Hello everyone, my first thread for this phone, used to be a Galaxy Ace user, now I have this great phone. As of now, I'm stuck at a branded fw (JVG OMN) because I'm a little afraid of losing warranty. It's weird because I used to flash my Ace like hell. Now I can't even help rooting SGS.
Anyway, I'll eventually come around at flashing some rom, there are so many of them. Hence I'd like some suggestions. My main concerns are:
1. Battery durability @ 3G (browsing the net 5hr per day at most)
2. In-call quality (no random reboots plz)
3. GPS reliability (no battery hog, if possible)
4. ICS (is it too early?)
I know you've all been asked for this before, but I'm not asking for miracles, I can understand the limits of undergoing development. I would like a sincere suggestion.
Try GB ROMS for now
shatteringlass said:
Hello everyone, my first thread for this phone, used to be a Galaxy Ace user, now I have this great phone. As of now, I'm stuck at a branded fw (JVG OMN) because I'm a little afraid of losing warranty. It's weird because I used to flash my Ace like hell. Now I can't even help rooting SGS.
Anyway, I'll eventually come around at flashing some rom, there are so many of them. Hence I'd like some suggestions. My main concerns are:
1. Battery durability @ 3G (browsing the net 5hr per day at most)
2. In-call quality (no random reboots plz)
3. GPS reliability (no battery hog, if possible)
4. ICS (is it too early?)
I know you've all been asked for this before, but I'm not asking for miracles, I can understand the limits of undergoing development. I would like a sincere suggestion.
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With the conditions you have placed i dont think any ICS ROM can live up to that expectation GB ROMS.
Amestris ROM has the best battery life. I have never faced any issue with calls or GPS.
MIUI ROMS are superb option if u hate SAMSUNG touchwiz . They will give u iphone feel on android
If you too eager to test then try ICS ROMs. Battery life and performance wont be that good. But within months everything will fall in its place
ALL THE BEST ..
Thank you. I was expecting the fact that ICS still can't live up to my expectations, and I have no problem waiting for some perfect release. I was just wondering if that day will ever come, seen that many phones (some of which nowhere nearly as good as sgs) are getting smooth ics working. I put all my trust in our devs.
As for Amestris, I really do not dig themed interfaces. I prefer to get a rom as clean as possible and do my own theming when i feel ok about it. But probably it's just me.
I'm ok with touchwiz but I do like MIUI...I just can't understand whether it's been optimized for our device (i mean, everything works as good as in stock? or better?!).
I`ve been using the cm9 beta by pawitp(team hacksung cm9 beta) for months now and not had any of the issues that concern you and as of yesterday the i9000 is in the nightly builds of cyanogen mod 9 and this awsome ics rom will only get better....get rooting and flashing again , you know you want to!!!
I also place a lot of emphasis on stability, have been using the ICSSGS rom and haven't had any random reboots yet (2 weeks?)
I would like to know about latest CM9 nightly...is it worth it?
And also, some say that SlimICS is the best out here because "for the Galaxy S, the limiting factor in running ICS smoothly is none other than ram". Is this true?
I tried several custom ROM's amd at the moment I would say that the best, I mean the fastest and the most stable are ROM's made by BHuvan goyal. The latest INFINITUM with default kernel would be good for you. I've noticed that the battery life is not shorter than on gb so you would be really satisfied.
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Is it just me or does samsung really make mediocre ROMS (such as my galaxy S stock ROM)? Because people with free time (such as the makers of darky and cyanogen ROMS) can make way better ROMS with faster performance, better battery life and (subjectively) more user friendly! And keep in mind they do this for FUN!
Do other android makers such as HTC, LG and Motorola produce crappy ROMS as well? I wouldn't know because i havent owned any of them. Just my SGS which now runs on a custom ROM.
Feedbacks from android users would be much appreciated. thanks
Apart from the laggy file system i have no problem with Samsung rom .
better battery life and (subjectively) >>>Some would argue that that is wrong statement .
How more user friendly ???
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stock JPY has so far been the rom with the best battery life IMO
I have a Samsung Vibrant which is currently running a custom axura rom.
The reason why I switched was because the rom had file system errors which in turn cause the system to run slow, open the gallery would cause the whole phone crash at times... I'm not sure but others but I had camera issues, namely lag when I would open the camera it would sit there and take forever to start... also when I opened the app drawer it took forever to get smooth movement it was choppy and laggy.
