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[Q] Which ROM would you recommend

Hey, hope there aren't a lot of threads with the same question but i didn't find one.
I will root my Desire the next days and then want to update to a custom rom.
There are some things i really need:
1. A2SD (that i can store any apps on the SD card)
2. Stable (NO bugs)
3. Sense (maybe normal sense, but might be also a port from the desire HD/Z)
4. Fast-Browser WITH Flash
5. (not so important) a Rom which is not overloaded and themed, i like the way sense looks, with all it's fonts and pictures.
Would ne great if someone could tell my what rom he would suggest for me and my needs.
Thanks

iNsertCoin HD/Z Port 1.9.5

in the video the menu seems to be a bit laggy. and the equalizer doesnt work. not that i need it but i dont like roms where something doesnt work... why would you recommend this to me?

JonnyZaggi said:
in the video the menu seems to be a bit laggy. and the equalizer doesnt work. not that i need it but i dont like roms where something doesnt work... why would you recommend this to me?
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One more voice for "iNsertCoin HD/Z Port". I am still using older version "1.8f".. No FCs, very nice and smooth. No lags for me.

Cool sense Cool Z v6 (i can't get V7 to work properly(its still in beta))
The HD roms from my pov, the fonts too small for my old eyes

JonnyZaggi said:
Hey, hope there aren't a lot of threads with the same question but i didn't find one.
I will root my Desire the next days and then want to update to a custom rom.
There are some things i really need:
1. A2SD (that i can store any apps on the SD card)
2. Stable (NO bugs)
3. Sense (maybe normal sense, but might be also a port from the desire HD/Z)
4. Fast-Browser WITH Flash
5. (not so important) a Rom which is not overloaded and themed, i like the way sense looks, with all it's fonts and pictures.
Would ne great if someone could tell my what rom he would suggest for me and my needs.
Thanks
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I have been using the REMIxHD and it all seems to work very well, very fluid lag free flash works standard browser so might give dolphin ago. But then again when I got the LG GT540 on 2.1 thought it was good at the time.

I am using standard leedroid 2.3d. Working great for me and fits into your criteria.

JonnyZaggi said:
in the video the menu seems to be a bit laggy. and the equalizer doesnt work. not that i need it but i dont like roms where something doesnt work... why would you recommend this to me?
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The phone runs an older verison of the ROM in the video, which was laggy. EQ does not work, desire lacks of hardware.
I think you should go with a 2.2 Froyo ROM such as LeeDroid and not the HD/Z ports or Gingerbread.

I used to have RCMIXHD 3.0 A2SD and had a great experience with it. Surprisingly fast.
If Sense is not a priority for you, I'd recommend Oxygen or MIUI XJ, way smoother than any Sense HD port.

I used to love sense too. Sense is lovely.
These days though I realise that it's just eye candy - free yourself and get rid of it.
Go for Redux 1.0.2 (Gingerbread) which is the fastest smoothest ROM I've used (and I've used a lot).
Launcherpro has some god damn accurate Sense style widgets built in, and you can easily mod its dock to look the same as the sense dock, so you can have the sense look and feel, whilst still being able to use all the free space that sense usually takes up
This is what I'm currently running and I'm really happy with it.

free yourself and get rid of it.
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I had a HTC hero before and used Android without sense, but the audio player for example sucks ...
i think i will stick to froyo and sense until the official gingerbread+sense comes out and someone has rooted it and created a custom rom.
Or is there anything in gingerbread that ist better than in froyo?
The phone runs an older verison of the ROM in the video, which was laggy. EQ does not work, desire lacks of hardware.
I think you should go with a 2.2 Froyo ROM such as LeeDroid and not the HD/Z ports or Gingerbread.
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Actually i think LeeDroid is overloaded. The pictures i've seen are full with custom logos, fonts, etc, etc.
I Just want the original sense/sense HD style.
What ROM would you recommend? What about the Rooted Stock Roms?
And another question: Does slowing down the CPU when screen ist of (what is possible in some ROM's) really help for more battery life? I'm not really convinced and afraid of destroying anything on my loved HTC Desire..

