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So far I have tried unrEVOked and AVA-FROYO V10.
unrEVOked is little bit behind on latest kernels and is stuffed with Sprint garbage. It did have great battery life with 4G and WiFi enabled (12 hours for me).
AVA-FROYO V10 was OK, very little Sprint crap... but battery life on it was extremely unpredictable (from 4 hours to 12 with cell standby chewing up most).
Unfortunately the latest radio update messed it up and now I need to reflash everything, so might as well look at other roots.
Myn
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Do you mean ROM?
WRONG SECTION !
unrEVOked and kernels ? LOL
I am sure they will move it to the right section.
Yeah, you are right, I did mean ROM. Had a massive brain cramp, so I called it a root
Re. unrEVOked, hey, I had to start somewhere
Cyanogen..... soon
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I didn't have the best luck with AVA V10, but V9 has incredible battery life. Here is a link:
http://www.4shared.com/dir/kqCqyssL/Ava_Roms.html
Whichever ROM you download, you can open the zip (don't extract), go to system>apps and delete any apks you don't want it to install when you flash it. Of course, make sure you know what apks you are removing first so you don't get problems later and have to end up re-downloading/re-flashing your phone.
unrEVOked is not a ROM, nor a kernel, and has nothing to do with battery life. Other than the superuser app showing up, it should not affect anything at all. It's a rooting process, specifically intended to unlock your NAND (S-Off, visible in the bootloader).
Popular ROM options are Fresh, MIUI, CyanogenMod. Fresh has fully working WiMax. CM is close. Don't know about MIUI, but it's probably not packing working 4G. None of them have any of the Sprint apps by default.
You can bake your own Fresh ROM with whatever you want included. CM doesn't even include the Google Apps by default (you can add them easily), so it's even trimmer.
Once you are fully rooted, and familiar with the nandroid backup process (and Titanium Backup), you can switch between ROMs fairly easily and make your own decisions.
To get started, root and then flash Fresh. Actually, wait a few days (but don't accept the current OTA if you haven't already), and install Fresh once it's been updated. Because it's based on stock with Sense, you can probably flash without clearing your data (DO clear your caches) and get off to a quick start.
Yeah, I am still learning this rooting process. I have very little time available for playing around a bit and no way in hell am I going to use time of my devs in the office. Hence me doing it the lazy way - asking you which ROM is the best for my needs and then flashing and forgetting it.
BTW, thanks for the advice so far. Saving me a lot of time!
MYNs is popular or if you want a stock one, I suggest looking at the ReEngineered Stock ROM that aamikam made. He spent alot of time fixing up the apks so that they are smaller in size and speeds up the ROM.
i would just find a rom that you like and run with it. the rom itself shouldn't make THAT much difference. from what i have seen, its your kernel that really makes the difference in batter-life and performance. Most of the bloat-ware in the majority of these roms can be removed pretty easily.
Myn has some great stuff for ROMS. Ava V10 (if you have bad battery, try a different kernel)
Here are my 3 fav Kernels:
Hero's Laptop Kernel (all i have to say is WOW)
Net's 4.2 or 4.1
King's CFS
ROMs:
Sense: Calk's or Myn's or for a pure stock feel try ReEngineered 3.70.651.1.
AOSP: Cyanogen Mod (No Contest)
Kernels:
I always stick with Stock on all the ROMs I have tried.
Have fun flashing man.
Try Azael X its very fast very little no bloat and stable 4G plus battery life is great he will update to 3.70 soon he's working on it now Rick is very picky about letting his roms out with bugs so he tests and tests before release
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Yeah, I am still learning this rooting process. I have very little time available for playing around a bit and no way in hell am I going to use time of my devs in the office. Hence me doing it the lazy way - asking you which ROM is the best for my needs and then flashing and forgetting it.
BTW, thanks for the advice so far. Saving me a lot of time!
