Just a few questions guys. Sorry if it has been discussed before. But, I'm coming from an HD2 and am thinking about getting an AT&T Inspire. Since the Inspire is a native Android device, it probably doesn't suffer the same bugs that the HD2 did when it has Android on it does it? In particular when you ran a Sense 3 rom on it, you would have trouble with graphic glitches. I'm guessing you don't have that problem with this phone? Is there some other known bugs that you face when you run a custom rom on the Inspire? I loved my HD2 so much that I had to get a comparable newer model of phone. I just felt it was time to get an actual Android native phone because of the various issues that I ran into. Also, if I root the Inspire will I be able to get rid of the AT&T bloatware if I choose to stick with the stock rom? I was running my HD2 on AT&T so I could only get EDGE with it and I got tired of the slow internet when I was not in a wifi area. Thanks for your answers!
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Just a few questions guys. Sorry if it has been discussed before. But, I'm coming from an HD2 and am thinking about getting an AT&T Inspire. Since the Inspire is a native Android device, it probably doesn't suffer the same bugs that the HD2 did when it has Android on it does it? In particular when you ran a Sense 3 rom on it, you would have trouble with graphic glitches. I'm guessing you don't have that problem with this phone? Is there some other known bugs that you face when you run a custom rom on the Inspire? I loved my HD2 so much that I had to get a comparable newer model of phone. I just felt it was time to get an actual Android native phone because of the various issues that I ran into. Also, if I root the Inspire will I be able to get rid of the AT&T bloatware if I choose to stick with the stock rom? I was running my HD2 on AT&T so I could only get EDGE with it and I got tired of the slow internet when I was not in a wifi area. Thanks for your answers!
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If you're partial to CM7 based roms, not sure if this is a problem across the board for all devices, but at least on the Inspire CM7 roms don't like to read your SIM card, so back up your contacts to gmail and sync if you want to use a CM7 ROM.
I've used ARHD, Bindroid and Absolution. I have tried just about every rom there is on the Inspire but these 3 seem to be the most stable, a lot of support and just an overall great time. This isn't to say the other roms out there are terrible, I just fancy these and as anyone will tell you, different strokes for different folks. Your best bet, if you do get the Inspire, try all the roms out and see what best fits you, what minor bugs you can deal with and ones you can't. You'll find out very quickly what you're willing to live with and what you're willing to do without! Each ROM is not totally bugless, each have their share of little bugs and honestly the devs do a great job at fixing them and keeping their respective ROMs up to date (or at least the ones I have mentioned, again this isn't to say the other roms don't..I just use these consistently and can only attest to what they do). There use to be an audio issue but many roms have since fixed that. If you do get an inspire, the Desire HD is the same model phone pretty much and thus many of those roms can be flashed onto our device, if you take that route for whatever reason, you'll need to find the audio fix.
Thanks for the information. I think I will stick to the Inspire roms instead of the DHD ones. I'm a bit more partial to the Sense roms than the vanilla ones. I really like Sense. Yeah, I found that out with the HD2 running android. You had to try several roms out to see which one had the fewest most tolerable bugs. As far as roms not wanting to read the sim card, I always have a backup of my contacts on gmail. I thought it was convenient when I flashed a rom and signed in with my google account it would sync them all back to the phone.
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Thanks for the information. I think I will stick to the Inspire roms instead of the DHD ones. I'm a bit more partial to the Sense roms than the vanilla ones. I really like Sense. Yeah, I found that out with the HD2 running android. You had to try several roms out to see which one had the fewest most tolerable bugs. As far as roms not wanting to read the sim card, I always have a backup of my contacts on gmail. I thought it was convenient when I flashed a rom and signed in with my google account it would sync them all back to the phone.
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No problem! I'm partial to sense roms as well but every now and then my CM7 inner child wants to have some fun. I typically keep to Bindroid (releases aren't as frequent and the following is small but man do they put out a really really stable rom). ARHD is another sense favorite of mine, also very stable, great development and a lot of mods/themes/add-ons. I use Absolution for my CM7 fix...again, great development,friendly group over there too!
Cool, I will be sure and check those out.
