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Well, I think I have obtained enough information and know-how on how to build roms and my cab/package vault has grown over time. I think its time to start giving back to this community and offer up my services with providing yet another 6.5 rom for everyone.
The question is, what is everyone's favorite build? A lot of people will stick with the latest build and I'm sure I will have to as well to keep it fresh and new, but for my first rom I want to build it based on what everyone's favorite build has been so far, so please vote for your favorite build.
I look forward to to both helping and giving back to this community who has helped my very much.
Although it's a good idea, I don't know how many of us actually know the difference between those. It might very well just be me, but i have no clue what the difference is between those. If you could post some differences between builds, it would help. Functionality, stability, battery use, etc.
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Although it's a good idea, I don't know how many of us actually know the difference between those. It might very well just be me, but i have no clue what the difference is between those. If you could post some differences between builds, it would help. Functionality, stability, battery use, etc.
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Well thats the thing, some may perform better than for others. It al has to do with personal preference... and then there are some builds that nobody just likes. I stuck with 21222 for a long time because I liked the speed and stability.
Great initiative!
IMHO;
Most folks will probably defer to you expertise in determining which ROM edition will be best for them.
Adjusting the poll for features like:
Battery Life
Ease of use in Cellular mode
Ease of use in PPC mode
Typical applications to include
Manila or Non-Manila - no not Vanila; as my wife calls it
Connectivity (bt, wifi, etc.)
Might reveal a better cross-section of what to provide.
Cheers,
Yea each release seems to be different. 21222 was awesome for me. Seemed to be the fastest although 21815 is what I am using now and seems ok (still laggy though).
21222 was really the sweet spot.
Hey adam! Good job! Enter the cooking world Just be ready for the tedious reading, learning, and flashing to come. I still don't fully understand it, but it takes time to iron out the kinks and it's tedious to flash over and over again, but it seems worth it when you get closer and closer to what you want. And a vault you say? Surely you'll have to upload that vault somewhere
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Well, I think I have obtained enough information and know-how on how to build roms and my cab/package vault has grown over time. I think its time to start giving back to this community and offer up my services with providing yet another 6.5 rom for everyone.
The question is, what is everyone's favorite build? A lot of people will stick with the latest build and I'm sure I will have to as well to keep it fresh and new, but for my first rom I want to build it based on what everyone's favorite build has been so far, so please vote for your favorite build.
I look forward to to both helping and giving back to this community who has helped my very much.
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Oh, Gawd NO!!! *I'm a Libra* .... and we can never decide....
?Glitch
This thead is a good idea
Wow I was just thinking about starting the same thead topic!
We all need to give some sort of feedback in regards to what we like and what\why we are currently running. My person best was 21728 as it seem to be the smoothest if not the fasted build. Not many people tried it as DaG skipped it even though he gave us the sys. I am currently checking out a sys and xip ripped from a emu bin file to see if I see any difference as it just so happens to be 21234. Switching back and forth to see if the new VM enhanced NK.exe from DaG make a difference compared to the original 6.1 compatible NK.exe.
Keep that feedback coming in as the more opinions that are expressed the easier the decisions will be for others.
I agree with dcelluser. I am up to 21728, I dont any change as far as battery life is concern, but its better in terms of stability & smoothness. Battery is more than builds quality thus I need to know if someone finds any other build with any radio giving maximum battery, rest is always the same from 21222.
21728? Hmm, I dont even remember seeing that build. I wonder who else likes that build? Too bad I cant edit my own poll...
As far as everything else is concerned, why dont you guys also write in and say why you voted for xxxxx build and why. Was it the stability, speed, batter, ect... and what you thought about it. It may give a little more insight for other people as well.
In the meantime, im toying around with themes, taskbars and manila so when I figure out which first build to use, Ill have everything else lined up already.
I found 21222 to be the most stable build so far and had no issues with battery.
I'm flashing back to my 21222/21502 as we speak because the 218xx builds have been buggy for me.
Bruce Inman said:
I found 21222 to be the most stable build so far and had no issues with battery.
I'm flashing back to my 21222/21510 as we speak because the 218xx builds have been buggy for me.
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Yeah, 21222 I think is still my favorite. Im still waiting for a 216xx build to be leaked as the 216xx line is supposed to be from HTC.
Buggy? What do you mean buggy?
Always keep with the latest, causes some cooking headaches but I find 21815 to be stable and fast so far
its just that noone has cooked new official ROM hotfixes with old builds so I am using new builds otherwise I hardly see any change in its performance. They are all same almost.
