I would call myself an intermediate level flasher. I've used stock rooted, eclipse 2.3 and cm7 and cm10 roms. What I don't get is why would someone want the look of an ICS or JB rom if half or even a few of the things on the phone don't function. If someone wants their phone to look cool or wants to be able to customize it more, they generally gravitate to a cm rom. I understand that cm7 is more stable than 9 or 10. I've been on cm7 and can't say that I was all that impressed. Before that I was on eclipse using adw ex launcher and I was able to customize my screens as much as or more than cm7. Cm7 uses adw as the default launcher but it's not the updated or ex version of it. When I was on it, I had issues with wifi and my music on my sdcard was all screwed up. So I have a hard time understanding why anyone would sacrifice functionality over having a rom that talks the talk but can't walk the walk. ICS and JB roms promise but can't deliver. I do hope that the dev community can find fixes for the many bugs with them, but until then I'm happy having a fully functioning phone that I can customize just about as much as anyone running an ICS or JB rom.
Also, how many of you use your DX2 as your primary phone as opposed to a secondary or Guinea pig? I'm sure that this has a lot to do with what people are willing to put up with just so they can say they are running ICS or JB.
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It's different strokes for different folks. Just there mere fact of being able to try something different or simply dress up your phone drives alot of people to being habitual flashers.
My bride uses my X2 every day. It's running CM7 mashed up and supercharged. Runs like a top and doesn't skip a beat. Sometimes I miss my lil buddy and pick it up for a cache wipe or simply just to tinker with it.
I dont remember CM7 being that bad. The only issue I remember hearing about was staying connected to wifi. I used an app that kept my wifi on as long as I was connected to my wifi so I never had that problem. The SD card wasnt screwed up. It made it so you had more room for apps and stuff. It was always reversible if you didn't like it. And I dont remember ADW being the default launcher in CM7. Cyanogenmod has always used the launcher that came with stock Android until they started making their own, I believe.
But as far as updating to ICS or Jelly Bean, I did it obviously to try it out first. I found out that, yes, some stuff didnt run as well but it usually wasnt something I used that much, if at all. For me, everything still worked good. Dragonzkiller did a great job with what he had to work with. I keep hearing people complain about some features they cant use in ICS or Jelly Bean but I really have no issues with Jelly Bean for what I use my phone for. It works great for me. And it really does look better that Gingerbread. Gingerbread was really ugly in my eyes.
The Droid X2 is the only phone I use so its my primary phone that I flash everything on.
CM7 runs great, read the entire thread to find the various tweaks and workarounds.
My DX2 is my primary, for about one more week anyway, then it fall backup to the DNA.
I love cm7 the rest are ok I appreciate everything that any dev does for the community! I would and have tried all roms for all of my devices
And yes this is my primary phone
don't be scared it's only a phone
ogd x d2g x2 sg3
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The wifi at my work drops and reconnects periodically through the day. Probably about 4 or 5 times an hour so cm7 for to be annoying. I would have to toggle wifi off then on for it to reconnect. Whereas eclipse automatically reconnects to my network at work.
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The wifi at my work drops and reconnects periodically through the day. Probably about 4 or 5 times an hour so cm7 for to be annoying. I would have to toggle wifi off then on for it to reconnect. Whereas eclipse automatically reconnects to my network at work.
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In the wifi settings, do you have the option to "keep wifi on during sleep" selected?
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Also, there are some apps in the play store that will help with wifi:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shantz.wifikeepalive&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wahtod.wififixer&hl=en
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In the wifi settings, do you have the option to "keep wifi on during sleep" selected?
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Also, there are some apps in the play store that will help with wifi:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shantz.wifikeepalive&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wahtod.wififixer&hl=en
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I've tried those apps and they don't help. It doesn't disconnect when it's sleeping. It will randomly disconnect while the screen is awake. I experience this only with the network at work. Everywhere else it stays connected. It did it on stock as well as all roms I've installed. The problem isn't my phone.
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Juice3250 said:
I've tried those apps and they don't help. It doesn't disconnect when it's sleeping. It will randomly disconnect while the screen is awake. I experience this only with the network at work. Everywhere else it stays connected. It did it on stock as well as all roms I've installed. The problem isn't my phone.
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Oh, well then yeah...thats your works wifi thats screwy. It just sounded like you were blaming CM7 in your first post.
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The wifi at my work drops and reconnects periodically through the day. Probably about 4 or 5 times an hour so cm7 for to be annoying. I would have to toggle wifi off then on for it to reconnect. Whereas eclipse automatically reconnects to my network at work.
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Never had a problem with Wi-Fi I can run it for hours I don't know what I tweaked that you didn't had a 3g problem at first but I was able to tweak that away
don't be scared it's only a phone
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on eclipse using adw ex launcher and I was able to customize my screens as much as or more than cm7. Cm7 uses adw as the default launcher but it's not the updated or ex version of it.
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then update it, no one was making you stay with default
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adw ex launcher isn't default on eclipse
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adw ex launcher isn't default on eclipse
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One of the reasons why I switched over to cm7 was because I heard there was a lot more customization from the default launcher, which if used instead of downloading another launcher to run on top of it, would save me some ram. So I figured if I was going to use ads ex launcher, I would use it on a rom that actually was bug free.
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So I switched back to eclipse. I wanted a rom that I could flash and just go and not have to run any scripts or workarounds to get certain apps or features to work on my phone. I depend on my phone on a daily basis and can't afford to not have everything working. I primarily use my phone for pictures, music, videos, both taking and watching, Facebook, email, and moderate browsing. Stock provided me with all of these things but my ram would be used up in no time and wasn't as fast. After I rooted I deleted some bloatware but wanted to be able to somewhat customize my screens and stock rooted didn't offer me that.
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Juice3250 said:
So I switched back to eclipse. I wanted a rom that I could flash and just go and not have to run any scripts or workarounds to get certain apps or features to work on my phone. I depend on my phone on a daily basis and can't afford to not have everything working. I primarily use my phone for pictures, music, videos, both taking and watching, Facebook, email, and moderate browsing. Stock provided me with all of these things but my ram would be used up in no time and wasn't as fast. After I rooted I deleted some bloatware but wanted to be able to somewhat customize my screens and stock rooted didn't offer me that.
