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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] anthony67:
I believe Touchwiz is the least "intrusive" of the manufacturer overlays. It isn't that bad and I used it for months. I recently rooted and just yesterday installed the new Venom ROM. There are issues with it, nothing is perfect, even the stock ROM has flaws.

Rooting and flashing are a choice....some WANT to deal with it and the pains that come with it.....some choose not to.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
Honestly, I had better battery life (we're talking a good 30-40% better) on pure stock (rooted) EG30. None of the ROMs I've flashed since have come close.

I like some of the mods, of course... like the ICS rotation animation and the 1x mod. But really, I don't notice much performance difference.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] squshy 7:
Why do you keep making threads like this?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] air2k57:
Because rooted roms are not my cup of tea. While there used to be ssome good ones, new ones I hate. Either random bugs, or awful themes. I like stock, most themed roms look as I'd a 13 year old.has skinned them, to me. Calcs is nice, but I don't like the design changes he's mmade. Stock, by far, provides the best overall experience to me. Now, if there was an actual aosp ics rom, not the theme.... I'd be happy to flash.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tooill:
Because with Calkulin's E4GT v2.8.1 i was getting a quadrant standard score of 3600 max, and stock im doing 4100+, also linpack with Calkulin i was getting 45 max and with stock im doing 60+.

Other performance things that i noticed like scrolling was way smoother with stock. Battery wise, stock its still amazing, i didnt notice a big diff from stock and Calkulin's. i was running Launcher Pro on both Calkulin's and stock.

Havent tried any other ROMs, maybe when i get bored and i see one thats worth it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
There are no fully working true custom roms for this phone. The stock based ones are just that. I run calkulins now but before i already used half the stuff on the rom. The battery scripts and other changes are not something that makes a difference in my life.

I need root for things like using a playstation 3 controller. Why not run stock if you liked the phone as is?

Once truly custom roms like cyanogenmod and others get wimax support and what not then maybe. People make a big deal about bloatware on this phone as if it was the same issue versus a phone with only 130mb of space. Some people dont use the apps and thats good for them it can be removed for a cleaner faster install with slightly better battery life.

Most of the things i do eat more battery than any script can save. Ive had the battery die while on a charger.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
I'm rooted but still on stock ROM. The rooting was so easy using the thread posted by sfhub [ODIN][TAR] SPH-D710.EL26_CL839620 (EL26 Modem/Kernel/ROM - Full Restore - Rooted), in fact I did it before I even realized what I was doing. (HUGE thanks!)

I read these forums daily and try to follow the updates on the different ROMs offered but some threads are so tremendously huge it's hard to take it all in. I'm leaning toward giving Calkulin's ROM a try (since it seems to be the most popular) but I'm not rushing since my phone is running really well and I'm extremely patient. lol

BTW the videos by qbking77 are amazingly helpful and much appreciated!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
I didnt make the topic lol. Some people dont care about minor modifications and preloaded apks.

Me personally im waiting for CM9 which until everything is working gonna be a real long wait
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Fataldesain:
Because I was curious I figure if you make it to xda you would root and flash. Its so easy and to me makes a world of difference.

I mean I meet people that are afraid to root akk the time. They even think its illegal. So to me of you know what xda is you probably know how to root and you probably know what can be done on your phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
If it ain't broke then don't fix it. Maybe that's why many run stock roms. A few tweaks here and there is all ya need.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] twizted_dreams1:
I am unrooted as i run Square, They recommend that the phone is unrooted for liability purposes. I dont want to take the chance...

I had always run a rooted phone overclocked, undervolted, teathered mildly themed clean/empty app less rom's... I added just what i want...

I liked a clean quick and visually pleasing rom... Last rooted phone was an Htc Evo
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] overthatscreen:
I am on the stock Rom with Root and plan on staying here. I feel that this phone is already pretty awesome, hence why I bought one.

As to why I am rooted. I feel the need for wifi tether once in a while.

