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I've done a handful of searches in both this general forum and the Hero CDMA dev forum, and I'd really like to hear your opinions as to which is the most workable, viable VANILLA Android 2.1 ROM available for the Hero.
Background: I'm currently on the Fresh 2.1.2 ROM, coming from the installation of the Fresh 2.1 ROM from a couple weeks ago, and from the Fresh 2.0d ROM two months before that. I'm a total stability whore -- I silently trolled these forums for weeks before deciding to root and install a Fresh ROM a couple months ago. I've stuck exclusively to Flipz' Fresh ROMs, as they're fast and I've had ZERO issues with them, and it's hard to give that up. And yet, my wife just got a Moto Droid this week and after playing with stock vanilla Android 2.1, I find myself somehow attracted to that spartan interface. Sure, I can boot into Launcher Pro on Fresh 2.1.2, and my *launcher* will be vanilla-ish, but it will continue to take me to the underlying HTC Sense apps (messaging, music, etc.).
My thoughts: I like the look and idea of DarchVanilla ROM, but that author has no immediate plans to update it and it has a few small remaining issues. I'm starting to fall hard for the look of and rationale behind Konikub's new PureHero 2.x ROM, and may load that one up this week. My only hesitation there is that it's built off of the Damage base. Nothing wrong with that, Damage does awesome work (I've read and heard) just as Flipz does, but I've never tried a Damage ROM and am loathe to give up the fast, stable Fresh ROM experience for "undiscovered country." Gotta say, though, that Konikub's tweaks in PureHero have got me standing with one foot over the abyss, ready to tumble in...
Any recommendations? Vanilla-ish ROM user experiences? General advice? Care to talk me into staying in the HTC Sense world? Let me hear it all. And thanks in advance for sharing...
I use both sense and vanilla because i am torn in between. Ultimately i end up using Sense with Vanilla apps like sense with vanilla music apk and i come up with a twisted mix of the two.
If you twisted my arm about it i would have to go with sense because it has more flare.
vastateofmind said:
I've done a handful of searches in both this general forum and the Hero CDMA dev forum, and I'd really like to hear your opinions as to which is the most workable, viable VANILLA Android 2.1 ROM available for the Hero.
Background: I'm currently on the Fresh 2.1.2 ROM, coming from the installation of the Fresh 2.1 ROM from a couple weeks ago, and from the Fresh 2.0d ROM two months before that. I'm a total stability whore -- I silently trolled these forums for weeks before deciding to root and install a Fresh ROM a couple months ago. I've stuck exclusively to Flipz' Fresh ROMs, as they're fast and I've had ZERO issues with them, and it's hard to give that up. And yet, my wife just got a Moto Droid this week and after playing with stock vanilla Android 2.1, I find myself somehow attracted to that spartan interface. Sure, I can boot into Launcher Pro on Fresh 2.1.2, and my *launcher* will be vanilla-ish, but it will continue to take me to the underlying HTC Sense apps (messaging, music, etc.).
My thoughts: I like the look and idea of DarchVanilla ROM, but that author has no immediate plans to update it and it has a few small remaining issues. I'm starting to fall hard for the look of and rationale behind Konikub's new PureHero 2.x ROM, and may load that one up this week. My only hesitation there is that it's built off of the Damage base. Nothing wrong with that, Damage does awesome work (I've read and heard) just as Flipz does, but I've never tried a Damage ROM and am loathe to give up the fast, stable Fresh ROM experience for "undiscovered country." Gotta say, though, that Konikub's tweaks in PureHero have got me standing with one foot over the abyss, ready to tumble in...
Any recommendations? Vanilla-ish ROM user experiences? General advice? Care to talk me into staying in the HTC Sense world? Let me hear it all. And thanks in advance for sharing...
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If you want a real Vanilla Rom, Aosp experience, Just Roll with Darchdroid 2.6 it doesnt get any better that As for Sense DamageControl or fressshhhh
The only real taste of vanilla you're gonna get on the Hero is DarchDroid. It's not perfect, but it's getting there and Darch is actively working on it.
I agree with ^^^
If you like the vanilla experience, then you are doing yourself a disservice by not at least trying darchdroid 2.6.2. My setup is DD 2.6.2 with the zeam. 1.3.3 launcher. It looks like the espresso launcher, but much improved. It works well with 360 degree. rotation, the middle button launches app tray (either normal slider style, or launcher2 style), and the side buttons can easily be configured almost any way you want- from launching the browser or the phone to opening contacts or settings. With overclock and jit, I have no noticeable lag. Oh yeah! And you can pick anywhere from 3 to 9 screens or any number in-between! It will even let you select which screen you want to be your homescreen.
LOL, if you can't tell, I really love this combo!
I must agree that DarchDroid 2.62 is definitely the way to go. I am using it with the Launcher Pro Beta and love the clean look of AOSP. It doesn't get more basic and clean than my homescreen. The launcher has phone, contacts, apps, messaging and internet built in. I also applied the theme from Magnus - KKD_MOD v3.2 to add some extra features behind the scenes
sushi rom, ice rom pure hero are awesome prollly the best roms you could get stripped of sense besides a full asop, and so is darchdroid, i flashed darchdroid about 4 days ago and i pulled the livewallpapers and this rom is easily my fav rom ever. Reason being is because i am a huge asop fan. darchdroid is fast and i mean fast, like the guy above said darch is actively working to fix the issues but its so good its bearable. did i spell that right. Only problem with this one to me is the battery issue. something drains the battery pretty quick full charge will only get you about half a day but bring your car charger and its worth it. sorry if my words seem jumbled i just woke up.
Thanks, y'all!
I really appreciate all of the timely input -- I've got both the PureHero and now the latest DarchDroid ROMs on my SD card and will probably pull the trigger on DarchDroid in the next day or two.
My ONLY gripe there is that I use my Hero's camera. A lot. I know we've all been spoiled with the inclusion of cameras in our phones for too many years to remember, but does anyone find that DarchDroid's lack of camera functionality to be a non-starter for them?
Dude, LOVE the golf ball wallpaper on this!
the new darchdroid does have working camera, but a battery drain problem. if you can go about 6 hours between charges its good, works great. (read awesome)
i downgraded back to v2.5.x because i don't use the camera.
he said he was planning on uploading 2.6.3 tonight so you may wait around for that, should fix the battery issue.
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I really appreciate all of the timely input -- I've got both the PureHero and now the latest DarchDroid ROMs on my SD card and will probably pull the trigger on DarchDroid in the next day or two.
My ONLY gripe there is that I use my Hero's camera. A lot. I know we've all been spoiled with the inclusion of cameras in our phones for too many years to remember, but does anyone find that DarchDroid's lack of camera functionality to be a non-starter for them?
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DarchDroid doesn't lack camera.... make sure you're look at version 2.6.2
vastateofmind said:
My ONLY gripe there is that I use my Hero's camera. A lot. I know we've all been spoiled with the inclusion of cameras in our phones for too many years to remember, but does anyone find that DarchDroid's lack of camera functionality to be a non-starter for them?
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The camera has been fixed since the upgrade to the .29 kernel which came with Darchdroid 2.6. Currently the only main issues with 2.6.2 is the video side of the camera isn't working & the battery drain.
The new Darch says it doesn't receive MMS. Does that mean the default app won't receive MMS and I can use Handcent for that; or the phone just won't receive any MMS's period?
Well ya that too, if someone sends you an MMS, you just receive a link to view it instead actually viewing it in the Messaging app.
IMHO
vastateofmind said:
Any recommendations? Vanilla-ish ROM user experiences? General advice? Care to talk me into staying in the HTC Sense world? Let me hear it all. And thanks in advance for sharing...
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Vanilla is definitely the way to go man. While I haven't tried DarchDriod yet, I will say my vote is for Ic3Rom. It's been my daily ROM for well over a month and it's stable and fast and Mdawg112 is great about keeping it updated. Check it out - it's been great for me.
On a separate note, once you choose a ROM, try this launcher. I absolutely love it.
http://jbthemes.com/anderweb/category/adwlauncher/
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Well ya that too, if someone sends you an MMS, you just receive a link to view it instead actually viewing it in the Messaging app.
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Oh, that's not nearly as bad as I had imagined.
yeah he said the battery drain has been fixed, not sure about mms though, you can send but you cant receive, and i pulled livewallpapers and the livewallpaperpicker and gallery3d and my battery has been way better i promise.
I second icerom..I'm very happy
.no lag at all. ..
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yeah he said the battery drain has been fixed, not sure about mms though, you can send but you cant receive, and i pulled livewallpapers and the livewallpaperpicker and gallery3d and my battery has been way better i promise.
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dirkydirk23, are those the exact names of the files you pulled? And how exactly DID you pull them? I vaguely recall doing so by way of the SDK at the computer desktop on Fresh 2.0d a month or so ago but I've forgotten since then. I've been on DarchDroid2.6.2 for the past few hours and it's exactly what I'm looking for, but that 3D Gallery has GOT to go. Too slow and it's a usability nightmare.
One other issue while I'm at it -- any ideas how to get back Sprint's Visual Voicemail, or at least to configure the regular voice mail number in the dialer?
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dirkydirk23, are those the exact names of the files you pulled? And how exactly DID you pull them? I vaguely recall doing so by way of the SDK at the computer desktop on Fresh 2.0d a month or so ago but I've forgotten since then. I've been on DarchDroid2.6.2 for the past few hours and it's exactly what I'm looking for, but that 3D Gallery has GOT to go. Too slow and it's a usability nightmare.
One other issue while I'm at it -- any ideas how to get back Sprint's Visual Voicemail, or at least to configure the regular voice mail number in the dialer?
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dude i know what you mean once i pulled them it was way better, ok i the exact names of the files i pulled were LiveWallpapers.apk and LiveWallpapersPicker.apk and gallery 3d.apk this is how you do it, have your phone connected via usb in this exact order just copy and paste.
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/app
ls
after they all pull up just type in
rm LiveWallpapers.apk or whatever it says just like that make sure you put rm and it will remove it, fyi dont remove anything you dont know what its for or you will screw up something. fyi you have to type them how they are shown like if its a capitalized L there has to be one, its very case sensitive when removing them.
and if you look at the first post in the darchdroid thread he put the voicemail app as a download, you can download it and use a file explorer like astro or estrongs to install it i believe, i know for sure he posted it back.
After reading numurous threads on the 2.2 update, i was wondering if anyone anywhere has anything positive at all to say about it? Or maybe you can point me to a link where somebody somewhere states something positive about this upgrade
yes.
Positively stay away from the stock 2.2 until they fix it
maybe 2.3 will be out soon.
Lord60 said:
yes.
Positively stay away from the stock 2.2 until they fix it
maybe 2.3 will be out soon.
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Yeah, already decided that one
stock 2.2 is sorta good. it is froyo, you get all the advantages of it. dell lets it down with some basic settings issues, and the stock launcher sucks. but replace the launcher with adw or launcherpro, enable hardware acceleration, replace kernel with overclocking kernel and overclock, it becomes brilliant. its now the biggest, fastest, and best phone ive ever used.
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stock 2.2 is sorta good. it is froyo, you get all the advantages of it. dell lets it down with some basic settings issues, and the stock launcher sucks. but replace the launcher with adw or launcherpro, enable hardware acceleration, replace kernel with overclocking kernel and overclock, it becomes brilliant. its now the biggest, fastest, and best phone ive ever used.
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+1...totally..!!
Wait, is Steves 1.4.6 not hardware enabled by default?
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Wait, is Steves 1.4.6 not hardware enabled by default?
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it is. its a nice easy solution to those who want it. maybe dell wont do so bad when they try to compile a gingerbread rom, but i doubt it, theyll definitely screw it up again.
I actually like stock Froyo, I am using version 315. The only tweak I applied was turning on hardware acceleration. I didn't apply the above mentioned tweaks since I am ok with the speed as is, and I read many people are having WiFi and 3G problems with them. I don't run benchmarks, for me it is fine. Works speedy and fluid, no waits or freeze ups. Perhaps people are having a problem with high end gaming graphics, I am not into that, but videos run great. The only problem I can confirm is the browser redirect issue, I just use Skyfire and Opera Mobile or Opera Mini in those cases.
