What ICS mod is considered the current leader? I'm looking to flash my phone with one, but I'm not even sure what Rom to begin with.
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Personally, I'm waiting for Jelly Bean to drop on our phones
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Mwakious has the biggest fanbase right now and can be considered as a good dev with a good rom, though I'm not quite happy with the battery drainage when the screen is on. Somebody else was complaining about the same issue, but again, every phone reacts differently, so maybe you won't even have that issue ukno..
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Mwakious has the biggest fanbase right now and can be considered as a good dev with a good rom, though I'm not quite happy with the battery drainage when the screen is on. Somebody else was complaining about the same issue, but again, every phone reacts differently, so maybe you won't even have that issue ukno..
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Most of the roms have both cores enabled which will cause that battery issue.
IMO if you're going to go with an ICS ROM, Cool ICS is the best. No dual core nonsense, the right amount of tweaks, and just a good normal ROM.
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What ICS mod is considered the current leader? I'm looking to flash my phone with one, but I'm not even sure what Rom to begin with.
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Ugh not again.
First we need to know if you are GSM or CDMA.
And second, there is no "best" rom. All roms are created differently, for people with different wants and needs. And every rom will run differently on every phone. So just flash one, try it out for a day or two, and if you don't like it, try another.
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Ugh not again.
First we need to know if you are GSM or CDMA.
And second, there is no "best" rom. All roms are created differently, for people with different wants and needs. And every rom will run differently on every phone. So just flash one, try it out for a day or two, and if you don't like it, try another.
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This. Don't listen too much about what others say pick a Rom based on what you want and give it a go.
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thomasca said:
What ICS mod is considered the current leader? I'm looking to flash my phone with one, but I'm not even sure what Rom to begin with.
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Since your location says Boise, I'm guessing CDMA on Sprint. I personally like ZR3dX as my daily driver (see my signature). As others have said, I recommend that you try some out and find the one you like best.
I personally use MeanRom ICS but Im about to try the Genesis Rom... Ill let you know how this one works out :laugh:
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I personally use MeanRom ICS but Im about to try the Genesis Rom... Ill let you know how this one works out :laugh:
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Anything you don't like about MeanRom ICS?
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Anything you don't like about MeanRom ICS?
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Don't know if you were leaving it open to all, but I'll answer anyway. Rom is great, but in an effort to increase performance, the battery life isn't there for me. I think Mikey was in the process of balancing battery and performance when the lte came out. Since he is waiting until the ota to update, I'll try it again then.
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Don't know if you were leaving it open to all, but I'll answer anyway. Rom is great, but in an effort to increase performance, the battery life isn't there for me. I think Mikey was in the process of balancing battery and performance when the lte came out. Since he is waiting until the ota to update, I'll try it again then.
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Gotcha. I'm thinking maybe another kernel based on the just released ICS kernel source might enhance battery life and stability.
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I am using the mikey's meanrom v2.4 and it has been real stable. I also used the zr3 rom, but it did not have polaris office build into it, and I needed that since I get emails with documents attached. Didn't see any reason to purchase something that is in the mean rom. The zr3 rom is more customized, where meanrom appears to be more stock to me, but that is just my opinion.
I had no performance issues with either.
Have fun!
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I am using the mikey's meanrom v2.4 and it has been real stable. I also used the zr3 rom, but it did not have polaris office build into it, and I needed that since I get emails with documents attached. Didn't see any reason to purchase something that is in the mean rom. The zr3 rom is more customized, where meanrom appears to be more stock to me, but that is just my opinion.
I had no performance issues with either.
Have fun!
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You can copy the Polaris app from Mean to Zr3dx. I think all you have to do is take the apk, copy it to system/app, change the permissions to rw-r--r-- and reboot.
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Anything you don't like about MeanRom ICS?
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Battery life is ok, but the Rom is awsome no complaints
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I personally use MeanRom ICS but Im about to try the Genesis Rom... Ill let you know how this one works out :laugh:
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It's realy good runing it right know good music tweeks
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This is more of a question that will result in an answer that's an opinion. But I am wondering and completely open to ideas. I have used XPLOD and Eternity. But there's tons of Roms out there so I'm wondering which one would be good.
If you could please list the Rom a link and specifications.
Aka
XPLOD:[exampleXDAlink] 4G , WiFi ,3G, 3D , Bluetooth etc.
