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[Vibrant General] Mattymat:
I'm talking to everyone who's been reading the ICS threads and progress that's being made to our ICS roms, but has not made the leap for whatever reason.

I'm speaking to you because I was you, at least until Friday when I finally decided to make the move to Neobuddy's Euphoria RC1 rom.

I quietly followed and read every single thread in the development section relating to our ICS progress, but was constantly reading about the problems with battery life and GPS difficulties.

I decided that after weeks of watching and waiting, I would take the plunge and report about my first 24 hours. I did not want to leave out details, so I took screen shots to show everyone who was like me before, standing on the sidelines, waiting for some magical "Ah ha" moment. Hopefully this will give you confidence in your decision and I can help you out along the way.

To start with, I have one of the first generations of our Vibrant (purchased the month it came out). I also purchased a Epic 4G battery from here about 4 months ago and have been using Bionix 1.3.2 and Deranged9 for as long as I can remember. When I flashed Euphoria, I had an initial problem with the installation where it got hung up at the boot screen (normal for coming from 2.2 roms) and it should also be mentioned that I DID NOT flash a GB Bootloader and had no problems with my recovery or rainbows.

The flash was pretty quick, even with having to reflash the rom twice. Once flashed, everything was pretty smooth from that point forward. I charged my phone up to 100% and calibrated it using the V6 supercharger script . After doing that, I woke up in the morning (I sleep in late on the weekend) and preceded to not only test my phone (GPS, different apps, change settings) but to use it normally (make calls, connect to my car's stereo Bluetooth connection to play music, etc.). The phone was the fastest it had ever been and everything worked as if I was still on my clutch Bionix rom.

The best part about my entire experience was that not only was everything working, but my battery life was out of this world good. I am not exaggerating by any means, and I've included screen shots to quantify my experience. I could not believe that not only did my GPS work after deep sleep (I tested it on multiple of occasions) but my battery was averaging about 2% loss an hour. The other icing on the cake was the fact that I was able to get the highest internet speeds using the stock modem (KB5 I believe).

I'm sorry for the literary diarrhea but I know that there are others like myself who are sitting on the sidelines, waiting for something to push them over the edge, and move onto an ICS based rom. The below is more specific information should you decide to follow what I did to a "T".

Rom: Neobuddy's Euphoria RC1 Rom

Modem: KB5

Kernel: ICS_Kissed_20120226.1157

Tweaks: Captivate GPS Fix

Battery: 1800mAH Samsung Epic 4G Battery

Battery Cycles: 1

Hope that helps some people.

- Mat
[Vibrant General] jonen:
your photos aren't working :p

im in a very similar boat w/ a vibrant from aug-2010 & the 1800mah battery so i'd be interested to see your photos... im practically hanging off the fence ready to jump on the ICS boat but we'll see soon enough
[Vibrant General] Woody:
Welcome my friend. Glad to see you. Been awhile since the D9 days. ICS is pretty slick isn't it? Hope all is well and if you have any Q's just let us know. I've got official ICS on my tablet and wish I could put Roman's control on it like on my phone.
[Vibrant General] christpuncher:
i was also on the fence for a good while. i was thinking, 'man, settling for ics just because it's ics isn't for me!' i assumed it was pretty much not usable. i flashed passion first, then euphoria, now i'm on zenwich. all three are about as good as they're gonna get without an official ics, and that's not a diss at all. all three roms i tried are very stable and fast. there's been a few hiccups (laggy app drawer, random force closes), but that's to be expected. and by no means do those things happen often. they've happened maybe three times. as far as battery, i have the 1800mah battery, and my battery life is average. i get about 12hr with moderate to heavy use, and any use less than that i can easily make it through the whole day without worrying about charging. i am outside most of my day though, so i do have brightness almost all the way up. i don't expect miracles with battery life and neither should anyone else. i say for those on the fence about ics, just try it. it's fun and new and mostly everything works without a hitch.
[Vibrant General] Mattymat:
Sorry about that, didn't have it on my public directory. All fixed. Enjoy the battery greatness! :)
[Vibrant General] Mattymat:
Hey man!! Long time no talk. Glad to see we're both rocking the same rom again. Deranged was great, but with this rom, it's on a whole new level. I can seriously get the same battery life but the speed is just outrageous. My only wish is that I could lock my home launcher (Apex Launcher) into memory. I have a decent amount of redraws but other than that, it's ridiculously fast.

