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Hello everyone! This is my first post but I am a long timeme user of the forums.
So normally I am pretty good with this stuff as I understand a lot about this but I simply can't find a good rom and kernel that is also ICS. Currently I have BrainMasters MIUI 2.3.7 ROM, with the MIUI Trinity kernel.
I tried a few ICS ROMs and I love ICS but all the roms have some sort of problem. Ultimate ICS 2 had constant lock ups on me and my phone doesn't take kindly to over clocking. At all. Cyanogen Mod alpha 18 works okay but it gets very slow once all my apps are on it and it barely multitasks. Apps seem to close whenever left making multi tasking useless. Another one I tried was one that was super charged but the problem here was all super charged ones have done is close the app if left for a few seconds again making multitasking void.
Currently this ROM works no problem but I want to very badly move to ICS goodness. Also if some one can help my phone over clock better that would be nice. Am I doing anything wrong?
Thanks, cheers.
Okay. Here are a few roma you have to try.
1) peter alfonso's ICS rom (download at download.peteralfonso.com then in the crespo section)
2) AndroidME rom v1.1 is in development section here on xda.
3) CM9 kangs. (Download from
http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/skankwich/crespo/ and use the latest g-apps from cm9 alfa18)
That are the roms i like the most. The peteralfonso rom is bugless.
But now im on androidME v1.1 with eugene's speedy-2 kernel. Speed, battery life and stability. Just what I need
Hope this helps..
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium
Peter Alfonso's ROM (check general section) is good. Used it for two weeks without any hitch until i decided to explore other options. Currently on AOSP+ Neapolitan ICS 2.0.3 with no major complaints.
If you want other kernels, matrix and Glados have treated me well so far. I always OC to 200/1200 and have enough battery life for every day.
Even the stock ROM seems to have problems (for me the main issue is that battery is definitely worse than on GingerBread), maybe we should wait for a while to let things settle down.
Check Neapolitan ROM by androiduser
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397358
real stable and fast ROM, maybe with eugene's kernel or GladOs 2.6
Pixel's stock rom with the Simply kernel were rock solid for me. I'm now trying Eugene's kernel with Pixels rom, and that also appears to be working very well!
thegtfusion said:
Okay. Here are a few roma you have to try.
1) peter alfonso's ICS rom (download at download.peteralfonso.com then in the crespo section)
2) AndroidME rom v1.1 is in development section here on xda.
3) CM9 kangs. (Download from
http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/skankwich/crespo/ and use the latest g-apps from cm9 alfa18)
That are the roms i like the most. The peteralfonso rom is bugless.
But now im on androidME v1.1 with eugene's speedy-2 kernel. Speed, battery life and stability. Just what I need
Hope this helps..
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium
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Is it possible you can tell me what kang ROMs are? I was curious about that. Also, I will give those guys a shot Thanks for that!
Cheers!
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Even the stock ROM seems to have problems (for me the main issue is that battery is definitely worse than on GingerBread), maybe we should wait for a while to let things settle down.
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That's what I first thought, I kept telling myself, okay so I am gonna wait til these are out of Beta and maybe wait for Cyanogen 9, but then I realized wait a sec this is STOCK Android?
I hope people work out the kinks in ICS for Nexus S soon cause it looks like a master piece
layar said:
Check Neapolitan ROM by androiduser
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397358
real stable and fast ROM, maybe with eugene's kernel or GladOs 2.6
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Thanks I am very sceptical when it comes to choosing this stuff. I browse around and think yeaah what's so special. I feel I can more so trust the feedback they get
Thanks man
nexus beam 4.1.0 with glados 2.6cfs works the best for me .. good battery life very stable no reboots been a week almost
Is there any 100% stable rom available for Desire S? Ive been searching for it and found so many out there but everyone is complaining about every rom out there, complaining about wifi or camera or restarting issues are these roms meant to be unstable or they are supposed to be like stock one? can anyone please tell or guide regarding ICS or Jelly Bean rom i can get without getting in trouble as ive never ported my phone before, thanks!
There is nothing in the whole wide world nobody is complaining about.
To topic: there are roms that are way better than stock. Most people having issues don't know what they are doing.
I've used most roms and most stable 3 are cm7 ,virtuous unity and fallout
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium
Fully stable ROMs that I've used and liked are:
Gingerbread (Android 2.3):
Endymion
Reaper
Cyanogenmod 7
Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0)
ICE_DS 4.3 (fully working!)
Fallout (not 100%, missing wifi tethering, but every single other thing works).
