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Hey,
im currently running Floyo on my HTC Hero. Im wondering what is the currently fastest and best running Rom out there.
Are the other Froyo Roms out there better than Floyo? Why are they better?
Shall i test the Gingerbread Roms? Are they faster than the Froyo Roms? Do they run better on your Devices ? What about the battery life?
fiden
from my experience I think elelinux 6.2 is the fastest, but for me it's also a little unstable unless he's solved that problem since I used it (which was a few weeks ago).
floyo is really good too though so you might want to stay where you are.
make sure to use launcherpro which is by far the fastest launcher on the hero.
gingerbread is fairly fast but not really as instantaneous to respond to your taps as some of the faster older roms out there. I actually find that cronos eclair light is the fastest rom to respond to my commands, but it's a highly modified 2.1 sense rom which means you're limited to 2.1 features (if that bothers you, it annoys me now that I'm used to gingerbread).
It's a trade off really. gingerbread is the best os so far, but it does have a couple of graphical framerate issues in UI screen transitions and some 3d stuff.
It's camera might not be quite as fast or good as with older roms also, however I'm not convinced of that yet.
You can always create a nandroid of your current setup (or a bart which will be a bigger backup but will include your ext partition - sort of a necessary thing imho). then wipe all and try a gb rom. you can restore to your floyo bart backup any time if you decide to.
Froyo at the moment is very rock stable and still faster than Gingerbread (Beta). It's like comparing Windows XP and Windows Vista. GB beta offers something interesting. However, from time to time, you may experience FC, lag, GPS problem, unexplained reboot and some apps not useable (not updated yet for GB). The default camera on GB is still bad, very colourless. If you use alternative like Camera 360, only then it is good. If you use GPS a lot, bear in mind Runkeeper or Buddy Runner will have problem connecting to GPS. My daily working ROM is also Floyo 1.20. Use Nandroid to backup your Froyo first. Wipe all, Flash any GB ROM (I had tried Ele's 0.6 and Cronos' 1.10) to try out yourselves.
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make sure to use launcherpro which is by far the fastest launcher on the hero.
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I haven't tried LP for a few months, but I am quite sure Zeam is faster
Of course Zeam doesn't have as many features.
Ive been running GB for about two weeks and have only had one lock up. (mind you I was reinstalling all my apps while trying to listen to music so probably my fault there..)
Only had 1 FC and that was in Gmail after I changed my signature in the settings but hasnt done it when I edit it since.
Havn't noticed any lag (then again I use Zeam, which flies along anyway),
and I get 3 days battery, half a day more than froyo with the same usage. (then again its using a different Kernel compared to what Froyo was using so that may be why).
As for colourless camera, ive not noticed any difference at all since updating. if it does worry people that much, you guys do know that the stock camera has settings for bumping saturation/contrast/etc up right..? and it remembers the settings so set and forget..?
But yeah. I switched to GB as soon as I was getting reports through it was all stable and nice and I have not been disappointed. In froyo I always used to run into market install problems every so often (items would download but not install, no matter what froyo rom I used this problem used to come and go randomly.) none of that yet!
Have not tried the GPS yet on a proper drive, but on preliminary tests (local runs around the block on foot and in car) I get a fix within 6seconds inside the house by a window and 4seconds out side, Google maps, Copilot and runkeeper all working fine.
As others said. Make a nandroid, full wipe, flash and have a try for a few days.
If you say the Ginger-Roms are still not stable, i will not test them and wait a little time until they are stable . Thanks for your help!!
So is there a difference between the Froyo Roms out there? Shall i test the others like Froyd or Elelinux or Cronos? Somebody made experiences with TastyFroyo from RaduG?
fiden
Im running Cronos Ginger (non-Anim)....
Its much faster than the froyo ROMs i had used in the past. Only problem is that some apps refuse to work... like Opera Mini, Angry Birds 1.5.1
But its not a big deal, its my day-2-day ROM and very useable
So far I'm finding the GB roms pretty damn slow (all of them, including fresh Cyanogen). The fastest ROMs are still probably modded 2.1 sense ROMS, but then your trading features for speed. There are a lot of very fast, stable and feature rich 2.2 ROMs out there though, so that is the safe middle-ground right now.
