Which one do you think is better? Im ready to flash my first rom on my sensation xe
Try both to see which one suits you more.
Virtuous Inquisition is more to the AOSP side, And it's stable as stable can get.
CM9 Is more on the AOKP side, Full of customizations but there are a few minor bugs.
They're both good. If you really love customizing your phone, I suggest you go for CM9, But you can't really say no to the smoothness of Virtuous Inquisition.
Ok thanks for your reply, trying CM9 first now
go for Virtuous Inquisition or HyperNonsense. CM9 still has a lot of minor bugs that need to be worked out. i have a feeling by the time CM9 is 100% complete, i'd probably upgrade to a new phone by then.
sent from the Penh.
Virtuous is more stable than any other ROM I've ever tried, looks great and it's fast too. Gets my vote. The only thing it's missing in my opinion is CRT animations.
Simply if you can handle some things not working 100 percent correctly, use Open Sensation as it is faster. If EVERYTHING must work, use VI 4.02.
Both are great roms.
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Try both to see which one suits you more.
Virtuous Inquisition is more to the AOSP side, And it's stable as stable can get.
CM9 Is more on the AOKP side, Full of customizations but there are a few minor bugs.
They're both good. If you really love customizing your phone, I suggest you go for CM9, But you can't really say no to the smoothness of Virtuous Inquisition.
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This is wrong. VI is no where near AOSP. It just simulates the look. CM9 and AOKP are built on AOSP.
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I like virtuous but I might try cm9 also. I've had No problems with virtuous at all what so ever
Best for u 2 try them both for a better self examination...happy flashing!
I think CM is the solution for longer term support, but I rely on my phone for work and I need stability so I've been on Inquisition. Opensensation is on rolling updates so if a particular image gives you problems, don't get discouraged--try another one from a different date.
I am with OpenSensation now and it's getting better all the time. VI is OK but to me it's like trying to eat soy beef.
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I am with OpenSensation now and it's getting better all the time. VI is OK but to me it's like trying to eat soy beef.
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This. Subtle little hints of Sense left and right. Granted it's patched now, but for example the dual usb dialogs. The sound when adjusting the volume. Etc. My hatred towards Sense drove me FAR away from these ROMs despite using VI for more than 90% of my daily use. Forcing myself to AOKP now.
Actually is smoother than VI in my case. I'd have all sorts of funky errors usually triggered by browsers (yes, plural, Chrome Mobile, Stock, and beyond) having to do .. something. More or less the ROM would bog itself down to getting about 1 screen refresh every 20 seconds.
AOKP hasn't done that to me. Yet.
Ironically, I'm prepping to flash the stock TMOUS leak to see if it's any better. Doubtful, really.
+1 for CM9, Virtuous run a litter slow for me
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This. Subtle little hints of Sense left and right. Granted it's patched now, but for example the dual usb dialogs. The sound when adjusting the volume. Etc. My hatred towards Sense drove me FAR away from these ROMs despite using VI for more than 90% of my daily use. Forcing myself to AOKP now.
Actually is smoother than VI in my case. I'd have all sorts of funky errors usually triggered by browsers (yes, plural, Chrome Mobile, Stock, and beyond) having to do .. something. More or less the ROM would bog itself down to getting about 1 screen refresh every 20 seconds.
AOKP hasn't done that to me. Yet.
Ironically, I'm prepping to flash the stock TMOUS leak to see if it's any better. Doubtful, really.
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I'm on VI and that has never happened to me once. I don't get any crashes or slowdown at all, so I'm not sure what's caused it for you. Did you add any mods to it which could have caused it? Oh, and the sense USB connection screen is gone, that was removed a couple of ROM builds ago.
Android Revlolution HD is Aosp or Opensource CM9 ???
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Android Revlolution HD is Aosp or Opensource CM9 ???
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That's sense
Tried OpenSensation CM9 for a day, then tried Virtuous Inquisition v4.0.2 and love it, sticking with this. Thanks guys
I love vi too had it for awhile now
Never had a problem!
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda premium
VI forever on my phone.. no other rom can beat this...
I was on opensensation and tried virtuous inquisition not really different but vi is more responsive, I think, but more heavy than cm9 ( not a problem for me)..
virtuous inquisition is only senseless STOCK ROM. if you want to try use virtuous quattro(asop) http://www.virtuousrom.com/p/quattro.html
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I want to upgrade to ICS 4.0 so was wondering which is the best ICS 4.0 rom in terms of least number of bugs and the one which is most stable as I dont want keep changing/upgrading ROMS.
