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[Q] Switched from Xperia Arc to LG 2X

Hello all!
I recently took advantage with a fido promotion they offered me the LG Optimus 2X for 49.99$ (used fido $) and I upgraded.
Now I managed to root it no problem using the SuperOneClick program, and it works great.
Now I wanted to ask, the phone feels bulky, no not he physical part just the os. It seems to be preloaded with some of the fido apps and the gui when swipping panels or screens from side to side feels lagged even with out any widgets running.
Some of my questions:
1)Is the bootloader locked and does it matter?
2) would I benefit from flashing the rom to stock LG (unbranding it or w.e its called)
3) are there any good custom firmwares or roms (not sure what they are called even with the arc I'm new to droid)
4)I noticed its running 2.2.2 Froyo, with LG planning to move to 2.3.x Gingerbread, are there any massive improvements? Should I not get my hopes up for gingerbread?
5)This isn't a question its a pre Thank You for your answers, and patience with me

L1qu1d said:
Hello all!
Some of my questions:
1)Is the bootloader locked and does it matter?
2) would I benefit from flashing the rom to stock LG (unbranding it or w.e its called)
3) are there any good custom firmwares or roms (not sure what they are called even with the arc I'm new to droid)
4)I noticed its running 2.2.2 Froyo, with LG planning to move to 2.3.x Gingerbread, are there any massive improvements? Should I not get my hopes up for gingerbread?
5)This isn't a question its a pre Thank You for your answers, and patience with me
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1) nope, not locked. never had any bootloader hacking in here.
2) i personally like the stock rom especially V10d. versions between countries might differ. its just the lg launcher, it lags and of a lower version than lg opt black's one.
3) haven't used any costum rom. currently on leaked V20e european. cm7 and miui have problems with ussd codes, mounting flash drives (int and ext) on pc (linux, windows), not sure what else.
try to use costum roms based on stock roms. its basically "improvements".
4) ggb, sept or oct, who knows? improvements, im on leaked v20e. im not sure what's been improved from the froyo version. . things just work generally. i notice unmounting micro sd on ubuntu & win 7 is faster. unmounted in < 1 second. mounting still takes a while though. ggb is going to be released.
5) not exactly top gun in here. its just pretty basic. have fun.

L1qu1d said:
Hello all!
I recently took advantage with a fido promotion they offered me the LG Optimus 2X for 49.99$ (used fido $) and I upgraded.
Now I managed to root it no problem using the SuperOneClick program, and it works great.
Now I wanted to ask, the phone feels bulky, no not he physical part just the os. It seems to be preloaded with some of the fido apps and the gui when swipping panels or screens from side to side feels lagged even with out any widgets running.
Some of my questions:
1)Is the bootloader locked and does it matter?
2) would I benefit from flashing the rom to stock LG (unbranding it or w.e its called)
3) are there any good custom firmwares or roms (not sure what they are called even with the arc I'm new to droid)
4)I noticed its running 2.2.2 Froyo, with LG planning to move to 2.3.x Gingerbread, are there any massive improvements? Should I not get my hopes up for gingerbread?
5)This isn't a question its a pre Thank You for your answers, and patience with me
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1. Don't bother with the bootloader. It doesn't prevent us from having fun.
2. Yeah, Unbranded roms are less bulky, they don't have ''too many bloatwares'' but unfortunately some bloatwares are really there.
3. Some leaked V20x roms are pretty good. I'm at CM7 it's great too.
4. Don't make your hopes high on 2.3 via LG.
5. You posted in the right section, so It's alright. :L

Thank You both for the very detailed and easy to follow answers, my last question would be, when I switch between screens from right to left in the widget section (not sure what those screens are called, the home screen?) Should it feel, not so smooth? It doesn't really feel laggy, I can't quite explain it feels like its not "smoothed". Is this the style of swipe? Or is something hindering my LG?
Now, is it worth flashing it or will I still see that jittery swipe?
Again Thank You very much!