I also noticed with this phone you don't need to partition your nand everytime you switch out a rom. As a matter of fact you don't do that at all. That is a plus!!
does any one know of a rom for inspire that is like the 3dna software for computer its a vertual room that you click on stuff like a game console to get to you game apps and a desk with a phone and light and rol0dex where you can get to your phone to make calls and the light would be your flash light and rolodex you can get your contacts and so on and so on its a 3d of a room where your buttons to access your phone and apps are in the room go look at 3dna on the computer and you will see what im talking about if someone can make one like that for are smartphones that would be cool i have a htc inspire running on ics and my cam works to thanks to lord clockan i use the htc desire hd rom any way if some comes up with a rom like im talking about plz send me a link or a qr code for it would be cool to
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does any one know of a rom for inspire that is like the 3dna software for computer its a vertual room that you click on stuff like a game console to get to you game apps and a desk with a phone and light and rol0dex where you can get to your phone to make calls and the light would be your flash light and rolodex you can get your contacts and so on and so on its a 3d of a room where your buttons to access your phone and apps are in the room go look at 3dna on the computer and you will see what im talking about if someone can make one like that for are smartphones that would be cool i have a htc inspire running on ics and my cam works to thanks to lord clockan i use the htc desire hd rom any way if some comes up with a rom like im talking about plz send me a link or a qr code for it would be cool to
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I tried reading this... couldn't find any use of the "." key or the "Shift"
WTF, Over?
Try rum runner or android revolution
Zombies ate my Inspire
vansickle6 said:
does any one know of a rom for inspire that is like the 3dna software for computer its a vertual room that you click on stuff like a game console to get to you game apps and a desk with a phone and light and rol0dex where you can get to your phone to make calls and the light would be your flash light and rolodex you can get your contacts and so on and so on its a 3d of a room where your buttons to access your phone and apps are in the room go look at 3dna on the computer and you will see what im talking about if someone can make one like that for are smartphones that would be cool i have a htc inspire running on ics and my cam works to thanks to lord clockan i use the htc desire hd rom any way if some comes up with a rom like im talking about plz send me a link or a qr code for it would be cool to
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Simple answer is no. There is no rom that is like that. A search of the available roms would have told you this.
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I was thinking about selling my Vibrant and buying a G2x, but the dev section seems to be pretty dead. Any reason why wasnt this CMs personal phone at one time?
I think part of it is LG's quick memory regarding it. Quick as in quick to forget it, and Nvidia won't release driver source so devs are forced to reuse the 2.3.3 release in order to get 100% functionality.
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I was thinking about selling my Vibrant and buying a G2x, but the dev section seems to be pretty dead. Any reason why wasnt this CMs personal phone at one time?
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Some devs don't post updates on xda. Some of them give updatea via twitter or other sites. But it's not dead.
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Does anyone know if they will ever release new drivers? So basically until they do which is most likely never this phone has been as updated as possible? I noticed CM7 is still updating which means 2.3.6 so is there much chance of ICS? Finally who are some good people to follow on twitter for good roms? Thanks a ton guys!
due to overall problems
I believe there were many more developers that planned on developing for the g2x and bought the device to do so as i did.
But with so may problems at the start i just didnt want to even attempt to rom for this device and be blamed when the phone self destructed. after much tampering it is running pretty well but i just dont trust the phone and im sure there are some others that didnt work on the G2X for the same reason. There are some very good options out there and talented people that are working on the G2x. so dont be afraid due to low quanity because there is some high quality work done.
Not sure it will grow much since its been obvious that tmobile and lg's fix for the phone is to shutup until it goes away. But the roms have the phone running pretty well and you wont be disapointed, But i would wait until oct 12th and get the hercules(even without the samsung chip) will be a killer phone or the HTC coming out the same day with similar specs.
This phone works fabulously with CyanogenMod, EXCEPT that bluetooth audio (to a wireless headset or whatever) doesn't work.
Other than that, EVEYRYTHING works. Love this phone.
Well that's disappointing to hear that I probably will never see ICS running on this device. It's a very capable device and the fact that LG refuses to update makes me want to put them in the same category as Viewsonic (unfortunately I also bought the g-tablet).
cyanogen
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Well that's disappointing to hear that I probably will never see ICS running on this device. It's a very capable device and the fact that LG refuses to update makes me want to put them in the same category as Viewsonic (unfortunately I also bought the g-tablet).
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will be the best hope to get icecream running. if they do so than other rommers will also follow suite. but cm leads the way on drivers and such for most roms. so if they dont do it ussually noone does. But i wouldnt expect to see anything from LG, they have not shown anything in the way of skill or care to put out updates for their devices.
Because there ate stable ROMs out there and you can only do so much. Other lively dev sections ate deceiving - 20 variations of the stock ROM with different wallpapers and start up screens does not mean a lot of development for the phone.
