Hi all,
After 2 years with the my beloved DINC (actually my 4th replacement) I am now getting a DINC2 from Asurion. I hadn't flashed anything since last year when I moved from CM7 to MIUI until a few weeks ago when I flashed to Abduction ICS. I love that ROM! It is well laid out, good looking, andruns great. It was like getting a new phone for me. Unfortunately my audio jacked borked so bye bye dinc.
I have looked around a bit in development here. I saw the sticky about not flashing the Chinese RUUs and not downgrading the bootloader. Can anyone suggest a ROM I might like? I'm hoping just to find a good one, get everything configured and not mess around flashing for awhile.
Thanks
For ICS roms, CM9 and AOKP are the two big ones. AOKP has more options and customization, but aeroevan's cm9 is modded specifically for our phone so it runs smoother. If you do use aokp, use aero's kernel with it. Personally, I switch between the two as new features come out.
If you're looking for a sense rom, nitsuj's TSM UltimateKangBang is very nice, I personally can't stand sense but I did flash that for a day and it was pretty smooth.
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prototype7 said:
For ICS roms, CM9 and AOKP are the two big ones. AOKP has more options and customization, but aeroevan's cm9 is modded specifically for our phone so it runs smoother. If you do use aokp, use aero's kernel with it. Personally, I switch between the two as new features come out.
If you're looking for a sense rom, nitsuj's TSM UltimateKangBang is very nice, I personally can't stand sense but I did flash that for a day and it was pretty smooth.
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Thanks Proto that is very helpful. I'll probably try both CM9 and AOKP before I start configuring everything for myself. I use third party launchers, Apex right now, sense makes no sense anyway.
I personally prefer cm9. Aero released a version with some linaro tweaks that make the from even faster.
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Zax_Was_Here said:
I personally prefer cm9. Aero released a version with some linaro tweaks that make the from even faster.
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well i have the later firmware that comes with replacements from Vz. It appears I can't root unless I downgrade the bootloader and that seems to cause other e . Apparently this is only a problem with sense roms but I am going to wait for the expected ICS OTA this summer. What I want most is tethering and the ability to make Titanium and Nandroid backups. I have tethering so I can wait.
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The MIUI is really cool right now. From before, the rom had some graphical glitches whenever i downloaded files from my school website. Its partially fixed. Overall, i dig it. I cant wait until all the bugs are fixed.
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I am putting a custom rom on my wife's phone for the first time. She doesn't really do anything major on her phone. She has gingerbread and it just got rooted. Any suggestions on a good rom to use? Thanks.
Besides being in the wrong section, miui is a great asop rom. If you want a little sense 3.0 check out newt's sensation. Rmk has a debloated version of the latest ota gingerbread if you fancy something more stock.
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besides why she needs a custom rom?
I have been trying alot of these out last couple days but i havent tried the sense 3.0 been having best luck with miks new sensation 1.1 though
If you need GSM for international travel, select carefully. Most ROM's don't support it well or at all in many cases. If you are CDMA only, your choices are more solid.
I've tried miui and cm7 and in my opinion cm7 is just a snappier and better ROM. Just my opinion though
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bik2101 said:
I've tried miui and cm7 and in my opinion cm7 is just a snappier and better ROM. Just my opinion though
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CM7? Which one is that?
BTW, as to why she might want a custom rom, speed...right?
Really all of the roms out now are pretty nice...
Being for a girl I'd think shed lean toward liking miui or a sense 3.0 based roms like virtuous or mikroms incredible sensation. The latest version from newtoroot (incredible sensation) has given me the best results. Very fast and stable and newt has been very responsive with the few quirks. by quirks I mean that his version is based on sense 2.1 so there was more he had to do to get the framework to align. It is definitely good enough to be a daily driver now.
Cm7 and omgb/omfgb are probably the fastest roms out. I really like omfgb combined with the tiamat kernel but cm7 is similarly great with more customization options (most of which your wife would likely never use). Omgb/omfgb is very back to basic, pure Android experience.
Rmks gingersense has been mostly my go-to though. Similar to stock, debloated, customizable. Pretty much a set it and forget it option with no issues. The only thing that aosp based roms have that I have an issue with is the incall volume. Tiamats kernel improves this a lot but still not quite where stock sense is in volume level.