I also have ICS on my tablet too (I have an HP Touchpad). I can put AOKTP on it, but I have been super happy with the work that dalingrin and CM9 have put out. I eventually will have to try it out, I just have been super happy with the progress they've made on it.

Out of curiosity, have you found any build prop tweaks that you've added to Euphoria? I want to change some things up, but not too sure what others have done.

Mat
[Vibrant General] rationalmind:
I was on dr9 and I decided to switch to ICS 2 weeks ago. I swear I never want to come back again! First time ever I feel my phone is way superior than a freaking iPhone. Thanks to all devs, my once crappy phone becomes iPhone slayer.

P.s My GPS never works even on froyo 2.2 Would flashing that GPS fix solve my problem? I heard about hardware fix, what is it and where can I get it? Thanks

Sent from my ice cream sandwich
[Vibrant General] mwms77:
I just bought my first (used) android phone last week and after much deliberation decided to try the Vibrant because of the many custom ROMs available for it and it's widespread forum support from developers. I've flashed Passion, Euphoria, and Slim ICS over the last week (mainly just to try out a few ROMs and get the process of flashing down). They each have their own strengths and I recommend reading the threads in detail prior to flashing the ROM as some of them do have some common kinks that can be worked out with simple solutions. Either way thanks to all the developers for their hard work bringing ICS to this older (but not ancient yet) platform!
[Vibrant General] kxlling:
I did the same thing up until recently, just followed the ics threads but haven't used them.

I just took the jump Thursday, I'm actually pretty amazed at how well it all works too! I haven't even calibrated my battery yet and I'm still getting about the same battery life that I was on toxic 8 and fishman mod. I've been playing with passion and slim ics both are amazing roms. For those who havent at least tried ics this is the perfect time to do so,most have about equal battery life and great speed to go with it and are very stable.
[Vibrant General] jonen:
are you running stock speeds or have you overclocked to 1.2ghz??

and im a bit concerned about how your battery usage shows 19% screen... :eek:

any comments on using slim for a barebone ICS experience over euphoria/passion?

i wish there was some sort of description as to what exactly the slimming of ICS entailed
[Vibrant General] seedofchaos:
I miss ics so much. Im on a galaxy s ii right now yes it's super fast and everything but I love ics passion so much. The battery lasted forever on that Rom and this phone can barely do 8 hrs. Also it was just so nice to have ics. Call this an overstatement but im seriously considering about going back to the vibrant because the sgsii has no ics yet.
[Vibrant General] adamski123:
Errm

Yes it does mate...

Hav u looked in the dev section? :L
[Vibrant General] slim2fattycake:
Can someone tell me the Pros and Cons of switching from Eclair or Froyo to ICS? I am debating on doing it but don't know if its worth the hassle besides better battery life.
[Vibrant General] Mattymat:
I would say half the day I had it was set to 1.2GHz and the rest of the day was at 1GHz. I can tell you that I used the heck out of the phone, and 19% of 25 + hours with screen on isn't too bad. Not to mention, I was talking on the phone for around 1.5-2 hours of that time as well.

If I really pushed it, I know I could easily get 12-14 hours with HEAVY usage. In all likelihood though, if you think about a normal work day or school day, you should have problem going an entire day with either of the ICS roms, especially with an 1800 mah battery.
[Vibrant General] HaloMediaz:
I thought ICS was good untill I tried Kanged Kool Aid. This rom is just amazing. It works 110% and is really fast with no lag what so ever. :D Plus the battery life I'm gettin with the epic 4g 1800mAh battery is the best I ever had.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
I usually get about 10 hours on AOKP and did so on Euphoria too with moderate usage.

No calls, maybe 3 maximum a day that lasted no more than 2 minutes each.

Texting is heavy, about a 1000 texts a day.

Games that are NOT too graphic dependent, such as Edge EX, Speedx 3D and Lane Splitter

and on WIFI the entire day.

Any suggestions? I'm using 2G instead of 3G since i do not have a data plan.

Brightness is about 5-10%
[Vibrant General] seedofchaos:
I have and it's not really a stable ics.
[Vibrant General] F16Vaporhead:
I DOOD IT!!

