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Modaco FR15 or CM7

Hi guys,
Currently running MCR FR15 but was thinking of giving CM7 a try...
Was wondering which people thought was the better rom at the moment in terms of stability / everything working / best battery life?
Cheers in advance.

I would stick with FR15 for now. It is very reliable. CM7 is way too buggy at the moment. Tried it for 1 day and had a couple of reboot.

i have tried both, CM7 is really not ready yet.
Cm7:
Flash video curruption, Sound stuttering, SOUND distortion , USB Mount to PC bug ,
Most important,
CM7 11. has a bug not all people has been experiencing yet, which the EXTernal USB card is not detecting under Recovery mode. THis **** end up having me NVflash my system, and lost everysingle thing on the device.
Note: if you read the forum , and i am not the only one that has this issue.
i will stay with FR15 for sure.
But to me i rather use STOCK LG ROM, issue free. if you can live with a bit slower UI and installation , other than that i think Custom rom isn't really that much better than LG stock rom with all the issue we are experiencing right now

I tried both, too.
MoDaCo feels more solid with less bug but the battery time kills me. Even with all apps suspended it still drains 10%+ overnight.
CM7 is quite buggy, yes. But I managed to get it running quite a-ok. The most important things work well (phone, gps, usb-storage, youtube, gmail etc...). There are a lots of issues with usb-storage doesnt work for some people and the video driver is still full of bugs (broken flash video, on-off animation don't work yet, screen turns on twice at wake ). Still, the best feature of this CM7 gotta be the battery time which is really really really important for me. Installed CM7 nightly 11 2 night ago and the battery drain has been virtually zero overnight. I will have to monitor it a few more days thought. Just wiped the battery stats yesterday so it might have not been correctly showed yet.

wc326 said:
CM7 11. has a bug not all people has been experiencing yet, which the EXTernal USB card is not detecting under Recovery mode. THis **** end up having me NVflash my system, and lost everysingle thing on the device.
Note: if you read the forum , and i am not the only one that has this issue.
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CM7 is completely separate to the recovery, and has no bearing on it. Whatever caused the problem was not CM7.

Rusty! said:
CM7 is completely separate to the recovery, and has no bearing on it. Whatever caused the problem was not CM7.
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Totally agree with u.

I would stick with stock until CM7 is ready. Paul will lose interest in the O2X like he does with every device and development will stop. CM7 has a much larger development community and when the final builds are released it will be the perfect Android device.

But to be fair, Paul doesn't stop development on a device until his ROM is as good as he thinks he can get it (which, as I found on my Hero & Blade is pretty damn good - not installed FR15 on my O2X, as still thinking about taking it back).

Tested allmost all cm7 nightlies till v11. Its a dawn good rom, but not reliable at the moment because of the freezes and reboots. I will definitely install cm7 final but till then i continue using fr15 FEAR edition (stable and smoothness ****in rocks )

Hi guys,
Bringing this one back from the dead - we're a month on from the original post... is there any change?
Is MCR (FR17) still the best custom rom?
Of has CM or one of the FR18 roms from here surpassed it?

CM7 has come along way, annoying freezes are a thing of the past.

I'd recommend a modaco based rom. I'm running fear edition and it's nice and fast. Cm7 still has some bugs.
I'd recommend making a nandroid and testing a few out for yourself. Backup and restore is a fairly simple process
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA App

I'm running CM7 .42 build at the moment, and I must say I'm pretty impressed. Overall feel is better than with Fr16 (haven't used 17+, since that's when I went on to ecperiment with CM7 nightlies), app installation is faster, Gingerbread (should I say more? Well, yes: it brings UI changes I prefer to Froyo, like the widget selection screen, faster UI overall).
I had issues with Slick2x and Spoelstra's GB ROMs rendering my Wifi unstable and unable to connect after a while, but I have flashed CM7 off the official source and it is bloody stable, fast and I have yet to experience that WiFi bug again. (I have had one reboot, but I am pretty sure it was a sucky app (errrr, game) that caused it. Hard to blame CM7 for that.)
I'm currently not going back to Paul's ROMs for a while. I'll stay a subscriber though: he has magic fingers and I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do when LG finally gets us GB....

I'm using the latest CM7 Nightly, it works perfect, but the only issue is that i'm not able to get the internal sd-card mounted.
Anybody got a solution for this?

