yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] PondaRox:
if it isn't too much trouble, try switching between camera and camcorder and tell me what happens. as i mentioned, in both 2.0 and 2.1, there's a brief-ish period where the phone will black out and pseudo-freeze before the camcorder pops up. if this isn't happening to you, i might want to try your camera.apk (but the steelblue camera.apk, which didn't have this problem, behaves the same way. also, there's the thing with your previews)

in contrast, i haven't had any issues with the picture previews. the previews in the camera app spends a micro-second in low res before going into the actual resolution of the image. gallery takes a little longer than this (3 micro seconds, maybe) before getting into the actual resolution and QuickPic doesn't have any issue of this sort (ironically, it warns you that your very first preview of an image in full screen will act this way)

side note: going through /system/apps, i found a bunch of apps that aren't appearing in the app drawer (miui launcher and mobo player among them)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
y arent they coming in the app drawer!!any ideas people?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishen80:
at hm now :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
kk.............does what i said work??
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishen80:
ya i tried,but still some apps not showing..... :confused::confused:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
plz describe more(only those apps)............and via pm :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
Some include LW and Apps.

- Polaris crashes on this ROM. Try opening a word doc and it crashes.

- MIUI Launcher

- LCD Density Changer

- MoboPlayer

- Mystic Halo LW

@Ponda, I have no issues on QuickPic but yes the camera app, The 2.1 has a non steelblue camera.apk, If you could be kind enough as to upload it, that would be awesome as so I can compare the differences. The preview is the only issue, Camera works fine :) LW don't cause lag to the ROM so far. Only at times when you unlock you get a .5 sec black wallpaper before the LW kicks in.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] PondaRox:
and i have ONE more thing to add: my facebook sns isn't working either
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
Not working in what sense? If you had a backup of XXKPH you can restore it VIA TB. That should work 100%, But then again, I've done the same but my contact's don't get updated with their FB info,
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
hey guyzz...........this is v2.2

flash this and see if it works properly

Regards :)

Sarthak
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
I don't see a link :P
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jakelong00:
i have froyo 2.2 ddkb version.

can i directly flash to v2.1 using installing zip from sdcard??
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
oops........sorry forgot link :)

http://www.mediafire.com/?qrjt580hxl9fss7
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
of course not............first flash xxkph,then this
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] morofaya:
Still tw launcher4?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishen80:
thanks bro...... :P

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yes bro..u can changeb it if u wan. :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
I love the image on the 2nd shot D: AMAZING
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] morofaya:
Ah oke,,well i think adw launcher ex is the most stable launcher atm..just asking? what happends if u use 3rd party software?..apart from that 1..the gingerbread launcher is nice to but drains the battery insane much..

So TW launcher 4 the most stable free launcher? or..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] PondaRox:
i meant sns sync. i got it working, though; turns out i had 'Dont Sync' checked in the facebook app

i really want to flash this, but i have a feeling you're not confident about it yourself yet :confused:

aren't you going to update the OP and title?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] poolakkal Suresh:
Hope this works in all respect. It's pouring ROMs for I9003, Kudos all devs.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishen80:
You will love it...download it bro.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] zhiavril:
Thanks for your rom!It's great
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] PondaRox:
@kishen80: yes, i love it

@sakindia123: now i don't believe in perfection (lol, randomness), but based on initial impressions, this ROM is exactly what i wanted. i have to applaud the fact that you managed to fix every problem i had with this ROM so fast. camera lag, gone. music player glitch, gone. polaris office force close, gone. stock video player and codecs are back *clap clap clap*. you even added back the ringtones missing from the previous releases

just add gmaps back in the next release. it helps me test gps and besides, people find it useful. also, i love go launcher :(. no problem, i took a backup this time. also, there's one more missing app-thing; mystic halo lwp doesn't show. it's ok, though, live wallpapers lag gingerbread roms too much anyway

other than that, yeah, i love the theme, but the notification background makes the black text of ongoing notifications harder to read and notifications write over the clock in the middle, but i'll deal with it, it's a slick theme

at this point, all i can do is make suggestions (until a problem crops up, which seems unlikely this time):

