Which ROM type are you using?

Usta · June 12th, 2011, 05:32 PM

Post here which ROM type you are using at this moment.
This should provide some interesting statistics.

Choices:
* Sense ROMs (Insertcoin, RCMix, LeeDroid, HiAPK, etc)
* ASOP ROMs (CM7, Gingervillain, Redux, Oxygen, etc)
* MIUI ROMs
* Still not rooted

Howard Hopkinson · June 12th, 2011, 10:52 PM

I'm currently using the rom that's in my sig and I love it.

However, I don't know how long it'll be before I try something else lol.

rtb35 · June 12th, 2011, 11:34 PM

Im on CyanogenMod7 v7.0.3 and am finding it to be very good.

all43 · June 13th, 2011, 01:44 AM

Ginger Villain, clean, stable and mighty quick!

Exiled_SouL · June 13th, 2011, 03:02 AM

I am using Rcmix-HD-2.0.Stable and fast enough for me.

Rastaman-FB · June 13th, 2011, 03:04 AM

cm7 light

SUroot · June 13th, 2011, 03:36 AM

Aosp redux

GingaB · June 13th, 2011, 05:10 AM

XJ MIUI. Its getting better and better all the time!

InfernalByte · June 13th, 2011, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by GingaB

XJ MIUI. Its getting better and better all the time!

CM7 extralight, mine fits on an 81Mb system. If only I could get the custom mtd's to work. I'm surprised its still runs.

What did Fotakill do? I deleted it anyway and stuff still works.

anoniemouse · June 13th, 2011, 07:35 AM

I am currently running the insertcoin nightly rom v47, its very stable & is sense 3.0

Hadron · June 13th, 2011, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by InfernalByte

What did Fotakill do? I deleted it anyway and stuff still works.

I think it's to do with blocking OTA updates. I believe it's redundant in practice, but only 99.8% sure.

Edit: my current ROM is of course in my sig - AOSP

matttye · June 13th, 2011, 08:27 AM

AOSP / Oxygen.

Nothing exciting but it has amazing battery life..

Usta · June 13th, 2011, 08:33 AM

Uh, forgot to formally post mine.

ASOP / CyanogenMod v7.0.3.

Note: So far, I don't see anybody unrooted here...

SUroot · June 13th, 2011, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Usta

Note: So far, I don't see anybody unrooted here...

It is the rooting forum though

anoniemouse · June 13th, 2011, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SUroot

It is the rooting forum though

I thought that was the whole point in getting a desire, to root it

SUroot · June 13th, 2011, 08:58 AM

Wasn't mine originally to be honest...

anoniemouse · June 13th, 2011, 09:01 AM

Wasn't mine initially, but i like being able to realise the full potential of the phone.

Hadron · June 13th, 2011, 09:12 AM

Arguably wasn't mine initially, but I knew I'd be keeping it longer than HTC would provide updates, so I also knew that I'd do it sooner or later. Which of course made it inevitable that it would be sooner...

SUroot · June 13th, 2011, 09:17 AM

I had already rooted another android device (HTC Hero to be exact) but when I bought the device, it didnt even cross my mind. Disk space quickly became an issue so rooted to fix. But I would always buy android devices based on their rootability / development communities from now on.

togger161 · June 13th, 2011, 09:50 AM

Redux

SUroot · June 13th, 2011, 09:51 AM

Redux is 2.3.3 Togger

Usta · June 13th, 2011, 10:35 AM

I realize that there might be those that have a rooted phone but are using the stock Sense ROM. Anybody?

If so, then simply vote it under Sense ROMs.

Sak01 · June 13th, 2011, 11:03 AM

I've just gone over to MIUI AU from GV and I've realised that switching roms is a game of compromises.

shauny13 · June 13th, 2011, 11:34 AM

tried a few, always come back to GV.

Usta · June 14th, 2011, 02:42 PM

Topic is now Sticky. Should help people to see what everyone is using.

pagdodd · June 15th, 2011, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anoniemouse

I am currently running the insertcoin nightly rom v47, its very stable & is sense 3.0

Any chance you got give me the link to this one please?