The main reason why I rooted and got a custom rom is because of samsung and T-Mobiles endless claims that the phone will be updated to froyo soon ... I got my phone when it was first realeased and they told me by early September at T-Mobile which was no problem but then waiting forever on samsung to actually follow through on the 2.2 was a bit irksome. The same excuse of the phone is something new and there all different got old fast.
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Is it just me or does samsung really make mediocre ROMS (such as my galaxy S stock ROM)? Because people with free time (such as the makers of darky and cyanogen ROMS) can make way better ROMS with faster performance, better battery life and (subjectively) more user friendly!
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As far as I know, only Cyanogen 7 is actually a new ROM for Samsung Galaxy S, other are just a bit customized stock Samsung ones. And I think Cyanogen doesn't offer better battery life, isn't user friendly at all and as for speed - there have been reports that it slows down considerably after installing apps and using it for a prolonged time. But yes, it's still in beta state.
"People with free time" can trade a bit of battery life or reliability for speed, Samsung can hardly afford that. But I'm not saying they haven't done some actuall fixes and upgrades, Voodoo sound tweaks come to mind among others.
i think samsung have done their best to produce the 'safest' ROMs. the developers and modders over here on XDA have tweaked this for better battery life or speed ect, but on every post that contains a ROM or Kernel or MOD states that you run the risk of bricking the phone.... samsungs stock ROMs dont have this risk..... unless you use kies haha
I'm very happy with the latest JS3 (a very good one i think).
Seems as fast as a lagfixed JPx, with better battery life (especialy in idle).
I never noticed a single lag with this version and dont feel the need for a lagfix anymore.
If you want to stay on official releases, you should give it a try...
okay maybe i gave the wrong argument by saying that samsung ROM sucks. It could be a matter of personal preference (such as why oh why did they try to make it look like an iOS)
The new question now is, why didnt they use EXT4 or even EXT2 in the first place? Their filesystem made my SGS lag the longer i used it.
The real question is, why does it take 6 months from release until Samsung have their software figured out?
It is true that JS3 is performing on par. The problem is that it was released in January this year, and not June last year, when it should've been released.
If only Samsung had a software development department that was able to match their hardware engineering department.
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TIf only Samsung had a software development department that was able to match their hardware engineering department.
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They do. Its members are supercurio, hardcore, stefunel, Darky, ficeto and the whole lot of people. It's good for them because they have fun and it's good for Samsung because they cover the more vocal minority of people who use the phone with custom content which costs very few pennies for Samsung.
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The real question is, why does it take 6 months from release until Samsung have their software figured out?
It is true that JS3 is performing on par. The problem is that it was released in January this year, and not June last year, when it should've been released.
If only Samsung had a software development department that was able to match their hardware engineering department.
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Remember, Samsung were also working on updating drivers and porting froyo too.. I would say some problems were semi-exagerated at times too
At the moment I am using a stock 2.3.3 ROM on my SGS.
I wanted to ask if custom ROMs bring anything special to the table.
I remember using Cyanogen on an old HTC Magic. I liked it but the GPS didn't work, the camera couldn't zoom and the alarm didn't work either.
Can someone recommend me a ROM with decent battery usage, a GPS that works and without too many bugs? Thanks in advance
I would like to ask the same thing.
I was using GingerReal since the last months but in i9000 the development has stopped so I am looking for a rom:
- Very stable (the most important things because I hate software crashes).
- Kernel customizable by the user (I prefer semaphore and dark core).
- With a good development and constant new versions.
Could anyone help me, recommending us a rom?
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I would like to ask the same thing.
I was using GingerReal since the last months but in i9000 the development has stopped so I am looking for a rom:
- Very stable (the most important things because I hate software crashes).
- Kernel customizable by the user (I prefer semaphore and dark core).
- With a good development and constant new versions.
Could anyone help me, recommending us a rom?
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i've tried various roms incl goatrip,gingereal,simply honey,surface,darkky etc but i've found simply honey to be the smoothest in my experience..
and when it comes to kernel choose galaxian or talon both very good...
The last CM7.1 nightly #70 is very stable and have a really good power management.
ive heard wonderful things about simply honey, although i have never used it lol, I do however like the look of the new sgs2 rom (unsure of its name, its in development section) it looks really nice and reports of it being super fast and stable....
however... all that aside, I am a MIUI user, and i would HIGHLY recommend trying it, especially if you are willing to flash anyway, The features are incredible, the customisation is epic, and the speed and the overall look is plain awesome.
