What is the best ICS ROM for Sprint Evo 3D CDMA?
That is a hard one to answer since each developer comes up with a rom with their own tweaks and mods that makes them awesome in their own way. It is like asking is Ford better than Chevy. It comes down to preference.
I personally prefer mikeyxda's Meanrom ICS v1.9.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1645211
It is very solid and he updates it very frequently. But even he would tell you to look around. I have been with his work for a long time and I decided to look around and I found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1666938
It is a rom that is based off Meanrom ICS. That is what I am currently running.
Hope this helps!
Remember to wipe it until it bleeds if you go from one rom to the next. You could run into boot loops or residual code if you don't. If you just go from an older rom to an updated one (v1.8 to v1.9 for example) a cache/dalvic wipe should be sufficient.
Flash away!
Is the SOS M just launchers from the Google Play Store?
im partial to this rom...works amazing and is smooth.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1641115
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Is the SOS M just launchers from the Google Play Store?
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It is the rom that has been modified a little here and there. When you run the install, you can select from different launchers to use.
It wont let me install it are there any other ROM's that are good?
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It wont let me install it are there any other ROM's that are good?
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I usually go back and forth between Mean ICS and ZR3dX (both listed by previous posters above), but I also like Nocturnal: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1640134
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What is the best ICS ROM for Sprint Evo 3D CDMA?
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I am running MeanRom ICS v0.91 with Leedroid Tweaks 4.3.0 and it is great. It runs smoothly, everything (3D, Wifi, 4G, etc.) working. I recommend test driving it.
My preference
I prefer Booster Shot. It's a fully functional port and is in no way based on the VM leak. I've tried the other main ones out there as well. I've stuck with this one.
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I prefer Booster Shot. It's a fully functional port and is in no way based on the VM leak. I've tried the other main ones out there as well. I've stuck with this one.
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Got a link to that ROM? What are some of the differences? Like why would one want to use a ROM that has been ported to the 3D vs. the VM leak? Thanks in advance.
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Got a link to that ROM? What are some of the differences? Like why would one want to use a ROM that has been ported to the 3D vs. the VM leak? Thanks in advance.
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Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1636442
To be honest, I can't point out every little detail, however, I ran CleanROM ICS (the one with Sense and the one without), ViperROM ICS, and two of the MeanROM's prior to 1.7, and each had little things that just didn't jive with my particular phone. I recall clearly the MeanROM having touch screen glitches (bear in mind my digitizer is fine, does not glitch on any other ROM). Whether they've been corrected, I don't know.
However, the most recent version for Booster Shot has had no glitches for me. Only downside is my battery life has returned to what it was when I first got this phone. It's not great, but, I live with it because my phone doesn't glitch and everything works, including the 3D camera.
As for the difference between this and the VM leak? Not too sure other than this is what I understand: the port took a fully functional system from another phone and is tweaked and made to work on ours whereas the VM leak was a leak that devs took and developed the ROM around the bare bones of the leak.
Are there any with the Sprint WiFi hotspot hacked or with a better battery life? And on the side is it possible to boost the signal or speed of your phones internet?
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Are there any with the Sprint WiFi hotspot hacked or with a better battery life? And on the side is it possible to boost the signal or speed of your phones internet?
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Sprint Wifi Hotspot has not been hacked on any of the 3d ICS ROMs (they fixed the hack used for GB ROMs). But, the Wifi Tether app works fine (when setup correctly) and is better anyway.
MeanICS has excellent battery life. I've used my phone about an hour today and after 16 hours off charger, still have 83% battery left (and I was at work with poor signal for 8 of those hours).
As for boosting signal/internet speed, I don't think so, but do not know for sure.
<biased opinion>
d3rpROM ICS (link in my sig)
we have a sense and a non-sense
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lol
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Really nice one to try:
http://htcevohacks.com/htc-evo-3d-custom-roms/mikvirgin-ics-rom-for-htc-evo-3d-best-ics-rom/
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Are there any with the Sprint WiFi hotspot hacked or with a better battery life? And on the side is it possible to boost the signal or speed of your phones internet?
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Try this for 3G (seemed to help my phone, others reported differently)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1140870
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1556371
Try this for 4G:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154439
As for battery with Booster Shot, it's something chubbzlou is aware of and working on. I've been trying my own stuff and have found I get better battery life after deleting Juice Defender and System Tuner (sounds counter intuitive, but, I've been running my own personal tests to see if there are differences). With moderate to heavy usage, I am averaging 8 to 10 hours so far. However, after completely ripping out all of the apps and their associated widgets, I don't want or use (HTC News, News and Weather, Stocks, etc), my battery life is already better.
I ment the battery in general but I will try the thing for 3G
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il Duce said:
<biased opinion>
d3rpROM ICS (link in my sig)
we have a sense and a non-sense
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Definitely +1 this ROM. Ran everyone of these ROMS for more than 24hrs and I have stuck with this one. The SVN updates and logs are what drew me to this ICS flavor.
il Duce said:
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d3rpROM ICS (link in my sig)
we have a sense and a non-sense
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I like this ROM but the only downside is tat there are no names under the apps you add to the homescreen.
My signature. Stock 1.13 (Sense 3.6). This is the rom leak JoelZ posted, I believe all he did was add root. No major hiccups, and EVERYTHING works.
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To go 2+ days without freezing and/or randomly rebooting?
Lol huh? I don't have this problem ever...
So far:
Deck ROM: yes, could go weeks without rebooting.
CleanROM: yes, only had it about 2 days but no problems
Synergy: no, tried every kernel and it wouldnt go more than about 12 hours without a hard crash.
About all I've tried at length
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Nope. And it always screws up when I need it the most.
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My personal ROM has actually never needed a reboot or crashed.
Via My HTC Evo 3D On The Now Network From Sprint.
Every ROM I've ran except some of myn's nightlies were completely stable.
Synergy - very stable
Cyanogenmod - seems to be the stablest
InfectedROM - Kind of stable
Myn's 2.3 - Not really stable, but these are experimental nightly builds we have
If it reboots randomly and freezes a lot, there is most likely too many apps running or similar stuff that is causing that. I use my phone heavily and have never experienced reboots/freezes/shutoffs.
Steelh never had an issue works for days before reboot just to clean up
Gotcha, nice replies guys.
I refuse to run ROMs with several broken things, aside from AOSP, which is understandable.
Cm7 on airplane mode. No service so im good with wifi. 3D movies. ONLY reboot I ever had was adding 2000 songs to my sdcard. Phone couldnt handle it for 10 minutes. Then it scanned properly and good to go again.
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Basically, the reason I'm asking is because virtually every single frequently updated Sense ROM in the development section is full of issues people are having. I'm trying to understand why they are so popular if they are riddled with issues every other update. Do people not enjoy stable phones? I've been running the same ROM since July and to this day there isn't a single 'new' feature that has been implemented in ROMs these days that I don't want. If there happens to be one, it doesn't need a full flash.
My question is: Why are so many people using Sense ROMs that have nothing but issues and stuff that doesn't work properly? Since HTC has already provided a fairly solid foundation with the Stock ROM, how are so many Sense ROMs broken?
If the answer is aesthetics and looks, why not take a stable ROM, and work from there to get the look you want?
I'm also trying to understand the mind of a "Flashaholic" and besides AOSP or MIUI, there doesn't seem to be enough differences between these Sense ROMs other than kernels and random fiddling with the framework that really differentiate them. For a person that understands how ROMs work and can easily determine the core differences between them, I can tell you exactly what differences that ROM A has from ROM B, and yet, the user opinion is much wider.
Take for instance ROM A, which has a cute tagline in its title and is made by a 'veteran' so to speak. The changelog and file-by-file difference between that and ROM B, made by a seemingly unknown person are pretty small, but the audience seems to think ROM A is much more 'stable' and 'fast' than ROM B.
Aside from messing with the framework, I have done side-by-side comparisons of where most of the ROMs features claim to shine--its tweaks to memory, ram usage, cpu, kernel, etc; which reside mostly in the /system/etc folder and under build.prop and the differences are so small and most of the tweaks are identical. With that said, framework 'tweaks' make a minimal difference in every day situations and most phones will perform almost identical to the Stock ROM. The real differences lie in random build.prop tweaks and init.d scripts which mostly come from poorly documented sites and sources that were meant for Desktop computers and/or older phones like the G1 and can actually have a negative effect on our current phone's performance. I'm sure HTC has done enough research that their method of ROM delivery is probably optimal for most people.
At any rate, I'm interested in more discussion from the people in this thread.
Id like to try your dualcore mod with 1st core at 700mhz and 2nd core at 500mhz. Can you make the file for me? But is it possible to get a screen off profile with it?
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I have flashed before due to aesthetics but now I'm on a hunt for a smoother (stutter free) rom. I also like having extra settings that some offer like synergys, and Eternity, and having beats is a plus although not necessary. The closest I've gotten is Eternity 1.3.1 w/stock look along with Tiamat sense 1.0.3 kernel and flashable script by Smokin. Smokins script made a difference in smoothness for me specially in the app drawer. The only issue that plagues my phone is intermittent black screen during calls.
Other reason I flash is sometimes I get tired of things and want something new to play with. Makes me feel I have a new device.
knowledge561 said:
Id like to try your dualcore mod with 1st core at 700mhz and 2nd core at 500mhz. Can you make the file for me? But is it possible to get a screen off profile with it?
Whooo! (Cole Voice...)
