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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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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!
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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
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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?????
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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?????
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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.
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
Hopefully someone can help. MY phone is driving me nuts.
I think I am currently using ROM Cwm-GB-2.3.6-Octane-V3.0 XPLOD NO CIQ (phone shows GINGERBREAD.VUVKJ6). If those are different then my ROMs are not flashing.
About 6 weeks ago (running Octane 2.3.6) everything was running just fine then I flashed the power menu and my stock browser became jerky/laggy/jumpy. I have tried loading ROM after ROM but I am getting nowhere whatsoever. I tried flashing some Kernels but the same result every time is the jumpy browser.
I think I have applied the power menu fix but I still have the same problem.
Current Kernel is 2.6.35.7-T959VUKJ6-CL694130
I really only use about 2-3 website and had got used to the browser so using a 3rd party browser is not what I want. Besides I’d like to get this fixed and hopefully understand a bit more of what’s going on.
Thanks
I would try using the scrolling tweak by dsexton.
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Octane it's an obsolete ROM, upgrade to A newer ROM
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Thanks for the suggestions. The scroll tweak may come in handy later. I did however get it fixed by downloading T959VUVKJ6-REV00-home-low-CL694130.tar
and then following the NOOB guide for ODIN here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001759
I'm happy just to be back to stock and start over.
Thanks again
The scroll tweak will make scrolling in everything else really smooth as well.
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Anyone know if unnamed rom has that tweak precompiled?
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I have this same problem on Anton's BAREBONES rom. It's frustrating because I love everything else works fine with the rom. The scroll tweak didn't fix the issue it's probably something else. I didn't have this problem with the stock rom.
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I have this same problem on Anton's BAREBONES rom. It's frustrating because I love everything else works fine with the rom. The scroll tweak didn't fix the issue it's probably something else. I didn't have this problem with the stock rom.
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I'll look later today. Seems like common solution for jerky scrolling it to patch framework.res and disable scrolling cache, which is overloading garbage collection.
Edit: Looked at it, unfortunately it's may improve only scrolling in lists (it patches AbsListView.) The browser scrolling cannot be improved this way.
Edit2: Fixed in Barebone 1.0.8
I installed the same rom, and I to have a jerky stock web browser, but what's more wired to me is that my phone looks stock Samsung and almost nothing has changed ! Is that how it is for you?
What new rom do you guys suggest?
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I installed the same rom, and I to have a jerky stock web browser, but what's more wired to me is that my phone looks stock Samsung and almost nothing has changed ! Is that how it is for you?
What new rom do you guys suggest?
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"This ROM is very stock-like" taken directly from the op of that ROM.
So, yes, its like that for everyone that flashes. Do everyone a favor and read at least the complete op of anything your going to flash.
As for recommendations, its all about personal taste. My personal favorite to date is unnamed, but I'm currently on vb because I wanted a change and never gave vb an extended run.
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Edit2: Fixed in Barebone 1.0.8
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"This ROM is very stock-like" taken directly from the op of that ROM.
So, yes, its like that for everyone that flashes. Do everyone a favor and read at least the complete op of anything your going to flash.
As for recommendations, its all about personal taste. My personal favorite to date is unnamed, but I'm currently on vb because I wanted a change and never gave vb an extended run.
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In my defense that was the first time I flashed a rom. And I will check out unnamed! Thanks
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I originally built these two Rom's for a friend of mine. But I thought ide share them. The builds are based off my Evo 4g builds. The idea was to keep it stock,simple and fast,but rebuild it like HTC should have. Reliable with solid performance. So here it is the Inspire_Ultra line. Stock base with a lot of Voodoo magic and tweaks. Feel free to use any of my Rom's as your base. Just remember to give a [link] back to the tread,and some props.
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1.Download to Sd
2.(WIPE) everything (3x) recommended.
3.Flash Rom
4.Reboot and Enjoy.
5.Turn GPS on it will be off.
[Warning:Once you have downloaded this Rom to your device,XDA or myself are not responsible if you damage,brick or otherwise destroy your phone.]
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-----known issue-----SS_Ultra/NS_Ultra-----
You tell me.
.............................SS_Ace_Ultra/NS_Ace_Ultra.....................................
2.47.502.7 Base
DeOdexed/Zipaligned
Bash, Nano & sysro/sysrw
Busy Box & run-parts
4in1 reboot via custom app
MIUI Style Battery Bar
3g/4g/Wifi tweaks
Optimized apk's
Sony Bravia / Xloud
Beats Audio
Rendered GPU
Ram Tweaks
Build.prop/Init'd Tweaks
Ultra scrolling
Launch key on browser soft key.
Apps 2 Data
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7/19/12----- Reworked NS to for easier setup some system clean up. some sense apk's returned.keyboard/mms/camera.
Download SS_Ace_Ultra----> http://d-h.st/y1q MD5 Sum: c3b18cf00eb8b93f9b6fe8f20cd46b40
Download NS_Ace_Ultra----> http://d-h.st/FJt MD5 Sum: 79390200275fcb16ccd8f69af29d7244
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in the instructions says wipe 3x does it really means , wipe 3 time consecutive and then flash the rom ??
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in the instructions says wipe 3x does it really means , wipe 3 time consecutive and then flash the rom ??
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No it means wipe 3 times and then go make a sandwich........what do you think it means?..hahahahaha
Looks good blaz1nr, I've seen this over on the EVO OG and can honestly say I'm glad to have it on the Inspire
You can always wipe just once. If you have ever owned an evo you'll find left over data sometimes after a fresh install. So I always recommend 3x wipes to make sure your phone is cleaned all the way,before install.