Battery life has dramatically improved, some users get 3 days on a single charge, everything works as it should, and GPS (for me) has never been better...
Before you decide, just have a look at the various MIUI threads, Look at some screenshots and some videos, read peoples comments, I have never looked elsewhere since i switched to MIUI 4+ months ago....
I m making this post because I am curious as to what everyone thinks in here .
so what is your opinion witch one runs smooter on your phone and what advantages you see in abuild vs the other .
P.S. I will state my opinion once a few have answered so that my opinion doesnt give a direction to the thread /
Matter of opinion but generally speaking i9000's roms tend to be have more features since source and leaks come out first. I personally prefer native i897 roms because of audience chip support and they just run better imo.
^ what he said.
Bln, customized kernel splashes, working nandroid, hsupa, and ext4 (which is not even needed just thought I'd mention it) for I9000. But they all run with their little quirks ;/
I897 has much better battery life for me and runs smoother IMO, don't really give a crap about the audience chip, never talk on the phone.
Also another trade off is upload speeds.
well here is my take on this .
i897 pros :
Native f/w : i897 users can benefit of there provider's feature (mainly referred to as bloatware)
Audience chip support
Placebo effect : ?the illusion that running a native rom for our phone changes something?
i897 cons :
obsolete updates (note that lately Samsung has leaked many f/w and seems the Captivate is catching up to the i9000 ) but if you are running a native i897/i896 based rom chances are your a few month back in development
3G vs H no brainer here . I dotn use data myslef but its a Deal breaker for many .
Sources for Gingerbread still not released for our device , there is only few that can be done on the kernel side witch is one of the most if not THE most important thing on our phone .
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i9000 pros
H vs 3G . I dotn use data myslef but its a Deal breaker for many .
Kernel Source
f/w updates are more often and more recent in other words :
more support from samsung
more language / csc choices
more developers = more development
i9000 cons
they use to be many .. but truth is there is only one reason and that is the audience chip support ...
IT all comes down to this : Audience chip support with either obsolete f/w or basically stock kernel vs Data speed latest f/w more support from devs and Samsung .
these device are the same minus front facing video camera , FM antenna and h/w buttons
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Since I owned my i896 I have run all the stock f/w possible on my phone :
i896 i897 i9088 Vibrant based rom ( Axura ) and i9000
About Battery Drain :
the most performance I have ever run on my phone was the set up that drained my battery the most .. makes sense right ? tweaking your phone for smoothness at a level where it doesnt eat your battery can be tricky some apps may drain your battery one day and not the other day (example apps didnt close and kept draining silently) .
Ill tell you all a secret about cooking a rom , other then the kernel theres nothing that can be done to make battery life better , a rom chef can do things that will make battery drain worst (for example installing unstable apps or doing other stuff wrong ). but in the end the choice of kernel / modem combo, your display settings (#1 battery drain on ALL of our Samoled phone) and of course OC/UV settings, these are the only things that impact your phone 's battery life , for the rest , everytime you flash a new rom if somethign is wrong , reflash wipe your battery stats and let your phoen settle ( few charges and discharges ) .
Please dotn take my point of view personal about battery drain , everyone is entitled to there opinion on the matter , some ppl prefer stock odex roms with rooted stock kernel , I prefer to have my phone tweaked / themed customized Overclock and drain the battery like mad on it some ppl dont , these ppl should stay away form custom rom ESPECIALLY those developped on CLOSED SOURCE KERNEL as 99% of there battery tweaks are placebo .
hereI said it
I9000 is what I prefer, runs faster and has more features but uses more battery. As far as audience chip I only notice a difference if there is alot of background notice, like my window being down in the car. I897 roms are sluggish for me.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA App
I can say that Native I897 GB rom (2.3.3,2.3.4,2.35) have an incredible battery life. I have gotten up to 48 hours with any recharge. If you look at Fasty III, it now has added Ext 4 and Voodoo video to it along with init.d, that allows for major tweaks.
PS I have gotten up to 2526 quadrant score with Tegrak on Fasty III KI2
Hear hear!
