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I kno different Roms offer different advantages , some are speed, some are feature based etc. but wat i want to know and probably many others is Which one is overall BETTER?!?!? there are so many to choose from lol which is a GREAT!!! thing. Im talkin speed,stability,features,themes,MEMORY.
Which Rom offers all of these factors at there BEST?
Maybe im askin too much but im pretty sure THOUSANDS are asking the same thing lol
That one!!
No seriously, you need to try them one by one since everyone has their preference with such things. I know on my last phone I was flashing a new one between 2-4 weeks after I tested a ROM and feel like it wasn't good enough.
Lmao im doing that now lol every friday im flashing a new Rom! i think my fone is gonna blow up by my head while im talking to somebody lmao im tired of this ... im currently on Miui 1.1.14 i want to settle on one! Lol
ErOR22 said:
That one!!
No seriously, you need to try them one by one since everyone has their preference with such things. I know on my last phone I was flashing a new one between 2-4 weeks after I tested a ROM and feel like it wasn't good enough.
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To be honest with you i agree with them. Different builds have different advantages and disadvantages... none are perfect. But some are pretty close. Im currently using Cognition 3.0.2 And i love it. Unfortunately i like customizing to the max and myself nor anyone else can figure out how to change/add a boot sound. Still a few minor issues with gps but overall its a pretty solid rom. Then again as you above me said... im also always changing roms and i have no intentions of sticking to one as they change so often. It really is a matter of personal preference.
looking around
So i am familiar with flashing phones somewhat. Used to jailbreak iphones but lost interest since the iphail screen broke and was just a POS in general. Been using a blackjack2 ever since which never failed me till recent.
Big upgrade to the inspire so even ATT Rom would be "WOW" to me. Question is how do i know what rom to flash. Which one is right for me. So many out there.
I am looking to flash the phone and then unlock it but what rom has the least amount of glitches that is running pretty smooth and allows all functions to be used.
Was lurking around for a bit and saw this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=965207
Seems to be what i may want but unsure...i know what a.
InspiresMe said:
So i am familiar with flashing phones somewhat. Used to jailbreak iphones but lost interest since the iphail screen broke and was just a POS in general. Been using a blackjack2 ever since which never failed me till recent.
Big upgrade to the inspire so even ATT Rom would be "WOW" to me. Question is how do i know what rom to flash. Which one is right for me. So many out there.
I am looking to flash the phone and then unlock it but what rom has the least amount of glitches that is running pretty smooth and allows all functions to be used.
Was lurking around for a bit and saw this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=965207
Seems to be what i may want but unsure...i know what a.
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roms are chosen by preference really the only way to find a rom that best suits you is to try them all till you find 1 that you like
now the link that you posted is the rom that i first went with & never looked back try it out & see how you like it
yea from what i have been reading this is confusing and its down to personal preff. Quiet honestly i dont want to keep switching things even though its not that hard.
I was searching and also found that leedroid is praised upon but i think leedroid is just better than stock with the bloatware out plus a few added bonuses vs the link i provided is loaded compared to leedroid.
Not sure on what to do here. I dont mind the battery life staying where its at. An increase would deff be good but its my first nice phone in a while so i want to enjoy it.
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yea from what i have been reading this is confusing and its down to personal preff. Quiet honestly i dont want to keep switching things even though its not that hard.
I was searching and also found that leedroid is praised upon but i think leedroid is just better than stock with the bloatware out plus a few added bonuses vs the link i provided is loaded compared to leedroid.
Not sure on what to do here. I dont mind the battery life staying where its at. An increase would deff be good but its my first nice phone in a while so i want to enjoy it.
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I like sense. So I am biased towards sense based roms. But leedroids has been on my phone the longest. I have tried 4 others and of course a stock that I ripped out all the bloat. I keep returning to leedriod. the dudes rom is amazing
Make a rom back up of each and that way you can just return to what you like the most.
Was looking into CM7 as well but seems that its too dumbed down for me. Now im in between coredroid and leedroid...
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Was looking into CM7 as well but seems that its too dumbed down for me. Now im in between coredroid and leedroid...
