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[Q] Which Rom and Why?

Hi All
I know I'm prob not the first to think of this but I'm like to know who's using what roms and which is the most popular at the momement. Maybe after a week or so, I'll do an update with a tally of the most popular Roms long with the overview of why.
For me I'm using DJ Droid 1.5. Its seems to be nice and stable I've not hit any major bugs apart from the weather module which will not allow me to save the option to update automatically.
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Reverved for me

I choose AuraxTSense v7.8.1 as my first ROM.
Reasons: seems stable, has camera, nice complete package, no weird langauge issues to be expected.
MIUI looks nice too, that's gonna be my next one to give a try.

Moved to Q&A as not development.

These threads are pointless as ROM choice is completely subjective. Just because I used an HD ROM doesn't mean everyone else wants to use it
You just have to try different ROMs and see what works for you

What I am trying to do is get an overview what what's the most popular and why. Like the rest of us we all have been trying different ones for different reasons. I'm just trying to get a overall picture of what and why. Maybe there is one out there I've missed and I'd like to have a go at.

EddyOS said:
These threads are pointless as ROM choice is completely subjective. Just because I used an HD ROM doesn't mean everyone else wants to use it
You just have to try different ROMs and see what works for you
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Which HD ROm are you using do you have a link so I can try it?

RCMixHD v0.8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789830

Rom

What's the best Tom to use? I'm seriously thinking of routing again.
RICK
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By Tom you mean Rom and by routing you mean rooting
This is what people fail to realise. There is no such thing as the best rom. A rom is for your liking, your personal preference. Think about which one you would like to have, like Sense, Non-Sense, etc then pick one. You can only try them out.
The main ones that people go for are CyanogenMod 6/7, Oxygen 1/2, LeeDroid. Have a look here.
And before you start a thread, make sure you search for another thread because there are loads of threads like this one.

First ROM ever ... Absolution?

I want to flash my first ROM ever and ive been trying to read a bit and decide on the most appropriate ROM for me. I want something fast and with a good battery life and from what Ive been reading Absolution seems to offer both these things really well. One thing I dont think im willing to give up right now however is the ability to sync facebook images and information onto my contacts. Do Absolution and other Cyanogen based ROMS allow us to do that? Any one with any other suggestions that you think may be easier for me to handle for a first ROM? Also, is there a way for me to backup my current stock rooted ROM so I go back to it in case I dont like CM?

If you want cyanogenmod based ROMs, for me blackICE ROM is the best by far.
If you want to stick to official releases for our DHD, Android Revolution or wait for LeeDroiD to update his ROM
If your want sense 3.5, in my opinion SmartDroiD is my ROM of choice,it really is the best ROM I've ever used, but there is ER3BUS ROM and RcMiX Runny. Currently I'm on ER3BUS as I wanted to test it and I've ended up loosing my USB cable so I'm stuck atm but I will be returning to SmartDroiD soon as I can.
Sent from my ER3BUS Desire HD..

wilkyyyy said:
If you want cyanogenmod based ROMs, for me blackICE ROM is the best by far.
If you want to stick to official releases for our DHD, Android Revolution or wait for LeeDroiD to update his ROM
If your want sense 3.5, in my opinion SmartDroiD is my ROM of choice,it really is the best ROM I've ever used, but there is ER3BUS ROM and RcMiX Runny. Currently I'm on ER3BUS as I wanted to test it and I've ended up loosing my USB cable so I'm stuck atm but I will be returning to SmartDroiD soon as I can.
Sent from my ER3BUS Desire HD..
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Lol, just thinking out of the box here.why not just download the ROM on your phones browser and then flash it? I've had a desire for 2 years and think out of the 1000 times I've flashed, only 3-5 of those roms was put on there from my computer..

Nagelzz said:
Lol, just thinking out of the box here.why not just download the ROM on your phones browser and then flash it? I've had a desire for 2 years and think out of the 1000 times I've flashed, only 3-5 of those roms was put on there from my computer..
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Yeah as said,flash all of them,runny is the best at current but as you can tell its individual loves
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Yea, when you first install a custom ROM after making your choice, obviously you will have clockwordmod recovery on the phone. From here you can do backups (referred to as nandroid backups) you can also initiate this from ROM manager.
Good luck intrepid Modder.
Also my recommendations are
Sense - Android Revolution HD. It's stock Sense look and feel with good battery life and amazing support, practically 24hour.
AOSP - CM7 - Again amazing support and a great experience. It can link your FB profile pics, but don't expect and decent resolution.
Bleeding Edge - LC ICS Beta 4.5 - Great if you want to try the new flavour of Android but really not for the new modder.

