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Hello all,
I've been reading both threads, and so far it seems to me that udK's ROM is very fast, and Vivi's is stable and has fixed the camera.
For those of you who have tested the new Diamond ROMs from udK and Vivi, what do you think?
Which one seems to be faster, stable, etc?
yvopt said:
Hello all,
I've been reading both threads, and so far it seems to me that udK's ROM is very fast, and Vivi's is stable and has fixed the camera.
For those of you who have tested the new Diamond ROMs from udK and Vivi, what do you think?
Which one seems to be faster, stable, etc?
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Fast & Stable + Camera fixed for good = ViVi
Still need to test the Video playback via TCMP player...
Thank you for the feedback, Jibreil. I'm going to flash with Vivi's ROM later. Haven't tried any from him/her yet.
Anyone else wants to comment on these 2 latest ROMs?
Using the RSS app I downloaded some video podcasts in wmv format. On EVERY rom I have tried they play jerky and are totally unwatchable.
I am now downloading the latest VIVI and will test vid performance once flashed
This made no sense not to post
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Using the RSS app I downloaded some video podcasts in wmv format. On EVERY rom I have tried they play jerky and are totally unwatchable.
I am now downloading the latest VIVI and will test vid performance once flashed
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What are you using to play the video? What format is the video?
I'm watching PC-formatted DivX videoes (i.e. not optimized for 320x200) with CorePlayer on my Cruise with no jerking.
If you download videos in HD format and try to view them using media player etc no wonder they jerk.
Yeah the bitrate from the video podcast is pretty high. Not sure if its a HD bitrate however.
The format is in WMV. I was just assuming that a podcast should be able to be played on the Polaris. I guess the bitrate is a little too high for it.
I think this thread would have been better served to be a 'What ROM+RADIO configuration works best for you?' I highly doubt these guys are here to compete for who has the best ROM, and everyone has different needs from their phone.
I definitely applaud anyone who releases a ROM, because I can personally say this website and forum is the only reason why I buy HTC phones. The ROMs and upgrades people put out here make these phones great.
My Polaris is being shipped to me as we speak, so I've been looking around to see what ROMs I'd try out and what not. It seems to be an exciting week with drivers being talked about and pieces of the Diamond ROM making it over to the Cruise.
So.. Yeah.
My purpose is not for them to compete, like a Poll I posted last week. The main purpose here is for people to discuss why they like more one or the other, so the Cookers can see comparisons and try to correct what they see fit.
I also give props to every cooker around, it's not easy to cook a ROM, and surely isn't easy to make everyone satisfied I would love to know how to cook them, but I just can't... at least for now. Because it's not only just putting applications together, after comes the questions.
I would like to see some cookers discussing here too, it's in their best interest at least to read comparisons to other ROMs. I think On the other hand, if the cookers don't like these kind of threads, I'll be happy not to post them. I don't want to see no one competing here, it's really NOT about that.
yvopt said:
My purpose is not for them to compete, like a Poll I posted last week. The main purpose here is for people to discuss why they like more one or the other, so the Cookers can see comparisons and try to correct what they see fit.
I also give props to every cooker around, it's not easy to cook a ROM, and surely isn't easy to make everyone satisfied I would love to know how to cook them, but I just can't... at least for now. Because it's not only just putting applications together, after comes the questions.
I would like to see some cookers discussing here too, it's in their best interest at least to read comparisons to other ROMs. I think On the other hand, if the cookers don't like these kind of threads, I'll be happy not to post them. I don't want to see no one competing here, it's really NOT about that.
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I agree with this type of thread. As a "consumer" of these roms, it would be great to see a consolidated pro vs con of each in discussion.
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I think this thread would have been better served to be a 'What ROM+RADIO configuration works best for you?' I highly doubt these guys are here to compete for who has the best ROM, and everyone has different needs from their phone.
I definitely applaud anyone who releases a ROM, because I can personally say this website and forum is the only reason why I buy HTC phones. The ROMs and upgrades people put out here make these phones great.
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100% agree
So am I!!!!!
halorin said:
' I highly doubt these guys are here to compete for who has the best ROM, and everyone has different needs from their phone.
I definitely applaud anyone who releases a ROM, because I can personally say this website and forum is the only reason why I buy HTC phones. The ROMs and upgrades people put out here make these phones great.
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Amen to that comment, you nailed it!
I do see this as an competition but I see it as 'better choices' for me and people like me, who enjoy phones.
Its like the Price Club for HTC ROMS.
I am so torn. I want to upgrade the ROM for my P3650 but I am on the fence. I have always upgraded my previous HTC ROMs but I also always had a reason to do so. Now with this phone, its mostly for aesthetics and not really to better the phone (in my opinion).
Either way, they both look great and I greatly appreciate the positive and negative feedback, with will both help sway me in the direction of upgrading eventually.
I agree. There's always been a reason to uprade phones in the past, such as the 8525 when when ATT was very late in releasing a wm6 rom. But now with the Cruise there hasn't been much of a reason to. WM6.1 isn't all that, and no ROM out there is really adding new functionality or better video performance, etc. So stock ROM is working out fine with tweaks. For these 2 ROMs in the subject line, I'm now watching the feedback on both to determine my next flashing move.
