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[Q] Stable rom for daily driver

I am looking for a stable 2.2 or 2.2.1 rom for my wifes g2. I have glanced at the development forum and it seems gingerbread is all the rage right now. My wife just needs a solid, dependable, daily driver. I just want to flash something for her that works and be done with it. The stock rom seems to have some bloat and I am hoping for better battery life as well.
What is the most popular rom at the moment? I rooted her phone (permanent s-off) so I am ready to go. Thanks in advance!

I would honestly suggest cm7. Or for the best sense rom, virtuous. You could just remove the bloat with Titanium backup from the stock rom.
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Thanks for the info. I will probably give virtuous a try.

Highly recommend virtuous' froyo offering until the dev releases the gingerbread version. I've been using it since I got my DZ and it's simply amazing how stable and fast it really is.

I actually flashed Virtuous this morning to see if it was any good and all I can say is it was laggy as a shaggy sheep. I flashed the whole thing through rom manager and did a full wipe so I don't know what the hell but it was insanely laggy. You could hit a button and wait well over a second for a response. Maybe I needed to flash a new kernel? Maybe I needed to run the update from .0 to .1? Who knows?! I found it aesthetically pleasing but that is about it. (Maybe it is because I have a g2 and it is for desire z?)
For stable daily drivers I've been using Cm6.1.1 for nearly a month. I found Cm7RC4 to have to many niggling issues like my camera locking up the phone every couple times I tried to use it. Let alone needing to use gps.
I hear good things about miui but I cannot speak from experience.

I've been using CM7 RC2 for a couple of weeks now without issue. It has been stable, improved battery life and performance.

I'd also suggest CM7. I've been using that ever since i rooted my phone, and havent had any problems with it so far.

astriaos said:
I actually flashed Virtuous this morning to see if it was any good and all I can say is it was laggy as a shaggy sheep. I flashed the whole thing through rom manager and did a full wipe so I don't know what the hell but it was insanely laggy.
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I have never flashed a rom through rom manager. Only really used it to get CWM installed. I prefer to get a rom going the old fashioned way and flash through recovery. Did a full wipe of data, battery, davlik then installed the rom on day one and has been running flawless ever since.

While CM7 is working good its not 100% stable yet. There are random reboots and freezes. I would say the most stable ROM at the moment is CM6.1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841275 It's not Gingerbread but still everything works and there are no problems to report.

astriaos said:
I actually flashed Virtuous this morning to see if it was any good and all I can say is it was laggy as a shaggy sheep.
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Keep in mind that CyanogenMod is designed specifically to be *fast*. Virtuous is simply a port of the HTC Sense ROM. Also, keep in mind that Virtuous comes 'out of the box' with the regular HTC kernel - 800MHz, no changes. There are 2 additional kernels available: Standard - OC'd to 1GHz (highest you can go without changing voltage) and a built-in screen off profile. Does not support SetCPU or anything. Advanced is a full-blown open kernel - you can setup your own profiles, overclock (I think to 1.5GHz or so). I personally run Advanced to 1.2GHz with some other profiles, but if it was my wife's phone, I'd toss the Standard kernel in there and call it a day.
Also, Sense *does* add some bloat (it's an entirely new UI), but it's totally worth it, IMO (especially for a girl's phone). The improved visuals, extra features, etc make it totally worth it. If you're doing that much, go ahead and setup LauncherPro instead of the stock Sense launcher and she'll be rocking and rolling.

This is very helpful info everyone. I now have to decide between cm 6.1 and virtuous. Sounds like both of these roms are the set it and forget it variety which is what I was looking for. She is not a flashaholic like myself so one stable rom is all I need.
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I used to use virtuous but now I'm running sense ginger from team villain. Flawless IMHO. By far the best battery life I have ever had with normal use. Give it a shot. Also FYI you need to OC virtuous to run good.
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From experience... Virtuous
Nice and stable

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Also FYI you need to OC virtuous to run good.
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See that is the thing, I don't like the fact that I will have to overclock my phone to make Virtuous "run good". That is pretty damn silly in fact. I mean they package the kernel for stock speeds since it is based on the DZ stock rom. What about all those desireZ owners? They surely don't have to overclock to make their phones run without any lag. Why not package a kernel that is capable of overclocking to a reasonable speed out of the box like any one of the cyanogen releases?
I feel this is a tremendous oversight on the ROM developers part. I would love to rock their rom and get a good feel for Sense UI so all the people who come to me for advice on tech related matters can have my unbiased opinion on the UI, not what I had to go through to make it run without any lag. That is some Grade A bull****.
I suppose it would be less bull**** if I knew how to flash a kernel.

