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To help myself and others, please respond with the names (and links) of ROMs that are stable (locked or unlocked). I'll keep an updated list in this first post.
Please state any known bugs other than 4g not working for unlocked bootloaders. The goal is to create a list of ROMs that have little to no bugs. Thanks!
MOF 2.3.5.ish {locked} Leaked Update (Retains 4G!)
Official CM7 (works great!)
2.3.5 Hybrid (Stock/CM7), Multilingual, Deblur (works great!)
Android Open Kang Project {AOKP} (Bugs: Themes not functioning properly)
Official MIUI.us
Joker's Skinny ROMs
*Most ROMs based on CM9 have some bugs and problems with using the video camera. See here for possible fixes.
Im pretty new here however I have done my fair share of flashing but I have been on the hybrid 2.3.5 by peetr and its faster than stock ir any ics rom but as with everything this setup works the best for my needs and as always ymmv
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^ have to agree with you. Love using miui and other ics roms but 2.3.5 hybrid is so smooth and fast, and everything works.
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bricky23 said:
^ have to agree with you. Love using miui and other ics roms but 2.3.5 hybrid is so smooth and fast, and everything works.
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Have you noticed any wallpaper pixelation?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26287745&postcount=205
sjamie said:
To help myself and others, please respond with the names (and links) of ROMs that are stable (locked or unlocked). I'll keep an updated list in this first post.
Please state any known bugs; however, the goal is to create a list of ROMs that have little to no bugs. Thanks!
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Great idea. I was looking for a rom but am lacking the time to research each and every thread and its posts to root out the good and bad of each. I was going to post and ask myself about a decent working rom with the most working functions and with little bugs. Hopefully those with time will give feedback and include ALL the info you requested in your OP for those of us lacking the free time.
There are so many now. I know some say "go search", but not all of us have the time to weed through all details in each post. Thanks again.
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Have you noticed any wallpaper pixelation?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26287745&postcount=205
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Yeah but it looks like peetr is looking into it
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Cool, just wanted to see if the issue is across the board with this ROM or if it is just happening to some phones.
are there any roms out there that work with boot strap recovery that dont require me to break my 4g?
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are there any roms out there that work with boot strap recovery that dont require me to break my 4g?
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Yes Rocko has one it says locked in the title of the thread. Also imperium has a locked version. And a couple others alien and another one. I forget the name. Its older, but I think it says sudo in the name.
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you wouldnt happen to know which one works best and is the least bug free do you?
Sorry I don't have 4g where I live, so I am always unlocked
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Sorry I don't have 4g where I live, so I am always unlocked
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Hell, I have 4G where I live and I still unlocked. Wimax is worthless with the 2500mhz spectrum. It only works outside in the middle of the street when you're not moving.
I see little mention of them here, but the ICS builds that spleef,; Th3Bill, and Teqm Moto Tegra have put together based on Joker's CM9 are pretty nice, too. I'm running CNA right now and other than two items which do have work arounds (camera needs 3rd party app and browser is set to landscape only), they are very smooth and stable. I'm lovin me some ICS!!
My MoPho's in the kitchen sink!!
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I see little mention of them here, but the ICS builds that spleef,; Th3Bill, and Teqm Moto Tegra have put together based on Joker's CM9 are pretty nice, too. I'm running CNA right now and other than two items which do have work arounds (camera needs 3rd party app and browser is set to landscape only), they are very smooth and stable. I'm lovin me some ICS!!
My MoPho's in the kitchen sink!!
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I'm running spleef's AOKP build 36 and overall, everything works great! Very usable with only a few annoyances that I am sure will be fixed in time.
I need a ROM with a stable navigation app because I travel for work a lot. So far only the stock ROM works well enough for daily use. CM7, AOKP, and CM9 all exhibit strange behavior like spontaneous rebooting or switching back to Car Home repeatedly despite the navigation continuing to call turns.