I agree with Maevro and Hambola. While I think it would be fun to go to a Diamond ROM from Udk or Vivi, I just don't have the inclination to re-do everything (over 30 apps), and customize settings again, for very minor improvements. Furthermore, it does seem like there are issues with each cut, and even though guys like Udk and Vivi are pretty quick to release another revision, I just don't want to keep re-doing everything over and over again .
Yeah I got my Cruise just the way I like it, save for some quirks here or there, would take me forever to redo all that. So flashing a ROM has to be for some substantial change.
POST A LINK TO THE FASTEST stable (everyday use) DONUT/HERO ROM
This Thread will list the ROM that is foremost STABLE.. . AND SUPER FAST.
The CURRENT CHAMPION is currently : Dwang
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Here is the reality. MOST ROMs suck in terms of speed. They are slow if you fill your agenda and contacts and add a few widgets. You switch from apps to home you wait, you switch apps wait again, reload etc. Pain in the ass.
So you get the concept, I like speed... AND I want this thread to be about stable super fast ROMS.
I am tired of every rom claiming fast, and blazing and etc.. with the sad reality that the very large majority quite frankly sucks.
Anyone who is using the phone as a real working professional realizes that HERO's suck... haven't found one yet that just eliminates waiting. I just can't deal with waiting 5 seconds when moving out of an app to home or.. into another one..It just doesnt work if I have a call ringing and all the appz bog it down so I can't answer... While some ROMs are trying to be fast.. they still suck if you move a little fast..or have a few things up. That's the reality. And while I appreciate the work of all the devs, I want one thread in here to be about bottom line. Speed & everyday stability everyday use. And I mean not fast right after you flashed it I mean still fast after weeks of use. Many Ron's just come to a creeping halt.. after a while... However a ROM has to be STABLE first (meaning no force closes even after a while) and once it delivers that, then it has to be FAST.
So far I found ONE ROM that is far and beyond above the rest... and it is the current speed champion Dwang (with haykuro spl)
Quite frankly there's nothing that can touch that one. It is stable, has a black theme, bluetooth (don't quite need it though), but is SUPER FAST... meaning no waiting.. it is the only rom, that I consider business-use worthy.. where you can fly through apps, get your stuff done.. it works, does it's thing no matter what you throw at it... leagues above the rest. In fact is is a Rom you can flash onto the Lady's phone and she's gonna love it... which is the ultimate crown for software.
Oh and I am in no way associated with Dwang.. I am just a simple guy who wants a fast and stable donut/hero. If I can get same speed as Dwang in a hero, I'd love to have a hero... anyway.. I'll keep this thread as the speed champion thread (stable). The test infrastructure is a Dream G1.. but others feel free to post your comments.
NOW if any of you guys think you have a rom that works equally well, or you think is faster... please post a link below and I'll give it a shot... I'll run it through its paces with many large calendars tons of contacts and lots of daily use and abuse. However I am not gonna look at test balloons. Test your rom first, make sure it's stable... and most importantly don't go out and throw claims around you can't backup.
So show me what you've got.... For now Dwang is the reigning Speed champion.
I have none of the "issues" you point out with Cyanogen's latest. I'm not going to bother with a link. You should be able to find it.
Edit: Agreed with tazz.
dude, no one cares about what you think of ROM's in development. There's different forums for each phone for a reason. Mods, can we get this moved to general please? This doesn't belong here. Next time, think before you decide to post things that do not belong in development. all it does is just clutter it.
I challenge you to post in the right section.
alec.baldwin has a point, there should be statistics in A part of the Dream forums for everyday usage of the ROM's, I totally agree with him, when I am at home everything is ok with any ROM, but when I am on the road and I am trying to find a location and an IM application is opened and some guy calls me.. everything hangs, even on cyanogen, once it jammed the whole nadroid, black screen, only the notification bar visible and the phone was vibrating, I had to restart it. Anyhow, what's true it's true, this thread doesn't belong here, but it must be somewhere in plain sight. I have tested so far every ROM that has appear in the last two months, and truth be told, I also find dwangs the best, I've been using it like mad, good battery life, extremely snappy, no complaints. And yes, for everyone that keeps saying that the ROM's aren't working well because wipe and format, I ALWAYS repartition my SD when installing a new ROM.
AS ALWAYS, THANKS TO ALL THE DEV's FOR THEYR HARD WORK, remember, this isn't a competition, only statistics, so people can make a good choice without testing everything out there.
When someone says they have a super speedy hero rom, it relates to other PAST HERO ROMS. You cant compare a cupcake rom or a donut rom to a Hero rom. Especially on speed. The sense UI was not meant to run on the G1 nor was it meant to be run on the MT3G. On the other hand, donut and cupcake where both meant to be run on our phones. Thats why they are usually stable, fast, and used on a daily basis while hero roms need completely different frameworks and modifications to even work on our phones. SO, my point is: Hero roms are fast compared to other hero roms being created and they are a WORK IN PROGRESS so let the work progress and stop complaining because we have like 20 devs working FOR FREE just to make people like you and me happy. So Donut will always be faster then Hero. And as of right now, Hero will always be a tad slow, have some loading screens, and lacks bluetooth.
