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Hey all I'm currently running Core Droid on my inspire 4G and was wondering which ROM is best to use? What does everybody prefer, and which is the most customizable.
Another question is can anyone port the Liquid Metal rom to this phone from the G2/Desire Z section?

Every ones going to say cm7 but it just personal Preference.
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I've tried a few (including CM7), but kept going back to RCMix 5.9.x because it just works, it's fast, and it's very close to stock. A lot will also depend on if you want a 'vanilla' Android experience, or a build with HTC Sense.
If you think you're going to be experimenting with ROMs, I'd urge you to buy Titanium Backup pro. Well worth the money, it hasn't failed me yet.

I have used CoreDroid 5.4 and thought it was very stable currently i am running the inspired saga v1.1 and not only is it stable it is rocking fast and not even oc'd

moonmanxo said:
Hey all I'm currently running Core Droid on my inspire 4G and was wondering which ROM is best to use? What does everybody prefer, and which is the most customizable.
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There is no "best rom" and the rest of those questions are highly subjective.

I'm going to say CM7 because it's awesome and AOSP based, but right now I'm using Inspired Saga and it is pretty awesome.
CM7 Inspire 4G

I like them all. For different reasons. Currently using wuts in my Sig. Its nice and OC'd

BillTheCat said:
I've tried a few (including CM7), but kept going back to RCMix 5.9.x because it just works, it's fast, and it's very close to stock. A lot will also depend on if you want a 'vanilla' Android experience, or a build with HTC Sense.
If you think you're going to be experimenting with ROMs, I'd urge you to buy Titanium Backup pro. Well worth the money, it hasn't failed me yet.
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i am using RCMix5.9 with 26.08.03.07M radio for a while,
i am getting excellent reception and battery life. no complaint

I switch between Inspired Saga and cm7.

Most customizable? MIUI, by a long shot. Very slick, and very fast too.
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G MIUI using XDA Premium App

I'm on my first ROM so I can't really say, but it does seem very subjective. Also, I'd think the launcher you use would make a difference as well.

moonmanxo said:
Hey all I'm currently running Core Droid on my inspire 4G and was wondering which ROM is best to use? What does everybody prefer, and which is the most customizable.
Another question is can anyone port the Liquid Metal rom to this phone from the G2/Desire Z section?
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My question is more towards if somebody can port that rom to this phone.. The first one was just a open thought.

Ignore the haters at least you posted in the right section.
As far as ROMs go I really enjoyed CoreDroid but yet I keep coming back to CM7. I just really love the AOSP/vanilla Android experience.
Also whoever mentioned Titanium Backup Pro earlier was spot on it is a MUST have if you flash to different ROMs a lot!

Mustang302LX said:
Ignore the haters at least you posted in the right section.
As far as ROMs go I really enjoyed CoreDroid but yet I keep coming back to CM7. I just really love the AOSP/vanilla Android experience.
Also whoever mentioned Titanium Backup Pro earlier was spot on it is a MUST have if you flash to different ROMs a lot!
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I might go to CM7.. I just really hope somebody can port Liquid Villian.

/obligatory "it's a matter of preference" statement./
Personally, I used CM7 for the first month that I had the phone, then I found Ultimate Droid and have been running that since. It has some known bugs (camera FC when you try to apply a color filter) but overall, it's probably the quickest and smoothest rom I've flashed. Then again, I don't care for the Sense UI; so take my opinion for what it's worth.
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I'm on my first rom too (running Revolutions 3.7).
Anyone have advice for a great (if not, the best) stock rom for inspire? I love the stock look and feel, as well as the sense UI. Downloading stock optimized right now to give that a whirl.

Emsanity said:
I'm on my first rom too (running Revolutions 3.7).
Anyone have advice for a great (if not, the best) stock rom for inspire? I love the stock look and feel, as well as the sense UI. Downloading stock optimized right now to give that a whirl.
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The best stock roms for the inspire are:
1. ClearD
2. TPC
3. the one in my sig
Sent from my dessert flavored Inspire

ClearDroid looks pretty nice. Almost finished downloading TPC's rom, gonna start that up soon as I backup everything.
Do all those roms allow installation of non-market apps? Sideloading seems a bit cumbersome.

