[Q] Getting the best out of Galaxy 551 - Samsung Galaxy 551 Callisto

Hello, I just had a galaxy 551 for Christmas, I told my girlfriend to buy it for a gift, I prefer having a 70$ phone instead of a 500$ one and not panic when it slips out of my hand.
Like in computers, I like to get the best of my hardware. In computer it's simple, it's overclock, and maybe a few other tweaks. On Android, that's another story.
So now, the phone is on stock firmware (Froyo), rooted. I use Link2SD - App2SD a lot. But I want more I also feel like the phone is slow in comparison to the Galaxy GIO (S5660) which is on Gingerbread.
What would you suggest me? From what I see, any other ROM will have bugs. I may also lose my phone network connectivity, which is unacceptable in my situation. Cyanogen seems great, but what version should I try? And I can't find ROMS files on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526721 , they are all erased from the web sites.
Thanks for your suggestion!
Oh I'm in Canada.

most stable version is cm7.2 created by ajay.al... nothing bug seen so far...
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most stable version is cm7.2 created by ajay.al... nothing bug seen so far...
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Great ! Thank you for this information.
After a few months of having it I think many issues are due to skype. I installed the skype mod but I still have 2 main issues:
- Screen stays ON if I answer a call on my computer instead of the phone
- Complete OS freezes.

Hello again,
thank you so much for the information, I found the rom and the instructions, they were pretty straightforward and I couldn't be happier no more "Do I have the good file" issue. I started the process then I stopped at Gingerbread. I will try it and see how it goes. For now, I'm really happy to have the same features as my girlfriend.
I have a small question, is Cyanogen making the phone much faster compared to Gingerbread? I saw a benchmark on the net that is showing that the phone is twice as fast, is that true? If so, I will not wait to install CM7.2

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[Q] best ROM for defy ?

