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[Opinion][Updated]Inspire Best ROM (I tried them all)

I got my Inspire on release day at 11:00am when BB opened and by 3pm i ran the ace hack kit and it was rooted and had a DHD ROM flashed on the phone. For the first week there was not a whole lot of ROM's or options, but week 2 and 3, they popped up like a bag of popcorn.
The first set of ROM's and kernels (Desire HD ROM's) left people with dingy sound, no you-tube or any video support at all for that matter. Other people experienced Wi-Fi problems as well. Different fixes and patches came out fixing most problems, except sound seems to be the biggest headache trying to find the right combination of audio settings, drivers, etc.
My favorite ROM was CoreDroid, basically because the theme is beautiful, but no matter what radio/kernel I used It took literally 15 minutes to get a satellite lock. I tried faster fix from the market, I went into the system to make sure it was set to North-America and not Europe nothing worked.
Android Revolution is another awesome ROM, however, I had Wi-Fi issues. "Obtaining IP Address" is as far as it would get before finally disconnecting. Once again I flashed different radios and kernels and still no go.
What I finally kept is the Stock ROM Optimized Rooted and to make this ROM super responsive I used LeeDroid's 1.8Ghz Kernel. I use SetCPU and keep it at 1.267Mhz. (1.6Mhz when playing games or multitasking. Never locked up) I can open my app drawer and give it one flick, and i can watch 90 apps zoom by in less then a second with no hesitation ever. It's very fast, very smooth, no force closes, Gps hits 9 satellites in less then 15 seconds we have full lock, mobile data is 3.8 down, 2.2 up (average) bluetooth file transfer works, and voice activated dialing, sound is perfect, and for people looking to tether, just get wireless tether from the market. It does Wi-Fi and bluetooth. I tethered to my playstation 3 just to see how well it would do a HD netflix stream, and it was flawless. Never had to stop to buffer.
I'm also on the stock radio which is 06.04.06_m, Everything is so smooth and perfect I see no need to change until AT&T releases there version of gingerbread and it has ROOT access. The problems I have had with different ROM's are isolated and doesn't mean your going to have the same problem. It's weird but that's how it works. 2 exact phones, both running same setup, can have 2 totally different problems. Just the way it is in Flashing Land.
I'm no Pro, just giving my opinion and facts with my particular unit. The different ROM's seems to be like the captivate. You gain something, you lose something.
Super Circle Battery Icon works great as well. Get it here
3/16/2011 - Version 2 flashed without a glitch. Wireless, Gps, mobile data, all work as well or better. I also flashed LeeDroid's 2.2. 6 o/c kernel and everything is dead on. Great Job

That's all I want to do it root it, increase the volume and get wifi tether working. Right now if you want to not have any drivers issues it seems like the current on the phone works best Thanks for the info!
I also wanted to increase the cpu speed, did you take much of a hit on the battery?

tom504 said:
That's all I want to do it root it, increase the volume and get wifi tether working. Right now if you want to not have any drivers issues it seems like the current on the phone works best Thanks for the info!
I also wanted to increase the cpu speed, did you take much of a hit on the battery?
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Not at all, it last all day. Put SetCPU on "ondemand" and when I'm not using phone for awhile I simply type *#*#4636#*#* and set is to GSM only and that's another way to save a lot of battery. I also use a app called easy switch where I can turn off mobile data completely when not in use. I have awesome battery life.

i've been using the cm7 nightlies. i don't particularly enjoy htc sense and rather prefer the aosp style android.

I too am loving the Stock ROM Optimized-Rooted-etc. I've only tried it and a build of CM7, which seemed not quite as smooth as the aforementioned ROM. Additionally, whenever I played the game Rush Hour and got a perfect score, it would always force close [not a problem with the stock-optimized ROM].
I am considering trying LeeDroid's kernel on top of Stock-optimized ROM to boost performance a little more, but I'm a little unsure about the process. Do I just copy his kernel to my sd card and then flash it in CWM Recovery using the "install zip from sdcard" command? I assume a similar technique is used to install the super circle battery mentioned in the OP?

I don't see RCMix HD in the OP. I've been using 3.4 and it's solid. If you look at the thread there's hardly any complaints.

