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The days of custom Android ROMs are numbered, and Google is to blame
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Man I remember installing custom roms on my GALAXY S2 back in the day. I had done so much research on what was the best one, and the steps it took to correctly do. I was so nervous the first time, scared that I would brick my phone.
The little white text on the black screen..... Made me feel like a movie hacker lol.
the i9100 ? It was my first Android phone, I also installed tons of ROM on it. I still have the phone, it is still working, ROM is XWMS1 4.1.2 Chameleon v3.0.4 Samsung/AOKP hybrid, my kernel is Siyah v6.0b5
Yeah that's the one! Had it in white.
Wow that's quite amazing. I imagine you've been through a few batteries since new?
I have 2 batteries, but I seldom use it, I boot it from time to time and I am still impressed it works :)
My first one was ZTE Blade V880, updated from 2.2 straight to 4.4.2, that level of support won't be possible now.