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Hey,
I'm currently using MoDaCo Custom ROM 3.1 on the HTC Hero GSM, which I've had running since I first rooted a while back, but I was wondering if it is worth using a different ROM now? What is the best ROM to use at the moment, eg the most reliable? I'm asking, simply because I have been running Android 1.5 ever since I've owned the phone.. and it's now starting to feel rather out-dated.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
Down to preference. Im running VillainRom 10.3 with JIT enabled. Its stable OCd at 710 and get 4.8MFLOPS on Linpack.
Have decent battery (although only added JIT and got it stable today so that will affect it, but shouldnt affect it too badly
Jaymeh92 said:
Hey,
I'm currently using MoDaCo Custom ROM 3.1 on the HTC Hero GSM, which I've had running since I first rooted a while back, but I was wondering if it is worth using a different ROM now? What is the best ROM to use at the moment, eg the most reliable? I'm asking, simply because I have been running Android 1.5 ever since I've owned the phone.. and it's now starting to feel rather out-dated.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
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That is definitely Cronos Droid From what you asking with the fastness and stabillity Cronos Droid is the only ROM for you
C0mpu13rFr34k said:
That is definitely Cronos Droid From what you asking with the fastness and stabillity Cronos Droid is the only ROM for you
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I fail to see what your sig is getting at, it seems to be an attack on villain for no reason at all. Your saying your getting around 3mflops at the moment (same as villainrom) then you say that with jit VR only gets 5.03 as if thats bad?
Anyway to answer the OP you just need to try different ones and see what you like.
VillainRom has an OTA updater that makes updating nice and simple, plus we are working on having a stable JIT release soon
Edit: apologies if I have misunderstood your sig
Lennyuk said:
I fail to see what your sig is getting at, it seems to be an attack on villain for no reason at all. Your saying your getting around 3mflops at the moment (same as villainrom) then you say that with jit VR only gets 5.03 as if thats bad?
Anyway to answer the OP you just need to try different ones and see what you like.
VillainRom has an OTA updater that makes updating nice and simple, plus we are working on having a stable JIT release soon
Edit: apologies if I have misunderstood your sig
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I don't attack Villain??? It's a great ROM but for simplicity and speed etc. I think Cronos Droid is the best... But I don't really get what you mean?? When did my sig say that 5.03MFLOPS is bad? It's marked with that little line on the bottom (which I don't know the word for in English?) But please explain further i don't want my sig to be misunderstood
C0mpu13rFr34k said:
I don't attack Villain??? It's a great ROM but for simplicity and speed etc. I think Cronos Droid is the best... But I don't really get what you mean?? When did my sig say that 5.03MFLOPS is bad? It's marked with that little line on the bottom (which I don't know the word for in English?) But please explain further i don't want my sig to be misunderstood
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yeah sorry my bad, I completely misunderstood what you were saying
Lennyuk said:
yeah sorry my bad, I completely misunderstood what you were saying
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Ok Keep the work up on Villain im looking forward to that JIT release
I was in the extact same place you were a while back, I think the problem your facing is trying to find a ROM thats as stable and as fast as modaco 3.1.
My suggestion get vanilla eclair 3.?? - 4.0 its stable, smooth, as fast if not faster than modaco and you get some nice cool features that seem to be missing from most hero ROMs.
You do however loose sense, but anyone with any sense will loose sense.
oh its also 2.1 as far as I can see, and its my current stable, everyday use ROM, occasionally you do get this freaky error when you unlock....very trippy, but just lock it and unlock it and the problems fixed.
Hope that helps, it does have a slightly shaky install, but if you want just PM me and I can help.
I like the chocolateEclaire. Faster than the vanilla and with all the features you desire.
On my Hero for a week and its a stayer.
flitz said:
I like the chocolateEclaire. Faster than the vanilla and with all the features you desire.
On my Hero for a week and its a stayer.
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Really I've heard of it is it really much better than vanilla?
P.s to original poster sorry for hijacking your post. Lol
Im looking for something which is anything greater than Android 1.5 and with google maps navigation built in.. can anyone help me? Theres so many different ROMs out there now, its got all confusing..
