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Most reliable/complete 2.3 rom

Hi,
I've never tried a gb rom (in fact any rom), but I'm rooted and ready to go. But which one? So many choices.
What's the most reliable and complete gb 2.3 rom? Recommendations?
Tia Andy
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You want everything for granted? Test and see which is good enough for you. Maybe someone has other tastes...

Hi Andy,
I've been using MicroMod's ASOP for a while now with no issues (other than those listed, mainly no Video Camera). Getting around 2 days battery life with moderate use, which is better than other roms I've tried.
It's mainly stock, which works for me. Best bet is to try a few and see what you like. Nandroid is your friend!
Matt

Micromod's GB ROM is pretty stable for everyday use.
If you want features than the CyanogenMod 7nightlies is stable enough for me to use everyday but it's still a work in progress.

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I like Micromod's GingerBread Rom (unfortunately just announced that he will be leaving the building for another device).

The CM nightlies are plenty stable.
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Hi guys,
Thanks to all who replied. Seems like a fairly good consensus of opinion, that micromods rom might be s good starting point.
Once I've started (probably with micromods), who knows where it will lead? (Hopefully not to a brick..
)
Just don't want my first ever flash to be something known to be incomplete or unstable.
Ta!
Andy
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MicroMod's latest version of 2.3 .. and flash redstar's kernel for an awesome battery life.

hi Deekay, are you referring to this redstart kernel: RedStar 925mV Kernel?

andynx1 said:
Hi guys,
Thanks to all who replied. Seems like a fairly good consensus of opinion, that micromods rom might be s good starting point.
Once I've started (probably with micromods), who knows where it will lead? (Hopefully not to a brick..
)
Just don't want my first ever flash to be something known to be incomplete or unstable.
Ta!
Andy
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
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Don't worry so much man. As long as you're not flashing an HBOOT, radio, or maybe a recovery, it's very hard to brick a phone. I would recommend trying a leaner, cleaner GB ROM before trying MicroMods, just so you can get a feel for pure GB without all of the extra apps and funky screen transitions. Straight CM7 nightly is what I'd suggest. Check imfloflo's thread.

uansari1 said:
Don't worry so much man. As long as you're not flashing an HBOOT, radio, or maybe a recovery, it's very hard to brick a phone. I would recommend trying a leaner, cleaner GB ROM before trying MicroMods, just so you can get a feel for pure GB without all of the extra apps and funky screen transitions. Straight CM7 nightly is what I'd suggest. Check imfloflo's thread.
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CM7 GB is more stock than MM AOSP GB? I find CM to be one of the most modded ROMs out there, not that that's a bad thing.

Hollow.Droid said:
CM7 GB is more stock than MM AOSP GB? I find CM to be one of the most modded ROMs out there, not that that's a bad thing.
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CM7 has a lot of options built in, but so does MM's GB ROM. Both are excellent, but of the two, CM doesn't have any fancy screen transitions and extra apps installed aside from the basics.

Hi all,
Thanks for all the suggestions. Unsure of the "wonkyness" of cm7, I flashed micromods aosp gb rom last night. Did multiple titanium and nandroid backups, bit my lip and went for it.
Superb! Running it now, no regrets so far... all done within about an hour, everything working.
Thanks for all your comments.
Andy
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Just to make it clear for others as I think there is a little confusion. Micromod777 has released two gingerbread ROM's. His original GB ROM was one of the first good stable builds after the AOSP was released, this finished on v.20 which can be found here:
Gingerbread v.20
He then began working on a new ROM based on Cyanogenmod 7, which is now discontinued as he's a busy man:
MicroMod's Gingerbread CM7 Custom ROM v1.4-FINAL

[Q] What is the fastest ROM?

Hi,
I want a really fast ROM that runs on gingerbread (2.3.3) - I don't care about the look or similar, I just need the speed. I hope someone can recommend me fast ROM.

CM7 or MIUI are very fast ROMs. I dont know if they are thee fastest, but i like the smoothness and responsiveness
However they are not completed, They are stable but still have a few minor bugs, as do lots of roms.
BUT there are many 2.3 Roms available in the development section so just do a little reading and see what tickles your fancy

Best to give them a try (for a week or so).
Many people's judgement at XDA is compromised because they run Quadrant, or they've hung around for so long that they get to know the developers and the popularity of certain ROM's. Even worse, very few people here have actually tested tested many roms in depth.
In fact, a ROM which may be faster for a certain game, may be slower for others, which is why you should give them a test yourself

azzledazzle said:
CM7 or MIUI are very fast ROMs. I dont know if they are thee fastest, but i like the smoothness and responsiveness
However they are not completed, They are stable but still have a few minor bugs, as do lots of roms.
BUT there are many 2.3 Roms available in the development section so just do a little reading and see what tickles your fancy
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MIUI doesn't run on Gingerbread, I have to go back to Froyo :/
And CM7 is experimental - no thanks.