Hope this helps!
you mentioned ICE_DS 4.3 (fully working!) can you send me the link from where i can get the guide and download it? I've stock 2.3.5 on my Desire S with Sense 3.0, thanks!
i found this is this right:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1567715
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the following stable ROMs?:
Cyanogenmod 7
Endymion
Fallout
Reaper
Virtuous Unity
Alternatively, where can I find a straight forward comparison of them?
zurpher said:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the following stable ROMs?:
Cyanogenmod 7
Endymion
Fallout
Reaper
Virtuous Unity
Alternatively, where can I find a straight forward comparison of them?
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try it yourself.
Don't let other ppl's preference determine what suites you, if I ever did that then i would be stucked at rom A, and i wouldnt even bother to try rom B.
Even though i read that there were many issue with rom C i still tried it out, and the issues they mention didn't appear in my phone. So my current rom is now rom D.
So then rom B had an update, so i back-up my current rom then restore rom B then updated it. I didnt like it so i went on to try rom E which was one of the lattest developement.
Take ur time to try it all, because once u tried everything u will get bored as i am now and just waiting for the lastest update to come.
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try it yourself.
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I'm pretty conservative when it comes to changing ROMs.
I know that CyanogenMod 7 comes with integrated OpenVPN and WiFi tethering if I recall correctly. I consider these two features as quite desirable. I assume that Endymion and Reaper have that too as they are based on CM7, right? Apparently, Reaper is not based on the stable CM 7.2 release but then, on the other hand, it has been advocated as very stable. So, why has the developer then promised a final release?
I'm scared of losing my apps and data when changing ROMs. What ways do you guys use to ensure that your can restore everything to working order after you've flashed your new ROM?
Titanium backup...
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Does the free version of TB suffice?
Any recommendable TB beginners guides out there?
yes, perfectly good enough. You just won't have the batch function. But it's easy to use and has a simple ui. I will say this though, if your going to be flashing roms regularly then it is more than worth paying for the full app, I paid for tb and Rom manager on the day I unlocked my bootloader, and haven't once thought that maybe I shouldn't have
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Virtuous Infinity
Virtuous Infinity v1.33.0 Alpha3 looks good with very few bugs and it offers full Sense 4.0 support I will try this tomorrow lets see how it goes, I hope it will turn out good!!
sMhsn said:
Is there any 100% stable rom available for Desire S?
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Use HTC stock ROM
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Well, in that case, stock Rom suits best for u. IMHO, the loveliest part of Rom developing is that someone found issues and someone trying to fix it. That's what Android Dev really is. And I enjoy using all kinds of Roms developed by those awesome HTC Saga developers. Every Rom has some bugs, and it doesn't matter if they don't affect your daily use. Enjoy them I'm currently using CM10 by nexx. Rant too much...:banghead:
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Another Vote for Ice DS
Version 4.4 + the new tweaked kernel = a big improvement over 4.3.
As a based-on-stock rom I think it' the choice for you.
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Another Vote for Ice DS
Version 4.4 + the new tweaked kernel = a big improvement over 4.3.
As a based-on-stock rom I think it' the choice for you.
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thanks man, downloading right now...I've been searching for two weeks I guess, but now I have decided finally I have to take a chance
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Use HTC stock ROM
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I don't agree with that.
I had to disable the SIM-code, because every couple of days, my HTC crashed and Restarted.
(if you don't know that, you don't get call's because of the simcard-code).
That was the reason I bought a new smartphone (xperia U).
Since the HTC was in my desk-drawer, I began to experiment with rooting/changing ROM
Now I have fall-out for 2 weeks now, and my phone hasn't crashed 1 time.
So for me, custom ROMS are more stable than the stock one. (and faster, smoother, ...)
It just feels like a whole new phone.
Anybody knows witch ROM is the best for Battery Life ?
It should be ICS and Sense 4.0 ... At the Moment i have the "Project X" installed
Try ice ds...I am getting on an average close to four hours of screen time on a full charge...that's the max I have ever gotten on any Rom ics or gb...
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I only rooted my phone a couple of weeks ago (waited until my guarantee expired) then after getting totally fed up of the HTC stock experience I flashed ROMS in the following order
1. Lowveld's Reaper v3 -
Stable and OK speed, based on CM7 (I did not understand the OverClock stuff at that time) but I prefer HTC Sense
2. Lowveld's Fallout Evolution v4.4 -
Nice with HTC Sense but not quicker than stock for me
3. Nik's Project X - Very fast, beautiful eye candy but 2 critical (for me) bugs
dialer delays so much so that at times I literally had to wait 1 minute before the number I dialled would work
Camcorder no sound
4. Eclipse_Droid's ICE Eclipse v2 -
Very fast but I missed some of the tweaks and eye candy I had in Project X
5. Ronks888's ICE DS v 4.4 - As fast as the above with extra status bar and eye candy tweaks (similar to Project X) and Overclocked Kernel 3 !! !!
