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i don't believe i will have any problems in the root itself as unrevoked should work here like it did on my desire, but my question is my friend wants root to get rid of sprint bloat and wireless tethering and battery life help. pretty much the basic reasons lol. he doesn't want any major upkeep, just a stable rom since he is a police officer that he can use everyday and not lose any functions of the phone. since it isn't me with the phone the normal flash and test method is just kinda not possible so im looking for some input on the best rom to give him. any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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i don't believe i will have any problems in the root itself as unrevoked should work here like it did on my desire, but my question is my friend wants root to get rid of sprint bloat and wireless tethering and battery life help. pretty much the basic reasons lol. he doesn't want any major upkeep, just a stable rom since he is a police officer that he can use everyday and not lose any functions of the phone. since it isn't me with the phone the normal flash and test method is just kinda not possible so im looking for some input on the best rom to give him. any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Basically any of the Sense roms are fully functional. I prefer Myn's, but I like all of them, really. They all differ a bit with the theming, but they are all fully functional, and have most of the bloatware removed, with the option to install some sprint .apk's back if you'd like. If you want an unthemed fully functional rom (looks exactly like stock, with a few changes), then try the Sprint Lovers rom. I believe it does not have bloat removed, and has all of the sprint apps.
Keep in mind that AOSP roms also have 4g now, and hdmi is also working for sense and aosp. So I guess almost all roms are fully functional now, but I have less issues when I use sense roms.
k2buckley said:
Basically any of the Sense roms are fully functional. I prefer Myn's, but I like all of them, really. They all differ a bit with the theming, but they are all fully functional, and have most of the bloatware removed, with the option to install some sprint .apk's back if you'd like. If you want an unthemed fully functional rom (looks exactly like stock, with a few changes), then try the Sprint Lovers rom. I believe it does not have bloat removed, and has all of the sprint apps.
Keep in mind that AOSP roms also have 4g now, and hdmi is also working for sense and aosp. So I guess almost all roms are fully functional now, but I have less issues when I use sense roms.
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Cool. We aren't in a 4g area so that's not a deal breaker either way. I'm gonna let him decide on the way the rom looks as I will worry more about the techie stuff. Thanks for the help.
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I have tried many and the most stable is the Myn's RLS5. Has everything (4g, hdmi, etc.) and with Netarchy 131 more aggressive kernel it was awesome with battery life. For me anyway
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I have tried many and the most stable is the Myn's RLS5. Has everything (4g, hdmi, etc.) and with Netarchy 131 more aggressive kernel it was awesome with battery life. For me anyway
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Cool, I will check into that. One thing I was just noticing, there is alot of talk about prl/pri updating? Is that something that has to downloaded and flashed and how often does it occur? I'm on cellsouth and not familiar with it because on our network we just dial*228 and its done automatically rooted or not.
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leadfoot9281 said:
Cool, I will check into that. One thing I was just noticing, there is alot of talk about prl/pri updating? Is that something that has to downloaded and flashed and how often does it occur? I'm on cellsouth and not familiar with it because on our network we just dial*228 and its done automatically rooted or not.
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The PRL can be updated using a sense ROM thru settings and system update. The PRI will be flashed. All the radios can be found here. As far as the PRI goes, most people find 1.77 has most stable battery life.
I'm a fan of the Sprint Lovers rom; it's basically stock, but the Sprint bloatware is removable just like any other application, so you don't need to go into system/app/ to remove any of them. It also has a classy battery indicator with percentages and neat animations when charging and stuff.
A few weeks ago, I bought a used EVO off ebay and it came in good condition but had the 2.3.3 ota update and was locked out till Revolutionary came along and allowed me to s-off and get SU access. This was all done with the intention of trying a few other custom roms with Sense 2.x, 3.x and AOSP. After having tried, played with used and read about various roms on XDA for the EVO, are there ANY roms that work as well or better then the stock rom????
To me is seems more like what are u willing to deal with or live without ranging from HDMI, GPS, 4G, Camera issues. I've used 2 roms that can even keep a folder I created on my main screen with a few apps in that folder from removing those apps when I reboot or shut down my phone. Is there and AOSP rom that has more then 5 home screens, wereas the sense roms have 7.
I love the newer mail app that will display all your accts on 1 screen, I have yet to find any ROM with sense 3.0 that can or will display all the google calendars that I have access to view. The carosel of the home screens is the best part of the custom ROMS.
While I truely do appreciate the awesome and very hard work that the developers do to make theses roms to add functionality to our EVO's why would you put something our that isn't ready for daily use??
Are their any Custom ROMs that have ALL the pieces working???
I get where you're coming from, because i cant keep a ROM knowing that something isnt working properly, plus i dont like getting all fancy with the ROMs i like em simple and the sense feel.
Check out the Sprint Lovers ROM with a custom karnel, that should suit you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830153
I'm Running Calkulin's EViO 3 v1.0 ROM with Golden Monkey 1.1 Kernel, and V6 SuperCharger script.
I love the nice simple design of the ROM, and EVERYTHING from GPS, 4G, Camera, WIFI work. Not sure if HDMI is working but im sure it does.. im able to keep apps in a folder after a restart too. Not sure about the email app and google calenders thing.
Golden Monkey and Supercharger are just a plus for speed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060456
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192796
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276
Try miui. It is amazing. Only thing that doesn't work is 4g. That's because it's originally made by the Chinese.
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Try miui. It is amazing. Only thing that doesn't work is 4g. That's because it's originally made by the Chinese.
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Well see thats kinda what I'm getting at, something that doesn't work. Now if I didn't live in an area that didn't have 4G coverage, I might consider MIUI, but i do live in a 4G area. TY for the reply, much appreciated.
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I get where you're coming from, because i cant keep a ROM knowing that something isnt working properly, plus i dont like getting all fancy with the ROMs i like em simple and the sense feel.
Check out the Sprint Lovers ROM with a custom karnel, that should suit you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830153
I'm Running Calkulin's EViO 3 v1.0 ROM with Golden Monkey 1.1 Kernel, and V6 SuperCharger script.
I love the nice simple design of the ROM, and EVERYTHING from GPS, 4G, Camera, WIFI work. Not sure if HDMI is working but im sure it does.. im able to keep apps in a folder after a restart too. Not sure about the email app and google calenders thing.
Golden Monkey and Supercharger are just a plus for speed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060456
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192796
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276
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I have SL 2.33/4.25.651.x on my test phone atm and just replaced the other ROM on my daily phone with Calkulin's for now and see what works well. TY for the reply, much appreciated. Have not tried the new kernel or the V6 scrpit yet.
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Well see thats kinda what I'm getting at, something that doesn't work. Now if I didn't live in an area that didn't have 4G coverage, I might consider MIUI, but i do live in a 4G area. TY for the reply, much appreciated.
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I don't have 4g where I live so that why its not a problem for me. I would probably use it even if I did. I barely use data anyway cuz I have wifi at home I just use that.
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Crash*N*Burn said:
Well see thats kinda what I'm getting at, something that doesn't work. Now if I didn't live in an area that didn't have 4G coverage, I might consider MIUI, but i do live in a 4G area. TY for the reply, much appreciated.
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Almost everywhere I go, it seems, has WiFi, which is faster than 4G anyhow
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Almost everywhere I go, it seems, has WiFi, which is faster than 4G anyhow
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You know, Wi-Fi isn't necessarily faster than 4g. I'm not trying to be a troll though, just explaining it so you don't have the wrong impression.
I keep up with the forums for equipment I own and use (unfortunately, NOT so much on my wifes), but although I've read through many topics on this EVO 4G - my wife's phone, I'm still not completely sure which ROM to go with.
What would be a good ROM for my wife's Sprint EVO 4G? I have custom ROM's on all of my personal devices (phones and tablets) but I haven't done anything at all to hers and just realized that video doesn't work on her gtalk (among other things). Is there a good custom ROM (close to stock, that is rooted and has gtalk video working)?
Thanks in advance for the help, I'll keep reading through the forum in the meantime (I still haven't even rooted her EVO yet - although I've got her on CM7 for her B&N Nook Color and she loves it)!!
Cm7 works really well with evo4g and has 4g working. Looks like she might be used to it from nook so give it a try. If she wants she can also experiment with MikG which is a sense rom. IMO those have been greatness. Also Decks 1.3 is good, like Cm7 but he gets rid of the bloatware.
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Mikg is awesome.
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CM7 is very good though I did have some issues with stability for some reason. I now use the The EVO Classic Sense Redefined by tommytomatoe but use the version without Sense since I was never a big fan of the overlay.
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I never got skype working with CM7. I don't know about gtalk.
I am using Ice Cream Sense rom as a daily. 4G. skype works. better battery life than running CM7, in my experience. And of course GPS works too, which is borked half the time with CM7. If your wife uses google maps for anything (or everything), you probably want to be careful about breaking GPS.
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I never got skype working with CM7. I don't know about gtalk.
I am using Ice Cream Sense rom as a daily. 4G. skype works. better battery life than running CM7, in my experience. And of course GPS works too, which is borked half the time with CM7. If your wife uses google maps for anything (or everything), you probably want to be careful about breaking GPS.
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Yes, she definitely uses google maps, so Thanks for the heads up! I may look into the ICS rom then. Do you know of anything that's 'not' working in ICS? Video works fine with Skype?
