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[Q] Fastet Rom?

Hey guys,
I just wondered, what Rom is the fastest for my DS.
I tried a few Roms (Sense 3.0, Sense 3.5 and CM7) and now i want to create my own "style". For this, I don't need those widgets of Sense etc.
I just need the fastest Rom with maximum battery life. Any hints?

cm7 and cm7 based like hydrogen...

wankaxd said:
Hey guys,
I just wondered, what Rom is the fastest for my DS.
I tried a few Roms (Sense 3.0, Sense 3.5 and CM7) and now i want to create my own "style". For this, I don't need those widgets of Sense etc.
I just need the fastest Rom with maximum battery life. Any hints?
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If you not interested in Sense Widgets then don't bother with Sense...and go for a basic clean ROM.
[ROM][12 SEP 11] CyanogenMod 7.1 RC1 v1.0.4 [2.3.5] [CM 2.6.35.14]
You might also want to take a look at this guide...
[GUIDE] Maximum Battery - Maximizing your battery life with CM7 ROM by NeoLojik

CM7 roms...

wankaxd said:
Hey guys,
I just wondered, what Rom is the fastest for my DS.
I tried a few Roms (Sense 3.0, Sense 3.5 and CM7) and now i want to create my own "style". For this, I don't need those widgets of Sense etc.
I just need the fastest Rom with maximum battery life. Any hints?
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Any sense rom will always be slower than AOSP due to its bulk, the CyanogenMOD rom in my sigi that is now official is the best and fastest for the DS, as it was for the original Desire.
One word of caution though, if your after speed and are overclocking, speeds in excess of 1.1-1.2G should only really be used by Devs for stability testing. Prolonged periods at speeds higher than a gig or so will damage your phone in the long term.

I do not want to overclock my CPU due to battery

InfernalByte said:
Any sense rom will always be slower than AOSP due to its bulk, the CyanogenMOD rom in my sigi that is now official is the best and fastest for the DS, as it was for the original Desire.
One word of caution though, if your after speed and are overclocking, speeds in excess of 1.1-1.2G should only really be used by Devs for stability testing. Prolonged periods at speeds higher than a gig or so will damage your phone in the long term.
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How long is prolonged?

I vote proxs newest sense 3.0 v1.1
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Cyanogen or another aosp ROM, there's only included what's really needed!
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MIUI
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CM7 is quite fast. sense roms have a lot of eye candy.

Fasted rom... its a never ending quest.
The question is what ROM you like?

skumara said:
Fasted rom... its a never ending quest.
The question is what ROM you like?
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+1 Fastest is pointless it's all about what suits you!
Sense or no sense ......
EDIT: Bugs, Battery usage, Visuals, Features and Speed!

Clockworkmod.

i think virtuous 2.37 is the fastest custom rom on desire s with 1.2 GHz

slimfeed said:
i think virtuous 2.37 is the fastest custom rom on desire s with 1.2 GHz
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If you have to O/C then it's doubtful that's its the fastest!

I tried Hydrogen for a few days and it's really fast but the battery life sucks. And I'm not sure but I think, Hydrogen sometimes interrups my calls.
I use LauncherPro für custom dock and icons so I don't need Sense.
Any hint for a smooth ROM with maximum battery life? Is it CM7? I read about Pure S but I'm not sure whether this ROM is supported and up to date.

To me the best ROM would be one with superb battery life

I have tried LBC, proxuser's Desire S Sense 3 and CM 7.1 RC in the listed order.
Stuck with CM7 (performance is out of question - it is very fast) but the most important for me is that I have 4+ days between recharge with moderate usage
No other ROM of the above mentioned lasted more than 2 days.

djsubtronic said:
How long is prolonged?
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Sorry I've just noticed your question, but the answer really depends on what your doing. A demanding game at a high clock speed is going to create more burn than simply running some mundane tasks or browsing or what ever. You're talking months before instability creeps in, after that it wont be long before you get a fatal crash no mater what speed you've reduced your clock too.

