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Hi all, I have been trying to read through the forums and get up-to-date with respect to the latest captivate roms. How stable are the froyo ones? I am not a huge fan of the touchwiz ui and would definately prefer some of the vanilla experience found on my nexus one. Do any of the roms bring that to the captivate? Any general advice I should be aware of? thanks.
The only advice I can give you is to follow the rules and post these types of questions in the Captivate General forum, or in a ROM's own thread, this is the development forum.
ah, my mistake. Perhaps an admin can help move it. Sorry
Very stable if you stick with Cognition.
Moderately to very stable if you stick with an i9000 ROM. A few known issues but many use it
Beta and still needs more of their genius power if you go with Cyanogen. I can't wait for them to finish this
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Froyo has been stable for me in both versions JI6 and JJ4. This is before I flashed Cognition. JJ4 is a lot less buggy and a bit faster, but both are noticeably slower than JH7. I still kept them installed because of all the extras that are only available on Froyo, and the overall speed was good enough to be usable. Cognition adds more speed, and several extra nice touches, but even before that Froyo was good enough for me. I'd never go back to JH7.
Actually I've had more problems with Cognition than with the i9000 roms. Of course I haven't used Cog since I found the i9000 roms. They are more like stock Android than the Captivate roms with the ATT crap removed.
The only problem I've had with the i9000 roms is with the alpha and early beta versions. They are just as stable as any other rom.
fatttire said:
Very stable if you stick with Cognition.
Moderately to very stable if you stick with an i9000 ROM. A few known issues but many use it
Beta and still needs more of their genius power if you go with Cyanogen. I can't wait for them to finish this
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I have tried both extensively and both were stable but i9000 gives me the features I want plus it feels faster than any Cognition.
shaolin95 said:
I have tried both extensively and both were stable but i9000 gives me the features I want plus it feels faster than any Cognition.
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+1 ......
this is a Q&A type post..
scales11 said:
Hi all, I have been trying to read through the forums and get up-to-date with respect to the latest captivate roms. How stable are the froyo ones? I am not a huge fan of the touchwiz ui and would definately prefer some of the vanilla experience found on my nexus one. Do any of the roms bring that to the captivate? Any general advice I should be aware of? thanks.
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Wrong forum, but I will give my 2 cents anyways.
Best ROM I used is Axura beta1 with the JPP modem. You have to follow the directions on install to a "T", but it is well worth it as it is by far the fastest and cleanest ROM I have ever used. Cognition is also a great ROM, I just prefer Axura.
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..
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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
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.
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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.
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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.
Greetings all-
Been reading the threads of both of the aforementioned ROMs, and, believe it or not, I'm wondering what the main functional differences are between them even though I've read thru all bazillion pages. Does anyone have any input?
I have tried both and they are similar to each other. Slightly different small bugs but Atomic Fusion was faster till Cognition got EXT4, so they are about the same now in terms of speed. I stuck with Cognition as it is closer to a stock feel.
AF has a newer Touchwiz, and can have ext 4.
Dg has moved on to the sgs2 and is looking for a dev to take over cog.
AF is made by team phoenix so it is still maintained/updated
What would be really awesome if samsung would release the kf1 source code to get better kernels for both.
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Dg has moved on to the sgs2 and is looking for a dev to take over cog.
AF is made by team phoenix so it is still maintained/updated
What would be really awesome if samsung would release the kf1 source code to get better kernels for both.
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I know right? I want color fix on KF1 =/
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Dg has moved on to the sgs2 and is looking for a dev to take over cog.
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Good to know. I'm looking to upgrade to SGS II soon.
I know this sounds like a stupid question, but bear with me.
When I started flashing custom ROMs, GB was already out, so I never got to try out Froyo. I know the whole deal of "it's newer, they worked out some bugs and it's better". but i want to know:
1) Would I miss anything specially important if I "downgraded" to Froyo?
2) could anyone tell me a few 9000 and 897 based roms that i could try? (I'm not asking "which is best")
3) are there any advantages of running Froyo over GB?
I'm used to flashing and if i decide to give Froyo a try, i would like to flash a few before i settle into any ROM. Thanks.
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Froyo its more stable. Gingerbread is faster and has more features.
A froyo rom to try would be firefly or andromeda.
Gingerbread would be saurom. Kk4 or the jvz
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sepherian said:
Froyo its more stable. Gingerbread is faster and has more features.
A froyo rom to try would be firefly or andromeda.
Gingerbread would be saurom. Kk4 or the jvz
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Thanks for the reply seph!
I have tried numerous GB roms (Fusion, Pinnacle, Illuminance, Fasty, Serendipity, Apex, Darky, Serenity, MaxQ...the list goes on), but I am looking for the ultimate stable ROM, and wanted to try some froyo roms. Thanks for the suggestions.
Edit: When you say that GB is "faster" are you talking about Quadrant or overall usage experience?
kafepuya said:
Thanks for the reply seph!
I have tried numerous GB roms (Fusion, Pinnacle, Illuminance, Fasty, Serendipity, Apex, Darky, Serenity, MaxQ...the list goes on), but I am looking for the ultimate stable ROM, and wanted to try some froyo roms. Thanks for the suggestions.
Edit: When you say that GB is "faster" are you talking about Quadrant or overall usage experience?
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Quadrant means nothing, on any phone -_- so don't start talk about Quadrant. It is faster and looks more polished(GB that is)!
I know Quadrant means nothing, it's just that some people still put some weight on it when determining how fast a ROM behaves. I should have know Sepherian was not talking about Quadrant scores because I seen how involved he is in the Dev sub-forum.
Anyhow, I'm gonna give Andromeda a try, just to satisfy my curiosity. I wanted to try Firefly, but all the download links seem to be dead. Thanks for replying.
sepherian said:
Froyo its more stable. Gingerbread is faster and has more features.
A froyo rom to try would be firefly or andromeda.
Gingerbread would be saurom. Kk4 or the jvz
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I have to argue that after all of this time of being released GB is as stable as froyo (depends on the rom). Look at my sig, I recommend that rom. If you don't like mosaic, look on the i9000 android development forum. There are a bunch of roms there.
I highly suggest using GB over Froyo. GB is faster, has more features, far more development (Froyo is dead development wise), and much more options. Froyo has absolutely no advantages over GB that I can think of
^^Yeah.... i hear mosaic is decent
On a serious note, its all subjective...
If you want to try firefly though...there is a working link in the last 2 or so pages in the thread if you wanna give that a go.
F U tapalk!!!!!!!
kafepuya said:
...Anyhow, I'm gonna give Andromeda a try, just to satisfy my curiosity....
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JFYI...I had been trying several different ROMS, and found myself constantly updating. Got tired of it. I posted to ask about a 'stable' rom, and got most feedback that Andromeda 3 was the way to go.
That has been months ago, maybe over a year. I installed that and have been good to go. Haven't reloaded since.
I have had some problems with lockups, and slow running lately. Was considering reloading Andromeda. But I am thinking my problem is with two things: on the lockup, a specific app (Blue Tooth app for external GPS...although it had been working for a long time); and I abuse the phone with just too many apps installed.
I can't compare to the latest GB ROMS, as I've been on this for so long.
For me (on Rogers stock ROMS) I found that GB looked nicer than Froyo, was less laggy and gave me superior battery life.
Someone earlier mentioned that Froyo was more stable but for me the only difference was the occasional sleep death on GB (never happened on Froyo).