Which ROM/Kernel do you recommend? - Thunderbolt General

I was wondering which rom/kernel combination is running smoothly without too many problems on the htc thunderbolt? Preferable something that runs pretty quick. Any opinions would be certainly appreciated

BAMF is the best ROM I have tried on TBolt. As far as the kernel, ithink it depends in your phone. Mine dies not handle UV/OC very well, others do. Imoseyon puts out great kernels and the stock kernels with BAMF by Adrynalyne arevreally mice. Both offer alot of variation.
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BAMF 1.6.3 has been running great for me. It comes with its own kernel. You also get the 6 bar signal strength

VirusROM Airborne Senseless with Imosayon kernel... smooth as silk... just waiting for a ROM update...

CM7 is my daily driver. I have GPS, Wifi, 3g/4g hand-off works perfectly; I couldn't ask for more!

You could probably get a different answer all day long .
I'm running Liquid Thundersense 1.45 with Imo's 1.92x kernel (current 2.4.4 version) and it flies. No lockups or reboots here and good battery life. Yay!

yea im running bamf 1.63, no big issues, runs fast, runs well.

J2theMatt said:
BAMF is the best ROM I have tried on TBolt. As far as the kernel, ithink it depends in your phone. Mine dies not handle UV/OC very well, others do. Imoseyon puts out great kernels and the stock kernels with BAMF by Adrynalyne arevreally mice. Both offer alot of variation.
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When you say that your phone "doesn't handle undervoltage/overclocking well," what does that mean? How does this manifest itself? Runs slow, runs hot, both? I've been experimenting with Imoseyon's kernels (latest version with the terminal emulator script) and Das BAMF Remix 1.6.3. Just wondering what I should look for.

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Good question
I never tried overclocking to 1.6... 1.9 like other kernels out there. I use 4.4.3 - 1420/499
My phone runs fine
But I dont get that undervolted stuff

Running Vanilla Bean 1.2 w/ BAMF 4.3 Kernal (considering flashing leanKernal soon) and its been running really smooth so far. I am liking the lack of Sense of Vanilla Bean!

stock and stock

I just loaded my first ROM, Das BAMF remix 1.63, and so far, everything works great!
I rooted it a month ago, what a hassle that was. It took me all weekend to figure it out. I first tried using the Cyanogenmod Thunderbolt wiki procedure, but kept getting stuck because their wiki assumes you know all about ABD and how to use it, and there must be something crucial not listed in their step by step procedure. Anyways I tried another site, which had almost the same info, but different downloads, so I kept getting stuck there with more anti noob root steps, and finally gave up there. Then I found a 3 click root program on another site, and that got the whole thing rooted with s=off.
After all that rooting nightmare, I decided I would just wait for the Cyanogenmod 7 ROM, but weeks passed and it looked like the project was abandon, so I decided to try a flavor of the most popular ROM instead.
What I wanted the most was that SENSE stuff turned off, and all the bloatware removed. I read the BAMF ROMS are the most popular, and decided to give one a try, ann am now happy I did. One thing I do notice is the personalize button now opens a browser, but I actually like that better.
I like the 6 bar signal meter, the cool boot animation, and the new themes, and the GPS icon is now gone from the status bar. Still playing with it the check out all the features.

pray59 said:
I just loaded my first ROM, Das BAMF remix 1.63, and so far, everything works great!
I rooted it a month ago, what a hassle that was. It took me all weekend to figure it out. I first tried using the Cyanogenmod Thunderbolt wiki procedure, but kept getting stuck because their wiki assumes you know all about ABD and how to use it, and there must be something crucial not listed in their step by step procedure. Anyways I tried another site, which had almost the same info, but different downloads, so I kept getting stuck there with more anti noob root steps, and finally gave up there. Then I found a 3 click root program on another site, and that got the whole thing rooted with s=off.
After all that rooting nightmare, I decided I would just wait for the Cyanogenmod 7 ROM, but weeks passed and it looked like the project was abandon, so I decided to try a flavor of the most popular ROM instead.
What I wanted the most was that SENSE stuff turned off, and all the bloatware removed. I read the BAMF ROMS are the most popular, and decided to give one a try, ann am now happy I did. One thing I do notice is the personalize button now opens a browser, but I actually like that better.
I like the 6 bar signal meter, the cool boot animation, and the new themes, and the GPS icon is now gone from the status bar. Still playing with it the check out all the features.
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Hey, I got two questions. The first is whether you had the update that just came out a few days ago applied when you did this root method. The second is if you have a link to where you found it.
Thanx

Rooting... Bah! ROMS... Yeah!
When I rooted, I did not have the update. Other than the ROM i just loaded, I have not applied any updates since rooting a month ago, and here is how I did it: (remember, I know nothing about unix, linux, java, or anything other than BASIC)
First I tried this procedure, and stalled at step 9 of the downgrade procedure, but looking back I think it failed because at step 5 I had failed to gain temporary root, and I did not know that a change in prompt from "$" to "#" means temporary root. I still am not sure:
cyanogenmod thunderbolt wiki (I was spam filtered from posting the link)
Second I tried this procedure, but again, died at step 3 trying to gain the temp root "#" prompt:
androidpolice thunderbolt root thread (I was spam filtered from posting the link)
Then I found this easy root 3 step process, and followed it, and at first it did not work past step 1, so I copied the downgrade file from the cyanogenmod wiki, verified it's md5 checksum, and put it in the 3 step folder and it worked:
droidforums easy-root-available-3-step-process (I was spam filtered from posting the link)
Now remember that all these procedures have been updated since tax day weekend when I did the mod, but it was a total 2 day nightmare that I would never want to endure again.
The problem is that each new term I encountered took a couple hours of web research to find out what it means and does. This is my first phone, and terminology used is totally alien to me.
Now that I have this new BAMF ROM installed, I am liking the phone a lot more. Just like I enjoy customizing windows 7 on my desktop, I have just discovered the same thing is do-able on the phone.
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-Robert

Tesla Coil is very good but doesn't seem to be actively updated.

