I have a BELL DZ which I unlocked, rooted and did s-off. I then flashed it with Paul O'briens sense ROM but it doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Looking through the development section I notice that pretty much every thread gives very basic instructions on how to flash the ROM but some really make it difficult for a n00b such as myself to understand.
What is de-odexed and what does it do? What is zip-aligned? Many of the ROMs don't say if they are for G2 or DZ. Some of the threads are 200+ pages and it's impossible to find out if there are issues with the ROM quickly and easily.
All I want is to have the following:
-Overlocked to 1.4ghz (or near)
-Wake via trackpad button
-no normal functions broke (wifi, data etc.)
-Sense
-Bloatware removed
-No issues with battery life
Am I better with a stock ROM? Is there a way to get the OC and trackpad button thing without flashing a custom ROM?
alright i am here to help sir. while i do have a tmobile g2, the phone is exactly the same and i believe that the roms work for either phone.
1. if you are going to go with a sense rom, i would HIGHLY suggest going with Virtuous ROM. it is a combined effort with the wonderful devs of rmk and eViL D. the updates and patches are always coming, and the rom is nearly perfect. the thread is awesome and your answer is almost always going to be answered. one of the more favorite things about this is the kernel choices that is offered through rom manager and is always up to date with an update, or patches. there are 5 kerne choices that one allows up to 1.501 GHZ. if there is a problem with the rom there WILL be a fix for it.
2. and of course there is cyanogen. i do in fact love stock android, but i stick with the ROM above because i am really digging sense and all of its goodies. cyanogen has limitless possibilities with custimzations and stuff to make it your own. and always have the options of flashing tons of themes and stuff from people who make them, where there is zero themes going for the virtuous roms.
and to repsond to your waking with trackpad and such, there isnt a way to maintain that with just stock. you would have to flash the cyanogen bacon bits that allows it(i believe) which can be found in ROM manager and is easily flashable. either way you cannot go wrong with whatever you choose, but its all about what you prefer.
Another recommendation for a Virtuous sense rom. I'm running the 8.1 currently...it satisfies all the requirements on your list.
Thanks guys, going to look into the virtuous ROM. Would it be recommended to wipe my phone to go with the Virtuous ROM?
Are you using Rom Manager to do this?
Stealth1985 said:
Thanks guys, going to look into the virtuous ROM. Would it be recommended to wipe my phone to go with the Virtuous ROM?
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Yes everytime you switch from one ROM to another you must do a full wipe (data,cache,dalvik) in order to avoid any issues.
Any of the custom ROMs should work fine on both the G2 and the DZ (unless the thread on the ROM specifically says otherwise), after all they are the same phone. The keyboard mapping is the only real different you'd notice, so this might need tweaking of the ROM doesn't automatically handle it.
As I understand it, apps that have been de-odexed, have effectively been put back in one piece so they can be more easily modified by the developer. Normally the apps are odexed, and have had some extra optimisation done to them which makes them hard to modify.
Zip-aligned is supposed to save RAM, I think ?
I for one am another upvote for Virtuous 8.1 Smooth as silk.
Rom manager will not work on my g2.I always get the red triangle. And have to pull the battery. How can I just start over.by the way I am rooted well I believe so.
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I'd definitely recommend wiping. You can always back up your current ROM and everything else, so no worries.
Another +1 for Virtuous. Cyanogen was awesome and very fast, but Virtuous is as well. I can't get away from the social phonebooks either and the HTC Sense Facebook and Twitter integration is phenomenal. I thought I'd ditch it without looking back but I was sadly mistaken.
Virtuous wasn't slower as I expected either. It's very fast and very stable. I usually run around 1-1.2GHz with the conservative setting in SetCPU with only a couple profiles, mainly just one for things to cool down when the screen is locked. Works great and my battery is loving it too.
I've heard that none of the current ROMs support 4G. Is this true? ...and if so how much speed decrease do you guys notice?
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Rom manager will not work on my g2.I always get the red triangle. And have to pull the battery. How can I just start over.by the way I am rooted well I believe so.
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Flash the clockwork recovery TWICE. That did it for me
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I've heard that none of the current ROMs support 4G. Is this true? ...and if so how much speed decrease do you guys notice?
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I'm getting HSPA+ speeds on CM6 so we definitely do
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Sup everyone.
Just curious to whats going on in the EVO community, as far as who flashed which ROM, and why. Maybe even provide a link to the ROM, or the dev site! That always helps too. So lets start with mine::
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1) Which custom ROM are you using? (or Stock?)
- Currently running Fresh 0.2 Custom ROM. Loving the speed and nearly bugless experience. Custom navi-bar is a nice feature, but currently running LauncherPro on top of it.
2) Why are you using it?
- Considering its my first real ROM experience, Fresh seems to be the more popular of the bunch. Sticking with it until something else awesome comes out, or maybe this one can just get better. ^_^
3) Pros / Cons?
- PROS - Fast, reliable, nearly no errors, at all. Trust-worthy name in the ROM society. Removes unwanted Apps and bettery life seems pretty fair. Can only get better.
- CONS - Seem to be having trouble changing wallpapers. (getting FC?)
1.32.651.6 rooted I just wanted root and I like the Sprint and HTC programs
Damaged 3.0
Its fast, stable and everything works.
Once the asop like builds and or froyi get mms receive / camera working I'll probably move to one of those.
1. Bugless Pete 3.0
2. like the stock experience (first android phone), didnt want something with GUI hacks
3. Pros: incredibly fast, no ads, everything works
Cons: Need a second flash to get rid of Sprint Apps
BuglessBeast
Using it for the battery life improvements and built in task killer
Fast, stable and excellent battery life.
No problems yet, but I havent done anything tasking with it.
Stock rooted 1.32.651.6 that Flipz provided. Took out all the stuff I didn't want, and put ADW Launcher on it. It's basically perfect now. I've been wanting to flash some other stuff but I haven't seen anything to sway me from this setup yet.
I've done about 4 of the
OMJ ROM's are stable, everything works, Sprint Apps are excluded. Advantages (since I'm new to Android) are different programs he puts in his ROMs. This is the one I use when I need my phone usable.
I tried the EVOlution ROMs. Froyo is definitely quicker and cooler. I can't wait until we can get it. There are too many things that unstable or unusable about it. I mean, I got kids so I NEED my camera at any given moment.
I flashed one that I didn't know what the difference was. That was really just a test for ROM Manager, which makes the process 100% easy. Just a few clicks and your done.
My next one which just finished DLing is DamageControl 3.0. He advertised well. Sposed to be quick stable and battery saving. All benefits to me.
I also use Titanium Backup so I can restore my customizations. Saves a bunch of time as well. Be careful though cuz a customization on one ROM could mean a bootloop on another.
I use OMJ's Vanilla "eclair" rom with all the sprint and htc crap removed. it's glorious!
Fresh 0.2 for me. Just because I liked his stuff on the hero.
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Fresh 0.2. Flipz always did me right with my hero. Tried out the Evolution Froyo rom just to see how Froyo ran on the Evo. Definately nice. Can't wait to have a fully working rom. Tried OMJ for a while. Will probably stick with Fresh rom. He makes a pretty stable rom and always has some tricks up his sleeves for the next build.
I'm running RvU 1.3.2. I then used Buggless bloatware removal, installed Overclock..
I did it because of battery drain.. Before, I was getting about 8-12 hours of use + sleep (3g). Now, I'm pushing 35-40 with use and sleep (these results are when using wifi only, I'm still experimenting with 3g).
DamageControl v3 but switched to EVOlution V7 last night and it's running great.
Stuck switching between FroYo and DC.
I would love to have everything working, but it's just so hard with how sexy FroYo is
Flipz "Fresh Evo 0.2" ... and i upgraded to .3 using ROM Manager.
Running Baked Snack .7 . Stupid fast and I love his customization to the battery icon, notifications and the notification bar. Plus the battery life has been improved as well.
EVOlution v7...If I need a camera ill just load my saved 2.1 in a couple minutes and roll..
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only tried fresh although I think it has a memory leak because my available memory keeps on going down the longer I keep my phone booted. Could be wrong.
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Stuck switching between FroYo and DC.
I would love to have everything working, but it's just so hard with how sexy FroYo is
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Same, cant pull myself way from Avalaunch's ROM, Froyo is too nice....
Right now I'm running DamageControl v3.0, I really wanna tryp flipz fresh .3 but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get into adb on my comp, I've been googling and going through posts here for a few hours now to no avail
Have flashed:
EVOlution: Amazing, but no cameras
Damaged 3.0/.1/.1.1: Nice, and a lot of innovative features, but was too buggy.
Currently running:
Bugless: It doesn't try to do anything fancy, and because of that, everything works great and its fast and sleek.
I am using the stock 2.2 rom for my G2. I have it rooted. I am wondering if someone has made the Notification Menu power control available at the following URL for the G2 Stock 2.2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9885714
Thanks for any help/suggestions.
There are probably some, but I've never looked into adding them to stock as CM6.1 and CM7 both have them integrated by default.
One thing I remember from trying to add these back when I had my Evo, is that it required a Deodexed rom to get to work properly (just from my experience). Trying to add these to the stock rooted rom on my Evo caused me nothing but headaches, and always seemed to interfere with other theme-ing. I just figured if I have to flash a deodexed stock rom, might as well just flash CM6 haha. Maybe someone can chime in that has successfully done this on the G2 though.
I looked for ways to add it to the stock 2.2 and in the end just went with a Cyanogen mod as it seemed like an easier option in the long run.
Is there a reason you want stock vs CM?
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Is there a reason you want stock vs CM?
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its my first android phone. Still learning all this stuff. Played with CM a little and a friends MyTouch 3g and it seemed really slow (maybe it was cause of the phone). Does it run better on this phone
Lightning fast at stocks peeds on my phone. ADW is a bit sluggish but easily replaced with ADW EX or Launcher Pro.
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its my first android phone. Still learning all this stuff. Played with CM a little and a friends MyTouch 3g and it seemed really slow (maybe it was cause of the phone). Does it run better on this phone
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Most of the slowdown can usually be attributed to user error, or ADW. In my experiences, ADW is much slower in scrolling etc. than ADW Ex, Launcher Pro, and especially the stock launcher.
I'd say give it a try and see how you like it. If you don't, you can always flash back to your backup of your stock ROM. I just think when it comes down to getting notification bar widget controls, flashing a new ROM is actually easier than trying to get them on the stock ROM unfortunately.
Thanks for the info guys!
Ill try it out and make sure i replace adw. What do you guys suggest? CM 6.x or CM 7.x
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Thanks for the info guys!
Ill try it out and make sure i replace adw. What do you guys suggest? CM 6.x or CM 7.x
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CM7 is stable. Just make sure to do a full data/cache/dalvik cache wipe before you flash. You also need to flash the Google Apps when you install it so be sure to check that box in ROM manager when u install.
If you're looking to take baby-steps, I'd try CM6 first.
Results may vary, but I'm getting 40+ hours of battery using CM6 as opposed to 20+ on CM7. Same moderate usage.
Once a week I flash a nightly and give it two days before I restore to CM6 to get my GPS and battery life back. They'll have it stable soon enough. Just have to keep supporting our amazing devs.
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Is there any true bugless/very minimally bugged ROM out there? Tried CM6, CM6, Evervolv, and some others. I'm talking something that can be fully fixed if there are bugs in it, or is there a ROM that will basically be a stock evo with the sprint garbage removed from it, i was wondering maybe I could stick a savagedzen kernel on it and get some better speed from it as well with bettery battery life. I know there is a fresh evo but I don't think that this ROM gets rid of the junkware sprint puts on? Since quadrant scores and the like are mostly useless I'm beginning to even wonder, are you "truly" getting any more speed out of a custom ROM over stock without getting bugs?
Right now I'm on CM7, everything is wonderful, of course except for the bugs. The random 3g -> 1x for no reason, making the internet not even usable. The random mini-lockups/terrible lag that I can get, etc are all just too annoying to deal with when they pop up. It's irritating when I go to my friends and say "here check this out, this thing has more battery life and as fast a he-...oh well actually my internet on it is bugging out right now and the lockscreen I have to really quick reboot for etc etc." What's the point of speed if these sort of things happen, you know? All of the flashiness of gingerbread is starting to urk me with all the bugs it brings, I haven't tried a froyo mod except for myns, I don't remember what kind of bugs I had in that, if any. What's the best way to go from here? Maybe give CM6 a try again and put SZen kernel on it?(I only ever tried it with stock) Thanks for any opinions/sorry for the mini text wall.
