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Recommedation Required: Best Gingerbread Custom ROM

I've been using Micromod's v.19 GB ROM for about a month now, however, it's becoming more apparent that it's not very bug free as I use it more. The bugs seem to be increasing, I get more app crashes and weird bugs the more I use it.
I haven't tried a ROM based on the CM7 nightlies yet. Does anyone have a recommendation for any of the Gingerbread custom ROMs?

Iggy82 said:
I've been using Micromod's v.19 GB ROM for about a month now, however, it's becoming more apparent that it's not very bug free as I use it more. The bugs seem to be increasing, I get more app crashes and weird bugs the more I use it.
I haven't tried a ROM based on the CM7 nightlies yet. Does anyone have a recommendation for any of the Gingerbread custom ROMs?
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I've been tempted to move to LeoGingerBread ROM. It's based on AOSP with CM7 filling in the missing parts and is customizable through leoparts. Seems to be a complete package.

So flash another rom and see for yourself..

Micromod is a nice rom but has got a lots of bugs and is not as stable. Now answer to your question - it's really a personal preference, I am using CM7 nightlies since a month, its been improving and updating almost everyday, getting better with each iteration. Again, its a personal preference, but why don't you just try downloading those roms with gingerbread and try them for a few days one by one... may be you will find one which suits your needs.

I find CM7 really slow, compared to some Froyo ROMs (i.e. Enomther). Even LeoGingerbread is slow, as it includes CM7's framework (as of the actual version).

Iggy82 said:
I've been using Micromod's v.19 GB ROM for about a month now, however, it's becoming more apparent that it's not very bug free as I use it more. The bugs seem to be increasing, I get more app crashes and weird bugs the more I use it.
I haven't tried a ROM based on the CM7 nightlies yet. Does anyone have a recommendation for any of the Gingerbread custom ROMs?
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I've been very pleased with Micromod's Gingerbread Custom CM7 Mod. The only issue I have is occasional resets, but it sounds like that's a problem with other CM7 ROMs as well.
BTW, does anyone know if FM radio is working on any of the other CM7 Gingerbread ROMs? That's the main reason I chose Micromod's version over the others.

Using Leo's ROM now. Wait for 0.9.2 and flash (currently there's a bug in Apps2SD). It's a mix of AOSP and CM7.
Didn't encounter any weirdness yet.

bigmout said:
I've been very pleased with Micromod's Gingerbread Custom CM7 Mod. The only issue I have is occasional resets, but it sounds like that's a problem with other CM7 ROMs as well.
BTW, does anyone know if FM radio is working on any of the other CM7 Gingerbread ROMs? That's the main reason I chose Micromod's version over the others.
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I have used radio on my nexus with CM7 nightlies ever since they were launched and with v.37 i am listening to radio right now... 99.9 virgin... seems to be working perfectly fine...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942880

Micromod's Gingerbread Custom CM7 Mod is great stuff...

galaxys said:
Micromod's Gingerbread Custom CM7 Mod is great stuff...
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I'm agree with you. I've been using MicroMod CM 7 v1.3 for almost a month and it works very well. It's too bad that MM left us for another phone :-(
But, thanks for your great effort MicroMod :-D

I personally like Geo's GRH55 build. Fairly stock, but it's speedy and has trackball awake - the only killer feature I needed.
[ROM] Gingerbread (GRH55), Deodexed, rooted, busybox, battery%, TB alert/wake 2/11/11
On the downside, HQ Youtube is not working on it, but it appears everything else is so far.

Best rom at the moment?

Hi!
Im thinking about install a new rom to my phone but cant decide which...
I want a rom with so small bugs thats possible but still some features that makes the phone better
I installed this Clockwork Recovery for a pretty long time ago and dont remember what it do
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044585
So I wounder if I need it or just can remove it?
And if I gonna install a new rom, which Recovery is the best at the moment?
Would be very thankfull if somone with more experience could tell me their opinion!

