I'm tired of being on gingerbread but I'm pretty much dome with custom roms. I've seen a lot of people bashing the update so I never touched it but apparently they sent out another update a few weeks ago. Did it make things worse? How is the smoothness and battery life compared to stock gingerbread.
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Better
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For better
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For better
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Official update is better.. on all accounts.. For those who don't care for touchwiz, we've abandoned it! lol
Worked well for me. You can change the launcher to a vanilla ics look if you go to Sprint id
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I vote installing the ics BluKuban! He only bases off of official releases, and is awesomely themed and customizable to boot!
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I vote installing the ics BluKuban! He only bases off of official releases, and is awesomely themed and customizable to boot!
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+1 to Kuban if you like extreme customization. It's way over themed for my taste.
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+1 to Kuban if you like extreme customization. It's way over themed for my taste.
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Try re-calked. You choose customization. More or less.
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How is the speed with 4g are you seeing any slow down?
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Try re-calked. You choose customization. More or less.
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I'm a little biased, but I agree. I personally do not care for themed roms. I would prefer to make small changes myself and if I want a little theming, there are a few good launchers out that provide the theming that I need.
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Im on stock fh13 and to be honest its been stable as far as battery life and everything in between ..but 4g is slow bro
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Im on stock fh13 and to be honest its been stable as far as battery life and everything in between ..but 4g is slow bro
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The last FI03 build presented us with a huge jump in 4g speeds.
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Im trying calkulin's 1.6 ics fe22 rom in the original development section. Yes its old. Yes theres recalk. His fe22 and el29 may be old but they are stable and ive not had any snafus yet.
Every time I try ics its still buggy for me. Sometimes the capacitive buttons don't work for a couple seconds, or the weird visual glitch in the task manager. None of it seems worth the hassel. JB is the way to go imo with project butter this thing is bulletproof. Yea they are a bit unstable which I realize I just complained about, but I think jb is worth it because you actually gain something compared to the ics update, where really the only thing you get is access to a couple apps (chrome etc) and instability. It gets rid of all the nice cosmetic changes ics made, and covers them with touchwiz. For the bone stock user, yea the ics update adds functionality (very little) but if you're rooted ics is a waste of time. That and the fact that no one can theme a rom to make this phone not look like a toy anyway.
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The reason I ask is because I know what ics is like from cm9 but what is different why is it worth it to upgrade now.
I ask because I'm on calls 2.8.1 and el26 and its never been better. Just want to know if touchwiz is alot better now or just the same. Is the browser now the ics one?
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its about the same...95%
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its about the same...95%
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Is the browser still with that big ugly grey bar. I'll wait for cm9 or something like it. I don't even know what I would gain by flashing those rooms.
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Is the browser still with that big ugly grey bar. I'll wait for cm9 or something like it. I don't even know what I would gain by flashing those rooms.
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you would gain bugs and problems
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Edit to more so answer the question.
What are the differences? Check out tw ics. Watch videos. There are plenty. Its touchwiz over ics. Looks a lot like touchwiz with ics bits. Lots of aosp apps can be loaded on tw though. If you want stability above all else, stick to gb.
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I run fb05+ as my daily. Bugs? I have none. I use aosp calendar, browser, camera, gallery and launcher for now with 0 issues until things become official.
I have yet to find a bug that makes me want to go back to gingerbread. What are the differences? Check out tw ics. Watch videos. There are plenty.
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Well first I have about 300 apps and I don't know if I can use TB to restore.
Second what am I gaining is what i am asking. Like what is so different for you where you would no go back.
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Aokp or cm9 for when u want your ice cream sandwich to look like ics and not gingerbread
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Well first I have about 300 apps and I don't know if I can use TB to restore.
Second what am I gaining is what i am asking. Like what is so different for you where you would no go back.
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Using aosp apps. Ics browser, calendar, camera, gallery, launcher, all great things.
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300 apps,is that slowing down your phone?
I have about 20 and 10 games and i only use about 5 of them.
You can fake AOSP
Running Calkulin's FC07 leak, using the stock Android launcher, and the ICS4ICS theme.
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Using aosp apps. Ics browser, calendar, camera, gallery, launcher, all great things.
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I am guessing the ICS mms.apk doesn't work on our fc07?
Just moved from the epic 4g touch and lovef thr ics offered over there. Ive read and read but I gotta know. Which ics ROM has the least bugs, most functionality and the less errors, even on a beta,or early stage. I need users oponions from actually using the software. Thank you guys very much!!
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Ravings rom was pretty killer for me. I'm testing ravers new rom right now, pretty damn good so far...
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Welcome! I'm using nexusmod ICS and loving it so far. It's been almost one week. Good battery life, very smooth. There are some minor bugs but it has become my daily driver so nothing critical.
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Does the camera work good as well.as video record? Just needing to know the cons if possible. Thank u for the response.
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Welcome! I'm using nexusmod ICS and living it so far. It's been almost one week. Good battery life, very smooth. There are some minor bugs but it has become my daily driver so nothing critical.
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I need full camera support, wifi and all that lol. I know therr will be bugs, but my buddy flashed megamix and its been hell for him. Not dissing megamix, just stating fact here. Lol
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Does the camera work good as well.as video record? Just needing to know the cons if possible. Thank u for the response.
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Both are working very well. There is a big lag the first time you open the camera, but it doesnt reappear after
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Both are working very well. There is a big lag the first time you open the camera, but it doesnt reappear after
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Ok cool. Ill try both lol why not right? And any special recommendations or personal preferences on installing?
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Follow carefully the instructions! Each step is important.
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They all have call echo and other minor bugs. Great Rom's but I need more stability.
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Ok cool. Ill try both lol why not right? And any special recommendations or personal preferences on installing?
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Use the super wipe and then let rom sit for 10 minutes after boot up. And for apps I recommend apex launcher for more of an aosp feel also grab the HD YouTube here on xda just search u will find it
If you want stability and speed, battery that goes, camera, wifi,
goldfinger NexusMod3 and RaverX3X BlackEdition are rock solid... you can flash a modem that you like, just make sure to delete the system folder within the .zip.
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I dont mind bugs, just some can pose a huge issue. Kinda wanna avoid having to Odin
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Been using ICS perfection for a few weeks now. Haven't noticed any bugs at all besides face unlock not working right, but honestly I've used it on my tablet, it doesn't recognize me half the time and just kinda annoys me in the end. So yeah, ICS perfection makes a wonderful daily driver, just use a Bluetooth headset otherwise the person on the other end will hear themselves echo like crazy
I've tested all, and nexusmod is by far the best one. Android stock keyboard works flawlessly. Apps don't crash, wiimote connects with no issues, battery is pretty good. Feels and looks like aosp. Aosp lock screen...etc. nexusmod will be my rom till a working aosp rom comes out for our phone.
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Try Alien ics rom from the skyrocket forums. Pure gold.
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Question, what ics radio/modem do I need to install? I read the installation instructions but they never suggest when to flash it. And the skyrocket roms indicate att radios, not Tmobile. That part is what confuses the hell out of me ...
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I've tested all, and nexusmod is by far the best one. Android stock keyboard works flawlessly. Apps don't crash, wiimote connects with no issues, battery is pretty good. Feels and looks like aosp. Aosp lock screen...etc. nexusmod will be my rom till a working aosp rom comes out for our phone.
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I agree with this 100%..I am on the newest version of nexusmod and it is by far the best ics port out there.for my Telus version S2.
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Yes nexusmod is really good and stable. Its the best ics rom I've used so far and I've tested all ics roms. Vibration works perfectly the only downside with most ucld2 leak is the fix permission and reboot shutdown issue, which isn't bad you can just download quick boot from market. Ics perfection was okay but it lacks vibration and notification light up. Sky ics is nit bad either. But I prefer nexusmod
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Can someone help me on the issue of flashing a ics radio?
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http://m.androidcentral.com/internet-rumor-mill-says-jelly-bean-coming-samsung-galaxy-s-iii-soon
Gs3 first obviously
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Well if it's gonna run like our ics update might as well remain on GB.
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Duce HD2 said:
Well if it's gonna run like our ics update might as well remain on GB.
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Well, people definitely don't seem happy with the OTA update. I am using times_infinity builds of AOKP and they are absolutely amazing.
On topic, JB seems interesting but it just seems so minimal of a change... Sure smoothness is great but not worth wading through 20 builds of meh performance battery and features. I'll likely wait a month or two to actually use a JB build.
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Duce HD2 said:
Well if it's gonna run like our ics update might as well remain on GB.
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how about you stay on gb lol. dont hate on the new.. if you knew anything about our phones you wouldnt have any issues and great battery with the newest os. read some threads and try some tweaks
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elliwigy said:
how about you stay on gb lol. dont hate on the new.. if you knew anything about our phones you wouldnt have any issues and great battery with the newest os. read some threads and try some tweaks
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Boom!! Running Mijjz latest Blend with Agat's source kernel......getting great battery and super buttery velvety smooth :silly:
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how about you stay on gb lol. dont hate on the new.. if you knew anything about our phones you wouldnt have any issues and great battery with the newest os. read some threads and try some tweaks
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I feel the same. I couldn't care less as to what the official sprint update looks like, I'm just excited for what our devs will make of it I'm on mijjz 16.5 and I couldn't be more satisfied with ics.
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Emoji, emoji, emoji!! native emoji support is all I'm thinking about. Thankfully CM10 will come to us, so no need to depend on sprint or samsung. Also, not to be a **** but the article linked in the OP mentions nothing what so ever to back up the meaning of this thread, it only mentions the galaxy S3. This would be the correct thread with good source to a possible jelly bean update to the Galaxy S2. sadly so far only international version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1786396
I got a noob question.. is there a good ICS built that isn't themed? I mean i like colours but would like to be able to theme it myself instead of going for the developers taste.
I was running Calk's ICS rom and he was to only dev that didnt theme the whole thing
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I got a noob question.. is there a good ICS built that isn't themed? I mean i like colours but would like to be able to theme it myself instead of going for the developers taste.
I was running Calk's ICS rom and he was to only dev that didnt theme the whole thing
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I would suggest either cm9 or aokp. Both are very stock looking with tweaks and they are highly customizable.
