I'm coming from cm6.1RC5 on my d1, but the screen cracked and I'm getting a d2 as a replacement.
Vanilla and or blur, what's the best? Anyone as highly used/touted as cyanogen?
Sorry for noob questions!
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I'd like to know as well lol....
Personally I think blur does nothing but slow the phone down. I would go with fission. Great battery life and its super smooth and clean.
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Personally I think blur does nothing but slow the phone down. I would go with fission. Great battery life and its super smooth and clean.
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thanks for the reply, any other opinions, oh mighty XDA?
Fission 2.2.2 seems to be running great for me. Had some issues with earlier versions, but 2.2.2 is smooth, and great battery life over stock for sure. Squidlymandigo has a nice one too and has a way to disable haptic feeback for real.
I'd go with Fission.
Honestly the stock ROM is perfectly good to me. I've rooted (z4) for wifi tethering, but beyond that have really found no reason to change. I don't use any blur widgets (not many widgets at all, actually) and LauncherPro is plenty UI customization for me. Since the recent update (2.3.20) battery life is fine - I can go two days on light use - again, my widget and background task list is very light.
I'll ROM when I feel the need to, but I haven't found a real need yet.
Yea I agree that the stock 2.3.2 blur is really good. I am not knocking the fission dev's because some people need plain android but I think moto did a good job with this version. Rooted you can really make the blur run great.
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Rooted blur with titanium backup makes a great phone. it tuns smooth when all the bloatware is removed. if you like a aosp like experiance then i recomend going with fission. though modding the phone yourself is more fun when you learn more.
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i used to think you needed a rom to make a phone good but that was me coming from wack android phones......im digging the rooted stock pretty well
just overclock......you wont complain about blur being slow anymore
Hi, i did not want to make a new thread so I'll post in this one. I'm from UK and I'm new user of MM2. My phone is sim free but I'm on contract with o2 with SE x10 ( don't buy this phone!) and here I come to my question, I cannot update to 2.3 or 2.23 or what ever the newest software is. Is the new software available in certain countries or networks ? I'm on 2.2. BTW Blur looks quite good better than sense ui in htc's but its a bit slow sometimes but new update can solve this issue. Regards
Squidly with or without blur and he's started porting some themes with permission from a few devs. Started using before fission became what it is now, but i'm not having problems.
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Squidley's worked well for me also. The only issue I had was after time, memory seemed to shrink, until reboot. No apps appeared to be running, or in the services. But other then that, squidley's was probably the rom that seemed to have the least issues. For me anyways. But fission 2.2.2 is working great for me!
Noob here
Sorry if this is a stupid question!
first of all here is the info on my droid2 under about phone:
system version= verizon.2.3.20.a955.verizon.en.us
android version= 2.2
baseband= bp_c_01.09.07p
kernal= 2.6.32.9-g462500f
my phone is rooted and deodexed and i am looking for themes i can flash but i get confused when reading post and they refer to the ver 2.2 or 2.3.1.5 do i need to be concerned with the theme matching the android version or the system version or both.
Any help would be great!
thx in advance.
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Hey guys just wanted to know what types of ROMs you guys are currently using and why. I currently don't have any installed and looking for some suggestions. I'm also waiting until Matt releases his 3.0 ROM. (Can't wait!)
I'm running Fission 2.1RC3+ because it's fast and has cool features like reboot option in power menu and android stock applications and widgets. It doesn't bog down like blur and it's made by people I know so it's more personal. I know it's something that only a fraction of the other D2 users have.
Stock rooted rom. With the 2.3.20 update you can't beat it. Battery life is great and the performance is flawless.
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Fission all the way
Which one do you think is better? I like them both, but am running Liberty. IMO they are probably the forerunners of the Droid X. No offense to any other dev out there. What's your opinion?
+1 Liberty 1.0
And I just came over from Fission 2.5.7 about 5 hours ago. Living it. The toolbox is epic. Diff. fonts? Custimizable pulldown banner? Which shows on the lock screen too btw oh and customizable boot image. w00t!
I'm here to stay. No offence to the fission team though. Fission was running flawlessly. It's just that its so awesome. I can't seem to start on homework..
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who ever can get the power management widget on the notification bar. Team defuse is working on it, not sure if jrummy is.
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Fission +1
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who ever can get the power management widget on the notification bar. Team defuse is working on it, not sure if jrummy is.
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You can do it yourself with Power Control Plus. It's totally customizable too.
Oh and +1 to Liberty. I love Fission too, but GJAR/Liberty are just wicked fast.
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+1 Liberty 1.0
And I just came over from Fission 2.5.7 about 5 hours ago. Living it. The toolbox is epic. Diff. fonts? Custimizable pulldown banner? Which shows on the lock screen too btw oh and customizable boot image. w00t!
I'm here to stay. No offence to the fission team though. Fission was running flawlessly. It's just that its so awesome. I can't seem to start on homework..
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I agree with presusstang, love the toolbox.
Liberty 1.0 for the win.
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I agree with presusstang, love the toolbox.
Liberty 1.0 for the win.
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I enjoy fission. FRM is very useful and angdroid pushes out updates and listens to his community on a daily basis. He is a main reason i even considered fission. Its nice to know the developer listens, updates, and supports his followers very often.
liberty for me.
also a cheaper power control widget is: http://www.appbrain.com/app/extended-controls/com.extendedcontrols
I had been on Fission for a while before Liberty. Liberty is probably my favorite (for now) for the same reasons preusstang mentioned. These two have been the only two ROMs that I have ever kept for several days at a time. This may be the dominant ROM until we see a Gingerbread update. Unless Obsidian gets ironed out. *fingers crossed*
im on rubiX focused but i plan on flashing over to liberty tomorrow
I was a fission user, gave this a try minutes after it came out, im hooked! this is the best one yet! the toolbox is killer and the rom is just plain fast... I hav FM radio back too
Also a Fission user for awhile and now on Liberty, and only going to get better. It's on version 1.0, you know Team Liberty is only get better.
The toolbox is awesome and only going to get better with more apps to install. TONS of options. Liberty for me.
+1 Liberty
Both are good, but I agree...Liberty is faster and on;y going to get better!
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Both are good, but I agree...Liberty is faster and on;y going to get better!
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liberty is awesome and it is only at v1.0!
one more for LIBERTY
I'm also on the LIBERTY wagon. Like most of the people here, I've tried nearly every ROM option for the X and GJAR/LIBERTY are the first that I loved from boot. Fast, Stable and easily customizable with the built-in toolbox are what I feel make LIBERTY the best ROM available now for the X. While the benchmarking apps should really be discounted because they aren't true indicators of performance, I have noticed a bump in scores since coming from other ROM releases to GJAR and even yesterday when I loaded LIBERTY for the first time, the scores went even higher. That's not my reason for liking it more but just something I've looked into and found interesting.
I applaud the work that ALL of the developers/development teams do as it isn't exactly easy peasy to cook up a ROM and make it work flawlessly so they all deserve our respect and thanks. In the same respect, the other ROM releases for the X are great when compared to stock and people like what they like but I feel that LIBERTY is probably going to be the one for me until we get some spicy, sweet GB goodness.
just finished installing liberty and i came from the rubiX rom like i stated before, and im also now HOOKED
this is the best 1st version release ive ever seen, like everyone has said, the toolbox alone makes this rom the best out atm,
this is the beginning of something amazing
I was on Fission for a couple of weeks, thinking of switching back to GummyJar and then Liberty was released. My favorite so far! But I'll always love Fission too.
toss up for me....
though i tend to lean a little more toward things that have been around longer, shown they will continue to do work, and not failed me over time.
Running Liberty right now, the differnce from the stock X is mindblowing.
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I've been running the latest RubiX for a while now and recently switched over to Liberty.
Unfortunately, I've had significant issues resulting in the following problems: phone not having any access to the VZW network/not recognizing its own number, unable to get back into CWMod needing to SBF, re-flashing Liberty only to have the phone reboot randomly and then simply turn itself off over and over. And yes, I wiped repeatedly.
All of these issues happened within the first 2 days (obviously). Meanwhile, having switched back to RubiX, it's been running quite smoothly with no issues, whatsoever. Is it as fast? Nope. Is there as much control over the phone? Nope. Does it work without costing me time, effort and missed calls/texts/emails? Yep.
EDIT: Literally no more than 3 minutes after I wrote this I stumbled upon a thread concerning the kernel issue afflicting those that SBF'd the 320 full and then the 340 system files (as I had to do): I was running on the 320 kernel. So, using the TBH files, I updated to the correct kernel and have since re-flashed Liberty. I'm willing to give it another try now that everything's as it should be. It also makes sense that it's running even faster than before.
Just made the jump to the Droid X and wondering if custom Roms are available or if I chose a lemon that's been passed by. PPCG have about 1000 posts for the phone itself. Looks like Moto phones wont work on HTC roms and such. I'm pretty lost on the issue as I've spent years on winmo and never had to worry about custom roms. now I am. What's the status of the Droid X for development and life? Is it gone already and I should get a refund?
It's all here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=691
Rubix 1.9.5 is pretty good. GummyJar 2.5 is great. And Liberty 1.0 which is more of an extension of GummyJar is by far the best.
Hey armus, I'm new to the Droid X also but it looks like there is plenty of development going on. I'm using the liberty rom (you can find it in the development section) its only on version 1.0 but its running flawlessly on my phone. You will need to download the Droid x bootstrapped from the marketplace (I think it was 1.50) but its worth it. I was using gummyJAR until liberty came out just a few days ago.
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I use Apex 1.3.1
There is usually a good amount of development done for this phone. When it came out the bootloader was looked at as a obstacle that couldn't be overcome....we now have root, themes, custom ROM's and overclocking... Pretty much everything people look for when they want to mod... only thing we are missing is custom kernels (CMod) which would be awesome... but not a deal breaker. Aliasxerog on twitter is working on developing a new init.. So hope for the bootloader hasn't been given up either.
The best ones in my opinion are fission and liberty. Hey both have an app that allows for many easy customization options
Agree with forever29 but he's reallly 30 I think jk
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Agree with forever29 but he's reallly 30 I think jk
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Not even that close. Yet.
I actually came over from the Samsung Captivate. I do miss the wonders of custom kernels, but frankly, Liberty gives me everything I want from my X, so I've come to realize the locked bootloader is not a big deal. If they crack it, great. If not, I'm sure the devs will keep cranking out amazing tweaks. You can also find some good info on X ROM's over at droidforums.net. Good community here. I don't regret my switch to the X one bit.
I am wanting to knw what are some of the best roms out there for the dinc. I like custom themes and a rom that get be really customized. Any suggestions. Post here please.
Dinc
CM7 for AOSP Gingerbread goodness, Super Z for Sense Froyo goodness. Both of these can be customized fairly well.
So both of these have custom mods for them. And are they stable. I'm running redemption revolution 2.3 now.
Dinc
MIUI rules all... lol jk, but it is sick. i used to need to change roms all the time and do all these themes and stuff until i got on MIUI and I haven't left since November'ish.
it is by far the most customizable rom out there right now. it allows you to theme and customize without having to flash zips and all that stuff, and you can easily go back to stock. theres an online theme app which allows you to download themes made by people all over the world. if you really want to get creative, you can open up the zips of the themes and mix and match stuff up to get exactly what you want.
it's quite the rom, you should really give it a try if you want customizability... and give it more than a day, see what it really has to offer before rejecting it simply because it doesn't have an app drawer.
edit: especially since its getting upgrade to 2.3 in the next week or so, things should get really interesting.. might be a little buggy here or there because of the transition period, but the 2.2 versions are pretty damn stable
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So both of these have custom mods for them. And are they stable. I'm running redemption revolution 2.3 now.
Dinc
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CM7 has alot of theme's that ar installed through an app that is baked in, which makes it very simple. Super Z isn't as conveinent to theme, but it has been done. LauncherPro also adds some very big possibilities for theming. CM7 still doesn't have a "stable" release. But I haven't had a single problem with it over the past week. Super Z is solid as a rock also.
I will look in to the muiu rom. I have used it before but o couldn't find any battery or signal mods for it. Or any themes. I like theropy 6 bar signal and the circle battery. Cancell u get them for muiu rom
Dinc
Ive used mikfroyo z rr-engineered longer than expected. It is one smooth and stable rom with excellent battery(all day with mod to heavy use), using ziggys latest bfs w/o havs kernel. No fcs, no reboots. Remember, every rom worls a little different with every phone, but this rom acts like it was made for "my" phone. The only mod i have is the gb keyboard.
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Hey I love this rom but everytime I download it and flash it I get a forced close error saying android process error amold or something like that, even when I do I wipe cache and data? Do you have s direct zip link to the version you are running?
