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Hi there
So quite simply, what rom do you use and what's great about it and what's not so good?
I've got ARHD at the moment, rock stable, battery is good (it usually idles at about 3ma) and has the ability to over/under clock.
I'm thinking of trying some form of CM7, but which one? What do you think of rcmix? I need a rom that's good enough for every day use (not experimental, I will still be calling, sending sms and browsnig) Help me please
If you want to use something like CM7 or let's say something like pure google, try [email protected] by adwinp.
This ROM has the best performance of all, especially the graphics performance is amazing.
Battery life should be about the same as on other roms.
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CM7 is good and fast , didn't find it all that amazing though missed the functionality of my camera! So I started on the same journey to find a good rom , stable oc'able , with good support and regular updates fixes..
In the end I have settled on beatmod gingersense , running the 1.2 version for now shortly moving it to 1.3 ..
Mind you this is all if you like sense .
A quick link to save time too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091568
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i'm using tb fusion http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1077180 but when i'll have some time i'll switch to honeysense 4.0
Hey!
I'm using LeeDroid HD a long time. At first the Froyo version and now Gingerbread.
I was very sceptic about sense, in my first attempts to use it it was extremely laggy and used to freeze and force close at least once a day.
So I tried other launchers, CM 6 and 7, but in the end I went back to LeeDroid. His last version, V3.1.3 with the 3.1.4 kernel is very stable, smoother than all other roms I used and Sense is doing very well, I was surprised. What is important to me is a good battery life and the battery lasts up to 5 days, depending how often and long I use the phone.
That was a big problem of CM. The battery drained very fast, although I liked the idea of a clean Android.
Hope I could give you some impressions
Maybe this poll + thread will help you out.
I'm on Android Revolution HD btw, absolutely great rom
I use LEVO 2.5V
I think is wonderful rom
DeSiRe HD -> XDA App
Currently on ARHD, but I'm going to try something differnet this weekend, sticking with a Sense mod, just my personal preference. Think I'll try either RCMix3D or Honeysense 4.
I used Revolution HD for a long while and it's an excellent rom. However, it becomes a problem when you want to move from the stock look to something more personal, because many mods come separately and overwrite files previous mods changed. I recently switched to HoneySense and despite not being so mature it has the look I want (no more custom zips at last) and works pretty well with minor flaws. MIUI also has a place in my heart although I'd miss some Sense goodies if I switched, which is what keeps me away for now.
I hope it helps.
+1 for honeysense v5.0 battery excellent speed excellent and very pretty.
Sent from my DesireHD using Honeysense v5.0 via the XDA app!
After using CM7 for several months, as well as a brief stint with LeeDroid 3.1.3, I'm back to stock.
CM7 + LordMod kernel, despite flashing updated radios and RILs, wrought havoc on my reception and GPS. I dropped 50% of my calls, and GPS took ages to lock on (even after using Fast Reboot + FasterFix). Moreover, my 3G connection would drop out constantly, which was a PITA when streaming Last.fm and AudioGalaxy.
LeeDroid solved my reception issues, but it would spontaneously reboot and get caught in a boot cycle until I pulled the battery. This happened at least twice a day.
So it's back to stock for me. I miss the freedom of custom roms, but when it comes to my primary communication device, I need stability. Being on KT in Korea, I haven't got the GB OTA update yet (booooo), and I can't download games from the market.
Hi guys I need a new stable rom...currently on oxygen 2.1.6 and just not enjoying the low battery life and a few other bugs...toss up as I see is between insertcoin or neophyte
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It will be the same problem...
Main thing im looking for is good battery life
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Then AOSP ROM's like Oxygen should be best for battery life, you can also try CyanogenMod 7.
Sense ROMs are not going to help improve battery life, you're better off looking into AOSP for that. That said, you could try to alter your usage to get more battery ie: screen at a lower brightness, 3G off, no background syncing etc.
Redux is fantastic for HTC Desire, it's also a ROM that's made for the HTC Desire only, so it's very fine-tuned for it. Battery life on Redux was far better than CM7 and Sense as well.
can't post a link to the redux rom homepage due to this silly post count restriction.