CM7,RCMix 3.5,TripnMiui,InsertCoin, ArHD

So out of those 5 which do you guys recommend: battery wise, speed wise, simplicity, and usefulness
Also, of the sense roms which are protected from htc's security logging and if they aren't how would i go about fixing the problem without removing sense completely
And any aosp roms besides cm7 that you recommend: battery wise, speed wise, simplicity, and usefulness
And any other miui roms besides Trips that you recommend: battery wise, speed wise, simplicity, and usefulness
Also what is the best kernel: battery wise, performance wise
(THIS IS NOT A QUESTION BUT AN OPEN THREAD FOR FINDING INFORMATION BASED ON PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES)

I have tried most of the roms but keep going back to cm7.
Sent from my Sensation using xda premium

Yeah...I really thought I was going to love being back on MIUI with TripN but damn. CM7 is just too good. I tried using MIUI 3 times now and just had to go back to CM7 each time.

Tried all of them. I can honestly say cm7 is far superior in every category you mentioned.

Melvins Beast rom w/No Sense!!

CM7 of course

for what you listed, CM7 is what you're looking for

InserCoin, if u like Sense, otherwise CM7
Your decision.

rust1n said:
So out of those 5 which do you guys recommend: battery wise, speed wise, simplicity, and usefulness
Also, of the sense roms which are protected from htc's security logging and if they aren't how would i go about fixing the problem without removing sense completely
Leedroid doesn't have the logging, neither does InsertCoin. I checked.
And any aosp roms besides cm7 that you recommend: battery wise, speed wise, simplicity, and usefulness
No
And any other miui roms besides Trips that you recommend: battery wise, speed wise, simplicity, and usefulness
You can find out yourself at modaco
Also what is the best kernel: battery wise, performance wise
Why don't u try some and get back to us. Contribute a little bit? LEEDROiDs kernel is great. Faux kernel always having issues. CM7 kernel is good. Stock is good
(THIS IS NOT A QUESTION BUT AN OPEN THREAD FOR FINDING INFORMATION BASED ON PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES)
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Lol the more I read this the more it bothers me.
Of the four requirements you listed two of them are subjective (simplicity, usefulness). If you're gonna call this an open discussion, frame the questions so we can compare facts against facts, rather than opinions.
Like what do u mean by usefulness? CM7 is useless to me since I hate the keyboard and camera. But based on the criteria u set, it's very fast with decent battery. Simplicity? Di u mean which Rom has the least settings so u can't make any changes to optimize the phone to suit your needs?
Sent from my HTC Sensation

Cm7 + faux kernel. As simple or complex as you like to make it, great battery life, no sense logging, and every interaction responds notably fatter than sense. Camera lacks a little its true but its good enough for now until they finish fixing it.
Remember also its an alpha release so not quite finished yet but its still very stable for daily use.s
Sent from my Sensation using Cyanogenmod

Tried ARHD, Insertcoin and CM7 v7.
First of all, I use Go Launcher EX (over Sense and ADW).
The fastest was ARHD 3.1.1 with built-in kernel. CF-bench scored higher than SGS2 and all 3d games worked perfectly, but battery life was weak. 100% to zero in 1,5 hour when using with screen on (stock battery).
Then I tried CM7 v7. Go Launcher worked perfect, like on other mentioned roms. But, CF-bench score was really low, much lower than Sensation should have according to CF-bench graphs. You probably say, that I shouldn't care about benchmarks. Yes, it's true, but... CM7 was also weak in games! I tested Let's Golf 2 on all these roms, and on CM7 it was almost unplayable. FPS was good, but there were many lags and I couldn't properly hit the ball. And there is no Sense camera and dialer and weak FB integration. So far - CM7 not for me.
Now I use InsertCoin 2.5.5-2 + bricked kernel and it's perfect. Battery life is very good, all games works perfect, no lags in Let's Golf 2, 3d issue games (f.e. Cordy, Roboto), also work great with no issues. Everything is very smooth and I'm not going to change it for a long time (maybe for ICS if it will be on Sensations).

Point blank coredroid or rcmix3.5 both are different than all these roms good battery and everything to me if you want cm7 just go buy a nexus s the new one all stock android and faster than cm7

all of them...
Tried ARHD and for a sense rom it was nearly flawless except for the battery life (i'd carry a second battery to get thru a day). Then I tried InsertCoin and it was everything i wanted it to be. Super speedy, rock solid and had all of the extras i would usually add in anyway like the advanced power menu and quick settings. But alas it was a sense rom and I wanted to unleash the horsepower my HTC Sensation is packing, so I tried the CM7 <i>ALPHA</i> and i knew i was home. There isn't even a nightly build out yet for my phone and i cannot see any reason i would ever switch to another! even in alpha it is fast, stable, powerful, theme-able, and my daily driver! I say try a few before you choose because if you dont likke it... just flash another. Happy Flashing.
Thanks to kmobs for the selfKANGs!!

