Ok... I've been through just about every Gingersense ROM on the forums for the DInc and I continue to run into the same issues... 3G and 1X completely dropping off, GPS not working, text messages not in chronological order, etc. I know that they're all still in "beta" form, but which one is everyone finding to be the most stable?
I pretty much have try all of them... and have found
GingerSense ReMix (B4) the most stable the only problem i found is it will boot when you open maps... it doesn't happen often.... but YouTube works fine... try it your self and see how it goes....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089295
I like GingerSense ReMix (B4) as well. I've only had the map reboot happen on me once or twice. I do miss Verizon Visual Voicemail, but I haven't found that on any ROMs yet.
I like NilsP's Business GingerSense.
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Uber Roms.... lol
Ran GingerSense Remix B4; couldn't get GPS/Maps or Gmail to work and it was very unstable.
I like what is going on with Uber, but it is clear from the thread that it is still fairly unstable, too.
Now on day #2 of Nil's Business GingerSense 1.0. But for a simple workaround for the GPS, everything runs smoothly, and I'm okay with using it as a daily for now.
I have been running Nils Business Gingersense for a couple days now too. I've had no problems running it as my daily other the GPS issue but there is a workaround for it. Sometimes apps down download and install in market when you try to.
Been using Nils' but I have a few problems:
Swype sometimes requires a keyboard switch to either stock or Touch, then back to Swype, because it forgets how to interpret swipes. You can still tap the words in but that defeats the purpose of Swype.
Soft reset sometimes when an app tries to use GPS. I know you have to toggle it a few times until it works, but I've had it bomb out even after doing that.
Occasional HARD lockups, like requiring a battery pull.
Other than that, it's pretty, it's fast, and it's usable.
RMarkwald said:
I like NilsP's Business GingerSense.
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I have tried others, but NilsP's is the best so far. Everyone claims that AOSP and non-sense roms are fast but in my experience it doesn't seem that way.
Sliding screen to screen all AOSP (CM7, OMGB, OMFGB, with various kernels have screen sliding lag or lack of smoothness when switching to other screens) and I can't stand it.
I have tried other gingersense roms but they had many FC's. NilsP's seems to be the best for me of all the roms i have tried.
I have tried several of the ginger sense ROMS with 2.1/3.0 touches. I really like the lock screen from sense 3.0. It is really nice. I am currently running gingersense remix B4. I use it as a daily driver. The only problem I have found is that occasionally maps or other programs using the GPS will do a soft reboot.
I don't use the stock messaging apps as I have handcent. I havn't noticed the text message time issue. As for battery life and everything it is pretty nice. This one is smooth and effective.
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I am currently running CM6 nightly 8/2/10 version. I like it but there are so many other roms out there I don't know if I'm missing out or not.
I used to use DC 3.2.3 before it went to 3.5 and liked it but CM6 is faster.
So can anyone give me suggestions on which roms are commonly known as the best at this time and what functions they have over others, namely CM6?
Thanks,
Rooted stock if you want stable phone and no lose a lot of time flashing roms.
The next time that I am going to flash a rom is when it says final, stable.
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CM6 is pretty stable...Few and far between force closes, usually only when I reboot the phone do I get a FC for the ACORE I think? My big problem with CM6 is the battery. Been unplugged for about 9.5 hours or so and its at 68% with about 25 minutes of talk time and 5 minutes of web browsing...
Used CM6 for about a week. Nice ROM and I can't wait till it's complete.
But too many little things bothered me.
Camera shutter speed is way slow. It's practically useless even though it works.
Battery life was pretty bad for me. It seems to drain even when it's on standby. 4G and a few other things didn't work. It was fun, but definitely not for me.
Went back to Sense and everything just works. I do miss some of the AOSP apps like 3d gallery, music, etc...
Roms are all about personal choice/,preference. Answering that question would be up to the user. Everyone had features and other goodies they like in a particular Rom than others. It's up to you to try out the different roms and see what works best for u, which one gives u the most base on your needs.
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I'm looking for a new ROM to use -- I'm currently on CM7, but it always lags a bit and I have to reboot quite often to get different menus to appear that aren't.
I'm looking for something flashy, but still quick and battery-efficient. So far, I have tried MIUI and IncRom, with my favorite so far being IncRom.
Any suggestions?
