In March I took a break from Android and got an iPhone. However, I've already had enough of it and my DNA is shipping tomorrow. I have some questions and I'd love it if someone could help me. Thanks in advance!
1. How's the battery life? I plan on turning the GPS off and NFC and any other unnecessary settings. I'm sure it'll be better than the iPhone's battery, but I'm still curious. I couldn't get a good answer from Google.
2. I plan on unlocking the bootloader and rooting the phone right away. Does it matter which tutorial I use? Are any of them outdated and dangerous to use on the newer update? If it's possible, could I have a link to the best tutorial for both of those things?
3. What's the best AOSP ROM to use? Are the AOSP ROMs even any good? I want them to be just as fast and snappy and battery-friendly as the stock ROM, if not more. I was looking at this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2392799
Again, thanks so much ahead of time
I usually end up with about 50-60% battery life left at the end of the day. On my rezound I only had 20-30%.
As far as root goes moonshine is I believe the only working method with the latest OTA, someone please correct me if im wrong on that.
As far as asop not sure on that. Best is always very subjective.
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jason2302 said:
In March I took a break from Android and got an iPhone. However, I've already had enough of it and my DNA is shipping tomorrow. I have some questions and I'd love it if someone could help me. Thanks in advance!
1. How's the battery life? I plan on turning the GPS off and NFC and any other unnecessary settings. I'm sure it'll be better than the iPhone's battery, but I'm still curious. I couldn't get a good answer from Google.
2. I plan on unlocking the bootloader and rooting the phone right away. Does it matter which tutorial I use? Are any of them outdated and dangerous to use on the newer update? If it's possible, could I have a link to the best tutorial for both of those things?
3. What's the best AOSP ROM to use? Are the AOSP ROMs even any good? I want them to be just as fast and snappy and battery-friendly as the stock ROM, if not more. I was looking at this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2392799
Again, thanks so much ahead of time
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1) Sense: Battery life I would say is good, I can get through a day with some youtube vids (20 minutes or so), surfing the internet (2 hours or so), many calls/texts all day, by the end of the day its ready for a charge. 14~18 hours
AOSP: Battery life is ok/average, get about 12~14 hours
2) Use Moonshine, probably the easiest method right now, given there are two different methods out right now.
3) Best AOSP, well just try them all to see which one you find best for you, I personally love CyanFox (but that's only because I build/maintain/contribute to it)
Just as a little thing to keep in mind GPE ROM is not the same kind of AOSP that are found in the Original Dev Section where CM is... From what I understand GPE is still sense based like its backbone. (please correct me if I'm wrong)
My personal suggestions: NOS ROM Sense 5, and CyanFox
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1) Sense: Battery life I would say is good, I can get through a day with some youtube vids (20 minutes or so), surfing the internet (2 hours or so), many calls/texts all day, by the end of the day its ready for a charge. 14~18 hours
AOSP: Battery life is ok/average, get about 12~14 hours
2) Use Moonshine, probably the easiest method right now, given there are two different methods out right now.
3) Best AOSP, well just try them all to see which one you find best for you, I personally love CyanFox (but that's only because I build/maintain/contribute to it)
Just as a little thing to keep in mind GPE ROM is not the same kind of AOSP that are found in the Original Dev Section where CM is... From what I understand GPE is still sense based like its backbone. (please correct me if I'm wrong)
My personal suggestions: NOS ROM Sense 5, and CyanFox
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Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it.
Same to the other user who helped me!
jason2302 said:
In March I took a break from Android and got an iPhone. However, I've already had enough of it and my DNA is shipping tomorrow. I have some questions and I'd love it if someone could help me. Thanks in advance!
1. How's the battery life? I plan on turning the GPS off and NFC and any other unnecessary settings. I'm sure it'll be better than the iPhone's battery, but I'm still curious. I couldn't get a good answer from Google.
2. I plan on unlocking the bootloader and rooting the phone right away. Does it matter which tutorial I use? Are any of them outdated and dangerous to use on the newer update? If it's possible, could I have a link to the best tutorial for both of those things?
3. What's the best AOSP ROM to use? Are the AOSP ROMs even any good? I want them to be just as fast and snappy and battery-friendly as the stock ROM, if not more. I was looking at this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2392799
Again, thanks so much ahead of time
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To more or less echo the two gentlemen above me...
1. Battery is decent enough. I'm coming from the Thunderbolt so everything is an improvement!
2. Yes, Moonshine is the way to go.
3. Agree to just try all of them. They all have their own special sauce.
Have fun.
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jason2302 said:
In March I took a break from Android and got an iPhone. However, I've already had enough of it and my DNA is shipping tomorrow. I have some questions and I'd love it if someone could help me. Thanks in advance!