CM9 and AOKP also don't seem to work with my car dock well, I can't get any sound to go through the AUX port. I also noticed that when I drove around SoCal for a while with any of the CM ROMs, the screen will blank when the phone got hot. I restored a stock rom and had no problems in the same situations. CM7 doesn't have any problems playing music through the dock but the unstable nav bums me out.
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I need a ROM with a stable navigation app because I travel for work a lot. So far only the stock ROM works well enough for daily use. CM7, AOKP, and CM9 all exhibit strange behavior like spontaneous rebooting or switching back to Car Home repeatedly despite the navigation continuing to call turns.
CM9 and AOKP also don't seem to work with my car dock well, I can't get any sound to go through the AUX port. I also noticed that when I drove around SoCal for a while with any of the CM ROMs, the screen will blank when the phone got hot. I restored a stock rom and had no problems in the same situations. CM7 doesn't have any problems playing music through the dock but the unstable nav bums me out.
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Try the 2.3.5 Hybrid (Stock/CM7), Multilingual, Deblur ROM. It is almost flawless.
ROM Pros and Cons
Here is a great write-up of the pros and cons of different Photon ROMs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1686434
Good lookin out and all, but loki already has a thread for this and many other aspects of the mopho that he's been keeping updated since the creation of the photon forum.
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Which specific thread are you referring to that specifies which ROMs are stable and their pros and cons?
Nevermind, it used to be a sticky is android development forum but I don't see it there now. Perhaps he had a mod take it down when his harddrives crashed a few weeks ago. My bad dude.
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looking for a good ROM with better results with battery life and of course stability. currently on Scotts Clean Rom 3.5 and looking for something with the new ICS update and firmware. Been looking around and just would like to hear some recommendations.
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looking for a good ROM with better results with battery life and of course stability. currently on Scotts Clean Rom 3.5 and looking for something with the new ICS update and firmware. Been looking around and just would like to hear some recommendations.
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Try looking at the development section. If you want sense I'd recommend viperrez. I if you don't then use neomax. Also the cm9 and aokp roms are awesome but they are beta not completely working yet
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alope441 said:
looking for a good ROM with better results with battery life and of course stability. currently on Scotts Clean Rom 3.5 and looking for something with the new ICS update and firmware. Been looking around and just would like to hear some recommendations.
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Depends on if you like sense or de-sensed roms.
For sense I like CONROM and the OTA ICS plus rom from micromod777.
For de-sensed I like both of Neo's roms (fast as hell) or CONROM with the desense option in aroma installer.
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Try looking at the development section. If you want sense I'd recommend viperrez. I if you don't then use neomax. Also the cm9 and aokp roms are awesome but they are beta not completely working yet
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yeah i have been thinking bout getting a ROM that is desensed and it sounds like desensed is much faster... I'll have to look at neomax since two replys have mentioned it... thank you for the quick response
alope441 said:
yeah i have been thinking bout getting a ROM that is desensed and it sounds like desensed is much faster... I'll have to look at neomax since two replys have mentioned it... thank you for the quick response
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For some reason I experienced a lot of lagginess with neos roms although I liked them a lot so I switched back to ViperRez I know benchmarks mean nothing but I couldn't break 5000 with neomax (antutu) and on viperrez I get a constant 6800 :what:
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Big fan of Neo's latest Adrenaline here, including battery life, it also appears smoother than 1.6 and below but it does appear to be more sluggish than Venom. Having said that however my battery life with the Venom rom was horrible and my phone heated up a lot..never have the latter issue with Neo's rom or Nils' Business Sense 3.6 v5.7 rom for that matter (highly recommend giving that a shot too)
I highly recommend using ElipticRez by hawknest
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looking for a good ROM with better results with battery life and of course stability. currently on Scotts Clean Rom 3.5 and looking for something with the new ICS update and firmware. Been looking around and just would like to hear some recommendations.
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delgado32 said:
I highly recommend using ElipticRez by hawknest
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I hope he's still not looking 1 1/2 years later..
Seriously though, thanks for your input, no need to wake up year old threads.
mjones73 said:
I hope he's still not looking 1 1/2 years later..
Seriously though, thanks for your input, no need to wake up year old threads.
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Hilarious
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Well Im looking again was thinking about starting a new thread but we can use this one. Im currently on Liquidsmooth but batter life is less than stellar and it lags a bit at times.
whats out there currently? No sense......
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Well Im looking again was thinking about starting a new thread but we can use this one. Im currently on Liquidsmooth but batter life is less than stellar and it lags a bit at times.
whats out there currently? No sense......
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CM11, Vanir, Evervolv, Plain-Andy, Illusion to name a few..
Check the dev sections for their threads.
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Well Im looking again was thinking about starting a new thread but we can use this one. Im currently on Liquidsmooth but batter life is less than stellar and it lags a bit at times.
whats out there currently? No sense......
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Well to bring it up again...... but, Cyanogenmod11, Vanir, Plain-Andy, Everolv, Illusion. If going Plain-Andy or Illusion flash with Philz advanced CWM... All great ROMs though. They're all kit-kat to also when has the rezound ever gotten good battery life XD if it didn't have such bad battery life I would be here a while longer.. XD
loki993 said:
Well Im looking again was thinking about starting a new thread but we can use this one. Im currently on Liquidsmooth but batter life is less than stellar and it lags a bit at times.
whats out there currently? No sense......
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and i now bring you PAC 4.4.2 which so far has no major issues that i could find...there is a few things you can do to improve your battery life...but some cause slight decrease in perforance...partially why the rez isnt my main device anymore either...but it isnt stopping me from leaving its further developement anytime soon...ill stay with it till it simply cant work at all anymore
If you really like Sense, and don't care that is still ICS, consider EclipticRez ReVamped v9... it is rock solid and battery life is respectable to great for the Rezound. It has always been my go to ROM for the Rezound when I get frustrated with the little things about KitKat that plague the Rezound
That being said, I heard the @REV3NT3CH found a solution to the camcorder problem in KitKat on the Rez?!?!? WTG bro!!! The final major hurdle has been overcome!!!
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Well to bring it up again...... but, Cyanogenmod11, Vanir, Plain-Andy, Everolv, Illusion. If going Plain-Andy or Illusion flash with Philz advanced CWM... All great ROMs though. They're all kit-kat to also when has the rezound ever gotten good battery life XD if it didn't have such bad battery life I would be here a while longer.. XD
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Well this is true...battery life has never been good on this phone, but at this point I get about a hour screen on time if Im lucky.....
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and i now bring you PAC 4.4.2 which so far has no major issues that i could find...there is a few things you can do to improve your battery life...but some cause slight decrease in perforance...partially why the rez isnt my main device anymore either...but it isnt stopping me from leaving its further developement anytime soon...ill stay with it till it simply cant work at all anymore
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Maybe Ill give that one a try...but yeah Its getting to be time to retire this one..just need to figure out how Im going to pay for a new device and keep my unlimited. Im wating to see the new Sansung to compare it the the M8. Plus I was trying to maybe get a few more months out of it to see what the new sonys look like and maybe the Minis. The new phones are getting a bit big for my taste
GSM ROM?
Not sure if I should start a new thread or add to this one.... I'd appreciate any recommendations on the best ROM to use would be on the Rezound with AT&T. I'm currently on Neo's Tachyon 1.2 and I like it a lot, but when I've tried it with a GSM SIM previously I couldn't get outgoing SMS to work.
Thanks!
non sense:
【ROM】【4.4.2】【UNOFFICIAL】CyanogenMod 11.0【04-06-14】【GPL】【HYBRID】
everything but camcorder works.
battery is pretty good especially considering how much tethering i do.
