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[Q] i9000 Roms: Which one would you guys recommend?

Recently us very lucky vibrant users started being able to flash the plethora of roms available to you i9000 owners! I've skimmed through the devs section and saw all the roms you have at your disposal.
SO, here's my question. Which rom would you guys recommend? I've tried darky's v9.3 beta 3 already, and I like it thus far (aside from some random FCs here and there). Is there another one that you guys like more? I've also noticed a lot of people use serendipity. Any thoughts?
Any HELPFUL input would be greatly appreciated. I know that it's based on personal preference, but that's kinda the point of this post. I want to see what you guys PREFER and maybe even some reasons why. Thanks!

Well I use the stock one and DamianGTO Ultimate kernel and simply loving it , smooth, stable and long battery life . But i can recommend Draky's one i've played with it for some time

Stock 2.2.1 and speedmod kernel no need for a custom rom (even without a lagfix) you can make it to your liking , freezing apps you dont need (there is a list which can be frozen/erased) and etc. Fast, reliable, humongous battery life.

hm... I might try that as well.
I use Darky 9.2 with speedmod. Smooth, good battery life.

I've got a vibrant as well and I'm curious what people think of Insanity and Serendipity?

I use js5 2.2.1 full clean flash in odin phone has run super quick since so js5 use all three file with 803 pit version clean is best
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clean js5 ,very good...i had js3 with voodoo lagfix but i dont see any difference ..so stock rom for me

What's the idle battery drain in 8 hours on stock?

Soniboy84 said:
What's the idle battery drain in 8 hours on stock?
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Depends what you are running? And whats on. (like wifi, 3G etc etc etc etc)
But lets start at 2-3 percent end it on a nice idle at 8-10 percent. (16)
And go to max 30-40 percent (here it means every few minutes something syncing, everyting ON and nothing in sleepy mode even when idle)

thanks for your input guys. i'm not sure if we can use the stock roms on our vibrants. i'm pretty sure the kernels you are referring to won't work on our phones though
i think i'll stick with darky for now and do some more exploring later on.

[Q] Hello there, can someone here recommend me a ROM please?

I'm a new user here (yes...I read all the faqs) but I'm still not fully aware of the ROMS available and their respective benefits. Didn't really see any threads that helped me in the captivate section.
What I'm looking for most is excellent battery life and signal (if that's possible). I tried Cognition and it seemed alright for a bit but then my signal became spotty and battery worse (not sure if it was the ROM or my phone).
If it helps: I'm on stock froyo (on Rogers).
I'm not really interested in a multitude of features that may overload my phone, I'm a minimalist.

You could always try flashing a different modem if you're having issues with signal.
Sent from my Captivate

curti.nogg said:
You could always try flashing a different modem if you're having issues with signal.
Sent from my Captivate
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Which one do you suggest?
And I was hoping to get a ROM that also allows good battery life, since that's just as important to me.

lifetimez said:
Which one do you suggest?
And I was hoping to get a ROM that also allows good battery life, since that's just as important to me.
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It depends on what city u live in...if u live in an urban area, then I would recommend the jl3 modem
As for roms...cm7 gets decent battery..
U might wanna check out a rom called juiced which was made for battery life...I get 4 days of light usage on that rom!

lifetimez said:
I'm a new user here (yes...I read all the faqs) but I'm still not fully aware of the ROMS available and their respective benefits. Didn't really see any threads that helped me in the captivate section.
What I'm looking for most is excellent battery life and signal (if that's possible). I tried Cognition and it seemed alright for a bit but then my signal became spotty and battery worse (not sure if it was the ROM or my phone).
If it helps: I'm on stock froyo (on Rogers).
I'm not really interested in a multitude of features that may overload my phone, I'm a minimalist.
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Try the Cognition v2, it is exactly what you are looking for.
To try to help your signal try this trick
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1189241

Jf6
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA Premium App

I've found Continuum 6.1 to be the best operating gingerbread ROM for my phone. This after experimenting with pretty much every other ROM out there. Battery life has been good.
I'm a moderate user. Mostly sms and music. I get 2 full days out of a charge when running the music app 2 hours per day and sending 20 or so texts.
This is purely anecdotal. My wife's phone got poor battery life out of the same ROM. Just going to have to try one at a time until you find one that works well for your phone.
Good luck.

Are you looking for a ROM based off gingerbread or froyo?
I would recommend a froyo based rom for stability, serendipity 6.4 treated me pretty well when i first started and now i'm on fasty 2.3 which is pretty good too.
If you live in the northeast USA then i would suggest JW2 or JV5 for modems.
(See this link for modem options and good discussion on the topic, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876391 Ignore the poll, its out of date.)
If you want to try out the tasty goodness of gingerbread then i suggest trying serendipity 7 or the leaked "stock" 2.3 ROM thats been out for a month now.
Keep in mind that you are more likely to find bugs and random problems with gingerbread ROMs since most (all?) of the current ones are not based off of the i897 captivate ROM but the i9000 instead.
Incoming links!
Serendipity 6.4 http://serendipityrom.weebly.com/index.html
Serendipity 7 http://serendipity7.weebly.com/
Fasty 2.3 http://www.webproz.org/
"Stock" 2.3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127209
General How-to for flashing ROMS http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
How to get your phone back to stock settings if you mess up http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Constantly updated list of current Captivate Roms http://alchemistar.blogspot.com/2010/11/samsung-captivate-custom-rom-list-1110.html
Ok, i think i got it all here.. Now grab yourself a snack and start reading!