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I think you are being a little picky with the ROMs we have. You have to understand, this phone is not like others. It is locked down big time by Motorola so its hard to do major developing for. This is the reason anything other than Gingerbread ROMs are going to have a lot of bugs. Motorola never updated this phone past Gingerbread and even the stock ROM has bugs so thats got to tell you something. I'm running Jelly Bean and it fits all my needs for what I use it for. But everyone is different. Honestly, I have loved the year and a half experience I have had with this phone but it is getting outdated fast and the only way you will have a perfect Android experience is if you update your phone. Thats what I'm planning on doing as soon as I have the money to do so. My suggestion for you is to stay on Eclipse. Thats the best you are going to get out of this phone.
I use the DX2 as my primary phone. I run JB AOKP and it works fine as a daily driver.
P.S. i use it most to say i have JB
Have my Droid X2 rooted to CM10 right now. It's my primary (well, only) phone, which is the primary reason I even bothered putting the time into rooting it. I had too many issues with the stock rom, and CM7 just made things worse for me. The WiFi issue, among others, just broke the phone for me.
All in all, I'm not completely happy with CM10, but I prefer it IMMENSELY over stock/CM7. It's enough to last me until I get a new phone, at least.
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So apparently because I've had to call three times I'm entitled to a brand new phone (as in not a refurb) and they don't have any more Droid X's so they're giving me an X2. Hey, I'm not complaining. Have a couple of questions though.
1) I have a ROM Manager backup of my CM7 install that I was using on my Droid X. Can I just restore that ROM onto the new X2 or do I need a separate build of the ROM?
2) I have the Motorola SDL SBF'ing software on my computer and some stock ROMs to restore to. I also have the Droid 3 rooting script. Is that all valid for the Droid X2 or do I need different stock ROMs, rooting methods, and/or SBF software?
And as a quick aside, I can just pop my extended battery into the Droid X2 right?
Thanks in advance for any help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313103
Everything you need is in this thread. Your droid x stuff will not work on the x2 including the cm7. I would recommend trying eclipse 2.03. Also DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER ON THE X2 it is not fully supported like the droid x.
Also i do not have a extended battery but my droid x and droid x2 were the same.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313103
Everything you need is in this thread. Your droid x stuff will not work on the x2 including the cm7. I would recommend trying eclipse 2.03. Also DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER ON THE X2 it is not fully supported like the droid x.
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Awesome, thanks for that, that's exactly what I needed. I will also give Eclipse a go. If I might pick your brain on a couple more questions:
1) Googling around I get conflicting info about CM7 on the X2 (including your response actually). Some posts say it's not at all, some posts say it recently hit the release candidate stage...any idea?
2) Any guides to accumulated gunk I should remove from my SD card? You know, stuff like ROM Manager files for instance.
3) Does the X2 have the same annoying text message time stamp issue as the first one when trying to restore backed up text messages? It was never a HUGE deal but I also didn't like losing all my texts every time I had to do something with the phone.
Thanks again.
press_x_to_jason said:
Awesome, thanks for that, that's exactly what I needed. I will also give Eclipse a go. If I might pick your brain on a couple more questions:
1) Googling around I get conflicting info about CM7 on the X2 (including your response actually). Some posts say it's not at all, some posts say it recently hit the release candidate stage...any idea?
2) Does the X2 have the same annoying text message time stamp issue as the first one when trying to restore backed up text messages? It was never a HUGE deal but I also didn't like losing all my texts every time I had to do something with the phone.!
Thanks again.
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CM7 is in the works but I have not seen any release canidates as of yet. Or else I would be all over it. The developers have been working very hard on it.
As far as text messaging go not sure if I know what the original problem is. If I makr a nano back up of my rom the text will be there when I restore it. Not sure if that is what you were asking sorry. I tend to erase my text more than save sorry.
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If you want the most recent release of eclipse and how to tutorial on how to get there since it is on the 2.3.5 leaked update you can get it from the official eclipse website.
http://eclipserom.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=46
Also would highly recommend running the v6 supercharger as well there is a really good tutorial on how to set it up with eclipse . I can get it if you are interested.
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Also remember your bootstrapp is now the tenfar version and you have to be plugged into wall charger. So your bootstrap will always have to be tethered for now still.
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I have seen issues with people using rom manager and also titanium back up. I used to use titanium back up myself but found it tends to carry old data you might not like. I found root explorer to be able to remove or save apps that I like to save on my sd card. I no longer use titanium back up and deleted all old files backed up on my sd card.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261909
Sorry another thread about droid x and xroid x2 battery might answer any un answered questions.
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CM7 is in the works but I have not seen any release canidates as of yet. Or else I would be all over it. The developers have been working very hard on it.
As far as text messaging go not sure if I know what the original problem is. If I makr a nano back up of my rom the text will be there when I restore it. Not sure if that is what you were asking sorry. I tend to erase my text more than save sorry.
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The Droid X has some kind of firmware bug that causes all text messages to restore as being sent/received at whatever time you do the restore of your text messages instead of showing the proper times.
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If you want the most recent release of eclipse and how to tutorial on how to get there since it is on the 2.3.5 leaked update you can get it from the official eclipse website.
[had to remove link because i don't have enough posts for links apparently ]
Also would highly recommend running the v6 supercharger as well there is a really good tutorial on how to set it up with eclipse . I can get it if you are interested.
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I would definitely be interested in the V6 supercharger...from the name of it I can make some guesses but what does it do though?
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Also remember your bootstrapp is now the tenfar version and you have to be plugged into wall charger. So your bootstrap will always have to be tethered for now still.
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Yeah I saw something about this. That's a bit unfortunate. But I only need it for bootstrapping right? I saw something about having to be plugged into the wall charger every time you have to reboot in order to maintain root but I'm not sure if it that's still (or ever was) valid info.
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I have seen issues with people using rom manager and also titanium back up. I used to use titanium back up myself but found it tends to carry old data you might not like. I found root explorer to be able to remove or save apps that I like to save on my sd card. I no longer use titanium back up and deleted all old files backed up on my sd card.