Sense 2.1 + 3.0 addons ROM with awesome battery life : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1170633
Really great !!!
Why don't you try to change RADIO or something ... battery life won't improve by instaling other ROM cuz oxygen is the most battery efficient ...
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Why don't you try to change RADIO or something ... battery life won't improve by instaling other ROM cuz oxygen is the most battery efficient ...
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Indeed.
Oxygen is less overheaded!
But we have to do "try and error" many times 'cause it's the only way to determine which RADIO is the best for your carrier.
Combination with RIL and RADIO will affect your battery also.
For me, Ginger Villain 2.6 + stock RADIO/RIL + MANU Kernel was the best.
I'm looking for a bit of advice, my friend just came into town to visit me with a desire hd, and I've been looking for a good stable rom for him, the phone is already s-off rooted and all that, it has a ext-4 recovery or something like that based off clockworkmod, whoever did the phone put a nosense/sense 3.0 rom on it but after I compared it to my htc hd2 running cm7 wasn't too impressed, and I know the desire hd can run a whole lot better, but after looking thru the roms found almost all roms are based of sense 3.0 or 3.5 , is there any good aosp or cm7 that any would recommend for me or any good stable sense rom that definitely is the preferred, and if anyone has any suggestions and can add what radio and ril I need for it I would appreciated. I searched and the cm7 looked like there were issues with them and ultimate droid had been discontinued, was hoping MDJ was still working in them, but I guess everyone is moving to sense.
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Be patient okay well cm7 is the best aosp Rom (stable and a lot of support)but in my opinion sense 3.5 from rcmix is THE BEST ROM
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Android Revolution HD is a great sense ROM, there is also a de-sense flashable zip.
By the way, your comments above (however intended) won't win you any help! ! Keep that in mind.
ROM styles and features are personal taste, so best to try a few and make up your own mind. Just follow the Devs guide / OP and FAQ.
Backup apps and data with apps such as Titanium Backup (pro) and use CWM Recovery for nan-backup prior to flashing new ROMs or addons.
You may need to full wipe before flashing between ROMs (lose apps and data),.so backup first.
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There are many of us willing to help out as much as we can, but we are in different time zones, countries etc.
Have a look at some of the screenshots in my sig to help with visual ideas, plus an up-to-date list of current XDA roms with links to the XDA threads.
Personally I enjoyed CM7 for ages and now I'm really happy with MIUI or the MIUI Freshly Squeezed Edition.
If you want AOSP ROM then try Hydrogenmod once.
CM7 is ok, but imo, Miui looks better. You can replace the miui launcher with LP/ADW and you still get the miui icon backgrounds. They both are pretty smooth and stable. Miui also has a pretty good music player with lyrics and a equalizer. CM7 has a super bright torch (Its brighter than most lights...) and DSP manager. I haven't seen any issues with CM7, most of the nightlies are pretty stable, CM7 based roms such as helios and hydrogen are also stable. Sci miui, RD miui and freshly squeezed are also really stable miui roms.
Sense just looks really nice, but isnt that functional or smooth (The launcher pretty much lags when a page is filled with apps, and the appdrawer always lags). Sense just has a better camcorder (Best AOSP camcorder is LG camcorder, which can record 1080p but still has no proper touch to focus in video - It does display a focusing icon now but still doesnt seem to focus for me). ROM Cleaner [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1050283] can remove most of the useless sense features.
Revolution would probably be the smoothest and most stable Sense 3.0 Rom. Leedroid is a good sense 2.1 rom (The new sense 3.0 version is somewhat glitchy). You can also try the V6 Supercharge script [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278299]
CM7 nightlies (I'm on 220 at present) have always worked very nicely for me, together with the latest radio and matching RIL. I generally have the LCD density set to around 190-200.
The only thing I missed coming from Sense was the calendar and bookmark widgets, replacements for these can be found using Android Pro Widgets on the market.
