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Hello all,
Made some research and found out in bad surprise that lots of the ROMs offered here are developed by some guys coming from conflict regions or cultures that preach and encourage "holy wars" against civilized, peaceful countries. This makes me somehow doubt the software/malware contained in these distributions, given the latest "digital guerillas"... I don't want my phone call information, emails, SMSs or phone call recordings being transparently forwarded to some intelligence agency.
Can somebody please reccomend a clean origin distribution so our phones are safe ? Please do not ask me to point the suspicious sources, I do not want to accuse anyone, I just want a clean, trustworthy source.
sorry vasilica2008 the mods do not allow us to give an advice about what is a good rom. simply because a good rom differs for everyone.
some like them close to stock, some like them most stable, others like max speed or naked.
it is a personal thing a rom.
if you had used the search in this forum you would have seen that all the threads asking similar questions are locked.
just look at the first few posts on a rom thread. the cook will explain what he has done to the rom.
if you like it read further. and try a few. you will find your rom for sure.
Finally read the guide about flashing. things can go wrong and most of them are easily prevented or solved.
vasilica2008 said:
Hello all,
Made some research and found out in bad surprise that lots of the ROMs offered here are developed by some guys coming from conflict regions or cultures that preach and encourage "holy wars" against civilized, peaceful countries. This makes me somehow doubt the software/malware contained in these distributions, given the latest "digital guerillas"... I don't want my phone call information, emails, SMSs or phone call recordings being transparently forwarded to some intelligence agency.
Can somebody please reccomend a clean origin distribution so our phones are safe ? Please do not ask me to point the suspicious sources, I do not want to accuse anyone, I just want a clean, trustworthy source.
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i see that in the mean time i was typing you changed the post to this . I this case can you thrust anybody's rom????
i think the chefs are integer persons. if you are this afraid just stick to stock roms and look no further for any improvements and any software. as you dont know the source of any of them.
vasilica2008 said:
Hello all,
Made some research and found out in bad surprise that lots of the ROMs offered here are developed by some guys coming from conflict regions or cultures that preach and encourage "holy wars" against civilized, peaceful countries. This makes me somehow doubt the software/malware contained in these distributions, given the latest "digital guerillas"... I don't want my phone call information, emails, SMSs or phone call recordings being transparently forwarded to some intelligence agency.
Can somebody please reccomend a clean origin distribution so our phones are safe ? Please do not ask me to point the suspicious sources, I do not want to accuse anyone, I just want a clean, trustworthy source.
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I don't know why you have such suspicion, having flashed a zillion of roms and cooked a couple myself, I had never come across any of the dubious sources you have described, and even there is indeed one, the power of the community would have such source clamped down fairly quickly.
If you still do not trust the cooks here, then I suggest you should just stop flash and stick with your stock rom.
Surely, even if true and some developers come from regions in conflict, is it fair to damn them because of that (Embargoed countries withstanding). There are very few countries in the world that are ethically clean - I am from and live in the UK and there is a lot that has been done in the name of England in the past 150 years that I would be mortified if I, as a person, was judged for.
Malware? I guess that's possible with all cooked ROMS, regardless of country source. Best advice - if nervous, look carefully at conversation threads in this forum (and beware the usual false positive (search the HSPL / HSPL2 thread).
Let's not turn this thread into a political discussion
CleanEX - The Ultimate Clean and Fast ROM made in England:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=639068
Isn't it to late for april fools?
Sorry, no joke intended. Thanks for the answers, lads, I'll stick with the stock ROMs then. All the best.
hey its a risk walking on the streets! Do your research like everyone else and if you have your suspicions then don't take risks, coming out with these accusations don't help anyone!
Everyones taste is different.
You'll be missing out on a lot if you stick to stock ROM's... but hey - your choice.
it's worth remembering hundreds, thousands in some cases, of fairly technical people install some of these roms every day.it would be very difficult to conceal anything untoward in a rom for long.
Hi,
I understand by now that the 2.2 ROM of choice is FroydVillain... but as for the 2.1 ROMs, I'm a bit lost since there seems to be a gazillion of them around. Is there a general recommendation?
dvrvm said:
Hi,
I understand by now that the 2.2 ROM of choice is FroydVillain... but as for the 2.1 ROMs, I'm a bit lost since there seems to be a gazillion of them around. Is there a general recommendation?
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This has been answered tons of times and I will just make a quick resume:
It's personal! BTW it's not not necessarily FroydVillain that's best. You have to try them all out before you make a statement...
This question has been asked many times, and the answer is to look at what's available, check out the devs you have heard of, check out the ones you've not heard of...
Then take a look at what features are available and support available etc, or whatever matters to you.
It's a 100% personal choice, there's no best ROM. There is no "fastest" ROM, but some may be faster than others for different things.
As such, thread closed due to the likelihood this thread will go downhill the moment I turn my back. Search, look at the ROMs, and try a few out It's fun
Okay before I continue with my question I just need to point out the following. My phone is fixed, and for the most part through trial and error to this point I know what I am doing. For some reason with both superclean and blackhole dl09 roms I miss phone calls. It may also be a kernal. I was using a stupid fast kernal for dl09/dj05. My girlfriend tried to call several times and it never came through on my side though I could get some texts. Is this a problem I cause or something more wide spread? I really can't use a rom or kernal that makes it so that I can't get calls. Funny thing though some calls went through to my cell and others wouldn't. I had her call me as a test from a few feet away while my screen was off. My screen turned on like something was going to happen, but nothing. I'm running OTA dl09 if it matters. Right now everything is fine after I ODINed.
Did you read the sticky? I think not...
This may surprise you, but I have never noted any ROM here affecting call performance in any way, neither for myself nor for others in my brief tenure here. Your assertion that texts come through at all implies that your kernel matches your baseband. The only thing I can suggest is a timely *228 in the future, but we may never know what your actual issue was.
Fun anime quote of the month: "... bring Makoto's Bakoto to Captain Yamamoto."
From what I read you have to port over your Dj05 radio/modem over to your Dl09 rooted phone I had the same issues myself. My only problem is I use a MAC and we all know Odin does not work w/ Mac and I have no luck w/ Heimdal So I cant use any Roms at this point. I could be wrong and if I am please let me know. I would like to use the Superclean Rom.
Any reason this was posted in the Development section?
It belongs in General. Request a Mod move this thread.
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Did you read the sticky? I think not...
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Where in the sticky thread does it say anything about calls not coming through on a dl09 rom?
soba49 said:
This may surprise you, but I have never noted any ROM here affecting call performance in any way, neither for myself nor for others in my brief tenure here. Your assertion that texts come through at all implies that your kernel matches your baseband. The only thing I can suggest is a timely *228 in the future, but we may never know what your actual issue was.
Fun anime quote of the month: "... bring Makoto's Bakoto to Captain Yamamoto."
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Tried it still didn't work. Guess I am going to be waiting until all roms are on DL09. As per the comment about this not being in the correct section I would think considering this has to do with dl09 roms (hence android development) it is correctly placed.
It's not the end of the world just a bit annoying. I'm sure it won't be much longer till it gets figured out.
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Okay before I continue with my question I just need to point out the following. My phone is fixed, and for the most part through trial and error to this point I know what I am doing. For some reason with both superclean and blackhole dl09 roms I miss phone calls. It may also be a kernal. I was using a stupid fast kernal for dl09/dj05. My girlfriend tried to call several times and it never came through on my side though I could get some texts. Is this a problem I cause or something more wide spread? I really can't use a rom or kernal that makes it so that I can't get calls. Funny thing though some calls went through to my cell and others wouldn't. I had her call me as a test from a few feet away while my screen was off. My screen turned on like something was going to happen, but nothing. I'm running OTA dl09 if it matters. Right now everything is fine after I ODINed.
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Make sure you followed all instruction in the ROM version install process, especially concerning modems
When switching from ROM to ROM, make sure you do a full wipe, including Dalvik
After a new ROM install finishes loading, go through the *228 option 1, and then option 2. Just humor me here, I know what they do and why this doesn't seem necessary
If you are still having issues, run through the entire thread for the ROM and Kernel you are running before asking questions which may have already been addressed
If you still have issues with calling or texting, check with other people to make sure the issue isn't with your Girlfriends network configuration
If you're still having issues, call Verizon tech guys. Blow smoke up the a$$ of the first two ppl you speak with until they get the Tier 3 guy on the line. Make sure it's nothing on their end.
If the issues continue, post them here. At that point it may be something a dev can look into. Just post it in the right place.
