First of please.... don't yell at me for not reading the 381 pages of the different forum threads to find out which is the most stable.
Her phone has always been plauged with being horribly slow. Alot of apps don't work on her phone and when they do, there so slow its usually unusable. Currently she is running kaosfroyo37. What do you guys recommend for a good stable from to put her on? Also, what do you guys do to speed up your eris's? Over clock CPU? Or what? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm not to use to this phone. Always been a moto droid/droid 2 now xoom guy myself..
ml3000 said:
First of please.... don't yell at me for not reading the 381 pages of the different forum threads to find out which is the most stable.
Her phone has always been plauged with being horribly slow. Alot of apps don't work on her phone and when they do, there so slow its usually unusable. Currently she is running kaosfroyo37. What do you guys recommend for a good stable from to put her on? Also, what do you guys do to speed up your eris's? Over clock CPU? Or what? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm not to use to this phone. Always been a moto droid/droid 2 now xoom guy myself..
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Really every ROM is stable at this point. You just have to decide between Eclair, Froyo or Gingerbread.
This should be in the Q&A section btw.
eclair-xtrsense
froyo- froshedyo or THErom if you don't need gps
gingerbread- gingertazz
out of them i think the fastest and most stable is xtrsense 5.0.1
My votes:
Eclair - xtrSENSE
Froyo - FroShedYo
Gingerbread - GSB (GingerShedBread)
She will probably experience the fewest problems with xtrSENSE 5.0.1. This ROM is smooth!
GSB is extremely stable. I know it's just CM7 RC1 (or is it RC2), but I've not had one problem with it. My wife has it too on her Eris.
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GSB is extremely stable. I know it's just CM7 RC1 (or is it RC2), but I've not had one problem with it. My wife has it too on her Eris.
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Yea its rc2 now.
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As always, +1 xtrSENSE.
I vote CELB froyo. Used it for months and never had any issues with it, solid as a rock.
I've been using GSB for a while now, but I still feel like CELB is a little more stable (probably because it's not synced from nightly CM sources).
I like GSB. XTRsense was cool, but I had major video playback issues so I couldn't deal with it anymore.
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Tazz gingerbread
I will give a shoutout for Tazz's Gingerbread. everything works great he is on version 16 and it is smooth and fast.
JMHO.
Peace
wwonka69
Go Redsox
playpolo4life said:
Really every ROM is stable at this point. You just have to decide between Eclair, Froyo or Gingerbread.
This should be in the Q&A section btw.
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this is the Q&A section bud haha. and i rock ginger tazz i personally get the best batterylife compared to gsb. but both are great
darkmage1991 said:
eclair-xtrsense
froyo- froshedyo or THErom if you don't need gps
gingerbread- gingertazz
out of them i think the fastest and most stable is xtrsense 5.0.1
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Yay I got a vote! I've found the fix for GPS but that broke Wifi so... once I get it all sorted out there will be a no-wipe update from V0.13. Ivan's Eris Official V1.0 is really good if you want a stock nice stable rom. No fluff there, and you will have to manually apply patches like overclock if you want them. Not too shabby overall.
I love GSB but for a simple easy to use & stable ROM I'd go with xtrSense. HTC sense is beautiful imo, and if I remember correctly, xtrSense is built in overclocked to 710.
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I've been using VanillaTazz for 2.2 and haven't had any problems at all with it.
I pretty much have the same question. Recently I've made my first foray into Android with a NOOKcolor on which I've installed CM7 with an OCed kernel, etc., all running from SD card so that I don't touch the stock ROM on eMMC. I have a good friend with a Droid Eris who is VERY frustrated with its stability and speed, so I thought I'd see what options were available for it.
I can work with her on the differences between Eclair, Froyo, and Gingerbread to decide on a version of the OS to install, but I wanted to know if any of these distributions can be run strictly off of SD card so that the phone's internal state isn't affected while we do some "test drives". I have a feeling she won't want to do this if there's a reasonable chance it could screw up her phone, and the easiest way to reassure her of that is to show her that when the SD card isn't inserted, it's still her original phone.
Thanks much!
