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hello guys,
i own a htc magic and i just got a desire for my brother ;( (yea i know, ill get my one soon though) and i want to root it and put a custom rom on it.
i just have a few general questions.
what stable rom would you recommend? which one is the most popular? and what recovery should i go for?
and another one should i go ahead and get a class 6 micro sd card or am i good with a class 2 one?
thank you.
ps apologies if it is in the wrong section.
class 2 will do, leedroid is a good stable sense rom, use unrevoked method for rooting, if ur ph is branded make a gold card. see the sticky in this forum called "complete guide to rooting"
Hi there!
It's been ages since i got my Desire, and I am still satisfied - Your Bro made a good choice .
For the recovery, I use Clockwork-MOD. Now, people have reported USB bricking when using the latest version (and I can attest to that, as it bricked me, and it is a pain in the arse to fix). However, the convenience of nandroid working from rom manager, and verification disabled by default make it worth the risk IMO. You would probably want to go for AmonRA-2.0.0 GSM which is feature packed and has not had reports about usb bricking. UnrEVOked will root and flash your recovery, but if that doesnt work, you can always use FASTBOOT. I recommend that you disable Security, and use AlphaREV to S-OFF the desire, as it will allow you to ues FASTBOOT and give you R/RW permissions in android.
In terms of the MicroSD card, I am using a Class 2, and have no troubles. the CLASS is only its minimum sustained write, some Class 2 cards exceed Class 6 cards, just luck of the draw.
Regarding a stable rom, you will get a billion and one different oppinions.
If you like Sense UI, I suggest AuraxTSense or LeeDroid (for the old version of Sense), or ReflexTSense or RCMixHD (for the new version of Sense - Sense HD).
Sense vs Sense HD: Both have different benefits. For example, HD roms have a more intuitive interface (in my opinion). However, in terms of performance, I find that the Old Sense roms are much smoother and reliable. Again, just my opinion. However, Sense Roms (both old and new) have less battery life than competing roms.
You then have CyanogenMOD type roms. These roms are built from the source, and are updated all the time. They have a very complete feature set, and have lots of users to help with. Oh, and Bluetooth HID works out of the box (it will not work on Sense Roms). Battery life is good too. However, the interface is not consistent, and some of the stock applications (such as the dialer, or the music app) have (in my opinion) a downright ugly look about them. But again, everything works very well, and they are very speedy roms.
Finally, you have (my recommendation) MIUI. MIUI is based on the Source (like CyanogenMOD, kinda), and adds a very very well implemented interface. The dialler, for example, is better than the Sense one, I recon. Prettier, lots of functionality (recording calls is two button presses away). Everything that works in CyanogenMOD roms works in MIUI (except the newest camera features and Bluetooth HID (but are workarounds for both)). MIUI comes stock with a brilliant music application, custom lockscreen (with music controls and spectrum vis), File manager, Contacts, Messaging and FM radio (the FM Radio that is found in CyanogenMOD based roms came from here).
So that is what i recon; MIUI is a great rom to start with. It has good battery life, it is one of the fastest type of rom on the block (faster than other roms build from the source, in some cases) and doesnt require you to install many applications to add functionality that you would expect it comes with.
Also , it is updated every friday (and translated version are usually released the same or the next day).
I use the Au-MIUI version (www.miui-au.com) created by S-Murpyh, who keeps a very well rounded release, and great support.
Just my opinions, though.
Josh.
thank you very much for the quick responses. for me sense is old, cyanogen im using on my magic which is great no doubt, but MIUI sounds tempting will check it out further.
thanks very much for the info and the description. ill be on my way now guess ill give MIUI rom a whirl.
sorry again about thread placement.
Oxygen if you can do without Sense apps. If Sense apps are a necessity, then you should go for Pays. IMHO...
Rom.
Hey man,
i guess the custom rom you want depends whether you like the classic android
froyo and it's speed, or the slightly more lagging, yet much more good looking,
htc sense. If you're opting for the latter, then i would suggest RCMix's HD rom for
speed and stability, but like i said, if you prefare the classic froyo UI then i would
personally recommend DeFroST-6.1, im currently using it and i've found it an
absolute dream.
Have fun whatever you opt for,
sam.
be forewarned... MIUI kind of taste like iPhone fever.
...but maybe thats just me.
