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Please recommend a ROM for a noob

Hey guys and gals,
So I just rooted my EVO last week with the Beta unrevoked with success. I flash my first ROM that day(Drew's GB 15a ROM). I really like it but it really isn't something that I could use everyday yet, of course.
That being said, can anyone recommend a ROM that is just as easy to flash without haveing to flash anything else over it and with everything working? I hope I am making sence. Maybe a Froyo ROM without sence or even with sence. Anything custom that people really like. I am just getting into flashing ROM's so, I am trying to keep it simple at first.... The EVO is my first android phone. My hardware build is 0003 if that helps. I got it on release day.
Thanks Everyone!

Can't go wrong with cyanogen.
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+ the cyanogenmod.
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CM6 ftw...

Thanks for the replies guys! Do you have any links for the ones you like? When I do a search here I get tons of threads!

cyanogen's current stable doesn't have 4g FYI. i just got my evo today & flashed the fresh rom (used to use his hero roms). i dig it.

If you like sense Fresh is the way to go, calkulins ROM always been my favorite. Just head over to the development thread you see them, download, nandroid backup, wipe, flash.

I've had my evo for about a month and I flash a new rom every week a to try them all out I'm currently on my fourth rom and I think a nice noob rom would be the Sprint Lovers rom its not too different from stock
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MikFroyo or Ricsim
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MYN's Warm 2.2. Here is a great site to check out many different ROM's and Kernel's that are out there. Also gives links. Awesome site:
http://home.comcast.net/~evobenchers/reviews.html

Abracastabya said:
MikFroyo or Ricsim
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+1 for MikFroyo. Best rom out there right now.

Nefariouss said:
+1 for MikFroyo. Best rom out there right now.
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Make that +2 for MikFroYo! From another noob. Easy flash, no other installs were needed.

+3 mikfroyo for 4g and tether. I prefer cm6, but I was experiencing 3g dropouts.

CM7 gingerbread android 2.3.1! Updates daily....runs great
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No doubt, myn's warm twopointtwo has been the best ROM that I've flashed. It incorporates sense. Definitely worth checking out,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793471
By the way, all the devs do great work. Thanks for all your input.

CyanogenMod....easilly the best rom out there. I get superb battery life out of it. It's very responsive.....just plain the best.
P.S. If you like sense try Fresh or Warm they are both great.

Can't go wrong with cyanogenmod. Yet again when you want gingerbread go with evervolv and sense go with myns or virus
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mjpuczko said:
cyanogen's current stable doesn't have 4g FYI.
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And it has wifi connection issues (see bug #2595).

kamtsa said:
And it has wifi connection issues (see bug #2595).
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So which ROM you recommend instead?
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Myn's Warm TwoPointTwo, Check out my SIG

Fascinate cyanogenmod question

Ok before fascinate got froyo the reason we couldnt have cm is because we were on eclair but since were on froyo can we get cm?
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htim95 said:
Ok before fascinate got froyo the reason we couldnt have cm is because we were on eclair but since were on froyo can we get cm?
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Kaoscinate is cm ....but the screwed up galaxy s software makes aosp difficult.....inspite of that kaos jt and company have made good progress and vanilla aosp is pretty usable as a daily rom

We also still lack the source for Froyo (at least publicly), which is why our current EB01 voodoo kernels are a 'hack', and we don't have voodoo sound, BLN, etc.
The Froyo source may or may not help, depending on exactly how far Kaos is (it might be more work to figure out wtf is going on with the Froyo source, than just to finish up Kaoscinate).

it would be good to here from Kaoscinate dev with a status - anything - he was so good at updates with his progress up until the 2.2 leaks
love the work dev have done to move this phone forward
Thanks

Right now im running blackhole 4.something its tge latest one its dl30 froyo and its running perfectly
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We seem to have some pretty active devs here So I am not too worried about it. I myself an more excite about the Miui Rom development.

