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Best Rom for CDMA

I'm finally going to root my phone, i was wondering what the best and most stable rom in your own opinion. I'm looking at GummyBear and it seems to be talking to me the most. Any input would be great. Thanks guys

I find that AOKP + Franco gives me the best battery life / smoothness but I would recommend testing the waters to determine what you like most.

honestly every phone is differently. Im currently running cm9 kang with the trinity kernel.
I found that this runs the best on my phone.
When i tried aokp-franco, i literally couldn't use my phone. I have no idea why but it was just super laggy on my phone.
So i recommend you to try out all different roms and kernels to find the best match for your phone

CM9 nightly + Franco kernel is beast on my phone. The thing with CM9 that you may like is the constant updates, improvements, and new features. It is never ending what they come up with, I have been with them through many devices and they never fail to impress.

Jesus I hate 'Best ROM?' threads, they are so so so pointless...

Kalavere said:
Jesus I hate 'Best ROM?' threads, they are so so so pointless...
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Then don't read/comment
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Soldi3rxx said:
Then don't read/comment
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Just don't make them, they are deleted as soon as they are seen in certain forums on XDA, I'm surprised they are allowed in this section.
It's so subjective it's almost pointless to ask. Like I said to someone a couple of days ago, 99% of the time the threads with 100,000 more posts than others are usually the most popular.
When I got my Nexus a few weeks ago I did what I always do when flashing a ROM/kernel to a new device, I did a bit or research, and selected what I thought to be the 'best'.

Kalavere said:
Just don't make them, they are deleted as soon as they are seen in certain forums on XDA, I'm surprised they are allowed in this section.
It's so subjective it's almost pointless to ask. Like I said to someone a couple of days ago, 99% of the time the threads with 100,000 more posts than others are usually the most popular.
When I got my Nexus a few weeks ago I did what I always do when flashing a ROM/kernel to a new device, I did a bit or research, and selected what I thought to be the 'best'.
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good for you, now you can go jump of a bridge for all I care. Next time you can skip by this thread

Ive tried several roms/kernals and what i like the best is gummynex with the built in kernal.
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piperat said:
Ive tried several roms/kernals and what i like the best is gummynex with the built in kernal.
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thanks, that's what i'm running now, seems to be okay. I've notice the my verizon app doesn't work with it? and did you tweak with the performance @ all?

I'm not using CDMA, but AOKP + franco.kernel is available on both versions.
Tons of additional settings to play with and feels much snappier to use.

Soldi3rxx said:
good for you, now you can go jump of a bridge for all I care. Next time you can skip by this thread
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An insult, way to go.
223 people have viewed this thread, five have posted, three have suggested ROMs, the three people have all suggested different ROMs... getting my point? It's subjective.
I'm not going to argue with you all day, or even return the insult. Enjoy Gummynex, I'm sure it's a fine ROM.

You are right in saying it is subjective. HOWEVER, for a new user like me, it is nice reading why people think a ROM is good so I may choose one that may fit my needs.

mattymac said:
You are right in saying it is subjective. HOWEVER, for a new user like me, it is nice reading why people think a ROM is good so I may choose one that may fit my needs.
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EXACTLY my point

mattymac said:
You are right in saying it is subjective. HOWEVER, for a new user like me, it is nice reading why people think a ROM is good so I may choose one that may fit my needs.
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So why not search 'best ROM' threads? Instead of adding to the plethora of threads already made?

best rom/kernel for battery life?

I'm on Franco with aokp milestone 4. Personally I think the battery life is rancid. Any better options?
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Musik847 said:
I'm on Franco with aokp milestone 4. Personally I think the battery life is rancid. Any better options?
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Try a few....

