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POLL : Which is the best cooked HD2 ROM?

Hi all,
With so many cooked HD2 ROMS now available I was wondering which one in all the users opinions is the best. By best I mean most stable and usable on a day to day basis with no annoying bugs creeping in nown and again
POLL time..........

I think that that depends on the personal predilections.
There isn't any "best cooked" Rom!!! You have to test more than one Rom and find your favorite...
just my2cent

ianmason said:
Hi all,
With so many cooked HD2 ROMS now available I was wondering which one in all the users opinions is the best. By best I mean most stable and usable on a day to day basis with no annoying bugs creeping in nown and again
POLL time..........
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Well sorry ianmanson but you will have to stop wondering about this from a poll perspective as this thread will be closed down immediately. Each chef takes there time with there Rom's and they don't need criticism like this from the overall forum.
Please take some time to sift through each of the rom's and try them out yourself as this type of thread creates problems between the members here.
Thank you for your understanding..

ohnoes!!! I see either a) flame war starting; b) closed imminently.
Think about all the ROM chefs you offended by not including their Roms?
I can name about 10 you missed off and I only browse here.
In all honesty the most reliable, stable and speedy ROM will probably be an official one. they certainly arent slow!!!

im in a closed thread

Apologies if I offended anyone, Im sure many people out there may be thinking the same as me.
I don't have time to install 20+ ROMS so I thought a poll may be of use to both myself and some other members.
I took the options from the top 7 viewed ROM threads but if it is indeed a problem then please do close the thread down.
Many Thanks,

hd2o.......? >50000 views...............

Closed as requested.
WB

ROM Vote - Support Your Favorites!

I posted in an earlier thread that I was getting worried that there is so much noise in the Evo development section that high quality ROMs by dedicated programmers were getting lost in the fracas of those that feel slapping a new wallpaper on a ROM qualified as its own distribution.
I was thinking that the best solution would be to see if the community would be interested in a way to uprank and downrank distributions in a one stop gateway that would help everyone clearly see which ROMs are the brightest and the best.
To that effect, I've created a Google Moderator series that lists ROMs. You can put a checkbox next to the ones you support, and an X if there is one (or some) in particular that you had some bad mojo with. If one you love isn't there, you're more than free to add it yourself to get the voting going!
The best part is, you can change your votes at any time!
http://bit.ly/aaZbOD
This may work, this may suck. Time will tell if this can become at all useful

If you dig this idea, please bump it for awareness. Otherwise, we can let it disappear.
No harm, no foul
We've had 15 people contribute so far. The more we get, the more comprehensive the data!

I'll bump this. Before I used to check the thread rating and whichever ROM thread had the best rating, I would go in and test it out. This could help out.

This'll definitely help in deciding a ROM to flash. Bump.

Sure I'll support this...
NOTE: please don't use this list as a bible...once we start rooting phones, they can tend to have a mind of their own. Some roms run great on some phones but are unstable on others. Same goes for kernels and themes. Remember, YMMV.

Great Idea.

jd9900 said:
Sure I'll support this...
NOTE: please don't use this list as a bible...once we start rooting phones, they can tend to have a mind of their own. Some roms run great on some phones but are unstable on others. Same goes for kernels and themes. Remember, YMMV.
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Agreed. Hopefully the whole "wisdom of the crowds" thing can at least push people in the right direction.
You all owe it to yourself and your phone to read the threads associated with these ROMs before flashing though!

I removed two added suggestions that did not follow the style of the vote. Please add roms not "MORE ROMS PLZ"

Awesome idea. Will vote.

Sticky this. I think it would clear up alot of questions too. Id say combine this idea with the release matrix from androidspin.com would be great.
for reference to what im talking about
http://db.androidspin.com/androidsp...id_build_base_os=&android_developer_id=&go=go

bump
this will be good for those rooting from froyo
sent from my baby. . . the evo 4-gees

I think that it's a great idea to add some sorting/ratings/details about all the roms out there, to anyone that hasn't been on these forums a while I'd assume it's quite overwhelming.
I'm not sure what the best idea is, as voting in a thumbs up/down fashion might not be the greatest way to show evaluation, I'm sure a lot of people with negatives are gonna be the ones with bugs or couldn't get it to work right.
In the end, I think rom reviews would be ideal, if we could get someone to do them. I remember shopping for a Nintendo DS cart, if anyone is familiar with them, and I found a website that had frequently updated reviews of the different available cartridges from the various teams that made them, and even though everyone knew the R4 brand cartridge I was able to get a good feel for the developers and features I was choosing from and I chose another brand that I was quite happy with.
I think voting makes it a popularity vs people with bugs/problems contest, more detailed voting (stars/categories) would end up being too tedious for most, and the spreadsheets, tho useful, don't really tell you everything you need to know.
Reviewers can also make the community more aware of who is making our kernels, the differences between them, available themes, battery life comparisons, etc.
We just need to find some people that swap roms enough and would be willing to do the write ups...

i think it will become a popularity contest which is part of the point, but the problem i see is that there are many die hard fans of this rom or that rom and i have no doubt they will negatively rate other roms just to try to move there fav rom up the list whether or not they used the rom, was something wrong with it, or not.
I think any type of ranking system is more hurtful then helpful. If you are a dev for a rom that isnt as popular or is new you may show at the bottom of the list even though your rom is bug free stable and fast. If people use this list as a true reference they will see your rom at the bottom or not on it at all and assume your rom isnt very good this could be very discouraging to the devs that even though they work hard and have a very solid rom they may not get many users and may be considered a "bad" rom since they haven't been around as long or arent one of the big 4-5 that people frequently use.
just my take on it. i like the review idea of the above user that along with nief's rom comparison that actually compares performance and battery life i think is the most helpful personally giving every rom its fair chance. it also takes popularity out of it to some degree and gives newer roms a fair chance vs coming in down 1000 votes.

I agree but people certainly do gravitate toward quality.
I took a lot of time to think about what the best way of doing this would be, and Moderator seems to be the best idea:
1. Reviews get outdated with each iteration. What you cite as problems now, can be fixed tomorrow.
2. The benchmarking idea is also bad since each phone is different. My phone pegged in the high 40s on old Linpack on most ROMs where others were seeing mid thirties. Again, outdated is an issue.
3. A poll on the site doesn't allow for other ROMs to be added easily
4. You can always change your mind.
Unfortunately, since the question is "what is everyone's favorite ROMs" is technically a popularity question, a popularity contest is what it is.

shameless TTT

Bump! Sticky?

Bump for fantastic happy goodness.

If this would have saved us from the inevitable 400 other threads started each week asking, "which ROM should I flash?", I think it could have been a great idea!

You have my vote I support it.
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HD2 Lossing the Great Developers

Hi All this is for all of us and our wonder full HD2
We are losing our developers Due to Our or someone else mistake.In very recent past 3 to 4 dev's has sopped working for or HD2 we should try and stop that trend to keep our HD2 Live latest one dorimanx and xylo if any other please add the name I am very much thankful to all the developers and Cookers who cook's the ROM for US.If we can get back the DORI and xylo both had given us very best of their work.
With full respect to all the past developer's I had given name of only very recent Developers please don't misunderstand My post Thanks

You are 100% rigt.
+1 for support.BECAUSE OF THEM OUR HD2 IS MUCH BETTER PHONE, AND WE KNOW THAT SHOULD 100 AND 100 OF HOURS AND MANY NIGHTS TO DEVELOP ROMS, KERNELS AND THE OTHER GREAT THINGS FOR HD2.

chineel said:
Hi All this is for all of us and our wonder full HD2
We are losing our developers Due to Our or someone else mistake.In very recent past 3 to 4 dev's has sopped working for or HD2 we should try and stop that trend to keep our HD2 Live latest one dorimanx and xylo if any other please add the name I am very much thankful to all the developers and Cookers who cook's the ROM for US.If we can get back the DORI and xylo both had given us very best of their work.
With full respect to all the past developer's I had given name of only very recent Developers please don't misunderstand My post Thanks
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Dunno about Dorimanx but Xylo is definitely still active on the HD2 forums, so I don't know what you're on about there. Yes, development for the HD2 is decreasing but it's because the phone's three years old, not because of the community. I'm not quite sure but I reckon you won't be able to find any other phone which is this old and still has this much activity. Even so, the HD2 probably has another half a year of life at the most before development completely ceases, so we may as well enjoy it whilst it lasts and face the truth that sooner or later this phone will die.