Its alright now guys, all my rooting knowledge has come flooding back to me and I've been testing out some ROMS. Thanks for your help though =)
Hello, I have a BeHero + v1.2 Rom on an Orange unlocked phone. Can you guys please tell me your opinions about this one, good & bad points, and if there are better Roms to choose. I'm a bit new to this, and trying to find my way around.
Thank you.
Get yourself a proper 2.1 release for the Hero. BeHero is ported from another device.
You can choose between Kimera 1.8, VillainRom 12, Cronos 2.0 and some others.
Hi, What do you mean from another device, and are Kimera 1.8, VillainRom 12, Cronos 2.0, alternative Hero Roms for Orange unlocked phone, and all 2.1 android? Thanks,
I would say VR12 is the best right now but thats just my opinion
Yes you can use Kimera, Villain or Cronos,... Or any other ROM from this section. As long as it is for GSM HERO you are ok.
I think BeHero is ported from the HTC Legend maybe, or Eris?... but anyway, the newer ROMs in this section are made from an actual Android 2.1 ROM made for our Heros, not a port from another device.
EDIT... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE POST IN GENERAL or Q&A NEXT TIME!!!!!!
It means that Behero was designed for the Droid Eris and was customized to run on the Hero.
Mod Edit: Please take your time to familiarise yourself with rules.
You will notice member conduct... Take as a warning
Be nice please. We all started off not knowing much.
Yes, I am trying to learn. Rankjie was obvioulsy born with this knowledge and did not have to learn.
Thanks for the info about which Roms, so many to choose from. one more thing, I am reading that many drain the battery quickly. Any ideas on one which does not, as nobody wants to charge every single day if it can be avoided.
mike300 said:
Yes, I am trying to learn. Rankjie was obvioulsy born with this knowledge and did not have to learn.
Thanks for the info about which Roms, so many to choose from. one more thing, I am reading that many drain the battery quickly. Any ideas on one which does not, as nobody wants to charge every single day if it can be avoided.
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roms based on the old leaked 2.1 kernel drains much more battery than roms based on the new 2.1 kernel, hoewer most 2.1 roms use the new version so unless you pick an old rom you should be ok, I would reccomend villainrom 12, it is fast, energy efficient and has a lot of cool features.
Moved as not development.
I've been browsing through the Roms forum looking for a stock, fully functional 2.1 (non-Sense) rom that includes Superuser. The best I've found is ErisLightningBolt, but that is based off of Cyanogen. I also saw Senseless, but that seems to have never been updated from the initial version and still has bugs. Anyone know of a good Vanilla rom?
try search.
EDIT: I just did a search of vanilla on the DEV thread and had 68 items found.
Didn't I post here already? Must have lagged or something.
Jrozga, those vanilla things aren't relevant to what he's looking for. There are very few vanilla 2.1 ROMs and most of them are lacking. I prefer vanilla but it's difficult to get 2.1 roms that way. If you're looking for a true vanilla fully functional rom I suggest Froyo CM6 or KF or CELB 6, all vanilla.
Hungry Man said:
Didn't I post here already? Must have lagged or something.
Jrozga, those vanilla things aren't relevant to what he's looking for. There are very few vanilla 2.1 ROMs and most of them are lacking. I prefer vanilla but it's difficult to get 2.1 roms that way. If you're looking for a true vanilla fully functional rom I suggest Froyo CM6 or KF or CELB 6, all vanilla.
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Either way he's asking others to do the work for him without searching. Looking over 68 threads with vanilla in the title would provide him with all the roms he is looking for. And froyo is 2.2 aosp my friend.
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Of course it is. I'm just saying if you're looking for aosp the best we can offer is a 2.2 ROM. The 2.1 ROMs are just not up to par. Granted it's very difficult to make vanilla ROMs. I took evil eris and made it semi-vanilla when I used it but still, my point remains valid: 2.2 roms are the best aosp we have.
Hungry Man said:
Didn't I post here already? Must have lagged or something.
Jrozga, those vanilla things aren't relevant to what he's looking for. There are very few vanilla 2.1 ROMs and most of them are lacking. I prefer vanilla but it's difficult to get 2.1 roms that way. If you're looking for a true vanilla fully functional rom I suggest Froyo CM6 or KF or CELB 6, all vanilla.
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Aren't these ROM suggestions bases off Cyanogen?
