Hi guys and gals.
I am not very familiar with the AT&T/Rogers ROMs and I would like to hear people's opinion on what they run most of the time. From what I understand so far, Task650's seems very popular and from running it for a couple of days, I can see it's very smooth and fast. Vanilla RootBox seems to have the very latest bells and whistle which is always nice, but it also has nightlies which can mean a lot of flashing and less stability.
Am I wrong to think that a good pick for a great ROM that is very stable is Task650s while something very cutting edge would be Vanilla Rootbox?
I like the fun stuff like everyone else, yet I also want stuff to work. I'm okay with the occasional FC, it comes with the rooting experience but issues with getting calls, mms, sms, or basic functionality loss is kind of a big deal.
Thanks!
Flashing takes approximately 35 seconds (including gapps). It probably took you...I'm guessing... 3 minutes to write that post. In that time you could've flashed one of the ROMs and be that much closer to figuring out which one you like better.
Also, no ones forcing you to flash all of the nightlies. That's why they invented changelogs. If you see something cool in the changelog, flash it. If not go for a walk, hit on some chicks, or terrorize a group of school children.
Alright gotta go I need to start a thread asking which flavor ice cream I should be eating.
From my history of flashing roms - Task's AOKP has given me the best experience. Smoothness and stability is the definitely the best with his rom, his roms also come with tons of a bells and whistles and if anything is ever broken, he is pretty quick to fix it.
Haven't tried rootbox in a few months - by bells and whistles, what exactly do you mean?
EDIT: I'm on Telus and have had no issues with Task's AOKP with regards to receiving calls/sms/mms... I think you should be fine.
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Haven't tried rootbox in a few months - by bells and whistles, what exactly do you mean?
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I was mostly remembering that for awhile on the Rezound, ROMs were out but SMS/MMS wouldn't work well. I didn't see that issue with any rom I tried for the G3.
Well I tried both and when I look at features, I find it hard to tell them apart. Today's version of Rootbox has HALO which I think can be useful, and there's also the PIE stuff but I don't care about that feature.
I wouldn't be surprised if Task comes up with a version with HALO integrated, I'd definitely go for that.
I remember for the Rezoune, there were ROMs like ViperRez which was packed with features, but wasn't very stable.
On the other hand, there was stuff like CleanRom which was basically Vanilla with the bloat removed. Nothing exciting, but very stable.
So all I wanted to know was am I correct to think that Task releases less roms that perhaps don't have all the latest stuff but always runs solid, while Vanilla has the latest at perhaps the cost of a few more bugs.
Thread cleaned, and, thread closed...This is not a place for self-righteousness and rudeness.
Additionally, this looks a lot like a "best rom" thread, which we do not do around here, read, learn and form your own opinion, and always be courteous and respectful in your posts and exchanges with users.
Try to help, and, if you cannot, log off and find some other place to be ungrateful. This is not the place for that.
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Just curious what people like other than Cyanogen. If CM (which seems to be the favorite) didn't exist, which would you choose?
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Well, yeah man, but I was hoping we could do it constructively. There's no need to go off on him. Even if you're right, you'd get more sympathy from people by skipping the name-calling. Sorry if you think I'm out of bounds. Just trying to be fair.
well, i loved 3rd sense untill i decided to play with themes... great froyo/sense rom
Well I enjoy any AOSP Roms, trying to stay away from sense Roms. I seen so much of it on my touch pro 2.
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Ok, I'm sorta indifferent as to which roms are my favorite, etc.
When I got my original myTouch, I was a religious Jesterdroid/Pandoradroid user [stock Android, themed, with some ported Cyan goodies as well as some MotoBlur enhancements and animations]. I was sorta afraid, if anything, to use anything different, since every time I flashed a different ROM, one of the phone's capabilities would be wonky [ie camera would be weird, soft keyboard would randomly FC out of nowhere, various apps weren't compatible, etc].
