About to Root but which Rom? - Desire General

Right so I am rooting my desire in the next few days and was wondering which roms are most popular and most stable and also which flash method do you guys use (fake-flash or the normal way)?
Thanks

jonmall1441 said:
Right so I am rooting my desire in the next few days and was wondering which roms are most popular and most stable and also which flash method do you guys use (fake-flash or the normal way)?
Thanks
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I'm currently using a Froyo port called DefroST, its a Tad buggy but that's because its not official for the Desire. If you want to stick a SenseUI, then I'd suggest either Pays ROM or maybes even MCR. You should probably go through them all and figure out which you prefer though.
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Maybe i should wait for my 16gb sd card to arrive before i root. Seems like i'm gonna need some space for all the roms hehe

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How to put Gingerbread on Desire with Froyo 2.2

So...how to put Gingerbread on Desire with Froyo? I want to do it
My Desire is rooted, S-OFF and unlocked....what with that if I put Ginger on it? It will stay like that or i need to do it again?
Sorry, but really dont know all that...
Thanks
chillout23 said:
So...how to put Gingerbread on Desire with Froyo? I want to do it
My Desire is rooted, S-OFF and unlocked....what with that if I put Ginger on it? It will stay like that or i need to do it again?
Sorry, but really dont know all that...
Thanks
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You cant put GB directly into the Desire, as update for the Desire GB is not ready yet, instead try GB port ROMS, like Oxygen or Ginger Villain
Here is the Desire Index, and go to links in Ginger Bread ROM section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328
noobandroid said:
You cant put GB directly into the Desire, as update for the Desire GB is not ready yet, instead try GB port ROMS, like Oxygen or Ginger Villain
Here is the Desire Index, and go to links in Ginger Bread ROM section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328
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Ok Thank you for your answer
So, can you tell me, please, what about S-OFF, root and unlocking in case to put stock GB on my device (I found some ways how to put stock GB )?
And if I loose all of that, can I make it again as on Froyo?
chillout23 said:
Ok Thank you for your answer
So, can you tell me, please, what about S-OFF, root and unlocking in case to put stock GB on my device (I found some ways how to put stock GB )?
And if I loose all of that, can I make it again as on Froyo?
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S-Off information Here.
Root, unlock information Here
AdamG's DevNull rom is probably the closest thing to stock GB there is. To make it Froyo again you could Nandroid restore to your original Froyo rom, Flash on a froyo rom, or run an RUU and restore your device to an official Froyo build.
appox said:
S-Off information Here.
Root, unlock information Here
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Thanks a lot
appox said:
To make it Froyo again you could Nandroid restore to your original Froyo rom, Flash on a froyo rom, or run an RUU and restore your device to an official Froyo build.
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Know that but thanks anyway
chillout23 said:
So...how to put Gingerbread on Desire with Froyo? I want to do it
My Desire is rooted, S-OFF and unlocked....what with that if I put Ginger on it? It will stay like that or i need to do it again?
Sorry, but really dont know all that...
Thanks
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Its weird, that you have managed to do S-OFF and ROOT(ok, its not difficult) and then not sure how to do reflash of new ROM?
Anyway, if you reflash, your ROOT and S-OFF will stay, so not to worry
Zheiko said:
Its weird, that you have managed to do S-OFF and ROOT(ok, its not difficult) and then not sure how to do reflash of new ROM?
Anyway, if you reflash, your ROOT and S-OFF will stay, so not to worry
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Yeah...As you said was not difficult that was the reason i was doing that
I am new one with desire (3 weeks) but like to explore so don't know everything yet
Thankks mate cheers
chillout23 said:
Yeah...As you said was not difficult that was the reason i was doing that
I am new one with desire (3 weeks) but like to explore so don't know everything yet
Thankks mate cheers
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So, if I can have some suggestion, if you want clean, fast and most importantly stable Gingerbread, go for REDUX, its so far the best GB ROM I have tried.
But if you want Sense(I understand, I love Sense as well and it took me a while to get used on Sense free roms) then I'd recommend ReflexTSense, which unfortunately, still is 2.2, but its great HD rom, very nice, designed for big screen and everything looks smaller on original Desire(and better)
Zheiko said:
So, if I can have some suggestion, if you want clean, fast and most importantly stable Gingerbread, go for REDUX, its so far the best GB ROM I have tried.
But if you want Sense(I understand, I love Sense as well and it took me a while to get used on Sense free roms) then I'd recommend ReflexTSense, which unfortunately, still is 2.2, but its great HD rom, very nice, designed for big screen and everything looks smaller on original Desire(and better)
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Thanks for your suggestion
I'll try both and then decide...
Zheiko said:
So, if I can have some suggestion, if you want clean, fast and most importantly stable Gingerbread, go for REDUX, its so far the best GB ROM I have tried.
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Yes. It's very fast and stable. I tried it...and it's perfect for me
So need to know how to put icons to dock...there's no option in settings...
anyone knows?

