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Advance apologies for the common request.
Background:
Used to run Serendipity 6.4 and loved it.
Phone's internal flash went bad. Samsung replaced "guts" and sent back with AT&T 2.3.5 installed.
So, looking for a more modern ROM with some (or all) of what I liked about my old one. I assume I now have GB bootloaders, so figured I might as well put something else on it now. It doesn't look like Serendipity VII is getting updates.
Things I really liked about Serendipity 6.4:
Voodoo Sound (pretty much a Must Have)
Display tweaks
Packet data setting (plus lots of other stuff) in the long-press power menu
Auto-brightness that works
GPS worked fine, but could be due to other patches I installed.
Stable!
Things I like about stock GB:
USB works better
If you know of a ROM that can turn off the cell radio but leave WiFi active, I'd just about kill for that (fringe cell signal at home kills the battery). I don't care about over/under clocking.
I don't know if I care if it's an i897 or i9000 based ROM. I haven't really noticed the Audience chip improvement since I got the phone back. I haven't been able to get a GPS fix yet, though.
Thanks a lot,
- LoopinFool
LoopinFool said:
Advance apologies for the common request.
If you know of a ROM that can turn off the cell radio but leave WiFi active, I'd just about kill for that (fringe cell signal at home kills the battery). I don't care about over/under clocking.
- LoopinFool
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Just put in airplane mode and then turn wifi back on, worked on stock and every other rom ive used.
Im running helly bean and it is awesome
master2828 said:
Just put in airplane mode and then turn wifi back on, worked on stock and every other rom ive used.
Im running helly bean and it is awesome
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Either that didn't work in Eclair/Froyo or I'm an idiot -- or both.
Thanks for that,
- LoopinFool
PS:
I see Helly Bean mentioned a lot here recently and I'll look into it. Please continue with suggestions as I'd like a few good options to look at.
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The best ROM is the one that works best for your phone. Try them and make your own decision.
hi there,
does anybody know which kernel wizard_polska uses in his kmicics beta? are there any other known issues then wlan atm? and what about the all-day-problem of reboots/freezes/sleep of death or something similiar? i am looking for some rom that runs more stable and does not have this big bug in it.
Wizard use redpill kernel in his build..but if you wanted to use a stable build and no bugs..just stick with gingerbread rom..try kimic 6 final..im using it right now..
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i tried, but all the icons and fonts are so big and there seems so less place on the screen in 240dpi. this is a little luxury in the roms since ICS/CM7 i don't wanna miss!
but i can disclaim to all the other new things. jelly bean is nice and good, i am really happy to have such a new rom on my good old tab and i am proud to the devs who solved that.
BUT for my there is no more all-day-use a long time ago. if i use my tab with battery plugged in, it is just getting empty always reboots when i do not need them and everyday something new that doesn't work, but on the other hand a new partition layout or something else that is working... in the newest CM10.1 there is no bluetooth anymore, i am sure the devs are working on it, but my battery is low all time. the only revolution that could rescue that all would be the linux 3.x-kernel.
and it was fine always to go with the newest of the new roms, but now i am tired of this and just want back to a tab where everything works fine, maybe with such a lower dpi then 240 and to get it perfect the status bar at the bottom with an energy-bar where i can adjust everything i want with one click. and please so that my battery lifes maybe more then - with good luck - one day.
maybe that is too much again...
Hello!
Am i the only one, who has this strange bug? On almost every CM-based ROM the clock in notification bar is stopping and for example the alarm didn't work and i didn't wake up today... What's the matter of it? It's because i'm freezing some system apps, or...?
Another thing, @kholk said that he gave the RIL fixes to CM team but RIL is still working horrible.. Often i can't send sms or the messages can't be recieved to me.. That's why i'm going to start to hate this phone and to buy N4 ASAP..
Could someone add EPRJ-RIL to his own CM? Because EPRJ CM has a lot of bugs..
I've never had such issues. Which system apps do you freeze?