Hope this was useful
so in ur opinion "Ronks888's ICE DS v 4.4" is the best Custom ROM for the HTC Desire S atm?
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so in ur opinion "Ronks888's ICE DS v 4.4" is the best Custom ROM for the HTC Desire S atm?
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In my opinion ICE DS v4.4 is stable and fast with enough features to be getting on with as your day to day use phone. Fallout is just as stable for example but "I" did not find it as quick as the others.
There are other ROMs with even more features but I found this ROM has a nice balance. If Nik's ROM didn't have the dialer and camcorder problems I would still be using his!
i think the best is yet to come, now that we have the official ICS. ICE DS would probably change it's base to it because it still depends on incredible s' base which is the reason for few bugs.
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i think the best is yet to come, now that we have the official ICS. ICE DS would probably change it's base to it because it still depends on incredible s' base which is the reason for few bugs.
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We will see. For example Nik's new Transformer ROM will be decent. The only question is will you be able to use it as a day to day ROM or just a show ROM. I personally need a day to day ROM.
cdx47 said:
I only rooted my phone a couple of weeks ago (waited until my guarantee expired) then after getting totally fed up of the HTC stock experience I flashed ROMS in the following order
1. Lowveld's Reaper v3 -
Stable and OK speed, based on CM7 (I did not understand the OverClock stuff at that time) but I prefer HTC Sense
2. Lowveld's Fallout Evolution v4.4 -
Nice with HTC Sense but not quicker than stock for me
3. Nik's Project X - Very fast, beautiful eye candy but 2 critical (for me) bugs
dialer delays so much so that at times I literally had to wait 1 minute before the number I dialled would work
Camcorder no sound
4. Eclipse_Droid's ICE Eclipse v2 -
Very fast but I missed some of the tweaks and eye candy I had in Project X
5. Ronks888's ICE DS v 4.4 - As fast as the above with extra status bar and eye candy tweaks (similar to Project X) and Overclocked Kernel 3 !! !!
Hope this was useful
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6. MIUI- fast and pretty but took a couple of reboots before working properly then my alarm program simply would not work with it
7. Ronks888 ICE DSv 4.4 with stock Kernel. I had issues with the sweep2wipe which I think was killing my batttery?
Smooth Rosie MOD for Desire S
cdx47 said:
6. MIUI- fast and pretty but took a couple of reboots before working properly then my alarm program simply would not work with it
7. Ronks888 ICE DSv 4.4 with stock Kernel. I had issues with the sweep2wipe which I think was killing my batttery?
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8. Ronks888 ICE DS v5.0 with Kernel 3, sweep2wipe disabled, flashed Smooth Rosie mods for Desire S by hamdir
cdx47 said:
8. Ronks888 ICE DS v5.0 with Kernel 3, sweep2wipe disabled, flashed Smooth Rosie mods for Desire S by hamdir
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9. Fallout Evolution v5 by Low. Very nice ROM from the master but just like with MIUI I have too many issues like apps not working and tweaks going missing. Also with default settings it is still not as quick and smooth as ICE-DS. YMMV.
10 See 8.
have you tried blindndumb's BlindICE? i used to have it and would like to know how other ICS roms compare to it, especially in terms of smoothness. that was the only bad thing i found about it.
i'm now using jellytime but it's not completely stable and i don't know if i can accept going back to less smooth versions.
I'm still using my first custom rom Fallout Evolution v5 and its very stable and usable which is very important for me.
I've not plucked up the courage to try another rom yet but I have made a nandroid back up ready for when I take the plunge
I'm still trying to decide if I need to flash a re-engineered hboot 2.00 as I used revolutionary to gain s-off.(6.98) It wasn't a requirement for my current rom as the developer fixed it, I need to read up a bit more I think.
Ragey said:
I'm still using my first custom rom Fallout Evolution v5 and its very stable and usable which is very important for me.
I've not plucked up the courage to try another rom yet but I have made a nandroid back up ready for when I take the plunge
I'm still trying to decide if I need to flash a re-engineered hboot 2.00 as I used revolutionary to gain s-off.(6.98) It wasn't a requirement for my current rom as the developer fixed it, I need to read up a bit more I think.
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Depends on the ROM. I think I needed to do upgrade my hboot to 7.0 when I installed MIUI (cant remember now, so many roms).
But the nice thing about Nandroid is that it makes it all so easy.
