Guest k0zmic Posted July 11, 2011 Report Posted July 11, 2011 SS might be a bit old but it's still a solid ROM IMO.
Guest quikfxp Posted July 11, 2011 Report Posted July 11, 2011 Been using SwedishSpring since April it has given me no problems what so ever, I love it! At the same time I am thinking I might try StirFry sometime in the next few weeks.
Guest wbaw Posted July 12, 2011 Report Posted July 12, 2011 (edited) Nobody knows how to fix it apart from the CM devs, as ZTE clearly could care less on fixing it, along with the SIP audio issue. It doesn't matter if the kernel is released or not. If it was common knowledge, it would of been fixed in other roms with open source kernels, like SS. It is common knowledge how to fix it, CM7 is open source & uses a public version control system, so you can easily just use the patch that they used against your kernel source. It isn't fixed in SS because that rom isn't being developed any more, Kallt moved on to CM7 development. Everything that the CM7 devs do is common, public, open, freely available knowledge, that's the whole point of being a community open source project. SIP audio routing is fine on the Gingerbread leak, as long as you use the native Gingerbread SIP. I'm shocked that so many people use GSF, you should be using CM7, it's the only real rom to chose for the Blade. Edited July 12, 2011 by wbaw
Guest bennebiest Posted July 12, 2011 Report Posted July 12, 2011 I have yet to try GSF for tracking (tomorrow hopefully!) but will try the nightly 125 for the coming week and see how it goes. I'm using GSF since an early beta. The first betas had a GPS issue. But with the latest versions I have had no issues at all. I'm also using my Blade as a tracking device with Runkeeper (for bike races). Stable with no issues! (currently on GSF beta12). Please share your experience with CM7 n125 and GPS tracking, after you did some tests, thanks.
Guest Anil k Solanki Posted July 12, 2011 Report Posted July 12, 2011 I'm shocked that so many people use GSF, you should be using CM7, it's the only real rom to chose for the Blade. Hi wbaw, it is refreshing to hear such straight forward knowledgeable honesty. I used GSF up until B10 I think, but now I am back to Cyanogen, N#127. Perhaps the popularity of GSF can be attributed to it being the new kid on the block? But without source code, there is only so much that can be done. Cyanogen is truly an amazing project, producing amazing work. The "no wipe no whine" mantra rings very true with most ANDROID ROM's, I always wipe, and I believe because of it, my experience with ROM's has been for the most part headache free. Many thanks. Anil.
Guest ididmytime Posted July 12, 2011 Report Posted July 12, 2011 It is common knowledge how to fix it, CM7 is open source & uses a public version control system, so you can easily just use the patch that they used against your kernel source. It isn't fixed in SS because that rom isn't being developed any more, Kallt moved on to CM7 development. Everything that the CM7 devs do is common, public, open, freely available knowledge, that's the whole point of being a community open source project. SIP audio routing is fine on the Gingerbread leak, as long as you use the native Gingerbread SIP. I'm shocked that so many people use GSF, you should be using CM7, it's the only real rom to chose for the Blade. I'm aware it's open source, but I was under the impression that it was still not common knowledge as nobody had implimented it. I guess Rom development has really halted apart from CM, apart from closed kernel Roms which is understandable. I also wonder why it's not patched in the new kernel, which currently does not support it offically. I still consider SIP audio broken, people want to use Skype for their phones, it's not possible on stock Roms. The patched version has horrible quality. Great news though on the notifications, hopefully EVERYONE will have a Rom in which this is fixed in the next few months. It's pretty impressive not more people moan about how broken it is, it was one of the first thing I noticed about the blade.
Guest ididmytime Posted July 12, 2011 Report Posted July 12, 2011 SS might be a bit old but it's still a solid ROM IMO. Very true, but if you use SS I see no reason not to upgrade to GSF.
Guest Anil k Solanki Posted July 12, 2011 Report Posted July 12, 2011 Very true, but if you use SS I see no reason not to upgrade to GSF. Hi ididmytime, has the notification light not working been fixed in GSF? If not that may be a reason to stay with SS, if that feature is important to you. Anil.
Guest ididmytime Posted July 12, 2011 Report Posted July 12, 2011 Hi ididmytime, has the notification light not working been fixed in GSF? If not that may be a reason to stay with SS, if that feature is important to you. Anil. The only rom that has working notification lights is CM on the old kernel. On all other roms, including stock, if you get a notification the led will flash, then stop when the phone sleeps, as soon as you wake the phone it will start flashing. You can get apps to fix this, but they will drain the battery like crazy. If GSF will be still maintained, or a newer ZTE build comes out when the kernel is released, then everyone running a 2.3 Rom should have this fixed.
