yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
Hard question.. Jellyshot scores higher, but I really did like Bb6 and it is more customizable... Both are smooth, but Jellyshot has a tremendous battery life.. And on that alone, Jellyshot.. I need a rom with good battery life!..

I like the look of Ubuntu, but am waiting to see how it will compare as far as speed, apps and battery to Android..
[Nexus S General] Gingo21:
[MENTION=5165039]Setting.Out[/MENTION] : some notes concerned your gdoc. In the column B, unofficial carbon version is 17th April nightly version not 4.7

Also, I wonder how you can evaluate with one note all the nightlies ? I suggest you to add the nightly's date or maybe just evaluate the release.

It could be good to add the official Google ROM for reference, what do you think of this ?

I am not agree with your opinion concerned paranoid android wich is very fast for me, but we can't all be agreed :p

BTW, nice doc ! It's interesting
[Nexus S General] BBuZZ:
For me PA is also slow, i like the options, but as i like games, PA leaves me dead in the water..user experience varies from user to user and phone to phone.. Setting.Out mentions that in the OP..

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] Me Gusta:
I suck...

Me Gusta!
[Nexus S General] BBuZZ:
Lol.. No you dont.... You are actually a very active and helpful member...

(Now pay me that beer, lol)

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] Gingo21:
All depends of your version. You can't say that the latest is slow...

But I am agree that the first releases wasn't very fast.

Yep, it's normal, because some people make a clean flash other a dirty flash, some use the stock kernel other another...
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
Good points, and thank you... :)

The Unofficial Carbon column has been updated..

I admit it is terribly hard to keep up with all the nightlies, both Carbon, and CM, I do miss a few, catching the latest update and skipping the ones I missed, thus only using one row and updating it as the nightlies update and I get a chance to test.. Though it would be helpful for me to note which one I am on, and I will update that.

I really like your suggestion for the Official google rom, as I don't know why I missed it, as I do use it for comparisons as well.. :)

I had some bad lag on PA, it may have been due to another issue, and I can re-test it.. It is a great rom, as you know, and as all the other dev's use it's features now in their roms..
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
This is really the beauty of this thread, everyone sharing their experience, as there is no "definitive" answers as to the best setup as our phones and the way we use them differ.. :) Also as said in the OP all opinions are wanted and welcomed.. I am glad you all share your experiences.. :)
[Nexus S General] migueldbr:
So, do you prefer bb6 or jellyshot as daily rom?
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
I like battery life better than features, so Jellyshot.. :)
[Nexus S General] migueldbr:
sorry, dont know how i missed those posts lol. Ok, maybe i will check out jellyshot.
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
No worries,.. I am always happy to help.. :)

But feel free to read through the posts and look on my chart, (first page), and see what others think of their roms, and add your experience(s) as well.. :)
[Nexus S General] Me Gusta:
Setting.Out, where did you download HellyBean android 4.1.2?
[Nexus S General] migueldbr:
click here and scroll to the bottom
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
www.hellybean.com

If you can't find it, I can make a link...
[Nexus S General] migueldbr:
another rom for suggestion: ligux rom (4.1.2 based). I have used it and really liked it.The lockscreen is unique. The only thing i didnt like was that i couldnt execute codes in dialer like *#100#

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2077620&highlight=ligux
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
First page updated as well as a review on MIRAGE-DIVIDE, the chart has also been updated, still needing a few date entries...
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
I read through the thread and it looks promising, too bad the bugs didn't get fixed, I may try and update the mms.apk and see if it fixes the issue.. I'll post in a few days with my results as I am testing another rom currently.. :)
[Nexus S General] migueldbr:
its an odexed rom btw.

Question about jellyshot: does it have status bar brightness control?By sliding?

Edit: nevermind, just saw that it doesnt
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
Any News??

So it's been a couple days since I shared a modified version of Bb6, I was curious to see if it helped the overall performance/battery/experience, or if it was noticable..??
[Nexus S General] superng888:
I'm still on gingerbread :D smooth once again
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
As seen on Carbon's thread.. plus more!!

