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Need a good ICS rom

hey guys
As you see I am a nexus S owner, but a friend of mine got a brand new captivate .
and now he asked me to root and put a ICS rom on it..
I looked into the development section of captivate and I saw a couple of ICS roms.
I couldnt decide which one to put..
I am looking for a ICS rom (without touchwiz) that has stability, speed and good battery life.
and what are the recommended kernels?
Thank you so much

AOKP is definitely one of the better roms, most features, very stable, decent battery life. Comes with the glitch kernel which has the memory boost, and is very fast and smooth.
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cmilldrummin said:
AOKP is definitely one of the better roms, most features, very stable, decent battery life. Comes with the glitch kernel which has the memory boost, and is very fast and smooth.
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Ok, what about codename android and gummy?
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thegtfusion said:
Ok, what about codename android and gummy?
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The only way to know is to try them all. Personally, I've tried CM9, Gummy, Dark Night, AOKP, and I would have to say my favorite is CM9 because of the feature integration and nightly updates. But it's really up to what you like the most. Each one is going to have slightly different features and different UI elements, and they may differ in performance and speed.

These threads aren't allowed, and will hopefully be locked soon. The reason why is that you see how you got answers of different ROMs, that is because it is a SUBJECTIVE matter, meaning only you/your friend can decide.

I'm trying to find an ICS rom / kernel setup with the best battery life without losing performance. Anyone have any tips for this?

battery live depends on YOU and YOUR APPS. and how much YOU keep touching the screen and looking at the ICS eyecandy.
this is true for ANY rom. kernel makes a minor difference on battery. but not as much as YOU do. the rom itself makes no difference in battery.
These threads are not permitted as they are only subjective oppinions, and when you ask get an aswer from a dev or team member of a rom.... guess which one they will recommend to you?? THEIRS. so you dont get any objective advice.
Try them yourself. read about them in their threads. see what other people like you have already said about the roms in their Dev thread or their Q&A thread. and decide for yourself.

try my new rom, SimplyAOKPV1.0. Its odexed=faster and based off of aokp b32. fresh from the oven!

Ty for all suggestions. I will download some and flash tomorrow.
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Yes, try them on for size and make your own mind up.

[Q] Help choosing ICS ROM for Skyrocket

Hello all,
Wondering if you guys can help me decide whether to flash an ICS ROM or not?
I have my Skyrocket tweaked and set up perfectly. It contains...
Version: 2.3.5 (refuse to upgrade to 2.3.6 due to many issues I see some are having)
Kernel: 2.6.35.11+ (excellent "stock-ish" ROM from romracer)
Launcher: Go Launcher EX
Phone is rooted and like to use CWM.
With that said, I'm wondering what is the best option to try? My main concern is obviously performance and battery life. I have spectacular battery life right now and don't want to lose it by flashing an ICS ROM.
Perhaps something that will work with the romracer kernel? For example, something that would still allow me to use CWM and MUST also support boot animations and BLN support. That is a must for me, as I use it to tweak my battery life quite a bit.
Anyways,
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
--mike

No ics for you, then.
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None have fun with gb
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If you decide that you can live without the BLN and overclocking then make a nandroid and give smooth ice a try, skyics is also good I hear.
I've tried smooth ice for like a month almost and it is really stable and the battery was good too.
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If you do not have the heart for glitches, ICS may not serve you well. There is no real benefit that I can see unless you are a hardcore phone tweaker. I am always debating whether to just go back to stock GB myself !!!
BUT if you really have the itch, the safest is mhx's full bloat stock. I used that for a long time, and it is very - relatively- stable.
here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1570498&highlight=full+bloat
My 4 cents....

Close eyes. Now say eni mini miny Moe! Just flash them all. U could use the experience and see everyone's roms instead of asking.... hrllo
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you gotta wait till kernel source is released before you'll have bln and oc but maybe try smooth ice if you want touchwiz but id try cm7 if you haven't or cm9 its all alpha buy lots have used it as a daily driver... I just hate touchwiz
CM9 Skyrocket

Thanks...
Thank you all for the feedback.
This is what I though! lol
I will stick with GB for now. I get amazing battery life, is extremely stable and love all the extra features after tweaking.
Was just curious....
Thanks again,
--mike

Battery Life & Stability
Thanks to the OP for this thread. I'm in a similar boat, but am just looking for the most stable custom ROM with the longest battery life. Coming from rooted Gingerbread, I've setup my ICS exactly the same (debloated and lean), and my time between charges was cut by 1/3 at least.
From my limited research, the CM9 Beta 1 ROM sounds to have excellent battery life and great stability. However, I'm open to suggestions! One question I have though, is I keep hearing folks talk about "nightlies". That that mean it requires nightly updating? Thanks in advance.

