So I was seeing all these ROM's now that the world is unlocked for the WFS.
"This is the fastest ROM around!", etc, etc...
Talk is just that so we decided to have a little fun.
This is just a straight up 1/4 mile race lads and lassies!!!
I don't have much to say much about aesthetics, logical placement of things, or other details although I did spend some time on each ROM and was familiar with a few to begin with. Again. It's a drag race by the clock only!
I proposed and carried out the following:
-I intended to make the field level as the foundation of a house my good ol' man himself would build.
- The ROM's got tested out of the box. No additional flashing of this or that to improve this or that.
- I used the same Wildfire S GSM A510e, and CLEAN formatted Adata Class 10 16 GB SD card to perform both Antutu and Quadrant Standard benchmarks on all ROM's. Consistant SD r/w results are part of what makes a ROM smoke. Especially using DATA2SD, LINK2SD, A2SD, etc. This card was formatted in the following manner:
Partition 1 - Primary/Active FAT32 - 13.5 GB
Partition 2 - Primary - Ext2 - 1.0 GB
Partition 3 - Primary - Linux Swap - 512 MB
- I ran each test three times and choose the highest score in both the Antutu and Quadrant tests.
- No software was added to the ROM's by myself other than a file manager if I needed one to install Antutu and Quadrant Standard. [/I]
-This was a speed and performance test only and only within the confines of the testing platforms at hand.
-I clocked all ROM's at 806mHz/806mHz with performance governor and just let them run flat out.
-I tested all equally and didn't put one in just to be impartial, not that I stood a chance.
The ROMs and their Developers:
HenseMod4 By Henry_01
A slick HTC Sense based ROM heavily modified and updated.
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.sense 1.0 By benjamingwynn
A clean well thought out Sense based ROM with updates galore.
m1ndh4x8r EU GB 2.3.5 By m1ndh4x8r
The standard for HTC Sense based ROM's. A Story I don't need to retell.
TurboFire Beta 9 By DJPC
A stripped down drag racer. This ROM weighs in as the smallest of the HTC Sense based ROMs.
Unofficial CyanogenMod7.2.0 Port By Alquez
The standard for Non-Sense based ROMs. This is the smallest sized ROM in the field and it again doesn't need it's story told.
The Results:
HenseMod4 By Henry_01
.sense 1.0 By benjamingwynn
m1ndh4x8r EU GB 2.3.5 By m1ndh4x8r
TurboFire Beta 9 By DJPC
Unofficial CyanogenMod7.2.0 Port By Alquez
Not surprisingly the lightest weight ROM came out on top by a hair in the Antutu Benchmark and by quite a bit in the Quadrant Standard score.
Second going to m1ndh4x0r's ROM, the kernel of which was used in all the other HTC Sense based ROMs. I guess if it's your game you might as well be the best at it if only by a hair over Henry_01 and his third place HenseMod4.
The other three ROM's came in really really close and at the end of the day, aside from the standout Quadrant score by Alquez, the pack was tight right to the end.
Kudo's to our three newest developers BenjaminGwenn, Henry_01, and DJPC (who might I add doesn't even own a Wildfire S and developed his ROM using the eyes and ears, and logcat files of testers alone!).
That's it folks. I'm ROM'ed out, typed out and seeing triple from this.
The drag race is over for another year.
Hope you enjoyed yourself and will give all these ROM's a run for their money and pick which one is best for you. They all deserve a serious look.
PS If you are a developer or end user who liked the idea of me spending the time and resources to perform these tests please do click thanks!
Great idea mate.
I'm well looking forward to the results
Hope all the devs get involved.
It will be good to know how each rom performs
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Contest entries extended until Sunday, January 22'nd at 11:59 pm GMT-5 (EST)!!!
Will the roms be tested at their stock clocks or will they be clocked to the same frequency?
I ask because i clock mine to 600MHz because some people have had issues with the often 800MHz default clock used in other roms
djpc said:
Will the roms be tested at their stock clocks or will they be clocked to the same frequency?
I ask because i clock mine to 600MHz because some people have had issues with the often 800MHz default clock used in other roms
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Good poing that I forgot to enter in the criteria.
Clocks will all be set to 806/806 Performance.
Thanks DJPC
We need a way to thank from the XDA app... Thanks anyway DS. Looking forward to the results.
HTC Wildfire S | CyanogenMod 7.2
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We need a way to thank from the XDA app... Thanks anyway DS. Looking forward to the results.
HTC Wildfire S | CyanogenMod 7.2
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Just use tapatalk app instead, the thanks button works on that app.
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I am looking forward to see the results...
I am using latest m1ndh4x8r's Rom and I am quite satisfied, but I want to see how other roms perform, in compares with the one I use...
good idea mate... keep up...
Today is the day! Let's get ready to rumble!!!
Time to start testing some ROMs
Everyone else. Just sit back and watch the results!
Awesome!
*supports cm7*
Haha great! Looking forward the results
The results are in!...
Come on up to the first post and see the results of this years ROM Drag Race!
Please don't forget to click thanks and also thanks for the developers who put in so much of their time and energy to come up with these ROM's!