I installed MikG on my wife's EVO month's ago, and it's working well for her.
I'd prefer a Sense ROM because I want tv out and Verizon mobile hotspot, and others I've tried don't have one or the other or neither. Maybe this is impossible. If so, anyone know a cool 3D ROM with both tv out and Verizon mobile hotspot. I've tried some awsome ROMs but they lack these things. Using Inc Ultimate, which is nice but a more dynamic experience would be nice.
I haven't used sense in a long time, but Athena by ihtfp69 was sense based so it had tv out. It also ran launcher2 so it had landscape homescreens. And it's hard to find a bug in anything by ihtfp. No 3d though
Edit: I'm not sure about Verizon hot spot, but beings it's sense based I'm sure it's possible.
Skyraider 4.3 by the same dev above. It is android 2.2 as well but full sense with a lot of features. I don't have a link though but it is way back on xda. I don't know if the recent stock based ROMs have landscape home screen. I know its not built into sense 1 by default.
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Look for roms based off of the EVO Shift rom. MikG, Pure Speed, Optimized shift etc... hey all should have landscape if I remember correctly.
Greetings everyone.
I would like to root and install a new ROM on my girlfriend's Incredible 2. Now normally I would experiment myself but since it is not my own phone I will not have the opportunity to go flash crazy and try everything. As such I would like to get some recommendations. The main thing would be speed and stability. I do not know what she has done to her phone I just know that it is stock something. I am also unsure of what root method to use but that is simply due to the fact that I haven't been able to check anything yet. I just want to get some groundwork done before I jump in. She is always using her phone so I figured it would be nice to make her experience more enjoyable. Thanks in advance!
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There wouldn't be something as beast as the Decks reloaded ROM on the Evo would there? That is essentially what I would like to flash for her. Something ridiculously stable that has all the tweaks that I would need to add in. If not just let me know what the most stable rom is and what tweaks I should include as I flash for the lady.
for a good overview of available roms, kernels, radios, tweaks, and s-off guides you might start here
I think you're going to have to use the tacoroot method. that's what I did and I had the most current verizon updates. I just flashed chilly beans pd rom last night and it seems great. incredibly paranoid android I hope that helps
I love paranood but all the tweaks may overwhelm her. Dkstunnas global cm9 ROM has everything working and is fast, viper ROM is the best sense ROM in my opinion, and I also love gingerbread miui. Tazz patriot and macrodroid also have a nice sense 3.6 ROM named Arctic ascension, which is a little faster than venom but maybe less visually awe inspiring, I also made a descended version of that ROM but it is extremely stripped down (made for speed). All the ROMs I mentioned are completely functional and stable, except paranoid, which the newest version doesn't have a working front facing camera, but watch it, I'm sure chilly will get it worked out, he's a good dev, hope I've given you a small idea of what some of my picks are like...
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for a good overview of available roms, kernels, radios, tweaks, and s-off guides you might start here
I think you're going to have to use the tacoroot method. that's what I did and I had the most current verizon updates. I just flashed chilly beans pd rom last night and it seems great. incredibly paranoid android I hope that helps
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Kinda outdate post you linked but still a good start ...maybe some one should up date it one day lol
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Are you doing this for her or for you? Does she want it rooted? If not, leave it be. If she is happy with it then adhere to the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" line if thinking. If she does want it rooted, which type of rom does she want? Does she like sense and prefer not to have to learn her way around a new type of os? If so, skyraider Zeus is really good. Also, nits has some good gb sense roms. If she wants to try something new cm7 is fast and stable. As Jeremy said, gingerbread miui is great, just be careful with themes. Always backup before changing themes as some of them will lock your phone up and force you to restore a back up. It isn't common but I found several that did it. If she wants everything working with no bugs or random restarts, stay away from ics/jb at least until (if) we get source. If she is daring and can work through those issues without freaking out, the ones Jeremy mentioned are sweet. Pacman is one of my favorite roms ever, I just had some bugs that pushed me away for now. And they may be more phone related than rom. Hope that helps.
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Thanks everyone. From my browsing of this forum i think I will just let her pick between skyraider zeus, team venom, magnolia and Gingerbread miui.
I believe these roms to have a good balance from my quick skimming.
Are these the correct links?
http://www.teambamf.net/topic/1737-romgb-skyraider-zeus-13-inc2-update-11222011/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383848&highlight=search+this+forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953899
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1162835&highlight=gingerbread+miui
For OP, concur with what others above already said ... search for both speed & stability involved compromises in balancing out on a rooted custom ROM since you are on XDA searching ...
