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[Galaxy S II General] zemariaabreusantos:
I'm currently using Stock rom:

I tried CM7 too many bugs even in the stable release the camera didn't work :/

As far as Custom roms based on Samsung Stock go I don't really like any of the ones avaiable I owned a GTI9000 (Galaxy S) and they had far more eye candy roms that actually work.. i think GSII dev. need to evolve become more mature.

As soon as CM9 comes out i'll flash it but only when it's stable. Unless Sammy releases a ICS rom first :P
[Galaxy S II General] :
Well that i know buddy;) So was i for a few weeks wink wink;) Nice to see you my friend.:)
[Galaxy S II General] PhrostB:
Wow I can't believe I found someone else with a Cellcom SGS2 on here! I don't speak good Hebrew so I don't check the Israeli forums. What version of Android do you have on your phone?
[Galaxy S II General] mazran01:
i myself like to use stock roms but they come with lots of limitions on it like rooting,cwm,dedoxed bla bla ,its like we are forced to move on coustom roms. i am useing villian 3.0 with glass theme. its giving very good battery life ,so i am happy
[Galaxy S II General] tbong777:
see below................
[Galaxy S II General] avi.laza:
just installed Checkrom HD Rev 4.0 ( 2.3.6)

with black night kernel

great rom

http://checkrom.com/threads/xwkk5-2-3-6-checkrom-revohd™-v4.268/
[Galaxy S II General] zekurosu:
Litening --> VillainROM --> CheckROM ...

once awhile i do flash stock ROM just for the thrill of it haha ..:D

but always revert back to CheckROM
[Galaxy S II General] peteinchina:
Yes me too (revolution HD)

I get an average of 3 days on a battery now!

My main reason for using it was to enable market in China and dump the Chinese bloatware, but there's a lot of other benefits.

It's really smooth, fast, no crashes at all after a month on it.
[Galaxy S II General] Acousticoid:
On checkrom atm too and so far so good.
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Seems like CheckRom is taking the lead.

:)

On Custom Stock KJ3. Might jump to CheckROM to give that a spin. Just not sure which Kernel to use. I tried Siyah and it used more battery life on Stock KJ3 than CF-Root's Kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] Gnarfsan:
Stock XWKK5 from Intratechs thread but with a few tweaks. SpeedMod kernel.

JKay. No boot and charge sound. Autostart tweaks.

Getting good performance and very low battery consumption.
[Galaxy S II General] cyph3rzer0:
I am using Stock ROM 2.3.5 with CF-Root. :)

Tried 2.3.6 but went back to 2.3.5, thanks to Mobile Odin for making it easy for me to flash and quick test ROMs.
[Galaxy S II General] Pineapple Express:
Both AOSP and Samsung cutom ROMs are now pretty good at batery life and performance.
[Galaxy S II General] narcoustic:
Likewise!! CheckRom w/ ics domination theme. Best combo available
[Galaxy S II General] fiden:
Currently im using Stock 2.3.4 Rom with the stock kernel, but soon ill change it. Checkrom look interesting to me and the siyah kernel looks promissing. I only wait until i get my USB Jig to be safe :)
[Galaxy S II General] ballmead:
I'm using Hyperdroid here and loving it.

I'm just using the stock looking base ROM.

It's the best of both worlds, stock looking and stable ROM with all the little tweaks and improvements of a custom ROM.
[Galaxy S II General] hugorx:
Stock rom. Just rooted with doomlord.
[Galaxy S II General] 3izz:
I have a cellcom galaxy s2 too...
[Galaxy S II General] 3izz:
I have a galaxy s2 from cellcom too
[Galaxy S II General] abacona:
I like checkrom, villainrom, and cm7 the best.

MIUI is great if you like iOS
[Galaxy S II General] Skyman1:
Stock 2.3.5 KJ3 with kernel SIYAH...

Fast and stable!

Good battery!
[Galaxy S II General] komsa:
XWKK5 stock,deodexed,rooted,modified-shrinked by myself(removed all stupid apps that i dont use)+speedmod kernel+ Jkay is ultimate combination for me :)
[Galaxy S II General] MoxFulder_CH:
I like CM7.1 but I have one major issue with it :

I assume because it is aosp 2.3.7, the market doesn't display all apps. I bought 9mm when I was using the stock rom and I can't use it anymore because I can't find it with the market.
[Galaxy S II General] pierx:
Still on Hyperdroid-Androidmeda v3, Jedi Kernel...

