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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m5james:
I know it's too late for most to be asking this, but I work 7 days a week from noon to 1am, so these are my actively posting and reading hours...hopefully when I wake up around 10am Pacific Time that I'll have some interesting answers.

So for me...running Legendary 2.2 ROM w/ the kernel that came w/ it, OC'd to 1.5GHZ using ROM Toolbox to control my CPU and SD read speeds. I realize this is only a 2.3.5 ROM running EC05, so I figure it might be time for a change/update. I'm happy w/ the ROM, but I imagine there is faster out there now. I don't care about batter life in the slightest because my phone is charging in it's dock for 4/5ths of my day. I want to get rid of the stupid screen fluttering/flashing that always seems to happen regardless of if I'm running a stock or extended battery, which seems to have been going on for maybe a year or so now...it's embarrassing and I'm tired of telling the same lie that I'm calibrating my battery, which is causing the flickering. I want OBSCENELY fast, no lagging, and no issues, ie no random reboots, locking, fast one moment that falls on it's face and laggy the next. I use my phone for streaming Pandora at work, surfing the internet and I'm a texting whore. I know NOTHING of ICS or of some of the latest GB ROMS, MTL vs BTL, pros and cons of any of the latest radios, but I've gotten the general idea that I'm going to steer clear of Cyanogen as I don't wanna be on anything that is still experimental and doesn't have 100% function of things like Bluetooth, WiFI, WiFi tethering (I tether to my car stereo everyday since it's an Android based 7" double din deck), making random calls w/o radio issues, etc.

For my friend...she's running a bone stock Epic on 2.3.6 running EL30. She has no root, no nothing...and she probably wouldn't know the wiser until I get my hands on it. She says she hates the phone compared to the EVO she lost, so I'm trying to revive her faith that she's holding onto a powerhouse w/ the right ROM and kernel combo. She's a lady in her late 40's to early 50's, could care less about fancy tweaks, etc...she just wants it to work, period. Apparently the proximity sensor isn't working since she complained to me that she'll be talking and suddenly the phone is muted and people can't hear her....could be her, could be lag in the phone, who's to say. I assume she wants a plain Jane ROM, just that I root it, delete some of the bloat and I'm guessing battery life is important since most women I know never remember to throw their phones on the charger until it's about to die anyways,,,sucks during those peak bootycall hours :D

Anyways, I'd love to hear opinions, preferably concrete from those who've tried one vs the other, for both her and my situations. I've been on Legendary so long now that mods I used to follow are gone, understanding what the acronyms between the []'s boxes has become confusing, and I swear there forums have jumped leaps and bounds in terms of complexity in deciding on which ROM to run.

In doing some quick reading tonight, I'm guessing CleanGB 2.2 for her, but I have no clue for my particular needs/issues.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phonehunter59:
Wrong section. Post it in Q&A.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
Don't know how you think cyanogen is expieremental. Its pretty stable, well cm9 is anyhow, cm7 has a video issue for some. But I run aokp, with the samurai kernel which is what legendary had in it. That kernel has come a long way since that ROM. If you click my banner it will take you to the site for them =] he has multiple platform kernels. Bml touchwiz or mtd, miui and miuiV4, cm7 and cm9/aokp. anyways not to persuade you once you try ICS you can't really go back... unless you have a extremely bad expierence for whatever reason. If you wish to stick to touchwiz, the peoples rom... is the way to go.

As for the lady friend, the same the peoples ROM. Its simple already removed of the bloat, and comes with a stable kernel, until earthbound releases his fc09 kernel for peoples rom. If she likes pink there is a nice dream of pink theme in the themes section by travmofosho. Its in the thread with bloody survival.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RandomKing:
First off, what he said. After 400+ posts, you should know this. Kenny will move this shortly, I'm sure.

Secondly, MTD is a more stable format with more built-in room for apps for your phone. I highly recommend it.

After that, I recommend any EL30 or newer rom, as they're more stable than previous editions. Everybody has different results. There's a few, try them out.

Finally, if all that you use your phone for is "Pandora at work, surfing the internet and I'm a texting whore," then you should have no problem with your phone appearing "OBSCENELY fast." I regularly play Mario Kart 64 without so much as a hiccup and I have never overclocked beyond 1 Ghz.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Thread moved

FNM
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m5james:
4am Pacific Time i create a thread. I ask a simple question in the custom ROM's subforum, get four replies within minutes of posting (not w/ the name of a ROM, but told I'm in the wrong place instead), thread gets towed to Q&A subforum, 5hrs later and not another reply since.

Awesome.

Correction - UBER edited his post, thanks for the input. That's all I wanted.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
RandomKing also gave you an answer. Some gratitude that your thread was moved instead of deleted would also be nice. You, yourself said it was the middle of the night. Less attitudy would get you more answers.

Thanks

FNM
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m5james:
I've basically stopped reading about CM* ROM's since they're always beta each time I've read about them in the past w/ the list of their various issues of things not working...maybe I'm just generalizing, but that's why I've stopped considering them.

I'm not sure if I've ever read up on AOKP (I will today) but I've run various version of Samurai overtop Legendary ROM and none really gave any differences in performance. I tried 4-5 different version w/ different speeds, not for the sake of trying to get my phone to be faster, but to stop the flickering I seem to get daily now.

I thought Touchwiz was just a launcher, but from your reply, I'm guessing it's more than that. If it's just a style of launcher, I personally use LauncherPro on my phone and my car stereo. I've used 7ZIP countless time to bake in my own custom APK's, battery meters, etc. Of all those names you mentioned, ICS sounds like the way to go. I'm going to go read about People's ROM again, but I'm assuming that's still GB.

I mentioned CleanGB since the guy mentioned in the title it'e nothing fancy. If People's ROM is the way to go for her, sounds like I need to find a version that was pre FC09? Has he already released hs FC09 version then, because you're wording makes it sound like it's aleady out and been test and not stable.

I thought about just installing Legendary for her since I've had a generally good experience w/ it (sans my screen fluttering, but I've read it might just be a my phone being old issue), but ever since reflashing it a week or so again (seperate issue), I now get daily updates for install and updated version of Spring trying to push a download to me. I don't wanna flash her phone w/ my ROM, then she has to see an annoying update. Sounds like People's ROM it is.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m5james:
My post #5 above is why I posted in "the wrong subforum" as I got more replies there within minutes vs 5hrs later and I've gotten nothing since being told I was in the wrong place.

I'm still educating myself on MTD, so thanks for that information.

As for any EL30 ROM, that's where I was hoping for an exact answer...someone else who's tried this vs that. Duly note that everyone has different results when running certain ROM's, so I guess I'll just have to try a couple and see where they take me. I work no less that 75hrs a week on the 787 program, which is why I've been on Legendary for so long...I'm always at work. I was hoping for a "just install xxxxxx ROM, I came from Legendary to this and I loved the change".

Granted, I listed my main uses of my phone, but it still has it's little glitches. It's fast, but very occasionally it gets noticeably slower (LauncherPro gets choppy between scrolling screen vs buttery smooth, sometimes the screen takes a few seconds to react vs everything being bam, bam, bam, etc), so I do a reboot and everything is snappy again. Unless the battery is at 100%, I still get the annoying flickering of the screen regardless of how many times I've tried recalibrating the battery, using different version of Samurai kernel. The only thing that stops the flickering (which I hate doing) is to dim the screen. I'm hoping a different ROM will he;p solve my issues across the board.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m5james:
RandonKing gave me a generalized statement, ie which radio to go with, not a specific name of a specific ROM. That's more or less what I was hoping for. The MTD is good information though.