uN3xp3ct3d said:
MIUI doesn't run on Gingerbread, I have to go back to Froyo :/
And CM7 is experimental - no thanks.
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miui is gingerbread

runedrune said:
miui is gingerbread
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It says I have to go back to Froyo. Also tried flashing it, and it couldn't find any networks, just says Error. Tried rebooting, wiping data, factory reset, flashing again - nothing.

you have to go back to froyo so you dont move to MIUI with the wrong bootloader.
MIUI is GingerBread 2.3.3 . it clearly states this in the first page.

So far I've tried Darkys, Juwe's and PilotX and Juwe's felt the fastest and I loved the battery life.

I don't think MIUI is fast, it got lots of UI enhancement anyway.

Miui And CM9 is a best roms and fastest

Auzy said:
Best to give them a try (for a week or so).
Many people's judgement at XDA is compromised because they run Quadrant, or they've hung around for so long that they get to know the developers and the popularity of certain ROM's. Even worse, very few people here have actually tested tested many roms in depth.
In fact, a ROM which may be faster for a certain game, may be slower for others, which is why you should give them a test yourself
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Wise man!
Using GT-I9000 my sent Tapatalk 2 from.

LG optimus 2x best stable kernel + rom?

Hey XDA
My friend is just a casual person who dont know anything about smartphones/especially not roms/kernels.
He've an o2x and have several problems with it.
The stock rom is slow(havent tried 2.3 though, since it isnt possible to root then) and his currently ROM, CM7, isnt too stable - he keep loosing internet connection, the flash app crashes, and several FCs(and yeah, I've tried reinstalling and fix permissions and stuff like that)
So atm I am looking for a good and completely stable ROM for his o2x, since he is tired of all the problems.
What can you suggest? - Is the new 2.3 worth it, or is there a better rom? - I have to mention, his CM7 rom is 1 month old, so it isnt up-to-date.
I am personally using SGSII so I dont know anything at all about O2X, so I have to ask you guys.
Thanks in advance!

Well, I think that if you wanna go custom, you must be in the touch with updates.
There is pretty good custom rom`s and kernel out there, but if you just want to install and forget (no backuping, flashing, restoring...), I would go with stock rom, 2.3. is ok.
Everyone have their favorite, mine is: stock 20L, rooted, with custom Spica`s HP Kernel and Performance Pack and there is no problems with phone and Spica gives boost to stock rom.
There is some interesting poll too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350761

Memhis said:
Well, I think that if you wanna go custom, you must be in the touch with updates.
There is pretty good custom rom`s and kernel out there, but if you just want to install and forget (no backuping, flashing, restoring...), I would go with stock rom, 2.3. is ok.
Everyone have their favorite, mine is: stock 20L, rooted, with custom Spica`s HP Kernel and Performance Pack and there is no problems with phone and Spica gives boost to stock rom.
There is some interesting poll too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350761
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As I said, I dont know much about o2x, since it is not my phone, but is there any problems with 2.3? Is it faster than 2.2 and have they fix'ed all the FC he got with 2.2?
The problem is that, if I unroot and update to 2.3 I can't get back, so therefore I want to be 100% sure.
I know I have to keep it updated, and I will do that, just not 100% updated all the time. But if the rom and kernel is stable, its no big deal.
Thank you for your answer, I will wait to decide after a few more replies
edit: thx for the link, I will check it out asap!
It looks like CM7 is the right choice though...Maybe I should just update it and see if it fix his problems?

CM7 is the only one what I have not tried from the list, lol.
What do you think that you can`t go back? You can do with your phone everything you want . You can go to 2.3 then flash back to 2.2. Rooting is not a problem, there is very good guide how to do that, if you have a backup to flash. And there are all versions of stock roms to download.

Memhis said:
CM7 is the only one what I have not tried from the list, lol.
What do you think that you can`t go back? You can do with your phone everything you want . You can go to 2.3 then flash back to 2.2. Rooting is not a problem, there is very good guide how to do that, if you have a backup to flash. And there are all versions of stock roms to download.
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Well I've seen several people talking about that you can't root the 2.3 firmware.
Yeah you can downgrade ofc, forgot that. I downgraded a Desire Z, which was srsly tough. I guess it is hard to do with o2x too? (maybe a link to guide )

How to root 2.3 -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1327599
All info about rom, kernels and etc. can be found in development section, all what you need to do is some searching and reading.