I can recall a clock syncing bug from the Samsung Captivate Glide which was caused by network issues. Try ClockSync app.
Never had such clock issue on any rom i used
I agree with you, somebody should use Kholk's RIL in his cm based rom.
But try PAC 4.3, this rom doesn't have RIL issues
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I had this issue just yesterday, for the first time, on illusion 4.2. Status bar clock froze, while the regular clock worked. Systemui restart updated status bar clock to correct value, but it was still frozen.
As for RIL, i had tons of bugs with it, but one single cause - imei was read as unknown on boot. After every restart I'd check if imei was read properly and if it was not, I'd restart the device till it was.
Adam77Root said:
I've never had such issues. Which system apps do you freeze?
I can recall a clock syncing bug from the Samsung Captivate Glide which was caused by network issues. Try ClockSync app.
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I really freeze a lot, it would be better if You told me what app after freezing may make this bug
And about RIL - i don't know but this phone has really unstable signal too.. Even on V20B it's not good, it's really annoying for me, i think i'm going to change the phone.
Even Samsung Galaxy Pocket, a low-end phone has really better signal and stability than 4X, what.
@Adam77Root how about experimental PACrom build with EPRJ-RIL? It would be great.
ok guys, after almost a year of testing different custom ROMs (CM 11,10.1,10.2) I am thinking about going back to stock JB because of the bugs (GPS, dark camera, low incall volume, force close, compass and magnet sensor bugs, random reboots, youtube pixelation, twitch stream not working, 720p video lag, alarm not ringing very few times, fast battery drains). So If i go back to stock 4.1.2 JB then i will have to face lag and not bugs. One big reason that i want to go back to stock 4.1.2 JB is that in CM 11 custom rom team canjica which i am currently using, i found that there is a network bug and network seems to go away and i am unable to call anyone while the other phone is working fine with the same sim card at same location, and bringing the network back after restarting the phone is such a hassle. Is there any way to make stock JB ROM as fast and lag free as CM 11 ? I am willing to root and do anything to the phone (debloating and kernels). Any suggestions ??
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ok guys, after almost a year of testing different custom ROMs (CM 11,10.1,10.2) I am thinking about going back to stock JB because of the bugs (GPS, dark camera, low incall volume, force close, compass and magnet sensor bugs, random reboots, youtube pixelation, twitch stream not working, 720p video lag, alarm not ringing very few times, fast battery drains). So If i go back to stock 4.1.2 JB then i will have to face lag and not bugs. One big reason that i want to go back to stock 4.1.2 JB is that in CM 11 custom rom team canjica which i am currently using, i found that there is a network bug and network seems to go away and i am unable to call anyone while the other phone is working fine with the same sim card at same location, and bringing the network back after restarting the phone is such a hassle. Is there any way to make stock JB ROM as fast and lag free as CM 11 ? I am willing to root and do anything to the phone (debloating and kernels). Any suggestions ??
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Use the amulet in a thread here (the last version). Do not forget to give feedback to the users janice here too. Let others can know it too. I hope it can help.
Hi all ! I made this thread to share with you my experience with i9305 roms/kernel and to make it easy to users which rom to choose ! I tried almost every rom/kernel for i9305 and here are my feedbacks.I didnt make thus thread to say this rom is good and this one is bad! just to compare depending on stability speed battery life ... on every android version you will find the best rom! Let's start
ROMS
Android Lollipop 5.x
Android Lollipop 5.1.x
AICP 9.0 Rom: I personally think that this is the best 5.1.x rom for i9305!
