[PORT][WIP][05 Oct] J.Y.Daddy ROMs on MilestoneXT720 2.1 SBF -- sensors work - Milestone XT720 Android Development

J.Y.Daddy has done a great job porting Milestone ROMs (esp. Gingerbread ROMs) to the Motoroi XT720!
Unfortunately, there are some problems when running these on Milestone XT720. J.Y.Daddy's ROMs are configured to run on the Motoroi XT720 2.2.1 50R SBF. This makes sampling these ROMs tedious on Milestone XT720 hardware.
The Motoroi XT720 and Milestone XT720 are almost-identical but the hardware differs in some subtle ways. Most noticeable is the difference in compass and orientation sensors. The Motoroi XT720 and Milestone A853 both use the LIS331DLH chip, but Milestone XT720 uses the KXTF9. These chips don't work when running mis-matched SBFs and it looks like modifying the Motoroi sbf/kernel to support the MilestoneXT720's chip is going to be a significant challenge. A simpler approach is to port the ROMs to run on the MilestoneXT720 sbf/kernel.
This is a small update to apply after flashing J.Y.Daddy's ROMs that will enable them to boot on Milestone XT720 running the native SBF. Sensors and App2SD work now.
Tested ROMs
I have tested this (in the sense that the ROMs can be installed and booted successfully to the launcher) with these ROMs running on the Cincinnati Bell STR_U2_04.1E.1 sbf (other 2.1 SBFs are expected to be no problem):
CM-7-11.09.29-NIGHTLY-XT720-J.Y.Daddy.zip
CronosX-1.6.1-XT720-J.Y.Daddy.zip
HO!NO!-CM7.1.0-RC15-11.09.28-XT720-J.Y.Daddy.zip
iceandfire-v3.1-XT720-J.Y.Daddy.zip
MIUI-1.9.9-XT720-J.Y.Daddy.zip
Links for these ROMs can be found on J.Y.Daddy's thread.
Instructions (e.g. CM-7-11.09.29-NIGHTLY-XT720-J.Y.Daddy.zip):
Download CM-7-11.09.29-NIGHTLY-XT720-J.Y.Daddy.zip from J.Y.Daddy's thread.
Download the attached update-MilestoneXT720-bootfix-20111005-1154.zip
Place both files in /sdcard/OpenRecovery/updates
Boot into OpenRecovery
OR > Apply Update > CM-7-11.09.29-NIGHTLY-XT720-J.Y.Daddy.zip
OR > Apply Update > update-MilestoneXT720-bootfix-20111005-1154.zip
OR > Wipe Data / Factory Reset
Reboot
The update currently performs the following actions:
Replaces /system/lib/hw with Milestone XT720 versions
Replaces a few other binaries needed for boot
Replaces the baseband with Dexter's 1.3 version
Sets default language/locale to en/US

What one was your favorite?
And are you or anyone you know of actually working on the sensors?

Tested and working from Cincinnati Bell sbf. Works great! Thanks Mioze7Ae for making this easier i couldn't get the korean sbf to flash right.

S7icky said:
What one was your favorite?
And are you or anyone you know of actually working on the sensors?
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I spent the most time with the CM7 nightly because I know where nadlabak's source tree is. I'm trying to decide whether to switch my efforts to CM7. I spent only a few minutes with the others. Not really enough time to from any opinion. I've never cared for miui, but it seemed nicer than I remembered.
I am working on the sensors but the changes I thought would fix it turned out not to be quite enough. So there must be some other piece of the puzzle I don't know about yet. I'm pretty confident it will work.

hows the camera?
@MZ cm7 would be great but i think a completed cm6 rom would be better lol. hows cm6 going?

eejin2 said:
hows the camera?
@MZ cm7 would be great but i think a completed cm6 rom would be better lol. hows cm6 going?
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Actually the camera seems pretty good. The noise is snow-like instead of stripey if that makes any sense. It claims 8mp, but I haven't verified.
I think what's left in CM6 are camera issues and FM radio. It may be easier to do FM on CM7 though because there's a lot of work going on in defy and there seems to have been an explosion in merging and unifying support for other motorola bootlocked devices in the last months. But only in the CM7 branch.
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MZ you are awesome.... Nuf Said..
cm7 i think is faster then 6.3 by ALOT. only think ive notice so far is the memory not anywhere close to what i could get on 6.3