Newsflash: CM7 is buggy, and has always been buggy, hence the ever updated releases.
If you want a ROM that's as close to 100% stable as you can find, try the bigger Sense ROM's....
Are there any very stable AOSP ROMs? Especially gingerbread? Or do these only truly become stable when the real releases are out for the phones? Because If that's not the case, why not just run stock, you know? What's the real benefit? The only reason I rooted in the very beginning was to get rid of the junk Sprint has attached in the beginning. I don't mind sense. However ever since I've rooted I've been on a speed/battery hunt thinking I could get something majorly different. Is it even worth it? What is CM6 like with savagedzen for instance? Because that's what I'm thinking of trying next. Or are all AOSP going to have pretty hefty bugs with them one way or another due to the nature of them?
So far the new ports of the Shift roms are solid as a rock. Misfits for stock. Kings for some ultra themed ones and Zone23 for blue.
Give them a try you won't regret disappointed.
Try Misfits Speedy Port. Pretty stable with Sense 2.1. I'm making a rom based on that one that is stripped down, but not allowed to post dev forums yet
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Try Misfits Speedy Port. Pretty stable with Sense 2.1. I'm making a rom based on that one that is stripped down, but not allowed to post dev forums yet
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What are you gaining over a stock evo, though. Compared to this?
Years ago the phones were slow and bloated. You could install custom ROMs and actually notice an increase in speed.
With the phones coming out now they are already fast and if you root to look for a speed increase you might not notice much. You will notice all the bloatware gone though.
For a stable ROM I would look for a 2.2 Calk ROM or ones like that. They may not have been updated in awhile but that's because there isn't much to add or change. Everything works.
What about myns?
A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on Android OS. We now have CyanogenMod.
See I don't understand why the call them "release [clients?]", and then release a "full version", even when the full version is still buggy with devices. I stayed away from CM7 for that exact reason until they finally got the full version up. Once I stuck it on i was enjoying it so much but the bugs are just too annoying to deal with anymore. Can't even show off with it because of them popping up at the dumbest times and then it's like yeah so much for that awesome phone hack. I might go try myn's again or CM6, not sure. I just want the stock apps gone, and I want a stable environment. Speed is nice too. Being unique is nice, when it doesn't have huge drawbacks.
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What about myns?
A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on Android OS. We now have CyanogenMod.
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The more and more I think about it I don't remember having too many issues with myn's, so I may try that out again. Not sure. Is there any way to get that gingerbread lock off/on animation? That is something I'm really after, along with the gingerbread keyboard too.
On the sense side, I've found Koni's elite series III to be flawless...I'm currently running ava's ginger sense and haven't had any real issues with it either... can't go wrong with either of those.. just my two cents..
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No smart phone to date is bug free. Cm7 stable is best in my opinion and that 3g/1x bug you speak of isn't a bug but cm7 actually giving you the accurate data speed in the area you are in.
What recovery are u using amon 2.3 wipes fix most issue.when flashing like crazy I haven't had any issues with the roms . Sense or cm7 work fine. Try Elite 3 , Kings out of this world. Um to many to list. Always do a full wipe when flashing new roms.
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No smart phone to date is bug free. Cm7 stable is best in my opinion and that 3g/1x bug you speak of isn't a bug but cm7 actually giving you the accurate data speed in the area you are in.
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I know there isn't a "bug free" ROM or phone. But in terms of crippling bugs, CM7 at the moment for me is horrifying when I'm trying to show it to others especially.
As for the 3g/1x bug it is very real, and it's the worst. I get 1x for no reason inside my house and outside on occasion, it will then switch back to 3g if I restart the phone, or wait [sometimes an absurdly long time] until it fixes itself. I've not had that issue with any other ROMs, stock evo, gingerbread ROMs, or anything of the like. I've reflashed completely fresh with and without the GPS fix, with savagedzen and stock - no difference. Maybe it's just my phone, regardless though, there are so many people asking for help on different areas of CM7 it makes me not want to bother because it is not a truly stable rom for Evo for a lot of people. The battery charger bug I can deal with, mine lags to high hell when it's on the charger - that's something I can fix within an instant and not have it bother me. As for the 3g/1x, the random app mini freezes, the lockscreen not wanting to come on sometimes unless I hold down the button much longer until I restart, and other things of the sort, i cannot. It's not worth the flashy menus, and really the battery life is nothing near a froyo ROM, not even close. (I don't expect it to be).
