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[Q] Which ROM + Kernel Combo?

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.

[Q] Best kernel for CM6?

After realizing that I made a mistake by ditching my EVO for the Epic; I returned to the EVO and installed CM6. What a difference! Everything is great so far except for battery life (even using profiles on setCPU) so I was wondering what kernel would provide speed, reliability and battery savings. I'm currently running CM6 kernel and I'm getting around 1250 on quadrant (around the same results of the nexus one with froyo) so I'm happy with the speed so far but I would love some more battery life (I'm getting less than 8 hours with moderate use).
Thanks

What I learn is try a kernel for a day or two. Try another.. you will find one. Not saying do this but this is what I'm doing. Just like finding a rom.. always come back to cm6
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yes and please, search around the forums before posting, you *MIGHT* get flamed a bit for it. but im using king's kernel #9...but im not on CM6. idk what im on hahaha i dont remember

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Geez, my bad. For some reason I thought I was in the general section.
Can a mod move this thread to the general section? Thanks

Before this gets moved.. all hardware is different. On paper its the same, but what we have learned is that phones respond differently to the software thrown at them. As others suggested, try them out. Snap as well as Kings are excellent kernels. Just find there threads and I can't stress enough to read the op. Most of the questions you have can be found there, as it can be a little cumbersome with all the different versions for some. But yeah, make sure to give it a run for a few days before you decide its not working for you. Your phone needs to get used to it, so basing it off a charge after a few cycles is always a good idea.

miguelrodas said:
After realizing that I made a mistake by ditching my EVO for the Epic; I returned to the EVO and installed CM6. What a difference! Everything is great so far except for battery life (even using profiles on setCPU) so I was wondering what kernel would provide speed, reliability and battery savings. I'm currently running CM6 kernel and I'm getting around 1250 on quadrant (around the same results of the nexus one with froyo) so I'm happy with the speed so far but I would love some more battery life (I'm getting less than 8 hours with moderate use).
Thanks
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Run Snap v7.5 for an increase in speed and battery life.

King's Kernel all the way, and I've tried all the damn Snap kernels.
Mostly, you should be managing your wifi/3g/screen off cpu settings.

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King's Kernel all the way, and I've tried all the damn Snap kernels.
Mostly, you should be managing your wifi/3g/screen off cpu settings.
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I've been using King's #1 kernel after trying (and having issues with) a myriad of Snap kernels. I really like King's and am waiting for #2.

[POLL]What ROM do you use?

3/9/11
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Top 3 Reported to be Used:
MIUI AOSP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=915527
MikFroyo SENSE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883026
Myn's Warm 2.2 SENSE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793471

I use CM7...but there is no poll, just saying.

teh roxxorz said:
I use CM7...but there is no poll, just saying.
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LOL Had to give me a bit to put it up. Had to get the most viewed/replied to threads -.-

MIUI.
/thread
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MIUI.
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Tried most all of those, absolutely love Warm 2.2

I love a few different roms, but I continue to either run CM7+WiMax, or CM6 + Wimax. Depends on if I am in a froyo or GB mood.

I tried using CM7 cause I wanted the the Ginger Slut experience but it didn't do anything for me. Couldn't get 3G to work, 4G didn't work, was able to change the skin once and then couldn't find out how to again afterward, it just didn't work for me.
SAC's HD port is pretty sharp too but when I tried it wasn't quite stable enough for me to use it as a daily, its probably much better by now though.
For now I'm sticking with my own version of stock ROM.

Myns 2.2 rls5, tried others really like this one so far.
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+1
Used a couple roms, I like caulkins Rom, but myns RLS5 seemed to suit me best.

kids88yj said:
Myns 2.2 rls5, tried others really like this one so far.
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Same, im using Netarchy's 4.3.2 cfs, more-havs kernel and I get 7-9 hours on very heavy use (50% is navigation and maps).
I like this rom over any rom i've used, I've used almost everything but miui, I want my phone to look like android os, not iOS.

i rocked myn's warm 2.2 for the longest time and still know that its a great ROM, (also used Caukulins Evio), but just recently got set up on the latest mikfroyo release with the blue theme and I'm loving it. also got my wife set up on it with the pink theme. we have a lot of great devs here in the evo community. everyone brings something to the table. thanks to you all!

Mikfroyo by a land slide......cm7 has potential but some bugs need to be sorted out
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I've tried a lot of ROMs. Ava, Myn, CM7, CM6, Sprint Lovers, MikFroyo. I just flashed MikFroyo and while it's still too early I'm enjoying what it offers.
I gave up trying to find the best battery life. I'm just swapping between 3 batteries and carrying around my charger. I dropped my Sero plan last July for this phone and I'm going to get my moneys worth damn it! lol

MikFroyo 4.4 for me. I get a bad feeling about 4.5, perhaps it was over tweaked, so I am waiting on 4.6. But I am not sure what the benefit would be since I haven't had any issues since going with 4.4

Kings Ultra froYo UNleashed fully functional yanks away some myn users
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King's by far!!!