CM7 + Tiamat + GO Launcher EX
Came from the Nexus One, which I lost . I was running CM7, with Tiamat kernel, and GO launcher EX. I tried several Sense ROMs and several nonsense ROMs. Ending up going back to my Nexus setup. Plenty fast, all the features I want, battery life so far has been excellent. I don't like Sense.

nrvnqsrxk,
I understand that simplicity and usefulness are conflicting and confusing for some people so let me clarify it a bit more,
by simplicity I meant: user friendly-ness
by usefulness I meant: handy, basically on the opposite spectrum of simplicity
Each ROM could be clarified as either simple or more useful
For example, CM7 is useful but Sense is simpler, respectively of course
Does that help?
Also, since you accused me of not contributing, although I spent the time writing the thread and splitting it into categories, I will say this about the kernels, the faux kernel in my opinion is not very good on battery life but the bricked kernel is, in my opinion, stupendously fast when scrolling through the Sense homescreens and also good on battery life. With these opinions Sensation owners can then make their decision based on people's experience, therefore I do not need to frame the question you can if you would like and that is why it is called an open discussion.

dr.m0x how about battery life compared to android revolution HD 3.6.7 ?, the CM7 doesn't have sense i believe!!
lagging ? i never experienced lagging from neither stock neither the ARH
usefulness ? are you serious ? its an android, you can change it looks add launchers, customize it looks and all your daily apps will work on what so ever rom
it is YOU who make it useful

Insert Coin no other choice. Been with it since the start

maff's SENSE STOCK OPTIMIZED ROM is BETTER than ARHD in Battery LIFE and SNAPPY AS HELL. ALMOST LIKE CM7 no DELAY. Makes my friends Razor look like made in china i swear (the software atleast)

CM7 is the best rom in terms of my preferences.
CM9 (ICS) is just around the corner too.

Rc3d
No doubt about it specially since the new version 1.0
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e with Beats Audio using XDA App

[Q] Endymion V3.4 vs Reaper V2.2.2

Between this 2 ROMs what is the best for you?
Reaper without Sense is more smooth?

An extremely difficult question to answer. AOSP fans will tell you Reaper and Sense fans will tell you Endymion. Both are extremely fast and smooth though. I've used both and i only prefer Reaper because i like AOSP. The only way to judge is to try both and see which one appeals more to you.

Both are "ultrafast & smooth" .
Sense or not Sense ? That is the question .

Just do what I do, keep nandroids of both and switch between them when you're bored

outsidetown said:
Just do what I do, keep nandroids of both and switch between them when you're bored
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Best treatment for the most roms
Sent by my fingers to your head.

couldn't have said it better
chninkel said:
Both are "ultrafast & smooth" .
Sense or not Sense ? That is the question .
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outsidetown said:
Just do what I do, keep nandroids of both and switch between them when you're bored
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and no reason to limit yourself to just these two either!

i use both .
i like endymion more .
but better of those is just miui .

for me its gotta be reaper until cm9 stable or lowveld releases a ics stable build, its a race for the best ics

I just cant deside. One week Im on Reaper the other on Endymion. They both rock!

I haven't tried Endymion (yet), but I must say that Reaper 2.2.2 is very stable. :thumbup:
I'm planning on trying Endymion as soon as my internet gets sorted out
Sent from my Desire S

i tried two of them, and used long time. So Reaper V2.2.2 is more stable than Endymion V3.4 .

naytci said:
i tried two of them, and used long time. So Reaper V2.2.2 is more stable than Endymion V3.4 .
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I'd say that both are exceptionally stable, I use Endymion more and don't ever suffer from any instability issues, although Reaper may have better battery life as its not sense.
But both are superb quality, just depends on whether you want to use Sense or not.

just installed endymion, tried the camera and it is so much better, gonna set it fully up and run it for a day as much as i hate sense i may end up using it all the time until a reaper ics update is out, wishful thinking ha

