Related
Ok. I have a fresh Samsung Captivate (build 1008) that I just flashed to stock with ODIN.
I want to mess it up a little bit. I want it to do this. I want it to do that. "ohhh ahhhh"
You, people out there, give me some recommendations for cool/good/fast/best ROMs.
Give me good ones, I'm tired of seeing the same ROM with a different skin and interface over and over. I want something different, unique, a nice selection of apps (google talk would be nice )
Have a look in the dev section for your phone, not sure what is available for that model
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Have you tried dragon 2.2.1? I did and it was a nice surprise to see how different the layout was.
thanks, i'll give it a look. uh..actually, i think i saw that one on the forums, but it didn't say what phone it was for. I just saw a link and it just kept going on and on about how great it was but didnt say what phone (like captivate, vibrant..idk if roms are universal)
If you know what you are doing cm7 is one of a kind
Sent from my Captivate using XDA Premium App
what do you mean by "if i know what im doing"? is it hard to set up?
The flash process is more involved
Sent from my Captivate using XDA Premium App
demonblod said:
Ok. I have a fresh Samsung Captivate (build 1008) that I just flashed to stock with ODIN.
I want to mess it up a little bit. I want it to do this. I want it to do that. "ohhh ahhhh"
You, people out there, give me some recommendations for cool/good/fast/best ROMs.
Give me good ones, I'm tired of seeing the same ROM with a different skin and interface over and over. I want something different, unique, a nice selection of apps (google talk would be nice )
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Before you do ANYTHING make sure you have 3 button recovery. If you don't and you do the wrong thing, you can find yourself in some hot water
It doesn't get much better than cognition 4.1.1
Beg to differ. Just saying
Sent from my Captivate using XDA Premium App
My setup is in signature. The phone will start up with a scrabled pixalated screen for about 2 sec. Not that bad. I'm trying to figure out adb right now to change that.
Fusion 1.3 best rom
fusion 1.3
Any ROMS that Adam makes are awesome cause they're stupid fast and snappy including Firefly which he previously worked on. Right now I'm using Ryude's Precision 3.5 with UC/UV and getting awesome battery life (about 28-30 hours single charge) as a moderate to heavy user without sacrificing speed and stability. If it wasn't for me tweaking out a few things and soft bricking my phone previously running SuperNova 2.3, I think I would have stuck with it for a LONG time but meh, trying new ROMs never hurts.
Coak5 said:
Any ROMS that Adam makes are awesome cause they're stupid fast and snappy including Firefly which he previously worked on. Right now I'm using Ryude's Precision 3.5 with UC/UV and getting awesome battery life (about 28-30 hours single charge) as a moderate to heavy user without sacrificing speed and stability. If it wasn't for me tweaking out a few things and soft bricking my phone previously running SuperNova 2.3, I think I would have stuck with it for a LONG time but meh, trying new ROMs never hurts.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
like "stupid fast"? Those ROMs sound amazing though.
these threads get locked so fast.
its up to your own opinion. I like serendipity, i always find myself coming back to it.
So, I'm not a complete noob, been flashing roms since around February.
I do however have a noob-ish question, that I've put off asking for awhile now, in hopes that I would find an answer first!
I absolutely adore Cezar's roms (I wonder if he's single... oh wait, wrong forum) and I like Serendipity VII as well.... but neither seem to have the battery life that GR-12 does on my phone. (definitely more than 18-20 hrs)
So, I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions and or first hand on this? I want to rock Continuum, but battery life is important for me... sometimes at work without the opportunity to charge.
I like GR-12 also, don't get me wrong... but the newer stuff comes with bells n whistles.... and yet, that damned battery gets in the way!
Thanks!
Friday
Wrong forum????
there are little things you can do to help save battery life and also apps in the market to aid with this sort of thing. I don' think your gonna be able to have the rom of your choice with the battery life of your choice .. how sweet that would be though.
Some kernels allow for UV and that will save you a little battery.. also make sure you don't have a lot of apps running at once.. or you status bar only has icon's up there that need to be.
Thanks Corey!!!
Hello, like to know if there is a firmware update (like android 2.3) for the Samsung Galaxy Tab with Bell. The problem, well, is that I don't want to root my Tablet because I am affraid to brick it. Please, if anyone knows if there is an update for the Tab, please tell me.