I started flashing my LG 2 days ago and it's running a lot smoother now. Especially the lock screen, unflashed there is like 1-2 secs of lagg before the lockscreen pops up after pressing the power button but with custom roms there is no lagg at all.
So far I've upgraded to the latest baseband and tried a couple roms. I like BlazingDragon (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1053108) and Slick2x with a HTC Sense Theme
Theme = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091727
ROM = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1214935
I think it's definately worth to flash this mobile because LG is lacking updates and I don't like their stock apps Good luck!

is it worth to Flash or should I just wait for LG's Gingerbread????

Hi,
you don't have to flash your LG to get rid of the lazy, buggy launcher
you should go to the market and try some other launchers like e.g. adw or go
i bought the adw ex and replaced the lg launcher with it - everything is really smooth and fast - even if i have only a small amount of ram left
another thing i can recommend you is to root your device and remove all the stuff you'll never need (try: root uninstaller from the market) - even this step will improve reliability and smoothness.
in general: i tried different custom roms (CM7, MoDaCo, MIUI, Thanatos and so on)
- some are really fast and smooth (e.g. CM7) BUT features like e.g. a2dp will not work
- others are not that fast (e.g. Thanatos) BUT everything works as on stock
i will stick to the stock based ones, you will have to decide yourself
cheers,
huibuh0815

L1qu1d said:
Hello all!
I recently took advantage with a fido promotion they offered me the LG Optimus 2X for 49.99$ (used fido $) and I upgraded.
Now I managed to root it no problem using the SuperOneClick program, and it works great.
Now I wanted to ask, the phone feels bulky, no not he physical part just the os. It seems to be preloaded with some of the fido apps and the gui when swipping panels or screens from side to side feels lagged even with out any widgets running.
Some of my questions:
1)Is the bootloader locked and does it matter?
2) would I benefit from flashing the rom to stock LG (unbranding it or w.e its called)
3) are there any good custom firmwares or roms (not sure what they are called even with the arc I'm new to droid)
4)I noticed its running 2.2.2 Froyo, with LG planning to move to 2.3.x Gingerbread, are there any massive improvements? Should I not get my hopes up for gingerbread?
5)This isn't a question its a pre Thank You for your answers, and patience with me
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1) Nope, it's not locked. We're free to have fun.
2) Yes, since the last Stock rom leaked (v20e) runs Gingerbread instead of Froyo, as the one that comes with the phone.
3) Yes, there are a lot of custom roms. You should try out for yourself to see which one you prefer, but I suggest you use MIUI (Google it =D)
4)Like I said above, we already have a stock running Gingerbread. And yes, we have performance improvements.
5)You're welcome =D

Thank You guys so much! Very helpful and thorough forum!
My last Question is I managed to use Root explorer, and I wanted to delete somethings/ apps (icons and applications, widgets etc) from the folders and it's telling me that it is read only and that I'm not allowed?
I already rooted do I have to do something specific? Like I want to get rid of anything thats twitter or facebook or whats app cuz I dont use em
Thanks again!

Hi,
I don't know the app root explorer but i think it's just showing you all the contents on your phone. If you want to go a safer way, try the app "root uninstaller" - the one with a yellow icon in the Google market.
Then you will be able to remove Widgets, sns (Facebook/MySpace/twitter) and other stuff you don't need.
By the way: you should install the app "superuser". This will grant other applications root (rights).
Hopefully that information helped you on your way
Cheers
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA App

L1qu1d said:
Thank You guys so much! Very helpful and thorough forum!
My last Question is I managed to use Root explorer, and I wanted to delete somethings/ apps (icons and applications, widgets etc) from the folders and it's telling me that it is read only and that I'm not allowed?
I already rooted do I have to do something specific? Like I want to get rid of anything thats twitter or facebook or whats app cuz I dont use em
Thanks again!
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I suggest using Titanium backup for deleting apps and whatever. It's just one click. You can either freeze or just delete them.

Thank You!
I already have superuser, it was installed when the phone was rooted but I will definitely give root uninstaller a try!

