(Q) Why do you all love TW5? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So most of you hate Touchwiz 4. Now, as soon as TW5 comes out you're all having an orgy. It looks the same. Imo it's exactly the same.
So what's the deal?
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okmijnlp said:
So most of you hate Touchwiz 4. Now, as soon as TW5 comes out you're all having an orgy. It looks the same. Imo it's exactly the same.
So what's the deal?
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difference of opinion do persists ma8

normal user, it is a good and easy ui. Clear icons

okmijnlp said:
So most of you hate Touchwiz 4.
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Source? The views of a few hundred in a developers forum?
okmijnlp said:
Now, as soon as TW5 comes out you're all having an orgy. It looks the same. Imo it's exactly the same.
So what's the deal?
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What makes you think the people who are keen on TW5 are the same people who dislike TW4? Seems like a pretty stoopid assumption to make.

okmijnlp said:
So most of you hate Touchwiz 4. Now, as soon as TW5 comes out you're all having nerdgasms. It looks the same. Imo it's exactly the same.
So what's the deal?
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gleidh lsksents
I hate Touchwiz 5, IMO it's gone the same way as Sense 3 did. It's too bloated and heavy, full of unneccesary textures, animations and tweaks.

Touchwiz is great, it has a great dialer and phone app.
The widgets are nice and they all work very well. Custom launchers are a joke.
Just buy a GNex already and stop complaining.

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[Q] Eiherjar ROMs?

I just would like to know a little bit about these ROMs. Correct me if I'm wrong but it looks as though there are 4 or 5 different ROMs with the "Einherjar" label on them in the DEV section. At first, quick glance it looks as though the only thing that seperates them is the themeing.
Can anyone who uses these ROMs explain to me what sets them apart from each other, and why you chose to go with them over Axura or Bionix?
Their team is large, different guys work on different projects. It's more than the theming, but there is only so much that can be changed from a user's perspective.
I LOVED the notification bar on Flagship (it changed colors depending on your app/background), and that rom was great... Been using Trigger for a little over a week and it's floored me... just amazing speed/stability.
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Their team is large, different guys work on different projects. It's more than the theming, but there is only so much that can be changed from a user's perspective.
I LOVED the notification bar on Flagship (it changed colors depending on your app/background), and that rom was great... Been using Trigger for a little over a week and it's floored me... just amazing speed/stability.
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yah so far it looks like Trigger would be the one i would go with.....ill give it a run later on....i loooove axura, but it can be a themers nightmare when switching between ROMs, and i care about appearance ALMOST as much as i care about performance
I'm a big big fan of Master and recommend it to many.... that said, Trigger is themed more to my liking and has been rock solid. Did you see the videos I put?
s15274n said:
I'm a big big fan of Master and recommend it to many.... that said, Trigger is themed more to my liking and has been rock solid. Did you see the videos I put?
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no i havnt.....ill take your owrd for it. and i was actually hoping the YOU would be the one to post on this thread because i knew you were huge fans of both.
V2.0.1
V2.1.1
The best way to explain why there are both similarities and big differences in the EDT releases is to explain how we work as a team.
EDT Devs all have a project of their own that is their main area of responsibility. The roms are developed from a stock base - there is an exception to this when it comes to MIUI and the AOSP roms. This Dev has the support of all the other devs when something needs done - this explains the similarities, if one dev does the same thing on multiple roms. There is also members like white and behr who have their on special abilities and contribute to all of the EDT roms.
Duplicate post.
They made 2.2.1 stock rom. That makes them the best. Period. If u have not tried it. U should.
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mr.orange303 said:
They made 2.2.1 stock rom. That makes them the best. Period. If u have not tried it. U should.
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+1 i been using it with DOW and its very fast
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jzun223 said:
+1 i been using it with DOW and its very fast
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And stable. And surprisingly fast.
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mr.orange303 said:
And stable. And surprisingly fast.
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I heard battery life is ACTUALLY normal, is that true? Or is It a bit drain?
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mr.orange303 said:
They made 2.2.1 stock rom. That makes them the best. Period. If u have not tried it. U should.
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You do realize that its just 2.2.1 apps on a 2.2 ROM? The new Bionix Frost when it comes out is 100% 2.2.1, dev said himself...
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Nabeel10 said:
I heard battery life is ACTUALLY normal, is that true? Or is It a bit drain?
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Better than adverage.
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Nabeel10 said:
You do realize that its just 2.2.1 apps on a 2.2 ROM? The new Bionix Frost when it comes out is 100% 2.2.1, dev said himself...
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Its the name. Its as fast as the vibrant4g rom from eugene.
Ive also tried gb rom from supercurio.
But I use 2.2.1 stock so people can find it.
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Better than adverage.
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Even with DoW?
mr.orange303 said:
Better than adverage.
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So your saying DoW that makes our phones faster and smoother has battery life BETTER than stock?!?!
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Nabeel10 said:
So your saying DoW that makes our phones faster and smoother has battery life BETTER than stock?!?!
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Stand by battery life is great, as good as stock. When using the phone it drains a little bit faster, your overclocking by 400 so its expected. Overall i would say its as good as stock.
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Nabeel10 said:
You do realize that its just 2.2.1 apps on a 2.2 ROM? The new Bionix Frost when it comes out is 100% 2.2.1, dev said himself...
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That's a bit over-simplified. It is much more than just 2.2.1 apps on a 2.2 Rom. It does take more to doing that than just placing the apps in there. It requires re-mapping all the apps, replacing and including the necessary lib files, etc.
Please do not continue an arguement that has been settled now that EDT, TW and Devs4Android are no longer at each others throats.
jellette said:
That's a bit over-simplified. It is much more than just 2.2.1 apps on a 2.2 Rom. It does take more to doing that than just placing the apps in there. It requires re-mapping all the apps, replacing and including the necessary lib files, etc.
Please do not continue an arguement that has been settled now that EDT, TW and Devs4Android are no longer at each others throats.
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Oh okay thanks for correcting me, and im sorry if I was trying to start an argument. But yea
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[Launcher]Mr. Home

