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There are so many ROMs for the Rhodium. Is there a way we could list them all in one place, rank them (such as speed, stability, wow factor) and also list the software included?
For me I am just looking for a ROM that is extremely fast, and rock solid stable. The eye candy is great but speed and stability are #1 for me.
Other people have other needs so it would be good to have a ranking system or some sort of comparison.
i agree, i also was looking for something like this.
A spreadsheet of features with check boxes would probably be more helpful than ranking. Ranking is subjective as you pointed out and people may have different criteria! Using a simple spreadsheet with features and installed software that can be "checked" for each release would be good though!
funny you should ask cause I did put one of those together.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566631
I keep updating it but after a day or so it drops of the main page. I try to update at least once a week.
if there are things you want added to the spreadsheet let me know. however, it would be very time consuming to list all the different software changes between roms. I just list the major rom features.
In the Super D thread, somebody suggested a 'ROM Hall of Fame.' I've decided to do something similar. This thread is about the ROMs that I recommend for different uses. It's difficult to explain, but you'll understand soon enough. Anyway, let's get on with it.
For Newbies/Inexperienced Users
For people who are just getting started with rooted Android, there's only really one recommendation that I can make, and that is, of course, the ever-popular CyanogenMod. This is an Android 1.6 build, and it's probably the most famous of all custom Android builds. Originally built upon JF's build of Android, CyanogenMod has now become a build in its own right. It's incredibly stable, it's fast, and it's really all that you'd ever need for your phone. If you want something that's simple, but still really good, CyanogenMod is the way to go.
For More Advanced Users
There are two builds that I can whole-heartedly recommend for the more advanced Android user. In the same way that CyanogenMod started as a modification of JF's build, these two builds are heavily based upon other popular builds of Android.
The first of these is WG-Build, a modification of CyanogenMod. This is my current everyday ROM, and I really like it. For more information on the exact changes, check out the thread, but the main difference between WG-Build and CyanogenMod is the kernel. Wes has been working hard on his custom WG-Kernel, which is the driving force behind the speed of his build. It comes in several different varieties depending on what you want. I use the CFS with RAM Hack, because CFS is more stable than the faster BFS, and the RAM hack is of great use too. WG-Build is one of the fastest builds you'll find, and it is my personal recommendation.
However, you may prefer Super D. This ROM is essentially a modification of a ROM by Dwang, although it has come a long way since then. This ROM is thought by many to be the fastest available, although from personal experience, there is little difference between Super D and WG-Build. This is more of a personal choice as to which build you prefer, so try them both. I prefer WG-Build, but you may prefer Super D. It is your choice.
Eclair ROMs
TO COME.
Hero/Sense ROMs
Again, TO COME.
Guys, is this a good idea? If you think it is, let me know, but if you think it's a waste of time, then I'll drop the idea.
Yeah man keep it up, im on cyan but if your saying the other roms are quicker ima give it a go!!
Might I add, try and link to as many pages as you can!!!
In my opinion this idea is good. There are many roms for the g1 available atm...
But i would modify it a bit:
I would prefer a kind of table or database with a quick overview about the current ROMs.
Having this, u can still make recommondations.
Example:
ROM: Eclair_2.1-v1.5 G1
dev: manup456
base: 2.1
devices: MT3G 32B
Features: Camera, LWP [...]
Issues: FC latin_ime [...]
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In addition, we could maybe collect ratings (poll?) on facts like speed, look, stability... so that everybody can pick his rom according to his personal criterias...
Che123 said:
In my opinion this idea is good. There are many roms for the g1 available atm...
But i would modify it a bit:
I would prefer a kind of table or database with a quick overview about the current ROMs.
Having this, u can still make recommondations.
Example:
ROM: Eclair_2.1-v1.5 G1
dev: manup456
base: 2.1
devices: MT3G 32B
Features: Camera, LWP [...]
Issues: FC latin_ime [...]
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In addition, we could maybe collect ratings (poll?) on facts like speed, look, stability... so that everybody can pick his rom according to his personal criterias...