[Q] How do I install Apps2SD?

I've rooted my HTC Desire quite a long time ago and am currently running Official_FroYo_2.10.405.2, but have never installed Apps2SD.
I want to install it now as I'm running out of space in the pathetic excuse for an internal memory that this phone has...
My questions are:
- Can I install Apps2SD on the ROM I currently have?
- Do I follow just any guide? even if it's almost 2 years old? (for example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535232), Or do I need to look for something newer, or more specific to my phone?
- What should I backup before I install Apps2SD?
Thanks in advance!
I feel best way is to install another rom with it built in. Try leedroid for familiar interface else you can check out miui or cm7.
There are also sense Rome with it.
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moonchy said:
I feel best way is to install another rom with it built in. Try leedroid for familiar interface else you can check out miui or cm7.
There are also sense Rome with it.
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Thanks moonchy.
Are you saying all 3 of these roms have HTC sense in them?
no, leedroid has sense in it bit miui and cyanogenmod don't
theyau said:
no, leedroid has sense in it bit miui and cyanogenmod don't
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Okay mate thank you. I shall try them all and pick my favourite.

[Q] how do i get 2.3.3 for desire without root.

Any way getting this without root. HTC posted 2.3.3 official and.i need to unlock bootloader. How can i do this
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Dont do it official 2.3.3 sucks... and to downgrade to froyo in the future you will have to S-OFF and flash RUU which might be too hard for some people.
Either stay with Froyo or Root and use custom ROM's, trust me.
k3lcior said:
Dont do it official 2.3.3 sucks... and to downgrade to froyo in the future you will have to S-OFF and flash RUU which might be too hard for some people.
Either stay with Froyo or Root and use custom ROM's, trust me.
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My freind doesnt want custom roms he wants official gingerbread
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Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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SondreVAIO said:
My freind doesnt want custom roms he wants official gingerbread
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Hi!
This is official Gingerbread download link (for desire):
hxxp://htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads
I made it, fully working 2.3.3
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thanks for replay man
dexterm1 said:
Hi!
This is official Gingerbread download link (for desire):
hxxp://htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads
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thanks for replay man
k3lcior said:
Dont do it official 2.3.3 sucks... and to downgrade to froyo in the future you will have to S-OFF and flash RUU which might be too hard for some people.
Either stay with Froyo or Root and use custom ROM's, trust me.
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Stop spreading f*cking bullsh*t!
Terepin said:
Stop spreading f*cking bullsh*t!
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What is bullsh*t in what he is saying?
I have loads of people who wants to get away from the official gingerbread, because it s*cks on the danish android forum... Maybe some people thinks its fine, but most people who are trying it, thinks that it s*cks and they want to either go back to Froyo or get a custom ROM, which isn't easy with the official Gingerbread...
So please explain why you are saying stuff like that !!
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Not easy eh, you just have to go to revolutionairy.io, click to download the program, fill in your desires serial number, you get code, run downloaded program, enable usb debugging on desire, fill in the code and the program does the rest for you.... Yeah really hard....
simonbove said:
What is bullsh*t in what he is saying?
I have loads of people who wants to get away from the official gingerbread, because it s*cks on the danish android forum... Maybe some people thinks its fine, but most people who are trying it, thinks that it s*cks and they want to either go back to Froyo or get a custom ROM, which isn't easy with the official Gingerbread...
So please explain why you are saying stuff like that !!
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ME?! I'm not going to explain anything until you'll explain why it sucks.
Terepin said:
ME?! I'm not going to explain anything until you'll explain why it sucks.
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Didn't really wanna get into the argument but firstly, I have seen many people do the update.. and then their phone didn't even boot after it.. so well done HTC for releasing a possible phone bricker (since you can't do jack all if that happens with this RUU), You get less space on the GB update compared to Froyo (123mb vs 134mb) and there have been a few bugs reported..
HOWEVER...
You get improved battery life (by quite a margin apparently), The phone runs q lot smoother, you get the fastboot feature and better (stock) A2SD.
bortak said:
You get less space on the GB update compared to Froyo (123mb vs 134mb)
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This argument is invalid, as you can move to SD card A LOT MORE apps and data.
bortak said:
You get improved battery life (by quite a margin apparently), The phone runs q lot smoother, you get the fastboot feature and better (stock) A2SD.
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Terepin said:
you can move to SD card A LOT MORE apps and data.
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Already said that.. your point is?
and just to clarify I'm not taking sides so don't start taking stuff out on me mate