You're going to get a multitude of suggestions being that everyone has their own favorite. What works for some may not work for others. I personally have found that I can get healthy battery life out of most any rom I flash using an OC/UV app. Usage and location has a lot do with it as well. Your best bet will probably be to try different things and explore on your own til you find what works for you. Luckily there are tons of people in these forums who are eager to help and lend advice. I certainly wouldn't have learned as much as I have without them.
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I say galaxy comb
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Stability and battery life = serendipity 6.4.
Stability on gingerbread = serendipity 7
Awesome features(but you don't want these based off op) = MIUI
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For a froyo based ROM ill easily agree serendipity is the way to go
And look into the onix kernel
For a gingerbread ROM try either continuum or apex, but avoid the betas just use the stable releases
And look into the talon kernel
Both kernels I recommended are by the same dev and are capable of overclocking (which you don't seem too interested in) and undervolting (this will help with battery life)
If you want to overclock stick with 1.2 ghz, anything higher is usually unstable but you could get lucky, 1.2 is safe though.
For undervolting read around for the guides to oc/UV. Make sure you have a way to wipe your voltage settings if you mess them up (should be built into onix's recovery, and its definitely in talons recovery)
No matter if you choose froyo or gingerbread and whether you use any of my suggestions above, look into the gingerbread bootloaders (try to avoid the i9000 ones, even though they work on the cappy they weren't made for us) I don't know if there are rogers bootloaders for gingerbread but I know the att ones work great and you can probably change the logo later.
The gb bootloaders are obviously required for gingerbread roms, but will work with froyo roms as well, so you may as well grab them now.
As for signal read into modem flashing, make sure you get cwm2 flashable modems for cwm2 recoveries (like onix) and cwm3 flashable modems for cwm3 recoveries (like talon)
Your best bet here is trial and error
Jk4 seems to be a good fallback modem for functionality (no frequency dancing issues which can cause roaming or no signal) but I'm not a fan of its signal strength in general or battery life, personally I like kc1 and zsjpg depending on what region I'm in.
Anyway I hope this info helps

Try them out for yourself. We can give you what,works for us but might not work for you. A search would have told you this. Thread closed.

[Q] Stable ROM for sister's Captivate

My sister has been suffering with the Captivate's stock rom for the past year, and she's bugging me to upgrade it for her (she's technologically challenged). I'm lost with all the unfamiliar ROM options over here. I don't care if it's Froyo or Gingerbread, or if there's no longer Dev support for it - I don't plan to touch it once I get it loaded up for her. I just want the most stable ROM I can put on there that will get her through the next year of her contract. Please specify ROM AND version you'd recommend for this purpose. Thanks in advance!

netter123 said:
My sister has been suffering with the Captivate's stock rom for the past year, and she's bugging me to upgrade it for her (she's technologically challenged). I'm lost with all the unfamiliar ROM options over here. I don't care if it's Froyo or Gingerbread, or if there's no longer Dev support for it - I don't plan to touch it once I get it loaded up for her. I just want the most stable ROM I can put on there that will get her through the next year of her contract. Please specify ROM AND version you'd recommend for this purpose. Thanks in advance!
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I used Paragon RC6 for a long time and it was very stable and fast. It's a FroYo ROM and development on it is dead.

netter123 said:
My sister has been suffering with the Captivate's stock rom for the past year, and she's bugging me to upgrade it for her (she's technologically challenged). I'm lost with all the unfamiliar ROM options over here. I don't care if it's Froyo or Gingerbread, or if there's no longer Dev support for it - I don't plan to touch it once I get it loaded up for her. I just want the most stable ROM I can put on there that will get her through the next year of her contract. Please specify ROM AND version you'd recommend for this purpose. Thanks in advance!
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Just as a heads-up, threads like this usually end up getting shut down fairly fast. I know that isn't what you're hoping for, though, so my advice is to take a look at the roms that have a lot of posts associated with them. They're usually still being attended to, and have good support if something goes haywire. It ends up being a matter of personal choice, so it ultimately has to be up to you.
(That being said, I understand your situation, and I personally put Firefly 3.0 on the phones of people who just wanted something better than stock. Just my two cents. Offer not valid in Svalbard.)

If stock ish looking is your thing. I would recommend Cognition 4.x.x (froyo KB1 base). It was finished in dev tweak for speed and stability and can be Overclocked if you choose to. Also has Voodoo support. As jmtheiss said this probably be locked soon. But I understand where you are coming from.

KreepyKen said:
I used Paragon RC6 for a long time and it was very stable and fast. It's a FroYo ROM and development on it is dead.
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Thanks for this - I took a better look at Paragon and it sounds like it may fit my needs. I had mainly been looking at Serendipity 6.4 and Firefly because they seem to be 2 of the most popular options, but the Paragon thread makes it sound pretty good as well...
I know these "which rom" threads are frowned upon, but most of us are addicted to flashing our devices and so I couldn't find a relevant discussion here of a good rom to just 'flash and forget.'

