Wow, so much JB out there, I got to update what I've tried....
1st up...
Paranoid JB
A very smooth rom with wonderful display options
The display settings is as robust as any out now.You could spend hours switching from phone displays.The desktop like display is something thay you could get used to.
The jellybean picture and youtube flickable widgets are my favorites.
the signal and data worked fine for me
The native gallery was choppy in scrolling, but camera front/back was functional.
I used video illusions for rec/play
sms fine- mms receive suspect
I think the apn settings were fixed in the 1.9.5 build.
CM10
Joker just keeps pumping. them out.
Him and Bill just ROCK!
Any way as they say ..
"pure cyanogenMod goodness"
CM 10 just makes you feel like your uptodate with the latest software.
We read about all the new devices shipping with ics/jb. and we say...
Oh I got that on MyMoPho! lol
You go to about phone and show your geek friends whar your running Android4.1
Its a wonderful thing.
Anyway, to me it seems more stable than jokers ics.
CyanogenMods interface is just one that I have come to love, since my OG Evo days.
The cm9 themes worked for me on jb (I'm a epic blues fan")
The flaws need not be said concerning camcorder (same work arounds apply)
XenonHD
You know I tried this rom out and was wonderfully surprised.
The rom control setting was different but nice.
The cpu and voltage setting made it no need for set cpu.
I think it has a varity of elements ported from other roms baked in.
Its nice to have variety in this rom flashing world were in.lol
First off, I really appreciate all the work done here on xda. It has really made my mopho fun to use.
But I'm an IT professional who travels...
soo....
CM 9
PRO- omg... if you are looking for the new up and coming, and are willing to wait on FULL functionality it is a nice interface
CON- you must be willing to lose camcorder and no webtop. (I travel for a living and think hooking up to the flat screen tv in.. ( butt f*** wherever I am very useful). Also, my gaming experience lags big time on CM 9 based roms. i. e. Modern Combat2, Madden etc.
CM7 PDT and Cybik
PRO - - pure cyanogenmod goodness
fells light weight and fast. If your looking for modifications i. e. button mapping, gesture controls etc. Gaming is fine.
CON. no webtop, Cybik no hdmi
jokers stock/skinny rev 1
PRO. jokers stock is as close to stock as your gonna get, (except home base)
and if Blur is not your thing then
jokers skinny rev1 - everything works
CON- - - well we're flash o holics lol.
you feel that your missing the latest and greatest,
Loki
PRO nice heavy fell to it. webtop rock solid and everything working.
CON.. u better like red... lol
large file. takes up space
Rocko
PRO.. fully functional 2.0 and 3.0
very helpful developer at least with me he was...
CON... modifications are limited.
3.5 had some issues (for me at least)
MIUI.
well if I wanted an iPhone I would have upgraded to it.
PROS... different interface. nice modifications text notifications, phone locks. etc.
CONS...
I know I know it's more than that...
but since it's CM 9 based see Cm9 cons...
Peetr 2.3.5 deblur
ok.ok I'm bias its my daily
everything works(enough said)
CON... if your a blur fan its not for you!
I know I didn't list them all ( but
, many are based off jokers Cm9 and ROCKO's 2.0
summary: personal preference
CM7.2 AOSP
peetr 2.3.5 deblur
jokers stock rev1 blur
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Thanks - I was looking to flash, and kind of needed a general idea of each
Good write up, but if you don't want Miui to look like an iphone, use a different launcher. It will look like any other ics rom.
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I'd like to add that Loki's is very smooth, fast, and has Ubuntop. He is also very helpful to users here.
Nice writeup. I'm using, and quite happy with, Joker's CM9, but I'm considering flashing an AOKP build, which you didn't cover. Suspected webtop didn't work, but I never use it (and never have). Did not know camcorder didn't work. Wow. Just tried it. My camcorder was drunk! Kinda lagged in the preview, then it crashed. Good thing I don't use that to start with. (And I hear a third-party app solves it... or was that just for Camera? The stock camera puts a blue tint on it, like the Underworld movies, but I use Camera Zoom FX and that's fine.)
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Good write up, but if you don't want Miui to look like an iphone, use a different launcher. It will look like any other ics rom.
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agreed adw, LP, apex, etc.