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I have never even tried CM7 - Something just doesnt interest me about it. So Ican;t sway you. But really man, just make a back up of what you have now. Don't like the new one recover. If you like the new one, make a back up of it and try another. Its saves time and you can try em all. I'm a Rom Junkie tho so...Lol
CM7 is very nice I had it for a while and its nice. The problem with CM7 nightly is you will flash alot because they have alot of updates Im currently using MIUI and Im absolutely LOVING IT!!!!! I was using LeeDroid before and it was also AMAZING. I just love how MIUI have alot of themes to go with it and the UI.
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CM7 is very nice I had it for a while and its nice. The problem with CM7 nightly is you will flash alot because they have alot of updates Im currently using MIUI and Im absolutely LOVING IT!!!!! I was using LeeDroid before and it was also AMAZING. I just love how MIUI have alot of themes to go with it and the UI.
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I was looking at Miui.. I may have to try it now..I didnt like all the Update this for GPS and Update apn type stuff tho. Hmmmmm
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I was looking at Miui.. I may have to try it now..I didnt like all the Update this for GPS and Update apn type stuff tho. Hmmmmm
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Oh Sir let me tell you it is worth it With all the themes and all you will like it. I guarantee it.
More updates meaning it has glitches that need to be resolved?...so what makes sense to me is leedroid is more reliable...
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More updates meaning it has glitches that need to be resolved?...so what makes sense to me is leedroid is more reliable...
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Yes or just updates making it better. Yes to me LeeDroid was my favorite Sense ROM. Like that guy said you can just try every ROM and see which one fits you best.
yea try more than one rom. add some rcmix kingdom in there. sense 3.0 is slick. but its pretty alpha (stable enough im still using v 0.1 daily)
dont matter just use some sense and backup before making changes. if your txts are that important, dont forget to back them up too.
I've got to second this - I haven't used MIUI yet, but LeeDroid is the best rom I've used yet. I've tried CM7 and Android Revolution.
I have been liking this rom a lot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1066978
Best is a term relative to one's one opinions. But I'd still like to know.
On my HTC Inspire 4G, I had leedroid on it. It was awesome! Well, still is. And leedroid has made so many neat improvements in his HTC ONE X Rom, it sounds like an awesome rom. However, as I found out the hard way, the rom is for the international version. I ended up with a hanging boot and I had to flash the AT&T boot.img to get it working again.
As far as I know, leedroid does not yet have a rom for the AT&T one x. Which really sucks because I loved leedroid roms.
Sooo, if leedroid really does have a rom for the at&t one X I would LOVE it if someone can correct me and give me a link. Otherwise, what would you recommend?
I've always been a sense guy, for some reason. It seems fairly user friendly, and I like the looks. Especially sense 4.0. I liked the way leedroid kept sense in. A lot of other roms (cm for an example) don't have sense. And also I had a hard time growing to like cm. Anyways, what would you guys recommend, or do you think I might as well stay on stock?
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Best is a term relative to one's one opinions. But I'd still like to know.
On my HTC Inspire 4G, I had leedroid on it. It was awesome! Well, still is. And leedroid has made so many neat improvements in his HTC ONE X Rom, it sounds like an awesome rom. However, as I found out the hard way, the rom is for the international version. I ended up with a hanging boot and I had to flash the AT&T boot.img to get it working again.
As far as I know, leedroid does not yet have a rom for the AT&T one x. Which really sucks because I loved leedroid roms.
Sooo, if leedroid really does have a rom for the at&t one X I would LOVE it if someone can correct me and give me a link. Otherwise, what would you recommend?
I've always been a sense guy, for some reason. It seems fairly user friendly, and I like the looks. Especially sense 4.0. I liked the way leedroid kept sense in. A lot of other roms (cm for an example) don't have sense. And also I had a hard time growing to like cm. Anyways, what would you guys recommend, or do you think I might as well stay on stock?
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Clean Rom is amazing. A lot like Lee Droid style only no heavy theming.
Just smooth optimized sense 4 goodness.
I agree. Try this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1655011
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elmerct said:
I agree. Try this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1655011
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Looking at it, it sounds awesome! Thank you to both of you. Downloading now, I'll give it a try. I hate AT&T bloatware.
Whats the difference between dev and normal? On the download page it appeared the dev version was 150mbs and normal ~500mbs+.
Heh.. Either way; I'm gunna tweak CM9 a bit and see if I can fix the camera issues. The other bugs dont bother me.
