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[Q] Which ROM should I use? What's the best ROM?

I want to try to determine what is the best rom 2.09 Froyo - based for HTC Desire.
In the last week I've tried a large number of ROMs. I've really liked 2 of these:
- Roufianos V6 (It's the one that I'm using at the moment)
- OpenDesire 3.0.4 (I know that the 3.0.5 is out but I haven't tried it yet)
Obviously there are many other excellent rom but I haven't got the time to try them, such as:
- Alex V1.1 official OTA cooked by Paul from MoDaCo (I've not tried it yet but I thing it is good)
- Lambros Custom Rom r3.1 --- I've tried it: in my opinion it's the best. Very fast, stable, no problem, no crashes. The chef always helps you and give you what you ask him! Fantastic! (link hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745447 )
- Pays-ROM
- Others....
Well, I don't know what is better.... can you help me choosing a ROM please?
If you thing that there are better ROMs instead of the ones that I've written, please tell me about them.
Thanks to all.
GiO
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Can you link the Alex v1.1 on this thread I can't seem to find it and would love to try it
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IMO this comes down to the "SENSE UI",
you wanna have SENSE and all the HTC bells and whistles? LeeDroid 1.8 or Neophyte NextSense 4.0
you don´t give a damn about SENSE (like me)? OpenDesire 3.0.5 is just AWESOME.
Both options are really good but it´s a question of personal preference I think.

ranchu said:
Can you link the Alex v1.1 on this thread I can't seem to find it and would love to try it
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hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745919
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I don't know if is necessary for me... I don't really like the launcher, I use Launcher Pro Plus and it works great! I also really like the Sense app, like contacts, music, app sharing, and apps like that... I really don't know what to do :S
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ranchu said:
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has Leedroid gotten rid of the SD card bug now? i found a lot of bugs with 1.7 in fact i would go as far to say it was the worst rom i have tried (and i have flashed nearly all within the last 2 weeks.

i use neophyte nextsense aswell its v good. i haven't used a non-sense rom since the defrost one which was using the nexus froyo (back in june i think).
however from looking at the 'post your screenshots' thread in the themes and apps section i'm tempted to go back to non-sense as some of the roms and mods make it look really cool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=665991&page=106
what does everyone think is the coolest / sexiest looking setup?

Neophyte 1.6. You will not go wrong. If you think those other roms are good, you will ejaculate in your pants with a neo Rom. I think that first neophyte Rom comes down to a fluke of nature. His latest Rom nextsense is good and I enjoy playing. But the occasional bug. Still better than anything else I believe.

I prefer modaco official version.

Neophyte 1.6 as said. You will not find a more stable or better ROM imo.

why don't you give a go on my rom....i saw you haven't mentioned it....
the latest r3.1 version is as stable a rom can be and i have 2 versions.....one if you want all the HTC apps and one with HTC Sense but without the apps, just launcher, widgets and main apps (people,dialer,mail, calendar)

sbdags said:
Neophyte 1.6 as said. You will not find a more stable or better ROM imo.
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My brother tried it and sad me that is a very fast and stable rom. The problem is that it's based on 2.06 relase... What are the differences between the 2.06 relasa and the 2.09 one (the official OTA rom) ?

lambrospower said:
why don't you give a go on my rom....i saw you haven't mentioned it....
the latest r3.1 version is as stable a rom can be and i have 2 versions.....one if you want all the HTC apps and one with HTC Sense but without the apps, just launcher, widgets and main apps (people,dialer,mail, calendar)
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I'd like to try your rom, I've seen it two night ago but the problem is that I'm very tired about doing the wipe every time!! And I don't know how to use titanium backup... that's the problem

sbdags said:
Neophyte 1.6 as said. You will not find a more stable or better ROM imo.
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who cares if its 2.06. it owns 2.09 like nothing else.
faster, more stable, better battery life. what more needs to be said? =P

gio.desire said:
I'd like to try your rom, I've seen it two night ago but the problem is that I'm very tired about doing the wipe every time!! And I don't know how to use titanium backup... that's the problem
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i can help you learn it if you want....PM me if you do
believe me i tried a lot roms and not cause it's mine but cause it's true you will like it a lot...STABLE AND FAST....battery life is on the good side...i was on holidays last week for 7 days and i charged the phone just once (light use though, 10-15 calls, 20-30 pics daily and a couple sms) and in 7 day night i had to charge again...with medium-high use you can get 1.5 days if you charge properly....
BUT ANYTHING anyone says is not true until you try something...this is what i think....it may work on you and don't work on me who knows