1. How's the battery life? I plan on turning the GPS off and NFC and any other unnecessary settings. I'm sure it'll be better than the iPhone's battery, but I'm still curious. I couldn't get a good answer from Google.
2. I plan on unlocking the bootloader and rooting the phone right away. Does it matter which tutorial I use? Are any of them outdated and dangerous to use on the newer update? If it's possible, could I have a link to the best tutorial for both of those things?
3. What's the best AOSP ROM to use? Are the AOSP ROMs even any good? I want them to be just as fast and snappy and battery-friendly as the stock ROM, if not more. I was looking at this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2392799
Again, thanks so much ahead of time
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I have an 100% mint DNA I'm willing to trade or sell you.
CanUHemi said:
I have an 100% mint DNA I'm willing to trade or sell you.
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Looks as if OP has already purchased a DNA as he claimed it was shipping the next day after his post... Also xda has banned all trades/selling/buying on the forums and pm's however you can use swappa the new official marketplace to sell/buy/trade devices
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hi guys i am new here so please be kind =D
ok, so i have a t-mobile g2 which i got in february and have been waiting ever since for 2.1. i am tired of waiting and am also thinking that 2.1 is probably a waste and would rather root.
so heres what i am looking for in a custom rom: longer battery life, overclocking, something that dosent lag alot (sense dosent but it has its annoying moments, especially on the lock screen), ease of use. you get the idea.
now i have not done alot of research into the custom rom area so any suggestions would be great.
and a second question: what is the best and safest way to go about rooting?
cheers guys
curlymanoliver said:
hi guys i am new here so please be kind =D
ok, so i have a t-mobile g2 which i got in february and have been waiting ever since for 2.1. i am tired of waiting and am also thinking that 2.1 is probably a waste and would rather root.
so heres what i am looking for in a custom rom: longer battery life, overclocking, something that dosent lag alot (sense dosent but it has its annoying moments, especially on the lock screen), ease of use. you get the idea.
now i have not done alot of research into the custom rom area so any suggestions would be great.
and a second question: what is the best and safest way to go about rooting?
cheers guys
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Cronos Droid 1.7.1 is the best for what you're saying It's THE fastest ROM out there
Here's a guide to root I haven't used it but im pretty sure it's how i did when i rooted (a looong time ago) so it should work
curlymanoliver said:
hi guys i am new here so please be kind =D
ok, so i have a t-mobile g2 which i got in february and have been waiting ever since for 2.1. i am tired of waiting and am also thinking that 2.1 is probably a waste and would rather root.
so heres what i am looking for in a custom rom: longer battery life, overclocking, something that dosent lag alot (sense dosent but it has its annoying moments, especially on the lock screen), ease of use. you get the idea.
now i have not done alot of research into the custom rom area so any suggestions would be great.
and a second question: what is the best and safest way to go about rooting?
cheers guys
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Here is a guide for rooting and installing custom ROMs.
http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=375&start=0
You will need gold card method iirc
VillainROM 10.3 with JIT and ninpo's bfs kernel is really fast. And you mention lock screens. Vr has stock android one too with selectable wallpaper and working alarm
cool, thanks will take a look at these cheers.
any other suggestion on roms, ive heard alot about modaco... but i what have youhad experience with?
curlymanoliver said:
any other suggestion on roms, ive heard alot about modaco... but i what have youhad experience with?
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In my experiences with it it's the fastest official 2.1 ROM along with VillainROM (Cronos Droid is also based on it but MoDaCo is more "raw" (more official) if you can say that) but Cronos Droid is even faster because of Feeyos modified libraries MoDaCo is a bit more laggy at times but MCR 4 isn't released yet (it's only a RC i think?) so thats what you would expect... I think when MCR 4 is released it's probably as fast as Cronos Droid but for now I think Cronos Droid would be the best for you unless you are totally in to that shiny Legend/Desire kind of look (which Cronos Droid doesen't have) then i would recommend MoDaCo or VillainROM
ahhh cool, im not tooo bothered about the look as long as it runs well and gives me a bit better battery life. just a thought out of 10 what are the chances of bricking my phone?
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curlymanoliver said:
any other suggestion on roms, ive heard alot about modaco... but i what have youhad experience with?
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Umm. I used modaco ages ago (about 7 months or so), but I don't really know what it's like these days.
I am actually one of the devs of VillainROM, so not really in any place to give a totally unbiased answer.
Basically, it depends on what you are after. If you are looking for the fastest ROM possible, then something like the new SuperHero, which we will be releasing in the next day or so, might be up your street. It's a cross between stock 'eclair android' and some little bits of HTC sense. So it has the speed of vanilla, with the little niceities of Sense.