S7icky said:
MZ you are awesome.... Nuf Said..
cm7 i think is faster then 6.3 by ALOT. only think ive notice so far is the memory not anywhere close to what i could get on 6.3
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I've gotten so that I reserve judgement on things like that until I've run it hard for a few days with.bunch of apps. Most ROMs seem extremely faster than what you've been using after you do a factory reset. It's at least not awful out-of-the-box.
There does seem to also be a sleeping problem. I've seen a few reboots after it's gone to sleep and a few times it refuses to wake.
Mchlbenner noticed native app2sd is also broken. I think that one's a kernel module issue.
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Hi
Their ways to get better ram I been
Useing v8 super charge.
The ram on cm7 boots at 56 or so but it will go as of 90.
Setting gaming 8.
Many will not install and you don't have the 250 for apps moving sdcard.
Overall it alright fix sensors and sdcard issue and were in busnes.
Never had issue with korean sbf I was useing by say it always booted up.
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Mioze7Ae said:
Actually the camera seems pretty good. The noise is snow-like instead of stripey if that makes any sense. It claims 8mp, but I haven't verified.
I think what's left in CM6 are camera issues and FM radio. It may be easier to do FM on CM7 though because there's a lot of work going on in defy and there seems to have been an explosion in merging and unifying support for other motorola bootlocked devices in the last months. But only in the CM7 branch.
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i was thinking if you manage to fix the camera on cm6, then it should be easier on cm7 too right?
@mchlbenner you know sometimes i have trouble understanding what u say (no offence)? sometimes its like you missed out words and a sentence doesnt sound like one. if english isnt your first language maybe you could type it out in your mother tongue and we could use a translator.

eejin2 said:
i was thinking if you manage to fix the camera on cm6, then it should be easier on cm7 too right?
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Well, maybe. I think it's more likely that I figure it out by working on both. I'm feeling a little stuck with the camera and need some new ideas. It's interestting that the camera on CM7 here doesn't have the line noise, but it does seem noisier overall but with a more random snow. From my point of view, there's a lot of blackbox voodoo going on with the Motorola binary blobs that we have to use. Looking at other ROMs and comparing helps me formulate ideas when I'm stuck. Don't worry... CM6 is still my everyday/primary/stable ROM and I'm definately not finished with it.

Wow! You're making progress.
Now, you can port on "MilestoneXT720 ROM".
Soon, I'm sure the perfect port news.
I feel good, so I have some good news.
p.s) and today ported on CM-7.1.0-11.09.30 (Android 2.3.7)

eejin2 said:
@mchlbenner you know sometimes i have trouble understanding what u say (no offence)? sometimes its like you missed out words and a sentence doesnt sound like one. if english isnt your first language maybe you could type it out in your mother tongue and we could use a translator.
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Haha!! Autocorrect on mobile is probably the problem. When I type MSOC for overclock my autocorrect says MASOCHISM. Sometimes this phone does feel like masochism though.

Great job, mz. we all hoping you can fix all of it.

Hi guys
I think because of all issues with us booting up cm7 with are sbf I think you should keep useing korean sbf until some of the big bugs are fixed.
I have a korean 2.2.1 by say that's boots up everytime I will post it when I can.
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Hope the sensor problem get fixed soon. Just flashed to cm7 with this update n every feels quite gd n smooth overall

Hi
Can you put apps on your sdcard.
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I have yet to put apps. But my apps that was on my card previously are all working fine.
I m using the latest from J.Y.Daddy 300911.
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Hmm it seems that my 0phone only have 30mb of internal space left. think app2sd is not really working properly? However all these apps were on my ext3 partition on my card n was "installed" on my phone straight after flashing
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Hmm my bad it seems that app2sd does work but i have lesser internal space compared to b4 iirc

Oka
What sbf did you flash from.
Keep in mind that you have 253 internal space for apps on regular cm7.
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I can be a tester now that I have an extra phone, this is gonna be fun trying out all these ROM's without worrying about my phone too much, as far as if I'm gonna have it ready for the next day for work and stuff.. Awesome dude and thanks Mz and JY

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First Gingerbread ROM! ZapXGinger4.1!

