Which one do you think is the best? Why?
Adv vs. Disadv analysis is encouraged.
Btw, I am not jboxer. There was a little bit of a name mixup
I've only tried weapon. I have had no desire whatsoever to try anything else. Weapon works! i get 24 hrs. of medium usage or 48 light usage per charge. it's fairly customizable, has many themes for it. bluetooth, hulu, netflix all work. i'm sure the others are great, but i'll stick to weapon. thanks Whitehawkx!
I have used EaglesBlood and CyanogenMod Nightly's. I have noticed no real differences between the two as EaglesBlood is based on CyanogenMod.
Weapon is based on stock, so it will be customizable but retain more of the stock functionality and won't be as widely customizable right off the bat like CM7 and EB. Weapon is also based on 2.3.3 vs 2.3.7. MIUI is also based more on stock but has a redesigned UI that looks a little more like iOS. MIUI is also more compatible with the Asian market and it's phone technology. They all have their downsides, mostly in that some piece of hardware isn't working at full ability. But that is just one of the things about custom ROMs.
In the end it is all up to you in what you want for your daily use. I suggest just trying each one out until you find the one that suites you best and stick with it.
Eagle ftw!!!
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I've used EB and weapon, and personally i preferred weapon over EB. i haven't used MIUI and CM7 seems so unstable.
Started with weapon which was great. Tried miui but really to me its an ios knock off gone wrong.
EB is good but I had memory issues with it.
So since as of Oct 25th I have been using CM7 nightlies. They are pretty stable. I don't have any issues. CM is where most developers get their stuff from or they get stock.
With CM you have the latest version of Android. When ICS comes out I am sure CM will have the first stable one
However you do need to try and test urself what is good. Clockwork and Titanium are must have when using custom Roms.
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You should make a poll on this thread and let people vote
MIUI FTW
I've been using CM7.1. I first scooped it up when I saw the Cyanogen guys drop it in the dev section and have been using it ever since. Battery life is great, GPS is relatively quick on my device and its very customizable, obviously. Only downside for me is sometimes when I'm charging it the phone will become unresponsive and basically give me a blank screen, have to batt pull. I have recently wipe batt stats and haven't had that problem.
I haven't tried weapon yet, but I like most of the stock based roms because of the LG cam and hardware compatibility. I may flash weapon when I get bored though just to mess around with it.
MIUI was one of the first ROMs I flashed because I came from an Optimus S and always wanted to run it. It was a great ROM; batt life was good, really snappy, very customizable again and it looked soooo good. In the end however the hardware compatibility issues caused me to look elsewhere. Was getting random FCs, GPS wasn't quick enough for me, overall not stable enough for myself to run as a daily.
No experience with EB here, but right now CM7 is my favorite ROM. It has a good balance of look, features, compatibility and performance. IMHO of course.
I've used EB, CM7 stable, and Weapon. I haven't used MIUI for the G2X but have run it on other phones in the past. MIUI is interesting to use as something different but the novelty wore off for me after awhile.
Right now I am sticking with Weapon as it provides the most stability and functionality IMO. For example, I couldn't stream Bluetooth audio in my car with CM7 and GPS locking was a nightmare. I also find it gives me the best battery life but that is highly subjective...
Anyhow, with ICS source code being released today I think there will be some serious beta ROMs coming my way soon.
Flash everything and see what you like best. Just remember to Nandroid along the way!
Faux rom all the way.
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I think I've used every rom made for the G2x and flip between them often.
Weapon just works but that's boring. I would use it if whitehaux included T-Mobile theme support (aka CM7 themes). The addition to the notification toggles helps lower the burden of use also.
I haven't tried EB in a while but it doesn't get updated much. It runs off a CM7 base... so I figure why not just use CM7?
MIUI does have a novelty that looks like it would get old but if you use a 3rd party launcher and play with the themes, you might find yourself getting addicted to the various array of different apps and functionality. The dialer, messaging, and music apps are glorious. You will however find that compatibility is the lowest and some FC more times then normal. For me it was completely useable. Development for MIUI is being ramped up and I would really like to have a really good stave version one day.
CM7 is what it is. It is the fullest and most worked on rom available on any phone. It doesn't have as many bells and whistles as MIUI but overall is a good balance between MIUI and Weapon. It is currently what I use.
What I like to do is view the "Post your homescreen" threads for both CM7 and MIUI. Find something that you really like and go for it. Android is all about custom appearances and style. Embrace it.
