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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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[Q] Which rom currently have sense?

im looking for a rom that is the closest to the stock desire Z rom on a unbranded desire Z.. im in the process of getting a tmobile G2.. and i dont like the stock fw..

by far the best i have come across is Virtuous ROM as it is sense, but faster and tweaks to be better, and with the advanced kernel you can overclock to 1.5 ghz! the only downside is its froyo 2.2

xT4Z1N4TRx said:
the only downside is its froyo 2.2
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Why is that a downside? What is so much better about Gingerbread than Froyo? I've tried out just about all the GB based ROMs out for the G2, and I don't believe it's better than Froyo. Just a different look that doesn't seem to add speed/responsiveness to the phone.
Virtuous is a great Sense based ROM. Period.

gingerbread seems to be quite a bit faster for me, dunno it might just be me, and I really like the changes to the ui
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you could try gingersense as well, i liked it but ditched it for ultimate droid now.

Well if you want the closest to stock then definitely go Virtuous like the above poster stated. But if you want something a bit faster with a significantly longer battery life you have to try TrollogenMod 0.9.1. Its Gingerbread Sense with the Sense 3.0 lockscreen which is pretty fun.

dustrho said:
Why is that a downside? What is so much better about Gingerbread than Froyo? I've tried out just about all the GB based ROMs out for the G2, and I don't believe it's better than Froyo. Just a different look that doesn't seem to add speed/responsiveness to the phone.
Virtuous is a great Sense based ROM. Period.
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Its no secret that gingerbread makes android much more responsive, that was the biggest goal according to google...
Just sayin
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Aegishua said:
Well if you want the closest to stock then definitely go Virtuous like the above poster stated. But if you want something a bit faster with a significantly longer battery life you have to try TrollogenMod 0.9.1. Its Gingerbread Sense with the Sense 3.0 lockscreen which is pretty fun.
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is trollogen perfectly usable? ive been on CM7 for a while holding out for virtuous gingerbread, and now thinking of going to virtuous fusion ROM which is sense 3.0 port. is trollogen good and are there any problems? thanks
EDIT:another downside to virtuous rom is the crappy htc messaging app, so i got chompSMS but then alot of my texts were sent twice

trollogen rom is good to me, run smooth sense 2.1.

xT4Z1N4TRx said:
another downside to virtuous rom is the crappy htc messaging app, so i got chompSMS but then alot of my texts were sent twice
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It's quite easy to remove HTC messaging app and install the original one.
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The new virtuos fusion is amazing. 3.0 is pretty much the creme de le creme. Hts dev team does a good job and rmk is a god amongst swarms of devs. I have ran pretty much all the sense roms and even though there are a few minor glitches in 3.0 I will be using it as a daily rom.
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[Q] LeeDroid 2.4.1 is stable?

Would anyone please give me the idea of its stability? I am trying to find a mod rom stable & can extend the battery life. Thank you

I'd sooner go with the 2.3d if I were you. I think that reading less than 10 last pages of the thread in question could give enough evidence to back up this statement of mine.
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I find it works very well on my device, stable, smooth and fast, tried the GB builds and came back to 2.4.1. The battery life made me come back.
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LeeDroid 2.4.1 is very stable, it's the better froyo sense rom, you should try Gingerbread Sense Rom like InsertCoin or RCMix S, both are very good
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2.4.1 is very stable , clean and fast. I like "sence" , and this is the best rom out there .

mistaliu said:
I find it works very well on my device, stable, smooth and fast, tried the GB builds and came back to 2.4.1. The battery life made me come back.
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Same here. The only thing i disagree with is battery. GB are equally good now. I think even a little bit better when actually using the ROM (when phone is awake).
BUT, LeeDroid 2.4.1 is rock solid. All GB roms are based on TEST leak, and devs are porting stuff from sense 2.1 and 3.0 to them, which does cause few bugs here and there. It'll get there once official update is released.
I love the way Lee stayed away from porting stuff and just concentrated on optimizing existing software, adding most usefull addons you can find on xda.
LeeDroid 2.4.1 gets my vote for now, it's just to good not to use it

If you do not want Gingerbread, it is the most stable Froyo ROM, but GB has some advantages like battery RAM Management. If you will use A2SD, you may try InsertCoin Sense2.1 with GB.

+1 vote for 2.4.1
stable and smooth

skip 2.4.1 and go to LeeDRoid 3.0.x, might as well make the most of upgrading your system, and start getting used to Gingerbread!

Actually, that wasn't very helpful I guess. My bad. I've used LeeDRoiD roms pretty much since i first rooted, and I'd say they are up there with the best software you could want on your phone. They are definitely stable and pretty good on battery use. I only used 2.4.1 for a few days before i went to 3.0.2, but it was fairly solid.