Dunbad said:
Neophyte 1.6. You will not go wrong. If you think those other roms are good, you will ejaculate in your pants with a neo Rom. I think that first neophyte Rom comes down to a fluke of nature. His latest Rom nextsense is good and I enjoy playing. But the occasional bug. Still better than anything else I believe.
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Neophyte 1.6 as said. You will not find a more stable or better ROM imo.
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beebow said:
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who cares if its 2.06. it owns 2.09 like nothing else.
faster, more stable, better battery life. what more needs to be said? =P
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What about the battery? How often do you have to charge the phone? In every rom I've tried the battery sucks!

as for the battery i think you can't compare it just right when you flash the rom....myself i do one full charging cycle and then rate a rom's battery life in order to get the full idea....
flash the rom, charge it till 100% (unplug before discharge) and then see how it does

lambrospower said:
as for the battery i think you can't compare it just right when you flash the rom....myself i do one full charging cycle and then rate a rom's battery life in order to get the full idea....
flash the rom, charge it till 100% (unplug before discharge) and then see how it does
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hi lambrospower. I am just downloading your rom and will give it a try mate. Going back to your battery comment, this is a question that i have been thinking about for some time, but never got around to asking anyone, i hope you may know the answer for me? Since i have had my desire (3 months) the only way that i have ever charged it is with USB. Maybe once i have done a full charge with the 240v adaptor, the rest of the time it is plugged into my PC either charging or as a disk drive, my question is, will that make a difference to my overall battery performance? because i havent been charging it with the mains adaptor will my battery be "weaker" than a person that has always used the in-wall charger? I seem to get really bad battery life with most roms that i have tried (and believe me, i have tried a lot!!) yesterday i went out for a few hours, around 3 hours, battery was at 100% when i left, 3 hours later 55%!! now in my eyes that is a hell of a lot of decrease...... This was with NeYophyTeNexTSense rom (but i cant fault NeYo, he is a good chef, hats off to the lad, this is why i think its me thats either doing something wrong (settings) or it is in fact a battery problem??

Hi guys, I really like OpenDesire, but it's stock Google ROM (or based thereon) so it's got no FM Radio functionality. A question to all users of stock ROMs: how do you guys cope with the absence of an FM Radio knowing that hardware-wise your Desire supports it but the software does not have it? As for me personally, I've been tilting back and forth between OpenDesire-like ROMs and SenseUI-like ROMs, and it's still bugs me. On the one hand, I love the stock ROM for its cleanliness and overall looks (without Sense bells & whistles), but that I don't have the FM radio keeps bugging me like hell. Can anyone share their experiences?

Is MIUI stable/reliable for daily use?

Just got my brother a Desire. He is new to Android.
On all of my Android devices, I've never used MIUI, but he likes the iOS look.
I have just installed the MIUI-XJ on it, and it does seem very sleek and I love how it just seems like a totally different phone but my concern is if it would be stable enough for him to use daily? He would be leaving the country and doesnt know how to mod and such. That being said, he needs something reliable.
I think its either MIUI or coolexe's new BravoS ROM, with Espier launcher installed.

Wond3r said:
Just got my brother a Desire. He is new to Android.
On all of my Android devices, I've never used MIUI, but he likes the iOS look.
I have just installed the MIUI-XJ on it, and it does seem very sleek and I love how it just seems like a totally different phone but my concern is if it would be stable enough for him to use daily? He would be leaving the country and doesnt know how to mod and such. That being said, he needs something reliable.
I think its either MIUI or coolexe's new BravoS ROM, with Espier launcher installed.
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yes... its very much reliable n fast rom as compared to other roms.... i m using it for last 3 months..... near zero fc... very unique look.... very much customizable... m in love with miui xj rom.