L1qu1d said:
Hello all!
I recently took advantage with a fido promotion they offered me the LG Optimus 2X for 49.99$ (used fido $) and I upgraded.
Now I managed to root it no problem using the SuperOneClick program, and it works great.
Now I wanted to ask, the phone feels bulky, no not he physical part just the os. It seems to be preloaded with some of the fido apps and the gui when swipping panels or screens from side to side feels lagged even with out any widgets running.
Some of my questions:
1)Is the bootloader locked and does it matter?
2) would I benefit from flashing the rom to stock LG (unbranding it or w.e its called)
3) are there any good custom firmwares or roms (not sure what they are called even with the arc I'm new to droid)
4)I noticed its running 2.2.2 Froyo, with LG planning to move to 2.3.x Gingerbread, are there any massive improvements? Should I not get my hopes up for gingerbread?
5)This isn't a question its a pre Thank You for your answers, and patience with me
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1/ Already answered
2/ No need to flash to do that, just install Titanium Backup and uninstall (or better freeze first to test if it is safe to remove them later) the bloatware easily... Titanium Backup is one of the very few app that must be bought....
3/ Two main streams for ROMs (speaking only of GB based ones): CyanogenMod (opensource, community maintained, AD2P doesn't work, HDMI is not perfect, no FM radio app, but HID bluetooth support very good, nightly updates, fast, overclocking built-in), and Gingerbread leaked ROM (non-opensource, no source at all, AD2P and FM radio and HDMI are working, HID bluetooth managing not good, the ROM I use is as fast as CM as it was heavily modded with specific kernel, specific ext4 filesystem,and few other add-ons see in developpment section).
4/ You can already have Gingerbread...See above
5/ You're welcome

Looking for stock rom for use with bootstrap

Im looking for a stock / rooted / optimized rom that I can install with bootstrap.
(Droid 3 btw)
Anyone know where to find one?

Any of the rom here in the dev section work with bootstrap. Just make sure it's not for one of the other Droid 3s XT860 or ME**. You should use safestrap instead, it is almost impossible to brick if not impossible.

like this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19860854&postcount=200

ubermetroid said:
like this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19860854&postcount=200
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You should be able to flash that xt860 bell rom and then swap out that 1 lib file and your build.prop to have it fully functional, not positive but if you're going to safestrap anyways I could use a tester to confirm one way or another (this is how we fix verizon roms for our xt860)

Rooted Ace: To keep or not to keep (Stock ROM)

Alright. I've searched the forums for 4 hours trying to find different answers to my questions and I haven't had success in all. So, in case I'm that much of an idiot for asking a question that's been answered 1000 times, I'll be happy if you point me in the right direction instead of "politely" asking me to use the search button .
My GF bought an Ace which we were unable to root until we stumbled across the fact the 5830M differs from other models in some ways. We finally got it done yesterday with the help of this thread (I should add the her sole intention of rooting the phone was to expand her Ace's internal memory to be able to install more apps). and we are supposed to partion her SD card (32GB) today. However, after going through so many threads, and deciding CWM will do the partition, we are now unsure about wether we should switch ROM's or keep stock.
So, my question is: Is there any disadvantage of having a rooted phone with its stock ROM? Or better yet: Is there a reason as to why I SHOULD change ROM's?
Thanks in advance.