I have been benchmarking all of the ROMs and kernels (well only 2, BAMF and leanKernel with each flavor) to see what has the best performance. Maybe I will share the spreadsheet someday. Currently testing CM7.

I have used Perfect Storm and BAMF. I prefer Das BAMF because it is simple, relatively light, but packs a mean punch with some of the added features.
The Adrynalyne kernels work great, but I get a little better battery life from Imoseyon's LeanKernel. I am currently running Das Bamf 1.6.3 and LeanKernel 2.5 with custom undervoltage.
I think its crazy how different each TB is with how it responds to kernels, ROMs, radios, voltage, etc. But I am very happy with what I have now, and the undervolting has given me more battery life!

I was using Bamf Stripped v 1.1 until I flashed the gingerbread rom, I absolutely loved it.

My sig says it all. Put your cursor on the details for links to the goodies
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Wsa getting real crapy bat life on bamf 1.6.3 but think it was because I didnt clean and wipe between updates I just cleaned wiped and did it again seems to be working fine. Im on stock bamf6.3 kernel gonna give it a couple days then I mnight switch.

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BAMF 2.0 or Gingeritis v1.0

Ive run bolth this week and tried all the diffrent rom and kernel combos im running gingeritis with dream kernel 2.0.2 what are you guys running and what have you like abt each rom and what havent you.
i've run the froyo bamf and gingeritis and i have to say that gingeritis is a much better rom. Butch and Mik are both crazy amazing rom crafters but from the way both roms work i see that bamf roms are a bit advanced for my liking, gingeritis has the right amount of stock apps and extra apps installed on a clean flash and allow me to use the superuser from the market without and hassle.
I love both roms but my preferance is mik's roms and right now gingeritis is where i will stay until i feel i want to move to CM7. I think everyone should be working towards getting to know your thunderbolt and slowly working their way to CM7 by trying out different roms and learning adb, fastboot, cmr, and theming
Theoryofginger is making some serious headway with users may take a look at that.
Gingeritis is excellent but the transparent pull down can be difficult to read at times.
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+1 for Gingerth3ory. I downloaded the 4.0 test build and it is rock solid, quick and pretty good battery life for Gingerbread. I've flashed many roms and this one is my current favorite.
I've tried th3ory as well but I seemed to have quick battery heat up on that Rom I'm not sure why but I've noticed my phone getting allot hotter lately can't figure out why
I was on the froyo Bamf since it came out. Went Briefly to BAMF GB and personally it was buggy (and to a point still is). No disrespect to butch, I heard he go injured on the job and his hands are full.
Gingeritis I waited until the final came out and went with the same dream kernel. For me it has been problem free, much like BAMF's froyo rom. Not as many bells and whistles, but it is stable.
My final decision was based on reading the last few pages of each roms posts, seeing what the main complaints were. You can do the same and see if those complaints you can live with or is too much to deal with. Either way both ROMS are basically beta's, so there will issues until the official GB release comes out.
i would have to throw in bamf3.0 preview4 it is by far the best rom i have ever ran, just wipe 3x before installing. sense 3.0 is beastly, you should definitively take a look at it. i have tried other roms out but i always end up back on bamf
Another for Gingerth3ory. Loaded the 4.0 release last night with the Rapist kernel and enabled the ability to drop to 184MHz... Battery life so far is the best I've seen so far, and the whole system runs silky smooth. (I was running the beta of gingeritis until I switched to th3ory 2 weeks ago)
+1 Bamf
I'm on Bamf 2.0-5, and haven't found a reason to switch out yet. Fast, Stable, and only one major bug at this point (sometimes recharges slowly until you restart).
dondk said:
I was on the froyo Bamf since it came out. Went Briefly to BAMF GB and personally it was buggy (and to a point still is). No disrespect to butch, I heard he go injured on the job and his hands are full.
Gingeritis I waited until the final came out and went with the same dream kernel. For me it has been problem free, much like BAMF's froyo rom. Not as many bells and whistles, but it is stable.
My final decision was based on reading the last few pages of each roms posts, seeing what the main complaints were. You can do the same and see if those complaints you can live with or is too much to deal with. Either way both ROMS are basically beta's, so there will issues until the official GB release comes out.
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Honestly if you try all the GB roms, they all buggy. I liked remix GB the best though was as quick as Gingerbean and gingerbean IS LEAN and pretty sensless so thats an achievement by BAMF to say the least. Those are the only 2 I liked. Have not tried theory yet but been reading on it alot.
They all buggy though I can't stay on GB... everytime i flash its cool for like first day or 2 then weird **** happens. Phone always runs hotter and battery is just unpredictable.
I test the BAMF 2.0.5 and Remix to , now i run Liquid Gingersense v1.1 with Nerozehl's dreamKernel 2-0-3 meantime best result and very stable
I've tried both and frankly everything else and I always go back to Gingeritis.
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Gingeritis with Neo's latest, running Rapist extreme mod = win.
BAMF GB pr4 for me and it works like a charm understanding there are somethings that are still being worked on. Can't wait for pr5 which I hear is being built with a new base from the ground up so keep your eyes peeled back for that one peeps.
I personally run Gingeritis over BAMF because of the transparent market and auto-rotate toggle within the status bar. miss the bamf toolkit tho