1.Set up the rom how you like it
2.Use it for a day or two to make sure everything is ok
3.Back up the rom using 4EXT or ROM Manager booting to Recovery mode (Nandroid)
3a. You may also use a separate back up program like my backup root to back up the apps and their data so that you can import them into the new ROM later.
4. READ THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE NEW ROM AS GIVEN BY THE DEV
5.Do a full wipe (except SD card)
6.Install new ROM
7.Have fun
cdx47 said:
8. Ronks888 ICE DS v5.0 with Kernel 3, sweep2wipe disabled, flashed Smooth Rosie mods for Desire S by hamdir
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Hey man, how did you disable your sweep2wipe? I've read a few guides but it just can't seem to save even after it saves. Thanks! Same ROM as you btw.
wz10 said:
Hey man, how did you disable your sweep2wipe? I've read a few guides but it just can't seem to save even after it saves. Thanks! Same ROM as you btw.
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Edit the script 50-sweep2wake which is in /system/etc/init.d/and set 1 to 0.
cdx47 said:
Edit the script 50-sweep2wake which is in /system/etc/init.d/and set 1 to 0.
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I've done that. But it doesn't seem to save even after. I'm using es file explorer
if that matters
reset the phone after that.
wz10 said:
I'the done that. But it doesn't seem to save even after. I'm using es file explorer
if that matters
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I also manually edited the android_touch file. This should not make any difference but it worked for me?!?
cdx47 said:
I also manually edited the android_touch file. This should not make any difference but it worked for me?!?
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It will work until reboot. That is the point of init.d scripts - to load the change again. Try to update the busybox to make them work
Sent from my HTC Desire S
amidabuddha said:
It but l work until reboot.still is the point of init.d scripts - to load the change again. Try to update the busybox to make them work
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Hi again
I know the theory but I have rebooted on many occasions and sweep2wake is still disabled.?!?
I always support ICE DS \m/ . but after battery and heat leak on ICE DS 5.0 , i tried latest fallout 5.0. For now, it's working like a charm. no battery leak.
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Hi again
I know the theory but I have rebooted on many occasions and sweep2wake is still disabled.?!?
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So init.d scripts work for you, but apparently not for the other guy
Hello guys,
first of all, sorry about opening a new thread about this, but I cant reply in developer threads, since I dont have 10 posts, and Im not going to spam just to get it, so here we go:
- I am an android app developer
- I do test apps on this Desire S, just to have a look how they work on ICS
- this is my private phone as well
- I neither rooted a phone on my own, nor flashed a rom(except the official Desire S RUU thingie, but that is just pressing next etc)
- for me, stability > all, including speed, and battery life
- except the speed of the official ICS, I like the stock rom just how it is
Im getting tired of how slow the official ICS upgrade can be on my Desire S, tho I can live with it, but if I can have the same, or maybe even better stability, while gaining performance, why wouldn't I change? My question is: should I upgrade with a custom rom, given the previous infos about my preferences? I was looking 2 roms, which got me for the first:
- ICE DS
- Fallout Evolution
I would prefer Sense 3.6, so ICE DS sounds better, but I am open for Sense 4.0 as well.
So once more, what do you think, should I upgrade? Will the performance significantly increase? Will the stability remains the same(at least)? In case you say I should, which one of the previous roms would you recommend? Or any other rom? And what is the exact process, what I should do? Just few words will do, I can manage to look up guides/tutorials, just show me the path.
Thanks in advance, cheers
You may try Ice Cream Saga. As its currently the only rom as of now to be based on the official ics for the desire s, afaik.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda app-developers app
i got a ruu for the desire s from the htc dev center you just have to search there site for it but i ran it on an unmodified desire s that was on its original o2 rom and it worked so i have now got Android 4.0.4 and sense 3.6 and ive found it stable and more then fast enough for me but i dont do a lot of gaming. give it a try it might work and its official but i cant promise ya it will work for ya tho
Little misunderstanding there, I do use the stock ICS for Desire S, what I downloaded from HTCdev, the ruu one. So yea, my question was, is it worth to change for one of the custom roms, mentioned already, but I will provide links now, just to make sure this time:
- ICE DS ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1567715 )
- Fallout Evolution ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679125 )
Once more, the question is: I use the RUU ICS upgrade from HTCdev already, so I have ICS already, but, is it worth to change to ICE DS or Fallout Evolution? Is it as stable as the stock rom, and is it faster? Thanks!
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I think the latest version of ice_ds is good, Fallout is very stable and quite fast, sabsa prime is faster, but possibly less stable, ice cream saga is based on the official ruu with only performance tweaks.
