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Is CyanogenMod 7 Stable on Captivate

Is CyanogenMod 7 Stable enough to use every day on The Captivate. Thanks

Short answer: Yes.
Remember though that this is still in Beta. There's also a dedicated Q&A for CM7, and also a dedicated thread in the Dev forum as well. I suggest you to check for the list of current bugs and changelogs here: http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...7-for-samsung-galaxy-s-phones-build-20110303/

I've been using it for about 10 days, and i find it to be one of the most stable 'roms' ive used. There are a couple of features that are not here yet, or not working properly, but nothing that stops me from using the phone day to day. Its fast, it looks good, and is the android experience I've been looking for.

kwhee07 said:
I've been using it for about 10 days, and i find it to be one of the most stable 'roms' ive used. There are a couple of features that are not here yet, or not working properly, but nothing that stops me from using the phone day to day. Its fast, it looks good, and is the android experience I've been looking for.
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I agree 100%
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Its stable I went back to Serendipty because the battery life was killing me though. Just my 2 cents.
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Short answer: Not even close.
Unless you consider 6-8 hours of standby useable battery life.
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The people who say it is stable enough for everyday use are not utilizing all of the phone's functions or are willing to live without certain features.

Miami_Son said:
The people who say it is stable enough for everyday use are not utilizing all of the phone's functions or are willing to live without certain features.
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Agreed! It is stable enough, but you will loose some features, such as the camera is buggy and others, just check the CM7 thread for known issues. I suppose if u can live w/o those working property, then sure. For me, was not ready for a daily driver rom yet!

It is very stable. I would recommend using TheEscapist's kernel, which lets you OC and UV. By UVing I actually get better battery life out of it than I did the 2.2 roms.

adb not working
I tried this ROM for couple of weeks .
I am uninstalling because I was not able to get ADB working with this room. Device was not getting listed in my computer.

I was using it for a couple of weeks and today I switched back to serendipity only because of the external sd card mounting issues as well as a few other glitches, once they get the little things sorted out I will switch back in a heartbeat, its a great rom with many awesome features.

msreekm said:
I tried this ROM for couple of weeks .
I am uninstalling because I was not able to get ADB working with this room. Device was not getting listed in my computer.
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I believe you have to install the nexus s usb drivers to get that to work. I think it's mentioned in the faq.
Overall, the rom is stable in the sense that you can make phone calls, text, gps, wifi, and doesn't crash. Battery life isn't quite optimal and there will be some things that don't work or are buggy. When people say it isn't stable, it's more that it isn't fully featured or bug free. It works fine for doing phone tasks but may not meet your smart phone tasks.

I am currently on cm7.
The rom does have bugs but every rom out there has some sort of bug. So I think its pretty even. And I get decent battery life too..
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bluemoon1221 said:
I am currently on cm7.
The rom does have bugs but every rom out there has some sort of bug. So I think its pretty even. And I get decent battery life too..
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Not even close to even. Many roms out there have no repeatable bugs.
No one is saying that CM7 is crap. It is what it is and hopefully will get better. If you can deal with bad battery life, several bugs, don't use all your phones features, and can trouble shoot problems, yes CM7 might be fun as a daily driver. If you answer no to any of the above, use one of the MANY 2.2 or 2.2.1 roms out there that are proven to work fantastically until CM7 goes RC.

The missing features argument is often over stated. I can only think of two, can't mount external sd, camera is not as good. Otherwise everything works
MIUI

mcord11758 said:
The missing features argument is often over stated. I can only think of two, can't mount external sd, camera is not as good. Otherwise everything works
MIUI
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I agree 100%. I've been using it since it was first posted and it performs great for me...16+ hour on my battery. External SD not mounting is not an issue for me and as for the camera I use Vignette and it takes great pictures. It has been and will be my daily driver since the day it was released.

I don't use my phone for work our anything important, just communication, media, web, and entertainment. I can't imagine having to go back to 2.2 for any reason.

