Hi everyone,
Last week my dad bought my brother a Samsung Galaxy S phone, and I installed a custom ROM on it with one of the latest android versions.
The ROM looks really impressive and the Hebrew support is way better than it is on my own phone.
I have the 'classic' HTC Desire (not HD, Z or whatnot), with one of the early ROMs released (from Modoco if I remember right - I actually got the phone before a root for it was pubicly available).
I'm looking for a recommendation for a custom ROM to install. I really want proper Hebrew/RTL support in it, hopefully the gingerbread Hebrew keyboard which seems awesome, and since I've grown accustomed to the HTC Sense UI, I'd love to keep that as well.
What would you guys suggest?
There aren't many custom roms with Gingerbread in combination with HTC Sense if I am right. I know there is a custom gingerbread rom leaked with HTC sense a few days ago so that could be very good for us.
I really like Oxygen because it's really clean without software I don't need.
Rednasman said:
There aren't many custom roms with Gingerbread in combination with HTC Sense if I am right. I know there is a custom gingerbread rom leaked with HTC sense a few days ago so that could be very good for us.
I really like Oxygen because it's really clean without software I don't need.
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True, so far I havent find any real HTC Gingerbread rom, and those I did, were just filled with dodgy 'senselike' widgets, which is not the same... so I am still patiently waiting for 2.3 with sense
You could always have a look at the ported Z/HD roms for Desire, some of them are very nice. I am currently using RCMixHD 3.4 and I enjoy it a lot. It is basically an incremental update to sense with a few added optimizations.
Thanks for the replies.
AFAIK, the gingerbread keyboard can be ported to android 2.2.
The ROM I installed on my brother's phone was android 2.2.1 but had the gingerbread keyboard.
In regard to the HD ROMs, those can be installed on the regular Desire device?
The HD roms are quite feature rich as compared to Desire roms
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I installed a froyo based rom to my HTC Desire . I thought that when i install a rom , the htc sense will remain same. Is there a mod to have htc sense on this phone?
No, nope, and not a hope.
Why ? By the way do you have a HTC Desire rom adviice to me ?
socktug said:
No, nope, and not a hope.
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FroYo is stock Android and HTC haven't developed Sense to work with it yet. They'll release a Sense-based FroYo ROM once they're ready
There are some alternate apps that replace alot of the sense stuff, the only thing im really missing is the sense camera, do some searching on the apps forum and you can find alot of stuff.
if you miss sense that much, downgrade to a 2.1 rom, alot of good ones out there. I prefer to stay with froyo (even with the current flaws that still need to be fixed) due to the speed increase and flash
We have got many good developers here working on different ROMS.
I just would like to know what ROM are you all using at the moment and why.
I used most of the time Sense rom from Leedroid. I love his boot image and the fact it is sense rom. I tried Sense HD and I like it, but until the camera works is no good for me for day to day use. Last couple of days I use MIUI and it is really different but nice (like iphone OS but on better device)
I've used Defrost, Opendesire, Villainrom, SupervillainHD and Oxygen. Like the ASOP roms the best, as they are the fastest, allow me to choose the addons more (not 3 or more programs for one task, if i don't want to use Sense apps), and are more versatily (at least, appear to me to be so).
Moved to general as this is in no way pertaining to ROM development.
fair enough. I just tought the poll might help people to choose a rom to use/try.
I am using pinky desire classsic at the moment .
CM 6.1 RC - cause simply I hate to update alot. I'm considering it the latest satisfying my needs!
using pays sense rom
tried auraxtsense rom, but reverted back to pays
it has the best dialer i have seen in a rom.
would like to try sense HD, but wont until they fix the camera
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CM 6.1 RC - cause simply I hate to update alot. I'm considering it the latest satisfying my needs!
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I never really tried CM rom. i have to give it a go.
What does Stock mean if you've got Sense?? Sense is stock on the Desire...
EddyOS said:
What does Stock mean if you've got Sense?? Sense is stock on the Desire...
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By sense rom he probably mean roms like leedroid etc.
On that assumption I voted stock as I'm running the stock 2.29.405.2 WWE ROM
Why? As it does all I need it to
OpenDesire
I went from stock ROM to OpenDesire 4.0.36. I do not miss Sense at all and BT keyboard now works (why, HTC, oh why?). The only thing I miss from Sense is the weather widget.
Too bad OpenDesire will not be updated any longer as from the final 4.1 version. I hope it gets Gingerbread (2.3) in the final build.
Leedroid, because it has apps2sd by default and is pretty clean and has some other nice little touches (but still pretty close to stock) like a transparent notification drawer
I tried all rom types, but in the end I return to Sense. People who say AOSP or Cyanogen are faster have clearly never used a sense rom. It's at least on par and scrolling is smoother.
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By sense rom he probably mean roms like leedroid etc.
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yes that's exactly what I mean
Teppic74's Rom and tweaks: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773997
With the GPU and SD card patched kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819601
And a theme I made using UOT kitchen.
I like sense, and I wanted something relatively close to stock but with A2SD and a few other bits and pieces.
<Delurk> Hi all, a noob here, but reasonably intelligent (aka can use the search engine!) and I have a question.
I'm currently using a stock froyo ROM on my desire, and I like it a lot, however I would like to try my hand at developing a hybrid of the stock froyo with Sense 2.0 - I have tried a heavily modded HD sense ROM and liked it, however I like the stock feel to things.
How can I go about trying to develop this idea??
i.e. Is Sense 2.0 simply an app that is compatible with the latest Froyo build??
And if so how do I go about incorporating it into a build using one of the available kitchens??
Many thanks
<lurk>
You'd have to re-write Sense to work on FroYo - can't see it happening so not really worth trying
Do you think the best Official Rom For DHD?
android revolution 2.0.16,, it will make your phone as fast as lightning
Leedroid 2.2.2. Is the best custom rom for your DHD. Look like stock htc rom, but include all available speed patch and battery last double longer than on stock rom.. Recommended!
I've tested both LeeDroid and Android Revolution HD, and I'm sticking to ARHD, but really it's up to each user to find out whichever is "better". When it comes to custom ROM's, which one is "the best one" is in the eye of the beholder; it all comes down to what YOU prefer. Read up on your choices, see screenshots, you could even try a couple of them. You won't know which one to stick with until you've tried a few
EDIT: As ghostofcain kindly pointed out a coulpe of posts down, all of these ROM's are unofficial. To be honest, I don't have much to say about official ROM's, I had the stock ROM for about 1 hour before I flashed my DHD ^_^
I can't stick to a specific rom so i jump between CoreDroid, LeeDroid and ARHD I even used MIUI and Cyanogen for some time, but I like the look of sense more
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all these ROM's are unofficial! but for my 2 cents it's CyanogenMod 7 all the way, Froyo is so last year.
Hi All,
I am picking up a cheap HTC Wildfire as a replacement for my wifes broken Palm Pre and wondered what is the best version of Android to intall on the phone?
Thanks for any help or pointers.
PS - I have a HTC One X and love Android
EN4CER69 said:
Hi All,
I am picking up a cheap HTC Wildfire as a replacement for my wifes broken Palm Pre and wondered what is the best version of Android to intall on the phone?
Thanks for any help or pointers.
PS - I have a HTC One X and love Android
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If you want a fast rom, you should choose between gingerbread or froyo.
If you want a rom with htc sense froyo is your best bet, there aren't stable roms with both gingerbread and sense.
Cm9 (ice cream sandwich) works fine but it won't be fast as gingerbread or froyo.
elia222 said:
If you want a fast rom, you should choose between gingerbread or froyo.
If you want a rom with htc sense froyo is your best bet, there aren't stable roms with both gingerbread and sense.
Cm9 (ice cream sandwich) works fine but it won't be fast as gingerbread or froyo.
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Why would you say Froyo is better with HTC sense?, will I be more limited to apps I can run with Froyo?
Thanks for you help
EN4CER69 said:
Why would you say Froyo is better with HTC sense?, will I be more limited to apps I can run with Froyo?
Thanks for you help
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Yes, few apps don't work with froyo, but there aren't fully working roms with gingerbread+htc sense for wildfire (they all have gps, bluetooth and other things not working).
If you want a gingerbread rom choose an aosp one like cm7
elia222 said:
Yes, few apps don't work with froyo, but there aren't fully working roms with gingerbread+htc sense for wildfire (they all have gps, bluetooth and other things not working).
If you want a gingerbread rom choose an aosp one like cm7
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So which would you say is better as a clean OS without a ROM ?
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So which would you say is better as a clean OS without a ROM ?
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For me the best it's gingerbread. However everyone has a different opinion, so you should choose the one that fits better your needs
for me gb roms are better too. u can install much more apps than on froyo (; for me it is faster and more stable. for A few months i use cm 7.2 stable and i never met bigger problems :3
Taptapped from my little killer iPod 4G (;