G2x - 2.3.7 CM7
Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV
I've tried them all
CM7 Nightlies - Seemed very unstable to me
EB - Just didn't feel it. I wanted to retain the look of stock. (First ROM I used, switched to CM7 Nightlies about 2 days later)
Weapon - Perfect for me since it looks just like stock and has more. (Currently using)
MIUI - Too much like iOS. Why did I get an Android? Because I liked the look of it... Didn't really like not having an app drawer (plus I liked the cube affect in app drawer) I reflashed Weapon about 5 minutes after flashing MIUI.
I've been using Weapon 3 RC1 and switched around to MIUI and CM7 then back to Weapon. I found the user interface of MIUI confusing and CM7 I can't say much about cause I used it so little. Weapon is straight-forward to use and very stable. I will continue to try various ROMs and kernels because I like to experiment and discover what's developing that may be better than what I'm currently using. For now, its Weapon.
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CM7 is what it is. It is the fullest and most worked on rom available on any phone. It doesn't have as many bells and whistles as MIUI but overall is a good balance between MIUI and Weapon. It is currently what I use.
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Ditto. I've tried all of the above and always go back to CM7.
Allreadly tryed this roms, Jboxer's semi official p999 2.3.4 rom is better and stable,
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Eaglesblood - Worked great but was always behind CM7 as it doesnt get updated as much.
MIUI- Looks great but can be slow and unstable at times
Weapon 3.0- Just wasnt working good for me at all. I dont know why but things were broken (Browser would constantly crash).
CM7- I am currently on this rom and it works great. On the latest nightly havent had any problems.
MIUI. im a recent convert and I really am seeing what all the hype is about now. super smooth, super customizable with themes and my personal fav? NO MORE ANNOYING BROWSER SLINGSHOT EFFECT!! this urked me to no end with other gingerbread roms. I can finally scroll without having to think about it lol.
miui all day baby!!!
Weapon since 2.6. Everything works. Period.
MIUI does feel weird at first but load up a custom launcher and you'll be right at home with Android-like feelings. Once you stop using the default launcher, it starts becoming this amazing experience. The launcher is the only resemblence to iOS (restrictive), everything else is unique.
Once you use MIUI or CM7 for a while, its hard to go back to Stock-like roms. The pros outweigh the cons. I didn't see the purpose of CM7 at first either. It's only until you discover the hidden gems that make it alternative roms simply amazing.
For Example: CM7 and MIUI allow UserAgent changes on the fly to flip between Desktop, Mobile, iPad, Android, Chrome, etc. I personally like the fully rendered pages so I set it to a desktop renderer so I'm not pulling up the crappy mobile sites all the time.
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What do you think the best rom out for the G2x in your opinion is and state why
(I thought this would be a good thread to easily choose a rom without reflashing and getting different users opinions would be good too soo......)
at the moment, i'm using
[ROM] (v1.2.5) Nexus AOSP Gingerbread 2.3.4 - Faux123
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[Kernel]CM7 [2.6.32.41] (v0.2.4) OC~1500MHz/UV/SLQB/BFQ/EXT4 [Jun-21-2011]
and it makes my phone hella leet :x (no glitches, or freeze ups or anything retarded)
the other roms were too glitchy for me so i ended up using faux's
give it a try!
All the GB Roms have issues of some sort from limitations that the dev's can't get past until they get updates from LG. I think both EaglesBlood 1.05 and Ultimate Rom are the best, just buttery smooth both of them with absolutely no issues.
I've tried them all. I keep trying the GB based roms over and over again, thinking "it's going to be better this time," because I love the way the keyboard (even swype) has the placeholder for moving the curser. But it always ends with the same issues. I MUCH prefer the camera in the froyo roms to that in the GB's. For some reason, even though benchmarks may show otherwise, the froyo roms SEEM to move faster and smoother from task to task. Perhaps the froyo roms leave me with more available ram to play with...not sure.
Anyway, the Ultimate Rom is a fantastic rom. But I prefer to use EB 1.05 with the honeycomb theme from 1.04. I just love having the blue radio and battery icons, rather than the green ones. I always end up back at the EB 1.05 rom. It's 100% stable, no reboots, no freezing or forced battery pulls, no wacky battery life issues, etc. I don't bother with overclocking anymore...I'm more into undervolting so that I can get maximum useability of the feature-set, yet still get good battery life.