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Always keep with the latest, causes some cooking headaches but I find 21815 to be stable and fast so far
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Yeah, Im going to have to stick with new releases once I move on to my second release... but for my first initial release, I wanted to build a rom that most people like as an incentive for trying my new rom.
Once that happens though, I might start throwing out two releases... another oldie but goodie rom and a new leaked build.
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Yeah, Im going to have to stick with new releases once I move on to my second release... but for my first initial release, I wanted to build a rom that most people like as an incentive for trying my new rom.
Once that happens though, I might start throwing out two releases... another oldie but goodie rom and a new leaked build.
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Just be careful doingthis. It can be hard to sync two release. Even just trying to change between a Fuze build and a TP build bugged me so much that I created a Mortscript to change KB layout!
how about just putting in your blood sweat and tears to create what you think is a kick ass rom. Thats all anyone could really ask for. And not that Im asking, but I know you will. Just put that disclaimer all the other guys put in their title post, that this rom is built to your likings. If you get some whiny kid complaining because it doesnt have the extra 50 levels of Teeter, just forget about them. Just do your best with all that knowledge you have accumulated, and you'll for sure put out something great. You have been around long enough to know whats good and what doesnt work. Now Im excited to see you put it in to play. Use the build that worked best for you!
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Yeah, Im going to have to stick with new releases once I move on to my second release... but for my first initial release, I wanted to build a rom that most people like as an incentive for trying my new rom.
Once that happens though, I might start throwing out two releases... another oldie but goodie rom and a new leaked build.
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I think that's the way to go because you'll have your users that always want the latest and greatest and other users that want stability.
Hmm... 21234!
Well I extracted the XIP and SYS from a 21234 MS emulator ROM and cooked using the latest official Fuze 5.11 payloard and NK.exe these are the results:
Awesome battery life!
Awesome speed!
Great stability and ...
Official ROM from MS!
I think I just found my favorite ROM!
My Fuze is at 90% battery life after 8hrs if emails and light internet surfing!
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I think I just found my favorite ROM!
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Care to share?
I found this INSANE video on Google Nexus One blog.
If you have a Nexus One or a Desire, do yourself a favor and WATCH THIS VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or-9T44Bt7M&feature=player_embedded
Has anyone heard about this ROM? Its the MOST INSANE ROM IVE EVER SEEN...It runs SOOO damn fast and smooth, and they have COMPLETELY overhauled the UI. Its INSANE. Its like they took parts of Android, IOS, added an insane Sense-like wrapper on it..and viola....PWNAGE.
Anyone know where it comes from? I have never heard of these guys...but MY GOD its nuts. Whoever they are, these guys have SKILLZ.
See for yourself!! I just hope to God that Gingerbread is that awesome.
Heres a great vid from user Chididdy123 running this amazing ROM. Thanks for this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBuiWZ8TDBw
Omomo (dev) has also said that "We will release OTA every week. usually it is on Friday evening 8:00 PM (Beijing - time)
I'll give you a link (today) so that you can download latest build from us. But we may delete it one day later because we don't have enough bandwidth to host many users. so please make sure your download it in time".
UPDATE (October 4th)
So guys, I had no idea that the finding of this video would make such MASSIVE noise in the Android community. While I think its a great idea to keep this thread open for problem solving and overall discussion, I would highly advise you to visit the excellent thread started by djmcnz for builds, language packs and changelogs. He has done a great job in keeping the beast that is MIUI accessible for all. His excellent thread can be viewed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789566
Give him and all the people who have put so much work into translations MASSIVE props, as they have done an insane job at making this wonderful ROM accessible and updated for everyone.
You can easily notice that video runs accelerated, seems they did it to make the phone looks like it's running faster that it really is.
Watch it one more time and you'll see what I mean.
That could be man. It does look a bit TOO fast. But you gotta admit, the UI looks nice, and even if you slowed the video down, it seems like it would still run pretty smooth.
I really..REALLY like the UI.
right could we get this to work in english...it would be great!!! looking forward for this.....thanks!
Just another custom launcher...
Looks interesting
I might give it a try later on and report back here
h**p://miui.com/thread-1154-1-1.html
You can download the ROM from this forum thread. I used Chrome to translate it. Downloading now.....
well.. UI is very nice. and the video seems to be accelerated to shorten the length of the video. Anyways... it is still in beta and things will only get smoother and faster as development continues. Nevertheless, the UI is very nice. Will look forward for final release.
downloading as we speak
I was just really suprised when I searched the forums and found 0 results on it. I would be interested in trying it as well.
Let me know how the flash goes if you decide to do it!!
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Just another custom launcher...