BUT I use Nocturnal Xi40 r109 with Dual Core + 1.8gz OC mods. I pull a 5K+ Quadrant score which is a huge improvement from 4,600 :b Although it all works so fast I personally don't notice the difference.
Any of the Clean Roms!
little rant...I hate that all these threads get closed. They should just start one and leave one open and stickied. It's all subjective and there may not be a best rom, but there are certainly roms thats better than others and with all the updates it's always changing. nice to have on thread where people can voice their opinion and discuss the positives and negatives of each rom.
rquinn19 said:
Any of the Clean Roms!
little rant...I hate that all these threads get closed. They should just start one and leave one open and stickied. It's all subjective and there may not be a best rom, but there are certainly roms thats better than others and with all the updates it's always changing. nice to have on thread where people can voice their opinion and discuss the positives and negatives of each rom.
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I agree! But... why would it be closed?
I just noticed since technically this is a question, maybe I should of asked it in the Q/A section. But really, I wanted a discussion... not a question/answer ordeal. I figure if I wanted a simple fast answer, I'd go to yahoo answers.
CleanROM SE. No reason to flash anything else.
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Well, I'm partial to the Team Nocturnal ROM's, but I imagine y'all could figure that out since I'm part of the team.
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There's a Clean ROM for everyone. SE for those who just want a faster, less bloated, and more optimized Sense experience and DE for those who want an ASOP like experience but with Sense at the core for stability and to keep the few things Sense does well (like the camera).
I flashed CleanROM 3.0 SE. I have to say I'm impressed. Its a lot like stock but its even faster and smoother! Though I must say I do really miss leedroid tweeks. It'd be nice if CleanROM made it easier to change similar settings.
If you really want fast try smokin1337 sense rom. It is simply amazing. I don't know what he's done to it but it the fastest rom I've ever used. It does take a long time to install, like 10-12 minutes so let it go. It really is fast. I use the 1.88 kernel and radio flashed after installing the rom. I've tried all the custom roms and this is fastest. Never experienced a sense rom that felt as fast as aosp/aokp , I have now. do a nandroid and give it a try. You have nothing to lose. You probably won't go back though. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1698502
Currently on CleanROM, but am interested in any good senseless ROMs, hopefully just basic ICS.
A search would have told you XDA doesn't allow Best from threads. As there is no best from.
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I have just finished my first root ever yesterday. My phone is Sensation 4G, I have successfully rooted.
Today I have been trying out custom Roms to see which one should I use. I don't plan change Roms often so I want to choose a good stable one. I'm debating on Elegancia, ViperS, and ARHD. I didn't choose the other Roms because either the Roms are not good enough compared to these or it still in progress updating such as CM10.
First I like to point out that I kinda hate sense 4.0 after trying it out the first time. Most of the features on sense 4.0 is indeed nicer and smoother than sense 3.5. But you know like when you scrolling and can't scroll no more, but still try to scroll, the boxes will split with black gaps. I really hat that. Also the home screen, you can't keep sliding left or right. Don't know how to explain this, but like on sense 3.5 you can keep sliding left or right and eventually you will be back at the main home screen, but on sense 4.0 you can only slid left or right about 3 times then you will have to slide the other direction. So far these are the 2 features that I hate in sense 4.0. But if there is a awesome Rom that I very like and it only has Sense 4.0 I can live with that.
Now, for the discussion of the three Roms. ARHD, I very like it, I'd say that it very easy to use, not complicated, but not much tweaks to it. ViperS, I like how it includes many sound equalizers such as xloud, beats audio, srs, etc. and the Rom is pretty much complete with no bugs except for one that I don't care about. It has lots of tweaks and lots of ways to customize your phone. I know some people love to have so many ways to customize, but I think that ViperS has gone kinda too far in customization. I mean most people are not gonna use that much tweaks and customization. That is the one thing I don't like about ViperS. Lastly Elegancia, which has medium customization, not too much, not too small, I like it. It features are good, love the sound tweaks and sound improvement. But kinda has some few bugs and some problems.
So, yeah, I'm kinda stuck at which Roms to use. If possible, could some one suggest me which Rom to use. Or, if anyone has the solution to fix the feature on sense 4.0 that I don't like, I would appreciate it and will love sense 4.0. Thanks.
