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Is it just me or has the support for this phone by devs increased an insane amount since July of last year? I remember there were only 3 or 4 roms available now there's 20! Just think it's amazing what overseas sales and price drops have done for this phone as it reaches its birthday in April (I think). Go devs!
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so true !!!
I agree completely.
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And we all love it!!!
good to know
Hi all I'm new, i have to make a few posts before i can be allowed to post in the android development, it kinda sucks cause all i wanna do is thanks the Virtuous team for bringins out Quattro lol
I too agree. Its Incredible to see devs supporting this device. Thanks a lot Dev's. We love you.
i wish i could get ics with sense
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i wish i could get ics with sense
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yes, sense 3.5 to be exact
Maybe it will. Just let them finnish the stock ICS rom without bugs. All other will follow.
The IncS is still a margianl phone regarding ROM and other stuff, compared to the Desire HD and Sensation - but it's going the right way ;-)
agree!!! love my Incredible S more!!
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The IncS is still a margianl phone regarding ROM and other stuff, compared to the Desire HD and Sensation - but it's going the right way ;-)
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That's true, but we have official CM7 (and CM9, hopefully), official MIUI, then some fantastic Sense ROMs (Virtuous, ARHD, Nik's, Energy...), and ICS is just around corner... Not to mention kernels like Tiamat and Lord Clockan's (ported, though). Thats more than enough, if you ask me.
We maybe don't have quantity, but quality is there!
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Hi all I'm new, i have to make a few posts before i can be allowed to post in the android development, it kinda sucks cause all i wanna do is thanks the Virtuous team for bringins out Quattro lol
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I'm new, and here for the same reason as you. The Virtuous team did an
song job and bringing us the first truly usable ICS rom!
Dev's are champion
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Is there any custom ICS roms? sorry for sounding stupid but I cant find any.
Seems like there are 2 available and the developers have moved away from xda. One is made by Pirateghost and called Rum Float: http://blog.androidninjas.com/rom-dev/htc-vivid/rum-float/
The other is made by WildChild and you have to register to see the vivid section here: http://www.wcxxperia-nce.com/
Anyone tried these custome ROMS?
Hey, has anyone tried these custome ROMS, I would like to get something without AT&T apps included......
wildchild has a generic one that has all the att stuff removed
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Hey, has anyone tried these custome ROMS, I would like to get something without AT&T apps included......
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both of them roms will get you no att bloatware...
i personally use wildchilds generic build as it has working wifi teathering
I have PG's Rum Float Beta4, updated from Beta2. No bloat and ofcourse rooted, really like it.
He has his own web site, if you search for Rum Float, it should pop up.
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both of them roms will get you no att bloatware...
i personally use wildchilds generic build as it has working wifi teathering
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I'm on the ATT build with working tethering.
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I'm on the ATT build with working tethering.
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sweet i guess you used the work around posted in his fourm and it worked
i just use his generic cuz it works right off the bat
Hi xda,
It would seem that I've jumped into this a little late, but what happened to make all the cooks leave xda and ignore the Vivid, Velocity etc.
Sorry but I've been away from xda for about 12 months while living in Blackberry-land.
I'd really like an ICS ROM for my Velocity without HTC's bastard 'Sense' bloatness.
Also - is getting root access to the Velocity as easy as it was for the HD2?
Cheers;
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Hi xda,
It would seem that I've jumped into this a little late, but what happened to make all the cooks leave xda and ignore the Vivid, Velocity etc.
Sorry but I've been away from xda for about 12 months while living in Blackberry-land.
I'd really like an ICS ROM for my Velocity without HTC's bastard 'Sense' bloatness.
Also - is getting root access to the Velocity as easy as it was for the HD2?
Cheers;
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CM9 port is being worked on. Check the dev thread. Other than that, there are Sense ICS ROM's available, just not many here.. at this point.
As far as what happened, no need to stir up bad memories Look through some of the threads from last month and you'll figure it out. In the mean time, follow the golden rule, and the rules of the forum, and maybe they'll start trickling back in
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CM9 port is being worked on. Check the dev thread. Other than that, there are Sense ICS ROM's available, just not many here.. at this point...
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I will be stuck to the Dev thread like glue today; sorry Council, there will be no IT movement today! The systems engineer just got a new toy
Everyone contribute and help test and get logcats in!
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... One is made by Pirateghost and called Rum Float: http://blog.androidninjas.com/rom-dev/htc-vivid/rum-float/...