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I'd like to add that Loki's is very smooth, fast, and has Ubuntop. He is also very helpful to users here.
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agreed and i have Ubuntop flashed on peetr's rom. and its nice very nice
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Nice writeup. I'm using, and quite happy with, Joker's CM9, but I'm considering flashing an AOKP build, which you didn't cover. Suspected webtop didn't work, but I never use it (and never have). Did not know camcorder didn't work. Wow. Just tried it. My camcorder was drunk! Kinda lagged in the preview, then it crashed. Good thing I don't use that to start with. (And I hear a third-party app solves it... or was that just for Camera? The stock camera puts a blue tint on it, like the Underworld movies, but I use Camera Zoom FX and that's fine.)
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yea i think its called
video illusions on the market i mean playstore
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bricky23 said:
Good write up, but if you don't want Miui to look like an iphone, use a different launcher. It will look like any other ics rom.
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I didn't like miui at first, but it has a lot of nice little touches that I miss when I flash a different rom. Like the ability to hide notifications for specific apps on the top bar. And of all the roms I've tried, bone stock included, it plays nicest with the Bluetooth in my car.
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I didn't like miui at first, but it has a lot of nice little touches that I miss when I flash a different rom. Like the ability to hide notifications for specific apps on the top bar. And of all the roms I've tried, bone stock included, it plays nicest with the Bluetooth in my car.
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agreed, but no camcorder, videos lag, and gaming is subpar.
i mean you shouldn't have to sacrifice functionality with flashing a rom.
just saying.....
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ttkyles said:
agreed, but no camcorder, videos lag, and gaming is subpar.
i mean you shouldn't have to sacrifice functionality with flashing a rom.
just saying.....
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To each their own I guess. I don't use my phone for gaming or the camcorder, but I use my bluetooth constantly. So in my case I'm gaining functionality I need and losing functionality I don't use. Works for me.
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peetr 2.3.5 deblur is my daily driver too!
ttkyles said:
First off, I really appreciate all the work done here on xda. It has really made my mopho fun to use.
But I'm an IT professional who travels...
soo....
CM 9
PRO- omg... if you are looking for the new up and coming, and are willing to wait on FULL functionality it is a nice interface
CON- you must be willing to lose camcorder and no webtop. (I travel for a living and think hooking up to the flat screen tv in.. ( butt f*** wherever I am very useful). Also, my gaming experience lags big time on CM 9 based roms. i. e. Modern Combat2, Madden etc.
CM7 PDT and Cybik
PRO - - pure cyanogenmod goodness
fells light weight and fast. If your looking for modifications i. e. button mapping, gesture controls etc. Gaming is fine.
CON. no webtop, Cybik no hdmi
jokers stock/skinny rev 1
PRO. jokers stock is as close to stock as your gonna get, (except home base)
and if Blur is not your thing then
jokers skinny rev1 - everything works
CON- - - well we're flash o holics lol.
you feel that your missing the latest and greatest,
Loki
PRO nice heavy fell to it. webtop rock solid and everything working.
CON.. u better like red... lol
large file. takes up space
Rocko
PRO.. fully functional 2.0 and 3.0
very helpful developer at least with me he was...
CON... modifications are limited.
3.5 had some issues (for me at least)
MIUI.
well if I wanted an iPhone I would have upgraded to it.
PROS... different interface. nice modifications text notifications, phone locks. etc.
CONS...
I know I know it's more than that...
but since it's CM 9 based see Cm9 cons...
Peetr 2.3.5 deblur
ok.ok I'm bias its my daily
everything works(enough said)
CON... if your a blur fan its not for you!
I know I didn't list them all ( but
, many are based off jokers Cm9 and ROCKO's 2.0
summary: personal preference
CM7.2 AOSP
peetr 2.3.5 deblur
jokers stock rev1 blur
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Hmmm,disagree about MIUI,use xperia or nova or apex(fav) by by iphone interface and its fast...4000+ quadrant scores
Crwolv said:
Hmmm,disagree about MIUI,use xperia or nova or apex(fav) by by iphone interface and its fast...4000+ quadrant scores
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agreed, did all that and That is the awesomeness of miui.,especially the text notifications and call blacklist built in .
However, I refuse to loose my Camcorder.
video illusions is not up to par.
and video play back is choppy.
