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What's your favorite custom ROM so far? What are you running currently?

I am curious about which ROMs everyone is running and enjoying the most.
Please redirect me if such a thread already exists. I searched the DI forums and didn't find one.

Cm all the way
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Lovin' me some tasty Froyo, with Sky Raider 1.9.

CM too. Tried Sky Raider, but CM is just so clean and fast I had to switch back. I can live without a camera for a couple weeks

Interested to see the replies to this one as well - I would love to go to CM6, but losing the camera means too much to me right now (work related, sadly).

I tried out CM6 (Koush_Test) last night. The one interesting thing I noticed, was the battery was draining like crazy. The battery stat said the display was utilizing 75%.
I went back, due to not having the Camera... When you have kids, I need to be ready.. It was fun to mess with.

I am on Jager 1.8ota and stock kernel and I love it I was on his 1.8 with the hydra 1.13 kernel which is really great too!

Stock 2.1! I have overclocked/hacked every electronic device in my house that could possibly have it done except for my phone. I want to wait for the official Froyo OTA update then have a go at it (in the meantime I will just have to settle with jtagging my Xbox 360 and setting it up to run games off an external HD =).

Been using 1.2 yasr and have been really happy. I think i just like launcher pro though. Love to do cm6 but the camera is an issue for me as well. Official froyo will be welcomed.
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dspero said:
Been using 1.2 yasr and have been really happy. I think i just like launcher pro though. Love to do cm6 but the camera is an issue for me as well. Official froyo will be welcomed.
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How is pmf yasr? I habe heared it was good, but i never got around to it.
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jdkoreclipse said:
How is pmf yasr? I habe heared it was good, but i never got around to it.
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It's good. Basically rooting your phone, removing the junk (sense included), leaving exchange support and adding launcher pro.
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dspero said:
It's good. Basically rooting your phone, removing the junk (sense included), leaving exchange support and adding launcher pro.
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Is it better or worse than cm6
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YASR for the win!
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Is it better or worse than cm6
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It's way better it's like stock ROM but without sense and a lot faster and it has great batterylife!! i'm actually using it and it proved that it's the best out there, with an undervolt and overclock hydra kernel you don't need anything else, would love to use skyrider 1.9 but i'm waiting for the camera, i already tried jagger, CM and basically everyone on incredibleroms dot com and believe YASR is way better if you need link just search here in the forum yasr 1.1! =) cheers

skfalco said:
It's way better it's like stock ROM but without sense and a lot faster and it has great batterylife!! i'm actually using it and it proved that it's the best out there, with an undervolt and overclock hydra kernel you don't need anything else, would love to use skyrider 1.9 but i'm waiting for the camera, i already tried jagger, CM and basically everyone on incredibleroms dot com and believe YASR is way better if you need link just search here in the forum yasr 1.1! =) cheers
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im gonna try that with that detox desire theme and jit. ive been hearing great things about pmf, and im gonna give it a spin.
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Cyanogenmod 6
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What's your favorite ROM/Theme for the Fascinate?

A good friend of mine is getting the Fascinate today, and I was going to get her rooted and running 2.2. I've been digging through the Dev forum here, but I wanted opinions.... which ROM do you use, if you use any?
Also, any good theme suggestions? I'm looking for something lighter, whites and reds or blues would be wonderful.
Thanks all!

Superclean 2.9.2. Themes would either be HTC Sense, Gingerbread, or Nitro's themes.
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I'm using the latest Superclean as always and right now I'm really diggin Nitro's Ultimate Honeycomb.

Cool.... we'll give Superclean a shot and I'll run those themes by her.
Any idea also if Fugutweaks works with it? I use it on my phone, and wow, does it make a difference...

SC 2.9.2 with Nitsuj17's Gingerbread

I suggest against rooting someones phone and flashing anything. It leads to nothing but problems. Instead lead them here and teach them to do it on their own. Otherwise ur going to have her calling you with questions our something not working yadda yadda yadda
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stayin100 said:
I suggest against rooting someones phone and flashing anything. It leads to nothing but problems. Instead lead them here and teach them to do it on their own. Otherwise ur going to have her calling you with questions our something not working yadda yadda yadda
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Helped one of my friends with fascinate to root and install a rom. He ended up complaining and complaining about how his phones not working anymore since he tried to install something else. (that was not compatible with the phone at all)

stayin100 said:
I suggest against rooting someones phone and flashing anything. It leads to nothing but problems. Instead lead them here and teach them to do it on their own. Otherwise ur going to have her calling you with questions our something not working yadda yadda yadda
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I've rooted for many of my friends with some reliable roms. Sure they might ask you some time about a problem, but most of the time its fine.
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Her uncle is a developer, so the phone is going to be rooted no doubt... and I'm going to teach her how to root, flash and ODIN. No worries, I've taught several people how to do all this.