I would recommend workshed's GSB ROM:
[ROM][3/28/2011] GSB v2.4 | GingerBread 2.3.3 [CM7.0.0 RC3 NIGHTLY]
I have been using it for a few days now and it is smooth and brought new life to my little Eris
Fairly new to rooting, but been lurking here and playing with the thought for a long time, so finally decided to do it.
Was super easy and now I am asking myself why I didn't do a year ago!
SCWells72 said:
I pretty much have the same question. Recently I've made my first foray into Android with a NOOKcolor on which I've installed CM7 with an OCed kernel, etc., all running from SD card so that I don't touch the stock ROM on eMMC. I have a good friend with a Droid Eris who is VERY frustrated with its stability and speed, so I thought I'd see what options were available for it.
I can work with her on the differences between Eclair, Froyo, and Gingerbread to decide on a version of the OS to install, but I wanted to know if any of these distributions can be run strictly off of SD card so that the phone's internal state isn't affected while we do some "test drives". I have a feeling she won't want to do this if there's a reasonable chance it could screw up her phone, and the easiest way to reassure her of that is to show her that when the SD card isn't inserted, it's still her original phone.
Thanks much!
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You still had to root the Nook, though, didn't you, before you could run a ROM from the SD card? The simple answer is that yes, there is some way to run ROMs from the Eris' SD card, but as far as I know, you have to root the Eris to do this first. If you're going to go to that length, from there it's easier to just go ahead and flash a real ROM instead of opting to boot one from the SD card. Less steps.
xtrSENSE is based on the Eris stock ROM, but is overclocked for performance, underclocked to save battery, and has some other tweaks to make it faster than the stock ROM.
Don't get me wrong, I run the GSB ROM noted in the post before mine, but it would be far less culture shock and might be all she needs to keep her happy to run xtrSENSE since it is just like a hopped up version of the original ROM.
If she likes that for a while, and she feels experimental, then I would suggest GSB at a later date.
There are many simple ways to root the Eris, I believe there may be even an app on the market to do so. I don't know the details of how to run an Eris ROM from the SD card, for that you'll have to look in the Eris development section.
Probably the easiest way to root the Eris is by using the Universal 1 Click Eris Root App Apk - No PCs, No Scripts Needed, EASY. You can download it from the Android Market. It's under the name "HTC Eris 1 Click Root App". Read the instructions at the link I gave you.
[ROM][GPL][3/15/2011] xtrSENSE5.0.1 [cache2cache,apps2sd,oc,jit]-HTC Sense is the link to the one I recommend. IMHO it's best for beginners because it is so close to the original ROM, yet so much faster.
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You still had to root the Nook, though, didn't you, before you could run a ROM from the SD card?
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Actually, you don't have to root the NOOKcolor to use other ROMs. The NC gives boot priority to the SD card slot, so if there's a bootable OS on the card then it's used instead of the internal storage. Right now I have fully stock NOOKcolor 1.1 (which is based on Eclair) and CM7 on SD card.
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Probably the easiest way to root the Eris is by using the Universal 1 Click Eris Root App Apk - No PCs, No Scripts Needed, EASY. You can download it from the Android Market. It's under the name "HTC Eris 1 Click Root App". Read the instructions at the link I gave you.
[ROM][GPL][3/15/2011] xtrSENSE5.0.1 [cache2cache,apps2sd,oc,jit]-HTC Sense is the link to the one I recommend. IMHO it's best for beginners because it is so close to the original ROM, yet so much faster.
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Yeah, I just discussed this type of staged approach with my friend as well, so that's what I'm going to do. Thanks for the "Rooting Eris for Dummies" links! Those will be very helpful.
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Actually, you don't have to root the NOOKcolor to use other ROMs. The NC gives boot priority to the SD card slot, so if there's a bootable OS on the card then it's used instead of the internal storage. Right now I have fully stock NOOKcolor 1.1 (which is based on Eclair) and CM7 on SD card.
Yeah, I just discussed this type of staged approach with my friend as well, so that's what I'm going to do. Thanks for the "Rooting Eris for Dummies" links! Those will be very helpful.
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You're welcome. Oh, that's neat about the Nook. Unfortunately you can't do that with the Eris.