Hey, hope there aren't a lot of threads with the same question but i didn't find one.
I will root my Desire the next days and then want to update to a custom rom.
There are some things i really need:
1. A2SD (that i can store any apps on the SD card)
2. Stable (NO bugs)
3. Sense (maybe normal sense, but might be also a port from the desire HD/Z)
4. Fast-Browser WITH Flash
5. (not so important) a Rom which is not overloaded and themed, i like the way sense looks, with all it's fonts and pictures.
Would ne great if someone could tell my what rom he would suggest for me and my needs.
Thanks
iNsertCoin HD/Z Port 1.9.5
in the video the menu seems to be a bit laggy. and the equalizer doesnt work. not that i need it but i dont like roms where something doesnt work... why would you recommend this to me?
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in the video the menu seems to be a bit laggy. and the equalizer doesnt work. not that i need it but i dont like roms where something doesnt work... why would you recommend this to me?
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One more voice for "iNsertCoin HD/Z Port". I am still using older version "1.8f".. No FCs, very nice and smooth. No lags for me.
Cool sense Cool Z v6 (i can't get V7 to work properly(its still in beta))
The HD roms from my pov, the fonts too small for my old eyes
JonnyZaggi said:
Hey, hope there aren't a lot of threads with the same question but i didn't find one.
I will root my Desire the next days and then want to update to a custom rom.
There are some things i really need:
1. A2SD (that i can store any apps on the SD card)
2. Stable (NO bugs)
3. Sense (maybe normal sense, but might be also a port from the desire HD/Z)
4. Fast-Browser WITH Flash
5. (not so important) a Rom which is not overloaded and themed, i like the way sense looks, with all it's fonts and pictures.
Would ne great if someone could tell my what rom he would suggest for me and my needs.
Thanks
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I have been using the REMIxHD and it all seems to work very well, very fluid lag free flash works standard browser so might give dolphin ago. But then again when I got the LG GT540 on 2.1 thought it was good at the time.
I am using standard leedroid 2.3d. Working great for me and fits into your criteria.
JonnyZaggi said:
in the video the menu seems to be a bit laggy. and the equalizer doesnt work. not that i need it but i dont like roms where something doesnt work... why would you recommend this to me?
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The phone runs an older verison of the ROM in the video, which was laggy. EQ does not work, desire lacks of hardware.
I think you should go with a 2.2 Froyo ROM such as LeeDroid and not the HD/Z ports or Gingerbread.
I used to have RCMIXHD 3.0 A2SD and had a great experience with it. Surprisingly fast.
If Sense is not a priority for you, I'd recommend Oxygen or MIUI XJ, way smoother than any Sense HD port.
I used to love sense too. Sense is lovely.
These days though I realise that it's just eye candy - free yourself and get rid of it.
Go for Redux 1.0.2 (Gingerbread) which is the fastest smoothest ROM I've used (and I've used a lot).
Launcherpro has some god damn accurate Sense style widgets built in, and you can easily mod its dock to look the same as the sense dock, so you can have the sense look and feel, whilst still being able to use all the free space that sense usually takes up
This is what I'm currently running and I'm really happy with it.
free yourself and get rid of it.
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I had a HTC hero before and used Android without sense, but the audio player for example sucks ...
i think i will stick to froyo and sense until the official gingerbread+sense comes out and someone has rooted it and created a custom rom.
Or is there anything in gingerbread that ist better than in froyo?
The phone runs an older verison of the ROM in the video, which was laggy. EQ does not work, desire lacks of hardware.
I think you should go with a 2.2 Froyo ROM such as LeeDroid and not the HD/Z ports or Gingerbread.
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Actually i think LeeDroid is overloaded. The pictures i've seen are full with custom logos, fonts, etc, etc.
I Just want the original sense/sense HD style.
What ROM would you recommend? What about the Rooted Stock Roms?
And another question: Does slowing down the CPU when screen ist of (what is possible in some ROM's) really help for more battery life? I'm not really convinced and afraid of destroying anything on my loved HTC Desire..
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Actually i think LeeDroid is overloaded. The pictures i've seen are full with custom logos, fonts, etc, etc.
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There is nothing like that in LeeDroid. i think you are getting a wallpaper
confused with the os. or maybe you saw a boot animation and got it
confused either way it is "stock" sense with tweaks and it runs very
nicely. I swear by it anyway and put it on all my friends desires.