hecantbreathe said:
SC 2.9.2 with Nitsuj17's Gingerbread
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By far the best combo IMO as well.
SC 2.9.2 (xImaged) Voodoo Fascinate

SC 2.9.2/ Ec10 Voodoo/ NitroHoney v3.1.1 / [email protected] with Tegrak
2 days stable and fast
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SC rom for now. + Nitros theme
Rocking Frankenclean 2.9.2 Voodoo/EC10+Sound/Nitro Ultra Honeycomb v3.1/XDA Premium

xHoLyx said:
SC rom for now. + Nitros theme
Rocking Frankenclean 2.9.2 Voodoo/EC10+Sound/Nitro Ultra Honeycomb v3.1/XDA Premium
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Just dumped the droid x for an fascinate and getting it tomorrow! Consensus seems to be that SC 2.9.2 with ec10, nitro honeycomb is the best!
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on superclean 2.8 still(haven't had issues so haven't updated yet) with the wp7 theme and metroui launcher
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ROM: Superclean 2.6 (it was the most stable for me)
Theme: Teal RB

SC 2.9.2 the most stable rom I've used since 2.6. Worth flashing for sure.
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ROM: Dark revenge v4
THEME: nitro honeycomb
Rom is very stable for me runs great for me and nitros theme one of the best looking ones I think.
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Superclean 2.9.2 voodoo. Nitsuj17s gingerbread theme recommended. Reason being it is not over the top like Nitro's. Giving a more stock look. Just my opinion. G/L rooting/flashing someone elses phone!!

Darkrevnge v.4 rom/endrestspecail kernal/midnight/blue steal theme. Try it you might like it
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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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ROM: ZenDroid 1.3.5
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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

Help me keep my Epic!

I've had my Epic for about a few days now and I'm starting to feel like I made the wrong choice. I chose mostly on the hardware, than the software. The battery drains like the phone has a hole in it, the TW UI is just bad and I can't use the regular launcher. I'm sure this phone would be better with pure android. So what should I do? ROMs, Kernals, etc. Thanks in advance!
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If I were you I would install some kernals.
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Well hurry up and return it for a nexus... you only have 30 days.
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lazydazed said:
Well hurry up and return it for a nexus... you only have 30 days
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Why downgrade? Go with Colonel Twilight and the Frozen revolution! It's nearly pure android experience. Only catch is you have to give Mystery a kiss.

Mushmaster said:
If I were you I would install some kernals.
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What exactly do kernals do?
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Well hurry up and return it for a nexus... you only have 30 days
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I'm thinking about it.
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Seriously though, did you try launcher pro or adw or any other launcher yet? Get a task killer, estrongs is the one I use. Use it. Move all apps that don't have a widget to the sd card.. custom roms IMO are still too buggy..
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There's definitely a nice selection of Kernels and ROM's available, take a look at the development section, read through some of the features of the different ones available, and see if you find one you'd like to try.
In the end, whether you keep the phone or return it for a Nexus, is all up to you... none of us can really answer this for you, because we all have different wants and needs in our phones.
And fwiw, software side of this phone can be easily modified/customized, so if you're happy with the hardware, then perhaps you should look into the software customization.

xizzmatt said:
What exactly do kernals do?
I'm thinking about it.
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Well the kernel has tweaks in it that can save battery... I'd go with syndicate rom frozen with the genocide 1.1 kernel... pretty good combo for me, I can have my screen on for about 4hrs and I'm sure if you use the phone less you can get a few days out of it
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Custom roms are buggy? Lol what have you been trying?
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Seriously though, did you try launcher pro or adw or any other launcher yet? Get a task killer, estrongs is the one I use. Use it. Move all apps that don't have a widget to the sd card.. custom roms IMO are still too buggy..
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Is CyanogenMod out for the Epic? I had it on the Hero and never had a problem
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steviee7 said:
Custom roms are buggy? Lol what have you been trying?
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Yeah the only buggy rom's are some of the gingerbread roms and there LEAKS... if you want a stable rom syndicate 1.2 is the one to go with.
EDIT: cyanogen is out but not a daily driver yet ie: many things are broken and they are waiting for gingerbread source.
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xizzmatt said:
Is CyanogenMod out for the Epic? I had it on the Hero and never had a problem
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No and probably won't be for some time.
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A good tip to remember...if you do go the custom ROM route, some have no journaling. If you choose one of those, make sure you power down phone completely and don't let battery die or you will get force closes out the arse. If this my be an issue for you, get a ROM with journal on or flash the journal on mod after flashing the ROM.
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Probably a dumb question, but can I root and install a rom w/o going on a computer?
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Syndicate Rom. It's absolutely awesome and very few bugs with almost all features working that I have noticed. Turns the Epic into the EPIC!!!!
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Go with SyndicateROM Frozen. The 1.1 version needs updating ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091680 ) on the ClockworkMod. The 1.2 version ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131544 ) requires the latest ClockworkMod ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1115999 ). You need to flash modem to EC05 with Odin.
What I did was flashing modem to EC05, put the first CWM on the phone, then installed SynROM Frozen 1.1. After that, I updated the CWM, then updated to 1.2. I think the 1.2 is not full package (?) and upgrade from the 1.1 (?). Rodderik will update the 1.2 version with latest CWM. You can either wait for that update or continue with the steps that I did toward the 1.2 version.
Edit - SynROM Frozen 1.1 comes with ClockworkMod included. When you get it installed, just update the ClockworkMod (what I did was using the flash method with Odin) then upgrade to 1.2 version.