And remember Quadrant scores can be improved by tweaks.
just saying...
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ttkyles said:
First off, I really appreciate all the work done here on xda. It has really made my mopho fun to use.
But I'm an IT professional who travels...
soo....
CM 9
PRO- omg... if you are looking for the new up and coming, and are willing to wait on FULL functionality it is a nice interface
CON- you must be willing to lose camcorder and no webtop. (I travel for a living and think hooking up to the flat screen tv in.. ( butt f*** wherever I am very useful). Also, my gaming experience lags big time on CM 9 based roms. i. e. Modern Combat2, Madden etc.
CM7 PDT and Cybik
PRO - - pure cyanogenmod goodness
fells light weight and fast. If your looking for modifications i. e. button mapping, gesture controls etc. Gaming is fine.
CON. no webtop, Cybik no hdmi
jokers stock/skinny rev 1
PRO. jokers stock is as close to stock as your gonna get, (except home base)
and if Blur is not your thing then
jokers skinny rev1 - everything works
CON- - - well we're flash o holics lol.
you feel that your missing the latest and greatest,
Loki
PRO nice heavy fell to it. webtop rock solid and everything working.
CON.. u better like red... lol
large file. takes up space
Rocko
PRO.. fully functional 2.0 and 3.0
very helpful developer at least with me he was...
CON... modifications are limited.
3.5 had some issues (for me at least)
MIUI.
well if I wanted an iPhone I would have upgraded to it.
PROS... different interface. nice modifications text notifications, phone locks. etc.
CONS...
I know I know it's more than that...
but since it's CM 9 based see Cm9 cons...
Peetr 2.3.5 deblur
ok.ok I'm bias its my daily
everything works(enough said)
CON... if your a blur fan its not for you!
I know I didn't list them all ( but
, many are based off jokers Cm9 and ROCKO's 2.0
summary: personal preference
CM7.2 AOSP
peetr 2.3.5 deblur
jokers stock rev1 blur
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wow you ned to update most of this...like MIUI,with apex and nova its ics stock like and smooth!! JOKERSAX.COM th3bills ports are awesome goodness!! laterz
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ttkyles said:
agreed, did all that and That is the awesomeness of miui.,especially the text notifications and call blacklist built in .
However, I refuse to loose my Camcorder.
video illusions is not up to par.
and video play back is choppy.
And remember Quadrant scores can be improved by tweaks.
just saying...
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lol well even using antutu cpu and rom toolbox to go from 128 to 4096 your not going to get 4000+ quadrant scores!! mayby all of that AND JOKERS 1.3 kernel...but th3bills ports are silky smooth and the paid video allusion (small price cuz motorola wont release camara libs)app works on my MoPho awesome! Its all preferance and i prefer no blur
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It seems that cyanogenmod is very popular with other phone users, and everyone seems to want it for the vibrant as well... but can i just ask what differs cyanogenmod from say trigger bionix or eugebes rom?
It seems like there is a crapton more work involved and that you could possibly brick your phone.
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It's a pure aosp rom, that's why people go crazy about it. I ran cm on my g1 back in the day and it made it a completely different phone.
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=whats+so+good+about+cm7+mod
Go there
How you comparing trigger with cm7... think man, gb 2.3.3 and aosp... builded from scratch... code by code... it dont have a bit of tw. Well it dont even contain 2 frameworks like tw or any other...
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Because it's a pure AOSP ROM. Build from scratch (well, a base).
Try it if you really want to know, except for GPS issues and not so good battery life, it is AMAZING.
cashyftw said:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=whats+so+good+about+cm7+mod
Go there
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Lol i fount it funny, never knew about that kind of searchs, haha nice...
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CM is the granddaddy of AOSP ROMs. Cyanogen and his team are devs cutting actual code, writing their own device drivers and system apps. The entire CM ROM is compiled from customized source code.
Contrast this with the approach taken by ROM chefs who largely assemble their ROMs out of precompiled components borrowed from different releases of the vendor's ROM binary plus some configuration hacking where the odd component has been successfully decompiled.
That's not to belittle the achievements of the top chefs in any way - it's frankly astonishing that this school is viable at all, they seem to be operating mostly blind so it's more art than engineering in some respects.
