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so i just rooted yesterday so far i likey likey, however not a fan of the prime i dont really see a difference so i was wondering what everyone is using as there custom rom on rooted t.f. i am also using a o.c. kernal running at 1.6 ghz. that is the best feauture that i have found.
i dont think any of the devs have got ROMs that are wildly different from stock yet - thats not a criticism of the devs, its just that over time more fixes and improvements and variations will appear.
I tried the Magnus ROM and thats fun if you want to play a bit with fonts. The Magnus 'standard' font truncated stuff a little too much for me but the dev has built in a great new font changer app.
To be honest though i reverted to PRIME.
I remember when i first got my DesireHD.......not a lot was happening in the development section...look at it now.Still early days here.....the good times are coming
ttav said:
I remember when i first got my DesireHD.......not a lot was happening in the development section...look at it now.Still early days here.....the good times are coming
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Agreed. The development scene on the Desire and then the Desire HD really snowballed and I can see the TF being the 'dev tablet of choice' for the moment ...
Well, fingers crossed anyway
The first ROM i used was modac hr5 and it as nice. Now I have prime although I didn't meant on getting it, but i must say that it works great. It is notably faster then stock, and although there are not many changes on the surface (except this one transformer rom who's name I don't remember) most of them have some cool tweaks under the hood. .
Just out of curiosity, what is it that you are looking for in a rom? I mean, prime does quite a bit of under the hood tweaking which makes it noticeably faster. If you are looking for it to look different, check the themes section.
To be fair, Honeycomb is closed-source at the moment. So.. it's kind of limited. It's even luckier that we even have a custom 3.1 kernel without ASUS releasing the source yet.
Voodoo components are coming for the TF101 very shortly soon! That'll help feed your hunger. If you never used Voodoo Sound (or anything related) you're going to be heavily impressed.
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To be fair, Honeycomb is closed-source at the moment. So.. it's kind of limited. It's even luckier that we even have a custom 3.1 kernel without ASUS releasing the source yet.
Voodoo components are coming for the TF101 very shortly soon! That'll help feed your hunger. If you never used Voodoo Sound (or anything related) you're going to be heavily impressed.
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What are voodoo components?
Thanks not sure what to expect maybe a little themin and some tweaks some root apps don't see much other that phone root apps I heard we have a 1.8 kernal out but haven't found itbanyone else see it
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Currently on the flashable .22 3.1. What in your opinion is the best rom for this device.
Sent from my A500 using XDA Premium App
I just ordered this tab myself and I'm interested in opinions on the ROMs available. Are there many developers at this point?
so far now...
- Galaxy
- Picasso
- Xoom (3.2)
from the virtuous team
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Honeyvillain (Stock Acer improved )
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the best??? hummm should better try them before.
Ya I couldn't say which one is best either but I do love the functions on Virtuous Galaxy. Personally I'm going to wait a few more months or a year before I play with any ROM's -
Unless of course that Galaxy ROM gets perfected. I'm twitching for it.
I myself tried both Virtuous Galaxy and Virtuous Xoom and I have to say I really like the Xoom one better. It's smoother, and I experienced odd input lag on the Galaxy one. Both are however several notches better than the HC 3.0 by Acer!
just messin...
Just now messing with from mods on my iconia. Do the zoom or galaxy roms support the USB drive?
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I myself tried both Virtuous Galaxy and Virtuous Xoom and I have to say I really like the Xoom one better. It's smoother, and I experienced odd input lag on the Galaxy one. Both are however several notches better than the HC 3.0 by Acer!
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That's a bummer. Nothing about the Xoom version interests me.
Here's hoping the Galaxy version gets better *crosses fingers*
running stock 3.1
CWM installed and ready to go - but have not flashed any custom roms, as the system running stock 3.1 works great for my purposes. If this changes I will consider going the custom ROM route
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Just now messing with from mods on my iconia. Do the zoom or galaxy roms support the USB drive?
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Im using the xoom and usb is working I use the NTFS mount program and I am still able to sync up my 500 gig WD trough USB.
No problem with this rom for me. Wireless is working great wireless teather to my droid inc phone and everything else working so far. Just put this rom on today about 6 hours ago.
the one it comes with.
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the one it comes with.
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You say that now, but flashing is addictive. Once you realize what else your device is capable of, you will continue to modify it to fit your needs. My Galaxy Tab is far more than it was when I purchased it. I will continue to use it due to its voice capabilities.
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You say that now, but flashing is addictive. Once you realize what else your device is capable of, you will continue to modify it to fit your needs. My Galaxy Tab is far more than it was when I purchased it. I will continue to use it due to its voice capabilities.
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I would say...