Ok first sorry guys for posting this in the wrong section (admin please move) unless I can (but don't think I can). It took me many hours to find this Rom that delivers - every rom claiming how super fast they are does not make it easy. As newby it takes a while to get the right recovery image, get the right spl, get the hang of it, until you finally get to switchrom or a process that makes testing easier.
Having some XDA stable speed award, or something that would take away all that trial and error and reading through pages and pages of posts to find what is unstable in every rom, having a simple THREAD.. that shows Newbies... look start with XYZ rom. And you have something that is fast, and stable. Then you can go and venture from there. I bet that many get turned off after flashing a hero, or a cyanogen (I first flashed the 4.0... cyanogen and boy what a dog it was, and the hero's are even worse, I was ready to throw it out the window)... all I wanted was something fast and stable, real life worthy. It took me probably about 7 roms to finally find one that RULES.
Also right now dev development has so many dimensions everyone developing in some direction. IT would be nice.. to have a central thread.. if you want speed&stable.. do XYZ. If you want features do ABC... wouldnt it be nice to have an award devs can aspire towards, to get recognition for the work you do...
I just upgraded to a G1 from At&t Tilt. I'm new to the dream threads. I see that you guys are very competitive with your development. That is a good sign because that means that there are hard working devs here. I like
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When someone says they have a super speedy hero rom, it relates to other PAST HERO ROMS. You cant compare a cupcake rom or a donut rom to a Hero rom. Especially on speed. ....we have like 20 devs working FOR FREE just to make people like you and me happy. So Donut will always be faster then Hero.
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Yes there are 20 devs working but there should be some structure to the madness. I think there are a lot of people that look for fast and stable and simply can't find it because they are lost in so many releases all claiming fast and stable and the greatest thing since apple pie. All I suggest is a simple thread to help new users here to get a positive experience.
Imagine someone is flashing a dog onto their phone... slows it down like you wouldnt believe it after 2 weeks of use... what do you think how likely are they to come back and give it another shot (unless they're geeks and willing to work through it). Now imagine the same thing.. someone starting with a stock donut.. flashing a dwang1.11 and go like "HOLY SH#T".. I'll bet you a positive first experience will do much more for the community the users and the developers than someone with a bad experience.. (trust me I went through that).
The more users you have the more enthusiasts the better for all of us. My vote is simply to create something that gives positive experiences. Does not have to be me.. but someone who is using the devices in the real world.. with abuse and use, large calendars... contacts, just REAL LIFE, and then puts out some recommendations/awards whatever you wanna call it. Do this and you'll see user numbers grow.
YOU CAN NEVER SAY WHAT IS STABLE/FAST
BECAUSE EVERYBODYS G1 IS DIFFERENT
AND UNLESS EVERYBODY IS RICH ENOUGH TO GET EVERYTHING THE OTHER PERSON HAS..
SWAP SIZE
CLASS 6 SDCARD
32B
SPL RADIO
ETC...
THEN THIS THREAD IS USELESS
WHICH IS WHY YOU SAY CYAN IS NOT STABLE
WHILE I THINK ITS THE FASTEST STABLE DONUT ROM OUT THERE
and another thing... the writting up here ^ is not yelling just really big letters =]
i think you are completely wrong, the new sense hero 1.3r1 with the new bfs and 10mb hack have zero lag
this thread is a waste of bandwith.
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this has to be the most pointless thread ive ever seen. flash roms and figure out for yourself which is good or not if you dont like it go back to ota updates.
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YOU CAN NEVER SAY WHAT IS STABLE/FAST
BECAUSE EVERYBODYS G1 IS DIFFERENT
AND UNLESS EVERYBODY IS RICH ENOUGH TO GET EVERYTHING THE OTHER PERSON HAS..
SWAP SIZE
CLASS 6 SDCARD
32B
SPL RADIO
ETC...
THEN THIS THREAD IS USELESS
WHICH IS WHY YOU SAY CYAN IS NOT STABLE
WHILE I THINK ITS THE FASTEST STABLE DONUT ROM OUT THERE
and another thing... the writting up here ^ is not yelling just really big letters =]
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Everything you jus said was pure stupid! The only thing you really got to pay for is a class 6 card and thats less than 15 bucks online! If you dont got 15 bucks get a job! Cyan right now is not stable im getting so much fc's on his rom & new people find bugs all day on it. Dwang's is the meanest leanest fastest stable donut rom out there! Have you ever tried it?
I think part of the fun is figuring out what works best for your needs. Some people like flash and glits, running tons of widgets, others are very minimal. But he is right. Every Rom on this site "claims to be the fastest".
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I think part of the fun is figuring out what works best for your needs. Some people like flash and glits, running tons of widgets, others are very minimal. But he is right. Every Rom on this site "claims to be the fastest".
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No, cyanogen claims his will keep you legal for less. nothing about being the fastest there! xD
Enomther's ROMs are very fast and stable...I flash most the ROMs i find but always go back to his. You are posting in the dev section so most the people here are going to say try them all...when most the users don't want to flash all the time.
I would suggest starting a thread in Dream or Dream Q&A, make a poll, do some benchmarks...Have users pay more attention to the annoyances in their ROMs and post them. All of the stuff you are asking about should be run by the community, not XDA! I agree being a noob and coming to this site can be overwhelming, but at the same time it kills off some of the people that shouldn't be modding their phones anyway.
Maybe make a few threads...one showing the fastest most stable ROM, one for the ROM with the most options, one that is the creeper...maybe build that all into one post and you maintain the first few posts...Hell Google Wave invites are floating around, I am making a wave about tips and tricks on the G1 you could try to do something similar.
damnitput
Thansk for mentioning Enomther's rom looks though he's not on Donut yet.. but as soon as it happens I'll give it a shot.
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Legal for less.. well quite frankly the extra dance about the google stuff is just a hazzle. I see Google's point that when you go and waive the mods stuff around on their market (through the updater) that they'd get upset. But the result now is rather absurd..to backup your own google appz and install them afterwards...(I think that's what the status is). The problem I had with Cyanogen is that everyone was hyping up the 4.0.. something (the last one with the google appz) I installed it on my, my wife and my dad's phone.. and it ended up being a really frustrating experience (they're all heavy users). Now the most current version might have things fixed but I am still scared from that experience.
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yeah I have created a few little benchmarks.. switching from this to that, just certain tasks.. in the future I'll just compare Roms by looking at how much time it takes. Then teh ones that are promising will get immersed into a real life test. It would be awesome to have a benchmark program....
jf4888 and Mgorman
Quite frankly just try Dwang's rom.. . that will make you shut up.
jad011
About sense hero 1.3r1 with the new bfs and 10mb hack that should have zero lag. Well I got exactly that one installed... and I personally thought it sucks. Go to browser.. hit the home button. Or other applications.. you'll get seconds of load times. The other thing that sucked is the widgets.. f.e. weather.. as great as it looks.. I have noticed that I am in an app.. go back to home screen.. go to weather widget and it is reloading... even though before I went into the app it had the data loaded. And generally moving through the rom from apps, to settings, to home, to email to messaging to home... I have found one just waits for 3-5 seconds at a time. And it might be that's just normal for HERO, but with Dwang I don't get that. Sure its a donut.. but if you are a real user, you will care a lot more about speed than you do about a weather animation, or a few more polished things... if it would be a major step in functionality.. ok maybe.. but its not. Its a little bit better.. but a lot slower. If you want a more detailed analysis let me know and i'll boot the hero up again and do some measurments to drive the point home.
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TakenOver83
yeah I have created a few little benchmarks.. switching from this to that, just certain tasks.. in the future I'll just compare Roms by looking at how much time it takes. Then teh ones that are promising will get immersed into a real life test. It would be awesome to have a benchmark program....
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You want a true benchmark test, download Linpack for Android (it's available in most droid markets I believe). It isn't perfect, and it doesn't give a ton of stats, but it does do a pretty legit speed test and you can even save the results to compare against other roms/phones.
I agree with you on the "having a thread that highlights the "fastest", "most bells & whistle", etc"... even if just to tell noobs "start here"... I'm running CM 4.2.3.1 (and yes, it has issues... I've had random reboots, FC's, and plenty of lag) but I've been sticking with CM as it's just easier than flashing a new rom every few days because things start going down hill. Having a thread to go to that would give at least a general idea of how different roms work in the real world (without having to spend my entire saturday reading through thousands of posts, most of which provide no info at all) would be great. But then I'm guessing said thread would fill with useless posts, or at least way too many posts) fairly quickly.
That being said, your better bet is to have a website that is either devoted to (or at least has a section devoted to) this concept. You may have a better chance pitching the idea to the folks at Phandroid.com or AndroidAndMe.com. I'm not saying they'll be 100% behind you, I don't really know any of them, so I can't really say what their interest level would be... but at least on a site like that you can control the "reviews/awards" without getting a billion useless posts making it hard to find the useful info. Just a thought.
yup yup yippee, I used a certain ROM that claimed to be fast and stable and it was just the opposite and also had a bad memory leak. I was running under 20 megs in about 8 hours. there should be an end user grading system, it dosent necessary have to be on xda, but a link somewhere in a sticky in the Dev forum. it could have things like speed, stable, memory, battery, looks, radio, overall quality, etc. on a one to ten scale, maybe a short comment box under 200 words then an overall score that's averaged among the reviews. this will definitely help noobs and devs know what's going on without trying to read over 400+ pages of compliments/complaints and how do I flash this posts.
As much as yall hate the "whats the best ROM" posts, i do find them helpful as i hate wiping & flashing several ROMs, I just want a good one and stick with it. This is just a suggestion, although I think its a good one. Id do it myself if I knew how to make web pages .
oops I just realized muzek pretty much made the same point I did.
why in the hell do we need so many builds?
theres now a dozen pages full of different kinds of builds and they all share same issues, just different interface.
i ve stopped updating my build since theres no point, i tried 4-5 dfferent ones and theres really not much change thats worth upgrading every week.
can we leave the builds to people that actually know what they re doing?
instead of turning this into another competition who can produce more builds per week/hour...
its becoming like the winmo section where its jut too much **** and most of people dont know whats goind on anymore...
its FLOODED with garbage. and builds that dont really bring anything new just people wanting to be COOL on the internetz.
i dont mean the developers or builders that actually produce some results, i mean the rest that are just repackaging builds as their own and adding some fkd up themes to it. of course someone will like the theme but you are not contributing to the development of the android platform you just clogging up the pipes with junk...
