[Q] Need a stable ICS rom for my Photon 4G - Motorola Photon 4G

Any suggestions?
I use this as a backup phone. Most of the time I use my evo 3D.
Want to see which is good ICS rom to try!

okmsdn said:
Any suggestions?
I use this as a backup phone. Most of the time I use my evo 3D.
Want to see which is good ICS rom to try!
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Try jokersax's CM9 ROM. Its pretty stable and in beta. The thing is if you are going to install an ICS rom, you need to do it now before Sprint releases the 2.3.5 maintenance update which locks the bootloader.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413349

All our ics roms are based off jokers so try any of em. If I had to pick oit of stability, id say go with cm9 or cna.

Miui has been the most stable ics rom for me. I don't really care for the iphonish stock launcher, so I use one of the ics launchers instead. Looks just like cm9. AOKPCB is also good and has great battery life.

Acvice said:
All our ics roms are based off jokers so try any of em. If I had to pick oit of stability, id say go with cm9 or cna.
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Where is CM9? I don't see the Photon as a supported device on the cyanogenmod website. Is the camera working? That's kind of a deal-breaker for me as I use it quite a bit with Evernote in recording receipts and quick pics with my kids.
I have it on my TouchPad and love it, but of course no camera there. Just wondering if that has changed with Photon.
Many thanks.

kstagg said:
Where is CM9? I don't see the Photon as a supported device on the cyanogenmod website. Is the camera working? That's kind of a deal-breaker for me as I use it quite a bit with Evernote in recording receipts and quick pics with my kids.
I have it on my TouchPad and love it, but of course no camera there. Just wondering if that has changed with Photon.
Many thanks.
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Joker's CM9 thread in the post above by ericdabbs:
ericdabbs said:
Try jokersax's CM9 ROM. Its pretty stable and in beta. The thing is if you are going to install an ICS rom, you need to do it now before Sprint releases the 2.3.5 maintenance update which locks the bootloader.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413349
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Camera works...might still be some rotation issues but it works. Overall a very functional/stable ICS rom. As far as I know it has been submitted to the CM team to be added as a supported device.

Any of the ICS ROMs are a good bet. CM9 or CNA are very stable. AOKP and AOKPCB are cool, too. There is also MIUI. I have tried all of them. Main issues are video isn't working without a third party app like camera 360 and tge web browser will close if you rotate the screen. These probably won't be corrected until some official ICS libs and/or drivers are released. Over all they are very good ROMs, very stable, lots of nice features, too.
One thing you need to be aware of. In order to flash any ICS ROM you have to be on an unlocked bootloader. Unlocking Borks 4G, if that matters that is the only real drawback.
My MoPho's in the kitchen sink!!

I was surprised to see how stable the ICS roms are. After reading the threads up until now, I was worried for a headache but I installed AOKP and have only about 5 bugs with it and they are definitely annoying but I have been using my phone daily for a few days without any major problems.

ericdabbs said:
Try jokersax's CM9 ROM. Its pretty stable and in beta. The thing is if you are going to install an ICS rom, you need to do it now before Sprint releases the 2.3.5 maintenance update which locks the bootloader.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413349
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If the 2.3.5 update has asked me to install it, but I've said "not yet", is it too late to try this?

Puzzlegal said:
If the 2.3.5 update has asked me to install it, but I've said "not yet", is it too late to try this?
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As long as you haven't installed the update your fine.
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Puzzlegal said:
If the 2.3.5 update has asked me to install it, but I've said "not yet", is it too late to try this?
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FC809 said:
As long as you haven't installed the update your fine.
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What he said^^^^^
Once you install the update to 2.3.5 you are hosed. The update will lock your bootloader.
My MoPho's in the kitchen sink!!

okmsdn said:
Any suggestions?
I use this as a backup phone. Most of the time I use my evo 3D.
Want to see which is good ICS rom to try!
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every ics rom ported by th3bill at jokersax.com are more than stable.awesome
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ericdabbs said:
Try jokersax's CM9 ROM. Its pretty stable and in beta. The thing is if you are going to install an ICS rom, you need to do it now before Sprint releases the 2.3.5 maintenance update which locks the bootloader.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413349
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ya it locks it down tight..no sbf. but there is a root now...google qbking77 photon root for 2.3.5

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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.
MJPollard said:
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.
Sent from my Neutrino-loaded ATRIX
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.
Sent from my Neutrino-loaded ATRIX
+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.
Atrix_Owner said:
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.