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Yeah, this is exactly what I'm aiming for. It's sorta similar to the ROM Database at AndroidSpin.com, but it's a different idea. I might actually ask Simon if he can help me with it.
bolmedias said:
Yeah, this is exactly what I'm aiming for. It's sorta similar to the ROM Database at AndroidSpin.com, but it's a different idea. I might actually ask Simon if he can help me with it.
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But at androidspin there are too many details and no userrating. And it's not up2date
ATM there are daily new roms or updates, and the only way to make rom-overview useful is to keep it updated
Sounds very good and if it's kept simple and informative this will be very usefull - not only for newbies
I will keep an eye on that
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But at androidspin there are too many details and no userrating. And it's not up2date
ATM there are daily new roms or updates, and the only way to make rom-overview useful is to keep it updated
Sounds very good and if it's kept simple and informative this will be very usefull - not only for newbies
I will keep an eye on that
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I'm gonna ask Simon if he's interested by this idea, just to see if he is or not. But I will try and maintain this myself, for sure.
The idea is good, but, how do you decide which way is more informative? If you settle on a "feature's list" like Che123 suggested, then you take out the actual experiences of people who've used the roms out. On the other hand, if you approach it like you first did, stating your opinion on which roms are best suited for what, then the information is narrow (limited only to the roms YOU've tried), subjective, and (some might argue) possibly skewed. A combination of both, I'm afraid, would ultimately pick up more of the flaws of either method than the benefits.
I personally believe the problem lies in the solution not being so clear-cut. There's just too many roms for all of them to be drastically different, and most often the difference between them is the availability of feature(a) against feature(b). In some cases, the only difference is the developer, or the name of the rom! (but just a few cases.)
I think an approach that might work, maybe, would be to make a list with:
ROM Name:
Feature 1: [X]
Feature 2: [X]
Feature 3: [X]
Feature .: [X]
Feature .: [X]
Feature .: [X]
Feature n: [X]
Highlights:
Opinions:
Features 1-n would be what we consider standard on roms (a2sd, compcache, swap, etc). We'd list highlights with things that actually make the rom different from others, for example, WG's kernel against CM's kernel, or X's themed rom as opposed to Y's un-themed rom, etc.
Opinions is where the meat would be. User experiences would be listed so that we know to expect force-closes, or slowdowns, reboots, or maybe just a smooth-sailing all around. Might even be a long comment section for different users and with an option to separate good opinions from bad opinions from neutral opinions so that we can read all the bad or all the good in one fell swoop rather than have to follow through the usual ranting and fighting that goes on at the forum already.
Anyway, I'm rooting for this, I just wish it were easier.
And to further add to what you suggested in your original post; another field that describes "Target Audience:" (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Multimedia, Professional, Linux Power-User, etc.).
Fount this over in the Sapphire section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=618220
It looks nice so far but is still short of data...
Maybe you're interestet in collaborating with him?
jubeh said:
The idea is good, but, how do you decide which way is more informative? If you settle on a "feature's list" like Che123 suggested, then you take out the actual experiences of people who've used the roms out. On the other hand, if you approach it like you first did, stating your opinion on which roms are best suited for what, then the information is narrow (limited only to the roms YOU've tried), subjective, and (some might argue) possibly skewed. A combination of both, I'm afraid, would ultimately pick up more of the flaws of either method than the benefits.
I personally believe the problem lies in the solution not being so clear-cut. There's just too many roms for all of them to be drastically different, and most often the difference between them is the availability of feature(a) against feature(b). In some cases, the only difference is the developer, or the name of the rom! (but just a few cases.)
I think an approach that might work, maybe, would be to make a list with:
ROM Name:
Feature 1: [X]
Feature 2: [X]
Feature 3: [X]
Feature .: [X]
Feature .: [X]
Feature .: [X]
Feature n: [X]
Highlights:
Opinions:
Features 1-n would be what we consider standard on roms (a2sd, compcache, swap, etc). We'd list highlights with things that actually make the rom different from others, for example, WG's kernel against CM's kernel, or X's themed rom as opposed to Y's un-themed rom, etc.
