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I know I'm prob not the first to think of this but I'm like to know who's using what roms and which is the most popular at the momement. Maybe after a week or so, I'll do an update with a tally of the most popular Roms long with the overview of why.
For me I'm using DJ Droid 1.5. Its seems to be nice and stable I've not hit any major bugs apart from the weather module which will not allow me to save the option to update automatically.
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Reverved for me
I choose AuraxTSense v7.8.1 as my first ROM.
Reasons: seems stable, has camera, nice complete package, no weird langauge issues to be expected.
MIUI looks nice too, that's gonna be my next one to give a try.
Moved to Q&A as not development.
These threads are pointless as ROM choice is completely subjective. Just because I used an HD ROM doesn't mean everyone else wants to use it
You just have to try different ROMs and see what works for you
What I am trying to do is get an overview what what's the most popular and why. Like the rest of us we all have been trying different ones for different reasons. I'm just trying to get a overall picture of what and why. Maybe there is one out there I've missed and I'd like to have a go at.
EddyOS said:
These threads are pointless as ROM choice is completely subjective. Just because I used an HD ROM doesn't mean everyone else wants to use it
You just have to try different ROMs and see what works for you
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Which HD ROm are you using do you have a link so I can try it?
RCMixHD v0.8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789830
Disclaimer: I'm not trying to compare ROMs from different developers with the intention of finding out which one is best. Such threads always end up with one camp bashing the other.
Instead, I just want to have a feel of which one is more widely used. CM7 is feature-packed, while Oxygen is designed to be clean and minimalist. Both have their merits, and I regularly jump ship.
While I'm on Oxygen, CM7 went out of beta, so I am contemplating going back on CM7.
This tread does not belong in rom development section
madman_cro said:
This tread does not belong in rom development section
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Oh sorry, I thought it'd be appropriate to post here because this is where people come looking for ROM. :O
Used CM7 for the sole reason that Oxygen does not have yet the long press volume to skip track starting the official updates from N1. Once Oxygen has it, it's still my choice.
Last time I installed oxygen I couldn't uninstall the latest version of maps (which for my purposes ain't as good as that last 4 version with clearer road names as you zoom in etc). I cant sort that myself, but On cm7 you can. I find cm7 bombproof with great battery but I'm staying with an old 44 radio.
I use Oxygen because it had gingerbread at the time it came out. I tried CM7 but there is no feature that will make me switch from Oxygen to CM7.
I use cm7 because it supports arabic and rtl language.
really stupid question.
oxygen mostly based on cm development.
fterh said:
Oh sorry, I thought it'd be appropriate to post here because this is where people come looking for ROM. :O
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Year exactly why you shouldn't fill it with non rom threads. Make it more difficult to find the actual roms.
really stupid question.
oxygen mostly based on cm development.
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Why? He is not asking which is better, but which is more popular, and I don't think you can tell that from which rom is based on which. If you even bothered to read OP you'd know that.
On topic: For me it is definately Oxygen. The stock android is more than enough for my needs. The only thing i'm missing is the long press volume to skip track, but actually i almost never listen to music anyway.
Cm7. It has theme chooser
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Can't beat oxy's battery life and smoothness
oxygen, although tbh ive never tried cyanogen, and i dont fancy it, like my phone to be relatively hack free.......
well. all roms and kernels orgin from cm. enough said
madman_cro said:
well. all roms and kernels orgin from cm. enough said
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I think Oxygen don't. Oxygen is an AOSP ROM with some customization done by AdamG and _thalamus.
I posted "other"
I jump from Oxygen to Redux, CM isn't a good choice for me... too bloated, I prefer simple (& light) rom
I remove also many apps from basic Oxygen & Redux, I prefer to stay slim
both are very cured & almost bugs free even if right now I prefer Redux for a couple of features integrated in the settings rom
madman_cro said:
well. all roms and kernels orgin from cm. enough said
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If this is a popularity thread, there are 22000 installs of CM7 on desire.
source: http://stats.cyanogenmod.com/
madman_cro said:
well. all roms and kernels orgin from cm. enough said
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Wow, that's a big call... I'd like to see how Sense/HD roms come from cm???
Yes, there's *alot* of CM based roms, but Oxygen is not amongst them and it's just stupid to say that everything comes from CM.
I like Oxygen - it's slick and very good on the battery... no it doesn't have as many built in features as CM but that's not for me anyway. This is the beauty of choice though... work out what suits you best and go with that.
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CM7, Purely for the mods and hacks that it has, Oxygen is also a very good rom, don't be swayed by what other people are using though, use both roms and then decide for yourself.
About Oxygen
Oxygen ROM is an AOSP source built ROM (ie. not a mod of any sense based ROM), it's minimal, it's superfast and mostly bugfree.
As Oxygen is not a mod/port of any HTC/CyanogenMod or any other ROM and may not be to everyones liking, it's minimalistic and basic but I'm open to ideas and suggestions for improving the ROM.
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for everyone who thinks its a cyanogen modded ROM.....
gingervillain which is not really cm7
Been away from XDA for a few months, now back to check out ICS-based ROMs. Two questions:
Are there ANY that have working WIMAX?
Could somebody please list the various options for ICS (i.e. Android 4.0.3) based ROMs and their forum links?
Bonus points if you name your favorite and tell me why.
Thanks.
NoCatharsis said:
Been away from XDA for a few months, now back to check out ICS-based ROMs. Two questions:
Are there ANY that have working WIMAX?
Could somebody please list the various options for ICS (i.e. Android 4.0.3) based ROMs and their forum links?
Bonus points if you name your favorite and tell me why.
Thanks.
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1. None have working WIMAX yet!
2. Most if not all ICS Roms are based off of Prelude Drews work..problem you can't find him on XDA only on twitter for his releases and updates. Also, Deck's working on a version that is good but have to find him on a different forum -rootzwiki.
On XDA there are only a few:
1 AOKP Which is based off of Prelude Drews and they are activitly working on this.
2. MazWoz which is also based off of Drew's is updated on a regular basis.
I'm currently running Prelude Drew recent release and it's very smooth. I've tried all of them with the exception of MazWoz and they are getting better everyday. I've read good things about AOKP from people I respect. Give them a whirl and see what you think!
Also, there are a few threads in the General forum(search and you shall find) talking about ICS that would be a good read.
Hope this helps!
indyjames said:
1. None have working WIMAX yet!
2. Most if not all ICS Roms are based off of Prelude Drews work..problem you can't find him on XDA only on twitter for his releases and updates. Also, Deck's working on a version that is good but have to find him on a different forum -rootzwiki.
On XDA there are only a few:
1 AOKP Which is based off of Prelude Drews and they are activitly working on this.
2. MazWoz which is also based off of Drew's is updated on a regular basis.
I'm currently running Prelude Drew recent release and it's very smooth. I've tried all of them with the exception of MazWoz and they are getting better everyday. I've read good things about AOKP from people I respect. Give them a whirl and see what you think!
Also, there are a few threads in the General forum(search and you shall find) talking about ICS that would be a good read.
Hope this helps!
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In addition, you can find jared's on his site, blazing-roms.com
teh roxxorz said:
In addition, you can find jared's on his site, blazing-roms.com
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Very true I've run that one as well and he's got great stuff too...it's sometimes hard to keep track of where they are all located.
indyjames said:
Very true I've run that one as well and he's got great stuff too...it's sometimes hard to keep track of where they are all located.
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True, currently running it as well. Though those are all the current places to get ICS at the moment.
I've heard the main issue with most of them is that for some reason the camera won't work? That would be a deal breaker for me - can't remember the last time I actually carried a point and shoot camera
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In addition, you can find jared's on his site, blazing-roms.com
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I would stay away from that one.
Its just an really poor copy of the rest-
The others are certainly good choices though.