I've tried a bunch of ROMs, but as far as I can say, Elelinux's CM 7.0.0-based ROM (v0.6) is the fastest of all. Gingerbread ROMs for the Hero have gotten pretty fast over the last couple of weeks.
And concerning the launchers, I'd say Zeam's the fastest.
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I've tried a lot of rooms too. When I went from eclair to froyo, I found many useful new functions (tethering the first one), but from froyo to ginger what are the advantages? I tried, but then I went back to floyo, the froyo version which gives me the highest scores on tests...
Tests arnt the be all and end all
For example, Tasty gingerbread rom gave me the best scores. but the UI was laggy as hell. the tests are just how information is moved about as apposed to how fast YOU can interact with the device. I hardly ever run tests any more I just use the best testing equipment for me, my eyes lol
hey thanks to all you answers.
So i put an eye on the new Cronos Froyo 1.8.0, which is out since the 10th. Somebody here who tested Cronos Froyo and somebody who can tell me about his experiences with CF?
Cronos is a very good developer... ive tested his roms in the past and there were many good roms out there a couple of them were the best out there!
What about Cronos Froyo?
fiden said:
hey thanks to all you answers.
So i put an eye on the new Cronos Froyo 1.8.0, which is out since the 10th. Somebody here who tested Cronos Froyo and somebody who can tell me about his experiences with CF?
Cronos is a very good developer... ive tested his roms in the past and there were many good roms out there a couple of them were the best out there!
What about Cronos Froyo?
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CF 1.8 is great. Coming from CG 1.1 but CF is much much much faster! Try it, in my eyes no G rom is faster than Froyo.
My phone has not been running as smmothly as I would have liked. While there is not as much support as I would like for CM7 and the new spl and radio I am sick and tired of changing the radio and spl via fastboot so I am staying but I would like the user experience to be more pleasant. What performance settings work best for you? What CPU settings do you use? What are the best patches? What is so great about Yoshi? I hear you have only half phone functionality with his ROM aka I'll pass. Is there a stable version of Honeycomb available?
WOW... I have to say I am shocked... YOOOSHI is faster than Cyanogen by far... running 124 apps very SMOOOTHLY. No lag @ Compache Hack 32mb swap, JIT on, vm heap 32, home and messaging in memory, dithering disabled, in mem CPU low 160, high 576... no swapiness. Default Yoshi launcher. Thanks Yoshi, can't wait for honeycomb.
Froyo for Trout
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My phone has not been running as smmothly as I would have liked. While there is not as much support as I would like for CM7 and the new spl and radio I am sick and tired of changing the radio and spl via fastboot so I am staying but I would like the user experience to be more pleasant. What performance settings work best for you? What CPU settings do you use? What are the best patches? What is so great about Yoshi? I hear you have only half phone functionality with his ROM aka I'll pass. Is there a stable version of Honeycomb available?
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Hi,
I tried CM6 on my G1/Dream and the phone was very slow and lagged everytime. I think that CM is for phone with more memory and CPU. But you could try the ROM Froyo for Trout, I did it and it is fast.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825716
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Hi,
I tried CM6 on my G1/Dream and the phone was very slow and lagged everytime. I think that CM is for phone with more memory and CPU. But you could try the ROM Froyo for Trout, I did it and it is fast.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825716
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Ok will try thanks, any idea when honeycomb will be available? Do you think G1 will be able to handle the new ROM?
Honeycomb is not coming out for phones. Honeycomb/Android 3.0+ is for tablets. And if your G1 is having issues running CM6/7 you are more than likely not going to be able to run Honeycomb as it is optimized for dual-core processors.
Try laszlos froyo best rom I've used on g1 froyo 4 trout is also good but you have to manually congif some stuff laszlos is good right out of the box
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In terms of Gingerbread ROMs, the latest COS-DS by roalex has been running exceptionally well on my Magic.
