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Personally seeking simply performance with a sexy look. As far as ROMs go, it seems the main competitors are Fission and Liberty, I will admit on the front page of Fission's site, I saw there being something about a premium version? Screw that. And I opted out immediately. As far as speed goes, is there anything else that would rival Liberty? Just as well, is there possibly a listing of Liberty 1.5 Themes WITH PICTURES?! ... Even Google turned up very little as far as pictures. It's driving me nuts. I'm completely new to ROMs, but not to droid hacking. So, simply speaking, how do ROMs (be the listed or otherwise) compare to Vanilla Droid 2? Honestly. The main reason I'm looking into ROMs is the fact I'm sick of not being able to change the Notification shade. I've found easy ways to change -everything- else. Just not that. And I see that silly shade on a daily basis... But reading about ROMs I've noticed a lot of them rebuild the core, or something? Giving more battery life and enhancing speed? ... Any tips, comments... Whatever. Help me kill that default shade!
... Also. Please. No 'DUDE JUST TRY EVERYTHING!' ... No. No thanks. I like to see what I'm getting into usually. And don't have the time to continually reflash/download new ROMs and themes. : /
For Fusion/Fission the premium option doesn't really have to do with the ROM's as much as the actual manager they provide. Both of them are excellent ROM's so dismissing them so quickly is rather foolish. As far as the lack of pictures on Liberty, just keep searching I guess.
I've personally ran Liberty 1.5, Fusion, and Fission. At time I interchanged between all three within a work week just because I felt like testing them in different environments. Ultimately I've decided to stick with Liberty since Fusion/Fission development stalled out. However with AngDroid letting us know he's back in the works as far as Fission/Fission is concerned, I can see myself flashing over to that in no time.
If you're looking strictly for speed/use then my suggestion would be Liberty. But don't close the door completely on Fusion/Fission, it could surprise.
Ah. Alright. Thanks for the tidbit of info. I normally see 'Premium' these days only to mean only a third of something's feature active or unlocked... Thanks for the vote though.
I have Droid X, running stock .621, rooted.
I just got my wife an HTC One S, running ICS and I'm jealous.
Right now, I'm just waiting out the days until Verizon offers something worth using my upgrade on. Looks like that's still going to be at least a couple of months away.
In the meantime, I'd like to breathe some fresh life into my DX, but I don't want something buggy.
I need working GPS, Camera (video would be nice too), phone functions. I'd like to be able to install Swype. I'd like flash to work. Working bluetooth would would be nice. Maybe I could live without some stuff, but at least I'd like to know what I'd be getting into before I install something.
I don't care about (or even really want) themes, different fonts, additional lock screens, funky notification bar icons or anything like that. I'd be perfectly happy with stock ICS, if it wasn't buggy.
Does something like that even exist or because there's no official ICS for the DX, there are always going to be some major bugs/issues?
If there's something worth trying, I'll be happy to give it a go. I understand that I'll have to do a data wipe, what's the best way to restore my data after a ROM update? Do I just back up user apps and user app data with Titanium before the update and then just restore all of that after or is there a better/safer/easier way to migrate ROMs?
I do already have CWM installed, so, I think, I just have to boot up, get into the CWM menu and do the data/cache wipe and then load the ROM zip file to upgrade ROM, right? At least that's the general directions? Once I figure out exactly which ROM, if any, I'll ask for further help so that I don't screw it up.
Thanks in advance for any assistance!
I've been pretty happy with CM9 for the DX
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/18589-cyanogenmod-9-unofficial-beta-424/
Pretty much everything works, including camera
giveen said:
I've been pretty happy with CM9 for the DX
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/18589-cyanogenmod-9-unofficial-beta-424/
Pretty much everything works, including camera
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Got some help in another forum last night and wound up installing Gummy ICS. I really screwed up the process and wound up having to SBF, but it was a good learning experience.
I'm truly stunned as to how much more responsive the phone is as compared to GB Stock. We'll see if it stays that way, but, right now, I'm thrilled.
Few little annoyances here and there, but my goal really was just to add a little live to an aging phone and give me a refreshed toy to hold me over until an acceptable upgrade phone becomes available.
lexluthor said:
Got some help in another forum last night and wound up installing Gummy ICS. I really screwed up the process and wound up having to SBF, but it was a good learning experience.