onemotodroid said:
it would be good to here from Kaoscinate dev with a status - anything - he was so good at updates with his progress up until the 2.2 leaks
love the work dev have done to move this phone forward
Thanks
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Maybe you're looking in the wrong place. http://twitpic.com/3yb9mh
Check his twitter account for the latest on what he's doing.

dl30 < eb01

akaine2001 said:
dl30 < eb01
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Why's that?
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finakechi said:
Why's that?
Sent in the vain hopes of learning more.
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EB01 is a later leak than DL30. It fixes a number of the various bugs in DL30, and is what it seems most of the developers have abandoned DL30 for.
There's several early EB01 threads in the dev section announcing it, that give a quick list of some of the improvements.

Ahaha! I read the "less than" symbol backwards. I was confused there for a moment.
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finakechi said:
Ahaha! I read the "less than" symbol backwards. I was confused there for a moment.
Sent in the vain hopes of learning more.
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The alligator eats the bigger number!

khanable said:
The alligator eats the bigger number!
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Bwahahaha! What up 3rd grade math?
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Isnt EB01 back to eclair?
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htim95 said:
Isnt EB01 back to eclair?
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No, it is a more polished Froyo than DL30.
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htim95 said:
Isnt EB01 back to eclair?
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Negative ghostrider, it's fozen yogurt

What about GB? I saw a thread where they said punk.kaos is working on CM7 he also tweeted a pic of a fascinate running (more or less i mean it was just a bootanimation) CM7
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htim95 said:
What about GB? I saw a thread where they said punk.kaos is working on CM7 he also tweeted a pic of a fascinate running (more or less i mean it was just a bootanimation) CM7
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Just follow Kaos's twitter. He's working on it, but AFAIK, it's not close to being ready for prime time.

Epicly in need of help!

Out of my situation I am forced to switch from the Fascinated to the epic! Im happy because I've wanted a physical keypad and front camera, but I've been confused with the Roms here, as im used to the scarcity of Roms here on the fascinate. Can someone.please explaine what Froyo releases there are, and which ones are the latest. Also I would like to know if there are any AOSP roms or such. Lastly can someone explain to me what and acs thing is?

Sorry for the bad grammer, its that damn auto correct on my keyboard...
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dandog96 said:
Sorry for the bad grammer, its that damn auto correct on my keyboard...
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Over in developement all the ROMs are listed with ROM in the thread title. The features and instructions are in the first post of each.
Do you BONSAI?

They're all Froyo with the exception of Nebula rom I think. What do you mean by scarcity? I wen't over to the Evo board and the amount of roms they had made my head spin.

Yeah im.talking about my fascinate, which has allot less roms than the evo, im not speaking for xda though which generally has allot of roms. Some questions though,Is EC05 the latest froyo release? And are there any kernels w/voodoo sound that wont brick my phone?
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EC05 is the latest stock release, it just came out a few weeks ago. Sprint is working on gingerbread now but there are only rumors about a release date.
I've tried several ROMs but keep going back to stock. I'd suggest spending a day or two on stock to see if you like it. Also, there have been a few roms that have bricked phones here. I would read the forums carefully before jumping. Also, be sure you know the difference between EXT4 and RFS ROMS, what journaling is and why it's important, and what odexed/deodexed means. Mixing those up can be a bad thing.
mkasick has a few great bug fix patches that can be applied to stock EC05 roms.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029152
If you just want a kernel, I'd suggest Genocide. I'm using Genocide 0.5 on a stock ROM, seems to improve battery life a little. Recent is 1.0, but there are so many changes and warnings on the first page regarding the changes i think I'll just stick with 0.5 and wait for Gingerbread.

