Noob here, I have been reading about rooting for the past few days and would like to ask which is the best "clean" (stock android, no sense, which I hate) ROM available for the Desire.
Also, is there any chance of seeing a Cyanogenmod port for it like what happened with the Milestone?
Try the ahmgsk mod!
A CM port already exists over on MoDaCo. I'm running eViL's barebones v1.0 - it's sublime.
ahmgsk CM port is not ready for a daily use yet. It will use your battery in a several hours. Some other stuff have to be fixed too. I tried it personally and switched back to stock.
I just want a regular Nexus style rom for my Desire with no other tweaks. Looks like there is none at all yet.
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A CM port already exists over on MoDaCo. I'm running eViL's barebones v1.0 - it's sublime.
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+1. I'm loving this one!
all of the guys are doing a great job with roms.
I'm using and loving evil's bare one and it's great. I changed the others because of some bugs I found.
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I have a Samsung Fascinate, but a friend of mine just rooted his Dinc. I've glanced around these forums, seen a little, but your theme section is a bit cluttered... what are the popular ROMs and Themes for this phone?
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I have a Samsung Fascinate, but a friend of mine just rooted his Dinc. I've glanced around these forums, seen a little, but your theme section is a bit cluttered... what are the popular ROMs and Themes for this phone?
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As for ROMs, I recommend the "Uber" series of ROMs, as well as CM7 or MIUI. Of course, just because I'm partial to the Uber ROMs doesn't mean there aren't other ROMs out there, look around until your friend finds one he likes
Is Uber around stock? (Fasc has Touchwiz and superclean; what is it for you, Sense?) I know of CM7, and he would reeeeeally hate MIUI.
Uber Gingersense 2.1/3.0 is around stock, but with improvements. some issues due to beta stages but coming along nicely. Sense is stock for us, yes
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I have a Samsung Fascinate, but a friend of mine just rooted his Dinc. I've glanced around these forums, seen a little, but your theme section is a bit cluttered... what are the popular ROMs and Themes for this phone?
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It all depends and what he is looking for there are froyo, Z Roms stable roms and Gingerbread/ Sense 3.0 roms that are still in beta and some apps like maps and youtube dont work...
I personally would recommend you this roms..
Gingerbread:
By: wdfowty
GingerSense ReMix (B4)
By: newtoroot
Optimized Gingersense Beta 3
Sense 3.0
By: JoelZ9614
★Uber Kingdom™★◄♚B2♚►★
Z Roms:
By:Joelz9614
★Uber Z™★◄♚RLS3♚►★[Froyo]♚[2.2]♚[Sense 2.0]★
By: incubus26jc
Stock Sense 2.0
I also like Super z but the links are in another website just google it since I dont know if we are allow to post links to another site...and hope this helps you.... got more question just ask....
You guys got a Debloated stock? And is that often themed?
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You guys got a Debloated stock? And is that often themed?
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As far as debloated stock rom goes. We have a great one by jaykresge
Liberation
It has some mods, but I haven't seen any recent themes for Sense 1.0 that ships with the Inc.
Aside from CM7 (I'm jealous on how well yours works, btw), what's your most themed ROM? Just to give him colorful options.
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Aside from CM7 (I'm jealous on how well yours works, btw), what's your most themed ROM? Just to give him colorful options.
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As far as sense ROM's go, any of the new ROM's based on Sense 2.1 should be able to use skins. I've used these on some of the new gingersense roms with 2.1/3.0 hybrids. Works just fine.
Skins for HTC Sense 2.1 roms
Whoa, you guys can run skins? Whaaaaat? That's awesome!
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Aside from CM7 (I'm jealous on how well yours works, btw), what's your most themed ROM? Just to give him colorful options.
