Root What custom ROM is best for me: want less lag + better battery life

[Droid_Badger]

Thinking about rooting my DX now that it's so noticeably laggy. Read in another thread that some ROMs are better than others for curing lag and still maintaining good, if not better battery life.

Suggestions, please!

 

[GandalfTehGray]

Apex has always been good at being nice & smooth as well as pretty good battery life, i usually get a day and a half at least with moderate usage. I haven't tried MIUI or Cyanogenmod in a while so you'll need some other opinions for those.

 

[Droid_Badger]

anyone else? bump

 

[UrsusVIIILXXXVII]

Personally, I use Shuji. I just flashed 2.5 last night but I've used 2.1 and 2.2. On my phone, the battery life is better than stock and I haven't noticed any lag.

I tried MIUI 1.10.7 for a of couple days and battery life was really good but I didn't much care for the UI.

 

[smoke?check]

I've had Vortex loaded for nearly a month now, dont see it talked about much but heres the link [ROM][DROID X] Vortex Beta 2.8 - RootzWiki

 

[tazmanmo55]

Been using Vortex 2.8 myself and it's one of the better ROMS out there though, deVorteX just dropped 2.9. In the past year, I've run RubiX-Focused for Froyo, Darkslide, Liquid, ApeX, Liberty, SSX, and a few mobile-sensei's roms. Rubix was good for Froyo roms but, if you're looking for a GB rom, I like sensei's and deVorteX roms. For an init 2 rom, I liked the SSX offerings. I'll usually get about 44 - 52 hours on a 1880/1930mAh battery after everything has been setup and running the way I want it. Your mileage will vary according to the number of apps installed, daily usage, and eye candy. Good luck on finding one that works best for you and make sure you get some SBF practice in at some point. Don't forget to back up any rom you get set up and would like to keep if you're going to try a few out, that way you always have a reliable backup to restore your DX to an operational status if anything would happen. ;-)

 

[darkcyber]

I am using Mobile Sensei v3. It gets great battery life, when I plug it in at night I have at least 60% battery.

 

[Droid_Badger]

My question then becomes: are you certain your chosen version is actually improving battery and speed or is it becuase of your use habits?

 

[Coolguy71261]

ssx all around best

 

[VoidedSaint]

no rom acts the same all the time, some experience battery drain, where others who use the exact same rom do not, any .605 based rom will give you great battery life.

any 2init rom still based on froyo will kill your battery
any 2init rom (MIUI,CM7,OMFGB) that are on the gb kernel will give you decent battery life

my suggestion is try them all out, thats the only way you are going to know which one works best for you, and always remember to make a backup of each one, that way you know which one to go back to (make sure you rename your backups with rom manager so you dont get confused)

you should run each rom for about 1-2 days

 

[jh_husker]

I've had Vortex loaded for nearly a month now, dont see it talked about much but heres the link [ROM][DROID X] Vortex Beta 2.8 - RootzWiki

I just flashed this and wifi and my work email will not work.

 

[Coolguy71261]

I just flashed this and wifi and my work email will not work.

try reflashing

 

[cbaty08]

Add another vote for Vortex. I haven't timed uptime with the powerboost script, but before that I got 1day 7 hrs uptime on a single charge with normal usage.

 

[matdr57]

I love liquid gingerbread for froyo ran it for a couple of months. Now im on icx. 605 and its got a lot better battery life

 

[Big Oil]

I'm on MIUI right now and the battery life is really good but I personally don't care for the UI. I't is pretty fast and doesn't have a lot of FC issues for me. I tried ICX and had a lot of FC's. I liked the UI just to buggy for me. Liquid Smooth 3.0 was super fast. The UI was sweet but the battery life was pretty crappy. Running Android Overclock with a lot of differnent profiles was the only way I could get the battery to last for 12 hrs. I have been on MIUI for three days now but I think I'm ready for a change. The MIUI rom has a lot of themes which is kinda cool but to me it seem to be kinda restrictive in a lot of ways. To Iphone ish for me.

Thats my 2 cents
Thanks

 

[ohwow]

Another +1 for Vortex. I love the look; its fast and good for someone who likes a streamlined experience for .602.

 

[woodstorm]

Shuji 2.5 is great. Haven't jumped Roms since I loaded Shuji 2.1 on my X. It does everything I want. Speed, battery life and great themes. Very happy.

 

[VoidedSaint]

themes made by mobile sensei have kind stoped for the time being.. i wonder why

 

[dlion16]

i took a different approach. i've got the special edition 605 and i made my own "rom" using widget locker, launcher pro, juice defender, droid overclock, battery monitor and of course Ti.

my "theme" is blue. i downloaded launcher pro icons and drawers, colored some others blue. i used a blue button boot logo and a blue eye boot animation. i made a few tweaks with rom toolbox.

seems to be solid, fast and great battery life.

 

[Big Oil]

themes made by mobile sensei have kind stoped for the time being.. i wonder why

may be busy on a new project

 

[VoidedSaint]

more than likely

 

[Dabrador]

i took a different approach. i've got the special edition 605 and i made my own "rom" using widget locker, launcher pro, juice defender, droid overclock, battery monitor and of course Ti.

my "theme" is blue. i downloaded launcher pro icons and drawers, colored some others blue. i used a blue button boot logo and a blue eye boot animation. i made a few tweaks with rom toolbox.

seems to be solid, fast and great battery life.

Could you share more on this? What exactly is the special edition 605? How did you get rid of bloat? Thanks.

 

[shenyu0930]

I love ApeX and so does everyone else

 

[bouchigo]

Could you share more on this? What exactly is the special edition 605? How did you get rid of bloat? Thanks.

You need the TBH app to get the special edition 605. All it does really is remove bloat, give you Galaxy Nexus audio files, boot animation, and 1% battery.........oh, it's deodexed too.

 

[Dabrador]

You need the TBH app to get the special edition 605. All it does really is remove bloat, give you Galaxy Nexus audio files, boot animation, and 1% battery.........oh, it's deodexed too.

Thanks B! Have you tried this setup? I'm looking for something stable and fast with great battery life. I don't need/want customization options.