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Your Favorite Rom

OK, So I am completely new to this stuff on a consumer basis. I used to work for Symbol Technologies testing Windows Mobile 5 when it was still in alpha/beta on our products. Now, my question for you all is Which is your favorite ROM?
I have been looking around here and I have found a few, I was able to get my SIM unlocked and my SID unlocked in about 20 mins on my Cingular 8125 So Thank you all for your contributions on that
I also learned a ton of stuff about these devices that even after working with them for almost a year I didnt know.
I decided to make this poll not only for my own curiousity, but for those people who are new to this like I am and want a qucik opinion on whats best out there. If i leave something out let me know
Thanks again everyone for this forum, its awsome!
I'm sure I've left a lot out, but I put the roms on this poll that i frequently came across in reading all the posts I've hit

T-Mobile 2.26 is my favourite, but faria 3.2 is a good candidate.

Faria rom by yards! It was the first rom to really wow me since the release of mobile 2005!

according to the poll ..
anyways i've tried farias, might give it another shot but i liked Molski's rom so as soon as i saw the upgrade i wanted to give it a try. im happy with it get the job done.

Faria's !
Without the slightest hesitation !
Cheers
hrb

I think it is kind of like asking "what is the best car". I have not seen a "bad" ROM yet here, but what are you looking for - speed or features or comfort and ease or ????? - again just like a car. You will find it from any of the "wizards" (pun intended) who put the results of their efforts on here for you - most noticeably Faria, Shogunmark, Molski, Risidoro, and Summiter (WHERE IS HE??).
I must have flashed my phone 20 or more times by now, with never once having a problem - JUST FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS!! Try a few and see what you like.

knwlsh said:
I think it is kind of like asking "what is the best car". I have not seen a "bad" ROM yet here, but what are you looking for - speed or features or comfort and ease or ????? - again just like a car. You will find it from any of the "wizards" (pun intended) who put the results of their efforts on here for you - most noticeably Faria, Shogunmark, Molski, Risidoro, and Summiter (WHERE IS HE??).
I must have flashed my phone 20 or more times by now, with never once having a problem - JUST FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS!! Try a few and see what you like.
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what an unfair POLL
my rom is not even out for the public!!!!!!!
so figures will be missguided. but hei u said life was fair?
great idea,bad timing.

faria said:
what an unfair POLL
my rom is not even out for the public!!!!!!!
so figures will be missguided. but hei u said life was fair?
great idea,bad timing.
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Funny, I thought the same thing this morning. And I LOVE your ROM. But I've avoided being one of the 20 million people asking you to hurry up and release RC1 so now I'll use this Poll as an excuse: bring RC1 out now and you will CRUSH this poll!!!

vettejock99 said:
Funny, I thought the same thing this morning. And I LOVE your ROM. But I've avoided being one of the 20 million people asking you to hurry up and release RC1 so now I'll use this Poll as an excuse: bring RC1 out now and you will CRUSH this poll!!!
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it not about statisctic for me,i just love my hobby. i lost my notes in a recent hardrive failure,one of those was the page pool stuff.now im stuck.i have asked several people that have the info to send to me but no one gives.i looks like is the queen jeewls.i cant belive it!!!!! all the people that i have help it...sheeezzzz
i will find out .and when i do i will publish the dam thing in here as i always did when i find something new that people want.
anyway a wizard kitchen is in the works.it will be the end of custom roms.
did i mentioned... i found out a couple of days ago a possible way to unlock the wizard extended rom? problem is i cant be done by a reg hack,and the tools are not avalable for the public yet. gonna test that in a new rom.but im pretty confident .

faria said:
it not about statisctic for me,i just love my hobby. i lost my notes in a recent hardrive failure,one of those was the page pool stuff.now im stuck.i have asked several people that have the info to send to me but no one gives.i looks like is the queen jeewls.i cant belive it!!!!! all the people that i have help it...sheeezzzz
i will find out .and when i do i will publish the dam thing in here as i always did when i find something new that people want.
anyway a wizard kitchen is in the works.it will be the end of custom roms.
did i mentioned... i found out a couple of days ago a possible way to unlock the wizard extended rom? problem is i cant be done by a reg hack,and the tools are not avalable for the public yet. gonna test that in a new rom.but im pretty confident .
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Wow! That is amazing stuff. I knew about the drive crash, but not that you still needed info. I could reinstall Beta 4 and try the voice command deal you asked about, but I know nothing about the page pool.
Anyway, all good stuff, and your ROM is destined for greatness.

