[Q] Good, Stable ROM? - Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh

OK, I had to RSD/SBF my OGDroid back to stock froyo because i was having all the issues like what was in the thread over in the BB forum. So I've been looking around and there doesn't seem to be exactly stable or bug free ROM'S. Does anyone have any suggestions that I may have overlooked for a good stable ROM (froyo or GB) with minimal issues i.e. battery life, FC's and such? thanks in advance for your ideas.

I have been on a few. Best results with ho!no! and froyomod.
Gf uses phone now. She is actually happier with hono's latest release.
Give Ho!No! a try

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[Q] If Enom 2.14.4 is it, what's next for you?

Guys,
I'm a stability freak, kind of the opposite end of the planet from the CM7 nightly guys I suppose... I love the extra features that are in some ROMs, but Enom's ROM has lots of nice features and is rock solid stable.
But as we all know, he has taken personal leave of Android since December and maybe he'll come back, maybe he won't...
So for you all who want a stable ROM similar to Enom, what are you considering, or what have you already tried? I'm hoping CM7 gets stable and released in the next bit and I'll perhaps move to it, but I really don't want to leave Enom. However I've heard Gingerbread is a bit faster, better storage efficiency, plus fixes, etc..
I'd create a poll, but there's too many ROMs to really put in there I suppose and I'd inevitably leave one or two out, so I won't.
Really never had a problem with CM7. It never reboots and I always get my calls/messages. What do you need more stability from.
You could always try the stock rooted rom plus whatever extras you need.
I am currently using Geo's stock GB ROM. It is running pretty good. DT A2SD seems to screw with the phone volume. (Not sure how or why, but I tested this extensively over the last 2 hours and it definitely does something to it.) Battery life is a little bit lacking. Perhaps a better kernel will help that out. The only thing that is really needed is trackball wake/unlock. I hope someone can fix the code for GB soon. I never really cared for FM radio, so no loss there for me. Aside from the lack of Enom's spare parts, I am happy with it.
lets hope enom comes back to us (greedily ).. i think were all in agreeance when i say he has his priorities straight... all the best to enom..
aside from that, i enjoyed leos roms shortly after froyo was released. i think he was on personal leave as well just recently.. his spare parts reminded me of enoms as far as options. even though he doesnt have the 'hardware skills' necessary, id love to see more from leo..
DT A2SD seems to screw with the phone volume. (Not sure how or why said:
try using the stable release if youre on the beta.
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Very happy with the speed & stability of Geo's GB rom!
CM7 RC1 running VERY well for me. No wonks, great battery.. stable and fast
Yes I am missing enomthers latest touch for the gingerbread ota. But family comes first. Right now I am using dsixda gingerbread rom with root, deodexe, dt's apps2sd, busybox. So far it is running good. Was on geo114m's gingerbread for a little while.
What I miss about enomthers rom is the ability to uninstall programs that you are not going to use. Now I have to semi cook a rom taking out the stuff I don't want. Only thing all of these ota gbs are missing is the trackball wake and alert. Might go back to the latest enomther until that happens.
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After testing different roms, I'm now very happy with SuperAosp rom.
DirkGently1 said:
CM7 RC1 running VERY well for me. No wonks, great battery.. stable and fast
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+1 for me.
coldchillen said:
try using the stable release if youre on the beta.
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Where can I find the latest stable release? In the DT thread, I only see the last beta (4).
Know-Fear said:
Where can I find the latest stable release? In the DT thread, I only see the last beta (4).
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ftp://dtuser:[email protected]//
direct link:
http://www.darktremor.info/files/a2sd/dtapps2sd-2.7.5.2-1-signed.zip
I'm coming from Enom's ROM. I took the plunge and installed a couple of nightlies, and then CM7RC1.
I deeply regret it.
Even Dewonkifier didn't help me. Today my mic went silent and I had to reboot to regain it. I can't count the calls I've missed in the last week.
I don't like having to recompile it to build battery percentage.
Gingerbread completely sucks when it comes to launchers (or should I say it the other way around - all the launchers completely suck under Gingerbread). No launcher has been optimized to work with more than 5 screens - and that includes Go-EX / ADW / LP. They suck so badly I can't stand it. Nexus S has it the same way for almost 2 months - and it hasn't been fixed yet. I don't have high hopes of somebody fixing it too soon, until more devices with GB appear.