SUroot · June 15th, 2011, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by pagdodd

Any chance you got give me the link to this one please?

If you go to the sticky thread at the top of this forum, the root faq / guides one, there is a link to all the Roms there in an xda thread.

There are lots of guides and faqs there. This thread will be an invaluable resource for you

CdTDroiD · June 15th, 2011, 03:31 AM

Sense / insertcoin 1.0.8 stable cm7

pagdodd · June 15th, 2011, 03:31 AM

ahh, sorry. Found it!

I went for CM7 in the end

williamj1 · June 15th, 2011, 12:50 PM

Redux 1.2 at the moment.

Been using AOSP ROMS consistently for the best part of 5 months now. Fast UI, good battery,stable, nice clean look.

Redux has even better battery, pretty much all the features of CM7 etc and is without a doubt the most stable ROM I've ever used (custom wise).

Sak01 · June 15th, 2011, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by williamj1

Redux 1.2 at the moment.

Been using AOSP ROMS consistently for the best part of 5 months now. Fast UI, good battery,stable, nice clean look.

Redux has even better battery, pretty much all the features of CM7 etc and is without a doubt the most stable ROM I've ever used (custom wise).

Any drawbacks, in your experience?

Hadron · June 15th, 2011, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Sak01

Any drawbacks, in your experience?

The default style of the notification power widget is a bit "yeuk"

There are a couple of CM features I miss when I use Redux - CM dialler options and the way a long press on the notification power widget buttons takes you to the corresponding settings menu. But that's about it that I can think of. I'll certainly be giving 1.3 a spin when it comes out.

Sak01 · June 15th, 2011, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hadron

The default style of the notification power widget is a bit "yeuk"

There are a couple of CM features I miss when I use Redux - CM dialler options and the way a long press on the notification power widget buttons takes you to the corresponding settings menu. But that's about it that I can think of. I'll certainly be giving 1.3 a spin when it comes out.

That's all right then. Only the styling of the notification power widget affects me in any way.

I'll give it a go next and maybe(in light of my recent scare) I'll work up the courage to do a custom boot table with it. I like the idea of freeing up enough memory to dispense with the ext3 partition all together.

saltire · June 16th, 2011, 08:08 AM

LeeDroid GB (Data++ flavour) - stable, fast(er compared to stock anyway), and i like some sense bits

SUroot · June 16th, 2011, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sak01

That's all right then. Only the styling of the notification power widget affects me in any way.

If you use the UOT kitchen, you can change the power notification widgets there. Then when you download the framework, decompile it with apk manager and go to:

Res\layout\power_widget_button

Change from:

Code:

<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/power_widget_button" android:background="@drawable/stat_power_bg" android:focusable="true" android:clickable="true"

To:

Code:

<LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical" android:id="@id/power_widget_button" android:background="#ff000000" android:focusable="true" android:clickable="true"

Then recompile and you'll have a nice, jet black widget background.

jayroller · June 17th, 2011, 10:27 AM

Well, I actually rooted my stock 2.2 with Unrevoked a couple of months ago, but finally yesterday got round to flashing a new ROM. After a fair bit of consideration and comparison, I went with LeeDroid v2.5 (A2SD+) (mainly 'cos I like Sense!) and so far I'm loving it. (I said to the Mrs last night though, "I tell you what, the battery life isn't as good with this ROM, it's really gone down" to which she replied "I'm not surprised, you haven't left the phone alone for the last 2 hours!"

)

And literally just now, as I was in the mood, I've S-Off'd it too (or whatever the proper expression is!) with Alpharev, so the world's my oyster/lobster/mollusc of choice.

Oh, I have to admit, give it a week or two and I'll be wanting to try another Rom, but for now, I'm a happy flasher.

DC E1G · June 18th, 2011, 09:44 AM

Running InsertCoin Nightly v49 for A2SD. Though I'm likely to change to the CM7 boot table version once I have the time to go through that.

williamj1 · June 18th, 2011, 10:08 AM

The only drawbacks of Redux for me (coming from CM7) is the lack of the CM7 music app mod and the DSP Manager app.

Other than that, very stable, superb battery and speedy.

I personally really like the notification widget power control thingy. The icons are much bigger, more like those found on the SGS2 which I find much handier, quicker and easier to press. Don't mind the look either. Better than the CM7 equivalent IMO.

(Sorry for the delay)

Usta · June 18th, 2011, 05:22 PM

CM7 has a better looking battery percentage icon in the notification bar than Redux.

williamj1 · June 18th, 2011, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Usta

CM7 has a better looking battery percentage icon in the notification bar than Redux.

Again I disagree.

I like the look of the stock battery. The Redux % one is just the same as stock, but with a % in it.

CM7 has that silly number / bar thing.

Hadron · June 18th, 2011, 06:15 PM

Tricky - it took me a long time to get used to the CM version, and I don't like the little bar, but the numbers are readable. That the problem with the default Redux battery for me: the numbers seem cramped and have low contrast against the green. So for redux I tend to use the themed rom just because the battery is readable, or else UOT it.

shauny13 · June 19th, 2011, 02:54 AM

just goes to show, it's all personal preference.

CdTDroiD · June 19th, 2011, 04:54 AM

I'm on oxygen 2.1.4 now. Awesum... I've got 56% left after 14 hours 34 mins nearly 3 hours screen time, been thrashing it. Fast too.

andybog · June 21st, 2011, 06:59 AM

Hold on to your seats.......I'm on a stock desire, UNROOTED!

togger161 · June 21st, 2011, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andybog

Hold on to your seats.......I'm on a stock desire, UNROOTED!

Unlucky

Hadron · June 21st, 2011, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by togger161

Unlucky

Sak01 · June 21st, 2011, 04:52 PM

Is it ok if I ask some Redux questions here?

I've left my dalvik cache on the internal memory but I'm running low on space now. To resolve this is it better to move the dalvik cache to sd or should I flash a custom hboot table instead?

a) Is it true that apps open more slowy if dalvik is on sd as opposed to internal memory? Is the difference noticeable?

b) What are recommended sizes for the hboot table?

edit: Actually, maybe I should lay off the custom mtd. The FAQ does say 'Advanced users only' which I am definitely not.

SUroot · June 21st, 2011, 04:57 PM

a) never noticed much of a difference to be honest

b) I dont use hboot tables as they all waste a little space. I cant remember what a full fat version of rdux flashes in at. Look in quick system info and find the table that allows system to fit. I think it fits in oxygen but cant remember

Usta · June 21st, 2011, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sak01

Is it ok if I ask some Redux questions here?

I've left my dalvik cache on the internal memory but I'm running low on space now. To resolve this is it better to move the dalvik cache to sd or should I flash a custom hboot table instead?

a) Is it true that apps open more slowy if dalvik is on sd as opposed to internal memory? Is the difference noticeable?

b) What are recommended sizes for the hboot table?

edit: Actually, maybe I should lay off the custom mtd. The FAQ does say 'Advanced users only' which I am definitely not.

Easiest solution seems to me to move Dalvik to SD card. I have it there and I don't notice any slow performance.

Sak01 · June 21st, 2011, 06:00 PM

^^^That was easy as pie.

I actually meant to say custom mtd not custom hboot up there. Got confused with terminology. Nevertheless I'm not advanced enough for changing the mtd layout so I'll leave that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SUroot

b) I dont use hboot tables as they all waste a little space. I cant remember what a full fat version of rdux flashes in at. Look in quick system info and find the table that allows system to fit. I think it fits in oxygen but cant remember

91.27mb. I think that's with a few mb of the UOT theme. Fits in oxygen then. Redux contains the 06 mountdl script to circumvent the small oxygen cache, right?

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