If you're getting lag on CM7, then its going to be way worse on a sense rom. What CM7 version and kernel are you using? It sounds like you may have an obscene amount of apps installed/running, or something else in your setup must be off. What is your rom installation procedure? I never had lag with CM7 or any issues accessing menus and I don't think my experience is unique.
Personally, I am having really good luck with newtoroot and wdfowty's inc2 roms. Newts is basically stock and wd's inc2 remix has some 3.0 added on top of the 2.1. Both are very good on battery and smooth as well.
So, I've long been a Sense lover but I think I'm ready to CM7 but have a few questions.
Basically, what's the cons from switching from Sense to CM7? I know you don't have ESPT and 720p recording. What are some other differences?
You don't have any of the Sense apps. What you think of as stock is part of Sense, AOSP either doesn't have the app or has a different version. The phone, contacts, and sms apps are different. There's no social networking apps built in, you'll have to download them from the Market. You'll need to flash the gapps zip, which will give you the Google apps and allow you to sync your Gmail, contacts, calendar, etc and access the Market. The stock email app is different. I personally prefer AOSP over Sense, specifically MIUI, but a lot of people like the Sense apps and launcher.
As long as you do a nandroid backup, you can always get back to where you were on your current Sense rom if you don't like it.
Sometimes there's GPS issues with AOSP roms, if you have problems there are fixes available.
You asked for the cons, so that's what I gave you. But really, I like AOSP more. There are plenty of pros as well, just flash and see if it's for you.
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AOSP Roms are known for having GPS problems. I loved cm7 but I could never get my GPS right. You can't use Sense widgets on cm7 obviously. There aren't many drawbacks to getting it to be honest. The only thing that ruined it for me was GPS. Tried every fix. I'm happy with MIUI now. 4g works fine so you're good to go with cm7. Just make sure you always have a backup.
PS person above me is a beast, just sayin'
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Thanks for your responses. I don't use widgets anymore which is why I figured I might try CM. Although I must admit I like the Sense messaging, e-mail, etc so that might take some getting used to. But I think I'm going to dive in and see what it's like so thanks again for the clarification.
BTW, I'm from Greensboro
Check out the thread below if you do decide to go with
I would also recommend launcher pro and handcent
Having trouble with AOSP? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295702
Decks or eXplod IMO are better than cm, don't have the gps issues either.
My knocked up EVO
I use CM7 and my GPS works perfectly. The only widget I use is Widgetsoid. I love CM7 and I think it works great.
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I am currently running cm 7.1,and i love it.no problems anywhere.....except batt.life is the worst ive seen with the cm dynasty.personally,cm 7.0.3.1 is the best one so far.it depends on preference as to what rom to go with
Used it for awhile. I didn't like the blandness of it and the fact that you basically need to theme it for any type of eye candy.
The other is that if you go back and look at all the unrecoverable boot loop/white screen of death posts, almost all were running CM7, which may be me being paranoid, but it was enough for me, personally, to not use it.
MIUI FTW!
I agree with MIUI. GPS is good.
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I'm in agreement with the other posters. AOSP is where it's at. The only things I miss from Sense ROMs are the FriendStream widget and HTC's calendar. I used to miss the spit-and-polish from Sense, but the quality of themes available for MIUI have made that a non-issue. With the way you can mix n' match theme elements, I find I can put together something FAR more attractive than stock Sense. This may just be my experience, but themes for Sense ROMs seem to cause more aggravation than they are worth. I always seem to get some pretty erratic performance with any kind of theme applied to Sense.
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I am currently running cm 7.1,and i love it.no problems anywhere.....except batt.life is the worst ive seen with the cm dynasty.personally,cm 7.0.3.1 is the best one so far.it depends on preference as to what rom to go with
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What kernel are you using? I found that Savaged Zen with SBC off works like magic with my battery. I've been stunned at how much better my battery has been.
I am looking for a fast, battery efficient and stable daily driver. I have tried probably close to a dozen different ROMs where each had a feature I liked, the bugs drew me away. Currently, I am running CM7 with 2.3.7 gingerbread. I like it but it freezes and reboots every now and then (seemingly whenever I go to use the phone, sometimes loses user data on first boot after a freeze up). I am running low on patience with flashing and reflashing different ROMs, pulling my user apps back and all that jazz, was looking if anybody had suggestions on a great ROM that fits the bill. I would like to use Sense, but obviously am not grounded to that option. Thanks in advance for anyone looking to help out.
If you're not crazy about 4G, then MIUI is the ROM for you. It's stable (according to personal experience; All the bugs people ramble about are obsolete), customizable, and fast. They're currently incorporating ICS keyboard and market into the latest version.
MIUI has been my smoothest, bug free, battery effiecient, as well as most customizable ROM so far. Run it with savagedzen SBC, and I get insane battery life. Was at 18 hours moderate use at barely 51%.
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Swagged out Stock
I'm using Swagstr's Swagged Out Stock ROM. Based on sense 1.0, it's been stable, fast and everything works. As I need my evo for work, speed, stability and functionality was key and so far this one has been great.
I would go with mikg primexl 3D or MIUI
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Stability and reliability has to be Tommy tomatoes 004
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check it out
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I am looking for a fast, battery efficient and stable daily driver. I have tried probably close to a dozen different ROMs where each had a feature I liked, the bugs drew me away. Currently, I am running CM7 with 2.3.7 gingerbread. I like it but it freezes and reboots every now and then (seemingly whenever I go to use the phone, sometimes loses user data on first boot after a freeze up). I am running low on patience with flashing and reflashing different ROMs, pulling my user apps back and all that jazz, was looking if anybody had suggestions on a great ROM that fits the bill. I would like to use Sense, but obviously am not grounded to that option. Thanks in advance for anyone looking to help out.
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click on the link in my sig to see all updated aosp roms/kernels seeing as you are running an aosp rom now then the thread should be helpful. also feel free to ask questions or leave comments. hope it helps ^_^
Thanks for the responses guys, ill research each of these. 4g is not in my area so im not really crazy about it. What does the free internal memory look like on these ROMs? The one fallback of the EVO is only 1GB of internal memory.
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Fresh takes the cake
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gnarlynick said:
I am looking for a fast, battery efficient and stable daily driver. I have tried probably close to a dozen different ROMs where each had a feature I liked, the bugs drew me away. Currently, I am running CM7 with 2.3.7 gingerbread. I like it but it freezes and reboots every now and then (seemingly whenever I go to use the phone, sometimes loses user data on first boot after a freeze up). I am running low on patience with flashing and reflashing different ROMs, pulling my user apps back and all that jazz, was looking if anybody had suggestions on a great ROM that fits the bill. I would like to use Sense, but obviously am not grounded to that option. Thanks in advance for anyone looking to help out.
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Its always a personal choice but judging by the post.. I would say to go for Myn RLS 5. This is a froyo but you can always get some gingerbread stuff like launchers, keyboard (extremely fast and responsive) and titlebar mods etc.
Do the radio updates and make sure you are running suggested kernels on that forum thread. Switch your apps to SD card and you should be good to go.
Hey all.
I am currently using the Synergy non-god mode rom and hate it.
It keeps freezing and takes forever to populate the icons. I litearlly just look at a blank home screen for what seems to take forever and it drives me nuts.
I want a new ROM!
I see some newer ones out there plus the new WARM
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY VAGUE QUESTION...BUT what is "the rom" that people are using.
I want something that will not take forever to get my icons on the homescreen! I guess the term is snappy.
I tend to like the HTC sense...used to that.
I would be happy with Synergy, but it just is not that stable for me.
Thanks
Mike
Try mikg3.0...very solid ROM themikmik.com
I have heard...
Heard that they were good ROMs. Any issues that I should anticipate?
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Heard that they were good ROMs. Any issues that I should anticipate?
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None that I have experienced. Mik puts out some solid stuff.
Warm put out a TwoPointThree which is great... but new and has some bugs.
What are you looking for? I mean we can give solid recommendations... just need to know what you are looking for... Like:
is 4G/Wimax a must have?
Is Sense ROM a must have?
Does it need to be tested and solid or are you willing to try newer stuff?
EDIT: Also if you like the ROM you are on, you can try the COD tweak and see if it helps... http://vaelek.com/index.php/topic/1...sonic-tweaking-guide-v102-120411/page__st__40
Swagged Out Stock is pretty good, I'm having better luck with that then MikG actually.
The classic by tommytomatoe
THANKS
Thanks for all the recommendations.
What I am looking for...I don't know if I am looking for the PERFECT ROM or what.
but, what I am seeking is a good, stable snappy rom that doesn't lag like my synergy. Must have 4g and working camera.
I don't care if there is a carousel or anything like that.
I am willing to try new, I see a bunch of ICS Roms, but no camera or video. Deal killers.
I really do like Sense a lot, mostly cause of be being able to dial a number by dialing the name.
