rounsy222
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Yup. Its a sleeper. Been using his roms for a while now and have yet to hiccup once on me. Let me know how it treats ya. I have tried multiple themes and the lock screen mod and it all works great with it.
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Root Best Rom to Flash??
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Yup. Its a sleeper. Been using his roms for a while now and have yet to hiccup once on me. Let me know how it treats ya. I have tried multiple themes and the lock screen mod and it all works great with it.
rounsy222
Android Enthusiast
Umm, thats a very good question for which i dont have a solid answer for:-( i put adw on my stuff right away because i am lazy and dont want to redo my home screen every time i flash so i use the backup/restore function. Then i theme my phone. I do believe that the rom comes with 2 different launchers. But depending on if you are using one of his themes or if you are going to flash another theme, they may or may not come with a themed launcher.
I just dug around rom and there are 4 different launchers that come with it. Lol, I always go into the rom and delete the stuff i dont want, which includes the launchers since i use adw. You could always try a home switcher and see if one of the others have the dock bar you want. I wish i could answer your question better.
androidtp
Android Enthusiast
in your opinion..is this better than srf to you? top 3 roms so far i'm hearing is srf..bonsai..and midnight
It has frozen on me twice now. It happens when I go to reply to a text. I tap on the box to make it show the keyboard, and bam...frozen solid. Have to pull the battery.
The first time it did it, I went ahead and reflashed the rom. Then I did it again for good measure. So three flashes, and it still did it. I have not done ANY data restores at all, so there shouldnt' be any old, lingering bad data.
Also, the battery indicator in the notification screen doesn't work. It'll be stuck on 100 for a while, then just take wild guesses. I have to use the battery widget that came with it to get my real battery life info.
The first time it did it, I went ahead and reflashed the rom. Then I did it again for good measure. So three flashes, and it still did it. I have not done ANY data restores at all, so there shouldnt' be any old, lingering bad data.
Also, the battery indicator in the notification screen doesn't work. It'll be stuck on 100 for a while, then just take wild guesses. I have to use the battery widget that came with it to get my real battery life info.
SRF didnt like my phone at all. It would soft brick once a week and I'd have to odin back to stock to be able to use my phone at all. I have not tried to newest release, though.
I honestly have not found a rom that was 100% flawless yet. I can do a battery pull and reboot in about .6 seconds now.
rounsy222
Android Enthusiast
Wow, you have all the luck. I have not seen one post about freeze ups in his thread that i can recall. The battery icon is unfortunately 20% increments. He is suppose to be changing that in his themes that is is gonna be releasing soon. Your phone has me thoroughly intrigued. What kernel are you using, the one that came with it? I try alot of different roms but always finding myself back on his roms because i never have any stability issues, and battery life is incredible. Do you use the official twitter app by chance? I have seen others, cant remember if was on here or xda, that they came to the conclusion it was causing there phone to freeze. Just a stab in the dark with that. I really want to know what is causing all of your freeze ups, as you would im sure.
I don't use Twitter, so no Twitter app at all on here unless it comes loaded on a rom. I'm using Bonsai v4.1.1 kernel right now. I generally use whatever comes with a rom. I don't wanna rock the boat. 
Apparently this is the kernel version that was on the Bonsai rom taht I flashed the other day. So when I flashed THIS rom, it kept the bonsai rom..
And 20% increments is the dumbest thing I ever heard of. I'm not gonna lie..lol..like right now, it says 100% in my notification bar, but the battery widget shows 83%.
Apparently this is the kernel version that was on the Bonsai rom taht I flashed the other day. So when I flashed THIS rom, it kept the bonsai rom..And 20% increments is the dumbest thing I ever heard of. I'm not gonna lie..lol..like right now, it says 100% in my notification bar, but the battery widget shows 83%.
rounsy222
Android Enthusiast
I don't use Twitter, so no Twitter app at all on here unless it comes loaded on a rom. I'm using Bonsai v4.1.1 kernel right now. I generally use whatever comes with a rom. I don't wanna rock the boat.