And a personal comment about the Rom. Thanks in advance
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This is more of a question that will result in an answer that's an opinion. But I am wondering and completely open to ideas. I have used XPLOD and Eternity. But there's tons of Roms out there so I'm wondering which one would be good.
If you could please list the Rom a link and specifications.
Aka
XPLOD:[exampleXDAlink] 4G , WiFi ,3G, 3D , Bluetooth etc.
And a personal comment about the Rom. Thanks in advance
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You will get mixed reviews lol..
All roms are good
Depends on the user and what they want .
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You will get mixed reviews lol..
All roms are good
Depends on the user and what they want .
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Exactly. You will find so many people that like Variable 'X' ROM, and other's that love Variable 'Y' ROM.
There are so many great ROMs out there. It's up to you when it comes to your favorite. Just try keep trying different ones until you find one that you love.
I love viperROM, MikRunny, InfectedROM Eternity, Warm TwoPointThree, MIUI. That's not every one of my favorites, but those are some.
~co~
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Exactly. You will find so many people that like Variable 'X' ROM, and other's that love Variable 'Y' ROM.
There are so many great ROMs out there. It's up to you when it comes to your favorite. Just try keep trying different ones until you find one that you love.
I love viperROM, MikRunny, InfectedROM Eternity, Warm TwoPointThree, MIUI. That's not every one of my favorites, but those are some.
~co~
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Lol well put man I been on my own build. But it does boil down to what a user needs and wants... Looks,Tweaks,Speed over battery life, Battery life over speed and so on..
closeone said:
Exactly. You will find so many people that like Variable 'X' ROM, and other's that love Variable 'Y' ROM.
There are so many great ROMs out there. It's up to you when it comes to your favorite. Just try keep trying different ones until you find one that you love.
I love viperROM, MikRunny, InfectedROM Eternity, Warm TwoPointThree, MIUI. That's not every one of my favorites, but those are some.
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I am about to do my first root and am looking for a ROM. I have learned that there are MANY different ROMs out there depending on what you want. Is there a known database of ROMs listing each of their attributes?
Thanks
AOSP PB9 from Deck. All working except Camera, 4G nad 3D. HW is about 90%, Wifi, 3G, BT, all is working very good. OC up to 1.94 ghz. Good ROM to try
Sense: inbREDed ROM is smooth and fast, MeanROM is another one. Both have all stuff working without problems. MeanROM is more stock look while inbREDed is a fully themed ROM, ledroid tweaks, 2 MPx in front forced. Also, OP is working on 1080p recording
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You will get mixed reviews lol..
All roms are good
Depends on the user and what they want .
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First quote answers second quote. That's what I'm heading for. I WANT mixed reviews. Different reviews from different people all stating their honest opinion. And because all roms are good thats why I made this topic. To see which one will get recommended the most.
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Once ics comes out I hope someone makes it look like Myn's TwoPointTwo
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there are alot of great roms out rite now.. i have tryed every rom and kernel that has been out in the past 6 months.. everyone is diff so what i like u my not like.. try a few roms im sure u will find one u like.. a few of my fav roms are... zr3d rom... eternity rom.. mean rom.. evolv3d rom.. clean rom.. steal 25 rom.. thats all the roms i like the best but u my not like them.. like i said everyone is different
Just my thoughts but it would be awesome to get gsm roms on cdma. I have checked the gsm thread and i gotta say. im more impressed with their rom. (Not saying the devs at cdma arent good)
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Just my thoughts but it would be awesome to get gsm roms on cdma. I have checked the gsm thread and i gotta say. im more impressed with their rom. (Not saying the devs at cdma arent good)
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Yeah, I wish all roms including cdma and gsm were available for all.
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The two ROMs I use:
Mean ROM: everything works. Uses the Ziggy kernel which is stable with great battery life. Very active dev (new release every few days) and very active user community. Has Beats working without the headphone hiss. This ROM looks mainly stock with some addons included or flashable.
Nocturnal Adrenaline: everything works. Uses the Anthrax kernel which is slightly worse on battery, but a little better in performance. Active dev (new releases about once every week or two) and active community of users. Less stock look since Leedroid tweaks are built in and some of the widgets and apps are inverted.
I flashed version a 2.2 ZR3D rom and it is great. Really sped my phone up!