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I have been at this for weeks now. I rooted my droid eris and love that I did, but for the life of me I cannot decide on which rom to use and stick with. I have tried nonsensikal, kaos, tazz, and celb. I just want one where I will have great battery life. I was wondering if I can get some advice on which ones you all think are the best. I know kaos is the most popular or so it seems. I keep going back and forth on this as I type I am flashing nonsensikal 9.0 and probably will switch again later unless I get advice.
Thank you for any help.
I use KaosFroyo, but I've tried out several and like most of them. You really won't find a bad ROM here; it's more of a personal preference...the way it looks and feels to you.
Keep an eye on KaosLegendary as it progresses. If you like sense, that one's going to be badass.
Since all of the ROMS you mentioned are built from CyanogenMod source, they will likely all have similar battery life... I'm not sure anyone can tell you one ROM is better than another, but I can give you my opinion- I have had the best experience with CELB's flavor of Froyo.
+1 for Celeb.
Not that the others are bad, all of them are great. Celeb seems to run a bit smoother.
That said keep an eye on Kaos-Legendary I think it will be great once some of the kinks are worked out.
I am like you.
I started out with Kaoys
I think went to Tazz
I am now on Nonsenikal.
I moved from Kaoys after I saw somethings that Tazz was doing but I started not to like the red keyboard with some of those releases and I didn't get into flashing a new keyboard which took me back to Kaoys........but then i found Nonsensikal at 8.2 and then 8.8 and now 9 and I am stuck with them for now.
I have the latest Tazz and Latest Kaoys on my phone just in case. I also have the Flashback 15 V1 just in case I need to take back to verizon for some odd reason and that works too
As has been stated, it's hard to tell you which is the best for you. You've tried them, you are the one who needs to decide. I like Kaos ROM it's been stable, many updates, many users, which helps when you have a question. It also is the first one i tried back on version 17.
They are all good, for sure. You just have to try them all bro, you can always switch... right? lmao
But, I suggest Tazz or Celb only because I really like those guys personally
Make it easy on yourself. Use the rock solid 2.1 XTR (with or without sense) from Zach as your default rom. When you are bored and wanna play, rotate among the Froyo roms. If there was a benchmark for Eris roms, I think XTR wins the prize. The Froyo roms are progressing nicely, but none of them have achieved benchmark status. (yet)
So adopt the best and play with the rest
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Make it easy on yourself. Use the rock solid 2.1 XTR (with or without sense) from Zach as your default rom. When you are bored and wanna play, rotate among the Froyo roms. If there was a benchmark for Eris roms, I think XTR wins the prize. The Froyo roms are progressing nicely, but none of them have achieved benchmark status. (yet)
So adopt the best and play with the rest
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If you mean quadrant score, XTR actually gets lower because its a 2.1 rom. But those mean nothing on the Eris, so yes XTR is the best way to go. I recommend doing XTRSense because it comes with XTRom and you can always download LauncherPro or something, flash openGL. and there ya go, both roms in one
If you are looking for froyo sensless rom i would definitely go with shadowrom. if you want sense based 2.1 than XTRsense. As far as quadrant scores i had highest with shadowrom.
I'm still running evil eris 3.0 and probably will upgrade to evil eris 4.0. personally i like evil eris the most out of any of the roms. i have apps2sd and over clocked at 768mhz with out any issues. hasn't given me one problem yet and by far one rom that has zero problems. Every other rom i've tried has some sort of issue. with froyo rom's it's ether the speaker jack not working or some odd issue which sucks. i hate if something doesn't work right so that's why i'm still running evil eris 3.0.
Thank you for all the suggestions so far. I went back to tazz 12 the pink theme because I liked how it was more girly since I am a girl. However I should of mentioned I wanted to be able to make whichever rom I chose more personal and the only changes I could see that you can make on any of them so far is the color of the clock and battery percentage. If there is more I can customize please let me know.
Another question I had was there was one theme I fell in love with but I dont know how to put it put it on my eris since it was made for regular droid. Is there any advice about doing that?
Thank you for any help. Im still really new to this.
Evil Eris is a dead project as far as I know. There's a cyborg rom that's very stable since it's based of the latest ruu.
As for froyo I'm a fan of Kaos or Tazz ROMs. I also huge fan of the built in tether and apps2sd in froyo.