Wow...
I just say thank you for the ones that work for me and don't use the ones that don't.
Its not like all these people do this for free or anything.
Again wow...
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Have to disagree with you. I came from the slide which had very little to choose from. It is a nice change to have a choice. If themes are your thing then you have a choice..if not then you can have abare bones build. If sense is for you then do it. If not therm load a nexus or CM build. I know you think some o of the themed build are garbage but I can tell you HTCClay releases themed builds that add functionality and are more stable then the original releases. Trust me that it is better to have a choice then have very little to choose from. Just my 2 cents.
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good luck trying to find ones that work.
i havent checked this page for a week or so and i come back here i dont know wtf is going on theres so many damn builds already and most of them share same issues. do we really need all that ?
i know theres people that actually have some progress here and a big thank you to them.
ut there are others that are just cluttering up the board with their repackaged builds without any improvements whatsoever..
u know theres such thing as too much choice.
eithr extremes is not too helpfull.
I agree with the OP. There really shouldn't be pages filled with them..
Well, I disagree. There is nothing like having too much choice. If you want a quick fix, just pick a random build and stick with it. Leave the other builds for us people who have the patience and time to check out all the various builds.
just be grateful at what there is.. and stop *****ing it aint do u good lol
Two words, yes.
what op said is so truE! i was thinking the same thing since the last 10 days ! i think we need perfection not variety ....we need stability not eye candy ....
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what op said is so truE! i was thinking the same thing since the last 10 days ! i think we need perfection not variety ....we need stability not eye candy ....
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Stop bumping this thread...LOL...NO ONE POINTING A M-16 at you and force you must try all the build,just find the one that suit you most...
More builds means more creativity, more creativity means more stability...
There is no perfect build out there until now...
Furthermore, by reading through every build's thread...Those chefs are learning from each other...for example, darkstone video tweak has been used in many builds now...
Give a chance for new cooker to learn...
Cheers...
^^^ Thanks to you, I found this thread
Yeah more creativity, new breed build EVO sense with Sprint craps in it.
it IS always good to have variety that stays in lead with the variety of tastes on here,however, i do see his point too.it WOULD be nice to have a totally stable build first and THEN theme em up or make different builds from that. ..besides, all these builds have turned me into a test junky. i'm currently seeking counseling.lol
Why are you even complaining?
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I don't know about the others, but my HD2 is picky.
I need the variety, more possibilities to find a working one.
Some builds are horrible on my phone, mainly the most popular.
No GPS on HyperDroid (My favorite build)
No MMS on 95% of builds.
So yeah, I've spent countless hours going through Radios, WM ROMs and Android builds to find the next best thing for my phone.
Now I've only got an inconvenience of my screen's back light going dull after unlocking about once a day.
And if there wasn't such a variety of builds, even new ones with only the smallest of changes, I wouldn't have a workable build right now.
So it's a mild inconvenience for you to shift through the 2 or 3 pages to find the build you like, don't be bothered by it.
It helps in the big picture.
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I don't know about the others, but my HD2 is picky.
I need the variety, more possibilities to find a working one.
Some builds are horrible on my phone, mainly the most popular.
No GPS on HyperDroid (My favorite build)
No MMS on 95% of builds.
So yeah, I've spent countless hours going through Radios, WM ROMs and Android builds to find the next best thing for my phone.
Now I've only got an inconvenience of my screen's back light going dull after unlocking about once a day.And if there wasn't such a variety of builds, even new ones with only the smallest of changes, I wouldn't have a workable build right now.
So it's a mild inconvenience for you to shift through the 2 or 3 pages to find the build you like, don't be bothered by it.
It helps in the big picture.
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r u seriously complaining? like reallllly....... r u like realllly like complaining? like really tho. foreals?
gtfohere. go live in a communist country where there is no variety.
There are some builds stand out of the group, because they used their own kernel, the rest is, well, same girl with different dress,...Victoria Secret,...Frederick's of Hollywood, get you excited at first, then... you know.
If you tried almost every build out there, you would realize, it just the same girl with different dress, that's all.
well someone had to say it. And I agree with the OP
First off, I appreciate every chef's work on the Android development on the HD2. After all none of this would be possible without these gentleman.
However after reading through HUNDREDS of pages in various build threads I notice each build has a set of bugs or non-working parts. Sometime shared but often unique to its own build. Often time I think if build A was combined wih build B then everything would be excellent.
I wish these chefs could team up and make one stable build with everything working rather that the situation we have now.. but unfortunately I don't see that happening anytime soon so it might be time for me to jump ship and sell my HD2 at a lost and purchase a factory Android device.