I went to HD roms but they either start running slow or take
too long to open things like the music player, this all bugged me so i
ditched it. I got the feeling that it wasnt designed for this hardware.
It might be good by now but who knows.
With leedroid i set the cpu scaling to "smartass" so it dips when nothing
is happening or the screens off and rises back to the top when in use.
"ondemand" does the same i believe but each governor has its advantages.
This all helps battery life but i cant say how much because ive been
running it for so long i dont notice.
Leedroid also has an intergrated fix for the charge issue with sense roms where
the battery is never at 100% when you take it off charge.
Try StarBurst lite is what you are looking for,
its Stock Sense with simple D2Ext. Kernel is LeeDroid 2.3 from snq - major Battery saver.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916417
or try dsixda's Kitchen and cook your own Stock ROM with A2SD and just flash snq's Kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11740447#post11740447
Im using coolexe hd version 7,got a2sd sending apps to memory card. Batterys good,pretty much the same,but this is dependant on the amount of apps and things you get id say, The hd sense is much better in my opinion,more customization. Htc.com onboard but only some things work,lovely rom though id take that one a go,insertcoins good also,ive tried aurax also.all good.try them all mate,once you know the score test as many as u want!
A simple, stable gingerbread would be Oxygen 2.0.1.
A feature rich, fully customiseable alternative is the Cyanogen ROM (link in signature).
Choose whatever suits your needs.
I found this topic that is what I want to know. I hope it is not wrong to revive this thread.
I would like to root my Desire soon and update it to a custom rom.
There are some things i need:
1. Stable (NO MAJOR bugs -calls, sms, wi-fi, camera and basic functions should be working with no problems)
2. Android 2.3.4 or 2.3.5
3. A2SD (so i can store any apps on the SD card)
Would like to have, but not a must: Only if it works without laggs and buggs.
4. Sense 3.0 or 3.5 (for example like one from the desire HD)
I have htc Desire with official 2.3.3 Android (that I instaled from htc website) and is not rooted yet. I want to root and instal one of the newest android on my phone.
Therefore I would ask for some help, to help me choose the right one for me. I'm considering one of those:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1315961
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250815
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1040121
Would be great if someone could tell me which rom would you suggest for me. One of those 3 or perhaps one I misslooked.
I'm sorry for my spelling mistakes...
I'm grateful for any help or suggestion I might get.
Just installed Runnymede AIO V4.0 Special Edition, runs really smooth.
Before i switched to CM7, i used Insert coin and it was really really fast and was stable only reason i switched to CM7 was due to better themes and more settings
This is all really helpful, thanks so much to all you guys for doing this!!
My quick question on this, any of the roms that pretty much emulate a standard experience, e.g. the Starburst, plus app2sd functionality, any of these also support ad hoc wifi?
I believe there are ways of custom installing it, though are there (simple) roms out there which include it already?
Vinneeh said:
Just installed Runnymede AIO V4.0 Special Edition, runs really smooth.
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Me too i have flashed older version of the Runnymede AIO and i am very satisfied ,its stable ,fast ,no laggy ,with htc sense and a lot of updates .The best for me from rom with sense .
hi,
I have Leedroid 3.0.8.2 data ++. Phone (which is my main phone] is stable and Bluetooth works as expected.
What are the benefits, of any, to upgrade to ICS and is there a particular ROM you find sufficiently stable to recommend.
Thanks
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda premium
If you are happy with your current rom then there may be no point in upgrading. Personally I prefer the interface and look / feel of ICS and can deal with the bugs that comes with it.
For desire currently the ICS roms are still a tad unstable this is due to incomplete hardware acceleration. The roms are ok for daily use if you can deal without video camera and quite a few graphical glitches. But the rom is still very usable.
If you are wanting to try an ICS rom, I suggest either sandvolds ICS or BCM.
At the end of the day I suggest taking a nandroid backup of your current rom. and trying out one of the ICS roms for a few hours. If you dont like it simply restore your old rom no harm done.
hope this helps.
If you want a stable rom, stick to what you are using right now or at least Gingerbread. ICS roms are in beta for Desire. No matter how many people here tells you it's all okay as a daily driver, if you can't afford the hassle of random reboots and all those little instability don't use it.