I posted in the subforum I did because I knew what would happen once it got towed here...which has in fact happened. It's not about showing gratitude or less "attitudy". I just wanted a question answered and posted in the place I new it'd get the most popular exposure to my specific questions vs being thrown into a bowl of questions that range from people favorite themes to how come my WiFi won't connect. I wanted a specific ROM question, so I asked in the subforum that discussed those and those alone.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b16flybye:
Just play with some ROMs and see what you like. Like most will say, once you hop on CM9 or AOKP you won't go back. There's 0 reasons to be on ec05.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Please do not post question threads in the Development section again. I do not like to give infractions but will for people crying for attention.

Now to answer your questions Touchwiz is not a launcher, it has a launcher. It is the default framework used by Samsung for these phones. Anything based on Samsung software such as EL30 or FC09 is Touchwiz. For the best EL30 ROM I feel CleanGB is it. For the best FC09 choose The People's ROM 2.0. Grab the first links stating clean versions.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tazfanatic:
Just so you know CM7 is ROCK SOLID!!!!! Both me and the wife are on it with no issues. CM9 is solid but still work in progress I am waiting to make that jump back to 9 once it goes to RC. I have tried the Peoples it is solid as well it really depends on your needs and how your particular phone reacts to a ROM. Both mine and my wife's phone are slightly different with the exact same setup. As far as radios are concerned update to EL30 at least. If you have a hard time locating the files let me know just PM me. I haven't been around much lately real life getting in the way.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
Yeah cyanogen is stable for the most part.. there are a few tiny perks but i've never had any issues on it. As for the samurai kernel ... like i've said your probably flashing older versions that are for EI22 which is what legendary is and thats the source of your problem... hes fixed and has perfected his kernels recently. What i mean with fc09 is that there isnt a samurai for fc09 as of yet... but the one that comes with it is nice and stable and simple... its not as tweaked as the samurai kernel.. its relatively stockish. So you dont need a pre fc09 version because there isnt one. So yes the peoples ROM will more than likely be the ROM for her... its still GB smooth and stable, and if she wants so more "taste" to it and she likes pink... go to the themes section and there is one in there for her ;).

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OH and the flickering.. is the RGB values and the Gama values being to high... its does a weird lines accross the screen??? especially on white screens? Then thats to blame. Get voodoo sound from the market and go to the voodoo color settings and lower the RGB's and the Gama.. As i said previously... your flashing old versions of the Samurai kernels... his newest ones arent for ei22 but EL30 so if you update... you will have a much smoother phone. Also... if you phone is being used for more than 15 hours.. the cache builds... then it forces apps to use more RAM... and this slows stuff down... Reboots are nessecary. Also the newest samurai has much better memory management... which will do this for you.. i got more than a day without a reboot and its just as smooth as it was when i first put in the battery... and im on ICS.. which uses a TON of RAM and requires more to run... and its still as slick as GB.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mjben:
IMO nothing g is better than CleanGB EL30 MTD.

CM roms are always buggy it seems to me, no matter who likes them or says they are stable/great. I'd never use one, and certainly would never put one on another persons phone.

sent from my secret underground bunker
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m5james:
Crying? Over-exaggerate, don't you think? I got the point, you don't have to belittle me as well for asking a question on a subforum that spoke of nothing more than the ROM's I'm in question about.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
Probably not smart to argue with the mod... Just saying
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
Yes you were *****ing in android development to get attention... id suggest removing this post before the mod removes you from xda.