You flash it the same as a Rom except no wipe and it takes about 30 seconds. Also virtuous used to come stock with overclock but took many people were having issues with it. As in they don't know how to set up proper profiles with a setcpu type program. So the overlook kernels became an extra add-on for more advanced users.
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Virtuous is good with overclock. I found the untouched gingerbread sense ruu that rmk prepared to be a lot smoother. Bluetooth was a bit hit and miss though.
I'm on the saga ginger sense rom right now and no issues at all. Had to tweak some aesthetic things like font, but it's good.
Still haven't found a rom on the dz as good as Super D was on the G1 yet...
Man, Super D rocked...I'm getting all nostalgic. I'm gonna have to go visit my g1 soon (I sold it to my buddy) lol oh yeah...I'll visit my buddy too haha
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astriaos said:
I actually flashed Virtuous this morning to see if it was any good and all I can say is it was laggy as a shaggy sheep. I flashed the whole thing through rom manager and did a full wipe so I don't know what the hell but it was insanely laggy. You could hit a button and wait well over a second for a response. Maybe I needed to flash a new kernel? Maybe I needed to run the update from .0 to .1? Who knows?! I found it aesthetically pleasing but that is about it. (Maybe it is because I have a g2 and it is for desire z?)
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Funny thing, I think the first 20 or so minutes on a new rom may not be representative. I flashed my wife's mt3g slide using the stock update, and it lagged BADLY for the first 20 min. Including a battery pull because the phone app (com.android.phone) went non responsive. Just my $0.02.
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I mess around with other roms, but I keep coming back to CM6.1.1. Virtuous is nice, but I'm not a fan of Sense UI.
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Ultimate Droid 3.2.5
This rom gives you plenty of options, is as stable as CM6.1 or more stable. Runs faster.
I do think it scores somewhat slower on the benchmarks, however in this users opinion it is much faster in scrolling, loading, and general usage.
You will have to google to find it, but give it a try. You can have lots of the sense elements or disable them if you want a more plan vanilla experience.
Also I did very much like cm6.1
Cm7 is coming along but still working out many bugs... see the changelog. Many will say this is stable enough for daily use.

I used to use virtuous, have since moved on to gingerbread ROMs though. When I was using virtuous it was brilliant. Fast and stable. It was not laggy like another user said. I used CWM recovery to flash it and did a full data/cache wipe beforehand and you should do whenever you change ROMs. Another vote for senses ease of use and virtuous' reliability!
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MikG v2.4 -VS- Synergy RC2

Which do you think is better?

simosezj said:
Which do you think is better?
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I've tried several ROM's, but not Mik. I have been using Synergy RC1 and now RC2 and both of them are by far the best of any I have tried. Fast, fast, fast and highly customizable.

simosezj said:
Which do you think is better?
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if you need to ask, you need to flash ......or maybe I just narrowly escaped a troll trap

never tried mikg but i am running synergy rc2 and before that i ran rc1 and before that the super early nightlys and even the nightly builds were smooth as hell haha. so i would recommend synergy and with myns huge fan base there is tons of flashable customizations to make it how you like it and im sure there is much more to come

I have tried both out and i have to say they are both very good. MikG 2.2 was Very Very fast and fluid haven't tried 2.4 but i see some issues already with that one but i currently reflahsed to RC2 to give that a go and so far i am happy its faster then rc1 also some tiny quirks i had it reboot on me 1 time but that was after i flashed not sure what caused that. So if you were to choose between the two id say its a toss up,. Try both and see whats better for you. Oh,, Mik comes with some extra apps that i never used but again the roms are both great in my opinion.

