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So i dont know really know much about roms and kernels but i have alien and kholks kernel . which are the best of the best as of today ? Thanks
Purely subjective... different strokes for different folks.
I would venture to say though, that Alien is probably the most downloaded Atrix ROM right not... mostly b/c of the reputation Kenn had w/ GingerBlur, back on 2.2.2 (well deserved reputation I might add).
You can check my signature for my current setup.
i see , whats rom racer ?
RazKidd said:
i see , whats rom racer ?
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The developer of what is currently the best version of CWM Recovery for the Atrix... see my N00B guide at the top of the General thread for further explanation.
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Also, give the Aura ROM a looksee. This is my personal preference over Alien, and the dev is constantly active making improvements to it.
Aura ROM
Also................Romracer's CWM
why is aura good ?
I've moved from Alien to Aura recently. I think, it's more faster and including faux kernel at stock (I was using it on Alien).
On Aura you have 3 choises to install: no blur, only blur account and all blur.
I'm using the simpliest version with no blur apps. It's pretty fast .
moorzel said:
I've moved from Alien to Aura recently. I think, it's more faster and including faux kernel at stock (I was using it on Alien).
On Aura you have 3 choises to install: no blur, only blur account and all blur.
I'm using the simpliest version with no blur apps. It's pretty fast .
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Agreed. I'm using Aura 1.1.3 Debloat #7. It is crazy fast, light, and has no Moto crap. My regular use of the phone with other roms burned about 5% to 7% an hour. This Aura rom has burned only 3% in an hour. I need to test it further before I can come to a conclusion, but it's looking amazing to me already.
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Also, give the Aura ROM a looksee. This is my personal preference over Alien, and the dev is constantly active making improvements to it.
Aura ROM
Also................Romracer's CWM
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+1gazillion.
I have to chime in and give props to πCrust... It also comes stock with Faux OC Kernel, is very stable, and Has excellent battery life! I have had no issues at all with πCrust v.7
Have gone 30+ hours on a single charge with moderate use, and scored 4788 benchmark on anTuTu. I am undervolted and OC'd
I loved alien rom, aura rom gave me a headache lol.
I am now on cherryπ with the alien theme (I like green )
So far so good
Orange FR 2.3.4
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I've tried Ninja SF, Alien and am currently on Aura 1.1.3 #8Debloat and loving it...no blur and superfast with great battery life and the builder is always there for questions, wonder if he ever sleeps LoL ....waiting for CM7 to get out if beta so I can try it
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So i dont know really know much about roms and kernels but i have alien and kholks kernel . which are the best of the best as of today ? Thanks
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Hmm, for me on my Atrix it's MIUI 1.8.19 and for the kernel it's Superman's 1.9ghz oc.
BravoMotorola said:
Hmm, for me on my Atrix it's MIUI 1.8.19 and for the kernel it's Superman's 1.9ghz oc.
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This would be awesome if true, since MIUI is what im waiting for, but I highly doubt it, unless you somehow ported it yourself and didn't share it.
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bamastang said:
I have to chime in and give props to πCrust... It also comes stock with Faux OC Kernel, is very stable, and Has excellent battery life! I have had no issues at all with πCrust v.7
Have gone 30+ hours on a single charge with moderate use, and scored 4788 benchmark on anTuTu. I am undervolted and OC'd
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Hi bamastang! I'm on picrust same as yours but i'm not that lucky. Battery lasts 10 hours at most, phone is super hot. Swipe doesn't work. Keyboard is little misaligned with finger touch.
Any help really welcome. Sorry if im asking in wrong place...
Thanks...
Any advice
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jucapolito said:
Hi bamastang! I'm on picrust same as yours but i'm not that lucky. Battery lasts 10 hours at most, phone is super hot. Swipe doesn't work. Keyboard is little misaligned with finger touch.
Any help really welcome. Sorry if im asking in wrong place...
Thanks...
Any advice
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Hate to hear that!! As far as the Battery, are you using SetCPU for UV and or Over clocking? I have some profiles set up for the CPU and have set UV as well. My phone will get hot on occassion, but usually only if I am on it for a long streatch. I am using Swiftkey X as my keyboard and have had no issues.
There is no such thing as a Best ROM.
If you asking this question, answer would be, there is none. If you really want to find out which one is "GOOD FOR YOU?" you should try flashing all the ROMs. As such, so far there is very handful of ROMs are available anyways. Flashing all of them one by one would only be a matter of a week or so.
See what you like and stick to the one.
IMO this is the best way to answer your question.
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Hate to hear that!! As far as the Battery, are you using SetCPU for UV and or Over clocking? I have some profiles set up for the CPU and have set UV as well. My phone will get hot on occassion, but usually only if I am on it for a long streatch. I am using Swiftkey X as my keyboard and have had no issues.
