[Galaxy Tab  Android Development] speedyg0nz:
Thanks jt1134 for fixing the rear camera! That was the one thing that held me back from installing CM10 on the SGT7. Having gone through and witnessed the whole CM9 development on this forum (and subsequently CM10 to date), it has been interesting to observe the behavior of fellow users. Felt I could share some of my thoughts here:

1) Have patience! I noticed a number of newcomers who rushed right into installing the nightlies/alphas/previews without finding out more about the ROM, e.g. what's working and what's not. I tend to wait for others to conduct a "peer review" of the ROM before jumping in, being fully aware of the consequences. This is also the reason why I stuck with CM9 till now, simply because the rear camera is crucial to my daily usage of the SGT7.

2) Read and search more, post less! I don't get why anyone would install a new ROM after just reading the OP. With new nightlies popping up everyday, the TS simply does not have the time and energy to update the OP on a regular basis. There are plenty of information contributed by other users within the thread. I'm not suggesting that you should read every single post in the thread, but be aware that you're running the risk of missing out critical information if you choose to do so. Therefore, if you run into problems with the ROM, at least have the decency to do a quick search of the thread before posting about it. It frustrates other users to no end when the same issue keeps appearing when the query has been addressed previously.

3) Nightly ROMS are not for the weak-hearted! Yes, I'm referring to the ROM we're discussing on this thread. Nightlies are meant to be on the bleeding edge, where developers get to roll out new features with minimal testing. That's where we come in to help test and file bug reports. Unless your sister is comfortable with the occasional reboots, battery drain, capturing of logcats and filing of bug reports, I really doubt you should install nightlies on her SGT7.

4) Go with the derivative builds for daily drivers. Humberos, alroger and erezak offer custom builds that tend to be more stable and offer additional customisations. For instance, users looking for a larger data partition can go for erezak's builds. Personally, alroger's builds have always worked well for me so I'll continue to stick with his builds. Frankly, I would say leave the developers and testers to work on fixing the bugs and implementing new features via the nightlies while mere mortals like us, who rely on the SGT7 to work when we need it to, stick to the derivative builds.

5) Stable ROMS may not be stable! I noticed an influx of users when CM9 went stable. Those of us who were here right from the start knew that stable builds simply mean that the developers have frozen the feature set of CM9. Unfortunately, the new users misunderstood this to mean that all bugs have been ironed out and that led to quite some unhappiness when certain features (e.g. auto brightness) did not work as expected in the CM9 stable build.

6) Most users should stay on Gingerbread. No offence to the developers here. Just that having gone through several ROMs over the past two years, I am rather resigned to the fact that the ancient guts of the SGT7 simply cannot perform well enough to meet the gruelling demands of ICS/JB. Gingerbread-based ROMs still offer outstanding battery life, accessory compatibility (e.g. HDMI dock) and general smoothness in performance. Of course we'll lose out on the bells and whistles in the new versions of Android, but at the end of the day, we have to ask ourselves whether those extras are worth the effort at all.

That's all i have to say for now. I fear that I have gone OT now so please don't reply to this post. :)