Petsasj Surgeon rocks!

PS: v4 is out
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
For those of you who have used both of these outstanding ROMs on your MoPho, which one do you prefer and why?
[Motorola Photon 4G] MedicStuder:
Both are great ROMs. I am currently on cm7. I am really liking cm7. Its fast and battery life is outstanding. Downside to cm7 is you do need to edit build.prop to get youtube working. Also have to edit apn to get mms working. Fixes are easy to do though.
[Motorola Photon 4G] lroy:
i agree with above. both are great and will wake up your photon like no other. when it was all said and done, i picked CM7 bc thats what i ran on my EVO and was just more comfortable with it. personal preference really. neither will let you down.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Lancerz:
I'd personally go with skinnyrev1. But I've been running CM7 for a long time on my evo shift and got bored with it. But if you have never ran CM7 before on any of your devices then its worth a try. But for the photon I'd go with skinnyrev1.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Does CM7 include the 1% battery mod and is the battery life better than stock?
[Motorola Photon 4G] gregfink:
CM7 actually works ok now? Its by FAR my favorite (the only thing I miss from my EVO really).
[Motorola Photon 4G] lroy:
yes, CM7 works very well. others along with myself feel the build is better then many of the EVO ones. I have no complaints.
[Motorola Photon 4G] flyguy914:
can you please help, im running cm7 how do i do that?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Damanis1:
I'm also running cm7, its a great, looks nice, and well its cm7 whats more to say
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
What advantages does CM7 have over Skinny?
[Motorola Photon 4G] maguitodelrock:
Im using skinny with undelvolt and im fascinated... i wanna give a try to cm7 but when i flashed keep looping in boot animation...
[Motorola Photon 4G] gregfink:
Really? I haven't really seen anything other than the Alpha builds. Everything works? The Evo worked great (minus 4g, but I don't live in a 4g area anyway). I can only imagine how fast it is. My Photon runs only a little faster than my CM7 evo.

Which build are you guys running?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Gack69:
I am loving life on my CM7 ROM. Not a big fan of Motoblur, so wanted to try something new. To be honest though...this is my only ONLY ROM that I have tried so can't offer anything new to the conversation other than I have had few problems from it. On reboot, I get a single phone.apt error that once dismissed, doesn't bother me again. The MMS issue is NOT an issue on mine...I send and receive picturemail daily and have not had any issues with that. I wish the built in buttons for the zoom on the camera app worked, but they don't...yet. Have to use the apps slider to control zoom. The Wifi is qwerky at times. I sometimes have to FORGET a known network, turn off Wifi, turn it back on...then reenter login info's to get a reconnection on a previously working wifi accesspoint that I use...but...just a minor annoyance. Considering it is still technically in alpha...it is very usable and stable...I say go for it!
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
How does one undervolt and what advantages does it provide?
[Motorola Photon 4G] lroy:
I havent had any issues with wifi, got work, home, parents home, and two friends houses in college station. 5 networks total. is it the same router that you are experiencing this trouble or is it the same across all routers?

but to anyone that is in question between the two, dont base ur selection off others, its gonna boil down to your preference. its gonna be 50/50 based on reviews. best thing you can do is flash one and play around with it, then make a backup, flash the second one and see if you like it better or not. Still make a backup of the second in case you want to move back again. Thats the great thing about Android, its your choice :)

since you have it narrowed down between just these two, youre in a good situation. alot better then flashin all day to see what you like the best.
[Motorola Photon 4G] MedicStuder:
Yep
[Motorola Photon 4G] soopermarkus:
I've been pretty happy with SkinnyRev1 as a daily driver. I'm currently on CM7 testing the new 1.3OC. My phone hates the 1.4 kernels for some reason and on CM7, even with the modfied APN mms is very sketchy. I can send just fine but when I receive a message, that message gets repeated over and over again every couple of hours (sometimes minutes) until I get sick of it and restore my Skinny nandroid.

