I'm currently using MIUI 12.31 and I generally like it. I would like to try a nice stable easily customizable gingerbread rom. Can someone help me sift through all the available roms? I've had my dinc rooted since September, and have tried several roms, but I'm no expert in the more development. I must rely on the work of others. Thanks for any help.
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irsmurfette said:
I'm currently using MIUI 12.31 and I generally like it. I would like to try a nice stable easily customizable gingerbread rom. Can someone help me sift through all the available roms? I've had my dinc rooted since September, and have tried several roms, but I'm no expert in the more development. I must rely on the work of others. Thanks for any help.
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As far as I can tell, all of the Gingerbread ROMs coming to the Incredible are fairly new. You're not going to get anything thats 100% stable until people use them and report back. You also won't get the stability you are looking for because some apps may not play nice with 2.3
Agreed.. The source code was released only a couple of weeks ago. Soon... But not yet
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If you feel like experimenting with gingerbread try R2doesinc omgbv6. I've been using it for a few days now with no issue and good battery life. There are a few known bugs though... issue with missing apps and video recording.
Be sure to flash the ota fix found in the thread otherwise it will keep trying to download the vzw froyo update.
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Does anyone know what happened to ultimate droid? Both their forum and blog seem to be down. Their ROM was always faster and stabler than CM7 for me, and is my daily driver.
Impacted by the floods and tornadoes in the South. XDA Vitriol aside, hope he's ok.
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Bumber! I just went back to using my Droid and was trying to see if there was an update beyond UD 3.3.1. Hope he is okay. Looks like things are still down.
I have a special request for only those that have flashed any sprint based TW ROM and then flashed another TW or AOSP based ROM. Can you post if our GPS is working? Mine is one and everything but there is no locking or viewable satellites. So I'll have to troubleshoot. Although in don't use GPS much, I like to know than when I do get lost in the dark, it will at least work. Thank you
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Did you not see the thread right below this one?
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The thread below this one has nothing to do with my topic. Shoot even the ones that are similar remain similar but are not the same. I'm specifically asking for a specific group if users.
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I flashed the Sprint Rom (played with it fully). Went back to stock tw.
No GPS issues. Locks up fast and correctly.
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Greetings everyone,
I would like to start off by apologizing for bothering you folks with yet another "what's the best ROM for having X and doing Y" thread, although I felt that after searching I had a rather specific criteria, which I'm hoping someone may be able to address.
I have been using Virtuous Affinity for awhile now, and frankly I'm starting to feel old It seems like ICS has been out forever while I'm still on gingerbread. I am a little unclear on what the official status is of ICS support though; I thought I remembered hearing some talk about HTC potentially having an ICS based update in the works, although past that I know nothing. Browsing around, I'm a little discouraged by some of the known issues ICS roms may have; no camera support, broken audio/bluetooth, things like that.
What I would optimally like to have is a fully functioning ICS ROM. Stable, good performance, nice on the battery, etc. etc. UI wise, I have become accustomed to HTC's Sense UI, but even then I'm very foggy on what the differences are between their major versions (I've been hearing of 2.0 and 3.0). To be honest though, I wouldn't mind trying a new UI. I've liked the one Samsung puts on their Galaxy SIII.
Above all, stability is my goal. I'm not too comfortable with the trailblazing "nightly" builds and testing ROMs; having a working phone is pretty important to me. Now you might say, "Well, why even root to begin with?" Okay, I like to experiment a little bit
But I digress. What is there in the wonderful and magical world of ROMs?
P.S. I think it would be really useful if there was a sticky going something like "State of the ROM", which pulls together a list of ROMs and highlights their features and issues in an easy to compare manner (so a step up from the currently stickied ROM compilation thread)
Right now chillybean's paranoidPAC
And preludedrew's Evervolv I can recommend
Viper and MIUI are both ICS and have everything working so far
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Another vote for Evervolv it is 4.2.2 JB and everything works great except video camera. PAC is also good but it is only 4.1.2 afaik
phillibl said:
Another vote for Evervolv it is 4.2.2 JB and everything works great except video camera. PAC is also good but it is only 4.1.2 afaik
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MoonMaster345 said:
Right now chillybean's paranoidPAC
And preludedrew's Evervolv I can recommend
Viper and MIUI are both ICS and have everything working so far
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Thanks for the suggestions, guys! I suppose I might want to give Evervolv a shot (Wifi is fixed I hope?) although I'm a little unclear about installing it. Most OPs post a tutorial for flashing ROMs, and while I would feel a little more comfortable flashing Evervolv on my own, it seems like there a new hoops you have to jump through for flashing ICS/JB roms. Could anyone guide me through the steps?