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So just go ahead and delete anything from those apps on my SD card once I get my X2?
Also thanks for the battery thread link.
Here is a link to a good tutorial that was written up by moon shadow on setting up v6 super charger. It helps with gaming and speeds up performance. Everyone complains about music skipping but mine does not at all and I also use power amp paid version. tutorial says it is for eclipse 2.02 but will be the same for version 2.03. You will need to edit some lines from the eclipse oom grouping to make V6 stick. Read this thread and it should answer any questions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400349
Also you only need the bootstrap to flash zips or to back up and restore. Do not worry about loosing root. the bootstrap is the same as the one you are probably used to however they had to get it to high jack the charge mode to get it to work. But it should look the same once you are in.
And as far as tiatnium back up. It is personal prefference. I know some people swear by it. I just know that myself and others have ran into problems with it. For example a guy at work bought the galaxy nexus. As soon as he restored his titanium back up he lost connection to data. Happen to be the same day the 4G was down so he thought it was that until a day later and he still did not have 4g once he deleted his titanium back up and old saved back ups his data was recovered. Try it out and see if you have problems. Just nano back up first on a clean install of eclipse so if anything goes bad you can always restore and start over.
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Here is a link to a good tutorial that was written up by moon shadow on setting up v6 super charger. It helps with gaming and speeds up performance. Everyone complains about music skipping but mine does not at all and I also use power amp paid version. tutorial says it is for eclipse 2.02 but will be the same for version 2.03. You will need to edit some lines from the eclipse oom grouping to make V6 stick. Read this thread and it should answer any questions.
Also you only need the bootstrap to flash zips or to back up and restore. Do not worry about loosing root. the bootstrap is the same as the one you are probably used to however they had to get it to high jack the charge mode to get it to work. But it should look the same once you are in.
And as far as tiatnium back up. It is personal prefference. I know some people swear by it. I just know that myself and others have ran into problems with it. For example a guy at work bought the galaxy nexus. As soon as he restored his titanium back up he lost connection to data. Happen to be the same day the 4G was down so he thought it was that until a day later and he still did not have 4g once he deleted his titanium back up and old saved back ups his data was recovered. Try it out and see if you have problems. Just nano back up first on a clean install of eclipse so if anything goes bad you can always restore and start over.
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Thanks again for all the info. Is there any reason to do the V6 turbocharger if I don't really game on my phone?
I guess I have one last thing, about the SD card again. Would it be worth my while to back up the pictures and whatnot on my card to my PC, wipe the card to get rid of any old system settings, and then put everything back? And if so you have any ideas where I could find a checklist for things that I might want to grab/should grab (and shouldn't grab because they'll cause problems)?
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Thanks again for all the info. I guess I have one last thing, about the SD card again. Would it be worth my while to back up the pictures and whatnot on my card to my PC, wipe the card to get rid of any old system settings, and then put everything back? And if so you have any ideas where I could find a checklist for things that I might want to grab/should grab (and shouldn't grab because they'll cause problems)?
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It might not hurt but there shouldn't be anything on it that the system would try and use without you activating/running it. Id back up the pics and file then wipe it and start fresh....new phone clean sd card. Just my thoughts but then again that way nothing for sure can interfere. Besides...u don't need your droid x stuff including the backups anymore since they don't work and wouldn't work even if cm7 makes it to our phone
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Good point Motcher I would back up my music and pics and wipe the rest and start clean.
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It might not hurt but there shouldn't be anything on it that the system would try and use without you activating/running it. Id back up the pics and file then wipe it and start fresh....new phone clean sd card. Just my thoughts but then again that way nothing for sure can interfere. Besides...u don't need your droid x stuff including the backups anymore since they don't work and wouldn't work even if cm7 makes it to our phone
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Yeah I might do that.
Any thoughts on the value of doing the V6 thing if I don't game?
press_x_to_jason said:
Yeah I might do that.
Any thoughts on the value of doing the V6 thing if I don't game?
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If your not gaming and just doing everyday things I wouldn't bother. Its fast enough if your not a gamer
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That is true if you are not gaming eclipse is just fine. Were you able to make it to 2.03? Nevermind I remember you said you do not have the phone yet. Let us know how it goes and if you need help along the way.
If you have problems with eclipse 2.0.3 wifi like I do try eclipse 1.3. Some have the wifi issue some don't. Seems like more don't than do. Not sure if maybe my router is slightly incompatible or if its just an issue with some phones. With mine on 2.0.3 it drops after about 1 minute, not a problem unless doing large downloads as it reconnects shortly after. I have checked sleep settings and all but still have the issues. Another note is even on 1.3 I have have to set screen not to sleep our it will cut out also. dragonzkiller is getting pretty close on cm7 I think but not entirely sure, he had some post on twitter about a nightly our something this morning.
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Eclipse 1.3 was a very stable version and if you want to stay on 2.3.4 that is not a bad thing. I did have wifi problems on 2.0 but no problems with 2.02 or 2.03 wifi has been great. You can't go wrong with either one.
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If you have problems with eclipse 2.0.3 wifi like I do try eclipse 1.3. Some have the wifi issue some don't. Seems like more don't than do. Not sure if maybe my router is slightly incompatible or if its just an issue with some phones. With mine on 2.0.3 it drops after about 1 minute, not a problem unless doing large downloads as it reconnects shortly after. I have checked sleep settings and all but still have the issues. Another note is even on 1.3 I have have to set screen not to sleep our it will cut out also. dragonzkiller is getting pretty close on cm7 I think but not entirely sure, he had some post on twitter about a nightly our something this morning.
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Eclipse is my favorite but I have been dying to try the CM love since I have never had a chance before I went from DX to DX2. Although I know a guy at work with the dx and he had cm7 and the camera did not work. I hope it is as stable as eclipse.
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That is true if you are not gaming eclipse is just fine. Were you able to make it to 2.03? Nevermind I remember you said you do not have the phone yet. Let us know how it goes and if you need help along the way.