Opinions is where the meat would be. User experiences would be listed so that we know to expect force-closes, or slowdowns, reboots, or maybe just a smooth-sailing all around. Might even be a long comment section for different users and with an option to separate good opinions from bad opinions from neutral opinions so that we can read all the bad or all the good in one fell swoop rather than have to follow through the usual ranting and fighting that goes on at the forum already.
Anyway, I'm rooting for this, I just wish it were easier.
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I think the soloution is a mix of everything: Facts, general user rating and your recommondation.
A featurelist for the common features, like you mentioned above are a good idea too...
If we got all the features-data in a database we could also build a automatic rom-chooser
i would add following things to the list:
Base: (there are currently 1.6, 2.0, 2.01, 2.1)
Supported Devices: (there are always people flashing a wrong rom and wondering why it's not working )
and a link to the thread of course.
domenukk said:
Fount this over in the Sapphire section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=618220
It looks nice so far but is still short of data...
Maybe you're interestet in collaborating with him?
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I wasn't really intent on doing a piece of software, and besides, it misses the point.
Jubeh, I think that you've hit the nail on the head there. What I'm thinking of with this thread was to eliminate the need for people to read through each individual ROM's thread in order to find out if there are any problems, how fast it is, basically exactly what you've suggested. It's about user experiences.
Actually doing this as a forum thread will be quite difficult, though. Any ideas on how we could do it?
which are the differences between cfs wg build and bfs wg build?
marcocrash said:
which are the differences between cfs wg build and bfs wg build?
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Stability and Speed. BFS makes for a faster ROM, but Wes himself has said that there is an issue with memory leakage. CFS is not as quick, but it's far more stable.
This is the exact sort of question that I want this thread to answer about each ROM.
i don't really like the idea of an desktop app either.
I would like to see something web-based. But as you said: This won't be very good as forum thread. Maybe you could ask someone from xda, if they are willing to give you same webspace for this project. Maybe in cooperation with other users you could build a database for all kind of devices
Somebody could develop an app thats based on the database of the software maybe?
for afaik his software uses some sort oft sql. maybe eaven mysql. have a look web developers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=618220
Stability and Speed. BFS makes for a faster ROM, but Wes himself has said that there is an issue with memory leakage
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Wes himself uses BFS+Ramhack, according to his signature
OpenVPN
Please add that OpenVPN works out of the box in Cyanogen ROM, just install Tunneldroid or openvpnGUI.
In Dwang, it could support it, but you need to overwrite some libraries and add openssl and crypto libraries, thou Dwang rom has TUN built into the kernel.
I have not tried OpenVPN on super-D or WG.
I figured since people ask a lot about which ROMs are better than others, this could help them figure out which ROMs have what they want. Not all of these are offered on our matrix HDs, but it's still pretty interesting.
Compliments to user nimrodity (and others who put info in it) for this giant database of the most popular ROMs and their features compared side by side. Database 2.0
Which is in your opinion the best rom to flash on the nexus 6 having stability no bugs and features????
Opinions pls
I think you'll find that for the most part, the majority of the ROMs here are pretty stable, but in the end it's up to you to decide which one you'll stay on. It's a very subjective choice
eggydrums said:
I think you'll find that for the most part, the majority of the ROMs here are pretty stable, but in the end it's up to you to decide which one you'll stay on. It's a very subjective choice
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At that my friend, answers this question perfectly.
Liquid smooth
Or as stated any.
There is no best Rom like what eggydrums said. Asking this question is like going into a car store and asking what's the best car. One rom doesn't fit everybody's needs. Some people look for minimalism, or features, or whatever. There is no best Rom. Every rom has its own unique features, pros, cons.
But if you're looking for opinions, obviously I'd say my rom chroma. I provide support and literally reply to every reply in the rom thread. But it contains the essentials, nothing more and nothing less. Doesn't fit everybody's needs.