If you are rooted and have installed a custom recovery, go ahead and download the ROM of your choice, then install it from the recovery using install zip from SD card, then install the correct Google apps whether 4.2 gapps or 4.1 gapps
After that you restart and wait for the room to boot.
I highly recommend installing crossbreeder after the first boot, and then you are done!!!
If you want concider v6 supercharging your phone or what i used NOS
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Greetings everyone,
I would like to start off by apologizing for bothering you folks with yet another "what's the best ROM for having X and doing Y" thread, although I felt that after searching I had a rather specific criteria, which I'm hoping someone may be able to address.
I have been using Virtuous Affinity for awhile now, and frankly I'm starting to feel old It seems like ICS has been out forever while I'm still on gingerbread. I am a little unclear on what the official status is of ICS support though; I thought I remembered hearing some talk about HTC potentially having an ICS based update in the works, although past that I know nothing. Browsing around, I'm a little discouraged by some of the known issues ICS roms may have; no camera support, broken audio/bluetooth, things like that.
What I would optimally like to have is a fully functioning ICS ROM. Stable, good performance, nice on the battery, etc. etc. UI wise, I have become accustomed to HTC's Sense UI, but even then I'm very foggy on what the differences are between their major versions (I've been hearing of 2.0 and 3.0). To be honest though, I wouldn't mind trying a new UI. I've liked the one Samsung puts on their Galaxy SIII.
Above all, stability is my goal. I'm not too comfortable with the trailblazing "nightly" builds and testing ROMs; having a working phone is pretty important to me. Now you might say, "Well, why even root to begin with?" Okay, I like to experiment a little bit
But I digress. What is there in the wonderful and magical world of ROMs?
P.S. I think it would be really useful if there was a sticky going something like "State of the ROM", which pulls together a list of ROMs and highlights their features and issues in an easy to compare manner (so a step up from the currently stickied ROM compilation thread)
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Why would you start by apologizing. You are acknowledging that this is redundant. Read the threads that are already there. You aren't asking anything new. And even if you were, you could ask in an existing thread. And if the rom doesn't give specific instructions it means you flash it the same way as any other. Read the op in the thread for each rom and try usually state what works and doesn't.
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Never seperate I think you should be mod for the inc2 threads. You're always laying down the law.
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Never seperate I think you should be mod for the inc2 threads. You're always laying down the law.
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I'm not trying to be a butt head. I'm still learning too. But if you already know the question has been asked (and answered) multiple times... Read the answers that are there.
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I think you might be misunderstanding my OP... Yes, I am aware that the general form of the question has been asked, although I wanted to see how the community felt about the priorities I put forth in looking for a ROM (hence why I later suggested that a sticky stacking the ROMs against each other with their features and flops would be useful). I realize now that a lot of the ICS roms don't exactly meet what I was looking for anyways, and that I would have to take some relatively larger risks. Alas, I am going forth with trying one of the suggested ones.
And I believe asking in another thread would be considered hijacking by most forums? I see it's not explicitly mentioned in the rules, although I would expect people to keep questions to their own threads as a matter of courtesy.
I sometimes forget people can't hear the tone my tone of voice when I type. I meant laying down the law in a good way.
To the OP. Perhaps you would like to work on your suggested project of comparing the roms and once then we can all add our input to your list?
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I sometimes forget people can't hear the tone my tone of voice when I type. I meant laying down the law in a good way.
To the OP. Perhaps you would like to work on your suggested project of comparing the roms and once then we can all add our input to your list?
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I didn't take it negatively. And your suggestion is spot on with what I was about to reply. Something my pastor says when people come to him with new ministry ideas, "that sounds great, I'm putting you in charge of that committee." Usually people want stuff done but want someone else to do it.
People don't generally make those threads because like this one they get redundant. The features are listed in the rom thread. Questions pertaining to the rom are asked in that thread. If someone wants to make a thread like you suggest that's fine, but what happens is someone comes in and instead of reading the rom thread they start asking questions in the new thread that have been answered already and the op constantly has to refer people to go read that thread.