And 20% increments is the dumbest thing I ever heard of. I'm not gonna lie..lol..like right now, it says 100% in my notification bar, but the battery widget shows 83%.
Twitter does come preloaded on the rom but most likely isnt your issue. What i really do wonder if your phone doesnt care for the low memory tweaks in the kernels. I know all of our phones are different. Some can oc to only 1.2 others cant undervolt at all(mine is like that). Have you by chance tried clean kernel by drockstar? I think it may be worth a shot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1053252
It is basically a cleaned up stock kernel that is rooted.
And i totally agree with you on the 20% battery increments.
I don't know. I know my phone had some bugs when I got it. I'd have to dig up some old posts to refresh my memory, but it seems like freezing was one of them. So I'm not quite sure what I can and can't blame on the roms and kernels.
But with a rom and custom kernel, that kind of eliminates everything from the factory, right?
But with a rom and custom kernel, that kind of eliminates everything from the factory, right?
rounsy222
Android Enthusiast
Ya for the most part. Seems to me that the kernel is probably the most like culprit but it is soo hard to determine in your instance. Thats why i suggested trying the clean kernel because it is basically that, a cleaned up stock kernel that is rooted a very little if any tweaks. Be a good baseline test. But i understand where you are at too.
rounsy222
Android Enthusiast
yes, but there is a odin flashable one too. the cwm(zip) is the link above the odin(tar.md5) one. i am downloading it now just to verify, will edit after flashing, would rather bork my phone than yours on bad instructions
ok just clear cache and flash. goes fast so dont be surprised. i made a backup just in case but had no issues. i really hope this works for you.
rounsy222
Android Enthusiast
i think the odin version is like a one click root, i think it says in the op future rooting methods will be done this way instead of the one click root. so i don't really see an issue with either way. oh, if you don't have cwm 3.1.0.1 already(the purple one) then you will after this! and it is nicer then the other version imho.
Great, thanks. 4 freezes today. It was only in texting apps, but today, it was completely random. Like, halfway between two home screens. I was actually seeing half of one home screen and half of the next. grrrrr
This is what always seems to happen. One little issue just gets worse and worse over a week or two until I want to throw my phone into Tampa Bay.
This is what always seems to happen. One little issue just gets worse and worse over a week or two until I want to throw my phone into Tampa Bay.
Did it last night. Have not had a freeze yet. **crossing fingers**
I really, really like this rom so I am desperate to make it work!! Oh, and I did decide to go ahead and run Go Launcher. It's what I was using before I flashed this. So I have my 4 icon dock back, and it still has all the cool transition effects. I was afraid a diff launcher might override that. (I had only used one of the preloaded launchers so I wasn't sure what would happen)
I really, really like this rom so I am desperate to make it work!! Oh, and I did decide to go ahead and run Go Launcher. It's what I was using before I flashed this. So I have my 4 icon dock back, and it still has all the cool transition effects. I was afraid a diff launcher might override that. (I had only used one of the preloaded launchers so I wasn't sure what would happen)
rounsy222
Android Enthusiast
I hope it does. If it does work then it was the low memory tweaks that has been your issue, if not, maybe you have a bad phone. You cant get any more of a stock kernel (to my knowledge which is somewhat limited. Lol) than that while being rooted. So my fingers are crossed with you. Let me know how it goes and good luck!
Still going well!! I've not had one freeze all day. Battery life is amazing. I was worried the first day because it KILLED my battery. It was insane. I thought I was going to have to ditch it. But now, with moderate use, I don't have to charge it all day. Which is NUTS! But I'm crazy and plug it in any time it's under 50%..
But I'm crazy and plug it in any time it's under 50%..
rounsy222
Android Enthusiast
Still going well!! I've not had one freeze all day. Battery life is amazing. I was worried the first day because it KILLED my battery. It was insane. I thought I was going to have to ditch it. But now, with moderate use, I don't have to charge it all day. Which is NUTS!
Very nice! You are on emerald envy still right? If so that has been the report on the battery life, it just keeps getting better after a few days. Lets hope that it stays stabile for you. B-)