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Yeah because I called on a Saturday, I won't get the phone until Monday (tomorrow). I'll let everyone know how it goes.
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Eclipse 1.3 was a very stable version and if you want to stay on 2.3.4 that is not a bad thing. I did have wifi problems on 2.0 but no problems with 2.02 or 2.03 wifi has been great. You can't go wrong with either one.
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Eclipse is my favorite but I have been dying to try the CM love since I have never had a chance before I went from DX to DX2. Although I know a guy at work with the dx and he had cm7 and the camera did not work. I hope it is as stable as eclipse.
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I will keep that in mind. And CM7 is pretty awesome. For the DX there are camera fixes that make things work, you can also download alternate camera APKs and those work too. And I'd just gotten everything set up the way I liked it on my phone too. Like, I'd just found these render effect widgets and one of the settings was like what F.lux does on the desktop.
Speaking of cameras apparently the DX2 doesn't have a dedicated camera button? Not a HUGE deal but definitely disappointing...furthermore it makes no sense why Moto removed it, the DX's camera button was really good. I just never understand why companies take these steps backward for no good reason.
I did not understand why they ditched the camera button also lol. Well good luck with your new phone tomorrow. Let us know if you need help tomorrow. I am off tomorrow I will keep an eye out for any questions you might have. With regards to eclipse if you choose to pick version 1.3 so you can stay on 2.3.4 or if you go to version 2.03 on the leaked 2.3.5 build. Both are very stable and Everything works. Both versions use the camera from the bionic it is nicer than the original blur camera in my opinion.
I just upgraded from a Moto Droid 2 Global and the X2 is so much more stable it's ridiculous, and of course faster.
I'm a big fan of CM7 too as I've run it on my nook color since Gingerbread was first released. However almost all development on Cyanogen now is CM9, the new version of Android: ICS and I dont see us getting that anytime soon. Still Eclipse is a solid rom.
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I did not understand why they ditched the camera button also lol. Well good luck with your new phone tomorrow. Let us know if you need help tomorrow. I am off tomorrow I will keep an eye out for any questions you might have. With regards to eclipse if you choose to pick version 1.3 so you can stay on 2.3.4 or if you go to version 2.03 on the leaked 2.3.5 build. Both are very stable and Everything works. Both versions use the camera from the bionic it is nicer than the original blur camera in my opinion.
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Probably has to do with a different chipset.
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You can set the search button to be a dedicated camera button if you want to. Check in the general section if your interested. There is a general how to thread that has the easy mod in there
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Coming from the Dx be sure to read of my ReRecovery. It makes our limited CWR more like the real thing. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426062
Help a noob out? I have a virgin DX2 - never rooted - freshly updated to 2.3.5 (was in the soak) - and I'm finally ready to root it and try out a ROM. I've been lurking here for a week or so reading & trying to learn all I can about the process - and I think I'm ready to give it a shot.
Obviously Step 1 is to SBF back to 2.3.4 so I can get rooted, but after that is where I'm running into some indecision. I can't decide if I want to go straight to CM7 from there - or follow the instructions to keep root, SBF back to 2.3.5 and install Eclipse 2.2.
I know both ROMs have their loyal followers and I'm sure either would be a big improvement over stock Blur... and I know it's easy enough to try BOTH of them once I get the hang of all this... but I'd still appreciate some advice about which to try first.
For those of you who've tried both, which do you prefer? What are the pros & cons of each?
Thanks!
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I know both ROMs have their loyal followers and I'm sure either would be a big improvement over stock Blur... and I know it's easy enough to try BOTH of them once I get the hang of all this... but I'd still appreciate some advice about which to try first.
For those of you who've tried both, which do you prefer? What are the pros & cons of each?
Thanks!
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I'm guessing you've seen this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1632111
Seems to center around Eclipse and CM7 mostly. Eclipse can be a bit more polished in my estimation, mostly due to HDMI, FM radio, less buggy, you know, all the bells and whistles working. For the most part, either way you go you'll be fine.
Currently I have myself and my wife on CM7, we both like it. No real issues to speak of.
I personally perfer CM7RC1 its a solid daily driver very minor issues and I never get bored with it. Here's my overview of both ROMs.
CM7RC1
Pros:
Extremely Smooth.
Lots Of Mods/Tweaks.
Endless Customization.
Gingerbread 2.37
Theme Engine.
Wifi Tethering
Fully AOSP.
Toggles.
Cons:
HDMI Mirroring Is Unsupported.
FM Radio Is Unsupported.
Bugs:
Data Triangle. (Fixed By Reboot, *228)
Battery Exclamation. (Fixed By Reboot)
Some Experience Wifi Connecting Issues. (Fixed By Manual Connect)
Eclipse 2.2
Very Smooth.
Few Mods/Tweaks.
Limited Customization.
Gingerbread 2.35.
Flashable Themes.
AOSP/BLUR Hybrid.
Toggles.
Cons:
Lack Of Customization.
Is Only Gingerbread 2.35.
No Tethering.
Bugs:
Some Experience Wifi Resetting. (No Fix ATM)
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I have tried out every x2 rom under the sun and as of right now I think your best bet is cm7. I would recommend running the cm7 mash up script, along with the dual core script, because with both of these the res is flawless.
but of course, I think you should try both of them out because it is personal preference. And if we get cm9 here soon then we will all be happy little cracked out, flashed up, ics'd whores with everything we can dream of for the x2, with some extra feta cheese.
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I personally perfer CM7 its a solid daily driver very minor issues and I never get bored with it. Here's my overview of both ROMs.
CM7
Pros:
Extremely Smooth.
Lots Of Mods/Tweaks.
Endless Customization.
Gingerbread 2.37
Theme Engine.
Wifi Tethering
Fully AOSP.
Toggles.
Cons:
HDMI Mirroring Is Unsupported.
FM Radio Is Unsupported.
Bugs:
Data Triangle. (Fixed By Reboot, *228)
Battery Exclamation. (Fixed By Reboot)
Some Experience Wifi Connecting Issues. (Fixed By Manual Connect)
Eclipse 2.2
Very Smooth.
Few Mods/Tweaks.
Limited Customization.
Gingerbread 2.35.
