Should I buy a I9000??? - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello friends!
I am using a SGS I9003 since the last 6 months and still love it. One of my friend recently brought a SGS I9000 and he wants to sell it as it hangs very often. The firmware version is 2.3.3, Baseband version is I9000DDJV4.
As I too am looking to buy the same, I thought to grab this deal but now I am in doubt as to why this is happening and should I buy a I9003 or a I9000.
The display is also gives a little greenish tinch.
Is all this normal? Is there a way to stop this freezing problem? Will loading the latest ROM or a custom ROM solve this problem?
Kindly advice...

Hey,
I can only say you, that im very happy with my i9000. It doesnt hang up often. But I also heard from a friend, who has got an i9000 that his one, hangs sometimes. But I guess it depends on the rom that you installed.
Also you can use a colorfix and/or another kernel, that improves the colors of the display.
Kind regards

Well is used will root it, then you can install custom roms and then it won't hang. Also 2.3.3 waS indeed buggy.
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SGS I9000 is a very good thing and you have lots of fun with them

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[Q] Why Official Froyo Being Called Back?!

Hi all,
As with the topic above, anyone knows the real reason with the call back of the official JPM firmware( or JP6)?
Read up on some sources, some said that its causes unstability. However, so far it seems okay to me in terms of stability and usabilty. Running on Darky's Steel Edition Rom 3.0. Seems good.
Cheers.
dplate07 said:
Hi all,
As with the topic above, anyone knows the real reason with the call back of the official JPM firmware( or JP6)?
Read up on some sources, some said that its causes unstability. However, so far it seems okay to me in terms of stability and usabilty. Running on Darky's Steel Edition Rom 3.0. Seems good.
Cheers.
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Just take a quick look at the changelist from JJ1 (SC02) and JPK, JPM / JP6 and compare these. All of these builds are from the same tree!
And did you ever take a look @ your logs (being on "stock" JPM / JP6)?
Yes, the customized ROMS are really really good. But all of 'em still have some (mostly minor) issues. I think Sammy has got to fix all (or most) of them before
they finally want to release it.
Btw, do you remember the first 2.2 releases from HTC
The only question is: Which way does less overall damage?
I think the final release will be almost identical as JPM/JP6 but Samsung has to patch the Kies so that it won't brick SGS so easily.
My Froyo 2.2 is unstable!!!
I for one really can't wait for the next "official" fix
My cold boot up times are way slower than the JG5 firmware and the phone suffers from forced closes sometimes and lags like hell!
It's just so annoying knowing what the phone is capable of but not having the firmware to back it up.
I hope the official froyo 2.2 release fixes all the bugs!
Well mine run better then ever on the official jp6. Granted root and lagfix is still needed becouse of the lovely rfs...
Sent from my imba sgs @ froyo 2.2 rooted / lagfixed
Here's hoping that the delay means that they will upgrade to 2.3 rather than 2.2 that will save you samsung.
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Is there any official news or informations what is happening with android update for sgs? Its not proffesional at all that we are stuck in progress darkenes thanks to ****sung. Hmm, i think im sorry that i didnt buy htc....
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immyh said:
Here's hoping that the delay means that they will upgrade to 2.3 rather than 2.2 that will save you samsung.
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That would be one of the few things hey could do to justify the wait. Unfortunately I hear someone knocking on the door, it's reality.
That guy always ruins my dreams...
LOL - Very well said!
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[Q] Android 2.3.3 from scratch

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).
threeeye said:
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.
schiphol said:
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

Is Galaxy S that bad?