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Hey I love this rom but everytime I download it and flash it I get a forced close error saying android process error amold or something like that, even when I do I wipe cache and data? Do you have s direct zip link to the version you are running?
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Runnin latest 1.1 from his op
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And it's not just a rumor. Verizon has updated their update section for the Droid X to implement the Gingerbread update!
http://support.vzw.com/pdf/system_update/droid_x.pdf
See also support.vzw.com/pdf/system_update/droid_x_instructions.pdf
These PDFs were created 5/18 & 5/19.
Awesome find!
http://support.vzw.com/pdf/system_update/droid_x_instructions.pdf
Here you find the how to install instructions and screen shots...
PC world says Friday for roll out.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/228648/motorola_droid_x_to_get_gingerbread_on_friday.html
I'll stick with my rooted froyo, thank you very much.
Life is good!
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I'll stick with my rooted froyo, thank you very much.
Life is good!
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Ditto. Does everything I need and more. What's the point of updating if nothing changes dramatically...its just a number game?
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There are some cool UI changes and the overall experience seems much snappier since I updated to Gingerale (2.3 based ROM). I would recommend checking it out at least, just make a backup and revert if you don't like it But I bet you will.
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There are some cool UI changes and the overall experience seems much snappier since I updated to Gingerale (2.3 based ROM). I would recommend checking it out at least, just make a backup and revert if you don't like it But I bet you will.
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I'm going to have to agree. Froyo was great to me, but when I jumped to GB... wow. Quicker, looks better and runs smoother. I just got a replacement phone yesterday with 340 on it and I can't believe I actually used it. Tossed 595 on right away But as Schmidty said, you can always roll it back. To each their own, though.
BTW... that Gingerale looks awesome. I'm gonna try it when I get home
Schmidty and Kobalt, is there that much of a diff? New to world of customizing. I do have 2 X's (one on wireless). Maybe I'll give it a try on that one. I'm sure I can find a thread somewhere. You both recommend Gingerale? My real concern is seeing ongoing threads of issues with these various versions of GB (don't know if gingerale falls in that category). But I'm constantly reading and trying to learn more. This damn phone and these forums has created a monster out of me. I tried my buddies original droid yesterday (totally stock). I almost vomited. He's too afraid to do any form of customization or rooting.
You say faster until you actually load it and it includes more crapware and really is barely faster than the custom gb rom you put on the phone.
I'll stick with a rom'd froyo with gingerbread elements in it till a better gb rom comes out.
Do you have a preference serial?
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I'll stick with my rooted froyo, thank you very much.
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No thanks necessary, but you're very welcome.
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I would way prefer a clean GB install (Cyanogen anyone?), but I haven't seen one for my X that is as stable as .595.
So I will keep my .595 build (rooted and deoxed) until I see something better.
Gingerbread is almost here? Where have you been? I have been running gingerbread for about a month now. The "official" update is just a number
have any of you guys tried Liberty GB? I downloaded the donate version of Liberty Toolbox from the market and installed the Nightly Gingerbread ROM. So far, kinda stable.
Some bugs are:
-Maps crashes sometimes out of the blue
-Calendars won't let you modify or add items
But I have gotten stronger 3g and faster reception, and faster system overall...
Hope to hear a release date of the a final build Liberty GB
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I would way prefer a clean GB install (Cyanogen anyone?), but I haven't seen one for my X that is as stable as .595.
So I will keep my .595 build (rooted and deoxed) until I see something better.
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I'm in the same boat with the same build. Very happy with it, and not interested in the OTA update, unless .596 is shown to have some wonderful new improvement over .595.
Hey guys i rooted and might of deleted some bloatware do i have to sbf to get it back so that i may get the update
i will be testing the OTA in a few HRS ...now my question is will there be more devs jumping back on board wigh new exciting roms cause i just got this phone 2 days ago and i see no activity and cant even find liverty 2.0 rom or rooting instructions for .340
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Hey guys i rooted and might of deleted some bloatware do i have to sbf to get it back so that i may get the update
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Gotta SBF to get the update, yeah.
All the crapware has to be there.
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Gotta SBF to get the update, yeah.
All the crapware has to be there.
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I just freeze the crapware with Titanium Backup and unfreeze it when it's time to update. Once updated, I freeze it back up again. Worked like a charm for the 2.2 OTA update.
Does anyone know when we can get the release?
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