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I've been running cm7 for about a month now and I'm really happy with it. Every other rom I try have issues and I always come back to cm7. It makes the g2x a very good phone IMO
There are plenty of devs to follow just some took some time off to dev for other devices ... I follow fitsnugly because he does some great compiling with his roms ... Morfic has some awesome kernals and faux123 has his aosp rom and awesome kernals... doniqq has his eaglesblood roms ... whitehawkx has weapon rom... so there's plenty ... I'm a crackflasher so I'm always running something different .... I felt the same way ..Was thinking of jumping ship to a different phone but I just live this phone... Just look around the forum.. there's always somthing ...
One of the basic things I had to decide on was whether I wanted the LG camera app with an OTA based rom or all the fancy-ness of a CM7 based rom. Now I'm at the point where I just group OTA or CM7 and go from there.
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One of the basic things I had to decide on was whether I wanted the LG camera app with an OTA based rom or all the fancy-ness of a CM7 based rom. Now I'm at the point where I just group OTA or CM7 and go from there.
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I know what you mean... I use my camera often... Work and personal use and at one point was running cm7 and was comparing the different can apps from the market ... My wife thought I was going nuts , I was sitting in my living room taking pics for like an hour and a half and comparing pics... There are some pretty good free camera apps that I've used with cm7.. vignette is pretty good...
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I know what you mean... I use my camera often... Work and personal use and at one point was running cm7 and was comparing the different can apps from the market ... My wife thought I was going nuts , I was sitting in my living room taking pics for like an hour and a half and comparing pics... There are some pretty good free camera apps that I've used with cm7.. vignette is pretty good...
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Yup. Work and personal for me too. I tried a few market apps but I just couldn't find something that I was happy with. It was kind of a deal breaker for me considering I really wanted to stick to CM7 for the ridiculous theme/customization options out there.
Swift Star is out, another new ROM. Several out there to try. I prefer those based on 2.3.3 OTA
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Swift Star is out, another new ROM. Several out there to try. I prefer those based on 2.3.3 OTA
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I was running this rom up until 5 minutes ago... I just reflashed fitsnuglys 9/27 kang... Dont get me wrong the 2.3.3 roms are great... There's just something about the cm7 and the kangs that I like... There's always something new added to them and for me they seem to make my phone run better ... Sure there's no LG camera but there's plenty of camera market apps..
Yeah, I see updates for ROMs pretty often, every 5-10days, that's a good release period, and if you want to use a ROM that is constantly being developed just run CM7, a lot of people say it's not good with battery but if you flash one of morfics kernels you will have great battery life. Some people run into issues with it but if you wipe everything you should be fine. Faux's AOSP Rom+Kernel run great together also.
While development might have slowed down a bit for this phone, there's still plenty of excellent devs and roms to choose from. I have always preferred faux's aosp rom/kernel combo for my daily stable/very reliable/great performing/battery life.
Now if you want to see no development look no further then the mytouch4g slide thread. That's just sad cuz even the og mt4g has tons of devs working on it and its still a great phone.
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Hi all, after 2 years of modding my HD2 with wm6.5, wp7 and tons of android builds, I'm upgrading to a sensation. I've read a lot of the threads but it seems less straight forward to hack this phone. I think i understand it, is s-off like flashing the bootloader so i can root it?
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Hi all, after 2 years of modding my HD2 with wm6.5, wp7 and tons of android builds, I'm upgrading to a sensation. I've read a lot of the threads but it seems less straight forward to hack this phone. I think i understand it, is s-off like flashing the bootloader so i can root it?
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Hi,
I'm not sure which threads you have read,but THIS THREAD will take you through the four stages to get your phone ready to install any custom ROM.
That's a lot of stuff to do just to hack my phone, i remember it being so much easier. I need a bit of help, I have just moved house and dont have broadband. I can get all the downloads whilst at work but no connection at home to the revolution site. Is there any other way of getting s-off without a live internet connection?
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That's a lot of stuff to do just to hack my phone, i remember it being so much easier. I need a bit of help, I have just moved house and dont have broadband. I can get all the downloads whilst at work but no connection at home to the revolution site. Is there any other way of getting s-off without a live internet connection?
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Hi,
It seems like a lot, but it is no more than you did for the hd2.
I cannot see a way round the live connection. Revolution has to check the code it gives you.
You might have to wait till you get your broadband.
I feel so restricted with an unrooted orange branded phone.
Panic over, I had everything sdk and sync wise already from doing the hd2, I then got onto the web using usb tethering and after that everything is s-off, rooted, cwr and revolution HD rom installed. Im back in the game !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Panic over, I had everything sdk and sync wise already from doing the hd2, I then got onto the web using usb tethering and after that everything is s-off, rooted, cwr and revolution HD rom installed. Im back in the game !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hi,
Glad you sorted it out.
I notice you are using ARHD 3.6.8.
