Hi guys, sorry that this has probably been asked a million times, but I've been through the bible and 10 pages of this board and can't find a single clean TouchWiz ROM without garbage theming and addons that just make the phone unpleasant to use.
All I'm looking for is a clean, unthemed, TouchWiz Froyo ROM that's stable and doesn't have any bloat. Should I just revert to stock and remove the bloatware manually, or is there a ROM that fits this criteria? Thanks.
Garbage theming? I would give u an answer but I dont know what completly stock ROM is out there but I will let u know ur not gonna get one if ur gonna be bashing on all these Devs ROMs and then ask for info. Just be a lil more concious on what u say.
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mrrobc97 said:
Garbage theming? I would give u an answer but I dont know what completly stock ROM is out there but I will let u know ur not gonna get one if ur gonna be bashing on all these Devs ROMs and then ask for info. Just be a lil more concious on what u say.
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I have no issue with the hard work these devs do, I appreciate all the impressive achievements they've made. I use custom ROMs on my Desire and Transformer.
What I don't like, though, is not being able to find a single ROM that has the UI made the way Samsung intended. People dislike TW for being inconsistent with the rest of Android, never mind colours on top of that which are often inconsistent, hard to read, clash, or not a colour I'd chose. I find it hard to believe there's not anyone else who'd agree.
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I have no issue with the hard work these devs do, I appreciate all the impressive achievements they've made. I use custom ROMs on my Desire and Transformer.
What I don't like, though, is not being able to find a single ROM that has the UI made the way Samsung intended. People dislike TW for being inconsistent with the rest of Android, never mind colours on top of that which are often inconsistent, hard to read, clash, or not a colour I'd chose. I find it hard to believe there's not anyone else who'd agree.
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I'd have to say Project V and then put TW3 back onto it and it's pretty much like a "Stuck +" ROM.
Looks like stock, but runs EXTREMELY smooth and fast.
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I'd have to say Project V and then put TW3 back onto it and it's pretty much like a "Stuck +" ROM.
Looks like stock, but runs EXTREMELY smooth and fast.
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Awesome! Thanks, I'll give it a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984634
Made for Bionix but SHOULD work on trigger just as well
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Awesome! Thanks, I'll give it a try.
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Quick question, is there a link for TW3 I'm missing? All I saw was TW4.
IMO this is the best 2.2.1 rom for the vibrant.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1015303
Bone stock AOSP rom, with a Hint of touchwiz. Paired with his Kernal, or the latest Bali for 2.2/2.2.1 can't be beat.
Best battery life I've ever gotten,
Best GPS I've ever seen.
and its Uber smooth, atleast as smooth as CM7 if not smoother.
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IMO this is the best 2.2.1 rom for the vibrant.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1015303
Bone stock AOSP rom, with a Hint of touchwiz. Paired with his Kernal, or the latest Bali for 2.2/2.2.1 can't be beat.
Best battery life I've ever gotten,
Best GPS I've ever seen.
and its Uber smooth, atleast as smooth as CM7 if not smoother.
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That also looks sweet. Add in Launcher Pro or ADW and it could work fine. Thanks!
I would say Project V or Bi-Winning, but if you want to upgrade to GB you can try RevolutionRom which is virtually stock (it is themed like the SGSII) with a few tweaks to make fast and really stable.
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i'm on kaos froyo v37. pretty good rom. i was on evil eris 3.0 before which was awesome but looking for what people think is the fastest and most reliable rom?
xtrSense
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xtrSense
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reason behind this? is this what you run? i'm trying to find people who have tried out all roms to give me advice.
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reason behind this? is this what you run? i'm trying to find people who have tried out all roms to give me advice.
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not to be rude but thats kinda what you gotta do is make a night of it and dl the roms you wanna try out and just see what you think of each one.... ive ran 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1 and personally i like conap roms, all of his stuff has been super reliable for me...all the roms out there are gonna be snappy and quick it just comes down to your own prefrence, i might like vanilla and you might like sense.
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not to be rude but thats kinda what you gotta do is make a night of it and dl the roms you wanna try out and just see what you think of each one.... ive ran 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1 and personally i like conap roms, all of his stuff has been super reliable for me...all the roms out there are gonna be snappy and quick it just comes down to your own prefrence, i might like vanilla and you might like sense.
