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Best custom rom

Yesterday i got an Iconia A500, first thing i did was, of course, to root it and install cwm recovery.
Now i want to flash a new rom but i don't have much time to try all roms and decide which one is the best.
So i decided to take a shortcut with this poll.
Here we go guys...
Which rom do you believe it's the best for Iconia?
Feel free to write comments for your decision. And thank you all for your time.

You missed off the Stock option.
I've tried all those custom ones, and they all have issues which Stock doesn't.
Plus, which one is "best" is purely subjective. All your poll will tell you is which one people use MOST, which doesn't necessarily make it the best.

Taboonay
imho

FloatingFatMan said:
You missed off the Stock option.
I've tried all those custom ones, and they all have issues which Stock doesn't.
Plus, which one is "best" is purely subjective. All your poll will tell you is which one people use MOST, which doesn't necessarily make it the best.
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I hear you or better read you mate and I know that the word "best" doesn't actually represent what I need but I will get an idea.
Can you please explain the issues the custom roms have? Cause I use custom roms since my first windows smartphone 3 years ago and I must say that I love custom roms.

yeah, you should probably add 'stock' and 'lightspeed' as the latter is gaining traction. i'm using stock rooted for now.

cfrock said:
yeah, you should probably add 'stock' and 'lightspeed' as the latter is gaining traction. i'm using stock rooted for now.
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I didn't add stock because i like the extras on the custom roms. As for lightspped it has too many apk's removed for my taste.

I have had my a500 for a month and I think I have tried every ROM except for the minimalist (or whatever it is now called). In general I have found the roms that are based on the stock rom are the best (taboonay, honeyvillain). Taboonay is cool because the developer, Vache, makes available a kitchen UI that is web based so you can modify the ROM and add/remove items. Very cool.
I used Primee which is a build of the Transformer rom for the first two weeks I had the device and I really liked it but there was some sort of dispute over kernel source which I don't come close to understanding and the developer took his toys and went home. He continues to build and support the rom on his own site but I like ROMs to have the visibility of XDA for support.
I tried all of the virtuous roms and it is cool to see roms from other devices but it always seems like there is some little tweak or lag that drives me crazy. Virtuous Galaxy is by far the slickest looking rom IMO. Dare I say that Samsung is almost Apple-like in their UI design (I mean that as a compliment I think).
Right now I am running Taboonay 1.1 with richardtrip's OC kernel and it is silky smooth. It is almost disappointing to have a ROM work so well because as an early Android adopter (HTC Magic), I sort of enjoy the journey more than the destination. Luckily, there is and always will be new ROMs to try.

anko184 said:
I hear you or better read you mate and I know that the word "best" doesn't actually represent what I need but I will get an idea.
Can you please explain the issues the custom roms have? Cause I use custom roms since my first windows smartphone 3 years ago and I must say that I love custom roms.
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anko184 said:
I didn't add stock because i like the extras on the custom roms. As for lightspped it has too many apk's removed for my taste.
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By excluding ROMs that don't represent what you actually need, you render the whole poll null and void. For all you know, a ROM you left off could well be the most popular!
As for problems, it's things like camera not working properly, or rotation lock not working, or differences in how the external SD card is mounted, or random reboots, or preinstalled games from the stock ROM either missing or not working if you install them etc. All fairly minor things, but I like all the parts on my tab to work as they were meant to work. That's why I run a stock ROM, but use RichardTrips OC'd kernel (which is near to stock).

. That's why I run a stock ROM, but use RichardTrips OC'd kernel (which is near to stock).
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ditto. stock/richtrip oc kern

FloatingFatMan said:
You missed off the Stock option.
I've tried all those custom ones, and they all have issues which Stock doesn't.
Plus, which one is "best" is purely subjective. All your poll will tell you is which one people use MOST, which doesn't necessarily make it the best.
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Well it's a bit more complex than that, you also have to take into consideration (along with it being subjective) the fact that the results are only coming from people who like vote in polls
So strictly the thread title should be: Best custom rom - results based only on people who like to vote in polls
PS I did not vote - but currently using dexters new primee 3.2
MJ-12

I am using Virtuous Galaxy 1.04 ROM; the only issue is not being able to seek in the You Tube app; other than that it's a fast ROM.