What's the most stable rom right now? [4/21/2012]

I'm on stock unrooted and I just want a rooted, hassle-free experience. So which rom right now has the least known complications? Just a quick look at the development section makes me think it might be the Unofficial Rom.
Any recommendations?
I'm pretty happy with the alpha 2 from DAGr8. His third version gave me too many problems. The other roms' forums seem full of problems with the store or messages...I guess just try a few. If you nandroid where you are now switch back shouldn't be too hard
Budge said:
I'm on stock unrooted and I just want a rooted, hassle-free experience. So which rom right now has the least known complications? Just a quick look at the development section makes me think it might be the Unofficial Rom.
Any recommendations?
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There aren't many at the moment. I would suggest staying stock with some tweaks until our phone becomes more widespread(it's still new)
I just flashed theunofficial and so far it hasn't given me any problems.
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I would give unofficial a try. It is by far the most stable custom rom I have ever used. It has never frozen, given me FCs, or had weird random issues. So basically it works flawlessly and this is the first custom rom I can honestly say that about.
uncleTed said:
I'm pretty happy with the alpha 2 from DAGr8. His third version gave me too many problems. The other roms' forums seem full of problems with the store or messages...I guess just try a few. If you nandroid where you are now switch back shouldn't be too hard
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+1
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xda1zero said:
There aren't many at the moment. I would suggest staying stock with some tweaks until our phone becomes more widespread(it's still new)
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I want to try at least one Rom, then I may go to this.
uncleTed and thephoneguyusa, have you tried Unofficial and you still recommend alpha2? Thanks.
Budge said:
I want to try at least one Rom, then I may go to this.
uncleTed and thephoneguyusa, have you tried Unofficial and you still recommend alpha2? Thanks.
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I have used unofficial and it is good as well but if you want ICS not Gingerbread alpha2 is the way to go in my opinion.
Sent from my ICS powered Note
I have flashed all the roms and i keep coming back to Saurom 7.1 I do like the unofficial as well. You have to at least try 2 of them to test around with because really comes down to personal preference when many roms become stable.
toucan203 said:
I have flashed all the roms and i keep coming back to Saurom 7.1 I do like the unofficial as well. You have to at least try 2 of them to test around with because really comes down to personal preference when many roms become stable.
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+1 - Saurom 7.1 FTW
thephoneguyusa said:
+1
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uncleTed said:
I'm pretty happy with the alpha 2 from DAGr8. His third version gave me too many problems. The other roms' forums seem full of problems with the store or messages...I guess just try a few. If you nandroid where you are now switch back shouldn't be too hard
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+1 as well. I've been on Alpha 2 since it was put out and its been pretty much rock solid. Alpha 3 was different story.
toucan203 said:
I have flashed all the roms and i keep coming back to Saurom 7.1 I do like the unofficial as well. You have to at least try 2 of them to test around with because really comes down to personal preference when many roms become stable.
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+ 1 for Saurom 7.1. It's the only one I've ever used due to the fact it's never given me a reason to look anywhere else...
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+1 - Saurom 7.1 Here as well still!
I like the latest Unofficial...no FC's, nothing extra to flash, and it has a great theme.
Saurom. Nothing better period
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+1 unofficial is a great rom I'm also useing with the SPB shell 3D, it's so fast and smooth. So much eye candy
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I also must jump on the Unofficial bandwagon as it is "very" stable. I was on Solaris for a while but it seems to be out of the picture for now. But if you want a hassle-free experience, go for the Unofficial.
Another for "The Unofficial". Great ROM, very stable and smooth.
Dag_8 Alpha II is the best ICS out so far. It's currently my daily driver.
Alpha III caused SMS issues and other FCs.
If playing4sheezy comes out with Beta 2 for NOTEWorthy then I'll be switching to it, because it is the smoothest, cleanest, ICS out yet...
A Question
I have a question for the folks using alpha II, what do you like about it over Alpha I? I keep comming back to Alpha I because it is the most stable for me.
Cheers
BR