Emsanity said:
ClearDroid looks pretty nice. Almost finished downloading TPC's rom, gonna start that up soon as I backup everything.
Do all those roms allow installation of non-market apps? Sideloading seems a bit cumbersome.
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TPC and the rom I'm using at the moment allow the installation of non-market apps. Not too sure bout ClearD's, but his for sure allows sideloading.
Sent from my dessert flavored Inspire

what is the most stable rom???

have been using axura untill latley then got annoyed with the update bugging me. so can someone else point me in the direction of a nice stable rom please

I can recommend NsCollab 1.0.34 rom
here you go the link!! http://goo.gl/c4RHK

MIUI is rock stable on my Euro NS.
Nexus S Crespo MIUI.us Presents MIUI 1.6.17 Pure English [AOSP]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117808
This one was a keeper before I got hooked by MIUI.
SupeAosp 8.6-AW for Nexus S
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007267

Wrong section
This should be in General

Carlis said:
MIUI is rock stable on my Euro NS.
Nexus S Crespo MIUI.us Presents MIUI 1.6.17 Pure English [AOSP]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117808
This one was a keeper before I got hooked by MIUI.
SupeAosp 8.6-AW for Nexus S
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007267
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Same here. U should try miui.us 1.6.17 solid rock stable and extremely fast. I got 5200++ on quadrant, using trinity kernel oc 1.44mhz. Try it yourself.
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if the question is "the most stable" the answer could be the stock rom... but if you want the fastest or the most smooth or the best themed, then answer could be Miui, SuperAosp or Cyanogen ( in my opinion, of course...)

The man asked for a stable ROM, not lol ones like MIUI which brings a new bug every week and not CM7 nightlies which are rebooting once at 2 hours.
@stevo the most stable ROMs you will find will be inifinity or oxygen, superaosp is good as well but those themes make it look meh...
CM7 reboots...

infin1ty or Oxygen. HTCClay if you want a CM based ROM.

lvnatic said:
The man asked for a stable ROM, not lol ones like MIUI which brings a new bug every week and not CM7 nightlies which are rebooting once at 2 hours.
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I would not subscribe that.
I have been running MIUI for more than a month and, with the only exception of the Them Manager which had issues in 1.5.27, everything seems to work flawlessly: never experienced a single reboot!

Carlis said:
MIUI is rock stable on my Euro NS.
Nexus S Crespo MIUI.us Presents MIUI 1.6.17 Purves English [AOSP]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117808
This one was a keeper before I got hooked by MIUI.
SupeAosp 8.6-AW for Nexus S
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007267
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Totally agree as I am in the same boat. I was on superaosp for ages and its stable and a nice rom. Now on miui and ive had no problems at all, and it's an amazing rom. Real change of scenery.

lvnatic said:
The man asked for a stable ROM, not lol ones like MIUI which brings a new bug every week and not CM7 nightlies which are rebooting once at 2 hours.
@stevo the most stable ROMs you will find will be inifinity or oxygen, superaosp is good as well but those themes make it look meh...
CM7 reboots...
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Speak for yourself. Miui has been totally stable for me. No weirdness at all.

lvnatic said:
The man asked for a stable ROM, not lol ones like MIUI which brings a new bug every week and not CM7 nightlies which are rebooting once at 2 hours.
@stevo the most stable ROMs you will find will be inifinity or oxygen, superaosp is good as well but those themes make it look meh...
CM7 reboots...
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+1
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lvnatic said:
The man asked for a stable ROM, not lol ones like MIUI which brings a new bug every week and not CM7 nightlies which are rebooting once at 2 hours.
@stevo the most stable ROMs you will find will be inifinity or oxygen, superaosp is good as well but those themes make it look meh...
CM7 reboots...
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Exactly what I was going to say nearly word for word.
And yes, this is in the wrong section OP

Based on my limited experience, I don't feel the AOSP-based ROMs and kernels are as stable as stock--those random reboots keep happening on my Tmo NS no matter what I do.
The only other ROM that didn't make my fingernails sore from doing battery pulls is MoDaCo, but it hasn't been updated since March.

lordsandwich said:
Based on my limited experience, I don't feel the AOSP-based ROMs and kernels are as stable as stock--those random reboots keep happening on my Tmo NS no matter what I do.
The only other ROM that didn't make my fingernails sore from doing battery pulls is MoDaCo, but it hasn't been updated since March.
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Have you tried the ones I mentioned? Oxygen or infinity? They are stock ROMs with extra features. I am using oxygen since 3 days and I haven't had a single reboot so far, even overclocked at 1.4GHz and using proton's suggested voltages. Adam's oxygen ROM is the definition of stability my friend.

