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What ROM would you recommend for my sister?

Hey x8 XDA'ers.
First of all, I'm sorry for asking this kind of question, but Please bear with me man.
I'm looking for a good STABLE rom with stable battery life, good performance etc, for my sister. She's tired of hers Xperia X8 since it feels slow and react so damn slow.
I'm a SGSII user myself, so I dont know nothing about X8, but I promised her to try and improve her phone's performance so I would be grateful if you could tell me which rom's I should take a look at. Since it is my sister he knows nothing about tech-related stuff, so the rom needs to be stable and good for daily usage, since if anything goes wrong she have no clue what to do
I know XDA hate questions like "what is the best rom etc..", but I'm just asking for your personal experiences with the different rom and what you would recommend for this kind of usage
Thank you XDA!

if she doesn't need a lot of features and she's okay with eclair, i'd say stick with stock. or go for any of the gingerbread roms. all of them work great especially gingerdx and minicm7. plus if you install a custom kernel and overclock it slightly, performance would improve drastically. and if you want to go for ics, try minicm9 or isdx. h

MiniCM7 + nAa kernel is the most stable Rom out there.
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Well, if you want android 2.3 then choose between gingerDX or MiniCM7.
If android 4.0 then MiniCM9.

well, if its about your sister i can tell that she dont need high performance, but an improvement is nessecery.....and this rom must have and some beautiful icons?! am i wrong to somewhere?...no i am not!hahaha:laugh:
first to do, download x8toolbox(here), root, install busybox, install cwm, download gingerdx(here), put it in your sd card, reboot to cwm, full wipe-wipe dalvik, go to "install zip from sd", find the rom you download and wait until its finish, reboot, enjoy!
(i dont thing your sister needs a custom kernel, with this rom she will not have any problem and its a tone more awesome from eclair, so see will be happy)
this is all.

1. Pls use search next time.
2. Is the phone already rooted? Cwm installed? You may want to check our stickies for that.
3. I'm assuming your sis is on stock kernel (locked bootloader). If it's unlocked then that's a whole new ballgame.
Here are some you ay wanna check out:
1. Froyo roms are supposedly faster than gb roms (never tried though, so i can't elaborate on the features)
2. The really popular GingerDX. Smooth, fast, stable, and lots of features.
3. LinuxLx's LinuXperia. Cm 7.1. Great 2d/3d scores (dev is a girl so the appearance may be to your sister's liking)
4. Xperiafan's RCI V4. Haven't used it much but has good reviews.
Hope that helps.
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First of all, thank you so much for all those fast answers! Thank you!!
#2
She mainly wants better reaction/performance but an upgrade to Gingerbread or ICS would be great as well. I don't know if it would be good for the performance or not tho.
Thanks, I think I will check out Gingerdx, isdx and miniCM9. I think I'll overclock abit, but I still want it to be 100% stable, how much can I overclock, without destroying the battery life and making it unstable?
#3
Thanks for your opinion, will take it into account.
#4
Uhm, #2 mentioned isdx, what do you say about that?
#5
Hah! yeah probably
afaik ICS has beautiful icons, but maybe gingerdx has as well?
As mentioned, I'd like to overclock abit to increase the performance, so I bet a custom kernel would be good. What would recommend?
and thanks for the quick tutorial, I do know how to root'n'flash tho, since I've done it a ton of time on several other devices
#6
Sorry, I tried to make a quick search in the x8 forums, but I couldnt find a thread about recommended roms for girls
Most ppl recommend GingerDX, so I will probably check that out as well as MiniCM9, since ICS would perhaps be great (If it is stable tho)
She isnt going to play games I can tell for sure, so 3d score doesnt matter I guess. But thanks, will check it out, since it is a girl-made ROM
Amazing fast answers, thanks man! I appreciate any feedback <3

Ics aint stable . I dont reccomand for daily use man. GingerDX or MiniCM7 are just perfect.
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GDX v22 or VivoPrime or miniCM7!

