Hi there,
Hope this is the correct place to post. I have had a quick look through the various roms available and wondered if someone could advise me which rom looks and functions closest to that of the Diamond?
Thanks in advance
jp7152 said:
Hi there,
Hope this is the correct place to post. I have had a quick look through the various roms available and wondered if someone could advise me which rom looks and functions closest to that of the Diamond?
Thanks in advance
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why don't you have a glance at the Diamond section of this site?
After reading comments you will become an expert.
I do not think anybody would take a responsibility to advice you unless you do it yourself by reading.
That is my humble counsel.
Thanks for the advice. I had a look at the Diamond fourm but most of the information seemed to be directed at Diamond owners. I have an XDA Oribt 2 which I want to make look like the Diamond.
Most of the Roms come with images to show you what the end product looks like. As the user previously wrote, its best to take a peek at them to find the one you want.
Take a look at this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=417614
It might be closer to what you're looking for? Again, a suggestion and not a recommendation as theres no one rom that suits all.
That looks like what I'm looking for.
Just noticed that you were using different 3d drivers. I have seen the thead with the comparisons but after installing drivers before the rom update they didn't seem to have any effect on spb benchmark.
Any reccomendations there?
Thanks again.
You wont see many differences benchmark-wise I doubt, but I have noticed the general use of the phone is smoother - definitely in everyday use and faster in some heavier apps and games.
Hey guys, hoping you guys can give some insight to a noob on this. I am looking to install a good rom on my phone. I'm leaning how to do this, but what I am looking for is speed and functionality. Themes are not that important, but would be cool. I do have the DK28 and is rooted, so I might need a good video to show me how to rom this phone properly. But as far as rom's go, I'm looking for one that is a really good rom.
Thanks in advance
Mike
Welcome to Rooting your phone. As far as the best ROM? There is no one best ROM, everyone has a different preference and outlook on speed. Any of the latest EXT4 ROMs will probably suit you though. Here is a link that will help you pretty much with everything you need:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700
They have guides on how to ROOT, ROM, THEME and other things. It has the links to kernels, roms, themes all there. Hope that helps, and good luck.
mazspeed said:
Hey guys, hoping you guys can give some insight to a noob on this. I am looking to install a good rom on my phone. I'm leaning how to do this, but what I am looking for is speed and functionality. Themes are not that important, but would be cool. I do have the DK28 and is rooted, so I might need a good video to show me how to rom this phone properly. But as far as rom's go, I'm looking for one that is a really good rom.
Thanks in advance
Mike
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I have had good experience with most all of them:
ACS
Nebula
Mammon
Quantum
Viper
Im going to the new Nebula (twin Jets) now with EXT4
Have fun and good luck
What's EX-4? I'm not familar with that. Also is there a page to show these roms as I know new ones are coming out all the time. tHANKS AGAIN FOR THE POSTS.
This belongs in general not development, noob.
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I didn't see noob post anywhere in this thread...
Oh I'm sorry you were trying to be an unhelpful jackass, got ya
Thanks NNYfan.
Some people right? lol
Viper Rom or Supernova are my favorite
popularbelief420 said:
This belongs in general not development, noob.
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Cool thanks. Are there any video's that show how these are installed? I saw some on youtube, but they were not that great of quality, and was unable to really get a good view of how to do it.
Thanks again
Videos
These videos don't show how they are installed but give a nice overview of some of the most popular current roms. I found them really useful.
http://www.youtube.com/user/randyshear#p/u
Thanks viper. I'm looking though them now. Just trying to find a video on how to install a rom. I have picked one out and looking for instruction on how t install. I don't want to brick the phone since it's my company phone.
I did it. Viper rom installed. Was not too hard. Found a good video for it. Thanks for the help everyone.
mazspeed said:
I did it. Viper rom installed. Was not too hard. Found a good video for it. Thanks for the help everyone.
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The fun part is thanks to nandroid backups you can try out a ton of roms (I flash a new one every couple of days, now I'm back at dl18 playing the waiting game)
From what i've seen most roms share all of the major fixes and use similar tweaks and optimizations that they borrow from other devs... and the only notable difference i've seen between them is theme and how much they include in the rom extras wise (apps, live wallpapers, etc).