Hi,
I own my galaxy for like 3 weeks now.
The first 2 weeks I was running stock 2.2.1, and had sudden reboots (it even entered into safe mod once I was sleeping and woke up from the sound the phone was doing), force closes.
So I decided and installed deodexed stock rom with speedmod kernel (+lagfix and recommended tweaks), and I feel that my phone is still bad. Angry birds keeps freezing the phone, wifi errors, and I can't run my phone more than 50hrs of uptime, it either will randomly reboot or as it happens today simply turns it self off and wont let me to turn in on (or getting into recovery/download mode).
When this phone was out everybody said its awesome (fast, stable etc) and I waited for prices to get down, now when I finally got it I think that I made a mistake.
Is anybody else frustrated with their phone? Am I doing something wrong? Maybe I should I hope that samsungs gingerbread will fix this? Or
maybe I should try custom rom like Darky or CM7?
Maybe all smartphones sucks and I dont know it because I never had a smartphone before?
Any suggestions?
Thanks a lot!
is it a new or used one mate ??????
i had it for 1 year now its the best
Its a new one of course.
Are you running any custom rom/kernel?
the beauty of SGS and Android is the continuous evolution of the ROMs you install...
I tried many different ROMs , and I am sure you would finally find something that will make you happy with the machine...
for a start, if you are on 2.2.1, get Darky 9.5 and you wont be disappointed.
Your phone is faulty. I had the device on stock froyo for 4 months after buying it and I never had random reboots or wifi issues.
Definitely take it back. I've modded mine so many times and still looks new to me. Had mine since January of this year.
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@kauh1970 Thanks for the support!
@Furry Atom, very supportive, however I do start to think that something might be wrong with my phone. On other hand, that might be some application that causes the problems.
@alluliwi, Sorry my English is not that good, what do you mean by "take it back"?
Thanks!
skwo said:
@kauh1970 Thanks for the support!
@Furry Atom, very supportive, however I do start to think that something might be wrong with my phone. On other hand, that might be some application that causes the problems.
@alluliwi, Sorry my English is not that good, what do you mean by "take it back"?
Thanks!
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By take it back, he meant to send the phone back for repairs or replacement under warranty to Samsung.
I have no problem with my phone, the only thing i dont like is the free ram available... seem low to me
@timelessfahad Thanks for clearing that up.
@vanvn297 You are running a stock 2.2.1 ROM?
Hi,
I recently updated via kies from stock 2.1 to stock 2.2 HVJP4.
So far I'm not impressed with the stock froyo rom. It's often sluggish and apps, especially email from exchange, crash reguarly.
I have not experienced any problems with wifi or 3g reception however.
I'm still trawling the forum, trying to find all the info and confidence to backup the current rom and try something different, but there's a good chance a stock gingerbread rom will appear before that happens. Hopefully it will address some of these problems. Fingers crossed
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Gingerbread works fine
The issue with wifi is pretty known from what I looked (strange thing it never happened on the stock samsung rom only started to happen on deodexed stock with speedmod kernel).
The other thing my original rom was XXJPY and I flashed a deodexed XXJPY so maybe the rom it self is not that good. Gonna try XXJVH/XXJVB deodexed with Demian kernel probably, or will try Darky ROM (also considering CM7).
More replies about your satisfaction with galaxy s will be happily accepted!
Thanks.
skwo said:
More replies about your satisfaction with galaxy s will be happily accepted!
Thanks.
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in my opinion cm7 has gotten to the point that there is no reason not to install it... its litterally just a single zip now after you have rooted and put cwm on you're phone. the battery is fine, the photo/video is fine (although the samsung camera is way better... panoramic pics ftw) wifi/data is fine/ no need for lagfix/ and its constantly being updated..
edit: actually I think the battery might be better than what I was getting on darky 9.5...