STABLE Photon ROMs

To help myself and others, please respond with the names (and links) of ROMs that are stable (locked or unlocked). I'll keep an updated list in this first post.
Please state any known bugs other than 4g not working for unlocked bootloaders. The goal is to create a list of ROMs that have little to no bugs. Thanks!
MOF 2.3.5.ish {locked} Leaked Update (Retains 4G!)
Official CM7 (works great!)
2.3.5 Hybrid (Stock/CM7), Multilingual, Deblur (works great!)
Android Open Kang Project {AOKP} (Bugs: Themes not functioning properly)
Official MIUI.us
Joker's Skinny ROMs
*Most ROMs based on CM9 have some bugs and problems with using the video camera. See here for possible fixes.
Im pretty new here however I have done my fair share of flashing but I have been on the hybrid 2.3.5 by peetr and its faster than stock ir any ics rom but as with everything this setup works the best for my needs and as always ymmv
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^ have to agree with you. Love using miui and other ics roms but 2.3.5 hybrid is so smooth and fast, and everything works.
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bricky23 said:
^ have to agree with you. Love using miui and other ics roms but 2.3.5 hybrid is so smooth and fast, and everything works.
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Have you noticed any wallpaper pixelation?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26287745&postcount=205
sjamie said:
To help myself and others, please respond with the names (and links) of ROMs that are stable (locked or unlocked). I'll keep an updated list in this first post.
Please state any known bugs; however, the goal is to create a list of ROMs that have little to no bugs. Thanks!
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Great idea. I was looking for a rom but am lacking the time to research each and every thread and its posts to root out the good and bad of each. I was going to post and ask myself about a decent working rom with the most working functions and with little bugs. Hopefully those with time will give feedback and include ALL the info you requested in your OP for those of us lacking the free time.
There are so many now. I know some say "go search", but not all of us have the time to weed through all details in each post. Thanks again.
sjamie said:
Have you noticed any wallpaper pixelation?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26287745&postcount=205
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Yeah but it looks like peetr is looking into it
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Cool, just wanted to see if the issue is across the board with this ROM or if it is just happening to some phones.
are there any roms out there that work with boot strap recovery that dont require me to break my 4g?
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are there any roms out there that work with boot strap recovery that dont require me to break my 4g?
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Yes Rocko has one it says locked in the title of the thread. Also imperium has a locked version. And a couple others alien and another one. I forget the name. Its older, but I think it says sudo in the name.
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you wouldnt happen to know which one works best and is the least bug free do you?
Sorry I don't have 4g where I live, so I am always unlocked
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Sorry I don't have 4g where I live, so I am always unlocked
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Hell, I have 4G where I live and I still unlocked. Wimax is worthless with the 2500mhz spectrum. It only works outside in the middle of the street when you're not moving.
I see little mention of them here, but the ICS builds that spleef,; Th3Bill, and Teqm Moto Tegra have put together based on Joker's CM9 are pretty nice, too. I'm running CNA right now and other than two items which do have work arounds (camera needs 3rd party app and browser is set to landscape only), they are very smooth and stable. I'm lovin me some ICS!!
My MoPho's in the kitchen sink!!
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I see little mention of them here, but the ICS builds that spleef,; Th3Bill, and Teqm Moto Tegra have put together based on Joker's CM9 are pretty nice, too. I'm running CNA right now and other than two items which do have work arounds (camera needs 3rd party app and browser is set to landscape only), they are very smooth and stable. I'm lovin me some ICS!!
My MoPho's in the kitchen sink!!
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I'm running spleef's AOKP build 36 and overall, everything works great! Very usable with only a few annoyances that I am sure will be fixed in time.
I need a ROM with a stable navigation app because I travel for work a lot. So far only the stock ROM works well enough for daily use. CM7, AOKP, and CM9 all exhibit strange behavior like spontaneous rebooting or switching back to Car Home repeatedly despite the navigation continuing to call turns.
CM9 and AOKP also don't seem to work with my car dock well, I can't get any sound to go through the AUX port. I also noticed that when I drove around SoCal for a while with any of the CM ROMs, the screen will blank when the phone got hot. I restored a stock rom and had no problems in the same situations. CM7 doesn't have any problems playing music through the dock but the unstable nav bums me out.
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I need a ROM with a stable navigation app because I travel for work a lot. So far only the stock ROM works well enough for daily use. CM7, AOKP, and CM9 all exhibit strange behavior like spontaneous rebooting or switching back to Car Home repeatedly despite the navigation continuing to call turns.
CM9 and AOKP also don't seem to work with my car dock well, I can't get any sound to go through the AUX port. I also noticed that when I drove around SoCal for a while with any of the CM ROMs, the screen will blank when the phone got hot. I restored a stock rom and had no problems in the same situations. CM7 doesn't have any problems playing music through the dock but the unstable nav bums me out.
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Try the 2.3.5 Hybrid (Stock/CM7), Multilingual, Deblur ROM. It is almost flawless.
ROM Pros and Cons
Here is a great write-up of the pros and cons of different Photon ROMs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1686434
Good lookin out and all, but loki already has a thread for this and many other aspects of the mopho that he's been keeping updated since the creation of the photon forum.
Sent from my CM7ed out Mopho
Which specific thread are you referring to that specifies which ROMs are stable and their pros and cons?
Nevermind, it used to be a sticky is android development forum but I don't see it there now. Perhaps he had a mod take it down when his harddrives crashed a few weeks ago. My bad dude.
Sent from my CM7ed out Mopho