Viper rom has a lot of updates but I wasnt too much of a fan of the overall look of it
Mammons bonsai rom is lovely and I <3 it
Midnight Rom is excellent too and one of the best themes in my opinion, though if i remember correctly he does away with Twiz launcher and uses launcher pro(could be mistaken though i'm really tired and have used too many roms)
Epic Experience was the first rom that I flashed and works great, but I was mainly playing with the others lately since they have more frequent updates
Quantum Rom - daemon is brilliant and am looking forward to his next release
Supernova - I did try it out but I honestly don't remember what features it had
Nebula - Tried this out too, supposed to be more stable/straight forward rom for stable professional people who dont want inflated quadrant scores or flashy live wallpapers (I might be quoting a different rom, if so i apologize)
Syndicate Rom - Awesome as well but its not for dk28 xD
Overall all the roms are amazing the only differences REALLY notable to me is that some use AOSP lockscreen by default, some use TWiz lock/launcher, some use ADW... launcher pro... but all of that is changeable with a flashable zip/apk...I tend to prefer mammon and quantum rom nowadays since iirc mammon made the call log fix and gps fix and daemon is doing all this ext4/cwm work and they seem to be leading up the race with innovation and knowledge (not saying others arent knowledgeable... i know nothing of developing i'm just guessing here)
EDIT: forgot to mention, only reason im not on dk28 right now is that personally I have minor bugs with it such as the one where you call somebody and it doesnt ring or make any sound but it actually calls them, and some other minor issues. I figured i'd wait for official froyo to drop and continue testing out roms when I get bored
Oh and theres also cyanogen mod which is sexy and amazing but is prebeta and buggy (signal bars not working, MMS is broken, etc)
Although I agree that he could have been nicer about it, these posts absolutely do not belong in the development forum. Questions about "which rom is best for me?" Definitely belong in general. The reason some people (myself included) aren't often very nice about it is becase it is increasingly becoming a problem. The op really should take the time to read the stickies before cluttering up the dev forum. Everyone should.
Also, calling someone a jackass- even if they are being one- almost never shows them the error of their ways.
NYYFan325 said:
I didn't see noob post anywhere in this thread...
Oh I'm sorry you were trying to be an unhelpful jackass, got ya
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Thanks to both of you. I as a beginner in this didn't know where to post. Thanks for the lessons.
Mike
P.S If I do change rom's do I have to flash everytime and lose my apps and info? I save contacts on the SD card, but will stick with viper rom if I have to flash the phone for other roms. It get's kind of time consuming.
mazspeed said:
Thanks to both of you. I as a beginner in this didn't know where to post. Thanks for the lessons.
Mike
P.S If I do change rom's do I have to flash every time and lose my apps and info? I save contacts on the SD card, but will stick with viper rom if I have to flash the phone for other roms. It get's kind of time consuming.
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It is best to get titanium backup (from the market) that way u can back up your apps and you can use Backup to Gmail (also from the market) to backup contacts, call log, and messages. That makes flashing different roms a lot easier. (In my opinion)
NYYFan325 said:
I didn't see noob post anywhere in this thread...
Oh I'm sorry you were trying to be an unhelpful jackass, got ya
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This does not belong here. Follow the forum rules. Even this little rom question belongs on General!
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Thread moved to General.
mazspeed said:
Thanks to both of you. I as a beginner in this didn't know where to post. Thanks for the lessons.
Mike
P.S If I do change rom's do I have to flash everytime and lose my apps and info? I save contacts on the SD card, but will stick with viper rom if I have to flash the phone for other roms. It get's kind of time consuming.
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Aside from titanium (which i never really used much, guess I should try it out as it can make backups every night while you sleep if you set it to)
You can also make a NANDroid backup via rom manager//clockwork mod which when you restore will restore everything down to cache to be the same. same texts in your inbox even xD.
