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[POLL] What ROM do you use?

What ROM do you use, and why do you use it? What other MODs have you applied to it? For the poll I just chose the ROMs that seem most popular. I'm sorry if the one you used isn't listed, just post it here anyway.
For those that flash a number of ROMs, like me, just choose the one you use most, or the one you "fall back on" when you're done testing other ROMs
And yes, I'm aware of this one, but it's a bit outdated with the ROMs.

Other ROMs commonly used that I didn't list
I'll update this if there are a number of users that use ROMs that I haven't listed (There will be, lol)
List thus far:
SuperFroyo/SuperBler (I still just count these as CM, but hey) - No users in this thread yet, but it's apparently popular
MoDaCo custom release - 1 ex-user so far
Plain ol' rooted stock - 1 user

What about the all famous superFroyo (now called Superbler If I'm not mistaken)
Not that I've every used it but there's much attention for it.
I dno what to vote for yet
I've always used CM but I now I use blayo's to test the data2ext (which isn't really great, yet)
I might go back to CM when CM7 has the fixes for GPS and 3D. But I would love to have flash on CM hopefully someday,...

We'll cross the SuperFroYo bridge when we get to it Anyway, it's basically CM.

I started with Modaco MCR r4, but now changed to B 0.2
It's Sense-based and already has most of the changes I made to the MCR rom (update Gapps, facebook, move busybox in /system, circular battery...). Only thing added is DrRomca's "amibios" bootanimation from Modaco forums

I use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870662
It is a rooted stock rom. I can't complain about it.

BlaY0's B.02
I tried every single ROM in this section, except variations of rooted stock ROMs and this is the first that really feels a good bit faster then others (data2ext enabled).
Other then that CM is very nice of course. Used pretty much every version from Indigo Beam to the latest nightlies until 2.2 got released.

I use CyanogenMod since Azure. Now I have 6.1 and I'm waiting for a fully functional CM 7 experimental build.
I haven't tried other roms, but I follow the updates on the forum. The main reason is that I don't think that roms based on the stock one will be upgraded to Gingerbread, therefore I don't want to change rom knowing that I will be forced to return back to CM.

Big fan of CM but I use BlaY0's now. Waiting for CM7.
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CM all the way. Haven't tried BlaY0's rom but seems to be getting positive feedback from users. Won't flash it though, waiting for CM7. Sorry Blay0.
CircleMOD battery with themed notification icons, BiosAnimation bootscreen, remove some system apps. Well thats about it.

Right now I'm using CM 7, because.. well it's Gingerbread Went from BlaYo's B 0.1, and it's pretty good. Actually made me like Sense again.

using CM6.1 atm (couple of days)
but as i am reading more and more, everyone saying that Blay0's b0.7 is showing better performance than cm, but cant say till i try
i am kind a new in android word, i will use cm for a while till i get the guts to install new rom without messing something up
cheers
EDIT: from 26.02.2011 blay0's rom and it rocks

CM from the very beginning (love the tons of features/settings added)...use now CM7 (usually flashing nighties as they came out), snakehult 130DPI LCD screen density, data2ext2 (thanks TGM), CWM3 (not S-Off unfortunately) , Honeybread theme

Have tried many, now on CM7 and B0X time to time.
I need better sd ...

Standard stock rooted rom, but I'm about to test CM7-RC2.

Tried CM6.1 and it has horrid for me, so I switched to blay0's 0.7 ROM and never looked back.
I'll look into CM7 when it's pushed as a stable release. I'm not one for nightly testing.

cyanogenmod7 #8 here

First real custom ROM was CM6.1.
Then got a little bored and tried Blay0 B0.X for awhile.
Now on the first release of CM7.0 and seems stable enough for me!
Only issues I've spotted so far on CM7.0 are the Menu button/Optical pad wake, all else seems sweet

Cm7, I'm loving it
Sent from my HTC Droid Incredible

Rapier said:
CM from the very beginning (love the tons of features/settings added)...use now CM7 (usually flashing nighties as they came out), snakehult 130DPI LCD screen density, data2ext2 (thanks TGM), CWM3 (not S-Off unfortunately) , Honeybread theme
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Why do you call me TGM? TheGrammarMan? Or a consistent typo?

Recommedation Required: Best Gingerbread Custom ROM

I've been using Micromod's v.19 GB ROM for about a month now, however, it's becoming more apparent that it's not very bug free as I use it more. The bugs seem to be increasing, I get more app crashes and weird bugs the more I use it.
I haven't tried a ROM based on the CM7 nightlies yet. Does anyone have a recommendation for any of the Gingerbread custom ROMs?

