I know that everyone is probably tired of the "best rom" thread which keeps on popping up everyday and I don't really think that snubbing them off is the correct thing to do. Most of people who ask such questions are probably new to the forums or not so regular so they don't even know that and such thread was locked or the rules and stuff, which I guess makes this thread very necessary.
Here people can post their experiences or their opinions about the various roms that they have tried. This will create sort of a place where you can find where you can find opinions about all the roms instead of browsing through threads of all those different roms. I will also try to update the first post, giving a brief common opinion about the most popular roms on the device. New members, as well as existing members can use this thread to find out easily which rom might be the best for them and there won't really be a need of any "what's the best rom?" thread anymore.
But for all this, I would need help of all your members. If you try any rom, post your opinions, comments, reviews here instead of the dev thread of that rom. I by myself can't try all the Roms so without contribution of all you people, this thread wont last long!
To avoid confusion, let's follow this format for now for posting!
1. Name of the Rom (with version no.)
2. Any additional performance scripts (if any)
3. Time since you are using the Rom
4. Pros
5. Cons
6. Comments / Short review in your own words
Also, NOTE : This is a Rom review thread. I guess you can ask question about someone's review but don't go around, posting here what's the best Rom because that kind of defeats the purpose of the thread doesn't it?
If the users and moderators agree, I guess this thread can be made sticky too so that it doesn't get lost and people can access it easily.
More will be added as I remember.
Roms (WIP)
Kernels (WIP)
Name: RadonMod v2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1510038
Since 2 weeks
Pro: Nice ICS look, fast, stable & good battery life
Contra: I dont find any contras
version DDKQ8 .2.3.6
adds none
pros amazimg lockscreen good speed
cons to many apps preinstalled
time
since its out
herpderp ©copy+paste
@spacecaker:NICE SIG WITH ROBO THING..HAHA
LeWA
adrenaline,lagfree,turboboosted
using since its first posted
fast,stable without its launcher(changed to QQ), kinda MIUI look-alike..and the caller is pretty! (the picture's jumping)
but there are some chinese lang 0.o" cant read it!
its cm based but heavily modded. battery is fair. good for eye candy
1. rom : gingercruzt 2.3
2. add : blackhawk kernel (deadend, smartass v2), turbo boost 8.5, gps fix by lagloose
3. pros : good looking (xperia arc + much transparency), good battery life, fast, no lag
4. cons : can't use adb terminal, n may be installing the rom is a bit complicated
5. time used : 3 months
6. next rom i think interesting : lewa, cm9
Excellent thread, OP. I salute your initiative to let the opinion of the public be heard. I back this thread 100%.
Clean stock Gingerbread rom
Sent from something, I don't remember it...
Rom :Stock DDKQ8 2.3.6
I'm using since its released.
Pro. Fast, Stable & long battery life.
Very nice thread i will soon post my exp here.
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ROM: TheMyth Advanced
Pros:
ICS Look
Fast
Stable
Has nyan cat bootanimation XD
Cons:
None so far
How long I used: Two weeks ago-present
ROM: ICS Final
Pros:
SUUUUPER FAST
Average battery life
Barebones
Cons:
No live wallpaper support
No built-in File manager
How long I used: I think 4 months O.O (the whole series)
ROM: RazrUIv3
Pros:
Long battery life compared to other CM7based roms
Nice bootanimation
Fast and average stability
How long I used: 3 weeks
Cons:
None so far.
ROM: OmegaROM
Pros:
Fast
Stable
Many theme packs
Cons:
None so far.
How long I used: 2 weeks.
ROM: Lewa!
Pros:
soooo beautiful O.O
different feel of CM7
Cons:
Some are chinese and pretty hard to figure out for first time users
How long I used: 3 days. (just to test)
Tweaks: None.
ROM: Iphone ROM
Pros:
Beautiful look-a-like of Iphone
Nice UI
Cons:
Buggy
How long I used: A day (just to test)
Tweaks: None. It had bootloops
ROM: CM9
Pros:
It's ICS! FOR ACE!