Flashable Themes.
AOSP/BLUR Hybrid.
Toggles.
Cons:
Lack Of Customization.
Is Only Gingerbread 2.35.
No Tethering.
Bugs:
Some Experience Wifi Resetting. (No Fix ATM)
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This is a fair evaluation of both ROMs but really it all boils down to personal preference and things like if you need HDMI and stuff like that...I personally never use HDMI or the FM radio...but still liked eclipse and that's what I have on my wife's phone albeit its 2.1...I am sure when CM9 comes out she will like to try it...in short flash them both run them for a week or so and see which one you like and go from there
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I have tried out every x2 rom under the sun and as of right now I think your best bet is cm7. I would recommend running the cm7 mash up script, along with the dual core script, because with both of these the res is flawless.
but of course, I think you should try both of them out because it is personal preference. And if we get cm9 here soon then we will all be happy little cracked out, flashed up, ics'd whores with everything we can dream of for the x2, with some extra feta cheese.
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The end of your post made my day...
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Just a caution on CM7; I haven't tried the latest release but on the first release the camcorder continuous auto-focus didn't function. It seemed to focus once when you press the shutter button and remain fixed, and sometimes that focus was in error itself. Not a lot of people seem to care about that but my phone has the heavy responsibility of archiving my sons' most important memories for them to look back on when they are older, so I just went back to stock rom. Other than that, CM7 seemed great.
I use CM7RC1 Dual Core Script, Build Prop Mashup, 8 Touch Point Mod, Cron Scheduler, Beats Audio, 3 CDMA Mods. My phone is blazing fast!
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In my experience the beats audio hack ruined my sound quality. Also the dual core script......Our 2nd core boots up automatically when there's a demand for more memory. Dragonzkiller even stated this is the dual core script thread. Keeping both on at all times pretty much only drains your battery faster. Only difference I noticed with it was the home screen animations were a little snappier. Wasn't enough change in performance for the lack of battery IMHO. Just a few things if you go the CM7 route. Never tried Eclipse so I can't help you there.
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Why do these keep popping up...the search bar is definitely not be used...
Anyways...Eclipse is literally a hair slower than cm7 but it is worlds more stable. Wifi on Eclipse far better than cm7's. Cm7 has some SU issues but they can be fixed by installing Super SU from the market and getting rid of the normal SU app.
Tethering is easier on cm7 is strong -- heat is something you'll have to worry about. I've tethered on Eclipse through the use of a Market app so a little more work must be done there.
Downside to Eclipse is that you must go to 2.3.5 to use it whereas Cm7 is 2.3.4. Battery life on Eclipse is better for me. I've had serious computer trouble this past month and have had to do some research for papers on my phone! With the brightness on full, Gmusic/Pandora/power amp going and internet on my battery would last ~6-9 hours.
I should also mention that I have the Second Core Script going and my battery life took a very small. Not backbreaking but noticeable.
Not going to lie ; your phone will heat up slightly more regardless of the rom you're on when you use the script
Personally I enjoy Eclipse much more than cm7. Blue is my favorite color
Come over to the dark side...
Hmm haven't ran into any sound issues yet. As far as the dual core script I understand the core will activate on demand. The thing is this only happens when the CPU becomes so over tasked by processes it create a short lag before kicking in. This script makes that laggy transition disappear. I would only recommend this script for people with the extended battery like me tho.
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The thing is this only happens when the CPU becomes so over tasked by processes it create a short lag before kicking in. This script makes that laggy transition disappear.
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Obviously, lol... no "lag" or time needed to boot because its already always on...
Did you use the script editor in ROM toolbox to apply it, sealedfate? If so do you check apply on boot, or do you only use it when you see fit?
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If you have a X2 now I would say you have to try them both. Run one for a couple of weeks do a nano back up and then try the other for a couple of weeks. Then you can decide which you like better. Or you can do like I did and just keep going back and forth every few weeks because you love them both
I have the script in system/ect/init.d so it applies on boot. Helps a hell of a lot with 3D games.
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Why do these keep popping up...the search bar is definitely not be used...
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Actually, like I said in my first post, I'm been doing nothing but searching and reading on here for the past week or so. Eclipse 2.2 just dropped a week ago, so I was looking for fresh opinions from people who had tried CM7 and that version specifically.
I appreciate all the helpful comments from everyone though. I think I'll do like a few of you suggested and try them both eventually... starting with CM7.
Hopefully we can all add CM9 to the list of ROMs to try very soon!
Dragonzkiller is currently working on the CM9 release for DX2! Keep up to date on his twitter page
www.twitter.com/dragonzkiller
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Dragonzkiller is currently working on the CM9 release for DX2! Keep up to date on his twitter page
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Yep! I've been following his Twitter feed and the "CM9DX2 anticipation" thread on here. Can't wait to see how it goes. Sounds like he's REAL close!
Success! Following Moon Shadow's instructions to the letter, I successfully SBF'd back to 2.3.4, rooted, and installed CM7 without any problems whatsoever. CM7 is up and running! Just need to get my apps reinstalled and I'll be good to go. Man... you guys weren't kidding. The phone is SOOOO much faster/smoother now, it's not even funny. Should have done this a long time ago.
Thanks everyone!
OK, it appears that I spoke too soon. I realized soon after that the Google apps did not get loaded on my phone (Gmail, Maps, Nav, YouTube, etc.), but some of the other apps in that same ZIP file DID get installed (Talk). Also, my old background pic was still on the phone.
I was able to download/install the missing Google apps without any problem and they all work perfectly (including Nav from the car dock) - and everything else has been running flawlessly. The phone is very fast & smooth... no bugs... not a single force close or reboot yet after fairly heavy use for the last couple of days.
So... obviously something didn't go perfectly with my install, but as far as I can tell, everything is fine with the phone. How can I tell if I'm missing anything else? Should I just keep what I have or SBF back to 2.3.4 and start over again? I'm perfectly happy with it right now - but maybe I don't know what I'm missing.
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OK, it appears that I spoke too soon. I realized soon after that the Google apps did not get loaded on my phone (Gmail, Maps, Nav, YouTube, etc.), but some of the other apps in that same ZIP file DID get installed (Talk). Also, my old background pic was still on the phone.