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sense or any other type of rom it doesn't really matter to me. I am just looking for the fastest and most reliable rom.
Its all personal preference, and downloading/testing a few is your best option to find the fastest/clean running ROM for you. Some Eris' act up on certain ROMS whereas others wont. Ill personally tell you that my phone was laggy and force closed alot when I used some of the Eris 2.1 sense ROMS, even with overclocking. Keep in mind though that I was the only person having those problems on ROMS that worked great for many. Now I run CM Froyo ROMS and those tend to satisfy my needs. IMO Nonsesikal has worked best for me, particularly Vanilla 13.7. That version isnt on the ROM thread either. You'll have to go to the thread, click to download an older version, and it'll take you to the site that has all versions for download. Give 13.7 a shot if you'd like, but remember that it may take a few ROMS before your happy.
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I liked nonsensikal as well. I just rely on my phone a lot, and with the Froyo ROMs, I invariably run into a bug that I don't have time to workaround, so I switch back to xtrSense. It's fast and its stable. Thats why I like it. But I do have a wandering eye.
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Its all personal preference, and downloading/testing a few is your best option to find the fastest/clean running ROM for you. Some Eris' act up on certain ROMS whereas others wont. Ill personally tell you that my phone was laggy and force closed alot when I used some of the Eris 2.1 sense ROMS, even with overclocking. Keep in mind though that I was the only person having those problems on ROMS that worked great for many. Now I run CM Froyo ROMS and those tend to satisfy my needs. IMO Nonsesikal has worked best for me, particularly Vanilla 13.7. That version isnt on the ROM thread either. You'll have to go to the thread, click to download an older version, and it'll take you to the site that has all versions for download. Give 13.7 a shot if you'd like, but remember that it may take a few ROMS before your happy.
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thanks. anyone else
i been using froShedYo and it works perfect for me.. best rom ive used by far
I've said this elsewhere but I'll repeat it. +1 xtrSENSE or xtrROM. They were so good that they are what remained on my phone for the longest periods of time (3-4 months) and the ONLY reason that I moved on from them is that they worked so well (i.e., reliable) that I was bored and wanted to tinker more. LOL. I'm very serious, though.
If I had to choose one over the other, I'd probably choose xtrSENSE. Or at least start with that and if you get comfortable enough with that, you could move to xtrROM later.
I like xtrSense too. It's just fast without the extra bugs or anything. The only bug I have is the 50% cell time standby bug but I think that's dependent on the phone.
CELB most definately if you like CM and Froyo.
FroShedYo is a tie, if you want something customized/themed. V6 is my fav. Haven't tried V7 yet, but I would guarantee its stable, fast and it has the same theme as V6. Also the purple is really cool. That's what my wife is using.
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I am having a hard time sticking with cm7...no doubt it is a GREAT rom, and i love ginger on my phone, but i feel like after being on the same rom for over 2 weeks no with just flashing nightlies, that my phone is longing for change...
anyone want to talk me out of it?
Anyone want to talk me into a different 2.2.1 rom?
Thanks!
idtheftvictim said:
I am having a hard time sticking with cm7...no doubt it is a GREAT rom, and i love ginger on my phone, but i feel like after being on the same rom for over 2 weeks no with just flashing nightlies, that my phone is longing for change...
anyone want to talk me out of it?
Anyone want to talk me into a different 2.2.1 rom?
Thanks!
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try out Trigger!
I'm currently on CM7, and love it and have no intentions to change unless if major bugs just randomly come across me.
Trigger is one of the best, stable, and speedy ROMS you'll find on this section.
Bionix... is a bit old.
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try out Trigger!
I'm currently on CM7, and love it and have no intentions to change unless if major bugs just randomly come across me.
Trigger is one of the best, stable, and speedy ROMS you'll find on this section.
Bionix... is a bit old.
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Gotta agree about Bionix being old (in our world anyway). I've been using Simply Galaxy and I think it rocks. I haven't really come across a "bad" or buggy rom in a long time. Our devs are all pretty good.
Dude go for the Bi-winning ROM, it's just amazing. Coming from a Trigger user, its just the smoothest and snappiest EVER!
Ok before we start , forgive me for starting another thread about asking for roms , but my problem is that i was gonna go and download the axura rom but the site where you download it from is down , gives me a 404 error , and i had my mind set on that rom but since its down , im looking for another rom that can replace it , my phone is rooted and no roms have been put in it.