Very much indeed, it was my best Rom with loads of support. Teach him how to update OTA from MIUI and tell him to read MIUI thread. Within a month he will be addicted to flashing every week. Also, I recommend to use class 6 SD card with EXT4 with 1.5 Gb. For enough space to install apps
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if he isnt going to be updating the rom for a long time, would it still be okay

Ive been running MIUI for 4 months now and its really stable. However I recommend MIUI AU instead of XJ, I've tried both and AU seems alot more slick. If you want to migrate just use the MIUI backup app and then flash AU and then restore from backup. Everything will be restored exactly as it was apart form widgets.
I also recommend using ManU 1.4 HAVS-AXI-CFS. from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883598
TLDR: yes its stable but try MIUI-AU

Another vote for MIUI-AU (miui-au.com). Been using it for over 9 months without any problems.
I have switched to other roms every so often to see what's changed but I'm always going back.

MIUI is very stable. Up until previous week I was still using the version from a month ago. The weekly changes are usually small bug fixes and translation updates.

Wond3r said:
I have just installed the MIUI-XJ on it, and it does seem very sleek and I love how it just seems like a totally different phone but my concern is if it would be stable enough for him to use daily?
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No, it will blow your Desire into pieces.

What version of MIUI AU do you recommend?

puredesire said:
What version of MIUI AU do you recommend?
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Allways use the latest. That is a simple rule to obey.

qqtyin said:
Allways use the latest. That is a simple rule to obey.
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The latest don't seem to work ok "Not fully functional, no mobile data connection, but calls/sms, wifi, camera (partially)"
http://www.miui-au.com/

Terepin said:
No, it will blow your Desire into pieces.
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What exactly do you mean? I'm using XJ's build for almost a year now and am very satisfied with everything. I'm using MAN U 2.0 HAVS/AXI GB kernel... Everything from battery life to phone performance and smoothness is awesome. And there is no lag whatsoever, just sometimes when I download and install apps and do some multitasking there might be some slight freezing until the app is installed.

puredesire said:
The latest don't seem to work ok "Not fully functional, no mobile data connection, but calls/sms, wifi, camera (partially)"
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I think they're referring to the ICS version which is due out soon. 1.12.30 is still gingerbread so you'll be fine using that.
Note - MIUI roms are released every Friday/Saturday

What is better with miui_au compared to http://miuiandroid.com/ version?

Wond3r said:
if he isnt going to be updating the rom for a long time, would it still be okay
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IMO. No.
Don't.
New updates come out every week fixing bugs every week.
If he wont be updating it, dont use it. Having said that MIUI is awesome. But not for the average user.
Give him CM7. Its very stable and has been for the last 4 months solid stable, with no need for an update to fix bugs yyet.
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I use MIUI XJ about a week and I think is a good and stable ROM.

Excellent ROM

Miui was the reason i got the desire, seen the video and fell in love lol, i use the weekly roms from miuiandroid
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I used miui for 3 months only changed to try out mildwild.. never had a problem with miui was a solid daily rom,, was speedy in all aspects but I have found the rom I use now a little quicker for gaming... (I'm addicted to real racing 2 at the mo))
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I have used MIUI ROMs for a long time and I would say they are quite stable but I get bored with them really soon. I always come back to Sense 3.5 ROMs. I just love it ..

Known Issues with tegra 3 one x?

Hi all,
I am a LG G2x owner that foolishly bought the phone knowing it was a dual core phone at a cheap price. After exploring forums, I later found out LG never updates the device and there are coding problems so we will never get fully working ics/jb on it. Thankfully, there were no glaring hardware flaws.
Is there any software/hardware flaws that I need to know about before I buy one off of ebay? I know a bit about the wifi hardware issue. How many people are affected by it? I just don't want to be caught in a dead end phone with constant problems.
On another note how is the battery life?
Thanks guys.

No s-off....

I've had no wifi issues. Most phones have the JB update. I wouldn't hold your breath for anymore though. ROM development is pretty good. AOKP/AOSP have ironed out most bugs so you have lots of options there.
Battery life is on par for phones with similar screen size etc. It should easily get you through the day with "normal" use.

nitrous² said:
No s-off....
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peedub said:
I've had no wifi issues. Most phones have the JB update. I wouldn't hold your breath for anymore though. ROM development is pretty good. AOKP/AOSP have ironed out most bugs so you have lots of options there.
Battery life is on par for phones with similar screen size etc. It should easily get you through the day with "normal" use.
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Do most people or minority have the WiFi issue? Is there any road blocks that would stop development? (Like driver stuff not hardware) for example the radio on g2x has weird coding or something that stops call audio to work in cm development.
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Our phones are still semi-locked. We couldn't install SENSE roms without the firmware update from HTC, which was rolled out slowly and is limited to very specific regions. The majority of unbranded handsets and some branded have the latest firmware so are good to go.
AOSP/AOKP roms don't have this limitation, so we've been able to install them all along.
HTC releases their kernel source eventually, so I think we're OK on that front. We are still waiting on the JB kernel, however.
I think the wifi issue was more of a problem when people were installing the leaked JB firmware. It wasn't a final product and had a few issues, wifi being one of them. Now that the official firmware has been released, I haven't seen this issue so much.

peedub said:
Our phones are still semi-locked. We couldn't install SENSE roms without the firmware update from HTC, which was rolled out slowly and is limited to very specific regions. The majority of unbranded handsets and some branded have the latest firmware so are good to go.
AOSP/AOKP roms don't have this limitation, so we've been able to install them all along.
HTC releases their kernel source eventually, so I think we're OK on that front. We are still waiting on the JB kernel, however.
I think the wifi issue was more of a problem when people were installing the leaked JB firmware. It wasn't a final product and had a few issues, wifi being one of them. Now that the official firmware has been released, I haven't seen this issue so much.
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OK good I like clean android anyway. Would unbranded international phones get the updates first?
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The Taiwan phones got the official update first (it turned out to have issues).
A few weeks later the Asia WWE (world wide english) versions got a newer update that doesn't seem to have any issues followed by International WWE version.
Now India, Philippines, Egypt, Romania, Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong unbranded phones have updates.
The ones that are still waiting are carrier branded like H3G, Orange, Vodafone etc.
(There are some brilliant roms based off the official sense roms with a few tweaks here and there)

peedub said:
The Taiwan phones got the official update first (it turned out to have issues).
A few weeks later the Asia WWE (world wide english) versions got a newer update that doesn't seem to have any issues followed by International WWE version.
Now India, Philippines, Egypt, Romania, Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong unbranded phones have updates.
The ones that are still waiting are carrier branded like H3G, Orange, Vodafone etc.
(There are some brilliant roms based off the official sense roms with a few tweaks here and there)
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Thanks for the info. I'll be sure to try all the diff options for ROMs before settling . But first I gotta win the eBay auction I refuse to settle for the dual core version
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Haha. Good luck man!
The stock ones I've tried, and think are great, are Maximus and ARHD for JB. Viper ROM is my fav, but no JB just yet.
Here is a great list of the available roms, listed as sense, or non-sense (AOKP/AOSP/MIUI) roms

Thanks just an hour left
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Just looked up what s-off meant.. I'm still a little confused. What types of ROMs are s-off and what are s-on? I didn't face these on the lg threads
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S-On means that we can't flash boot.img files from recovery. We have to do it from fastboot. Generally, all except a special few are s-on.
We also don't have full access to parts of the phone like radio or hboot.
The issue with the Sense JB roms is that they were dependant on a new hboot, which had to be rolled out officially. This doesn't affect AOSP roms, it was only to do with a restriction HTC had on their Sense modifications.
As long as the phone you're buying isn't carrier branded, you will be able to flash just about everything. (you may need to update it first)

peedub said:
S-On means that we can't flash boot.img files from recovery. We have to do it from fastboot. Generally, all except a special few are s-on.
We also don't have full access to parts of the phone like radio or hboot.
The issue with the Sense JB roms is that they were dependant on a new hboot, which had to be rolled out officially. This doesn't affect AOSP roms, it was only to do with a restriction HTC had on their Sense modifications.
As long as the phone you're buying isn't carrier branded, you will be able to flash just about everything. (you may need to update it first)
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Ah ok I think I get it. So basically custom Roms have to come from vanilla android not based off of sense Roms? And the one I'm getting is 32GB unlocked international one x with tegra 3
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Custom roms that are modified from the sense roms require a certain hboot version. Hopefully the one you're getting is one that has the update rolled out.
You'll have fun with it either way, it's a great phone. There are some great roms out there.