CM7 has been pretty disappointing thus far.
Is it CM7 are official release ? i think is much better to try with Yoshi or Laszlo ROM
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Honeycomb is not coming out for phones. Honeycomb/Android 3.0+ is for tablets. And if your G1 is having issues running CM6/7 you are more than likely not going to be able to run Honeycomb as it is optimized for dual-core processors.
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Look at this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974087&page=14
Honeycomb already ported for G1, but, of course is not yet fully functional.
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Is it CM7 are official release ? i think is much better to try with Yoshi or Laszlo ROM
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Checked/run both CM7Unofficial and Ginger Yoshi RC5.2. I wanna just say that Yoshi's ROM works twice as fast and fully stable than CM7. System settings were the same for both ROMs.
I will try Froyo for trout. Unfortunatly Yoshi has started locking up. Honeycomb doesn't sound so promising anymore. Yes the G1 is a freak but at this point its like trying to modify windows 7 on a machine built for windows 95. What is the point? I'm not thrilled with CM7, and I HATE CLockwork recovery and if its the only way for me to get updates from the phone forget it...
Super D. Deez nutz donut.
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Super D. Deez nutz donut.
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Super D is Super outDated, fast but a blast from the past, on the other hand Super F. Super Fu*k is a monster... and I have to say Froyo is by far the fastest, eats Gingerbread man, brings the bees to it's knees and Cyanogen is striaght up unstable, willing, but unable.
Hello my fellow flashing friends!
Is it me or is ICS a bit overrated ? I tried several ICS roms, and apart from the buggy (video)camera still I admit it's not bad, in fact yes, it's quite good and very smooth. But can anyone give me one good reason why a good ICS rom would be BETTER than a good GB ROM ?
Except for being able to "say" that you are running the latest android version, and a few other transition effects in ICS (ok I know there's a bit more to it but you know what I mean) I don't see what would make ICS the better choice over GB.
So far GB can do everything what ICS can do afaik, in the end probably even better (especially for us DHD users). So tell me your motivations why you would run an ICS rom and not a GB one ?
There are many excellent GB roms such as ARHD, CoreDroid, Runnymede, MIUI roms, CM7, etc that in the end imo outclass the ICS ones a bit still..
The only reason I can think of I'd flash an ICS rom for some while is to have something "different" again, but in the end I seem to get back to the good ol' GB everytime..
So tell me your motivations why you'd go for ICS rom or why for GB rom!
Lol, ICS hasn't even come officially to the DHD so you can't compare official GB and ported ICS, GB is going to be extinct once ICS comes offcially
ARHD for example, is official GB and that's way more smoother and performance/batterywise. So GB for now, ICS when it comes offcially
ICS roms are fully functional on DHD already apart of videocamera ofcourse.. But ok even if we take i.e. a Galaxy Nexus then, what's better about it than the DHD with a smooth GB rom ?
It's just something I am trying to figure out.
I would say jz go for ics. If you doesn't mind the camera, or you've boot manager, you would jz go for ics sense 4 rom, den install a stock ics rom in yr sd card in case u need camera, this is what I do right now.
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I would say jz go for ics. If you doesn't mind the camera, or you've boot manager, you would jz go for ics sense 4 rom, den install a stock ics rom in yr sd card in case u need camera, this is what I do right now.
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Right now using the CM9 rom ported by jcmaddox, with blackened ice theme + htc keyboard + working camera and videocamera (but this one lags a bit in 720p), feels pretty nice. But I'm a Sense addict so from the moment a Sense 4.0 rom is available with working camera I will go for that one probably.
ICS = new, nuff said.
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ICS = new, nuff said.
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Because new is always better ? No, not quite imfo.
I'm using Primo S just now and I love it for the performance. Nenamark scores have tripled. I know benchmarks don't mean that much but games and the phone overall feels much snappier. Also, it's the first ROM that I can just leave wifi and mobile data switched on without running out of charge halfway through the day. overall, it's the best DHD Sense experience I've had so far.
