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No more 2.1 rom developing?

What happened to all the 2.1 fun? A leaked 2.2 drops and all of a sudden 2.1 dev'ing is a ghost town. 2.2 leak was ok, but I prefer the flawlessness of my TW2.1 set-up.
I take it everyone moved on?

2.2 brings alot of benefits to the platform as a whole, as a result alot of developers were actually waiting on 2.2 before starting development (ie. Cyanogen - however not sure where it is heading at the moment). There are some developers who started on 2.1 just because it was all we had at that time, but now that 2.2 is available there's no point in going back.

Why not? 2.1 is stable as hell. Until CM is released I see myself staying on tw final r1.
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And...I know it is all about moving forward, but I didn't really see much difference on a 2.2 rom. Our devs are so good, no discernible difference was to be had (for me).

TheSneakerWhore said:
And...I know it is all about moving forward, but I didn't really see much difference on a 2.2 rom. Our devs are so good, no discernible difference was to be had (for me).
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Just because you didn't notice the differences, doesn't mean they are not there. Flash player, copy/paste features, voice actions, etc...

I know it sounds silly, but I really like the drag tool when you are editing a line of text with the little drop down.

Like you said, 2.1 was already, "flawlessness" and "stable as hell" why mess with something thats not broken and room for little improvement as opposed to 2.2, where the development ceiling is much higher

Yea...I like seeing progress and will update to 2.2 once things get a bit more stable (admittedly I haven't used the new features--I'm pretty boring). I just feel like sometimes everyone looks to the future asap and once a dead horse is almost beaten no more support goes that way and those who like to play it safe only have a few flavors left.
I just really like 2.1--and would want a 2.2+ that makes me smile just as wide.

there are several 2.2 roms that are stable. i have tried them all and i am currently running obsidian v5 for now. having flash and all of the other goodies makes it worth it.

kizer said:
I know it sounds silly, but I really like the drag tool when you are editing a line of text with the little drop down.
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+1!! such a small feature, but it is so useful!!!
TheSneakerWhore said:
Yea...I like seeing progress and will update to 2.2 once things get a bit more stable (admittedly I haven't used the new features--I'm pretty boring). I just feel like sometimes everyone looks to the future asap and once a dead horse is almost beaten no more support goes that way and those who like to play it safe only have a few flavors left.
I just really like 2.1--and would want a 2.2+ that makes me smile just as wide.
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there are plenty of solid 2.1 roms. when tw has a bionix final and a fusion that's either final or close, plus aosp like roms, plus all of eugene's roms, 2.1 has been done thoroughly.
i'd recommend you try one of the good, new 2.2s like axura, obsidian, or macnut and see if it changes your mind. it's not just new features of 2.2, i went from 1.2ghz oc/uv core kernel with fusion to stock kernel obsidian, both with no lagfixes, and was benchmarking about exactly the same, which i found pretty impressive.

hows ur battery
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I tried onyx...it was really nice.
I tried mac nut...it was nice as well.
I just love my bionix final and core r310 more. It's just me being picky...when I had a mt3gs I had tons of options. Samsung has screwed the pooch and thus we are limited. Like I said earlier, I'm kind of boring...i like flashing, but rarely use things to the entire extent.
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established said:
hows ur battery
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1day 13hours 50min since unplugged (at full charge, i'm reconditioning the battery) with 35% remaining... with what's probably considered light usage: some web browsing (mostly on wifi), moderate texting, a little angry birds and sudokus, etc.
i'm using axura 2.0.4, first time i've flashed axura and i've been very impressed with it.

established said:
hows ur battery
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Great!
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kizer said:
I know it sounds silly, but I really like the drag tool when you are editing a line of text with the little drop down.
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+1. I love that too.
And yeah, honestly, even though it's a "leak", 2.2 has made it to the stable levels of 2.1 ROMS. I've been using Axura since it came out, and even the first build was just great, and now everything seems to have worked itself out, I literally don't have one feature I cannot do on this ROM, everything works. And if for some reason something doesn't, it must not be that important to me because I haven't noticed haha.