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Simply put;
Myn Warm (Sense)
CM (non Sense)
ROM: Azrael X, myn warm, baked snacks
kernel: ziggy dec5, baked laptop, net 4.2
Battery life:
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Using Azrael X latest and ziggy dec5
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Where did you download your ziggy dec5 kernel?
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Where did you download your ziggy dec5 kernel?
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Ziggy471.com
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Now I am just pondering what are the major advantages of switching out stock kernel on Azreal X v.2.1 to Ziggy?
ok i have tried numerous ROMs (cm7, MIUI Desire Z 1.4, Senseginger 3.0, VillainROMZ 1.0.0, etc) and none of them seemed very stable.
pretty laggy or clunky and lots fo FC's so i went back to stock rom and
once again phone is working flawlessly.
now my question is...what now?
radios? kernels?
what do you recommend doing now that im rooted and back on stock ROM?
Have u tried virtuous?
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Try the gingerbread leak for tmobile G2, try xboarders pure stock, try ultimate droid, etc etc
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ok i have tried numerous ROMs (cm7, MIUI Desire Z 1.4, Senseginger 3.0, VillainROMZ 1.0.0, etc) and none of them seemed very stable.
pretty laggy or clunky and lots fo FC's so i went back to stock rom and
once again phone is working flawlessly.
now my question is...what now?
radios? kernels?
what do you recommend doing now that im rooted and back on stock ROM?
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What now?
If you're happy with the stock ROM, why did you root?
If you rooted just for the sake of rooting, then you wasted your time. Sure, you can uninstall bloatware but, really, you could have done that with temp root and PM.
Personally, I avoided MIUI (if I wanted an iPhone I would have bought an iPhone) and Sense ROMs (I don't care for eye candy) and the only lag I found with CM7 was due to ADW so I deleted it and either use the stock GB launcher or Launcher Pro and have had no lag issues.
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OriginalGabriel said:
What now?
If you're happy with the stock ROM, why did you root?
If you rooted just for the sake of rooting, then you wasted your time. Sure, you can uninstall bloatware but, really, you could have done that with temp root and PM.
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First off, while the stock ROM is actually quite good, you don't know whether you will like newer or custom ROMs better unless you try them first.
Aside from that, there are plenty of reasons to root and stay on the stock ROM. Such as overclocking the CPU, being able to use Titanium Backup and other apps (ShootMe, AdFree), and there are other benefits, as well.
Being rooted isn't just about flashing custom ROMs.
OriginalGabriel said:
What now?
Personally, I avoided MIUI (if I wanted an iPhone I would have bought an iPhone) and Sense ROMs (I don't care for eye candy) and the only lag I found with CM7 was due to ADW so I deleted it and either use the stock GB launcher or Launcher Pro and have had no lag issues.
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Launcher Pro is currently my favourite launcher, it is very fast, even at stock speeds.
I've found that all ROMs can be choppy from time to time, especially when my phone is not overclocked. I'm running at 1.4GHz most the time, but that's probably overkill.
My vote if you want a "just works" feel is use Virtuous - no point using stock when Virtuous exists. It's so much better optimised and you won't miss stock at all.
thansk for the opinions guys.
since Virtuous is what was recommended...
which version do you recommend for the g2?
You'll want the newest version of Virtuous, as there isn't any significant difference between the g2 and desire z, as far as I know.
You can get the most up to date Virtuous ROM from this thread:
[ROM][04/11/11] Virtuous v1.0.2 (HTC Sense 1.85.72.2) w/Fixes & Enhancements
Alternatively it's available through ROM Manager.
If you want overclocking you'll need either the "Standard" or "Advanced" Virtuous kernel, which are both also available from ROM Manager.
If you click the link on the Virtuous thread, or download using ROM Manager, the latest versions (1.0.2) is the only one available. G2 or Desire Z doesn't matter.