But both approaches have their strengths. OEMs like HTC with access to detailed specs for their own hardware and low-level API's can produce better drivers and better apps that work closely rough drivers (like the camera app), but at the other extreme, AOSP code can sometimes include features the vendor left out or even implement a completely rethought and altogether superior design.
It's unfortunate that the closed source strategy of vendors with their signed modules often denies us the opportunity to combine the best of both. I'm particularly thinking of how juice defender can only control the toggling between 2G/3G radio on AOSP ROMs because the radio driver will only respond to code signed with the same key as itself. Aint signed code wonderful, eh?
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Another reason is quick updates.
CM has updates before any major manufacturer and they're updating phones that manufacturers abandoned a long time ago.
I ran CM on my G1 and I've been seriously considering making the jump with my Vibrant any day now.
for me, it's long term support. once cm adds a phone, then that phone is typically going to be able to easily be upgraded to the newest android os and typically very shortly after it comes out. like many others, i had a g1 and because i cm i was able to get more life out of the device by ocing it and updating it 2.1 and 2.2.
go install cm7 and you will see what's good about it. the only major problem with it right now is no gps. after running cm7 i went back to biwinning and bionix, but that was short lived, i'm back on cm7 because having 2.3.3 > gps, for me.
Yep, CM7 4/21 nightly + cm7 Kang kernel, overclocked to 1.2 GHz + ondemand Governor equals the fastest I have gotten my Vibrant.
I have a Nexus S, right now it's stock 2.3.4 but when Cyanogenmod gets updated to 2.3.4 then for sure I will flash it. Why? When I already have stock? Well have you seen the the things you can do on that thing? You can add a music widget built right into the lockscreen, change themes with ease, change what the search key does, change the lock screen style, and the browser is improved ( incognito mode for one) you also get some fixes that Google almost never fixes, plus stock 2.3.3-2.3.4 disables Facebook sync with your contacts, however Cyanogenmod removes this thing that Google put... basically you can customize the thing like crazy. Plus it still remains stock, but the entire experience can change. I made my Nexus S look like Sense, changed how the notification bar and other aspects of the UI looked, changed the launcher to a themed launcher pro and changed the lockscreen to lense style, boom Sense style completely. Also if your device isn't stock you can install it and you make it stock, a problem with Sense is that a lot of the time the software disables things that some apps might need ( making things like wiimotes not work on it) but if you have Cyanogenmod, it eliminates that.
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How is the battery life when using cm7 on our vibrant?
Too bad it doesnt have gps i actually use it so ill have to wait until gps works on it
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Question is which Gingerbread based rom do you think is running a smoother UI and offering the most stable user experience given the video driver issues?
CM7 updates much more frequently, so they have shown more progress on hardware video acceleration, but that doesn't mean Gojimi isn't also working on it, it just wasn't part of the RC1 that is out there. With respect to a smoother UI, Gojimi has released VTLauncher separately so I personally am running the latest CM7 with VTLauncher, for the best of both worlds. I really appreciate having the dock on the bottom, not the right, other than that I turn off the sidebars anyway...
With the CM team making so much rapid progress I'm not even really sure what would motivate Gojimi to work on an almost identical ROM, although he does have more GTab specific experience whereas CM is generic, and then Mad-Murdoch drives the tablet specific features. I actually appreciate Gojimi's other projects more.
MC
MicroChip said:
CM7 updates much more frequently, so they have shown more progress on hardware video acceleration, but that doesn't mean Gojimi isn't also working on it, it just wasn't part of the RC1 that is out there. With respect to a smoother UI, Gojimi has released VTLauncher separately so I personally am running the latest CM7 with VTLauncher, for the best of both worlds. I really appreciate having the dock on the bottom, not the right, other than that I turn off the sidebars anyway...
With the CM team making so much rapid progress I'm not even really sure what would motivate Gojimi to work on an almost identical ROM, although he does have more GTab specific experience whereas CM is generic, and then Mad-Murdoch drives the tablet specific features. I actually appreciate Gojimi's other projects more.
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Excellent Feedback. Agree Gojimi is awesome and VTLauncher is pretty sweet.