I agree how eaglesblood froyo is a nice smooth fast rom with better camera and i tried all the 2.3 roms i think that Faux's AOSP rom is the top rom for g2x with 2.3
and I also agree that until 2.3 is officially we will see a huge progression in better roms im just hoping for a sense 3.0 rom personally
I have tried several ROMs on this phone and they all bring their own strengths/weaknesses. I use A2DP daily and i like the HDMI out option (use about once a week) so I landed on the GB Leak (the 2.3.4 ROMs are missing this at the time). I know it can be a bit buggy for some however I have had zero issues with it. I'm sticking with this for now until the other ROMs are fully functional or until the official release of GB comes out.
For me, its stock. I've tried all roms and frankly my phone runs the best on stock. I've unrooted and am waiting for the gb ota. The real fun will begin when the official gb update comes out. I too am hoping for a sense 3.0 rom. My brothers Droid incredible runs it very well and it is sooo nice looking.
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Which one is
better and how good can it get for the g2x
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If you're looking for a more aesthetic ROM then I'd go with MIUI (im assuming that's what you meant). If you're looking for functionality and stability I'd go with cyanogenmod. MIUI is based off of cyanogenmod although it's not as stable. Also if you prefer the stock vanilla android experience CM7 is closer to stock than MIUI.
miui still needs work, iv had problems starting from rebooting while in call and battery life is not to great.
cm7 is the more stable never had a reboot and battery life one time lasted 1 day 15hrs!
I'm the opposite. MIUI has been very good to me in performance, stability, and battery life. CM7 reboots and has horrid APN problems for me. Just my experience though. In general they are both great ROMs.
Try both and see what you like!
MIUI is only at its early stages of development thus this ROM looks promising. On the other hand, Cm7 will just get better and better. I've tried both and I can say CM7'S latest releases have been really snappy, together wirh the wonderful work of great DEVS its just gonna bring out the best of G2X/NVIDIA TEGRA
Should make the distinction that I was talking about the Whitehawkx's MIUI port. Way more stable than the alpha2 in the dev section.
The only problem I ever had with minuit was really sloe GPS. Which is something I NEED. So that was a buzz kill
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Did you try the gingerbread gps fix? I just delete my old gps data and redownloaded and it locks just as fast as froyo
Yea I'm with regP Miui has been really good to me, cm7 was good also but I just prefer Miui with ease to customize it.
Hope that helped.....
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Miui is based off CM7.
CM7 is more stock like but with additional features and functions built in.
Miui has a iPhone feel.
I think MIUI was built by the Chinese to make cheap iPhone clones that were actually androids. The software became popular and flourished. It has come a long way since I used it last.
I actually have an up to date CM7 build as my daily driver, saves as a Nandroid backup... as well as the latest MIUI. I have both saved and can restore from CWM to go back and forth.
MIUI is still new for the G2x and has some kinks. I hear an official release will be soon. It works pretty well, in my experience, but has some problems keeping a cellular data connection that requires a reboot. CM7 went through the same growing pains and has overcome that problem so it is only a matter of time before MIUI does the same.
LG G2x - CM7.1 RC1 2.3.4
www.CincyAdmins.com
www.MiiWiiChat.com
One day I will be brave and try this.
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I agree miui looks sweet but until they fix the issues with data and wifi I'd go with cm tons and tons of support for cm vs. Little support for miui .... just my 2ยข
"If Satan lived in heaven he'd be me... "
whats gingerbread gps fix?
I have been running MIUI 1.7.26 and have not had any of the issues that other people are having. Wifi works great and so does cell data. Also, GPS locks within seconds for me.
The only issue I have is that wifi calling is not working. This is a know issue though and will be fixed today.
Oh, one other thing to mention, I am running the newest G2x Baseband so that may have something to do with it.
Hey guys im coming from the htc evo 4g. I just got the nexus rooted. What is the best rom or most popular rom in here?
Miui and cm7. I think are the most popular
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AFAIK there are no best rom, only most suitable to one needs. Having said that, Cyanogen, GPA17 and some other are quite popular...you have to try it to find one that suit your needs.
I did try several of them and ended up at stock rooted rom as I need a reliable handset for my day to day usage (phone, message, email, browsing, no games, hardly music or video)...battery is not a problem for me as I always have a second backup ever since I went to Android route.
stock rooted here. Found it to just be the most reliable and best battery. Plus once rooted there are tons of apps that can emulate the tweaks you get with roms. Love ZeamLauncher.
Hm I found stock rooted to be horrible on battery life. ATM I'm on MIUI 1.8.26 and TEUV88 rammstein kernel. Provides me with stability, better battery life, same performance, more customizability, and more functionality built in.