Lol this is an insult someone complaining for old firmware..... how retarded move on everything your had in 2.1 plus more in 2.2 lol
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ColbyRyptos said:
Lol this is an insult someone complaining for old firmware..... how retarded move on everything your had in 2.1 plus more in 2.2 lol
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Eh, the term "leak" scares people off, including myself actually. But once I saw so many positive comments about Axura that's when I finally took the dive. I know people seem to love Obsidian, but everytime I enter that forum it's just posts upon posts of people not only having problems, but with bricked phones/having to odin to stock/ etc etc. I highly recommend Axura, I've never used Odin to recover or get anything working. It's real easy, and even more rewarding.
PS This isn't a post to spark defense for Obsidian, obviously it works for some people, but just my observations.

kinda goes without saying, but: you are always free to carry on the 2.1 development torch if you think it's a worthwhile venture.

TheSneakerWhore said:
Why not? 2.1 is stable as hell. Until CM is released I see myself staying on tw final r1.
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I agree...at this stage 2.1 baked firmwares are stable as hell...which is also why there's little reason to bother tweaking them further.
It's really about resource and time management I think. We're weeks away from 2.1 being a distant memory officially, so there's little reason to play in that pond anymore.

To beat the dead horse even more:
Not much more can be done with Eclair.... and frankly, now that there is a froyo (with JIT compiler) why would you want to keep wasting time on it? I understand (and agree) that the Eclair builds we have are incredible ones... and there is of course things that could make them better, but why bother?
Froyo is a daily driver, incredibly stable and it brings a lot more to the table. Any developer is going to want to play with the new toy, and this is it. When there is another leak or OTA, THAT will be the new toy. And THIS leak did come from a T Mobile employee (who will continue to go unknown for his services) so there is no real worry issue here.
People on XDA tend to want this too... I flashed my phone probably 7 times in the past 2 weeks. Not because I needed to, but because there was a new rom or a new update... always going to want the latest/greatest.
Also, I am positive my froyo is faster than any eclair you have, it has very good battery life and it can do more....
REALLY wanting to see Axura 2.0.5 available....

[Q] Axura 2.3.1 or Trigger 2.5?

Currently on Bionix v and it's just too tempting.... time to flash!
Any advice for me? The choice is the latest release of Axura (2.3.1) or Trigger (2.5)...
Which way would you go???

I have been tempted to flash bionix. I seen videos and looks to be very impressive. why are you switching?

xxcaponexx said:
I have been tempted to flash bionix. I seen videos and looks to be very impressive. why are you switching?
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First let me say that I think that all of the Devs here do a fantastic job, and in the end it is probably a bit subjective as to which ROM you prefer. I have seen many say that both Axura and Trigger are the bomb... and there is only one way to find out! The only other reason would be that it appears that the Devs of these ROM's are a bit more responsive - not that TW is not - it just somehow seems that they are a bit overwhelmed (more users, more questions?) and many of the answers come from other users rather than the DEV's .... not bad, just different. Again, I'm not flaming anyone - all of the DEV's here are amazing!

I'd go for Axura because I've been wanting to try it. But earlier this week I flashed Flagship (coming from Bionix) and I haven't been displeased at all.
But it's all personal preference.

I flashed Trigger 2.1 couple a days ago with DoW kernel by Morphic and I can tell you that this beast is incredible fast and so smooth. Couple of months ago I hated my vibrant but now it's running at its real capacity.
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2.2.1 stock beta 2. also works great with the DOW14 kernel.

This is interesting... I would have thought that Axura 2.3.1 would run away with the vote as it is a more mature ROM....

TASTE THEM ALL!
BIONIX today
AXURA tomorrow
TRIGGER the next....
and then go back to cycling to Bionix! lolol

ndwgs said:
TASTE THEM ALL!
BIONIX today
AXURA tomorrow
TRIGGER the next....
and then go back to cycling to Bionix! lolol
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and by the time you try them all, there will be new ones and new versions of them. lol.