My prefer is void. (2.2.2; #eridanus) by Noejn.

Install Perfect Recovery 4.0.0.5 and try yourself all ROMS.
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Okey will try that rom and recovery
But if im not happy with the rom can I then change back to the orginal?

IF you take a backup with recovery yes,!
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At the moment definitely VOID 2.2.2 latest

What makes void so great? Dec got rid if his phone so no more updates. Might as well use something that'll get new fw updates..

I believe that Oxygen is the best Rom at the moment. Miui is very good as well, but with Oxygen battery life is amazing (more than 40h, with wifi and BT on all the time) and it's got most things sorted.

katu2006 said:
I believe that Oxygen is the best Rom at the moment. Miui is very good as well, but with Oxygen battery life is amazing (more than 40h, with wifi and BT on all the time) and it's got most things sorted.
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actually Oxygen drains more battery than geno's CM7 beta....

magictwins said:
actually Oxygen drains more battery than geno's CM7 beta....
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It maybe so, but at least camera is fully functional.

So, which ROM would you suggest overall? Fully fuctional, acceptable battery life, speed etc. I'm with B137 v8.2 and I feel I need something new.
FYI, I usually clock the cpu to 1Ghz or 1,2Ghz.

then go for the v8.4 & his new kernel
http://bbs.goapk.com/thread-3177723-1-1.html
http://bbs.goapk.com/thread-3423090-1-1.html
this is the most stable rom atm with good performance. other roms are faster but some things dont work or they are not stable.
your choice.

iakoboss7 said:
then go for the v8.4 & his new kernel
http://bbs.goapk.com/thread-3177723-1-1.html
http://bbs.goapk.com/thread-3423090-1-1.html
this is the most stable rom atm with good performance. other roms are faster but some things dont work or they are not stable.
your choice.
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Thank you re iakoboss7!!!

Alexcxvtr said:
Thank you re iakoboss7!!!
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how do you know that is. good Rom. did you tested it already? so is a room like void with Android 2. 2. 2

i use this rom for almost 2 months now. from v7 i think.
i never ever had a fc reboot etc (except 1 time i had the cpu at 1.5ghz).
everything is working fine, the only small problem lies in the modified franco kernel genokolar used (he modified it to be even more stable),
it has some problems on charging (franco's kernel had them also as i have read, i dont know if its fixed on his newest version cause the modified one is 1 version older than 20 july one).
(u can avoid that problem the kernel creates by not flashing the kernel and keeping v8.4 kernel).
here is a link that i have uploaded both 3
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V99GYVBN
dont forget to install superuser from market or root will not work without it (as everywhere else also).
for the ones that want performance its not the best out there but its still a good one.
i get 24xx at quadrant at 1.3ghz when this void user gets the same at 1.5ghz but i get lower on antutu (3018, made a 2nd run and scored 3167 if it matters) propably cause of the 0.2gz less cpu speed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15978575&postcount=326
but this oxygen user gets allot more than me on 1.3ghz http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16303582&postcount=391
(i have also 1.2gb worth of apps installed if this matters)
the good thing this rom has is stability and everything works, from what i read most other roms have things not working, bugs and not that great stability, miui is a VERY good rom also (has its small bugs) cause its based on 2.3.5 but i dont like miui style ^^ (personal opinion).
oh i forgot to mention that its totally stock (except 1 small app with reboot,shutdown etc options).
i made some changes please re-read my answer

iakoboss7 said:
the good thing this rom has is stability and everything works, from what i read most other roms have things not working, bugs and not that great stability, miui is a VERY good rom also (has its small bugs) cause its based on 2.3.5 but i dont like miui style ^^ (personal opinion).
oh i forgot to mention that its totally stock (except 1 small app with reboot,shutdown etc options).
i made some changes please re-read my answer
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bro, thanks for ur info.
btw, my ideos is u8800H, is it compatible also? and i had flash with muui1.7.3 (android2.3), is it can flash back? ( use recovery tools to flash?)
thanks for help.

