[Q] Help in rooting and flashing custom rom - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi all,
I need to update my wife's phone from ICS to JB by rooting/installing recovery and flashing a nice custom rom.
I have searched the S2 forum (she has i9100) and there are loaddddds of threads but donnu which one to use, donnu which is outdated and which is best way or new way to do so.
I have an xperia Z and have rooted and unlocked so I have a good idea about this, but I failed to find the suitable best way.
I would also appreciate a recommendation on which custom rom to install 4.1 or 4.2 or 4.3? and which rom to use.
I know am asking too much but I need to do this so soon as my wife is nagging me for a new phone and saying her phone is slow and doing strange things.
help will be much appreciated

A common way to root is to flash a custom kernel with Odin, and after this flash a rom via CWM. All can be found in the guides.
About the rom choice: it's up to you. 4.1.2 is Samsung based, and perfectly stable. 4.2 maybe too, but it's AOSP based, and 4.3 seems to be in the bèta stage now.

ahassouna said:
I know am asking too much but I need to do this so soon as my wife is nagging me for a new phone and saying her phone is slow and doing strange things.
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Strange things?? Lol..
Maybe you should choose an AOSP based custom ROM. That would make her phone smooth and fast as well as bloat-free.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine."
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Plenty of good options currently I favour sentinel Rom. It's basically cyanogenmod optimised for the S2
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Chicks digg stock, not custom.
Don't turn this into a better ROM thread.
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The guy did ask for a recommendation. sadly i lacked your insight into the rom preferences of an entire gender so that's me with egg on my face for mentioning a custom rom. I feel such a fool i may never post again. Is that cheering i hear?
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But if you think about it: how many girls you know are interested in custom roms, or even, for example, another launcher?

alexetch said:
The guy did ask for a recommendation. sadly i lacked your insight into the rom preferences of an entire gender so that's me with egg on my face for mentioning a custom rom. I feel such a fool i may never post again. Is that cheering i hear?
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It's common sense.
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The girls I have seen can't differentiate between stock and custom ROMs!!

Or they used to have Blackberry's, and now got iPhones.

As long as they've got candy rush (or crash, whatever) installed.
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Lol....damn... I AIN'T letting my wife read THIS thread......she thinks I spend too much time on XDA as it is (never mind that she spends twice the amount of time on farce book....pmsl).......
She'll ban me outright if she reads this....lmao
Back to 10.1 for now.....

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Donnie Sins said:
Don't let them catch you my brother! We will pray for your XDA-soul!
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Lol......ALWAYS one step ahead my friend....
Back to 10.1 for now.....

keithross39 said:
Lol......ALWAYS one step ahead my friend....
Back to 10.1 for now.....
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wait until she's doing the rules buddy

Lol....she tries, but after nearly 20 years of marriage.......I know how to covertly sabotage her 'rules' so that she ends up thinking 'maybe not after all'.......
Back to 10.1 for now.....

keithross39 said:
Lol....damn... I AIN'T letting my wife read THIS thread......she thinks I spend too much time on XDA as it is (never mind that she spends twice the amount of time on farce book....pmsl).......
She'll ban me outright if she reads this....lmao
Back to 10.1 for now.....
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Omg i guess i have a cloned wife like urs lol lots of FB "addictive"
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ahassouna said:
Omg i guess i have a cloned wife like urs lol lots of FB "addictive"
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As long as you two make sure it isn't the same wife you're talking about... Sorry if I crossed the line with this

Ha ha lol......maybe a twin sister my wife never knew about......
(OMG......there's 2 of them?.....lmao )
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new to the note