I'd go with axura best rom I've used...I've used bionix v and bionix v 1.2, koffeblack (bad didn't appeal to me just launcher pro with a custom dock) , some touch wiz rom with LG optimus 2x Widgets (forgot it's name) , Loki 1-3 (really good), and axura (its fast, stable, and sexy with tons of themes). I haven't used trigger yet but I hear its good. Its up for you to decide but I prefer axura the most and I know most people would if they tried it out also! It also comes stock with launcher pro, adw, zeam (I use this) , and Eugene's gingerbread launcher not Steven lins. It also has a custom star wars unlock screen plus the best transition I've seen and you can make them extra smooth by making it slow on spare parts app which is included .
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flip a coin you will be happy with both I've used both and they are different but equal.
You will smile no matter what

You can try different themes and launchers instead
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funeralthirst said:
and by the time you try them all, there will be new ones and new versions of them. lol.
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LMAO... Exactly...
Then, you flash again.... LOL
Then you become a crack flashing addict...
Then attend FA (Flashing Annonymous) **which i currently am now**
But all seriousness... Do TRY them ALL until you find that sweetspot for the phone....

ndwgs said:
LMAO... Exactly...
Then, you flash again.... LOL
Then you become a crack flashing addict...
Then attend FA (Flashing Annonymous) **which i currently am now**
But all seriousness... Do TRY them ALL until you find that sweetspot for the phone....
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YUP, you will end up worse than a naked man running through the park..... you will end up suffering from extreme flasheritius, always flashing the next new rom, with a constant grin on your face that no one can remove. AND ! you will know it is a problem when you refer to your phone as "brother"

oka1 said:
YUP, you will end up worse than a naked man running through the park..... you will end up suffering from extreme flasheritius, always flashing the next new rom, with a constant grin on your face that no one can remove. AND ! you will know it is a problem when you refer to your phone as "brother"
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Happened to me I still don't see a difference between the bionix roms yet I still downloaded the just to try lol but I stuck with axura to me the best rom I've used and it's really stable I don't think I can better!
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ndwgs said:
TASTE THEM ALL!
BIONIX today
AXURA tomorrow
TRIGGER the next....
and then go back to cycling to Bionix! lolol
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LOL, sounds like I'm getting ready for a hot date! Maybe we need to start referring to the ROM's as women!

duboi97 said:
I'd go with axura best rom I've used...I've used bionix v and bionix v 1.2, koffeblack (bad didn't appeal to me just launcher pro with a custom dock) , some touch wiz rom with LG optimus 2x Widgets (forgot it's name) , Loki 1-3 (really good), and axura (its fast, stable, and sexy with tons of themes). I haven't used trigger yet but I hear its good. Its up for you to decide but I prefer axura the most and I know most people would if they tried it out also! It also comes stock with launcher pro, adw, zeam (I use this) , and Eugene's gingerbread launcher not Steven lins. It also has a custom star wars unlock screen plus the best transition I've seen and you can make them extra smooth by making it slow on spare parts app which is included .
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Wow, thanks for this! I have watched Master's thread too, and it seems that he is concentrating on one build and making it better and better.

Just for confirmation, flashing between these three great roms: Axura/Trigger/Bionix-V, one DOES NOT need to disable voodoo, correct??

frisbee912 said:
Just for confirmation, flashing between these three great roms: Axura/Trigger/Bionix-V, one DOES NOT need to disable voodoo, correct??
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I can say for sure Axura and Bionix don't need it as I have gone between them often.

Personally, I love Axura. It's fast, rock-stable, and there are a nice variety of themes and mods all on their home site (Devsforandroid.com).
I'm a pretty demanding user, and I havn't had any problems or even a moment of lag or buggieness with this ROM.
Just my 2 cents, of course, spend it as you will.