Froyo pro 2.2.9 very fast...long battery..but low version.. try this...will happy..believe me just try this...for me unbelievelable...good.
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ok, first of all take out the battery andd look at the back sticker on the phone(on the phone!!!!!!!!), there will be a number like this 10wxx, 11wxx or 12wxx if it is 11w29+ just forget about unlocking bootloader,so you can not flash custom kernel, if it is 11w29- then look this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24630104&postcount=2 there you will find the links for guides about unlocking bootloader.
have fun!

If you unlock your bootloader and install a custom kernel (Alfs v8a CM7) I'd try GingerZaraki..
Best rom on this forum IMO..

stamatis16 said:
ok, first of all take out the battery andd look at the back sticker on the phone(on the phone!!!!!!!!), there will be a number like this 10wxx, 11wxx or 12wxx if it is 11w29+ just forget about unlocking bootloader,so you can not flash custom kernel, if it is 11w29- then look this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24630104&postcount=2 there you will find the links for guides about unlocking bootloader.
have fun!
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It says 11w19, so that's great
With gingerDX, which is the rom I will install, I've decided, what kernel would you recommend then?

Rallerbabz said:
It says 11w19, so that's great
With gingerDX, which is the rom I will install, I've decided, what kernel would you recommend then?
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Alfs because team GDX making Alfs kernel too!

MiniCm 7 With Hello Kitty CM7 THEME!

just try Kuyadroid
Kuyadroid is most stable rom,its on stock kernel so you dont need to unlock bootloader !! Its so easy to installing,just need rooted and xrecovery !!

Thanks, I think I have decided to go for GDX with alfs then more opinions are welcomed!
//SGSII\\

Okay, I have a few final questions.
The script to root x8 require ADB, so I need to install that again (just reinstalled windows), was so complicated.
Isnt SuperOneClick easier? ( This method -> http://www.xperia-x8.com/tutorial-how-to-root-sony-ericsson-xperia-x8/ )
How much is completely SAFE to overclock the x8 with alfs kernel and GDX rom?

About 760 mhz..dont set it on boot.
I dont recommend oc.shorter batery life.
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kuyadroid for stuck kernel....
minicm7-2.2.1 for gb smooth and stable
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rom with orginal sony's apps ??

first i have a w8 with 12w02 and i see a lot of roms with stock kernel but all of them (as i know) based on CM, so i really miss sony's apps like alarm, clock...
guys pls tell me a rom is a ported from xmini, lww... so we both have ginger bread and sony's apps
tks

But they are good roms, just try. As i know its not possible to port from 2011 devices. Cause they are armv7, x8 is armv6
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Try the old (but good ) GingerCruzt rom. This have SE look, and use some original SE app. Up to 8.4 it works on stock kernel (the latest 8.5 require custom kernel). And some xgin roms use some SE apps (widgets, contacts app, etc) around version 5.6-6.0. These roms is abandoned, and hard to find working download link. Unfortunatelly only these old hybrid solutions exist (cm7 + some SE apps) for stock kernel. If you lucky, maybe in the android development section you can find newer stock based roms what contains original SE apps (I not follow every rom threads), but do not want too much, these roms usually contains only SE launcher, timescape, some original widgets, dialer/contacts, xperia themed message app, 50-90% xperia look, and some apps what have modified UI to look similar to the SE apps.