Great write-up. I've been thinking about starting a thread asking developers/users to give a quick description of popular ROMs and go over the pros/cons. It's kind of difficult to sift through 200+ pages of discussions about each ROM and get a clear idea what it's like. Thanks for throwing your 2 cents in. I've been happy with the stock rooted ROM, but I've thought about trying out a couple of others, maybe Revolution, if anyone wants to through 2 more cents into the pot.

budco2000 said:
. . . What I finally kept is the Stock ROM Optimized Rooted and to make this ROM super responsive I used LeeDroid's 1.8Ghz Kernel. I use SetCPU and keep it at 1.267Mhz. (1.6Mhz when playing games or multitasking. Never locked up) I can open my app drawer and give it one flick, and i can watch 90 apps zoom by in less then a second with no hesitation ever. It's very fast, very smooth, no force closes, Gps hits 9 satellites in less then 15 seconds we have full lock, mobile data is 3.8 down, 2.2 up (average) bluetooth file transfer works, and voice activated dialing, sound is perfect, and for people looking to tether, just get wireless tether from the market. It does Wi-Fi and bluetooth. I tethered to my playstation 3 just to see how well it would do a HD netflix stream, and it was flawless. Never had to stop to buffer.
I'm also on the stock radio which is 06.04.06_m, Everything is so smooth and perfect I see no need to change until AT&T releases there version of gingerbread and it has ROOT access. The problems I have had with different ROM's are isolated and doesn't mean your going to have the same problem. It's weird but that's how it works. 2 exact phones, both running same setup, can have 2 totally different problems. Just the way it is in Flashing Land.
I'm no Pro, just giving my opinion and facts with my particular unit. The different ROM's seems to be like the captivate. You gain something, you lose something.
Super Circle Battery Icon works great as well. Get it here
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I really like the Stock Rom Optimized Rooted as well. I'm not getting as high upload speed as you are, but about 4 times higher than I was getting out of the box. And everything is very smooth onscreen as you mention.
I like Hybrid1.72.zip battery icon with it.
I haven't tried overclocking yet, but after reading your post, that is my next project!

substance12 said:
I don't see RCMix HD in the OP. I've been using 3.4 and it's solid. If you look at the thread there's hardly any complaints.
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this 4.2 Gingerbread version is pretty good IMO, its GPS is accurate, WIFI no problem.
[ROM]Mar 10[NewSense]RCMix HD v4.2 Blazingly GingerBread | Now with Transparency

Yep, Both are are flashed in recovery, kernel takes about 5 seconds

mattbollenbach said:
i've been using the cm7 nightlies. i don't particularly enjoy htc sense and rather prefer the aosp style android.
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I disable sense desktop in titanium and use zeme, or adw

Could you post a screen shot of this Rom the way you have it setup>?>

does mobile hotspot work right off the spot without any setting changes?

Im building a rom/kernel now based off stock Rom and compiling kernel from inspire source. Already got the extended power menu done, hopefully it'll be out in a few days. Not sure if the kernel will be done or not but hopefully I can get it out at the same time as the Rom.

+1 for Optimized Stock Rom. I liked Android Revolution, but my Inspire would take 10-15 minutes to get a GPS lock. With OSR, I get lock in 15-30 seconds. No downside to this ROM at all for me!

di11igaf said:
Im building a rom/kernel now based off stock Rom and compiling kernel from inspire source. Already got the extended power menu done, hopefully it'll be out in a few days. Not sure if the kernel will be done or not but hopefully I can get it out at the same time as the Rom.
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Nice. I used your Captivate ROMs and had great results. I guess I know the next ROM I will be flashing.

di11igaf said:
Im building a rom/kernel now based off stock Rom and compiling kernel from inspire source. Already got the extended power menu done, hopefully it'll be out in a few days. Not sure if the kernel will be done or not but hopefully I can get it out at the same time as the Rom.
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I also still use one of your Roms and will without fail try one in the Inspire when you finish cooking!

Right now I'm undecided and switching between Revolution 4 Beta 2 Gingerbread and twopumpchump's Stock optimized with LeeDroid kernel. I'm getting better download speeds with the latter option but both are exceptionally good roms.

