I have been test driving a few roms in the past few days, and did a brief benchmark comparison of three ROMs: 1)Preloaded GB 2.3.3 that came with the phone with all VZW ****ware frozen, and rooted. 2)Virtuous Unity 1.31.3 (Sense 3.0) and 3)CM7 Nightly #42(AOSP) with integrated kernel. Keep in mind that your result may vary as we all know each phone behave differently. All three versions were running on integrated kernel that came with the ROM.
Preloaded GB 2.3.3
1Ghz
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Virtuous Unity 1.31.3 (Sense 3.0)
1Ghz
1.3Ghz
1.5Ghz
CM7 Nightly #42 AOSP
1Ghz
1.3Ghz
1.5Ghz
Here is how I would rank them in real world performance, your experience may vary:
Overall Speed(transfering files, restoring Ti backup and sms/mms messages, launching apps, etc.):
1)CM7
2)Virtuous Unity
3)Stock GB
Fluidity/Smoothness
1)CM7
2)Stock GB
3)Virtuous Unity
Customization
1)CM7
2)Virtuous Unity
3)Stock GB
Out of the box functionality
1)Stock GB
2)Virtuous Unity
3)CM7
Cosmetically(Obviously this is subjective, some people can't stand the HTC sense and prefer AOSP, while others dig it, personally I really like the Sense 3.0, it's so purdy. LOL)
1)Virtuous Unity
2) Stock GB
3)CM7
The CM7 #42 required quite a lot more patches than others (Gapps.zip, Tiamat kernel to fix volume issue, etc), my phone doesn't like Tiamat kernels and had a few hard lockups that required battery pull (hold vol + power didn't work) so I wiped everything and reflashed with the stock kernel instead. I still can't get the build in mail to sync with Hotmail, had to install 3rd party K9 mail to access my hotmail. I don't like the camera from this rom, I think someone suggested to use the MIUI-Camera instead. Though, this is the speed king here, it's easily 2~3x faster than the other 2 roms, I/O is amazing and it's apparent when I restored Ti backup and thousands of sms/mms messages. The fugly ADW launcher sucks, I used Go Launcher EX instead. This rom has a ton of settings, if you like to customize you will love this. It's as vanilla as it can gets, lean and fast like Bruce Lee.
Not much to say about the stock preloaded GB. It's quite smooth and snappy even at the stock 1Ghz, everything just work. Now that we have root for it and able to freeze or uninstall all the ****ware, I can easily live with this rom as my daily driver. This thing is rock solid, period.
Virtuous Unity 1.31.3 has very few bugs but a little more choppier than I used to, the choppiness improved a bit by overclocking it to about 1.2~1.3Ghz. This rom is quite heavy, take up more space than the other two, probably due to the sense 3.0, but hey you gotta pay to play. There are quite a lot of spacing between icons though, I'd have like it more if we can pack them closer together. This is what I'm test driving at the moment.
CM7 should offer the best bench performance. Take the numbers for what they are but CM7 gets me about 2300 in quadrant vs. 1550 on the stick ROM.
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I apologize if this has been answered before. And yes, I can assure you I've read the instructions on how to go about installing SnapTurbo and I know all the warnings. Nothing is wrong with my Evo, however I'm curious as to whether or not Turbo is actually running.
What happened was I first installed CM 6.1, played around, wiped both caches, then installed Snap 7.6 (CFS). Then I activated SnapTurbo. On reboot, the phone wouldn't load past the white Evo 4G screen. So I just reflashed the Snap 7.6 kernel. Everything works fine now and the SnapTurbo app says it is activated. However, I'm not sure whether or not I can trust it since I'm not sure how Turbo works its magic. I ran a Quadrant benchmark and around 2040, so I'm guessing it is. Just wanted to make sure.
Bump. Anyone?
2040 doesn't sound like Turbo's been activated.
Do a full wipe of you data+cache, flash a sense ROM, then flash CM6.1-RC1, followed by snap, then do the failsafe Turbo method.
Also, give it plenty of time on the whitescreen, and if you're worried, plugin and look at adb logcat. If you see the same messages repeating or logcat sits there saying "waiting for device" for ten minutes, then yeah, it's looping.
Finally, keep in mind that in 6.1, all of the current versions of Snap are going to have issues due to the differences in kernel versions. For example, Snap 7.6 will not have working bluetooth.
I had the same problem I just pulled the battery and put it back in and it loaded just fine, every time I tried booting from recovery it would get stuck, this probably isn't an exact science but I hope it works
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Thanks guys. Ill give it a try when I get home. Late for my sociology class! I dont wanna use up then battery wiping and flashing right now.
