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What ICS roms are fully compatible with the HDMI dongle? I'm using AOKP and it's only partially compatible. Is there any known software workaround other than using a Sense rom?
Which Sense roms are safe? Is it safe to flash the latest UCLD4 leak and then immediately load the NEAK kernel?
Thanks!
EDIT: Also, is there a list of what's known to work/display over the HDMI dongle in AOSP roms?
What Sense roms are you talking about?
All of the Samsung ICS Roms should work.
I'm pretty new to the GS2, I got my phone only about 3 weeks ago and immediately flashed Task's rom based on a recommendation. I have never used any other ICS rom and thus have no experience with them.
I read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1532368
I assumed that any rom that had the Sense framework removed would have similar issues with HDMI out since so much of Samsung's stuff seems to rely on that. Those roms listed as "Ice Cream Sandwich" roms are all based on Samsung code? Do any of them have the Sense framework or has it been removed? Will HDMI out work anyway?
Thanks!
Eckyx said:
I'm pretty new to the GS2, I got my phone only about 3 weeks ago and immediately flashed Task's rom based on a recommendation. I have never used any other ICS rom and thus have no experience with them.
I read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1532368
I assumed that any rom that had the Sense framework removed would have similar issues with HDMI out since so much of Samsung's stuff seems to rely on that. Those roms listed as "Ice Cream Sandwich" roms are all based on Samsung code? Do any of them have the Sense framework or has it been removed? Will HDMI out work anyway?
Thanks!
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Just a FYI Samsung uses touchwiz. Sense is HTC's creation. CM9 and AOKP are the 2 AOSP (no touchwiz) based ROMs and anything based off them as well. The remaining ROMs are Samsung touchwiz based. I don't have the mhl adapter so I don't know which works and which doesn't.
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Herpderp. Touchwiz.
Alright, thanks! Any particular favorites among the other ROMs? Which are regarded as the most complete/stable? Ultimatum seems to be the most recently updated/released of the lot.
I'm a fan of SHOstock when using TouchWiz ROMs. It looks more and more like AOKP at each update. Like a specific set of AOKP customizations hard baked in.
That is the only TW ICS ROM I have used in a long time. I can confirm MHL works perfect in that ROM. It should would in any TW based ROM fine. I ran an early version of Mystics Pride (ported from i9100) and MHL worked fine there too.
The easiest way to tell the difference is the build codes. If it says its based on XWLP3, or similar it should do MHL fine. Everything but CM9 or AOKP *should* have fully working MHL, Gingerbread and ICS.
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Thanks! I'll give SHOstock a try then!
How is responsiveness/battery with compared to AOKP? I'm currently sitting at 96% with 5 hours off charge, 30 minutes of screen-on and wifi enabled.
EDIT: Do I need mic swap or not in SHOstock?
EDIT2: Found it myself ^
Its great as far as responsiveness. Battery life feels the same. I have never really paid close attention to battery life.
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Yeah I used to care more about battery life. At one point I even used task managers. Then I realized I was spending more time trying to get my battery to last longer that I wasn't enjoying the phone. So now I just ....use it.
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I haven't tried the dongle with AOKP, but the D4 modem is working great for me. Depending on my location in central Texas, my download speeds have doubled.
My experiences so far with SHOstock vs AOKP, both using the same N.E.A.K. kernel, same modem, same launcher and apps installed"
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SHOstock seems like it might have an aggressive task killer, I played with it for a bit, hitting "home" in Words With Friends, and it had to reload the app sometimes. Quite annoying, sleeping apps don't seem to do any harm to smoothness or battery life in AOKP.
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Had a weird bug where the phone occasionally would get super-slow for a few minutes and then smooth back out, when I was sitting on the homescreen. Happened three times within the first hour of installing the rom but it seems to have quit now that it has "settled in".
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No digital clock. I really like that widget! Stole the one out of AOKP and used it.
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No stock ICS calendar widget! Still trying to figure out what it's contained in.