SNadler said:
I also still use one of your Roms and will without fail try one in the Inspire when you finish cooking!
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Any chance Call Record will work in the Inspire as it does in some of your other roms?

Have you tried the gingerbread test radio?

Eagle Blood ROM improved connectivity

After flashing this ROM, my connectivity issues are gone! Very nice ROM!
-bloatware is gone! Woooohooooo!!!
-better battery life
-snappy as a lighting
-buggy less
-more reliable wifi connection
-more reliable 3G & 4G
-pretty colors
I am glad I flashed this ROM and don't think I'm switching to any other ROM for now
Thanks to doniqcc who tweaked 2.2 and made this
Here is the link to his thread:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054335
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App

anybody using this ROM?
Seems like is the most stable and the fastest out there right now.
Really liking it
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I want to hear people with this ROM to see if they have experienced the same as me.
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you would probably get more responses if you go to the actual thread. Im running it, and its ok, just having some problems with wifi not wanting to connect again even though the password is already set up. have to manually connect it.

It's a great Rom, however, can't say I saw any improvement in reception compared to stock or cm7. They all seem fine to me

i was able to download the eagle blood and transfer the zip file onto my SD card.
my tmo G2x is rooted, and rom manager installed, updated, and recovery flashed.
After using Rom manger to boot into recovery mode,
what physical buttons do i press to 'select' the flash update.zip?
I'm able to scroll up and down through the selections, but i cant choose one of the 4 options..
Any help appreciated.

Power to select

The primary reason for the majority of the improvements in EB is because it's a gingerbread ROM. That's not to say that the devs of EB didn't do a terrific job tweaking things and improving performance (in both versions).
Froyo is not optimized for dual core CPUs (in fact, it doesn't look like it supports them really at all... kind of like say Windows XP had memory/CPU limitations, etc...)
If you're running the Froyo build, try the GB build - you'll notice even more improvements because of the OS bump.

propain4444 said:
The primary reason for the majority of the improvements in EB is because it's a gingerbread ROM. That's not to say that the devs of EB didn't do a terrific job tweaking things and improving performance (in both versions).
Froyo is not optimized for dual core CPUs (in fact, it doesn't look like it supports them really at all... kind of like say Windows XP had memory/CPU limitations, etc...)
If you're running the Froyo build, try the GB build - you'll notice even more improvements because of the OS bump.
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But then again what do you prefer speed vs stability?? Gb is fast but still a bit buggy where as froyo might be a bit slower but very stable (battery, apn, a2dp) not to mention if you flash faux123 kernel on it froyo will break the sound barrier, so until official gb is released for g2x froyo + faux kernel is stable and fast.
G2X

Been running Eagles Blood since a couple of days and I have to say it's the best so far I have tried. Battery life is good (not exceptional though), performance is excellent and so far I have had no issues (random freezes/reboots or audio not working etc.)!
In short, I am not switching to any other ROM till we have custom ROMs based on the official release of 2.3!

eagelbood rom /phone wont ring
After I installed eaglesblood for g2x my phone is not ringing anymore! Please help

EB 2.5 issues
I have always had issues with EB for some reason. I have used 2.4 before and now tried 2.5. I get random freezes and reboots. Yday I had the sleep of death and I realized this when my alarm didnt go off in the morning. I have been using Kang_Clam 2.3.7 ROM since then and LOVE it. Recommend it to people who have issues with EB. Appreciate the work of all developers for their time. Thread is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374011

cozmo5050 said:
i was able to download the eagle blood and transfer the zip file onto my SD card.
my tmo G2x is rooted, and rom manager installed, updated, and recovery flashed.
After using Rom manger to boot into recovery mode,
what physical buttons do i press to 'select' the flash update.zip?
I'm able to scroll up and down through the selections, but i cant choose one of the 4 options..
Any help appreciated.
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That's your problem, never use ROM manager, instead turn your phone off then after it's of f hold volume down key and power at the same time, after you see the blue lg logo let go and you'll be in cwm and wipe then install from sd card
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[Q] Your input on MIUI ROM for our G2x (speed, mainly)

Hi.
I wouldn't want to flash to MIUI if it's not a good rom. Most important - reliability and SPEED (i love speed).
Thank you

benyben123 said:
Hi.
I wouldn't want to flash to MIUI if it's not a good rom. Most important - reliability and SPEED (i love speed).
Thank you
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It's solid and fast, because there isn't a launcher drawer. Takes a bit of getting used to the UI changes though.