JonnyZaggi said:
Actually i think LeeDroid is overloaded. The pictures i've seen are full with custom logos, fonts, etc, etc.
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There is nothing like that in LeeDroid. i think you are getting a wallpaper
confused with the os. or maybe you saw a boot animation and got it
confused either way it is "stock" sense with tweaks and it runs very
nicely. I swear by it anyway and put it on all my friends desires.
I went to HD roms but they either start running slow or take
too long to open things like the music player, this all bugged me so i
ditched it. I got the feeling that it wasnt designed for this hardware.
It might be good by now but who knows.
With leedroid i set the cpu scaling to "smartass" so it dips when nothing
is happening or the screens off and rises back to the top when in use.
"ondemand" does the same i believe but each governor has its advantages.
This all helps battery life but i cant say how much because ive been
running it for so long i dont notice.
Leedroid also has an intergrated fix for the charge issue with sense roms where
the battery is never at 100% when you take it off charge.

Try StarBurst lite is what you are looking for,
its Stock Sense with simple D2Ext. Kernel is LeeDroid 2.3 from snq - major Battery saver.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916417
or try dsixda's Kitchen and cook your own Stock ROM with A2SD and just flash snq's Kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11740447#post11740447

Im using coolexe hd version 7,got a2sd sending apps to memory card. Batterys good,pretty much the same,but this is dependant on the amount of apps and things you get id say, The hd sense is much better in my opinion,more customization. Htc.com onboard but only some things work,lovely rom though id take that one a go,insertcoins good also,ive tried aurax also.all good.try them all mate,once you know the score test as many as u want!

A simple, stable gingerbread would be Oxygen 2.0.1.
A feature rich, fully customiseable alternative is the Cyanogen ROM (link in signature).
Choose whatever suits your needs.

I found this topic that is what I want to know. I hope it is not wrong to revive this thread.
I would like to root my Desire soon and update it to a custom rom.
There are some things i need:
1. Stable (NO MAJOR bugs -calls, sms, wi-fi, camera and basic functions should be working with no problems)
2. Android 2.3.4 or 2.3.5
3. A2SD (so i can store any apps on the SD card)
Would like to have, but not a must: Only if it works without laggs and buggs.
4. Sense 3.0 or 3.5 (for example like one from the desire HD)
I have htc Desire with official 2.3.3 Android (that I instaled from htc website) and is not rooted yet. I want to root and instal one of the newest android on my phone.
Therefore I would ask for some help, to help me choose the right one for me. I'm considering one of those:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1315961
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250815
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1040121
Would be great if someone could tell me which rom would you suggest for me. One of those 3 or perhaps one I misslooked.
I'm sorry for my spelling mistakes...
I'm grateful for any help or suggestion I might get.

Just installed Runnymede AIO V4.0 Special Edition, runs really smooth.

Before i switched to CM7, i used Insert coin and it was really really fast and was stable only reason i switched to CM7 was due to better themes and more settings

This is all really helpful, thanks so much to all you guys for doing this!!
My quick question on this, any of the roms that pretty much emulate a standard experience, e.g. the Starburst, plus app2sd functionality, any of these also support ad hoc wifi?
I believe there are ways of custom installing it, though are there (simple) roms out there which include it already?

Vinneeh said:
Just installed Runnymede AIO V4.0 Special Edition, runs really smooth.
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+1
Me too i have flashed older version of the Runnymede AIO and i am very satisfied ,its stable ,fast ,no laggy ,with htc sense and a lot of updates .The best for me from rom with sense .

[Q] Fastest and most stable Sense-based?