Here it is...The results!!!
Read post #24
THIS POST IS JUNK. SEE POST #24 WITH MY CONCLUSIONS BASED ON A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DATA.
Going by the Antutu total score results, there is no reason to chose one ROM over another based on performance. The standard deviation is +/-1%. But, looking at Antutu category-by-category is a different story. Here are the lowlights/highlights:
* HenseMod4 -20% in SD card write
* .sense 1.0 -13% & -14% respectively in Database IO & SD card write
* m1ndh4x8r is as average as could be in all categories
* TurboFire +16% in SD card write
* CM7 +13% in RAM and +18% in SD card write
So, the big story here is variation between the ROMs in SD card write speed. There is a cumulative ~35% improvement in SD card write speed to be gained with the non-Sense ROMs.
Quadrant shows significant variation from mean:
* HenseMod4 -13%
* .sense 1.0 -5%
* m1ndh4x8r -3%
* TurboFire -1%
* Cyanogen7 +23%!!!!!
Now I'm even more glad to be running CM7. Thanks, again d33ps1x and Alquez!
Hehe you spelt me name wrong
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I knew the boss would win, what I supported! Love ya CM n' Alquez!
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Hehe you spelt me name wrong
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Hey I lost my screenshots too!
Can you send me your lock screen and main screen?
Thanks dude.
BTW Name fixed!
CafeKampuchia said:
Going by the Antutu total score results, there is no reason to chose one ROM over another based on performance. The standard deviation is +/-1%. But, looking at Antutu category-by-category is a different story. Here are the lowlights/highlights:
* HenseMod4 -20% in SD card write
* .sense 1.0 -13% & -14% respectively in Database IO & SD card write
* m1ndh4x8r is as average as could be in all categories
* TurboFire +16% in SD card write
* CM7 +13% in RAM and +18% in SD card write
So, the big story here is variation between the ROMs in SD card write speed. There is a cumulative ~35% improvement in SD card write speed to be gained with the non-Sense ROMs.
Quadrant shows significant variation from mean:
* HenseMod4 -13%
* .sense 1.0 -5%
* m1ndh4x8r -3%
* TurboFire -1%
* Cyanogen7 +23%!!!!!
Now I'm even more glad to be running CM7. Thanks, again d33ps1x and Alquez!
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You know. I love waking up in the morning crying and wearing my wasted dragon costume and seeing something like this! (Follow another thread for inside joke)
Thanks. Great breakdown.
Damn, well done to the other devs on their roms. As a tip to those whose roms are suffing on sd card performance, the read ahead values make a huge difference to performance, but leave them as init.d scripts not init.rc as I have had some users reporting issues with higher values.
Looks like I need to get some more tweaks into the rom yet, unfortunately I ran out of time trying to get a wifi fix and could not get some last minute optimization in.
Post a picture of the dragon costume?
Related
This thread has the objective of testing the latest Hero's ROMs available, through CPU benchmarking.
To perform these tests the following applications have been used:
Linpack 1.1.2 - GreeneComputing benchmark application for CPU and Dalvik VM performance. Measured in MFLOPs. [link]
BenchmarkPI 1.11 - Application used for benchmarking CPU performance. The objective is to calculate the 1st n digits of PI. Measured by a timer. [link]
Benchmark 1.03 - Softweg's test suite for benchmarking. All tests, except the GPU one, done here to account for CPU, Memory and File System performance. Measured by an internal score. [link]
All the ROMs were clocked @ 691MHz "Performance Mode" under SetCPU [link], unless specifiied otherwise.
After each ROM installation, the 4 applications were installed, Airplane mode was turned on, the phone was rebooted 2 times, and I clocked the 3rd boot time.
5 dummy tests were made prior to the real 5 valid tests, per application, so the results would be clearer.
The higher the score, the better, except for BenchmarkPI, since it is a timed test.
Non-JIT and non-BFS kernels were used in these tests.
Also, I forgot to time the Official 2.1 Boot time, my bad. Feel free to do it.
This work was made as a complement to Arkymedes 3D/OpenGL benchmarks. See his thread [here].
>> If you have a ROM request, just post it and I will test it. <<
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Changelog
Changelog @ 15/July/2010:
HebVillain 1.1.2 [link]
RoboMIX 0.5.5 [link - android.com.pl]
Changelog @ 13/July/2010:
Chocolate Eclair 1.1r2 [link]
RoboMIX 0.2.1 [link]
Changelog @ 12/July/2010:
Fallah 1.3 [link]
Changelog @ 11/July/2010:
Chocolate Eclair 1.1 [old link]
Changelog @ 9/July/2010:
aHero 1.1 [link]
Androbin CR4 - CMH 5.0.7 [link]
Chocolate Eclair 1.0.1 [link]
Cronos Droid 2.0.2 [link]
Cyanogen Mod 5.0.8 [link]
Daguu Espresso 1.3 [link]
Daguu Sense 1.0 [link]
EzHero 5.0.1 [link]
HeroDroid 0.7 [link]
Kimera 2.1 [link]
Official Android 2.1 [link]
SuperHero 2.0 [link]
Vanilla Eclair 4.0 [link]
VillainROM 12.0.0 [link]
Looking forward to the charts.