Sarcoid said:
I believe you have to install the nexus s usb drivers to get that to work. I think it's mentioned in the faq.
Overall, the rom is stable in the sense that you can make phone calls, text, gps, wifi, and doesn't crash. Battery life isn't quite optimal and there will be some things that don't work or are buggy. When people say it isn't stable, it's more that it isn't fully featured or bug free. It works fine for doing phone tasks but may not meet your smart phone tasks.
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Yes you have to have Nexus Drivers for Computer to see your phone.

MikeyMike01 said:
Short answer: Not even close.
Unless you consider 6-8 hours of standby useable battery life.
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Is this really all you can get?
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You can get atleast
twice that
ddangerdess said:
Is this really all you can get?
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MIUI

[Q] Which Rom is the stablest and smoothest ...

Hi ....
Perhaps you can help me and say which rom is the stablest and smoothest and fastest for the LG Optimus 2X P990 ... i have tried a lot of roms but they all have bugs ...

The fastest and stablest for me was this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1032419 and then the 1.5 a version i think but the new version should be fine.
CM7 is also good since it uses less battery but there are some bugs in it still.

I'm a bit of a newbie to the O2X but I've tried a few roms and I've found that the modaco fr15 fear edition is pretty much like stock with a few nice tweaks so it's very stable from what I've seen so far, they've stripped pretty much everything out that you don't need so it's pretty quick too (well very quick).
I've put the over clocking kernel on too and with it over clocked to 1.4 ghz I've got 3976 on Quadrant. But after a while I started to get a few fc's so I put it back down to stock and everything was fine again.
I'm not saying this is what you should do, but I'm just letting you know my experiences with what I've tried so far.....

Also new to this forum. Anyway, I am using Fear r15 and have no problems at all. Very smooth, although I am missing some of my favorite LG Widgets ( Memo and Calendar ) , it is the stability without lags that made me switch to Fear ROM.

I'm on Modaco FR16(beta 4), and it's fast & smooth, and kind to your battery. My only problem is that my Exchange account keeps on disappearing, but it could be my Exchange server.

Brawler7 said:
Also new to this forum. Anyway, I am using Fear r15 and have no problems at all. Very smooth, although I am missing some of my favorite LG Widgets ( Memo and Calendar ) , it is the stability without lags that made me switch to Fear ROM.
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you can bake your own romk in the kitchen with the LG-Widgets included

@Brawler7 here is your memo & calendar apps click me
place them in /system/apps/

goatee said:
I'm on Modaco FR16(beta 4), and it's fast & smooth, and kind to your battery. My only problem is that my Exchange account keeps on disappearing, but it could be my Exchange server.
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I'm thinking of going onto this rom cos I have noticed the fast battery drain on fr15... But i have only had the phone for a couple of days and i didn't really get a chance to see what it was like on stock, so I don't know whether its normal.
One thing I did notice was the fact the the music app is constantly running and even my task killer wont stop it. I know I probably dont need a task killer but its habit since I had my G1 many moons ago...

I'm using the CM7 nightlies and am very pleased with them. There are a few bugs and issues to be worked out (eg: no 801.2x support for WiFi), but for the most part, I'm very satisfied.

I only lost 5% in 10 hours with GMail push on .
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I'm thinking of going onto this rom cos I have noticed the fast battery drain on fr15... But i have only had the phone for a couple of days and i didn't really get a chance to see what it was like on stock, so I don't know whether its normal.
One thing I did notice was the fact the the music app is constantly running and even my task killer wont stop it. I know I probably dont need a task killer but its habit since I had my G1 many moons ago...
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Stekare said:
I'm using the CM7 nightlies and am very pleased with them. There are a few bugs and issues to be worked out (eg: no 801.2x support for WiFi), but for the most part, I'm very satisfied.
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same here, just try it

@ Zarras.
Thanks a lot. LG Memo and Calendar is up and running.