I've been using PTSD's AOKP ICS ROM and I love it. I've mixed that with InstigatorX's Kernel and my battery life is amazing. I'm an Android noob, but I'm digging this setup.

pls4ms said:
Thanks to the OP for this thread. I'm in a similar boat, but am just looking for the most stable custom ROM with the longest battery life. Coming from rooted Gingerbread, I've setup my ICS exactly the same (debloated and lean), and my time between charges was cut by 1/3 at least.
From my limited research, the CM9 Beta 1 ROM sounds to have excellent battery life and great stability. However, I'm open to suggestions! One question I have though, is I keep hearing folks talk about "nightlies". That that mean it requires nightly updating? Thanks in advance.
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the word nightly means that it's scheduled to auto build a new version with any fixes made during the day... It wont auto update your Rom though you have to manually install it
It is a very easy process though. you download the new nightly and reboot to recovery: wipe system and wipe cache then install, wipe dalvik and fix permissions and reboot if you installed any mods like inverted apps or gps fix or dpi changes they need to also be addresses after the first boot
Because i don't like setting it up all the time i just install the new nightly weekly
CM9 Skyrocket

I actually *just* restored to Gingerbread today, after months of using Cyanogenmod 9's official and nightly releases, as well as the InstigatorX kernels.
My battery life was okay, but for all the extra bells and whistles, they seem to get the basics wrong, unfortunately :/ I still couldn't send texts larger than 160 characters without splitting them up, and they'd always arrive out of order, or not at all. Other apps wouldn't behave properly either, and my mobile network connection seemed to change/drop just from looking at it.
So CM9 looked promising, but still has a ways to go, and it's rated as one of the better ROMs for this phone. I didn't even want to try CM10, because their bug list is still bigger than CM9.
Can I ask where you got your romracer kernel? I'll have to give that a try. Also I'm looking to replace the current radio with something better.
I had to rebuild from scratch because somehow my gingerbread backup was corrupted. I used Bonestocketeer's ROM ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357274 ) and the only issue I've had with it is I can't change the LTE/HSPA/GSM setting in Mobile Networks to just HSPA/GSM. I was able to with my original ROM, and that seemed to help battery life.
Thanks again for your post!

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At least tell him why. You report hounds are all the same.
To OP, james has reported you because the title and nature of this thread suggests asking which rom is the best, which is prohibited in this forum because "which x is best" threads can usually promote flaming and whatnot. It's like asking who likes the Yankees, and then fans of other teams riot about how their team is the best.
This comes as a surprise as I see you've been a member for a while. Assuming that other forums have similar rules to the SR forum.
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sly-tendencies said:
At least tell him why. You report hounds are all the same.
To OP, james has reported you because the title and nature of this thread suggests asking which rom is the best, which is prohibited in this forum because "which x is best" threads can usually promote flaming and whatnot. It's like asking who likes the Yankees, and then fans of other teams riot about how their team is the best.
This comes as a surprise as I see you've been a member for a while. Assuming that other forums have similar rules to the SR forum.
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He's actually doing it to probably get me in trouble bro I doubt he reported it he's trying to make a point and failing he's done this in half the recent threads here
feeling the skyrocket xperiance

pookieguy said:
With that said, I'm wondering what is the best option to try? My main concern is obviously performance and battery life. I have spectacular battery life right now and don't want to lose it by flashing an ICS ROM.
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My recommendation would be NexusMod, then. It features the proprietary performance tweaks available in the TouchWiz ROMs, so it's faster than Cyanogenmod, but it has a lot of theming that makes it look and feel closer to AOSP. There are still some ugly elements of TouchWiz that exist, but it's a big improvement over a lot of the other TouchWiz-based ROMs.
For sure, CM9 has more features and tweaking options, and a more consistent AOSP look to it, but it's slower than NexusMod and still has some very minor bugs. It does, perhaps, offer you a few more options in how to save battery, though.
I have to say, though ICS is a massive improvement over GB and we have stable, mature ICS ROMs available. I would strongly advise upgrading, but if you're concerned about bugs, stick with a light TW-based rom like NexusMod.

Illnevertell said:
He's actually doing it to probably get me in trouble bro I doubt he reported it he's trying to make a point and failing he's done this in half the recent threads here
feeling the skyrocket xperiance
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Yeah I see he did the same in a post about a Motorola screen. As much as I don't like your attitude I will admit you report where it's appropriate
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First off Questions belongs in Q&A. Second no one can really say use "x". Search, read and try. Locked

Best custom Rom for HTC One X?

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?

shgadwa said:
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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Which is the best current rom in your opinion?

I was tempted to sell off my one x and get a sg3, but I figured it's pointless since I am sure I will be getting one of the new nexus phones when they hit the market. (Hope Google doesn't drop the ball on these).
So since I am keeping this phone for awhile I am going to unlock the bootloader and put something better on it than stock sense.
I really like sense but I had to disable it because of the multitasking issue. Switched to nova launcher as well since none of the sense widgets worked after disabling the core components.
I am looking for a sense based rom with better multitasking, better battery life (mine isn't too bad right now), and the ability to remap the hot keys. I never use the recent button but I miss having a search button that isn't at different locations in every app.
What would be my best option?
Thanks.
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Well... CleanROM 4.0 SE is what you want. :good:
Not sure you're allowed to make these sorts of threads though.

Not sure why there would be a rule against asking a question in the question and answer forum about which rom suits my needs the best. If there was such a rule then I apologize for breaking it , but such a rule would be pretty dumb if you ask me.
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What's the best is purely subjective and and in the past such threads have erupted in flamewars so the Mods don't allow them.

As you can tell from my post though I have am not looking for the best rom, I am looking for the rom that best suits my needs.
Just asking what I the best is of course going to bring a "What I use is the best because I use it" responses. What I wanted to know is if there is a rom that best suited the needs I described. I am sure there are other roms that can do other things in didn't list better
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I've tried them all. Personally, CleanRom DEV and King Cobra's have been my favorites. They've been very reliable for me. Although atm I'm stripping down CleanRom 4.0 [I wouldn't call it clean, personally] and removing EVERYTHING I don't need to see how low/minimal I can get the rom in size :] I know it may not sound like a difference to you, but I don't need widgets or half of every thing that comes with it or any other rom. I want the slim-lined ROM with only core components I need. I don't need the wallpapers or quite a few of the APKs that come with it. Also, I don't need my apps zipaligned everytime I reboot. I don't want it. I don't need it. When I boot my phone on, I want it ready to go ASAP. <Haven't noticed a difference with zip on/off anyways>.
So... When I'm done stripping away CleanRom 4.0 SE, And have done a full setup [Busybox, Root, SD Maid, SD Booster, Cache Mate, and The V6 Supercharger scripts, I'll give you a heads up if all my cleaning [of a clean rom ;D] is worth it. Maybe I'll upload it, But I'd get the dev's permission first.
PS, Tryout CM9. When its fully up and running I'm sure it will be great. My HTC Aria went from stock to CM9, and it was blazing fast.

Kindatired said:
As you can tell from my post though I have am not looking for the best rom, I am looking for the rom that best suits my needs.
Just asking what I the best is of course going to bring a "What I use is the best because I use it" responses. What I wanted to know is if there is a rom that best suited the needs I described. I am sure there are other roms that can do other things in didn't list better
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But that's not what your subject says

If people just read the the thread title without actually reading my post and then start a flame war over it chances are they were going to find another thread to start one anyway. People like that don't come to a forum to learn or help, they come to a forum to stir up trouble because they have nothing better to do with their life and that's just sad.
We should all be able to discuss any subject in a mature manner without it turning into a childish argument.
Anyway, thank you for to the people that replied with answers. I appreciate it.
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CleanROM is a good "off-the-shelf" solution. It has bloatware removed, and some customization - including multitasking improvemets. And it still has Sense, which is nice for those who like it. Give it a try!

If you want to find a ROM that suits your needs the best way to go about it is to take the time to actually read the threads in development for each particular ROM.