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No brightness slider! Button toggle sucks. Also, minimum brightness seems to be higher and there's no native way to adjust what the brightness levels are. =/
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Acuweather daemon - I could remove it I suppose. Why would I want this? Apps can fetch weather themselves.
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No contacts in dialer.
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No USB mass storage.
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Samsung task mgr widget is broken - always says "0 running apps".
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In general, SHOstock seems to always use a LOT more ram. Something like ~400MB typical usage vs 250MB on AOKP. The OS is also twice as large, download is 220MB vs 120MB. I don't know if the higher ram usage is good or bad in this case - I don't mind apps being pre-fetched and left in ram, it saves battery relative to having to load them off of flash every time I want to use them... but it seems this isn't the case here as I was experiencing a lot of background apps being killed or slow to reopen.
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OS makes loudy clicky noises. Dunno how to get rid of them.
Some things SHOstock has going for it over AOKP:
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Button brightness works as intended by Samsung. Touch the screen and the capacitive buttons light up and go dark again like they should, and apps like Screenfilter can properly make the buttons dark. In AOKP, button lights are either on or off, and the toggle is hidden several menus back.
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Typing seems less buggy, I was having an issue in AOKP where (especially when using landscape keyboard) the text would go offscreen, such as when typing a post. I don't have this issue using SHOstock.
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Touchscreen sensitivity is more pleasing somehow, I'd like to know what settings are used. Haptic feedback also feels different - more subtle.
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Even with higher ram usage, all else being the same, the UI seems to scroll a hair more smoothly. It's a bit odd, in that the UI feels heavier but also tends to be more smooth.
As much as I like the MHL, I don't think I'm going to stick with SHOstock. I'll try some more roms before going back to AOKP, but I might just end up back on AOKP.
AOKP & CM9 and their derivatives *do not* have fully working MHL support. It's being worked on, but nothing yet (TvOut.apk is very buggy ands hows frames rather than a live view) (personal ROM preference in this category - AOKP)
TouchWiz-based (Samsung) Gingerbread and ICS ROMs *do* have working MHL. (personal ROM preference in this category - SHOstock2)
After reading this I assume that the stock ICS roms from Sammimobile, when Hellraised will have HDMI out. Any experience with this or comments?
Sounds correct, Sammy roms have support for hdmi out
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I can imagine this may have been asked before, yet I can't find any definitive answers, to what are the benefits to running ICS over Gingerbread at this time?
I dont really think there is much right at this moment, due to the ICS being out is so buggy, but i read alot of positive about CM9 which is running ICS - though one major drawback for me is the USB mount doesn't work.
But after playing around with my dads Galaxy Nexus, the diffrence aint gamebreaking. Surely its optimised in other ways, better interface imo - but again, Gingerbread is really great, and i will surely stick to this untill ROM chefs starts to cook roms on stable ICS releases.
Eventually check out my thread where some people are talking about ICS and the benefits from it compared to Gingerbread
right, ics is still buggy. but check out some of the very good custom ics roms in the development forum. some of them now are more stable than they previously do. i mean, stable enough for daily use.
apparently ICS has a lot of benefit over GB:
some of the good points:
- smoother ui animation (you'll feel more smoother than GB, also there are more transition animation added)
- improved google apps (gmail, calendar, maps, phone, sms have been redesigned and feels better than current version in GB)
- voice dictation (different from the one in GB, instead of "press-speak-press-speak", now you can keep speaking and the word will come out as you speak)
- face unlock (no need to introduce)
- options to encrypt the phone memory (forget if GB has it)
- some new widgets (some of the custom roms use AOSP apps instead of the samsung one, e.g. the calendar widget looks much better now)
- camera app seems to open faster
some problems:
- usb mass storage not working (may get fixed in the future, but now you can use MTP instead, if you are using windows or mac. linux users can have some problem with that)
- some apps don't work with ICS (most apps work, for the rest we need to wait for update to support ics)
- battery drain issue (there have been several report for battery drain on "Android OS" process, google seems to fix it in 4.0.4, so we just need to wait. currently mine can last over 10h with moderate use)
- remember it's still in alpha/beta stage, so backup your data!
if you are really interested, make a full backup using CWM and try to flash some of the roms. you can always go back to ginger bread by recovering the backup. hope this helps
I tried one of the cyanogenmod alpha builds from codeworkx and i had the impression that the menu is cleanear and more tidied up all in all. dont know if thats an ics or a cyanogenmod thing though.
my wireless lan seemed to work better, too
THUDUK said:
I can imagine this may have been asked before, yet I can't find any definitive answers, to what are the benefits to running ICS over Gingerbread at this time?