Holding off trying new ROMs for your results.
scouzer said:
Looking forward to the charts.
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Graphs added. Enjoy.
respect your work. Very nice work done here. Thanks
Feeyo said:
respect your work. Very nice work done here. Thanks
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I'm tired, lol.
Almost 12 hours straight (with some pauses, obviously).
Thanks for the comment.
As usual Kimera shows up and kicks the ass off whole dev teams.
Very interesting work. Thank you very much. You must have worked hard.
scouzer said:
As usual Kimera shows up and kicks the ass off whole dev teams.
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Really?
From looking at those results I thought it was interesting to see there wasn't one clear cut better rom as they all seem to excel in different areas..
Although considering super hero is based off vr12 I was shocked to see sense adding 10 secs to the boot time....
As im running vr12 but using launcher pro and no sense widgets might aswell switch over...
Thanks for putting in the time to do this!
Very nicely done.
Nice work.
Only comment (take it as constructive criticism btw for next time, don't worry bout it), is that in the last graph, it's really pretty hard to see which bars are for each ROM. It may be my eyes, but I just felt it harder than the others. A little gap between each possible?
Nice work btw.
I was also interested to note that VR12 is 10 seconds longer to boot than SuperHero, despite both being based on very similar base ROMs, and made in the same way.
anon2122 said:
Nice work.
Only comment (take it as constructive criticism btw for next time, don't worry bout it), is that in the last graph, it's really pretty hard to see which bars are for each ROM. It may be my eyes, but I just felt it harder than the others. A little gap between each possible?
Nice work btw.
I was also interested to note that VR12 is 10 seconds longer to boot than SuperHero, despite both being based on very similar base ROMs, and made in the same way.
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I thought SuperHero was a stripped down version of VR10.3?
Great Job! Love it, but could you add Jit to them to?
xenoside said:
Great Job! Love it, but could you add Jit to them to?
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JIT is unstable and tends to lag the menus performance, though it increases the Linpack score. It may be seen has a ghost improvement, since you pratically don't have any advantage with JIT enabled.
I speak for myself. I prefer an overall fluid ROM than a JIT enabled one, that will FC every 10min and reboot every 30min.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
shokkapic said:
JIT is unstable and tends to lag the menus performance, though it increases the Linpack score. It may be seen has a ghost improvement, since you pratically don't have any advantage with JIT enabled.
I speak for myself. I prefer an overall fluid ROM than a JIT enabled one, that will FC every 10min and reboot every 30min.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
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I vote for this benchmark to be STICKY! Seriously good job and well worth reading.... Cheers m8!
I'd like to see results with and without JIT enabled.
It would be a good measure of the performance improvements/losses possible on different roms (sense/AOSP etc..), and maybe even throw in a "# of FC's with JIT enabled during benchmarks" graph to show how stable/unstable it is.
Also maybe a game/fraps type benchmark would be useful?
Nothing like tripling all the hard work you're doing
rakig said:
I'd like to see results with and without JIT enabled.
It would be a good measure of the performance improvements/losses possible on different roms (sense/AOSP etc..), and maybe even throw in a "# of FC's with JIT enabled during benchmarks" graph to show how stable/unstable it is.
Also maybe a game/fraps type benchmark would be useful?
Nothing like tripling all the hard work you're doing
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The same way the results are very similiar without JIT @ Linpack application, the same similarity would appear with JIT enabled.
About the # of FC's, I would need a lot more time than 30 / 40min per ROM (the amount of time I used in these sequence of tests), and that is time I simply don't have, for now. To test the # of FC's and restarts I would need something like 3 hours of intense use per ROM, opening a whole bunch of different apps, basically "wasting time" until something goes wrong.
About the game/fraps type benchmark, Arkymedes is doing something similar. Read again the first post. You will find the link to his post there.
anon2122 said:
Nice work.
Only comment (take it as constructive criticism btw for next time, don't worry bout it), is that in the last graph, it's really pretty hard to see which bars are for each ROM. It may be my eyes, but I just felt it harder than the others. A little gap between each possible?
Nice work btw.
I was also interested to note that VR12 is 10 seconds longer to boot than SuperHero, despite both being based on very similar base ROMs, and made in the same way.
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I will try to fix the last graph. Since it is made in Google Docs and updated automatically, it doesn't have the amount of editing settings as in Microsoft Excel.
I had to repeat the VR12 boot for a 4th time, because it was taking 90+ seconds, already overclocked @ 691Mhz on boot. The 4th time was the best I got from all the other 3. Maybe if there was a 5th try, the results would be more similar. I will check it now, since VillainROM was the latest rom to test, and I hadn't flash any since yesterday. I will edit this post in 2min, just to boot it once more. BRB.
Edit: 73 Seconds... The 70 seconds boot was made with Airplane Mode on. This boot wasn't.
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I'm very glad you guys are taking my "little" work so serious. It means a lot to me.