Why anyone would use Sense is a mystery to me. It's slow, bloated and battery life is horrible compared to CM7. Also beware MIUI as in my experience the battery drain on standby can be horrific - not sure if that has been sorted out in the most recent version though.
I apologize if some thought I was being out of line getting upset but sitting, watching the thread sit and the views count going up, and nobody bothering to make a suggestion was pretty upsetting. I know we are in different time zones, and I would understand if that was the case and nobody was in the forum to lend a hand, but that wasn't the case, people were taking the time to read it and move on and post to other threads, that's why I got upset.
For the people that took the time and help me out I thank you, I hope I can squeeze time today before my friend has to fly back home to do his phone and put something stable enough for his every day use.
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I'm looking for a bit of advice, my friend just came into town to visit me with a desire hd, and I've been looking for a good stable rom for him, the phone is already s-off rooted and all that, it has a ext-4 recovery or something like that based off clockworkmod, whoever did the phone put a nosense/sense 3.0 rom on it but after I compared it to my htc hd2 running cm7 wasn't too impressed, and I know the desire hd can run a whole lot better, but after looking thru the roms found almost all roms are based of sense 3.0 or 3.5 , is there any good aosp or cm7 that any would recommend for me or any good stable sense rom that definitely is the preferred, and if anyone has any suggestions and can add what radio and ril I need for it I would appreciated. I searched and the cm7 looked like there were issues with them and ultimate droid had been discontinued, was hoping MDJ was still working in them, but I guess everyone is moving to sense.
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If you like what all HTC can do with Sense 3.5 on Android, check out RCMix Runny 1.5 or RCMix Bliss 1.3 ROMs. Stable releases with fixes coming often for issues if any.
For a stable release with Sense 3 and latest gingerbread, check Android Revolution HD (most widely used ROM for DHD).
But, the best thing you can do is try as many ROM's as you can and use each for atleast a week. I could not stand MIUI which many like for whatever reasons they have.
Can someone tell me which ROM has the best battery life?
In my little experience i can say:
-the fastest Sense 3 Rom i've used was the Pyramid3d 1.1
-the nicest one with all the new Sense 3.5 feature, stable and smooth, is the Runny3D and i must say love Sense 3.5!
Now i'm on BlackIce,very speed and for now i've got the best battery life but i'm using it since yesterday so i must test well... Thanks to IceTool Dolby and SRS are working too .
So if you wont AOSP Rom i think BlackIce is the best one!
(Sorry for bad english!)
im interested to find out what ROMs you are all using?
Which ROM, which Recovery?
how do you rate your ROM?
what problems do you have?,
is there anything "a little bit special" about your rom that you particually like?
ROM: Im using Android Revolution HD 6.3.3
REC: 4EXT touch Recovery
Pros: Excellent Battery Life
Cons: only problem is struggling with the call recording feature atm
RATE: happy with the rom, but looking for something a bit more special :S
ROM: I'm using Android Revolution HD 7.0.4.
REC: 4EXT touch Recovery.
Pros: Excellent Battery Life, lighting fast.
Cons: nothing I noticed so far.
RATE: I'm really happy with the rom, but I'm waiting for android revolution ICS
Sent from my HTC Desire HD with ARHD 7.0.4
ive tried arhd 7.0.3 and 7.0.4 and had the same problem with both, despite having awesome battery life, i dont have an internet connection at home so my phone gets used ALOT so have 3 batterys and everytime i remove a battery and replace it the ringtone and notifications tones all change to a random mp3!
yes i tried the method of fixing this on the arhd thread
you havent had this problem?
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ive tried arhd 7.0.3 and 7.0.4 and had the same problem with both, despite having awesome battery life, i dont have an internet connection at home so my phone gets used ALOT so have 3 batterys and everytime i remove a battery and replace it the ringtone and notifications tones all change to a random mp3!
yes i tried the method of fixing this on the arhd thread
you havent had this problem?