Hey there,
At this time, there are 3 custom ROMs that are truly different: Razodroid, Retribution ROM and the rest of the deodexed ROMs (2 or 3, I believe).
Let's take each on its own:
Razodroid offers the following:
EXT4 File System
Link2sd
New lock screen
Hard root
Bravia engin
14toogle
Galaxy SII CloCk
New icon pack
Custom bootanimation
Defult *ICS* theme
Ext4 script
Msg limit increased n skins added
Tweaks added
Miui music player added
New google play
All apps updated
New tw Modded
Busybox(latest)
New Launcher
ICS keyboard
Deodex
Zip Aligned System Apps
Sign all apk n zip
Swipe To Clear Notification
Battery saver Tweak
Better Performance
Battery Life increased
Faster SDCARD Read/Write Speed
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In other words, it will bring you a slight performance boost, more juice, a different look and some (currently buggy/not so smooth) new features such as swipe to clear or 14 toggles.
Retribution ROM has less features. It's mostly about performance, but it's still in a beta stage, so there's more to come:
Smooth Scroll Mod
Build.prop tweaks
Flash Player pre-included
Beats Audio Mod pre-included
Updated libs and modules for better perfomance
Completely ad-free
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Both of these ROMs come along with Rafael's kernel, which adds support to init.d, iptables and cpu governors, among other features. They're useful for running scripts at boot, using firewalls (e.g. DroidWall) and changing the phone's governor (as the name suggests).
Last comes the deodexed ROMs that have no additional features. As any deodexed ROM, they remove odex files, giving you some extra internal space (at the cost of a slight performance hit) and allow easier theming, allowing you to get, for example, an ICS (deodexed) theme for the S5830I (it's made by rajrocks, search for it if you're interested).
To sum it up, there are no disadvantages of having a rooted phone with the stock ROM. Actually, you have almost no reason to get a custom ROM unless you're interested in the new features they bring, especially that performance/battery tweaks can be applied using scripts or manually without needing a custom ROM, if you know what you're doing.
EDIT: You should however consider getting Rafael's latest kernel for the reasons mentioned above: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818830

Very detailed answer. Thanks!
TBH, I think we'll just keep the current ROM (if it was up to me, I'd be tweaking the hell out of the phone) seeing that it isn't really necessary. If we do, we'll be picking option # 1.
Thanks again.

The only disadvantage of installing a custom rom (i think) is the bigger chance of losing your phone's warranty

GermainZ said:
Hey there,
At this time, there are 3 custom ROMs that are truly different: Razodroid, Retribution ROM and the rest of the deodexed ROMs (2 or 3, I believe).
Let's take each on its own:
Razodroid offers the following:
In other words, it will bring you a slight performance boost, more juice, a different look and some (currently buggy/not so smooth) new features such as swipe to clear or 14 toggles.
Retribution ROM has less features. It's mostly about performance, but it's still in a beta stage, so there's more to come:
Both of these ROMs come along with Rafael's kernel, which adds support to init.d, iptables and cpu governors, among other features. They're useful for running scripts at boot, using firewalls (e.g. DroidWall) and changing the phone's governor (as the name suggests).
Last comes the deodexed ROMs that have no additional features. As any deodexed ROM, they remove odex files, giving you some extra internal space (at the cost of a slight performance hit) and allow easier theming, allowing you to get, for example, an ICS (deodexed) theme for the S5830I (it's made by rajrocks, search for it if you're interested).
To sum it up, there are no disadvantages of having a rooted phone with the stock ROM. Actually, you have almost no reason to get a custom ROM unless you're interested in the new features they bring, especially that performance/battery tweaks can be applied using scripts or manually without needing a custom ROM, if you know what you're doing.
EDIT: You should however consider getting Rafael's latest kernel for the reasons mentioned above: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818830
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Will those ROMS also work on s5839i?

Looking for GB Rom

I've been lurking on this website for quite some time now, I personally myself use a AT&T SkyRocket (rooted running Nexus Mod).
My girlfriend uses a Droid 4 and the phone has automatically updated itself to ICS. To be honest ICS runs like **** on the Droid 4, the home screen constantly crashes and there's a 3 second delay in the screen when using the slide out keyboard.
I was hoping someone could point me towards a stable Rom for the Droid 4 that uses Gingerbread. I've been browsing on here and droidforums with no luck, there's a lot of ICS Roms but most of them have minor issues is all of them (camera not working, blue tooth audio, etc. etc)
Any help to get this stock ICS off this phone would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

