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[Q] BEST stable ROM for Desire

i know this question has been asked many times before but since then a lot of new roms has been released.I'm looking to install a stable gingerbread rom.I gave CM7 a try, being as good as it is...there's still a few bugs here and there.So which ROM would you guys recommend?

I would certainly recommend the Desensenized version of RCMixHD.
All the great software from HTC is still there (camera app, facebook for htc sense, music app, calendar, mail,...) but without the launcher and widgets. The rom is crazy fast and at least for me gives good battery life.
By the way, just did a quadrant run and scored between 1450 and 1500.

Oxygen is no. 1 for me (tried stock froyo, GingerVillain and Redux)

^^ Thanks .. i'll look into installing one of those

I would say Oxygen 2.0.1/2.0.2(test). I find them very stable, but I use 2.0.2 test

miui is my bet

Been using Oxygen 1.0.4 (Froyo) for a few months now and absolutely love its simplicity and minimalistic aspects. Stable and very , very smooth.

Vote RCMixHD

Starburst because of speed stability and loads of free space

minoz1 said:
miui is my bet
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I would say that aswell, if the op was looking for a froyo build.
MIUI is pritty slick, but the gingerbread release is a bit buggy right now. Expect it to be stable in a few weeks
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So it's a tie between miui and oxygen but since i'm looking into a gingerbread rom i think i'll go for oxygen
Thanks for all the great suggestions guys.

After silently tested almost every single rom for Desire, I settled with Redux.
Almost no issues (except date in notification bar being not conventional for my country date type - 2011 3 25 - i hate that date format).

"Pays-ROM HD v1.1 + Z [A2SD+] [OC] " try it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865782

Gingervillain

Tested some and the 2 best were oxygen and GingerVillain.
At the moment i'm stuck at GingerVillain

Well, it is nearly a matter of religion
My favorite so far is the Reflex S by NEO

GingerVillan is very stable rom .. been using it for a while b4 i go for MIUI cuz i think its better and very stable also

Oxygen 2.1.3 is very stable and faster than it has been
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I tried many roms but didnt try flashing kernels, hboot and things like.
For pure Android I love Oxygen
but I want widescreen pics so I tried some Sense ROMS and I think the InsertCoin is very stable(1.0.8 stable version) and good rom

+1 for Oxygen 2.1.3

Q:Fastest custom rom?

fastest desire custom rom? i need something fast for reading docs and power point presentations?

http://youtu.be/JmvCpR45LKA

If you want a fast one try Oxygen or some similar AOSP rom (DevNull, Redux etc.) though Sense and MUI roms are quite capable of handling document and are fairly fast... The speed lies in the eye of beholder

What is better/faster?Oxygen or CyanogenMod7 ?

I personally prefer Oxygen because it is quite compact and very lean and fast and if you flash it on Oxygen Hboot you get a lot of internal space and very good performance... I'm not very experienced with CM7 and from what little experience i had with it i found it has similar performance as Oxygen but a bit more customizations and tricks built in... try them and you shall see

FlatOutRU said:
What is better/faster?Oxygen or CyanogenMod7 ?
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Redux
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CM7 has it's own set of settings, more than what any of the AOSP roms have (as far as I know, although I've not tried them all for a while). A few versions ago, I did try Oxygen and it was alright but not for me. It was however faster than CM7 when tested with Quadrant, although Quadrant isn't the best thing in the world.
I really suggest you try AOSP roms, mainly the main 3, CM7, Oxygen and Redux. There is no such thing as the fastest rom.

I am using miui at the moment, had redux before. They are both very fast according to my personal feeling. I cannot say there is one that is faster.
Swyped from my HTC Desire using XDA App

InsertCoin HD 2.0.4 DATA2EXT is the fastest ROM with Sense. I think so...

Please can you guys recommend me a Froyo rom

For speed, lag free, long battery life and plenty of free space for loads of apps.
Many thanks

Defrost or open desire could be something for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=690477
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712615
Especially opendesire is recommend very often if you want a good battery life.
Swyped from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Thanks for your help. The download link for opendesire doesn't appear to be working. Do you or anyone else know where I can find it?
MatDrOiD said:
Defrost or open desire could be something for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=690477
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712615
Especially opendesire is recommend very often if you want a good battery life.
Swyped from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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Does it really have to be a froyo rom? If you can stick with gingerbread, you can use oxygen or devnull. These roms are from the same developer, who also programmed opendesire (adamg):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971904 (oxygen)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=968504 (devnull)
Otherwise try defrost, it will also be really well on battery life.