If you are asking which kernel, that's your choice. The ROM comes with the "Virtuous Standard" kernel which is overclocked to 1 GHz. If you want more OC options, up to 1.5 GHz, pick the Advanced Kernel. But keep in mind you will likely have to tinker with SetCPU screen-off profiles, otherwise you will have screen wake issues with the Advanced Kernel. If you want the kernel that "just works" stick with Standard.
awesome replies guys. very insightful.
ive chosen to install virtuous with the standard kernel
heisdnice I'm in the same boat as you. I'm running the xboarder56 ROM right now as it seems to be running stable...mius the GPS not working its ok.
I tried the latest Virtuous ROM and found it to be pretty good but I noticed that I got a FC on Handscent SMS and WiFi calling (even with the latter being removed via ROM Manager patch). I also found that a couple of Storm8 games that were fine on other ROMs (incl. the stock) had some imaging issues.
Trying to go through a bunch to see which ones are good and most suitable for me.
Hi guys,
What is, in your opinions, the fastest ROM for DHD, Sense or nonsense? I'm currently using Virtuous Unity 2.35 which is quite fast, but I'm wondering if there is anything faster.
Also important to me is battery life.
i will say...ARHD 5.2.6........---almost 2 days of battery life with MY regular usage......
Well if For Sense roms You can Try the leedroid
and android revolution hd
For no sense of course cyanogenmod
Remeber to always wipe before installing a new rom
Not always its necessary but for a clean and fast install
I'm using RCMix 3D bliss with sense 3.5 from capy, running very well until now, just BT don't turn up
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hydrogen mod does it all for me. blazing fast, battery life can be great depending on kernel and its lightweight. cm7 - crap. you can feel the difference imho
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cm7 - crap.
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On CM7 camera shoots video best
No jerks!
Im also running RCMix 3D bliss with sense 3.5 from capy, i think it is running really well and its running pretty smooth.
Most non sense roms are pretty smooth and fast, while every sense rom i've used has been slightly choppy - especially with the app drawer. (Installing a custom launcher fixes it, but it kinda defeats the purpose of using a sense rom)
I would recommend pretty much any cyanogen or miui based rom for speed. (Scrolling homescreens is much smoother, and benchmarks are around 1.5x higher (with quadrant standard - most sense 3.0 roms get around 1.5k @ no o/c, while rd-miui and hydrogen both get 2.2ish), but there actually isnt much of a difference in gaming - laggy games such as fast five lag (it pretty much runs on the same FPS on most ROMs i've used) regardless of what rom)
The only problem with no-sense roms imo is the lack of a proper camcorder - i have yet to see a camcorder with touch to focus support
I must say the perfect ROM doesn't exist. RCMix is somewhat acceptable, ARHD and Leedroid are very good ROMs for day to day use, but now I'm stuck with Virtuos Unity, which does the job flawlesly regarding smoothness, battery life and so on.
In the end, you must decide what's the best ROM for you
as far as i have seen, the best rom has to be determined by you, whether you want looks, or just speed..
i have tried many different roms, and they all have their ups and downs...
Stock Looking ROM
at the moment i have been using Android Revolution 5.2.6, and just upgraded to 6.1.0 with Sense3, this rom is veryfast and of course has Sense3 and has little battery consuption, i am very happy with it..AR is very simple and looks like a stock rom, but with a few tweaks..
TB and Synergy ROMs also are good, if you looking for stock look..
Good Looking ROM
but if you want some "eyecandy", try Coredroid.. version 7.5 looks awesome, but drains abit of battery, version7.6 has sense2.1...and version8 has sense3 both are very stable and good on battery..
RCMix KINGDOM ROM is also impressive and looks good, but i have yet to test it..
Simple
if you want real simplicity i would go for CyanogenMod Roms, they have good battery performance as they dont have HTCSense...
but also remember to use the recommended "Radio" for the ROM you install, as this can have a huge impact on your ROMs battery and performance..
what i have done is purchased an app called BootManager (ROOT required), and it allows you to have your main ROM, as well as 4 other ROMs, you can install on your SDcard, this way you can install multiple roms and test them out to see what you personally prefer..