I'm looking for a very fast and stable A2SD rom (data 2 sd doesn't seem to work out for me) and I want sense because of the contacts app and music player, but I don't care for sense HD (unless it's the best)
I've used:
-LeeDroid 2.3d
Not as smooth as I'd have liked
-CM7 RC1
There was no market, and the OS was somewhat slow to me
-Oxygen 2.0
Worked well, but gingerbread had some compatibility issues with a few apps, and I missed the music player and poeple app form sense
-ReflexTSenseHD v1.8 A2SD
VERY slow for me, but good quadrant scores for some reason
-MIUI
Liked the style, but was a bit slow, and I hate the look of the lock screen when you put a slide lock
-FINALLY RcMIX HD 3.5 A2SD
Good, but apps forced closed a lot, though I believe this is due to Titanium backup. Also it boot looped this morning for me and I had to do a full wipe to get it to run again... could this be because of the very ressource intensive SPB Shell 3D I just installed??
Anyway, I just want your opinions
Also, if you have any recommendations about D2SD, I'm all ears!
Thanks!

dude, if leedroid (which is fully NAND apart from downloaded apps) is too slow for you, then no sense based rom will suit your needs.
my guess is you messed something up or have a class 2 sd card since you complain about speed while running leedroid.

Baadass insertcoin hd rom is fast enough for me but the only way you are going to find out is by trying them all and deciding but im sure you already know that
regards

thebazman said:
Baadass insertcoin hd rom is fast enough for me but the only way you are going to find out is by trying them all and deciding but im sure you already know that
regards
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BaadASS LOL
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

TheSobadef said:
I'm looking for a very fast and stable A2SD rom (data 2 sd doesn't seem to work out for me) and I want sense because of the contacts app and music player, but I don't care for sense HD (unless it's the best)
I've used:
-LeeDroid 2.3d
Not as smooth as I'd have liked
-CM7 RC1
There was no market, and the OS was somewhat slow to me
-Oxygen 2.0
Worked well, but gingerbread had some compatibility issues with a few apps, and I missed the music player and poeple app form sense
-ReflexTSenseHD v1.8 A2SD
VERY slow for me, but good quadrant scores for some reason
-MIUI
Liked the style, but was a bit slow, and I hate the look of the lock screen when you put a slide lock
-FINALLY RcMIX HD 3.5 A2SD
Good, but apps forced closed a lot, though I believe this is due to Titanium backup. Also it boot looped this morning for me and I had to do a full wipe to get it to run again... could this be because of the very ressource intensive SPB Shell 3D I just installed??
Anyway, I just want your opinions
Also, if you have any recommendations about D2SD, I'm all ears!
Thanks!
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personally, ive tried every sense and sense hd based roms and im going to push you toward COOL SENSE HD A2SD. its smooth, has friendstream, the htc music player but upgraded so u can use landscape, and works with flash 10.2 no issues. 2nd is baadnaaz's insertcoin but it has issues with flash 10.2
and cyanogenmod7 doesnt have a market cause you have to flash it separatly. if you check the cyanogenmod7 post, below the download link youll see a GAPPS file. that is market, gmail, voice search, the new google search, twitter, facebook etc. all in 1 flash. so flash cm7, setup your apn, then reset yout phone into recovery then flash the gapps universal package. persoanally, cool sense hd and cm7 rc4 are the best ways togo. make sure u get rc4 as rc3 can lead to the black screen of death. as can older versions of gingervillian and oxygen

Incase u need really fast and stable ROM then try Baadnwz's Insertcoin A2SD 2.0 Rom.

I am using InsertCoin 2.0.1 Data2Ext and it is stable, fast, smooth, and good in Quadrant.
I gonna said it also like someone before me, if LeeDroid is too slow for you, I don't even know if any of the Sense is good enough for you.

[Q] Ruymanca 7.1 vs. Cyanogen 7 (HTC Wildfire)

I've searched for an answer or comparison on the internet, but I can't seem to find one.
The long-ish story
Yesterday I took my first leap into the ROM world by installing Cyanogen 7.03. It rocked and I loved it. However, as with the main problems of the Wildfire, the space got to me. I wanted the ability to move all my apps to the SD, as I was able to do using Ruymanca 7.1 and the a2sd cachesd u command. Now I'm on Ruymanca with a mere 30MB of internal space being used, and 70 apps in. However, I don't know anything about Ruymanca. I do know more about Cyanogen. Cyanogen is the name, in my opinion, for famous/well used ROMs. I never heard of Ruymanca, but I like the SD Card use.
Has Cyanogen 7.03 got the same ability to push all my apps and system, basically, to the SD using the above command? I know they are both very similar, but instead of moving to CM7 again and losing my SD ability, can I do it?
Finally, are CM's more common and frequent than Ruymanca ROMs? Which should I be on? I want SPEED and SPACE!
Tl;dr
CM7 vs Ruymanca for speed and A2SD (# a2sd cachesd u) - which one? Can they both do it?