As to why I am on the stock Rom, my last phone was an Evo and it needed a good Sense 3.0 rom to deal with the lag. But it came at a price, weird bugs.

At this point, I won't even do an OTA because my GPS works great. My first GS2 and my wife's have poor GPS performance. Plus my wife's GS2 has a faulty headphone jack and will be replaced this week.

So I am sticking with a stock rom with root. ps.. I also have a jailbroken brand new 3GS with no weird modifications or themes for a backup.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
....If you're waiting on 4G it might be forever...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] docmarioce:
I'm rooted and using Calkulin Last ROM and ICS theme and I totally agree. It took me a while to decide to root and install a ROM because of so many problems people report. If you see the threads are lonnng and full of complaints and requests. The stock rom is usually more stable but Calkulin is a genius and I am very happy with his work
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
Didnt take that long for the OG Epic to get it such optimism. I am stuck with the phone for 2 years so unless it takes longer than that.

You might think there would be no interest with LTE on the way in but that actually effects it very little. There is either interest in the device or not.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
I'm not being pessimistic...I'm trying to be a realist. Though to be completely honest I have no idea how long it took for the OG Epic. Though I do recall hearing that they never really got a fully functional official CM build, but to be fair that was like 6-8 months ago...so I figured 4G was definitely out of the question.

I also don't care. Aside from not getting 4G anywhere that would matter to me (work and home or in the car while it's moving and/or has the windows up) the throughput on 4G has dropped from a very reliable 12-15mb/s to 1-3mb/s as the 3G has gotten up to 750kb/s-1500kb/s and actually works indoors or with the windows up or on a windy day.

Sorry if I come across pessimistic about getting 4G working on this phone, I wasn't. I was indifferent on that point. I used up all my pessimism on Clear's crappy WiMax spectrum a long time ago. :p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ophois:
So much opinion stated as fact...

So, When you got this "retarded" (Excellent word usage there, Might want to call it gay next time as well, that will surely better illustrate your point) device what were you thinking? Why not go with the photon which apparently looks better.

The stock dialer is horrible? Hardly. All it takes to call or message someone is a simple swipe to the right or left, respectively. It has nice, large buttons that are good for both people with bad eyesight and people with big fingers.

The wallpapers? What do you mean wallpapers? There's only one that samsung ships with the phone. (at least there was when I got mine) Why ship more and take up more space when the end-user (that's you!) will most definitely change it. The wallpaper that is usually displayed matches perfectly well with the warm colors that Touchwiz uses.

And speaking of touchwiz...Compared to ICS? Yeah, it loses. At least lookwise. Functionality-wise? I cannot say, the only ICS ROM I've used was a not-even-alpha build back when there was published ICS development on this device. Force closes, etc. But it was beautifully smooth. As smooth as stock touchwiz is.

Like a hot razor through butter.

Whenever we get ICS on this device, be it from Samsung or from a developer here-If touchwiz is on it and the ICS launcher is not, I'll simply grab the trebuchet.apk that is used in CM9 and use it as my launcher. ICS will be there in its stock form anyway once it is released thanks to the compatibiltiy standard.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AdamsvillE:
I used to change roms when I had windows phones but it was a bothersome process and I don't feel like going through that with Android. I know its a different process with Droid but i'm very satisfied with my phone being stock. Its perfect for me just the way it is.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hayabusa1300cc:
I'm on stock cause it works best for me. No reboots or anything. Now I do enhance it with custom apks from custom roms. But otherwise I need the stable base.

.: sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch :.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sergioperalta81:
i second that yuck @ blur and i happen to like TW although HTC sense in my opinion is the nicest theme UI but i don't think any phone compares performance wise out of the box non rooted still fast with minimal lag my gf has the EVO 3d and even with roms that claim to be BLAZZING fast it still lags so if u want flashy then get a photon or htc and you'll have a lot of time to star at that screen when it lags on u..... or u can take advantage of what our developer have to offer and flash a nice themed rom that they put hard work into..and there's a lot of advantages to flashing new roms all kind of tweaks and goodies..not to mention overclocking...or as posted earlier just get a different launcher...

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ohhh man buddy did someone swindle you into buying this phone you talk as if someone forced this on you..only one phone has ics on it and if u like it so much im sure there's a Verizon somewhere near you... so i think comparing it to and os that wont be available for a while unless our devs bring it to us first is kind of pointless..galaxy phones have never been flashy so idk what you where expecting...and if you ask me ill sacrifice flashiness for performance any day ..i can play with my phone and make it as flashy as i want but my performance will always be there galaxy's are great phone and i don't think Samsung is more worried about there UI appearance than they are giving there customers a phone they can depend on
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
I'm on sfhub's rooted stock EL29 for consistency. If it wasn't for Roam Control needing root permissions, I would be on pure stock EL29
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cyaiphone:
No offense but you sound VERY annoying and you seem like the customers who will ***** and complain about any little thing just to take advantage of something or get something free.

Replace a whole phone because YOU dropped it and it got a scratch? Sorry but that shows a lot about you as a person. Entitlement at its finest because you "pay" for service lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] YoungAceAtlanta:
I root just to use apps like titanium back up etc..also flashing roms... I like testing out leaks n beta roms/ports ..we don't need to overclock our phones its pretty fast out the box.. maybe if your playing a 3D game or whatever you call it you might need to overclock
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Imaginos:
Long time Windows phone user who was lately running xd-android on it. Decided to check out how the native life is, so I am new to this android handset. Starting over as far as learning what the dos and don'ts are, so I am content to have a stable and maint free device for the time being. Rooted it just to do it. No need to actually change anything, but I do have a growing list of things I do want to change on the phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jmejiaa:
I root to use the apps I need root for, but I stay on the stock ROM so far. It does what I need and I'm happy with it.

Only ROM I'd switch for is CM because I've used them before. My phone is a tool I rely on more and more so I'm not one to play around with it too much anymore..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
I like what I have right now, just bought mine a week ago. My last phone was a Zio from cricket and had it rooted and flashed because the stock 2.2.1 rom was terrible. I think from froyo to gingerbread was a good update. I can wait for ice cream.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatone17:
Maybe because the phone is sick the way it is, with a little tweaking (new launcher, etc). Its fast as hell stock, if you're not doing anything crazy on it. I used to root/flash my old phones because they were slow if I didn't. Not this one. I was running stock for like the past month but then I decided to root/flash again because my battery life was pissing me off. Went MIUI and am enjoying it thus far. Currently blasting pandora with full brightness, no screen timeout, and overclocked trying to wear the thing out but it's taking a long time :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EL TEJANO:
I stayed stock for one simple reason: Necessity.

Simply put I have no need (at least as of now)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stkiswr:
I own a nexus s 4g w an ics kang and my wife has the et4g. I kinda agree w the op. Her phone quadrants 4200+, if anyone cares lol and linpacks 85+. Lasts 15 hours and 3+ screen on. No problems. Issues. Hangups..just does a nice job. I haven't felt the need to modify it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Badd_blood:
Hell no. The stock rom for my phone is full of bloatware and gives 600-1000 less in the benchmark score.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Is it full of bloatware? Where is that bloat? 80% is just placeholders that can be uninstalled.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tungsten c:
I am running the stock ROM with root and I really do not see a reason to change the stock ROM.

The fact that there are so many of them is a reason for me not to change the Stock ROM.