5/29 Carbon nightly...Granted I have only had this installed for less than a day, but... No matter what app I am using, it randomly decides that I need to go back to the home page, shutting down that app.. Also happened when setting up, but at the time I thought it was just a random glitch.. It seems like it's fast sometimes, but it's the most jittery Carbon / Rom I've tried, I am nearly sea sick watching it shudder and jitter while it's scrolling.. This is the WORST scroll performance I have had, even PacMan or JellyBam, trump it in smoothness.. I can't tell you yet on battery or "performance".. But I am ready to just flash another and call it for what it is.. A mistake!
[Nexus S General] teoserio:
I've kept it for a day, and i discovered that I cannot live without tiles..

Btw seems to be smooth and very stable but I haven't tested battery life much to say something

[MENTION=5165039]Setting.Out[/MENTION] Advise for another review: AvatarROM

Inviato dal mio Nexus S
[Nexus S General] Basche:
Avatar has great visual customization I have seen on any ROM so far, but performance is okay. I have tried this long time ago though. And they have a tool to create your own themes now.
[Nexus S General] teoserio:
I've used to run avatarROM for a while, the better thing (apart look and customization of course) is Weebo. It's Really very Well integrated in the ROM and has couple of thing that is brilliant.
[Nexus S General] Basche:
That's true, I give it a shot again or jellyshot if I go back to 4.2.2,im on 4.1.2
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
*GAMERZ (modified rom)

This is a requested link for Gamerz 3.0, it has been modified, removed morph and other files and apks that I found to be useless, as well as a modified build.prop and init. folder... It has Gapps included. so do not flash Gapps.. Cm based rom, if flashing another kernel use Cm version.

-Gamerz 3.0 with included Gapps-

I do not take responcibility for any downloads or flashes you make, nor for world hunger.. Use at your own risk!!
[Nexus S General] lowert:
Splendid! It'd be great if you did a review of the rom as well;)
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
Check the chart on the first page...
[Nexus S General] migueldbr:
Trying out jellyshot, it has improved a lot since i tried it last time!
[Nexus S General] tamalepirates:
thank you so much!
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
No worries.. :)
[Nexus S General] BBuZZ:
Check this out

Jelly shot, remove unused system apk like mail app and etc (be careful), about 20 games installed, latest marmite, 200-1096 smartass v2 and deadline.

Use - about an hour of calls, WiFi always on (put it off just before the screen shot) and about a hundred text messages...made a 1.2 gb download.

Very important - fourth full charge cycle

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
Looks kinda low for JellyShot... Using 3G, gps, sync as well?
[Nexus S General] migueldbr:
also using jellyshot, after using hellybean for a long time(which i considered one of the best roms i had ever used). Jellyshot+vta kernel is really awesome(really smooth and fast, but it is also overclocked by default with no 1ghz step). cm based roms are always slower than aosp(for me at least...hellybean was really fast, but jellyshot is faster and smoother).

It wasnt like this before, i have used jellyshot before and it wasnt faster than some other roms i had. But this 4.5 version is really good
[Nexus S General] BBuZZ:
Yes to 3g, not today for GPS, and yes for sync... Its a 2 year old battery... Did i mention a 1.2gb game data download over WiFi with screen on?? I dont think its that bad, and i know that my batt is gonna die soon..

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
Then not too bad.. :)
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
I loved the VTA kernel, but once in a while my screen would go funny then reboot.. and the 800mhz is as fast as most kernels 1000mhz..
[Nexus S General] migueldbr:
yeah i didnt know it skipped 1ghz step...didnt really want to overclock because it uses a rather high voltage(1.425) and i think its not very safe to use such a high voltage. maybe i will try the 800mhz step. But im going to request krfoy to include 1ghz, maybe he will add it
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
It's not a worry, 1425 isn't that high of a voltage, and oc only gets used when needed, most of the time it shouldn't reach that speed.. But the 800 step should be more battery friendly..
[Nexus S General] nijnvy:
Another metric I like to compare rom is Rom size (footprint) or available memory, as I tend to have a lot of background processes and run a high memory app in the foreground .. would that be covered in gaming performance?
[Nexus S General] dark'em:
Look at the overall smoothness of the phone, it gives you a ideea on the toughness of the rom, for games you can temporary overclock, then after you finish the game go bach to 1Ghz, the guys here say that the best for overclocking and games is Devil kernel
[Nexus S General] Xuzuno:
In the spreadsheet, shouldn't the RasBeanJelly adjusted total be 36 instead of 37?
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
Human error... ;)
[Nexus S General] Des-franco:
Wow... Thanks for using Mirage ROM :cyclops:
[Nexus S General] ej8989:
Your ROM deserves a thread here. Do you mind making one? :good:
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
The pleasure is ours, I assure you.. :) Thanks for the build..
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
Slim (build 6) review...