-gmaps

-could you find some way to make live wallpapers work better? thanks

-feel free to lose anysoft keyboard

-go launcher wasn't worth removing, bro :o. well, you're the dev, and i will just

have to take the time to download it myself (it's free, anyway)

-this one's important: don't make every release a full-on reflash. each time, the thing will reformat the partitions to ext4, and restoring backups, homescreens, settings and such is kind of a hassle, even with titanium backup

now what i propose is this: for 2.3, make a full flash zip for newcomers AND a smaller one that simply upgrades 2.2 to 2.3. if doing both will take too long, i would recommend making just the small zip; newcomers can flash 2.0 and then 2.3. just a friendly suggestion, not trying to tell you how best to do things (since i don't know the first thing about developing ROMs, but i'm a very good critic...of everything :cool:)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] iPureOwnage:
Looks great and I really want to try it .. but please can someone make a video tutorial or something, I don't know the slightest thing about flashing and I don't want to brick my phone! Please it would be great if someone could help me! Thanks in advance! :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishen80:
U

Wow great review bro,happy u love it..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishen80:
Here is gmaps 5.10

http://db.tt/CqqbE4wL
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
I highly wouldn't suggest gmaps, It's the main reason why the phone turns sluggish and is unable to handle the stress. Theres a 30% increase in performance without GMaps. Due to it's foreboding annoying nature of popping up whenever it want's and hogging like 40MB of RAM, I'd rather it was an optional install rather than built in.

@iPureOwnage, Everything is in the OP. Please read up on that. You are required to have XXKPH base firmware. Doesn't matter which method you use. Just as long as you are on XXKPH. I hope that's as simple as it sounds. Also you can never brick your phone unless you do every flashing in it's proper methods. ROM's in Download Mode followed by Custom ROM's via CWM. Now if you flashed I9000 files to your phone. Your fu**ed.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] chefaujus:
V2.2 Simply the best! Thanks u for your hard work! :)

Sent from my GT-I9003 ( Cranium Rom V2.2 )
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
Updated OP with link of V2.2 and GMAPS 5.10

Happy Flashing!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] premdiv:
Thanks for your work and nice reviews. I'm currently in cranium 2.1 build. What is the procedure to flash 2.2 version? Great rom....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
procedure is same........just download and flash(its a full rom)..........from next time,i will only upload small zips :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] premdiv:
Thanks bro...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] premdiv:
Any idea why malayalam or hindi languages are not displayed in facebook, browser etc. I have seen this issue in all roms stock and custom. Any workaround for this issue... The unicode values are thr in droidsans.ttf. But it is displayed as squares in application.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] flwili:
for v2.2 is anybody has done the antutu or quadrant benchmark ? please share if you do.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
antutu will reduce to ~2600,but apps will load much faster!

COuld anyone provide me screenshots for v2.2 to add to the OP!It will be highly appreciated!

Regards.......
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mitoVonDido:
cranium v2.2 screenshots

here are the screenshots for cranium v2.2,

hope im not missing teh important parts :p
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] hekckos:
i just installed v2.2

however i cannot find the file manager! which app is it?

i cannot open any of my files from sd card....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rebel.charles:
Hi sakindia123, Thanks a lot for this amazing ROM. Really appreciate ur work. Great job.:):)

I wanted to ask you 1 thing, yesterday i downloaded V2.1 but in "about phone" it was showing "CRANIUM_V2.0". Why is that?:confused:

Also, i wanted to thank you again because this is the first time that my wifi is working properly in gingerbread. Finally i can experience gingerbread without any problem of disconnecting wifi signal constantly. :D:D

So i'm in a confusion to whether upgrade to V2.2 or not. Cos i dont want that wifi problem bugging me again in gingerbread. What do u suggest?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] premdiv:
Cranium 2.2 looks good.....great job man....

Installed 2.2 and its up and running....

File manager is missing. installed root explorer for that...

market having some occasional loading problem (waiting symbol just after we ask it to install) looks like its the problem with 3.1.5 as i got this issue with XXKPH rom also.

Video player now available and codecs also...

Nice work GPS, wifi, camera, wall paper chooser everything working fine....