Memhis said:
How to root 2.3 -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1327599
All info about rom, kernels and etc. can be found in development section, all what you need to do is some searching and reading.
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Thank you.
Other suggestions to stable roms/kernels?

I think the best way is that you try some roms by yourself. When you have done this one time its very easy and next time you can do it much faster. I'm testing GR5 at the moment. Its realesed today for everybody.
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And if you are not satisfied with performance you can flash a new kernel like spica's.

Rallerbabz said:
Thank you.
Other suggestions to stable roms/kernels?
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i installed miui yesterday it seems pretty good n way faster than the stock froyo
couldnt test the stock 2.3 as it wasnt available yet when i last checked for updates

I have tested probably every rom on this forum and in my opinion CM 7.1 stable is the best choice. Since yesterday i'm testing miui 1.11.18 and it seems to be very good as well. No freezes and bsods so far. But miui is based on CM so it has to be good With the SwiftExtreme kernel it's really fast. Battery is also good on both of them - much better then stock 2.3.
Sent from P990!

Best STOCK like rom?

I've went back to latest official ROM, 2.3.3 JVH NEE, released in Sweden by Samsung because I got tired to always hunt for the perfekt kernel and the perfect ROM.
Now I know why I started looking for other ROM's.. It's lags when playing musik via Spotify while you surf the net, slow over all respons in UI, I know it's slow due to RFS and I've converted to EXT4, but I'm not fully satisfied.
I want a as near STOCK ROM att possible and stable as original (Yes, the latest Swedish ROM, 2.3.3 JVH, is the most stable ROM I've used and got the best battery time, even tho it's slow.).
Does you know of any ROM that meet these requirements? I would like to not feel the difference if I rebooted my phone yesterday or two weeks ago.

zidz said:
I've went back to latest official ROM, 2.3.3 JVH NEE, released in Sweden by Samsung because I got tired to always hunt for the perfekt kernel and the perfect ROM.
Now I know why I started looking for other ROM's.. It's lags when playing musik via Spotify while you surf the net, slow over all respons in UI, I know it's slow due to RFS and I've converted to EXT4, but I'm not fully satisfied.
I want a as near STOCK ROM att possible and stable as original (Yes, the latest Swedish ROM, 2.3.3 JVH, is the most stable ROM I've used and got the best battery time, even tho it's slow.).
Does you know of any ROM that meet these requirements? I would like to not feel the difference if I rebooted my phone yesterday or two weeks ago.
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I would recommend you to try SAUROM JVU ROM. It's almost close to stock with huge loads of modifications integrated.

Yes, I would also go for SAUROM if it comes for a close to stock GB ROM. One of the benefits it has over many other Samsung-based ROMs is the integration of JKAY Mod that allows you to customize status bar buttons and power menu. Plus in the newest version it has some handy quick link buttons in the notification drawer.

Thank you guys, I'll take a look at Saurom.

___SAUROM___

I've also tried so many diff ROMs.
All I really wanted is nice working stock ROM.
Tried so many. Did not try SAUROM, cause this is a new one, but tried many SAUROM like. I mean ROMS, that claim that they are just like the stock, but better.
CM was fine, but it was also very complicated. And had some bugs.
Really stupid. I could not sync with google e.g.
Finally I ended up with MIUI. Surprisingly for myself.
Clean, nice, fast, easy swype customization and install.
Here are some screens:
http://db.tt/0gh5gInG
MIUI+Go launcher
It works fast, no lags, no freezes, nothing bad.
GSM works fine, GPS is super fast and accurate, battery is OK.
Finally I don't need to tweak my phone any more.

eternalko said:
I've also tried so many diff ROMs.
All I really wanted is nice working stock ROM.
Tried so many. Did not try SAUROM, cause this is a new one, but tried many SAUROM like. I mean ROMS, that claim that they are just like the stock, but better.
CM was fine, but it was also very complicated. And had some bugs.
Really stupid. I could not sync with google e.g.
Finally I ended up with MIUI. Surprisingly for myself.
Clean, nice, fast, easy swype customization and install.
Here are some screens:
http://db.tt/0gh5gInG
MIUI+Go launcher
It works fast, no lags, no freezes, nothing bad.
GSM works fine, GPS is super fast and accurate, battery is OK.
Finally I don't need to tweak my phone any more.
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Oh, thank you thank you thank you! I'll take a look at it!

Found several MIUI and forks? Would you like to post a link?

zidz said:
Found several MIUI and forks? Would you like to post a link?
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MIUI & Cyanogen are the real custom ROMS. All the rest are stock-based with tweaks and customization. Saurom is highly customizable compared to the other stock based. But if this doesn't matter to you, you can try Darky's latest ROM from his website. I currently use MIUI Rom, you can try the MINTBerry edition (Which I use ), available on the forum. And I would go for Saurom regarding stock based. Good Luck.