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No I haven't noticed any of those problems, the only problem is that you can't record in 720p HD unless you flash RCMix3D Tweaks wich is really nice.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD with ARHD 7.0.4
Rom: virtuos primadonna alpha 3
Rec: cwm
Pros: 101% stable
Cons: camera.....
Rate: best ics i have tried, if u can live w/o cam.
Written with blood
Rom:smartdroid 3.2T
Recovery:4ext recovery touch
Pro:sense 3.5 rom, smooth as butter, with rcmix v12.2 kernel battery life is amazing. Tweaks!!
Cons:with a lot of applications installed on sd system reboot randomly it self but I think is a problem of sense all 3.5 rom.
I really want to suggest to use this rom with this kernel and with nofrills make a little oc up to 1152mhz and ondemeandx gov. Brilliant battery life, brilliant performance. For very massive everyday usage!
Inviato dal mio HTC Desire HD con Tapatalk 2
I flash new roms every 4 days or so but I got to say coredroid 9.4 offers the best of everything. Battery life is great, lots of tweaks and personalization, blazing fast. One of the best roms I've tried since rcmix. I highly recommend it.
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ROM: TwistedUmbrella ICS builds.
Recovery: Standard ClockWorkMod
Pros: Clean. Developer is active.
Cons: Reasonably beta. Some force closes here and there. Might have to play around a bit to get it to boot sometimes.
Rate: 8/10. Amazing developer who seems quite selfless.
wtf man its not a competition here!
just try by yourself what you like
this thread will be closed for sure
Rom: ice cold sandwich test 9
Recovery: 4ext touch
Pros: highly tweaked, AWESOMEEE developer, battery life is good, ICS!! very fast, camera works...video can works with videocam illusion
Cons: very rarely I get random reboot, some fcs, videocam doesnt 'officially' work
Rate: 9/10...excellent (especially with blackened frost theme from incredible S forum
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Hey guys
Currently I got MIUI installed on the incredible sexy HOX but want to change in hope to get better battery life and a more stable device.
Seems like I want to go with a sense-based ROM (the 4 mentioned in the title). I read through their changelog but can't really differentiate them....
so whats the difference between ARHD and InsertCoin?
ViperX seems to have some neat tweaks and mods/themes..... and Renovate is more or less a AOSP looking sense-rom... but how well do they perform on battery life and smoothness?
NeoCream said:
Hey guys
Currently I got MIUI installed on the incredible sexy HOX but want to change in hope to get better battery life and a more stable device.
Seems like I want to go with a sense-based ROM (the 4 mentioned in the title). I read through their changelog but can't really differentiate them....
so whats the difference between ARHD and InsertCoin?
ViperX seems to have some neat tweaks and mods/themes..... and Renovate is more or less a AOSP looking sense-rom... but how well do they perform on battery life and smoothness?
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Have u tried maximus 3.0 I have tried the per. Version and it is faaaaaaaaast with battery life improvement
ARHD : everything is stock nothing fancy
ViperX: if u want tweaks and customization there you have it.
IC : didn't try this ROM sorry but all I know is that it is like viper x but less tweaks
Advice: flash viperX + ROM cleaner + foux6m
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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Have u tried maximus 3.0 I have tried the per. Version and it is faaaaaaaaast with battery life improvement
ARHD : everything is stock nothing fancy
ViperX: if u want tweaks and customization there you have it.
IC : didn't try this ROM sorry but all I know is that it is like viper x but less tweaks
Advice: flash viperX + ROM cleaner + foux6m
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Thanks for your reply! I guess it also comes down which kernel I'm going to use... and foux6m might just be the winner!
AR-HD:
Most stable for me, everything works, it looks very solid, clean and nice, just like it was intended to look.
Battery is really great, it just works and that's what this ROM is supposed to do.
When I'm tired of other ROMs or get any problems with others this is what I flash back to, guaranteed to just work and be stable, if you need a reliable daily driver, I recommend you use this.
