Quick 2 cents on Eclipse and ROMS in general - Motorola Droid X2

I'm back on Eclipse, offering just a quick note or two.
Boot time:
First thought, judging a rom soley on it's boot speed is like judging a car solely by it's 0-60 stats, it's not an incredibly dimensional analysis. To me, there is more to a rom than boot speed alone--functionality, stability, tool boxes (extras) and being user friendly are just a few more aspects that I look at before I draw a conclusion about a rom.
Benchmarks:
Second note, Eclipse, regardless of benchmark scores, runs very smooth--for those who might be put off by all this talk of benchmark/quad scores being lower than some other roms, fear not, this is a great, smooth running rom.
I hope I'm not coming across as "preachy" here, that's not my intention, it's just my opinion that I offer, no black and white declaration need be made. I honestly feel each of the roms we've been presented with are damned good and every one of them is better than a stock, bloated device.
Also, I'd like to offer a quick thank you to each of you, devs and users alike. This forum has offered me a good deal of education and entertainment--most everyone is helpful and seems to offer what they can without condescension or expectation. Cheers.

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Awesome post and I especially like the benchmark explanation.
I know this - with Smartbench 2011, under CM7, I would get around 3000 on the Productivity score. Under Eclipse 2.0.4, I get around 2600. But, under either ROM, my games run really well, in fact CM7 might hold a very slight edge over Eclipse, but it's very slight and it's not noticeable unless you've run both AND you are looking really hard.
Stability-wise, Eclipse is it. No Superuser hangs like under CM7 and, this one is not a biggie for me, Eclipse has HDMI output. CM7 doesn't since it has removed ALL Motorola BLUR bloatware and the HDMI is Motorola-specific and they haven't release the source for it, so there's currently no way to make it work under CM7.

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Benchmarking doesn't give an accurate picture. My juiced stock roms pulled higher than Eclipse in benchmarks consistently but they ran like crap and froze and lagged and had redraw problems. I only use benchmarks for **** measuring contests.
Sent from my CM7 DEATHMACHINE!

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I love CM7
Hello, new to the site but I wanted to provide some feedback.
My initial mod was using Eclipse 2.0.3, and though I saw some improvements, I still had the common unlocking lag and other lag in general.
I recently switched to CM7 and noticed a huge difference in performance. I also went through and installed all the apps I had (where with Eclipse 2.0.3 I never installed my apps) and still the phone is running amazingly well, practically night and day difference.
I've not run any benchmarking utilities, but from my experience with tweaking systems, sometimes the eye is a good benchmark by itself.
I own a Droid X2 and was disappointed with Moto's Blur as it made the phone feel just like the original DX. CM7 shows off the hardware strength on this phone.
I registered because I wanted to share my thoughts, so hope it will be appreciated, as I really appreciate all the hard work everyone puts into these custom ROMs.
Thanks!

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Welcome to the forum.
As far as CM7 being faster, it's because CM7 is completely AOSP and has ALL of the BLUR crap removed.
The latest Eclipse (2.0.4) is definitely faster than 2.0.3 because Nitro removed more BLUR from the ROM.
But, it all ends up being personal preference. For me, I got tired of the Superuser hanging and having to go and kill the process and try to run it again. With Eclipse, I don't have that issue at all and still get just about the same performance I got with CM7. It's not better, but it's just as good which is fine for me.
droidknight said:
Hello, new to the site but I wanted to provide some feedback.
My initial mod was using Eclipse 2.0.3, and though I saw some improvements, I still had the common unlocking lag and other lag in general.
I recently switched to CM7 and noticed a huge difference in performance. I also went through and installed all the apps I had (where with Eclipse 2.0.3 I never installed my apps) and still the phone is running amazingly well, practically night and day difference.
I've not run any benchmarking utilities, but from my experience with tweaking systems, sometimes the eye is a good benchmark by itself.
I own a Droid X2 and was disappointed with Moto's Blur as it made the phone feel just like the original DX. CM7 shows off the hardware strength on this phone.
I registered because I wanted to share my thoughts, so hope it will be appreciated, as I really appreciate all the hard work everyone puts into these custom ROMs.
Thanks!
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CM7 and eclipse are both great roms! Eclipse is a great rom that offers the full package with HDMI and some awesome theme developers working on it. Nitro gives support to our device and continues the support. We should all be very gratefully for all his hard work.
Also Dragonzkiller did something that no one else had done before and that is a solid CM7! Full asop no blur and it is blazing fast. Yes superuser apps hang sometimes but the rom is solid for a daily driver and all the themes you want as easy as theme Chooser. Only downfall is no HDMI and that is not of any fault of Dragonzkiller. That is a CM7 thing.
So basically both roms are great! And a HUGE thanks to Nitro and Dragonzkiller for all your hard work! We appreciate it and amazed how you guys do it at the same time
And welcome droidknight to the forum nice for you to join to voice your opinion.

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Cm7 seems to run perfectly for me. I see it doesn't for some who knows why.
Sent from my MB870 using XDA App

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LaserChicken said:
I'm back on Eclipse, offering just a quick note or two.
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Laser, were you on cm7 I'm guessing? Be interesting to know if you feel you had to load any scripts once you moved back or if you had scripts while on cm7.
Also , and I have no idea why, but it felt like once running liberty or eclipse for a while, things tend to slow down over time. I never really have done tons of games, just a lot of standard apps like email and whatnot. I'm planning on 7 I noticed any changes like that, I wonder if it was all blur related.
Sent from my MB870 using XDA App

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tonybahr said:
Cm7 seems to run perfectly for me. I see it doesn't for some who knows why.
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Same here other than the occasional hangups on superuser and other apps,CM7 has been by far the best rom I've flashed performance wise.
Sent from my DX2 on CM7

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Have you tried the MIUI beta?
Sent from my DROID X2 using xda premium

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Regarding eclipse benchmarks for smartbench 2011....I, might just be lucky but I definitely average over 3000 for my productivity
here's my benchmarks history, all done using eclipse
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The ones that have under 3000 were taken after using multiple apps like browsing, asphalt 6 , forum apps, gtalk, so they were possibly still running in background causing score to drop a bit
My usual scores are the ones above 3000....I see 3600-3700 A LOT ...
I also have kak with I/O tweaks installed also, might be making a difference, might not , I still get over 3000 a lot without kak installed
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