Also, the last graph was updated, and the differences between the ROMs are clearer now.
Thank you all, once again.
Great stuff, the boot times made me test Vanilla Eclair 4 and it rocks (UI was more responsive to me than ezHero 4.0)! I'd suggest to add (for the future) the amount of free RAM after rebooting with standardized autokill settings. Vanilla Eclair scored very very well here, better than other rom I have tested.. a shame I cannot get the HTC dialer in vanilla roms :-(
Awesome work I'm happy to see daguu roms score that high - maybe this will help flzyup gain some popularity because apparently his work is on par and sometimes better than most of other devs' work.
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Fusion
Welcome to our latest creation, Virtuous Fusion. It is the first fully functional, properly scaled Sense 3.0 ROM for the G2/DZ. Before going any further, it is important to note that Fusion is a different product than base Virtuous. The "Fusion" ROM will exist until Sense 3.0 has natively become available on our devices, if ever. Virtuous proper will continue to be updated and maintained as it always has been, following official HTC releases.
Fusion was made possible by the amazing work of Flemmard and Diamondback, who reverse engineered the m10 format and built an encoder/decoder. The two of them also made the specific adjustments necessary to this particular ROM's applications. It was also a collaborative effort across the DHD and G2/DZ communities. Cappychimp and I worked closely throughout the entire process, with support from numerous others. Thank you to everyone involved.
Screenshots
Features
Fully functional and properly scaled Sense 3.0.
Based on components from Sniper911's leaks of Rider (1.27.1010.0), Kingdom (0.81.651.0) and DZ Sense GB 2.30.405.1.
All device hardware should be fully functional, including wifi, bluetooth, camera, camcorder, etc.
Kernel 2.6.35.10 from the Gingerbread leak for G2/DZ.
Market-sourced applications (Gmail, Maps, Voice, etc) automatically installed on first boot into /data/app for easy removal.
Deodexed (as leaked) and zipaligned.
Bloatware and unnecessary applications removed.
Massive APNS list.
Installation
You must be perm rooted with and Clockwork Recovery installed (i.e. s-off).
Perform a nandroid backup of your current ROM, in case you change your mind or encounter issues.
Apply the zip via Clockwork Recovery. It has not been tested with any other recovery.
Expect the first boot to take anywhere from 6-10 minutes. The lengthy first boot time is due to the dexopts process and installation of /data/apps. Subsequent reboots should be significantly quicker.
After initial install, allow a few minutes for all ROM-provided applications to appear. Some are installed post-boot using package manager.
Known Issues
There are some remaining graphical glitches. Most of them are minor but feel free to report them.
Landscape mode does not work for Rosie, even with the keyboard extended.
Non-HTC widgets function but are not scaled perfectly; they may appear small and offset to the left. HTC provides plenty of awesome widgets, so I suggest using those.
Credit and Acknowledgements
Thank you to the following people for their help putting this ROM together: Flemmard, Diamondback, Cappychimp, eViL D:, siulimagic, rafyvitto, 911Sniper and all the testers who subjected their devices to test builds in order to provide essential feedback.
Disclaimer
As with any modification (ROM, patch, etc), you run the risk of damaging your device. While unlikely, it is important to consider this possibility before proceeding. I take no responsibility for any such damage, data loss or otherwise.
Download ROM Here (340MB)
(MD5: 356380f8efcc7a993d3dd4c06c5574b7)
Download Virtuous Sense GB Kernel
(MD5: b3bfab04efde24c03cf1f298d26b4b7b)
Donations are always welcome and greatly appreciated. Remember to hit the "Thanks" button.
Reserved for future use.
Also reserved for future use.
Thanks rmk so much for the work that you do keep it up
I hate you. All the work I've been doing on a Kingdom port to then get Sense 3.0 on the DZ, then you hit out with this?
Well done bro. I'm still working on my port though. I hate stealing work. Well. Major work. Like a ROM. Other things are cool. And if they're given to me. Thats cool.
Although if you could upload a simple Kingdom port without the other stuff... I keep getting boot loops on the splash screen. XD
Wow! Great news! Can't wait to try it. Hope you fix the landscape soon as this is going to be a perfect rom. wow! Can't wait
Cool. Will try when you get it out
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Looooove you <3
OMG.....Awesome....i have been eagerly waiting for it since i read your tweet yesterday..... Man i must say u r really awesome.....thanks for giving us g2/dz owners so many awesome goodies ...
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<3
This is amazing! Thank you soo much, I'm guessing we're just waiting for it to upload now? Will be flashing the second I get hold of it
Exactly what I'm looking for, plus a good overclocking GB kernel and there's nothing more I could ever ask.
You're amazing, RMK. Great job in advance.
P.S. I don't think landscape is coming soon, if my info is correct; DZ/G2 are the only holders of landscape rosie due to the keyboard and since HTC is bluffing on Sense 3 on our devices, there's pretty much no such thing as landscape Sense 3...other than the Flyer.
Thanks and congratulations are most fitting for such a great job done.
I will now dive into my bed, hoping to find rom uploaded.
Cheers!
