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Leanest ROM for Sprint Hero?

What's the leanest ROM out there for a Sprint Hero? By lean, I mean no Sense UI, no Sprint apps, but still full Android, all the hardware works, Market works, etc.
Is there one? If there is more than one, what seems to be people's faves?

aztektum said:
What's the leanest ROM out there for a Sprint Hero? By lean, I mean no Sense UI, no Sprint apps, but still full Android, all the hardware works, Market works, etc.
Is there one? If there is more than one, what seems to be people's faves?
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darchvanilla
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6032398

aztektum said:
What's the leanest ROM out there for a Sprint Hero? By lean, I mean no Sense UI, no Sprint apps, but still full Android, all the hardware works, Market works, etc.
Is there one? If there is more than one, what seems to be people's faves?
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That would be AOSP 1.6, and you need to flash the google bits as well.
ROM here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5195520
Googlebits: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...58&postcount=1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5213458&postcount=1

The most current, leanest rom is Darchdroid, it's about as vanilla as you're gonna get.

coldsweat said:
The most current, leanest rom is Darchdroid, it's about as vanilla as you're gonna get.
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He specifically stated that he wanted working hardware, which I would assume means camera

CakeButt.ClownPenis 1.3 FTW!!

kbizzle said:
CakeButt.ClownPenis 1.3 FTW!!
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lolwut? ....

wiiguy5 said:
lolwut? ....
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Sorry, Inside-out joke. Lol.

Best 1.5 ROM: Gumbo Bare. Best 1.6 ROM: AOSP 1.6+Gbits+Plastic Theme
Best 2.0.1 ROM: Darch's AOSP 2.0.1 Best 2.1 ROM: Darchvanilla

kbizzle said:
CakeButt.ClownPenis 1.3 FTW!!
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nice
10 chars

yeah i been looking for the best sprint-free rom too, i flashed darchvanilla, it was fast solid and smooth.

kbizzle said:
CakeButt.ClownPenis 1.3 FTW!!
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+1
But really, Regawmod is pretty good with the lack of things installed and being lean with still having sense...

Try Ic3Rom. It looks exactly like AOSP but has the speed of DamageControl and the stability of a HTC rom.

I just finished installing darthvanilla. it's pretty slick. thanks

aztektum said:
I just finished installing darthvanilla. it's pretty slick. thanks
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Never heard of it, sounds like a pretty sweet rom

kyouko said:
Never heard of it, sounds like a pretty sweet rom
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So far it's pretty sweet. Been using it a day now. The only thing it seems to be missing that is of any consequence to me is the voicemail downloader app. There is no YouTube app either, but the .apk is linked in the thread for the ROM if you're into that. Myself not so much.

aztektum said:
So far it's pretty sweet. Been using it a day now. The only thing it seems to be missing that is of any consequence to me is the voicemail downloader app. There is no YouTube app either, but the .apk is linked in the thread for the ROM if you're into that. Myself not so much.
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I don't think he got the joke..

Is an all AOSP Rom even possible?

I mean all the way AOSP? I miss the Roms that were available for my G1...I thought the SenseUI would be awesome to have, but seriously...it actually sucks.

Yeah. There's AOSP 1.6, and DarchDroid is based off of AOSP 2.1. Do a search next time....

an all asop rom is not fully possible yet, theres a few out there but the camera doesnt work and a few other things but thats because they cant fix that until the official 2.1 comes out then we will have our fully aosp, theres darch vanilla, and darch droid, but a few things are missing as i stated above, if you are like me and you want a fully functionable aosp rom just wait until this update comes out then my friend we score, i hate sense, it blows...............ive been waiting for this a long time....dont even bother with the old aosp roms i mean their good but not 100%

RavenII said:
I mean all the way AOSP? I miss the Roms that were available for my G1...I thought the SenseUI would be awesome to have, but seriously...it actually sucks.
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Sounds like you should have gotten a Samsung Moment.

pseudoremora said:
Sounds like you should have gotten a Samsung Moment.
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i was about a **** hair from choosing a moment, almost wish i would have gotten one kinda, but then again idk, i hope a dev made use out of that decent processor

MatrixROM is all ASOP
Sent from my HERO200 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

Here's the big answer to your question. All AOSP roms ARE possible. They just don't have all the functionality of Sense ROMs. DarchVanilla, or the link in my sig, will get you as close to aosp as you can get without breaking functionality.

