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So I was just wondering why would we flash roms? I mean the current stock os is almost bug free + when flashing roms we are faced with some major bugs sometimes.
I know that we would have the choice to remove bloatware, cutomise status bar, and sometime oc. That's all nice but still I don't see why not leave it as is?
Please excuse my ignorance. I just came from a rooted Dinc w/ miui
And I wanna have a better understanding.
Thanks
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/01/custom-roms-for-android-explained-and-why-you-want-them/
For me it's the freedom to do with my phone what I want. These developers kick out some sweet features that we'll never see from a stock ROM, and they get us the latest software before the manufacturers. I bug here or there is well worth it for me, and if it's to bad you can always revert. If you prefer the stock experience, than by all means leave it alone. But me, I'm a tinkerer. Be it a car, truck, bike... or yes, even a phone, I can't leave well enough alone.
Because we can
To pick up chicks......I haven't met one yet that's not turned on by 48+ mflops!
Can't do that with stock.....
This might seem like an odd answer... I flash so I can have a standard interface on my phones. I've had a droid, droid x, and thunderbolt in the last year and a half (my company does some android development on in house apps for one of our clients, and we go through a lot of test phones). having something close to a stock interface minimizes the daily annoyances of moving between those phones.... which is why I use the aosp roms.
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iakamand said:
So I was just wondering why would we flash roms? I mean the current stock os is almost bug free + when flashing roms we are faced with some major bugs sometimes.
I know that we would have the choice to remove bloatware, cutomise status bar, and sometime oc. That's all nice but still I don't see why not leave it as is?
Please excuse my ignorance. I just came from a rooted Dinc w/ miui
And I wanna have a better understanding.
Thanks
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Wait, you came from a phone that you rooted and flashed MIUI on, but don't understand why others choose to not stay stock
Why??? that's not the correct question. The correct question is why not!
g00s3y said:
Wait, you came from a phone that you rooted and flashed MIUI on, but don't understand why others choose to not stay stock
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My thoughts exactly.
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hey guys...i'm coming from virus' latest synergy rom with sense 3.0 overclocked to 1.4 and i'm wondering...why do you guys root your phone anyways?????
patdroid1 said:
hey guys...i'm coming from virus' latest synergy rom with sense 3.0 overclocked to 1.4 and i'm wondering...why do you guys root your phone anyways?????
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I'm in the same boat. I just can't figure it out.
Cuz girls dig guys who flash roms
Pretty simple, I get rid of most of the stock crap, my battery lasts 30 to 40% longer, and it allows some independence
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New injectheory out!!
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That's simple: more crackflashing = less crack smoking.
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My Tbolt rebooted 3-4 times a day after the OTA update.
Hadn't had any reboots with MR2 and now MR2.5 radio and various roms.
Funny
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I rooted mine so people that smoke too much crack could ask me why
For me? Customization and battery life.
Number 1 reason on the Thunderbolt ... I prefer AOSP/CM7 over Sense.
so i bought my gf a g2x for her birthday, but as i was told they are super buggy on the stock rom, i flashed it asap. ive been using GB roms but they all seem to be kinda buggy and i would prefer the LG camera fully working, so im thinking of going back to a froyo rom. my question is: are there any known bugs with the froyo roms? im mainly looking for stability as its not my phone so i wont be able to mess with it constantly to fix bugs. thanks guys
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so i bought my gf a g2x for her birthday, but as i was told they are super buggy on the stock rom, i flashed it asap. ive been using GB roms but they all seem to be kinda buggy and i would prefer the LG camera fully working, so im thinking of going back to a froyo rom. my question is: are there any known bugs with the froyo roms? im mainly looking for stability as its not my phone so i wont be able to mess with it constantly to fix bugs. thanks guys
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Try Ultimate G2X 1.0. Its based on stock Froyo. Its super stable, everything works, great theme.
I'd give EaglesBlood a try.
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thanks for the suggestions guys ive been looking at those two and also Sinister froyo, does anyone have any experience with or know of any bugs with that one? it seems to be the most recently updated froyo rom.
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lowrider262 said:
thanks for the suggestions guys ive been looking at those two and also Sinister froyo, does anyone have any experience with or know of any bugs with that one? it seems to be the most recently updated froyo rom.
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I gave sinister a try, I hated the theme on it, but it was stable. Personal preference I guess.
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Eaglesblood is awesome
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Hey you guys i was wondering can anyone port Miui to the Triumph, for the ones that don't know what it is cheack it out on youtube im sure you would like it. Plus since we have cm7 it is possible just need a dev to began the process, i would be happy to be a tester
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I know someone on androidforums is working on a miui themed version of the cm7 build. It is a work in progress, I am not sure if it will be exactly what you are looking for though.
Ive tried, its not hitting on nothing, im trying to find out how to port it myself.
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http://www.4shared.com/file/CNv35JyZ/MIUI_Launcher_21_by_Vipitus.htm
This is the closet to miui I have ever seen that's not actual miui. Try it, its definitely the best launcher, especially teamed with cm7. Until someone ports actual miui.
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Porting a whole ROM might border on "insanely difficult," I suffer even changing a clock color here and there.
