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[Q] Best Droid x Rom

What is the best droid x rom currently available, because with the 2.3.340 update there has been some great roms and updates being released such as ape x 1.3, and fission 2.4.3. So i was just wondering out of every rom available what should i download. I am looking for something stable, has good battery life, and decent performance
P.S. Don't be bias

reannimated said:
What is the best droid x rom currently available, because with the 2.3.340 update there has been some great roms and updates being released such as ape x 1.3, and fission 2.4.3. So i was just wondering out of every rom available what should i download. I am looking for something stable, has good battery life, and decent performance
P.S. Don't be bias
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I don't currently run any custom ROM, but I would probably say, try out Apex, Fission, and GummyJar. Those are the top 3 right now. At that point, it's up to you on how you like the feel of each... I think GummyJar has a new version that just came out, and is supposed to do really well in terms of performance...
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^^ sorry for the stupid tags...been working with xml all day at work...and now at home... had to throw it in there...

+1 for GummyJAR

the fastest rom is the one you overclock and the one with best battery life is the one you underclock. i really like gummy though pretty good rom

Also keep an eye on Obsidian. This is from wiki.ccroms.net I believe.
This is a completely AOSP (minus moto kernal :weep build. right now there are some issues with camera and gps, and some reports of battery drain. But when this is all fixed, it should be the best ROM out there!

I use gummJAR v2.5. The best rom for you is what is dependent on your likes. If you like blur elements then apex or dark slide are the way to go. If you want blurless then focused, gummy, or fission. Battery life and speed are subjective and can't be truly measured. If a rom gives me great battery life, that doesn't mean it will for you too.

So what's the difference between Gummy and Fission? I'm currently running a version of ZapX that I want to get rid of. I'd like to have the most recent update as well.
How do both roms perform in terms of GPS? Of my friends with the X, my GPS fails miserably...

ROMs are a matter of personal taste, but after struggling with random reboots on TranQ I've settled on Gummy Jar. If you don't like blur, you'll find GJ 2.5 is smooth and stable. I can't compare it to Fission though, which gets similar kudos. The beauty of the Nandroid is you can try them all without too much trouble.
To do a fair comparison, I recommend SBFing first (if you haven't done so in a while). Then make a Nandroid of your clean set up so you can install each ROM fresh. If you like a ROM, make a Nandroid of it before going back and trying another.

Gummyjar if i can remember is completely aosp.
it also boots faster than any rom ive ever used.
if you dont use gummyjar, go with fission

I've been using GummyJar and I think I'm about to give Fission a try. Would rather see what else is out there.

+1 for GummyJAR if you want blurless but if want blur, try FlyX Bazinga 2.4. I uses it for a while and had almost NO issues. I did have an issue just for 1 day where it rebooted few times by it self but it was just for that day. Don't know what casued it but that was the only time. It never happened again. Its very stable and fast rom. I currently use GummyJAR2.5.

I agree with all those who support gummyjar 2.5. Been uaing it now, and have not had a SINGLE reboot. If u do want blur, I think there is a new rom called fusion that is being released. Its fission with blur aspects added back in.
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I have been using Gummy Jar 2.1 since before Christmas and love it so far. It has considerably sped up my phone. I designed a custom theme and basically have 3 homescreens covered in widgets, so I need a light, quick ROM. This one does the trick. I have had a few restarts, but hey, I had those on stock also...
Edit: Switched to Liberty 1.0 a little while ago and it blew my mind. Definitely my recommendation now.

i used fission, tranquility, apex, and gummyjar.
tranquility boot looped constantly for me, so that one was out. coulda been just me, who knows..
i am not sure what i didnt like about apex...
fission and gummyjar were both good and i knew i wanted to use one of those.
for the last week i have been running gummyjar, seems very stable and is lightning fast. i just started doing roms in the past 10 days, and i do not see myself changing from gummy right now. my girlfriend has a stock dx and my dx is so much faster and she still gets random reboots occasionally. i, however, do not

Rubix??? cant belive nobody has said this its probably the most popular rom, at least on the droid forums it is. The latest build uses gummyjar as a base so you get all the great speed and aospiness from gummyjar plus all the crazy tweaks of rubix for insane battery life, i havn't once needed to charge other then over night and i'm a very heavy user. I do have the extended battery though

I've tried all the rims you've posted and always go back to Fission. I really wanted to like gummy but it seemed inconsistant to me.
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If I download gummyjar, it asks if I want to wipe cache/data? Should I before install?I did a back up
This is also using rom manager app.
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Yes. Make sure to wipe data and cache.

So I will have to start adding widgets,wallpapers,market items back? I use launcher pro is this an issue?
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blabonte said:
So I will have to start adding widgets,wallpapers,market items back? I use launcher pro is this an issue?
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No issue. I use LP also.