Battery consumption seems to be slightly higher than 2.1 version... not sure though need to check.....

A big thanks..... :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] fengjia1313:
VERY NICE

very Beautiful
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] hekckos:
Despite the missing file manager, i found a way to work around it.

Load the CWM app, and there is a "Install APK" option

make sure that the external sd card has at least a file manager app eg. root explorer or es explorer. I just installed through this option and i got the file manager in the rom! :)

after using the rom for 5 hours, i would say it's very smooth. but the speed is somehow slower than v2.0. not sure if its only happening to me.....

i enabled all the tweaks.

great job sakinda!! your efforts is greatly appreciated :))
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
thanks guys........i appreciate that u like the rom..........i m working on arabic support!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] fengjia1313:
what about

Deep Sleep

Disconnect the network data

Is it possible to solve
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
have u enabled cwm tweaks?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
plz describe more............is anyone else facing it?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] morofaya:
ye i face it ,, apps like whatsapp if some1 send u something it will only arrive when u leave sleep mode..but it's not ur problem but the gingerbread's rom problem..

HOPE U CAN SAVE IT TO..wud be great =]
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Thericcio:
mmm problem kies... :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] simmmy:
I have to admit this is the best ROM I have come across and used. I love 2.2 keep it up guys!!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
Hey guyzz............do u think apps like phone,message,camera and contacts load faster in v2.2?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] morofaya:
Tbh bro, they kinda load slow =[...

Cud u add supercharger?

Overal the v2.2 is G R E A T..battery life is insanely good..the best so far..also it's flawless and smooth and the theme is great..only i dont like the ' contacts ' icon =p
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
Slow :p

guess i will have to remove that tweak............and i have already put a supercharger equivalent in this rom!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] morofaya:
Ur awesome bro,,can't wait for ur next release..serious haha battery life is so much improved..

If u want me to test..just send me a pm..i mostly download the rom when it comes out straight =]
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] manrock111:
File expert is perfect alternative to root explorer and it's free in market.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
@morofoya-could u post a screenshot of battery life?

@manrock111-or es file explorer(like the colourful look!)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] PondaRox:
phone: sometimes it loads instantly, other times it doesn't. it was the same on gitaxian, and i moved on from stock too long ago :D

message: same as before (this is loading it from the app drawer after setting GoSMS Pro as the default messaging app)

camera: i've already thanked you enough for this ;)

contacts: faster for sure (the spring cleaning of my contacts list must've helped)

it's about the same as gitaxian and your 2.0 (and even stock for that matter; tbh, your 2.1 had some bugs in this department)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jakelong00:
okay now i have cwm recovery and stock 2.3 xxkph rom now can i install this rom wit cwm.....(i ask this again because i don't have cfroot and i am new to all this flashing and don't want to mess my phone)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] morofaya:
@jakelong00 , download the rom. then put in on the root " the base " of ur external SD card. Boot into CWM using the : Volume up + home button + power button. Then chose option : install zip from sd card..chose the ROM .. installation will be started..soon as it's done..go back using the " Return" button , go to advanced..delete dalvik cash and HIIIIIII ROM..:)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
of course :P
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] morofaya:
Battery life screen:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/101/sc20110927132222.png/
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] hekckos:
hmm i enabled all the cm tweaks. i did the same in v2.0 and it was blazing fast.

somehow v2.2 is slower than v.2.0...

but its still an awesome rom overall!!! this is my first try on a custom rom and i am certainly very pleased :) not intending to switch to other roms at all becos this is really a very good rom!

keep up the great work!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
do not enable tweaks in v2.2.........it will slow down
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] morofaya:
Bro take a look at this pls :)

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844/cranium.png/
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
gr8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i love it
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
Yeah, I was about to comment on that aswell. The ROM feels really laggy on 2.2 with tweaks. I thought it was just me doing a bad flash, Turns out it's common
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] morofaya:
Its urs if u want :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] droidpaker:
Nice rom. I'm using this, version 2.2. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
ok guyz i will upload a small update 2moro 2 fix the lag :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Lordrdx666:
SIMPLY AWESOME !!! You made it in Photoshop right ??