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I have tried NonSensikal, Tazz, and CELB. And to be honest, they are all very similar. I swore by NonSensikal when I started then tried out Tazz because of an issue I was having with my phone. Then I can't even remember why but I decided to try CELB 2.9 and it was great too. I've switch off of it for a couple days back to NonSensikal 8.8 but was having email issues and went back. To be honest I love the fact that I can switch ROMs as much as I want. I like to tinker and try new things. I've even flashed Kaos Legendary and it definitely going to be one I keep an eye on. All I'm saying is experiment if you want and enjoy. If not just flash one and stick with it. I've had no problems on CELB 3.0.
+1 xtrsense or xtrrom!
I know there's a theming app but I never used it si can't remember the name. I pretty much stick to the way a rom comes except for boot animation and keyboard.
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TaintedTenzo works the best for me
I have been on NonSensikal for a few updates now and it is pretty stable. I honestly can't tell you that it is any better than the others. Kaos, Conap, Tazz, and Listy are all awesome developers and most (or all) seem to openly share ideas and bug fixes. It's all about your personal preference.
As far as battery life goes, ever thought of just getting more batteries? I bought two extras with an external battery charger off of ebay for pretty cheap. I keep my setcpu profiles set higher than most to get the best performance and change the battery whenever it gets low. Now, if I was a girl, this would be even more convenient seeing as most of you carry purses with everything but the kitchen sink in them anyway.
As far as themes go, check the apps and theme section of XDA. Even if a theme was made for a particular Froyo rom, it SHOULD work on all of them. Make a nandroid and morph or flash away.
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I was on nonsensikal. I think im going to have to flash xtrrom /sense just to see how they compare. Thank you for all the help. I can use all that I can get =D
Big fan of xtrSense. I would try that first.
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I was on nonsensikal. I think im going to have to flash xtrrom /sense just to see how they compare. Thank you for all the help. I can use all that I can get =D
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glad u trying xtr...u will love it.
good luck
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I am looking for a good solid ROM for eris (for my brother), with minimal bugs...just want usability...had it rooted, with recovery...then flashed a rom but it was like probably 4 months ago; initially it was fine, but then bugs showed up.
I am sure there are good updates available by now. Please help
xtrSENSE I think is the best daily Sense ROM. Otherwise KaosFroyo if you want stock and Froyo.
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I will take a look at those for sure, thank you!
Keep suggestions coming...
xtrSense is the most stabile ROM. I use it about 90% of the time. xtrROM as well, although I have never tried it. They are basically the same thing with and without the Sense UI.
CELBFroyo
Very stable, fast, reliable, no bugs(for me anyways)
Xtt Sense ftw
Perfect ROM. Perfect.
Thanks to all!!!! I ended up flashing xtrSense...and he seems to be happy with it. So, again, thank you for suggestions.
isn't 2.2 much faster?
I'm also looking for a ROM replacement for an Eris owner.
Isn't the 2.2 ROM going to be a lot faster due to the JIT improvements?
I'm also looking to move a lot of the apps to the sd, that probably isn't possible without Froyo, right?
Thanks for any suggestions.
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I'm also looking for a ROM replacement for an Eris owner.
Isn't the 2.2 ROM going to be a lot faster due to the JIT improvements?
I'm also looking to move a lot of the apps to the sd, that probably isn't possible without Froyo, right?
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Most 2.1 ROMs have Apps2SD, which implement that ability in a different way than Froyo. Basically 2.1 Apps2SD requires you to partition your SD card with at least one FAT32 and one Linux Ext3 partition, whereas Froyo's official Apps2SD just uses the normal FAT32 partition and generally doesn't even recongize SD cards that are partitioned.
There's more to this than just that, but I wanted to keep it as simple as possible to start. For one, it's possible to add old Apps2SD to Froyo ROMs so you can have the older implementation if you prefer it.
Another simplification is that Froyo-specific Apps2SD is more finicky and doesn't work with everything, and even some things that work with it you don't WANT to move to your SD card (anything with a widget you want to use can't be on your SD card). 2.1 Apps2SD works with every single thing but you don't have a choice but to have ALL apps on your SD card, which is slower than your phone memory.