I can honestly say this is the most hater thread I have seen so far. How can you complain about having a choice??? No one is forcing ANY of you to try every build, so if anything you should take a pen and write these complaints on your own forehead because you are to blame for any new builds YOU choose to apply or not apply. As for me, I like the look of others more than others, the stability of some over others, I have even found some where certain things from the market show up that does not show up on other builds.
Now, I appreciate everything that these devs have had to offer. I've tried different Custom Roms (With Core Cell 3 being the most stable I've experienced, outside of the annoying Opera Mamory bug)...Android builds...and all that great efforts you guys Put forth.
I look at all these threads and Roms and see the same thing over and over...bugs...bugs....and more bugs...
The most stable Windows Rom I've truly experience is the stock one...lol...not being a smart a$$ at all. Everything just works. Take a registry editor to it and it's provided the most stable platform with Core Cell 3 a hair away from it.
Now, with Android, I see constant bug reports. I mean, people seem to have a great appreciation for the builds and love them, but it always follows up with a major bug...or even worse...lots of little bugs.
What I don't understand is why don't all you devs get together and build the "XDA" Custom Rom or "XDA" Android build that gets undiveded attention and all resources so to make it truly BUG free? Once that has been accomplished...then we can go ahead and try these test builds and play with them...
Now, I say this with a great deal of respect, having worked with developers before I know how fragile the ego's can be
It's also my experience with those same developers that taught me complete focus of resources surfaced the best result.
I mean, an effort like that is something I would pay...eeerrrrr....donate too.
Android seems to be the future for the HD2, at least I think so...some may have a different opinion...that's cool. But as much as I actually like WinMo 6.5...and WinMO 7 showing signs of being a demo at best on the HD2, Android has a future.
I think it would be a great idea for you guys to focus on one thing at a time until it's at a state you can consider it marketable...not that I'm saying that's what you should do...sell things and all.
I would even think it would be cool to take WinMo 6.5 and change it into something completely different and better than what Microsoft settled for...I always promote making Big Brother look silly with a superior view of their own product.
My point is...no matter what platform or approach...get together on it...I bet the result would be far more productive.
I fear though that this idea...no matter how much sense it makes...will not come to fruition...WHAT THE DEUCE!
Looking forward to your thoughts.
well i came up with this idea http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=902534 and would need a thew devs to work on it,about having our own unoficiall Android Rom,Something wich we can say is our own HD2 rom not direct ports if you know were im coming from and pretty much bug free and stable and fast.i know a thew devs came together to create nand so why not do it to create a rom
Thew?
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Hah, bug free... That's an interesting idea. The last bug free thing I saw was my Nokia 3210. Since then even my microwave ovens get bugs.
The devs do work together for the most part... different problems get solved by different devs, and they credit each other. I think its amazing what they've accomplished. You should be more than happy with how well we have a port working. I never thought it would get as good as it has, especially as quick as it has. Just look at the Raphael or blackstone... they've been working on ports for those devices for years and are nowhere close to where we are, and might never be.
The devs are doing what they can. This is their hobby... they're gonna work on what interests them. You can't expect them to all work on what you want them to... they would lose interest and we wouldn't have so much innovation. Plus a little competition can bring the best out of a person.
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Well most of the bugs in Android are at the kernel level, and there is already a group of developers working on that same piece of software together.
You also have to keep in mind, as other users in this thread have already said, that no software will be without bugs.
I guess...I just know with absolute confidence this idea will work best. Nonetheless, I understand. Also, it's not what I want?...its about completing a task these forums have already put in motion...just at a more effective manor.
i want sense build base on desire hd or z
its will be lite enuf to run from RAM and boot fast
the Data.img will be backed up in the nand but will work from SD card for better performance
that's what i think is perfect to me
RAM gives boot time and less battery drain
data.img on nand and sd card is for better iops and for backuping ur info fast with CWM
u can remove anything u dont use cos it wont be in the RAM
all most important things like email / messages / people browser will run from RAM to get the speed-est performance
As has been stated, aren't most the bugs pretty common to all builds in one way or another therefore indicating that the problem is at the programming level rather than the rom developer level.
IMHO find one you're happy with and take the bugs with a pinch of salt - the HD2 is still one of the most exciting handsets about and to have the ability to experiment with all this thanks to the ROM guys and the tools developers on here is just blooming fantastic!
Stop moaning and appreciate what we have here!
Personally, I think this is a bad idea.
I'm very happy to have multiple developers all working on different projects and supplying us with different ROMs. For example, I hate HTC Sense and prefer stock Android, but lots of people disagree with that and think Sense builds are superior.
If all the devs worked on only 1 ROM then that's all we'd have. 1 ROM. My phone would be the same as yours, and yours would be the same as every other person on the forum. That would be pretty darn boring! If you ask me, more choice is better.
"If everybody looked the same, we'd get tired of looking at each other."
I never said stop working on different flavors of Roms. Just focus on an XDA Rom. Once refined, let the flavors flow...right?
You know, I approach this topic from a respective and open discussion approach with an expressed curiosity at most and the best you can do is confuse it for moaning?