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hmm.. looks more than that. Lock screen is different. task switcher is different, dialer is different.
downloading it right now gonna flash later .. hope there's support for english even though i know abit of chinese
kind of flipped through the thread over there.. i think they got FM radio working on their rom ..
http://www.miui.com/thread-1012-1-1.html
downloads can be found there
http://www.miui.com/thread-1154-1-1.html
this one is the latest one ..
the link sucks .. keeps breaking half way ...
installed........up and running.......its superb....will post more as i find out ... thank you so much for sharing
p.s: my 400th post
selected english but slight chinese now and there.....all menus are bouncing to the end...
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installed........up and running.......its superb....will post more as i find out ... thank you so much for sharing
p.s: my 400th post
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Seriously??? So quick??
Is Froyo apps2sd working? Can you make calls and text?? Is it snappy or laggy?
Details bro!!!! Keep us posted!
calls are working, i can see app2sd partition in settings, so i hope it should be there...still setting it up......
its super fast and completely revamped UI with so many options....pieces of chinese language is what keeping me from trying all those
Any one else givin it a try? just not sold on it yet or convinced...
Download is broken on the first link, trying de mirror...
THIS IS BASED OFF MANUP'S REVOLUTION THEME, THANKS FABOLOUS, FOR GIVING ME THE INSIGHT TO DO THIS
This is the Revolution theme FOR Gummyjar 2.1. This theme is similar to the way it is on ApeX, with the sliders and all. It doesnt replace any apps, only the framework.res apk.
Make sure to mount system when flashing, no need to wipe of course.
This is my first attempt at anything of this nature so take it easy on me guys
Downlad it here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?iodz56u8op6m2l9
cool gonna try this later! looks promising.
Its my favorite theme, so I thought Id make it work for my favorite rom Im workin on a few others but Im learning as I go, so trial and error. I test them thoroughly before I post them though
Mikey,
First and foremost, can I have Meghan's number? Secondly, where do I start in creating themes?
UrbanBounca said:
Mikey,
First and foremost, can I have Meghan's number? Secondly, where do I start in creating themes?
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Lol, tooo funny As far as theming goes, Im learning on the fly. I had some pointers from one of the great D2 devs(brown nosing lol), but for the most part Im learning as I go. I have some realy cool themes I made from other roms, but I really doubt Ill get the go ahead to post them. Im using UltimateDroid right now Everything works...
Check this out. I have 2 issues Im trying to figure out then Ill post it. Any themers that come across this, shoot me a pm and see if you can help me out
*Meghan is so pissed her pic is posted I told her its helping to advance android development, he-he
...this is my favorite theme as well, but for some reason I can't download it from my phone....says it is not supported. Any help?
Edit: I suppose I should just push it to my SD card from my laptop huh? lol
...nevermind it works now..THANKS!!
"Man, that's not even whack, it's actually kinda hot" ~kanye west
Dude this is tight
i stumbled across these and while i like bionix roms the best, its hard to find some really unique themes right now from them, most are blue or gingerbread green. this guy has made some incredible themes that i doubt id be alone in saying someone should see if they can port them over from the nexus s
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=886971
i personally like lucid, frost, tangerine, monochrome, and bliss (so pretty much all of them)
take it for what its worth, if you like it and have some time, we can never have too many options.
Those are excellent themes! All of them look great, I really like bliss the best. Like you said cant have too many options!!
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i stumbled across these and while i like bionix roms the best, its hard to find some really unique themes right now from them, most are blue or gingerbread green. this guy has made some incredible themes that i doubt id be alone in saying someone should see if they can port them over from the nexus s
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=886971
i personally like lucid, frost, tangerine, monochrome, and bliss (so pretty much all of them)
take it for what its worth, if you like it and have some time, we can never have too many options.
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I agree, If im not mistaken Som said they were working on some really nice themes but thats all i read.. if you want you can look at my thread, ive started adding colors to the menus in the framework and tw framework.. Ive completed the mms, gmail, browser and settings... Ill start working on the other system apps as time permits
Heres my post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=938317
read the changelog b/c more changes are coming soon..
rel500 said:
I agree, If im not mistaken Som said they were working on some really nice themes but thats all i read.. if you want you can look at my thread, ive started adding colors to the menus in the framework and tw framework.. Ive completed the mms, gmail, browser and settings... Ill start working on the other system apps as time permits
Heres my post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=938317
read the changelog b/c more changes are coming soon..
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good stuff man, looks good
So since there's only about 5 or 6 custom ROM's at the moment I took the liberty of creating a quick site to compare the ROM's. I put them in a comparison table side-by-side, put a link to download them (off my own site [so this can be used as a mirror]) and put a link to my own personal thoughts/semi-informal review of each ROM and included screen-shots of the ROM (90% of it I took myself).