Run lighting sense 4 you will love the Rom.
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Run lighting sense 4 you will love the Rom.
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Could you give me a link to it? I've searched Google and the Forum, couldn't find any lightning sense 4 Rom.
Elegancia and ARHD are terrific. I'm with you on the sense 4. Can't put my finger on it, but I like it a lot less than 3.6.
One thing I would recommend is to not jump ships to soon. You pointed out you rooted your phone yesterday and already switching many roms. Flashing is a good sport, I agree, but give each rom a couple.of day to 'grow on ya'. You might be suprised in the end
Please note that some performance issues you may encounter, could be fixed by a custom kernel. There's no one kernel (or settings) to rule them all, as each of us uses the phone in a different manner. As such, i would not disregard a rom over performance issues right a way.
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Elegancia and ARHD are terrific. I'm with you on the sense 4. Can't put my finger on it, but I like it a lot less than 3.6.
One thing I would recommend is to not jump ships to soon. You pointed out you rooted your phone yesterday and already switching many roms. Flashing is a good sport, I agree, but give each rom a couple.of day to 'grow on ya'. You might be suprised in the end
Please note that some performance issues you may encounter, could be fixed by a custom kernel. There's no one kernel (or settings) to rule them all, as each of us uses the phone in a different manner. As such, i would not disregard a rom over performance issues right a way.
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That's a very good point. I'm gonna try each rom few days before really deciding which one I should use.
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But you know like when you scrolling and can't scroll no more, but still try to scroll, the boxes will split with black gaps. I really hat that. Also the home screen, you can't keep sliding left or right. Don't know how to explain this, but like on sense 3.5 you can keep sliding left or right and eventually you will be back at the main home screen, but on sense 4.0 you can only slid left or right about 3 times then you will have to slide the other direction.
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There is an Option called infinite Rolling, if you tick it, you have this feature again.
Its a venom-tweak
I HIGHLY recommend you try out SEVERAL different roms before you make your decision on which you want as your daily Rom . What I like, or what others like might not be right for you so don't limit yourself! Try out SEVERAL then make and form your OWN opinion. I use lightning I really like it, however you need to discover what YOU like and what suits YOUR needs. So try out many then make a choice. Don't forget to do a nandroid backup BEFORE flashing to be safe! Have fun and shop around. We are lucky to have so many great roms available to us and the experimentation is the fun part . Remember its ALWAYS best to form your own opinion on things. Happy flashing
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There is an Option called infinite Rolling, if you tick it, you have this feature again.
Its a venom-tweak
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Thanks! That's what I needed. Now, I can finally enjoy sense 4.0. Again, Thanks, you have saved me time to look for it.
realsis said:
I HIGHLY recommend you try out SEVERAL different roms before you make your decision on which you want as your daily Rom . What I like, or what others like might not be right for you so don't limit yourself! Try out SEVERAL then make and form your OWN opinion. I use lightning I really like it, however you need to discover what YOU like and what suits YOUR needs. So try out many then make a choice. Don't forget to do a nandroid backup BEFORE flashing to be safe! Have fun and shop around. We are lucky to have so many great roms available to us and the experimentation is the fun part . Remember its ALWAYS best to form your own opinion on things. Happy flashing
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Thanks for the Tip! I'm gonna start flashing different Roms and stay with each Rom about 3-4 days then record what I like and dislike, then moving on to other Roms. I hope I can find one that is perfect for me.
+1try a few. Currently on frankenstines JB aokp! Have fun...
I know. I can read. I have read OPs and most posts. I want to know what makes each ROM/port different. Each of them have almost same features and looks. I'm asking comparing CM9 vs Stock vs AOKP vs Slim vs Beam vs etc and cMIUI vs MIUI. I'm not complaining, just want people to share what make them choose one ROM over the other because all are smooth and fast and awesome and so on the same generic descriptions... Let's be honest, most of the has mainly same features, like to mod battery icon, clock, toggles, drawer, theme, lockscreen, some apps here and not there, different bootanimation, etc... you know what I mean. So what is it then? Please, elaborate some answers.
To me, there is a noticeable difference between all mentioned and RemICS and so with AOKPCB but mostly because of the theme/looks and some apps and few features.