I have given a ton of help you'd be smart to help your self and remove you post. And I will remove my quote.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
You admitted to deliberately posting in Development to get attention for a non-emergency question no less...big cry for attention. I suggest you read the forum rules.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xXxexpertxXx:
I want to UNLOCK my ROGERS Samsung Galaxy Note to use it with a telus network. How do i do this? and what is the point of rooting? i keep searching but it brings me no where but to websites u have to pay i already paid for a code but they said the imei isnt valid :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kazukun_89:
Sorry to here that dude. >< I had an HTC Amaze and I unlocked it with 17 bucks. I used this website

unlockphonenetwork.com. Try it! Good luck
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zhiguoli:
unlock and root

unlock makes your phone usable on other carrier's network. Rooting gives you administrator privilege so that you can for example install "root" only apps etc.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinotinotino:
Root the phone so you can backup properly with Titanium Backup. Also to delete cap off your system folder.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imheroldman:
Call your carrier and explain you need to unlock your phone because you are going to be traveling out of the country. I have heard that works for getting an unlock code...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] natheer1981:
best answer for ur question
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blively2:
Rooting allows complete access to all phone software...allows u to install any rom, kernel, and software that u want as long as its compatible with your phone.

Unlock allows you to use your phone with any cell phone carrier...

Sent from an ice cream sandwich.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Siener:
My friend has the note and says he's having trouble rooting his phone he said he can't find any where to show him how
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harry_Y:
Thank you, I was looking for that Info.

Also what does "delete cap off your system folder" mean.

I apologize for the Noob questions, I'm new to Android
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MissionImprobable:
He meant delete crap, as in crap that you don't need.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjoswald:
I rooted my phone because...

1. I want full control over MY phone,

2. I want to know how phones work,

3. I do not like the stock ROM,

4. I am a tinkerer by nature*

*Since Windows 95, my motto has been "If it ain't broke, tweak it!" with varying degrees of success.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phelanz34:
isn't that why you're here?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mini21:
Welcome.

At the beginning I wanted to apologize for my bad English ;).

But to the point ....

I wanted to buy plus a 3800 mAh battery for my Galaxy Nexus (GSM), but I have a problem with the selection of the cover.

All cases do not provide for the use of such a large battery.

Only Seidio has to offer such cases, but they are quite expensive.

And here I wanted to advise you - do you know of any other inventions that could hold the battery?

I mean mostly about something that can be clipped to a belt and I would prefer if it was not the case rather holster.

Thanks in advance for your help!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] v3thabest:
been looking for the same man, only thing i've been able to find is this

you can type in Black Trexcell Samsung Galaxy Nexus Extended Battery Thermoplastic TPU Case on ebay.

nothing with a belt clip yet
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mini21:
Thank you.

I saw this cover.

I was wondering to buy a 3800 battery, cover case from Traxcell, and buy the Seidio holster.

Thanks to always save a little, but I'm not 100% sure that these parts will fit together.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Osemele:
Hi,

Does any one have problem in using the internet browser in SGS 2 after upgrade to ICS? I can not use the internet browser after upgrading to ICS. Erroor message is: Unfortunately internet has stopped.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmaximax:
have you tried flashing a different modem?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vagoybostero:
1) Did you do all wipes after and before flash your ROM?

2) Wich browser are you using?

3) Have you checked your APN settings?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bala_gamer:
If you made an upgrade from gb to ics, then clear the cache and data of the broswer from task manager. If you are not satisfied with the stock ics browsers you can try ics browsers from play store, there are many of them

#*posted on the move *#
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Osemele:
It works fine with alternate browser (Opera) from the Play Store. However there is nothing like having the default phone browser working properly.

Yes. I cleared the browser cache. Everything was working fine before the upgrade.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Next step is backup data and factory reset ..

Next step is wipe phone flash firmware again .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Osemele:
I think I am stuck with this problem. Factory reset did not solve the problem. I have defaulted to Opera Browser. Thanks everyone for all the suggestions.

Osemele
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vagoybostero:
I recommend you should use chrome.

It works only with ICS and for my was the best experiece
[HTC One X] purephysics:
I've noticed a couple of issues with my One X while browsing the internet.

1) on a couple of forums I use (Scienceforums.net being the main one) when I go to post a reply my keyboard won't use lowercase letters, and the site lags. Also the "auto correct" seems to work only when it feels like it.

I've tried downloading other keyboard like "hackers keyboard" and "swiftkey" but this makes the auto correct is even worse!