I want a tutorial PMed to me right now !! It looks freaking cool .... it will help me design my own logos !!

Tapashocked :) via my gt-I9003 with a random keyboard of my choice ! :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] morofaya:
Haha ye it's made with photoshop yeah,,right now im kinda busy ill send u some few simple steps later..i can only say 1 thing atm, Open ur mind for idea's that's where u get nice logos :)

glad u guys like it :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
Hopefully this doesn't require to reflash :P
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
me 2!plz send it to me when u r free!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jakelong00:
okay

so i finally tried to flash my phone. i placed the 2.2.zip file in external sd, selected option"install zip from sdcard" it did something ,rebooted and gave me

can't mount / cache/recovery/command

.

.

can't open /cache/recovery/log

.

.

i mounted sdcard then also same error...

and now my phones stuck at galaxy sl screen but is opening in recovery

now what??

help...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] morofaya:
Will do bro , kinda busy atm=[ will try to send it later..

btw if u want updates of it..idea's tell me

any of u guys worked with photoshop yet? else kinda hard to explain
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] hekckos:
hey, i had the same problem.. it turns out that you forgot to flash CF root!!!

follow the steps as sakinda has pointed out, after flash xxph and cwm, you need to flash CF ROOT. then you flash v2.2.

it will load beautifully! :)

cheers
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jakelong00:
trying it now.

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sorry to bother again...now i have installed it and yet again it opened in recovery mode.

now what to do??
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] PondaRox:
had a weird glitch where the wallpaper wouldn't change, and then all of a sudden changed :confused:

oh, and:

i'm thinking it installed successfully (or are there other errors present?). if so, select 'reboot system now' at the recovery menu. it should boot properly
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] hekckos:
you can click "reboot now".

yeap it means it installed successfully :)

enjoy this excellent rom! all credits to sakinda!! :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] suyogvirtuoso:
hey i dont get it why install Both CWM recovery and CF-root , we get CMW recovery anyways after flashing with CF-root.....

can you pls clarify why flash with both CWM recovery and CF-root

are they not different version of the same thing.

i always thought CF-root is CWM recovery with root.......
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Thericcio:
Ottima rom già la sto usando e smanettando... ma si può avere l'orologio di lato a destra invece che al centro? :p
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] hekckos:
flash CWM so that you can boot into recovery and flash v2.2

flash CF root to prepare for the rom v2.2. its the requirement for this rom.

i would say different rom has different requirements before flashing. so i just followed the dev instructions. i'm not a technical person so personally i'm not sure what is the exact difference between the two.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
Please edit your post and remove unwanted clutter, I implore you as a first warning to not quote the WHOLE post.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Thericcio:
Excellent rom and already using ... but you can have the clock on the right side instead of center?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
It blocks out the messages and overlaps when you get a text, it's somewhat hard to read your messages.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] poolakkal Suresh:
Dude u have taken almost a page unnecessarily for your silly question. It's really annoying. Lets try to keep our threads & pages neat.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] PondaRox:
it's the Labels theme by tarunagg. on the theme's page, there's a version called 'Black Status bar' flash that

the status bar's layout will be like the usual (clock gets shifted all the way to the right end), but the font/icons/general theme will stay the same. it'll also behave like the normal status bar (i.e everything disappears when summary text appears on the status bar)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
I think the time should be = false when text message is received for that brief period, probably wasn't altered
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jakelong00:
Is it only me who is unable to get lock on my position in gmaps or are other people having this problem?i am also facing fc problem in tw launcher and anysoft keyboard

Bdw I really love your...its great.

And if u r open to suggestion for future update pls change the keyboard back to normal.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] morofaya:
If this roms will work out great,,and be famous..i can build a website for it if u want..for now..do u want stuff like this?..it's just a simple sample atm..but ill work it out with the logo etc inside it and the changelogs..of all versions..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] PondaRox:
so is this supposed to happen?: i synced my facebook sns friends and all was well. then i rebooted my phone to apply the black status bar labels theme and when i came back to my contacts, the sns stuff was gone! :confused:

isolated incident? something that happens to everyone? or just me?

oh, and

my gmaps works just fine (accurate to 40 meters indoors, very little time taken). and feel free to replace anysoft keyboard and TW launcher with something else - anysoft is not the best choice of keyboard (in my opinion) and no great loss in TW (if you really want it, though, go to the TW 4.5 thread, download TW4 manager from there and reinstall TW 4.5)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] pinkyunki:
Just flashed ur rom.