Please do help me with your user comments/feedbacks/reviews
I have stuck with ARHD 6 at the moment.
Their first ICS release was buggy and gaming was a bit of a no go, so i went over to InsertCoin for a while until the 4.0.3 came from ARHD.
Been using that since yesterday with 1.5cpu 300gpu kernel and so far it seems very stable, still no dungeon hunter though
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I have stuck with ARHD 6 at the moment.
Their first ICS release was buggy and gaming was a bit of a no go, so i went over to InsertCoin for a while until the 4.0.3 came from ARHD.
Been using that since yesterday with 1.5cpu 300gpu kernel and so far it seems very stable, still no dungeon hunter though
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This is the only thing that's bugging the hell out of me.I can't play games that i could on GB Hopefully this will be fixed soon.
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This is the only thing that's bugging the hell out of me.I can't play games that i could on GB Hopefully this will be fixed soon.
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Kernel issue, you'll have to wait till HTC releases the source/another version leaks.
I'm on the 4.0.3 Virtuous. 2.0.1 is fast and has slick hardware accel in the UI. 99% AOSP with Sense cam and Sense notification tray. Love it.
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I'm on the 4.0.3 Virtuous. 2.0.1 is fast and has slick hardware accel in the UI. 99% AOSP with Sense cam and Sense notification tray. Love it.
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+1 for this rmc40 bad boy! It rock's big time
I'm loving Virtuous Inquisition (4.0.1). I got to mess with my uncle's Galaxy Nexus and really liked the stock ICS feel. If u like sense tho, ARHD never fails to impress.
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I'm on the 4.0.3 Virtuous. 2.0.1 is fast and has slick hardware accel in the UI. 99% AOSP with Sense cam and Sense notification tray. Love it.
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That's what i'm currently running.
I use RCMix ICE v2.1 with stock kernel. It's fast and dualcore works there! Perfect!
+1 virtuous.
- no problems so far..
- even Blutooth Stereo A2dp was working
- battery life 1-2 days
- fast .. smooth.
Virtuous Inquisition all day, I hate sense and this is a tidy ICS Rom.
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I want to upgrade to ICS 4.0 so was wondering which is the best ICS 4.0 rom in terms of least number of bugs and the one which is most stable as I dont want keep changing/upgrading ROMS.
Please do help me with your user comments/feedbacks/reviews
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Nothing BEST you can find. The only available is FIT with your need. Tell us what you like, what you want, what you need. User here probably can assist to give you some opinion. I'm on ARHD 6.0.2 but discharging all 3d widget, and all widget. I do like plain AOSP, but I feel comfortable with htc mail, contact and keyboard. when take "combined" rom aosp-sense ... some featur not work properly. i.e incoming call not show Icon on combining aosp+sense. HTC camera driver is better than aosp, thus I made ARHD 6.0.2 as plain as possible only 145 app left. changed roboto font to bitstreamVerasan ... roboto is too small for me.
It's main reason we join xda ... to learn and having fit ROM ... stock always give you what you dont need and dont use
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I want to upgrade to ICS 4.0 so was wondering which is the best ICS 4.0 rom in terms of least number of bugs and the one which is most stable as I dont want keep changing/upgrading ROMS.
Please do help me with your user comments/feedbacks/reviews
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Well, I enjoy flashing all of them while they are in the stages of development. I like to think of each Rom like that of a child. They all start out seeking the same goal, but instinctively over time each one starts to develop a different personality. Some, and no fault of their own, are a little slow while some are pushed to fast and suffer a lack of control. Some can be predictably stable but not overly exciting. While the other side wonder about with a mind of their own seeking direction. So, to best answer your question, have some fun and challenge yourself by giving them all a chance. Isn't that why you are here on XDA? Lastly, and without a bit of irony, I have paused curiously checking out this kid that was quirky at first, but now is starting to feel comfortable and trustworthy. Ive noticed over the days a quick pace in mind which ends at the finish without any lag or do overs yet knows their is much to be learned. Finally, standing strong, front and center, I refer to you "Virtuous Inquisition 2.0.1"
Wld u consider these roms for daily use? A lot of folks end up gng back to GB...
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There's no going back for me or many other members using ICS!
Well, I did like Virtuous Inquisition 1.4.2 very much, but have found many bugs in 2.0.1 that took my pleasure away (FCs here and there, can't choose Ringtones, etc.). I am using 1.4.2 as my daily driver and think it's pretty far away from an early alpha stage. But there are bugs... e.g. can't use the QuickLinks more than once in Dolphin Browser Mini, Winamp seems to be buggy etc.
Came from CM7 Alpha, so I'm used to use an alpha for my sensation Hate Sense, so AOSP or nearly AOSP fits me most.
Just my 2 Cents
If you didn't upgrade to ICS yet don't do it!
Why?
Because:
-Scrolling is slow
-Some games are not working
-Many apps FC
-Battery is horrible if using wifi
-SD messing up from time to time
-ZERO mods because htc's systemui is not compatible with apktool
So better stay with GB or wait for CM9
Have to admit, scrolling is a turn-off... Also had many FCs. Otherwise, I like the speed improvement. Don't have much battery drain.
@vegetaleb: Which ICS Rom(s) did you try?
Read somewhere, that InsertCoins ICS might be very good...
.edit: Virtuous Inquisition 2.0.1 is now working a lot better. Probably installed some 1.4.2 Apps from HTC via Titanium Backup which caused htc.com FCs.
I am using ARHD 6.0.2(ICS 4.0.3) And is amazingly smooth ,fast, very good battery life, waiting for CM ICS stable now .
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So i need some help deciding what ROM should i flash.
I have 2 options.
Virtous Inquistion and Quattro.
As i dont use bluetooth and camcorder so often i would go for the quattro but maybe i need them finding myself in a desperate situation. I would like to ask you if the Senseless rom ( Inquistion) is decent in terms of speed or maybe the same as quattro.
I've been using Virtuous Inquisition for a couple of weeks now and am loving it. I haven't used the bluetooth on it yet, but the camera and camcorder have been working really well for me. My wifi tethering doesn't seem to be working either, but they just updated the ROM, so it might be working now.
Quadrant Standard with this ROM for me is 2224
I'm still getting amazed at how fast the phone works.
Its so much nicer to be using ICS without sense.
Super smooth.
Inquisition v3.0 is pretty smooth and most everything works including BT and Camera; still will get occasional freezes and reboots.
Quattro Alpha3 has a noticeably quicker overall feel given that it is ASOP, but BT and Camcorder still do not work. Here you will also get occasional freezes and reboots.
I have Nandroids of both. Inquisition is a little farther along, but both still have kinks to work out - don't expect the polish of Gingerbread.
I've been running the inquisition version 2.1 for 4 days, everything works perfectly - had no freezes or reboots. Battery life is doubled compared to stock but make sure you follow the instructions to the letter.
On my HD2 I preferred aosp builds but I think the sensation has a while to go yet - reverse engineering drivers is very hard work.
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Inquisition v3.0 is pretty smooth and most everything works including BT and Camera; still will get occasional freezes and reboots.
Quattro Alpha3 has a noticeably quicker overall feel given that it is ASOP, but BT and Camcorder still do not work. Here you will also get occasional freezes and reboots.
I have Nandroids of both. Inquisition is a little farther along, but both still have kinks to work out - don't expect the polish of Gingerbread.
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Agreed. Ive been running virtuous since its release. It is the closest thing we have to full aosp on the sensation and it has grown to be a great rom since its release. Its just about 98% stable with very minor bugs if any. Quattro has more features and is full aosp but super buggy as it is still in alpha stage. I experienced 3 reboots and browser fc's in the first 30 mins of use. When it matures I'm sure it will be great though. I loved the lock screen shortcuts and quick settings notifications but as it isn't stable I moved back to the ever so solid Virtuous 3.0, with new firmware of course
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Leedroid
Have been running LeeDroid ICS for several weeks, rock solid and amazing battery life.
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I've been using Virtuous Inquisition for a couple of weeks now and am loving it. I haven't used the bluetooth on it yet, but the camera and camcorder have been working really well for me. My wifi tethering doesn't seem to be working either, but they just updated the ROM, so it might be working now.
Quadrant Standard with this ROM for me is 2224
I'm still getting amazed at how fast the phone works.
Its so much nicer to be using ICS without sense.
Super smooth.
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wifi tethering is working for me now in V3.0.
blackICE 4.3 best ICS ROM
i have flashed most of the ICS ROMs in xda insertcoin revolution leedroid elegancia etc.....
all of the above are excellent ROMs and thanks for all the developer out there.
i must say i tried the blackICE4.3 rom from bigpercaso it is in my opinion the most beautiful ROM out there well themed and you can see that hard work made on this rom performance are good and battery life as well .......
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1231953
well done big
I've used ARHD 6.0.2 and Virtuous Inquisition 3.0.0.
ARHD had FC bugs that might or might not be still there in 6.1.1, and performance is decent - not great. Battery life is good.
Virtuous Inquisition is pretty amazing. Great performance, snappy, good battery life, and only one or two random FCs so far. The only problem I have on Virtuous Inquisition is that when I try to send a message, I can't get contact suggestions when I type in a name - unless when I type in a number, then I would get contact suggestions.
Anybody else have a problem with this?
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Agreed. Ive been running virtuous since its release. It is the closest thing we have to full aosp on the sensation and it has grown to be a great rom since its release. Its just about 98% stable with very minor bugs if any. Quattro has more features and is full aosp but super buggy as it is still in alpha stage. I experienced 3 reboots and browser fc's in the first 30 mins of use. When it matures I'm sure it will be great though. I loved the lock screen shortcuts and quick settings notifications but as it isn't stable I moved back to the ever so solid Virtuous 3.0, with new firmware of course
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Thanks for this. I'm gonna give Inquisition a try tonight!
Try insertcoin its really very smoothy and speedy
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Try insertcoin its really very smoothy and speedy
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hi, what are some issues you have had with insertcoin so far?
I've also been using Virtuous Inquisition and its relatively battery efficient when compared to ARHD ics. So far only 1 reboot and no lockups.
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Being a fan of the Virtuous sense builds, I didn't hesitate to try VI since it's release. With a few minor bugs, the 3.0 with the latest firmware(I'm using 3.24 revolutionary) and the thing just flies. Amazing on how my phone is now compared to sense. I liked sense, but man the phone is super smooth without me having to flash kernels and such to do so. That's a testament to the Virtuous team IMO.
Bt and A2DP is important to me, so I am holding off of Quattro for now. In using VI 3.0, I have to preface that a few users, including me had some random reboots upon flashing for the first 12-24 hours. In my case my homescreens needed to be redone where the widgets would either disappear or be in the wrong place. However, after the ROM settled, the rom is IMO a great rom to try for ICS.
I am running ARHD 6.1.1 with sense 3.6 from Here Then last night I came across This the 1.7 undervolt- I don't know how the battery will be, but I do know that it is running super smooth. I have fallen in love with my phone all over again...
android revolution!
Dont know if I am late to the party
Dont know if I am late to the party....wether or not you've decided yet...But I'm going to chime in with my opinion.
Tried ARHD both ICS and non ICS ......and found that ARHD was better running GB in general quite stable and quite fast...I wasnt satisfied with the battery life I was getting...but generally a pretty solid ROM
But for running ICS I thing hands down it has to be senseless and for that I did not find anything better than Virtuous Inquisition...Im super happy with my phone and have had no glitches or weird FC's...and have great battery life....
hope this helps.
I've been flicking between ROMs recently to try and find the best one. For me it has to be Senseless - Sense is pretty but it's an absolute drain on battery, CPU, and RAM, regardless of which ROM base. For me, it's the Virtuous offerings through Inquisition and Quattro.
I'm running Quattro at the moment because it's as close as you can get to AOSP. It's coming along nicely but it's also got quite a few kinks that need to be ironed out. And I haven't been on Inquisition since 2.0, and the lock screen bug was a bit annoying. But might give it another try tonight, given that Quattro is giving my battery a good kicking. Come back once there's evidence that the battery problems have been addressed and the random FCs fixed.
I want to try out one of the ICS ROMs in MyTouch4G slide. If anyone tried the ICS ROMs, which one would you recommend for stable daily use?
I am very new to rooting and using/installing ROMs. All I can do is to read and follow instructions…other than that I mostly do not know what that I am doing with my phone. So please bear with me if my question turnout to be a dumb one.
The main motivation for checking out ICS is that I want to see bengali language complex scripts on the phone with UTF-8 and I heard that ICS natively supports it. I understand that I can tryout everything and decide for myself. But considering my lack of knowledge on this matter, I would love to try out one that users mostly recommend.
Here is some brief history of what I have done with my phone so far:
I have gained S-off and rooted my phone using the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286324
After sticking with the stock ROM for few months, I upgrade from Clockworkmod 4.0.0.9 to the Clockworkmod 5.0.2.7 and the installed Bulletproof 1.1 ROM using the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360746
I would greatly appreciate any feedback.
Well I've been using Pyr'o'Ice Desensed 1.1.3 and I can absolutely recommend that one. I may just be lucky, but I haven't had a single crash yet. As far as I know, everything works perfectly except for the GPS crapping out one time. It's legitimately fantastic and speeds the phone up drastically. Not to mention how great chrome is for the phone. So...yeah. It's the only one I've tried, but it is by all accounts stable.
I've been using wildshilds aokp port. Its stable
Everything workkz exept camcorder mmms and some other minor things
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Well I've been using Pyr'o'Ice Desensed 1.1.3 and I can absolutely recommend that one. I may just be lucky, but I haven't had a single crash yet. As far as I know, everything works perfectly except for the GPS crapping out one time. It's legitimately fantastic and speeds the phone up drastically. Not to mention how great chrome is for the phone. So...yeah. It's the only one I've tried, but it is by all accounts stable.
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Yes it's the most stable PLUS a touch screen fix
Typed by ---- oh wait! I'm schizophrenic!
I've been running Pyr'O'Ice 1.1.1 Sense 3.6 since last Thursday and I must say that it seems to be solid as a rock too and is not bad at ALL on battery life considering that fact. (Sense ROM) It gets a good, solid 3G connection and is fairly snappy too. So far, the only bug I've found in my limited use is that if you try to unlock the lockscreen while holding your phone landscape it will deactivate the lock mechanism. (You'll have to put it back to sleep & hold it portrait to unlock it upon wakeup). All in all a REALLY nice ICS ROM, IMHO!
I'm very happy with Pyroice Desensed. ICS on the Doubleshot is wonderful and tbalden has done some amazing work.
That being said, I have three main issues with the ROM. None of them are blockers for me, but I'll describe them in more detail in case they are problems for you:
1. EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED crashes when launching apps. These have gone down a lot with the latest GPU drivers, but I still get them reasonably frequently. Flicking away a few apps (especially GPU intense ones like Chrome) tends to sort them out, though.
2. Face Unlock crashes instead of falling back to the secondary lock. I have a bizarre dance I do to get past this without rebooting which is why it isn't a bigger problem. I suspect (but can't prove) this is another EGL crash since I usually find many and/or GPU-intensive apps in my recent apps list after I successfully unlock, but I haven't dug into this further.
3. Bluetooth support can be wonky and bit unstable. With 1.1.3, I don't think I've successfully answered a call with my headset with music playing (I believe, but I'm not sure that I did this successfully with older versions). I've also had a few reboots that looked Bluetooth-related. I'd consider this a bigger issue, but I'm used to buggy Bluetooth implementations (see: G2). Other than that, though, music, calls and tethering (to my tablet) all work, so it is generally "good enough".
Pyr'O'Ice 1.1.3. It's stable as a daily driver.
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If you like HTC Sense Primadonna by Team Virtuous is a great option. I wasn't able to run some apps that I love and need while on Pyro Ice. I've been able to run them on Primadonna.
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Last night I flashed Virtuous Inquisition. I'm loving it! The camera software is different (not better). I was able to take quick pics with the stock camera software with this one I have to wait in between pics. It remaps some buttons. The genius button becomes a search button. Very smooth ROM. Very easy install.
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Last night I flashed Virtuous Inquisition. I'm loving it! The camera software is different (not better). I was able to take quick pics with the stock camera software with this one I have to wait in between pics. It remaps some buttons. The genius button becomes a search button. Very smooth ROM. Very easy install.
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Just tested out the camera. Hit the camera button on the screen to take the next shot immediately. Also, most of us had that "Genius" button remapped since full root was first gained.
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babubangla said:
I want to try out one of the ICS ROMs in MyTouch4G slide. If anyone tried the ICS ROMs, which one would you recommend for stable daily use?
I am very new to rooting and using/installing ROMs. All I can do is to read and follow instructions…other than that I mostly do not know what that I am doing with my phone. So please bear with me if my question turnout to be a dumb one.
The main motivation for checking out ICS is that I want to see bengali language complex scripts on the phone with UTF-8 and I heard that ICS natively supports it. I understand that I can tryout everything and decide for myself. But considering my lack of knowledge on this matter, I would love to try out one that users mostly recommend.
Here is some brief history of what I have done with my phone so far:
I have gained S-off and rooted my phone using the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286324
After sticking with the stock ROM for few months, I upgrade from Clockworkmod 4.0.0.9 to the Clockworkmod 5.0.2.7 and the installed Bulletproof 1.1 ROM using the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360746
I would greatly appreciate any feedback.
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i've used pyroice 1.1.3, wildchilds AOKP, virtuous prima and virtuous inquisition and the best for a dd is easily the prima or inquisition only becasue they have gps and wifi working good. prima if you want sense. inq if you want aokp. this all might change when wildchild releases v3, we will see. (hurry please) (dont take as whining, just excitement)
added: i forgot MIUI! not ics technically but tbaldens miui is ics everywhere except the phone info i think. and miui is f'ing the best if you like customizing. you could customize all day on that rom
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i've used pyroice 1.1.3, wildchilds AOKP, virtuous prima and virtuous inquisition and the best for a dd is easily the prima or inquisition only becasue they have gps and wifi working good. prima if you want sense. inq if you want aokp. this all might change when wildchild releases v3, we will see. (hurry please) (dont take as whining, just excitement)
added: i forgot MIUI! not ics technically but tbaldens miui is ics everywhere except the phone info i think. and miui is f'ing the best if you like customizing. you could customize all day on that rom
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Thanks for the brief descriptions. Been looking for a good ics rom for my buddy.. I was using Virtuous Inquisition on my Wife's Sensation and its one of the best roms she ever used. Now though she switched to AOKP.. didn't even realize Inquisition was out for this phone.. sweet.
In my opinion MIUI is even more IPhone kang than touchwiz ... been
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Thanks all for your feedback.
I have decided to try Virtuous Inquisition to get a taste of ICS.
Let us know how it goes for you. I want to try ICS but I need to have like everything working. MMS, wifi, and 4G for work; camera for when my wife doesn't have her phone; and everything else just so I don't get made fun of at work for running a cooked ROM and every ROM I read about before always had something wrong with it. Granted, it's been a while since I've looked.
People are always posting up new threads asking for advice on this ROM vs. that ROM. Well, I haven't tried them all, but I've tried quite a few of the more popular ones recently. I'm not going to pick these ROMS apart. If you want more info about what I liked or didn't like about a particular ROM I've tried, go ahead and ask.
I got my Sensation back in January. I used the stock Gingerbread for a couple of months. Then got frustrated when the T-Mobile ICS update got delayed and have been on a flashing frenzy ever since.
I've been trying a lot of ROMs lately. I started with ARHD, then went to Elegancia, then Hypernonsense, then back to Elegancia, then Sense 4 Elegancia, then back to 3.6, then Virtuous Inquisition, then Opensensation (CM9), and back to Elegancia again. I've also tried Sebastion, faux, and bricked kernels - I prefer bricked best.
I honestly don't a see a performance difference between Sense, stripped Sense, or AOSP ROMs. I have System Tuner Pro and always monitor memory usage. I thought that the stripped and AOSP ROMs would have gobs of free memory available, but they just don't. They're no better or worse. I also was compelled to try those ROMs to improve battery life. Again, the experience didn't match the hype.
It all comes down to personal preference. Each ROM has its own glitches. But from my experience, full Sense 3.6 ROMs are the most functional and most stable. I loved the Sense 4.0 ROM I tried, except that Sense crashed on me like 3 times a day having to pull the battery each time. For me, nothing beats the Sense widgets. I live in the email and calendar widgets for work and the music widget in the car. No other widgets come close.
I think I'm gonna quit screwing around with it for a while. I am very happy with the Elegancia Sense 3.6 ROM / Bricked kernal combo. It's pretty much already modded/themed the I way I would do it. I can just flash it and go. I will try the Sense 4.0 version again when it's more mature. I loved it, I just can't have my phone crashing on me constantly.
I still want to try MIUI and will probably try CM9 again when it's official. I really like some of the home screen setups people have been able to pull off with their AOSP ROMs. But I think the widgets will always pull me back to a full Sense ROM. The only widgets that can compete, you have to pay for - and they're still not as good. Also, the AOSP camera blows compared to the Sense camera. In the end, it's all about what's functional for you.
In conclusion, try a few, try a bunch... don't get lost in the hunt for better battery life and more performance, because - 1) those 2 things don't go together... & 2) those 2 things are largely the same across all ROMS whether you're full Sense, stripped-Sense, or AOSP. Just find what you like and enjoy!
SO wutZ da best roms to use?
Just joking, but it's too bad some people are serious.
Its all about your liking that's it otherwise there is not a rom whit better battery life than any others
-Nuff Said.
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Great post, couldn't agree more.
Love Sense 4.0 but it just isn't mature enough
reficuliu said:
Great post, couldn't agree more.
Love Sense 4.0 but it just isn't mature enough
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I've been using Ordroid (Sense4) for a week or so now and I've found it quiet stable to be honest. I haven't experienced any crashes.
The batterylife was in 5.0.X about 17 hours (2 hours of screen turned on).
V6.0.0; I can't say if there are anything wrong just yet since its been out for about 2 days only and I've used it for 1 day. but the first batterycycle was about 21 hours with 2h 5m screen turned on. Only thing I could complain about with Ordroid is the partially working BT, I can't say anything about the Wifi-tethering issue because I am not using it.
Hmm, well I guess that was that.
The partially working Bluetooth issue is across all Sense 4 ROMs. It has to do with the fact that Sense 4 was ported from another device with different BT hardware - so the Sense drivers aren't fully compatible.
With the release of T-Mobile's official RUU, it may be time try Sense 4 again and see if some of the previous issues I experienced are fixed now. But BT will probably always only be partially working due to the driver issue.
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The partially working Bluetooth issue is across all Sense 4 ROMs. It has to do with the fact that Sense 4 was ported from another device with different BT hardware - so the Sense drivers aren't fully compatible.
With the release of T-Mobile's official RUU, it may be time try Sense 4 again and see if some of the previous issues I experienced are fixed now. But BT will probably always only be partially working due to the driver issue.
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Ah okey I didn't know that, thanks for sharing
I like my sence less rom. Its just personal preference! That's what makes it fun! Options! Gotta love options!
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I'd love to know whether any of these custom ICS ROMs is better than the stock ICS ROM. I get that they are all (Sense or no Sense) pretty much the same when it comes to performance and battery, but how do they compare to the stock one? Will I get any benefits from switching from the stock ICS to one of these?
Thanks!
great post!
I use elegancia ics 4.3 sence 4.0 is good so far it has a few glitches like if you try to take a picture while recording a video, the camera crashes or if you press the camera button to take several pictures at once it crashes! But other than that is good!
P.D. that Rom is updated like every other day but I still don't know how to update it
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teomor said:
I'd love to know whether any of these custom ICS ROMs is better than the stock ICS ROM. I get that they are all (Sense or no Sense) pretty much the same when it comes to performance and battery, but how do they compare to the stock one? Will I get any benefits from switching from the stock ICS to one of these?
Thanks!
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Well I've always found that the custom roms out-compete the stock ones repeatedly. You get a much better battery life, minimal bloatware and more power. Use android revolution hd 6+ and you'll see the differences
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Yes I agree! I have much better battery life and over all better experience!
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I tried Elegancia Sense 4 again last night. I thought it was time to give it another go since there have a few builds released since the last time. Unfortunately, nothing has changed. Whatever issues I'm having are buried deeper than what gets changed from build to build.
My phone has crashed on my twice in the last 5 hours. It's unfortunate. I really like Sense 4 - I think it's cleaner & smoother than 3.6. The camera is better and faster than 3.6. But if your phone crashes on you while changing menus or doesn't wake up and you have to pull the battery all the time, then it's useless.
Does anyone else have these issues with Sense 4? Maybe another Sense 4 ROM is better? I have not yet tried another Sense 4 ROM because it seems they all use the same base. Maybe I should try another and see if it works better...
The new InsertCoin ROM Sense 4.0 is out now, looks very stable, only FM Radio not working. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546731
I just flashed OrDroid Sense 4. I'll give that one a shot. It has a different base - the new leaked Ville RUU instead of the One S. The Ville and Sensation share the same processor, so maybe that will do the trick.
EDIT: That one's no good for me either. It has its own set of glitches I'm not willing to live with.
Now trying Steve's new TMOUS Elegancia with Bricked kernel.
Any tradeoffs for non Sense ROMs? I know the camera app is better on HTC's but other than that? Is there a Torch app similar to the stock one? Etc..
...and back on Elegancia 3.7.6. lol
I am running the updated TMOUS firmware now, tho. along with the other radio fix for TMOUS users. This might be the best combo I've run yet. But I'm still anxious for a fully functional Sense 4 ROM.
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Any tradeoffs for non Sense ROMs? I know the camera app is better on HTC's but other than that? Is there a Torch app similar to the stock one? Etc..
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There is another Torch app that is pretty much the same. The ROMs I've tried all have it included if they don't have the HTC app.
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P.D. that Rom is updated like every other day but I still don't know how to update it
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Just flash the new one on top. No super wipe required all your data and apps are safe
teomor said:
I'd love to know whether any of these custom ICS ROMs is better than the stock ICS ROM. I get that they are all (Sense or no Sense) pretty much the same when it comes to performance and battery, but how do they compare to the stock one? Will I get any benefits from switching from the stock ICS to one of these?
Thanks!
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For me, I love the overclocking of custom roms/kernels. Stock Sensation is 1.2ghz. My custom rom Sensation is 1.7ghz. Man is it speedy. I took the time to read countless posts and spent a ton of time learning how to mod my Sensation. No way am I going back to stock carrier rom.
I am going for a complete stock feel to my Sensation and I was wondering which is more stable, Cyanogen Mod 9 or OpenSensation.
do u mean asop feel. could try senseless
I felt like inquisition was hogged down by sense remains
have you tried Virtuous quattro?
http://www.virtuousrom.com/p/quattro.html
is it prety stable? I will try
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is it prety stable? I will try
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no its not stable just use Open sensation for now it is stable as hell and has a few added perks Cyanogen Mod nightlies are stable but i suggest waiting till a stable release is out sorry but quatro is unstable and un developed for months and inquisition is boged down by sense trust me try open sensation you will not be disappointed you can also try AOKP over on rootzwiki
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no its not stable just use Open sensation for now it is stable as hell and has a few added perks Cyanogen Mod nightlies are stable but i suggest waiting till a stable release is out sorry but quatro is unstable and un developed for months and inquisition is boged down by sense trust me try open sensation you will not be disappointed you can also try AOKP over on rootzwiki
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V.I. is not bogged down by Sense. It's speed differences versus AOSP/AOKP are minute.
However, OP was asking for OpenSensation or CM9. I would choose OpenSensation. CM9 with added features.
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V.I. is not bogged down by Sense. It's speed differences versus AOSP/AOKP are minute.
However, OP was asking for OpenSensation or CM9. I would choose OpenSensation. CM9 with added features.
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I'm not saying it's a bad ROM but if you want Stock aosp then why use VI I loved that ROM fir a long time until we got a working aosp I was only mentioning then because three different people told him to go to virtues ROM when we have working aosp ROM I'm not saying there work was bad it was great and sensation wouldn't be as great without there work
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Thanks guys for the help. Ive been testing all day and found OpenSensation to be the best although something is wrong with wifi. Virtuous Inquisition is actually pretty awesome too
yes I like virtuous because, everything is working, Wi-Fi and all! Guess that's why I stick with it. I really use Wi-Fi and hotspot a lot, so I really need it to work.
If I didn't use them so much I'd give other roms a try.
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I'm not saying it's a bad ROM but if you want Stock aosp then why use VI I loved that ROM fir a long time until we got a working aosp I was only mentioning then because three different people told him to go to virtues ROM when we have working aosp ROM I'm not saying there work was bad it was great and sensation wouldn't be as great without there work
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There are some benefits. Everything works perfectly, wifi, bluetooth, etc etc. The camera is way, way better as well.
I think it depends on which bugs you're willing to tolerate. VI is very stable, but the notification wouldn't work for my exchange account, which is somewhat due to the email app not having the option to force it, and the Gallery app doesn't sync with Picassa. But everything else works, including MHL, and the SebastienFM kernel makes it a little faster than Opensensation. For me, Opensensation has gradually improved, although updates sometimes break previously working elements. MHL is not working as of the most recent release, the camera used to stop working randomly (seems okay in the July build), and I find the launcher a little less smooth. Although the remnants of Sense make the VI bigger, it's not bogged down by any means, in my experience.
Senso-o-maniac website has some nice collection of sensation roms, sense and senseless. Go check it out. Www.senseomaniac.mobi.
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Thread's from May.