TKTAB911 said:
I've tried them all. Personally, CleanRom DEV and King Cobra's have been my favorites. They've been very reliable for me. Although atm I'm stripping down CleanRom 4.0 [I wouldn't call it clean, personally] and removing EVERYTHING I don't need to see how low/minimal I can get the rom in size :] I know it may not sound like a difference to you, but I don't need widgets or half of every thing that comes with it or any other rom. I want the slim-lined ROM with only core components I need. I don't need the wallpapers or quite a few of the APKs that come with it. Also, I don't need my apps zipaligned everytime I reboot. I don't want it. I don't need it. When I boot my phone on, I want it ready to go ASAP. <Haven't noticed a difference with zip on/off anyways>.
So... When I'm done stripping away CleanRom 4.0 SE, And have done a full setup [Busybox, Root, SD Maid, SD Booster, Cache Mate, and The V6 Supercharger scripts, I'll give you a heads up if all my cleaning [of a clean rom ;D] is worth it. Maybe I'll upload it, But I'd get the dev's permission first.
PS, Tryout CM9. When its fully up and running I'm sure it will be great. My HTC Aria went from stock to CM9, and it was blazing fast.
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have you tried Rom Cleaner?
look at the HTC one X international dev section, i guess it will work the same way with the XL

Kindatired said:
If people just read the the thread title without actually reading my post and then start a flame war over it chances are they were going to find another thread to start one anyway.
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A better thread title would help, such as "Suggest a ROM for my needs" or even "What is your favorite ROM". There is no "best" ROM, and suggesting so is considered by many here (including myself) to be insulting to the devs that work so hard giving us these ROMs.

I go for stock because I'm for functionality and like having all of my hardware working

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I go for stock because I'm for functionality and like having all of my hardware working
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I don't think there's any hardware that's not working in CleanRom. I'm using CleanRom 4.0 LE and it's great.

QQNoob said:
I don't think there's any hardware that's not working in CleanRom. I'm using CleanRom 4.0 LE and it's great.
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Ditto, everything's working on CleanRom, and the dev even improved the phone by cleaning out the junk and improving multitasking. Highly recommended.

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I don't think there's any hardware that's not working in CleanRom. I'm using CleanRom 4.0 LE and it's great.
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What he said. There's no reason to not use CleanROM as of right now if you like stock Sense.

[Q] Best sense rom for a female?

I currently have xs magical rom on my girls phone but its real outdated... Want to update it but want to kno from opinions which is less buggy and good battery life.. Any suggestions, please note that she doesnt want it for performance, only a full functional phone with less bugs as possible as shes coming from an iphone but aint goin back!

ViperXL... You could help her with the tweaks but it's stable and smooth as installed
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I'd say put her on the new caulkin rom!

omario8484 said:
I'd say put her on the new caulkin rom!
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Thats what i was thinkin..ive used his roms on my old e4gt...

Wtf does gender have to do with using a rom?
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bloodrain954 said:
Wtf does gender have to do with using a rom?
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Girls usually don't need a highly tweaked Rom with tons of choice .. they just want one that they can use and know how to use and without or with the least amount of bugs

ViperXL
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ViperXL
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Ill try this one and give her a quick lesson on tweaks..thanks...im running aokp in gs3 and have none to lil bugs..hows aokp in this phone? Daily driver?

I'd say CleanRom V.
Close to stock, so a normal user experience an runs cleanly instead if OEM garbage.
WR
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I'd also recommend viper. Really stable, quick, and the ability to customize without having to flash mods, change icons on the fly, or all that.
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InflatedTitan said:
I'd also recommend viper. Really stable, quick, and the ability to customize without having to flash mods, change icons on the fly, or all that.
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Remember this is for a female who is probably not tech savvy and won't understand anything in there ... I feel viper wouldn't be the one cuz sometimes you experience lag..I'd suggest calkulins or clean Rom close to stock

omario8484 said:
Remember this is for a female who is probably not tech savvy and won't understand anything in there ... I feel viper wouldn't be the one cuz sometimes you experience lag..I'd suggest calkulins or clean Rom close to stock
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Oh...thats y i want to install another rom, one she has is a couple of montths old and its real laggy...calkulins sounds like a winner..i kno for a fact that his will be a real batt saver

AOKP it has a girly pink unicorn mascot.
JOKE people.
Gender matters not.