By the way, what does the firmware version PDA:KF6 / PHONE:KF6 / CSC:KF6 adds to the tab? I currently have version PDA:JJ7 / PHONE:JJ7 / CSC:JJ7
Not yet. I just rooted mine and am now running 2.3 Overcome. Simple enough. There are plenty of guides that will walk you through if you've never done it before.
I did the same as king a few days ago. Put overcome on it and love it. Pretty straight forward to root and flash.
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App
What did the update added?
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
Speed, less carrier bloatware and better battery life...
ultramag69 said:
Speed, less carrier bloatware and better battery life...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
But more importantly, did you need to backup any data?
Yes, mostly sms, email and contacts... You might be able to backup apps - some froyo apps DON'T work on gingerbread.
DON'T BACKUP THE SYSTEM.... Gingerbread has different bootloaders and will hang if you restore a froyo backup that has system files included... Makes the backup useless unless you go back to froyo, restore and backup what you need again...
I tend to use Titanium backup, others may disagree but it works fine for me...
Cheers...
It seems significantly speedier in my totally unscientific tests. I haven't noticed much difference in battery life.
I didn't bother backing mine up.
Is it worth flashing a new ROM at the moment? I mean, the ROMs I've seen are incomplete and I read about a lot of problems? If its worth it, what is the best ROM out now and why?
Sent from my rooted XT890 with unlocked bootloader using XDA premium
Past androids: HTC Hero - Sony X10 mini (rooted + mini cyanogenmod) - Orange Stockholm (rooted) :3
Chri$b0b2005 said:
Is it worth flashing a new ROM at the moment? I mean, the ROMs I've seen are incomplete and I read about a lot of problems? If its worth it, what is the best ROM out now and why?
Sent from my rooted XT890 with unlocked bootloader using XDA premium
Past androids: HTC Hero - Sony X10 mini (rooted + mini cyanogenmod) - Orange Stockholm (rooted) :3
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't really know about problems with arman68's infiniROM. It is smooth, fast and battery-life is much better than stock.
Not really "goodies" which can cause issues.
I use the AIO Mod v6, system-apps and debloater and i am satisfied
But, if it is worth is your decision
ICuaI said:
I don't really know about problems with arman68's infiniROM. It is smooth, fast and battery-life is much better than stock.
Not really "goodies" which can cause issues.
I use the AIO Mod v6, system-apps and debloater and i am satisfied
But, if it is worth is your decision
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ahhhh I kept hearing a lot about an Omar ROM? I don't know but I haven't heard of yours, is there a post? Link me maybe?
Sent from my rooted XT890 with unlocked bootloader using XDA premium
Past androids: HTC Hero - Sony X10 mini (rooted + mini cyanogenmod) - Orange Stockholm (rooted) :3
I think Omar ROM is the best in the moment. Each 3 ~ 5 days there's a new build. That's good because you know that the no one quited the project of something like that, different from Pi-Llama that you never know the next update.
It has great battery life (2 days without charge it), smooth like hell and i'm without bugs at this moment. I'm using jully 4 build.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2174731&page=144
The best you've to do is make a clean install. Wype everything and format all your device, to then install it. Works like a charm. If you install build over build, you'll get lags soon or later.
I hope i helped you.
ICuaI said:
I don't really know about problems with arman68's infiniROM. It is smooth, fast and battery-life is much better than stock.
Not really "goodies" which can cause issues.
I use the AIO Mod v6, system-apps and debloater and i am satisfied
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same here, works without a flaw - butter-smooth and seriously great battery-life (~6h30m screen uptime, playing around with the phone like a little kid... still 28%).
To be honest, I didn't try Omar's - but arman68's infiniROM is just perfect.
Chri$b0b2005 said:
Ahhhh I kept hearing a lot about an Omar ROM? I don't know but I haven't heard of yours, is there a post? Link me maybe?
Sent from my rooted XT890 with unlocked bootloader using XDA premium
Past androids: HTC Hero - Sony X10 mini (rooted + mini cyanogenmod) - Orange Stockholm (rooted) :3
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is the Link to infiniROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2223482
sky0165 said:
I think Omar ROM is the best in the moment. Each 3 ~ 5 days there's a new build. That's good because you know that the no one quited the project of something like that, different from Pi-Llama that you never know the next update.
It has great battery life (2 days without charge it), smooth like hell and i'm without bugs at this moment. I'm using jully 4 build.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2174731&page=144
The best you've to do is make a clean install. Wype everything and format all your device, to then install it. Works like a charm. If you install build over build, you'll get lags soon or later.
