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What is the best custom rom?

I like the default theme and am not opposed to it, and most custom rom themes I do not enjoy. Nonetheless I want a faster system and the ability for live wallpapers.
Are there any reccomendations on the best custom rom for this situation?

Also looking for the same thing, an overclocked SENSE UI ROM? Currently running DD2.7
Any Help For US?
Thanx,
Tee Jay

The best help you're going to get is
"This is what I'm running, but you need to try everything"
The reason why there are so many ROMs is because there is no "best ROM"

For sense run fresh rom or dc
And flash the oc kernel on top
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ive tried all of the custom sense roms and i find this one to be the best. with this kernel OC to 710. its the fastest on my phone. and you can get live wallpapers from here.

What co0020 said.
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Really? The deoxed Sprint? cool!!!!!!!!!!

cp0020 said:
ive tried all of the custom sense roms and i find this one to be the best. with this kernel OC to 710. its the fastest on my phone. and you can get live wallpapers from here.
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I'm guessing the version for fresh and damage?

telepheedian said:
I'm guessing the version for fresh and damage?
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what do you mean? have i tried them? yes

cp0020 said:
what do you mean? have i tried them? yes
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There were two versions of the kernel there. I found out that the Fresh and Damage version is NOT the correct version.

Well if you like stability, and your gps and accelorometer to work properly. Ie you want to be able to use geocaching programs, and exercising programs like cardiotrainer then I would choose a rom based of of the official stock rom like fresh
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Yes this.......
cp0020 said:
ive tried all of the custom sense roms and i find this one to be the best. with this kernel OC to 710. its the fastest on my phone. and you can get live wallpapers from here.
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Yes this is the setup I have, its stable as compared to when I was running the dd rom and nothing freaking worked the way out was supposed to!
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

yet again its up to the user to make the call, but im running blue echo 2.1.7 an its good as a mofo

[POLL] Rom you are currently on.

Hello all . . Would like to conduct a poll as to which rom you guys have flashed and
stuck on as it gives the best results

No stock option?

Cassie rom is the fastest yet, just tried darky 1.3 but it was slow!

Just flashed Rocket Rom V12 and very impressed with the speed. Completely smooth scrolling and excellent battery performance so far.

Sorry I stick to stock deodexed rom. Most of Rome in development are just themed stock.
GALAXY NOTE

andyiacovou said:
Just flashed Rocket Rom V12 and very impressed with the speed. Completely smooth scrolling and excellent battery performance so far.
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But with samsung bloatware

intruda119 said:
Sorry I stick to stock deodexed rom. Most of Rome in development are just themed stock.
GALAXY NOTE
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think you know nothing much then? have you even tried a rom before?

I used to flash roms on my SGS so much.. however with the Note I am very happy with rooted stock... very fast.. not a single lag in scrolling.. smooth unlocks and camera... I play 1080p videos via HDMI on my 46inch and 3D gaming is excellent and I am happy with the Samsung luncher as well... I will wait for the stable ICS roms...

stock rom No flashing!

Rocket rom v12 is the real deal
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA App

I tried Darky 1.1, 1.2 & 1.3 -> had problems using the phone. i tried to fix it like it was told in the thread, but it still didnt work out
Then I switchet to rocket rom and now everything is fine except for bloatware...
Still Im looking forward to the final Darkyrom, since I used it on my SGS1...

Stock rooted.

Yes I've tried Cassie, rocket and darkyrom. Sorry stock has always been smooth to me. Specially with kl7 release, I take 2min out my busy day and delete apps, theme, and make tweaks my own.
Its been the same since sgs2. Rooted stock rom, someone else's kernal and some tacky theme on top.
Im patiently waiting for checkrom.
lqrt said:
think you know nothing much then? have you even tried a rom before?
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GALAXY NOTE

Stock rom but I will try latest Rocket Rom.

Stock rooted.

What kernels do you use with stock rom? Chanfire?
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Stock Unrooted.

Stock rooted for me too. And I don't see any reason to flash another rom as the stock one is fantastic.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note using XDA Premium app.

I'm on Rocket v12. Everything is ok except custom launchers. These are still choppy (especially the app drawer to home screen transition). I am really hoping to get somehow a real custom rom like miui.
I used miui on the sgs2 for a really long time and was very pleased with it.

So far...stock is the one for me.

