Root What ROM would you recommend?

[D-U-R-X]

No we have the Tie Fighters, AT-AT's and Star Destroyers, all in one uniform color scheme.

AOKP... you have a mishmash of widgets from every where

 

[alhenderson]

I completely forgot that I asked that screenshot question - was just about to come on here and ask it again when I realised the answer was already here! Thanks guys, works a treat. Just to prove it:


ICS Desire HD by Al Henderson, on Flickr

I had Sense for ages when I got the phone and liked it, but the Friends widget kept giving up on me so I went in search of something else and ended up with LauncherPro. That got me out of the Sense habit, so when I rooted I went vanilla Android. Not to say I won't try Sense again, though - its not exactly difficult to swap

The clock/weather widget is better in Sense, I'll give you that. Haven't yet found one that looks quite as good.

Al.

 

[alhenderson]

By the way, @ral, thanks for your help getting ICS on my DHD - its great. Very impressed with how stable its been, and it runs really well no noticeable lags etc compared to Gingerbread. Makes you wonder if HTC's excuse of the experience not being very good was just that..

Al.

 

[ral]

Your welcome.

Clocks. When you are not busy, check out Minimalistic Text at Google Play. A bit of time sink, but if I ever go AOSP/AOKP, I think I will build a whole new look based on that app.

 

[D-U-R-X]

Makes you wonder if HTC's excuse of the experience not being very good was just that..

Al.

IIRC, they actually said that it would involve changing partitions on the phone, which would mean that user data would be lost and, for the majority of "normal" users, this would be a problem. I think the general answer from the root community has been "fine, but why not release the source code, so the ROM devs could release a full version"...

 

[ral]

The DHD has 575MB of system space, and a bloat free Sense ICS install eats 90% of that. We did not get ICS, because there would not be enough space for HTC and carrier bloat, They could have made a ICS ROM without re-partitioning if they simply allowed some HTC apps as add-ons downloaded from HTC hub. Same for carrier apps. Of course they don't want to do this.

 

[D-U-R-X]

The DHD has 575MB of system space, and a bloat free Sense ICS install eats 90% of that. We did not get ICS, because there would not be enough space for HTC and carrier bloat, They could have made a ICS ROM without re-partitioning if they simply allowed some HTC apps as add-ons downloaded from HTC hub. Same for carrier apps. Of course they don't want to do this.

If that was the case, HTC would have released ICS to unbranded handsets (as in the ones that were direct purchases of SIM-Free phones)...

 

[davo26]

following this with interest as i like the 2 images above. which rom are they from? i assume ICS but which one?

im running ARHD at the mo and happy with it, but dont really understand what vanilla is and how it compares to sense. more stripped down? call me stupid but i thought GB and ICS were all sense, and stuff like cyanogenmod were stripped down.

now im sort of reading that ICS can be both sense and vanilla?? is that right?

im a bit confused about the differences.......

thanks

 

[ral]

All the screenshots above are from Ice Cold Sandwich.

If that was the case, HTC would have released ICS to unbranded handsets (as in the ones that were direct purchases of SIM-Free phones)...

I don't know what to say. Even full Sense 4 fits in a DHD's 575 MB of system space without re-partitioning, with most of the "Sense bloat" intact. As far as I can tell recall, only HTC Premium Navigation is not present.

 

[alhenderson]

following this with interest as i like the 2 images above. which rom are they from? i assume ICS but which one?

im running ARHD at the mo and happy with it, but dont really understand what vanilla is and how it compares to sense. more stripped down? call me stupid but i thought GB and ICS were all sense, and stuff like cyanogenmod were stripped down.

now im sort of reading that ICS can be both sense and vanilla?? is that right?

im a bit confused about the differences.......

thanks

Vanilla refers to Android as developed and released by Google. Sense is the layer that HTC put on Android to give it a unique look and feel. GB and ICS are different releases of Android which can both have Sense layered on top of them.

Hope that helps..

Al

 

[davo26]

just trying this now and love the look of it. hope that the battery lifes ok, if so ill stick with it.

how do i get it to have that front screen above, cant see it in wallpapers. and can i change the 5 icons at bottom of screen? so i can have gmail, messages, contacts, internet and favourites folder as quick launches, instead of voice recorder for instance.

thanks

EDIT: also love the black and blue look, so it seems a shame to have green messaging icons etc. is there a way to change the colours oif those so it all looks super slick?

also the pics show 7 icons at the bottom, ive only got 5. how do i change that too? just cant seem to find those options at the mo.

 

[ral]

This wallpaper?

Yes.

Yes. you can download themes.

 

[D-U-R-X]

I don't know what to say. Even full Sense 4 fits in a DHD's 575 MB of system space without re-partitioning, with most of the "Sense bloat" intact. As far as I can tell recall, only HTC Premium Navigation is not present.

I just don't know... it's a shame that they haven't released the source info... the ROM devs could have cooked up some good stuff!!

 

[ral]

Oh, the Dev's are getting there... using the Incredible S and Sensation XL ROM's

 

[davo26]

This wallpaper?

Yes.

Yes. you can download themes.

thanks. where do i download that theme, and does that theme come with the date written across it like that?

EDIT: found some themes on xda but none look like that.

 

[ral]

The theme I used in the Screenshot is the free Sense them which you can use with the Nova or Apex Launcher. The date display was made with an App called Minimalistic Text. Both available at Google Play.

 

[davo26]

The theme I used in the Screenshot is the free Sense them which you can use with the Nova or Apwx Launcher. The date display was made with an App called Minimalistic Text. Both available at Google Play.

thanks. installed the minimal text, but cant resize it. set font to 50 dip (max) and the letters are still small.

cant find that sense theme anywhere.

thanks

 

[ral]

Wanted to up this topic. Next time a new rooter drops by, what ROM do you think we should recommend, and why.

Also, in the all things root sticky on top, is a longer list better or should it be limited to just one or two ROM's power type. Sort of a AF recommended stamp?

 

[ugleymatt]

My first (and at time of writing only) rom i have tried is AOSPX which i have to say has been great, the battery life has been superb compared to the stock rom i was running. As a pure android one it seems great.

 

[Mehta23]

There should be a Ral Recommended Section with your top roms and tweaks. Including the roms that you've made..... Or will make.

 

[ral]

I think collectively we can figure out which ROM's won't disappoint a new user. Once you have been at this for awhile, I think we enjoy having an issue to text and fix.

But there are a fair number I have not tried.

 

[Mehta23]

Well, definitely aospx, arhd, I think pacman and JT too.

And then a section dedicated to miui!

Ralls Royal Roms.... Regal Roms? Radical?

 

[ral]

JellyTime is the one I am not sure about. It looks like it requires a Radio upgrade to get GPS working. Also there is that auto rotate breaking issue, which as far as I can tell, no one here had encountered.

ARHD. Does anyone still want to run Gingerbread that days?

 

[ral]

My first (and at time of writing only) rom i have tried is AOSPX which i have to say has been great, the battery life has been superb compared to the stock rom i was running. As a pure android one it seems great.

Definitely, this one is easy to recommend.

 

[Mehta23]

JellyTime is the one I am not sure about. It looks like it requires a Radio upgrade to get GPS working. Also there is that auto rotate breaking issue, which as far as I can tell, no one here had encountered.

ARHD. Does anyone still want to run Gingerbread that days?

... -_- No...

But.... Yeah , I got nothin'