I love the look of it so much, I almost hate you for the wait =p Good Job rmk for all of your hard work!
How's the launcher? Is it slow some times?
it's almost here!!! you guys are going to LOOOOOVE IT!!!
Yep, just waiting on an upload now. I'm guessing there's going to be a lot of immediate demand for this ROM so I didn't want to host it on my own server until the initial rush settles down.
please to be releasing this before i have to get ready/leave for work in an hour. pretty please. i love you man you rock
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Yep, just waiting on an upload now. I'm guessing there's going to be a lot of immediate demand for this ROM so I didn't want to host it on my own server until the initial rush settles down.
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Alright, lets race to see who can flash it first =p
Can't wait to try!
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Can't wait to try!
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ok all ready phone in recovery and usb mount on and laned into the router lol lets race
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Virtuous Unity is the first custom Sense 3.0 ROM, scaled for WVGA screens, to be based on an official shipping release from HTC (1.35.75.1).
The entire ROM is brand new, taking no application or framework components from any prior Sense 3 releases.
Unity is the result of a collaborative, team effort by the following developers:
Flemmard
Diamondback2010
rmk40
chrisch1974
m-deejay
seo
eViL D:
cypis
cjward23
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Features
Based on the official Sensation shipping ROM (1.45.401.2).
Ported for full functionality on each supported devices. Additional device support is being added regularly.
Resized for WVGA (800x480) displays, using a purpose built tool to modify HTC's proprietary m10 binaries, developed by Flemmard and Diamondback.
Heavily optimized for fluid performance and usability.
Overclocked kernels with numerous additional kernel modules.
Built-in screen state frequency scaling (1.2Ghz-245MHz/ondemand screen-on, 806Mhz-245Mz/conservative screen-off), via custom built Virtuous_OC C daemon.
Trackpad wake support (DesireZ/G2 and MT4G only).
WiFi calling (T-Mobile USA only).
Fully functional device hardware, including wifi, bluetooth, camera, camcorder, etc.
Market-sourced applications (Gmail, Maps, Voice, etc) automatically installed on first boot into /data/app for easy removal.
Bloatware and unnecessary applications removed.
Supported Devices
Desire HD
Desire Z
Desire S
Incredible S
Inspire 4G
myTouch 4G
Porting Information and Credits
There has been an enormous amount of interest surrounding utilizing components or modifications from our ROMs. To this point, our policy was that any such work needed to explicitly be approved by the team. The fact of the matter is that the policy is simply not enforceable and any time consumed working to enforce it detracts from the time we have to work on Android (which is what we really enjoy). As such, we’ve decided to go in a different direction.
Going forward, ROM developers are welcome to utilize any portions of our ROM which are of interest.
Our only requirement is that you let us know about what you’re doing by sending an email to (devteam|at|virtuousrom.com), credit the Virtuous Team in your thread(s) and provide a link to our website. No response on our part is required whatsoever, we’re just interested to hear about how our work is helping you.
Our plan is to continue to innovate and push the envelop of ROM development; with the goal of staying enough ahead of the curve to merit a desire to clone our work.
hrk - Allowing use of ghostySMS Vision version.
cypis - For his awesome Unity-banner
robocik - Tips regarding APK compression.
capychimp - Tips with DHD audio optimization.
HTC/Google- For building such a good base system.
Important Notes
If you are experiencing random freezes and/or reboots, this is likely due to your device being incapable of handling our overclocking defaults. Download and apply this flashable patch, which will reduce the maximum CPU frequency to 1Ghz and likely eliminate this issue.
You must complete a full wipe prior to installing this ROM the first time. We also recommend wiping between upgrades, but you are welcome to try upgrading without a wipe. However, no support will be provided if you file a bug without having wiped prior to submission.
Bugs and Errors
To ease the process of reporting bugs to the team, we made a public bugtracker where you can report the bugs you found. Please make sure you read all the existing entries there to avoid doubling the errors.
The bugtracker is located here.
Device specific information
Warning: For G2 users:
You MUST have DesireZ HBOOT before installing this ROM ! Else it will result in a bootloop.
To do this, please follow this post.
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Faaaantastic!!
Been waiting so long for this!
Thanks to the team!
Shnorakalutiun!
Awesome!!
Downloading it right now. Will post my first impressions later
Great work you guys!! RESPECT!
Awesome... downloading it right now. will give feedback
Downloaded, flashing, all that jazz ;D
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA Premium App
already installed and restored settings, amazing!
Great...this will surely gonna rock...downloading....
xT4Z1N4TRx said:
already installed and restored settings, amazing!
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Does it have 4-way reboot ?
wujxin said:
Does it have 4-way reboot ?
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sadly, no, it does not
wujxin said:
Does it have 4-way reboot ?
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nah if you click restart, it just says the usual HTC message about clearing files out of memory.
I would just like to take this moment to thank all the wonderful Devs whom made this possible!
Let the flashing of awesomeness begin. lol
i bloody love this rom, managing to get 150mb free ram,no rosie resets, REALLY FAST and scoring 2289 on quadrant! thanks EVERYONE INVOLVED!