After rooting your phone

Hello,
I have few questions to ask here in the community regarding rom and kernels.
1. Which Rom do you guys recommend that works without any problems (beside cyanogenmod)?
2. If Cyanogenmod which one do you recommend stable or nightly?
3. Which Kernel should i use after rooting my phone that works correctly and has no problems?
Please share with me some of your thoughts and opinions.

PainKiller89 said:
Hello,
I have few questions to ask here in the community regarding rom and kernels.
1. Which Rom do you guys recommend that works without any problems (beside cyanogenmod)?
2. If Cyanogenmod which one do you recommend stable or nightly?
3. Which Kernel should i use after rooting my phone that works correctly and has no problems?
Please share with me some of your thoughts and opinions.
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1. If you want a 100% working rom with a lot of support go with classic and mikg
2. I don't use cyanogenmod
3.you could stick with stock or try out one of the lionfish kernels. I recommend you use stock voltage one for now
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA

Thanks for replying back appreciate it, Can you please tell me the exact rom name and where would i find updated rom for classic and mikg?

PainKiller89 said:
Thanks for replying back appreciate it, Can you please tell me the exact rom name and where would i find updated rom for classic and mikg?
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Mikg make sure you download full wipe version http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?10338-MikG-v3-11-3-9-2012
classic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312414

Any other roms do you recommend? Beside this two, which are stable and works with wifi hotspot.

Deck 1.3 with tiamat 4.1.0 kernel +sbc
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evo4gnoob said:
1. If you want a 100% working rom with a lot of support go with classic and mikg
2. I don't use cyanogenmod
3.you could stick with stock or try out one of the lionfish kernels. I recommend you use stock voltage one for now
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA
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never tried classic, but mikeG is 100% great rom, i need to try out new kernals myself

Myn's Warm series have always been very smooth and stable for me. I'm not going to give you a link, you can find it yourself in the Dev section.

Energy 2/6/12 rom is awesome... nice and smooth pretty much bug free. can be a bit hefty on the internal storage, but with dt a2sd and dalvik on sd card its not bad.

100% MIUI 2.3.2_es by Swiper with Tiamat 4.1.0

HipKat said:
100% MIUI 2.3.2_es by Swiper with Tiamat 4.1.0
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I second this. Wife wanted an iPhone, I wasn't having that. She got an Evo and complained since day one....until this build of MIUI. She is overjoyed now. I've flashed a lot of stuff on mine and am very happy with the look and feel. Much better than any Sense based ROM I have tried by far and doesn't look like any other Android build without heavy customization. Just runs nicely out out of the box.
Doesn't have 4g but I never turned it on anyway.
Sent from my GT-P7510 using xda premium

Missing Flash_Image

Guys i've flashed SFM 3.0 hero, good rom but the wifi doesn't works so i want come back to stock. the big problem is that's my sister's phone and this rom has deleted the recovery and now i don't manage to reinstall it. it says flash_image not found. i even tried with this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645253 at the step missing flash image, but every thing i do it get reveals useless. here's a screenshot of prompt adb: http://imageshack.us/f/338/immaginevi.png/

Guys please help me, it's important!
more details:
i've started with the stock 2.1 and rooted with universal androot and flashed SFM 3.0 with AmonRA recovery.
now if i try open the recovery it's stuck on the bootlogo. i tried with fastboot, adb, the official RUU but it says that my phone's firmware is wrong.

update: now doesn't stuck on the boot logo, but it boots normally without a recovery.
it's rooted on the SFM 3.0 rom and give the "flash_image not found" error

first things first. i have no idea how to get back to stock using the official RUU
however i do have a few alternatives you could try just in case you don't find the answer your looking for
now you say you flashed sfm 3.0. a similar rom to this would be Wildheroc ROSE V5. its exactly the same as sfm 3.0 but its more stable. it can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1316886 also you could try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24343144&postcount=500 which is a themed version of ROSE V5 created by slobo2712.
if your looking for a stock rom then i highly recomend Heroine ++ which can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295991 this rom is seriously fast. its basically the same as stock with a few minor adjustments here and there
there are other roms which remove sense from your phone that i could recommend but if your looking to keep sense on your phone then those two roms are the ones I'd highly recommend
i know this doesn't exactly answer your question of how to flash the official RUU from HTC but as i said previously in the post i simply don't know. these are just a few options you could try if you don't find your answer.

