Guys,,, which is the best custom rom for motorola defy???
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I tried the Jboogie LiquidArc rom and i can assure its very stable , fast , smooth , and most important to me = very easy steps to install : http://modmymobile.com/forums/640-m...e3-liquidarc-gingerbread-v2-0-09-08-11-a.html
and i think if you have a red lens defy then u should try MS2Ginger 2.1 u will have 720p video record : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1140839
Hope I helped
CM7. Period x)
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I use MS2Ginger 2.0 (Defy with red lens), works great for me, especially if you want 720p recording/playback.
MS2Ginger if you like blur , or CM7 smooth and fast without any Force close problems i almost tried every rom out there 2.2.2 froyo is also fast and works fine .
PS: dont ever flash 2.3.4
i used to have cm7 until recently. cm7 is getting boring and miui has caught up with cm7 as far as bug fixes are concerned, but it's much more eye pleasing
try wajkiui, without the ics add-on first, and see if you like it.
jh20 said:
i used to have cm7 until recently. cm7 is getting boring and miui has caught up with cm7 as far as bug fixes are concerned, but it's much more eye pleasing
try wajkiui, without the ics add-on first, and see if you like it.
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cm7 boring? boring as rock-stable?
I would try again if wifi is fixed and battery drain...
jboogie is based off cm7 by quarax. pretty decent.
barebones is the ultimate cm mod with the "bare essentials"
cm7 is fast, and as far as customising it there are LOADS of themes, personally i like the way this one looks
miui is nice, recently it has got much more smoother and there are many variants. wajk,d something :S and so on
(personally i like the galnet miui but waiting for the next update before jumping up and down and trying to convert people.)
ms2 ginger and moto ginger are based off the stock gb from moto and there are soo many nandroids of the same(stock gb from moto for the defy plus)in the dev thread. only plus point of ms2ginger over the rest is the 720p recording and its awesome (but only to view on the phone, on the computer its a totally different story)
cm9 is still kicking in the alpha stage but at the moment looks the most promising.
at the end of it, which ever rom you like should be the one you pick. oh and be careful, trying not wrecking your phone! lol
no one here can be held responsible if anything happens to your phone but if there is an issue, there are many awesome people who are waiting to help!!
any way happy modding!
well said... but the stock froyo of India 3.4.3-36-1.7 is the most stable for me...
MS2GINGER for me ... 720p recording and playback and most importantly the battery backup ... this is the rom with the best battery life for me :]
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ezantera said:
cm7 boring? boring as rock-stable?
I would try again if wifi is fixed and battery drain...
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lol....i might have to eat my own words actually
after testing a few variances of miui based roms, ie, wajkiui, dsj ics miui and galnet miui, i still went back to cm7 because those roms are still not as stable and smooth as cm7.
then i found that many of those eye candies i found on miui based roms are there in cm7 anyway. i just wasn't into tweaking my phone before until i got into miui roms.
anyway i'm currently testing ms2ginger 2.1 for green lens and mtotoginger 2 i found the best thing about these roms are the battery life. most roms i tested so far consume about 0.4-0.6 % per hr when the phone is in deep sleep. the motoginger 2 rom (preferred over the ms2ginger) uses about 0.3% per hr when deep sleep and on maximum battery saver mode!
I really have to agree with CM7. I've been running it for weeks, without any random reboots and lots of usage.
It is just the safest bet out there.
Also consider try WajkIUI ICS http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161110
I bet you will like its smooth faster than ever and the thing is stability
Im my point of view Wajk is one of the best devs 4 defy
I've used Cm7 for about 3 months, and I have to say, it's really stable. But I couldn't figure out why the built-in ADW Launcher was so laggy, but the ADW from market wasn't. But in fact, I didn't really cared about ADW, because I've used LP. There's no other Launcher on Earth which is that smooth, stable and far away from annoying gimmicks like those freaky transition effects from Go Launcher. After 3 months cm7 got very boring for me. So I decided to test some of the other ROM's postet here. Ms2Ginger was kind of overloaded and I don't like the color of the settings menue. Wajkiui was a variety of a MIUI Rom but without the MIUI Launcher. The last one I tried, was the MIUI Pikachu Edition. And It feels like much smoother then other MIUI Rom's, more stable and settings to play around So, I use MIUI Pikachu for about 2 months and I don't think I'll change the ROM until there's a final Version of CM9-Jordan.