Try semc Debrand by achotjan little buggy but stable and workable, does require custom kernel tho
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jmorrisson84 said:
Try semc Debrand by achotjan little buggy but stable and workable, does require custom kernel tho
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unfortunately, the op's date is 12wXX. so unlocking his bootloader is a huge risk.
@op: i understand your preference for sony's stock apps. but there are a lot of nice alternatives for them. if you don't want that, stock rom is pretty good (considering the situation).
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ScatteredHell said:
But they are good roms, just try. As i know its not possible to port from 2011 devices. Cause they are armv7, x8 is armv6
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ok but can we use gb apps from 2011 devices with w8/x8 ?
pilu1978 said:
Try the old (but good ) GingerCruzt rom. This have SE look, and use some original SE app. Up to 8.4 it works on stock kernel (the latest 8.5 require custom kernel). And some xgin roms use some SE apps (widgets, contacts app, etc) around version 5.6-6.0. These roms is abandoned, and hard to find working download link. Unfortunatelly only these old hybrid solutions exist (cm7 + some SE apps) for stock kernel. If you lucky, maybe in the android development section you can find newer stock based roms what contains original SE apps (I not follow every rom threads), but do not want too much, these roms usually contains only SE launcher, timescape, some original widgets, dialer/contacts, xperia themed message app, 50-90% xperia look, and some apps what have modified UI to look similar to the SE apps.
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jmorrisson84 said:
Try semc Debrand by achotjan little buggy but stable and workable, does require custom kernel tho
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cascabel said:
unfortunately, the op's date is 12wXX. so unlocking his bootloader is a huge risk.
@op: i understand your preference for sony's stock apps. but there are a lot of nice alternatives for them. if you don't want that, stock rom is pretty good (considering the situation).
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i tried to unlock boot loader but when clicked msm7227_whatever.bat it's failed lol
and now i think unlock bl for what, it's still arm v6 and it's still slow, i just need a viber and walkman device so better to stay away from risk )
tks you guys all, i'll try these roms.

i tried to ub my phone few days ago and got a hard brick
but luckily it's under warranty, so now i've got 11w21 hurayyyyyyyy

I guess u got lucky Now i guess u can unlock your phone's bootloader. For custom rom with sony look and feel i would recommend Gingercruzt 8.1/8.5 for stock kernel and 8.5 for custom kernel

killerassassin said:
I guess u got lucky Now i guess u can unlock your phone's bootloader. For custom rom with sony look and feel i would recommend Gingercruzt 8.1/8.5 for stock kernel and 8.5 for custom kernel
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Wtf????????
That's 12w02
Don't post anything you're not sure...
wanna thank xda? here

Gogeta said:
Wtf????????
That's 12w02
Don't post anything you're not sure...
wanna thank xda? here
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Gogeta not 12w02.He have bricked the device and give it to warranty.Now he have 11w21,so i think it's safe to unlock the bootloader.

przemek4113 said:
Gogeta not 12w02.He have bricked the device and give it to warranty.Now he have 11w21,so i think it's safe to unlock the bootloader.
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Oops
wanna thank xda? here

przemek4113 said:
Gogeta not 12w02.He have bricked the device and give it to warranty.Now he have 11w21,so i think it's safe to unlock the bootloader.
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how we can check it??? i also hard bricked my phone when trying to unlock my boot loader long time ago and got my phone and i didn't sure
Sony replaced it with old kernel or something
ORIGINALLY UNDER THE BATTERY IS 12W03! and can i take the risk again???
please help.i will jump to the sky if unlocking is succeed

95mediatech said:
how we can check it??? i also hard bricked my phone when trying to unlock my boot loader long time ago and got my phone and i didn't sure
Sony replaced it with old kernel or something
ORIGINALLY UNDER THE BATTERY IS 12W03! and can i take the risk again???
please help.i will jump to the sky if unlocking is succeed
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I don't know...About the risk i think that it would be better if you won't unlock your bootloader,because you don't know what date of manufacturing you have, and it's not with old kernel.This is the date of manufacturing the motherboard.
@voncount from who you know that you have 11w21 ?

I think GingerCruzt or XGin..

It's kinda sad

It's sad to watch all these new ROM'S and kernel's here knowing you can't have them because u can't unlock your bootloader....
And ROM'S compactible with stock kernel are sometimes(70% of time)slow.
I've realized that now aftee getting motherboard with date number 12W03
Now I know how it feels...to be limited :'(
Don't think I am complaining because I'm not,I just want to bring back a little development for stock kernel to show us,stock kernel users that we are not forgotten.
With this thread I am asking someone of you developers to make really lightweight,smooth ROM.
I know you are busy with developing for nAa or some other kernel but I think that other stock kernel user,will agree with me.
Sorry for your time and thanks for reading this!
Please don't tell that there are already plenty of good ROM'S for stock kernel user because there are not...no offense....I a just saying that most of them are slow and laggy