i need a good rom for long term use suggest me for my DEFY...
i need a rom without bugs or min. bugs....will b also good...
plss help...2.2 is sucking (stock)
Thanx in advanced
asn39 said:
i need a good rom for long term use suggest me for my DEFY...
i need a rom without bugs or min. bugs....will b also good...
plss help...2.2 is sucking (stock)
Thanx in advanced
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CM7 IMO, is the best.
LiquidArc Gingerbread is the best, no FC, no strange reboots, stable work.
bvbfan said:
LiquidArc Gingerbread is the best, no FC, no strange reboots, stable work.
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how abt battery life in j boogie ??
And whats cm7 IMO ?? i know nly cm 7
Thanxxx both users i will see to that
awesome custom rom
bvbfan said:
LiquidArc Gingerbread is the best, no FC, no strange reboots, stable work.
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I dont know how to install but
The rom is extremely good looking hope in performance too it is that way....
Thanx alot man...let me know how long does ur battery last ??
Thanx to both...of u
For me, it is ms2ginger but I see there's now defy+ rom with same features. Maybe I should give it a try...
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For me it's MIUI or even better WajkIUI.
cm7 works without bugs for me
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For me it's MIUI or even better WajkIUI.
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+1 for wajkiui, I just love it!
CM7 - is better, but battery no so long
Cyanogen mod is the best with no doubt
And for the battery you can install a battery saving app
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Looking for recommendations - Roms& other tweaks
Hi, I hope the OP doesn't mind that I borrow this thread a bit, as this is the exact question I wanted to ask.
tl:dr version:
I am really interested in _opinions_ and _details_ wrt different ROMs (mods or stock) - "xxx is best" isn't a very useful answer to a total noob like me.
So, yesterday I bought this lovely piece of hardware. It came unlocked (of course) and with this ROM (there's a thread about it here):
-System version: Moto_Version.34.177.5.Retail.en.ND
-Firmware: 2.2.2
-Baseband: EPU93_U00.59.1
-Kernel: [email protected] #1
-Build: Jorem_U3_2.4.2_177-5
So far I am rather pleasantly surprised with the lack of bloat. But it did seem rather sluggish when I had installed several apps and played around for a few hours - and the list of running process was horrible.
And I have a feeling I will want Gingerbread in short order (my familiarity with Android is confined to a POS chinese Froyo mini-tablet (had to flash the ROM to even get it to work, then I managed to lose the microSD within it... Haven't taken it apart yet) and looking at my husband's new Samsung G2S - he made me solemnly swear not to root, flash or do anything interesting to it before he even let me touch it).
Or will I?
What I want is
- As much control of the hardware as I can get
(re-assigning buttons (like that to me nearly useless search button), easy ways to turn stuff off and on, customisable quick access to all kinds of interestisting stuff that I hardly even know about yet)
- Minimum of "pretty" UI
- Max battery
- Tweaking off things like wifi and other radio reception, maybe touch-screen too (can one even calibrate capacitative screens? I'm old, and tend to keep my stuff for a long time, so all my previous gadgets have been resistive Palms of various flavours).
And simultaneously I also want:
- As little hassle as I can get away with (ie stable core system which won't need frequent updates).
- Best possible customisation of calendar (and integration with google calendar, of course)
I can't believe it took me so long to finally enter the android world! I can't understand why it took me two years to finally do it. The PalmOS I was in mourning for ("I want my apps from 1995! Why did they break it! I also want wifi! Stupid Palm!") really wasn't worth it.
Nota Bene: I am not a coder or a dev on any platform. I'm a middle aged woman who also happens to be rather fearless when it comes phones. I'm not averse to tweaking a line here and there myself (with instructions or understanding), but generally I get bored pretty quickly with tinkering, and then just want things to work the way I want them to work.
Useless questions in the wrong place (just so I don't give the impression I'm too well behaved - loved the registration video ):
- Where is that "thank you"?! (I've used such on other forums, but I must be blind here. ETA: yes I was.)
- What's the best place (here or elsewhere) to read and ask about a) general android architecture/philosophy/etc (ie what's part of the OS, what can be removed)?
- What's the best place to ask the question "which app would be best for this?"?
- What android-centric forum or subforum would best put up with my wordyness?
I can tell in LiquidArc display eats battery, 3h display is on, battery is down. For other roms i don't know, if someone wants to tell...
Look here -> http://modmymobile.com/forums/640-m...liquidarc-gingerbread-v2-0-09-08-11-a-13.html for installguide
Guys, WajkIui or Cmiui? I tried Cmiui and it is quite nice, but can anyone compare those two plz for me?
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CM7 RC1.5 or MIUI 2.3.5b
for me,CM7 RC1.5 with CEE 179.02 take a long time battery
asn39 said:
how abt battery life in j boogie ??
And whats cm7 IMO ?? i know nly cm 7
Thanxxx both users i will see to that
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That guy means CM7. That IMO means "in my opinion".
Proda said:
Guys, WajkIui or Cmiui? I tried Cmiui and it is quite nice, but can anyone compare those two plz for me?
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Never tried Cmiui but Im surE WIUI is better. It updates every week with a lot of tweaks
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actally I see the MIUI ROM too much unstable with Defy. Cyanogen7 is surely better! I love MIUI UI so I hope it goes better asap!
Bye
I've been using CM7 since a couple of months and have been very happy with the stability. (Presently on cm7 rc 1.5) the stock froyo on the other hand was annoyingly unstable and needed frequent reboots to keep it sane.
The battery life is the only grouse - it lasts around 1.5 days with normal usage. On froyo I could easily get upto 2 days.
Cm7s tweaks and customizations make the trade off in battery life worth it, for me.
To each their own I suppose.
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The amount of tweaking and customisation on CM7 is way ahead of any rom I've ever tried and yes I've tried them all literally. You can shuffle every component of the UI and you've got a new phone everyday, hardware performance is as stable as they come, nice amount of useful apps no added garbage.
If you prefer the curved MIUI look there is a theme for that aswell.
CM7 stands in a league of its own IMO. Battery isn't anything above average(lasts me a day of heavy usage on HSPA network) but it isn't a compromise either.
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People still on Dinc? What rom are YOU using?

I'm not asking for advice just want to see what people are up to with the phone. Details welcomed.
I am still a dinc user running this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020866&nocache=1
It's a JB (4.1.1) runs great has all the JB features and more cool add ons to it.:angel:
Still my main phone, and i will continue to use it till it dies. I use my Gb based rom TOB, you can find the link in my sig. I see no reason to get a new phone, when its basicly the same thing i have now with a faster processor. And i dont really play games on my phone, so processor speed isnt a huge selling point for me.
I'm with lusco I won't upgrade till my phone is dead. I've almost made it 3 years on this phone (4/29). I think she can gimme 3 more. Rom
Touchwiz 5.1.4 ICS 4.04. I have a nice stash of roms on my dropbox to avoid dead links if I need a switch
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Using stock rooted Rom from cmlusco. Like the stock feel and like sense UI. New phone will be note2 or s4 unlocked when I feel I have enough money to upgrade. For now I'm happy with my dinc.
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Using stock rooted Rom from cmlusco. Like the stock feel and like sense UI. New phone will be note2 or s4 unlocked when I feel I have enough money to upgrade. For now I'm happy with my dinc.
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Either phone will probably be locked by Verizon meaning there will be a dev phone at full price with no upgrade option. I think the note 2 on Verizon is already that way.
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Rom- Inc Deck Gingerbread (variant of CM 7)
Kernel- Incredikernel
My main phone... my only phone...
The Rom is exact same thing I've been running for over a year now... still love it... I haven't found anything that gives as good all-around experience. I've been hoping that the few remaining kinks get worked out of the Jelly Bean ROMs for the Dinc. But I'm probably gonna be getting a new phone next month, so I might as well quit reading the threads for those ROMs (like I am today). Not that there is anything wrong with Dinc, but I'll save over $40 per month once I switch to T-Mobile. So I'll be having to settle for a new Nexus 4 when that happens. The savings in monthly bills will pay for the Nexus 4 in 9 months. By the end of 12 months... I'll be about $120 dollars ahead by retiring the Dinc, and the savings will just continue. That's just for me...my wife has already made the switch (savings X2).
The Dinc will still get used for various things... so it will be a "working reitirement" for the Dinc.
Using CM10,1(JB 4.21). Works well aside from a couple of bugs that are not show stoppers.
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Using CM10,1(JB 4.21). Works well aside from a couple of bugs that are not show stoppers.
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Also on CM 10.1. If you don't need video camera, it's a good option.
I have moved on to the DNA.
I still use my first love. Its my music player now. I keep it up to date on the latest android, nice to see the DInc is still a rockin device.
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I love the dinc. Still use it. I switch roms quite often, to try new things. For the most part I've been sticking with Cyanogenmod 7. Best all around experience.
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I'm still using my old dinc too. the most stable roms ive tried are GB miui and CM7. if i could just figure out how to get a long volume press to change songs in the music player in miui I would probably stop tinkering with it finally.
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I'm still using my old dinc too. the most stable roms ive tried are GB miui and CM7. if i could just figure out how to get a long volume press to change songs in the music player in miui I would probably stop tinkering with it finally.
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PowerAmp from the play store is wonderful and does that as one of its features I totally reccomend it of the MIUI player!
This was my first smartphone, and I still remember when i got it. I don't have my Dinc anymore but it was great while it lasted. I ran it all stock
I'm still using my dinc; I'm running Tiny's 10.1 with only a couple bugs besides the known videocamera stuff.
(for instance, I can't send MMS, which has something to do with the APN settings according to a thread on the Q&A forum. I'm on the verge of fixing it, I think, but am not sure yet).
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I'm still using my dinc; I'm running Tiny's 10.1 with only a couple bugs besides the known videocamera stuff.
(for instance, I can't send MMS, which has something to do with the APN settings according to a thread on the Q&A forum. I'm on the verge of fixing it, I think, but am not sure yet).
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I'm also still rocking my dinc running Tiny's CM10.1 Rom :good:
I'm thinking of a new device but not sure what to switch to yet
Using Tiny's CM 10.1 - excellent rom.
I bought this phone refurbished on eBay and I love it! It's well built and is a perfect size. I use tinys cm10.1 build and it is just as fast as any gb build I have tried especially with ram manager and one power guard with smart assv2 governor. I highly recommend it.
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I had been running the official CyanogenMod 7.2 nightlies, but when the nightly changes slowed down over the past three weeks, I decided to switch to the bleeding-edge CyanogenMod 10.1 nightlies compiled by Pons, and then picked up by tiny.
I could give up the video capture, and the still camera app bug was "fixed" by using the "Camera ICS" app. I haven't tested the MMS capabilities yet, but I end up using email so much more often than MMS anymore, I don't think I'll miss it.
My hesitation about upgrading phones is more about "not wanting to lose the unlimited data that I'm not actually using anyway". I'll probably keep the Inc around as a music and video player even after I upgrade.
I've been crack flashing like crazy lately. I want to stick with 10.1 but not being able to reliably video record my kids' silly antics keeps me switching back to GB roms. Sense, 7.2, etc. Went back to miui recently, I forgot how smooth it runs. Btw, regarding Poweramp, how do you enable track skipping via volume long-press? I must be missing something.
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I am still using the DInc as my daily driver and I use Albinoman's JB rom. It has similar JB issues (video camera/camera) It does get laggy at points during the day when I have music (play store) streaming and browsing reddit over 3G on the bus. But works great otherwise. I use Google Voice for texts so I never had MMS (don't know what I am missing) and use email and G+ for picture sharing.