Wow......working great over here!
90 character sms bug fixed, calender and email widgets fixed and super fast.
Have'nt found any bugs yet. Nice job dev team!
Finally i can send/receive messages as long as i want, but i already see one weird thing: long messages are being sent as MMS (at least my phone says so). Is that true? That would be deal breaker for me, as i'm sending a lot of very long messages and that costs me nothing, BUT i will have to pay for if they are sent as MMS.
Other then that, ROM feels much smoother then any previous Sense 3.0 based ROM. Nice.
By some reason i can't add photo frame widget. Mail widget is a bit oversized IMO. By the way, what's wrong with video playback while holding phone in vertical position? Half of the screen is all in green color.
What kernel is included in this ROM?
Thanks for your hard work guys!
Amazing ROM. Thanks for your hard work!!!
Thanks a lot to virtous unity you guys are ****en awesome!
Downloading right now review comes up later!
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There's no landscape mode when the keyboard is opened in the rosie launcher. That's the only let down
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Sweeet!!
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Welcome to the RCMix Energized edition ROM thread !
This development thread is for the official RCMix blue, energized custom firmware series for the HTC Desire Z !
I build my ROMs with four main goals.
Eye candy ( I want my ROM to look great and for it to all flow together nicely)
Speed !!!
Smoothness, consistency and good aesthetics
Stability through private beta testing before public release
I preconfigure a lot of things in my ROM, because when I flash it on my phone, I want it ready to go. So, the ringtone, sms/email and other notifications to already be set. Doing it this way, makes for a nice ROM that's ready out of the box.
ROM Features
Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread)
Rosie transparency... modded
Blue overscroll
Blue highlights instead of green
Deodexed, zipaligned, tweaked
Extra Quick Settings
Improved SD card read ahead
Busybox + runparts, TitaniumBackup
Zipaligned
Zipaligns apk's at boot
A few HTC Apps removed, like HTC Navigation and some widgets
A lot of junk removed
Updated hosts file for ad removal
A lot more stuff... check the changelog below
Fast... Stable.. and GREAT battery life
Screenshots of the Runnymede Sense 3.5 build
Downloads and Changelog
7.26.2012 Ver 2
New Kernel for DHD and Inspire
Sense 4 clock and keyboard added
Much improved battery life / smoothness
New framework graphics
Couple of small graphics glitches fixed in email app
New Camera app
Added Visual Voicemail for CDMA phones
Don't forget to Donate something if you like the work
7.4.2012
Added swipe to dismiss on notification manager
Cosmetic changes to notification manager
Fix tabs white text not easily readable
New framework graphics for a more consistent/professional look
SD Card read ahead buffer values optimized
Nicer DSP manager with more options
Sense 4 graphics elements throughout ROM (more to be done...)
Revised Tweaks application (mainly remove stuff that didnt work due to RCTeam's taking their addons server down)
Black Sense 4 style dialer !
Chainfire's SuperSU instead of Superuser for root access..
Updated all apps and apks to current releases
Major graphics rework throughout ROM (more color... some ICS theming... more black/blue)
Sense 4.0 ringtones/volume sounds
Faster camera
Small framework tweaks
ENJOY!
2.21.2012
New UNITY kernel
EXT4 support for some devices
FIXED bluetooth headset issues for all devices
Updated all apps to current versions
Trimmed the ROM some more
Fixed Camera issues
Tweaks default autobrightness lowest value to a little higher
Updated graphics with ICS components
Rebased entire ROM for more stability
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12.19.2011
RCMix 4.0 Blue Energized edition released.
11.27.2011
Initial release
Click here to download
Credits:
- RCTeam and Klquicksall for their great kernel and base!
- flemming for his M10Tools
- brut.all for the apktool
- And all other great devs that share their work for free!
FAQ Coming Soon!
You gotta have a DZ Hboot in order to be able to run Sense 3.X ROMs...here you go for a good guide to migrate to DZ Hboot, just disregard adb commands if you can boot-up recovery manually (hold "volume down + power" and then choose "recovery" from the bootloader options) and copy the file to sdcard through usb-toggle or place the file to sdcard through cardreader and then insert sdcard into the phone and boot-up bootloader.
FAQ Coming Soon!
recommanded radio?
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jorge1978 said:
recommanded radio?
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium
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Whatever's on your phone now...
NRGZ28 said:
Whatever's on your phone now...
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OMFG I was on htc blackstone and your roms were the bests
Thanks for being here!! Your presence here will give a fresh boost to the Desire HD forums
PS:following your ROMs since the Balckstone era
A legend on the Hd2.
The best 6.5 Roms period.
Welcome, and I must say,this is great news.
Regards and thanks
NRGZ28 said:
Whatever's on your phone now...
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I shall never download this rom after that post for sense rom. And in third post author said that it's for Inspire not DHD. Maybe it will be better to move this topic to inspire thread
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using XDA App
For Inspire 4G.So it cannot be used on DHD?
