Hey
I've starting reading about installing custom roms and kernals, mainly to make the Arc, a little bit more awesome. However, the feature I can not live without is HDMI (it's the main reason I brought the phone). What customs ROMS (if any) support HDMI out? Does CM7? This seems to be the most popular ROM?
Also, if I were to load DoomKernal on the stock 0.42 ROM would HDMI work? Would I see much improvement in general performance with DoomKernal and stock ROM?
I did search the forums for this question before but was unable to find an answer. Sorry if I have missed it!
Appreciate your answers.
Dan
Imo Arconium is the most popular ROM and has HDMI working also
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Usually it should/could work on every stock based ROM.
With DooMKerneL you'll see a great improvement in perfomance, imo.
As Flo95 mentioned in the post above, Acronium ROM & DooMKernel is indeed a quite good combination.
Thanks guys. Right, now to give it a bash...
Might be the start of many more posts!
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Hey,
So sorry for what probably seems like a dumb question. I'm usually a Vibrant guy, but I'm helping a buddy out with a G2/looking at the feasibility of getting one myself. I know at least for the Vibrant our normal kernels don't play nice with our version of CyanogenMod 7. I was curious if the same held true here? Or can I flash any kernel? Also, I see that there are different types based on the type of ROM, which is a new thing to a Vibrant owner. So can anyone recommend me a kernel? I'm pretty decent on flashing and all that, and recovering a brick (at least with my Vibrant). Basically I want the best bottom-line performance. I don't need extra bells and whistles, just a nice high clock frequency. Thanks!
-MN_Vibrant
MN_Vibrant said:
Hey,
So sorry for what probably seems like a dumb question. I'm usually a Vibrant guy, but I'm helping a buddy out with a G2/looking at the feasibility of getting one myself. I know at least for the Vibrant our normal kernels don't play nice with our version of CyanogenMod 7. I was curious if the same held true here? Or can I flash any kernel? Also, I see that there are different types based on the type of ROM, which is a new thing to a Vibrant owner. So can anyone recommend me a kernel? I'm pretty decent on flashing and all that, and recovering a brick (at least with my Vibrant). Basically I want the best bottom-line performance. I don't need extra bells and whistles, just a nice high clock frequency. Thanks!
-MN_Vibrant
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If you're looking for a kernel for CM7, the kernel included is quite snappy though I personally run pershoot's kernel as he undervolts and has some other tweaks which improves responsiveness *and* battery life, at least for me.
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CM7 already comes with its own custom kernel (which also supports some overclocking), so no need to flash a separate kernel if you don't want to. But as already mentioned, pershoot's works well too.
You can't flash any kernel. Some are Sense specific, and some are for non-Sense ROMs. Flashing the wrong one for your ROM can apparently brick the phone, so read thru the threads for the ROM and kernel you are interested in, to be sure. The ROM developer will usually have kernel recommendations, or you can see what kernels users of that ROM have tried.
Like stated above you will need to read the instructions and notes on the kernel thread. CM7 has special requirements. Other Roms don't need. but be very careful on what you flash!
Hi guys, I'm quite new in the GNex world (got mine 4 days ago) but I'm not new flashing custom roms and kernels I've done this since I got my first android phone (xperia x10).
For the GNex I've seen many great custom roms, I personally love MIUI and flashed it from miuiandroid.com. My next step is to get a better performance on the phone and a better battery life but when I look for a kernel I get lost, for what I've read the most popular kernels are Glados, Trinity and Franco, so here is the thing: You guys are the experts here, which kernel do you have used and which one do you recommend? And for these 3 kernels do I have to buy the configuration app from PlayStone? Will they work without the app?
Any info related that you can share is very appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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Hello,
I went back in the Q&A forum for a few weeks, but didn't find a similar question, so here I am.
I got my Kindle Fire and I want to install a custom Rom. I did read all the tutorials and have all the software ready, but I don't know which Rom I should install.
I was looking for a ICS Rom that has decent battery life and more or less good App support. What I found were the Simple ICS Rom and the GedeRom.
Is it true that the Simple Rom has more compatibility issues with Apps? Is there a noticeable difference in battery life between the "minimal" Simple, the GedeRom (and the stock kindle rom)?
I saw that now there are some recent JB Roms - are they already stable and efficient enough to "compete" with the ICS ones?
What would you recommend to me?
Thanks a lot
There's like 40 of these threads and they are all in General. Lol.
To answer your question, yes they are very stable.
You're going to get the best battery life with a CM7 rom.
I haven't been on here in ages to mess with my One V, I see we finally got the ability to S-OFF (awesome!) I haven't installed a ROM since at least May of last year and am still using the old CodeFireX with ION kernel from SimonSickle I haven't had any issues with it, but from a search it doesn't seem like CFX is really around anymore on here?
So are there any good ROM's that use a ION kernel and run smooth with wifi/3g? And also have we ever got the camera to work on a ION kernel?
Sorry big guy,
We don't do "Best ROM" type threads here, everyone will have an opinion, and they are always different.
Best to flash the ones that look good and see what you personally think.
Thread closed.
I've been thinking about Custom Roms for a while now, and whether or not to go down the route again. I've had previous (awful) experience with ROM's and my old N7000.
What I'm basically looking for is someone to advise me, give me the advantages and disadvantages so I can weigh out whether or not it's worth it. Stay stock and wait for the L release, or just play with the custom roms... PA/CM mainly.
I know custom roms are often (usually) unstable, and can be troublesome at times. Unexpected boot loops was a huge issue for me back in the Samsung day.
I've never known much about kernels. I learnt a bit about them in the ICS/GB days because of the huge problem with hard bricking on a wide scale. Are there any issues with today's kernels?
If anyone could help a guy out, that'd be great!
Firstly you need to check if you can unlock your bootloader. I CANT so i must use stock based firmwares. Stock are really good and kitslim based on stock is the best stick based ROM. If you want cm Roma you need to know that in cm there is no Sony features some of then are already ported if i good remember in Sony cross development. Everyone need to w8 for L relaese cm users too. I think first cm 12 will be in January so as stock Sony should be in january /february i think that cm users of xperia devices are happy with cm and i dont hear about loops or random reboots. Xperias devices are quite different than Samsung so you need to check to know
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Hi
I've just flashed latest CM11 Mod Rom to my Z1 Compact and reporting no problems. Its pretty straight forward and well worth it, gives you complete control and no bloatware or google draining your battery! Just read through posts carefully before embarking, let me know if you need any help.
Chris.
One disadvantage is that the camera quality is not comparable to stock rom
Interesting, how would you compare the stock rom camera quality with cyanogenmod camera resolution? Just ive not noticed any difference thats all. Thanx.
Most custom ROMS have some bugs, which are non-existent on stock ones.
Manufacturers somehow implement some proprietary features, which we find useful. However, we can't implement such.
Overall, custom ROMS are a great addition of getting everything from device's hardware.
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Interesting, how would you compare the stock rom camera quality with cyanogenmod camera resolution? Just ive not noticed any difference thats all. Thanx.
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Try doing a photo on good ligthing and low lighting, stock rom outruns AOSP based rom(CM11,Omni,carbonrom etc.) in terms of quality. The sharpness and details are gone. Images from non stock roms looks grainy
Ah I see. Im new to custom ROMs, so still finding out how it all works but have flashed 2 phones with success! Main reason I bought my Xperia Z1 Compact was the camera as I take a lot of shots, so this is of some concern to me. Am thinking of loading a stock ROM back on maybe, do you know of the best one thats unbranded and without google services etc? Does it overwrite the existing one as think I would want to start from fresh? Thanks.