4.2 roms have been, well, less than perfect.. I can think of a lot of words I used to describe them and they weren't all good.. It seems that they are stepping up there game...

Okay, not all of them, but joining the ranks of the smoothest 4.2 roms (JellyShot and RasbeanJelly) is ?? Slim ??

I was very hesitant about Slim, since build 4, or "the build of horrors", but their build 5 and now 6 are solid and so damn small, well, "slim".. With rom and Gapps it only is around 120mb, the size of most roms by themselves.. The reason they are "Slim" roms, I know, but still impressive.. It has tons of useful features and is clean and cleaver..

On a side note, though I love Nova launcher and swap out other launchers for it, the inclusion of a non-paid version was bothersome after using the full app for so long.. My point though, is this, the other launchers don't ask you to upgrade or buy anything, it lets you just enjoy the rom, whereas the unpaid version of nova kept making me hit the upgrade menus, which is annoying and I soon fixed..
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
UPDATES!!

Check out the first page for new updates and links.. :)
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
Another Modded Rom....

Who wants to try another modified rom?.. This one has the newest DEVIL kernel in it.. :) It's MIRAGE 2.5 cm version with Devil inside... :) Also has other mods tweaks.. blah blah.. Also gapps are included..

Link available soon... (as in a few hours)

**EDIT**

I am off to bed, but I'll have it up first thing in the morning.. :)
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
MIRAGE 2.5 coupled with the DEVIL kernel and Slim gapps...

All credit to these developers ! !

*Modifications to build. and init. as well as removal of some files/apps..

*This is now a CM version and will need cm type kernels if you wish to change kernels..

**If you have issues, don't complain to the developers.

**You are using a modified rom, possibly has bugs or issues not related to original design.

**I am not responsible for any issues with downloading, flashing or world hunger...

Use at you own risk!

Removed link check for new post..
[Nexus S General] ej8989:
Did you replace the weird settings panel? :laugh:
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
I did, but as I am trying it, I have found a couple bugs... I think I will put the original back...
[Nexus S General] Scofield.:
I was about to try this rom out, but it has some bugs and it's better to try out the original?
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
I'll have the version with original settings up tonight.. :)
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
**updated verson**

MIRAGE 2.5 coupled with the DEVIL kernel and Slim gapps...

All credit to these developers ! !

*Modifications to build. and init. as well as removal / addition of some files / apps..

*This is now a CM version and will need cm type kernels if you wish to change kernels..

**If you have issues, don't complain to the developers.

**You are using a modified rom, possibly has bugs or issues not related to original design.

**I am not responsible for any issues with downloading, flashing or world hunger...

Use at you own risk!

--Updated version--

-Fixed Bugs

-Faster internet

-More free ram

-Good battery life

-And just faster.. :D

CLICK HERE
[Nexus S General] PartimusPrime:
I'm still not convinced you got nothing to do with world hunger :sly:

Lol! Jk!
[Nexus S General] Scofield.:
Do you got any reboots with thhis version? I got 3 reboots with the original version in one day.
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
Nope..
[Nexus S General] ej8989:
There's no "Fast Charge" Tile?
[Nexus S General] Des-franco:
If kernel doesn't support Fast Charge, the FC Tile will be removed
[Nexus S General] ej8989:
But it works via NS Tools, so it means the kernel supports it. There's just no tile at all. :confused:
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
No tiles were modified from the original..
[Nexus S General] nexususer:
amazing

this is just amazing your putting so much flashing and testing i salute u sir and finally a place on xda wwhere we can compare ROMs ....

well thanks for an amazing thread ! :laugh:
[Nexus S General] ej8989:
Do you have the Fast Charge tile?
[Nexus S General] kkkhattak:
Can we use nos with this ?
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
You can try it.. but it is already heavily modified.. Crossbreed or another entropy generator shouldn't mess it up..
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
Not with this kernel... You could try another one??
[Nexus S General] kriout:
i use the devil kernel manager widget on the playstore ... else if that app it's not really compatible with our devil kernel ...