It will be a good weekend project to flash ICS roms just to see how it progresses though.
It's just an improved OS.Better functionality, better battery life and a slew of added features which are listed here.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/01/android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-review/
I too would suggest you to stick to your old one.
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If you want a stable rom, stick to what you are using right now or at least Gingerbread. ICS roms are in beta for Desire. No matter how many people here tells you it's all okay as a daily driver, if you can't afford the hassle of random reboots and all those little instability don't use it.
It will be a good weekend project to flash ICS roms just to see how it progresses though.
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Given that my phone is modelled for Leedroid Data++ can I flash a new ROM for the weekend.
Is out that simple and straightforward?
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda premium
Sandvold's ICS is really worth trying in its current state.
You can flash Sandvolt's ICS with no problems (wipe all partitions, install rom 0.4.4.3, install 0.4.4.4.1 update). At it's current state 0.4.4.4.1 it is prety stable. I have it installed from yesterday and i can say that i had no problem. Ok, i have to admit, it is a little slower than a gingerbread stock rom but i think it is very usable.
If sandvolt keeps it like this in ~1month i think we will have an ICS that beats GB.
Anyway i think you need to see it. I recommend installing also thalamus kernel which is very stable.
Regards.
Stability is a binary matter. There is a 1 or there is a 0. There is no 1.5, hence there are no such things as pretty stable or partially stable.
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Well, today i have used all of it's battery until now and i had no reboot or crash or anything that seemed like a problem.
I've been running ICS for a ~2 months, it (BCM RC2.2U5) works a treat . I've not missed Sense, and now the camera preview is fixed there isn't much missing.
It also feels faster than GB.
The video mode on the camera crashes the camera app but apart from that everything seems to work.
Overall like savagedonkey, I prefer the look/feel of ICS over GB with Sense (I was on LeeDroid 3.3. something) , however if you want to be sure there aren't any hiccups or problems stick with GB.
And there is always nandroid.
Andy
Have been using Sandvold's ICS ROM for about six weeks now and I can definitely recommend it. For me it's stable enough for daily use, camera preview (for photography) is working in the latest releases and with the latest release (0.4.5 dated 03/29) QR-code scanning is functioning also.
At the moment the only missing functionality (set aside eventual bugs) seems to be the video- and the panoramacamera.
Can't say how it performs compared to other ROM's. Haven't had reason to try others .
I have BCM RC2.2U5, but ineternet (mobile & wifi) response is too bad, very slow
I'm using BCM for over 2months and atm its really close to stable release.
There are some minor bugs, but its worth trying.
Fanboys forget to tell you ICS is much slower in its current state, than LeeDroid.
I use Sandvolds ICS atm, because I like the looks. It's not near stable.
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It's not near stable.
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Two pages of bull until someone comes with objective and rational answer... Kudos.
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Hi,
i come from Sandvolds ICS and I downgraded today to CM7.2, due to its unstableness. I got random BCODs and the browsers were terrible slow. Both crome and the stock browser.
Anyway, I guess the devs working hard on fixing the unstableness. Maybe in the near future im gonna switch back to ICS
It is not possible to simply say "I recommend Sandvolds ICS for you" or "I do not recommend".
First "rule": The rom is NOT stable. If you need your device for business use and need an always 100% stable ROM, then ICS is at the current state under no circumstances the right decision for you.
The ROM is in highly development, be aware of bugs and problems!
3 problems, that recently happend to me, there may be many more:
All contacts seemed to be gone, somehow the google sync was broken. A new login solved it for me.
Black Screen of Death (BSOD) occurs with some kernels: The phone freezes with screen off. Pulling out battery is the only solution.
My SD card could not be mounted on boot (not only missing data, but missing apps from a2sd as well). Reboot fixed it.
But if you have some spare time (following the development thread!) and if you don't complain with regularly ROM updates (including full wipes), you will be impressed, what ICS can make out of your phone!
ICS rocks.
BCM is very stable for me. Everything works fine including my browser and wifi. Only thing I don't like is I cant get mms to work but thats no biggy.
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you will be impressed, what ICS can make out of your phone!
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Huh? A dual core with at least 768MB RAM and 16GB internal memory?
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Which Android version takes up least space but still give 4g, I'm on froyo and it gives me an H, never seen H before lol and an E when I'm using 2g/edge. What is H?
