This is my first UD ROM ever - I loaded one once, looked at the perty LWP and that was it, lol. So this is the first time for more than 2 minutes.
This review is done with a Moto Droid 1 with the P3 Sapphire 1.2LV kernel with scaling via SetCPU and LauncherPro.
The install was relatively painless via manual CW Recovery install method. Triple wipe, installed zip - no extra theme installed. Logged me in, synced, no errors, reboots, or freak outs. Probably took about 7 minutes or so to sync everything and restore market apps.
I then pulled the battery and rebooted for the sake of the apps catching up.
The boot is FAST though. About 20 seconds from "M" to lock screen.
The ROM is very snappy and once i retweaked LauncherPro, the sliding was much smoother and very fast. Much smaller redraws (a LP thing), which made me very happy. Multitasking is a breeze. No lag between taking a phone call, jumping back to music, and then sending a picture (for example)
Battery life is TBD, but I am looking at about 11-14 hours with regular use right now as an estimate. Which is "OK" for me. I have seen better with this kernel though, in LithMod. The Chevy 1.2ULV has reaped great battery results in the past, but I think it's phone dependent at times, and this one won't take it. Jake's 1200 kernel worked well with this ROM but I have not tried Slayher as it sucked my battery last try on a different ROM.
With the P3 Sapphire 1.2LV w/ SetCPU @ OnDemand 400-1200
(using most updated testing app versions)
*Average of 3*
Linpack - 16.3 MFLOPS
SetCPU Short - 143 ms
" " Long - 418 ms
Quadrant - 1640's
Ultimate Settings = ALL IN ONE + STREAMLINED
This is one of the cleanest custom setting UI I have ever seen. VERY impressive. Device info, including changelog is right there. Integrated settings that make Spare Parts obselete and useless. There are options to remove and add apps like Pandora and Amazon MP3 for example. These are basically one touch scripts. There are other familiar scripts like ads and camera sounds and "switch" scripts as well.
-The UD Extras are laid out very nicely. Click Fonts, and you SEE the fonts as they will be. Same goes for boot animations and lock screens as well. I NEVER added a font on the fly because I couldn't see what it looked like without installing it. Now we can see it!
I won't spoil all the setting goodies, but I will say that you can reassign the HOME soft key on a Long Press! So if you want to get to navigation - set it and long press the home key.
Since exiting Car Home completely wipes it out - I reassigned Car Home to the long press Home, which is a nice feature for me
This feature will actually help to keep me with UD unless other devs do it, or perhaps I never noticed.
There are some pretty sweet ringtones and notifications as well. Some nice, short and sweet ones that are very professional. Different alarm tones as well.
Bugs:
- In the Ultimate Settings, the app installation doesn't work for me, but the remove apps works. I tried to install C2P with this script and nothing happened. First off, there was no confirmation that it "installed" so I was left wondering if it did once I initiated it. Rebooted, and it hadn't installed. Booo, but not the end of the world. No solution found.
- My Jawbone Icon bluetooth has randomly disconnected and then connected a couple times while taking a call. No solution found.
(Not a Bug) *The one thing it don't like is the static boot animation - it looks like the phone is stuck, because there is no animation. Tricky when trying new kernels and such*
Themes are starting to come out, but there aren't many as of yet.
This is faster and smoother than other recent ROMs such as Chevy 4.7, BFY 1.5, and LithMod (as a frame of reference).
Being as objective as possible given that this is considered by some a more "controversial" ROM and that I have never tried previous UD releases,
this ROM gets a 4.5
There is still a little cleanup needed in aisle 5 in regards to the scripts, and battery could be improved some. As time progresses I hope that this ROM doesn't start slowing down as some ROMs seem to do, even with cache wipes.
Nicely done, let's see who one ups this one!
Nick