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What recovery are u using amon 2.3 wipes fix most issue.when flashing like crazy I haven't had any issues with the roms . Sense or cm7 work fine. Try Elite 3 , Kings out of this world. Um to many to list. Always do a full wipe when flashing new roms.
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I use amon 2.3 as well, and I always full wipe after storing a backup on my comp (complete full wipe)
I played with my friend's stock unrooted evo yesterday and no joke, the thing randomly rebooted in my hands while doing nothing special at all.
With that said, any rom here is more stable than stock, but try SavageMod 1.2.1, most stable 2.3.3 I've tried.
I have to endorse Koni's. I ran it for over a month, until I flashed Giger today to pay with 'til Koni releases v.IV
It's not overly themed, perfectly smooth and everything I needed to work did fine, and not one FC the entire time I ran it.
The setup in my sig is how I had it set up. The only difference now, of course, is the ROM
I like sinister for stability, its V4 now and I can't think of a single issue with it.
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The more and more I think about it I don't remember having too many issues with myn's, so I may try that out again. Not sure. Is there any way to get that gingerbread lock off/on animation? That is something I'm really after, along with the gingerbread keyboard too.
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I always like ava's ROMs for fast and stable - Z4 isn't quite their yet, but give Z3 a shot.
No GB on/off animation mod as of yet, but you can add the GB keyboard to any ROM. There a quite a few diff ones from the themes and apps forum.
Gotta jump in here for some input...
If you just strictly want Sense, I was always a Myn Warm Two Point Two guy.
If you can't live without the screen off animation, Deck's Gingerbread is by far the way to go. Yes, it is built from CM7 to an extent but Deck really does a great job taking care of problems. There is a stable 1.0 and beta 1.2(x). Everyone likes CM7 because its popular and known, but honestly after using CM7 for awhile and then jumping to Deck's rom I will never look back.
If you want to remove the bloat from a stock sprint rom don't forget that you can always just do it by removing the apk's from your system with root explorer or through ADB.
How to through ADB:
--adb remount
--adb shell
-- cd /system/app
--ls
-- Once all the apps show up, you just type: rm <insert the apk name here.apk>
--reboot your phone and BAMMMMM!
Have a boss and a coworker who just picked up the Nexus S 4g...
Currently I've got an Epic that's got a real nice fast stable ROM on it, so I didn't opt for the upgrade to the nexus, thinking I'd grab a dual core phone when one came out.
To the question: Boss and coworker are tech ppl, do you think it's worth it to upgrade them to different roms? Cyanogen would be what I went with. However, the whole reason this was required on the Epic was because of the awful job sprint and samsung did with it. With this being a pure google phone it seems to be nice and fast right out of the box. I noticed the GPS is a bit weak, I guess that's normal for samsung crap?
Anyway, what do you think? Keep in mind they aren't going to be happy if their phone breaks on a friday/sat/sun/worknight/vacation because I put a ROM on it.
Would you do it? Or just Root them and leave it stock?
I'd just leave their phone stock. It's your boss / co-worker, rooting your phone requires maintenance. The current CM7 stable is running Android 2.3.3, the nightlies are on 2.3.4. 2.3.4 is far more faster. Nightlies are stable, but a few bugs need to be tweaked out.
Besides, I wouldn't do it on my bosses' phone. Anything goes "wrong," its your fault.
I would try openSoju its fast and incredibly stable. Not a huge improvement from stock though.
so there isnt a huge upgrade from stock? what are the differences?
Like I said I know on the epic, it was speed, gps actually worked, etc.
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so there isnt a huge upgrade from stock? what are the differences?
Like I said I know on the epic, it was speed, gps actually worked, etc.
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+ Extra Speed (Yeah NS is fast.. but even faster when you mod it)
+ Custom Kernel (This is the huge one)
... Voodoo Color
... Voodoo Sound
... and more (visit a kernel thread for its full features)
+ Notification bar widget (your pull down.. those buttons, they're customizable)
+ Music Control on lock screen
+ Lock screen mods
basically everything. go do your own homework on these ROMs. everything is right there. I don't want to just paraphrase what is already said. Just go to the dev forum and look for yourself.