Please check my signature for a selection of new lockrings and battery % Mods.
Welcome to Sensation
elgrego4 said:
Hi all, after 2 years of modding my HD2 with wm6.5, wp7 and tons of android builds, I'm upgrading to a sensation. I've read a lot of the threads but it seems less straight forward to hack this phone. I think i understand it, is s-off like flashing the bootloader so i can root it?
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Many thanks to all involved, I and many others went from a handset incapable of delivering texts (sent to outbox!!) to the best phone (boy's toy) ever.
I followed a similar road to the above post. However I ended up with Tween's cm7 with Doriamnx's kernal. Loved the tablet tweeks as buttons were already replaced twice, and the cm7 advanced setings.
Can or will anyone make an educated guess to when I could get the sensation(xe) to this level of usability with cm7 or Senseless build.
Ta
olderbloke said:
Many thanks to all involved, I and many others went from a handset incapable of delivering texts (sent to outbox!!) to the best phone (boy's toy) ever.
I followed a similar road to the above post. However I ended up with Tween's cm7 with Doriamnx's kernal. Loved the tablet tweeks as buttons were already replaced twice, and the cm7 advanced setings.
Can or will anyone make an educated guess to when I could get the sensation(xe) to this level of usability with cm7 or Senseless build.
Ta
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Hi,
I take it you have not got a Sensation yet.
CM7 is still experimental and not fully developed .
ARHD,which I'm on,does have a senseless version,which people rate.
So there is hope for you yet.
malybru said:
Hi,
I take it you have not got a Sensation yet.
CM7 is still experimental and not fully developed .
ARHD,which I'm on,does have a senseless version,which people rate.
So there is hope for you yet.
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Had a sensation xe for a week now. So far S-off,cwm & rooted. With Orange Uk. all stock at the mo. Radio, kernal & rom. would like good camera over xmas. (something hd2 never quite cracked imo on Android).
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would like good camera over xmas. (something hd2 never quite cracked imo on Android).
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um, you shoud've bought the SGSII if you wanted to take better photos than the HD2 ; ) Only kidding, well, sort of. So far for me the biggest disappointment of the Sensation is the camera, especially indoors. It takes great macro shots in low light (even pitch black), but every other indoor shot I've taken has soooo much noise in it, even in well lit rooms. I'm not that impressed with photos taken outside either - doesn't feel like that much of a step up from the Leo to me, especially given the two year difference between them. Build quality, or perhaps quality of design is behind the Leo too. I've had to put four small pieces of Blu-tack inside to stop the creaking, LOL.
I'm still really enjoying it though.
Can either of you fellow Sensation Noobs see Nova 2 or Shadowgun in the Android Market? I can't. Via the web I just get an error saying my device is incompatible even though I know they'll run.
I got shadowgun from another market
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I got shadowgun from another market
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Yes, but what malware did it come with? I'd rather just buy it from the main Android Market and be done with it to be honest. Well, if I could!
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Yes, but what malware did it come with? I'd rather just buy it from the main Android Market and be done with it to be honest. Well, if I could!
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Try turning Fastboot off.
As an Android n00b, I'm really intrigued by all the custom ROM options that are available for the Sensation, and I've tried a few. However, I keep going back to stock after realizing that some feature that I rely on doesn't work properly (location, MMS, recording video, wifi calling, etc.). After reading numerous threads it occurred to me that I might be getting in on these ROMs while they are still in experimental stages. Is there a way that I can avoid this? What should I be looking for? ROMs labeled 1.0, 2.0, etc.? Is the Sensation just too new of a device to have lots of stable ROMs to choose from where everything works?
Basically I feel lost when I look at the sea of ROMs all claiming to be stable, perfect, and fast. How do I find one that actually is?
Also, I've always been curious about a ROM being available through ROM Manager...does that say anything about its reliability?
There are loads of ROMS available, its mainly a task of looking at a ROM and then reading the spiel in the first 3 or 4 posts, this will usually tell you what the developers opinion of the ROM is, final, beta, 75% etc..
Im using Virtuous ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408351)
everything works with a few minor issues, No Caller ID on lock screen, HDR photo dont work. Other than that its ace.
Its really suck it and see tbh you have to choose, Sense (yuk in my opinion) or Senseless just make a full backup before you flash anything new, that way if you dont like it you just flash back to the one before.
I have never used rom manager. Some devices actually mess up because of flashing a rom through it. Your best bet is to read, a lot. Go through the thread and see what people are saying about it. If everyone complains about issues, chances are you will have them too. Also, read the changelog to see what has been fixed or what issues the rom has.