But it's all preference really. I suggest you try out a couple and figure out which you like most.
For fast,responsive, and good battery life, you might want to look into Oxygen 2.2.2. This is what I use and I can confirm that everything needed for a daily phone WORKS.
miui. personal favorite
My personal favorites are MIUI and Oxygen
You can download latest MIUI at www.miui.us and latest Oxygen at http://forum.oxygen.im/viewforum.php?id=7
I've had great experiences with both. Also, the latest Matr1x kernel has been working great on both. Oxygen has been very very stable for me
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Kool man ill give oxygen a try thanks for the info
Hey, I would like to give you my personal experience.
Ive used oxygen, and it really is a beast when it comes to speed and battery.
However, I would recommend brainmasters MIUI. It looks awesome, the speed is awesome and battery usage is ok, not the best out there but ok.
If you want your phone to look very slick and sexy, go for MIUI
MIUI
Never was a fan prior though, was always avid cm7 user and other standard android base ROMS mostly CM7
Gave the new MIUI another chance and never looked back.
I was presently pleased, not only doesn't it look better its more stable and battery performance is allot better than CM7. It also adds allot of features and functionality that other standard aosp NS ROMS don't offer such as better camera, music, faster/smoother browser ...ect
Been using miui for a couple months now and couldn't be more happy don't see myself switching back anytime soon.... probably when icecream is released though
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MIUI
Never was a fan prior though, was always avid cm7 user and other standard android base ROMS mostly CM7
Gave the new MIUI another chance and never looked back.
I was presently pleased, not only doesn't it look better its more stable and battery performance is allot better than CM7. It also adds allot of features and functionality that other standard aosp NS ROMS don't offer such as better camera, music, faster/smoother browser ...ect
Been using miui for a couple months now and couldn't be more happy don't see myself switching back anytime soon.... probably when icecream is released though
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100% agreed with everything including the Ice Cream part.
demo23019 said:
MIUI
Never was a fan prior though, was always avid cm7 user and other standard android base ROMS mostly CM7
Gave the new MIUI another chance and never looked back.
I was presently pleased, not only doesn't it look better its more stable and battery performance is allot better than CM7. It also adds allot of features and functionality that other standard aosp NS ROMS don't offer such as better camera, music, faster/smoother browser ...ect
Been using miui for a couple months now and couldn't be more happy don't see myself switching back anytime soon.... probably when icecream is released though
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I prefer the stock Android Roms. I figure that Google has put a lot of painstaking care into getting the Linux kernel built just right. I tried CyanogenMod, but it seemed to be awfully unstable.
favorite, miui .. very nice and fast ..and highly customizable
SuperOSR - darn fast rom
brainmaster's miui or oxygen 2.2.2
I used zulugen and BM's MIUI.
MIUI is a complete New experience , it has loads of themes and lockscreens etc.
but i dont like the iphone style , so using ADW launcher on it.
I liked MIUI but Netflix video was stutter city, even on Wifi. Switched back to stock and it plays smoothly. Also works fine on Oxygen.
So I wanted to like MIUI (latest version) but there seems to be something going on with a background process that's choking video and causing it not to be smooth...
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stock rooted here. Found it to just be the most reliable and best battery. Plus once rooted there are tons of apps that can emulate the tweaks you get with roms. Love ZeamLauncher.
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This. It's a Nexus, enjoy the stocky goodness of it. Otherwise why bother with a Nexus?
Stock Nexus > Custom ROMs > Manufacturer crippled and bloated ROMs
Currently I am running the G2x Weapon ROM with the Faux kernel and i was looking to change up. Besides CM7 and maybe MIUI what ROMS would everybody either recommend or prefer??
Well this thread will get closed pretty fast as Rom choice is a matter of opinion.
In my experiences:
Weapon is the most stable with everything running the equivalent of stock with a few extras. I haven't tried EaglesBlood in a while or several others.
CM7 is CM7. MIUI is MIUI.
Whitehaux, the creator of Weapon, also ports MIUI. MIUI was my daily driver for a while and it works great but lacks WiFi Calling. The last MIUI build is wonky so I flipped back to CM7... and it is surprisingly working very well, but I'm having an issue with my Market downloading certain things.
Just depends on what you want. I would start with Eaglesblood and a few others. Then try Weapon. Then play with MIUI and CM7 and see which one you prefer to live with.
Stock and Stable or Wild and Crazy?