If you want good battery life, go for sgs3 instead.

TToivanen said:
If you want good battery life, go for sgs3 instead.
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Eh I don't wanna follow mainstream usa. I don't really like the s3 anyway. And as for battery life is it possible to last the day with moderate usage?
Edit.:too late now I'm officially a hox Owner! Just awaiting to go pick it up. What should I run/do with it now that I have it
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PaKii94 said:
Eh I don't wanna follow mainstream usa. I don't really like the s3 anyway. And as for battery life is it possible to last the day with moderate usage?
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You live in the USA and want to buy the international One X? Fair enough...
It can go through the day quite easily with moderate usage, but if you use it more than 4hours a day it might be difficult.

TToivanen said:
You live in the USA and want to buy the international One X? Fair enough...
It can go through the day quite easily with moderate usage, but if you use it more than 4hours a day it might be difficult.
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Lol I wanted T 3 version and one x+is too expensive . I don't like the display on s3 and how hyped it was. I would have gotten optimusg but not much DEV support. The nexus 4 would have worked but overpriced on eBay. I'm on T-Mobile and don't use data so 4g doesn't bother Me. If I was to get data. It would be in Chicago where T-Mobile has refarmed the 1900 towers for 4g.
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I don't have any issues with battery running out. (I can get 1.5 days out of one charge) I don't do anything special like underclocking... Actually, I do use advanced power mod to reduce automatic brightness levels.
I think you'll only run into issues if you love playing games, or don't have a job and use your phone aaaaalll day.

Best ROM?

Hi,
I'm new to flashing my samsung captivate glide and I have tried CM10.1 (4.2.1 android) by dman. I like it and all but at this point I would like to know if there is a ROM out there that could be considered the "best"... in the sense that I don't care what version of android it is but it has to be better than the stock 2.3.6 android that i had stock with my rogers phone. Preferably it should be lighter and faster and uses less battery if possible. Without all the bloatware that rogers installs and it can be any version of android between 2.3.6 and 4.2.1... oh and all functions should work flawlessly (including keyboard lights and bluetooth) Is there a ROM like that here? if so, which one is it?
Thanks

Sounds like u need to go back to 2.3.6 and get a rom from that version for right now.. or root and wipe all bloat urself
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bombermanCC said:
Hi,
I'm new to flashing my samsung captivate glide and I have tried CM10.1 (4.2.1 android) by dman. I like it and all but at this point I would like to know if there is a ROM out there that could be considered the "best"... in the sense that I don't care what version of android it is but it has to be better than the stock 2.3.6 android that i had stock with my rogers phone. Preferably it should be lighter and faster and uses less battery if possible. Without all the bloatware that rogers installs and it can be any version of android between 2.3.6 and 4.2.1... oh and all functions should work flawlessly (including keyboard lights and bluetooth) Is there a ROM like that here? if so, which one is it?
Thanks
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for what you are wanting stick with either stock ics or litetrom ics

I find nothing beats the battery life of osimood 2.3.5. I've also tried Stock ics with bloat removed and lite kernel. It was super fast but battery life was significantly shorter than osimood. I've also tried a few jellybean roms that had battery life similar to ics.
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Thanks
Thanks for you reply guys, I might try the "osimood 2.3.5"
Since I have a Rogers captivate glide and not the AT&T one, and I know Rogers hasn't officially come out with ICS yet, I imagine I will have to use an ICS rom from AT&T if I want to try it. Is the battery life that bad with ICS? Is the official Samsung ICS release rom 100% working? or does it have keyboard light problems like others do? Does bluetooth work?

bombermanCC said:
Thanks for you reply guys, I might try the "osimood 2.3.5"
Since I have a Rogers captivate glide and not the AT&T one, and I know Rogers hasn't officially come out with ICS yet, I imagine I will have to use an ICS rom from AT&T if I want to try it. Is the battery like that bad with ICS? Is the official Samsung ICS release rom 100% working? or does it have keyboard light problems like others do? Does bluetooth work?
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On osimood I feel like I can get 3 days out of a fully charged battery no problem. I don't think I could get 3 days out of ICS. The keyboard backlight has been fixed in ICS and the JB roms. The samsung ICS roms seem 100%, but I don't use bluetooth so I couldn't tell you.