Bonsai vs Truly Epic

Hey guys, im currently running bonsai rom. I've tried justcabout every other froyo rom and always reverted back to 2.1, hated all of the issues on them, and they felt laggy to me. Bonsai has been amazing, camera issues aside.
So, I've never actually tried truly epic rom, and people have some really good things to say about it in the development thread. Which one of the two do you prefer? Why?
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Tried them both but prefer midnights latest its really sweet

Isn't midnights themed though?
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afive720 said:
Isn't midnights themed though?
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No, I believe he includes a separate theme zip now. Midnight is based completely on Bonsai though with only a few tweaks like taking out touchwiz launcher so not really too different.
Truly Epic has a nice launcher, but I prefer Bonsai with ADW EX or launcherpro personally.

I have tried most, if not all of the Rom's and always revert back to Midnight Rom. His latest is just a base Rom with a folder of add ins you can install separate. I like it because it is minimal and appears to have the best battery life.
Just my opinion though and as we all know: Opinions are like A#$ holes we all have them and most of them stink.

I just like the midnight attitude...... ya get what ya need ya add what ya want and it all works good really good cant imagine the alleged upcoming update being better than this

I have been running truly epic 1.5. No issues yet. I do recommend the clean install I tried the other way and and the phone force closed everything like a batsh*t crazy maniac. But all in all nice Rom. Very snappy no issues yet. The only issue I had with bonzai was video recording...it was like it couldn't keep up with motion..haven't tried video on this yet I'll get back to ya on that one.
EDIT: Still very slight lag on video but much better.
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Turly Epic for a silky smooth experience!!!! Not a very popular rom here but over at android central its the most popular one and for good reason.

riceknight said:
No, I believe he includes a separate theme zip now. Midnight is based completely on Bonsai though with only a few tweaks like taking out touchwiz launcher so not really too different.
Truly Epic has a nice launcher, but I prefer Bonsai with ADW EX or launcherpro personally.
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Ya need to try Go Launcher EX it murders Launcher and Adw.Its faster has more fetures,lighter,looks better and has integrigated task killer.
I was a big fan of Launcher Pro but the dude is so slow with updates that it made me try GO Launcher and now I cant see myself using anything else.Devs should include it in their roms.

Wow I was just about to comment and say people should try Go Launcher Ex because its awesome...i felt the same way, I loved launcher pro but decided to try go launcher and Idk if I'm going to ever go back...the integrated task killer is pretty awesome I must say and it is much snappier.
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lviv73 said:
Ya need to try Go Launcher EX it murders Launcher and Adw.Its faster has more fetures,lighter,looks better and has integrigated task killer.
Trying Go Launcher EX as advised. Really liking it over Launcher Pro at the moment.
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tried truly epic,Facebook would force close and I didn't like the fact that stock calculator was replaced, but it was good. Went back to bonsai for now. I think that I am going to go back to 2.1 stock to get ota, just seems as if all roms are sort of buggy, but I know that all the Devs do an amazing job and work hard.
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They are all buggy because they are all based off the buggy DK28 release.
In all seriousness I'd recommend Bonsai... It's very snappy and relatively bug free. You may as well wait though.. all the 2.2 roms will be refreshed in a few days and likely be brand new machines with the EB13 heart.

Yea, but I liked 2.2 stuff and gingerbread theme. Aside fromcfew annoyances, I really liked custom 2.2 stuff. 2.1 stock is definitely more stable, went back to it for now for the ota. I'm probably going to install bonsai once it gets updated though, I really don't like that we will be getting Sprint id, hopefully bonsai wont have it.
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They are all buggy because they are all based off the buggy DK28 release.
In all seriousness I'd recommend Bonsai... It's very snappy and relatively bug free. You may as well wait though.. all the 2.2 roms will be refreshed in a few days and likely be brand new machines with the EB13 heart.
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Bonsai with Go Launcher and SetCPU
That's my combo and I love it.
Bonsai is already snappy, but with SetCPU I'm getting another 10% boost in my benchmark scores. Battery life is suffering, but by habit, I charge my phone at home, work and car, so I always have enough juice anyway.
Thanks for posting your opinions. I'm new to the scene and had the same dilemma on which roms to play around with.

First Gingerbread ROM! ZapXGinger4.1!

It is superfast! Bloatware removed! Terminal scripts! Custom bootani!xustom walls! Nice for a start.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itm6X_jgSK8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Rom in action, plus link to file.
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Awesome can't wait to get my gingy on!

looks no different then stock rooted and deodexed gingerbread and mine runs just as fast

It's made by Drew Garen and hes also got a blurless rom. Here is a link to his rom page
http://drewgaren.com/DrewGaren/Roms.html
I have tried both of them and they seem to be a bit buggy now but you have to understand they are the first GB roms. There is also a Rubix for the gingerbread leak, heres the link for that
http://alldroid.org/tabid/40/g/posts/m/10156/rubiX-Blurry-Bread.aspx#post10156

Actually drod already released a rom for gb, called in blurrybread, I have it on my phone its great got all his speed tweaks from rubix in it but he left alot of blur because of the positive reviews. All the other bloat is gone though.