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TBH, I think MIUI with LauncherPro or GO Launcher EX (both free in the Market, LauncherPro Plus is I think $5) is the most skinnable. There are LOADS of MIUI themes, and it can use all the AOSP kernels and it's rock solid stable to boot
my personal favorites
Froyo Roms:
Redemptive rEVOlution
Incredibly Re-Engineered
also liking the new Nils Business GingerSense...pretty stable for me so far.
Looking forward to the doubleshot and sense 3.0 roms that are in various stages of alpha and beta testing. I've tried them and still too buggy for me
Look up the theme "honeycream" its in the market and it works with cm7's built in theme chooser, its a great looking theme and i highly suggest it.
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Look up the theme "honeycream" its in the market and it works with cm7's built in theme chooser, its a great looking theme and i highly suggest it.
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As for a blue style honeycomb theme, this one is pretty good, not to brag of course XD
Looks like he wants to wait for the 2.3 update... you guys got any themes for stock? (Sorry to ask. Fasc, someone put a list together, it's muuuuuch easier.)
i recently rooted my phone and flashed arhd, and got some great help and advice from here regarding which rom to start with.
Now i am see`ing new roms, updated versions and am struggling to choose again - from what i can tell there are 3 x varieties - one that has sense, one without sense and a miui version, and then in al lthe threads of the seperate varieties they all seem to have the identicle set up - and same issues - most recent being no wifi connection, so an updated rom is released.
do people really flash a rom daily? or do you just stick with one that works?
i would like to have some sense 3 bits, but every rom seems to be sufferign the same problems and they all look the same except a different kernal is used, how do i choose?
Im after using a good few of the roms now and I was using CM7 since it came out. Yesterday I changed to honeysense HD and I must say I love it. I use SPB 3D shell launcher so it looks basically the same as alot of the other ones anyways but there are a few nice little changes in it that I love. You should seriously think about trying it. You wont be sad you tried it.
It's pure personal preference.
I have worked my way around judt about all the different flavour ROMs but my fav choice is resting solidly on the COREDROID Rom.
Just take some time and try each one I am sure you will find one you like. Ad for flashing all the time I did initialy but I settled down and the ROMs get better each time a new version is released.
Have fun
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I have just started getting into this and for the first few weeks flashed pretty much most roms that were available. I then found the MIUI rom and fell in love with it.
Coredroid is my favorite one of the sense type roms
It is down to personal preference and best thing to do is try a few of em and I'm sure you will find one that you like
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i recently rooted my phone and flashed arhd, and got some great help and advice from here regarding which rom to start with.
Now i am see`ing new roms, updated versions and am struggling to choose again - from what i can tell there are 3 x varieties - one that has sense, one without sense and a miui version, and then in al lthe threads of the seperate varieties they all seem to have the identicle set up - and same issues - most recent being no wifi connection, so an updated rom is released.
do people really flash a rom daily? or do you just stick with one that works?
i would like to have some sense 3 bits, but every rom seems to be sufferign the same problems and they all look the same except a different kernal is used, how do i choose?
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thats excatlly what i was going thru. I'm the kinda guy who flashes almost daily
I have had a run of almost all of them.
If you want to have pure sense 3 experience then RCmix kingdom is the one you could go for.But as it is still in beta/development stage you should expect few bug's here and there.
If you dont want to have bugs and have sense 3.0 parts (lockscreen,camera....) then i personally suggest lee driod or andriod revolution rom's with sense 3.0 addon's they are both stable rom's with very few issue's in them.
I'm currently am on RCmix 5.9 (Old school ) with sense 3.0 addons in it with lee's kernel.
On the other side Miui freshly squeezed is the best you could find which is close to sense like experience with the power of CM 7. Give it a try i'm sure it will tempt you to forget sense for a while
Hope this help you out
Happy flashing
HoneySense
I am using the Honeysense HD rom. It is great, the dev is very dedicated and releases updates very quickly.
I was looking at honeysense. Looks good from images and thread messages. Cheers for replies everyone.