Zuluzulu has been really stable for me, infini1y to.

guildamx said:
I would not subscribe that.
I have been running MIUI for more than a month and, with the only exception of the Them Manager which had issues in 1.5.27, everything seems to work flawlessly: never experienced a single reboot!
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Dubble that .. rock solid now.

Carlis said:
Dubble that .. rock solid now.
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MIUI is a wonderful ROM. It has a unique UI and is like a breath of fresh air. It is also rock stable. It does have a slight (very slight) lag for me compared to Oxygen or Infin1ty or SuperCM7. That little issue combined with the fact that in the texting app when you enter a name you just get a list of numbers without differentiating Home from Work from Mobile makes it just a tiny bit short of ready for me to use as a daily.

I'll place a vote for Oxygen; haven't flashed anything else since I installed it a few days back. No reboots or problems of any sort, using Netarchy 1.3.5 bfs universal.

Preferred ICS ROM and why

I just updated my firmware and installed my first ICS ROM, i'm interested to know others opinions on why you chose the ROM you did and why you are still running it. Please share. Thanks

Trips CM9. It's proven to be quite stable in my use, good battery life, everything works smoothly. I'm perfectly happy with it.

..everything except camera recording, bluetooth and whatnot.. Alpha quality.

OpenSensation (or something..) because I hate trip, Vquattro stopped and sense sucks.

was using trips cm9 really liked it, fast and stable but just couldn't get mms working so i've gone to insertcoin with shinzlons aosp theme

ARHD 6.2.1 + Rom Cleaner + Shnizlon AOSP Theme. Stable, reasonably fast, good looking. But I'm keeping an eye om the OpenSensation dev thread
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purpler said:
..everything except camera recording, bluetooth and whatnot.. Alpha quality.
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I don't use those, which, if you had read my post, is why I said that I am nevertheless perfectly happy with it. Why don't you angsty anti-trip pricks find something better to do than troll in any thread in which his name is mentioned? Lots of people like and use his rom. Deal with it, angry assholes.

sergeybrin said:
I don't use those, which, if you had read my post, is why I said that I am nevertheless perfectly happy with it. Why don't you angsty anti-trip pricks find something better to do than troll in any thread in which his name is mentioned? Lots of people like and use his rom. Deal with it, angry assholes.
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None of us have showed hatred towards him. Calm your tits.

I'm using ARHD 6.2.1 but am only using this because it seemed to be the most stable with the features I wanted. However, I am seriously considering VI.
I'd love to install a fully stable CM9, though.

Legends Blitz 5 (nosense) or VI 3.0...because they rock...try a few! Happy Flashing!!

I used almost every ICS rom,and i am now on ARHD 6.2.1,virtuos inquisition is really great rom but after some time it become so laggy,i dont have that kind of problem with sense roms and they look pretty.
When trip solve bluetooth and camera recording i will flash cm9,until then im stuck with these one

Honestly can't go past the Elegancia Rom...IMV I think it is superior to anything I have used before - by a long shot.

I've been on baadnewz's InsertCoin 4.5.4 for the last couple of days and I love it. It was as though the ROM search had done a full circle. The big ass sense flip clock on the home screen of the stock ROM was probably the catalyst that triggered it all. "Dang, could this be the reason for my battery drain?" And so it began, the quest for the perfect Rom. The de-sensed versions were all tried out. They were stable - most of them - but they didn't show incoming calls on the lockscreen. They looked washed out on the sensation screen; maybe it's just me, but AOSP did seem " blurry" on the sensation.
Finally, sense prevailed. I put InsertCoin on, and sure enough, the big ass flip clock appeared bang in the middle of the homescreen. The battery life wasn't that pleasing either. But then, baadnewz had mentioned in his thread to be patient for a couple of charge cycles. Sure enough, today I've not charged my phone, and it's been cruising for the last 8 hours with 30% battery remaining. I've a hunch it'll get better.
I got the sense 4 golden wallpaper, and it looks beautiful.
And the big ass flip clock? Well, I replaced it with the smaller flip clock that has the weather to the right of it.
God bless the ROM developers that are working to make the Sensation a better user experience.
-Me
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio using XDA App
P.S.: The Sense 3.6 email client has the same deficiencies that Sense 3 had. It doesn't support push mail from corporate servers, and the inbox gets only plain text email. The Cyanogenmod email client can be installed, and it is a joy to hear the "clink" when email comes through, and to see them formatted the way they were sent. Baadnewz and the others - are you listening? This could/should be baked into future ROM releases.
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what i like with ics insertcoin rom is that it is really fast, compared of course from the other roms i tried before. the smoothness really impressed me from the start and that up to now it still have not received any reboots or even htc fc's, granted i have only been using it for 2 days but i'm just really happy about it. i have really no issue with the battery since its always plugged in usb even when at home.