Check out the acs rom I love it. The takiya (sp) is very stable, fast and has voodoo sound. It also won't brick your phone the kernal it comes with is good. The 'bad' kernals never got included in any roms
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Samsung Epic Wiki
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700

Can someone please explain journaling to me?
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dandog96 said:
Can someone please explain journaling to me?
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A journled rom means there is signifigantly less chance of data corruption should you have to do a hard reset. Non journaled you will get corruption if your battery pops out and therefor force closes.
cd's or tapes?

schnowdapowda said:
A journled rom means there is signifigantly less chance of data corruption should you have to do a hard reset. Non journaled you will get corruption if your battery pops out and therefor force closes.
cd's or tapes?
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But, there is about a 2% performance gain with no-journaling, so it's a choice between a (very very very very) slight performance gain or increased stability.

Is The Aosp clone rom journalized or not? , and what about syndicate?

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Is The Aosp clone rom journalized or not? , and what about syndicate?
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Neither are journaled, enabling journaling is literally as easy as making a NAND backup then restoring it.

Actually I think the aosp clone has journaling enabled. But read the 1st page of the thread to be sure. I used it for a short time, it was very nice, but had a couple small problems.
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Oh what problems did you have?
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Just minor, browser not working correctly, but there is a new version now. And journal is on.
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I love Syndicate's rom but it did not play well with the Genocide kernel for me (or the stock Twilight kernel that comes with it for that matter). However, Syndicate w/ Vision 1.1 is Epic bliss. Stable w/ great battery life.

Im scared though of the vision kermel though, because so many complaints are being made about it...
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1.2 was the one that caused issues as it used new methods of undervolting. It has since been pulled. Vision 1.1 is perfectly fine.

ACS = Android Creative Syndicate.
We are a team of developers. We.do kernels, roms, themes, mods and more. When you see [ACS] in the thread title it means a member of the team was behind it. We work together to create and enhance the best epic4g experience.
Please test everything from are work to others untill you find something that suites your needs. Personally I'm on Syndicate frozen rom. That was developed by k0nane and I had my hands in the.development myself. It comes preloaded witj the twilight kernel 1.1 from tanimn. Then I use the emotionless beast theme created by me. the three of us are members of ACS.
Now the truth about journaling. It was not turned off for the performance increase. That was a side effect. Journaling was turned off to extend the life of the Onenand chip. Less writes equals less wear and a little performance.
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Noob question

I've seen a lot of new 2.3.3 for the vibrant 4g, now my question is those ROM works great with the original vibrant since that one doesn't have the FCC??
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DarkRaven66 said:
I've seen a lot of new 2.3.3 for the vibrant 4g, now my question is those ROM works great with the original vibrant since that one doesn't have the FCC??
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They need to be modified, but yes, they CAN be ported to the original Vibrant.

So if I just flash any of those roms I might have problems? ??
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DarkRaven66 said:
So if I just flash any of those roms I might have problems? ??
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Yes. And remove the word might and replace it with will
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So pretty much us with the original vibrant are screwed huh?
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We have three better versions already here. They are 2.3.4 so we are a step ahead of Vibrant 4G.
One of them is pretty darn excellent if i do say so myself and now has super noob cant screw up install instructions. The other 2 I havent tried.
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explodingboy70 said:
One of them is pretty darn excellent if i do say so myself and now has super noob cant screw up install instructions. The other 2 I havent tried.
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Which one would that be? I was planning to stick with 2.2 til an official leak but I might give it a whirl.
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Check the dev section, several choices.. explodingboy might be a little biased, lol.

I've tried both simplyhoney and blitzkrieg. Both are excellent ROMs in my opinion and if you can Odin and follow instructions you should be fine.
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I've been using Simply Honey 3.6 for two days now and Im happy with it. Easy to flash too. I made sure to Odin the GB bootloaders too so I can see recovery.
Im not concerned with GPS as I installed one in my truck.
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On the dev forum we have alot of new roms, every week with updates

Most Reliable rom

I just rooted my tmobile vibrant..and now i want to know as of now is
cm7 a reliable rom to use?
which roms right now are the best or are working the best.
looking for a rom where basically everything works where i wont get missed calls or txt messages

Tard Rom or bionix nextgen they are both on the teamwhiskey site, or you can use one of the many jvq/jvr roms on the development thread

