Root ICS ROM question

[desarenezitic]

Edited for dupe post.

 

[Hadron]

We've seen bad experiences with minitool partition wizard (producing completely unusable ext partitions, or else misaligned partitions), which is why we recommend GParted.

 

[SUroot]

What's the opinion on Mini Partition Tool Wizard? I was dreading doing Gparted again when I rooted wifeys Wildfire S but the root guide recommended the Wizard and it was a lot easier tbh.

Its the biggest pile of shit I've ever used as a hobbiest and as a professional.

 

[desarenezitic]

Lol thanks for the opinions guys. All I can say is I have no problems on my wife's card, yet!

 

[daysineuropa79]

anyone know where I could get the nikez lente rom for cm7r2 hboot ? wouldnt mind trying it out

 

[dan55]

@SU, what do you mean?

 

[dan55]

this one -nikez lente [ROM][BETA][ICS 4.0.4] Nikez Lente [1.0.1b2][05.07.12] - xda-developers
seems to be stable enough , worth a try ?

this sounds like the best one from what i read

 

[desarenezitic]

Still no problems with it on my Desire.

 

[daysineuropa79]

flashed nikez lente last night ,seems stable enough , only thing is lack of space for apps ,most of mine have went on the sd card ,not sure if ill keep it or not

 

[Tyseyh]

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[desarenezitic]

flashed nikez lente last night ,seems stable enough , only thing is lack of space for apps ,most of mine have went on the sd card ,not sure if ill keep it or not

There is built in A2SD, install instructions clearly noted on the ROM first page on XDA, just need to activate through Terminal (unless that is what you've done already).

 

[daysineuropa79]

yes Des , got that activated ok ,had it running all day , a few issues with notifications and LEDs not working -ill have to read up on over on xda , good rom for anyone who likes to tinker and customize things , ill prob keep it for a few days and go back to zm redux which I thought was a great rom

 

[dan55]

just spotted a couple of slim ics builds on xda for cm7r2 hboot ...intersting
[ROM][ICS][15 Jul] slim roms for Desire [based on Sandvold .15 & K900 build 40] - xda-developers

 

[Jon_LTD]

Ah, but with all the bells and whistles working?

 

[daysineuropa79]

I wouldnt bother with that slim one Dan stick with what youve got , ive had nikez lente ics for a few days now and will be going back to zm redux or oxygen tonight as theres no difference just a lot more work in setting things up plus the apps run a lot faster on the phones memory rather than the sd card

 

[Hadron]

Are you sure the speed is due to sd rather than the ICS ROM itself? I used sd-ext for a long time with no impact on speed - even moving dalvik to sd, which some people insisted was a real performance hit, was barely noticeable if at all (i.e. I suspected the most adamant were suffering a noecebo effect).

 

[desarenezitic]

I seriously have no problem with Nikez Lente ROM, apps on sd-ext along with Dalvik and speed is great, really smooth. Basically no difference to a GB ROM.

 

[dan55]

hi guys,

hi Jon - not sure - what sort of things? i know it is pretty stripped - but then i dont use a lot of stuff that is in most roms

@days - thanks for the warning just looking for something to flash really - so not too sure i want to bother with ext part and hboots etc - imo you cant beat a really smooth GB rom and a nice UOT theme

id read on xda that there have been some speed issues with ics roms and ext part - supposedly down to card speed - i see that some peeps upgrade to faster card when going ext part sd - but could be the roms - maybe pushing the poor ol desire too far

cheers
dan

 

[dan55]

i still think there is a place for a swan song GB rom - with a really cool theme skin - using uot is ok, but a really cohesive feel would rock imo

 

[daysineuropa79]

it could be the rom , it could be my sd card speed im not sure , but it just wasnt smooth enough for me , but stable and no major issues

 

[dan55]

in a complete u-turn move ive just flash miui xj

 

[Hadron]

I've not used that in more than a year - wonder whether it's changed much?

 

[dan55]

hi - ive not used it for longer than that i think - was first rom i flashed - still pretty much the same from hat i recall - but fresh after many basic gb ones

 

[daysineuropa79]

I flashed the zm oxy rom , and am well pleased with it , love the smoothness , batterys good and its ICS themed , no problems

 

[dan55]

hi,
yeah zm oxy is a keeper imo