Honestly not being an A-hole here, but the vaaaaaaaaaaast majority of the time, these are troubleshooting issues that can be easily resolved with these steps. This is a question for general, because it has nothing to do with development.
Daswolven said:
Make sure you followed all instruction in the ROM version install process, especially concerning modems
When switching from ROM to ROM, make sure you do a full wipe, including Dalvik
After a new ROM install finishes loading, go through the *228 option 1, and then option 2. Just humor me here, I know what they do and why this doesn't seem necessary
If you are still having issues, run through the entire thread for the ROM and Kernel you are running before asking questions which may have already been addressed
If you still have issues with calling or texting, check with other people to make sure the issue isn't with your Girlfriends network configuration
If you're still having issues, call Verizon tech guys. Blow smoke up the a$$ of the first two ppl you speak with until they get the Tier 3 guy on the line. Make sure it's nothing on their end.
If the issues continue, post them here. At that point it may be something a dev can look into. Just post it in the right place.
Honestly not being an A-hole here, but the vaaaaaaaaaaast majority of the time, these are troubleshooting issues that can be easily resolved with these steps. This is a question for general, because it has nothing to do with development.
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I'll give it a shot when I get the balls back. I honestly thought this would be the correct section I apologize I spent like 10 minutes in my mind debating where it belonged guess I was wrong. I'll make sure I make a mental note of this for when I try.
cstrife999 said:
I'll give it a shot when I get the balls back. I honestly thought this would be the correct section I apologize I spent like 10 minutes in my mind debating where it belonged guess I was wrong. I'll make sure I make a mental note of this for when I try.
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Thanks. It just prevents clutter with development.
All questions should be asked in General. The development forum is for the developers to post ROMs, kernels, etc.
I've been endlessly scouring this section of the forums for the last few weeks trying to figure out which rom would work best for me. There is one problem though, I can't for the life of me figure out which things work/do not work in each of the major roms. It's really important to me that nothing/minimal is broken in a rom that I choose. I'm hoping to make and maintain a list of specifically what does NOT work in each rom to help make the choices easier to sift through. The 1st posts of official rom threads usually have some things listed, but reading through the (million page) threads yields more issues.
The only problem, however, may be that most people are using a different combo of kernal/rom/hardware which obviously changes things, so I'm hoping to try and sift through that too. Perhaps make some tables to make it easier.
The Evo rom wiki has tables but only outlines basic functions.
*Mods: thought long and hard about which section to put this in, I think it's best served here.
*Devs: I'd love personal input here if possible. Thanks.
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*Mods: thought long and hard about which section to put this in, I think it's best served here
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Just sayin. This section is supposed to be for posting ROMs and development related items.
I'm not a mod so It's up to them, but, this should be in Q&A.
JoeLithium said:
Just sayin. This section is supposed to be for posting ROMs and development related items.
I'm not a mod so It's up to them, but, this should be in Q&A.
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Well, it is directly related to ROMs and development, but yeah if this isn't the right section please move it.
I totally understand the problem your having though. It's a bit unorganized but it's partially because of the vast development community that the Evo has. There is a wiki at the top of this section that might grant a little more insight. I don't know if it's exactly what your looking for.
P.S.
I do like to play "forum police" though I'm not a mod. I can understand why you posted here and it wasn't a blatant disregard for the rules. So no biggy to me anyway. The reason I get pissed is because it's already so cluttered that more threads make it that much harder.
You have to look in the OP of each thread in the android decelopement section and choose based on what you need from your phone and what you want. Myn's warm twopointtwo works perfectly for a sense rom and there is a cyanogenmod 7 beta with ewimax out now. So it has everything but HDMI working for a gingerbread aosp rom
Well here are some tips for you:
If it's a stock based Sense rom then everything should work unless the dev is an idiot.
If it's an AOSP rom then everything but hdmi and 4g should work (and 4g actually has a fix and can be made to work now)
If it's a port of another rom then hdmi, 4g, and typically the camera won't work (but this usually gets fixed). Sometimes various sensors aren't working properly either (like orientation)
We take a stock Rom and a stock kernel and twist the hell out of it way beyond its means and then ***** about what works and what does not!
Bad topic!
Devs don't want to hear this crap that what pm's
Are for and ops and such I understand you but worthless topic and it only benefits you and not the community!