If you're after a totally Vanilla ROM, there are some of them around too, often based on CyanogenMod. Look for the terms AOSP and Vanilla if you want one of these. Be aware they might lack some of the features you are used to currently, since HTC does add a fair bit of stuff on top of Android.
For the pure HTC Sense ROM, there are a good number of them out too, although I have to confess I have completely lost track of which ones are out there. There's one from 42turkeys I think, and modaco and cronos etc. although I can't really recommend any of them as I haven't used them.
If you are after the 'perfected theme', there's a VillainROM theme from petsasj over on www.villainrom.co.uk that finishes off some of the aesthetics of the ROM, as there are some little imperfections in HTC's release. If you pop over to the IRC channel (link on the homepage), someone will be able to answer any detailed questions you have with ROM etc.
curlymanoliver said:
ahhh cool, im not tooo bothered about the look as long as it runs well and gives me a bit better battery life. just a thought out of 10 what are the chances of bricking my phone?
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Right. Bricking... Well, so long as you don't do anything stupid with your phone, like pulling battery, you should be fine. If you want someone to guide you through the process or answer any questions you have, pop onto the IRC i mentioned.
So long as you are careful, and follow the instructions to the letter, you should be absolutely fine
VillainROM has a few little extra kernels etc. and a couple of fixes on the Over-the-air updater app that might help you get some better performance and battery life too
Just ask if you need help
wow alot to think about, hmmm well, i like fast, but asthetics arnt a big matter to be honest, i just want it to run well. just another quick query, if i have to send it off for warrenty or anything i can revert back to stock yes?
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curlymanoliver said:
wow alot to think about, hmmm well, i like fast, but asthetics arnt a big matter to be honest, i just want it to run well. just another quick query, if i have to send it off for warrenty or anything i can revert back to stock yes?
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Course Pop in the goldcard and then use the RUU (stock HTC ROM exe file) to restore back to the the factory condition
Fast is good for me too VR10.3 with ninpo's BFS kernel and 729MHz Overclock is good enough for me
im sure im gonna go with a villain rom as it has one of the clearest guides i have seen, plus i have the sdk and that stuff for the gold card thing. when is superhero out then seen as that is the fastest? gonna read it through a couple more times aswell so that i can really get to grips with what to do =]
curlymanoliver said:
im sure im gonna go with a villain rom as it has one of the clearest guides i have seen, plus i have the sdk and that stuff for the gold card thing. when is superhero out then seen as that is the fastest? gonna read it through a couple more times aswell so that i can really get to grips with what to do =]
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SuperHero should be out within the next day or so, once nathan gets a chance to upload it
Glad you like the site
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SuperHero should be out within the next day or so, once nathan gets a chance to upload it
Glad you like the site
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i cannot wait for super hero. It's going to make my week.
im guessing superhero is out now then?
i still havent rooted, =/ just havent had the time tbh, but am now looking at one click methods are these advisable?
http://theunlockr.com/2010/08/03/how-to-root-the-htc-hero-unrevoked-method/
im thinking that ^^ one any thoughts?
curlymanoliver said:
i still havent rooted, =/ just havent had the time tbh, but am now looking at one click methods are these advisable?
http://theunlockr.com/2010/08/03/how-to-root-the-htc-hero-unrevoked-method/
im thinking that ^^ one any thoughts?
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Link is dead here, so I can't advise on it
curlymanoliver said:
i still havent rooted, =/ just havent had the time tbh, but am now looking at one click methods are these advisable?
http://theunlockr.com/2010/08/03/how-to-root-the-htc-hero-unrevoked-method/
im thinking that ^^ one any thoughts?
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The link isn't working for me either but I don't know anyone who has used the 'one click' methods.
I highly recomend BTDAG's guide linked in my sig (its the same guide as on Villain site) , you will get support if there is something you don't understand or if something unexpected happens. Read the whole thing through 1st, then start from the top.
arrgghh, just annoyed, cus it was working earlier. oh well. and yeah, will just have to follow the other one. i just liked the idea of a one click method. cheers =]
Quick mention, I believe I had the same phone as you T-Mobile_G2_Touch? The guide in my sig was created using the G2, if it helps
p.s. I advise using an XP machine, drivers for Windows 7 are a *****.