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So, I use MIUI Pikachu for about 2 months and I don't think I'll change the ROM until there's a final Version of CM9-Jordan.
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arr.. yes, the pikachu edition. i've heard of it but it's in german which i don't speak
Yea, its a german Rom, but it suports english, too. Im just comparing it with stock MIUI and Galnet-MIUI. I cant see any great differences except of the theme and Bootanimations
The main difference of the Pikachu edit. is the app called "Flag-configer". With this app, you can change installation parameters and app contents BEFORE you flash the ROM. MIUI Pikachu is the only ROM which is supported by the Flag-configer, actually I'm not sure if it's the only supported ROM. For now, the GALNET and WAJIKU can't be configured by this app.
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Wajkiui
Hit the thanxx button
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I would, if i were on my pc. I promise you to thank you as soon as I'm on xda on pc.
OT: who's the Dev of Tapatalk? They/she/he should integrate a thx button and a search function. Would be more awesome.
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Yea, its a german Rom, but it suports english, too. Im just comparing it with stock MIUI and Galnet-MIUI. I cant see any great differences except of the theme and Bootanimations
The main difference of the Pikachu edit. is the app called "Flag-configer". With this app, you can change installation parameters and app contents BEFORE you flash the ROM. MIUI Pikachu is the only ROM which is supported by the Flag-configer, actually I'm not sure if it's the only supported ROM. For now, the GALNET and WAJIKU can't be configured by this app.
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that's it, that's where i heard of pikachu rom for the first time, at wajkiui thread
tweetypeety was trying to promote his configer app, and i'm surprised when you said it doesn't support wajkiui:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19005789&highlight=configer#post19005789
i might give pikachu a go and see
edit: is there a site in english? how am i going to install it if everything is in german until i get a chance to change the language?
i tried cm7 and currently on Wiui... have to say they r fast n solid! but as i am always outside w/o wifi... thus my data always on... the battery eats 15%/hr even when i am doing nothing with it n always in my pocket!!!
therefore i can say i really enjoy my defy when i m at home(wif wifi)... but once outside... i have to ration its use in case battery is flat when i have urgent call to make!!!
any rom out there to fix this problem?
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I have tested 4-5 roms, and all have some problems.
What is the perfect ROM now? Not HD.
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There is no perfect rom, there is only a rom you like best. Other people can tell you what they prefer but that does not have to apply to your preferences.
If you want to see what the most popular rom there is a poll some were in general.
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did u try Leedroid?
It's all up to you. I'm using Oxygen 2.0 and I love it. It's missing the video camera function until the N1 OTA update but I have never used that anyways so I'm more than happy with it.
I personally use MIUI, brilliant rom but confusing updates, they realease new software all the time to its virtually bug free for me.
It has too many features to list, i find something new and by the time i found all the extras they release another update.
Try MIUI, its like a iphone but you can easily change the theme.
Battery life is somethin else and im using there stock kernel, 17 hours, sync on, wifi on, auto brightness (actually works) and mild to heavy use.
I'll try MIUI
Tried LeeDroid, MIUI, Oxygen (1.0 and 2.0), VillainROM, GinerVillain, SuperVillain, DeFrost, CM6, CM7, Ginger Redux, Amethyst. To be honest, I currently have CM7 installed but I am constantly changing ROMs anyway. CM7 to me actually works the best out of the Gingerbreads. I would say that if you want speed, stick with MIUI if you installed it since I got 2135 score in Quadrant (MIUI 1.1.12). But it is up to you. There is NEVER the "best" ROM.
i have tried about 10 different roms and i think insertcoin for hd is nice also leedroid is very good and fast
for me starburst, it is very stable, almost no issues at all. stock sense rom + the magnificent data2sd. i used to flash a rom once in a while, but now..im sticking to starburst. maybe its for a long time.
The op should be more specific in what he looks for, is it sense, non-sense or miui rom?
I find Sense ROMs more appealing than other two, and my favorites are Leedroid and AuraxTSense.
Leedroid is very fast, I used it for more than a month, but found that some memory leaks are happening to me and a few other users. It is a deal breaker for me at this time since the phone becomes unusable when it happens until rebooted, so I swinged back to AuraxTSense. It's performance is also admirable, it boots somewhat longer, but at this time it seems more reliable than the Leedroid. Both are equally fast and snappy in operation. Also snq's kernel has some quirks at this time, the phone rebooting itself when connected to a car cradle, screen turning on during charge being some of them for example.