I stuck with xtrSENSE and xtrROM for a long time, then I got bored because they worked too well. I've been playing around with Froyo ROMs since. Mostly CM6.1-based (CyanogenMod). I like some CM6.1 features but it has it's quirks. I'm now trying the Sense 2.2 based ROMs, but they might not be complete enough for my purposes yet. I could do without my camera if I have to, but now I see I can't even switch to a different software keyboard like Ultra Keyboard.
If you want the very best overall, I would try xtrSENSE or xtrROM. They both include Apps2SD, although it's disabled to start with, but Zachxtr makes it easy to configure these ROMs, and they are very speedy.
Good luck.
well long story shot she has a stock eris and is frustrated with it as many of us were befire discovering the magic of root and custom roms. my question is, for someone who isnt interested in too much besides having a faster phone, should i go the cyanogen froyo route or put xtrsense on her phone so its familiar? im having a tough time with this because all the froyo roms, as well as xtrsense are incredible. id probably go with either froshedyo or celb if i went that route.
My 1st rom was xtrsense and liked it. Then xtrtenzomix which was better (very similar). Then I flashed tenzo2.2.1 with conap's v9 kernal, loved it.... best Sense based atom imho. Still keep that one for when GSB 1.2 won't cut it (has flash since it's Sense based).... but GSB is the best I've tried, but much different from what she's used to.
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For someone that "just wants their phone to work", I would suggest a 2.1 ROM. They also get the benefit of Flash Player as well in a couple of 2.1 ROMs (including xtrSense, iirc).
The "undead call" bug and the "GPS lost" bug, while infrequent, are still major annoyances - and they pretty much exist in every AOSP, CM, or Froyo ROM.
Update 2/16/2011 - I believe I have figured out the long-standing "undead call" problem, and have provided a fix for it. see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=956091
Update 2/15/2011 - Both Tazz and workshed have GPS working now (from CM7 bugfixes, I presume). AWESOME!
Right now GPS only lasts for a couple of minutes in Gingerbread ROMs (well, GSB v1.2, anyway), so I wouldn't recommend it for a non-techie user at the moment. (Maybe that will change? workshed just dropped a hint he has something coming out).
I always put CELB or FroShedYo on my wife's phone.
She seems happy with it.
I like the vanillas. Clean slate and pick and choose my own theme remix.
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use xTrSense and overclock it
Easy and simple for the non-tech person
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use xTrSense and overclock it
Easy and simple for the non-tech person
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xtrSENSE comes overclocked (710/245) out of the box, so you don't even need to do anything to overclock it.
Even though I love the froyo roms. I have to agree with btfb on this. If she just wants it to work id go a 2.1 with flash otherwise she might miss some things with the froyo roms. Just my thoughts though.
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+1 xtrSENSE, I used it and xtrROM for months way back, and just a couple weeks ago returned to xtrSENSE after using various Froyo ROMs in between.
Don't look now but Gingerbread on the Eris just got better. GPS working!!!!
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Don't look now but Gingerbread on the Eris just got better. GPS working!!!!
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Wah. I don't want to change back from xtrSENSE again yet! Don't make me do it! You can't make me do it! Okay, I'll try it.
Well, eventually, anyway.
Well my first post.
So I am new to this whole concept. Rooted and flashed to Ginger Tax 2 days ago. Thanks to all your excellent posts and guidance. It made this easy and pain free.
So my general question is why so many roms? Is one better than the other?
Collin
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Some of the ROMS have different addons/themes. The GB roms are still fairly new, but they are starting to have some variation (for example blackened tazz). They will probably vary even more as time goes on. The different developers' modifications appeal to different people. There are actually a few different versions there is 2.1 with sense. several 2.2. a few 2.2 with sense that issues are being worked on. and several GB. as far as which one is better or which one will work better for you, the only way is to try a few and pick what works.
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Well my first post.
So I am new to this whole concept. Rooted and flashed to Ginger Tax 2 days ago. Thanks to all your excellent posts and guidance. It made this easy and pain free.
So my general question is why so many roms? Is one better than the other?
Collin
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It is more about personal preference than it is about which ROM is "better". Just as their are many linux distros, there are different flavors of Android. Some come with Sense UI, others are stock. Many have different customizations/hack/apps/features. Just try a few out and see what you like.