Im looking for a rom with customization. e.g themes , alot of lock screens , the notification bar is different and icons and etc , and im looking for performance as well and decent battery life that can get me through the day.
If anyone can recommend me a rom that would be greatly appreciated, and please post links.
Thanks in advance and sorry for posting another topic about this.
give it time, and all youre going to have is a list of all the roms on the first page of Vibrant Development section.
all these threads generate is opinion. and the reason for that is because there is no definitive answer to any of your questions. which rom has best performance? one person might say Axura, one person might say CM7. Which rom has best battery? One might say Trigger, another might say Bi-Winning.
Realistically, there is no way to gauge universal performance/battery life for a rom because it all depends on the user. Me and you could both be running Trigger with Bali kernel, one of us might get 10 hrs of life, the other might get 18hrs.
as far as themes go, just go to the themes section and look around.
as far as lockscreens, most roms that are kept up to date have all the same lockscreens. once a lockscreen is released, devs usually inject them into their roms.
hope this helps. theres no point in anybody giving you advice, because its going to based off personal opinion which wont help you. what is good for one, might suck for another.
every person who starts these types of threads wants the same thing: customization, battery, signal, performance, speed, etc. >>> yes, welcome to the club. these are all things that most roms try to acheive. if there was a "perfect" rom out there that did all these things absolutely flawlessly with perfect balance, then the Vibrant would only have one rom.
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give it time, and all youre going to have is a list of all the roms on the first page of Vibrant Development section.
all these threads generate is opinion. and the reason that is is because there is no definitive answer to any of your questions. which rom has best performance? one person might say Axura, one person might say CM7. Which rom has best battery? One might say Trigger, another might say Bi-Winning.
Realistically, there is no way to gauge universal performance/battery life for a rom because it all depends on the user. Me and you could both be running Trigger with Bali kernel, one of us might get 10 hrs of life, the other might get 18hrs.
as far as themes go, just go to the themes section and look around.
as far as lockscreens, most roms that are kept up to date have all the same lockscreens. once a lockscreen is released, devs usually inject them into their roms.
hope this helps. theres no point in anybody giving you advice, because its going to based off personal opinion which wont help you. what is good for one, might suck for another.
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Thanks i will go through the forum and see for my self and far im thinking cyanogen, bi winning or axura if the site comes back up but thanks again!
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Thanks i will go through the forum and see for my self and far im thinking cyanogen, bi winning or axura if the site comes back up but thanks again!
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just keep in mind, if GPS is important, i wouldnt recommend a Gingerbread ROM. All GB roms either have broken, or semi-working, GPS. this is due to lack of drivers.
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just keep in mind, if GPS is important, i wouldnt recommend a Gingerbread ROM. All GB roms either have broken, or semi-working, GPS. this is due to lack of drivers.
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Not entirely true...while you still can't turn GPS off without having to reboot to get it back on I've seen reports that GPS is in fact as good even better than it was on froyo. And since GPS only uses battery when its actually being used there is no need to ever turn it off.
All the rest of your points are spot on. Choosing a rom is a matter of taste and experience. Even finding that perfect rom for you is a fleeting experience. Luckily we here on the Vibrant forums have plenty to keep us happy.
Good luck.
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Give bi-winning V3 a try. Its been incredible on my phone!! Super fast and super smooth!!
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Give bi-winning V3 a try. Its been incredible on my phone!! Super fast and super smooth!!
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Yep im gonna download it later on today , just its a big file and my internet is slow so gonna wait until night.
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Yep im gonna download it later on today , just its a big file and my internet is slow so gonna wait until night.
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It will be worth the wait. It comes with bullet kernel which you can overclock if thats your thing. Honestly its been so fast and smooth I havent seen any reason to tho.
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Not entirely true...while you still can't turn GPS off without having to reboot to get it back on I've seen reports that GPS is in fact as good even better than it was on froyo. And since GPS only uses battery when its actually being used there is no need to ever turn it off.
All the rest of your points are spot on. Choosing a rom is a matter of taste and experience. Even finding that perfect rom for you is a fleeting experience. Luckily we here on the Vibrant forums have plenty to keep us happy.
Good luck.
