[Verizon] [Poll] What's your favorite Rom? (Rom review-ish thread)

Ernest_T_Bass · Apr 6, 2012

I was nervous about bricking my phone, so I didn't attempt to root my phone until last Saturday. Now, like many others, I wonder why I didn't do it earlier. I chose LiquidSmooth as my first ROM, and it may very well be my last because I'm liking it so much. Still need to check out some other kernels and radios, but the ROM itself is working very nicely. Like another poster said, I did have an issue with the Apex Launcher crashing upon booting the phone, but that was version 1.0.4. I got an update this week to 1.0.5 that seems to have cleared the issue for me.

darkcyber · Apr 7, 2012

Codename is my favorite...although it's not updated as often as I would like.

LoyalServant · Apr 7, 2012

Wow I am the only sourcery user?

I am actually sitting here pondering what to flash next.

jmar · Apr 7, 2012

Aokp b30; lk 3fivexp ftw baby!

breadnatty08 · Apr 7, 2012

Used AOKP almost exclusively for a couple months. Tried Axiom and am now on Liquids. Honestly, I only switched because I was tired of the stupid boot ani on AOKP!
Really love all the tweaks Liquid has added in in addition to AOKP. Glad it's not overly themed like his ROMs for the Droid were. Looking forward for AOKP to add in the option of fully customizing the softkeys (ability to put apps and other shortcuts there), unless they haven't already.

GalaxyNexus · Apr 7, 2012

So far I've really liked AOKP and I'm wondering how I would "unflash" this rom. Thanks guys.

colchiro · Apr 7, 2012

Ernest_T_Bass said:
I chose LiquidSmooth as my first ROM, and it may very well be my last because I'm liking it so much. Still need to check out some other kernels and radios, but the ROM itself is working very nicely. Like another poster said, I did have an issue with the Apex Launcher crashing upon booting the phone, but that was version 1.0.4. I got an update this week to 1.0.5 that seems to have cleared the issue for me.

Same here. Upgraded to SGN on Wednesday and my first rom (Liquid) had Apex crashing on every boot. That got old fast. The update fixed it here too. I used Apex on my HP Touchpad w/o issue so assumed it was the rom.

trophynuts · Apr 7, 2012

colchiro said:
Same here. Upgraded to SGN on Wednesday and my first rom (Liquid) had Apex crashing on every boot. That got old fast. The update fixed it here too. I used Apex on my HP Touchpad w/o issue so assumed it was the rom.

ahhh another great DX guide makes the switch lol

colchiro · Apr 7, 2012

I couldn't let you guys stay on the dark side by yourself....

Besides, you need all the help you can get standing up to Steven.

trophynuts · Apr 7, 2012

lol ^ i like the way you think.

Steven58 · Apr 7, 2012

Aokp b30 became too buggy for me. I went over to Axiom Patent Zero. IMO, it is superior. It takes the best of b30 and fixes the worst. I changed my vote.

pool_shark · Apr 7, 2012

Steven58 said:
Aokp b30 became too buggy for me. I went over to Axiom Patent Zero. IMO, it is superior. It takes the best of b30 and fixes the worst. I changed my vote.

I was thinking of installing aokp 30 as my first ROM until I read the back and forth banter over on rootzwiki.

jmar · Apr 7, 2012

It is so weird that there is an outcry of bugs for build 30, at least for me. I guess this why we say ymmv. Other than the Calender Bug, I haven't had issues with AOKP. What bugs did you run into y'all in b30?

I am back to using the full screen mod with a working LMT Launcher. Such a great device. Throw in the latest LeanKernel with LeanTweaks and I have a winner here. Best phone/ROM ever!

Trooper · Apr 8, 2012

trophynuts said:
I'm with VS

B.A.M.F all the way. obviously him and I are the only two that voted for it so far lol.

i've tried two other roms and within a day i'm back on B.A.M.F

there is a reason Team BAMF took so long to release Paradigm 1.1....because it works. So i can't wait till their next official release.

Wow really?

I know that you and I both liked Redemption rom. How does this rom compare to that?

Thanks man.

colchiro · Apr 8, 2012

I decided to try AOKP build 30 so wiped caches and formatted data, flashed aokp/gapps and sat at the Google screen for 10 minutes. Restored my backup and didn't find much on the subject so tried it again, this time formatting system first and with build 28 and it worked. This is my first aokp rom and I like it too.

I also changed my vote, but from liquid to aokp.

It sounds like you guy prefer lean kernel 2.8 so I flashed that with leankernel tweaks and using preset UV settings (hesitant to try aggressive).

bjanow · Apr 8, 2012

I'm using Liquid 1.3b now which is even faster than the 1.25. Hoping for a release this week but it's a beta and there are still one or 2 bugs. For me, however, it's the size of the rom that is important. All of the Liquid builds are under 100mb and no further gapps needed. I keep my kernel updated with the franco app whether it's Franco or Imo. Right now on the latest 130 nightly. Most of the aokp options are there, I believe Roman and Liquid collaborate to some degree.

So many great choices. This is a fun phone and quick as lightning.

pool_shark · Apr 8, 2012

bjanow said:
I'm using Liquid 1.3b now which is even faster than the 1.25. Hoping for a release this week but it's a beta and there are still one or 2 bugs. For me, however, it's the size of the rom that is important. All of the Liquid builds are under 100mb and no further gapps needed. I keep my kernel updated with the franco app whether it's Franco or Imo. Right now on the latest 130 nightly. Most of the aokp options are there, I believe Roman and Liquid collaborate to some degree.

So many great choices. This is a fun phone and quick as lightning.

I'm trying to decide between liquid and bamf as my first ROM.
So far with all the reading I've done "My brown eyes hurt", (for all of you old taxi fans), bamf is winning.

bjanow · Apr 8, 2012

Flash one, set it up, nandroid, flash another. It's fun and really the only way to judge accurately. It takes some time but it's def worth it.

Steven58 · Apr 12, 2012

welp it seems to me that aokp is no.1 and liquid is no.2?

VoidedSaint · Apr 12, 2012

i still think bamf is #1, aokp has a lot of features, but bamf, is just perfectly stable

DSG04lightning · Apr 13, 2012

AOKP its the only one ive flashed!

VoidedSaint · Apr 13, 2012

you should try some of the others!

colchiro · Apr 13, 2012

I think Steven was buying votes.

Airmaxx23 · Apr 13, 2012

Gummy is the only ROM that hasn't given me some kind of issue and has been flawless for me for 2 weeks now.

Bramsy · Apr 13, 2012

ugh you guys!

just rooted my phone w/ WUGS (rooted my D1 and TBolt the long way, so i'm allowed

)

and because of youuuuu all i cannot make up my mind!

i kid, i kid.

can't wait to add to this argument myself!

[Verizon] [Poll] What's your favorite Rom? (Rom review-ish thread)

What's your favorite rom?

LiquidSmooth

Aokp

Gummy

CM9 Kang

Axiom Crossbreed

Official CM9

BAMF

Vicious

Codename

ICSourcery

Rootzboat

CM9 Skankwich

SimplexRom

Miui Weeklies

TeeRom

Axiom PatientZero

Axiom Driven

Axiom Rebirth

Clean AOSP 4.0.4 build 2

Tranquil Ice (P3droid)

Apex

Other (specify and I'll add it to the poll) :)

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