2) unlike the iPhone 4 I've prevy upgraded from when viewing websites in 'desktop' (my preferred view as I can access everything on the site) the One X can never seem to work out how to display the site correctly.

It's always got terrible justification, and often lags or glitches should i attempt to zoom in/out or try and line up the website manually on the screen so I can see all the content.

What causes this? And is there anthing I can do/upgrade/patch I can download?

Thanks
[HTC One X] stezo2k:
Cant say I've had any of those issues tbh, especially with the browser. Have you tried Tapatalk for the forums? That works great
[HTC One X] purephysics:
I'll check that out, thanks. I've downloaded opera mini as well so.I'm.gonna see it browses better in that. because this is making me regret getting this phone to be honest.

And I don't want to do that as its such a good phone in other areas.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MisterEdF:
Yikes. While trying to REMOVE unused languages I accidentally set my language to Chinese (or some other Asian language) and now cannot navigate my way back to English (since settings are now in Chinese)!

Any way to get out of this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Edogawa Conan:
go to setting (see the icon) then go to locale and text (icon will be like paper with letter A) and then click on first option and scroll down to English language
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MisterEdF:
Been trying to do that for an hour! :o Thank you so much! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gevamran:
Hi!

I had a problem in browsing arabic websites in dk 5.5 coz of the new font of arabic in this version.

If u have the same u just have to do the following:

- open the zip of dk 3 system/fonts

- copy the fonts folder and replace it with the fonts folder in the zip of dk 5.5 and it will work amazing :)

Gd luck :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amir_rafie:
Hi,

Thanks for the solution, this is the only problem that I have with this rom!

btw, I don`t have access to DK 3. would you please upload them?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chavez13:
Have you tried Team ICSSGS RC4.2? It's rocking stable and supports Arabic.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amir_rafie:
I was on ICSSGS 4.2 for about 2months... that rom is dead & full of stability problems...

---------- Post added at 05:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:33 PM ----------

This solution worked for me completely:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25493157&postcount=3841
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gevamran:
Font folder of dk 3

here is it :)

extract it and then replace this folder with the fonts folder of the dk 5.5 and flash the ROM again.

gd luck :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] plexwang:
Hi, I just got my t-mobile g2x as a replacement phone from t-mobile

everything is fine, except the signal bar's color is always "WHITE/GREY" regardless 2G/4G, when I was using G2, it should be like green-ish.

Is that totally normal?

I am running stock 2.3.3, with t-mobile contract, and I definitely already sync/connect to google server (background data), because when I search a lot of ppl just saying "you are not connect to google".
[T-Mobile LG G2x] plexwang:
Alright, another thing bugging me is coming out

The phone kept shows the screen before lock breifly, when I unlock the screen

Not solvble again?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] xBkKx:
It's LG's ****ty coding no way around it if you're on stock to my knowledge
[T-Mobile LG G2x] SefEXE:
That is normal.

For LG.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] kwes1020:
Yup. Their crappy overlay directs the signal icons to the same icon for connected and non connected through XML. You have to go change it manually. The lock screen is due to their animations overlay... Their overlays are a nightmare and very VERY shoddy work. Their "devs" are more worried about sticking their name in code rather then actually coding. If you decompile their apps you will find tons of errors....
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Good_Newz:
Green bars means you are connected to google Talk. It's has nothing to do with sync. Try signing into google Talk and see what happens. :-). Took me a while to figure it out too.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] FatalityBoyZahy:
You're wrong, "green bars" mean you are synced with Google and you have an active data connection. Try flashing CM7 or CM9, your bars will change colors when synced with Google.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Good_Newz:
O yes, you are right. Just tested it. Cool.

It seemed to me that whenever I sign into gtalk my bars will go green. It turns out that is not the case. Learning something new everyday.

Sent from my LG-P999
[T-Mobile LG G2x] spitswap:
when are you going to put a custom ROM on it?