Duttys Donated X1 will be return to the Community [My Sincere Apologies]

Hi all first and mostly I want to apologise for not giving you a ROM, but due to recent activities here I decide to stop my work here and stop making ROMS for now.
For People who dont know already I was asked to cook for X1 and was donated a device which XMOO sent to me.
I also was working on HD AND WAS CURRENTLY TIED UP IN making a ROM FOR IT. I was also working on X1 ROM, but didnt have time between both devices and I stopped for awhile.
Since my last HD ROM ALot of stuff , issues, etc arise here on XDA and I was the main attraction, long story short ,
I given up cooking at the moment and I feel bad not making a rom for u guys, The rom I have still needs work doing and I cant support it if I release it as I have a lot of personal stuff I need taking care of.
I contacted XMOO about sending the device to him so you Guys can decide what to do with it or give it to another CHEF, ETC,
Once again my sincere apology especially for all those who believe in me and all my supporters but whats happened here has really put me off.
If there are any better advise on how to donate the device back to the community just let me know.
Thanks Dutty.

Sorry to see you go Dutty, best of luck with you and your family!
On a selfish note though, any chance you can release what you already have for the X1? Would love to try it, bugs and all, knowing that you wont be supporting it.

sorry to hear about this. this is a real loss to the community. hope you change you mind soon
any chance of convincing you to to realease your unfinished rom at least the cooks over hee can build on top of it.

oops....just noticed tjax reply

Like many others I was looking forward in trying your ROM for the X1.
With an ackward eye did I follow the stuff going on in the Blackstone forum and respect your decision to leave the forum, although it breaks my heart a bit.
Best of luck to you and your family!
Maybe we'll see you in the future....

If you could release the kitchen /sources to the X1 community, then maybe some other enterprising chef could pick up where you left off. I'm interested in learning the process behind creating a ROM but I'll be honest and say I wouldn't know where to start, even after reading some guides here on XDA-Dev.
Thanks for at least considering making a community ROM, and good luck with what you go on to do Dutty.

Goodluck to you and hopes everything turns out for the better. I know everyone was looking forward for your ROM here, and some just couldnt wait and start saying things they do not mean. All in all thanks for your effort...my suggestion regarding the X1 KEEP it until maybe one day you can bless us with your work.

The device should be sold and everyone who donated should get their money returned.

Dutty has quit. Bugger.... Might get an iphone? Gotta say, that Palm Pre looks pretty cool?

Wait for the Touch Pro 2 Clove is taking pre orders

Its a sad day and I hope to see Dutty back in XDA asap, but **** happens...
Maybe XMOO should PM everyone who donated for this, we could see together over PM's if there is someone else who we would think would benefit the X1 community so much, that we want donate the device to.
If we are talking abotu selling MAYBE I could be interested, but just maybe at this point... I would rather see it go to good use...

I was one of the donators and my suggestion is to sell the phone and donate the money to xda.

Well Im not 100% behind that... I have donated to XDA with my two usernames and will donate in the future, but this was meant to other use...

Wasn't Xmoo after a spare to do some Android work, maybe it could be used for that

Been following your work Dutty eventhough i own a Raphael.. well sad to see all the hecticness that were around. Well the best thing you could to is to take care of personal life first... xda forum will allways be here... good luck bro.. keep an eye on devs here so they don't go on wrong paths .. they might need your knowledge some times.. well anyway take care of your self first

Well Dutty all are behind you on this... about the X1 let Xmoo decide.
but i as all cooks here are very interested in your blackstone rom 1.9 and if that can be ported to X1, please please please contact me or any good chef out there and make a final contribute
that would be like, well lets call it religous

hey Dutty!
Im really sorry to hear that you're leaving. A sad day for the xda community!
I just wish you all the best and hope you'll return one day or if you're moving somewhere else let us know!
Thanks for your great roms!

