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Root My experience with Basix

HELLO ALL. WELL THIS IS MY REVIEW ON MY SAMSUNG GALAXY INDULGE R910 RUNNING BASIX 1.0 WITHOUT ELECTRIC SHEEP.


AT FIRST I DID NOT WANT TO EVEN ROOT MY PHONE, SINCE EVERYTHING WAS SO CLEAN FEELING COMING FROM A YEAR OF HAVING THE HUAWIE ASCEND. WHEN I FIRST FLASHED OVER TO BASIX W/ELECTRIC SHEEP THOUGH I HAD SOME ISSUES. I WOULD LOOSE DATA COMPLETELY (4G AND 3G). IT WOULD TAKE HALF THE DAY TO GET A FULL CHARGE THEN THE BATTERY WOULD DRAIN IN A COUPLE OF HOURS (PROBABLY DUE TO 4G ANT). ALSO I COULD NOT MOUNT MY USB, IN ANY MODE, ( I HAD A SEPARATE ISSUE A WEEK AGO BUT THATS A SD CARD ISSUE.) MAPS WOULD NOT GET A FIX ON MY POSITION I WOULD GET RANDOM REBOOTS. AND OVER ALL MY PHONE WOULD JUST LAG. I WOULD PROBABLY CONTRIBUTE ALL OF THOSE PROBLEMS TO A BAD FLASH. SO I DECIDED TO FLASH BACK USING MY NANAROID, AND I WAS STUCK WITH MY STOCK ROM FOR A MONTH DUE TO MY SD CARD NOT WANTING TO MOUNT. AND STOCK WORKED GREAT UNTIL I GOT BORED Of THE STOCK ROM ONCE AGAIN.
THIS TIME WHEN I FLASHED OVER TO BASIX I HAD JUST FORMATED MY SD CARD BECAUSE IT HAD SOME ISSUES NOT WANTING TO MOUNT IN CWM. I BOOTED INTO RECOVERY WIPED BOOT, DATA, AND DALVIC CACHE, AND I HAD ALSO FULLY CHARGED BATTERY SO I WIPED MY BATTERY STATS TO ACCOMMODATE THE FRESH ROM. ONCE I CONNECTED TO MY WIFI I STARTED TO DOWNLOAD ALL MY OLD APPS MANUALLY SINCE I HAD ISSUES WITH TITANIUM BACKUP. I DOWNLOADED THE NEW PRLS I ALREADY NOTICED MY BATTERY LIFE HAD IMPROVED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT DRAINING NEARLY AS FAST AS BEFORE. GPS WAS WORKING GREAT, NO RANDOM REBOOTS, SD CARD WAS READING JUST FINE, APPS WERE LOADING VERY QUICKLY. AND I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH MY DATA CONNECTION. I WAS ABLE TO RUN THE PHONE WITH 4G ANT ON FOR ALMOST 5 HRS DOING REGULAR BROWSING AND DOWNLOADING. THEN I TURNED OFF MY 4G ANT AND STAYED WITH 3G, USING **583385##, NOW I HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING ATLEAST 9 HRS OF USE. I DIDN'T LIKE THE FONT THAT BASIX PROVIDED SO I DOWNLOADED ROM TOOLBOX AND INSTALLED THE MORPHEUS FONT. AND IN MY OPINION THAT IS THE BEST LOOKING FONT FOR THIS PHONE. THEN I DOWNLOADED EASY BATTERY SAVER WHICH I ALSO WOULD NOT RUN THIS PHONE WITHOUT. RUNNING IT ON INTELLIGENT MODE WORKS THE BEST. I ALSO GOT TIRED OF LAUNCHER PRO WHILE ITS SIMPLE AND CLEAN IT WAS JUST TOO PLAIN AND DIDN'T HAVE TOO MANY OPTIONS TO CUSTOMIZE IT. SO I SWITCHED TO GO LAUNCHER EX, WITH GO CONTACTS, GO WIDGETS, AND GO CLOCK. I HAVE A FEW THEMES DOWNLOAD FOR GO LAUNCHER AND USE DIFFERENT ICONS DIFFERENT APPS.(SYSTEM, FUN, PRODUCTIVITY, ECT...)

THANKS TO ALL THE K0NANE AND DROCKSTAR AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT DEVELOPED THIS ROM AND APPS




HERE IS A LIST OF APPS I HAVE DOWNLOADED AND ACTUALLY KEPT ON MY PHONE.
  • GO LAUNCHER EX
  • DROP BOX
  • EASY BATTERY SAVER (FREE)
  • EXTENDED CONTROLS (PAID)
  • TEMP+CPU WIDGET
  • ADOBE FLASH PLAYER
  • BETTER KEYBOARD 8 W/ OIL SLICK
  • CB THEME
  • COM THEME
  • GO LOCKER
  • GO LOCKER DARK THEME
  • GO CLOCK WIDGET
  • GO MESSAGE WIDGET
  • DESK MIGRATE
  • FACE BOOK
  • FAST BURST CAMERA
  • GPS ESSENTIALS
  • WORDS WITH FRIENDS
  • HUMAN ANATOMY
  • LINE RUNNER
  • SPEED TEST
  • ZEDGE
  • VOXER

ROOT APPS
  • DRO CAP2 (FREE)
  • ROM MANAGER (FREE)
  • ROOT EXPLORER (PAID)
  • ROM TOOLBOX (FREE)
 
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