I agree completely. As one who flashes a different ROM every other day, I can tell that most of them are just skinned and themed versions of the same thing. Some devs have better skills and can tweak configs to make android run better for some, but there are so many users with differing essential necessities that it is hard to optimize the system for all users. For me personally, I use the actual phone app maybe an hour a week, so the lack of the audience chip support isn't a dealbreaker for me, but for some it is essential. And I have tried every GPS tweak and hack and config with no success, but I don't rely on my GPS on my phone (not since that trip to NYC... *shudder*). OF course if that function is essential for you, you have the wrong phone.
I was just thinking that it would be great if someone created a ROM that featured system and apps optimized for a density of 200, but it would essentially be running the same base as all the other ROMs.
The best ROM I have used battery-wise is Andromeda 2.2. Great battery life and stability, but unfortunately is several revisions out of date. The smoothest performance I have had is also the one that murdered my battery, CM7.
I would rather see a couple base ROMs that devs would then offer themes, tweaks, and patches for so that we could pick and choose what is needed for them. My 2 cents
Great idea opening this thread DAGr8 !! Lots of newbies will have a general idea on how things are in the cappy land ,on that note this should be stickied.
As for me I'm more a i9k guy, mainly due to the better kernel support. Like to tweek myself so battery is secondary as I took for granted charging to phone daily ever since the smart phone era impacted my life.
The only reason for me to switch is the audience chip. Unfortunately I had cpl of, well not so happy responses from the other end of the line regarding call quality, but when in a peaceful nature the quality is good.
Like the way how the cappys kernel support is shaping up, but still there's allways that lack of source that holds the guys back. Would like to thank all you devs for making our cappys be what it is today, imo a captivated sensation
You left out an option Dag, what about AOSP? I would have never tried to flash MIUI/CM7 before it became a simple flash with CWM, but since it is that easy now I have flashed MIUI and I love it. I've tried going back to Samsung roms, but end up back here after a few days.
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You left out an option Dag, what about AOSP? I would have never tried to flash MIUI/CM7 before it became a simple flash with CWM, but since it is that easy now I have flashed MIUI and I love it. I've tried going back to Samsung roms, but end up back here after a few days.
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Great point CM is not true aosp but close enough at least , reason why they are not added in this thread is because I am not a fan , of the way it runs on our device (great job by the devs) but seem like the i9000 family were never made to run true AOSP , CM built on true aosp phone like nexus tho thats somethign else I am definitely an admirer . if ppl are willing to share there experience with CM I will add 'the option' in the op 's title eventho im afraid this coudl become a war between TW fanboys (ilke myself ) and CM fanboy ..
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Great point CM is not true aosp but close enough at least , reason why they are not added in this thread is because I am not a fan , of the way it runs on our device (great job by the devs) but seem like the i9000 family were never made to run true AOSP , CM built on true aosp phone like nexus tho thats somethign else I am definitely an admirer . if ppl are willing to share there experience with CM I will add 'the option' in the op 's title eventho im afraid this coudl become a war between TW fanboys (ilke myself ) and CM fanboy ..
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Understandable. Just didn't want the aosp'ish followers without even a nod.
By now everyone should know my alliance is with the I9000 stock ROM. At&t meddled with the I897 too much.
At times I am torn betwixt the two...but for now, with all the i897 leaked firmware that has been of late, and that along with all the great Dev work on this side of the house, I choose the i897.
For me, it just works. The leaks, since KF1, have had excellent battery life. The noise cancellation is a great plus. The capped upload speeds a minus I know, but worth the trade. The firmware bugs have been getting resolved. Themes, mods, extras, etc. are really good. And the phone running on the i897 gingerbread firmware is fast, responsive, and a pleasure to use.
Anywho...my 2 cents. Thanks again to all devs.
I ultimately had to ditch my i9000 rom for two reasons. First, I just couldn't find a modem that was good for both voice and data. It was either-or. Second, bluetooth is unusable with i9000. I have a car with bluetooth connectivity for calling and I like to use it, so that was a deal breaker for me.
I will stay on i9000 rom for now.
But i897 rom/kernel can provide sharpness fix, voodoo sound, lagfix, I will turn to i897 rom.
I have try i897 GB rom before, i897 GB rom have excellent battery life and noise cancellation. But I can't accept samsung stock rom horrible sharpness quality.......
DAGr8 said:
I m making this post because I am curious as to what everyone thinks in here .
so what is your opinion witch one runs smooter on your phone and what advantages you see in abuild vs the other .