just wanted to say I love this phone.. I had the streak and the infuse and the shyrocket but this phones a beast. ok ok I'm going to ask but its just out of curiousity. which Tom is stable enough for a daily driver. I know I know read and explore yada yada yada. just trying to get input from you early adoptors. thanks in advance.
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nthknd said:
just wanted to say I love this phone.. I had the streak and the infuse and the shyrocket but this phones a beast. ok ok I'm going to ask but its just out of curiousity. which Tom is stable enough for a daily driver. I know I know read and explore yada yada yada. just trying to get input from you early adoptors. thanks in advance.
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Who's tom? o.0
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got a-Dev ?
www.android-dev.us
freakboy13 said:
Who's tom? o.0
sent from my hoXl
got a-Dev ?
www.android-dev.us
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Don't be stupid, you know what he meant. Its a typo. Nobody is perfect including you.
To the OP, are you wanting to use a Gingerbread or ICS rom? If your interested in Gingerbread try SolarisPrime A New Hope. The rom is great!
ICS = HANDS DOWN UCLE2 BASE + FJ MOD by Flappjaxxx
But many others that have minor bugs... youll have to read up on each.
I rocked troposphere for quite a while... Kinda Like AOSP
I played with tablet mods on several other bases(which was cool and different) but I already have a tablet so didnt need another one lol
Im sure that you'll want to stay away from GB roms, because if you do go with GB you'll only find out at a later date that, when you flash ICS, you should have done it in the first place... Kind like having a choice to buy either a 1990 mustang or a 2012 mustang and choosing the 90's car. Then when it starts to smell old and feel slow, switching to the 2012... Money aside of course...
Welcome!
I am using the flappjaxxx rom mentioned above and I am over all pleased.
FJ pimped my pride
nthknd said:
just wanted to say I love this phone.. I had the streak and the infuse and the shyrocket but this phones a beast. ok ok I'm going to ask but its just out of curiousity. which Tom is stable enough for a daily driver. I know I know read and explore yada yada yada. just trying to get input from you early adoptors. thanks in advance.
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I'm so glad you love your NOTE
I even love this device also it replaces my laptop because I own ASUS G53SX damn this thing is so heavy to bring around
What I love about the note is 5.3 inch screen very high def qualify watching movies or TV on it at 1080P 60fps and very fun playing games on it as well when I'm out about too . Very light weight and it fit's in my jeans pocket just fine.
For 5.3 inch Phone + Tablet all in one device compared to Asus Prime which is 10 inch screen I prefer to have a device that's a phone and tablet so I don't have to bring 2 different devices around with me
The latest UCLE2 IMM76D 4.0.4 build is the most stable i've had so far. If you like the stock experience I'd say go with that ROM. Then ofcourse root it!
I'm on the stock official release that just came out. Nothing fancy for now.
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nlghtcrawler said:
I'm on the stock official release that just came out. Nothing fancy for now.
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If you using SGH-I717 did you get a new software update?
Is their different model of SGH-I717 I only know Internal Version and ATT Version I was wondering on how you got a official software update on your device?
I own ATT Version SGH-I717 I never got any new Software update?
Anything by Flappjaxxx. All his roms are butter with no force close issues whatsoever.
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animeware said:
If you using SGH-I717 did you get a new software update?
Is their different model of SGH-I717 I only know Internal Version and ATT Version I was wondering on how you got a official software update on your device?
I own ATT Version SGH-I717 I never got any new Software update?
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He's probably talking about the new leak that was linked here in the general forums.
you guys are great! I have to agree ics is great had a collective rom on my skyrocket and loved it. so i guess ill have to do some reading on how to get to ics on the note. it was pretty easy on the rocket. I've rooted already and will Odin cwm tonight then hit the dev section and get to it.
thanks guys looking forward to a great time here.
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I came from the streak this phone is the best phone I've had hands down.
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ParanoidAndroid...