I hope i helped you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I really thought about trying omars ROM but there are to much issues postet for me. I don't want to make a full wipe twice a week. I want to use my phone
But its a great work what omar is doing. omars kernel is integrated in armans ROM...
I think I'm really considering Omar's ROM it seems less hassle than infinirom even though the constant updates, but I think that if I just backup my apps in a zip or whatever I'll should be fine :3
Sent from my rooted XT890 with unlocked bootloader using XDA premium
Past androids: HTC Hero - Sony X10 mini (rooted + mini cyanogenmod) - Orange Stockholm (rooted) :3
ICuaI said:
This is the Link to infiniROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2223482
I really thought about trying omars ROM but there are to much issues postet for me. I don't want to make a full wipe twice a week. I want to use my phone
But its a great work what omar is doing. omars kernel is integrated in armans ROM...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You don't need to make a fill wipe with each build. You can install it over the old. As I said, there will be an hour that you have to make a full wipe and a clean install, if not, you'll get lags.
I have personally tried both Omar's rom and Arman's infinirom, I don't really notice much of a difference between the two. Omar's rom has more goodies, but imo Arman's is better as a daily driver just because updates don't come out as often. They're both worth trying out. Regarding battery life, I haven't seen the remarkable battery life that everyone has with infinirom. At best, I usually end up with 3.5 hours screen time after two days of use. Omar's gives about the same battery life. Then again, cell signal in my area is average at best.
Oh and one last thing, is you want to use some mods in the forum like shaftenberg's music controls, use Omar's as it's deodexed. Hope you like whichever one you go with, they're both better than stock!
Sent from my XT890 using xda app-developers app
Chri$b0b2005 said:
Is it worth flashing a new ROM at the moment? I mean, the ROMs I've seen are incomplete and I read about a lot of problems? If its worth it, what is the best ROM out now and why?
Sent from my rooted XT890 with unlocked bootloader using XDA premium
Past androids: HTC Hero - Sony X10 mini (rooted + mini cyanogenmod) - Orange Stockholm (rooted) :3
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Omar-Avelar's ROM totally worth it. It seems to be the most actively developed and people are liking it.
I came from Moto Defy and Defy+, I was used to CM10 (the best d* ROM ever) and Omar-Avelar is the closest for XT890 I've used so far.
=D
Have a nice day
clickstop said:
I have personally tried both Omar's rom and Arman's infinirom, I don't really notice much of a difference between the two.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think that's the point.
With every respect to any developer here, but we are still on stock ROMs. Omar did some great changes to the kernel, but most of the work are mods, deleted system apps and so on. Tweaks here and there, but not every tweak is for anyone.
Take automatic brightness for example: arman68 tweaked this so much, you can get outstanding battery life with it - if you use it.
Personally I prefer *my* settings, which are 40% brightness indoors, 100% outdoors, that's it. AMOLED lives with its colors, why darken it to get some hours more in standby?
Every user will tell you other opinions, some need extra fps for gaming, some want to swap SD card, some other need very dark screens for reading at night. It depends what you want.
Summary for me: I stay on stock, deodexed it, disabled some Motorola stuff I don't need manually, disable Google Now(!), put some mods in it for my likings and a happy face and I'm fine with it. In general I got same battery life, because the largest battery hog is the display.
You might want to test Omar's kernel for stock ROM, think, that's the greatest deal - but have in mind that you might not see or "feel" the difference.
I second that! Omar's is the best so far, but make sure you do regular nandroid backups.
+1
shaftenberg said:
I think that's the point.
With every respect to any developer here, but we are still on stock ROMs. Omar did some great changes to the kernel, but most of the work are mods, deleted system apps and so on. Tweaks here and there, but not every tweak is for anyone.
Take automatic brightness for example: arman68 tweaked this so much, you can get outstanding battery life with it - if you use it.
Personally I prefer *my* settings, which are 40% brightness indoors, 100% outdoors, that's it. AMOLED lives with its colors, why darken it to get some hours more in standby?
Every user will tell you other opinions, some need extra fps for gaming, some want to swap SD card, some other need very dark screens for reading at night. It depends what you want.
Summary for me: I stay on stock, deodexed it, disabled some Motorola stuff I don't need manually, disable Google Now(!), put some mods in it for my likings and a happy face and I'm fine with it. In general I got same battery life, because the largest battery hog is the display.