It is superfast! Bloatware removed! Terminal scripts! Custom bootani!xustom walls! Nice for a start.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itm6X_jgSK8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Rom in action, plus link to file.
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Awesome can't wait to get my gingy on!
looks no different then stock rooted and deodexed gingerbread and mine runs just as fast
It's made by Drew Garen and hes also got a blurless rom. Here is a link to his rom page
http://drewgaren.com/DrewGaren/Roms.html
I have tried both of them and they seem to be a bit buggy now but you have to understand they are the first GB roms. There is also a Rubix for the gingerbread leak, heres the link for that
http://alldroid.org/tabid/40/g/posts/m/10156/rubiX-Blurry-Bread.aspx#post10156
Actually drod already released a rom for gb, called in blurrybread, I have it on my phone its great got all his speed tweaks from rubix in it but he left alot of blur because of the positive reviews. All the other bloat is gone though.
How is the rubix?
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save yourself some time and don't flash drew garen's gingerbread roms. they are buggy as ****...random reboots...an unbalanced mix of AOSP and BLUR that weight each other down. anyone can move apks around and implement fixes that other devs have worked hard on and call it a custom rom. just thought i'd try to save everyone from a pointless sbf session.
ernesttatum said:
save yourself some time and don't flash drew garen's gingerbread roms. they are buggy as ****...random reboots...an unbalanced mix of AOSP and BLUR that weight each other down. anyone can move apks around and implement fixes that other devs have worked hard on and call it a custom rom. just thought i'd try to save everyone from a pointless sbf session.
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It has been super stable for me, have you tried data wipe?
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yes, sbf'd to stock .340, flashed leaked gb, wiped, flashed gingeraid 3.6. reboots during titanium backup restore. wiped, reinstalled TB, still random reboots during restore.
Never understood using a Rom where half the apps dont work. Whats the benefit if the phone only works half the time.
Another buggy ROM, throw this on the pile with the others.
Thanks for the work Drew.... It's running very smooth and stable here for an early rom on GB/DX. I also have this theme (Gingercomb with a touch of Juice 2.3) installed from Juicemane. Again!! This is a very nice start...
Well ive been running this for 28 hour, no freezes, lockups, or force closes so far. Im ready for Lib gb, or tranq gb though, but this is a good start. Tip adw makes it even better.
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rocko73 said:
Another buggy ROM, throw this on the pile with the others.
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Just looked at your track record on XDA here... not much helping, lots of negative comments. If you think you can make a better blur-less ROM in the stretch of a week i would be willing to give it a try.
Comrat said:
Just looked at your track record on XDA here... not much helping, lots of negative comments. If you think you can make a better blur-less ROM in the stretch of a week i would be willing to give it a try.
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No, not lots of negative comments-truth. And I wouldn't slap together a rom in the race to be first because it does no one any good except waste time all in order to feed your ego.

[Q] best rom for speed

Let me give a little background before i ask my question. I personally run a Samsung epic 4g and have been on Cyanogen Mod 7 for a while. Obviously its not the RC as the epic its self isn't supported, however, i find it to be a great rom to run in day to day situations despite loosing camera functionality.
My friend has a Droid X and hes really unhappy with it at the moment because the rotation lag and the keyboard lag make it almost unusable. Recently, I rooted it for him, hes running .602, and I've been thinking about putting him on a Init rom like CM7 because i want him to see what android should really be like. He doesn't use the phone for anything other than texting and Phone calls so a slim fast rom would be the best for him. The one problem with putting him on the nightly builds for CM7 is that he might loose some functionality on his phone, and knowing him, even if he doesnt use it, he would hate to not have his camera working or his gps working poorly. He that kind of person.
What would be the best rom to start him on to slim down the system, kill all the blurrness, and still keep as much functionality as possible? Remeber hes on .602, id like to be able to keep him on that so that I don't have to use SBF.
Is the Droid x version of CM7 stable enough for every day useage or should i look at some of the variants that have been made?
CM7.
he'll lose HD vid recording, but the "high" recording(which works) is plenty suffice, imo.
bat life is fine. 18-20hrs on avg use.
CM is stupid fast on the DX. I love it.
(oh & have never had issues with my GPS)
If you go for CM7, make sure to get the version for Gingerbread kernel, not the Froyo one. Battery life on GB is improved
meshdub said:
If you go for CM7, make sure to get the version for Gingerbread kernel, not the Froyo one. Battery life on GB is improved
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yep..good point on gb kernel
CM7 is the fastest rom that I have used on the DX. As for the GB kernel, there are unofficial nightlies that are running on the kernel, but the official nightlies will be updated with the GB kernel within the next week...
It may be easier to jump on the official nightlies and wait a few days instead of having to do a lengthy install process twice.
so i should put him on the nightlys? All hell loose is video? If that's true then it will be perfect since he doesn't use that feature at all on his phone. Thanks.
Shuji is an execellent rom...it runs faster than cm7 for me. I have run both the .596 and .602 and both are very stable
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metalblaster said:
so i should put him on the nightlys? All hell loose is video? If that's true then it will be perfect since he doesn't use that feature at all on his phone. Thanks.
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ya, he'll be fine on nightly. you don't lose video completely. you just lose 720p recording is all. you still can record in 480p, which still looks surprisingly good
I had a wonderfully experience with omgb 1.2.2
It was godly fast. It honestly impressed me more than cm7 and I run it on most of my other phones.
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I'm using liberty GB but I'm looking into switching to cm7.
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CM7GB is working excellent! I do recommend it.
I'm going to switch to MIUI and asess the differences in speed, then will report back on the speed differences.
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metalblaster said:
Is the Droid x version of CM7 stable enough for every day useage or should i look at some of the variants that have been made?
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yes. nightly 78 here. I am waiting for gb in the non dev nightlies, too
the CM7 forum thread on nightlies latest chatter mentions something about BT bugs that I plan to test but haven't gotten around to it yet.
droidwall and andguard pro are absolute musts to keep the malware in the market from sizzling away bandwidth on ads. adservers are slow. blocked connections kills slowness.
I just put apex 2.0 rc2 on my Droid x and I really like it.
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torikorocks said:
I just put apex 2.0 rc2 on my Droid x and I really like it.
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apex is ok, but you can't compare any other ROM to CM when talking about UI speed, imo
I'm still waiting for a stable cm7 for the Droid x on gingerbread to come out. AS soon as that happens ill be on cm7
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[Q] Defy begginer: CM7 or MIUI? And 720p addons for them...