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I can pretty much build a script that can accomplish this
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I have flashed before due to aesthetics but now I'm on a hunt for a smoother (stutter free) rom. I also like having extra settings that some offer like synergys, and Eternity, and having beats is a plus although not necessary. The closest I've gotten is Eternity 1.3.1 w/stock look along with Tiamat sense 1.0.3 kernel and flashable script by Smokin. Smokins script made a difference in smoothness for me specially in the app drawer. The only issue that plagues my phone is intermittent black screen during calls.
Other reason I flash is sometimes I get tired of things and want something new to play with. Makes me feel I have a new device.
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That I can understand, but with the differences between Sense ROMs being so small, why? I suppose looks is a good enough reason as any, especially if you don't know how or feel like trying to extract the apks or images needed to make your current ROM look like the ROM you're installing.
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I can pretty much build a script that can accomplish this
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Thanks. Im on cm7. Do I send you this build.prop or init.d or something? Also I use setcpu, im guessing I wont be able to use it anymore? Screen off profile would be 192-384mhz
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Senseless I get way better 4g coverage than any other ROM I've tried. With others my 4g would go on and off every 3-4 minutes. It really bugged me out.
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I flash roms to have wireless tether mainly. Recently i like using sprint hotspot and it ia easier to flash a modified stock rom instead of tracking down the flashable hack. Other than staying up to date with software without breaking root, i dont see a reason not to be stock rooted. I buy htc for sense so aosp roms just arent for me. Im running infected eternity 1.4.1 and love the themed look just because it seperatea me from the rest if the world, if i wanted to fit a mold i would be rocking that girly iphone.
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Freeza,
What ROM are you using?
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Synergy - very stable
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First time I've heard anyone claim synergy is stable. Even the synergy devs have given up trying to get non stock kernels to run reliably with it and have recommended limping along by flashing the stock kernel over the included one until the ROM can be fixed.
As to why so many problems: I think half of it is kernel compatibility and half is in the baking. Some bake in the latest version of this or that apk that hasn't been thoroughly tested. Market 3.2 is a good example. Doesn't work: can't buy paid apps. Same problems occur with other apps like all the borked superuser updates between 3.0.2 and 3.0.6. So with all the pushing to include the latest versions of every low level app baked into the ROM, of course there will be some mismatches.
Not a fan of AOSP ROMs. Most of those don't have 20% of the stuff working like 4g, 3d camera, and other stuff. Most say right at the top, "dont expect this to work... Or that to work". No thanks.
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Could dual cores always being on cause damage to the phone?
Via My HTC Evo 3D On The Now Network From Sprint.
I was wondering what you guys would say the most stable ics rom is??
Ive been using scotts senseless rom and its been ok just a few problems. before that i had his cleanrom but i just cant like sense that much something about it kinda turns me off..
what do you guys think?
ima add one more question to this thread.. Where i live my signal is finicky as it is but im thinking running ics has made my signal drop is this a problem or is it just me trippin out?
moldaz said:
ima add one more question to this thread.. Where i live my signal is finicky as it is but im thinking running ics has made my signal drop is this a problem or is it just me trippin out?
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I'm running CleanROM 2.3 completely desensed and it's as stable as Gingerbread.
yeah i was thinking about going back to it to many system ui crashes and other lil bugs in the aosp roms is it updated to the 4.0.3 with sense 3.6?
&& how is it desensed?
I really didn't like the battery life on cleanrom 2.x or desensed. I switched to cleanrom 1.6.5 and getting nice battery life.
I found Nils business sense ICS to be the most stable. But the small pluses of ICS didn't make the cut compared to the battery life and ease of use of Gingerbread. Especially once the new wore off. Back to CleanROM 1.6.5 for me too!
All of the ics roms have the same root issues really- that being blue screen flicker, etc. I'm on nils currently cause I like his out of the box notification mods.
Ics rules but I think may go back to gb (until an official) for some issues that are irking me. Vid chat doesn't work on skype, gchat, etc. Can't crop pics or do certain effects in the gallery. Beats eq is not working correctly. Again, most of these are probs that follow all of the ics roms and the devs have done a fantastic job -but I may just end up going back until these talented folks get their hands on an official build. I think they've reached a point where there's not a whole lot left to do with this current build. But like I said, what they've managed to do with this early build is damned amazing.
i flashed back to clean rom and desensed removed everything and so far it seems alot more stables im not getting any word that things are crashing even when making calls like it did before not to shabby i say plus the gallery from the camera i was having that problem in senslessrom
You guys running ICS, can someone confirm whether the folders are the new ICS folders like the Gnex has.
do you mean the folders in the launcher? then yes if you have the stock ics launcher
I'm loving Business-ICS
The skins, overall stability is pretty awesome. The one huge issue is battery life. On stock, I had it to where I could get at average just under 2 days of battery with my extended (2750mah) battery. With this ROM, with almost nothing running, and leaving the screen low-use, and LTE turned off, etc, I still can't get more than 6 hours at BEST on a full charge! Is anyone else seeing this? Do I need to look at flashing to a ziggy kernel or something? Or is it just part of the leaked ICS that the devs have to work from?