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I flashed version a 2.2 ZR3D rom and it is great. Really sped my phone up!
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IT does look tempting to flash :/... Btw I heard someone say that you could flash roms quickly with something-boot . You can just switch out roms easily, I forgot the name. I'll tell you if I remember
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The two ROMs I use:
Mean ROM: everything works. Uses the Ziggy kernel which is stable with great battery life. Very active dev (new release every few days) and very active user community. Has Beats working without the headphone hiss. This ROM looks mainly stock with some addons included or flashable.
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X2. I am not new to rooting, but just recently finally rooted my Evo3D. Tried several different ROMs. I found that Mean ROM was very stable, very quick and snappy, everything works, and very active dev, as stated before. Many that use Mean are changing to the Anthrax kernel to go even faster, but the Ziggy kernel that comes stock on the ROM works great, and is a huge improvement over stock.
I AM looking forward to an ICS ROM that has everything working. Every time I try a ROM with something as a know issue not working, I think it will be no big deal to do without. Then I find that is the feature I miss the most. So I choose to stay with fully functional ROMs. Just my opinion...
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IT does look tempting to flash :/... Btw I heard someone say that you could flash roms quickly with something-boot . You can just switch out roms easily, I forgot the name. I'll tell you if I remember
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Boot Manager App from Play Store
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I have flashed almost every rom out for 3evo until i flashed ZR3D, i have been on it since day one, hands down most stable rom out.
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I have flashed almost every rom out for 3evo until i flashed ZR3D, i have been on it since day one, hands down most stable rom out.
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Ok ok, all the recommendations finally made me give it a try. "What could go wrong?" I asked, well after a few hours of using this rom, I just wanted to tell you all, I love you all (No homo) for recommending this rom perfect speed, smooth, battery is good, Runs Modern Combat 3 Like a breeze! Overclocked to Max 1500 and least 1000 MHz. I recommend this rom to everyone!
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Ok ok, all the recommendations finally made me give it a try. "What could go wrong?" I asked, well after a few hours of using this rom, I just wanted to tell you all, I love you all (No homo) for recommending this rom perfect speed, smooth, battery is good, Runs Modern Combat 3 Like a breeze! Overclocked to Max 1500 and least 1000 MHz. I recommend this rom to everyone!
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Oh forgot to mention I changed to an OC-able kernel
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Wanna use RCMIX OC 2.0ghz kernel ?
One of the last mirrors... Since megaupload isn't working anymore. Here you go , flash at your own risk! Btw I wanna mention this , you will get instability if you go higher than 1800mhz .. sooo just do it whenever you feel like it. Once again here is the link
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/HTCEvo3D/kernels/RCMix/RCMIX_3D_EVO_kernel_v2.2.3.zip
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I have commitment issues... Can't decide which one I like better. Does anyone have an opinion on which its the better ROM and why?
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As much I want to keep MeanROM as my daily, I simply can't cause the battery isnt as good as flex's rom, Its night and day. Dont get me wrong i loved what MeanROM did for the EVO 3d, but for the EVO lte, I think it needs more time to evolve.
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As much I want to keep MeanROM as my daily, I simply can't cause the battery isnt as good as flex's rom, Its night and day. Dont get me wrong i loved what MeanROM did for the EVO 3d, but for the EVO lte, I think it needs more time to evolve.
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What kinda battery are you getting?
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Over 5 hour of screen time
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This was on mean rom . Wifi most of the day . Its the best I've ever had on a phone .
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Im definitely not getting those results on mean rom.
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its hard to beat flex's stock with goodies ROM. That is if you like Sense. Battery life is great and barely any glitches.
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I have commitment issues... Can't decide which one I like better. Does anyone have an opinion on which its the better ROM and why?
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Try all of them for a few days, there is no "better" ROM.
I chose flex simply for the enhanced stock path. It's great for "me" but maybe MeanROM, Joel's, Chameleon or ___ might be your best bet.
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Im definitely not getting those results on mean rom.
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I installed MeanROM 0.3 last night before going to bed. Today I went from full to 60% faster than I expected this morning, but since then it has gone from 60 to 30% much more slowly. I am definitely going to give it a little time to "settle in" and see how it goes. Plus, given Mikey's history, it'll be on 0.5 or 0.6 by the end of the week Which is why you can't say one is "better" than the other right now - both are still evolving pretty rapidly.