This is all great, i'm looking for some ROMs as well... unfortunately i can't root my EVO yet... stuck on 2.3.3 (decided to root too late in the game) but with all the commotion surrounding the idea of a possible binary root i have been eagerly looking for a Sense 3.0 ROM
i have looked all over utoob for a review of the Synergy RC2 but haven't found a single one... i did read somewhere tho that synergy's platform is Froyo and not gingerbread... not sure tho.
any other suggestions? is there something better out there? i would check myself... but as stated above, i cannot root my EVO yet :/

cleric05 said:
This is all great, i'm looking for some ROMs as well... unfortunately i can't root my EVO yet... stuck on 2.3.3 (decided to root too late in the game) but with all the commotion surrounding the idea of a possible binary root i have been eagerly looking for a Sense 3.0 ROM
i have looked all over utoob for a review of the Synergy RC2 but haven't found a single one... i did read somewhere tho that synergy's platform is Froyo and not gingerbread... not sure tho.
any other suggestions? is there something better out there? i would check myself... but as stated above, i cannot root my EVO yet :/
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Synergy is definetly gingerbread and so is mikg.
They are bothe 2.1/3.0 sense ports. Im sure youll be happy with either one
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bnarvaez said:
I have tried both out and i have to say they are both very good. MikG 2.2 was Very Very fast and fluid haven't tried 2.4 but i see some issues already with that one but i currently reflahsed to RC2 to give that a go and so far i am happy its faster then rc1 also some tiny quirks i had it reboot on me 1 time but that was after i flashed not sure what caused that. So if you were to choose between the two id say its a toss up,. Try both and see whats better for you. Oh,, Mik comes with some extra apps that i never used but again the roms are both great in my opinion.
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How do you see issues with a ROM that you've never tested yourself? As for the apps that Mik often includes, you can remove them yourself if you don't want them. I'd say that Mik and Synergy have about the same fan base (size wise).

I was on RC1 but went to the 3.0 nightlies. I daily drove RC1 for awhile but liked the carousel effects and a few minor things so I have been doing nightlies for awhile.
I think today I am going to go back to Synergy though. 3.0 is just too unstable for MY application. Fantastic Rom and works for some but it's too laggy for myself.
Mik was a good rom too but I ran it for so long I just wanted the change. Overall I think I like Synergy better with RC1 and am hearing RC2 only improved it.
LOL I think I might have ADD'ed out on this post. Sorry

Neither... This mik is a great Dec himself... The fastest smoothest most stable build to date with full sense 3.0 would be Kings Kingdom
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cleric05 said:
This is all great, i'm looking for some ROMs as well... unfortunately i can't root my EVO yet... stuck on 2.3.3 (decided to root too late in the game) but with all the commotion surrounding the idea of a possible binary root i have been eagerly looking for a Sense 3.0 ROM
i have looked all over utoob for a review of the Synergy RC2 but haven't found a single one... i did read somewhere tho that synergy's platform is Froyo and not gingerbread... not sure tho.
any other suggestions? is there something better out there? i would check myself... but as stated above, i cannot root my EVO yet :/
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Synergy had Sense 2.1 with many 3.0 items added to it. And if you look at the first page of Synergy thread there is 2 different reviews and at least 1 of then is a video review. I actually think both are.
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cleric05 said:
This is all great, i'm looking for some ROMs as well... unfortunately i can't root my EVO yet... stuck on 2.3.3 (decided to root too late in the game) but with all the commotion surrounding the idea of a possible binary root i have been eagerly looking for a Sense 3.0 ROM
i have looked all over utoob for a review of the Synergy RC2 but haven't found a single one... i did read somewhere tho that synergy's platform is Froyo and not gingerbread... not sure tho.
any other suggestions? is there something better out there? i would check myself... but as stated above, i cannot root my EVO yet :/
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Just watch an rc1 video. Its basically the same thing. Rc2 just has minor fixes
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Have been using MikG since 2.2 and liking it a lot. Near as I can tell, everything works, and does so smoothly. I gave Synergy RC1 a shot and had couple of issues with Email and SMS. My guess would be that those issues were addressed for the RC2 release and probably aren't a problem. I just haven't taken the opportunity to try it out yet. Other than that, better is a relative term. Try them out and see which one fits your needs and wants.

Both are solid roms but i have to go with synergy for now

I've used both MikG 2.4 and Synergy RC1 and now RC2. I like both roms, but have to go with Synergy RC2 ftw
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Tried both, and MikG hands down. EPST actually works fully on MikG. Do a simple thing like GPSCLRX and it'll say Restarting in 10secs but it doesn't on Synergy. You have to manually restart. On MikG it simply just works. Little things like that make MikG better.

simosezj said:
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For Me it is MikG as it is more customizeable

CDobra58 said:
For Me it is MikG as it is more customizeable
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I'm not trying to start anything...but what do you mean more customizeable sir?
But yes, I would go with mik G hands down if I was rooted. I had always been a myn/warm rom fan until I used mikroms and they are clean, polished, and mik-optimized! Plus...we have an entire site dedicated to mikroms and so questions and answers are quickly responded to. Not to say that synergy is bad, because myn is still one of my favorites ..but I am saying aamikam is the best. Plus, synergy used (with expressed permissions) ideas and files from mikg so most things you find in synergy are in MikG.
But as I usually tell peeps, flash both! Nandroid and try each out for a day or a few hours. Set up your emails aand browse and stuff. See which one works on your phone. Both roms have great communities. I am mostly over on themikmik but when perusing xda I am either on Q&A threads or posting with the mynions
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Rom suggestions wanted

Ok, so here's the thing. I'm currently running rmk gingersense. It's been pretty good, but i'm fairly tired of sense, and lately have had lots of little issues with it like bluetooth shutting itself off, updates not downloading, etc. I'm a fan of CM7 but i can't run CM7/MIUI roms because of the volume issues.
Can anyone recommend a good rom where things like volume and other basic functions work well but offer something other than sense?

tspderek said:
Ok, so here's the thing. I'm currently running rmk gingersense. It's been pretty good, but i'm fairly tired of sense, and lately have had lots of little issues with it like bluetooth shutting itself off, updates not downloading, etc. I'm a fan of CM7 but i can't run CM7/MIUI roms because of the volume issues.
Can anyone recommend a good rom where things like volume and other basic functions work well but offer something other than sense?
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Dude, I ran MIUI just a few days ago and it was fine. I was using the Tiamat 1.1.3 kernel for sound issues, and that fixed them. And I've heard it works wonders on cm7 as well.
Personally I've been running Newt's DINC2HD for the past few days and I can't get myself to run anything else lol.

tylerlawhon said:
Dude, I ran MIUI just a few days ago and it was fine. I was using the Tiamat 1.1.3 kernel for sound issues, and that fixed them. And I've heard it works wonders on cm7 as well.
Personally I've been running Newt's DINC2HD for the past few days and I can't get myself to run anything else lol.
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MIUI is awesome w/ Tiamat, so is CM7. One of the only other really great popular roms out there is Virtuous and I believe it's an AOSP as well. Personally I enjoy sense to death. The only issue is that it tends to drain more battery, so AOSP is the way to go.
On a side note tyler, have you tried the skyraider rom? It looks promising. Also, the pyramid rom looks pretty nifty too.

Maybe I'll check miui and CM7 out again, then. CM7 was way too quiet when I first tried it, and since I'm on call a lot, good volume is critical.
Is the headset mic bug fixed now?

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MIUI is awesome w/ Tiamat, so is CM7. One of the only other really great popular roms out there is Virtuous and I believe it's an AOSP as well. Personally I enjoy sense to death. The only issue is that it tends to drain more battery, so AOSP is the way to go.
On a side note tyler, have you tried the skyraider rom? It looks promising. Also, the pyramid rom looks pretty nifty too.
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I've tried both of those, and virtuous (which is rmk's sense 3.0 ROM) and they don't stand up (in my himble opinion) to DINC2HD, which is pretty much a sneak preview (if you will) of what's to come in HTC's lineup. This is not to be confused with Newt's Bliss MySense 3.5; definitely not the same thing. Go check 'em out. Due to the fact that Newt left XDA, you have to go to his site to get the ROMs.

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I've tried both of those, and virtuous (which is rmk's sense 3.0 ROM) and they don't stand up (in my himble opinion) to DINC2HD, which is pretty much a sneak preview (if you will) of what's to come in HTC's lineup. This is not to be confused with Newt's Bliss MySense 3.5; definitely not the same thing. Go check 'em out. Due to the fact that Newt left XDA, you have to go to his site to get the ROMs.
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Yeah, I've played w/ I2HD. It's laggy on my phone. I love BAMF Incredible, yet it's a sense rom which I'm trying to get away from lol

digitalsynner85 said:
Yeah, I've played w/ I2HD. It's laggy on my phone. I love BAMF Incredible, yet it's a sense rom which I'm trying to get away from lol
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It was a bit laggy for me as well, until I messed with the OC Daemon... Now it's snappy, especially if you use his patch and flashover.

Interesting. I'll have to look that stuff up. I didn't realize there were those patches. I must've missed a few days of posting on it lol.

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Interesting. I'll have to look that stuff up. I didn't realize there were those patches. I must've missed a few days of posting on it lol.
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Yeah in the OP, under the download for the ROM itself, there's the patch and under that is the flashover. Install the ROM, set it up, then go to recovery and flash the patch and flashover. you can also flash any mods then as well.

dinc2hd is sense based, yes? i'm leaning toward miui right now for the claimed camera improvements, provided audio is OK. i really like the speed and customizability of the vanilla roms.

tspderek said:
Maybe I'll check miui and CM7 out again, then. CM7 was way too quiet when I first tried it, and since I'm on call a lot, good volume is critical.
Is the headset mic bug fixed now?
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Supposedly it is tsp. At least from what I read in the ROM Manager comments, people are saying it's fixed.

tspderek said:
dinc2hd is sense based, yes? i'm leaning toward miui right now for the claimed camera improvements, provided audio is OK. i really like the speed and customizability of the vanilla roms.
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Yes, DINC2HD is sense based, but it's sense 3.5 which I don't think is officially released.

tspderek said:
dinc2hd is sense based, yes? i'm leaning toward miui right now for the claimed camera improvements, provided audio is OK. i really like the speed and customizability of the vanilla roms.
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Yeah it is. I never had an issue with the I2HD audio. CM7 is supposed to have an improved camera. They supposedly removed the grey around the borders and made it more like the sense-camera. Also, they added in their own custom lock-ring lockscreen.
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Yes, DINC2HD is sense based, but it's sense 3.5 which I don't think is officially released.
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Yeah, it's a port over from the runnymede I believe, so there isn't any support available on the phones that don't natively run it.

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Yeah it is. I never had an issue with the I2HD audio. CM7 is supposed to have an improved camera. They supposedly removed the grey around the borders and made it more like the sense-camera. Also, they added in their own custom lock-ring lockscreen.
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Yeah, it's a port over from the runnymede I believe, so there isn't any support available on the phones that don't natively run it.
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That's not necessarily true. Newt is offering pretty solid support.

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That's not necessarily true. Newt is offering pretty solid support.
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Lemme rephrase that. There's no official support from HTC on sense 3.5 on devices that don't natively run it. lol

I ran CM7 for about a year on my old incredible. Sense 3.0 is a really nice change. Loving virtuous.
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dinc2hd is sense based, yes? i'm leaning toward miui right now for the claimed camera improvements, provided audio is OK. i really like the speed and customizability of the vanilla roms.
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Run miui. And ill build you a Lockscreen lol
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CM7 is amazing. Just use a custom kernel to fix call issues. Just remember that cyanogenmod is still beta, nightlies are buggy. Personally I haven't observed wifi mms issues others are reporting up to nightly 85 which is my current.
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I installed miui, and love it so far. wish the headset mic worked, and the compass, but i can wait most likely.