The looks of the phone can be change easily I will change the stock rom when I can find a rom that will actually improve my phone performance.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MeWarning:
Rooting is beyond easy with the Auto Root Package:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342728

You only have to press like 2 buttons. And I'll go on stock every few builds just to see if they've made any changes in battery life or other things like that. More out of curiosity. And if you think the wallpapers are ugly you know you change those right?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KungFuDad:
Simply put, eye candy doesn't put money in my wallet

Simply put, eye candy doesn't put money in my wallet. I run rooted stock to gain access to better secure my device and install software to improve my ability to use this fantastic tool more effectively & efficiently. There is no need or desire for me to constantly flash to get pretty shiny new distractions incorporated in my phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kingsway8605:
Because grown ups often have more important things to do than constantly flash and troubleshoot their phone, but come to xda just to see what is out there, kind of like reading a newspaper.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] chris41g:
No one believes me, but my e4gt stayed stock for most of the time I had it.. why? Because it's easier to fix a phone when you are constantly reminded of why you are doing it..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] T.C.P:
Mine is stock most of the time also :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Deviantspy:
I am until a good jelly bean rom comes out.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] GiantJay:
Because the Roms I have tried are to unstable.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] deltax20a:
I was heavy into roms for the Moment when I owned it because late in its lifecycle it got pretty bad. But so far in my ownership of the S2 I've only rooted the phone, I haven't seen the need to change the rom yet. I probably will when I decide to play with it, but I spend all day at my job debugging and fixing stuff, I don't wanna do it to my phone at night.
[HTC EVO 3D] JayDaKissEP:
I messed up my Evo 3d and am waiting for a new one to come in. I dropped it and the touchscreen went crazy and wouldnt work. None the less I was able to create a nandroid backup in recovery. My guess is yes, but when I get my new phone in and root it, are there any issues at all with restoring the backup from my sdcard?
[HTC EVO 3D] k2buckley:
I would not do it, personally. You may be fine, but the possibility of messing things up does exist.
[HTC EVO 3D] sitlet:
Absolutely not. For one, you will fry your wimax keys, and never again be able to access 4g. And two, generally just not a good idea, as your system settings and other things could be incompatible. Just backup apps and thats it, no settings/system things.
[HTC EVO 3D] JayDaKissEP:
Ok thanks. I wasnt able to backup apps and data as my touchscreen wasnt working. I was only able to do a nandroid backup from recovery. There's 1 app I have with important information and phone numbers that I was hoping to have restored. Is there anyway to pull this from the nandroid I created on my sdcard?
[HTC EVO 3D] JayDaKissEP:
I think I just found the answer to my own question... AppExtractor! I will give this a try when my new phone gets in.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...-rom-manager-had-a-baby-with-titanium-backup/
[HTC EVO 3D] oohaylima:
Great find!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kryptoner:
I have been using galaxy s2 for 6 months now and its a great phone, best android I've used in terms of performance and gaming. I compared the phone with some other phones during these 6 months. One thing i noticed is the delay in touch response when using other launchers. I am a big fan of go launcher and launcher 7. But when I tried them on my friend's xperia neo V, launcher 7 was buttery smooth and on s2 response to touches was a bit late. Same was noticed on a few other high and mid range phones. You may think its a problem with my phone, but I dont think so, when you compare the phones side-by-side, there is some delay which is always noticeable. I am using siyah, using touch-move app, but still I think scrolling on homescreen on launchers should be a little more smoother... Just asking, is there something wrong with my phone or do you experience the same?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blizzari:
RE

Hmm i dont notice anything maybe ur ROM or kernel is somehow broken?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kryptoner:
Whats the rom/kernel do you use? I use checkrom with siyah 2.6.7, tried all governers but launcher 7 still lags while scrolling a long list of tiles
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ercxar:
There is an app called Touch Move by tegrak, you can lower your touch sensitivity within that app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
I have tinyshark downloader and it has a black background (see screenshot)

I have recommend this to my friend and he has downloaded it and it has a gradient background :(

Any idea why this is?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SwiftLegend:
Maybe an update?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Flippy125:
The gradient background means that it is running in GPU acceleration mode. You can force this on through the developer settings. I wouldn't recommend this though as it causes instability in some apps
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jameslfc5:
Thanks!! :D

... Genius!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StefanSense:
Hi Guys,

I just installed the megadroid 1.4.1 ROM for my htc sensation and assuming following issues:

How to add ICS widgets? If i hold on screens I only get possibilites to change wallpaper, no widgets or anything else :/

2:

Rom did not download apps and data that was synced before with Google. Of course I checked after installing that the phone should sync with Google.