I tested every rom on XDA for A500
Xoom : no improvement, actually I felt like a downgrade rather than something else...not because a bad rom but maybe just because not fit to my need.
Galaxy: I love the UI, but.... feel like an overall slugggginess... the widget are maybe too much... I didn't checked the latest latest version so maybe it's improved... (the 5Mpx was not yet fixed...)
Picasso: Dunno... didn't see like a better things
Taboonay: this rom satisfied all my needs but lately maybe because of kernel... felt like some problem happening
ALL those rom have a common point I do not like it's the "automatic" 3G support... well I didn't buy my tablet to get 3G on it from a third part things or modified things... I just tether with my phone and it's really enough.
latelly I restocked my tabletS (both of them) one run the .40 and the other .38 well I am satisfied
maybe later I will return on custom rom
I rooted my tablet, that is at this moment fit my needs.
it all comes to your own personal preferences. I would encourage you to just try out a few and see what you like best. The virtuous team does do a very nice job with their roms though. I'm currently using virtuous zoom 3.2 but I do like the virtuous galaxy too but it needs a little work.
Honeyvillain (Stock Acer improved )
is best for me, more over, richardtrip is my favorite dev. since HTC Desire appeared.
I have a 3.1 that works and has least no. of FCs and odd things, comparing to stock rom by acer
My tab has a problem that it shut itself when in sleep mode , i would say 50% chance.
Tried most of the roms and no rom solve it 100%.
Now, Im with xoom3.2 ,,, so far so good (but just 3 hours ago)
Any idea???? Is it hardware or soft ware problem????
Of the ones I've tried:
Honeyvillan: was the best for me for a while - everything worked and was stable.
Virtuous_galaxy: I like the UI extensions, but external SD card could not be accessed via file manager. Keyboard didn't work, and I believe video camera didn't work well. Also exchange didn't work.
Virtuous Xoom: appears to be the best now. The things that need to work for me are:
cifs
exchange email
sd card access
video camera
gps
All these above things work. I did see one hard crash/reboot so far but seems basically stable. Its also overclockable, which Honeyvillan didn't seem to be.
The basic reason I like the Virtuous Xoom best is because HC 3.2 has pretty much fixed the orientation lag issue, where the UI wouldn't be as responsive if the tab is not in default orientation. I velcro it upside down on the dash in my car (for certain reasons).
The USB keyboard does not work, but I see there are instructions in the forum for getting that going. I actually don't need it very often anymore, thanks to the swiftkey X keyboard.
Hi people,
Maybe we can make a poll to say which firmware we are using daily and try to explain which are the main advantages/why-to-use and disadvantages/bugs.
This might help new users to decide which firmware to use in different situations based on our experiences
I go with the VegaComb, its fast, quite stable(its still a beta), good interface. I also tried the Corvus, but I like Vegacomb better, because of the speed and interface.
Vote for Paul's, it gives me the widest set of features i need. The others lack something here and there: connectivity, drivers, etc...
I´m using VegaComb at the moment. You can see that this version is made for tablets so it´s far more intuitive.
There are still plenty of bugs (bluetooth, camera, some apps compatibility) so I´m looking forward to get another update and see the evolution of this
I'm with vegacomb right now and in the coming days or weeks a faster version should come out but its personal experience just try each rom and see which one suits you best and remember the Vega is not brickable!!!! (BEST TABLET IN THE WORLD LOL)
I use Corvus 5
+fast
+stable
+no errors
For me in the moment the best rom. I use it without overclocking.
I'll second the corvus5!!!
It was my first rom I flashed, there has been others, good others, CM7, R8mod even lil miss glitzy vegacomb, but my heart still goes back to my first love...
I'm running corvus5 sp1 seems great I'm going to try vegacomb today as aparantly gameloft games are running on it so that. Would be a big plus for me
I've been using corvus for some time but I can't fin any good firmware to get my bluetooth Keyboard working, not even corvus.
Maybe 2.3.4 will have a better chance for bluetooth HID devices.
I have only had my Vega a few days but have tried most of the roms out there.
Modaco R8. Quite nice. Seems fast and stable and would be my main rom if Corvus5 didn't exist.
Vegacomb. Looks beautiful and I will use it as my daily rom as soon as a few oddities are ironed out - amazing work!
CM7. The couple of nightlies I tried seemed buggy and had essential items missing.
Corvus5. The most enjoyable, complete and stable rom and I've always come back to it.
i have a hard time with Corvus5
My tablet is called Loongpad, advent vega clone
I tried Corvus5 2 or 3 times.
Every time I reboot it, I got a unresponsive screen but the buttons are still working luckily. The other drawback is the battery life. Compare to VegaComb 1.7, Corvus5's battery life sucks. No insults.