The fact that Wi-Fi calling doesn't actually work on miui keeps me from being able to use miui.
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lotherius said:
The fact that Wi-Fi calling doesn't actually work on miui keeps me from being able to use miui.
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I never used that WiFi calling... is it any good? what's it for? Anyways everyone's on unlimited talk now, no???

benyben123 said:
I never used that WiFi calling... is it any good? what's it for? Anyways everyone's on unlimited talk now, no???
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It's for when you can't get a signal somewhere for phone calls. It let's you use your hotspot as a cell tower, basically.
Sent from my Tsugi G2x using XDA Premium

benyben123 said:
I never used that WiFi calling... is it any good? what's it for? Anyways everyone's on unlimited talk now, no???
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C0dy said:
It's for when you can't get a signal somewhere for phone calls. It let's you use your hotspot as a cell tower, basically.
Sent from my Tsugi G2x using XDA Premium
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Exactly, it's good for the fact that this lousy g2x can't keep a signal where I live, even though my old phone could. I have unlimited talk anyway, as you say, but that's no good if I drop calls all the time.

I had the MT4G before this G2x. And MIUI on that was 100% stable and was absolutely fast and bug free. So that phone kinda set the bar high for me when it came to MIUI.
Now MIUI on the G2x is good, but not nearly as good as what I'm used to so I stick to CM7. For my experience, MIUI for G2x slows down and has random annoying bugs here and there. But it's still a daily driver. Just not as fast nor good as MIUI has been for other phones like the MT4G.
Hope that helped.
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I used MIUI for about 3 weeks. It was a great ROM in terms of customization, but to me it just never felt fast enough. Also, after a while, I started to miss the original android UI. Flashed CM7 again. (For stock feel and no CarrierIQ)

I have an issue with both CM7 and MIUI ----- for some reason when I plug in the usb, i can't get it to connect as a USB.
i don't have a memory card. just want to use the internal.
it simply will not let me
when I install Weapon ROM - it works fine!

benyben123 said:
I have an issue with both CM7 and MIUI ----- for some reason when I plug in the usb, i can't get it to connect as a USB.
i don't have a memory card. just want to use the internal.
it simply will not let me
when I install Weapon ROM - it works fine!
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That used to happen to me as well. I had to isntall the LG GB drivers, then it worked perfectly!

Wifi calling works 80% of the time. When it says invalid similar, I reboot and most of the time will work.
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Im on latest Miui 1.11.18...and these are the problems Im experiencing SO FAR...
-random reboot when talking on the phone
-freezing but able to press the power button on/off but nothing response on the touch screen. Usually happens when I unplugged the usb.
-camera takes a few times to open up or black screen
-even select the custom ringtones, it still rings default ringtone.
-won't let me change the theme even though it said its changed...

asuradaMobile said:
Im on latest Miui 1.18...and these are the problems Im experiencing SO FAR...
-random reboot when talking on the phone
-freezing but able to press the power button on/off but nothing response on the touch screen. Usually happens when I unplugged the usb.
-camera takes a few times to open up or black screen
-even select the custom ringtones, it still rings default ringtone.
-won't let me change the theme even though it said its changed...
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Yeah, I had those problems as well... Not to mention Wifi calling not actually working either. The ringtone issue bugged me quite a bit.
Reboots seem to be a hardware issue on the g2x I'm beginning to believe. My phone does not do it near as often as many, but then again, I didn't buy mine till the end of October, so it was preloaded with GB and the new baseband.

sorry I meant 1.11.18...I never really had faith in LG but it seems to be the best phone I could find in Tmobile at the time so I had no choice....