When I got my slide, the first thing I flashed was Cyanogenmod, and it was a totally new experience, but I missed the Stock Sense that the Slide came with. When 3rd Sense came out, I hopped onto that bandwagon and used that religiously until CM 6.1.1 came out, and everything worked. Everything.
I like the organization and flow of Sense a lot, because I like seeing a contact being connected through Peep [Twitter], Dialer [Phone], and Friendstream [Facebook] in one place, as opposed to many different places that stock Android has. HTC has it right in terms of their UI. Although it can get really bogged down at times, since a lot of things are running at once, I prefer Sense over Stock Android.
But at the moment, the only decent Sense rom [for the Slide] needs the Froyo kernel from T-Mo, so it still isn't working 100%. I know that once it drops [IF it drops] 3rdSense will come up to par with Cyanogenmod. But until then, I'm sticking with CM.
[and I'm currently using CM with Cyanoginger flashed over it]
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Well, yeah man, but I was hoping we could do it constructively. There's no need to go off on him. Even if you're right, you'd get more sympathy from people by skipping the name-calling. Sorry if you think I'm out of bounds. Just trying to be fair.
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What you said wasn't out of bounds at all.
I'm also currently on 3rd sense and would love to see another update of it. It's pretty close to perfection. MusicMan and etu_aty have also posted respectable roms. You don't see much Espresso stock in all its glory or a decked out Froyo. Actually, you don't see those at all. This is exactly what we need. I'm a fan of Cyanogen roms, but we don't need copycat roms (even if the source code is different than Cyanogen's) trying to be better when they offer the same thing as the last rom.
I love CR_Mod. Chiefz seemed to let it go for now and MusicMan came and did something with it. Cyanoginger is also a fresh take on the CM source with further advances to working properly. And really, all roms seem to be pretty fast so they're just about equal in speed. The fact that there's less bloatware makes it even smoother. These are exactly what we need.
This thread is asking for comments on roms you LIKE, other than CM, it is not a place to flame other members. Any more of this flaming/disrespecting others will result in infractions.
I couldn't care less if people like or dislike a particular rom or dev, I do however care that recently people have been using this forum to vent their anger at others. I'm not prepared to let this continue. If you have a problem with someone take it to PM or report their post. Let this serve as the one and only warning that I will start issuing infractions if this behaviour continues.
I should point out that this is a general warning to everyone, not just the people who have recently had posts deleted in other threads.
To answer the op, cyanogenmod is the rom of choice because people love customization. Plus people like solid roms. From experience, cm has more features and is more stable. Plus, if google ever releases a new version of android, cyanogen is usually the first to give it to us. I think i just have cyanogenmod loyalty since our G1s stopped getting OTAs after 1.6 and cyanogen kept us up-to-date. I've tried sense roms on the G1 one. They ran so slowwwwwwwwwww!
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I'm also a big fan of CM but unfortunately, it gave me a huge problem for some reason where I couldn't call one of my contacts. I was helped through it by T-Mo tech support for about a month and eventually I just decided it must be the ROM so I unrooted and everything's been fine. Clearly some combination of the root and my network connection didn't gel. So, sadly, I had to give up CM 6.0. I was hoping to inspire some good dialogue about the functionality of other ROMs to see what people think about the other things going on in the Slide ROM world.
Those of you who have said "other", let us know which ones and why!
I'm finally tired of seeing everyones phones blow by mine speed wise so I think its time to find a faster rom than the stock. I don't need a ton of extras or themes, just the closest to stock experience with more speed. I'm leaning towards Virtuous G-Lite. Its not the overclockest I know, but it seems near-stockest. Any opinions/reviews are welcome!
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search please. search!!!!
Its been asked a million times. You will find people with every single ROM under the sun that will say it works for them. It is 100% personal preference.
Just go through the dev section, read the description and features, look through the comments in the thread, and if you like it then flash it.
You can always go back to your current ROM. Just make nandroid backups of every ROM you try and you can switch back and forth until you choose one you like.