P.S. I will state my opinion once a few have answered so that my opinion doesnt give a direction to the thread /
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i prefer to the I897 ROM ，when the GB source published，we will get more more developers and it will more eazy to mod our Rom
@DAGr8, can we flash any i9000 rom that hasn't been ported to the Captivate as long as we are using a reoriented i9000 kernel like Talon?
Or are there specific things done to Captivate ports that are essential for it to run correctly?
Elisha said:
@DAGr8, can we flash any i9000 rom that hasn't been ported to the Captivate as long as we are using a reoriented i9000 kernel like Talon?
Or are there specific things done to Captivate ports that are essential for it to run correctly?
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Not much needs to be done... I will make a script for you guys very soon that will allow you to do just that..
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
DAGr8 said:
Not much needs to be done... I will make a script for you guys very soon that will allow you to do just that..
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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thank you!
My old SGS is being given to my dad and I was wondering which rom and kernel would be best. 2.3 and 4.0 make no difference. He isn't that much of a tech-geek so any fancy features or outfits are not important. What is important however is battery life, that it's easy to use, and that it has a smooth user interface. I was thinking of cyanogen mod 7 or maybe aokp if it works well enough with only a 512 MB ram. MIUI and some others are also up for consideration. It would be great if it had Finnish language capabilities also but this is not a strict requirement.
Check out TeamHacksung's ICS build. Its incredibly stable, full featured but also very clean and crisp. Nothing overwhelming, worth a look !
Seriously if it is for your dad I'd look for a stock rom... maybe one of the most recent ones then just add the lag fix, semaphore or other faster kernel. Or leave as is with stock.
Cyanogenmod 7.1 stable has the potential "hello hello" bug which I can't see my Dad enjoying & for me CM9 was fairly unstable & laggy. Also got "hello hello" issue which I have not had on any other Roms although some have had it on other Roms.
Most ICS builds are great and very stable but they do have bugs at this point and are mostly Alpha builds.
Darky's rom would be nice and Ficeto's base roms are stable, pre-rooted and so on. Try them
Stock roms probably have the longest battery life. But really if he's not going to use the features of a smart phone (internet, mail, etc etc), maybe you would want to look into selling it and buying a phone designed for older people? (Not too sure how old he is)
There are phones designed with large keypads etc, specifically for the elderly. But that's for people who are 70-80+
just gave an htc incredible 1 to my father inlaw
has basic cyanogenmod 7.. he figured it out pretty quick concidering he went from a flip phone
huters seem
HAHA, my dad is not that old. He will learn it quite quickly, I’m sure. I tried few roms yesterday and Cyanogenmod 7 was pretty good. But then I flashed AOKP M4 and I don’t think going back to 2.3 even on this low hardware is an option anymore. ICS runs smoothly, is fast and works very well. Also flashed Devil’s kernel and battery life seems to be better than with stock, at least in idle and many people seem to recommend it. I won’t use stock rom because I don’t wish touchwiz to my worst enemy let alone to my dad. Custom launcher don’t work that well as they won’t stay in memory.
Greetings,
I got a GT-I9000 which will become my main phone. But, before that, I’d like to install the best, most stable, firmware for it.
I prefer stability, and having all the features operational, to speed. I don’t need something ultra-tweaked to be super-fast.
I just want to use all the capabilities of the phone without having to worry if a problem is the phone’s fault or the firmware’s.
I’ve seen a few threads around, with many firmwares, but none made a good comparison or gave me a final decision (maybe because there is none).
I’ll be using the phone in Portugal (don’t know if this is that relevant to the answers).
Thanks.
Edit: I'm not necessarily looking for Android 4. If 3.5.x or something is the best option for now, I'm ok with it.
Hi, try this one out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1489213
It's realy fast and stable, it's worth a try
I think DarkyRom (http://www.darkyrom.com) (Gingerbread) is what you are looking for.
I have been using it for over 6 months and it was pretty stable. I use v10.2.2 and never felt the need to go for 10.4.2.
Yesterday I switch to Dark Knight (ICS) hoping it will be better. I am more concern about battery consumption so I am still trying this one out. Maybe I'll stick with it, maybe I'll go back to Darky. But as of now I would say it's a bit snappier, could be a placebo effect.
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I have been using it for over 6 months and it was pretty stable. I use v10.2.2 and never felt the need to go for 10.4.2.
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Dude, i have been on Darky 10.2.2 for long, i faced a lot of issues with heavy applications and all the games. Data connection was another big issue. Ported to ICSSGS now, still experimenting