What do you consider is the best overall version of android to be run on the G2? Doubt ICS will run well since I put it on my G1 and it was very slow and like you needed a "tap"/stylist screen rather than touchscreen.
Froyo, Gingerbread, and Honeycomb roms seem to be the best since they all have flash and HTML5 capabilities.
As for space, on these stock Gingerbread/Froyo there are a plethora of apps that I was never going to use on the phone pre installed, is there a way to uninstall/remove the ones I don't want to free up space? If not, then I would definitely want a rom that takes up little space.
Thanks in advance everyone.
Edit: All the roms I looked at say nothing about radios, for the G1 this was important, didn't know what it's for but followed what they said. Why is there nothing about radio version you need to be on and stuff?
Edit: Also I don't think I want Sense, doesn't look that great.
H = HSDPA = "4G" indicator. It is a feature of G2 GB update.
ICS actually runs well, quite faster than stock GB in my opinion, and I don't see the need to a stylus either.
If what you need is a long battery life, lots of space, good speed then a slim ROM where the developer strip every single unnecessary thing then something like this may meet you need
G2 Slim v1.6 -- OTA 2.16.531.5 NO BLOAT (this includes RADIO OTA 2.16.531.5 if you wonder what is that)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1324616
Radio wise: You do not need to worry about it. ROM usually include a safe, latest OTA radio. If you really want to, you may try different RADIO yourself.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970809
Removing unnecessary apps: Usually developer would remove bloatware already.
If you want to remove more, you can consider something like
The ROM tool box lite
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolbox&hl=en
Great, I am trying out two roms coming from Xboarder 2.4, which only gives me 3g. Is there a way to get 4g/H on roms that disable/remove/don't have it?
The roms I am trying are:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350492
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1324616
Couldn't install HyperNoSense ICS 1.5, will try another time.
HyperNoSense is a Sensation ROM. You have an HTC Vision. They're not interchangeable.
If I recall, the stock ROMs were very liberal in their display of "H" or "4G". Moving to custom ROMs I always saw a lot of pinging back and forth between 3G and HSPA+, but its something that never really bothered me as speed tests still showed the same as when I was stock. I'd just run some tests and make sure you are getting good speeds where you are and not nitpick about what data connection the ROM says you have.
That being said, favorite ROMs have been GB based Mexdroid AIO (the older version, not one of the newer) and Andromadus ICS Beta. I never ran many sense ROMs, but Revolution HD ran very smooth when I tested it, and T4Z's Sense 4.0 was nice when testing (T4Z has some good ports all around).
I flashed the "MIUI 2.10.12 Jelly Bean v2.7" to my HT Desire (bravo), but I read it might not work right on older phones, due to memory/speed limitations (Desire is 1ghz processor, 576mb RAM). Given how buggy it has been, force closing on GO keyboard, Google Search/Voice, rebooting, etc., I'm starting to believe it, or any Jellybean ROM, might have greater requirements than the original Desire can provide. So which MIUI release would be best for the Desire, and in particular, allow me to solve the persistent problem of running out of internal memory? I'm very confused about all the flavours of MIUI! "MIUI Fresh for Fridays"? "MIUI XJ X-PART" ?? (If so, which MIUI XJ X-Part: Data2Whatever, D2Ext, A2SD??). Or will a Froyo ROM run better than a Gingerbread ROM on the Desire?
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I flashed the "MIUI 2.10.12 Jelly Bean v2.7" to my HT Desire (bravo), but I read it might not work right on older phones, due to memory/speed limitations (Desire is 1ghz processor, 576mb RAM). Given how buggy it has been, force closing on GO keyboard, Google Search/Voice, rebooting, etc., I'm starting to believe it, or any Jellybean ROM, might have greater requirements than the original Desire can provide. So which MIUI release would be best for the Desire, and in particular, allow me to solve the persistent problem of running out of internal memory? I'm very confused about all the flavours of MIUI! "MIUI Fresh for Fridays"? "MIUI XJ X-PART" ?? (If so, which MIUI XJ X-Part: Data2Whatever, D2Ext, A2SD??). Or will a Froyo ROM run better than a Gingerbread ROM on the Desire?
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If you have a quick SD card, go for MIUI XJ X-Part (the fastest of the lot).