I prefer donut myself
This is a toughy. I'm a long time CM fan from way back with my MyTouch. But I've been using Vegan since I got my Gtab. I just switched to CM7 and so far I'm loving it. I appreciate the frequent updates simply because it satisfies my hunger for flashing (that sounds bad). I'm also liking that CM7 has migrated the nightlies to the 2.3.4 strain of Android. Video playback - ech. That topic has been done to death and now all we can do is wait and see. Right now, my money is with CM7 until I see what future Vegan releases bring.
Tablet VS Phone
I prefer VegaN due to its more tablet friendly approach. CM7 felt like a phone, and the even murdoch's tablet tweaks felt like an afterthought. For me not having video hardware acceleration is not a big enough trade off to switch back to CM7 nightlies. VTL in Vegan GE itself is a huge +1.
Didn't vote, but running VeganGinger, and watching CM7
VGinger is based on CM7, so I think of it as a teaser for the next rev of Vegan.
No matter what, VTL Launcher got an instant donation out of me. Awesome.
manikin13 said:
I prefer VegaN due to its more tablet friendly approach. CM7 felt like a phone, and the even murdoch's tablet tweaks felt like an afterthought. For me not having video hardware acceleration is not a big enough trade off to switch back to CM7 nightlies. VTL in Vegan GE itself is a huge +1.
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I think that the tablet tweaks on CM7 look nicer than Vegan, and VTL works nicely too. I'm not sure about your hardware acceleration comment. Neither release has full support yet.
I liked VT Launcher so much I bought it for my droid. Its pimpin
Im also telling Gojimi everyday it's time for an update. He is buried in projects right now.
+1 for the VTLauncher
I started with vegan ROMs and if it wasnt for my other phones running CM and addiction to the nightly build bot I'd still be running vegan ROMs.
I also echo whats been said about VTLauncher. It rocks for tablets. That plus tablet tweaks and the honeybread theme for CM7, Im a happy camper.
thebadfrog said:
I prefer donut myself
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Creme filled or with sprinkles?
BAD frog! BAD!
thebadfrog said:
I prefer donut myself
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Donut wasnt all that bad. It lacked what jit? Task management? And some ui stuff? From froyo?
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Wait....
Donut
Eclair
Froyo
Gingerbread
Honeycomb
Ice cream
Google devs are fat guys taking a poll on everyones favorite desert
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Wait....
Donut
Eclair
Froyo
Gingerbread
Honeycomb
Ice cream
Google devs are fat guys taking a poll on everyones favorite desert
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My favourite desert is definitely the Sahara. Size is everything!
...but seriously, I run CM7 nightlies but props to gojimi for his contributions. I'd like to him to be more open about his plans and progress, but he certainly doesn't owe me anything
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Wait....
Donut
Eclair
Froyo
Gingerbread
Honeycomb
Ice cream
Google devs are fat guys taking a poll on everyones favorite desert
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Isnt froyo ice cream? Are we going backwards?
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RobBrownNZ said:
My favourite desert is definitely the Sahara. Size is everything!
...but seriously, I run CM7 nightlies but props to gojimi for his contributions. I'd like to him to be more open about his plans and progress, but he certainly doesn't owe me anything
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Seriously.....Gojimi has not forgotten the community. I chat with him several times a day and he is busy working on his launcher and trying to tweak his next release. I think hes waiting for the hardware accelleration issue to finally be completely fixed and I saw a post earlier that DSP may be fixed. (I think Oozura said it actually ) He has tweaked enough stuff from cm source that he just cant produce as fast as cm can. Lots of changes from source he has to manually fix.
He is also busy working on bugs in his launcher in Honeycomb. Minor but major headaches. He's not a big poster because his head is buried in code all the time.
Oozura said:
Isnt froyo ice cream? Are we going backwards?
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FROzen YOgurt. Not ice cream. Fake. False. Tricksy. We hates it.
Nasty hobbits like Froyo
CM7 no question
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I love VGinger on my Gtablet. Hats off to Gozimi for raising the bar and keeping gtab alive.
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Why MIUI is so popular? I don't have such idea about MIUI. I just knew about CM!
Because it combines CM7's smoothness and customization plus an added beauty package.
Also, the theme support for this rom is rediculous. Basically every theme from every dev was either ported or cloned.
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Everything just flows better in miui..the theme system is awesome. No flashing etc
Sure it looks like ios.but couple themes can change that real quick..