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Is anyone able to upload a screenshot of this? I'd be really interested to know if there is a sense 3.5 or 3.6 running on top. If not - hells yeah PirateGhost! I hate Sense!!!
Cheers;
Sense 3.6
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I am using Wild Childs at&t build of ics. It is awesome! He did an outstanding job with the rom. Silky smooth, looks like stock without the bloat! Plus with the mods here in the forums like extended menu, signal icon changer, and some other mods you can't beat it. This phone rocks hard!
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Is anyone able to upload a screenshot of this? I'd be really interested to know if there is a sense 3.5 or 3.6 running on top. If not - hells yeah PirateGhost! I hate Sense!!!
Cheers;
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Then why an HTC? Just curious..
Because the majority of samsungs and other brands embarrass android and apple still feels outdated and something for social status?
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Then why an HTC? Just curious..
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IMO its the lesser of all evils. Every brand has their own "skin". So even if you prefer AOSP, you might as well get the brand with the best looking and best functioning skin. Of course there is the nexus phones, but those aren't for everyone.
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Because the majority of samsungs and other brands embarrass android and apple still feels outdated and something for social status?
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Agreed. I just don't know that I could talk myself into the investment of a device that runs software that I hated, with the possibility of not be able to change it. Granted there are things being worked on now (CM9), but let's be real, this phone was released in November and to this point we haven't seen anything Sense-less (for reasons beyond the dev's control - just got kernel source 10 days ago fcs), it would be very tough for me to buy the device at this point if I hated Sense . I don't know how long shayla's had theirs though...
Why is it that when I just upgrade to the HTC vivid all the devs quit working on it now I'm stuck with the phone...
Does anyone think there will be any new development for this phone or did I just waste my money? Thanks in advance also does anyone have any idea how much American Currency my White 10/10 condition S-OFFed Unlocked with Holics Rom would be worth I'm probably gonna sell it and buy a new phone like a SII or SII
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Some have moved on yes and its quite from time to time but there are still some great roms , kernels , and programmes out there for the device as there is still a few good devs working on stuff , I'd give it a chance and try some out here and other forums and find one ya like , but if your a flash catholic then maybe its not the device of choice .
Good luck and enjoy .
There's a Sony xperia port in the works over at rootzwiki....
And you wouldn't get more than $300 for a perfect condition...I got mine for $225 8/10 like 4 months ago...that was the typical price...since the phone has aged...prices/demand has also dropped...
Next time before upgrading do research on more then just the hardware of the phone...
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There's a Sony xperia port in the works over at rootzwiki....
And you wouldn't get more than $300 for a perfect condition...I got mine for $225 8/10 like 4 months ago...that was the typical price...since the phone has aged...prices/demand has also dropped...
Next time before upgrading do research on more then just the hardware of the phone...
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What's is the difference between a Xperia port and any other Rom and yeah I know I didn't really think of it when I bought the phone
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Its because the device is a nightmare to develop for. Most developers have moved on to more developer friendly hardware, you can't blame them really. Aside from battery life, this is a great phone for a non techie, or an iphone user who wants to try "something else". But its not for the hardcore android fan, and its not a geeks phone at all.
My mistake buying this phone was (a) thinking sense was better than at actually was and (b) thinking I was done with custom roms and just wanted a good stable phone. The biggest mistake was extending my contract another 2 years to get it, I can correct the phone easily, Galaxy nexuses are only $350 off google play, you sell this phone on ebay, you'll get over half of it there. But being stuck with overpriced AT&T for 2 years, thats the real regret!
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What's is the difference between a Xperia port and any other Rom and yeah I know I didn't really think of it when I bought the phone
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An xperia port is basically a Sony phone...so its whole New UI, its not sense and its not aosp...its Sony UI...whatever that is lol
But like Motorola has motoblur, Samsung has touchwiz, HTC has sense...Sony has...idk, but its getting ported
Oh yeah, its gonna be ics 4.0.4, not 4.0.3 like the rest of our rims...
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How come no one has mentioned WCX? He's about the best dev for our phone and his Roms are completely stable with 0 bugs and awesome battery life and plenty of updates. Rafy is going strong with his ports too and they are good but battery life isn't as good for me so I tend to stick with WCX.
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How come no one has mentioned WCX? He's about the best dev for our phone and his Roms are completely stable with 0 bugs and awesome battery life and plenty of updates. Rafy is going strong with his ports too and they are good but battery life isn't as good for me so I tend to stick with WCX.
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I was using wcx illuminati mod version for a while...but switche to blitz a while back now I'm on stock rooted...might check out wcx again...see what he's done lately
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bswann said:
How come no one has mentioned WCX? He's about the best dev for our phone and his Roms are completely stable with 0 bugs and awesome battery life and plenty of updates. Rafy is going strong with his ports too and they are good but battery life isn't as good for me so I tend to stick with WCX.
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I use holics Rom and its by far the best Rom I've used on my vivid yet I love the look and the jellybean theme I don't think I've tried the wcx Rom I use his recovery and I love it a lot more than cwm
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Yeah I hear WCX's, rom is awesome I plan to try it out soon.
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I was using wcx illuminati mod version for a while...but switche to blitz a while back now I'm on stock rooted...might check out wcx again...see what he's done lately
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I would wait, he has an update out for testers and it is looking real good and is faster than before. It shouldn't be too long before its released for download.
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xPyromaniac said:
I use holics Rom and its by far the best Rom I've used on my vivid yet I love the look and the jellybean theme I don't think I've tried the wcx Rom I use his recovery and I love it a lot more than cwm
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You won't find it on here or rootzwiki, its on his own website/forum
Google "wcx illuminati", should be the first link. Create an account, get 10 posts then you can download his rom
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Aww, I was gonna mention WCX's ROMs and now I can't :crying:
HeeHee, j/k... Anyway, WC does have great ROMs. I've been running his ROMs and have never had any problems.
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Aww, I was gonna mention WCX's ROMs and now I can't :crying:
HeeHee, j/k... Anyway, WC does have great ROMs. I've been running his ROMs and have never had any problems.
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I would use WCXs rom but its too stock i want a jellybean look with the bllue
I'd like to try WCX's rom too, but his site doesn't allow Canadians to connect.
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I'd like to try WCX's rom too, but his site doesn't allow Canadians to connect.
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I know someone from Canada that is using a proxy to view the site.
I really recommend Holics 1.3 as I found it the best and smoothest but would like to try Illuminati after reading the previous comments
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I really recommend Holics 1.3 as I found it the best and smoothest but would like to try Illuminati after reading the previous comments
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I'm using the Holics Rom atm and like it but my battery life is utter crap I need a new one but with the jelly bean theme or a all green theme preferably
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I'm using the Holics Rom atm and like it but my battery life is utter crap I need a new one but with the jelly bean theme or a all green theme preferably...
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Like this?
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Like this?
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Yeah that ones nice which Rom is that? And if you can find a theme just like jelly bean but green instead blue
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advice for me to install ROM... I was using iPhone for these days.. now I'm back to this phone.. need a little review abt the ROMs of ur preference
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No one cares about iPhone users. Kidding
Have you seen this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1930111
I am using Venom Viper ROM and its the best. But its not out yet I don't like to rank other people's work, so look in the thread
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santhoshpirate said:
advice for me to install ROM... I was using iPhone for these days.. now I'm back to this phone.. need a little review abt the ROMs of ur preference
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MIUI is a lot like iOS, in so far as it doesn't have a app drawer, but it maintains all the functionality of a custom ROM, and it massively customisable to boot. If you prefer something that feels close to what you've come from, there's a decent custom build of the latest ICS version here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1912064
Word of warning: whilst all the Jellybean ROMs that are available for our device are very smooth, they're all quite buggy. I wouldn't say they're quite up to daily driver standards yet.
pff iPhone users... haha okay, Sense 4 is the best way to go imo, so try Project X or ViperVIVO as soon as it comes out
Currently I'm not an htc owner but my introduction to Android was through htc phones. Htc one looks amazing. Ive grown to like the stock Android aosp experience because of its overall speed and performance. But do like some of the add ons that some phone manufacturers have implemented.
If I owned a one I'd probably go with a debloated sense with nova launcher.
But Now that the Google editions Roms are out what have you grown to like better?
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Try them both and see which one you prefer. Our opinions are totally irrelevant when it comes to what you prefer.
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Try them both and see which one you prefer. Our opinions are totally irrelevant when it comes to what you prefer.
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THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I stated that I currently do not own an htc device yet so your opinions are totally relevant at the moment.
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I stated that I currently do not own an htc device yet so your opinions are totally relevant at the moment.
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They aren't relevant at all..
There are enough youtube videos of both roms for you to make your own mind up. Just get the phone, use sense for a couple of days, then use a GE rom for a couple of days and see which one you prefer.
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All necessary said. There is no "best" or "better" in roms. Only personal preferences. So try yourself and decide.