What interest is there here for a port of this ROM?
( http://www.teamphones.com/android/paranoid-android-rom-turns-your-phone-into-tablet-8081.html )
it would be great +1
unfortunately its a very long way to go.
first you need a stable cm9 for that. and the rest......................... phew
Only a select few have the phone and you guys are already asking for roms basically.
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bala_gamer said:
unfortunately its a very long way to go.
first you need a stable cm9 for that. and the rest......................... phew
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Reviewers said:
Only a select few have the phone and you guys are already asking for roms basically.
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You guys misunderstood what the point of this thread was for. It was to see what interest there was for it to see if it is worth my time to kick start and find others that are interested on working on it.
Fysi said:
You guys misunderstood what the point of this thread was for. It was to see what interest there was for it to see if it is worth my time to kick start and find others that are interested on working on it.
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I just went from a ParanoidAndroid GNex to the S3. You have no idea how much I want ParanoidAndroid on this.
So yeah, please go for it
Spybreak said:
I just went from a ParanoidAndroid GNex to the S3. You have no idea how much I want ParanoidAndroid on this.
So yeah, please go for it
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+1
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Sign me up.
Im a new android app developer but let me know if there is anything i can do to help.
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Super slick rom there. I'd def love to have it on my GS3!
I love this ROM, it's really great on my S II, and I imagine would be more enjoyable to use on the S III due to it's 4.8 HD Amoled
Would be nice to have this run on our gs3s
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Would love to be able to run it on the S3.
Yes pleaaaase! I think this is how android should work in general...jelly bean maybe?
Fysi, please ignore the naysayers, we want this in a bad way so if you could do anything to make that happen I think there would be alot of happy GS3 owners here! Now go do the right thing. /Dr. Laura voice
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Amazing ROM.
Once we get CM9 contact them I suppose.
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This was the best rom i never have for my gs2.
Really want it on my gs3 (think screen are better for tablet mode).
Really hope than Paranoid Team port this (or find one able to) on the new galaxy.
Envoyé depuis mon Gs III
Nobody else wants this?
916x10 said:
Nobody else wants this?
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Yes, I want this rom too
When I got my "new" s3, I gave my "old" s2 (running Paranoid Android1.1) to my wife.
Well, I knew that this rom really missed me on s3 and I had the hope that someone will port this really innovative rom.
....so, go for it!
Thanks in advance
EDIT: Ok, it seems that everything is moving way fast around S3.
We already have CM9, AOKP and finally ParanoidAndroid
+1 here.
I use this on my Note

Gingerbread ROM on Galaxy SIII

Howdy,
For testing purposes I want to load a pre-ICS ROM on my GalaxyS3. I need the flash built in that got dropped with ICS.
Has anyone tried this? If so, what are recommended ROMs?
If no one has done this, what ROMs are closest to what the S3 runs and would stand the greatest chance of working?
Thanks,
Joe
Presume this is a test to see how fast you can brick your SGS3 .
Adobe Flash player works on ICS .
jje
now this was a unique question. in the world of jb you are looking for gb
oh go on, do it, testing, testing
Joe407 said:
Howdy,
For testing purposes I want to load a pre-ICS ROM on my GalaxyS3. I need the flash built in that got dropped with ICS.
Has anyone tried this? If so, what are recommended ROMs?
If no one has done this, what ROMs are closest to what the S3 runs and would stand the greatest chance of working?
Thanks,
Joe
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Like JJegan has already mentioned Adobe flash was dropped for JB not ICS
This is I think the 4th "can I put gingerbread on x" thread I have seen on xda, pretty sure its the second in the S3 forum and also there were two in the gnex forums if my memory serves me right.
As you can imagine they were met with complete and WARRANTED hostility.
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nodstuff said:
This is I think the 4th "can I put gingerbread on x" thread I have seen on xda, pretty sure its the second in the S3 forum and also there were two in the gnex forums if my memory serves me right.
As you can imagine they were met with complete and WARRANTED hostility.
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"Dude if ICS is this fast imagine how fast gingerbread wud b"
Classic.
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joshnichols189 said:
"Dude if ICS is this fast imagine how fast gingerbread wud b"
Classic.
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If I'm not mistaken, that is an ACTUAL quote!
Damn, in that case snake from the Nokia 5110 will run smooth as a mofo on our S3!
Let's start a bounty!
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To be fair to the guy I have often wondered the same thing but just for proof of concept not for flash lol
Regards
Jack
gingerbread rom for galaxy s3
JSale said:
To be fair to the guy I have often wondered the same thing but just for proof of concept not for flash lol
Regards
Jack
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to be equally fair, i'm in the same boat. i had a captivate for a while, loved the gb roms i flashed constantly to find my favourite. bought an s2 and absolutely love the phone. i hard bricked my previous s2, i dont think i had the right kernel, something i did was for a non canadian version of the s2. after i sold that one i bought another brand new s2. the s3 was around for a little while at this point but my girlfriend has a galaxy nexus and her sister an s3 and i just dont like the way ics and jb look, feel and operate. it felt like switching from windows to a mac after using windows for years. i would go to close a window and the 'x' was in the upper left and not right like windows.
its a personal opinion, i'm sure in many ways firmwares past gb are better in many quantifiable ways, but i just dont like em. not to mention the stupid physical home button like some loser iphone. i love the 4 backlit buttons that samsung uses on many devices like the blu ray player i have. it's just awesome.
anyway, long story short - is there any other demand worth warranting a dev to make a gb rom for phones past that version of android?
in closing, think of the amount of roms out there for the captivate which are based on froyo people still use. gb ics and even jb roms are available but many people still prefer the look and feel of froyo.
anyway, long story short - is there any other demand worth warranting a dev to make a gb rom for phones past that version of
Got a couple of thousand to spare might interest a dev otherwise not likely .
Try one of the developer forums where devs have a contact or question route .
jje
thank you sir, i'll keep the search alive although i think i'm upstream in a fecal body of water without means of propulsion
why?!
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[Q] what could we expect now...?