[Q] New to the Nexus Scene: Battery and ROM

Hi there,
I recently purchased a used Galaxy Nexus from eBay after having seen the good spec and for the low price. I have a few questions before I receive the phone and I'd like to know what ROM would be the best to use, I have seen a stable Cyanogenmod is this the best? Also, I have seen some questions around issues on battery life, has anyone using this ROM had any problems and if so what advice could you give?
I have previously owned the Orange SF 1 and 2 and was not satisfied with battery life after having changed the ROM etc. and I don't want to have those issues with this phone. So, I appreciate any help I can get with my questions, thanks!!
Every single rom I've used has pretty much been the same with battery. The battery on the galaxy nexus isn't the best. That's how it was built. No rom is going to magically make it better. Any difference in battery you get will be minimal and depend more on how you use your phone. I suggest try out some ROM and kernel combinations and see what works for you. There are plenty to chose from and honestly, they are all good. You aren't going to get one single answer from everyone here.
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Every single rom I've used has pretty much been the same with battery. The battery on the galaxy nexus isn't the best. That's how it was built. No rom is going to magically make it better. Any difference in battery you get will be minimal and depend more on how you use your phone. I suggest try out some ROM and kernel combinations and see what works for you. There are plenty to chose from and honestly, they are all good. You aren't going to get one single answer from everyone here.
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Thanks for your reply. All right, does the battery for you last on a day to day basis? I don't want to mess about with ROMs too much, I am looking for that one ROM that would be most stable and I won't have to change. What is the stock Android like on the Nexus, also I have seen "PARANOIDANDROID" to be very popular so is that good, what do you use? Thanks again!
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Thanks for your reply. All right, does the battery for you last on a day to day basis? I don't want to mess about with ROMs too much, I am looking for that one ROM that would be most stable and I won't have to change. What is the stock Android like on the Nexus, also I have seen "PARANOIDANDROID" to be very popular so is that good, what do you use? Thanks again!
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I am not one to answer these questions. I work at a desk all day with a charger in my phone pretty much the whole day so battery has never been an issue. But if you arent doing a lot to your phone all day like streaming music and movies and gaming then you should be fine. As for your other question, I have been on a different ROM every week since 4.3 came out. lol. All of them are nice and smooth and good ROMs. If you like a lot of features, go with Paranoid Android. If you like minimal stock go with Cyanogenmod or any other AOSP ROM. Stock isnt all that bad either though. Its like I said, try some out and find what you like. As long as you know what you are doing, you shouldnt have any problems flashing a bunch of stuff. Thats the fun part anyway.
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I am not one to answer these questions. I work at a desk all day with a charger in my phone pretty much the whole day so battery has never been an issue. But if you arent doing a lot to your phone all day like streaming music and movies and gaming then you should be fine. As for your other question, I have been on a different ROM every week since 4.3 came out. lol. All of them are nice and smooth and good ROMs. If you like a lot of features, go with Paranoid Android. If you like minimal stock go with Cyanogenmod or any other AOSP ROM. Stock isnt all that bad either though. Its like I said, try some out and find what you like. As long as you know what you are doing, you shouldnt have any problems flashing a bunch of stuff. Thats the fun part anyway.
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All right, okay. Thanks a lot for your answers, you've helped a lot and I will try different the two ROM's when I get my Galaxy Nexus later today. I am liking Paranoid Android so far but I can see its got quite a few versions, is the latest one 3.97 stable? Sorry for all the questions, I really appreciate you taking time to answer them.
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All right, okay. Thanks a lot for your answers, you've helped a lot and I will try different the two ROM's when I get my Galaxy Nexus later today. I am liking Paranoid Android so far but I can see its got quite a few versions, is the latest one 3.97 stable? Sorry for all the questions, I really appreciate you taking time to answer them.
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Higher number means newer version..
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Higher number means newer version..
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Lol I know that, I was asking if the latest version 3.97 was stable or not. Got my Galaxy Nexus today and its on stock 4.2.2, so going to try a few ROM's later on to get it to 4.3 just wanted to know about the stability of Paranoid Android.
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Lol I know that, I was asking if the latest version 3.97 was stable or not. Got my Galaxy Nexus today and its on stock 4.2.2, so going to try a few ROM's later on to get it to 4.3 just wanted to know about the stability of Paranoid Android.
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I cant think of any unstable ROMs that we have. The good thing about the Galaxy Nexus is that the developers dont have to do any workarounds to get things working. Its a completely unlocked phone with all the tools for developing available for them. So all the ROMs that are made pretty much have everything working in it.
EDIT: Oh, and just make sure you use the ROM that is made for your device. If you have the unlocked GSM version, you need ROMs made for "Maguro".
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I cant think of any unstable ROMs that we have. The good thing about the Galaxy Nexus is that the developers dont have to do any workarounds to get things working. Its a completely unlocked phone with all the tools for developing available for them. So all the ROMs that are made pretty much have everything working in it.
EDIT: Oh, and just make sure you use the ROM that is made for your device. If you have the unlocked GSM version, you need ROMs made for "Maguro".
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Thanks a lot for all your help! Since, I have installed Cyanogenmod and stuck to Android 4.2, as ParanoidAndroid wasn't for me. I have also used the Touchwiz UI and it looks great. The battery life I am happy with it even though it does go down a little more than average, but it's fine for me. Thanks again, great phone!