I own a droid, and have already rooted it, running CM6, got it down pretty alright. So I'm not all that new to rooting. But my sister has a Droid Eris, and I was looking to root that for her. I plan on using the 1 click rooting app mentioned here, but I was wondering if anyone could recommend any ROMs and/or Kernels that I should use? She's not much of a power user, I'm mostly trying to speed it up for her and get rid of stock apps and such, so any help would be great. Thank you in advance
KaosFroyo
[ Sent from my HTC Droid Eris | KaosFroyo v31 ]
Kaosfroyo is really great and the other two froyo roms on here I've read great things about them too I've just only used kaos and I highly recommend it
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Id suggest a frayo rom there's a few going around I personally recommend kaos frayo V32 very fast and stable, very great build. Its overclocked to 710 out of box.
my rom is pretty great also
You could also use mine, that is if you want a rom that is stock but with speed tweaks and themes.
I would also suggest one of the froyo roms. Tazz Cyanogen Froyo is really smooth and fast. Of course I think this would be a great rom for anyone.
I'd suggest running jcase's PlainJane rom and check out the new BFS kernel.
I just got a warranty replacement phone, rooted the old way and put PlainJane on there (I had been running PlainJaneT2 which just adds support for A2SD but that only complicates upgrading to froyo later) did a nandroid backup then flashed that BFS kernel and ran a linpack benchmark right after scoring near 2.5 without overclocking (PlainJane barebones absolute stock 2.1 with SuperUser and OC support)
I suggest PlainJane because it's simple, you can get moderate EXTREMELY stable performance gains, get rid of bloatware, run wifi tether and no one would be the wiser that the handset was rooted. Your sister can then confidently explore the app market, slowly get into changing some settings, try a new launcher and at some point then maybe she'd have some interest in froyo...
As great as the Eris Froyo roms are you should face the fact that they're all intended for moderately android savvy users or at least novices with aspirations to learn a LOT more on their own. Few users will ever root their phone to begin with, even fewer will go the distance learning command line for abd and the fact that you're rooting her ERIS is evidence enough imho that you should be putting the LEAST complicated MOST stock solution if you intend to do this for her.
If she walks into a verizon store with her phone she'll get no help, If she loses ANYTHING can't use something she wants to for any reason it'll be YOUR fault and she will VERY quickly forget the hours you spent tweeking her phone to squeeze out a couple more MFLOPS that she'll honestly never really use.
that's my take
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I'd suggest running jcase's PlainJane rom and check out the new BFS kernel.
I just got a warranty replacement phone, rooted the old way and put PlainJane on there (I had been running PlainJaneT2 which just adds support for A2SD but that only complicates upgrading to froyo later) did a nandroid backup then flashed that BFS kernel and ran a linpack benchmark right after scoring near 2.5 without overclocking (PlainJane barebones absolute stock 2.1 with SuperUser and OC support)
I suggest PlainJane because it's simple, you can get moderate EXTREMELY stable performance gains, get rid of bloatware, run wifi tether and no one would be the wiser that the handset was rooted. Your sister can then confidently explore the app market, slowly get into changing some settings, try a new launcher and at some point then maybe she'd have some interest in froyo...
As great as the Eris Froyo roms are you should face the fact that they're all intended for moderately android savvy users or at least novices with aspirations to learn a LOT more on their own. Few users will ever root their phone to begin with, even fewer will go the distance learning command line for abd and the fact that you're rooting her ERIS is evidence enough imho that you should be putting the LEAST complicated MOST stock solution if you intend to do this for her.
If she walks into a verizon store with her phone she'll get no help, If she loses ANYTHING can't use something she wants to for any reason it'll be YOUR fault and she will VERY quickly forget the hours you spent tweeking her phone to squeeze out a couple more MFLOPS that she'll honestly never really use.
that's my take
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That was my thinking as well. I've looked through the forums a bit, and I'm assuming you're talking about these:
(Just realized I can't post links, would it be any trouble for you to post links to the ROM and kernel threads you're talking about so I can verify?)
Just want to make sure we're on the same page?
Thanks to everyone for your speedy replies and help. I'm definitely looking into all these, see what might work best and try to explain to her what might work best for her.
I am running CELB and loving it. I had issues with kaosfroyo and forcecloses.
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Jcase Plain Jane 2.1 is a good stable ROM and agree with psilocybenine's comment.
Another good stable ROM to check into could be Sense-able 3.1. I play around and try out all the new roms that come out but this one is my everyday one for it stability. (plus I like the simple blue theme). Have not had any problems.
good luck
dianeofarcadia said:
Jcase Plain Jane 2.1 is a good stable ROM and agree with psilocybenine's comment.
Another good stable ROM to check into could be Sense-able 3.1. I play around and try out all the new roms that come out but this one is my everyday one for it stability. (plus I like the simple blue theme). Have not had any problems.
good luck
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KaosFroyo FTW
but this is out of its area next time try and post something like this in the q/a section
dianeofarcadia said:
Jcase Plain Jane 2.1 is a good stable ROM and agree with psilocybenine's comment.