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There're several ROMs which you can flash in order to see which one do you like the most
zephiK said:
There is no best Rom like what eggydrums said. Asking this question is like going into a car store and asking what's the best car. One rom doesn't fit everybody's needs. Some people look for minimalism, or features, or whatever. There is no best Rom. Every rom has its own unique features, pros, cons.
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I usually just post this from evernotes
"Best" ROM.
There is no such thing as a best ROM. The question itself is ambiguous. "Best" is obviously a subjective term.
What I want from a ROM may well differ from what you want from a ROM, ergo - what is best for me could be worst for you.
If you are asking what the most popular ROMs are, or which ROMs people are using, you can see which threads stay around on the first few pages (and have the most posts) in the Android Development or Original Android Development forums. You can also see what other people are running by reading the What are you running on your Nexus 5 thread.
If you are asking which is the most stable, being a Nexus device - they're all pretty stable.
If you are asking which is best on Battery, ROMs only affect battery if they have a feature that is badly coded. You will likely be able to read about this in the ROM threads. ROMs do not impact battery life. The only impact to battery life are your apps, your settings, how you use the phone and mostly, environmental issues such as Phone Signal.
For tips about improving battery life, please read [Battery Life Help] Troubleshoot battery issues here!
"Best" Kernel
There is no such thing as the "Best" kernel. What we all want from a kernel is different. Again, many people have the misconception that Kernels affect battery life. Let's get this cleared up. Although Kernel devs will build in optimisations and efficiencies that will improve battery life, these are very, VERY tiny...and if 1 kernel has these optimisations, they likely all have.
People will often say "Kernel x is better than kernel y for battery life". This is actually wrong. Kernels respond to user settings. Setting up the governor to favour either battery life or performance is simple enough to do, you just have to do some learning. The reason people think Kernel x is better than y is because developers set their kernels up with their preferred governor settings. This is what we refer to as out-of-the-box settings. The out-of-the-box settings for kernel x may well produce better battery results than the out-of-the-box settings for kernel y, which favour performance. The fact is, you as the user have the ability to tune kernel x or y to perform the same, be that battery or performance - so start learning how to do this yourselves - that way, you can choose the kernel based on the FEATURES you want, and not the fictional performance benefits of one kernel over another.
Hope this helps
@rootSU I was thinking about making a copy paste of certain faq. Certainly not a bad idea haha. Usually threads with best are not allowed on xda as well
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zephiK said:
@rootSU I was thinking about making a copy paste of certain faq. Certainly not a bad idea haha. Usually threads with best are not allowed on xda as well
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xda let best threads exist as of several months ago
So if we say a rom that is not encrypted and has the ability to recive updates so i dont have to flash everytime , and also has nice features that stock lolipop has not, wich one would you guys recomend?
Just looking for the top 3 ROMs I should try. Right now I'm running chroma.
thayl0 said:
Just looking for the top 3 ROMs I should try. Right now I'm running chroma.
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How are you defining top?
Top = Most popular: Look for the thread with the most posts, or read the "What are you using" threads
Top = Best: No such thing as best. It's subjective. Look for the features you want by reading about each rom
Top = Most Stable: It's unquantifyable
Top = Alright already, just give me recommendations please: Tell us what you're looking for.
Hope this helps.
Are you coming from an iPhone or something? This is android world, even better, nexus world. Try a billion ROMs and pick your top. Each ROM out there is best by user preference
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danarama said:
How are you defining top?
Top = Most popular: Look for the thread with the most posts, or read the "What are you using" threads
Top = Best: No such thing as best. It's subjective. Look for the features you want by reading about each rom
Top = Most Stable: It's unquantifyable
Top = Alright already, just give me recommendations please: Tell us what you're looking for.
Hope this helps.
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bigstunta101 said:
Are you coming from an iPhone or something? This is android world, even better, nexus world. Try a billion ROMs and pick your top. Each ROM out there is best by user preference
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I am coming from the note series which vzw had there devices locked down. Before that I had the HTC one max and DNA which I ran viper Rom which was very customizable which I don't think n6 has.
