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Ok peeps! It's time someone stepped up and posted a thread that addresses the most critical of (the technically inclined) humanity's issues:
ROMS - From the bunch out there, which one is your favorite and why?
I'll start this poll by posting the ones available in the Android Development forum. If none apply, please post what you are using and why.
Not sure if we can change polls after they started so probably can't add any options after the initial post, but suggestions might make it into a next edition. For now I'll post 20 ROMS
Let's get our 'droid on people!
Bumping back to top so more people can see the poll. Would be great if some admin could sticky this poll for the duration so we could get more participants and maybe get a better sense of what the community is doing / using.
Been trying out a few ROMs lately, though currently happy with Froyo DeLite, it's pretty much the stock Froyo release by HTC just with root and no new hboot, just what i was looking for.
I'm running this one: [ROM] Official 2.2, with: busybox, old A2SD+, OpenVPN (TUN), EXT4 support, 802.11N by ieftm. Which one is it in your list?
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I'm running this one: [ROM] Official 2.2, with: busybox, old A2SD+, OpenVPN (TUN), EXT4 support, 802.11N by ieftm. Which one is it in your list?
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LOL... When preparing this poll I had counted 20 ROMs. When I finished filling out the forms, I had 19 and an open space and couldn't figure out what was missing so I used the 20th spot and filled it in with "others". Guess now I know which one I forgot
Just vote for others and leave your comment. Thanks for commenting and sorry to all that I messed this up by forgetting that ROM
Nitrius said:
Been trying out a few ROMs lately.
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Same here. I'm using roufianos V3 right now but still not 100% happy
edgeball said:
Same here. I'm using roufianos V3 right now but still not 100% happy
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Which ROM did you most like up till now?
Personaly, so far I have to say I liked LeeDroid Mod and Cyanogen. If I had to choose I would be hard pressed. But despite that I am still stuck on a Rooted Official HTC Android 2.2 (FroYo).
For me, I love the purity and simplicity of a non-sense ui. Hence my passion for Cyanogen (amongst the non-sense mods). But I must confess that I miss Friendstream, and clock / weather widget and animations, and also the HTC calendar. This brings me back to LeeDroid. If I were somehow able to get these 3 things on a Cyanogen Mod, I'd be in trouble because then I'd have to choose one of them !
Neophyte
I like Sense. It's the only phone skin I've come across that I think adds something to the phone UI.
I've tried Dj Droid and Leedroid, and all the Neophyte ROMs. I've stuck with the latter as they're really quick, seem totally stable and basically I can't find anything wrong with them!
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I like Sense. It's the only phone skin I've come across that I think adds something to the phone UI.
I've tried Dj Droid and Leedroid, and all the Neophyte ROMs. I've stuck with the latter as they're really quick, seem totally stable and basically I can't find anything wrong with them!
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I think there are 2 NeoPhyTe ROMs out there, right? NexTSense and NeoPhyTe ROM. Which one do you prefer?
I'm confused between so many ROMs and so many changes. What I want is one rooted but first of all STABLE (without any bugs) ROM. I don't need nothing special added or removed from official one.
If someone can suggest the one - I would be thankfull.
Me too which one, and especially how to ROOT for lamers like us?
bembelembe said:
I'm confused between so many ROMs and so many changes. What I want is one rooted but first of all STABLE (without any bugs) ROM. I don't need nothing special added or removed from official one.
If someone can suggest the one - I would be thankfull.
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Please note this isn't a poll to figure out which ROM is king! No, it's just intended to give us a sense of what's going on in the community and what people like and are looking for so that hopefully, new developers can take that info and use it, either tweaking their existing ROM, or making new ones based on the ones people most like, or even creating something that is 180º different and goes in another direction.
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Me too which one, and especially how to ROOT for lamers like us?
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Same as above for the first part of your post. Check "unrevoked" for the rest.
I've always had Modaco roms for my Android handsets (T-Mobile Pulse, HTC Hero & then Desire). They have always been extremely stable. For a close-to-stock 2.1 Sense (Eclair) ROM, Modaco r3.1 was the best for me!
