PLEASE READ BEFORE VOTING: Just wanted to see what the general consensus was about which ROM is best for everyday use, and for new guys trying out a new ROM, this is a good starting point on what to try first. I agree, most ROMs update often (sometimes daily!) and even though one update may break a thing or two, the general usability of that ROM usually maintains the same.
Now, when voting for this poll, remember to take account usability in an everyday environment, not full-fledged feature comparison. Some ROMs can't record 720p and most ICS ROMs have no (not even partial) HWA and can't use video camera. But these things are things most of us can live without. So when voting, please take into account the basics: If the phone works, if messages work, if you can use Wi-Fi properly, if 3G works, if phone reboots too often or not, if the ROMs runs stable and smooth or if it lags and locks up, battery life, photo camera works or not.
After taking into account usability, take into account features. For example, if you feel there is a CM9 ROM that runs as stable and usable as another CM7 ROM, choose the CM9
Please vote for ROMs you personally have tried, and not for ROMs you "heard" work well. More than one choice can be selected because you may feel more than one ROM was working well enough to be used daily.
Note: I started making the poll including only CM variations, and decided to include other ROMs in the mix (which I'm not sure are based off of CM material), so I just decided to leave CM7 for any Gingerbread based ROM and CM9 for any Ice Cream Sandwich based ROM
DISCLAIMER: This is by any means no reason to diminish some developer's work, but is instead intended for the average guy who doesn't have all day to be flashing new ROMs everytime a new build comes out.
Nice of you guys to vote, but unless someone posts anything, this thread will just get forgotten.. So I'll take the plunge...
Euro skank 10 out of 10 :thumbup:
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Cm9 5/8 nightly+ build red lens defy 8-10
I dont know why CM9 is getting many votes... is not good for every day use yet. Though is nice to experiment but is not stable enought.
Cm white rabbit 9/10
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Well, Quark's GB CM9 is my daily ROM. It is pretty stable AND usable since 0805 if you blacklist HWUI for some apps.
I really don't see any point why I should go back to stock or CM7.
Considering the rules of poll:
1-CM7
2-MS2Ginger
3-CM9
Since 0805 cm9 i think I'll never come back to a GB rom
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CM7 - Euro Skank
Quarx-cm9 from May 11... seems very stable.
I'm using the quarx 120506 (May 6th) and it's pretty stable.
I was having some issues with previous CM9 versions from Quarx and Epsylon, like Bluetooth issues, crashing apps, slower camera, reboots and so on.
This is with no doubt the best CM9 so far (i didn't tested yet the versions from days 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 (may)).
When I have time I'll update to 11th may version to see what have been improved.
I´ve started trying ROMs since i did my register, and that´s a few things i could say about ´em
Gigglebread´s builds of CM7 are the best for me in terms of daily use.
- fast
- stable
- well customized
(i can´t remember of any bug or FC in a little while since i started using it)
120508_v2 Defy+ Quarx´s build of CM9 are the closest of a daily use ROM of all the ones i´ve been testing (so far)
- fastest CM9 i´ve ever tried (after installing Apex Launcher)
- stable (phonecalls, sms, wi-fi, 3g, sensors, camera, gps ...)
- still little buggy with camcorder, and the panomara doesn´t work for me
ps:I ALWAYS do a full wipe before swapping from cm7 to cm9 roms and i always flash my stock SBF before getting back to cm7.
I don´t use chrome, for me dolphin browser mini is enough.
euroskank cm7.2 FTW
cm7 euroskank!
WIUI stable
WIUI stable is the best rom
I'm getting no issues on Maniacs cm-7.2.0-RC1
I´m on Maniacs nightlies (CM 7.2) for quite a while now and my Defy is completely stable, fast and i go for more than 2 days without charging
White Rabbit ist the best for me!
CM7.2 by Quarx for Defy+ rocks in my Defy Red Lens
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Wiui stable for me
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Hey , as the oficial 2.2 rom for defy is not that great , i was wondering wich is the best ROM for defy , mainly for gaming purposes. I saw MIUI on the forum and i really liked it's appearence , but i also heard CM7 is great but it seems to have many bugs . And there are any good ones beside these two ?
i am running CM7 beta 6 for the last 7 days and cant say i am not happy. At first I had problems with battery drain, and after recalibrating the battery I stopped having it draining so fast, now my battery lasts almost 72 hours of regular usage.
I have been running andry birds and air attack HD and didnt see any problems with them neither with the rom, it worked fine the same they were working with my last rom, which was froyo.
If you never installed CM7, give it a try, you can always revert whatever you do (if you do in the proper way, of course)
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At first I had problems with battery drain, and after recalibrating the battery I stopped having it draining so fast, now my battery lasts almost 72 hours of regular usage.
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what programme of calibration you used?