The most popular AOSP (close to stock) ROMs are CM7, G-lite, and super simple ROMs like Xboarder56's stock.
Well I was moreso looking for a list of the closest to stock (AOSP) which you provided, and I have looked over the features of CM7 and G-lite, which is why I was leaning towards G-lite, I was just looking for personal experience because you can read features of a million and a half different roms, (which I have) but none will list "buggy as hell" or "eats battery" in their feature list. Thank you for the response!
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Well I was moreso looking for a list of the closest to stock (AOSP) which you provided, and I have looked over the features of CM7 and G-lite, which is why I was leaning towards G-lite, I was just looking for personal experience because you can read features of a million and a half different roms, (which I have) but none will list "buggy as hell" or "eats battery" in their feature list. Thank you for the response!
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But thats why I indicate that you read through some recent posts in the ROM thread. If its a good ROM people will actively be posting and following the issues and you can see them there.
And even at that point, its all how they're personally using and setting up the ROM. Their experience can be quite different from yours. If it works for you, then that's what matters. I really recommend just flashing and trying yourself.
In the amount of time you made these posts and read the replies, you easily could have just flashed one of those ROMs and be trying it out. Seriously, flashing a ROM is fast and simple (if already rooted and S-Off), just start flashing and see what you like. Even if you got tons of advice and opinions on the ROMs, the real proof is in the pudding, and trying them yourself.
As far as I know there is g-lite gingerbliss i think that are stock looking, but I know most aosp roms like cyanogen will look similar since the G2 stock rom was pretty much vanilla android. I was looking for the same thing and went with the completely stock prer00ted GB and it is way faster than froyo! I was gonna overclock but i'm kinda happy with it. I'll prob give g-lite a spin when they update one more time
I know this is one of those annoying questions that gets asked a million times, but does anyone have recommendations for a stable 4.2 build? I want to jump from 4.1 to 4.2 but I really need something reasonably stable - meaning no call problems, no wifi issues, etc. I know I am taking my chances with any beta build, but any suggestions/feedback from folks who are very happy with their 4.2 ROMs would be appreciated!
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I know this is one of those annoying questions that gets asked a million times, but does anyone have recommendations for a stable 4.2 build? I want to jump from 4.1 to 4.2 but I really need something reasonably stable - meaning no call problems, no wifi issues, etc. I know I am taking my chances with any beta build, but any suggestions/feedback from folks who are very happy with their 4.2 ROMs would be appreciated!
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This belongs in the Q and A section. Prepare for the onslaught of possible attacks.
It all depends on what you're looking for. I suggest you start reading threads and figure out what features the ROMs offer and the last few pages of a ROM thread that interests you to see what issues people might be having with it. If you're just looking for stock then check out the AOSP ROMs, etc.
they are all good, just load 1 and delete this thread
IB4L.
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This belongs in the Q and A section. Prepare for the onslaught of possible attacks.
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Already prepared - a mod can move this if so desired.
Honestly, I am just looking for feedback on which ROMs have the least problems right now. Leaning toward CM10.1 Nightly or AOKP...
everyone's devices act differently, so everyone has a different experience. people can argue all day about this but really the best thing you can do is just spend a day flashing different roms and see which one works best for you.
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everyone's devices act differently, so everyone has a different experience. people can argue all day about this but really the best thing you can do is just spend a day flashing different roms and see which one works best for you.
/ib4tl
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Agreed. However, I have two small children and work is extremely busy, so I don't really have a lot of time to flash multiple ROMs.
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Agreed. However, I have two small children and work is extremely busy, so I don't really have a lot of time to flash multiple ROMs.
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MMuzzy or AOKP. I've run both, both are great. You get more bells and whistles with aokp so it really boils down to what you like.
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MMuzzy or AOKP. I've run both, both are great. You get more bells and whistles with aokp so it really boils down to what you like.
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Thanks! I think I am going to try MMuzzy's ROM. I like lean and fast, and find a lot of the bells and whistles a little overkill.