Galaxy Nexus lagging immensely.

Hey guys. I borrowed my brother's old Galaxy Nexus while my HTC One is being repaired and I couldn't help noticing it lags. Immensely. I flashed SlimKat build 3 on it and before that I ran LiquidSmooth. I was under the impression that KitKat was supposed to be less resource hungry.
Is it because it's not "official" (from Google)? Would 4.3 run better, say in the form of CM10.2.1 stable?
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Hey guys. I borrowed my brother's old Galaxy Nexus while my HTC One is being repaired and I couldn't help noticing it lags. Immensely. I flashed SlimKat build 3 on it and before that I ran LiquidSmooth. I was under the impression that KitKat was supposed to be less resource hungry.
Is it because it's not "official" (from Google)? Would 4.3 run better, say in the form of CM10.2.1 stable?
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Try Deleting The (Google +) and if its Build in App try deleting it with Root Permission.
this Should Fix that Lag. It did For mine ^.^
The unfortunate reality is that most Galaxy Nexus units have sluggish internal storage, and any background processes that are trying to write to it while you interact with the phone can create lag in processing and the UI. It was such a relief to switch to the Nexus 5.
Mine is not lagging but not fast too.. But with the right rom and kernel and some tweaking its pretty fast for its age
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I flashed back to 4.3. CM10.2 stable and now it runs better but still lagging. Not as much, though.
lets try cm11 remix .....
Let me know how it is.running slimkat right now and I'm getting pretty much decent performance. We all have to remember this phone is older. I've been trying to justify getting the nexus 5. Will wait until the price comes down a little bit
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Theshawty said:
Hey guys. I borrowed my brother's old Galaxy Nexus while my HTC One is being repaired and I couldn't help noticing it lags. Immensely. I flashed SlimKat build 3 on it and before that I ran LiquidSmooth. I was under the impression that KitKat was supposed to be less resource hungry.
Is it because it's not "official" (from Google)? Would 4.3 run better, say in the form of CM10.2.1 stable?
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It's just the phone. My work phone is a gnex bone stock. And it lags horribly.
Mine is very fast, no lag at all, even after more than 1700 hours without rebooting :good:
Vanir 4.3.1 (final version)
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This thread is active again. I thought I could get my One yesterday but Telecare messed up and sent me one that had even more tint than before, so I'm stuck with this until after May 9th because my carrier store closes for renovation between April 22nd and May 9th..
C'est la vie.
Since someone already opened a topic on this, I would like to chime in. This started happening too to me two days ago and it's driving me nuts. I must have done something somewhere but I just couldn't find any solutions.
As of two days ago, my Gnex started to lag since I flashed Fancy kernel r50. Serious f-ing lag. Nothing I do seems to help. I've dirty flashed my current rom (OmniMetal), I tried reflashing a previous version of the kernel like I've always done, I tried clean flashing everything again, I tried installing another rom (Paranoid Saberdroid) and whatever option available. The lag won't go away. This ain't your average lag. Even TWRP is lagging. Any suggestions?
SOLVED: It was a rewrite problem, what i did was i ran lagfix(fstrim) app and voila! Fast and speedy again.
Really happy with cm 11 remix, almost no lag.
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As mentioned before some of the nexus's suffer from the degrading EMMC performance. Refer to this thread to make sure which side you are on...
hope that helps :good:
I think cm remix is the most stabile/fast ROM now
Keep in mind you came from a HTC One to a Galaxy Nexus.. That's a big loss of processing power. Another thing is if he's had it OC'd a lot the processor may be in it's final days.
My Thunderbolt gave me the same issues while I waited to get my Gnex.