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Nice Rom man very smooth been a few hours and haven't noticed any lag with scrolling or any lag at all good job and thanks !!!!
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nice to have you around here too mate. You may also try and put a topic in the desireHD forum as these phones are the same (minus 4g capability).
seems like a real stable good build. i like it...
Glad you guys are liking the roms. I've got alot more things I want to do with these roms. So updates will be coming.
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just curious prior to testing... since this is based on 2.47 which has a "buggy" mms app (in that it doesn't always show contact names), is the bug still present or have you fixed it?
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just curious prior to testing... since this is based on 2.47 which has a "buggy" mms app (in that it doesn't always show contact names), is the bug still present or have you fixed it?
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To be honest with you I don't remember. I know I had that on my to do list. I dont always have access to the inspire I dev with,so I'll have to check.
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i'll check it out and report back. either way it's REALLY nice to have a legit inspire rom rather than desire hd roms and "tweaks".
update: mms contact bug is still present, same as stock at&t latest (final) update.
dev host is having server issues rom downloads have been slowed. it should be fixed soon.
I noticed a lot of things I don't like with the no sense. I'm in the process of rebuilding it. Next version will be much better. And without. The errors I found.
MMS fix for SS should also be up today.
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Were the issues with the xloud fixed? Them being that they could damage our speakers?
I did flash your no sense version when you first opened your thread, ran it for about ten minutes cause I was kinda lazy to reconfigure everything. It did seem nice, a bit laggy, but then again, it was automatically downloading all my apps. I forgot to check, what android version is it?
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Were the issues with the xloud fixed? Them being that they could damage our speakers?
I did flash your no sense version when you first opened your thread, ran it for about ten minutes cause I was kinda lazy to reconfigure everything. It did seem nice, a bit laggy, but then again, it was automatically downloading all my apps. I forgot to check, what android version is it?
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Both Roms now data app enabled. Xloud volumes have already been lowered,can be adjusted in dsp manager. Beats now native. On NS. Go launcher is slow at first it needs to build cache. Once it boots fully, just reboot and it speeds up.
This is much better in new version.
Mms issue on SS will be handled, by Handcent as native mms. It's just way better. And works flawlessly.
New Roms will be up soon,I still need to fix a few more things.
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Ah yes, go launcher, never did get used to it, but no biggie, I can always flash a different one.
Take your time, no rush. I'll be going on a trip in a few days and won't be flashing anything until I return. Good luck.
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New roms are up make sure you follow instructions for NS_Ultra.
is there any fix if I want to use this on a DHD?
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is there any fix if I want to use this on a DHD?
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It should work for dhd also. But I'm not 100% on that.
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Can everyone dial out? And are you speakers working.
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both roms fixed get em on OP
Hi everyone, I was just wondering what you all recommend for a lightweight ROM for the infuse, id like it to be stable as possible and no bloatware. Basically a ROM with nothing but the basics and lets you get the job done.
Thanks in advance!
Also, if there is not really a match for this or others would like this I would love to get one up myself. If someone could point me towards the basics of creating a ROM it would be greatly appreciated.
I've only tried Legend 3 ICS, Mind of Mac, and Ethereal 1.2/1.3, and while they're all great in their individual ways, i've found Ethereal to be the smoothest with a slight speed advantage over the others. It seems to be the most basic with not a lot, but just enough theming to set it apart from stock. It's the ROM i'm sticking with for now. I'm sure others will have some suggestions too..
I've been using stock gb with bloatware removed for about two months now. Works great and is pleasantly smooth. Used Holocaust launcher for the ICS look w/o the battery drain, bugs, etc.
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I've only tried Legend 3 ICS, Mind of Mac, and Ethereal 1.2/1.3, and while they're all great in their individual ways, i've found Ethereal to be the smoothest with a slight speed advantage over the others. It seems to be the most basic with not a lot, but just enough theming to set it apart from stock. It's the ROM i'm sticking with for now. I'm sure others will have some suggestions too..
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Those are all good options for stable, close to stock, and debloated. I'd add Vagabond 3.5 and 4.0 to the list too.
You can also grab dman's UCLB3 rooted, deodexed package and do your own debloating either by removing apps from the zip in /system/app or using TiBu to do the same once installed... that will get you very close to stock, stable, debloated, and rooted...
And...there are plenty of other roms that have more customizations, are still stable, and provide a different look and feel to using your Infuse. I recommend finding the stable rom you like, then using the infuse toolkit to make a full rom backup and a config backup. After that you can survey the Infuse Super Everything Thread (ISET) for links to other roms. (Links to toolkit and ISET are in my sig).
cm7
or cm9?
I just started using slim ics,its small like 80mb
Ethereal for me, I haven't tried a lot of ROMs though. I tried MIUI few months ago, the version I tried was very fast, but buggy. No Bluetooth, no HDMI etc.
Recently, I tried Ethereal, most recent version with HOLO Launcher and I must say my Infuse has been brought back to life. I might keep it for another year until a stable Jelly Bean Android device comes out. I wish they make a Nexus with expandable memory and a +5 inch screen; until then, Infuse on Ethereal will be my daily driver
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I also use SlimICS and love it! Fasssssst and surprisingly stable!
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I also use SlimICS and love it! Fasssssst and surprisingly stable!
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SlimICS?! I thought it was pulled?
Its out there
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Its out there
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Where I've been hunting and can't seem to find it
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Using JB liquid smooth and its quick and haven't had any stability issues at all. I would give it a go, think you would love it ! You can remove anything you don't want to lighten it up
Slimbean and liquidsmooth are the 2 most stable of the roms I've tried. Slim being the lightest I believe.
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