I'm running CM7 nightly as well. The battery drain is basically non-existence and everything running smoothly. It also has quite a nice collection of customization options. If you can live with a few bugs then it's the rom to go!

mintjustin said:
I'm running CM7 nightly as well. The battery drain is basically non-existence and everything running smoothly. It also has quite a nice collection of customization options. If you can live with a few bugs then it's the rom to go!
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CM7 is great (even with the bugs) but my battery will probably last me 3 hours tops. Any clue to what's going on?

jfgraham93 said:
CM7 is great (even with the bugs) but my battery will probably last me 3 hours tops. Any clue to what's going on?
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I had the battery problem as well on build #19, but I believe it's gone on the #24 I'm using right now.

jfgraham93 said:
CM7 is great (even with the bugs) but my battery will probably last me 3 hours tops. Any clue to what's going on?
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Install Battery Calibration, charge to full then calibrate battery
You can also do the same by charging to full then wipe battery stats in recovery.
CM has a full list of APNs if there are some which aren't in use delete them off.
Flash your Radio to 0218, seem to work better than 0405 regarding battery issues. This will be at the expense of some call quality, to me it is worth it.

I am using CM7 at the moment and I have no intention of switching back.

Ive been using CM7 build 20 for some days and there was several things that was missing. It was stabel, but was using a great deal of battery.
So I switched over til BlazingDragon v1.7. This one is working wherey nice. Its based on the stock LG ROM so its only Android 2.2.2. CM7 is ver. 2.3.4.
Now i see that Modaco fr17 is out, but there is so many custom ROM out there so now Im not sure what to.
CM7 is getting better for every built they give out, but its not that good yeat, but Im sure it will be great when RC versjon is ready.

how about WGSPOELSTRA?

Im very happy with the latest madaco. CM is still way to unstable.
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[Q] Some questions before instalyng CM7

I am seriously thinking about instalying cm7 nightly on my phone. But before i do i have some and i was thinking maybe you can help me out.
1)I was readying that everything works exept for the radio. Is that true? and how does the gps work as good as in gingerbread?
2)How is the battery life compared to the stock gingerbread rom?
3)Is it stable enough for every day use?(i don't mind if i have to "adjust" something here and there i just don't want to miss my cals amd sms).
Thnx in advance.

Rat2000 said:
I am seriously thinking about instalying cm7 nightly on my phone. But before i do i have some and i was thinking maybe you can help me out.
1)I was readying that everything works exept for the radio. Is that true? and how does the gps work as good as in gingerbread?
2)How is the battery life compared to the stock gingerbread rom?
3)Is it stable enough for every day use?(i don't mind if i have to "adjust" something here and there i just don't want to miss my cals amd sms).
Thnx in advance.
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hi.
1) everything except radio is working. Radio is even semi working on the latest builds.
GPS is sometimes stable and sometimes not. Can't day it was better when I was on stock ROM.
2) there are some battery issues, but I can make it last a day with moderate use
3) wouldn't say so. It is still in nightly build and no stable release is available yet.
I'm using it as my daily driver, but I don't mind some bugs here and there since the ROM is blazing fast.
My 2 cents on the matter
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I had it installed for about a week. Didn't try the radio but everything else seemed to work.
Was a bit unstable at times but I could live with it. I couldn't live with the battery life though so reflashed samsung firmware.
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Rat2000 said:
I am seriously thinking about instalying cm7 nightly on my phone. But before i do i have some and i was thinking maybe you can help me out.
1)I was readying that everything works exept for the radio. Is that true? and how does the gps work as good as in gingerbread?
2)How is the battery life compared to the stock gingerbread rom?
3)Is it stable enough for every day use?(i don't mind if i have to "adjust" something here and there i just don't want to miss my cals amd sms).
Thnx in advance.
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To answer all three questions ...
1) FM radio works in the most recent builds. As GPS is about the same as on stock roms. The hardware is the hardware after all.
2) battery life is just? Like on the stock rom ...it depends on a lot of factors. If you are one of those people who claims to get three days on a charge, then you will disappointed. Most users get between a day and a day and a half of normal use per charge with much greater performance than on stock roms.
3) I feel it is ready for daily use if you are the sort who enjoys regular updates and tinkering . However ymmv so the only way to know how you will like it is to flash it and see.

