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Done with Cognition, which other ROM shall I try?

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..

Pirateghost said:
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

[Q] Best ROM for my GF :)

Hi All,
Need some advice about the Galaxy S. I am a Nexus S user and would love to get my Girlfriends Galaxy S running better if not as well as my Nexus S. I have tried to get the galaxy S running well but now I think I have done all I can to optimise the stock ROM it has onboard!
I know that for the SGS you must use Odin to flash new ROMs – any warnings to me being a NS user with our easy CWM flashing? I will of course be doing a Nandroid backup of her current ROM in case things go wrong Currently the SGS is rooted and running a branded O2 2.2 Froyo Rom. I have Lag Fixed it using OCLF (Not great I know, but its not my phone I can't always fiddle with it to update it!) and tried to remove bloat using Titanium Backup.
The advice I would love is – which ROM do I put on her phone, when she isn’t the most tech savvy person. I figure there are 3 main options (but feel free to correct me!) for a stable and quick ROM that I won’t have to keep touching and updating or fixing:
Stock 2.3.4 (JVP?)
Nice because it’s stock and from what I’ve read it seems to run fast and is the latest version of phone android like on my Nexus
Darkys ROM
Seems to be a nice option – fast stable and tweaked (a fixed version of stock really no?), but perhaps it has too many options for my non tech savvy GF to be using?
Cyanogen Mod
Only reason I resist this is because it is probably too much of a shift away from the Samsung experience my partner is used to - I would prefer it (I have a nexus so naturally!) but I doubt my girlfriend would appreciate the change. Also it seem CM isn't quite ready for the SGS yet...
Any thoughts or guidance much appreciated! I have searched a lot about the SGS, but not having the phone myself, I figure it might be best to ask users of their opinions and steal your advice!

As this one is for your girlfriend and you are planing already with a "stock" ROM you should for sure go for the latest 2.3.4 Android Version in JVP.
I personally would never go for a "stock" but this is just my personal opinion since I am daily with the phone and can repair things by my own.
Related to ODIN there is not much to say if you read all the guides completely.
I flashed my phone many, many times even using seperat kernels and removing thing before, adding and changing scripts without brick the phone.
Try to safe the EFS dircetory is the only thing I would recommend if it is not mentioned in the guides before doing a flash.
Hope it helps for your decision.

i suggest u use darkky's rom in that case cause the battery alone lasts longer than stock that means more time spent talking to u..

I suggest you leave her phone alone
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I would use one of ramads stock deodexed roms, and then flash a custom kernel, that way she gets no lag, stock, you are safe and your love life will thrive! Now that is slick womanizing!
Insanity cm 016/glitchv10c

after couple testing different ROM .... i am very pleased with Juwe's ROM ..... stable , all works fine , fantastic look ....

Darky's ROM is not a 'fixed' version of stock.
Just go with the latest stock firmware for the best performance, ie flash XXJVQ with Odin after backing up all data
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acejacksooted said:
I suggest you leave her phone alone
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I totally agree with this idea

Whack on JVQ deodexed and voodoo mod. Convert to Ext4 and then life = complete. Cyanogenmod is still best though
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Thanks for your suggestions!
Thanks to you all for your help! I think I am going to go for a stock 2.3 based rom either JVP or JVQ - probably JVQ as google talk video works with it, and now skype video works too - both of which she wants.
@solar666
Thanks I'll definitely be following the guides to the letter - and yeah an EFS backup is also on my to-do list!
@doomsdaycs
Battery Life is very much important, but having seen some youtube videos of Darky's rom, I think the interface & option changes & colours might be too much of a shift - I'd prefer it though!
@acejacksooted & @carvax
Id love to leave it alone, but she complains that it isn't responsive like my nexus and lags sometimes - so I don't have much choice but to deal with it!
@slaphead20
Is there much of an advantage to a deodexed samsung rom? Also, I hope you don't use your phone to chat up all women that way
@bisko69
Is Juwe's rom that different from samsung's roms?
@Mothatt
Yeah I think that's the way I will go - safe!
@jaju123
Again, seems like the best option at the moment. Thanks!
Any other thoughts are more than welcome! Thanks again .