So much has been said on the whole "Dutty Dilemma" (Someone should write a book about it! )
My first and last comment on it: Too bad it happened, Dutty has been wronged.
On the device, I'm not a donator, but I'd say let him keep it after all the crap.
If people strongly feel it must be sold, I'm a potential buyer.
Still hoping for Dutty to change his mind and put the X1 he got to use though.

buchman said:
Wasn't Xmoo after a spare to do some Android work, maybe it could be used for that
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im somewhat sure he needed one for siassambly reasons. to check hardware etc.
id rather have android on my hpone anyway but since i donated nothing ... let the donaters decide
@dutty
well to sad, ive never seen any of your roms since this is my first winmopho. but still, GL and have fun out there

The sad thing about it is that it wasn't the people on the xperia thread that were giving him so much hell. The people that donated the device to Dutty supported him the whole way. I would say at the least the people who donated the funds to get the device should get his beta rom.
Thats my last two cents

WC Website launch

Hi guys and fellow users of the WCX series.
http://www.wcxxperia-nce.com/index.php
just a short post to let you know of the new website WC has created to host his current roms mainly the EXPERIA-NCE series. this is due to the current 'swamping' situation in the x1 forum right now. as you would have noticed a few cooks have started posting their roms on htc pedia to sort of weed out the bad apples and provide their work to people who truly appreciate it. the norm is that people flock to the roms with the most posts and most views. what peops dont realise that more post normally means more bugs! we on the other hand have tried to create roms with few bugs so our roms may not appeal to the flood of new 'beta' testers who join XDA daily. what we have produced is a rom that can be used daily from a cook who actually cares about what he puts out there. so if you want a rom on your device which allows you to concentrate on other things in your life then try our work................. the web address is at the top of the post and you will have to register to get access to the download.
this forum has turned into a '*****ing' forum full of whingers and too many stuck up folks. no one shares but are quick to take off you when they want something! we will never ask you for donations or ask for your help to buy a new device. we have no donation fund to buy phones for our 'people' as we can buy our own.................!
come try our work and if ya dont like it then you got so many to choose from on here! thanks for reading!

@shingers5
Nice post. I just posted something on the WCX ROMS thread before I saw this.

Cool ....... i really liked WCX rom. It may not be as flashy or as fast as some but it is very stable and it just works. so far i have not experience any crash or freeze (maybe i'm not a heavy user keke)

Thanks guys, posted somerules that need to be read in the first populated thread....FTP is up and running now.
Regards,
WC

i am the first registered member？ im feeling lucky！

hehe...no there are others....
Regards,
WC
firepigs said:
i am the first registered member？ im feeling lucky！
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new forum
high wc !
tried Your new forum - 5 times - but don't get activation-email :-(
any brand new toys to try ?
please - thanx... b

xperia-world.com is up for grabs

I always liked the WCX roms. But frankly, registering at dozens of individual forums and checking them all several times a week for updates/fixes/comments simply sucks

Subscribe to threads of interest which makes it easier to determine if a visit to the forum is warranted.

[email protected],sorry for the [email protected],there are many roms here from which to choose that will suit your needs as well...
Regards,
WC
doctah said:
I always liked the WCX roms. But frankly, registering at dozens of individual forums and checking them all several times a week for updates/fixes/comments simply sucks
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.....why
Hi Wild Child,
i also greatly appreciate your work.
It really seems there are some who care a lot about a nice finish and there are others who always ride the bleeding edge...
Realizing little decay in some parts of the forum, there are always some of the good and brave who make it a nice place in sum.
Why did you open up your own forum
Seemed to me that you are one of the master cookers, so who bothered you?
Anyway, maybe you don't like to point it out here...
Keep up your good work and good luck with your forum!
Best regards,
scholbert

Due to some screw up on my part...those who have registered on the site will have to re-register...sorry for the inconvience...
Regards,
WC

registerd...
but
This board has no forums.
hmmm

Wild Child said:
Due to some screw up on my part...those who have registered on the site will have to re-register...sorry for the inconvience...
Regards,
WC
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but ......... WC i was member number 2 to reg on your site when launch .....darn
ok will skip over and reg thanks

You have to activate your account via the email sent by the site...and yes it has forum's, just not openly viewable to everyone until you have registered...
Regards,
WC
ryousuke said:
registerd...
but
This board has no forums.
hmmm
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Lol... sorry man...php and me dont agree...lol...all sorted [email protected] issues...
Regards,
WC
kitman said:
but ......... WC i was member number 2 to reg on your site when launch .....darn
ok will skip over and reg thanks
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Fast & Stable WM6.1 Needed!!