Guest eirlysbill1 Posted July 12, 2011 Report Posted July 12, 2011 (edited) Thanks Fibblesan for all the hard work in making the FLB r11. Solid as a rock, and if you ever release a 2.3 rom I'll be there. All the best Edited July 12, 2011 by eirlysbill1
Guest Airazz Posted July 12, 2011 Report Posted July 12, 2011 I've been using FLB for quite a while (a month or more) and I've started experiencing annoying crash-freezes. Often the only way to fix is to remove the battery, then turn on the phone, turn it normally, then turn on again. Sometimes it happens two or three times per day, while other times everything works fine for a few days. It's starting to get annoying. I have Gen1 TFT Blade. Should I just get SS if all I want is a stable and normal ROM with all basic features working properly?
Guest k0zmic Posted July 12, 2011 Report Posted July 12, 2011 You could try SS, otherwise do a full wipe of FLB and then re-flash it, that might help you. If it persists on SS (or another ROM) then there might be a hardware problem.
Guest Airazz Posted July 12, 2011 Report Posted July 12, 2011 I've just flashed the new Ginger Stir Fry and damn it's fast. It's not overclockable, but at stock speed (600MHz) by blade is much faster than it used to be on any other speed with FLB-Froyo. I think I like it :) There's just one thing I don't like, it's the fact that power control buttons disappeared from the slide-down notification menu. That used to be a handy feature.
Guest iKrautDroid Posted July 13, 2011 Report Posted July 13, 2011 Well, gsf was/is cool, but I kept getting fc's on some really important apps! Back to CM7 and lovin theme Chooser!
Guest iKrautDroid Posted July 13, 2011 Report Posted July 13, 2011 Elegant steel by Kevin "whatever" is awesome!
Guest shenglong Posted July 14, 2011 Report Posted July 14, 2011 hello i went from stock to CM-7.0.3-Blade-TPT.zip (GEN1 to GEN2) and it raped my battery haha so switched to Swedish_Spring_RLS5.zip which was fannytastic and rock solid !....from reading the previous posts i guess the two big dogs of the moment are ginger stir fry b12+ vs cm7 nightly 127+ has anyone tried both ? and swedish spring rls5 ? im probably gonna flip a coin and install one or the other in a minute :unsure:
Guest Anil k Solanki Posted July 14, 2011 Report Posted July 14, 2011 hello i went from stock to CM-7.0.3-Blade-TPT.zip (GEN1 to GEN2) and it raped my battery haha so switched to Swedish_Spring_RLS5.zip which was fannytastic and rock solid !....from reading the previous posts i guess the two big dogs of the moment are ginger stir fry b12+ vs cm7 nightly 127+ has anyone tried both ? and swedish spring rls5 ? im probably gonna flip a coin and install one or the other in a minute :unsure: Hi, I have tried all three, and all three work great. If you wipe before you install you will have a much better experience with either of the ROM's. I am currently using Cyanogen N127. It has the best future, and the best set of built in features. Your choice. Anil.