if i can't access the recovery how can flash another rom??

pochopsp said:
if i can't access the recovery how can flash another rom??
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Ahhh ok must have missed that bit
Can you still use the phone normally???? If so maybe try installing Rom manager from the market and then flashing the recovery from there
Could be worth a try
Sent from my HTC Hero using Tapatalk

i managed it with an official RUU, don't remember wich. now i've another problem. from 2.1 stock i've flashed Elelinux gingerbread ROM, but 3D games like dead runner wich worked on stock rom on this one don't work. maybe the kernel? i still have the stock one.

pochopsp said:
i managed it with an official RUU, don't remember wich. now i've another problem. from 2.1 stock i've flashed Elelinux gingerbread ROM, but 3D games like dead runner wich worked on stock rom on this one don't work. maybe the kernel? i still have the stock one.
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Do you DEFINITELY still have the stock kernal? The reason I ask is because Elelinux roms usually come with flykernal13.
Sometimes re flashing a rom can solve issues. So I'd say go into your recovery and wipe data 2 or 3 times just to make sure because 1 wipe sometimes doesn't get rid of everything. Then wipe cache and dalvik cache and then re flash the rom
If that doesn't work then you could try flashing the Las Venturas kernal but I'd doubt it would be a kernal problem

You're wright it isn't a kernel problem but i did all kind Of wipes but 3D games and applications don't work
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pochopsp said:
You're wright it isn't a kernel problem but i did all kind Of wipes but 3D games and applications don't work
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Hmmm if they worked on stock then I'd expect a newer version of Android to be ok as well . I'm not a big gamer on my phone so can't say I've ever experienced these problems
What games and applications don't work? And do they not work completely? Or just not as good as on stock?
Sent from my HTC Hero using Tapatalk

Dead runner, cut The rope, fruit slice and The screen off animation is too slow
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pochopsp said:
Dead runner, cut The rope, fruit slice and The screen off animation is too slow
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I always turn off the screen off animation, I find it annoying personally
I'll try those games on my phone. I'm using a sense rom so I'll see if they work on this
EDIT: couldn't try dead runner or cut the rope because there paid apps but fruit slice worked fine
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Fine but The screen off animation works good for you? Anyway i meant on gingerbread roms not on sense roms
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pochopsp said:
Fine but The screen off animation works good for you? Anyway i meant on gingerbread roms not on sense roms
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The sense rom I was using is a gingerbread rom. Anyway I switched to elelinux to see if maybe it was the rom causing problems but fruit slice was perfect on my phone
Sent from my Hero using Tapatalk

good, then the crt animation works fast for you right?
last things, for custom kernels, i have to unlock bootloader like on my X8?
and for all of you, wich is the best hero's ROM?

pochopsp said:
good, then the crt animation works fast for you right?
last things, for custom kernels, i have to unlock bootloader like on my X8?
and for all of you, wich is the best hero's ROM?
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I've never touched the bootloader so I'm afraid I can't really answer that question
As for best Rom. There isn't really an overall best rom. It all just comes down to personal preference and what your looking for in a Rom but there are roms that are a step ahead in each android version.
If stock 2.1 is what your looking for then you can't beat heroine ++ if you want sense or you could try VE 6.2 if you want AOSP
As for 2.2 froyo you could try FloYo. I used it once and it seemed ok
And as for 2.3 gingerbread. If your after a 2.3 sense Rom then wildheroc is by far the best one around at the moment. As for 2.3 AOSP roms I'd highly recommend decked_x or any of the elelinux roms or even the two latest cyanogenmod nightlies
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BeatsByMessi said:
I've never touched the bootloader so I'm afraid I can't really answer that question
As for best Rom. There isn't really an overall best rom. It all just comes down to personal preference and what your looking for in a Rom but there are roms that are a step ahead in each android version.
If stock 2.1 is what your looking for then you can't beat heroine ++
As for 2.2 froyo vanilla eclair seems to be a popular one
And as for 2.3 gingerbread. If your after a 2.3 sense Rom then wildheroc is by far the best one around at the moment. As for 2.3 AOSP roms I'd highly recommend decked_x or any of the elelinux roms or even the two latest cyanogenmod nightlies
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Just gotta correct you, VE is 2.1 Eclair that's why it's soooooo smooth xD

Habarug said:
Just gotta correct you, VE is 2.1 Eclair that's why it's soooooo smooth xD
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oh my bad haha i've been thinking its 2.2 all this time. i've edited the post so no one gets confused

the fastest rom after trying most of them is

the fastest rom after trying most of them is slim cm9 :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1656927&highlight=slim+cm9

james300 said:
the fastest rom after trying most of them is slim cm9 :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1656927&highlight=slim+cm9
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try rasbean jelly, you will be surprised.

simms22 said:
try rasbean jelly, you will be surprised.
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There is no JB faster than rascarlos rom...specialy if run with Trinity kernel :good:

OMG
OMG, heard about rasbean jelly before but couldn't find it, until now, IT's unbelieveable. SO SO SO fast, thanks for having the ROM below your post, any new releases soon or is it dead???

TechMitchell said:
OMG, heard about rasbean jelly before but couldn't find it, until now, IT's unbelieveable. SO SO SO fast, thanks for having the ROM below your post, any new releases soon or is it dead???
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not dead, its a newer rom. its always being updated as needed.

Of course all these opinions are based on proof.
/s

Edit: found it

james300
its maybe fast but its simple icons. not especially. its normally rom. i dont like

gioyocho1 said:
james300
its maybe fast but its simple icons. not especially. its normally rom. i dont like
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Normal icons :what: You can always install other launcher and change the icons...and there is a theme for Rasbean made by me in theme&apps section...DarkBeanJelly
Is normal rom just visualy!
On the road with my NexusS...

klinkerkp
u say my words. its normally not cool. i like touchwiz launcher and it has only remics rom miui is good too but remics is best. its galaxy s3 menu (design)

gioyocho1 said:
klinkerkp
u say my words. its normally not cool. i like touchwiz launcher and it has only remics rom miui is good too but remics is best. its galaxy s3 menu (design)
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U can install rhe galaxy s3launcher using the pimp my rom flashable tool
sent from my Nyan NeXus S
"You're either NEXUS or against us!"

I'm running BlackBean 5 on my 4G with 4.8.3 marmite kernel and it is running pretty darn smooth if you ask me. I love the fact it has the complete dark/cyan look. Saves on battery, easier on the eyes and just overall looks sexy.

simms22 said:
try rasbean jelly, you will be surprised.
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Thanks man. I have been running vanilla since launch and my phone started feeling laggy the past few weeks.
I loaded rasbean w/ trinity, and now this piece flies. I'll pass out thanks once I'm back on my PC. And I'll also try the dark theme below as long as it's inverted.
It's like a new phone. Thanks everyone!
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Is there a way to apply stock jellybean theme ?
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mdean1981 said:
I'm running BlackBean 5 on my 4G with 4.8.3 marmite kernel and it is running pretty darn smooth if you ask me. I love the fact it has the complete dark/cyan look. Saves on battery, easier on the eyes and just overall looks sexy.
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Same but with air kernel. Seems smooth, battery could be better but not pressed
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GalaxySWifi4 said:
Is there a way to apply stock jellybean theme ?
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+1, I would like to know that as well
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk 2

I'm going to try the Rasberry ROM, since everyone says so many wonders about it. I was using TSM Update 6 for a few days and was quite happy with how it performs, but it drains alot of battery.
How's the battery consumption on Rasberry?
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There is no JB faster than rascarlos rom...specialy if run with Trinity kernel :good:
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Do you install a Kernel the same way you install a ROM? Via CWM?
Thanks in advance!

Mathorlaz said:
I'm going to try the Rasberry ROM, since everyone says so many wonders about it. I was using TSM Update 6 for a few days and was quite happy with how it performs, but it drains alot of battery.
How's the battery consumption on Rasberry?
Do you install a Kernel the same way you install a ROM? Via CWM?
Thanks in advance!
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Yep just flash the zip like a ROM simple as that.

Wafflcopterz said:
Yep just flash the zip like a ROM simple as that.
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Wipe dalvik before flash the kernel.
On the road with my NexusS...

klinkerkp said:
Wipe dalvik before flash the kernel.
On the road with my NexusS...
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no need to wipe anything when flashing kernels. wiping dalvik before flashing kernels is the same as washing your feet before flashing a kernel, one has nothing to do with the other.