I tried LeeDroid Mod 1.3a (to try out Froyo) and haven't looked back. I've decided not to update to any of the other versions (1.5, 1.6, 1.7 etc) as everything works perfectly for me!
Unless there's a significant reason to update (specifically battery life), then I'm staying on LeeDroid 1.3a.
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I've always had Modaco roms for my Android handsets (T-Mobile Pulse, HTC Hero & then Desire). They have always been extremely stable. For a close-to-stock 2.1 Sense (Eclair) ROM, Modaco r3.1 was the best for me!
I tried LeeDroid Mod 1.3a (to try out Froyo) and haven't looked back. I've decided not to update to any of the other versions (1.5, 1.6, 1.7 etc) as everything works perfectly for me!
Unless there's a significant reason to update (specifically battery life), then I'm staying on LeeDroid 1.3a.
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Sounds perfectly reasonable.
Has anyone tried jdfroyo
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
LeeDrOiD Mod 34 23.61%
really that good?
yeah man, that rom rox
the most stock, complete, functional rooted rom i've encountered so far.
[ROM] Official 2.2, with: busybox, old A2SD+, OpenVPN (TUN), EXT4 support, 802.11N
I have tried a lot of them and now I´m using Defrost 2.5a, I know it´s not based on 2.09 Froyo but I want to try and leave Sense Ui once and for all.
Qudrant just got me 1441 and Linpack around 39-40 all the time.
I´m gonna install that Launcher Pro Plus and Beautiful Widgets for the weather and such.
If I wanted to go back to Sense, I would choose my fellow spaniard Neophyte´s 1.4a or 2.1b (both rock).
Cheers
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the most stock, complete, functional rooted rom i've encountered so far.
[ROM] Official 2.2, with: busybox, old A2SD+, OpenVPN (TUN), EXT4 support, 802.11N
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Das que é bem verdade que os tugas andam por toda a parte!!!
I tried it yesterday and actually was impressed with it, but still not my cup o' tea. Still, I would say yeah, one of the best.
Is someone working on a 3.0.x kernel for our g2, desire z etc? Because I've seen that these kernels are perfect with usb host. And if noone is working on it, why? Does this operation make many problems? I've seen that there are a few for nexus s, but noone for our device.
I haven't been able to find any thread about compiling a 3.0 kernel for android devices, so I can't understand which is the reason for which it hasn't been already done or which are the problems.
Thanks and sorry for the english...
As far as I know there are people working on 3.0 kernels, however as of yet not a single developer managed to get it to boot on any device (I believe this is the gist of what Flinny posted in the andromadus thread in the dev section.) I am guessing that this is a very major undertaking and simply very, very hard to accomplish.
I don't know if anyone is working on a 3.0 kernel for the dz in particular, if they are though, they likely have a long way to go.
The reason why the Nexus S has working 3.0 kernels is, that google provided them with an official ics upgrade on which the devs were able to base their work.
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As far as I know there are people working on 3.0 kernels, however as of yet not a single developer managed to get it to boot on any device (I believe this is the gist of what Flinny posted in the andromadus thread in the dev section.) I am guessing that this is a very major undertaking and simply very, very hard to accomplish.
I don't know if anyone is working on a 3.0 kernel for the dz in particular, if they are though, they likely have a long way to go.
The reason why the Nexus S has working 3.0 kernels is, that google provided them with an official ics upgrade on which the devs were able to base their work.
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Thanks, didn't notice Flinny's post, we may try to port Nexus S kernel, I'll have a deeper look into it.
https://www.codeaurora.org/gitweb/quic/la/?p=kernel/msm.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/msm-3.0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1423827
already posted these links in andromadus thread... but maybe this is helpful for starting
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https://www.codeaurora.org/gitweb/quic/la/?p=kernel/msm.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/msm-3.0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1423827
already posted these links in andromadus thread... but maybe this is helpful for starting
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Yes, we should do like they did, open a dev thread and start working on it, but I personally don't have enough ability to work on it. I'll keep on reading and learning for the moment! Thank you.
there seems to be progress:
https://github.com/nexx/htc-kernel-msm7x30-3.0
https://github.com/cyanogen/htc-kernel-msm7x30-exp
http://code.google.com/p/anthrax-kernels-htc-base-linux3/
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there seems to be progress:
https://github.com/nexx/htc-kernel-msm7x30-3.0
https://github.com/cyanogen/htc-kernel-msm7x30-exp
http://code.google.com/p/anthrax-kernels-htc-base-linux3/
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Nice, hope they can get it to work.