My two favorite are not even on there. Lightspeed and Minimal. I like Lightspeed as I can use a custom kernel and clock the tablet to 1.6GHz. I like Minimal as it's a very well done rom without bloat. These are the only two I like better than stock. I've tried many of the others, but only those above have really been worth it for me.

can anyone reply me i am using taboonay and still not able to play HD movies on my TAb
i am not talking about 1080 but 720 MKV's still not working which is simply playable on my galaxy S
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Please suggest me Custom rom regarding this.

anko184 said:
Yesterday i got an Iconia A500, first thing i did was, of course, to root it and install cwm recovery.
Now i want to flash a new rom but i don't have much time to try all roms and decide which one is the best.
So i decided to take a shortcut with this poll.
Here we go guys...
Which rom do you believe it's the best for Iconia?
Feel free to write comments for your decision. And thank you all for your time.
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The best problem free for me is stock 3.1 and loving it, love the others but toooo many problems.

primee. 9-5a all the way. You can find it on tabletroms.com, and is by far the most stable, well built roms to date, with all the features of the transformer Rom but a hybrid base file system with a lot from the stock Iconia for compatibility

My comparison of 4 ROMS. Like Taboonay 2.1 the best.
I have flashed 4 different ROMS since I purchased my Iconia a500. Here is my take on the pros and cons.
• The first one I tried was Virtuous Picasso 1.1.0 [HC 3.1]. Super fast and had no problems, but I didn’t like the fact that it wasn’t based on an ACER build and there was no way to add the Acer stock games to the ROM. This ROM had the highest Quadrant score out of all the ROMs I tried. It’s discontinued, so there will be no more updates.
• The second one I tried was Honeyvillian 1.05 [HC 3.1]. Good speed, very reliable, and I was able to add the Acer stock games back to the ROM and flash an overclock kernel. The ROM was based on an ACER build, so all the stock software was included. I like some of the ACER stock software, but some of it I could live without. I was reluctant to upgrade to Honeyvillian 1.1 which is a Honeycomb 3.2 ROM because it was based on the a501 OTA update and not the a500 OTA update, and I decided to hold out for a Honeycomb 3.2 Rom that was based on the OTA update for the a500.
• The third ROM I tried was Acer_A500 OTA 7.006.01 [HC 3.2] Rooted w/ Busybox for CWR [Sep 17th, 2011] by ezterry. This ROM was very near stock but rooted. I was able to Flash the adhoc fix and set ro.carrier=wifi-only. It uses the default Acer kernel but I was able to flash an overclock kernel. The ROM was very smooth and had no problems. A great ROM if you want to stay very close to stock and like all the stock ACER software.
• The forth ROM I tried was Taboonay 2.1 [HC 3.2]. I decided to try this ROM because it is based on the a500 OTA 3.2 Honeycomb update for a500 users and the a501 OTA 3.2 update for a501 users. The ROM has all the Acer stock software removed, but you can use the online kitchen to add just the Acer apps and games you want and skip the ones you don’t want. Plus the games get installed to the data partition so they don’t take up room in the ROM it self, and they can be uninstalled. You can also use the online kitchen to install a few other goodies like themes and bootup animations. It has an overclock kernel built in and ro.carrier=wifi-only is set by default for a500 users. So far the speed is great. The only issue I have is that the screen sometimes turns off and on for a second when it sleeps on its own. If I put it to sleep by clicking the power button, the problem doesn’t occur. So far this is my favorite ROM because I get the benefits of Honeycomb 3.2 and I can pick the stock Acer apps I want. GREAT ROM!!! I think I will stay with this one for a while.
Hope this helps some of you that are doing your initial research on picking your first ROM.