HeroMeng said:
Here's the big answer to your question. All AOSP roms ARE possible. They just don't have all the functionality of Sense ROMs. DarchVanilla, or the link in my sig, will get you as close to aosp as you can get without breaking functionality.
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And might I add it's all HTCs fault because they won't release the .29 kernel source and their massive amount of modification to it disallows the ability to just port over a .29 kernel as it is... What Android was all about in the first place.

pseudoremora said:
Sounds like you should have gotten a Samsung Moment.
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Haha, I have one of those too...but let me tell you, if you flash 2.1 on it, and even THINK about thinking about looking at it to go online or play a game....or make a call, your battery drains.
HeroMeng...I'll check that one out. Thanks.

RavenII said:
HeroMeng...I'll check that one out. Thanks.
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No prob.

But I actually WANT HTC Stock Apps...

Hi All,
I'm running Senseless / Cyanogen V1 and I really want some of my stock HTC Apps back. I'm talking Browser, Camera, People, etc.
Can anyone help? I know it's not as simple as dropping a APK and installing.
Thanks.

ok first
why not post this in the acuall forum for this rom?
seconds if you read the whole first post, theres a download apps.zip u flash after the install of it. to get them back.

gritts said:
Hi All,
I'm running Senseless / Cyanogen V1 and I really want some of my stock HTC Apps back. I'm talking Browser, Camera, People, etc.
Can anyone help? I know it's not as simple as dropping a APK and installing.
Thanks.
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umm then u should be running evil eris not senseless or cyanogen

TopazAaron said:
ok first
why not post this in the acuall forum for this rom?
seconds if you read the whole first post, theres a download apps.zip u flash after the install of it. to get them back.
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no, those are for the google apps
its not possible to get sense apps working on an AOSP rom from what i understand.

I feeln renarded. sorry guys

TopazAaron said:
I feeln renarded. sorry guys
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Don't worry it happens to the best of us, just keep ur chin up!

gritts said:
Hi All,
I'm running Senseless / Cyanogen V1 and I really want some of my stock HTC Apps back. I'm talking Browser, Camera, People, etc.
Can anyone help? I know it's not as simple as dropping a APK and installing.
Thanks.
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You are referring to the Sense UI. You must choose a rom that keeps the Sense UI that the Eris comes with.
The Sense-able or Evil Eris roms are ideal, but the Senseless and Cyanogen roms do not include it.
This is the fundamental debate on roms - Sense or No-Sense...

T.C.P said:
umm then u should be running evil eris not senseless or cyanogen
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Evil Eris is ugly, with all the blue
And can someone please move this to the Apps forum? I thought I was originally posting in there, but alas, I was not.

g00gl3 said:
You are referring to the Sense UI. You must choose a rom that keeps the Sense UI that the Eris comes with.
The Sense-able or Evil Eris roms are ideal, but the Senseless and Cyanogen roms do not include it.
This is the fundamental debate on roms - Sense or No-Sense...
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Can I add some sense back in? I know I'm sounding like a complete noob right now, but alas, I am.

gritts said:
Evil Eris is ugly, with all the blue
And can someone please move this to the Apps forum? I thought I was originally posting in there, but alas, I was not.
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Whoa partner, slow your roll with the hash comments. No need for negativity toward the hard work done by some great devs!
Plus, you are missing the point. The many helpful devs posting above ^ have stated that you cannot install the Sense components onto a non Sense based rom. It just won't happen...