Love it so far! Thanks.. :-)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] zhahirin92:
OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!!!

this is just way TOO PERFECT for me, SKIN!!!

you make me SCREAM and even CRY!!!!! this time....

1- its super light, (fast i mean)..

2- better unlock, especially for rotary and puzzle unlock..

3- LOVE THE NEW TRANSITION, look even more stylish,, :)

4- TW 4!!! GALAXY S II in my SL,, hahaha

5- toggle added BLUETOOTH,, LOVE IT, :)

6- new battery and signal icon look gorgeous in my eyes!!

7- SMOOTHER, LIGHTER BETTER!!!

LAST but not least!!!

ITS IN ORANGE!!! MY FAV COLOUR!!!! AAARRRRR,,, IPROMISE,

CRANIUM WILL BE MY ONLY ROM!!! ITS MY STOCK ROM!!,, :)

LOVE CRANIUM!! LOVE SKIN!! LOVE XDA!! U R ROCK BABE!!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ezeeyahoo:
how to rollback to stock XXKPH?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
Silly question. You reflash.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kuyagic:
Bug found

VPN does not work anymore。 Both PPTP and L2TP :(

Solution Found

Replace the attached to /system/app

After replace,confirm the file date.

If can not replace

try the adb shell

mount -o remount rw /system

stop

cp /sdcard/VpnServices.apk /system/app

chmod 644 /system/app/VpnServices.apk

mount -o remount ro /system

reboot normal
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
yeah y not(but leave the website part)!

Updated OP with update V2.3 and instructions

Happy Flashing!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] yopipz:
YYEEAAAH!!!!

FINALLY

I FOUND THE GOOD, BETTER, AND THE BEST ROM I'VE TRIED.!!

IT'S SO FAST AND STABLE..

THANK YOU SIR "SAKINDIA" FOR DEVELOPING THIS STUNNING ROM

THOUGH YOU DON'T HAVE THE I9003 PHONE.

IT REALLY ROCKS MY PHONE.!!! WWWOOOOOOHHh!!!

LOVE IT SO MUCH!!

THANK YOU ALSO SIR WHO FOUND THE VPN FIX..

VPN IS SO IMPORTANT FOR ME..

BTW, SIR SAKINDIA, I HOPE YOU WILL STILL GIVE SUPPORT FOR THE CONTINUITY OF THIS ROM. AND I HOPW YOU WILL PROVIDE MORE TWEAKS TO MAKE OUR PHONE BECOME LIGHTNING FAST..

THANK YOU..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
Glad u liked it.............try v2.3(1.85 MB)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] yopipz:
[/COLOR]excuse me sir sakindia123!!

help me to this problem..

after i install update 2.3, the es file explorer did'nt show.

i think the vpn fix would not work too..

i've flashed it twice.

can help me to this problem sir.??
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] cix18:
help pls ........ ROM not booting ......stuck at samsung logo......generally what time does it take for first boot???
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] :
On the first boot- Upto 20 minutes

Later-4 minutes or lesser
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] suyogvirtuoso:
ya sooo sorry for that didnt knew how the thing works ........ but my question?????? any explanation, or atleast what should i do.

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sorry for that... edited the post

the answer pls...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
You can still install apps via Polaris. I don't know either why the File Explorer didn't show up, VPN fix neither and flashing twice wont help.

@cix, Flash a FRESH copy of XXKPH then when it boots properly, Flash the custom ROM.

@suyo, You use CFRoot/CWM which is your choice. CFRoot is if you want user control of your tweaks, CWM is if your not ready to start experimenting on your phone, it enables predefault tweaks to save you the hassle. So it's upto you. They both are kids of the CWM in general.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jasspreet:
v 2.2 mediafire link not working

:(.....pls upload mirror