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[Q] What ROM is right for me?

Hello all,
I recently decided that I wanted to play with my mytouch 4G for a while. I was looking through the ROM section, and there were a lot of ROMs...very overbearing for someone like me. So, I decided to reach out to the community, and ask for a ROM that would suit my needs.
Requirements:
1. Good Battery Life
- I don't use my phone too often, and I hate it how with one day of low use my phone will go down to around 50%
2. Fast
- Speed Demon!
3. Stable
- Don't want apps crashing, now do we?
4. Updated
- Would prefer something that gets updated, so I know that I'm continually being supported with bigger and better things.
Think that's pretty much it. Thanks for all your help!
First post on XDA. Hope there's more to come!

CM7 or Faux's AOSP. Both fast with great battery life.
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Most of the roms get to a "final release" where everything thats going to get worked out is worked out so that's where the older roms are but if you want one with a consistent update and speed try miui demonspeed as it gets updated every week hope that helps and welcome to XDA!
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Evil d vu rom is the best if you like sense
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Try the mexdroid pre ghostchili ROM. Ghostchili runs very fast especially with the kernel on scary setting.
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I honestly like the sense 3.0/3D rom by eVil D: here are some screenshots of my phone running thia rom.
Nick'sAMytouch4GLover<3

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Just switched to EVO from from nexus s, what next?

I am fine with the rooting and all that, what Rom should I go with sense 3.0 wise if any thanks.
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If you must have sense 3.0, try flashing the evolvedrom r3chargeD... I'm running it and its great, however I am also seeing a lot of people that like the new king ROM.
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Do you want it themed or not?
Synergy and MikG are both Sense 2.1 + 3.0. They are probably a couple of the most popular ROMs, if not the most. Quite personally, I like MikG more than Synergy. Feels faster to me, and I've been a big Mik user since I started with my Evo.
Right now I am running EVOlvedROM r3chargeD, which is based on Mik3D, which is based on the HTC Evo 3D. So it is full Sense 3.0, themed and I love it.
Kernel, I use Lithid's Freedom kernel. Aggressive-Freedom Universal.
Links to my setup provided in my signature.
Partition your SD card to offload some weight from the phone itself: DELETES EVERYTHING OFF OF THE CARD SO BACK IT UP.

As far as themed I like the look of stock sense and i'll check those out. how fast is that kernel and what is the safest oc? (i only have my phone till I get home) thanks
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evolvedrom r3chargeD has been awesome.... Worth a try

CLMT said:
As far as themed I like the look of stock sense and i'll check those out. how fast is that kernel and what is the safest oc? (i only have my phone till I get home) thanks
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Overclock depends on the phone. Some are more picky than others. Personally, I underclock because my phone still flies and it saves me some battery life.
Links:
MikG
Mik3D
Link to kernel in my signature.
Max safe overclock... the highest shown in SetCPU is 1228800. I overclock while charging (only time I ever do) and usually I put it at 1113600

I have an Evo and a Nexus S on Boost and I love the ASOP roms...I have CM7 and love it on my Evo...just my opinion..

Thanks I'm going to try the mike 3d first. It looks like there are a lot of different options for rooting revoked ect. What do you suggest? And I switched from the nexus s so I could have sense not dissing cm I just love sense and htc.
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If your phone has Gingerbread on it, then you will have to root with Revolutionary. Look in development for that
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Rooting!!! Who knew!!

I just cant get enough of it! ;-) I have gone through 3 roms and 2 different kernels searching for the ultimate Evo 4G experience!
Thank you so much to the Revolutionary folks and the dev community for first getting a root method and second for creating awesome roms!

Yup!!! me too its like a drug....lmao
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Hi, my name is ______ and I'm a flash-a-holic.
(Group): Hello ______!
Welcome to the club dude. If you've got a girlfriend, she better her used to your mistress "XDA-sia" lol
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after about 6 months of flashing on my nook and evo, ive landed and stayed on cm7.. but i still flash all nightlies!

Rooted flashed evolved directors cit with golden monkey this thing flies now.

I am running CM7 right now, but I have downloaded Synergy and Kingdom to try in the future. Loving it.
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I flashed CM7 and stayed with it for now since I hated sense but I think I might try Synergy later but meh, happy with the battery life I get now.

slammurai said:
Rooted flashed evolved directors cit with golden monkey this thing flies now.
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Just to let you know, he has a newer ROM out. Check my signature for it.
I have tried many ROMs, but I always come back to Mik's. Now i roll with EVOlvedAndroid, based on Mik's. Match made in heaven, nothing can best it.
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I used Chogardjr 4.0 Rom daily for months.His is mikG based also.
But flashed Miui.us 1.8.19 last week and they have gone way beyond an iphone clone the past year.
if you can live without 4G you should try it....NICE VERY NICE
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Might have to try MIUI...
I didn't know they had strayed away from just being an iphone clone!! I've been running CM7 nightlies. They're extremely nice, but my area doesn't have 4G.