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I'm running Coredroid and have been very happy with it.
t3rm3y said:
i recently rooted my phone and flashed arhd, and got some great help and advice from here regarding which rom to start with.
Now i am see`ing new roms, updated versions and am struggling to choose again - from what i can tell there are 3 x varieties - one that has sense, one without sense and a miui version, and then in al lthe threads of the seperate varieties they all seem to have the identicle set up - and same issues - most recent being no wifi connection, so an updated rom is released.
do people really flash a rom daily? or do you just stick with one that works?
i would like to have some sense 3 bits, but every rom seems to be sufferign the same problems and they all look the same except a different kernal is used, how do i choose?
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DUDE!! If you have DHD then the ROM(s) to follow are LeeDroid and RCMIX Kingdom.. At the moment both have released newer versions of their ROMS so you just need to see which ROM works best for you and of course for your device ;o)
Lee has a mixture of Sense 2.1 and 3.0 and RCMIX Kingdom has Sense 3.0 but after flashing RCMIX's Rom it says Sense 2.1..I THINK it's still a bug BUT his ROM is superb.. The battery life might be a bit annoying but thank GOD for the extra battery ( if your SP provided you with an extra .. of course )..hehhe!
MIUI should not be option on your DHD cos I personally think that the phone was built around Sense and I don't think that MIUI has any Sense version on it..
MIUI might look super cool but try LeeDroid OR RCMIX's first before you move to MIUI..>>> OR VICE VERSA ;o)
Hope my 2 cents comment helps you ;o)
Spent my first week changing and trying different ROMs.
Started worth arhd since it has great doc for newbies.
Then, tried all other sense rom and stayed a while with lee droid.
Switched to cm7 then to mdj cm7.1. Stayed there a long time. Close to a month.
Then back to sense since I want panorama! And tried tb and mdj vivo.
Now on vivo.
Think I'll stick with mdj.s rom.
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i would like to have some sense 3 bits, but every rom seems to be sufferign the same problems and they all look the same except a different kernal is used, how do i choose?
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if you want sense 3 then i recommend you ioos rom.
cause its true sense without any extra's.
so far no issues for me.
Had the same problems. I tried virtually all roms, from sense to no sense. Like IOO sense 3 rom so much. CM 7 & MIUI are just not my thing. The best rom in my opinion right now is VIVO. Its very smooth, the battery life is amazing, minimal bugs report. But at the end its a matter of personal choice.
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I have been using Honeysense HD since i rooted 2 weeks ago and found it to be very pretty without many problems the only thing i cant seem to sort out is my battery life 100% at 10.20pm put phone on standby and at 5am i'm at 75%. Thinking i'll try another ROM.
I've tried ARHD, MIUI, LeeDroid and CM7. After all this I choose to switch between ARHD and MIUI freshly squeezed edition, but I still prefer ARHD for its stability and good battery life.
Members...can you please suggest some good & completely working ROMs for G2 (with Sense 3.0 preferably) ...
Havent tried them yet, since im still unrooted, but i've done some extensive research of the available roms with sense (reading through all the threads, and comments...) and have narrowed the list with a top 3 which im considering using:
in order of preference (from what i've researched of course...and this is personal):
1)MikRunny v1.01
2)RunnyDrOiD v3.0
3)BeatMod BlissSense Hybrid
Hope this helps, but again, havent tried them yet...
Android 4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428866
If you're looking for something with Sense I would recommend Virtuous or CoreDroid ROMs.
http://www.virtuousrom.com/
http://www.coredroidroms.com/site/
different releases of those you can find in the development section aswell.
so far I've tested Affinity and Unity latest releases from Virtuous and they seem fine.
If you would change your mind and rather want a smooth fast ROM instead a Sense one (that's pretty much the deal I guess, Sense ROM are propably always slower) I would tell you to go for Virtuous G-lite:
[ROM][12/12/2011] Virtuous G-Lite v2.0.1 :: GB AOSP HTC/G2 base 2.16.531.5
Running it atm, makes me really satisfied I rooted my phone
Ofc there are many other CM7 based ROMs around, you just have to try them out yourself to find what suits you best I guess.
Goodluck
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havent tried them yet, since im still unrooted, but i've done some extensive research of the available roms with sense (reading through all the threads, and comments...) and have narrowed the list with a top 3 which im considering using:
In order of preference (from what i've researched of course...and this is personal):
1)mikrunny v1.01
2)runnydroid v3.0
3)beatmod blisssense hybrid
hope this helps, but again, havent tried them yet...
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bro ..the above roms seems for desire hd!! Will they work with the g2 ??
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bro ..the above roms seems for desire hd!! Will they work with the g2 ??
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well, they are posted on the desire z sections (in desire z/g2 dev section), so they should be...and i know beatmod blissSense says that it supports desire z/g2...think the other one say so too
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maybe this can help... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1376496 (this is not written by me...)
Unity works good
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Most every ROM in the development section is "good and completely working" aside from a couple listed as alphas, and the ICS ROMs (which still have some bugs, but many still use as daily drivers).
There is no "best" ROM. It depends on your personal needs and preferences. Asking what is "best" is an insult to the developers that put a lot of time and effort to get these ROMs to us. Threads like this are tiresome, since they get asked all the time. Just browse or search the forum, and you will find plenty of suggestions.
If you like fast and simple look go with CM7
It is a valid question
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Most every ROM in the development section is "good and completely working" aside from a couple listed as alphas, and the ICS ROMs (which still have some bugs, but many still use as daily drivers).
There is no "best" ROM. It depends on your personal needs and preferences. Asking what is "best" is an insult to the developers that put a lot of time and effort to get these ROMs to us. Threads like this are tiresome, since they get asked all the time. Just browse or search the forum, and you will find plenty of suggestions.
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No need to be harsh; Not all ROM's are the same, there are some which perform better than others. We do appreciate the work being done by developers, but I think you were unfairly harsh to the person who asked that question. It is a valid question
Why Sense?
Far as ICS Roms go, the one in my signature has been my favorite of the batches (basically a customized Rom using the CM9 Kernel with AOKP user base and his own G2/Vision specific tweaks).
my favorite sense roms were Virtuous Primadonna v1.21.0 Alpha 3 and InsertCoin Vision v1.7.1. out of sense 3.0-4.0 roms that i tried only the primadona had a working camera but audio recording didn't work in some apps. those roms are pretty slow... if you really want sense i'd recommend InsertCoin Vision v1.7.1. it was the only one that had working camera and audio that i tested. in any event you'll eventually get annoyed with how slow all the sense roms are if you like tweaking your phone often. that's why i switched to ics. the adroma mimicry is the fastest rom i've tried.
Andromadus Mimicry (1.1.2) gives you ICS in CM9 flavour with some additional tweaks (V6 supercharger, OC daemon etc.) and customizations (boot animation). Some of them you can choose at install time. It's fastest and most stable CM9 based ROM so far. I'm using it as a daily driver and I am fully satisfied.
I agree with people suggesting AOSP ICS ROMs. I also liked Sense until I tried CM9 beta for the first time and now I don't think that I'll ever use Sense again. You can try this one (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1687324) if you want something that resembles Sense 4, but is fully functional unlike current Sense 4 ROMs for DZ.
I'd suggest you try the one in my sig, though, that's what I'm using right now and it's really fast and stable, but I don't think you can go wrong with any CM9 based ROM, they differentiate only in details.
So I have been using Deck's ICS ROM for quite a while now. I'm finally getting tired of the random reboots all the time. So I'm looking for a new ROM to use. Looking for something preferably not Sense, but Sense is ok. Wasn't a big fan of CM7. I basically want something that works smooth and reliable. Looking for suggestions. BTW I'm on a Boost Mobile Flashed Evo if that matters at all.
Thanks Ahead of Time!
Tommytomatoe's Classic (Sense and Sense-less as it allows you to remove Sense)
Deck's ReLoaded - Sense-less
Both I have found to be stable and fast.
Doc
MazWoz Beta 6, AOSP ics
Swipers MIUIv4, just look for the thread I started
CM9 - there's two different versions JMZtaylors and Mazdariders both are good
DocEsq said:
Tommytomatoe's Classic (Sense and Sense-less as it allows you to remove Sense)
Deck's ReLoaded - Sense-less
Both I have found to be stable and fast.
Doc
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Thanks I'll check both of those out.
evol4g said:
MazWoz Beta 6, AOSP ics
Swipers MIUIv4, just look for the thread I started
CM9 - there's two different versions JMZtaylors and Mazdariders both are good
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Not a fan of MUIU lol.
Thing with the ICS Beta's is I always seem to have issues. AOKP and EVervolv both gave me some issues so I'm kinda weary of ICS at the moment. Even though that's my favorite so far.
I'll see what they will do for me though. Thanks!
You might also want to check out SOS swaged out stock roms. They are pretty reliable because they are based on ota updates but tweaked to be faster. They have one that's is sense based but no sense UI
Checkout RemICS-UX Port. I flashed it last night and it's smooth as can be
Huge fan of MikG. I finally updated to 3.11 and can't believe I waited so long to jump from whatever version I was running for at least half a year before that. It's so much faster and more stable.
I know it's a Sense rom but I use launcherpro anyway and make it look how I want. Love it love it love.
Tommytomatoe's Classic (Sense and Sense-less as it allows you to remove Sense)
Deck's ReLoaded - Sense-less
Both I have found to be stable and fast.
Doc
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So I tried Deck's Re-Loaded, its good but not my taste :silly:
Classic I couldn't figure out how to do the Sense-less but I didn't look to hard either.
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Huge fan of MikG. I finally updated to 3.11 and can't believe I waited so long to jump from whatever version I was running for at least half a year before that. It's so much faster and more stable.
I know it's a Sense rom but I use launcherpro anyway and make it look how I want. Love it love it love.
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I haven't even looked at MikG yet.
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You might also want to check out SOS swaged out stock roms. They are pretty reliable because they are based on ota updates but tweaked to be faster. They have one that's is sense based but no sense UI
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I'll check those out too. I read a bit on SOS but didn't get to much into it yet.
I flashed Energy Rom last night and it seems to run pretty good.
BTW Thanks for the replies guys. I'm new to this forum, from Phandroid, so it's nice to get some good help.
hi pretty new to the DHD section just upgraded from my x10i (major improvement) searched through the dev section and cant seem to find any fully working miui roms, any suggestions?? 2.3 would be fine if theres no ics roms, thanks
The one in my signature.
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The one in my signature.
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thanks mate, have you had any issues with facebook? i open it and it closes no fc message or anything tried rebooting
MIUI.us
I have tried three different MIUI builds, MIUI.us is the best on performance and battery
I really enjoyed MIUIAndroid - DHD 2.4.20 (link) as my main ROM for over a year, which was the last Gingerbread version. (I preferred it more than ICS.) I think it's still my favorite ROM, although I've recently changed to Blackout ICS Incredible v3.1.0 to enjoy HTC Sense for a while.
For a quick top-layer experience or feel - you could try out the MiHome Launcher.
MIUI.cn build for DHD is SERIOUSLY slick. I've tried all the MIUI roms out there, and this one by far out-does the others. I've been using it for ages now and it's the smoothest and most reliable experience I've had on my DHD to date. It's based on 4.0.4 so none of the little and not-so-little Jellybean bugs and has the fully working sense camera. The site itself is in Chinese as you may have guessed but Chrome with translate makes quick work of that. Try it, you won't regret it.