KP's Beta #4 vs Ninja vs Red Pill

I figured since there are 3 really good ROMs out right now, but I don't have the time to really test them out, I figure I would ask the question here.
Kenneth's Beta #4
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Dorian's Red Pill
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Sam's Ninja
What are the pros and cons of each that you guys have noticed? I'm looking to jump to one, but don't have all the time in the world. I've left out CherryBlur since it's based off of 4.5.2 and I would like to use themes Nottach has created.

kshiuan said:
I figured since there are 3 really good ROMs out right now, but I don't have the time to really test them out, I figure I would ask the question here.
Kenneth's Beta #4
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Dorian's Red Pill
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Sam's Ninja
What are the pros and cons of each that you guys have noticed? I'm looking to jump to one, but don't have all the time in the world.
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your asking about personal preference which can be dangerous since people want to believe they are always right lol so be wary im using ken's rom and its pretty stock to what was released is really fast nice ui and can be flashed back, all these roms run well so its all a matter of which ui appeals to you if you like the new version of motoblur then thats mostly kens if u want a gingerbread(black and green) thats ninja although im not sure if the dock is on gb yet and im not aware of what red pill looks like but to be straight forward so far the two ive run sams and kens both run great its a ui preference.

I run Cherryblur and its my favorite so far, then I say Kenns since its just a stock ATT rom which is why it has the least amount of bugs.

TechnoNeto said:
your asking about personal preference which can be dangerous since people want to believe they are always right lol so be wary im using ken's rom and its pretty stock to what was released is really fast nice ui and can be flashed back, all these roms run well so its all a matter of which ui appeals to you if you like the new version of motoblur then thats mostly kens if u want a gingerbread(black and green) thats ninja although im not sure if the dock is on gb yet and im not aware of what red pill looks like but to be straight forward so far the two ive run sams and kens both run great its a ui preference.
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Alright sounds good. I wasn't too sure in terms of performance. I didn't know it was basically a ui thing.

kshiuan said:
Alright sounds good. I wasn't too sure in terms of performance. I didn't know it was basically a ui thing.
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ya althoug other roms claim to have performance tweaks they are all based of the same thing we dont have any roms that arent based off of the att stock one, yet lol

KP's rom with extras
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182545

i created ninja, i cn personally tell you i created it from att stock 100% ninja speed freak is the fastest rom available, prob the most stable too. as it is the one that has the least amount of mods. ninjas goals are too create the most stable base for anyone to modify themselfs. i have one confirm rom comming soon based off ninja speed freak.
kenns and navalynts are also great works. but they have different goals.
once im done working on cm7 and gentop ninja will be compile from source. based off aosp.

I love Ninja SF! tried cherryblur, too buggy for my tastes. And then KP'S rom was nice, but its just stock.
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samcripp said:
i created ninja, i cn personally tell you i created it from att stock 100% ninja speed freak is the fastest rom available, prob the most stable too. as it is the one that has the least amount of mods. ninjas goals are too create the most stable base for anyone to modify themselfs. i have one confirm rom comming soon based off ninja speed freak.
kenns and navalynts are also great works. but they have different goals.
once im done working on cm7 and gentop ninja will be compile from source. based off aosp.
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i was looking to try ninja the most. however, i was still wondering what speed freak was compared to the original. i looked through the thread and couldn't really see anything detailing what speed freak change over the regular ninja. thanks sam.

kshiuan said:
i was looking to try ninja the most. however, i was still wondering what speed freak was compared to the original. i looked through the thread and couldn't really see anything detailing what speed freak change over the regular ninja. thanks sam.
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speed freak is a bit leaner and prepackg with fauxs kernel!

samcripp said:
speed freak is a bit leaner and prepackg with fauxs kernel!
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With no battery drain? I thought faux's kernel was causing battery drain issues.

kshiuan said:
With no battery drain? I thought faux's kernel was causing battery drain issues.
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Fauxs kernel doesn't give me any drain. On the contrary, my battery life is amazing! I'm undervolted and OC'D
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Ninja SF for the win.
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Sinful Animosity said:
Fauxs kernel doesn't give me any drain. On the contrary, my battery life is amazing! I'm undervolted and OC'D
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Oh. I'm an idiot. I've been gone too long. Getting thrown into this after GB and the rush of ROMs and kernel being created is bogging down on me...I apologize to the community.