GGLDN said:
just installed endymion, tried the camera and it is so much better, gonna set it fully up and run it for a day as much as i hate sense i may end up using it all the time until a reaper ics update is out, wishful thinking ha
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you shouldn't be disappointed

endymion
im using endymion for 3 months and i find it very stable i think is the best rom 3.5 sense but now looking forward for sense 4

I cant/wont choose so I have both, weekends Reaper and during the week Endymion But..
Reaper is super faster and has better battery life but that is because you can adjust the light settings, in settings for the light sensor to don't check as much + it does have to keep all that heavy weight of sense 3.5
Not saying that the battery life on Endymion sucks! But when comparing it to Reaper u will notice a difference
Endymion is just the best rom in being customizable u can get with sense (that i know of) here.
It just a matter of having or not having... (wait for it..) SENSE

I haven't try reaper yet But I'm using Endymion for 3 days and its amazing. I love Sense and Endy makes it better.

without a doubt these two are the most stable roms available, you cant go wrong either way.. unless your realllllly unlucky haha

FariG said:
I cant/wont choose so I have both, weekends Reaper and during the week Endymion But..
Reaper is super faster and has better battery life but that is because you can adjust the light settings, in settings for the light sensor to don't check as much + it does have to keep all that heavy weight of sense 3.5
Not saying that the battery life on Endymion sucks! But when comparing it to Reaper u will notice a difference
Endymion is just the best rom in being customizable u can get with sense (that i know of) here.
It just a matter of having or not having... (wait for it..) SENSE
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Completely agree. Been a long time user of Endymion, but recently gave Repaer a go. It's much better than the default offerings from CM7. lowveld has done an awesome job and tweaked it up for performance. I particularly love the browser - it's so smooth and fast. Much smoother than default CM7. I tried to add GPU rendering in CM7, but still doesn't come as close as Reaper's way.
That's a great idea! I use Endymion as my main driver, as it has all my important data and Sense customization, but Reaper is more of a 'play' toy! It's much faster in regards to speed.
I can't comment on battery life, I'm finding both to be very similar IMO.

Using Reaper atm and I've had no significant problems with it. I haven't tried Endymion yet though.

[Q] Which ROM is better?

I'm now running PrimoS v4.1 but is Fallout V5.0 better?
Also does Fallout V5.0 has the Beats Audio integrated?
Thanks in advance.

Yes and yes.
primo is quite old now, the latest fallout has a custom kernel incorporated so you can overclock which makes it a slicker experience
Sywepd form my DsereiS

+1 on that.
I'm advancing to ICS/GB and not sure what roms are up to spec.
I've been on Endymoin for a while now and it's been great!
Basically looking for stock with some extras.

I agree with Ben. I am using Fallout V5 and OC the CPU a bit and it runs very smooth it's stable. Only issue I have run in too was my own user error
2nd it's off course too easy to test it yourself as making a ROM backup takes `10minutes. Restore the new ROM and find out yourself. That's the way I do it, because no other experience other then yourself is the best 1.
PS. CM10 is also sexy

I'm also using fallout 5.0 and I think this is the best rom for our device.
With the new kernel its much faster and feels lighter, and the great thing is: everything works! (great battery life btw)
CM 10 is definitely very sexy, but it's still pretty unstable as far as I understand from the thread, so i;m sticking with fallout for a while
Anyways, testing for urself is also in my opinion always the best way to find out which is best for you.
good luck

Fallout v5 is good, but when you scroll desktops there is distortion clock widget with the weather, today established CoolDroid v 7.0 with kernel Falloutl v1, all very smoothly and quickly works with a staff of settings of the CPU, but there is one significant for me bug - backlights are always ON.

You guys should definitely check this
But read the whole thread first

amidabuddha said:
You guys should definitely check this
But read the whole thread first
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Looks awesome, shame it's sense.
sent from the thing I stab with my finger when I get two minutes

NicolasPollie said:
I'm now running PrimoS v4.1 but is Fallout V5.0 better?
Also does Fallout V5.0 has the Beats Audio integrated?
Thanks in advance.
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Fallout 5.0 hasnt been benchmarked here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1651197
Nevertheless even Fallout 3.0 performance seems better than PrimoS

Fallout V5.0 or CoolDroid Revolution v 7.0
Which is better ? I'm now running Fallout V5.0 but the battery lasts for no longer than 1 day, sometimes it goes really slow and I have some problems with Play Store...

