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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.
Sent from my u8800 using XDA App

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,!
Sent from my u8800 using XDA App

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] Best choice for custom ROM

Hi friends.
First, I want to praise this forum ... that is fantastic!
My question is about the currently ROMs for my milestone 2...
I want to flash my ML2 with another ROM, to get a better experience with the battery life...
What ROM is the better choice?
- Argen2Stone 2.7
- CM7
- TIM Retail 2.3.6
- MIUI 2
- Others.... ?
Thanks again guys!

I test all these roms, personally I prefer CM7 of Tezet + the update of Endless7
Lose the video recording at 720p, but it works great.!!

It depend on your version of MS2. I have problems with gps in cyanogen's rom, so i'am using ms2ginger 2.1. It's perfect, everything's working, but it have shorter battery life. My friend have older revision of MS2, he had serious problems with keyboard and multitouch, but Endless7 cm7 runs perfectly on his phone.

VooDooKill said:
I test all these roms, personally I prefer CM7 of Tezet + the update of Endless7
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YES!
+1 for that rom .
It's pity, there's no Endless7's update for latest Tezet's CM7

Guys, I tried flash my phone with CM7 times ago....
I first flash the SO with "update-cm-7.1.0-DROID2WE-signed.zip"
After this I apply "gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip"
All using Bootmenu.
But, the phone doesn't boot... the screen stay black and nothing happends....
After this, I recovery to 2.2 TIM RETAIL...
Can you post a link with a better tutorial for me?
Thanks!

betoneto.tbo said:
Can you post a link with a better tutorial for me?
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[HOW TO] install CyanogenMod/MIUI to your phone

betoneto.tbo said:
I first flash the SO with "update-cm-7.1.0-DROID2WE-signed.zip"
After this I apply "gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip"
But, the phone doesn't boot... the screen stay black and nothing happends....
Thanks!
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May sound stupid, but allthough the milestone 2 and droid to appear to be the same phone, they are not the same phone.
Main difference is one is cdma (no sim - droid 2) and other is gsm (has a simcard - milestone2)
No method will ever get a droid 2 rom working on your milestone 2.
EDIT:
(moved to start of rant) If you have upgraded to the official gingerbread you can only use CM9, CM7(endless7), argen2stone. Just the ones with the GB kernel.
But as for other roms all roms, the choices are:
CM9: Not finished but quite stable now and a great look into ICS certainly work having a try of it. Uses GB kernel so no multitouch bug.
CM7 (tezet version): Stable, good, fast, has multitouch bug due to froyo kernel
CM7 (endless7 version/defy port): Not much difference from tezet version, but some added bells and whistles. Also uses the CH gingerbread kernel, so no multitouch bug and better touch response. I'd recommend this version personally, but it's all a matter of opinion. Also both versions show all market apps regardless of compatibility - can be handy if you wanna take advantage of a great sale knowing you can just use it when it is patched for your device or you upgrade. Or if you can tweak some stuff enough to trick it into working.
MIUI: Simply wonderful. Most stable one i have used. At first i hated the iphone likeness of it - but you can install a custom launcher if you wish. I got used to it though and ended up loving it once I tuned it to how i liked it - 1 screen with several folders and a clock widget the themes are great. It also uses the froyo kernel, so unfortunately has the multitouch bug. So i had to leave it
Argen2Stone: Pretty close to stock so if you liked the stock firmware but not it's slowness you will probably like this. Simply wasn't for me but for the time i used it, it was quite stable. Uses the CH gingerbread kernel though, so no multi touch bug here too . OH and is one of the few that has 720p video recording working I think.
I can't really remember ms2ginger and i have never tried blurless, so I won't comment on them.
Moral of the story, you can count the amount of roms we have available on you hand so why not get them all, and try them 1 day at a time?
They are all great roms and far better than stock was, so you can't really go wrong. No one here can possibly tell you what you like so you will just have to test them yourself soon enough and find out

DreadPirateDan said:
Also if you have upgraded to the official gingerbread you can only use CM9, CM7(endless7), argen2stone. Just the ones with the GB kernel.
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Pretty cool review about all the custom roms, DreadPirateDan! With a bonus information at last paragraph, wich made it worth all the "extensive" reading lollollol

lolll, good point - edited it to the beginning

VooDooKill said:
I test all these roms, personally I prefer CM7 of Tezet + the update of Endless7
Lose the video recording at 720p, but it works great.!!
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+1 me too great works of tezet and endless7

ive used Argen2Stone 2.7 ..its a really good rom.
now im using CM9 by tezet.