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I have never used it, but I looked it up and it looks beautiful. A huge advantage for me is it looks like most of the included apps are things I wouldn't bother replacing. So it *looks like* It will be easier for me to be satisfied with right after the install.
Although sometimes poorly translated or implemented from its original Chinese version, it is far and away the most customizable modification of the Android OS available. As already has been mentioned the quantity of themes is simply astounding.
Here is a pretty decent video detailing MIUI's goodness on a Nexus one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ6YLlfecYU
Looks nice. Especially the notification bar and the lock screen.
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Just watched the video demonstrating MIUI. It looks so awesome!!! So it'll be so good to have it on my atrix!
SirFork said:
Although sometimes poorly translated or implemented from its original Chinese version, it is far and away the most customizable modification of the Android OS available. As already has been mentioned the quantity of themes is simply astounding.
Here is a pretty decent video detailing MIUI's goodness on a Nexus one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ6YLlfecYU
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Damn, that is a really nice rom/mod. I see now why it's so popular and that was just one theme the video showed. I really like it. Basically makes it feel like a brand new device over again. How is battery life on this rom? Is everything optimized already or most things working? Meaning a full complete build.
It's based off of CM7, so if it doesn't work in CM7, more than likely it doesn't work in MIUI. I had it on my Samsung Captivate and loved it, very, very smooth and soo much customization.
That may be enough to make me keep my Atrix, just so I can root it and use it. Man, that looks awesome!
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Here's another video, in this case comparing it to an iPhone.
So for those that say that MIUI is an iOS clone, here's proof that MIUI is much more advanced than iOS in every respect!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GohnKVmFm2I&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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So I took the plunge and bought my self a Gtab, not too keen on blowing ridiculous amounts of money on tech, so for the specs and price tag the Gtab seemed to be the best bet.
Now I am fairly comfortable flashing Roms, I just would like some input from the community.
So whats the most functional and stable rom available currently?
CM7 has always been my go to first base rom for pretty much any phone I have flashed, but I dont quite like it on my Nook Color, its fairly buggy, but I blame the nook not CM7
but Hardware Acceleration sounds nice, and I know that none of the Comb roms have it, but neither do the GB Roms either right?
Looks like Clemsyns V8 is probably the best 2.2 rom out, but how is it in terms of functionality and compatibility with newer 3d games and other applications?
any other input would be greatly appreciated, I just figured I ask before I go on a flash spree, because it usually takes me a couple weeks of flashing this and flashing that before I settle on a rom and I didnt really want to drag this out that long. I just wanna flash, and use until ICS Stable Rom is released.
FrankenTab and Beastly ROMs are FroYo based and should have hardware acceleration, camera and video support. Plus, they are actively being updated. They aren't Honeycomb, and I still prefer VeganTAB 7.1 (even without hardware acceleration), but the FroYo ROMs will pretty much have everything working until a stable ICS version hits.
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I've tried most of them at some point I guess it matters what you are willing to sacrifice. I love the look and feel of Flashback but no hardware acceleration, no camera, more ram used by the system ... (all Honeycomb roms are like that).
CM7 works great and I keep one gtab on it. MX Player has Tegra 2 software acceleration for video and most games and apps work. Has been very stable for 4 months, not buggy at all and looks great.
My other gtablet has landed on Beasty-Clemsyn. It is a Froyo rom, very stable and very fast with full hardware acceleration. I ended up here because everything just works like it is supposed to. Installed the new market, flashplayer, new version of VTL launcher and I really like it. It will hold me over till an ICS rom comes out.
FrankenTab and Beastly
I've been switching between FrankenTab and Beastly myself.
I think FrankenTab looks nicer overall but I've run across less issues with the Beastly rom and so I've settled with that until ICS is released for our G Tab.
Let us know which roms you try and your experience with them.
I am pleased that my FrankenTAB ROM has found its way over to XDA.
I would love to hear any issues users are having since we are actively developing this ROM (currently working on v1.0.2), but I cant help over here yet with an official support thread. If anyone needs help, you can PM me here, or google FrankenTAB and look for the original and most active thread for it on the site that starts with an "S".
Franken Tab is a great rom, I also went through allot of flashing trying different roms, soon the ICS ROM will be around and I am using the pre-alpha so what ever you decide set up for 1.2Bl and the latest CWM touch version. its coming n its cool.