Ensifolk said:
MIUI & Cyanogen are the real custom ROMS. All the rest are stock-based with tweaks and customization. Saurom is highly customizable compared to the other stock based. But if this doesn't matter to you, you can try Darky's latest ROM from his website. I currently use MIUI Rom, you can try the MINTBerry edition (Which I use ), available on the forum. And I would go for Saurom regarding stock based. Good Luck.
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Thank you for you words! Actually i prefer stock like, but the most important is that it‘s stable like volvo
Will take a look at your sugestions.

Faryaab's F1:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058814
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CM7 kangaroo
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20111415
Nightly build still updated, real AOSP, less lag than stock, massive possibilities for customizations.
I've had JVH for some time, later JVU, now latest CM7.2 RC0 with CM7 kernel.
Changed to JVO modem (siky_dude has links to many flashable modems) to fix Hello-Hello-Bug. Better than JVK modem.
T9 dialer, better UI translation than JVU even for Norwegian, native keyboard support nor. + swe. + +
Don't flash each nightly (stress battery time?) but check changelog for interesting fixes. Most of the fixes are not even notable in every day use. Flashing new nightly WILL keep ALL settings, market apps, sms, data... Just clear cache/dalvik/prior flashing, fix permission post flashing.
BTW: ALL ROMs have some lag
(ref. ICSSGS RC4.2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20420260)

Thanks for all your support.
I'll try MIUI first(http://roms.miui.us/2.2.17/MIUI.us_galaxysmtd_2.2.17_Eng_Deo_ZipA_Signed.zip), never tried it but heard mutch about it.

Btw. Tried both the f1 and surface (like f1). Managed to **** up each in less than 2 weeks. Darky ROM was easy. Destroyed it in one week
but probably it is my party doing something really wrong.
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I tested a lot of Roms stock and the fastest rom is JVU.

matyas69 said:
I tested a lot of Roms stock and the fastest rom is JVU.
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is it stable too?
am i in need of any patches like phone.apk or anything for JVU?

zidz said:
is it stable too?
am i in need of any patches like phone.apk or anything for JVU?
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Have you tried Phone.apk from XXJW1?
Rooted JVU :
Activate fly-mode, use root explorer to mount r/w /system, overwrite /system/app/Phone.apk,
In CWM recovery Clear dalvik/cache , reboot

MIUI Mintberry 2.2.17 Close to perfection. No... definitely not. It is perfect.
I've been using the MIUI mintberry for a few weeks and it's so frickin' amazing. First impression was "oh this is beautiful" then i noticed it was fast. Few days passed and the battery life seemed great. I did some benchmarks and surprised by the results.
I would highly recommend for you to try that one!
Cheers

I'd go for DarkyRom... It worked pretty well for me, bur then I discovered MIUI Roms and they are much better!!

DarkyRom isnt a fully custom Rom. Its a stock samsung edited. There are only 2 custom gb roms. MIUI and Cyanogenmod7 and they run much faster ofcourse. Im a CM fan either way
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[Q] Moving away from Darky

It's a little sad, but the time has come for me to move on from DarkyROM. He no longer has time to develop, which is understandable and his v11 effort was admirable, but there are too many bugs for me to wait around for another 6 months to get fixed.
So where do I go from here? Anyone have any suggestions? I once tried going from DarkyROM to CM7, but my IMEI seemed to become mostly 0's...!
I'm after a complete package that gets updated regularly. I suppose CM would be good, but I need to know how to flash it without losing my IMEI again.
Thanks

Ypnos said:
It's a little sad, but the time has come for me to move on from DarkyROM. He no longer has time to develop, which is understandable and his v11 effort was admirable, but there are too many bugs for me to wait around for another 6 months to get fixed.
So where do I go from here? Anyone have any suggestions? I once tried going from DarkyROM to CM7, but my IMEI seemed to become mostly 0's...!
I'm after a complete package that gets updated regularly. I suppose CM would be good, but I need to know how to flash it without losing my IMEI again.
Thanks
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CM9 is pretty good at the moment. Very stable. Otherwise CM10 is a good choice, but it's not 100% finished yet.

If you want ICS, definitely CM9.1 stable.
If you want JB I would recommend Mackay ROM, which I use at the moment as well. It is updated frequently and very close to stock. Haven't encountered any problems yet.
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I too came from Darky rom , then Alliance rom. Now i have been using a cm9 based rom, SlimICS for a good while now .. very stable/fast/smooth!