[Q] Pros and Cons of various ICS ROMS now out

Hi All,
Any of you folks with extreme ORD tried many of the different ICS froms yet?
- a very silly question I'm sure! -
I have been following with building anticipation since the leak, but since the Fiscall Year was coming to a close at work I didn't dare begin experimenting for fear of getting sidetracked and losing what little sleep time I had left.
I would really like to hear the pros and cons of some of the various flavours of ICS now available in the "Skyrocket's One Stop Shop for All Things ICS 4.0!" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1573218 thread...
I'm on Rogers, and am especially interested in things like best radio for sound quality and LTE txfer speeds (there are only 2 so far right?), and what apps specifically are removed from the "debloat" versions... I obviously have zero need for ATT apps, but some of the Samsung bloatware might still be useful to me. Can TW be tossed out and replaced just as easily as with GB? I've been pleased with ADW EX, and would probably stick with it unless there's something more ICSish with as much functionality?
Of course I (and others I'm sure) would love to hear anything you have to offer about speed, interface, quality, bugs, workarounds, etc... I have tried to piece it together from the various ROM threads, but first hand comparisons between the ROMS don't seem to be there.
If there's another compare and contrast thread I apologize, but I did in fact search for "Pros and Cons", and "Rom Differences", and "ICS Comparison", but didn't come up with anything Skyrocket except GB stuff.
Thanks in advance for any comparisons you folks have to offer up.
Jamie
I would also like to have a short list of pros and cons for each
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1st attempt
Well there were no takers to post their experiences, so I figured I'd go ahead and start logging my own attempts...
Tried Silver's ROM collectiveics.zip first because it looked to be the easiest and least risky but no joy for me.
I backed everything up and flashed as per the instructions and got a boot loop.
Used recovery to wipe but still no success.
Restored my original stock Rogers GB ROM.
Then tried again with his themed version (collectiveics3.zip) but had exactly the same experience but this time also tried flashing ics kernal when the boot loop happened... no change.
Restored again.
I reported it in the appropriate thread and see that a few others have the same issue... Silver asked for ROM, and CWM version to try and isolate a common issue. I see others having the problem have also responded.
I was using CWM version 5.0.2.7 and from what I can see, so were others... I flashed a different CWM ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1472954 ) this morning and will try flashing Silver again after work. If it still doesn't work, I will move on to a different ROM and report the experience back here again. (I WILL tell you if it worked too of course)
Jamie
I have tried several of the ICS roms thus far, and the only one that I have had zero problems with has been the MHX Superlite 4.2. I really liked the look of the Nexusmod ICS rom, and the trebuchet launcher included, but it was a bit buggy and I could never get fix permissions to run, either. I have noticed that every time I flash a rom now, it takes a bit longer than the time before for the phone to settle after the initial boot.
my understanding is thus.
(there is no harm flashing nandroids back forth)
so long got nandroid no problem from there..
Best gb rom. QuickWiz never updated.
2nd best gb rom silver (for looks alone lol)
Going try mx gb rom next
WHEN ics roms are considered my understanding is this. There not up to par for a daily driver yet. Sure they work but your going to have a problem with something. Now I never tried one but off of what others say your going to have issues with at least one part of it so I say why bother? Wait a bit longer for them to stabalize. Im going try gb mx rom think going be the one I want.
Sucks though I love the theme on silver.... guess could stick to it. Im ocd about roms I want them perfect
I've been using mhx's ICS Superlite 4.2 for a few days now. It's stable enough for daily use, in my opinion. I've not experienced any of the common problems listed in mhx's thread (shutdown stick, FC's, TB not restoring), everything's working perfectly. The only problem I had was caller ID not showing, but that was easily fixed by flashing another radio. So far my Skyrocket is running smoothly and I'll probably stick with mhx's ROMs from now on.
One thing I think is very important that a lot of people overlook when flashing - USE DARKSIDE SUPER WIPE! Whether you're going from GB to ICS or simplying upgrading from existing ICS, as long as it's a full-wipe ROM, Darkside it. I've been able to escape a lot of common FC problems by doing so.
whatlobster said:
I've been using mhx's ICS Superlite 4.2 for a few days now. It's stable enough for daily use, in my opinion. I've not experienced any of the common problems listed in mhx's thread (shutdown stick, FC's, TB not restoring), everything's working perfectly. The only problem I had was caller ID not showing, but that was easily fixed by flashing another radio. So far my Skyrocket is running smoothly and I'll probably stick with mhx's ROMs from now on.
One thing I think is very important that a lot of people overlook when flashing - USE DARKSIDE SUPER WIPE! Whether you're going from GB to ICS or simplying upgrading from existing ICS, as long as it's a full-wipe ROM, Darkside it. I've been able to escape a lot of common FC problems by doing so.
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I've held off so far on ICS but i think I'll get my feet wet this weekend. Strange you recommend darkside wipe. I'm certain Silver said not to darkside wipe for his ICS rom. There does seem to be a disconnect between some of the instructions and results people are having thus . I guess this is to be expected at this point.
I "darkside wipe" religeouslybefore every full wipe rom flash and never experience the fc's (@least not from leftover data).
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I have flashed the following three ics roms on my rogers i727r and here were my results (They may vary and be different from yours this is just MY experience)
1. Nexus ICS Beta 3
Pros:
-Beautiful themeing done by M0D
-Very stable and dependable as dd
Cons:
-Battery Life was not so great for me
2. SuperLite 4.2
Pros:
-Stable and reliable
-Strong ROM support by mhx
-Great battery life
Cons:
-Not AOSP feelish like other roms (you can always flash a theme and be happy though )
3. SensatioN
Pros:
-Fast!
-Strong dev and theme support by the pair
-Quick response to questions and concerns
Cons:
-I am not much for the theme right now (waiting for wail01x to drop his next beta)
-Full of bloat off the start takes some heavy removal (my opinion)
Thats it for me so far will report later after i feed the addiction of ORD
can you flash any theme to any rom
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Try using cwm touch for flashing.
I'm on nexus ics and it looks great. No real major bugs so I'm using it as a daily driver. I can't comment on battery life yet but I will once I cycle a few times. Doesn't seem as snappy as gb roms though.
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bacheezy said:
I "darkside wipe" religeouslybefore every full wipe rom flash and never experience the fc's (@least not from leftover data).
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I also do this religiously and have had great luck with it. However, it never fixed the nexus ICS install for me, and I tried flashing it several times on a couple of download tries with issues.
I've upgraded to MHX 4.3 today, and it seems to be great as a daily driver. It's smooth, fast, and tiny. Apex launcher is nice, too.
Update
Flashed the latest Odin version of CWM, and as I type, I've got a full backup going for archive to my PC so I can try the MHX Superlite 4.5 ('cause it's a full wipe flash)
I will report back the results in a bit but had to do something while I wait for the backup...
IF it works OK my next step will be the UCLC5 modem... Wish me luck ;-)
Jamie
Well... So far so good. Flash went well and in the process of restoring apps... Liked Silver's theme but MHX seems more stable so far... Will edit again when the apps are working...
Arrrgh
UCALC5 modem seems to have increased my reception at the cost of useability... LONG pauses between every screen change... going to flash is again and if it doesn't settle in I'll either go back to 4 or erstore GB again... have to drive a thousand km tomorrow and can't have an "iffy" phone.
mx gb super light amazing.
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Working ICS
I could not make things work with the UCALC5 modem. It just wouldn't play nice with any ROM I flashed... Superlight was working but the modem killed it... reflashed the UCALC4 modem and then flashed the collective ROM and I have a working ICS phone Had to get a TiBu update to get my apps back because the one in the ROM is broken but now my apps are restored and all is right with the world (but I need to get used to Apex I think... and set it all up... Anxiously awaiting his updated one.
Aargh... Should have installed most of the apps from the market... acore keeps FCing on me again now. I suspect it's got something to do with the data restore... Thought I was careful about what I let it restore but I must have let something slip through that it doesn't like... sure is tough to sign on to the market to try and update Apex when your keyboard keeps dissapearing before you have your gmail password typed. :-(
most roms doesnt have battery roms. and the ones that do, (ICS), have the shutdown/reboot issue.
I've tried all of the different ICS roms available to us as of today. I'm really beginning to think that even following install directions to the letter will still give varied results for different people. Probably many small factors that cause this to happen. I've personally had many issues with lag and freezing of user and system apps, even after multiple installs with multiple wipes on each ROM. The only ROM so far that has been the most problem free is the Superlite ROM in my experience. I'm two days on it now and not had even one single bit of lag and zero freezing. I can't say any of the other ICS roms have had the same solid results as this.
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Yah I have wanted to root and flash an ICS ROM for my Rogers i727R lately but none seem stable enough that I would be happy with the results. I will prolly wait for the OTA ICS update from Rogers . God knows when that will be. Then i will root seems like the best bet at this point
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Yah I have wanted to root and flash an ICS ROM for my Rogers i727R lately but none seem stable enough that I would be happy with the results. I will prolly wait for the OTA ICS update from Rogers . God knows when that will be. Then i will root seems like the best bet at this point
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[Q] Most stable Gingerbread ROM

