Ok, so I realize I've been on here a TON the past few days asking a TON of questions regarding Fresh 2.0d and how to do certain things.
First off, to anyone who has helped me, big thank yous!
Now that I've gotten everything pretty much where I'm happy with it and likely won't be tooling around with it too much more, I'd like to give a few comments for anyone interested.
1. It took a big leap of faith for me to jump onto the Rooting/ROMing bandwagon. Much like everyone else who has done it, my only regret is that I didn't do it sooner. One of the main reasons I was worried was because I didn't want to put a half-baked ROM on that had functionality issues. I can honestly say, from the 2.5 days I've been using Fresh 2.0d, I can't see anything that's lacking. That's not to say that there is something I may be missing, but the stuff that I use my phone for on a daily basis has not failed me once. The few things that he removed, I've realized I didn't need in the first place.
2. The one con I do have is that for some reason, I have WAYYYYYYY less internal memory on my phone now than with the Stock ROM. Not really sure why. I have less "bloatware" and the same number of programs as before. My Contact Storage is up around 15MB (not sure why) where it was at about 7MB with the Stock. The only thing this really impacts though is the amount of stuff I can store on the phone. The speed/responsiveness hasn't suffered one iota.
3. Much like with an Apple product, "Things just work" with Fresh 2.0d. It's truly amazing. The phone moves with the responsiveness of an iPhone. When I push something or command the phone to do something, the expectation is that it does it. On the Stock ROM, it would....eventually. This is darn near instantaneous. I can answer a phone call immediately instead of playing the "I hope I can get to this fast enough" game. Programs open as they should. Things update as they should (mail, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). The MLB At Bat application actually produces an audio feed that is audible by a human ear (not to mention it produces it lightning fast, as opposed to hitting the audio feed button on 1.5 and waiting 1/2 inning for it to connect). WiFi, and this shocked the absolute hell out of me, ACTUALLY STAYS CONNECTED NOW!!!
4. Nandroid backups are nice. I've never restored, so I can't comment on the ease of restoring a backup (I'm hoping it's painless) but just knowing that you can "always go back" is nice. I actually backup before I do ANYTHING, just in case.
I know that this type of testimonial has been written 100 times over on this forum, but I am just so amazed wtih this. My stance has changed completely. I no longer intend to EVER switch to the official Sprint update (if an when it every magically appears), but instead will wait for the real geniuses to put their spin on it and make it actually useable.
I haven't decided if I want to try different ROMs, simply because I don't want to overstep my knowledge base and screw something up, but you never know, I may get antsy
First off, to anyone who has helped me, big thank yous!
Now that I've gotten everything pretty much where I'm happy with it and likely won't be tooling around with it too much more, I'd like to give a few comments for anyone interested.
1. It took a big leap of faith for me to jump onto the Rooting/ROMing bandwagon. Much like everyone else who has done it, my only regret is that I didn't do it sooner. One of the main reasons I was worried was because I didn't want to put a half-baked ROM on that had functionality issues. I can honestly say, from the 2.5 days I've been using Fresh 2.0d, I can't see anything that's lacking. That's not to say that there is something I may be missing, but the stuff that I use my phone for on a daily basis has not failed me once. The few things that he removed, I've realized I didn't need in the first place.
2. The one con I do have is that for some reason, I have WAYYYYYYY less internal memory on my phone now than with the Stock ROM. Not really sure why. I have less "bloatware" and the same number of programs as before. My Contact Storage is up around 15MB (not sure why) where it was at about 7MB with the Stock. The only thing this really impacts though is the amount of stuff I can store on the phone. The speed/responsiveness hasn't suffered one iota.
3. Much like with an Apple product, "Things just work" with Fresh 2.0d. It's truly amazing. The phone moves with the responsiveness of an iPhone. When I push something or command the phone to do something, the expectation is that it does it. On the Stock ROM, it would....eventually. This is darn near instantaneous. I can answer a phone call immediately instead of playing the "I hope I can get to this fast enough" game. Programs open as they should. Things update as they should (mail, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). The MLB At Bat application actually produces an audio feed that is audible by a human ear (not to mention it produces it lightning fast, as opposed to hitting the audio feed button on 1.5 and waiting 1/2 inning for it to connect). WiFi, and this shocked the absolute hell out of me, ACTUALLY STAYS CONNECTED NOW!!!
4. Nandroid backups are nice. I've never restored, so I can't comment on the ease of restoring a backup (I'm hoping it's painless) but just knowing that you can "always go back" is nice. I actually backup before I do ANYTHING, just in case.
I know that this type of testimonial has been written 100 times over on this forum, but I am just so amazed wtih this. My stance has changed completely. I no longer intend to EVER switch to the official Sprint update (if an when it every magically appears), but instead will wait for the real geniuses to put their spin on it and make it actually useable.
I haven't decided if I want to try different ROMs, simply because I don't want to overstep my knowledge base and screw something up, but you never know, I may get antsy
