Root Best ROM for Desire HD

[TheUsualChoice]

What is the best ROM, Kernel, and radio to use on your Desire HD to maximize battery life and wifi reception. Please help.

 

[CDPlant]

I'm not too sure about what radio is the best (which depends on your area and coverage) but so far I have found Android Revolution to have the best battery life of any ROM. Mike1986 (the dev) has done a lot of work on it and taken the stock ROM to new levels of performance and longevity. I would also say that the kernel that comes with AR is very good and you would probably never need to change to another one.

You can find AR here - [ROM] Android Revolution HD 7.0.3 | High Quality & Performance | O/C | Legendary - xda-developers

 

[TheUsualChoice]

any other adivce?

 

[D-U-R-X]

Do you want a Sense based ROM (this would be one that is similar to stock) or do you want a vanilla android ROM (something similar to what is on one of the Google phones)?

 

[TheUsualChoice]

a sense rom

 

[luvmedroid]

...but so far I have found Android Revolution to...

Damn, that does look nice

 

[TheUsualChoice]

I dont rerally like sense revolution, any other roms?

 

[D-U-R-X]

I haven't used a Sense ROM (for any long period) since I rooted... aren't they all pretty much the same?

 

[TheUsualChoice]

Durx what is your setup? I would like to know.

 

[D-U-R-X]

I currently have one of the Ice Cream Sandwich beta builds on my phone (IceColdSandwich) but am thinking of changing soon (I haven't updated in a while). I am currently waiting for CyanogenMod9 (CM9) - I had CM7.1 on my phone previously and loved it... only put the ICS beta on my phone to try something newer out.

 

[TheUsualChoice]

Is ics better than 7.1?

 

[TheUsualChoice]

Also, what Rom should I use for 7.1?

 

[D-U-R-X]

Better... not sure... it's different.

CM7.1 is based on Gingerbread, whereas IceColdSandwich is based on the latest version of Android... Ice Cream Sandwich. As it is only a beta build, some things are not working correctly (I believe that some of the more up-to-date versions of the ROM I have on my phone have more things working, but I have not been able to flash an updated version, as I've been too busy).

Once the official version of ICS has been released for the DHD, then the proper drivers will be worked on by ROM devs and we would see a fully working custom version of ICS.

I'm really waiting for the CyanogenMod dev team to release their next version (CM9), as I loved their last one. Once it is released, I'm sure that it will be better than CM7.1

 

[D-U-R-X]

Also, what Rom should I use for 7.1?

CM7.1 is a ROM.. CyanogenMod 7.1 - it was/is a vanilla Android Gingerbread ROM... it is not Sense, but Android as per the Nexus range of phones.

 

[TheUsualChoice]

Meant to say kernel lol you have any ideas?

 

[D-U-R-X]

Meant to say kernel lol you have any ideas?

Yeah... When I was running CM7.1, I was using the LorDmod CFS kernel... there is also a UV script that can be run with it and I found battery life to be pretty good... thought it was a great combination.

Here's a thread that's worth checking out on just that subject