It works, very, very well. Gets about twice as much Quadrant points as CM7, battery lasts on me couple of days, and the rom has almost everything included (like call recording, sms/call screening to name just a few).
Plus, it looks gorgeous and is not longer being updated, which means you don't have to worry of installing new versions.
I used to use CM7 for nearly two years, but this is just better in almost every respect.
The only annoying thing about GB-based MIUI is that you cannot have just pattern screenlock. It can be none, swipe, or swipe+pattern.
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If you have a quick SD card, go for MIUI XJ X-Part (the fastest of the lot).
It works, very, very well. Gets about twice as much Quadrant points as CM7, battery lasts on me couple of days, and the rom has almost everything included (like call recording, sms/call screening to name just a few).
Plus, it looks gorgeous and is not longer being updated, which means you don't have to worry of installing new versions.
I used to use CM7 for nearly two years, but this is just better in almost every respect.
The only annoying thing about GB-based MIUI is that you cannot have just pattern screenlock. It can be none, swipe, or swipe+pattern.
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Are you strongly wedded to MIUI? I'm using Yasir's AOKP port (ICS) and it's fantastic. Much better than Sandvold's ROM that I was previously using (bad BSOD problems).
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Are you strongly wedded to MIUI? I'm using Yasir's AOKP port (ICS) and it's fantastic. Much better than Sandvold's ROM that I was previously using (bad BSOD problems).
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Not wedded at all. I'm constantly look for the bet thing for my phone. But until there is a mature port of JB with Google Now, I don't really see any reason to leave MIUI XJ.
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Not wedded at all. I'm constantly look for the bet thing for my phone. But until there is a mature port of JB with Google Now, I don't really see any reason to leave MIUI XJ.
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Ok, what if I don't have a quick SD card? (I have a class 2). What's the MIUI rom recommendation for that? I want stability, good to unbelievably good battery life, speed and... a free vacation in the Bahamas. Which MIUI ROM for the Desire best fits that description?
Cyanoid said:
Ok, what if I don't have a quick SD card? (I have a class 2). What's the MIUI rom recommendation for that? I want stability, good to unbelievably good battery life, speed and... a free vacation in the Bahamas. Which MIUI ROM for the Desire best fits that description?
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Download MIUI from official site for desire.
If U have fast, stable ROM. Don't use ICS/JB Rom, close to full stability, but some things do not work properly and often exist a lot of problems with apps.
Why MIUI ?
From my side, I recommend MildWild based on Oxygen.
One step ahea o' ya, bro. I downloaded the stock MIUI yesterday, and have been playing with it all day. I've avoided it up until now, because I read it was laggy, bad battery life, bloated, etc. So far, it's the best I've tried! Almost everything I touch on the phone responds instantly. I can actually get things done quicker. I have 247mb free on my internal data storage space (out of 288mb). Best I've seen on any ROM!
And yes, I used to have MildWild. And it was great and fast and all, but I missed MIUI. Why? MIUI has style. I can theme every part of it, and make the phone look just how I want. Yes, you can do that with shells to a certain extent (in fact, I don't use the stock MIUI launcher). But MIUI also comes with great features and really excellent built-in apps. I went out looking for replacements for all those apps, and I did not like the replacements as much. And one of main things I liked in MIUI I could not find elsewhere, is the toggles in the notification menu. I like that they can be arranged clearly in a page form, and not just a row of hard-to-decipher symbols that you scroll through.
They may be little things, but there are a whole lot of them in MIUI. Also, I like that it's based on iOS. Because it made it easier to transform my Android into an iPhone 4S. (Starting with... iOS splash screen, boot screen, ADW launcher w/ iPhone theme and enlarged icons, iOS system sounds, iOS wall, iOS lock screen (MIUI theme), iOS system setting/notification screens (MIUI theme), iOS-cloned SMS/Email (Innomail) /Calculator/Notes app, iOS-like system font (MIUI font "Black Ice"), iOS keyboard, iOS Siri-clone (AIVC), iOS-inspired Helvetica clock/weather widget (BeWeather), etc. etc!
becreative said:
Download MIUI from official site for desire.
If U have fast, stable ROM. Don't use ICS/JB Rom, close to full stability, but some things do not work properly and often exist a lot of problems with apps.
Why MIUI ?
From my side, I recommend MildWild based on Oxygen.
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