Great, goodbye now.
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Great, goodbye now.
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It amazes me how bent out of shape people get by honest questions.
If you are not interested in the topic, just don't read it.
I had better luck with evolution 3.0 ROM than any other so far.
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I had better luck with evolution 3.0 ROM than any other so far.
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Thank you!
No problem. Its lean fast stable and gets good battery life.
As a father of two small children myself, and a busy job, I feel your pain. But the inner geek loves toying with my Nexus!!
I've tried many of them (MMuzzy, AOKP, CM10.1, ParanoidAndroid, LiquidSmooth). Most are very stable, with good battery life. I really comes down to pretty small differences between them. I've stuck with XenonHD because of small features they have that others don't (a Fast Charge quick setting button and "turn phone over to silence calls").
I doubt I'll stick with it long, as the flashing rash starts itching every few days or so!
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As a father of two small children myself, and a busy job, I feel your pain. But the inner geek loves toying with my Nexus!!
I've tried many of them (MMuzzy, AOKP, CM10.1, ParanoidAndroid, LiquidSmooth). Most are very stable, with good battery life. I really comes down to pretty small differences between them. I've stuck with XenonHD because of small features they have that others don't (a Fast Charge quick setting button and "turn phone over to silence calls").
I doubt I'll stick with it long, as the flashing rash starts itching every few days or so!
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Just flashed MMuzzy, so we will see how it goes!
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I'm using the latest nightly by cm10.1 and have zero problems I think it's the best ROM yet
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Valid question requires valid answer (as things are changing every month,or so).
My vote must go to Evolution 3.0. That thingie is as smooth as ... you know what!
XenonHD would be #2, in my opinion of course,
Muzzy, #3.
...or flip the coin between 3 and 2.
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PrimeDirective jumps in between #2 and #3.
Hi, im just wondering, which rom has the best battery life?
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Hi, im just wondering, which rom has the best battery life?
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I can't speak comparatively, but I've had fantastic battery running CM10.1 nightlies and TinyKernel. Currently running today's CM10.1, TinyKernel 2.5.1, InteractiveX/SIO for gov/sched.
Don't get me wrong I love my S3. Left the iPhone 5 for it. However lately I've started to get bored with the S3. I tried CM10.1 and had some issues so I came back to TW. I've been thinking about Liquid smooth since I've heard good things. Anyone have any cool apps or games they can recommend to keep me busy?
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I don't know how you can ever get bored with any Android phone with a good community. First of all, there are SO many different ROMs to flash here (TW based / AOSP based / Hybrid all offering so many different things). Once you've flashed a ROM you like, you'll spend countless hours customizing every option in it. Then you can spend time finding the perfect kernel to match it (and undervolting / overclocking takes a while to get perfect). If that is not enough, you can get involved in kernel development, ROM development, or even theme development. The possibilities are really endless with Android. On the iCrap, you're literally locked in to one setup (hell, you need to jailbreak to even customize your homescreen). I can see how THAT would get boring quickly.
My personal favorite ROM is Slim Bean, everything just works and the features offered in it are amazing.
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I don't know how you can ever get bored with any Android phone with a good community. First of all, there are SO many different ROMs to flash here (TW based / AOSP based / Hybrid all offering so many different things). Once you've flashed a ROM you like, you'll spend countless hours customizing every option in it. Then you can spend time finding the perfect kernel to match it (and undervolting / overclocking takes a while to get perfect). If that is not enough, you can get involved in kernel development, ROM development, or even theme development. The possibilities are really endless with Android. On the iCrap, you're literally locked in to one setup (hell, you need to jailbreak to even customize your homescreen). I can see how THAT would get boring quickly.
My personal favorite ROM is Slim Bean, everything just works and the features offered in it are amazing.
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Why would I spend countless hours flashing roms and kernels. My thread has nothing to do with roms and kernels. I simply stated what I ran and what I'm planning on running. My question really is any good apps or games someone can recommend to keep me busy.