Total noob question. I don't mind the stock rom but I would like to overclock. Is it possible to just keep stock rom but still use a kernel like tripps? Also, when 3.2 finally goes ota here in the states, do I need to put everything back to stock (netflix patch as an example) before I update as to not brick my device? Thanks for the help

kkholidaze said:
Total noob question. I don't mind the stock rom but I would like to overclock. Is it possible to just keep stock rom but still use a kernel like tripps? Also, when 3.2 finally goes ota here in the states, do I need to put everything back to stock (netflix patch as an example) before I update as to not brick my device? Thanks for the help
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RichardTrips kernel works fine with stock.
Regarding 3.2, if you take the FOTA, you will lose root, you will lose CWM, and you will lose the ability to flash custom ROMs and kernels. It has a new bootloader that hasn't been broken yet and so far, can't be rooted unless its done pre-flashing.
There's a modded version of the 3.2 stock in the dev section that doesn't do all this, from ezterry.

so do you recommend just flashing a custom rom that already has 3.2? also, what benefits should I see using trips kernal over the stock one? Lastly, can someone post a link to the trip kernel that I should download. Did a search and couldn't find it. Thanks

Yes.
Flash the ROM by ezterry. It's based on the 3.2 update but rooted. It is very near stock, but you can flash an OC kernel.

Best Rom/Kernel Setup to date?

Anyone got a great setup doing really well and willing to share? thanks in advance!

i would read 1 of the many threads asking the exact same question

Stock rooted 3.2?

I like taboonay 2.2 coupled with richard trip's 3.4 kernel, however, it's the only rom I have tried. Trip's 3.7 kernel I had a couple problems I couldn't live with.

Rooted 3.2 with thor's kernel 3.8r3 has been solid for me.

Taboonay 2.2 with Thors kernel v3.4. I haven't bothered updating the kernel to Thors latest as my current setup is running perfectly fine.

Running Thor's 3.6 ROM and his newest Kernel. Most solid for me. I've tried Taboonay, lightspeed, honeyvillan, as well as a few others but I keep going back to Thor. While the others are good too, it just seems to me that Thor's ROM is the best and handling video playback, even without overclocking.

I do not believe there is a BESTrom out there.they all have there own good and unique qualities. Try a few and find what suites you best.
From the many threads I have read it does seem the roms closer to stock will give you the most stability with less issues.But will likely be slower with less blunt and extra settings and software,and having less not needed software pushed by acer.
Good luck choosing.JUST REMEMBER BACKUP BACKUP TO SEVERAL PLACES.
READ 4 TIMES FLASH ONCE.

I agree there is no best, but.....
I run taboonay and and the latest thor kernel.

Currently running Taboonay 2.2 and Thor's Kernel 3.9. Pretty solid and no complaints. Running 1.68 and stable.
Unfortunately I run a 501 so roms are pretty limited. No internal 3g support.
However, I ran Thors Revolver ported for the 500 and was impressed with the display response which was slicker than some of the other roms I've flashed.. Unfortunately we couldn't get the internal 3g working all the way.

For me the roms dont really matter on this device. If i understand it correctly they all come from an acer base rom since theres no hc source. I run civato mix but only because it was the first to support hulufied flash. The kernel is what is important to me and thors is beast. He also has a rom but havent tried it. Tegraowners.com
Sent from my A500

hatefuel19 said:
For me the roms dont really matter on this device. If i understand it correctly they all come from an acer base rom since theres no hc source. I run civato mix but only because it was the first to support hulufied flash. The kernel is what is important to me and thors is beast. He also has a rom but havent tried it. Tegraowners.com
Sent from my A500
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Thor's revolvover is an asus based port from the transformer.

[Q] Any good ROM's?

Right, I've rooted my Acer a while back and installed CWM (Clock Work Mod for those who don't know) an wondered what is one of the best ROMs out there for it?
Just want the ROM to work with no bugs and has the possible ability to overclock (only a but though) plus that has some of its bloatware removed. Any Ideas? Greatly appreciate any good comments

You have an A500 or an A501?
For A500 / A501 Taboonay, 2.0 or 2.2 The Ginger stuff is ok also. Lightspeed is ok also, but you have to run the patch.
For a little less cooked, try Harkon or Ice. But for Ice, I recommend the thor 3.9R3 Kernel. And for Harkon
Thors kernels are the best.

Thor. Stable, fast and overclockable. Simply the best Rom out there right now for the A500.

I have tried Taboony, ran Lightspeed from 1.0.1 - 1.0.7 and although it is a GREAT clean ROM I have been using Thor's 14.2 and it is Amazing! I think Thor is a tad above Lightspeed right now. Make sure u get the flashable file to make it more Acer instead of ASUS if you want to use your Gameloft games.

+1 Thor's ROM v14. 2

+1, Thor's ROM v14.2 !