How is the rubix?
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save yourself some time and don't flash drew garen's gingerbread roms. they are buggy as ****...random reboots...an unbalanced mix of AOSP and BLUR that weight each other down. anyone can move apks around and implement fixes that other devs have worked hard on and call it a custom rom. just thought i'd try to save everyone from a pointless sbf session.

ernesttatum said:
save yourself some time and don't flash drew garen's gingerbread roms. they are buggy as ****...random reboots...an unbalanced mix of AOSP and BLUR that weight each other down. anyone can move apks around and implement fixes that other devs have worked hard on and call it a custom rom. just thought i'd try to save everyone from a pointless sbf session.
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It has been super stable for me, have you tried data wipe?
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yes, sbf'd to stock .340, flashed leaked gb, wiped, flashed gingeraid 3.6. reboots during titanium backup restore. wiped, reinstalled TB, still random reboots during restore.

Never understood using a Rom where half the apps dont work. Whats the benefit if the phone only works half the time.

Another buggy ROM, throw this on the pile with the others.

Thanks for the work Drew.... It's running very smooth and stable here for an early rom on GB/DX. I also have this theme (Gingercomb with a touch of Juice 2.3) installed from Juicemane. Again!! This is a very nice start...

Well ive been running this for 28 hour, no freezes, lockups, or force closes so far. Im ready for Lib gb, or tranq gb though, but this is a good start. Tip adw makes it even better.
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rocko73 said:
Another buggy ROM, throw this on the pile with the others.
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Just looked at your track record on XDA here... not much helping, lots of negative comments. If you think you can make a better blur-less ROM in the stretch of a week i would be willing to give it a try.

Comrat said:
Just looked at your track record on XDA here... not much helping, lots of negative comments. If you think you can make a better blur-less ROM in the stretch of a week i would be willing to give it a try.
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No, not lots of negative comments-truth. And I wouldn't slap together a rom in the race to be first because it does no one any good except waste time all in order to feed your ego.

Which rom would you recommend?

I'm currently running CM7, I haven't tried many different roms with this phone, the others I had on my phone at least(besides CM7) were Froyo(stock/rooted) and rooted GB. What other custom roms would be good for me to try, for example, if I want to keep hdmi functionality and 720p recording etc. Is there an AOSP rom where I can keep that functionality?

Liberty .9 is pretty smooth and has the HDMI and 720 p recording down, as well as being very customizable (liberty customizer prompts at first boot to choose which features asop and blur you wish to have).
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I'm currently running DarslideX. It's a GB based prerooted rom. Has hdmi support, as do most GB builds. Been on it about 2weeks now, very stable, some blur, most bloat removed. There are a couple people making custom themes, sliders, etc for it. You can find it over at mdw.
My DroidX Thrives on the DarkSlide!!

I've had liberty and apex and the rooted leaked gingerbread but I have been happiest with cyanogenmod. Just waiting for HDMI.
DX+CM7

Thanks for the responses. I did try Apex, then I installed MIUI.

I am in the same boat. Looking for another GB rom until cm7 is stable.

g8rgrad2k said:
I am in the same boat. Looking for another GB rom until cm7 is stable.
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Cm7 is very stable. I update with the nightly every day. I do have to flash the camera fix to make YouTube work and I also flash the dx2 sound pack from team black hat app although they took it off the app. Wish there was a good HDMI fix already but that's the only thing that would really make cm7 any better for me.
DX+CM7

I'm currently using MIUI and besides the questionable battery life, I love it. My phone feels completely different, in a good way. It's also very smooth and haven't run into any problems yet.

I've been using Liberty v0.9 since it came out. Very smooth, customization is there, everything works... Best rom I've used. Had a problem the first time I loaded it. Re-downloaded it and data wipe fixed it. Liberty toolbox is just as good as team blackhat app.

I'm running Liquid now, i looked at Darkslide X, my phone isn't activated yet, and wanted to know if i have to switch back to stock to get it activated(i may flash to a local company, not Verizon). I might try Liberty.

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I'm currently using MIUI and besides the questionable battery life, I love it. My phone feels completely different, in a good way. It's also very smooth and haven't run into any problems yet.
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Agreed 100% MIUI so far has been absolutely wonderful. I would agree though about the battery life issue. Prior to MIUI I was running an early leaked build of Froyo, FroyoDynamite, with SetCPU active on stock kernel I was getting around 2 days of battery life. With MIUI I'm lucky to get a full day.
But everything is super smooth, and it is absolutely beautiful, and the ability to change themes on the fly is amazing. I would agree, it's like a brand new phone to me again.

So is it worth it going from liberty 2.01 to liberty gb .9? I've been holding off because I finally got my dx to run nice with minimal random reboots. I'd love to be on 2.3 but If its still unstable I'll stick with this.
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thejamhole said:
So is it worth it going from liberty 2.01 to liberty gb .9? I've been holding off because I finally got my dx to run nice with minimal random reboots. I'd love to be on 2.3 but If its still unstable I'll stick with this.
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Yes, by a mile. Everything is smoother and faster, and gingerbread is the only place to be.
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To the OP
Liberty .8 was good. I then went on to try other ROMs. I avoided APEX because of the bluetooth issue. Right now I am back on rooted 596. CM4DX blew up on me on build 23 and I have been staying away.
I'm trying to find out which ROMS do not have the in-call bluetooth volume issue. I am not getting very many answers though. I wish there was a list of ROM's that do not have the bluetooth issue.

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.
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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.
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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..

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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.

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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.