1. There are 2 stock Sense Rom based on VZW's OTA releases, one by AndyBones with additional tweaks/add-ons and a newer one by CS, stripped of bloatware (she isn't going to mess with NFL or CityKids ID, yada yada) Put TB on it and update Play Store, etc. and once it's done updating the Apps, you are good to go - both maintained full GSM functionality and if you get it unlocked officially by Big Red, you can truely made it a global phone, insert a local prepaid Sim card & have inexpensive voice calling rates everywhere instead of using its partner's Vodafone Sim.
2. Next up is the Nit's Stock Sense v5.0.m-ext4, that's highly finished & polished, everything works with numerous options and it is equal to SkyRaider's Zeus v1.3 rom, both can be overclocked for speed in trading off some battery life - still going to give you a full 20 to 30 hours day of heavy use depending on Apps running, and in the case of DW's identical DI2 running SR Zeus, typically 3+ full days of standby with minimal voice calling/SMS and little or no 3G/WiFi browsing. Installed SRZ on her's since it was released 15 months ago and trouble-free, never froze and zero maintenance. I run between Stock Sense v5 and SRZ and still indecisive, switching every so often - especially when I'm traveling as I use GSM bands for non-US local calling, no re-programming or *#*# codes or menu to cycle thru. I keep copies of CWM's backup on the devices and in cloud storage in case of restoration, but it's been good. Update the kernels and to the newer radios once it's running, and you have a trouble-free device, set-n-forget - switched to a smaller (4 x 1) widget for the clock & weather display on the homescreen and I'm happy.
BTW, I have the newest Google Apps like Currents, Play Book & Play Magazine, etc. running on these Roms - when I don't have my true tablet, the Nexus 7 running JB 4.1.2 with me.
3. CM7's is good, simple & fast and good for changing things, haven't "play" with CM9 global ones lately - apparently most of the issues with camera, bluetooth & minor bugs are smoothly out. Tazz/MD's Sense 3.6 ROM is newer and is functional and refreshing - battery life isn't as good as older GB roms, as I recall. Be prepared for minimal tech support for you loved ones.
4. Nit's masterpiece, Team V's Viper Rom is the newest/hottest and best preview of JB/4.x for the DI2, I like it - TB restore from older GB and other roms might or might not work, depending on the Apps, it's best to do a fresh & clean install after full/deep wipe first. If it wasn't for the exclusive CDMA only or GSM only Rom , set by the initial Aroma installation & somewhat "fair" battery life - I would probably use it as my daily. Once (a big IF) HTC & VZW release kernel sources/codes or rollout ICS updates - serious development will resume as everything is now ported over from other/leaked sources. Paranoid's Rom by Chilly looks good, developer's work with the Nexus 7 set a benchmark that's not easy for others to follow/exceed - I haven't check it out myself but I'm sure it's excellent.
Thanks for the heads up! She has been complaining about how slow her phone seems to be lately so I figured it was a good excuse to root. I didn't see your post until just now, but those rom suggestions seem great! When I did show her a couple of screens she liked the look of MIUI best. Is the link I posted earlier a stable enough version for her? Or should I be looking at a different thread?
bryyando said:
Thanks for the heads up! She has been complaining about how slow her phone seems to be lately so I figured it was a good excuse to root. I didn't see your post until just now, but those rom suggestions seem great! When I did show her a couple of screens she liked the look of MIUI best. Is the link I posted earlier a stable enough version for her? Or should I be looking at a different thread?
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Miui variants has been around for a long time - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1830675 - I haven't flashed or use one lately since the HTC Eris days, LOL but from the thread posts, it looks good enough for me, if you like it - go for it. Just backup always and if ... just restore or flash a different one, go back-n-forth - trials and errors work for me all the time (well, almost.) Enjoy.
The most stable miui is the gb 1.12.9. I think that is the right number. If you are using clockwork mode go into Rom manager and download it. There are 2, the other is 1.30.9 it something like that. Most people say that one wasn't as stable as the previous build. If you use the gb Rom get Aero's .7 kernel. A lot of people like the ics build but it may have stability issues that someone not wanting to wipe cache or go through fixes would want to deal with.
Maybe it's 1.12.9 and 1.12.30, I don't remember for sure, but you don't want the one with 30 in the number.
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for a quick rom you should really try INCREDIBLY('<PARANOID2.19.10
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2049902
ltredbeard said:
for a quick rom you should really try INCREDIBLY('<PARANOID2.19.10
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2049902
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Not for someone who doesn't want to troubleshoot periodically.
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MRom
Seriously stable cm
It's gb has great battery life (I can go over 2 days with mild usage (tablet does most of my home android stuff and almost all my gaming )
Theme able which is great for customizing it for non nerd users
Plus it's about the only non stock based rom that has rotating lights
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