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CM7 Every Build till now has major issues at the moment (major for me for some none) as MMS and VPN don't work.
I am using the Redux-RC2.1 running gingerbread 2.3.2 in a very smooth way - highly recommended. VPN issue hasemt been solved yet but should be in the upcoming RC3 coming soon from the developer. MMS is not an issue and working great
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Tried LeeDroid, MIUI, Oxygen (1.0 and 2.0), VillainROM, GinerVillain, SuperVillain, DeFrost, CM6, CM7, Ginger Redux, Amethyst. To be honest, I currently have CM7 installed but I am constantly changing ROMs anyway. CM7 to me actually works the best out of the Gingerbreads. I would say that if you want speed, stick with MIUI if you installed it since I got 2135 score in Quadrant (MIUI 1.1.12). But it is up to you. There is NEVER the "best" ROM.
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MMS and camera works on MIUI ?
thanks
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MMS and camera works on MIUI ?
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Yes it works!
I've been using HiApk for a while now, loving it's speed. It's problem free so far.
Leedroid and AuraxTSense.
In my opinion there is a perfect rom.. Oxygenrom
It has a very fast and stable base, perfect power menu configuration
All functions like camera and gps work proper and rom feels really smooth
Depends on what appeals to you but personally, AurxTremeGinger or Reflex S do it for me.
Asking what the best rom is, is like asking what the best car is.
I found Redux v1.2 is a brilliant Rom Clean, fast and stable.
At the moment I test the InsertCoin v17 Rom and I found also it is a very nice Rom.
There is no perfect rom at the moment...
- Froyo sense roms are the most stable (Leedroid, Teppic's, AuraxTSense...) but they are not the fastest. (I think we can add HD/Z roms in this categorie)
- AOSP rom lack of some features like 720p, FM radio, HTC apps and widgets ; there is also this endless call delay bug. Despite that, they are the fastest roms at the moment and they can be very minimalist (and I'm sure a lot of people like minimalist roms like DevNull or Oxygen)
- MIUI is quite interesting but settings menu are so slow.
- New Sense roms begin to grow up, but I think the fact we are porting RUU from other devices to our Desires affects the quality of those roms.
Hey , as the oficial 2.2 rom for defy is not that great , i was wondering wich is the best ROM for defy , mainly for gaming purposes. I saw MIUI on the forum and i really liked it's appearence , but i also heard CM7 is great but it seems to have many bugs . And there are any good ones beside these two ?
i am running CM7 beta 6 for the last 7 days and cant say i am not happy. At first I had problems with battery drain, and after recalibrating the battery I stopped having it draining so fast, now my battery lasts almost 72 hours of regular usage.
I have been running andry birds and air attack HD and didnt see any problems with them neither with the rom, it worked fine the same they were working with my last rom, which was froyo.
If you never installed CM7, give it a try, you can always revert whatever you do (if you do in the proper way, of course)
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At first I had problems with battery drain, and after recalibrating the battery I stopped having it draining so fast, now my battery lasts almost 72 hours of regular usage.
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what programme of calibration you used?
I second that. CM7 beta 6 is great. Yes, there appear to be bugs. I only know this because I read the forums. But for what I use the phone for I can't complain at all. All the games I play run great for me. I will say it is a hell of a lot faster then the stock 2.2 out there.
i think cm7 is the best , though it has bugs
if CM7 got bugs, i think MIUI got even more bugs, as MIUI development takes off from CM7
The one I use for a long time (since beta 2) is the CM7, and I think perfect
CM7 is perfect. I haven't had any bug at all. Well some issues with setVsel, but when I desinstaled it all ok.
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the next logical thing would be CM7
When will beta7 be release?
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The official 2.2 (HK/TW) is working very well in my case. I tried every CM7 beta and it's getting better and better. Yet there are still problems with some games (eg miniglore) and applications (eg astro smb mode).
I like CM7, seems to run great, not too many bugs for a beta. Easy to install. And it looks fantastic.
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the easiest way to recalibrate your battery is 'battery calibration' from market. and yeah, cm7 does have some minor bugs, but its so much faster and better than any other rom ive ever used, its definitely worth a try! and the next version will be an sbf
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I must tell you CM7 is better than miui! if you say CM7 has some bugs,miui more!
I remmand you to use CM7!
i'm using miui because the dialer is smart... and im dont know how put that dialer on CM7...
cm7 is more stable and run better on my defy...
CM7 FTW all the way.... Bugs are minor and its smokin' still in beta but still better than any other rom I've used overall
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When will beta7 be release?
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Ask Quarx
I've just installed the leaked UK 2.2.1 on mine and with the patches for market/haptic feedback in the thread and it works great for me. certainly better than the roiginal firmware anyway. no bugs at all and stable so far!
got it from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933555
the fixes i mention above were posted by MadStu in that thrread except it didnt include the haptic fix. He posted it in another thread I found it via google here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11033490&postcount=18
After a lot of searchign and reading i decided to go for this one as it seems to be the most stable and bug free, I'm also keeping an eye on the newly leaked 2.3.3 roms floating about but will hold off till they're a bit more mature I think
as title which one????
I think the obvious answer here is quarx's CM7
Thats my opinion anyway. But they are all great really. I also like jboogie's liquid arc and barebones but CM7 FTW!
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I think the obvious answer here is quarx's CM7
Thats my opinion anyway. But they are all great really. I also like jboogie's liquid arc and barebones but CM7 FTW!
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thanks .i will flash it
Definitely go with CM7, it runs great, and as a bonus, looks great. Minor bugs are easily overlooked. Fantastic ROM overall.
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Definitely go with CM7, it runs great, and as a bonus, looks great. Minor bugs are easily overlooked. Fantastic ROM overall.
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absolutely agree, there are some minor bugs, but nothing to worry about. it's way faster than any other rom, looks cool, it's gingerbread, and if something goes wrong, there are many to help you
@GoldenStatyTy: i see your signature, it sais cm7 beta 7.1, i thought it was in beta 6 status, is this correct?? if yes, how/where did you get it?
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absolutely agree, there are some minor bugs, but nothing to worry about. it's way faster than any other rom, looks cool, it's gingerbread, and if something goes wrong, there are many to help you
@GoldenStatyTy: i see your signature, it sais cm7 beta 7.1, i thought it was in beta 6 status, is this correct?? if yes, how/where did you get it?
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No, I'm running beta 6, that's an accident. I'm new to CM7 and the Android platform in general! Sorry!
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To my opinion, CM7 beta 6 (waiting for RC) by Quarx, smooth, quick, minor bugs, no way to compare this rom with stock ones
+1! It's really great!
Barebones 1.5.1
I love the fact that it is 'bare' and can be customized as the user wishes.
I've not tried CM7 because the beta status puts me off, plus all the little tweaks and fixes that need to be applied after flashing. Where is beta7 with all the fixes included, or better even RC1?
ATM I'm eagerly awaiting Barebones 1.5.2 or better even, a gingerbread barebones version.
I'm running froyo I've tried to use cm7 but never could get the market to work I installed the correct version of gapps and no market would show so it put me off the whole cm7 If anyone one has suggestions please help
cm7 cool but battery drain faster. second leedroid nosense.. i can use dhd highly usage 1.5days
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I'm running froyo I've tried to use cm7 but never could get the market to work I installed the correct version of gapps and no market would show so it put me off the whole cm7 If anyone one has suggestions please help
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You need to do like this:
boot into custom recovery
wipe/data, cache
install cm7 zip
install gapps zip
Do this all in one session. I think gapps needs to be installed prior to first boot or strange things can occurr
I've only had the official 2.1 and 2.2 non-blur roms before i flashed the leaked 2.3.3 orange rom. Now I have Motoblur on my defy and I still cant figure out why everyone hates Motoblur, It lacks some customization options I agree (miss the abillity to make a shortcut to switch between 2 and 3g), but the social network integration is nice and smart! It automatically syncs facebook with phone numbers, it shows updates from friends on a widget, etc.
Seriously, everything works for me in this rom as far as I know (red lens), only thing I don't like is the camera (never liked it).
What can I do to enhance the camera? 1st of all highest filming resolution is only vga, second problem is a weird distortion when recording. When recording and turning fast it makes the upper part move/adjust faster than the lower part of the film and so I get some weird effect. Its like the upper part is reacting like it should and the lower part just follows after. Quite difficult to explain, I hope someone gets it Any ideas for a fix?
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You need to do like this:
boot into custom recovery
wipe/data, cache
install cm7 zip
install gapps zip
Do this all in one session. I think gapps needs to be installed prior to first boot or strange things can occurr
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This is the exact method I tried still no good I must be doing something wrong I'm using the cm7 beta 6 and gapps for it and no market then I installed another version of gapps I finally got the market but it would kick me out as soon as I tried to load it up
Not sure if I should post here or in Dev. so im starting here and if it needs be moved, then please MOD move me.
Im rooting a phone for my buddy, unfortunately I do not have any knowledge of the Motorola Defy, im a Galaxy S user. Can anyone recommend a good starting ROM for the Defy? Im looking for lag fix, overclock and undervolt, or at least a GREAT battery reconditioning.
If anyone can point me in the direction of such a ROM it would be greatly appreciated!
your buddy needs motoblur? If not the top are CM7 and MIUI. For battery life you should probably look at froyo roms with cee deblur base
Why nobody is recommending Motoginger and MS2Ginger?I think both has some good features?
I'm using the nandroid and fixed SBF 2.3.4 для Defy - 134 works flawlessly it is based on the original leaked Gingerbread rom for the Defy+
leaked gingerbread has big battery drain
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I like what I'm hearing so far, thanks. Btw is the blur software going to be an issue in the rooting process? My friend is a little behind the times, he switched to android from an older blackberry, god knows how long hes had that. long story short he was saying he might not remember his blur information.
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he doesn't lose anything withouth motoblur, i think only a little % of motorola users uses it. give a look on youtube at CM7 and MIUI on defy and choose, it's a personal taste
WIUI should be a good choice also.
The actual version is a bit slow (really just a bit) but at friday comes the new version (based on MIUI 1.8.5) and I hope it will be smoother.
I use Motoblur and it work great on my daily needs. It's all build-in by default and they're integrated each other so well from messages, pictures, facebook, twitter, videos and etc.. in one go.. I even won't need to worry if my phone lost or stolen as I can use Motoblur to locate it or even wipe it data without the bad guy know..
Yet, I still rooting, 2nd-init, overclocking and flashing custom.zip. I also still installed other great apps just like any other Andriod user did.
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The version i'm using does not have a big battery drain.
Latest CM7 would be my recommendation.... just follow the FAQ (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065798) and then install the latest nightly (cm7-110809-0713-NIGHTLY-Jordan.zip as I write [http://defy.tanguy.tk/jordan-nightly/]) - stable, fast, latest Gingerbread 2.3.5....
well since you are looking for a STARTER rom maybe you should try miui. CM7 is the one i use but miui is more new-user friendly (in my opinion of course)
So, browsing a little back and forth, and tried some of the ROMs that are available here. not many, but a few..
what i can say so far, is that i really love ICS from lord clockan. but not having a working camcorder(camera before) is really a dealbraker..
android Revolution HD was nice and fast i guess, but sense? yeeeah, cool widgets and all, but thats about it really.
cyanogenmod 7.2 RC1 is what im currently using, and that is really nice, stable as a rock, smooth (enough) and never FC's.
BUT, i really dig that MIUI design :S so, can any of you recommend a MIUI ROM with working camera and camcorder?
Go to miui.us or miuiandroid also tons of them in the Rom theme manager or go to xda themes and look their misense 4.1 is a great theme. I hated cm7 due to it dialer and sms miui and sense are my personal choices. But once we get the correct drivers for cam sense 4 will be my favorite.
Good luck and enjoy
You might want to post something like this in Q&A
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So, browsing a little back and forth, and tried some of the ROMs that are available here. not many, but a few..
what i can say so far, is that i really love ICS from lord clockan. but not having a working camcorder(camera before) is really a dealbraker..
android Revolution HD was nice and fast i guess, but sense? yeeeah, cool widgets and all, but thats about it really.
cyanogenmod 7.2 RC1 is what im currently using, and that is really nice, stable as a rock, smooth (enough) and never FC's.
BUT, i really dig that MIUI design :S so, can any of you recommend a MIUI ROM with working camera and camcorder?
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You really gotta dig your way back into previous pages in order to find MIUI roms. What i would say is that every MIUI rom is pretty much same with few tweaks here and there but let me tell you something which was told to me by a dev here which is that with MIUI roms your data is continuously sent to them through network i guess where they can pretty much see everything in a shape of a log.