In CM7 go to CM settings and Applications.
You can set it there.
I didn't do any of the ext (or w/e) **** and I can move anything to the sd card

Thank you for the reply!
But when I had CM7 installed and that box checked, the internal space dropped majorly. It was half eaten within a couple of apps. Why would this be?

Well, I've got no problem.
Try using Apps2sd app to move them and to see which occupy a lot of space.

That's great.
How many apps are you on? How much (internal) space are you on now?

I've got about 50 apps and 90 mb of free memory.
(if you put widgets on the sd card, you can't place them on the desktop tho)

99 applications, 175MB total space/131MB free. Good or bad?
(Four apps are on the phone: SetCPU, Memory Killer, a widget and one other)
Do you think I should return to Cyanogen then? Is there anything that Cyanogen has that others (Ruymanca) don't have? And, are the updates more frequent/stable?
As said, it's all about speed and space for me.

That's great.

cn any1 one tell me plz what is sence based roms??

jagamohan1993 said:
cn any1 one tell me plz what is sence based roms??
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Sense based roms = roms with htc sense = similar to stock roms.
And htc sense is a user interface with htc widgets. But it has fewer customization options than custom UIs.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

Can you overclock your phone in Ruymanca? install linpack and compare procesor speeds with each ROM

Try my rom

Fulfen said:
Can you overclock your phone in Ruymanca? install linpack and compare procesor speeds with each ROM
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They've got the same base, it would appear. All using Cyanongen base. Seems to be the same type to be honest, but Ruymanca has LauncherPro vs. ADW in CM7.
Major difference seems to be the heavily stripped rom and the A2SD.
I've put CM7 back on now, and tried S2E to give it a go, and benchmark/compare overclocking. It seems slightly slower, and I'm on 710, as 761 is apparently a bit hit and miss.
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Try my rom
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I've taken a look there. Nice!
However, I see it's on Froyo. Any reason why Froyo on yours is better than Gingerbread?
Give me the sales pitch!

[Q] Best ROM for Desire Z for BEST RAM PERFORMANCE

Hello. I need help regarding the best ROM for my Desire Z. I need either sense 3.0 or sense 3.5 and need the best possible ram as i have already installed 4 ROMs and i have had problems with lags in messages and the lag in circle ring lock. overall homescreens as smooth but i need ram for reading msgs fast and applications launch quickly like on my default sense 2.1. i have tried runnydroid which is probably the fastest in homescreen scrolling but very weak in ram and opening apps. currently running desire HD rom with sense 3.0 v1.3 which is slightly better but i need something better in terms of RAM and with sense 3.0 or 3.5
help would be really appreciated
thanks

first of all, let's clear things out... sense 3.x was never meant to run on our desire z, i say HTC made a mistake when they released an official 3.x update
second, sense 3.x needs LOTS of ram to work. So, you don't have enough ram to run apps, solution? try the v6 supercharger script, set it as multitasking settings...
want more? make a SWAP partition on your sdcard, SWAP makes a part of your sdcard to work as ram...
want even more, you can bulletproof you messages app in order not to automatically kill it when in need of ram
i'll give you links if you want
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Riro Zizo; I'll take you up on that offer of links please!

