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[Q] Fav Rom in your opinion

So i am currently running eagles blood and love it, super smooth, love the black. Havnt found any other glitches yet. Props to creator. What are some other good roms our there

Before the g2x I had a vibrant and ONLY ran Team Whiskey built ROM's because they were always the quickest and most reliable. When I first got my g2x I saw krylon running around the g2x forums and was very excited to see what he will do. My wife is STILL running Bionix on my old vibrant and I am also running Bionix on the g2x. Battery is a lot better, black theme is very nice, phone is super snappy, and I have NO problems with Bionix.

I have tried pretty much all the gb rom's out there and fauxs aosp 1.1.5 gb rom has been the most stable and smooth build I've used... with his custom kernel the thing is buttery smooth and fast with an oc of 1.5ghz if you want it super fast ... plus its a nice stock gb build with no extra stuff which I prefer ...

right now I'm running Bionix.
It's hard to say anything about one being better/worse than another right now, since they're all still in beta form. Let's get some final releases out, or at least an official gingerbread leak to compare against, before judging anything too harshly. And I'm not trying to say they should rush...just that we should expect some glitches

Here is my opinion.
None is better then the other for the fact that they are all built off the same source. If you look at the change logs for all roms right now it is mostly visual things changed with few backend things. (minus cm7 as they built their own)
Anyways give the devs more time to get more actual development done then compare them.

Stock Rom because it's more stable than any of the custom roms at this point. Every thread I've been reading people are having a lot of issues that's why I haven't flashed yet. Waiting for stable build from official source
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Rootuser3.0 said:
Stock Rom because it's more stable than any of the custom roms at this point. Every thread I've been reading people are having a lot of issues that's why I haven't flashed yet. Waiting for stable build from official source
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Not quite true.
stock has almost all the issues and more then most the modded roms.
The reason you see more people complain about the issues on the modded roms is cause ALOT more people are using them over stock as it is junk.

EB1.04 Froyo. Used with included kernel and just a couple of tweaks here and there. Better than stock, LG camera, no GB issues. I get great battery life and speed with it. I'm not looking for a Quadrant record holder...just something that does what I want it to do when asked.
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These types of threads have the potential to invite flame wars. Keep this thread civil and helpful so it remains open. Thank your for your cooperation.

I've tried a lot of roms but settled with EB 1.0.4 because it feels like a stock rom but without the resets I kept having the with leaked version. The GB keyboard lags some but its nothing.
CM7 is really coming around but I'm going to hold off until they fix the APN settings. I've used CM since the first nightly and started looking elsewhere after #21. I'm looking to just relax with a working rom ATM.
As far as the various roms, they aren't all based on the same source. CM uses a CM base and their own kernel, EB uses the GB leak, and a few others are from AOSP directly from Google. Lots of variation. I agree that we should wait till we get some final builds until we compare but I think this thread is good for people to know because I've been using CM since it came out and when it came time to find something more stable I couldn't find which ones worked or which ones had which bugs.

overground said:
EB1.04 Froyo. Used with included kernel and just a couple of tweaks here and there. Better than stock, LG camera, no GB issues. I get great battery life and speed with it. I'm not looking for a Quadrant record holder...just something that does what I want it to do when asked.
Now for the moderator in me:
These types of threads have the potential to invite flame wars. Keep this thread civil and helpful so it remains open. Thank your for your cooperation.
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Do you have it overclocked? And what kernel are you using?
Thanks
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I'm a Team Whiskey fan coming from the Vibrant so Bionix is my first choice, But Eagle's Blood 1.0.4 FR is also really good and in fact I'm running right now because it's still 2.2 so it has stock camera which is great!
Once Krylon gets the camera working on 2.3 I will go back to Bionix!
Haven't tried any others because of the APN issues!
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Rootuser3.0 said:
Stock Rom because it's more stable than any of the custom roms at this point. Every thread I've been reading people are having a lot of issues that's why I haven't flashed yet. Waiting for stable build from official source
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No issues on Bionix.

I've played with all roms.
Latest was Bionix. It suffered some miserable battery drain with this rom. I gave it a few days play, with plenty of idle and game time. I'll say it is very snappy, however I couldn't accept going from 100-under 50 overnight idle while I slept.
Great rom and I will try again.
I'm gonna try EagleBlood 1.04 here in a few minutes, as it's gotten some decent mentions throughout the forums.

oh and btw, faux's aosp 1.1.5 got rid of any lag on the keyboard which i think no other rom has been able to fix on a gb rom

schmit said:
No issues on Bionix.
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I wish they had a froyo version, cause I hate the jerky browser in gingerbread....

yea man i gotta say def eb 1.04 froyo is what is best rite now ive tried all of them and dont get me wrong bionix is the **** and faux did get rid of the keyboard lag and thats a big thing with these tgingerbread roms for some reason but yes all great roms but eb froyo 1.04 is sick got this extra keyboard by lg which i love and the stock cam also butter smooth but when running a oc kernel im having problems with my phone being on charger and it dying and not turning back on n having to do a battery pull so im just keeping it stock and love it still very fast!