The good thing about this part of xda is that people don't make a big fuss if someone makes this kind of post. Unlike the Galaxy S II forums.
I use Foxhound 0.2 and franco.kernel. Lasts me the entire day from 8am to 12am.

nicholaschum said:
The good thing about this part of xda is that people don't make a big fuss if someone makes this kind of post. Unlike the Galaxy S II forums.
I use Foxhound 0.2 and franco.kernel. Lasts me the entire day from 8am to 12am.
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I thought the good thing about this part of xda was that people didn't make these kind of threads. The nexus s forum was riddled with this kind of thing.
Is it so hard to look through rom and kernel threads and read peoples posts.
Why should people get answers without making the effort to find out on their own.
It only takes a few clicks.

running the leaked 4.0.4 with the latest lean kernel and its the best battery life i have seen yet . All radios and bootloader updated as well. Lean kernel settings , hotplugx , 1200-350 , standard voltage that comes with the kernel

No one has made any sort of test or extensive trial of the kernel and rom combinations for best battery life.
For my usage franco.kernel nightly 98 is working perfectly well with Liquid rom, but that might be different for your uses, and it might be different because you like to undervolt, or overclock and undervolt, and you use different programs in the background. etc.. etc.. etc.
If you would like to know the best combo, try them all and do tests. Maybe write it all down and come back. Hopefully nobody would have changed their rom or kernels in the meantime.

nodstuff said:
I thought the good thing about this part of xda was that people didn't make these kind of threads. The nexus s forum was riddled with this kind of thing.
Is it so hard to look through rom and kernel threads and read peoples posts.
Why should people get answers without making the effort to find out on their own.
It only takes a few clicks.
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Nah, it's about time this forum will get clustered with these kinds of posts because more people are buying the phone and think they are so important that they need to make a new thread dedicated to their phone. As said in my sig, I encourage people to use search whenever possible, but I'm not the kind of person to diss another person when they don't use it

I read several posts stating franco.kernel was good for battery life so I have been using it, but in my experience of the past couple weeks this is not true at all; I definitely do not get better battery life out of franco.kernel.

WiredPirate said:
I read several posts stating franco.kernel was good for battery life so I have been using it, but in my experience of the past couple weeks this is not true at all; I definitely do not get better battery life out of franco.kernel.
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And this is exactly why this kind of thread is pointless.
X amount of ppl think Franco has good battery.
Someone posts here saying it doesn't.
Who is wrong? No-one.
Its all about the user. Plain and simple. Everyone's habits are different.
I wasn't dissing the guy, my first post said it all "try a few"
You will never know which kernel is the best until you try them yourself.
Half the fun of xda is flashing and trying new ****!

WiredPirate said:
I read several posts stating franco.kernel was good for battery life so I have been using it, but in my experience of the past couple weeks this is not true at all; I definitely do not get better battery life out of franco.kernel.
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Same for me, in addition to other problems when running his kernels
The best combination I have tried so far is BAMF Paradigm ROM and Popcorn kernel. Using the gali something or other governor with just a few changes to it speedup.

Ooookay, I wasn't going to reply to similar thread, but since no one seems to be throwing out suggestions, here's mine from yesterday. There's more in that thread.

[Q] Best ROM ?

Hi i am absolutely new to flashs,mods and so on.
So my question is ... what ROM is probably the best in terms of speed, stability and especially USABILITY for my galaxy nexus GSM ??? and dont really like the stock ones, so maybe someone can suggest a really good custom one ....
pls help me !
kind regards from
3pikur

I prefer AOKP with Glados Kernel.

It has been said before that there is no "best" ROM, every user has different preferences and requirements in a ROM. Try them all.

WiredPirate said:
It has been said before that there is no "best" ROM, every user has different preferences and requirements in a ROM. Try them all.
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Realistically speaking, it is impossible for one to sit down and try every ROM. Because in order to fully experience the ROM you need to have it installed for a couple of days to conclude.
The best way to find the best 'ROM' is to look at the thread and read it's features. Read the first couple of posts, then start reading posts backwards. Like what you see? then try out the ROM.