yeah its for the u8800H also as i can remember. you can keep a backup and if you dont like you can go back anytime...
oh and flash works just fine, i dont see any reason not working.
there is a new miui version that came out before an hour, try it first cause you maybe like it better (since i see you already have miui).

iakoboss7 said:
i use this rom for almost 2 months now. from v7 i think.
i never ever had a fc reboot etc (except 1 time i had the cpu at 1.5ghz).
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the good thing this rom has is stability and everything works, from what i read most other roms have things not working, bugs and not that great stability, miui is a VERY good rom also (has its small bugs) cause its based on 2.3.5 but i dont like miui style ^^ (personal opinion).
oh i forgot to mention that its totally stock (except 1 small app with reboot,shutdown etc options).
i made some changes please re-read my answer
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Thank you very much. I have flashed your uploaded three files and would like to confirm that this v8.4 is the best ROM for u8800 nowadays. BTW, since the original ROM is from China, I do hope to have your help to keep update this ROM whenever there is a new version or any changes.

no problem, i can keep you updated, at least until Genokolar decides to put his work here.

tried the v8.4 from Genokolar on my UK Huawei U8800 and it didn't work kept looping at the start screen, so I went back to using the FLB Custom ROM

[Q] Which ROM to get ?

I've recently bought a defy, but the stock rom sucks. I've found many roms like (CM, MIUI, Defy+, etc) but I don't know which one is better in terms of performance and stability, any suggestions ? thanks.

Cm7
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I am new in Android and I am located in Israel, and currently the last version for Israel is 2.1.
is it possible to install a version from UK or other? To have 2.2 or 2.3
What will be the difference for me.
Thanks
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I am currently very happy with MIUI again (btw, there a different versions of MIUI, e.g. the great Galnet MIUI), but I like to change my ROM once in a while and I have tried MIUI, CM7 and the Defy+ ROM (incl. some videos)
Defy+ ROM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOSQ0mbMMQk
CM7.1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxrRBxfnv6
MIUI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPRthosV80U
In my opinion MIUI looks best, has great theme support, a lot of nice built in apps and runs very stable now.
CM7 has many nice little tweaks in a custom settings menu and is very close to stock Android, also supports themes, although with less options.
The Defy+ ROM is very stable and gives you Gingerbread (of course all three ROMs are based on Android 2.3.x) with Motoblur (far improved over the old one on the Defy, the thing I loved most about it was the screen rotation animation), but of course there are less tweaks (no notification bar toggles, no themes).
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YossyTob said:
I am new in Android and I am located in Israel, and currently the last version for Israel is 2.1.
is it possible to install a version from UK or other? To have 2.2 or 2.3
What will be the difference for me.
Thanks
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You can flash a new official firmware on your Defy (withRSDlite on your PC) from this list http://and-developers.com/sbf:defy , if you want to update to Froyo manually.
If you want the official 2.3 by Motorola, take a look at this thread: http://and-developers.com/sbf:defy *edit* or maybe even better this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1140839
Or you install a Custom ROM (also based on Gingerbread but not official), remember there is always a tiny risk, what you get is a newer Android version with some improvements (some apps need 2.2 or higher, also Adobe flash in tue browser), possibly more speed and if you install a Custom ROM, more tweaks and options and a redesigned UI.
The UK or other versions as well as the other ROMs (these probably even a bit better) should work well in every part of the world, if your reception is bad, you can switch the baseband with the Defy baseband switcher.

using CM7. Working great for me.. Games are running very smoothly
and battery life is decent.

Thanks everyone, I will install CM7.1 once I have enough free time

Going to try MS2Ginger 2.1

faiz02 said:
Going to try MS2Ginger 2.1
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MsGinger 2.1 is definitely the best 4 me. GUI is very nice, I love Motorola`s icon work, launcher, fonts etc.
Apps and games are running fine with no lag, and when you freeze the apps you don`t need it works like a charm. Also battery life seems to be the best from that ROM.
CM7 is also good but it lag`s sometimes especialy in some games which runs well in MsGinger 2.1

I tried cm7, ms2ginger, defy+ mod and now back to cm7.1.0-11. In terms of performance cm7 rules. For a starter I recommends cm7.1.0-11 today.