[Q] ARHD - newbie alert....

My HOX is my first android phone, having come from the darkside :good:
Learnt an awful lot reading on here so far.. managed to Root n boot it & now stuck with ROMs
Thinking from reading that the ARHD is the way to go to begin with, but a couple of questions should I flash the latest available or is it worth waiting for one based on an official release rather than the current leaked HTC?
Secondly I'm still not sure on the kernels business & whether I should just leave that well alone for now?
Thanks in advance for any help :cyclops:
spthacker said:
My HOX is my first android phone, having come from the darkside :good:
Learnt an awful lot reading on here so far.. managed to Root n boot it & now stuck with ROMs
Thinking from reading that the ARHD is the way to go to begin with, but a couple of questions should I flash the latest available or is it worth waiting for one based on an official release rather than the current leaked HTC?
Secondly I'm still not sure on the kernels business & whether I should just leave that well alone for now?
Thanks in advance for any help :cyclops:
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I suggest you try the newest, it has plenty of fixes: heating is gone, launcher is 60fps.
Kernels are just matter of preference, stock kernel is the most stable and newer one. Gaming is a lot of better with custom kernel like Franco or faux if you use interactive governor.
I'm using the leaked base ARHD with stock kernel and having no problems at all!
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spthacker said:
My HOX is my first android phone, having come from the darkside :good:
Learnt an awful lot reading on here so far.. managed to Root n boot it & now stuck with ROMs
Thinking from reading that the ARHD is the way to go to begin with, but a couple of questions should I flash the latest available or is it worth waiting for one based on an official release rather than the current leaked HTC?
Secondly I'm still not sure on the kernels business & whether I should just leave that well alone for now?
Edit: Looks like I have been beaten
Thanks in advance for any help :cyclops:
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I'll say the newest Arhd is all fine. It fixes some heat issues found on previous base(1.29.x). The latest one is better optimized(think it's 7.1, the arhd version(base 2.x)) and stock kernel will be fine. If you game a lot, which I'm sure you'll probably do some time, whether it be now or later. Leave the kernel for now, you'll probably know when or whether you want a different kernel.
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Thank you both, some downloading to do later then
Sent from my HTC One X using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
All done, and pretty painless except it hung on the HTC screen after ticking the reboot option at the end, but a power on and off sorted just fine so now a member of the ARHD club :-D
One more question, should I delete the backups made via titanium BEFORE the rom change and do a fresh one now I've restored my apps via it please?
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spthacker said:
All done, and pretty painless except it hung on the HTC screen after ticking the reboot option at the end, but a power on and off sorted just fine so now a member of the ARHD club :-D
One more question, should I delete the backups made via titanium BEFORE the rom change and do a fresh one now I've restored my apps via it please?
Sent from my HTC One X using Xparent Blue Tapatalk 2
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No need to delete backups
Just flash it..i suggest don't wait for the official update..the leak one which was used by ARHD, Maximus, InsertCoin, are the one that also came from the official..
it just, leaked! :victory:
When the official update released, i am sure all devs/chefs will update their ROM..
Yeah already flashed and very happy with ta
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Freddy1X said:
Just flash it..i suggest don't wait for the official update..the leak one which was used by ARHD, Maximus, InsertCoin, are the one that also came from the official..
it just, leaked! :victory:
When the official update released, i am sure all devs/chefs will update their ROM..
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It's not official, it's a TEST RUU so should not be regarded as official
EddyOS said:
It's not official, it's a TEST RUU so should not be regarded as official
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No..i mean 'it came from the official'..the ROM itself is not official release, but it 'came from the official'..lol..