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Weselers said:
besides why she needs a custom rom?
I have been trying alot of these out last couple days but i havent tried the sense 3.0 been having best luck with miks new sensation 1.1 though
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MikRom rls 1.1 is sense 3.0 minus 2 features. It's our stock ROM with 3.0 added.
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primetime34 said:
I am putting a custom rom on my wife's phone for the first time. She doesn't really do anything major on her phone. She has gingerbread and it just got rooted. Any suggestions on a good rom to use? Thanks.
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Unity is a stable good daily runner. It is very heavy though.
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Ok I need a recommendation for a stable Rom for my wife. I've moved on to the rezound and haven't been keeping up with the development for the incredible for a few months. She needs something super stable and good on battery. At the moment she's on ice cream sense and wants something new. Are any if the ics roms stable enough at the moment for a noob to run?
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I personally recommend CM7.2 (RC3 released today) but as far as ICS goes, even though it doesn't have HWA, AOKP is probably the most stable i've seen so far for the inc.
Good Luck!
Yeah I had cm7 on it for a while and I may go back to it. Any others I should look at?
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I personally recommend CM7.2 (RC3 released today) but as far as ICS goes, even though it doesn't have HWA, AOKP is probably the most stable i've seen so far for the inc.
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Had no idea RC3 was available, appreciate the notice.
CM7.2 is the way to go if you want stable, quick, and easy to use all in one. I have tried and used CM9 alpha and it is a damn fine rom. Everything worked for me that I use (never tried the camera) so my ICS vote goes to that. I prefer CM7.2 for my daily use cuz I had an issue or two with the ICS roms that I wasn't willing to compromise on.
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Had no idea RC3 was available, appreciate the notice.
CM7.2 is the way to go if you want stable, quick, and easy to use all in one. I have tried and used CM9 alpha and it is a damn fine rom. Everything worked for me that I use (never tried the camera) so my ICS vote goes to that. I prefer CM7.2 for my daily use cuz I had an issue or two with the ICS roms that I wasn't willing to compromise on.
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I actually prefer CM9 to AOKP for HWA and overall appearance but AOKP has had a lot of the customization features that I look for in a ROM, I still use CM7.2 as my daily though because it has everything I want and has amazing battery performance.
I put miui on my girls inc a few months ago n she loves it. It's running nice too with tinys kernel n uv'ed. She gets good battery life. The themes I think is probably wat makes it nice for her, a lot of options.
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Out of all of the ROMs that I've tried, Ice Cream Sense had the best battery life by far. I've been on Evervolv 2.2.0a2 with the latest Incredikernel beta (with HWA) for 24 hours now and while its not the greatest on battery life, its extremely smooth, fast, and stable. No random reboots as of yet. Definitely recommend it! Just my 2ยข...
Update: battery life isn't really all that great with this new Evervolv. I'm still gonna give it a run for a bit and see how it works out. So far, so good... other than the battery.
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As far as customization and looks go for her, I would go with Miui. Definitely throw tiny's kernel on there though as the battery life isn't the best, at least in my experience. Can't go wrong with CM7.2 as well!
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I tried miui but she didn't like it at all. So I flashed cm7 and she's happy again.
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I will say I miss my incredible. I have a rezound now and the community there is filled with hostility. Flaming is so common I'm actually thinking of selling and coming back
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I will say I miss my incredible. I have a rezound now and the community there is filled with hostility. Flaming is so common I'm actually thinking of selling and coming back
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yeah the people here are awesome come back
And I dont know how it is for other phones, but I am impressed at the amount of work amateur (meaning not making money out of it...) devs put into custom roms and kernels for the droid inc.
It is unbelievable and gives life to the phone!! It is the whole reason I have not upgraded my phone even though I have had an upgrade available for 3 months.I am not planning on doing so until my inc dies.
Opinions on ICS for the DINC anyone?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1719879
I use AOKP Build 40. It has the most features but it is slightly unstable.
I haven't messed around with it on my Inc lately. But I did note that a lot of rims didn't manage to support camcorder. Considering the good camera. I dislike xD
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Opinions on ICS for the DINC anyone?