Stable ROM for Photon GSM

Hi, I am using Photon for my GSM. I have unlocked my phone and right now using MIUI ROM.
Can anyone suggest me which is the best available stable ROM for my photon with very less issues. Please help.
peetr's 2.3.5 Hybrid. It offer's the most in advantages vs stability. The current version has very few bugs and is extremely stable. It may not be "cool" but then again neither was Imperium.
1. Can we ange the status bar to be like MIUI ?
2. Do the softkey light works fine ?
3. Can i able con to sync facebook contacts and displays their photos and details in contacts with native apps without using Hexsync or something ?
Please give a reply .
ic4 roms not stable as u think
i tried 3 diffrent rom parinoid aokp and cm9 none were stable my phone wold randomly reboot when not being used , net flix dosent work issues with the kick stand mode i thought they all lacked the attension to detail since motorola makes things a lil harder soposidly
I second the choice of peetr's 2.3.5 rom. It works great and has been virtually bug free. I've tried stock, Imperium, paranoid, cm9, and cm7 also and the only one I can get data on aside from peetr's is cm7. I'm trying out simplemobile on my photon to see how t-mobiles network is.
Back to Stock
I unlocked my Photon to work with the AT&T and then decided to try some different roms. I think I want to go back to stock rom but keep unlock, how can I do that?
cbrtp said:
I unlocked my Photon to work with the AT&T and then decided to try some different roms. I think I want to go back to stock rom but keep unlock, how can I do that?
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just nandroid restore your stock ROM. given you backed that up like you should have.
or do you possibly mean restore your radio to go back to the stock ROM / CDMA?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664212
na7q said:
just nandroid restore your stock ROM. given you backed that up like you should have.
or do you possibly mean restore your radio to go back to the stock ROM / CDMA?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664212
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Sadly I didn't do a nandroid backup... Is there another way?
cbrtp said:
Sadly I didn't do a nandroid backup... Is there another way?
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sbf
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So, guys, I´m using an international GSM network. Is there an ICS rom that works fine with GSM network?
I Use 2.3.5 Hybrid (Stock/CM7), Multilingual, Deblur
:good::good::good:
i am using miui 2.6.1 ics rom and i am in sweden
Thanks for answering. So then, there are only 2 roms with stable GSM network?
I am using cm9 aokp build version 38
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karamathdr said:
I am using cm9 aokp build version 38
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How is that rom going so far?
Did you used some fix or something?
peetr_'s 2.3.5 Hybrid is the best.
but for the adventurous people; cm10 alpha is getting along well with gsm network. better than cm9 alpha.
all CM9 have bugs
as i tried different CM9 ROM, all of them had major bugs, unless if you are considering camcorder not major part of the phone, even the alpha CM10 have the same bug and more.
for me i had to wait until an official release from Motorola
I think cm10 beta by jokersax with gapps v3 is better even though in the beta stage smooth and fast with small issues like white screen in camera application(but mind you jelly bean camera takes awesome photos even with the white screen) camcorder issues and themes not able to apply
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I hope the GSM function will keep working on the new versions of CM10 that are going to come...
Any updates on stable roms? I just unlocked my gsm radio on att orginal2.3.4 looking for somehing good but.dont wanna brick my phone or lose my gsm inlock any ideas;please