CM7 was my first, but definitely not my last. I tried almost all of the big ROMs that supported 4G for a while, but in the end it was EVO Deck w/Tiamat 3.3.7 all the way. That was the ultimate combo for me.

I actually love Red Dawn Synergy. I'm glad I got my evo just in time for them to release the ability to root GB.

I rooted back in April and I can't get enough, not sure why it took me so long and I definitely won't go back. I am using Kinged Shooter 2.1 and by far the best one I have used.

What is the best ROM ?

I was thinking about flashing some sense 3.0 or 3.5 but I wanna no way u guys think is the most stable ROM
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Personally the Sense ROM's are too laggy for my taste. I run CM7 and then load on a bunch of customizations to make it look hella awesome

I'll agree with u on that one, but the taste on sense 3.0 and 3.5 is awesome. it runs ok for me, its not too laggy tho
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The best way to find the best rom for you is to make a nandroid of your current setup and try whatever rom you are interested in. Because what some people might find to be the best rom here you might not like. Its all based on taste. I will say this, if you want speed and battery life go aosp. If you want pretty widgets and can put up with lag go sense.

Yea I'm down with sense
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Alton (Halo 2) said:
I was thinking about flashing some sense 3.0 or 3.5 but I wanna no way u guys think is the most stable ROM
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Wildstang's roms have always been solid for me. I would recommend his 3.0 Rom based on the desire hd, it is optimized for a single core device with WVGA resolution so it is just as smooth as our OTA. Battery life is pretty amazing, I get about a full day out of the stock battery with moderate use. That's from about 6:30 am to about 6:00 pm with about 20% left at the end of the day. If you chose his rom, I would wait until vfour drops tonight or tomorrow morning to flash so you don't have to start all over after you set everything up.
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AJGO23 said:
Wildstang's roms have always been solid for me. I would recommend his 3.0 Rom based on the desire hd, it is optimized for a single core device with WVGA resolution so it is just as smooth as our OTA. Battery life is pretty amazing, I get about a full day out of the stock battery with moderate use. That's from about 6:30 am to about 6:00 pm with about 20% left at the end of the day. If you chose his rom, I would wait until vfour drops tonight or tomorrow morning to flash so you don't have to start all over after you set everything up.
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Downloading vfour now thanks AJ
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Alton (Halo 2) said:
Downloading vfour now thanks AJ
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That's what we're here for
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Im running Nil's current 3.5 sense Rom. I haven't tried any kernels with it yet.
I've flashed CM7, MIUI, Gingersense...etc. Personally, you just have to try what's best for you.
I'm loving the 3.5 sense with 3D movement. I don't think I'll go back after this ROM. I've tried Nils and Newt. Both are very similar. But very awesome.

I prefer Nil's. Nil's rom + tiny's kernel ftw

Stangs vfour had a lot of fcs so I went with newtoroots latest sense 3.5 Rom and I'm loving it
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Alton (Halo 2) said:
Stangs vfour had a lot of fcs so I went with newtoroots latest sense 3.5 Rom and I'm loving it
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Geeze... I've gone through so many ROMs on that dInc in the last 2 days I can't keep them straight. If I'm right, that's the same ROM I slapped on there last and it's working like a dream. It seemed like an honestly finished piece of work. I'm so happy not to be dealing with that butterfaced CM7 anymore. No offense to the devs, but two things really irked me a little in looking for ROMs. First, names and OPs that didn't describe what the ROM was. Second, no mention in the OP of major known issues... like a camera that FC's after every pic??? And I saw one that didn't even have a download. Instead it pushed you off to Rootzwiki. Kinda goofy, I thought. Don't even ask me to point fingers because I wouldn't even if I could. Frankly, I don't remember anything I flashed except that last one... because it worked and I liked it. The others got a 5 minute interview and didn't get the job and were promptly forgotten.

I can't mess with the 3.x roms to choppy/laggy. I think the 3.0 ports show just how outdated our hardware is. Ive just been rollin with the 2.3.4 GB release. The speed and battery life is great.
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Im runnin newts 3.5 sense build 1.02, and it smokes everything but the ota roms out there, but its real close. A few kinks to work out and it could be the best dinc rom ever.
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I'm running nils 3.5 Rom v1.1 and find it solid.
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I'm on Newts 3.5 v1.02 is definitely a strong daily. Tried Nils 3.5 not bad just needs little tweaks. Will try that one again with new release.Had Nils GBS 3.0 on since release before that .
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I've gotta represent for Jermaine. I'm running InSensitive Minimalist 2.3.1 right now and it is great, very fast, smooth, stable. Basically the OTA with all of the bloat and more removed, including the Rosie launcher.
Why not just go AOSP, you might ask? Well, I feel like the Inc just runs better with the Sense framework, and I'm a sucker for the Sense apps, Mail, Camera, Music, Gallery, People. That ROM is the best of both worlds, IMHO.
I've tried a few Sense 3 ROMs, and they were a lot of fun...but they ultimately felt like an awkward fit.
But here's the bottom line...there is no *best* ROM. There are a lot of options, especially on this phone, and you have the freedom to find the one that best suits your needs and preferences. That is the beauty of Android, of XDA, and of the many great Devs.
So...happy flashing and much respect to all the Devs.

tiny4579 said:
I'm running nils 3.5 Rom v1.1 and find it solid.
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I'm downloading that now
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nils 3.5 + tinys kernel ftw!