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Thx bamastang! Flashed 0.1.7 faux, seems better now.also changed setcpu profiles to minimum when screen off.
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Hello,
I have got the itch to try a GB ROM again. I'm currently running Project V and it's great, but i want some change. I tried CM7 RC1 when it first came out and couldn't deal with the horrible battery life. But I figure it's been quite a while so things may have improved since then. What would be everyone's suggestion on the best one? I don't like crazy themes or anything. I'm just looking for a stock GB look with decent battery life and stability. Thanks in advance!
I want to know this too!
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Simply Honey 5.1 w/ 1.2 Bullet kernel. Badass Rom \m/
peecs121 said:
Simply Honey 5.1 w/ 1.2 Bullet kernel. Badass Rom \m/
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Simply Honey is way over-themed for my liking.
If over themed you mean completely then yes it probably is. Sorry didn't mean to make the UI uniform.
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explodingboy70 said:
If over themed you mean completely then yes it probably is. Sorry didn't mean to make the UI uniform.
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Calm down now, it's nothing personal. I'm sure it runs just fine. I just like the stock GB look.
The cm7 have drastically improved battery is on part with most other GB roms. I personally love Miui revamped LE it is incredibly fast and the developers are extremely active in the forum. Along with that they update the ROM every Friday and you always think there is no way it can get better but somehow they always seem to exceed expectations
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I'm currently using CM7. How can I install other Roms? Directly from rom manager? I tried but failed
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Biffmod
I personally find Simply Honey to be a bit much as well (no offense explodingboy, just not to my taste). So, leaning toward a stock-ish ROM, I recommend Biffmod Vibrant. It's basically CM7, but with a bunch of tweaks to fix the common complaints and a stock look. Here are the changes:
Features:
*Mix of AOSP/cm7 - 2.3.5
*black launcher2
*black camera
*notification widgets
*overclock capable kernel (1.7ghz)
*voodoo color and sound
*BLN/LED Notifications (on by default, the BLN app is not compatible)
*Ricktips
*glitch kernel HL thanks TK-Glitch
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I've been using it ever since I switched from my HD2 to the Vibrant, and it's a dream. The only issue I've encountered is a "problem" with the overclocking: the kernel says it can go up to 1.7Ghz, but in my experience it tops out at about 1.4Ghz before the phone starts to freeze up. Other than that, like I said, it's great—I fully recommend it.
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I personally find Simply Honey to be a bit much as well (no offense explodingboy, just not to my taste). So, leaning toward a stock-ish ROM, I recommend Biffmod Vibrant. It's basically CM7, but with a bunch of tweaks to fix the common complaints and a stock look. Here are the changes:
I've been using it ever since I switched from my HD2 to the Vibrant, and it's a dream. The only issue I've encountered is a "problem" with the overclocking: the kernel says it can go up to 1.7Ghz, but in my experience it tops out at about 1.4Ghz before the phone starts to freeze up. Other than that, like I said, it's great—I fully recommend it.
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How do you fare on battery life?
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explodingboy70 said:
If over themed you mean completely then yes it probably is. Sorry didn't mean to make the UI uniform.
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I just wanted to chime in, I've tried your rom before and it was fantastic (in fact, i think it was the first one to have bln fixed when all the other roms had broken bln). However, I was past my honeycomb theme phase and is looking for a more stock gb (or close to it) look now. I constantly search for themes for your rom that can make it look like stock but to no avail I think if you added a stock theme zip, you will be able to increase your user base by quite a significant amount of people.
It's great--I easily go a whole day with moderate to heavy Wifi usage (I don't have data) without having to plugin.
en!gma said:
I personally find Simply Honey to be a bit much as well (no offense explodingboy, just not to my taste). So, leaning toward a stock-ish ROM, I recommend Biffmod Vibrant. It's basically CM7, but with a bunch of tweaks to fix the common complaints and a stock look. Here are the changes:
I've been using it ever since I switched from my HD2 to the Vibrant, and it's a dream. The only issue I've encountered is a "problem" with the overclocking: the kernel says it can go up to 1.7Ghz, but in my experience it tops out at about 1.4Ghz before the phone starts to freeze up. Other than that, like I said, it's great—I fully recommend it.
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I ended up flashing Biffmod last night. It is amazing so far. So smooth and I haven't had a single issue yet. I also ended up flashing the newest Bali Kernel and have it UV'ed quite substantially. We'll see how it does on battery.
Thanks for the advice.
I personally prefer CM7 or Bionix 1.3.1
Every GB rom I've tried has not had a working GPS. I travel for a living so I need this to work. I have since gone back to 2.2 so my GPS works but out of curiosity, is there a GB rom/kernel that supports reliable GPS functionality?