It s really fast and stable and has a great battery life
Note: RR rom is awesome also but aico is more stable (I got some fcs with RR)
Android 5.0.x
In android 5.0 I ll give to great roms to try
1.CyanogenMod 12 : even it is an unofficial rom but cm12 by winxuser is amazing specially stable build
2.AICP 8.0 : it is unofficial also but a very good rom
Androod KitKat 4.4.4
so in kk 4.4.4 I ll devide it to 3 sections : stock/stock based . Note 4 rom . S5 rom
Stock/stock based
I think Amcha rom is the best stock based 4.4 rom for i9305 ! n4 and s5 trasformers are there
Note 4
N4 Elite lite is the best
S5
S5 elite lite is the best
thanks @MaHo_66
Note: also qasim's note 4 ultimate rom is good but it has some bugs and issues
Alsi The Galaxy Project rom is amazing but it has less features compared to amcha
Kernels
For Lollipop 5.1.x
Agni 2.9.1 is the only one currently
For Lollipop 5.0.x
Boeffla is the best in battery life
Archie is the best in features
For KitKat
Agni kernel is the best
Thanks all
Thanks for your opinions. I planning to make S3 LTE my next phone, and for someone who is just starting here, knowing what others are enjoying the use of is great start for my flashing beginnings. Especially with the huge list of ROMs available. I know these "best ROM" threads are normally looked down upon, but I always value others opinions. Good starting point for S3 LTE noobs.
I've tried quite a few ROMs on my I9305. Only had it a few months.
CM12.1 - very smooth, the smoothest I've tried. GPS takes minutes to fix and not very accurate, data unreliable, many video playback problems, so I reluctantly left it (at BETA 4 stage).
AICP 8 (5.0.2) - quite smooth but I could not get rid of an issue with music dropouts when screen is off, despite trying all the kernels etc. A few extra features like ad blockers which didn't seem to work too well.
CM11 - very smooth (smoother still with ART on). GPS also not very good and data unreliable, but video playback at least is OK. Sleep of death on occasions. Seemed to chop the beginning off sound notifications, so didn't always hear them. Music drops out when cell connectivity changes. More bugs that I've forgotten. This was last month so I doubt it's any better now.
N4 Elite (KK stock based) - very pretty but very laggy. If you disable (root app delete) most of the features it gets better but still laggy. Smooth one minute, laggy the next, as though some process was misbehaving. Worth keeping an eye on in case it gets smoother.
S5 Elite (KK stock based) - a lot of trouble to install for some reason, lots of connectivity issues, completely failed to connect to my office wifi at all (EAP auth). Didn't try it for very long so no idea about GPS etc.
4.4.4 stock - no major problems, a few graphical glitches (may have been Agni kernel), not quite as smooth as 4.3, no reason to use it over 4.3 as we had transparent status bar anyway and Samsung did not enable ART.
4.3 stock - everything works! Data and Wifi are reliable, GPS fixes in seconds and is accurate to 10 feet, no issues or glitches with anything at all. And it's smooth. Not as smooth as CM12.1 but smoother than any KK rom I tried. This is with lots of the Samsung crap turned off/deleted of course.
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I should add that I am using 4.3 at the moment. I like trying the new ROMs but eventually I just want a phone that works properly so I go back to 4.3!
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I have to agree Amcha too is my favourite stock based. Smooth and great with Google launcher.
I have tried all the 5.x ROMs and as a CM fan go CM12 closely followed by AICP both using custom kernel as I need the extra volume being a bit deaf.
But at the moment I'm using the new Miui 6 rom . I have to say thanks to those who work on it - its smooth , very fast, decent battery life, excellent modem in the UK, bug free from what I can see and just works well. It takes a bit of setting up to clear up some of the CN apps etc but definitely my daily for now. I'm sticking with 4.4.4 because I use iPlayer a lot and sadly none of the 5.x's will run on it yet.
Updated to 5.6.6 today
Now has 4 way boot and more toggles ie Sync among other fixes/improvements. OTA appears broken but downloaded from the miui link and flashed in 'normal' way.
*Mega download doesn't seem to work on mobile - just opens Mega app advert for the Playstore .
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I've tried quite a few ROMs on my I9305. Only had it a few months.
CM12.1 - very smooth, the smoothest I've tried. GPS takes minutes to fix and not very accurate, data unreliable, many video playback problems, so I reluctantly left it (at BETA 4 stage).