i have been frustrated about my sgs for the first month until i discovered the rom world
usally the stock rom comes bloated with **** and uneeded stuff wich makes the phone slower and many other useless things...(i think)
i am still kind of new to all this and there is so much info do some reading and see how your sgs can be a beast
I too am not feeling the awesomeness of the Galaxy S. My friend got his one when it came out and its hard to believe this is the same phone I thought of as awesome all that time.
I got it new last week, and experiencing quirky behavior that really makes me feel like I'm using a low-mid class phone, and made me completely unenthusiastic/ not inclined with moving to the new phone which is how it should be. I even used my old Motorlla V8 for days after I got the SGS cos I was so unimpressed.
Poor camera, reception, crashes, dropouts, low wi fi signal, stutters, not responding to taps etc, really clunky loose volume button that makes it feel cheap, cheap sounding speaker. And I haven't installed anything on it except quadrant standard, and that crashes sometimes too.
To elborate a little. As far as comparable qualities go, compared to my Motorolla V8, The reception and voice quality is poor. Same network same simcard, I get half the signal, during a call it will sometimes dropout or make that guitar like noise, whereas my V8 never did any of that.
Even when I am next to a wi fi router. It doesn't show full wi-fi signal. Not even at my friends house. It reaches nowhere near as much as any laptop I have had.
I gotta compare these attributes to my friends sgs.
What I have compared so far is the camera, which is much worse on mine, You can see the thread here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081453
The AMOLED screen is also a lot dimmer, and cant display white as pure white but a grey/blue tint. Same settings max brightness.
For example quadrant standard, the spinning DNA like helix test. His background is pure snow white, mine is an off blue/grey dim white.
We also compared speakers, same song. His one has stronger clearer sounds, its quite noticable. All in all I'm wondering If I should replace my phone within the 14 day period.
I already took it back one about the camera issue to where I got it and the guy said its fine, so I would really have to go to Vodaphone or samsung directly to get a new one, which I did, and they said go to a repair centre. Even if they even have stock, it could be the same problems. And I would have to prove all these grey area problems.
Anyway check out my other thread as well and apply the Spectrum or Waveform Wallpaper. I wonder if its glitching here, but I think its most likely normal.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1086257
I will try upload a vid soon.
I am using my sgs now for 2 month, and i have to say its a great phone.
But its only great if you flash it.
In my opinion stock roms by Samsung are not fast enough,
full with useless apps and many tweaks like voodoo sound and gps fixes are missing.
(Tested 2 SGS from different providers, both roms not usable)
Try Darkys rom as also mentioned on page one.
There are many roms, and not all of them are bugfree and stable.
You have to remember the programmers arent payed for their work.
If you still have wifi problems uing darkys rom, your phone is damaged.
You probably need to start afresh.
Reflash a stock rom (ie. JPU which is a fill rom), then update to stock gingerbread. There shouldn't be many bugs at all.
oswade said:
You probably need to start afresh.
Reflash a stock rom (ie. JPU which is a fill rom), then update to stock gingerbread. There shouldn't be many bugs at all.
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I finally plucked up the courage to do exactly that.
I'm now running JVH with a CF rooted kernel and the phone is now performing close to what I hoped for.
Secondary boot loaders have also been fixed and I'll admit I held my breath during that flash.
Thanks to everyone here for providing the info I needed and making great roms.
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Ive had mine since day 1 and its been amazing. No latency issues, wifi/data works perfectly, stable, no fc's(force closes), and the display is perfect. It seems they've gotten fairly "cheap" with the manufacturing of the newer, more recent models being shipped.
Love this phone... BUT, im still going to trade it in for an SGS2