Further on if I browse on the android market on computer and send installation via browser with apps, nothing happens.

Something I broke up myself or general issue?

Cheers,

Stefan
[Motorola Droid RAZR] percevalknight:
Hello,

I'm trying to install HTC IME on my new droid razor XT910. As soon as I obtained this new phone I realized that can't live without a semi-qwerty keyboard. By me HTC's one is the best I've tried.

I downloaded v27 and it's ok but the keyboard leaves a blank space on the left.

Anyone does have any advice?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] motox502:
Anyone?????
[Motorola Droid RAZR] onslaught86:
It's rendering that way because it's the wrong resolution - the RAZR is qHD, that is clearly WVGA. You'll need to try and find one from a qHD HTC device like the Sensation or Evo 3D that works.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jerris86:
I have the same issue. My suggestion is to get "smart keyboard pro" app. Closest I can find to the look and feel of the HTC v27 keyboard
[Motorola Droid RAZR] circleofomega:
Force closes on me on the RaZr...

Any help...not rooted...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] gunness1991:
sell it and get a htc

or suck it up and get used to a regular keyboard
[Dash 3G, Snap General] amber hafeez:
please help me, how can i upgrade mobile window 6.5 standard???
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hah2110:
Is there a LogMeIn app for windows phone or a way to use the web interface to remote into computers?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragonide:
I understand what you feel dude.

I'd like Hamachi or LogMeIn for Windows Phone too.

But I think this topic should go under Question Answer section ...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hah2110:
Why? It's related to an application....
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] link68759:
This section is for Apps that exist, not apps that you want. Also, you asked a question... so yeah, this belongs in question/answer.

I believe logmein will probably make ignition for WP7, but it'll be the usual overpriced $30 as always.

I don't think it would be feasible to get the old internet explorer logmein remote plugin working on WP7, but WinMo apps are completely compatible with WP7 (it has been demonstrated by porting opera mini and opera mobile). Hamachi exists for WinMo, so as soon as unlocked ROMs are widely available, someone could easily port hamachi over (or maybe a sandbox will be created in which no porting of apps is needed).

I think we're a ways off from the second gen WP7 devices having unlocked ROMs though
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragonide:
I am still waiting for the interop unlock for my titan ...

Unlocked roms are far away as long as I know ...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erebusares:
The closest thing to LogMeIn, that is free, that I like is.....: Cool Remote

I think there is a way to set up where you can work it remotely (eg. through network)

Though, I have not done so.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dragonide:
I need a VPN based one ... like logmein or teamviewer :/
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erebusares:
These Are The Only Ones I Found, Via Marketplace:

RemoteDesktop

Remote

RemoteD

RemoteD has a free trial, 1 computer 20 mins at a time... otherwise Remote is the only "free" one i saw... but take a look, i havent tested any of them. :x
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hah2110:
Ya the thing is that I run an IT dept with 50 computers on LMI
[LG Optimus 3D] kyle1996:
hey all, my lg o3d is running android 2.3.5 gingerbread official but every time that i try to download something on the browser i get the message " NO SD CARD Unable to Download" its really annoying and if some one could help it would be much appreciated.

thanks

kyle
[LG Optimus 3D] Meemo23:
Question, Do you have a sd card?

and if yes you might want to backup your stuff from the sd card and format it and put stuff back on..

If no you need to get one or set your browser to download stuff to your internal memory go settings and switch download location...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dewanshu93:
hey guys can u help me??? i want to update my x10 to 2.3.3 gingerbread (officially) but i m not getting any update notification neither on phone nor on pc companion. i want to update to 2.3.3 through pc companion plzzz help :(