Look in /mnt/emmc

Thanks, but...
For example the camera won't see it. I think camera app doesn't know the mountpoint. Same at gallery.
Currently, I don't have an external sd-card...
I'll have a try by editing the vold.fstab, perhaps that's it
Edit: just renaming emmc with sdcard and vice versa doesn't solve the problem.
Edit2: It works!

Tested fr17 fearless today, it's nice and quick but i just miss something.. don't know what. Back to cm7
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+1 for Modaco or fear Rom CM7 just isn't there yet for an everyday rom, It's close. I still get sound missing or stuttering in MOST music players that only goes away after a reboot but come back randomly. A fair few games just refuse to run under CM7 that run fine under any other non 2.3 rom. So for me any 2.2 based rom is at least usable as 2.3 isn't quit there yet. If you however never use your phone for music/photo or games then CM7 may just be ok for you.

Kernel
Sorry, but you and 'ever fail to install rom with some kernel?? Let me explain:
Device: Lg optimus dual root
Rom can not install anything they "Flesch" kernel Modak r10.
have no problem when I install the nightly cyanogen, all the others I do not like me on whether the cell remains blocked startup that says LG.
Someone knows how to help? Thanks.

Maxnexusone said:
Sorry, but you and 'ever fail to install rom with some kernel?? Let me explain:
Device: Lg optimus dual root
Rom can not install anything they "Flesch" kernel Modak r10.
have no problem when I install the nightly cyanogen, all the others I do not like me on whether the cell remains blocked startup that says LG.
Someone knows how to help? Thanks.
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Not 100% sure what you're trying to say...I recommend a wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition then dalvik cache in clockwork recovery. Then install your new ROM. If that doesnt work try nvflash back to stock.

[Q] SGN Rooted. Which ROM now?

Hey, Sorry for the Noob question but I rooted my Note a couple of days ago (Still a Newbie) and was wondering which ROMs would be best to flash now.
I've been using the rooted phone but I couldn't find much of a difference in performance or anything. Actually, I don't even know how or what to remove to increase performance and battery life.
So if you guys could just help me out with this it would be real Helpful!
Question :
Which ROM is the easiest to work with? Since I'm a newbie I have a whole lot of chance that I might just do something stupid and end up with a Hard-bricked phone.
Any help is appreciated..!
Once again, I apologize for being a noob. I haven't really learned a lot about android phone since this is my first!

The first thing I'm going to ask you is, what is your current installed ROM? Stock GB or stock ICS?
If it's still in stock GB (2.3.6), I was using CheckRom Revo HD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQGdSuJBgRA
This video gives you some overview on what that ROM is capable of. (Video courtesy of the original maker: aphroditelikesme)
It gives you some customization while giving you a boost in your battery life. Please read and read on the appropriate forums here in xda on how to install and use this ROM (if you want to)
Now if you want to upgrade to ICS stock 4.0, then can upgrade your ROM thru the standard way, OTA or thru PC KIES. Either way, your phone gets updated with the official firmware and remains rooted still. You may want to check www.samfirmware.com for new official ICS firmware of your region.
On my personal note, I reckon ICS gives me much better life than when I was using GB. Don't forget to install the indispensable tools like Titanium backup so that you can freeze or uninstall samsung's bloatwares there by releasing some needed rams on your phone's memory and also increasing some juices on it.
Hope that helps bud and wish all the best!
Cheers!
PS. Don't forget the 'Thank' button if I have helped you in some way or the other..

letters_to_cleo said:
The first thing I'm going to ask you is, what is your current installed ROM? Stock GB or stock ICS?
If it's still in stock GB (2.3.6), I was using CheckRom Revo HD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQGdSuJBgRA
This video gives you some overview on what that ROM is capable of. (Video courtesy of the original maker: aphroditelikesme)
It gives you some customization while giving you a boost in your battery life. Please read and read on the appropriate forums here in xda on how to install and use this ROM (if you want to)
Now if you want to upgrade to ICS stock 4.0, then can upgrade your ROM thru the standard way, OTA or thru PC KIES. Either way, your phone gets updated with the official firmware and remains rooted still. You may want to check www.samfirmware.com for new official ICS firmware of your region.
On my personal note, I reckon ICS gives me much better life than when I was using GB. Don't forget to install the indispensable tools like Titanium backup so that you can freeze or uninstall samsung's bloatwares there by releasing some needed rams on your phone's memory and also increasing some juices on it.
Hope that helps bud and wish all the best!
Cheers!
PS. Don't forget the 'Thank' button if I have helped you in some way or the other..
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Firstly, Thanks! I could use all the help I get!
Now, coming to the point. I am running Rooted Stock ICS 4.0.3 XXLP8.
Yes, I have installed Titanium Backup and have freezed some of the unusable Samsung applications which always kept running and slowed down my phone..!
I might flash GB for some custom ROM but I would prefer keeping it on ICS cause flashing GB and then some ROM would put me at a higher risk of bricking the phone.
Could you suggest some ICS based ROMs which might be easy for a first timer to handle?
I can flash other ROMs later when I am confident enough not to brick my phone.

aurator said:
Firstly, Thanks! I could use all the help I get!
Now, coming to the point. I am running Rooted Stock ICS 4.0.3 XXLP8.
Yes, I have installed Titanium Backup and have freezed some of the unusable Samsung applications which always kept running and slowed down my phone..!
I might flash GB for some custom ROM but I would prefer keeping it on ICS cause flashing GB and then some ROM would put me at a higher risk of bricking the phone.
Could you suggest some ICS based ROMs which might be easy for a first timer to handle?
I can flash other ROMs later when I am confident enough not to brick my phone.
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Well, sorry to break your bubble bud but I'm not an ardent fan of custom ICS ROMS. I prefer the stock one for now. Personally Touchwiz ain't that bad (in my opinion).
Since your still using 4.0.3, try to just consider upgrading it to 4.0.4. By the way I am already on 4.0.4.
There are tons of stock firmwares for 4.0.4, depending on where your from. Try to use a kernel that's pretty much close to stock itself. I'm currently using SpeedMod v3.9 for now and I must say, From the stock kernel that I was using before (CF root LRG 4.0.4), the battery life on my phone have increased tremendously.
Now if you really still want to try out some other custom ROMS, you can try to read and read on this development thread here or get some reviews from other users as well.
JellyBean is almost a working ROM but I still prefer the stock 4.0.4 ICS one..why? let's just say I prefer to use my Note's 'all' features working and using it as a daily driver.
Cheers!

letters_to_cleo said:
Well, sorry to break your bubble bud but I'm not an ardent fan of custom ICS ROMS. I prefer the stock one for now. Personally Touchwiz ain't that bad (in my opinion).
Since your still using 4.0.3, try to just consider upgrading it to 4.0.4. By the way I am already on 4.0.4.
There are tons of stock firmwares for 4.0.4, depending on where your from. Try to use a kernel that's pretty much close to stock itself. I'm currently using SpeedMod v3.9 for now and I must say, From the stock kernel that I was using before (CF root LRG 4.0.4), the battery life on my phone have increased tremendously.
Now if you really still want to try out some other custom ROMS, you can try to read and read on this development thread here or get some reviews from other users as well.
JellyBean is almost a working ROM but I still prefer the stock 4.0.4 ICS one..why? let's just say I prefer to use my Note's 'all' features working and using it as a daily driver.
Cheers!
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I don't think 4.0.4 is out in India yet (It wasn't there the last time I checked). I'll still keep checking in from time to time though and upgrade as soon as possible.
If I were to stay on 4.0.3 can I still use the SpeedMod v3.9 kernel you're talking about? Also, I could really use a link on how to flash the new kernel as you might have figured out by now, I'm a Newbie

You can flash DXLRG (open germany) or the latest one (DXLRK) to just upgrade it to 4.0.4
For Asian release, I heard there's one already for SingTel but I'm not sure though if it comes with an Indian language pack on it.
Anyway, if you just want to stay on 4.0.3, YES you can still use SpeedMod kernel.** http://touristinparadise.blogspot.com/2012/05/samsung-galaxy-note-ics-download.html
Download the kernel to your SD card (internal or external)
Now since your rooted, download Mobile Odin, run it, grant access thru Superuser and go to the kernel section inside Mobile Odin pro and look for the kernel that you earlier saved from the download.
After that, just tap on flash firmware (inside Mobile Odin still) and that would restart your phone and once booted, you now have a new kernel already.
**credits to the original creator
Don't forget to hit the 'Thank" button if I have helped you someway or the other.