I was getting 10 hours on my stock battery running senseless ics rom with a hour of navigation and pandora on pretty much the whole time (lte disabled) +texting+ facebook and what ever else and i was left with more than 25 %
I've been using Scott's senseless since it was launched its an awesome rom but alot of fc's figured I'd try tachi's senseless 4.0 (which is based off one if Scott's roms) with the USB fix and HTC mms fix and runs super stable best senseless ics I've tried so far. Sounds like there are some pretty good rooms on the way though. Feel free to try them all out and find what you like best though.
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My personal favorites would have to be by NilsP, lllboredlll, and Scrosler. All are pretty stable roms.
I've been holding out on trying any roms, still on stock. Just the topic I need to follow here
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I've been using Scott's senseless since it was launched its an awesome rom but alot of fc's figured I'd try tachi's senseless 4.0 (which is based off one if Scott's roms) with the USB fix and HTC mms fix and runs super stable best senseless ics I've tried so far. Sounds like there are some pretty good rooms on the way though. Feel free to try them all out and find what you like best though.
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I must echo that Tachi's 4.0 rom is pretty good (with the fixes). I can't wait until we get a fully working AOSP rom. Scott's are good as well (the CleanROM 2.3 is actually a bit better than the Senseless, but... has Sense).
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The skins, overall stability is pretty awesome. The one huge issue is battery life. On stock, I had it to where I could get at average just under 2 days of battery with my extended (2750mah) battery. With this ROM, with almost nothing running, and leaving the screen low-use, and LTE turned off, etc, I still can't get more than 6 hours at BEST on a full charge! Is anyone else seeing this? Do I need to look at flashing to a ziggy kernel or something? Or is it just part of the leaked ICS that the devs have to work from?
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I do get worse battery life on ICS (running cleanrom 2.2sp1), but not that bad, I still get 10-16 hours before swapping extended batteries.
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do you mean the folders in the launcher? then yes if you have the stock ics launcher
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Yes, I'm talking about the launcher. When I had the GNex and I created a folder, it showed the icons stacked on top of each other rather than the plain folder that GB has. So the stock ICS launcher on the Rezound shows the icons like the GNex does? I'm asking because I was worried that Sense would not have that feature.
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Yes, I'm talking about the launcher. When I had the GNex and I created a folder, it showed the icons stacked on top of each other rather than the plain folder that GB has. So the stock ICS launcher on the Rezound shows the icons like the GNex does? I'm asking because I was worried that Sense would not have that feature.
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sense doesnt offer this but you can get the aosp launcher pretty easy theres desense scripts that you can run for ics that will give you all this
I think I might help
do not get ics all are unstable and i bricked my phone doing this well my friends extra phone I had to wipe the phone completely clen and starting over. I am downloading all roms tring to find something that works again. but like all post ineffabilis is the only one that comes close to restoreing the phone. I will update later to see if I can restore a dead phone but leave ics only until offical update.
Has anyone tried both of these ROMs on the Amaze? I've read all 46 pages of the Revolution forum and several Energy. Both look like they meet my needs. But I'd like a good comparison between them.
My needs:
- Close to stock feel/look (like the blue themes)
- Ability to remove pre-installed apps/bloatware
- Wi-fi calling (must have due to my location)
- Better battery life
- A bit snappier
- Free tethering would be a bonus
I've read that some have experienced texting and mms sending issues with Energy and some say that Revolution is outdated.
I realize YMMV, but I'd appreciate a comparison between the 2. Thanks.
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I'm loving Revolution right now... And I ran Energy since the day it came out.
It has the stock feel and way easier to customise. It feels better than the stock Rom I just came from.
They're both easy to debloat and deodexed.
I use my phone so much that I get roughly the same battery life on both.
Both ROMs are very fast and snappy.
I would recommend both... But I'm preferring ARHD right now.
MrMako777 points out a good point though in another threas. ARHD is 1.36 build so no WiFi calling, so if u need that, then Energy would be better (although I prefer stock rooted over energy)
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http://www.android-dev.us/showthread.php?395-ROM-BulletProof-v2-5-0-Reloaded-Sense-3-0-Wifi-Calling
Thanks for the quick reply!
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It has the stock feel and way easier to customise. It feels better than the stock Rom I just came from.
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Do you mean Revolution is easier to customise or Energy?
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MrMako777 points out a good point though in another threas. ARHD is 1.36 build so no WiFi calling, so if u need that, then Energy would be better (although I prefer stock rooted over energy)
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Hmmm. That's a little confusing. On the Revolution Thread, it says that there is "improved wi-fi calling" (from Post #1, ARHD 1.1.0 release date 19 Nov 11). Maybe since I need to have wi-fi calling, I should go with Energy.
Have you had the opportunity to test wi-fi calling with either one? Any issues (notably, the sending problems with Energy or the lack of capability with ARHD)?
Thanks again!