My wife ran Andromeda 3 for ever with out a prob. Great battery life, stable, and responsive
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firefly 3.0 with onyx kernel got me the BEST battery life ever. (nearly 3 days on extended battery minimal use)for a girl that texts alot that would be a good bet. built on 2.2 android but most girls wont care the difference.

[Q] AOSP of 2.3\2.2 Rom???

Do we have any of those roms anymore?
Because I had a rom like that a long time ago that wasn't Cyanogen...it was amazing, sold the phone, and now im back to a Captivate again. I'm looking for a rom that is similar to a port from Nexus S. It's happened before, so can i have it again? Looked high and low for those and XDA is like the last forum to have those roms. Now everyone wants 4.0....well the phone isnt made for 4.0...only for 2.3
I dont like touchwiz. just want AOSP 2.3 or 2.2....thats all. Thank you for your help!

Not sure what there is besides CM7. Which is very nice. But I'm sure you could find something by looking/searching in the dev section. And you can't really say this phone isn't meant for ICS. All the hype for ICS is because there is much to be hyped about
Sent from my CM9 ICS i897 Captivate

yep, plenty of good 2.3 in the dev section, just read through them.
However I find that, on my three captivates of varying revisions, I get the best performance out of ICS roms.
Battery, on the other hand, I have been struggling with. I prefer WEUI overall, but I cannot get through the day without 2 sometimes 3 charges. So, currently my primary phone is running ICSSGS RC4.2 with UGKG3 modem on the 850 band. With that I can easily go 10+ hours of my normal use without having to worry about it.
all personal opinion, of course

[Q] ROM for good battery backup and stability

Hi, I'm still on 2.3.6 and I'm looking for a newer ROM, either ICS or JB with good battery backup, stability and smoothness.
Actually if GB battery is better than JB and ICS I just might stick with that.
I'm looking around but I don't see any definite answer and no relevant threads in Q&A section.

crossmission said:
Hi, I'm still on 2.3.6 and I'm looking for a newer ROM, either ICS or JB with good battery backup, stability and smoothness.
Actually if GB battery is better than JB and ICS I just might stick with that.
I'm looking around but I don't see any definite answer and no relevant threads in Q&A section.
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I would recommend a Jelly Bean though because it is the latest. But I would highly recommend you to view this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1612881

This is not my device, a friend bricked it trying to restore the factory settings and I fixed it with the stock jw9, he asked to update it if I can but he needs the battery to be either the same or better than what he had before, so my question is more of should I stick with GB or go for something newer, he doesn't care for constant updates so a stable rom with good battery is what I want to give him. Even if he did care for updates the i9000 is a tricky device, so far today I used odin half a dozen times just to get back to get to flash from recovery cause half the things I now from owning a HD2, Desire, Desire HD, GS2, One X, Optimus 2x, tf300tg and so on don't work here. And I can't constantly ask him to test it a few days and give it back to me to flash a new rom if the battery is not good enough, or teach him how to do it then spend most of days trying to explain or fix what he did wrong, For example I just flashed C-RoM Mix 4.2.2 and it hang on the Semaphore logo, will use Odin right now to get back to gb, and again odin to flash the recovery kernel and then either flash c-rom again or blackbean or just leave at that as I have to wake up in 5 hours to go to work and explain I couldn't be bothered or the people that actually have the answer point me to the "don't ask questions" thread, I've been around xda for a long time, and for some reason the samsung part of the forum is the one I dislike the most as I find people a little obnoxious, every other forum I've been people are actually helpful and eager to answer in a little more detail like: jb battery life good but not stable, ics battery sucks but never hangs" "try gamerzrom ninja cause it has crazy battery life and awesome ui" or something like that.
Anyway, thanks for the help. Will not ask for help here again.
Can a mod please close this or do I have to pm someone?
(excuse any typos I did, it's getting late here and I'm kinda tired)

Your critisism is rather harsh and rude even considering your situation.
I'd sugggest a GB Rom: moderate battery drain because of fewer tuning options/performance. (My opinion.)
You could try CM 7.2: near stock, stable, GB 2.3.7? at cyanogenmod.org.

AW: [Q] ROM for good battery backup and stability
I would recommend you remics JB. It has touchwiz and 4.2.2. Very smooth for me
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I had a long response written but I deleted it cause figured it's not worth it, I guess I am still naive to believe that the courtesy I extend to others when they need something and the courtesy I have been extended to every time I am in need in the past around here is a given, apparently that is not the case every time, I want to, and I will honestly, thank you for your answers, as I have the first user that responded to my question, even with the "don't ask" response.
So have a nice day (it's morning here) and thank you again.
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GB Rom Saurom JW9 or Mesorom as I feel people have a lot of issues with ICS or JB as they dont follow instructions too good :highfive:
Currently on Saurom and 3 days battery life..its all good!
Please not modem and Kernel can help on Roms too :good: