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Hi there,
as my iPhone 3G is getting old and the WLAN seems to be broken now, I was looking for a replacement. I saw that the price for the Galaxy S I9000 dropped massively here in Germany and therefore started to read through the posts here in the forum for the last 2 days. There is just too much information out there to get things sorted out in my mind that fast...
I really loved the iPhone for all those nice apps because I don't really like to use the browser on a small screen that often. There were 3 major things that I didn't like and hope my new phone can do better:
- Performance: It sometimes took quite long to start apps and also some of them were performing poorely.
- Multitasking: I like to have the 3-4 apps that I use most running simultaneously. That is Phone D), Mail (GMail), Skype and Facebook.
- Battery life: My iPhone had problem to make it through the day if I used it too much.
Is there somebody out there who can tell me if the Samsung can handle those things better? Performance-wise I guess there should be no problem, but I don't know about multitasking and battery life.
One more question: I am really interested in learning more about flashing custom ROM's and doing that with the new device, but there is one thing I don't want to do: I don't want to be forced to look for bugfixes all the time. The phone needs to run STABLE. Is that the case? Are there good ROM's out there that really improve the native firmware from point of view of performance AND stability?
I hope this is the right forum to ask those things. If not I apologize and ask the admin to move it to a better suited forum.
The Galaxy I9000 really looks very promising to me, so please don't be to harsh with your criticism, OK?
Mike
Comparing the SGS to the iphone 3, i would say, that the screen is much better, and if your primary apps, are Gmail, Facebook and skype, you are set. Multitasking is almost not existent in the iphone, and i belive battery life is better, and if that is not enough, you can get an additional battery, wich you can't with the iphone. for me, it's a much better device.
Well... it seems it comes down to the question of stability.
Are there really fast and stable ROM's out there that are more or less free from bugs?
Mike
Very recommended and match with you..believe me
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Micha_R said:
Well... it seems it comes down to the question of stability.
Are there really fast and stable ROM's out there that are more or less free from bugs?
Mike
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I'm running the stock ROM, rooted of course, and is very stable, i never had any problems. I haven't tried custom rooms, but as far as i understand, they are very stable too. I just prefer to keep my phone as stock as possible...
for the beginning i don't think you need any custom roms if you decide on the SGS, the stock ones are a very long way from any iOS you had in the past
just go to any store and play with it for a while, you'll be amazed about the difference from that old i3g, just as i was, the best choice i have ever made, moving on from iphone3 to this amazing Android device, can't wait to get the money for an sgs2
Seems like I will have to give it a shot.
I was just a bit confused, as one of my friends told me about problems with apps an their stablilty compared to the iPhone. He mentioned e.g. Mobile Navigator.
Well, I will try by myself.
Thanks anyway for your comments.
Mike
Hey all,
I've searched around and had no luck, so figured I'd ask directly
After bouncing between various roms, most recently cyanogen 6.12, I have been feeling like the low amount of memory on the droid is not considered with modern day apps. Are there any roms which have an emphasis on being minimalist and emphasize performance above glitter and features? I'm hoping to hold out for a Galaxy S II (USA - Verizon user here), but my droid is tragically slow. It improved since removing rom manager for whatever reason, and I have already moved all the apps I can to my SDcard, and I use clearcache.
Not really sure what else to do besides perhaps try to find another rom entirely. Any recommendations would be very much appreciated =)
Cheers
Mohdoo said:
Hey all,
I've searched around and had no luck, so figured I'd ask directly
After bouncing between various roms, most recently cyanogen 6.12, I have been feeling like the low amount of memory on the droid is not considered with modern day apps. Are there any roms which have an emphasis on being minimalist and emphasize performance above glitter and features? I'm hoping to hold out for a Galaxy S II (USA - Verizon user here), but my droid is tragically slow. It improved since removing rom manager for whatever reason, and I have already moved all the apps I can to my SDcard, and I use clearcache.