I wanted to share the link/site with you to see what you think. I'm going to try and stay on top of updates and such, and each page on the site has a way for you to leave a comment. So if you have any suggestions or problems, feel free to comment there (or here). Also, if you want to submit your own review, thoughts, suggestions, etc. the site has a way for you to post it and I can look it over and publish it. I'd love for this not to be a one man show. If you have extensive experience with one of the ROM's and want to throw in your own review, post it there and I'll make it live and link to it in the comparison table.
I know I'm going to get blasted, told how stupid and useless the site is, etc. etc. and I'm prepared for that, but maybe you could also include a quick note on why it's stupid, what I need to add, how better to improve it, etc. you know, constructive criticism. I do know it's ugly and using a crappy default skin, but I was more concerned on getting content in there right now vs the look and feel of the actual thing; I'll get around to it, eventually. Anyways, I'm only trying to help.
http://sgs2.glitchsys.com/
Thank you, this is very helpful to a newcomer to Android. I'll try to find time to read through the reviews, as I want to find the right ROM without the hassle of flashing each one (but I guess you'll never know which one works best for you unless you try it...). The comparison table helps a lot.
Nice compilation! Was worth a read! Thanks for gathering all these into one
This is awesome! Many thanks. I had asked to setup something similar a while back with all the Galaxy Tab ROMs. Never took off. I can definitely see that this could take a bit of work keeping it current. Hopefully folks will help out in that area.
i like the work u did...
Thanks for this! Really helpful to new guys.
Serendipity is at 8.1; added the file to the server, updated the Download link and included his changes in the table. It's all good.
i dont think that site is stupid at all. I think it'll help a lot of the newbies but that takes a lot of work to update. As long as it stays updated, I dont see how anyone can say that its a bad idea.
One issue that the devs MIGHT have is that you saved their ROMs and update files to your own server. I know some devs dont like that (at least some on the captivate section didn't) but maybe thats different, here.
Really nice to see all the listed items in there, I know it would be hard to list them all but but maybe point out in the CM7 section more (if not including all seperately) the Modifications, Theme Chooser, Etc. that are built into CM7 by design without the need for more apps, rom tweaks. Also note that the CM7 camera does not have the same options as stock and how the video recording rate is not the 30 fps as with the stock roms. I am trying to be impartial here but thought I would note that looking at your site would make some think CM7 didn't have much to it, when in fact it has many options and setting built in that are not available to stock roms or how stock roms would need some other changes to get things to work the same. On another note the ONLY downfall I see with CM7 is the contact searching would be nicer to have a letter on the side.of the screen like stock does so I don't have to scroll all the way down to find a contact and would be nice to have speed dial working without another app from the market.
Just trying to point out a few plus's and minuses of CM7 to help you add to your great comparison site.
Sent From My KICKASS CM7 AT&T SGS2
Nice work -- the only suggestion I would make is that UnNamed's section is huge compared to the others - so unless you are specifically recommending that one, you may want to equalize the columns.
But other than that -- I think a very helpful resource for folks who are new to the phone looking to get a quick comparison of which ROM to try first!
@RockRatt can I use some of your wording in my review? I'll update my CM7 section/review but you wrote a lot of nice ideas.
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@RockRatt can I use some of your wording in my review? I'll update my CM7 section/review but you wrote a lot of nice ideas.
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Of course you can. I am just trying to help out so others can see all the different roms in a somewhat even light as to function and features. I know it is/will be a work in progress and it is looking good.
Sent From My KICKASS CM7 AT&T SGS2
I'm not sure if Geeklog has wiki features, but if it does maybe you could give some people editing rights in order to help you keep it up to date. Less work for you.
otherwise, excellent work!
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So since there's only about 5 or 6 custom ROM's at the moment I took the liberty of creating a quick site to compare the ROM's.
http://sgs2.glitchsys.com/
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Was looking for something just like this and now it's gone...anyone know what happened to it? or if there's another?
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Nice work -- the only suggestion I would make is that UnNamed's section is huge compared to the others - so unless you are specifically recommending that one, you may want to equalize the columns.
But other than that -- I think a very helpful resource for folks who are new to the phone looking to get a quick comparison of which ROM to try first!
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in other words, its best not to introduce bias..:victory:
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in other words, its best not to introduce bias..:victory:
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pffffttt! competition is healthy. and it's not like people don't have their favorite and tout it as 'the best' at any and every opportunity anyway.
Holy Necro, Batman!
Yeh these crop up every once in a while. Should've sprayed it with crop duster. Dangit. Ah we'll next time .
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