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Which ROM maker do you prefer?

Feel free to tell us why you prefer him, which version do you think he made better and why.
What applications would you like to see in his next version?
What applications you'd like to see removed on his next version?
Important note: This is a thread NOT meant to diminish anyone or his skills, or the other way around. It's meant for people to compare the pros and cons on their ROMs, helping them make better ones, and helping the users decide which one they see most fit to their purposes.

Everyone is voting, but no one has yet given any reasons why to like or dislike someone's ROM.
Come on people, I bet they want feed back, and so do we!
I only used bepe's and udK's ROMs, and for a very short period. I think bepe's ROMs are great because he makes 4 different versions with different applications in them. Right now I'm using latest Vega R1 from udK and liking it, but I'm looking forward some minor bug fixing (like the italian text in the cube) in next R2.

I tried many swtos, bepe and udk ROMs...
Result for me is that udKs ROM is without erros, fast and very stable

Ok, after trying all of them i cocluded to udK's R1 because apart from the fact that it is very fast and stable, it has a different design and looks than all the other common ROMs.
I prefer to see something new except that full-light-skinny, etc!
I Would suggest cookers to have a look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=390543
So i guess we need some new ideas!!!

similar poll can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=388580

I've been runnig Bepe for a couple of months - it seems pretty bomb-proof, I haven't been able to find any fault.
(o2 XDA Orbit 2)
HTH
Leon

About the poll
mavvy4ever said:
similar poll can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=388580
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Indeed, there is, but with particular ROM and not the latest ones. I created this one so people could express how they feel with the ROMs they've been using over the time. And especially for people to discuss what they like more and/or less in the ROMs, so it can help cookers do their job even better, and to help the new guys (like myself) understanding what they should want on the ROMs they install.
The builds, the applications, the stability of the OS, everything should be discussed here. Even though there are hundreds of other threads to do so.

athanaso77 said:
Ok, after trying all of them i cocluded to udK's R1 because apart from the fact that it is very fast and stable, it has a different design and looks than all the other common ROMs.
I prefer to see something new except that full-light-skinny, etc!
I Would suggest cookers to have a look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=390543
So i guess we need some new ideas!!!
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I Agree with athanaso..some new ideas like TOM..

I prefer Infido but he's not in the choices nice, essential and fast ROM.
So i voted Bepe

I agree with new stuff and appearance, if they don't affect the overall performance of the device. It's always great to see a new face on our handheld.

batista70 said:
I prefer Infido but he's not in the choices nice, essential and fast ROM.
So i voted Bepe
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I'm sorry about that. I only made the Poll with the top 5 contributors on this board (at least the most recent ones). I also tried a ROM previous to bepe and udK's, but don't know who made it. A friend gave it to me, and it was nice. But I prefer the udK's.
On the bepe's ROM I tried, 0.67 Opera, I had an issue with the Opera installed which didn't let me Zoom In / Zoom Out more than once. It's a fixed Zoom, and sometimes I need to Zoom just a bit and I couldn't. Also tried to install the latest Opera Mobile on that ROM, but couldn't get that feature to work.
Since udK's does not provide Opera browser, when I installed the latest version, it gave me the option to Zoom at will. That was the main reason I stuck with it.
Btw, since you people test a whole lot of ROMs, can you please tell me how do you backup stuff from one to another? I tried to backup email accounts and GPRS connections once, from one ROM to the next one, but couldn't get it to work properly. Is there a tool which is compatible with any ROM?
Thanks.

Voted 4 bepe for the qualtity and the versatility of his ROM.
He has 4 lines of ROM in 5 Languages.
My vote would go to udK cuz the ROM is a lil better than bebe's...but there is only 1 version in only 1 language

yvopt said:
I agree with new stuff and appearance, if they don't affect the overall performance of the device. It's always great to see a new face on our handheld.
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Exactly!

we need a poll? The best udk's rom

UDK's rom is super fast...but I use bepe's simply because I don't like the soft new key and also when you press on the email icon on home screen it goes to messaging and not direct to email like on bepe's rom...Have I know how to change that I'd probably go with UDK's ROM

le55 said:
we need a poll? The best udk's rom
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i vote for this..

