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[Q] Help choosing a rom

I am in search of a new rom for my Captivate. I am a noob dealing with android roms but I use to flash windows roms on my touch HD all the time.
I am looking to update to froyo 2.2 but need help determining which rom to pick. (sick of weighting for the att update)
Things I need working.
1. Bluetooth activated voice commands. (android voice action via BT)
2. Working GPS
3. good battery
4. 3g
5. smooth running
Anyone’s suggestions would be helpful.
Thank you all.

apeko said:
I am in search of a new rom for my Captivate. I am a noob dealing with android roms but I use to flash windows roms on my touch HD all the time.
I am looking to update to froyo 2.2 but need help determining which rom to pick. (sick of weighting for the att update)
Things I need working.
1. Bluetooth activated voice commands. (android voice action via BT)
2. Working GPS
3. good battery
4. 3g
5. smooth running
Anyone’s suggestions would be helpful.
Thank you all.
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Hi, is very difficult to help you because almost all roms are the same. Some fast, other not so fast but very stable... I've try them all but no one has fullfill my needs. I've been using android since last november (before I use Win Mob on my HTC HD2), right now I'm using axura 2.5, but I've benn having trouble with wifi and since there is no more axura development I have to chose a new one. I hope that samsung will realease soon an oficial upgrade for the captivate, I've always preffer stock's rom's but captivate stock rom is disappointing.

Try Gingerborg 7.5. Very fast, battery lasts very long and quite stable. GPS also locks in pretty good.

This question is asked frequently and its really hard to answer. Its really a matter of preferrence. I-9000 based roms have become very popular due to all the improvements in 2.2.1. I've flashed almost every rom and even though they're all similar there are different advantages to each one. Ex: I ran DG roms for a while and had great performance but very poor battery life. No matter what I did my battery was terrible. Darky's ROM worked great but gave me a sim error multiple times. I decided to stick with Cezar's ROM and I think this is my new permanent ROM. I really like the level of support he offers and all his ROM's are designed for his personal use and they're extremely well put together. I've been on his ROMs for over a month and I have never had issues and battery life is AWESOME. Nothing wrong with other roms bur to put it simply when I flash Cezar's I feel like I'm shopping at wholefoods. Flashing everything else I get a Walmart experience
You want a worry free, fast, stable rom with great battery life flash cezar's. If you like to trouble shoot and experiment try all others. I'm in no way affiliated with Cezar. I just happen to be a huge fan of his work! Hope that helps.
Ps. I'm on Continuum Se all R tweaks enabled. 2 1/2h non stop internet browsing and downloading and I'm sitting and 75% battery. That's UNBELIEVABLE!!!!
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What works for my phone may not work as great on your phone. I recommend you try many ROMs, only then will you know what truly works well for your phone.

And i think you posted at the wrong place. haha...

Without a doubt I would say the latest cognition rom available. I flash roms quite often and without a doubt I would say that the latest cognition has been.my.smoothest froyo experience yet.
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[Q] Most battery-friendly ROM-Kernal

What is the best combo for the best battery friendly HTC Vivid?
I tried the De-sensed. That seemed amazing yet the volume was horribly low, and on phone calls only rang once
I tried the HOLIC 1.2. Every time I seemed to install it it says I was installing 1.1. Anyway this seemed pretty good but not very battery friendly. In just 10 minutes on a phone call I was at 90% (was completly charged when I used it, brightness was all the way down, data was turned off and so on)
Soo now im stumped.

Mr Pikachuu said:
What is the best combo for the best battery friendly HTC Vivid?
I tried the De-sensed. That seemed amazing yet the volume was horribly low, and on phone calls only rang once
I tried the HOLIC 1.2. Every time I seemed to install it it says I was installing 1.1. Anyway this seemed pretty good but not very battery friendly. In just 10 minutes on a phone call I was at 90% (was completly charged when I used it, brightness was all the way down, data was turned off and so on)
Soo now im stumped.
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Remember, battery use goes way up when flashing ROMS. Don't even bother measuring how long it lasts for at least a week of use. This goes for all phones.
I personally am using stock OTA ICS on my Vivid, just plugged my phone in after a little more than two days. It sure didn't last that long right after the upgrade though. It's been a month or so, and life seems to be steadily improving.
On my last phone, I usually waited a week or so before deciding whether the ROM went through batteries too fast. Right after a new ROM came out, lots of people would complain. After a week or so, the problems started going away.
All that said, there will be some difference between ROMs, and I would be very interested in the opinion of people here.

cmerlyn said:
Remember, battery use goes way up when flashing ROMS. Don't even bother measuring how long it lasts for at least a week of use. This goes for all phones.
I personally am using stock OTA ICS on my Vivid, just plugged my phone in after a little more than two days. It sure didn't last that long right after the upgrade though. It's been a month or so, and life seems to be steadily improving.
On my last phone, I usually waited a week or so before deciding whether the ROM went through batteries too fast. Right after a new ROM came out, lots of people would complain. After a week or so, the problems started going away.
All that said, there will be some difference between ROMs, and I would be very interested in the opinion of people here.
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Ahh, that would make sense given I just rooted/flashed two different roms and kernals within 24 hours.
I suppose I could wait it out to see what happens. Although I am still interested in which ones are the most battery friendly in the long run

Virtuous Inquisition
Have you tried Virtuous Inquisition ROM? It's basically stock Android 4.0.3 and I personally think it's one of the best roms out there.
The battery life is quite good unless you are doing very processor intensive things, and the customization is not bad. The only thing is that it is set to 1.5 GHz, but it would get a bit... warm so I would suggest getting an app to change it back to 1.2 GHz.
Have a look at it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631499&highlight=virtuous

Kurty007 said:
Have you tried Virtuous Inquisition ROM? It's basically stock Android 4.0.3 and I personally think it's one of the best roms out there.
The battery life is quite good unless you are doing very processor intensive things, and the customization is not bad. The only thing is that it is set to 1.5 GHz, but it would get a bit... warm so I would suggest getting an app to change it back to 1.2 GHz.
Have a look at it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631499&highlight=virtuous
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I have not tried that, it seems to be abandoned and not updated in a long time. Not very finished =/

Im using elegancia blitz with stockish kernel...best battery I've gotten out of any Rom...and I've tried them all (even ones not located on xda) except for de-sensed and virtuous inquisition and miui
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HTC One with Sense or stock Android?

I'm looking for a phone to upgrade from my current HTC Desire HD. I started a couple of years ago with Sense, then reluctantly went to stock Android. Now I can't go back to Sense and a big reason is battery life. These smart phones after a year, it's all about reducing lag and increasing battery time.
So now I'm on an unofficial CM10.
Well if I get an HTC One, will I just install CM again? Is that what people do, or do you make use of HTC's software? I know how it's a personal preference, but I'm wondering if the latest Sense is so good people are sticking with it. Reviews say it's less bloat.
And if people are just going to a stock Android Rom, is it better to get this phone or the GS4 to load a stock Rom?
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I rather like Sense 5. I came from CM10 on Sensation too and I'm happily living with Sense 5. It's simple and fast - virtually lag free. I've had crappy experiences like many of you with Sense 3.5 to 4.5, so this is a pleasant surprise. I even use blinkfeed rather often now. I plan to stay with Sense 5 custom roms for my One. Just try it, I don't think you'll miss AOSP/CM10 unless you're one of those religious types.

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I rather like Sense 5. I came from CM10 on Sensation too and I'm happily living with Sense 5. It's simple and fast - virtually lag free. I've had crappy experiences like many of you with Sense 3.5 to 4.5, so this is a pleasant surprise. I even use blinkfeed rather often now. I plan to stay with Sense 5 custom roms for my One. Just try it, I don't think you'll miss AOSP/CM10 unless you're one of those religious types.
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100% agreed. I came from AOKP on my S3 (I can't stand touchwiz). I purchased the One and absolutely love sense 5. I don't believe I'll switch back. Especially since some features won't work like the beats driver and I've also heard some flaws with the camera on AOSP ROMs.
If you are worried about battery, quite frankly you shouldn't be purchasing a mini computer. Battery life is great on this phone for how powerful it is. While at work I turn on Power Saver mode and have my data connections turned off on sleep mode. When I'm off 9 hours later I'm still at 70%. If I keep everything running I'm at about 20% by the end of the night when I plug it in.
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Thanks for the advice guys. I wonder if the HTC power saver is like Greenify, which I use now.
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avplaya said:
I rather like Sense 5. I came from CM10 on Sensation too and I'm happily living with Sense 5. It's simple and fast - virtually lag free. I've had crappy experiences like many of you with Sense 3.5 to 4.5, so this is a pleasant surprise. I even use blinkfeed rather often now. I plan to stay with Sense 5 custom roms for my One. Just try it, I don't think you'll miss AOSP/CM10 unless you're one of those religious types.
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+1 sense5 is smooth as butter it doesnt lag on my phone at all