Cons:
Still has many issues but it's still beta anyways
How long I used: A day.
Tweaks: None.
ROM: MIUI4
Cons:
MIUI for ARMv6! well duh we're the first one to get it
Cons:
Since it's built from CM9, it has the same bugs.
Tweaks: None
How long I used: A day.
-----> those with no tweaks labeled means that tweaks I used are in my sig
Using Ddkq8 (android 2.3.6) with turbo boost v8.5 + lag free + slaid fast mod.
Removed all bloatware apps and added transparent touchwiz3 with s2 icons + s2 status bar.
Pros - fast + clean + stable.
All working.
Cons - didnt find any till yet.
If u want stock rom i highly recommend it.
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AashROM 2.3
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1523314
Based on stock rom
Very fast
Great battery life
CONS:none
ROMDKQ6
New official samsung rom
Great battery life
New lock and caller
CONS: lags sumtimes
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What happened about making this a sticky?
TeamCooper Developer
TheMyth Developer
shaaan said:
What happened about making this a sticky?
TeamCooper Developer
TheMyth Developer
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Yeah XD hey OP PM zecanilis to sticky this thread
shaaan said:
What happened about making this a sticky?
TeamCooper Developer
TheMyth Developer
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I also think the same.
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Yeah XD hey OP PM zecanilis to sticky this thread
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Ok, I will.
Yep..Thread should be made a sticky...this thread will help users recognize the pros and con of every rom
Rom: Infinity v2
Mods:T-B v8,5 ,lagfree v3 ,better touch mod
Pros:nice,smooth,stable
Cons:nofu****thing
I have this rom for month and no problemo. I like it wevy much.
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Getting my galaxy s 2 next week for £350 brand new and wanna know best rom so far
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095274
Would strongly Suggest Lite'ning V1.2
its Stupidly easy to install. no need to Pre-Root etc does it all for you, Gorgeous Updated UI with loads of Cool new features added. and Litepro (Creator) listens and Updates the Rom Regularly to make sure it has Cool new Features
Edit : £350 is a bargain ! got mine on release date sim free for £500... lol :S
another vote here for ligtning- nice theme-stable and fast. All roms are f\st on gs2 though
You basically have a choice of 3 roms.
2 of those have been proven to include a cheat to influence the benchmarks scores that quadrant gives off making the rom look better than it actually is.
Choice is yours
Also this is a question not development so you posted it in the wrong forum section.
VillainROM
Lennyuk said:
You basically have a choice of 3 roms.
2 of those have been proven to include a cheat to influence the benchmarks scores that quadrant gives off making the rom look better than it actually is.
Choice is yours
Also this is a question not development so you posted it in the wrong forum section.
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Very True indeed, luckily the Latest Lite'ning rom has had the Quadrant scripts all removed so it gives a True to life score
I was using AngeloM KE7 1.2 for quite a while, and upgraded to 1.6 two days ago which was an improvement. But I changed to Villain ROM yesterday and I'm quite impressed. I'd recommend that as a starting point. For me, it's a tiny bit smoother than the others.
If you use Titanium Backup, you can change ROM as often as you like with minimal inconvenience.
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I am also very happy with the AngeloM rom . It is fantastic!
no comment on litening rom bcz i havent try it yet.
villianrom pretty good, basic, simple, long battery life.
angelom 1.6 is fast and normal battery life, but the thread got closed.
http://bit.ly/SGS2answer
And this is dev because???
Hey guys, I just came from a Xperia x10 (which made me very happy by the way), and after one day of stock-use I decided to change my S2 ROM, despite the stock ROM being already VERY SMOOTH. Uppon checking the development area I almost fell of my chair: There are tons and tons and tons of ROMs! Please guys, help a newbiew like me to choose a ROM! I want what everybody does, a super ultra fast ROM, with great battery like and customization.
And BTW, x10's custom ROMs improved perfomance alot, but do these Custom ROMs improve the perfomance that much? Because it's already so so so smooth!!!
Thanks guys!!
Start at Rom A and work your way through to Rom Z .
Or use the search button as this question has been answered ten thousand times or more .Even same question asked yesterday you could look at that post .
Improvements not much .
Personal choice of rom = Cognition .
But until you can understand the differences stick with stock .
jje
Go with Cognition..That is one stable and good battery life rom. Comes with many tweaks to it as well. Or CheckRom thats another good one...
But my favourite even though im trying other ones at the moment is BatistaRom. Themed rom very fast, smooth like butter and good battery life to it and my best out of all the ones out there
I'm not amazed by the SGS2's smoothness as I have an iPod Touch which shows what the definition of smooth is. trollin'
Anyways, Cognition is the way to go!
Hi guys ,
as you are well aware I'm new here, and have made an account on XDA so I can share my opinion and also read yours in hope of a solution.
Anyway I'm currently running an official 2.3.6 ROM on my Ace, and have gone through just about everything the Development section has to offer, from TheMyths' ICS to unofficial CM7 Kang builds, but I'm still looking for a perfect blend of stability, battery, lag free (smooth) ROM's.... And need help deciding.
So far I've noticed that the CM7 builds seem to have the best performance (benchmarked by Quadrant standard) and works fine, however I haven't had the time to observe the battery life...
Ultimately an ICS clone would be sick, I love the style, since CM looks fugly in my opinion.
Also would like to know what kind of tweaks you guys use for your Aces' to get a little extra juice from your batteries...
Thanks
Hm....You could try and use SGS2 rom from space caker,or gingercruzt or infinity,both from nims11
Prawesome said:
Hm....You could try and use SGS2 rom from space caker,or gingercruzt or infinity,both from nims11
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Its now s>G<s II rom
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Try Gingercrutz rom by Nims11. The ROM is jet speed with cool looks. Battery backup is also very good.Got 1+ day
Bofu said:
So far I've noticed that the CM7 builds seem to have the best performance (benchmarked by Quadrant standard) and works fine, however I haven't had the time to observe the battery life...
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The battery life, as reported by many users including me, tends to be rather relatively miserable.
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Ultimately an ICS clone would be sick, I love the style, since CM looks fugly in my opinion.
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If you want a very convincing ICS look alike, I suggest you pick out a CM7 build and download AChep's ICS theme.
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Also would like to know what kind of tweaks you guys use for your Aces' to get a little extra juice from your batteries...
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I'm using GadgetCheck's V8.5 Supercharger tweaks, plus Slaid's SlaidFASTMod V2.5 (not updating to his new LagFree scripts since I experience some odd UI lags here and there (ironically)).
If you really want to save on your batteries, try setting your governor to conservative or powersave (though powersave will lag your phone to the point of 1984) and don't overclock (flash a non-OC kernel, if you want).
And check out JuiceDefender. It'll turn off radio connections when the screen is off, and I saved around 165% worth of battery life with that app. The only downside is is that it ****s up with push notifications, and I need those for my IM and email.
EDIT:
I forgot, you asked for a specific ROM.
Well, I for stability and efficient battery consumption, I recommend you just stick with stock ROM (or something based on it), since it was compiled specifically for SGA hardware. My longest relationship with a stock ROM was fla.sh's fla.sh X2.3 ROM followed by sametpoyraz's Glsmt 2.1 (I know it says Glsmt 3.0, but a download link was never provided). Both of them are considered dead projects, but that doesn't mean that the ROMs aren't half bad!
Thanks [/QUOTE]
i've had problems flashing 2.3update of that rom, have you tried the rom?
I Am useing The Infinity Rom Final And Its Great With Performace And Good With Battery Life!
Bye And Salam.
Samsung Galaxy Ace [Rooted]
Infinity Rom Final RC2
Based On Cyanogenmod 7.2 RC0 ICS FINAL
Turboboast v8.5 And SlaidMOD v3
FrameWork Mod Active!
8 GB Class 10 Sd Card Ext
THAnk mE IF I HeLPED
For stability and speed, I hands down recommend ICS Final. The rom I'm using. As for battery life, you can have the best battery with ANY kind of rom. Just check out the thread on my signature ;D
Thanks for all the replies to my thread thus far... will definitely try that SetCPU... As far as Slaids scripts go however, I did once try that but found my device would have lag, that being screen tearing.
hay, my 14 year old sister keeps complaining about this phone i bought her, screen lag, and battery life.
what is the best stable rom to put on it.
she is running 2.3 atm iirc.
cheers
Just look
If she likse beauty
Use infinity
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roundaus said:
hay, my 14 year old sister keeps complaining about this phone i bought her, screen lag, and battery life.
what is the best stable rom to put on it.
she is running 2.3 atm iirc.
cheers
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Well, at first sight this seems to be a rather staightforward question with an obvious answer at hand. But if you dig deeper, than you'll find it more difficult to choose among the various possibilities. Here are some hints.
A. Roms
(1) Stock rom from Samsung (newest version is currently 2.3.6).
As far as I can tell and reading about other users experiences, it has the best battery running time. And performance wise I can't tell any disadvantage or lag either.
(2) Roms based on Ketuts kernel found in CF-Root.
(2.a) CF-Root b82 version and below
The system performance regarding battery and lag should be the same, because the kernels are stock (by Samsung) ones. But in reality the modder of the rom package may have used some scripting tweaks (init.d) or heavily themed the look. It may make the battery running time and/or the responsiveness of the system better or worse. But any modifications also bring the risk for bugs (wlan, sim-toolkit, ...).You should skip through the corresponding thread and find out.
(2.b) CF-Root b82.ex version and up
From here onwards Ketut has begun to tweak and build his own kernel based on the stock kernel configuration parameters (/proc/config.gz).
(3) Roms based on Cyanogenmod 7
This is an unofficial build of Cyanogenmod for the s5830.
It is well known, that it suffers under a battery drain issue. On the other hand you will get the most out of the device regarding lagfree performance. Recommended for heavy gamers at the cost of battery duration.
My recommendation is now that you goes from (1) to (3) and try them out to experience yourself, which package does really fullfills your/her needs. Because no one can tell you for sure, which rom is the best suited for you, because it is a matter of personal taste and preference.
Here you can find some introductionary materials into the world of modding to make the s5830 a better device accommodating to your needs.
-> [NEW 18/01][PROPER Q&A COMING SOON] A Newbie Guide for your Galaxy Ace
-> [TUTORIAL] How to upgrade, root, flash Recovery & Custom ROM Samsung Galaxy
B. Tweaks
(1) Make battery last a little bit longer.
If you're really serious about finding ways to extend the battery running time, than you should read the whole thread, because usefull informations are scattered and not only in the OP.
-> [Hint/Tip]Best way to save battery
(2) Lagfree scripts (only applicable to rooted device with init.d enabled)
This scripts may also contain some tweaks, which will claim to also raising the battery running time of the device.
->
All samsung galaxy ace roms,tweaks,kernels
ToS
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Hi everyone,
Since there are tons of ROMs for our great SGA, I would like to suggest the concept of ROM of the week.
This would consist in posting your oppinions about which is the best ROM for you, what do you like the most and why others should try it.
I will be reading as many posts as I can, and every Sunday I'll choose which are the 3 favorite ROMs based on what you guys think.
This should be the format:
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Name of the ROM (link to its thread)
Pros: stability, battery, smoothness, etc...
Cons: bugs, errors, FCs, ...
Other thoughts...
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I hope you guys like the idea and make this become a sticky thread someday!
I will start:
SGSII JB ROM v10.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453165
Pros: Very very stable. Smooth, no lags at all. Normal battery life as it's based on stock. Nice SGSII theme. 14 toggles and extended power menu.
Cons: Based on DDKQ8, not really a con, but there are newer stock Roms already.
It's really worth a try. If combined with PSN kernel, one of my favorite Roms.
I'm sorry, but every comparison thread is a no no in my eyes.
Thread closed.