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Didn't see you were on Weapon already. I have to have toggles in my drop down menu. Going to a rom with no toggles is torture, but there is a sweet looking rom over where MIUI is that looks pretty slick. It lacks toggles though, so I won't flash it.
Weapon, MIUI, and CM7 are my 3 choices.
Yeah Weapon is really good. Hey Player, what turned you off MIUI?
CM7
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The 10.21 build gave me hella problems. Restarts and random bootloops. I kept having to flash it over itself... then eventually my wifi errored out and when I tried turning it off... it would instantly reset. I flashed several miui versions and kernels but required a wipe to clear.
At that point I needed my phone so I flashed CM7 and just stuck with it.
All in all, miui was ported but no one really focuses on it to make things work. It gets updated to the latest weekly but nothing more. Slowly things broke and weren't fixed. The newer the rom the worse it got IMO.
However I flashed the same 10.21 version and same kernel from my SD to my friends and he said he hasn't had any issues. So I don't know. Maybe its my phone. CM7 isn't MIUI but I have an ICS theme which makes me happy.
There is a new dev solely focusing on MIUI for the G2x and fixing the bugs. So maybe ill switch back on day.
G2x - 2.3.7 CM7
Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV
im on MIUI 1.11.18 but i was just generally wondering what everyone else thought was better and why?...
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General purpose question.
And you've to test a rom by yourself because, some people like Miui and some others like CM7 ... there is no rule on that!
Me I like both, but what a shame I only have one Defy...
Pepsi and coke. They are both good roms I like cm7 more but that's just me. Find your flavor and if u ever get bored switch it up.
Same as both answers above, you will not get a definite answer. Only way is to try both yourself then decide which one you like best.
If you want speed then CM7 is better, but if you something that looks good and is a lot more customizable then MIUI is the choice.
I am always swapping and changing between them both.
Cheers
But, if you want best of bouth roms, then CMIUI by chile.
fast, stable, best battery life. Try it.
CM7 with this as home screen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220695
I like some functions in MiUI like the phone where it searches the contacts as you type, the look and feel of MIUI etc while there are some functions in CM7 like changing track with long press volume, long press back killing application etc are very nice. I finally settled for CM7 with go contacts and launcher
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I like some functions in MiUI like the phone where it searches the contacts as you type, the look and feel of MIUI etc while there are some functions in CM7 like changing track with long press volume, long press back killing application etc are very nice. I finally settled for CM7 with go contacts and launcher
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CMIUI has all these functions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360965
strikoo said:
But, if you want best of bouth roms, then CMIUI by chile.
fast, stable, best battery life. Try it.
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so why is some ppl still think version 2.0 is the best when the rom is already at v2.5? obviously some of the newer cm7 drivers inputs aren't that great?
i was on cm7 and currently looking for alternatives because of some of the problems with recent cm7. i think sync/merge with cyanogen kills it, and in turns indirectly kills cmiui......
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so why is some ppl still think version 2.0 is the best when the rom is already at v2.5? obviously some of the newer cm7 drivers inputs aren't that great?
i was on cm7 and currently looking for alternatives because of some of the problems with recent cm7. i think sync/merge with cyanogen kills it, and in turns indirectly kills cmiui......
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CMIUI v2.5 feels stable enough. I updated from 2.0 to 2.5. Both versions are fine.
Isn't a question of what's better, it's defined by your taste. Considering both "stock" versions, with no customizations (like CMiUI or BareBones):
CM7 is stable, fast and light. If you want your phone to run like a bullet, even with several background applications running, this is your goal.
MiUI is quite fast, and beautiful. If you run no background apps (like, i.e., Usage Timelines or Lookout), it'll run as fast as CM7, but it has a poorer performance for gaming or other high-CPU/GPU consuming tasks compared to CyanogenMod.
There are implementations that make things even better: CMiUI claims to make the phone as fast as if it was running CM7 (I don't think so, but I still think it's the best ROM available), and BareBones is supposed to make CM7 phones run even faster (which is perfectly plausible, since it rips off almost every app which isn't indispensable for the phone to work). It's up to you to try the ROMs and find the one that suites better with your personal needs.
How about battery life?
On which one is better?
i've tried cm7, galnet ics miui, and dsj ics miui. can't say i noticed much differences in battery life. they all consumed about 0.5-0.6% of battery life per hour in deep sleep.
performance wise cm7 is still the smoothest and most stable. i have no doubt about that. it has the least troubles/problems.