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[Opinion][Updated]Inspire Best ROM (I tried them all)

I got my Inspire on release day at 11:00am when BB opened and by 3pm i ran the ace hack kit and it was rooted and had a DHD ROM flashed on the phone. For the first week there was not a whole lot of ROM's or options, but week 2 and 3, they popped up like a bag of popcorn.
The first set of ROM's and kernels (Desire HD ROM's) left people with dingy sound, no you-tube or any video support at all for that matter. Other people experienced Wi-Fi problems as well. Different fixes and patches came out fixing most problems, except sound seems to be the biggest headache trying to find the right combination of audio settings, drivers, etc.
My favorite ROM was CoreDroid, basically because the theme is beautiful, but no matter what radio/kernel I used It took literally 15 minutes to get a satellite lock. I tried faster fix from the market, I went into the system to make sure it was set to North-America and not Europe nothing worked.
Android Revolution is another awesome ROM, however, I had Wi-Fi issues. "Obtaining IP Address" is as far as it would get before finally disconnecting. Once again I flashed different radios and kernels and still no go.
What I finally kept is the Stock ROM Optimized Rooted and to make this ROM super responsive I used LeeDroid's 1.8Ghz Kernel. I use SetCPU and keep it at 1.267Mhz. (1.6Mhz when playing games or multitasking. Never locked up) I can open my app drawer and give it one flick, and i can watch 90 apps zoom by in less then a second with no hesitation ever. It's very fast, very smooth, no force closes, Gps hits 9 satellites in less then 15 seconds we have full lock, mobile data is 3.8 down, 2.2 up (average) bluetooth file transfer works, and voice activated dialing, sound is perfect, and for people looking to tether, just get wireless tether from the market. It does Wi-Fi and bluetooth. I tethered to my playstation 3 just to see how well it would do a HD netflix stream, and it was flawless. Never had to stop to buffer.
I'm also on the stock radio which is 06.04.06_m, Everything is so smooth and perfect I see no need to change until AT&T releases there version of gingerbread and it has ROOT access. The problems I have had with different ROM's are isolated and doesn't mean your going to have the same problem. It's weird but that's how it works. 2 exact phones, both running same setup, can have 2 totally different problems. Just the way it is in Flashing Land.
I'm no Pro, just giving my opinion and facts with my particular unit. The different ROM's seems to be like the captivate. You gain something, you lose something.
Super Circle Battery Icon works great as well. Get it here
3/16/2011 - Version 2 flashed without a glitch. Wireless, Gps, mobile data, all work as well or better. I also flashed LeeDroid's 2.2. 6 o/c kernel and everything is dead on. Great Job

That's all I want to do it root it, increase the volume and get wifi tether working. Right now if you want to not have any drivers issues it seems like the current on the phone works best Thanks for the info!
I also wanted to increase the cpu speed, did you take much of a hit on the battery?

tom504 said:
That's all I want to do it root it, increase the volume and get wifi tether working. Right now if you want to not have any drivers issues it seems like the current on the phone works best Thanks for the info!
I also wanted to increase the cpu speed, did you take much of a hit on the battery?
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Not at all, it last all day. Put SetCPU on "ondemand" and when I'm not using phone for awhile I simply type *#*#4636#*#* and set is to GSM only and that's another way to save a lot of battery. I also use a app called easy switch where I can turn off mobile data completely when not in use. I have awesome battery life.

i've been using the cm7 nightlies. i don't particularly enjoy htc sense and rather prefer the aosp style android.

I too am loving the Stock ROM Optimized-Rooted-etc. I've only tried it and a build of CM7, which seemed not quite as smooth as the aforementioned ROM. Additionally, whenever I played the game Rush Hour and got a perfect score, it would always force close [not a problem with the stock-optimized ROM].
I am considering trying LeeDroid's kernel on top of Stock-optimized ROM to boost performance a little more, but I'm a little unsure about the process. Do I just copy his kernel to my sd card and then flash it in CWM Recovery using the "install zip from sdcard" command? I assume a similar technique is used to install the super circle battery mentioned in the OP?

I don't see RCMix HD in the OP. I've been using 3.4 and it's solid. If you look at the thread there's hardly any complaints.