Hi,
I upgraded from the HTC Hermes, if that had GPS built in I wouldn't have changed my phone! I had the PDAcorner ROM installed which is a fantastic build.
I recently purchased the TytnII and feel let down by my purchase so I need a ROM that is fast, stable and with a fast working camera that will reinstate my confidence in this phone. I had the factory HTC ROM installed but the camera was appallingly slow at taking pictures, I currently have Dutty's 19716 build which is alot quicker but I get a lot of delays in icons appearing and a couple of the programs crash. Any suggestions would be gratefully received!
RANT--I originally posted this under the ROM Development section (which I apologize for) and recieved a snotty reply from Stylez "There are many fast stable 6.1 ROMs flash them and find the one you want. ROM Development is not for ROM requests. Thread closed." If I had time to sit there flashing roms all day I would not be posting this, I barely have enough time to do 1 which is why I am here.--END RANT

KungFuKid said:
Hi,
I upgraded from the HTC Hermes, if that had GPS built in I wouldn't have changed my phone! I had the PDAcorner ROM installed which is a fantastic build.
I recently purchased the TytnII and feel let down by my purchase so I need a ROM that is fast, stable and with a fast working camera that will reinstate my confidence in this phone. I had the factory HTC ROM installed but the camera was appallingly slow at taking pictures, I currently have Dutty's 19716 build which is alot quicker but I get a lot of delays in icons appearing and a couple of the programs crash. Any suggestions would be gratefully received!
RANT--I originally posted this under the ROM Development section (which I apologize for) and recieved a snotty reply from Stylez "There are many fast stable 6.1 ROMs flash them and find the one you want. ROM Development is not for ROM requests. Thread closed." If I had time to sit there flashing roms all day I would not be posting this, I barely have enough time to do 1 which is why I am here.--END RANT
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lol funny rant.. the really amusing thing is my suggestion. try "snotty" Stylez Black v.4
i've had the kaiser for well over a yr now and have tried several roms myself. although they all carry their own twist and are a work off art in so many ways. i prefer clean,stable and fast Roms over all the eye candy any day.. untill i ran in to Styles V4 and i must say i think i will be sticking around for a while.. aside from working out a few personal required wrinkles. the Rom itself is pure perfection. clean, fast, stable and beautiful in every way.
Not to mention the "snotty" stylez is extreamly active, helpful and very professional.
just my .02
GL in your quest

Very nice post. Stylez is a great guy. And a great chef

m0000 said:
lol funny rant.. the really amusing thing is my suggestion. try "snotty" Stylez Black v.4
i've had the kaiser for well over a yr now and have tried several roms myself. although they all carry their own twist and are a work off art in so many ways. i prefer clean,stable and fast Roms over all the eye candy any day.. untill i ran in to Styles V4 and i must say i think i will be sticking around for a while.. aside from working out a few personal required wrinkles. the Rom itself is pure perfection. clean, fast, stable and beautiful in every way.
Not to mention the "snotty" stylez is extreamly active, helpful and very professional.
just my .02
GL in your quest
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Lol!! Well if it works then he is forgiven! I will flash it today, thanks. These are the polite, friendly replies I expect

Glad we could spend " our useless time " helping , since you won't spend " your precious time " reading searching as per forum rules. Which the " snotty " stylez, as a moderator, points out to keep our rom development forum focused on new roms and does not become an " I am too lazy to help myself, so everybody rally around and help me....help me.......help me.... section.[ END RANT]