Currently Stick with VegaComb 1.7 although the camera is not working yet. The rest are pretty working well.
Cheers.
Since vegacomb has moved to 3.2, its the best rom for the vega. Far faster than stock. Just the camera and Bluetooth not working, but i am sure they will be fixed shortly. For anyone who has not tried it, flash it now, its a must for the vega. Fantastic work by TeamNewCo.
VegaComb looks nice in our Vegas, and with software acceleration is super-fast
Started with Paul's. Took me ages to get it working (newbe), but when I did, I was euphoric.
Got clockwork (easy install) and moved onto corvus5. Settled on corvus, and thought things can't get better than this. So smooth and fast.
And then vegacomb 3.2 came up. I taught myself how to flash roms again, and can't believe how good it is. Upgraded to build 7 this morning. Amazing.
I don't expect my vega to be a macbook, so after trying all the roms i've gone back to the stock as it's bug free.
best mod rom is Corvus5 sp1 or what ever they call it in my humble opinion ..
gonna have a go at setcpu app using the accompanying kext some one wrote, on the stock some time see if that works, if it does it will be fast...
edit: yup setcpu works fine on the stock a steady 216 khz out put, (you need to reference the vega kext on first start up) sorry but i can't remember where i got it from now, googleing should find the link.
p.s you can get setcpu apk free on an android developers rom site, forgot which one that was as well now but it saves you a £ odd.
add zeam launcher instead of the lousy stock and it's un-moveable icons.
>still waiting for a bug free vegacomb<
>>Since vegacomb has moved to 3.2<< has it? oh i'll add that profile to my sdk & avd manager. thanks for the up..
p.s any developers here use any other android editor other than eclipse?
I used the stock 1.10. Not the Advent VEGA version but the one delivered with the Point of View Mobii2, which arguably is much nicer to work with. Rooted pretty quickly and added market + google framework to it. Tried VegaComb a couple of weeks / months ago, it surely wasn't ready for primetime. But this weekend I tried VegaComb again and the latest 3.2 build 8.1 really is usable. Okay, it doesn't do USB host yet and the bluetooth still is somewhat shaky but the thing flies like it hasn't done before and overall it has pretty much matured. I think I'll stay with HC, at least for a while!
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I used the stock 1.10. Not the Advent VEGA version but the one delivered with the Point of View Mobii2, which arguably is much nicer to work with. Rooted pretty quickly and added market + google framework to it. ...
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To this point I did exactly the same.
First thing I did when I received my POV Mobii, I rooted it (same thing with my phone) and added the Google Experience (GMail, YouTube, Talk, Market, Reader, Maps, Earth, Translate,...).
The tablet is not mine so I won't put any custom ROMs on it... for now...
Just got my a500 last week and love it. I have only one question. I'm looking for a fast and stable rooted stock Rom. All I'm looking for is su, super user and the ability to overclock . Otherwise I like stock Rom. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated....
Harkon. It's pretty much stock 3.2. Does come with a cooked kernel though, as you have to have one, to overclock your processor.
I'm playing around with Ice right now, and it also seems ok, but I flashed Thor's 3.9r3 kernel.
Most of the roms are pretty well cooked these days, but you'll still see some "stock" available, and they usually state it.
Or better yet, goto www.tegraowners.com and run Thor's rom. It's pretty cooked, but, it's one of the best for the a500. And he's pretty responsive if you run into an issue.
The best advice, is to try several over a period of a couple weeks, and see what works for you. You'll see the differences in responsiveness, and battery life.
Start out with Harkon, then move to Ice. They try Taboonay for a little more flavor. Also Lightspeed.
Then, flash Thors rom.
Always run the rom for a couple of days, to see if you get any strange things happen. Screen freezes, random re-boots. A random re-boot once a week is pretty normal if you're running an extremely high overclock (1.6 for example). All processors are not created equal, and some don't have a high tolerance level.
thanks for the info. Are you familier with Honeyvillian? I've been told this was a good stock ROM as well.
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thanks for the info. Are you familier with Honeyvillian? I've been told this was a good stock ROM as well.
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It's ok also. Actually the Ice is based on honeyvillain. It was one of the first roms I ran when I got my tab.
How's Harkon compared to Thor's? I'm happily running Thor's 14.2, but like most off us I'm always looking at other ROMs even when the one I have works well.
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How's Harkon compared to Thor's? I'm happily running Thor's 14.2, but like most off us I'm always looking at other ROMs even when the one I have works well.