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I installed miui, and love it so far. wish the headset mic worked, and the compass, but i can wait most likely.
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Supposedly the compass only has issues when you're at a complete standstill. When you use navigation, it fixes itself. At least that's what I've been hearing anyways

[Q] Going back to Gingerbread.

I'm finding that the ICS roms have just a tad more quirks/bugs than I'd be able to deal with on a daily (being that the phone is primarily my business line too, lulz!)
I'd like to know what your guys thoughts are on the most active/stable GB roms are for the Vision/G2/Desire Z.
I loved Bulletproof MIUI but it's no longer being actively maintained. Are there any well maintained MIUI roms, or are should I go straight to ILWT?
I am staying away from roms like mexDroidMod because being that I'm in the design/UI business- I could honestly say no matter how well that rom performs, it is an eyesore to look at (nothing personal if you like the way it looks). Keeping that in mind, I'd rather not install that rom and play with theming. Just looking for a good out of the box well featured/stable/snappy GB rom.

Everyone has their own prefrense, mine is also gingerbread for now. I've used 15 to 20 diffrent roms and difrrent versions of a few. The one I keep going back to is elitemod, it hasn't been updated for a few months now but is still my favorite rom. Used 3 or so versions of ilwt and I do like the new aroma installer he uses but I still find I like elitemdod better. If you don't want to try many this is what I recommend but only tial will tell you your preference
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I would say ILWT or CM7 for performance and stability. But if you want something that looks a little bit better, you should try to find a good Sense 2 ROM (sorry, i've tried a lot of ROM but none with Sense 2 ).

Latest cyanogen nightly or release candidate.
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Anything CyanogenMod based.

Try CM7.2 RC1, it is absolutely amazing once you match .so files with the latest radio, doing that makes the battery life on it be quite ridiculously good. It is super fast and, it gives you heaps of tweaks to choose from. I couldn't recommend any other AOSP ROM right now. Anything CM7 will serve you well . The only issue i had with CM7.2 RC1 was that every now and then, there would be this lag that would start up, which would make the phone feel like it was running at 245mhz. There was an easy way to fix that though, switching the overclocking governor to something else and then back to interactive would fix that lag immediately. Other than that, CM7 is very stable where it is now.
Otherwise, try going with Virtuous Sense 2.0. I was using AOSP ROMs for months, but now that i tried Virtuous Sense 2.0 again, i'm very happy with its speed and stability and the features of Sense 2.1. In addition to that, it is absolutely, 100% stable, with no glitches at all.
Oh and since you're looking for a well maintained MIUI ROM, look at Strawmetal.MI. People seem to love his ROMs and they seem to work very well.

I installed elitemode a few days ago and haven't switched back. This rom is awesome and I'm geting great battery life under heavy use... 10+ hrs. Never happend before. Love it..
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[Q] Best Sense ROM for the lady

My soon to be wife has been having some issues with her trusty Evo 4G, and I've been wanting to root her phone for some time to get her access to wireless tethering.
So I'm wondering, what would you all recommend for a stable/fast Sense ROM that could add some features. She's really comfortable with Sense, so I don't want to switch it up on her too much, but I would like to think she would appreciate some value added features. Was originally thinking Mik's, but I haven't used it in a long time....and the other Sense based ROMs I've used recently have been not as stable as I had hoped.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance!

snownskate said:
My soon to be wife has been having some issues with her trusty Evo 4G, and I've been wanting to root her phone for some time to get her access to wireless tethering.
So I'm wondering, what would you all recommend for a stable/fast Sense ROM that could add some features. She's really comfortable with Sense, so I don't want to switch it up on her too much, but I would like to think she would appreciate some value added features. Was originally thinking Mik's, but I haven't used it in a long time....and the other Sense based ROMs I've used recently have been not as stable as I had hoped.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
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Sorry about the screenshots,i lost my account with imageshack,heres my Pink Pussycat rom,its for the ladies,its sense 2.1... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1584137

Diablo67 said:
Sorry about the screenshots,i lost my account with imageshack,heres my Pink Pussycat rom,its for the ladies,its sense 2.1... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1584137
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No way! Here I was just expecting to get some normal ROM recommendations, and here you go and show me a ROM designed for the ladies?? You rock, thanks, will definitely check this out.

my wife likes tommys classic....when I was on sense I liked mikg3.11, although it did seem to bog down.

I'm a lady using Tommytomatoe's Classic altho a lot of guys like it too. It is beautiful, everything is perfect. Had Mikg before. The classic is smoother and faster.
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What were the "issues" she was having with her existing Evo?
And was *she* asking for wireless tether or was that more your suggestion?
I don't mean that to come cross as accusatory - just saying my advice would depend on who's really driving this and what problem is really being solved.

My favorites are Nitrous and Classic. For me they're the best performing and most stable.

Tommy's classic rom and the pink theme would be great. As a guy I even liked the pink theme as it was clean and well made.
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I recently discovered the Swagged out Stock ROM. Uses a graphical touch based installer and has ben rock solid for me.
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If a no sense rom is one of your options, then I suggest CM7.
There are a lot of themes available that can be changed to even as per the mood if need be coz its that easy.
CM7 + LunarUI
XDA link for the theme
Or even MIUI ... GB versions for now
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For Sense, I also prefer Nitrous and Classic. For non-Sense, I use MIUI but I'm still on GB MIUI which has tons of themes (I don't use 4G even though I live in a 4G area).

For a Sense ROM MikG 3.11 is the best hands down. Plenty of themes, GREAT battery life without swapping kernals, fast, no lag and it all just works.
I flash a lot of ROM's but always go back to MikG until something else and beat it.

ItsLasher said:
For a Sense ROM MikG 3.11 is the best hands down. Plenty of themes, GREAT battery life without swapping kernals, fast, no lag and it all just works.
I flash a lot of ROM's but always go back to MikG until something else and beat it.
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I prefer aosp now but when I was on sense I sawgreat battery life on mikg with the underworld SBC kernel!
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NxNW said:
What were the "issues" she was having with her existing Evo?
And was *she* asking for wireless tether or was that more your suggestion?
I don't mean that to come cross as accusatory - just saying my advice would depend on who's really driving this and what problem is really being solved.
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Not accusatory at all....
She's having issues with MMS send/receive, where it doesn't want to download the image or send the image. This is a new issue that is happening more frequently for some reason.
She's also having an issue where notifications are not disappearing after she views the item...for instance new gmail notification appears, she views the item by clicking on the notification, all mail is read, and notification is still there. She has to either clear it manually or go back into gmail and exit for it to disappear.
I use wireless tether on occasion, and she's jealous of the functionality....so this is her asking for the functionality, not me pushing it on her.
She has the new phone bug, but can't get one until fall. I know how a new ROM can curb this urge, so I figured why not install something that:
a) fixes her issues above
b) makes her phone more responsive w/ better battery life
c) gives her wireless tether
d) gives her the appearance changes to help curb the appetite for a new phone

I think I'm going to have to go with MikG for her. I've had the most experience with it myself, and also seems like the most popular choice by all of your responses.
Thanks everyone for helping me out with this, I had way more response than I anticipated and after I open her up to the world of ROM's maybe I can start steering her more towards an AOSP world so her next phone can be a nexus.

slyd0997 said:
I'm a lady using Tommytomatoe's Classic altho a lot of guys like it too. It is beautiful, everything is perfect. Had Mikg before. The classic is smoother and faster.
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Special thanks to a lady responding to this thread. Makes me a feel a little more comfortable rooting my lady's phone.
I think I need to give Tommy's classic a try as well, seems to be MikG's arch rival in the world of Sense ROM's.

Nitrus and Digital karma... faster and smaller than MikG 3.11

Duolos said:
I recently discovered the Swagged out Stock ROM. Uses a graphical touch based installer and has ben rock solid for me.
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I discovered this ROM too and found it to be snappy and reliable. No random reboots and everything working just great. I went back to Energy ROM with his latest release on the 4th and it is visually the most appealing and at its most stable version. It depends on which sense version you prefer. Sense 1.0 is super stable and sense 3.5 is fancy as hell.
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My gf has my old evo. I've got her on the latest swagged out stock with underworld kernel. She loves it
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