Rootbox JB ROM

Sydney99 · Oct 19, 2012

For anyone interested, I tried this ROM last night. After swapping to the Dorimanx kernel, there seemed to be a lot of love for Rootbox on the the Dorimanx XDA forum, so thought would try it and see.

Based on JB 4.1.2 - Built from RootBox Sources (Teamhacksung, CM & AOKP)
HSPA+ Support
A2DP Support
T9 Dialer
Cherry picked fixes from CM
OTA Update
ExTweaks integrated in Settings - if ExTweaks installed in /system/app
Init.d Support
AOKP Features

"Out of the box" it's a thing of beauty. Looks sooo nice, super fast and snappy, a step above Neat (imho) in terms of look and feel. lots of new features, and everything packaged with the ROM worked like a dream. The dev has done a great job.

BUT as soon as I started trying to get other apps working/installed, i had numerous freezing, force closes and problems. If this ROM is anything to go by, seems the JB offerings are still some way off being an everyday useable ROM.

fonegyro · Oct 21, 2012

I've been running Root box with the latest (stable) Siyah kernels for 2 or 3 months now without any problems. Sounds like something might have gone awry for you during the flash....either with the ROM itself or the kernel.

Did you uncheck the "reboot" box and go back into CWM and wipe the cache and dalvik after the install?

IMO, it's also best to do the full manual wipes followed by the kernel wiper then the ROM nuke script before flashing Rootbox...just to make sure any leftover junk is gone.

A couple of reboots prior to flashing your kernel of choice ain't a bad move either.

Sydney99 · Oct 21, 2012

I did a full wipe.

Maybe will give it a go again when I've finished playing with Neak, coz for the first hour on my phone it was amazing.

Cheers

Hawker · Oct 21, 2012

CM/AOKP/AOSP type roms are much better compared to Sammy based roms in terms of fine-tuning and configuration. They basically have their own version of JKay bundled in the ROM, and can set profiles, slient times, change battery icon on the fly,....the list goes on.
However, I really dont think much of the CM/AOKP versions of what I term as the "core" apps, ie. messaging, phone, contacts and camera. On Sammy based ROMs these apps are far superior in my opinion.

Its for this reason that I invariably end up returning to a Sammy ROM as my daily runner.

Sydney99 · Oct 23, 2012

fonegyro said:
I've been running Root box with the latest (stable) Siyah kernels for 2 or 3 months now without any problems. Sounds like something might have gone awry for you during the flash....either with the ROM itself or the kernel.

Did you uncheck the "reboot" box and go back into CWM and wipe the cache and dalvik after the install?

IMO, it's also best to do the full manual wipes followed by the kernel wiper then the ROM nuke script before flashing Rootbox...just to make sure any leftover junk is gone.

A couple of reboots prior to flashing your kernel of choice ain't a bad move either.

You were right. Obviously did something wrong, tried again, and all up and working the last couple days. It's slick and fast, looks lovely, and performs like a dream. Just testing for battery now with dorimanx 7.4. Will report back in due course.

Maybe this is a real challenger to neat Rom, plus it's full of JB loveliness.

Thanks fonegyro for encouraging me to try again.

Will try and give a more in depth assessment soon......

turbohobbit · Oct 23, 2012

Up and running. LOVING it so far!

fonegyro · Oct 24, 2012

Sydney99 said:
You were right. Obviously did something wrong, tried again, and all up and working the last couple days. It's slick and fast, looks lovely, and performs like a dream. Just testing for battery now with dorimanx 7.4. Will report back in due course.

Maybe this is a real challenger to neat Rom, plus it's full of JB loveliness.

Thanks fonegyro for encouraging me to try again.

Will try and give a more in depth assessment soon......

It had to be "crumbs" from a previous flash or summat, I had similar problems myself last version ...it can be a finicky rom like that, but it's a belter once it's up and running sweet!

Battery's good on Siyah, be interesting to hear how Dorimanx pans out for you Syd.

Glad you persevered. Enjoy!

Sydney99 · Oct 24, 2012

Battery doesn't seem great so far on dorimanx with extreme battery profile. Will check on overnight drain again tonight.

If not reaching sub 1% Will give siyah a go. Maybe it's my settings though, there's huge more numbers of tweak and settings to adjust compared to a Samsung ics Rom.

Sydney99 · Oct 25, 2012

Ok. 0.5% overnight drain. Not bad at all.

Acid Twin · Oct 26, 2012

Sydney99 said:
Ok. 0.5% overnight drain. Not bad at all.

Hey Sydney99, which version of the kernel are you using?

For me thus far flashing any kernel leads to a black screen after the kernel logo.

Deep sleep doesn't appear to work on the cm10 kernel it comes with, I've tried both 2.9 and 3.0, full wipe + nukescript by the wonderful Hawker.

Another thing i noticed is it will not restore nadroid backups, i understand it won't do ICS back up's but I made a back up for this room shortly after flashing it and both nandroid back up's for this rom won't install due to a mismatch.

Edit: Nvm latest kernel is working phew

My next question would be I can't seem to find any options for customizing the lock screen icons and what not like most other aosp/aokp based roms?

Edit Again: Found it in 3.0 lol

Sydney99 · Oct 26, 2012

Using 2.9

Interesting that it allows you to change a kernel at first, then problems start if you swap again.

Nandroids not been a problem for me.

Acid Twin · Oct 26, 2012

Only thing i can't seem to find now is the ability to show the lock screen before my pin lock, any ideas?

Sorry to ask.

Sydney99 · Oct 26, 2012

Acid Twin said:
Only thing i can't seem to find now is the ability to show the lock screen before my pin lock, any ideas?

Sorry to ask.

sorry, not a clue!

turbohobbit · Oct 27, 2012

Anyone suggest any decent up to date modems to compliment RootBox JB? I'm on O2 and my signal has taken a nose-dive since moving over from AndyX...

simes6600 · Oct 28, 2012

i used the XXLPS modem since its release, on my S2 on o2. always worked fine on rootbox, neat, or any other rom. might have summat to do with the fact i live about 500 metres from the o2 mast tho

fonegyro · Oct 29, 2012

Rootbox 3.0, Siyah 5.0rc1 and BVLP7 here.

Modem works well in this poor reception area.

turbohobbit · Nov 6, 2012

Anyone got a link to the Rootbox website?

turbohobbit · Nov 10, 2012

As you were. Found it.

Sydney99 · Nov 14, 2012

Parag1dubey

Personally no issues with any of notifications (but I don't use Gmail), camera or gallery on root box. Browsers (stock and dolphin) weren't very smooth. Otherwise all was very good

Personally there really didn't seem much in it in terms of stability and smoothness and sickness compared to neat. But the kernel issue was the big negative for me.

I have often been tempted to give it another go.

parag1dubey · Nov 14, 2012

Thank you Syd,
I have also found that Neat is a lot smoother compared to all the JB roms I have flashed. I am waiting for Sale to release his JB once Sammy releases it to S2. But until then, I will keep hopping between JB and Neatrom

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