Hey guys.
I'm currently the owner of an HTC HD2 that's running a NAND installation of Android 2.3. (HyperDroidGBX)
I have a potential trade in place to give someone here my HD2 for his G2.
I was wondering if you guys could tell me what current ROM seems to be the fastest for the G2.
I'd like to do some research before I pull the trigger on the deal, and any info you can provide would be extremely appreciated. I know there's no such thing as a "Best" ROM as everyone's tastes are different, but there's usually a couple that stand out speed-wise.
Thanks!
Try CM7 nightly～
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Try CM7 nightly～
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Thanks, I'll read up on that one.
What exactly is the whole "nightly" thing?
HD2 has them as well, and never understood what it meant.
nightly means it gets updated nightly.
you don't flash a new rom but every night there's a new update and changes are made to the rom
do you like HTC Sense? if so, go Virtuous
if you prefer not to have HTC Sense, then go CM7. Start with the stable build then when you're confident, go nightly.
Ultimatedroid is the fastest hands down. Any of the gingersense type roms are decent. But for smooth and fast UD is where its at regardless of what certain people might say in response to this..
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meXdroid meXperia rom definitely. Most themed and efficient. Quite smooth
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Mexdroid! It's built off CM, and has great custom theming and other tweaks.
Personally I am sticking with the stock (rooted) ROM until CM7 goes stable (and is proven as actually stable)
For me stability and all features working is paramount, that philosophy drives me to wipe every time I update, since getting everything back the way it was after I wipe is a PITA I will only update if I know that the new build will work for me for several months at a minimum.
As I understand it RC4 is almost there (there still seem to be some lingering GPS and other issues) but since the final release is likely imminent I don't want to wipe & install RC4 only to wipe again in a few weeks to install the final release.
If you don't feel the need to wipe between updates (which IMO produces instability) or you don't need 100% reliability in general I'd say go for RC4.
Dude, all roms i use r stable 98% of time. Don't stick with stock cuz u hear bad stuff. Reputable roms are daily drivers. Any problems pop up i just reboot and usually they go away. You're missing out bigtime yo
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I don't mind a few hiccups in exchange for customization.
I'm running HyperDroid GBX on my HD2 right now, and it's awesome. Really fast, stable, and generally fine for a daily driver.
Wouldn't mind something similar on the G2. Sounds like the CM7 nightly might be the one.
Although knowing me, I'd probably try a few anyway.
I like a clean look, which is why I like HyperDroid so much:
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The G2 I'm getting is untouched. It's on stock ROM, no root, etc.
I've read on some threads that rooting has a high risk of bricking the phone. Is this true?
I have only done work on the HD2 so far. Plenty of experience with that, but I never really ran the risk of bricking as long as I had the right radio/ROM combo.
I used to have hd2 and develope for it now I make a close to stock gingerbread build 2.3.3 based on cm7 newest nightlys removing almost all cm stuff it is really fast and greet battery life
Use gfree method worked for me and to have less of risk don't flash enginnering boot loader. That's the only way to brick your phone
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Hello everyone,
Complete noob here tried doing some searching and lots of reading but I could not quite answer my questions. I have an Evo running the just released root (plain default ROM?). I am looking to install a new ROM/Kernel and my primary focus are:
1. Stability
2. Battery Life
3. Performance
4. Features
There are a TON of ROM and Kernel releases and its more then a bit confusing. I've been concentrating on the CM6, Fresh, Evio and Backed Snack. I was planning on using CM6 (it seems highly respected and optimized for stability and speed) but I use 4G all the time and HDMI now and then.
At least at this stage in my research I had Fresh 3.2 as my second choice with Evio/Bakedsnack tied for third (again this is not a review and strictly based on just what I've been reading about these and my take away impression at this time). I don't mind playing around with these to find one that I like but I wasn't sure which Kernel I should use. Are there particular ROM + Kernel versions that are highly respected (keep in mind my priorities above)?
Anyway thank you all for your time and assistance
With your requirements I would recommend the stock 2.2 ROM with the netarchy toastmod kernal. You can get Titanium Backup and go to settings and enable "Chuck Norris" mode to delete some of the Sprint Bloatware you don't want. Just be careful not to delete anything that you don't know what it is (Google Talk is a good example since it controls your market downloads). If you insist on a custom ROM go for Baked Snack with the matching netarchy kernal. It's a nice Rom.