Well its as simple as: Our phones could still be stuck with no root and the OEM os. But thanks to all our talented and awesome devs we have the ability to flash any os we want. 2.1, 2.2, 2.3. Possibly even 3.0 in the near future. I believe there is even a throw back 1.5 rolling around still. Its all these versions and flavors that let us the end users have the ability to choose a performance and styling package if you will for our devices.
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So last week I jumped into this exciting world.
So I played with TASS and Shed roms. All was well.
Decided to do all the backups etc., formatted my sdcard, got the recent releases.
Things don't seem as snappy anymore. Frequent lags, some fc's and then today I couldn't unlock my screen.
Any thought on what I might have done?
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My only guess is to wipe the Dalvik cache, as well as see if any apps you are running could be dragging down the memory.
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csleverette said:
So last week I jumped into this exciting world.
So I played with TASS and Shed roms. All was well.
Decided to do all the backups etc., formatted my sdcard, got the recent releases.
Things don't seem as snappy anymore. Frequent lags, some fc's and then today I couldn't unlock my screen.
Any thought on what I might have done?
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My only guess is to wipe the Dalvik cache, as well as see if any apps you are running could be dragging down the memory.
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Just to cross every T, you did a full data wipe before flashing, too, right? Did you flash Google Apps (GAPPs) immediately after flashing the ROM? As escobar mentioned, have you looked to see how much memory you have left? Did you flash Cache2Cache after flashing GAPPs, which will increase your memory by a noticeable bit?
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
Just to cross every T, you did a full data wipe before flashing, too, right? Did you flash Google Apps (GAPPs) immediately after flashing the ROM? As escobar mentioned, have you looked to see how much memory you have left? Did you flash Cache2Cache after flashing GAPPs, which will increase your memory by a noticeable bit?
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As an engineer, I like crossing every T so no worries.
I followed the basic steps from the instructions with the ROM in the following order:
1. Wipe Date/Factory
2. Wipe Dalvik 3 times.
3. Flash Rom
4. Flash gapps
5. Flash Cache2Cache
6. Reboot and configure
This morning after reading your post, I checked memory and its currently at ~ 50 / 190 ... sometimes a little less sometimes a little more.
csleverette said:
So last week I jumped into this exciting world.
So I played with TASS and Shed roms. All was well.
Decided to do all the backups etc., formatted my sdcard, got the recent releases.
Things don't seem as snappy anymore. Frequent lags, some fc's and then today I couldn't unlock my screen.
Any thought on what I might have done?
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I also was experiencing this lag and FC's on the Gingerbread ROMs. I wiped everything before I flashed (even the memory card, I have a couple of them and this was the stock 8gb that came with the phone) My experience with the Gingerbread ROMs have been slower for me. I went back to my nandroid of XtrSense after using Gingerbread (which I used each Gingerbread ROM for a week) and I felt like my phone was the fastest it has ever been. It was so smooth and everything was just quick. I recommend trying the XtrSense 5.0.1 ROM. See if that is any better. I flash all the ROMs to try them out, but XtrSense is my everyday ROM.
csleverette said:
Well my first post.
So I am new to this whole concept. Rooted and flashed to Ginger Tax 2 days ago. Thanks to all your excellent posts and guidance. It made this easy and pain free.
So my general question is why so many roms? Is one better than the other?
Collin
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For me it is just fun to look at all of the little difference the devs on here create, some interesting, some not. But fun either way.
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I also was experiencing this lag and FC's on the Gingerbread ROMs. I wiped everything before I flashed (even the memory card, I have a couple of them and this was the stock 8gb that came with the phone) My experience with the Gingerbread ROMs have been slower for me. I went back to my nandroid of XtrSense after using Gingerbread (which I used each Gingerbread ROM for a week) and I felt like my phone was the fastest it has ever been. It was so smooth and everything was just quick. I recommend trying the XtrSense 5.0.1 ROM. See if that is any better. I flash all the ROMs to try them out, but XtrSense is my everyday ROM.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I have read many posts about the quality of the Xtr roms.