Iggy82 said:
I've been using Micromod's v.19 GB ROM for about a month now, however, it's becoming more apparent that it's not very bug free as I use it more. The bugs seem to be increasing, I get more app crashes and weird bugs the more I use it.
I haven't tried a ROM based on the CM7 nightlies yet. Does anyone have a recommendation for any of the Gingerbread custom ROMs?
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I've been tempted to move to LeoGingerBread ROM. It's based on AOSP with CM7 filling in the missing parts and is customizable through leoparts. Seems to be a complete package.

So flash another rom and see for yourself..

Micromod is a nice rom but has got a lots of bugs and is not as stable. Now answer to your question - it's really a personal preference, I am using CM7 nightlies since a month, its been improving and updating almost everyday, getting better with each iteration. Again, its a personal preference, but why don't you just try downloading those roms with gingerbread and try them for a few days one by one... may be you will find one which suits your needs.

I find CM7 really slow, compared to some Froyo ROMs (i.e. Enomther). Even LeoGingerbread is slow, as it includes CM7's framework (as of the actual version).

Iggy82 said:
I've been using Micromod's v.19 GB ROM for about a month now, however, it's becoming more apparent that it's not very bug free as I use it more. The bugs seem to be increasing, I get more app crashes and weird bugs the more I use it.
I haven't tried a ROM based on the CM7 nightlies yet. Does anyone have a recommendation for any of the Gingerbread custom ROMs?
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I've been very pleased with Micromod's Gingerbread Custom CM7 Mod. The only issue I have is occasional resets, but it sounds like that's a problem with other CM7 ROMs as well.
BTW, does anyone know if FM radio is working on any of the other CM7 Gingerbread ROMs? That's the main reason I chose Micromod's version over the others.

Using Leo's ROM now. Wait for 0.9.2 and flash (currently there's a bug in Apps2SD). It's a mix of AOSP and CM7.
Didn't encounter any weirdness yet.

bigmout said:
I've been very pleased with Micromod's Gingerbread Custom CM7 Mod. The only issue I have is occasional resets, but it sounds like that's a problem with other CM7 ROMs as well.
BTW, does anyone know if FM radio is working on any of the other CM7 Gingerbread ROMs? That's the main reason I chose Micromod's version over the others.
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I have used radio on my nexus with CM7 nightlies ever since they were launched and with v.37 i am listening to radio right now... 99.9 virgin... seems to be working perfectly fine...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942880

Micromod's Gingerbread Custom CM7 Mod is great stuff...

galaxys said:
Micromod's Gingerbread Custom CM7 Mod is great stuff...
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I'm agree with you. I've been using MicroMod CM 7 v1.3 for almost a month and it works very well. It's too bad that MM left us for another phone :-(
But, thanks for your great effort MicroMod :-D

I personally like Geo's GRH55 build. Fairly stock, but it's speedy and has trackball awake - the only killer feature I needed.
[ROM] Gingerbread (GRH55), Deodexed, rooted, busybox, battery%, TB alert/wake 2/11/11
On the downside, HQ Youtube is not working on it, but it appears everything else is so far.

back up cid missing

hi all trying to root my wildfire i have unlocked it with xtc clip
it was on 2.2 but i have now installed 2.1
software number 1.14.405.2
s-off
when i run unrEVOked 3.21 it will give back up cid missing
tried PC49IMG.zip says wrong image

Since you have s-offed you don't need unrevoked to root! B-) flash clockworkmod recovery and then flash the superuser zip file. Ill post links when I get to my laptop
sent from my steroid powered, cyanogenmod filled wrecking machine! using xda app.

Ok download rom manager from the market. Open it and flash the latest version of clockworkmod recovery. Then download this zip http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/su-bin-3.0.3.2-d-signed.zip . Then boot into bootloader and select recovery. Then perform a nandroid backup (just incase) then select install zip, then choose zip. Then scroll to the downloaded zip and flash it. After this you should be rooted and ready to go. When it succeeds perform another nandroid backup so you have one with root good luck
sent from my steroid powered, cyanogenmod filled wrecking machine! using xda app.

thank you all done now just need to find good rom any ideas?