What about how it works? Does it recognize by itself wheter it should be host or client when plugging usb cable?
The Desire HD is getting an official ICS release, so we should expect 3.0 kernel source for that at some point, which will help us a lot given how similar the DHD is to our phones.
Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.
So, I have successfully rooted my phone and gained superuser rights. This was my first time rooting a phone. So, I get the cm7 rom from cm's website I. I put it on my sd card, and I go to flash it and it gives me some sort of error... Something about verification? If anyone could help out that would be splendid.
I have a galaxy s2 t989.
Our phone isn't on cyanogen mods website so u probably got the build for the wrong phone. Ur lucky it didn't install otherwise u would have a brick right now. Get the cyanogen build from the development section of this forum
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Hmm...
Thanks for the info... glad I didnt brick my phone!
I found this Rom Cyanogenmod 7 Self-Kang For Tmo-Sgs2 Alphafied #2 2.3.7 Updated.. and the links were broken. Tried rootzwiki... broken as well.
Do you have any suggestions on a good build? I was looking for something with just gingerbread like the cm7 build...?
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Thanks for the info... glad I didnt brick my phone!
I found this Rom Cyanogenmod 7 Self-Kang For Tmo-Sgs2 Alphafied #2 2.3.7 Updated.. and the links were broken. Tried rootzwiki... broken as well.
Do you have any suggestions on a good build? I was looking for something with just gingerbread like the cm7 build...?
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I would like good links to those too.
However, try this...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416445
It's a great Rom to hold you over for an official CM. Without trying Slayher's actual versions but reading comments I believe it might even be more stable than where he left off.
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Thanks for the info... glad I didnt brick my phone!
I found this Rom Cyanogenmod 7 Self-Kang For Tmo-Sgs2 Alphafied #2 2.3.7 Updated.. and the links were broken. Tried rootzwiki... broken as well.
Do you have any suggestions on a good build? I was looking for something with just gingerbread like the cm7 build...?
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You are probably like me....
I came from the G2 and all I knew was CM7 (most roms based off cm7 in that section at that time). Once I got the Galaxy S II, I was sad that there was no completely finished and supported cm7 builds. I tried the ones mentioned and they do work for the most part but you have to turn on gps before rebooting or you lose audio in calls.
Anyways...long story short, try out some touchwizz roms. You will find that they are almost exactly like gingerbread roms from cm7. You can get a different launcher than TouchWizz (like ADW, Launcher Pro, Go, ect) and your basically there. The settings menu will look different, and some animations and tones will be a little different....(you can customize all of this stuff BTW!) but after I used it for a week I was used to it and I was over the whole Cm7 gingerbread look that I thought I had to have!
Hope this helps.
Anyways, l
Here you go
Here's a good link for CyanogenMod 7 Self Kang 2. http://www.4shared.com/zip/oGKIwRpK/update-cm-720-RC0-Self-KANG-2-.html . Enjoy.
While everyone's developing forward into JB 4.2, I want to go slowly;
I've learnt from the HTC Desire that new may not always be the best; Back then GB was the thing and everyone had some 2.3.7 ROMs...
So, I'm wondering if CM7 can be ported onto our Xperias...?
It may not be useful, but there are some old ways of making a GB phone beat the shiz out of ICS+
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While everyone's developing forward into JB 4.2, I want to go slowly;
I've learnt from the HTC Desire that new may not always be the best; Back then GB was the thing and everyone had some 2.3.7 ROMs...
So, I'm wondering if CM7 can be ported onto our Xperias...?
It may not be useful, but there are some old ways of making a GB phone beat the shiz out of ICS+
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It would require a lot of work but it's doable I guess? FXP picked up the S from cm9 onwards so I guess CM7 was seen as unnecessary
Well then, any idea how we can convince them it IS necessary?