Not really sure what else to do besides perhaps try to find another rom entirely. Any recommendations would be very much appreciated =)
Cheers
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I think you might be able to try supercharging your Droid, zeppelinrox's thread explains it all.
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Which is the best custom ROM?
And why, in your opinion?
Please, post your answer in this thread, it would be useful for many ppl
Thanks a lot
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There is no best ROM. It solely depends on your preference.
Cassie's XtraLiteRom was the 1st ROM I flashed with. But it removed too many features which I deemed essential.
Then I flashed to DarkyNote ROM. But I encountered too many bugs.
Finally, I flashed Sheep ROM, and have been using it ever since for 2 weeks.
No bugs as of yet. I like its balance of pure stock and optimizations/tweaks.
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There is no best ROM. It solely depends on your preference.
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Of course.
But I intended ask you exatly a kindle of reply (opinion) like your.
Thanks
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i started off with darkrom, had it for 2 days, but it was a bit buggy..
then i moved on to rocket, which was pretty good, except it drained the batt faster than stock :S
i'm now on checkrom, i've had it for a week, and i couldn't be more satisfied.. great battery life, i've gotten up to 40hrs on above moderate usage, good performance, and the kitchen pro app that it comes with is amazing.
I also settled on checkrom for the battery life and stability.
cinciopillo said:
Of course.
But I intended ask you exatly a kindle of reply (opinion) like your.
Thanks
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but then its only best for that person, unless you test the roms out for yourself you are going on other peoples opinions and yours might vastly be different to theirs
Richy99 said:
... unless you test the roms out for yourself you are going on other peoples opinions and yours might vastly be different to theirs
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Again you're right.
But in this way ppl can save time, making an idea of pro/cons of some ROM.
Do you never look at the rating or comments about an app to decide wether install it or not or wether it worths to try it?
For ROMs I think this kind of opinion is much more important and useful.
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Again you're right.
But in this way ppl can save time, making an idea of pro/cons of some ROM.
Do you never look at the rating or comments about an app to decide wether install it or not or wether it worths to try it?
For ROMs I think this kind of opinion is much more important and useful.
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no because id rather find out for myself if is suitable, i personally got fed up of these threads in the hd2 section a very long time ago
cinciopillo said:
Again you're right.
But in this way ppl can save time, making an idea of pro/cons of some ROM.
Do you never look at the rating or comments about an app to decide wether install it or not or wether it worths to try it?
For ROMs I think this kind of opinion is much more important and useful.
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Let's be honest here...there IS a best rom at any given moment. There is very little criteria needed to decide which is best:
1) speed/performance
2) battery life
3) functionality/options
4) theme/aesthetica
1 and 2 are pretty straight forward, 3 doesn't have much budge room either and for 4, some people like loud and colorful cartoons on their phones and others prefer a cleaner, more minimalist look.
I can never understand why so many people dislike this kind of best rom thread. There ate a lot of smart, informed people on here who could offer better insights as to the pros/cons of multiple roms, why discourage this?
I've used every rom in the Dev thread and it its crystal clear to me that rocket rom is far and away the best in all the aforementioned categories. Cassies was ok but too thin, sheep rom was good at first but got swallowed up by the competition. Check rom is good but rocket is better, darky flat out sucked and there its no reason to go into the rest.
Jason
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jason370 said:
Let's be honest here...there IS a best rom at any given moment. There is very little criteria needed to decide which is best:
1) speed/performance
2) battery life
3) functionality/options
4) theme/aesthetica
1 and 2 are pretty straight forward, 3 doesn't have much budge room either and for 4, some people like loud and colorful cartoons on their phones and others prefer a cleaner, more minimalist look.
I can never understand why so many people dislike this kind of best rom thread. There ate a lot of smart, informed people on here who could offer better insights as to the pros/cons of multiple roms, why discourage this?
I've used every rom in the Dev thread and it its crystal clear to me that rocket rom is far and away the best in all the aforementioned categories. Cassies was ok but too thin, sheep rom was good at first but got swallowed up by the competition. Check rom is good but rocket is better, darky flat out sucked and there its no reason to go into the rest.