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If you are looking for the most stable custom ROMs, Check out the ones based on Gingerbread like Android Revolution HD or Energy ROM
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As an Android n00b, I'm really intrigued by all the custom ROM options that are available for the Sensation, and I've tried a few. However, I keep going back to stock after realizing that some feature that I rely on doesn't work properly (location, MMS, recording video, wifi calling, etc.). After reading numerous threads it occurred to me that I might be getting in on these ROMs while they are still in experimental stages. Is there a way that I can avoid this? What should I be looking for? ROMs labeled 1.0, 2.0, etc.? Is the Sensation just too new of a device to have lots of stable ROMs to choose from where everything works?
Basically I feel lost when I look at the sea of ROMs all claiming to be stable, perfect, and fast. How do I find one that actually is?
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The only one you can ever complain about it the stock one that came with the phone. All the others are a gamble that give speed/battery/UI/perfume/... All the custom ROMs have attributes that are good and attributes that are bad. TBH though that's the same as the phone's shipped ROM be it Android, iOS or.... Just a different perception.
All the ICS ROMs are based on leaked phone ROMs and therefore unstable by nature. GB has much more stable ROMs due to its maturity but it's now old hat.
Hey though, if you're on XDA you're looking for change/fun/a challenge though. Otherwise you'd be in the phone shop.
Android Revolution HD with beats audio works smart....
i am also new and this is my first rom flash and i must say i will keep on doing it with every phone i get. this rom is awsome no lag in any games anymore browsing is faster sound is sweet. my wife has the same phone but she scared to let me flash it but she is jelous about mine
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Android Revolution HD with beats audio works smart....
i am also new and this is my first rom flash and i must say i will keep on doing it with every phone i get. this rom is awsome no lag in any games anymore browsing is faster sound is sweet. my wife has the same phone but she scared to let me flash it but she is jelous about mine
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I take it you're recommending the Gingerbread version of ARHD?
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As an Android n00b, I'm really intrigued by all the custom ROM options that are available for the Sensation, and I've tried a few. However, I keep going back to stock after realizing that some feature that I rely on doesn't work properly (location, MMS, recording video, wifi calling, etc.). After reading numerou updateds threads it occurred to me that I might be getting in on these ROMs while they are still in experimental stages. Is there a way that I can avoid this? What should I be looking for? ROMs labeled 1.0, 2.0, etc.? Is the Sensation just too new of a device to have lots of stable ROMs to choose from where everything works?
Basically I feel lost when I look at the sea of ROMs all claiming to be stable, perfect, and fast. How do I find one that actually is?
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Ive updated my firmware to 3.24 and flashed elegancia 2.2.0. Just about everything works, and it has all the perks....best part is streaming your videos straight to smart tv from gallery
I am starting to understand why...but there are so many options...
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First of all you have to try all roms and then go for the best one and the one who fits better to you... I can't say how to do it... Everyone is different
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all rom's on xda are cool!ยจ
One thing that I did when I first started choosing which rom to put on my Sensation was ask myself a few questions:
1) Do I want the phone to feel the same as it does now or be drastically different? (ie keep Sense [same as stock], no Sense, AOSP [Android Open Source Project] or MIUI)
2) Do I want to use a very popular rom or go with a much smaller, lesser known rom?
3) Am I T-Mobile and plan on using Wifi calling?
4) Which looks the way I want to have it look? (ie Themes, extra addons, etc)
5) Do I want something stable or something cutting edge?
6) A rom which has just been released in its first version or a rom that is on version 3 with 25 previous updates?
Asking myself those questions helped narrow things down for me.
The other thing I would suggest is try a few. Look and find a few that use the same firmware version as you are currently on (so you don't have to risk flashing back and forth between firmware versions). Download them and try them for a few hours (or a day) at a time and see what you think. The first time I "caught the romming bug" when I first flashed I chose ARHD because it was popular, stable, and very low risk. Right away I flashed several others such as InsertCoin, CoreDroid, Virtuous, etc and each had things I liked that I now use to determine what I want.
Ultimately for me, I use mine as a phone for texting and phone calls. I decided after trying many that I wanted it to be a popular rom that was reliable with no problems major problems.
I hope those questions help you out a little as you start making your decisions.
-- Zeustopher
I want whatever's closest to AOSP/CM9, but with everything working and running quickly. The only answer for that is the latest Hyper Nonsense.
there are two major categories of roms here, the ones with sense and the ones without sense. i tried pretty much all of the roms and i can recommend you virtous inquisition when you prefer a senseless rom close to aosp (android open source project; stock android) or the insertcoin rom when you like sense and the sense apps / widgets. (i currently use insertcoin and it is frequently updated, offers an amazing battery life and a very fast and stable performance. same for virtuous inquisition)
Well here are some preferences of mine...Perhaps you can narrow down three or four first choices.