I like dman's 4.1, personally. Currently I'm using thegreatergood's 4.2, but I'm not crazy about a couple things that google has done. For example the lockscreen widgets sound really cool, but recently (living in Canada) I've been obsessed with how cold its been, and having to swipe to get the weather on my lockscreen is kind of annoying.
The important thing to remember here is that there is no best for everyone. Take like a week or two, try the available roms for a couple days each and then settle on something.
To combat your (potential) battery woes, pick up an extended battery. I got one off of ebay for like ten bucks, and so far (1 month in) its been great. I never have to worry about charging during the day anymore. And that's with an hour and a half bus commute (each way) with copious google readering and web browsing and pretty heavy usage besides that. Yeah, it fattens up the phone, but 99% of the time, I don't even notice.

sooo many roms to try!
Thanks for the info.
Can someone give me a link to the 100% working ICS rom (is it dman's 4.1 rom??) or the forum page where the link is? I'm never sure if the rom I'm seeing is the right one or not, there are so many roms here, and variation of roms (like literoms and such)
I would like to try the 100% working ICS rom first
Thanks

battery woes..
Tyfighter said:
I like dman's 4.1, personally. Currently I'm using thegreatergood's 4.2, but I'm not crazy about a couple things that google has done. For example the lockscreen widgets sound really cool, but recently (living in Canada) I've been obsessed with how cold its been, and having to swipe to get the weather on my lockscreen is kind of annoying.
The important thing to remember here is that there is no best for everyone. Take like a week or two, try the available roms for a couple days each and then settle on something.
To combat your (potential) battery woes, pick up an extended battery. I got one off of ebay for like ten bucks, and so far (1 month in) its been great. I never have to worry about charging during the day anymore. And that's with an hour and a half bus commute (each way) with copious google readering and web browsing and pretty heavy usage besides that. Yeah, it fattens up the phone, but 99% of the time, I don't even notice.
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When it comes to the extended batteries, I had already started shopping on ebay but since they are many chinese brands which I don't know, I was checking out the mugen extended one. I know it's much more expensive but I really like the back cover that comes with it because it has the kickstand integrated to it, which all smarphones should have now IMO. Does anyone know of a chinese ebay brand that has the kickstand on the back cover for the extended battery? I haven't found one yet that does except for the Mugen one. I have been burned in the past many times with cheap batteries from china so i'm a little hesitant to put a cheap p.o.s. battery in my cappy and maybe kill it. Are there any horror stories when it comes to these cheap extended batteries?

bloatware...
phatryan69 said:
Sounds like u need to go back to 2.3.6 and get a rom from that version for right now.. or root and wipe all bloat urself
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When you say "root and wipe all bloat urself" do you mean manually start deleting folders in the root of the phone ? or are there apps out there that scan you phone and find bloatware and help you delete it?
Thanks

Thanks to all
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to say that I have tried many roms as of late (CM 10.1 - 4.2.1 beta 3, the official ICS 4.0.4 release rooted by Dman, and the Osimood 2.3.5). Here are my impressions to help any other people that were like me and didn't know what too choose:
- CM 10.1 (4.2.1 beta 3) ROM is good but buggy and missing bluetooth and keyboard backlite (directly from rom withtout fixing seperately). If you are going to use this rom, might as well try vanilla rootbox.
- Official ICS 4.0.4 ROM rooted by dman is good too, not buggy, but looks and feels a lot like the original gingerbread 2.3.6 that I had in my rogers phone, so what's the point...
- Osimood 2.3.5 ROM is very good if you want to stick with the old gingerbread look, and with added options and apps that you won't find in stock roms.
I finally installed a rom that is the best, in my opinion. The Vanilla RootBox - JB - Android 4.2.1. I've only had it for 24 hours so far, but I've been playing around with it a lot since then and I have to say "well done" to everyone involved in making this rom. Bluetooth is working except for one bug which doesn't affect my personal use of bluetooth, physical keyboard and backlights are working well, Many additional options are included but the rom is small and unbloated. Its very fast and you can even do updates of the rom and gapps directly on the phone, which I find very good. I haven't found any major bugs at all so far, but from my use of my phone, this rom is great and I highly suggest everyone tries it.
I know a lot of devs work hard on their roms and I'm not saying the others are bad roms, They all have their good and bad sides. But for me, vanilla rootbox JB 4.2.1 is the best so far!
Thanks again to everyone that responded to this post and gave me great rom suggestions. This helped me out a lot. :highfive:

