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So I know that there are a number of available ROMs out now for the X2. I just wanted your guys' opinion on the "best" one. And by "best", I'm talking performance-wise. Is there one that clearly stands out in terms of performance or are they all generally similar?
Btw I'm running Eclipse remix and it's pretty great. Thanks guys!
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Eclipse hands down
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Eclipse is nice. Mostly because it was the first one out and has received CONSTANT change feedback and support. I am sure the others will catch up to the following eclipse has and get the feedback needed to create amazing roms. With that said I think ALL the roms are great considering we have a locked bootloader so it is limited in what can be done.
My smartbench productivity score hovers around 3000. The gaming index tho has dropped to 2100 from 2700 on the remix5 test version. I been trying to figure out what changed. All I know is my gljellyfish only gets 22fps when I used to get 36 easily. And I notice my screen pixelates while watching netflix movies a LOT now. Just awaiting blurless 7 as I think it is the blurless I have been waiting for. I have stayed true to blur remix but I think that might change me.
My personal opinion is that the new Atrix update is the best current ROM. I like eclipse, but I didn't like the camera functions. Performance-wise they are pretty similar IMO.
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Xeno62277 said:
Eclipse hands down
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Eclipse is the only true X2 ROM right now, and IMO (blurless) is the very best.
L2_n19h7m4r3 said:
Eclipse is the only true X2 ROM right now, and IMO (blurless) is the very best.
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+1 less blur, the better imho. Eclipse v6 is very snappy and responsive and the battery life is great! I liked the performance of the Atrix stock port, but it's too much like stock. Take some time and flash away. Forget about scores and see which ROM feels, and performs, the best for you and what you use your phone for.
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I like Alien and Liberty!!
The new atrix rom is awesome and very fast no problems for me at all
I'm personally on the atrix rom, i deblurred myself, installed the modified qhd twlauncher from the atrix forum, and im using the "way blur should have been" theme in the X2 themes and apps board; my smartbench is disappointing me (1600 productivity :X) but it's the smoothest my phone has ever been. If you're not a benchmark reliant user, it's awesome.
I use the stock atrix port.
I dont understand why people complain about blur, theres alot of blur thats way better than AOSP.
Camera, music, widgets, ect.
For me the widgets may have been the biggest deal. i like my homescreen crowded
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I dont understand why people complain about blur, theres alot of blur thats way better than AOSP.
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...in your opinion.
L2_n19h7m4r3 said:
...in your opinion.
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It seems that people have a mixed opinions on blur or no blur. Im pretty sure that there are strengths and weaknesses with both.
What I like about nitro's rom's is that he has somehow found the best of both worlds and somehow makes them play nice together. That's an amazing feat in itself!
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Eclipse. I tried the atrix port but went back
I was on v.6 of Eclipse, downgraded to v.5 for the red ICB theme. Going to try out others. My first smart phone, and its a blast trying out tons of stuff! I say pick one that has a cool name like Alien, flash it, then move onto another weather you liked it or not, and keep going, even if it feels like the best one ever, there's always another to try! Figured I might try some ATRIX port ones tonight!
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Atrix with the Alien theme (not Alien Rom). I read on another forum that you can flash pretty much any theme thats compatible with the Atrix version 4.5.91. So far so good, I'm running Navens Atrix port with very little blur look, will probably try to De-Blur as much as it permits.
after running the Atrix port for about 2 weeks, I'm going back to eclipse, the atrix port has been giving me problems using wifi tethering and honestly, the longer I use it the more it lags and the slower it gets.
eclipse gave me NO problems whatsoever (except for crappy battery life) but that was version 5, I'm trying to hold out for blurless 7 but I don't know if I can wait that long.
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after running the Atrix port for about 2 weeks, I'm going back to eclipse, the atrix port has been giving me problems using wifi tethering and honestly, the longer I use it the more it lags and the slower it gets.
eclipse gave me NO problems whatsoever (except for crappy battery life) but that was version 5, I'm trying to hold out for blurless 7 but I don't know if I can wait that long.
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I like Eclipse .6, its pretty slick. Got Ice Cream Blur Red theme, looks totaly slick!
Im about to flash another ROM to try it, then tonight im going to try the Win 7 one!
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Eclipse v7 RC FTW...
used both atrix port 0.4 and eclipse v7, and i have to say that speed of Eclipse v7 is unparalleled...so far battery life is also pretty good...
Plus i am definitely liking the default cyan theme...
Id go to v.7 if there was a red and black theme. I like the Win 7 ROM that Peperm1nt just released. Its still in its beta with some fixes coming soon, but I like it because its fast and looks different because of Launcher 7. Might want to give it a try!
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My companys giving me a dx2 and i just noticed no cm support ..bummer, especially since the dx at least has nightlies...figured the dx2 would as well..now with cm team getn ready to tackle ics im extra sad.
so my question is it even worth rooting this thing and running custom roms? i mean is there anything out there that offers anything over the oem experience (obviously minus the motoblur)?
correct me if im wrong but with the locked bootloader u cant even oc/uc the clock speed..just tryn to figure out if its worth the effort.
appreciate any opinions.
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Yes, it's most certainly worth the effort. We don't have access to the bootloader, and thus the kernel, but the devs working on the dx2 are very active and consistently pushing out great products. Rooting is easy and nothing else is too difficult either. I'd look at the sticky by booked in the dev forum to find all the info you'll need.
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There's a Dec trying to port CM7/MIUI over. And he's right, we've got GREAT devs! And more people are becoming devs all the time. The benefits are a much faster and snappier experience with less blur. You can't completely deblur it, but devs have gotten pretty damn close! I say you should root it, install our BSR and try flashing the different ROMs. That's what I did and it brought me to Eclipse. Then went to Molten and now I "dual boot" both haha
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How do you dual boot?
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It's not really dual booting. But I have 2 back ups to switch between Molten and Eclipse haha
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With a locked bootloader I would say we are doing pretty damn good. Liberty & Eclipse are two of my favorite that you should try out. I think Liberty is closest to stock GB as you will get.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313103
That's gonna be your best bet. Check out some of those links and decide for yourself if its worth it.
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So I'm running eclipse 1.1 with launcher pro and go SMS. I'm wanting to get something new. I ran 1.3 but Pandora seemed to lag a lot so I flashed back to 1.1 but my battery doesn't seem to last long enough and I'm getting bored and want something new lol so what do you guys suggest?
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How recent have you tried 1.3? I remember there being some bugs with some of the audio in the beginning, but I'm pretty sure they have been worked out. 1.3 on my X2 works pretty good and battery life is tolerable considering how much I use it. I'm not running any extra scripts or add-ons or what-not. Just Eclipse.
I might re download it this weekend, although I just saw something about 2.0.1?
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I've been on Liberty v3.0 for the past month and absolutely love it. Even with the SPB 3D Shell (which is a memory hog), the phone is responsive.
And the customizing options are awesome ...
Pj
Phoenix, AZ
yea ECLIPSE 2.0.1......just released lastnight....its incredible, so smooth have no complaints about it at all........hope this helps
I am also going with Eclipse 2.0.1
pdinphx said:
I've been on Liberty v3.0 for the past month and absolutely love it. Even with the SPB 3D Shell (which is a memory hog), the phone is responsive.
And the customizing options are awesome ...
Pj
Phoenix, AZ
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There isn't a version 3.0 of Liberty. It's called Liberty3. The highest version we have is 1.0
So people seem to love eclipse 2.0.1 what's so much better about it? Because I'm gonna have to return to stock to get 2.3.5 in order to flash it
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I'm currently running Liberty3 and since it looks like development on that is dead I was going to move. Which one should I look at and why?
Eclipse 2.03 is a great rom. Nitro provides a lot of support even though he works on different devices. It is a fast and good performing rom! You can not go wrong with Eclipse. There are also tons of great themes for it as well.
Eclipserom.com for the newest 2.03 version.
Eclipse...without a doubt. It is stable and extensively supported. Check out the website eclipserom.com
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I tried most of them. Kept going back to Eclipse. It's the most stable and most refined and best supported. And since version 2.0 it has all the features that I missed most from the my old Droid that was running CM7.
And to keep the trend going: Go to eclipserom.com !
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I tried most of them. Kept going back to Eclipse. It's the most stable and most refined and best supported. And since version 2.0 it has all the features that I missed most from the my old Droid that was running CM7.
And to keep the trend going: Go to eclipserom.com !
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And if you choose eclipse 2.03 then check out the theme's from hedwig. Hedwig and Kevin put out some awesome themes. I am using hedwig blue sense theme and it is sweet!
Travisdroidx2 said:
And if you choose eclipse 2.03 then check out the theme's from hedwig. Hedwig and Kevin put out some awesome themes. I am using hedwig blue sense theme and it is sweet!
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+1 I am using their blooded and blazed theme. And also really like their Alien theme.
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Eclipse definetly. Nitros already mentioned that there will be more to come for the X2.
you forgot gingerbread phone 7 =)
Well, guess I'm a Liberty guy. Eclipse is great but I ran Liberty a long time when I had my X and when I saw it here, I jumped on it and never looked back. It runs flawlessly for me. Tried the new Eclipses but I always end up going back to Liberty. LOL, for some reason I feel like I'm in somebody elses house when I'm not using Liberty. So..............
I'm running Liberty on the ol X2. I've ran eclipse since its earlys, but once Liberty came out I've ran it. Just seems to have a little better battery life to me, plus its smooth & fast. But don't get me wrong, eclipse is also a great rom. You really can't go wrong either way.
Eclipse.....
Need I say more?
See my signature
Eclipse saved the x2
I just switched from a DX w/ MIUI, to a DX2. My first choice was Eclipse 2.0.3 and I'm loving it so far. Great speed, a lot snappier than my I old phone.
I do miss MIUI tho.
molten
Molten has excellent battery, one of the best out there as far as I'm concerned. I can tweak everything I need to on Molten, and it has battery percentage on top right of status bar (yes a little thing, but something that has always bugged me). Very fast, faster even than my rooted stock launcher pro, which was faster than most. Pretty easy to use, as well, settings are nice.
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Molten has excellent battery, one of the best out there as far as I'm concerned. I can tweak everything I need to on Molten, and it has battery percentage on top right of status bar (yes a little thing, but something that has always bugged me). Very fast, faster even than my rooted stock launcher pro, which was faster than most. Pretty easy to use, as well, settings are nice.
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Eclipse has had the one percent battery indicator forever.
It was the first ROM on the x2 tho come with it..
Just saying. Sounded like u were saying molten was the only one that has that....which isn't the case.
Nah, not the only one, just that it's a regular option, rather than a work around like some others, to have the percentage in the top right, and that's a big selling point for me.
Just giving the highlights of why I like molten, not dissing any other one.
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Nah, not the only one, just that it's a regular option, rather than a work around like some others, to have the percentage in the top right, and that's a big selling point for me.
Just giving the highlights of why I like molten, not dissing any other one.
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I'm not implying a diss
Just conversing
I still don't understand what you mean.
Eclipse has the battery percentage there as well....I don't understand what you mean by work around? Just curious
Either unrooted, or a rom that doesn't have a default option for that. Eclipse does, and I could be wrong, especially if updates occurred, but I think a couple other roms don't have that settings checkout like molten and eclipse. I I could just be thinking of roms for other phones besides x2, that's always possible...lol
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Well it sounds like CM7 is gonna be my new favorite ROM here in the near future
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I've used every ROM posted here at XDA that applies to the DX2. I don't have a favorite but Molten and Eclipse are very full featured. I was a loyal user of Liberty on my old DX and think it's one of the greats.
But really, I'd like to see more from Peperm1nt. His GBP ROM is pretty darned good and he's quick to answer questions should you have any.
With that said, I really appreciate all of the devs who spend time on the DX2. Moto has not made it easy for them, yet they've brought us some pretty cool stuff.
Cheers.
LaserChicken said:
I've used every ROM posted here at XDA that applies to the DX2. I don't have a favorite but Molten and Eclipse are very full featured. I was a loyal user of Liberty on my old DX and think it's one of the greats.
But really, I'd like to see more from Peperm1nt. His GBP ROM is pretty darned good and he's quick to answer questions should you have any.
With that said, I really appreciate all of the devs who spend time on the DX2. Moto has not made it easy for them, yet they've brought us some pretty cool stuff.
Cheers.
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You know. I never tried gbp7
I don't know why.
Maybe it was the windows look.
I think I might have to give it a shot soon.
Next day I have off I will try it out....
Going to flash my rooted razor again.. i had AOKP full throttle, but it lasted a few days before it bricked. i am wanting a ROM that is stable and has a lot of customization. I am sure most people are going to say MIUI, but i am not a huge fan of it.. just wanting to see some others opinions. Thanks
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I'm using D-Wiz v1.0 with Safestrap.
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Ok cool thanks.. ill read up on it.. how long ya had it? What are some of its cons? Have a lot of custom things for it? l'll have safestrap as well
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Going to flash my rooted razor again.. i had AOKP full throttle, but it lasted a few days before it bricked. i am wanting a ROM that is stable and has a lot of customization. I am sure most people are going to say MIUI, but i am not a huge fan of it.. just wanting to see some others opinions. Thanks
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Im on Eclipse 1.5.1 with safestarp . So far great battery , buttery smooth performance . I flashed the Razr M launcher with circles widget and loving it. A very stable ROM so far. If ur on Safestrap try it on one of ur ROM slots . MIUI is still under dev , once its stable it would be a great option too. I am going to trying Black widow now on another slot.
I'm using Simplex Revival as my daily driver and I have been for about two months now. I love it so far, great battery life, and with the UC/SC/OVERCLOCK script that is with it it makes it easy to save battery life or get better fps playing games.
But with everything Android it's all about choice. I found this list of roms a while back I hope it helps you as much as it has me.
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/1171-look-here-for-all-available-roms/
Not sure what RAZR you have but that is a list of CDMA roms. Not sure about GSM roms sorry.
Good luck. Let us know what you end up with!
Yes! I liked how both the eclipse and simplex sounded as far as stability. Either of y'all have issues with MMS? That seemed to be main thing i was bothered by because i use my MMS several times a day.
Also, yell find they are easy to customize and devs steady coming out with cool new stuff and themes for them? I know thats main reason I'm excited about a stable miui coming out for my phone...i am all about customizing.
I'm also wanting to get more out my battery and simplex, eclipse and black widow sounded like you get significant gains with that.. i am over having to take a charger everywhere :-/
Ahh decisions! Will let y'all know what i end up with!
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@ SAJdroid
Which blackwidow were you thinking about trying? AOKP JB, AOKP ICS, moto ics or CM10 JB?
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D-WIZ is really good at saving battery which was based on Jelly Bean CNA,and really smooth.But you have to flashing it with safestrap rather than bootmenu or bootrazrtrap.
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I am reffering to BW CM9 ..
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