The only reason I'm keeping CM7 at this point is because I want to correct its RTL language support - it annoys me (specifically when mixing RTL and LTR languages, and more specifically - in punctuation). Plus, I hope to make it distinguish between LTR and RTL strings using a bit better algorithm than the "any RTL symbols in the string? => RTL string" current one. And make it adjustable under CM menus.
This week/weekend I hope to find enough time for it, test it, hopefully submit it (if I get a better solution than the current one), and I'm seriously considering going back to Enom's ROM, at least until one of the launchers gets GB-compatible and CM7 will be merged with GRI40 source and gets rid of the wonks. Never had this SMS bug for a year, don't think it'll bother me in another couple of months. And I don't use Copy-Paste nearly enough to justify GB sweetness. I'll really miss the screen animation...
Thank you very much kind sir.
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ftp://dtuser:[email protected]//
direct link:
http://www.darktremor.info/files/a2sd/dtapps2sd-2.7.5.2-1-signed.zip
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This may actually be my first post here on XDA after countless hours of reading, installing, testing, tweaking and starting all over with my N1.
Your post title says it all. When Enomther called it quits, I figured my N1 had reached it's zenith and would live out it's days rocking The Official 2.14.4. This ROM does it all: Fast, many kernels available to play with, feature-rich, STABLE, did I mention fast?
Out of curiosity regarding the sheer number of threads, I just had to try an MIUI ROM. Tried the stock set-up from miui-dev.com. While I thought the graphics and integrated feature set was great, it was very buggy. Lots of little things just did not work as they should have.
I was not interested in CM7 as bloat seems to have sapped away speed over the last several months.
However, I have run the Gingerbread custom set-up put together by Geo411m and it rocks! Very stable so far, good battery life with the stock kernel, everything works like it should and the performance is excellent. Menus are snappy, web pages scroll smoothly...there are very few issues and I am thrilled that the N1s have a new lease on life.
Only two gripes about Gingerbread so far:
1) No Trackball unlock
2) No power widget integrated into the pull down - I LOVED this feature for toggling system states.
Other than those minor issues that I am sure will be addressed in future ROMs, I am thrilled with GB. Now if only Enomther would weave his magic once again...
Thanks to the great community that makes these phones so fun and powerful!
axial_pro
I'm with the TS when he says that he needs stability. CM7 up until RC1 was just not cutting it, too many wonks and quarks. I put CM7 RC1 on my N1 and it works, but I ended up back on Kang - o - rama's version of cm6.1. Now that I've seen Kangorama release a version with CM7, I may give that a shot.
One of my biggest concerns is memory. If I don't need the stock launcher or ADW, then I don't want to waste the memory there. Kang o rama really works that out with its advanced installer.
For now though, I'm more than happy with Kang o rama. My N1, my gf's N1, and my roommates N1 all are running it and are VERY pleased.
So not surprisingly overwhelming CM7 responses.. So maybe I'll try that as well, but I'm still going to wait until CM7 is released and the "wonky" stuff is fixed.
It's funny how some of us are having polar opposite experiences with CM7 RC1. Really good for some and totally lousy for others
I guess it depends on the usage, and on the level of stability required from the ROM...
I think if I was used to rebooting my phone once in a couple of days - I wouldn't notice some of the problems. If I wasn't used to having 7 screens filled with widgets and icons - I wouldn't complain about the launchers and GB. If I had a lot of calls - possibly I wouldn't have the phone idle for enough time to wonk out. Some uses make the problems more visible.
ayvecs said:
Yes I am missing enomthers latest touch for the gingerbread ota. But family comes first. Right now I am using dsixda gingerbread rom with root, deodexe, dt's apps2sd, busybox. So far it is running good. Was on geo114m's gingerbread for a little while.
What I miss about enomthers rom is the ability to uninstall programs that you are not going to use. Now I have to semi cook a rom taking out the stuff I don't want. Only thing all of these ota gbs are missing is the trackball wake and alert. Might go back to the latest enomther until that happens.
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I'm running this one as well.
I've found it to be extremely stable and even better battery life than Enom's. I've also seen an improvement in bluetooth connectivity.
I miss most the status bar power control widget, better trackball notification and the flexibility of his spareparts mod.
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Only two gripes about Gingerbread so far:
1) No Trackball unlock
2) No power widget integrated into the pull down - I LOVED this feature for toggling system states.
axial_pro
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these are the exact two features I'm missing from the GB roms out there. I tried Geos GB rom and after a few hours I couldn't deal without having these features.