Stumbled across this modified ADW launcher on the market listed as "Mr. Home (Better ADW)"
Got some really neat mods, runs great for me. Figured I'd pass it on
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Looks pretty sweet, gonna check it out.
Looks nifty! Ill try it out when i get around to switching ROMs.
is this made by the same company that makes Mr.Radar and Mr.Coffee? (sorry for the bad spaceballs joke )
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is this made by the same company that makes Mr.Radar and Mr.Coffee? (sorry for the bad spaceballs joke )
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LMAO!
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Been running good so far, running miui and the page flip transition is pretty cool and different.
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Rooster85 said:
Been running good so far, running miui and the page flip transition is pretty cool and different.
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I actually tried it to get those transitions on AwesomeRom. Works great. Miss miui though.
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Is this basically adw + screen transitions?
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DWake014 said:
Is this basically adw + screen transitions?
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Yes. Few other things I haven't noticed. Super smooth scrolling though.
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Using this launcher made me buy adwex for 3 bucks and it was the best 3 bucks I've ever spent! If you havnt tried adwex its a must have!
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When do you think ICS is going to be released; should I install an ICS-based ROM?

When do you think ICS is going to be released for the Note? I've been holding out on installing custom ROMs, but if it's still going to be a while, I might as well do it.
Also, which ROMs (ICS) are the best? Is the battery life better or worse? Are there a lot of bugs?
I never try any custom Rom yet but usually there is always bugs on custom roms. I just suggest u wait for the official ics.
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Nevermind....
I tried waiting..... saurom> than stock gb. If you think you will eventually use a custom rom then do it
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Android The Greek said:
I tried waiting..... saurom> than stock gb. If you think you will eventually use a custom rom then do it
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What are the top Saurom features?
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Also, what about ICS roms? Is the battery good?
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I'm using the unofficial. Then stripped out every last bit of bloat before installing apps. Vastly better than stock and only one rom flash. Plus the -k holokernel. My guess is ICS official won't come out until late May or June at the earliest. Even after that there will be custom roms based on it so I'm not going to bother until a good custom rom based on the official ICS comes out.
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I never try any custom Rom yet but usually there is always bugs on custom roms. I just suggest u wait for the official ics.
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Then Why do you even have an xda account??
That's nuts. Don't take advice from people who don't know what they are speaking about.
There are some great custom roms. Much better then any Sammy crapwiz stock rom.
Try them yourself. You will be glad u did. Just read and follow all instructions. Exactly
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That's nuts. Don't take advice from people who don't know what they are speaking about.
There are some great custom roms. Much better then any Sammy crapwiz stock rom.
Try them yourself. You will be glad u did. Just read and follow all instructions. Exactly
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Be nice. Everything in any kind of forum is subjective.
I could also say you dont know what you're talking about if that's my opinion.
Im a senior software engineer who simply does not have the time to even look at Roms.
Does that make me "nuts?"
ICS seraphim is awesome. Works very smooth and is polished. There are very few known issues with most of these roms, nothing that should be a deal breaker for anyone.
Apex launcher is infinately better than touchwiz.
Also, ics stock revamped is another great rom ported over by smartguy044.
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fbauto1 said:
Be nice. Everything in any kind of forum is subjective.
I could also say you dont know what you're talking about if that's my opinion.
Im a senior software engineer who simply does not have the time to even look at Roms.
Does that make me "nuts?"
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it takes about a half hour to read what you need to know, and another half hour to root, flash cwm, and flash a ROM...are you seriously that busy?
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Also, what about ICS roms? Is the battery good?<br />
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Reading will tell you all of the features in less time than it takes somebody else to look them up for you, type a response, and for you to read their response. Trying out the roms yourself will show you everything and you can figure out your own likes and dislikes of every ROM.
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welchertc said:
it takes about a half hour to read what you need to know, and another half hour to root, flash cwm, and flash a ROM...are you seriously that busy?
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And then the time to set up the rom, try different roms, discover compatibility issues, find out which apps cause battery drain..etc...
It can be much more time consuming than what you're describing.
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What are the top Saurom features?
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Go into android development and check it out. So far it's less lag than stock 1.83 kernel and cool lockscreen and other features with jkay
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Reading will tell you all of the features in less time than it takes somebody else to look them up for you, type a response, and for you to read their response. Trying out the roms yourself will show you everything and you can figure out your own likes and dislikes of every ROM.
