[Galaxy S I9000 General] leimolavida:
Hello I am here to review the last release of Juwe's rom v4.3.1 , they really put a lot of work in it and thumbs up for the entire crew.

Main Advantages:

1- Very stable and blazing fast

2- Very good looking wallpapers

3- Comes with preinstalled Launcher Pro

4- Preinstalled Gingerbread + Samsung Keyboard

5- Amazing battery life

6- Arabic Patch via Madmac

7- Touch Wiz 4

8- Rooted + Fully Deoxed

Main Disadvantages :

1- Battery life is very poor when running on 3G data networks

2- Handset might get overheated when using for longer limes

3- Email application drains battery very fast

4- Front face camera is not working in camera mood

5- Some applications causes Force Closing like Home Switcher , Launcher Switcher

6- Arabic Patch doesn't have preinstalled keyboard

7- Not based on JVO modem.

Let's start with the installation and i will add my comments on them.

WARNING : ATTEMPTING TO DO ANY OF THE BELOW IS COMPLETELY ON YOUR OWN RISK , THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE YOUR PHONE MIGHT BE DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR WHILE DOING THIS, SO PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE POST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

Installation v4.3.1

1) Download v4.3.1 and put it to intSD card

2) Backup efs folder and take out your SIM card and SD card

3) Flash Stock firmware XWJVH (it must contain bootloaders) with Odin

4) Flash kernel CF-Root v3.2 JVH with Odin (repartition is UNTICK)

5) Go to CWM and flash v4.3.1

6) After reboot go to CWM and make wipe cache and wipe dalvik-cache

Activation for Lagfix v4.3.1

-Use application Ext4 and convert files to ext4 with it

Here is an easier version for less experienced user.

1) You must have a Stock Gingerbread ROM (2.3.3) XWJVH with bootloaders installed first , other wise you are risking to brick your phone.

2) If you are running any other android version than XWJVH you will have to upgrade/downgrade to this ROM first

3)Make sure that the download mode and the recovery mode is working with the combo buttons , if not check this post out

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...d-recovery-mode-in-samsung-galaxy-s-gt-i9000/

4)Switch off the phone and go into Download mode ( Hold Vol Down + Home + Power ) - Don't connect your phone just yet

5)unzip CFRoot V3.2 with WinZip

6) Open Odin and choose in the PDA field the unzipped *.tar file ( CF-Root-XW_NEE_JVH-v3.2-CWM3RFS.tar )

7) Now connect your phone using the USB cable ( make sure that samsung KIES is not running ) - Odin should show on the screen added.

8)Press strart on Odin it should take 5 seconds wait until the phone restarts and then remove it from the USB cable

9) Download the Juwe's ROM v4.3.1 and put in on your internal SD card

10) You will find a CWM software installed on your phone after flashing the kernel , open it and reboot into recovery

11) From Recovery menu , choose to " install .zip from SD card " ( choose with Vol UP , Down and activate with power button .

12)Go to where you have placed the Juwe's ROM and then choose it , then choose YES

13) The ROM is now installing it will take few minutes + longer time on booting than usual only on the first time.

Enjoy !

To install the addons , you need to do the same steps from ( 9 - 12 )

The complete guide and download links in the ROM page below

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=964672

How to tweak UP Juwe's ROM to enjoy even more

1- Try using another email application other than the installed one like RoadSync or Moxier ( but make sure that the new application doesn't drain battery as well )

2- Use the LagFix ( instructions on the above link )

3- For Arabic users , you will have to download a keyboard ( i am using SMART keyboard and it is working fine )

4- Use Network Switcher software from the market where you can create rules that can help to automatically switch on and off the 3G data connection.

EDIT : For some reason you have to do a quick reboot after each battery full charge , other wise Android OS will eat up the battery in hours.

Other than that the ROM is really so far the best i have used , i have tried most of the existing Custom ROMs based on Gingerbread and this is by far the most stable and fastest one i have tested.

Again i would like to extend my appreciation for the entire Crew and i am sure that any future release will be as successful as this one.

Ahmed A Gad