No issues at all with miui here. Loved it on my previous phone and I now use Whitehawkz miui combined with faux kernel on my optimus and it works flawlessly.
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I have the latest version of Whitehakx MIUI and I love so much about it but cant get a couple things to work and will probably switch to a stock based ROM because of it. my issues with MIUI are
1. Internal storage is unavailable to most apps except for camera and market. for instance I can NOT download any files to the internal storage and many apps say the SD is not in a mounted state. I do NOT use and external SD card.
2. GPS is not great, it's manageable...but only accurate to about 40 meters and thats after messing with GPS Test before using google maps.
If anyone has some insight on these two issues I'd be willing to pay via paypal if it leads to a fix. Also might be helpful to know I'm not on T-mobile, but Cincinnati bell. Thanks

MiUi + Morfics t15 = fast as hell. But you may experience some overheating.
MiUi + Faux v0.4.5 CM = reliable performance with awesome speed
Cm7 + Morfics t15 = Not so stable, but fast as hell.
Cm7 + Faux v04.5 CM = Awesome battery life with awesome fast and reliable performance.
These are experiences with these roms and kernels. Results may vary thought depending on your phone. Not all phones are created equal.
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Akmorgan said:
I have the latest version of Whitehakx MIUI and I love so much about it but cant get a couple things to work and will probably switch to a stock based ROM because of it. my issues with MIUI are
2. GPS is not great, it's manageable...but only accurate to about 40 meters and thats after messing with GPS Test before using google maps.
If anyone has some insight on these two issues I'd be willing to pay via paypal if it leads to a fix. Also might be helpful to know I'm not on T-mobile, but Cincinnati bell. Thanks
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Are you able to get 4g with your carrier? I'm asking because Google Maps uses your data connection as well to establish your location. Have you tried using a different navigation app that doesn't use data? Like NAVIGON perhaps...

I really appreciate your advice on ROMs. I might try CM7, are there multiple versions of that ROM?
I do have 4G with Cincinnati Bell so I dont think thats the issue, but I also haven't tried NAVIGON to see how that responds.
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MiUi + Morfics t15 = fast as hell. But you may experience some overheating.
MiUi + Faux v0.4.5 CM = reliable performance with awesome speed
Cm7 + Morfics t15 = Not so stable, but fast as hell.
Cm7 + Faux v04.5 CM = Awesome battery life with awesome fast and reliable performance.
These are experiences with these roms and kernels. Results may vary thought depending on your phone. Not all phones are created equal.
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Are you able to get 4g with your carrier? I'm asking because Google Maps uses your data connection as well to establish your location. Have you tried using a different navigation app that doesn't use data? Like NAVIGON perhaps...
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I personally loved MIUI. i used the galnet miui 1.11.9 for about 3 weeks and it was really sweet. Lag is minimal, speed is good as well. One thing that i didnt like was that the battery ran out a bit faster than when i was on CM7. I am back on CM7 now mainly because i forgot to backup MIUI when trying a new rom.
Overall, it is a great rom and i prefer flashing it, just remember to backup your current rom before.

Most Stable/Best Rom

Hey guys,
In your opinion, what is the most STABLE Rom, and what would you consider to be the best?
I have been using Weapon G2X and Its my favorite so far, as far as features go, but Its crazy buggy, Random reboots 10 times a day atleast! So I want something a little more stable. (unless someone knows a fix to the random reboots)
Also, Whats the best way to backup your texts, settings, and app data and settings before you flash a new rom? Also keep in mind I just switched from an iphone to the G2X a few weeks ago, so i am pretty new to the android scene in general.

My backup pro is a great program to save bookmarks, text messages, applications etc, so is titanium backup pro. I will say latest cm nightlies with faux. 4.7. Kernel is a very smooth/stable experience, also just flashed eaglesblood 2.5 two days ago and its also an excellent rom especially with fauxs latest kernel.
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In my opinion Eaglesblood 2.4 was the most stable rom i have used on my G2X. There were absolutely no issues; everything ran 100%. But because it was updated im going to go ahead and say that you should use Eaglesblood 2.5.