sergeybrin said:
Trips CM9. It's proven to be quite stable in my use, good battery life, everything works smoothly. I'm perfectly happy with it.
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..everything except camera recording, bluetooth and whatnot.. Alpha quality.
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sergeybrin said:
I don't use those, which, if you had read my post, is why I said that I am nevertheless perfectly happy with it. Why don't you angsty anti-trip pricks find something better to do than troll in any thread in which his name is mentioned? Lots of people like and use his rom. Deal with it, angry assholes.
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Your post suggests everything works. Guy steps in and points out that not everything works and you attack him. I see no troll like qualities in his post. Any ROM with non functioning hardware is alpha quality and this is no insult to the dev just a fact. Peace.
I'm enjoying insert coin ROM 4.5.0, along with the leedroid tweaks lite mod. No reason other than it works and baad is quite an active dev. Gonna update version soon but baad releases so often I can't be bothered flashing new ROM for relatively small changes every second day. Every couple of weeks will do me.
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So-called vanilla ICS ROMs and mobile gaming

Hi,
After about 1 year of worshiping Sense I decided to jump ship and switch to 'vanilla' on my Desire S which was a really good decision. I love the feel and every single tweak you guys make to turn this ROM experience into something great. Thank you for that.
Right now I've been using:
[ROM] | 12 JULY 12 | IceColdSandwich Perfecto-Linaro Edition | ICS | CM9 Kernel
Quadrant score is 1899 (nothing more than 1300-1500 on my previous Sense ROMs), overall performance is fluid and I'm happy with it, but... I also happen to be somewhat more than a casual mobile gamer and that's when the drama begins.
This ROM crashed (auto-rebooted) only once for me (while using Instagram), but freezes happen a lot while gaming. I know it has a lot to do with kernel 3 source not being released etc.
My question is: will switching to:
[ROM][090712]Unofficial AOKP for Desire S [BETA][4.0.4][Milestone 6][Ext. CM9 Kernel
improve gaming experience in any way, or is it just not worth the hassle with changing the ROM?
Maybe some of you used both of these ROMs. If not, many of you are much more experienced in the topic than I am anyway, so I'd be really grateful if you could provide me with some input.
Once again thanks to all the devs for your hard, passionate work, and to all the rest that test it.

This is because Icecold and other ICS and JB ROM's are based on an old kernel with loads of workarounds.
It is known that it causes kernel oops(hang) under heavy graphics(3d) and webpage load.
Low graphics (2d) games like doodle jump work well.
Tapatalked from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3 sources. WAKE UP HTC!!!!!!

So, as I understand it, switching between these two ROMs (or, for example, CM9 alpha for DS) won't make any significant improvement, am I right? And what after HTC finally releases kernel 3.x sources (after OTA 4.0 update)? Is there a chance for really stable ICS ROMs in terms of gaming, camera working etc. on the Desire S?

Yes, switching to CM9 will not make a difference.
After kernel sources are released, it definitely will improve.
We already have JellyBean ROM's, guess if you like stock Google experience you should try JB ROM's in the future.
Who wants ICS when JellyBean is here
BTW camera works on all ICS ROM's
Tapatalked from a Desire S waiting for Kernel 3 sources. WAKE UP HTC!!!!!!

You can try reaper. It should be very stable. I never used it.
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Reaper is the most stable Rom I've had in my phone, never had an issue with it, I'm quite a heavy gamer myself and have had a few fcs with ics Roms. Reaper is fast and reliable and I still go back to it during the week for work
Swyped from my desire s running blindIce

Thanks for the feedback, guys. I've gone through the Reaper ROM thread and it really looks promising. The thing is I don't know if I'll ever be able to come back to GB roms after my lick on the frosting of a particular 'ice cream sandwich'
For now I'm gonna stick to my actual choice and if it eventually drives me crazy while gaming/trying to play games, I guess I'll try Reaper.
Thanks once again!

never tried heavy games on my ice ds. well, I will soon, and follow up my report here.