Hi i was wondering what the most stable gingerbread rom is right now for the G2x? I was using eagleblood's ics rom but I want to be able to use camera, browser and internal storage for music (I dont have an external sd card right now). but yeah tahts my question. I heard the one from lg/tmobile isnt the best
Stock or custom? Cm7 I feel is the best, but some might disagree.
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My wife has EaglesBlood GB on her phone, and she says it's really stable for her. On occasion, it freezes up on AC power, but other than that, it works really well.
And, like mt3g said, CM7 also works really well. Although others complain that it's buggy for them, but that's just the nature of these phones: what works for one phone, doesn't work well for another. Trial and error is your strange bedfellow.
mt3g said:
Stock or custom? Cm7 I feel is the best, but some might disagree.
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i used stock but that seemed to drain my battery like no other, and sometimes apps froze. I would rather go custom if tehre is a good one
dorkknight said:
My wife has EaglesBlood GB on her phone, and she says it's really stable for her. On occasion, it freezes up on AC power, but other than that, it works really well.
And, like mt3g said, CM7 also works really well. Although others complain that it's buggy for them, but that's just the nature of these phones: what works for one phone, doesn't work well for another. Trial and error is your strange bedfellow.
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EaglesBlood ICS has only restarted once over my 4 day usage and that was cause i was doing some stupid stuff with the settings. I just want something that doesnt drain my battery as much as stock and fixed glitches and everything... the notification sliding in ICS i heard that some GB roms have it.. which do? I was looking at the android developement section and tehre are like 10 idk what to choose lol
I always choose a basic nightly the latest only work with 21y mar 2012 baseband I think been out of it for a while.
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I always choose a basic nightly the latest only work with 21y mar 2012 baseband I think been out of it for a while.
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alright ill try nightly out, no other custom GB rom works with 21y?
Ya but you have to use the new baseband zip file owain created. Its in the op oh his thread.
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If you want something easy to customize, I recommend Hellfire Phoenix over EaglesBlood because its based on the newest CM7 source, which includes a lot of fixes and more tweaks.
Now if you want a stock look (along with that better stock battery life), I recommend Bionix Reloaded v1.4.1 because its heavily tweaked for better battery life, and gives you all the stock Tmo apps like Wifi Calling, DLNA Sharing, etc.
The kernel is important too, and I always used Faux's kernel without any problems. In fact, using Faux helped solve some, as people running other kernels weren't able to play games such as Draw Something.
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I like CM7, but have been running Hell Fire Phoenix for a LONG time, and love it.
Specific reqs
My wife is a medical professional and is sometimes "on call". I bought our phones a year ago, and didn't switch from stock 2.2.2, because no ROM/kernel (if I'm using those terms correctly) seem to be able to fix the Black Screen Of Death. So now I wonder the same - which ROM and or kernel is the most stable? She loves the stock LG camera, doesn't use BT nor WiFi calling - she NEEDS STABILITY!!! I know I can search thru the dev forum, but there are many posts, some by zealots. I'm looking for opinions from people who have tried many. It could be that the new LG V21Y will be good for her....
She doesn't need to customize - she just wants a phone that is working every time she pulls it out of her purse.
I vote for LG's stock 2.3.4 with new baseband.
My wife has not rebooted her G2x since updating to the new V21y/2.3.4. It's been at least a month for her w/o ANY complaints. She used to ***** at least daily about needing to pull the battery or reboot. Call quality is much improved, but what really impresses me is the speed and accuracy of the GPS now (not sure how much that matters for your wife). Battery seems to be at least as good as when I run the latest CM Nightly with Morfic's Trinity ELP kernel underclocked.
I too keep a nandroid backup of the new stock rom on my G2x. I find it the most stable of anything I've tried. Recently I've been on Hellfire Phoenix w/ either Morfic's ELP or Faux's 50b6 kernel. I've also been through all the recent Cyanogenmod releases lately.
Benefits of the stock ROM...
-No black screens of death
-Great battery life
-Clear in-call sound
-Quick GPS locks
-Minimal force closes
Compared to CM-based ROM's I mostly miss the brightness controlled by sliding across the status bar, the status bar toggles, the CM themes, and the "render effect" that allows me to pick the hue of the screen. I like to run the red one (least bright) when I just can't stop using the phone at night.
I am beginning to play with the rooted 2.3.4 (Thanks kwes1020) in hopes of regaining some of that custom functionality that I miss from the CM-based builds...
Appreciative lurker, first time poster
This thread looks like the best one to get my questions answered. TIA.
