hi, im new to modding my phone. i had cm6 for a month then i tried omgb and now im at skyraider sense. im mainly looking for better battery life but i do not understand this kernal thing. can i flash a kernal and keep the same rom? how do i do that? is ultimate droid a good rom?
thanks for all the help
You can flash a kernel by simply downloading it and then going to into recovery and clearing cache and dalvik cache then flashing it. Kernels are what really impact your battery life tthe most.
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do i just hit install zip from sd card? how do i know what a good kernal is? is any compatible with every rom?
for cm and a 2.3 rom please
AOSP ROMs require AOSP kernels, same w/ Sense ROMs.
Beware installing an AOSP kernel in a Sense ROM or vice-versa.
As stated, flash a kernel in recovery by choosing the appropriate zip file.
I have used Sense and AOSP ROMs, depends on what you want/like.
I do like UltimateDroid, v 2.5 with IncredibleK's #18 - I get phenomenal battery life and performance to boot.
I can also recommend Ruby (AOSP), these two Sense ROMs: IncROM, and Incredibly ReEngineered.
All are stable, fast, good-looking, and great on battery.
ymmv
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I normally stick to stock with root but I always want more speed and apparently people are getting better benchmarks with custom roms.
Not a big fan of custom so I don't dabble too much, but in your opinion which is fastest?
I don't want any delays or have to deal with any crutch in a rom D:
The custom ROMs are hitting higher quadrant scores because of the Overclock kernel they use. CyanogenMod is already set up to over clock up to 1497MHz. Personally I prefer CyanogenMod because it always has a lot of features great support and is updated pretty regularly. The other popular ROM is Virtuous which features HTC Sense. Which I am not a fan of so I didn't use the ROM long enough to see how it performs against CM. Best option? Try out both. Just back up your existing ROM with ROM Manager before you wipe data and cache and flash the new ROM. Both the CM thread and Virtuous thread have instructions on how to get you up and running.
Well you better start dabbling if you want a faster phone! You can start by dabbling with custom OC kernels. That way you can stay stock. I would also recomend Cyanogen to keep a stock feel with all the speed bonus.
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In my opinion,
I've tried both HTC Sense & Cyanogenmod obviously stock Froyo is fastest,but as far as custom rom's, go i've noticed Sense is faster than Cyanogen. Although the latest build of cyanogen let's me o.c to over 1.5GHZ. I currently switch back & forth between the 2. Both have their up's & down's.
Hi, Currently running Sense(less) rEVOlution 2.0 with Kernel #4, is there a better kernel for better battery life? I like this combo very much but I think the battery could be better
Also looking for a true senseless, AOSP gingerbread rom with gapps included, or at least flashable, any suggestions?
Thanks
Try lous #8....closest thing to whst ur talkin about would b skyraider athena, that and the other 5 gingerbread roms in development
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If you haven't tried chad's incredikernel:
http://chad0989.dyndns.org/2.6.32.27-incredikernel-12232010-plus25v.zip
then I suggest you give it a go.
Use it without setCPU, at least at first. It has one built in so you really don't need one, if you find it too sluggish or you think you can set it better then put it on after you gave the whole Kernel a good run without it.
I find this Kernel very fast and the best for battery life that I've tried.
paboater76 said:
Also looking for a true senseless, AOSP gingerbread rom with gapps included, or at least flashable, any suggestions?
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Not many of those. Really CM7 is the only one I've found worthy of flashing.
Try the RC1
(If you go with AOSP then you will need a different kernel than listed above)
Thanks guys for the replies.
I will try #8 tonight, also on chad's Kernels I have read the same and will be trying that one as well. I'm really liking Senseless 2.0 with Launcher pro Plus
Yeah I understand that with a sense rom you have to have a sense Kernel and with AOSP rom an AOSP kernel. Question though. IF i did decide to try and AOSP ROM, that AOSP rom should/would come with a new Kernel right? Just don't flash Lou's stuff/sense kernel after that.. only flash another AOSP Kernel. Is that right?
I have the Droidx so this Kernel stuff is new to me lol.. still learning.
paboater76 said:
Thanks guys for the replies.
I will try #8 tonight, also on chad's Kernels I have read the same and will be trying that one as well. I'm really liking Senseless 2.0 with Launcher pro Plus
Yeah I understand that with a sense rom you have to have a sense Kernel and with AOSP rom an AOSP kernel. Question though. IF i did decide to try and AOSP ROM, that AOSP rom should/would come with a new Kernel right? Just don't flash Lou's stuff/sense kernel after that.. only flash another AOSP Kernel. Is that right?