SHAWX09 said:
Hey guys,
In your opinion, what is the most STABLE Rom, and what would you consider to be the best?
I have been using Weapon G2X and Its my favorite so far, as far as features go, but Its crazy buggy, Random reboots 10 times a day atleast! So I want something a little more stable. (unless someone knows a fix to the random reboots)
Also, Whats the best way to backup your texts, settings, and app data and settings before you flash a new rom? Also keep in mind I just switched from an iphone to the G2X a few weeks ago, so i am pretty new to the android scene in general.
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for me is miui with this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1073626 is pretty good no ramdom boot ups

Im using weapon and I also had reboot issues until I went with fauxs UV/OC kernel .0.1.3 and set the minimum frequency to 500 using pimp my cpu.
And for backups I always just make a backup in cwm right before flashing and afterwards do an advanced restore, data only. On top of restoring data it sets your phone back up exactly how you had it. And I've had problems with some backup apps losing my data at random.
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Weapon's been great for me so I'm not sure, maybe every phone reacts differently. I did have a bluetooth issue on 2.8 so I downgraded to 2.7 and it's been working.

Definitely Eaglesblood.....Fastest and the best rom I have ever used!!!!!

I'd say the latest Cyanogenmod nightly, with either a Trinity(morfic) or faux123 kernel.
faux123's Debauchedsloths battery driver kernel *amazing battery life, but bad battery percentage readings.
Found morfics kernels to be slightly better, although fauxs work is fantastic!

thanks for all the suggestions guys!
Ive installed eaglesblood and so far I am liking it.
The only problem I have run into so far, is that everyone I talk to on the phone (daily) has commented how quiet I sound sense flashing. Never had this problem before, any suggestions?

I have NO issues at all with the latest CM Nightly running faux's 0.4.7 sv. Unfortunately my device won't allow the OC/UV kernel as it never boots after flashing it. I would love to run the DS version but I think I'd have a real hard time with the funky battery readings. Does this happen to everyone who uses it or is it just hit and miss? Any way to fix it?
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[Q] Most stable p999 4.0+ version?

What is the most stable version of ICS/Jelly Bean available for the Wind G2X? I read that the phone finally got an official update for ICS from LG. Where can I get this rom? What ICS Rom's have you had the best performance with? Without compromising on important features like audio/camera, etc.

Your expectations are much too high. This phone barely has cm7 working with minimal bugs. Sorry to disappoint.

LetThisNightExplode said:
What is the most stable version of ICS/Jelly Bean available for the Wind G2X? I read that the phone finally got an official update for ICS from LG. Where can I get this rom? What ICS Rom's have you had the best performance with? Without compromising on important features like audio/camera, etc.
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Sadly, if you had an O2X (p990), you would be in business.
With the G2X (p999), you are not going to get an ICS/JB Rom without serious compromise. You either give up hardware accelleration, battery life, video recording with hackfests -- or you give up the ability to make/receive calls/use cellular data on the 10.1 from mazout, etc.. There does not exist an ICS/JB Rom that is an acceptable daily driver on the G2X - it simply doesn't exist.
I hope you didn't just buy that phone, cause you got ripped off if you wanted ICS/JB.

lotherius said:
Sadly, if you had an O2X (p990), you would be in business.
With the G2X (p999), you are not going to get an ICS/JB Rom without serious compromise. You either give up hardware accelleration, battery life, video recording with hackfests -- or you give up the ability to make/receive calls/use cellular data on the 10.1 from mazout, etc.. There does not exist an ICS/JB Rom that is an acceptable daily driver on the G2X - it simply doesn't exist.
I hope you didn't just buy that phone, cause you got ripped off if you wanted ICS/JB.
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The words "acceptable daily driver" are opinion really. I use Tonyp's Jellybean Hackfest build 9 and the newest version of mazouts kernel and smooth performance, and battery life that lasts me through the day. It has never crashed for me or rebooted either.
But then again, I don't care about video recording so I didn't even know it didn't work. And what does not having hardware acceleration really ruin anyways? I don't really see the point of watching Netflix on a 4 inch screen anyways.
But like I said, its all just opinion. You should try a few different ROMs with different kernel combinations and see what works for you.
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[Re] [Q] Most stable p999 4.0+ version?
As someone who has gone through all the ROM's for the G2X as a wind user like you, I found that Paranoid Android build 12 worked the best for me because it was the only ROM that was stable for more than a month, didn't get worse performance over time, and could actually make phone calls unlike all the other ROM's.