I would like to read something else than just "X ROM is fast and smoother" and yes I know everyone is different so they get different experience with their ROM of choice, but what makes you choose a ROM over the other. That's the thing
No trolling allowed and it's not my intention to offend anyone. I appreciate all projects and stuff here, I'm not complaining. Just curious.
U can go to other forum like i9000 and nexus S and ask this question there, too ...they r just for your own choice lol, just flash one u like
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I know. I can read. I have read OPs and most posts. I want to know what makes each ROM/port different. Each of them have almost same features and looks. I'm asking comparing CM9 vs Stock vs AOKP vs Slim vs Beam vs etc and cMIUI vs MIUI. I'm not complaining, just want people to share what make them choose one ROM over the other because all are smooth and fast and awesome and so on the same generic descriptions... Let's be honest, most of the has mainly same features, like to mod battery icon, clock, toggles, drawer, theme, lockscreen, some apps here and not there, different bootanimation, etc... you know what I mean. So what is it then? Please, elaborate some answers.
To me, there is a noticeable difference between all mentioned and RemICS and so with AOKPCB but mostly because of the theme/looks and some apps and few features.
I would like to read something else than just "X ROM is fast and smoother" and yes I know everyone is different so they get different experience with their ROM of choice, but what makes you choose a ROM over the other. That's the thing
No trolling allowed and it's not my intention to offend anyone. I appreciate all projects and stuff here, I'm not complaining. Just curious.
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They basically all come from the same base as far as Android OS goes, and as far as comparing no one can tell you what to choose. I know you are not asking for someone to choose for you, but that kinda is where the question leads. Compare them for yourself. See what you like. They all have their own flavor, mods, tweaks. Some are closer to stock, others are heavily modded. That's your answer in a nutshell. No one is gonna sit down and draw you up a chart of features for each rom.
@dao
I can ask there but that's not my phone and that doesn't answer my question. It's obvious they are there for choice, how to choose then? Why? That's what I would like to read. BTW, thanks for updating RemICS.
@greg
I have used them all. That's why I'm asking.
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@dao
I can ask there but that's not my phone and that doesn't answer my question. It's obvious they are there for choice, how to choose then? Why? That's what I would like to read. BTW, thanks for updating RemICS.
@greg
I have used them all. That's why I'm asking.
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You just have to choose what you like and what works for you. It's that simple. Until Aries is released and we have an updated kernel, they are all about the same, but Aries will fix some issues. Like those blasted capacitive back lights timing out.
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What made you choose miui for your phone? Did you try different ROMs before?
@HKSpeed
Oh, I haven't updated that... I'm on CM9 at the moment. My ROMs of choice are Team Acid's. I have been using their work since Froyo so I'm biased. I was on AOKP but battery was a big issue for me, it drained very fast, so I went on CM9 to see how it works since most other ROMs are based on it. Thought it should be more simple, less tweaked. I have tried all, except Linaro and Provision. I like them all but somehow I can't notice difference between them except but a few little things here and there.
I was on MIUI because Dao kept updating it and fast. It was more advanced than other ports/ROMs, then I went on AOKPBC just to see and the theme was too heavy, awesome but not what I was looking for.
I'm not saying I will stay on CM forever, might go on a flashing rampage sometime soon. I know these are WIP that depend on kernel so until then I shall keep experimenting.
I know the others have said pretty much the same thing I am saying, but it comes down to a matter of choice. The ICS roms are all CM9 base if I am not mistaken, so you are dealing with mostly the same issues and bugs on each, so it really comes down to a point of which theme you want and which apps/bloat you want. It becomes a real pain to have to debloat/rebloat a rom and I only ever do so if the theme and layout is custom and really nice but fun to use. If it's basically a stock rom and doesn't have typical apps/bloat/mods/tweaks that I am used to using, I hit the thanks button for the hard work that helps future devs have an easier time and keep looking for a rom that has everything I want. Right now, I am going to be selling my phone soon so I can get a SGS III at least, or maybe wait to see if the rumors are true and T-Mob gets the One X+. I'm drooling over that OC'd Tegra 3 ::fingers-crossed: But, that doesn't mean I won't be trying out different roms at the moment. I love the ICS roms but hate that I can't use calling over wifi. I know there are other options, but they are a bit of trouble with linking google voice among other things, so ICS isn't really for me yet even though it is beautiful. There's my choice...what's yours?