I was able to download/install the missing Google apps without any problem and they all work perfectly (including Nav from the car dock) - and everything else has been running flawlessly. The phone is very fast & smooth... no bugs... not a single force close or reboot yet after fairly heavy use for the last couple of days.
So... obviously something didn't go perfectly with my install, but as far as I can tell, everything is fine with the phone. How can I tell if I'm missing anything else? Should I just keep what I have or SBF back to 2.3.4 and start over again? I'm perfectly happy with it right now - but maybe I don't know what I'm missing.
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Not sure how anyone might be able to tell you what you might be missing on your phone. It is pretty basic what you get, not a lot of bells and whistles put in by default.
Not aware of a comprehensive list of what you should have exactly.
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So as we all know, we now have Jelly Bean. And to not flood dragonzkillers thread with general talk about it, I thought I'd start a thread for people to come and say what they like, what they dont like, and tips and tricks they might have, cool settings in the ROM, etc. Any issues should still be posted in the other thread.
But let me go ahead and start by saying I am so amazed at how smooth and fast jelly bean is on our phone. I never thought it would run better than ICS. The built in quick reply for messaging is awesome. I actually find a lot of things I used to use getting replaced with the stock apps. The default browser is nice. I have also found that if you use Nova launcher, though, and set the animation speed and scrolling speed to a faster setting, it makes the phone feel even smother.
Anyway, I'm not gonna make this post too long. So thats all I have right now. What does everyone else think?
I can't wait to flash this on my room mates phone, he's been *****ing about CM9 not working that well. I was just about to revert him back to Eclipse when I noticed DzK once again did his magic!!
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Triscuit said:
I can't wait to flash this on my room mates phone, he's been *****ing about CM9 not working that well. I was just about to revert him back to Eclipse when I noticed DzK once again did his magic!!
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He'll definitely like CM10 more. A lot more stable. Do you do all his flashing for him? Meaning he's not very tech savvy? If so, there may be things he runs into that you might need to help him with. lol. SD storage is all different and some apps wont install from the play store. He might just have new things to ***** about. lol
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I'm currently waiting for alpha 2, never really have been an early user of ROM's just released
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You are not adventurous.
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I'm currently waiting for alpha 2, never really have been an early user of ROM's just released
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After a few days running this ROM I can happily say that it feels like this was made for our phone...as in, it's a perfect fit and feels natural. No random reboots. A couple app freezes but they correct themselves. I've found workarounds to get the apps I needed on the phone.. the Facebook crapp....err, app is glitchy like usual but there's always friendcaster. Love the screen transition animation. Its just amazing all around.
Made a video of my first boot of cm10 for anyone who's hesitant to flash and wants to see how it is.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVDTB4uwM3w&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I'm amazed how well it run. The only issues I have really had is the Facebook app and the Email app (for my work Exchange email) tend to be a little crashy (FB is worse than any others), but I can deal with that to have a phone I can actually use. This is my first ROM on this phone (had many on my OG Droid), but the process isn't as bad as I had anticipated.
Can't wait for him to release Alpha 2 to fix the camera and SD issues.
flashed this and i was amazed at the number of custom options as well as how smooth it actually was. however, i was plagued with having to reSBF, reroot and reflash almost everytime i reboot and i needed my phone today so i sbf'd back to 2.3.5 and restored eclipse.
hopefully alpha 2 is even more stable.
Something didn't install right if you can't reboot.... did you install the hijackboot.zip? I'm still loving this ROM.
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Something didn't install right if you can't reboot.... did you install the hijackboot.zip? I'm still loving this ROM.
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I did. :/ waiting for alpha 2
Hopefully this weekend. If you check DZK's twitter feed he was having some issues though.
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Hopefully this weekend. If you check DZK's twitter feed he was having some issues though.
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He said they got fixed but he wasn't sure why.
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He said they got fixed but he wasn't sure why.
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So far I love CM10. I was frequently getting frustrated with how slow my phone felt. I was last running 2.3.4 using Eclipse ROM and my phone would hang everywhere, especially waiting for the keyboard to pop up. Now everything is nice and quick. My only real complaints is that when I try to change the battery state LED options, the field to change the frequency of them is greyed out, and they are all on "always on" and the field is greyed out and I can't change them. I hate having a LED on when I'm sleeping so I had to just turn the whole setting off so now I have no LEDs for battery states.
My other complaint is how fast CM10 sucks down my battery. Under the same conditions that Eclipse on 2.3.4 would get me from morning until 9pm until depleted, my phone keeps dying at 5pm.
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So far I love CM10. I was frequently getting frustrated with how slow my phone felt. I was last running 2.3.4 using Eclipse ROM and my phone would hang everywhere, especially waiting for the keyboard to pop up. Now everything is nice and quick. My only real complaints is that when I try to change the battery state LED options, the field to change the frequency of them is greyed out, and they are all on "always on" and the field is greyed out and I can't change them. I hate having a LED on when I'm sleeping so I had to just turn the whole setting off so now I have no LEDs for battery states.
My other complaint is how fast CM10 sucks down my battery. Under the same conditions that Eclipse on 2.3.4 would get me from morning until 9pm until depleted, my phone keeps dying at 5pm.
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you should SBF to 2.3.5, root and try eclipse 2.3 and then supercharge it. makes for an amazing daily. it's what i'm doing now with holo launcher recently added.
Random thought/question. Cm7 was gingerbread.... Cm9 was ICS and 10 is JB... what happened to 8? Meant for HC?
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Random thought/question. Cm7 was gingerbread.... Cm9 was ICS and 10 is JB... what happened to 8? Meant for HC?
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Yeah. CM8 was honeycomb. Not many devices had that though.
Yep, mostly designed for tablets
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So far I love CM10. I was frequently getting frustrated with how slow my phone felt. I was last running 2.3.4 using Eclipse ROM and my phone would hang everywhere, especially waiting for the keyboard to pop up. Now everything is nice and quick. My only real complaints is that when I try to change the battery state LED options, the field to change the frequency of them is greyed out, and they are all on "always on" and the field is greyed out and I can't change them. I hate having a LED on when I'm sleeping so I had to just turn the whole setting off so now I have no LEDs for battery states.