advise pls
Jackaro said:
As someone who has gone through all the ROM's for the G2X as a wind user like you, I found that Paranoid Android build 12 worked the best for me because it was the only ROM that was stable for more than a month, didn't get worse performance over time, and could actually make phone calls unlike all the other ROM's.
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hey jackaro
i have 2 wind p999's in use by family members - mainly for phone calls, gmail app, photo/video cam and youtube app usage.
both phones are unrooted 2.2 as bought from wind in dec 2011. could you advise if its better to root and use paranoid build 12 or stay away from all of these ics versions and goto a 2.3/cm7 version which is more stable
planning on using both devices for daily use atleast till end of 2013
thanks for the advise

Hanesmart said:
hey jackaro
i have 2 wind p999's in use by family members - mainly for phone calls, gmail app, photo/video cam and youtube app usage.
both phones are unrooted 2.2 as bought from wind in dec 2011. could you advise if its better to root and use paranoid build 12 or stay away from all of these ics versions and goto a 2.3/cm7 version which is more stable
planning on using both devices for daily use atleast till end of 2013
thanks for the advise
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Although I am not a Wind G2x user; (I have T-Mobile) I recommend moving off of 2.2 Froyo and moving up to at least Gingerbread 2.3 CM7 Release. If you want stablility, go with CM7. If you can deal with no video recording and HWA/minor bugs try ICS/JB.

I'm currently running eaglesblood ICS 4.0.4. Everything works exceptionally EXCEPT video recording and wi-fi calling. Everything else is awesome. The phone is faster and smoother than it was before I flashed eaglesblood. However, I do occasionally use video recording and wi-fi calling so I plan on flashing hellfire which is based off CM7. I'm sure I'll be happy being able to record videos again but honestly I'm going to miss the crisp performance enhancement that I am currently getting with ICS eaglesblood.

Pain-N-Panic said:
I'm currently running eaglesblood ICS 4.0.4. Everything works exceptionally EXCEPT video recording and wi-fi calling. Everything else is awesome. The phone is faster and smoother than it was before I flashed eaglesblood. However, I do occasionally use video recording and wi-fi calling so I plan on flashing hellfire which is based off CM7. I'm sure I'll be happy being able to record videos again but honestly I'm going to miss the crisp performance enhancement that I am currently getting with ICS eaglesblood.
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I strongly recommend vanilla CM7 from get.cm over the Hellfire stuff.
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justjackyl said:
I strongly recommend vanilla CM7 from get.cm over the Hellfire stuff.
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Definitely agree. Stock cm7 or teaser language are the only choices worth considering. Or, and for MIUI, Singh, but wide calling g might not work depending on your SIM card.
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Yup, jackyl convinced me on the CM7 latest nightly build. I already have it downloaded but haven't flashed it yet. I also take back everything I said about EB working properly....ironically about 20 minutes after I made that post I was getting all sorts of issues with my t-mobile network. 4g unavailable and "invalid sim" errors. I eventually reflashed it and so far its working smoothly again (hopefully I didn't just jinx myself....). Right now I'm just reading up on mazout and faux kernals to decide which one I would like to flash alonside CM7.

If you think you'll miss the ICS/JB flavour, checkout the dual boot option that Mazout has put together. I'm running dual boot with the latest (well, March anyway) vanilla CM7 as a daily driver with JB 4.2.2 on the other partition, and it is awesome!
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Pain-N-Panic said:
Yup, jackyl convinced me on the CM7 latest nightly build. I already have it downloaded but haven't flashed it yet. I also take back everything I said about EB working properly....ironically about 20 minutes after I made that post I was getting all sorts of issues with my t-mobile network. 4g unavailable and "invalid sim" errors. I eventually reflashed it and so far its working smoothly again (hopefully I didn't just jinx myself....). Right now I'm just reading up on mazout and faux kernals to decide which one I would like to flash alonside CM7.
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Not to add fuel to the fire, but I like the Trinity ELPMax and T15Max series... ELP for stability/battery life, T15 for speed. Though, if you do much gaming you might not want the max as it steals some GPU memory to give to regular system memory.