Stick with AOSP.
Sent via smoke signal.

v6 supercharger script & guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276
SWAP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1323447
Bulletproof apps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012330
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First of all thanks for your kind replies. Riro Zizo thanks alot for these links. Can you tell me which ROM what work the best with these? the thing is that there must be a ROM which would be better in RAM performance. like my desire HD rom was better than runnydroid at least it was usable. now what do u mean by official sense 3.0 update? my last update was android 2.3.3 with 2.1 sense which is why i installed custom roms to get newer sense. thanks a lot
and blackknightavalon what do u mean by AOSP?
thanks a lot
oh one more thing. ive heard that with swap the sdcard gets a lower life and it dies quickly after a while

Android open source project. Like CyanogenMod, for example.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

Same position as you on Desire Z and HAD to have Sense 3 - well after trying Unity and Affinity and another that wouldn't even boot and loads of crashes and mem issues I gave up. Yes I did the swap partition (for Leedroid/Ace but those never would install via CM recovery 5) didn't do the supercharger thing...but eventually went to G-Lite and really happy.
Sense is great but slow/laggy, even on Virtuous Sense or my stock rom...my OTA GB was slow too. Best to find or invest in a few apps or widgets and switch to a non Sense rom like G-Lite cos RAM is a real issue on the Z it seems (reason for rooting apart from the usual privacy/adware stuffs was speed, upset at seeing LOADING every time I opened my homescreen)

fingertrouble said:
Same position as you on Desire Z and HAD to have Sense 3 - well after trying Unity and Affinity and another that wouldn't even boot and loads of crashes and mem issues I gave up. Yes I did the swap partition (for Leedroid/Ace but those never would install via CM recovery 5) didn't do the supercharger thing...but eventually went to G-Lite and really happy.
Sense is great but slow/laggy, even on Virtuous Sense or my stock rom...my OTA GB was slow too. Best to find or invest in a few apps or widgets and switch to a non Sense rom like G-Lite cos RAM is a real issue on the Z it seems (reason for rooting apart from the usual privacy/adware stuffs was speed, upset at seeing LOADING every time I opened my homescreen)
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I agree... Sense-less ROMs are the best ones and they run the smoothest on Desire Z. I first took on CM7 and then moved to Bulletproof's MIUI which stopped me from selling my phone. However, even then the phone started to lag after a months use. Next step was to move to Elitemod244 which is basically based on CM7 but supercharged and ultra-fast. This stopped me from dumping my phone to get a Galaxy Nexus.
I would recommend that you try Elitemod244 (or the latest version if you want) and then modify it to your liking. It will take some time, but at least your phone will be fast and would work as it should instead of hanging or reloading the launcher time n time again.

thanks for your kind replies but the thing is i NEED sense 3.0 or 3.5 and i will run this desire HD rom if i dont get any other roms. ive already used cyangenmod already but i need sense. are there any roms which might be better than the desire HD rom? and im recently having an issue that i dont receive all text messages and some of these are lost in this particular rom. any way to fix this?

yasirrfc said:
thanks for your kind replies but the thing is i NEED sense 3.0 or 3.5 and i will run this desire HD rom if i dont get any other roms. ive already used cyangenmod already but i need sense. are there any roms which might be better than the desire HD rom? and im recently having an issue that i dont receive all text messages and some of these are lost in this particular rom. any way to fix this?
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In that case i would go for Virtuous Sense, doesn't have to much bullsht in it..
And for the lost messages, there is standard an app installed in these roms that collects all your messages.
Btw.. I'm surfing xda for 2 years now daily, and today is the first time i made an account Really EVERYTHING about everything has been asked before i came here, so there was no need for it.
Just wanted to say this...

you can try any sense rom you want without any issues if you do all these tweaks i told you about... launcher reloads can be solved by making a file called "local.prop" in /data/ (if you already have the file, edit it) and put this inside it
Code:
ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1
and reboot... this WILL solve your problem, GUARANTEED

Why do you need Sense that bad? We're trying to get rid of it over on the MT4GS boards.

yasirrfc said:
thanks for your kind replies but the thing is i NEED sense 3.0 or 3.5 and i will run this desire HD rom if i dont get any other roms. ive already used cyangenmod already but i need sense. are there any roms which might be better than the desire HD rom? and im recently having an issue that i dont receive all text messages and some of these are lost in this particular rom. any way to fix this?
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Just curious, what do you need Sense for?
I was losing text messages also, but I solved that by preventing the messaging apk from being closed. It's a simple setting in Cyanogenmod, but I believe that is what Riro Zizo is talking about when they say Bulletproof an app.