All custom-ROMs except CM7 and MIUI are based on Samsung-stock-ROMs.
ROM-cookers of Samsung-based ROMs add some features and change the colors of the UI. So you should take the custom-ROM which has the nicest colors.
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i recommend MIuI GALNET its awesome

Darkys rom!
I've used many roms, but I always flash Darky v10.1 back.
Ist just so goood, battery life is amazing and still the phone is so simple.

Seeing that your GF rom is still in Froyo, isnt it better to upgrade it to at least stock Gingerbread?
Perhaps you can flash a stock deodexed rom, flash a kernel for root and CWM (i recommend SpeedMod), then flash a theme from the theme forums that you think she will like.
maybe you can even make a theme for her based on what she likes
conclusion: Stock rom with custom theme, if she like to stay on stock samsung experience and a nicer UI

theimpaler said:
@bisko69
Is Juwe's rom that different from samsung's roms?
Any other thoughts are more than welcome! Thanks again .
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=964672 very beautiful and stable ROM

haha well funnily enough I got my GF on CM7, and my mother, and they both love it
i personally am on it aswell. So up to you

theimpaler said:
[Q] Best ROM for my GF
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For a moment I thought your phone was your girlfriend.

bitmaster2000 said:
For a moment I thought your phone was your girlfriend.
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Haha I'm sure many people on this site would be more than happy to upgrade their girlfriends ROM to CM7 - more customisation and more options haha!

I recommend darky rom 10.1 and launcher 7 -> fast, stable and... More than easy to handle
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theimpaler said:
Haha I'm sure many people on this site would be more than happy to upgrade their girlfriends ROM to CM7 - more customisation and more options haha!
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Yeah, and not to forget to disable all the nag screens!

[Q] Which of the custom rom availble for GSM GT-P1000 is best?

hey guys, please advice on pros and cons of any custom roms for GSM GTAB. which is best among them? thanks.

Try overcome, very smooth
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Mate, the rule is, DON'T ASK.... Everyone has their own idea and this could become a slugfest over whats best. The chefs all give you information about whats in their rom, its up to you to decide if you want it...
Read through the last few pages if you want to know what the latest "problems" are with the rom as the chef or others post fixes as they find them...

Roothammer
Roothammer has developed a custom ROM which is pre rooted, i think it is the best

Test them, the one you'll like is the best.
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Overcome ROMS are probably the most stable (Jupiter is the latest and very nice is is too)
I'm currently evaluating BOCA 1.5 and although it is still has a couple of issues such as movie recording not working and the Ext SD card not being visible until removed & reinserted, I am sticking with it because is seems twice as fast than the Overcome roms (probably due to the JIT compiler being enabled). V2 of BOCA promises to fix these isses and provide more goodies.
But you won't really know until you try them.

andiemerchcomia said:
hey guys, please advice on pros and cons of any custom roms for GSM GTAB. which is best among them? thanks.
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fellow cebuano here buddy. am running overcome jupiter and happy running it. but BOCA is faster and snappier i guess. the only problem is CM bugs apply so choose wisely. better try both ans see for yourself.
diz (the developer of BOCA) is a friend of mine. lol

[Q] what is thebest romfor my captivate

Hey i was just wondering what rom would be best for me. i currently have the leaked 2.3.3 andim happy with it but i want a new modem that works better with it. im really just confused and if you could give me a suggestion that would be great.

Ok so there isn't a best rom. So go read each dev page and try them out. If you want a new modem you can flash different modems to try them out.