I have been using Oxygen 2.1.4 but find it quite slow and laggy, especially when scrolling in the apps drawer. I tried installing Go launcher to see if it is any smoother but it still lagged so thats why I was looking for a really smooth rom that is fast and lag free and as froyo is official and has been for ages I thought there must be a 100% (or as close to) custom rom developed and that's the one I am looking for at the moment. Cheers for your help though mate. I'll give defrost a go.
MatDrOiD said:
Does it really have to be a froyo rom? If you can tick with gingerbread, you can use oxygen or devnull. These roms are from the same developer, who also programmed opendesire (adamg):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971904 (oxygen)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=968504 (devnull)
Otherwise try defrost, it will also be really well on battery life.
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Leedroid 2.5 is pretty good needs

DesUKire said:
I have been using Oxygen 2.1.4 but find it quite slow and laggy, especially when scrolling in the apps drawer.
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I think that all roms lag at least a little in the app drawer. My ROM lags, I have two stock Desires here too which lag less, but do nevertheless.
Does the op look for an aosp or Sense rom?
Sense - AuraxTSense 8.4 was the best rom overall performance and battery wise.
Aosp - I liked python's rom the most, but it is no longer developed.

if you are after i very stable and smooth froyo rom i would recommend Cool Froyo DATA++ by coolexe
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=998050

Rom for everyday use

It's been a while where ppl always compare the best desire rom out there... let's discuss what rom u guys recommended for everyday use... I'm currently using Oxygen rom, fast stable and hell lot of spaces, and since i'm starting to use 3G, i gonna switch to sense rom, needed sense widget and stuff, might get insertcoin rom... what about u guys?

I'm currently using InsertCoin Sense 2.1/3.0 1.1.4 and although it is great to look at, I perhaps wouldn't recommend it for everyday use as in the new version I have been experiencing some lag and unfortunately (and probably most importantly) it hasn't been too great with battery life.. although I haven't used SetCPU to try and improve it.
I would almost be tempted to go for a FROYO based ROM, but I think what you'll have to do is test a few and see how they perform for you.

I'm running InsertCoin 1.1.4 as well and I'm having a blast. It does lag every now and then, but my battery life's brilliant - I usually have about 30% left when I go to bed. I'm probably not the heaviest user on the planet, though.
I'm using SetCPU though, so that might be why. It's set to 499-1190 (smartassV2) with a Screen Off rule for 245-460. Seems to do the trick.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1040121
Use this one, yesterday coolexe did fabulous update.. EVERYTHING is working perfectly, including camera and flash.
It's Sense 3.0 ROM (not 2.1 + 3.0) and its just fast as 2.1, i was shocked when tried it for a first time.
TBH it's atm. best Sense 3 ROM in Desire section, and i tried all of them.

I'm using stock HBOOT InsertCoin 1.1.4, working well for me.

I'm using my own Rom with custom hboot
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k3lcior said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1040121
Use this one, yesterday coolexe did fabulous update.. EVERYTHING is working perfectly, including camera and flash.
It's Sense 3.0 ROM (not 2.1 + 3.0) and its just fast as 2.1, i was shocked when tried it for a first time.
TBH it's atm. best Sense 3 ROM in Desire section, and i tried all of them.
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gotta agree, it's really nice and smooth rom. check it out. but insert coin is ok also

Can highly recommend oxygen.
TouchPaled from Oxygen with Transparent XDA App

I've been experimenting with ROMs for a few months now. Here is what I've found:
1) The most stable, light, low power ROM that I've used is MIUI. It has everything you need out of the box.
2) If you don't like the MIUI interface (read: like an iPhone and Android combined), the next best is Redux 1.2. Very low power, but very basic. It is basically a shell as I didn't like a lot of the stock components. I had to get a new launcher, dialer, contact manager and SMS app.
3) Sense-based ROMs feel nice until the battery dies... which happens way too quickly. The stock ROM was the most stable for me, I just wanted Gingerbread. All of the Sense-based ROMs that were non-stock seemed to buggy for me.
I'm a computer engineer, so I don't mind playing around with technology, but MIUI and the stock ROM were the only ones that I'd recommend to somebody less technical (or somebody that just wants the smartphone to work and not have to constantly look for fixes and / or ways to make the phone work the way it should out of the box) for daily use.

Yes I'm using that Rom too and can't fault it. It's fast for a sense 3 Rom.

Currently on MIUI 1.8.26.
Cant comment on the batt yet since i just flashed this yesterday but hell yeah, its fast.....
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jdwright45 said:
1) The most stable, light, low power ROM that I've used is MIUI. It has everything you need out of the box.
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I have to say I disagree with almost all of that
It's based in cm7 so its one of the heaviest aosp Roms around.
To compare, miui xj, with my brutal stripping, I got down to 90MB bare bones. That's 30 MB bigger than dGB and 25MB bigger than redux in the same state.
Also imho, cm7 is heavier on battery, ergo so is miui. Redux is better power wise, although a miui custom kernel could help them there.
Out of interest what mA are you getting on 3g whilst idle?
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I am currently on IC 1.1.4 with newest noncallrec kernel. Works fine whereas 1.1.4 had some freeze issues, 1.1.3 worked perfect for me. No lags, no freeze, quite fast. I am also not a heavy user hence my bat lasts almost the whole day.

I'm on Cool3D AceS v2. Nice rom, fast and stable. Was using cyanogenmod, but was missing sense

chrismast said:
I am currently on IC 1.1.4 with newest noncallrec kernel. Works fine whereas 1.1.4 had some freeze issues, 1.1.3 worked perfect for me. No lags, no freeze, quite fast. I am also not a heavy user hence my bat lasts almost the whole day.
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Would you say that v1.1.3 is as smooth as Rc mix latest release? Just thinking of shifting to IC hence these questions

jackie_jagger said:
Would you say that v1.1.3 is as smooth as Rc mix latest release? Just thinking of shifting to IC hence these questions
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sorry, cannot compare IC with Rc as I never tried Rc. IC (CM7) runs fine, fast & stable (at least 1.1.3) for me so had no need to check any other rom till now.

chrismast said:
sorry, cannot compare IC with Rc as I never tried Rc. IC (CM7) runs fine, fast & stable (at least 1.1.3) for me so had no need to check any other rom till now.
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well as long as it works well - I think its worth a try - downloading it now !
Thanks

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113070
For me, this is currently the best Sense experience on the desire. I am using the cm7 version.

You guys should try Oxygen with Oxygen hboot r2, u'll get hell lot of spaces! I tried going to insertcoin with CM7 hboot r2, end up having 88mb after installing all my apps without installing my games, but with my Oxygen rom, i have 148mb free, with 27 games in it... and it's very very smooth...

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You guys should try Oxygen with Oxygen hboot r2, u'll get hell lot of spaces! I tried going to insertcoin with CM7 hboot r2, end up having 88mb after installing all my apps without installing my games, but with my Oxygen rom, i have 148mb free, with 27 games in it... and it's very very smooth...
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Thats kind of funny. Guess you didn't see my signature when I posted earlier then. I got 40MB on Oxygen

Which is Rom better for daily use?

Hi guys, new to the desire community.
Which Rom is better for daily use?
-supernova gb sense Rom
-leedroid hd 3.3.3
-leedroid v2.5
-leedroid v3.0.8.2
Thanks guys! Been thinking which is good.
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Which ROM do you like the most? Which one of them to you works the best? Ask yourself a few questions, and when a specific ROM always comes up first you'll find your answer.

Currently using leedroid hd v3.3.3. But the internal memory seems to go down fast with a2sd++.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

You're gonna get a million different answers because everyone has their own opinion. The only way to find out is to check them out yourself
Swyped from my CM7.1 Desire using XDA Premium App

OK I have a more specific question: which ROM with Sense 2.1 or later and MORE space in internal memory than stock Gingerbread is better for daily use? (apart from Gingerburst with Data2SD because it seems my class 10 SD card doesn't like it ( )

Makinen11 said:
OK I have a more specific question: which ROM with Sense 2.1 or later and MORE space in internal memory than stock Gingerbread is better for daily use? (apart from Gingerburst with Data2SD because it seems my class 10 SD card doesn't like it ( )
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Yes! More internal Memory is needed for desire.