[Q] i9000 will remain laggy always!! x( X(

currently,i am on f1 innovation v11 with 1959 quadrant score..even though its a all new custom rom but its still laggy....gingerbread 2.3.5 jvs....i love samsung for making wonderful phones but they cant beat apple in using pleasure.....
the biggest prob is....lack of ram due to which message do not open.i have to clear memory to open messages
GUYS PLZ PLZ PLZ HELP ME TO MAKE THIS PHONE EASY TO USE....TELL ME SOME TWEAKS.....
PS..DONT TELL ME TO INSTALL ALL NEW ROM LIKE DARKYROM 10.2.2 I DONT LIKE IT......
anujkhurana said:
currently,i am on f1 innovation v11 with 1959 quadrant score..even though its a all new custom rom but its still laggy....gingerbread 2.3.5 jvs....i love samsung for making wonderful phones but they cant beat apple in using pleasure.....
the biggest prob is....lack of ram due to which message do not open.i have to clear memory to open messages
GUYS PLZ PLZ PLZ HELP ME TO MAKE THIS PHONE EASY TO USE....TELL ME SOME TWEAKS.....
PS..DONT TELL ME TO INSTALL ALL NEW ROM LIKE DARKYROM 10.2.2 I DONT LIKE IT......
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Samsung rom's will always stay laggy unless they change the filesystem. Cyanogenmod is by far one of the smoothest rom i've tried on my Sammy (not that i've tried em all).
An other option would be to lagfix your phone, there are numerous threads that explains how to do that (I dont have time to search for it at the moment).
yes, CM7 is hell of a good rom. i rarely see lag on my phone, i mean, i dont see at all,.. the only problem is, when i change the background of SMS/Messaging pin code, sometimes it enlarges the background, and any live wallpaper won't work there, but STILL GREAT. and i occasionally see lag in other Samsung based roms out there, 2.3.4 / 2.3.5
Try flashing a kernel that incorporates lagfix. Semaphore, speedmod or Dark Core work really well and it's dead easy to install them. Then, convert your filesystem to ext4.
After that, try applying these tweaks, they work wonders on our phone's memory management and speed things up quite nicely:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15948434&postcount=1127
You just need busybox 1.18.2 (read the first post in that thread for a link and more instructions)
cm7 my friend , thats all you need , try it and u will not remember the word "lag"
What he^^ said.
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Which cm7 version is everyone talking about? Can someone post a link to the thread?
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anujkhurana said:
currently,i am on f1 innovation v11 with 1959 quadrant score..even though its a all new custom rom but its still laggy....gingerbread 2.3.5 jvs....i love samsung for making wonderful phones but they cant beat apple in using pleasure.....
the biggest prob is....lack of ram due to which message do not open.i have to clear memory to open messages
GUYS PLZ PLZ PLZ HELP ME TO MAKE THIS PHONE EASY TO USE....TELL ME SOME TWEAKS.....
PS..DONT TELL ME TO INSTALL ALL NEW ROM LIKE DARKYROM 10.2.2 I DONT LIKE IT......
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Custom roms always have higher quadrant scores but they are always laggy. If you want a smooth experience, just flash one of the final builds of Froyo 2.2.1. ZSJPK was the second latest 2.2.1 build and I find it to be the best. It's virtually lag-free.
Try CM7 really good rom, or MIUI rom good one as well and lag free.
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cm7 and miui are, like mentioned, lag-free. But they drain battery faster than stock or stock-based ROMs (at least in my experience). It's a trade-off but it could be worth trying them out.
cm7 is basically "The Way Google Envisioned Android" as in, there's no branding or manufacturer's crap on the phone.
MIUI is what I like to call "So You Got An Android But Like iPhone's Looks Better". I tried it and it was too iPhoney to me. But you might like it.
+1 to CyanogenMod 7.1 stable (CM7.1) - google it for their website, you can't really miss it.
No lags at all. And according to my experience, my battery gets drained as fast as with any other rom (i've tried several stock and custom 2.2 and 2.3.x).
I am staying clear of nightlies however. Stable works great for me, no point screwing up with that.
i know CM7 is good rom and lagfree....because the rom size is only 95mb...but i like few things in samsung...like slide right to call and slide left to msg and few little feature.... we are sooo ****ed up with this great hardware but stupid firmware!!!....**** YOU SAMSUNG
Herman76 said:
Samsung rom's will always stay laggy unless they change the filesystem. Cyanogenmod is by far one of the smoothest rom i've tried on my Sammy (not that i've tried em all).
An other option would be to lagfix your phone, there are numerous threads that explains how to do that (I dont have time to search for it at the moment).
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i know CM7 is good rom and lagfree....because the rom size is only 95mb...but i like few things in samsung...like slide right to call and slide left to msg and few little feature.... we are sooo ****ed up with this great hardware but stupid firmware!!!....**** YOU SAMSUNG
Link to CM7
anujkhurana said:
i know CM7 is good rom and lagfree....because the rom size is only 95mb...but i like few things in samsung...like slide right to call and slide left to msg and few little feature.... we are sooo ****ed up with this great hardware but stupid firmware!!!....**** YOU SAMSUNG
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So which phone would you choose next, then? An HTC?
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anujkhurana said:
i know CM7 is good rom and lagfree....because the rom size is only 95mb
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Huh? ROM size has nothing to do with whether or not it lags.
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Try using odexed roms like Simplicity with ext4. It works great for me.
Hit thanks if this helped
ferparedes said:
So which phone would you choose next, then? An HTC?
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no i will stick to samsung only...there hardware config is fab!!! i installed CM7 but its like.....removing every charm from the firmware to make it light weight and usable....now i am thinking to install hybrid 5.0 looking awsum...letsee....now which new firmware will piss me off!!!

Do I have to give up with MoviNand?!