My other complaint is how fast CM10 sucks down my battery. Under the same conditions that Eclipse on 2.3.4 would get me from morning until 9pm until depleted, my phone keeps dying at 5pm.
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While team battery life isn't bad, it is definitely worse than eclipse. To be expected I suppose since we have a jb rom running on a gb kernel. My question Houghton, is does Google Now drain team battery? I think it's cool but I would take the longer battery.... Thanks
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Really loving JB for the last 4 days. Only 1 problem with it so far... nothing can find my SD card. Well, almost nothing. I can find it in file explorer. Anyone else notice this?
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Really loving JB for the last 4 days. Only 1 problem with it so far... nothing can find my SD card. Well, almost nothing. I can find it in file explorer. Anyone else notice this?
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I use Root Explorer. You'll see a folder called "storage", a within it youll find sdcard0 and sdcard1. That's how I access them.
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tried a2 cm10 then reverted back to my cm7.2 nandroid
I like how this is going. I used it for about 2 hours then realized Netflix was still a no go and my Andygraph Ti82 calc app wouldn't load the Rom and my saved programs. That was a deal breaker. I might give alpha 3 or beta 1 another shot. Loved it for a short time. The voice call dropping needs to be fixed as well before I can use it as a daily. Reloaded my nandroid of cm 7.2. Everything still works there.
Hey guys, just jumped ship from Sprint and put an X2 on PagePlus. I'm on day 2 with this phone and it's not bad... I'm coming from an EVO 3d and was running MIUI latest.. I'm seeing with all the roms posted here they all have querks. I'm wondering if there are any stable roms that have fully working MMS, camera, vid cam, FM, sleep, etc? I'll keep reading on my own but just curious what you guys might recommend?
I'd love to be on a stable ICS build if there is one floating around.
This really belongs in Q&A. As far as REALLY stable stuff, your best bet is a GB rom like eclipse or CM7. Everything works really nicely on those roms. The CM10 rom that Dragonzkiller ported over isn't bad, but it's got its issues. Just check out his thread.
CM7 is VERY stable. I never ran Eclipse. I will say that I have ran CM7, 9, and 10 and also ran ParanoidAndroid on CM9 and CM7 is by far the most stable and snappiest. Unfortunately I do believe this phone is starting to become obsolete and work is starting to cease on making CM9 and 10 fully stable.
Eclipse 1.3 is rock solid and I get almost 2 days of battery use out of it with a few tweaks.
Agreed, Eclipse is the most stable and all-around polished ROM for the X2. CM7 is nice, but I use my HDMI from time to time and it isn't supported.
I think I have tried them all and for me Eclipse is the best. or stock. even those have some issues. Eclipse does a reboot occasionally say once a day or two, and it has a quirk about wifi that sometimes it just goes away until i open the settings then it connects again.
I have tried eclipse 2.3, cm7 and cm10. I had wifi issues with both cm7 and cm10. I have never had a problem with eclipse 2.3. Fully functionable. Fm, mms, camera, camcorder. They all work. As for issues with wifi. Never had any. Haven't experienced any random reboots. There are also plenty of themes via adw or Holo. It just takes time searching for what you like. I'd highly recommend eclipse 2.3 though.
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I just wanted to echo the votes above for Eclipse.
Personally, I think the older versions were slightly faster and better on battery life, but you really can't go wrong with Eclipse. v 2.3 has some very nice features, and I doubt you'll have many (if any) quirks with it. All the features work fine for me, with no problems. That includes all those mentioned (fully working MMS, camera, vid cam, FM, sleep) as well as HDMI, application install and storage on SD cards, etc. It's truly a wonderfully built ROM, and a lot of time has been put into making it fast, clean, and functional.
As several mentioned above, there are some other very nice ROMs out there, based on AOSP. These definitely DO have merit, but I'm not really sure if the people posting them actually read and understood the OP's question. "Stability" might be a subjective term, and in many respects those ROMS could be considered more stable than Blur or Blur-based ROMs, But it's misleading to say that those ROMs don't have glitches. AOSP ROMs have issues with MMS, camcorder, HDMI, etc. There are imperfect fixes and workarounds for some of these issues, but certainly not all.
I don't want to discourage you from trying CM7, 9, 10, AOKP or Paranoid Android ROMS. These are each amazing in their own rights. I just installed AOKP and it is absolutely beautiful!! It's smooth, and has many of the options I've always been looking for on this phone. The flip-side is that there are SO many things that just do not work or that have "quirks". Each of these roms lists the known issues, but with AOKP, I've found that there are pretty significant problems with all of the following: MMS, Google Now, input (keyboard) glitches, voice recognition/voice dialing, HDMI, SD-card apps (and SD-storage in general--don't expect backed-up app-data to be recognized by most programs), tethering (wifi-AP), camera, video camera, many apps have "texturing" that causes crashes (e.g. chrome), etc.
But I think it's important to note that DESPITE all these significant problems, the OS is so amazing and fast and beautiful, that it is really hard to decide whether or not to switch back to Eclipse, especially since it doesn't seem to have been updated in a while (at least based on the xda post...not sure about twitter and nitro's eclipse website)
Good luck flashing (ROMs) and have fun!
I've tried them all and suggest that you do the same and find out what suits you best for me it's cm7 but I do keep nanos of them all in case I start having flash withdrawals or find a new mod to try
don't be scared it's only a phone
ogd x d2g x2 sg3
old ladies ^
ive tried most of them and cm7 is probably the most stable. Im running cm10 right now and it runs pretty good considering the circumstances. yes the x2 is becoming obsolete but its still a good phone with good hardware, unfortunately its true potential is locked in a cage.
Thanks for all the replies guys, I flashed Ecplise and played with it for a bit and not bad. I played around with SBF which is a new concept to me coming from yeaaaars of HTC devices.
I can't get CM10 to install I think I need to SBF to 2.3.4 before BSR. In recovery it says the zip is invalid.. I even tried downloading it again. I'll keep messing with it but yeah, trying every rom I can that looks promising.