lotherius said:
Not to add fuel to the fire, but I like the Trinity ELPMax and T15Max series... ELP for stability/battery life, T15 for speed. Though, if you do much gaming you might not want the max as it steals some GPU memory to give to regular system memory.
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Trinity is ok kernels as well, although for me, Trinity series gave me more issues with gaming performance, video recording, and that dam "invalid SIM " error for Wifi calling.
These issues occured on all custom kernels, but Faux and mazkrn were less severe for me.
Sometimes I'd have to completely power cycle the phone to get the invalid sim error to clear, whereas on faux and mazkrnl I usually only have to cycle airplane mode once or twice to clear the invalid sim error, and since Pain needs wifi calling to work, I did not recommend Trinity series due to that one problem. Not saying at all that Trinity is a poor kernel, just others excel where it falls short, but its vice versa on other things.
Install Mazkrnl or Faux and than undervolt to the ELP series voltages.
Its really about user preferences, Pain, you'll just have to keep testing till you find what works for you.
Good news is you can dirty flash a kernel, just wipe cache and dalvik cache before you flash it, but you won't need to do fresh setups anytime you want to change kernels.
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Nice. Yup I definitely need wifi calling and video recording to work. I don't play games on my phone often but I need the video recording to settle disputes on game battles when competing in call of duty
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justjackyl said:
Trinity is ok kernels as well, although for me, Trinity series gave me more issues with gaming performance, video recording, and that dam "invalid SIM " error for Wifi calling.
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Just to clarify, do you know of ANY kernels that don't give the invalid SIM error on MIUI? I just switched to Mazout's kernel to see what it was like. Was surprised to see that what he's calling "Ram OC" is actually the GPU carvout, so that version has 404mb Ram just like Trinity MAX series. But I still get unknown phone # in status (and thus invalid SIM from WiFi Calling)...

lotherius said:
Just to clarify, do you know of ANY kernels that don't give the invalid SIM error on MIUI? I just switched to Mazout's kernel to see what it was like. Was surprised to see that what he's calling "Ram OC" is actually the GPU carvout, so that version has 404mb Ram just like Trinity MAX series. But I still get unknown phone # in status (and thus invalid SIM from WiFi Calling)...
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Maz actually doesn't habe a carveout.
We discovered a bug where if you flash a trinity kernel and than a maz kernel, it will display the carveout from trinity.
Is this by chance something you may have done?
As for MIUI, I didn't like any MIUI soley because I could never get wifi calling to work.
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justjackyl said:
Maz actually doesn't habe a carveout.
We discovered a bug where if you flash a trinity kernel and than a maz kernel, it will display the carveout from trinity.
Is this by chance something you may have done?
As for MIUI, I didn't like any MIUI soley because I could never get wifi calling to work.
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Ahh, that's very very odd... Yes, I did flash Maz after Trinity... Now the discussion about whether the carveout is in the init.d scripts makes a lot more sense.
It's clearly NOT in the init.d scripts... however there are scripts inside the kernel image itself that are non-binary. They are supposed to be replaced any time a new kernel image is flashed, as you're flashing the whole image and not the binary within the image... But again, the carvout is changed in the kernel makefile, not in those scripts.... so that's very odd. Of course, my failure to successfully CHANGE the carveout back when I was building my own kernels (for Tsugi) based off of Faux's work now makes more sense as well - obviously there is somewhere that it is changed also that I wasn't aware of. I wonder if that place is where Maz's kernel is picking this up.
Honestly, if I knew where else it could be changed, I'd kang the kernel and build it myself, because I prefer having the extra system RAM versus GPU ram.
The question now is, that 404mb that shows on Maz after flashing Trinity... is that much actually available, or is it a mere artifact and not really there? Because my free memory seems to hang around the same place as it did with Trinity. Makes me worry about stability if something actually tries to _use_ that memory. I wonder if that's why some users have crashing with Maz?
*thinktank mode off*

Ive been trying all day to get CM 7.2 and previous "stable" releases to work and I have had no luck, they all just get hung up on the LG loading screen and I have to reflash it and start over again. Finally decided to just go back to stock 2.3.4 and faux123 kernel.

That's weird spawn. Weapon 2.3.3 is a pretty stable rom from what I hear. Have you tried that one?
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