You can't even follow edicit
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I had the same problem as you a while back. In my opinion, if you are rooted you have already done the hard work. You now have a custom recovery with nandroid, a godsend, which you can use to fall back on if anything were to go wrong. My advice would be to just take the plunge. Grab a handful of ROMS that sound suitable to your needs and start to flash them. If you get stuck in bootloops or the ROM isn't what you want, all you have to do is nandroid and start over. I would recommend to give each ROM at least 2 battery cycles before you decide. On my setup, it seems to take a bit to "settle in". I think if you tried to make tables of ALL possibilities it would be mind boggling to sift through.
I realize this isn't a direct answer to your question, its just my thoughts. Hope it helps and good luck!
eVoKINGS said:
We take a stock Rom and a stock kernel and twist the hell out of it way beyond its means and then ***** about what works and what does not!
Bad topic!
Devs don't want to hear this crap that what pm's
Are for and ops and such I understand you but worthless topic and it only benefits you and not the community!
You can't even follow edicit
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To the Op, If its sense based, nothing will be broken. If the rom is AOSP, then 4G and HDMI are broken, however Cyanogenmod is the only AOSP rom with a semi-functional 4G. Also if the rom is Gingerbread 4G, and HDMI are broken, and likewise again, Cyanogenmod 7 is the only Gingerbread mod with a semi-working 4G. The way the ROM's work right now unless its an alpha wimax ROM for AOSP, then flashing a different kernel won't affect the features of the ROM, unless you forgot to wipe before flashing. You can simplify your list down to 2 categories Sense and AOSP, if its SENSE everything works, if its AOSP, 4g and HDMI are broken, and under the AOSP you can list the 2 Alpha releases of wimax for Cyanogen.
Simply put, if you want everything to work, then try these Sense based Roms:
Mikfroyo: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883026
Myn's Warm: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793471
Calkulin's EVIO: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745205
If you don't mind not having 4G(or don't live in a 4G area), and don't plan to use HDMI, then check out these AOSP Roms:
MIUI: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=915527
Cyanogen mod 6: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=735596
Evervolv (gingerbread): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878020
Cyanogen mod7 (gingerbread): 2 Links below
ROM: http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?type=nightly&device=supersonic
GAPPS: http://goo-inside.me/gapps/gapps-gb-20110120-signed.zip
*****To eVoKINGS******
Learn manners please KINGS, the guy thought he had the correct section, and apologized if it was the incorrect section and requested it be moved. If you don't like it don't post in it, he was already informed by others that it was the incorrect section, and then you had to try and jump down his throat about it.
Your posts are composed like they belong to a 12 year old kid googling words to sound older. You can't blame it on auto-correct, I use my EVO to compose a-lot of text messages and the words are never misspelled because I proof read what I type with it, so that I don't come across jabbering like an idiot.
And yes i realize my retort back at Kings is completely contradictory to what I had just typed.
Thanks so much. I was just trying to help the 'tweeners' in my position, those who have some but not too much experience with roms. And the entire reason I even asked/bothered to offer my time was because each ROM thread has numerous issues that are hard to decipher as being general widespread issues, or single isolated issues, and the process of sifting through gargantuan threads is pretty tedious.
small example: some roms have keyboard display issues
But I digress
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And to eVoKings, yeah it's awesome that you take a kernel and rom and twist the hell out of it, but in the end I'm the one using the kernel/rom and still want it to be fully functional (and everybody has a different definition of what exactly that constitutes). I'm honestly surprised at the amount of people who actually THANK devs, it's great. But you have to learn to take criticism too (even if it's free)
So, I see a lot of people are asking for VoLTE in ROM sections and I started to wonder why are they not implemented in ROMs. Basically I'd like to know why is it hard to implement it into ROMs since a lot of people are bothering devs to do it. I'm not gonna call out any names, devs etc. but feel free to answer. I myself don't use it atm because when I did I'd burn through my monthly internet limit like a rabbit on cocaine speeding through the woods :laugh:
I also want to know that. Why?
I don't know why is it hard to implement, but i know why it is so important, in India there is this carrier that offers free stuff (like calling, texting etc..) but only if your phone supports volte.
That is why people are spamming woth volte questions..
Because of jio(Indian mobile operator). It only runs on Volte that's why.