Yup FrankenTab is the first rom I have flashed on this thing, and I am liking it so far.
-great wifi integrity
-fast as hell
-and the included VTL launcher is nice too.
plus having the ability speak with the Dev directly about suggestions and bugs is very nice as well.
If you want Flash to work well are you limited to 2.2 ROMs?
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If you want Flash to work well are you limited to 2.2 ROMs?
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Flash works fine in 2.2 and 2.3 based ROMs. I have it working just fine in VeganTab GE 7.1.
From what I understand, it works (with caveats and quirks) in Honeycomb, and only with certain versions of Flash.
Sadly after messing with Franken and Beastly, I found my self at CM7s door.
Franken had me really really excited at first, it was fast, it was responsive, I only had it set at 1.33ghz, but there were a few issues with both that I found a bit to unstable for my taste.
Will see how CM7 holds me over.
I love 1.09 frankentab. It performs better then anything I have tried but is way behind brilliant corners in bench mark tests. I can't figure that out because it's seems 5 times faster in real life.
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Hello,
I have had my Gtablet for about a year, and I have tried many roms.
FY,GB,HC,ICS,etc. Various incarnations. (Well, only 1 ICS)
From my understanding, Viewsonic, like many companies,
uses various suppliers for components, so the individual results with roms will vary.
And the physical build may vary. eg/ Volume (+) is actually (-)
(this is a reported build difference that my tablet has)
I seem to come back to Froyo roms for many reasons. Base platform OS.
Hardware acceleration. Stability. Etc.
Personally, I haven't found a newer gen rom that works as well as Froyo.
As stated on this and other sites, Be sure you follow the recomended
procedures for pre and post install. usually posted in the OP.
Really get to know and understand NVflash.
I always come back to the C+C rom final version. Beasty, although nice,
wouldn't do what C+C does for me.
I use my tablet as much, if not more than I use my PC, and I can run Splashtop
to access my pc, which is cool.
I do find certain games or apps that wont work, but, I am patient.
No problems with google apps.
It really comes down to researching, and testing, and finding out
the best rom for you and your tablet.
After all, this support, is almost free. Kudos to the devs.
J.
sorry. this is on another post. hope that is ok.
I've been on FrankenTAB 1.0.9 for two weeks or so and so far one of the best Froyo ROM's I've tried. I flashed quite a few ROM's for the 1.2BL but this one seems to work the best for me at the moment.
I just put the ICS rom on my gtab, and it looks great. Installing it wasn't that hard, I did have to switch bootloaders to 1.2. The only issue is I can't get my external SD card to work. I love using chrome.
In ICS, the external sd card is not named the way it is in other ICS distributions...look for /microsd folder instead of /emmc or /sdcard/external_sd like you may be used to.
If anyone is already on BL 1.2, ICS is definitely worth installing. The only two things that I've found that do not work are the camera and microphone but for me both are non-issues.
Hello ive been using my gtab with tnt rom and it runs really good
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when CM9 and MIUI v4 both become more stable. Witch one would you go for? I'm thinking CM9 but MIUI v4 looks promising...
I've always had a thing for MIUI. Just loved the overall snappiness of it on the Droid X compared to CM. I'd recommend MIUI, although really it's personal preference and what you want.
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Had both on my old phone, cm9.
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Given the choice between *official* releases of each (which we will never have) I'd go with MIUI. CM9 is bare bones and rapid-fire quick, whereas MIUI is a bit more feature rich.
Given the Alphas we currently have, well, I run Eclipse because both Alphas, while kickass, are just too early in development to drive daily (given my absolute necessity for stability due to work).
Cm9. I used to love miui a lot but when I really got down to the brass tacks of it, the only reason why I stayed on it was theme'ing. Cm just did more for me and my phone.
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well, I just test drove cm9 a little bit. It is much slower and laggy compare to CM7, I don't think miui will be any better considering it has even more features.
If they can fix the wifi connection issue on CM7, I will stay on it for good. interesting enough though, it seems wifi on cm9 is much more stable, so I may eventually have to move to cm9 once they get the camera working
I had just switched over to MIUI on my DX before it died and have ebeen eagerly awaiting a fully functional release since getting my DX2! Can't wait to give it a whirl!