As I see numerous ROMs out there based on all four I decided to make this thread too check how would you guys compare them. I mean in terms of features, speed and compatibility with HTC One S. I'll be grateful if the more experienced list the pros and cons of each one if them.
x1tyme said:
As I see numerous ROMs out there based on all four I decided to make this thread too check how would you guys compare them. I mean in terms of features, speed and compatibility with HTC One S. I'll be grateful if the more experienced list the pros and cons of each one if them.
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I am currently using Axiom S, a Sense ROM, merely because it is very stable.
ROMs are either stock based or AOSP based. Generally, stock based ROMs, are the most stable with the least bugs (if any). CM9 and AOKP, on the other hand, are still a work in progress and have some minor bugs. Miui can be stock (Sense) based or AOSP based, and will include all the bugs of its base.
Now to compare them, I think that both CM9 and AOKP are good AOSP based ROM choices. AOKP is more stable for our device, and I like it better because it has more features than CM9 in my opinion. Both are fast and should have better performance than stock sense. Miui, whether sense or aosp based, adds good eye candy, but the iPhone style might not be for everyone. Miui will have similar performance as the ROM it was based on.
These are just my opinions, but I want to give people a general idea of the advantages and disadvantages of each ROM
For stability:
Sense > MIUI Sense > AOKP > CM9/MIUI AOSP
For performance:
AOKP > CM9 > MIUI AOSP > Sense/MIUI Sense
For features and tweaks:
AOKP > CM9 > MIUI > Sense
For eye candy:
MIUI > Sense > AOKP/CM9
klin1344 said:
I am currently using Axiom S, a Sense ROM, merely because it is very stable.
ROMs are either stock based or AOSP based. Generally, stock based ROMs, are the most stable with the least bugs (if any). CM9 and AOKP, on the other hand, are still a work in progress and have some minor bugs. Miui can be stock (Sense) based or AOSP based, and will include all the bugs of its base.
Now to compare them, I think that both CM9 and AOKP are good AOSP based ROM choices. AOKP is more stable for our device, and I like it better because it has more features than CM9 in my opinion. Both are fast and should have better performance than stock sense. Miui, whether sense or aosp based, adds good eye candy, but the iPhone style might not be for everyone. Miui will have similar performance as the ROM it was based on.
These are just my opinions, but I want to give people a general idea of the advantages and disadvantages of each ROM
For stability:
Sense > MIUI Sense > AOKP > CM9/MIUI AOSP
For performance:
AOKP > CM9 > MIUI AOSP > Sense/MIUI Sense
For features and tweaks:
AOKP > CM9 > MIUI > Sense
For eye candy:
MIUI > Sense > AOKP/CM9
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VERY nice overview of all the ROMs. I too am using Axiom. Although for eye candy I'd go sense then MIUI. Although MIUI is customizable, people are more familiar with sense as a whole population, not just XDA.
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I wouldn't put aokp or cm9 at the top for performance. Yet. Good progress on them, but I don't think they're quite up to speed to the best sense roms right now.
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xxquicksh0txx said:
I wouldn't put aokp or cm9 at the top for performance. Yet. Good progress on them, but I don't think they're quite up to speed to the best sense roms right now.
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Really? I think they are quite fast. And a lot smaller than the sense roms. I still think HTC added too much bloat to the rom even though sense 4.0 is lighter than other versions.
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I'm using the Sense based Miui rom, because I have the customization of Miui, while still keeping the sense camera and keyboard
And I too think there are too many options, the rom I'm using is sense based, AOKP is based on CM9. Still an interesting poll
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Sense 4.1 to be exact.........
Hello All!
I am a Nexus S user who was gifted the tab plus a few months ago. Having used the Nexus S for well over a year, I really hate Samsung's Touch Wiz interface (Naturally!). I love everything about the device except for the UI.
Is there any stable AOSP ROM for the tab plus out there? I don't care if it’s even ginger bread as long as it has the default android UI! I have been searching the forums, none of the ROMs seems to be even at the RC Level. Please suggest.
spikedsoda said:
Hello All!
I am a Nexus S user who was gifted the tab plus a few months ago. Having used the Nexus S for well over a year, I really hate Samsung's Touch Wiz interface (Naturally!). I love everything about the device except for the UI.
Is there any stable AOSP ROM for the tab plus out there? I don't care if it’s even ginger bread as long as it has the default android UI! I have been searching the forums, none of the ROMs seems to be even at the RC Level. Please suggest.
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If stable is your main concern, update your 7+ to stock ics. Then change the launcher to nova/apex, those launchers are very similar to the stock launcher, with more custom setting.
Or if you like very aosp, try the new cm10 06/09 bulid from aorth. I use that as my daily driver.
dannyyung said:
If stable is your main concern, update your 7+ to stock ics. Then change the launcher to nova/apex, those launchers are very similar to the stock launcher, with more custom setting.
Or if you like very aosp, try the new cm10 06/09 bulid from aorth. I use that as my daily driver.
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Thanks. I tried dw launcher, it had improved things a bit. But I guess CM10 is what I really need. Will try it shortly.