Is anyone having problem with profile on last 2.5 mirage build ??? i'm not able to modify them :(
[Nexus S General] Des-franco:
I think only tuna defined fast charge path

I should define crespo's fast charge path
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
UPDATES!!

Check out the first page for updated chart info, must haves and world peace!!..
[Nexus S General] kriout:
i'm using your modified rom with caprice, devil and gapps included ... it's probably the best rom i've used in the last months ... the battery is perfect, it's smooth and speed, the games run perfectly and everything work except profile and the not-updateble gapps, that are not important to me, i just use profile to switch between secure and unsecure lock, so not a big deal ... i won't flash another rom for a long period :) thank you so much!!!
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
Thank you, but it is the developers that deserve the gratitude.. I only put their ideas together.. :)

On that note.. Who wants to try another?... I have an untested JellyShot 4.7, modified init. /build./Devil/bootanimation.. :) This one is only a CM version, I know that this has been able to do AOSP as well, but may not now.. The rest of the rom is untouched and should function as well as the original.. Meaning stable and have good battery life.. If my mods worked, better battery life and a bit more speed, as well as faster app loads and better internet speeds.. :)

I'll have it uploaded later tonight... :) (fingers crossed)
[Nexus S General] !Lür:
Yeah really want to try this modified Rom :thumbup: !

What did you modify in init and build.prop ?
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
Modified Rom

JellyShot 4.7 coupled with the DEVIL kernel and gapps...

Bootanimation by Partimus Prime

Special thanks to Slim, Mirage, Bedalus, and anyone else who I may have forgot!!!

All credit to these developers ! !

*Modifications to build. and init. as well as removal / addition of some files / apps..

**This is only a CM version and will need cm type kernels if you wish to change kernels..

-Faster internet

-More free ram

-Good battery life

-And just faster.. :D

***If you have issues, don't complain to the developers.

****You are using a modified rom, possibly has bugs or issues not related to original design.

*****I am not responsible for any issues with downloading, flashing or world hunger...

Use at you own risk!

CLICK HERE

UPDATE

Okay, I have tested it with no issues, but found MARMITE 8.7cm to work better, smoother, faster, and better battery life.. Feel free to flash his kernel and Thank Bedalus for his work..!!

:D
[Nexus S General] Setting.Out:
A lot.. But in general; modifications to help with speed, internet, ram, and battery.. Oh and new vibration settings.. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] garwynn:
DISCLAIMER:

Your device, your responsibility. I am not liable for anything you flash, including this.

As a result you'll probably want to read the rest of the thread and at least be aware of what you're flashing.

You've been warned.

CM: CWM Based Recovery for SCH-I545 (jfltevzw)​

Features:

This is comes from CM as it is provided in the source repos. I will be keeping it as such at this time.

If modifications deviate from CM source we will set up a new repo.

The recovery image has already been patched using the Loki method.

This also means it is tied to MDK signature and should only be flashed on MDK.

Screenshots:

None

Latest Build: v1.1

Tar/ZIP Mirror: [CWM][RECOVERY]Team SXTP CWM for Galaxy S4 (Team SXTP Site)

Flash Instructions - READ THESE CAREFULLY!!!

1) Download Zip

2) Unpack Zip and place items on your phone. Assumes you're doing commands from folder where files were extracted to.

For the sake of testing let's say /data/local/tmp like djrbliss used. (ADB push was used in that example)

adb push recovery.lok /data/local/tmp/
adb push loki_flash /data/local/tmp/

3) Go to ADB shell, su and flash using following commands: (assumes path is /data/local/tmp for Step 2)

adb shell
su
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/loki_flash
/data/local/tmp/loki_flash recovery /data/local/tmp/recovery.lok

If successful you should see something similar to:

[+] Loki validation passed, flashing image.
2253+1 records in
2253+1 records out
9230848 bytes transferred in 0.656 secs (14071414 bytes/sec)
[+] Loki flashing complete!

Assuming you see the above, you should be ready to boot to recovery.

If you do not see this you should immediately flash the stock recovery by dd.