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After being on ICS Remix 8.6 by Westcrip, I "feel" the browsing, the sliding and most of the navigation on the phone is happening a lot faster.
Before February I felt like my old Gingerbread-thingy by Eskimo i belive... was the nuts. Now its like playing in a other league.
My SG2 feels generally Smoooottthheeeer
My 3 cents
The taste is better
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The taste is better
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More for hot weather, really.
I've just been trying out GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XWLP7_I9100XXLPS_I9100XEULP5.tar from Infratech's stock ROM thread for the last day or so and have found it slow. Often I'll touch the screen and nothing will register or it will take a full second or so to respond. Starting apps can sometimes take up to two seconds before it seems to register. Scrolling long lists in various apps can sometimes show a small amount of lag on Gingerbread, but on this ROM it's horrific.
This can't be right can it? Is anyone else finding this? If this is progress in the name of ICS, I'll stick with GB.
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I've just been trying out GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XWLP7_I9100XXLPS_I9100XEULP5.tar from Infratech's stock ROM thread for the last day or so and have found it slow. Often I'll touch the screen and nothing will register or it will take a full second or so to respond. Starting apps can sometimes take up to two seconds before it seems to register. Scrolling long lists in various apps can sometimes show a small amount of lag on Gingerbread, but on this ROM it's horrific.
This can't be right can it? Is anyone else finding this? If this is progress in the name of ICS, I'll stick with GB.
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I don't know about stock rooms but I'm on cm9 the latest nightly and its pretty slick to be honest. I can't wait until the wake locks are sorted but I just love it! I hate anything of Sammy stock firmware I think they are kind of clueless in that department but good in the hardware side of things. Also people have been talking about Sammy working on android 4.0.4 so that should fix any issues. Hope I helped you mate
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I've been on cm9 for the last few months, and I have just dual-booted lp9 Samsung ICS rom yesterday, and I just couldn't believe how slow and laggy everything was in Samsung ICS rom compered to cm9 and Samsung gingerbread rom. The browser was horrendously laggy compared to Samsung gingerbread roms and the same issues as described by the OP. Also, the scrolling mechanism was just screwed up beyond belief. I really like the idea of switching between cm9 and Samsung roms when I feel like change, but at the moment I find all ICS Samsung roms, just unusable after using cm9. I hope Samsung fixes this mess in their next major update.
ICS 4.0.3 is not 100%
ICS 4.0.3 is not 100% perfect couple of issue are there.
Waiting for Samsung to Release 4.0.4 which will address many issues that are present in 4.0.3.
cm9 to me is draging ics behind it, when ics is improved cm9 will be mint ,im still on Gb but will flash when it gets up to 4.1.0 etc, i dont want these bugs in my daily life.
I'm using LP7, tweaked some cosmetic stuff, and I find it very fast and responsive. A friend recently changed from GB 2.3.6 to ICS 4.0.3 official via Kies and said (his words, not mine): its a whole new smartphone.
try cm9 buddy, best rom ive used atm
or you can try hydrogenics, its basically the same with some added tweaks.
Resurrection v1.8
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ICS is smooth for me, very smooth. Don't use AOKP roms since lgcamera doesn't work well with them yet. Battery life is worse than sammy based roms as well, plus no dialer codes work. The only LAG I've gotten is with Quickpic. Don't know what the difference is between Quickpic on GB and this one on ICS but swiping across photos lags like hell and yet the stock gallery is now smooth like cream
For me, ICS is smooth as a baby's bottom, as long I stay on stock kernel. Once I flash a custom kernel, smoothness goes south. For this reason, although I like the fast charging feature in Siyah, I have to stay on stock.
dialer codes are working for me
cm9 is smooth as hell and more than stable for normal usage
yes, it is laggy. little better using Siyah.