Brand new G2X (got the $30 T-mobile Walmart plan), running 2.3.4 on the March 2012 BB, kernel 2.6.32.9 (if that matters)
Basically I'm looking for something stable, though I am interested in customization.
Features that are important to me:
Battery Life, speed, GPS, WiFi Calling, Bluetooth streaming (but dont care about Bluetooth calling), fast camera
Based on all my reading in these forums, I think I should be looking for a GingerBread ROM that allows some neat customization. CM7 7.2 Stable seems to be the most recommended right now. Is that right?
Also, though I have a couple years experience with Android, this will be the first time I root a phone and install a custom ROM. I was planning to use the video tutorials at theunlockr.com to start the process. Having watched all those, it looks like there are 3 steps:
1. Root: http://theunlockr.com/2011/05/03/how-to-root-the-t-mobile-g2x/
2. Flash Custom Recovery Image: http://theunlockr.com/2011/05/03/how-to-flash-a-custom-recovery-image-on-the-t-mobile-g2x/
3. Load Custom ROM: http://theunlockr.com/2011/05/03/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-the-t-mobile-g2x/
However, I saw in another thread ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1761772&page=2 ) that "There is no need to root your stock Rom if you are using NVFlash to flash CWM."
So, is this a newer method or the same thing that unlockr.com is instructing me to do?
I know that's alot, but thanks for any advice...
Smitty20 said:
Appreciative lurker, first time poster
This thread looks like the best one to get my questions answered. TIA.
Brand new G2X (got the $30 T-mobile Walmart plan), running 2.3.4 on the March 2012 BB, kernel 2.6.32.9 (if that matters)
Basically I'm looking for something stable, though I am interested in customization.
Features that are important to me:
Battery Life, speed, GPS, WiFi Calling, Bluetooth streaming (but dont care about Bluetooth calling), fast camera
Based on all my reading in these forums, I think I should be looking for a GingerBread ROM that allows some neat customization. CM7 7.2 Stable seems to be the most recommended right now. Is that right?
Also, though I have a couple years experience with Android, this will be the first time I root a phone and install a custom ROM. I was planning to use the video tutorials at theunlockr.com to start the process. Having watched all those, it looks like there are 3 steps:
1. Root: http://theunlockr.com/2011/05/03/how-to-root-the-t-mobile-g2x/
2. Flash Custom Recovery Image: http://theunlockr.com/2011/05/03/how-to-flash-a-custom-recovery-image-on-the-t-mobile-g2x/
3. Load Custom ROM: http://theunlockr.com/2011/05/03/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-the-t-mobile-g2x/
However, I saw in another thread ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1761772&page=2 ) that "There is no need to root your stock Rom if you are using NVFlash to flash CWM."
So, is this a newer method or the same thing that unlockr.com is instructing me to do?
I know that's alot, but thanks for any advice...
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Well, I rooted my phone for the first time about 3 months ago and I used the unlockr method. As long as you follow step by step instructions everything should go smoothly, I screwed it up and had to reload stock rom, but that just made me understand the process better.
As for which ROM to get, I tried various ones Eaglesblood, Hellfire both ICS and GB and I found that the one I liked the best was Hellfire CM7.2 supertweaked. I couldn't do ICS because I actually want to watch videos on my phone and it was too laggy. However, Hellfire ran smoothly and the battery life is amazing compared to stock. I have had this phone on mostly standby for a whole day and it was still on 60% battery life. There are no problems with wifi and camera is good. I am not sure about bluetooth since i don't use it, but the news is that there will soon be fixes to any bluetooth issues.
An extra piece of advice, if you are going to root your phone and I recommend you get the Auto Memory Manager and FasterGPS app. The former is better than app killer, which are bad for your device and the second will immensely increase GPS lock on time.
unknownz_1 said:
Well, I rooted my phone for the first time about 3 months ago and I used the unlockr method. As long as you follow step by step instructions everything should go smoothly, I screwed it up and had to reload stock rom, but that just made me understand the process better.
As for which ROM to get, I tried various ones Eaglesblood, Hellfire both ICS and GB and I found that the one I liked the best was Hellfire CM7.2 supertweaked. I couldn't do ICS because I actually want to watch videos on my phone and it was too laggy. However, Hellfire ran smoothly and the battery life is amazing compared to stock. I have had this phone on mostly standby for a whole day and it was still on 60% battery life. There are no problems with wifi and camera is good. I am not sure about bluetooth since i don't use it, but the news is that there will soon be fixes to any bluetooth issues.
An extra piece of advice, if you are going to root your phone and I recommend you get the Auto Memory Manager and FasterGPS app. The former is better than app killer, which are bad for your device and the second will immensely increase GPS lock on time.
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Thanks for the quick response. So, did you do the 3 videos in that order? That is my plan. And I will look for the Hellfire ROM, thanks.

