[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
Hey hey people, what's been up? :)

Sorry for not being here for a few days, work's been very demanding!

Anyway, I've seen that many of you have flashed over to XXKP9 and the feedback so far is mostly positive.

I flashed to XXKP9 y'day and its been more than 24 hours now. I'm going to leave a long-arse post about my experience with it so far.. ;)

I'm not going to repeat the flash procedure as its pretty much universal knowledge now. Anyone still looking for instructions, head over to the XXKP7 feedback thread, there are more than one guides for it. Many of the reported issues I see are because of instructions skipped. Its your own fault!

Also, please do not come back on here with stuff like "this ROM sucks, too many bugs, some fancy feature does not work and thus its crap". This is still a DEV ROM and it has bugs, that is expected. So do not moan about that. If you want a bug-free build (if that exists on any version of any OS..), flash one of the officially released ROMs and swallow the fact that you're not made for leaked ROMs.

Okay, rant over!

Now the feedback:

- First and foremost; more than 24 hours and no SOD with everything from data to Wi-Fi left on. No SOD in any sleep scenario, manual or timed out.

- Camera, video rec, playback etc. all works fine. No issues at all.

- Call quality is good.

- Kernel Panic appeared while rooting but nothing more than that.

- I do not use any 3rd party camera apps, so can't tell if they cause problems although ShopSavvy barcode scanner works fine.

- Can play 720p videos (seriously, do you really need to play full HD 1080p vids on a 4" screen?)

- I'm not into watching too many videos on my phone anyway, but mp4 and avi files that I do have on my SD played perfectly fine. I've developed the habit of converting videos to mp4 or avi to the phone's resolution before I transfer them to the phone, it saves memory and weeds out any possible playback issues while maintaining good video quality. (I wouldn't watch Transformers on this, would I?) :rolleyes:

- Video calling on 3G works.

- Video calling on Skype not yet supported for this device, Galaxy S was added in the last update, so we might have it soon.. (yes, I'm talking about the latest version.. d'oh! :cool:)

- Wi-Fi working fine, no disconnections, signal is reasonably strong.

- HSDPA data working fine, there are disconnections sometimes but that could be an operator issue, not sure.

- Music via bluetooth works, doesn't stop when device sleeps.

- People with Market issues; did you do the utter stupid thing by restoring system apps (incl. Market) from previous backup? If yes, then please smack yourself in the face and reflash.:p If not, then just go to Applications>All>Market>Clear Data. Reboot phone and launch Market.

- Screw the default gallery and use Quick Pic, trust me, you won't look back!

- Do NOT long press power button, it still is a DEV ROM and Kernel Panic will appear. Just select reboot from the pop-up after pressing power button normally.

- Battery life is as good as Froyo if not better. No complaints.

- Phone is very responsive, smooth and more than 150MB free memory with tons of apps installed. Btw, I used Root Uninstaller to freeze annoying Samsung bloat (Daily News & Briefing, Aldiko, Layar etc.)

- Mobile AP works and can be found in Tethering under Wireless and Networks. (That wasn't tough at all!)

- KIES detects device fine (you know I don't care about that horrendous piece of software but yeah..).

- Both SD cards are detected on PC.

- SD read write speeds are impressive on the phone. I got 9.9 write and 20.5 read speeds on Antutu.

SD Tools gave 8.4 and 20.8 respectively which is still pretty impressive!

- Antutu numbers are attached.

Update: Audio doesn't seem to work on 3G video calls. Skype video not yet supported, but that's not exactly an issue on the phone's or the ROM's side.

Update: GTalk video works (partly) now. Thanks to Paul from MoDaCo. I've managed to make it work on our device but its not perfect yet. The video you send appears upside down to you and rotated by 90deg to the person on the other side.

The apk is attached if you want to give it a try.

Alert: Backup original Talk.apk before trying this. Make sure your Google contacts are recently synced as this will wipe and re-sync your Google account. You'll have to sign in again after installing to access your GMail, Market etc.

Here's how:

- Download & install apk.

- Now open it and select to install.

- Allow SU permission and it will install.

- Ta Daaa.... Kernel Panic!! Chill.. Just pull battery and reboot.

- Now sign in to your Google account from anywhere (GMail, Market etc)

- Launch GTalk. You should see the camera icon as your status now. Any users on your list with video will show a camera status icon too.

- Smile and fire off a video call!

- Let me know if you see yourself on your feet and not on your head.. :p

I'll add if I forgot something or find out something new. I will edit this post rather than making a new one.