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Yeah, im asking different people who tried the ROM, hows the battery for them.
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Buddy39914 said:
Yeah, im asking different people who tried the ROM, hows the battery for them.
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I get 12 to 14 hours with casual use
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Buddy39914 said:
Yeah, im asking different people who tried the ROM, hows the battery for them.
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I can get 2-3 days, maybe even more if I keep the power off. But less if I actually turn on the screen and use it.
What are you trying to find out here? The battery on the Note is what it is.
aw geez, not ANOTHER "how's the battery" thread....
NO ONES BATTERY WILL BE THE SAME AS YOURS...THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW IS TO TRY IT YOURSELF!!
sorry about the caps, but this question just makes me crazy...
+1 for Stock Revamped, I am running it, and waiting to see how NoteWorthy turns out.
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ICS seraphim is awesome. Works very smooth and is polished. There are very few known issues with most of these roms, nothing that should be a deal breaker for anyone.
Apex launcher is infinately better than touchwiz.
Also, ics stock revamped is another great rom ported over by smartguy044.
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You guys preferr Energy or Quicksense?

I went from the old Energy April Release to Quicksense 7.0. I must say Quicksense is fast! Even scored higher on Quadrant. And audio is good! Reason I left Energy was because I had a few minor glitches, mainly in the BT.
Cons though... mainly for me, Leedroid, doesn't have it. I like my 5x5 icons, I like my battery bar on top, and a few other minor things I can do with Energy rom. Another con for me, I can't enable sound effect for the weather, weather widget crashes every time. ;/
The new energy rom just came out and I plan to try it out! Waiting for the download.
I was just curious what you guys prefer and why?
I don't do quadrants..... But quick sense is the best rom I've ever felt on the Amaze on either OS when it comes to performance...
I also liked CapRomCE a ton too...
Very solid
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Stock
I prefer Energy ROM, cause I feel it have a longer battery life
I like the energetic quicksense. :thumbup:
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Stock
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Don't ever say that word around me ever again lol
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Don't ever say that word around me ever again lol
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AOSP > stock
stock > everything else
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AOSP > stock
stock > everything else
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Quick-Sense > Stock
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glacierguy said:
Quick-Sense > Stock
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Hmmmm...might have to give it a shot then
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I don't do quadrants..... But quick sense is the best rom I've ever felt on the Amaze on either OS when it comes to performance...
I also liked CapRomCE a ton too...
Very solid
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Which one do you prefer better, quick sense or caprom??
Seems like you tried almost every ROM available. lol
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Which one do you prefer better, quick sense or caprom??
Seems like you tried almost every ROM available. lol
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Quick sense is the best rom I've ever tried for this phone... It won't be leaving my phone anytime soon
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glacierguy said:
Quick sense is the best rom I've ever tried for this phone... It won't be leaving my phone anytime soon
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Oh... lol. That sounds really great. I would give it a try right away.
I literally thought you are using stock ROM at the moment (your signature).
I had 1 major issues and 1 minor issues with Quicksense.
Major is was that I could not get music to play through BT using my car's stereo. It would just go through the phone's speaker, even when told it to use my car. My minor issue, I need my 5x5 drawer lol. I love that!
Does anyone know if Energy is based on 2.14.531.3?
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Oh... lol. That sounds really great. I would give it a try right away.
I literally thought you are using stock ROM at the moment (your signature).
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Haven't changed it in a while
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F9zSlavik said:
I had 1 major issues and 1 minor issues with Quicksense.
Major is was that I could not get music to play through BT using my car's stereo. It would just go through the phone's speaker, even when told it to use my car. My minor issue, I need my 5x5 drawer lol. I love that!
Does anyone know if Energy is based on 2.14.531.3?
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I use a 3.5mm jack (my deck doesn't have BT) so I couldn't tell
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Quicksense! stable, full of great options smooth Rosie, Nice boot animation, and love the HTC widget clock.
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Ive ran the new energy rom for a couple of days and it was pretty good speed wise. Battery life was decent. Im now running the new quicksense or quickdroid 8.0 and this roms seems soopa fast or smooth. Ive had good battery life with quicksense 7.0 so im waiting to see how this new version pans out. the best battery life ive had was with eclipzeRemix's Super Sayain rom. But thats when i was on the 531.1 leak.
ive had the best battery life on my rom also
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ive had the best battery life on my rom also
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True! I love speed Rom for its lightness, but I missed energy Rom for its theme and performance!
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Energy it's the best one out and looks pretty too