This is my dream. Galaxy Note III or Note II with Google quick updates, like Nexus devices. Maybe some kind of petition to Samsung or Google will contribute for this?
Galaxy S4 Google Edition:
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/samsung-galaxy-s4-google/4505-6452_7-35761621.html
I can barely see this making sense on the S4, but I really don't think it'd make sense with the Galaxy Note series. If you strip away Touchwiz, you're left with a big screen, powerful hardware, and a S-pen that would have absolutely zero integration with the OS. I love stock Android, but being the Note is heavily centered around the S-pen, and S-pen is so deeply entrenched in Touchwiz, this is one case where I think I'd rather have Touchwiz.
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I can barely see this making sense on the S4, but I really don't think it'd make sense with the Galaxy Note series. If you strip away Touchwiz, you're left with a big screen, powerful hardware, and a S-pen that would have absolutely zero integration with the OS. I love stock Android, but being the Note is heavily centered around the S-pen, and S-pen is so deeply entrenched in Touchwiz, this is one case where I think I'd rather have Touchwiz.
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One of the reason I use Note series devices is S Pen. It perfectly and 100% works with CyanogenMod ROMs, why this will not work with official Google ROM??? For now I'm not using any of Samsung apps, and I find that Quill is perfect replacement for S Note. And there are many cool apps for just drawing like Drawing Pad, Doodledroid, AirBrush and others. Also Handrite is nice app. Besides Android 4.x and above have full support for wacom pen.
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One of the reason I use Note series devices is S Pen. It perfectly and 100% works with CyanogenMod ROMs, why this will not work with official Google ROM??? For now I'm not using any of Samsung apps, and I find that Quill is perfect replacement for S Note. And there are many cool apps for just drawing like Drawing Pad, Doodledroid, AirBrush and others. Besides Android 4.x and above have full support for wacom pen.
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Because SPen is native in touchwiz framework.. Not just in 3rd party spps that support a stylus. In TW it works in any browser on the keyboard in any app and the button can be set for lots of thing. Note with out at least option for TW is dumb. Any I have never used my note for "art".
How many ROMs have you actually used?
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TigerDNA said:
Because SPen is native in touchwiz framework.. Not just in 3rd party spps that support a stylus. In TW it works in any browser on the keyboard in any app and the button can be set for lots of thing. Note with out at least option for TW is dumb. Any I have never used my note for "art".
How many ROMs have you actually used?
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Android itself support wacom stylus actions. It will fully work at clean Android as well as TW.
I used many different ROMs at Note and Note 2. CM\Paranoid\TW stock and custom and many others. My current ROM is in my signature.
Not really interested in AOSP ROM on Note devices - that's a downgrade as far as I'm concerned. For full functionality, it's de-bloated touchwiz based ROMs for me.
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Not really interested in AOSP ROM on Note devices - that's a downgrade as far as I'm concerned. For full functionality, it's de-bloated touchwiz based ROMs for me.
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There are AOSP ROMS which do have S-Pen functionality. Try those. Eg. Liquid Smooth 2.4
I would better buying a nexus series phone rather than ruining my note 2 or 3. The samsung phones looks best with samsung adons. I used to hate touchwiz and only started using it since note 2 because of integrated features. So I will never have auch wish.
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sanke1 said:
There are AOSP ROMS which do have S-Pen functionality. Try those. Eg. Liquid Smooth 2.4
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Do you, or anyone else, know if it's possible to get stock camera functions (like recording in high speed and slowmotion) in aosp-based roms?
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There are AOSP ROMS which do have S-Pen functionality. Try those. Eg. Liquid Smooth 2.4
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Yeah not exactly. Those that are dependent on touchwiz framework (eg. screenshot, airview) are not available on any AOSP ROM. S Pen is functional on most ROMs, AOSP or otherwise, that's besides the point - hence the "full functionality" part.
tuxonhtc said:
Yeah not exactly. Those that are dependent on touchwiz framework (eg. screenshot, airview) are not available on any AOSP ROM. S Pen is functional on most ROMs, AOSP or otherwise, that's besides the point - hence the "full functionality" part.
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True but now with the S4 around we could say it more a Touchwiz feature than a S Pen feature, things like pressure sensitivity work well with apps that offer compatibility. To be fair, would still use a custom rom, even when it ships with stock hehe. So yeah, can do that now already.
What would be great are the revealed sources of some prop hardware modules.
anonymous572 said:
This is my dream. Galaxy Note III or Note II with Google quick updates, like Nexus devices. Maybe some kind of petition to Samsung or Google will contribute for this?
Galaxy S4 Google Edition:
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/samsung-galaxy-s4-google/4505-6452_7-35761621.html
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I do hope that they will put out a "Google Edition" too but I will most definitely NOT buy it.
I DO like VERY MUCH Samsung added mods, apps, services, widgets, settings and personalizations (minus the launcher which I replace with Nova Launcher Prime).
I deactivate, of course, the few things which I don't use so they don't affect me in the slightest. I would have to do the same even on a "stock Android" for a few things anyway, so no gain/loss here.