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If you have an a500, I think Thor's is the best of the bunch. But I run an a501, so I need internal 3g support. I personally would prefer Thor's, as it seem quicker in display response. But Harkon runs fine and stable. Except for the occassional screen freeze, which seems to only effect the 501 when running on the internal 3g. More than likely due to overclocking the processor. I find this on all cooked roms. Thor's kernel however, has kept it to a minimum of a couple times per week. I can live with that. Never happens on wifi.
Thanks for all the suggestions. I tried Harkon however every time i tried to watch a video' the browser would close. Im now using Thor and like it so far. One thing Ive noticed is that with Thor the screen lock switch does not work. I really like that feature with my a500. Is there any way to make it work with this rom?
Go to settings Thor rom parts then enable the quick controls.thy add setting in the status bar open that and you will see the screen rotation lock.the rocker in tab however does not work.
Im sorry' i could not understand your instructions. Im a newbie to tablets, could you be more specific? Thanks
Hey guys, as you all can see I am "VERY" New here. I have been on this thread for 2 years now, and just now decided to make a Account.
Anyways away from me, and more to my TF101.
I am searching the Development Section of this Forum for the TF101, and can't find a Solid Rom for my TF101.
Any suggestions? I am currently on "Caliber 4" and It likes to Lag out of no where, and I experience slower performance over all.
So how about you guys Help a Comrade out?
Also if you could, could you list some "Possible" Bugs with the Rom? Thanks.
Best TF101 ROM.
RussianCode said:
I am searching the Development Section of this Forum for the TF101, and can't find a Solid Rom for my TF101.
Any suggestions?....
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I recommend Android Revolution HD (ARHD):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245892
I have tried many ROM's but keep coming back to ARHD. It is the most stable and has all of the features I want.
Much more smother & stable than the stock ASUS ROM.
Rodger
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I recommend Android Revolution HD (ARHD):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245892
I have tried many ROM's but keep coming back to ARHD. It is the most stable and has all of the features I want.
Much more smother & stable than the stock ASUS ROM.
Rodger
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I appreciate it, will try the Rom in a little bit. Thanks!
RussianCode said:
Hey guys, as you all can see I am "VERY" New here. I have been on this thread for 2 years now, and just now decided to make a Account.
Anyways away from me, and more to my TF101.
I am searching the Development Section of this Forum for the TF101, and can't find a Solid Rom for my TF101.
Any suggestions? I am currently on "Caliber 4" and It likes to Lag out of no where, and I experience slower performance over all.
So how about you guys Help a Comrade out?
Also if you could, could you list some "Possible" Bugs with the Rom? Thanks.
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I use Teameos Jellybean with KAT 47B Kernel for everyday usage and it's fine ' bear in mind if you go the Jellybean route you lose FlashPlayer - but I believe there's a way around that to.
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I use Teameos Jellybean with KAT 47B Kernel for everyday usage and it's fine ' bear in mind if you go the Jellybean route you lose FlashPlayer - but I believe there's a way around that to.
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I'm also using team EOS with kat kernel 47b and you're right, it's very stable. I've been using it for 2 weeks now and I have no complain at all. It's significantly faster and smoother than stock ICS...
Just install flash player. I am using Firefox beta with flash player and everything is working good.
Currently flopping between Mattmanwrx's Paranoid Android and Energy Rom by NRGZ28.....
Have to say im pleasantly surprised by Energy (i.c.s).....i was expecting it to be laggy compared to Jellybean but its not (apart from coming out the app drawer.....slightly)
Looks mint, performs amazingly - a well rounded experience!
Nice to be back on official based Asus for a change - and i feel that apart from ARHD, its going to be well supported unlike the other i.c.s roms.
As for stability and performance on Jellybean then i have to agree EOS is your best bet.....i just like how PA worked for me and the developer is really helpful.
Tough call....just try them all out :angel:
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Hey guys, as you all can see I am "VERY" New here. I have been on this thread for 2 years now, and just now decided to make a Account.
Anyways away from me, and more to my TF101.
I am searching the Development Section of this Forum for the TF101, and can't find a Solid Rom for my TF101.
Any suggestions? I am currently on "Caliber 4" and It likes to Lag out of no where, and I experience slower performance over all.
So how about you guys Help a Comrade out?
Also if you could, could you list some "Possible" Bugs with the Rom? Thanks.
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I'm using Revolver 4 by Gnufabio (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1518768) and it runs very smooth and with a bit overclocking even smoother (1.5 ghz). I haven't recognized any bugs in two weeks now. It is based on ICS from ASUS but it's much better in performance compared to the stock rom. No reboots, no FCs just TF101 performing nice. I had problems watching 720p videos but now it's lagfree (using MXPlayer). The battery life is almost the same as with the stock ASUS rom. Give it a try, it is perfect for me, even without jellybean.