I second that. CM7 beta 6 is great. Yes, there appear to be bugs. I only know this because I read the forums. But for what I use the phone for I can't complain at all. All the games I play run great for me. I will say it is a hell of a lot faster then the stock 2.2 out there.
i think cm7 is the best , though it has bugs
if CM7 got bugs, i think MIUI got even more bugs, as MIUI development takes off from CM7
The one I use for a long time (since beta 2) is the CM7, and I think perfect
CM7 is perfect. I haven't had any bug at all. Well some issues with setVsel, but when I desinstaled it all ok.
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the next logical thing would be CM7
When will beta7 be release?
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The official 2.2 (HK/TW) is working very well in my case. I tried every CM7 beta and it's getting better and better. Yet there are still problems with some games (eg miniglore) and applications (eg astro smb mode).
I like CM7, seems to run great, not too many bugs for a beta. Easy to install. And it looks fantastic.
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the easiest way to recalibrate your battery is 'battery calibration' from market. and yeah, cm7 does have some minor bugs, but its so much faster and better than any other rom ive ever used, its definitely worth a try! and the next version will be an sbf
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I must tell you CM7 is better than miui! if you say CM7 has some bugs,miui more!
I remmand you to use CM7!
i'm using miui because the dialer is smart... and im dont know how put that dialer on CM7...
cm7 is more stable and run better on my defy...
CM7 FTW all the way.... Bugs are minor and its smokin' still in beta but still better than any other rom I've used overall
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When will beta7 be release?
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I've just installed the leaked UK 2.2.1 on mine and with the patches for market/haptic feedback in the thread and it works great for me. certainly better than the roiginal firmware anyway. no bugs at all and stable so far!
got it from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933555
the fixes i mention above were posted by MadStu in that thrread except it didnt include the haptic fix. He posted it in another thread I found it via google here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11033490&postcount=18
After a lot of searchign and reading i decided to go for this one as it seems to be the most stable and bug free, I'm also keeping an eye on the newly leaked 2.3.3 roms floating about but will hold off till they're a bit more mature I think
hi,
I have Leedroid 3.0.8.2 data ++. Phone (which is my main phone] is stable and Bluetooth works as expected.
What are the benefits, of any, to upgrade to ICS and is there a particular ROM you find sufficiently stable to recommend.
Thanks
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If you are happy with your current rom then there may be no point in upgrading. Personally I prefer the interface and look / feel of ICS and can deal with the bugs that comes with it.
For desire currently the ICS roms are still a tad unstable this is due to incomplete hardware acceleration. The roms are ok for daily use if you can deal without video camera and quite a few graphical glitches. But the rom is still very usable.
If you are wanting to try an ICS rom, I suggest either sandvolds ICS or BCM.
At the end of the day I suggest taking a nandroid backup of your current rom. and trying out one of the ICS roms for a few hours. If you dont like it simply restore your old rom no harm done.
hope this helps.
If you want a stable rom, stick to what you are using right now or at least Gingerbread. ICS roms are in beta for Desire. No matter how many people here tells you it's all okay as a daily driver, if you can't afford the hassle of random reboots and all those little instability don't use it.
It will be a good weekend project to flash ICS roms just to see how it progresses though.
It's just an improved OS.Better functionality, better battery life and a slew of added features which are listed here.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/01/android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-review/
I too would suggest you to stick to your old one.
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If you want a stable rom, stick to what you are using right now or at least Gingerbread. ICS roms are in beta for Desire. No matter how many people here tells you it's all okay as a daily driver, if you can't afford the hassle of random reboots and all those little instability don't use it.
It will be a good weekend project to flash ICS roms just to see how it progresses though.
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Given that my phone is modelled for Leedroid Data++ can I flash a new ROM for the weekend.
Is out that simple and straightforward?
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Sandvold's ICS is really worth trying in its current state.
You can flash Sandvolt's ICS with no problems (wipe all partitions, install rom 0.4.4.3, install 0.4.4.4.1 update). At it's current state 0.4.4.4.1 it is prety stable. I have it installed from yesterday and i can say that i had no problem. Ok, i have to admit, it is a little slower than a gingerbread stock rom but i think it is very usable.
If sandvolt keeps it like this in ~1month i think we will have an ICS that beats GB.
Anyway i think you need to see it. I recommend installing also thalamus kernel which is very stable.
Regards.
Stability is a binary matter. There is a 1 or there is a 0. There is no 1.5, hence there are no such things as pretty stable or partially stable.
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Well, today i have used all of it's battery until now and i had no reboot or crash or anything that seemed like a problem.
I've been running ICS for a ~2 months, it (BCM RC2.2U5) works a treat . I've not missed Sense, and now the camera preview is fixed there isn't much missing.
It also feels faster than GB.
The video mode on the camera crashes the camera app but apart from that everything seems to work.