The reason I want a Note III "Google Edition" to exist is very simple: if I keep a Note III for longer than it gets official Samsung updates and a major new version of Android with killer features comes out I can always flash the stock Android ROM! :victory:
Or, for example, it could still be getting updates but not for the new Android versions. It has happened with my old Galaxy S: in the end it was still being updated (heck, it is STILL getting new ROMs!!) but it never got ICS, the new ROMs are still GB based.
So both things may in fact happen. I kept my OG Note for 15 months, for example, which is a not so short time in the smartphone and mobile operating systems world...
Fine, a Note 3 Google edition.
Better even (for me) a 5,9 inch superfast phone without pen and gimmicks.
First thing I do is install Nova so I can reach all my apps from the homepage and disable as much unwanted / unneeded stuff as I can. (My S2 looks the same as my Note 2 now) and use (g) mail, g calendar, news apps, browser(s) nav progs, FB, and some utils.
But I am not a S penner.
I just have the note for size and speed. No pen or touchwiz needed.
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Omg shut up samsung, take my money and give me note3 nexus edition & it would be nice if its golden and active edition. Ill jiust wait for this every year now and then
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That idea of having a Google Edition I see as a downgrade compared to TW with Spen embedded in functionality almost everywhere, I just love the Spen, and make such an extensive use as I find it impossible now to do without it. As for a bigger screen, if they could manage to fit a bigger one on an size identical as GN2 that might be very tempting, if they decide to manage extra battery with a thinner body they already have my money, otherwise even if gn3 would be around by the time my gn2 will get broken, bcs it will, I would be buying again a gn2 if Samsung updates would continue.
Oh, I forgot, a plastic unbreakable screen, please that is just bs, unless the battery is flexible, the motherboard, etc etc, but who in their right mind would want to sell an indestructible device. Octa core, dodeca core, 24 core, lol, that is all bs to me, a Google edition 64 bit I would consider a real upgrade. But that might be some years away, maybe when GN5 would be around.
Peace.
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I would buy a N3 Google Edition as soon as I possibly could. I love the options and no nonsense approach that AOSP has. Over the last couple versions, Nexus devices have always been a step down in the hardware compared to other Android devices.
OP I think you're missing the point. A Honda Accord can drive on dirt roads but doing so won't let you experience all the car has to offer. Yes, the SPen WILL work perfectly fine with out TW but not having TW will cause a loss of functionality, period.
TigerDNA said:
OP I think you're missing the point. A Honda Accord can drive on dirt roads but doing so won't let you experience all the car has to offer. Yes, the SPen WILL work perfectly fine with out TW but not having TW will cause a loss of functionality, period.
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TouchWiz is a loss of functionality, speed and stability of normal Android ROM. There is no problem to port all S Pen features to clean Android ROM from Google.
The only reason I've not migrated to other custom ROMs is beacuse of the Spen integration in Touchwiz. I really dont like TouchWiz but i do use it.
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TouchWiz is a loss of functionality, speed and stability of normal Android ROM. There is no problem to port all S Pen features to clean Android ROM from Google.
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What functionality are you referring to exactly, that Touchwiz lacks and AOSP has? I have had next to no lags on most Touchwiz ROMs - and they're stable too. Obviously stock, unrooted is a touch laggy (i.e. notification lag, but that's it), but it's no issue once you switch to a good touchwiz based ROM.
There are enough roms now that we have a good choice. Please tell us about yours.
I am using Avatar ROM and it is great. The themes are very cool.
I'm on SHOstock now and I'm liking it. I'm on it mainly because of the hardware features that are not implemented in the other ROMs yet such as the hover preview in apps like SMS and the IR blaster functionality. I really want to move to an AOSP ROM, but I don't want to lose some of the stock features.
Task650's AOKP rom, and Goldeneye are the only ones I've tried so far.
I love the pure Android experience and have always loved AOKP based roms. The customization is endless. Not too mention, its very, very stable, and everything works fine. The Goldeneye rom is based entirely on the i9505 stock rom and this runs very well, as all the samsung crap is gone.
But if you're looking for speed and performance and a 100% lag-free device, go with task650 AOKP rom.
Sorry folks,
"favorite" roms and "best" rom threads are synonymous and thus are not allowed as they spiral into arguments about what is best for one vs another.
Users are expected to read and learn from all the development threads and reviewing the FAQ'a bout the ROM's themselves.
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I have used GE 4.3 rom for a week now on my ATT S4. While I find it having better battery life than Samsung Touchwiz roms, I think Touchwiz has a lot more features and user friendliness over the google rom. For example, Touchwiz alarm is better than GE alarm, just better interface - I actually accidentally turned off alarm on GE but never on TW.
It's touch to pick one over another. I am thinking going back to TW rom such as MDOB or Goldeye. What do you guys think?
Its all personal prefernce, do whatever you prefer...the GE roms are mainly for the people that like vanilla android, if thats not you than stick with touchwiz
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mg2195 said:
Its all personal prefernce, do whatever you prefer...the GE roms are mainly for the people that like vanilla android, if thats not you than stick with touchwiz
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^^This^^
Too many opinions out there
Per above posts, and per the fact that best rom threads turn into arguments, this thread is closed.