It's hard to say what would work best for you, I think you would have to try 2 or 3 and then decide. I do think it would be worth it, especially as having a custom recovery installed allows you to make complete backups of the current Rom, that can be restored if you try something different and don't like it.
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Process:
Unlock bootloader,
Install custom recovery
Now you can backup, restore, flash custom Rom etc. in recovery.
(something optional worth considering: downgrading hboot to attain s-off, you'll see why that might make sense )
Guides and information about the above steps should be easily found in the forum.
Thanks, I guess it is testing time then
hundeva said:
Thanks, I guess it is testing time then
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And if it is testing time you even can try some other roms like CM10, MIUI, AOSP, AOSK versions
HypnoCondor said:
And if it is testing time you even can try some other roms like CM10, MIUI, AOSP, AOSK versions
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for now, I finished flashing ICE DS, and it is working, so Ill see if im satisfied or not
Hey ice ds is awesome!!
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indeed it is, I like it very much, the only question left is the battery life, but I cant tell anything about it after a half a day
I have been running the latest stock JB for a day and would like to know what other ROMs peeps have had a good experience with. I see folks on Clean Rom and Cyanogen 10. If your using one of those I would like to know how well they work any broken features?
Cheers,
Feend
Why don't you add a poll to make it easier for folk?
Me I'm on CleanROM Inheritance obviously :laugh:
CleanROM Inheritance 3.0.4 also
thnx sbdags for making it.
RGR That Thanks!
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Why don't you add a poll to make it easier for folk?
Me I'm on CleanROM Inheritance obviously :laugh:
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Didn't think of that good idea!
Poll added.
I'd been on the stock rom for ages... only took the plunge to unlock this week. I'm using:
TWRP 2.3.3.0
I first installed surdu_petru The Ultra Fast Rom V03 (I wasn't too keen on the new icons)
Then installed Cleanrom Inheritance 3.04 (Keeping surdu_petru kernel)
Having root and being able to delete anything I want has been great.. I was going to remove the stock browser and install Opera Mobile and re-map the keyboard dock key to Opera. I didn't needed to as the stock browser works great now. Really impressed with the rom :laugh: .... I've used m TF300T more in the last week than I have in the previous 6 months.... it really was a slow piece of crap before (I'd tried everything to get this thing running smoothly before unlocking).
I have to say Asus REALLY needs to look at doing something to make the stock rom workable. No one should have to unlock and flash a new kernel / rom just to be able to use the stock browser properly.
Both roms worked great just prefer sbdags theme more
I have tried most of the roms and without a doubt at the present time its clean rom 3.0.4 for me. unters first tf300 kernal at 1.6 ghz overclock and 520 mhz gpu works great and i did not find any thing at all that didnt work as it should. unters 4.4.20 is what i use and that breaks the front camera but has a slightly higher 1.7 ghz overclock and 600 mhz gpu. the clem kernals work on mine but i get fc on occasion and they also break the cam and do not support some micro sd cards. imho you will not find a better rom atm period though all the roms are very nice and people worked very hard to make them so try em and see what suits your taste buds, bud oh and i did find that my gps wasnt woring well but after flashing the agps patch it cleared right up.
Baked Blackbean 7 Tester :good:
I flashed all available Roms so far. Clean Rom is the best by miles.
Cleanrom runs good, nothing to complain about.
Running Blue Android 2.0, and clean fast.. .
Paranoid Android v2.54 with the modified Unter kernel. I've been running it since day 1 and love it!
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I am using CM10.1. It is pretty stable and fast, and has new updates every day, adding new features and fixing bugs. Also, it's 4.2.1, which has its advantages. (and disavantages, the new UI sucks)
I've been using CaponmodTF the past few days, though I've tried cleanrom as well but CapmonTF is imo the smoothest of them all.
Swiping a page with the stock browser on this one has the smoothest experience. So I choose none of the list.
i voted Clean, but really miss PA...
incomplete list of choices
I've been running Energy Rom by NRGZ28, clean smooth & fast, have had no issues.
I'm on clean rom mostly so I can try the arch dual booting
Otherwise I'd be on a cm based rom
Probably jellybro
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Now CM10.1 Nightlies......patiently *cough* waiting for KA06!
I was on Baked blackbean 6 then to CM 10.1 nightlies. Went to clean rom last night after I got the keyboard ($50 at office depo).
There are so many good things about each one of them: bb has rom control and customizations; CM10.1 with Android 4.2's new features; cleanrom for it's asus feel and keyboard compatability.
I am really happy with the development on this device!
CleanRom 1.8GHz is so sick.