Kaos Froyo isn't I don't believe. It may have changed. The other two are though. Why don't you want cyanogen based? IT's still vanilla.
Tainted Vanilla.. you cant go wrong with that.. Hoban knows how to make a rom.. and he made that 1 PERFECT!
White widow is pretty good. Fast and stable
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I don't mean to be a pain, but I have searched. I had only found a few Vanilla 2.1 roms, but most of them had bugs or still missing features. I mainly wanted a stock rom to maximize battery life. Right now I am using KaosFroyo and yes it is fast but my battery life is much worse then it was on the stock Sense rom. Either way thank you guys for the help.
Sense uses more ROM, Froyo is really supposed to use much less bttery... try another froyo ROM. My suggestion is the one in my sig.
Otherwise try Plain Jane or CTRom. Those are good stock 2.1's.
What advanced knowledge of this platform, I find digging thru this forum an impossibility. I have a Samsung Vibrant with stock FroYo 2.2 and am suffering terrible lag. It's beyond me why this is allowed to continue by the vendor.
So if I want a new ROM and/or Kernel to fix the major lag problem, I'm left wondering which is the best.
Well you kinda have to decide which type of rom that you'd want to try to use. If you want the stock rom I recommend installing the Bali kernel...it's fixed a lot of issues and gives great speed and battery life which is what I'm using.
Hopefully, you have rooted your phone before doing anything.
Bali Kernel Rocks for Froyo.
You can even try CM7 or MIUI Gingerbread ROMs.
We stopped relying on Samsung ages ago for providing any further updates.
If you want the best experience from your phone, you're going to have to take risks. But its nothing since this phone is technically "brickproof". Try installing a ROM besides Froyo, like GB or maybe a ROM that's Froyo but with different themes and tweaks, I just can't use stock 2.2 anymore lol.
Stupid Samsung and TMobile don't give a rat's a$$ about our phones or the Lag, and once they announced there will be no GB release, many devs have disappeared (though there are some new ones who inherited phones showing up now too )
For your first custom ROM...I wouldn't go with GB - it's not for beginners.
For 2.2 without the lag and some extra tweaks, try Project V - but there are lots of great ROMs out there that will help you ditch the Lag + a whole lot more. I know people who are still running Nero and Axura without problems - so you can probably just find a rom - look at the release date, and start reading the forum posts after that date. There's plenty in the noob stickies about how to root, most ROMs still provide install instructions.
Though - there are things like update of the Market, etc. - that you will need to allow extra time for during your "settling" periods...
i agree with the poster above, root your device and flash the bali 1.8.6 capped kernel. that'll convert your file system to ext4 and you'll be rocking. no need for the custom roms unless you're really adventurous.
While there is no need for custom roms I still think that you should try bionix 1.3.1 or project-v by edt both froyo roms to get a taste of what we in the vibrant community have and appreciate everyday
Bionix 1.3.1 has countless themes and project-v is by far imho the best 2.2 rom with the best speed and battery life and its always been what I fall back on when gb gives me problems. Also flash the trigger theme with it, it'll look better and bali kernel for battery
stevec5375 said:
What advanced knowledge of this platform, I find digging thru this forum an impossibility. I have a Samsung Vibrant with stock FroYo 2.2 and am suffering terrible lag. It's beyond me why this is allowed to continue by the vendor.
So if I want a new ROM and/or Kernel to fix the major lag problem, I'm left wondering which is the best.
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Wow, like 10 replies and not one person mentioned this was in the wrong forum? Ha,nice.
Root, install CWM, install Project V.
N_B said:
Stupid Samsung and TMobile don't give a rat's a$$ about our phones or the Lag, and once they announced there will be no GB release, many devs have disappeared (though there are some new ones who inherited phones showing up now too )
For your first custom ROM...I wouldn't go with GB - it's not for beginners.
For 2.2 without the lag and some extra tweaks, try Project V - but there are lots of great ROMs out there that will help you ditch the Lag + a whole lot more. I know people who are still running Nero and Axura without problems - so you can probably just find a rom - look at the release date, and start reading the forum posts after that date. There's plenty in the noob stickies about how to root, most ROMs still provide install instructions.
Though - there are things like update of the Market, etc. - that you will need to allow extra time for during your "settling" periods...