But, maybe I'll give Flex360's a try right now as a point of comparison.
I've run pretty much all of the roms available and am on mean rom since last night..it seems to be running well..I ran omjs for a while and that was nice and smooth ..imho I dont notice much difference between them but maybe that's just bc I dont know what I'm looking for? One thing I dont like is the show JavaScript console bar and do.t understand its usefulness...and it blocks out my status bar even at the top ..
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I installed MeanROM 0.3 last night before going to bed. Today I went from full to 60% faster than I expected this morning, but since then it has gone from 60 to 30% much more slowly. I am definitely going to give it a little time to "settle in" and see how it goes. Plus, given Mikey's history, it'll be on 0.5 or 0.6 by the end of the week Which is why you can't say one is "better" than the other right now - both are still evolving pretty rapidly.
But, maybe I'll give Flex360's a try right now as a point of comparison.
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Im most definitely going to keep it on the rest of the day to let it "settle in" which is a myth I don't believe in. I get great battery from flex's rom without the "settling in" period.
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shook187 said:
Im most definitely going to keep it on the rest of the day to let it "settle in" which is a myth I don't believe in. I get great battery from flex's rom without the "settling in" period.
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Then I guess u know what Rom U want to run..I flashed mean rom.and clearly watched as it settled in over a few hours and reboots..at first it was a little choppy and now its super smooth..so call it what u want..I didn't experience this on flexs rom but that's prob bc its a stock rom with no changes to the framework..btw I'm not choosing sides I really liked flexs Rom..and am very surprised that an average user has made one of most popular roms available..he must of been hiding his skills ..def impressed
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am very surprised that an average user has made one of most popular roms available..he must of been hiding his skills ..def impressed
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Don't be surprised, Im also learning the in and outs of creating a rom and it's really rather easy when the framework is already intact. Cut and paste becomes your best friend, ask permission to use other peoples mods, bada boom bada bing you have a rom and im a freaking developer
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Don't be surprised, Im also learning the in and outs of creating a rom and it's really rather easy when the framework is already intact. Cut and paste becomes your best friend, ask permission to use other peoples mods, bada boom bada bing you have a rom and im a freaking developer
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Precisely. Anyone claiming one ROM is the "best" ROM at this point is just biased. They all are based on the exact same software--except for AOSP--and do virtually the same things and have the same tweaks. There isn't enough diversity at this point to crown one ROM "the best."
i think right now i think that pkmn rom is ahead by a little bit only because it has a leetroid like app that allows you to customise the look and feel of the app. lots of things you would normally edit something for is just a checkbox away
MeanRom .4 is baked and ready to eat: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727167
I'm rocking meanrom right now, testing it.... Ran it exclusively on my 3d and flexrom the last few weeks.
Going to put both to they paces...
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I have MeanRom v4 up now. I will see how it settles...
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mean rom v3 with pkmn tweaks installed (don't ask) lolz but here's my batt life after flashing a rom, doing a nandbackup and flashing a few tweaks
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mean rom v3 with pkmn tweaks installed (don't ask) lolz but here's my batt life after flashing a rom, doing a nandbackup and flashing a few tweaks
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useless stats without knowing how long your screen was on for.
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I've been on Viper since launch...
Haven't tried any of the others. Visuals are important to me as well as smoothness.
Mean ROM.
Mean Rom.
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Mean rom is a beast
any rom would do. there all pretty simple at the moment, nobody has took their rom to the next level for this device.
Many devs are still ROMing for other phones and haven't journeyed to the LTE just yet.
only time will tell. And Ive flash just about all of the roms out now.
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any rom would do. there all pretty simple at the moment, nobody has took their rom to the next level for this device.
Many devs are still ROMing for other phones and haven't journeyed to the LTE just yet.
only time will tell. And Ive flash just about all of the roms out now.
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I will agree. My daily rom is MeanROM but I've tried them all and I think they're pretty much all the same. Only thing that's separating them are tweaks, they definitely all look the same. From what I hear the VenomRom will be the one that separates itself from the rest, when it gets released.
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I've tried Mean rom and Viper. Both excellent roms but I chose to stick with Viper as my daily driver for now. It just feels a bit more familiar to me since that's all I used on my 3D.