I've had it happen with several versions of this alpha and cannot seem to get it to stop once it happens. Deleting the thread does nothing, I just get a notification a little later that I have a new message. I've even gone from several of the yay leaked sbfs straight to CM7, skipping skinny altogether and still have the same mms issue :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] flyguy914:
Well I haven't tried skinny rom but cm7 is awesome very stable been my daily driver for about 2 weeks and love it. Very smooth and fast. I had cm7 on evo 4g and needed it on this. it's very customizable (real word?) U can change lockscreen add gestures change overall color and much much more I feel like a spokesman for cm LOL but seriously give it a try u wont b disappointed

sent from my mof*ck!n mopho
[Motorola Photon 4G] jokersax11:
If it helps my eventual goal after i finish some other projects would be cm7 with webtop. I might start work on it tonight actually. Ive been with cm since it started on the g1. Once kinks are worked out its definitely preferred. I made skinny because we didnt have any alternatives and my friend likes blur, lol.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sjamie:
Well, if YOU are saying CM7 is the way to go (once the kinks are worked out) then that settles it for me. Thanks!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hey_chris:
Had everything fine, S-OFF, rooted, Cm7

Mistakenly formated my /system in clockwork recovery

Now I have .98 HBOOT but w/ S-OFF

clockwork recovery works

can install ROMS and boot CM7, miui

I have superuser installed

but when i try to install an app that needs root (such as font installer, for example), i have no root. Can't update busybox or superuser either.

What can I do to gain root back?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Flash superuser.zip from recovery.

Sent from dGB with Transparent XDA App
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hey_chris:
I've tried that, but it still won't work. Busybox won't work either.

Tried Unrevoked but it fails, too.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coempi:
Suggestion

I suggest you flash a new HBOOT (alpharev.nl) and start over again (Revolutionary, custon recovery, root, etc.).

I hope it will work. Would you mind reporting back?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hey_chris:
How should I do that? Alpharev looks like its only for GSM (I'm CMDA). Would I use Revolutionary? Forgive my noobishness, I just don't want to mess this up further
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coempi:
I don't think there's a difference between CDMA and GSM in this respect. Try to find info here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=696189
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hey_chris:
Thanks for the link :) I guess I'm wondering if I need to do the HBOOT stuff again, or if I can just flash recovery maybe since I already have S-OFF?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coempi:
I think you should only reflash your Hboot.

Best regards
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coempi:
I meant your recovery, sorry.

Best regards
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hey_chris:
So use that new Revolutionary one? Will that replace my clockwork recovery as well?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hey_chris:
How would you recommend I do that? Any links you could post to info would help a lot. Sorry again about all the questions. I really do appreciate the help.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hey_chris:
Sorry about that! New to XDA :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coempi:
Search this forum for a recovery download link and follow install instructions. One recovery is suggested here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15349806&postcount=1

If this doesn't help, use Revolutionary again, it installs custom recovery at the end. As next step, read this:

http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/revolutionary

and flasz zip which is in the middle of the page. It should fix superuser.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Lucidmike:
Hi. I got a SGH-I727 (AT&T Galaxy S2 Skyrocket), which has the same 1.5ghz dual core Snapdragon processor as SGH-T989, and I'm curious if the SGH-T989 has the same issues with XviD encoded with the XviD 1.2.1 codec (aka bitstream XviD0050).

To verify that I wasn't going out of my mind, I fired up my old Galaxy S(I9000), and the same XviD videos played buttery smooth on it. But my SGH-I727 plays videos at about 2/3 of the fps. So for example, the XviD that should be 23.97 fps play at about 16fps. And 29.97 fps videos play at 20fps. Can someone try firing up a XviD on the SGH-T989?

On a side note, XviD encoded with DivX503b* play just fine (mainly because they are just DivX files in disguise). None of the other video codecs seem to have any problems. The problem is that 99% of my videos I want to watch are are encoded with XviD 1.2.1, so it is a real drag.

I've tried every player in the market. And even though software decoding delivers perfect fps, the resolution is pixelated. On Hardware Acceleration, they all seem to play back with the same level of choppiness. The only one showing any promise is the BS Player lite, but it is incredibly buggy, although the framerate is there.

