I'm looking for the best and compleet ROM, it should have the following things:
- battery can be used for at least 24 hours
- No problem with playing video
- It should have all the google apps
- the speed of the rom is important, but not too important. If it's average then it's ok.
- Market, youtube etc. should work
Could someone recommend me a ROM(other than the Gingerbread roms)? With all the respect, the Gingerbread roms don't have all the functions.
Thank you.
Here is the Full list of ROMs.
If you want a ROM you said, then I'd go with froyo (Gingerbread is still not complete). If performance is important then I'd avoid the DHD ROM ports... many people reported lags, but you should give it a try and see for yourself.
I'd reccomend Leedroid 2.3d - fast, stable, and has the applications you've suggested.
Is it important for the Leedroid rom to have S-On?
Not at all, but unless you know what S-OFF is you don't need it
Thank you very much.
I will try this one because with the one I have now the video doesn't play well and other stuff.
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Think i am ready to take the plunge to root my desire and also install a custom ROM. Just have a few queries that need some clarification and suggestions.
1. My radio version is 5.09.05.30_2 do i need to update this when when installing a custom ROM
2. Suggestions on Sense custom ROMs that have fast kernels with low battery drain. I have read a lot about Cyanogen ROMs which seems quite popular but its a non Sense ROM and would appreciate one with Sense. Kinda Like it.
Thanks in anticipation of the goodies!!
1. See what radio the ROM developer suggests and use that
2. I'd go all out and use the RCMixHD ROM - easily the best Sense-based ROM available and it's based on the Desire HD ROM...but that's just my opinion (wait for the LeeDroid brigade to chime in!!)
I'm far from an expert but i just flashed the latest radio onto my phone and went for LeeDroid 2.2f, which i've been running for a week or two, seems pretty stable so far. I was planning on trying a few ROMs before i get too settled into one.
which radio would that be?
For latest radio, see my signature. But as said, it's best to use the one recommended in the ROM thread if in doubt
LeeDroid seems to be quite appealing at the moment. Any known bugs for 2.2f
Don't know, not a fan of LeeDroid - don't like the custom wallpapers and apps that are used. Prefer mine to look as stock as possible
Which ROMs look as stock as possible?
Teppic's is basically stock with root access and optional extras
I haven't found any bugs at all yet, my current radio is 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27 which definately works fine with LeeDroid 2.2f, well it does on my Desire at least !
Any links to where i could get that Teppic's and is it stable with improved speed and low battery drain? Sorry am asking too many questions
Go look for it in ROM development - it's not that hard to do
What's LeeDroid like on battery?
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Which ROMs look as stock as possible?
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VillianRom and PinkyDesire are both excellent choices.
LeeDroid Brigade here...... I have tried every ROM possible and the latest LeeDroid offering ,2.2f, is by far the most stable bug free ROM I have ever used. The RCMixHD ROM is very good, if you can live without the camera for the time being.
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What's LeeDroid like on battery?
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I get around a day and a half, using generally everything, including Sat Nav.
Fairly new to android (me and linux go way back so I'm not completely in the dark), just bought a used rooted desire running Froyo. (S-ON for now). I have a couple of questions for people who know their ****:
First: Not being such a fan of HTCsense (Too many screens, for one), is there a way of removing it leaving me with the plain vanilla Froyo interface and not having to wipe and flash a new rom?
Second: From your experience which rom would you recommend? Oxygen looks rad, but still has a bunch of issues it seems. I want something which is #1 - Stable and supports all the hardware. #2 - light/stripped/I choose the stuff I want installed on my phone?
Am I right to lean towards vanilla froyo, as a good compromise at least?
Cheers
Stu
1) You can remove the HTCSense apk file and it will uninstall it. You won't be able to use any of the HTC widgets like. I do think you need S-Off to do this though.
2) The least buggiest I would say are CyanogenMod. Seems the most stable and bug free rom out there. Have had problems with other roms. Also MIUI-Au is a lovely rom to use. If you want, you can remove the system apps from custom roms before you flash it.
Hope this helps.
Hey Everyone,
I was reading up on the Cyanogenmod 7.0 and after being intrigued by what i saw I am thinking about switching from Leedroid and I got a few questions:
1.Is Cyanogenmod noticeably faster and can I expect any differences in battery life?
2.I never had a non-sense rom,how big are the differences?Are there replacements for the Sense Weather Clock Widget (I love that thing )
3.When I flash CM,at which point do I install the google apps?after a full first boot?during the same recovery session as the installation?
4.when i install apps from titanium backup,is it necessary to delete all the htc apps from the list of apps to be imported?cause i backupped all system and user data and i am wondering if sense-related apps may cause trouble with the new rom?
5.Might there be an even better Gingerbread Rom out there that I am missing?
thanks in advance,looking forward to checking out cm7 soon
Answer for 2 questions:
Battery life: it should be the same or a little bit less if you flash a kernel with good battery gestion. I tested all 2.3 roms here excepted CM 7, and in comparison to Leedroid, i never had the same battery life
Rom to recommend: Redux
Incredible rom, ready for daily use, clean, google apps in the rom, and cpu gestion is available in settings. So perfect rom for me in 2.3
1. Yes its faster than normal sense based ROM. Battery life depends on kernel you use.
2. It depends how much you are used to sense base ROM. You can find free app in market for clock widget best is fancy widget for HTC like clock.