[Q]Which ROM do you reccomend?

At the moment I am using a stock 2.3.3 ROM on my SGS.
I wanted to ask if custom ROMs bring anything special to the table.
I remember using Cyanogen on an old HTC Magic. I liked it but the GPS didn't work, the camera couldn't zoom and the alarm didn't work either.
Can someone recommend me a ROM with decent battery usage, a GPS that works and without too many bugs? Thanks in advance
I would like to ask the same thing.
I was using GingerReal since the last months but in i9000 the development has stopped so I am looking for a rom:
- Very stable (the most important things because I hate software crashes).
- Kernel customizable by the user (I prefer semaphore and dark core).
- With a good development and constant new versions.
Could anyone help me, recommending us a rom?
magarto said:
I would like to ask the same thing.
I was using GingerReal since the last months but in i9000 the development has stopped so I am looking for a rom:
- Very stable (the most important things because I hate software crashes).
- Kernel customizable by the user (I prefer semaphore and dark core).
- With a good development and constant new versions.
Could anyone help me, recommending us a rom?
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i've tried various roms incl goatrip,gingereal,simply honey,surface,darkky etc but i've found simply honey to be the smoothest in my experience..
and when it comes to kernel choose galaxian or talon both very good...
The last CM7.1 nightly #70 is very stable and have a really good power management.
ive heard wonderful things about simply honey, although i have never used it lol, I do however like the look of the new sgs2 rom (unsure of its name, its in development section) it looks really nice and reports of it being super fast and stable....
however... all that aside, I am a MIUI user, and i would HIGHLY recommend trying it, especially if you are willing to flash anyway, The features are incredible, the customisation is epic, and the speed and the overall look is plain awesome.
Battery life has dramatically improved, some users get 3 days on a single charge, everything works as it should, and GPS (for me) has never been better...
Before you decide, just have a look at the various MIUI threads, Look at some screenshots and some videos, read peoples comments, I have never looked elsewhere since i switched to MIUI 4+ months ago....

Best "clean" samsung rom

Hi everybody, after a lot of months i've been using modded roms i decided to come back to a samsung one.
I've always experienced every kind of problem with modded rom, so now i' looking for the most stable possible rom, with less FC possible and good battery duration.
Can you please help me?
Really really thank you
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sciacallo010 said:
Hi everybody, after a lot of months i've been using modded roms i decided to come back to a samsung one.
I've always experienced every kind of problem with modded rom, so now i' looking for the most stable possible rom, with less FC possible and good battery duration.
Can you please help me?
Really really thank you
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Try Blockbuster 5.0 with last galaxian kernel. No fc, best colours i ever have, brilliant battery life and super smooth and fast
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Tornado: kernel allows you to completely cleanse your system, then load Tornado rom and you have fast, sleek and stable. No issues.
It seems the last two posters misunderstood the question. I think he's asking about Samsung stock ROMs, not custom ROMs.
In which case, from my personal experience, JS8 is the best Samsung ROM I've used, as I had no issues or bugs with it, and it was pretty quick without a lagfix. For Gingerbread, JVQ/JVR are the latest, and probably the best, but do have niggles. Arguably though, they're slightly better performers than JS8. So if you want reliable, go with a very late Froyo ROM, but if you want the best performance, just go with the latest Gingerbread.
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It seems the last two posters misunderstood the question. I think he's asking about Samsung stock ROMs, not custom ROMs.
In which case, from my personal experience, JS8 is the best Samsung ROM I've used, as I had no issues or bugs with it, and it was pretty quick without a lagfix. For Gingerbread, JVQ/JVR are the latest, and probably the best, but do have niggles. Arguably though, they're slightly better performers than JS8. So if you want reliable, go with a very late Froyo ROM, but if you want the best performance, just go with the latest Gingerbread.
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That's exactly what i mean.
In my experience only samsung stock roms hadn't this kind of problems, maybe just a little lag, but i they are so sure, maybe i'll try those 2 roms
I am very happy with the ROM Amestris [XXJVR], fast and more importantly stable.
From the graphical point of view is very impressive (nice icons) without changing too much stock rom