Hi! Yesterday i got my Defy and I installed 2.2 update with Motorola Software Updater and I wanted to install a custom rom like MIUI or CM7 but i dont know whats better . So u can tell me please whats better from them? I heard that CM7 has some wifi errors but they can be fixed...
P.S : i have Red Lens and i want to put and 720p mod after...
try cm7 if you want more customized rom
MIUI if you want more display features
for 720: you can search google and the market for camcoder apps that supports 720p
I tried cm7 and it is wonderful
Well i heard that MIUI has better performance rather than CM7 in Quadrant...
Cm7 does not support 720p rec.
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Done installed CM7 and works F****NG perfect got 2100 in quadrant :X
sims34 said:
Well i heard that MIUI has better performance rather than CM7 in Quadrant...
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Quadrant isnt everything, MIUI have the looks, and maybe less bugs, but even CM7 is very very smooth and fast, am using RC1.5, i have not experienced any of the bugs (wifi/gps/battery), easily customizable as opposed to MIUI.
I've had miui before, but it seemed to be a bit laggy, comparing to my ipod touch's menu. The apple smoothness is just great and I thought I can't get that smoothness on my defy. Then I installed cm7 on my defy and, magically, it runs veery smoothly without any lags. thought Miui was good. Yes, it was, but cm7 is just great!
and screw quadrant, unless you want to be happy with higher numbers
Tapatalknięte z ipada.
WiFi depends upon your router. CM7 rocks. Green lens defy ZERO issues with cm7
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MIUI looks great.
CM7 works really fast.
Julian
I've been trying the different roms I've found here and so far the best for me is Waj's MIUI version. Maybe because I'm a newb, but CM7 started looping on FC after I tried to enable 3G only in my Defy.
And the MIUI versions just didn't do it. The only thing I need now is to add a 720p addon for the video.
Can we record 720p from a green lens ??
CM7 is a wonderful ROM
LOVE IT!!!
pjcons said:
WiFi depends upon your router. CM7 rocks. Green lens defy ZERO issues with cm7
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Some of us do have issues with wifi in CM7. I installed RC 1.5 + nightly and started having issues with the same routers that used to work perfectly in 2.2.
But I would not recommend CM7 any less because of that. Install and see if it affects you, as this seem to be a issue with only a small percentage of us.
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sims34 said:
Well i heard that MIUI has better performance rather than CM7 in Quadrant...
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Is this a fact? I was blown away by CM7 performance over stock 2.2, but I'm having some wifi issues with CM7. Is MIUI performance also so much better than stock?
Green lens does not support 720p. Only the red lens.
MIUI does have a better performance over stock but they are based off CM7 with added visual enhancements. There are alot of app incompatibilities and constant fc's. I have used MIUI but got annoyed with all the errors. Wifi is fine and they update every Friday but just too many problems for me. I am using CM7 now and I love it. No wifi issues but I haven't tried any nightly's yet either.
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i own a green lensed Defy and i've flashed the MS2Ginger with Blur.
Gotta say i loved the interface (bright and bluish) and the text cursor is very usefull (seem like the "rule" in MS Word) and it has nice effects when showing Views and that animation when the screen rotate, just like iOS does.
but i it has a lot of FC, it's pretty laggy sometimes (the maximum free mem i got once was like ~100MB) an its 3D performace is poor.
i'll reflash again and i'll try a CM7. I was considering that JBoogie 3 that is based on CM7 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158238&page=3)
What would you suggest? The thing is that it lacks theme support...
About that, does anyone know where i can find CM7 themes? Is there an overhead for using them? Is there a way to install "animations" (such this screen-rotating one)?
Thanks
(btw: what's the best Caller/Phonebook that syncs pics with FB? is a "caller" interface able to change the, ahm, "answerer" interface?
what about gps with loaded map info?)
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i own a green lensed Defy and i've flashed the MS2Ginger with Blur.
Gotta say i loved the interface (bright and bluish) and the text cursor is very usefull (seem like the "rule" in MS Word) and it has nice effects when showing Views and that animation when the screen rotate, just like iOS does.
but i it has a lot of FC, it's pretty laggy sometimes (the maximum free mem i got once was like ~100MB) an its 3D performace is poor.
i'll reflash again and i'll try a CM7. I was considering that JBoogie 3 that is based on CM7 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158238&page=3)
What would you suggest? The thing is that it lacks theme support...
About that, does anyone know where i can find CM7 themes? Is there an overhead for using them? Is there a way to install "animations" (such this screen-rotating one)?
Thanks
(btw: what's the best Caller/Phonebook that syncs pics with FB? is a "caller" interface able to change the, ahm, "answerer" interface?
what about gps with loaded map info?)
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Jboogie 3 is good and has a Ginger release but has an issue with no social network syncing. If you are going to go with something based on CM7 go with CM7. It has the theme support with the new Theme Choser and in the market there is a Theme Chowder Themes which has a large list of usable themes. As for the animations, I'm not sure about that.
Facebook app automatically syncs your pics but if you want a new contact book and dialer I would sugjest Phoneface. GPS, definitely CoPilot 8 live. All maps are preloaded so no data needed and completely removes the need for another GPS unit.
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actually i have just flash the jboogie3 and, since it's clear, i'll give CM7-pure a try.
but i gotta say it's really fast!
What is wajs miui?
CM7 is so great.
morgs640 said:
What is wajs miui?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161110

