Rocko or CM7 - Motorola Photon 4G

So I have used both Rocko and CM7. I can't decide which is better. Does anyone have any reasons why to choose one over the other as far as functionality is concerned?
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Which Rocko are you using. I've been using CM7 and like it. Haven't really tried the Rocko rom yet. I did try to load up his 3.5 but it wouldn't boot.

ski21 said:
Which Rocko are you using. I've been using CM7 and like it. Haven't really tried the Rocko rom yet. I did try to load up his 3.5 but it wouldn't boot.
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Im going to flash Rocko 3.0 later. Rocko 1.1.1 used to be my daily before CM7.2 but I am looking for something with better battery life. Nobody uses Rocko 3.5 properly. Most people cant boot it.

I recommend cm7

Wow actually I think if you want everything working these are two of the choices .with jokers skinny.
but cm 7.2 has the modifications, if your into that..
Rocko 3.5 has rock solid cam/camcorder and HDMI working seamlessly.
even though aosp cm7 HDMI is working also.
I think its a feel thing.
If you like light weight style roms cm would be it.
If you like more heavy stock type feel then Rocko is it.
Both are excellent choices with everything working.
No 4g of course.
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ttkyles said:
Wow actually I think if you want everything working these are two of the choices .with jokers skinny.
but cm 7.2 has the modifications, if your into that..
Rocko 3.5 has rock solid cam/camcorder and HDMI working seamlessly.
even though aosp cm7 HDMI is working also.
I think its a feel thing.
If you like light weight style roms cm would be it.
If you like more heavy stock type feel then Rocko is it.
Both are excellent choices with everything working.
No 4g of course.
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Great advice. I originally used Rocko as my daily and loved the mods. Then when cougar revived CM7 with CM7.2 I gave it a try and never really looked back. CM7.2 just felt more smooth and easier on the eyes.
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*Just for fun* whats your favorite rom and why? :)

Ill go first ha.
I like miui because I don't like sense, I think it hogs space and I have always liked aosp.
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Cm7 fast the best of all rom!
The upcoming ICS rom...lol
CM definitely. I love AOSP, and I love the customization that CM has.
CleanROM 1.3 DE for me. Fast, clean and liking Sense, MiUi aosp and cm7 all look like iPhone OS. And a few things still dont work on those builds. 4G, 3D camera and some have wifi problems.
Miui here. Customization and speed is crazy.
And as long as this thread stays civil, it should be fun.
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WTSB hydro 3.5 because it's the best. Devs are very responsive.
Evo 3D in full Affect
Miui is cool. Warm TwoPointThree is cool. And the devs for both are cool, as well as the user base.
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Warm twopointthree is a very cool, responsive ROM. It also went RLS 1 today
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Synergy Rom latest nightly build is amazingly fast and smooth.. everything works except screenshot picture pressing menu + power..
Definitely infected eternity. This is the fastest and smoothest ROM I've been on yet. I like the theme as well. I an a sense fan so I enjoy this ROM more than aosp, but I do like flashing cm once in a while as well.
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I too have to go with infected eternity, fast, smooth and the theme is great
Casey's secret meow for the win, dual core enabled, still get the same battery life, and anthrax kernel 2.1
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I'm currently running 5 Rom's with boot manager. If you have not checked out that app yet u guys need to. But as far as favorite ROM that goes to warm2.3 as it is pure silk. I love the theme and the modded rosie just looks so so clean.
Currently I'm running miui as my phone ROM. I love the the themeing you can do on it plus its fast and stable. I don't worry Bout 4g as I live 400+ miles from any sort of 4g. But I do like to show off the 3d camera every now and again. So I invested in boot manager. Now if I want I just boot up a different rom. No more flashing back to stock to change a prl or use epst I just boot up a sense ROM change it and boot back to aosp.
Kinda off track I know lol. But its so hard to decide what I wanna run at any given moment. I like eternity for raw speed. I like miui for the theming. Warm 2.3 is silky smooth and sexy outta the box. Cm7 is well its cm7 its awesome. I've got different rom's for different things. Warm is set up to usb tether to my Linux pc where as eternity is set up to usb tether with winxp. I use cm with tiamat kernel kernel if i know I'm gonna be away from a charger for a while. Miui to be flashy and show off. And I also use bender bliss sense 3.5 just cause I can..
Currently I have my setup as follows
Phone Rom is miui with tiamat kernel
Slot one is infected eternity with antrax kernel
Slot two is warm 2.3 with bc blend kernel
Slot three is cyanogen mod7 valpha3 tiamat kernel
Slot four is bender bliss sense 3.5 with stock kernel.
So there those are my top five in no particular order whatsoever. Thanks to boot manager I don't need to pick "just one" ever again.
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Warm twopointthree RLS 1. Best battery life I had since day one!
I'm running Trinity its fast and it doesn't kill my battery at all
I'm waiting for CM9 though ^_^
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There are other roms besides CM7? I wasn't aware
ElJimmy said:
Warm twopointthree RLS 1. Best battery life I had since day one!
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I'm really thinking of switching to warm for awhile, how are you liking it?? And hrs of screen on time on that battery?
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MIUI is my favorite! The best speed and battery life hands down.
Stick rooted rom becuase it work for me lol
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been running the eternity roms ever since release. i have been thinking about giving warm a shot tho

New to Thunderbolt: Best AOSP rom?