Jason
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Can I help me pick a rom too? I'm reading up on Rocket ROM and Check ROM right now though.
Here's what I need:
1 & 2 - Max / best possible combination.
3 & 4 - I may only need highly-significant, innovative changes that you can judge as sort of.. "something you've been missing" while on stock rom. But then again, I may not have much regard for a specific item so I can probably live without it.
THANKS!!
Tbh, DarkyROM really seems to be buggy. I've read too many bug reports in that thread. I tried the ROM myself, and encountered numerous bugs as well.
I'm going to try Rocket ROM to see if jason370's claims are true.
I think we need some AOSP-based ROMs ASAP.
EDIT:
I've tried CheckROM v2 before, too.
I got random bootloops with AbyssNote v2.8, so I was forced to restore back to Sheep ROM.
Only recently received my shiny new Galaxy Note and the first thing I did was root it, CWM it and get the following ROM installed:
CheckROM Revo NoteHD
The reason I opted for this one is that the ROM Kitchen adds a lot of options for customization which means the tweaks I get are decided by *me* and not a ROM developer. So far I have yet to experience any problems with it and it did allow me to overclock. It even goes as far as letting you switch kernels from the device its self, can't fault that!
So far I'm a happy chap and glad I switched from my old iPhone 4!
I think n7000xxkl8 Rom will be best if u install it with mobile Odin.
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I think n7000xxkl8 Rom will be best if u install it with mobile Odin.
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I think you're talking about stock ROMs.
I tried romow and rhapsody.... now I'm using rhapsody and I find it very fast and stable.
As the note is my only phone, I have to run stock which is fine by me. Can't risk issues etc...
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Running Checkrom on my SGS2 and planning on running the same thing on the galaxy note when i get it this week. its the perfect rom for people who want a stock experience on steroids. Im guessing the note version is basically the same thing.
However, Im kind of shocked about many users reporting bad battery life and laggyness on the note. That was my main problem with most android phones since day 1 and have not had a single issue like that with my sgs2 since ive had it. I was hoping the note would be an improvement over that, I guess i will have to find out.
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As the note is my only phone, I have to run stock which is fine by me. Can't risk issues etc...
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No issue and no risk with rhapsody... Me too I have only this phone!
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I have tried Rocket and currently on CheckRom V3.
My personal experience, Rocket has better battery life. I would get atleast 2 days on Rocket. This was on the older V14 version. eybee has already released v17. For the same amount of usage, CheckRom V3 drains in a day.
If you would like to keep all the samsung apps that come with the stock rom without the hassle of trying to figure out which apps you want and which you don't want, Rocket will be good.
CheckRom has the Samsung apps removed. However you can install them from the Kitchen. I like the Kitchen option in CheckRom. If you are open to customizing your rom a lot, this is a good.
+1 for the [JAN 9][XXKL7][2.3.6][FINAL] CheckROM Revo NoteHD™ V3 its running on Steroids!
+ Kitchen App
+ very smooth with Abyss 3.0
+ lasts more than 2 days on battery with moderate/normal use
I have gone through quite a few android phones in the past year since becoming a smartphone user (Droid X2, HTC Thunderbolt, RAZR MAXX). I keep hearing stories of the good old days about the original DROID, and then Daily Steals decided to throw up the device in retail packaging for 70$ shipped.
Given I've recently been extremely unhappy with my RAZR since the ICS update (no adobe flash support/comp ability for embedded videos, which was the main use for my phone) I decided 70 bucks was a small gamble to try and regain my satisfaction with my daily driver.
Given the small amount of RAM is the device still able to handle the apps of today? I don't use it for much other than streaming movies and TV shows aside from web browsing.
Can I expect to use this phone or did I simply purchase a piece of cellular history to put away in a sock drawer?
Thanks for any suggestions and input!