My vote goes for tezet's CM7, because I like more that clean CM7 than endless' mod.

i think CM7 of Tezet is the best.

I'm voting for MIUI - but I understand if someone don't like it due to it's quite bad touch responsiveness.

I want to shar my experience with you. I used all the rom you listed except "tim retail 2.3.6".
I'm now using A2S and UK 2.3.4 kernel. It has the perfect experience whatever daily use or game playing. But it has the shorter battery life(the same as cm7 or may be a little longer).
I often got reboot when i using cm7 especially when i entering games.
MIUI has the different style from other android roms. It also based on cm kernel, if you are boring with the original android UI ,you may try this rom. But this rom has the shortest battery life even less than CM7, and has the slow reflex when you have incall.
Sorry for my terrible English.
Sent from my A953 using XDA App

CM7 for me.. even if it doesn't have 720p recording it is battery friendly.. i like argen2stone but the only thing i dont like on this rom is blur UI.. they should have remove the UI because it eats too much ram >.<

HD2 Android Gaming ROM

Hi everyone!I have ask to all.
I already install ICS 4.0.3,but games don't work,have lot of a crashes....
But when i was be on NAND 2.3 Gingerbread,i play some games.
And my questions is....
1st : Is have fix for ICS to make games run and for rotate screen
2nd : How i install 2.3.7 (tell me all things i was going to do)
3rd : Tell me some rom of gingerbread who is not weight for cpu and is good for games?
I wait the answers,tnx

Hello,
you can try this rom here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166948 thats the best rom (in my opinion) to play games, is fast and smooth and i dont got many problems with it, so you can give it a try. right now ics rom's are a bit unstable..

carlosribeiro1999 said:
Hello,
you can try this rom here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166948 thats the best rom (in my opinion) to play games, is fast and smooth and i dont got many problems with it, so you can give it a try. right now ics rom's are a bit unstable..
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thats only your opinion on ics roms
i know 3 that are very stable and can be used as daily roms

TiEr1Unit said:
Hi everyone!I have ask to all.
I already install ICS 4.0.3,but games don't work,have lot of a crashes....
But when i was be on NAND 2.3 Gingerbread,i play some games.
And my questions is....
1st : Is have fix for ICS to make games run and for rotate screen
2nd : How i install 2.3.7 (tell me all things i was going to do)
3rd : Tell me some rom of gingerbread who is not weight for cpu and is good for games?
I wait the answers,tnx
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Ics is the best for gaming. You can try the older AOKP rom that I use below in my signature. It's pretty stable.

The best for games is gingerbread sense 3.5.Because some games for example from gameloft,are not fully compatible with ics.Ok sense 3.5 roms arent the best option for daily use but for games are better from any cm7/aosp. Ics roms is the next option but the problem is that not all games are compatible with ics android version.

clio94 said:
The best for games is gingerbread sense 3.5.Because some games for example from gameloft,are not fully compatible with ics.Ok sense 3.5 roms arent the best option for daily use but for games are better from any cm7/aosp. Ics roms is the next option but the problem is that not all games are compatible with ics android version.
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Isn't that because the build.prop is set to a high end device?

clio94 said:
The best for games is gingerbread sense 3.5.Because some games for example from gameloft,are not fully compatible with ics.Ok sense 3.5 roms arent the best option for daily use but for games are better from any cm7/aosp. Ics roms is the next option but the problem is that not all games are compatible with ics android version.
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Not true, I've found every game I've tried on ICS works pretty much fine and on GB they're far laggier. Even if some games aren't compatible with ICS as you claim, the FPS/performance tradeoff is too large to justify using GB over ICS.

I look for ANDROID 2.3.7 ROM /No matter sense/ with works rotation screen?

TiEr1Unit said:
I look for ANDROID 2.3.7 ROM /No matter sense/ with works rotation screen?
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Which ICS ROM did you initially install? I've been on NexusHD2 for a couple of weeks now and it's incredibly stable, it actually is better for daily use than TyphooN (CM7) was for me.