Ok thanks Buddys ... i just try it out ... Maybe i find one fitting my imagination.
peace to y'all

Well i have tried a lot also spent some bucks getting things trying to get better and after all that i figured that nothing its better than a stock image rooted in the long way Google fix the glitches and bugs and the system its way more stable and reliable
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zephiK said:
Realistically speaking, it is impossible for one to sit down and try every ROM. Because in order to fully experience the ROM you need to have it installed for a couple of days to conclude.
The best way to find the best 'ROM' is to look at the thread and read it's features. Read the first couple of posts, then start reading posts backwards. Like what you see? then try out the ROM.
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Well its not impossible.. And you're right a few days of having each one installed is necessarily to draw a conclusion. What I meant was try them all that you find appealing. I wouldn't expect anybody to flash one that they didn't like the looks of just to "try them all" lol.
3pikur said:
Ok thanks Buddys ... i just try it out ... Maybe i find one fitting my imagination.
peace to y'all
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I'm sure you will there is plenty to choose from! Happy flashing.
msedek said:
Well i have tried a lot also spent some bucks getting things trying to get better and after all that i figured that nothing its better than a stock image rooted in the long way Google fix the glitches and bugs and the system its way more stable and reliable
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I prefer more customization than stock. I was on stock for months and finally got tired of it recently. I flashed AOKP and have really been enjoying all the extra options like the toggles and the custom batteries and such.

WiredPirate said:
Well its not impossible.. And you're right a few days of having each one installed is necessarily to draw a conclusion. What I meant was try them all that you find appealing. I wouldn't expect anybody to flash one that they didn't like the looks of just to "try them all" lol.
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Lol who knows. Someone might take the wrong way and actually download every single one of them and try them if they have the time to do so

No best rom. However, you can use this as a reference point: I am using AOKP b29 with Morfic's Trinity Kernel and all is smooth and great battery life.

zephiK said:
Lol who knows. Someone might take the wrong way and actually download every single one of them and try them if they have the time to do so
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I am quite sure there are plenty of people who have time to download and try each one of them...

I usually start by thinking of the specific options and customization that I want. From there just spend time looking at all of the roms available and if they contain what you want. If you can't find anything that way start flashing until you find what you want.
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zephiK said:
Realistically speaking, it is impossible for one to sit down and try every ROM. Because in order to fully experience the ROM you need to have it installed for a couple of days to conclude.
The best way to find the best 'ROM' is to look at the thread and read it's features. Read the first couple of posts, then start reading posts backwards. Like what you see? then try out the ROM.
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I flash every ROM that gets posted. I then record battery life and usability.
Impossible?
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SocialReject said:
I flash every ROM that gets posted. I then record battery life and usability.
Impossible?
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Not everyone has the leisure to do that because there are so many ROMs and kernel combinations. The chances of testing EVERY single little thing with the same variables such as reception, apps, background data, usage (heavy, moderate, minimum usage), these are just many of the variables that affect battery life.
By the time you complete that task, something newer will be out. It's like asking, "what's the best phone?" are we going to buy every single phone and try it? No.. we're going to look at user feedback and draw our own personal conclusions on which is the best for us because there is no best phone/ROM/kernel... the best one is the one that fits our personality.
No need to be a jerk.

Aopk will do you perfectly from what your saying. Give milestone 4 a flash, stable quick loads of customisable options for you to play with. No Lagg, excellent performance aswell as battery life.
Nothing else springs to mind in terms of stability, other good roms out there and cm9 however it's in builds with no milestone, so less stable.
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Ow yeh and flash Franco kernel milestone 2, brings excellent performance and brilliant battery life. Put em together and bang there you go
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jordanprudent said:
...and cm9 however it's in builds with no milestone, so less stable.
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CM9 is ridiculously stable at the moment; they just have a different definition of "stable". That said, for people who like a plethora of customizations; it's not there yet.

As everybody points out, your choice of ROM is personal, so I'd just start flashing until you find one you love. Find a popular one (AOKP, Gummy, Code name, Tranquilice) and flash it. If you're in love, stick with it, if something bugs you, find another ROM that doesn't have that.
The nice part about Nandroid backups is that there is little risk of flashing something new, and you'll likely know within a few hours whether a given ROM is right for you, and can revert back easily.
For me, once I installed Gummy (Lean kernel), nothing else lasted more than a few hours on my phone. I may flash something else every so often, but I keep coming back. That's ROM love.

mudferret said:
CM9 is ridiculously stable at the moment; they just have a different definition of "stable". That said, for people who like a plethora of customizations; it's not there yet.
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That's true, I used it and it was very stable. Didn't use it for a long period though and as they are in nightlies still though they wouldn't be as stable. As you say though customisation wise its not there yet
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Q. What is the best rom out there for our phones just got the note yesterday and is r

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Theres no such thing due to personal preference and ones needs vs others..its not to hard to spot the popular ones.