Thanks a lot for the help guys. Knowing that I can back up my stock rom is particularly comforting. Im hoping il have enough time this weekend to get around to doing this. By then Il make sure to look around for some videos of each of those ROMs in order to better choose my first

I feel that Absolution and Blackice are roughly on par with each other, and both are excellent. I'm very curious about Wilkyyy's reasoning...
If your only serious criteria are speed and battery life, the Oxygen 2.3.2 port can't be beaten IMHO. It has far fewer "options" than the former two ROMs though, and there is no CM7-style theming. If you use an alternate launcher like Go, though, then this isn't really an issue or even very relevant.

BenRoark said:
. this isn't really an issue or even very relevant.
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That's possibly one of the funniest things I have read on here for a while

I actually am using golauncher right now and am loving it. In that case you would recomend the oxygen ROM?
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oik01 said:
I actually am using golauncher right now and am loving it. In that case you would recomend the oxygen ROM?
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Everyone will tell you what they think is the best rom out there. It is all a matter of opinion and taste. I would suggest watching the threads and see which ones are up to date with features that are appealing to you and try them each out for a few days/hours/minutes etc until you settle into one that makes you happy. There are tons of quality roms and many that are inactive as far as development too. Just be sure to back up your go to or stock rom before experimenting.

i would say virtuous affinity-v1.48.0 its fast and dont use much battery
i think you can use mybackup pro to backup your stock rom
but i think you need to root it first

Don't think twice, perfect ROM for DHD is Android Revolution HD™ 6.3.1.

wbbigdave said:
That's possibly one of the funniest things I have read on here for a while
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How's that, chief? You can use launcher themes to change the look of your phone interface, if you're really "into" that kind of thing. Yeah, sure, your settings menu won't change, but if you're gonna lose sleep over that, then your problems run much deeper in my opinion.
Another alternative for Oxygen is the kitchen, which has already been done by at least one user.
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oik01 said:
I actually am using golauncher right now and am loving it. In that case you would recomend the oxygen ROM?
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I think you should try a whole bunch of them. Absolution is awesome IMHO.
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Android Revolution and Absolution are my two favorites... Can't go wrong with either and you get a mix of flavors, Sense (ARHD) and CM7 based (Absolution). I randomly switch between these two but Absolution has more development and updates happening than does ARHD.

thanks i tried absolution ... amazing but the one true downfall has been horrible wifi ... will try a new radio and see if that fixes things though
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Which Sense ROM would the Wildfire S community recommend?

Hello everybody, I have been a long time user of android phones and have had a HTC Desire S for the last one year. My younger sister has a Wildfire S, and after 8 months, she has finally agreed to allow me to S-off it as she is plagued with low memory and inability yo install more apps.
Being a part of the XDA community for quite sometime now, I have realised that no matter how much you know about android in general, specific advice should always be taken from members using the device in questions. Because there are issues only they are aware of. As an outsider, I can only request you to kindly give me your opinions on which ROM I should flash once I have S-offed it...
My only requirements are that it should be a sense 3.x ROM with plenty of memory - eg link2sd or something like that. To be honest, I dont know much about the latter, because having 1 GB of internal memory on my DS, I've never attempted to use it. But my lil sister would appreciate it if you guys could guide me in the right direction.
I really hope you can help me out on this one. Thank you.
Do pardon me if I'm asking an oft repeated question, and sorry for intruding into your forum.
Sent from a phone waiting for kernel v3. Wake up HTC!!

I say .Sense because it has many features.
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why not stock rom + link2sd?
will solve all of you memory problems. did she complain on other problems with the phone? if memory is the only problem, stock + link2sd is the most simple way.

.sense beta 3.0
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Flash Thing for 2.1 or EQDKP for 3.5

EQDKP for 3.5. I feel this is the best right now. I tried .sense also but it has a few bugs right now which, I really can't live it. It maybe minor 'bugs' but I don't like it. EQDKP is nice. Would wait for .sense to give out the final build and then flash it

Thank you everyone for the replies. Waited a lot for some opinions yesterday, but when none came, i read thru the forum and decided to go for this one :
[ROM]m1ndh4x8r GB2.3.5|OCKernel|Stable|Apps2SD|DATA2SD|Premium Features[2/29/2012]
I must say, so far so good. No real issues with the ROM. Except that i had two system freezes requiring battery pull. Maybe these were related to the phone not being able to handle the high clockspeed of 806MHz. Toned that to 245-768 On demand, and has been fine so far. I like the clean, stock feel this ROM has...and since it's based on an official release, i don't expect any real issues. Big thanks to the dev behind it - m1ndh4x8r
I also stuck to the built in A2SD for moving apps and dalvik to sd card, instead of links2sd or data2sd because i wanted to set up a selfsustaining phone where the user wouldn't have to bother about linking apps and stuff- just point and shoot!
Although since so many of you recommend .sense and EQDKP for 3.5, maybe i'll give those a try and see how it goes. Now that she's rooted, can't be long before she starts craving for something new, eh?
Ring a bell, anyone ?