Roman
I've been running Deck's latest and it has been running great. The working Hardware Acceleration is worth the few glitches it creates in the process. While I don't have my camera preview I can still take pictures pretty well.
Roman G said:
I would stay away from that one.
Its just an really poor copy of the rest-
The others are certainly good choices though.
Roman
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Also remember everyone's phone and installation methods vary so one persons opinion is only one persons opinion. Some people like features in one some like features in another. Don't let one persons experience ruin yours
Hello I am looking for a stable ROM with ICS or any android 4.0+ version because I need a T9 dialer in hebrew which is built in any android 4.0+ version.
And why do I need it stable?
well... the phone is going to be belong to my sister and I am going to have the HOX+(maybe not quite sure yet) and she is not going to play with ROMs flash them during the night and look for the best for her and update the ROM every week so thats why I need it stable...
and guys dont worry our HTC is kind of old but still good but my sister is walking around with Samsung 514!!!
I really want her to be impressed with android (although it does not matter what UI he have as long its not AOKP because i didnt love it )
thank you for you help time, thinking and for reading this despite my bad english(i can wait 2 weeks tops)'
ho one last thing i know there are 3rd party apps at the store the provide the T9 dialer but its still 3rd party abit laggy and slow
Stable 4.0+ ha you must be new here.
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All ICS+ ROMs are in a alpha / beta stage for the Desire... they can never be as stable as you would like them to be because of inherent device driver and resource limitations in our phone. Having said that, I use Sandvold http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1355660. It is a decent daily driver for me, but has a major bug once in a while. You would need to debug for your sister on such occasions.
murtuzasb said:
All ICS+ ROMs are in a alpha / beta stage for the Desire... they can never be as stable as you would like them to be because of inherent device driver and resource limitations in our phone. Having said that, I use Sandvold http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1355660. It is decently fast and stable, but has a major bug once in a while. You would need to debug for your sister on such occasions.
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You are contradicting yourself. Stop recommending something as stable when it's clearly not.
People will never learn there are no but's when something is stable.
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Hmmm.. you may be right...
Then again, its software... I have never used software that has never crashed or not had bugs.
PS: I edited my earlier post to remove the word stable
what about the miui he is in beta level but he is there because it gets updated almost every week can any one recommend on that?
and do you guys think that even in 2 weeks no stable roms will appear?
xzfzx said:
what about the miui he is in beta level but he is there because it gets updated almost every week can any one recommend on that?
and do you guys think that even in 2 weeks no stable roms will appear?
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OK, there's the thing. If you are looking for a stable ics+ or ics+ with sense, your out of luck. The htc desire will not be able to support it with help from htc's own engineers/developers. However, if you are willing to use a fairly buggy rom, just pick any and see how you like it. In short, stop asking and just do it. Enjoy flashing.
http://get.cm/?device=bravo
http://forum.oxygen.im/viewtopic.php?id=1476
k3lcior said:
http://get.cm/?device=bravo
http://forum.oxygen.im/viewtopic.php?id=1476
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i didnt really get your post but i thuink i got the idea there is no ics stable rom =(
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OK, there's the thing. If you are looking for a stable ics+ or ics+ with sense, your out of luck. The htc desire will not be able to support it with help from htc's own engineers/developers. However, if you are willing to use a fairly buggy rom, just pick any and see how you like it. In short, stop asking and just do it. Enjoy flashing.
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please read the whole story before you reply because you missed 2 things 1.i dont want sense 2.this is not for me
by the way you can be nicer =(
but thank you for your answer any where
xzfzx said:
i didnt really get your post but i thuink i got the idea there is no ics stable rom =(
please read the whole story before you reply because you missed 2 things 1.i dont want sense 2.this is not for me
by the way you can be nicer =(
but thank you for your answer any where
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Sorry. Wasn't trying to be rude. Just stating with or without sense. I ment you as in general terms.
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I really want her to be impressed with android (although it does not matter what UI he have as long its not AOKP because i didnt love it )
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If you want her to be impressed with Android, don't flash any ICS/JB as they are filled with various problems that noobs keep on making threads about them. You don't want your sister to have that impression that Android is a crappy OS don't you?