I'm with some of the other guys. I would NOT go with Viper. I love the from and its customization abilities, but it can be soooo laggy. The people who use it swear its fast but they obviously never installed cleanrom. Cleanrom is as quick as cm 10 almost. Cleanrom would be fine for her, or maybe Calkulins new from, I plan to try it when I get wifi again myself. Viper is just too heavily tweaked to keep the speed of the roms that are closer to stock. Let us know what you decide to do! Cheers!
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omario8484 said:
Girls usually don't need a highly tweaked Rom with tons of choice ..
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Assumption based on gender stereotypes. The vast majority of male Android users don't need tweaked ROMs either (or even know what a ROM is).
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Wtf does gender have to do with using a rom?
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Exactly. Poorly executed OP. It would have made more sense to discuss more specifically what was being looked for in a ROM, rather than the gender of the user.
Even then, at its core its just another "what is the best ROM" thread. There have already been about 3 different suggestions, so you see there is no "best" answer, and there never is for this type of thread.
And I'll throw another answer in. If the user doesn't need a tweaked ROM, why flash a custom at all? If the person is not into mods, flashing, etc., they would probably be fine on stock 2.20, or other stock 2.XX ROM (flash a pre-rooted one from Development, not an RUU or OTA). 2.XX stock ROMs have good battery life, and if the carrier is AT&T, everything is already properly setup. And any difference in performance is likely not going to be noticed by a casual user.

This is like asking what should i eat for lunch today, since i cant make up my own mind let me ask a bunch of strangers.
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redpoint73 said:
Assumption based on gender stereotypes. The vast majority of male Android users don't need tweaked ROMs either (or even know what a ROM is).
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Exactly. Poorly executed OP. It would have made more sense to discuss more specifically what was being looked for in a ROM, rather than the gender of the user.
Even then, at its core its just another "what is the best ROM" thread. There have already been about 3 different suggestions, so you see there is no "best" answer, and there never is for this type of thread.
And I'll throw another answer in. If the user doesn't need a tweaked ROM, why flash a custom at all? If the person is not into mods, flashing, etc., they would probably be fine on stock 2.20, or other stock 2.XX ROM (flash a pre-rooted one from Development, not an RUU or OTA). 2.XX stock ROMs have good battery life, and if the carrier is AT&T, everything is already properly setup. And any difference in performance is likely not going to be noticed by a casual user.
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Was asking for opinions, not familiar with one x but do kno its pros and cons...if i didnt root it how will i get tethering, get links to work properly or even give the multitasking issue a lil boost??? If uwouldve read some posts you couldve seen what i wanted which wasnt perfomance theming tweaks kernels, just less buggy and good battery..

pak-stars said:
This is like asking what should i eat for lunch today, since i cant make up my own mind let me ask a bunch of strangers.
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Depends on what u like, are you on a diet? You wanna eat healthy? You wanna eat fatyy food? You really hingry or want a quick snack? I can help you just tell me what u looking for like i did!

gunnyman said:
AOKP it has a girly pink unicorn mascot.
JOKE people.
Gender matters not.
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Im trying to convince her for aokp but she really likes sense

memoerdezguey said:
if i didnt root it how will i get tethering, get links to work properly or even give the multitasking issue a lil boost??? If uwouldve read some posts you couldve seen what i wanted which wasnt perfomance theming tweaks kernels, just less buggy and good battery..
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I read all your posts on this thread, and this is the first you've mentioned of any of this things (aside from "less buggy and good battery") and would have been much more valuable and informative stipulations then "ROM for a female".
I've spend a good amount of time on stock ROMs, as well as customs. The stock ROMs aren't really "buggy". Custom ROMs just have more features. And I got close to 2 days battery life with low usage on stock. Seem to be getting a bit more battery life on ViperXL, but its not a huge difference. Battery life tends to do more with radio version, than anything.
I also think you are confused, I suggested a pre-rooted stock ROM; did not suggest that you not root.
Tethering, linkify, and multitasking are legit reasons to flash a custom ROM, if they are truly needed and you don't want to apply the fixes manually. But I think all updated custom Sense ROMs fix these. The ROMs are are all "good", just different features to each. Which is why you've gotten several different answers to what is "best".