Which ICS ROM to use

Which ics ROM is everyone one using and which one is better?
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Ics passion v4. Its like wiping your ass with silk. Smooth as hell.
Yea, that's what I've been using. It's still a Beta, so, there's some kinks... but, it's the best ICS ROM for us at the moment.
Agreed. Not using it, as I'm waiting for the bugs to be ironed out. However I am watching that thread like a hawk. Waiting for the rom to exit the beta stages.
ICS Passion v4.01 thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362961
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Here's some screenies of the rom...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19763246&postcount=359
Passion v4 is good, still has some kinks but only because its still in Beta. I use it as my daily since i really dont do much except text, email, Plume, FC Scoremobile, and once in awhile YouTube.
No video camera or GPS
other than that its pretty awesome!
I'm using the i9000 version as a daily ROM, been pretty sweet. Same battery life if not better from gingerbread. Each version has its own little caveats though so beware.
Are 911 or the headphone media stop/start buttons working on any ICS roms?
Thanks.
Passion v4
I'm Using passion v4 and its pretty great so far. No GPS (for me at least) but that is to be expected. Only a couple of bugs left as far as I can tell. Give it a shot.
+1 for Passion v4. Its amazing
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I didn't really expect that it will be this fast to make a nice ICS rom for the vibrant.
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1+ for ICS Passion V4
+78005889595845 for ICS passion.
Does it seem like the ICS builds have less bugs then the early gingerbread builds? Any bootloader issues?
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Does it seem like the ICS builds have less bugs then the early gingerbread builds? Any bootloader issues?
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issues, WHAT issues?
Besides the normal battery life decrease from froyo roms that most people are used to- there aren't too many issues.
Major issues:
Video Recording does not work for any port yet (i9000etc.)
GPS does not work for us.
Lesser issues:
some apps may freeze up since they aren't ICS compatible yet.
xriderx66 said:
issues, WHAT issues?
Besides the normal battery life decrease from froyo roms that most people are used to- there aren't too many issues.
Major issues:
Video Recording does not work for any port yet (i9000etc.)
GPS does not work for us.
Lesser issues:
some apps may freeze up since they aren't ICS compatible yet.
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I think you get defensive too quickly...
Greg was comparing early gingerbread to early ICS saying that ICS has had a less buggy start than GB did. Then he ASKED if there were issues.
So if anything I think you just agreed with him, in a very aggressive way.
Any way, thanks to this thread, I jumped on the Passion v4 wagon. I was contemplating waiting for v5 while doing homework but couldn't help myself. I have no regrets.
After restoring everything with Titanium it runs really smooth (something was going wrong in CM7, probably from all the crap I had installed). The battery life seems about the same as GB, but everything looks so much nicer.
I found a few apps that do not appreciate ICS as much as I do, but if they're no friends of ICS they are no friends of mine!
I just hope GPS is working before my trip in a few weeks (and from the sounds of it they will have it working in the next few days, if not tonight).
It is the only ICS rom I have tried so far, but whether everyone here was right or just my ignorance of what else is out there, I am still very happy with it.
I just have one question. How do you flash if by chance you've alraedy installed a different version of ICS? Because you cant mount it to send any data to it!
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So if anything I think you just agreed with him, in a very aggressive way.
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Lol
This is a very very smooth ROM. I'm coming from CM7 with Glitch v13 and as far as I can see, it's amazing! Will be using it as my dd for a good long time. Only complaint is there isn't as much customization as with CM7 but I just installed ADW launcher and that's good enough for me!
Recommended to any Vibrant user!
I tried I9000 port of ICS with working button mapping,gps,hw accel because it sounds most likely to go into the next CM type of build, while the others just seem like rom chefs working from someone else's source.
For me it was snappy as hell, literally from the moment I got it running it felt more smooth than any of the current gingerbread roms. I didn't keep it on long enough to comment on battery life, and unlike most of the people in the thread, I couldn't get gps working(nor did I try things like media buttons).. in the end I gave up on it because titanium backup wouldn't restore my apps. Not one. I was too lazy to troubleshoot it or install them all again one by one, and I wanted my daily driver/reliable 2.2 back.
But it gave me hope: if they have a working rom, this quick, that smooth, with so few definite problems- it will probably surpass any gingerbread version I have tried to date.
Hell, if I could have restored my titanium backup and the apps I truly use every day actually worked, I'd still be using it.
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I just have one question. How do you flash if by chance you've alraedy installed a different version of ICS? Because you cant mount it to send any data to it!
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Edit: Maybe the reason you can't mount it is because you need modified USB drivers? Here are the Modified usb drivers just in case some computers dont detect the device that they have posted here
Otherwise..
Umm, you can't mount it? The ICS I tried didn't have a mounting problem.. but if your still able to flash, you could bluetooth the files you need over, use dropbox and download it, and there are probably a few other ways I could think of.. otherwise I'm not sure what is stopping you, I don't even know which ICS still can't mount.
88keys6strings said:
Lol
This is a very very smooth ROM. I'm coming from CM7 with Glitch v13 and as far as I can see, it's amazing! Will be using it as my dd for a good long time. Only complaint is there isn't as much customization as with CM7 but I just installed ADW launcher and that's good enough for me!
Recommended to any Vibrant user!
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When you say customization in CM7, are you just talking about theming? Unless there is a large part of customization I missed that CM7 offered, the theming in cm7 was far outweighed by what you could do in MIUI, besides the many features it offered that CM7 never even touched..
Oh the other note, I would also recommend any vibrant user to give ICS a try- it offers something unique and fresh, and I am quite happy with the beta experience it had.
ICS Passion v5. Other than GPS and video recording for now evrything works as it is supposed to. USB mounting is correct (no more MTP mount). It's smooth and fast. Camera even works in Panorama mode. It's no longer beta in my opinion, its a perfect daily driver. Best Rom ever on my Vibrant.
Here's a picture of San Diego yesterday taken from Coronado Island.
ICS passion v5 is godly 0
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What rom to choose for U8800pro?

