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I just got a free Inspire after hating my Craptivate for almost a year. It turns out, AT&T has a few worthwhile customer service people, you just have to lucky.
I am looking to flash a new ROM, I really hate not having Amazon market, and all the associated apps I got used to on my old phone, but seeing as how we just got an OTA update, do you think it would be worthwhile to hold off and see what the Devs make of it first?
I know my way around this stuff somewhat, and I know how to use search and follow instructions, but I really need my phone to be reliable and stable. I always had a great experience with DesignGears' ROMs for the Cappy, and I guess I'm just wondering what the consensus is (if such a thing exists) on a ROM/Kernel that might not have all of the bleeding edge features and whatnot, but is super stable and improves battery life.
I am familiar with the line "If you want a stable phone, leave it alone," and I know that's true, but I hope you understand what I am shooting for here. Thanks for your time, the community here seems generally cordial and helpful, and much more civil than some.
I haven't really heard of anyone complaining about stability on the rather large amount of roms that are available for the Inspire/Desire HD. I've only tried di11igaf's non-sense rom, CyanogenMod release, and am currently running the latest CyanogenMod nightly. They've all been rock solid in my daily use.
I've gone through all the current ROMs for both Desire HD and Inspire and found far more impressive ROMs than not. I'm currently running d.i.l.l.i.g.a.f with Sense and Love it, fast, stable and great battery. LeeDroid's work is also amazing...all of his ROMs (he has several to choose from) his Froyo is known for its exceptional battery compared to others.
I use my phone for work so I completely understand the value of battery and stability.
Good luck with the search!
Cheers!
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Rooted with attn1's hack kit
Running d.i.l.l.i.g.a.f* v2.0 ROM/kernel
I tried several ROMs before I found one I liked. Never once had a stability problem, just a matter of finding a ROM with the features I wanted.
Much like everyone else, I've tried several roms, and my experiences were pretty stable across the board. Currently I've settled on Ultimate Droid since it seems to be the quickest and smoothest experience for me. as far as battery life goes, I can make it through the day with the amount of use I give this phone.
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I've had my Shift rooted for several months now, and since then I've tried out several different ROMs. I've given up on trying to get an ICS ROM, and I can't use the 7.2 version of CyanogenMod because of issues with the bluetooth support (I rely on having my phone connected to my car's bluetooth system). No matter what ROM I choose, however, I tend to get frustrated after a few weeks, because they all seem to either lag or greatly drain the battery. I've gotten to the point where I'm only installing a handful of apps.
Does anyone have any suggestions for very basic ROMs that eat up the fewest amount of phone resources? I may try the Just Works mod, but I'm not a huge fan of Sense, either. It's still a few months before I can shop around for a new phone, but I'd like to get through that time with the least amount of frustration.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092261
Definitely the most stable rom I've used on the shift
A lot of it has to do with what you prefer as far as what your going to be happy with. You mentioned lag. Make sure your you are rebooting the Device at least once every few days. Also running a Cache Cleaner on a schedule helps greatly with lag. As for Battery life there are many factors involved. But a few suggestions for Great Roms with good Batt life : Supreme Sense, MikShifted G , and newSense. Also make sure that whatever ROM you flash, you do a Full Wipe before flashing. That will help ensure the best circumstances for good performance, and good battery life from the ROM you choose.
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11
Please post all questions in the Q & A section. Thanks!
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After testing out several suggestions, I've decided that Kushdeck's Gingerbread Shift ROM is by far my favorite. While several of the Sense-based ROMs were nice, my problem is with HTC Sense itself, not the ROMs. I guess I've just never cared for it, even when I first got the phone and knew nothing of rooting.
By flashing Kushdeck's ROM and having Fast Reboot and App Cache Cleaner run on regular schedules, my phone is working more smoothly than it ever has.
I would love to have an ICS-based ROM, but until the issue preventing a bluetooth connection with my car is resolved, I will happily stay with my current ROM.
Thank you to everyone for your input and suggestions--they were very helpful and greatly appreciated.
Glad your all sorted, and running good
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11
Yeah, nice choice. I'd flip between that one and newSense. I really started to like newSense toward the end of my Shifty career. Super crisp graphics with a custom kernel to boot. Too bad though we never got the rc3
Oh, battery life was great...speaking of which- I have an extended Seidio battery kickin around a bunch of parts..what to do with them?
konichwa said:
Oh, battery life was great...speaking of which- I have an extended Seidio battery kickin around a bunch of parts..what to do with them?