The best ROM for me has been EB Froyo 1.04 and Morfic kernel is running great.
I have flashed nightlies, bionix, GB leak, and eb 1.02 and 1.04.
EB Froyo seems to be the most stable and just works for me.
Thanks to donicqq and tweezit
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Man I really want to start flashing new ROM's but I'm still a newbie, so I'll wait for a final build with no issues.
I just dont want to have something go wrong and have to ask for help and get flamed for flashing ROM's without knowing what I was doing first. Hehe
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AriaNoob said:
Man I really want to start flashing new ROM's but I'm still a newbie, so I'll wait for a final build with no issues.
I just dont want to have something go wrong and have to ask for help and get flamed for flashing ROM's without knowing what I was doing first. Hehe
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Just jump in with both feet. That is what I did, so far, so good

moshe22 said:
Do you have it overclocked? And what kernel are you using?
Thanks
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I'm using the stock kernel. I tried the first morfic kernel for the build, and it was very unstable for me. Planning on giving the +48mb version a shot in the future, but stock works so well for me (speed+battery life), it'll be hard to justify a switch.

[Q] Any stable GB ROMs?

I have read a lot of threads and i get the impression that the GB ROMs are not and will not be fully stable until an OTA comes out, which as we know from VZs track record could be never. In any case, I am currently unrooted and running the leaked MR2 RUU. I absolutely LOVE it as it has rebooted on me once in a week or two. Being that some update will come out next week from VZ, I feel forced to root my phone. If I do, and want to keep this same level of stability it seems my only option is the froyo Eaton ROM based on MR2. Ideally I'd like to run GB, but with the instability and being that all of them have some known issue that isn't fixed, Froyo seems to be my only option atm. What would you all suggest? Thanks!

I have tried a lot of them. I have been stuck on the Thunderstick rom.
I have had no problems what so ever, but your mileage may vary. I am also on the mr2 radio, mr2.5 didn't play nice for me.
I have also been following what is going on at the3ry rom that would be the one I would jump to if I wasn't so happy were I am.
Just make the jump try them out and find what works best for you.

Try Das Bamf 2.1. It may have a bug or two but the thing is damn stable. I use it as my daily ROM. What issues were you hearing of?

Na man, try Gibgeritis muthafucka.
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GoldenCyn said:
Na man, try Gibgeritis muthafucka.
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REALLY???
TB, Sense 3.0, GB

I love Gingertheory! The other roms are great also but this is the one I have fell in love with! I have no problems with this rom, it's smooth and fast!
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Your all lame. SYNERGY!
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Thank you all, appreciate your responses. The problems I have been seeing range from wifi problems, to poor battery life, to reception problems with 4G, and interface/layout issues.

That sounds like the bugs CM has been having. AFAIK all the sense based GB ROMs are basically stable right now

You will have to decide (try) yourself. I am using Das BAMF sense 3 RC3. I have had no problems with it for the three days I've had it. WiFi works great, GPS great, I'll keep testing, but so far no problems.

I'm still on Bamf 2.0.v 5.. I haven't had any reboots or werid things ever. I'm new to rooting, I've only ever tried their time... From all the froyo up. Never had anything bothersome. Get about 29 hours with under clocking and juice defender

coliny59 said:
Thank you all, appreciate your responses. The problems I have been seeing range from wifi problems, to poor battery life, to reception problems with 4G, and interface/layout issues.
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sense based GB ROMs dont have any of these problems (tried most, stuck on Gingervitis 3D v1.0 beta) and even CM7 when matched up with the right kernel (trial and error) is easily liveable as a daily driver. If you can live with the factory bugs rooted roms should be no problem. I dont get where the idea factory roms are issue free. Half the reason I installed froyo roms were to fix apps, GPS and other issues the factory software had built in. I havent had a random reboot yet since the developers got the kernels more stable or any other major issue and the rom is still a beta.