Welcome to the forum! Sorry to hear about your Droid 4, so let's get started.
Now that you're on ICS there's no going back. Don't try to sbf back to it and don't try to install a GB rom. It just won't work. That being said, ICS for the Droid 4 is not all that bad. If you haven't performed a factory reset, I recommend doing so. Trying to go from android 2.x to 4.x is bound to have it's hiccups. There have been a lot of threads of users experiencing errors and poor ICS performance. A factory reset will clear that up.
As far as ICS roms go, you can find plenty here and at droidforums.net
A few I recommend are:
CM9 -
Classic cyanogenmod with all it's customisable goodies but for ICS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531895
Eclipse -
Solid ICS rom with customization and heavily de-blurred:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815079
Kilo Flatliner -
Themed cm9 with speed and system tweaks (very blue):
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=221231
CM10 -
A very alpha version of Jellybean running a kexec kernel:
http://dl.hash-of-codes.com/ROMs/maserati/cm10/
* * * Please note any thread directing you to ROMbot will have broken links. ROMbot is down and you'll need someone to provide you with an alternate download * * *
* * * I take no credit for these amazing roms, credit goes to Hashcode, MyFishBear, DroidDoesTh3ory, and Hashcode once again, respectively * * *
Hope you find something that works, as well as a better ICS experience! Aside from CM10 these are all great daily's (working data, camera, bluetooth, etc)
Sent from my DROID4 using Tapatalk 2

If you're looking for something that just works with great performance, I'd second the Eclipse suggestion. It works great, and most of the Moto features I actually liked are retained.

The Droid 4 runs ICS excellently so if there are issues like you reported the best option (and first option before installing ROMs) is to Factory Data Reset the device, let it boot up a "clean" ICS system and then configure it and re-download all your apps.
The phone was running Android 2.3.6 and updated in-place with all the configurations and setups to Android 4.0.4. It needs a good cleaning.
The phone is smooth, fast, zero crashes and runs so much better on ICS than it did on Gingerbread....if you are having problems after getting the in-place update....Factory Data Reset and see if that resolves the problems. Then you can start looking at other ROMs.

[Q] STOCK VS custom ROM for D3 XT862

HELLO ...i am new to the Android world but an expert in the windows world...... i do also love linux
i have a Droid 3 XT862 running Android 2.3 and i want to experience the freedom of rooting my D3
i had hoped my first Android phone would be high spec running the latest OS (or almost) but i am not ready to risk using a touch-screen only phone because i hav had some bad experiences with touchscreen keyboards....thats pretty much why i got the D3 instead of the RAZR or the DROID BIONIC
QUES #1:
how difficult is it to revert back to my original Android 2.3 OS if i find it difficult to use a custom ROMS?? i really want to use my camera so a chance to revert bak to my original V2.3 wud be nice
QUES #2:
is the phones ability to install apps affected in any way by upgrading the Android version ( FOTA) or rooting?? for example..... i am going to test run my V2.3 os for a while and install many apps, will these same apps be able to install on the custom ROMS?? ...... wat are some of the advantages or disadvantages for installing apps on stock V2.3 and then try to install the same apps on any of the below custom roms:
OFFICIAL CyanogenMod 10.1 (Android 4.2.2): [NIGHTLIES]
[ROM][JB] [4.2.2] Avatar ROM for Motorola Droid 3 (solana)
[ROM][4.2.2][OFFICIAL] LiquidSmooth v2.1 - solana -
[ROM] Official PACman Droid 3
[ICS AOSP ROM] "AOKP" (Android Open KANG Project)
[ROM STEEL DROID]
[Closed]RemICS-UX v1.3.1 - Galaxy S3 on Your Droid 3
.....ETC
QUES#3 :
BBM Messenger will be available for phones running Android 4.0 or higher this summer, I am interested in trying it out and i want to know if these custom ROMS will allow me to install it without much difficulty......
QUES#4:
I am assuming that once i root my phone and install a custom ROM using safe strap or a similar tool, this is the same as dual booting, in which i can switch between stock os and custom ROMS at will.......am i right ??
QUES #5:
How may Custom ROMS am i able to install while making sure my phone is stable ??
THANKS MUCH !!!!!.....