Well I would not know the difference between sense based and not right now, so probably should aim to get close to it and slowly experiment outwards...
I want completely stable, the xe is fast enough so don't need faster (for now) but I do want themes capability. I like a very personalized interface. And ideally would rather make my own, but doubt I could without software for that like I had on my K77i.
I don't particularly care about popular, but I suppose popular does indicate stability and or other major benefits. I would not risk a new ROM I think.
I use mine, for everything, much more than calls and texts, and would use it to read a lot. So in that sense I do need low power consumption. Movies mostly at night with lowest brightness, but some times videos during the day too, such as exercise programs...
I hope not to catch a romming bug, I have had the phone only a few days and it's still not got all I want organized into it...It takes a lot of effort to set thing up right, at least for me, so I don't want to do that every couple of weeks...Mind you when I have the apps I want and calendar set up and what not I suppose that won't be so hard.
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I want whatever's closest to AOSP/CM9, but with everything working and running quickly. The only answer for that is the latest Hyper Nonsense.
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if you're going for the ics aosp feel then you should try both hypernonsense and virtuous inquisition and then decide which one you want to keep
as someone already stated - you should ask yourself what do you really need and it should be easy then...
for instance i need a stable room,ics looks,everything working and as few system apps as possible(only those which are required for a rom to function properly),no live wallpapers,no unnecesary ringtones and simillar so i chose hypernonsense
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there are two major categories of roms here, the ones with sense and the ones without sense. i tried pretty much all of the roms and i can recommend you virtous inquisition when you prefer a senseless rom close to aosp (android open source project; stock android) or the insertcoin rom when you like sense and the sense apps / widgets. (i currently use insertcoin and it is frequently updated, offers an amazing battery life and a very fast and stable performance. same for virtuous inquisition)
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HyperNonSense is everything Virtuous Inquisition is, but without all of the glitches and with significantly increased speed and fluidity.
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I want whatever's closest to AOSP/CM9, but with everything working and running quickly. The only answer for that is the latest Hyper Nonsense.
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So the actual CM9 builds aren't doing it for ya are they?
When choosing a ROM I typically look at the bug list first to see if there are any show stoppers then its on to the comments posted to see what the general consensus of the ROM is.
Really though, I do a lot of sampling to get a feel for what ROMs I like best and narrow it down to just a few then flash between them depending on mood really and whether or not I feel like running AOSP or Sense based.
It looks like I am going to go with hyper nonsense first to see how that pans out.
I have to say though, I have read the guide three times through and skimmed another dozen times, and honestly it's a little hard to follow for a noob like myself. Are there are any other versions of the guide to do all this?
8thsiner said:
It looks like I am going to go with hyper nonsense first to see how that pans out.
I have to say though, I have read the guide three times through and skimmed another dozen times, and honestly it's a little hard to follow for a noob like myself. Are there are any other versions of the guide to do all this?
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This guide is one of the best ones I've seen (it is specific for arhd but steps are basically the same for all roms with ics base):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1472298http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1472298
It.is scary at first bit once you do it once it becomes a lot easier. Just take your time the first time, double check you've got the correct files, and then take a deep breath. LOTS of people have done it and I'm sure you'll be just fine.
-- Zeustopher
from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA
Apparently that is a very god guide, flashed with success, though I am having troubles with it, not aside from the fact that Titanium has been giving me issue hanging lots on certain installs, and now certain games crash upon loading past the main screen. and other games I now have touch issues, randomly it seems as it seems to freeze control for a few seconds.
ANd I am right in understanding now that my firmware is upto date I ca flash any ICS based rom?
I think it was the firmware issue that I missed in the hypernonsense rom thread, and that is why it banjaxed things to bits...
I am still looking at other roms bbig time like, I want go launcher as my base and I think the ICS base takes up far far too much space, I am getting lag with ARHD and not even all of my things are back in place.
The other issue I have is now I need to clean up my phone, 16gb card and I have barely 2gb left for all the different back ups...I only have 4gb or so in my documents folder which is where I keep nearly everything from pictures, music, videos and ebooks etc...
I think it will be easy enough to clean up some things, But for those apps that persistently bother me, Is there a good clean up tool, for destroying apps, plus data???Preferably a super user app with batch automation???
Zeustopher said:
One thing that I did when I first started choosing which rom to put on my Sensation was ask myself a few questions:
1) Do I want the phone to feel the same as it does now or be drastically different? (ie keep Sense [same as stock], no Sense, AOSP [Android Open Source Project] or MIUI)
2) Do I want to use a very popular rom or go with a much smaller, lesser known rom?