Sorry... Revolution is identical to stock as far as UI look... It is built on 1.36 which the stock 1.36 didn't have WiFi calling. I haven't tested it on revolution, but WiFi calling does work on Energy ROM. There's also a modified messaging apk that fixes a time stamp issue with texts.
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Ok. Now I'm leaning towards energy unless I can get more info on WiFi calling in ARHD.
You said that ARHD is more easily customized than Energy. But Energy can still be customized (wallpaper, ringtones, etc), right?
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ernieg92 said:
Ok. Now I'm leaning towards energy unless I can get more info on WiFi calling in ARHD.
You said that ARHD is more easily customized than Energy. But Energy can still be customized (wallpaper, ringtones, etc), right?
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Oh certainly... Wallpapers, Ringtones, Sounds, and even lockrings can be personalized on ALL rooted ROMs... NRGZ28 just has a heavy blue theme on his Rom... On the statusbar icons, dialer, app icons... Etc...
XBoarder has a pretty sick 3.5 ROM also that I'm a big fan of. You can find that at android-dev.us.
Craigtut has an ics themed ROM that is pretty nice also. I can't say too much, but his next update for that ROM is pretty sick
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glacierguy said:
Oh certainly... Wallpapers, Ringtones, Sounds, and even lockrings can be personalized on ALL rooted ROMs... NRGZ28 just has a heavy blue theme on his Rom... On the statusbar icons, dialer, app icons... Etc...
XBoarder has a pretty sick 3.5 ROM also that I'm a big fan of. You can find that at android-dev.us.
Craigtut has an ics themed ROM that is pretty nice also. I can't say too much, but his next update for that ROM is pretty sick
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Yup Sense 3.5 is sexy, Fourth Bar 3.0 is also amazing! but im too much of a "Sense" fan so i always go back to NRG's rom
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Yup Sense 3.5 is sexy, Fourth Bar 3.0 is also amazing! but im too much of a "Sense" fan so i always go back to NRG's rom
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Yeah... And whenever I root anyone else's amaze, I always put Energy on it... I think I just got bored with it maybe.
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glacierguy said:
NRGZ28 just has a heavy blue theme on his Rom... On the statusbar icons, dialer, app icons... Etc...
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I don't mind blue at all. That's actually my favorite color and I tend to update application themes to some kind of blue anyways. May save me some time......
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XBoarder has a pretty sick 3.5 ROM also that I'm a big fan of. You can find that at android-dev.us.
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I'll check that out. Do u know what it's called? I'm really trying to stick with stock-like ROMs for now. You say you're a big fan of it; what stands out (say compared w/the 2 ROMs discussed)?
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Craigtut has an ics themed ROM that is pretty nice also. I can't say too much, but his next update for that ROM is pretty sick
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they're soooo many ROMs! I may get more adventurous if this rooting / flashing goes well. I've only done it once b4 and that was with ODIN so it was pretty easy.....
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I'll check that out. Do u know what it's called? I'm really trying to stick with stock-like ROMs for now. You say you're a big fan of it; what stands out (say compared w/the 2 ROMs discussed)?
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xboarders sense 3.5 rc1.7, great rom (my DD) it's fast, stable, and had great tweaks. though it doesn't leave much room for themes, as m10tools for 3.5 was never well adopted.
for stock 3.0 with a ton of mods i recommend bulletproof 2.5, if ARHD had a current version that would be my go-to as mike1986 is a solid dev.
Good to hear about u liking blue... U will prolly be best off with NRG ROM.
I like the 3.5 (its called Sense 3.5 RC1.7) for it has 3.5 features compared to 3.0... I mainly like the snappiness and loon myself.
Here's what I do. I flash a ROM using 4ext. I backup its stock load. Then I customize. After I have it the way I want and am sure its running stable after I modify it, I do a another backup and delete the old backup. Then I format all partitions (except sd) in the recovery's wipe menu and flash the next ROM... And repeat
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hmm... i want ics ;(, sure this phone is amazing but a Sense 3.6 would just be sexy,
the "Mainstream" Devs that make Stabe roms are
Xboarder56
NRGZ28
Mike1986
If you find a rom from them for the amaze its gonna be soild
ernieg92 said:
they're soooo many ROMs! I may get more adventurous if this rooting / flashing goes well....
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Sorry... I just had to quote this.
It's not everyday someone comments on how about how vibrant and active the Amaze development community was...
There are a few others that I didn't mention from HeyJoe and Chrispaw also here, as well as more at Android-dev.us.
When ICS and s=off happen, it should get even better.
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glacierguy said:
Sorry... I just had to quote this.
It's not everyday someone comments on how about how vibrant and active the Amaze development community was...
There are a few others that I didn't mention from HeyJoe and Chrispaw also here, as well as more at Android-dev.us.
When ICS and s=off happen, it should get even better.