Help finding a good Sense ROM.

Hello guys!
I recently bought a Desire Z and I want to change my ROM cause the one I have one is slow.
I have Android Revolution HD 6.3.3 (actually I installed it) but i think it's a little slow. I had before stock ROM and I was smooth and really fast but the backup got corrupted and I couldn't restore.
So now I'm searching for a Sense ROM that is fast and doesn't lag. And instead of trying every ROM I thought you might help me.
My phone is rooted and is S-OFF so if you have any suggestions I'm ready to flash .
Thanks in advance!
catalin1122 said:
Hello guys!
I recently bought a Desire Z and I want to change my ROM cause the one I have one is slow.
I have Android Revolution HD 6.3.3 (actually I installed it) but i think it's a little slow. I had before stock ROM and I was smooth and really fast but the backup got corrupted and I couldn't restore.
So now I'm searching for a Sense ROM that is fast and doesn't lag. And instead of trying every ROM I thought you might help me.
My phone is rooted and is S-OFF so if you have any suggestions I'm ready to flash .
Thanks in advance!
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best sense rom out there "trust me" Gen Y visionX R1 go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1799376
enjoy!!!!!!!!!
strip419 said:
best sense rom out there "trust me" Gen Y visionX R1 go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1799376
enjoy!!!!!!!!!
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Idk...I think a GB ROM will run better that a ICS one. But I'll try this one...
If you have other suggestions I'm listening...
catalin1122 said:
Idk...I think a GB ROM will run better that a ICS one. But I'll try this one...
If you have other suggestions I'm listening...
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well this one is ported from htc one v rom which is well optimised for 512mb ram phones like ours sooo its very smooth an fast but if you still want GB sense rom then try this http://www.virtuousrom.com/p/affinity.html its also very smooth and the best GB sense rom
i dont take time in typing so pardon me on it............ a thanks will do.....
strip419 said:
well this one is ported from htc one v rom which is well optimised for 512mb ram phones like ours sooo its very smooth an fast but if you still want GB sense rom then try this http://www.virtuousrom.com/p/affinity.html its also very smooth and the best GB sense rom
i dont take time in typing so pardon me on it............ a thanks will do.....
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I'll try this one first. Bcz the ICS one has a broken .zip and it doesn't flash properly.
catalin1122 said:
I'll try this one first. Bcz the ICS one has a broken .zip and it doesn't flash properly.
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yep i'm also having that problem it starts then says cant open zip....sorry man!!!!
strip419 said:
yep i'm also having that problem it starts then says cant open zip....sorry man!!!!
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Np ... I'll w8 till he reuploads it.
catalin1122 said:
Np ... I'll w8 till he reuploads it.
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the beta 5 is still working any way
if you want GB then go for Energy!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1401560
if you want ICS go for Gen.Y!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1799376
with affinity, you wont be able to play games like temple run because its the most ram consuming rom ive ever tried, and i tried them all.
energy a bit better then affinity, but being sense 3.5 you wont be having more then 60mb free ram after some using.
i dont think you would like sense 4.0a roms either because of the poor battery life and screen glitches related to 3.x kernel.
imho, untill the 3.x kernels gets fixed and optimized enough, sense 2.1 is the best sense rom we can have.
btrst said:
with affinity, you wont be able to play games like temple run because its the most ram consuming rom ive ever tried, and i tried them all.