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Under ideal situations it doesn't run in the background, but when it fails to start, it seems to be actually looping in the background, running, and causing the battery drainage (which we're stuck with until a Vibrant leak)
I made this post to see wat people think which is best rom and wat is wrong wid some roms have tried every rom out there and iam here to help wid any problems people have IAM NOT A DEVELOPER so i dont no everything but i can help wid stuff that i fixed myself
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Stock, hands down. Everything works with no fuss.
In the long run, though, I would say Cyanogenmod will be the best, when Samsung moves on to support newer phones, and "forgets" about SG2...
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Stock, hands down. Everything works with no fuss.
In the long run, though, I would say Cyanogenmod will be the best, when Samsung moves on to support newer phones, and "forgets" about SG2...
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I agree but u can custom your self to get the faster stock cyanogenmod will be good but apart from stock i would use lighting 3.1 its great iam useing it now
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You can't be serious asking this question!
It's a personal matter.
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You can't be serious asking this question!
It's a personal matter.
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This is true. However, deep inside I really wish to ask that as I tried so many and so hard to decide.
Here's a quick breakdown
Cognition
- smooth
- why I dislike: The feel of the UI (self preference)
Litening 4.1
- GREAT
- really fast in speed
- why I dislike: been too long see-ing blue colour
VillianROM
- GREAT
- smooth UI, fun to play, many tweaks according to your liking
- why I dislike: seeing too much green robot is boring (if you get what I mean)
Exynos Extreme
- current favourite
- very smooth, like the part where the author actually remove unwanted apps for us
- downside: 3.4 is a little buggy (can't copy and paste), 3.3 is smooth and GREAT
Generally, Litening 4.1 give good battery life. Exynos too but I am using Exynos with SpeedMOD so a little different here.
There you go
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You can't be serious asking this question!
It's a personal matter.
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It's a fair question but prbably should have asked which ROM people prefer. I hate it when people get flamed for asking which ROM people like best. Some of us don't have the time to download every ROM out there and just want to hear others' opinions..
Keep the opinions coming - I want to be tempted away from stock!
Exynos. best ive used so far
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153826
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Exynos. best ive used so far
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153826
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I got to agree. Some reason, it felt unique compared to Litening and the rest. Not sure why though.
The best ROM is subjective and will probably change within a week of this question been asked.
Thread closed, not related to development.
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IAM NOT A DEVELOPER
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So don't post it in development then...
First things first...don't yell at me for creating this thread
Relatively new to android (I was an old school winmo guy for a long time *dcd!*) and now I wanna root my E3D and flash some other roms on it.
So the question is, what kinda roms do you all suggest? I love sense so any suggestions?
If you don't want to be yelled at...why not post in Q&A? This is a question right...
Anyway, Android Revolution HD is my favorite sense ROM now. MIUI is awesome if you want something radical, but is buggy. CM7 is good too but a bit buggy.
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JokeZony0u said:
First things first...don't yell at me for creating this thread
Relatively new to android (I was an old school winmo guy for a long time *dcd!*) and now I wanna root my E3D and flash some other roms on it.
So the question is, what kinda roms do you all suggest? I love sense so any suggestions?
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I've been using Deck's (kushdeck) sense rom for eons now. I've tried a bunch of other Sense roms, many of which were awesome, but a lot had some issues because they were nightlies or whatever. With deck's, I get unbelievable battery life in comparison to any other rom. It's a pretty standard sense rom, doesn't have much extra themeing, but it's extremely solid. (my nandroid of that rom is named KushSuperStable, lol).
If you don't wanna be yelled at, give your thread a legitimate name...
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I've been using Deck's (kushdeck) sense rom for eons now. I've tried a bunch of other Sense roms, many of which were awesome, but a lot had some issues because they were nightlies or whatever. With deck's, I get unbelievable battery life in comparison to any other rom. It's a pretty standard sense rom, doesn't have much extra themeing, but it's extremely solid. (my nandroid of that rom is named KushSuperStable, lol).
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I'm gonna have to agree here that Deck's ROM is wickedly awesome, but it's sad that he's gone ghost.
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I'm gonna have to agree here that Deck's ROM is wickedly awesome, but it's sad that he's gone ghost.
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Yea, it is sad that he's gone ghost. I hope everything's alright with him in 'real life' and that all is well. Hopefully when he has some more free time he comes back over here. At least the way he left the rom is perfect, I have not one complaint about it and see no need to update it.
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Lmao!