The statistics, so far, say otherwise though.
I always wondered why is bepe's ROM Sticky and no one else's is. Anyone have an answer to this?

yvopt said:
The statistics, so far, say otherwise though.
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possibly because bepe's rom was (one of) the first released
yvopt said:
I always wondered why is bepe's ROM Sticky and no one else's is. Anyone have an answer to this?
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same reason

Voted for Aserg
i've tried them all but Aserg's ROM is the fastest and also stable.

yvopt said:
I always wondered why is bepe's ROM Sticky and no one else's is. Anyone have an answer to this?
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Cause bepe has longer history in this forum. He is a well known cooker (from previous devices also) and all XDA community respect that.

[POLL] Your favourtie ROM for day-to-day usage

This question is what you have found is the most stable and feature full (or otherwise, e.g. simple ROM to add your own options) ROM that you use day-to-day.
1. Touch Surface 6.1 Public beta
2. ShadoW 2.0 TE
3. ShadoW 2.1 TE
4. Blue Elves ROM V5.0 (build 19521)
5. UC2.0 ultra clean concept rom
6. C66 @Series WM6.1 ITa V2.0 & V3.1
7. Throttle Diamond I multilanguage
8. Your original provider ROM (or provider upgrade)
9. Latest HTC 6.0 ROM
10. Latest Dopod 6.0 ROM

what should i vote for ?
i don't use any of the above mentioned ROMs

htctouchp said:
what should i vote for ?
i don't use any of the above mentioned ROMs
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which one do you use ?

colonel said:
which one do you use ?
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read my signature

PDAViet
I would like to vote for PDAViet ROM's, the fastest, bloatfree one's I've used so far: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=412753
Tnx.

htctouchp said:
read my signature
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I should have combined the Dopod and HTC latest and put another line for self-cooked.
Also should have had two other lines for PDAVIEt and Other
unfortunately POLL limited to 10 options and the HTC Touch is just so well supported

Yeah.. How could you forget PDA Viet

I vote for htctouchp rom

Blue is my colour. Hehe

blasev said:
I vote for htctouchp rom
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hehe, i get a vote too

I'm using Monsterfly's ROM.. works well and i'm happy with it

For a Beta of just a week old, i'm not complaining
Ameet stop me if i try to cheat the numbers on the poll.

Noonski said:
For a Beta of just a week old, i'm not complaining
Ameet stop me if i try to cheat the numbers on the poll.
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30 day Ban for you You just gave an idea to give me 100% liking

Can I suggest that if someone is using a ROM that is not on the list, post a link to that ROM?
This way we have the opportunity to try a ROM that we might not be aware of?

Also it's unfair to have Cesare's rom up there as it's language specific which doesn't make it a rom that a lot of people would test.
Maybe it's a Genius rom but only Italians know that.

Noonski said:
Also it's unfair to have Cesare's rom up there as it's language specific which doesn't make it a rom that a lot of people would test.
Maybe it's a Genius rom but only Italians know that.
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On reflection the categories should have been modified to be within the 10 limit:
1. ShadoW 2.0 and 2.1 should have been merged into one option
2. HTC, Dopod & Provider Original should have been merged into one option
then the following should have been added:
8. PDAViet
9. Self-cooked
10. Other
Unfortunately one can not amend a poll once posted. And this one has some momentum so would not like to redo now. However a redo in a months time would be a good idea.
What is clear is that Blue elves and ShadoW are the most popular.
I would expect that when Blue elves 6.0 is released it will further punch into the lead.
Interesting nonetheless!

colonel said:
On reflection the categories should have been modified to be within the 10 limit:
1. ShadoW 2.0 and 2.1 should have been merged into one option
2. HTC, Dopod & Provider Original should have been merged into one option
then the following should have been added:
8. PDAViet
9. Self-cooked
10. Other
Unfortunately one can not amend a poll once posted. And this one has some momentum so would not like to redo now. However a redo in a months time would be a good idea.
What is clear is that Blue elves and ShadoW are the most popular.
I would expect that when Blue elves 6.0 is released it will further punch into the lead.
Interesting nonetheless!
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Dude
These Roms have been out for months and downloaded by many.
Looking at the download numbers your predictions might be off.
But PDAVIEt also has a great and fearsome fandom.
But swift coming back to Elf Hmm, last thing i heard he was busy with getting that horrible Diamond Phone up to snatch and with the rate of changes going on that will keep him busy.
Unless i have missed some posts on the Blue Elves thread last thing i heard him say was that he was not planning on making a new Elves.
But in numbers it's logical that Elves leads. More stable and more apps.
And people seem to like black.
But it does look like Graphics isn't always the deciding factor.

Well i've been using the TS beta now for a lot of days
And liking it more and more, maybe going to to hack it even more after it's final and I learn how to cook myself

aieeeeeeee karamba! blue elves 6.0!! thats coooooool.

ayyu3m said:
aieeeeeeee karamba! blue elves 6.0!! thats coooooool.
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Well Swift drop by at HTCToucP's thread.
He no longer has an ELFIN.

comparison list of cooked Roms wanted

I kind of loosing the overview of what Rom contains what feature and what unsolved bugs.
I'd like to have an overview table/chart where one can see all features for each ROM
Beside this, I get the impression none of the cooked ROMs is working bug-less. It seems to be a neverending problem which eventually get forgotten when new XDAs coming out /

Yep, I second that...but I think the best answer to this is: Test yourself, flash 3 different ROMs and compare your own. Nobody here knows which apps you are using, which version, which language. There are many things which can cause problems, so it´ll be best for you to test each of the ROMs for a week or so.
For me M-Amine is quite a good ROM, I think maybe udK Syrius R1 (+the fixes, see extra thread) is even better..but as I said: compare your own, even if its time-intense.
regards,
Martin

sry, double posted somehow. to mods, please delete this one, thx.

m.schmidler said:
Yep, I second that...but I think the best answer to this is: Test yourself, flash 3 different ROMs and compare your own. Nobody here knows which apps you are using, which version, which language. There are many things which can cause problems, so it´ll be best for you to test each of the ROMs for a week or so.
For me M-Amine is quite a good ROM, I think maybe udK Syrius R1 (+the fixes, see extra thread) is even better..but as I said: compare your own, even if its time-intense.
regards,
Martin
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m.schmidler is quite correct i have tried many roms and while some people rave about a specific rom i have found it no good for my purposes at the moment i am using M-Amine and for me it is the best one so far but try a few for your self.

I come back to Touch-IT 3.5 - for me the best one

batista70 said:
I come back to Touch-IT 3.5 - for me the best one
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reasons???

I tried almost all roms except ANIME now i'm with TouchIT 3.6 and its great
Maybe we can make some form so ppl can fill and then some1 will put it all together so we have table of each rom speed bugs etc.
Maybe something like this:
ROM | WM VER | RADIO VER | STUFF NOT WORKING | FIX AVAILABLE/NOT | SPB BENCHMARK ................. something like this
Its like heads of columns, would be great in excel or some thing like this then you'll collect all reports and make one file

@ bnm7bnm: would be a lot of work..and who do you think would do this work ? I suggested something similar when I came new to this forum, but nobody of the chefs showed any interest, I just got offended and was advised just to read the threads xD

[email protected] said:
reasons???
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'cause it's stable, fast, freeze rarely, i like full black skin and with a little cab you can see videos from Photo Tab.
Here it is the cab :

ROM

Hi everybody!
The hd is my first wm mobile and I like it a lot.
It is proberbly a bit early, but is there a better unofficial ROM for it which is better than the original?
Can anyone point me to a link where it is shown how to change ROM

brodos123 said:
Hi everybody!
The hd is my first wm mobile and I like it a lot.
It is proberbly a bit early, but is there a better unofficial ROM for it which is better than the original?
Can anyone point me to a link where it is shown how to change ROM
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Hi
I´m sure very soon there will be some cooked ROM´s by the great chefs of this site as there are with many other devices, meantime read here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blackstone

any word on when the first official roms are coming out? cause I really do think that some of the issues with the phone need to be repaired by HTC themselves so we get a more stable rom to base cooked roms on... like the freezes many people encounter, this is bound to get repaired on the first update.
someone posted that HTC knew nothing about this problem, this is nonsense, many people mailed them about it already.

***** New TouchFlo 3D ROM - From HTC *****

Hi guys as many of you may already know, with the release of the new Touch Pro & Diamond, HTC is releasing a new Touchflo version with many new features (see video)
http://www.intomobile.com/2009/02/19/htc-touchflo-3d-walkthrough-video-new-and-improved.html
I was wondering is any of you have knows where to get it from, or when will it be released. I am aware of xda ROM's such as dutty's XTREME, etc. However am not in the position to sacrifice performance & stability for a beta. Moreover dont have the time to be messing with the phone. Therefore I rather stick to the original release.
I will keep looking around for more info, if any of u have any thoughts on this matter lets share.
Take care guys, adn thanks in advance.

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Agree with you. Would be fun with a little updating tf3d

venezuelan_pimp said:
Hi guys as many of you may already know, with the release of the new Touch Pro & Diamond, HTC is releasing a new Touchflo version with many new features (see video)
http://www.intomobile.com/2009/02/19/htc-touchflo-3d-walkthrough-video-new-and-improved.html
I was wondering is any of you have knows where to get it from, or when will it be released. I am aware of xda ROM's such as dutty's XTREME, etc. However am not in the position to sacrifice performance & stability for a beta. Moreover dont have the time to be messing with the phone. Therefore I rather stick to the original release.
I will keep looking around for more info, if any of u have any thoughts on this matter lets share.
Take care guys, adn thanks in advance.
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It's probably more an IF then a WHEN
but the wiki
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Blackstone_Ship_exe
keeps a list of official roms so I guess just keep on checking that

Most of the "new" features have already been implimented in the touch HD initial release. the only thing i really need is the calendar tab - and that was added to all the new cooked rom's.
In short - I don't really see anything new in this tf3d...
as for using a "beta" rom - I've been running the Dutty V2.1 extreme for the past few days - and it's running perfectly (anther chance to thank Dutty for all the hard work...)
So - i'd say - not "if" but "why not"... just flash Dutty - and you get all you want...

Alternative
What about that, while waiting for a integrated TF3D Rom ?
http://www.modaco.com/content/black...omplete-customizable-tf3d-theme-for-touch-hd/

deanoyouno said:
they have released one, my mate who is a developer downloaded it yesterday. there is a piece of software which you can download
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any URL ?

deanoyouno == disinformation
deanoyouno said:
they have released one, my mate who is a developer downloaded it yesterday. there is a piece of software which you can download
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Don' t mind him ... .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=489642

venezuelan_pimp said:
Hi guys as many of you may already know, with the release of the new Touch Pro & Diamond, HTC is releasing a new Touchflo version with many new features (see video)
http://www.intomobile.com/2009/02/19/htc-touchflo-3d-walkthrough-video-new-and-improved.html
I was wondering is any of you have knows where to get it from, or when will it be released. I am aware of xda ROM's such as dutty's XTREME, etc. However am not in the position to sacrifice performance & stability for a beta. Moreover dont have the time to be messing with the phone. Therefore I rather stick to the original release.
I will keep looking around for more info, if any of u have any thoughts on this matter lets share.
Take care guys, adn thanks in advance.
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Okay, so you're aware of Dutty's ROM. Well, it's the same software you're reading about. It may never be released for the HD by HTC since it's meant to complement new hardware models.
I'm running it right now. Using Dutty's. It's great. I'd never even consider going backwards.
Rob

Thanks guys
thank u guys for the info

I really can't find any changes from the original TF3D i currently have on my HD.
It looks the same.