energy a bit better then affinity, but being sense 3.5 you wont be having more then 60mb free ram after some using.
i dont think you would like sense 4.0a roms either because of the poor battery life and screen glitches related to 3.x kernel.
imho, untill the 3.x kernels gets fixed and optimized enough, sense 2.1 is the best sense rom we can have.
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Course if heavy android gaming is your thing, then I wouldn't recommend Sense at all for the rom on such a phone and rather something more along the lines of a AOSP style rom (aokp, cm, etc).
PS: The 3.0x kernel roms are always going to be slower than their 2.6.x counterparts.
I guess at the current time, if it must be Sense, shoudl go with something based off of Sense 3.5 or earlier (3.6 onward is ICS). But even 3.5 is considered reasource heavy, hence the 2.1 btrst mentioned.
catalin1122 said:
Hello guys!
I recently bought a Desire Z and I want to change my ROM cause the one I have one is slow.
I have Android Revolution HD 6.3.3 (actually I installed it) but i think it's a little slow. I had before stock ROM and I was smooth and really fast but the backup got corrupted and I couldn't restore.
So now I'm searching for a Sense ROM that is fast and doesn't lag. And instead of trying every ROM I thought you might help me.
My phone is rooted and is S-OFF so if you have any suggestions I'm ready to flash .
Thanks in advance!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1169004&highlight=stock
i dont care if you thank me or not... i have no ego x
@btrst
Thanks for the info.
@kbeezie
Im not in to gaming anymore...i had a xperia play and had enough. I have the Gen Y rom right now and I like it...its pretty fast but it lags from time to time. I'll try the Energy rom tomorrow and see how it runs.
@PNuT
Ive tried that rom but some reason i got bootloops.
Or if you know a rom that doesn't have sense and runs gr8 i'll be happy to try it out.
Well for senseless roms try audacity or mimicry, they are the best ics stock roms I can think of, but there is this crazy dev working on a jelly bean Rom and its quite good but it is still a test build. The beta will be out soon. Am using my phone so can't post a link now so you have to search ..........hope I helped
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strip419 said:
Well for senseless roms try audacity or mimicry, they are the best ics stock roms I can think of, but there is this crazy dev working on a jelly bean Rom and its quite good but it is still a test build. The beta will be out soon. Am using my phone so can't post a link now so you have to search ..........hope I helped
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Im on my phone too .
I rlly dont care if the rom is GB or ICS...i just want it to run smooth.
Oh and...thanks everyone for your suggestions I'll try them tomorrow.
catalin1122 said:
@btrst
@PNuT
Ive tried that rom but some reason i got bootloops.
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odd, i have ran that rom on two different phones without a problem...
are you wiping absolutely everything before flashing?
also might be worth trying to download it again
Yeah i did a full wipe...actually i do it everytime i flash a new rom. It might corrupted the zip while downloading so i'll try again. Oh and btw...whitch one you've tried? the one with root and busybox or the deodexed one?
I recommend you Gen.Y VisionX R1.
I downloaded this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837042 and it runs ok. If you have a better one i'm listening .
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Yeah i did a full wipe...actually i do it everytime i flash a new rom. It might corrupted the zip while downloading so i'll try again. Oh and btw...whitch one you've tried? the one with root and busybox or the deodexed one?
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The first one I think, I am not at home ATM so can't check untill tomorrow

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