Chrack
I use Chrack 10 right now ! Very fast and stable ! Before i have try both Kingdroid & Alba but nothing like Chrack i can say

letters_to_cleo said:
You can flash DXLRG (open germany) or the latest one (DXLRK) to just upgrade it to 4.0.4
For Asian release, I heard there's one already for SingTel but I'm not sure though if it comes with an Indian language pack on it.
Anyway, if you just want to stay on 4.0.3, YES you can still use SpeedMod kernel.** http://touristinparadise.blogspot.com/2012/05/samsung-galaxy-note-ics-download.html
Download the kernel to your SD card (internal or external)
Now since your rooted, download Mobile Odin, run it, grant access thru Superuser and go to the kernel section inside Mobile Odin pro and look for the kernel that you earlier saved from the download.
After that, just tap on flash firmware (inside Mobile Odin still) and that would restart your phone and once booted, you now have a new kernel already.
**credits to the original creator
Don't forget to hit the 'Thank" button if I have helped you someway or the other.
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Thanks to you, I am now running on SpeedMod Kernel!
Lets see how it goes!

imazehost said:
I use Chrack 10 right now ! Very fast and stable ! Before i have try both Kingdroid & Alba but nothing like Chrack i can say
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1GB to download ? haha its crazy
how is the battery life?

Installed Gummy 1.2 on my phone. Need better ROM/Kernel. Some help please?

Gummy 1.2 seemed to have moved my Droid 4 to Android 4.0.4, but without proper kernels or radios or some such. I want to know how to get it back to a point where I can install the newer kernel/radios and maybe use a different ROM. As is, my battery life is awful with Android OS eating up 50% my battery. Can someone point me to an appropriate thread on this matter. Searching has just left me confused. Thank you.

mark.detroit said:
Gummy 1.2 seemed to have moved my Droid 4 to Android 4.0.4, but without proper kernels or radios or some such. I want to know how to get it back to a point where I can install the newer kernel/radios and maybe use a different ROM. As is, my battery life is awful with Android OS eating up 50% my battery. Can someone point me to an appropriate thread on this matter. Searching has just left me confused. Thank you.
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tryed with ICS Tool?

xbleem said:
tryed with ICS Tool?
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No, can you point me to a tutorial or something? Searching and navigating these forums can be really tedious.

I'm running the latest ICS Leak/Now OTA and get between 12-24 hours depending on what I set my system on. Normally I run SetCPU on Min:300 Max:800 Gov: Hotplug, and have almost no lag for normal every day use and even playing games here and there. You might try 217 Kernel and see if SetCPU or your choice of CPU monitoring software could help.

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I'm running the latest ICS Leak/Now OTA and get between 12-24 hours depending on what I set my system on. Normally I run SetCPU on Min:300 Max:800 Gov: Hotplug, and have almost no lag for normal every day use and even playing games here and there. You might try 217 Kernel and see if SetCPU or your choice of CPU monitoring software could help.
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Yes, that sounds good, but how do I go about getting Gummy off my phone and getting the new kernel and the legit ICS so I can put a new rom on that. Right now the Gummy rom is just forcing an ICS over the GB kernel and such. Causes a lot of problems.

I'm running Safestrap 1.09 and the Gummy 1.2 ROM. Can someone please tell me how to safely upgrade to a better ROM with actual ICS kernels and such. I keep reading and reading through the forums but I don't see anyone explaining how to do this particular scenario.

Upgrade from 2.2.2

My mother has an old OB with 2.2.2
I want to update it with a ROM stable for everyday use. And which would not require maintenance.
Which ROM is recommended and how to upgrade from 2.2.2?
Main app used is WhatsApp

jesrani said:
My mother has an old OB with 2.2.2
I want to update it with a ROM stable for everyday use. And which would not require maintenance.
Which ROM is recommended and how to upgrade from 2.2.2?
Main app used is WhatsApp
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Marvel 9 with this patch:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27486197#post27486197
Marvel 9 (GB) is about as stable as stable can be. Don't mess with anything else FOR SOMEONE ELSE, especially family.