Players that I've tried:

Dice Player

MX Player

BS Player lite

Mobo

VPlayer

Rock Player

None of these players play XviD files as smooth as my I9000 (Samsung Galaxy S). If the XviD plays fine on the SGH-T989, can someone use something like SystemApp Remover and make a backup of VideoPlayer.apk? I would seriously appreciate it. I've been trying to find a solution since the day I got my GSII Skyrocket. Thanks in advance!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
i use MoboPlayer and it works fine on my AVI and MKV files

i'll need to find some DviX files to try and see if i can reproduce the problem you are describing

might simply be an encoding issue, DivX has always been a flaky encoder wrapper of choice to use
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
Samsung Demo HD Videos

hey you can try these

HD Samsung BoA - I Did It For Love.divx http://www.multiupload.com/SOLIRYEP5E

HD Samsung 2NE1 - Fire (Space Version).divx http://www.multiupload.com/L5ZGGPOH0U

HD Samsung Wonder Girls - Nobody.divx http://www.multiupload.com/MBAQMQS20A

they play smooth and nsync with audio

set your Mobo Player to play with Hardware Decoding
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Lucidmike:
Thanks for your inputs. The problem is that DivX is not choppy. But XviD is choppy. Specifically XviD 1.2.1 encoded XviDs, which is the majority of all video files I have and it is the format that I wish to download in the future. (Mainly TV Shows)

What I mean by choppy is, the movements are not smooth if you can tell the difference between 24fps vs 16fps. You can see the affect by doing a software decode, and noticing the smoothness of movement in comparison to the HW decode mode. As far as I can tell, every other Samsung Galaxy S and S2's can do HW decode, and have the motion as smooth as you see with the SW decode. Mobo on HW decode only produces the same choppiness that the standard Video player is capable of.

Can someone test this with XviD's? I would like some solid confirmation that it is either the Snapdragon processor (so SGH-T989 would have the same issue), or just my phone (SGH-i727 Skyrocket).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
i do watch a lot of TV shows (Warehouse 13, Eureka, Terra Nova, Animes, etc, etc) from my phone as well, but they are all H.264 encoded

i'll need to dig through my old archives to find old Xvid encoded files.

unless you have some samples readily available
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pychobj2001:
I also play alot of xvid and have noticed the weird lag that xvid gives too, on almost all the players out there, even with mobo on hardware (mobo still lets the phones software to use the hardware to decode, so mobo still isn't doing the heavy lifting so u still get xvid choppyness). So I bought Dice Player (true hardware decoding control) and it works 100 percent fine now and i love that player also, i love the scrubbing feature of the seek bar!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Lucidmike:
Hi pychobj2001, thank you for your reply. You're not the first one to point out Dice Player. Someone pointed this out on the SGH-I727 forum as well, but I tried the trial, then I ended up buying the full version for ~$5, and it still is choppy. Not getting the smooth 23.97 and 29.97fps I can get on much older Galaxy S devices... I've tested it with 5 XviD files of different shows, but all encoded with XviD0050 (1.2.1). Dice player seems to be maybe marginally better, if it is any better at all. If you really want to see what smooth fps looks like try BS Player lite. Unfortunately, it is really buggy, but you can see moments of smooth playback that even Dice Player can't seem to do. I'm looking for that level of smoothness without the messed up picture. :) SW decoding delivers the same amount of smoothness, but at the cost of having to see pixelation.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Lucidmike:
Yeah, H.264 is perfect on these devices. It would be nice if everyone on the Internet forgot about XviD and used H.264 and DivX for my sake. Unfortunately, I have 2 terabytes of XviD video that I would rather not re-encode.

The whole point of getting the Galaxy S2 was that I would never have to re-encode anything. I owned an iPhone for 2 years and what I ended up doing was encoding about 16GB of videos to H.264, but I never bothered to re-encode anything after that, so I was watching the same dang videos for 2 years. That is why I would never buy an iPhone again. Anyway, sorry for the rant. ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
so i found a recent XviD

Assassin's.Creed.Embers.2011. in .XviD.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Lucidmike:
I got a hold of the Assassin's Creed XviD file. Verified it was XviD0050 (1.2.1). This video plays at about 20fps, when you should be seeing 24fps. For example, at the 3:10 mark, during the zoom in, the zoom in should be totally smooth, not like someone is flipping through stop motion animation. If you want to see how smooth it should be, you can enable software decoding to get the smooth playback. The downside of software decoding is that the images look pixelated.

All the other Galaxy phones are able to produce the smooth playback at 24fps, but with the upscaled image quality hardware encoding provides. Just not on the on the Snapdragon processors.