Just activated my Captivate

We switched to Verizon a few years ago and I got a Fascinate (That was running MIUI). Wife and I left because they got rid of unlimited data, I had this Captivate in a box that I just broke out a few days ago and we went to Straight Talk. However it is running Eclair. I would like to root it and possibly put Gingerbread or a stable rom. I've been browsing the forum looking for an easy way to root and find a stock Gingerbread Rom, or something that is really stable as I could use it as a daily driver. IS the CM9 Rom pretty stable?
chunklefunk said:
We switched to Verizon a few years ago and I got a Fascinate (That was running MIUI). Wife and I left because they got rid of unlimited data, I had this Captivate in a box that I just broke out a few days ago and we went to Straight Talk. However it is running Eclair. I would like to root it and possibly put Gingerbread or a stable rom. I've been browsing the forum looking for an easy way to root and find a stock Gingerbread Rom, or something that is really stable as I could use it as a daily driver. IS the CM9 Rom pretty stable?
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CM9 is rock solid, I use CM10 without any issues as well. My preference goes to CM10. I would suggest taking a look at the sticky'ed topics, they are a great resource for guides and how to's!
For example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350266
I will take a look at that then.
I've enjoyed running the Cappy port of Paranoid Android JB, which is based on CM10.
Third response and third suggestion for a rom but I also have to give props to SlimBean. Just installed SlimBean 2.2 and so far it's beautiful. I definitely suggest reading the install process thoroughly because if you aren't used to flashing a lot of roms some things can happen during this flash that might freak you out. Besides that and a couple little feature additions (by that I mean toggle buttons I would like to see) it's beautiful and is the first version of Jelly Bean that I've been able to pull of any sort of overclocking without getting immediate reboots.
I ran the 2.2 release for many days until I got tired of not having Google Now, the trick I found in it is to long press the menu button, but I couldn't find a way to remap the search key in hardware keys. So now I'm back on 2.1 until they put out a patch to fix the search key. I'm watching that site and the related posts here like a hawk.
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If you haven't installed a custom ROM yet, you can check out the recent thread created by Klitoni where I gave him some simple instructions.
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[Q] Sick of 2.3.4. Looking for something more fun.