Hello,
I may sound like a noob, but thats only because i didn't play with these roms much so far... so, yes, i am a noob
I managed to upgrade my U8800pro to 4.03 official thanks to some of you.
Now i am looking through the forum and many threads and many many custom roms, but i cant decide which one to go with since all seem to have problems...
So the question is: which rom is the most stable+fastest for U8800pro? It would be also nice if normal features (calls sound ok, network works ok, "notification drawer", gmail, youtube, play store, gps, wifi, tethering (wifi, usb), music playback, if possible radio, if not also ok) are also present and working. I really hope there is such rom out there. I dont mind if it is based on 2.x or 4.x (ok, i prefer 4.x, but if some 2.x is better, i will go with that), as long as it works well.
I also have U8800 and there it is easy choice. Go with Aurora, and everything (well, almost everything) works as intended. I also looked for Aurora mod for U8800pro but the best i could find is a mod for Aurora 4.x, while there is already Aurora 5.x out there.
I will post instructions for upgrading 2.2 to 2.3 to 4.03 later on, since i had problems upgrading myself for future noobs to use.
And thanks in advance
AgiZ10 said:
Hello,
I may sound like a noob, but thats only because i didn't play with these roms much so far... so, yes, i am a noob
I managed to upgrade my U8800pro to 4.03 official thanks to some of you.
Now i am looking through the forum and many threads and many many custom roms, but i cant decide which one to go with since all seem to have problems...
So the question is: which rom is the most stable+fastest for U8800pro? It would be also nice if normal features (calls sound ok, network works ok, "notification drawer", gmail, youtube, play store, gps, wifi, tethering (wifi, usb), music playback, if possible radio, if not also ok) are also present and working. I really hope there is such rom out there. I dont mind if it is based on 2.x or 4.x (ok, i prefer 4.x, but if some 2.x is better, i will go with that), as long as it works well.
I also have U8800 and there it is easy choice. Go with Aurora, and everything (well, almost everything) works as intended. I also looked for Aurora mod for U8800pro but the best i could find is a mod for Aurora 4.x, while there is already Aurora 5.x out there.
I will post instructions for upgrading 2.2 to 2.3 to 4.03 later on, since i had problems upgrading myself for future noobs to use.
And thanks in advance
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Stock Gingerbread
best ROM
nothing can beat it..
ALL custom ROMs for U8800PRO have one thing or the other that'll leave you unsatisfied..
Stock ICS is bad for gaming.
all JB 4.1 have only secondary mic (the one beside the camera) working.. plus, camera doesn't work properly except in stock/pre-installed camera app.
all JB 4.2 have buggy/broken bluetooth
If you don't play heavy games (even Subway Surfers is HEAVY for this phone ).. then you can stick to official ICS.. just unlock FPS (that "install-recovery.sh" thing) and all Temple Runs will be fine.
Sent from my u8800pro
prakharkmr27 said:
Stock Gingerbread
best ROM
nothing can beat it..
ALL custom ROMs for U8800PRO have one thing or the other that'll leave you unsatisfied..
Stock ICS is bad for gaming.
all JB 4.1 have only secondary mic (the one beside the camera) working.. plus, camera doesn't work properly except in stock/pre-installed camera app.
all JB 4.2 have buggy/broken bluetooth
If you don't play heavy games (even Subway Surfers is HEAVY for this phone ).. then you can stick to official ICS.. just unlock FPS (that "install-recovery.sh" thing) and all Temple Runs will be fine.
Sent from my u8800pro
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I'll have to disagree!
Rittik's CM10 ROM is probably the best choice. It's really fast, no lag, and with RAM Manager Pro and History wiping (long press home button), there is absolutely no problem (provided you disable apps to run at startup with Autostart).
Gaming is as smooth as stock GB, except for the games that are ridiculously heavy.
I hope I helped =)
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I disagree with both of you. Our friend needs a stable ROM. So I suggest him to try Gingerbread(2.x.x) custom ROMs like THE STALLION ICS look, CyanogenMod 7.2 and MIUI. Everything works like a charm, no reboots, good RAM managment, a lot of extras(the last two ROMs) and no battery drain.