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Not sure if I should start a new thread or add to this one.... I'd appreciate any recommendations on the best ROM to use would be on the Rezound with AT&T. I'm currently on Neo's Tachyon 1.2 and I like it a lot, but when I've tried it with a GSM SIM previously I couldn't get outgoing SMS to work.
Thanks!
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Try everolv, when you flash the ROM, then flash the gsm.zip that you can download. It allows you to use GSM servers. Via I think a change in the build prop. Or a lot of new Roms I think have GSM...
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Try everolv, when you flash the ROM, then flash the gsm.zip that you can download. It allows you to use GSM servers. Via I think a change in the build prop. Or a lot of new Roms I think have GSM...
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Thanks pball, I installed everolv, it looks good. I should get my AT&T SIM in the next day or two, once that arrives I'll flash the gsm zip and report back how it goes.
About 2 weeks ago I installed Ecliptic Rez V9 on our two Rezounds and I agree wholeheartedly with it being rock solid. It has a lot of features to keep me entertained for quite awhile.
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If you really like Sense, and don't care that is still ICS, consider EclipticRez ReVamped v9... it is rock solid and battery life is respectable to great for the Rezound. It has always been my go to ROM for the Rezound when I get frustrated with the little things about KitKat that plague the Rezound
That being said, I heard the @REV3NT3CH found a solution to the camcorder problem in KitKat on the Rez?!?!? WTG bro!!! The final major hurdle has been overcome!!!
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Was gonna wait for the official ICS update for the thunderbolt but after 4months and numerous rumors not panning out im going to root and flash a rom any suggestions for the best daily driver ????
But browsing and reading up a little but still confused on whats available??? Would love to try jelly bean but i can settle for ICS
Battery life, speed and stability are the important points for a daily driver
Whats you suggestions????
I know I'm gonna regret it as soon as i root and flash the official update will probably come out but i remember when i first rooted my OG droid I never went back so what you guys suggest??? also next upgrade will probably be taking the nexus 4 to straight talk but wanna get a few more months out of my Thunderbolt u would think HTC would want to keep the customers that run out and bought the first 4G device but i guess all they really care about is our money.
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Was gonna wait for the official ICS update for the thunderbolt but after 4months and numerous rumors not panning out im going to root and flash a rom any suggestions for the best daily driver ????
But browsing and reading up a little but still confused on whats available??? Would love to try jelly bean but i can settle for ICS
Battery life, speed and stability are the important points for a daily driver
Whats you suggestions????
I know I'm gonna regret it as soon as i root and flash the official update will probably come out but i remember when i first rooted my OG droid I never went back so what you guys suggest??? also next upgrade will probably be taking the nexus 4 to straight talk but wanna get a few more months out of my Thunderbolt u would think HTC would want to keep the customers that run out and bought the first 4G device but i guess all they really care about is our money.
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If you're looking for an ICS build there really is no amazing one yet, but Liquid's is the best you will find with Nusense a close second. My personal recommendation for a daily driver though is Thundershed, or any of the roms from reds. I am running ikream nosense and enjoy it a bit. There is also the sense based offering of it both are pretty nice. Depending on what rom you go with there are kernels and things like that to pick up from there.
If you want something bug free i recommend Skyraider zeus 1.3. Thats what im using with the lean kernel. Its very smooth. Plus there is a sweet ics theme for it. Throw in halo launcher aswell and you pretty much have the complete look and feel of ics and bug free. Everything works perfect on this rom
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If you want something bug free i recommend Skyraider zeus 1.3. Thats what im using with the lean kernel. Its very smooth. Plus there is a sweet ics theme for it. Throw in halo launcher aswell and you pretty much have the complete look and feel of ics and bug free. Everything works perfect on this rom
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Skyraider always bootlooped or the radios were horrid and drew no signal for me for no reason even after clean flashing so I swapped over to the ikream ones personally
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Skyraider always bootlooped or the radios were horrid and drew no signal for me for no reason even after clean flashing so I swapped over to the ikream ones personally
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Thats odd. I've used it for a long time with no issues. I use the .19 radio with it.
