So I have a captivate right now and am thinking of switching to spirt to get the epic 4g. On my captivate there really isnt any specific problems like "in this roms were having sms and mms problems" or "lol wifi doesnt work" other than the GPS which is whatever. So what if any are the problems with the custom roms on this phone and or problems that i would be facing if i did get one and want to put a custom rom on it.
Thanks,
Bryan
Just about any rom should be fine, there aren't any issues that you won't find on any other Galaxy S phone, such as the GPS issues. You may experience certain quirks with the 'beta' froyo builds, but otherwise pretty stable. The only rom with any issues like you mentioned would be Cyanogen, which is because it is still unfinished as of yet.
Excellent advice if you take time out to actually read the threads for each rom, and don't jump into it before your certain you will be fine. A proper install of any froyo leak should produce a stable daily use phone. Be sure to follow the gps lock instructions to a T. That's all if your going to the froyo leak, the stock rom ifs very smooth if you choose to stock with it for a while. If you run into any trouble, Don't hesitate to pm me I'm always willing to help.
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So I've been on verizon as long as I can remember, (previous droid and droid X owner), but due to financial issues my family is moving to sprint, which includes me. I'm no stranger to the ROM game, i've flashed more ROMs and done so many nandroid backups i've lost count. So basically what i'm asking is what's the best ROMs for the Evo? I recall seeing something mid-september of the Desire HD rom's, but remember no 4g connectivity and camera, did that ever pan out? And as far as kernel's go anything specific I should be using? And lastly i'm assuming z4root works on the Evo without a hitch? Thanks
I see you're also no stranger to doing no research .
I use MIUI. You should know everything is personal opinion. Try em and see what you like.
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Most people seem to be using CM ROM and others find DMG control or others more stable or whatever. I personally go between MIUI and CM depending on my tastes for the month.
Overall, both are two great ROMs, just find one that suits your taste and customize ability.
as others have stated before its all a matter of opinion i personally like Azrael X for sense and everything works cam 4G and what not for aosp i like CM6.1. kernels is a crapshoot since all phones like different things my phone likes CFS kernels and can be agressively undervolted without a problem some phones won't work with those conditions so you have to see what works for you. And Z4root does not work anymore your best bet will be the long way using the Fresh like pine cones thread or universal root by xhausx if your really lucky you and you get a older HBOOT phone like .97 or lower you can use unrEVOked. Hope you found any of this helpful
I like Cyanogen, personally. It runs really well, and I can live without 4G.
Many people, including me, like the heavily themed myns warm twopointtwo. Try them all see what you like. I will probably switch to cm once 4g is working for it though.
If I were you I'd take a look at all of the different ROM threads and get a feel both for the ROM and the community that supports that ROM. I've used Vaelpak, Fresh, and now I'm on Myn's Warm. I've liked them all but Warm is my absolute favorite.
When going through the threads you can get a real sense for the amount of support for that ROM and how much customization is available. I'd make a list of what's important to you also. Aesthetics is HUGE for me and I want a ROM that looks and feels good. Most AOSP functions look quite clunky to me and I wasn't a big fan of the Sense clock. But between Warm and the various customizations I was able to make it look how I wanted it to.
Be warned that there's thousands of pages to dig through so it's going to just take a lot of sampling on your part to figure out which one really suits you. If you ask 30 people you'll get a different answer each time so take our advice with a grain of salt.
james
Myn's ROM is amazing and it has 4G connectivity. I HIGHLY recommend it.
I'd second what JB said - the fresh like pine cones method works for newer EVO's. I got mine just after the hboot changed and went through about a week and a half of pain in the neck trying to get it rooted, and finally the revised method in that thread worked for me. Then I rooted another EVO using that method - in an hour flat. I would definitely recommend following that method very closely.
As to roms it's personal. I'm running avafroyo v10 and I like it, but I haven't tried a whole bunch of them so take that with a grain of salt. fresh worked pretty smoothly as well, but ava seems a bit faster IMO.
Having a hero and having enjoyed watching the development of Damageless and Flipz's rom, I use a stock rooted conservative rom on the EVO. I like sense (with all it's overhead). Kingx's kernels (with links that are banned on this site) are free and work well with the stock roms. I'm using BFS11 and twelve depending on the week.