I have been using CherryBlur v0.5 with faux123's latest kernel and Mattedblues theme. Battery life seems pretty good, speed is wonderful and everything just works. I haven't tried any of the other ROM's because I have everything setup like I want it and just don't feel like setting up again. I will not run the later CherryBlur ROM's because the themes will not work with them. Right now I believe all of the ROM's should perform pretty similar since they are all based off of the same source(except for CherryBlur v1+).

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KP's rom with extras
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yep... that's my favorite

Ninja Speed Freak v0.4.5. FTW

Anyone notice touchscreen lag or unresponsiveness on any of these ROMs? I just tried out all 3 actually, and all 3 of them have the same issue where my touches don't get registered if I'm using the touchscreen heavily.

Ninja SF all day everyday even on a Sunday. I like what Sam has done with his rom. Plus I like Sam's style! KP's is nice too. Red pill is red duh I know but I hate the color and because of that I haven't tried it.
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i tried cherry and ronaldo's mod kens' beta 4.5
cherry is super smooth but it only has three page homescreen
beta 4.5 is a bit lag when going through page to page. but still acceptable.
i like ronaldo's mod kens' beta 4.5 better

Bionix-v or bionix frost or bionix nextgen

Im using bionix v right now and I.love how snappy it is. I wanna know the other versions are. Are they as snappy as bionix v? Stable? Thanks
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Out of all of them, I prefer Bionix-V, Gingerbread look, snappy, fast, it's awesome. <3

Aoght thanks. So far bionix v has been my favorite rom out of aall the ones I've tried. But I wanted to get a more updated one with the same benefits.
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Im running bionix v 1.3.1 and I've made some changes to it using some tweeks used in toxic 8 and made this rom twice as snappy with awsome battery life like that of toxic 8 if interested just say the word
I used the script manager ,kick ass kernel tweaks,bali kernel,kb5 modem, and the build.prop from toxic crazy 8.....had to modify it a tiny bit....
Your probly wondering why I went thru all this trouble...
I love both rims but found a few bugs in craxy8 that I couldn't stand.....and after a little while other aspects of the rom started getting glitchy.....and since the creater of toxic crazy 8 has moved on.....I chose not to bother him with it.....
I found no issues with bionix other than battery life wasn't nearly as good as toxic crazy 8 and wasn't quite as fast and snappy.....so I took it apon myself to merge what I feel to be the 2 best 2.2 roms together..well sorta mixed them

I have used Bionix v1.3.1 with Bali kernel for a long time and it is the most stable rom I have used on the Vibrant. My brother uses Nextgen V2 with Immortality v2.2 and that is super snappy too. V2 seems to have a different launcher by default, and generally has more third party apps preinstalled (I delete them with Titanium Backup).
For some odd reason, that same combo does not work on my Vibrant and crashes a lot. I guess even between the same phone there are differences within that we do not know about (the color on screen also looks different...and it has nothing to do with Voodoo color). Good luck finding your favorite rom/kernel combo!