rschenck said:
To answer all three questions ...
1) FM radio works in the most recent builds. As GPS is about the same as on stock roms. The hardware is the hardware after all.
2) battery life is just? Like on the stock rom ...it depends on a lot of factors. If you are one of those people who claims to get three days on a charge, then you will disappointed. Most users get between a day and a day and a half of normal use per charge with much greater performance than on stock roms.
3) I feel it is ready for daily use if you are the sort who enjoys regular updates and tinkering . However ymmv so the only way to know how you will like it is to flash it and see.
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what he said ^^
battery life was fine for me and i last used CM about 2 months ago !!! so it must be even better now
its the same as MIUI except from the layout, and i been on MIUI since CM7 - 2 months. and it is definitely stable enough for day to day use.
everything works for me and fm radio does too !! but if it acts up, i just switch data on and listen to radio online, so thats no issue for me.
I would HIGHLY recommend you try it, the speed is well worth the little bugs. it will blow you away compared to stock / samsung based ROMs.
and if you like CM7 soooo much, take 10 mins to switch to MIUI and you will be even more amazed
and if you dont like it, just go back to stock. at least you can say you have tried it

Big thankyou for everybody that answer my questions.
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what he said ^^
and if you dont like it, just go back to stock. at least you can say you have tried it
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True.
I will try it first thing in the morning. since i have to recharge my phone.
rschenck @ i am going to fallow your tutorial, but i noticed you sad that you need a froyo bootloader, why is that?
And 1 more thing: If i want to update cm7 do i allways need to reinstal all the apps or i can update the phone without wipeing all the data?

you can update without losing your apps, thats not a problem
and as for the froyo bootloader, you need this for sd card reasons mainly, amongst other things.
sometimes people cannot use internal nor external sd card, because of not having a froyo bootloader, thus resulting in most apps not working, camera not working and so on.

I was just like you... and i have decided to flash CM7 two days ago:
Really surprise, it's fast and stable.
No problem with call/sms.
Gps and battery life is ok like samsung rom.
Heavy 3D games like Dungeon Defenders work well.
But no TV-out, it's my only problem with this rom...

well i don't use the tv-out feature so i think it is ok.

Installing CM7 Nightly on my P970

So, i got my handset like one hour ago, and so far i gained root access and made a backup of my original rom. Now it's time to install CM7. So, i found this link, and Nightly 20 seems to be the latest version out there. Nightly, that word makes me think that it is kand of a unstable beta/alpha version? Any experiences with any of these versions? And also, what is the NOVA rom i keep reading about around in here?

Well, novaROM is another rom based on froyo, cm7 is based on GB and it seems that the most stable is n17

As said elsewhere nightlies are something like debian testing... the dev makes improvements, corrects bugs... the dev's guru validates by reading the code of the commits... the bot (alas down this time...) builds it... and we guys use it and report bugs.
Can't be said stable but working. Read all threads and make your mind. Oh, and since the bot is down, someone built the code himself, with the dev's agreeing. Call that private build 'kang'... seems good with aprold kernel v10. Give it a try. Make your own mind.
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Thanks for feedback guys. ATM, i'm not sure if i need to change rom, i mean, i've gotten to change so much of the original rom now that it is beyond recognition. These are the apps i used so far:
- GO Launcher EX (With Notifications-extra)
- Minimalistic Text
- Super Status Bar
- WidgetLocker Lockscreen
I've also deleted a huge amount of LG stock apps using ES File Explorer, and i'm pretty happy about it so far. What i don't like is the colorful Dailscreens, i might have to look for some alternative there...

You can have them, I think. For example I made myself a zip with google's and my favorite apps so I don't have to reinstall and delete stuff everytime I try a new nightly. Next step is to backup preferences of each (and even put it in the zip...) and evetything's fine.
You'll get what you want by tryin. At least that's how I see it.