Tha slayer said:
HELLO ...i am new to the Android world but an expert in the windows world...... i do also love linux
i have a Droid 3 XT862 running Android 2.3 and i want to experience the freedom of rooting my D3
i had hoped my first Android phone would be high spec running the latest OS (or almost) but i am not ready to risk using a touch-screen only phone because i hav had some bad experiences with touchscreen keyboards....thats pretty much why i got the D3 instead of the RAZR or the DROID BIONIC
QUES #1:
how difficult is it to revert back to my original Android 2.3 OS if i find it difficult to use a custom ROMS?? i really want to use my camera so a chance to revert bak to my original V2.3 wud be nice
QUES #2:
is the phones ability to install apps affected in any way by upgrading the Android version ( FOTA) or rooting?? for example..... i am going to test run my V2.3 os for a while and install many apps, will these same apps be able to install on the custom ROMS?? ...... wat are some of the advantages or disadvantages for installing apps on stock V2.3 and then try to install the same apps on any of the below custom roms:
OFFICIAL CyanogenMod 10.1 (Android 4.2.2): [NIGHTLIES]
[ROM][JB] [4.2.2] Avatar ROM for Motorola Droid 3 (solana)
[ROM][4.2.2][OFFICIAL] LiquidSmooth v2.1 - solana -
[ROM] Official PACman Droid 3
[ICS AOSP ROM] "AOKP" (Android Open KANG Project)
[ROM STEEL DROID]
[Closed]RemICS-UX v1.3.1 - Galaxy S3 on Your Droid 3
.....ETC
QUES#3 :
BBM Messenger will be available for phones running Android 4.0 or higher this summer, I am interested in trying it out and i want to know if these custom ROMS will allow me to install it without much difficulty......
QUES#4:
I am assuming that once i root my phone and install a custom ROM using safe strap or a similar tool, this is the same as dual booting, in which i can switch between stock os and custom ROMS at will.......am i right ??
QUES #5:
How may Custom ROMS am i able to install while making sure my phone is stable ??
THANKS MUCH !!!!!.....
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Reverting to stock is as simple as plugging the phone into your computer and flashing stock firmware with a utility. Custom roms and rooting shouldn't affect app installation, with the caveat of some video rental apps won't work on rooted devices(piracy prevention). BBM should install on any custom rom ics and up, but until it's released we won't know for sure. All that being said, sometimes a particular app may have issues with custom roms but it's the exception, not the rule. Yes you can switch roms similar to a dual boot, although data from one rom isn't visible to another, like app data, text messages, call log. Sdcard contents are though. Safestrap creates img files for custom rom slots, you can have up to 4(in addition to stock) I believe, although I no longer use safestrap so I'm not totally sure. The more you have the less Sdcard space available and the custom roms can be pretty buggy sometimes. Personally I just flash over the stock rom since its so easy to return to stock if needed. I also only run gb roms since I need the camera
Sent from my XT860 using xda premium

nice
Endoroid said:
Reverting to stock is as simple as plugging the phone into your computer and flashing stock firmware with a utility. Custom roms and rooting shouldn't affect app installation, with the caveat of some video rental apps won't work on rooted devices(piracy prevention). BBM should install on any custom rom ics and up, but until it's released we won't know for sure. All that being said, sometimes a particular app may have issues with custom roms but it's the exception, not the rule. Yes you can switch roms similar to a dual boot, although data from one rom isn't visible to another, like app data, text messages, call log. Sdcard contents are though. Safestrap creates img files for custom rom slots, you can have up to 4(in addition to stock) I believe, although I no longer use safestrap so I'm not totally sure. The more you have the less Sdcard space available and the custom roms can be pretty buggy sometimes. Personally I just flash over the stock rom since its so easy to return to stock if needed. I also only run gb roms since I need the camera
Sent from my XT860 using xda premium
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Cant thank you enough bro.... just glad that i can run ICS apps on the custom roms and revert back to Stock when i need it ..... and i think it will be a good idea for me to install a GB ROM as well .......
you said "The more you have the less Sdcard space available"......... does that mean these custom roms are supposed to STAY on the SD-card ??
i thought after u installed the custom roms, you could do watever you want to the SD card