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Well PM me, and we might be able to work something out .
icelus1 said:
I've had my Shift rooted for several months now, and since then I've tried out several different ROMs. I've given up on trying to get an ICS ROM, and I can't use the 7.2 version of CyanogenMod because of issues with the bluetooth support (I rely on having my phone connected to my car's bluetooth system). No matter what ROM I choose, however, I tend to get frustrated after a few weeks, because they all seem to either lag or greatly drain the battery. I've gotten to the point where I'm only installing a handful of apps.
Does anyone have any suggestions for very basic ROMs that eat up the fewest amount of phone resources? I may try the Just Works mod, but I'm not a huge fan of Sense, either. It's still a few months before I can shop around for a new phone, but I'd like to get through that time with the least amount of frustration.
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Deck's bonestock gingerbread rom.
I used it for a while and battery life along with responsiveness was amazing.
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icelus1 said:
I've had my Shift rooted for several months now, and since then I've tried out several different ROMs. I've given up on trying to get an ICS ROM, and I can't use the 7.2 version of CyanogenMod because of issues with the bluetooth support (I rely on having my phone connected to my car's bluetooth system). No matter what ROM I choose, however, I tend to get frustrated after a few weeks, because they all seem to either lag or greatly drain the battery. I've gotten to the point where I'm only installing a handful of apps.
Does anyone have any suggestions for very basic ROMs that eat up the fewest amount of phone resources? I may try the Just Works mod, but I'm not a huge fan of Sense, either. It's still a few months before I can shop around for a new phone, but I'd like to get through that time with the least amount of frustration.
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CM7.1.0 stable, although I have had issues with hard keyboard especially. Used cm7.1.0 for almost a year and just went back to stock Froyo rooted. It is stable and runs all my apps and keyboard and bluetooth work perfectly. I have had bluetooth issues with gb sense, cm7.2 and all ics roms.
I've found that CM7.1 was the fastest for me and pretty basic as well. I would also recommend MikShiftedG 2.1 which isn't as basic as CM, but still runs pretty smoothly.
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I'm certain this has been brought up before Several thousand times, but I gotta ask again...What is it that drives people to constantly flash new Roms/updates every couple days or even weeks?
I have been running cleanRom 3.0 and having no issues, no bugs, GREAT battery life. Why would I change that? I know CleanRom 5.0 has come out, but what would be the point to update if 3.0 is working perfectly and spot on?
Is it that people get bored?
Is it that people wonder what is different?
just makes me wonder.
Im guilty of this myself. I believe a rooted debloated with a theme of your choice is the way to go
iSheep... iSheep... Meowww that's Apple
see whats different, see customizations, battery life, other random usually rom exclusive features.
ive probably flashed 75% of the roms available for this device just to see what theyre all about.
it helps me help other people, and helps me make my device my own.
most of the times its out of boredom and i restore my daily driver rom
Because updates to the ROM = possibly better phone
I prefer stability but I like changing stuff on my phone. I'll stay on a rom for a few weeks and not change a thing but the entire time I'll want to flash something even if I have no reason too smh Ultimately, I'm just not satisfied with what ships out the box.
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The grass is always greener.
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I used to flash weekly with my OG droid, over the years I have slowed down to once a month or so. I have 4 android devices so thats still a lot of flashing. I am always in search of the perfect rom, haha whatever that may be. faster, smoother, bells and whistles. I don't even know.
To have the latest and greatest rom.
Bug fixes and improvements. Plain and simple.
I've been trying to find the best Rom for what I do every day, but there are always little problems that bug me on every Rom. I damaged Clean Rom 5.0 and have finally stopped the daily flashing. This is as close as I well get to the prefect Rom.
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And I get what everyone has said. BUT for those of us that prefer performance (i.e. great battery life, no issues/bugs, fast speeds) over "new'ness", once you find a Rom that gives you the best of all worlds, why would you even worry about the latest? I have been on CleanRom 3.0 for since a couple weeks after it came out. ONLY reason I went to it was because I wasn't happy with the 4 Roms I tried before. Those 4 Roms I tried prior all had bugs or poor battery life that I wasn't happy with. Now that I am Happy with EVERYTHING, I dont plan on changing.
And don't get me wrong here, I know that just because I am satisfied and not wanting to flash doesn't mean that others will be content with that. Nobody needs to tell me that. I'm not trying to debate, just trying to see how others here think.
Because it is great to see the capability of your device by exploring different roms and it is so darn addicting.
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Because the majority of us here at XDA who root our phones and flash ROMs are tech junkies. Technology is like a drug to many of us. We are never content and always need the next fix, whatever the latest and greatest may be.