Guest shenglong Posted July 14, 2011 Report Posted July 14, 2011 Hi, I have tried all three, and all three work great. If you wipe before you install you will have a much better experience with either of the ROM's. I am currently using Cyanogen N127. It has the best future, and the best set of built in features. Your choice. Anil. yeah i always wipe, installed gsf b13 (with the small update), so far so good!!! lol u trying hard to get people to install cm7 bro i took one look at the cm7 pinned thread again and decided to install gsf instead haha cant be bothered with nightlys either, when the team feels they got a version worthy of putting on the main topic then i will install when they do i hope they sort the pinned cm7 thread out too, i dont want to know the history of gen1 vs gen2 all i need to know is i need to upgrade to it and all roms will work, why 10 diff cm7 builds there just need one the latest n greatest, i dont need 10 tpt's to some next rom either (usually out of date). i got put off cm7 because the first time i came on here well it was just confusing and out of date and made more complicated looking than it need be hmm perhaps paul while renovating can make some standard template for custom rom posters to adhere to haha if thats even possible
Guest mickey megabyte Posted July 14, 2011 Report Posted July 14, 2011 there was a time when i was trying out two or three roms a week, but i got bored of that and settled on good old gen1 cm7 rc4 from waaay back in the early april TehDuckÜberDistro days. (!) i've not experienced major problems with it, only a couple of random reboots in all that time, and some other minor rare bugs. i suppose i've always been a little apprehensive about going gen2, as i obviously didn't want to brick my phone, and i wasn't sure if i could nandroid back to my old gen1 rom if i didn't like the new. i know it's a simple process that 1000s have done successfully, but i've never really felt the urge to do it yet. i do realise that i could be missing out on some groovy new features or get better battery by going to a more modern rom, and i still read the rom threads regularly. GSF looks very interesting indeed, and CM7 seems to be finally approaching maturity. i don't suppose i'll stay gen1 for ever, i guess i'm still waiting for that killer 'perfect' rom...:)
Guest targetbsp Posted July 16, 2011 Report Posted July 16, 2011 I've been playing with roms. There's a bug in Grand Prix Story where every now and again it slows to a crawl and you can recover it by pressing menu then back. Anyway as a result of how slowed down each rom is I've determined the following: GSF despite not being overclocked is faster than CM7 with new kernel overclocked which is faster than CM7 old kernel overclocked. GSF and CM7 new kernel run cooler than CM7 old kernel They all have similar battery life on standby and running apps (assuming your specific version of CM7 doesn't have a battery drain issue!). I understand though, but haven't tested, that CM7 old is heavy on battery drain in 3G and CM7 newis heavy on drain in wifi compared to GSF? GSF is looking good for a gaming fan! But I miss LED notifications too much to use anything beyond CM7 old kernel myself.
Guest targetbsp Posted July 18, 2011 Report Posted July 18, 2011 (edited) I ran some benchmarks which don't back up my above observation! CM7 New kernel overclocked to 710 Antutu - 1699 Neocore - 42.2 CM7 old Kernel ovcerclocked to 710 Antutu -1551 Neocore - 39.7 Ginger Stir Fry not overclocked Antutu - 1429 Neocore - 38.5 CM7 new kernel not overclocked Antutu - 1422 Neocore 38.4 Antutu is an all round benchmark which breaks the score up in a similar way to Quadrant pro - but is free. Neocore is a GPU benchmark. Each score is an average of 3 or 4 runs depending on the variation between runs. I also used 2 other benchmarks not shown above because the scores were useless. Nenamark was producing differences of up to 30% between different runs on the same rom. Quadrant produces such a massive score difference between CM7 and GSF that I suspect the stagefright bug is rearing its head somewhere. The new CM7 kernel is considerably faster than the old one. When not overclocked, the new CM7 and GSF are pretty much on par. It thus stands to reason that the older CM7 is slower than GSF at stock speeds, though I haven't tested it. GSF cannot be overclocked for those missing that test. To my eyes though, despite what the benchmarks say, GSF runs games faster! I think I'm gonna switch from CM7 for a while. Edited July 20, 2011 by targetbsp
Guest shenglong Posted July 20, 2011 Report Posted July 20, 2011 (edited) nice benchmarks targetbsp....i got 1529 on gsf beta 13 not overclocked hmm how reliable antutu neocore benchmarks anyway ? damn gsf is definetly fast on games, i remember running need for speed shift on swedish spring and it was jerky but on ginger stir fry it runs very smooth im impressed ! Edited July 20, 2011 by shenglong
Guest Tripov Posted July 20, 2011 Report Posted July 20, 2011 From the last month been using GSF. But still keeping an eye on CM7, and might return to it one of these days.
Guest targetbsp Posted July 21, 2011 Report Posted July 21, 2011 I'm off back to CM7. My wifi dropped a couple of times in the past 48 hours of using GSF, one of the times needing a reboot before it would work again. It is real smooth though. I can't wait until we get the source for that for CM7. :)
Guest hayenne Posted July 22, 2011 Report Posted July 22, 2011 Used SS for most of the time, decided to upgrade to Gingerbread. Reading CM7 thread gave me impression of ROM being still too raw, although I understand it's a very prominent one and not just whistles and bells like some say. Now I flashed myself GSF b13 and it's so much faster and smooth, I'm absolutely happy with it - no FC's, no reboots, fast wifi and apps and hilarious setup process :) Battery allows me up to 7 days standby with few calls and up to 3 days with active phone usage! If CM7 keeps the same development pace though, I guess it would be exactly the one killer ROM everyone's waiting for...
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