Great write-up. I've been thinking about starting a thread asking developers/users to give a quick description of popular ROMs and go over the pros/cons. It's kind of difficult to sift through 200+ pages of discussions about each ROM and get a clear idea what it's like. Thanks for throwing your 2 cents in. I've been happy with the stock rooted ROM, but I've thought about trying out a couple of others, maybe Revolution, if anyone wants to through 2 more cents into the pot.

budco2000 said:
. . . What I finally kept is the Stock ROM Optimized Rooted and to make this ROM super responsive I used LeeDroid's 1.8Ghz Kernel. I use SetCPU and keep it at 1.267Mhz. (1.6Mhz when playing games or multitasking. Never locked up) I can open my app drawer and give it one flick, and i can watch 90 apps zoom by in less then a second with no hesitation ever. It's very fast, very smooth, no force closes, Gps hits 9 satellites in less then 15 seconds we have full lock, mobile data is 3.8 down, 2.2 up (average) bluetooth file transfer works, and voice activated dialing, sound is perfect, and for people looking to tether, just get wireless tether from the market. It does Wi-Fi and bluetooth. I tethered to my playstation 3 just to see how well it would do a HD netflix stream, and it was flawless. Never had to stop to buffer.
I'm also on the stock radio which is 06.04.06_m, Everything is so smooth and perfect I see no need to change until AT&T releases there version of gingerbread and it has ROOT access. The problems I have had with different ROM's are isolated and doesn't mean your going to have the same problem. It's weird but that's how it works. 2 exact phones, both running same setup, can have 2 totally different problems. Just the way it is in Flashing Land.
I'm no Pro, just giving my opinion and facts with my particular unit. The different ROM's seems to be like the captivate. You gain something, you lose something.
Super Circle Battery Icon works great as well. Get it here
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I really like the Stock Rom Optimized Rooted as well. I'm not getting as high upload speed as you are, but about 4 times higher than I was getting out of the box. And everything is very smooth onscreen as you mention.
I like Hybrid1.72.zip battery icon with it.
I haven't tried overclocking yet, but after reading your post, that is my next project!

substance12 said:
I don't see RCMix HD in the OP. I've been using 3.4 and it's solid. If you look at the thread there's hardly any complaints.
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this 4.2 Gingerbread version is pretty good IMO, its GPS is accurate, WIFI no problem.
[ROM]Mar 10[NewSense]RCMix HD v4.2 Blazingly GingerBread | Now with Transparency

Yep, Both are are flashed in recovery, kernel takes about 5 seconds

mattbollenbach said:
i've been using the cm7 nightlies. i don't particularly enjoy htc sense and rather prefer the aosp style android.
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I disable sense desktop in titanium and use zeme, or adw

Could you post a screen shot of this Rom the way you have it setup>?>

does mobile hotspot work right off the spot without any setting changes?

Im building a rom/kernel now based off stock Rom and compiling kernel from inspire source. Already got the extended power menu done, hopefully it'll be out in a few days. Not sure if the kernel will be done or not but hopefully I can get it out at the same time as the Rom.

+1 for Optimized Stock Rom. I liked Android Revolution, but my Inspire would take 10-15 minutes to get a GPS lock. With OSR, I get lock in 15-30 seconds. No downside to this ROM at all for me!

di11igaf said:
Im building a rom/kernel now based off stock Rom and compiling kernel from inspire source. Already got the extended power menu done, hopefully it'll be out in a few days. Not sure if the kernel will be done or not but hopefully I can get it out at the same time as the Rom.
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Nice. I used your Captivate ROMs and had great results. I guess I know the next ROM I will be flashing.

di11igaf said:
Im building a rom/kernel now based off stock Rom and compiling kernel from inspire source. Already got the extended power menu done, hopefully it'll be out in a few days. Not sure if the kernel will be done or not but hopefully I can get it out at the same time as the Rom.
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I also still use one of your Roms and will without fail try one in the Inspire when you finish cooking!

Right now I'm undecided and switching between Revolution 4 Beta 2 Gingerbread and twopumpchump's Stock optimized with LeeDroid kernel. I'm getting better download speeds with the latter option but both are exceptionally good roms.

SNadler said:
I also still use one of your Roms and will without fail try one in the Inspire when you finish cooking!
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Any chance Call Record will work in the Inspire as it does in some of your other roms?

