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Best overall ROM for Droid Inc.?

So I finally got my wipe to upgrade from her dumbphone to a smartphone (Droid Inc.) and I'm looking into what are the best ROMS available *if* she lets me hack her phone.
I'm new to this arena since I have a Droid X so I want to know from people's experiences what is the best ROM for the DInc? From doing a quick look through it seems like CyanogenMod 6, SkyRaider Sense or Redemptive rEVOlution might be possible candidates.
I know the CyanogenMod ROM is one of the big ones but I'd like to keep the Sense UI on her phone to make it as easy as possible to use for her (and I do like HTC's overlay.)
So any thoughts? Opinions? Suggestions?

Try out redemptive revolution 1.9. Good battery life and very stable.
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danomat1073 said:
Try out redemptive revolution 1.9. Good battery life and very stable.
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Aye, agreed!
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I use SkyRaider 3.3.2 with LauncherPro Plus and GOTO as a lock screen and have no problems. I too love HTC Sense, just decided to play with LPP.

Heads up: There's a "General" Incredible subforum for these sorts of posts.

*make sure you know what version of the dinc she has, amoled or slcd,some roms and recovery won't work without fixes* that said redemption rom is currently my fave, otherwise virtuous rom. theres also red raven and feather but wouldn't recommend those for your wife. I believe theres a rom that sum1 made with a pink theme somewheres also but don't quote me on that. if you do any of these look for the new leaked stock kernel, has a lot better battery life and charges in half the time.
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I love Cyanogen, if you're looking for Vanilla ROM this is a great choice. I'm using CM6.0.2 right now and I love it. CM6.1 RC1 should be dropping very soon, it's not 100% stable but Cyanogen himself it could be used as your daily driver
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if she likes sense.. try one of the new sense roms from IncDoes, the Desire HD port or the Desire Z port

Ocelot13 said:
if she likes sense.. try one of the new sense roms from IncDoes, the Desire HD port or the Desire Z port
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I'd stay away from the Desire HD and Z ports until the camera issues are resolved.
I'm using redemptive revolution 1.9 and loving it right now. It just got updated with new framework so its the latest and greatest in my book!

I love the Desire Z port from IncredibleDoes but some people need the camera or would like to have the cam, if that's the case try SkyRaider 3.3.2 its the best one out there for me.

Uncommon Sense
I will stick with Uncommon Sense Rom, its the most Stable free bug HTC Incredible Rom, the feels is likely Sense OEM manufacturer, I did not find any lack at all with the exception of APk Drawer little lag scrolling up. as well is the best of the two world android/Sense blended.
All the rest of the HTC Incredible Rom have several problems that have to be address and for sure Updates will be available to Roms like Sky raider and Virtuous.

Most ROMs are good, but also aren't 100% done. To be honest, if you wife uses her phone a lot and isn't a tinkerer just keep it the way it is lol.

Once camera issues are resolved the desire ports will pretty much be in a league better than any of the custom roms based on earlier sense. I would also strongly recommend miui except that many of the really useful sense widgets have no equivalent ones in aosp roms. I would recommend aosp roms only for people who are ok with constantly tinkering with their phones, not for your wife who will probably want.something that just works.
Until then redemptive, virtuous, skyraider are good choices.
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I have tried a bunch of Roms and all of them have their strong points. This is all a matter of personal preference.
That being said, I would recommend Virtuous with the custom kernel or new stock kernel and here are the reasons:
1. It is very stable and fast.
2. Good battery life.
3. Nothing is removed or modded that cannot be readded or turned back on using the tools the developer provided (Virtuous Buddy).
4. Great dev support.
This is not the only Rom I use, but it is definitely the only Rom I would put on my wifes phone.

Contempt4You said:
I have tried a bunch of Roms and all of them have their strong points. This is all a matter of personal preference.
That being said, I would recommend Virtuous with the custom kernel or new stock kernel and here are the reasons:
1. It is very stable and fast.
2. Good battery life.
3. Nothing is removed or modded that cannot be readded or turned back on using the tools the developer provided (Virtuous Buddy).
4. Great dev support.
This is not the only Rom I use, but it is definitely the only Rom I would put on my wifes phone.
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I would say virtuous or the newest leaked deoxed stock ROM... both using the newest stock kernel.
Only roms I would consider for the girlfriend....
Personally I would just do a few mods to the newest stock ROM minus the bloat.
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I switch between Redemption and Redemptive Revolution.
I like Redemption with Kings BFS #5 kernel the best, amazing battery life! It just "feels" good to me.

Wow nice! Thanks for all the recommendations! I don't think I've heard of Virtuous so I'll check that one out.
Also to commenton the tinkering part, she definitely isn't into tinkering...in fact she complains when I tinker with my phone for too long LOL
Going ASOP isn't really an option since the base Android UI is lacking without some extra apps so the Sense UI is perfect for her. I do plan on (obviously) rooting the phone and setting up SetCPU but any additional improvements custom ROMS make are always nice to have.
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pete_kowalski83 said:
*make sure you know what version of the dinc she has, amoled or slcd,some roms and recovery won't work without fixes* that said redemption rom is currently my fave, otherwise virtuous rom. theres also red raven and feather but wouldn't recommend those for your wife. I believe theres a rom that sum1 made with a pink theme somewheres also but don't quote me on that. if you do any of these look for the new leaked stock kernel, has a lot better battery life and charges in half the time.
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Thanks for that tip about the screen...I didn't think the screen type would make a difference
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Confessions of a ROM and Kernel junkie

I don't know what's wrong with me.
I have 5 different ROM's on my SDCard.
Cyanogen
Athena
Redemption
Redeptive rEVOlution
Skyraider 3.5
Why can't I just stick with one of them ?
And the kernels. My God, the kernels. I'm losing track..
Now as soon as Athena sorts out FB Sync, I think I'm staying there.
Until.....aaaaaagh

Just so you know for next time, this should be in general.

We all get like that I started themeing a rom myself and since then I've stuck with it.
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I also have 5:
Skyraider 3.5
Myns 2.2 rls. 4
Uber Z Rom
Myns 2.2 rls. 5 beta
and OMGB - current ROM.
I can't pick one either.

I have omgb on my SD card and I periodically use it for a day every now and then but I just always seem to use it on days where I need a 100% working rom. Rather annoying how that works out.
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My nandroids are
Uber z
Super z
My touch 4g
Miui
Cm 6 nightly 181
Incredibly reengineered
Still have a spot open for one for the weekly rotation.
I believe I am normal. Those who rooted their phones only to run one rom are not.
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Mine are:
Miui
My custom gingerbread
Virtuous
Cm 6.1
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I do not have a Droid, this thread was on top when i opened xda app, but....
I have 3 phones;
On my N1, it's cyanogen's and eVil's Sense HD
On my HD2, Core Cell's Win/Android
On my G2, cyanogen's and eVil's once again.
I got hooked on Android 3 months ago and i am a very proud junkie
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I have a few:
Miui
Skyraider vanilla
Lithium
Skyraider sense
I like ihtfp's offerings so I run with skyraider sense. As of lately I haven't switched much but I will switch to Athena once he provides a black status bar and fixes FB sync. Can't wait!
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You are not alone! I've got 7 ROMs on mine, CM6.1, Ruby 2.0.0, Lithium Mod, ShadowROM, MIUI, Evervolv GB and OMGB. I use invisiblek #21 for all of them, love the battery life.

Redemption, Redemptive and Carbonite Z & S. I am getting ready to try out Magnolia next.

Hi.
I've never done illegal drugs.
I have great self control.

luvit said:
Hi.
I've never done illegal drugs.
I have great self control.
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We're not so different, you and I.
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I don't think theres anything wrong new roms are like getting a new phone its fun I try and stock with one rom I had skyraider sense for a long time switched to athena when it came out and I love it kernels I stock to lou but I still try others I always end up back with a skyraider more power too ya if you use more than one!
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Blah12543 said:
We're not so different, you and I.
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Well.. I've been told I have a wife beating problem, but I just say, "Shutup, woman!"

luvit said:
Well.. I've been told I have a wife beating problem, but I just say, "Shutup, woman!"
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Well, we might be a BIT different then lol.
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Your enthusiasm is inspiring.

Let's see, I have:
my DoNotRemove ROM which is my first nandroid when rooted.
Miui
SkyRaider 3.5
SkyRaider Athena
CyanogenMod7 #47 as of today
CyanogenMod6 RC2
IncRomv1.1.2
SuperZ V2.0 as of today
warmZ 2.2
RedeptiveRom2.3
IncDoes DesireZ
That's how the list rolls.

grifforama said:
I don't know what's wrong with me.
I have 5 different ROM's on my SDCard.
Cyanogen
Athena
Redemption
Redeptive rEVOlution
Skyraider 3.5
Why can't I just stick with one of them ?
And the kernels. My God, the kernels. I'm losing track..
Now as soon as Athena sorts out FB Sync, I think I'm staying there.
Until.....aaaaaagh
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Thank you for spelling "junkie" and "kernel" correctly, that puts you in the 99th percentile of all Android Junkies

You guys have your nandroids labeled? I always thought I was a big no-no to change the names of your back ups. I would have more if I could do that!
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rom community slow

Whatsup with the Rom community..it seems really slow the past month or so..I haven't seen one Rom updated except for miui?? Sorry if this has been asked already.

Warm Z got released a week or two ago, and I think MikZ 1.0 just got released today. The new Sense 2.0 is nice, but it took a little while to grow on me.
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My GF has a Aria, now that dev forum is a ghost town.

jonathan413 said:
Whatsup with the Rom community..it seems really slow the past month or so..I haven't seen one Rom updated except for miui?? Sorry if this has been asked already.
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Don't mean to sound like an arse, but I'm sure the developers have "real" jobs and develop ROMS and mods as a hobby. As flashoholics, our appetites are insatiable but there are plenty of ROMS (at least for the EVO) and tweaks to feed the beast until something new comes out. Speaking of new, mik released his z port today. Take it for a spin.

That's because there's already millions of roms that are pretty much the same (especially sense) just with diff tweaks. Devs beat the dead horse and we should see more once the new sense leaks or officially hits the deck for our evo. As aosp goes have fun with cm7 I'm a sense kind of guy.
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dirkyd3rk said:
..Devs beat the dead horse...
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Great point. My apologies to the OP if that's what you meant

Jesus Christ, slow? Erm, lesse,
CM7 just got WiMAX, and is about to get HDMI
Warm-Z was released
Honeycomb, Gingerbread, and Sense 2.0 ports are in the works
UltimateDroid is still UltimateKanging
The Development forum is the most active out of all the EVO forums
Not sure if OP is troll, or just incompetent...

drmacinyasha said:
Jesus Christ, slow? Erm, lesse,
CM7 just got WiMAX, and is about to get HDMI
Warm-Z was released
Honeycomb, Gingerbread, and Sense 2.0 ports are in the works
UltimateDroid is still UltimateKanging
The Development forum is the most active out of all the EVO forums
Not sure if OP is troll, or just incompetent...
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First off i had hdmi(normal) and 4g when my evo released so thats nothing new. Its active but as far as SENSE goes all if not most 2.2 roms are still plagued w/ the same bugs. Most roms out there are the same just themed or diff tweaks. I agree it has been slow cause the same 2.2 base is all they have. When it comes to aosp, we all know Google/cyan takes care of biz and stays on top pushing out constant updates for their star children( nexus 1 and s). When a new sense rom pops up I'm like ehh another rom diff tweaks. The z beta builds are cool but lets see the real magic when sprint/HTC gives us 2.3 android/sense update.
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[Q] New dinc 2 user; good roms?

Hey im getting a dinc 2 pretty soon any roms youd recommend? Im gonna start flashing ones that catch my eye this is just for which ones i should try first.

SynysterSilence said:
Hey im getting a dinc 2 pretty soon any roms youd recommend? Im gonna start flashing ones that catch my eye this is just for which ones i should try first.
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Miui
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knipp21 said:
Miui
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Hey, Im in the same boat. Any kernel to recommend with Miui?

Solidsnake726 said:
Hey, Im in the same boat. Any kernel to recommend with Miui?
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Aeroevan
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knipp21 said:
MIUI, Aeroevan
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second that !!!!
aeroevan-kernel
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/7717-kernel-aeroevan-vivow-kernels-for-aosp/
he has a post here somewhere but i cant find it

SynysterSilence said:
Hey im getting a dinc 2 pretty soon any roms youd recommend? Im gonna start flashing ones that catch my eye this is just for which ones i should try first.
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If you want a bug free HTC Sense ROM, SkyRaider Zeus Release 1.1.1 all day long
http://teambamf.net/showthread.php/2725-ROM-GB-SkyRaider-Zeus-1.1.1-Inc2
This is the best ROM for the Inc2, IMO

andybones said:
If you want a bug free HTC Sense ROM, SkyRaider Zeus Release 1.1.1 all day long
http://teambamf.net/showthread.php/2725-ROM-GB-SkyRaider-Zeus-1.1.1-Inc2
This is the best ROM for the Inc2, IMO
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Really? For sense I would say dinc2hd, for aosp it would be miui for me. But most if our roms are so stable its 6 in one hand half dozen in the other
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yea on my dinc 1 it was miui all day long lol but im a big fan of sense. i might stick with the stock rom, rooted with cpu profiles stock is usually pretty clean as far as stability.

knipp21 said:
Aeroevan
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what is that overclockable to?

knipp21 said:
Really? For sense I would say dinc2hd, for aosp it would be miui for me. But most if our roms are so stable its 6 in one hand half dozen in the other
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Everyone has their own opinions.
My second ROM would be NEWTs Inc3d ROM based off of desire S and is sense 3.0
My third choice would be inchd which is sense 3.5, but tbh sense 3.5 I don't like as much, I prefer sense 21/3.0 hybrid which is why skyraider is #1 for me, and the look and feel of the desire s port is great. Sense 3.0 is really fluid, I find sense 3.5 to be a batt hog and not as fast as sense 3.0 and certainly not 2.1.
I mean, I bought this phone because I like HTC Sense. I always have, and I think I always will (who knows what they will do with Sense 4.0..)
but I've tried motorola smart phones, and the fascinate so I've tried others, and HTC is where I've been through the Eris, Inc1, inc2, and prob the Rezound in the future.
but like I said we all have what we like, whos to say whos is right, or better? as long as you are happy with your phone, that's all that counts.

andybones said:
Everyone has their own opinions.
My second ROM would be NEWTs Inc3d ROM based off of desire S and is sense 3.0
My third choice would be inchd which is sense 3.5, but tbh sense 3.5 I don't like as much, I prefer sense 21/3.0 hybrid which is why skyraider is #1 for me, and the look and feel of the desire s port is great. Sense 3.0 is really fluid, I find sense 3.5 to be a batt hog and not as fast as sense 3.0 and certainly not 2.1.
I mean, I bought this phone because I like HTC Sense. I always have, and I think I always will (who knows what they will do with Sense 4.0..)
but I've tried motorola smart phones, and the fascinate so I've tried others, and HTC is where I've been through the Eris, Inc1, inc2, and prob the Rezound in the future.
but like I said we all have what we like, whos to say whos is right, or better? as long as you are happy with your phone, that's all that counts.
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my mom has the contimuim and my dad has the droid x2. both lag like crazy on the homescreens and everywhere else. my first phone was the motorola citrus (never again) then the dinc1, then dinc 2 and probably the htc edge once it comes out. HTC may not have the best specs (thats right im looking at you snapdragon) but it has the best ui. HTC sense ftw lol

SynysterSilence said:
my mom has the contimuim and my dad has the droid x2. both lag like crazy on the homescreens and everywhere else. my first phone was the motorola citrus (never again) then the dinc1, then dinc 2 and probably the htc edge once it comes out. HTC may not have the best specs (thats right im looking at you snapdragon) but it has the best ui. HTC sense ftw lol
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haha true story bro, HTC Sense all friggin day!

have you seen the rumored specs for the edge? super amoled hd, quadcore, ics, sense 4.0. Dude if these specs are true, this phone will be the shizzz as long as they get rid of freakin SNAPDRAGON >:^O

[Q] Any interest in Synergy on the Dinc2

I am 4 days into the Dinc2 and am enjoying it so far as I am sad to say a former DX2 owner. I have worked on HTC's before and always find Synergy Rom's in the forums. I am not seeing it here like in the Dinc forum's or Evo forum's. I am curious if anyone knows if we will see something here for Synergy or no? I liked it on the Evo but it wasn't my phone so I didn't get to play with it to long. Any heads up would be great Thanx!

T3CH9ICIAN said:
I am 4 days into the Dinc2 and am enjoying it so far as I am sad to say a former DX2 owner. I have worked on HTC's before and always find Synergy Rom's in the forums. I am not seeing it here like in the Dinc forum's or Evo forum's. I am curious if anyone knows if we will see something here for Synergy or no? I liked it on the Evo but it wasn't my phone so I didn't get to play with it to long. Any heads up would be great Thanx!
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I am not sure on a synergy release mainly due to the ICS releases coming out. There a lot of devs in our community so it could spark interest.
If you are a fan of synergy I recommend any of nitsujs work. Also over on mikmik newts roms are killer.
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zax10 said:
I am not sure on a synergy release mainly due to the ICS releases coming out. There a lot of devs in our community so it could spark interest.
If you are a fan of synergy I recommend any of nitsujs work. Also over on mikmik newts roms are killer.
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That is kind of what I was thinking was holding up some roms I am used to seeing I am running nitsujs TSM Sense M EXT4 5.0.1 with the 3.0 sense patch.
I am far from new to modding but I don't want to run right to the ICS builds just yet I want to explore all the Roms for the Dinc2. I also know I like MikMik Roms as well. Coming of the fascinate and DX2 CyanogenMod builds it's kind of fun to have more build and rom diversity to flash away like an addict haha.

T3CH9ICIAN said:
That is kind of what I was thinking was holding up some roms I am used to seeing I am running nitsujs TSM Sense M EXT4 5.0.1 with the 3.0 sense patch.
I am far from new to modding but I don't want to run right to the ICS builds just yet I want to explore all the Roms for the Dinc2. I also know I like MikMik Roms as well. Coming of the fascinate and DX2 CyanogenMod builds it's kind of fun to have more build and rom diversity to flash away like an addict haha.
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Completely agree. I started with the nexus one. (More than enough Rom variations lol). To the Sony X10 with very few different rom choices. To the Inc2 where we have everything from stock to cm9 and sense 4.
Check out mikrunny, inchd 1.1 (mikmik), nits trinity (full sense 3.0), nits bullet mt4g port, and of course your aosp.
A lot of people run skyraider (teambamf) and mikrunny. Although like stated before the ICS builds are near fully functional.
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