Model Number - NexusHD2
Android version - 4.0.3
Baseband version - 15.40.50.07U_2.11.50.20
Kernel version - 2.6.32.15_tytung_ics_r1
[email protected] #230
Mod version - MedroidMod
Build number - IML74K (NexusHD2-ICS-CM9 v1.5)

TiEr1Unit said:
Model Number - NexusHD2
Android version - 4.0.3
Baseband version - 15.40.50.07U_2.11.50.20
Kernel version - 2.6.32.15_tytung_ics_r1
[email protected] #230
Mod version - MedroidMod
Build number - IML74K (NexusHD2-ICS-CM9 v1.5)
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That was before HWA when it was still in beta, try the new version. It's brilliant, just replace the stock launcher with GO Launcher or another launcher which isn't based on ICS (e.g. Launcher Pro, ADW etc).

ICS HWA Roms are significantly faster than 3.5 sense roms or 2.3.7 no sense roms etc in gameplay..Have used most of them and the AOKP ICS is the better for me..The loading and response are way faster

And do someone send me a Android 2.3.7 ROM /With or without Sese/ with works rotate?

Kameirus said:
thats only your opinion on ics roms
i know 3 that are very stable and can be used as daily roms
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im just trying to help not hard feelings
but has he says games crash on ics so that means is not good for him, so better try android 2.3.7

carlosribeiro1999 said:
im just trying to help not hard feelings
but has he says games crash on ics so that means is not good for him, so better try android 2.3.7
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But he was also using NexusHD2 v1.5, which was before HWA and before it became stable. v2.1 is extremely good, and I've heard that the Paranoidandroid ROM is absolutely stunning as well. Tried it out on SD and it was fairly good, but I didn't have time to really mess around with it much.

TiEr1Unit said:
I look for ANDROID 2.3.7 ROM /No matter sense/ with works rotation screen?
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Go for hyperdroid ROM and install go launcher, extract the zip of ROM and replace GO launcher with native launcher, you will love it and battery is ever lasting and try installing chainfire 3D driver and you are all set to play the best games...:good:

[Q] Old But Fast -or- New But Slooooooow

Hi Guys​I was Wondering about what we should care about most Speed Or New Roms
I know it's hard to build a new rom and make it perfect "size speed errors etc"
I tried many roms on my hd2 and some of them were good fast and suitable for daily use but this was Froyo 2.2 or gingerbread
Now When I see new roms like ics 4.0 or Jb 4.2 I want to have it but I find more errors and it's slooooooooow
So My Question to you​I want to have something really fast like froyo and new as well
i am asking for your recommendations guys as i am going to collage and my hd2 should be suitable for daily use so guide me

Hello there
afaik, if you want to handle both speed,stability and newest features you should aim between 4.0.4 - 4.1.2 roms.
4.2.1/2 might at time to time crash, but its been while since they are out so most popular 4.2 roms are for daily use.
4.3 are not yet stable so i wouldnt go for them.
I use PACman 1.2a JellyBean 4.1.2 (i believe its in my sig)
I have EU ver of HD2, and have some ext partitioning problems, so i cannot use roms that requires DataOnExt <4.2/4.3>
PAC thankfully lets me install it on Nand and it runs as smooth as baby's ass, + you can switch between Tablet/Phablet/Normal dpi, which is cool for me.
I miss some 4.2.2 features but for +1month of usage i can say i didnt see any crash.
I hope that helps you a bit, cheers!
Sent from my HTC HD2 using xda app-developers app

ZathuraPL said:
Hello there
afaik, if you want to handle both speed,stability and newest features you should aim between 4.0.4 - 4.1.2 roms.
4.2.1/2 might at time to time crash, but its been while since they are out so most popular 4.2 roms are for daily use.
4.3 are not yet stable so i wouldnt go for them.
I use PACman 1.2a JellyBean 4.1.2 (i believe its in my sig)
I have EU ver of HD2, and have some ext partitioning problems, so i cannot use roms that requires DataOnExt <4.2/4.3>
PAC thankfully lets me install it on Nand and it runs as smooth as baby's ass, + you can switch between Tablet/Phablet/Normal dpi, which is cool for me.
I miss some 4.2.2 features but for +1month of usage i can say i didnt see any crash.
I hope that helps you a bit, cheers!
Sent from my HTC HD2 using xda app-developers app
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i agree with you it's good rom :good: but i wanna ask you one thing the nand partition is around 180 mb so what is there for me for apps is around 230 mb and i think it's not a big space for installing apps
so how could you install apps in the rom without getting low internal memory issues