I've gone from the G2, Sensation, iPhone and got a Thunderbolt cheap.. What's a good AOSP rom other than CM7?
xamadeix said:
I've gone from the G2, Sensation, iPhone and got a Thunderbolt cheap.. What's a good AOSP rom other than CM7?
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Although I haven't tried it out myself I hear good things about Liquid Smooth roms!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353501
They have a nice ICS theme going on too!
bluedegeon said:
Although I haven't tried it out myself I hear good things about Liquid Smooth roms!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1353501
They have a nice ICS theme going on too!
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Yeah, I've tried that.. Looking for more of a stock gingerbread look.
Thanks!
Well my personal favorite is MIUI. Although it's not officially supported there are a few floating around. I couldn't say which is the most stable though. I'd like to know as well haha. I just came to Thunderbolt a few days ago so still newish to Thunderbolt
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I know you said other than CM7, but CM7 builds by protek and liquid smooth roms v3.1 will get you a nice clean stock gingerbread rom. Also, liquid smooth roms v3.0 is good as well! Bad thing about miui is, mms does not work last I heard.
Try liguid 3.2 its small fast and highly customizeable. I get quad scores between 29 and 3200 at 1.5 ghz
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The last stable cyanogen build from October (by slayher) is what I ran until I switched phones last week. Worked fine with no issues for me. Every other AOSP ROM is built off of it anyways and has the same RIL.

[Q] [POLL] What ROM do you use?

So what ROM is everyone using as their daily right now? What have you tried? Why did you choose your current ROM over others?
Rocko... since CM9 camera stopped working for me
Cm9 here. Came from cm7. I'm a flashaholic and I really like how smooth it is. Haven't flashed anything since. Just a couple kernels to see if I like any.
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Rocko 3.0,i was running stock for a while but ive tired them all
Currently it's Rocko 3.0 unlocked. It has some blur I don't like or use, but I still like it. Battery life is decent for me and it is quite stable.
I'm a MoPho-er
im running stock unlocked and deodex. with joker kernal 1.03
Stock but rooted
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As far as stability and usability goes, I don't think you can beat imperium initiative. Its amazing and completely underrated... As for me I can't stay away from cm9 for some reason. Camera pisses me off sometimes but whatever, things get more promising with every release.
I love threads like this as a newcomer to this phone it helps me know which ones to consider I can't vote yet I guess until I upgrade May 1st
Turlcm9
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Joker's Cyanogen mod 9 because it's near perfect. I'm sure the camera will be working again real soon, so I can live without it for a few days.
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Jokers CM9. Its the bees knees.
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Skinny 4g ...waiting on the 4g to be fixed....looks promising though
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Jokers CM9 all the way. although sometimes i flash back to MIUI but they are both great roms so why not.
Skinny4g
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Dsparil said:
Joker's Cyanogen mod 9 because it's near perfect.
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So is MIUI. Camera works but still similar issues to CM9
Stock EVERYTHING. Too many issues with other ROM's, so I put everything back and phone works like a charm!
Same here.. stock with Launcher pro..
Gives me 1 1/2days battery nd also 450mb ram free all time
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Imperium initiative. Works very well and everything works.
I actually didn't have much problem with the stock rom, except that for me voice command kept starting up out of no where and the audio would occasionally with speed up to chipmunk speed.
Started using CM9 a week ago and I am not going back. Before that it was the stock rooted
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Most stable rom?

Hi all,
My cousins atrix has started playing up (keyboard crashes, browser force closes etc) and ive advised that he change roms. Ive been looking though this forum for the past hour or so and am surprised to see so many roms - you guys have so much choice! (Ive got an optimus black and weve got maybe about 4 roms which is nothing compared to you guys!)
Anyway my cousin is a bit of a noob so I dont want to install a rom that will cause problems. Which rom should I install on his atrix please?
Thanks
The most recent releases of CM7, including CM7.2 RC1 and the most current nightly releases, have been pretty stable for me. I couldn't tell you about the non-CM7 ROMs (i.e. the ones based on the stock Atrix ROM) as I haven't used one for quite a while. There are several so-called CM9 ROMs out (based on ICS), but IMHO they aren't stable enough if you rely heavily on your phone, though they are getting there.
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The most recent releases of CM7, including CM7.2 RC1 and the most current nightly releases, have been pretty stable for me. I couldn't tell you about the non-CM7 ROMs (i.e. the ones based on the stock Atrix ROM) as I haven't used one for quite a while. There are several so-called CM9 ROMs out (based on ICS), but IMHO they aren't stable enough if you rely heavily on your phone, though they are getting there.
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Im using joker's cm9. Its actually stable enough to be used as a daily driver. Yes the rom is in beta so there are bugs like video recording/playback, multitouch and small probs here and there due to missing ics drivers.
giqbal said:
Im using joker's cm9. Its actually stable enough to be used as a daily driver. Yes the rom is in beta so there are bugs like video recording/playback, multitouch and small probs here and there due to missing ics drivers.
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Wouldn't really consider that stable. Stable to me means everything works. Nottachtrix for stock look, and CM7 for AOSP
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andrew.cambridge said:
Wouldn't really consider that stable. Stable to me means everything works. Nottachtrix for stock look, and CM7 for AOSP
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Lol technically your right stable means very minor bugs…i just meant that it won't mess up your phone or anything.
andrew.cambridge said:
Wouldn't really consider that stable. Stable to me means everything works. Nottachtrix for stock look, and CM7 for AOSP
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I agree - If your cousin doesn't need the fingerprint reader or webtop go with CM7 for now till the devs get the issues worked out on CM9.
Another vote for CM7. Its absolutely rock solid, and the weekly builds have fingerprint scanner support. CM9 is pretty good, but as has been mentioned its missing a few features and does have a few bugs that prevent some from being able to use it as a daily driver.
CM7 RC1 is where it's at now, no issues whatsoever for me.
Anyone know what is the progress of webtop on CM7 or 9?
Instead of CM7, I'd reccomend Neutrino. Install GO Launcher EX, ICS theme for the launcher and system and you've got yourself the best GB ROM with ICS-look.
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is cm 7,2 better than nottachtrix ?
soudy1994 said:
is cm 7,2 better than nottachtrix ?
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Yes because I feel that Nuetrino is so stripped down, you have problems. You have to flash add ins
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andrew.cambridge said:
Yes because I feel that Nuetrino is so stripped down, you have problems. You have to flash add ins
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Useless things such as TTS, VPN and Languages have been removed to make the ROM smaller. You just gotta flash a few more tiny .zip's...
Neutrino is better than CM7 at the base level. I reccomend you flash Neutrino GT+ version and under/overclock the CPU according to your needs.
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+1 ╰☆╮Neutrino ROM V2.6╰☆╮ ....it is the best for battery and performance in my view....if you need the blur (webtop)... all three of Nottach roms are great although he supports only NottachTrix4G....
+1 for CM7.
I'd recommend you CM7 with faux kernel.
Formhault said:
Instead of CM7, I'd reccomend Neutrino. Install GO Launcher EX, ICS theme for the launcher and system and you've got yourself the best GB ROM with ICS-look.
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I found myself flashing around 20 add-ons to get the phone to work properly.
For a first time custom rom flash I'd go with Nottachtrix, very stable and Aroma Installer makes it very easy to customize to your liking.
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I found myself flashing around 20 add-ons to get the phone to work properly.
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I found myself flashing 20 times a day to get myself to like the phone
I reckon, CM7 is nice. Just use Faux kernel.
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I used stock 2.3.4 and CM7 - got no stability issues whatsoever.
Formhault said:
I found myself flashing 20 times a day to get myself to like the phone
I reckon, CM7 is nice. Just use Faux kernel.
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+1 for Neutrino and +1 for flashing 20 times a day to get myself to like the phone
I flash ROMs like crazy and I have to say Neutrino is by far the greatest rom! So what if you have to flash a few zips....thats how he made such an amazing rom...He stripped it down to the basics and you add the stuff that you want. I use the GT version but underclock to 1.00GHz most of the time...Saves battery but if I need the power, its available to me. 2.7 is out now....it has a wifi bug on the GT and GT+ versions though. You have to reflash faux's kernal to fix. Otherwise just use EE version. Its plenty fast enough without overclock.

Best rom so far?

Well, I know everybody has a different opinion about "best". But my DX2 is getting slower everyday. It is running the stock 2.3.4 rom currently. I have had to pull the battery out multiple times in the past month just to get out of the frozen mode. That's no fun!
So, here I am looking for a new rom, wifi is vital to me since I use it all the time, well, pageplus does not give much choice. Camera/camcorder are also extremely important (so miui is out?). Other than that, the rom should be as stable as possible, as snappy as possible. With the stock rom, open each app is a painful waiting of 2-3 seconds.
Alright, folks, please recommend! TIA
Upgrade to 2.3.5
Flash Eclipse
Enjoy.
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Well, I know everybody has a different opinion about "best". But my DX2 is getting slower everyday. It is running the stock 2.3.4 rom currently. I have had to pull the battery out multiple times in the past month just to get out of the frozen mode. That's no fun!
So, here I am looking for a new rom, wifi is vital to me since I use it all the time, well, pageplus does not give much choice. Camera/camcorder are also extremely important (so miui is out?). Other than that, the rom should be as stable as possible, as snappy as possible. With the stock rom, open each app is a painful waiting of 2-3 seconds.
Alright, folks, please recommend! TIA
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Cm7 rc1 u can't go wrong wit that no lag buttery smooth no music skippin cm7
Droid X2 CM7
+1 for CM7
Liberty was my first rom and it was smooth and stable, but really plain. Now I use CM7 and love it. Smooth, stable, and looks nice! I just installed the Ice Cream Sandwich theme and I don't see myself changing anything for a while!
I'm gonna say a tie between eclipse and cm7. I switch between the two often and they are both great and about equal in performance.
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pipelin3r said:
+1 for CM7
Liberty was my first rom and it was smooth and stable, but really plain. Now I use CM7 and love it. Smooth, stable, and looks nice! I just installed the Ice Cream Sandwich theme and I don't see myself changing anything for a while!
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I use the cyanbread theme. Beautiful if u ask me...
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Eclipse 2.1 with Alienglow... Its amazing
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CM7 for stability. I do have to do occasional battery pulls, but it's not for performance related issues...
Does CM7 still have the wifi issue? On the cm7 rom page, they said there may still be wifi sleep issue.
How about cameras? no bug found so far?
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Does CM7 still have the wifi issue? On the cm7 rom page, they said there may still be wifi sleep issue.
How about cameras? no bug found so far?
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It did not work for me.
I like my Mx2 port & I am finally getting it debloated.
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It did not work for me.
I like my Mx2 port & I am finally getting it debloated.
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Just install cm7 anyway, the phone is running much hotter than it was... much hotter.
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I use the cyanbread theme. Beautiful if u ask me...
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I just looked that one up and I must agree it is a good looking theme! When I get bored with ICS (which may take a bit, here are a few screenshots) I will give cyanbread a go.
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I just looked that one up and I must agree it is a good looking theme! When I get bored with ICS (which may take a bit, here are a few screenshots) I will give cyanbread a go.
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What are you running? Are you running MX2? Themed? CM7?
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I just looked that one up and I must agree it is a good looking theme! When I get bored with ICS (which may take a bit, here are a few screenshots) I will give cyanbread a go.
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Goddamit... going back into my ics phase.... Could you give us a full rundown of your layout?
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thelowend said:
Goddamit... going back into my ics phase.... Could you give us a full rundown of your layout?
Come over to the dark side...
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im running 'old school' eclipse 1.3 (2.3.4) because i dont want to upgrade to 2.3.5, i honestly like it, plus i had a lot of problems with cm7 RC1 and i knew eclipse was awesome and pretty done. yes it has blur but its worth it to have a stable ROM
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i had a lot of problems with cm7 RC1 and i knew eclipse was awesome and pretty done. yes it has blur but its worth it to have a stable ROM
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i've seen a few people say this. it must be an app issue. i only got the DX2 a few weeks ago, used stock for less than 35 minutes, then i flashed RC0 and RC1 CM7. I've had 1 FC related to Google Play Music, but other than that it has been smooth and fast. The lag when I sbf'd was pronounced, but i've had zero issues with CM7. are people restoring app data through TB or something? it just doesn't make sense that people could install the same rom the same way, then some say "fast; awesome" and others say "unstable; buggy."
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What are you running? Are you running MX2? Themed? CM7?
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I'm running...
CM7 7.2 RC1 (daytona)
ICS 1.7 theme (decompiled to add transparent dialer and battery % mod)
ICS Phase Beam Live Wallpaper
I'm more than happy with this setup. It's going to be on my phone for a while.
Cm7 rc1 problems, me too.
Ti-bu has caused me problems also.
I have come to use this way to restore data:
method 1 works best:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23837912#post23837912
Weird how some people have problems with CM7 and some have none. I've been running it over 4 weeks with zero issues. No FCs or anything. I used Pete's method of rooting and of course you have to load a special modified CM7 X2 Bootstrap after installing CM7. I'm just curious as to what could be the cause of some people having issues.
Turn camcorder on, then turn flash on. Record, then turn of the cam. Fced twice forth me
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