NicolasPollie said:
Which is better ? I'm now running Fallout V5.0 but the battery lasts for no longer than 1 day, sometimes it goes really slow and I have some problems with Play Store...
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Best firmware for my Nik Project X. I made a number of changes in it, replacing part of system applications, the kernel, added the latest version of Fallout Tweaks, slightly edited build.prop and the result is a fully working great firmware.
Special thanks to nikhil007mmus, lowveld for the source material.

In my opninion, if you combine virtuous infinity 1.35 beta with amidabuddha's tweaked kernel and if you set up the governors and schedulers well, then you get a rom what we could call 'almost perfect' But, if you can live without the sense 4 recent apps and the virtuous tweaks Fallout is definitely faster

For me, Endymion is the best as I've almost tried all Sense base roms here but I keep on going back to Endymion....

Fallout V5.0
Personally I'm using fallout v 5.0 and it seems to be working great so far.
I'm using it as a daily driver and have run into no issues so far.
Hope to see a version with jelly bean out soon

The new Paranoid Android v2.14 is very nice, after i flashed the 77n Kernel, no battery drain, works fast and looks great. I love it !

[Q] What Rom is Smooth For Desire S.

Hey Guys!
What Rom is smooth for Desire S. In Gaming, Multitasking, Internet?

You can try ICE DS or ViperSaga.
Both works good for me.

Reaper is still one of the best. Fully functioning, blisteringly fast and stable
Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. ~Wernher Von Braun

Viper or MIUI - both are customable, smooth.

Sabsa Prime is probably the smoothest but it has still some annoyances on the camera and fallout tweaks, nothing big.
Viper is what i'm currently using, really impressed with it so far.. had to install tweaked 9.0 kernel so my wifi would function fully.. had disconnects with default kernel and lower performance on speedtest, same servers.
Haven't tried others that i would use daily to give you feedback on, only experimental JB etc.. i would check at least viper

if u want smoothness and multitasking ,, then cm10 latest build is the best option ,,as smooth as butter,, and a great multitasker,, great gaming ,,
i benchmarked with antutu (default cpu frequency ) i got a score of 3712 ,, btw im using viper saga ATM ,, so i can tell this is also smooth ,, but not a very good multitasker ,,

glacier1122 said:
if u want smoothness and multitasking ,, then cm10 latest build is the best option ,,as smooth as butter,, and a great multitasker,, great gaming ,,
i benchmarked with antutu (default cpu frequency ) i got a score of 3712 ,, btw im using viper saga ATM ,, so i can tell this is also smooth ,, but not a very good multitasker ,,
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Have you tried to play with the lowmemory settings in Viper Tweaks
Sent from my HTC Desire S

amidabuddha said:
Have you tried to play with the lowmemory settings in Viper Tweaks
Sent from my HTC Desire S
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Speaking of which, amida have you found yourself a nice set of settings for that or are you sticking with default? Default doesn't seem bad as the rom is still pretty smooth for me but i'll take anything i can
Would give people some guideline values to start from besides default if so.
Edit: Bit silly question, the already existing ones should work well enough.. considering stock is already smooth.. can just go from those values.. nvm it m8.

I am not heavy multitasker so I am fine with the defaults
Sent from my HTC Desire S

For me, both Endymion and Reaper work very well.
In Reaper, there are some memory management tweaks- default cm7 and the Supercharger profiles of Balanced, Aggressive and Insane.
For different things you will need different sets to do the best.
eg. For multitasking and internet, you do not need the Aggressive and Insane modes, because they will kill your memory apps faster. But the same setting will be better for Gaming. So kind of different settings, which you can change easily.
Also, for gaming, overclocking will be better, but that is not explicitly required for multitasking or internet, though it is a plus.
You will have to play around the things for some time. And every device and user is a little different. What works for me, may not work for you.
Cheers.

amidabuddha said:
Have you tried to play with the lowmemory settings in Viper Tweaks
Sent from my HTC Desire S
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not yet,, will try it

Thanks Everyone for you're advice, i i'll give a try to those roms that you given up

Endymion V3.5 ROM
Endymion V3.5 ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310845
Using for about one year now, (tried many roms) as for me this is most stabile and best rom, Yes I want ICC, however i have quite some problems with them. This is 100% stabile.