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When did they announce there would be no more updates for the Vibrant. I don't remember hearing anything about that. I've given up hope that there will be, but I haven't heard anything officially.
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For a first rom I would suggest something form sombionix. He was the best dev ever on this platform, and the roms are pretty much stupid proof, and more reliable than stock. anything from nero v3 to bionix 1.3 are all solid. You just need to take the way back machine and look as far back as 2009 to find them. Though his last rom thread keeps getting bumped as its just amazing and everyone keeps using it.
bigtom624 said:
When did they announce there would be no more updates for the Vibrant. I don't remember hearing anything about that. I've given up hope that there will be, but I haven't heard anything officially.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using xda premium
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Well...since I only have it based on what I've seen/heard here, I should rephrase:
"Once whatever event, whether official or otherwise, occurred that caused some devs and other XDA members to commonly believe that there won't ever be an official GB release for the Vibrant..."
If you wanna stay on Froyo go for Trigger 3.3, it's perfection.
stevec5375 said:
What advanced knowledge of this platform, I find digging thru this forum an impossibility. I have a Samsung Vibrant with stock FroYo 2.2 and am suffering terrible lag. It's beyond me why this is allowed to continue by the vendor.
So if I want a new ROM and/or Kernel to fix the major lag problem, I'm left wondering which is the best.
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First off wrong place to be posting this. It belongs in the Q&A thread. Personal pref. but i would go with stable cm7 with the latest HL Glitch kernel.
Link to stable cm7
Link to Glitch kernel
Rom's
take a look at the Vibrant Bible:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991267
you will find links and all kind of good and useful information about this fantastic phone.
I flash a rom almost every other day and in my honest opinion bionix roms are the most stable and perfect daily driver roms period! Make sure you educate yourself before doing anything and also have the nescesary software to save your ass in case you F-up.
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TLX317 said:
If you wanna stay on Froyo go for Trigger 3.3, it's perfection.
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Trigger 3.3 or did it come out of beta?
What is the best rom for the htc rezound? I want to have the latest version of android and sense for the htc rezound with everything working. I think the latest is android 4.0.4 and sense 4.0
What ROM are you using? If you are on S4, then you are using a custom ROM. Our "official" ICS only has Sense 3.6
BTW, wrong place to put this...not being a jerk about it like some will, but this should be in Q & A
Post one thread, one time, in the correct section please
Please delete this post. Sorry for posting in wrong forum.
Best ROM?
Well, if you insist on ICS, your choices are OK.
But, until the approved ICS rom appears, you may
get the best battery mileage with the latest GBread 2.01.605.11.
I have tried them ALL, and come back to a daily driver
of GB that's rooted and cleaned out with Titanium Backup.
It runs smooth, no FC's, and does everything I need without
any issues. Only the programs I use are installed or
loaded on startup. Once you get it the way you like, Nandroids will
allow you to jump around, try new stuff, then go back to what you like.
Venasaur 3.2 or cleanrom dev 1.4. Period.!
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using xda premium
The best ROM is which ever ROM runs the best on your phone.
From my experience, the best way is to read the OP of the ROMs you are interested in, narrow it down to say 3-4 ROMs and try them out.
There is a good amount to choose from, GingerBread, ICS sense 3.5 to Sense 4.0
it looks like miui has even come too.
I will not go into anything DEV related, as I don't use ROMs based on the Dev, I use it based on how well it runs on my phone.
Nils' Business ICS 4.1 is my choice for Sense 3.6 out of everything I've tried. Great sound quality for Bluetooth audio. Everything works, no FCs, smooth, great theming. Love it!
its alll a matter of opinion my friend try them all
yojoe600 said:
its alll a matter of opinion my friend try them all
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I agree try them all until you find the 1 that suits your needs
NAND is your friend
Ineffabilis Deus has been by go to rom as of late.
it all defend on your preference!
This is totally subjective, but the first step is to figure out if you like Sense or not. That will help narrow it down by 50%
Beyond that, just try a bunch that have healthy threads and update frequency, and you can't go wrong.
Newt's XXX RLS1 is the best ROM I've run to date. Sense 4 is sick, and I haven't found one thing that doesn't work yet (besides the stupid data arrows, but who REALLY needs those anyway?) It's just too bad you can't get support in the thread for it here anymore, but he's easy to find if you know where to look.....