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evervolv
The latest evervolv jellybean build has been working great for me. Wifi sometimes doesn't seem to toggle on and off as well as it should, but it works well enough.
Solution has been found for best ROM...its called TRIAL AND ERROR
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The camera on any jb Rom is glitchy. Also the video playback on jb is pretty bad too.. viper Rom is my fav
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The camera on any jb Rom is glitchy. Also the video playback on jb is pretty bad too.. viper Rom is my fav
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The camera on aosp isn't as good as sense in my opinion anyway. I just never find myself using the sense launcher and therefore the sense widgets anyway, so I generally stick to aosp.
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What about speed? I love JB and ICS, but can't deal with lag, need working Wifi and Tethering, and no longer have tons of time to flash over and over. Got a newborn, in school full time and still working full time. :silly:
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What about speed? I love JB and ICS, but can't deal with lag, need working Wifi and Tethering, and no longer have tons of time to flash over and over. Got a newborn, in school full time and still working full time. :silly:
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What brought you out of the wood work? Haven't heard much out of you in a while and suddenly you are everywhere. Doing well I hope.
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NeverSeparate said:
What brought you out of the wood work? Haven't heard much out of you in a while and suddenly you are everywhere. Doing well I hope.
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Haha, I guess my brain hit critical mass with all that's going on, and I had to get back to my roots been running cm7/miui gingerbread nand backups for reliability with the new baby, but I'm an addict and need to run something new, and I can't afford a new device
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Chilly's PAC build has been running great and fast. I installed crossbreeder and it got even better. The dev is also did a file swap on his phone.
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So, I decided to buy this phone to replace my crappy Motorola Xprt. Mainly because my xprt literally has 0 dev support, and is too small for my hands. Didn't need anything too fancy, so I bought the EVO 4G for 49 bucks.
Few questions I have though:
1. What is the best (iyo) ICS/JB rom for this device?
2. Is there paranoid android for this device? And if so, is it stable?
3. (Weird and oddly specific question) I had an unstable version of cm9 on my xprt, but I had a problem with viewing videos on instagram and vine.. actually they wouldn't play at all. Can anyone on a jb/ics rom confirm if they're able to video videos on one of those apps?
4. Videos in general, do they work alright?
Thanks!
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Unfortunately, outside of Evervolv's 4.2.2 & 4.3 ROMs, Jellybean development on XDA for our phones has hit a lull. However, there are still a few newer (and very good) ROMs on the website below. As regards Paranoid Android, we don't have a pure, current version. The site below does have PacMan, Illusion and other variants that incorporate most, if not all of PA's features... Including Halo.
http://android.aokforums.com
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Thanks man! I actually just found that site after posting here. That Pacman rom looks amazing, probably gonna use that.
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I purchased my evo off eBay in June and the mini USB broke last week and phone didn't charge so took it to sprint and they gave me a whole new phone. Just saying so if you have the dreaded USB issue know you'll get a refurbished preowned phone in mint condition
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Unfortunately, outside of Evervolv's 4.2.2 & 4.3 ROMs, Jellybean development on XDA for our phones has hit a lull. However, there are still a few newer (and very good) ROMs on the website below. As regards Paranoid Android, we don't have a pure, current version. The site below does have PacMan, Illusion and other variants that incorporate most, if not all of PA's features... Including Halo.
http://android.aokforums.com
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For the most part, any of Wambo's JB ROMs for the EVO will run incredibly well. In my opinion, after flashing all of them I would recommend CM10.1 as being the most smooth and stable.
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I'm an absolute scrub when it comes to Android discussions (I only just rooted my phone last night ), but out of the few ROMs I've tried, I think Kendall's JellyBread is the best. It's very sleek, very clean and runs amazingly well. You can check out her thread here if you're interested:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974067
Good luck in your endeavors. For $47 you have an excellent phone on your hands.
What about Reloaded .500? I have been on that for awhile...I might change but then it seems like every ROM has something that doesnt work be it FFC, video, 4g etc...If you read closely PACman rom has no working USB Tether/Camcorder/FFC/4G
Eh the things that don't work don't really bother me. I don't have 4g on the phone I have now, nor do I plan to pay for it. Don't have a ffc either and it really isn't important. I can use videocam illusion for recording video and usb tether is useless to me anyway.
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cm7.2 for the win with the mixer theme installed.