[Galaxy S III General] jasonjdm:
Stable rom for E210K as per my test

Hi All,

I have tested the above ROM for nearly a week, and found that it is quite stable than Stock roms; and I would say it is on par with Ochie Rom which was on 4.1.2 but this is on 4.3! :)

Pros:

1) Wifi coverage is good.

2) Signal strength is good most of the times. No call issues at all. (I have set to GSM All)

3) Switching to data roaming automatically is fixed here. Didn't try much with data connection, though it connects to data without any issues.

4) Themes are supported. Have some inbuilt themes like MIUI v5, IOS 7 etc

5) Note3 look and feel.

6) Boot screen has Samsung logo in place of olleh. (Gives international S3 feel)

7) Knox is nowhere to be found.

Minor Issues:

1) Since it's a chinese rom, you'll find some chinese texts left behind on some UIs even if we set the language to English.

2) By default the keyboard is set to Samsung Chinese IME; but can be changed to Samsung Keyboard from Language & Input setting.

3) Weather widget didn't work for me; so installed other weather widget from play store (Android weather).

4) Not able to get SMS delivery reports.

Thanks to BarakOsama for the link! Appreciate it! :)

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Hi All,

I tested this below rom [Dokdo Project] having base as 4.4.2 Kitkat on my E210K and it works like a charm. It has some good reviews.

XDA link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2594789 (though this is for I9300)

Source forge link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dokdo-project/files/dokdo-3.0/e210k/

PS: Do it at your own risk, please think and do.

Installation:

1) Download the ROM from source forge link; download the 3.0.3 version zip file

2) Flash this CWM to your phone using Odin: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1o6ud0TG (Only the latest CWM supports this rom)

3) Place the downloaded ROM zip file on the internal memory (ext sd card is not supported on new CWMs and also in kitkat)

4) Wipe Data/Factory reset; Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik cache.

5) Install the rom using the zip on the internal sdcard.

6) Download gapps from this link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dokdo-project/files/dokdo-gapps/3.X_PA/

7) Install gapps by flashing it through CWM.

In my limited test of this rom I found these:

Pros:

1) Signal strength is good and calls are working great; I didn't change the default settings.

2) Wifi signal is good; covers good area.

3) Data connectivity is good, tried with normal 2G connectivity.

4) Able to get sms delivery reports; though not as an sms but as a popup which fades away gradually.

5) Google stock UI.

6) Battery life is good.

7) Feels like its a pure unlocked phone (international) with no country linked.

Cons:

1) External SD card is not detected by most of the apps, Eg. App Backup & Restore. Didn't test this thoroughly but external sd card support is planned to be removed if the google kitkat news is to be believed.

2) No stock "My files" app, so not able to access files from internal and external memory. So downloaded ES File Explorer through play store to access the files.

3) Some apps do not work great. Eg. Stock Weather app - once dragged and dropped I was not able to edit it's settings again. Instead use weather app from play store.

4) Icons look big and feels like clarity of icons is lost.

Lets hope some issues will be fixed in next build.

Thanks to slg1119 and Dokdo Project Team for such a great rom!