In Link2SD, once it has been set up, you can put it on Auto-Link so that all new apps installed directly get linked to SD without you doing any work

Royal King said:
In Link2SD, once it has been set up, you can put it on Auto-Link so that all new apps installed directly get linked to SD without you doing any work
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Thank you for that tip. Maybe next time i get my hands on the phone (it's been hungrily snatched away from me by the ecstatic owner, who is now, for the first time ever, going crazy installing a ton of apps like a crazy person!!)
Thanks for all your time. Keep up the good work guys.
Best regards, Amit.

That's an old version you're using.
This is a new one, with Sense 3.5
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1503162
It's deodexed, which means you'll have ~30-40mb free when you flash it, but just follown the instructions for how to re-odex deodexed ROM, and you'll have ~110mb free.Then you can use Link2SD.

einstein.frat said:
Flash Thing for 2.1 or EQDKP for 3.5
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Honestly I prefer Sense 2.1 Roms.
They are much more bug proof.
Despite what's in my sig I'm using Thing by einstein.frat now.
It's fast and furious.
It's also based on an official ROM so nothing undpredictible should happen. When its dev launched kernel v2 I was totally convinced.
Good luck trying to get the phone in your hands.
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The best rom for htc desire HD

hey guyss,, i have tried many custom roms but always find alot of bugs and battery drain issues,, i tried custom gb roms too but didn't satisfy completely,, custom roms always help you to experience new ui and new features , i salute to effort of the developers, but if you need your phone just for basic funtions not for some cool features,, then here is a method to get the best rom.
1- first install a latest official rom(stock kernel). here is the link,,, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382235
2- now download the rom cleaner tool and run that with any recovery and select the option rom cleaner and then no sense and choose any launcher. here is the link for rom cleaner tool ( remember rom cleaner tool is in zip file so you have to flash that zip through any recovery) ,,, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1050283
3- download and install daemon controller,,, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949502
download and enjoy the fastest rom with stock kernal.
thank you.
sorry for my bad english,

I recommend viperDHD

ViperDHD for sense and Codefire X for AOSP/AOKP.
sent from my Desire HD while waiting for my Nexus 4.

Please, there is no best ROM, everyone has their own preferences. Other similar threads have been closed by the moderators, I won't be surprised if this one gets closed too.
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Jb 4.2.1 (cm 10.1)

Everyone is different.
I'm running randomblame's Jelly Time R1 (soon to be R2) Jelly Bean.
Check the Dev section - usually the most popular one will tell the answer (and for newbies it's probably the best one).

I change the ROM often to get the last and best of everyone. Now I'm using Codefirex JB 4.2 and it's very good.
I prefer no SENSE ROMs.

i am on Blackout v3.2
i trimmed sense with no-sense script
and finally using w8 launcher
free ram is about 250MB
so it is fine

Sabsa Prime v12.0
Bringing Life To Droid Incredible 4g And The Almighty Vivid 4g

There is no best rom what may be great to one may be total crap to another. Only you can tell what's best for you and what you need it to do.
Only advice anyone can tell you is
1. Gingerbreads are solid.
2. ICS have minor issues though close to solid.
3. Jelly Bean also has minor issues though they are becoming solids as well.
Read the last few pages of all roms and you will get somewhat of an idea what issues users are having. This is a search and learn sight we all did it. No one will hold your hand and lead you along the way.
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Reinaldo33897 said:
There is no best rom what may be great to one may be total crap to another. Only you can tell what's best for you and what you need it to do.
Only advice anyone can tell you is
1. Gingerbreads are solid.
2. ICS have minor issues though close to solid.
3. Jelly Bean also has minor issues though they are becoming solids as well.
Read the last few pages of all roms and you will get somewhat of an idea what issues users are having. This is a search and learn sight we all did it. No one will hold your hand and lead you along the way.
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Agreed, but ICS ROMs are essentially solid now.
4.1.2 ROMS are stable(ish)

I use MIUI and it's work like a charm base on JB

viper DHD is amazing

currently, jb 4.2.1 codefireX is awesome with tons of tweaks and viperDHD for sense.

Its true. Everyone is different. A lot of people have moved on from this phone, including developers. Its said, but this is why I went back to iPhone 5. I still like to poke my head back in here for a look once in a while. I know this doesn't help you at all, but its midnight and i'm bored. Cheers.

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This is not a place to post because you are bored. Go to OT-Forum for that.
We do not accept "Best rom" threads, as every user makes different experiences and thos threads almost always end in either flaming or Off-Topic posting as you might see here.