Another +1 for Thor's rom. Installed V12 a few weeks ago, and then V13 came out. Being a beginner, I was unsure if I wanted to upgrade and deal w/ possible user error issues, but the update to V14.2 was fool-proof.

Ok, I've seen many people here talking about Thor with pleasure... I am thinking about rooting my device, but, what I have to do exactly to keep my Gameloft games working?

9mm I believe is Gameloft, and it ran fine.

Cactus42 said:
Thor. Stable, fast and overclockable. Simply the best Rom out there right now for the A500.
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+1 Thor's rom is the best
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alexrb said:
Ok, I've seen many people here talking about Thor with pleasure... I am thinking about rooting my device, but, what I have to do exactly to keep my Gameloft games working?
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Install the build.prop for the thor's rom here

fierro315 said:
Install the build.prop for the thor's rom here
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Thanks!

Ok, not trying to hijack the thread. I just ordered an a500 from best buy for $219. I have rooted my evo and a flytouch 3 before so i know it has it's advantages. In a nut shell what does thor do over acer's default scenario? IF there is a sticky or link that answers that i'll take it.
Thanks

Another thor 14.2
I have tried them all and thors 14.2 kicks ass, love it and have had no problems.

[Q] Thor A500 ROM v14.2

Heya,
Is anyone know where i can find "Thor A500 ROM" without any customization please.
Thank You

I'm not sure, if i am allowed to post links to his forum?
Google search "TegraOwners"
can't miss it. That rom is good for acer. I've used it for about 4-5 weeks..It's based on ASUS Tablet. not a acer and has his fast kernel 3.9r3.
Read his posts and follow instructions. Probably not a good idea to ask more about his stuff on xda? he has his own forum over there.
There are plenty of good Custom ROMS here.
plus about 95% of us, use CWM Recovery 1.34 or 1.6v2 by him.

I think what the OP wanted, was to know where he/she can find the original Transformer port from the ASUS. Before "you know who" did all the mods to it. At least the way I understand it. Only because the OP knew exactly what version and who made it (a google would have taken them directly there)
The Rom you are looking for, is not a stock Acer rom, but was a Port from an Asus Transformer tablet. So you can ask in the transformer forum. But Transformer roms will not run on Acer without doing heavy mods, so don't try
As far as I now, Thor is the only one who ported it. So you may want to ask there at his site. But it was based on the Revolver Rom if I'm not mistaken, which originally came from;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1173230 (note that this is for an Asus Transformer)

I don't wanna go there, I wanna stay here in XDA plz, could please tell me any good ROM for Acer a 500 and some apps for Student as well plz.
Thank You
Akram

nearly any of the close or near stock rooted roms will suit your needs well i think.. The well cooked /changed roms all are great too but each have issues. something not working . cant play a set game . but they have over clocking and added hardware support on some..
so Asking what rom is a wide open loaded Question. i did see somewhere another asus port rom. i think by ezterry if im not mistaken look in the dev section and at the developers signatures .. if you see a asus rom listed msg them and politely ask would be how i would go about it..
good luck...

akram_1 said:
I don't wanna go there, I wanna stay here in XDA plz, could please tell me any good ROM for Acer a 500 and some apps for Student as well plz.
Thank You
Akram
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Dude, nobody is gonna crucify you, if you ask about Thor's rom. It's a damn good rom for the 500. If you want to try, go to tegraowners. There are 2 roms for the 500. Here on xda, there are several good ones. Do you want a Stock system or an Overclocked System? Mods?
But if you want support for it, Thor's or Flexstriker, you'll have to post it on his forum. It's not a big deal.
Hell, I do testing for Thor, and use his kernels at times.
So relax...