No issues whatsoever when using AOKP roms. Try changing kernels.
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Using Resurrection ROM 1.8.1. It is buttery smooth with excellent battery life.
Stock Samsung laggy
CM9 stable and smooth but battery life is so shocking to use for daily life
I don't have a choice right now then wait for stock 4.0.4 samsung rom...
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ICS is smooth for me, very smooth. Don't use AOKP roms since lgcamera doesn't work well with them yet. Battery life is worse than sammy based roms as well, plus no dialer codes work. The only LAG I've gotten is with Quickpic. Don't know what the difference is between Quickpic on GB and this one on ICS but swiping across photos lags like hell and yet the stock gallery is now smooth like cream
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Try the app "Gallery ICS", you can foun on market
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DramatikBeats said:
ICS is smooth for me, very smooth. Don't use AOKP roms since lgcamera doesn't work well with them yet. Battery life is worse than sammy based roms as well, plus no dialer codes work. The only LAG I've gotten is with Quickpic. Don't know what the difference is between Quickpic on GB and this one on ICS but swiping across photos lags like hell and yet the stock gallery is now smooth like cream
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I found a ROM that was receiving a lot of praise, called AndyX. It's using Siyah kernel if I remember right. I tried it and it was actually very good, nice and smooth, no complaints. It also has the ICS look I was expecting to see which was quite nice. You mention lgcamera not working on AOKP ROMs - I'd never heard of AOKP but have just done a quick google and may see what's kicking around for the S2. I know this is the wrong thread, but it's thanks to you I can now record video in 720p without in looking like a slideshow (lgcamera tips in another thread)
So, in summary, my initial choice entering the world of ICS just turned out to be a dud and there's hope yet.
EDIT: I may well go back to AndyX for a bit.. I had to restore to my normal GB ROM because I changed governor in AndyX and now the phone freezes before I can unlock it
Napalm Candy said:
Try the app "Gallery ICS", you can foun on market
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Going to give it a try. Something tells me it won't be able to hide folders like Quickpic or Fishbowl Gallery though
hollal said:
I found a ROM that was receiving a lot of praise, called AndyX. It's using Siyah kernel if I remember right. I tried it and it was actually very good, nice and smooth, no complaints. It also has the ICS look I was expecting to see which was quite nice. You mention lgcamera not working on AOKP ROMs - I'd never heard of AOKP but have just done a quick google and may see what's kicking around for the S2. I know this is the wrong thread, but it's thanks to you I can now record video in 720p without in looking like a slideshow (lgcamera tips in another thread)
So, in summary, my initial choice entering the world of ICS just turned out to be a dud and there's hope yet.
EDIT: I may well go back to AndyX for a bit.. I had to restore to my normal GB ROM because I changed governor in AndyX and now the phone freezes before I can unlock it
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AOKP is based off CM9 with other mods flung in (Look at Resurrection Remix or Hydrogenics) and they both run smooth. However I NEED lgcamera unless I get horrible FPS in the camera (looks like you know what I'm talking about lol). Just so you know, 1080p does work as well without lag just in case you didn't notice. I do prefer 720p though. No automatic zoom in like 1080p. I used to be on AndyX rom, quite some time ago actually
I came from Gingerbread KL1 & updated to LPG, gotta say even though I had the phone for 4 days (on GB) the lag is very much noticeable on ICS! The phone was just blazing quick everywhere but it just *feels* different now...
ICS 4.0.3 official works the best!
ICS 4.0.3 official works the best!
Android 4.0 brought a ton of improvements in regards to the tracking of your finger on the screen. Using the Galaxy Nexus was a joy - accurately flicking through long lists with similar smoothness and accuracy to iOS. Jelly Bean brought it to another level surpassing iOS imo (but that's a different topic).