Have to say joelz's shooter rewind 3D has been running great for the past month or so, waiting for his new Sense 3.5 release before I retire shooter. Gotta be honest, out of all the roms I've flashed, joelz's usually come out on top.
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Need to try out a new rom

Best ROM out right now???
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I've been loving AOKP, and the boot animation alone makes it worth it!

Wait for classic super magic it should be the best rom.
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Not another one.....
Again, there is no "best rom". Everyone has their own opinion, and everyone has different wants/needs in a rom. Since you are rooted, just try out a few. That's the benefit of flashing roms, just make a backup, and if you dont like a new rom, flash another or reload your backup.

crapid said:
I've been loving AOKP
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I can't get AOKP to run more than a minute (literally) without a random reboot and I have flashed my share of ROMs. Plus last I checked AOKP doesn't have everything working.
Your best bet for stable fully functional ROM is MikG3.0.

I'm liking AOKP but it still has some minor issues (being ICS, it's no surprise). I expect it to be my daily once everything is ironed out.
I'm using a tweaked CM7 for daily use, but I also really like the Mik roms.

I'm using the Ligux port from pspunderground. I'm not really into AOSP that much, but this is a great ROM. Very smooth.
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No matter what I try cm7 nightly's always pulls me back. Especially since the officials started up again. I tried Nitrous 1.3.1 which was pretty solid. Radiance 6.1 runs great on my wife's phone.
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On my evo i started compiling cm7.2 once a week or so then just wipe caches and flash the new one over the old i usually only compile when something new has been added that catches my eye or when several new things i dont really care about have been added the rest of the time im compiling cm9 for either the evo or my kindle fire and fixing to start compiling it for my et4g soon gotta figure out the ins and outs of this phone cuz its boot img is way different than my evo or fire
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Nice post evil, care to share?
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The cm9 on the evo isnt as smooth as the aokp yet it works pretty well on my fire but then again it only has wifi no cam no phone etc so alot of stuff can be left out for it , the evo however my last compile had battery issues and random forcecloses that were annoying ad hell but ive been having to mod the current ics kernel to play nice im hoping to find a devkit for a device or devices from htc with similar specs i can steal some drivers from to get the hardware working better right now im running 7.2 and only testing 9 for a day or so to see where i have it but atleast it boots up and most things will function once or twice before force close city kicks in
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I am tired of flashing back to stock to get prl updates. Any favorite Sense roms? I am running the october 2011 stable release of cm7 and have been since late october without any real issue however my prl is getting really stale so I need to do something in the next week or two.
Edit- I should mention that I am looking for a fully functional daily driver sense rom. I looked through this list http://evo4g.roms-db.com/ and was hoping to narrow it down to one or two that others have tried/liked.
I require 4g radio, gps, 3g data, wifi and wireless hotspot (like cm7)

The classic by tommytomatoe or mikg v3.0 or 3.1
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
The classic by tommytomatoe or mikg v3.0 or 3.1
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After running CM7 (per my previous post), i tried about 5 or 6 roms and eventually settled on mikg 3.1. Thanks for your help. Updated my hboot, radios, and prl easily and things are working really smoothly now. Reception issues are completely solved and 4g is working tons better. Thanks!

You should try decks ginderbread I've been running it for a few days and I get about 9 hours of battery or so.... and its pretty fast
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thanks everybody im goin for Mikg ROM
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I've been usin cm7.2 as my daily, but I've been playing around with the ICS roms as well. So far AOKP has been my choice. Can't wait for CM9 though!

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Best ROM out right now???
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Even though its all about personal preferences, I was using Rainy Day, which was stable, smooth, and fast...battery life was ok. I'm currently running The Express latest build by OD and his team...awesome rom...very fast, great battery life even with heavy use!, stable, with a ton of space!

The express is a godly ROM, I switch roms a lot and and always find something, with express nothing is ever wrong, constantly updated with perks, and has themed and stock, the devs really know what thier doing, sense based but amazing, I love it so much, that's rare for me to say for a rom
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I agree exspress is the way go for daily sense rom not any bugs but like what's been said its all personal preferences plus its almost in rc mode which is exciting
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