Good afternoon guys
I know probably this will be a pushy question but I will really like to know some information about what could we been expecting now with this new 4.1 update for I717.
I was looking on the N7000 forum and there is a lots of nice roms on JB out there, any of those Dev will think on porting their roms to our device?
thanks in advance for your opinion,
I've been following this device since release because one of my friends has it. Overall I am very disappointed in what's come of development from here and most of all from AT&T. As soon as the Note 2 dropped the Note 1 died. Even the new update doesn't have Multi Window features. Nobody somehow even ported it yet? I can't find it. People ported it to the S2 S3 etc etc.
Time to upgrade to a Note 3 from the looks of it.
I asked because I don't any of the Dev pronounce any information of building or porting a rom base on the new updated. probably its me and I don't want to sound like bad but the update it there and We would like to know if there will be nice roms like they are on the N7000
thanks for your all understanding
geoldr said:
I've been following this device since release because one of my friends has it. Overall I am very disappointed in what's come of development from here and most of all from AT&T. As soon as the Note 2 dropped the Note 1 died. Even the new update doesn't have Multi Window features. Nobody somehow even ported it yet? I can't find it. People ported it to the S2 S3 etc etc.
Time to upgrade to a Note 3 from the looks of it.
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Dude its been literally 24 hours since the JB update showed up.
jpeg42 said:
Dude its been literally 24 hours since the JB update showed up.
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I second this. Chill dude. Just wait a bit...
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ZacksBuilds said:
I second this. Chill dude. Just wait a bit...
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And i thrice this !!!!! yeah thrice is real .....and there isnt another cool way to say anthing past 3 so dont do it ! ITS ONLY BEEN 24HRS :laugh:
shayneflashindaily said:
And i thrice this !!!!! yeah thrice is real .....and there isnt another cool way to say anthing past 3 so dont do it ! ITS ONLY BEEN 24HRS :laugh:
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I HECTA this
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ZacksBuilds said:
I HECTA this
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nothing is as cool as thrice .......nice try ............ but to be on point ........im going to be flashing like crazy when some custom 4.1.2 arrives .....and on my other rom site......hence my screenname lol
Well guys sorry for the rush. Was just wanted to know what its on the mind of the devs at this moment. I will wait that not a problem
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There will be touchwiz roms and kernels based on the new build since there's source.
The source will be merged with aosp kernels to help make more stable aosp roms.
Thanks gor the info. I was just concern of the work of the dev now. I have better picture of it
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Too many typos........what ?
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Looking for an excellent rom!!!