You might want to test Omar's kernel for stock ROM, think, that's the greatest deal - but have in mind that you might not see or "feel" the difference.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank guys, I appreciate the help, I tried both but settled with Omar's, did some streamlining of that myself and set it on interactive x with sio I love it
Sent from my XT890 using xda premium
I've been thinking of flashing Novafusion's CyanogenMod on my Samsung Galaxy s3 Mini and I was wondering what people's experiences with it are so far. Does it boot up fast? Can you navigate through the menus smoothly or are the animations a bit choppy? Do apps work better/faster on it than on stock Android? I'd like to know this so I can actually make a decision whether or not to install the ROM on my phone.
Sahri said:
I've been thinking of flashing Novafusion's CyanogenMod on my Samsung Galaxy s3 Mini and I was wondering what people's experiences with it are so far. Does it boot up fast? Can you navigate through the menus smoothly or are the animations a bit choppy? Do apps work better/faster on it than on stock Android? I'd like to know this so I can actually make a decision whether or not to install the ROM on my phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hi, i decided to root my phone about 6 months ago, i did it but accidentally deleted EVERYTHING from my phone and my phone was only bootlooping. Lucky for me i installed TWRP before that. I downloaded Carbon rom and tried it for about 3-4 days and it was really good rom. I decided to switch to CM11. This rom was by far the best rom that i ever used. It has many advantages, it is lightweight, it has theme engine(this is the best feature for me), it is fast and stable, animations are also fast, battery life is good, maybe it is even great, i couldnt tell exactly because my battery is not original and it is old, phone calls are good, messaging also works, internet is great(wi-fi and mobile data), the phone does not boot fast(it boots in 2 mins or so), stock boots faster, switching between apps is definitely faster than stock and overall impression is much better than stock rom. If you don't like this rom, you can always flash Dmod V6 which is stock rom, but different themed and devs added different stuff. So if you have any further questions just PM me or comment, i will try to answer ASAP.
sorry for my bad english, hope this helps
Sent from my GT-I8190 using XDA Free mobile app
Jura_11 said:
hi, i decided to root my phone about 6 months ago, i did it but accidentally deleted EVERYTHING from my phone and my phone was only bootlooping. Lucky for me i installed TWRP before that. I downloaded Carbon rom and tried it for about 3-4 days and it was really good rom. I decided to switch to CM11. This rom was by far the best rom that i ever used. It has many advantages, it is lightweight, it has theme engine(this is the best feature for me), it is fast and stable, animations are also fast, battery life is good, maybe it is even great, i couldnt tell exactly because my battery is not original and it is old, phone calls are good, messaging also works, internet is great(wi-fi and mobile data), the phone does not boot fast(it boots in 2 mins or so), stock boots faster, switching between apps is definitely faster than stock and overall impression is much better than stock rom. If you don't like this rom, you can always flash Dmod V6 which is stock rom, but different themed and devs added different stuff. So if you have any further questions just PM me or comment, i will try to answer ASAP.
sorry for my bad english, hope this helps
Sent from my GT-I8190 using XDA Free mobile app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i'm used cm 11.0 it really good for who searching fully working rom, i upgraded to cm 12.1 the rom it also good but the bugs for me it's the record screen and change vpn
Thanks for the replies, guys. This will really help in my decisionmaking. The only thing I will probably not like is the status bar that is on the screen. Ihave this on my tablet (running CM11) and I have no idea how to customize it.
Novafusion ROM is the best custom ROM . It runs very smooth. Apps run even smoother if you convert your partition to f2fs . One SMALL disadvantage is that it drains battery fast.
Sahri said:
Thanks for the replies, guys. This will really help in my decisionmaking. The only thing I will probably not like is the status bar that is on the screen. Ihave this on my tablet (running CM11) and I have no idea how to customize it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you can enable "expanded desktop" feature to remove statusbar from screen
Sent from my GT-I8190
Sahri said:
I've been thinking of flashing Novafusion's CyanogenMod on my Samsung Galaxy s3 Mini and I was wondering what people's experiences with it are so far. Does it boot up fast? Can you navigate through the menus smoothly or are the animations a bit choppy? Do apps work better/faster on it than on stock Android? I'd like to know this so I can actually make a decision whether or not to install the ROM on my phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have been using this rom on my s3 mini for a couple of days now and I really like it. There is a fix for the battery drain here.