Hey guys, been a fan of XDA for years, infinite amounts of knowledge here it seems, and I know nothing. While I could spend years reading all the posts and searching, I figured some of the more knowledgable members may be able to answer a couple quick questions without giving me TOO big of a hard time.
I have had my G2x for about a year which is running 2.3.4, March 2011 baseband. I used to own a G1 and a Motorola Cliq and had experimented with rooting it. I am looking for something new and different, as I'm kind of sick of regular old GB. There is so much knowledge here, and on some ROMs 100's of pages of stuff to read, which unfortuantely most of which I find confusing. I know nothing about baseband versions, radios, etc. I plan on researching a lot of these things, as thats obviously the only way to learn.
My Fiance and I both have the G2x, and are both needing to be hard reset and they're running slowly and the battery seems to be draining faster and faster. I planned to do a hard reset this weekend, but figured I may experiment with rooting and custom roms. If you guys can answer some questions for me, I'd greatly appreiciate it! I know that all this information is likely out there, although I feel completely lost and overwhelmed, unsure where to begin. I had the following questions.
If I decide to root the phone, and try different roms am I always able to "unroot" the phone and bring it back to factory just as it is now? Is this general rooting guide good for 2.3.4? Can I root without loading a custom Rom? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1594650
I had been noticing that with Hellfire Sandwhich, and EaglesBlood there are some known issues, like bluetooth I believe, but I'm having a hard time seeing what isn't working currently. I would like to try ICS, but want something stable where I'm not going to experience a lot of programs not working. I don't do a lot on my phone but would like all the little things to work. How would I find "current bugs" or something similar, as there are hundreds of posts I can't seem to find the information.
Is there a certain rom that most people recommend for ICS that is more stable, possible CM?
How common is it to completely brick your phone, if you're not an idiot and follow instructions?
I was told when I bought the phone that it would receive ICS OTA, but this seems debateable. Am I better off waiting to see if this happens, or what do you guys recommend?
I'm sorry this seems like a stupid post, and that I haven't done any reading, because I have, I'm just confused as hell. I REALLY appreciate everyone's help! I've always enjoying messing with phones, although there is just too much to it with Radios, baseband, kernels, all of which I know nothing about, and mean nothing to me at this point. THANKS guys!
That guide will work for you. The good news is that the G2x is close to impossible to brick (it can be done, but definitely takes some talent). NVflash can be used 98% of the time to fix your phone.
As far as ROMs go, you have to experiment. Every G2x is different, and handle different setups differently. With that being said, Kwes's rooted stock ROM fixed a lot of the problems I had with my G2x. If you're bored with stock, most CM7 based ROMs are very stable. As far as ICS goes, Genesis was always my favorite, and the most reliable for me. I recently started playing with Paranoid Android CM9, and so far it works great, and provides a really unique experience.
Just read the first few posts of every ROM and it should provide you with most of the information you need to make a good decision. Hope this helps, and happy flashing!
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I've tried pretty much every ROM available (save for quite a few GB ROMs and two JB ROMs), and I feel that the CM10 Paranoid Android is the smoothest ROM available. Every ICS ROM is smooth when you first install it (and I especially love all the features in Domination and Genesis), but after a week or so of use, your phone will start lagging again. With PA, lag is at a minimum. I was on CM9 PA last before getting sick of lag before switching to a GB ROM for a month or so, then decided to finally try out CM10 PA because I just missed flashing new ROMs and I was very impressed. CM10 version runs WAY better than CM9.
I just rooted my phone about 1 week ago and used the guide that the OP posted..everything worked great...I'm currently running hellfire 2.3 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420972&highlight=hellfire+2+3) and freaking loving it...sooo much better than stock...basically follow the directions from the thread you posted and you'll be fine...
It depends on how important it is to you to have good picture quality with your phone. Even though this phone doesn't have the greatest camera, the stock camera is the best. If you flash to a CM ROM the quality is horrible. I love the performance of CM, but the camera quality was a deal breaker for me.
I ended up trying some stock 2.3.3 roms, but I have ended up back on my rooted stock running 2.3.4 with some tweaks from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1806868&highlight=tweaks and I am running faux's 14b2 kernel. With these two things my phone runs really good.
skarookidoo said:
It depends on how important it is to you to have good picture quality with your phone. Even though this phone doesn't have the greatest camera, the stock camera is the best. If you flash to a CM ROM the quality is horrible. I love the performance of CM, but the camera quality was a deal breaker for me.
I ended up trying some stock 2.3.3 roms, but I have ended up back on my rooted stock running 2.3.4 with some tweaks from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1806868&highlight=tweaks and I am running faux's 14b2 kernel. With these two things my phone runs really good.
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You know that there is a port of the original lg cam for cm7 right?
partylikeaninjastar said:
I've tried pretty much every ROM available (save for quite a few GB ROMs and two JB ROMs), and I feel that the CM10 Paranoid Android is the smoothest ROM available. Every ICS ROM is smooth when you first install it (and I especially love all the features in Domination and Genesis), but after a week or so of use, your phone will start lagging again. With PA, lag is at a minimum. I was on CM9 PA last before getting sick of lag before switching to a GB ROM for a month or so, then decided to finally try out CM10 PA because I just missed flashing new ROMs and I was very impressed. CM10 version runs WAY better than CM9.
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Do you have a link to the CM10 Paranoid Android you're referring to? I was able to find http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891480 which says it's CM10, although says alpha and hackfest stating it's buggy. The other version that I found was CM9. Is this the version you're saying is the smoothest?
Tr33x0rs said:
Do you have a link to the CM10 Paranoid Android you're referring to? I was able to find http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891480 which says it's CM10, although says alpha and hackfest stating it's buggy. The other version that I found was CM9. Is this the version you're saying is the smoothest?