GDX ain't slow on stock kernel
I used it though
Except u need some heavy gaming
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don't forget froyobread. in my opinion one of the -if not the best- froyo rom for x8. stock kernel or not.
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cascabel said:
don't forget froyobread. in my opinion one of the -if not the best- froyo rom for x8. stock kernel or not.
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froyopro...is the best froyo rom :laugh: :laugh:

I have forgot that there is gdx...but i don't think its lightweight,and what about battery drain...but thanks for mentioning that
hm froyopro.....a lot of users said its lightweight ,fast ,stable and battery drain..well nobody mentioned that
i'll make a review of it when i install it

8cpaiw said:
I have forgot that there is gdx...but i don't think its lightweight,and what about battery drain...but thanks for mentioning that
hm froyopro.....a lot of users said its lightweight ,fast ,stable and battery drain..well nobody mentioned that
i'll make a review of it when i install it
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No battery drain on froyopro! Where did you get that ridiculous statement from?

Mimicm 1.0.2 is great and I used it while I was at stock kernel and it was like eclair,fast,smooth,reliable. Definitely try it!
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8cpaiw said:
I have forgot that there is gdx...but i don't think its lightweight,and what about battery drain...but thanks for mentioning that
hm froyopro.....a lot of users said its lightweight ,fast ,stable and battery drain..well nobody mentioned that
i'll make a review of it when i install it
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GDX has battery drain on stock kernel?
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Well, stock is ungrateful and painful in development. I don't like to re-stock 50 times, root 50 times, put recovery etc. and still don't know what's going on because logcat doesn't even start. So I wouldn't expect so many ROMs.
And hey, it's 2013 adn X8 was released in 2010 so it's like using Celeron 433 MHz now

Please don't tell that there are already plenty of good ROM'S for stock kernel user because there are not...no offense....I a just saying that most of them are slow and laggy
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There are already plenty of good ROMs for stock kernel.
You are missing something very important mate, X8 come with eclair 2.1, if you are not satisfied with what devs give you then make sth better or don't complain, nobody cares if you feel limited.
Friendly...

fotak-x said:
froyopro...is the best froyo rom :laugh: :laugh:
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Tell that to doixanh, who after trying FroyoPro went back to FroyoBread.
Lukenda said:
Mimicm 1.0.2 is great and I used it while I was at stock kernel and it was like eclair,fast,smooth,reliable. Definitely try it!
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Definitely worth a try. But the latest iterations of GingerDX work great. Probably even better when lots of apps are installed. Tho I didn't tried MiniCM6 with the A2SD script I'm using now.
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I have forgot that there is gdx...but i don't think its lightweight
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I don't know what you mean by lightweight. GingerDX is pretty standard when it comes to the apps that come with it. Besides anything you don't like can just be uninstalled using Titanium Backup.

Fortun said:
Tell that to doixanh, who after trying FroyoPro went back to FroyoBread.
Definitely worth a try. But the latest iterations of GingerDX work great. Probably even better when lots of apps are installed. Tho I didn't tried MiniCM6 with the A2SD script I'm using now.
I don't know what you mean by lightweight. GingerDX is pretty standard when it comes to the apps that come with it. Besides anything you don't like can just be uninstalled using Titanium Backup.
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i have to agree. no offense to froyopro users, but froyobread seems to be smoother for me. faster too, imho. haven't tried minicm 1.0.X though.
for gb, i think gdx is good. may be the best stock kernel gb rom right now.
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It's sad to watch all these new ROM'S and kernel's here knowing you can't have them because u can't unlock your bootloader....
And ROM'S compactible with stock kernel are sometimes(70% of time)slow.
I've realized that now aftee getting motherboard with date number 12W03
Now I know how it feels...to be limited :'(
Don't think I am complaining because I'm not,I just want to bring back a little development for stock kernel to show us,stock kernel users that we are not forgotten.
With this thread I am asking someone of you developers to make really lightweight,smooth ROM.
I know you are busy with developing for nAa or some other kernel but I think that other stock kernel user,will agree with me.
Sorry for your time and thanks for reading this!
Please don't tell that there are already plenty of good ROM'S for stock kernel user because there are not...no offense....I a just saying that most of them are slow and laggy
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I know that feel bro.. I know that feel.. But I'm using ShockGen Mod v2 and it's quite fast.. I don't want to use stock rom so I decided to change..