You can downgrade to Gingerbread by flashing step 2 from an official GB ROM.
How is this development?
Sent from my U8800-51
Somcom3X said:
How is this development?
Sent from my U8800-51
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We develop our thougts!!!
You 're right. This thread should be moved to q&a.
Takis Teh Greek said:
I'll have to disagree!
Rittik's CM10 ROM is probably the best choice. It's really fast, no lag, and with RAM Manager Pro and History wiping (long press home button), there is absolutely no problem (provided you disable apps to run at startup with Autostart).
Gaming is as smooth as stock GB, except for the games that are ridiculously heavy.
I hope I helped =)
Sent from my U8800Pro using xda app-developers app
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What about wrong messages in systemUI ?? example- "Screen timeout set to 15 years"! ... "Screen timeout set to 5 weeks"!
"SDcard is damaged or has unsupported format"
"4G WiFi icon" instead of "USB icon"!
"No signal icon" instead of "GPS icon"..
What about disturbance in calls? You can hear your fingers moving on the phone's back! bcoz main mic isn't working at all!
TUPAC_RIP said:
I disagree with both of you. Our friend needs a stable ROM. So I suggest him to try Gingerbread(2.x.x) custom ROMs like THE STALLION ICS look, CyanogenMod 7.2 and MIUI. Everything works like a charm, no reboots, good RAM managment, a lot of extras(the last two ROMs) and no battery drain.
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The Stallion ICS look has no SRS WOW HD.. no DSP Manager too.
CM7.2 is buggy.. buttons backlight.. and proximity sensor.. Also, Awesome Beats™ does not work on GingerBread.. Beats™ is the only thing that can beat SRS WOW HD... CM7.2's DSP Manager is "just okay"...
Kalo is not themable.
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prakharkmr27 said:
The Stallion ICS look has no SRS WOW HD.. no DSP Manager too.
CM7.2 is buggy.. buttons backlight.. Also, Awesome Beats™ does not work on GingerBread.. Beats™ is the only thing that can beat SRS WOW HD.
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Are you saying you prefer official GingerBread than CM7 or MIUI for example?
TUPAC_RIP said:
Are you saying you prefer official GingerBread than CM7 or MIUI for example?
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yes
but CM7.2 is also usable.. I'm on edited Genokolar's CM7.2
less deeper bass of DSP Manager is almost acceptable
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i have flashed almost all of the roms available for more than a week each (time required to actually see if there are any hidden bugs)
The roms with the least bugs are Kalo and stallion ics.All the others have important issues (for me) thats the reason i didnt stick with them.In general:All ics roms are heavy and laggy,not for games ofcource.All "jb" roms have very serious issues such as awful memory management and awful incall sound,the phone's most important function,broken bluetooths,broken gps,broken wifi,and a lot of smaller bugs.
All miuis have issues,mainly low memory because of the heavy ui.
Cms are almost ok but not quite there.
I didnt want to return to gingerbread after all these beautiful roms but they are just that,beautiful on the outside ugly on the inside!
we have to focus on gb roms,they are the most complete unfortunately,unless a real dev shows up and work on sources
sent from Atari 2600
Aurora ics 4.1 with fixed "white screen" is the best rom I think. But it is my IMHO.
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korekore1 said:
The roms with the least bugs are Kalo and stallion ics.
sent from Atari 2600
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least bugs & least features
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prakharkmr27 said:
What about wrong messages in systemUI ?? example- "Screen timeout set to 15 years"! ... "Screen timeout set to 5 weeks"!
"SDcard is damaged or has unsupported format"
"4G WiFi icon" instead of "USB icon"!
"No signal icon" instead of "GPS icon"..
What about disturbance in calls? You can hear your fingers moving on the phone's back! bcoz main mic isn't working at all!
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I never encountered such bugs except the oversensitive mic. But that can be fixed, can't it?