Das bamf 3.0 rc3 has been very stable for me everything works great and with rc4 around the corner its only going to get better
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I got the best battery life on bamf preview 3
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Hopped around to Various ROMs and have pretty much tried them all. My best ROM would be Gingeritis. Knowing that each phone will have it's own personality/just as the owner's do, I recommend to try them all and find what works best for you.

I have tried several of the GB roms, my issues have been more problems with the looks than the performance. I tried a few that had the clear button on the left, and one that had the transparent pull down and that just drove me nuts. I want just a plain on Sense 2.1 rom with GB. I don't need all the bells and whistles and graphics. Plain Sense and GB so I can use Netflix. Does anyone know of a plain ole Sense rom that is Gingerbread?

Ronsa said:
You will have to decide (try) yourself. I am using Das BAMF sense 3 RC3. I have had no problems with it for the three days I've had it. WiFi works great, GPS great, I'll keep testing, but so far no problems.
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+1 I have enjoyed the ROM. Only issue I ever had was after modding my sense ring, I got a lot of reboots. Idk. Probably something I did.
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bamf sense 3.0 rc4!!! so stable for me :]

Bamf 3.0 RC4 has been stable for me so far.

i'm on bamf 2.1 now, and my biggest complaint is that it does not provide voicemail notifications. I must restart the phone to see any voicemail notification. Do the other GB roms have this issue as well?

Just wondering how many people still use froyo roms

So with all the GB roms out there how many of you are still using froyo roms?
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I like froyo. Stable and less buggy
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Still running a Froyo ROM here. Less bugs and just more stable over all. Will switch once the official update is pushed out.

I'm running stock so it goes without saying that I'm on Froyo. I do want to root to a GB rom but there is just so many that I dont even know where to start. Also I'm a complete noob when it comes to rooting phones. Can someone teach how to and tell me the best options out there as far as GB.

Here's another still on Froyo, and I probably will be until they devs have official GB Sense to base off of. I hated going back, but it is so much smoother.

Only thing I like as much as froyo is cm7
I don't like anything else gb based.

I'm running unrooted stock.
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Group. Stable, less bogs, and I've found battery life is Cr superior, especially on a stock Rom like plain Jane.
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still on froyo! bettter battery life and stable ... BAMF 1.8 remix baby!

All the GB releases are based on an Alpha leak which means it barely works
Now the fact is what ever version of GB you use is because of the expert devs who took on the task of making it work.
and for the most part it works well i would say 90 to 95 percent fully functional.
Noe consider this is a small group of developers geting GB work --why do we not have an OEM release considering HTC and Verizon have possibly hundreds of programmers with budgets to develop software..
Looking from a sales point of view if the TB works and is selling as good as reported why wold they invest any money developing a new OS ???
Froyo is stable since 1.66 now 1.7
I have a sneeking suspicion that the only way wee going to get GB is through the great work oF the Devs.
lets give them a lot of credit....

ghamden said:
All the GB releases are based on an Alpha leak which means it barely works
Now the fact is what ever version of GB you use is because of the expert devs who took on the task of making it work.
and for the most part it works well i would say 90 to 95 percent fully functional.
Noe consider this is a small group of developers geting GB work --why do we not have an OEM release considering HTC and Verizon have possibly hundreds of programmers with budgets to develop software..
Looking from a sales point of view if the TB works and is selling as good as reported why wold they invest any money developing a new OS ???
Froyo is stable since 1.66 now 1.7
I have a sneeking suspicion that the only way wee going to get GB is through the great work oF the Devs.
lets give them a lot of credit....
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don't have much faith in verizon, huh???
I think we'll get it eventually.
Apparently kids DINC2's are getting GB here very soon, so besides radio considerations, it shouldn't be too hard. Hardware is pretty much the same.

Ill switch back to gb once the devs get ahold of an official leak. Just too many bugs and stability problems. On bamf 1.8.6 for the time being.
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Bamf 2.1 v5 here...everything works and never rebooted or anything.
People giving the "stable" reason for froyo are just misinformed about gb roms, or at least good ones

I agree. I have no issues with any of the gingerbread roms that are available.
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not me, after going GB you cannot go back to froyo. the only thing i miss is the integrated vvm.

Expectations vary from person to person, and how devices respond to any given software varies as well. What one person refers to as stable, some other might see hiccups that they just can't over look. And one ROM, kernel or radio that works great on one Thunderbolt may not run as good on another. I don't think I'm misinformed because I prefer Froyo ROMS for now, I've tried several GB ROMs including Das BAMF 3.0 and 2.1. For me they do not seem as smooth or polished and believe it or not, I do get a little hiccup here and there. Trust me, I'd rather be on GB, it was hard to go back. But the issues I had with GB were to much to overlook. I'm glad it's running great for y'all, but I'm not misinformed.