3) Am I T-Mobile and plan on using Wifi calling?
4) Which looks the way I want to have it look? (ie Themes, extra addons, etc)
5) Do I want something stable or something cutting edge?
6) A rom which has just been released in its first version or a rom that is on version 3 with 25 previous updates?
Asking myself those questions helped narrow things down for me.
The other thing I would suggest is try a few. Look and find a few that use the same firmware version as you are currently on (so you don't have to risk flashing back and forth between firmware versions). Download them and try them for a few hours (or a day) at a time and see what you think. The first time I "caught the romming bug" when I first flashed I chose ARHD because it was popular, stable, and very low risk. Right away I flashed several others such as InsertCoin, CoreDroid, Virtuous, etc and each had things I liked that I now use to determine what I want.
Ultimately for me, I use mine as a phone for texting and phone calls. I decided after trying many that I wanted it to be a popular rom that was reliable with no problems major problems.
I hope those questions help you out a little as you start making your decisions.
-- Zeustopher
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Thank you for the detailed info. I appreciate it. Helped me understand things a little bit better, since I am new to all this.:good:
Hi guys,
My wife is getting a Sony Z, and giving me her old HTC Sensation Z710e. Ofcourse I will be giving it a custom rom asap! Already ordered a new 1800mah battery and a new digitizer screen, but now I have to choose which custom rom to put on it...
Can you guys help me choose?
My current phone is a Sony Xperia X10 mini, and i love it to bits! I'd love a little bit of the same user experience on the sensation
What I would like:
good battery life (new battery)
good camera (?)
no useless apps (some sort of light rom?)
I like the look and feel of a stock android phone (so AOSP based rom?)
if needed, I would like the phone to perform VERY good (performance on demand, tunable kernel?)
I'm thinking of the Sultan Kernel with Hyper Nonsense ROM, would you guys agree?
wjdijkstra said:
Hi guys,
My wife is getting a Sony Z, and giving me her old HTC Sensation Z710e. Ofcourse I will be giving it a custom rom asap! Already ordered a new 1800mah battery and a new digitizer screen, but now I have to choose which custom rom to put on it...
Can you guys help me choose?
My current phone is a Sony Xperia X10 mini, and i love it to bits! I'd love a little bit of the same user experience on the sensation
What I would like:
good battery life (new battery)
good camera (?)
no useless apps (some sort of light rom?)
I like the look and feel of a stock android phone (so AOSP based rom?)
if needed, I would like the phone to perform VERY good (performance on demand, tunable kernel?)
I'm thinking of the Sultan Kernel with Hyper Nonsense ROM, would you guys agree?
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Wow you are spot on!
I thought of recommending you cm10.1 kang or something.. But the good camera won't be a pass in this (hands down sense 3.6 camera is the best).. So your choice is perfect except you'll miss the latest version of android (jellybean)
Btw you should use sultans sense kernel as hyper non sense is still sense based but 99% sense stuff removed
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I need help, I know this has been posted to what would seem to be death, however I have spent hours reading and just seem to have more questions.
Ultimately here is what I want an inspire 4g running ics. Don't need sense. I have read about several ics roms and there seem to be various things that work or don't some dont support 4g, others the camera doesnt work. I know that ATT is not going to allow up date, therefore I am going to have to flash a new rom. but I am looking for suggestions, I am not a developer, just a guy who uses the bulk of his phones features ie. camera, video, messaging, email, web and data and lastly the phone it self.
So in a new ROM i am looking for:
Camera/video
Messaging
facebook picture intrigation, but assuming i can get from app
all g apps working ie 4.0 dialer, contacts, calendar, messenger, ability to use chrome browser and other 4.0 specific apps
Volume fix for inspire, we all know that it is awful low
slightly better than stock (current) battery life
wifi
bluetooth
I'm probally missing some things, but I want the rom to behave like an ics phone our of box.
Yes, I should just go out and buy a phone with ics or jelly bean on it like the g3 or one, but that is not in the budget, right now.
experience, i have put cm on a sd card and run nook from bootable sd card, that is my the extent of flashing roms that i have experience with.
could someone suggest a rom that is realtively idiot proof in instal that would meet the above requirements.
Thanks as the more posts i read the more confused i seem to become.
No worries. From what you mentioned flash a GB rom and skip ICS for a few weeks to a month or two until htc releases their ICS update. Which rom? Heck, blackice, CM 7.2rc3 or any of the previous ones, rd miui - or any gb miui, absolution and the list can go on.
Sent from a dream.
asu93 said:
I need help, I know this has been posted to what would seem to be death, however I have spent hours reading and just seem to have more questions.
Ultimately here is what I want an inspire 4g running ics. Don't need sense. I have read about several ics roms and there seem to be various things that work or don't some dont support 4g, others the camera doesnt work. I know that ATT is not going to allow up date, therefore I am going to have to flash a new rom. but I am looking for suggestions, I am not a developer, just a guy who uses the bulk of his phones features ie. camera, video, messaging, email, web and data and lastly the phone it self.
So in a new ROM i am looking for:
Camera/video
Messaging
facebook picture intrigation, but assuming i can get from app
all g apps working ie 4.0 dialer, contacts, calendar, messenger, ability to use chrome browser and other 4.0 specific apps
Volume fix for inspire, we all know that it is awful low
slightly better than stock (current) battery life
wifi
bluetooth
I'm probally missing some things, but I want the rom to behave like an ics phone our of box.
Yes, I should just go out and buy a phone with ics or jelly bean on it like the g3 or one, but that is not in the budget, right now.
experience, i have put cm on a sd card and run nook from bootable sd card, that is my the extent of flashing roms that i have experience with.
could someone suggest a rom that is realtively idiot proof in instal that would meet the above requirements.
Thanks as the more posts i read the more confused i seem to become.
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I have to agree with going back to GB. Until HTC releases the source code for ICS things will always be Broken. And just to let you know. Non of the roms will work on 4G/LTE as the inspire is not a 4G capable phone.
asu93 said:
I need help, I know this has been posted to what would seem to be death, however I have spent hours reading and just seem to have more questions.
Ultimately here is what I want an inspire 4g running ics. Don't need sense. I have read about several ics roms and there seem to be various things that work or don't some dont support 4g, others the camera doesnt work. I know that ATT is not going to allow up date, therefore I am going to have to flash a new rom. but I am looking for suggestions, I am not a developer, just a guy who uses the bulk of his phones features ie. camera, video, messaging, email, web and data and lastly the phone it self.
So in a new ROM i am looking for:
Camera/video
Messaging
facebook picture intrigation, but assuming i can get from app
all g apps working ie 4.0 dialer, contacts, calendar, messenger, ability to use chrome browser and other 4.0 specific apps
Volume fix for inspire, we all know that it is awful low
slightly better than stock (current) battery life
wifi
bluetooth
I'm probally missing some things, but I want the rom to behave like an ics phone our of box.
Yes, I should just go out and buy a phone with ics or jelly bean on it like the g3 or one, but that is not in the budget, right now.
experience, i have put cm on a sd card and run nook from bootable sd card, that is my the extent of flashing roms that i have experience with.
could someone suggest a rom that is realtively idiot proof in instal that would meet the above requirements.
Thanks as the more posts i read the more confused i seem to become.
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Absolution 3.7 will make your socks come off. Absolutely perfect rom and no problems. Not sense but it is what you want I would recommend this rom to everyone and anyone. I've had no problems with this perfect rom the only daily driver I've used. check it out.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium
asu93 said:
I need help, I know this has been posted to what would seem to be death, however I have spent hours reading and just seem to have more questions.
Ultimately here is what I want an inspire 4g running ics. Don't need sense. I have read about several ics roms and there seem to be various things that work or don't some dont support 4g, others the camera doesnt work. I know that ATT is not going to allow up date, therefore I am going to have to flash a new rom. but I am looking for suggestions, I am not a developer, just a guy who uses the bulk of his phones features ie. camera, video, messaging, email, web and data and lastly the phone it self.
So in a new ROM i am looking for:
Camera/video
Messaging
facebook picture intrigation, but assuming i can get from app
all g apps working ie 4.0 dialer, contacts, calendar, messenger, ability to use chrome browser and other 4.0 specific apps
Volume fix for inspire, we all know that it is awful low
slightly better than stock (current) battery life
wifi
bluetooth
I'm probally missing some things, but I want the rom to behave like an ics phone our of box.
Yes, I should just go out and buy a phone with ics or jelly bean on it like the g3 or one, but that is not in the budget, right now.
experience, i have put cm on a sd card and run nook from bootable sd card, that is my the extent of flashing roms that i have experience with.
could someone suggest a rom that is realtively idiot proof in instal that would meet the above requirements.
Thanks as the more posts i read the more confused i seem to become.
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With full wipe
IceColdSandwich 8.3 over at DesireHD dev forum. We can use DesireHD roms.
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium
Try cyanogenmod 7 great rom or android revolution HD its good and there's a patch to take of the sense features
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