Have you tried any AOSP ROMs yet? (One's without Sense)

Tried those but I prefer ROMS with
sense.
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Did you try supernova?
TouchPal-d from my Desire running Starburst Classic Rom - 450 apps and counting. .

Droidzone said:
Did you try supernova?
TouchPal-d from my Desire running Starburst Classic Rom - 450 apps and counting. .
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Whts the diff between gingerburst and supernova?
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Makinen11 said:
OK I have a more specific question: which ROM with Sense 2.1 or later and MORE space in internal memory than stock Gingerbread is better for daily use?
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Thats the same question as the OP but adding an extra variable. See Timmaaa's response

I've found that pretty much any Sense GB ROM has glitches here and there, whether it be MMS not sending, camera flash timing, video playback stuttering etc etc etc.
About 4 days ago, I went back to Leedroid 2.5.0 and although it's only Android 2.2, it just works as it should.
The only thing that bothered me was that there are no toggles for wifi/Bluetooth etc in the notification bar, but there's a little mod to flash that enables that as well, so now it's spot on.
I'd recommend this for daily use.

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I've found that pretty much any Sense GB ROM has glitches here and there, whether it be MMS not sending, camera flash timing, video playback stuttering etc etc etc.
About 4 days ago, I went back to Leedroid 2.5.0 and although it's only Android 2.2, it just works as it should.
The only thing that bothered me was that there are no toggles for wifi/Bluetooth etc in the notification bar, but there's a little mod to flash that enables that as well, so now it's spot on.
I'd recommend this for daily use.
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That's because the "any Sense GB ROM" you referred to are all ports! Naturally, there will be bugs. Anything based on official HTC RUU-GB Roms like Supernova, Teppic, Alex-V; or Froyo Roms-StarBurst, old Leedroid shouldnt have issues.

Droidzone said:
That's because the "any Sense GB ROM" you referred to are all ports! Naturally, there will be bugs. Anything based on official HTC RUU-GB Roms like Supernova, Teppic, Alex-V; or Froyo Roms-StarBurst, old Leedroid shouldnt have issues.
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I hear you, and I'd expect glitches in ROMs ported from other devices, but even 2.3 ROMs based on the official update for the Desire from HTC (EG http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1210178) have issues in my experience.
It feels kinda wrong rolling back to 2.2, but it works well, so.........

wildcardspv said:
I hear you, and I'd expect glitches in ROMs ported from other devices, but even 2.3 ROMs based on the official update for the Desire from HTC (EG http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1210178) have issues in my experience.
It feels kinda wrong rolling back to 2.2, but it works well, so.........
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Well, that Rom says "I removed all things that you'll never use and added some other thing like torch. "
Self explanatory, eh?

Droidzone said:
Well, that Rom says "I removed all things that you'll never use and added some other thing like torch. "
Self explanatory, eh?
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Lol, I guess!
My main gripes are:
- Camera capturing images just as the flash is switching off, so pics come out too dark
- Audio and Video being out of sync on videos recorded with the camcorder, when the resolution is set to anything higher than 640x480
(I have a 3 yr old son, so the camera/videocamera gets used a lot!!)
So what about your ROM?
Can you confirm whether these issues are apparent in it?
I've been reading about it and it sounds great, but there's no point flashing it if these issues occur!!
Many thanks

Unfortunately, I've not really tested these details specifically on SuperNova (my work is mainly based on advanced system scripts), and cant test it at the moment, since...wait for it..I'm on my Froyo Rom, StarBurst If I test it out later, I'll update this thread with my results
The reason I switched back to Froyo was the superior network and wifi drivers, which will never be solved on GB Sense without source/a better Ruu..

if you want sense, you should try silky tobasco's
if not oxygen is the best..

tarikg said:
if you want sense, you should try silky tobasco's
if not oxygen is the best..
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tarikg = adamg?

Hmmm...
at the moment, GB AOSP ROMs are relatively more stable than the GB Sense ROMs (with Sense 1.9, 2.1, 3.0 and 3.5 or hybrid/2.1+3.0)
GB Sense ROMs are still not yet mature (my opinion) and as usual, maturity increases along with the developing time.
If you want really reliable ROMs, use Froyo Sense ROMs or any other AOSP or MIUI ROMs.
BTW:
I am now on GB Oxygen (http://forum.oxygen.im/)
and waiting for ICS
I really really hope the devs can come up with stable ICS for daily usage.