PAPutzback said:
MikFroyo 4.4 for me. I get a bad feeling about 4.5, perhaps it was over tweaked, so I am waiting on 4.6. But I am not sure what the benefit would be since I haven't had any issues since going with 4.4
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4.5 is great, but like they say if it ain't broke don't fix it.
I've tried 4 different ROM's and Mikfroyo is by far my favorite with RLS5 coming in a very close 2nd.

MIUI is the way!
Well I just started using MIUI and I love it. I does not drain my Evo at all. Also I have CM6 but i prefer MIUI, but I hope to flash the newest update soon. MIUI 1.2.4. Its hella crisp and very customizable.
Check out the latest here bro!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=915527&highlight=MIUI

I've had CM7, Myn's, and MikFroyo.
Myn's was good for some time.... but I needed somemthing more.
MikFroyo was fast.. It was good.
Cm7 drained battery quite a bit.
I got Miui recently and love it. It's like Cyanogenmod (based off of it) with improvements in battery and UI. I didn't like the UI at first but it really grew on me and I can't see myself switching back soon.
But the insane battery life and speed keep me on Miui's ROM. For example, I lost 1% overnight on wifi. That's how it should be. Looove it.

Is this goood?

This was mostly on 3g with myns warm 2.2 RLS 5.
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Swyped from my sexy EVO.

With that much awake time I would say so. Myn's is a pretty good rom. Looks like you got a conservative kernel running. I'd show this to anyone that says EVO's eat batteries!!

I'm running stock kernel lol. Not sure why but my phone hates HAVS kernels and setcpu individually. So I use neither. I thought wifi would save me battery but my life here seems better than 6 hours.
Swyped from my sexy EVO.

Stock battery and phone calls. Angry birds took about 35% of the battery too. Na cfs
no havs sbc
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I probably need that kernal..and difference was wifi for you, 3g for me.
Swyped from my sexy EVO.

that kernel and setcpu profiles really helped me out. SBC hasn't failed me yet, obviously cause my house hasn't burned down

Yeah but from looking at the graph Jacoballen, you also used your phone, hence the android percentage, a lot more. So that is pretty good with the time considering how much you used the android system.

Yeah, I was amazed. I don't use sbc kernels simply because I don't charge my phone at all. I don't know why my phone doesn't tolerate HAVS though..
Swyped from my sexy EVO.

I have read and researched hundreds of pages on this site and have flashed a dozen roms and have a few that I keep in backups, but the crazy thing is is that most of the time I leave the stock kernel in place with what was built into the Rom. But if you haven't seen this page before, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=719763, this is pretty awesome to have for options.

There is a link in there that brings you to netarchy's kernals and there are loads of them in there. I hear a few of them in there are awesome but the crazy thing is is that for some reason a kernal that is awesome on my evo might not be that great on yours even if we'd be on the same hardware version.

shaglioni said:
There is a link in there that brings you to netarchy's kernals and there are loads of them in there. I hear a few of them in there are awesome but the crazy thing is is that for some reason a kernal that is awesome on my evo might not be that great on yours even if we'd be on the same hardware version.
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the aforementioned link:
http://www.qap.la/~netarchy/

Yup, couldn't post that because I don't have enough posts with this account. I was using a different account before to post but want to get this one setup as this is my own. Thank you for putting it out there for whoever reads this thread.

justr trying to play my part and contribute something in this vast sea of knowledge

Yup, I hear you. You just need one more post and I need 3 more to be able to speak with the rest of the people on other threads. Crazy.

Haha, my phone our decent right now but if I had the time I would check to see which 4.3.1 kernal works for me.
Swyped from my sexy EVO.

shaglioni said:
There is a link in there that brings you to netarchy's kernals and there are loads of them in there. I hear a few of them in there are awesome but the crazy thing is is that for some reason a kernal that is awesome on my evo might not be that great on yours even if we'd be on the same hardware version.
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i rooted my phone instead of returning it because i would get about 5-6 hours out of a charge. if that didnt work, i was gonna drop in the toilet and blame my kid. turns out my 003 hardware or something internal actually hates htc kernals, but loves NA anything. before the sbc, i would run myn rls4 with more agg cfs and get 2.5 days out of it. since all roms seem to be coming with htc#15 now, i basically yank it right away.
i also use setcpu a lot for profiles, if not, i run calk 1.8 with battery scripts which seems to work. speaking of which, if anyone can assist in finding and editing them, it would be much appreciated

Hmm interesting, I might try that. I'm on 003 hardware also. Your aren't using an extended battery?
Swyped from my sexy EVO.

jacoballen22 said:
Hmm interesting, I might try that. I'm on 003 hardware also. Your aren't using an extended battery?
Swyped from my sexy EVO.
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stock battery

With the setup in my sig im getting 18+ hours heavy usage, way over 24 hours with light usage. I was 27 hours 50% battery the other day. Screenshots can be found on the facebook page linked to in my sig.

ctbenk said:
With the setup in my sig im getting 18+ hours heavy usage, way over 24 hours with light usage. I was 27 hours 50% battery the other day. Screenshots can be found on the facebook page linked to in my sig.
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would your ...
Kernel: netarchy-toastmod 4.3.2 cfs-sbc-havs-more
fight with the undervolting script in Calk 1.8?
i use 4.3.2 cfs-sbc-nohavs-noUV

Might Get A G2. Which ROM?

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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