prakharkmr27 said:
least bugs & least features
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that's true,that's why they are so fast.But i can add some of the missing features with apps.On the other hand i can't fix memory leaks and incall sound with an app or play heavy games..I could use chainfire 3d for boosting performance for games,but guess what,it doesn't work with jb!
Takis Teh Greek said:
I never encountered such bugs except the oversensitive mic. But that can be fixed, can't it?
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yeap,they are all there..!
My favorite ROM still remains CM7.2 modified by bronxitas with forumber kernel. The ROM isn't really on XDA as far as I know but it's based on the Moihack release most likely.
TUPAC_RIP said:
Are you saying you prefer official GingerBread than CM7 or MIUI for example?
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prakharkmr27 said:
yes
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I didn't expect you would say that. I don't think anyone will agree with you.
Stock ROMs lag a lot, have locked fps, are unrooted, less features...
korekore I think you 've tried the MIUI I'm on with right now.
It's fast, it has a lot of useful features, it has the most free memory I ever encountered and minimum battery drain(all night 1-2% loss).
B U T I have installed only 51 applications like every ROM I used in the past. I mention that because you said that problems start to appear after a big number of installed apps(>100).
I think this ROM siuts me better than anyone other and it was a pleasant surprise for me.
I think I gonna stick with it.
Everyone has his own priorities and his own criteria.
Sent from my U8800pro using Tapatalk 2
TUPAC_RIP said:
I didn't expect you would say that. I don't think anyone will agree with you.
Stock ROMs lag a lot, have locked fps, are unrooted, less features...
korekore I think you 've tried the MIUI I'm on with right now.
It's fast, it has a lot of useful features, it has the most free memory I ever encountered and minimum battery drain(all night 1-2% loss).
B U T I have installed only 51 applications like every ROM I used in the past. I mention that because you said that problems start to appear after a big number of installed apps(>100).
I think this ROM siuts me better than anyone other and it was a pleasant surprise for me.
I think I gonna stick with it.
Everyone has his own priorities and his own criteria.
Sent from my U8800pro using Tapatalk 2
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Which miui?
Sent from my u8800-51 on stallion.
TUPAC_RIP said:
I didn't expect you would say that. I don't think anyone will agree with you.
Stock ROMs lag a lot, have locked fps, are unrooted, less features..
Sent from my U8800pro using Tapatalk 2
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Come on! I was talking about the ROOTED & FPS unlocked ROM ...
ahhh... I 4got one thing... I think Stock GB doesn't support that install-recovery.sh thing to unlock FPS.. not sure enough..
Sent from my u8800pro
Somcom3X said:
Which miui?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2164951
I wasn't a MIUI fan but I love this ROM.
I like the feature you can access notification bar from any application even in full screen.
prakharkmr27 said:
Come on! I was talking about the ROOTED & FPS unlocked ROM ...
ahhh... I 4got one thing... I think Stock GB doesn't support that install-recovery.sh thing to unlock FPS.. not sure enough..
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It supports another file. I don't remember the name(something like 99unlock).
Even though I prefer MIUI or CM7 or Kalo's ROM. That's my opinion.
TUPAC_RIP said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2164951
I wasn't a MIUI fan but I love this ROM.
I like the feature you can access notification bar from any application even in full screen.
It supports another file. I don't remember the name(something like 99unlock).
Even though I prefer MIUI or CM7 or Kalo's ROM. That's my opinion.
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yeah, I too like the MIUI's feature of expandble notification drawer even in Games!
btw, since 4-5 days I'm on Geno's final CM7.2_04/06/2012.. with kernel of Mohiack's CM7.. and some fixes from kalo's ROM
and Beats™ Audio mod by ROCKoDEV and CM7 XperiaArc Theme
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