Shortbus-Driver said:
Im running bionix v 1.3.1 and I've made some changes to it using some tweeks used in toxic 8 and made this rom twice as snappy with awsome battery life like that of toxic 8 if interested just say the word
I used the script manager ,kick ass kernel tweaks,bali kernel,kb5 modem, and the build.prop from toxic crazy 8.....had to modify it a tiny bit....
Your probly wondering why I went thru all this trouble...
I love both rims but found a few bugs in craxy8 that I couldn't stand.....and after a little while other aspects of the rom started getting glitchy.....and since the creater of toxic crazy 8 has moved on.....I chose not to bother him with it.....
I found no issues with bionix other than battery life wasn't nearly as good as toxic crazy 8 and wasn't quite as fast and snappy.....so I took it apon myself to merge what I feel to be the 2 best 2.2 roms together..well sorta mixed them
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Lmao I would do all that but.I would hate the strubble. How much battery life do you get out of it?
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abszer0 said:
I have used Bionix v1.3.1 with Bali kernel for a long time and it is the most stable rom I have used on the Vibrant. My brother uses Nextgen V2 with Immortality v2.2 and that is super snappy too. V2 seems to have a different launcher by default, and generally has more third party apps preinstalled (I delete them with Titanium Backup).
For some odd reason, that same combo does not work on my Vibrant and crashes a lot. I guess even between the same phone there are differences within that we do not know about (the color on screen also looks different...and it has nothing to do with Voodoo color). Good luck finding your favorite rom/kernel combo!
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Thanks man. I keep hearing about bionix with bali kernal. I want to try it out but I could never find it. Do you think you could give me the link? If it ain't a big deal?
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mksin11 said:
Thanks man. I keep hearing about bionix with bali kernal. I want to try it out but I could never find it. Do you think you could give me the link? If it ain't a big deal?
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Bali Thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043947
I like 1.8.8UV Myself

Sorry I don't answer battery life questions....that question bugs the hell out of me.
Its different for everyone ....far to many variables

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Sorry I don't answer battery life questions....that question bugs the hell out of me.
Its different for everyone ....far to many variables
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Oh Aight sorry then man. Thanks anywy
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Lol nothing to be sorry about my friend.....im just sayin

They're all great, but Frost is very old, it was (i think one of)the first SGS4G ports, it was 2.2.1, but it had its bugs, and was very laggy without a custom kernel. Bionix V 1.3.1 or Bionix NextGen v2 is your best bet if you want a TW froyo rom.

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They're all great, but Frost is very old, it was (i think one of)the first SGS4G ports, it was 2.2.1, but it had its bugs, and was very laggy without a custom kernel. Bionix V 1.3.1 or Bionix NextGen v2 is your best bet if you want a TW froyo rom.
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Im actually gonna go test out passion for a while. I've been switching back and forth and neo.just came out with v6 and it looks.like such an improvement. Besides that though. I think im just gonna stay with bionix v if anything as mt main rom. Unless I like passion more
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Favorite ROMS

I don't know about u guys but mine is sense 2.1/3.0 cuz it has a mix of things and its smooth ! (Mikg) wats urs?
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I have to say, I've grown to enjoy what Sense 3.5 has to offer. I fully intend the remainder of my phones on contract life to be spent with either Nils Business GingerSense 3.5 or (my currently installed rom) Warm TwoPointThree. I missed out on Warm TwoPointTwo and all it's heyday so I'm fully enjoying my first ever run with the Warm series.
Side note, I think my next android phone will spend its life on AOSP either because:
A) it's a Nexus device
B) I rooted/installed an AOSP rom

My current favs are Stock+/Inc-Deck GB/OMGB
I never have had a good experience with sense 3.0+ roms, too slow and I dont want to overclock although some of the roms are built really well. AOSP is really nice on our old hardware and always runs clean.

SlimSnoopOS said:
I have to say, I've grown to enjoy what Sense 3.5 has to offer. I fully intend the remainder of my phones on contract life to be spent with either Nils Business GingerSense 3.5 or (my currently installed rom) Warm TwoPointThree. I missed out on Warm TwoPointTwo and all it's heyday so I'm fully enjoying my first ever run with the Warm series.
Side note, I think my next android phone will spend its life on AOSP either because:
A) it's a Nexus device
B) I rooted/installed an AOSP rom
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Yea sense 3.5 is REALLY great but also is REALLY laggy but overall I find it to be one if the best too.
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bukithd said:
My current favs are Stock+/In-Deck GB/OMGB
I never have had a good experience with sense 3.0+ roms, too slow and I dont want to overclock although some of the roms are built really well. AOSP is really nice on our old hardware and always runs clean.
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I agree
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I'm on Inc-Deck-GB myself, I guess that probably answers the question.
with special props to SkyRaider 4.+... that was the best sense ROM. I would still use it if it had ever got updated to Gingerbread.