ViperX:
First of all, no offense to developers/designers but I really do hate the themed red looking icons and whatnot, and all of those other themed stuff but if you just use stock themes it's a great ROM with great tweaks that would suit the ROM to your needs, I've used this for a week but I noticed the battery wasn't really compared to AR-HD, if you depend on things like volume controls, tweaking the keyboard, removing the arrows or editing the status bar and assigning actions to the buttons I recommend this.
InsertCoin:
Used InsertCoin for a few days, I thought there would a nice amount of tweaks but I was disappointed, no offense to developers but with all those updates it seems like this ROM is kind of forced, nothing bad though.
Renovate:
First ROM I've flashed on my One X, the hybrid Sense/Senseless doesn't work for me though, if you really want something fast, I suggest you get an AOSP ROM.
After trial, must be ARHD
I was on ARHD, then moved to ViperX because of all the customization options. Didn’t notice much a of a difference in battery life. ARHD is good, but as far as customization goes, its no better than stock sense, unless you want to manually find various different mods and flash them through CWM. As for theming in ViperX, you don't have to use their color schemes and icons, I use the stock sense look (visually there is absolutely no difference).
I can fullly recommend ARHD :good:
ARHD will be coming with suite tools tweaks....might not be to the level of customizing like Viper X but still the best of both worlds if you ask me....
Viper rom is good but to bloated with all the tweaks....running it at the moment and i have to say it lags....not a lot but lags still were ARHD is buttery smooth...so i would say wait for the new version of ARHD mate
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ARHD will be coming with suite tools tweaks....might not be to the level of customizing like Viper X but still the best of both worlds if you ask me....
Viper rom is good but to bloated with all the tweaks....running it at the moment and i have to say it lags....not a lot but lags still were ARHD is buttery smooth...so i would say wait for the new version of ARHD mate
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Thanks for the hint about the upcoming update with the tweaks. That was the one reason why I might had slipped ARHD... it did not offer many customization/tweaks options.
Now I just have to find a suitable kernel, probably going to try faux-kernel
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All Sense ROMs have the same battery life, I don't know who said that you can improve battery life but surely not by using Sense ROMs, they have all the same battery life, it only depends on your usage (and the kernel you use)
I changed to Viper X then went back to Insert Coin
Viper X has more tweaks and features than any rom i've seen. Only thing that bothered me is was it was not as smooth as some of the other roms
I went back to Insert Coin, it's the smoothest and most bug-free sense ROM i've used, also battery life seems slightly better than Viper X. Not as many tweaks but I hardly used any of the Viper tweaks anyway
I had the same dilema, tried them all even no-sense custom roms but now im back on official MIUI 2.8.17, for me by far best looking, performing and battery friendly. Also has better tweaks, theming options, and built-in security. Don't go for non official MIUI i had some major issues with few of them. Maybe they fixed them all but they lost my trust. And every friday new update
I download from here: http://www.roms.miui-pt.com/original/index.php?dir=
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gringoza said:
I had the same dilema, tried them all even no-sense custom roms but now im back on official MIUI 2.8.17, for me by far best looking, performing and battery friendly. Also has better tweaks, theming options, and built-in security. Don't go for non official MIUI i had some major issues with few of them. Maybe they fixed them all but they lost my trust. And every friday new update
I download from here: http://www.roms.miui-pt.com/original/index.php?dir=
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Interesting... so the new release 2.8.17 is a lot better? I used RD_MIUI version... and always had some issues with it.... like chinese fonts and battery drains or the annoying LBE-Guard...
Maybe I should let MIUI one more chance by installing the official-non tweaked version. I always thought that the tweaked version of like RD would boost significantly the performance and battery life of the device...
ARHD
I've been using ARHD since rooting my device and to be honest I didnt see any difference in battery life until I downloaded the final version of 6.3.1 with core droid suite tools... Remarkable difference from other test versions.
I'm using ViperX and a lot of the tweaks come in very handy. As far as battery life goes, I easily get 20 hours out of my device with no less than 4 hours of display time. This is with regular usage (whats app messages, some phone calls, Viber texting, taking pictures, pissing around on Flipboard, etc.).