On the S3 "flicking" through lists or the browser feels disconnected and is much less accurate producing incorrect interpretations and scrolling when it shouldn't or vice versa. The main culprit I can see is the "smoothing" algorithm Samsung has added throughout the system and in the browser which works okay if you scroll very slowly and over large areas like a grandpa but for faster and quicker movements it just produces errors. Why couldn't they just stick with the ICS default behavior? Is there any way to get rid of the Samsung behavior besides flashing an AOSP-based ROM like CM or AOKP? I'd gladly flash those roms the day they get driver support but for now I just can't live without being able to use my camera and other "basic" things.
Using cm9 and camera I working fine snappy and touchscreen is very nice!
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dinan said:
Android 4.0 brought a ton of improvements in regards to the tracking of your finger on the screen. Using the Galaxy Nexus was a joy - accurately flicking through long lists with similar smoothness and accuracy to iOS. Jelly Bean brought it to another level surpassing iOS imo (but that's a different topic).
On the S3 "flicking" through lists or the browser feels disconnected and is much less accurate producing incorrect interpretations and scrolling when it shouldn't or vice versa. The main culprit I can see is the "smoothing" algorithm Samsung has added throughout the system and in the browser which works okay if you scroll very slowly and over large areas like a grandpa but for faster and quicker movements it just produces errors. Why couldn't they just stick with the ICS default behavior? Is there any way to get rid of the Samsung behavior besides flashing an AOSP-based ROM like CM or AOKP? I'd gladly flash those roms the day they get driver support but for now I just can't live without being able to use my camera and other "basic" things.
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There is driver support for CM9, samsung dropped the source code for ICS around release date, everything works and theres even CM9 stable releases in rom manager.
as far as i can tell 99% of things also work in CM10, the camera was 100% fixed today
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There is driver support for CM9, samsung dropped the source code for ICS around release date, everything works and theres even CM9 stable releases in rom manager.
as far as i can tell 99% of things also work in CM10, the camera was 100% fixed today
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Ok, wow I've been out of the loop, guess I'll have to update tonight.
Still, my original qualm is still valid is it not? =)
dinan said:
Ok, wow I've been out of the loop, guess I'll have to update tonight.
Still, my original qualm is still valid is it not? =)
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so did you sort out how to feed your finger tracking needs ??
i feel i think exactly like you... id like to keep my crapwiz functionalitues, but i'm crying out for the miss of smoothness here.
since me and u seems to have the same needs on this topic, please let me know if you find out somethig intresting.
c ya
dinan said:
On the S3 "flicking" through lists or the browser feels disconnected and is much less accurate producing incorrect interpretations and scrolling when it shouldn't or vice versa. The main culprit I can see is the "smoothing" algorithm Samsung has added throughout the system and in the browser which works okay if you scroll very slowly and over large areas like a grandpa but for faster and quicker movements it just produces errors. Why couldn't they just stick with the ICS default behavior? Is there any way to get rid of the Samsung behavior besides flashing an AOSP-based ROM like CM or AOKP? I'd gladly flash those roms the day they get driver support but for now I just can't live without being able to use my camera and other "basic" things.
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Have you tried running a custom stock-based ROM that has the scrolling cache disabled (such as WanamLite) or with a kitchen option to disable this cache (such as Omega)?
Looking for a good stable rom with no memory leaks or random slow downs. Naturally i would prefer it to be JB but i know thats unrealistic at this point.
So is there anything based on Samsungs ICS, that is very much like aosp?
features i am hooked on now: programmable hardware buttons, google now, JB style notifications (i know this is a long shot).
any suggestions?
Chameleon
jerseykat1 said:
Looking for a good stable rom with no memory leaks or random slow downs. Naturally i would prefer it to be JB but i know thats unrealistic at this point.
So is there anything based on Samsungs ICS, that is very much like aosp?
features i am hooked on now: programmable hardware buttons, google now, JB style notifications (i know this is a long shot).
any suggestions?
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Try chameleon v1.1 ROM. Search it in ROM list as I can't post link here due to new user restrictions.
jerseykat1 said:
Looking for a good stable rom with no memory leaks or random slow downs. Naturally i would prefer it to be JB but i know thats unrealistic at this point.
So is there anything based on Samsungs ICS, that is very much like aosp?
features i am hooked on now: programmable hardware buttons, google now, JB style notifications (i know this is a long shot).
any suggestions?
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There is NO stock based Rom that will those CM10 things you are talking about.
However, Chameleon ROM 1.2 has some Aosp apps, JB animations, and it's AOSP themed : forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1847600
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
The title pretty much says everything. What should I do?
The reason I've stuck with the stock rom is;
- Beats (The actual HTC one, also present in all audio and toggle when watching video)
- May receive updates (see below)
- HTC's Camera
- Seems to be the most stable
However, I also want these;
- Good battery life (Which stock rom is just, awful at doing)
- Slightly faster performance (It's fast already but you do get some delay with actions, mainly cause of HTC's junk.)
- Android 4.2.1, mainly for the expandable notifications really, I'm fed up of having to pinch them all the time.
- CPU Limits (underclocking)
HTC still haven't given us the 4.2 update yet. They're absolutely awful at giving them. My Wildfire S got updated to 2.3.5 in Jan '12, long after better Android Systems. If I had the 4.2 update, I wouldn't be contemplating this. Samsung are way better at the updates. HTC need to take a leaf out of their book.
A custom HTC rom is my first choice but I have a feeling the battery will still be awful. CM10.1 is a good option but feels so innocent, and the HTC look has kind of been imprinted on my head.
I'm using the stock rom, rooted and customized a bit(still need to deodex it though). At any rate, I'm having pretty good luck with it thus far, now that it's tweaked a little.
That being said, there are some good options in the roms section that are pretty much all reported to help battery life, performance, etc. Elegancia seems to be really popular at the moment so you might check that one out.
And of course, patience is also key here, in that as time passes more devs will probably get one, more roms will come out, etc. Hope that helps.
hey
Hey im using the viper xl+ rom and it has everything you have mentioned.
Its Stable
Has HTC camera
and is very very stable.
You should give it a try.
If you need anything I could help with the kernal flashing and adb.
sandsrules said:
The title pretty much says everything. What should I do?
The reason I've stuck with the stock rom is;
- Beats (The actual HTC one, also present in all audio and toggle when watching video)
- May receive updates (see below)
- HTC's Camera
- Seems to be the most stable
However, I also want these;
- Good battery life (Which stock rom is just, awful at doing)
- Slightly faster performance (It's fast already but you do get some delay with actions, mainly cause of HTC's junk.)
- Android 4.2.1, mainly for the expandable notifications really, I'm fed up of having to pinch them all the time.
- CPU Limits (underclocking)
HTC still haven't given us the 4.2 update yet. They're absolutely awful at giving them. My Wildfire S got updated to 2.3.5 in Jan '12, long after better Android Systems. If I had the 4.2 update, I wouldn't be contemplating this. Samsung are way better at the updates. HTC need to take a leaf out of their book.
A custom HTC rom is my first choice but I have a feeling the battery will still be awful. CM10.1 is a good option but feels so innocent, and the HTC look has kind of been imprinted on my head.
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I would definitely go with the Viper XL ROM from Venom. It has been absolutely amazing. Performance is top notch, battery is top notch. Hats off to them. Really amazing rom.
Well considering how old this is I assume you already made a decision. That said if you are still looking I would go with Elegancia. The only other rom I tried was venom/viper and my experience was a train wreck. The rom was slow, had a tendency to need rebooted quite often and even after 2 weeks of cycles the batter was poor. Not to mention the force closes and the amount of utilities that seemed useless.
I put a custom rom on my phone out the box. I love ViperX+!
Three words, Yup.
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Well considering how old this is I assume you already made a decision. That said if you are still looking I would go with Elegancia. The only other rom I tried was venom/viper and my experience was a train wreck. The rom was slow, had a tendency to need rebooted quite often and even after 2 weeks of cycles the batter was poor. Not to mention the force closes and the amount of utilities that seemed useless.
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I agree on Elegancia. It looks stock, no ui changes, the pull down menu is stock (unlike viper has too many options in the pull down) no bloatware (for me no AT&T crap) it's rooted and ready to be used. Tried Viper roms for about a day and my OCD was going crazy with so many options. I like it to be clean and simple also it doesn't have a carrier or author boot sounds or images (my stock ROM had an annoying at&t noise and carrier logo and viper had its own boot logo of a cobra and said Viper)
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You can customize Viper in any way. If you don´t wanna have so much options, you can delete some of them. The Tweaks give you the ability, to change all in the way you like. That´s the freedom of Android Phones and Viper increases the possibilities.
Would love to run one of aosp, aokp or cm roms but the poor audio is off-putting. I appreciate this is a problem with HTC not releasing the drivers, but for now it keeps me on a stock based rom. I like the clean look of the sense-less Jellybean roms, the low and tinny speaker volume is a little off-putting.
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Would love to run one of aosp, aokp or cm roms but the poor audio is off-putting. I appreciate this is a problem with HTC not releasing the drivers, but for now it keeps me on a stock based rom. I like the clean look of the sense-less Jellybean roms, the low and tinny speaker volume is a little off-putting.
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lol wut? poor audio? tinny speaker volume??
Venom ROM
The Venom ROM is nice. Im just waiting for them to fix the volume rocker mod so I can change songs in Pandora without unlocking the phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2098218
Lloir is working a CM10 AOSP ROM and the audio appears fine. The only tinny audio issue I had was with the HTC Inspire and that issue went away with JB ROMs.
I used viper xl on my old ATT HOX for what seems like forever. My single most favorite ROM I have ever flashed, next to CM7 on an inspire 4g. But truth be told I'm very happy with the stock roms performance, I deleted all the bloatware and crap i dont use and its performance and battery life are above average, im very satisfied. The only thing I'd change is the factory battery icon (id like to see actual percentage), and id like to have a landscape mode on the home screen.
stock ROM is stable and fast for sure but Custom ROM's have just some extra options and thats all. I am using ARHD from mike. Loves it !
NoobDude said:
I used viper xl on my old ATT HOX for what seems like forever. My single most favorite ROM I have ever flashed, next to CM7 on an inspire 4g. But truth be told I'm very happy with the stock roms performance, I deleted all the bloatware and crap i dont use and its performance and battery life are above average, im very satisfied. The only thing I'd change is the factory battery icon (id like to see actual percentage), and id like to have a landscape mode on the home screen.
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Did you ever use the Volume rockers to skip tracks on songs when the screen was off with this ROM?
Viper X + 1.0.3
So I have the Viper X + 1.0.3 Rom on my device and have to say: these are worlds between the stock ROM and the Viper X +.
It's fast, absolutely smooth, battery friendly and the support is great.
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sandsrules said:
The reason I've stuck with the stock rom is;
- Beats (The actual HTC one, also present in all audio and toggle when watching video)
- May receive updates (see below)
- HTC's Camera
- Seems to be the most stable
However, I also want these;
- Good battery life (Which stock rom is just, awful at doing)
- Slightly faster performance (It's fast already but you do get some delay with actions, mainly cause of HTC's junk.)
- Android 4.2.1, mainly for the expandable notifications really, I'm fed up of having to pinch them all the time.
- CPU Limits (underclocking)
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- Beats gives U more options with custom mods -> please See Elegancia Rom or ViperX one ore Lyapota mod alone for any custom rom
- Same updates with same interface with ViperX rom! but much more and better updates
- HTC camera - what the difference? again U can use some useful mods if U want or not as U wish
- Luckily Great devs took care on HOX+. You can rely on Venom Team, Elegancia, Insert Coin, ARHD for sure!
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Android 4.2.1 only without Sense for now. If you choose rom not based on stock base then it couldn't be as stable because of many drivers which developers don't have from HTC