Another good stable ROM to check into could be Sense-able 3.1. I play around and try out all the new roms that come out but this one is my everyday one for it stability. (plus I like the simple blue theme). Have not had any problems.
good luck
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Thank you! That seems perfect. Another quick question though, of those two (PlainJane and Sense-able) which is most like the standard Eris UI? I want my sister to have as little trouble as possible when using it
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KaosFroyo FTW
but this is out of its area next time try and post something like this in the q/a section
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My bad, sorry about that, I'll remember it next time thank you. As for the KaosFroyo is that one a fairly simple ROM? again, trying to think of my sister here and ease of use
All plain jane does is add oc capability a d superuser rights. Senseable has speed tweaks and apps2sd and some other tweaks. Both are sense based and are like stock with added root fun.
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IamFuzzles said:
Thank you! That seems perfect. Another quick question though, of those two (PlainJane and Sense-able) which is most like the standard Eris UI? I want my sister to have as little trouble as possible when using it
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If you want something as close to the standard Eris UI, then that might be Plain Jane. Sense-able has some bloatware removed and other features but not to far off once you get it set up. Just read the threads thoroughly. Sense-able has a couple of add -on fixes (updated the dialer and a text input fix).
Sens Based ROM all hands up for Plain Jane. Fast, stable and sense. I would highly reccomend it as far as sense based rom. As far as Froyo my choice definitely goes to nonsensikal =)
IamFuzzles said:
Thank you! That seems perfect. Another quick question though, of those two (PlainJane and Sense-able) which is most like the standard Eris UI? I want my sister to have as little trouble as possible when using it
My bad, sorry about that, I'll remember it next time thank you. As for the KaosFroyo is that one a fairly simple ROM? again, trying to think of my sister here and ease of use
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its AOSP(vanilla) and the others mentioned above are sense based, which is how the phone comes so if you want a stock feel i used plainjane but you might want to try them both out mabey one suits you better. as far as ease i think they are all pretty easy to get used to.
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its AOSP(vanilla) and the others mentioned above are sense based, which is how the phone comes so if you want a stock feel i used plainjane but you might want to try them both out mabey one suits you better. as far as ease i think they are all pretty easy to get used to.
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not all are sense based bro
As much as I love the Froyo roms, all of them have small flaws that a not-so-power-user would quickly get frustrated with. The camera issue is one of the most notable. She would have to take a picture, then close the camera and open the gallery to view it. If she tried to preview the picture from within the camera, her phone would lock and she would have to pull the battery. If she's cool with that, put her on a Froyo rom. They're all pretty great!
If she wants pure stability and only wants to download and use apps, put her on a 2.1 rom with Apps2SD. Sense UI eats up a lot of the Eris's speed so I would recommend one without it. Plus it's like getting a new phone when you swith from Sense to non Sense based rom. Conap's ELB is my personal favorite but some of the others mentioned in this thread are also pretty stable.
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I own a droid, and have already rooted it, running CM6, got it down pretty alright. So I'm not all that new to rooting. But my sister has a Droid Eris, and I was looking to root that for her. I plan on using the 1 click rooting app mentioned here, but I was wondering if anyone could recommend any ROMs and/or Kernels that I should use? She's not much of a power user, I'm mostly trying to speed it up for her and get rid of stock apps and such, so any help would be great. Thank you in advance
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Hey, my recommendation would be KaosFroyo; it's definitely smoooth sailing!
I posted an article just a couple days ago on my blog about rooting a Droid Eris if you want to check it out: http://jonsuh.com/2010/09/run-froyo-android-2-2-on-your-droid-eris-how-to/
Tried to condense all the steps all into one post. I hope it helps; lemme know how it goes
Ok before we start , forgive me for starting another thread about asking for roms , but my problem is that i was gonna go and download the axura rom but the site where you download it from is down , gives me a 404 error , and i had my mind set on that rom but since its down , im looking for another rom that can replace it , my phone is rooted and no roms have been put in it.
Im looking for a rom with customization. e.g themes , alot of lock screens , the notification bar is different and icons and etc , and im looking for performance as well and decent battery life that can get me through the day.
If anyone can recommend me a rom that would be greatly appreciated, and please post links.
Thanks in advance and sorry for posting another topic about this.
give it time, and all youre going to have is a list of all the roms on the first page of Vibrant Development section.
all these threads generate is opinion. and the reason for that is because there is no definitive answer to any of your questions. which rom has best performance? one person might say Axura, one person might say CM7. Which rom has best battery? One might say Trigger, another might say Bi-Winning.
Realistically, there is no way to gauge universal performance/battery life for a rom because it all depends on the user. Me and you could both be running Trigger with Bali kernel, one of us might get 10 hrs of life, the other might get 18hrs.
as far as themes go, just go to the themes section and look around.
as far as lockscreens, most roms that are kept up to date have all the same lockscreens. once a lockscreen is released, devs usually inject them into their roms.
hope this helps. theres no point in anybody giving you advice, because its going to based off personal opinion which wont help you. what is good for one, might suck for another.
every person who starts these types of threads wants the same thing: customization, battery, signal, performance, speed, etc. >>> yes, welcome to the club. these are all things that most roms try to acheive. if there was a "perfect" rom out there that did all these things absolutely flawlessly with perfect balance, then the Vibrant would only have one rom.
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give it time, and all youre going to have is a list of all the roms on the first page of Vibrant Development section.
all these threads generate is opinion. and the reason that is is because there is no definitive answer to any of your questions. which rom has best performance? one person might say Axura, one person might say CM7. Which rom has best battery? One might say Trigger, another might say Bi-Winning.
Realistically, there is no way to gauge universal performance/battery life for a rom because it all depends on the user. Me and you could both be running Trigger with Bali kernel, one of us might get 10 hrs of life, the other might get 18hrs.
as far as themes go, just go to the themes section and look around.
as far as lockscreens, most roms that are kept up to date have all the same lockscreens. once a lockscreen is released, devs usually inject them into their roms.
hope this helps. theres no point in anybody giving you advice, because its going to based off personal opinion which wont help you. what is good for one, might suck for another.
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Thanks i will go through the forum and see for my self and far im thinking cyanogen, bi winning or axura if the site comes back up but thanks again!
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Thanks i will go through the forum and see for my self and far im thinking cyanogen, bi winning or axura if the site comes back up but thanks again!
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just keep in mind, if GPS is important, i wouldnt recommend a Gingerbread ROM. All GB roms either have broken, or semi-working, GPS. this is due to lack of drivers.
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just keep in mind, if GPS is important, i wouldnt recommend a Gingerbread ROM. All GB roms either have broken, or semi-working, GPS. this is due to lack of drivers.
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Not entirely true...while you still can't turn GPS off without having to reboot to get it back on I've seen reports that GPS is in fact as good even better than it was on froyo. And since GPS only uses battery when its actually being used there is no need to ever turn it off.
All the rest of your points are spot on. Choosing a rom is a matter of taste and experience. Even finding that perfect rom for you is a fleeting experience. Luckily we here on the Vibrant forums have plenty to keep us happy.
Good luck.
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Give bi-winning V3 a try. Its been incredible on my phone!! Super fast and super smooth!!
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Give bi-winning V3 a try. Its been incredible on my phone!! Super fast and super smooth!!
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Yep im gonna download it later on today , just its a big file and my internet is slow so gonna wait until night.
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Yep im gonna download it later on today , just its a big file and my internet is slow so gonna wait until night.
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It will be worth the wait. It comes with bullet kernel which you can overclock if thats your thing. Honestly its been so fast and smooth I havent seen any reason to tho.
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Not entirely true...while you still can't turn GPS off without having to reboot to get it back on I've seen reports that GPS is in fact as good even better than it was on froyo. And since GPS only uses battery when its actually being used there is no need to ever turn it off.
All the rest of your points are spot on. Choosing a rom is a matter of taste and experience. Even finding that perfect rom for you is a fleeting experience. Luckily we here on the Vibrant forums have plenty to keep us happy.
Good luck.
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Under ideal situations it doesn't run in the background, but when it fails to start, it seems to be actually looping in the background, running, and causing the battery drainage (which we're stuck with until a Vibrant leak)
So I get one of these bad boys in the mail tomorrow and plan on activating it asap.
Where do I start? (I'm well experienced on the HTC incredible so I'm not a total noob)
1. Is there currently a preferred root method?
2. Is s-off necessary right now?
3. What is a solid starter ROM to get a feel for root with this phone?
4. Kernel's as well
5. Finally, I am happy to see a lot of familiar devs trolling these forums.
Just bought one of these for the gf and am reading reading reading due to her phone having excessive battery drain. I would ask you to check the firmware first just to see if its GB or ICS. If it's GB, then you might wanna wait on upgrading the firmware until things get sorted out, since some of us are having battery life and heating issues on ICS.
But to answer your query:
1. The NilsP stickied thread has all the info on preferred root method depending on if the phone is ICS or GB.
2. While S-Off isn't 100% necessary since a lot of the roms havent been recooked to flash all-in-one, why wouldn't you? You'd be able to switch firmware easier and it's kinda fun to do the wire trick.
3. I think CleanROM DE and RezROM are good starters, but that's subjective. Just give em a look. My chick likes RezROM and she cares not a bit about flashing.
