Anyone give this pony a ride yet?
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Review by YankeeDudeL
Review by VIO
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Review by YankeeDudeL
Initial Setup:
Very fast setup. About a minute was all it took. First thing I noticed was a diff font. It let's you know right off the bat you're dealing with something different, and believe me, you are. Market synced up within 20 mins and actually restored the vast majority of my apps. More than any ROM has in the past, in fact.
Appearance:
The stock theme is something I've always found very appealing, almost like a simple black. Nothing flashy out of the box, but this is where this ROM is diff. You can customize this on levels that no other ROM provides an option for. You can customize your own live wallpaper, configure a theme, change fonts, boot animations, everthing, in a way that no other ROM offers you so easily. Truly, the level of customization is unmatched here. No ROM, not even Cyanogenmod offers the possibility of configuration quite the way Ultimate Droid does.
Performance:
Not the flashiest numbers I've seen, but very adequate. Stock is quite supple, but what people care about is what happens when they flash their own trusted kernels. I wasn't able to get jdlfg's 1.2GHz kernel stable like I was with other ROMs which cause some discreptencies, but what worked best for me was Jake's 1GHz. I scored as high as 1536 on Quadrant, which is very respectable, but not as impressive as quite a few ROMs. But the ROM, for the most part, was very fluid, and lag never felt like it was an issue. However...
App and System Function:
It felt like this ROM was trying to do too much. It's a very reponsive ROM, but perhaps too responsive. What I mean is, you could long press on the background to install a widget, but it might think you're trying to scroll between homepages. It's actually a problem that occurs with some regularity. While previous ROMs seem to understand what a user is trying to do with their Droid, UD seems to want to make that decision for you. Perhaps that's an unfair assesment, but that's exactly what I take it for being. It comes up a lil too often to be overlooked, and is probably the biggest drawback of this ROM.
Battery life is fair. It feels like it might be running a lil hot when putting it through the ringer, but it never actually overheats. The actual battery life is quite adequate considering what you're asking it to do, and will not dissappoint you.
GPS and WiFi are not an issue. The only real app problem I found was that my NY Times widget received and error when it tried to DL it. However, trying to reinstall it from the Market wasn't an issue. And like I stated earlier, it restored more apps than any other ROM to date.
Overview:
This ROM is something special. It offers a level of customization that CM wouldn't have even thought of. Whether that's the intention of this ROM or whatever is up to debate. You truly have to experience this ROM to understand it. However, it feels like it's trying too hard at times. It can be quick and responsive, but so much so that it can slow you down when you're actually trying to do something. The Droid in and of itsefl seems to be very inuitive as where this ROM seems to not be. I highly recommmend you try this ROM just to see how a Droid can become, like the website says, an addiction. However, it's more idea than it is actual function. Still, this is like taking the best of every single ROM out there and puttin it together. It's somewhat of an abstract prize, but it def has the potential to be a masterpiece.
Rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Very fast setup. About a minute was all it took. First thing I noticed was a diff font. It let's you know right off the bat you're dealing with something different, and believe me, you are. Market synced up within 20 mins and actually restored the vast majority of my apps. More than any ROM has in the past, in fact.
Appearance:
The stock theme is something I've always found very appealing, almost like a simple black. Nothing flashy out of the box, but this is where this ROM is diff. You can customize this on levels that no other ROM provides an option for. You can customize your own live wallpaper, configure a theme, change fonts, boot animations, everthing, in a way that no other ROM offers you so easily. Truly, the level of customization is unmatched here. No ROM, not even Cyanogenmod offers the possibility of configuration quite the way Ultimate Droid does.
Performance:
Not the flashiest numbers I've seen, but very adequate. Stock is quite supple, but what people care about is what happens when they flash their own trusted kernels. I wasn't able to get jdlfg's 1.2GHz kernel stable like I was with other ROMs which cause some discreptencies, but what worked best for me was Jake's 1GHz. I scored as high as 1536 on Quadrant, which is very respectable, but not as impressive as quite a few ROMs. But the ROM, for the most part, was very fluid, and lag never felt like it was an issue. However...
App and System Function:
It felt like this ROM was trying to do too much. It's a very reponsive ROM, but perhaps too responsive. What I mean is, you could long press on the background to install a widget, but it might think you're trying to scroll between homepages. It's actually a problem that occurs with some regularity. While previous ROMs seem to understand what a user is trying to do with their Droid, UD seems to want to make that decision for you. Perhaps that's an unfair assesment, but that's exactly what I take it for being. It comes up a lil too often to be overlooked, and is probably the biggest drawback of this ROM.
Battery life is fair. It feels like it might be running a lil hot when putting it through the ringer, but it never actually overheats. The actual battery life is quite adequate considering what you're asking it to do, and will not dissappoint you.
GPS and WiFi are not an issue. The only real app problem I found was that my NY Times widget received and error when it tried to DL it. However, trying to reinstall it from the Market wasn't an issue. And like I stated earlier, it restored more apps than any other ROM to date.
Overview:
This ROM is something special. It offers a level of customization that CM wouldn't have even thought of. Whether that's the intention of this ROM or whatever is up to debate. You truly have to experience this ROM to understand it. However, it feels like it's trying too hard at times. It can be quick and responsive, but so much so that it can slow you down when you're actually trying to do something. The Droid in and of itsefl seems to be very inuitive as where this ROM seems to not be. I highly recommmend you try this ROM just to see how a Droid can become, like the website says, an addiction. However, it's more idea than it is actual function. Still, this is like taking the best of every single ROM out there and puttin it together. It's somewhat of an abstract prize, but it def has the potential to be a masterpiece.
Rating:
4 out of 5 stars
Review by VIO
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