[Q] Giving up on ICS

Was gonna wait for the official ICS update for the thunderbolt but after 4months and numerous rumors not panning out im going to root and flash a rom any suggestions for the best daily driver ????
But browsing and reading up a little but still confused on whats available??? Would love to try jelly bean but i can settle for ICS
Battery life, speed and stability are the important points for a daily driver
Whats you suggestions????
I know I'm gonna regret it as soon as i root and flash the official update will probably come out but i remember when i first rooted my OG droid I never went back so what you guys suggest??? also next upgrade will probably be taking the nexus 4 to straight talk but wanna get a few more months out of my Thunderbolt u would think HTC would want to keep the customers that run out and bought the first 4G device but i guess all they really care about is our money.
Rpatton said:
Was gonna wait for the official ICS update for the thunderbolt but after 4months and numerous rumors not panning out im going to root and flash a rom any suggestions for the best daily driver ????
But browsing and reading up a little but still confused on whats available??? Would love to try jelly bean but i can settle for ICS
Battery life, speed and stability are the important points for a daily driver
Whats you suggestions????
I know I'm gonna regret it as soon as i root and flash the official update will probably come out but i remember when i first rooted my OG droid I never went back so what you guys suggest??? also next upgrade will probably be taking the nexus 4 to straight talk but wanna get a few more months out of my Thunderbolt u would think HTC would want to keep the customers that run out and bought the first 4G device but i guess all they really care about is our money.
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If you're looking for an ICS build there really is no amazing one yet, but Liquid's is the best you will find with Nusense a close second. My personal recommendation for a daily driver though is Thundershed, or any of the roms from reds. I am running ikream nosense and enjoy it a bit. There is also the sense based offering of it both are pretty nice. Depending on what rom you go with there are kernels and things like that to pick up from there.
If you want something bug free i recommend Skyraider zeus 1.3. Thats what im using with the lean kernel. Its very smooth. Plus there is a sweet ics theme for it. Throw in halo launcher aswell and you pretty much have the complete look and feel of ics and bug free. Everything works perfect on this rom
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If you want something bug free i recommend Skyraider zeus 1.3. Thats what im using with the lean kernel. Its very smooth. Plus there is a sweet ics theme for it. Throw in halo launcher aswell and you pretty much have the complete look and feel of ics and bug free. Everything works perfect on this rom
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Skyraider always bootlooped or the radios were horrid and drew no signal for me for no reason even after clean flashing so I swapped over to the ikream ones personally
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Skyraider always bootlooped or the radios were horrid and drew no signal for me for no reason even after clean flashing so I swapped over to the ikream ones personally
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Thats odd. I've used it for a long time with no issues. I use the .19 radio with it.
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Thats odd. I've used it for a long time with no issues. I use the .19 radio with it.
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As was I. I just assumed my phone had aids though since it sees to work quite well for a lot of users
Proving again that all Thunderbolts are different, don't know why, but each responds differently to different ROMS.
To the OP, remember! Flashing is cheap, don't hesitate to try several ROMs before deciding on one you like.
I lean toward the NuSense but battery life isn't quite what I need... <sigh>
Another hearty recommendation for SkyRaider 1.3.
I've been evaluating lots of other ROMs and radio combos. Nothing has been as solid a daily driver as SkyRaider Zeus.
I'm really working at using Twisted's AOKP ICS, but my Bolt doesn't love it. I keep getting data hangs, and have to reset the radios via Airplane mode off/on.
And the leaked Sense ICS was way too battery hungry for me.
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Another hearty recommendation for SkyRaider 1.3.
I've been evaluating lots of other ROMs and radio combos. Nothing has been as solid a daily driver as SkyRaider Zeus.
I'm really working at using Twisted's AOKP ICS, but my Bolt doesn't love it. I keep getting data hangs, and have to reset the radios via Airplane mode off/on.