I have not tried any other room but that's because I have not found a reason to switch to another one other than just to find out what they're like and once I get motivated enough, I will probably try the other ones
I guess my advice is to try them all out for at least a few battery cycles in order to see their full battery potential.
Whatever floats your boat, my man. There are plenty of ROMs and I'm sure you'll find one that you'll fall in love with.
ARHD has been the best for me so far. Quick, smooth, stable.
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I was on ARHD, then moved to ViperX because of all the customization options. Didn’t notice much a of a difference in battery life. ARHD is good, but as far as customization goes, its no better than stock sense, unless you want to manually find various different mods and flash them through CWM. As for theming in ViperX, you don't have to use their color schemes and icons, I use the stock sense look (visually there is absolutely no difference).
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What PhoenixFx said. I started out with Charmeleon (same team that made Viper) and was rather happy. Then updated to ViperX that i kept for over almost 2 months. Earlier this month I tried AR-HD 9.1, and currently running InsertCoin 9.2.0
First off, all roms are fast. You wont really notice any real difference between them as long as use same kernel. A difference of 2% in benchmarks is hardly noticeable in real world . Same goes for battery. It has more to do with kernel and settings than anything in roms.
Viper X is great rom. Its what (imo) a custom rom should be all about. OTA updates, tons of customizations, very stable. Its like stock when you want to or goes completely mad with red-theme (which i personally didnt like much). One big cudos here is the ability to adjust screen auto-brightness to lower values than default, much lower. That usually gave me a few hours extra at night.
Problem with ARHD is that it is just too stock. And with that in mind it becomes hard at times to see the point of having a custom rom (and losing OTA update options) so why not just go with stock rom? Thats what I was left with after about 10 days of using it. It was great as being first out with 2.17 base but after a couple days ViperX and IC also updated to same base.
InsertCoin is my current rom. Its not bad but I frankly dont see the point of it. To me, its like ViperX but lite.. minus OTA ability and too many updates that force full wipe twice a week. And it has a REALLY ANNOYING bootup sound, wtf is up with that?! Stable, for most part. But today i got stuck at lockscreen without any option to move the ring.. it got solved tho.
So here are my thoughts. I like ViperX because it is most different of stock sense roms. It lets me do lot of cool things right off the bat without ever going into recovery and flashing stuff manually.
Personally I'm back with stock for now which seems to be just as quick as the custom roms, and in some instances actually smoother. I think sometimes too many tweaks and add ons slow the phone down.
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InsertCoin is my current rom. Its not bad but I frankly dont see the point of it. To me, its like ViperX but lite.. minus OTA ability and too many updates that force full wipe twice a week. And it has a REALLY ANNOYING bootup sound, wtf is up with that?! Stable, for most part. But today i got stuck at lockscreen without any option to move the ring.. it got solved tho.
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I'd recommend InsertCoin too if what you want is just a clean and fast Sense ROM. I love it, and don't really mind that it's not full of a lot of tweaks and hacks.
And there's only an update that needs a full wipe with InsertCoin when the dev says it needs a full wipe. The last update that needed a full wipe was 9.3.0 last week, and that was only if you wanted the pt_BR language adding. Otherwise before that, the last update that did actually need a full wipe was 7.0 when he updated to the 2.05 base over 2 months ago.
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InsertCoin is my current rom. Its not bad but I frankly dont see the point of it. To me, its like ViperX but lite.. minus OTA ability and too many updates that force full wipe twice a week. And it has a REALLY ANNOYING bootup sound, wtf is up with that?! Stable, for most part. But today i got stuck at lockscreen without any option to move the ring.. it got solved tho.
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I prefer insertcoin because I want to keep a stock sense look and feel, I wanted to try ARHD but got a bit baffled with all the different mods available, you have to flash separately. Insertcoin makes is easy with the aroma installer and you can easily enable/disable tweaks and mods you don't want.
Also there are frequent updates so when small bugs are found, they are quickly fixed and contrary to what asestar writes, you don't have to wipe. I haven't wiped since the 1.29 based roms (v6.x)