Stable? Go with AOSP CyanogenMod7 or Oxygen roms or at least anything that is based on those roms. Yeah it's Gingerbread but it's a fully working OS. They aren't eye candy but you'll have little to no complaints coming from your sister about this or that not working.
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If you want her to be impressed with Android, don't flash any ICS/JB as they are filled with various problems that noobs keep on making threads about them. You don't want your sister to have that impression that Android is a crappy OS don't you?
Stable? Go with AOSP CyanogenMod7 or Oxygen roms or at least anything that is based on those roms. Yeah it's Gingerbread but it's a fully working OS. They aren't eye candy but you'll have little to no complaints coming from your sister about this or that not working.
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you are probably right and she never had android before so i think she will love it with or with out the T9 dialer
but what about >>MIUI<< rom i asked once if he is stable the developer said it is and its ics any reccomendations?
or you still think i hsould go with 2.3 and forget about stabl ics for now
xzfzx said:
you are probably right and she never had android before so i think she will love it with or with out the T9 dialer
but what about >>MIUI<< rom i asked once if he is stable the developer said it is and its ics any reccomendations?
or you still think i hsould go with 2.3 and forget about stabl ics for now
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Go 2.3
CyanogenMod7 has a T9 dialer. It's not as fancy as Sense but it works.
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CyanogenMod7 has a T9 dialer. It's not as fancy as Sense but it works.
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but i need one in hebrew :/ i gave up on that idea any way but thank you for pointing that what =)
ICS rom is pretty stable now, you can try Nikez or CM9, both is :good:
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ICS rom is pretty stable now, you can try Nikez or CM9, both is :good:
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i used nikez for a while and the lack of tweaks at the status bar made me move on to another rom ,can you recommend on a CM9 based rom or give me a link?
Hi,
install the latest leedroid its not ICS but fast and stable and has good sense UI (girls like it )
azrage said:
ICS rom is pretty stable now, you can try Nikez or CM9, both is :good:
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Pretty stable? Then why the hell does the developer still tags it as pre-alpha/beta/wip then?
Ok, after trying a bunch of the cool roms on the board, I've decided to install something and forget about it. Been looking for a nicely tweaked and trimmed down version of the stock rom but can't find anything. The problem is, all of the ones I've tried have some kind of an annoying bug or missing functionality, that ends up being more annoying than it's worth. I dislike the TW launcher, but I guess it's a good trade off for a stable working phone. If there's a themed stock rom (all of touchwiz functionality) minus the kiddie icons, please let me know. I'm using the LiquidSmooth 2.5 official now, and I love this rom, but it has a few too many bugs that are very irritating. For example, the camera is junk. Can't focus if it's life depends on it. I keep getting all kinds of artifacts on screen when unlocking the phone, MMS doesn't work half the time and so on. An ideal rom would be something that looks like LS but functions like stock TW but I guess that's impossible.
So please recommend me a stock based rom. Even if it's just stock rooted with the bloatware removed it would be fine. Thank you so much for your time.
Edit: Forgot to add, phone is US AT&T
There is no most stable rom just stick with what works best for you. Not everyone has the same experience on a rom. This thread is going to be locked.
PaulG1488 said:
There is no most stable rom just stick with what works best for you. Not everyone has the same experience on a rom. This thread is going to be locked.
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Thanks for reading past the title.
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Thanks for reading past the title.
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Every ROM is going to have bugs, or things that dont work out.
thats why there is nighty releases of roms, to get most bugs worked out.
Theyre never going to be bug free because of the constant updates and features being added.
only true bug free is Touchwiz.
like the user above you said, you need too look for something that is stable for YOU.
a search would of let you figure this out, a search would of also pointed in the right direction on where to post questions.
this thread needs to be closed.
XDA is a site for development and what is best (stable) for one is not necessarily best for another, users need to test and read and learn on their own.