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Why would I spend countless hours flashing roms and kernels. My thread has nothing to do with roms and kernels. I simply stated what I ran and what I'm planning on running. My question really is any good apps or games someone can recommend to keep me busy.
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Maybe because your post was mostly about going with 10.1 and coming back? That's certainly what most would think. Apps and games, ask more specifically because nobody has any idea what you'd like. You won't like what I run so can't help. ROMs, maybe but apps, no.
When I get bored I look in Dev for ROM's or Kernels that might need testers LOL.
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When I get bored I look in Dev for ROM's or Kernels that might need testers LOL.
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When I got bored I started to look through the Q&A thread and started helping the "noobs" out. It's been forcing me to really know what's going on with the phone and to think like a troubleshooter. I usually will flash whatever ROM/Mod they're having trouble with and see if I can replicate it. I also try to write out instructions in a clear, legible way. It's actually been a bit of a challenge to disseminate the information into a clear, concise form. I know it's not technically an app or game I play that keeps the phone fresh, but this is what's keeping me from getting the itch for a new phone.
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When I got bored I started to look through the Q&A thread and started helping the "noobs" out. It's been forcing me to really know what's going on with the phone and to think like a troubleshooter. I usually will flash whatever ROM/Mod they're having trouble with and see if I can replicate it. I also try to write out instructions in a clear, legible way. It's actually been a bit of a challenge to disseminate the information into a clear, concise form. I know it's not technically an app or game I play that keeps the phone fresh, but this is what's keeping me from getting the itch for a new phone.
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Yeah I go through QnA and Gen all the time to help out. But that isn't because of boredom it because I want to and like to. It keeps me sharp for my real job which is tech support for a hospital.
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Yeah I go through QnA and Gen all the time to help out. But that isn't because of boredom it because I want to and like to. It keeps me sharp for my real job which is tech support for a hospital.
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My real job is structural engineering, so I don't get to do much IT troubleshooting (although sometimes my boss asks me how to do something in excel, huzzah!). So yeah, it's not 100% out of boredom, but it does keep the boredom at bay.
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My real job is structural engineering, so I don't get to do much IT troubleshooting (although sometimes my boss asks me how to do something in excel, huzzah!). So yeah, it's not 100% out of boredom, but it does keep the boredom at bay.
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I hear you. Me being bored is never a good thing LOL I usually get into trouble.
No back on topic LOL
Sorry OP for a little hi-jack action. The only games I really play is cribbage, galaxy, jewels stars and pac-man LOL not sure that list will help you.
@OP
Here: Whats your favorite game?
And here: What are your favorite apps and games?
Sometimes getting bored is a good thing.
I came from the old windows mobile world, where you had to constantly flash custom roms just to make the thing usable. Never got bored trying to keep it functional.
When I switched to Android suddenly the phone was reliable, fast and did what I wanted, but a little laggy at times. That kept me tweaking the phone with roms until they released ICS for my GS3. At that point the phone was solid, fast reliable, and did everything pretty well. So now I am really happy with stock MB1. Look at all the time I have for other things now!
You must have been going insane on the iPhone Lol. Sometimes I go to other phone threads to see what's going on, but if you post there and they know you have a S3 it turns into an argument, at least that was my experience with the Optimus G. Check out the themes and apps section too, there is stuff you can check out without changing your ROM there.
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Hey guys, I come from the D2VZW forums, but I just got my girlfriend a D2ATT and we'll be moving her over to straight talk. Are there any mostly stock (Debloated mostly) roms that are REALLY stable? I've been looking around and S3Rx 2.2 looks promising, but I'm wanting opinions as well.
My girlfriend isn't into root related stuff, so I just want to put her on something reliable and leave it until we get updates to 4.2.2.. Nothing flashy required, as stability is the most important issue.
Let me know what you guys suggest.
Thanks
"Stable" is really a subjective term and is based on your use and usage. Users are expected to read, study and make this determination based on that.
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