I897 roms have better battery life and better call quality.
I9000 roms have more choices and more kernels that can be oc/uv.
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[Q] Best rom for a girl

Hi,
I'm moving from Galaxy S to HTC Evo 3D and passing the phone to my girlfriend but before I do that I would like to make the best of it. I would like to ask for your advice what rom to choose. I haven't played around with I9000 roms for quite some time - I tried some early Gingerbread builds but then went back to Froyo for warranty reasons and stayed with it because it was working well enough for my needs. She is not very tech savvy so I would like the rom to be as feature full and bug free as possible.
I see 2 possibilities:
1. Flash the latest "official" Gingerbread (XWJW5/XDJV1/OXXJVC), install root and lagfix (CF-Root and/or Semaphore kernel)
2. Flash one of the ICS roms. From a quick check, the 2 look most promissing (I prefer it to be as close to AOSP as possible):
ICS333
Elite
Personally I would go for ICS (and I will for sure try those two) but remembering that this is going to be for my girlfriend, I'm not so sure. Does all the "normal" stuff work in ICS (like calls, messaging, taking pictures, recording videos, watching videos, tv-out)? From the respective threads it looks like it does but then there might be some small quirks that would make her mad rather than happy with the phone
Best regards,
Crocodil

I would suusuggest give a try to slim ics.
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erpurohit said:
I would suusuggest give a try to slim ics.
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Thank you for the suggestion Although my girlfriend knows English pretty well, I'm affraid she wouldn't like to use it in her phone on a daily basis... But I will take a look at the rom

If she uses FM radio you should stick her to GB. That´s exactly what I will do in a few months as she uses it a lot. I think the best would be a well-known and bug-free stock GB with a stable kernel.

i think girls no good for any rom

I would also suggested Slim ICS. My kids loved it.
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cool2hate said:
i think girls no good for any rom
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Right, the best gadget for girls is the iPhone, there´s nothing they can change so there´s nothing they can break (just joking)

cabessius said:
If she uses FM radio you should stick her to GB. That´s exactly what I will do in a few months as she uses it a lot. I think the best would be a well-known and bug-free stock GB with a stable kernel.
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The FM Radio does not work in ICS? From what I've found, it does but one needs to install Spirit FM application and change its audio output.

Slim ICS is by far the most superior ICS ROM for I9000.
Sent from my I9000 running Slim ICS 3.6.

Trust your own research, op, the two roms you listed are aosp, minimalistic and thus less things can go wrong. Of the two I find ICS333 the most stable out of the box. If you want more customizing options, Slim is a great pick.
Edit: reread your post, and the features you list work out of the box with ICS333. Especially tv out can be troublesome on other roms. Note that the froyo and gb video call features are not present in ICS, you'll have to use other solutions.
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I've tested ICS333 - it looks and works really great. If I was installing a rom for myself, I would keep it for sure but unfortunatelly it has one BIG missing thing that my girlfriend uses - the FM Radio From what I read, the radio itself is working, but there's no app that can be used except for Spirit FM, which is not free and can break the speaker...
I think I will be installing the official XWJW5 + Semaphore kernel + ext4 lagfix then. Can someone please confirm that the safest way to downgrade from ICS to Gingerbread is to flash it with Odin + repartition?
I have made a backup of Gingerbread in recovery but I guess that the filesystems are different and it wouldn't be safe to restore it.

http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=galaxysmtd&type=nightly
Out of all the ICS roms that I've tested this one is the most stable and the easiest to use out of the box. Nightlies come out daily so there is always features that are being added, so it depends on when you are planning handing it over.

To sum up: I was a little pressed by time so in the end I went the safe way and installed the latest official rom (XWJW5/XDJV1/OXXJVC) with Semaphore 2.7.4 kernel and conversion of filesystem to ext4 ("lagfix"). The combination runs really well and most importantly - all the phone's features work. My girlfriend is happy about the I9000 but she has used it only for a couple of days so we just have to wait and see if she runs into any issues.
On a side note - ICS333 is a great rom and if I was selecting something for myself, I'd go with it for sure.

Seems like you've done well!
Note, currently there is no alternative to spirit fm on any ics rom, though it's probably just a matter of time.
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