I guess I am mostly looking for stability and one that won't lag. When I flick the unlock ring, my synergy just freezes and I get frustrated waiting for it to work. Lots of battery pulls....
Oh yeah...good battery too.
Am I asking for the moon?
Thanks!
Mike
PS.
I tried that tweeking guide a few months ago. Not sure if I did it correctly, but no difference.
You want one of these:
Mikg from MikMik @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038967
or
Evo Classic from tommytomato @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312414
I have run both and they are great and meet your requirements . I am partial to Mik's as I keep returning to MikG when my "must have new ROM" itch dissipates
I was on MikG v3.0 for a few weeks and loved it. Ran great with Chopsuey. Then I got a little bored and heard good things about Tommytomatoe's Classic. I tried the v0.0.5 with More Freedom kernel and I'm getting the best battery life I have ever had and the sdcard loads very quickly and icons come up real fast after rebooting. Also am running the v6 script.
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If you want sense I would highly recommend the latest version of MikG. My brother uses it and it runs really smooth, especially when you do the CoD supersonic tweaking (google it)
Decks rom!!!!
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If you want sense I would highly recommend the latest version of MikG. My brother uses it and it runs really smooth, especially when you do the CoD supersonic tweaking (google it)
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Lol I just switched back to MikG cause I like the way that rom looks compared to Classic and am using those tweaks and it's working like a charm. I've never heard of this before so thanks for sharing.
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Try a Sense 1.0 ROM based off of the latest OTA. There are a TON to choose from now-a-days. The best in my opinion is def tommytomatoe's EVO Classic. I'm always chasin' him in the features department. But obviously I'm going to plug my Swagged Out Stock as well.
But just search "4.54 ROM" and you will find a BUNCH to choose from.
Good luck!
P.S.: I recommend these because they are all 100% stable!
Did it always run slow or did it used to be quick and just now running like crap? The reason I ask is because you can have things on your phone, besides your ROM, that make the phone come to a crawl. Too many text messages, too many apps on your phone, too much data/cache, etc. Try reloading the ROM or deleting all the crap on your phone before ditching a perfectly good ROM for another.
+1 on mikg 3.0. I ran the alpha 5 evo deck ICS rom. has camera, calendar working. random FC and no sprint voicemail, had to use google voice.
MIKG!!!!!
I think ur lookin for CM7 or Decks rom. In my opinion after a while ur gonna get lag on sense no matter what. U need a AOSP rom they have less lag for sure. I like MIUI but it doesnt have 4G. So i would go CM7 if i were you!
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I feel like you aren't wiping your phone correctly. Synergy is a great and stable ROM (although I haven't used it in months) it shouldn't have the constant freezing and lag that you are receiving..make sure to wipe data/cache/dalvik/everything except for SD card.
just a suggestion..oh amon ra recovery works best imo since cwm is known to not format correctly.
Good luck with Rom choice
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Currently using the new WARM, I'm loving it, my only problem with it is that the Rom is a little bulky, like 340mb if I'm not mistaken, so it pretty demanding on storage but other than that its great, got some pretty sweet extra's as well... And the battery life is amazing, I've been using it for about 17 hours while having WiFi on and and browsing every now and then, and battery is just above half, I'd recommend checking it out.
Ribbett, Ribbett, BANG!
I'm planning to stick with ICS (Jared's currently), however MiKG has always been great to me. It just works, and does a lot of little things that you get used to having (intuitive toggles, multiple usb options when plugged in, tweaks, native tethering (hotspot + wired), etc...).
So, if considering staying with GB, +1 for MikG, if wanting to play with ICS, you have 3 options that I know of currently but don't expect it to be as "polished" as a GB rom at this point in time.
I tried deck's alpha 5 ICS build, and the only problems I found with it was that for some reason (there have been hints given towards trebuche being the reason for this) the gallery app is very... touchy? I suppose that would be the word for it, it worked a couple of times, but for the most part it would load and either be a completely black screen or it would say that no sd card was present, which was a little nerve racking when I was attempting to flash another Rom. It scared me because I thought my phone was stuck on that Rom... But I fiddled with it a bit and was able to solve the problem, and from what I saw in his A5 Rom thread both problems had been reported, no clue if there has been a fix yet, but... given that its still in alpha stage, I'd say it's a pretty stable release, I had no issues with f/c or anything of the sort. Very little lag, great battery life, no random reboots.
Ribbet, Ribbett, BANG!
EVO 4g