If you don't know how to do that, stop, ask for help. Let's try not to brick a phone doing this, okay? :)

Summary Changelog:

v1.1 - Correct typo on device name (in CM device tree). Repo was still okay.
v1.0 - Initial based on Sprint progress (jf series shares same fstab)

Source:

CyanogenMod Official Repositories

Device Dependencies:

android_device_samsung_jf-common

android_device_samsung_msm8960-common

android_device_samsung_qcom-common

Verizon GS4 Device Repository

NOTE: Due to potential copyright issues I do not include a vendor repo.

You can extract the files from the phone or ROM as needed - should you decide to build on your own.

Credits:

Early Bringup Advice:

Entropy512, Shabbypenguin, Cordell12

Current Advisors/Collaborators:

Noobnl (CM CDMA Maintainer)

Testers:

Mohogalore, robbyamor, crawj and others

Steve Kondik (Cyanogen) for CM development and jf common work

The CM maintainters who continue to improve CM along with Mr. Kondik

The crew that is Paranoid Android - Pure Hybrid!

Djrbliss for the Loki Method. (and for permission to include loki_flash in the zip!)

...and of course! You, the community, for your support as well! Thank you!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] garwynn:
OP has been updated with a Loki patched recovery image and flash instructions.

If you run into problems, STOP and post here with the issue.

Let's do this as safely as possible until we confirm some safe flashes.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] garwynn:
Again, asking that anyone who flashes this post their results. Obviously a lot of folks watching and although it shouldn't be an issue everyone likes to wait for first outside validation before flashing.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] NxtGenCowboy:
If it helps at all, I used the same process for the most part. It does indeed work.

1|shell@android:/ # /data/local/tmp/loki_flash recovery /data/local/tmp/twrp.lok

covery /data/local/tmp/twrp.lok <

[+] Loki validation passed, flashing image.

2559+1 records in

2559+1 records out

10484224 bytes transferred in 0.713 secs (14704381 bytes/sec)

[+] Loki flashing complete!

only difference is I used TWRP :P

:cowboy:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] t3project:
where'd you get the twrp.lok file? following djrbliss' instructions? :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] NxtGenCowboy:
No.

thats what I renamed it to since I used a twrp img
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] t3project:
im losing my damn mind. someone care to explain this?

root@android:/sdcard # /sdcard/loki_flash recovery /sdcard/twrp.lok
/sdcard/loki_flash recovery /sdcard/twrp.lok
sh: /adcard/loki_flash: not found
127|root@android:/sdcard #

i get this after a chmod of loki_flash. if i dont do chmod on it it says it cannot find the file loki_flash.....wtf?

root@android:/sdcard # /sdcard/loki_flash recovery /sdcard/twrp.lok
/sdcard/loki_flash recovery /sdcard/twrp.lok
sh: /sdcard/loki_flash: can't execute: Permission denied
126|root@android:/sdcard #
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fallingup:
Derp. What permissions are you giving it?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] trvrlol:
I tried just renaming the .img file to .lok, but it gave me a few errors. So using djrbliss's Loki tool (much thanks!) I generated a file for the TWRP recovery.

Here is the link: twrp.lok - 10.00 MB

---------- Post added at 02:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:50 PM ----------

You have to put the files in a folder like /data/local/tmp since the sdcard folder does not allow executables contrary to the instructions provided. (At least that was my understanding when trying to debug the same issue!)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] t3project:
all the good ones. haha 755

lol.....see told you i was losing it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] BladeRunner:
I get a successful flash but still only get stock android recovery. I think it is because I can't find the install reovery.sh to delete it
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] garwynn:
It's in /system/etc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshw0000:
I think I read in the other thread, they had success doing this on the pre-release kernal.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] BladeRunner:
not on my S4 it isn't lol. I get the successful flash, reboot to recovery, get stock recovery, reboot system from there and I then get the Samsung logo with the unlocked padlocked telling me SOMEthing unnoficiall got installed. Phone boots up and I boot back into recovery, still stock recovery, reboot system again and I get normal boot up, no padlock screen. I'm still on the mdk kernel so I will try flashing the pre-release kernel a little later and trying again.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshw0000:
I see a recovery-resource.dat in /system/etc but not recovery.sh.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] NxtGenCowboy:
You can use GooManager and install Twrp... Just have root first.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] joshw0000:
Have you done this? I tried it on a (locked bootloader) Note 2 and got the screen that I needed to take the phone to a Verizon store. It took me an hour or more to fix it.

Sent from my SCH-I545 using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2