I tend to think what is going on is a me issue somehow. Something I missed or maybe with what I did with reformatting my sdcard. Right after I rooted and flashed last week, both worked awesomely.
Its only after this weekend's effort at cleaning everything up from my year and half on my stock Eris did things start acting up.
Well so far I think I fixed my problems.
Fresh wipe and format of sdcard with a single fat 32 partition.
Flash rom, flash gapps, no cache2cache this time.
Pretty much smooth as silk.
Now I wonder if going back and doing cache2cache will be ok like I was reading in the GSB post?
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Well so far I think I fixed my problems.
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Well except that is for this lock screen of death which I haven't figured out how to come back from without battery removal.
I am new to this site, but hope to root and flash both my Inc. and wife's Eris. So the wife has an Eris and it is starting to screw up. When we got the phones I told her it would never be a Ferrari. Two days ago all the icons disappeared and the phone is so slow. She has threatened me with going out and getting an Iphone. My you know what puckered at the mention of that. This brings me to my question. I would like suggestions on a Rom that has sense and is reasonably peppy. Because this is the wife's phone I do not have the luxury of doing trial and error with different Roms. I am just looking for something that is similar to stock but actually works. I take it that I can find all of the instructions for rooting and flashing in the general section. Your feedback is greatly appreciated, my wallet thanks you too!
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I am new to this site, but hope to root and flash both my Inc. and wife's Eris. So the wife has an Eris and it is starting to screw up. When we got the phones I told it would never be a Ferrari. Two days ago all the icons disappeared and the phone is so slow. She has threatened me with going out and getting an Iphone. My you know what puckered at the mention of that. This brings me to my question. I would like suggestions on a Rom that has sense and is reasonably peppy. Because this is the wife's phone I do not have the luxury of doing trial and error with different Roms. I am just looking for something that is similar to stock but actually works. I take it that I can find all of the instructions for rooting and flashing in the general section. Your feedback is greatly appreciated, my wallet thanks you too!
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xtrSENSE 5.0.1 - there is no comparison! This is by far the best 2.1 ROM out there.
Is there any sense in putting a Froyo Rom on her phone?
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tech4petro said:
Is there any sense in putting a Froyo Rom on her phone?
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Froyo ROMs are easily customizable, and there are several options for that in the Themes and Apps forum. Froyo has other improvements - for some, however, the seamless integration of Sense features keeps them with 2.1 instead of upgrading to 2.2 or 2.3. You may want to ask her what she looks for in a phone, and use this priority list to determine which ROM to load (e.g. battery life, speed, looks and customization, stability, etc.)
There are several great Froyo options - I'd recommend FroShedYo. And for Gingerbread, I'd recommend GSB (GingerShedBread).
She texts and does e-mail. What she wants most is speed and battery life. Do any of the roms have problems running regular apps (angry birds, weatherbug,yahoo mail) etc.?
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She texts and does e-mail. What she wants most is speed and battery life. Do any of the roms have problems running regular apps (angry birds, weatherbug,yahoo mail) etc.?
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ROM problems with running regular apps seems to be user-specific and not general to a ROM or group of ROMs (i.e. Eclair, Froyo, GB).
For speed and battery life I'd choose either GSB or xtrSENSE. That's just my two cents! You can see from browsing the threads that everyone has their favorites. I've been pleased with the support from the developers of both GSB and xtrSENSE. As I've played with ROMs on my phone I've pulled my wife along (sometimes unwillingly). She's staying with GSB and I'm staying with xtrSENSE.
Happy hunting!
What are the differences between the two?
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chlila said:
ROM problems with running regular apps seems to be user-specific and not general to a ROM or group of ROMs (i.e. Eclair, Froyo, GB).
For speed and battery life I'd choose either GSB or xtrSENSE. That's just my two cents! You can see from browsing the threads that everyone has their favorites. I've been pleased with the support from the developers of both GSB and xtrSENSE. As I've played with ROMs on my phone I've pulled my wife along (sometimes unwillingly). She's staying with GSB and I'm staying with xtrSENSE.
Happy hunting!
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What are the differences between the two?
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First, I +1 xtrSENSE. It just works, and works extremely well.