Haven't used too many stock ROMS lately, but you're looking for a good custom ROM Baked Snack is a great choice. I use Baked Kernel #5 and get great battery life and also no noticeable loss in speed.
I used CM6 for a while, but wasn't to happy with it. The EVO seems like it is just to complicated for them. No disrespect intended Team Cyanogen is amazing, but there are still a lot of kinks to work out in AOSP.
Hope I helped.
-Stew
Either fresh 3.2 or evio. I have used every Rom in here. Evio was my daily til Sprint apps were not updating. He is fixing that. But 3.2 fresh is the best Rom I have used to date hands down. I used kings #8 the with it. As for baked snack. He rocked eclair but not so on froyo. Just ran 1.7 pfft waste of 2 hours. Kernel is messed up and so is Sprint tv. He smokes too much medical marijuana when programming lol. Not against a little thc but it shows in his latest roms in my opinion. I have a hard enough time typing when I am that high lol
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I'm new to flashing roms and... My first was a deodexed stock 2.2 from steelh.. With riptide theme.. Now I'm on fresh 3.2 and it nice very smooth and stable.. He is using a new kernel our something from htc it sprint.. I left phone idle/sleep and checked it every now and then.. Took 1 hour 50 mins to loose 1% battery..
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I think the next rom I'm going to flash is either going to be one of the xxxvirusxxx roms or the osx chihuaha.. Its as 50/50 sense/aosp rom..
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I have tried CM6, nectarchy's Burnt Dorid, and Virus new Carbon rom, but none have pleased me as much as netarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build.
This is by far my favorite rom, i have been testing a bunch to see what give's me the best result, so far with this rom and with netarchy's 4.1.9 cfs kernel my genius phone flies while being clocked at 1.19, i would not suggest higher then that as my phone freeze's after 1.19, i haven't found a kernel yet that is as perfectly matched to this rom as is 4.1.9. cfs
thanks netarchy, best setup IMO.
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Ok so I ran Fresh 3.2 with stock kernel and was impressed how stable (short term heavy use) and easy to flash. I was finally able to flash CM6 but only after running the NAND unlock flash I found on one of these forums. Only thing was that my bench was lowest on fresh followed by the stock and then CM6 was highest. CM 6 is fast and has some cool features but overall it just didnt fit me. I'm going to try fresh and kings #8 next followed by the netarchy suggestion.
Thank you all for your help! I have to say the friendlyness of this community to a new noob is refreshing!
I've tried out many, many ROMs since I got mine and I like EViO the best. Using EViO 2 1.2 Beta 2 with King's #8 BFS kernel.
Going to give EVIO a try next.
I finally rooted my EVO with froyo. I now would like to know if there is a solid and stable rom out there that has all the stock evo looks (sense, phone, contacts etc etc) I also want to the ability to overclock.
Love how solid and fast cyanogen is, but I just don't like the look. I want a rom that is equally as solid and fast, but with all the stock like appearances. Not sure if something like that exists. Please let me know as I am a n00b to this whole thing.
Thank you in advance
I have been very happy w/ Fresh. Tried out Baked Snack and that's good too.
I have been using OMJ but it seems to be very lagy at times
Fresh 3.2 is a great Rom and very stable.
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why not just flash a new kernel to the existing rom? Especially if you like the look and feel of the stock rom already, because the majority of the people cooking roms aren't offering you stability and performance, they're giving you their own personal cosmetic design preferences which often sucks, lol
The others posted are not stock looking,
This one is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743352. This one you can put multiple kernels on.
Fresh 3.2.0.0 is the only way to go. I've had great luck with the latest version. Excellent battery life and no issues at all. Everything just works.
I can't wait for Sprint/HTC to release the newest OTA and source so we can get this kernel into the hands of the devs.
Fresh 3.2.0.0
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I like Baked Snack, myself.
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't grabbing a deodexed stock 2.2 do the trick?
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Fresh 3.2 bbuuddyyyy
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I like Baked Snack, myself.
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QFT
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You guys all suggested excellent roms. As far as stability and stock look and feel go you may want to look at running a combination of the following ..
ROM - damage control 3.5 final
KERNEL - either netarchy's or king's latest stable version (I'm partial to netarchy but that's just me).
NO THEME
The only concern I'd have about running that myself is it's not running the newest release (like fresh is, for example), and I'm a geek that way Plus the newer release is nicer to my battery
Tiepoz baught two yoo bi swype"3
Does anyone have the KingxKernel BFS#5 from last year they would be willing to share with me ?
I did, but actually deleted it about a week ago lol. I have #6 if you would like that instead.
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Yeah please. That would be cool. What are the differences?
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I honestly don't know/remember the differences, but I'll send it over to you in a pm right now.
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Does anyone have the KingxKernel BFS#5 from last year they would be willing to share with me ?
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I have these ifbthis is what you are looking for?
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It is. Just sent you a PM
I didn't see an option to add an attachment in a PM. So here it is. Hit the thanks button!
Sorry to butt in here, guys...
Could I get a copy of #6, please?
Thanks
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Sorry to butt in here, guys...
Could I get a copy of #6, please?
Thanks
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Great! Thanks!
I'm trying to amass a small collection of Sense kernels so I can try them out on my recently rooted AMOLED DInc. So far I've tried HeyItsLou #9, Incredikernel, and Ziggy471. Next up will be KiNgxKernels #5 and 6, followed by Order 3. I'm still trying to track down a Hydrakernel but am having no luck.
I'm posting my impressions on a thread I started over in the Droid Incredible General area. People keep trying to convince me to try ROMs too, but I've not liked CM7 or SkyRaider 4. I like this stock Sense ROM I've gutted the bloat out of. Now I'm just trying to tweak battery life through custom kernels.
I'm also sort of trying to figure out which radios do what and how they impact battery life -- no easy task, let me tell you. I guess I just need to try harder.
Thanks again!
p.s. FWIW I'm sticking with Incredikernel 2.6.32.27 for now
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I'm still trying to track down a Hydrakernel but am having no luck.
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I have 2 of them I uploaded to Dropbox
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http://db.tt/eGCXR3B
Yea, I'm not a big fan of the CM7. I liked the stock ROM and like you did, removed everything out I did not know or used. I tried a lot of ROM and now I am liking the WarmZ 2.2 nightly 04/23. I have pretty much stripped that ROM down to nothing after I installed it by removing apps and widgets. When flashing the nightlies it became tedious going through adb and removing each file, so I created a bash script that when ran, deleted all the unnecessary apps and skins. So far this ROM is awesome and looks good.
As far as kernels, Lou's #8 that came inside the ROM is good on battery for me. I can go 16 hours and some with lots of texting and facebooking. I have tried ziggy's and chad's incredikernal, both had good battery life, but each had their downfalls, whether it be laggy when scrolling or just random restarts. Lou's #8 seems smooth all around with this ROM
Radios, well I am hooked on the 2.15.00.11.19 It seems to hold out and gives me less call drops and faster download speeds. I tried the new GB leaked radio 2.15.10.05.06 and had about the same download speeds, but experienced more call drops.
I think at this point once you find a ROM you like, its more of experimenting with different kernels and radios until you find the best combination that suits you. That's what I did
And thank you to you two as well.
I'm new to this but trying hard to figure out what's going on. I have a pretty good grasp of what goes on with kernels and ROMS, now I just want to see what's up with radios.
I'm enjoying swapping out kernels because I can change the performance of my Incredible without having to reconfigure everything. I never did try HeyItsLou #8, so I guess it's worth a shot even though #9 wasn't very good for me.
Later
Thanks again for the hydra kernels. I'm trying one out now, the one that's named ocuv_v10. How is the other one (ocuv_ov_v10) different? Does it use HAVS or something?
Thanks
Having recently gone S-Off (and bricked and unbricked my phone, big learning experience!) I'm wondering....
Currently running Insert Coin V2 Sense ROM with the CM7 HBOOT. Now I like this ROM a lot but there seems to be an issue with it detecting a 100% battery but apart from that it's also killing my battery very fast - understandable given the size of the battery and what functions the ROM is providing.
That said, I'm going on my hol's later this year and would really like a ROM that goes a bit easier on my battery and I'm looking at the Oxygen AOSP ROM. I know, non-sense and I'll miss that but I'll miss my phone a lot more if it can only handle an hour or two in an internet enabled pub!!!
Oxygen runs its own custom HBOOT, I have no issues with installing that. Insert Coin also runs its own HBOOT, both are of course different.
If I Nandroid backed these up, would a restore also restore the correct partitions? I'm suspecting that that would be too easy and it won't. Anybody else been in this dilemma where style over function can be detrimental?
Just updated my radio to the very latest (5.17.05.23) with no issues too so I should be good to go on any ROM going. I've got a class 10 16Gb SD card on its way so I'm hoping that I can have a couple of ROM's at my disposal via recovery but must they all have the same partition table (aka HBOOT) ?
Hello there,
Unfortunately it won't restore the correct partitions. If you go for the Oxygen HBOOT, and install the Oxygen ROM, the battery life is pretty sustainable.
You can go for about 24 hours (with minimal use) with this ROM, which is fantastic - probably even more with WiFi turned off etc (Gingerbread). When I was using the Froyo version of the ROM, I could get 30 hours easy out of it.. 24 hours with light usage, and about 16 hours of heavy usage.
Your best bet mate is to go with Oxygen if that's what you want - you never know, you might actually enjoy the ROM more than InsertCoin . And in fact.. Trailing back to your original question..
If you want to go to Oxygen, feel free to flash the HBOOT - Remember to Nandroid your InsertCoin ROM first. The Nandroid won't back up your partition table, but you can in fact flash the CM7 HBOOT and restore the Nandroid of the InsertCoin ROM at your wish and that'll be perfectly fine.
Hope this helps!
Oh and by the way, I'm running Gingerbread Oxygen now, and I'm sure this doesn't look too bad, no?
http://twitpic.com/570go1
Excuse the lack of battery life on that picture!
Dan.
Many thanks my friend, that was exactly the answer that I was looking for. It's all clear now.
I'll miss my Insert Coin though Will give an AOSP ROM a shot though, carrying a spare battery and a portable charger just for a couple of hours in the pub tops is a bit overkill....
And my current Insert Coin homescreen...
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When you say insertcoin v2 you mean the insertcoin hd v201 or the gingersense one? Have used both and highly recommend the second. It's got everything in hd plus more plus gingerbread plus better battery
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I'll miss my Insert Coin though Will give an AOSP ROM a shot though, carrying a spare battery and a portable charger just for a couple of hours in the pub tops is a bit overkill....
And my current Insert Coin homescreen...
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Aye I know what you mean.. Carrying an extra battery around may be the only choice as well unfortunately. I love the Desire, I do admit.. Though I just wish it had a long battery life, like the (blasphemy going to occur) iPhone!
Sense is nice also
Dan
I've been looking through the forums and to be honest the amount of options are kind of overwhelming. I'm looking for a ROM/Kernel combo to give me the best/most stable battery and performance combination. I don't want all day battery at the cost of having to underclock everything and killing every sync option I have, but I want no sacrifice in performance either. What are my options? Should I play it safe and go with the new CM9 or stick with vanilla ICS and just get a different kernel?
Oh and since this is my first unlocked phone, what APN should I be using? I'll be in New England mostly on AT&T if that matters at all. And will there be anything else I need to do once I get the phone on day 1? I just wanna make sure I'm prepared and good to go from the beginning.
I'd go with either CM9 RC1 or Black Ice/Kangorade. Franco's kernels work well with these ROMs.
Easiest route, unlock the bootloader, use the GenNex toolkit to push the recovery of your choice. Flash the ROM as directed, make mama proud.
Experiment. Mix and match and find the best match for your. With Android there is a lot of customization you can do.
Stay with stock first, and feel your way around. Once you get your sea legs then you can mess around. The Gnex is 90% brick proof if you know what you're doing. Just make sure that you unlock your bootloader first before you sync your Google account because unlocking wipes data for most phones.
APN settings usually populate when you stick your sim in. No need to enter it manually
AOKP has the most features, CM9 nightlies are pretty rad, and Bigxie's Jelly Bean is super slick. For kernels I've tried them all and bought everyone's apps but I like Trinity or LeanKernel. Been using Trinity for the last month or two exclusively, super happy. The world is your oyster with Maguro.
It boils down to what do YOU like from each ROM and which one stands out as best for you obviously. The great thing is just to try them all out. Lots are real good IMO. Don't forget to purchase Titanium Backup :beer:
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I was previously using AOKP ROM + Franco Kernel (latest milestone releases). I recently switched to Bigxie's JB ROM and I'm planning to try it out for a few days.
I would suggest to just try and experiment with the combination of custom ROMs and kernels. Each custom ROM and kernel provides different experiences.
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Thanks guys, I've done some flashing before back with my Evo I just left for a while when almost no ICS Rom was stable enough to be a daily driver. I'm looking mainly for advantages between Cyan vs AOKP vs anybody else out there really. Like who they're mainly for and whatnot. I appreciate the feedback tho.