3. After you flash CM in recovery itself you can install google zip file from SD card. Doesnt really matter if you do after 1st reboot and go to recovery again.
4. From titanium backup just restore missing app with data. not the system data. That will save all the trouble (always do that)
5. You can checkout Gingervillian. Which is CM7+few things. So basically basically CM7 only. Otherwise check Oxygen which is bare minimum ROM if you like that and build everything on that. I think those 2 ROM are most popular.
Additional tip:- Dont forget to take Nand backup before trying any other ROM. Good luck.
Thanks for all the answers,running cm 7 now and I love it so far
Sent from my HTC Desire
thats a good idea
May i ask what bothered you with Leedroid? As longtime Defrost user i actually thought about switching to the senseless leedroid, as Gingervillain has still too many bugs and problems for me and defrost starts being pretty outdated in some things.
Hi all,
Started reading the forum yesterday and successfully managed to Root my phone using the 'How to root sticky' and installed the Android Revolution HD ROM all in less than 10 mins. I originally came to the site to look for ways to improve the battery life and to be honest am still searching, since installing I have a few basic questions:
Will the fact i have rooted and installed the ARHD Rom improve my battery life alone or do I need to perform other tasks?
Is my phone now sim unlocked to all us on other mobile networks in the UK?
Is there a top 10 list of things I should/could do now I have rooted?
Thanks in advance,
Breet
breet said:
Will the fact i have rooted and installed the ARHD Rom improve my battery life alone or do I need to perform other tasks?
Is my phone now sim unlocked to all us on other mobile networks in the UK?
Is there a top 10 list of things I should/could do now I have rooted?
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The ROM on its own will help battery life but won't really make an enormous improvement, as the most recent official HTC update is apparently quite good for battery life anyway (especially compared to how the phone performed when it first came out). It does include a "daemon" to adjust CPU speed, so the phone doesn't use as much juice when the screen is off, and that certainly makes some difference. Also ARHD contains a custom kernel which supports things like overclocking, under-volting, etc. Under-volting won't save you a lot of battery, but it can help - read up carefully before you try it though. killersloth's scripts are probably an easy way to start experimenting, but I use Daemon Controller (this app is in ARHD, but I'm not sure if the included version has the UV features). And I find Juice Defender good for extending battery life (some people love the app, some hate it, but it works for me) and some of its features require root.
If you used the Advanced Ace Hack Kit to root, then yes, your phone should be sim-unlocked.
Now you're rooted there's not really a top five "do these things next" list, I think. You can install apps that require system level access, you can flash themes to change the look of the phone, and there are all kinds of mods and tweaks in these forums. But the main advantage of rooting is that you can install custom ROMs, which offer dramatic improvements over the official firmware - ARHD is close to stock HTC but with significant performance enhancements, but there are others that offer graphical enhancements, or are ports of Sense 3.5 ROMs from other phones. Not to mention things like MIUI, which redesign the Android interface, or Cyanogenmod for a fast and light alternative to ROMs with Sense.
Many thanks indeed for a very comprehensive and informative reply.
Very much appreciated.
Hello breet, I've recently also flashed my first custom Rom and it was also ARHD have you flashed the radio that they recommend? that really improved my battery life and improved my signal strengths. The recommended radio and download is on the ARHD page just below the Rom download button.
The guide I used to flash the radio is by leith51 and is excellent:
.forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896597
You'll need to do the Eng S-off aswell as the Radio S-off you've already done but all details are on Leith51's guide.
I only upgraded to ARHD 6.31 the other day and so just upgraded to the new radio myself but I'm getting even better battery results
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Hi there,
I know, some of you will tell "search", but I am reading, reading, reading... and I can't find rom which according to comments:
- is stable and has no bugs (battery drain, videocam etc.)
- is possibly fastest and smoothest
- is light (no unneeded features)
- is able to install any app on SD card
- JB would be pleasent, but ICS and GB are also acceptable, with Sense or not, doesnt matter.
Can you recommend something? I just want to install it and forget that I have rooted phone.
Thankyou in advance and greetings.
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Hi there,
I know, some of you will tell "search", but I am reading, reading, reading... and I can't find rom which according to comments:
- is stable and has no bugs (battery drain, videocam etc.)
- is possibly fastest and smoothest
- is light (no unneeded features)
- is able to install any app on SD card
- JB would be pleasent, but ICS and GB are also acceptable, with Sense or not, doesnt matter.
Can you recommend something? I just want to install it and forget that I have rooted phone.
Thankyou in advance and greetings.
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Jb and ics roms will have bugs they are still a working progress, if you want something stable stick with gb I would recommend mildwild its fast stable
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app
Check out the rom I'm using. It's very fast and stable.
Cronmode 2.xx (current 2.1) for Desire, ICS (int2ext, swap, light trebuchet launcher, few apps, working camcorder, themes, 3g, wifi tether, usb tether etc.), my daily rom since november 2012. You can also give a try to marius.a ICS rom, is still in progress but dev is improving it at the moment, u can even ask him
Thanks a lot, I will try it. Is there also some alternative with Sense (any version)?
There is an ICS with Sense 4.1 - CoolDroid Revolution v 9.0 but I cannot recommend is for daily using. In my opinion is very unstable, and most of functions are partialy either not working When you want a sense 3.5 or lower you gonna have to use GB roms like that one from RSK team.
Cool Droid V3. Fastest Sense ROM i ever tried.
Sent from my HTC Desire