If you have a friend with a Exynos processor, play the same video side by side with your Snapdragon device. But prepare to be disappointed knowing although your should be able to do it, it isn't doing it. And there are no current player in the android market that can play xvid files as smooth as an out of the box Exynos-based Galaxy S/S2.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Lucidmike:
I've finally found a solution. CineXPlayer. The features and interface is very basic and slight amateurish that music is acceptable during load up (luckily it disables), but all I care about is the video quality because choppy frame rates is noticeable during the entire duration. Better than DicePlayer when playing XviD files because DicePlayer still does choppy XviD playback on the Snapdragon devices. CineXPlayer is $2. Well worth the money. Haven't tested any other media formats because I can just use the Videos app for every other format because the phone does it well without the need for a 3rd party app. It will be nice if I can open streams with CineXPlayer using a DLNA device, but that is not top priority. It will be a nice addon to CineXPlayer whenever they get around to it. Case closed as far as I'm concerned.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pativets:
Agreed and downloaded.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dboy75:
Try playing a DD5.1 file, doesnt work. But the video is good...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pativets:
What kind of videos use that file type? Never heard it before so don't think it'll be a problem for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dboy75:
Its not the video part, an xvid with dolby digital 5.1 audio encoded. In case you were going to watch on a big screen through hdmi the player doesnt support 5.1 audio.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Lucidmike:
Guys, I've stumbled onto a strange workaround. You don't need CineXPlayer but you may need to be rooted.

Basically, there is a bug in the skyrocket OS. When a hardware video overlay is enabled, the video becomes choppy. CineXPlayer does not use the hardware overlay the same way, that is why the video is not choppy. A workaround was that I downloaded gamecih2 (not gamecih available from Android Market). Gamecih2 is availablehere http://www.cih.com.tw/download.

Why have gamecih2 toolbar running in the foreground? I have no idea but it solves the xvid choppiness issue! Strange yes, but effective. You will notice the diff immediately. Try killing the toolbar and the choppiness returns. Just have it running before you start the vid. You can even make the gamecih2 toolbar transparent.

Now...if you a real stickler like myself about video quality you will notice the stock hardware decoding, while it has improved to near perfection, is still not perfect. It drops a frame or two every now and then. There is a solution. You need to use the gamecih2 toolbar with DicePlayer. Try the DicePlayer Trial with the gamecih2 toolbar. This combo will make your Skyrocket play your XviD as good as the original Galaxy S. I'm not sure if it does DD5.1 audio, but definitely try it out.

Why not just use CineXPlayer? You can, but I've realized although the player plays as smooth as using the gamecih2 floating toolbar work-around with DicePlayer, the features on the CineXPlayer is lacking (UI, streaming support, DD5.1 support), and the quality of the images is off by just a hair on the CineXPlayer.

Solution 1:

CineXPlayer* $2

*limitations: no streaming support, no DD5.1, outdated UI

Solution 2:

gamecih2* (run this app, make it transparent before you start your video in any player)

DicePlayer (optional $5.38, not absolutely necessary unless you are looking for absolute perfect playback.)

*this toolbar requires your device to be rooted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
regarding the Xvid choppiness

i actually found the same bug in my home theatre PC quad core with 4 GB RAM when running XMBC

however if i use another Video Player, then the Xvid bug goes away.

seems like anything encoded in Xvid is just bad over all, and you need good paid software to compensate for its problems

playing any other media files format / encoders, have no problem even when they are 720p or 1080p files

why Xvid is so crap? :p
[Samsung Infuse 4G] chuckles_prs:
I know this probably isn't the right place to be asking but I've been having trouble finding answers. I'm currently on CM7. I'm trying to find other roms that allow you to set the custom user agent. Any ideas?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] GGXtreme:
Are you talking about the browser useragent? You can change that in most 3rd party browsers by looking through their settings, or in the stock browser by typing "about:debug" in the address bar (without the quotes), hitting Go and then changing the useragent in the browser settings.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] chuckles_prs:
For mms actually.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] chuckles_prs:
No ideas? :(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] drshafi:
Hi everyone, I am on ginger real 1.4 rom of redmanner. I want to install a ICS THEMES which requires a app named theme chooser which is not included in this rom. Can someone tell me from where I can find a theme chooser apk for my ace separately?