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Please choose the most usable ROM...
If there is any critical ROM that i didn't mention please let me know...
This is an additionally thread to imperator74's
I thought that a poll could be a good idea..
Im using the original that came with the phone because I dont really know alot about them
I have tested almost every rom you mention but my last and more for my taste is the O2 Premium 2.0 WM6 WWE ROM, 5.2.1921 SDHC .
I have tried a few cooked ROMs from the forum. But now Im back to Original HTC ROM
Vanilla 2.0
I loved trying all cooked ROMs, wished to have the last one (3.01) but it was very buggy, so I am back to vanilla 2.0 cuz it is very table, fast, smooth, nd lovely.
I may try flashing back to an original one, then retry the 3.01 to see if it is better, and let yall know about.
I'm using B&B 4.3 fastest, stable, with nice icons,look it very pro, i like it.thanks TOMCODON
After having been trying O2 Premium 2.0 WM6 WWE ROM, 5.2.1921 SDHC Full for 2 weeks I found a bug that causes hangs on if somebody wants to call me.
Today decided to change to Artemis Touch full with cube. I hope I will not change it for a long time
MoonRiver2007 said:
I'm using B&B 4.3 fastest, stable, with nice icons,look it very pro, i like it.thanks TOMCODON
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Me too!
I was quite mistrustful on cooked ROMs but finally tried B&B 4.3, about 2 weeks ago and I've stick to it so far. It has only minor glitches, like every rom has some... E.g. somtimes it doesn't send an SMS, saying that "the Phone is not ready, wait 15 sec..." and only soft reset helps. But it happened only twice during 2 weeks.
Antoher issue quite important for me is the memory leak. The B&B 4.3 performs quite well in that sense, after a whole day of usage it's around 17-18 M free RAM (from 24 after soft reset). I think it's reasonable, but if somebody knows a rom with minor memory leak, please, tell me!
So, I voted for B&B 4.3.
What is the most stable rom and best rom out there for the hermes? 6.0 and 6.1 however i'm looking to flash to 6.1 since it's the newest but i want a really good and fast one. So any suggestions?
kareem9nba said:
What is the most stable rom and best rom out there for the hermes? 6.0 and 6.1 however i'm looking to flash to 6.1 since it's the newest but i want a really good and fast one. So any suggestions?
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I use shadow and it's stable .. with 6.1 the only annoyance IMO is the threaded sms . as of now, if you disable it with the registry hack then you loose the audio and visual notification of new sms messages
kareem9nba said:
What is the most stable rom and best rom out there for the hermes? 6.0 and 6.1 however i'm looking to flash to 6.1 since it's the newest but i want a really good and fast one. So any suggestions?
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I use Shadow 2 TE most stable fast and works as intended.
Are there any anticipated or soon-to-come known roms by known cookers? I would flash to tht shadow one but i don't want a better one to come out and have to flash several times.
Faria said he waits to be given a go by his source to release his WM6.1 ROM. He is quite a legend among cooks here - so probably this one and final Schap's 4.40.
I hear schaps is a very good cooker, any idea on when his rom will come out? I'll probably upgrade to his or dutty.
I really like Matt's Pandora Naked base roms. I install the stuff I like and everything works great. Good Luck
Chris
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Faria said he waits to be given a go by his source to release his WM6.1 ROM. He is quite a legend among cooks here - so probably this one and final Schap's 4.40.
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WHAT?? FARIA is going to be back!!! Cant wait to use his ROM again...AWESOME. I sure do agree that he is one of best cooks in this forum and has contributed a lot!
Hermes Storm v2.09
kareem9nba said:
What is the most stable rom and best rom out there for the hermes? 6.0 and 6.1 however i'm looking to flash to 6.1 since it's the newest but i want a really good and fast one. So any suggestions?
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The best I have tryed is Hermes Storm v2.09 this I hope you will like it I promise you try it
noellenchris said:
I really like Matt's Pandora Naked base roms. I install the stuff I like and everything works great. Good Luck
Chris
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Gotta agree with this....taking pandora as a base and modifying it for my purpose is by far he best thing to do.
Hi All,
I'm trying to find a ROM that's tweaked to have beter performance without giving up the standard user interface on my Diamond. Can anyone tell me what the best choice of ROM is and what the major differences are between the ROM's?
I want a ROM with TF3D, Google Maps and Youtube etc.
I use Dutty's V1.4. It's fast, reliable and has all the apps in you mention http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=411707.
V1.5 is due very soon, so it might be worth waiting for that as it fixes a YouTube bug
The problem with ROMs (official and cooked) is that not a single one of them is without bugs. I find this quite annoying actually because all I want is a rock solid ROM...but it's not out there.
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I use Dutty's V1.4. It's fast, reliable and has all the apps in you mention http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=411707.