Tard Rom and bionix nextgen are the name of the roms im guessing
do you mind posting link with the most current version

From what I can tell the most reliable and established ROMs are all based on 2.2 / FROYO as 2.3 / Gingerbread ROMs including CM7 all still have issues with Battery Power and GPS. These are the two most heavily viewed / used as far as I can tell:
Project V 6/11/11
Bionix-v 1.3.1 from Team Whiskey
Bionix nextgen and Tard ROMs are available in the forums on the team whiskey site (registration required).
Again, it would be great to include a very limited selection of very stable ROMs in a FAQ. The current long list of all ROMs is fairly useless for the majority of us seeking a long-term stable solution.
Good luck!

I always come back to biwinning 2.2.1
It has everything I need which is good GPS and wificalling.,

I use Cyanogenmod 7, all the latest builds are fully reliable and stable.
I also use Hybrid SGS II JVP v. IV XXJVP 06.29.11 ROM and this is the best 2.3.4 ROM with TouchWiz 4.5 launcher. Its also the most stable ROM i have ever had.

lifehijack said:
I use Cyanogenmod 7, all the latest builds are fully reliable and stable.
I also use Hybrid SGS II JVP v. IV XXJVP 06.29.11 ROM and this is the best 2.3.4 ROM with TouchWiz 4.5 launcher. Its also the most stable ROM i have ever had.
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Are you using cm7 right now?
What abouy cm6(froyo) where can I find that

androidlove91 said:
Are you using cm7 right now?
What abouy cm6(froyo) where can I find that
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i dont think we have a working cm6.
if you want stable, just flash most any 2.2 froyo rom like trigger 3.2, bionix, toxic crazy 8, ....
most of the 2.2 roms are about as stable as you are going to get.

Ok ill try out cm7 then im guessing bio.since it seems to be mentioned the most

Don't flash cm7. You're not ready for that. Install a froyo rom instead. You get everything you need from them. Good battery life and stable. That's what matters the most.
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Phiremod 2.2.1 rom is pretty smooth
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Project V no question about Bi winning is great to
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I'm using trigger 3.2 right now. Even though I really love CM7's features the versions atm are a little buggy and battery sucks.
I missed these stable 2.2 roms.
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I use trigger for 2.3.5 and bali kernel! This combo is really battery saver!! And also OC thanks to bali !
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So I'm guessing for all these roms its as easy as cm7 to install from SD...coming from stock froyo

I'm also trying out some of these for some-what the same reason...
School starts tomorrow for me.
I'm a LIGHT user, so when my phone is on standyby i dont want it losing 20% of my battery.
When i use it, I just text, phone calls, a LITTLE music, and maybe play games, but i know i can lose battery while doing those, i just want to save maximum battery while on standby.
Any suggestions?

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xriderx66 said:
I'm also trying out some of these for some-what the same reason...
School starts tomorrow for me.
I'm a LIGHT user, so when my phone is on standyby i dont want it losing 20% of my battery.
When i use it, I just text, phone calls, a LITTLE music, and maybe play games, but i know i can lose battery while doing those, i just want to save maximum battery while on standby.
Any suggestions?
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Froyo. I don't know what the hell happened to CM7. The battery life is just awful.
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iynfynity said:
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Froyo. I don't know what the hell happened to CM7. The battery life is just awful.
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Yes, I know ATLEAST that much haha
I'm on... BiWinning V3 with the stock kernel, it had amazing battery at beginning, and then now its been sucky.

iynfynity said:
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Froyo. I don't know what the hell happened to CM7. The battery life is just awful.
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no its not that bad yesterday i just had light use and it was on running for 16 hours and i had 55% left at the end of the day

xriderx66 said:
Yes, I know ATLEAST that much haha
I'm on... BiWinning V3 with the stock kernel, it had amazing battery at beginning, and then now its been sucky.
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flash Bali UV kernel with Bi-Winning then you're good to go