I could be wrong but I think some of the gps work. GPS worked fine for me on Simply Honey 5.0, which I loved. I liked the themeing, especially the pink theme made to go with it!! I just decided to give Trigger (GB not Froyo) a try and I am equally happy with it. GPS isn't a huge issue for me, but I noticed on Trigger I get locks but they are not accurate, usually within 100ft. I also haven't tweaked any of the settings or tried any of the fixes. There are lots of great GB roms out there...just play around and see what suits you best. My Vibrant has always had great gps I've read that some GPS just don't work well on Vibrants.
I personally really like the AOSP GB Roms, Trigger, CM7 and MIUI are all great... have not tried Biffmod yet, but I intend to sometime.
Kernel-wise, I really like Glitch V11 HL
No problem!
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joelcripes said:
I ended up flashing Biffmod last night. It is amazing so far. So smooth and I haven't had a single issue yet. I also ended up flashing the newest Bali Kernel and have it UV'ed quite substantially. We'll see how it does on battery.
Thanks for the advice.
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I'm back on project v. The battery life was pretty bad for me on biffmod (yes I calibrated the battery). I was only getting about 7-8 hours. Really wish it had been better cause it ran awesome.
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] The only issue I've encountered is a "problem" with the overclocking: the kernel says it can go up to 1.7Ghz, but in my experience it tops out at about 1.4Ghz before the phone starts to freeze up. Other than that, like I said, it's great—I fully recommend it.
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It's not a kernel issue. It's just that your vibrant cant handle the overclock as all devices overclock and undervolt differently
Hey im considering flashing this as my first rom, but cant seem to find too definitely what does/doesn't work on this particular rom. Other than the list on the main post in dev section but i mean like bug wise is there anything major that has issues or isn't working at this moment? Other than the force close dialer(can you still make/receive calls??) is there any other things i should know before i flash this? Im currently stock rom/kernel just rooted. Just dont want to spend all the time flashing it and unlocking my bootloader to find out that the rom has serious issues that makes it unuseable for me. Im not too sure how you guys are about noobs/stupid questions posting in the dev section, so i just assumed that this is better suited for the Q&A. And correct me if im wrong, as im not quite positive, but i should be able to flash the cm7 rom and then the 1.3 OC kernel as well and have them both running? Is there one i need to flash before the other or how does that work?
This wouldnt be the rom to flash as it is still in alpha so it wont connect to any towers has bad battery life no dialer period. I would suggest flashing Jokers skinny rom for now its the most up to date and is running smooth for me
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you can try alien rom .I had it running smoothly until i bricked my photon
I'm considering the homebase or alien, but they aren't running the latest OTA. What is the difference that the latest OTA did? i see no difference running stock rom.. And can anyone vouch to how the battery life is on roms as opposed to stock? Specifically one of the photon ones. Thanks for responses guys
The latest ota has many bug fixes and moto changed alot of their blur apps, which have made the phone faster. Homebase and alien are great but not up to date. I have a non stock rom called skinny which is made from the latest. In the end its up to you. My suggestion is to flash all three with no less than 24 hours on each to get a feel for it. Please keep in mind you wont be able to judge battery life this way
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I'm considering the homebase or alien, but they aren't running the latest OTA. What is the difference that the latest OTA did? i see no difference running stock rom.. And can anyone vouch to how the battery life is on roms as opposed to stock? Specifically one of the photon ones. Thanks for responses guys
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Go with Joker, that's just my two cents. Battery life is slight better from Joker to Home Base. Alien was okay, but Home Base had more tweaks then Alien. Then Joker has more stuff and is on the latest OTA from sprint, so that's what I'd personally suggest, plus it's the one I'm running.
I'm enjoying Joker's skinny Rom...it's current, and fast.
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I'm enjoying Joker's skinny Rom...it's current, and fast.
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Agreed 100%
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Also cybik version of cm7 running very well. Fast and great battery
sent from a cm7 totin mopho.
What do you guys think the best ROM for the Atrix 4G is? I was using Neutrino 2.1p and then jumped on the ICS bandwagon with the ICS port (Its still in Alpha - heavily under development).
Neutrino has to be one of the best ROM's I've ever experienced. It's well maintained and has a host of performance improvements.
The ICS alpha is going well but its a long way away from matching the maturity of Neutrino.
Neutrino v2.2 with faux123 latest kernel at 1.45ghz ROCK solid performance.
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Neutrino v2.2 with faux123 latest kernel at 1.45ghz ROCK solid performance.
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Do you have it OC'd at 1.45? How's the stability? I used Neutrino GT OC'd at 1.3 and it was super stable.
i was almost on every rom and i still think that stock rom is the best...
maybe MIUI...when it'll come out on a full version and not alpha/beta.