kierren said:
Just curious, what do you need Sense for?
I was losing text messages also, but I solved that by preventing the messaging apk from being closed. It's a simple setting in Cyanogenmod, but I believe that is what Riro Zizo is talking about when they say Bulletproof an app.
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bulletproofing apps means preventing it from getting killed... you were right
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Blackout incredible has Sense 3.6 And when I apply the v6Supercharger it works pretty fine. But remember that you need to Format your SD card before you install it. It gives you extra performance. atleast it happened to me.

I fully understand why you might want a SENSE rom.
I have tried many roms since my DZ is out of warranty, the Mimicry one was nearly the best, except it had bad performances after some weeks of usage.
And this AOSP was a android 4 rom with nice custom features, but there was a LOT i missed from SENSE. Let's just talk about the weather/clock widget, the audio player, the FM radio app, the nice interface, the perfect virtual keyboard...
Sense really offers the best user experience on that phone.
A few days ago I finally the perfect rom, you should try it: TrickDroid 4.0.0
As told in the corresponding topic on xda, you just absolutely need to enable swap because it's a full Sense 4.
And if you want some specific tweaks from AOSP, of you want to remove some things from Sense, the TrickDroid Tweaks allows you to simply do that.
TrickDroid on xda: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1981059

Vote for your favorite ROM, my opinion

Due to massive upload of sense 3.5 ROMS, this thread can be deleted.
Too much of the same, I find personally
The WFSDEV team should work together to make one or two good sense 3.5 ROMS.
But no, what do we see, 5 or more ROMS which are almost the same.
And then they're all claiming its their own work, and asking for thanks / donations.
Users get confused, don't know what to try, ...
I claim that HenseMod is fully themed by me only, I've chosen the icons, wallpapers, fonts, ..., and I'm proud of it
The WFSDEV team isn't a team either, I asked to other team members to help me with a cwm zip and no news of it. Hate that.
So I think I will leave the WFSDEV team, nah

Cm7 & hensemod.
Cm7 as my main then hensemod maybe a couple of days a month when I'm bored lol

Stock 2.3.5

m1ndh4x8r's GB2.3.5 mod
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CM 7
Powered by CM 7.2

.sense is the favorite rom, i don't use it now, but when benjamin added the sense 3.0 stuff, i will use this Rom!