FireBlast said:
I shall never download this rom after that post for sense rom. And in third post author said that it's for Inspire not DHD. Maybe it will be better to move this topic to inspire thread
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using XDA App
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What? Desire HD is mentioned numerous times, and Inspire 4g shares rom compatibility, so please do your homework before leaving comments.
http://www.google.co.uk/m/search?si...ndroid-google&q=inspire vs desire hd&sa=N#i=0
Regards
ForceField said:
For Inspire 4G.So it cannot be used on DHD?
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Both devices share rom compatibility.
Regards
I cant belive you are here!!! I use your rom when i was on blackstone and they was the best!! Waiting for sense 3.5 ... Today is a beautiful day!
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk
GOOD to see u here man
ENERGY is always a legend
waiting for you runnymede s3.5 rom man
What a amazing surprise exactly on my birthday ! I sent my touch pro into PDA heaven a year ago and here it comes.
Is there any theme from theme section compatible with this ROM, as I dont relly like the Android-like theming of tray icons?
Gr8 2 c u here, missed ur work from my HD2 days.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using XDA App
Looks good will give this a try will repor any problems if there is any
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium
NRGZ28 said:
Welcome to the "Energy" ROM thread !
This development thread is for my "Energy" custom firmware series for the HTC DesireHD !
I build my ROMs with four main goals.
Eye candy ( I want my ROM to look great and for it to all flow together nicely)
Speed !!!
Smoothness, consistency and good aesthetics
Stability through private beta testing before public release
I preconfigure a lot of things in my ROM, because when I flash it on my phone, I want it ready to go. So, the ringtone, sms/email and other notifications to already be set. Doing it this way, makes for a nice ROM that's ready out of the box.
ROM Features
Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread)
Rosie transparency... modded
Blue overscroll
Blue highlights instead of green
Deodexed, zipaligned, tweaked
Extra Quick Settings
Improved SD card read ahead
Busybox + runparts, TitaniumBackup
Zipaligned
Zipaligns apk's at boot
A few HTC Apps removed, like HTC Navigation and some widgets
A lot of junk removed
Updated hosts file for ad removal
A lot more stuff... check the changelog below
Fast... Stable.. and GREAT battery life
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OMG!!! I had Your ROM's on Blackstone and Leo, You are the Best! Great to see You here!!!
Hey guys. This is an Android 4.0.3 and Sense 4A ROM ported from the Desire HD here. Massive props to proxuser for being an amazing developer! Now to the good stuff!
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FEATURES
Latest HTC One V base (1.56.401.4)
Android 4.0.3
Sense 4.0A UI (Lite version)
Advanced Power Menu
Battery %
Odexed system
Rooted
init.d support
Dropbox 25 GB for Free
Multilanguage
Apps up to date
3D Rosie
Games (needs testing)
What Works?
Touchscreen
Radio: Phone Calls, data 2G/3G/4G (H)
Original HW Acceleration (3D & 2D)
Audio - PlayMusic - Headset
WiFi
SDCard
All Sensors, rotate and others..
Hardware Keys and light
GPS
Mount Storage to PC
SuperSU - ROOT
FM Radio
Live wallpapers
Scrolling wallpapers
Bluetooth (please test this)
...
What Doesn't Work?
Camera
Tethering
Low microphone in apps (NOT calls!)
Probably more...
Changelog
Code:
[LIST]
[*]v2.0 -
Added EQS (extended quick settings) to the ROM (We are the first to do so on Sense 4.0!) - Credits to j4n87 for his SystemUI.apk!
Added some very very nice speed tweaks including:
VM management memory tweaks so that your apps perform better
The loopy smoothness tweak that tweaks your launcher and system UI
Zippaligning and Verify-Bytecode tweak for more free and less RAM usage
SD card tweak for better read/write speed
Kernel tweaks for more battery life and slightly more performance!
Less lag in phone calls
Better scrolling in contacts/menus/folders/homescreen
Smoother live wallpapers!!
System_server from android 4.0 for efficient system funcionality and performance!
System processes priority tweaks (phone,sms etc..)Makes switching between them faster!!
Build.prop tweaking script for battery/performance etc...
Optimized sqlite and I/O tweaks for better quadrant scores/other benchmarking apps
More... :) - Credits to [email protected] for all of his tweaks!!
Cleaned up build.prop
Changed boot and down animations to black instead of white
[*]v1.2 -
Fixed WiFi from 1.1 and removed INDIAN MADNESS
[*]v1.1 -
Added beats (you may not notice a difference)
Added trackpad wake ***thanks cnote!***
Made stock font Ubuntu instead of Roboto (you can easily change this!)
Updated ad hosts to block all ads!
Added THEIndian's "INDIAN MADNESS Bang for your Buck Edtion" power saver and conserver
Fixed bluetooth (took from SmartBeat Venemous and it says it works, so it should work) ***NEED TESTERS***
[*]v1.0 - Initial release
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To Do
Add Shot of Awesomeness/Inferno Shot (there were some complications adding it)
Get camera working (could be a long time)
Tethering
Trackpad scrolling (no dumb mouse)
Download
I put the download at the bottom to make sure everyone read the whole post and didn't ask meaningless questions!