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I list all the Roms here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1545464
i have to update this lol, but no stable releases have come out in a while
we do have a lot of roms , just no ICS
We have about 15 roms give or take
Thanks to all of you for your inputs. I'm going to go with the Energy ROM and see how that goes. Maybe I'll try something else after that.
ernieg92 said:
Thanks to all of you for your inputs. I'm going to go with the Energy ROM and see how that goes. Maybe I'll try something else after that.
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Well, this phone was really easy to unlock/root. The custom recovery has a lot of interesting options--I see how easy it is now to switch between ROMs when you get bored with one!
For those that are lurking and may be intested in my experience (b/c you'd like to try something like this):
- The "How To Root HTC Ruby" was very helpful. for the overall rooting process Post #2 was a bit confusing (I think there are some links missing). I basically went to the HTCDev website, registered, and followed the unlock instructions on the site.
- I used the Clockword Mod custom recovery (as opposed to what was suggested in the above post). A good thing to note is that when installing a ROM it says to do a reset/wipe, the author generally means through the recovery, not the device (I ended up doing both since I didn't know about the option in the recovery).
- Once the recovery is in place, adding the ROM is as simple as downloading the ZIP, copying it to SDcard, rebooting to recovery, and loading the ZIP. If I can do it, just about anyone else can, too!
- After installing the Energy ROM, I could not get the WiFi to work. Rather than read hundreds of posts, I did a search on that thread and found an updated kernel in Post #4. Followed the specific instructions and problem solved.
Now that I have been running this for a couple of days, only a few things that I don't like:
- Random reboots. Though I did have them on stock, they appear more often now.
- The HTC Trace keyboard acts much differently than on stock. For example, when swiping some letters, words I've never used pop up and choices that I expect don't appear. I presume it's because NRG customized it for himself.
- It is REALLLY blue. If you don't like blue, this is not the ROM for you! (Did not mean to rhyme that but if works.) Blue is my favorite color so I don't mind it that much. But because of the way he has themed it, some screens appear much darker than they should. Also, within the tray, there is no distincition between background apps (like WiFi calling, JuiceDefender, etc) and Notifications (package updates, email updates, etc) because the theme is so dark.
Overall, now that I've "got my feet wet" with this ROM, I may actually look at others. But this was a great place to start.
I got no reboots with Energy ROM. I've never gotten a reboot (unless I was testing something in alpha/beta stages) on this phone. And if u used 4ext recovery, you wouldn't have had the broken WiFi because you don't have to flash the kernel separately.
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i never had any random boots with any rom besides Bliss Sense 3.5 ( My FAV Sense 3.5 but was never released stable ............
Maybe I got a lemon device. Though I talked to a t-mo rep who has an Amaze and he said there are occasional reboots.
I may try another ROM and see if that helps but I doubt it will.
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i've been seeing screenshots of the ICS leaks, they all show sense 3.6. am i right in assuming no OTA sense 4.0 for the rezound?
lobo4806 said:
i've been seeing screenshots of the ICS leaks, they all show sense 3.6. am i right in assuming no OTA sense 4.0 for the rezound?
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correct but there are very awsome sense 4 roms
Yep unfortunately so... I'm using pokemon so I don't really care at this point.
bummer. ROM flashing was like crack when i was using my Inc2. i guess won't be kicking the habit after all.
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i've been seeing screenshots of the ICS leaks, they all show sense 3.6. am i right in assuming no OTA sense 4.0 for the rezound?
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Sorry, but no such luck. HTC in there infinite wisdom has been using the new sense versions as a selling point for new phones. So even though the Rezound will get ICS, it will be with Sense 3.6. The good news is though, you can use a custom ICS ROM that has Sense 4.0 like this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630696
Just a suggestion.
If I could just interject with a question of my own...
are these Sense 4.0 roms fully working? I thought I heard that the radios or something didn't work on ICS ROMs but I really don't know what the hell I'm talking about
Just only a small quirk here and there. They work very well and can run them as dailys.
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If I could just interject with a question of my own...
are these Sense 4.0 roms fully working? I thought I heard that the radios or something didn't work on ICS ROMs but I really don't know what the hell I'm talking about
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Radios work, wifi works. Animations not so much, it has some strange quarks like wifi will randomly give out and the keyboard for me sometimes just stops working. Has to be lock screen on/off'd.
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Just only a small quirk here and there. They work very well and can run them as dailys.
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That's really a grey area imo, for heavy use it's not good. It bogs down quick and just seems like it'd be best to wait awhile before claiming it as a replacement for your daily driver. I wouldn't count on it in any situation where you have to have your phone.
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Radios work, wifi works. Animations not so much, it has some strange quarks like wifi will randomly give out and the keyboard for me sometimes just stops working. Has to be lock screen on/off'd.
That's really a grey area imo, for heavy use it's not good. It bogs down quick and just seems like it'd be best to wait awhile before claiming it as a replacement for your daily driver. I wouldn't count on it in any situation where you have to have your phone.