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I think he means tw based
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I think he means tw based
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But tw is heavily [and terribly] themed... why would he want that? I'd suggest sfhubs release of the stock rooted ff18 then... or of course mijjz goodness... still themed, but it works pretty damn good.
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But tw is heavily [and terribly] themed... why would he want that? I'd suggest sfhubs release of the stock rooted ff18 then... or of course mijjz goodness... still themed, but it works pretty damn good.
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To each their own.
Try calks not themed at all from what I remember
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Unnamed is not themed either I reflashed it on my phone and flashed blazer modem and kernel el29 awesome!!!!!!!!!
What's the most stable ROM right now? I put the peoples ROM for one of my friends but they're having weird issues like screen bleeding and reboots. Not sure where else to look.
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Very unusual issues for TPR. Have not had anyone else report those.
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Sounds like voodoo color settings are off and an app is causing the reboots
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yeah i did my best to read through the thread which was very long and no one had any of those issues...guess i'll put him on stock rooted..
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yeah i did my best to read through the thread which was very long and no one had any of those issues...guess i'll put him on stock rooted..
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Yeah it gets tough to find stuff there sometimes. Try a reflash without restoring apps or data and see how it runs
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What's the most stable ROM right now? I put the peoples ROM for one of my friends but they're having weird issues like screen bleeding and reboots. Not sure where else to look.
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My wife's Epic is stock rooted GB and has been very stable. I had great luck with CM9, also very stable with nice features. I'm on CM10 now, and install the latest nightlies. Battery life with CM10 has been better, but every so often it sucks battery. I've had two or three reboots in a couple of months. Otherwise I have not had issues.
I guess right now my vote would be CM9 of stability is the most important thing.
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My wife's Epic is stock rooted GB and has been very stable. I had great luck with CM9, also very stable with nice features. I'm on CM10 now, and install the latest nightlies. Battery life with CM10 has been better, but every so often it sucks battery. I've had two or three reboots in a couple of months. Otherwise I have not had issues.
I guess right now my vote would be CM9 of stability is the most important thing.
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I agree. I have been running CM9 all week and it is very stable!
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How's cm9 4g speeds and battery compared to GB?
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How's cm9 4g speeds and battery compared to GB?
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I never tested the 4g speed, but it seemed pretty snappy. Battery life on CM9 was pretty good for me, maybe not quite as good as the stock rooted GB, but close.
I'm on gc01 stock rooted I need help getting a rom on here
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countryboy069200 said:
I'm on gc01 stock rooted I need help getting a rom on here
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Wrong device forum....
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I recently got with whitehawkz via twitter and he gave me permission to release his juggernaut rom with updated files, mods, tweaks, apps etc. Who would be interested in this?
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I recently got with whitehawkz via twitter and he gave me permission to release his juggernaut rom with updated files, mods, tweaks, apps etc. Who would be interested in this?
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Always good to have something new and different... !!:thumbup:
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I don't see the point in reviving any thing ginger bread but to each his own. There are a few people up here who can't get Android 4.x.x working on their phones as sad as that is, I'm sure they'd appreciate this.
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If I was still on gb this would be my rom of choice
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RushAOZ said:
I don't see the point in reviving any thing ginger bread but to each his own. There are a few people up here who can't get Android 4.x.x working on their phones as sad as that is, I'm sure they'd appreciate this.
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We do appreciate the hard work developers contribute to our Hercules community. Other users preference is not a weakness.
I'm up for it. This seems to be the one rom that my phone works the best with and battery life is fantastic. I've tried several ICS roms and while I really like certain things about them, for whatever reason, they don't always play nice on my phone.
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I recently got with whitehawkz via twitter and he gave me permission to release his juggernaut rom with updated files, mods, tweaks, apps etc. Who would be interested in this?<br />
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That would be great i was thinking about trying the ROM out I got my phone right when ICS came out for this phone i would love to try it out
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You got my vote! I wouldn't mind taking a stroll down memory lane
I say rock out with your **** out bro, and do it big once you do it. Juggs was perfect as it was so adding new tweaks and glamour for sure will make a force to be reckoned with. I say ride or die!!!
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I'd try it
I'm in juggs was my dd for ever and probably one of the best i ever run . U got my vote.
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I would lovee an updated jugg so hell yeah :silly:
Count me in twice wife's phone also.
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Whether or not I'd fully switch back, there's never been a rom since that I've loved like this.
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I think it's a good idea I would at least keep it as a back up. I prefer gingerbread over Samsung ICS
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I'd love to help out on this. I always loved juggernaut. If you ever need anything, don't be afraid to ask. It would be cool to revive this.
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Tmogalaxys2 said:
I'd love to help out on this. I always loved juggernaut. If you ever need anything, don't be afraid to ask. It would be cool to revive this.
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That would be awesome.. This rom is arguably the most stable of any rom ever made for this phone.
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Hell yeah! Would you keep it GB, or try to update to ICS or JB?
Either way i'm game!!! Beta TEST GOOOOOOOO!!!
Yea definitely! Would love to see an updated version of this legendary rom
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