been stable for me..

Pirateghost said:
Andromeda3 without a doubt
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Yep! Andromeda really is superb.

Miui
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Not development but if you're not falling into the 2.2.1 or cm7 crazes get andromeda. It is probably the best quality of any rom period.
Way better than cog ever was. Just swap the modem for kc1.
I also like the work from dagr8. He was an andromeda dev.
2.2.1 may benchmark faster than 2.2 but andromeda is the only captivate rom built from captivate (i9010 armani)sources that was developed by a team of devs. There was a lot of work put into it. And coming from cognition you are not loosing anything only gaining.
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I also like the work from dagr8. He was an andromeda dev.
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Dragon RC7 is also an awesome rom! I suggest Suckerpunch voodoo #12 with cfq scheduler if you go this route. I switch between the two every other day. Just can't decide which is better. Though I am bent toward andromeda.

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artisticcheese said:
Lately release schedule, quality and support of Cogntion went sour. I want to try some other ROM and wondering if somebody switched from Cognition to some other ROM and still had a good quality experience.
My wishlist is very simple really:
1. I want ROM to lilst "Russian" as supported language on handset.
2. Stable ROM
3. Good battery life (don't care about overclocking and stuff like that)
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He and all of us devs update so much more than any other company! What more are you looking for mooch!!
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There are just too many ROMs, i897 + i9000, I cannot even possibly try them all

Best gb rom ??.

want a fast stable rom with everything working . I.know front camera bug in gb so apart from that ????
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Stock jvo + cf root here. No drain bug, no frontcam bugs, everything at its best. Two thumbs up!
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DocMarc73 said:
Stock jvo + cf root here. No drain bug, no frontcam bugs, everything at its best. Two thumbs up!
Sent from my hand
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I have stock jvh now with voodoo kernel from supercurio wanted to try a custom rom now got the flashing bug haha
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I was running Juwe's 4.3 JVH with a Damian kernel and front cam fix which was pretty damn good

JVK AND JVO are the best in my opinion with all the other ones i had problems like things crashing
jvb even crashed the video driver once.

P.S. imho most bugs and issues are selfmade. Although i 'm not a developer, i would always recommend to do a clean upgrade with wiping caches and factory reset! And you should't rely on titanium backup batches to work properly. User apps might be restored by tb but be careful in regards to system apps.
Biggest problem might be the lack of patience when it comes to restoring data. Do it step by step and do a lot of reading guides and follow them thoroughly. Then you should be fine.
But thats just my amateur point of view.
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So far ive used ficeto JVH and its very smooth but not very visually pleasing. Another good one ive heard its Ezbase. But you have to theme it if you want it to look good.

Cyanogenmod 7 is the fastest and MIUI is the nicest! JVH JVK JVO JVB JVA are in my opinion nothing special

My own Martux ROM off course!!

do-shaq said:
Cyanogenmod 7 is the fastest and MIUI is the nicest! JVH JVK JVO JVB JVA are in my opinion nothing special
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Its insane how fast the CM7 is. It does not know the definition of lag

utsmaster18 said:
Its insane how fast the CM7 is. It does not know the definition of lag
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agreed m8 im currently on it, i feel guilty by just thinking of changing it, i dont know what shall i do now, i (have to flash my phone !!) ,
do i need psychotherapy ??

after doing my root research and stuff, when i started to flash custom roms, i did like 5-6 in the first day started with stock GB, after i did CM7, MiUi, Darky... but i didn't get comfortable with neither, so i decided to stay stock for the moment and went with the JVO + CF-Root, definetly a good start for a root beginner (noob)
beware: if you get the flash / root bug, you'll never get over it, its like a f. virus

the best is cm7 but damnn!!! i cant use video call , now on jv9 + fugumod..
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@docmarc73
Well said mate. I've said more than once on this site that if you install a clean rom over the remnants of old
Roms then don't blame the new rom for any bugs. Make sure it's a totally clean, full flash, then judge.
I've never had a drain problem for example and flashed lots of roms. Not always, but occasionally I do a "full" belt and braces flash which involves format internal sd, factory reset, flash new rom, factory reset. Maybe a bit over the top, but it's prevented problems for me and I've run jv1, a,b,h, and now o after eclair and froyo and loads of custom roms too
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drreality said:
agreed m8 im currently on it, i feel guilty by just thinking of changing it, i dont know what shall i do now, i (have to flash my phone !!) ,
do i need psychotherapy ??
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That's why there are nightlies

FM Radio >>> CM7
Try darkys v10.1

FM radio CM7>>for experience user only>>download music station from market
noob>>Darky rom

I find the GOA Rom is the best!

So tell me is CM7 is gud or not ??
if it is then gimme best link >>>
I m really fed with darky >> what happend to him ??
not yet updating ..
ONe of my frn having HD2 MAKING FUN OF ME >< THAT TOO I FLASHED ULTIMATE DROID ROM IN HIS MOBILE ...
Its rocking >>
SO SAMSUNG PLZ >> GIMME ONE ROM TO PUNCH HD2222

kingharsha said:
So tell me is CM7 is gud or not ??
if it is then gimme best link >>>
I m really fed with darky >> what happend to him ??
not yet updating ..
ONe of my frn having HD2 MAKING FUN OF ME >< THAT TOO I FLASHED ULTIMATE DROID ROM IN HIS MOBILE ...
Its rocking >>
SO SAMSUNG PLZ >> GIMME ONE ROM TO PUNCH HD2222
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CM7 Nightly: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061946
You could always download ROM Manager instead, such an easy way out though haha

Which ROM you use and why?

For me:
SAMSUNG GALAXY S i9000
Blockbuster 4.0 JVR Magnificent
GalaxianGT SP2 Kernel
FW: I9000XXJVR -> Android 2.3.4
and why? Because blacktheme in Blockbuster is good for battery life and galaxian kernel is one of the faster

I was on blockbuster and I also liked it because of the dark theme, but after I saw that CM switched to gingerbread bootloaders I gave first CM a try and was impressed, then I tried MIUI and it makes the SGS totally new, so I will stay with MIUI now, I have also a very black theme .

Juwes 5.2 JVQ with Semaphore 1.5 JVR at 1.2 GHz and GingerWay BlueOcean RC theme (The best theme around). So far the best of all the worlds.
Smooth Fast and Super-stable. No FCs what so ever. All apps are working as they should. Also I deleted some system apps to make it light.
Only one word for it.... Beautiful!!!!

MIUI
Galnet MIUI Couse its stable fast and extremly easy to theme'

I actually use DarkyROM, because of the theme, it's really nice!
Also like Symply GSII

So this thread will be to develop an all-hybrid rom , gathered sources from every other ROM out there?
seriously if you don't know where (more like how) to post on a forum, just don't.

I personally love the look of GalnetMIUI, and love the speed of Darky 10.2... but currently im JUST using a rooted copy of UGKG3 w/ TW4.5 by fragg0r. Simple, effective. And my battery life is insane. 24hrs later, 10% loss w/ some calling, a lot of texting, and listening to music.

xWarMachine04 said:
I personally love the look of GalnetMIUI, and love the speed of Darky 10.2... but currently im JUST using a rooted copy of UGKG3 w/ TW4.5 by fragg0r. Simple, effective. And my battery life is insane. 24hrs later, 10% loss w/ some calling, a lot of texting, and listening to music.
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may i know what kernel youre using?

Hybrid V2 and Galaxian SP 4.....because i like them

I dont really think this belongs in development...

zolah said:
I dont really think this belongs in development...
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Is it so big problem? I think, it can be big help for people to find best combination of ROM with some kernel, but if it is very big problem, so removed this topic

petulikt said:
is it so big problem? I think, it can be big help for people to find best combination of rom with some kernel, but if it is very big problem, so removed this topic
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thats why there is a q&a section
this thread is for rom development
maybe read the new announcement as well, might help

Bollocks thread.
Edit: again.
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ohh damn it...it`s another one

I am not happy with the new ROMs that pop up on XDA. It seems like everyone makes a ROM because they can, and none offer anything exciting/new, barring a few of course. I'm on Simply Honey JVP ROM, but I'm looking for a suitable replacement.

asicman said:
I am not happy with the new ROMs that pop up on XDA. It seems like everyone makes a ROM because they can, and none offer anything exciting/new, barring a few of course. I'm on Simply Honey JVP ROM, but I'm looking for a suitable replacement.
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new replacement ?
...its called CM7 ..very exciting stuff

insanity-cm. i use it 'cos of speed and lightwieght. battery is now superb so... great thing
insanity-cm033 + platypus 16 beast r2.
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Another boring best rom thread, I am sick to death of these
Insanity cm032/platypus neo9 redux 5

DarkyROM 10.2 EE with Darkcore 2.9.3 kernel
Why1: because I wanted to start fresh and DarkyROM 10.2. EE had it all in one nice zip package bundled with Odin. The installation was pretty straightforward http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/odin-darkyrom-10-2-resurrection-gt-i9000.4272/
Why2: because the official Cyanogenmod is still at RC for the SGS and its guides to install are not so user friendly. I followed http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S:_Full_Update_Guide and to my stupidity I paid little attention to "This guide assumes the Samsung Galaxy S already has Android 2.2 installed on it" and flashed the wrong kernel and then did not have SGS booting for a while, freaking me out, until I installed an Android 2.3.x compatible bootloader.

mab71 said:
may i know what kernel youre using?
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Unfortunately there isnt a custom kernel that works with UGKG3, BUT when i use a custom rom i prefer Galaxian or simply just SpeedMod. I prefer those two because they have less issues when i use them, and they're stable and fast.

What's the most stable ROM at moment?

I been on simply honey gingerbread since August, but after a few Weeks it starts to give force closes, becomes slow and battery calibration every 2/3 days. After every few Weeks when this happens I just reflash the ROM and it works well again until the cycle starts again.
anyway i'm fed up of doing that now, not much of a flasher either anymore like I was when darky and doc were around. So I just want a long time stable ROM, but there's so many I've from never heard of. So need help from you guys please.
P.s ROM developers, please start collaborating with each other to create quality ROMs rather than go for quantity of mediocre ROMs.

gma388124 said:
I been on simply honey gingerbread since August, but after a few Weeks it starts to give force closes, becomes slow and battery calibration every 2/3 days. After every few Weeks when this happens I just reflash the ROM and it works well again until the cycle starts again.
anyway i'm fed up of doing that now, not much of a flasher either anymore like I was when darky and doc were around. So I just want a long time stable ROM, but there's so many I've from never heard of. So need help from you guys please.
P.s ROM developers, please start collaborating with each other to create quality ROMs rather than go for quantity of mediocre ROMs.
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I'm happy with Darkys 10.2.2
Battery life, performance, No fc...
Flash 10.2 RE
http://www.hdtechvideo.com/?p=5
then flash 10.2.2
http://www.hdtechvideo.com/?p=48

My signature says it all...

Hi,
I love Odex Rom like Tweaky or Simplicity because they're fast & smooth
Bye.

i realy like darkyrom v10.2.2
http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/rom-darkyrom-v10-2-2-final-touchwiz-4.5124/
and S.U.R.F.A.C.E rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1155776

Ok so 2 votes for darky. Thanx peeps
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The Gingerreal rom is by far the most stable rom for me

phil_greg2001 said:
Hi,
I love Odex Rom like Tweaky or Simplicity because they're fast & smooth
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+1 for Simplicity.
I have flashed tons of roms since Eclair.
Now on JVT Simplicity ROM and loving the stability and smoothness. Not a single fc yet.

I'm on simply honey 5.1 too and wanted to go back to darky rom. Do I need to flash the baserom for darky or just flash the darky RE straight forward?? P.s simply honey uses jvs rom I think....
Anyone help about installation from simply honey 5.1 to darky rom 10.2??
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+1 on Darky's rom JVT-based , Gingerbread 2.3.5
However, flashed semaphore as kernel. THen you'll get a good combo

Iv bern on 10.3xxjvr no ptobs so far
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I don't think it's objective, but I maintain Gingerreal, the Darky's is good too
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tornado ROM really fast and stable +
Damiangto kernel
Or
Cyanogenmod

Most people just go with some stock/custom samsung rom with a custom kernel. Samsung based roms aren't all that much different from each other, some tweaks, removal/add of programs, different theme and that's pretty much it. In the end i always ended up finding something i didn't like and up to this day i haven't seen anyone correcting the charging bug on samsung's roms.
No offense meant to any developer out there, of course, but i've tried loads of roms and this is my experience of it.
This kind of changed after trying cyanogenmod 7 stable. It isn't based on samsung's roms. And i know this statement is, by now, a cliche around here but this is, by far,the fastest and most stable rom i've tried up to this day and is what i recommend from personal experience.
Just a note to however follows this route. There are nightlies being released after the stable version and i've seen people recommending them instead of the stable because they were release after the stable and are just added stuff. The way i see it, if they're adding new stuff, it may break previous stable work. Well, this is your call, they are called nightlies for a reason, not stable.
Up to you though, i've seem some posts saying they had all sorts of trouble with CM7. I reckon either they were unlucky, tried an unstable version or just didn't follow instructions properly and ended up quitting.

It seems that GingerReal v1.3 for Galaxy Ace is more stable as what I have experienced.
sO Go GingerReal YoU RocK Dude!!!

jetpack checkout totallydubbed facebook wall 19hrs on with gameplaygood batterylife very stable but thats just my opinion