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AndroidRevolution is great. Stock, but with ALOT of enhancements as well as having one of the best development teams on XDA!
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The most stable I have used thus far have been clean rom, steel rom, and virus' eternity roms (builds 1.1, 1.2.2, and 1.4)....
Either one of those will be solid and reliable. Virus 1.4.2 rom seems very solid as well but I haven't made the jump yet simply bec#use I want to put this one through the long haul test... been on this rom and the bc kernel v3 for over two weeks, over clocked at 1.62 ghz with not one issue.
I would give eternity 1.4 a shot
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Yea, it is sad that he's gone ghost. I hope everything's alright with him in 'real life' and that all is well. Hopefully when he has some more free time he comes back over here. At least the way he left the rom is perfect, I have not one complaint about it and see no need to update it.
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A g-g-g-ghost!?
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A g-g-g-ghost!?
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Yeah GhostFaceKillah.
I use CleanRom its stock with bloatware removed and some other enhancements.
SteelRom is my absolute favorite Sense based rom. But nothing will ever beat the awesomeness of CM7
Lot of good suggestions in here, but when it really comes down to it you need to read up and just try stuff.. Doesnt take much to nand and try a rom for yourself.
Another thing that matters is what YOU use on your phone..
For example, someone said that MIUI is radical which is very true but its awesome once you get used to it and that its buggy.. but that may not be true for everyone because for me its flawless for what I use it for.. I dont have 4g in my area so I could care less about that, I dont use any hotspot apps so that doesnt matter for me as some are having issues with that. 3D doesnt work but honestly I barely ever use it anyways..
Although I wouldnt recommend MIUI as your first rom to flash because it does take some getting used to.. and you also mentioned that you like sense.
Eternity is one of my favorites and I used it for a while, its sense but has some cool features that make it different then stock sense.
Again its hard to say which are best because there are so many talented Devs around that are making awesome roms.. so get used to nanding and dive in..
another vote for Eternity Rom.
Ive been with Eternity for several weeks now. I flashed MIUI temporarily and didnt like it, back to Eternity.
I am currently on 1.4.1 and Ziggy dual core kernal. Great benchmark scores @ 1.7
1.8 seems unstable on some of the benches like cf and antutu. But I typically just keep it at stock CPU speed anyhow, so Im not worried about it.
Some people seem to have more issues than others. Some the screen locks up on them while charging, others it wont go to sleep, some people the screen wont wake up during an incoming call.
Myself I havent had any issues really. My facebook app seems to force close quite a bit whenever I try to post on someones wall. I would like to see that fixed, but as far as I know, no one else really has that issue. So it may just be something glitchy on my phone.
But yes. Definitely try Eternity. You wont regret.
Thanks for all the suggestions guys, will definitely try out some of your suggestions!
Aside from the poor choice of thread title, we know nothing about the device. I guess I could've missed it skimming through all 2 pages. What Hboot is on the device? Figuring out which method to use and how far you'll be able to go is a good start. You should be checking out the root threads before asking about ROMs. Just a thought, not intended to be rude in any way.
Miui is the best rom hands down for looks and feel. And it gets better every week!
JokeZony0u said:
First things first...don't yell at me for creating this thread
Relatively new to android (I was an old school winmo guy for a long time *dcd!*) and now I wanna root my E3D and flash some other roms on it.
So the question is, what kinda roms do you all suggest? I love sense so any suggestions?
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You were dcd? I remember you back in the ppcgeeks days, I am thinking around the mogul and touch pro days. Maybe you should get back into cooking roms like you used to.
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I'm gonna have to agree here that Deck's ROM is wickedly awesome, but it's sad that he's gone ghost.
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I agree on Deck's ROM too, but because he has gone AWOL, I've switched over to CleanROM 2.7. It's just as reliable as Deck's ROM, battery life is almost as good, but you can OC and make it FLY while still retaining excellent battery life. And... it's more customizable than Deck's ROM.
I've run both Deck's ROM and CleanROM 2.7 long term and can recommend both. I'd give the edge to CleanROM though (there's a CleanROM Developer's Edition too).
Mike
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You were dcd? I remember you back in the ppcgeeks days, I am thinking around the mogul and touch pro days. Maybe you should get back into cooking roms like you used to.
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hahaha- no! I'm not the great (almighty) dcd. Don't know where he is nowadays, I was simply referring to how I used to flash his things