Hello all!
I open this thread to understand if our beloved I9000 with slow nand (MoviNand) has reached the end of his days... :crying:
I have this phone since november 2010, and except for the first week, it always had a modded rom...
Switching from one rom to the newest one always seemed to improve the situation, but today I guess... is it true?!
Now I switch between CM10.1 <-> HellyBean <-> MackayRom, but I always have the same f***ing problem, suddently it stucks and it's terribly slow (I believe that it depends on the MoviNand).
Every rom that I try alternates moments of satisfaction with moments of blasphemy...
My big doubt is: with stock (or modded stock) rom (so with f***ing gingerbread) this could happen? I can't remember I didn't see 2.3.x at least from one year...
Eventually downgrading to gingerbread brings a lot of problems of compatibility but this is another thing...
and last, is this happening on your devices? Do you suggest a particular super smooth rom?
P.S. It's not another choosing-rom thread...
danieleb89 said:
Hello all!
I open this thread to understand if our beloved I9000 with slow nand (MoviNand) has reached the end of his days... :crying:
I have this phone since november 2010, and except for the first week, it always had a modded rom...
Switching from one rom to the newest one always seemed to improve the situation, but today I guess... is it true?!
Now I switch between CM10.1 <-> HellyBean <-> MackayRom, but I always have the same f***ing problem, suddently it stucks and it's terribly slow (I believe that it depends on the MoviNand).
Every rom that I try alternates moments of satisfaction with moments of blasphemy...
My big doubt is: with stock (or modded stock) rom (so with f***ing gingerbread) this could happen? I can't remember I didn't see 2.3.x at least from one year...
Eventually downgrading to gingerbread brings a lot of problems of compatibility but this is another thing...
and last, is this happening on your devices? Do you suggest a particular super smooth rom?
P.S. It's not another choosing-rom thread...
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I've been wondering the exact same thing.. I bought my i9000 a month 3 months before you, August 2010.. No matter which ROM i choose, its always lagging after a while at least.. I'm thinking to move on to the S4 perhaps.. I'm currently running the Unofficial Xylon ROM ported by Aways and it seems to run smoother than most roms till now, that too keeping apps to the bare minimum i need. But I don't think I'll be able to hang on to the phone for very long now.. Its just too slow now..
danieleb89 said:
Hello all!
I open this thread to understand if our beloved I9000 with slow nand (MoviNand) has reached the end of his days... :crying:
I have this phone since november 2010, and except for the first week, it always had a modded rom...
Switching from one rom to the newest one always seemed to improve the situation, but today I guess... is it true?!
Now I switch between CM10.1 <-> HellyBean <-> MackayRom, but I always have the same f***ing problem, suddently it stucks and it's terribly slow (I believe that it depends on the MoviNand).
Every rom that I try alternates moments of satisfaction with moments of blasphemy...
My big doubt is: with stock (or modded stock) rom (so with f***ing gingerbread) this could happen? I can't remember I didn't see 2.3.x at least from one year...
Eventually downgrading to gingerbread brings a lot of problems of compatibility but this is another thing...
and last, is this happening on your devices? Do you suggest a particular super smooth rom?
P.S. It's not another choosing-rom thread...
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I am on c-rom mix v13 with the movinand chip and have very minimal lags also hellybean works smooth too i would recomend mckays kernel i use the twrp version it looks so much nicer
ilabs said:
I've been wondering the exact same thing.. I bought my i9000 a month 3 months before you, August 2010.. No matter which ROM i choose, its always lagging after a while at least.. I'm thinking to move on to the S4 perhaps.. I'm currently running the Unofficial Xylon ROM ported by Aways and it seems to run smoother than most roms till now, that too keeping apps to the bare minimum i need. But I don't think I'll be able to hang on to the phone for very long now.. Its just too slow now..
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thank you for the answers, tho it seems that with hellybean and mackay kernel the situation is a little better, I find less lags than usual...
I hope that this thread will become just a moment of madness XD
i am using tsunami rom with semaphore kernel but i never faced any problem
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Ynt: Do I have to give up with MoviNand?!
I'm on 2.3.6 for months... And all i can say,both OS has the same thing.So this is not about Jb.I agree to you... Weird thing is, i feel like device is getting slower more than the previous day... When i had this phone for the first time,it was so fast...
I think i9000s which has Movi Nand chips,are running better on 2.2 But Froyo is tooo old At least GB is handling some of features today...
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