Fusion IX Review

XDA-Fusion

For the past week and a half I was playing around with Fusion IX which is a customizable rom for the Samsung Galaxy S Android phone.  Not sure if it was me but this one seems like the buggiest rom I've played with.  It has some major bugs that I would consider a deal breaker if I were choosing this as my "default" rom. If I knew more about programming I would come up with a program to emulate these roms so you don't waste time flashing them.  If there isn't one out there yet, I call this mine!!

Back on topic, the stock theme of this rom is quite colorful to say the least! The colors are a little too much if you ask me, from purples to blacks and some blue accents make the default theme a little too contrasting. That said, the designer definitely got something right with an animated notification drop-down menu, toggle and status bar icons. If I could find them in the zip file, I would definitely use these on my theme design.

Other than that, the rom has a problem with going back to home. What I mean is that when you press the home button on the phone itself, it takes you to the app list rather than the home screen. Once you actually get to the home screen it takes forever to load the widgets you have. This could be because my phone can't handle it but it's a samsung galaxy s!

The other biggest bug I've seen is that it fails at syncing up with google. I can't get my apps to download unless I use an app like titanium backup. My gmail contacts don't even sync up not does at&t contact backup service.


If it wasn't for these bugs, I would totally recommend this rom but until the collective fixes these bugs I would use this rom.

Continuum 6.1 - 2.3.4

This is my review of the rom Continuum 6.1 created by Team Continuum.  It's a customized rom that runs on a Samsung Galaxy S using the android OS 2.3.4.  It also utilized the Talon kernel (ver. 0.3.1) from TalonDEV - XDA Developers.

Now this is a forewarning,  I don't have nearly the technical skills to go really in depth into this rom solely because I don't have the experience in coding such things (I'm teaching myself Java as I write this) so forgive me if I'm not too technical.  As my knowledge improves so will my jargon and descriptions.  Go here if you want a more in depth specs XDA-Developers - Continuum 6.1

To get this review started, after you're done flashing you are greeted with the AT&T World Phone splash screen then the Talon Logo.  Next is a fun boot animation that starts with a star field and merges into the word CONTINUUM...pretty cool!  The phone then loads the rom and media scanner activates....


This is by far one of the more stable roms I've had so far.  I was using Cognition 4.4.3 for awhile then switch to Firefly 3.0 (my fav until Continuum).  Coming from Firefly, this one is almost exactly like it in that it's very smooth although there are some lagginess but more on this later.  All the apps I've run have loaded fast and super smooth.  I like the launcher with this rom because of the transitions between the home screens, app list and the actual app.  They all seem to go to the background.  If I'm not mistaken, it uses the Touchwiz 3.0 instead of Touchwiz 4.0.  I wish I could play with the new interface but if it is 3.0 and it works.  Speaking of the launcher if you hold down on the app list button, 5 mini home screens appear with what's stored in them...pretty cool!

Over all battery is good, after a day of use, I'm normally down to 40-30% life (this is with texting, surfing on the net, using apps like intune and watching a few videos...,etc).  I haven't had to recycle the battery yet but I hear it's a good idea to do that when flashing new roms.

After a few months of using this rom, it appears to have some bugs in it.  I would have to restart the phone because it was just too slow at loading apps and widgets.  When it was a fresh reboot, the rom ran smooth and fast but having to reboot so much just killed this rom for me.  Perhaps it was something to do with my own setup and installation process.  I look forward to the next version to see if any of the bugs still persist.