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Originally Posted by jocampo

So, how are you going to find out what ROM is right for you? The only way, besides reading, is installing. You are taking a risk anyway.

The reaseardh ook me 1hour. I googled, watched the Youtube videos read the web page(one page). The actual process of prep/download/install took me one more.

Originally Posted by jocampo

I even can afford losing or bricking my Galaxy Tab if I make a mistake, but for a device that most people people 500 or more, I would not recommend making experiments or test and see how it goes. Most of the time you can revert changes, others you cannot. So the risk is higher than the benefit, at least to me.

I agree this is why one should only install Stable ROMs.

Originally Posted by jocampo

Also, "how much you value" your spare time; or changing the question a bit, how much spare time you have for playing with your device? I don't know about you, but I'm really busy to spend hours searching and installing third party ROMs. I did it for my HTC cellphone and I'm still dealing with minor issues after several tries. So I gave up and will sell it on Amazon and buy a used stock Android phone instead.

You know Joe, as often as you frequent this site, do you really want to play the "I'm too busy card". I've learned early enough in life to auto translate "I'm too busy" to "I don't want to".

I agree the risk is there, I waited 8mo before I chose to ROM my phone. I did not do it for "fun" I did it because the phone did not work properly, it froze on me all the time and the GPS did not work. The ROMs fixed the GPS, freeze and lag issues. I had two choices buy a new phone @ $600 and hope I would not have any issues with this new phone or spend a couple hours and get what I want.

BTW the one thing you are overlooking is the time spent researching the product, I don't know what influences your purchasing decisions, but I personally spend a good amount of research a product before I buy. That time always far exceeds the amount of time ROMing a device.

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