Still on froyo, tried gb but I prefer the stability and battery life of froyo.
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setexascustoms said:
Expectations vary from person to person, and how devices respond to any given software varies as well. What one person refers to as stable, some other might see hiccups that they just can't over look. And one ROM, kernel or radio that works great on one Thunderbolt may not run as good on another. I don't think I'm misinformed because I prefer Froyo ROMS for now, I've tried several GB ROMs including Das BAMF 3.0 and 2.1. For me they do not seem as smooth or polished and believe it or not, I do get a little hiccup here and there. Trust me, I'd rather be on GB, it was hard to go back. But the issues I had with GB were to much to overlook. I'm glad it's running great for y'all, but I'm not misinformed.
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Very well put and much agreed
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I was running stock Froyo until today when I rooted to a GB ROM and I'm not going back! (maybe when then official GB comes out )

I'm using the stock froyo rom if only because it's still "just working." I'm not having issues with it, and since the GB leaks are all based on the alpha leak, I'm not ready to jump into using something that is potentially extremely unstable. :\

Difference between EE4 and EP1F?

What are the differences between the EE4 and EP1F updates? I'm mostly asking about the radio, but all others will be read too. Just felt like i should know before i make the decision whether go back to Froyo or stay on the GB leak.
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I'd also like to know, I love Froyo since it's stable and official and don't play on moving to GB until it's officially rolled out but I'm still quite interested in why everyone is in love with EP1F.

kvswim said:
What are the differences between the EE4 and EP1F updates? I'm mostly asking about the radio, but all others will be read too. Just felt like i should know before i make the decision whether go back to Froyo or stay on the GB leak.
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I've honestly not seen a difference flashing the leak to GB. My signal strength has always been -75. Although. There are different gb radios floating around. I still have primary. Never flashed a diff radio.

dragonstalker said:
I've honestly not seen a difference flashing the leak to GB. My signal strength has always been -75. Although. There are different gb radios floating around. I still have primary. Never flashed a diff radio.
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I thought EP1F had some radio updates?
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4G issues in EP1F?
My impression is that the LTE radio in the various gingerbread leak based roms has significant speed issues. I had EP1F installed for a few days and I went back to a Froyo rom because my 4G speeds had dropped to 3G-like.
YMMV, if I am wrong about this I would like to hear about it.
I suspect that if 4G is not available where you are, then EP1F would be worth checking out. Netflix will work, if you care about that...

knodalyte said:
My impression is that the LTE radio in the various gingerbread leak based roms has significant speed issues. I had EP1F installed for a few days and I went back to a Froyo rom because my 4G speeds had dropped to 3G-like.
YMMV, if I am wrong about this I would like to hear about it.
I suspect that if 4G is not available where you are, then EP1F would be worth checking out. Netflix will work, if you care about that...
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Yes i know, i thought it was just the network getting bogged down. I have netflix but it doesn't really matter to me.
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Why are ICS roms so popular

Hey everyone,
This isn't a technical question is an opinion question. Why are ICS roms so popular when there are so many things like native video recording and hardware acceleration are missing (do to drivers). I see that development is moving quickly with ICS yet Gingerbread has slowed way down. CM7 is still going strong but roms based on stock releases are, practically, dead. I just wanted to see what the opinions are in terms of switching over to ICS as opposed to using a fully functional rom.

ICS is what everyone wants, and wishes for. CM7 is about as good as its going to get (besides ironing out the kinks like BT and little things) stock is at its finest pretty much. Cm9 ICS is exciting and very nice looking. AOKP's customization possibilities are awesome give the phone a whole new look that make friends jealous (specifically iPhone friends lol).
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I haven't flashed an ICS ROM in months. I agree with you. I think it's just more of the mentality "latest and greatest" so people naturally go for it.
I don't want that, I want something that works. LG cam is freaking amazing and, even though I don't take much videos, the option is there with such clarity and ease.
I'll stick with gingerbread even if ICS is never fully functional because cm7 is already perfect for me.