Well, after some more playing around now, i think i want to flash CM7, but i don't feel like using a nightly build, sounds to unstable for my taste. However, i'd really like a stabile GB rom (or ICS ). Isn't there any other one providing a stable solution? As stock or stripped as possible. Battery time is horrible with stock rom, hope this helps with a different rom...

Try cm nightly 17 with huexxx kernel... seems the less unstable but nothing more: no stable cm yet and maybe there won't for the dev seems to work now on ics... and still no lg stock gingerbread...
It's adventure or 2.2...
EDIT: In fact, redy's KANG seems the "stablest" or the less unstable with incomming call audio bug half fixed. Wifi bug with Nova or Huexxes...

I think we all need to accept the fact that battery drain is never going to be what we hope, it is the nature of the beast. All smartphone users (including iPhone) have the same complaint, but particularly our phone with its slim design (and therefore smaller battery) will never have long life unless you never use it!
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dharmabm said:
I think we all need to accept the fact that battery drain is never going to be what we hope, it is the nature of the beast. All smartphone users (including iPhone) have the same complaint, but particularly our phone with its slim design (and therefore smaller battery) will never have long life unless you never use it!
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please..the only thing i like about apple and its products is battery life..est they are just crap..with all those jailbreaks n ****..android rocks..and optimus black awsm..
bt i was thinking why devs left cm7 on nightlies..at least 1 stable rom should have been cme..well..its good to hear bout ics rom..hope it will cme soon

Well, how long will it take until Optimus Black gets CM w/ICS? I don't think P970 is on top of their priority list. About the battery, my LG lasts about 24h, while my HTC Desire lasts for 2-3 days, both sporting a 1 GHz cpu. Also, P970 has a marginal bigger battery, and HTC Sense is "bad for battery", that is common knowledge. I did read something about Beautiful Widgets draining battery as well, might uninstall it and see how it goes...

My little review about CM7 #20 with NOVAV11c Kernel by knzo. Sorry if it look like a noob review.
Overall nice, just like what I want of how android should, but without all google product of course.
Bug I got, quite laggy when OB connect to PC via bluetooth , wifi error when I turn it off meanwhile it connect to my PC via bluetooth, but when not, wifi are good
Battery: drain a lot in default governor and quite save in LIONHEART governor.
Antutu score: 26xx in default launcher and 2492 in GO LAUNCHER EX.
Btw anyone knows how to make it battery saver?

Hello there, seems you comes from the same country with me
Just remember that CM P970 is still under development, the source code hasn't completed yet, so don't expect too much Well, how many hours your battery life from 100% to 0%? As my regular usage, up to 24 hours till 30 hours lifetime. Battery saver depends on users experience.
-CMIIW-

redy2006 said:
Hello there, seems you comes from the same country with me
Just remember that CM P970 is still under development, the source code hasn't completed yet, so don't expect too much Well, how many hours your battery life from 100% to 0%? As my regular usage, up to 24 hours till 30 hours lifetime. Battery saver depends on users experience.
-CMIIW-
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you got me
Maybe up to 24 hours, I'd like to use up to, because it didn't touched 0% till next charge. Let's say I charged my phone last night (about 8pm) and get about 10% this afternoon (3pm). I thought 10% seems can be severals hours in idle

redy2006 said:
Hello there, seems you comes from the same country with me
Just remember that CM P970 is still under development, the source code hasn't completed yet, so don't expect too much Well, how many hours your battery life from 100% to 0%? As my regular usage, up to 24 hours till 30 hours lifetime. Battery saver depends on users experience.
-CMIIW-
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The latest CM7 for OB came out on 20th,but it is not from you and still has bugs when making a call.I like your 10th rom.It works well with nova11 kenerl.

JasonQMe said:
The latest CM7 for OB came out on 20th,but it is not from you and still has bugs when making a call.I like your 10th rom.It works well with nova11 kenerl.
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Huh? My 10th rom? What is it? I don't have it...
If you refers to Nightly Build #10, that's not from me.. That's official CM Nightly Build.
-CMIIW-

redy2006 said:
Huh? My 10th rom? What is it? I don't have it...
If you refers to Nightly Build #10, that's not from me.. That's official CM Nightly Build.
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oh,sorry,i mean the 20111210 one .it really works better than others ,even the latest ones.Waiting for your better rom!