Steve's ROM is really good, I tried two versions. But he still cannot get a grip on screen rotation, so until that is settled I will stay on the official version. I do use Dell Stage, but only their music and web widgets. For me there is more than enough space on 7 pages of 4x4 icons -- besides, you can also use the ones in the first columns of the adjacent left and right screens that are still showing. So you actually have a 6x4 on the home screen.
Could it be better? Definitely. Is it perfectly usable? My verdict is yes. Let us face it, no matter how you do it, you can never please everybody. Some people will run into real problems -- no ROM will ever be perfect -- and some are just upset that things are not exactly they hoped they would be. I will move up to Steve's ROM when I am convinced that it is a major improvement in performance and functionality. Probably a few more iterations to go.
I've heard about the screen rotation problem, but honestly I don't think I see it, unless I just don't know what I'm looking for? My screen rotates fine, all the way around.
I like the Dell Stage Facebook widget, that is about it. The normal one is to small, I like how it covers basically a whole screen. The home screen is useless, did anyone ever use most recent program in XP even? Dumb feature.
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I've heard about the screen rotation problem, but honestly I don't think I see it, unless I just don't know what I'm looking for? My screen rotates fine, all the way around.
I like the Dell Stage Facebook widget, that is about it. The normal one is to small, I like how it covers basically a whole screen. The home screen is useless, did anyone ever use most recent program in XP even? Dumb feature.
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I ran into the screen rotation problem all the time. Screen turned (e.g. landscape to portrait) and just wouldn't turn back, no matter how often I flipped the phone back and forth. Turning screen rotation off and on would get it working again -- but this happened 10 times or so each day, just too much hassle which interfered with using the device.
It may be a long time until 2.3 is (if at all) released, and the "fixed" version of 2.2 could be late Jan 2011.
I recommend upgrading to 315. Its a good refreshing change, and its really not that bad.
are you talking about rotation going in sorta upside down landscape? i had that in the 11548/309 and steves rom, but i havent seen it in 12332/315 yet.
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are you talking about rotation going in sorta upside down landscape? i had that in the 11548/309 and steves rom, but i havent seen it in 12332/315 yet.
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Hey Jack in your opinion is more stable 309 or 315?
well if i had to guess id probably say 315. but theres is now a 318 rom im going to probably try and see whats up with it.
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well if i had to guess id probably say 315. but theres is now a 318 rom im going to probably try and see whats up with it.
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I just download now I plan to do the same,soon we know
How do you turn hardware acceleration on?
http://forum.pocketables.net/showpost.php?p=58530&postcount=12 <- this method is free, its alot easier if you pay for root explorer. basically just change "debug.sf.hw=0" to "debug.sf.hw=1" in /system/build.prop.
I'm running 1.1.1 on my white Streak and it's running very well. Can't wait until my phone is more than 30 days old so I can get it unlocked and run 1.4.6 though
I also ran 1.3 on my old black unlocked Streak and I had no complaints.
I am sure most do not care but I'll try to make this noob flasher friendly too. My current set up is just absolutely amazing, to the point I just log in here to log in and not look for the next big thing. Phone is quick, gps is reasonably solid for our hardware, connection is great.... Over all look, these themers and devs do some seriously solid work. I have 4 other friends with stock Vibrants and every time they pull theirs out I just cringe. It doesn't even feel like we own the same phone and I can't see how they function.
Anyways, after a weekish of playing around with my set up I figured I would throw out a big THANKS to all that put in their own free time on this. I have learned a TON and have enjoyed my phone like no other.
For those in question or that are new and maybe want to get in on what my set up is, here is a list of it all. I don't boast I have the ultimate set up but it definitely works for me.
Rom:
Bionix 1.3.1
Kernel:
Overstock
GPS Fix:
Heathens Fix
I used the Bionix provided modem but here anyways. Some work best for others:
Modems
Theme:
Splash of Color
Themed TW MMS:
Dark MMS
Pictures in all those will give you an idea. Can up some screen if you want but my layout isn't really what I want to boast about. It's the combined works of these people.
Oh and Appwidgetpicker which groups your widget menu together. Ie; SimiFolder will have one icon then a sub folder for a cleaner look picking widgets. Cqannot find thread now though.
Great write up! I've got a pretty solid setup, but I'm sure there are plenty of people that could use this. I always wish someone would post the exact setup they have that they're bragging about along with links.
Thanks a lot!
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Kinda crazy! I just got this phone a week ago and thats what my conclusion was on the best setup. Thats what im using besides the splash of color.
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I am glad that you found the firmware that works best for you. I think that I have to try the combination you post. My vibrant is running stock 2.2 software and it is unbearable. If it works normally than it is already a bit sluggish. But more than often, it hangs for about 10-20 secs before responding on my touch. Many times I receive phone calls and the slider is just not responding to accept the call, even though I swipe it in panic. I almost miss few calls. But the worst thing is that the phone now just dies in sleep. I can't wake it up with the power button any more. I have to press and hold power and volume up/down for the phone to reboot. Even so, it takes about a min to show the S screen. I miss calls and do not know, until people tell me they just called my cell and I check and notice that the phone is dead.
I don't understand Samsung engineers. They make this product inferior to the iPhone and it is not. Apple is all about UI, otherwise the product is not that impressive (heavy, break prone, antenna gate, no sd card, etc.). Why can't Samsung engineers create process priority list that make sure the phone always response to touch and put everything else sleep for a fraction of a second. If Android phones do not sell well, I think that it is because Android software engineers do not put the UI on top of their feature list. Why do they ask XDA developers to fix their mess and why do they ask users like me to have to spend time and a lot of effort flashing ROMs to make the product usable? Samsung managers and people responsible for Android need to get fired in my opinion. If they want to compete against Apple, they have to have the attitude that Steve Jobs has. Do not accept inferior results from your engineers.
Sorry for ranting.
@tphone
You should really consider Bionix 1.3.1 if you don't like it you can always get your phone back to factory fresh.
Just to keep many options open....
I am actually on Simply Galaxy Sweet Honey 2.4 with heathens gps fix. I am absolutely in love with this rom and it is INSANELY fast on stock RFS. Been running it for days. I am so impressed that for my fiance as her entry Android device purchased another Vibrant as of today.
I freshly odin before almost all new rom installs. I first flash Eugenes gingerclone r2 and then Simply Sweet 2.4. I have heard you can also flash simply sweet from bionix but this is how I do it.
JediDru said:
Just to keep many options open....
I am actually on Simply Galaxy Sweet Honey 2.4 with heathens gps fix. I am absolutely in love with this rom and it is INSANELY fast on stock RFS. Been running it for days. I am so impressed that for my fiance as her entry Android device purchased another Vibrant as of today.
I freshly odin before almost all new rom installs. I first flash Eugenes gingerclone r2 and then Simply Sweet 2.4. I have heard you can also flash simply sweet from bionix but this is how I do it.
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I was looking at Simply Sweet Honey myself but I really enjoy my phone right now and I kinda weighed out what it provides I would USE over what I have. Most of the physical differences I weighed out were theming and I customize my set ups either way.
I have been flashing my Vibrant since early MACNUT days, all these Roms have their own quirks but these guys do truly amazing jobs. I sat on Axura for the longest time until TW brought back Bionix.
Lol @ Odin before install, not at you doing it but it brings back a memory. I can't remember the user but I used to do this as well and posted it for some new guy as a suggestion and they wanted to argue for a few post why I was being redundant and waisting peoples times. Just an idiot... If I were to go to a different Rom I probably would Odin out fresh but build to build I just factory reset in recovery and go from there.
Also, I wanted to add to my original post something for the new users. Venture off into THIS forum some too. A lot of amazing apps and stuff that are posted here by Android users and developers that don't necessarily have Vibrants but do pertain to your phone and an Android device.
My home screen is the Bionix live wallpaper and beautiful widgets weather with no notification bar. I found an app called TxMissed that remains invisible(or not) until you miss a call or text so I don't have to manually check if I missed something and still can keep a clean home.