CleanROM 5.0 is built on the latest Jelly Bean leak, which has many improvements over the Ice Cream Sandwich base that CleanROM 3.0 is built on.
mmmmm rom flashing!!!!
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And I get what everyone has said. BUT for those of us that prefer performance (i.e. great battery life, no issues/bugs, fast speeds) over "new'ness", once you find a Rom that gives you the best of all worlds, why would you even worry about the latest? I have been on CleanRom 3.0 for since a couple weeks after it came out. ONLY reason I went to it was because I wasn't happy with the 4 Roms I tried before. Those 4 Roms I tried prior all had bugs or poor battery life that I wasn't happy with. Now that I am Happy with EVERYTHING, I dont plan on changing.
And don't get me wrong here, I know that just because I am satisfied and not wanting to flash doesn't mean that others will be content with that. Nobody needs to tell me that. I'm not trying to debate, just trying to see how others here think.
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I'm like you in that I don't want to potentially compromise the stability and functionality of my phone without significant incentive. For me the incentive was new functionality and increased performance. I've only flashed three roms other than stock.
CleanROM 3.1 was the first ROM I flashed, and as you said, it's stable with great battery life and pretty smooth. The smooth operation of my phone is what made me cautious about jumping to the first JB leak. Instead I kept track of the CR, stock leak, and Jelly Beans threads and read up on the bugs and issues.
Ultimately what I was reading about Google Now and Project Butter made me realize that I really wanted Jelly Bean and the few known issues in JB leak #2 were not enough to stop me from flashing Jelly Beans Build 2. I don't regret that decision, Jelly Beans is a cool rom with a nice AOSP theme, ran really smooth, and generally gave me good battery life (depending on what I was running). Also Google Now is really really cool.
Then I was reading about AOSP roms like LiquidSmooth RC9 and SlimBeans 3.1 that were about the come out. It seems like those teams had dedicated developers who were squashing existing bugs. With the remaining bugs pretty much known, but the ROMs otherwise stable I decided to give LiquidSmooth a shot. The motivation here was to really rid myself of all the stuff Samsung had running in the background, with touchwiz it seems like there are a million things classified under "Android System" when trying to diagnose a battery drain. With AOSP when I look at battery stats Screen and Cellular Calls are the only apps that really make a dent. I also like the clean styling, functionality, and flexibility of the AOSP lockscreen and UI in general.
Unless I encounter any other problems I will probably wait for a stable AOSP 4.2.1 rom to come out so I can try the new features there and hopefully some bug fixes for the bluetooth audio issues in 4.1.2.
I m coming from a tbolt i now have a verizon s3(unrooted so far) n I m guilty of "being in search of a perfect rom". What drove me to search was claims of better battery life, quicker and stable. What drove me back to my daily driver(skyraider) was frequent reboots( while googlemaps), applications not working(slingbox in particular ) inability to view video(live streams from my church).
I m currently doing research for the perfect rom for my S3 as I just activated the s3 yesterday (n I'm missing having a rooted phone) and I m resisting the urge to root!
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I m currently doing research for the perfect rom for my S3 as I just activated the s3 yesterday (n I'm missing having a rooted phone) and I m resisting the urge to root!
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I give it three days before you root/unlock or no later than the weekend. Regardless: root, unlock, and backup your IMEI!
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bug fixes
new features
security updates
Compulsion
fun
hacking/tinkering instinct
Customization
because we can
If you are happy where you are at then don't sweat flashing new stuff.
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I give it three days before you root/unlock or no later than the weekend. Regardless: root, unlock, and backup your IMEI!
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I'll second backing up your IMEI... being a total noob I researched and backed up everything I could, and I'm glad I did, second Rom I flashed sent my phone into permanent roaming. Following the stickies here made the fix simple.
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If everything works it just means you aren't running the latest and greatest.
You must tweak your phone until something breaks.
Then you search for the next fix.
It is the path that must be followed.
I have been running custom roms since I have had a Android phone. My wife has been stating how bad her Inspire has been. It is eating the battery a lot more. Just very slow and just not like how it was. I am just thinking it is the stock ROM after over a years of use acting up. I am trying to find her a nice rom that is cleaner and stable. I know I am not going to be updating her phone that often at all.
Does anyone know of a good Wife proof ROM? Thanks for any help on this.
These kind of questions can't answered in black and white form. If she likes the way the phone looks right now stock, try a rooted stock ROM with less bloatware or maybe some ICS ROMs. I'd say jellybean ROMs but some people there slow sometimes, but don't rule them out without trying a couple.