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bigligg said:
Thats odd. I've used it for a long time with no issues. I use the .19 radio with it.
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As was I. I just assumed my phone had aids though since it sees to work quite well for a lot of users
Proving again that all Thunderbolts are different, don't know why, but each responds differently to different ROMS.
To the OP, remember! Flashing is cheap, don't hesitate to try several ROMs before deciding on one you like.
I lean toward the NuSense but battery life isn't quite what I need... <sigh>
Another hearty recommendation for SkyRaider 1.3.
I've been evaluating lots of other ROMs and radio combos. Nothing has been as solid a daily driver as SkyRaider Zeus.
I'm really working at using Twisted's AOKP ICS, but my Bolt doesn't love it. I keep getting data hangs, and have to reset the radios via Airplane mode off/on.
And the leaked Sense ICS was way too battery hungry for me.
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Another hearty recommendation for SkyRaider 1.3.
I've been evaluating lots of other ROMs and radio combos. Nothing has been as solid a daily driver as SkyRaider Zeus.
I'm really working at using Twisted's AOKP ICS, but my Bolt doesn't love it. I keep getting data hangs, and have to reset the radios via Airplane mode off/on.
And the leaked Sense ICS was way too battery hungry for me.
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I have been running on Sky Raider and once I got the right radio, I had no issues. Pretty solid
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LiquidSmooth 3.2:good: with the .19 radio. It has been my daily driver for almost a year now. Way better than any current ICS rom for the mecha. No problems, everything works. And it all works plenty fast enough.
If you really want a solid ROM with everything working great, Sky Raider is excellent. Especially since I like having a good camera and video camera. Nice to have everything work perfectly. I love AOSP, it is very fast, but you don't get the same functionality (dont get me wrong it is very close, but small things like camera are just not quite as good) you do with Sense. I hate sense but skyraider really is a great ROM
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LiquidSmooth 3.2:good: with the .19 radio. It has been my daily driver for almost a year now. Way better than any current ICS rom for the mecha. No problems, everything works. And it all works plenty fast enough.
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I wanted to check that out. Cant find a working link
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I wanted to check that out. Cant find a working link
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I sent you a private message with the link. Not sure if I am allowed to post it in the forum. If anyone else needs it just PM me.
You should check out Twisted's new rom. I haven't had any problems with it and it's the smoothest rom I've had in awhile.
So can anyone give me a rundown on the differences on these ROM's? I've seen Liquid 3.2, Thundershed, and Skyraider mentioned here. Which are Sense based and which are AOSP. Are the Sense based Rom's laggy? I've tried NuSense, and it was a nice ROM, but just too laggy for my taste. I've tried Jesters and Twisted's 11-7 version of Liquids ICS ROM, and they've been great, but I'm having too many bluetooth issues which will interfere with work so it's a no go if I can't simply turn on the bluetooth and let it connect.
I understand flashing is supposed to be quick and easy so just try them all, but it seems to take me several hours to get everything backed up, flashed, and put back the way I like it. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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So can anyone give me a rundown on the differences on these ROM's? I've seen Liquid 3.2, Thundershed, and Skyraider mentioned here. Which are Sense based and which are AOSP. Are the Sense based Rom's laggy? .
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I have only used LiquidSmooth 3.2. It is a Gingerbread AOSP. Any Sense ROM tends to be very laggy on either of my Thunderbolts. And all of the ICS ROM's seem to have at least one problem or another that keeps it from being my daily driver(bluetooth, wifi, camera or camcorder especially!)
It all depends on what you can and can't live without on a DD. Most of the Gingerbread ROMS's shouldn't have many, if any, issues. Some may be slightly slower than others and look different but all should make a good DD. The current ICS ROM's for the mecha are extremely fast, but usually lack in the camcorder or wifi department.
This thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905083 has most of the ROM's linked(except LiquidSmooth3.2 Not sure why all the links to it were removed, Liquid is the Man tho and gotta respect his decision)
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I have only used LiquidSmooth 3.2. It is a Gingerbread AOSP. Any Sense ROM tends to be very laggy on either of my Thunderbolts. And all of the ICS ROM's seem to have at least one problem or another that keeps it from being my daily driver(bluetooth, wifi, camera or camcorder especially!)
It all depends on what you can and can't live without on a DD. Most of the Gingerbread ROMS's shouldn't have many, if any, issues. Some may be slightly slower than others and look different but all should make a good DD. The current ICS ROM's for the mecha are extremely fast, but usually lack in the camcorder or wifi department.
This thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905083 has most of the ROM's linked(except LiquidSmooth3.2 Not sure why all the links to it were removed, Liquid is the Man tho and gotta respect his decision)
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I found basically all sense roms to be laggy except for Skyraider. I'd recommend it to anyone.
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Bamf forever 1.10 or 1.11 or Skyraider? I cant find any of them all the links are broken If you can post a link or PM me a link to it other than the teambamf.net site cause it doesnt work that would be awesome.
I know that the best ROM would be based on personal preference. What I'm looking for is the most fully functional ROM. I've been trying different ROMs but I work so much I don't have the time I used to. Any insight is welcome and greatly appreciated.
sanjuansr said:
I know that the best ROM would be based on personal preference. What I'm looking for is the most fully functional ROM. I've been trying different ROMs but I work so much I don't have the time I used to. Any insight is welcome and greatly appreciated.
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The one you create. I want an ETA and I want no bugs. Go.
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In my humble opinion, if your talking about the most features it would be the Charmaleon ROM, your able to theme quite a few things because of a tweak add-on he has in the rom. It's on the third page of ROM developement.
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The one you create. I want an ETA and I want no bugs. Go.
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If you don't have anything positive to add then please take your comments somewhere else. Thanks and good day sir.
sanjuansr said:
If you don't have anything positive to add then please take your comments somewhere else. Thanks and good day sir.
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Haha just a little welcome humor. ViperROM is pretty customizable.
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I'll second ViperRom or MeanROM, if you're looking at ICS ROM's. With JB ROM's the verdict is still out, but Viper's base JB ROM works pretty well, as does MeanBean (the ROM I'm currently running). Not to say these are by any means the best, just a handful of the few I've tried since coming to the EVO LTE. It's all subjective, really, since what's best for one user may not be best for another.
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Haha just a little welcome humor. ViperROM is pretty customizable.
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Cool. I think I tried it in the beginning before I started this new job. That was back over the summer though. I'm sure it's probably different. I'll add it to the to do list. Thanks.
FinZ28 said:
I'll second ViperRom or MeanROM, if you're looking at ICS ROM's. With JB ROM's the verdict is still out, but Viper's base JB ROM works pretty well, as does MeanBean (the ROM I'm currently running). Not to say these are by any means the best, just a handful of the few I've tried since coming to the EVO LTE. It's all subjective, really, since what's best for one user may not be best for another.
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Thanks for the input. I want to stick with a JB ROM but I travel so much with my job to places with horrible reception or Hotels with no wi-fi and then I get fc's or I start to loose certain functions and I have to go back to an older ROM. I think I'm going to designate a memory card to keep a few good ROMs on when I travel to nip it. I haven't tried Viper's base. I think that'll be my next ROM.
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I'll second ViperRom or MeanROM, if you're looking at ICS ROM's. With JB ROM's the verdict is still out, but Viper's base JB ROM works pretty well, as does MeanBean (the ROM I'm currently running). Not to say these are by any means the best, just a handful of the few I've tried since coming to the EVO LTE. It's all subjective, really, since what's best for one user may not be best for another.
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I'll put a third vote in for the Mean series. I've tried MIUI and CM10 recently, but I always end up coming back to the beauty of Sense. The dev on MeanRom and MeanBean is very active and has made it very simple to update to his newest version with an OTA updater.