I am noob. I am ashamed. I am piggybacking:

I love my Vibrant. I got tired of feeling left behind on updates, so I became interested in rooting and flashing my phone. After scouring these forums for a week, I had a mental list of problems that might pop up during the process. Many other sites published pros and cons of rooting -- the former outweighing the latter. What really pushed my decision to do something, was the headline, "Galaxy S III with Ice Cream Sandwich due out around April." The warranty was up; I felt assured that I could always restore; why not try opening the phone's potential?! Using two computers and a printed list of instructions, I took the plunge. I followed the Noob Guide and a video from Eddie1west, I now have a fully-functioning, up-to-date Virbrant that I am in love with all over again.

The first issue was lack of drivers on the computer: fixed. My eyes rolled, but I pressed on. Second came the boot-loop issues when installing both CM7 and ICS Passion. I cringed, but kept at it -- removing the battery and reinstalling one time each did the trick. I can't report any major deficiencies, but I'm still playing with the phone. I anticipate problems to arise, but I can accept them knowing that I have a wealth of knowledge to rely on -- even from other noobs like me.

I sincerely appreciate the amazing amount of effort and passion these developers have. Now where's that elusive "thanks" button...
[Vibrant General] Rahhstah:
it's always nice to get some user-experience posts about going to a ROM like this... I haven't taken the ICS plunge, but it's on my list of things to do when time permits.

Maybe I'll get to it this week :)
[Vibrant General] Mattymat:
I'm telling you man, with all my sincerity, this rom's battery life, gps and everything is just as stable as any 2.2 rom. I am now on my 3rd full day and my battery is still averaging crazy idle power usage (I don't talk on my cell while at work) and my gps had the best locks I've ever gotten ( I just walked my dog while testing it) with this phone.

I feel like I held on for so long, being so scared of what would happen to my phone if I flashed it. I was so scared about the mute/unmute bug, but guess what....I've had countless calls and not one person has said anything about my voice quality.

My suggestion is to go for it, worst case scenario, you ODIN to 2.1 and then restore your original backup. No harm, no foul....and no GB bootloaders.
[Vibrant General] AustinKnight45:
So there are no unmute/in call issues and gps works, no random reboots? I haven't flashed anything ICS because I'm almost certain with my luck it will cause a nuclear holocaust on my phone.
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
mute/unmute is 100% solved in Passion/Euphoria

GPS works on Passion/Euphoria for sure, but it is a hit or miss, so just try it.

No Random reboots? what is this froyo? NONE of them have random reboots, unless if you know you're actually trying to get them.
[Vibrant General] flapane:
Is undervolt feature working just like in CM7?

I think I'll wait for ICS 4.0.4, that means a couple of weeks at worst.
[Vibrant General] Mattymat:
Yeah, the undervolting is built into the rom itself. You don't even need any additional software to over and underclock as well as change voltage.

Give it a shot, man. I'm literally averaging 2% battery loss an hour with this rom (that's the same amount i averaged with Bionix 1.3.1).

mat
[Vibrant General] flapane:
Great!

I'm just waiting for 4.0.4 because of the interesting OS changelog (Galaxy Nexus version):

Noticeably Faster

Android OS bug fixed (in battery stats)

Long-pressing on a blank spot on the last page of app tray bug is gone

New Radios. 3G/4G switching MUCH better. Don’t even notice it changing.

Improved signal strength

New Power Menu. New from 4.0.2, familiar to those who have used a stock 4.0.3 rom.

PRIMELA03 Bootloader

Faster boot up time

Auto-brightness Functionality changed. Smooth transition

Holding down camera button now refocuses again

Multitouch issue seems resolved.

Autorotate is faster

Browser performance noticeably improved

Recent apps list opens faster

Miscellaneous camera UI changes

Increased volume

Keyboard fixes

Updated News & Weather app UI

P.S

I loved Pat's steaks!
[Vibrant General] jonen:
those changes definitely make updating to ICS for the vibrant much more desirable... :) hopefully it'll be soon
[Vibrant General] Tamborine:
My only concern in moving ahead with Google vanilla ROMS are the 911 issues. Has it truly been fixed? I don't want to take that chance when I need to make that call and whoops it doesn't work.
[Vibrant General] West420:
Thanks for making this thread to help make people more aware of the greatness that is ICS. Just the other day I rooted my Vibrant for the first time, then I found ICS Passion 13.1 RC1 and flashed a ROM for the first time. I'm very happy that I went ahead and rooted my phone (I was very skeptical/nervous at first, so I did a little research). After that, I showed my mom and she wanted hers flashed as well! The only problem is that her Tick sounds are extremely low and I have no idea why that is. If anyone knows anything about this problem, please inform me!