I'm truly stunned as to how much more responsive the phone is as compared to GB Stock. We'll see if it stays that way, but, right now, I'm thrilled.
Few little annoyances here and there, but my goal really was just to add a little live to an aging phone and give me a refreshed toy to hold me over until an acceptable upgrade phone becomes available.
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Since I'm in the exact same situation as you regarding ROM choice, can you tell me if you are happy with Gummy ICS?
I like functionality and speed.
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Since I'm in the exact same situation as you regarding ROM choice, can you tell me if you are happy with Gummy ICS?
I like functionality and speed.
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Not really. ICS on the Droid X was just way too buggy for me. In addition to all of the non-working things that people will tell you, I had other issues. My browsing was very slow on some sites with javascript on. I suspect due to the lack of hardware acceleration on ICS. Also, my radio.com app would cut the feed off after about 2 minutes of audio.
After Gummy, I had also tried AOKP. Both are nearly identical.
I wound up with VXR (Vortex Reloaded) using the ICSish them. Very, very happy with it.
Not as fast as the ICS ROMS (those ICS ROMS just flew), but everything works 100% perfectly and it still did clear up some of the major issues I was having with stock (CPU pegging at 100% for long periods, dialer getting hung up not allowing me to make calls).
With the ICSish theme, it looks like I'm on ICS even.
The DX and ICS weren't made for each other (not unless they release ICS drivers ever). People who tinker a lot might just live with the bugs because it's fun and it sure is fast, but it wasn't for me.
Not new to Android, the forum, etc... Just new to THIS device.
I am looking to get solid opinions on two things...
The best ROM for this tablet. But something stable, working properly, not a lot of bugs. There is a lot of cool development going on for this device, but trying to wade through it all can be a bit of a handful. I don't care about overclocked kernels and things like that. I just want something fast, stable, full featured, etc... Taking the stock ROM, and making it even better.
In the past, Cyanogen was the go to ROM for my DroidX. Blew me away. On the Rezound, my current fav is ViperREZ. Maybe that gives an indication of what I am looking for?
Second question, the launcher. My main goals are speed, eye candy and features. I have used Go, Apex and Nova on my phones, and Sense 4,0 is actually pretty slick. ADW was nice as well.
But are any of those really optimized for a tablet? I am looking for something that is very functional, but that also makes me say WOW! every time I use it.
Suggestions?
Sigh. So many threads asking about the "best" ROM.... why don't you just try them all and see which one you prefer. All have faults some more than others. You'll get different answers from everyone because everyone has different preferences on what's good.
It takes all of 1 minute to flash a ROM... you could quickly sift through the available ROM's to see which one catches your eye at first.
im using paranoid android. its based off of cm10 plus you can change switch between tablet mode, phone mode, and phablet mode on any app you have installed. until there is a full version of cm10 or aokp this looks like it will be my rom of choice. i agree with the post above, just flash some and see what you like i just chose to answer your question an not be a d about it. good luck and happy flashing
Well, playing with all of them, if there are known issues, which most of them have, can be like finding a needle in a hay stack, you know?
I will say though, that this launcher is impressive. I used it on my phone awhile back, but it had some glitches back then. It has been updated since then and on a tablet it makes a lot more sense.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spb.shell3d&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
For now, hell, the ROM may not matter much as the UI is completely revamped and very cool.
I did say that it might be a dumb question. LOL
I wish CM10 was fully baked for this device, that would rock.
Bugless beast ROM is very smooth and stable with trinity kernel, mainly is AOSP
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Bugless beast ROM is very smooth and stable with trinity kernel, mainly is AOSP
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Cool, I will check that one out.
Anyone know how to take a screen cap with this device, on the stock ROM?
Is this app even working on tablets? Btw its cool but u will loose a lot of stock android features, at least i miss them there.
You could wait for charmeleon app, thats kind of a launcher app. You could google it. It will be released in september i think. It was a kickstarter project and i am a backer so i will get it this week already, i can report later if u want.
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Is this app even working on tablets? Btw its cool but u will loose a lot of stock android features, at least i miss them there.
You could wait for charmeleon app, thats kind of a launcher app. You could google it. It will be released in september i think. It was a kickstarter project and i am a backer so i will get it this week already, i can report later if u want.