[Q] Most stable. Sense 3.0 rom

I'm a diehard aosp Rom flasher because I like the customabilty and flexability they offer. My wife on the other hand is used to the HTC sense experience but she wants me to root her evo, so I"m asking all you Sense lovers out there to weigh in on the most stable Rom's using Sense 3.0, she"s gonna be mad if i constantly have to fix her phone. Thanks in advance for your opinions!
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WOW! Thanks for all the feedback guys, really appreciate it...DEAD...BUMP...
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ok your question is the most stable 3.0 sense rom.. u havent got any answer cuz theres no 3.0 roms yet i believe.. the only ones ull find are the 2.3 theres too many out there that are stable.. i was using the salvage 1.2.1 for me that rom was stable and everythng works the battery life for me was very good i didnt have any problem with that i was satisfied with that rom.. no problem at all.. oh yea i forgot just one problem random reboots. but thats like once a week. no no problem with that.. right now im testibg the miks rom 2.3 with sense 2.1 and some other stuffs with sense 3.0. i forgot to mention that the salvage 1.2.1 was senseless.

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WOW! Thanks for all the feedback guys, really appreciate it...DEAD...BUMP...
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lol sorry man, but i havent really had a stable rom they all have the same issue which is that the lockscreen takes a long while to load and sense keeps on restarting with my phone so yeah for me, none yet

Might I suggest MikG, if you want Sense 2.1 with a lot of 3.0 ported over? I would say that the most stable 3.0 ROMs are based on the Kingdom port, so look for Virus's ROM. I also like BeKinged, which has a lot of bloat removed.

m3xicanprid3 said:
ok your question is the most stable 3.0 sense rom.. u havent got any answer cuz theres no 3.0 roms yet i believe...
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here are some 3.0 sense roms,
BOS kingdom port R4: most stable i have tried so far
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088908
VirusROM Kingdom REVOlution B1.1: original porter of the sense 3.0 for evo, if im not mistaken
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071547
BeKinged B1 sense 3.0: havent tried this one, downloaded but just havent flashed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1096682
[WIP][DEV]HTC Sensation Port[2.3.3][sense 3.0]: this is a work in progress, developer rom, but sense 3.0 none the less
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1035350&highlight=sense+3.0
But if you want stable and new, i would go with sense 2.1 alot more stable, and alot of them have sense 3.0 apks that are flashable. plus its a update from sense 1.0, a couple new features.
for the sense 2.1 roms use the search button theyre are alot of them.
hope this helps, if so thanx button is there for a reason

MikG or AVA... seems like the rest just theme off of their ROMS

Thanks for the info, but there's no Thanks button on mobile app so THANK YOU!
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life_420 said:
BOS kingdom port R4: most stable i have tried so far
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088908
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I've been using this for a few days now. With this ROM, the new OTA kernel, and the new radio, my phone is getting great battery life and it's running very smoothly.
The only thing that i have noticed that isn't working on this ROM, after flashing the new kernel, is Google Earth. It force closes a lot. Hopefully the next version of the ROM will correct it.

The MikG is probably the best of them all with its 2.1/3.0 hybrid. I haven't been happy with the full blown 3.0 sense ROMs. I like for everything to work including cameras, video, 4G etc. I'm gonna wait for the EVO 3D a device that was actually designed to run 3.0. It reminds me of people running Vista on a Pentium III.

Went with Saks Virus port... my girl totally loves it, no issues yet (fingers crossed)
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alright so ill give sense a full try, what's the best rom for sense?

what's the best, fullest, up to date, 3.0 rom available for the G2? after watching videos and what you can do with sense it seems more appealing, help???
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rickyiswhite said:
what's the best, fullest, up to date, 3.0 rom available for the G2? after watching videos and what you can do with sense it seems more appealing, help???
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Lol sound just like me yesterday. It all depends. In using core droid right now. Still trying to get it sand understand sense. But I'd try that one. The Dev is always around to help. You could also try sense less Romeo or the other one. I may give those a try. Stock look and feel but sense widgets and stuff
Edit= full 3.0 is unity I think
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Is recommend starting with virtuous froyo 1.0.x. reason being the build has been around for long enough and the devs are very dedicated to fixing every single little bug reported.
You can go with one of the more recent and I'd argue more experimental roms based on gingerbread but there are at least a few minor issues that you gotta deal with which might lead you to think that there are fundmental build quality problems with Sense; there isn't.
Happy sensing!
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what about virtuous unity based on pyramid? is that a good one? or insertcoin?
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and I'm only asking cause I'm too busy to waste time and try out each one.
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