ROM: ICS Passion 13.1

Kernel: Yum Yum Good #2

How was my choice for this being my first root/flash?
[Vibrant General] jonen:
not sure what you mean by "tick" but I would check the system volume settings. I personally use an app called quick settings to get my sound options in one quick and easy place

as for your first flash.. if you can't compare to a 100% functional froyo build, any ICS should be great for you :)
[Vibrant General] gun:
911 still does not work for me. When dial 911 I get only this msg"call ended not connected "
[Vibrant General] West420:
I'm talking about the "Effect_Tick.ogg" sound.

It plays when making selections in menus or when using the keyboard. Check your "/system/media/audio/ui" directory. That's where mine is located, anyway.

Also, I did check the system volume settings, but they do not seem to be the problem. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

Edit: I was able to fix the low UI sounds problem by flashing back to stock, then flashing CM7/ICS13.1 again.
[Vibrant General] cashyftw:
Same boat as you dude.. exact same boat
[Vibrant General] redhairedscot:
Tried ICS, went back.

For an alternate viewpoint:

I tried three versions of ICS: Passion, Zen, and Euphoria. I had varying experiences with battery life; Zen had relatively outstanding battery life. The experience was smooth as butter, especially in Passion, but I admit to being lucky; my phone overclocks like a mad beast. I tried various kernels and solutions for the GPS problem, including FasterFix, with each of the ROMs.

Today, I'm back on Bionix, because I need reliable GPS. If it weren't for that, I'd be on Euphoria or Zen right now; those devs have done an incredible job. The GPS problems are completely not their fault. Samsung refused to release their GPS source, so there's not much the devs can do.

I wanted ICS to work so badly, and I tried every single GPS fix, but I got tired of CardioTrainer not being able to establish a GPS lock without a full reboot. I could've even lived with that if I had reliable locks consistently after a reboot, but I couldn't even get that. I'm willing to reboot once; I can always reboot while putting on the running shoes, but reboot, test, reboot again doesn't work.

I'll second the hearty recommendation for ICS if you're not a heavy GPS user. The experience was magical; I don't have any urge to get any of the new shiny phones. If you think you've got a solution for GPS that works, try firing up CardioTrainer (or a similar app) and walking or driving around for a while. I'm not sure the devs can ever get that to work; they've been denied tools they need, and the fact that it works at all is astounding.

The upgrade is simple, and it's really easy to Odin back to stock if you're not satisfied. If you're not a CardioTrainer or Navigation nut, it's definitely worth a look. It hurts so badly to be back on Froyo...
[Vibrant General] jnusz:
redhairedscot

I've been running the team HackSung builds since build 16 (currently on build 17) and GPS is working flawlessly for me.

I'll second what everyone else is saying about ICS running like a dream on my vibrant (and I haven't OC'd at all) and battery life being really good. I'm currently running the Icy Glitch v14 b5 kernel and i'm loving my vibrant.
[Vibrant General] flapane:
It's weird to see how randomly GPS works in some cases but it doesn't in other ones.
[Vibrant General] Mattymat:
Most of what makes our experiences different is that we're all running different kernels and have different generation phones. It is weird though. I just try to find the kernel that's most talked about positively and use that. Seems to be the very last kiss 2.2 build.
[Vibrant General] flapane:
I mean even people with the same kernel and rom, you can find tons of different experiences... however, Kiss v2.2 seems to be the best pick to choose so far. I don't know what the developer did, but newer kernel builds broke GPS in most cases.
[Vibrant General] Mattymat:
I'm at 2 weeks now (almost) and i'm still having no issues with deep sleep and the speed is still amazing. I refuse to even touch gps since i don't want to nitpicking over something i don't even use. All in all, to everyone reading this thread, the rom is great and is equally as stable as any froyo rom, minus the gps nonsense.
[Vibrant General] sheffx0r:
ICS 911?