Maxy
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MaxyDad said:
I'm using Primo S just now and I love it for the performance. Nenamark scores have tripled. I know benchmarks don't mean that much but games and the phone overall feels much snappier. Also, it's the first ROM that I can just leave wifi and mobile data switched on without running out of charge halfway through the day. overall, it's the best DHD Sense experience I've had so far.
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What about stock browser (by that, I mean all apps that use the stock browser core too)? I find that it's sluggish compared to GB. In fact, the reviews are in for One V's (Primo S) and they all point to a sluggish web browsing experience with some even saying it locks up for 30 seconds before catching up with processing. I do find that the stock browser in GB is faster than ICS. My wife's SGS2 on the other hand still retains the speed and smoothness of GB stock browser when the phone was upgraded to ICS. I have a feeling HTC has basically relied on AOSP for their webkit whereas Samsung's added their own hw accelerated code to speed it up.
Reason I'm rather particular about the webkit is because a lot of apps use it (e.g. Facebook app) even if you don't use the stock browser.
if you just have to flash a rom as of today... gingerbread big time!
However, many ics innovations (and honeycomb) are developers side. ics brought many new cool features for developing much better applications. And if it's true that iOS fortune is its apps quality and variety, then android is moving in the right direction, giving developers a much better, and appealing environment to work in. So in a not too far future you'll need ics as minimum requirement to run the most cool applications on your android. And they are gonna kick ass, making of your phone an awesome device. till that day you can always stick with gingerbread . do not forget that gingerbread took over froyo as most used android operating system only in december (2011) so most of apps have been developed with that in mind so far. (backward compatibility etc...)
cheers!
personally, since switching to pics from GB, I couldn't imagine running another GB from as my daily. While ICS might not do anything particularly better than GB on the DHD or Inspire, it certainly seems to do all of the things nicer. Simple little features like folders and recent apps windows may not seem that important if you haven't used them, but once you get used to the interface, ICS aosp experience blows GB's out of the water in my opinion. Now if we're talking sense or some other manufacturer overlay it may not be the same, but as far as stock goes I LOVE ics
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What about stock browser (by that, I mean all apps that use the stock browser core too)? I find that it's sluggish compared to GB. In fact, the reviews are in for One V's (Primo S) and they all point to a sluggish web browsing experience with some even saying it locks up for 30 seconds before catching up with processing. I do find that the stock browser in GB is faster than ICS. My wife's SGS2 on the other hand still retains the speed and smoothness of GB stock browser when the phone was upgraded to ICS. I have a feeling HTC has basically relied on AOSP for their webkit whereas Samsung's added their own hw accelerated code to speed it up.
Reason I'm rather particular about the webkit is because a lot of apps use it (e.g. Facebook app) even if you don't use the stock browser.
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I think you're probably right about the stock browser. It isn't quite as responsive as the GB one, but it seems to add some nice functionality. The main shortcoming for me though (and I say this quietly) is the camera, or lack thereof. Will get fixed in due course.
Overall, ICS is actually better than I expected.
Maxy
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I was an avid user of ARHD before I switched to IceColdSandwich, now I can't turn back. ICS is smoother, faster and has essentially doubled my battery usage from barely a day to two full days.
I tried the One X ports but they have a terrible battery life and lack AOKP's features. ATM I couldn't be happier with ICS.
ICS is great but then there are a few limitation when you try to get ICS on our phone. ICS is fast, smooth and even better with battery but then a GB ROM would probably give you more functional phone.
Basically depends upon whether you can live without those few features. I f you can ICS should be the way to go. There's a slight catch though DHD isnt really the latest of all devices, so devs would concentrate on the development of ROMs for the new devices. (Lord and Twisted both have moved out DHD ICS development scene but there are still a few great devs working), so regular updates would come less often.
and GB is mature and stable (with almost no updates required).
Yeah the stability is a big issue for me as well, my GPS was working perfectly til I switched over to Ice Cold Sandwich on my DHD.
Although I was able to fix it using a patch, I find GB roms have less problems in the internal side of things...
No doubt ICS feels nicer to have on your phone though
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Google Chrome support, folders, smoother, optimized, easier to use. Nuff said
Not to forget HID Support with BT and with Sense
I find that ICS has more to offer feature wise, however I am new to this and haven't had the chance to test many GB ROMs.
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Because new is always better ? No, not quite imfo.
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gimme one reason to choose GB over ICS when sense 4 is fully ported to DHD...
Ics has a lot of new features and is worth it. But i don't see why you made this thread if your shooting down peoples opinions on the matter
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Hi,
i flashed my HD2 about 4-5 months ago to the NexusHD2-Gingerbread V3.2a rom by tytung. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905060)
Everything works fine, great and the most of time stable.
This year tytung released a ICS-version for the HD2. NexusHD2-ICS-4.0.4-CM9-HWA V2.0 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434860)
My question now - u guess: Should i stay on Android 2, without any big bugs or problems, or should i "risk" the step to the android 4 rom by tytung? Pays it off and is the rom stable as the Android 2 version?
I apologize for my -probably- horrible english...
Luiooo said:
Hi,
i flashed my HD2 about 4-5 months ago to the NexusHD2-Gingerbread V3.2a rom by tytung. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905060)
Everything works fine, great and the most of time stable.
This year tytung released a ICS-version for the HD2. NexusHD2-ICS-4.0.4-CM9-HWA V2.0 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434860)
My question now - u guess: Should i stay on Android 2, without any big bugs or problems, or should i "risk" the step to the android 4 rom by tytung? Pays it off and is the rom stable as the Android 2 version?
I apologize for my -probably- horrible english...
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It annoys me a lot more than it should, but it's Android 2.3 not Android 2 And your English is extremely good, much better than many others' English on these forums
Anyway, I would highly recommend it. That's the ROM I'm using right now and it's extremely fluid, and the HWA is very noticable. I haven't noticed any consistent bugs as of yet, and using GO Launcher makes it seem even faster (definitely smoother than GO Launcher on GB). However, in the day I've used it I have had two reboots although I suspect it's something to do with GO Launcher because it happened both times when I pressed menu in the GO Launcher app drawer. I haven't yet been able to reproduce that bug so fingers crossed it won't happen again. Overall, a great ROM and you should definitely try it out.
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It annoys me a lot more than it should, but it's Android 2.3 not Android 2 And your English is extremely good, much better than many others' English on these forums
Anyway, I would highly recommend it. That's the ROM I'm using right now and it's extremely fluid, and the HWA is very noticable. I haven't noticed any consistent bugs as of yet, and using GO Launcher makes it seem even faster (definitely smoother than GO Launcher on GB). However, in the day I've used it I have had two reboots although I suspect it's something to do with GO Launcher because it happened both times when I pressed menu in the GO Launcher app drawer. I haven't yet been able to reproduce that bug so fingers crossed it won't happen again. Overall, a great ROM and you should definitely try it out.
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i agree with Nigeldg as i am using the same rom right now
i havent had any reboots yet lol ....and im useing launcher pro+
if you are in mgldr you can try tytungs' icecream rom's sd version as I do. temple run 'runs' very fluid unlike many ginger roms, even in sd version.
Thanks for the opinions. I will try it and hope it will work as good as the 2.3.7 version...
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Thanks for the opinions. I will try it and hope it will work as good as the 2.3.7 version...
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LOL, thank you
Yeah it should work just as well if not better than Gingerbread
The ics rom its smoother then GB. Games runs very well and its stable enougth.
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i used 2 but somedays ago i flash IceCreamTosti v1.1a got some bugs but i stay on 4 its better for me. This is your choice which one you choose
Hi, I'd recommend you upgrade to the ICS one - gingerbread isn't worth staying on really unless you want a Sense ROM. Also use apex launcher if you want to have a fully stock ICS experience. I've used that and not had any random reboots so I highly recommend it!