New to the i777

I came from an Atrix 2 with about 2 months of iOS usage in between. I'm currently stock 4.0.3 rooted with Cherrypicker V 3.1. I was wondering what some people considers to be the better ROM or combination of different mods. I helped a lot and became a senior member from the Atrix 2 thread but I've been gone for a while. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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DarkJatrix said:
I came from an Atrix 2 with about 2 months of iOS usage in between. I'm currently stock 4.0.3 rooted with Cherrypicker V 3.1. I was wondering what some people considers to be the better ROM or combination of different mods. I helped a lot and became a senior member from the Atrix 2 thread but I've been gone for a while. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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It's personal preference but most people choose AOKP or ShoStock 2
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It's personal preference but most people choose AOKP or ShoStock 2
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ok, I like some parts if touchwiz and some parts Aokp, but is there one that is the best of both worlds?
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DarkJatrix said:
ok, I like some parts if touchwiz and some parts Aokp, but is there one that is the best of both worlds?
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Hmm I haven't messed with ShoStock but it looks slightly inspired by TouchWiz so you can try and check that out.
122ninjas said:
Hmm I haven't messed with ShoStock but it looks slightly inspired by TouchWiz so you can try and check that out.
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Just tried Ultimatum 2.2 but the only thing I don't like is the circle battery mod. Any easy way to change it?
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DarkJatrix said:
Just tried Ultimatum 2.2 but the only thing I don't like is the circle battery mod. Any easy way to change it?
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I have no clue you will have to look yourself sorry. You can try and ask in that thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1650948
Love this rom, take a look. Try it out. Good luck.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1650948
Love this rom, take a look. Try it out. Good luck.
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That rom is unbelievably fast. If you want to run a "stock" rom, that is the one. I like to keep a stock rom on my work S2 and this one has been awesome.
Thanks guys. Downloading it now.
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DarkJatrix said:
I was wondering what some people considers to be the better ROM or combination of different mods.
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I have tried half a dozen or so different roms, and the one that I keep coming back to is Shostock2. His latest release (4.0) is very stable, but it still needs some features added in that were in some of his previous releases. If you are looking for a balance of features, get Shostock2 (3.1.2).
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That rom is unbelievably fast. If you want to run a "stock" rom, that is the one. I like to keep a stock rom on my work S2 and this one has been awesome.
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Agree 100%
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Personally I liked Task's AOKP for some time, but recently flashed CM9 - and probably will stick with it until more stable Jelly Beaner...for stock - ShoStock is my choice
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You came at a pretty good time. Most ROMs are really stable and Jellybean is just about to hit. What I like to do is play around with different ROMs and see which one I like best. It's what makes Android fun! For a ROM recommendation, I'd have to say SHOstock (if you want that stock TW feel) or task's AOKP (stock Android, plenty of customization)
I know everyone's already said those two but they really are good ROMs. Of course there are other good ones too, so go explore
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How about jelly bean preview. It is my dd now
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As myself and Red5 maintain, the best ROM is the one that works for you. It may take a few hours, but give a few a try, and see which YOU like the best.
As the general rule in this board, "vs" threads are no-go, so I am going to close this here (our board was a mess before this rule, with masses of "vs" threads popping up everywhere)...

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