V1.5 is due very soon, so it might be worth waiting for that as it fixes a YouTube bug
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This is a popular choice of ROM...
An well worth a donation for all the effects the Man puts in to providing these
Dutty For Me
im going to v1.4 when i get home today
Panoshas 0.8 is my poison.
Dutty's ROM's sure deserves credit, really. I love the man...
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This is a popular choice of ROM...
An well worth a donation for all the effects the Man puts in to providing these
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Agreed, which is why I've already donated to Diamond Project and Dutty
Best ive tried was the athena 0.8 from panosha.
Was the most stable, and with a good battery life.
But switched to my own, only removed the useless apps and apllied a lot of the tools which i use.
90% of the cooked roms have lots of bugs, useless tools, or else.
Like the title says im new to all this custom rom stuff and looking for some insight on whats the best cooked rom for my tilt 2. ive been through 3 fuzes and now 2 of the tilt 2's so im no stranger to windows mobile. Just looking for some help. Thanks in advance
there are honestly thousands of threads with people asking for the best ROM. Here are some guidlines:
1) Best will be a personal opinion
2) Any Sense 2.5 ROM will be less responsive than Sense 2.1
3) Pick a rom that best suits your needs (eye candy, functionality, responsiveness, etc)
Go to the rom forum and sort by most posts, latest post, and most views to get an idea of what everyone else is using and what they like/dislike about it.
Also make sure you flash the correct SPL and Rom (GSM or CDMA).
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there are honestly thousands of threads with people asking for the best ROM. Here are some guidlines:
1) Best will be a personal opinion
2) Any Sense 2.5 ROM will be less responsive than Sense 2.1
3) Pick a rom that best suits your needs (eye candy, functionality, responsiveness, etc)
Go to the rom forum and sort by most posts, latest post, and most views to get an idea of what everyone else is using and what they like/dislike about it.
Also make sure you flash the correct SPL and Rom (GSM or CDMA).
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thanks for the help! I guess i should have been more detailed on what i use my phone for. I text alot, talk of course, use the interned, the weather option, blue tooth and on occasion the wifi, i want something that responds well and is fast. Normally after about 90 days of using a WM phone the lag is just horrible. i just exchanged my phone through ATT for the above reasons. i want something that runs fast yet is stable at the same time.
I know i know i know, have my cake and eat it too to some extent lol
Dieseltorkin said:
thanks for the help! I guess i should have been more detailed on what i use my phone for. I text alot, talk of course, use the interned, the weather option, blue tooth and on occasion the wifi, i want something that responds well and is fast. Normally after about 90 days of using a WM phone the lag is just horrible. i just exchanged my phone through ATT for the above reasons. i want something that runs fast yet is stable at the same time.
I know i know i know, have my cake and eat it too to some extent lol
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I would suggest going with the NRG Pheonix rom. A lot of people have that as their favorite and it seems to be very stable/speedy. Most of the newer Leo Sense 2.5 roms have slight messaging problems (especially with landscape mode). Never used it but you can rest assured that it is one of the better roms available.
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I would suggest going with the NRG Pheonix rom. A lot of people have that as their favorite and it seems to be very stable/speedy. Most of the newer Leo Sense 2.5 roms have slight messaging problems (especially with landscape mode). Never used it but you can rest assured that it is one of the better roms available.
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Ok thanks! Ill do some research on the NRG Pheonix and give it a try! Thanks again!
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I would suggest going with the NRG Pheonix rom. A lot of people have that as their favorite and it seems to be very stable/speedy. Most of the newer Leo Sense 2.5 roms have slight messaging problems (especially with landscape mode). Never used it but you can rest assured that it is one of the better roms available.
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Where can i find the Phoenix 2 download? thanks
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Where can i find the Phoenix 2 download? thanks
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NRG Pheonix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=553506
Valkyrie (another popular rom):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=569507
Roms sorted by most viewed (basically the most popular roms):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=490&daysprune=-1&order=desc&sort=views
Great! Thanks for all the help! If im reading right here, i need to run a sim unlocker then Hard SPL then install the rom? Correct me if im wrong here, this will be my first attempt. Thanks
I was using energy roms since i got my TP2 and just recently tried the leo cell roms and i am in love with them. They put alot of detail to the small things with the rom but i havent tried the phoenix roms so i cant compare the 2.
Dieseltorkin said:
Like the title says im new to all this custom rom stuff and looking for some insight on whats the best cooked rom for my tilt 2. ive been through 3 fuzes and now 2 of the tilt 2's so im no stranger to windows mobile. Just looking for some help. Thanks in advance
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Check out htis site maintained by one of the members on this forum, he seems to favor the Energy Roms but has an overview of some other popular ones as well.
http://thewingster.com/tp2gsmroms.aspx
It is somewhere to start at least.
Hi all,
I'm a newbie of the Androids world. (and also in HTCs one).
I'm coming from the world of Nokia hacking and modding and here, with all the mods changed, I feel a bit (just not to say totally) lost.
I bought this week a new HTC Desire, I feel very happy and proud of my choice, the AMOLED screen is something superlative.
But, coming to my problem:
I discovered that to join the wifi hotspot in my university i need to set the proxy and other stuff which i can do only with root privilege and other apps, so I decided that is just arrived the time to f**k up the guarantee and install a rom one time for all, at the beginning so i must not reinstall many apps, settings and other stuffs.
I'm searching for a ROM which is the most possible similar to the original Sense FroYo that is now installed on the phone. But at the moment for me I think it's to hard to be able to recognize the differences between two ROMs, so...
Which is better for me to choose in the huge list of post #1 of the "Desire Index - Everything is here" thread?
Obviously it must have the root capabilities, ap2sd and..? (i'm totally ignorant in which are the starter-important mod)
thx for you help and sorry for my poor english..
Piemo said:
Hi all,
I'm a newbie of the Androids world. (and also in HTCs one).
I'm coming from the world of Nokia hacking and modding and here, with all the mods changed, I feel a bit (just not to say totally) lost.
I bought this week a new HTC Desire, I feel very happy and proud of my choice, the AMOLED screen is something superlative.
But, coming to my problem:
I discovered that to join the wifi hotspot in my university i need to set the proxy and other stuff which i can do only with root privilege and other apps, so I decided that is just arrived the time to f**k up the guarantee and install a rom one time for all, at the beginning so i must not reinstall many apps, settings and other stuffs.
I'm searching for a ROM which is the most possible similar to the original Sense FroYo that is now installed on the phone. But at the moment for me I think it's to hard to be able to recognize the differences between two ROMs, so...
Which is better for me to choose in the huge list of post #1 of the "Desire Index - Everything is here" thread?
Obviously it must have the root capabilities, ap2sd and..? (i'm totally ignorant in which are the starter-important mod)
thx for you help and sorry for my poor english..
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LeeDroid! But I'm biased, been using it a couple of months and it rocks, full Sense ROM, A2SD+ (need an ext partition on your SD card for this), themeable, overclockable if you want. I've tried other but nothing has persuaded me to switch.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773997
this one is all stock but for the root access, but if you root, why just go for the same as you got?
Invest a few bucks in titanium backup or mybackup pro and rom manager and try some of the top roms like AuraxTSense, LeeDroid, both with Sense as you know it, or Miui and OpenDesire which run alternative launchers.
There is never just flash one rom and be happy once you have set yor foot in here
By far the greatest of all is LeeDorid.Lots of good features and a lot of updates !
Modaco Custom ROM
Should be as good as Leedroid or even better in my opinion ;-)
zambara said:
By far the greatest of all is LeeDorid.Lots of good features and a lot of updates !
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MIUI 10.0.29 is honest to god stunning, its fast, overclockable, excellent batterylife and the whole UI is a nice overhaul. Its clean and everything has been designed for use, the system menu has been re-organized for the better making it easier and clearer to get to all options. They have also done things like add settings to the notification panel, added kintetic scrolling (so things bounce) FM radio re-skinned all major apps. The lockscreen has also been changed to a custom lockscreen which has quick access to phone and messaging, barring that i'd suggest trying DeFrost, he does good builds of CyanogenMod, or Cyanogen Mod 6.1 rc1. Not a huge fan of CM6, its seems as slow as sense roms on my phone. OD and DeFrost dont seem to suffer this issue however.
Mr favourite non-Miui rom is OpenDesire, theyr quick and dont come with bloatware r crap pre-installed, but Adam_g has been absent lately.
For 'sense' builds try leeDroid (imo bloated with tonnes of crap), Modaco Custom Rom (www.desire.modaco.com) or Alex-V sense rom. Theres also AuraxTSense but its hideous. Imo for a good sense rom try a modaco rom with a sense kernel such as vorkKernel, or 'HAVS 2.6.32 for Sense Roms V5' by richardtrip
Jedipottsy said:
MIUI 10.0.29 is honest to god stunning, its fast, overclockable, excellent batterylife and the whole UI is a nice overhaul. Its clean and everything has been designed for use, the system menu has been re-organized for the better making it easier and clearer to get to all options. They have also done things like add settings to the notification panel, added kintetic scrolling (so things bounce) FM radio re-skinned all major apps. The lockscreen has also been changed to a custom lockscreen which has quick access to phone and messaging, barring that i'd suggest trying DeFrost, he does good builds of CyanogenMod, or Cyanogen Mod 6.1 rc1. Not a huge fan of CM6, its seems as slow as sense roms on my phone. OD and DeFrost dont seem to suffer this issue however.
Mr favourite non-Miui rom is OpenDesire, theyr quick and dont come with bloatware r crap pre-installed, but Adam_g has been absent lately.
For 'sense' builds try leeDroid (imo bloated with tonnes of crap), Modaco Custom Rom (www.desire.modaco.com) or Alex-V sense rom. Theres also AuraxTSense but its hideous. Imo for a good sense rom try a modaco rom with a sense kernel such as vorkKernel, or 'HAVS 2.6.32 for Sense Roms V5' by richardtrip
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CyanogenMOD is one of the fastest ROM and the one with the most fixes and updates! Dont say bad things about CyanogenMOD Rom´s !! Without him this Community would be nothing!
Sense or AOSP? Minimalist or Feature-Packed? Depends on your personal needs...
You could start with a rooted stock, after a week try Leedroid/RCmixHD/MIUI and next week CM6.
Or you just get DSIXDA's Kitchen, learn some ADB and Shell Stuff and make your own ROM.
Go for cyanogen to get the best android experience...
This post might fit better in the Desire Q and A and not the Development section mate
this is not a post for the development section, in future please reasd the forum rules before posting
I've tried Leedroid (SENSE) and DeFrost (NON-SENSE).
Both are really good but after some experience I've decided to stick with non sense ROMs. They are by far faster but that eventually comes at the price of some higher battery drain.
DeFrost FTW !
You must be thinking, i'll find the best and most popular one and i wont be flashing again in the next few months/weeks. You're wrong. You come here, you'll be flashing all roms as the clocks ticking.
I have tried all except MIUI and Defrost so far. and am sticking on OpenDesire for the longest AOSP rom and Modaco R8 for the sense ROM.
But my personal choice;
CyanogenMod : Be it Nightly, stable or RC, i love it to the core! Best AOSP rom ever. I tried them all and they are super fast! The reason i didnt use it currently because i waited for the stable 6.1. Hehe~~ Love the nightlies before RC1 got released though.
OpenDesire : The dev(AdamG) used to have minor updates almost everyday but now, very2 long time before an update, meaning it is at the most stable version now. and it is true cuz i didnt believe it at first( I used to use the older versions and it still have some bugs) but now it is the best for me. Best after CM(cant deny CM, they are the master here).
LeeDroid : Well i've tried all Sense roms already, and this seems the most stable and fast(though i found out it become slower over time, my fault for installing so many apps maybe). I used to love NeXTSense by Neo, but when it got changed to AuraxtSense, i jumped to Lee.
I'm sorry for posting in the wrong section, but i wasn't sure where to post in the different areas.
Well, you named different roms, but which are the differences (explained to a nearly-noob)?
I'm searching for something with the same interface of the normale roms, but purified from all the (in)utilities. In fact a clean and fast rom, in which THEN i decide what i like to install and personalize...
If I can make a representation, a roms with no apps which are not native (facebook, twitter, opera and all the others), but with only the things that you nedd as a basis for all the rest.
Lol the op will still have a hard time deciding. XD
The best way for you to choose which Rom to use is to download and test each one individually. Hope you get ORD btw
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I'd like to test them all, but at the moment i'm under exams and for next 5 weeks don't have enough time to test anything.
so I was searching for a direct suggestion explaining what will change and what will not change..
If you want a rooted rom similar to your current one, why don't you just use unrevoked to root your current rom?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
MIUI! or Defrost!
If you want speed, then go for Cyanogenmod 6.1, DeFroST or OpenDesire. If you want a nice UI, too, you have to put a theme on it or use a Rom like RCMixHD, AuraxTSense or smth. like that.
a-ehm...are there ROMs that haven't been named yet? LOL
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I'd like to test them all, but at the moment i'm under exams and for next 5 weeks don't have enough time to test anything.
so I was searching for a direct suggestion explaining what will change and what will not change..
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easy, test it while you go. thats what i did.
Here's my timeline(some are examples);
I'm meeting my girlfriend tomorrow, lets bring LeeDroid! and yeah i did it, i manage to test all features and stability while I'm in the bus travelling from my place to her(took 8 hours in the bus). i screwed up while playing around though, the phone didnt boot so i had to restore nandroid of my modaco R8 back...haha~~
This weekend is examination time(yeah seriously no joke), so last week i flashed OpenDesire. Now i'm still using it. done exploring it in a day though, and keeping it longer than i imagined since i love it.
Presentation week, damn it this week was very busy and i tried Cyanogenmod Nightly 149. Love it. but no themes for it so i flashes CM 6.0.2...but aah too many gallery crash for me so i'm back to OpenDesire.
Well those are my moments, you'll be done exploring in 2 days at max for a rom though. Be sure to test all primary function first before you begin to like them. I did all in a day only. shouldnt be too hard.