And the leaked Sense ICS was way too battery hungry for me.
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I have been running on Sky Raider and once I got the right radio, I had no issues. Pretty solid
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LiquidSmooth 3.2:good: with the .19 radio. It has been my daily driver for almost a year now. Way better than any current ICS rom for the mecha. No problems, everything works. And it all works plenty fast enough.
If you really want a solid ROM with everything working great, Sky Raider is excellent. Especially since I like having a good camera and video camera. Nice to have everything work perfectly. I love AOSP, it is very fast, but you don't get the same functionality (dont get me wrong it is very close, but small things like camera are just not quite as good) you do with Sense. I hate sense but skyraider really is a great ROM
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LiquidSmooth 3.2:good: with the .19 radio. It has been my daily driver for almost a year now. Way better than any current ICS rom for the mecha. No problems, everything works. And it all works plenty fast enough.
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I wanted to check that out. Cant find a working link
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I wanted to check that out. Cant find a working link
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I sent you a private message with the link. Not sure if I am allowed to post it in the forum. If anyone else needs it just PM me.
You should check out Twisted's new rom. I haven't had any problems with it and it's the smoothest rom I've had in awhile.
So can anyone give me a rundown on the differences on these ROM's? I've seen Liquid 3.2, Thundershed, and Skyraider mentioned here. Which are Sense based and which are AOSP. Are the Sense based Rom's laggy? I've tried NuSense, and it was a nice ROM, but just too laggy for my taste. I've tried Jesters and Twisted's 11-7 version of Liquids ICS ROM, and they've been great, but I'm having too many bluetooth issues which will interfere with work so it's a no go if I can't simply turn on the bluetooth and let it connect.
I understand flashing is supposed to be quick and easy so just try them all, but it seems to take me several hours to get everything backed up, flashed, and put back the way I like it. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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So can anyone give me a rundown on the differences on these ROM's? I've seen Liquid 3.2, Thundershed, and Skyraider mentioned here. Which are Sense based and which are AOSP. Are the Sense based Rom's laggy? .
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I have only used LiquidSmooth 3.2. It is a Gingerbread AOSP. Any Sense ROM tends to be very laggy on either of my Thunderbolts. And all of the ICS ROM's seem to have at least one problem or another that keeps it from being my daily driver(bluetooth, wifi, camera or camcorder especially!)
It all depends on what you can and can't live without on a DD. Most of the Gingerbread ROMS's shouldn't have many, if any, issues. Some may be slightly slower than others and look different but all should make a good DD. The current ICS ROM's for the mecha are extremely fast, but usually lack in the camcorder or wifi department.
This thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905083 has most of the ROM's linked(except LiquidSmooth3.2 Not sure why all the links to it were removed, Liquid is the Man tho and gotta respect his decision)
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I have only used LiquidSmooth 3.2. It is a Gingerbread AOSP. Any Sense ROM tends to be very laggy on either of my Thunderbolts. And all of the ICS ROM's seem to have at least one problem or another that keeps it from being my daily driver(bluetooth, wifi, camera or camcorder especially!)
It all depends on what you can and can't live without on a DD. Most of the Gingerbread ROMS's shouldn't have many, if any, issues. Some may be slightly slower than others and look different but all should make a good DD. The current ICS ROM's for the mecha are extremely fast, but usually lack in the camcorder or wifi department.
This thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1905083 has most of the ROM's linked(except LiquidSmooth3.2 Not sure why all the links to it were removed, Liquid is the Man tho and gotta respect his decision)
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I found basically all sense roms to be laggy except for Skyraider. I'd recommend it to anyone.
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Bamf forever 1.10 or 1.11 or Skyraider? I cant find any of them all the links are broken If you can post a link or PM me a link to it other than the teambamf.net site cause it doesnt work that would be awesome.

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