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What ROMS are people using (who have rooted their phones) am on AndyX v12 atm. It's ok just a little buggy.

would'nt mind trying a new one (has to be ICS though) thanks.
 
No ROMs here, just root. I actually find nothing wrong with the stock S3 ROM. I've frozen many Samsung apps though using Titanium.

The only things missing are a blue battery icon and slide notification bar to adjust brightness but those are slightly minor compared to the existing bugs of current custom ROMs.
 
ARD said:
I contacted Samsung about the ICS problems I have on SII. They replied advising to do a factory reset. I then asked if ICS has been released onto SII prior to it being fully compatible. Received a reply saying they are looking into it. Will post again when they reply.
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Dunno what compatibility problems you are having but it is just fine for me. Early releases such as LPQ were too early & three jumped the gun releasing it too early, But LP7 onwards has been perfectly fine.

mrk said:
No ROMs here, just root. I actually find nothing wrong with the stock S3 ROM. I've frozen many Samsung apps though using Titanium.

The only things missing are a blue battery icon and slide notification bar to adjust brightness but those are slightly minor compared to the existing bugs of current custom ROMs.
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Wrong thread get out with your S3! :p :D
 
So... 3 days after getting an S2, and thanks to his thread i've ordered a car holder, (which has already arrived), and a case.

Found out a bit about kernels and roms, and have put a custom kernel on the phone to achieve root, and so I can have BLN (backlight notifications) turned on. I miss my notification led from my HTC!!
I will probably wait until Cyanogen Mod ICS rom is stable before trying a non-stock rom.
 
Mattey1 said:
Dunno what compatibility problems you are having but it is just fine for me. Early releases such as LPQ were too early & three jumped the gun releasing it too early, But LP7 onwards has been perfectly fine.
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Phone hangs, slow operation, dire battery life, all since ICS
 
Cool cheers.

Really appreciating the S2 now after ICS/Root/themeing - was all set for the S3 but it's not not a big enough step forward for me - it's taken a few steps backwards in some areas.
 
No worries at all.

I still find things that amaze me with this phone. The latest is I somehow managed to leave my Xbox HDD at my friends house so I am now using my phone as an Xbox HDD! how cool!
 
Upgraded to XWLPF now no GPS ?

Hi All, did a wipe and reset from XXKI3 to ICS 4.0.3 XWLPF

as per XDA

XWLPF
Android 4.0.3

This package has: PDA: XWLPF| Modem/phone: XXLPX| CSC: XEULP5
Download: Download

XWLPF Stock Kernel: Download
Password: intratech@XDA

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

Did a reset and wipe again after the XWLPF was applied via odin now i cannot get any GPS on maps or weather ?

i get the following message "current location is temporarily unavailable"

I have 3G signal and wifi, I don't understand, Any ideas please

Thank you..
 
Hey all long time no post, just thought I'd give a little update. Updated to the latest Hyrda yesterday and it's like my phones got a new lease of life, so quick and responsive. I know it doesn't count for much but use to only get like 5800 in Antutu Benchmark, but now I'm getting over 6200 using the same settings. Also 1% every 2 hours over night, I can live with that! When I checked early after 10% battery loss, I'd had 40minutes screen time and 6 and 3/4Hrs standby. *If* it stayed that way, over 2 and 1/2 days standby and nearly 6hrs screen time, I can live with that!

Also to the above GPS problem, go back in CWM and flash this it's an updated GPS config, should sort you out, just leave it to get full lock which may take a minute or two first time, then it should lock almost instantly.

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Pulse said:
Hey all long time no post, just thought I'd give a little update. Updated to the latest Hyrda yesterday and it's like my phones got a new lease of life, so quick and responsive.
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Is this the best rom to update to? I still havent updated to ICS but am planning to once I know which rom to go for!
 
Guys if someone can help me I'm after a few questions and dummy guides to the following:

I updated to ICS when it was released for the unbranded phones but since then I've needed to do a battery pull most days and upto 3/4 times some days as the phone freezes on a black screen.

Will a factory reset solve this?

Will I have to re-install stock ICS after this?

Ill be backing up via kies, so would I go - Backup - wipe - update ICS - restore backup?

I'm happy with the stock ICS would the phone benefit from being rooted? what would I gain?


Cheers
 
Resolved this by Re-flashing the Firmware

nam said:
Hi All, did a wipe and reset from XXKI3 to ICS 4.0.3 XWLPF

as per XDA

XWLPF
Android 4.0.3

This package has: PDA: XWLPF| Modem/phone: XXLPX| CSC: XEULP5
Download: Download

XWLPF Stock Kernel: Download
Password: intratech@XDA

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

Did a reset and wipe again after the XWLPF was applied via odin now i cannot get any GPS on maps or weather ?

i get the following message "current location is temporarily unavailable"

I have 3G signal and wifi, I don't understand, Any ideas please

Thank you..
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JRJ said:
I updated to ICS when it was released for the unbranded phones but since then I've needed to do a battery pull most days and upto 3/4 times some days as the phone freezes on a black screen.

Will a factory reset solve this? Yes most likely

Will I have to re-install stock ICS after this? No ICS will remain - it will be like a new phone again - all apps, contacts, messages deleted etc. Data on the SD card will remain untouched like pictures etc

Ill be backing up via kies, so would I go - Backup - wipe - update ICS - restore backup?

Backup via kies is hit and miss - try and use a program like 'my back up pro' to save apps, messages etc. If you root then you cave same all app data too like game saves and app settings.

I'm happy with the stock ICS would the phone benefit from being rooted? what would I gain?

rooting allows you to do things like block ads, to a full image backup of your phone (nandroid), put an OS wide theme on, backup all your app data, install custom roms etc - it's easy and you should do it.


Cheers
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