There is no such thing. The "best rom" is the one that you like the most, the one that works best with your phone.
All phones behave a bit differently with different roms, all users use them differently. fact.
If you're not willing to take the time to read the threads (the OP and at least the last 10 pages), try at least 2 roms for a day each, then you don't deserve to flash a recovery, imho.
xda is not a community that welcomes the lazy.
now, before you go getting all indignant and offended, realize that these threads get started all the time, usually by users that don't bother to read a sticky or the OP of a thread, or are unwilling to participate in the community in general. then a mod comes along and after several people reiterate the things I've said (with lesser or more degrees of politeness) and shuts it down. by your post/thanks count, I'm hoping you're not one of those.
so? get to flashing! good luck.
(looks like you caught me writing a novel, evolving. )

No bro I've been around just got the note yesterday, and wanted a little input in what roms are out there. Believe me I'm not one of those guys that ask the stupid questions if you feel me. I understand dif people what different things on their phones. Just had the S2 and over at S2 site they all kinds of roms and got familiar with some of devs., and I don't really know any of your guys work over here.
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kingdazy said:
There is no such thing. The "best rom" is the one that you like the most, the one that works best with your phone.
All phones behave a bit differently with different roms, all users use them differently. fact.
If you're not willing to take the time to read the threads (the OP and at least the last 10 pages), try at least 2 roms for a day each, then you don't deserve to flash a recovery, imho.
xda is not a community that welcomes the lazy.
now, before you go getting all indignant and offended, realize that these threads get started all the time, usually by users that don't bother to read a sticky or the OP of a thread, or are unwilling to participate in the community in general. then a mod comes along and after several people reiterate the things I've said (with lesser or more degrees of politeness) and shuts it down. by your post/thanks count, I'm hoping you're not one of those.
so? get to flashing! good luck.
(looks like you caught me writing a novel, evolving. )
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Im not kind enough to give as much info as you, especially after seeing this get asked so much here lately..kudos to you as it does help more than my one liner:highfive:
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Milton1964 said:
No bro I've been around just got the note yesterday, and wanted a little input in what roms are out there. Believe me I'm not one of those guys that ask the stupid questions if you feel me. I understand dif people what different things on their phones. Just had the S2 and over at S2 site they all kinds of roms and got familiar with some of devs., and I don't really know any of your guys work over here.
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Devs here are top notch, and we have a good selection to choose from.

Many ROMS will have MA7/MC2 in the title if they are Touchwiz based, these roms are really smooth and a lot of them are themed heavily. I ran digiblur's rom for a while because it was the most stock looking, only the statusbar was changed. I really like the SlimRom and Carbon as far as CM goes, they are both very smooth and have great performance. I am downloading and flashing Liquidsmooth now. Be careful with the CM roms though as 4g has become and issue in the past couple updates. (Because of CM not the devs). They are working on it though so I am sure it will be fixed soon. I am not in a 4g area so I don't really care lol. Anyways like everyone said, the devs are great here and pretty much all the roms are outstanding and will be better than stock!

Best kernel and rom combinations?

Hey all, wondering what everyone's opinions are for the best kernel and rom combinations out there. I'm mainly looking for solid performance with good battery life, but then again, who isn't?
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phones are like people, no two devices are exactly the same. what works well for me may not even boot up for you. therefore, questions such as these, are impossible to answer, because every device works and behaves differently. the only way to figure out the best ROM and kernel combination for your device, is to try them all.
not every device is treated the same way, just like people.

Yup, but to add to it, everyone wants solid performance and great battery, but everyone uses the phone differntly, so in every aspect, there's just no good reliable way to answer questions like this.
They can also prompt flame wars between loyal rom users which is one reason why these threads always get closed. Sorry, but you just have to research what offers you what you want, then test it out for yourself if it actually does what you want.
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See above, "best" is in the eye of the beholder...
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