Right now I'm back on stock rooted (nandroid backup) of 2.3.5
Last question, does data tether work if rooted?
Most roms have it baked in so yep
don't be scared it's only a phone
ogd x d2g x2 sg3
old ladies ^
Hurry take it back!!!
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Thanks for all the replies guys, I flashed Ecplise and played with it for a bit and not bad. I played around with SBF which is a new concept to me coming from yeaaaars of HTC devices.
I can't get CM10 to install I think I need to SBF to 2.3.4 before BSR. In recovery it says the zip is invalid.. I even tried downloading it again. I'll keep messing with it but yeah, trying every rom I can that looks promising.
Right now I'm back on stock rooted (nandroid backup) of 2.3.5
Last question, does data tether work if rooted?
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You must be on 2.3.4 for cm10 to work. Eclipse is the only rom out there that requires you to be on 2.3.5.
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Also tethering does work if you're rooted.
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I have tried Molten 2.3 redux, Liberty3, Eclipse 2.3 and yes also the ultra popular CM7 . Honestly leave CM7 out beause it has a huge impact on my mms and sms and I don't like that ! Anyways you guys should recommend any other ROMs I have not listed or tell me which is better of the top three ! Thank you
I would recommend eclipse. I havent tried gaming on it but I'm sure its a ok. Give it a try, if you don't like it try another rom. flashing never hurts
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Eclipse 2.3? or Eclipse barebones? and yes Eclipse 2.3 is AMAZING:victory:
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Eclipse 2.3? or Eclipse barebones? and yes Eclipse 2.3 is AMAZING:victory:
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But try all the roms out and find one that fits you. P.S most gaming doesnt work on like CM9 and CM10 roms
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But try all the roms out and find one that fits you. P.S most gaming doesnt work on like CM9 and CM10 roms
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Yeah I figured because A LOT of force closes in cm10 but our phones weren't made to run Jelly Bean
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Yeah I figured because A LOT of force closes in cm10 but our phones weren't made to run Jelly Bean
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spoke too soon, cm10 is one buggy beast. cheers!
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i mean , if you are someone who plays games on a console, and mainly uses a computer for communication/web browsing , cm10 is by far the best phone experience available for the droid x2. i use mine for mainly sms, mms, calls, playing music, and a bit of browsing/youtube . i have never had even ONE force close. it all depends on what you use your phone for i guess. the thing is, once you have used 4.0+ for a decent amount of time , gingerbread (even looking its best in eclipse) is bland and stiff. it is really hard to go back.
also, it really doesnt matter if it is gingerbread or jellybean, the reason this phone has so many issues is purely our lack of ram. something i had no idea to even pay attention to when looking at phones. i can be running eclipse 2.3, and if i even try to have a widget that requires data , or anything more than one or two "add on apps ", my phone either force closes things, or just hot reboots itself just like when it was stock. it is an awesome phone. my first android phone. and also the most frustrating phone i have ever owned. sorry , i usally dont type much and figured i would give my fifty three cents on the subject. cheers!
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Thanks for really making me see on the bright side of cm10 So do you have anything frozen with Titanium Back up? Because last time i ran cm10 i had little to no ram of space and i didn't install any other apps. My ram was about 59-102 MB left, I'm pretty sure it is because we lack ram space but yes
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Thanks for really making me see on the bright side of cm10 So do you have anything frozen with Titanium Back up? Because last time i ran cm10 i had little to no ram of space and i didn't install any other apps. My ram was about 59-102 MB left, I'm pretty sure it is because we lack ram space but yes
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i just run absolutely no apps besides what comes on cm10, and i loaded an inverted youtube and gmail that i found that work just fine. funny you responded, because all afternoon this thread has had me thinking about if i am actually happy on cm10. i do miss being able to use atleast a few apps, and not have to worry if they will even work. i do also miss knowing that if i want to, i can take a video. im kind of in the same boat as you. every time i try a new rom, i miss eclipse. ugh.
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i just run absolutely no apps besides what comes on cm10, and i loaded an inverted youtube and gmail that i found that work just fine. funny you responded, because all afternoon this thread has had me thinking about if i am actually happy on cm10. i do miss being able to use atleast a few apps, and not have to worry if they will even work. i do also miss knowing that if i want to, i can take a video. im kind of in the same boat as you. every time i try a new rom, i miss eclipse. ugh.
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Ha same here man I decided to go with cm7 and wow ! Not in a good way lol. My battery drained so quicky. Usually My battery would be at 90 by the end of the school day (using Eclipse 2.3) but with CM7 it was around 64 . Well I'm curently thinking of going back to Eclipse but I also really like Molten 2.3 and Liberty I don't which to pick but I rather use Gingerbread because I get on Facebook, Twitter, and play some gaming through out the day. Well let me know if you decide to go back to Eclipse 2.3 or you give Liberty or Molten 2.3 a try
i would have to say that it has gotten very old wondering if certain apps will work on cm10. also i find myself not feeling , for lack of a better word "secure" that my phone will be able to make the call, or send that text. ill get 3 texts lumped together while i have perfect signal, and who even knows what my battery is even at? not me. :crying: lol. eclipse has always been my favorite in terms of speed and stability. back to 2.3 and a fully functioning (reliable) phone . i am going to see about learning to make a few more themes for us for 2.3 as well. since it seems to be this phones only hope. the things that bug me about cm10 will never be fixed. so time to accept the gingerbread truth . :good:
Lorenzo VonMatterhorn said:
i would have to say that it has gotten very old wondering if certain apps will work on cm10. also i find myself not feeling , for lack of a better word "secure" that my phone will be able to make the call, or send that text. ill get 3 texts lumped together while i have perfect signal, and who even knows what my battery is even at? not me. :crying: lol. eclipse has always been my favorite in terms of speed and stability. back to 2.3 and a fully functioning (reliable) phone . i am going to see about learning to make a few more themes for us for 2.3 as well. since it seems to be this phones only hope. the things that bug me about cm10 will never be fixed. so time to accept the gingerbread truth . :good:
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