I personally wouldn't mess with their phones because its their phones. They should decide for themselves.
Rooting and flashing ROMs requires maintenance. If you don't flash a newer version a bug can mess with your phone from causing it to be a day to day thing. What if a new OTA comes? You'd have to update their phone (or themselves if they even know how to).
Basically, if you root their phone. Their phone's responsibility is built upon you. If you want that burden then you can root it and do that, but I personally don't want that. Up to you.
I would root their phones, just to do it ;D
I would also leave it stock, other than netarchy kernel. Thats the setup that I always go back to, very solid, fast as hell at 1.2ghz, and no maintenance or issues to worry about. The NS4G is very fast out of box, but I still notice a few hang ups opening and closing certain apps with the stock kernel. The netarchy kernel makes that stuff almost non-existent. Plus, if you say they are tech people, they will like the options being rooted adds to it. Just my thoughts...
yes I already rooted them for them.
I was just wondering if it's worth a custom rom/kernal.
Maybe I'll throw a kernal on the bosses phone... he'd notice the difference
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I'd just leave their phone stock. It's your boss / co-worker, rooting your phone requires maintenance. The current CM7 stable is running Android 2.3.3, the nightlies are on 2.3.4. 2.3.4 is far more faster. Nightlies are stable, but a few bugs need to be tweaked out.
Besides, I wouldn't do it on my bosses' phone. Anything goes "wrong," its your fault.
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FYI, there is no CM7 stable for the NS4G. The nightlies use 2.3.4, which is all the NS4G ever had.
Well if you're already rooted, you're already committed to maintenance when it comes to new software releases.
Install a new kernel on there and add BLN Control. That's really all you need to do.
Flash mikyinids deodex rom you'll get the netarchy kernel and the option to theme or add on things like the quick panel yet keep the is stock.
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Two options in my mind:
1. Keep it stock but rooted and flash a custom kernel for voodoo +BLN.
2. Flash MIUI.
MIUI is a little buggy, has no WiMax, requires maintenance and constant flashing so I'd stick with #1.
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I'd do flash a kernel and install setcpu and adfree. I've tried every ROM out there and always go back to stock. I have yet to try a ROM that works 100%. This google ROM just works.
This phone isn't like others, we don't have bloatware that needs to be removed.
On CM7 nightly 17 w/ netarchy kernel and running UV voltages and everything has been super stable for me. I use my phone for work.. lots of voice, email and texting and never had a crash or anything. The only weirdness is with voodoo color when I unlock the phone. Another weird thing is the lag when I use the dialer with a BT headset. other than that everything works great.
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I'd do flash a kernel and install setcpu and adfree. I've tried every ROM out there and always go back to stock. I have yet to try a ROM that works 100%. This google ROM just works.
This phone isn't like others, we don't have bloatware that needs to be removed.
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I fully concur.
Has anyone done a side by side comparison of the ROMs available for the MT4G?
I have been reading forum after forum and blog after blog, but most are so technical I'm just not getting the basic idea of what each ROM has to offer.
I see CM7 based ones and MIUI based ones, Sense based ones and Iced Glacier and it is all very confusing. I really just want to know a bottom line of what comes in it and what it looks like. How will it be different then the stock ROM in my phone now?
I don't have the know-how and experience of a developer but I'm not computer illiterate either.
I have however rooted my phone for the first time just a few days ago and want to do it right and make sure I am getting what I am looking for without losing anything in the process. Which is basically, no more TMo bloatware, faster CPU, longer battery life, customizable fonts, colors, sounds, etc and the ability to take screen shots.
I don't use the Sense and basic apps that came on the phone, I have LauncherPro and use Folder Organizer for my home screens, Dolphin HD for browsing, SwiftKey X as a keyboard, Handcent for SMS, Gmail for email, Astro for files, Doubletwist for media and am in the process of looking for a replacement for the Gallery. And I want to keep all of my customizations in those as well if possible.
This can all be so overwhelming because there is just sooo much info out there on the subject and so many different opinions and ways to do things. So any help or advice that can make the 'choosing a ROM' process a little easier will be so greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!
Thanks!
Jen
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Oh and let's not forget that apparently some ROMs then seem to have their own little differences between Stable, Experimental and Nightly...??? Someone please simplify for me! This root & rom noob greatly appreciates your patience and help.