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Actually working pretty well. The 3D effects really come alive on a larger screen. If I could take screen caps, I would, but have not figured that out yet on this thing. hehe
Power+Volume Down should take a screenshot.
I've flashed 3 or 4 roms, and always restore my stock backup.. I haven't found any that are as smooth as the stock build as of yet.
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Sigh. So many threads asking about the "best" ROM.... why don't you just try them all and see which one you prefer. All have faults some more than others. You'll get different answers from everyone because everyone has different preferences on what's good.
It takes all of 1 minute to flash a ROM... you could quickly sift through the available ROM's to see which one catches your eye at first.
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I agree with this post, the only way to find out what's best for you is to try them all. I did that I came to conclusion that the Jellybro nightly kang is what's best for me with 170 DPI mod to bring out tablet UI. Loving it now. I tried the other "hybrid" ROM but didn't like it because I naturally love the big (or small) resolution which give me a more virtual screen estate at all times.
Good luck
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I agree with this post, the only way to find out what's best for you is to try them all. I did that I came to conclusion that the Jellybro nightly kang is what's best for me with 170 DPI mod to bring out tablet UI. Loving it now. I tried the other "hybrid" ROM but didn't like it because I naturally love the big (or small) resolution which give me a more virtual screen estate at all times.
Good luck
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Hmmm... what is this 170dpi mod you speak of?
Vol down and power does not screen cap like it does on my phone. Weird.
And last thing... How does one get into Recovery? I can do it from the OS with Quickboot, and selecting Bootloader or Recovery, etc... I just backed up the phone to a Nandroid using CWM, the one that is touch screen.
on my Rezound, I can pull the battery, hold vol down and power for a few seconds and get into Recovery in the event that a Flash is wonky and bootlooping or whatever...
How does one do that on this device?
If your not 'new' to this forum then surely you would know "best ROM?" threads aren't really tolerated..
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If your not 'new' to this forum then surely you would know "best ROM?" threads aren't really tolerated..
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1) I am not new.
2) And had I just asked for the "best ROM", I would expect your non-helpful reply. I felt that if I explained the criteria of what I was after, then perhaps some other people that went through the selection process could point me in the right direction rather than trusting to trial and error.
See, I apply the same standards to others that I apply to myself. In the 17 or so years that I have been on forums(going back to Tom's Hardware Guide on the original Delphi forums), and even having moderated several over the years... I have never once told someone to use the search button, or "just figure it out", etc...
I always answer questions, perhaps in more detail and length than most would, and so I guess that I sorta expect the same courtesy of others.
If someone says that they are looking for X,Y,Z, I don't tell them to go try dozens of ROMs and hope that sooner or later they stumble across the one that has X,Y and Z. I try to say, "Hey, ROM's are all subjective, but here are 2 or 3 that are exactly what you are asking for"... or something to that effect.
Regards,
Dave
4.1.1 stock sorry have not gotten sick of it yet.
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I find that cwm won't open up for me if I power off then volume down then select recovery and all that. It just hangs on the black screen. So I just use adb or ROM manager. Or then advanced power menu.
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Hey guys, as the topic states, I think I'm going to start making some short videos about various OPO roms here on xda, nothing fancy 2-3mins just showing off the rom and it's features. I just wanted to know if there was anything in particular you guys would want to see or want me to comment on. I was thinking just show off the rom and it's features, talk a bit about stability (for alpha and beta) and then show some battery stats or something like that.
So let me know, also I'm from the Caribbean so you all may not understand my accent so tell me if you all would want voice or on screen comments during the video.
You can do videos for lollipop roms like Temasek, Candy5, ParanoidAndroid, Liquid and also K900's rom
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I think the only issue might be that most of the ROMs have very similar features, so it'd be a bit like doing the same review over and over. You should definitely do voice.
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I think the only issue might be that most of the ROMs have very similar features, so it'd be a bit like doing the same review over and over. You should definitely do voice.
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Yea I won't keep on repeating myself once features become redundant. I'll stick to the info that everyone pretty much wants to hear, how stable, what screen on time. I think I'll also add a section with the rom in use with a 3rd party kernel and see how they turn out. Thanks for the feed back so far, I'm just waiting to get a few lights I ordered from amazon and I'll probably make a nice clean white table. I don't want to do a half arsed job.