Second, the difference is that xtrSENSE is very much based on the most recent March OTA official release, which is based on Android 2.1 (Eclair). zach.xtr has customized it so that it overclocks, underclocks, has more internal memory for apps, and more.
All those features are available to Froyo (2.2) and Gingerbread (2.3) ROMs except that they are usually based on CyanogenMod, either v6 which is Froyo-based or v7 which is Gingerbread-based. While CyanogenMod is great, and includes all sorts of bells and whistles beyond even the improvements of Froyo and Gingerbread alone, there is no Sense UI like on the stock-based ROMs like xtrSENSE.
Sense has some features not available to other ROMs for the Eris. Like Flash Lite, which doesn't matter to me, but it does to some. You might get an idea if you read the top of the first post of the xtrSENSE ROM thread of what else is special about Sense.
CM7 (CyanogenMod v7) isn't final yet, so it's still a work in progress and has bugs or "quirks" plus features being added and de-bugged and changed. I don't mind, and a lot of people don't, because I/we (if I may speak for some others) flash every new update; usually at least one per week if not more often.
That said, CM7 has developed very fast, much faster than it seemed like CM6 did. I assume because they were able to take a lot of what they learned from CM6 and apply it to CM7. I suspect that Gingerbread was less of a drastic change from Froyo than Froyo was from Eclair.
But for flashing someone else's phone who's going to have to rely on it day by day, I'd recommend xtrSENSE.
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First, I +1 xtrSENSE. It just works, and works extremely well.
Second, the difference is that xtrSENSE is very much based on the most recent March OTA official release, which is based on Android 2.1 (Eclair). zach.xtr has customized it so that it overclocks, underclocks, has more internal memory for apps, and more.
All those features are available to Froyo (2.2) and Gingerbread (2.3) ROMs except that they are usually based on CyanogenMod, either v6 which is Froyo-based or v7 which is Gingerbread-based. While CyanogenMod is great, and includes all sorts of bells and whistles beyond even the improvements of Froyo and Gingerbread alone, there is no Sense UI like on the stock-based ROMs like xtrSENSE.
Sense has some features not available to other ROMs for the Eris. Like Flash Lite, which doesn't matter to me, but it does to some. You might get an idea if you read the top of the first post of the xtrSENSE ROM thread of what else is special about Sense.
CM7 (CyanogenMod v7) isn't final yet, so it's still a work in progress and has bugs or "quirks" plus features being added and de-bugged and changed. I don't mind, and a lot of people don't, because I/we (if I may speak for some others) flash every new update; usually at least one per week if not more often.
That said, CM7 has developed very fast, much faster than it seemed like CM6 did. I assume because they were able to take a lot of what they learned from CM6 and apply it to CM7. I suspect that Gingerbread was less of a drastic change from Froyo than Froyo was from Eclair.
But for flashing someone else's phone who's going to have to rely on it day by day, I'd recommend xtrSENSE.
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I pretty much agree although I haven't tried xtrSENCE.
I will say this though, and it will be my signature,
(as soon as I figure out how to get it there)
"gsb bringing new meaning to EOL> Extraordinary Operational Longevity"
JRngln said:
I pretty much agree although I haven't tried xtrSENCE.
I will say this though, and it will be my signature,
(as soon as I figure out how to get it there)
"gsb bringing new meaning to EOL> Extraordinary Operational Longevity"
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^ hehehehe...nice!
I used XTRSENSE for a little bit but it wasn't exactly what I was looking for in a rom. That being said, it is extremely reliable and familiar to those who are used to sense. Just be sure to download the Eris Market Fix apk. from the market after flashing the rom, or your wife may have problems with YouTube etc...
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the kid escobar said:
I used XTRSENSE for a little bit but it wasn't exactly what I was looking for in a rom. That being said, it is extremely reliable and familiar to those who are used to sense. Just be sure to download the Eris Market Fix apk. from the market after flashing the rom, or your wife may have problems with YouTube etc...
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I have never had to do that with xtrSENSE or xtrROM.
Wow
Thanks for the great info. I think I will try xtrsense. Hopefully I won't brick her phone.
Tim
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tech4petro said:
Wow
Thanks for the great info. I think I will try xtrsense. Hopefully I won't brick her phone.
Tim
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Good luck!