I did recently steal and re-theme some nice MIUI clocks from Factory Widgets, and if you want the look then go check out the ROMs here. They look noticeably similar.
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Hey guys, Flashed the new Gummycharged GBE 2.0 Final Release a few days ago and have been loving it so far. However i do have a question about the new launcher. Is it possible to use custom images for the hotseat icons or is this going to be added in the future? This is mainly directed at the gummy team, but if you have any ideas please let me know. =) Thanks again.
To be honest your best bet would be to ask this on rootzwiki. Kejar and his team do not support xda anymore
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Yes you can you just need to change them manually.
How do I do that exactly?
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My mom just got an Infuse 4G last night. She's unhappy with the stock ROM (rather, she's not liking it). Realistically I am using this opportunity to break the woman into smartphones, and the Infuse 4G is a great one with a screen that she can read (I love the look of that AMOLED, it's making me want a Samsung when it's time to upgrade).
The question is, which ROM is the most user-friendly? If you read my sig you'll see I have an Atrix 4G myself and am currently running an Alpha ROM so you'll know I am no stranger to the mod community. I just don't want to go from ROM to ROM to ROM showing her each one, wasting my entire day reflashing her phone. If anyone can come up with one or two suggestions for me to try for her, I would greatly appreciate it.
I'm looking for something ICS-like, smooth as butter, and not over-the-top like some of the Atrix guys like to go. Thanks for your help!
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My mom just got an Infuse 4G last night. She's unhappy with the stock ROM (rather, she's not liking it). Realistically I am using this opportunity to break the woman into smartphones, and the Infuse 4G is a great one with a screen that she can read (I love the look of that AMOLED, it's making me want a Samsung when it's time to upgrade).
The question is, which ROM is the most user-friendly? If you read my sig you'll see I have an Atrix 4G myself and am currently running an Alpha ROM so you'll know I am no stranger to the mod community. I just don't want to go from ROM to ROM to ROM showing her each one, wasting my entire day reflashing her phone. If anyone can come up with one or two suggestions for me to try for her, I would greatly appreciate it.
I'm looking for something ICS-like, smooth as butter, and not over-the-top like some of the Atrix guys like to go. Thanks for your help!
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Imho, find out what she wants out of the phone and tweak it with apps. Stick with stock froyo and avoid the grief.
Ex. Big text battery indicator to show battery. Business calendar is better than stock. Go launcher is better than stock. Show her how to put direct dial shortcut on the screen etc...show her the widgets.
Leave the rom alone because everything works.
From my experience, it's the app and how to use the phone...not the ROM
For better battery life, odin flash one of the stock gingerbread leaks and leave it. KK4 leak would be OK. KL2 is better but tw30 is messed up on it. I like the stock froyo but the battery life sucks.
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Infused 2.2.3 and s7 was the best for me when i was on froyo.
Fully customizable Galnet Miui
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Infused 2.2.3 and s7 was the best for me when i was on froyo.
Fully customizable Galnet Miui
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s7. I never had any issues with that ROM. Or gsinfuse....Had great battery too
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Cm7 is great. Simple and easy and fast
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But bt doesn't work properly on aosp roms (cm7 and miui) if your mom needs simple and stable...infused 2.2.3 or s7....I would recommend one of mine but mine have alot of add one and tweaks and are really for advanced users...like I said infused 2.2.3 or S7....everything works and stable and simple..
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But bt doesn't work properly on aosp roms (cm7 and miui) if your mom needs simple and stable...infused 2.2.3 or s7....I would recommend one of mine but mine have alot of add one and tweaks and are really for advanced users...like I said infused 2.2.3 or S7....everything works and stable and simple..
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See I'm attempting to throw CatyRom on it, the ICS app tray is really what I'm after. Something like that would keep it simple for her to find things without having to go through the app drawer which is what has overloaded her in the past. She absolutely refuses to use an iPhone because of this.
Catyrom is good...don't get me wrong. .just know what your doing when flashing is all bro...and thanks for choosing caty
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Catyrom is good...don't get me wrong. .just know what your doing when flashing is all bro...and thanks for choosing caty
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My sig says it all, I've been around the block a few times. New to Infuse, veteran to Android. And so far, Caty is doing the trick. Thank you
No prob bro
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Hah. I thought this thread was a joke when I read the subject line.
Well at this point it we have a handful of really good stable, infuse based roms. So it's all about what color she wants really lol.
Have her take a look at the screenshots for : Zeus, Caty, Bionix, Numas, Victory rom, or infused(old one but a goodie). And pick which one is astheticaly pleasing to her.
Nah, no joke. I made some modifications that allow single-touch activation of apps/tools but other than that she seems happy with Caty. She's a blue person, so it worked in my favor.
It seems odd that someone who has had no experience with smartphones minus playing with someone's iPhone and hating it would want to jump head-long into the ROM world but she's seen the difference it made in my phone. ICS on my Atrix is great, and I am hoping that one day you guys get it running on the Infuse, it seems like a good phone and you folks seem like an intelligent bunch.
Zeus (gb rom).
Plus:
Bluetooth and wifi are working good. Good battery. GPS is good.
Minus (common to ALL gb roms):
HDMI out does not work