Moscow Desire said:
Dude, nobody is gonna crucify you, if you ask about Thor's rom. It's a damn good rom for the 500. If you want to try, go to tegraowners. There are 2 roms for the 500. Here on xda, there are several good ones. Do you want a Stock system or an Overclocked System? Mods?
But if you want support for it, Thor's or Flexstriker, you'll have to post it on his forum. It's not a big deal.
Hell, I do testing for Thor, and use his kernels at times.
So relax...
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I did test Thor Rom on my tablet and im getting tons of problems man ! so Now i want to try 'Flexstriker', but where i can get this ROM, sorry im new to this stuff i don't know anything. plz guide me abit..

if you were having all kinds of trouble. its likely you did not wipe or format properly before you flashed.. or you put a app back on the tablet that caused it..
FALLOW INSTRUCTIONS very carefully.. I tried that rom went back because of few minor troubles.. and the obvious things..

akram_1 said:
I did test Thor Rom on my tablet and im getting tons of problems man ! so Now i want to try 'Flexstriker', but where i can get this ROM, sorry im new to this stuff i don't know anything. plz guide me abit..
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Flexstriker uses the same kernel as Thors.
You might want to listen to previous advice and do a thorough wipe and format before you install either one, and CERTAINLY afterwards should you decide to move on to another ROM!

The Flexstriker ROM is on the same page where you likely got Thor's. He posted his there because it uses Thor's Kernel which can't be posted on XDA.
As a student, what kind of apps are you looking for? Most of the time you can just download them from the market. Additionally, I believe most of the custom ROMS now have the full version of Polaris Office on them.

[Q] Pick a favorite ICS rom

So I am currently running stock ICS on my A500 and was thinking of putting a 3rd party rom on it. Currently the OEM rom is fine, only 1 issue and that is, its not mounting usb when connected to my computer...
But thats another time, for now I would like to get some opinions on some current roms for our device. I want something that is: fast, lightweight, everything must work. Thats basically it, pretty easy, I dont ask for much
So just doing a quick search, I found 3 roms that look pretty popular and fit most of my requirements. A fourth would be stock ICS (current rom).
~~Taboonay_3.0.1~~ Link
~~Lightspeed_4.7~~ Link
~~Flexreaper_4.0.3~~ Link
The flexreaper rom I picked also has no games installed, Extreme edition.

My recommendation would be Flexreaper ;]
Sent from my A500 using xda premium

I'd take a look here before you add anything else http://forum.tegraowners.com/viewforum.php?f=9

Vintage144 said:
I'd take a look here before you add anything else http://forum.tegraowners.com/viewforum.php?f=9
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You just gave me a whole hell of a lot of reading material now
...there goes my afternoon! LOL, thanks, I want to know as much about this awesome little thing as I can, absorb that info like a sponge...
call me sponge!

JDMpire said:
. I want something that is: fast, lightweight, everything must work. Thats basically it, pretty easy, I dont ask for much
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I suggest a moped...

From your selection I`ll recommend FLEXREAPER too and maybe the extreme version because you are all ready on ICS bootloader.
But personal, means with full hearth, I recommend tegraowners ICS ROM v168! This ROM has a lot more options then FLEXREAPER f.e. USB modem support for a500.
m.

AOKP officially supports the A500 too, but I don't think their ROM is complete.
I'm running Flexreaper with the latest ICS bootloader = OVERCLOCKING. So the speed is there, lots of crap has been stripped out of the ROM and there is nothing that I know of that doesn't work.
The Tegraowners ROM has a lot of extra features that the ROMS on here don't have but if you also read the thread there are a lot of people who have problems here and there for it. I've tried it. It's slick but I fell Civ's is just as good and he is more helpful to the XDA community.

Well Civato is definitely a great guy , but Thor is very helpful not only to this community but many more , XDA thwarts progress in many ways (i wont go into the thor deal) ,but I wouldnt suggest one over the other , they are both outstanding and we are lucky to have the "few" devs for a500 that we have , I remember a bout a year ago there was twice as many ,xda seems to run alot of these guys out for what ever reason (not my problem) ! Your gonna get complaints from whatever rom you choose , I would suggest reading the OP for the rom and then re-reading it often ,your less likely to have problems that way!
We have many talented devs in here !

I've been running various versions of Flexreaper for a while now, and I really like it. I tried taboonay for a while, but Flexreaper worked better for me. I also love having the Acer ring. I don't know how many ROMs have that, but its handy for sure. Civato (Flexreaper Dev) is putting out new stuff all the time, too.

Have tried them all. Personnaly flexreaper has been the best for me. As long as you do a full wipe before installing and have the correct bootloader installed. The best thing to do is check them out yourself. I stayed away from betas and test builds until I learned restore and recovery techniques, as I locked up my tablet the first time I flashed a new rom.