Overall like savagedonkey, I prefer the look/feel of ICS over GB with Sense (I was on LeeDroid 3.3. something) , however if you want to be sure there aren't any hiccups or problems stick with GB.
And there is always nandroid.
Andy
Have been using Sandvold's ICS ROM for about six weeks now and I can definitely recommend it. For me it's stable enough for daily use, camera preview (for photography) is working in the latest releases and with the latest release (0.4.5 dated 03/29) QR-code scanning is functioning also.
At the moment the only missing functionality (set aside eventual bugs) seems to be the video- and the panoramacamera.
Can't say how it performs compared to other ROM's. Haven't had reason to try others .
I have BCM RC2.2U5, but ineternet (mobile & wifi) response is too bad, very slow
I'm using BCM for over 2months and atm its really close to stable release.
There are some minor bugs, but its worth trying.
Fanboys forget to tell you ICS is much slower in its current state, than LeeDroid.
I use Sandvolds ICS atm, because I like the looks. It's not near stable.
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It's not near stable.
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Two pages of bull until someone comes with objective and rational answer... Kudos.
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Hi,
i come from Sandvolds ICS and I downgraded today to CM7.2, due to its unstableness. I got random BCODs and the browsers were terrible slow. Both crome and the stock browser.
Anyway, I guess the devs working hard on fixing the unstableness. Maybe in the near future im gonna switch back to ICS
It is not possible to simply say "I recommend Sandvolds ICS for you" or "I do not recommend".
First "rule": The rom is NOT stable. If you need your device for business use and need an always 100% stable ROM, then ICS is at the current state under no circumstances the right decision for you.
The ROM is in highly development, be aware of bugs and problems!
3 problems, that recently happend to me, there may be many more:
All contacts seemed to be gone, somehow the google sync was broken. A new login solved it for me.
Black Screen of Death (BSOD) occurs with some kernels: The phone freezes with screen off. Pulling out battery is the only solution.
My SD card could not be mounted on boot (not only missing data, but missing apps from a2sd as well). Reboot fixed it.
But if you have some spare time (following the development thread!) and if you don't complain with regularly ROM updates (including full wipes), you will be impressed, what ICS can make out of your phone!
ICS rocks.
BCM is very stable for me. Everything works fine including my browser and wifi. Only thing I don't like is I cant get mms to work but thats no biggy.
tobby_d said:
you will be impressed, what ICS can make out of your phone!
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Huh? A dual core with at least 768MB RAM and 16GB internal memory?
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I bought a SGH-T989-D (telus version) and it came rooted with cyanogenmod installed. It was so fast and beautiful but it had many major bugs that made it unusable (call echo, battery life, caller id broken, random restarts). It's been about 4 months so I wanted to see what the most stable roms are.
I'm looking for a rom that is fast and close to stock ICS or maybe jellybean if that's out yet. I'm currently on touchwiz ics but it's not as smooth or snappy as the buggy rom the phone came with was.
Thanks in advance and sorry if this is noobish.
This one is stable
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25363458
Its the stable version of CM 9
And my personal favorite AOKP 7/15 milestone 6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28327124
Only issue I have is speaker phone sounds choppy.
As for JB, there is good progress, but not a DD in my IMHO.
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The one by BinaryBiship is pretty good. And there's nightly builds so at least you know they're actively updating.
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this question gets asked quite a bit and my opinion on the matter(since you asked) is bugs don't seem to pop up for everyone. If the phone you had had issues maybe it was just that version of CM. If you like CM then I would suggest trying a nightly, RC2 or AOKP.
There are different developers that have kanged CM as well so try that. Since what is a bug for one person is not necessarily a bug for others its a trial and error. Anyone can post a link and say this or that is the best but only your real world experience can determine if its your dd= daily driver or not....
I have been running CM9 or AOKP since I got my phone and no issues at all...No radio issues No GPS issue No hot reboot issues... so far nada... Give them all a try thats my opinion
As said earlier, CM9 and AOKP are both great. My only issue with them is that they don't have wifi calling so be wary of that if you need that feature.
Just update to the latest cm9 nightly at get.cm for the Hercules. If you are already on cm9 then make a back up and then wipe system, cache, and dalvik. Then flash cm9 and gapps.
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Love the latest by Darkside. Its not pure stock but the latest is speedy, GREAT battery, and solid enough to be my DD ROM ..
Stats in sig. Good luck!
CM9 has come a LONG way these past months and virtually every bug you posted has been fixed. CM9 RC2 has been running beautifully for me for nearly a week and a half now. I recently took the plunge with TDJ's latest Venom kernel and it's been running even smoother. AOSP ROMs may have been buggy in the past but now there really isn't any reason to go back to TW. Unless of course you need wifi calling... but our devs are currently working on that and there are alternatives that allow you to call from wifi (Talkatone, Vonage, GrooveIP). So really, in my opinion, there really is no reason to go back to carrier bloat.