So it's a matter of personal preference, and these are mine. Good luck.
there is no bad rom, they are all great, there are lots of fanboys that side with their rom more vocally than others (looking at the myns followers) but you wont go wrong with any, if your in need of 4g stick with a sense based, if 4g isn't a concern try an aosp variant, all roms have their own thread and you can get a great idea of the support behind them and problems that each have, I recommend flashing them all like I have so you get the best first hand experience then find a good kernel to pair with it
I also recommend you make a nandroid backup using amon ra 1.8 recovery to save your rsa keys then using clockwork so you can use rom manager to flash your roms as its super easy and requires little hands on during the process
Check out this site. This dude put alot of work into checking out which ROM's and Kernel's are good. Great site.
http://home.comcast.net/~evobenchers/index.html
I was just wondering what all ros we can expect, ad what all developers pla to support the shift? We have CM6 and 7, as well as MIUI and evervolv, will there be anymore? Post what you know
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No one knows what to expect because no one can predict the future here. More than likely you'll have the usual group of sense based roms that are all very similar in funtionality and look, then you'll have all of the AOSP roms that are all the same without 4G more than likely(maybe CM6 will have it once they get everything sorted out). And of course you'll have the obscure roms like MIUI, maybe a Meizu port ect.
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NfiniteX is coming over from the Hero this month. He tends to put some nice Sense ROM's together.
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First time rooting a phone and thus am interested and confused about the possibilty of using a new rom. What are usually the differences between them all? Do they still all allow all basic features of the phone to work? Thanks for all the help with rooting and other questions.
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First time rooting a phone and thus am interested and confused about the possibilty of using a new rom. What are usually the differences between them all? Do they still all allow all basic features of the phone to work? Thanks for all the help with rooting and other questions.
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Once they get the bugs ironed out they all should allow the basic features of the phone to work. Not sure about 4G as this is my first 4G phone, but you'll have everything else in due time. Camera, bluetooth, gps, wifi, etc. they'll all get working at some point. Right now those are the main issues with the roms that are currently out. Although one has no backlight on the keyboard which to me makes it unusable as I'm always using that keyboard.
Some roms are just stock Android, others have additional features that are useful and nifty. If you even give CM6 (that's already in the dev forum) a try, you'll notice a lot of features that aren't in the stock sense version.
Given that EB13 is not the panacea many of us hoped it would be, I'd like to gather opinion on what the most functional base ROM is for our beloved Epic. Newer does not appear to be better. The following are stereotypes that I've gathered from forum cruising:
EB13 is a buggy mess, but apparently fixes GPS for some.
DK28 is the Froyo option we loved because it was all we could get.
DI18 is battle-tested, and perhaps has fewer issues.
CyanogenMod is crapware-free, but doesn't even try to use all of the hardware features of the phone.
Vote for your favorite, but also post with the ones you have used, and why you prefer the one.
For example, I've only used DI18 and DK28. I prefer DK28 because I like Google Maps 5.x, but my GPS doesn't work at all.
I have used all of them, with MOST of the ROMs. I still prefer CM6, and would be using it if not for the broken MMS. Now i patiently await CM7. And as for the actual builds, I would say EB13. Running perfectly on my phone thanks to all the patches and ROMs. Currently running Syndicate rom. And i am in love with my phone.
Once you flash the camera fix, EB13 is the best stock ROM in my opinion. (Assuming you did a fresh wipe/install of it). Most of the bugs were due to the update.zip and OTA installs.
EB13
Sure there are a few bugs, but there are a few bugs in every build we get. A fresh Odin flash eliminates many issues for some people and there are patches out there for some of the other stuff like the camera bug. GPS works at least as well as DK28 for me. I had issues on DI18, like most people. DI18 is missing the all the froyo features and really isn't the pinnacle of stability that some people make it sound like. It is only "battle-tested" because they took so long to release an update.
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I have used all of them, with MOST of the ROMs. I still prefer CM6, and would be using it if not for the broken MMS. Now i patiently await CM7. And as for the actual builds, I would say EB13. Running perfectly on my phone thanks to all the patches and ROMs. Currently running Syndicate rom. And i am in love with my phone.
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This!
Eb13 base running Syndicate.
Can anyone recommend a solid rom? I installed a froyo rom about 10 months ago on a friends hero.. he has been getting lots of daily random reboots.. other than those he likes it. I'm looking for a solid rom.. don't care if it's froyo or gb.. just something that works well.. a rom that's been around for a while possibly. I've been installing roms on my Evo 4g and galaxy s 4g.. but don't have experience with hero roms..
probably cyanogenmod. If you want sense UI stock is probably the way to go, because its the most stable. Personally the most stable custom sense rom I've used was fresh hero 2.4. I think it was android 2.1. Now if you dont mind not having sense then I sugest Cyanogenmod it is currently at stable release of 7.0.3 android 2.3 Gingerbread. I have looked around and tried many roms but im slow about how to install things and have issues with most roms, so I always end up back at Cyanogenmod. Hope this helps
the truth is everyone is going to say something different,there are going to be issues on every rom some very minor and some big it all depends my only suggestion is to install a coouple different roms like aoscmod hero deck and cm7 and a stock sprint rom then make back ups of them so he can test them out and easily switch back to the one he likes best.
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the truth is everyone is going to say something different,there are going to be issues on every rom some very minor and some big it all depends my only suggestion is to install a coouple different roms like aoscmod hero deck and cm7 and a stock sprint rom then make back ups of them so he can test them out and easily switch back to the one he likes best.
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He's absolutely right about preference and different ppl but,
In the little time I've had with my hero... I've tried all of the roms available, and since OMFG has fixed the wifi problem I'm using their latest ... Smooth fast and no fc for me
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the truth is everyone is going to say something different,there are going to be issues on every rom some very minor and some big it all depends my only suggestion is to install a coouple different roms like aoscmod hero deck and cm7 and a stock sprint rom then make back ups of them so he can test them out and easily switch back to the one he likes best.
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@OP.....Quoted above is the best answer to this question. Bierce22 nailed it. A rom/setup that runs perfect for me is in no way relevant to how it's going to work on your friends phone. There are just too many variables between phones and between people's preferences & needs.
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I would recommend Cynogenmod 7 stable release.
Everything works, No reboots (In my experience) Super stable
and most important of all very smooth.
Just use Launcher pro (free version from market) or
the original launcher (see below for link) which comes with
GB because ADW is known for giving people force close problems.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=933517
thanks for the heads up guys.. I ended up putting the cm7/gb rom on it.. and so far so good. Runs pretty darn good.
Your random daily reboots could be from having your CPU speed set too high. Currently I'm building CM7 from source, but aosp is my other preference for stability, performance, etc. But as others above me said, each to their own. Find one that suits your friend best.
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First off, I'm not looking for a quarrel with this post.
I feel I have to say what other phone owners might feel and what other phone owners might have overlooked. We all want new features that are available through the selfless efforts of developers who simply want to share. For that alone, we should be thankful.
Lets not forget. The devs warn us that there are bugs that we can choose to live with and that phones may be bricked; otherwise, it it up to us, the users, who decide whether or not to install any roms or any assortments of roms, kernels and what not. And off we go. It is not unusual for some users to start saying this or that rom is smooth, fast, lag-free and so on and then start reporting bugs later.
As far as the vibrant is concerned, these are the following complaints: gps doesn't work, the other party can't hear what you're saying and the still unsettled issue is whether mute-unmute works, the rom devours the battery, glitchy camera, lag etc.
I have tried a lot of roms from cyanogenmod to ice cream sandwich and have come to realize that I still have the same problems of not being heard during a call, not being able to lock on to any satellites, not being able to connect my keyboard and mouse as HIDs via bluetooth.
Then I remembered this lowly Android 2.2.1 rom that did not give me any problems. Sure, the GUI isn't as snazzy as ICS with the extended settings but I've got what I need. So I'm going back to Eugene's GCR3 Update 7 final.
I agree....ive found with both phones that the best roms are the ones built from official full releases....that have been released for that device.
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