You'll just have to experiment and have her test one out for a couple days until she finds one she wants to stick with.
I would try Randomblame's 4.2 Jelly Bean rom! It's called Jelly Time, and It's by far the best in my opinion of the JB roms, and it's amazing! Since 4.2 is still in it's early stages, it is slow somewhat and there may be some bugs. If she wants a clean, refined version, go with r30 of his 4.1 JB rom, I was on it for the longest time, and it was amazing and perfect.
The phone has bad battery life as it stands, but with the JB rom I get better battery definitely. Games kill the battery, unless they are simple, like Doodle Jump. But if the phone stays asleep, it can go on for days, and with some music, facebooking, and internet browsing here and there, I can make it a full day with the rom.
I miss the look of the stock Gingerbread, but you adjust quickly to JB. ^.^
I wrote out a whole post but realized it was mostly rambling so I figured I would condense it, although its still pretty rambling:
It seems like our phone (Maxx HD) just missed the developer bandwagon and that roms aren't really going anywhere and never actually will. Everything seems like a quick port and I have had very little success with most of them. The only stable one I have found has been Nexesque, although its basically stock with a few tweaks and add-ons.
I have been running XenonHD for the past 2ish weeks, 3 maybe with horrible battery life and a heat problem. I was running with all of the regular performance tweeks, a very dark blue (almost black) solid background, low brightness and a black theme so I have no idea what could have caused it. I would run out of full battery by 12 or 1 half of the time with an incredibly hot phone, and the other half of the time I could make it to 6 or 7 but no later. I have reflashed and am almost positive I followed the steps correctly.
I'm not asking what the best rom is, but I'm asking if there is a rom that people are actually happy with out there (preferably 4.2) or if there are any real hopes for a tangible one to come out in the near future. It seems like we're kind of screwed as the user when compared to other phones development, and while I have nothing to offer outside of small donations I would just like to know if my predictions are accurate. Is everybody waiting for something that will never come out?
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I wrote out a whole post but realized it was mostly rambling so I figured I would condense it, although its still pretty rambling:
It seems like our phone (Maxx HD) just missed the developer bandwagon and that roms aren't really going anywhere and never actually will. Everything seems like a quick port and I have had very little success with most of them. The only stable one I have found has been Nexesque, although its basically stock with a few tweaks and add-ons.
I have been running XenonHD for the past 2ish weeks, 3 maybe with horrible battery life and a heat problem. I was running with all of the regular performance tweeks, a very dark blue (almost black) solid background, low brightness and a black theme so I have no idea what could have caused it. I would run out of full battery by 12 or 1 half of the time with an incredibly hot phone, and the other half of the time I could make it to 6 or 7 but no later. I have reflashed and am almost positive I followed the steps correctly.
I'm not asking what the best rom is, but I'm asking if there is a rom that people are actually happy with out there (preferably 4.2) or if there are any real hopes for a tangible one to come out in the near future. It seems like we're kind of screwed as the user when compared to other phones development, and while I have nothing to offer outside of small donations I would just like to know if my predictions are accurate. Is everybody waiting for something that will never come out?
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To be honest I think you need to step back and put everything in prospective.hash dh etc are working on a from scratch kernel that will fix the nagging problems the 4.2.2 roms have had. This kernel is a work in progress, but I think it will be finished to a point acceptable to most people soonish. That being said, besides the annoying gps flash from stock issue and no camcorder I'm not sure there are any major bugs with the 4.2.2 roms. There have been a lot of ports because there are a lot of good roms out there for other devices that people wanted to bring over. We were "screwed" when we bought the phone as this phone had a locked bootloader(with no apparent unlock) and there were never a ton of devs to begin on moto due to the same bootloader issue. That being said, I think a lot of devs have rallied around the hd since the unlock and things will only get better after hash gets the kernel up to speed. I agree nexesque is awesome (it's what I'm running right now in fact) but there are already a lot of choices on each of the 4 most popular forums.
Tl/dr patience lol
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I really like this device atm I am using stock Rogers Fw . I have tried many of the 4.2 I prefer to hang back and let it get better the phone itself is a nice piece
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I imagine that we will probably also get get an android update at some point (though very unclear what and when). Maybe this will renew developer interest in the device?
I the meantime I hope the kernel development will play out well.
Personally, even if I love personalization and community development, I actually think the stock rom (xt925 Vodafone) is quite good. Good battery life and better ui than much of the competition.
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