Personally no ROM has even come close to having all the features I would like until recently. None were as fast or as smooth as I would have liked.
Then along came the 2.3.4 and 2.3.5 releases. Every one of these I have used (they have all been Sense ROMs) has been graphically smooth and fast to use/respond. I'm loving the rotation animation in Sense 3.5 - A small feature that I have wanted for a very long time.
Battery life seems to also be improved since I recently flashed Radio_12.62.60.27_26.13.04.19_M and it's matching RIL.
- If you want a ROM with Sense then check out ARHD.
- Want something that's super fast and light? Go with CM7
- Want something that's super fast and light, and has eye candy? Go with MIUI
hi guys,
first off im not very good when it comes to this sort of thing,ive jailbroken an iphone thats about it.recently i bought a dhd and it has virtuous unity 1.31 and android 2.3.3,im happy with this its working well but reading about all these roms and how easy people are saying it is to change them i wanted to try something different,i like sense and i would like something that looks really good,what would you recomend and more important how do i do it,thanks and sorry for the long post!
- Find a ROM
- Download the ROM
- Copy the ROM (the Zip-file) to the SD card
- Open ROM Manager
- Hit "Reboot into Recovery
- Choose "wipe data/factory settings" (you only need to do this if you are flashing a new ROM. Not when you're updating)
- Choose "wipe cache partition"
- Go to "advanced" and choose "wipe dalvik cache"
- Press "Go back"
- "Install zip from sdcard"
- "choose zip from sdcard"
- Find the ROM Zip you downloaded
Wait for it to finish then hit "Reboot". Now wait for it to boot up, and voila! You're done.
thanks alot for the quick reply,your instructions seem very straight forward,will i lose my contacts and pictures and so on?and is there any way i could mess the phone up if i do it wrong?
Yes you will. So back it up before you start. Use Titanium Backup or something. Just remember that everytime you do a full wipe you'll lose everything. You won't lose anything when you wipe cache partition and dalvik cache
That's great thanks,one more thing I've noticed 2.3.4 and2.3.5,if the ROM I choose is for one of these will I have to update first or will the ROM include it so I will only have to flash once?
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You'll only need to flash once. If the ROM is 2.3.5 then it's 2.3.5. If you flash a ROM that's 2.3.4, then you'll get 2.3.4.
Edit: If you flash a 2.3.4 ROM and want 2.3.5 then you'll have to flash the new ROM and wipe the phone again. If the ROM you're using updates from 2.3.4 to 2.3.5 you don't need to wipe everything but it's better to do it so you won't get any weird bugs or anything like that.
Currently ARHD is the fastest with the official sense 3 base
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I just recently installed a custom ROM and i wanted to overclock my Evo because it was laging a bit but i heard that to overclock your evo you have to have a custom kernel. I have no idea what a kernel even is, lol. I was just wondering if anyone could tell me a good kernel, that i can use to both overclock my fone, and that won't brick it. If it helps im using the Longed Shooter ROM. And just to let you know, im new to this stuff so go just a tadddd bit easy on me
Evo 4G
Sprint
Longed shooter
Anam RA
Currently rooted and s-off
Ty in advance
Do you mean shooter E3D?
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Check my signature for my guide, explains everything about Sense and kernels and overclocking/underclocking!