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Yea I won't keep on repeating myself once features become redundant. I'll stick to the info that everyone pretty much wants to hear, how stable, what screen on time. I think I'll also add a section with the rom in use with a 3rd party kernel and see how they turn out. Thanks for the feed back so far, I'm just waiting to get a few lights I ordered from amazon and I'll probably make a nice clean white table. I don't want to do a half arsed job.
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Just be wary of quoting any general battery or screen on times, these figures are highly subjective and depend on many different factors so they vary wildly from user to user.
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how about darkobas? just a suggestion
You can review my ROM.
timos-rom.org
forums.oneplus.net/threads/timos-a-new-os-based-on-cm12.212607
But you should wait until Jan 3 because then I will make a huge bugfix update with many commits. I can't do that now 'cause I'm not at home...
If there is possibility of borrowing OnePlus One from your friend or girlfriend, etc. You can do a Performance, battery life, smoothness compare between CM11S (fully stock) and Lollipop ROMs here. It would be great if you can compare and do some notes on what is better and what worse on Lollipop over Stock Kitkat ROM I bet a lot of people going to agree with me. Just a suggestion
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I'd love to see a review of my rom.
Check my op, there's great features on it that you won't find in any other 11s Roms!
Not to mention a very unique install method!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...-benczeos-1-0-umad-11s-based-feature-t2958542
Validus is an awesome ROM, hope you do a video.
Hi all
As in title i need some advice to change rom on my le pro 3.
The point is that I've always had nexus devices (4 and 5) and the latter stopped working. I've loved that plain and simple android so much that i never even bothered to change roms on those devices. So now i bought this Leeco Le pro 3 since I am not willing or better can't afford to spend so much money on those new pixel phones.
And here is the problem: I would like to install a rom as similar as to that "nexus" experience possible. Just plain android with no extra stuff I don't (think) I need. I'd then just download the apps I was previously using from play store.
Do you think there is something out there that could do the job?
Thank you very much
Well we have the Lineage team working on roms, we had a great rom the GTX ones but trolls got the OP pissed, in my opinion the battery on this phones is much better with the stock roms rooted and debloted, i get something like one day and some hours of battery life, I only use twitter, FB and hot spot when i need too, is also connected to BT streaming music when on the road. I tried using the Liniage and slim, and some how battery suffers im not sure why, but eventually those devs will figure it out, I came from the 6P and nugat screw up that phone badly, the UI on this phone gets a little to get used too nut IMO is worth the change.
Give stock rom a try. I also like very clean roms but this stock is really good, just install nova laucher and customize it like the new pixel launcher, it gives you a pretty good clean android experience, with some little tweaks.
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Well we have the Lineage team working on roms, we had a great rom the GTX ones but trolls got the OP pissed, in my opinion the battery on this phones is much better with the stock roms rooted and debloted, i get something like one day and some hours of battery life, I only use twitter, FB and hot spot when i need too, is also connected to BT streaming music when on the road. I tried using the Liniage and slim, and some how battery suffers im not sure why, but eventually those devs will figure it out, I came from the 6P and nugat screw up that phone badly, the UI on this phone gets a little to get used too nut IMO is worth the change.
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Hi Cubanghost and thank you for your answer.
For now I did a backup of whats in the phone as it arrived. I might have found something here and it looks like the closest stock android experience that is available to me. The "grossoshop" version I have is just too confusing to me so I think I will just try the one i linked above and if it is not satisfying I will revert to the original and try to get used to it.
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Give stock rom a try. I also like very clean roms but this stock is really good, just install nova laucher and customize it like the new pixel launcher, it gives you a pretty good clean android experience, with some little tweaks.
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Hi TheDethEgineer, if what is above fails, I will for sure try your advice. Thank you very much
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Hi Cubanghost and thank you for your answer.
For now I did a backup of whats in the phone as it arrived. I might have found something here and it looks like the closest stock android experience that is available to me. The "grossoshop" version I have is just too confusing to me so I think I will just try the one i linked above and if it is not satisfying I will revert to the original and try to get used to it.
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Not a problem i was lost on the IU for about a month since i was so used to my 6P but now i cant tell you the relief i have to move away, also the idea the Engineer had was also a good one i have nova swiping up like the pixel launcher. but i also heard good things about the chinesse rom's and battery been awesome. go for it and welcome to the LeEco family, this phone does not disappoints IMO.