4. There's a few kernels out there for the trying (Ziggy and Incredikernel, + a few), but with S-Off just recently being achieved, you won't see a lot at this moment.
5. Which are they? I came from the DZ/G2, then TMo Galaxy SII, and now Sensation.
Good luck, because your gain may be mine, too.
since its brand new i would used the s-off method... since it wipes your sd card anyways
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5. Which are they? I came from the DZ/G2, then TMo Galaxy SII, and now Sensation.
Good luck, because your gain may be mine, too.
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Guys like Chingy, |||bored|||, JoelZ, Newtoroot, NilsP, a few others.
a lot of these guys did a lot of the deving that was done for the incredible. That forum split in two between the rezound and the gnex but I'm glad I'll be jumping on a phone that seems to have a vested dev community.
Since I lack the skills to create stuff I just play and recommend things.
bukithd said:
Guys like Chingy, |||bored|||, JoelZ, Newtoroot, NilsP, a few others.
a lot of these guys did a lot of the deving that was done for the incredible. That forum split in two between the rezound and the gnex but I'm glad I'll be jumping on a phone that seems to have a vested dev community.
Since I lack the skills to create stuff I just play and recommend things.
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I here you, dude. I'm the same way.
As for the devs, I'm glad their reputation precedes them. I've seen the last 3 names around a lot.
Just wanted to give some good mention to bored on his Rezrom. On mine it has the best battery life that I could ever find. Even good enough that o haven't used my extended battery for a couple weeks now.
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Just wanted to give some good mention to bored on his Rezrom. On mine it has the best battery life that I could ever find. Even good enough that o haven't used my extended battery for a couple weeks now.
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All the devs on xda rezound have some nice roms, but yes I find myself coming back to Bored's Rezroms as well.
Hey guys I've had my DNA since launch weekend. I've become interested now that I've seen there are methods for S-OFF and then now return to stock methods.
I am fully stock with the most recent OTA update. So I need help in figuring out which methods of S-OFF are easiest as I know I've seen different requirements for each one and it seems they keep changing so I can't keep up with them.
Also with the ROM's, are there any fully complete ones that work 99.9999% with the phones features. I have used CM 10 on my Incredible 2. Any thoughts as to which ROM's to start out with?
I know I could search the $hit out of this, but I read into things too much and then just get frustrated when trying to find a ROM or a method and never pick something.
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I moonshined my phone this weekend, so now it's time to look at each of the ROM's that you guys mentioned! Thanks again for the help in this!!
I really would appreciate any help on the matter and I thank you in advance!!
NOS7 seems to be my most fav all around so far. Very complete
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like viper Dna the best no bugs at all very smooth and you can have tweaks and customize it to your liking. Moonshine to achieve s off worked flawlessly for me and it can now be run on windows so it's very simple.
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I personally think Revone method is the easiest way to get S-off .
If you want 99% bug free I would recommend NOS7
Moonshine -> TWRP -> Carbon -> Win
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I'd probably suggest PAC or carbon. I'm on PAC right now, but next time I clean flash a rom, carbon is going on my phone.
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I'd suggest not asking users as you will get a different answer from every single one of them. Research each ROM and make a decision based on what you want.
As for S-Off, both methods are insanely easy. Pick one and go with it.
Phaded said:
I'd suggest not asking users as you will get a different answer from every single one of them. Research each ROM and make a decision based on what you want.
As for S-Off, both methods are insanely easy. Pick one and go with it.
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I understand that different people will like different ROM's, but their suggestions do help with making a starting choice in figuring out which ones to give a shot first. I just tend to over research stuff and never making a choice as I can't decide which to pick. Sometimes it's easier to just start off with suggestions from others who have already done what I was trying to do.
Again thanks everyone for your inputs and suggestions! I'm going to research the methods for getting S-Off and pick one. I will most likely get this done this weekend.
If you are a fan of Sense 5 and okay with using android 4.1, then go for newt's NOS7 rom, it's essentially bug-free and super smooth.
If you're an AOSP kind of guy, I would highly suggest flyhalf's CM10.1 build paired with crpalmer's aosp kernel. Keep in mind that it is a WIP, so there is plenty of room for optimization, and some features (such as bluetooth audio) may not be working.. it is android 4.2.2, so you do have some features over 4.1, but it's whatever you prefer. There are more updates on CM based roms for the DNA because it is still generally new, and the developers are active on their respective roms.
I definitely would go with a Sense 5 Rom. I had nothing with problems with CyanogenMod on this phone. I take a lot of the talk of good things about it on this phone as circle jerking. I really had quite a few problems, even on the later versions that came out earlier this month.
Switched to NOS M7 and have had no problems what-so-ever.
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I definitely would go with a Sense 5 Rom. I had nothing with problems with CyanogenMod on this phone. I take a lot of the talk of good things about it on this phone as circle jerking. I really had quite a few problems, even on the later versions that came out earlier this month.
Switched to NOS M7 and have had no problems what-so-ever.
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As offensive as your post can be to developers, I do agree that a sense 5 ROM is most likely what the OP will enjoy using the most, and personally I also enjoyed NOS M7 quite a bit.
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pio_masaki said:
As offensive as your post can be to developers, I do agree that a sense 5 ROM is most likely what the OP will enjoy using the most, and personally I also enjoyed NOS M7 quite a bit.
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I wasnt trying to be offensive by any means. I understand the work that goes in to these roms and I appreciate it immensely. BUT I wanted to give this guy my most honest opinion from my experience. I don't want him to end up Rom swapping like mad if he doesn't have to, I've had zero problems with NOS M7. On Cyanogen I had force quits, bluetooth cutting in and out, wireless tether dropping constantly, now I have none of that.
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I wasnt trying to be offensive by any means. I understand the work that goes in to these roms and I appreciate it immensely.
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No, you don't or you wouldn't call it circle jerking. Given the OPs requirements a sense 5 ROM, NOS M7 in particular would seem to best fit his requirements, which also seems to fit yours, no reason to talk like that about our work OR the users that support and enjoy it enough to recommend another user give it a try, even though they really don't meet the OPs stated needs in a ROM. Everyone has their opinion, especially on XDA, there's no reason to be insulting because you disagree with their ROM choice.
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Bad terminology, you're correct. It's been a looooooong day, and lots of work, lots of redditting, saw the term and used it. I should have re-read my post before I said I wasn't trying be insulting because that totally was. I'm sorry.
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I wasnt trying to be offensive by any means. I understand the work that goes in to these roms and I appreciate it immensely. BUT I wanted to give this guy my most honest opinion from my experience. I don't want him to end up Rom swapping like mad if he doesn't have to, I've had zero problems with NOS M7. On Cyanogen I had force quits, bluetooth cutting in and out, wireless tether dropping constantly, now I have none of that.
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Carbon is my daily driver and I've had zero problems. Granted I don't use blue tooth or tether, but I haven't had a single force close. I had some connection issues, but due to a bad flash.
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I personally used the Moonshine method. It was very simple. I already use a Linux distribution so my PCs OS wasn't an issue. Just run the exploit and, for me at least, everything went very smoothly. I tried out CM10.1, Revolt, Carbon, Rootbox (one of the earlier more buggy builds), and Hatka Supreme. I'm currently running CarbonROM (the 6/11 build) with stock kernel and am loving it! I've considered trying the latest build of Rootbox, but not sure if I want to go through the setup process again. Its all a matter at personal opinion, just my $0.02 USD!
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I just moonshined my phone, so now it's time to look at each of the ROM's that you guys mentioned! Thanks again for the help in this!!
+1 for NOS M7 haven't had a single issue with it. Only issues I have had are with mods or themes for it. Can't speak for an AOSP ROM as I haven't tried one yet. Also FYI I would recommend using crpalmer's kernel.
I'm in the same boat OP. I tried Viper's rom and it was too much of a change for me. I wasn't ready to ditch the stock (or a stock-like) interface yet. Been researching roms, but it's tough like mentioned earlier, b/c it's very subjective.
I just want everything to work, debloat, hotspot capabilities and some customization options. I like the stock look and I haven't had the phone long enough to tire of it just yet.
I've had a rooted phone before and I do get bored with things after a while, so I know I'll run through roms over the next time period before I buy a new phone. I want to get my mileage out of each one.
I tried to download Hatka (sp?) earlier today, but I guess it's unavailable atm.
Downloading Nos7 now. It's going EXTREMELY slow though. I even switched to wifi and still at 5% after 4 minutes.
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I'm in the same boat OP. I tried Viper's rom and it was too much of a change for me. I wasn't ready to ditch the stock (or a stock-like) interface yet. Been researching roms, but it's tough like mentioned earlier, b/c it's very subjective.
I just want everything to work, debloat, hotspot capabilities and some customization options. I like the stock look and I haven't had the phone long enough to tire of it just yet.
I've had a rooted phone before and I do get bored with things after a while, so I know I'll run through roms over the next time period before I buy a new phone. I want to get my mileage out of each one.
I tried to download Hatka (sp?) earlier today, but I guess it's unavailable atm.
Downloading Nos7 now. It's going EXTREMELY slow though. I even switched to wifi and still at 5% after 4 minutes.
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Here is the Hatka download http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=22909751817929231
I run CM10 only
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