Maybe a petition?
Y not go all out and rip donut off an X10i?
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A good idea, but GB was faster...
Seriously, though, why not? The device HAD official GB, why wouldn't we have CM7?
That opens a whole new world for ROMs; on one hand 4+, and on the other 2.3...
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Y not go all out and rip donut off an X10i?
Sent from my Jellybean Xperia S
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Better still cupcake ? No but seriously, The FXP team are focused on 4.X onwards for the S, you could try asking other devs if they're interested or try for yourself? I think XDA university has a guide about how to compile CM for your phone
Here it is: http://xda-university.com/as-a-developer/porting-aosp-roms-using-source-code
Cool!
Just one problem; I don't have Ubuntu... Backtrack is pretty close (I have it), but I can't instal some of the programs the tutorial demands...
I've already tried porting CWM using XDAU, but failed miserably due to that...
I'll see if I can install Ubuntu in the linux partition (instead of backtrack) (I dual boot Windows XP and Backtrack), and I'll try downloading again...
Okay, so I've found a bunch of porting guides for all sorts of phones and Android versions, but they all require either an existing GB tree in GitHub or a GB zip ROM...
I have neither, but what I do have is the stock GB .ftf... But that can't help much, since, well, it's not zip...
I CAN extract it, but what next? Extract further?
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Okay, so I've found a bunch of porting guides for all sorts of phones and Android versions, but they all require either an existing GB tree in GitHub or a GB zip ROM...
I have neither, but what I do have is the stock GB .ftf... But that can't help much, since, well, it's not zip...
I CAN extract it, but what next? Extract further?
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Extract ftf using winrar
U can extract the system dump too from ftf
Okay, I may as well get a title here; NOOB ALERT ...
What's the system dump? I've heard it already a million times, but I never got the answer... It said somewhere that it has to do something with the bootloader, but I'm not sure...
Anyways, once I build me a GB ROM (I'm using this; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1183832), I just copy and paste stuff (like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1598713)?
Though I'll probably get to an issue with the camera and other things, since they're not exactly AOSP...?
This thread might as well be renamed to 'Tutorial' if I keep 'developing' like this xD
Hi guys, I am a BASIC android user with BASIC phone needs. Unfortunately I own a HTC Desire Z with Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) and the very crapy HTC Sense 2.1 thats keeps on slowing down the phone and mostly rendering it beyond the point of regular usage.
I want the cleanest possible, fully functioning Android version available, like on Nexus phones. Just a plain, simple, clean and basic Android version. No need for overclocking, Sense crap, MIUI interfaces or other spectaculair may-work-may-not-work-brick-my-phone stuff, just a simple working smartphone, you can call with, send text messages with, Viber, Skype or Whatsapp with. You know, kinda like old people do with the phone
So 2 questions:
1. Which version would you guys recommend as being the cleanest one available on the forum?
2. How on earth do I get there? I have basic/bit advanced knowledge about rooting phones, Kernels, radio versions, etc, but this HTC phone is beyond me. Should I first root it, then CID Unlock/ s-Off it, do I first have to downgrade it to Froyo, etc etc etc. I know the easiest answer is RTFM, or use the search function on this forum first, but with my basic knowledge I cant seem to figure it out with the tons and tons of information thats out there on the forum.
So please, a few pointers, short first-this-then-that guidelines, and I'm sure I will get there.
Have a great weekend, DaMO
First of all, you're in the wrong section.
Second : The best rom without any trouble is this one : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242480
If you want more feature : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1714187
Both are very stable. Very fast. No problem at all.
But I have to say, these time, most of recent roms are pretty reliable.
Many thanks, overdose. As you are a mod, just move it to the right section.
And like I said, kind of a noob. So the post at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242480 is kind of a question mark for me. As far as I understand, this release is based on a CM7 Rom, with added features? And do I only need the ILWT CM7 Kernel, or also the ILWT Deamon? What is a Deamon???!?? and why would I need it? Found a downgrade/upgrade guide from Strawmetal, hopefully it won't brick my phone and I will be able to upgrade to a normal workeable ROM.