Very Nice Write Up you have just said everything i wished id said as a first post or shortly there after
Bionix-V 1.3 w/a Splash of Color
Well guys, I don't honestly know what to think about the new OTA. I tried it but wasn't overly impressed with it. However the speed and battery life is kinda nice. I still feel like it is lacking some features that a GB update should have had and I also feel VZW and HTC rushed this one. What do yall think?
Good Base For Future Mods
I suspect that the OTA will be a good base for future mods. I like it, but some of the features that I take for granted after using CM7 are missing.
I ran the leak for a while, I really liked it because of speed, but I can't believe they took mobile network, airplane and silent mode out of the power menu.
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I suspect that the OTA will be a good base for future mods. I like it, but some of the features that I take for granted after using CM7 are missing.
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Thats a good point. I love CM myself, been a long time fan.
I've been using the rooted leak version for about 24 hours now, moving from an EVO based mod. The new one is definitely zippier, even on scrolling, etc. I'll keep using it, but looking forward to new custom builds once the source is out and modders get their hands on this kernel.
Well, this wasn't supposed to be as big a thing compared to when FroYo was released. Expectations of that magnitude for this release were not realistic.
Differences aren't visual per se, rather just a few functional ones.
All in all, gingerbread, meh.....
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For me, it's a few things.
Feels unfinished. What I mean is some things are not what i expected. For example, i use google talk alot and with Froyo, the icon in the bar was a Sense based one. Now it's just Google Talk. This is fine, but i have to ask - was this on purpose? or a slip up?
next, I don't like NOT being able to disable ALL animations. In froyo, i could turn off the clock animations, weather ones and even the OS ones. I like that. In this one, I can't... only OS.
I have a had a few FC's with google voice setup (cleared up once configured) and Scrabble rarely notifies me of a move, but those could be app related.
battery life remains to be seen since I need to charge my phone all the way up while powered off.
it's definitely quick, but it took like 5 minutes before I started missing Synergy. Looking forward to seeing what can be done with the update.
It's a nice temporary fix for my ocd rom flashing but i think devs and most others are waiting for the final ota with some bug fixes. Isn't this lacking the new radio as well? Otherwise I am really happy it looks like they fixed the low space /data/data notification.
If we are lucky the devs will pump out some amazing roms for us that are stable and fast. Just gimme pulldown widgets, 5-row apps, recent apps in notification, and remapped rosie buttons and i'm set!
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snip Isn't this lacking the new radio as well?
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The ones posted in this forum are missing the radio but that is because the source that gave it to our devs asked that they not include the radio when they compiled and uploaded the rom. For what reason? Who knows....
I think the update should've added sense 2.1..
I miss power toggle pull downs and right rosie, but other than that, everything for me just works and works fast. If someone can add some 2.1 features, that would be nice. Been on this since it came out, zero issues, zero lag. I use my phone for business with some music, dont install more than zbout 4 apps. Everything flies. Look at it this way, if no other roms could ever have been ported over, is this a good update from when you first got your dinc? I say hell yes. The ports are great, im not baggin cause ive flashed every rom here, but this was made for our phone. Could it have had 2.1, sure, would it have worked as good, i doubt it. All ports have some issues, all be it very minor, but they also develop lag and more issues the longer you use them. Im willin to wait a week and see what happens, im sure we will see a different ota eventally, fat lady aint singin yet.
curious about battery life
I've been using miui and have been getting good battery life. I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on the new ginger
All I could think about was how ridiculously fast Sense 1.0 would be on any Gingerbread ROM.
If i were a dev I would definitely be cooking up a clean, streamlined, unbelievably fast Sense 1.0 ROM for users who don't need what 2.0, 2.1 and 3.0 have to offer.
That being said, as far as the OTA goes... We'll see?
I like the speed of this OTA, too. It's very snappy. But I'm having a problem with voice input recognizing speech. Is this a problem for anyone else?
I was using bluetooth and I said open calender and it would randomly pick a number to call from my contacts.
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It's a problem with GB in general. Try using voice search while driving and you can scream in the mic until you're blue in the face. It won't recognize anything you say.
Is that just for GB Sense based roms? I have never had a problem with voice input on CM7.