ICS in my opinion performs much better than ginerbread.
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lovenokia said:
ICS in my opinion performs much better than ginerbread.
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in what way, lol?

buru898 said:
I haven't flashed an ICS ROM in months. I agree with you. I think it's just more of the mentality "latest and greatest" so people naturally go for it.
I don't want that, I want something that works. LG cam is freaking amazing and, even though I don't take much videos, the option is there with such clarity and ease.
I'll stick with gingerbread even if ICS is never fully functional because cm7 is already perfect for me.
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I second this...latest and greatest but at the cost functionality...then they complain about things not working properly *sigh*
I'm using CM 7 and don't have any issues...I do flash kernels and am using faux's b5...pretty awesome...can't wait to try harshs CM 7 kernel
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Another GB CM7 user here. ICS is the latest & shiny toy, so everyone focuses on that. Almost all apps work on GB, and uses less resources. Plus since ICS & CM9 are more recent, there's more bugs to fix so the perceived "development" going on.
I do use ICS keyboard app & the ICS Roboto font, but don't like the low-contrast blue on black ICS color scheme.

buru898 said:
I haven't flashed an ICS ROM in months. I agree with you. I think it's just more of the mentality "latest and greatest" so people naturally go for it.
I don't want that, I want something that works. LG cam is freaking amazing and, even though I don't take much videos, the option is there with such clarity and ease.
I'll stick with gingerbread even if ICS is never fully functional because cm7 is already perfect for me.
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+1
Exactly my thoughts!
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ics has support for multicore devices, gb doesnt. im pretty sure that the JIT has also been tweaked for better battery life. and its pretty haha.

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ics has support for multicore devices, gb doesnt. im pretty sure that the JIT has also been tweaked for better battery life. and its pretty haha.
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Where are you getting this info? multicore support is mostly in the kernel and since both GB & ICS ROMs use the same kernel on G2x (except Harsh's 3.x), they all support Symmetrical Multi-Processors ('uname -a' shows 'SMP'). I'd like to see some performance numbers between GB & ICS, doubt they'll be much different.

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ics has support for multicore devices, gb doesnt. im pretty sure that the JIT has also been tweaked for better battery life. and its pretty haha.
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It has the support, but is it available for our phone? And what's the point without gpu drivers.
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http://www.xda-developers.com/android/interview-with-cyanogenmod-developer-ricardo-cerqueira/
Whyzor said:
Where are you getting this info? multicore support is mostly in the kernel and since both GB & ICS ROMs use the same kernel on G2x (except Harsh's 3.x), they all support Symmetrical Multi-Processors ('uname -a' shows 'SMP'). I'd like to see some performance numbers between GB & ICS, doubt they'll be much different.
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We have the jarvis kernel 3xxx and his updater/tweaking app for ics, but agree with you guys and the functionality of gingerbread/cm7. Don't forget to check out my interview with cm_arcee, link at top!
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mustangtim49 said:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/interview-with-cyanogenmod-developer-ricardo-cerqueira/
We have the jarvis kernel 3xxx and his updater/tweaking app for ics, but agree with you guys and the functionality of gingerbread/cm7. Don't forget to check out my interview with cm_arcee, link at top!
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Thanks for the interview link, it's great to have a brief inside "peek" of the person behind the scenes.
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Currently I"m on stock 2.3.3.
but for the last couple months i have been on ics mostly for cosmetic reasons.
I enjoyed the new widgets and lock screen options.(Not face unlock)
I really haven't noticed a difference in speed. cm7 and stock are far more stable then any ics build i have used.
I'm actully back to stock now because i wanted to upgrade to the new bb. Probably going to stay this way until linaro gets integrated with hellfire sandwich.

ics
google put a lot of work into making ics a lot more polished, obviously they can't make the design appeal to everybody so the only way you can really tell if you will like it better than gb is to try it, I recommend the hellfire sandwich rom, it is by far the most stable and complete rom, and we are looking at linaro in the next build which means that it is 100% faster than stock android
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urfate said:
Currently I"m on stock 2.3.3.
but for the last couple months i have been on ics mostly for cosmetic reasons.
I enjoyed the new widgets and lock screen options.(Not face unlock)
I really haven't noticed a difference in speed. cm7 and stock are far more stable then any ics build i have used.
I'm actully back to stock now because i wanted to upgrade to the new bb. Probably going to stay this way until linaro gets integrated with hellfire sandwich.
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hellfire sandwich pg 502, hfs already supports new bb

I use stock rooted with the new baseband and its extremely stable
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i too updated the baseband and love the new stock 2.3.4, but i also like running the latest cm7, everything just works (well except for BT right now LOL)
better battery life and video are the reasons i stay on GB, but i do love ICS and flash it all the time when someone releases a new version (Genesis and Eaglesblood are the ones i use)

in ICS i really like the chrome browser and task manager when you hold home. the rest is about the same but i get a little better battery with EB build2 and i just changed to HFS so hopefully it keeps the better battery.
there is also hardware support just not in the menu menu, flash and openGL are supported.