+1 as well dorimanx is in my opinion the best dev on here no disrespect to other devs but he is hands above the others in relatiin to his kernel work with zram and swap and the frequency with which he used to update his rom us unsurpassed making my hd2 faster than then my friends stock sensation. we all miss him here his dev status in my opinion and the opunion of others should never have been revoked. i was told by a moderator that they answer questions within 24hours but am still awaiting answers to questions in my thread reinstatement of developer status which i posted for dori to be given his dev status back in questions and answers.
so hail the MAESTRO DORIMANX and please return we need you. if u are nit going to return please open your rom and kernel in some other forum and we will leave xda and follow you once again.

I believe that all the developers are worthy of respect. all have made the development of hd2 possible, every one for own characteristics and knowledge.
perhaps they are of part but dorimanx for me it is the number one for when it concerns the innovations brought on our telephone, I speak of the data2ext, of the swap, of the zram. Is Tytung one of fathers founders of the rom android on hd2, which rom android has not had one kernel of his? I believe anybody (the dorimanx has not perhaps had never it).
I believe to speak for the good of everybody, because they don't put on all together with to work for a rom android that perhaps that official are even able of eguagliare.
you think only to imagining xylo + tytung + rick_1995 + dormanx, and many I have forgotten of it, that work for a rom that could remain for a long time perhaps on our telephones.
you excuse for the English

Isn't this the same thing people posted about a few months ago

Nigeldg said:
Dunno about Dorimanx but Xylo is definitely still active on the HD2 forums, so I don't know what you're on about there. Yes, development for the HD2 is decreasing but it's because the phone's three years old, not because of the community. I'm not quite sure but I reckon you won't be able to find any other phone which is this old and still has this much activity. Even so, the HD2 probably has another half a year of life at the most before development completely ceases, so we may as well enjoy it whilst it lasts and face the truth that sooner or later this phone will die.
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i disagree tbh it still as a 4" screen thats the main reason its still up there ,back in the day apple said there screen was big enough now the min screen is what the hd2 has got so id say long as the devs still want to they will as it still outsrtips a lot off phones out there on spec ,off topic but shame the devs never got in to the hd7

I'm delighted to have found this website! I got my HD2 and at first I quite liked the W6.5 on it, slowly getting used to it and them BAM! I can't use the Windows Marketplace, that was the only/final straw for me, what the hell is the point in having a marketplace on the phone when you can't even use it! I started looking into getting android on it and managed to stumble across this site and thanks to the helpful guides on how to flash my phone I've managed to get it how I like it! Keep up the good work guys as I am here for a while now, can't see me getting rid of my HD2 for a long time and will always be checking here for updates!

you want developers? spare hd2's for new ones(not noobs, ones without hd2, i mean).
simple.

many thanks for all their great works

I'm very happy Tytung is making HD2 roms again. Thanks to him, my HD2 now runs ICS perfectly. He released his last ROM yesterday, his previous ROM last week. He always was my favorite developer.
We salute you, Tytung!

[POLL] Update on shipping or backordered?

So the last thread was a little depressing but I know many people have got theirs shipped after voting on the original poll. I would like to make a final poll (if mods don't mind) with the updated status of everyone.

Flashaholic life end thoughts

Ok,writing this post to tell you guys after a countless flashes,countless ROMs and so on : There is NO SUCH THING stable custom ROM ever!
I've tried almost every ROM posted here,and before it on my old Samsung Galaxy Note 2,even when i feeled that finaly i found one,after a week or two after using it should be a bug that hard to find with a daily use but it still exist and when you get to it,its annoying and here i find myself changing to something else.
After a year of using this great phone i finaly realized that is most stable ROM is official CM ROMs that we get throughout OTA.
This post based on self feeling and not coming to offend any of our great developers that hardly trying to make our daily user experience better and easy. You deserve a great THANKS from everyone of us
Thanks,
And sorry for my not very good english!

There's a dedicated thread for exactly this subject here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/flshholic-help-thread-t2869514
No need for more. Join the discussion there. :good:
Thread closed,
Darth
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