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Glad we could spend " our useless time " helping , since you won't spend " your precious time " reading searching as per forum rules. Which the " snotty " stylez, as a moderator, points out to keep our rom development forum focused on new roms and does not become an " I am too lazy to help myself, so everybody rally around and help me....help me.......help me.... section.[ END RANT]
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WHAT?!?!? At no point did I state "useless time", I have respect for everyone in this forum and the hard work they put in. My request was for help and I thought the reply I received could have been more polite. I'm not one of these people who just post a question without doing some ground work first, I understand that there are users that do this and it is frustrating. I had been through a couple of roms and as I depend on my phone alot (quite sad really!), was desperate to get my Tytn II up to scratch like my Hermes. I have very little time in the evenings at the moment, due to my 18 month daughter amongst over things, to do this which is why I posted asking for suggestions - not because I am lazy. My rant was nothing personal against Stylez, I have flashed his rom on my phone and it runs great. So:
- I posted in the wrong forum, a lapse in concentration due to lack of sleep caused by aforementioned daughter - which I am sorry for.
- Stylez, if you have read any of this I hope that there are no hard feelings.
- Sorry that this reply is so long, I wanted to set the record straight!

Custom Rom and Generic !

I know this have been discussed before but I cannot get a clear answer by searching this forum, googling etc.
I have been flashing many of the custom roms and they are all great work but I have too many crashes everyday. Right now maybe 3-4/day !
Usually the roms works better in the beginning but then gets worse by time.
I use my phone for business and very often I realize that my phone is just dead and no one can call me etc
I love eyecandy like Energy, Valkyrie roms etc but my first priority is stability today.
Which custom rom would you say is the most stable today ?
also .. I cannot find the last generic rom version. Link doesnt work?
Thx,
Pete

most chefs will say their rom is not bugless.. if you use your phone for business and important calls, guess you should stick to stock 6.1 or rather have a second phone

those labeled as final and unchanged for a few months or as stated above - stick to stock
sounds highly contradictory aiming for a stable and mostly bugless rom while still flashing latest wm betas...
search for generic in gtrab thread, those are not latest r3a but at least dl works
...and was it really necessary to open a new thread for these "insights"?

Lombiz said:
I know this have been discussed before but I cannot get a clear answer by searching this forum, googling etc.
I have been flashing many of the custom roms and they are all great work but I have too many crashes everyday. Right now maybe 3-4/day !
Usually the roms works better in the beginning but then gets worse by time.
I use my phone for business and very often I realize that my phone is just dead and no one can call me etc
I love eyecandy like Energy, Valkyrie roms etc but my first priority is stability today.
Which custom rom would you say is the most stable today ?
also .. I cannot find the last generic rom version. Link doesnt work?
Thx,
Pete
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www.wcxxperia-nce.com

Sorry I didnt mean to offend or upset anyone. Just politely asking a question.
There are many many great roms but I just need to find if you find one/some particular more stable. Offcourse I accept some bugs etc but my problem is that the phone just dies several times each day.
Great work though to all chefs !
BR,
Peter

Stock rom
I have been googleing etc for hours.
I can still not find den latest swedish generic stock rom.
(I dont want the SE update service)
I want to flash with Hard SPL
All links go to the same dead link?
/P

Another useless thread reported.

It could have been useful without all the ignorant no content answers.
You start a thread if you need answers that you are not able to find.
ie this forums sticky to generic roms is no valid.
Comparing roms from user experience is not useless.
Like a review with SE X10 vs HTC Desire.
Your answer would have been. Buy the both I am not gonna help you!
Thanks for the info I got though !
/Peter

Start with the threads with the most views or top most threads (i.e., still alive). Read the very first post, view screen shots, feature lists, bug fixes, updates, etc. Then jump to the very last page to see what sort of issues people are reporting. Some are deal breakers, and some aren't. At least you can page back a few to see if the author plans an update. Even with my post count, I never ask people what to recommend. It's something too many people ask, so I end up finding those threads first!
Custom ROM images are free for many reasons, and the biggest drawback is the lack of guarantees that the builds are bug fee.
There are generic, stripped-down ROMS... you'll need to search for those or look at the stickies.
My favorite custom ROM is Touch X 10.9.1. I've had it for a few months after trying at least 3 different ROMs.

Thanks for a great answer !
I asked for the "most stable" suggestion that means I understand that they are not bugfree or totally stable.
Itje and Wildchild seems to be high contenders.
Anyway, sorry for this thread and thanks !
I promise you I have read a lot.
I joíned 2008 and this is my first thread.
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@all: One thing more annoying than a question that has been asked many times before is a meaningless flaming answer. Refrain from making it useless. As far I can tell this thread has served it's purpose, and therefore I'll close it.
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