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That's the one. It's no less buggy than any ICS ROM if that's the flavor your going for. CM10 is smoother than CM9. At least in my experience. Does anyone else want to chime in?
The only thing that took me back to CM9 was the battery drain issue on CM10.
On a different note: my phone only likes stock ROMs, but I recent found out about Weapon a New Clip, and it is pretty sweet, and just as reliable as anything else I've ever used
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
CM10 Paranoid looks soo beautiful and I'm really tempted to try it out, but I have a really good thing going on right now with the hellfire...it's super stable and smooth plus I have a ics theme on it so that keeps things fresh for me. I do have one question for those on CM10 Paranoid. Is it stable enough that you can run the 4.2 gapps or any themes/launchers on it??
r.snyder said:
You know that there is a port of the original lg cam for cm7 right?
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I know I tried it. Not a whole lot of difference. I had my wife's stock g2x to do a side by side comparison. I was hoping it would be better.
Unrooting and bringing back to stock.
Hey guys, I rooted my phone and installed Hellfire sandwhich about a month ago. The rom seemed to run good at first, and progressively get slower. I just picked up a Nexus 7 and have no desire to run custom roms on my phone anymore as the tablet has all the bells and whistles, therefore at this point i want to bring my phone back to original condition.
I used this guide to root my phone - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1594650 and installed HFS from there. I am looking at threads to unroot and some of them are using ADB. The first thing that I did is to load my Nandroid backup from when I oringinally rooted my phone, and I am receiving the message saying "Checking MD5 sums...MD5 mismatch!". I have gone to this thread- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714114, but I am unable to access my phone via ADB, as it's saying "Error: Device not found". I have tried to boot into CWM and plug the phone in there, but appears that all my drivers are not loading - http://puu.sh/1JH8J and it's still saying device not found. I have tried enabling USB debugging, as well as turning it off. When I plug the phone in, I only have the option of "Media Device (MTP)" or "Camera (PTP), no "charge only" option under "USB Computer Connection".
I am unsure what to do at this point. I have installed the "LGUnitedMobileDriver S4981MAN38AP22 ML WHQL Ver 3.8.1" drivers and still receiving the same error. Sorry if this has been addressed, as I'm sure it has, but can someone point me in the right direction. Thank you!
Tr33x0rs said:
Hey guys, I rooted my phone and installed Hellfire sandwhich about a month ago. The rom seemed to run good at first, and progressively get slower. I just picked up a Nexus 7 and have no desire to run custom roms on my phone anymore as the tablet has all the bells and whistles, therefore at this point i want to bring my phone back to original condition.
I used this guide to root my phone - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1594650 and installed HFS from there. I am looking at threads to unroot and some of them are using ADB. The first thing that I did is to load my Nandroid backup from when I oringinally rooted my phone, and I am receiving the message saying "Checking MD5 sums...MD5 mismatch!". I have gone to this thread- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714114, but I am unable to access my phone via ADB, as it's saying "Error: Device not found". I have tried to boot into CWM and plug the phone in there, but appears that all my drivers are not loading - http://puu.sh/1JH8J and it's still saying device not found. I have tried enabling USB debugging, as well as turning it off. When I plug the phone in, I only have the option of "Media Device (MTP)" or "Camera (PTP), no "charge only" option under "USB Computer Connection".
I am unsure what to do at this point. I have installed the "LGUnitedMobileDriver S4981MAN38AP22 ML WHQL Ver 3.8.1" drivers and still receiving the same error. Sorry if this has been addressed, as I'm sure it has, but can someone point me in the right direction. Thank you!
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Have you tried this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048274 and unroot with SuperOneClick or whatever.
OP have you tried an MIUI based ROM? That's always been a bit of a different experience for me.
footwork* said:
Have you tried this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048274 and unroot with SuperOneClick or whatever.
OP have you tried an MIUI based ROM? That's always been a bit of a different experience for me.
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I have tried this, and that's when I'm receiving the "Checking MD5 sums...MD5 mismatch!" error after choosing to restore.
Tr33x0rs said:
I have tried this, and that's when I'm receiving the "Checking MD5 sums...MD5 mismatch!" error after choosing to restore.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1835914
im so sick!!!
partylikeaninjastar said:
I've tried pretty much every ROM available (save for quite a few GB ROMs and two JB ROMs), and I feel that the CM10 Paranoid Android is the smoothest ROM available. Every ICS ROM is smooth when you first install it (and I especially love all the features in Domination and Genesis), but after a week or so of use, your phone will start lagging again. With PA, lag is at a minimum. I was on CM9 PA last before getting sick of lag before switching to a GB ROM for a month or so, then decided to finally try out CM10 PA because I just missed flashing new ROMs and I was very impressed. CM10 version runs WAY better than CM9.
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I'm sick of gingerbread!
I want sum different. I've had eaglesblood 2.3.4 for years on my g2x and I have tried
Hellfire - works for a while then stuff goes wrong after a wk or so
Tried ICS - stuff is always wrong
On MIUI - and simple stuff is not working after days
I have been flashing phones for a very long time and all the ROMs above I have flashed over n over again and the fact still remains. They DONT Work!
I'm about to flash my eaglesblood back because that's the only thing that works the longest wit no bugs.
is there anything available besides eaglesblood that's stable?
geesh!!
intrygue83 said:
I'm sick of gingerbread!
I want sum different. I've had eaglesblood 2.3.4 for years on my g2x and I have tried
Hellfire - works for a while then stuff goes wrong after a wk or so
Tried ICS - stuff is always wrong
On MIUI - and simple stuff is not working after days
I have been flashing phones for a very long time and all the ROMs above I have flashed over n over again and the fact still remains. They DONT Work!
I'm about to flash my eaglesblood back because that's the only thing that works the longest wit no bugs.
is there anything available besides eaglesblood that's stable?
geesh!!
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I think Marie Antoinette said, If they don't like Gingerbread then let them eat cake, or something similar.

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