I've never tried MikG, Downloading and flashing tonight ^.^ hows the battery life? What kernel do you use etc? My personal fav has always been CM7

Cm7 loyalist no doubt. It gives the best performance, support, and customization of any rom. When I get a new phone, ill be shopping on the base of roms, and cm7 support is a must.
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-

watt9493 said:
Cm7 loyalist no doubt. It gives the best performance, support, and customization of any rom. When I get a new phone, ill be shopping on the base of roms, and cm7 support is a must.
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
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same here, love CM7. With heavy customization from android kitchen and other apps I'm loving my phone and don't have any urge to try other ROMs (maybe a bad thing?)
Sense always gave my phone a little more bloat, no matter how small it was, I'm still all for faster and leaner so that's why I've been stuck to CM7.

Just loaded up MikG and its booted, but its at the mikmikmik wallpaper, and no unlock screen, i can see the battery, time 3g and signal bar though..

Fergusonfox7 said:
Just loaded up MikG and its booted, but its at the mikmikmik wallpaper, and no unlock screen, i can see the battery, time 3g and signal bar though..
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Same happened to me on that rom a few times. I got it booted on my first flash but after that, none.
If you want a fun rom to play around with I suggest anyone of the super stock AOSP roms i.e. OMGB/Bugless Beast. What better way to customize than to start with the bare bones.

MIUI with my WP7 customizations runs like a boss. I underclock to 245/128 when I listen to music only and it runs as maybe a 700 MHz Sense rom would, while getting maybe days of battery.

I'm using Stock Plus with a bunch of themes I blended together. My favorite ROM of all time was WarmZ though. What I would give to have it in Gingerbread form... its what's in my sig actually.

Fergusonfox7 said:
Just loaded up MikG and its booted, but its at the mikmikmik wallpaper, and no unlock screen, i can see the battery, time 3g and signal bar though..
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U format boot and system ?
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Fergusonfox7 said:
I've never tried MikG, Downloading and flashing tonight ^.^ hows the battery life? What kernel do you use etc? My personal fav has always been CM7
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Battery life isn't the best but its still great I use tinys latest kernel 12/31
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Redemption 2.2 my battery life was beast haha froyo. Bugless/Synergy if it didn't time bomb/cm7
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ended up with MIUI
My first flash in the rooting game was McTwist. I enjoyed it but wanted to try something else. I switched to Nils Business GingerSense with sense 3.0 and loved his design and the smoothness. Something happened where after a few weeks my phone became unstable tho. Could have been my kernel or my phone or even the charger I was using since apps crashed when plugged in. I then decided to get away from sense roms and tried MIUI 1.12.9. It's smooth and doesn't seem to have that sense bloat. I flashed the latest incredikernel and have been loving the ROM since. It has custom themes which is great for me. I also find myself using the stock dialer,SMS, and camera instead of searching for an after market app. The only thing I didn't like was the homescreens and the launcher so I just use launcherpro and everything looks good.
So as a recap:
McTwist was good
Nils Business GingerSense was great but caused phone problems for me
Sticking with MIUI for now

Alton (Halo 2) said:
Yea sense 3.5 is REALLY great but also is REALLY laggy but overall I find it to be one if the best too.
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I can see how the lag puts people off from Sense 3.5. I haven't run into the issue cuz I use ADW Ex (proudly purchased for .10 cents awhile back) and I just go about my business.

SlimSnoopOS said:
I can see how the lag puts people off from Sense 3.5. I haven't run into the issue cuz I use ADW Ex (proudly purchased for .10 cents awhile back) and I just go about my business.
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Yea I dont mind the lag but I just need to flash a sense 2.1/3.0 once in a while
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Alton (Halo 2) said:
Yea I dont mind the lag but I just need to flash a sense 2.1/3.0 once in a while
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I believe it. Probably my personal favorite moment to be a member of XDA was when we first had the GingerSense leak last May. Development just shot through the roof for Sense 2.1+ roms. Sense 2.1 is the sweet spot.