Welcome to the nexus world. Seriously though it's user preference. My favorite right now is cyanidel. I hate layers but I'm sure a lot of good layers ROM out there
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thayl0 said:
I am coming from the note series which vzw had there devices locked down. Before that I had the HTC one max and DNA which I ran viper Rom which was very customizable which I don't think n6 has.
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You can use any Nexus 6 ROM on any other Nexus 6 device, so that is not a concern.
danarama said:
You can use any Nexus 6 ROM on any other Nexus 6 device, so that is not a concern.
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Thank you. I'm glad I got this phone even though I think the camera is complete crap one a phone this good but I like the phone itself way more then note series i actually feel like I own my phone rather then being stuck on stock.
thayl0 said:
Thank you. I'm glad I got this phone even though I think the camera is complete crap one a phone this good but I like the phone itself way more then note series i actually feel like I own my phone rather then being stuck on stock.
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The Camera isn't special. I think it is average. I can get good shots, particularly with HDR+. It's never going to be Note 5 quality though.
I tried several roms, but my favourite are:
1) Sillness - very near to stock, very stable and fast, extra customizations, no bloatware
2) Euphoria - my personal favourite. fast, stable, highly customizable.
3) I haven't tried CM based roms, but its worth exploring
These are also the only ones that don't crash from what I've tried
I don't know about the OP but I am also new to the Nexus 6 world, getting my phone tomorrow. What is the best rom for battery life, all things being equal? I heard Chroma is good?
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I don't know about the OP but I am also new to the Nexus 6 world, getting my phone tomorrow. What is the best rom for battery life, all things being equal? I heard Chroma is good?
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Ahh, time for my stock answer. It's not all relevant to you but it fits...
"Best" ROM.
There is no such thing as a*best*ROM.* The question itself is ambiguous.* "Best" is obviously a subjective term.
What I want from a ROM may well differ from what you want from a ROM, ergo - what is*best*for me could be worst for you.
If you are asking what the most popular ROMs are, or which ROMs people are using, you can see which threads stay around on the first few pages (and have the most posts) in the Android Development or Original Android Development forums. You can also see what other people are running by reading the What are YOU running on your Nexus 6??? thread.
If you are asking which is the most stable, being a Nexus device - they're all pretty stable.
If you are asking which is*best*on Battery, ROMs only affect battery if they have a feature that is badly coded.* You will likely be able to read about this in the ROM threads.* ROMs do not impact battery life.* The only impact to battery life are your apps, your settings, how you use the phone and mostly, environmental issues such as Phone Signal.
For tips about improving battery life, please read [Battery Life Help] Troubleshoot battery issues here!
"Best" Kernel
There is no such thing as the "Best" kernel.* What we all want from a kernel is different. Again, many people have the misconception that Kernels affect battery life.* Let's get this cleared up.* Although Kernel devs will build in optimisations and efficiencies that will improve battery life, these are very, VERY tiny...and if 1 kernel has these optimisations, they likely all have.
People will often say "Kernel x is better than kernel y for battery life".* This is actually wrong.* Kernels respond to user settings. Setting up the governor to favour either battery life or performance is simple enough to do, you just have to do some learning.* The reason people think Kernel x is better than y is because developers set their kernels up with their preferred governor settings.* This is what we refer to as out-of-the-box settings.* The out-of-the-box settings for kernel x may well produce better battery results than the out-of-the-box settings for kernel y, which favour performance.* The fact is, you as the user have the ability to tune kernel x or y to perform the same, be that battery or performance - so start learning how to do this yourselves - that way, you can choose the kernel based on the FEATURES you want, and not the fictional performance benefits of one kernel over another.
Hope this helps
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asking about the best battery life is like asking which chocolate cake is the best; its all about what you do, what you like, how you set it up etc, so there is no "intelligent" answer to that question.
I think Danarama's answer was absolutely perfect..:good::good:
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