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+1 with mean rom for sure. its got by far the most support and updates as of now. but when the viper rom comes out whenever that may be is up in the air but when it does i think i will be the best. go to the one x page and check it out....but mean all the way right now without a doubt!!!!
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I will agree. My daily rom is MeanROM but I've tried them all and I think they're pretty much all the same. Only thing that's separating them are tweaks, they definitely all look the same. From what I hear the VenomRom will be the one that separates itself from the rest, when it gets released.
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Ive been waiting patiently on that Rom to come out, words on the threads, beta will be out by the end of this week
I'm going with mean as well simply because he supports it by far the best.
Everything is pretty much the same right now so it's not a big deal, just play around with a few
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Stock. :trollface:
I actually like it however
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I had ARHD 6.6.7 previously. It was a stock experience with nothing new. Also my battery was terrible on it. Yesterday I flashed ViperS 1.0.1... And I must say that it's by far the best rom I have every seen and used. It's packed with so much goodies! So much customization options that you'll never get bored. And on top of that, it's also very fast. The venom hub and tweaks app is revolutionary.
So far, the battery is also doing great.
Team Venom rocks!
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if u like the customizing tweaks u find in AOSP roms like cm9 and aokp then u should look forward to charmeleon rom, it will be getting a major update in the coming days
using the AOKP right now. dont really like any of the sense options there are right now. and i like the AOSP lockscreen too much. haha. waiting for that chameleon rom guy above was talking about. hopefully we can get a good CM9 Port going.
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I had ARHD 6.6.7 previously. It was a stock experience with nothing new. Also my battery was terrible on it. Yesterday I flashed ViperS 1.0.1... And I must say that it's by far the best rom I have every seen and used. It's packed with so much goodies! So much customization options that you'll never get bored. And on top of that, it's also very fast. The venom hub and tweaks app is revolutionary.
So far, the battery is also doing great.
Team Venom rocks!
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so your a tester or what for them? how is that rom?? i cant wait to get that sh*t!!!!!
I use Mean as well, Ive tried all of the others out there and keep coming back to Mean because it keeps getting updated and each time gets better.
give it a try
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so your a tester or what for them? how is that rom?? i cant wait to get that sh*t!!!!!
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nah man, I am just a tester and flasher for my local peeps.
Dude you should try this rom. they've made this rom very light and now i usually have around 175 - 220mb FREE.
just 3 bugs so far.. which i have already reported on day one.
1- Facebook Calender Sync doesn't work.
2- Gallery and Music app fails to load and search files. ( most of the time ) its a pain though :x
3- No Predictive Text in the keyboard. ( you'll have to use the ****ty SwiftKey for that.)
I've flashed Mean rom... All I noticed was 2% drops in battery every few minutes.. And it looked like the same stock ics layout
What's so special about It
We need roms that have boot animations and tweaked batt life roms that tweak the ui something extra ordinary
Stock suits me for now until I see a tricked out rom one that physically just looks different to the eyes
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Mean Rom hands down cm9 is ok but its buggy
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I've flashed Mean rom... All I noticed was 2% drops in battery every few minutes.. And it looked like the same stock ics layout
What's so special about It
We need roms that have boot animations and tweaked batt life roms that tweak the ui something extra ordinary
Stock suits me for now until I see a tricked out rom one that physically just looks different to the eyes
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Use cm9 then there's thems in the market
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I know that the best ROM would be based on personal preference. What I'm looking for is the most fully functional ROM. I've been trying different ROMs but I work so much I don't have the time I used to. Any insight is welcome and greatly appreciated.
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I know that the best ROM would be based on personal preference. What I'm looking for is the most fully functional ROM. I've been trying different ROMs but I work so much I don't have the time I used to. Any insight is welcome and greatly appreciated.
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The one you create. I want an ETA and I want no bugs. Go.
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In my humble opinion, if your talking about the most features it would be the Charmaleon ROM, your able to theme quite a few things because of a tweak add-on he has in the rom. It's on the third page of ROM developement.
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The one you create. I want an ETA and I want no bugs. Go.
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If you don't have anything positive to add then please take your comments somewhere else. Thanks and good day sir.
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If you don't have anything positive to add then please take your comments somewhere else. Thanks and good day sir.
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Haha just a little welcome humor. ViperROM is pretty customizable.