I feel like I've seen this question posed several times (not as much as the GPS issues), but haven't really seen a definitive answer. I'd love to switch over to ICS, and tried ICS Passion awhile back, but the 911 thing is absolutely vital to me.

It's not really something we can test readily, but is there a consensus of 'works' or 'does not work' for the current lineup of roms?
[Vibrant General] BigPapi999:
my $0.02

Having now become an ardent flasher, I too was waiting for an ICS that delivered the performance and reliability of 2.2 ROMS. A while back I began trying several of the different ICS ROMS (Passion, Zen, Doc's), and while they all have their pros and cons, none could cover all the bases. I really enjoyed the Slim ICS roms, but inevitably, something would be an issue (GPS, 911, deep sleep, battery, etc.). I think they're great and some are just about there, but if you're going to go on vacation, and need everything to work, I would stick with a reliable Froyo rom (bionix, DC9, fishmans bionix). Doesn't mean I won't keep trying them as they come out!:)
[Vibrant General] Tynen:
I flashed this ROM because of your post but sadly I only got 5 hours of battery life. :(
[Vibrant General] Mattymat:
Alright, there's a few things that I want to do that should help increase that a bit.

First, download cpu spy and see where the majority of your CPU speed is spent. If it's not in deep sleep, an app is keeping it awake and killing your battery. If it isn't sleeping, try changing the governor to interactivex

Second, turn off gps and only put it on if you need to use it.

Third, download battery calibrator and follow the instructions to a t.

Fourth, delete Facebook and use friendcaster which isn't a known battery hog.

Fifth, make sure you download the most recent kiss kernel.

Together, it will be fixed.
[Vibrant General] Tynen:
Deep Sleep is an unused CPU state. That's probably a huge problem.

I changed the governor to interactive and Deep Sleep still isn't an option.. how do I get deep sleep?

Update: I just flashed the ICS_Kissed_201220226 file you linked in your post and it doesn't have Deep SLeep enabled, how do I get Deep SLeep?

So Android OS used 26% of my battery, and it's "keep awake" time was 5h 11m

Also Mediaserver is 11% with keep awake of 2h 28m

and Android System 9% keep awake 10m

Apparently this is all a known bug in android 4.0.3: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22878#makechanges
[Xoom Themes and Apps] nono240:
Sorry for cross posting, but I'm back from the TF101 thread to let you know guys about OverSkreen, from the same dev who made AirCalc & Stick it!. A full featured floating web browser :

Simply amazing :eek:
[Xoom Themes and Apps] iammodo:
Thanks I have calc,movie will be getting this.!

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[Xoom Themes and Apps] iammodo:
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[Xoom Themes and Apps] nono240:
Amazing screenshot !
[Xoom Themes and Apps] hchxoom:
Thanks. Great idea. However, every time I try to login on the xda forums site, it force closes... have either of you tried that?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] iammodo:
Snap.

also package name myboyfriendisageek. Lol.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] timrock:
This a great app.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] nono240:
I just emailed the dev, login issues are now corrected, update is pushed ! :D
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Chelseablue:
This is a really cool app. I've always thought something like this would be nice to have.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] srfoot:
How do I change the notification sound when receiving words with friends game play?

I only get vibration. Not sure where to change setting.

Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sweerts:
I should say that there is an option to set the notification sound in the Words with Friends-app itself. Try the menu button in the app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] srfoot:
Thank you but no option

Thank you for the suggestion but no option found.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DontJoinTheDarkSide:
Light flow paid app let's you customize sounds.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Even if you turn on sounds, you just get vibration for the notifications. The app is just not working properly. I haven't gotten notifications sounds from WWF for a long long time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] srfoot:
Thank you.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Atticuspoint6:
My camera makes an odd buzzing sound. This happens on several roms, currently on ics blend 1.4. I'm pretty sure the rom isn't the problem as it seems to have gotten progressively worse. I'm going to check if it's happening on EL29 tonight before I update to 1.6. If it's still doing it I might hit up the repair center on Monday. It seemed like there were some other people with the same issue. I'd love to help get to the bottom of this, but I have no knowledge. I am totally willing to test, though. Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA!