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hi i'm new using htc and i would like to ask why is there many type of rom and kernal versions? does it affects the phone much?
.tiny. said:
hi i'm new using htc and i would like to ask why is there many type of rom and kernal versions? does it affects the phone much?
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Some ROMS (leedroid, coredroid) are sense based, others such as cyanogen are striped down with all the bloat removed whilst others, miui for example are kinda left field.As for kernels some people want to overclock our undervolt their phone which is why you find the multitude of kernels.
tiny,as new in htc and sense,try first some sense roms like leedroid or revolution(these are the best for the moment) and then u can go in an aosp rom which are more fast and simples but not so beautifull for your eyes...
Thanks so much but which Rom is better leedroid or revolution?
.tiny. said:
Thanks so much but which Rom is better leedroid or revolution?
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At the moment, that's probably like asking what's better: PS3 or XBox360?
Why not try them both? Once you've done S-Off/root etc the first time, it's pretty quick to flash new ROM's.
Hi all... I'm kinda of newbie on this things, so I'll need some help from you guys!
I have HTC Desire with android version 2.2 (latest official).
I really need more space and I want to install android 2.3 (the latest and gratest available . But I really need a help from you to choose what ROM to install and of course , the complete install procedure.
Thank you in advance, this forum ROCKS!!!
Regards
i firstly installed oxygen rom by adamg, just to get started, but i was dying to try the miui roms, i also tried leedroid hd, but my problem is, when i am on a sense rom i hate it but when im not on a sense rom, i love the look of it and want to try it, im currently using miui a2sd 1.7.21, it is amazing, the only problem i now have is that im itching to try something new, i really like the coolexe coolsense 3.0, it looks amazing but im too lazy to convert my ext3 to 4 and if i hav to change hboot, and over all im in love with miui lol
will8578 said:
i firstly installed oxygen rom by adamg, just to get started, but i was dying to try the miui roms, i also tried leedroid hd, but my problem is, when i am on a sense rom i hate it but when im not on a sense rom, i love the look of it and want to try it, im currently using miui a2sd 1.7.21, it is amazing, the only problem i now have is that im itching to try something new, i really like the coolexe coolsense 3.0, it looks amazing but im too lazy to convert my ext3 to 4 and if i hav to change hboot, and over all im in love with miui lol
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coolexe has an alignment script that will convert ext3 -> ext4 just before flashing
res5it said:
Hi all... I'm kinda of newbie on this things, so I'll need some help from you guys!
I have HTC Desire with android version 2.2 (latest official).
I really need more space and I want to install android 2.3 (the latest and gratest available . But I really need a help from you to choose what ROM to install and of course , the complete install procedure.
Thank you in advance, this forum ROCKS!!!
Regards
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Go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328
This thread contains list of all the updated ROMs (AOSP/Sense/MIUI) and their home threads. Each of these home thread has details of requirements, installation procedure, and download links etc.
Enjoy
or Get Confused with so many ROMs
smhtc said:
Go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328
This thread contains list of all the updated ROMs (AOSP/Sense/MIUI) and their home threads. Each of these home thread has details of requirements, installation procedure, and download links etc.
Enjoy
or Get Confused with so many ROMs
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that is a good place to start - although some of the links are incorrect and I think some are in the wrong categories which is a shame
lothaen, thanks i gave it a go, i have come to the conclusion that i hate sense, i love the way it looks and the customization, but when you get down to the nitty gritty things, i hate it lol
I like sense - but thats just my opnion
fair enough, i want to like it tho
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will8578 said:
lothaen, thanks i gave it a go, i have come to the conclusion that i hate sense, i love the way it looks and the customization, but when you get down to the nitty gritty things, i hate it lol
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Same with me.
Tried leedroid, oxygen, cm6, cm7, various HD ports and settled down to miui.us 1.7.22.
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I love sense and I will go back to it at some point, waiting on Droidzone to update his gingerburst RoM. But at the moment am using MIUI data2ext and its bloody great, love everything about it, at first it looks abit iphoney but you can download alot of themes and change the look.
So try MIUI
No Sense no HTC. If you want no sense buy SG2
And BTW LeeDroid rox
Cool AceS Mix v2,very fast
but no chinese touch input
Beso your hardcore mate, if i can get a sgs2 for £150 of ebay i would mate, but to be honest i hate samsung stuff so it'd be an opx2 for me mate
actually i have tried the 2 hd senses, they feel very laggy to me, is the normal senses a bit faster, i might give them a go, just to spice things up, but even tho i hate apple stuff, i love the miui rom, so classy, i might find a sense rom for backup for when i have an urge for it
The only thing why I would consider miui is auto brightness which works fcuking awesome with it. Otherwise, I'm sticking to my Sense integration wrapped in my LauncherPro theme
im downloading leedroid 3.0.8.2, not the hd one, i'll give it a try, what would you say is the best sense rom? non hd? iv come from having a wildfire,blade and pulse, one thing i will say is that the dev community for the desire is amazing, so many devs, roms, kernels, the works, we are very lucky to be spoilt and have so much to choose from.
res5it said:
Hi all... I'm kinda of newbie on this things, so I'll need some help from you guys!
I have HTC Desire with android version 2.2 (latest official).
I really need more space and I want to install android 2.3 (the latest and gratest available . But I really need a help from you to choose what ROM to install and of course , the complete install procedure.
Thank you in advance, this forum ROCKS!!!
Regards
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Can you Please Post Questions in the Q&A forum Thanks
Moving to Q&A
the first rom i installed was gingervillain 2.0
ive tried several roms, coming and going between them, they all had advantages/disadvantages. but i always keep ending up installing gingervillain. its does everything i need, its quick, it's sense-less (personally dont like it) and as yet, i dont think ive encountered a bug with it.
now running gingervillain 2.7
Redux 1.2, awesomely fast! original android 2.3 without sense or any other big additions. Clean and stable! no bugs so far!
Beso said:
No Sense no HTC. If you want no sense buy SG2
And BTW LeeDroid rox
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Huh? Sense may be an HTC ui but its not like a Desire wont work without it! In fact it works better without it, have you seen the aosp ROMs out there?
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will8578 said:
actually i have tried the 2 hd senses, they feel very laggy to me, is the normal senses a bit faster
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All sense ROMs are a little bit laggy as they kinda bog down the OS.. if you want a very fast and stable ROM, try an aosp ROM like CyanogenMod7.. its awesome! I've heard Oxygen is also very good, its what I'll be trying next
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Good afternoon,
What's the latest ROM I can use on my HTC Desire Z A7272?
If there are a few to choose from, which is best?
Thanks for all suggestions,
Alec Taylor
I suggest virtuos affinity is great rom with good duration.Only problem is sense! the ram in startup is low (80/90 mb without any app)
Thanks, but more info needed!
kekkojoker90 said:
I suggest virtuos affinity is great rom with good duration.Only problem is sense! the ram in startup is low (80/90 mb without any app)
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What's wrong with its sense?
Try a few ROMs and see what is best for you. Everyone will have different ideas about the "best" ROM.
Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.
AlecTaylor said:
What's wrong with its sense?
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simply use many ram
kekkojoker90 said:
simply use many ram
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More than stock ROM?
AlecTaylor said:
More than stock ROM?
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maybe more... maybe less...
although sense ROMs look cool... AOSP (ROMs without sense) are fast, elegant, stable ROMs for performance... but aren't that pretty when you look at them
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In that case, what's the best with sense?
AlecTaylor said:
In that case, what's the best with sense?
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belongs to what sense you want 2.1 / 3.0 or 3.5 ?
2.1 i would recommend virtuous sense 2.0
3.0 ...virtuous unity
3.5 ...beatmod bliss sense or virtuous affinity, also rcmix is very good (went back to affinity cause of the light brightness)
...if you install a sense rom (specially 3.0 or 3.5) i would suggest to apply some tweaks: enable swap (swap partition or swapper2), change your system partition to ext4 (using 4ext recovery) and have a look at the supercharger thread (because multitasking is a bit laggy due to low memory)
I suggest you use G2-Slim. This is without sense but has launcher pro as the stock launcher. It also has cool animations if you upgrade to the launcher pro plus edition you also get the (almost identical) sense widgets for people, friends hub, twitter, facebook, message, etc.
The G2-Slim ROM is extremely fast in comparison with other ROMS. Everyone will advise something else to use but it's yours to decide. So take a week flashing and get the best out of it.
I highly suggest you try at least:
-G2-Slim
-Bulletproof MIUI
-Cyanogenmod
I'm not known with the newest sense ROMS atm as I tried a lot of them but in my opinion was the peformence to low and the sense based ROMS I tried had a lot bugs in it too.
So that's my advice and do with it what you want! GL .
steviewevie said:
Try a few ROMs and see what is best for you. Everyone will have different ideas about the "best" ROM.
Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.
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When I see this thread - any direct link to the latest non-branded stock rom (2.3.3 android, 2.0 sense) ? I am planning to sell this phone, so it would be nice to make it look like it looked before
What's wrong with sense?
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doesn't add enough functionality to make up for its voracious appetite for your battery! (and also your RAM)
WTF? said:
doesn't add enough functionality to make up for its voracious appetite for your battery! (and also your RAM)
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What about the fancy visual effects to tease my iPhone-using friend with?
Shipped Roms
cyber-mythius said:
When I see this thread - any direct link to the latest non-branded stock rom (2.3.3 android, 2.0 sense) ? I am planning to sell this phone, so it would be nice to make it look like it looked before
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you could try one of the shipped roms... careful remove S-OFF before you flash these
I actually used rom from RUU release (took rom.zip, renamed to PC10IMG and flashed) - you will loose root rights, but s-off is ok. And to make the phone rooted it takes few seconds ...
Hi there
I am new to this forum but have been told this is the forum to go to for continuing development on the htc desire.
I bought an unlocked htc desire from ebay but as there are no updates was wondering what would be my best options for improving performance and enhancement of the phone.
I would like to know wether i should root the phone.
Upgrade to 2.3
or just leave it.
I would like to extend battery life and update the rom to like jellybean or other.
please advise me
My advice would be start off with a good gingerbread Rom (android 2.x), as its a mature format you can be pretty sure the phone will be stable, and all features will work. I like both the RSK team's Rom and mildwild's cm7 one, but there are many I've not tried.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk 2
You should definitely root, and s-off it to get the best out of it. For this, check the "All Things Root" guide in my sig.
As frosty said, you should start with a stable GB rom, whether it's Sense or not.
If you only want to upgrade the Desire to the official 2.3 rom, then check the RUU in my sig.
root, upgrade or leave
thankks for that.
are there only a certain amount of customs roms available for Desire , ie, CM7(GB) or can you install newer versions.
This rooting sounds good but before i doi am going to need to know more, especially the continual development for this device.
is there still good support from XDA for this device.
I am after good support and devlopment.
Why not look at the development thread and make up your own mind if the community is active or not?
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root, upgrade or leave
looks busy.
just hope i dont do the wrong thing.
so is it possible to install other roms apart from cm7 what about the latest roms??
Read the first couple of posts, and the last few pages of the thread to get a feel for stability and issues. I see a simple, basic decision process, decide if you want something new and shiny, which might have a few problems, or something old and maybe a bit boring, but reliable.(gingerbread vs ics/jb)
Once that decision has been made just choose your Rom, make sure you have the right hboot for the one you want to try, so long as you have your nandroid backup to fall back on you're unlikely to break anything.
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root, upgrade or leave
I have been reading the posts and threads about rooting and it sounds quite complicated.
Reading a mag about android and rooting you can also do it without connecting to your pc.
As I am not technologically minded on phones , the mag seemed to make it sound easier.
I think the software for the phone or website is called z4??
any ideas on this.
many thanks
A quick search suggests it's not a lot of use for us. Rooting and s-off are relatively complicated, but worth the rewards, and you can't expect a whole new phone experience without a little effort...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
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I'm in similar situation. I rooted my 2.2 Froyo yesterday. Installed Link2SD made appropriate partition and moved apps to it. So thats not the problem anymore.
Now I'm wondering if I should instal custom ROM and which one?
My high priorities:
Stability
Advanced functions working properly (eg. tethering)
Speed (faster than stock froyo)
My low priorities:
As new as possible (JB?)
Sense
Easy to install
Which one should I get? Or should I stay on Froyo?
Lukxxx said:
I'm in similar situation. I rooted my 2.2 Froyo yesterday. Installed Link2SD made appropriate partition and moved apps to it. So thats not the problem anymore.
Now I'm wondering if I should instal custom ROM and which one?
My high priorities:
Stability
Advanced functions working properly (eg. tethering)
Speed (faster than stock froyo)
My low priorities:
As new as possible (JB?)
Sense
Easy to install
Which one should I get? Or should I stay on Froyo?
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You can't have sense and jb at the same time. If you want sense, you will have to install gb. If you want JB, you will have stability problems after a while, if not in the first week.
So what you are asking is impossible to fulfill.
If you want a stable sense, try Coolsense v3, or Runnymede aio special edition.
If you want jb, then try VJ's JB.
root, upgrade or leave
thanks for that.
so my aim is the following:
1.- newer and stable rom
2.- better performance
3. good and continual support for that rom.
all help welcome.
abaaaabbbb63 said:
You can't have sense and jb at the same time. If you want sense, you will have to install gb. If you want JB, you will have stability problems after a while, if not in the first week.
So what you are asking is impossible to fulfill.
If you want a stable sense, try Coolsense v3, or Runnymede aio special edition.
If you want jb, then try VJ's JB.
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Thanks. What I read ICS and JB for desire are not so stable. So GB with Sense for me.
Try RSK SMS for a great gingerbread with sense Rom. Ticks all your boxes (apart from ics/jb)
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So you would recommend to me a starting point for rooting with CM7 GB??
does this rom get updates or is this a finished rom?
in the long run i am looking for a good rom with good continuity and support.
please advise.
It's not been updated in ages, read the thread, it might not be "New", but it's stable
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It's not been updated in ages, read the thread, it might not be "New", but it's stable
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Actually, nightlies are released, but at a slow rate. The last one is two weeks old.
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Sorry to be a bit stupid but i am very new to this and dont really understand the process.
there are so many roms and threads/ posts, but dont understand much the technology, so just want some advice on what i should install, but i would like something that is stable for desire but is getting continued support?
root, upgrade or leave
frosty68 said:
My advice would be start off with a good gingerbread Rom (android 2.x), as its a mature format you can be pretty sure the phone will be stable, and all features will work. I like both the RSK team's Rom and mildwild's cm7 one, but there are many I've not tried.
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would this be my best bet for starting out, are there any new stable ones for desire.?
pls tell me as i dont understand the terminology listed on that page.
I know very little, but in my opinion, yes. Start with something tried and tested..and popular. Once you've gone through the process of rooting and flashing a new (to you) rom that's known to work, do the backups and have a look at the new stuff we'll never officially have, ics and jb. That backup will be there to give you a quick "Get me outta here" option.
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Does not depend on version (JB, KK, GB... Cyanogen, AOSP, Sense). Only what I need is a STABLE and FAST rom where I can install at least 10 apps and it will be still usable. Could someone recommend me something like this?
Nikishek said:
Does not depend on version (JB, KK, GB... Cyanogen, AOSP, Sense). Only what I need is a STABLE and FAST rom where I can install at least 10 apps and it will be still usable. Could someone recommend me something like this?
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I´m using
SENSEI 1.3.0
or
AOSB 1.2.9
and I have no trouble with them
Thread closed,
Best rom threads are against forum rules. Best thing to do is to try them for yourself.
Many thanks,
Ghost