You could always use odin to flash a stock ICS, then root and remove bloat. You'd have a completely stock ICS running stable. As long as you're rooted, you can always flash modifications down the road. If you want a little extra performance but want to still maintain stock as much as possible, you can just flash a modified kernel on top.
Hello.
I'm looking for a fast, stable and batterysaving everyday ROM for my Defy+ (red lens) phone.
This is NOT a 'best rom' question, I just want some input to find a ROM among all these GREAT options which is best suited for my needs. As there are loads of ROMs and versions, I'm hoping somebody else have been in my position and have a ROM to recommend!
I have tried Mokee, which was very fast, but a little buggy (dialer FC-ed when 3g) and not very well supported (yet) on Defy+.
Before that I ran the newest Quarx CM10 4.1.2 nightlies, but most of them have some irritating bugs (Wifi ch 11 not working, ringtone bug etc), and I don't want the hassle of having to upgrade the phone every week.
CM9, CM10, I really don't care as long as it is fast and stable.
Before that I ran the Pikachu-rom from TweetyPeety. It looked very nice, but developement is not continued and besides the not-so-great speed there were some bugs unfortunately.
Today I tried the newest CM9 (12-11-18) from Epsilon, but the batterydrain was bad compared to Mokee.
Thanks!
todda7 said:
Hello.
I'm looking for a fast, stable and batterysaving everyday ROM for my Defy+ (red lens) phone.
This is NOT a 'best rom' question, I just want some input to find a ROM among all these GREAT options which is best suited for my needs. As there are loads of ROMs and versions, I'm hoping somebody else have been in my position and have a ROM to recommend!
I have tried Mokee, which was very fast, but a little buggy (dialer FC-ed when 3g) and not very well supported (yet) on Defy+.
Before that I ran the newest Quarx CM10 4.1.2 nightlies, but most of them have some irritating bugs (Wifi ch 11 not working, ringtone bug etc), and I don't want the hassle of having to upgrade the phone every week.
CM9, CM10, I really don't care as long as it is fast and stable.
Before that I ran the Pikachu-rom from TweetyPeety. It looked very nice, but developement is not continued and besides the not-so-great speed there were some bugs unfortunately.
Today I tried the newest CM9 (12-11-18) from Epsilon, but the batterydrain was bad compared to Mokee.
Thanks!
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If you want a STABLE rom for DEFY than only back to stock GB and MS2G or CM7.
I have also tried many of the CM10 but if Reability, Speed and Battery is TOP agenda than only GB for now.
nedywest71 said:
If you want a STABLE rom for DEFY than only back to stock GB and MS2G or CM7.
I have also tried many of the CM10 but if Reability, Speed and Battery is TOP agenda than only GB for now.
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Like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1140839?
Newest version in first post, right?
Thanks!
There is no such thing.
Thread closed.
Hey guys, I should be getting the Incredible as a play phone in a couple weeks, and I'm just wanting to get a consensus of the Roms and Kernels for this phone.
I currently have the Droid Charge add my daily driver, and I am (slightly) experienced in rooting and ROMs. Currently the Charge only has one Rom going for it, and one Kernel that has more or less been abandoned.
The ril or Radio Interface Layer was never released for our phone, so development is limited. We will never have an official CM, AOKP, or AOSP ROM, which is why I am getting this once to play on.
From the looks of it you guys have almost all of these, but I'm not sure which are the most functional, or which ones are JB/ICS. I would prefer a JB/ICS Rom, as I haven't been able to play with them much, but functionality odds a big deal breaker for me.
All this being said, what do you all think? Which Roms/Kernels should I try when I get the phone?
Note: this phone will be a Wi-Fi only phone, so Data is no biggy. It will be in Airplane Mode most of its life span with me.
Thank you all! I look forward to becoming an active member, and maybe even a Themer if I decide to pick it back up.
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The most stable roms seem to be CM7 and GB MIUI however I have used the last version of AOKP ICS, tiny's CM10.1 & zachf's JB 4.1 PAC Man rom with good success. Mostly everything works on AOKP ICS with some add on packages. CM 10 & 10.1 & the PAC Man rom have some issues mostly camera or video play back related.
edit: If you want a sense rom then try Touch of Blue. It's the only one being actively developed & is based on the Incredible GB factory rom.
Here is a thread link to a discussion of droid incredible users favorite roms & how they've made them work for them.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2081134
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I'd recommend either one extreme or the other - Touch of Blue (GB 2.3.4 / Sense 1.0) or Tiny's CM 10.1 (JB 4.2.2). And unless you need/really want a good video camera, go with CM 10.1. Be sure to read the OP of Tiny's CM 10.1 ROM thread as well as the OP of his Q&A thread.