Hey guys i got this phone yesterday and it's unlocked i just did the root on the device, but i want to be clear and sure about what to flash on my device, so im looking for a stable, fast, all around great rom, so if you guys can help me with that!
Go to development thread
2$HAYNE
daworship said:
Hey guys i got this phone yesterday and it's unlocked i just did the root on the device, but i want to be clear and sure about what to flash on my device, so im looking for a stable, fast, all around great rom, so if you guys can help me with that!
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with your experience on XDA you should know, what is going to be an excellent ROM for somebody else, may not be for you. I don't know what kind of user you are.
not sure what your last phone was, but we have quite a bit of variety here.
here is my rundown and I am sure you know basics
ICS 4.0.4...........super stable by know beings update official updates have gone beyond
JB 4.1.2...........Touchwiz based pretty darn close to stock (debloated) and DAMN stable. only a couple out there but rock solid. some theming and mods out there for personal touches. not many updates needed
JB 4.2..............these would be AOSP, AOKP and CM based ROMS. lots of customizing. basically 3 ROM's in 1. with bells and whistles are some shortcomings. random reboots being the biggest flaw. many have success using alternate KERNALS built in conjunction with certain ROM's, giving options for OCing and UVing. different tweaks here and there can better chances for success. lots of updates on these.
JB 4.3..............still early in the game. smooth but working out a lot of kinks right now. its coming along
just an honest everyday user here giving an honest opinion m my experience here. folks are great funny and very helpful and a LOT of talent in development here.
good luck my friend. I am sure others will be along to correct me on SOMETHNG
Lol I thanked I twice..im a tmo user n our variety on roms is far less than i717 IM on skeleton key ICS rom and so far it's awesome...no reboots debloated n compatible with i717...just gotta flash a tmo modem but can be used for i717...give it a try new guy it's in the development thread...
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angelf82 said:
Lol I thanked I twice..im a tmo user n our variety on roms is far less than i717 IM on skeleton key ICS rom and so far it's awesome...no reboots debloated n compatible with i717...just gotta flash a tmo modem but can be used for i717...give it a try new guy it's in the development thread...
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New guy lol did you look at his profile compared to yours .... Your the new guy ha:beer:
2$HAYNE
Oops I didn't lol from the way he worded that he had just gotten the i717 I thought he was new lol if ire talking about daworship guy then yeah..I am pretty new to XDA community but I love reading all u guys threads cus some are funny and others are very helpful...we are all like a family cus we all help each others out to solve issues but daworship has being here longer then me n with all do respect I don't think he should ask a question like that but we support and answer politely...I do think he should try skeleton key but it's confusing cus it's in the i717 thread but yet it's for tmo users...unless im wrong...correct me if I am lol :beer:
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angelf82 said:
Oops I didn't lol from the way he worded that he had just gotten the i717 I thought he was new lol if ire talking about daworship guy then yeah..I am pretty new to XDA community but I love reading all u guys threads cus some are funny and others are very helpful...we are all like a family cus we all help each others out to solve issues but daworship has being here longer then me n with all do respect I don't think he should ask a question like that but we support and answer politely...I do think he should try skeleton key but it's confusing cus it's in the i717 thread but yet it's for tmo users...unless im wrong...correct me if I am lol :beer:
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Skeleton key is in the i717 thread because there are a bunch of us that use the i717 (AT&T version) and unlock it and use a Tmobile sim/service. It works great. So, he made that ROM for us.
Jellybean Sandwich!!
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I dunno..."great" is different for everyone.
Some people love Padawan, Blackstar....
Others love 4.2 ROM's, or ICS rom's
It depends what you want in a ROM. I'm using Skeleton Key, because I like ICS a lot. It works just fine for my needs. It is an excellent ROM, as are all the others. It just like I said...depends what YOU want.
MrPandroid said:
I dunno..."great" is different for everyone.
Some people love Padawan, Blackstar....
Others love 4.2 ROM's, or ICS rom's
It depends what you want in a ROM. I'm using Skeleton Key, because I like ICS a lot. It works just fine for my needs. It is an excellent ROM, as are all the others. It just like I said...depends what YOU want.
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I'm in love with PACMan ROM. Padawan would get more love if it wasn't so laggy on my Note
TalRazMob said:
I'm in love with PACMan ROM. Padawan would get more love if it wasn't so laggy on my Note
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you obviously have not read p. 355- 378 in thread then. which deals with the ONLY issue folks have had with that ROM. with those settings, my phone runs orgasmic.
always read, read, read
not my intention to be a D#@K. too many people are wanting someone else to do the work for them lately. when basically it is what they themselves do to their phone, not what somebody else does it. so why would you not want to inform yourself and understand.
good luck
"Kenny g plays softly in the background" I yell out 2shayne!!! Lol
2$HAYNE
shayneflashindaily said:
"Kenny g plays softly in the background" I yell out 2shayne!!! Lol
2$HAYNE
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and I thought I was twisted
I have my moments... Which is usually every moment
2$HAYNE
U are too damn hilarious bro! :thumbup: this how I see u when ure posting something using this face <--- like a hyper face lol
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Yezzir!
2$HAYNE
captemo said:
you obviously have not read p. 355- 378 in thread then. which deals with the ONLY issue folks have had with that ROM. with those settings, my phone runs orgasmic.
always read, read, read
not my intention to be a D#@K. too many people are wanting someone else to do the work for them lately. when basically it is what they themselves do to their phone, not what somebody else does it. so why would you not want to inform yourself and understand.
good luck
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Checking this out now
Update: thought you we're directing me towards how to speed up padawan lol
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