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I am running Rezrom S4 2.1 (sense 4) as my daily driver. Besides bluetooth not working 100%, i have had ZERO issues, no reboots, no lags, no force closes. No camera issues (i tale lits of pictures), i use go-keyboard so i have no issues with in that area. I have never dropped my wifi while at home or public. i prefer unlocking my device with lock screen versus other methods using stock lockscreen. If there is issues i have not found them or i do not use the apps that cause the errors.
For me, this rom is definitly ready for everyday use. Results will vary for each user.....
My advice try both sense versions and all of the roms before making a judgmebt based off other users experiences.....
Good luck.
The newest pkmon works almost 100%. It is smooth, good battery life, no real downsides over sense 3.6. It is an upgrade to move to pkmon.
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Ok to begin this topic, I am in no way an expert and this is based on my preferences and experiences with the Roms listed, present and future.
I will be updating this as I test these Roms for one week or until I have exhausted featur, My signature will reflect the Rom I am currently testing.
These will be in order of use not alphabetical and will contain GB Firmware patch links when required.
Lets get started.
Ratings
1 Star = 1/2 Star =
Top Rating = 10
All of these Developers have done excellent work providing our community with quality work, this is not meant to Flame against them, just my experiences shared for those who wish to find the Rom that is right for them and I am still looking for my favorite, PM me suggestions.
My attempt to review these Roms after a week of switching back and forth, ratings and information subject to change.
Ineffabilis Dues v1.1
[ROM] Ineffabilis Deus v1.1 [6/26/12] Sense 3.6 | Beats | Tweaks | 3.14.605.10
GB Patch
First thoughts:
This Rom was the first I have ever flashed, it has many customization features built into the rom and is very very stable.
Many launcher options on installation, the customizations I mentioned before are mainly due to the launchers that you can choose from.
While this isn't spectacular, the Notification customization is amazing and quite user friendly.
I wasn't quite sure on what was missing from this Rom.
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Newts Zone XxX RLS 3.2.1
[ROM - 7/7] NeWts zOnE XxX RLS 3.2.1
Patch Located in Rom posting.
First thoughts:
I believe this Rom is still in development, newtoroot stated he was releasing an update, so this view point is prior to that release.
Issues I had encountered:
Sense and all sense related, clock, weather, etc. closing unexpectedly.
Graphical glitches in the weather, Icons on the home screen.
All in all this is a very good Rom, Once the bugs have been reduced I would not mind using it for more than a day.
Beats Audio on all apps with the Beats notification control!!
This Rom is also very customizable with lots of support from zhp pilot.
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Nils' Business ICS 4.0.3 Sense 4.0
[ROM][07.27.12][V2.3] Nils' Business ICS 4.0.3 Sense 4.0 [Aroma Installer]
First thoughts:
This is another very stable rom, it has some customization features, HTC Hub included into the personalize section which is always a plus, but the service seems to be down due to HTC.
First Boot Issues:
Status bar carrier name collapsed upon itself.
Fix: changing the carrier name with the tweaks app and then removing it if desired fixes this problem.
Weather app is graphically bugged, even after turning off Force 2D GPU Rendering and a Hot Reboot it is still sluggish looking and the menu has some graphical glitches.
Maybe a side effect of the CPU being under clocked?
Fix: Unknown.
Locksreen Icons:
The lockscreen icons seem to be only set to what the launcher is set to, this is a bump that you have to get over immediately if you like customizing your icons to different apps.
Widgets:
This Rom has all of the goodies that come stock from HTC and Android.
Notifications Area:
As Nils' informed me in the forums, tapping on the carrier name toggles Quick Settings, inventive way of hiding them and I personally like this.
Again there isn't a recent apps menu, as I have said before, I personally like being able to switch to an app that I was using before I had a Email or SMS Message.
Unfortunately it does not seem to have a way of organizing the Quick Settings menu items to your own personal liking.
Wifi / Radio:
I experienced no issues with connecting to wireless routers or signal issues.
Battery:
55% battery left with moderate use for the last 5 hours, WiFi seems to disable itself quite well when not in use, for all the people who think sense kills a battery, think again as Nils' might have something going here.
Down only 5% while editing this post and replying to a few pm's
Beats Audio:
When I know, you will know.
Wirelss ADB:
You will have to go to the play store to get Wireless ADB as it does not seem to be included.
CarrierIQ:
I could not find a trace of this trashy forced spyware.
Oddities:
While skimming through the People tab of the PhoneBook, I opened the menu and found a button for Verizons Backup Assistant Plus, When tapped nothing happens, as it is not installed on this Rom and having flashed this Rom before, I backed up my contacts with Google prior to flashing it again.
This one seemed odd to me, and I kind of liked it, but Google Play automatically downloaded 3 out of my last 6 downloaded apps.
There does not seem to be a setting to allow the homescreen to wrap to the first panel as seen in other Roms and...
ViperRez 1.0.3
This is a great rom, there used to be a lot of information here, but some how it was deleted.