IMO you should just go on a flashing spree and see which ones you like best, AOSP roms will probably have the best battery life vs sense based roms by a few hours.
But for me I like sense's integrated interface and the camera/gallery. I take a lot of pictures and the camera that comes with virtuous unity is awesome + the gallery that comes with it with it's effects (i know there are apps that do that too but the effects done by this gallery is pretty amazing)
Anyways if you're flashing a new rom you will have to redo your customization. Backup your apps using titanium backup or mybackup root or pro. (mybackup seems to be easiest to restore apps but if using titanium restore APP only because restoring data will sometimes cause problems)
Every ROM is better than stock.
Now the Roms:
Sense rom: Try Virtuous Unity first, it's amazing and my daily driver if you can get version 1.29 it seems to be more stable, that's what i'm on.
1.31 supposedly has draining issues for a few.
Looks: it's based off sensation, it's actually really amazing.
Miui rom: I haven't try this YET.. but if you like the iphone UI try this out
CM7/AOSP: I say start out with Royalginger, you can't go wrong with it, it's the rom that got me into this flashing craze in the first place. Think of it as CM7 supercharged.
i'm actually gonna try faux aosp next.
Looks:think smooth and quick
iced glaciers: no comment i think they're based off froyo? not sure.
There are also those gingerbread leaked roms. They're basically the new gingerbread 2.3.4 OS for mytouch4g with special modifications.
Note you should let the rom settle in a couple days to determine the battery usage of it.
If you're planning to flash CM7 you should just stick with the stable ones as you're new to this. think experimental builds as Beta and nightlies are alpha.
I switch around royalginger and virtuous unity can't go wrong with those. I just love virtuous unity camera and gallery.
every app you're using can be installed in any of the roms so don't worry about that. They'll look the same on each rom. You can make it look like what you're using now too plus it'll run quicker and smoother... and longer.
I suggest trying out Opera browser vs Dolphin, i was using dolphin but found that opera is much smoother. except i do like some of dolphin's feature.
no comments on keyboards because i only use swype 3.7 (it's swype + touch input keyboards together!)
I started out using handcent but found gosms quicker
quickpic and 3dgallery are popular choices.
oh when using each rom remember to check the APN in setting>wireless>mobile networks> access point names and see if it's on tmobile and not on anything else. I actually suggest deleting any other listed APNs
happy flashing!
That's some great info, Teo, and exactly the kind of input I'm looking for. Thanks!
Sorraia3 said:
That's some great info, Teo, and exactly the kind of input I'm looking for. Thanks!
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You should look at some youtube videos. That should give you a clear idea of what each ROM has to offer.
mackster248 said:
You should look at some youtube videos. That should give you a clear idea of what each ROM has to offer.
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Good idea, Mackster. I'll do that. Thanks!
I have been running miui and virtuous unity for some time now. While sense does have some nice eye candy, you cant go wrong with the kind of battery life and speed you can get aosp. The fastest rom i have tried to date is miui, I have not gotten higher quadrant scores on any other rom and i have tried them all. With the new phone i also recommend that you get familiar with radios and kernels too. Radios can make a big difference with battery life, cell reception and data speeds. Try out the panache radio, it seems to work best for me.
Check out the ROMs listed in the Resource bible. They are divided by android version and subdivided by base (aosp, sense, and miui.)
I dont have a side by side comparison since there are over 50 ROMS listed however I did start a POLL this month in the Resource Bible so you can view the results and see what ROMs others prefer.
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Thank you, junkie. I will check out both of those and will definitely start researching radios.
Thanks, Halfcalf... I will check out the bible and Great idea with the poll! It will be a big help seeing which are the more popular ones to help narrow it down. I definitely don't want to flash 50 different roms trying to decide. Lol
forgot to mention i think miui, latest cm7 nighly, virtuous unity all have a native screenshot thing. royalginger doesn't. not sure about faux
Teo032 said:
forgot to mention i think miui, latest cm7 nighly, virtuous unity all have a native screenshot thing. royalginger doesn't. not sure about faux
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Faux 1.29 doesn't have a native screenshot. It does support the market ones fine though. Also you can get some ridiculous speed and battery life on that ROM with well-thought SetCpu profiles.