So is Oxygen still the fastest alternative?

Broke my current phone and will have to use my old Desire for a couple of weeks. Last time I used it I remember Oxygen based roms were the fastest by far. Is this still true, or is the new kitkat a true contender?
I tĥink I used a rom called nicks phone.. anyone still use it? Although when I booted up the phone a few minutes ago it had Mildwild on, but totally unconfigured so I dont think ive really used it. Seems a bit sluggish though so i will want to install something else.
So I guess super fast and snappy are my only wishes. Old or new version of android, extra features, etc doesnt matter.
As a general rule, gingerbread AOSP ROMs were 'fastest' and most stable for Desire
As a more universal rule however, it's better to try different ROMs for your usage and preferences. Others can only really give their experiences with different setups etc, and their definition of fast, stable, "amazing battery" will differ massively.
- Nandroid backup
- Full wipe install new rom
- Test
- (Optional: repeat/restore backup)
- Make up mind
I used to care about getting the latest android version, but ICS and beyond the camera was unusable and everything was just laggy. I moved back to gingerbread and have been using mildwild's rom based on oxygen for over a year. It doesn't contain very much customization, but its stable and as snappy as we're going to get on such an old phone. No one's really developing for the desire anymore so I've decided to just stop playing around with other roms since this one doesn't give me any problems. Here's a link to the rom
kokocabana said:
I used to care about getting the latest android version, but ICS and beyond the camera was unusable and everything was just laggy. I moved back to gingerbread and have been using mildwild's rom based on oxygen for over a year. It doesn't contain very much customization, but its stable and as snappy as we're going to get on such an old phone. No one's really developing for the desire anymore so I've decided to just stop playing around with other roms since this one doesn't give me any problems. Here's a link to the rom
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Thanks, just the kind of input I was looking for. Just flashed the rom and the update andit seems Lightning fast. But I cannot start Play store as it crashes. Did you experience this issue?
Could I just flash latest gapps on this install?
Had to remove the Mildwild rom because there was no way to fix Play store. Ended up installing the rom Nicks Phone instead. Blazing fast and everything works perfect. Its also based on Oxygen and I really recommend it.
Link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1521514
I have no problems with the playstore
_jonte said:
Broke my current phone and will have to use my old Desire for a couple of weeks. Last time I used it I remember Oxygen based roms were the fastest by far. Is this still true, or is the new kitkat a true contender?
I tĥink I used a rom called nicks phone.. anyone still use it? Although when I booted up the phone a few minutes ago it had Mildwild on, but totally unconfigured so I dont think ive really used it. Seems a bit sluggish though so i will want to install something else.
So I guess super fast and snappy are my only wishes. Old or new version of android, extra features, etc doesnt matter.
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Try a stock rooted rom with a2sd. E.g Gingerbread 2.3.3, there are many available and everything works.
Cheers
I'm using official oxygen ROM and it's still by far the fastest. Kk Roms all slow down and become unstable after a few days.
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Someone can give me link to oxygen rom i cant find working mirror
I can't remember where I found it. I had to search a bit. Took me even longer to find the track pad to wake mod.
I would upload a copy but I don't have a home internet plan and am really low on data right now.
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I'm using official oxygen ROM and it's still by far the fastest. Kk Roms all slow down and become unstable after a few days.
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For me, evervolv has done a great job. Here is the link
It is almost as snappy as oxygen and plus it has the latest android technology. No added lag after a few days whatsoever.
If Nikez fixes the kernel to be a 3.x one I think we will have a winner.
So for me, Oxygen comes first and Evervolv's KitKat comes second in terms of performance.
But I still have updated to Evervolv since Desire is now a good backup device for me that I use as a GPS etc.
I'm still on oxygen. Weeks now as my daily driver work phone and it's fast and stable. Leaving my n5 at home to keep it safe.
Unless someone can honestly say that stability has changed leaps and bounds in the past couple months then I see now point in going through the frustration of any regularly crashing kk rom on the desire. I think it's come as far as possible and just can't run the new stuff.
I'm really hoping the newer stuff like my n5 will be different and able to work reliably in a couple more years on up to date software. Hardware wise my desire is holding up like new after almost 4 years. I hate to toss it while its still good.
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