Going to try MS2Ginger 2.1
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walter79 is still working, so this version looks and works very fine

i've been using cm7, wajkiui, miui...
and here some feedback...
cm7 = visual like the retail version, stable (but sometimes i got FC), it's launcher is not good .. but you can replace it for another one.
miui = great visual, seems like iOS, all apps shortcuts are visible in the homescreen (without menus for them), sometimes i also got FC, reboots...
wajkiui = cm7 and miui mixed, the best custom rom i've tried, very stable, i didn't get any fc yet, the wajkiui's launcher, for me, is the best! screen transitions are very smooth, without delays.. highly recommended!

[Q] ICS HD2

What is the best ICS Rom for HD2 At the moment?

Icecreamtoasty

v1.5 is the best ,but not prefect.

Yes i think to
i use this ROM : NexusHD2-ICS-4.0.3-CM9 V1.5. I love him But you must known, everything is not perfect. Not yet...

Im also keen on ICS
Which rom is suitable for everyday use ?? please can you recommend one that has working email/internet/wifi/camera&video obviously phone/text not major sluggish and freezes..whats battery life like?
When you say not perfect- in what terms ?
Thanks for your help

after using a few ICS builds i went back to 2.3.xxx
it's ok & nice but still not ready for prime time.
what you can do is use the SD version & you can put ICS & Froyo with different version builds & give them a run so that you can test them yourself.
Happy HD2'ing

mengfei said:
after using a few ICS builds i went back to 2.3.xxx
it's ok & nice but still not ready for prime time.
what you can do is use the SD version & you can put ICS & Froyo with different version builds & give them a run so that you can test them yourself.
Happy HD2'ing
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Massive +1 to that, don't bother using ICS as a daily driver. GB is the way to go for now, and if you use MAGLDR you can still run ICS (and any ROM you want, for that matter) from your SD card to play around with it, but you almost certainly won't be pleased with the performance.

Nigeldg said:
don't bother using ICS as a daily driver. GB is the way to go for now
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I strongly disagree. I currently use IceCreamTosti daily and it's more stable than my previous Nexus_HD2 gingerbread. Apps FC very rarely. Default launcher works better/loads faster now too. A few weeks now and everything's great. Except for hardware acceleration which I hope will be present any week now. Oh yeah - I flash the new ICS kernels from dorimanx.

I'm also using IceCreamTosti. Almost from begining of this rom, and its best out there, stable, fast, smooth. And i also have to disagree with that thing about not using ICS. from first day when i flashed ICS i was not able to get back to 2.3.x. I just recommend ICS to everyone with HD2

previously I've used Nexus ICS from Tytung. it was not so good ı think. there were lots of reboots. maybe it was my mistake, maybe i did something wrong with it. now from yesterday i've been using ICS tosti 0.11 ı ve flashed dorimanx 6.3 kernel and will be trying this. my first impression is it is a bit slow(without dorimanx kernel)
but I'm still waiting for perfect ICS build.

IceCreamTosti all the way.This rom is awesome and more than ready for day to day use.

Tosti seems to be the best but I would have to vote on the 'don't use ICS as a daily ROM' side.
I tried it once but I found the 2D performance to be annoying in the extreme. If you can live with that go for it.
Gingerbread till I see a significant update to current ICS roms.

[Q] In your opinion, most stable L3 SDmerge rom?

Hi, I've been looking through the forums and have been rather overwhelmed by the number of roms available at this point.
Things have come a very long way since I first rooted the phone months ago, and I haven't kept up to date with development recently.
I would love to test out multiple different roms on the L3 to find the best, but it's actually my girlfriends phone and she hates me "messing" with the phone too much, and as you must know, rom shootouts can take hours of flashing and testing. (I used to spend a lot of time doing this on my old motorola defy)
This is obviously a matter of opinion, but could I get any guidance on what would be the most STABLE and LAG FREE rom for this device?
Features are not an issue, this is just down to stability. The current setup on this device is an SDmerge stock based rom (cannot remember which as it's been a while) and there has been a lot of hangs and reboots. (I mean a LOT, rebooting about 3 or more times a day)
These are two roms that I've been looking at as standing out from the crowd, so comparisons from people who've used both would be awesome.
Any better suggestions are also obviously welcome:
Latte ~ lightweight + LG UI 3.2
MiniCM9 UNOFFICIAL for L3 E400
Hopefully, if enough good material is posted in the thread, I will create a rundown of fast, stable roms for this device with links.
Thanks to all the devs for their work on this device, with particular mention to Gellmar for his work on SDmerge and custom kernel. You, sir are a genius!

MiniCM9.
Or if you want 2.3.6, plain stock version + SDmerge: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250759
See also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2326340

Latte v2 for me

MiniCM9 for me.
Or Jelly cast v6 RII.

gellmar created 2 specified recovery.img for each cm9 sdmerge and stock sdmerge. but some roms contain this recoverys and some others is not. so normal cwm can fully working with sdmerge rom? and what thing gellmar changed in his recovery/ any can answer me. thanks

So it seems that Mini CM9 is a good one.
We installed Latte, but after about a day it started to noticeably hang and lag, with more than one reboot.
It was a clean install (wipe of user data, cache, davlik etc.) so the install wasn't the issue.
Mini CM9 worked well, but a few apps struggled to access the camera correctly. Namely: Snapchat which returns a green screen when trying to take a photo.
Currently running this: Cyanoid Rom
Which seems to work well, but as it is based on CM9 it carries the same issue regarding Snapchat and some other apps.
Is anyone aware of a fix for this camera issue?
Aside from that, I'd recommend the rom linked above, as much as MiniCM9. Seems stable, and feature rich.

Stupidchavs said:
Which seems to work well, but as it is based on CM9 it carries the same issue regarding Snapchat and some other apps.
Is anyone aware of a fix for this camera issue?
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Nope, all CM9 ROMs are affected. Green screen is also in Google Goggles. And Skype video-calling doesn't work, but works on 2.3.6 ROMs.

f3tus said:
Nope, all CM9 ROMs are affected. Green screen is also in Google Goggles. And Skype video-calling doesn't work, but works on 2.3.6 ROMs.
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Is this to do with the kernels interaction with the camera?
Or could it maybe be fixed by replacing camera app, or editing build.prop?
Would be great if someone could shine some light

Most Stable with a great SDmerge support is Cyanoid, because we realize 2 different versions, one for NOn-sdmerge devices and one edited for Sdmerge devices, with some improvements,and NOT just a step 4 copy/paste into zip, the differences flashing a rom and then step 4 or flashing a Sdmerge designed rom is the stability of it and its speed, you can choose the rom u want, because each one have its different features

In my opinion every stock 2.3.6 Rom is stable ...in ics time most stable I used is mini cm9 ....but I use stock ROM cuz camera quality is better any one know how improve cm9 camera????

zombienotdead said:
In my opinion every stock 2.3.6 Rom is stable ...in ics time most stable I used is mini cm9 ....but I use stock ROM cuz camera quality is better any one know how improve cm9 camera????
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Camera 360 takes much better images than the stock CM9 camera.
And I'm experiencing so much slowdown, and a tonne of reboots on stock,
Is this a common issue? Any fix to recommend?

In my opinion I'll opt out for Cyanoid. It's the far most the perfect one with awesome features. So, you could just give it a shot. I've using it for a couple of months now. And other one of the best ROM is RayogenMod. It's also pretty good. I've tried out both of them..