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i like this hopefully this doesnt become into a flame thread
JoelZ9614 said:
i like this hopefully this doesnt become into a flame thread
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I hope so too, I will be adding to it as I switch between the Roms again and again until I haven't missed anything substantial.
I just flashed back to Nils' last night from your Rom, so some stuff may be jumbled.
I think something you may have missed from NilsP ICS Sense is the battery life. His battery life is very good (he customized it for that and stability) Using android i don't know of many people who use VZWbackup for their contacts and can't really imagine using that instead of google's own solution.
ViperRez, also is incredibly innovative and has good battery life, customizability. It is currently my daily driver until AOSP.
I would definitely put NilsP's at a 4 star at least. ViperRez i think is right up there. My favorite Sense 3.6 and Sense 4 roms.
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I think something you may have missed from NilsP ICS Sense is the battery life. His battery life is very good (he customized it for that and stability) Using android i don't know of many people who use VZWbackup for their contacts and can't really imagine using that instead of google's own solution.
ViperRez, also is incredibly innovative and has good battery life, customizability. It is currently my daily driver until AOSP.
I would definitely put NilsP's at a 4 star at least. ViperRez i think is right up there. My favorite Sense 3.6 and Sense 4 roms.
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I am still swapping out Roms and haven't fully tested everything, but at the moment 3 1/2 is as high as I can go at the moment, this is just the beginning of a review between what I have found to be the big hitters and have yet to test cleanROM.
Don't worry I will update with battery life and the like eventually, I am going to take a week on each Rom and edit this post, currently I am back on the ViperRez, next week I will return to Nils', but the main thing reason the VZW Backup is so important, new users are given the tool by default and I must admit, the Google version only confuses me and I have never took the time to use it and learn how to back up my contacts and phone numbers, something 3 out of the 4 Roms I have tried have optional during first boot is VZW Backup and Google.
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I think something you may have missed from NilsP ICS Sense is the battery life. His battery life is very good (he customized it for that and stability) Using android i don't know of many people who use VZWbackup for their contacts and can't really imagine using that instead of google's own solution.
ViperRez, also is incredibly innovative and has good battery life, customizability. It is currently my daily driver until AOSP.
I would definitely put NilsP's at a 4 star at least. ViperRez i think is right up there. My favorite Sense 3.6 and Sense 4 roms.
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Just to add. Quick settings is in the pulldown. Just tap the logo bar and it toggles. Just don't want anyone to think 4.0 ROM does not have QS and Tweaks.
Also, great idea for a thread
I havent used Ineffibilis Deus or Nils Business Sense so I have no opinions on those, but IMO ViperRez beats out OneXxX. OneXxX just seemed a little buggy and slow. Still, if ViperRez weren't around, it'd be my second pick.
WooHoo! made the list for once.. YAY!
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Just to add. Quick settings is in the pulldown. Just tap the logo bar and it toggles. Just don't want anyone to think 4.0 ROM does not have QS and Tweaks.
Also, great idea for a thread
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Thanks for the input Nils, i'll have to remember that when I go back to your Rom next week and include it in the review.
I havent used Ineffibilis Deus or Nils Business Sense so I have no opinions on those, but IMO ViperRez beats out OneXxX. OneXxX just seemed a little buggy and slow. Still, if ViperRez weren't around, it'd be my second pick.
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ViperRez is definitely winning me over with the Beats options, I just hooked my cable back up in my car, with no amp my seats were vibrating from the bass.
I think beats every where on Nils too. Should be 4.5 * IMO
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zone23 said:
WooHoo! made the list for once.. YAY!
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Your always on my list Zone
zone23 said:
WooHoo! made the list for once.. YAY!
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Didn't know a theme could make a ROM list.
This is a great idea. I'll PM you fallen with a few ideas that you nay or may not like :3.
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con247 said:
Didn't know a theme could make a ROM list.
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Well it was included with the Rom and modifies the Rom at the lowest levels, so why not?
After reading what zone pm'd me, he actually rebuilt the entire Rom, so I think that counts in this list.
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Well it was included with the Rom and modifies the Rom at the lowest levels, so why not?
After reading what zone pm'd me, he actually rebuilt the entire Rom, so I think that counts in this list.
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Theming it, adding ad block hosts, and updating gapps is not a new ROM. Newt did 99.9% of the ROM if you discount the blue color. I am not saying the blue doesn't look great or not take a long time to do, but it isn't a new ROM or development. It is theming.
Please just remove it from the list. Thanks..
zone23 said:
Please just remove it from the list. Thanks..
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Poor zone .
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JoelZ9614 said:
i like this hopefully this doesnt become into a flame thread
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You only like it because your rom is #1
but i like the idea of this thread. grate work OP
You need to try ConRom with the desensed option . Its the best one so far in my opinion!
ViperRez is gr8 but the battery drain
Newts have gr8 power setting