AICP 8 (5.0.2) - quite smooth but I could not get rid of an issue with music dropouts when screen is off, despite trying all the kernels etc. A few extra features like ad blockers which didn't seem to work too well.
CM11 - very smooth (smoother still with ART on). GPS also not very good and data unreliable, but video playback at least is OK. Sleep of death on occasions. Seemed to chop the beginning off sound notifications, so didn't always hear them. Music drops out when cell connectivity changes. More bugs that I've forgotten. This was last month so I doubt it's any better now.
N4 Elite (KK stock based) - very pretty but very laggy. If you disable (root app delete) most of the features it gets better but still laggy. Smooth one minute, laggy the next, as though some process was misbehaving. Worth keeping an eye on in case it gets smoother.
S5 Elite (KK stock based) - a lot of trouble to install for some reason, lots of connectivity issues, completely failed to connect to my office wifi at all (EAP auth). Didn't try it for very long so no idea about GPS etc.
4.4.4 stock - no major problems, a few graphical glitches (may have been Agni kernel), not quite as smooth as 4.3, no reason to use it over 4.3 as we had transparent status bar anyway and Samsung did not enable ART.
4.3 stock - everything works! Data and Wifi are reliable, GPS fixes in seconds and is accurate to 10 feet, no issues or glitches with anything at all. And it's smooth. Not as smooth as CM12.1 but smoother than any KK rom I tried. This is with lots of the Samsung crap turned off/deleted of course.
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I should add that I am using 4.3 at the moment. I like trying the new ROMs but eventually I just want a phone that works properly so I go back to 4.3!
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Could you take screenshot which Samsung crap you turned off for 4.3?
trey32 said:
Could you take screenshot which Samsung crap you turned off for 4.3?
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I don't know I used something called rom cleaner right after I flashed it.
I've now found a better option anyway - Amcha ROM. It's based on stock Samsung 4.4.4 (so everything works) but it is de-bloated from the start, and has plenty of options in the aroma installer for adding extras that you want and removing stuff that you don't. It's also extremely smooth. You get a choice of three UI styles - S3 (stock), S5 and N4. I tried the N4 option but that still has some issues with colours I think (some menus with white text on white). The S5 UI is perfect and has no issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development-i9305/rom-amcha-rom-kk-simply-cust-t2898961
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I don't know I used something called rom cleaner right after I flashed it.
I've now found a better option anyway - Amcha ROM. It's based on stock Samsung 4.4.4 (so everything works) but it is de-bloated from the start, and has plenty of options in the aroma installer for adding extras that you want and removing stuff that you don't. It's also extremely smooth. You get a choice of three UI styles - S3 (stock), S5 and N4. I tried the N4 option but that still has some issues with colours I think (some menus with white text on white). The S5 UI is perfect and has no issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development-i9305/rom-amcha-rom-kk-simply-cust-t2898961
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You can also mix up the Stock i9305, S5 and Note 4 styles if you wish. I 'experimented' as I kind of prefer the Stock menu style rather than the coloured circles for About, Wifi etc, but like inparticular Note 4 styling. The white on white bug could do with a fix though.
on stock jb my i9305 was always a battery eater.
I tried many roms but all had problems . .
I found r-extreme jb and everything worked nicely for ages, till I got sdcard corruption. . a jb/kernel issue, can't remember now. But kk was maturing, and I wanted better battery life. .
Then I found SlimSaber 4.4.4. The camera just worked, unlike other kk roms that need workarounds. The display dpi was far too small for my aged eyes but easy to fix. Gps required an app to set region, then it worked fine. Some cut and try with modems, as usual. I find the "real dark slim" very clear to read.
Then google-play-services auto updated and the phone never went to deep sleep. My battery problems got worse. None of the "fixes" worked so I re-installed and went gapps free. I imported my contacts from a vcf, email from the builtin email app, maps from nokias "here" app.
After 6 months the only thing I really miss is calendar sync, but for me battery life has now doubled and my phone is fast and lag free.