EDIT: Also if you have your phone linked to a google account when you go through the setup wizard (on some roms) it auto downloads the apps you had installed before from the market as well as contacts, etc. But if you want an instant restore to the same settings/wifi/etc then I prefer nandroid (idk if titanium does all that I think it just backups apps)
also note that along with most roms you can customize them to your liking. you can change the boot animations (given they use a kernel that allows it... if the rom has a custom boot animation already it'd work by flashign one in CWM), theme, battery look, keyboard, launch options, lockscreen. You could always just get a not-flashy basic rom that incorporates the basic fixes that people want (faster gps lock/5mb mms/call log fix) and theme it all yourself in the themes and apps subforum. The gingerbread theme is nice and nova has a list of boot animations and battery mods in his supernova rom page :3. If you're interested in that I'd say go for epic experience as I'm partial to it and he includes an "extras" page with downloads to all that hes removed such as the live wallpapers, samsung widgets, etc.
Hi everybody!
I have always been interested in flashing custom ROMs and tweaking my phone since I got my Touch Diamond for a couple of years ago. Now that I have a Ideos X5 and Android, the tweaking world became even larger! But there is one problem with the X5; there are too few developers. We have some good ones, but I think we need more (never wrong expanding the dev community)! So I have decided to try to learn how to make custom ROMs, mostly only tweaking existing ones in the beginning because implementing new kernels and stuff is too complicated for a newbie.
So my question is: is there any guide on building custom roms? I have seen that there are kitchens, but these are only for e.g. HTC and wouldn't work for the X5, am I right? If there doesn't exist any guide: any developer who wants an apprentice?
I have some experience in C/C++ and Java programming, so programming is not a problem for me. I also learn pretty quick when it comes to things regarding computers and electronics.
Cheers!
EDIT: Read this now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=667298. Maybe have to code some apps first I guess
Hi forgive me for stupid question but what the difference between CM ROMS and ROMS without CM? I sort of dont get. Can someone give me some answer about this? Thanks a lot guys
Slim84 said:
Hi forgive me for stupid question but what the difference between CM ROMS and ROMS without CM? I sort of dont get. Can someone give me some answer about this? Thanks a lot guys
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CynomogenMOD 7. Should be enough to answer your question.
just incase: Cm7 you can really modify your htc hd2 with some really cool features.
Customization. CM and MIUI roms both come with this feature.
Slim84 said:
Hi forgive me for stupid question but what the difference between CM ROMS and ROMS without CM? I sort of dont get. Can someone give me some answer about this? Thanks a lot guys
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Basically you get stock Android (AOSP) which is freely available to public and manufacturers to modify to suit needs, like adding new UI's like HTC Sense or Samsung TouchWiz etc.
CyanogenMod is simply a non-commercial public mod that has been done to stock Android. Another example is MIUI.
If you want to know more you should simply google Cyangonmod.
I'm practically new on the android universe and I've seen many time people talking about changing phone's kernel. My understanding of that is limited so I must ask, what advantages do I get by doing this procedure on my phone? Can anyone answer me in simple words? I don't know much about android but I've learned so much here on XDA and managed to do some stuff with my device that I didn't knew I could do.
Thanks!
English is not my main language so if I mistype something please, be my guest, I'll be pleased to take corrections. I don't like to use Google translate, I rather like learning from people.
metallforest said:
I'm practically new on the android universe and I've seen many time people talking about changing phone's kernel. My understanding of that is limited so I must ask, what advantages do I get by doing this procedure on my phone? Can anyone answer me in simple words? I don't know much about android but I've learned so much here on XDA and managed to do some stuff with my device that I didn't knew I could do.
Thanks!
English is not my main language so if I mistype something please, be my guest, I'll be pleased to take corrections. I don't like to use Google translate, I rather like learning from people.
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First of all, overclocking cpu to 1.8 GHz. In addition, developers can add new features to the kernel (eg, swap and zram, support OTG, latest drivers etc.), optimize performance and power consumption..
Its mainly for performance ( Overclocking, Underclocking) to save battery.
It adds many features and it makes the device more customizable.
Thanks for your answers! they really helped me. Now I know something new, I'm trying to understand how you guys work on creating ROMs, so maybe in the future I can create something and shareit with XDA comunity. :good: :laugh: