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[Q] Best phone for ROMS?

Hey guys I have the HTC dinc. Its time for a upgrade im in love with rooting. So what phone (from Verizon) is the best for roms? Simplified what phone has the most and stable roms? Maybe a bigger and constantly updated roms? Which phone would you guys say is the best for that? Thank you. If you didnt get completely what I said let me know. Thanks

get the galaxy Nexus when it comes out. Its gonna be huge in the rom community.

Galaxy nexus if you like aosp, it will run ics the best. Looking at the history of the nexus s there hasn't been much variety in different roms like sense or touchwiz. For sure you will have solid aosp roms like cyanogen and miui. Though it may seem that the galaxy nexus will be more popular then the nexus s, only time will.
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Joshbroncos7 said:
Hey guys I have the HTC dinc. Its time for a upgrade im in love with rooting. So what phone (from Verizon) is the best for roms? Simplified what phone has the most and stable roms? Maybe a bigger and constantly updated roms? Which phone would you guys say is the best for that? Thank you. If you didnt get completely what I said let me know. Thanks
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I would say htc rezound since your on Verizon I'm guessing...dual 1.5 processor, 2mp front cam 8mp rear with high grade lens...development will be soaring very shortly for it
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Galaxy nexus and sgs2

the best phone is samsung galaxy SII.

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I think ROM DFT very good!

Don't listen to the people saying SGSII. Why? Because it is not, and never will be available on verizon. Get the Galaxy Nexus which should be available within a few weeks.

I would go for the samsung galaxy s 2, but if you don't want to spend too much money you could go for the samsung galaxy s i9000. Which has a large asortiment of custom roms and is much cheaper! I have mine for about one year and I'm still thrilled, especially with the Ice Cream Sandwich custom rom update!

Slawen said:
I would go for the samsung galaxy s 2, but if you don't want to spend too much money you could go for the samsung galaxy s i9000. Which has a large asortiment of custom roms and is much cheaper! I have mine for about one year and I'm still thrilled, especially with the Ice Cream Sandwich custom rom update!
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Hey buddy, how about you read through the thread before you post? THE GALAXY SII IS NOT AVAILABLE ON VERIZON!!!!!!!!!!!

lowandbehold said:
Hey buddy, how about you read through the thread before you post? THE GALAXY SII IS NOT AVAILABLE ON VERIZON!!!!!!!!!!!
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Troll........
U can't know before the phone comes out how big the Dev community will be for the device. Just keep your eye on the forums to see whats hot hot hot. Take the thunderbolt started out as the 4g verizon flagship but the Dev community isn't all that great with it. Has a few good devs but not a huge selection in roms

The og Droid
But really, the sensation seems to have a lively community. The sgs 2 gets a lot of attention. I know some htc devs have moved to the rezound. The dinc2 is picking up steam, there are quite a few roms out for it, but I know it isn't the newest thing out.
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Kidney Poker said:
Troll........
U can't know before the phone comes out how big the Dev community will be for the device. Just keep your eye on the forums to see whats hot hot hot. Take the thunderbolt started out as the 4g verizon flagship but the Dev community isn't all that great with it. Has a few good devs but not a huge selection in roms
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How is that being a troll? The OP asked which phone for VERIZON and there have been numerous answers of the SGSII which is not and never will be on Verizon. You make no sense. And you say Sensation? Again, it is not on Verizon.

It's a pretty safe bet to say that the Galaxy Nexus will have phenomenal development. The device was hyped for 4-5 months, and previous Nexuses have had a lot of ROM's and hackery. The people who keep saying a Galaxy S II or the guy who said sensation are:
a. people who didn't read the thread
b. trolls.
We know the GN is coming to Verizon via various leaks.

ikingblack said:
It's a pretty safe bet to say that the Galaxy Nexus will have phenomenal development. The device was hyped for 4-5 months, and previous Nexuses have had a lot of ROM's and hackery. The people who keep saying a Galaxy S II or the guy who said sensation are:
a. people who didn't read the thread
b. trolls.
We know the GN is coming to Verizon via various leaks.
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Verizon confirmed it themselves silly

Although it appears that the nexus prime should be coming to verizon for now my vote would be for the fascinate for the wolfson chip and voodoo sound.

I know....I know

I know everyone hates these posts. The ones that some guy you don't know.will never know. and don't care to know, upgrades to a different phone and feels the need to say goodbye. Trust me I have seen plenty and I rolled my eyes too.
That said, I finally upgraded to the sgs2 last night and will be retiring my cappy. I just wanted to take a second to thank all the amazing developers in here. You guys honestly made the cappy better. I also want to thank all the people who helped me. The amount of knowledge you all have about this stuff is amazing. There.. I tried to keep it semi short and sweet. Just wanted to express my appreciation. ...... flame if you must.
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enjoy your SG2 buddy.....and most of the captivate great devs has moves to SG2...so u will have same dev love there too....

Thinking about moving aswell

i think i'll stick with cappy for now, although i agree this website is amazing with all the knowledge for free........ thanks a bunch xda

I was skeptical about leaving the Cappy behind too, but when AT&T put refurb SGS2s online for $.01 well that did me in. My upgrade is on its way and I'll probably be handing off the Cappy to my wife who's stuck with an old iPhone 3G.
On another note I feel it's been neat to "sync" with some of the devs who had the Fuze like me and also moved to the Captivate when the time to upgrade came. Guess I'm going to be with them again in a couple days.

I think the captivate has been a great experience. From 2.1 all the way to having 4.0...what's next? Enjoy the s2
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I love this phone, and I think the only thing that would draw me away is an amazing Galaxy S3, when I say amazing I mean a phone that won't be old news in a few months, one that blows current phones away, and is just spectacular.
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Goodbye my Fellow Mytouch 4G Owners and Devs

First i like to say thanks to all the Great Devs that made this phone 150% more better. Thanks go to thederekjay, faux123, trueblue_drew, evil D:, royalknight6190, capychimp, zFr3ak, myn and Cyanogen. If i forgot any developers my apologies i have not been here that long. This device is a great phone and i love it but we are leaving Tmobile. Tmobile in our area is not to good, and recently it seems like it just got worser, ie: slower data speeds and more dropped calls. I know they were upgrading our towers to 3g but ever since the ATT & Tmobile merge didnt go through it seems like the service got worser and tmobile dont care. I hope you guys get a fully functional Ice Cream Sandwhich and maybe Sense 3.5. Ill see you guys around.

good bye my love. i wish you only the best in life <3

brianphanz0r said:
good bye my love. i wish you only the best in life <3
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Lololol
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Should I

Thinking about selling my mt4gs and getting a galaxy nexus. Should I do this?
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Na, for the fact that the galaxy nexus dosent have a keyboard. If you don't care much for the keyborad then go for it, there are a ton of roms so you'll never get bored with it. I actually bought the galaxy s2 cause I didn't think id miss the keyboard but 2 weeks later I sold it cause it didn't have a keyboard and now I'm back on my mt4gs
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Seriously keep it. All these new MyTouch devices coming out don't even come close to our device. I'm thinking about upgrading in septber but no way I will let go of my MT4gS. We have the best people developing for our device. I don't post much, but you made me . Chances are u could have JB before many other devices just because of beast this phone still is
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slaya811 said:
Thinking about selling my mt4gs and getting a galaxy nexus. Should I do this?
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I have a Galaxy Nexus, and it's great! It's for Verizon tho' (Payment for flashings an Evo 3D to boost). I mainly use it as a Gaming system. It's amazing, the screen size makes up for a lot. I have Parinoid android on it, and SlideMe keyboard. Makes it perfect. Plus! You'll never have to worry about updates, or ROMs. Offical updates from Google are quick, and let's say there isn't a lack of ROMs.
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I would go for the Nexus if you like flashing ROMs. The design is also notably superior.
However, the camera pales in comparison to ours, especially in lowlight.
Also, we have a keyboard.

FifteesGlasses said:
I would go for the Nexus if you like flashing ROMs. The design is also notably superior.
However, the camera pales in comparison to ours, especially in lowlight.
Also, we have a keyboard.
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Is the camera bad tho? I do like taking quick pics & I thought for along time id always use a keyboard but I haven't used my physical keyboard in atleast 9 months till today when I flashed wildchilds aokp rom
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There's no SD slot. I wouldn't even bother.

slaya811 said:
Is the camera bad tho? I do like taking quick pics & I thought for along time id always use a keyboard but I haven't used my physical keyboard in atleast 9 months till today when I flashed wildchilds aokp rom
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It's not a bad camera. I just think ours is better.
It doesn't sound like you really need the Mytouch 4G Slide, so I would recommend selling and buying if you have your heart set on a Nexus.
I believe I read something about Google releasing new devices around November. Regardless, it might be better to wait for the next Nexus phone.

h3ktyk said:
Seriously keep it. All these new MyTouch devices coming out don't even come close to our device. I'm thinking about upgrading in septber but no way I will let go of my MT4gS. We have the best people developing for our device. I don't post much, but you made me . Chances are u could have JB before many other devices just because of beast this phone still is
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Man you are too right. *feels urge to curse* but yea keep the mt4gs if you like the kb if you don't care then get the galaxy nexus but our cam is better
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This is the same thing I was pondering, but then I found out that I won a contest over at androidforums.com, and I won a galaxy nexus, a nexus 7, a nexus q, and a chromebox!!! I am so excited, because I never win anything. Now I don't have to choose, I can have both. I can't wait for my prizes to get here!!!!!!!!

Wow congratz
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yellowjacket1981 said:
This is the same thing I was pondering, but then I found out that I won a contest over at androidforums.com, and I won a galaxy nexus, a nexus 7, a nexus q, and a chromebox!!! I am so excited, because I never win anything. Now I don't have to choose, I can have both. I can't wait for my prizes to get here!!!!!!!!
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Awesome! What contest was that???

http://phandroid.com/2012/06/26/contest-google-io-gift-pack-3-worlds-best-android-forums/ This is the contest, it is over now, but I can't believe I won! I never win anything! I have had a really rough last few years, so I think it is about time something good happend to me. In 2005 my son was murdered by his father. My ex-husband was just executed this year for it. A week before he was executed my father passed away, and a few days later my grandmother passed away. Also in 2008 my brother died of an aneurysm right in front of me. Needless to say, I needed something good to happen, and it finally did.

yellowjacket1981 said:
http://phandroid.com/2012/06/26/contest-google-io-gift-pack-3-worlds-best-android-forums/ This is the contest, it is over now, but I can't believe I won! I never win anything! I have had a really rough last few years, so I think it is about time something good happend to me. In 2005 my son was murdered by his father. My ex-husband was just executed this year for it. A week before he was executed my father passed away, and a few days later my grandmother passed away. Also in 2008 my brother died of an aneurysm right in front of me. Needless to say, I needed something good to happen, and it finally did.
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I can never complain about my life again. I can't imagine what you have gone through.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement

Coug76 said:
I can never complain about my life again. I can't imagine what you have gone through.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
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I just keep on trucking. Hopefully my life will be good from here on out.
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yellowjacket1981 said:
I just keep on trucking. Hopefully my life will be good from here on out.
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It truly is about time!! Your will & focus is inspiring! I've lost a granddaughter & nephew myself.
HUGE congrats on the contest!! :good:

yellowjacket1981 said:
http://phandroid.com/2012/06/26/contest-google-io-gift-pack-3-worlds-best-android-forums/ This is the contest, it is over now, but I can't believe I won! I never win anything! I have had a really rough last few years, so I think it is about time something good happend to me. In 2005 my son was murdered by his father. My ex-husband was just executed this year for it. A week before he was executed my father passed away, and a few days later my grandmother passed away. Also in 2008 my brother died of an aneurysm right in front of me. Needless to say, I needed something good to happen, and it finally did.
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My condolences! Truly sorry to hear about all that...wow...glad you're pulling through and are able to move on and I hope the same for you too, that things get better from here on out! I'm sure this WON'T be the biggest thing to happen to you from this point on, but it is a start! Enjoy your new toys when they arrive!!! :victory: Congrats!

slaya811 said:
Thinking about selling my mt4gs and getting a galaxy nexus. Should I do this?
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I have both phones in my house. I have a MT4GS picked up off eBay and I bought a Galaxy Nexus for my wife, just so she'd quit complaining about her iPhone 3GS's data issues on T-Mobile.
MT4GS
I want to start by saying that the physical keyboard wasn't a big selling point. I was shopping for a cheap phone with higher end hardware. The MT4GS fit the bill nicely, I have less than $150 in mine.​
I still running the stock ROM and I just unlocked my MT4GS yesterday, still in S-ON mode. I am planning to try a couple of ROM soon.
I love the camera app, available memory (especially compared to the Garminfone and MT3GS I've previously owned).
I'm ok with the stock clock widget with integrated weather.
I hate the dialer app, why HTC / T-Mobile decided to switch from offering Favorites to offering Group Texting is beyond me.
Galaxy Nexus
I love the cleanliness of the stock Android experience, but I'm still not thrilled with the dialer app.
I've already added another calendar app to mimic the iPhone's month view with agenda below.
I love that this phone is running 4.1 before most manufacturers have pushed 4.0 to their phones.
I miss the Sense like clocks, I'll probably install Sense Analog Glass Clock at some point...
I worry about the robustness of the design. It's just soo thin and light. Which may be ok in my wife's purse, but my phone is usually in my back pocket.

GoPadge said:
I have both phones in my house. I have a MT4GS picked up off eBay and I bought a Galaxy Nexus for my wife, just so she'd quit complaining about her iPhone 3GS's data issues on T-Mobile.
MT4GS
I want to start by saying that the physical keyboard wasn't a big selling point. I was shopping for a cheap phone with higher end hardware. The MT4GS fit the bill nicely, I have less than $150 in mine.​
I still running the stock ROM and I just unlocked my MT4GS yesterday, still in S-ON mode. I am planning to try a couple of ROM soon.
I love the camera app, available memory (especially compared to the Garminfone and MT3GS I've previously owned).
I'm ok with the stock clock widget with integrated weather.
I hate the dialer app, why HTC / T-Mobile decided to switch from offering Favorites to offering Group Texting is beyond me.
Galaxy Nexus
I love the cleanliness of the stock Android experience, but I'm still not thrilled with the dialer app.
I've already added another calendar app to mimic the iPhone's month view with agenda below.
I love that this phone is running 4.1 before most manufacturers have pushed 4.0 to their phones.
I miss the Sense like clocks, I'll probably install Sense Analog Glass Clock at some point...
I worry about the robustness of the design. It's just soo thin and light. Which may be ok in my wife's purse, but my phone is usually in my back pocket.
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This is exactly the kind of info I wanted to know, thank you. To the op, sorry for hijacking your thread for a minute there.

Is develooment dead for gs3

So it seems like gs3 is winding down abit was wonderi g if there are any new exciting phones coming out
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Yep, dead.
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junjlo said:
So it seems like gs3 is winding down abit was wonderi g if there are any new exciting phones coming out
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LMAO!
Oh sorry, were you serious?
FYI, dev may "seem" stunted because everybody who is anybody is currently working on 4.2 in some method or another....

lol nah it was more of a sweet lets look to the future and if anyone had any good info on some up and coming phone to be released. Ive enjoyed the GS3 and it had some great development but it is starting to get old just wondering whats next

junjlo said:
lol nah it was more of a sweet lets look to the future and if anyone had any good info on some up and coming phone to be released. Ive enjoyed the GS3 and it had some great development but it is starting to get old just wondering whats next
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LOL, this thread actually made me laugh. Development is FAR from dead on the GS3, and won't be for a long time. There was still active (although slowed) development on my HTC Incredible two and half years after it released! There was even an official OTA for it from Verizon, more than 2 years after its release!
No, development for Galaxy S3 is not dead, not by a long shot. If your bored with your device and can afford to buy a new one out of pocket, the Galaxy Note II and and the HTC Droid DNA both look like solid devices. Otherwise, next spring will bring the Galaxy S4 and HTC's successor to the One X.

Not sure what you mean by dead
I would say that development on this phone is booming. Probably the exact opposite of what you were thinking. I would think I am not committing hyperbole when saying that it is probably one of the most currently worked on and tweaked phones right now. just look at the forums if you don't believe us.
I would also venture and say without much hesitation that the SG3 is probably one of the best (fastest, biggest and nicest screens, 4g, etc) phones out until the SG4 comes out q1-2 next year.

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LOL, this thread actually made me laugh. Development is FAR from dead on the GS3, and won't be for a long time. There was still active (although slowed) development on my HTC Incredible two and half years after it released! There was even an official OTA for it from Verizon, more than 2 years after its release!
No, development for Galaxy S3 is not dead, not by a long shot. If your bored with your device and can afford to buy a new one out of pocket, the Galaxy Note II and and the HTC Droid DNA both look like solid devices. Otherwise, next spring will bring the Galaxy S4 and HTC's successor to the One X.
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Ya I have note 2 that's keeping me content for now still love my gs3 though but finally got bored with it I see a lot has slowed down cuz there hasn't been much of a to do list the phone has just about everything you could want.

junjlo said:
Ya I have note 2 that's keeping me content for now still love my gs3 though but finally got bored with it I see a lot has slowed down cuz there hasn't been much of a to do list the phone has just about everything you could want.
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no.
android 4.2 roms are releasing and becoming more stable everyday. the devs are just hard at work. just a slight lull in the action.

ddurandSGS3 said:
no.
android 4.2 roms are releasing and becoming more stable everyday. the devs are just hard at work. just a slight lull in the action.
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What more could you want out of this phone lol