That said, I am currently checking out the rEVOLTEd rom, with JB. I was particularly interested in how the dev used the AOSP vanilla version of Recent Apps switcher rather than the Sense version... The camcorder is not currently working, but it should be fixed in the next version. Other than that, it seems to be running very well.
Overall, there really are some great options out there for JB and ICS Roms.
meanbean is where its at!!
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I'll put a third vote in for the Mean series. I've tried MIUI and CM10 recently, but I always end up coming back to the beauty of Sense. The dev on MeanRom and MeanBean is very active and has made it very simple to update to his newest version with an OTA updater.
That said, I am currently checking out the rEVOLTEd rom, with JB. I was particularly interested in how the dev used the AOSP vanilla version of Recent Apps switcher rather than the Sense version... The camcorder is not currently working, but it should be fixed in the next version. Other than that, it seems to be running very well.
Overall, there really are some great options out there for JB and ICS Roms.
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I've tried revolted. Good rom but I had trouble with my GPS signal and I use navigation often for my job. I've seen Mean ROM a lot so I'm downloading Mean Bean and Vipers JB ROM. Thanks for your input.
Thanks
Just want to say thanks to everyone who gave their opinions and input in this thread. I flashed Mean Bean and loved it. Problem was I flashed it wrong. Didn't upgrade to 3.15 firmware first. In the process of trying to do that I bricked, fixed, unlocked/ unrooted, upgraded, unlocked, rooted, and finally reflashed Mean Bean. I haven't had this much fun in a long time. I've been so use to dropping roms on a sd and flashing I forgot one of the most important things about XDA. READ Instructions before flashing new roms. Thanks again to everyone who commented and gave advice. You helped me find exactly what I was looking for.
evo401 said:
meanbean is where its at!!
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You Sir are absolutely correct. My favorite so far.
I tried both meanbean and stock w/ goodies and I really like the fluidity of meanbean. However, the battery life seemed like it was better on stock w/ goodies. I also used rom cleaner w/ the no-sense option on both of the roms so i'm not sure if that contributed to better speed or battery life. I decided to stick w/ meanbean! no fc or errors for me and everythings been running great!
involuntaryqool said:
I tried both meanbean and stock w/ goodies and I really like the fluidity of meanbean. However, the battery life seemed like it was better on stock w/ goodies. I also used rom cleaner w/ the no-sense option on both of the roms so i'm not sure if that contributed to better speed or battery life. I decided to stick w/ meanbean! no fc or errors for me and everythings been running great!
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Check out SuperJELLY. I'm getting the same if not better battery life than MeanBean.
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Also on superjelly
I've been running Meanbean for quite sometime now and really like it but I switched today to super jelly and I think I'm liking this rom a little better seems a bit quicker and better battery for me
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I have been running cleanrom 3.5 for a few weeks and have been very happy. Tonight I'm either going to flash beans 5 or cleanrom 4. Any advice as to what's more stable and smooth? I think the features are pretty similar aside from the aosp theme of beans.
themichael said:
I have been running cleanrom 3.5 for a few weeks and have been very happy. Tonight I'm either going to flash beans 5 or cleanrom 4. Any advice as to what's more stable and smooth? I think the features are pretty similar aside from the aosp theme of beans.
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I would imagine that CleanROM 4.0 is more stable, considering many use CleanROM as there daily driver. Last night I flashed CleanROM 4.0, and haven't had any problems so far. I'm using Verizon Note 2.
themichael said:
I have been running cleanrom 3.5 for a few weeks and have been very happy. Tonight I'm either going to flash beans 5 or cleanrom 4. Any advice as to what's more stable and smooth? I think the features are pretty similar aside from the aosp theme of beans.
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They are both stable and smooth. Can't go wrong with either. Its just personal preference.
Beans is also a stable daily driver.