Ive tried to not post but it bothers me when people cant understand a simple question.
Chris31jct is NOT asking for you to convince him. He is asking why did YOU choose a specific rom.
He is also asking for a reason other than the generic responses given 90% of the time.
I started out on aokp then when slimics was released I used it for a while. I wanted to try aokp to see why it was so popular. I like aokp the customization options its a nice rom. I wanted to try slimics just because it doesnt have all the extra apk that aokp and cm9 have that I never use.
Most of the time I will test a rom just to see what the hype is.
3 things decide your choice of a ROM:
Stability
Customization
Battery consumption
In terms of Stability, Usually the higher the customization and options of a ROM, the more conflicts it has( not a rule).
Battery should be the same on all since they use same code and kernel.
Graphic Customization: AOKP is the Best
Settings and options: CM9 is the best
Stability + Battery: I personally prefer SlimRom or Stock cuz it has the most required customization and its very slim( about 80 mb) so probably lighter on your phone.
I wasn't trying to convince him. I know he'll choose whatever rom he wants and that's not for me to decide and/or judge. I was merely stating why most of us choose the roms we choose which is what I interpreted the question to be. The reasons I gave are the reasons I choose the roms I choose. I don't mean to speak for everyone, but that would be the most basic reason to choose a rom other than just to try out what is out there but we ultimately stick with certain roms due to what's included in the rom as well as the stability of it, although as stated before by more than just me, the ICS roms have the same bugs and therefor the same stability issues. Again, not trying to step on anyone's toes, I don't claim to speak for everyone, but I answered the question as I interpreted it.
Also, as to specific roms, I'd be here all day if I chose to speak on that because I started using custom roms on my old G1 and I've tried out probably over 100 roms for various phones over the last few years. For that matter, I could go way back to the days of the Motorola Razor and a few other phones out around the same time, but I was speaking more about android roms. As far as the roms is concerned I don't care if it's miui, ICS, AOKP, etc. If it has the features I'm looking for and is stable, then I use it until something comes around I like better.
I went with AOKP because
It had full source code and I could modify it as I wanted
I liked the layout of toggles
AOKP ROM Control had features I wanted
I could long-press Back to kill a process
It has "quiet hours"
It has decent control of background data use
I knew where the kernel came from and it has full source code
I knew where all binaries came from and it has full source code
I know the last two of these are an absolute requirement under GPL, but many ROM "authors" fail to provide this information.
AOKP has some "crap" that I freeze to improve performance, but I haven't run out of on-phone storage yet.
CyanogenMod 9, for me, wasn't quite as "usable" as AOKP, the way I use my phone.
MIUI is too "Technicolor" and gimmicky for me. Most of what it has (other than a decent File Explorer, when it doesn't crash) I consider "bloat."
SLIM seemed like a good candidate, but without easy access to full source and the ability to build as I desired, it wasn't on my short list. I tried Lightning or whatever its "default" launcher is, but it had a couple things that just didn't allow me to set up my phone the way I wanted (paging is "wonky" to the way I have come to think of a launcher).
Kernel -- Well, Hefe Kernel pretty clearly added what I wanted; better battery life without significant impact in responsiveness. I'm glad others find what works for me helping them out too.
The Zip-n-Go ROMs don't, in general, excite me. I'm not a big theme guy and I can add/remove what I want pretty easily myself.
@krazymonkeys
I understand your point. I also try everything and then stick to one ROM.
@eollie
Thanks bro.
@jeff
That's the best example of kind of answer I was looking for. Thanks!
I'm on Erik's MIUI 2.8.10.
I tried it because I like the UI: I like the notification bar and full screen toggles, I like the kill app back button feature, the task manager combined task killer home button and all the sys apps. It is super fast, lighweight and easy to use. It is stable and gives instant GPS lock.
Only problem is the battery consumption, but it's kernel related I believe.
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@itzik2sh
I tried MIUI but it is too bright. Don't get me wrong. I like it a lot. But since we don't have Automatic Brightness, then it was a pain. Anyway, it's a great ROM and I think battery didn't drain more than it does on other ROMs. What I love most about MIUI is the phone and text's apps.