I just recently upgraded to the galaxy s3 after using the Og Droid for 2 1/2 year's, and the droid remained faithful to the end. Although it got to the point where I really had to tweak the hell out of it for me to be happy with daily performance. But if you just going to use it for light browsing and streaming with a minimalistic lightweight setup and a few tweaks you should be good to go.
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Thanks for the response. Were there certain programs/apps you needed to tweak for?
Any recommendations or must have tweaks I should implement right off the jump?
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positivehxcgo said:
Thanks for the response. Were there certain programs/apps you needed to tweak for?
Any recommendations or must have tweaks I should implement right off the jump?
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Lets see where to start ...
1.I'd recommend running Cyanogenmod 7.2
2. These build.prop tweaks and other mods http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426443
3. Limit the amount of apps you have installed and move as much as you can to the external storage
4. History eraser app https://play.google.com/store/apps/...edium=organic&utm_term=history+eraser+android to remove junk files like app chace and delete browsing history to keep things running smoothly
Edit:
And holo launcher as well
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Awesome list!
I was running my droid 1 on CM7.2 nightlies and Prime's kernel at 1.1GHz. I always used TiBU to delete system components that seemed superfluous, like screen tips, theme stuff, email client, etc. This freed up some memory for the ROM.
I tried swap and v6 supercharger but gave up on them.
The OG Droid is sincerely lacking the RAM for lots of apps, but will certainly run well as a light weight daily driver. If you don't need gingerbread (and continued support of the ROM) , then check out a froyo CM release. Should be very light weight.
CM7.2 nightlies are still coming out, although now on a weekly basis. I keep my OG updated even though it is retired.
Loads of people are using Steel Droid ROM, which is still being updated by the dev. I never tried it.
-CM7 on DInc2
I was using primes kernel but for some reason it kept causing my data to drop in and out. And V6 supercharger worked well for me in the beginning but then became pretty hit and miss performance wise. But like you said keeping things light weight yet efficient is definitely the way to go.
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Hello,
I'm just getting sick of the state of the Stock Note 4 rom. I feel like the only time it works properly is when i first bought it and only a short time after that. I need help in locating a Daily Driver Rom. One that can be also used for someone that is not Smartphone savvy. I do not need all the bells and whistles. What I would like is to keep the Wifi Calling. I'm currently running 5.0.1 Baseband COG2.
TYIA
I'd recommend Rapture. I've been on that one for about a week now and no joke, it's the ONLY rom I haven't had a single issue with.
I recommend Dr ketans s6 port been using it for weeks. Great battery life
Stable rom with Wifi Calling and no bells and whistles, Rapture it is
Look no further than Rapture. Tried them all. Smoothest, most stable rom in development. And actively developed also.
I swear that guy doesn't even sleep.? @iB4STiD, you da man
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Look no further than Rapture. Tried them all. Smoothest, most stable rom in development. And actively developed also.
I swear that guy doesn't even sleep. @iB4STiD, you da man
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very nice of u to say my friend!! thank u very much!! .. :good:
tekhd rom is the best 10,000 questions and comments cog and dog ready as well a huge customization. super fast @TEKHD
Lots of excellent choices. I've been using Tek's ROMS, and Maximum Ovrdrive. Both are stable, good battery life, and great threads to learn and help become more smart phone savvy too.
There are really nice features too, not sure if you are aware, but screen write off memo now works. Ported from the Note 5. One of the best features of the Note 5.
If you are into headphones, check out Viper4Android. Makes the phone sound like an actually music player, also can make your speaker sound a lot better.
Lots of good themes too in the theme section. Just changing your theme can really make the phone seem like a new toy.
Possibly change your launcher, I love Nova, let's you customize your phone easily, and offers a nicer experience.
All easy options to improve your experience.
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I was on tekhds Rom for a long time. And my phone always acted up after weeks of use. Even disabling xposed or dirty flashing the Rom it never got better. Always glitchy don't know why my phone didn't like it but I sticked with it because of DOLBY and viper audio. I flashed rapture 6.0 and I must say phone feels like new again. Absolutely no lag. It's not overflown with tweaks that's what's teks Rom is badass at.
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