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Hi, I'd recommend you upgrade to the ICS one - gingerbread isn't worth staying on really unless you want a Sense ROM. Also use apex launcher if you want to have a fully stock ICS experience. I've used that and not had any random reboots so I highly recommend it!
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When you try ICS you will never go back to GB
I Didn't tried the GB Version ( i was On MIUI xD ) , Now i use ICS tytung's rom for over 2 months , and it's extremely Stable
Good luck
Hi guys ... I'm currently using Virtuous Affinity, and I've found it to be very slow and buggy, and I really want to switch to some other ROM .. Before Virtuous Affinity, I was using Virtuous Unity, which I found to be much better ..
So right now I need suggestions for a Desire Z compatible ROM, which is based on HTC Sense 3.5 or higher ... Or at the very least, it should be Sense 3.0 or higher ..
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Hi guys ... I'm currently using Virtuous Affinity, and I've found it to be very slow and buggy, and I really want to switch to some other ROM .. Before Virtuous Affinity, I was using Virtuous Unity, which I found to be much better ..
So right now I need suggestions for a Desire Z compatible ROM, which is based on HTC Sense 3.5 or higher ... Or at the very least, it should be Sense 3.0 or higher ..
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If ur fine without a camera virtuous primadonna is very stable and smooth
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I actually need the camera ... If the camcorder is out though, I can probably live with that ..
Every 3.5 sense rom i've tried so far get laggy and buggy after time. I'm now using ICS mexdroid rom and this is really really really the fastest experienxe so far for me personally.
Try the energy series.
Virtuous Affinity 2.05.0 was a fantastic ROM to use after i debloated it and supercharged it. I used it for about 2 weeks with the HTC Amaze cam mod and that was by far one of my favorite Sense ROMs. I normally stick to AOSP ROMs though because Sense 3.5 is just not meant for our phones. That's the reason why we didn't get an update to Sense 3.* and that's also the reason why our phones won't get an update to ICS, because our phones won't be able to handle Sense 3.6 either.
just try android revolution. one of the best roms ever
I tried revolution, same laggy issues after some time. Even if you reboot every day. Pick an ics rom, they are working very very well.
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I tried revolution, same laggy issues after some time. Even if you reboot every day. Pick an ics rom, they are working very very well.
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jup, andromadus beta 3 is the best rom ever
ARHD 7.0.4:
i suggest you: unistall via titanium all unused apps/widgets (personaly i have only the calendar and the weather widgets) then you need swap,v6 supercharger,sd boost. enable swap, set sd cache to 8192, run supercharger(my opinion option13 for rosie and 6 for memory)
bulletproof the com.android.mms. cpu sleep 245 conv. wake 1.2+ ondemand.
you will have all time 100+ mb free not loosing you message(i rec to have the ghostly), playable, smooth. always you will have lag or freezes is a sense 3.5 rom in a 512 rem device. is the best that you can do. i have tried everything.
edit:BUT ALWAYS YOU WILL HAVE THE CAMERA FLASH BAG (flash doesnt open in the same time when the camera captures a picture so the image is black) this is the reason i let the 3.x roms. you cant fix it even install the amaze mod camera even a 3rd party app or different kernel...
Okay to cover this one more time:
Sense 3 and 3.5 roms are not ever going to work well on the G2 series. Dead Stop. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.
The G2 series does not have sufficient system horsepower to properly run a Sense rom of this series. You want Sense UI and G2 in the same package? Great. Run Virtuous Sense 2. It is based on the DZ firmware and is very stable.
Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.
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I actually need the camera ... If the camcorder is out though, I can probably live with that ..
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You could keep a backup of a couple different roms on your sd card. That's what I do. Primadonna might not have a working camera, but audacity does.it only takes a few short minutes to switch between roms.
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You could keep a backup of a couple different roms on your sd card. That's what I do. Primadonna might not have a working camera, but audacity does.it only takes a few short minutes to switch between roms.
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wow, and so many good roms with a working camera... i guess its just me
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