CM 7.2 latest nightly

CM7 even if I don't have it yet on my cdma phone (I had it before so I'm guessing its the same)
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Marvelous ROM vers.2 is my favorite. I think is very smooth and with a few mods is great.
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Here's my 2 cents:
(First of all, I have flashed and re-flashed EVERY custom ROM that I could get my hands on - from this site or otherwise - onto my WFS... here's my quick overview.)
- I currently run m1ndh4x8r's Cracker. It's smooth (like Hense), stable, and as close to stock as you can get (without actually running the rooted stock.)
- The rooted stocks are, by far, the most stable (but everyone wants an overclocked kernel, so stocks are out).
- The NonSense ROM was quite nice, but only at GB 2.3.3.
- Matteo ROM is fast, but not much else. Not a lot of internal space left, the gallery function is broken (when accessing thru the camera app) and the default font is absolutely useless - be prepared to change it) There is no built-in advanced power button menu. Bootup animation is annoying. Also, Matteo breaks the proximity sensor on your phone.
- Marvelous ROM: Fantastic (but not overclock'ed)
- CM7 is, I find, very unstable. Not to mention the ugliest ROM I've ever seen. Sure, you can theme it... but the system stuff still looks pretty gross. CM7 is notorious for it's POOR handling of graphics (but it makes up for it in speed and TONS of free internal space leftover). That being said, I could never get a decent Antutu score running CM7. Overclocked at 806 + "Performance" gov., I still can't break 1690 (about 1750 if I use "Smartass + bfq").
CM7 has a crappy camera, crappy dialer, and crappy contacts feature.
Not a fan of the launcher, either.
Also, CM7 breaks the SMS notification feature (over the SMS icon).
Did I mention it looks horrible? I'd rather sacrifice a couple meg's of RAM+space in order to get a phone that looks/feels decent and is a pleasure to use. But that's just me, what do I know.
- Hense was my favourite, until I discovered the Setting widgets is broken... and other odd quirks like the HTC Skin feature is not linked (Link2SD) properly... leading me to believe it's not quite as true to stock as can be (like the m1ndhax0r roms, for example). Hense was quite smooth and peppy. The only changes I made to that was ripping out the new SMS and putting in the old one (no one likes those god damn bubbles) and I think replacing the Market back to old version too). Nice bootup/shutdown animations.
- I even played with the MIUI "port" (well.. not really a port, but...)
This ROM has potential in that it's fast and has even MORE internal space and RAM leftover than CM7... but it's still based on CM7.
Once you taste the Sense UI, it's hard to stay away from it (for very long). But, your mileage may vary.
To summarize, I find the m1ndh4x8r ROMs the best overall (but they are not perfect... their small internal space is problematic, but can be resolved with the usual tweaks n' tricks). Like I say, I'm currently on Cracker (but always on the lookout for newer/better ROMs) and I haven't had any problems with it so far:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479002
Hey, if anyone got ANYTHING useful at all out of my post, please click THANKS, below!
Cheers,
- Anthony

Voted Others
Using 2.13 jikantaruROM
Older ROM but it's the only one which runs stable, all OC roms freeze
Still waiting for the JxMatteoROM v1.2

Cm 7.2
You either live it or you don't. I do.
Sent from my cm7.2 Wildfire S

my
1. latest stock ROM (rooted)
2. .sense

Favorite ROM
Currently using Hensemod because it's fast and i can play RR2 smoothly . The only problem I encountered was with link2sd. After installing 130 apps, system keeps telling me memory is low after reboot. So I switched to data2sd and everything seems flawless except for a slight decrease in antutu score, which is just fine for me as long as i can still play RR2 smoothly
I also saved a nandroid backup of m1ndh4x8r rom. It was my personal favorite before I installed Hensemod. It's really fast, i even got a higher 3D antutu score with it compared to Hensemod.
Totally agree with Tigger. CM7 is nice in terms of memory. However when it comes to graphics specially 3D, it's very poor. Sluggish when playing HD games such as RR2. Pictures taken with it's camera are so ugly i can't live with it. Installing third party camera apps did not solve the problem either. I guess it's CM7 itself.
I also tried every single rom posted here, benchmarked, installed 3d games and experimented with the mods available to enhance it. But i believe Hensemod and
m1ndh4x8r are the best.

Best JxMatteo ROM for me I use Link2SD this best choose for me. I try data2sd supported roms but my micro sdcard too slow so phone performance very bad.

Just downgraded to 2.3.3 (1.66.401.1), its the best and most stable I've seen so far.

JxMatteo ROM is the.best
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium

## Custom ROMs: A side-by-side comparison ##
Relevant to this thread, I just posted an XLS chart that compares (what I think are) some general/important features of all the custom Wildfire S ROMs that I could find.
It's my own personal work... so, it's sloppy, but probably still useful for anyone trying to figure out what ROM to run but doesn't wanna dive into the flash just yet. Or perhaps folks just wanna see how one ROM compares to another?
Check it out! It'll leave you with whiter teeth and mintier breath!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1491304
- Anthony

my vote to m1ndh4x8r GB2.3.5
I like m1ndh4x8r GB2.3.5 ROM fast, stable using Data2SD awesome and more with this UOT support, now i am daily changing UI using UOT Kitchen

Using JxMatteoROM v1.1 and it's THE best by far for me.
Removed all Twitter, facebook, friends stream and bloatware. Installed fontchanger and running Android font, oc'ed at 806mhz and no trouble!
Waiting for JxMatteoROM v1.2.