Again, many many thanks, and tonight I will either have a useless paper weight, or a normally functioning phone
DM
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Many thanks, overdose. As you are a mod, just move it to the right section.
And like I said, kind of a noob. So the post at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242480 is kind of a question mark for me. As far as I understand, this release is based on a CM7 Rom, with added features? And do I only need the ILWT CM7 Kernel, or also the ILWT Deamon? What is a Deamon???!?? and why would I need it? Found a downgrade/upgrade guide from Strawmetal, hopefully it won't brick my phone and I will be able to upgrade to a normal workeable ROM.
Again, many many thanks, and tonight I will either have a useless paper weight, or a normally functioning phone
DM
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The deamon allow you to control overclocking, voltage, I/O, governors.
Witch you dont need, if you dont want to play with it.
i.e mimicry's already set to 1000 mhz cpu. You dont need to touch anything if you're satisfied with this cpu speed.
It's hard to find a complete guide for newbes. Back in years, I remember that I had to look at multiple thread to be sure how to root/backup/flash and make sure not to brick.
The major difference between the two (I was using Mimicry myself for the longest time, but I'm currently testing the Flinny Jellybean build) is one is Gingerbread (CM7) and the other is Ice cream sandwich. So if you're find with android OS 2.3, you will for the most part have the most compatibility with the phone's hardware (since all the drivers are avail), and will run better on the phone. But Mimicry will give you the features of ICS (4.0.x), but may lack in some areas like camera capabilities with 3rd party apps such as instagram (which is fixed in the jellybean rom I'm currently using).
But as a "basic" user, I think sticking with gingerbread will do you just fine.
I personally found this guide most useful and very easy to follow. The only problem might be that it needs adb and the respective drivers, but installing it should not be too difficult.
My favourite ROM, when it comes to speed and stability, is the "cm-7.2.0-vision.zip" found here. It might have some extras, but compared to everything else I tried (and I tried a lot), it worked like a charm.
Hello guys, many many thanks for all your advice. After about a day of work, I have a fully functioning Desire Z, with cyanogen 7.2.0 release. I had some difficulties getting there ( a faulty PC10IMG file, a bootloop after finally flasing the CM zip that seemed endless, a bootloader that gave up on me, etc), but learned a lot along the way. My conclusion: as enthusiastic and capable all the people at XDA are, nothing beats the official manufacterers release of the software. Sure, here and there also original roms have glitches and FC's, but basically everything works the way it should work, all the drivers are present and mostly updated. So my motto is: if it aint broken, dont mess with it
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Hello guys, many many thanks for all your advice. After about a day of work, I have a fully functioning Desire Z, with cyanogen 7.2.0 release. I had some difficulties getting there ( a faulty PC10IMG file, a bootloop after finally flasing the CM zip that seemed endless, a bootloader that gave up on me, etc), but learned a lot along the way. My conclusion: as enthusiastic and capable all the people at XDA are, nothing beats the official manufacterers release of the software. Sure, here and there also original roms have glitches and FC's, but basically everything works the way it should work, all the drivers are present and mostly updated. So my motto is: if it aint broken, dont mess with it
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I hear ya!
Which guild did you end up using? I found the one here too convoluted to take a chance on bricking my phone. Like it says to download ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0 and 5.8...well which is it? The cyanogenmod wiki instructions are easier to follow but it looks like they stopped developing at gingerbread which I already have. What I did was get the unlock code from HTC and then used busybox to install su for root access.
If CyanogenMod ever comes out with a more current version, I may give it a try but I am guessing they are only going to develop for the latest phones.
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I hear ya!
Which guild did you end up using? I found the one here too convoluted to take a chance on bricking my phone. Like it says to download ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0 and 5.8...well which is it? The cyanogenmod wiki instructions are easier to follow but it looks like they stopped developing at gingerbread which I already have. What I did was get the unlock code from HTC and then used busybox to install su for root access.
If CyanogenMod ever comes out with a more current version, I may give it a try but I am guessing they are only going to develop for the latest phones.
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I used a mix of guides, basically the procedure was: downgrade to Froyo, unlocked and temporarly rooted (S-Off), got it permanent rooted, and then installed CM 7.2.0
Thats all