I thought to bring this to everyone's attention https://plus.google.com/115049428938715274412/posts/gtGAn4BVvWs

[Q] [IMP!] Briefly.. My issues with all ROMs

Hello all
So basically, I've never been settled on a ROM, why? Because all of them gotta have one or more bugs that can't help but abandon it.
In general, I just hate how 80% of all cooked ROMs DO NOT support Video Calling via CDMA
in here are some details:
CM7/7.2 is awesome but it drains battery pretty fast and Video Recording doesn't work for me "it glitches" so i ditched it.
CM9/10 briefly.. They AREN'T stable. How? It might suddenly turn off and show you a bootloop or maybe a kernel get wrecked! that happens every week for me so I ditched this one.
AOKPs the're cool and amazingly fast, battery's life is great! and I just love em but for example. the best AOKP imo is XI9000 ROM but too bad that the Google Play Store is kinda retarded in this ROM "unable to find Facebook, YouTube, Thumb.. etc..in an inside search" I dunno if that applies to all AOKPs. Plus it might wreck when battery runs out xD
Gingerbreads! are just not suitable for a 2012 use! and STOCK ones are majorly slow on my device
So i'm gonna sum this all up by asking some couple of questions:
1- How to keep your ROM stability!, and how to avoid getting it wrecked?!

screamwork said:
Hello all
So basically, I've never been settled on a ROM, why? Because all of them gotta have one or more bugs that can't help but abandon it.
In general, I just hate how 80% of all cooked ROMs DO NOT support Video Calling via CDMA
in here are some details:
CM7/7.2 is awesome but it drains battery pretty fast and Video Recording doesn't work for me "it glitches" so i ditched it.
CM9/10 briefly.. They AREN'T stable. How? It might suddenly turn off and show you a bootloop or maybe a kernel get wrecked! that happens every week for me so I ditched this one.
AOKPs the're cool and amazingly fast, battery's life is great! and I just love em but for example. the best AOKP imo is XI9000 ROM but too bad that the Google Play Store is kinda retarded in this ROM "unable to find Facebook, YouTube, Thumb.. etc..in an inside search" I dunno if that applies to all AOKPs. Plus it might wreck when battery runs out xD
Gingerbreads! are just not suitable for a 2012 use! and STOCK ones are majorly slow on my device
So i'm gonna sum this all up by asking some couple of questions:
1- How to keep your ROM stability!, and how to avoid getting it wrecked?!
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It's really weird that you're having issues with any ROM.
Using JB atm I flashed a stock 2.3.6, CM9 (TeamHacksung's build 16) twice and Mackay ROM afterwards and it's really stable for me. I don't see how your phone would just turn off or some other stuff.
Do you modify it much (undervolting, etc)?

BlueFlame4 said:
It's really weird that you're having issues with any ROM.
Using JB atm I flashed a stock 2.3.6, CM9 (TeamHacksung's build 16) twice and Mackay ROM afterwards and it's really stable for me. I don't see how your phone would just turn off or some other stuff.
Do you modify it much (undervolting, etc)?
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What do u mean by the underlined sentence? I don't flash more than ONE zip file at a time!

He means two times in a row. Some recommend it, and sometimes it's necessary when flashing a rom with a different partition layout.
I think your issues either come from not flashing properly, or not spending enough time to learn about how processes work.
No offense intended, really, but this is a developer forum, and while most of us cannot ornament ourselves with that title, it is expected of us to read up on how everything works and spend some time working out basic issues ourselves.
For example, if you experience lag, fc or other unexplainable issues with a rom where few have the same problems, you should take the time and start flashing jvu with Odin and going down that road until you've got a clean install. Most people will just pass judgements and decide that the rom is buggy.
Not saying that you do this or that, but from your op it seems like you spend more time annoying yourself than trying to fix the issues
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