androcraze said:
Marvel 9 with this patch:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27486197#post27486197
Marvel 9 (GB) is about as stable as stable can be. Don't mess with anything else FOR SOMEONE ELSE, especially family.
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Now my 8 year old is going to use this mainly as a music player and maybe basic games, without SIM. Maybe we will put a SIM if needed sometimes. Which ROM would you then recommend. How is Nameless?

jesrani said:
Now my 8 year old is going to use this mainly as a music player and maybe basic games, without SIM. Maybe we will put a SIM if needed sometimes. Which ROM would you then recommend. How is Nameless?
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Again, for battery life, stability, and performance, I wouldn't put anything else on a P970/OB higher than Gingerbread (Marvel 9).
ICS (4.0) was factory on the P970, and it was buggy and unstable. I did enjoy ICS on the OB, when it was working; I reverted back to GB on the OB and never looked back.
There are JellyBean (4.1) and KitKat (4.4) ROMs for the OB (Nameless, among others); expect more charging time and features/functions that don't work.
I appreciate what the developers are doing with the P970, and many users enjoy "bleeding edge" updates. But at the end of the day, I value stability over everything else; the P970 with GB "works".

androcraze said:
Again, for battery life, stability, and performance, I wouldn't put anything else on a P970/OB higher than Gingerbread (Marvel 9).
ICS (4.0) was factory on the P970, and it was buggy and unstable. I did enjoy ICS on the OB, when it was working; I reverted back to GB on the OB and never looked back.
There are JellyBean (4.1) and KitKat (4.4) ROMs for the OB (Nameless, among others); expect more charging time and features/functions that don't work.
I appreciate what the developers are doing with the P970, and many users enjoy "bleeding edge" updates. But at the end of the day, I value stability over everything else; the P970 with GB "works".
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Thanks. Will give it a try. Do I need to Root first and install CWM? I downloaded TantrumsMod CWM but it says rooted phone needed. I could not find proper thread for rooting. Can you please direct me.

jesrani said:
Thanks. Will give it a try. Do I need to Root first and install CWM? I downloaded TantrumsMod CWM but it says rooted phone needed. I could not find proper thread for rooting. Can you please direct me.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111771
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487105
Read them thoroughly. When you fully understand, go back and re-read again.
I rooted my Froyo 2.2.2 P970, just as you need to do. "Blackjack" was the only tool that seemed to work for me.

androcraze said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111771
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487105
Read them thoroughly. When you fully understand, go back and re-read again.
I rooted my Froyo 2.2.2 P970, just as you need to do. "Blackjack" was the only tool that seemed to work for me.
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I read those pages but couldn't find any "BlackJack" app. Stil confused. I have lot of experience in rooting Samsung but LG is new for me.

jesrani said:
I read those pages but couldn't find any "BlackJack" app. Stil confused. I have lot of experience in rooting Samsung but LG is new for me.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14458927&postcount=1
Blackjack is the second listing under "includes".
I think it's in "UPK".

androcraze said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14458927&postcount=1
Blackjack is the second listing under "includes".
I think it's in "UPK".
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Thank you for all the help. I have updated my OB!!

[Q] Whats your current rom?

Just wondering what roms/kernals people are currently running on their phones.
What have you tried? what have you reverted back too? whats your favorite daily rom?
Myself im currently just rooted, I am looking to unlock the bootloader this week.

Currently stock. When i get some time willing to try miui

( see my signature, kernel/firmware are all stock, no 3rd party recovery )

I currently have a stock kitkat rom with multiple xposed tweaks to get it running beautifully. I have installed Miui v6 and backed it up but I am not happy with a few things in it and a few xposed mods aren't working too well with it either. There still needs to be some work done because there are a couple bugs in it.
I will download and install SlimRom 5.1 and move to lollipop when I can next get to a decent internet connection because its 1.7gb and that will take me days to download on my current connection! But at the moment I am very happy with the performance, battery life and general look of this kitkat version I'm running.

Well i didn't unlock the bootloader. I installed this instead: ULTIMUS v1.2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/development/d58xx-ultimus-rom-v1-beta-23-1-1-28-t3133368
Everything seems good so far will test the battery life over this weekend. Glad I can now put most apps to sd stock, and I put whatsapp on sd with link2sd (it gets out of hand with internal pics and video storage)
I'm keeping an eye on the miui rom, i haven't used it for years thought i remember it being the best one i tried for battery life on my motorolla defy all those years ago.