Since an issue with the keyboard freezing for Android disk encryption was fixed in the Omnirom code base, I was able to upgrade my system again. Unfortunately, the system didn’t boot anymore without a factory reset. Therefore, I finally found out to manually restore individual apps from a system backup performed with TWRP. ...
I finally took the time and updated my “old” Samsung Galaxy S+ (GT i9001) from the Stock 2.3.6 version of Android to CyanogenMod 10, beta 4. I really should have done this earlier. The stock version was getting slower and slower over time without any apparent reason and no update to a newer version was expected from Samsung. It seemed that especially changing cells was wasting CPU like crazy. I always resisted from installing CM because the device is not officially supported and most ROMs I found so far had serious bugs like missing tethering or Bluetooth. The ROM I finally found really works flawlessly and much faster than the stock installation. Everything I tested so far works as expected including Bluetooth and tethering using WiFi and USB. ...