Have you tried the gingerbread test radio?

[Q] Very Low reception and call dropping issues

Hi
I have Coredroid ROM v6.5 installed on my inspire. The radio im using is:
12.48.60.23u_26.08.04.07_m3
The radio is real good when it come to GPS i mean my gps takes like 2-3 secs to lock any where and the accuracy is almost everytime 6 meters.
But the thing is like 30% of the time my network shifts to 3g and the reception bar drops to 1 (on a scale of 1-5) and sometimes even no bar at all. I have call drop issues too and sometime people calling me get the ring on there end but i dont get any calls.....
please recommend me any solution to that or any other radio with very good gps result as i use gps a lot. Thanks in advance.

Did you flash the appropriate RIL for the Radio?
Heres a list of the current Radios.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877295
Here are the RIL's
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1040986
I was using Radio_12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14_M_Test on coredroid and had no problems. I've actually used this radio on quite a few of the roms with no issues.
I also flashed the leedroid kernal and used in in conjunction with coredroid and it improved my battery life drastically.

The RIL list doesn't have my radio mentioned. What should I do ? Install new radio?

Didn't saw the thread completely so I flashed the compatible RIL. Will tell if it works or not.

What radio do you have?

Possible GPS Fix for 2.3 Gingerbread Roms (Also works with 2.2 Froyo Roms)

I have a build 1006 and with all froyo roms my GPS worked flawlessly (I could even lock to several sats indoors). Now on 2.3.4 I can not keep a lock for more than a few minutes outdoors. It's not a hardware issue since it worked perfect with 2.2 (it's definetly for me a software issue).
Anyways, I found this link and applied the fix and now I can lock within 5 seconds to 9+ sats with a 5-15m accuracy outdoors and can even hold a lock to 4+ sats with about 20m accuracy indoors.
I am not sure if this works with CM7 or MIUI
Edit: I ran google maps while driving for about 15 mins (I know not very long) and it held its lock the entire time - I did notice it would jump from fine to not so fine accuracy (that little blue bubble that surrounds the arrow kept going from small to big). It didn't lose lock though. Will test more tomorrow morning.
Edit2: Just switched to DarkCore kernel from TalonDev to see if that matters.
If you want to try the fix follow the below link:
http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/guide-gps-quickest-fix-solution.2022/

mod777 said:
I have a build 1006 and with all froyo roms my GPS worked flawlessly (I could even lock to several sats indoors). Now on 2.3.4 I can not keep a lock. It's not a hardware issue since it worked perfect with 2.2 (it's definetly for me a software issue).
Anyways, I found this link and applied the fix and now I can lock within 5 seconds to 9+ sats with a 5-15m accuracy outdoors and can even hold a lock to 4+ sats with about 20m accuracy indoors.
FYI: I have yet to test it while driving.
Here's the link to the fix:
http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/guide-gps-quickest-fix-solution.2022/
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are you on cm7?

tjsooley said:
are you on cm7?
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Apex 8.2
I don't know if it works with CM7 or MIUI

I'm on the stock 2.3.3 ROM and I can't see a lot of improvement. I already had fast locks but they weren't all that accurate and still aren't really. I'm still seeing the same average signal strength which IMO is why our GPS sucks.

chrislj said:
I'm on the stock 2.3.3 ROM and I can't see a lot of improvement. I already had fast locks but they weren't all that accurate and still aren't really. I'm still seeing the same average signal strength which IMO is why our GPS sucks.
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It's something to try. With the Cappy GPS there is many variables and YMMV

Yeah I changed the file anyway. I'm gonna try improving my signal strength also. Maybe the 2 combined will give good results.

I will test it in Dlev ROM 3.81. I give my feedback tomorrow.

This actually helped me find more satellites, but didn't improve the signal strength or ability to lock at all...

pdubcramp said:
This actually helped me find more satellites, but didn't improve the signal strength or ability to lock at all...
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If it helped find more sats then you might be able to up the accuracy setting in angrygps (2.3) or lbstestmode (2.2) from 50 to 80 or so and see if that helps.

mod777 said:
If it helped find more sats then you might be able to up the accuracy setting in angrygps (2.3) or lbstestmode (2.2) from 50 to 80 or so and see if that helps.
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would any of those apps work to just give me a reading of my gps info or do you guys recommend an app that just tells me my gps info instead of me always loading maps. i have searched through the phone and did not find a stock app like that which i would prefer rather then installing one.

Orions said:
would any of those apps work to just give me a reading of my gps info or do you guys recommend an app that just tells me my gps info instead of me always loading maps. i have searched through the phone and did not find a stock app like that which i would prefer rather then installing one.
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Gps status from the market, or use angrygps. You can open angrygps by downloading sgs tools from the market. Go into secret codes and scroll all the way down to agrygps but make sure your gps is enabled and if it don't work then try it once more.
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mod777 said:
If it helped find more sats then you might be able to up the accuracy setting in angrygps (2.3) or lbstestmode (2.2) from 50 to 80 or so and see if that helps.
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I had no idea this was even an option. I'm running the latest Serendipity ROM, can you offer me any more detail on how I actually do this? Does SGS tools work on an i9000 ROM? lbstestmode force closes SGS Tools. Thanks!
EDIT: Got into AngryGPS with *#3214789650#
Hopefully this will finally do the trick.

Tried this, haven't noticed any significant improvement yet.
Not surprising, though, as looking at the file it's just more tweaks and stuff for the supplemental data over your data connection, which is independent of fundamental GPS function. So I'd hesitate calling this a "fix" even if it shows some improvements for some people. If GPS is still utterly dependent on a data connection to even work 1/10th as good as other GPS devices that don't have data connections, it's still broken.
GPS should still work fine even if you have no cell service.

Amazes me (ok, maybe not that much) how I can have between 4-7 satellites show up on GPS Test and hardly ever get a lock and if I do the accuracy is only to 300 ft. Oh well, I think it is slightly better than before trying this but no where near good enough to be relied upon.

pdubcramp said:
Amazes me (ok, maybe not that much) how I can have between 4-7 satellites show up on GPS Test and hardly ever get a lock and if I do the accuracy is only to 300 ft. Oh well, I think it is slightly better than before trying this but no where near good enough to be relied upon.
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Whats the signal strength of the 4-7 satellites?

I tested it again on the way to work 20 minutes and it lost lock once -- still not as reliable as 2.2 was for me. I seem to get a bit more sattelites with anywhere from 30ish to 9ish dbm signal which should be enough to stay locked.
I also changed the accuracy in angrygps to 100 from 50 and it didn't seem to make much of a difference for me.
I did notice while watching the test in angrygps that the phone will lock pretty quickly within 5 seconds and stay locked for a few seconds with several sats then after a bit it loses it's lock to all sats even though dbm does'nt change then a few seconds later it gets the lock again.
I really hope someone that knows more can work on a 2.3 fix like plumbob which seemed to make froyo perfect for me. Oh well I guess more waiting.

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Whats the signal strength of the 4-7 satellites?
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Typically below 30. I drove a little today and I had a span of about 15 miles on I-95 where I had 7 satellites, none above that 30 resulting in no lock.

I attached a file with new settings, created by forum member H3llstorm. It works much better, you can find the infor under the Dlev ROM 4.2.

[Q] [Q} GPS drops consistently in Navigation

Hi guys,
I've been having some strange GPS issues of late that seem to be getting worse. Unlike everyone else with GPS issues, I seem to be able to get a solid lock quickly. My issue comes in with navigation. After about 5 minutes (or less) of navigating a route, Navigation drops the signal. I know it's not due to weak GPS signal because when I exit the app and re-enter my destination, it locks within 5 seconds (strong lock). Super obnoxious on my 30 minute drive this morning!
Here's my setup: i'm running the TalonAce beta rom with Talon kernel, stock gps.conf. I haven't applied any fixes (angeldeath or angeldeath modded for inspire v2.2 i think, fasterfix, etc) because the stock gps.conf file has done fine for me since i flashed this rom. I had this problem when i was on gingerbeast too...this time with all those gps.conf modifications. 10-15 second cold locks with up to 10-12 satellites. So signal isn't an issue. I'm also on the newest OTA radio for the inspire with matching AOSP ril.
This all makes me think it is an OS issue with how it's managing the GPS...maybe the signal drops off when the phone starts to idle? I came across an app called tracker booster (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kaukovuo.android.trackerbooster&hl=en) that other people have recommended for similar issues with sports tracking apps...but i don't want to use another app to drain my battery even faster when it should work as is...
Has anyone else experienced this issue? I haven't used a Sense Rom for navigation in months so this may just be an AOSP rom issue? What do you guys think?

When it drops, pull the notification bar down and disable gps for a few seconds. After you re-enable it, it will stay on for the duration of your trip.
Test it sitting where ever you're at right now. Just act as if you're usin it to go somewhere.

Tx Redneck said:
When it drops, pull the notification bar down and disable gps for a few seconds. After you re-enable it, it will stay on for the duration of your trip.
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Hm I'll definitely try that. Any idea why this happens though? I saw somewhere that the issue's most common on (if not exclusive to) gingerbread...

It's not a GB thing but a CM thing. It doesn't happen on the stock OTA GB.

Tx Redneck said:
It's not a GB thing but a CM thing. It doesn't happen on the stock OTA GB.
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Okay darn. Thanks!

Tx Redneck said:
It's not a GB thing but a CM thing. It doesn't happen on the stock OTA GB.
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I have the same issue on my G2, and as you say, pull down the status bar, disable/enable the GPS and it stays locked.

GPS unusable

I posted this in Q&A but got no response so going to try here. I ma running the DarkyROM 10.3 and currently using the KK1 modem. The GPS is just useless on this ROM and modem combo. I have tried a couple of other modems but all of them give me terrible GPS performance. How do I get the GPS usable again on this ROM? What modem seems to work well with the hardware? Is there tweaks that need to be done to the Angry GPS settings to get this working reliably? When I use Google Maps the icon for me just spins around and never gets better than 30 meters accuracy and it is very slow to respond to movement of the vehicle?? Any help would be mucho appreciated.

Blackberrynomore said:
I posted this in Q&A but got no response so going to try here. I ma running the DarkyROM 10.3 and currently using the KK1 modem. The GPS is just useless on this ROM and modem combo. I have tried a couple of other modems but all of them give me terrible GPS performance. How do I get the GPS usable again on this ROM? What modem seems to work well with the hardware? Is there tweaks that need to be done to the Angry GPS settings to get this working reliably? When I use Google Maps the icon for me just spins around and never gets better than 30 meters accuracy and it is very slow to respond to movement of the vehicle?? Any help would be mucho appreciated.
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Have you tried downloading the app called GPS test, clearing agps data, updating agps data, and then rebooting? This fixed all of my gps issues.
Hope this helps solve your problem!

Thanks for the response. I have cleared GPS data with no change. I just downloaded the Darky GPS fix gps.conf file and replaced my stock one and rebooted. Will test that later and see if that has any effect.

This may or may not be related to your problem, but it sounds similar to the issues I was having. I never could get any GPS app to give me my speed, bearing, or any reasonably accurate lock. I tried several modems, different ROMs, and searched every forum to no avail. Was about to give up then discovered when I disabled sensor aiding all those properties started working.
Like I said, it very well could've simply been a special case in my situation with a tweak or version bug bit it's worth a try.
I also use an app from the market called Faster Fix which might help. (I believe it simply does the gps.conf file fix for you)
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It's often as simple as Samsung's GPS hardware is ****. Utter ****. Sometimes it's software, but with Samsung it's more likely hardware.
I've heard of people sending them to Samsung to get the GPS replaced, could try that.

I get usable GPS with only a couple modems... KI3 is best for me
Maybe that could help?
And some ROMs seem to completely break my GPS... if I recall correctly Darky was one of them

I used to have pretty accurate and fast locking gps on infused 2.2.3 and kk4 modem. Then I tried Galnet Miui 2.26.11 and damn the gps locks within 10 seconds outside, and the accuracy is incredible around 12ft, and locks to 8 out of 9 satellites. Maybe you should try kk4 modem.

Blackberrynomore said:
Thanks for the response. I have cleared GPS data with no change. I just downloaded the Darky GPS fix gps.conf file and replaced my stock one and rebooted. Will test that later and see if that has any effect.
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How'd this work for you? I've had no problems with GPS since I bought it on launch day. I've used the Froyo Infused ROM by gtg and recently flashed Darky ROM 10.2 and can't get a lock and GPS Status only sees one satellite. I just flashed Infusion kernel A2 and it didn't change GPS at all.