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Been using this, and I've had a pretty good experience. Really excited about PureMotive's and Albinoman's work on jelly bean, however: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751992
I really really liked this rom, but the phone is completely broken so I had to go back to GB. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1736971
I'd also love a recommendation on a good ICS rom.
Any of the CM9 variants, you can use a third party camcorder if you need it. AOKP has a few more features, but they're not as well implemented imo and it's randomly unstable.
CM9 by drk.hd with Cobalt theme.
Abduction: The 4th Kind by Hanger84.
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AOKP is badass but the battery was so bad I couldn't use it long term. I'm trying drk.hd CM9 right now for a hopefully better battery life.
Evervolv's ics ROM works great for me. Camera works, never had a random reboot, and very smooth.
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miui
MIUI FTW.
Is MIUI even on ICS?
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Is MIUI even on ICS?
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Yes. Miui v4. There should be a thread for it.
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My vote goes to Linaro CM9 or the other CM9 by hd.drk (although I had some battery issues with it, my buddy has not). Both are snappy and 99% problem free.
Which (if any) 3rd party camcorder apps are any of you using?
I know it's a phone, not a camera, etc etc etc, but with a toddler running around the house there is almost always chance for video gold and the phone is always nearby.
Thanks.
CM9
I go CM9 all the way.
However if you want something cooler (but unstable at the moment) Head over to this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778190
It is running 4.1.1 It is developing fast and better each time.
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Evervolv's ics ROM works great for me. Camera works, never had a random reboot, and very smooth.
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Is evervolv a miui rom, if not is there any screen caps from it or where to get the rom
Running evervolv 2.2.1a3 now and have just switched from MIUI v4.
You cant go wrong with either rom. I will say evervolv is running much smother for me than miui did. Video works better too. But you can beat the theming with miui. Though I hear that is broken on the latest port.
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Grex25 said:
Running evervolv 2.2.1a3 now and have just switched from MIUI v4.
You cant go wrong with either rom. I will say evervolv is running much smother for me than miui did. Video works better too. But you can beat the theming with miui. Though I hear that is broken on the latest port.
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is it at all like the miui that i am used to or not? I might try the new jb but not sure
Is is it GB? ICS? Mabey even a taste of JB?
So what are you currently running? And why?
Me? Well I'm running CM 7.2 Kang 6/19, but I will probably change depending on this fourm.....
So what is it.....
ParanoidAndroid JB
I'm liking it for the app resizing capabilities and UI tweaks. It takes a little getting used to but it pays off!
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Still running Skyraider Zeus, yes its gingerbread but its reliable as hell. It gets the job done and I know that everything is going to work on it.
Triscuit said:
ParanoidAndroid JB
I'm liking it for the app resizing capabilities and UI tweaks. It takes a little getting used to but it pays off!
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I agree its awesome maybe a little buggy but its brand new. I was running cm9 but since I've ran pajb I am in love
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I am running CM7.2 nightlies and aeroevan v10.5 kernel with incredicontrol bumping the clock to 1.4 and dropping the volts by a bit.
Very stable and all functionality intact.
I would love to jump onto a jb ROM, but they all seem to have issues with features and functionality. I will be patient, though, and I know that I will try out jb at some point in the future.
-CM7 on DInc2
IC Tazz sense 3.6 is my choice of roms. I love sense and this is a nice mix of ICS and Sense and its smooth. No complaints with this one.
Running Kangdemnation ICS can't really do things right now for jb cuz of kernel issues since I'm s-on
But loving the rom I'm using now
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I've been running aokp (ICS) since before cs released his kangdemnation ROM. I like it for the tweaks that aokp has but have been having some problems lately such as my phone rebooting when I get calls. It only happens every once in a while but its getting annoying. I will probably try something else soon.
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TSM Vanilla 2.3.4
I dont use any Sense widgets anyway...but like knowing the Sense quality camera is there if I need it.
AOSP ports always give me issues with in call volume and screen on. Im one of those guys who plants the phone against my face and the screen turns on. Darn!
I really liked UKB but the radio turning off when connecting to wifi bugs me - I use my phone to talk quite a bit.
Havent tried Jellybean on the phone and probably wont considering my experience with my GED Xoom.
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I use my phone to talk quite a bit.
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What's wrong with us? The 90s are over!