Friend i feel your pain...:highfive: but do not worry there are some excellent roms for stock kernel... :fingers-crossed:.
1. PrimeHD... Version 6
2. GingerDX....any version...
3. Froyobread.....v23:
4. floyo 0.30....:victory:

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I am sick of this phone and i need something to spice things up with a stock kernel if possible i need a new stable and fast rom.
I have no idea what to choose.

jackaros said:
I am sick of this phone and i need something to spice things up with a stock kernel if possible i need a new stable and fast rom.
I have no idea what to choose.
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I have stock kernel (and i would like to keep it that way

gdx is always a good place to start.

[q] how to flash stock kernel

I WAS WONDERING HOW I CAN FLASH THE SONY'S STOCK KERNEL ON A CUSTOM ROM LIKE CYANOGENMOD AND AOKP
BECAUSE ALL THE OHER KERNELS HAVE REALLY BAD BATTERY LIFE
IS THERE A WAY TO RUN CYANOGENMOD ROM ON SONYS STOCK KERNEL ???
I LUV THE SONY STOCK ROM BECAUSE OF ITS BATTERY,BUT I ALSO LUV CYANOGENMOD BECAUSE OF ITS CUSTOMIZATION AND LOOKS
PLEASE LET ME KNOW, IM STUCK GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SONY'S FIRMWARE AND CYANOGE

First, here are steps in turning off caps lock:
http://www.wikihow.com/Turn-Off-Caps-Lock
Secondly, please search before you post.
Thirdly, if somehow you just can't find what you're looking for:
No, you can't use Sony's kernel on CM11 based ROMs.
You can flash Doom's advanced stock kernel which is just Sony's stock kernel with added recovery via recovery if you want to switch back to stock-based ROMs. It is found in Doomkernel thread, please search for it.

Even we would really like to see AOSP/CM/MIUI on stock kernel, there's no luck...
But...
There are some projects trying to build MIUI on stick kernel so join them and try to help...
..hehe.. Here are steps for turning off caps lock...haha....good one...
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great help
tomascus said:
first, here are steps in turning off caps lock:
http://www.wikihow.com/turn-off-caps-lock
secondly, please search before you post.
Thirdly, if somehow you just can't find what you're looking for:
No, you can't use sony's kernel on cm11 based roms.
You can flash doom's advanced stock kernel which is just sony's stock kernel with added recovery via recovery if you want to switch back to stock-based roms. It is found in doomkernel thread, please search for it.
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first, i would turn off the caps lock key if i could, its broken
second, if u cant answer the question right, dont bother trying
third, thanks for the little help anyways

hassanman1997 said:
first, i would turn off the caps lock key if i could, its broken
second, if u cant answer the question right, dont bother trying
third, thanks for the little help anyways
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Hey, at least I helped instead of telling you to search yourself like you should all the time. Is everything working fine now?
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tomascus said:
Hey, at least I helped instead of telling you to search yourself like you should all the time. Is everything working fine now?
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yea, thanks for that
and no, i couldnt get anything
its just that th custom roms for xperia z1 dont have the same battery llife as the sony's stock rom
thats all

hassanman1997 said:
I WAS WONDERING HOW I CAN FLASH THE SONY'S STOCK KERNEL ON A CUSTOM ROM LIKE CYANOGENMOD AND AOKP
BECAUSE ALL THE OHER KERNELS HAVE REALLY BAD BATTERY LIFE
IS THERE A WAY TO RUN CYANOGENMOD ROM ON SONYS STOCK KERNEL ???
I LUV THE SONY STOCK ROM BECAUSE OF ITS BATTERY,BUT I ALSO LUV CYANOGENMOD BECAUSE OF ITS CUSTOMIZATION AND LOOKS
PLEASE LET ME KNOW, IM STUCK GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SONY'S FIRMWARE AND CYANOGE
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CM,PAC other custom roms need custom kernel only..
there are no chances they work on stock kernel....
stock based roms only work on stock kernel

so in conclusion
is there any custom rom out there for xperia z1 that has a really good battery life ?