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Alright so instead of going back to my Stock rooted backup, I cleared all caches and restored my original CM 6.1 backup (without Snap kernel). Then I reflashed Snap kernel and activated SnapTurbo and I THINK it's working now. The scores in Quadrant vary; the highest I got now was 2227, but it's gone as low as 1985. I think it's because SetCPU is set to Interactive (998 max, 245 min):
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Put SetCPU on Performance and overclock as high as you can, then run Quadrant three times. You should see 2300+, sometimes all the way up to 2800+.
When I do that, Quadrant first force closes on startup, then it freezes my phone when it gets to the first 3D benchmark (the one with the staircase) and my phone reboots. I'm pretty sure that I did an uninstall and reinstall of it already but I'll do it again.
EDIT: Alright so I ran it with the 3rd-to-highest overclock 3 times. First I had 2187, then 2383, and now 2476. I think it's running. Thanks guys!
PS: What governor would you recommend as the best combination of speed and low power consumption without any noticeable lag? I know this kernel has HAVs, so I don't have profiles enabled. But should I stick with Interactive or go with Conservative? I don't game on this thing, plus I'm using LauncherPro so I don't notice much lag already.
OK so I've been playing about with a few ROM's over the last few weeks, since my Desire starting playing up, after being on DroidZone's Supernova ROM with Data2SD.
Data2SD was my main reason for using the superb Supernova ROM. The ROM has Sibereís Data2SD script built into the ROM allowing for up to 2GB of internal memory. It was good, but it was missing a few things that you get with Sense 3.0 & 3.5 ROM's. Speed was good but not as excellent as you get from AOSP GB ROMS.
SO..
When it messed up, I booted a few AOSP ROMS to see which ones I could implement Data2SD into. After messing about with Oxygen, GingerVillain and countless others, GParting the SD card and wiping the Fat32 & Ext4 partitions between each install, I went for MildWild's Oxygen based ROM v2.2.2 with ICS theme from the Xperia Arc Launcher. Great ROM, and after I added Sibereís Data2SD script, excellent. But again it was missing a few things I liked with Sense ROM's..
Now I'm running Aurora V5 with AD2SDX.
Aurora v5 adds Sense 3.0 with lots of tweaks. Full Gallery integration with Facebook, Picassa, Flickr, etc all work, which is what I wanted from the AOSP ROMS. To add the ICS look & feel, I installed Go Launcher Pro from the market and themed it with ICS Pro Go Launcher theme. I now have a fully themed ICS Desire, Home screen, App launcher, SMS (Go SMS), Facebook, Twitter, Search bar widgets all ICS themed.
AD2SDX is like Sibereís script but keeps some essential system files in internal memory instead of shifting everything to the SD card which I found can cause a bit of lag.
Overall Aurora v5 together with the ICS themed Go Launcher Pro is the perfect combination for my Desire. Quick, battery friendly, no lags and fully featured.
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Thanks for the post, I recently side graded to a Nexus S because of my love for ASOP roms and loathing of sense stuff but...
I've given my HTC desire to my girlfriend and she loves the sense stuff.
I'm going to whack this onto her phone and see how it does as she has been complaining about battery life and other stuff with her current rom.
are you going to post everyday bout a rom ( increasing post count eh!)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21011703#post21011703
Pics..................?
Pics to follow shortly..
I'm very interested too, waiting for your pictures)
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Hello, it's been a while since i flash a rom, so im kind of lost in whats hot!, i will like to know which is the best rom right now, more stable, more complete, and best battery life, i know that everybody has its favorite, but i would apreciate any recomendations, thaks!
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Hello, it's been a while since i flash a rom, so im kind of lost in whats hot!, i will like to know which is the best rom right now, more stable, more complete, and best battery life, i know that everybody has its favorite, but i would apreciate any recomendations, thaks!
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MikG v3.0 or Tommeytomatoes Classic for Sense. Decks 1.3d for AOSP. These are the most stable roms out there.
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Nolimit06's rom seems to be pretty good but I haven't tried it yet.
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altosvirtual said:
Hello, it's been a while since i flash a rom, so im kind of lost in whats hot!, i will like to know which is the best rom right now, more stable, more complete, and best battery life, i know that everybody has its favorite, but i would apreciate any recomendations, thaks!
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i been in MIUI 2.2.6 with a kernel Tiamat 3.3.7 sbs... everything works perfect no FC, smooth, mms works, battery life good.
the only thing that doesnt work its 4g
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MikG v3.0 or Tommeytomatoes Classic for Sense. Decks 1.3d for AOSP. These are the most stable roms out there.
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+1 on classic and mikg3.0 ,decks aosp 1.3 and 1.3d 1.3 was the base for my ROM
We are legion, for we are many
I liked MikG and Decks 1.3. Right now I'm on Radiance 6.1 (sense 3.5) and I really like it.
kus5h.bo55 said:
i been in MIUI 2.2.6 with a kernel Tiamat 3.3.7 sbs... everything works perfect no FC, smooth, mms works, battery life good.
the only thing that doesnt work its 4g
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I'll second that. Best ROM yet that I've used, and with the Black Ice Theme, with the NeonBT Icons... awesome looking.
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Although the Chinese in the lock screen clock IS a bit annoying
i like classic 006, so far it gives me the best battery life...
I use to use KINGsrom for a very long time. back in the summer i switched to evo decks rom and i must say that its by far the best rom iv used. super fast, never any problems and i never had to go back into the thread to ask about problems because i never have ANY problems.
I haven't tried decks but mikG 3.0 has been great for me. Flashed the freedom kernel and use setcpu profiles to underclock for battery or overclock when charging.
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Ok, so I sat around for a long time thinking about how I could get a sense 3.0 lockscreen without rooting (before rooting obviously). I thought 3.0+ was so incredibly amazing before I really dove into it all. Now here I am, wishing we could get the 2.1 lockscreen (which I like so much more) on more ROMs. I'd run 2.1 ROMs but I found through rooting that I like so many features of higher sense versions better, but want 2.1 back.
For instance, I like the 3.5 dialer and mms stuff, as well, as the 3.0 weather over the 3.5 version.... I also don't mind the 2.1 Rosie, but hate the overscroll. I love the 2.1 lockscreen, but can't have that and the features of others as well. Is it possible at all to make it happen? If so, I wanna look at making it work.
Am I the only one who's picky about sense ROMs like this?? Lol
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certain things can be ported, just needs refinement
ie sense 2.1 lockscreen on a sense 3.0 rom (in this case tsm trinity)
the lockscreen works, just it would have to be hacked up to change resource ids to fix mismatches (in this case the music control buttons)
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really depends how heavily a particular apk is tied into the framework on the particular sense version, and what its dependencies are
Yea, the idea of a mashup rom is cool. I'd like to see the sense 3.5 music and camera apps backported to 2.1. If it is as difficult as it sounds, it's not likely to happen, but that would be awesome. Cause sense 2.1 is the most stable on our phones atm, so using it as a base ensures stability. But I miss 3.0 and 3.5.
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I would love something like this. I love the Sense 3.0 and 3.5 goodness but am currently running an AOSP ROM because anything higher than 2.1 chokes my phone.
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I would love something like this. I love the Sense 3.0 and 3.5 goodness but am currently running an AOSP ROM because anything higher than 2.1 chokes my phone.
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In a few months we will get an update. We will probably get sense 3.5.
You are picky, IDK if you will find a Rom with all that. But I stick with stock because of the amazing camera quality. I'm still searching for the perfict ROM though.
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I agree completely. I love the sense 2.1 lockscreen. It is simple and looks.really good. I agree a mashup Rom would be nice.
I think this should be your first project lol.
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Hey guys,
I am using on my HTC 10 this mix : ViperRom 2.5+elementalx kernel (stock settings)+ PnP&Thermals tweak in order to get a balance between performance and a good battery. I was wondering if any of you guys prefer to have the HTC customized to have a balance between performance and bettey , what mix do you use ?
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I am using on my HTC 10 this mix : ViperRom 2.5+elementalx kernel (stock settings)+ PnP&Thermals tweak in order to get a balance between performance and a good battery. I was wondering if any of you guys prefer to have the HTC customized to have a balance between performance and bettey , what mix do you use ?
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Sounds PERFECT to me.
There are "other" ROMs besides Viper10?
Where are these "other" ROMs you speak of?
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Using Viper10, Stock Kernel, pnp tweak. Personally the performance and battery drain is a little bit better than on ElementalX for my usage profile.
Used LeeDrOiD, clumsy Kernel & pnp tweak prior to this and had similar performance and drainage. Unless LeeDrOiD is really amazing there are some tweaks I wanted, that can only be found on Viper10.
Going to try MaximusHD at this weekend just to check it out.
In general I can't decide between those three, which renders me always flashing back and forth. It depends on what you're looking for, and if you are flashaholic. Generally I'd say ...
1. you want an optimized Stock ROM with APM and some old Sense 7 Apps -> go for MaximusHD, maybe combined with ElementalX and/or pnp tweak
2. you want an optimized Sense ROM with custom kernel, some old Sense 7 Apps, and some nice tweaks -> go for LeeDrOiD, maybe combined with pnp tweak
3. you want an optimized Sense ROM, with Stock Kernel, some old Sense 7 Apps, and loads of tweaks for literally everything -> go for Viper10, combined with pnp tweaks, and maybe maybe ElementalX
So I took number 3 without ElementalX and gonna check out 1 at this weekend. Man I wish MultiROM would be available so I could run all three options side by side, as back on my M8 and M9.
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I am running Viper10 with Elite kernel and pnp, although considering switching to Cleanslate kernel because of the active dev
Interested in more input.
Wondering the same, decided Im finally gonna unlock and root.
Definitely going to try out PNP since my battery is meh but in terms of roms and kernel not sure what to pick.
But will try stock with pnp first of course.