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They are both 100% stable as a DD, I have never had a single problem with either one.
Ive run both and I honestly cant make up my mind which to stay with both have been great for me.
Decisions decisions
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Try both and make your own decision. I like both.
I have to vote for Beans here, very stable, and fast, and he is a great dev also.
chakra said:
I have to vote for Beans here, very stable, and fast, and he is a great dev also.
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If you want more of an AOSP look to your Note 2, then Beans is the way to go -- he themes his ROM's to give you that AOSP look.
CleanROM is not themed, but very light weight in terms of removed bloatware and other tweaks that the dev has done to the ROM.
I prefer CleanROM since I'm not really a big fan of the AOSP look/feel (I know.. I'm in the minority here).
But as others have said, you can't go wrong with either ROM, they are fantastic. I'm just hoping some of the themer's out there come to this phone as they did on the S3.
I roll my own.
Wintrmte said:
If you want more of an AOSP look to your Note 2, then Beans is the way to go -- he themes his ROM's to give you that AOSP look.
CleanROM is not themed, but very light weight in terms of removed bloatware and other tweaks that the dev has done to the ROM.
I prefer CleanROM since I'm not really a big fan of the AOSP look/feel (I know.. I'm in the minority here).
But as others have said, you can't go wrong with either ROM, they are fantastic. I'm just hoping some of the themer's out there come to this phone as they did on the S3.
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Agreed completely. But the opposite for me, I'm using beans for that AOSP look, coming from the Gnexus, can't go back from it. Plus it's amazingly smooth and stable. Battery life has been great, too.
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Benjamin150 said:
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Agreed completely. But the opposite for me, I'm using beans for that AOSP look, coming from the Gnexus, can't go back from it. Plus it's amazingly smooth and stable. Battery life has been great, too.
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+1 for Beans! I didnt want the N2 until I saw a vid with the AOSP look. Pretty much ran right out and got it after that! :good:
adrynalyne said:
I roll my own.
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So will we be seeing a BAMF rom? BAMF roms was the only thing that made my thunderbolts bearable. I loved the BAMF Stripped V1.8 Froyo the best.
eraursls1984 said:
So will we be seeing a BAMF rom? BAMF roms was the only thing that made my thunderbolts bearable. I loved the BAMF Stripped V1.8 Froyo the best.
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I don't know. I am the only member with a Note 2 and the abuse seen from some people lately has put off other members. The sense of entitlement from the Android community chases off more talent than anything else.
So, I won't say no, but will leave it as a fading hope, that is still in 'maybe' status but could change to a resounding 'NO'.
Wintrmte said:
If you want more of an AOSP look to your Note 2, then Beans is the way to go -- he themes his ROM's to give you that AOSP look.
CleanROM is not themed, but very light weight in terms of removed bloatware and other tweaks that the dev has done to the ROM.
I prefer CleanROM since I'm not really a big fan of the AOSP look/feel (I know.. I'm in the minority here).
But as others have said, you can't go wrong with either ROM, they are fantastic. I'm just hoping some of the themer's out there come to this phone as they did on the S3.
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Beans is actually smaller than clean rom. As far as light weight.
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adrynalyne said:
I don't know. I am the only member with a Note 2 and the abuse seen from some people lately has put off other members. The sense of entitlement from the Android community chases off more talent than anything else.
So, I won't say no, but will leave it as a fading hope, that is still in 'maybe' status but could change to a resounding 'NO'.
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I've seen a lot of devs stop releasing stuff because of all the bs. I wish most devs would just post a "this is my rom, take it or leave it but don't B!TCH!" and just release it as they built it for themselves and let others create mods instead of trying to cater to everyone.
Can we please keep on topic for a change.
Old MuckenMire said:
Can we please keep on topic for a change.
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Pot, meet kettle?
adrynalyne said:
I roll my own.
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I loved your roms on the Alltel HTC Touch (Vogue). You gave us a lot of things to play with on that phone.