The best choices are:
Sense based roms if you like HTC sense. The 2 that are still being developed atm are rempuzzle by kylon and dk by deep knight, both are very good.
Cm7
Gingerbread rom, highly customizable full of features and highly recommended by me as its the rom I always fall back to. There is a stable version cm7.1.0.1 it doesn't have as many features as the nightlies, which have stalled for the moment at nightly #256. The nightlies are just as stable as the stable version if not more in my eyes so if cm7 is your choice don't be put off by the nightlies are experimental warnings.
Then there's a number of AOSP roms which are basically like a very light gingerbread rom. They don't have as many features as cm7 but make up for it by being a bit faster straight from the box. Also the camcorder isn't working and dialler needs slightly resizing but I'm sure schiznik will eventually figure it all out, then the rest will follow suit. The best choices of aosp atm are Oxygen by schiznik, Splashmod by Jamal.
There are a number of other experimental roms such as the new ics android 4 and the newer sense, but they are very buggy and I wouldn't recommend them to you just yet.
Bookmark this page as its probably the most useful thread on XDA for wildfire users, there's a full list of roms in the first post but the ones I've mentioned are probably you're best bet for now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using xda premium

cyanogenmod 7 for the win

flashed a custom rom went well but the signal drops off and i need to restart phone what is best radio rom for me to use ? thanks

Have you tried to update your radio? The cyanogenmod wiki has links ect. Cyanogenmod 7 should be your man like.
sent from my android powered, cyanogenmod filled wrecking machine! using xda app.

[Q] Nightlies as a decent replacement for 7.1 Stable

Hey guys,
I grabbed myself an NC about a week ago. I've put in CM7.1 right after the first try of the stock firmware.
After going through the forum threads and reading all the (mostly) positive feedback of users trying out nightlies, I'm considering of putting one myself instead of the CM7.1 Stable.
Question is, though, whether I can except a user experience that will be at least equivalent with one of the current nightlies.
I know the question is an oxymoron itself, since nightlies cannot guarantee any "stability". However, as I have concluded from reading many threads here, they do have their virtues.
So, after clarifying that I'm aware of how absurd it is to expect a definite answer, I wondered if there is currently a nightly build that can offer me an at least equivalent (and preferably better) user experience than the current 7.1?
Thanks in advance.

That all depends on what you use your NC for or how you use it. If you just want to use it to read, watch Flash videos and/or other videos, play games and work on documents and stuff then I would say you've already got that with CM 7.1 stable.
However, if you want to get in the trenches with a CM9 nightly group and assist with discovering issues and/or bugs and having to flash new updates or fixes or "hacks" but not really get full use out of your NC that you have today until they get to a stable version then you could certainly go try one of them.
It just all depends on what kind of "user" you are of your NC.

Well, I need my NC in a usable state, since it's my primary (and only) tablet device.
By 'usable' I mean that I'd like a responsive UI, WIFI and browsing capabilities; games would be alright though I'm not a hardcore user (i.e. I don't o/c).
I would love to contribute with reporting bugs, as long as my NC could cover those basics.
Is it possible to boot the nightlies from a SD, while keeping my 7.1 on the emmc?

I've yet to try a CM 7.x nightly that left my device in an unusable state. I have had issues with the Android Market not working, spurious display of cell signal and other relatively minor annoyances. Most of those become apparent in the first hour or so, so if they're a problem, I can easily roll back in a few minutes.
I am a big fan of CM 7.2 RC0 Mirage.

The most stable is 7.1, if you want a everyday driver with no problems then 7.1 is what you want. Ics9 nightlys are in progress but are pretty stable as well, its better to flash the rom and see for yourself first hand...make sure you backup first. Also flash the gapps, I've been running ics for a couple weeks with no problems. Hope this helps
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I would highly recommend at least the Mirage Kang CM7 builds. I have also jumped into the CM9 nightlies and haven't been disappointed. ICS is really slick and my NC is very usable. I can't say for sure about all apps/games, but the ones I use (mainly reading & web surfing) work great.
Like previous people said, backup your current rom, and try flashing either the latest Mirage CM7 build, or the latest CM9 nightly. I would almost recommend trying out CM9 since that's the future, and you can go back to CM7 if you come across a show-stopper.

Yeah, you can dual boot different roms, there are a few threads on that although I've never done it myself.
I just switched from CM7 n253 to the Mirage KANG builds and have enjoyed the experience and would recommend it. I would not recommend n253 as there were some bugs that really bothered me, but they're fixed in the KANG build and it seems to be reasonably stable. Most of what I do is reading / internet browsing / music streaming.

I really am greatful for all your patience about my very obscure demands
BTW, if I do get it on emmc (not dual-boot), can I use a backup app (for example: Titanium) to backup my 7.1 data and pass it to the nightlies, or will it be incompatible with those?

I believe you should be able to backup the app data. Going from 7.1 to the Mirage CM7 builds will be safe.
I actually did install CM9 over CM7 without any major issues. There were a couple apps that would force close but clearing their data or just removing/reinstalling seemed to fix that.

What method did you use when you installed CM7 to Mirage CM7?
Also, is there a method of doing that via Rom Manager?

boyoboyo said:
What method did you use when you installed CM7 to Mirage CM7?
Also, is there a method of doing that via Rom Manager?
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Download mirages build put it on your sdcard, go into Rom Manager and select install from sdcard select mirage's zip and voila. You can update it by just wiping davlik cache, if you encounter any problems it might be wise to do a clean install, which you can do from Rom Manager too, selecting to wipe system and data. Remember to always backup your apps using titanium backup and/or backing your rom.

[Q] Most Stable ROM

Short Story: I need a very Stable & Capable ICS or JB ROM
Long Story: I have yet to flash my first custom ROM on the Acer a500. I updated to the official ICS then rooted and installed a custom recovery. The problem is that there are so many bugs in the stock ROM that get quite annoying. i.e. the screen flickers from time to time in apps, and the tablet has to be restarted. To fix them, I'd have to do a factory reset, but if Im going to lose my data, might as well Flash a new ROM.
I need it to be able to run the top games like Nova 3 Gta 3 Modern Combat 3, Shadow-Gun etc. as well as be able to run Office Applications. I understand you guys can't guarantee that they will work, but please let me know which ROM you found capable of running most apps smoothly. I use this tablet for work and entertainment, thus stability is important.
Thanks. :laugh::good:

Look in my signature, there is the most stable JB ROM but it is stll in testing!
The best ICS ROM is here:
MOD EDIT: Link Removed. Providing direct links to roms containing non-GPL kernels are against XDA rules.
In that forum you will find also Civato`s ICS ROM, it is also to find here on xda
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Just some info;
Posting links to roms containing non-GPL kernels are prohibited as per XDA rules. This is something most people know about already.
XDA has stable roms. However, if one chooses to install a non-hosted rom, one can't expect much support in the forums. Support would be better served at the authors site.
Cheers.
MD

bobiscool07 said:
Short Story: I need a very Stable & Capable ICS or JB ROM
Long Story: I have yet to flash my first custom ROM on the Acer a500. I updated to the official ICS then rooted and installed a custom recovery. The problem is that there are so many bugs in the stock ROM that get quite annoying. i.e. the screen flickers from time to time in apps, and the tablet has to be restarted. To fix them, I'd have to do a factory reset, but if Im going to lose my data, might as well Flash a new ROM.
I need it to be able to run the top games like Nova 3 Gta 3 Modern Combat 3, Shadow-Gun etc. as well as be able to run Office Applications. I understand you guys can't guarantee that they will work, but please let me know which ROM you found capable of running most apps smoothly. I use this tablet for work and entertainment, thus stability is important.
Thanks. :laugh::good:
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First off, I would suggest installing the Unlocked V8 bootloader along with the most recent Recovery. This makes it easier for a lot of things.
Civato's ICS roms seem to be the most popular as far as ICS for the A500.
Waydownsouth's CM10 also seems to be okay as well, but is still inwork as with most CM10 roms.
Both roms will use the Godwarrior OC/UV kernel, so if you need more framerate, it's there.
Also, you can flash one of the stock rooted/deodexed versions and OC/UV kernel.
EZTerry also has an OC/UV kernel as well which runs good.
It all boils down to how the rom runs on "your" tablet. Contrary to popular belief, not all A500's are created equal. Some have different revision hardware.
My advice is to try a couple. See how they run.
MD

@moscow desire,
" XDA has stable roms. However, if one chooses to install a non-hosted rom, one can't expect much support in the forums. Support would be better served at the authors site. "
So why do you think, I posted the link from the authors side??
Definitely not to make you angry!
Diversity can only exist if you don't use only one information source!! Diversity and variety are necessery for free decelopment... .
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meduza2 said:
@moscow desire,
" XDA has stable roms. However, if one chooses to install a non-hosted rom, one can't expect much support in the forums. Support would be better served at the authors site. "
So why do you think, I posted the link from the authors side??
Definitely not to make you angry!
Diversity can only exist if you don't use only one information source!! Diversity and variety are necessery for free decelopment... .
m.
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It's OK Mate. Sent you a PM.
The problem with doing support with a "non-hosted" rom, is that, due to the fact Thor uses non-GPL kernels, And some other encrypted things, a lot of people are unfamiliar with what issue it's been known to cause. Whereas most users here, use what XDA hosts, or they compile from GPL and Apache sources. Especially when it comes to kernels.
Which is why, if you run Thors rom, you will get better support at Thors site. Plain and simple. It's not that some people here will not try and help. I've done it myself, and quite successful depending on the issue. It's just that his roms are a bit different.
MD