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[Q] What's your favorite 4G compatible ROM?

I'm stuck can't decide which ROM to go with, Now that 4G is really up and running in my area, I am no longer using Cyanogen (My favorite) Now I can't decide which ROM to go with that supports 4G I like so many of them, What's your all' opinions on which ROMS you prefer. I like more of AOSP style ROMS over the Sense ROMS.
Opinions? Ideas? Suggestions?

Ava-froyoV9, netarchy 4.1.9 CFS kernal, with Riptides colornclear v8 theme. Smoothest combo ever and everything works.
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Bargsbeer said:
I'm stuck can't decide which ROM to go with, Now that 4G is really up and running in my area, I am no longer using Cyanogen (My favorite) Now I can't decide which ROM to go with that supports 4G I like so many of them, What's your all' opinions on which ROMS you prefer. I like more of AOSP style ROMS over the Sense ROMS.
Opinions? Ideas? Suggestions?
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i would say fresh evo 3 i love it

I take both of these ROMS are 4G compatible?

Yep, fresh or Ava for sure!

I think myn's 2point2 is the coolest right now...im running baked snacks #6 kernel and battery is awesome in this setup.
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Thanks for the input I'm gonna spend the next couple of days flashing these ROMS, If anyone else has any opinions please share.

I'm also a fan of the more AOSP-styled ROMs and agree Cyanogen is my favorite but i can't forego the 4g. So, I'm using the latest Fresh ROM with the AOSP lockscreen (just remove the HTC lockscreen and dont set your alarm using the stock clock), launcherpro, and an AOSP theme that gives you the AOSP notification bar and other AOSP-styled looks. Here's a link to that theme's thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=753081
Note: I use V1 and not V2 because I think the bootanimation for V2 is crappy.

stangdriverdoug said:
I think myn's 2point2 is the coolest right now...im running baked snacks #6 kernel and battery is awesome in this setup.
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Are you running sense or launcher pro?
Evo after my Apple

I am running Myn's also. Didn't use any other kernel, and staying with sense, I'm liking it. Battery isn't bad and phone works fine. I don't see any others that I like really...I would like to ditch sense, but I don't want to have to find mail app alternatives and do those other steps you have to do if you run that app to rid sense.

recent ROMs i've tried:
baked snack
evio
myn
fresh
cm6 nightlies
burntdroid
virus
ac
vaelpak
back to evio - fast, stable, nice theme, nice screen transitions (myn's were nice at first but got old and slows things down a bit) and a lot of his work is used across other ROMs. also, another important factor for me is the extra space on internal storage - i have 116 apps all on internal storage with 150mb left!
other:
manup theme
kings #6 bfs kernel

I'll throw my vote in for Ava-froyov9 ROM.
I used tons of roms, and I like Cyanogen a lot(and am using it now), but as for the Sense roms, Ava was my favorite. Battery life was great, everything worked, and an easy AOSP lockscreen flash and ADW launcher made me feel better =P
I actually had lots of strange issues with Myn's rom and in the end, it came down to which ROM ran my NHL app the best.
If I wasn't playing around with different ROM's right now I'd be using Ava's

ava-froyo v9

thanks for all the recommendations everyone. I too am wanting to keep my 4g abilities so am worried about the limited roms as of now.

Today I have been using Frost v2.2.2 if you like AOSP this is for you, The only issue I noticed if I overclock in setCPU too much the phone crashes.
I think I'm gonna go with baked Snack

In search of fast sense Rom

I'm lookin for a good, stable, overclockable, fast sense based Rom, any suggestions? Thanks
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RE:OP
The word stable is a complicated word, Is the original stock rom on eve stable, No, Myns two point two may be your best shot.
Overclocking has to be bought(no rom will carry that) from the market,
Try:SetCPU (very reliable, updated alot
AOSP roms are the fastest due to it strictly google(no sense), because sense slows it down.

I am happy with htclovers..
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dbiondo92 said:
I'm lookin for a good, stable, overclockable, fast sense based Rom, any suggestions? Thanks
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Don't be so lazy. Just read feedback on ROMs.
But I use Myn's warm

For sense roms, there are many that you can choose from.
The top three most popular in no order would be: MikFroyo, Myn, and Calkulin's sense based roms.
They vary to some degree depending on what you like.
Myn's tends to be highly themed, while Mik is more optimized. Calk would have to be in between I guess.
Just my opinion.
You will have to check them all out (not just the ones I've listed) to see which is best for you. We can only give you recommendations since we are not who you are.
It may work for some and not you.
Trial and error.
Note: ALWAYS NANDOID
Peace

I liked mikfroyo with netarchy SBC havs aggressive kernel. But I needed my wii remote so I've become sensless
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Fastest would be Mikfroyo
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I've tried mikfroyo and koni's elite. I'm more partial to koni's because of the theming. It boils down to personal preference of course but the cool thing about already being rooted is that flashing roms is so easy now that you can just about try them all to find out which one best suits you. I'm beta testing koni's elite series II that i just flashed this morning and so far everything is both fast and smooth.

Warm RLS5 is an "older" ROM (if January is old), so you'll have to perform some tweaks yourself (like SD card speed). Almost every aspect of Sense has been "warmed".
MikFroYo 4.5 is quicker (IMHO). Has the latest speed tweaks cooked in (heap size, SD, etc). Similar to Warm, Sense is heavily themed. For whatever reason, this ROM isn't the most stable on my phone.
Azrael X 4.0 is also quick, but very stable as well. Sense is lightly themed compared to the ROMs above. I keep coming back to this ROM due to its stability with my setup.
If you go with any of the 3 above, you'll need to flash a kernel that allows overclocking. I run netarchy, but it'll be trial and error to find the one that works for you. Check out the development section and read about the different ROMs and Kernels. Good luck.

Babiboi manila carbon fiber or mikfroyo...you can't go wrong with either one.both are fast,stable and smooth as butter.

Myn's Warm Two Point Two is amazing and beautiful. Just apply the SD Card Tweak to make it read faster from SD card and watch it fly. If you prefer a fast but relatively stock Sense ROM, minus the bloat, I recommend Sprint Lover's.

I bounce back and forth between these roms..
Mik,Cal,Azrael and CM..
Currently im using Zone's Mik 4.5 Pure version and im loving it.
There is NO best rom, only the one that suits your needs and visual liking. Most of the popular ones are stable for everyday use. (at least for my usage)
I also use ADW EX as my launcher and things seem to be much more snappier.

Product F(RED) said:
Myn's Warm Two Point Two is amazing and beautiful. Just apply the SD Card Tweak to make it read faster from SD card and watch it fly. If you prefer a fast but relatively stock Sense ROM, minus the bloat, I recommend Sprint Lover's.
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Not to get off topic, but do you happen to know where I can find this tweak?
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I am currently using koni's elite 1...works great.....looks great....very fast......
Beta testing Elite 2......even faster....looks great.....will probably stick with koni's roms.
But you can't go wrong with myns rls5.......used it since it came out.....but koni's is a bit faster and themed to my liking......tough choice but you can't go wrong with koni's elite or myns rls5...try them both...that is what this hobby is all about...lol
Swyped from my KONI ELITE EVO 4G SUPERSONIC!

I've tried a few, but I like MikFroyo 4.5's speed, but I'm not crazy about the look. I am really liking EvoKings Ultimate FroYo right now...it's built off MikFroyo so it's plenty quick, but the theming is better. I want to try Koni's probably at some point, but it looks awfully similar to EvoKings. I haven't had any issues with any of them.

aamikam- mikfroyo (V4.5) ROMS has taking optimizing sense based ROMS to another level read up on it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11190976&posted=1#post11190976
many other mod/themers base their roms off MIKS stock ROM. ...koni, kings, avafroyo, babiboy, dark cocoa to name a few. find the right kernel/rom combo they are all over-clockable.
MIK's rom has a lot of mods you can add if you like that with aps2sd a net kernel. i dont even over-clock and that thing flies also stellar battery life. all depends on what you are looking to use or have in a rom.

I like Sprint lovers...it is my go back to rom....

I'm surprised no one mentioned King's Ultra. It's been just about perfect, and the theming is beautiful, akin to Koni's. I loved Koni's Elite 1, but I had terrrible battery life with it, using several different kernels.
Actually, my battery life pretty much sucks with every set up.
As soon as there's a HTC People mod for CM7, if there ever is, I'm probably gonna go that route.

i disagree that sense slows down the phone. that may be true of benchmarks, but not my real world use. the only non sense rom that i liked was MIUI. I use Warm 2.2, mikfroyo blows in my opinion.
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I'll second that...
Rivertamer said:
I am currently using koni's elite 1...works great.....looks great....very fast......
Beta testing Elite 2......even faster....looks great.....will probably stick with koni's roms.
But you can't go wrong with myns rls5.......used it since it came out.....but koni's is a bit faster and themed to my liking......tough choice but you can't go wrong with koni's elite or myns rls5...try them both...that is what this hobby is all about...lol
Swyped from my KONI ELITE EVO 4G SUPERSONIC!
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Used Myns a couple of months ago. Liked it but didn't like some of the fonts. Went to Azrael. Was dececent.
Tried Elite I and now Elite II beta....SOLD! Best rom ever. Very fast. The first rom that I could run LP Plus and not end up with a laggy mess.
Great rom!

Any rom reccomendatons

I was wondering if anyone had a rom recommendation. I have used Stock Turbo in the past and it worked well but I had problems with my uptime=my awake time. I had to get a new EVO (Dropped my old one) wondering if some people could give me suggestions on what roms they like and why.
I would like to have Wiimax, Google apps, and wireless tethering.

AOSP all the way.
CM7.

Destroyer for themed awesomeness.
CM7 for customizability
Salvage-Mod or Savaged-Zen for simplicity
MikFroyo for a fast sense ROM
Myns or Kings Unleashed for themed sense awesomeness
EViO 2 for Battery
Warm Z, Mik Z or Unleashed Z for Sense 2.0
Miui or VaelPaek for something different
That's my experiences and recommendations based on what I've tried.
For what it's worth, I usually stay on Destroyer (Variant of CM7).

+1 for Jstalford. He is right on from personal experiance also. I'm currently running Dark Cocoa III and love it. Its sense but quick, everything works, and its very stable.

CM7 or deck's gingerbread imo

Just depends on what you are looking for...
For Gingerbread, I personally use Deck's ROM with Cayniarb's Tiamat kernel. Probably the most solid combination I've used.
I also like CM7 which I will test out from time to time.
For Froyo... Most are good. I don't play around with sense much because I think GB is much better.

Yeah, if you haven't tried GB yet you definitely should, there's a couple small issues that are fixable with a little bit of work.
For sense roms, I'm really liking Virus Airbourne right now, really nicely themed. Netarchy kernels have been giving me great battery life as well.

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Just depends on what you are looking for...
For Gingerbread, I personally use Deck's ROM with Cayniarb's Tiamat kernel. Probably the most solid combination I've used.
I also like CM7 which I will test out from time to time.
For Froyo... Most are good. I don't play around with sense much because I think GB is much better.
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I just went back to Deck's with RC8. Looking good so far, but I haven't left home long enough to test the battery, but I use the exact same ROM/kernel combo.

+1 for MikFroyo
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vaelpak 3.2 baby! Havent come across a more all around complete/customizeable rom

If I made a nandroid backup of my stock rooted rom now and flash a new rom (even ASOP rom) can I just reload my old image if I'm not happy with the new rom?

happyloaf said:
If I made a nandroid backup of my stock rooted rom now and flash a new rom (even ASOP rom) can I just reload my old image if I'm not happy with the new rom?
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That's correct.

In fact, I forgot to backup my VaelPak flash :X

Myns 2.2 warm or koni's elite for sense or cm7 #36 for aosp.

what does everyone think about Fresh?

Nothing wrong with it. Good Stockish ROM.

New favorite
I have quickly fallen in love with Eternal Prophesy v.4.9. Fast with terrific battery life. Best combination of performance of the half-dozen or so ROMs I've tried so far.

Running omj Rom and sense kernels #15. Gives fantastic battery life.
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CM7 or OMGB

Which one do you prefer and why? I currently use CM7 with Incredikernel because I like stock Android. Is OMGB more stock?

OMGB is pure stock gingerbread. CM7 is highly customizable. I flip between these two and SR 4.0 from time to time. OMGB is a solid ROM IMO. zero issues.

There's omfgb... highly customizable as well.... super fast, and zero issues

If you want completely stock Gingerbread, then it would be OMGB ftw, but if you want it with some customizations, try CM7 or OMFGB.
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sengokubattosai said:
Which one do you prefer and why? I currently use CM7 with Incredikernel because I like stock Android. Is OMGB more stock?
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About a month and a half ago, I was hardcore OMFGB from the beginning.
Then I tried CM7....
So now I'm keeping up with the nightly builds.
To be honest, I wish I wasn't so obsessed with keeping up with it... but I like CM7 because it does have more tweaks, themes and support than OMFGB.
OMGB is the closest to stock Gingerbread that you can get.
OMFGB has some tweaks you can implement.... but not nearly as many as CM7.

I use CM7 nightlies. I really like the customizability, especially the CPU settings menu so I don't have to use third-party paid apps to control such things.

CM7
CM7 nightly

Omfgb
Omfgb for me! I like cm7 but found that I don't use all the features that cm7 has.
I put omfgb on my wife's Eris(after cm7, just too laggy on Eris)and I runs great. So being it runs great on old hardware I tried it on my Dinc,and never looked back!

Evervolv!!!

I can't directly compare OMGB and CM7, but I came from an OG Droid running Peter Alfonso's GPA14 ROM which is pure stock GB to the DInc now running CM7.0.2. As much as I loved GPA, CM7 is the clear winner because of the extra features. I have no lag with CM7, and if you don't use all of the extra features, it doesn't matter, just leave those features disabled. But if you want to use any of the added features at all, then clearly CM7 is the way to go. And you never know when you may want to use any of the other extra features in the future.

I just switched from omfgb to CM7 and its works great on my DINC. plus it was an upgrade from 2.3.2 gb to 2.3.3 gb rom. Much faster as well but as I said before I just switched tonight. Lets see if this bogs down.

I roll with OMGB. I just picked up an incredible off ebay since my OG DROID finally bit the dust. I like lightweight AOSP stock roms. CM7 has a lot of options and tweaks but that is often a hindrance rather than an advantage.
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I haven't tried CM7, but I can attest for OMGB. I've been using it for over a month straight now with great battery life and zero issues. The screen transitions are a bit choppy, but I just run it with Launcherpro, and that fixes it.

I'm running the latest CM7 nightly (I'm actually downloading and installing nightly #80 as I'm typing this). There are a few bugs of course (it is a nightly build, after all) but it's stable and works well as my daily driver. And thanks to Juice Defender and Incredikernel I can get through a whole day with moderate usage without needing to charge. A couple quick questions though, is the latest version of OMGB 2.3.2 or 2.3.3? And how does OMGB's battery life compare to CM7's?

The latest version of OMGB is 2.3.3 actually. Its Gingerbread. I have been using it the past 12 hours or so and can't decide if I like it better than CM7.

sengokubattosai said:
The latest version of OMGB is 2.3.3 actually. Its Gingerbread. I have been using it the past 12 hours or so and can't decide if I like it better than CM7.
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I ment 2.3.3. Sorry for the epic fail.

I'm getting better battery life off of OMGB than I did from CM7. I've used incredikernel on both, as well. But a lot of it really depends on personal preference. I like the stock launcher and a more vanilla experience. Hence OMGB works best for me.
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I haven't tried OM(F)GB but the two times I've tried CM7 they run extremely well for about the first 12-24 then everything goes to hell and I have to take it off. Lets see how the compare to Incredibly Re-Engineered 2.4 (froyo). IR 2.3 & 2.4 have been my default rom since I got my inc back in March and I haven't really had a problem with them.

I can't directly compare the two as I've never actually tired CM7, but I love OMFGB......customizable, smooth, and rarely have any FCs

From my experiences, OMFGB runs extremely fast and smooth but lacks the wide spectrum of customizations that CM offers. The difference in speed is noticeable but CM7 with incredikernel runs fast and is great for battery life.

[Q] What's your daily driver?

Relatively new to the G2, and I'm looking for a daily driver without having to experiment with 10 roms that all have one deal-breaking bug.
I like sense, which is good because it looks like pretty much all of the recent roms are sense or miui. I really wanted to have a sense 3.0/3.5 with 3d widgets, but it doesn't look like there are any stable, fast roms in this department.
So what's your go-to rom? I probably will start experimenting with all the newer roms anyway, but I want to get set up with a stable fallback first.
Thanks

As far as an AOSP ROM goes, I believe that meXdroidMod is hands down the fastest thing I've ever installed and it also has great developer support too. Here recently I've been all about MIUI so right now I'm running tun4fish's Bulletproof Miui. I'm in love with the speed and stability of this rom and the amount of customization you can do with it.
All in all it all boils down to personal preference. I like flashy, customizable roms so those two fit me. Play around and see what's right for you
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I switch between CM7 and Beatmod Blissense. I prefer a more pure android, but I do like the UI and widgets in Beatmod.

Been running Bulletproof MIUI the last couple weeks. Solid daily driver with all the features I need and no issues.
When I get bored, I switch back/forth between CM7 and MIUI.

Been a meXdroidMod convert for awhile now. Really really fast and everythings smooth! Developer support is awesome too!

I started out with trying Virtuous Unity and Virtuous Doubleshot but found the Sense 3.0 ROMs were to slow for my DZ.
Settled for Virtuous Sense for the time being which is perfect for me. Also tried out Bulletproof MIUI just to try something completely different but that was definitely not for me so I returned to Virtuous Sense.
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xjjjay said:
Relatively new to the G2, and I'm looking for a daily driver without having to experiment with 10 roms that all have one deal-breaking bug.
I like sense, which is good because it looks like pretty much all of the recent roms are sense or miui. I really wanted to have a sense 3.0/3.5 with 3d widgets, but it doesn't look like there are any stable, fast roms in this department.
So what's your go-to rom? I probably will start experimenting with all the newer roms anyway, but I want to get set up with a stable fallback first.
Thanks
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Virtuos Sense 2.0.0 for me. Stable, fast, no unexpected suprises.

I find any of the sense roms are too slow. On bulletproof miui currently and it blazes. CM7 is also quick and a joy to use.
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I gotta go with cm7 nightlies here. Cm blazes on this phone at 1.5ghz. Check out the gps thread in development if you have issues with gps and your radio.
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I've been running Cyanogenmod 7.1 RC-1 for 1027:53:15 hours. That's over a month without having to restart. Plus I have it overclocked to 1.5 Ghz with Pershoot's kernal. I've never had this kind of stability before. But unfortunately I will have to reboot to install the the final build of Cyanogenmod 7.1.

Been running stock rooted GB and recently tried g-lite but it was crashing my phone. Went back to Stock rooted, runs great and reliable

My daily driver is a honda crx haha =)
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MIUI would be my daily driver. Speedy while still looking absolutely beautiful. Either of the builds by CarpeNoctem or Tuna4fish would serve you well

lots of love for MIUI here
as much as I like it too the OP said he likes Sense, so for me after trying absolutely every ROM with Sense, i like the InsertCoin. It has the battery and speed of your 2.1 Sense ROM but all the cool features of Sense 3.
I'd like to stress on the battery life - it's absolutely fantastic on InsertCoin.

HAK Devil said:
MIUI would be my daily driver. Speedy while still looking absolutely beautiful. Either of the builds by CarpeNoctem or Tuna4fish would serve you well
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As far as MIUI goes, I prefer Tun4fish's build (Bulletproof MIUI). Its updated weekly with the MIUI.US release, and has a great kernel and memory management tweaks. Super reliable.

slovoflud said:
lots of love for MIUI here
as much as I like it too the OP said he likes Sense, so for me after trying absolutely every ROM with Sense, i like the InsertCoin. It has the battery and speed of your 2.1 Sense ROM but all the cool features of Sense 3.
I'd like to stress on the battery life - it's absolutely fantastic on InsertCoin.
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It doesn't have any memory problems, common for Sense 3 ROMs?

Try using ILWT CM7
Its a rom thas is based on the latest major nightly build and it has the virtuos oc daemon
Its pretty fast and the battery is awespme!

martonikaj said:
As far as MIUI goes, I prefer Tun4fish's build (Bulletproof MIUI). Its updated weekly with the MIUI.US release, and has a great kernel and memory management tweaks. Super reliable.
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I agree with this statement 100%. Absolutely the best and my favorite ROM out right now.

I'm currently on CM7 nightlies. CM7 is by far the fastest ROM I've used, and it just gets faster when you overclock it. If I get bored, I'll use tun4fish's Bulletproof MIUI for a change of pace.

My daily driver is IC 2.1+3.0 and its awesome on the Desire Z.