I have the Droidx so this Kernel stuff is new to me lol.. still learning.
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You got it Most/all ROMs for the Inc come with a kernel included. I personally like the one CM7 RC1 comes with, gives me great battery life
Ziggy's 12111 beta
If I flash to incredikernel from Lou's #4 I just need to wide delvic cache correct?
I am thinking of installing another kernel with stock 2.2 and was wondering if anyone could suggest a good one. I am looking to overclock and do not care too much about battery life (but i dont want to completely throw it out the window) since i have an extended battery already.
Also, I am wondering if I will have to wipe my phone to install a new kernel (unless it depends on which one)
Thanks for the help
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I am thinking of installing another kernel with stock 2.2 and was wondering if anyone could suggest a good one. I am looking to overclock and do not care too much about battery life (but i dont want to completely throw it out the window) since i have an extended battery already.
Also, I am wondering if I will have to wipe my phone to install a new kernel (unless it depends on which one)
Thanks for the help
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You'll need a Sense Kernel. Lou and Chad have them, and are overclockable. I use Chad's 12/23/2010. He also has AOSP kernels too, so don't download or try to install those in a Sense ROM, as it won't work! Make sure you are downloading the proper Sense kernel.
You'll want to wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache before flashing the kernel zip file.
EDIT: Link to Chad's Incredikernel 12/23/2010 Sense - link
EDIT: Lou's kernel thread link
I've been using Chad's for a while and get pretty good battery life. Unplug at 7:30am, plug in at around 11pm or after that... I'm sitting at usually 50-70% still. That's with data/wifi both off unless I turn them on to use them, on vibrate and light to medium texting throughout the day.
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You'll need a Sense Kernel. Lou and Chad have them, and are overclockable. I use Chad's 12/23/2010. He also has AOSP kernels too, so don't download or try to install those in a Sense ROM, as it won't work! Make sure you are downloading the proper Sense kernel.
You'll want to wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache before flashing the kernel zip file.
EDIT: Link to Chad's Incredikernel 12/23/2010 Sense - link
EDIT: Lou's kernel thread link
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waiting for a kernel for new sense ROMs. not used to running at 998mhz
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 haven't seen this topic in a while, so I figured it would be worth asking.
I've had my Incredible for about 2 years now, and I have the opportunity to upgrade it. Only thing that is stopping me is the cost of getting a new phone that basically does the same thing (with the exception of a front facing camera).
So instead of spending the money, I'd like to try out some ROMs to give the old device some new life. I'm currently on the stock OTA and I like Sense, so wondering what other Sense ROMS are out there that is good enough for daily driving (i.e. Stable and great battery life).
Thanks in advance!
Depends on what version of Sense you like. Based on your wants I'd recommend:
Sense 1.0 - Stock+ / EVO Classic
Sense 3.0 - Nils Business Gingersense / Anthem (I really don't like "tooting my own horn," but Anthem does have good battery life)
Sense 3.5 - Nils Business Gingersense 3.5
Sense 2.1 - McTwist
These are just my suggestions, but you should try all the ROMs you can to find the one that fits you best.
+1 for anthem
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Thank you! I will give that a shot!
im partial to nils gingersense 2.1/3 mix myself. just have to do a little maintenance such as update the busybox and superuser
mcsense or stock+ they are both modded versions of stock, but if you want a little more than stock go for mikrunny and/or mikg which are by team mikmik
hi guys, using the theme, what is the ICS rom more stable and functional for the Droid Incredible?
And hangs Sense is the best with 3.0 or 3.5, but I've seen some that have bugs, which is the most stable?
Before trying out the roms, do you guys know if having the ext4all mod with the moved dalvik cache will screw up the roms?
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switch81 said:
Before trying out the roms, do you guys know if having the ext4all mod with the moved dalvik cache will screw up the roms?
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There is a 90% probability it will.
Do you have the mod currently installed? As when you wipe and install the ROM it will undo the mod. Unless you mean flash the ext4all mod with dalvik moved after. In that case I'm pretty sure there will be issues. Not guaranteed but the thing I don't like about the dalvik moved mod is that now the dalvik will only have 150MB to store it's cache instead of be on the 750MB /data storage. This is ok until you get a decent number of apps on (and if you are flashing larger ROMs (sense 3 and up). Unpredictable results can occur. And if you ask why it's an option it's because it is and it's an attempt to reclaim space lost by not mounting the /data/data from the no data limit mod.
Hope this helps.
I have no ext4all, I've only released HBOOT and root the phone, I have version 4.08.605.2.
So what rom do you recommend?