Is the Best rom veery faster
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Well, from what I have tested so far, it seems to be the fastest... and if you are rooted, there are overclocking options directly in the system options.

What's said about CM 10.1 from October is not correct now in February 2013.
I flashed(heimdall'd) just the following from thegreatergood's "Stock Firmware" link:
111604076 /external_sd/sam_i927/UCALJ3_i927/hidden.img
12583168 /external_sd/sam_i927/UCALJ3_i927/modem.bin
...then from CWM recovery flashed a zip on sdcard for CM, or AOKP, or Liquid, or RootBox. Liquid has the smallest bytes of /system (factoryfs.img).
...I think there are half a dozen alt modem.bin's with LiteROM. Didn't try flashing any separately.
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3543040 /external_sd/sam_i927/AOKP/boot.img
233515401 /external_sd/sam_i927/AOKP/system.zip
3543040 /external_sd/sam_i927/CM/boot.img
249946522 /external_sd/sam_i927/CM/system.zip
3543040 /external_sd/sam_i927/Liquid/boot.img
153760559 /external_sd/sam_i927/Liquid/system.zip
3543040 /external_sd/sam_i927/RootBox/boot.img
243102706 /external_sd/sam_i927/RootBox/system.zip
4826 /external_sd/sam_i927/VanillaRootBox/system.zip

bombermanCC said:
When you say "root and wipe all bloat urself" do you mean manually start deleting folders in the root of the phone ? or are there apps out there that scan you phone and find bloatware and help you delete it?
Thanks
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If you have root use Titanium Backup it will allow you to remove system apps and all the bloat that comes pre-installed.

[Q] Getting the best out of Galaxy 551

Hello, I just had a galaxy 551 for Christmas, I told my girlfriend to buy it for a gift, I prefer having a 70$ phone instead of a 500$ one and not panic when it slips out of my hand.
Like in computers, I like to get the best of my hardware. In computer it's simple, it's overclock, and maybe a few other tweaks. On Android, that's another story.
So now, the phone is on stock firmware (Froyo), rooted. I use Link2SD - App2SD a lot. But I want more I also feel like the phone is slow in comparison to the Galaxy GIO (S5660) which is on Gingerbread.
What would you suggest me? From what I see, any other ROM will have bugs. I may also lose my phone network connectivity, which is unacceptable in my situation. Cyanogen seems great, but what version should I try? And I can't find ROMS files on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526721 , they are all erased from the web sites.
Thanks for your suggestion!
Oh I'm in Canada.

most stable version is cm7.2 created by ajay.al... nothing bug seen so far...
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ashwini22v said:
most stable version is cm7.2 created by ajay.al... nothing bug seen so far...
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Great ! Thank you for this information.
After a few months of having it I think many issues are due to skype. I installed the skype mod but I still have 2 main issues:
- Screen stays ON if I answer a call on my computer instead of the phone
- Complete OS freezes.

Hello again,
thank you so much for the information, I found the rom and the instructions, they were pretty straightforward and I couldn't be happier no more "Do I have the good file" issue. I started the process then I stopped at Gingerbread. I will try it and see how it goes. For now, I'm really happy to have the same features as my girlfriend.
I have a small question, is Cyanogen making the phone much faster compared to Gingerbread? I saw a benchmark on the net that is showing that the phone is twice as fast, is that true? If so, I will not wait to install CM7.2