xizzmatt said:
I've had my Epic for about a few days now and I'm starting to feel like I made the wrong choice. I chose mostly on the hardware, than the software. The battery drains like the phone has a hole in it, the TW UI is just bad and I can't use the regular launcher. I'm sure this phone would be better with pure android. So what should I do? ROMs, Kernals, etc. Thanks in advance!
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Dump sprint altogether and get a htc sensation with tmo or if you really want to stick with sprint get the evo 3d.

xizzmatt said:
I chose mostly on the hardware, than the software.
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You had it partially right. Hardware is paramount simply because you can replace the software with better software but you can't replace what drives it. Root your phone with the new purple CWM and then give the Syndicate rom a try. What kernel you choose for it depends on your phone since they each take to certain kernels differently. I am personally using the second to last version of the Genocide kernel and voltage control with great results.
Think of the rom as a car's body that you can choose to option and the kernel as its engine.
I prefer Go Launcher over Launcher Pro and Handcent over all the others available.
If you want incredible battery life download an app called DataSwitch by TomatoX.
Make sure to enable journaling too.

xizzmatt said:
the TW UI is just bad and I can't use the regular launcher.
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I thought the same thing when I first started using tw... If your taking about the launcher I won't argue. But the rest of tw is pretty good. Built in task manager that clears ram, the dialer is dope. Contacts list is very functional, U can swype right on a name to call our left to txt. Also easy to navigate if u have alot of contacts. Hold your finger on the right in portrait mode to jump through letters, than if, lets say you know alot of T's when u get to T, slide your finger to the left and you can sort by the second letter (feel free to say thanks). If your in to facebook the buddies now and whatever other things are built in to the tw launcher (though if u change launchers you lose those widgets) activities in contacts links your fb friends, the... Does... And u can... With... And so on and so on and so on... theres alot to learn that u wrong in a few days... I've had mine since release day and I just found out... Yesterday... long story short, u only get one chance to trade ur phone in. Use the whole 30 days before u decide
P.s. u can change your screen brightness by long pressing the notification bar and sliding left to right. But u gotta have auto brightness turned off (thanks ↓)
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Thanks for the info lol. Think I'll just use a rom and kernal
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Best stock rom

Hello everyone I'm gonna start out by saying I'm only asking this because I'm from the gs4g and my dad has the vibrant and wants a rom on it. Ok so what I'm asking is what's the smoothest fastest stock touchwiz rom for this phone
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Well.. "stock"...... ehhhhhhhh
If you want custom roms, theres a lot, and i'm guessing your dad won't be interested in updating the rom once in a while, so i'd say try Bionix, or Toxic, both are Touchwiz (ithink) and give great battery life, however they are pretty old, so there hasnt been any updates and they are not the latest firmware in the Android saga

+1 on those. I am pretty much supporting Toxic8 and a few of us are picking apart Deranged9, both 2.2's. Fishman has a Bionix redux that he has put together and tweaked. Very worthwhile.
Since I am sure your dad isn't going to maintain the ROM like we do, these are all solid builds with working GPS and 911.

Best stock and rom do not belong in the same sentence. I don't know of a stock rom that is any better than half of the dev roms out there.

Ok thanks guys I'll have to try those out for him and see what he likes
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Now my dad just wants to get the official 2.2 update from kies but asked me if there was anything I could do to make it faster so what kernal do you guys recommended
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Try Project V, looks stock but much better.
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Bionix with overstock kernal. Nuff said
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falcons2 said:
Now my dad just wants to get the official 2.2 update from kies but asked me if there was anything I could do to make it faster so what kernal do you guys recommended
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ali1276 said:
Try Project V, looks stock but much better.
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I've been using toxic 8 for a while but project v was great too, probably the closest you'll get.

If you are in vibrant just flash neobuddy ICS passion. This is ultimate
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Go with a 2.2 rom like most have said. They are the most stable AND are able to dial 911 in any situation. Reason #2 would be the biggest factor if I were doing this for my parents. I'd feel absolutely terrible if my parents were in any emergency and couldn't dial 911.