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I'll second ViperRom or MeanROM, if you're looking at ICS ROM's. With JB ROM's the verdict is still out, but Viper's base JB ROM works pretty well, as does MeanBean (the ROM I'm currently running). Not to say these are by any means the best, just a handful of the few I've tried since coming to the EVO LTE. It's all subjective, really, since what's best for one user may not be best for another.
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xbmoyx said:
Haha just a little welcome humor. ViperROM is pretty customizable.
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Cool. I think I tried it in the beginning before I started this new job. That was back over the summer though. I'm sure it's probably different. I'll add it to the to do list. Thanks.
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I'll second ViperRom or MeanROM, if you're looking at ICS ROM's. With JB ROM's the verdict is still out, but Viper's base JB ROM works pretty well, as does MeanBean (the ROM I'm currently running). Not to say these are by any means the best, just a handful of the few I've tried since coming to the EVO LTE. It's all subjective, really, since what's best for one user may not be best for another.
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Thanks for the input. I want to stick with a JB ROM but I travel so much with my job to places with horrible reception or Hotels with no wi-fi and then I get fc's or I start to loose certain functions and I have to go back to an older ROM. I think I'm going to designate a memory card to keep a few good ROMs on when I travel to nip it. I haven't tried Viper's base. I think that'll be my next ROM.
FinZ28 said:
I'll second ViperRom or MeanROM, if you're looking at ICS ROM's. With JB ROM's the verdict is still out, but Viper's base JB ROM works pretty well, as does MeanBean (the ROM I'm currently running). Not to say these are by any means the best, just a handful of the few I've tried since coming to the EVO LTE. It's all subjective, really, since what's best for one user may not be best for another.
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I'll put a third vote in for the Mean series. I've tried MIUI and CM10 recently, but I always end up coming back to the beauty of Sense. The dev on MeanRom and MeanBean is very active and has made it very simple to update to his newest version with an OTA updater.
That said, I am currently checking out the rEVOLTEd rom, with JB. I was particularly interested in how the dev used the AOSP vanilla version of Recent Apps switcher rather than the Sense version... The camcorder is not currently working, but it should be fixed in the next version. Other than that, it seems to be running very well.
Overall, there really are some great options out there for JB and ICS Roms.
meanbean is where its at!!
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I'll put a third vote in for the Mean series. I've tried MIUI and CM10 recently, but I always end up coming back to the beauty of Sense. The dev on MeanRom and MeanBean is very active and has made it very simple to update to his newest version with an OTA updater.
That said, I am currently checking out the rEVOLTEd rom, with JB. I was particularly interested in how the dev used the AOSP vanilla version of Recent Apps switcher rather than the Sense version... The camcorder is not currently working, but it should be fixed in the next version. Other than that, it seems to be running very well.
Overall, there really are some great options out there for JB and ICS Roms.
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I've tried revolted. Good rom but I had trouble with my GPS signal and I use navigation often for my job. I've seen Mean ROM a lot so I'm downloading Mean Bean and Vipers JB ROM. Thanks for your input.
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Just want to say thanks to everyone who gave their opinions and input in this thread. I flashed Mean Bean and loved it. Problem was I flashed it wrong. Didn't upgrade to 3.15 firmware first. In the process of trying to do that I bricked, fixed, unlocked/ unrooted, upgraded, unlocked, rooted, and finally reflashed Mean Bean. I haven't had this much fun in a long time. I've been so use to dropping roms on a sd and flashing I forgot one of the most important things about XDA. READ Instructions before flashing new roms. Thanks again to everyone who commented and gave advice. You helped me find exactly what I was looking for.
evo401 said:
meanbean is where its at!!
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You Sir are absolutely correct. My favorite so far.
I tried both meanbean and stock w/ goodies and I really like the fluidity of meanbean. However, the battery life seemed like it was better on stock w/ goodies. I also used rom cleaner w/ the no-sense option on both of the roms so i'm not sure if that contributed to better speed or battery life. I decided to stick w/ meanbean! no fc or errors for me and everythings been running great!
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I tried both meanbean and stock w/ goodies and I really like the fluidity of meanbean. However, the battery life seemed like it was better on stock w/ goodies. I also used rom cleaner w/ the no-sense option on both of the roms so i'm not sure if that contributed to better speed or battery life. I decided to stick w/ meanbean! no fc or errors for me and everythings been running great!