asif9t9 said:
Thanks for the advice guys. I wonder if the HTC power saver is like Greenify, which I use now.
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Hmm.. not sure what greenify is, but I can tell you what Power Saver is. When turned on it conserves power by limiting the speed of the cpu, turns down screen brightness, disables haptic feedback, and disables data while on sleep mode. Pretty handy in my opinion. =)
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I came from the N4 running CM 10.1 and I find too sense 5 a big surprise. It's running very smooth and battery life is quite the same with my N4. I plan on staying on stock and unrooted for a while.
Power saver is not like greenify, it reduces CPU speed and even brightness if the battery level is low.

asif9t9 said:
Thanks for the advice guys. I wonder if the HTC power saver is like Greenify, which I use now.
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from what i can tell,
greenify basically ensures that apps are fully unloaded when you lock your phone... keeps the naughty apps in line.
the htc power save option basically does the usual limit screen brightness as well as cpu, turn off haptic feedback and disables data during sleep mode.
the disabling of data is a little bit of an issue for me, since i use cerberusapp and it won't let me connect (obviously)
things still sync however no longer in real time (i think it enables data on a pre-defined interval to update sync).
the good news is that you can disable these options individually so yeah i have all the power save options enabled apart from data.
i too went from a cm10 device to sense 5. i'm loving the new fresh feel, however I'm missing the notification toggles badly.

Before the HTC One, I've never owned a HTC device before and therefore never used Sense before.
Before I got this phone, I checked out some of the reviews and even done research on previous HTC models just to learn a little bit more about HTC in general.
I'd honestly read a lot of bad reviews regarding previous iterations of Sense, with the main complaints being against Sense 4.
As I'm not the kind of guy who bases my decisions on reviews they didn't stop me wanting to get the One. Afterall, even if I didn't like Sense 5 I could always flash an AOSP ROM or use a custom launcher anyway. I will admit, however, that I've got no complaints whatsoever regarding Sense 5 as it is great.
Having said that, I am currently using Apex launcher but that's just so that I can customize my homescreen more so than I can with the stock UI.

Some great replies guys, thanks. With my Desire HD, I used the ARHD rom for a while, so I stuck with the stock Sense experience, but I was rooted. I tried many times to go to CM, etc, but I always came back to Sense. I loved the Sense apps, email, etc. But eventually I had to switch because of lag. And then months later when I tried to go back to Sense, I couldn't..too slow.
So it sounds promising to me that I can basically get the HTC One, and go with the stock (but rooted of course) experience for a while. And with the specs of this phone, I'll be able to move on to the latest and great (Key Lime Pie) when it comes out.

Stock or custom?

Up top, this isn't a "best ROM" or "what should I run" sort of thread. It's also a topic that can easily provoke rage so please don't think that I'm trying to convince anyone of one thing or another. This is just me being curious.
After starting with Android a few years ago, I've noticed an increasing amount of "flashing fatigue" setting in lately. Sure, I'll root (because I have a lot of utility apps that require root), but the appeal of custom ROMs is fading fast. The Google Edition port was my latest (and longest standing) ROM for my One, and before that I'd tried one or two stock-derivative ROMs (save one bad AOSP experience back when we had sleep of death going on). I'm back to stock now, and trying a "fuller" experience (no launcher replacement, etc.-- minus root, again, for some XPosed tweaks like disabling the NFC icon).
This phone's now been out a while, so I'm curious: how many of you have "settled down" so to speak on one side or the other?