[Q] Looking for advice on new ROM

I've been running Fasty v2.0 for a while now and i'm looking to change to a new rom... but not sure what to go with CM7? newest Fasty, serendipity, firefly.. ect.. so many choices so little time i'm looking for something that will have good battery life, and something that doesn't lag a ton.. i know this is kinda a personal preference thing.. but what seems to be a popular rom?
Any suggestions would be great.. also how can i check my bootloader version?
Darkomen64 said:
I've been running Fasty v2.0 for a while now and i'm looking to change to a new rom... but not sure what to go with CM7? newest Fasty, serendipity, firefly.. ect.. so many choices so little time i'm looking for something that will have good battery life, and something that doesn't lag a ton.. i know this is kinda a personal preference thing.. but what seems to be a popular rom?
Any suggestions would be great.. also how can i check my bootloader version?
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I dont know of a way to check bootloader version. Some of the super developers around here might, but I don't.
Asking what would be a good rom to use is like asking a guy across the world what kind of ice cream you should buy. The only way to know for sure is to try them all.
Basic info on roms. Most I9000 ports have more tweaks and are higher in the dev (source drops for them before I897's) They also have better upload speeds on mobile network. I897 have Audience chip support. Any else past that would be my own opinion on both types.
Darkomen64 said:
I've been running Fasty v2.0 for a while now and i'm looking to change to a new rom... but not sure what to go with CM7? newest Fasty, serendipity, firefly.. ect.. so many choices so little time i'm looking for something that will have good battery life, and something that doesn't lag a ton.. i know this is kinda a personal preference thing.. but what seems to be a popular rom?
Any suggestions would be great.. also how can i check my bootloader version?
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Anything gingerbread based is going to have worse battery life than a Froyo based rom. This is because the source code is available for Froyo allowing for some system processes to be turned off. These processes continuously run in Gingerbread eating up battery. If I were you, I would try out Andromeda3. Its an I-9000 based rom with great support if you run into any problems. Not to mention a BLN control kernel with voodoo lagfix.
If you need good battery life, I would stay with an i9000 or I897 based rom. They are super stable for daily use.
capocaccia said:
Anything gingerbread based is going to have worse battery life than a Froyo based rom. This is because the source code is available for Froyo allowing for some system processes to be turned off. These processes continuously run in Gingerbread eating up battery. If I were you, I would try out Andromeda3. Its an I-9000 based rom with great support if you run into any problems. Not to mention a BLN control kernel with voodoo lagfix.
If you need good battery life, I would stay with an i9000 or I897 based rom. They are super stable for daily use.
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Im having ALOT better battery on GB than what I ever had on Froyo roms.... Just saying.
I got better battery life on Continuum v6.1, kinda. On MIUI, get pretty good battery life. Big difference is on MIUI I leave background data on, whereas on Continuum I had it disabled.

[Q] Which rom is the fastest?

Hello! I just started to realize that other roms than the original is much better. I just installed the MIUI 1.9.9 rom for SGT and i like it alot. It looks great. Does anyone know any other roms that look good and are really fast? I want the fastest i can get. Cheers!
GloWeX said:
Hello! I just started to realize that other roms than the original is much better. I just installed the MIUI 1.9.9 rom for SGT and i like it alot. It looks great. Does anyone know any other roms that look good and are really fast? I want the fastest i can get. Cheers!
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BOCA RC1 is the Fastest rom that i've tested.
Perfect for Gaming and Daily use.
http://magrathearoms.weebly.com/boca-rc1.html
Credits to Dizgustipated.
okok. So do you or anyone else knows how this stands up against MIUI 1.9.9 in design and speed?
Try it, that's the only way you will ever know.
What is <Better / Faster / Battery Life> type threads are very user subjective.
Try, Test & Choose.
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