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Check out SuperJELLY. I'm getting the same if not better battery life than MeanBean.
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Also on superjelly
I've been running Meanbean for quite sometime now and really like it but I switched today to super jelly and I think I'm liking this rom a little better seems a bit quicker and better battery for me
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Basically, title says it all. I've been a loyal swg user because I like the smoothness the goodies and the battery life. Now that it's gone what's out there that's similar?
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eddy0090 said:
Basically, title says it all. I've been a loyal swg user because I like the smoothness the goodies and the battery life. Now that it's gone what's out there that's similar?
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Try sinistertensai v5 Rom. Its sick. Or jelly bam. Should be what your looking fo.
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mammothjojo88 said:
Try sinistertensai v5 Rom. Its sick. Or jelly bam. Should be what your looking fo.
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How's battery life? Any known bugs?
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Battery life? I get 20 hrs on it. And bugs? None. Its a smooth stable Rom. I personally suggest that.
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Thanks and so my quest begins
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Whatever you choose try to pick a dev who doesn't steal other people's work.
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eddy0090 said:
Thanks and so my quest begins
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Here's a beer for you sir :beer:
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Mmmm beer
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meanbean is the way to go!
evo401 said:
meanbean is the way to go!
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That's by OMJ right? I use his mod pack which is really sweet.
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fernando sor said:
Whatever you choose try to pick a dev who doesn't steal other people's work.
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I suggest Tranquility JB very smooth a lot of hard work done by the Bad Seed Gang
bigdaddy619 said:
I suggest Tranquility JB very smooth a lot of hard work done by the Bad Seed Gang
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+1
Their Bistro for mods is cool too
I was going to go to MeanBean. However, not sure about this Tranquility ROM. Is it even on XDA? Is it heavily themed or more stock? I am giving my phone to my father-in-law and want him to have a good ROM that just works and is close to stock in look.
just going to chime in here, if youre looking for a stock rom best bet is build yourself. it's easy enough to do if you follow some steps. sense isnt really stock imo
if youre looking for something nice to run theres plenty of roms out. best advice is try em all.
Another vote for Tranquility. I've run MeanBean for a while and it was good. Tranquility seems slightly smoother and the theming is excellent. Tranquility was on XDA, but they removed it. Now it's on www.themikmik.com
I did add Zepplinrox multitasking mod, which Mean bean already has in it. Makes a noticeable difference, especially with Sense reloads.
Is tranquility stock looking? On mikmik, it looks heavily themed.
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Another vote for Tranquility. I've run MeanBean for a while and it was good. Tranquility seems slightly smoother and the theming is excellent. Tranquility was on XDA, but they removed it. Now it's on www.themikmik.com
I did add Zepplinrox multitasking mod, which Mean bean already has in it. Makes a noticeable difference, especially with Sense reloads.
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Yeh tranquility looks super moded, I am looking for a rom closer to stock.
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Sinistertensai said:
just going to chime in here, if youre looking for a stock rom best bet is build yourself. it's easy enough to do if you follow some steps. sense isnt really stock imo
if youre looking for something nice to run theres plenty of roms out. best advice is try em all.
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If I had the skills I would try but making my own is way above my head. Plus whatever is out there would be far better than anything I could cook up
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Think I'm going to give MeanBean a shot, working on backing everything up right now.
My biggest concern is battery life, I don't sit on my phone all day so I'm mostly concerned with how the phone behaves while the screen is off; though I do like a smooth experience when it's on.
I'll post back with my initial impression of MeanBean and my experience with the battery once I've had long enough to establish a norm.
-- Question from me. Anyone recommend a kernel over the stock kernel? Maybe something with better governors or fastcharge?
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Think I'm going to give MeanBean a shot, working on backing everything up right now.
My biggest concern is battery life, I don't sit on my phone all day so I'm mostly concerned with how the phone behaves while the screen is off. Though I do like a smooth experience when it's on.
I'll post back with my initial impression of MeanBean and my experience with the battery once I've had long enough to establish a norm.
-- Question from me. Anyone recommend a kernel over the stock kernel? Maybe something with better governors or fastcharge?
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For your situation I would go with OMJ 2.2. It is an ICS rom but runs super smoothe, fast, and has exceptional battery life, and everything works. OMJ also has a later version 2.6 which uses Aroma so you can customize yourself.