x10 newbie - Rom/Kernel reccomendation - XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all. I come from different forum, LG O2X.
In a day or two, my girlfriend will get an x10. I assume that latest stock rom will be on it. My questions are:
How good are stock things on this phone? Do you recommend some custom rom/kernel? Which one customs are the most stable&battery friendly? Bear in mind that she will not be doing this custom stuffs and I will not be able to update customs regularly, so stability (with battery) is important. But, if there is some good kernel who will give some juice, why not go for it... .
Thank you all for advices.

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Memhis said:
Hi all. I come from different forum, LG O2X.
In a day or two, my girlfriend will get an x10. I assume that latest stock rom will be on it. My questions are:
How good are stock things on this phone? Do you recommend some custom rom/kernel? Which one customs are the most stable&battery friendly? Bear in mind that she will not be doing this custom stuffs and I will not be able to update customs regularly, so stability (with battery) is important. But, if there is some good kernel who will give some juice, why not go for it... .
Thank you all for advices.
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All answers are here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955703
But my order of preference of kernel is ThJap, Doomkernel, others.
Rom preference is FeraLab, Thgo2, TEAM, Erick, Donut hd, Wolfbreak, others (i hate MIUI)!
YES DEFINITELY CUSTOM STUFFS ARE WAY BETTER THAN STOCK
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Milton
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From Sony Ericsson Xperia™(locked bootloader) on "FeraLab v4"
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Thanks for reply. As I stated, I will not have device long in my hands to test few of customs, so was hoping to hear recommendations.
I will try to put on FeraLab and Doomkernel then. Or is it enough to use only custom kernel (Doom`s in this case) and stock rom? (in case of my O2X device I am quite happy with stock rom+custom kernel) Main problem is that I will not have device long enough to test various combination.
More suggestions and advices are always welcomed .

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Thgo2 v14 with his kernel. Just flashed it a few hours ago but it seems to be working great.

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Memhis said:
Thanks for reply. As I stated, I will not have device long in my hands to test few of customs, so was hoping to hear recommendations.
I will try to put on FeraLab and Doomkernel then. Or is it enough to use only custom kernel (Doom`s in this case) and stock rom? (in case of my O2X device I am quite happy with stock rom+custom kernel) Main problem is that I will not have device long enough to test various combination.
More suggestions and advices are always welcomed .
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Feralab v4 with doomkernel v06 working great.

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Memhis said:
Thanks for reply. As I stated, I will not have device long in my hands to test few of customs, so was hoping to hear recommendations.
I will try to put on FeraLab and Doomkernel then. Or is it enough to use only custom kernel (Doom`s in this case) and stock rom? (in case of my O2X device I am quite happy with stock rom+custom kernel) Main problem is that I will not have device long enough to test various combination.
More suggestions and advices are always welcomed .
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Stock rom may be good. But its not the best in case of x10.
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CheerS!  
Milton
(*^__^*)
From Sony Ericsson Xperia™(locked bootloader) on "FeraLab v4"
using XDA premium
"  HiT ThAnKs If I'm NiCe To YoU!  "​

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Ive just started "altering" my phone,and I'll tell you a few things.......
try to get all the files before you start as a lot of the links are dead
bookmark all the guides youll need for quick reference
start off doing the stuff in a logical order,as youll need to keep going back again
back up your stuff beforehand
make 10 posts on here,so you can then post in the developers thread:if you have problems
Galaxy rom-seems the best one Ive tried,but hate that swype keyboard.Once it was set up I couldnt make any calls-the contact was greyed out.
Thgov14 rom-this looked very good,but battery drain was horrendous,estimate dead after 15 hrs on standby only.
So the upshot is that youll need a fair bit of time,as Ive had to use SEPCC about 5 times,backup and restore several times,hunt for info since no-one helped me.
I personally wouldnt bother pal!

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tbh... keep it stock... or use wolfbreak as that is tweaked stock
enjoy stock...there are lots of cool features on stock.
if you wait a week, you'll get achotjan rom which is stock running on cm7 sources. (much like a sexy lexus running on a tough German engine)
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Use wolfbreaks 2.3.3 Rom and flashed it with doomlord kernel (locked bootloader).. It works fine and very fast
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