It's guys like you that start all the flaming, when you have people who are simply exchanging ideas.
There's always a few out of the bunch that can't resist being abrasive aka a$$holes while others are just chatting.
AGxM said:
As has been stated, aren't most the bugs pretty common to all builds in one way or another therefore indicating that the problem is at the programming level rather than the rom developer level.
IMHO find one you're happy with and take the bugs with a pinch of salt - the HD2 is still one of the most exciting handsets about and to have the ability to experiment with all this thanks to the ROM guys and the tools developers on here is just blooming fantastic!
Stop moaning and appreciate what we have here!
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Just wanted to start a thread to point out my dismay with all the 2.2 or higher ROMS for the xperia. While I appreciate the work of the devs, it seems that the ROMS keep coming and they all have the same problem, over and over again. The camera is possibly the best feature of the X10, and when a 3rd party app as simple as barcode scanner does not work the phone is not nearly as useful as it could be. Video recording and camera are not essential parts of a "phone", but they are basic features of virtually every smartphone.
To the devs, get the camera working and you will truly have something special. Until then, these ROMS are all incomplete.
Also, please do not post about market alternatives like vignette or videocam illusion. They don't solve the problem with 3rd party apps that need the camera like goggles or the aforementioned barcode scanner.
I really hope the devs get it together and get the camera working under 2.2 or higher. Until then it is back to 2.1....
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Just wanted to start a thread to point out my dismay with all the 2.2 or higher ROMS for the xperia. While I appreciate the work of the devs, it seems that the ROMS keep coming and they all have the same problem, over and over again. The camera is possibly the best feature of the X10, and when a 3rd party app as simple as barcode scanner does not work the phone is not nearly as useful as it could be. Video recording and camera are not essential parts of a "phone", but they are basic features of virtually every smartphone.
To the devs, get the camera working and you will truly have something special. Until then, these ROMS are all incomplete.
Also, please do not post about market alternatives like vignette or videocam illusion. They don't solve the problem with 3rd party apps that need the camera like goggles or the aforementioned barcode scanner.
I really hope the devs get it together and get the camera working under 2.2 or higher. Until then it is back to 2.1....
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Ummm...I'm pretty sure they get it. Writing a driver from scratch with all the functionality is not a simple task and pretty useless if they can't get the rest of the phone features to work. Or better yet, how about you learn to write one?
will.m said:
Ummm...I'm pretty sure they get it. Writing a driver from scratch with all the functionality is not a simple task and pretty useless if they can't get the rest of the phone features to work. Or better yet, how about you learn to write one?
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While your right, the OP still makes a valid point.
Day after day there is a new Rom out and its the same developers doing them. But they all have the same things not working. They aren't actually trying to complete a Rom properly and making then stable but instead they just jump to a new one. Fixing the problems rather than just giving new features would be a better solution going forward and would provide better quality custom Roms.
While I agree with the fact that the devs are great they seem to be putting quantity before quality.
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Ummm...I'm pretty sure they get it. Writing a driver from scratch with all the functionality is not a simple task and pretty useless if they can't get the rest of the phone features to work. Or better yet, how about you learn to write one?
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Good idea but I am not a dev nor do I aspire to be one. I think my point has more to do with the devs who have everything working but the camera, then move on to another ROM again with no working camera. It seems silly and counterproductive to me.
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Good idea but I am not a dev nor do I aspire to be one. I think my point has more to do with the devs who have everything working but the camera, then move on to another ROM again with no working camera. It seems silly and counterproductive to me.
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Can you point me to a rom that has everything working apart from camera? I have tried them all above 2.1 and not one can be classified as fully working apart from camera........
Free x10 has everything but camcorder... Awesome rom imo
i agree, respect to the devs but i need my camera, it's part of a reason i bought this phone and without it it's just not it...
for example Z's beta 4 2.2 is quite complete and over-all very stable and just amazing but it lacks the camera options
8mpx which it supports is OK for now, but what about 720p recording which we all waited for so long, and also i take all my photos at 6mpx with 16:9 aspect ratio, that is also missing, i have little use from 8mpx 4:3...
this is not intended to dissrespect the devs in any way, but pleeeease, if there's any possibility, concentrate a little more on the camera, just a wee bit more
You guys wont get full camera function until the bootloader is cracked plain and simple. Custom kernels have to be created and until the bootloader has cracked there aint no chance of installing them. I myself am using a stripped dwn version of the latest SE firmware with all the tweaks that are available including jit v2, custom build.prop and all the sys.cl tweaks. also the modded camera app which has been modded to improve quality and bitrate of video upto 6000kbps. Im pretty happy with it, and yes it would be great to have a 2.2 rom with a fully working camera but as ive sed bfore until bootloader is cracked than u aint got much choice.
Yeah, this bootloader lock is insane. Keeps devs away from real solutions to simple problems. I also chose X10 because it was the only 8.1 mpixel phone available with Android. Now, it seems we're going to get even better cameras from other manufacturers. Cameras that sure will have the silly capability of recognizing when to turn on the LED, for example.
I'm disappointed in many ways about Sony Ericsson. The only thing I know right now is that they won't have my money anymore.