I've used ICE_DS, it's as stable as a rock while gaming. Too bad I'm after stock ICS experience.
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I had no end of gaming issues with stock sense, inactive controls, freezing etc. Don't think I'll go back to sense regardless how much I liked it. Love vanilla.
Swyped from my desire s running Vanilla ICE v2.0

tried the CS Portable on ICE DS, working flawlessly. Also tried on aokp/cm9 , lot of freeze and fc. ah man. aokp/cm/aosp/vanilla/etc are cool,but hardware incompatible.. gonna wait for kernel 3 source thou.

Can't wait for kernel sources, will at least get some excellently stable Roms, hope lowveld makes a JB reaper
Swyped from my desire s running Vanilla ICE v2.0

jugg1es said:
Can't wait for kernel sources, will at least get some excellently stable Roms, hope lowveld makes a JB reaper
Swyped from my desire s running Vanilla ICE v2.0
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JB Reaper . Cant wait.

anazhd said:
JB Reaper . Cant wait.
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I know, can you imagine?
Swyped from my desire s running Vanilla ICE v2.0

jugg1es said:
I know, can you imagine?
Swyped from my desire s running Vanilla ICE v2.0
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Masterpiece of smoothest android on earth? LOL
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Lightweight ROM?

Hi Guys,
I switched from Galaxy S4 I9500, and has no complain so far. My last ROM for S4 is a stripped-down barebone stock samsung ROM and I enjoyed the stability and lightweight very much.
So I'm going for similar approach for my 4C. Is there any ROM that has the least (or none at all) bloatware, stripped to its core, but is also rock solid stable and good battery life?
I took notice on SlimRom, but I guess since the source material is not released, I am unsure if there's a bug somewhere. So I'm leaning more on miui.eu ROM.
Performance wise, 4C is a device powerful enough for me, so I don't need many tweaks in that department. My usage are normal phone functions, Whatsapp, and some light gaming such as COC.
Thank you in advance guys.

SLIM ROM! Thats your boy!

Slim6 mate. All the way for a bloat free experience
Also - https://github.com/reposte
It is opensource...

Almost all Roms are stable in the Forum here, with exception of cm14 at the moment, kernel sources are released for a while .
I recommend you to look over there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-4c/help/best-rom-t3473380.
Yeah Slim Rom is lightweight, but you could try Omni, PA and RR too, battery life wouldn´t be as much different ;D.

Slim6 is pretty light. The ROM file has a relatively small size compared to TS CM13.

Actually I don't agree battery would be similar with RR, that's the heaviest rom features wise and not only. I find a sot difference it is definitely noticeable when switching from it to any other.
To answer op's question quickly, definitely slim rom if that's all he's looking for.

i recommend slim rom for you, i've used that for 3 weeks, and it is awesome
since i've got bored with miui

Wow so many replies overnight.
So the general consensus is slimrom.
Didn't know the kernel source has been already released.
Oh, and for suggestions regarding other roms such as omni, RR and PA, those are nice, but I don't really need any features. Just basic ones.
What I really need is a really stable rom because I am using this phone mostly for work.
Thank you very much guys.

kozalaq said:
Wow so many replies overnight.
So the general consensus is slimrom.
Didn't know the kernel source has been already released.
Oh, and for suggestions regarding other roms such as omni, RR and PA, those are nice, but I don't really need any features. Just basic ones.
What I really need is a really stable rom because I am using this phone mostly for work.
Thank you very much guys.
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me too, actually i want clean AOSP rom without any additional feature,
because pure AOSP is awesome, but i can't find one for mi4c

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That is my miui version. Can please advice how I can install slimrom on my mi4c? Thing is i am unsure if my bootloader is locked. Never faced that issue with my s4 before. Thank you.

The bootloader is definitely locked if you are using official miui 8. You can either request xiaomi to unlock your bootloader, which will take 3 weeks at best, or use this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM6cjCba44M.
I have bought my mi4c from hk gold way and they sent me this video guide to unlock my bootloader after I naively updated my miui version