My favorite kernel is ChopSuey, and my guide explains how to install and mostly everything you need to know about about kernels
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chopsuey, goldenmonkey, poonsense and freedom are the current gingersense kernels meaning they run on android 2. 3. 3 Roms with sense tiamat, savaged-zen are the aosp kernels I know of off hand as I don't run aosp my particular phone doesn't like aosp for some reason after an hr or 2 every aosp Rom bootloops. I personally run The EVO classic v 0. 0. 3 with more freedom v. 9 golden monkey 1. 1 or chopsuey 9. 2. 7 depending on what I need battery performance or hdmi chopsuey 9,. 2. 7 runs hdmi well on my phone aggressive or more freedom give me good batterylife. and goldenmonkey gives me good performance for heavy graphics gaming but sacrifices the batterylife a bit just pick one or more to test download to ur SD and save somewhere ull. remember it go to recovery wipe cache dalvik cache repeat repeat again for good measure flash and test it out give it a few days to settle in b4 deciding to switch it up and if after 3 days or a week u don't like a particular kernel repeat process with ur next choice. I keep all my roms kernels mods and such in folders labeled what they are and for which Rom if thy are mods inside a folder labeled 0.roms,mods,kernels so its the first folder in my recovery to save my volume rocker some abuse scrolling in recovery
Johnameen said:
I just recently installed a custom ROM and i wanted to overclock my Evo because it was laging a bit but i heard that to overclock your evo you have to have a custom kernel. I have no idea what a kernel even is, lol. I was just wondering if anyone could tell me a good kernel, that i can use to both overclock my fone, and that won't brick it. If it helps im using the Longed Shooter ROM. And just to let you know, im new to this stuff so go just a tadddd bit easy on me
Evo 4G
Sprint
Longed shooter
Anam RA
Currently rooted and s-off
Ty in advance
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what rom did you flash? if it was a aosp rom check out the link in my sig for other aosp roms/kernels. in my thread there is also a link to another thread on how to set up everything
sense rom - sense kernel (chopsuey, freedom, etc)
aosp rom - aosp kernel (tiamot, cm kernel, etc.)
Its really a preference on which ones you like and how your phone reacts
Hi, I am looking for a ROM that is stable and faster than stock. What ROM would be the best for this? I haven't really tried ROMs since I last put Cyanogenmod on my CDMA HTC Hero, so I don't have the best idea of what's out there and what works. I also searched "performance ROM" just to make sure this hadn't been asked recently.
I'm running TWRP and the latest SuperSU, if that matters.
archer007 said:
Hi, I am looking for a ROM that is stable and faster than stock. What ROM would be the best for this? I haven't really tried ROMs since I last put Cyanogenmod on my CDMA HTC Hero, so I don't have the best idea of what's out there and what works. I also searched "performance ROM" just to make sure this hadn't been asked recently.
I'm running TWRP and the latest SuperSU, if that matters.
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There won't be a faster Rom. What you can try is flash a kernel that supports overclocking. Although, imho, you won't be blown away by the increased performance, it's all marginal.
Stock Rom is already very fast. Other Roms will also be very fast. It's usually a matter of options that the custom Roms offer. You can tweak more. But will they have a noticeable performance improvement, I think not. YMMV obviously
Pfeffernuss said:
There won't be a faster Rom. What you can try is flash a kernel that supports overclocking. Although, imho, you won't be blown away by the increased performance, it's all marginal.
Stock Rom is already very fast. Other Roms will also be very fast. It's usually a matter of options that the custom Roms offer. You can tweak more. But will they have a noticeable performance improvement, I think not. YMMV obviously
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Ah, thank you. I had such a massive performance jump from 1.6 to 2.2 and then 2.2 to 2.3 Cyanogenmod on my Hero that I thought I might get something similar out of a custom ROM again.
archer007 said:
Ah, thank you. I had such a massive performance jump from 1.6 to 2.2 and then 2.2 to 2.3 Cyanogenmod on my Hero that I thought I might get something similar out of a custom ROM again.
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Simply make a Nandroid of your current Rom and experiment like crazy
If you find a custom Rom that blows you away: keep using it. If you don't find any advantages or worse: restore Nandroid :good:
Custom ROM makes only sense if you want special functions / features of a specific ROM.
Many special features can also be activated in stock ROM by apps like Xposed, GMD apps etc.
So most probably a custom ROM is unnecessary. Just look for a good kernel (Franco, Elementalx, Faux...) if you want added performance, battery life or filesystem support.