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Is that just for GB Sense based roms? I have never had a problem with voice input on CM7.
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It might be a combo of things. All I know is it worked perfectly for me on Froyo.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=4399393a95831baa&hl=en
It was fun to try it out and it's fast, but I went back to Community RC5. I won't be looking back, im sure OVO will rip whatever is good and stick it in community.
I have Droid X, running stock .621, rooted.
I just got my wife an HTC One S, running ICS and I'm jealous.
Right now, I'm just waiting out the days until Verizon offers something worth using my upgrade on. Looks like that's still going to be at least a couple of months away.
In the meantime, I'd like to breathe some fresh life into my DX, but I don't want something buggy.
I need working GPS, Camera (video would be nice too), phone functions. I'd like to be able to install Swype. I'd like flash to work. Working bluetooth would would be nice. Maybe I could live without some stuff, but at least I'd like to know what I'd be getting into before I install something.
I don't care about (or even really want) themes, different fonts, additional lock screens, funky notification bar icons or anything like that. I'd be perfectly happy with stock ICS, if it wasn't buggy.
Does something like that even exist or because there's no official ICS for the DX, there are always going to be some major bugs/issues?
If there's something worth trying, I'll be happy to give it a go. I understand that I'll have to do a data wipe, what's the best way to restore my data after a ROM update? Do I just back up user apps and user app data with Titanium before the update and then just restore all of that after or is there a better/safer/easier way to migrate ROMs?
I do already have CWM installed, so, I think, I just have to boot up, get into the CWM menu and do the data/cache wipe and then load the ROM zip file to upgrade ROM, right? At least that's the general directions? Once I figure out exactly which ROM, if any, I'll ask for further help so that I don't screw it up.
Thanks in advance for any assistance!
I've been pretty happy with CM9 for the DX
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/18589-cyanogenmod-9-unofficial-beta-424/
Pretty much everything works, including camera
giveen said:
I've been pretty happy with CM9 for the DX
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/18589-cyanogenmod-9-unofficial-beta-424/
Pretty much everything works, including camera
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Got some help in another forum last night and wound up installing Gummy ICS. I really screwed up the process and wound up having to SBF, but it was a good learning experience.
I'm truly stunned as to how much more responsive the phone is as compared to GB Stock. We'll see if it stays that way, but, right now, I'm thrilled.
Few little annoyances here and there, but my goal really was just to add a little live to an aging phone and give me a refreshed toy to hold me over until an acceptable upgrade phone becomes available.
lexluthor said:
Got some help in another forum last night and wound up installing Gummy ICS. I really screwed up the process and wound up having to SBF, but it was a good learning experience.
I'm truly stunned as to how much more responsive the phone is as compared to GB Stock. We'll see if it stays that way, but, right now, I'm thrilled.
Few little annoyances here and there, but my goal really was just to add a little live to an aging phone and give me a refreshed toy to hold me over until an acceptable upgrade phone becomes available.
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Since I'm in the exact same situation as you regarding ROM choice, can you tell me if you are happy with Gummy ICS?
I like functionality and speed.
xdadevnube said:
Since I'm in the exact same situation as you regarding ROM choice, can you tell me if you are happy with Gummy ICS?
I like functionality and speed.
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Not really. ICS on the Droid X was just way too buggy for me. In addition to all of the non-working things that people will tell you, I had other issues. My browsing was very slow on some sites with javascript on. I suspect due to the lack of hardware acceleration on ICS. Also, my radio.com app would cut the feed off after about 2 minutes of audio.
After Gummy, I had also tried AOKP. Both are nearly identical.
I wound up with VXR (Vortex Reloaded) using the ICSish them. Very, very happy with it.
Not as fast as the ICS ROMS (those ICS ROMS just flew), but everything works 100% perfectly and it still did clear up some of the major issues I was having with stock (CPU pegging at 100% for long periods, dialer getting hung up not allowing me to make calls).
With the ICSish theme, it looks like I'm on ICS even.
The DX and ICS weren't made for each other (not unless they release ICS drivers ever). People who tinker a lot might just live with the bugs because it's fun and it sure is fast, but it wasn't for me.