Version 2.0:
Dev-Host: http://d-h.st/wtd
MD5 Checksum: 5edea9fb7b71e5b18de005692f6c915b
The Team
Mr.Highway - Team Leader/Dev
Saranhai - Graphics Designer/Dev
Invasion2 - Developer
Sckboy78 - Developer
...Awesome... - Kernel Developer
THEIndian - Kernel Developer
Thanks
XDA
Proxuser
j4n87
Team Inferno
Virtuous Team
Zfr3ak and memnoc for their Venemous ROM
HTC
Google
YOU!
If I forgot you, kindly remind me!
SCREENSHOTS
Older Downloads
Version 1.2:
Dev-Host: http://d-h.st/nnE
MD5 Checksum: ec0a5d1d2f979c3a6ec599f5a60d72c8
Version 1.1: WIFI DOES NOT WORK. USE 1.0 IN 3RD POST.
Dev-Host: http://d-h.st/6pH
Filebox: http://www.filebox.com/lbs1mr2mtp7h
MD5 Checksum: 926c2b28b5ba2c5919eb9eed5ae21599
Version 1.0:
Dev-Host: Didn't have the time to do it, feel free to provide a mirror.
4shared: http://www.4shared.com/zip/c7rSiEzn/PrimoS_-_Inferno_Edition_v10.html? If it asks you to register, do it. It takes 2 seconds! Or use filebox/dev-host
Filebox: http://www.filebox.com/qo6f96kjho8p
MD5 Checksum: e66ecb75fd74f13b5ac0529b71e213a4
^^^^^Press that thanks button!^^^^^
Downloading now. I really like sense. Thank you.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA
Here is trackpad wake - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25366899&postcount=181
Will include in the next update.
Thanks for this, love sense 4.0 and Inferno roms. Downloading right now, will report back later. Appreciate what you guys do!!
Just wish camera will work soon~
Nice invasion another great inferno rom ^_^
Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk 2 Beta-5
Anyone remember the command lines to make contact pics come back after fixing permissions? I had it saved somewhere, and cant seem to find it. Searching is not finding the correct command line. Any help is appreciated.
Noslice2002 said:
Anyone remember the command lines to make contact pics come back after fixing permissions? I had it saved somewhere, and cant seem to find it. Searching is not finding the correct command line. Any help is appreciated.
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chmod 666 /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/files/*
Thanks St Louie for the quick response. I appreciate it. I know it was in the wrong area, but was hoping for a quick resolution to my wife's dilemma.
Hopefully with T-Mobiles 3 devices getting ICS updates we might see some of the stuff released get a complete build, it's hard making the transition to ICS with features not working that people actually need and use.
I have tried a few releases but there is still too much that needs work before it's a daily driver for myself.
Thanks for keeping up with it though.
Orical said:
Hopefully with T-Mobiles 3 devices getting ICS updates we might see some of the stuff released get a complete build, it's hard making the transition to ICS with features not working that people actually need and use.
I have tried a few releases but there is still too much that needs work before it's a daily driver for myself.
Thanks for keeping up with it though.
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Once the Desire HD gets ICS, a LOT of these bugs will be fixed. But until then, this is the way things are. If I could fix it, I would do it in an instant. But I can't. Maybe it will be like getting the AOSP camera to work - having people work together instead of arguing.
invasion2 said:
Once the Desire HD gets ICS, a LOT of these bugs will be fixed. But until then, this is the way things are. If I could fix it, I would do it in an instant. But I can't. Maybe it will be like getting the AOSP camera to work - having people work together instead of arguing.
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That would be great but unfortunately people are people. It would be nice to see everyone put away their differences in order to provide the community what our carriers refuse to for the sake of development but it always comes back down to who is better than the next.
Instead we'll hope that luck provides us with what we need.
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Orical said:
That would be great but unfortunately people are people. It would be nice to see everyone put away their differences in order to provide the community what our carriers refuse to for the sake of development but it always comes back down to who is better than the next.
Instead we'll hope that luck provides us with what we need.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium
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Exactly. We need to work together if we want a full Sense 4 ROM, whether people like it or not. :banghead:
Sent from my Sense 4.0 Glacier using XDA Premium.
Let me ask? Does Voice actions work? I see in the change log where it says Microphone in app work is the the same thing? Every other Sense rom it did not work.
I really wish i was better with the behind the scenes stuff, i would LOVE to help get the camera working in an ICS Sense rom...i hate to say it, but AOSP and AOKP ICS hasn't fully grown on me, though i have been eatin poptarts and ****tin rainbows for a couple days now lol
smooth3d said:
Let me ask? Does Voice actions work? I see in the change log where it says Microphone in app work is the the same thing? Every other Sense rom it did not work.
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Not sure. From what I can tell, phone calls work. Other microphone apps don't. I remember getting them to work, just I do not know how I did it. I'll look into it.
invasion2 said:
Not sure. From what I can tell, phone calls work. Other microphone apps don't. I remember getting them to work, just I do not know how I did it. I'll look into it.
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Just to be clear, Voice to text does not work? Such as Google search or mess apps etc.?