Okay, I apologize if I have offended anyone with my "blue" comment, but personally I enjoy the natural green glow of the android.
Okay, thanks for the clarification. I just wish there was somehow a ROM with everything I want.

gritts said:
Can I add some sense back in? I know I'm sounding like a complete noob right now, but alas, I am.
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there are alot of good sense based roms out there...you just need to use one of those ....and if you are not fond of the colors ...try using a theme to change it up....
but definitely try not to bash someones hard work over something like choice of color.....
other sense based roms (that i can think of right now)
senseable
evil eris
aloysius (very themeable)
kaoslegendary
ivans official
ZenExp (very nice build)
and more ...
I have used a few of these for long periods of time

rvpartsguy said:
there are alot of good sense based roms out there...you just need to use one of those ....and if you are not fond of the colors ...try using a theme to change it up....
but definitely try not to bash someones hard work over something like choice of color.....
other sense based roms (that i can think of right now)
senseable
evil eris
aloysius (very themeable)
kaoslegendary
ivans official
ZenExp (very nice build)
and more ...
I have used a few of these for long periods of time
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mine didnt make ur list

T.C.P said:
mine didnt make ur list
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sorry boss ...... i was trying to remember them all .... and I kept thinking I am missing one.......
so let it be said .....
Fresh ----- killer sense based rom and looks cool too even has a dancing Android ....

I wouldn't mind having the widgets from sense personally. I guess you can't have your cake and eat it too.

rvpartsguy said:
sorry boss ...... i was trying to remember them all .... and I kept thinking I am missing one.......
so let it be said .....
Fresh ----- killer sense based rom and looks cool too even has a dancing Android ....
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He has a dancing droid, too?!
-mak

FunkyFender said:
I wouldn't mind having the widgets from sense personally. I guess you can't have your cake and eat it too.
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No sense widgets exactly, but you can grab Beautiful Widgets from the Market which are pretty as well.

nindoja said:
No sense widgets exactly, but you can grab Beautiful Widgets from the Market which are pretty as well.
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I think Beautiful Widgets was actuall y the first thing I paid for on android

I used them before back when I first got my phone. They really seemed to lag me up. I might give them a shot again when I install White Widow/Senseless.

FunkyFender said:
I used them before back when I first got my phone. They really seemed to lag me up. I might give them a shot again when I install White Widow/Senseless.
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thats what ive been using

Holy F, There are a Lot of ROMs

Just went to look at the dev section. Come on... Really?

Is a big selection a problem?
Sent from my HTC Magic SparksMod using XDA App

FYI about "all" the roms... in terms of FROYO roms, they are virtually ALL THE SAME -- CM6. The rest of them are actually just rebranded CM6.

Thanks for the sweet input. I'm sure the community will decide to stop working on all of their different ROMs, themes, and whatnot to suit your belief.

It's not that bad - there were times when you could choose from really different ROMs, but then Cyanogen started to support G1 with his CyanogenMod and these days there's only few the bravest who try to build their ROM from AOSP, not from CM source.
So it's like CM AND themed/renamed/scripted MC.

fw_ said:
Thanks for the sweet input. I'm sure the community will decide to stop working on all of their different ROMs, themes, and whatnot to suit your belief.
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That isn't a belief. Its a FACT.
And newbs like you should mind their manners.

johnson8cyl said:
Is a big selection a problem?
Sent from my HTC Magic SparksMod using XDA App
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In terms of trying them all to find a preferred one? I guess it's up to the person and how much time they have.
fw_ said:
Thanks for the sweet input. I'm sure the community will decide to stop working on all of their different ROMs, themes, and whatnot to suit your belief.
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Sorry to offend you chap. I love innovation fwiw. I like the skinning of the CM base too. But again, wow, there are a lot. Thanks for commenting!

I miss this about my MT3G.
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Do you seriously think there are a lot of ROMs?
Maybe over time, not updated ones. You have no idea how sweet it was when Donut was still the big player.

r3s-rt said:
Do you seriously think there are a lot of ROMs?
Maybe over time, not updated ones. You have no idea how sweet it was when Donut was still the big player.
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Heh, it's like when I first got my G1 and watching the android store: "Oh! There's another one!".
I've been around since the beginning and you are right about how "sweet" and exciting it was when the updates came fast and furious. I guess I've been spoiled by that experience, and now it seems to me there are two pages of same ol' different bonnet.
To be clear, not saying this is a bad thing.