If you can do without a camera the alpha 7 build (non 2d version) has been pretty solid
I have Arabic rom with Faux kernel 1.3 OC with full Ubuntu for Webtop and I am happy
I believe there is an epidemic happening here....
All from within the past month alone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1432916
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1440233
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459939
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1464309
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483745
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1486401
I'm a fan of super osr. Finding with fauxs enhanced 1ghz slightly uvd I'm getting great battery life.
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CM7 (weekly builds have fingerprint unlock) is the best.
download:
code.google.com /p/atrix-dev-team/downloads/list
In my personal tests, Alien works the best for me. I tried CM7, did not like it whatsoever. Neutrino, surprisingly, wasn't giving me very good performance. All in all I think Alien in the best...if only it had stable HDMI mirroring...
Chrisf244 said:
I'm a fan of super osr. Finding with fauxs enhanced 1ghz slightly uvd I'm getting great battery life.
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This ^^^^!
Been by far the smoothest ROM I have used. Faux 024_r2 kernel from here:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/1666-kernelatrix-frgbcm7263256unified-v024oc145ghzuvslqbbfqfeb-04/
Blur Roms
If you like all the functions of your Atrix working.
Wet Dream or The Dark Side are the best in my opinion.
Both are by the same dev and are fast and stable for me.
Right now I'm playing with cm9 kang until I need camera
Currently running Jokersax cm9 kang alpha 0.23.2
live4nyy said:
I believe there is an epidemic happening here....
All from within the past month alone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1432916
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1440233
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459939
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1464309
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483745
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1486401
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Thanks, live4nyy. I'll go check out those posts too!
CaelanT said:
Faux 024_r2 kernel from here:
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Thanks Ill have to dabble. Smoothness definately. With 360 launcher and battery guard I went around 38 hrs. Modest Uv settings as well. Moderate use. Love the Rom. Would post links but cant yet as I'm a newb
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CaelanT said:
This ^^^^!
Been by far the smoothest ROM I have used. Faux 024_r2 kernel from here:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/1666-kernelatrix-frgbcm7263256unified-v024oc145ghzuvslqbbfqfeb-04/
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I'm currently using faux123's 023 kernel and I was wondering if there's a big difference between that and 024r? Thanks.
I'm a fan of MIUI, has a nice clean, finished look to it. However a little bit too iphoneish so I replace the launcher.
ICS rom is coming along very nicely, in fact I obtain the best battery life of any Atrix rom, including stock, while running ICS. This is fantastic since it's still just in the alpha stages and will only improve from here.
live4nyy said:
I believe there is an epidemic happening here....
All from within the past month alone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1432916
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1440233
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459939
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1464309
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483745
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1486401
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Could I suggest we make one of these threads/polls a sticky? The Atrix Dev forum seems to move very fast and would be good to have one thread for people to give their recommendations?
Neutrino 2.2 ftw btw
Hey guys, I've been looking at updating my kernel if it was necessary.
Basically, here's my current information about my phone:
Kernel version: 2.6.32.39-MB860-CM7-g54722f1 [email protected]#4
Mod version: CyanogenMod-7.1.0.Ba2tF-Olympus
I'm would like to update the Kernel on my phone. I wasn't sure if I could just pick up any Kernel out there for the Atrix 4G. I wasn't sure if it was dependent on what Mod version you were running etc.
If someone can let me know it's ok to pick up any kernel that would work for atrix 4g or if it was dependent on the mod version and suggest any kernel that has worked for you and any others that you recommend not using.
I have updated roms but restored back because it once in a while during the day and sometimes in use would reboot...some people that I have read on the forum indicated to update the kernel would/might resolve the issue. So your suggestions and recommendation is highly appreciated. Thank you.
You can flash any of the kernels developed for CM7.
I would recommend any of fauxs kernels depending on whether or not you use OC. He has kernels ranging from 1Ghz to 1.45Ghz. All of the have been stable for me with good battery life.
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Honestly ur best bet would be just to update to the newest cm7 nightley your on a really old version and kissing out on some good updates the kernel that vo.es with it is really nice or at least upgrade to the rc1 but i will also agree with the faux kernels i use the 1.45 overclock with out ant issues and live it
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Pbwizkid said:
Honestly ur best bet would be just to update to the newest cm7 nightley your on a really old version and kissing out on some good updates the kernel that vo.es with it is really nice or at least upgrade to the rc1 but i will also agree with the faux kernels i use the 1.45 overclock with out ant issues and live it
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Agreed. Get off Ba2tF. It's not any more stable than the release candidates, in fact it is probably significantly less so. Also, tons of important updates have been made to the kernel and just about everything else.
http://get.cm/?device=olympus