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To the devs, get the camera working and you will truly have something special. Until then, these ROMS are all incomplete.
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Ohhh.... I bet they didn't know everyone is waiting for full camera functionality... But now that you asked they will get right on it!!
Mods, please delete this useless post....
Apoena - You're right.. it is a useless post.. but the point is accurate.. I'm bored of seeing part finished ROM's being released.. 1 complete ROM would wipe 95% of all of the others aside. It's frustrating. (incidentally, I've not installed any of the custom ROMs for exactly that reason.. I get enough from rooting and tweaking.. at least until there's a complete, commercially stable ROM available.)
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Apoena - You're right.. it is a useless post.. but the point is accurate.. I'm bored of seeing part finished ROM's being released.. 1 complete ROM would wipe 95% of all of the others aside. It's frustrating. (incidentally, I've not installed any of the custom ROMs for exactly that reason.. I get enough from rooting and tweaking.. at least until there's a complete, commercially stable ROM available.)
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Exactly! What is the point of just releasing a new Rom, they all have the same issue with camera, but the only thing different is the look of the UI.
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How many of you free loaders donated to any of the Devs ?
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Ohhh.... I bet they didn't know everyone is waiting for full camera functionality... But now that you asked they will get right on it!!
Mods, please delete this useless post....
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IF they know everyone is waiting for full camera functionality then why do they keep releasing ROM after ROM without it??? I'd rather have one working Cyanogen than three themed ones all with the same problems. It seems the X10 devs all have some sort of ADD, they can't continue to improve one ROM and make it truly spectacular.
The bootloader discussion is most relevant. I agree that cracking it is the key to developing better things for the phone.
WoW...
As a member for almost a year I have remained almost silent, yet have closely followed the software development for this fine piece of hardware, thread by thread, reading and learning a great deal along the way.
The time, effort, and patience of our extremely talented Devs never ceases to amaze and inspire me. I have choices, possibilities, and am able to use the X10
to a much greater potential than would have ever been possible without them.
I have GRATITUDE..... ya read that word. Oh wait, words are wasted on you who can't or won't do what's required to function within this community. Things like... well.... READING ! Then maybe learn something so as to participate in your own development. Seek and find, it works believe me.
Next, maybe shed that sense of entitlement that.... for godsake ... those who
have been around and LISTENED (read) know the difference, know and understand the frikkin camera issue, know where these 'Firmwares' have come from, their limitations, and the skills to develop them, and don't expect miracles or anything overnight.
Seriously, every release is a gift, whether a 'ROM', Custom Firmware, Theme, App.... you name it. What else is a gift ? . . . The help, responses, answers to
your questions.... all FREE !
--Just couldn't keep quiet today
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IF they know everyone is waiting for full camera functionality then why do they keep releasing ROM after ROM without it??? I'd rather have one working Cyanogen than three themed ones all with the same problems. It seems the X10 devs all have some sort of ADD, they can't continue to improve one ROM and make it truly spectacular.
The bootloader discussion is most relevant. I agree that cracking it is the key to developing better things for the phone.
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People who just take already available roms to theme it, tweak it and add some apps on top of it usually don't have the ability to do what J&Z are doing. So don't expect those "Devs" to come up with a working camcorder.
The Devs that you might be able to expect a camcorder from is probably J&Z or T:
J is working on CM7
Z is working on Free X10 2.2
Are they spamming the forum with a bunch of half finished ROM? I don't think so.
unfortunately for you, the camera is not considered a high priorty on a smartphone. the main things are constant internet/data access, emails, phone, etc. playing music is nice and taking pics is cool, but its not the basis of a smartphone.
maybe you should have bought a different phone?
not tryin to be harsh, but i have read from several devs that camera is always a lower priority for them.
tim.
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unfortunately for you, the camera is not considered a high priorty on a smartphone. the main things are constant internet/data access, emails, phone, etc. playing music is nice and taking pics is cool, but its not the basis of a smartphone.
maybe you should have bought a different phone?
not tryin to be harsh, but i have read from several devs that camera is always a lower priority for them.
tim.
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You're out of your mind. The x10 had the best camera on the market when it came out, why would someone looking for a good camera smartphone choose something other then the best?
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How many of you free loaders donated to any of the Devs ?
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What's that got anything to do with the argument? This is a free community and we are talking about an open source project. Also I'm not saying that the devs aren't working hard, but how about working together and trying to achieve something worthwhile. Rather than releasing one pointless Rom after another.
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What's that got anything to do with the argument? This is a free community and we are talking about an open source project. Also I'm not saying that the devs aren't working hard, but how about working together and trying to achieve something worthwhile. Rather than releasing one pointless Rom after another.
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Incentive.
The developers are working their ROM's and themes out of their own sense of desire/wonder/interest. If they think they've done something that may be of interest to others they share it. If there's enough interest/donations maybe they'll respond by trying to develop requested features within what they are capable of with the tools currently given.
Clearly there's an audience for it. And for everyone the camera isn't the main sticking point.
"Something worthwhile" is your attempt at belittling their efforts? Its a horrible thing to do. Like music you may not like, others do. Learn to code instead of these "pointless" complaints.