The first Android I owned was an Epic 4G and then Epic 4G Touch. Both left a ton to be deaired from a software standpoint and I easily flashed 3 dozen or more different roms between those two phones.
Flash forward to the HTC One and I've never felt the need to leave the stock ROM. I do use the Google Experience Launcher and have replaces some of the stock apps with better versions from 3rd party devs, but honestly I don't really see a point. Performance, battery life and functionality all seem to have hit a perfect balance with this phone. And like you suggested, the fatigue of flashing is really heavy these days especially since I'm not looking to fix a flaw or add a feature. Although once a working KitKat ROM hits us I will probably root and flash just to get a feel. Though admittedly I've always found the bone stock look of Android to be lacking visually.
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The very first phone I flashed over to a custom firmware was the LG G2X from T-Mobile. The android experience on that phone was very tasteless and bloated. Support from LG was less than non-existent. I found that I couldn't really stand using the phone on stock so I flashed a few different roms until I landed on eaglesblood. Although there was a lot broken on eaglesblood, I found it an upgrade to stock. Fast forward like Adam described and I have been on the HTC One for nearly 6 months. In that time I have flashed perhaps a few custom roms. In the end, I reverted back to stock. The One is a solid phone from both a software and hardware stand-point. I find myself checking my BlinkFeed a few times an hour and if I am on a senseless ROM I feel lost without it.
Tl;dr I have no need to ever leave stock. Stock rooted is good enough for me.
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I've been running RageOne and have found it to be more than enough from what I need for my HTC one

Same here. I started with Hero, then Evo Shift, Evo 3D, Evo 4G LTE and now The One. I previously always rooted and flashed multiple roms until found one that like and stable enough for daily use. With the One, I honestly haven't done nothing to it. I find it prefect for everyday use. No problem was so ever. At times I feel weird because I never had an HTC or android phone for less than a week without rooting it and etc, but with the One no need since good as is.
I know also pending amount of developers we have currently since most leave to develop in other phones or carrier based phone model is what we can choose from roms available which is less than the other carrier model.
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The HTC One is my first non Nexus smartphone, so dealing with all the bloat that comes with Sense and stock has been hard for me. When I was using my Nexus S 4G I used Slim Rom and loved it for its minimal nature and stuck with it. Slim bean 4.3 stable has been a great rom for me, though now that the 4.4 builds are out I've found them more suitable for a daily driver. Slimkat is awesome and I personally cant wait for it to reach stable. Minimal is my cup of tea, add in Google Experience Launcher and I'm one happy guy.

I had a Hero, then a whole bunch of Shift4G's. Rooted all of those because I could make them noticeably faster, increase the battery life, and get rid of apps I didn't use.
With the One, it's already fast enough that I wouldn't notice an increase much. The battery life is great for the way I use it, I recently had a stretch that was nearly 40 hours off the charger (obviously I didn't use it a heck of a lot during that time). And being able to hide the apps I don't want from the app drawer means I forget they're even there. Because of that, I haven't seen a good reason to put a different ROM on this phone...yet

Performance questions, concerns

Hello all,
I own an AT&T HTC M7, originally with CID CWS__001. I have SuperCID'd the phone, tried various international edition ROM's, but all seem to eat my battery up like a little kid finding a bag of M&M's. The battery life always seems OK for the first few days, then all of a sudden it begins dwindling at a rate where I can literally watch 1% dropping every maybe 15 seconds while using the phone for extremely basic stuff. Restarts don't seem to fix the issue, and these are mostly Sense 6 ROM's. There are a few older ROM's that also seem to cause me problems, and it can be a hassle to have to consistently keep my apps off of RAM and force close them. So, due to this ongoing issue, I decided to revert back to a stock RUU with my phone, rooted it, and now have no battery issues. However, I hate being stock!
So, since the AT&T section is truly lacking in regards to decent non-stock ROM's, I'd like to get some personal opinions as far as Sense 6 based ROM's that provide good performance and battery life, including firmware/radio combinations. I live in Florida if that would help anyone with this. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

I haven't experienced this dude. I get slightly better battery life...