yeah, feel ya buddy, i got my g1 less than a week ago, and i felt exactly like you when i wanted to chose a ROM to flash.
I flashed CM6 just to try it out, then switched to biffmod 2.sth, which is like a shaved CM. biff runs a lot faster than CM for me, but i need some ROM that will let at leaste SOME ram free, and that wont kill my battery in just a few hours.. i guess ill have to go for eclair or donut,, i just didnt want to miss froyo updates..
so if you do find some good ROM, let me know

jinxie said:
yeah, feel ya buddy, i got my g1 less than a week ago, and i felt exactly like you when i wanted to chose a ROM to flash.
I flashed CM6 just to try it out, then switched to biffmod 2.sth, which is like a shaved CM. biff runs a lot faster than CM for me, but i need some ROM that will let at leaste SOME ram free, and that wont kill my battery in just a few hours.. i guess ill have to go for eclair or donut,, i just didnt want to miss froyo updates..
so if you do find some good ROM, let me know
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I always keep going back to Chromium.

lbcoder said:
FYI about "all" the roms... in terms of FROYO roms, they are virtually ALL THE SAME -- CM6. The rest of them are actually just rebranded CM6.
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Mine is most certainly not a copy of CM... It's incomplete (camcorder, video), but it's not CM.

he3 said:
I always keep going back to Chromium.
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I'll make sure to try that one, can you provide a link? (only few results in search and doesnt seem to be it,..)
Im looking for something like milestone's EclairLess, but that would work on the Dream.. anyone?

jubeh said:
Mine is most certainly not a copy of CM... It's incomplete (camcorder, video), but it's not CM.
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True dat! I've been using since it was released, are you ever going to update it?

jubeh said:
Mine is most certainly not a copy of CM... It's incomplete (camcorder, video), but it's not CM.
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He said virtually. And cause yours ain't cm based, im DEF gonna give it a try! Are you planning on getting cam working? Is it you own kernel? Nm, I'll just go read your thread. =]
Oh wait! If I recall you had the first "froyo" right! I was just remembering how that rom was stable for a week with no slowdowns! It just had missing functionality.... I missed that your still developing, I thought you stopped on froyo cause of cm. Going to look for it now. Thx

jinxie said:
I'll make sure to try that one, can you provide a link? (only few results in search and doesnt seem to be it,..)
Im looking for something like milestone's EclairLess, but that would work on the Dream.. anyone?
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Chromium 4.5. It's in the first two pages, I'm on an iPad now so posting links is like pulling teeth, sorry. I've been on Super F now for 24+ hours and it's pretty good too.
Anyone able to recommend a donut or eclair that is still being maintained I would be much obliged.

aaaah I think its called "Chromatic", not "Chromium", thats why I couldnt find it.. lol
ill give it a try, but anyways, Im still looking for a very light 2.1 to see if I can get more battery life and RAM

Omfgb. Do you use it? How is it?

Title says it all...

I use mine everyday, and at my age, that's saying something!!

Cool. How is it? Worth me flashing it?
Sent from my EVO 3D Test model. yes I work with sprint

Only one way to find out, I am about to try it myself

I would recommend not flashing it, as it says it's meant for the Incredible, not the Evo.

teh roxxorz said:
I would recommend not flashing it, as it says it's meant for the Incredible, not the Evo.
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There is a Evo build out now, or has been for a little while.
http://t3hh4xx0r.com/projects-2/projects/omfgb-3

cordell12 said:
There is a Evo build out now, or has been for a little while.
http://t3hh4xx0r.com/projects-2/projects/omfgb-3
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Ah, I see. Well I thought you guys were getting it from rom manager, and I had to solve that issue yesterday where someone flashed the incredible version. But, let me know how it goes for you.

teh roxxorz said:
Ah, I see. Well I thought you guys were getting it from rom manager, and I had to solve that issue yesterday where someone flashed the incredible version. But, let me know how it goes for you.
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I flashed, its DL my apps now Seemed somewhat smooth, though I use launcherPro anyway. It looks like AOSP not a CM rip off like I have read, but I may be wrong...
edit...I do NOT have a toggle for 4G anywhere!!! A deal breaker for most
Back 2 CM7 it is

What's the point of using this rom when we have cm7 ....? Just curious.

DarkManX4lf said:
What's the point of using this rom when we have cm7 ....? Just curious.
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The way I see it is CM keeps adding and adding stuff, rather than perfecting. I personally flashed back to CM, but once a true AOSP come out it on!
edit...just want to add that since the merge of 2.3.3 battery is worse, and reboots take longer, speaking of CM7 of course.