I'm in kangdemnation .4, but I must admit you guys are right about functionality & reliability. ICS runs great. Can't wait till all the bugs are squashed.
Not a huge sense fan (used to be). It feels sort of heavy to me. TSM UKB rocks, tho.
PA is way cool, but haven't really gotten over the learning curve yet.
I'll probably go back to CM7 at some point. The Reverend mentioned CCM7 1.5 with aero's .8 was a good build.
The nice thing about flashing constantly is that you learn about options that you never knew existed & often can find ways to make them work on other roms. The downside is that your wife gets pissed cause you're on the phone too much! :banghead:
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All i really care about is a working camera and i don't really use fcc. So i'm on 07/30 aero jb ROM. Battery life is phenomenal and i haven't had any issues. I realize that camcorder & fcc doesn't work, but i'm fine with that. Aero's cm9 build worked great too, so i would recommend that for camcorder and FCC. I tried the latest sense based ICS roms and didn't care for them , but that just my opinion.
I loaded up a "final rom flash",even though I've said that a hundred times, I'm running cm9 with aeros .12 kernal without the adreno drivers cooked in. Instead I flashed the ics adreno 200 drivers, along with Google now, agps patch, and its probably my daily until jb gets a little more stable.this combo is solid on my phone. Although any of the ics roms are equal in my eyes in different respects , there all great lol
I've been using Skyraider Zeus for many months now and it has been great! Long battery life and really smooth. I used CM7.2 by CondemnedSoul before Skyraider and that rom is excellent as well
I tried ICS roms but I couldn't live with bugs. I like complete functionality
How do you flash Google now? I mean, where did you get it?
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This is where I got it this thread is for devices with arm6 or 7 processors though
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30059950
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bsmitty83 said:
This is where I got it this thread is for devices with arm6 or 7 processors though
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30059950
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Thanks, flashing it now!
Also question. Why flash the adreno 200 drivers instead of the drivers already in?
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Thanks, flashing it now!
Also question. Why flash the adreno 200 drivers instead of the drivers already in?
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I like to experiment with things that I understand little about.... lol
I didn't know if the adreno drivers that got put into aeros kernel were the same as the ics adreno 200, I really don't know what the difference was and that's what I wanted to see since I thought the other drivers were for jelly bean, I figured the ics ones would be better for ics, but I rarely have graphics issues. I'm pretty sure i asked that same question in one of the inc2 threads lol
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I just rooted my DINC and have it S-OFF running TWRP recovery. I am interested in what everyone feels is the best Jellybean ROM for the DINC2 or if it is going to be best to just run ICS.
Jellybean has bugs in it that make me go to ICS. Stick with ICS. If you are looking for some ROMs.... Check out Aeroevan's ROMs. Or MIUI, UKB, etc... Just look around the DINC2 development forum
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ParanoidAndroid. Has like one bug in it lol
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mageos said:
I just rooted my DINC and have it S-OFF running TWRP recovery. I am interested in what everyone feels is the best Jellybean ROM for the DINC2 or if it is going to be best to just run ICS.
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I've been running Aeroevan's CM10 for a while now, and I don't feel like it really has any significant disadvantages to ICS. It certainly feels like it runs smoother to me. It is also getting active development, and to me that counts for a lot.
I'm currently running Mimicry which is ICS, was on Aerovan's Unofficial CM10 before that. I absolutely loved CM10 and it was easily the smoothest ROM I've run on my Incredible 2, even smoother than Mimicry with the V6 Supercharge (which doesn't seem to do anything, at least in my experience). CM10 doesn't have FFC or Camcorder working though, and there's a sound issue where audio will only come out of the phone speaker (not the one on the back) until you plug headphones in and unplug. Only reason why I'm back on ICS.
Isn't there a rule against best ROM threads now? Even if there isn't, there's already about 20 in this forum, no need to open new ones for every possible situation.
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I concur
prototype7 said:
Isn't there a rule against best ROM threads now? Even if there isn't, there's already about 20 in this forum, no need to open new ones for every possible situation.
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The development forum is full of roms, it is best policy to sift through responses and replies in those threads and see what you will get and what you won't get from other experiences. But I will chime in and after having run this for the past 3 days, I am pleasantly pleased.
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pleasantly pleased.
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Lulz
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